Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- Senior Cricket
- Senior Basketball
- Senior Swimming
- NSTA Tennis
- Senior Squash
- Strength and Conditioning
Senior Cricket
Term 4 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.
MWJCA Round 6 Fixtures – Saturday 29 October 2022
SPX Blue v Wakehurst Black @ Oxford Falls #2 (1.00 pm start)
SPX Gold v Harbord Hitters @ Killarney Heights Oval (8.00 am start)
SPX Red v Beacon Hill Breakers @ Allambie Heights Oval (8.00 am start)
SPX Green v BYE (8.00 am start)
SPX Orange v Harbord Grasshoppers @ TBA (8.00 am start)
SPX Purple v Peninsula Pacers @ Oxford Falls #2 (8.00 am start)
Players are asked to check PlayHQ to confirm venues in case of late changes or allocations by MWJCA.
ISA Round 1 Fixtures – Saturday 29 October 2022
1st XI v St Gregory’s College @ St Gregory’s #2 (10.00 am start)
2nd XI v St Stanislaus’ College @ Oxford Falls #1 (10.00 am start)
1st XI v Scots All Saints College @ Oxford Falls #1 – Saturday 22 October 2022
The first round of the 2022-23 ISA competition began for the 1st XI at Oxford Falls where they were met by Scots/All Saints from Bathurst. Captain Joel Austin lost the toss and his team were in the field first. A solid opening stand by the openers was followed by wickets to Jesse Mansbridge (1-15 off 8 overs) and Andrew May (1-9 off 6 overs) along with a direct hit run out from Darcy Aylmer. Then Manas Bansal proceeded to wreak havoc with his off breaks as he ran through the opposition batting line up to end with the remarkable figures of 4.1 overs 6 wickets for 6 runs. Manas was backed up in the field by some good catching as he caused the ball to spin and bounce awkwardly. Oli Freeman took two fine catches including one from Flynn Pavely (1-10 off 5 overs), while Lachlan Jursevic, Darcy Aylmer, Pat Frost and Joel Austin all took their chances. The boys from Bathurst were bowled out for 61. With 40 minutes to bat before lunch some loose batting from St Pius and probing bowling from Scots/All Saints left the score at a precarious 3 for 13 at the break. Will Pavely (20) and Darcy Aylmer (18) steadied the ship with some sensible batting to get the home team within reach before Flynn Pavely struck two boundaries to reach the target 6 wickets down in the 26th over.
Mr P Rodgers
Results – Saturday 22 October 2022
SPX Blue 8/140 (A. Fernandes 33, P. Butler 26*) defeated by CPCC Gigawatts 8/151 (B. Crichton 2/19)
SPX Gold 0/26 (W. Job 13*) defeated Forest Flyer 8/25 (H. Toms 2/0, F. Clulow 2/11)
SPX Red 2/153 (M. Jory 27, S. Cleary 22) tied with Harbord Hammerheads 7/153 (H. Savage 2/19, L. Van Katwyk 2/26)
SPX Green 9/139 (J. Fernandes 31, L. Boyd-Clark 22*) defeated Peninsula Sharks 8/123 (C. Chippendale 2/7)
SPX Orange 6/62 (A. Pratt 11) defeated by Seaforth Rebels 6/63 (L. Jackson 1/4, M. Cheah 1/5)
SPX Purple 8/117 (J. English 19*, W. Lyall 18) defeated by St Augustine’s Green 8/165 (R. Meares 3/10)
2nd XI 10/108 (L. Austin 33, F. Mansbridge 15) defeated by Central Coast Grammar School 7/112 (T. Carroll 2/21, M. Lynn 2/27, L. Gleeson 2/28)
1st XI 6/65 defeated Scots All Saints 10/61 – see match report
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
Senior Basketball
A great start to the ISA Season last weekend with a majority of teams winning first up. 4 of the 5 ‘A’ teams got a win, though our 1st V, decimated by injuries, suffered a tough loss. Our ‘C’ teams fared well away at St Pat’s, whilst our D’s were mostly too strong for Central Coast.
Please find all Round 1 results 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.
Our season continues with Round 2 this Saturday as per the draw below.
Please be aware of the ISA Code of Conduct for players and spectators. We have high expectations of our young men in their sporting representative roles, especially around behaviour, sportsmanship, attendance and uniform (SPX gear ONLY on Saturdays).
Key dates:
- Sat 26 Nov – ISA Rd 6 (final game for this year)
- Sat 4 Feb 2023 – Competition resumes – ISA Rd 7
Fixtures 29 October - Round 2
Training:
Continues each week 25 November as per the schedule below.
Team Lists:
Teams for the ISA Season can be found here:
Uniform:
All players should now be kitted out in the SPX Basketball Singlet and Shorts. Please, only SPX gear to be worn to/from games.
Season Draw:
This ‘SPX Season Draw 2022/23’ below is a working DRAFT document.
Navigate to each week using the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Times and venues will be added each week and the FINAL version for the upcoming Saturday is posted via this link each week in Woodchatta.
Venues for the week are also on this draw.
NB. Age Groups correlate to school year, apart from 1st and 2nd V.
Therefore: 13’s = Yr 7, 14’s = Yr 8, 15’s = Yr 9, 17’s = Yr 10, Opens = Yr 11
Mr Greg Virgona - Basketball Convenor
Senior Swimming
Our first carnival is the St Patrick's College Invitational Carnival on Friday 11 November at Ryde Aquatic Centre starting at 7.00 pm. All swimmers are expected to attend. More information will follow.
Training continues Tuesday and Friday mornings over at Fitness First Chatswood from 7.15 am – 8.15 am. Swimmers must attend if they do not train outside of the College 3 or more times per week.
If your son does train outside of school, could you please send me a note explaining when and where your son trains.
Looking forward to our first carnival in three weeks time.
Ms Leisa Proc – Swimming Convenor
NSTA Tennis
What a great start to the season, the weather was perfect for tennis, not too hot and not too cold and lucky the rain held off for us. There were some amazing shots and great sportsmanship all round. Everyone was ready and raring to go at 8.00 am, with Pius winning 6 of the 7 matches! It was great to see some new players to SPX tennis enjoying themselves and so many friendly games being played. Thanks must go to Riley Seeto, Ethan Li and Jack Fairbanks who helped to umpire and guide our younger green ball players.
The 10.00 am games seemed quite chilled, everyone was enjoying the games and some great results were seen. In division 5 Alex Dal Molin and Will Scaiff, a new pairing displayed some excellent skills on the court winning all 18 games. Manni Costello and Daniel Harper also had and excellent stat to the season beating Redland 18 games to 4.
UMPIRES & MENTORS FOR ROUND 2: Yuri Kim, Luke Mortimer and Matthew Lee
Mrs Sam Iwatani - NSTA Convenor
Senior Squash
The second week of squash saw St Pius X win 3 from 7 fixtures. Some matches were so close that only 2 points secured the victory.
DIV 1: SPX 1 V. BRIARS 1 win by matches 2-0
DIV 2: SPX 2 V. BLAGOWLAH 1 win by matches 2-0
DIV 3: SPX 3 V. BALGOWLAH 2 win by points 98-96
DIV 4: SPX 4 V. ST ANDREWS 2 loss by points 75-65
DIV 4: SPX 5 V. KNOX 7 loss by match 1-0
DIV 6: SPX 6 V. NOMAD 1 loss by games 4-3
DIV 6: SPX 7 V. BARKER 5 loss by matches 2-0
Mr Joseph Madani - Summer Squash Convenor
Strength and Conditioning
I am extremely pleased with the consistent participation and dedication our students have shown towards strength and conditioning. I would like to remind students that it is essential you book your spot through the Mind Body App as we don't want students who booked in advance missing out on a quality workout. Please be sure to book into the sessions you intend on coming to, and cancel early if you cannot make the class. Please do not show up to the class if you are not booked in or if you are on the waitlist.
We operate on a 3 strike rule and there will be a 'strike' allocated to your name if you do not attend the session you booked. A reminder a strike can be given to students for interruptions in regular class time and during the training session.
Ms Laura Coombe - Strength and Conditioning Convenor