Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Squash
- Strength and Conditioning Sessions
- Senior Chess
- CSDA Debating
- Cross Country
- ISA Tennis
- Rugby Registration
- Senior Football
Basketball
Results: All Basketball Results are posted on the ISA App. Download from your App store (no login or password required). You can follow specific teams and/or filter by sport and by school to see all results.
Fixtures: The ISA Season concludes this Saturday with Rd 1 (postponed from Feb). We also continue our Yr 7 ‘friendly’ games at Oxford Falls in preparation for next season. Unfortunately, due to two schools withdrawing from the competition, there are several BYEs this round.
NB. Age Groups remain the same as last year as Term 1 is part of the same season. Therefore for most players: 13’s = Yr 8, 14’s =Yr 9, 15’s = Yr 10, 17’s = Yr 11,
Opens = Yr 12
| * St Pius X Oxford Falls Campus – 1 Dreadnought Rd, Oxford Falls |
| * SSC Courts - St Stanislaus' - 220 Bentinck St, Bathurst NSW |
| * Oakhill CSC Courts (Centenary Sorts Centre) - 423/513 Old Northern Rd, Castle Hill |
| * St Spyridon Court - 1130 Anzac Parade, Maroubra |
| * Sydney Uni Sports and Aquatic Court 2 (v St Andrew's) - Cnr Codrington St and Darlington Ln, Darlington NSW |
| * NBISC – Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre - Jacksons Road, Warriewood |
Bus to Bathurst: ‘B’ Teams are playing away again this weekend. A bus will depart Chatswood at 6.30 am and return at 4.30 pm for those interested. Should you require bus transportation, please complete this form ASAP:
Teams: Please see the document below for the team lists for this Saturday.
Training: Training concludes this week for all teams.
For Oxford Falls sessions boys will be bussed to and from the venue. The buses should return to Chatswood around 5.30 pm.
Mr Greg Virgona - Basketball Convenor
Cricket
MWJCA Fixtures – Saturday 12 March 2022
U12 Blue v Harbord Dragons @ TBA
U13 Gold v Wakehurst Red @ TBA
U13 Black v Peninsula Scorchers @TBA
U14 Green v Peninsula Pacer @ TBA
U14 Red v Wakehurst Green @ TBA
U15 Orange v Seaforth Sixers @ TBA
U15 Yellow v Collaroy Plateau Power @ TBA
U17 Purple v Beason Hill Bombers @ TBA
Please note: fixtures are as listed on myCricket at time of publication, Coaches/Manages are requested to check for any late amendments.
ISA Fixtures – Saturday 12 March 2022
1st XI v St Stanislaus’ College @ Oxford Falls #1
2nd XI v St Patrick’s College @ Oxford Falls #2
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
NSTA Tennis
The courts were still damp but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the players. It was great to get out after a week off last week and play tennis again. Thank you to Ethan Li, Venedict Valerio, Richard Gauci, Cooper Anderson and Spencer Anderson who volunteered to help out with umpiring the early matches. Thank you also to the many students who also played up one or a few divisions: Adrian Yip, Venedict Valerio, Oliver Johnston, Matthew Lee, Justin Lee, Nicholas Kwan, Bradley Ning, Marco Akdagcik and Jonathon Webster. It has been inspiring to see so many of the boys who have played up winning their matches! They have really stepped up.
With only one more round to go before the finals and play offs it is important to check the ladder and see how your team is going. Remember that ALL teams will be involved in the finals and play offs on 19 March.
https://www.xpointsports.com/region/325/currentEvents
It is important to also remember that ALL players must stay until all matches for their team have finished. Please make sure that you are there to support your team members.
Mrs Samantha Iwatani - NSTA Convenor
Squash
Last weekend saw games at Thornleigh, Knox and Willoughby. Thanks to Mr Kneeshaw for his report from Knox. Pius had two wins last weekend but unfortunately, Lachlan Giang’s undefeated run came to an end.
St Pius X Team 1 Loss 3-0
St Pius X Team 2 Win 3-0
St Pius X Team 3 Win 3-0
St Pius X Team 4 Loss 3-0
St Pius X Team 5 Loss 3-0
St Pius X Team 6 Loss 3-0
St Pius X Team 7 Loss 3-0
Mr Joe Madani - Squash Convenor
Strength and Conditioning Sessions at the Sarto Gym
As of Week 5, the Strength and Conditioning training sessions in the Sarto Gym will be provided to the year groups as below:
Monday: Strictly Year 10-12
Tuesday: Strictly Year 7- 9
Wednesday: Training open to Year 7-12
Thursday: Training open to Year 7-12
Friday: Training open to Year 7-12
Students must book their training time slot through the Mind Body App which can be found on the school's Intranet page. A reminder due to COVID-19 restrictions and gym safety, a maximum of 20 students are permitted to train during each session. If students are unable to reserve a position on the Mind Body App, it means the time slot is full and they will be placed on a waiting list. If students have reserved a spot and are unable to make their booked session, they MUST cancel on the app to allow the waitlisted students an opportunity to train. A reminder the Sarto Gym is a phone free environment and students must bring their own sweat towel.
Please contact Ms Coombe for any further information.
Ms Laura Coombe - Strength and Conditioning Convenor
Senior Chess
Chess training continues on Monday afternoons in D1-4 “the Blue Room” at 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm. All students who are interested in playing Chess as their extracurricular activity are encouraged to attend.
Ms Denise Ramsey and Ms Janelle Dempsey - Chess Convenors
CSDA Debating Competition
The CSDA Debating Competition runs through Term 2 on the following evenings. YELLOW CSDA Debating ONLY Registration forms need to be completed and dropped into the box on the student verandah asap. Debaters will need to meet at the clock after our Sports Assembly this Friday.
The 2022 Debating season kicks off this term with:
Week 7 Training: Friday 18 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Week 8 Training: Friday 25 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Week 9 Training: Friday 1 April 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm. Please note our pre-season 'Friendly' Debate has been cancelled.
If you want to be part of the terrific St Pius X College debating community it is essential that you attend ALL of 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.
Our senior students act as coaches/supporters for our junior teams. We are also lucky enough to have ex-students to work with the junior teams as the younger students really enjoy contact with our ex-debating “champions”.
The fee for the CSDA extra-curricular activity is $150.00 which will be included in your Term Two school fees. We keep our fees as low as possible and receive funding from the St Pius X College P & F to subsidise the costs of running debating at SPX.
Mrs Michele Waterson - Debating and Public Speaking Convenor
Cross Country
Cross Country training continues.
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.
You don’t have to aspire to run in the ISA or IPSHA Carnivals - all students and abilities welcome.
Mr Greg Virgona - Cross Country Convenor
ISA Tennis
Applications for ISA Winter Tennis close this Friday (March 11), 3.30 pm.
The competition runs through Term 2 & 3 with four grading sessions which will start next week (Week 7) Tuesday and Wednesday.
Students will be notified early next week, what day their grading will be.
The following students have registered to play as of 9.00 am March 7:
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
Patrick Allan Boston Bannister Ryan Chung Elijah De-Fina Aidan Dominguez Ethan Parsons Jake Swan | Isaac Birchall Nicholas Borovac Rohan Chang Oliver Costain Jude Cuninghame William Fiore Hugo Godfrey Liam Godfrey William Kevans Gordon Mirabelli Nicholas Wennen
| Freddie Allert Jayden Arapoc Owen Calleia Adam Fitrzyk Yuri Kim Matthew Lee Brendan Marr William Scaiff Matthew Sissons Izaac Tan |
| Year 10 | Year 11 | Year 12 |
Ethan Li Alexander Yastreboff Spencer Anderson Cooper Anderson James Kassis Oliver Johnston Riley Seeto Zachary Roman Nicholas Tozer | Nicholas Arena Sean Balaji John Chen Freddie Johnston Anton Langreiter Jamie Leong Aiden Parsons Tom Ryan Aiden Saraceno Venedict Valerio
| Thomas Fong Jamie Todd
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Please click on the link below to apply for ISA Tennis:
https://forms.office.com/r/TGay8DWnZw
Please click here for more information regarding ISA Tennis: ISA Tennis Enrolment information.
Should you have any queries, please contact Ms Bamber – vbamber@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Ms Veronica Bamber - ISA Tennis Convenor
Rugby Registration
Rugby Registration is now open. If your son is considering playing Rugby for St Pius X it would be appreciated if registration could be completed as soon as possible. Please click link below.
Specific details regarding the commencement of training and the draw will be advertised once registration has closed.
We are looking forward to our boys having a successful and less interrupted season.
Mr Martin Gillogly - Senior Rugby Convenor
Senior Football
Lists have been posted on Year group noticeboards regarding those students selected to play ISA and those selected for internal competition.
Preseason training will commence for all teams at Oxford Falls on Monday 21 March. All teams will train Monday and Wednesdays. Players will be transported by bus from Archer St to Oxford Falls at 3.20 pm. Buses will leave Oxford Falls at 5.00 pm returning to the College around 5.30 pm.
Mr Simon Yue - Senior Football Convenor.
Referees wanted
Referees are wanted for this year's Football season for Junior Football. Please contact Mr Cummins at pcummins@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au if you are interested. Referees must be qualified and available to referee our Junior Football games at Oxford Falls on Saturday mornings during the winter sports season.
Mr Paul Cummins - Junior Football Convenor