Sports News

TERM 3 SPORT

REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

MacKillop Athletics Championships

On Monday 18th September we had 11 students attend the MacKillop Trial Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. Well done to Lana B, Mateo B, Kieran C, Jordan G, Miranda O, Grace T, Noah VD, Abigail W, Ella F, Beatriz RP & Eva C. A big shout out to Eva C for filling in for Isabel M in the Junior Girls Relay in her absence. That is the St Pat's spirit! Overall it was an extremely hot day but our athletes withstood the heat and made our school proud. Unfortunately Sophie A had a clash in sporting events and had to attend the NSW Girls Football Training Camp instead. Here are some of the highlights from the day:

Lana B - 1st 100m, 1st 200m and breaking the record in the 200m!! Previous record 28.33 and Lana now holds it at 28.28.

Kieran C - 5th 1500m, 3rd High Jump

Jordan G - 4th 100m

Miranda O - 5th 200m

Noah VD - 5th High Jump

SPORTING PATHWAYS 2023/2024

Thank you to all families who filled out the nomination form with details of your child’s specific sporting level outside of school. In-school trials have already commenced for some sports to select the students who will represent St Patrick’s at the Conference Trial. Next term, the new representative sporting calendar begins as we lead into the 2024 season. The Conference trials that will be held in Term 4 are:

AFL boys
Basketball Boys
Netball Girls
Touch Football Boys and Girls
Cricket

All other sports will be held in Term 1, 2024 or as information is provided to the school.

All students displayed great skill and effort in our recent school trial for Basketball and Touch Football. Mr Taylor and myself were extremely impressed with the way the boys presented themselves on the court and field. Unfortunately we were unable to select all boys to move forward in the trailing process. It was good to see great resilience to those who were unsuccessful and even better to see students happy for their peers who were selected. Students selected will need to attend the Conference Trial in the schools representative jersey. Mrs Col will hand these out upon return to Term 4.

SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE JERSEY

With many of our larger sporting events wrapping up for Term 3 could all students who have borrowed a representative jersey or singlet please have it returned to the school office. Thank you to the many families who have already done so. We will be doing a thorough stocktake of representative jerseys so we can order more for 2024. We are currently in the process of introducing a new method of jersey distributions for the future. This is to ensure all students representing our school at interschool sport and through the sporting pathways have their own jersey/singlet to wear.

INTERSCHOOL SPORT

Year 3 League Tag Gala Day (compulsory for all students)

Due to the smoke haze hovering over Sydney last week, the Year 3 Gala Day was postponed. The new date has been set and communicated to all Year 3 parents via COMPASS. The only details to confirm is the venue. The new date is Tuesday 17th October. If all families could provide consent again via COMPASS at your earliest convenience. This gala day is COMPULSORY for all students in Year 3.

If you have volunteered to be a parent manager on the day, Mrs Col will be in touch via email. Please remember this is a half day event. All students will be on organised buses by 9am from school. The gala day will finish by midday, allowing our students to return to school via bus to continue with their regular routine.

Students will need to bring/wear:

School sports polo top (playing shirts must be tucked in at all times to reduce finger injuries.
Football boots that are rubber moulded cleats only but are not compulsory. Alternatively runners may be worn.
Jacket to keep students warm between games
School hat (won't need to be worn during games). If you would like to wear a hat during the game it must be a soft wide brimmed hat or an official Oz tag soft peak cap/visor.
Oz-tag shorts or bike shorts are highly advised to wear with the school sport polo top. Shorts with pockets are not allowed unless that are gaffer taped. So alternate shorts with no pockets can be worn. If possible try to stick to black, blue or yellow options.
Oz-tag belts will be supplied by SCS for those who don't have oz-tag shorts.
No jewellery is permitted.
Healthy snacks and lunch with plenty of water. There will be no canteen facilities.
Sunscreen

Year 5 Boys Level 1 League Tag Progression

We were delighted to hear the news this week that our level 1 Year 5 League Tag Team have progressed to a championship day on Tuesday 24th October. This was because they finished in a good position in their pool over the 3 sessions. Our level 1 boys will now compete against the rest of Conference 3 pool winners from Sutherland and St George network. A COMPASS event has been created for these 11 boys, please provide consent at your earliest convenience.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL/ TRIAL YEARS 2-6

Save the Date! Our annual School Swimming Carnival and trial for the Conference 3 Swimming Trial will be held on THURSDAY 23rd NOVEMBER in Week 7. Consent, details and nomination forms will be communicated to all families at the start of next term.

Community Sport

Audrey P who was selected for the NSW Girls Hockey Team this year would like to see more students get involved in Hockey. Please see the below information on how you can get your child playing Hockey locally.

If you have any sporting news you would like to share with our school community please email me - amanda.col@syd.catholic.edu.au

Thank you,

Amanda Col

Sport Coordinator