Sport & Co-Curricular

Senior Co-Curricular Sports

Term 1 Information:

We are now up to Round 4 in our Term 1 competition with the girls continuing to make us proud with their skills and sportsmanship. There are no games this Saturday 8th March due to the long weekend, but Saturday sport will resume next week.

Carnival Dates Years 7-12

Saturday 15 March (Week 7) – Head of the River
Thursday 20 March (Week 8) – Loreto Swimming Carnival Years 7-12
Monday 24 March (Week 9) – SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
Thursday 10 April (Week 11) - SASSA Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
Tuesday 6 May (Week 2, Term 2)– SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Swimming Carnival Years 7-12

Term 2 & 3 Information

Thank you for completing the Terms 2 & 3 sports selections, it is wonderful to see so many students choosing to participate in sport. We will be lodging teams with SA Catholic Schools Girls Secondary Sport Association (SACSSGSA) at the end of next week. We will not receive Term 2 & 3 grade allocations, fixtures and venues from SACSSGSA until early in Term 2.

CLICK HERE to view the 2025 Terms 2/3 nominations we have received.

Rowing:

Only one week until we host the 2025 Head of the River on Saturday 15 March 8:30am – 2:00pm. This highly anticipated event is a highlight of the rowing calendar, and we invite our entire school community to get involved. Whether it's volunteering in various roles to help the day run smoothly or joining the crowd on the shore to cheer on our rowers, your support will make a world of difference. Let’s come together to celebrate the hard work, determination, and team spirit of our athletes.

Blue Round

In Round 3, SACSSGSA went BLUE to raise awareness of mental health. The SACSSGSA Blue round promoted mental health awareness in our schools and community. On Saturday 1 March teams came together in a variety of sporting fixtures to play, compete, and do their best. It was great to see teammates encourage each other, care for their friends, and go that extra mile to make everybody feel included and valued.

State Teams:

If your daughter is playing sport at a high level, please be aware that there is the opportunity to trial for state teams through School Sport SA.

Further information such as how to nominate, trial dates and competition dates can be located on the School Sport SA Website or by clicking on the link below:

CLICK HERE for State Team Information

Netball Trials

Years 7-12 netball trials have commenced and will conclude in Week 9. Each year level has two scheduled trials, with a possible third trial if needed.

CLICK HERE for 2025 Netball Trial Dates

If you have any questions about co-curricular sport, please do not hesitate to contact me -Sophie.Hage@loreto.sa.edu.au

Sophie Hage

Director of Sports

SASSA Swimming Championships

This year Loreto College was promoted from the E grade to the B grade for the SASSA Swimming Championships, held at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre on Tuesday 25 February. We are proud to share with you that we achieved 8th place overall.

Our Year 7 students competed particularly well, and we would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding results:

Lucy Mackay

1st place - 12-13 50m Freestyle Division 1
2nd place - Open 50m Butterfly Division 2
3rd place - 2-13 50m Breastroke Division 1

Paige Briggs

2nd place - 12-13 50m Freestyle Division 2

Juliet Searle

1st place - 12-13 50m Freestyle Division 3

Other outstanding performances came from our Year 8-11 students:

Alanah Searle

3rd in the 12-13 50m Breastroke Division 2

Marnie Sherwell

3rd in the 12-13 50m Breastroke Division 3

Emily McNamara

3rd in the 12-15 50m Breastroke Division 2

Matilda Heard

2nd in the Open 50m Breastroke Division 1
3rd in the Open 50m Backstroke Division 1

Congratulations to all members of our Swimming Team!!!!

Training will resume on Tuesday 11 March at 7:15am at the Norwood Swimming Centre. We wish the Swimming Squad all the very best as they prepare for the Loreto Swimming Carnival and the Catholic Schools Swimming Carnival next term.

Lydia Baccanello

Director of Wellbeing Programs (R-12)

Athletics Carnival

What an incredible day at the Year 3-12 Athletics Carnival! With the sun shining at a scorching 31°C, our students gave it their all, showcasing amazing talent and determination. Congratulations to Ward for taking out the overall Athletics trophy and to McGrath for claiming the Spirit Cup with their unbeatable energy and sportsmanship! Kaysil O broke the Yr 11 100m record running 11.75 seconds and won the Champion of Champions 100m race.

Well done to everyone who participated—what a fantastic day of competition, teamwork, and school spirit! Thank you to the House and Sports Captains for leading their houses and the PE staff for organising the day.

Mandy Braddock

Leader of Health & PE 7-12

Junior Co-Curricular Sports

Year 4-6 Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to Mulhall who are champions after an exciting swimming carnival at Norwood Pool on Tuesday.

We had a record number of events, and it was great to see so many students willing to have a go and help their house.

Well done to our Year level champion swimmers:

Year 4: Sadie Marks
Year 5: Colette Cheng
Year 6: Abigail Pyragius
Ms Edwards for running the event
Ms Cobb and Ms Roe for collecting and tallying all the times
Ms Smith and Ms Boots for adding together all the house points
Our Year 9 student leaders for their help as place marshalls, with ribbons and timing
Ms Chan and Ms Lange for policing the finish line
Ms Dottore and Ms Dew for marshalling all swimmers at the start line
Ms Sexton for organising the relay and tyre tow teams
Nurse Alice for keeping everyone safe
All the parents and family members who turned out in great numbers to support the students
Everyone who jumped in the pool and cheered on their house during the day!
1st in her 50m freestyle heat /3rdin her 50m backstroke heat /2nd in her 50m breaststroke heat
4th overall in 50m freestyle /2nd overall in the 50m breaststroke
3rd in her 50m backstroke heat /1st in her 50m breaststroke heat
4th overall in the 50m breaststroke
1st in her 50m freestyle heat /1st in her 50m backstroke heat /1st in her 50m breaststroke heat
5th overall in 50m freestyle /5th overall in 50m breaststroke
2nd in her 50m freestyle heat /2nd in her 50m backstroke heat /1st in her 50m butterfly heat
3rd in her 50m backstroke heat /3rd in her 50m butterfly heat
1st in her 100m freestyle heat /1st in her 50m freestyle heat /1st in her 50m backstroke heat /3rd in her 50m butterfly heat
5th overall in the 100m freestyle /3rd overall in the 50m backstroke
2nd in her 100m freestyle heat /1st in her 50m freestyle heat /1st in her 50m backstroke heat /1st in her 50m breaststroke heat
4th overall in 100m freestyle /3rd overall in 50m freestyle /2nd overall in 50m backstroke /4th overall in 50m breaststroke

McGrath were awarded the House Spirit Cup after an enthusiastic display under the red tent!

Thank you so much to everyone involved:

Ms Edwards for running the event
Ms Cobb and Ms Roe for collecting and tallying all the times
Ms Smith and Ms Boots for adding together all the house points
Our Year 9 student leaders for their help as place marshalls, with ribbons and timing
Ms Chan and Ms Lange for policing the finish line
Ms Dottore and Ms Dew for marshalling all swimmers at the start line
Ms Sexton for organising the relay and tyre tow teams
Nurse Alice for keeping everyone safe
Ms Stamova for taking some brilliant action photos
All the parents and family members who turned out in great numbers to support the students
Everyone who jumped in the pool and cheered on their house during the day!

East Adelaide SAPSASA Swimming

The day after our own swimming carnival, a group of Loreto swimmers were back at Norwood Pool for the East Adelaide SAPSASA swimming trials. Our team achieved some excellent results and represented the school with great spirit.

Sadie Marks

Evie Harrison

Colette Cheng

Imogen Fluder

Scarlett Godfrey-Tunno

Kate Li

Abigail Pyragius

Athletics – autumn program

Our junior school athletics program will start in Week 8, on Thursday March 20. The program is open to Year 3-6 students and runs on Thursday afternoons 3:30-5:00pm on the school oval. The autumn program runs for 7 weeks and will finish with a mini athletics carnival – the LORETOlympics. If your daughter hasn’t registered but would like to participate, please contact Ben.Johnswood@loreto.sa.edu.au

Winter Sport Nominations

Registrations for Terms 2 and 3 will open soon via Clipboard. There are plenty of sports available for Loreto students:

Basketball
Cross Country competitions
Football (AFLW)
Football (Soccer)
Hockey
Netball
Volleyball

Ben Johnswood

Sport Coordinator