Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities

Last weekend we completed the second round of the Santa Sabina Volleyball/Basketball invitational competition. We were very blessed with the weather and the many hundreds of students from schools across Sydney enjoyed playing without any interruptions. Along with Volleyball, Basketball, Touch Football and Tennis at Santa Sabina, Water Polo, Basketball and Tennis at other venues to complete a full round of sport. We are crossing our fingers for the next few weeks to ensure we can get through all matches and allow our boys and girls the opportunity to compete in their sport.

Again, over the past month or so we have had students selected at representative levels in their chosen discipline. The following boys and girls can be very proud of their achievements as we are of them, so I would like to congratulate them on challenging themselves at higher honours.

Congratulations to our students who competed at the Festival of Speech at Pymble Ladies College last Friday and Saturday. A full report can be read elsewhere in this edition of Veritas Voice.

We are once again requiring from you all registrations for Term 1 sports. I realise that we are only in Week 3 of Term 4 but as I had explained in previous correspondence, we have shared with you the sports that are on offer in Term 1 and we have to meet IGSA and IPSHA registration deadlines for those sports that are on offer. Please refer to the Term 1 sports page in this VV publication to register your son or daughter for sport.

Representative opportunities this term include:

NSWCCC Waterpolo championships 26 October at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
IPSHA Gymnastics at Rooty Hill
IGSA Gymnastics 28 October
CGSSSA Aquathon at Merrylands on 2 November
CGSSSA Tennis at Parramatta on 11 November
CGSSSA Touch Football Trials 15 & 17 November
Australian Volleyball Schools Cup 3-11 December Gold Coast

Other sporting highlights include

Claudia Cicco was selected in the Australian All Schools Football team. She is now contracted with the Wellington Phoenix A league Team for 2023. This is an amazing achievement for an 18 year old. Lily Stewart (Year 10) was awarded joint 15 years age champion in Athletics, while Janice Leelapatra (Year 11) and Caitlin Brennan (Year 9) competed at the NSW All schools with Janice placing second in Pole Vault qualifying for the Australian All schools in December. Emma Wheadon (Year 11) represented NSW in the Australian Cross Country championships in Adelaide.

In Volleyball, Year 7 students Emily Morgan, Mackenzie Bedford and Violet Addabbo were selected in the NSW U14 Volleyball Team. Elizabeth Buckley (U16), Jennifer Yang (U19), and Isabella Simurina (U19), were also selected to represent NSW in their respective age groups. In addition, Isabella, Jennifer and Isabella Cook were selected to represent NSW in Beach Volleyball this year.

Faith Ata (Year 5) was selected in the Mackillop Rugby Sevens team and then selected in the NSW merit team. Honey Kim (Year 6) won the Mackillop Golf Championship qualifying her for the NSW PSSSA championships. In Water Polo, Armani Jamison and Abbie Crakanthorp were selected in teams in their respective age groups to compete at the Junior National Championships. Peter Domingo was crowned runner-up in the U12 Tennis ACT junior championships.

As you can see another packed representative calendar for our students and staff but one that is very worthwhile allowing our students to compete against other students at a higher level. I wish all our students the very best in their pursuit of medals at these events.

George Ayoub
Director of Sport and Co-curricular