Senior School Cocurricular Program 

• From the Assistant Principal, Cocurricular
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Rugby

From the Assistant Principal, Cocurricular

Huge congratulations go to our athletes who competed at the ISA Athletics Carnival at SOPAC on Tuesday.  There were some fantastic individual performances leading to strong team results with our Junior team finishing third, Intermediate team finishing third and the Senior team finishing in second place, with an overall third place finish for St Pius X behind Oakhill College and St Augustine's College.

My thanks go to Mr Steinman and Mr Ritchie, along with all the external coaches for providing high-quality preparation for our athletes.

In next week's Woodchatta we will publish the summer coach allocations for the 2024/25 season.

Mr Matt Stearn - Assistant Principal, Cocurricular

Athletics

• ISA Representative Carnival (CIS) – Tuesday 24 September – SOPAC

Mr Scott Steinman - Athletics Convenor

Basketball

Our basketball grading process continued this week with Year 7 after-school sessions. Thank you to all the boys who attended the grading sessions—the standard of basketball at SPX was great to see. Afternoon grading sessions conclude today, and teams will be announced shortly. 

Please note that in certain age groups, we have an oversubscription of players, exceeding what we can enter at the ISA level. As a result, development squads will be created. These boys will still have access to weekly training sessions and a Saturday program at Oxford Falls.

The training schedule for all teams will be shared once the team announcements are made. 

Training will commence for all teams in Week 1 of Term 4.

A reminder of the pre-season training sessions available for next week:

Monday

7:00 am - 8:20 am Firsts training (invite only)

Tuesday

7:15 am - 8:15 am Year 7, 8, 9 A/B development squad

Wednesday

7:15 am - 8:15 am Skills session (All ages)

Thursday

7:00 am - 8:20 am Firsts training (invite only)

Friday

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Opens Scrimmage/pick-up

Important Dates

• Saturday 19 October: Internal fixtures at Oxford Falls
• Saturday 26 October: Round 1 ISA Competition commences

Clipboard

• All fixtures will be posted via Clipboard, this will include venue details, times and opposition. Once information is received from ISA, it will be uploaded in a draft format and confirmed prior to the fixture each week. 
• Please ensure you have access to Clipboard, as this will be the most accurate and up-to-date reference for any changes to fixture details. 

Thank you for your patience and commitment to SPX Basketball! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at basketball@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au or jbourke@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au. 

Basketball Committee AGM

Tuesday 24 September, 8:00 pm

The Basketball Committee will hold a virtual AGM on Tuesday 24 September commencing at 8:00 pm. Please attend if interested. 

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87155309135?pwd=ao5zd9u5xYeaT1ICcVozZ4Lm0eGl9a.1

Meeting ID: 871 5530 9135 Passcode: Q19BX1

We look forward to seeing you there. 

Basketball Committee

Mr James Bourke - Basketball Convenor

Cricket

1st and 2nd XI ISA Cricket

1st and 2nd XI Cricket trials continue at Oxford Falls on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. 

Please see the attached ISA season outline for full trial, selection, training, and match details for the 2024-25 Season.

Upcoming holiday trial match selections have been released to players. Any unavailability needs to be reported to Mr Reay or Mr Rodgers ASAP.

Mr David Reay - ISA Cricket Convenor

MWJCA Cricket

The MWJCA competition kicked off on Saturday under beautiful blue skies. We have approximately 100 boys playing cricket for the school this season, and they were all excited to get the season started. We had a great first day, with 4 of our 6 teams starting with a win, and the two losses were both hard fought, close games. Thanks very much to all of the coaches, team managers and parent volunteers, your support is invaluable.

U14 Green

SPX Green 6/176 (Z Chippendale 48*, R Rapa 40, H Gardner 21) def. St Augustine's Gold 113 (A Kennedy 3/9, R Rapa 2/0).

After winning the toss and batting first, we got off to a great start. Rory Rapa and Zac Chippendale put on 94 for the first wicket in just under 14 overs, at better than a run a ball. St Augustine's peggged us back in the second half of our innings, with regular wickets and some tight bowling, but we got to 6/176 with good contributions from Henry Gardner and Ben Costain (19*), and some unselfish team batting.

St Augustine's started confidently and looked good for the first 3 overs, before Anthony Kennedy & James Sykes reduced them from 0/10 off 3 overs to 4/23 after 7. St Augustine's recovered somewhat in the middle overs, but we took regular wickets and they were never really in the hunt. Our energy in the field was outstanding, keeping the pressure on throughout and taking some excellent catches, and Blake Sobey’s captaincy was outstanding. Great first up win from the boys.

Cricket Games at Oxford Falls this Saturday

Please note that the Rural Fire Brigade have proposed to carry out a hazard reduction burn in Oxford Falls this Saturday, 21 September.

Please see the attached images for further information.

All games are posted in the PlayCricket App through PlayHQ.  If you do not have the PlayCricket App installed on your device, you will need to access your relevant App store to download the app, set up your ID and follow St Pius X College Chatswood cricket.

School Holiday Camp

Mr Ryan Balboa - MWJCA Convenor

Rugby

ANNUAL GOLF DAY 2024

Friday, 18 October 

Northbridge Golf Club

296c Sailors Bay Rd, Northbridge

1:00 pm Start (Lunch) followed by 2:00 pm Tee Off

Following the success of last year's event, we are returning to Northbridge Golf Club in October for our annual Ambrose golf outing.

The committee’s focus this year is to maximise the appeal and to encourage as many parents as possible to join us for a great opportunity to mix with other parents and friends of the school. And, of course, to have fun. We are particularly keen to see more mums participate this year. Pull together a 4-Ball or just join as a single … either way a great day is guaranteed.

For more information please see the attached flyer below.

For all bookings, please use the following link:

Term 3 Rugby Dates for the Diary:  

• Friday 18 October – Rugby Annual Golf Day  

Mr Justin Gates - Rugby Convenor