Opens Rugby League

Congratulations to our Open Rugby League Team who won the Regional Championships in the Allan Tongue 10’s competition in Tamworth. The boys won the local competition late in Term 1, then beat St Catherine's College and Farrar Agricultural College in two very tight and hard-fought games at the Plain Street playing fields in Tamworth.

The team was captained by School Captain Jackson B and many of these boys do not play regular rugby league which highlights this great win. This win will be a great memory for the senior students in their final year at St Joseph's, they will remember long after they finish school.

NSWCCC Boys Rugby League

On Friday and Saturday May 23 & 24 Casey M – Open Boys and Harlem L and Jackson F – U15 Boys will represent NNSW in Sydney at the NSWCCC Boys Rugby League Championships. The boys will be playing for selection in their respective NSWCCC Rugby League teams. Mr Feeney will attend the championships as manager of the NSWCCC team.

Girls Rugby League

The U14 and U16 Girls also played in the Allan Tongue 10’s finals in Tamworth. The U14 played some very competitive games, beating St Catherine’s and then losing to Oxley High School by one try. The U16’s beat Muswellbrook High School and then lost to Oxley High School in the grand final. The girls had a most enjoyable day and have continued to improve under the coaching and management of Ms Watkins and Mrs Eveleigh. A special thank you to Leah Ollerton for her coaching and the support of our senior girls who have been excellent mentors.

NSWCCC Representatives

We can proudly announce that we have added to our very prestigious list of NSWCCC representatives over the past two weeks. Congratulations to Summer D and Sophie H who were selected in the U18 Girls Rugby League Team on Tuesday. This was following their impressive performance at the NSWCCC competition representing NNSW. Despite the wet conditions the competition was condensed to a one day event and relocated to Elderslie, Sydney. Congratulations on your selection.

Congratulations to Macey C who has been selected in the U18’s NSWCCC Girls Rugby 7’s team. This is an outstanding achievement amidst many talented rugby players from across the NSW Catholic schools. Notably, Macey has been recently selected in the Open Girls NSWCCC Touch Football team and represented NNSW at the NSWCCC Rugby League competition in the U18 girls team. Macey is a talented sportswoman who excels and is committed to a variety of sports.

Postponements

Due to the recent wet weather the regional Futsal Championships have been postponed and will now be played on 11 and 12 June at the Maitland Basketball Stadium.

The Diocesan Tennis Competition due to be held at District Park Newcastle on Thursday will now be played on Thursday 12 June.

The School Boys Rugby League Trophy competition was postponed on Wednesday and will now be played on the 4 June.

Netball

A Secondary All Schools Netball 15yrs & Under selection trial will be held at Sydney Olympic Park on Friday 20 June. This selection trial has been advertised to students. If there are any boys interested in attending the trial they are to see Mrs Tilse for further information.

During Thursday afternoon sport, selections are being conducted over the forthcoming weeks for the school Junior and Intermediate Girls Netball teams. The school representative Netball teams will play in the NSW Netball Cup - Singleton, the Diocesan Netball Gala Day, Newcastle and the NSWCCC Netball Schools Competition in Sydney.

Year 7 Thursday Sport

For the remaining five weeks of this term we have secured sport in schools funding for our Year 7 students who are not involved in Rep Netball, Rugby League or Soccer/Futsal to participate in a cricket program conducted by NSW Cricket. The Year 7 students will be involved in the Cricket program during their Thursday sport afternoon at Jefferson Park.

Bill Turner Cup Soccer

Last week our Bill Turner Cup Soccer team played Round Two of the competition against Rutherford High at the Muswellbrook fields. The boys enjoyed a competitive game, however, were beaten by Rutherford. Congratulations on having progressed to Round Two.

NSWCCC Soccer

Congratulations to Emily G who will be a member of the Open Diocesan Football team to play at the NSWCCC Championships next Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 May in Sydney. Emily will be seeking selection in the NSWCCC Open Girls team.

Senior Boys Basketball

The senior boys Basketball team recently played in the NSW Schools Basketball Championships at Maitland. They played very well throughout the day, making it to the semi finals losing to St Phillip’s Christian College, Newcastle.

Touch Football

On 15 May, 100 students travelled to Tamworth for the NSW All Schools Touch Football. There were two St Joseph's teams in each Stage group. It was great to see the participation and effort put forward by students and there were some great moments of teamwork, enthusiasm and sportsmanship across all of our teams. Overall, it was a very fun day, and we had some great results.

7/8 Boys 1- These boys went through the whole day undefeated and won their division!

7/8 Boys 2 - They had a great start to the day with a win and then faced some fierce opponents and had some great games.

7/8 Girls 1- The girls had strong wins against Tamworth and Warialda and finished 4th in their pool.

7/8 Girls 2 - There were lots of tries against Carinya and Tamworth and they also finished 4th in their pool.

9 Boys - The team played well as a unit and won their pool, they moved onto the SF where they went down by one try to our own Year 10 SJA team!

10 Boys - A great day for the Year 10 boys, who had some good round games to progress to the finals and then onto win the GF for the division!

9 Girls - The girls got better and stronger as a team as the day went on! They won their pool and went onto win the GF in their division!

10 Girls - The girls had a fun day playing together and came 3rd in their pool.

The game could not happen without our referees, so a big thank you to Beth, Charesse, Jack, Riley and Kieren who volunteered their time to come with us!

The staff are very proud for all the St Joseph's students' efforts on the day and for representing our school with pride.

We wish the advancing teams luck in Sydney.

Mrs Smith, Miss Spooner, Mr Lilley and Mr Burgess.

NSWCCC Cross Country

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified for the NSWCCC Cross Country Championships at Sydney Equestrian Centre on 11 June.

Penny B

Isla W

Eden A

Ryan P

Amira L

Taj T

Toby S

Joseph H

Miss Spooner and Mrs Dent will be attending the Championships as the Diocesan Team Manager and Official. We wish the students well.

Alison Tilse

Sports Coordinator

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