Around the Grounds

Rugby Skills and Drills

Last Friday we were very lucky to have representatives from NSW Rugby visit St Xavier's and run a Skills and Drills Session with Year 5 and Year 6.

The NSW Rugby Development Officers were: Angus Bell, Tom Moore, Troy Doughty, Paddy Bowen, Josh Tremain, Marita Shoulders, Lochie Peruch.

St Xavier's Swimming Carnival

On Thursday 9th February St Xavier’s held our school swimming carnival. It was a fantastic day with great participation across all ages and fabulous cheering from everyone who was watching each race.

We had an outstanding 15 school records broken on the day, congratulations to the following students:

Name	Event	New Record	Old Record
Alexis Whitton	Open Girls 100m Freestyle	1.06.52	2022 Alexia Whitton - 1.11.60
	12 year Girls 50m Freestyle	29.91 sec	2001 Martha Beattie - 32.88 sec
	12 year Girls 50m Backstroke	36.44 sec	2001 Martha Beattie - 37.40 sec
	12 year Girls 50m Breaststroke	42.65 sec	2012 Monica Andren - 46.00 sec
	12 year Girls 50m Butterfly	36.19 sec	2021 Dana Campbell - 37.00 sec
	Senior Girls 200m Individual Medley	2.51.72	2021 Audrey Hannaford - 3.04.06
Molly Ramien	11 year Girls 50m Freestyle	31.23 sec	2022 Alexis Whitton - 32.46 sec
	11 year Girls 50m Backstroke	36.89 sec	2022 Alexis Whitton - 39.78 sec
	11 year Girls 50m Breaststroke	43.75 sec	2013 Grace McLean - 46.16 sec
	11 year Girls 50m Butterfly	34.37 sec	2020 Audrey Hannaford - 40.50 sec
Josh Spinks	11 year Boys 50m Freestyle	31.62 sec	2021 Jacob Smith - 32.29 sec
Lewis Mainey	8 year Boys 50m Backstroke	52.38 sec	2010 Ethan Hall - 53.30 sec
Lewis Mainey	8 year Boys 50m Breaststroke	1.00.98	2020 Joshua Spinks - 1.02.09
Senior Girls Relay	Maria Goretti Molly Ramien, Matilda Denovan, Eugenie Goddard & Hannah Akinyemi	2.21.90	2005 Fatima - 2.31.59
Senior Boys Relay	Maria Goretti Josh Spinks, Darcy Mainey, Charlie Mainey & Alex Jensen	2.39.68	2004 Maria Goretti - 2.40.63

Well done also to the age group champions and runners up:

6/7yrs:

Boys: Champion: Jock Knapman, Runner Up: Jake Gurney

Girls: Champion: Maddie Whitton, Runner Up: Rae Shorter

8yrs:

Boys: Champion: Lewis Mainey, Runner Up: Campbell Denovan

Girls: Champion: Millie Lyle, Runner Up: Belle Nichols

9yrs:

Boys: Champion: Rafe Denovan, Runner Up: Wyatt Shorter

Girls: Champion: Pippa Wark, Runner Up: Ivy Walshe

10yrs:

Boys: Champion: John Sheedy, Runner Up: Josh Jeffrey

Girls: Champion: Skylah Guinery, Runner Up: Audrey Walshe

11yrs:

Boys: Champion: Josh Spinks, Runner Up: Liam Smith

Girls: Champion: Molly Ramien, Runner Up: Hannah Akinyemi

12/13yrs:

Boys: Champion: Ollie Lyle, Runner Up: Darcey Mainey

Girls: Champion: Lexie Whitton, Runner Up: Matilda Denovan

Maria Goretti won the Participation Trophy and the Championship Trophy, great work to all the Maria Goretti students!

A great highlight of the day was the Staff, Parent and Year 6 relay. A big thank you to everyone who participated in this fun event. The race started with a great superman dive from Graeme Brown, then the rest of the M & M Mayhem team: Maggie Brown, Molly Ramien and Dan Ramien were unstoppable and came away with the win and were presented with the coveted golden flippers! We can’t wait to have more events like these at our carnivals in the future.

Thank you to all of the amazing parents and staff who helped in the set up, running and pack up of our carnival, we really appreciate your help and couldn’t run it without you. It is a huge undertaking and many of our timekeepers were on their feet all day without a break. A special shout out to Abbie Logan for running the computer system and to Aaron Smith for helping not only with set up and pack up but also with starting the races. Thanks also to Hayley Hausfeld for taking all the wonderful photos on the day.

Polding Basketball

Last week, Henry Weinthal travelled to Lismore as part of the Armidale Diocesan Basketball Team to compete at the Polding Trials. He was selected in the Armidale Diocesan Team late last year. He had a fantastic day developing his skills and meeting new people.