SPORTING NEWS
St Nicholas Primary School, Tamworth
DATES FOR 2025
Friday 20 June - St Nicholas School Athletics Carnival
Thursday 7 August - Diocesan Athletics Carnival (Tamworth)
SPORT INFORMATION ON COMPASS
Just a reminder that the majority of sporting opportunities are only on Compass and it needs to be checked on a regular basis.
ST NICHOLAS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to help out at our Athletics Carnival on Friday 20 June.
Below are the current Athletics records.
| ATHLETICS RECORDS | |||
| St Nicholas School, Tamworth (updated as at 3 July 2024) | |||
| EVENT | STUDENT NAME | TIME/DISTANCE/HEIGHT | YEAR |
| 70m 5 year Girls | Kate Reynolds | 15.56 sec | 2005 |
| 70m 5 year Boys | Adrian Tomlinson | 15.24 sec | 2004 |
| 70m 6 year Girls | Kate Reynolds | 11.86 sec | 2006 |
| 70m 6 year Boys | Jack Diebold | 12.43 sec | 2006 |
| 70m 7 year Girls | Abby Schmiedel | 13.01 sec | 2004 |
| 70m 7 year Boys | Thomas Green | 12.60 sec | 2008 |
| 100m 8 year Girls | Alyce Smith | 16.14 sec | 1999 |
| 100m 8 year Boys | Paddy Donnelly | 15.74 sec | 1999 |
| 100m 9 year Girls | Isabella Wall | 14.46 sec | 2017 |
| 100m 9 year Boys | Thomas Russell | 15.09 sec | 1999 |
| 100m 10 year Girls | Jo McIlveen | 14.50 sec | 1996 |
| 100m 10 year Boys | Chris Tennie | 13.00 sec | 1990 |
| 100m 11 year Girls | Isabella Wall | 13.69 sec | 2019 |
| 100m 11 year Boys | David Harding / Kieran McHugh | 13.27 sec | 1994 |
| 100m 12 year Girls | Jo McIlveen | 13.38 sec | 1992 |
| 100m 12 year Boys | Tyron Bruce | 12.25 sec | 1990 |
| 100m 13 year Girls | Karley Mitchell | 16.37 sec | 1999 |
| 100m 13 year Boys | Chris Newman | 12.84 sec | 1987 |
| 200m Junior Girl | Isabelle Patino | 31.01 sec | 2004 |
| 200m Junior Boy | Cameron York | 28.09 sec | 1999 |
| 200m 11 year Girl | Isabella Wall | 29.78 sec | 2019 |
| 200m 11 year Boy | David McHugh | 27.22 sec | 1992 |
| 200m Senior Girl | Jo McIlveen | 28.34 sec | 1992 |
| 200m Senior Boy | Greg Webster | 27.03 sec | 1990 |
| 800m Junior Girl | Isabella Wall | 2.47.63 min | 2018 |
| 800m Junior Boy | Matthew McCulloch | 2.43.80 min | 1993 |
| 800m 11 year Girl | Isabella Wall | 2.33.77 min | 2019 |
| 800m 11 year Boy | Matthew McCulloch | 2.34.20 min | 1994 |
| 800m Senior Girl | Katrina Coutts | 2.50.25 min | 1992 |
| 800m Senior Boy | Greg Webster | 2.32.20 min | 1990 |
| High Jump – Junior Girl | Sophia McManus | 1.30m | 2024 |
| High Jump – Junior Boy | Carter Brown | 1.27m | 2023 |
| High Jump – 11 year Girl | Bethany Gauci | 1.39m | 1989 |
| High Jump – 11 year Boy | Nick Studdy | 1.42m | 1995 |
| High Jump – Senior Girl | Emma Klasen | 1.36m | 2014 |
| High Jump – Senior Boy | Nick Studdy | 1.47m | 1996 |
| Long Jump – Junior Girl | Abby Schmiedel | 3.70m | 2007 |
| Long Jump – Junior Boy | Kieran McHugh | 4.02m | 1993 |
| Long Jump – 11 year Girl | Jo McIlveen | 4.41m | 1991 |
| Long Jump – 11 year Boy | Evan Kellow | 4.55m | 1992 |
| Long Jump – Senior Girl | Genevieve Peek | 4.30m | 1998 |
| Long Jump – Senior Boy | Ben Sleeman | 4.97 | 2018 |
| Shot Put – Junior Girl | Nardia Canu | 8.10m | 1991 |
| Shot Put – Junior Boy | Ben Sleeman | 9.49m | 2015 |
| Shot Put – 11 year Girl | Nardia Canu | 8.29m | 1992 |
| Shot Put – 11 year Boy | Kurt Resch | 10.60m | 2002 |
| Shot Put – Senior Girl | Anika Earsman | 7.40m | 2015 |
| Shot Put – Senior Boy | Justin Leehy | 9.41m | 2004 |
| Discus – Junior Girl | Isabella Harding-Brown | 22.80m | 2023 |
| Discus – Junior Boy | Jack Klasen | 20.80m | 2016 |
| Discus – 11 year Girl | Nicole Gleeson | 17.05m | 1999 |
| Discus – 11 year Boy | Elijah Skilton | 22.50m | 2024 |
| Discus – Senior Girl | Lucy Zucker | 20.42m | 2000 |
| Discus – Senior Boy | Cameron Kitching | 26.58m | 2013 |
POLDING CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to the follwoing children who competed at the Polding Cross Country in Sydney last week - Ella Hickey, Henry Brownsmith, Ethan Willday, Fletcher O'Connor, Levi Charlesworth, Hudson Young, Sophie Ferguson and Bailey Maher. A fantastic effort by all the runners. Ella Hickey placed second in the 8/9 year old girls and will now compete at the PSSA Cross Country in Sydney on Wednesday 23 July. A special mention to Henry Brownsmith who placed 7th and is one of the reserves for the Polding team.
TONI PALMER MEMORIAL SHIELD - RUGBY LEAGUE
Good luck to our teams who are travelling to Inverell on Wednesday to compete for the Toni Palmer Memorial Shield. Toni was a teacher at Holy Trinity Inverell with a passion for league. She sadly passed in 2021 after a long battle with cancer. The following children are attending - Jacob Anderson, Fletcher Stimson, Matthew McAuley, Ari Dunst, Sam Lane, Archie Pattison, Pax Townsend, Taj Fitzgibbon, Jax Graf, George Chatfield, Max Collett, Eli Johnson, Flynn Coutts, Jonty Townsend, Miles Pearce, Thomas Wiseman, Finn Elliott, Quaid Maher, Riley Ferguson, Koa Thom, Darcy Lane, Zayne Ramirez, Jackson Bridges and Archie Clein.
BASKETBALL SEMESTER 2 NOMINATIONS
Nominations are now being taken for the Semester 2 Basketball season. Please head to Compass events to nominate your child to play.