Senior School Sport  & Extra-Curricula Activities 

• Summer Sports Photos
• Cricket
• Basketball
• NSTA Tennis
• Cross Country
• Swimming Squad
• CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Registration
• Winter Squash (Final call for entries)
• ISA Tennis
• SPX Tennis Championships
• Rugby

Summer Sports Photos

The Summer Sports Photos will be held on Tuesday 16 March during Period 1 – 3. The sports being photographed will be Squash, Swimming, Softball, Tennis, Touch Football, Junior and Senior Basketball and Cricket. A running sheet will be included in the next Woodchatta. Most teams will be photographed in their playing kits and will need to bring it to school with them. 

Ms Leisa Proc - General Coordinator

SPX Cricket

Match Reports 20 February

Saturday's 2nd XI Team and St Patrick's players acknowledged the late Phil Chaplin.  A ceremony before the game was held in front of the Chaplin score board in his honour. Please see the Pastoral Care Page of this Woodchatta for a detailed article on Mr Phil Chaplin.

Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor

Basketball

Congratulations to the Open B team who secured their first win for the season and it was an away game as well. We still have a good number of teams who can make it into the Grand Finals on Saturday 13 March. All Grand Finals will be held at Penrith Basketball Stadium. Once again I was very impressed with the sportsmanship and the effort our teams are putting into their games regardless of the scores. I hope we carry that good character into the finals next week. 

Mr Neil Gibson - Basketball Convenor

NSTA Tennis

Despite the chance of rain, the boys headed onto the courts for another exciting week of tennis. It was great to see 4 Senior boys volunteer to help out. Jamie Leong, Alex Vaccher, Aiden Parsons and Richard Gauci’s presence on the courts helped our younger players learn how to umpire as well as some valuable skills to help them play their matches. 

Our yellow ball matches at 8.00 am were also full of excitement and excellent play by our SPX teams. Riley Seeto and Adam Fitrzyk (SPX 16) played an amazing match against Redlands 22, winning 3 sets to 0. It was an exciting match between SPX 20 and SPX 19 with Samuel Lodge and Jonathon Webster (SPX 19) winning 2 sets to 1. Despite the rain starting, a light sprinkle at 8:30 am, all teams continued and all matches were able to be played.

Then the 10.00 am games began and again Pius vs Pius games were the ones to watch. Lucas Durey and Christian Wong (SPX 12) played well against Alex Higgins and Marco Akdagcik (SPX 11) with both teams drawing with 12 games by SPX 12 winning 2 sets to 1. Boston Bannister and Jake Yu (SPX 9) proved that size was not an issue when these two Junior boys were faced with 2 Senior boys, winning all 3 sets. 

Make sure that you log into Xpoint this week to check that your scores have been entered correctly and also to check where you are playing next Saturday. You can access this information on Xpoint:

https://www.xpointsports.com/region/325/currentEvents

Don’t forget to send in your scoresheets to either your coach or Mrs Iwatani if you are playing an away game.

Mrs Samantha Iwatani - NSTA Convenor

Cross Country

Cross-Country training will run all term. Join our Senior student leaders and top athletes, Matthew North and Dominic Panozzo, alongside our distance coach, Izzy Thornton-Bott for fun, varied and challenging sessions.

Beauchamp Park, Chatswood from 7.30 am – 8.15 am on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Meet at the Grandstand in comfortable running gear and with a water bottle. You don’t have to aspire to run in the ISA Carnival - all students and abilities welcome.

Mr Greg  Virgona - Cross Country Convenor

Senior Swimming 

Last Saturday night the squad competed in the Annual Christian Brothers Carnival at Ryde Aquatic Centre. We had an extremely successful evening coming away with a 5th for the Juniors, 3rd for the Seniors and first in the Intermediates and got to take a shield home. These results gave St Pius X a 3rd overall. Nicholas Gladen broke a 7 year old record for 50m Freestyle (25.91 seconds) and Alex Davies swam a personal best for his 50m Freestyle.

On Wednesday 10 March the squad will be swimming at the ISA Carnival held at Homebush Aquatic Centre. As there are only two divisions of Freestyle and one for the other strokes, not all swimmers in the squad will be competing. The team list is up on the Student Noticeboard. All swimmers must check to see if they are competing. The ISA squad will be leaving the College at 9.00 am and will be arriving back at the College approximately 6.00 pm. Lunch will be provided for the students. All swimmers MUST be wearing their school swimmers and cap. 

Please Note: If any parents are attending the carnival, could you please let me know as I will need to register your names with the ISA as part of the COVID Safety plan.

Training continues over at Fitness First Chatswood from 7.15 am – 8.15 am on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. It concludes next Tuesday, 9 March. We will then recommence training again in Term 4.

Ms Leisa Proc - Swimming Convenor

CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Competition and SDN Debating Competition

CSDA Public Speaking Competition

The CSDA Public Speaking Competition runs on the following Friday evenings in Term 1.

March 5                                     Public Speaking Round 1

March 12                                   Public Speaking Zone Finals

March 19                                   Public Speaking Grand Final

Every school in the CSDA competition is allowed to register two students only from each year group and the following students have put their forms in so we have our limit for public speaking.  Training will commence this week. Could the following students come to B10 this Thursday at lunchtime for our first meeting - bring your lunch. 

Year 7:   James Kevric; Regan Yun

Year 8:   Robert Oner; Ethan Auer

Year 9:   James Leo; Jose Monk

Year 10: Anthony Parissis; Michael Krizan

Year 11:  Max Leo, Cavan Ryan 

Year 12:  Joshua Jones; James Baldock

The draw is virtually done. It will be emailed once it is complete. The good thing is that there is no travel so the need is not as desperate as it would be if we were doing face to face.

The Year 7 & 8 speakers will be presenting from 2.00 pm here in rooms at SPX.

The Year 9 & 10 speakers will be presenting from 4.00 pm here in rooms at SPX.

The Year 11 & 12 speakers will be presenting from 6.00 pm here in rooms at SPX.

Once details of the afternoon and evening are forwarded to me speakers will be informed of the location and exact time of their presentations. 

CSDA Debating Competition 

The above debating competition runs through Term 2 on the following evenings.  YELLOW CSDA Debating ONLY Registration forms will be available from the student office from Monday 15 February (Week 4).

The 2021 Debating season kicks off this term with:

Week 7 – training Friday 12 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 8 – training Friday 19 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 9 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm - 6.00 pm

Week 10 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm

The CSDA Competition commences in Term 2. See the following dates. 

If you want to be a part of the terrific St Pius X College debating community it is essential that you attend ALL of the first six rounds.  If your team makes it through to the Elimination Round (and beyond) you also need to keep the above dates free.

Our Senior Students act as coaches/supporters for our Junior teams.  We are also lucky enough to have ex-students to work with the junior teams as the younger students really enjoy contact with our ex-debating “champions”.

The fee for the CSDA extra-curricular activity is $150.00 which will be included in your Term Two school fees. We keep our fees as low as possible and have funding from the St Pius X College P & F to subsidise the costs of running debating at SPX.  

Mrs Michele Waterson - Debating and Public Speaking Convenor

Final Call for Winter Squash 2021 

• All entries into the Winter Squash competition are to be in by Monday 8 March.
• Winter squash is available to all students (Year 7 – 12) and of all standards on a first come, first served basis.
• Training is on Wednesday afternoons at Willoughby and pennant matches are Saturday morning at various venues.
• Transport is provided from school to Willoughby on Wednesdays
• Equipment can be provided if required.

See or email Mr Varjavandi for inquiries and a permission note.

jvarjavandi@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Mr Justin Varjavandi - Winter Squash Convenor

ISA Tennis

Applications are open but closing very soon! Grading/training for the winter ISA Tennis season begins next week and runs through Weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term. Information sheets are available from the veranda outside the Student Office and applications need to be submitted via the QR code below and on the handout or via the 2021 ISA Tennis Application. Contact me at aobrien@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au for any additional queries.

SPX Tennis Championships

Our internal Championships are coming up! The tournament will be run on Saturday, 27 March at our Talus Street courts from 7:30 am to approx. 11:30 am for the lower divisions and from 11:30 am to 3.00 pm for the higher divisions. This is a compulsory event for all intending 2021 ISA Tennis players as the results from this competition will contribute to the ranking process for the upcoming season. More information will be distributed to players in the lead up to the day.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - ISA Tennis Convenor

SPX Senior Rugby

Rugby Registration  - NOW OPEN!

All Year 7-12 students wishing to play rugby are required to be registered to be included in a team, allowing the school rugby administrators & 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 or grading days, all students of different shapes, sizes and abilities can find a home within the SPX Rugby Program.

You have two options when registering:

1. 2021 Rugby Season Registration + Two Day April School Holiday Clinic: $240 (cost includes season registration & access to rugby specific physio during the season + specialist coaching, transport and lunch at the April Holiday clinic held on April 7 and 8 2021).
2. 2021 Rugby Season Registration Only: $150 (cost includes season registration & access to rugby specific physio during the season)

Note: The third option for holiday clinic only is for Junior School students.

To register simply follow the trybooking link below:

https://www.trybooking.com/725633

Term 1 Rugby Dates for the Diary

• Tuesday 16 March – Rugby Training Commences at Oxford Falls for all students Years 7-12
• Tuesday 23 March - RUGBY CLUB AGM - 7.00 pm – Sarto Centre
• Friday 19 March – Sunday 21 March - Opens Rugby Camp and TRIAL VS CCGS – Central Coast.
• Saturday 27 March – Traditional Trial vs Alos – AWAY (SPX will host some younger age groups)
• Thursday 1 April – Opens Rugby Trial vs St Paul's Manly - HOME
• Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 - April School Holiday Clinic – Oxford Falls – TRYTIME RUGBY

Mr Joe Lynch - Senior Rugby Convenor