Senior School Sport &

Cocurricular Activities

• Sports Captains
• Debating
• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Journey
• ISA Athletics Carnival
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Tennis
• Chess

SPORTS CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following students who have been appointed House Vice Captains for the remainder of the year:

                                      [  Year 10      -  Amechi Okwechime

                                      [  Year 9        -  Jeremiah Cuachon

       Barron House [  Year 8        -  Joel Ghannoum

                                      [  Year 7        -   Patrick Moore

                                       [  Year 10      -  Harry Lee     

                                       [  Year 9        -  Alex Marx

       Purton House  [  Year 8        -  Nicholas Fusca

                                       [  Year 7        -  Zachary Davidson

                                       [  Year 10      -  Robert Parisi

                                       [  Year 9        -  Michael Darbinian

       Rice House        [  Year 8        -  Zachary Fleming

                                       [  Year 7        -  Riley Kennedy

                                      [ Year 10       -  Justin Porter

                                      [  Year 9        -  Robert Kraszeweski

       Treacy House  [  Year 8        -  Adrian Alvarez

                                      [  Year 7        -  Alexander Hart

Their first official duty will occur at Fridays' Sports Assembly when the House Vice Captains will be presented to the Year 12 House Captains in their final Sports Assembly. The House Cup 2016 will then be presented to the Winning House with points currently being tallied from the recent Winter Sports Colour Awards and Internal Tennis Championships last week.

The House Vice Captains will engage in the Leadership Forum to be held early next term and assist with the Year 5 Kokoda Track Memorial Excursion later in Term 4 in addition to their House and Year Leadership duties.

Debating

Last Thursday our spectacular debaters were presented with their colour awards:

Gold Awards were presented to Year 12 debaters:  Ryan Attard, Josiah Lising, William Moran and Keenan Smith.  Silver Awards were presented to Year 12 debater Patick MKenzie and Year 11 debaters:  Liam Zucconi, Daniel Butler, Andrew Jackson, Angus Dingley, Denis Webber and Alexander McLarty.  Blue Awards were presented to Year 10 debaters:  Stefan Naprta, Liaam Rao, Jack Gruber and Ben Johnson; Year 9 debater Oliver Tysoe; Year 8 debaters Jude Boyle, Daniel Halverson, Willem Falzon and Ethan Tat.  Congratulations to these exceptional young men who have met the standards of the St Pius X Colour Awards through their hard work in debating.  

Next Tuesday we are planning to have a bit of a end-of-year partai up in the Sarto at lunch time for all debaters.  We don’t have an awards night, so our end of year gathering is our way of thanking all students for their efforts throughout the year.  More information will follow.

Mrs Michele Waterson - Debating and Public Speaking Convener

Duke of Edinburgh

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Adventurous Journey

Congratulations to the Duke of Edinburgh students who completed their Bronze Test Adventurous Journey on the weekend. Weeks of planning and skill development went into the preparation for this journey. The students completed navigation, bushwalking and camping competencies during their hike through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. With 18kg packs the boys demonstrated teamwork, leadership and resilience to successfully and safely navigate through the 20km of bushland. The spring weather and blooming wild flowers made this a most enjoyable adventure.

Thank you to Mr Brannan for his assistance with supervising the group on Saturday night.  If your son is interested in the College Duke of Edinburgh program and associated outdoor activities then please speak to Mrs Manga or Mr de Silva.

Paul de Silva - Expedition Supervisor - Oudoor Education Coordinator

ISA Athletics Carnival

Athletics  -  Age Champions for 2016

Congratulations to the following students:

The St Pius X College School Championships and the Invitational Carnivals served as selection events for creating a squad for the annual ISA Championships at Homebush.

This year our team was hit by an unprecedented level of injury and sickness. 19 Athletes became unavailable for selection leading up to the ISA. Our results show the strength in-depth within our school and how well the team, Captained by Samuel Richardson pulled together. I had to ask a number of boys to compete in events that they had not trained for:

• Cameron Bragg (a sprinter)        -  threw the discus, the shot and the Javelin,
• Mathew Hall (a thrower)              -  ran a 1500m and
• Jamie Millar (a 3000m runner)  -  the school points in the triple jump.

Every Athlete gave their best and we had a competitor gaining points in every event.

3 of our Athletes set records and 16 of our athletes have been selected to represent the ISA at the CIS Athletics Carnival on Wednesday

The team effort enabled us to finish:

  Junior Shield                      SPX 3rd

              Intermediate Shield        SPX 6th

             Senior Shield                      SPX 4th

             Aggregate Trophy             SPX 4th

Next year I would like to encourage more students to get involved, whilst the ISA team is selected, the training and participation in the Invitational  Carnivals is open to everyone.

Athletes Selected to Represent the ISA at CIS

James Bragg, Thomas Hunt,, Kalani Lenehan, Griffin Kirwan, Lachlan Mathie, Daniel Hall, Kyle Bowen, Angus Cutbil, Gregor Dingley, Stuart Dingley, Mathew Hall, James Hunt, David Jelovic, Dominic Panozzo, Will Russell and Oliver Sheather.

Record Breakers 2016

ISA Record:              Under 15s  800m                     2.04  James Hunt

School Records:     Under 14s  High Jump         1.80m  Kalani Lenehan

                Under 15s  Discus                 48.36m  Daniel Hall

Team Captain for 2016:            Samuel Richardson

Gold Recipient:                            Samuel Richardson

Thank you to all the Athletes who took part in 2016.  I would like to thank Clare Hamilton-Bate for her help and assistance at the ISA Carnival.  A Special thank you to Sally Richardson for not only assisting at carnivals but helping to organise training, coaches and forming the link with UTS Norths. And not forgetting our dedicated and talented team of coaches who have helped the boys continually improve: Ron Bendal, Will Richardson, Anthony Collum, Anthony Arruzza and David Hudson.

Mr R Lacey - PDHPE Convenor

Basketball

This Saturday, 17th September 2016 all A teams will be playing Trial Matches against St Aloysius teams at Oxford Falls.

Times:    Court 1     9.00am  -  17As            Court 2   9.00am   -  13As

                                   10.00am  -   1sts                             10.00am  -  14As

                                                                                                 11.00am  -  15As

               Mr Neil Gibson - Basketball Convenor

SPX CRICKET

District Team Training

Training for all teams has commenced. Please ensure that ALL player attend training. Rolls will be marked.

Late Registrations

SPX Cricket has had a great response to its call for players this year. Thank you to everyone who registered. SPX Cricket is in the position to register a small number of late registrations, so get in quick. So if you are looking to play you can make a last minute registration NOW at https://www.trybooking.com/215345

For more information about the forthcoming season and any last minute registrations please contact Mr Danny John, SPX CC Secretary on secretary@stpiuscricket.org.au   mobile 0438 791068.

Latest Results and Fixtures

Tennis

SPX Tennis Championships

We were blessed with a beautiful morning for our SPX Tennis Championships this year.  Students from Year 7 through to Year 12 participated eagerly in our knock-out tournament.  The positive buzz leading up to this event and the enthusiasm and sportsmanship shown on the day is a credit to all players.

Junior Division (Years 7, 8, and 9) – This division saw some impressive gameplay with some nail-bitingly close games.  Ultimately, Riad Lahoud in Year 8 was the very deserving victor, retaining his Champion status from last year’s tournament. Second place was nabbed by Declan Langreiter who also brought exciting gameplay and some hard-fought wins on the day.  Riad and Declan are certainly players to watch on the SPX Tennis circuit in upcoming years.

Senior Division (Years 10, 11 and 12) – Our experienced players were definitely a sight to see on the day. Their impressive skill, energy and determination of these players brought us some sensational rallies. Overall, Year 10’s Jeremy Hoy came out on top after a close game against fellow Year 11’s Michael Chang.  They are undoubtedly an inspiration for our younger players in terms of their sportsmanship, skill, camaraderie and enthusiasm.

A final thank you to Ms Black, Ms Kugananthan and Ms Grove, as well as all the players and their parents for their support, not only during our Championship on Saturday, but throughout the whole ISA Tennis season this year. Without your generosity and cooperation I’m sure that the season would have not have been so enjoyable for all involved.

Ms A. O’Brien - Tennis Convenor

Chess

Chess Tournament

Attention all players of Chess  -  NSWJCL have invited all secondary schools to participate in a One Day Chess Teams Tournament:

    When:   Sunday 18th September

    Where:   North Sydney Boys High

    Cost:       Free

    Format: Teams of three players will play 7 rounds of twenty minute games

If your son is interested in competing he should contact Ms Dempsey or Ms Ramsey in person or by email.

Cut off date for entries is 14th September

Ms Denise Ramsey - Chess Convenor