GOULBURN High School secured the Smith Cup for the fourth straight year on Friday, edging out Bowral High in another close contest.
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More than 200 Goulburn students travelled to Bowral to compete across 10 disciplines including netball, touch football, basketball, soccer, hockey, softball, table tennis, computing and masterchef.
With 23 competition points up for grabs, schools were aiming for the magic number 12 to secure the longest running inter-school trophy in NSW.
Bowral High got off to a good start early with a win in junior netball before Goulburn hit back with strong performances in junior boys' touch and basketball.
Goulburn expected Bowral to be too strong in these two divisions.
Goulburn High was too strong in the girls' division of both basketball and touch, but this was offset by Bowral's dominance in girls' soccer.
However, the boys' soccer as well as boys' and girls' hockey teams, all won their matches to take Goulburn close to the 12 points.
An unexpected draw in tee-ball would later prove to be critical in the final tally.
The points then started to accrue for Bowral High with wins in senior netball, softball, table tennis and computing bringing them back to within one point of Goulburn, with only three more points available.
Senior masterchef went the way of Bowral High, levelling the scores with only the results of junior masterchef and lawn bowls remaining.
Both results went the way of Goulburn High School, securing a closely fought 12-10 victory and fourth consecutive Smith Cup win for the school.