Director of Sport & Co-curricular Activities

The later part of 2022 has seen an increase in those signing up to play sport for the College which has been very pleasing. We have had a record number of students register to represent the College at CGSSSA and higher, while our SSC Volleyball and Basketball invitational at Santa has gone from strength to strength.

The following highlights show that students are returning and achieving great results both in the representative level as well as in the IGSA and IPSHA competitions.

Term 4 Invitational Volleyball/Basketball

This year a record number of teams have been entered into these competitions which includes 150 Volleyball teams and 45 basketball teams making it one of the biggest sporting competitions of any private school in Sydney. Each Saturday hundreds of students and their parents from schools across Sydney come to Santa to compete for their school and challenge our girls in these sports. All our community members are very welcome to come along and watch our students compete.

IGSA / IPSHSA

Term 4 has also seen our primary boys compete in Basketball in the IPSHA competition, our primary and Gioia house girls compete in Basketball and Tennis, and our senior girls compete in Touch Football, Waterpolo and Tennis in the IGSA competition.

Primary Swimming Carnival

Last week students from our Primary and Gioia House campuses bussed it down to Ashfield Aquatic Centre to compete and take part in the Primary swimming carnival. The carnival provided for students to compete and show their skills while at the same time it allowed for all students to enjoy and take part in the novelty events scheduled throughout the day. Thank you to Mr Ryan Dunlop for the work in preparing this carnival, to Ms Joanne Giannini and Mrs Stella Azizian and their staff for supporting the students and involving themselves in the activities. We look forward to the Primary and Gioia House students joining the senior students in a whole of College swimming carnival late in February 2023.

Last weekend 39 students ventured out on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Adventurous Journey and a special thanks to Brittany Pointing and Chris Walker for leading this camp. By all accounts it was a very successful weekend for all involved.

Term 1 2023

Registrations have been out for several weeks for any student who is interested in playing a sport in in term 1 2023. While registrations have closed there is still an opportunity to register to play a sport in Term 1 for a few sports, and this will be your final opportunity to register to play in Term 1. Please refer to the registration page in this VV publication.

George Ayoub
Director of Sport & Co-curricular Activities