Director of Sport and Co-curricular

Our Inaugural Co-curricular Awards Night was on Friday 15 November.

Changing the College Awards System to include most Co-curricular Activities and introducing the awards progression (in colours: white, red, black and platinum) was a bold move and promoted the recognition of the students who actually engage in Sport and Co-curricular Activities at the same time that we nurtured those who achieve high in their chosen area in the School or External Pathways.

The video on the link here shows a snippet of a very successful night and for that to happen I would love to thank my incredible team in the office (Ms Danielle Larkin, Ms Joanne Gocher, Ms Kiri Bowcock, Ms Rachael Simmons and Mr Lewis Jupp) as well as the College Leadership, specifically Ms Paulina Skerman and Mr John Gilmore and finally the two Guest Speakers, Lizzie Welborn, professional surfer and ironwoman, founder of the Kamana Community and Olivia Porter, professional cricketer, Santa Sabina College ex-student, Class of 2019.

Representative and Saturday Sport and Co-curricular Activities

I would like to congratulate the students in the list below who represented the College at the CGSSSA Touch Football Tournament on Wednesday, 20 November at Blackman Park:

Faith Ata, Year 7
Noelle Elias, Year 7
Emma Elphick, Year 7
Jade Dominis, Year 8
Valentina Gibson, Year 8
Chelsea McIntosh, Year 8
Francesca Placanica, Year 8
Olympia Russo, Year 8
Layla Antico, Year 8
Scarlett Chidiac, Year 8
Catherine Sialepis, Year 8
Mikayla Tadros, Year 8
Amariah Kakala, Year 9
Sienna Di Santo, Year 9
Amelie McKee, Year 9
Alexandra Algie, Year 11
Chloe Bowden, Year 11
Cecilia Cicco, Year 11
Emily Gilmore, Year 11
Alexia Mavraidis, Year 11
Sienna Touma, Year 11
Zoe Gibson, Year 11
Miela Ociello, Year 11

CGSSSA Tennis on 15 November

Santa Sabina Tennis won the CGSSSA Tennis Tournament in Parramatta!

They remained undefeated all day, overcoming a strong challenge from Monte, the team will now go on to represent CGSSSA at the NSWCCC tournament in Bathurst mid 2025!

Congratulations to all players who competed, and the New CGSSSA Rep team of 2024!

Elyssa Jeitani
Holly Cupples
Ashley Duigenan
Olivia Wu

CGSSSA Junior Doubles event 3rd place

Lucinda Oong, Lucia Winters

IGSA Gymnastics Championships – Friday 1 November – Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre, Rooty Hill

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) Results

Level 5
Verona Di Santo placed 1st on bars and vault
Isla The placed 2nd on bars and vault.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Pre-Junior
Chloe Lai placed 1st in Hoop, Ball and Freehand
Ariadna Diaz place 2nd in Hoop and Freehand, 3rd in Ball

IPSHA Gymnastics – 31 October – Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre, Rooty Hill

Congratulations to our Level 4 Division 3 Team for their win in their division:
Deanna Deligiannis
Elayna Yung
Madalena Khoury

Debating and Public Speaking – IGSA Festival of Speech

Great results in this year’s Independent Girls’ Schools Association Festival of Speech Competition. Santa Sabina ranked 10th overall (16th last year) and the following students placed in their sections:

Eve Ardagna, Senior Public Speaking, 3rd
Davina Rajikumar, Junior Poetry, 3rd
Jessica Caristo, Junior Soapbox, 5th

Reminders:

Sports Registrations are open for Term 1 2025 until 13 December.

Co-curricular Clubs Registrations will open soon.

Expressions of Interest Forms – Term 1 2025 Events

Swimming Carnival Championships Entry Form (Needs to be completed in order for students to compete).

SSC Representative Dance Program Auditions

SSC Representative Volleyball trials

Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities

Primary Sport

Sydney Catholic Schools Stage 3 Volleyball Gala Day

On Wednesday 23 November, Year 5 and Year 6 students showcased their volleyball skills at the Sydney Catholic Schools Volleyball Gala Day. This exciting event took place at Cintra Park, Concord, promising a day filled with fun, teamwork, and friendly competition.

Well done to all students who took part in the day and we hope to see some of our Year 6 students trying out for the Santa Sabina representative Volleyball program in 2025. If you would like more information about Volleyball opportunities at the College, please contact Mr Lewis Jupp at l.jupp@ssc.nsw.edu.au

Sydney Catholic Schools Oztag Championships

On Tuesday 29 November, a team of 11 girls across Years 5 and 6 competed at the Sydney Catholic Schools Oztag Championships at Timbrell Park, Five Dock.

The team played four pool games, finishing with two wins, one draw and a loss, resulting in just missing out on the playoffs due to points differential. The girls improved with each match, showing great teamwork and skill throughout the day. The team should be commended on their effort and sportsmanship throughout the day and should be very proud of their performance.

Coming up in Term 4:

Friday 29 November – K-2 Splash and Dash Swimming Carnival

Event nomination form – NOW OPEN

Ryan Dunlop
Primary Campus PE Coordinator