On April 28th and 29th, Students from across NSW and a combination of Combined High Schools (CHS), Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC), and Combined Independent Schools (CIS) played in the 36 hole 2015 NSW All Schools Strokeplay Championships. Sixty four boys and forty seven girls took part in the event held at Blackheath Golf Club on Tuesday and Wentworth Falls Golf Club on Wednesday. A further 64 players competed in the 2015 NSW All Schools Junior Strokeplay Championships, also known as the Jack Newton Shield. This event was set up to create a pathway for Years 7, 8, 9 golfers to compete at a state school level. It too was held at Blackheath Golf Club and Wentworth Falls with play alternating between the courses, with the juniors playing Wentworth Falls on the Tuesday and Blackheath on the Wednesday. The IAS had a strong representation with three athletes competing in the Opens and three athletes competing in the juniors. Stefanie Hall continued her recent good run of form to take a commanding lead after day 1 in the opens division. Hall had four birdies in her opening round of one under par 69 to lead fellow IAS athlete Danni Vasquez by four shots. Vasquez also had four birdies, but threw in two double bogies to finish at three over par after the first days play. Hall hung on to win with a four over par 78 on day 2 with Danni having a tough second round to card an eleven over par 85 to finish in a tie for 6th. Sarah Johnson carded rounds of 82 and 90 to finish the championships with 28 over par and tied for 24th. In the Jack Newton Junior Shield, Cassidy Graham came from behind after day 1 carding a 92 to score a much improved 82 on a difficult day two seeing her finish with a two shot victory. At the conclusion of the Jack Newton Shield, Cassidy was among the two boys and two girls selected to represent JNJG and the NSW All Schools on a trip to New Zealand in January 2016. In the boys junior competition the IAS was represented by Jackson Hall and Tom Heaton. Hall carded rounds of 75 and 82 to finish tied for 6th while Heaton carded rounds of 82 and 77 to finish 11th.
