DATES FOR 2025

Friday 12 September - Polding Athletics Carnival (Newcastle)

Tuesday 23 September - Western Cluster Soccer and Netball Gala Day (Tamworth)

Wednesday 22 October - NSWPSSA Athletics (Primary)

Thursday 23 October - NSWPSSA Athletics (Primary)

Friday 24 October - ACS Primary Cricket Trials (Females & Males)

Friday 31 October - ACS Primary Touch Gala Day

Friday 5 December - ACS Primary Basketball and Tennis Trials

SPORTS TRIVIA

The first 5 students to find Mrs Tyrrell in Week 9 (next week) and answer this week's trivia question will win a prize.

Question : What Australian city is hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics?

HOUSE POINTS UPDATE

Every year we calculate House Points to see which is the 'House of the Year'. These points include Veritas, Athletics and Swimming Carnivals, Spelling Bee, SRC, Public Speaking, library borrowers and so on.

At this stage of the year the points are as follows

Dominic - 487

Edmund Rice - 409

Mackillop - 414

Ozanam - 368

SPORT INFORMATION ON COMPASS

Just a reminder that the majority of sporting opportunities are only on the Compass Portal and hence, we strongly recommend that you check your Compass Portal on a regular basis.

WESTERN CLUSTER GALA DAY

Nominations have now closed for the Gala Day. Teams are sorted and ready to go. Please see teams below:

NETBALL

Opens

St Nichs Flaming Flamingos		St Nichs Strikers		St Nichs Emeralds
Emilia	Bunnemeyer	Cleo	Cook	James	Mahony
Annie	Davidson	Jax	Graf	Sophie	Dowsett
Taylor	Langford	Lara	Macdonald	Molly	Sheridan
Mia	Langford	Alexander	Kidd	India	O'Donohue
Kaitlyn	Sager	Kate	Wiseman	Taj	Fitzgibbon
Jessie	George	Philippa	Elliott	Ari	Dunst
Lara	Ebzery	Lucy	Milne	Sophia	Elkhouri
Evangelyn	Nijo	Matilda	Tyne	Issabelle	Carey
Chimanda	Nweke	Maxwell	Hickey

St Nichs Flames		St Nichs Sparks
Sophie	Vile	Mason	Knox
Baxtar	Sharp	Fletcher	Stimson
Sophie	Brownlee	Molly	Jones
Priya	Hitchcock	Sophia	McManus
Hunter	Linton	Poppy	Moore
Matthew	McAuley	Lilli	Steinbeck
Rex	Sedon	Lily	Cannon
Kobi	Wadwell	Christian	Iles
Lexi	Jenkin

Juniors

St Nichs Pink Ponies		St Nichs Uniques Unicorns		St Nichs Thunder		St Nichs Fever
Audrey	Rosewarne	Mia	Greening	Maisie	Jones	Cali	Walker
Rylee	French	Hallie	Emery	Rose	McNair	Imogen	Kidd
Marni	Macdonald	Lilly	Randall	Madeline	Evans	Olivia	Scott
Tessa	Milne	Nellie	Thomas	Willow	Newton	Nellie	Cook
Poppy	Cooper	Annabel	Hughes	Maddison	McDougall	Harper	Charlesworth
Liv	Coutts	Alexia	Graf	Marlee	Smith	Georgia	Cannon
Ella	Gaffney	Evie	Baker	Sophia	Wadwell	Gabrielle	Leys
Navy	Ngo			Reese	Moore	Ivy	Newsome
						Arie	Ramirez

SOCCER

Opens

St Nichs Glory		St Nichs Jets		St Nichs Matildas
Jacob	Anderson	Elijah	Skilton	Sophie	Ferguson
Lucas	Bevan	Tom	Tyndall	Sara	Scott
Benjamin	Edgar	Noah	Grimley	Sophia	Shanahan
Edward	Mulligan	Harrison	Randall	Alexis	Bartlett
Aaron	Amalakumar	Louie	van Aanholt	Bailey	Maher
Cooper	Gallagher	George	Chatfield	Mia	Simpson
Finnian	Thomas	Pax	Townsend	Layla	Sumner
Samuel	Lane	Alec	Barnes	Mia	Reed
William	French	Jonty	Townsend	Ellianna	Swan
Flynn	Coutts	William	Armstrong	Ruby	Heywood
Max	Collett	Keagan	Goosen	Bethany	Bolton


St Nichs Phoenix		St Nichs Blaze
Cooper	Crowe	Nellie	Burgess
Eli	Johnson	Lilly	Balderston
Chase	Givney	Louellen	Duncan
Charlie	Dunst	Lily	Sloane
Flynn	Thomas	Stella	Clery
Hendrix	Moore	Alera	Ison
Emmett	Buckman	Sophia	Marshall
Hudson	Pearson	Evie	Fox
Carter	Considine	Harper	Henry
Fred	Weinthal	Sophie	LaBrooy
Billy	Mulligan	Lily	Jackson

Juniors

St Nichs Wanderers		St Nichs Victory		St Nichs Roar
Hugh	Baiocchi	Patrick	Daley	Logan	Whitney
Finn	Elliott	Riley	Ferguson	Rafe	Cannon
Oscar	Drury	Sebastian	Skilton	Ryan	Bailey
Hudson	Young	Harry	Lewis	Jock	Windsor
Nixon	Keogh	Corben	Pearson	Roman	Sheridan
Quaid	Maher	Thomas	Wiseman	Ayden	Abraham
Olly	Steinbeck	Quade	Henn	Elijah	Ison
Darcy	Lane	Koa	Thom	Bill	Davidson
Ted	Kavanagh	Leo	Pattison	Daniel	Nweke
Lincoln	Dowden	Blake	Lloyd

St Nichs Fury		St Nichs United
Willow	Henry	Thomas	Crockett
Adelaide	Burgess	Miller	Balderston
Piper	Keogh	Fletcher	O'Connor
Addison	Bartlett	Ethan	Willday
Piper	Bartlett	Isaac	Simshauser
Keeley	Hicks	Charlie	Sloane
Layla	Bevan	Frederick	Pryor
Callie	Bolton	Eli	Harwood
		Hunter	Moffitt
		Henry	Brownsmith

POLDING SOCCER CARNIVAL REPORT

On the 28th of August I went to Ballina to compete in the Polding Carnival for soccer. I was feeling a little nervous at the start but then after the first game I was feeling confident. It was a bit tricky getting to know about all my teammates and when I got to know all of them and it was fine. We came 5th in our group. We had hard teams on day 1 and lost all of them, then on day 2 we won 2 games out of 3. On day 3 we were playing Riverina for 9th and 10th and we came 9th overall.

Louie van Aanholt

DIOCESAN CRICKET TRIALS 2026 ACS TEAM (MALE & FEMALE) EOI's

If you have a cricket "fanatic" player in Year 5 (or an exceptional Year 4 cricket player), this is for you!!! For further information please see Compass regarding the Expressions of Interest and link for registering your child's EOI - close Friday 19 September 2025.

CRICKET TERM 4

In the past, St Nicholas School has organised and entered junior teams into the Saturday morning competition. As of this year, this will no longer be happening. School cricket will now be 'club based' to allow players to move through the ranks into grade cricket.

I am currently compiling a list of Tamworth Cricket Clubs that are available and at this stage there are no preferred clubs for St Nicholas School players.

Registrations are now being taken by clubs throughout the district. Please see the links below for Junior cricket (Years 3-6) and the Woolworths Cricket Blast for Infants children.

Tamworth City Cricket Association

North Tamworth Cricket Association

Bective East Cricket Association

South Tamworth Cricket Association

West Tamworth Cricket Association

Old Boys Cricket Association

POLDING ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Good luck to the following children who have gained a place in the Armidale Diocesan team to compete at the Polding Carnival in Newcastle on Friday, 12 September.

Bailey Maher	12-13 yrs 800m, High Jump, 200m, 1500m, Snr Girls Relay
Sophie Ferguson	12-13 yrs 800m, 1500m
Mia Reed	11 yr 800m
Mia Simpson	12-13 yrs High jump
Reese Moore	8-10 yrs Discus
Sophia McManus	11 yr High jump, Snr Girls Relay
Ella Hickey	8 yr 100m
Piper Keogh	8 yr 100m
Sophia Elkhouri	12 yrs 100m, Snr Girls Relay
Hudson Young	8-10 yrs 800m, Discus, Jnr Boys Relay
Miles Pearce	8-10 yrs Shot Put, Discus
Elijah Skilton	12-13 yrs Shot Put, discus
Eli Moore	12-13 yrs High Jump
Roy Bates	11 yr Shot put
Maxwell Hickey	12-13 yrs Discus
Levi Charlesworth	8 yr 100m
Boston Walker	8 yr 100m
Max Collett	11 yr 100m, 200m, Snr Boys Relay
Tom Tyndall	12 yr 100m, 200m, Snr Boys Relay
Sophia Shanahan	Snr Girls Relay
Noah Grimley	Snr Boys Relay
Lincoln Baird	Snr Boys Relay
Oscar Drury	Jnr Boys Relay
Quade Henn	Jnr Boys Relay
Roman Sheridan	Jnr Boys Relay

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