Director of Sport and Co-curricular

I am delighted with the levels of engagement displayed by our students in Sport and Co-curricular Activities at the beginning of Term 2.

We are starting Term 1 Saturday Sport (and Debating) Competitions, facilitating the following:

two IGSA Hockey teams = 32 players
five IGSA Football teams = 77 players
five IGSA Basketball Teams = 47 players
27 Years 3-12 Netball teams playing the IWNA Competition = around 215 students
Two Years 3-4 IPSHA Boys Football = 20 players
10 CSDA Debating teams and eight Archdale (IGSA) Debating teams = 71 students

I am not getting tired of thanking all students, parents and staff who have been showing nothing but a great deal of passion to ensure the best experiences are offered to our students in the Sports and Activities domains.

Co-curricular Clubs

Boxing, Athletics, Fencing, Badminton Skills, Mandarin, Recreational Dance and Fit Club – 141 students enrolled across all programs.

Representative Sport

Representative Volleyball Program

We have eight teams = 78 players.

Year 10 results – 2nd team Gold, Year 7 Silver and Year 10 first team and Year 9 first team Bronze on the round of the VNSW Schools Cup at the end of last term.

Representative Netball

Teams have been selected to play competitions all year round (Juniors, Years 7-8, Intermediate, Years 9 and 10, Seniors Years 11-12), we aim to play the Netball NSW Schools Cup in Baulkham Hills on 25 June as well as CGSSSA (Played last term) and NSWCCC Netball.

CGSSSA Football

Both teams (Juniors 7-9 and Opens 7-12) earned a Bronze medal being a great achievement, considering that the Association moved from 5 to 8 schools.

On 23 May, 21 students are taking part in the CGSSSA Cross Country Championships.

Representative Dance

Our nine teams from Years K-12 are getting ready to tackle the Eisteddfod season and achieve as high or higher than last year.

Individual Students Achievements:

Zara Matta in Year 9, grand finalist of the Rostrum of Youth Public Speaking Competition – this Thursday 15 May.
Jade Dominis, in Year 9 Selected to CGSSSA Rugby League
Raquel Calandra in Year 12 Selected to CGSSSA Touch Football making through to the NSWCCC grand finals.
Isabel Marturia in Year 12 won the Australian Artistic Swimming Championships representing the Sydney Emeralds Junior free team

Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities

Primary Sport

Sydney Catholic Schools Stage 2 Netball Gala Day

On Wednesday 9 April, 38 students across Year 3 and 4 attended the Conference 2 Netball Gala Day.

The day was filled with energy and excitement as the students played multiple matches against teams from other schools across the inner west area.

Congratulations to all students who participated on the day, it was great to see the amazing skills, teamwork and sportsmanship shown by all students.

NSWPSSA Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Romee Lee, Genevieve Lloyd-Jones, Charlotte McCarthy, Grace Mackey and Celine Nguyen who all attended the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships last term.

Our Senior Girls 200m Freestyle Relay team (Romee, Genevieve, Charlotte and Grace) finished in second place, earning them a silver medal.

In the lead up to the Championships, the team broke the Conference, Sydney and Mackillop record and are officially ranked the 2nd fastest Senior Girls School Relay team in NSW.

Individual Achievements

Charlotte McCarthy made the final of the 50m Backstroke, finishing in 8th place.
Genevieve Lloyd-Jones made the final in 5 individual events, finishing with a Bronze Medal in the 200M Individual Medley.
Romee Lee also made the final in three individual events, finishing 4th in Freestyle and earning a Silver medal in Butterfly. Romee broke the record in the 50m Butterfly, only for it to be re-broken shortly after.

Genevieve and Romee will now go on to represent NSW at the School Sport Australia Champions in Ballarat, Victoria from 25-29 October.

Sydney Catholic Schools Cross Country Championships

On Tuesday 6 May, 24 students across Del Monte and Gioia House attended the Sydney Catholic Schools Primary Cross Country Championships at Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek.

All students gave it their all and produced some pleasing results. Congratulations to Charlotte McCarthy (2nd Place) and Erin Grogan (3rd Place) who have progressed through to the Mackillop Cross Country Championships to be held on Wednesday 11 June at the Sydney Equestrian Centre.

Sydney Catholic Schools Soccer Championships

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Santa Sabina at the upcoming Sydney Catholic Schools Soccer Championships on Tuesday 27 May. We wish the team the best of luck as they compete at the first stage against all Conference 2 schools.

Chiara Mazza	Ariana Cassimaty	Zara Bakhos	Alexis Djordjevic
Grace Mackey	Marie Metledge	Marla Samaan	Stefania Lazanja
Lillian Mackey	Grace Welsh	Antonia Srdanovic	Mischa Sleiman

K-6 Primary Athletics Carnival

Information about the Primary Athletics Carnival went out via email to all families last week.

If your child is interested in participating in Championship events, please CLICK HERE to fill out the nomination form. All nominations are due Tuesday 3 June.

If you are interested in being a parent helper on the day please CLICK HERE. Entries are due by Friday 30 May.