Sports Corner

AFL Juniors

Our junior team took to the field to contest the NSW Junior Schools Cup in AFL on Wednesday 11 June. Both teams were dominant from the start, winning all games comfortably. The highlight for the girls was defeating BDC for the first time in the tournament's history, 50 - 0. Both teams now progress as Coffs Region champions to the next round against the Port Region champions in Term 3.

Link to full AFL report by Kurt Marle - Coach

Open League

Our Open League team travelled to Port Macquarie to contest both the NSWCCC (Phil Tobin Cup) and NSW Schools Cup tournament on Wednesday 11 June. The boys showed great spirit and determination and held their own against all the opponents. While they will not progress in either tournament, they are to be congratulated for their passion and commitment to training. Thank you to Will Gregson and Kris Kent for coaching the boys.

Diocesan Open Football

On Thursday 12 June the Southern Diocesan Open Football Championships was contested in Coffs Harbour. Both our boys and girls teams played consistently high levels of football throughout the day, dominating the competition. Both coaches had nothing but praise for their teams. Of the girls tournament, coach Meg Pittman said, “What a brilliant day for our Open girls' football team, who went undefeated to become the Lismore Diocese South Champions! Their teamwork, determination and skills were on full display, with every player giving it their all, and the results speak for themselves. Congratulations to our girls for this fantastic achievement!” Likewise, the boys performance was outstanding, clinical and consistent, with coach Louis Van Dartel simply stating, “undefeated champions!” 

Congratulations to both teams and coaching staff on a brilliant performance. Both teams now play the Northern Diocesan champions at the Synthetics on Wednesday 25 June to win the right to play the Armidale Diocese champions.

Fast 5

Our senior students participated in the annual NSW Fast 5 Netball Tournament in Port Macquarie on Friday 13 June. The day is a highly popular one for our senior students, many who participate in this tournament as their last College representative honours. All 5 teams performed admirably, enjoying the competition and challenge. Thank you to the staff who accompanied the teams, Alana Johnson and Matt Hiddlestone and to our officiating students Mia Hutchings-Dillow, Matilda Newton, Amelia Harrington and Molly Biddle.

Mountain Bike Tournament

Our SJPC Mountain Bike team took to the forest near Bonny Hills on Friday 13 June to contest the Jolly Nose MTB trails. Please see Nick Burke’s article for full details of the event. Congratulations to all our riders and to the staff, Nick Burke and Brad Poidevan who accompanied the riders.

Bill Turner Cup

Round 4 of the Bill Turner tournament saw boys compete in a tough battle against Bishop Druitt College. With a sea-sawing game of possession, neither team was able to goal in normal time, sending the game into overtime. It was during this period our boys were able to secure a 1 - 0 victory sending them into Round 6 and the quarter finals. 

13s Schools Cup League

Our U13s Rugby League team played in the Schools Country Cup challenge at Geoff King Motors on Tuesday 17 June and represented the college with skill, strength, and integrity. The boys played Grafton High School in Round 1 and held their own, finishing with a 12-all draw. Round 2 saw them come up against Jetty High School with a powerful performance and a 46-6 win, moving them comfortably into Round 3, which again saw another magnificent performance against Woolgoolga High School, winning 34-6. 

Thanks to their consistent efforts and exceptional teamwork, the boys will now progress to the Regional Final in Term 3.

Congratulations

• Charlie Oates (Year 11) and Harper Landrigan (Year 10) were selected for the NSW Country Union teams in 18s and 16s respectively. 

Charlie Oates

Harper Landrigan

• Kira Juffermans who represented the NSWCCC 18s basketball team at the NSW Tri Series event in Sydney on Thursday 19 June was selected in the NSW All Schools basketball team. This is on the back of returning from the Nike Asia tournament in China to play CCC Open Basketball with the SJPC team before attending this tournament. Well done, Kira!

• On 6 June, Arlo Dent, as a representative of CCC Hockey, trialled for the NSW All Schools team. At this same event, his sister, Harper Dent was a NSWCCC official who umpired the games. Congratulations to both Dents!

Athletics carnival

On Friday 27 June, we will be holding our College Athletics carnival. This is a compulsory school event and we require parental acknowledgement via Compass to take the students off campus. Please ensure the Compass event is approved ASAP.

Information regarding the carnival and the progression can be found in the attachment.

Term 3 Sport - Year 9 and 10

Families are reminded that payment for Term 3 sport closes on Tuesday 1 July. Any family who needs assistance with payment deadlines needs to contact the College finance office before 1 July to organise an extension. Otherwise, any student who has not had sport payment and consent provided by 1 July will be removed from their selected sport.