Senior Sport
From the Senior Sportsmaster
I take this opportunity to welcome everyone back to the beginning of Term 3. We are halfway through our ISA Winter Season and heading towards Finals.
Over the break a large number of staff and students gave up holiday time to represent the College in Queensland in both Football and Rugby and as you can see from the reports, both groups had great success. It should be noted that the Rugby Team were celebrating their 24th year of involvement in the World Sport Tournament.
As we begin the second half of the season, please ensure that your boys have the correct uniform for their respective sports and that they conduct themselves in line with the values of the College and the ISA Code of Conduct.
Mr M Stearn
Football
Dear Parents and Players, Welcome back from your break and to the recommencement of the ISA season. This weekend sees home fixtures against Oakhill College.
We would like to congratulate the College 1st XI on their successful Queensland trip where they won the High Energy Youth Tournament, defeating The Kings' School in the final. A special mention to 1st XI Captain Christopher Woo who was acknowledged by the tournament organisers by being selected in the All Star Side.
While in Queensland we also played St Laurence's School and Ipswich side, the City Bulls.
This Wednesday evening we are stepping in to play the New Zealand Schoolboy Rep side at Macquarie University with kick off at 6.30pm. All support welcome.
Good luck to all teams this weekend.
Mr S Yue - Football Convenor
Football Club News
Welcome back to the second part of the season – the Finals Campaign! We have many teams in contention to progress into the Semis and hopefully on to the Finals later in August. We hope all the boys are keen to finish the season with a burst of enthusiasm.
The Committee wishes to thank all those boys who came along to the Football Camp during the holidays – we hear from the coaches that a great time was had by all.
We would also like to congratulate the Touring 1st XI who won the Queensland Hey (High Energy Youth) Cup in a 1-0 victory over King’s School. We have the latest ‘Shape Tackle & Goal ‘ fanzine on our website with all the action from the tour.
A reminder that the Trivia Night contributes funds to all the College clubs to keep providing additional coaching and services to your boys, so don’t forget to book your place for the night and offer up donations, where you can.
This week we ask for game photos from the 14B, 13B & 13Cs for the weekly ‘Full Time’ flyer. Send your photos to footballspx@gmail.com - save this to your phone and upload those photos as soon as you take them. We need the photos in by Sunday afternoon.
See our webpages for News, Calendars, Photos and Draws: http://pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au/sports/football
Rodger Paino - Football Club Communications
Rugby
Queensland Tour 2016
Congratulations to all players for their efforts throughout the week and for finishing 3rd in the competition. Also congratulations to Clay Henry who was voted the Best and Fairest on tour and a big thank you to Mr McBrearty, Mr Brannan, Mr Russo, Mr Stearn and Francis Cullimore for their work throughout the week.
The results are below:
Rugby Fixtures for Saturday 23rd July:
Players Travelling to Bathurst by Coach
Players have been asked to sign up by Thursday 21st July if they wish to get the coach. This list will be finalised on Friday morning. Players getting the coach will be charged $25 to their school fees. The sign-up list can be found on the bench outside the student office.
The coach will depart Anderson Street at 6:00am sharp and return at the end of the 1st XV match, with an anticipated arrival back in Chatswood by 8pm. Mr Cogan, Mr McBrearty, Mr Brannan and Mr Lynch will accompany the students on the coach.
New Zealand Rugby Tour 2017
In 2017 SPX Rugby will send the Under 15s age group on a development tour to New Zealand during the first week of the April School Holidays. All players from the Under 14s in 2016 are invited to express their interest in attending the tour via the letter they received during the last week of Term 2. This letter is also attached in Woodchatta Extras. Students are asked to return the expression of interest letter via the box on the veranda outside the student office.
An information evening will take place in Week 2 of Term 3 on Wednesday 27th of July from 6pm at the Sarto Centre with all players and their parents from the current Under 14s group are encouraged to attend.
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
RUGBY WEEKEND IN BATHURST
Mr Paul O’Neill - President SPX Rugby Club
ISA Tennis
Welcome back to the second part of our competition. All teams this weekend are playing against St Pat’s – see the draw below.
Note: If a player is unavailable to play for any reason please let me know as soon as possible so teams and Reserves can be organised.
Ms A O’Brien – ISA Tennis Convenor
Cricket
CRICKET'S BACK!
Registrations for the 2016-17 Cricket Season
The start of the 2016-17 cricket season is now less than two months away, registrations to represent SPX Cricket in both ISA and district competitions (North Shore JDCA and Manly-Warringah JDCA) open this coming Friday – 22 July 2016 - at 9am. Registrations close on Sunday 21 August 2016. It's best to sign up quickly to ensure your place and help SPX Cricket with early allocation of teams.
Online registration can be done via:
https://www.trybooking.com/215345
No fees will be included in the billing for Term 4.
ISA Trials commence Monday 22 August 2016 and the Cricket Club Skills Day is on Sunday 28 August 2016 at Oxford Falls. More details to follow.
For more information on the forthcoming season, please contact SPX Cricket Secretary, Danny John at secretary@stpiuscricket.org.au or on 0438 791068. Details about the cricket club's activities and last season's annual review can be found on the P&F website:
http://pandf.spx.nsw.edu.au/sports/cricket-club
Mr D Reay - Cricket Convenor