Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- From the Senior Sports Master
- Fixtures for Saturday 19 August
- Senior Rugby
- Senior Football
- Winter Squash
- Athletics
- NSTA Tennis - Enrolments
- Cricket
- Basketball
From the Senior Sports Master
As the winter season draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the 3rd XI, 4th XI, 16A, 14A, and 14C football teams who head into their Grand Finals at Rooty Hill this Saturday. We wish them well for their matches. If you would like to support them on Saturday, please see the fixtures table below for game times.
Commiserations to the 1st XI, 2nd XI and 14B teams who were unfortunately beaten in their semi-finals on the weekend.
While our ISA Rugby will have their final games this weekend at St Greg’s, our ISA Tennis matches have concluded. Winter Squash continues for the following 4 weeks.
At this time, I draw your attention to our ISA Code of Conduct (attached) which applies to all players, coaches, officials and spectators.
My thanks go to all of you who have contributed to the season in any way: from our Ground staff, our Coaching staff, the Old Boys' Association, the parents who provided morning and afternoon teas, to those of you who provided transport and cleaned uniforms or simply turned up to support. To the boys themselves, all of you make such a massive contribution to the sports programs. THANK YOU!!!! Sport at the College would not be the same without you.
In the meantime, the summer season is gearing up and will be upon us before we know it. This coming Saturday, our NSTA Tennis hopefuls will have a grading day at Queenwood Courts in Oxford Falls. Cricket training for the upcoming season will commence on Tuesday 22 August. For our basketballers, grading commenced this week and will run for approximately 4 weeks.
Finally, the Invitational Athletics season is in full swing with events taking place over the coming weeks. All athletes should now be available and in attendance. Congratulations to those students who participated in the City to Surf last Saturday.
Please make sure you keep up to date with notices which will appear in separate sports sections.
Meanwhile enjoy a well-deserved break between seasons – you have earned it!
Mr Matt Stearn - Senior Sports Master
Fixtures Saturday 19 August
Senior Rugby
Results Saturday 12 August
Dates for the diary
- Saturday 19 August- ISA Round 7 vs St Greg’s - AWAY
Mr Martin Gillogly - Rugby Convenor
Senior Football
Results Saturday 12 August
Congratulations to the 3rd XI, 4th XI, 16A, 14A and 14C on making it to this weekend's grand finals. All matches are being held at Western Sydney Wanderers Football Park which is located at 81-131, Eastern Road, Rooty Hill. Please note that it takes approximately 50 minutes from Chatswood by car, and as all Division 1 and Division 2 boys and girls grand finals are being held at the same location, parking will be VERY tight, so please allow time for this.
Good luck to all teams.
Mr Simon Yue - Senior Football Convenor
SPX Football Supporters Club
Thank you to our wonderful SPX Football Community.
At SPX we have a wonderfully generous football Community.
Our supporters demonstrated their generosity of time when they volunteered to cook on the BBQ, bake cakes, stay back after events to clean up, assisted to share Football Club news and helped set up the AGM.
Our supporters demonstrated their generosity of finances when they purchased BBQ, merchandise, baked goods, raffle tickets and tickets to club events. This was also demonstrated with donations of baked goods, financial contributions, signage, a coffee machine, BBQ meats, wine and Matilda’s Gear.
Our supporters demonstrated generosity of spirit when they helped team mates get to and from games and shared their football gear, encouraged our boys to enjoy playing football, helped families from other schools to find their way around Oxford Falls grounds, acknowledged the efforts of our coaches throughout the season, made positive suggestions to club about how we can all best support the SPX Football Program and engaged with the wider St Pius X College Football community at Saturday football games and club events.
Thank you to our whole SPX Football community for their generosity this season.
Goodluck to all SPX senior football teams playing in the Grand Finals this weekend!
SPX Football Supporters Committee
Winter Squash
Results 12 August
Please check this link for any updates to times or for any other details:
https://squashaustralia.sportyhq.com/league/view/2023-Winter-Junior-Pennant
Mr Justin Varjvandi - Winter Squash Convenor
Athletics
With Athletics season in full swing, last Sunday, 13 August, some of our students and staff ventured out to take on the City2Surf 14k challenge. It was a great way to start the morning with perfect weather for the run.
Well done to the following boys: Luke Mooney, Ethan Li, Ben Woollard and Cavan Ryan who, along with our St Pius X staff of Mr Ben Ryan and Mr Anthony Tassone, represented the college. The boys ran at a highly commendable speed ranging between 58 minutes to 73 minutes. Mr Scott Steinman and I travelled on transport to meet the boys at Bondi Beach, and we were in awe to see that the boys had beat us to the finish line.
Commonwealth Youth Games
Last week, our Year 11 student, Matthew Hunt, represented Australia at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Congratulations to Matthew for his outstanding achievements, securing fourth place in the 400m hurdles and a bronze medal in the mixed 4x400m relay, showcasing his remarkable dedication and skill. Matthew's hard work and determination is an inspiration to us all. We will definitely keep an eye out for Matthew's achievements in the coming years!
Athletics training
Please note that there will be no training on Monday 21 August (Staff Meeting) and 28 August (St Pius Feast Day holiday).
When: Every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Chartered bus to and from Rotary Fields (may be subject to change), via Anderson St.
Who: All students who made Top 3 and those interested in any track or field events are encouraged to attend training.
Mrs Leanne Lee – Cross Country and Athletics Convenor
NSTA Tennis
Thank you to all who have enrolled in NSTA Tennis. Subject to change, you can pencil in these dates for NSTA for Term 4:
Round 1 - 21 October
Round 2 – 28 October
Round 3 – 4 November
Round 4 – 11 November
Round 5 – 18 November
Finals – 25 November
Grading this Saturday
For the Senior School, GRADING SESSIONS are being held this Saturday 19 August. Grading will be conducted by EPS Sports at the QUEENWOOD TENNIS CENTRE, 1110 Oxford Falls Road, Oxford Falls. Participants will be allocated to ONE grading sessions either:
- 8:00 am to 10:00 am
- 10:00 am to 12:00 midday.
To assist in the management of NSTA Tennis, I will be using CANVAS; students will receive an invitation to enrol in this course. An announcement on the allocation of Grading Session times will be made via CANVAS shortly.
If you have any questions about the competition, please contact me at
Mrs Karen Keighery - NSTA Convenor
Cricket
The links to register are as follows:
Please follow both the links to register for the 2023/24 season.
Please see document attached below for further registration information.
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
Basketball
With Basketball season rapidly approaching I would like to draw parents' attention to the following:
Grading for basketball commenced this week on Tuesday and will run for approximately 4 weeks. All sessions will run after school in the college gym, finishing at 5:15 pm.
(Note: Year 7 grading will continue based on the team they played in for the final week of grading games in Term 1 – see attached file for team lists)
Please see below for your allotted session times
Year 7 Teams 1-3: Tuesday 15/8 and Tuesday 29/8
Year 7 Teams 4-7: Wednesday 16/8 and Wednesday 30/8
Year 7 Team 8-11: Thursday 17/8 and Thursday 31/8
Year 8 (U14) A-D: Friday 18/8 and Friday 1/9
Year 8 (U14) E-H: Monday 21/8 and Tuesday 5/9
Year 9 (U15) A-D: Tuesday 22/8 and Wednesday 6/9
Year 9 (U15) E-H: Wednesday 23/8 and Thursday 7/9
Year 10 (U17) A-C: Thursday 24/8 and Friday 8/9
Year 10 (U17) D-F: Friday 25/8 and Tuesday 12/9
Opens: Wednesday 13/9 (for any players not already graded in the 1sts, 2nds, or a nominated team)
Mr Daniel Garrett - Basketball Convenor
From the Committee
Students need to be registered to play.
Registration can be completed at https://www.trybooking.com/1096713 and closes on 26 August. If you can remember, the nominated team should be that which the boys played with last year. If unsure, you may select N/A.
The first round of regular season fixtures is expected to commence on 21 October (Week 2 Term 4). Once the ISA provides a finalised schedule, we will look to confirm the time of all home games to assist with Saturday morning family logistics.
During the last school holidays Grind Over Everything conducted basketball camps for all year groups at the college in Chatswood. The camps were highly successful, so please watch this space for news on upcoming events.
The committee will be looking for parent volunteers to help with basketball related tasks during the upcoming season. Please put your hand up to assist with the Oxford Falls canteen and or scoring for home games.
Looking forward to a great season!
Basketball Committee