Senior School Cocurricular Program 

• Fixtures 6 April
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Cross Country
• Football
• Public Speaking and Debating
• Rugby
• Senior Chess
• Squash
• Swimming 
• NSTA Tennis

Fixtures 6 April

Basketball

Year 7 Basketball - Singlet return

All Year 7 basketball players please return your blue basketball singlets THIS WEEK to Mrs Schuster in the Science Office between S1 and S2, before school, recess, lunchtime or after school. 

Please ensure you include your name on the singlet so you can be marked off.

Mr Danny Garrett - Basketball Convenor and

Mrs Joanne Schuster - Assistant Basketball Convenor

Cross Country

Join us for fun, varied and challenging sessions.

When: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings

Where: Beauchamp Park, Chatswood 

Time: 7:15 am – 8:15 am 

Who: All Senior and Junior School students welcome

Meet at the Beauchamp Oval Grandstand in comfortable running gear and with a water bottle. Bring your school uniform to change into afterwards back at The College.  All students are encouraged to join training, whether it is to prepare for the IPSHA Cross Country Competition in April, the ISA Cross Country competition in Term 2 or to simply improve your general well-being. Please email Mr Scott Steinman ssteinman@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au or Ms Leanne Lee llee@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au to sign up or simply turn up in the morning.

2024 Run2Cure Fun Run

In support of Neuroblastoma Cancer Research, Pius will be participating in the Run2Cure Fun Run. We will run the 5km together and join the Team "SPX Runners", code: SCHOOL24 for 20% off registration fee. This run also provides a great opportunity for students to prepare for the ISA Cross Country Competition that will be held in May. 

If you wish to take part in other distances, you are welcome to register on your own. Boys that are 12 and under will need to be accompanied by a parent for all other runs. 

Who: Open to All

When: Sunday, 7 April, run starts at 9:30 am, meet Mr Steinman and Ms Lee at 9:00 am to allow for bib preparations and in case the run goes off schedule. 

Where: The Domain, in the centre of Sydney. Event village is the grassy area in between Hospital Road and Art Gallery Road.

What to wear: Blue and yellow cross-country singlet, available for purchase at the uniform shop, can be used for training and ISA. Option to borrow a singlet is available with limited sizes, let Ms Lee know if you require to loan a singlet. 

Cost: See link below.

Students will need to organise with parents to make their own way there and back.

If you are interested in this run, please have a parent register you via https://register.run2cure.org.au/join/spxrunners. 

Ms Leanne Lee - Cross Country and Athletics Convenor

Football

Preseason training for all teams has commenced after school and will be held each Monday and Wednesday at Oxford Falls.  These training days will continue in Term 2 and 3.  All students will be transported to and from Oxford Falls by private buses which will depart outside O.L.D. Church at 3:20 pm and return to the College at approximately 5:30 pm. 

There will be one trial game against St Aloysius College for ISA teams on Saturday 6 April (DRAFT times published in the fixtures table above) with the ISA season commencing on Saturday 4 May. Please note that the development squad commenced training on Monday 25 March but their Saturday matches won’t commence till 4 May.

UNIFORM: All players in Year 7-10 MUST have purchased their St Pius X College Football Uniform prior to 6 April.  Please note that the College uniform shop is only open Tuesday -Thursday. In addition to this all players must bring their sneakers to every training session in addition to their football boots in case of indoor sessions.

COERVER Football Camps

In preparation for the Football season, the College is offering a St Pius X student only COERVER Camps.

ST PIUS X APRIL HOLIDAY CAMPS

Monday 15 - Thursday 18 April

9:00 am - 12:00 noon each day. 

Bus transport to and from is available with details provided in link prior to registration.

Active Kids Vouchers accepted.

Age : 9 - 16

Coerver Coaching holiday camps offer a fun filled soccer experience for children aged 9-16 years. Each day will include Coerver® SKILLS competitions and challenges, Ball Mastery, Coaching sessions focusing on developing effective use of skill, small sided Coerver® Games, and mini Coerver Cup Tournament to keep players active.

TECHNIQUE

The cornerstone of our curriculum is technical development. We utilize the Coerver® Method of ball mastery and graduated pressure to build technical competence and play carefully selected games to build functional success.

PLAYER CONFIDENCE

We foster creativity by providing the players technical building blocks & encouraging creative actions in developmentally appropriate games. Our games are designed to be fun, challenging and to reward success and risk-taking.

TEAMWORK

Small group tactics and principles of play are taught in attack and defence by utilizing the structure of the many small sided games, which have made the Coerver® Curriculum so unique and recognised as the world’s leading technical football program.

SPORTSMANSHIP

We value winning but not more than character and effort. We encourage paying respect to players, parents, coaches and referees. Sportsmanship is emphasized to develop the whole person and not just the player.

With 2, 3 and 4 day options available, this is the perfect pre and early season preparation for St Pius X students looking towards a successful season. It is also a huge amount of footballing fun!

Bookings can be made using the following link: Coerver course | Coerver Coaching

Mr Simon Yue, Senior Football Convenor

CSDA Debating

CSDA Debating Competition 

Registrations have now closed and should  have been completed via Clipboard. The CSDA Debating Competition runs through Term 2 and 3 on the following evening: 

Week 10 – training Friday 5 April 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Please note that Year 7 will not have training in Week 8 as they are on camp.

Debating competition dates:

For those involved in debating it is essential that you meet at the clock after our Sports Assembly every Friday, attend all training and the first six rounds. If your team makes it through to the Elimination round (and beyond) you also need to keep the above dates free. 

Parents and students also need to complete the yellow registration form AND sign the CSDA ‘Code of Conduct’ form on the back of that sheet and return it to the Student Reception Office. Students should have received this form 3 weeks ago at our Friday meeting.  If students do not have the form they can collect a copy from the Student Reception Office.

Mrs Leigha Zervakos - Debating and Public Speaking Convenor

Rugby

Rugby Registration will continue to be OPEN. 

All Year 5-12 students wishing to play rugby are required to be registered. This allows the school rugby administrators & coaches to best prepare for the coming season, plus allows your P&F Rugby Club to best support and communicate with you! There are no trials or grading days, all students are encouraged to get involved. 

Please register through Clipboard and if you have any issues contact Mr Gates - jgates@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.

Opens Rugby Camp

The students selected for the Open Rugby camp left on Friday to travel to our Wamberal facility - Workul Koo. The training camp focussed on developing students’ connections within the team, to cement combinations and the execute skills in a game environment.

The camp started off with the students playing a game of beach footy and then studied their position while watching the Brumbies game.

Saturday started with a beach session under a perfect sunrise then the students refuelled with a big breakfast. We then headed to Central Coast Grammar school for a combined training session and a trial game. The game was broken into 3 x 20 minute sections to allow for positional changes. Our Opens team came out victors scoring 9 tries to nil.

A big thanks to Mr Mike Cross for his coaching, Mr Matt Stearn and Mr Martin Gillogly for assisting with logistics while making sure the camp ran smoothly.  We look forward to an exciting season ahead.

Holiday Rugby Clinic

The annual Easter Holiday rugby clinic will take place on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April - April School Holiday Clinic. This is a great opportunity for students to make sure they’re well and truly prepared for the season and will help them put their best foot forward during trials. 

Coaching staff will be Trytime coaches and special guest coaches. Position specific coaching will be given as well as team play. It will be a great chance for students to work on their skills and confidence before the season. 

To register for the clinic please use the link below.

https://events.humanitix.com/st-pius-holiday-rugby-clinic

SPX Rugby Club – Gala Dinner 2024

Save the Date  Grab your diary and lock in this date!  Saturday, 27 July at the Kirribilli Club from 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm.  This is a night for the whole SPX community.

Donations Needed  To assist with making this event and fundraising activities a success, we are seeking donations.  See the link for further information and also how you can donate.  We had an amazing response from our parents and the wider community last year.

Stay tuned for further details.  Please direct all enquiries to spxrugby@gmail.com

Term 1 Rugby Dates for the Diary:

• Thursday 28 March - No Training
• Saturday 6 April - SPX vs ST ALOYISIUS – AWAY
• Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April – Holiday Rugby Clinic

Mr Justin Gates - Rugby Convenor

Senior Chess

Chess training continues on Mondays in D Block from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.

All students in Year 7 - 12 are welcome.

Term 1 – Training Monday afternoons with chess coaches

Term 2 – Training Monday afternoons and interschool competition Friday afternoons

Here are some other benefits of learning chess:

• Improves cognitive skills (including concentration, pattern recognition, decision making, algebraic and geometric thinking, problem-solving, spatial reasoning, and critical thinking)
• Improves self-confidence and self-worth
• Increases attention span
• Increases memory capacity
• Offers a logical pattern and critical-thinking system
• Provides competition, fostering interest and promoting mental alertness
• Teaches good sportsmanship

Ms Janelle Dempsey & Ms Denise Ramsey

Squash

Congratulations to our SPX Team 3 of Tom Kneeshaw and Cameron Giang who participated in their final of the NSW Pennants squash competion last Saturday.

Unfortunately they did not come out victorious but were great representatives of the college.

Mr Joseph Madani - Squash Convenor

NSTA Tennis

What an amazing day we had for the finals last weekend, perfect weather for tennis. As usual, the St Pius X teams did the College proud with their great sportsmanship throughout the day. A special congratulations must go to the following teams who played in the finals: 

Grand Final Winners

Thank you of course to all of the senior boys who have umpired throughout the term but especially to Matthew Liang, Daniel Lenehan, Isaac Ip and Jake Yu for umpiring last weekend. 

A very big thank you goes to Mrs Keighery, Mrs Fileman and Mr Petrie for their assistance during the season. 

Of course, it is with great sadness that we also say goodbye to our Year 12 boys who played their last tennis match for the College: Cooper Anderson, Spencer Anderson and Ethan Li. We wish you all the best for your future. 

Mrs Samantha Iwatani - NSTA Convenor