Sports Corner
Australian Women’s Golf Classic
On Friday 14 March, 8 students from the SJPC Golf team were given the opportunity to attend the golf event at the Coffs Harbour Golf course, where a field of 132 players, which included 80 international players, competed. As part of the experience, NSW Golf provided our students with a private lesson from a golf professional before having the chance to follow the golfers and watch the National and International talent on show. What an amazing experience for our up and coming golfers.
Congratulations
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent the College in their chosen sports.
NSWCCC Golf - Ashton Herbert (Year 12)
NSWCCC Tennis - Madison Jones (Year 12)
Diocesan Touch Football
Adelaide Keating (Year 10), Tazmyn White (Year 9), Hannah Burton (Year 8), Harlow Smith (Year 8) and Tillie Reibelt (Year 7). Congratulations also to Ashton Lockyer (Year 9) who was selected as a reserve for the team.
Thredbo Mountain Bike Event
Congratulations to the 6 students who competed at the Thredbo Mountain Bike event last week. There are 361 students from 291 schools competing. Congratulations to Year 9 students Harvey Wilhelm, Lachlan Bull, Brock Conroy, Riva Casson and Year 10 students Archie Cole and Tobey Johnston. Please see the article below from Dionne Arthur.
Last week, 6 students competed in three events across 4 days at the biggest mountain biking event there is for school students in Australia, the 2025 Australian Mountain Biking Interschools at Thredbo, there were over 1000 competitors from schools far and wide.
Year 9 students Lachlan, Riva, Brock and Harvey and Year 10 students Archie and Tobey proudly represented St John Paul College.
The boys competed in Downhill, Flow and All-Mountain in Division 2 (Years 9 and 10), by far the biggest and most competitive cohort with over 350 riders in their division.
There were plenty of thrills and spills and even blown shocks, a reflection of the tough and trying nature of the Thredbo terrain. Overall, as a school, we placed 58th out of 291 schools for the event, a remarkable effort against some very large school groups, many that run specialised mountain biking programs.
Dionne Arthur
Parent
Coming Up - Term 1 2025
Term 1, 2025 |
| Thursday 20 March |
Diocesan Open Basketball Championships, Coffs Harbour |
| Wednesday 26 March |
NSW Netball Schools Cup Rd 1, Coffs |
| Wednesday 2 April |
AFL Senior Schools Cup, Coffs |
| Friday 4 April |
Diocesan Netball Individual Trials, Coffs * |
| Wednesday 9 April |
SJPC Cross Country |
Term 2, 2025 |
| Thursday 8 May | NSW All Schools Touch, Port Macquarie |
| Wednesday 14 May | Diocesan Tennis, Lismore |
| Friday 16 May |
Diocesan Cross Country, Grafton |
* events require students to sign up directly on the Diocesan Sport website
Leader of Sport