Co-curricular - Senior Sport
ISA Swimming
Last Wednesday, the SPC Swim Squad competed in the annual Independent Sporting Association (ISA) Swimming Carnival at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Notable highlights from the day include:
| Nicholas Macher | 1st Place 50m Breaststroke 2nd Place 100m Freestyle 2nd Place 50m Backstroke |
| Jack Taylor | 1st Place 100m Freestyle 2nd Place 50m Freestyle 3rd Place 50m Butterfly |
| Christopher Gatto | 3rd Place 50m Freestyle 3rd Place 100m Freestyle |
| Hayden Cotter | 3rd Place 50m Freestyle 3rd Place 100m Freestyle 3rd Place 50m Butterfly |
| Antonio Lazzaro | 2nd Place 50m Breaststroke |
| Junior and Senior Medley Relay teams both placed 2nd | |
| Junior and Senior Freestyle Relay teams both placed 3rd | |
Overall results saw St Patrick’s placed third in the Aggregate Shield. All of our squad must be congratulated for their efforts throughout the season both at training and in their participation at all Carnivals. It has certainly been a great effort.
Summer Sport Finals
Congratulations to the 1st XI Cricket sides on their fantastic victory in the ISA Grand Final last Saturday on Breen Oval. Having won the toss, St Stanislaus opted to bat first and set an impressive 202 runs off their 50 overs with their Captain achieving a century. Whilst this may have set some nerves around the SPC camp, it obviously did not worry SPC Captain Finn Gray, scoring his own century remaining not out and hitting a six to win the match… a fine ‘Captain’s knock’ by Finn.
St Patrick’s was also well represented in nine ISA Basketball Grand Finals on Saturday at Penrith Basketball Stadium. Congratulations must be extended to the 13C, 13D and 14B teams on winning their finals and claiming ISA Premierships. Commiserations must go to the 13B, 14C, 15D, 15C, 17C and 17B teams on their narrow losses.
Good Luck
This weekend we will see the following teams contest Grand Finals in the NDJCA and the RHBL competitions. Good luck to the 14A Cricket side, U16 Baseball side and the U14 Gold Baseball side for their Grand Final fixtures this Saturday.
Winter Sport
The first round of Winter sport for the senior school will occur on Saturday 27 March against Trinity Grammar. To be adequately prepared for this, secondary school trials will commence on Wednesday 17 March. Winter Sport Trial schedules can be viewed on the sports notice boards and Team App (Documents tab).
House and Age Athletics Championships
The 86th Annual Athletics House and Age Championships took place at the Sydney International Athletic Centre, Homebush yesterday. A very big congratulations to this year’s Championship Shield winners, the Coghlan House. The senior students were outstanding, with the Year 12 students leading the way with their House spirit and amazing participation.
I make special mention of two athletes who set new College records:
Jonathan Meaker for setting three new College records:
- Intermediate 3000m: previous record of 9.41.00 (set in 2005), new record set 8.59.49
- U16 Years 1500m: previous record of 4.21.27 (set in 1981), new record set 4.12.36
- U16 Years 800m: previous record of 2.03.85 (set in 1981), new record set 2.03.10
Alexander del Popolo for setting two new College records:
- Opens Years Javelin: (700g) previous record 53.21m (set in 2011), new record set 55.25m
- Opens Years Javelin: (800g) previous record 48.91m (set in 2011), new record set 49.26m
Congratulations to all the Age Champions
| 1st | Coghlan | 990 Points |
| 2nd | Hickey | 940 Points |
| 3rd | Rice | 800 Points |
| 4th | Berg | 760 Points |
| 5th | Crichton | 598 Points |
| 6th | Hanrahan | 544 Points |
College Age Champions
| Opens | 16 Years | ||
| =1st | Glen Putro (Hickey) Alexander del Popolo (Rice) | =1st | Jonathan Meaker (Berg) Cooper Edwards (Coghlan) |
| 2nd | Anthony Carbo (Berg) | 2nd | James Stewart (Hickey) |
| =3rd | Paddy Mulvey (Coghlan) Harry Richardson (Crichton) | 3rd | Oliver Xuereb (Rice) |
| 15 Years | 14 Years | ||
| =1st | Mitchell Woods (Hanrahan) Bailey Leighton (Coghlan) | =1st | Thomas Mastroianni (Hickey) Jack Taylor (Rice) |
| 2nd | Luka Petelevitch (Hickey) | 2nd | Archie Heads (Coghlan) |
| 3rd | Luke Costello (Crichton) | 3rd | Deegan O’Brien-Kratiuk (Rice) |
| 13 Years | 12 Years | ||
| =1st | Austin Hall (Hickey) Marcos Hasham (Rice) | 1st | Jacob Kelava (Crichton) |
| 2nd | Marco Tropiano (Hickey) | 2nd | Nikolai Kayrouz (Berg) |
| 3rd | Joe Doran (Rice) | 3rd | Alex Stewart (Hickey) |
Anthony Calavassy
Head of Secondary Sport