Sport Report
Mr Luke Paterson, Sport Co-Ordinator
“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part."
Pierre de Coubertin
Polding Athletics Carnival - Newcastle
Congratulations to Boston, Cameron, Darcy, Hamish, Joseph, Noah and Zavier on their marvelous efforts at the recent Polding Athletics Trials held in Newcastle last week.
Xavier Beattie is to be commended for his outstanding achievements which have seen him gain selection in the Polding team to compete at the NSW PSSA Athletics Championships in Homebush next term.
Armidale Diocesan Gala Day
This Thursday, St Joseph's will be represented by a large number of students at the Armidale Diocesan Netball and Soccer Gala Day.
| Junior Soccer | Junior Soccer | Senior Soccer | Senior Netball |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Handley | Cameron Faint | Hamish Crittenden | Sofia Lee |
| Neeban Sherpa | Logan Pascoe | Grady Green | Ilah Collyer |
| Henrick Roper | Jake Duggan | Will Creighton | Imogen Langford |
| Angus Steadman | Jackson Mallon | Ewan Hamilton | Mahalia Attenborough |
| John Lennox | Darcy Kennedy | Jarvis Dobson | Lilah Newell |
| Sophie Beveridge | Rocco Smith | Tom Creighton | Leilah Hurrell |
| Annabel Eldridge | Harrison Roberts | Connor Mallon | Isabelle Stevens |
| Maeve Gordon | Christian Eldridge | Vickie Pham | |
| Sarah Crittenden | Phillip Vo | Noah Craig | |
| Valeria Ramirez | Montana Richardson | ||
| Joseph Gordon |
We would like wish our teams all the best and know that they will represent our school with pride on the day. Thank you to Bill Mallon, Darren Spinks, Annette Creighton and Jody Stevens for giving up their time to manage our teams on the day. Due to the possibility of wet weather, a decision regarding the Gala Day is going to made at 10:00am on Wednesday. Students are reminded to bring their school representative shirt and socks back to school on the first day of next term.
Mrs Kellow will be in attendance at the Netball and Miss Sampson and Mr Taggart will be at the Soccer if you have any queries on the day.
Netball News
Congratulations to Mahalia, Sofia, Isabel & Ilah who played in the Tamworth Netball Association grand finals last weekend for the Westview Pirates Buccaneers. The girls played a great game with a close score until the end of the last quarter, where they displayed outstanding teamwork to go on and win 25 - 19. Well done girls!
Sporting Stories
We would love to showcase your child’s special sporting achievements in the newsletter. Please email detailed information and a photograph to sjtadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au or Mr Paterson at lpaterson1@arm.catholic.edu.au. Please ensure photographs do not contain students from other schools as we are unable to publish them.