Sport

Sports Corner 

As you would all know, Sport for the remainder of Term 1, both internal and external, has been cancelled.
At this stage, the College Cross Country run scheduled for Week 10 has been postponed until further notice.

Representative Sport
If you are a competitive athlete and have signed up for CCC or Diocesan trials, please check the CSNSW Sport website regularly for updates. At this stage, no representative sport is scheduled for Term 2 but of course, this will be reviewed with each new update from the Government, CCC, Diocesan and school officials. This is the same for school teams chosen or where students have signed up to trial. Everything is either on hold or cancelled at this point in time.

For up to date announcements about representative sport please go to:

CCC Sport - https://csnsw.sport/news/events-suspended

Schoolsport Australia -http://www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au/blog/2020/03/23/ssa-announces-cancellation-of-2020-championships/ 

Year 9/10 Internal Sport
No decisions have been made about Term 2 Sport, however, students are still expected to send in their notes. No payment will be taken at this stage. This will allow us to start up sport again immediately at any stage through Term 2 or 3. Those students who have not yet handed in their note, please do so ASAP by emailing your completed note to the College.

Year 7/8 Internal Sport
The Year 8 Girls, who are almost through their OSSA, will have the chance to complete the award in Week 1 and 2 of Term 4 when the boys are completing their theory and swim time trials, so no one will be disadvantaged. 

Year 7, who would normally get to do Aquatics, Tennis and Golf in Term 2, will still have these opportunities, only later in the year.

Payments and Reimbursements
Decisions and actions around reimbursement/school credit are still unfolding. As you can appreciate, any action taken will be extensive and complicated and your patience and understanding in this matter are appreciated. Any information will be communicated to you once it comes to hand.
For payments made directly to the Diocese or CCC, please see their website for up to date information.

Physical Fitness
Over the coming weeks and months, students are encouraged to stay active. This will help with concentration levels, help maintain sporting skills and of course the health benefits are numerous. 30min - 60min of heart raising intensity is encouraged at least 5 days per week. Variety such as undertaking a bike ride, run/walk, circuit, strength and conditioning session, yoga and activities like dance fit are all very beneficial, relatively easy to access and can help keep motivation levels high.
High-level athletes are encouraged to maintain not only base fitness, but a high level of skill practice - agility and power training, along with technique work (such as ball skills, hitting technique) and continued skill development is vital to stay on top of your game.

Good News Story
In a time of little sport, it gives me great joy to be able to congratulate Zara Temesi. She competed in the 2020 Modern Pentathlon National Championships in Brisbane in early March and finished 2nd in her age group (U17). This is even more impressive as Zara is a Year 9 student, and still only 14 years of age! Congratulations, Zara.

Thank you
Thank you to those coaches, staff and parents who have undertaken training and trials with a many of our teams but have not yet had the chance to compete. Also a big thank you to our Internal Sport staff who have adapted amazingly well to continued change week in, week out recently, and who have still been able to provide our students with engaging and challenging sporting opportunities.

Danielle McAra
Leader of Learning - Sport