College Sport

Term 2 Sport is now in full swing.  We currently have 20 teams competing in rosters for hockey, netball, volleyball, badminton and water polo. Thank you to parents, siblings and fellow students that have volunteered their time to help Coach, Manage and Umpire the many teams we have representing the College this term.  It’s very much appreciated by all the students that are able to play sport because of your involvement.

Field Day

The Mount Carmel College Field Day was conducted on Wednesday at the University Sports Grounds.  It was a very pleasant autumn day, perfect conditions for both running and supporting.  This year we kicked off proceedings with a relay involving teams from across the year groups.  It was hotly contested, with lots of cheering and fun for all, setting the scene for the day.  Then the cross country races commenced with our youngest races first, while the Secondary students participated in some new activities on the top oval.  Year groups rotated throughout the day, running their races, playing some fun activities, and cheering for their house teams and class mates. 

Thanks to staff and spectators that helped contribute to a great day and the Bean Frenzy coffee van, for the warm drinks.  Congratulations to all the Students that tried so hard, and for their enthusiasm and support of fellow school mates.

The top 3 place-getters in each year group and activity winners are as follows. The overall results, including the relay and year level activities, will be announced on Tuesday when the Field Day Cup will be presented to the winning House.

Primary Netball

This season the College is represented by four teams in the JSSATIS Primary Netball competition.  The two Year 3/4 teams commenced last Wednesday after school. With many of these students playing netball for the first time, it was as much about learning the rules of netball as playing the game. 

The Year 5/6 roster commenced last Thursday with some brilliant skills on display.   Good luck to all our Primary netballers as the season progresses and thank you to all our Primary netball volunteers for their time and expertise at lunch time trainings and at the games.

Secondary Netball

Last week SSATIS Netball commenced with Mount Carmel returning to the Division 1 College roster, followed by our six year group teams this week.  There were some fantastic games to start the season. 

The Division 1 roster is held on a Monday afternoon at the Hobart Netball and Sports Centre, with the team securing a strong win against Friends 31-10, in their first game.  This week they found the going a bit tougher being defeated by an impressive St Mary’s outfit, 35-12.

This Monday we also had a Year 7 Division 1 team, two Year 7 Division 2 teams, Year 8 Division 1 and Division 2 teams taking to the court.   It’s great to see so many Year 7 students, many new to the school, joining teams, getting to know each other better, and challenging themselves.  Year 7 Gold in Division 1 had a strong result, defeating Fahan 50-2. Navy had a good game just losing to St Mary’s 11-20, and White were up against a strong Dominic team, defeated 4-30.  Year 8 Navy were also defeated by St Mary’s 3-16. It was the Year 9/10 teams turn on Tuesday after Field Day.  In a thriller, Mount Carmel defeated Sacred Heart 19-17. 

Thank you to all the parents, staff and students assisting with Coaching, Umpiring and Managing teams this season.  Best wishes to all our Secondary netballers for the season ahead.

Hockey

The popular Hockey Tasmania Schools Hockey competition commenced for primary teams on Saturday 4 May at Cornelian Bay, and then through the week with their secondary competitions.  

In the Primary roster, Mount Carmel is represented by a team in the Open Primary, a Year 3/4 Half Field team and two Year 1/2 Quarter Field teams.  The Year 5/6 team in the Open Primary roster are improving every week and played a great game against Collegiate last week, being narrowly defeated 1-0.  The 3/4 team started without enough players, but have since gone from strength-to-strength.  The Year 1/2 teams are also having a great time in their rosters, showing their competitive spirit and doing very well.

Talented students from Year 8 to 10 are playing in the Girls Division 1 competition on Thursday afternoons.  This roster includes Year 11/12 students from other Colleges and our young team are relishing the challenge against the older teams in this roster.  So far the team has defeated GYC 8-1 and Fahan 8-3.   Keep up the good work!

Nikki Stuart

Sports Coordinator