Sport & Co-Curricular

Notices and Co-Curricular Information

Senior Co-Curricular Sports

Co-curricular Sports - Term 1 Information

We have two rounds remaining for Term 1 sport with the final game being played on Saturday 6th April.

Just a reminder, to easily locate game and training times for your daughter, you can download the Loreto College App and click on the sport tile.

You can also locate all Term 1 team lists, venue maps, games fixtures, training information and results on Loreto Connect in the Senior Sport section.

Co-curricular Sport Information

Head of the River

Congratulations to all our rowers who competed at the Head of the River last Saturday 16th March. It was great to see all their hard work rewarded at the last event of the season. A big thank you to our Head Coach Dario Sportelli and to all the families who supported our rowers on the weekend.

7/8 E Crew – Final – 2nd Place
7/8 D Crew – Final – 3rd Place
7/8 C Crew – Final – 7th Place
7/8 B Crew – A Final – 7th Place
7/8 A Crew – A Final – 2nd Place
8/9 B Crew – B Final – 1st Place
8/9 A Crew – A Final – 4th Place
1st 4+ - A Final – Final – 6th Place
1st 8+ - A Final – 5th Place
Schoolgirl Reserve Single – 1st Place

Athletics

It has been wonderful to see many senior students at Wednesday morning athletics training working with our coaches to improve their skills and enjoy the benefits of fitness. We have two more weeks remaining and would love to see any students keen at these training sessions.

TERM 1 2024
Week 9	Monday 25th March	Hurdles
	Wednesday 27th March	Sprints	Distance running	Long jump / triple jump	Shot put / discus	High Jump
Week 10	Wednesday 3rd April	Sprints	Distance running	Long jump / triple jump	Shot put / discus
	Friday 5th April		7-12 SASSA Carnival

Carnival Dates

-SASSA Athletics Carnival Years 7-12

Friday 5 April (Week 10)

-SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Swimming Carnival Years 7-12

Wednesday 8 May (Week 2, Term 2)

Strength & Conditioning Sessions

Strength and conditioning sessions will be continuing in Term 2 on a Monday afternoon and Thursday morning. There are limited spaces available, students keen to attend these sessions are required to write their name on the signup sheet in the gym foyer.

Term 2 & 3 Information

Thank you for completing the Terms 2 & 3 sports selections.

We have lodged teams with SA Catholic Schools Girls Secondary Sport Association (SACSSGSA). We will receive Term 2 & 3 grade allocations, fixtures and venues from SACSSGSA early in Term 2. We will email students their teams and training times in Week 1, Term 2. Games and trainings will commence in Week 2, Term 2.

For those who have selected Winter Rowing, Dario Sportelli will contact you with further information in Term 2.

If you have any questions about co-curricular sport, please do not hesitate to contact me, Sophie Hage, Sophie.Hage@loreto.sa.edu.au

2024 7-12 Swimming Carnival

On Tuesday 19th March students in Years 7 to Year 12 participated in our Loreto Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with perfect weather and enjoyed an outdoor carnival at Burnside Pool. Congratulations to Mulhall House for winning the 2024 Swimming Carnival and to Ward House for winning the 2024 Spirit Cup. Well done to Mandy Braddock, all staff and students who made the day so enjoyable.

Loreto Swimming Cup Results
1st place: Mulhall (2392 points)	2nd place: Ward (2098 points)
3rd place McGrath ( 2014 points)	4th place: Barry (1718 points)

Spirit Cup Winner
Ward

Event	Year level	Winner	House	Time
Year level champions
Age Champion	7	Zoe Reid	WARD	108
Runner Up	7	Millicent Lyons	WARD	104
Age Champion	8	Amber Sherwell	McGRATH	114
Runner Up	8	Bronte Pryor	BARRY	80
Age Champion	9	Isabelle Ryan	McGRATH	114
Runner Up	9	Chelsea Johnson	McGRATH	88
Age Champion	10	Matilda Heard	McGRATH	120
Runner Up	10	Alice Reid	WARD	96
Age Champion	11	Emma Choi	MULHALL	110
Runner Up	11	Anouska Hart	BARRY	92
Age Champion	12	Sophie Taylor	McGRATH	120
Runner Up	13	Holly Alp	McGRATH	52
Event	Year level	Winner	House	Time
Special Event Winners

100m Freestyle Race	Yr 7- 8	Amber Sherwell	McGrath	1:11.52
100m Freestyle Race	Yr 9-10	Matilda Heard	McGrath	1:11.75
100m Freestyle Race	Yr 11 – 12	Sophie Taylor	McGrath	1:14.17

Ms Sophie Hage

Leader of Sport and Sport Performance

Junior Co-Curricular Sports

Year 4-6 Swimming Carnival

With Adelaide in the midst of a heat wave, the Norwood Pool was the place to be on Tuesday.

Loreto’s Year 4, 5 and 6 classes all headed down to the pool in the morning, decked out in their house colours. We had a record number of competitors and events this year, as interest in swimming continues to grow. Our house captains did a terrific job decorating their marquees and we had a number of family members watching which helped create a wonderful atmosphere.

Leaderboard

Mulhall put on a dominant display in the pool, with all year levels contributing strongly.

719 Mulhall

564 McGrath

479 Ward

441 Barry

Record Broken

Open 4 x 50m Medley Relay Team

3.12.35 beating the previous best of 3.13.01 which was set last year. Well done to Mulhall’s record-breaking team: Hazel Gavenlock (backstroke), Lucy Mackay (butterfly), Emerson Lampit (breaststroke) and Abigail Pyragius (freestyle).

Year Level Champions

Year 6

1st Lucy Mackay

2nd Juliet Searle

=3rd Adelaide Vickery and Hazel Gavenlock

Year 5

1st Kate Li

2nd Abigail Pyragius

3rd Inez Adams

Year 4

1st Colette Cheng

2nd Lucy Diestel-Feddersen

=3rd Amelia Lampit and Imogen Fluder

Spirit Cup

The Spirit Cup was awarded to Barry. One of our Year 5 students Esther, who is returning to sport this term after a layoff, managed to clinch 3rd place for McGrath in her breaststroke event. Recognising that this was a significant moment for Esther, it was great to see a group of girls from Barry rush over to congratulate her as she got out of the pool. Plenty of hugs and high fives, sharing in Esther’s moment.

Queen of the Pool

Lucy Mackay from Mulhall had an outstanding day, winning five individual events plus being part of two winning relay teams. Incredible!

Many thanks to our staff for running the event, to our Year 9 student leaders for helping with the management, to the Norwood Pool lifeguards, to the family members who came along to enjoy the day and well done to all the swimmers who hopped in the pool and had a go!

On the board!

Well done to the Loreto Diggers volleyball team who picked up their first win last Friday against Scotch.

The team has been winning lots of points and several sets through the term but hadn’t managed that breakthrough win.

A tight first set ebbed and flowed on Friday, with Scotch winning 25-23. Loreto fought back in the second set, prevailing 25-17 to set up a third set decider. The lead changed several times in a tense finale. Holly and Ava both won some key points on serve, Eva managed some brilliant returns, Gazelle kept several points alive with desperate lunges and Chelsea’s serves were unplayable. The girls held their nerve and ran out winners 25-23.

Well done also to Ms Zappia’s Loreto Swish basketball team who made it three wins on the trot after a 15-point victory over St Aloysius this week.

Commiserations to our Sub Junior 1 netball team who went down in their knockout semi final. The girls battled hard in hot conditions and were down to none on the bench after a couple of unfortunate injuries. Hopefully Indea and Grace are back running around soon! Well done to coach Chetine and to the girls on a great season.

Student Achievements

Well done to Eliza Marshall and Maddison Graves who won the Orange Ball competition for their Loreto summer tennis team. Both received their medals this week at the Rostrevor Tennis Club presentations. Eliza also received a special award for winning 88% of her singles matches over the season.

Well done to Evie Holland who picked up medals in the 800m and the shot put at her Little Athletics competition over the weekend.

Congratulations to Lucy Diestel-Feddersen who came 1st in musical theatre and 3rd in jazz at the Talent Tribe Dance Festival over the weekend.

Alyssa Reed (Contax, Sub Junior 2) and Alexandra Holland (Matrics, Sub Junior 3) won premierships in the summer netball season.

If your daughter is involved in a sport or activity outside of Loreto that you would like to share, please let me know – Ben.Johnswood@loreto.sa.edu.au

Winter Sport Nominations

There are plenty of sports on the go this winter in the junior school at Loreto. Nominations are now open. Available sports: AFLW, Basketball, Cross Country, Hockey, Netball, Soccer, Tennis and Volleyball

Please click here to register your daughter for her preferred sport(s).

Ben Johnswood

Junior Sports Coordinator

Rowing Update

Head of the River 2024

Congratulations to all our rowers who competed at the Head of the River on Saturday 16th March. It was great to see all their hard work rewarded at the last event of the season. A big thank you to our Head Coach Dario Sportelli and to all the families who supported our rowers on the weekend.