Sport
Natasha Gippel SPORTS COORDINATOR
ADPSC Netball and Soccer Gala Day
Please keep an eye out on Compass in the Events section for your child to attend the Netball or Soccer Gala Day. If your child has put their name down to attend, you will receive a Compass Event notification. All students in grades 3 - 6 are welcome to attend.
If you HAVE NOT consented by Wednesday 7th September, then your child will not be able to attend the Gala Day.
NETBALL
Event Date: Friday 16th September, 2022.
Event Venue: Sports Dome Netball Complex, Jack Smyth Drive, Tamworth
ALL STUDENTS MUST FIND THEIR OWN WAY TO AND FROM THE VENUE
Cost: All individuals must pay a $5 ADPSC levy to play. This will be paid via Compass
Dress code: St Edward's netball uniform, St Edward's sports socks
Guidelines:
Netball will be in run in two divisions and can be mixed or straight teams, but everyone will be playing each other. (Only 10 students in a team – no modified rules):
- Opens (Grades 5 & 6)
- Juniors (Grades 3 & 4)
- All competitors must arrive at the venue by 9.00am
- Games start at 9:30am sharp
- The winning team of each division will win a trophy, Runners Up will be awarded a medallion.
Catering at the venue: There will be Canteen facilities, CASH ONLY.
SOCCER
Event Date: Friday 16th September, 2022.
Event Venue: Gipps St Playing Fields, Tamworth
ALL STUDENTS MUST FIND THEIR OWN WAY TO AND FROM THE VENUE
Cost: All individuals must pay a $5 ADPSC levy to play. This will be paid via Compass
Dress code: Students will be given a St Edward's Representative shirt to wear with their St Edward's sports shorts and blue socks if possible (other coloured socks may be worn over shin pads if blue socks are not available).
Soccer will be in run in two divisions and can be mixed or straight teams, but everyone will be playing each other.
- Opens (Grades 5 & 6) - 9 a-side on the field, only 12 in a team
- Juniors (Grades 3 & 4) - 9 a-side on the field, only 12 in a team, modified field
- All competitors must arrive at the venue by 9.00am
- Games start at 9:30am sharp
- Soccer players must have shin guards.
- The winning team of each division will win a trophy, Runners Up will be awarded a medallion.
Catering at the venue: There will be Canteen facilities, CASH ONLY.
Postponement: Where possible, the trials will proceed as planned. The Carnival Convenor and the Chairperson of ADPSC consult with facility booking. The nominated contact person from each school would be notified and a notification delivered via email and the ADPSC Facebook page.
Polding Cricket
Congratulations to these two super stars, Cooper Jones and Felicity Shields, who trialled last Friday in the Polding Cricket Trials. Unfortunately neither of these fabulous cricketers made it through. They were both some of the youngest players at the trials, but fingers crossed for you both next year when you are both at the top of the age pool.
Apologies to Felicity for not mentioning her in last week's newsletter to wish her luck.
St Edward's Netball
Saturday saw the end of Saturday netball games for our 5 under 10 teams. All teams have improved immensely over this past season and have enjoyed every minute of both training and their games. A special mention to the St Ed’s All Stars who finished Runners Up in the Saturday comp 10 years division.
Our Open teams need a special mention as well. These girls have been playing their absolute best every Saturday all season, representing themselves and their school with great pide. Good luck to the St Ed's Warriors and St Ed's Divas who will be playing in their Semi Finals this Saturday. Congratulations to the legends and Drama Queens for a fantastic season.
Oh and I can't forget the old girls..... Good luck to the St Ed's Butterflies (Open B division) with your Semi Finals. It will be really tough without your Coach Mrs D, however I hear there is a Trainee Coach filling the void.
NSWCPS Netball Competition
Recap of the Penrith Netball Trip
By Maye Hatton and Evie Jackson
31-8-2022
32 girls from grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 were chosen to go to Sydney, Penrith for Netball. On Monday at 9:00am, Teachers, netball girls and relatives caught the bus to represent St Edward's Catholic School for a netball competition. The bus ride was great! We watched movies, played games and rested. We stopped at Scone for morning tea and at Muswellbrook for lunch.
Once we got to Cables Wake Park (the place we stayed at) we were escorted into our rooms. The two 12/11s teams shared a room and the 8/9s and 10/s also shared. Not long after, we walked to Panthers RSL where we had an amazing dinner and a great time.
The next morning around 6:30am we all got up to get ready for our big day of netball. There was a variety of food for breakfast such as toast, cereal, fruit etc. When the bus arrived, we all packed our luggage in and hopped on the bus. After we finished training, it was time for our first game! All first games were successful, as we had all won.
After multiple tough competitions, and a few snack breaks, we were all ready for our final game. Our Year 3 netballers came first, our Year 4 netballers came 4th and our Year 5-6 netballers both came second but the games were really close, however we all had fun.
On the way home we stopped at Muswellbrook for dinner which was at Maccas. We got home at around 9:00pm and we were all quite tired but we are all very thankful for this great opportunity and would like to thank everyone who made this happen so:
A big thank you to Mrs Gippel for organising all of this for us. A big thank you to all our coaches and and a big thank you to all our parent/guardian/helpers who were able to get us there.
Gymnastics
On Saturday 27th August, Amity Wall attended the NSW State Championships for Gymnastics in Level 5 Division 1. Amity placed 1st overall in Vault with a score of 9.7. Amity also competed on Beam, Floor and Bars placing 9th overall in her division. Amazing work Amity, congratulations!
St Edward's Basketball
A few reminders:
• Every team is to have a bench person to bench their game
• The player/coach seats are for players and coaches only and not spectators
• Area around score bench is to be kept clear, it is for scorers only
• Players arriving prior to warming up etc., please make sure that each player is in the team list with correct number on the tablets
Please see draw below.
Touch Football
Waterpolo
Sport and School Activity Levy
Just a little reminder to pay the Sport and School Activity Levy if you haven't already done so. This levy covers buses to and from the Primary Campus, to and from sporting events, gymnastics, tennis and the hire of both the swimming pool and athletics track. Please check on your Compass portal whether this needs to be updated.
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, Mrs Gippel, at: nmcculloch@arm.catholic.edu.au
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.