With the conclusion of the Summer Tournament last Thursday so came the conclusion of WCSSA competition for 2009.
It was a big year in 2009 WCSSA competition for Covenant College, entering for the first time under a new banner, the Warriors. Akin to the implied characteristics of a warrior, many of the Covenant teams and individual players bestowed these necessary characteristics throughout the year. As a result, the Covenant Warriors finished the 2009 season with their greatest winning percentage since the inception of WCSSA, in 2004.
In 2008, Covenant College had a WCSSA tournament winning percentage (that is, the percentage of all possible WCSSA tournaments they actually won) of 29.2%, higher than any other WCSSA affiliated school, leading to being crowned 2008 Overall Champions.
It was the 2009 goal to improve upon this, and after last Thursday’s Summer Tournament, the Covenant Warriors finished the 2009 season with a tournament winning percentage of 31.3%. As a result, it looks very much like Covenant College will go back-to-back as WCSSA Overall Champions for 2008-2009 (follow link to see year by year progress).
At seasons end, Covenant College hold the title for the following WCSSA tournaments, which make up their competition leading 31% success rate:
- Year 7/8 Girls Basketball Champions
- Year 7/8 Boys Volleyball Champions
- Year 9/10 Boys Volleyball Champions
- Year 9/10 Boys Tennis Champions
- Year 7/8 Girls Tennis Champions
- Year 7/8 Boys Netball Champions
- Year 9/0 Girls Netball Champions
- Year 9/10 Boys Cricket Champions
As a school we can be pleased with these results, as they indicate ever improving standards within Covenant College Sport. Truth be told however, their were numerous tournaments that we were so close to winning, and having gone into them as favourites, sadly fell away in the Finals. Commiserations to such teams as the 7/8 Boys Cricket, 9/10 Boys Basketball, 9/10 Boys Soccer, 9/10 Boys Netball and VCE Boys Basketball, to name a few. But that’s the nature and beauty of sport, its unpredictability, with so many variables playing their roles on the day to turn cemented outcomes into altered outcomes.
Nevertheless, 2009 was indeed a success in the realms of WCSSA competition, with the Covenant Warriors once again stamping their authority as the dominant school in the organisation.
Stay tuned for the wrap up on CSSN and GISSA competition in 2009, where the most impressive Covenant Warrior athletic performances took place…
