Around the Grounds
Diocesan Touch Trials
On the last day of Term 1, 8 St Xavier's students travelled to Tamworth to compete for a position in the Armidale Diocesan Touch Teams. The selectors had a very difficult job as they could only chose10 boys and 10 girls to represent the Armidale Diocese.
Congratulations to Jazmin Hobden who was selected and will now travel to Port Macquarie on Friday 28 May for the Polding Touch Trials.
Winter Trials
Good luck to the following students selected to represent the Armidale Diocese in Bathurst at the Polding Winter Trials on Friday 23rd April.
Netball
Audrey Hannaford
Rugby League
Ashtyn King
Soccer
Lachlan Gurney, Zack Akinyemi, Tahnee Bush, Annabelle Doyle
NSW PSSA Tennis
Best of luck to Archie McCormack who will spend all of next week in Newcastle at the NSWPSSA Tennis Championships. What a fantastic achievement.
Girls Rugby 7's
Girls Rugby 7's do not have trial dates for the Armidale Diocese due to the lack of numbers. Those interested in trialing for Rugby 7's must apply to the CSO Coordinator of Sport (K-6) via this link. These applications will be reviewed and successful applicants will be progressed straight to the Polding Rugby 7's Trials. Information and eligibility requirements for the Polding Rugby 7's Trials can also found here.
Students must display exceptional skills in the chosen sport prior to applying.
The Polding Rugby 7's Trials will be held on Friday 23 July- venue to be advised.
Sport Pathways
Parents are often unware of the school sport pathway and what Diocesan and Polding competitions are. The Armidale Diocesan Sports Council website is a great reference for sport pathways, upcoming competitions and results. Be sure to check it out. They also have a Facebook page.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF REPRESENTATIVE SPORT
Students in NSW Catholic primary Schools had limited representative opportunities in sport prior to 1995. For some years leading to 1995, the Inter Diocesan Sports Council co-ordinated a variety of Major sports fixtures for Catholic primary schools in NSW. In 1995, two Catholic Regions (Polding & MacKillop) were established to ensure the involvement of Catholic schools in NSW PSSA State level competitions. The Armidale Diocese is a member of the Polding Region. The Polding name is taken from Australia's first Catholic Bishop John Bede Polding (1794 -1877). Bishop Polding was appointed in 1835. He sought to provide efficient administrators to set up dioceses and to respond to the pastoral needs of the community.
Dioceses in the Polding region:
Armidale Diocese- White with blue and red
Bathurst Diocese- White with bottle green
Broken Bay Diocese- Royal blue and white
Lismore Diocese- Pink and black
Maitland/Newcastle Diocese- Emerald green and white
Wilcannia Forbes Diocese - Bottle green and gold
