Director of Sport and Co-Curricular
This long weekend will give us a great opportunity to reset and ensure we re energise towards the final sprint in Term 2.
I have only to thank firstly the College Sports Department for such a great term and the provision of great experiences in Sports and Co-curricular Activities to our students. It has been a very busy term but Santa has been displaying great performances in all areas facilitating our students to achieve in all levels. My thanks extend to the students who have been amazing in their display of the College values and our staff and parents’ community for the support and hard work to ensure it all runs smoothly.
I would like to give a big shout out to SAN03 who went all the way to Frensham to play Football and won their game 3-0 with 10 players on the pitch.
Individual students’ selections and achievements
Congratulations to Mulan Dang and Jolene Wang for coming second in the Table Tennis NSW Girls Schools Challenge Cup.
Congratulations to Danna Park for coming fifth at the NSW All Schools Swimming 50m freestyle.
Congratulations to Lucia Pappalardo for coming third in the NSW All Schools Diving Championships and qualifying for Nationals later this year.
Congratulations to Armani Jameson for making it into the NSWCCC Water Polo Team.
Congratulations to the Debating Teams who won 7-5 over St Pat’s at the Saint of Origin CSDA Round three weeks ago and the netballers who won the second round on Friday last week giving us the win of the Event in 2024. The final Volleyball round for Saint of origin is on 14 June at St Pats.
Congratulations to the girls [on the list here] who represented the College at the NSWCCC Hockey Tournament in Bathurst two weeks ago.
Congratulations to Alessandra Ronsisvale (Year 6) who has been selected to take part in the Mackillop Football teams after trials in Goulburn last week.
Athletics Carnival Results
Congratulations to all students for a marvellous day on 16 May at Olympic Park.
A massive congratulations to the students and Houses on the tables below:
| Santa Sabina College Athletics Carnival 2024 | |||||
| Age Group | Age Champion | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | ||
| 12 Years | Verona Di Santo | Sybella El-Haddad | Madison Rice | ||
| 13 Years | Mikayla Tadros | Ava Cetinic | Natalie Bechara | ||
| 14 Years | Sophie Hickey | Amariah Kakala | Scarlett Chidiac | ||
| 15 Years | Mira Nguyen | Amelie McKee | Allegra Musca | ||
| 16 Years | Lila Ferko | Lucy Cordony-Jones | Olynda Lebeau | ||
| 17 Years | Lily Stewart | Caitlin Brennan | Madryne Lebeau | ||
| 18 Years | Annika Ingwersen | Claudia Pickett | Lara Millward | ||
| Junior Athletics Champion | Sophie Hickey |
| Intermediate Athletics Champion | Mira Nguyen |
| Senior Athletics Champion | Lily Stewart |
| Overall College Athletics Champion | Lily Stewart |
| Open 100m Championship | Lily Stewart |
| Overall House Point Champions | Mundawora |
| House Spirit Award | Weelya |
Netball
Thank you to all the parents who put their hands up to volunteer for duties this past weekend. Unfortunately, the weather played havoc with our scheduled games again with only the 8:00am, 9:30am and 11:00am games proceeding.
There are no games this weekend but we are very excited about hosting Swifts players Sarah Klau, Allie Smith and Sophie Fawns on Tuesday 11 June. All Santa netballers are invited to come and grab a selfie or an autograph from 3:30-4:00pm.
The New Zealand Netball Tour Team continue their preparations and will be mentored by the Swifts players and are also playing their first friendly game on Thursday 6 June against the ERNA Metro development team.
Debating and Public Speaking
CSDA Public Speaking
Santa Sabina Public Speakers began this year with a strong start in their success and representation of the college in the CSDA Public Speaking Competition in Term 1.
The competition holds three rounds with heats, zone finals and the Grand Final. We had eleven students representing the College and are proud to present the following competitors:
Emilia Srdanovic – Grand Finalist
Julia Le
Hayley Chan – Zone Finalist
Harriet Hoogland
Davina Rajkumar – Zone Finalist
Mia Bek – Grand Finalist
Eve Ardagna – Grand Finalist
Sophia Rahme
Tanisha Chari
Zara Powter
Olivia Radford
Congratulations to Emilia Srdanovic and Eve Ardagna who made the Grand Final in their respective divisions and both finished the 2024 competition with fourth place!
Rostrum Public Speaking
Three Santa Sabina students represented the College in the Rotary Rostrum speaking competition with the Strathfield heat, hosted at the College in Term 1.
Santa Sabina Speakers included:
Mia Bek
Davina Rajkumar
Molly Hoogland
We would like to congratulate the above students for their representation of the College.
NSW Plain English Speaking Award
On Tuesday 7 May, Eve Ardagna and Remi Apostolopoulos spoke in the NSW Plain English Speaking Award.
This competition is centred around the students delivering a speech on a topic of their choosing and then having to deliver an impromptu speech with limited preparation time.
Both Eve Ardagna and Remi Apostolopoulos won their initial heat as Local Finalists and participated as Regional Finalists.
Congratulations Eve and Remi!
Archdale Debating Competition
The Independent Girls’ Schools Association (IGSA), Archdale debating competition began 21 May 2024. This is where we have eight teams competing in a speaking style different from that of CSDA.
We wish all our debaters luck in this competition.
CSDA Debating Competition
In Term 2 on a Friday evening, Santa Sabina has 12 debating teams which compete in the CSDA Debating Competition. Thus far, the students have presented great successes in the first five rounds of the competition. One in particular being the round against St Pat’s Strathfield, where the students had seven wins against the St Pat’s.
We look forward to seeing how the debaters finish off the season and wish them luck in the last upcoming round in preparation for Eliminations Rounds.
Primary Sport update
Stage 3 Soccer Championships
Congratulations to the Stage 3 Soccer team who competed at the Conference 2 Soccer Championships on Tuesday 28 May at Meadowbank Park. Coached by Mr Ramalho, the team competed strongly and finished 2nd overall in their pool. The girls will now compete at the Sydney Catholic Schools Inter-Conference play offs (Date TBC).
Primary Cross Country
Congratulations to all students who participated at the Sydney Catholic Schools Cross Country Championships on Tuesday 14 May.
A special mention to Freya Ingwersen (12 Years – first Place), Alessandra Ronsisvalle (11 Years – first Place), Charlotte McCarthy (11 Years – fourth Place) and Erin Grogan (11 Years – fifth Place) who all progressed through to the Mackillop Cross Country Championships to be held on Wednesday 5 June at Sydney International Equestrian Centre.
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities
