Sports
ACC Swimming Carnival
Wednesday 22 March HBF Stadium
Congratulations to all students on their performance at the ACC 'A' Division Swimming Carnival. The team performed brilliantly across every age division and swimming stroke, finishing third overall in the boys and girls shields. This resulted in the College emulating our overall position of second that we achieved in 2016. Our performance exceeded our 2016 effort, in that we finished 100 points closer to the winning school, Sacred Heart College, and were well clear of the St Stephen’s Duncraig who finished third. All of our swimmers stepped up when it mattered most and supported each other throughout the day. Detailed results for the day can be viewed via the ACC website;
http://www.accsport.asn.au/carnivals/swimming/results/2017
The following students below placed in the overall individual championship for their respective age group;
- Bailey van der Struyf 3rd overall male u13
- Alice Williams 3rd overall female u13
- Jacob Bell 2nd overall male u14
- Grace Barbour 3rd overall female u14
- Angus Long 3rd overall male u15
- Aleksandr Bell 1st overall male u16
- Sian Munks 1st overall female open
- Aleksandr Bell also set a new ACC record for the 50m breaststroke with a time of 32.06 seconds.
Thank you to our College staff involved in our 2016 morning training sessions; Daniel Platts, Sarah den Haan and Emma Scally. We were extremely fortunate to have the expertise of former US College and John XXIII College alumni Mark Ferguson. Beatrice and Brandon Tay also past Alumni were able assistants to Mark. Congratulations and thanks to all staff and students involved with the team in 2017. We look forward to our 2018 season with renewed vigour.
NAS
(Northern Associated School) Sport
Our NAS finals for Term One Sport are on next week. Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 March. It’s great to see so many teams playing off for 1st or 3rd position. Good luck to all teams and staff for next week. A copy of the schedule for finals can be viewed by following the attached link, or via the College website.
Cross Country Training (Year 7-12)
Training is on Tuesday and Thursday throughout Term One and into Term Two, from 7:00 - 7:50am meeting in the College Pavilion. Training is open to students of all ability levels. Training will continue on Tuesday and Thursday throughout Term One and into Term Two. No nomination to attend training is needed, simply attend on the day(s) you can make it. Distances run vary from 4 - 7km depending on ability level.
Student Success
JTC Jets waterpolo team (Year 9 boys), coached by Matt Stacy, are representing John XXIII in the District Schools Competition at HBF stadium.
The Jets finished on top of the ladder and earned their way into the grand final with hard fought win over Northern Beaches and will meet Scotch College Suns in the premiership decider, which will be held on the Saturday 25 March at 10:00am.
Congratulations to Sebastian Barrett (Year 11) who won the U17 Cycling WA State Criterium Championship on Sunday 19 March.
David Maxwell
Secondary Sport Coordinator