Sports News
Mr Darren Lester
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Diocesan Athletics Carnival
The Diocesan Athletics Carnival will be held in Tamworth next Wednesday, 5th August 2026. If you child is attending this event, some information to remember.
The bus will depart from the St Mary’s School bus stop in Jessie Street at 6.30am sharp. St Mary's Primary School Sports shirts (yellow with blue sleeves) are to be worn on this day as they are representing our School. Please DO NOT wear coloured House shirts.
Students need to bring a packed lunch and water bottles and sunscreen. There is a canteen there on the day so students can bring money to spend at the canteen.
Buses won't arrive back to school till between 4.00pm to 4.30pm. Please look out for the Compass notification on the day to see when the bus will be approximately arriving back at school.
School Sports Dates for 2026
Diocesan Athletics Carnival: Wednesday, 5th August, 2026 (Tamworth)
Rugby Clinics
Students in Years 2-6 will be paticipating in Rugby Clinics over the next 6 weeks, with the exception of Friday Week 6, 28th of August as this is the day of the Book Week Celebration. The clinics will be held each Friday and class groups will all participate in 4 sessions. We have a rugby development officer leading these sessions. The students will gain a variety of skills related to the game of Rugby.
Out of School Sporting Success
Declan Triebe (and Aidan Lane) were selected in the 12's boys team to represent the Northern Inland region at the NNSW Community State youth championships at Lake Macquarie during the school holidays. It is the first time in a number of years that Northern Inland has fielded a team for the State youth championships with the team getting in a win and a couple of draws in a very tough competition.
If you would likeyour child's achievements outside of school noted in the newsletter please send it to smaadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au for inclusion the newsletter. Where possible it will appear in the next newsletter.
SPORT INFORMATION
The Armidale Diocesan Primary Sport Council has a website and Facebook page where you can go to find details on the various Diocesan and sporting events.
The web addresses are below:
https://www.facebook.com/ArmidaleDiocesanPSC/
https://sites.google.com/arm.catholic.edu.au/primarysport/home/
Pathway for progression in primary sport in Armidale Diocesan Schools.
- School Carnival or Trials
- Diocesan Carnival
- Polding Carnival
- NSW PSSA
- National Primary All Schools