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House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
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Caica Cup

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton) (15:50): Today I wish to talk about an annual event in my electorate held between the two outstanding senior schools in that area: St Michael's College and my old school, Henley High School. I think it is reasonable to say that some time ago the relationship between the students from St Michael's and Henley High School was not as good as it might have been. There appeared to be no rhyme or reason for this to be the case. It was not a bad relationship, just not as good as it should have been. No doubt there were good relationships, and students who went to either school often played organised sport together outside school. Certainly I do recall many of the girls from Henley getting on very well with the boys from St Michael's and the same for the Henley High boys when St Michael's became co-ed. I can testify to that, because my beautiful wife was one of those first female students to attend St Michael's.

On Friday 12 September (that is two Fridays ago) the fourth Caica Cup was held. This event pits St Michael's against Henley students in a variety of sports. A couple of new sports were introduced this year: lacrosse and surf life saving. The first Caica Cup four years ago was won by Henley High School. The next two were won by St Michael's in absolute nail-biters. In the second year it went down to working out not just who had won the most sets in the tennis competition but who had won the most games; it was that close. Last year, the deciding competition was the basketball, which went to extra time with a three-point shot by St Michael's in the last second. It was an outstanding competition. This year, Henley won quite convincingly, and I am sure that it is a good thing that it is two-all at this stage. I look forward to it being a competitive contest next year.

I want to congratulate those who established this event: the then principal of St Michael's, Steve Byrne, now the principal at Sacred Heart, and Henley High School principal, Liz Schneyder. I also thank the newly-appointed principal and former deputy principal of St Michael's, John Foley, for his ongoing support of the cup. His was an outstanding appointment by the Catholic education system. He is a good bloke, he is a good operator, and he is an absolutely fantastic principal.

I also want to thank those involved in making the event a success, particularly the sports coordinators. I highlight the role that Jess Fanto and Sally Nicholson from St Michael's played and also the role played by James Treagus and Tim Kloeden from Henley High School. I also thank their teachers, coaches, members of the school community, and all those who have supported this event. I also want to acknowledge and thank the students who participated or supported their school teams. Their performances, sportsmanship and behaviour were exemplary. The events were fiercely contested, as you would expect them to be, but through their performances they all did their schools, families and most importantly themselves great credit.

I will finish off where I began, and that is, whilst the relationship had not been as good as it might be, this event, along with the professionalism and expertise of the school administrations, has resulted in a fabulous working relationship between Henley High School and the Catholic education school just down the road, St Michael's. It is an event that I think was well conducted and well supported by everyone. I am so proud, Deputy Speaker, as you would expect, and never would have thought in my wildest dreams all those years ago that there would be an event named after me and Annabel, but I am prouder that we have two great and outstanding senior schools in Henley High School and St Michael's in my electorate.

With the 45 seconds left, I am going to quickly comment on a sporting club in my electorate. The Henley football club lost their preliminary final in the seniors to Goodwood Saints last week, but I want to mention that they have had a terrific year to make the preliminary final. We also had the Bs in the finals and the Ds taking out the premiership, along with six teams in the junior competition with, I think, two winning a premiership.

To that extent, I want to thank everyone who supports the Henley football club—the players, in particular, our president, Teresa Davoren (who, I think, is the best president in the amateur league competition) and the coaches, especially our senior coach, Gavin 'Scratcher' Colville.

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