Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- Weekly Fixtures
- Senior Swimming
- Senior Rugby
- Senior Football
- ISA Tennis
- Debating and Public Speaking
- Chess
- Winter Squash
- Cross Country
- Interschool Snowsports Competition
Weekly Fixtures
Mr Matt Stearn - Senior Sports Master
Senior Swimming
On 1 to 2 May six students represented the ISA at the CIS Swimming Championships held at SOPAC. We had fantastic results throughout the two days.
The 4 x 50m Medley Relay (Nicholas Gladen, Evan Ausling, Aaron Lau, Cavan Ryan) came 11th.
Gavin Bae (Year 7) placed 13th in the 50m Freestyle, 12th in the 50m Fly and 14th in the 50m Breaststroke.
Luca McCarthy (Year 8) placed 6th in the 50m Breaststroke, 12th in the 50m Freestyle and 13th in the 100m Freestyle.
Nicholas Gladen (Year 11) achieved 1st in the 100m Backstroke, 1st in the 50m Breaststroke, 3rd in the 50m Freestyle, 3rd in the 50m Breaststroke and 4th in the 50m Butterfly. These results have secured a spot for Nicholas on the CIS team which will compete at the All Schools Championships.
Congratulations to all 6 students on their fine performance representing the ISA.
Ms Leisa Proc - Swimming Convenor
Senior Rugby
Results 13 May
Dates for the diary
- Saturday 3 June – ISA Round 1 – SPX vs ST AUGUSTINE’S– AWAY
- Saturday 10 June – JUNE LONG WEEKEND – NO GAMES
- Saturday 17 June – ISA Round 2 – SPX vs ST PATRICKS - HOME
2024 U15/U16 Fiji Rugby Tour Meeting - Cancelled
The U15/16 Fiji Rugby Tour meeting has been cancelled due to insufficient interest.
Mr Martin Gillogly - Rugby Convenor
SPX Rugby Club – Gala Dinner
Save the Date - Saturday, 22 July, Kirribilli Club.
6:30 pm - 11:30 pm
We are now communicating via email with parents/carers through the SPX Rugby WattsApp group. The link to join the group is via the QR code below.
Tickets will be on sale soon so watch out for further information.
Donations Needed - We continue to seek donations for fundraising. See the attached document for further details on how you can help.
The Rugby Committee is excited to host this fun night out for the rugby community and welcomes all other SPX parents.
Please direct any enquiries to spxrugby@gmail.com.
SPX Rugby Committee
Senior Football
Results 20 May
A big thank you to all the parent volunteers who offered their time and helped out on the BBQ and uniform store on Saturday, the money raised by these activities goes directly into Football coaching for your sons so please continue to support this. There were some outstanding results on the weekend highlighted by a dominant performance by the 15B’s winning 5-0 with a great hattrick to Louis Forbes. This weekend most fixtures are away at Oakhill College.
Good luck to all teams.
COERVER Football camp is on again during the holidays, from 26 – 28 June. We encourage footballers to take this opportunity to participate in this intensive football training during the school holidays. A bendy bus has been booked to assist with travel needs. We urge anyone wishing to book a place on the bus, to book and secure their place promptly. Active Kids vouchers can be used. See the flyer below and book by the link: https://coerver.com.au/holiday-camps.
Good luck to all teams this weekend.
Mr Simon Yue - Football Convenor
From the SPX Football Supporters Club
Calling for cake donations
Our next BBQ Day is Saturday 3/6/23. We will be running our first cake stall to raise funds for our football boys. If you can bake or donate cakes, cookies, brownies, slices or more, please email Priscilla and advise what you will be contributing towards this fundraising event pleasepris@hotmail.com
Thank you to our Football Supporters Community
Thank you to all our wonderful SPX Football Supporters who volunteered their time or bought some merchandise, a coffee and a sausage sandwich on Saturday. You all helped make BBQ Day a great success and raised significant funds for the future SPX Football Programs. We also enjoyed the opportunity to thank our SPX Coaches for their efforts coaching our boys and following the new SPX Coerver Coaching Program.
From the SPX Football Supporters Club Committee
ISA Tennis
Last weekend our divisions played wonderful games across the board. Congratulations to Divisions 7, 8 & 10 who emerged as the victors of their round, demonstrating their teamwork and unwavering spirit on the tennis court.
Looking ahead to Round 5, we extend our best wishes to all divisions as we oppose St Andrew’s College and St Spyridon.
There has been a change in location for Division 8 who will now be playing at our home courts. Please see the rest of the details below:
Divisions 1 & 5 – Playing St Andrew’s College at Sydney Boys High School
Divisions 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 – Playing St Andrew’s College at Talus St, St Leonards
Division 3 & 11 – Playing St Spyridon’s at Heffron Park Tennis Centre
Looking forward to this weekend!
Mrs Veronica Bamber - ISA Tennis Coordinator
CSDA Debating
The CSDA Debating competition continues this week AT HOME against Domremy College. A reminder that all debating students are required to meet at the clock after Sports Assembly each Friday.
Our draw for the remaining weeks is as follows:
Round 5: SPX vs Domremy
Round 6: SPX vs Normanhurst Boys
The breakdown of the night looks like this:
- Training: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Break/Dinner: 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
- Other team arrives at 4:45 pm
- Coin Toss: 5:00 pm
- Debates begin: 6:00 pm
- Debates should all be done by: 7:30 pm
Mrs Leigha Zervakos - Debating & Public Speaking Convenor
Senior School Chess
Ms Janelle Dempsey - Chess Convenor
Squash
Round 2 Results
Special mention to Oisin Whooley (Year 12) who won both his own scheduled match and an extra reserve match also.
Fixtures:
The fixtures information can be found at the start of this sports page, and all details for the competition can be found at the following link:
https://squashaustralia.sportyhq.com/league/view/2023-Winter-Junior-Pennant
Mr Justin Varjavandi - Winter Squash Convenor
Cross Country Training
Cross Country training will be cancelled this Thursday and will resume next week Monday. All students wanting to prepare for the Athletics season next term are encouraged to join, especially those interested in track events.
When: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings
Where: Beauchamp Park, Chatswood
Time: 7:15 am – 8:15 am
Who: All Senior and Junior School students welcome
Ms Leanne Lee - Cross Country and Athletics Convenor
Interschool Snowsports Competition
The 2023 Interschool Snowsports competition will be held at Perisher Ski Resort from Tuesday 4 July to Friday 7 July.
The college has approved for students to enter this competition representing St Pius X College. All participants enter this competition at their own cost and parents are required to sign a liability waiver form.
Parents will also be required to attend the event and meet volunteering requirements of the competition. Further details of the competition are in the attached document.
Please contact Mrs Cathy Thomson on cathythomson7@gmail.com if your son (and family) is interested in participating in this competition.