Around the Grounds

Rugby League

St Augustine's Aaron Payne Cup team started the season with an emphatic win against Mackay SHS 30-0 during Round 1 of the competition. First half tries to Waterman Niopo, Rhys Woolcott, Jack Rix and Noah Dowdle put the result beyond doubt and before a penalty goal and a late coverted try to five eighth Corey Anderson sealed the victory.

Round 2 saw the First XIII take on Holy Spirit College in Townsville. Saints got off to a rapid start with Ben Walker scoring two tries in the opening minutes to put Holy Spirit on the back foot. The momentum continued with the boys piling on 13 unanswered points to secure an entertaining 80-0 victory. Ben Walker led the way with a hat trick of tries, Jack Rix and Blaze Mowles scored a brace of tries with Waterman Noipo, Tristian Martin, Rhys Woolcott, Braith Clubb, Leslie Fatafehi, Xavier Lallemand and Lucas Russell all scoring tries.

The Under-15s Cowboys Challenge team had a disappointing start to their season with a 32-4 loss to Mackay SHS. The team showed glimpses of their potential and fought back from an early onslaught to go into half-time at 16-4 thanks to a Piiramu Wilson try. The boys could not continue on with this momentum and, unfortunately, conceded late tries to go down 32-4.

The boys showed great improvement in their Round 2 game against Holy Spirit College. Piiramu Wilson opened the scoring early before Saints conceded tries to be down 12-6 late in the game. A late try to Leo Pezzelato saw Saints level the score and come away with a 12-12 draw.

Both teams will take on Mareeba SHS on Monday of Week 9 where they'll look to build their starts to the season before the First XIII compete in the Confraternity Shield over the holidays.

Thanks to our sponsors: Norweld, I-Lec, Brothers, Trinity Auto Group, Pezzalato Farms and JGP Electrical for their ongoing support of the Saints Rugby League program.

Bill Turner Football

The Bill Turner squad continued their campaign with a 7-0 win against St Mary's Catholic College in Week 6. Harrison Neilsen and Jonathon Galea both put in solid performances with each scoring 2 goals. The squad played the regional final against Cairns State High School yesterday, unfortunately going down 3-1. Thanks to Suppressive Fire Systems, CC Futbol Academy, Cairns Total Physio and Bridgman Constructions.

Senior AFLQ Cup

Saints Senior AFLQ Cup team competed in a Round 1 Gala Day in the Senior AFL StreetSmarts QCup Cairns Carnival at Watson’s Oval. The team were undefeated and will progress to the North Queensland Championships in Townsville in July. Thank you Simone Bailey for sharing the photos from the carnival. Thanks also to our AFL sponsors Cairns Total Physio, Halpin Partners, Lane Orthodontics and Prime Constructions.

Interschool mountain bike race – Edmonton

Eighteen Saints students and one from St Monica's competed in Round 1 of the FNQ Interschool MTB Challenge. Congratulations to all who raced and for the following boys who finished on the podium: Finn Slade, Jack Bowe, Brandon Goode, Kobe Roberts and Jimmy Cox. Thank you Southside MTB Club, @giantcairns and @dominos Cairns City for hosting and sponsoring.

CISSA Sport

Saints finished the regular season in style with a perfect 5 from 5 victories. They secured premier division semi-final places for our AFL, Basketball, Football and Touch Football teams, while our Volleyball team finished in fifth to qualify for the Division 1 finals. All five teams secured victories to qualify for their respective grand finals. Saints secured dominant victories in the AFL, Touch Football and Volleyball finals; however, unfortunately, lost to rivals Cairns High in the Basketball and Football finals. The performances of our teams throughout the season saw Saints once again secure the ‘Overall Boys’ and ‘Overall School’ titles for the 2024 season. Thanks to our coaches: Mr Rigby, Mr Cutuli, Mr Chapman, Mr Sorensen, Mr Brimstone, Mrs Oldfield and Mr Elliott for your work with our teams throughout the season.

CISSA

Week 6 vs St Mary's

Sport	Result	MVP
AFL	78-7	Mitchel Hurst
Basketball	69-50	William Imhoff
Football	3-2	Jack Edwards
Touch	9-7	Jesse Ziegler
Volleyball	3-0	Aiden Prestipino

Week 7 vs Semi-Finals

Sport	Result	MVP
AFL	won on forfeit
Basketball	92-64	Cezan Nentje
Football	3-2	Jack Edwards
Touch	9-7	Jesse Ziegler
Volleyball	2-0	Aiden Prestipino

Grand Finals

Sport	Result	MVP
AFL	Premiers	Alex Lammert
Basketball	Premier Division runners-up	Will Imhoff
Football	Premier Division runners-up	Sam Humphries
Touch	Premier Division Champions	Jesse Ziegler
Volleyball	Division 1 Champions	Sebastian Nowakowski

Peninsula Cross Country

Congratulations to the following boys for securing back-to-back podium finishes, as well as to the other students who will join the Peninsula team at the State Championships early next term.

Yuri Lesic	U13	3rd
Cooper Glass	U16	2nd
Rhys Steven	U16	3rd

Saints Netball

Our Saints Netball team took part in the Vicki Wilson Cup recently, facing off against fellow secondary schools in the area. It was an exceptional day for our boys as they won all their preliminary matches, ultimately clinching second place after losing to Smithfield High in the grand finals. Congratulations to the boys on their strong team performance, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship.

Coach Charlotte Rettke & Manager Michelle Imhoff

Peninsula Hockey umpires

Thank you to Blake Watson, Franky Baker and Lucas Brierley for volunteering your time and umpiring at this year's Peninsula hockey 10-12 trial.

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