23 Aug 2019
August 15 held the fourth Annual Cougars Cup - a new traditional rivalry between Corrimal High School and Woonona High School. Preparations with students had been made over the proceeding weeks under the guidance of coaches Mr Luskan (U16s boys), Mr Wellings (U14 boys) and Mr Mulder (U16 girls) and the school was pumped to see three great matches across the day.
The event kicked off with the U14s boys squad taking the field. The team, predominantly made up of students very fresh to the team, did outstandingly well showing great teamwork and offensive attack. Unfortunately, a few nerves at the beginning of the match prevented the squad from making headways and, unfortunately, resulted in defeat.
Second on the field was the U16 girls league tag team. Again, it was great to see so many new faces out on the turf as they represented their school with great pride and strength. Solid tackles and a few line breaks were the main feature of the match, but again, Corrimal High School was not victorious.
The final match was held between the U16s boys squad with Woonona High School presenting some massive opposition. The Corrimal High School boys, not to be out done, met each and every Woonona High School player with determination and grit, but ultimately went down by 4 points.
The end result of the day was a Woonona High School victory and a big congratulations must go to them as this has been their first win across the four years and was well deserved on the day. Corrimal High School, however, will be back stronger than ever in 2020 and ready to bring the cup back to its home in the mantle of Corrimal High Schools hall!
A big thank you has to go to David Adams (Corrimal Cougars RLA), PlayNRL and the Dragons Team (FA and Referees) and Mr Foster (Event organiser and convener).
