Senior School Sport  & Extra-Curricula Activities 

• Cricket
• Basketball
• NSTA Tennis
• Cross Country
• Swimming Squad
• CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Registration
• Squash
• Winter Squash Information
• ISA Tennis
• SPX Tennis Championships
• Rugby

SPX Cricket

CIS Representative 

Congratulations to Joe Colgan (1st XI Captain) who has been selected in the Combined Independent Schools Representative Team. Joe will play in the NSW Schoolboys Cricket Carnival being held in Maitland during early March.

ISA v CAS at Oxford Falls – Sunday 21 February 2021

The ISA Representative team took on CAS last Sunday. SPX was represented by Joe Colgan (12) as Captain, Liam Chang (12) and Liam Kinna (12); with Mr Rodgers coaching. ISA restricted CAS to 7/189 off 50 overs with Liam Kinna bowling 10 overs 0/26 and Liam Chang bowling 7 overs 0/13. Captain Joe Colgan lead the run chase with 101 (153 balls). Unfortunately, ISA was bowled out for 170.

ISA Round 3 – 1st XI v St Stanislaus College at Oxford Falls #1. SPX welcomed St Stanislaus from across the mountains to our home ground. SPX won the toss and batted but the home side struggled against a persistent attack in compiling just 104 when dismissed all out in the 49th over. Determined to show a lot of fight, Liam Chang (3-22 off 9 overs) and Logan Nicey (1-20 off 7 overs) began well with the ball taking early wickets. Liam Kinna (2-15 off 10 overs) bowled two good spells and took the crucial wicket of the opposition captain who was well caught by Nicey. Late wickets to Colgan (1-13) and Joel Austin (1-8) kept hopes alive but in the 48th over the Bathurst lower order passed our total 8 wickets down. 

Please see attached photos.

MWJCA Fixtures – Saturday 27 February 2021

Fixtures are correct at time of publication. Players and parents are requested to check myCricket for any late changes.

• U12 Blue v Seaforth Strikers @ Oxford Falls #2 (1.00 pm start)
• U13 Gold v Seaforth Sixers @ Warriewood Valley Sports Ground (8.00 am start)
• U13 Black v Wakehurst Black @ Kilarney Heights Oval (8.00 am start)
• U14 Green v Collaroy Plateau Power @ Nolans Reserve #3 (8.00 am start)
• U14 Red v Seaforth Sixers @ Beverly Job Reserve #1 (8.00 am start)
• U15 Yellow v Seaforth Spartans @ Balgowlah (8.00 am start)
• U17 Purple v Forest @ Nolans Reserve #1 (8.00 am start)

ISA Fixtures – Saturday 27 February 2021

• 1st XI v Oakhill College @ Oakhill College, Castle Hill (10.00 am start)
• 2nd XI v St Patrick’s College @ Oxford Falls #1 (10.00 am Start)

MWJCA Results 21 February 2021

Match Reports 20 February

Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor

Basketball

We had some pleasing results on the weekend. Some of our teams who have not seen much success had wins on the weekend. I was also impressed with the spirit and sportsmanship that our Opens teams displayed in their games on Saturday. We only have two rounds to go, including this Saturday. The top two teams in each competition will play a Grand Final on Saturday 13 March at Penrith Basketball Stadium.

Mr Neil Gibson - Basketball Convenor

NSTA Tennis

After seeing the prediction of a 90% chance of rain it was exciting to see the sun and hear the kookaburras calling. The Pius vs Pius games are always my favourites to watch. The green ball games, which are all Pius vs Pius are often filled with laughs and humour and this weekend was no exception. At one point one of our players was running around the court, troubled by an ant! After some investigation, the ant was located on his person, removed and the games resumed. Never a dull moment at tennis!

Unfortunately, none of our Seniors from the 10.00 am games were available to help out so the Juniors were on their own when it came to umpiring. They did a great job (with a little help from the Mums and Dads watching on). Mrs Keighery as always, was out on the court helping our youngest players with their games, her support on the court is always appreciated. 

Matthew Lee and Ethan Auer (SPX 17) had a great run beating Redlands, 18 games to 4. It must have been the day for the Lee family because Justin Lee and Lucas Willems (SPX 26) beat SPX 29, 18 games to 0. Daniel Harper (SPX 22) blitzed it out on the court with some super serves to win his singles 6-0. 

A few sprinkles of rain didn’t stop us with the 10.00 am games, the boys were out to win. There were some great rallies on Court 8 with Christian Wong and Lucas Durey (SPX 12) vs Redlands 16. These boys were determined and played some great tennis to claim the win, 2 sets to 1. Equally Aiden Seifert and Lucas Youngman (SPX 6) played exceptionally well losing only 1 game over 3 sets. Congratulations to these 2 young men who were humble in their victory.

Make sure that you log into Xpoint this week to check that your scores have been entered correctly and also to check where you are playing next Saturday. You can access this information on Xpoint:

https://www.xpointsports.com/region/325/currentEvents

Don’t forget to send in your scoresheets to either your coach or Mrs Iwatani if you are playing an away game.

Mrs Samantha Iwatani - NSTA Convenor

Cross Country

Cross-Country training will run all term. Join our Senior student leaders and top athletes, Matthew North and Dominic Panozzo, alongside our distance coach, Izzy Thornton-Bott for fun, varied and challenging sessions.

Beauchamp Park, Chatswood from 7.30 am – 8.15 am on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Meet at the Grandstand in comfortable running gear and with a water bottle. You don’t have to aspire to run in the ISA Carnival - all students and abilities welcome.

Mr Greg  Virgona - Cross Country Convenor

Senior Swimming Squad

This Saturday February 27 we are competing in the Annual Christian Brothers Carnival held at Ryde Aquatic Centre. Students need to be at the pool by 6.45 pm. They must compete in the school swimming costumes and cap at all times. Each student is permitted to bring one spectator with them. Spectators will be charged $2.40 upon entry. Masks are not mandatory.  Spectators will be seated behind our squad but must not mix with other schools' spectators. 

The team list is on the Student Noticeboard for the swimmers to see which Events they are in. Some minor changes may need to be made during the evening. I will have a final meeting with all swimmers on Friday morning after the Sports Assembly.

Training continues Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings at Fitness First Chatswood from 7.15 am – 8.15 am. All swimmers are expected to attend at least two training sessions unless they train three times outside of the College. Thank you to all those parents who have emailed in regards to theirs sons training elsewhere.

Looking forward to an enjoyable swimming meet this Saturday.

Ms Leisa Proc - Swimming Convenor

CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Competition and SDN Debating Competition

CSDA Public Speaking Competition

The CSDA Public Speaking Competition runs on the following Friday evenings in Term 1.

March 5                                     Public Speaking Round 1

March 12                                   Public Speaking Zone Finals

March 19                                   Public Speaking Grand Final

Every school in the CSDA competition is allowed to register two students only from each year group and the following students have put their forms in so we have our limit for public speaking.  Training will commence this week. Could the following students come to B10 this Thursday at lunchtime for our first meeting - bring your lunch. 

Year 7:   James Kevric; Regan Yun

Year 8:   Robert Oner; Anthony Parissis; Ethan Auer

Year 9:   James Leo; Michael Krizan; Jose Monk

Year 10: Cavan Ryan 

Year 11:  Max Leo

Year 12:  Joshua Jones; James Baldock

CSDA Debating Competition 

The above debating competition runs through Term 2 on the following evenings.  YELLOW CSDA Debating ONLY Registration forms will be available from the student office from Monday 15 February (Week 4).

The 2021 Debating season kicks off this term with:

Week 7 – training Friday 12 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 8 – training Friday 19 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 9 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm - 6.00 pm

Week 10 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm

The CSDA Competition commences in Term 2. See the following dates. 

Last Friday our 2021 Debating Captain, Joshua Jones, was presented to the whole school Assembly. Joshua will be the Captain of a very large and eclectic SPX debating community, which includes a team of 15+ exceptional Year 12 debaters.  Joshua is exceptionally capable and profoundly humble – traits that don’t often present equally in a person – but when they do, we meet a man like Joshua: someone with the courage to lead coupled with an empathy that truly ‘sees’ people. 

Whilst Joshua loves to win, he acknowledges that debating results can be extremely subjective and that we have all felt the rawness of unjust adjudications.  Late on Friday nights Joshua will seek out the teams who are reeling from an unexpected loss and he will work with that team to help them to understand that the greatest success is to develop the courage to face a seemingly unjust decision; to learn from it and to look forward to the next event. Joshua will be an amazing Debating Captain. We are so lucky to have him as our 2021 leader.

If you want to be a part of the terrific St Pius X College debating community it is essential that you attend ALL of the first six rounds.  If your team makes it through to the Elimination Round (and beyond) you also need to keep the above dates free.

Our Senior Students act as coaches/supporters for our Junior teams.  We are also lucky enough to have ex-students to work with the junior teams as the younger students really enjoy contact with our ex-debating “champions”.

The fee for the CSDA extra-curricular activity is $150.00 which will be included in your Term Two school fees. We keep our fees as low as possible and have funding from the St Pius X College P & F to subsidise the costs of running debating at SPX.  

Mrs Michele Waterson - Debating and Public Speaking Convenor

Squash

Last Saturday was the final week of the Swiss draw for Squash and the final week for the Summer Squash season. 

The results listed below were the final results from the Swiss draw rounds. We had three young men achieve some individual glory as they played in their second game for the day to battle it out for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.

In Division 4 there was an epic battle between our own Luka Krizan and Luke Massa before Luka narrowly took the win. He backed this up by winning the division outright while Luke Massa got 3rd Place. Oliver Mullen in Division 5 also managed to get 3rd Place after two gruelling games. The Division 6 boys (Smith, L.Wong ,Buono, and Yee) all played out their season gracefully and for Wong, Buono and Yee their first Summer season of squash lead to improvement in fitness and gameplay as the season progressed.  I would like to thank all the parents and players for their continued support of squash at St Pius X College and we look forward to seeing many of the boys back again for the Winter season at the start of Term 2. 

Mr Joseph Madani - Squash Convenor

Winter Squash 2021 – Terms 2&3 2021

• Winter squash is available to all students (Year 7 – 12) and of all standards on a first come, first served basis.
• Training is on Wednesday afternoons at Willoughby and pennant matches are Saturday morning at various venues.
• Transport is provided from school to Willoughby on Wednesdays
• Equipment can be provided if required.

See or email Mr Varjavandi for inquiries and a permission note.

jvarjavandi@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Mr Justin Varjavandi - Winter Squash Convenor

ISA Tennis

Applications are now open! Grading/training for the winter ISA Tennis season runs through Weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term. Information sheets are available from the veranda outside the Student Office and applications need to be submitted via the QR code below and on the handout or via the 2021 ISA Tennis Application. Contact me at aobrien@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au for any additional queries.

SPX Tennis Championships

Our internal Championships coming up! The tournament will be run on Saturday, 27 March at our Talus Street courts from 7:30 am to approx. 11:30 am for the lower divisions and from 11:30 am to 3.00 pm for the higher divisions. This is a compulsory event for all intending 2021 ISA Tennis players as the results from this competition will contribute to the ranking process for the upcoming season. More information will be distributed to players in the lead up to the day.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - ISA Tennis Convenor

SPX Senior Rugby

Rugby Registration 

All Year 7-12 students wishing to play Rugby are required to be registered to be included in a team, allowing the school Rugby administrators & coaches to best prepare for the coming season, plus allow your P&F Rugby Club to best support and communicate with you! There are no trials or grading days, all students of different shapes, sizes and abilities can find a home within the SPX Rugby Program.

Registration will open next week via a Trybooking link which will appear here in Woodchatta.

Term 1 Rugby Dates for the Diary

• Tuesday 16 March – Rugby Training Commences at Oxford Falls for all students Years 7-12
• Tuesday 23 March - RUGBY CLUB AGM - 7.00 pm – Sarto Centre
• Friday 19 March – Sunday 21 March - Opens Rugby Camp and TRIAL VS CCGS – Central Coast.
• Saturday 27 March – Traditional Trial vs Alos – AWAY (SPX will host some younger age groups)
• Thursday 1 April – Opens Rugby Trial vs St Paul's Manly - HOME
• Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 - April School Holiday Clinic – Oxford Falls – TRYTIME RUGBY

Mr Joe Lynch - Senior Rugby Convenor