Sport & Co-Curricular

Senior Co-Curricular Sports

Co-curricular Sport Term 4 Information

Our students have enjoyed the first three rounds of Term 4 sport, representing Loreto with skill and sportsmanship, whilst having fun. 

We wish all students participating in Term 4 sport, all the best for the final rounds.

• Last Senior Round – Week 5 (Saturday 16th November)
• Last Junior Round – Week 6 (Saturday 23rd November)

Weekly Fixtures – Week 4 Saturday 9th November 

Please see the Term 4 game dates listed below:

                                               2024 Term 4 Sport Dates

   Year 7 – 12 BASKETBALL, TOUCH, TENNIS & VOLLEYBALL (Saturday Morning 8:30am – 11:45am)

Student Achievements:

Well done to the following Loreto students for their outstanding performances at the All-Schools Athletics Carnival last weekend:

• Grace Marin
• Grace Shanahan
• Liran Ma
• Camille D’Arsie Hausler
• Tilda Pelham
• Elise Kightley
• Indea Sidell
• Zoe Reid

The All-Schools Championships is the premier athletics carnival for school aged students providing a great opportunity to run, jump and throw in an exciting and competitive environment. Athletes who achieve a first or second placing in their selected event/s are invited to compete at the 2024 Australian All Schools Championships to be held in Brisbane, 6th - 8th December.

Special congratulations to Grace Shanahan on being selected to represent South Australia at the All-Schools National Championships in December 2024!

SingaCup-2024

Tigi Gambranis (Yr 11) and Anna Zappia (Yr 10) are in Singapore this week representing Australia in the Singa Cup. Having started in 2011, SingaCup is one of Asia's premier international youth football tournaments. Congratulations, Tigi and Anna - what an honour to be selected!

Term 1 2025 Sports Nomination Form:

The Term 1 Sports Nomination Form for students in Years 7-12 in 2025 is now available on Loreto Connect. Please complete the form by Friday 15th November 2024. You can find the nomination form in the Senior Sport Nominations section on Loreto Connect, or you can select your sport using the link below:

https://portal.clipboard.app/loreto-college/activity-selection

If you have any questions about co-curricular sport, please contact me on Sophie.Hage@loreto.sa.edu.au 

Sophie Hage

Director of Sport

Junior Co-Curricular Sports

First Win!

Our Year 2 Green netballers enjoyed their first win last Friday night. The team has been working hard and had a breakthrough at training during the week with Hannah popping through their first practice match goal.

I only saw the last few minutes of the 4th quarter on Friday but when I arrived our Goal Keeper and the opposition’s Goal Shooter were both sitting down in the goal circle. I took that as a good sign. Clearly there hadn’t been much action down there! Sure enough, when the final whistle went it was our girls who were celebrating.

It’s been a steep learning curve for our Year 2 teams, and it’s been brilliant to see them learning how to play each position and already developing teamwork. That first training session back in Term 3, mostly focusing on how to deal with an inside out bib, feels like a long time ago!

It turned out to be an emphatic win with Loreto Green doubling the opposition’s score (2 goals to 1). After the game there were smiles, hugs and the Loreto song was belted out with gusto. After the festivities died down, one player asked, “Did we win?” which brought home just why we play the game. Umm… yeah, we won. But just getting to sing the song with their friends and having the post-game lollies was enough. Winning was a bonus.

Let’s hope it’s the first win of many!

Tennis

Well done to Amelia Lampit who picked up her first tennis wins for the term, winning both her singles and doubles matches last Friday. On the court next door, Year 3s Chloe Zhang and Harriet Eblen also picked up impressive wins – much to the surprise of their Year 6 opponents!

Aerobics

Ms Woods, Ms Cobb and coaches Ruby and Zara marshalled an excited group of Year 3-5 students in the Hall Friday morning for their first aerobics session. Some students were returning from our 2024 teams, others have been doing dance/cheer at clubs and some students were brand new to the sport. It was great to see everyone giving it a go!

The coaches took everyone through the warm-up procedures and compulsory moves. If your child missed this morning but would like to give aerobics a try, please contact Ben.Johnswood@loreto.sa.edu.au

SACPSSA Athletics Carnival

Well done to Loreto’s Year 3-6 athletics students who competed in the Section 1 SACPSSA Athletics Carnival last week. We finished in 6th place and picked up some impressive results along the way. The following students won ribbons:

Field Events

Long Jump Year 3 Div 1 – Alessia Haddad 2nd place

Long Jump Year 5 Div 1 – Grace-Marie Hadgis 2nd place

Long Jump Year 5 Div 2 – Charlotte Holland 4th place 

Long Jump Year 6 Div 2 – Hazel Gavenlock 1st place

High Jump Year 4 Div 1 – Lucy Diestel-Feddersen 3rd place

High Jump Year 4 Div 2 – Eva Pelizzari 1st place 

High Jump Year 5 Div 1 – Everly Weekley 1st place RECORD

High Jump Year 5 Div 2 – Inez Adams 2nd place

Shot Put Year 4 Div 1 – Calista Leonardos Jaensch 2nd place

Shot Put Year 4 Div 2 – Lucy Kennedy 2nd place

Shot Put Year 5 Div 2 – Quinn Kidd 3rd place

Shot Put Year 6 Div 1 – Elsa-Marie Kefalianos 2nd place

Shot Put Open Pentathlon – Minny Winters 4th place

Track Events

60m Hurdles Year 6 Div 3 – Hazel Gavenlock 4th place

100m Year 3 Div 1 – Alessia Haddad 3rd place

100m Year 4 Div 2 – Eva Pelizzari 3rd place

400m Year 3 Div 3 – Alessia Haddad 2nd place

400m Year 3 Div 2 – Emily D’Amato 4th place

400m Year 3 Div 1 – Olivia Saber 3rd place

400m Year 4 Div 1 – Amelia Lampit 3rd place

400m Year 5 Div 2 – Savy Yeates 3rd place

400m Year 6 Div 3 – Emerson Lampit 2nd place

800m Year 3 Div 1 – Olivia Saber 1st place

800m Year 3 Div 2 – Emily D’Amato 4th place

800m Year 5 Div 1 – Sophie D’Amato 2nd place

800m Year 5 Div 2 – Bella Lynch 1st place

800m Year 6 Div 2 – Hazel Gavenlock 3rd place

1500m Year 5 Div 1 – Sophie D’Amato 3rd place

1500m Year 5 Div 2 – Savy Yeates 2nd

1500m Year 6 Div 1 – Juliet Searle 4th place

A special mention to Everly Weekley who not only finished 1st in the Year 5 Division 1 high jump but broke the all-time record with a jump of 1.35m!

Friday Night Lights

Loreto’s Year 3/4 Australian Rules footballers had an exciting opportunity last Friday night, playing a match at half time of the Crows’ AFLW game against North Melbourne.

We arrived at Norwood Parade nice and early so there was plenty of time for face-painting and a kick of the footy in the reserve outside the ground beforehand. We found our seats and the players sat watching the AFLW game patiently (sort of…) for two quarters, cheering on the Crows. Finally, the half time siren sounded! The player’s gate swung open, and we streamed onto the ground.

Playing under lights at The Parade in front of several thousand spectators was unique experience for our young footballers. To say we brought plenty of energy onto the field would be an understatement!

Evie and Georgia popped through some early goals for the Red team to the cheers of the crowd and Charlie share the ball around in midfield. The Black team fought back late in the match with Emily threading one through from the boundary and Claire goaling on the final siren. 

Football has been growing at the school and it was great to see our youngest players put their skills on display. The Crows’ AFLW team unfortunately didn’t end up with the 4 points but that did little to wipe the smiles off our faces! Ms Edwards goal umpired with aplomb. A career after football playing beckons!

2025 - Term 1 Sport

I can’t believe that 2024 is nearly over! The year has gone very quickly. Students will have the opportunity soon to register for Term 1 sport. Registrations will be open on Clipboard very soon with all parents/guardians receiving an email with the key information.

The sports available in Term 1 2025 are:

Aerobics, Athletics, Basketball, Cross Country, Tennis, Touch Football and Volleyball.

SAPSASA Cricket

Well done to Evie White who represented the North East Metro zone at the State Cricket Carnival this week. Evie performed strongly in her 5 games. She took 14 wickets, hit a 6 and got retired undefeated while batting a few times. Congratulations on a great week, Evie!

Ben Johnswood

Sport Coordinator