SPORT

POLDING SWIMMING CARNIVAL

On Monday we had 10 children travel to Sydney to compete in the Armidale Diocesan swim squad at the Polding Carnival at SOPAC. The children competed against children from other Catholic schools from across the northern half of the state, so the competition was very tough. The team managers noted the commendable sportsmanship of the children on the day. Below are the results for our swimmers.

ST NICHOLAS CROSS COUNTRY

The school cross country will be held on Friday 30th of April at Powerhouse Park. Students will walk to and from the park. Parents are welcome to come and watch. A timetable of the day will be included in the newsletter in the coming weeks.

DIOCESAN CROSS COUNTRY

The Diocesan Cross Country will be held in Barraba on Friday 7th May 2021. The children will be given the opportunity to catch the bus to Barraba.

SPORTSMANSHIP

Over the weekend I had several emails and messages from parents regarding the disappointing sportsmanship displayed by a couple of students representing St Nicholas School. I was very disappointed to hear that this was not only in one sport but three. I believe that it is an honour to represent your school but will not hesitate to withdraw students if they do not maintain the high level of sportsmanship expected by our school. Our mantra 'Manners Matter' is one that must be carried over to the sporting field as much as all other aspects of school. In this age where many sports are not organised by schools, it would be sad to lose those ones that we hold on to. 

Thankfully I also received an email from a parent commenting on the outstanding level of sportsmanship displayed at the final weekend of cricket. I know that St Nicholas School students are ALL capable of this level.

CRICKET

The cricket season is now complete. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those mums and dads who stepped up to coach, manage, score and drive children to and from games each weekend. Were are so lucky to have so many parents give up their time to help out with this.

REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS

Often I get emails from parents sharing successes that children have had in their chosen sports outside of school. Due to the fact that there are so many different sports and so many children competing in these it is difficult to publish these successes for fear of missing out on acknowledging a sport or an achievement. I do love hearing about these though and try to speak to the children individually about this. I especially love hearing the sportsmanship stories

DIOCESAN WINTER TRIALS

Last Friday we had 16 children travel to Inverell to try out for the Diocesan teams in Netball, Rugby League and Soccer. Congratulations to the following children who gained a place. 

Rugby League Opens - Parker O'Neile, Sully Butler and Kurtis Laidlaw 

Rugby League 11 years - Kobi Hamlin and Jace Single.

Soccer - Thomas Mahony.

As there were limited numbers of nominations for hockey all the students who nominated have made it into the Diocesan hockey team to compete at Bathurst. Congratulations to the following students who gained selection - Oliver Traill, Xavier Wakely, Elliott Rodda, Blake Judd, Molly Klasen and Macy Marshall.

DIOCESAN TOUCH TRIALS

Notes were given out this week to children who play touch football in Year 5 and 6 to nominate for the Diocesan Touch Trials in Tamworth on Friday 26th March 2021. These trials will now be on Monday 29th March due to the rain this week. Good luck to Callum Anderson, Kobi Hamlin, Tom Holland, Angus Davidson, Thomas Gillies and Jamie McGregor. 

NETBALL

Dear Netball Families, 

The Year 3 and 4 uniforms have arrived! They will be going home this week. Coaches will receive their team's contact details and will make contact with teams in the next few weeks. 

Gear bags are almost done - they will be sent home bag by bag as I get all the equipment sorted!

Netball begins on Saturday 24th April!

Looking forward to a full season of netball again!

Emma Elliott

SOCCER

RUGBY

HOCKEY

TENNIS