Around the Grounds
2020 Swimming Carnival
On Friday 21 February, St Xavier's held their annual Swimming Carnival under beautiful conditions. The weather was fantastic and we are very proud of the sportsmanship shown by all the students.
We could not have had such a successful carnival without all of our wonderful parent helpers, so a huge thank you!
Congratulations to Fatima who were the Champion House and the Participation Trophy winner.
There were quite a few records broken on the day:
Audrey Hannaford 11 yrs Girls 50m F/S (33.87) beat previous 2003 record held by Brooke Taylor (35.80)
Jacob Smith 10 yrs Boys 50m B/K (43.78) beat previous 2003 record held by James Clift (46.47)
Jacob Smith 10 yrs Boys 50m FLY (46.03) beat previous 2010 record held by Connor Hall ( 46.41)
Joshua Spinks 8 yrs Boys 50m B/S (1.02.09) beat previous 2012 record held by Oscar Brady (1.06.13)
Snr Girls Relay- Fatima (2.30.57) (Dana Campbell, Eliza Campbell, Audrey Hannaford, Tahlia Smith) beat previous 2005 record held by Fatima (2.31.59)
Age Champions
Boys 6/7 yrs
Elijah Guinery R/U Josh Jeffrey
Girls 6/7 yrs
Skylah Guinery and Audrey Walshe R/U Rose Walsh and Isabella Walsh
Boys 8 yrs
Joshua Spinks R/U Liam Smith
Girls 8 yrs
Ella Sloan R/U Molly Ramien and Alexis Campbell
Boys 9yrs
Ollie Lyle R/U Angus Simpson and Charlie Shorter
Girls 9 yrs
Alexis Whitton R/U Elsie Walshe
Boys 10 yrs
Jacob Smith R/U Baxter Knapman
Girls 10 yrs
Katie Spinks and Tahnee Steele R/U Charlee Adamson
Boys 11 yrs
Zach Akinyemi R/U Lachlan Gurney
Girls 11 yrs
Audrey Hannaford R/U Dana Campbell
Boys 12/13 yrs
Angus Hobson R/U Lachlan Davey
Girls 12/13 yrs
Tahlia Smith R/U Mimi Pinfold
Diocesan Swimming Carnival
Last Friday, 31 students traveled to Moree to compete in the Diocesan Swimming Carnival. There were some great results on the day:
Jnr Boy Runner-Up- Jacob Smith
11 Year Girl Runner-Up- Audrey Hannaford
1st- Snr Girls relay Team (Tahlia Smith, Dana Campbell, Danika Jones and Audrey Hannaford)
1st- Jnr Boys relay team (Cooper Whitton, Baxter Knapman, Jacob Smith and Joshua Spinks)
2nd- Jnr Girls relay team ( Tahnee Steele, Katie Spinks, Charlee Adamson, Alexis Whitton)
The following students have qualified to compete in the NSWCPS Swimming Championships in Sydney on Wednesday 25 March:
Charlee Adamson, Katie Spinks, Angus Hobson, Tahnee Steele, Mimi Pinfold, Tahlia Smith, Alexis Whitton, Joshua Spinks, Ella Sloan, Ausrey Hannaford, Danika Jones, Dana Campbell, Baxter Knapman, Cooper Whitton, Jacob Smith and Alexis Campbell.
Here is a link to the ADPSC wrap-up of the Diocesan Swimming Carnival:
Polding Summer Trials
On Friday 7 February, Zoe Law and Ella Cameron traveled to Lismore as part of the Diocesan Basketball Team. They had a great day, met lots of new people and learnt some really great skills.
Due to the weather in Lismore, the Polding Tennis has been postponed twice, it finally went ahead on Friday 21 February. Unfortunately, Mimi Pinfold was unable to attend on the new date. James Fenton went to Lismore and had a great day playing some very competitive games. James progressed from his rounds and got through to the play offs. The competition was tough and unfortunately he didn’t make it to the next level.
