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First XIII Rugby League

The Saints First XIII team wrapped up the regular season of the Aaron Payne Cup with two comprehensive wins over Holy Spirit College and Mareeba SHS to top Pool B. The boys travelled to Townsville in Week 3 to face Holy Spirit College, easily accounting for them with a dominant 82-0 victory. Ten players scored for Saints including, Cooper Meares (5), Rhys Woolcott (2), Noah Dowdle, Jesse Ziegler, Leslie Fatafehi, Waterman Noipo, Daniel Brennan and Bereket Linnehan.

The Week 4 clash against Mareeba SHS saw our boys dictate proceedings from the opening exchanges on their way to a 78-0 victory. Sam Jonsen scored the first try within the first 90 seconds and the boys kept their feet on the accelerator with 15 tries from 11 different try scorers. Leslie Fatafehi, Elijah Williamson, Waterman Noipo and Sam Jonsen all scored doubles with Jaic Morris, Braith Clubb, Jack Rix, Elai Williamson, Lucas Russell, Cooper Meares, Cayde Miller and Tristian Martin all scoring. Their undefeated season to date has seen them top Pool B and book a semi-final with Kirwan SHS. The boys will play in the curtain raiser to the Cowboys vs Broncos NRL clash at Queensland Country Bank stadium tomorrow. The game can be live streamed on Kommunity TV at the following link,

Cowboys Challenge

The Cowboys Challenge team looked to continue their steady improvement throughout their season when they took on Holy Spirit College in their Week 4 fixture. Captain, Xavier Lallemand, dominated the match from the get-go, scoring the opening try in the first 90 seconds before adding a second 10 minutes later. Saints were simply a class above, compact and aggressive in defence, while positive and looking to make the extra pass on attack. Playing at halfback, Xavier put Sam McNamara through for his first try after he assisted Tyler McLaren for the third try of the game. Leading 22-0 at halftime, Saints pushed the score out to 32-0 thanks to a second-half try by Will Palmer.

Saints last game of the season also coincided with the Year 10 Camp. With the Year 10s out, we had a glimpse into the future with a squad comprised of Years 8s and 9s playing in the Year 10-aged competition. The boys went down 38-12 but showed many positive signs, especially in a tight second half. The boys fought hard and punched above their weight to show that they are ready to step up in future years. Thank you to Mr Will and Mr Anderson for your work with the teams throughout this season.

JSS Round 1 vs MacKillop College

Saints took on MacKillop in Round 1 of the JSS competition in Week 4 of Term 3. Saints JSS teams had an undefeated start to the season, securing 5 wins in the away fixture. Our teams look to take on competition newcomers Newman College at home in Round 2 during Week 5. Good luck boys.

Sport	Result	MVP
AFL	51-33	Samson Pittorino
Basketball	81-26	TBA
Football	4-1	TBA
Touch	10-1	Timothy Mari
Volleyball	2-0	Jordi Stowers

Swimming Carnival

The annual St Augustine’s Swimming Carnival was held on Wednesday at the Tobruk Memorial Pool. It was great to see so many students participating in the day and getting involved in the events and novelties and demonstrating house spirit and sportsmanship.

Congratulations to Reginald House for a dominant win and the age champions, below. These congratulations must also be extended to all students who placed in events or got in and had a dig as this is what the carnival is all about. Finally, thank you to the staff who ensured that the day ran seamlessly. A special thank you must be extended to Mr Kirk Donaldson, Mrs Tracy Lammert and Mrs Tash Falge for their time and effort put into the carnival.

2024 Overall results
Place	House	Points
1st	Reginald	551
2nd	Walter	428
3rd	Heavey	406
4th	Phelan	187

12 Years
1st	Charlie Brien	HE
2nd	Liam Camarlinghi	WA
3rd	Jimmy Deldot	WA

13 Years
1st	Warne McShane	HE
2nd	Koby Craig	RE
3rd	Benjamin Alden	RE

14 Years
1st	Logan Lockyer	WA
2nd	Dean Coombs	WA
3rd	Charlie Turner & Ethan Glass	RE

15 Years
1st	Matthew Rowbotham	PH
2nd	Jonathan Galea	WA
3rd	Cooper Connors	HE

16 Years
1st	Joshua Lowrey	RE
2nd	Callum Robertson	RE
3rd	Logan Stevens	WA

17 Years
1st	Jaron De Jong	RE
2nd	Jake Swindale	RE
3rd	Tumun Kome	WA

18-19 Years
1st	Thomas Greatorex	HE
2nd	Kayne Heales & Alex Lammert	RE

TCC Athletics Carnival

St Augustine’s students competed in the annual TCC Interschool Athletics Carnival on Friday 26 July. Saints students competed hard throughout the day with 69 students qualifying for Peninsula trials that are being held on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 August. Congratulations to the students mentioned below on receiving age champion awards.

12 Years
1st	Ted Nicholas

13 Years
2nd	Warne McShane

14 Years
1st	Tre Bobongie

15 Years
3rd	Jack Tubb

16 Years
1st	Brandon Goode
2nd	Matthew Belcher
3rd	Thomas Simms

17 Years
1st	Jhett Wollin
3rd	Nicholas Brett

18 - 19 Years
3rd	Lucas McCarthy

Mountain Biking

Under the relentless rain and oppressive cold, 18 boys, 3 staff and several parents, Old Boys, etc. raced in the @athertonforestmountainbikepark ’s Elevate 8-Hour MTB race.

Those who raced for Saints and gained a podium place in their respective categories were:

1st: Jack Bowe and Cooper Sherriff, Logan Tia

2nd: James Weyling, Logan Lockyer (both boys raced with their fathers)

3rd: Brandon Goode, Mason Ryan and Fynn Whiteside

Boys/staff who podium placed under different flags:

1st: Finn Slade, Zach Odenthal and Mrs Keller

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