Sport 

School Cross Country

Our annual St Edward’s School Cross Country will be held tomorrow, 30th April. This year we are going to trial holding our cross country at our Primary Campus. This is to try and minimise disruption and limit the amount of parent helpers required to make the day successful. 

Parents will still be welcome to attend to watch your child run their event. We do ask that whilst on school grounds you are maintaining social distancing and ensure that you sign in (sign on sheets located on the asphalt area near the starting line). 

Basic outline for the day:

Cross Country events commence at the APPROXIMATE times.

9:15am Stage 3 students assemble on the Year 3 oval and walk one lap of the course for a warm up)

9:30am - 12/13 Years Boys 

10:00am - 12/13 Years Girls

10:30am -11 Years Boys

10:50am -11 Years Girls

11:20am Buses leave Infants 

(Children take their hats and a bottle of water)

11:30am Infants children assemble on the Year 3 oval (when not competing they are able to sit on the hill in the shade).

11:40pm - Kinder Boys and Girls

12:00pm - 7 Year old Boys and 7 Year old Girls

12:20pm  - 8/9 Year old Boys 

12:50pm - 8/9 Year old Girls 

1:45pm - 10 Years Boys &  10 Years Girls 

Sporting Schools Funding

St Edward's has received Sporting Schools Funding over the last 4-5 years allowing the students to participate in sport skills sessions taught by professional coaches. This term the Infants will participate in hockey skills sessions and the Primary will participate in netball skills sessions. For more information on how the sporting schools funding works, please feel free to visit their website https://www.sportaus.gov.au/schools 

Here are some action shots of our Year 2 students enjoying their hockey skills for sport this week.

Polding Winter Trials

Last Thursday and Friday we had a number of students travel to Bathurst to trial for the Polding Trials for various sports. Congratulations to Thomas Mallon & Riley Daly our Open Boys in the Rugby League team who made the possible and probables. A massive congratulations to Tom who made it in the Polding Team and will participate in the NSWPSSA Trials held late June. 

National Primary Games

A note went home yesterday to all Primary aged students to obtain an expression of interest for those students who will be available in the July school holidays to play in the National Primary Games.   

The National Primary Games is an inclusive festival of sport which includes 6 different codes for children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 catering for teams of all standards over the weekend of 10th and 11th July (this is in the mid-year school holidays). St Edward’s is hoping to enter teams in Rugby League, Netball, Soccer and possible Gymnastics for students who are already participating in Gymnastics at a competitive level.

The festival will be held in Tamworth and our teams will compete against teams as far north as the Sunshine Coast and South to the ACT. The NPG values sportsmanship and inclusivity being the focus of the weekend. The Macquarie Bank Spirit of the Games Award will be presented to a team who best represents this attitude within each of the sports. All teams will play competitive games and every team will participate in a final, no matter their placing.

Costing is yet to be decided as it is a team nomination fee, depending on how many students we have playing/ respond to this expressions of interest will determine the cost. 

We are looking for expressions of interest from you for your child to see if we will have enough children to make a team and enter the competition. We would also be looking for coaches for the teams. If we have enough students to make a team and register, the coaches of the teams will then be in charge of arranging training times and the running of the team on the day. I will register teams and collect money from individual players.

If your child is interested, please return the note that was sent home to Mrs Gippel by Wednesday 12th May. Remember this is only an expression of interest.

Touch Football

Draw for Monday 3rd May, 2021

St Edward's Netball 2021

The draw for Netball each week can be found on Tamworth Netball Assosiation Facebook page or on their websitehttp://tamworthna.nsw.netball.com.au/home.aspx

Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports Council

The Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports Council is a body representative of the Catholic Education Office, Principals and Sports Coordinators from all Diocesan Primary Schools. The ADPSC offers a pathway for Armidale Diocesan students in most sports. If you would like to be kept up to date with all the Diocesan sport news, cancellations and updated last minute information, please like the ADPSC page on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/ArmidaleDiocesanPSC/

Basketball

This afternoon's draw 29/04/2021

Sport Stories

We would love to share information about your child’s special achievements across all sporting areas, please email detailed information and a photograph if available to: 

the Sports Coordinator at nmcculloch@arm.catholic.edu.au