Sport
Sport
Natasha Gippel SPORTS COORDINATOR
Sport Dates for 2025
School Swimming Carnival: Monday 10th February, 2025
Diocesan Swimming Carnival: Friday 28th February, 2025
School Cross Country: Friday 21st March, 2025
Diocesan Cross Country: Friday 4th April, 2025
(Tentatively booked) Trial Athletics Carnival: Friday 13th June, 2025
(Tentatively booked) School Athletics Carnival: Thursday 26th June, 2025
Diocesan Athletics Carnival: Thursday 7th August, 2025
Swimming Carnival
Our 2025 Swimming Carnival is being held on Monday 10th February, 2025. This event requires online consent/permission to be completed by Monday 3rd February, 2025.
It will be a daytime Swimming Carnival at South and West Tamworth War Memorial Swimming Pool (Scully Pool, Kent St) commencing at approximately 9:30am and finishing at approximately 2:00pm.
The Swimming Carnival is part of our school sports program and ALL Primary aged children are expected to be there. Year 2 students who are turning 8 years old in 2025 and can COMPETITIVELY swim 50m are invited to email setsport@arm.catholic.edu.au to be placed in events.
All Primary children will travel to the carnival by bus and arrive at the pool at 9:15am under the supervision of teachers. At the conclusion of the carnival, all students will travel back to school for their regular way of transport home. Parents of Year 2 children who are attending the Carnival are asked to organise transport to and from the pool or alternatively to and from the primary school campus to allow 8yr old infants swimmers to be bussed with Yr 3 classes.
Please note the St Ed’s School Canteen WILL ONLY be operating on Monday the 10th February, 2025 for INFANTS ONLY.
On Monday 10th February children will need to:
*Wear their full sports uniform including school hat
*Bring enough food and water to last through the Swimming Carnival
*Bring their swimming bag to school with swimmers, sunscreen, towel, goggles etc. Children will change at school.
Online permission and swimming assessment
*No child will be allowed access to the pool at the Swimming Carnival without a completed evaluation of their swimming ability and submitted by his/her Parent/Carer. This will allow the children to go in the corresponding events at the carnival.
Basketball Holiday Camps
Gymnastics
Swimming
Please click on the link to register your child for this program.
Football (Soccer)
Futsal
Bowls
Now Introducing:
Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) Students to Lawn Bowls
This is a golden opportunity to learn a new sporting skill and represent your school in the inaugural … NSW … ‘Inter-Schools’ Primary Bowls Competition.
Trials in August 2025. (Open to … All Government, Independent and Catholic Schools.)
To get started … visit your local bowling club.
Accredited ‘Bowls Australia’ coaches, providing assistance in developing students' skills, achieving success and having fun - in this - fantastic outdoors sport.
- Training is free.
- Equipment is free.
- School based
- Team with your friends.
- Playing in school colours.
- No more - ‘weekend’ - Registration Fees..
- Played in our high schools as an ‘inter-school’ event.
A sport where “everyone can play.’
email:letsplaybowls@gmail.com ... (Flyer, Format, Rules PDFs)
Regards
Warren Boyd
Administrator
Let's Play Bowls
Primary & High School Competitions
MCC Netball
See attached information
ADPSC ONLINE MERCHANDISE SALE
The ADPSC storage shed is overflowing and they need to make some room, so I hear a sale calling!!!! Shop link is open to all. Items will be delivered to your child’s school. PayPal and direct deposit available. DISCOUNT CODE: ADPSC15 15% OFF
https://store19217008.ecwid.com/
A pop-up store will also be available at our Primary Diocesan Athletics Carnival on Friday 9th August.
St Edward's Representative Shirts
Please keep a lookout for these in your cupboards, school bags, dirty clothes baskets, even under beds. We are still missing a considerable amount of shirts which will be required to be handed back in this term.
Cricket
Woolworths Cricket Blast: (Kinder, 1, 2 & 3)
link to register: https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/49bdf7
Please use the link below to Register for Our St Edward's team (3-6)
St Edwards: https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/68b277
Sport Stories
We would love to share information about your child’s special achievements across all sporting areas, please email detailed information and a photograph if available to the Sports Coordinator, Mrs Gippel, at: nmcculloch@arm.catholic.edu.au
Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports Council
The Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports Council is a body representative of the Catholic Education Office, Principals and Sports Coordinators from all Diocesan Primary Schools. The ADPSC offers a pathway for Armidale Diocesan students in most sports. If you would like to be kept up to date with all the Diocesan sport news, cancellations and updated last minute information, please like the ADPSC page on Facebook.