Senior School Sport & Extra-Curricula Activities
- Senior Cricket
- Senior Basketball
- NSTA Tennis
- Senior Swimming
- Strength and Conditioning
- Rugby Club AGM
Senior Cricket
Term 4 Team Training Days
Monday – 1st and 2nd XI (until 5.30 pm)
Tuesday – U15/17 (until 5.00 pm)
Wednesday – 1st and 2nd XI (until 5.30 pm)
Thursday – U13 and U14 (Senior school students – until 5.00 pm), U12 and U13 (during Junior School Sport)
All training is at Oxford Falls and conducted by Cricket Appeal.
PE uniform or SPX Cricket uniform to be worn.
Buses depart from OLD Church at 3.20 pm and return to Anderson St at approx. 5.30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6.00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
MWJCA Round 8 Fixtures – Saturday 12 November 2022
SPX Blue v Seaforth Panthers @ Seaforth Oval (1.00 pm start)
SPX Gold v Peninsula Pacers @ Kitchener Park #1 (8.00 am start)
SPX Red v St Augustine’s Green @ Warriewood Valley Sports Ground (8.00 am start)
SPX Green v CPCC Flash @ Oxford Falls #2 (8.00 am start)
SPX Orange v Wakehurst Green @ Nolans Reserve #1 (8.00 am start)
SPX Purple v CPCC Power @ Cromer Park (8.00 am start)
Players are asked to check PlayHQ to confirm venues in case of late changes or allocations by MWJCA.
ISA Round 4 Fixtures – Saturday 12 November 2022
1st XI v St Andrew’s Cathedral School @ Oxford Falls #1 (10.00 am start)
2nd XI v St Augustine’s College @ TBA (10.00 am start)
1st XI v St Patrick’s College @ Strathfield – Saturday 5 November 2022
Breen Oval was the scene for the Round 3 ISA competition fixture. Having lost the toss and finding themselves in the field, the 1st XI applied a disciplined approach to their bowling and fielding and largely restricted the home team. An early wicket to Mitch McGrath (1-16) caught behind by Oli Freeman was followed by two wickets in consecutive balls by Andrew May (3-18 off 8.3 overs) who bowled with pace and accuracy. Flynn Pavely (2-30) and Manas Bansal (2-33) bowled their full complement of 10 overs in very good spells, while Jesse Mansbridge (2-49) helped clean up the tail. St Patrick’s bowled out in the second last over for 189.
Joel Austin (18) and Patrick Frost (17) found the gaps in the field in an enterprising start putting on 37. Will Pavely (26) scored at a run a ball, but wickets fell regularly in the middle overs to put the away side under pressure. Oli Freeman (17) and Lachlan Jursevic (13) made starts before Flynn Pavely (29) hit cleanly to give some hope. However, the failure to convert any of these starts left the 1st XI dismissed for 150.
Results – Saturday 5 November 2022
SPX Blue 5/181 (A. Fernandes 38*, O. Clubbe 29*, B. Nicey 27, L. Steptoe 20) defeated St Augustine’s Gold 2/178 (A. Fernandes 1/9, O. Clubbe 1/19)
SPX Gold 7/98 (T. Costain 34*, M. Barnett 16*) defeated Wakehurst Black 8/83 (J. Meza 2/1, T. Costain 2/3, M. Moran 2/11)
SPX Red 5/156 (M. Jory 31*, S. Cleary 28) defeated St Augustine’s White 5/136 (H. Mullen 1/10, L. Van Katwyk 1/27)
SPX Green 3/87 (H. Arnold 28*), D. Horstead 22*) defeated by CPCC Force 9/86 (J. Fernandes 3/13, A. Burke 2/22)
SPX Orange 7/37 (A. Pratt 12) defeated by Harbord Grasshoppers 5/147 (M. Cheah 2/30)
SPX Purple – no result entered
2nd XI 5/127 (T. Lough 70*, L. Austin 22, F. Mansbridge 18) defeated Oxley College 10/125 (L. Austin 3/16, M. Lynn 3/18, L. Gleeson 3/32)
1st XI 10/150 defeated by St Patrick’s College 10/189 – see match report
Mr David Reay - Cricket Convenor
Senior Basketball
Shout-out to our 15A’s and 2nd V who flew the flag in a tough week for A and B teams against St Augustine’s and Redfield respectively. In the ‘C’ v ‘D’ grudge matches, three of the five games were decided by 2 points or less. Our Open’s take ‘Age-group of the week’ with all teams, except the 1sts/3rds winning. Well done to our 13H’s and 14G’s who both posted great wins at home.
*Please find all Round 3 results on the ISA Sport App. Filter by both School (SPX) and Sport (Basketball Boys) using the icon next to the whistle in the top right corner.
Our season continues with Round 4 this Saturday as per the draw below.
Round 4 fixtures – Teams, Opponents, Venues and Times
Please be aware of the ISA Code of Conduct for players and spectators. We have high expectations of our young men in their sporting representative roles, especially around behaviour, sportsmanship, attendance and uniform (SPX gear ONLY on Saturdays)
Key dates:
- Sat 26 Nov – ISA Round 6 (final game for this year)
- Sat 4 Feb 2023 – Competition resumes – ISA Round 7
Training:
Continues each week until 25 November as per the schedule below.
Game Video: Each week I have 3 games filmed on Court 1, generally the 1sts or 2nds and the two preceding fixtures. This week it is the 2nd V, 6th V and 15F’s. Last week we filmed the 2nd V, 17B and 15B games. Full games and highlight packages here.
Team Lists:
Teams for the ISA Season can be found here:
Uniform:
All players should now be kitted out in the SPX Basketball Singlet and Shorts. Please, only SPX gear to be worn to/from games.
Season Draw:
This ‘SPX Season Draw 2022/23’ below is a working DRAFT document.
Navigate to each week using the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Times and venues will be added each week and the FINAL version for the upcoming Saturday is posted via this link each week in Woodchatta.
Venues for the week are also on this draw.
NB. Age Groups correlate to school year, apart from 1st and 2nd V.
Therefore: 13’s = Yr 7, 14’s = Yr 8, 15’s = Yr 9, 17’s = Yr 10, Opens = Yr 11
Mr Greg Virgona - Basketball Convenor
From the Basketball Club
Canteen Helpers needed
Please let me know if you can help in the canteen this Saturday – or any coming Saturdays.
Help = selling food and maybe making a coffee – there is no preparation work.
Often parents help prior to their son’s game.
Thanks
Mr Simon Dixon - bbstpiusx@gmail.com - 0414 881 991
NSTA Tennis
It was perfect weather for tennis last Saturday. The 8.00 am games were lots of fun to watch with 7 of the 8 games being Pius v Pius matches. SPX 28 the brothers, Kayden and Javien Foo were a force to be reckoned with winning all 3 sets to SPX 32. Henry Burke partnered with Nick Kwan last week to play against his own team. That didn’t stop Henry though, winning both his singles and doubles, 6-4 and 6-1 respectively. Daniel Lenehan and Kody Tabalon, SPX 19 easily won their three set against SPX 20, 18 games to 4. Thank you to Izaac Tan, Lucas Halim, James Higgins for umpiring and mentoring our younger teams last weekend. A special thanks must also go to Jake Yu, Year 6, who also volunteered to umpire and was also a welcome addition to the team last weekend.
The 10.00 am games are always a little more serious as when the players enter the courts, they are determined to win. Ben Shoudra and Oscar Roberts, SPX 12 both played excellent singles matches, both winning 6-2. I think the match to watch was SPX 15 vs Reddam 4. Adam Fitrzyk and Layton Chan fought hard to win the match with a close 16 games to 15.
A reminder to all players that they must stay until ALL matches have been played in their team. As you are a team, it is important to support your team members.
There have been a couple of errors with the scores recently so please ensure that you are checking your weekly scores, rankings and draw on the xpoint site: https://www.xpointsports.com/region/325/currentEvents
Mrs Sam Iwatani - NSTA Convenor
Senior Swimming
This Friday Evening the Senior Swimming squad will be competing at the St Patrick’s Invitational Carnival held at Ryde Aquatic Centre. Could all member of the squad please meet there at 7.00 pm with warm-ups to commence at 7.20 pm. All swimmers must be wearing the school cap and full sport uniform with their Swimming shirt. Year 11 students must wear their school uniform and get changed at the pool. Closed-toed shoes to be worn to and from the pool.
A list of events has been posted on the Student Noticeboard. Final details will be given to the squad this Friday out the Swimming Meeting.
Training continues this week and next week with our Term 4 training sessions finishing on Friday 18 November over at Fitness First Chatswood.
Ms Leisa Proc - Swimming Convenor
Strength and Conditioning
TeamBuildr is the leading software for strength and conditioning. Therefore the subscription to the Mind Body App will be cancelled in 2023. TeamBuildr allows coaches to easily track and record progress on the one platform and it is a great way for you to view your set program. We realise there may have been some mixed messages recently in regard to the mind body sign up system as there have been internet problems and log in issues. However, please continue to sign up for the remainder of Term 4 and disregard any emails that say “you were missed at training”.
For the remainder of the year, please continue to sign in on the excel spread sheet on arrival to the Sarto Centre, and familiarize yourself with TeamBuildr in preparation for your next session.
Information to join team builder is below
STUDENT ATHLETES:
1. Download the TeamBuildr App to your phone.
2. Enter the EASYJoin Code: XXXXX and Password: XXXX as per codes below
3. Complete the profile information.
A. You MUST put a photo of your face.
B. In the block for your last name it should be enter with your Grade in front of your last name eg. (9) Smith DO NOT PUT THE GRADE AFTER YOUR FIRST.
C. Make sure you have your Gender, Phone number entered, and Notification turned on.
4. Once you have this information entered, hit SUBMIT. From this point on, your EMAIL and Password you choose will be the way you log in to TEAMBUILDR”
Ms Laura Coombe - Strength and Conditioning Convenor
Rugby Club AGM
The Rugby Club will be holding its AGM on Wednesday 23 November in the Sarto Centre, commencing at 6.30 pm. All positions on the committee will be up for re-election. We look forward to seeing any Rugby parents attend. If you would like any further clarification please email Martin Gillogly at mgillogly@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.
Mr Martin Gillogly - Rugby Convenor