Sport & Co-Curricular

Co-Curricular Sports

Term 1 Information:

Thank you for submitting your Term 1 sports nominations, teams have now been lodged with SA Catholic Schools Girls Secondary Sport Association (SACSSGSA). We hope to receive Term 1 grade allocations, fixtures and venues from SACSSGSA early next week.  I will keep you updated via the school newsletter, Loreto Connect and email.

Once we have received the fixtures, you will be able to access your daughter’s training and games times through the sport tile on the Loreto College App or through Loreto Connect. 

2023 Term 1 Sport Dates

Year 7 – 12 BASKETBALL, TOUCH, TENNIS & VOLLEYBALL 

(Saturday Morning 8:30am – 11:45am)

Year 7 – 12 WATER POLO (Thursday Afternoon 4:00pm – 6:30pm)

Sports Trainings:

Sports trainings commence in Week 3, week beginning Monday 13 February. Training schedules can be located on Loreto Connect - Senior Sport - Co-curricular Trainings or by using the link below:

Term 1 2023 Training Schedule

In Term 1 there will also be swimming and athletics training sessions available for students in Years 7-12.  These sessions are great preparation for the upcoming carnivals and there will be coaches available to support students in their chosen track or field activity. Swimming training will commence in Week 4 on a Tuesday morning at Norwood Pool and athletics training will be held at Loreto College on a Wednesday morning from Week 3.  If your daughter is interested in participating in the swimming training sessions, please complete and return the swimming forms emailed to families, these can also be located on Loreto Connect.

Swimming Training Consent Form

Swimming / Aquatic Consent Form

Uniform requirements for Term 1 Sports:

Basketball: Basketball top*, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes. 

Tennis: Polo top, sport skirt or PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes.

Touch Football: Touch top*, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good sports shoes/turf or touch football boots.

Indoor Volleyball: Polo top, bike pants or PE shorts, sports socks, good court shoes. 

Water Polo: Loreto College bathers*.

*Needs to be purchased from the uniform shop

Carnival Dates:

• Thursday 28 February (Week 5) – Years R–12 Loreto Athletics Carnival
• Thursday 23 March (Week 8) – Loreto Swimming Carnival Years 7-12
• Thursday 30 March (Week 9) – SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
• Wednesday 5 April (Week 10) - SASSA Athletics Carnival Years 7-12
• Wednesday 3 May (Week 1, Term 2)– SACSSGSA Catholic Schools Swimming Carnival Years 7-12

Term 2 & 3 Information:

The nomination form for Terms 2 & 3 will be emailed at the end of next week so please be on the lookout for this form.  The nomination form will also be accessible on Loreto Connect in the Senior Sport, Nominations section.  

If you have any questions about co-curricular sport please do not hesitate to contact me Sophie.Hage@loreto.sa.edu.au

Ms Sophie Hage

Leader of Sport and Sport Performance

Junior Sports News

Term 1 sport started with a bang with a number of teams kicking off on Friday night of Week 1.

The volleyball team (pictured) were the first to take the court in the program run at Unley High School. We had a narrow loss to Highgate but won plenty of points and had some terrific rallies. Well done to coach Aeon and the team!

Our summer netball teams resumed their matches on Friday night with some impressive wins and narrow losses:

• The Netta 8s remain undefeated. Once they’d been prised away from the playground they put together some superb passages of play! A talented team with everyone contributing.
• Only the fluky breeze at the Balmoral Road courts cost the Primary 5s a last-minute equaliser!

Basketball training started on Monday and our matches will begin in Week 3. The Year 5/6 Aerobics also got underway this week with fantastic numbers. Cross Country trainings will start next Monday morning before school.

It’s a huge term of sport at Loreto with our Swimming Carnival and Athletics Carnival coming up alongside our weekly sport:

• A quick reminder to please return swimming trial/Swimming Carnival consent forms to either Molly Scott or myself

It has been great for me to meet a number of coaches, teachers, parents and students over my first week at the school. Already I can see that the girls are very passionate about their sport which is a credit to the culture Narelle and others have driven in previous years. Infectious enthusiasm at training, dedicated coaches, lots of support from families at games…brilliant to see.

Ben Johnswood

Sport Coordinator