Secondary Co-Curricular

Secondary Co-Curricular Report

Summer Co-Curricular

Training sessions for all Term 4 Summer Co-Curricular will commence in Week 1, Term 4. Games will also commence in Week 1 with Volleyball and Water Polo on Friday night and Badminton, Cricket and Tennis on Saturday. It is an expectation that students who participated in a Summer sport during Term 1 continue to play that same sport in Term 4. Training schedule for Term 4 is attached. Fixtures are still being finalised and will be made available once complete. Information is accessible via SEQTA in the Co-Curricular section.

Dominican Cup Debating Competition

The annual Dominican Debating Competition between Blackfriars and St Dominic's was held on Tuesday 18 September at St Dominic’s. The teams competed for the following cups:

• The Caleruega Cup for Juniors Years 6 – 8.
• The Father John Neill Cup for Intermediate Years 9 and 10.
• The Sister Jillian Havey Cup for Seniors Years 11 and 12.

The Junior team (Years 6 – 8) had a prepared topic which was released five days before the debate. The topic of the debate was “The book is better than the movie". Blackfriars were the negative team. Well done to Keyshon Dalton, Nathan Sewart, Harry Boyd-Turner and Finneas Burnell (timekeeper). Blackfriars lost The Caleruega Cup.

The Intermediate team (Years 9 and 10) debated the topic “That social media is ruining our social lives”. Blackfriars were the negative team. It was a close debate with strong points argued and rebutted from both sides. Well done to Amir Nazari, Peter Le, TJ Afungia and Harry Boyd-Turner (timekeeper). Blackfriars lost the Father John Neill Cup.

The Senior team (Years 11 and 12) debated the topic “That breaking election promises should trigger a re-election”. Blackfriars were the negative. It was another very close debate with both sides arguing their points intensely and asking interesting and thought-provoking points of information. Well done to Francesco Freda, Frank Snelling, Trung Nguyen and Silas Koo (timekeeper). Blackfriars lost the Sister Jillian Havey Cup.

Thankyou to Mr Bob Becker, Ms Margaret Snelling and Miss Laura Whalan for all their work in helping the boys prepare for their debates. Thankyou also to St Dominic’s for hosting the event and all the parents and staff of Blackfriars and St Dominic’s that attended to watch and listen to students of both schools speak.

Winter Co-Curricular Sport Best and Fairest Trophy Winners – Senior A Teams

First XVIII Football Best and Fairest – Dyson Hilder

First XI Soccer Joe Mullen Best and Fairest – Alexander Muscat

Senior A Basketball Best and Fairest – Jackson Smith

Senior A Table Tennis Best and Fairest – Isaiah Lee

Senior A Squash Best and Fairest – Ryan Ponte

Year 8 Soccer Best First Year Player – Nikolaus Roelofs

Year 8 Football Best First Year Player – Finn Hudson

See attached for full list of award winners for each winter co-curricular team.

Congratulations to all award recipients and all other team members for their commitment and dedication to their co-curricular team.

First XI Soccer vs BOSA SC

The annual Tony Moss Memorial Game between Blackfriars First XI Soccer team and Blackfriars Old Scholars Association Soccer Club (BOSA SC) was held on Wednesday 19 September at Charles Cane Reserve. In a close and competitive match, BOSA SC narrowly defeated Blackfriars 3 – 2. The game was 1 – 1 at half time with BOSA scoring just before the break. Blackfriars then went up with an exceptional free kick. Heaps of rain made pitch conditions tough but didn’t stop both teams playing the ball around with precision. Blackfriars were unable to hold the pressure and conceded two late goals. The goal scorers for Blackfriars were Fynn Wilson and Jai King-Byrne. Congratulations to Sebastian Tonkin who was awarded best on ground. Thank you to BOSA SC for hosting the event and providing food and drinks after the game. Thank you also to Bruno Giovanniello, Ralph Armiento and all involved for their organisation and overall success of the event.

Student Achievements

Congratulations to Isaiah Lee who was the recipient of the 2018 Jim Aufderheide Trophy. This trophy is awarded to and held for a period of twelve months by the table tennis player nominated by the State Selection Panel as the best junior player, taking into account State, National and International performances during the previous twelve months. Isaiah won this same award in 2017. Isaiah was also one of the three Australian players selected to be sponsored by Victas table tennis brand -https://tabletennisshop.com.au/blog/victas-australia-sponsored-table-tennis-players-announced/

Congratulations to Jack Slaven and Ben Taylor on being selected to represent South Australia in the 2018 Under 16 National Aged Club Water Polo Championships in October.

Congratulations to Lewis Larwood who will be representing South Australia in this year’s 2018 ALA Under 15 National Tournament, which will be held from Sunday, 30 September 2018 – Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Altona Lacrosse Club, Melbourne, Victoria.

Mr Michael Parrella

SECONDARY CO-CURRICULAR COORDINATOR