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As a school we are trying to reduce our carbon footprint and are going paperless for sports notes this year. All sporting events will be sent out via Compass and parents will notify of their child's interest via the Events link in Compass. There is no need to print off notes and send them in as their interest is automatically recorded. Their selection of events for the swimming and athletics carnivals are also done using Compass. When a registration fee is required for a Diocesan sport e.g. Winter trials, Compass Pay will be available for this. Please contact the office staff if you are having difficulties accessing Compass.
2022 DATES FOR THE CALENDAR
Friday 18th February 2022 - St Nicholas Swimming Carnival
Thursday 24th February 2022 - Diocesan Swimming Carnival (Gunnedah)
Friday 11th March 2022 - Diocesan Touch Football trials (Tamworth)
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 - Polding Swimming Carnival (SOPAC)
Friday 25th March 2022 - Diocesan Winter trials - rugby league, netball, hockey and soccer (Armidale)
Thursday 7th April 2022 - St Nicholas Cross Country
Friday 1st July 2022 - St Nicholas Athletics Carnival
Friday 12th August - Diocesan Athletics Carnival (Tamworth)
ADPSC CALENDAR FOR 2022
Please find the link to the ADPSC Calendar for 2022. Please note that dates may change throughout the year.
DIOCESAN BASKETBALL AND TENNIS TRIALS
Well done to the following children who have gained a place in the Armidale Diocesan Basketball team to compete at the Polding trials on Friday February 25th in Tamworth - Thomas McMullen, Jackson Brooks, Molly Stokeld, Anna Barwick, Bronte Rankmore, Scarlett Connor and Sara Belfield.
Well done to the following children who have gained a place in the Armidale Diocesan Tennis squad to compete at the Polding trials on Friday February 25th in Tamworth - Max Judd, Hugh Mitchell and Myles Manning.
ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL 2022 SWIMMING CARNIVAL
The first event on our sporting calendar is the Swimming Carnival which will be held at City Pool tomorrow, Friday 18 February 2022. We would ask that all students be at City Pool by 8:30am so that we can start the Carnival at 9:00am sharp. Please note that only students turning 8 this year and older will be participating in the Carnival. Kinder and Year 1 students will be remaining at school. Children in Year 2 who are turning 7 this year will be able to compete but will not be eligible for selection in the Diocesan team.
At our School Swimming Carnival each year we split the students up into three (3) groups:
- Confident 50m swimmers
- 25m swimmers
- Non-swimmers
Non-swimmers are only to compete in the novelty events and are not allowed to swim in a 50m or 25m race. If a student is swimming in a 50m race they cannot swim in the 25m race in the same stroke.
Upon arrival at the swimming carnival students who are non-swimmers MUST wear a wrist band which will be issued by a teacher as they enter the pool.
Students will need to get their name marked off by their grade supervising teacher once they enter the pool and again before they leave in the afternoon. If students are not getting collected at the pool by their parent or guardian, they need to email their class teacher prior to the day giving consent.
Please note that all children are expected to make their own way to and from the carnival. There will be a bus bringing children back to school for Esteem after school care or if you are unable to collect your child from the pool. You must contact the office to book a spot on the bus for your child.
There will be a canteen in operation but the children will only be allowed to visit once as they can only go up in year groups. THERE WILL BE NO SAUSAGE SIZZLE. Students are encouraged to bring their own recess, lunch and plenty of water to drink.
St Nicholas Swimming Carnival 2022 - ORDER OF EVENTS
8:30am Children arrive and have names marked off by allocated Grade teacher
8:45 am Timekeepers meeting
8:55 am Prayer / Expectations of the day
9.00am 100M Freestyle
25m Freestyle / Novelty Events
50M Freestyle
25M Breaststroke / Novelty Events
50M Breaststroke
25M Backstroke / Novelty Events
50M Backstroke
25M Butterfly
50M Butterfly
Junior 200M IM Medley (8,9 & 10 years)
Senior 200M IM Medley (11,12 and 13 years)
Relays
2.30pm (approx) Presentation
St Nicholas Swimming Records as of 21/2/2021
| EVENT | NAME | TIME | YEAR |
| 100m Freestyle |
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Junior Girls Junior Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys Senior Girls Senior Boys | Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Tilani Smith William Burnett Melanie O’Shea Jack Mitchell | 1.19.43 1.20.45 1.14.85 1.15.16 1.07.90 1.11.00 | 2018 2020 2019 2014 1988 2020 |
| 50m Freestyle |
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8 years Girls 8 years Boys 9 years Girls 9 years Boys 10 years Girls 10 years Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys 12 years Girls 12 years Boys 13 years Girls 13 years Boys | Tilani Smith David Edgecock Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Melanie O’Shea Hugh Mitchell Melanie O’Shea William Burnett Eloise Turner Jack Mitchell Indianna Brazier Chris Newman | 41.94 44.90 39.31 39.47 35.78 35.35 33.06 33.00 32.71 32.53 49.22 40.12 | 2016 1986 2017 2019 1986 2020 1987 2014 2014 2020 2020 1987 |
| 50m Breaststroke |
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Junior Girls Junior Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys Senior Girls Senior Boys | Melanie O’Shea Matthew McCulloch Erika Forrest Michael Zucker Melanie O’Shea Michael Zucker | 47.94 50.33 45.00 45.40 40.75 42.44 | 1986 1993 1999 1997 1988 1998 |
| 50m Backstroke |
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Junior Girls Junior Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys Senior Girls Senior Boys | Tilani Smith Xavier Parris Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Melanie O’Shea Mark Atkinson | 43.27 44.90 40.27 41.41 37.47 37.77 | 2018 2021 2019 2021 1988 2000 |
| 50m Butterfly |
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Junior Girls Junior Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys Senior Girls Senior Boys | Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Melanie O’Shea Matthew Lloyd | 39.91 42.66 37.57 40.25 34.65 38.06 | 2018 2020 2019 2021 1988 1987 |
| Open Individual Medley |
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Junior Girls Junior Boys 11 years Girls 11 years Boys Open Girls Open Boys | Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Tilani Smith Hugh Mitchell Eloise Turner Angus Leslie | 3.14.84 3.28.44 3.04.29 3.13.54 3.11.27 3.05.00 | 2018 2020 2019 2021 2014 2002 |
BASKETBALL
Teams have been formed and Mrs Tyrrell sent home a team code for you to register online. Please make sure that you have done this before games commence.
If your child is in Kinder, Year 1 or Year 2 please register for Aussie Hoops (modified basketball) by clicking on the following link. The school does not organise teams for this as it is a skills based program run by Basketball Australia.
FUTSAL
Unfortunately there has not been enough interest in Futsal from other schools / clubs to form a competition. Hopefully this will go ahead in Term 4.
HOCKEY
Year 2 and Year 4 have been putting their hockey skills to the test this week whilst undertaking a hockey skills clinic with Northern Inland Regional Participation Coordinator Greg Doolan and Tamworth Hockey Administration Officer Julie Rodda. These clinics for Year 2 and Year 4 will run for the next six weeks. Thank you to Mrs Tyrrell for obtaining a sports grant for the school to purchase a set of hockey sticks.
Tamworth Hockey Association are running a 5-week Primary Schools competition commencing on Monday 28 February 2022. The competition will be based on fun and development and there is no cost to participants. Games will be from 4:00-6:00pm. Please reply using Compass with your consent so Mrs Tyrrell can put you in a team.
GOALBALL
SOCCER
