Director of Sport and Co-curricular
New Zealand Sports Tour
After a number of years (and COVID-19) the College Sports Department organised its first International sports trip.
The destination chosen was beautiful New Zealand where selected students represented the College playing Football (soccer) and Netball against local schools.
Ms Joanne Gocher (Netball) and I (Football) had the opportunity to coach the teams (we ran training sessions during Term 2 and took the teams to training and games in New Zealand).
We were blessed to have Ms Stella Azizian, Ms Lauren Petroni and Ms Beth Hutchenson accompanying us to ensure the best experience was provided to girls on the sports field as well as getting to know a beautiful country and culture.
We were also fortunate to have NetFit (@netfittours) providing the services and tour facilitation to the College. Their professionalism and care were outstanding. Our students had the opportunity to train and play guided by Sarah Wall, former Giants Netball player and Emma Rolstom, a professional Football player, who played in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics for New Zealand.
We departed on 10 July and during the week, we went to Epson Grammar School, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart and St Peter’s College Cambridge.
The girls embraced College pride and spirit fighting for every ball on the court and field, displaying high quality Netball and Football.
At Mount Maunganui our students were challenged to use their will power and teamwork to accomplish it.
The students have also enjoyed a day at a wellness centre, feeling the taste of what a professional athlete’s routine looks like (including recovery sessions) and on the last day we had a lot of fun going to Rotorua rafting and Hell’s Gate mud baths.
My list of thank yous is extensive here, going through the College staff and Netfit (mentioned above) for all the care and the tour facilitation, to the College Leadership Team for the support throughout the whole process and to the College Sports Department, especially Ms Joanne Gocher, for the planning and hard work to accomplish this great experience for our students.
Representative and Saturday Sport and Co-curricular Activities
I would like to make a special mention to the three Basketball teams who competed at the CGSSSA Basketball tournament at Billbergia Sports Centre on Wednesday last week putting all their hearts and souls into all matches.
I also would love to congratulate Ms Tiana Pangallo for all her hard work in our Debating and Public Speaking programs.
Her organisational skills, passion and expertise led to the great results the College achieved in the Catholic Schools Debating Association (CSDA) on Friday last week.
The Year 7 team comprising Emilia Srdanovic, Chelsey Fa, Julia Le and Jade Lahoud won their competition while the Year 8 team composed of Amelia Abi Abdallah, Olympia Russo, Harriet Hoogland and Jessica Caristo came second. Close to 90 schools are part of the CSDA Competitions.
Individual Students Achievements
Congratulations to Romee Lee who competed at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships between 24 and 27 July. Romee produced some amazing results, placing her as one of the fastest 10-year-old swimmers in the country! We are very proud of you Romee!
200m Freestyle Relay: 1st Place, Breaking the Australian record!
200m Medley Relay: 1st Place
50m Butterfly: 2nd Place
100m Backstroke: 3rd Place
100m Butterfly: 2nd Place
200m Individual Medley: 2nd Place
Reminders:
We are still accepting enrolments in the Athletics Club (Monday), Fencing (Monday) and Mandarin lessons (Wednesdays).
Please check your Saturday Sport, Rep Volleyball and Rep Dance training schedule as absences should be only in the case of illness or injury. All communication should be done by the parents, using the sport@ssc.nsw.edu.au email.
The schedule can be found on each of the Sports VO pages and on the College App (students’ schedule)
I wish all of our community a great and safe holiday break as I believe we are all looking forward to another great season of Sport in Term 3.
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities
Representative Dance
Our representative dancers have been very busy this term with their eisteddfod season continuing. Our Infants, Primary White (Yr 3-4), Primary Black (Yr 5-6) and Senior Jazz Red (Yr 7-9) teams all started the term by competing at the Ryde Eisteddfod on Saturday 27 July. All groups competed so well and we had incredible results; Highly Commended to Primary White Dance Team and 2nd Place to our Primary Black Dance Team and Senior Jazz Red Team.
On Sunday 4 August, all our teams from Years 1-6 competed at the prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod which saw them dance on the iconic Sydney Opera House stage. It was such an incredible experience for our dancers to perform in the Concert Hall in front of thousands of people. It is one of the biggest and toughest competitions we attend and no matter the results, we are always proud of our dancers. Each team danced with enthusiasm and energy for which they were commended. Our Primary Black (Yr 5-6) and Primary Hip Hop (Yr 5-6) teams were awarded scores of 90 and highly commended which was an incredible achievement. We look forward to the forthcoming eisteddfods where the dancers continue achieving their goals and experiencing the stage with their teams.
Primary Sport
Sydney Catholic Schools Football Championships
Congratulations to the Year 5/6 Football Team who competed at the Sydney Catholic Schools Inter-Conference Football playoffs on Wednesday 24 July. The team put in a tremendous effort throughout the tournament, finishing second in their conference and earning a silver medal. A special mention to Amelia Rigon who was voted player of the tournament by her peers.
Primary Athletics Carnival Awards
Congratulations to our Age Champions and Runners up from the Primary Athletics Carnival held on Friday 28 June.
Overall Boys Champion: Luca Serafin
Overall Girls Champion: Abigail Schutt and Alessandra Ronsisvalle
Team Spirit Trophy: Mundawora
Champion House: Teangi
Conference 2 Athletics Championships
Good luck to the following students who have been selected into the Santa Sabina Primary Athletics team. The team will represent the College at the Sydney Catholic Schools Conference 2 Athletics Championships on Tuesday 6 August at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
| DJ Abi-Hanna | Freya Ingwersen | Elyana Lahoud | Valentina Nader |
| Lillian Ayoub | Eilbron Jajoo | Eloise Lai | Rishaan Panyam |
| Bella Ayoub | Vivienne Kategiannis | Olivia Lai | Rafael Pinniger |
| Charlie Bezzina | Isla Kenniff | Stefania Lazanja | Dominique Portelli |
| Grace Calcagno | Oscar Kochman | Grace Mackey | Sebastian Portelli |
| Erin Grogan | Emily Korb-Wells | Charlotte McCarthy | Alessandra Ronsisvalle |
| Hannah Saldanha | Evie Santa Maria | Abbey Schutt | Luca Serafin |
| Armando Sulukojian | Georgio Sulukojian | Yousseff Taouk | Audrey Tita |
Coming up in Primary Sport
SCS Conference 2 Athletics Championships
Tuesday 6 August
SCS Conference 2 Football Gala Day (Stage 2)
Tuesday 27 August
Prep and Mary Bailey House Athletics Carnival
Wednesday 11 September
SCS Conference 2 Netball Gala Day (Stage 3)
Tuesday 17 September
Netball Update
ERNA
We are on the home straight with only three regular games left in the competition. We have quite a few teams sitting in the top four and who should make finals on 31 August with the grand finals scheduled for 7 September. Fingers crossed that the back end of the season is sunny and successful for Santa.
Umpires
Congratulations to Isabella Kelly for receiving her National C Umpiring badge last weekend and to Sienna Di Santo who was awarded her ERNA badge.
NSWCCC
Training commences this week for the junior, intermediate and senior teams selected to represent the College at the NSWCCC Championships on 28 August in Penrith. A big shout out to all the girls who trialled for the teams and a special mention to those selected.
Save the Date
Sport and Co-curricular photos will be taken in Week 6. The photos will be taken on the SSC Campus, Monday 26 August and on the DM Campus, Thursday 29 August. Details will be sent to families closer to the date.