Country Senior High Schools Carnival (Western Australia)

Country Week or Country Senior High Schools Carnival is an annual multi-sport event carnival held in Perth, Western Australia, between rural high schools from Western Australia.

The carnival includes sports such as Australian rules football, hockey, soccer, netball, volleyball and basketball in a range of divisions.

[2][needs update] The event typically involves about 40 schools with around 3,000 students and over 200 teachers and support staff.

The carnival is held toward the end of the second school term in late June and early July and lasts for one week.

The Amanda Young Foundation has supported the event by donating water bottles to all participating students.

UWA sports park (commonly known as MacGillvray Oval) is the focal point of the tournament with football, soccer, touch rugby and many hockey games being played on the there.

A Geraldton Senior High School student, Susan Shea, won the first event.

[7] Girls basketball was added to the tournament in 1979 with Eastern Goldfields High School winning the first competition.

The next sport to be added to the roster was boys hockey in 1982 with Collie Senior High School emerging triumphant in the initial tournament.

[7] Boys basketball was added to the competition in 1991 with Newton Moore Senior High School being the first to win the CBA trophy.

[7] Dance was added as an event to the tournament in 2003 with North Albany Senior High School winning the inaugural competition.

[7] 2010 also marked a year of venue changes with netball games being played at Lords in Subiaco, Western Australia instead of Henderson Park and Basketball games being played at Western Australian Basketball Centre instead of Perry Lakes.

[14] Great Southern Grammar were again runners up for the meritorious shield this time to Western Australian College of Agriculture – Narrogin.

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School won the meritorious shield with Western Australian College of Agriculture – Narrogin coming runners up.