SPORT 

POLDING WINTER TRIALS

As the time that this newsletter is released to our families, several of our talented athletes will have completed their final preparations for tomorrow's Polding Winter Trials in Bathurst. Representing us are Airlee, Josie, and Lucy in Girls Hockey  and Phoebe in Girls Football. They will be competing against strong diocesan teams from Bathurst, Broken Bay, Forbes-Wilcannia, Lismore, and Newcastle-Maitland. We wish them the absolute best of luck as they face off against northern New South Wales' premier athletes in their respective sports.

Diocesan Cross Country Trials

Thank you so much to all the families who have already nominated their children to compete! We are thrilled to congratulate the 27 students who have been officially selected to represent St Patrick's at the Diocesan Cross Country Trials in Barraba on Friday, May 22nd. Mr Hyatt will be attending the trials as our team manager.

Missing Diocese School Sporting Shirts

A quick reminder that we are missing a number of our St Patrick's Diocesan sports shirts. If your child has accidentally held onto one from a previous sporting event, please return it to the school as soon as you can. It is important that we have our full set back and ready to be distributed ahead of the upcoming ACS Cross Country Trials in the very near future. Thank you for your cooperation.

2026 SPORTS DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Friday 1st May- Polding Winter Trials (Hockey, Football, Netball and Rugby League at Bathurst)

Friday 22nd May- ACS Cross Country Trials at Barraba.

Friday 29th May- ACS Rugby Union Trials at Tamworth.

Wednesday 10th June- School Athletics Carniva

St Patrick's Primary Sports Handbook

St Patrick's now has an official sports handbook and it has been updated after the school swimming carnival held recently. This book is designed to give all members associated with our school a clearer understanding of when our school conducts our various sporting carnivals, the processes/qualifying times involved for students who want to represent our school at Diocesan sporting events as well as an explanation of the representative sporting pathways your child may want to undertake in their respective sports.