SPORTING NEWS
ST NICHOLAS SWIMMING CARNIVAL
A massive thank you to all who came and watched, helped and cheered for our first big sporting event of the year. I am so grateful that we have such an amazing group of parents, staff and students who made it a really successful day.
Congratulations to Mackillop who were the winning house.
Final Points
Mackillop 324
Dominic 303
Edmund Rice 286
Ozanam 226
Senior Girl Champion - Molly O'Mullane (Mackillop)
Joint Senior Girl Runner Ups - Ella Klasen (Ozanam) and Poppy Bensley (Dominic)
Senior Boy Champion - Hugh Mitchell (Mackillop)
Senior Boy Runner Up - Mason Hill (Mackillop)
11 year Girl Champion - Lyla Davidson (Edmund Rice)
11 year Girl Runner Up - Lily Belfield (Edmund Rice)
11 year Boy Champion - Eddie O'Shea (Ozanam)
11 year Boy Runner Up - Edward McCann (Mackillop)
JuniorGirl Champion - Klara Bunnemeyer (Dominic)
Junior Girl Runner Up - Isabella Harding-Brown (Edmund Rice)
Junior Boy Champion - Thomas McDougall (Dominic)
Junior Boy Runner Up - Brody Hill (Mackillop)
Well done to the following children who will be travelled to Gunnedah today to compete at the Armidale Diocesan Swimming Carnival: Hugh Mitchell, Mason Hill, Molly O'Mullane, Poppy Bensley, Ruby Brooks, Boston Hitchcock, Scarlett Connor, Eddie O'Shea, Edward McCann, Callum Anderson, Oliver Riley, Lyla Davidson, Lily Belfield, Audrey Bird, Klara Bunnemeyer, Thomas McDougall, Liam Gallagher, Charlie Williams, Lucy Evans, Bella King, Brody Hill, Dylan Cayley, Isabella Harding-Brown, Priya Hitchcock, Georgia King, Elijah Skilton, Fletcher Stimson, Pax Townsend, Matilda Klasen, Emilia Bunnemeyer, Annie Davidson and Rose O'Shea.
Hugh Mitchell broke the 12 year Boys 50m Freestyle record in a time of 31:80 and the Senior Boys Butterfly in a time of 37:57. This record has been standing since 1987.
Thomas McDougall broke the Junior Boys IM with a time of 3:23:28, the Junior Boys 100m freestyle with a time of 1:20:05, the Junior Boys Backstroke with a time of 44:33 and the Junior Boys butterfly with a time of 39:50.
Congratulations to the following children who received the sportsmanship awards. Their behaviour and sportsmanship on the day was noticed by several teachers.
Junior - Hugo Clery
11 year - Lyla Davidson
Senior - Thomas McMullen
NETBALL
Hi Netball Families,
Here are the links for netball registrations.
Kindergarten/Year 1 Skills link:
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/bb5af5
Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 playing in teams link:
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/21260c
Don't forget that all players in Year 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 need to purchase (approx. $43) a netball dress (some players would have purchased last year). Year 6 players need the skirt and singlet top ($15 hire fee).
Uniforms can be tried on, ordered, paid for and hired from Emma Elliott outside the front office (due to COVID) on the following days/times:
Saturday 19th February 9am-11am
Thursday 24th February 3:30pm-5pm
Saturday 26th February 9am-11am
Thursday 3rd March 3:30pm-5pm
PAPER FREE
As a school we are trying to reduce our carbon footprint and are going paperless for sports notes this year. All sporting events will be sent out via Compass and parents will notify of their child's interest via the Events link in Compass. There is no need to print off notes and send them in as their interest is automatically recorded. Their selection of events for the swimming and athletics carnivals are also done using Compass. When a registration fee is required for a Diocesan sport e.g. Winter trials, Compass Pay will be available for this. Please contact the office staff if you are having difficulties accessing Compass.
2022 DATES FOR THE CALENDAR
Friday 11th March 2022 - Diocesan Touch Football trials (Tamworth)
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 - Polding Swimming Carnival (SOPAC)
Friday 25th March 2022 - Diocesan Winter trials - rugby league, netball, hockey and soccer (Armidale)
Thursday 7th April 2022 - St Nicholas Cross Country
Friday 1st July 2022 - St Nicholas Athletics Carnival
Friday 12th August - Diocesan Athletics Carnival (Tamworth)
ADPSC CALENDAR FOR 2022
Please find the link to the ADPSC Calendar for 2022. Please note that dates may change throughout the year.
BASKETBALL
Due to not enough children being registered yet games will not start until Thursday 3rd March. Teams have been formed and Mrs Tyrrell sent home a team code for you to register online. Please make sure that you have done this before games commence. Singlets were handed out this week. Please send in $5 for the hire of the singlets.
If your child is in Kinder, Year 1 or Year 2 please register for Aussie Hoops (modified basketball) by clicking on the following link. The school does not organise teams for this as it is a skills based program run by Basketball Australia.
HOCKEY
Tamworth Hockey Association are running a 5-week Primary Schools competition commencing on Monday 28 February 2022. The competition will be based on fun and development and there is no cost to participants. Games will be from 4:00-6:00pm. Please reply using Compass with your consent so Mrs Tyrrell can put you in a team.
GOALBALL
SOCCER
