Sport

Welcome back to Sport at St James. This term we will be participating in the Holt District Swimming and Tennis Competitions as well as our House Athletics Carnival. 

St James Swimming Team 2023

Swimming Trials were held last Friday morning at GESAC with a great representation of potential swimmers putting up their hand to come to the trials which is pleasing to see. Some students were trying out for the first time and some for the last time. I was very proud of everyone who got up early and braved the cold to try out.   A huge thank-you to the parents who also got their children up and out of the house before 7am on a day when it was snowing in the mountains. Students selected to the team will be competing at the Holt District Swimming Carnival which will be held on Tuesday 21st February (Please note change of date) at Oakleigh Recreation Centre. Students who will be chosen to represent the team will be notified asap via Operoo. 

Holt District Tennis Competition

The Holt District tennis competition will be held this Friday the 10th February with 4 students representing St James at this event. Best wishes to Kristian K, Jackson C, Katie Z and Ava N. 

Holt District Sport Information

As always at this time of the year I think it is worthwhile giving families some information about how sport works at St James. We are part of a district called Holt. This district is made up of 9 schools in our area who have a similar number of students. In this district we compete in tennis, swimming, soccer, netball, football, athletics, cross-country, basketball and generally cricket as well as term 2 weekly sport. The main sports are governed by School Sport Victoria(SSV). If you do well at our district level, ie win team events or come first or second in individual events you are asked to then go on to represent the Holt district at the Beachside division level. At this level you will be competing against representatives from other districts. If you are successful at Beachside competitions, winning individual or team events you will go through to Regionals and then if successful States. 

Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country are all run in age groups. 9/10, 11, 12/13. Your age is taken from the 31st December of the year of competition. For the team events we usually only offer places to the year 5 and 6 students. Except for basketball which we offer to year 3,4,5 and 6 students. Occasionally we will trial Year 4 students to supplement teams. 

SSV Nominations 

School Sport Victoria each year holds trials for students who are highly skilled competitors in their chosen sport to trial to be a part of Team Vic. This is a highly prestigious and sort after honour by many athletes. If you feel that your son/daughter may be eligible to trial for a Team Vic sport please talk with your child’s coach. Please use the following link to assist you with further information in regards to eligibility, nomination process and dates of trials. https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic

Looking forward to hopefully a full year of sport at St James.

Mrs Georgia McNamara

Sport Co-Ordinator/Senior Physical Education Teacher