St Pius X College Newsletter

Senior School Sport

  • Cricket 
  • Football
  • Rugby
  • ISA Tennis
  • SPX Tennis Championships
  • NSTA Tennis

Cricket

Congratulations to SPX Red Cricket Team (pictured below), premiers of Manly Warringah U14 Division 2. The boys finished second at the end of the regular season and then played two high quality games in the semi-final and grand-final to win the competition. Despite being underdogs in the final, the whole team contributed well in the field and with bat and ball to secure victory.

Mr Justin Donnelly - SPX Red Coach 

 

2019 SPX Cricket Presentation Night – Wednesday 10 April at 6:30pm in Chatswood Gym

SPX Cricket’s End of Season 2018/19 Presentation Night will be held in the Chatswood Gym starting at 6:30pm (sharp) on Wednesday 10 April 2019 (Wednesday Term 1 Week 11). All players are expected to attend dressed in College Summer Uniform. This is our opportunity to recognise the U14 SPX Red Premiership as well as other Team and Individual performances throughout the season. 

 

Kit Return: Team kits can be returned to the Administration Veranda.

Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor

Football

Dear Parents and Players,

Times and locations for our fixture against St Aloysius College on 6 April will be published in next week’s Woodchatta. 

A note to parents:   the College offered a program of Saturday afternoon football development to any student who missed out on football selection.  However, only two students responded that they would like to be involved this year and therefore that program won’t be able to be run with such small numbers.

A reminder that students from Years 7-10 must purchase their full playing strip from the uniform shop by next Wednesday.

Mr Simon Yue - Senior Football Convenor

FOOTBALL CLUB NEWS

We need you! 

The Committee is run by parent volunteers.  Most of the existing members of the SPX Football Committee have boys in Year 12 and after six years or more will be retiring at the end of 2019, leaving one existing Committee member for 2020.  We need your support to transition to a new group of SPX Football parents to maintain continuity and bring new ideas and initiatives into the College. 

If we cannot form a Committee then all the good work we have done over the years such as specialist coaching and holiday camps will be at risk, and in some cases may cease to be provided. The effort required is a few hours a month. The roles required for the Committee in 2019 are Communication Manager, Events Manager, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow BBQ Manager. 

Please consider joining in. This year is 2019 Unity in Community.  Meet the challenge and Get Amongst It.  Details on 2019 SPX Football Club activities are attached below.

2019 SPX Football Activities.pdf

Please email footballclub@pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au if you are interested or want some more information, or just come along to the next meeting in April.

 

Term 1 Holiday Football Camp at Oxford Falls:  The SPX Football Club will again be organising a two-day football camp during the Term 1 holidays.  The camp will be run from 9.00am - 2.00pm on 17 and 18 April at Oxford Falls.  Transport to and from the College will be available.

The camp will be run by professional coaches under the direction of Chris Semaan and suits all age groups from Years 5-10.  We particularly encourage some of the older boys to come along and get ready for the ISA season starting in Term 2.

Trybooking details are https://www.trybooking.com/UPLP

Rugby

Sydney Grammar Rugby 10’s Trial Matches – Saturday 30 March

  • 13s, 15s, 16s will play 3 games per team.
  • 14s, and Opens play 4 matches each.
  • All games will run 7 minutes each way.
  • No scores, conversions or tables.

 

Weigall Rugby Grounds – Sydney Grammar School

 

Rugby Registration NOW OPEN – REGISTER ASAP

All students wishing to play rugby are required to be registered here to be included in a team, allowing the school rugby administrators and coaches to best prepare for the coming season, plus allow your P&F Rugby Club to best support and communicate with you! There are no trials, all students of different shapes, sizes and abilities can find a home within the SPX Rugby Program.

You have two options when registering:

1.  2018 Rugby Season Registration and Two Day School Holiday Clinic: $200 (recommended)

(Cost includes access to rugby specific physio during the season and specialist coaching, transport and lunch at the two day clinic during Week 2 of the April Holidays)

2.  Registration Only: $110

To register simply follow this trybooking link:  

https://www.trybooking.com/482953

 

Rugby Training:  Rugby training commenced last week and continues each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for the 13s to 16s age groups, with the Opens training on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Buses will depart Archer Street outside OLD Church at 3:30pm and will return to Chatswood by 5:30pm. Students can be picked up from Oxford Falls at 5pm.

Training is compulsory and at this stage of the year will include basic skills and a series of internal trial games held during the sessions so players can be graded into suitable teams. Unlike other sports at the College, teams can change week to week due to player performance, injuries or unavailability. The expectation is that players make themselves available for selection each week and play in the team their age group coach selects them in.

All players are reminded that protective gear, including mouth guards, must be worn at all times, including training sessions. Not having a mouthguard will impact your son’s ability to participate fully in the session.

Dates for the calendar from Term 1:

  • 28/3/18 – NZ Tour meeting at 6pm in the Sarto Centre
  • 30/3/18 – Sydney Grammar 10s – two teams per age group, 3 in the Opens.
  • 6/4/18 – Traditional Trial vs St Aloysius (Opens AWAY, 13s-16s at Oxford Falls)
  • 12/4/18-19/4/18 – Under 15s New Zealand Rugby Tour
  • 23/4/18-24/4/18 – Holiday Rugby Clinic (Oxford Falls – included in registration)

 

RUGBY REFEREEING IN 2019 

St Pius is looking for keen students and parents who would be interested in becoming rugby referees at the College this season. Refereeing is an enjoyable, rewarding and challenging way to get involved or stay involved in rugby. Courses are available over the next month.

Level 1 Referee (Foundation) Course – For games U13 & above:

*(Available to parents and students in Years 9 to 12)

Sun 17/3/19 – 8:30am – Pittwater Rugby Park

Sun 31/3/19 – 8:30am – Shore School, North Sydney

Refereeing Kids Rugby Course – For games U8 – U12:

*(Available to parents and students in  Years 7 to 8)

  • Thur 21/3/19 – 6:00pm – Beauchamp Park, Chatswood
  • Thur 28/3/19 – 6:30pm – St Ives Rugby Club (Hassell Park)

If you are interested in attending one of these courses or would like further information, please contact James Quinn by email at jquinn@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au 

ISA Tennis

ISA Tennis – Grading/training for the winter ISA Tennis season runs through Weeks 8, 9 and 10. We are still able to accept late entries but please get forms in asap! Forms and information are available from the veranda outside the student office, or contact me at aobrien@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - Convenor

SPX Tennis Championships

Our internal Championships coming up! The tournament will be run on Saturday 30 March at our Talus Street courts from 7:30am to 12:00pm and is open to 2019-2019 NSTA players and intending ISA players in Years 7-12. The results from this competition will contribute to the ranking process for the upcoming ISA season. Players will be strictly capped at 16 per Division. More information and entry forms are available from the veranda outside the student office.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - Convenor

NSTA Tennis

 

 

It was an exciting morning with all students arriving early to ensure they were warmed up for their finals and play-offs. We had 10 teams playing across 7 finals matches: SPX 1, SPX 6, SPX 9, SPX 10, SPX 14, SPX 15, SPX 17, SPX 23, SPX 27 and SPX 30.  From the 7 games Pius won 5 of them!

 

 

CHAMPIONS

  • Division 4: Team 9 – David Jelovic and Jamie Todd
  • Division 6: Team 14 – Tom Ryan and Michael Chan
  • Division 8: Team 17 - Ryan Fong and Rory Cooper
  • Division 10: Team 23 – Jeremy Saraceno and Luke Mortimer
  • Division 11: Team 30 – John Rowe, Daniel Harper and John Badger-Rahme

Thanks must go to Mrs Keighery, Mr Webster and Mr Cook for their help throughout the season, and also to the parents who acted as taxis and cheerleaders every Saturday.

We would also like to farewell and thank four of our Year 12 players who ended their time with NSTA tennis at St Pius: Thomas Wong, Daniel Scipioni, Andrew Horton and Oliver Osborne. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

Mrs Sam Iwatani - NSTA Tennis Convenor