Enfield Express

SPORTS HOUSES

Involvement in sports is a large part of the culture at Enfield Public School. Students are placed in an allocated sports group when they commence Kindergarten and follow through the years in the same sports group until they leave school in Year 6. Enfield was one of the first schools in the area to use the Dharug language to name their sporting houses. Our current house names are:

Bamal - meaning earth (red)

Burra - meaning sky (blue)

Diramu - meaning trees (green)

Guwing - meaning sun (yellow)

Each sports house is represented by a colour (as above). The colours of each housing team were specifically selected to represent the significance and meaning of the house name. The sports houses are from the Dharug language because that is the language of the Wangal people on whose land Enfield Public School stands.

The current house names have significantly changed since the opening of Enfield Public School. In the past, students were also allocated to four individual house groups, however, the names of these houses differed. The names of all four houses were based on Australian flora and fauna.

Waratah (red)

Currawong (blue)

Koala (green)

Boronia (yellow)

Fun Fact: The two ladies who currently work in our school office were ex-students of Enfield Public School! Elizabeth was in 'Koala' and Joanne was in 'Waratah'.

Former school sport house banners

Current school sport house banners

Old swimming medals

SPORTS & PSSA

Both boys and girls used to participate in a large range of sporting activities on school grounds. Additionally, students competed in a range of carnival events - Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country. In the past, the sporting houses that won the majority of the school's sporting events were Waratah and Boronia!

At recess and lunchtime, the girls would play skipping and basketball, while the boys played cricket and marbles.

Enfield Public School is currently part of the Inner-West Primary School Sports Association (PSSA). Students are provided with the opportunity to try for a competitive sporting team and represent their school against other schools in the Inner-West PSSA division. The sports offered at EPS are softball and T-ball in the summer and netball and soccer in the winter. Students are able to start forming part of these teams from Year 3.

In the 1960s and 70s, the students of EPS were not part of a competitive sporting team or PSSA but they still played soccer and netball. The students would go to Henley Park which is across the road from the school to play amongst themselves.

Sport at Enfield Public (Past)

Sport at Enfield Public (Present)

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Over the past 100 years, Enfield has achieved many great sports awards, including national runners and national swimmers. In 2023 Enfield is proud to have their school represented by a student, David Kang, who competed at the Sports Australia National Swimming Championships in August, after setting jaw-dropping times in zone, regionals and state carnivals!

Previously, in 1935, Enfield Public School also saw great sporting achievements in two students, Kelvin Clark and Frank Adams, who set the record for their outstanding bowling during cricket matches.

In 1957, the boy's division of AFL won their grand finals competitive game and took out the trophy for a very competitive season!

Part of the Enfield school community is the local soccer club, Enfield Rovers, which many students from Enfield play for. The Enfield Rovers Soccer Club commenced in 1961 at the home ground of Henley Park. A very notable player that played for Enfield was Brett Holman who started playing when he was three and continued in the club for seven years until moving to Parramatta Power and then Feyenoord. He played for Australia for nine years. Brett was a part of the Aussie under-17 squad and also in the under-23 squad and then played for the Socceroos for seven years. He was born in Bankstown but grew up in Croydon Park.

A famous cricketer named Gerry Hazlitt is buried at our local church, St Thomas Anglican Church. A significant local, Gerry's legacy will be remembered always within the surroundings of Enfield.

Brett Holman - Socceroos

Gerry Hazlitt - Cricketer