Sport & Co-Curricular
Senior Co-curricular Sport
Term 1 Information
Thank you for submitting your Term 1 sports nominations, teams have now been lodged with SA Catholic Secondary Schools Girls Sports Association (SACSSGSA). We hope to receive Term 1 grade allocations, fixtures and venues from SACSSGSA at the beginning of Week 3. We will keep you updated via the school newsletter, Loreto Connect and email.
Once we have received the fixtures, you will be able to access your daughter’s training and games times through the sport tile on the Loreto College App or through Loreto Connect.
Sports trainings commence in Week 3, week beginning Monday 9 February. Training schedules can be located on Loreto Connect - Senior Sport - Co-curricular Trainings or by using the link below:
CLICK HERE for the Term 1 2026 Training Schedule
Swimming Information
In Term 1 there will also be swimming training sessions available for students in Years 7-12. These sessions are great preparation for the upcoming carnivals and there will be coaches available to support the students. Training will commence in Week 3 and will be held on Tuesday mornings at Norwood Pool. If your daughter is interested in participating in the swimming training sessions, or trialing for the SA School Sports Association (SASSA) Swimming Carnival, please email Sophie Hage – Sophie.Hage@Loreto.sa.edu.au and you will then be supplied with a consent form.
Swimming Carnival Dates:
- Tuesday 24 February (Week 5) - SASSA Swimming Carnival Years (selected students in Years 7-12)
- Tuesday 17 March (Week 8) – Loreto Swimming Carnival Years 7-12
- Wednesday 6 May (Week 3, Term 2)– SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Swimming Carnival (selected students in Years 7-12)
Swimming Squad Training:
- Tuesday 7:20am – 8:00am @ Norwood Swimming Centre - 32 Phillips St, Kensington SA 5068
Athletics Information
If you’re interested in athletics or simply looking to improve your general fitness, you’re very welcome to join the sessions below. There’s no need to sign up, just come along if you’re keen.
Monday: 7:30 – 8:10am – Running session
Please meet outside the gym at 7:30am
Wednesday: 7:15 – 8:15am – Track and field training
Please meet on the Loreto Oval at 7:15am
Athletics Carnival Dates:
- Wednesday 25 February (Week 5) – Years 4–12 Loreto Athletics Carnival
- Monday 23 March (Week 9) – SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
- Wednesday 1 April (Week 10) - SASSA Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
Athletics Training Dates:
Uniform requirements for Term 1 Sports
Basketball: Basketball top*, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes.
Tennis: Loreto polo top, PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes.
Touch Football: Touch top*, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good sports shoes/turf or touch football boots.
Indoor Volleyball: Loreto polo top, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes.
Water Polo: Loreto College bathers* If your size is not available, plain one-piece bathers are also permitted.
*Needs to be purchased from the uniform shop
Term 2 & 3 Information
The nomination form for Terms 2 & 3 will be emailed at the beginning of Week 4 so please be on the lookout for this form. The nomination form will also be accessible on Loreto Connect in the Senior Sport, Nominations section.
If you have any questions about co-curricular sport, please do not hesitate to contact me Sophie.Hage@loreto.sa.edu.au
Sophie Hage
Director of Sport and Sport Performance
Junior Co-Curricular Sports
Communication – Junior School Sport
Term 1 sport is up and running!
All Loreto sport fixtures and trainings will be available shortly on the Loreto College App. Click on the sport tile, as demonstrated below:
Some sports are still finalising fixtures for the term, and these will be available on the app shortly.
Swimming Trials
Well done to all the Year 4-6 classes who had their swimming time trials at the Norwood Pool on Monday.
It was great to see so many students willing to jump in the water and have a go. The girls recorded some fast times and it looks as though we’ll have a hotly contested swimming carnival coming up next week!
Many thanks to Ms Edwards and Ms Powell for organising, to Millie and Ava for timing and to the classroom teachers for being so accommodating.
Our Year 4-6 Swimming carnival will be held on Friday 13 February, 9:30am-1:30pm at the Norwood Outdoor Pool.
Club Cricket
Well done to Estelle (5 Blue) who has been part of Kensington Cricket Club’s Girls Academy this summer. Loreto has also had Maria (7W) involved in the program. The girls have been learning to play cricket under the coaching of Kensington and former SA Scorpions allrounder, Eliza Doddridge. If your daughter would be interested in exploring club cricket at Kensington, please contact Ben.Johnswood@loreto.sa.edu.au
Payneham Football Club – Girls Auskick
Registrations are now open for Payneham Football Club’s 2026 Term 1 program! Registration for the Auskick Program and can be accessed here or via the QR code on the attached flyer.
The sessions run for 8 weeks and will commence on Saturday, 7 February 2026 at the time of 8:00 am and will run for 45 minutes. Norwood, Payneham and SA football legend Garry McIntosh will be running the sessions!
The sessions are open to 5 - 12 year olds and the club is keen to see as many girls attending as possible. This is a great way for children and families to get a feel for the club, with the option to join a junior team for winter season 2026. Come along, bring your friends and become a Junior Falcon!
Student Achievements and Performances
If your daughter is involved in a sport or activity outside of Loreto that you would like to share, please send details through to Ben.Johnswood@loreto.sa.edu.au.
This could be club sport or dance, calisthenics, gymnastics, swimming, chess, surf lifesaving, horse riding, athletics, surfing, cycling, skateboarding, taekwondo, Lego building… any activity you can think of! We would love to be able to recognise their performances in our newsletter. It’s also great for other girls to see all the different activities that are out there and they might see something they’d like to try.
Ben Johnswood
Sport Coordinator