Cudmore Shield

On November 30, Year 7/8 Boys and Girls teams took on Wade and Griffith High in twenty20 cricket games as part of the Cudmore Shield competition. The girls fought hard but were defeated by a strong Wade High team by 14 runs despite the efforts of Isabella Salmon 15 not out and Tegan Aloisi 1/4. In their first game the boys bowled well to restrict to Wade High to 101 thanks to some tight bowling from Connor Sully 2/14. In reply many of the boys failed to fire however as we were bowled out for 68 despite the efforts of Jacob Testoni 16 and Taine Moraschi 15. In the final game of the day the Marian boys posted a more than competitive total of 5/137 with knocks from Ryan Bock of 52 not out and Sam Irvin 28. The Griffith High team proved up to the task chasing down the total with overs to spare even with Sam Irvin claiming 2/18.

Jonathon Morris

Teacher in Charge

Sports Awards

This morning’s awards ceremony is a step in acknowledging the talent, commitment and effort of our students in 2017. Students will be acknowledged in one of two ways:

Firstly, for their outstanding skill and sportsmanship whilst representing Marian in a Representative Team. These students are either selected by their peers, coaches or officials under the categories of:

Best and Fairest

Coaches Award

Secondly, it is important to recognise students who have gained representative selection in either: a Riverina or Diocesan Team competing at CCC; a Combined Catholic Colleges Team competing at All Schools State Championships or as part of the NSW All Schools Team competing at Nationals.

With the awardee receiving a:

Bronze Medallion for selection in a Diocesan or Riverina Team,
Silver Medallion for selection in a Combined Catholic Colleges State Team and a
Gold Medallion for selection in an NSW All Schools Team

In 2017 Marian has had 28 Representative Teams competing in 12 competitions.

Marian has also had 65 students eligible to represent in a Riverina or Diocesan Team, 4 students who have represented in a CCC Team and 1 students represented in a NSW All Schools Team at National level. I would like to congratulate the following for achieving their personal goals.

Firstly, the following students excel in sports in which their only pathway is through individual selection. To be eligible for this, the student needs to apply through myself, Principal and Catholic Schools Office representative, to seek approval to attend selections at this level and then register and make their own way to these selections.

Whilst, these students did not gain selection in their chosen sport at CCC, they represented Marian and the Wagga Diocese at a high level and are the top students at Marian in their respective sports and hence, deserve recognition for their contribution over the years:

Two students, who despite this difficult selection process, went on to represent in their chosen sport. Congratulations to:

Isaac Testoni who receives a silver medallion for his selection in the:

NSW Combined Catholic Colleges- South AFL Team

Isaac is only 1 of 22 U15 players selected from the:

Canberra/Goulburn, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia/Forbes Diocese

His team went on to play in the state championships and finished second place overall.

Claire Murray who receives a silver medallion for her selection in the:

NSW Combined Catholic Colleges U19 Cricket Team

Claire was only 1 of 12 girls chosen for the NSW CCC Team who competed at the NSW All Schools Cricket Championships in Bathurst.

In addition to this, Claire has also participated in:

1.Under 18's Women's National Cricket Championship from Fri 24/11/17 to Thursday 7/12/17 in Canberra

2. and selected for the Rookie training with Sydney Thunder Side

The following students qualified for the:

Diocesan Open Football Team – this team competed at the CCC Carnival in Sydney on 30th and 31st May

Congratulations to the following recipients:

The next recipients are Semi Finalists of the NSW CCC Knockout Soccer Competition:

Marian Catholic College Open Girls Soccer Team where they finished in 3rd place

The following students qualified for the:

Diocesan Cross Country Team and competed at CCC at Eastern Creek on 16th June

Congratulations to the following recipients.

Special congratulations to Delroy Kasawaya who is receiving a Silver Medallion for finishing in 5th place at CCC and going on to represent in the Combined Catholic Colleges Team competing at the NSW All Schools Carnival

The following students qualified for the:

Diocesan Swimming Team who competed at CCC at Homebush 31st March

Congratulations to Aisha Tomkinson (50m Backstroke), Joshua Golden (50m freestyle) and Sienna Donadel (200 IM, 50 m Free, 100 m Free and 50 m breaststroke (4th)).

The following students gained selection in the:

Diocesan Touch Team and competed in Sydney on 20th June

Congratulations to these students and also to Miss Foschi for her selection as Coach of the Open Girls Diocesan Team at this state championship

The next recipients have gained selection in the:

Diocesan Athletics Team who competed at Homebush on the 15th of September

Congratulations to the following recipients

A special congratulations to:

1. Ethan Donetto who is receiving a silver medallion today for the following achievements in the U13, 400 m track event:

Breaking the BISSA record in Albury in a time of 1:00.52
Finishing first at CCC Athletics Championship in Homebush in a time of 55.23
Finishing second at the All Schools Championships in the preliminary heat (55.42)
Finishing third at the All Schools Championships in the final (54.44)

2. Delroy Kasawaya who is receiving a gold medallion for the following achievements in the U13, 800m track event:

Breaking the BISSA record in Albury in a time of 2:22.52
Finishing first at CCC in Homebush in a time of 2:16.67
Finishing second at the NSW All Schools Championships (2:09.9) lost by 14 hdths of a sec

Delroy is currently in Adelaide about to compete today in the 800m event against the student who beat him by 14 hundredths of a second at the NSW All Schools Championships. This student was the National Champion in this event last year.

Before I conclude, I would also like to acknowledge the parents and coaches that enable our students to achieve these goals. As a parent and a coach, I am fully aware of the travel, time and expense involved for a child to be competing at these levels; and on behalf of the students, I would like to thank you for your continued support.

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