Sports Corner

As always, days like these can not run without the generosity and energy of staff members. Thank you to Tanya Slaviero, Hunter Flanders, Kris Kent and Rod Abbotts in particular who gave their time to ensure the days ran smoothly. Thank you also to all the A week sport staff, Trish Stocks and Mrs Furey’s Year 10 PASS class who helped in various ways to ensure all students were safe and able to participate.

College Athletics Carnival

Many of you would have noted that the College Athletics Carnival has been tentatively moved to Thursday 30 July, Week 2 of Term 3. Whilst we are waiting on the Stadium for confirmation of numbers, government requirements and Covid-19 safety plan for carnivals, we are pushing ahead with fingers crossed. As such, we will be running the High Jump at the College carnival which is different from past years. We are calling on those students who are competitive and skilled in High Jump to nominate by registering at the Palace by the end of term. Those who perform the Fosby Flop technique will need to collect a permission note and return it by the end of the term to the Palace. Due to scheduling restrictions, it is possible that not all students nominating for High Jump will be chosen to compete on the day. No late nominations will be accepted and none will occur on the day.

Should the carnival go ahead, the schedule for the day along with a list of restrictions and expectations will be published in the next newsletter.

Representative Sport

The CCC has put an update on their website regarding the most recent cancellations. Among this new group are the pathway sports of CCC Athletics and Junior Basketball which are now cancelled. As a result, the following Term 3 Diocesan sporting events have also been cancelled:

• Diocesan Athletics 
• Diocesan Touch Football
• Diocesan Junior Basketball
• Diocesan Netball

Please check the CSNSW website for more information - CSNSW Sport

Year 9 and 10 Term 3 Sport

A number of sport notes and payment are still outstanding. Those students who have not returned their notes and payment will be moved out of their selected sport.

Olympic Change-Maker Award

The well respected Pierre de Coubertin Award has been replaced by the ‘Olympic Change-Maker Award’. Due to the changed nature of the criteria of this award, students in Year 10, 11 or 12 who wish to be considered for it are required to self-nominate to Mrs McAra by the end of Term 2. You will be required to inform Mrs McAra if you would like to be considered for the award and then will be shortlisted. One student will then be put forward from our College for the Award and will be required to complete the 150 word essay or video.

Details for this are as follow:

Nomination Guidelines

Eligibility

The student must demonstrate attributes consistent with the Olympic spirit (friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence) both on and off the playing field. The student must be:

• actively demonstrating leadership in their sport through their school or local community;

and/or

• using sport as a vehicle to improve health and well-being and drive social change in their school or local community.

Nominations

You are able to nominate for this award by either or both:

1. Writing 150 words or less

and/or

1. Composing a 1 minute (or less) video

Nominations will be assessed based on the students’ ability to demonstrate:

• Leadership
• Social Impact
• Innovation

The successful student will be invited to attend a Virtual Forum to be held in September 2020. The forum will provide Change-Makers the unique opportunity to connect with like-minded young people, learn from Olympians and experience the Olympic spirit first-hand. 

PLEASE NOTE: due to many sports (and thus coaching and leadership opportunities) stopping this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, feel free to draw on your experiences from 2019 or 2018.

Further details are available at: Australian Olympic Change Maker

Coming up

3 July Closing date for Olympic Change Maker Award

3 July nominations to College Fosby Flop permission notes due

30 July Proposed College Athletics Carnival