2023 Sport Wrap Up
I write from the Gold Coast where our brave-hearted students are proudly representing the College at the Australian Schools Volleyball Cup. I am delighted to be writing about my first year as the Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities at Santa Sabina College. This year I believe was one to be remembered for a long time due to all the experiences the College provided to me.
I have met and facilitated Sport and Co-curricular Activities to students who are very passionate about it and are also very proud of representing the College. Students who make me feel very proud every time they enter a court or a field to embrace the College colours and the Dominican spirit.
Students who live up to the truth (Veritas) and display such passion for their sport and genuine sportsmanship. This year I have been extremely pleased with so many positive encounters also with parents and staff who makes me think every day how fortunate I am for being part of such a nurturing and generous community.
I would like to thank the whole Santa community for welcoming me to such a great College and for providing me with a great year professionally and personally. I also would like to thank my team in the Sports and Co-curricular Department: Ms Joanne Gocher, Miss Cate Crampton, Ms Rachael Simmons, Ms Kiri Bowcock, Ms Danielle Larkin and Ms Jane Sulis, without whom, our students wouldn’t be provided with lifelong memories in areas they are passionate about or have an opportunity to showcase their talent.
I wish all of our community a great Christmas and a very sporty New Year!
CGSSSA Touch Football
We had two teams (Senior and junior) participate in the CGSSSA Touch Football Gala day in Week 7. The girls all played their best in quite hot conditions. Everyone enjoyed their day and improved their Touch Football skills throughout the competition.
Congratulations to the five girls selected into the Junior and Senior extended squads:
Junior squad
Chelsea McIntosh
Kayla Chidiac
Scarlet Chidiac
Senior Squad
Raquel Caloundra
Claudia Pickett
2024 Swimming Carnival Championship Nominations
The 3-12 College Swimming Carnival will be held on 22 February in Week 4 of Term 1! If your child wishes to compete in any of the championship events please complete this form by Friday 2 February. Please be aware that all students nominating for a championship event must be able to confidently and comfortably be able to swim the strokes and distances nominated in order to participate in the championship events.
2024 Years 1-12 Representative Dance Program Expressions of Interest
Expression of interest/audition forms for the SSC Representative Dance Program are to be completed for any dancer wanting to be part of the program in 2024. Please use this Form Link to express your child’s interest. We are thrilled that we already have over 145 students auditioning for the program. We would like this program to continue to grow so would love some more of our talented dancers at the College to take part. Auditions for Years 3-12 will occur early in Term 1 2024 and information will be sent out about this before the school year commences. Years 1-2 will start the program in Week 2-3. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Dance Coordinator Bryony Williams (b.williams@ssc.nsw.edu.au).
Representative Sport Update
The 2024 Representative Sport Calendar will be available on VO soon!
Representative Team Selections
We wish Caitlin Brennan all the best this week whilst she represents NSW at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Perth! Caitlin has qualified for the U/17 400m Hurdles event after representing the College last holidays at the NSW All Schools Championships.
Australian Volleyball Schools Cup Update
On Saturday 2 December we departed from Sydney to Brisbane taking our five Volleyball Representative teams to play in the Australian Schools Volleyball Cup on the Gold Coast.
More than five thousand players from schools across the whole country are joining our students in the tournament that started on Monday 4 December and will finish on Saturday 9 December.
We made a great impact at the opening ceremony when students Isabella Simurina (Year 12) and Asha Millward (Year 7) held our College Volleyball banner (designed and executed by the Year 7 team) and on Monday 4 December our teams were proudly representing the College on the court.
The first day has seen great matches across all year groups and great wins from our Years 7 and 8 teams.
The tournament will finish on 9 December but our students are already making our whole community very proud as they have been the best sports people they can be and the quality of the Volleyball played has been outstanding.
I would like to thank all the students for being great ambassadors of the College on the Gold Coast, Mr Lewis Jupp and the coaches for mentoring our students, setting them up to succeed, Ms Natasha Kempers, Ms Joanne Gocher and Mr George Ayoub for being the College staff present supporting our students at every step of the way, and the parent community, especially the team managers, for all the hard work they have put in to ensure our students will have the best experience within the tournament.
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sports and Co-curricular Activities