Sport

Sports Corner

Triathlon
Five students represented the College in the Individual NSW All Schools Triathlon event in Sydney on 26 February. Under extreme heat conditions and events having to be restarted our students performed exceptionally well. Our top finishers were Cooper Marle who finished 4th in CCC, Lachlan Marle 10th, Molly Irving 13th and Tom Ylinen 14th in their respective divisions. Cooper, Lachlan and Thomas backed up the following day to compete in the Team event, finishing a very credible 7th in CCC. A massive thank you to Mr Kurt Marle who organised and accompanied the team to Sydney.

Diocesan Touch Football Trials
10 of our students attended the trials in Coffs Harbour on 3rd March. Of those students, Ruby Flanders was successful in her selection in the U15 Girls Touch team, while sister India was chosen as a shadow player for the Open Girls team. This is an outstanding result as both are at the bottom of their respective age groups playing against students up to two years older. Congratulations to all students who attended.

Diocesan Swimming Championships
With a number of last minute withdrawals, 22 students ended up travelling to Lismore on 5th March to represent SJPC at the Lismore Diocese Swimming Championships. Many personal bests and CCC qualifying swims were achieved throughout the day by our dedicated and well behaved students. Highlights include the Junior and Intermediate girls 4 x 50m Freestyle relay teams qualifying to represent the Diocese as well as outstanding individual performances from Alexis French, Riley Andrews, Alexander Main, Jacob Pratt and Maddison O’Leary to also gain qualification to CCC. To top an awesome day off, Riley Andrews was named Diocesan 14 years Girls Age Champion, Alexander Main Diocesan 12 year Boys Champion.
A massive thank you to our amazing coach (and parent), Mrs Kim Roach, and manager extraordinaire, Mrs Debbie Kimber for the time and effort given to our team. This was a hugely successful carnival with half of the team qualifying to represent Lismore Diocese in Sydney later in the month!

CCC Tennis
Once again, Connor Hennessy (Year 10) has been selected to trial for the CCC Open Tennis team. We wish him well.

School Representative Team Selection Process
Sign up for all school representative teams will occur at the Palace unless otherwise indicated. A notice is placed in the Daily Notices to sign up and students are given a minimum of a week to do so. Once sign up closes, the team list is given to the coach who then conducts trials. Again, notification of the trials is given via the Daily Notices. A minimum of two trials occur before a team is selected. Upon selection, teams are given a permission note which provides all details of the sporting event and a costing. Money and the permission note must be in by the due date. If this does not occur and not enough team members have paid, the team will be withdrawn from the event. Every student selected must attend a minimum of 3 training sessions to be eligible to participate in the event. Any queries about the trials, training times or the event should be directed to the team coach. A list of coaches is attached and is accurate at the time of printing. Should any changes be made, students will be notified via the Daily Notices.

Cross Country
On Wednesday 8 April we will be holding our Junior Cross Country carnival during periods 5 and 6 Sport time. Students in Year 7 and 8 will attend school as normal in their sport uniform and are asked to change into a plain house coloured t-shirt at the end of lunch to run in. These shirts will be used again for the College Athletics carnival in Term 2.
There will be sun screen and water stations around the course. At the end of the course, students will be offered an icy pole. Parents are asked to email Hunter Flanders at hunter.flanders@lism.catholic.edu.au should you NOT GIVE PERMISSION for your child to have an icy pole. This needs to be done before Friday 3rd April. If you are happy for your child to have an icy pole, you do not need to do anything.
Students will be walked around the course during sport time prior to the day. Maps have also been posted up around the school for students to examine.
Those students outside Year 7 and 8 who would like to be considered for the SJPC Representative Cross Country team need to sign up at the Palace by Friday 20th March. Should more than six runners in any age division sign up, students will be withdrawn from class during periods 5 and 6 on Wednesday 8 April to complete the time trial.
The top six runners from each age division will be taken on to represent the Diocesan carnival in Grafton on Friday 22nd May. Permission notes will be handed out on the day and will also be located at the Palace for students to collect. All notes and monies need to be returned to the College by Friday 8 May. No late notes can be accepted.

Year 9 and 10 Term 2 Sport Selections –

Selections for Term 2 sport opened on Thursday 12 March and will close at 11am on Wednesday 18 March as per email sent to all families earlier this week. Students are able to enter the system during this time to change their selections but once the site closes, no more changes can be made. If a sport is unable to run due to limited numbers, students will be emailed and called to the Palace to make an alternative selection. Payment is due by Friday 27th March and once again, late payments and notes cannot be accepted. Any student who has not returned their note and money by this date will be allocated into an on-campus sport that has availability.

Coming up Term 1 & 2 2020 

March
16        Closing date CCC Hockey (individual -- register with NSWCCC)
17        Diocesan Tennis Championships, Tweed Heads
              Winter sports trials (Football and League), Lismore
18        Girls League Tag, Coffs Harbour
              Closing date CCC Golf (individual -- register with NSWCCC)
31        NSWCCC Swimming Championships, Homebush

April
1          Diocesan Open Soccer, Kempsey
2          Diocesan Senior Basketball Championships, Coffs Harbour
9          Potential AFL Gala day, Coffs Harbour

May
1          Secondary Schools Squash Championship, Coffs Harbour
15        Bill Turner Cup and Trophy - date round must be played by
19        Country Cup League, Coffs Harbour
26        Waratah Cup Union, Grafton

Please see attached for the listing of the 2020 SJPC Sport Representative Coaches

Danielle McAra
Leader of Learning - Sport