SPORTING NEWS

DATES FOR 2025

Thursday 7 August - Diocesan Athletics Carnival (Tamworth)

Friday 12 September - Polding Athletics Carnival (Newcastle)

SPORT INFORMATION ON COMPASS

Just a reminder that the majority of sporting opportunities are only on Compass and it needs to be checked on a regular basis.

ST NICHOLAS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

We had an excellent day on Friday with beautiful weather, competitive children and wonderful parent helpers. 

Congratulations to Dominic who were the overall winners on the day with Edmund Rice second, Mackillop third and Ozanam fourth. 

Well done to our champions and runners-up

Senior Girl Champion - Bailey Maher (Mackillop)

Senior Girl Runner Up - Sophia Elkhouri (Edmund Rice)

Senior Boy Champion - Lincoln Baird (Dominic)

Senior Boy Runner Up - Noah Grimley (Dominic)

11 year Girl Champion - Sophia McManus (Mackillop)

11 year Girl Runner Up - Emilia Bunnemeyer (Dominic)

11 year Boy Champion - Max Collett (Edmund Rice)

11 year Boy Runner Up - Willy Kellow (Mackillop)

Junior Girl Champion - Lucy Shaw (Dominic)

Junior Girl Runner Up - Lilly Gibson (Mackillop)

Junior Boy Champion - Hudson Young (Dominic)

Junior Boy Runner Up - Oscar Drury (Dominic)

Three students were chosen for demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship at the carnival. Congratulations to Noah Grimley, Charlotte Watson and Lara Macdonald.

There was one record broken and one record equalled on the day. 

Hudson Young broke the Junior Boys Discus record set in 2016 with a distance of 20.85m.

Bailey Maher equalled the Senior Girls High Jump record set in 2014 with a jump of 1.36m.

Congratulations to the following children who have been selected to compete at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival in Tamworth on Thursday 7 August 2025:

Noah Grimley, Lincoln Baird, Tom Tyndall, Eli Moore, Elijah Skilton, Max Hickey, Bailey Maher, Sophie Ferguson, Sophia Elkhouri, Sophia Shanahan, Poppy Moore, Mia Simpson, Max Collett, Flynn Coutts, Louis van Aanholt, Remy Wilson, Willy Kellow, Roy Bates, Cooper Crowe, Mia Reed, Sophia McManus, Emilia Bunnemeyer, Taylor Langford, Jessie George, Hudson Young, Oscar Drury, Quade Henn, Miles Pearce, Thomas Wiseman, Koa Thom, Lilly Gibson, Lucy Shaw, Evangelyn Nijo, Reese Moore, Georgia Cannon, Henry Brownsmith, Roman Sheridan, Zayne Ramirez, Adaline Duncan, Alexia Graf, Elsie Gibson, Levi Charlesworth, Boston Walker, Angus Linton, Ella Hickey, Ineke Allen and Piper Keogh.

POLDING RUGBY TRIALS

On the weekend we had 4 students travel to Forbes to compete with the Armidale Diocesan Rugby Union team at the Polding Carnival. These students were Max Hickey, Max Collett, Lincoln Baird and Noah Grimley. Mr Henn was one of the team managers on the day. A huge congratulations to Max Collett who was selected for the Polding team. Max will now compete at the PSSA carnival in Newcastle in August.

BASKETBALL GRAND FINALS

Last Thursday there were 4 St Nicholas teams in the Season 1 2025 grand final. Congratulations to the St Nichs Firecrackers and St Nichs Heat who were runners up in their divisions and to the St Nichs Angels and St Nichs Devils who won their grand final. The St Nichs Angels and St Nichs Heat played each other in a nail-biting game with the Angels narrowly winning 14-11.

TONI PALMER MEMORIAL SHIELD - RUGBY LEAGUE

On Wednesday 25 June we had two teams travel to Inverell to compete in the Toni Palmer Memorial Shield Day. 

What an exciting day for our Year 3/4 boys. The team of 12 talented boys played six tough games and won them all, bringing home the Junior Division shield. 

The Year 5/6 team placed 4th overall with some very stiff competition. 

Both teams showed amazing teamwork, great sportsmanship and never gave up. They worked together, cheered hard and represented St Nicholas with pride. Thank you to Mr Maher and Mr Anderson for coaching the teams and to all the parents and grandparents who made the journey to Inverell. 

PSSA CROSS COUNTRY

Good luck to Ella Hickey who is competing in the PSSA Cross Country in Sydney on Wednesday 23 July.

POLDING TOUCH FOOTBALL TRAILS

Goodluck to our St Nicholas lads in the ACS Touch Football Diocesan team.  Taj Fitzgibbon, Jacob Anderson and Lincoln Baird are down in Lake Cathie trialling for the Polding Touch team today - All the best in play and safe travels! 

BASKETBALL SEMESTER 2 NOMINATIONS

Nominations are now being taken for the Semester 2 Basketball season. Please head to Compass events to nominate your child to play. 

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