Sports Bulletin

TCS Cross Country Win!!!

It is my pleasure to inform you that St Mary’s won the 13 – 19 years TCS Cross Country! 

Congratulations to all our competitors and age champions. 

Our College can be extremely proud of our students efforts and achievements. The St Mary’s TCS Cross Country team represented our College with pride and displayed outstanding behaviour and sportsmanship. 

Students who placed in the top 8 will represent the TCS district at the Peninsula Cross Country to be held in Yungaburra on Tuesday 16th May. 

Part of today’s win can be attributed to our College Run Squad and I would like to acknowledge the years of work of Mrs Clare Robertson and Mr Justin Brennen. 

The Run Squad was established by Clare Robertson 6 years ago and began with a core group of year 7 students. Some of whom are our current year 12 students who ran on Tuesday. With Clare’s dedication and enthusiasm, the program grew and the need for an additional coach was required. This is when Justin Brennen joined Clare in leading this program. 

Congratulations Clare and Justin for all the very early mornings, hours of training and volunteering your time to provide our students this opportunity. Enjoy the win!

A massive thank you the SMCC staff who volunteered their time to assist in convening the TCS Cross Country including our Maintenance team, Tuckshop and Administration. As well as our student helpers who assisted with the Carnival. 

TCS Cross Country – SMCC Top 8 placings 

*Times did not transfer due to a syncing error in program. Apologies for the unforeseen technical issue

TCS Selection Success 

Please note: Our College will recognise students who are selected for TCS and Peninsula once we receive the team lists via email from the TCS district Office and Peninsula School Sport Regional Office.

Congratulations to the following students in their selection for TCS. Our College wishes you all the best at the Peninsula trials. 

Luca Smith Rugby Union 14 – 15 years

Year 7, 8, 9 Sport, Tuesday Period 5 & 6

Beginning next week, Year 7 students will take part in a program aimed to help students develop and train their skills and abilities in athletics. Our focus is the development of the fundamental skills of running, jumping, and throwing which are transferable to the specific athletic events. Along with providing students the opportunity to learn technique and skill. Students are to meet in the Nazareth Pavilion at the beginning of the lesson. 

Year 10, 11, 12 Sport, Wednesday Period 5 & 6

The CISSA competition and Sport/ Activities will be continuing for the remainder of the term 2. 

CISSA: St Mary’s will be competing against Trinity Bay on Wednesday 10th May in the CISSA competition. Students are reminded to bring all necessary playing equipment. 

Student expectations: 

No mobile phones during Sport: This includes all sport groups travelling offsite and CISSA teams. Failure to meet this expectation will result in a detention. 

Expectations for students with regards to organisation: 

• Read the Notices located on the Student Portal each school day.  
• Bring their water bottle and hat to every Sport lesson. Failure to bring a hat will result in a lunch time detention. If your sport is a fitness-based activity, you will need to bring a towel. 

Expectations for students with regards to behaviour and engagement: 

• Participate in the Sport/ Activity to the best of their ability.
• Represent our College well when travelling off site. 
• Demonstrate respectful and appreciative behaviour towards any outside provider facilitating a program along with a St Mary’s staff member.  

Please note: Our Sport program involves some groups travelling offsite therefore please avoid making appointments during Tuesday and Wednesday sport.  

Extracurricular Sporting – Term 2

Rugby League: Year 11/12 Boys lead the way with a win!

The St Mary’s Year 9/10 Rugby League team played their first game against Cairns State High school on Wednesday. The team showed potential for the season and put in a great performance given our side had only 13 players. Our Rugby League coach, Mr Lee Slatcher stated, 

“Our Year 9/10 team has a strong core of players who show great potential. We just need a few more boys to fill our side to help us succeed. We have a real chance with this group.” 

If there are any year 9 or 10 boys who would like to become a part of our Rugby League program and join our Year 9/10 team, please see or email Mr Slatcher, lslatcher1@cns.catholic.edu.au

The St Mary’s Year 11/12 Rugby League team won their game against Cairns State High school on Wednesday. It was excellent to see the formations that the team has worked on during training sessions be executed in game situations. Congratulations on the win! 

St Mary’s will be playing Bentley Park College on Wednesday 10th May at St Mary’s. We look forward to seeing you there to support our Rugby League teams. 

Club Netball: SMCC White Snatch Their First Win!

The St Mary’s U14 netball team played their season opener against South Cairns Cutters on Tuesday night. It was an evenly matched game with the lead swinging between the two teams throughout the game. An impressive full court defence held Cutters back from scoring in the dying minutes of the game, securing a 1-point win to St Mary’s. Congratulations on the win!

St Mary’s play North Cairns Tigers next Tuesday 9th May at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there to support our Netball team. 

U15 Boys Bill Turner Soccer Competition

The St Mary’s U15 Boys Bill Turner Soccer team first game is scheduled for Week 5. St Mary’s will be competing against MacKillop. We wish our students all the very best in their upcoming game.  We look forward to seeing you there to support our Soccer team.     

Extracurricular Sporting Opportunities 

NQ All Schools Touch Football Tour – Trial & Trainings

Trials to be held on Monday afternoons of Week 2 and 4 from 3:45pm to 5pm on the College Oval.  All interested students (Years 7 to 12) are invited to attend both sessions with teams being announced after Week 4’s session. Those selected will be notified and expected to attend weekly training sessions on Monday afternoons at the College (full training schedule available on the Notice Boards outside Student Reception and the HPE Staffroom).  

Please see or email Miss Lo Grande for more information (blogrande@cns.catholic.edu.au)

TCS & Peninsula Paperwork Process

1. Go to the TCS Sport tile in the Student Portal
    
2. In the ‘Key Paperwork’ section print the ‘Notice of Trial’ information for your sport trial. These will be uploaded as soon as we receive them. If it is not there for your trial, check again soon or see the sport staff in the HOB staffroom.
    
3. Complete the ‘Peninsula Student Permission Details Booklet’ immediately and bring it to the HPE staffroom for signing – paperwork needs to be submitted AT LEAST one week prior to the trial date. If it comes in later than this, we cannot guarantee that students will get it back in time for the trial which can result in them not being allowed to participate.

Students then need to report back to the HPE staffroom within 2 days to collect their signed paperwork and take the Peninsula Student Details Booklet with them to the trial. 

Sport Coordinator Availability to support students in TCS & Peninsula Paperwork processes: 

8:10am – 8:25am: Tuesday – Friday

Second half of Second Lunch: Monday – Friday 

3:15pm – 3:30pm: Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Kind regards

Leiana Glenwright

Sport Coordinator 

lglenwrigh@cns.catholic.edu.au