St Pius X College Newsletter

Senior School Sport  & Extra-Curricula Activities 

 

  • Football
  • Cricket
  • Basketball
  • NSTA Tennis
  • Cross Country
  • Swimming Squad
  • CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Registration
  • Squash
  • Winter Squash Information
  • ISA Tennis
  • SPX  Tennis Championships

Football 

1st XI played Berowra All Age last Sunday at Oxford Falls, winning 3 - 2.  This is a traditional Trial Fixture for the 1sts.

Football 2021 -Newsletter 4.pdf

 

Mr Simon Yue - Senior Football Convenor

SPX Cricket

ISA Representative 

Congratulations to Joe Colgan (1st XI), Liam Kinna (1st XI), and Liam Chang (1st XI) who have been selected to trial for the ISA Representative Team. Congratulations to Nick Ward (1st XI) selected as a shadow player. Well done.

ISA v CAS Representative Fixture - Sunday 22 February 2021 at Oxford Falls #1

 

MWJCA Fixtures – Saturday 20 February 2021

Fixtures are correct at time of publication. Players and parents are requested to check myCricket for any late changes.

  • U12 Blue v Peninsula Sharks @ Oxford Falls #2 (1.00 pm start)
  • U13 Gold v Seaforth Stingrays @ Warriewood Valley Sports Ground (8.00 am start)
  • U13 Black v Bye
  • U14 Green v U14 Red @ Oxford Falls #2 (8.00 am start)
  • U14 Red v U14 Green @ Oxford Falls #2 (8.00 am start)
  • U15 Yellow v St Augustine’s Green @ Nolans Reserve #4 (8.00 am start)
  • U17 Purple v St Augustine’s Gold @ Nolans Reserve #2 (8.00 am start)

ISA Fixtures – Saturday 20 February 2021

  • 1st XI v St Stanislaus’ College @ Oxford Falls #1 (10.00 am start)
  • 2nd XI v St Andrew’s Cathedral School @ St Andrew’s College Oval Sydney University (10.00 am Start)

Match Reports 13 February

2nds Report 13 Feb.pdf

 

Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor

Basketball

15F Team: There will be a bus for the 15F team, who are travelling to Chevalier College this Saturday. All students who need a lift must see Mr Brannan.

 

Well done to all of the teams who walked away with a win on Saturday. It was a tough round for most of our teams and wins were hard to come by. The Open D team had another good win. Will Stanley once again lead the way with some solid play.

St Pius X Game Times R3 Sat 20th Feb 2021.pdf

 

Mr Neil Gibson - Basketball Convenor

NSTA Tennis

Unfortunately, last weekend all games were washed out. This was disappointing as it is such a short season. Let’s hope for better weather this coming weekend. 

 

Please make sure that you are checking the draw each week to see where you are playing but also to check that your scores from the previous week have been entered correctly. You can access this information on Xpoint.

 

https://www.xpointsports.com/region/325/currentEvents

 

Mrs Samantha Iwatani - NSTA Convenor

Cross Country

Cross-Country training will run all term. Join our Senior student leaders and top athletes, Matthew North and Dominic Panozzo, alongside our distance coach, Izzy Thornton-Bott for fun, varied and challenging sessions.

Beauchamp Park, Chatswood from 7.30 am – 8.15 am on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Meet at the Grandstand in comfortable running gear and with a water bottle. You don’t have to aspire to run in the ISA Carnival - all students and abilities welcome.

Mr Greg  Virgona - Cross Country Convenor

Senior Swimming Squad

Training continues Monday, Tuesday and Friday over at Fitness First from 7.15 am – 8.15 am. Students must attend at least two sessions per week. If students train outside of school three or more times could parents please let me know by written correspondence or email.

 

Our first carnival is the Annual Christian Brothers Carnival on Saturday 27 February. This year it will be at Ryde Aquatic Centre commencing at 7.00 pm. The team List of Events will be released to the students on Friday. We are still unsure of how many spectators each student is allowed to have with them. 

Ms L Proc - Swimming Convenor

CSDA Public Speaking and Debating Competition and SDN Debating Competition

CSDA Public Speaking Competition

The CSDA Public Speaking Competition runs on the following Friday evenings in Term 1.

 

March 5                                     Public Speaking Round 1

March 12                                   Public Speaking Zone Finals

March 19                                   Public Speaking Grand Final

 

Every school in the CSDA competition is allowed to register two students only from each year group and the following students have put their forms in so we have our limit for public speaking.  Training will commence this week. Could the following students come to B10 this Thursday at lunchtime for our first meeting--bring your lunch. 

 

Year 7:   James Kevric; Regan Yun.

Year 8:   Robert Oner; Anthony Parissis; Ethan Auer

Year 9:   James Leo; Michael Krizan; Jose Monk

Year 10: (two students from younger years will need to debate as Year 10’s)

Year 11:  Max Leo

Year 12:  Joshua Jones; James Baldock.

 

CSDA Debating Competition 

The above debating competition runs through Term 2 on the following evenings.  YELLOW CSDA Debating ONLY Registration forms will be available from the student office from Monday 15th February (Week 4).

 

The 2021 Debating season kicks off this term with:

Week 7 – training Friday 12th March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 8 – training Friday 19th March 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Week 9 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm - 6.00 pm

Week 10 – training & pre-season ‘Friendly’ Debates (to be confirmed) 3.30 pm

 

The CSDA Competition commences in Term 2. See the following dates. 

 

If you want to be a part of the terrific St Pius X College debating community it is essential that you attend ALL of the first six rounds.  If your team makes it through to the Elimination round (and beyond) you also need to keep the above dates free.

Our senior students act as coaches/supporters for our junior teams.  We are also 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 $150.00 which will be included in your Term Two school fees. We keep our fees as low as possible and have funding from the St Pius X College P & F to subsidise the costs of running debating at SPX.  

Mrs Michele Waterson - Debating and Public Speaking Convenor

Squash

The second week of the Swiss draw was completed at Thornleigh Squash courts last Saturday.  The results were as follows:

Squash Results Week 3.pdf

Mr Joseph Madani - Squash Convenor

Winter Squash 2021 – Terms 2&3 2021

  • Winter squash is available to all students (Year 7 – 12) and of all standards on a first come, first served basis.
  • Training is on Wednesday afternoons at Willoughby and pennant matches are Saturday morning at various venues.
  • Transport is provided from school to Willoughby on Wednesdays
  • Equipment can be provided if required.

See or email Mr Varjavandi for inquiries and a permission note.

jvarjavandi@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Mr Justin Varjavandi - Winter Squash Convenor

ISA Tennis

Applications are now open! Grading/training for the winter ISA Tennis season runs through Weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term. Information sheets are available from the veranda outside the student office and applications need to be submitted via the QR code below and on the handout or via the 2021 ISA Tennis Application. Contact me at aobrien@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au for any additional queries.

 

 

SPX Tennis Championships 

Our internal Championships coming up! The tournament will be run on Saturday, 27 March at our Talus Street Courts from 7:30 am to approx. 11:30 am for the lower divisions and from 11:30 am to 3.00 pm for the higher divisions. This is a compulsory event for all intending 2021 ISA Tennis players as the results from this competition will contribute to the ranking process for the upcoming season. More information will be distributed to players in the lead up to the day.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - ISA Tennis Convenor