Sports News 

YEAR 5&6 WINTER SPORT 

We had another great round of games for our Year 5 & 6 Winter Sport teams last Friday, with the forecast rain holding off all afternoon.  This week we have both home & away games set to take place, and next week we are using our Inter-school round to hold our Lightning Premiership sports tryouts.   Here’s this week’s game details:

ROUND 5 GAME DETAILS:  Fri. 30th May 

* FOOTBALLERS:  MUST bring a mouthguard – no mouthguard, no play

*GAMES PLAYED: approx. 1.00pm – 2.30pm.

HOME GAMES:  St Finbar’s 1 vs Galilee:

Football:   Hurlingham Oval #2 (smaller oval), Nepean Hwy, Brighton East. (Mr Tyndall)

Netball:  St. Finbar’s school courts.  (Miss Happell, Alessia (LSO), Miss Pecoraro & Melanie M (umpire).  Footballers to be picked up by Galilee at approx.  12.45pm. Return to school by 2.50pm. 

Parent helpers: Footy: TBC (support), Netball: Ange T (umpire).

AWAY GAMES:  St Patrick’s Murrumbeena 1  vs  St. Finbar’s 2: 

Football: Packer Park oval, 120 Leila Rd, Carnegie.  (Mrs Thompson & Miss Dinning)   

Netball: St. Patrick’s Murrumbeena school, 5 Dalny Rd, Murrumbeena.  (Miss Bourke)

To depart at 12.30pm by bus. Return by 3.25pm

Parent helpers: Footy: tbc (support),  Netball: Melanie Mackintosh (umpire)

*PARENT SUPPORT*: many thanks to those parents that have offered their support for bus supervision and team support.  Please email Tania Thompson if you are able to help out for any of our home and away games or add your name to our weekly Parent Helper docs; thank you!     SIGN UP: Parent Helper doc     

STRONG EFFORTS @ DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY

This week was a huge week for eight of our Year 3-6 students who competed in the Beachside Cross Country event at Bald Hill Park in Clarinda.  We are very proud of these eight super-fit students that gave it their all and did themselves, and our school proud.  Unfortunately illness got the better of our determined 11y Boys Boston O, so sadly he had to withdraw from running on the day.

A special thank you to all parents that were able to give up their time to take their child to this event.  We congratulate all 8 runners, and share below some impressive results at this extremely strong level of competition.  

Jensen O (9/10B): 41st

Sebastian S (9/10B): 27th

Ryder B (11B):  6th  (top 10 placegetter!)

Emilia M (11G): 42nd

Lachie K (12/13B): 44th

Max A (12/13B): 14th

Sophie E (12/13G): 41st

Edie S (12/13G): 40th

A massive congratulations goes to Ryder, who placed in the top 10 for his race and will now head to SMR Regional XC on the 18th of June at the Hastings foreshore.  CONGRATULATIONS RYDER!

UPCOMING SPORTING EVENTS:

TERM 2:

Tuesday 17th June: Lightning Premiership (LP) AFL football - x1 team of selected students

Wednesday 18th June: LP Netball - 3 teams of selected students

Wednesday 18th June: SMR (Regional) Cross Country - 1 student only

Thursday 19th June: LP Soccer - x1 boys & x1 girls team of selected students

Monday 30th June: Year 5&6 Senior HoopTime tournament (Waverley stadium)

TERM 3:

Friday 22nd August: District Athletics Carnival - selected team of students (GR Bricker Reserve)

Monday 25th Aug. - Thursday 4th Sept.: Learn to Swim & Water Safety program: whole school (BlueFit Swim School, Cheltenham)

Friday 5th September: LP Basketball - x1 boys team & x1 girls team (selected Yr 5/6 students)

Tuesday 16th September: Year 3&4 Junior HoopTime tournament (Nunawading stadium)