Senior School Sport

• Basketball
• Cricket
• Football
• Rugby
• Swimming
• NSTA Tennis
• ISA Tennis

Basketball

The Basketball Awards night will be held in the College Gym on Tuesday 20th March from 6:30pm. All players are expected to attend the ceremony.

Well done to all teams. I was very impressed with everyone’s efforts and the great sportsmanship displayed on Saturday. It was inevitable we would win some and lose some and all teams can hold their heads high regardless of the result. After five years the Firsts have won their way into a Grand Final. It will be a big test against reigning champions St Augustine’s.

Grand Finals: All games are at Penrith Basketball Stadium. All teams must provide one parent to do the score bench. Please offer to help on the bench.

Game of the day: Our own 13Es and 13Fs had to battle it out for a spot in the Grand Final. All the boys gave it their best, unfortunately there could only be one winner.

Play of the day: Lachlan Chue - 5ths. I don’t know what you call the move, but it went in for two points. Lachlan had a good day overall. Well done Lachlan.

Deserves a mention: All the boys who played deserve a mention. They represented St Pius X College with pride and good spirit. All those parents who stepped up and helped on the score benches deserve a mention as well.  Thank you for your support of the teams.

Mr N Gibson - Basketball Convenor

Cricket

ISA Division 1 Semi-final – 1st XI v St Patrick’s College at Breen Oval Strathfield

The 1st XI faced rivals St Patrick’s at Breen Oval in the semi-final on Saturday. Batting first and sustaining the loss of two early wickets was followed by a devastating spell from the opposition captain left the 1st XI reeling.  Josh Rayner (20) and Louis Mosmann (12 not out) provided resistance but the damage had been done as the team was dismissed for 64 off 31 overs.

With 40 minutes until lunch, the St Patrick’s batsmen started aggressively in pursuit of the small target. Despite wickets to Mosmann and Liahm Williams, the total was reached quickly.

This was a disappointing end to a high achieving and enjoyable season. The 1st XI always played together as a team and appreciated the support of their loyal parents, Mr Couani and Mr Stearn on Saturday. They might have been well defeated in the semi-final but they won a lot of admirers throughout the season because of their hard work and spirit which never let them down.

Mr P Rodgers and Mr D Reay (Cricket Convenor)

Results and Draw:

Cricket Match Report - SPX U12 Blue

Mr D Reay - Cricket Convenor

Football News

Football Club AGM:  The football club AGM will be held on Monday 12th March 6:30pm at the Sarto Centre.  We really need a new group of parents to join the committee this year as a number of existing members will be leaving the college at the end of 2018.  Contact footballclub@pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au to indicate your interest or just come along next Monday.

SPX Term 1 Holiday Football Skills Camp at Oxford Falls:  The football club will again be organising a Football Skills Camp at Oxford Falls during the Term 1 holidays.  The three day camp will run on 16th to 18th April from 9:30am to 1:30pm .

The cost is $120, the same as last year.  This includes bus transfer to/from College to Oxford Falls if required.

The camp suits all age groups from Years 5-10 and is run with professional coaches under our head coach, Chris Semaan.  We particularly encourage some of the older boys to come along and get ready for the ISA season starting term 2.

Booking is open here:   https://www.trybooking.com/361961

Please see our webpages for News, Calendars, Photos and Draws:  

www.pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au/sports/football

Mr Rodger Paino

Rugby 

Rugby Registration NOW OPEN

Rugby News and Training Details

Calendar Dates for Term 1

• 13/2/18 – Opens and 16s pre-season commences (continues every Tuesday 4-5:30 at Oxford Falls)
• 13/3/18 – 13s-Opens training commences (continues Tuesday and Thursday 4-5:50 at Oxford Falls)
• 16/3/18-18/3/18 - Opens Pre-season Camp (Huntington House vs Central Coast Grammar)
• 24/3/18 – Sydney Grammar 10s (all age groups to replace Sydney High Trial, 2 teams per age group)
• 29/3/18 – Opens Trial vs Sydney Grammar (HOME) – THURSDAY AFTERNOON GAME 1st XV ONLY
• 7/4/18 – Traditional Trial vs St Aloysius (HOME) ALL AGE GROUPS
• 13/4/18-20/4/18 – Under 15s New Zealand Rugby Tour
• 23/4/18-24/4/18 – Holiday Rugby Clinic (Oxford Falls)

SPX Rugby Club Dinner

Don’t forget the annual SPX Rugby Club Dinner for parents & supporters on Friday 22nd June 2018 at Roseville Golf Club.

Please check Woodchatta weekly for all the latest Rugby news throughout the season or contact Mr Lynch at JLynch@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au for any general rugby enquiries.

Mr J Lynch - Rugby Convenor

Swimming

Senior Swimming Squad:  On Wednesday 14th March the ISA swimming carnival will be held at SOPAC. The team will be leaving from the College at 8.30am and returning approximately 7.30pm. The team list is up on the Student Noticeboard. All students swimming must be wearing the school swimming costumes and cap. Further details will be given to the students on Friday morning at their Sports Meeting.

All Parents are welcome to attend throughout the day and take their son home from the pool once the carnival has finished. Students will have their lunch provided on the day.

Ms L Proc - Swimming Convenor

NSTA Tennis

With over 13 St Pius X College teams playing from 8.00am and five Pius vs Pius games in the draw it was set to be an exciting morning. It is great to see how far our Junior teams have come in just a few short weeks.  On Court 2 we had our top two teams from Division 12 playing (Sid Rana, Ryan Horan and Jordan Papastamatis – Pius 30 vs Jack Morabito and Joseph Sorrentino – Pius 28) and it was a very exciting game with some great rallies. John Cantali and Alex Kurdoghlian also played well against Reddam 6 with some excellent line balls from all players. Toby Thornton-Bott and Isaac Elms fought hard against two Year 12 players from Redlands and although some great shots were played by the St Pius team, Redland came out victorious. Pius 22 (Will Robinson and Chris Mander) vs Pius 21 (Cameron Masters and Lucas Youngman) was yet another exciting match to watch, with a nail-biting tie-breaker which saw Pius 21 win with only one game between the two teams.

Thanks again to the senior boys for the assistance given as mentors/umpires for the Junior games:  Riad Lahoud, Victor Lahoud, Jared Lam, Kobe DuMoulin, Alessandro Muranty, Aidan Shearer-Hawkins and Alex Clelland.

Another 14 St Pius X College teams turned up to play at 10.00am and this included 6 Pius vs Pius games. One of the most exciting matches was the Pius 1 vs Pius 2 match. The Lahoud brothers dominated the game with some impressive shots and despite some stiff competition from Daniel Scipioni, Ben Casey and Declan Langreiter Pius 1 won the match. Thanks to Christian Harris (Pius 3) who stood in and played for the opposition.  He gave it his all in the match, even taking a big slide in the game which resulted in an injury that forced him to retire after the doubles. Despite the heat of the day, it was great to see such camaraderie amongst the Pius men throughout their matches.

Please note that it is important to make sure that all boys are present for all games each Saturday to support their team. We are now halfway through the season with the last games, finals and play-offs being held on 24th March. All boys will be involved in these games on this day so please note the date in your calendars.  

Mrs S Iwatani - NSTA Tennis Convenor

ISA Tennis

Applications for the winter ISA Tennis season are now open but will be closing soon! Forms and information are available from the veranda outside the student office.

Ms A O'Brien - ISA Tennis Convenor