Sports News
Mr Darren Lester
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Polding Hockey
Congratulations to Olivia. Olivia participated at the Polding Hockey trials in Bathurst 2 weeks ago. She successfully made it though to the State Championships. Good luck in Bathurst at the State Titles.
Gymnastics: Term 2
Students have been participating in Gymnastics activities at the Gymnastics Centre this week.
Athletics Clinics UNE
St Mary's currently is participating with UNE in Athletics clinics involving Sprinting, Throwing and Jumping skills leading up to our Athletics Carnival. Activities this week involved the students using Sport Science equipment to measure their speed over a short distance.
Diocesan Cross Country
Next Friday, 22nd May students who qualified for the Diocesan Cross country will be heading to Barraba to compete against all of the schools in the region. The bus will be leaving St Mary's at 6.30 am. Students need to wear their Yellow and Blue Sport uniform. If any parents are able to sit on a checkpoint for a short period of time on the day, could they please send the school an email to indicate this.
School Sports Dates for 2026
Diocesan Cross Country: Friday, 22nd May, 2026 (Barraba)
School Athletics Carnival: Tuesday, 16th June,2026(O'Connor Catholic College)
Diocesan Athletics Carnival: Wednesday, 5th August, 2026 (Tamworth)
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 ?