Co-curricular - Senior Sport
Welcome back to Term 2
The Winter Sport season is now in full swing. With the trial period being largely interrupted by rain, please note that over the coming weeks, coaches will be watching closely to determine whether any immediate premotion or demotion of players is warranted. The ISA season for Football and Tennis officially commences this Saturday 30 April. The Rugby pre-season fixtures commence prior to the first official ISA round. The ISA Rugby season will commence with a home round against St Pius X College on Saturday 4 June.
I would like to thank those coaches and players who gave up their time during the break to train, tour and play fixtures. During this break, the First and Second XV Rugby squad toured down to Canberra, the Prep Rugby squads toured to Armidale and the Prep Football squads toured to Brisbane. Special mention to the Prep A Football Team for winning the EREA Football Tournament held at Nudge College.
Also, during the break, the First XI Football side competed in the Inner West Tri Series Tournament against Trinity Grammar and Newington College. A two-day round robin-structured tournament saw St Patrick’s College finish as Runners-up to Trinity Grammar, only losing by one point in a penalty shoot-out, 18 – 17. Congratulations to all boys who participated.
Year Supporters’ Day
A reminder that last term, all parents/carers received correspondence outlining information regarding their son’s allocated Supporters’ Day duties. Students will be required to attend the College on their Year cohort’s Supporters’ Day from 1:15 PM to the conclusion of the First XV fixture (approximately 4:50 PM).
Boys in the Senior and Junior Schools are to wear either their full College Winter uniform or full College tracksuit, Supporter’s shirt and College crested or plain black shorts. They are to have their names marked off the roll at 1:00 PM in the Powell Pavilion and at the conclusion of the First XV fixture.
The dates below indicate the days students are required to be in attendance. I would hope that a good number of boys would also support on days they are not specifically required to attend:
DATE OPPOSITION ATTENDING
30 April Trinity Grammar and St Spyridon College Junior School
7 May St Aloysius’ College and Redlands Year 8
28 May Shore and St Andrew’s Cathedral School Year 9
4 June St Pius X College Year 7
30 July Oakhill College Year 10 and Year 11
Congratulations
Well done to Anthony del Popolo (Year 9) who competed at the 2022 Australian Age Diving Championships in the term break. Anthony dived well and received two Bronze medals in the 1m and 3m Springboard event, fourth place in the 5m Platform event and a fifth place in the Synchronised Pairs event.
The College extends its congratulations to Anthony and acknowledges his hard work and dedication to achieving such outstanding results.
Anthony Calavassy
Head of Secondary Sport