Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- Important Parking Information at Oxford Falls
- From the Senior Sports Master
- Cricket
- Basketball
- From the Basketball Committee
- NSTA Tennis
- Squash
- Senior Swimming
- Debating and Public Speaking
- Cross Country
- Chess
- Football
- ISA Tennis
- Rugby Registration - NOW OPEN
- From the Rugby Supporters' Club - Golf Day 2023
Important Parking Information at Oxford Falls
As we begin another term of weekend sport at Oxford Falls, I would like to give an important reminder to all parents and caregivers of being respectful of our neighbours at our Oxford Falls campus.
Please ensure that you follow road and parking rules in and around Dreadnought and Spicer Roads, including parking in appropriate areas and also following advised speed limits.
Council Rangers are aware of this situation and have increased their patrols in this area.
Please note that parking in the C3 Church grounds is not permissible. There are multiple signs indicating that it is a one-way road, with 'wrong way' signs up in place. As it has been noted that parents have been breaching this one-way direction on these grounds, the C3 Church are clearly concerned for the safety of their community.
Please respect this expectation and only park in designated areas and follow all directions when parking, for the safety of all our Oxford Falls community.
Mr Mark Casey - Deputy Principal
From the Senior Sports Master
It was great to see students participating with gusto at last week’s Senior Swimming Carnival. House spirit was definitely at the fore and students showed much enthusiasm despite the weather.
At last Friday's Sports Assembly we were pleased to announce that Treacy House won the Carnival.
The points were as follows:
Treacy: 947
Purton: 915
Rice: 850
Barron: 709
Congratulations once again to Treacy House and their house captain, Lucas Hamill.
Mr Matt Stearn - Senior Sports Master
Cricket
2023 Term 1 - Team Training Days
Monday – 1st and 2nd XI (until 5.30 pm)
Tuesday – U15/17 (until 5.00 pm)
Wednesday – 1st and 2nd XI (until 5.30 pm)
Thursday – U13 and U14 (Senior school students – until 5.00 pm), U12 and U13 (during Junior School Sport)
All training is at Oxford Falls and conducted by Cricket Appeal.
PE uniform or SPX Cricket uniform to be worn.
Buses depart from OLD Church at 3.20 pm and return to Anderson St at approx. 5.30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6.00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Upcoming Fixtures
MWJCA Round 17 Fixtures – Saturday 25 February 2023
SPX Blue v Wakehurst Black @ TBA please check PlayHQ (1.00 pm start)
SPX Gold v Harbord Hitters @ TBA please check PlayHQ (8.00 am Start)
SPX Red v Beacon Hill Breakers @ TBA please check Play HQ (8.00 am start)
SPX Green v Forest Falcons @ TBA please check PlayHQ (8.00 am start)
SPX Orange v Harbord Grasshoppers @ TBA please check PlayHQ (8.00 am start)
SPX Purple v Harbord Howzats @ TBA please check Play HQ (8.00 am start)
ISA Round 10 Fixtures – Saturday 25 February 2023
1st XI v St Patrick’s College Strathfield @ Oxford Falls #1 (10.00 am start)
2nd XI v Oxley College @ Oxley College Oval 1 (10.00 am start)
ISA v CAS – Sunday 26 February 2023 @ Oxford Falls (10.00 am start)
T20 1st Xi v I’Zingari – Monday 27 February 2023 @ Oxford Falls (4.00 pm start)
Latest Results
ISA Round 9 – 1st XI 7/224 defeated Oakhill College 6/127 @ Oakhill College Main Oval
SPX 7 for 224 (Manas Bansal 62 not out, William Pavely 53, Patrick Frost 51, Darcy Aylmer 50). Oakhill 6 for 127 (Flynn Pavely 2 for 8)
The 1st XI travelled to Castle Hill for their Round 9 fixture on a steamy, energy sapping day. Captain, Joel Austin won the toss and batted first. Despite the loss of an early wicket, the batsmen did their jobs very well with four scoring half centuries. Opener Pat Frost did not let the early lack of strike distract him and he soon picked up the run rate; Will Pavely batted responsibly and kept the scoreboard ticking over well; Darcy Aylmer got off the mark with a six and never looked back in an enterprising innings, while Manas Bansal was busy at the crease and finished off a well-paced innings in style to be undefeated. Early wickets to the dependable Jesse Mansbridge and Mitch McGrath set the home team back. Flynn Pavely was the pick of the 1st XI bowlers with an economical and testing eight overs in which he conceded just 8 runs taking two wickets. Oliver Freeman combined well with Darcy Aylmer to stump the Oakhill top scorer as storm clouds gathered. Fellow spinner Manas Bansal captured a wicket and when lightening caused the stoppage of play, the 1st XI was well ahead on run rate. With 10 overs left, the game was called off and an impressive win was achieved in a very good team effort set up by the batsmen.
Mr Pat Rodgers - 1st XI Cricket Coach
MWJCA Round 16 Results
SPX Blue 8/36 defeated by CPCC Gigawatts 2/156
SPX Gold 3/143 defeated Forest Flyers 8/142
SPX Red 7/137 defeated by Harbord Hammerheads 3/138
SPX Green 0/70 defeated v St Augustine’s Gold 10/69
SPX Orange 8/91 defeated by Beacon Hill Bulldogs 3/155
SPX Purple 6/123 defeated by Peninsula Kingfishers 7/168
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
Basketball
All results can be found each week on the ISA Sport App. Filter by both School (SPX) and Sport (Basketball Boys) using the icon next to the whistle in the top right corner.
Semi Finals
Semi-Finals are 2 vs 3, with the 1st place team following Round 10 going straight through to the Final.
Semi Finals are held at Penrith Stadium on Saturday 4 March.
Finals will then be held at Penrith Stadium on 11 March between the winner of the semi finals and the 1st place team.
Timings for these games will be confirmed once all team places are locked in. They will be posted in next weeks newsletter.
Any team which does not qualify for semi-finals or finals (ie not in the top 3 at the conclusion of this coming weekend) will not be training next week.
Fixtures
Competition continues this Saturday with fixtures attached.
Saturday 25 February
NB. Age Groups correlate to school year, apart from 1st and 2nd V.
Therefore: 13’s = Yr 8, 14’s = Yr 9, 15’s = Yr 10, 17’s = Yr 11, Opens = Yr 12
Training: Training continues this week, with times found below.
Mr Daniel Garrett - Basketball Convenor
From the Basketball Committee
Annual General Meeting
The AGM, to select new committee members, will be held on Thursday 9 March at 6.30 pm. Location will be advised in Woodchatta next week.
NSTA Tennis
With blue skies, a very slight breeze but hot sun, we began the day. Thank you to Rory Cooper, Ryan Fong, Izaac Tan and Lucas Halim for umpiring and mentoring the Junior players. It is great to hear the senior boys say they really enjoy helping out and watching our younger players. I know that the younger boys appreciate the help from the older boys too. The doubles match between SPX 32 (Lucas Ma and James Ulevik) and SPX 29 (Ethan Roman and Oliver Williams) was a very close one with SPX 32 winning the match 7-6. Isaac Cheng and Kayden Foo’s singles also came down to the wire with Kayden coming out on top. Thank you to Sebastian Dal Molin for playing for Team 22, his opposition.
Our 10.00 am games started with a bang and the heat ramped up. The boys fought hard in all matches and excellent sportsmanship was shown by all players. Our top 2 teams went head to head, with Izaac Tan and Lucas Halim – SPX 1 winning 3 sets to 0. Jake Yu, Boston Bannister and Adrian Yip blitzed their match winning 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. The Higgins brothers – SPX 11 were also a formidable team on the court winning 2-3.
A quick reminder to all parents to make sure that you are at the end of your son’s match for pick up to ensure that the convenors can also leave in a timely fashion.
Mrs Sam Iwatani - NSTA Convenor
Squash
Summer Junior Pennant Results
Week 2
DIV 6 SPX 7 V BRIARS 10 Loss by matches 2-0
DIV 6 SPX 6 V BARKER 5 Loss by matches 2-0
DIV 4 SPX 5 V KNOX 7 Loss by matches 2-0
DIV 4 SPX 3 V SPX 4 SPX 3 win by games 6-4
DIV 1 SPX 1 V BRIAR 1 Loss by matches 2-0
Mr Joe Madani - Squash Convenor
Senior Swimming
This Saturday evening the Senior Swimming Squad will be competing at the Annual Christian Brothers Carnival at Ryde Aquatic Centre. We currently have a shield to defend which makes the competition more exciting for our swimmers.
All swimmers must be at the pool by 7.00 pm. They must be wearing their Pius swimming shirt over their PE uniform and wear close-toed shoes to and from the pool. Year 11 and 12 students to wear their school uniform until they arrive inside the pool. A school cap is required and swim costumes must be blue or black. No loud or fluorescent colours to be worn.
Last details will be given out to the boys this Friday at our Swimming meeting after the Sports Assembly. A list of Events has been put up on the Student Noticeboard for the boys to check what events they are swimming in.
All parents are welcome to attend.
Ms Leisa Proc – Swimming Convenor
Debating and Public Speaking
CSDA Public Speaking Registration
The CSDA Public Speaking Competition runs on the following Friday evenings in Term 1.
3 March Public Speaking Round 1
10 March Public Speaking Zone Finals
17 March Public Speaking Finals
Registrations have now closed. Public Speakers have been given the topics and speaking times ahead of training on Monday at Lunchtime in B8. Students must come to all training and rounds to progress through to the Grand Final.
CSDA Debating Competition
Registrations for debating have now closed. The CSDA Debating Competition runs through Term 2 on the following evenings
Week 7 – training Friday 17 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Week 8 – training Friday 24 March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Week 9 – training & ‘Friendly’ Debate (to be confirmed) Friday 31 March 3.30 pm - 6.00 pm.
If you want to be a part of St Pius X College debating, it is essential that you meet at the clock after our Sports Assembly every Friday, attend all training and the first six rounds. If your team makes it through to the Elimination Round (and beyond) you will also need to keep all of the above dates free.
We are lucky enough to have ex-students to work with the junior teams as the younger students really enjoy contact with our ex-debating 'champions'. The fee for the CSDA extra-curricular activity is $150 which will be included on your son's Term 2 Fees.
Mrs Leigha Zervakos - Debating & Public Speaking Convenor
Cross Country
Cross Country training has commenced and will run all term. Join our coaches, Matthew North and Dominic Panozzo, for fun, varied and challenging sessions.
When: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings
Where: Beauchamp Park, Chatswood
Time: 7.15 am – 8.15 am
Who: All Senior and Junior School students welcome
Meet at the Beauchamp Oval Grandstand in comfortable running gear and with a water bottle. Bring your school uniform to change into afterwards back at The College. All students are encouraged to join training, whether it is to prepare for the ISA or IPSHA Cross Country competition taking place in Term 2 or to get in shape for winter sports. Please email Mr Scott Steinman ssteinman@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au or Ms Leanne Lee llee@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au to sign up or just turn up in the morning.
Ms Leanne Lee - Cross Country Convenor
Senior School Chess Training
When: Monday afternoons 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Where: D Block – Blue Room
Enrolment: Students interested in playing Chess will be provided with an online application at training on Monday
Ms Janelle Dempsey - Chess Convenor
Football
Draft teams will be released shortly. It is important for all families to be aware that these teams will be adjusted during preseason grading, and potentially the first week of the season, to get them as accurate as possible. Pre-season training will commence later this term and students are encouraged to listen out for details regarding this.
Mr Simon Yue, Senior Football Convenor
ISA Tennis
Applications for ISA Winter Tennis are now open!
ISA Tennis is a senior school sport for boys in Years 7 to 12. St Pius X teams compete against other ISA schools on Saturday mornings. If boys are selected and commit themselves to a team, they must be available for all weeks of the competition and to travel regularly for games.
This competition runs through Term 2 & 3 with three grading sessions late in Term 1.
All students intending to play in the 2023 season must attend all allocated grading/training afternoons, running in Term 1, Weeks 7, 8, 9 with Queenwood Tennis and Sporting Centre (Oxford Falls).
Students will be advised whether they are required to attend the Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon sessions once registrations are closed.
Please click here for more information regarding ISA Tennis: ISA Tennis Enrolment information
Please click here to apply for ISA Tennis: https://forms.office.com/r/1GJuRK5xey
Applications close Friday 3 March, 3.30 pm. Should you have any queries, please contact Ms Bamber - vbamber@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Veronica Bamber - ISA Tennis Convenor
Rugby Registration NOW OPEN
All Year 5 - 12 students wishing to play rugby are required to be registered to be included in a team, allowing the school rugby administrators & coaches to best prepare for the coming season, plus allow your P&F Rugby Club to best support and communicate with you! There are no trials or grading days, all students of different shapes, sizes and abilities can find a home within the SPX Rugby Program.
You have three options when registering:
- 2023 Rugby Season Registration + Two Day April School Holiday Clinic: $280 (cost includes season registration & access to rugby specific physio during the season + specialist coaching, transport and lunch at the April Holiday clinic held on 19 and 20 April).
- 2023 Rugby Season Registration Only: $180 (cost includes season registration & access to rugby specific physio during the season)
- Clinic only - The third option for holiday clinic only is for junior school students.
To register simply follow the trybooking link below: https://www.trybooking.com/1017694
Term 1 Rugby Dates for the Diary:
- Thursday 14 March – Rugby Training Commences at Oxford Falls for all students Year 7-12
- Friday 24 March – Sunday 26 March - Opens Rugby Camp and TRIAL VS CCGS – Central Coast.
- Saturday 1 April – SPX vs ST ALOYISIUS – HOME- TBC
- Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 April - School Holiday Clinic – Oxford Falls – TRYTIME RUGBY
NSW Waratahs: Game 1 - 24 February vs the Brumbies at the amazing new Allianz Stadium, which we want to be full of our Rugby community cheering the 'Tahs on! Please see the flyer for information or click on the link below to purchase your tickets.
Mr Martin Gillogly - Rugby Convenor
From the Rugby Supporters' Club - Rugby Club 2023 Golf Day
For Bookings please use the QR Code attached or go to:
Contact St Pius X Rugby Supporters' Committee: