SPORTING NEWS

DATES FOR 2023

Monday 3 April - St Nicholas Cross Country (Powerhouse Park)

Thursday 30 March - Polding Swimming Carnival (SOPAC)

Friday 28 April - Polding Winter Trials (Tamworth)

Friday 19 May - ADPSC Cross Country (Barraba)

Friday 30 June - St Nicholas Athletics Carnival

Friday 18 August - ADPSC Athletics Carnival (Tamworth)

POLDING SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Good luck to our swimmers who are competing at the Polding Swimming Carnival in Sydney on Thursday 30 March.

Charlie Dunst, Annie Davidson, Fletcher Stimson, Alex Bijnens, Elijah Skilton, Isabella Harding-Brown, Klara Bunnemeyer, Priya Hitchcock, Sara Scott, Emilia Bunnemeyer, Liam Gallagher, Brody Hill, Thomas McDougall and Edward McCann.

POLDING TOUCH FOOTBALL

Good luck to Tyler O'Neile and Lacey Hutton who will be competing at the Polding Touch Football trials in Parkes on Tuesday.

ST NICHOLAS CROSS COUNTRY

On Monday 3 April we will hold our annual Cross Country at Powerhouse Park.

Students will walk to the park to run and walk back to school. Parents and friends are welcome to attend. Please head to COMPASS events to give your child/ren consent for this event.

The first 6 competitors in the races for 8-12 year olds will travel to Barraba to compete at the Armidale Diocesan Athletics Carnival on Friday 19 May 2023.

The timetable for the day is below

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESES ARE APPROXIMATE TIMES ONLY.

Updates will be put in the Sports Facebook page about where we are up to.

Cross Country Timeline
Time (am)	Event	Distance
9:45	Races Begin
	8/9 yrs boys 7 yr old students in Yr 2 will run in this race also. They will have a band around their wrist indicating that they are 7.*	2km
	8/9 yrs girls 7 yr old students in Yr 2 will run in this race also. They will have a band around their wrist indicating that they are 7.*	2km
10:15	12 year girls race	3km
	Kinder boys race	½ Lap of the course
	Kinder girls race	½ Lap of the course
	12 year boys race	3km
11:00	10 yrs boys	2km
	10 yrs girls	2km
11:30	11yr girls	3km
	Year 1 boys race	½ Lap of the course
	Year 1 girls race	½ Lap of the course
	11yr boys	3km

SPORTSMANSHIP

Congratulations to Max Hickey, Oscar McMurtrie and Armanii Ramirez who were awarded the sportsmanship trophies from our recent swimming carnival. The teachers nominate the children who demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship on the day whether it be through cheering, participation or simply supporting their peers. It is one of the hardest trophies to award as there are so many eligible children.

COMPASS

Just a reminder that the majority of sporting opportunities are only on Compass and it needs to be checked on a regular basis.

DIOCESAN WINTER TRIALS

Wow - we have some incredible sporting talent at St Nicholas and yet again it shone through with a record number of students being selected in Diocesan teams at the Winter Trials. These children will now compete at the Polding Winter Trials here in Tamworth on Friday 28 April.

Hockey - Campbell Judd, Ruby Cook, Madeline Robinson, Sofia Michell, Ivy Rodda, Ivy Thomas, Lyla Davidson and Lucy Evans.

Netball - Armanii Ramirez.

Soccer - Henry Armstrong, Isabella Harding-Brown, India Hicks and Lillian Freund.

Rugby League - Angus McManus, Tyler O'Neile, Xavier Parris and Archie Taylor.

RUGBY

CRICKET

NETBALL

Dear Netball Families,

Teams have been entered for the Saturday Netball Competition! Notes will go home in Week 8 (this week) about teams and coaches. Your coach/es will contact you before the holidays to discuss training etc.

We have been given word that the netball uniforms have been shipped, so we are hopeful that they will go home before the holidays- yay! Coaches pack will also go out this week. The gear bags will be another few weeks yet- hopefully before the holidays.

The first round of netball will be on Saturday 29th April 2023.

Please note that since the last TNA meeting, times will be back to preCOVID timeslots- 12pm for skills, Net, Set, Go! (Kinder, Year 1, 2 & 3 games) and 10 years.

1pm for Years 5 & 6 games.

Thanks to Georgia Johnson for organising the uniforms!

Emma Elliott