SPORT AND CO-CURRICULAR
Term 3 Sport Wrap Up
This term was another busy term of sport and cocurricular in the College with many tournaments, carnivals and gala days across both campuses. All teams train and play exceptionally well with three basketball teams, two hockey teams, one football team and eight netball teams who progressed through to finals!
Congratulations to the SSC12 Netball team who recently won their ERNA grand final last weekend and good luck to the SAN03 Basketball team who will play SCEGGS Darlinghurst in their IGSA grand final this weekend!
Cate Crampton
Acting Assistant Director of Sport
Sports Awards Evening
It is always refreshing when we stop to reflect and celebrate our staff and students’ achievements in sports at the College.
The Sports Awards evening on Thursday 7 September was a very successful event where we were able to celebrate the efforts and commitment our students have shown towards sport at Santa. We were also able to recognise our very high achievers in the most various sports domains in the state and national levels.
The night started with our Primary Years students receiving their awards for representing the College in the Conference 2, Sydney and State Levels with the Catholic Schools Pathways. We continued with our Senior students being recognised for their achievements within the CGSSSA and NSWCCC. Our numerous state and national representatives received awards for their remarkable performances during the year and the night finished with the Team of the Year Award presented to the Senior Jazz Dance Team and the Athletes of the Year awarded to Deon Aldridge-Chow (Year 4) and Faith Ata (Year 6) – Primary and Emma Wheadon (Year 12) – Secondary.
The entertainment was also a highlight with our dancers putting on a great show for the audience and our International Acrobatics representative, India Matheson, impressing all of us with very delicate but yet challenging moves on the stage.
I would like to thank our special guest, Morgan Baxter (Class of 2011) for showing the audience that Santa students can make it to a world stage in their preferred sport. Lily Carr, our Sports Prefect, for being a great MC running a very smooth presentation. I also thank the College Sports Department and the College staff and Leadership team for their support and all the work behind the scenes ensuring the event would be one to remember and a special thank you to Ms Joanne Gocher who took the leadership in the night’s organisation, ensuring every detail was accomplished to perfection, providing our students with one event that not only recognised what Santa Sabina College students are capable of but built lifelong memories in all of us.
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities
Representative Sport
NSW State Snow Sports
During Week 6 our College Snowsports representative Woonwon Cho (Year 2) competed at the NSW Interschools Snowsports State Championships. Woowon had a fabulous time and enjoyed racing against tough competition!
CGSSSA Dance
On Wednesday 23 August our four Senior Representative Dance Teams competed at the CGSSSA Dance Championships which were held at the College. Our Dance teams competed with teamwork, improved performance skills and true camaraderie. We also had four soloists compete at solo events throughout the day which was an amazing experience. The results were as follows:
3rd Place – Charlotte Reveall (Jnr Solo)
3rd Place – Senior Contemporary
2nd Place – Senior Jazz
1st Place – Senior Hip Hop
Primary Athletics
Congratulations to Jayden Agius, Isla The, Freya Ingwersen, Alessandra Ronsisvalle, Lillian Ayoub and Stefania Lazanja who competed at the Sydney Catholic Schools Pre-Post Athletics Championships on Friday 1 September. Congratulations to Freya, Alessandra, Stefania and Lillian who have all progressed to the Mackillop Athletics Championships coming up on Monday 18 September. This is an amazing result for the College and we wish these students all the best at the upcoming meet.
Year 5 and 6 Sydney Catholic Schools Netball Gala Day
On Tuesday 29 August, 90 students from Gioia House attended the Sydney Catholic Schools Conference 2 Netball Gala Day. Santa Sabina entered 10 teams with all girls giving it their all throughout the day. Whether it was practising skills, making new friends or trying the sport for the first time, all girls represented the College beautifully, displaying great sportsmanship at all times. We hope this day was a positive experience for all involved and we look forward to attending similar events in the future.
Senior Representative Opportunities – Term 4
If you wish to represent the College in any of the following sports, please complete the expressions of Interest forms below. Further Information regarding each event is on the form.
Cate Crampton
Acting Assistant Director of Sport
ERNA Netball
Saturday saw the completion of the 2023 Winter Competition at Meadowbank. It was a fabulous day with four from 25 Santa Sabina teams playing grand final matches with one team securing a victory. Congratulations to SSC12 who won the 14/3 division with SSC07, SSC08 and SSC18 runners up in their respective divisions and SSC21 collecting a trophy for winning 11/3 division B. A special thanks to Ms Skerman, Ms Azizian, Mr Ramalho and Muffin the Mascot for braving the crowds and supporting our teams on the day.
There are many people who need to be thanked for helping to ensure that this season was a successful one, including but not limited to our unassuming umpires, passionate coaches, reliable and resilient managers, our generous volunteers and our dedicated parents, friends and relatives, all very loyal Santa Sabina supporters.
Good luck to the students who trialled for the U12 ERNA 2024 representative team on Sunday 10 September and to the U13 and U14 students who are trialling on Sunday 17 September. We also wish our U14 team the best of luck in the ERNA spring/summer night competition starting 10 October.
Please keep an eye out for information about the Net, Set, Go program which will be offered to our 7-, 8- and 9-year-old students in 2024.
Joanne Gocher
Netball Coordinator
Dance
The final weeks of the representative Dance program have been the busiest and most fun yet! We had teams competing at four different eisteddfods within one week which is a true testament to their professionalism and passion for what they do. I would like to thank the Dance families for being so supportive and committed to the dance program throughout the whole year, but in particular that week. Our dancers competed at the following eisteddfods, against very tough competition, and achieved the following results:
DanceSpec:
Highly Commended: Infants Dance Team, Primary White Dance Team
3rd Place: Senior Contemporary
2nd Place: Senior Hip Hop
1st Place: Primary Hip Hop Team, Primary Black Dance Team
Dancelife Unite:
4th Place: Senior Contemporary Team
2nd Place: Senior Musical Theatre, Senior Jazz, Primary Hip Hop Team
1st Place: Primary Black Dance Team, Senior Hip Hop Team
Hills Dance Spectacular:
Highly Commended: Infants Dance Team & Primary White Dance Team
4th Place: Senior Jazz
3rd Place: Senior Contemporary, Senior Hip Hop, Primary Hip Hop
2nd Place: Primary Black Dance Team
Our dancers also celebrated their achievements and end of season at their annual end of season awards breakfast on Tuesday. Our prestigious Dedication to Dance Award was also presented to a student who has shown great commitment and dedication to representative dance throughout her time at the college. This year our recipient is Juliette Stournaras (Year 12, 2023).
Our representative dancers have had an amazing season and we look forward to an even bigger and better season in 2024!
Bryony Williams
Dance Coordinator
Co-curricular
Please note that we still have spots available for the following programs in Term 4:
- Run Club
- Fit Club
- Recreational Dance
- Boxing
Please check the activities selection information sheet for how to proceed with registrations.
Term 3 Co-Curricular Activities finishing dates:
Please note that Sports Training, FitClub and Boxing will finish on the Friday, 15/08.