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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. All consent for this event should have already occurred. 

It will be a daytime Swimming Carnival at South and West Tamworth War Memorial Swimming Pool (Scully Pool, Kent St). It will commence at approximately 9:30am and finish at approximately 2:00pm. 

The Swimming Carnival is part of our school sports program and ALL Primary aged children are expected to be there. The only year 2 students who will be present at the carnival are those who have emailed setsport@arm.catholic.edu.au prior to 3/2/2025.

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 10th February, 2025  for INFANTS ONLY.

On Monday 10th February children will need to:

*Wear their full sports uniform including school hat and enclosed shoes. 

*Bring enough food and water to last through the Swimming Carnival (THERE WILL BE NO CANTEEN AVAILABLE).

*Bring their swimming bag to school with swimmers, sunscreen, towel, goggles, rashie etc. In the morning, children will change into their swimmers at school before leaving and will change again before returning in the afternoon.

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.

School Swimming Records 

Order of Events for the Carnival

1. Individual medley 200 IM 

   (These students will need their own transport to the pool by 8:30am ready for an 8:45am start.)

2. 50m Freestyle 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs.
3. 25m Freestyle 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs. & Tadpole Time (can use medium pool and shallow end)
4. 50m Breaststroke 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs.
5. 25m Breaststroke 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs. & Tadpole Time (can use medium pool and shallow end)
6. 50m Backstroke 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs.
7. 25m Backstroke 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs.  & Tadpole Time (can use medium pool and shallow end)
8. 50m Butterfly 12/13 yrs -8/9 yrs.
9. Novelty Races if time allows.
10. 100m Freestyle. 
11. Relays
12. Presentations

Parent Helpers Timetable 

Can you please arrive at the pool by 8:30 am ready for the first event (200 IM) at 8:45am. 

Extra parent helper:  Lauren Propsting (ribbons, pick up morning tea) 

Polding Trials

This Friday 7th February the following students will be representing Armidale Catholic Schools in Basketball and Tennis. Our basketball representatives are Madeline Noad, Makenzie Smith, Evie Judge, Brodie Robertson, Jimmy Press, Noah Swan and Isaac Heywood. They will compete against other Catholic Dioceses in New South Wales. We wish them all the best for their games! Our Tennis representative is Brooks McCulloch. We wish him all the best for his matches!

Netball

St Edward’s Netball Registrations are now OPEN.

Please note there are two different links depending on the age of your child

For all children wishing to play netball, who are turning 5,6,7,8,9,10 in 2025 use this link: 

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/761b74

For all children wishing to play netball, who are turning 11 and 12 (or 10 years playing in the 11/12 comp/ Year 5 but are only turning 10) in 2025 use this link: 

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/5d4f47

All new netball uniforms can be found on the Compass app in the Canteen Uniform menu. We will have uniforms available at the first Friday afternoon training session to look at and purchase. 

Training is decided by individual coaches. Training is at St Edward’s Primary School straight after school and Infants’ children can catch the bus. Games will start in early May. 

Registrations will close on Friday 28th February.

All games are played inside, or on the outside courts at the Tamworth Sports Dome. 

Games for children aged 10 and under are usually played at 12pm.*

Games for children aged 11 and over are usually at 1pm.*

*times are subject to change. Draws will be available on the Tamworth Netball Association Facebook page or on the NetballHQ app. 

Aussie Hoops (Infants Basketball)

Aussie Hoops 2025 Term 1 - Registrations are NOW OPEN

8-week program starts Tuesday 18th February – finishes Tuesday 8th April

Players may register in both Programs - Active Kids Vouchers can be used 

“Aussie Hoops Rookies” 5 – 9 years

4.20pm-5.05pm 

Skills-based program for beginners & intermediate groups COST: $70 for returning participant or $130 for new participant with Starter pack: which includes backpack, ball & personalised singlet.

“Aussie Hoops Miniball”

5.10pm-5.55pm

Game-based program for U/8’s/10’s players progressing from Rookies

Games played on a full court with lowered rings

COST: $90 for returning participant or $150 for new participant with Starter pack: which includes backpack, ball & personalised singlet.

To HERE to register.

Touch Football

Football (Soccer)

Futsal

AFL

BMX

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

Hockey

Athletics

The NSW Athletics partnership are launching a Junior Development Program in Tamworth this year. It utilises the expertise of the Centre of Excellence’s Performance and Pathways team to extend the program to regional NSW after running is successfully in metro NSW for the past 5 years. This program could support some of your sporting programs to add long term development of movement literacy and gym-based movement patterns tailored to the child’s growth and maturation. 

Key Features of the program:

• The Junior Development Program (JDP) is a term based physical development gym program for kids aged 10-14 aimed at building the foundations of strength power speed for multi-sport
• Athletes are allocated into training groups based on biological age and movement competency testing and train 2 times per week in a squad environment
• The program includes video analysis testing and sport science protocols to individualise training for kids of all levels
• Program begins 3 February 2025

Information package

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 setsport@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.

https://www.facebook.com/ArmidaleDiocesanPSC/