Director of Sport & Co-curricular Activities

On Monday of this week the year 7-12 students were involved in sport, music and cocurricular photos. Photos for Primary students, years 1-6, will occur at a later date and this will be communicated to all parents and staff. Congratulations and thank you to all students who arrived in their gear for their photos and while it was disappointing that some students could not have their photo taken with their team, the day went very smoothly. Thank you to Ms Larkin who organised the day along with Mrs Touma from the music department who both worked to make this day happen. This is the first time in many years that Santa Sabina has organised formal sport, music and cocurricular photos. I am sure we will be able to improve on this in the future so that all students are able to attend and have their photos with their team.

Recently our students competed in the CGSSSA Athletics carnival at SOPAC against other Catholic schools. Our students performed and behaved as we all expect and I would like to congratulate them all for their efforts, commitment and skill with a number of outstanding performances. Students who have been selected to compete at the NSWCCC championship include

Lily Stewart, Charlotte Rudd, Janice Leelapatra, Amariah Kakala, Verena Gerges and Emma Wheadon. There were also so many of our students who received medals but missed out on selection to the next level. Only one student in each discipline is able to progress. We wish these students all the best as they represent CGSSSA at the championship.

For our Primary students, a number of our girls have made it through to Sydney Catholic schools Athletics championship representing conference two, which we are in. Noele Nader, Scarlett Chidiac, Mikayla Tadros and Stefania Lazanja. Again, there were many students who received medals but missed out on selection to this next level. Congratulations to all our students who competed and performed at their best on the day.

While many of our students have been busy playing and competing in sport or debating against other schools, our Dance teams have been busy performing at the various Eisteddfods around Sydney. This outstanding squad of students has demonstrated what hard work and dedication can achieve, winning and placing in a number of competitions. Congratulations to Ms Williams and her team of coaches who have directed them on this journey in 2022. Many of the students will be competing in the CGSSSA Dance Championship on Wednesday 24 August held at Santa Sabina Hall. We wish them all well for that event as well as another upcoming Eisteddfod at the University of NSW this coming Friday.

Our Representative Volleyball teams are gearing up for another State challenge this term. Our senior teams 1 & 2 will be competing on 25 and 26 August at SOPAC. Santa 3, 4 and 5 teams will be competing on 1 and 2 September. We wish them all the best as they build up for the end of year tour to the Gold Coast for the Australian Schools Championship in December.

The Santa Sabina Netball representative teams competed at the NSWCCC Championship last week at Penrith. The competition was extraordinary strong with teams from all over the state. Well done to all our girls who represented the College with pride and great sportsmanship. While we did not progress through to the next level, we played some wonderful netball and they all should be very proud of themselves.

Finally, I would like to invite all our community to come and watch our five Netball teams compete in the Grand Finals of the ERNA competition this coming Saturday. Four of our teams will be playing at 10:00am while our SSC 3 will be competing at 2:00pm at Meadowbank. Wishing our students all the very best no matter the result. I would also like to congratulate the rest of our Netballers who have played the 14 rounds and many who made it through to the final’s series. See you at Meadowbank.

George Ayoub

Director of Sport and Cocurricular Activities