Senior School Sport

• Sports Colour Awards
• Orders for Winter Sport/Co-curricular Photos
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Football 
• Rugby

Sports Colour Awards

On Monday of this week the College recognised the Cocurricular contributions of our senior students at the Annual Sports Colour Awards Ceremony in The Concourse. Old Boy of the College, David Prentice, spoke to the boys and presented a number of Silver and Gold Awards to our worthy recipients.  A full list of this year’s Colour Award recipients and a selection of photos can be found on the Principal's page.

Mr M Stearn - Senior Sportsmaster

Orders for Winter Sport/Co-curricular Photos

Our Winter Sport/Co-curricular photos have now been taken. Hard-copy order forms were given to students and should be returned to the Student Office by the end of this term. A PDF form can be found below should you require it.

Basketball

Dear parents and students,

Trials have been completed and I will be publishing all teams this Thursday. I appreciate your patience with this process as I have been trying to ensure all students have had at least one chance to trial for a team.  Training for all teams will start next term.  Round 1 of the ISA season is on Saturday 27th October.

All A teams will have trial matches against St Aloysius teams on Saturday 22nd September at Aloysius (47 Upper Pitt St, Milsons Point).  The 14As and 15As will train next Tuesday afternoon at school. The 17As and 1sts will train next Wednesday afternoon. The 13As will train during their sport afternoon next Tuesday. I will be providing singlets for teams to use for the trials.

Game times for Saturday 22nd September

This Friday afternoon our 1sts and 17As will start off their season with trial matches against Shore Teams. Both games are at The Shore School. The 17As will play at 4:15pm and the 1sts at 5:15pm.

Holiday training camps:  We will be running holiday training sessions for Years 5-9 during the holidays. Information about these sessions will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. All sessions will be run at Chatswood.

Mr N Gibson - Basketball Convenor

Cricket

MWJCA Season Start:  District Cricket (all sides except 1st and 2nd XI) has started with wins to the U14/1 Green (A. McConnell 2/21, M. Bansal 52*) and U16/2 Purple (J. Overton 45* and 2/13).

Playing Uniforms:  Players are reminded that they are to be dressed in correct College Cricket uniform. That being: College Cricket shirt (available from Uniform Shop), white trousers and College headwear.

Training:  Team training has commenced. All training is at Oxford Falls and conducted by Cricket Appeal coaches.  Bus transport to Oxford Falls leaves from outside OLD Church at 3:20 and returns to Anderson Street at 5:30pm.  Players are expected to be dressed for training in College PE uniform.  The training schedule for the remainder of Term 3 is:

• Monday – ISA Squad trials
• Tuesday –  U15 and U16-18
• Wednesday – ISA Squad trials
• Thursday – Junior School players during school sport. Senior School U13 and U14

Late Registration:  Late registration can be made via www.trybooking.com/405015 or by contacting the Club Registrar, Mr Michael Kinna via registrar@stpiuscricket.org.au

Mr D Reay - Cricket Convenor

Rugby

Under 15s New Zealand Tour 2019:  Players interested in attending the Under 15s New Zealand Rugby Tour in 2019 are asked to secure their place through the following trybooking link:

https://www.trybooking.com/424348

The to The tour will occur during the first week of the April school holidays, departing Sydney on Friday 12th April and returning on Friday 19th April in time for Easter Weekend.  The tour is open to any boys who currently plays rugby or is interested in playing rugby in the future. It is not graded and there is no selection process, just a minimum number of 20 boys for the tour to go ahead. Students must be eligible for the Under 15s in 2019, that is they turn 15 next year.

I ask parents to consider this fantastic opportunity for their sons. If you have any questions regarding the tour please get in touch.

Mr J Lynch - Rugby Convenor

FROM THE RUGBY CLUB 

Save the Date:  Wednesday, 12th December 2018 – Inaugural SPX Rugby Club Golf Day at Roseville Golf Club  from 1pm - ‘Ambrose Shotgun Start’.  Further details to be provided in coming weeks and bookings will open shortly. Lady golfers most welcome and encouraged to play.

(Please note the date has now been moved from initially notified date of 28th November).

Paul O'Neill - President SPX Rugby Club

NSTA Tennis

Exciting times for Australian Tennis players in the recent US Open … and now our Summer Tennis is around the corner and there have been some mentions about NSTA several times at Sports Assembly on a Friday in recent weeks.

• At last Friday's assembly on 7th September students were informed that NSTA Registrations were open and that ALL students in Years 7-11 who wish to be included in Teams for the 18/19 Summer NSTA Comps must access a Registration Form via the School App OR in hard copy on the Student Veranda.  This registration process is also outlined in Daily Student Notices.
• An opportunity for Grading this week for new players was also advertised at that time. Students can keep registering through to this Friday 14th September. Forms are to be returned to school on the Student Veranda in the labelled NSTA Box.
• Students and Parents who have missed the opportunity for Grading arranged through the school, will need to register for a Team and then make their own arrangements directly with the College Tennis External Coach - Mr Dan Freak at Online Tennis in Roseville - before the end of Term 3.
• Students in Years 5 and 6 have already been registered and graded through the Junior School Sports program with our Junior School Sportsmaster - Mr Virgona.
• Team Lists based on past NSTA and/or ISA results, new grading and registrations will be posted as soon as possible.
• Students will be notified of these NSTA 2018/19 Team Lists being available via Student Notices.
• Our SPX Divisions and Team Lists are subject to change depending on the NSTA Grading meeting that is held in early Term 4, when ALL school teams and entries are considered for a competitive draw to follow

For queries about Summer Tennis please contact Ms Grove at the College – sjgrove@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Ms S-J Grove - NSTA Tennis Convenor