Senior School Cocurricular Program
- Fixtures 26 November
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Mental Fitness Workshop
- Squash
- Tennis
- Congratulations to Bradley Newman (Year 8)
Fixtures 26 November
Basketball
Round 5 Results
Round 5 of the ISA season saw the As, Cs, Ds, Es and Fs teams all play tough matches against Oakhill both at home and away. The only teams victorious on the day were the 15Cs, 17Ds and 13Es in 3 nail-biters… and the 14Ds and 14Es with convincing wins. The firsts played well in the 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters, but struggled in the 2nd and allowed Oakhill to run away with the win.
The Bs teams and 17Fs played St Augustines and also struggled to find many wins. Well done to the 14Bs on our only win at NBISC for the day.
No training next week
As this weekend will be the last round for 2023, there will be no training next week. Training will recommence completely in Week 2 2024, commencing Monday 5 February.
Round 7
A reminder that Round 7 for the ISA season commences on Saturday 3 February 2024 (that is the first Saturday back). A preview of Round 7 is attached.
Mr Daniel Garrett - Basketball Convenor
Mrs Joanne Schuster - Assistant Basketball Convenor
Cricket
Training
Monday – ISA (1st and 2nd XI) Squad
Tuesday – U13 (Senior School) and U14
Wednesday – ISA (1st and 2nd XI) Squad
Thursday – Junior School during sport. U15 and U17.
Bus departs OLD Church at 3:20 pm and returns to Anderson Street at approximately 5:30 pm. Players are to be attired in correct sport/cricket uniform. Training is compulsory and part of a cocurricular commitment.
All training is facilitated by Cricket Appeal.
Please see attached last week's match reports.
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
Mental Fitness Workshop
In the spirit of Movember, please see below a flyer pertaining to a Mental Fitness Workshop being run by the Cricket NSW Foundation.
The Mental Fitness workshop was created by Alan Mantle BAppSSC M.A Applied Psychology who has been consulting to Cricket NSW since 2008.
The workshop is titled What Does It Take to be the Best I Can Be and is designed to provide young cricketers with positive psychology strategies and mental fitness techniques to empower participants with the mindset to succeed on and off the field.
The workshop is open to St Pius X College cricketers. Parents are also welcome to join the two-hour workshop. This is not a workshop exclusive to St Pius X College. Members of the general cricketing community will also be in attendance.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Tamara Lowe from Cricket NSW (tamara.lowe@cricketnsw.com.au) if you’d like more information.
Mr Matt Stearn - Assistant Principal, Cocurricular
Squash
Results 18 November
Mr Joe Madani - Squash Convenor
Tennis
With half the games in Round 5 being St Pius vs St Pius matches, there was bound to be friendly rivalry on court. This was the case in a marathon doubles match which lasted 80 minutes between Javien Foo and Jimmy Layton (Team 29) and James Ulevik and Kairav Singh (Team 31). This gruelling game eventually ended in a tie breaker with James and Kairav, triumphant. Similarly, in a singles match, Brendan Marr (Team 10) with 5 games to 2 games up looked certain to win. However, Lachlan Chan (Team 9) down, but not beaten, fought back take the set in epic style. Another, close Pius vs Pius match is shown in the scores between Team 11s Isaac Ip & Mathew Liang who with 1 set 14 games were defeated by Team 13s (Robert Ponniah, Oscar Roberts, and Daniel Harper) with 2 sets 13 games.
The table shows Saturday’s results as well as Ladder positions and points. For the last round, teams are either playing:
- Grand Final (1 vs 2) or Playoffs (2 vs 3, 4 vs 5)
- Round 6. For divisions of 4 teams, teams play 2 rounds x 3 matches, so everyone plays each other twice. The winners and runners may be relying on matches to determine placings, however, in some cases the winner/runner up has already been decided.
Below is the list of teams in medal contention, points are shown in brackets. This comes with the a spoiler alert on the likely predictions for the Round 6 matches based on points.
Teams in the Grand Finals:
Cammeraygal 3 (25) vs Team 9 (18)
Team 16 (22) vs Team 15 (20)
Reddam 5 (19) vs Team 21 (17.5)
Reddam 8 (19.5) vs Team 22 (14.5)
Teams playing for Winner and Runner-up, Round 6:
Team 2 (10) vs Team 1 (24) with Team 1 “Minor Premiers” and clear winners of Division 1
Team 4 (18.5) vs Team 3 (15.5) playing for Winner and Runner-up
Team 17 likely runners-up
Team 19 (20) vs Team 18 (22.5) playing for Winner and Runner-up
Team 25 likely winners
Team 27 (13.5) vs Team 28 (10 pts) playing for the Runner’s up
Team 29 likely runners-up
Team 32 likely winners
Not only did we appreciate the perfect weather for tennis play, but we also appreciated a visit by Mr Ronchetti to cheer us on! Also, we were impressed to learn that our principal is a sporting all-rounder, proving just as competent with the tennis racquet as with the basketball and cricket bat. Ben and Thomas Shoudra enjoyed a warm-up on court with Mr Ronchetti.
Mrs Karen Keighery - NSTA Tennis Convenor
Congratulations to Bradley Newman
Bradley Newman (Year 8) has been selected to represent Fiji in the U14 side for the upcoming Pacific Youth Cup being held on 24 - 26 November. Bradley is very honoured and excited to be part of this tournament. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement, Bradley.
Mr Martin Gillogly - Rugby Convenor