Director of Sport and Co-curricular
Term 1 is coming to an end and I would like to thank the team in the Sports Office for making it such a successful term. Our Invitational Volleyball Competition had great adherence from our students (more than 20 teams) as well as many teams from schools across Sydney.
In this article you will see the many teams playing IGSA grand finals this weekend and I would like to thank Ms Bowcock for her diligence and care working on team lists, coach allocations and scheduling ensuring our students enjoy the best experience possible.
Netball is starting this weekend, when we embark on a journey in the Inner West Netball Association. Ms Gocher has put a lot of effort into selecting and grading the teams (including our representative teams training all year round) and I am sure it will be a successful season across our 27 teams.
We sadly farwell Ms Rachael Simmons who has got a promotional position close to home but before leaving she ensured that our Junior School Boys and Girls had a great term playing IPSHA Basketball and Football respectively.
I also thank Ms Larkin for holding a massive front on the back end of the department entering all data and ensuring all scheduling is done on time, facilitating student attendance and staff duty of care.
We are looking forward to seeing you all in term 2 and I wish you all a very safe and restful holiday.
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities
Representative Sport
Tildesley Shield Tennis Tournament
From 19 to 20 March our students put their hearts and souls into their singles and doubles matches at the IGSA Tildesley Shield Tennis Tournament. We finished in 20th position – ahead from last year – and the College was very proud of how our students were fighting for every single point on the court and supporting one another outside of it.
Volleyball
Congratulations to Emily Morgan, Violet Addabbo, Mackenzie Bedford, Anabel Cantali, Frankie Martin, Alexis Gittani and Jet Marin who represented NSW Phoenix at the Volleyball Australia Youth Beach Volleyball Volleyball Tournament in Queensland. Well done to Mackenzie Bedford who won Bronze in the U17 girls division.
From 28 to 30 March, Emily Morgan, Violet Addabbo, Annabel Cantali, Rebecca Sarlas, Madison Low, Mackenzie Bedford, Alexis Gittany, and Frankie Martin have represented the College in the Volleyball Australia Schools Beach Volleyball Cup in Coolangatta Beach, Queensland.
Santa has done really well, placing 16th (Madison/Mackenzie), 12th (Annabel/Rebecca), 10th (Alexis/Frankie) and winning a Bronze medal in the Year 10 Division with Emily and Violet.
All under the guidance of the College coach, Annie Mullen.
IGSA Sport
Congratulations to our Badminton and Water Polo teams that competed in the IGSA Semi Finals over the weekend. Our SAN01 Water Polo team managed an 8-2 win against Queenwood progressing through to the finals. Sadly our SAN03 Badminton did not progress after a very close match against Meriden, they should be very proud of their season making it through to the Semi Finals undefeated.
We wish the following teams competing in the IGSA Finals on Saturday 5 April the best of luck.
Tennis
SAN01, SAN03, SAN05 & SAN09
Touch Football
SAN02, SAN06 & SAN07
Water Polo
SAN01
Term 2 Hockey, Football and Basketball
Term 2 teams for Hockey, Football and Basketball have all been announced, and can be found on VO or the bulletin board outside the sports office.
Individual Students’ Achievements:
As part of the NSW Track Cycling Team, Freya Ingwersen competed in the first two days of the National Championships at Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane coming 8th nationally in the Individual Pursuit and also competing in the Sprint.
She then flew to Perth to compete in the Australian All Schools Triathlon in Rockingham WA. As one of the youngest in the field, she did brilliantly, coming 18th in the Individual Junior event in very hot conditions and 5th in the Junior Teams event as part of the NSW 1 Junior Team.
Congratulations to Violet Addabo (U18s), Cristina Uzelac (U15s) and Audrey Low (U15s) for their Selection into the NSWCCC Volleyball teams.
Primary Sport
Sydney Swimming Championships
Congratulations to the following Gioia House students who have progressed through to the Mackillop Swimming Championships to be held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Wednesday 2 April.
A special mention to the Senior relay team (Romee, Genevieve, Charlotte and Grace) who smashed their own Sydney record by 8 seconds!
Congratulations to Genevieve Lloyd-Jones who was also awarded 12 Years Girls Age Champion. Genevieve finished the day with five Gold Medals and two Silver.
Coming up in Primary Sport (Term 1 and Term 2)
TERM 1
Thursday 3 April – Primary Cross Country Trials
Friday 4 April – SCS Netball Championships Selection Trial
Wednesday 9 April – SCS Stage 2 Netball Gala Day
TERM 2
Tuesday 6 April – Sydney Catholic Schools Cross Country Championships
Wednesday 14 May – Sydney Catholic Schools Conference 2 Netball Championships
Friday 16 May – Mackillop Rugby Sevens Trials
Tuesday 27 May – Sydney Catholic Schools Conference 2 Soccer Championships
Monday 2 June – Sydney Catholic Schools Stage 3 Soccer Gala Day
Tuesday 10 June – K-6 Primary Athletics Carnival
Wednesday 11 June – Mackillop Cross Country Championships
Ryan Dunlop
Primary Sport Coordinator (P-6)