Senior School Sport
U15 Rugby NZ Touring Squad
- From the Senior School Sportsmaster
- Football
- Rugby
- Brothers Rugby Club 70th Year Anniversary Celebration Dinner
From the Senior School Sportsmaster
Many thanks to everyone for their efforts throughout Term 1 in Sport. Can I take this opportunity to wish good luck to our 1st XI Football and Under 15s Rugby teams as they depart for their respective tours this weekend. Both squads will be playing in our new indigenous playing shirts which were paraded at Friday Sports Assembly last week.
Mr M Stearn - Senior School Sportsmaster
Football
Dear Parents and Players,
Once again the rain and wet fields interrupted our season with Years 7, 8 and 9 football being washed out. Congratulations to the 1st XI on their 1-0 win and the 2nd XI for their 2-1 win over St Aloysius College.
Player of the week goes to Liam Tachjian of the 1st XI who was awarded Man of the Match by the opposition. Impressive feat for a 14 year old playing against Year 12 students!
Please find below the times and venues for training in Term 2. Training will commence the first day back of Term 2 with times and venues of the first round confirmed on that day also.
We wish the 1st XI good luck as they represent the College in the EREA Football tournament in Queensland.
Mr S Yue - Senior Football Convenor
FOOTBALL CLUB NEWS
Holiday Football Skills Day - CANCELLED: Unfortunately due to clashes with facilities and coaches and the Easter break we have been unable to schedule the Holiday Skills Camp this break. We will be holding a three day camp in the mid-year (June/July) holidays.
Term 2 Coaching Program: The Committee and the football convener are working towards implementing a structured coaching program beginning in Term 2. The program is being developed by our specialist coach and should lift the skills of every boy playing football at the College. We will provide more details once it is finalised.
Weekly Roundup: The Committee will again be publishing the weekly results Roundup once the ISA comp kicks off in Term 2 We will be looking for parents to take snaps of their son’s games (Senior College) and send them through on a weekly basis for publication in the internal Roundup flyer. This has been extremely popular over the last two season so we look forward to some great action photos. Full details will be in the first Woodchatta next term.
Enjoy your break. Please see our webpages for News, Calendars, Photos and Draws: http://pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au/sports/football
Mr Rodger Paino - SPX Football Club
Rugby
Rugby Results – Saturday 1st April
Some great results over the weekend with the 13s, 14s and 15s all doing extremely well while the 16s and Opens fought hard. They clearly have some work to do. See results below:
Apologies to the 16Bs whose fixture was cancelled at the last minute. Well done to those boys who stood by and went on for the 16As.
Rugby Holiday Clinic – PLEASE REGISTER ASAP
There have been some issues with the trybooking website; however the clinic is not sold out and all players are encouraged to attend. Please see the flyer for more details and use the following link to secure your spot: https://www.trybooking.com/266191
1st XV Trial vs Redfield COllege
Thursday 20th April – 12:30pm kick off at Oxford Falls
SPX Senior Rugby Fixtures: Saturday 29th April vs St Greg's at Pittwater Rugby Park
SPX Rugby Dinner
The annual SPX Rugby Club Dinner will be held on Friday 16th June at Roseville Golf Club. The evening will be hosted by former Wallaby and Fox Sport Commentator Rod Kafer with George Gregan as the special guest. Please see the flyer below for more details.
Rugby Registration is Still Open – PLEASE COMPLETE REGISTRATION ASAP
To register simply click on the Trybooking link below. It only takes a few minutes and provides options to select transport options for later in the year and clinic registration all in one spot:
https://www.trybooking.com/266191
All students wishing to play rugby are required to be registered here to be included in a team, allowing the school rugby administrators & coaches to best prepare for the coming season, plus allow your P&F Rugby Club to best support and communicate with you!
Finally best of luck to the Under 15 players who are travelling to New Zealand on Friday 7th April. The squad of 38 will visit Auckland, Rotorua and Christchurch playing 3 matches and will involve themselves in all New Zealand has to offer.
Mr J Lynch - Rugby Convenor
FROM THE RUGBY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
COACHING INSIGHTS: Trials and Tribulations
Our Trials against St Aloysius College on Saturday produced some of the best rugby I’ve seen played by SPX teams over the last 4 seasons. If 'go-forward and build pressure' are the basis for successful play then our 13s, 14s and 15s had lots of it. They all played some mouth-watering support based rugby with enthusiasm and accuracy at the forefront.
The attention to detail of the basics at training is fundamental to both personal and team improvement. The time we spend on Tuesday and Thursday has to be relevant if we want continued player development and team performance improvement.
Our opens teams, although stacked with talent, failed to execute the basics consistently well and failed to build pressure on our opponents. As a result they were always chasing the scoreboard; better to lead than follow!
Trials are the shop window for our current playing status and we should see them as such, learning from each and planning our next training sessions accordingly. We can learn from our younger teams that:
- Enthusiasm is king.
- Perfect execution of basic skills is vital, especially accurate passing and tackling.
- There are over 100 tackle contests in every game so we have to understand how to approach each one and they are all different.
1. Drive into contact using low body height, long place.
2. Clean out over and beyond the ball.
3. Clean out the opposition player threats.
4. Sweep the ball away quickly.
5. Get off the ground quickly and look to support again!
6. If counter rucking, do it immediately and dynamically.
- When not involved in the immediate action use peripheral vision to look at the opposition attack and nominate your man to tackle!
- Tuesday is our final session before the break. A good opportunity to focus on team play.
New Zealand Tour
This week a squad of 38 players embark on our first ever tour to “Aotearoa”, land of the long white cloud. What a fabulous opportunity for our 15 year age-group players and coaches to not only promote the values of St Pius X College but also demonstrate our ability to play exciting support based rugby. Friendships and memories will remain with staff and players for the rest of their lives and this tour will cement the importance of rugby at St Pius X and hopefully be the forerunner for future tours and maybe the hosting of visiting touring teams. Best wishes to all, and have a great tour.
To all parents and supporters, thank you for your support. Enjoy the school break and come back refreshed in two weeks’ time.
Mike Penistone - Rugby Development Officer
Brothers Rugby Club Sydney
Brothers Rugby Club Sydney (CBOB's) was established in 1947 by ex-students of St Pius X College Chatswood, 10 years after the commencement of the College. This year they are proudly celebrating their 70th Anniversary.
The Club is holding a 70th Year Anniversary Celebration Dinner and would like to see as many previous players and supporters of this great rugby club as possible attending.
- Date - Saturday 29th April 2017 @ 7pm
- Venue - The Concourse Victoria Ave, Chatswood - Civic Pavilion.
- Tickets $100 per head, includes dinner, drinks and a great chance to relieve the good old rugby memories of the past.
For further details contact : events@brothersrugby.com.au
Book Now : https://www.trybooking.com/249816
