Sports Corner

School Sport

It was wonderful to see school sport up and running on Wednesdays and Thursdays again. With strict social distancing and hygiene processes, the students who venture off campus are involved in a wide range of sports including Tennis, Beach games, Ten pin bowling, Archery and Gymnastics this term. Some of the students on-campus are lucky enough to receive expert coaching across 3 sports - Rugby League, Cricket and Volleyball. Development Officers are leading our students through skills and drills to further develop their game play this term. All students look to be enjoying their sessions and are no doubt looking forward to pitting their skills against other schools next term.

Please note due to Covid-19, there have been changes to Year 7 and 8 sport allocation for Term 3. Some are now participating in off-campus activities such as Beach Games and Fishing instead of Golf and Aquatics as indicated on the permission note sent home at the start of the year. If you have any concerns about your child undertaking these new activities in place of the old for this term, please email the school.  

College Athletics Carnival

Unfortunately after much deliberation, we had to cancel this year’s College Athletics Carnival. A number of issues became problematic including the fact that the stadium was unable to accommodate us and we had no alternative venue.  We considered holding the carnival at the College  and considered a variety of  options. In the end, however, we were unable  to ensure the level of safety, equity, and viability across the many elements that an event like this requires. With advice including Government directives and legislation, those of the CSNSW Sport and CSO Lismore, we had no other choice than to cancel. We understand many students and families were disappointed by this decision, however, this decision was not made lightly.    

Diocesan Sport

Once again, this is a reminder that the following Diocesan sports have been cancelled this term:

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

Decisions regarding Diocesan sport in Term 4 have yet to be confirmed. 

Representative News

Zara Temesi (Year 9) competed in the NSW Cadet (U17) fencing championships over the school holidays and was once again outstanding, finishing second in the state! Congratulations Zara on this wonderful result!

Coming up

9/10 Sport Selection Process

Week 4 - 9 & 10 Sports for Term 4 released to students

Week 5 - Students select sport online

Week 6 - Payment and permission form notes are sent home

Week 8 - All permission notes and money is to be returned by the end of the week.

Week 9 - Sport for Term 4 confirmed - no changes to be made after this week.

Danielle McAra
Leader of Learning - Sport