SPORTING NEWS

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

Juniors

SOCCER

Opens

Juniors

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.