Co-curricular - Senior Sport
Conclusion of Summer Season
As we move towards the semi-final stage of the season, it would be remiss of me not to thank and acknowledge a number of Year 12 boys who have represented the College for the last time in a Summer sport. Please know that your contribution to the Co-curricular Program and the wider St Patrick’s College community is truly appreciated and I trust you will have many fond memories to look back on.
- ISA Basketball and Cricket Semi-Finals take place this weekend, 4 March, with Grand Finals on 11 March.
- Year 7 Crichton Cup Cricket will play their final round on Saturday 11 March.
- NDJCA Cricket teams and RHBL Baseball teams will play their last round this Saturday 4 March. Those lucky enough to make the Grand Finals will play on Saturday 18 March.
- The College Golf team will play their final fixture on Saturday 18 March.
- The Swimming Squad will contest the 33rd ISA Swimming Championships on Wednesday 15 March.
Please note that training will cease once a team is no longer involved in its respective competition.
Winter Sports Trials
Winter Sport Trials for Rugby, Football and Tennis commence on Thursday 16 March.
Please note that a schedule for trials will be released in the coming weeks. It is important that all students who have nominated to participate in a Winter sport make themselves available for the following Saturdays later this term:
- Winter Sports Internal Trails – Saturday 25 March
- BLACK AND GREEN SHIELD: Rugby, Football and Tennis Trial Fixture against Trinity Grammar – Saturday 1 April.
St Patrick's Junior Rugby Club (SPJRC)
St Patrick’s Junior Rugby Club pre-season skills training sessions have now concluded and will commence training on Wednesday evenings at 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Hudson Park for
anyone who is wanting to play with the club aged 6-14 years.
St Patrick’s Junior Rugby Club encourage those boys turning 14 to consider joining the club as they are still short on numbers.
For more information on these sessions or to register with SPJRC please feel free to contact Joe Abraham via email - spjrc@outlook.com.
Congratulations
Samuel Avvenevole (Year 11) has been selected for the RHBL Hawks All Stars Representative Team to compete in the State Baseball Championships in April 2023.
We wish him all the very best at the tournament and beyond.
Anthony Calavassy
Head of Secondary Sport
Swimming Squad Report
The SPC swimming squad competed in the 2023 Annual Christian Brothers Swimming Carnival at Ryde Aquatic Centre on Saturday 25 February. It was a great opportunity for all the squad to demonstrate the efforts from their training and improvements from the school carnival. There was a great sense of excitement surrounding the relays with lots of enthusiastic cheering, and some great wins across the squad.
The Junior age groups showed some great potential with strong efforts across all events.
There were a number of outstanding individual and team performances, particularly from the Intermediate swimmers including Austin Hall, Jack Taylor, James Kelly, Yun Yi and Jakon Poon. Their outstanding performances in the pool resulted in SPC winning the Intermediate Shield. Special mention to Jack Taylor who broke a meet record in the 16 Years 50m Freestyle event in a time of 24.47sec.
Congratulations to the Senior relay teams who secured 2nd place, falling just short to a strong Waverly side. In their last CCB Carnival for the College Swim Squad, the Opens boys swam strongly, notably in the 4x50m Medley Relay. Noah Kite got the team off to a great start with a lead in the Backstroke leg, followed by myself swimming Breaststroke, Matthew Svoboda swimming Butterfly, then brought home by Martin Quach swimming Freestyle to take out 2nd place.
Hopefully these achievements at the carnival will help the squad perform even better at the upcoming ISA Championships in a few weeks’ time.
Owen Taylor
Swimming Captain