Senior School Sport

• Basketball
• Cricket 
• Football:  Football Club News AND Football Referees required for the Junior School
• ISA Tennis
• NSTA Tennis

Basketball

The 2019 Basketball Awards Presentation will be held on Tuesday 19 March in the school gym at Chatswood. This is a compulsory event for all players. If players cannot attend the presentation a note must be sent to Mr Casey explaining the absence. The ceremony will start at 6:30pm.

Dear parents and students - please do not abuse the referees at the Semi Finals this weekend. Even if the referee’s decisions are less that satisfactory, it is embarrassing for the College and for me as the Convenor of Basketball. Positive reinforcement and encouragement of our players is the best response we can give when controversial calls are made. Players need to focus on the game and not the referees if they want to win close matches. The ISA has a clear Code of Conduct for spectators and unruly behaviour will not be tolerated.

Game of the day: The 15Cs hung in a close match to finish one point up over Chevalier’s 15Bs.

 Play of the day: Lachy Onslow 15As slots the winning points with a big play under the hoop.

Semi Finals:  There are TWO VENUES for finals this Saturday. Please note times and venues below.  All teams must provide one parent to do the score bench at the semi-finals. Please offer to help on the bench.

Use the link below to see all of the ISA Basketball Teams Results:

http://www.isa.nsw.edu.au/summer-sports/boys-basketball/

Mr Neil Gibson - Senior Basketball Convenor

Cricket

ISA Div 1 Rd 10 – 1st XI v St Stanislaus College Bathurst at Bathurst, Saturday 23 February 2019

The ISA competition round saw the 1st XI travel to Bathurst. One of the few times in the season, the 1st XI fielded first and began strongly with Liam Chang and Josh Hooper taking two early wickets. The opposition captain played very aggressively to record a fine century, however the 1st XI fought back well to take 9 wickets. Hayden Robertson and Liam Chang bowled at the stumps to take three wickets each, Alec Favelle took two wickets and Tim McLachlan took three catches including a fine snare to dismiss the centurion.      

Chasing a formidable 271, Tom Colgan attacked from the opening over in scoring a quick-fire 25. Joe Colgan, played a very mature innings of 82 which was his first 1st XI half century. While others made starts on the quick outfield and small boundaries. The run rate proved too high at the end with the 1st XI finishing with a creditable total of 205.  

Next week: Semi-final 1st XI v St Patricks Strathfield at Strathfield. 

Cricket Match Reports, Results and Fixtures

2nd XI Photos

SPX  Green Photos

Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor

Football

FOOTBALL CLUB NEWS

Football Club AGM:  The football club AGM will be held on Monday 11th March 6:30pm at the Sarto Centre.  Please come along - parent volunteers are desperately needed!  Information on being part of the Football Club can be found below.

Term 1 Holiday Football Camp at Oxford Falls:  The SPX Football Club will again be organising a two-day football camp during the Term 1 holidays.  The the camp will be run from 9.00am - 2.00pm on 17 and 18 April at Oxford Falls.   Transport to and from the College will be available.

The camp will be run by professional coaches under the direction of Chris Semaan and suits all age groups from Years 5-10.  We particularly encourage some of the older boys to come along and get ready for the ISA season starting in Term 2.  Booking details will be published shortly.

Interested in Football at St Pius X College?  So are we!  Being on a Committee in the College is a great way to contribute and engage in College life and make a real difference. Please consider stepping up and joining the SPX Football Club - you won’t regret it. Click on the document below for full details.

You can express your interest by emailing footballclub@pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au.   If you wish to discuss in person please check the President's contact details on our web page.

We look forward to seeing lots of interested parents at our upcoming AGM on Monday 11 March at 6.30pm in the Sarto Centre.

Ms Christeen Berte - Football Club President

Football (soccer) Referees:  The Junior school requires qualified referees for our home games on Saturday mornings at Oxford Falls  commencing in Term 2. The first game starts at 8.00am and the final game begins at 10:15am. Games are 40 minutes with a 5-minute half time. Referees are paid after each home round. Please contact Mr Paul Cummins via pcummins@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au for more information.

Mr Paul Cummins - Junior Football Convenor

ISA Tennis

Applications for the winter ISA Tennis season, running in Terms 2 and 3, are now open. Forms and information are available from the veranda outside the student office. Grading sessions will be held in Weeks 8, 9 and 10 of this term.

Ms Amanda O'Brien - Convenor

NSTA Tennis

It was great to see the sun shining for the start of our 8.00am session. With six Pius vs Pius games the atmosphere was amazing! There were some amazing rallies on Court 3 from Teams 30 and 26 with the boys moving well on the court to try and keep the ball in play. It is great to see the green ball divisions improving each week and the competition amongst them is electrifying. Thanks to the many parents who came to support and cheer on their sons. We won 7 of the games from 8 courts in session one!

Unfortunately the weather was not as kind to us in the second session.  All teams got at least one game in but sadly the others were all washed out.

Thank you to the senior boys - Nicholas Arena, Daniel Scipioni, Nicholas Tozer, Andrew Horton, Xavier O’Carroll, Anton Langreiter and Thomas Fong - who helped with umpiring and mentoring.  Their presence added a professional atmosphere to the morning session.

A reminder that the following boys are scheduled to mentor/umpire this weekend: David Jelovic, Jamie Todd, Jarred Lam, Ben Casey, Richard Gauci, Tom Ryan and Michael Chan. Please ensure that you arrive at 7:45am ready for the early games.

Please click on the link to check the draw for this weekend’s games: This Week in Pius NSTA.

Mrs Sam Iwatani - NSTA Tennis Convenor