Sport and Co-curricular
It has been a very busy period in the Sport and Co-curricular domains here at Santa.
Saturday’s extravaganza has seen our students showing pride when representing the College across IPSHA sport (Years 3 to 6): Boys Basketball and Girls Football, IGSA Sport (Years 7-12): Water Polo, Touch Football and Tennis and our traditional Invitational Competition running here on campus.
CSDA Public Speaking kicked off on Friday last week at St Patrick’s College Strathfield with 10 speakers from Years 7-12.
We also had a ball during our Years 3-12 Swimming Carnival at SOPAC and are looking forward to the representative pathways in Primary (Please see Mr Dunlop’s comments below) and Secondary Schools with the CGSSSA Competition running on 12 March. Congratulations to the students on the list below who will represent the College at the Senior Swimming Championships.
| Student Name | Surname |
| Alexia | Ayoub |
| Maeve | Chase |
| Kira | Chemodakov |
| Abbie | Crakanthorp |
| Georgia | David |
| Amelia | De Jongh |
| Mulan | Deng |
| Emma | Elphick |
| Ciara | Frisby |
| Arianna | Harris |
| Harper | Harris-Roxas |
| Victoria | Hasrouny |
| Olivia | Hone |
| Armani | Jamieson |
| Zoe | Kearns |
| Olynda | Lebeau |
| Madryne | Lebeau |
| Grace | Lee |
| Caitlin | Leong |
| Cynthia | Li |
| Sarah | Li |
| Isabel | Marturia |
| Chelsea | McIntosh |
| Amelie | McKee |
| Jessica | Ngai |
| Mira | Nguyen |
| Mia | Papavramidis |
| Dana | Park |
| Claudia | Pickett |
| Jazelle | Poon |
| Charlotte | Pugh |
| Alannah | Quinn |
| Ella | Rixon |
| Olympia | Russo |
| Bronte | Sprotte |
| Olivia | Toia |
| Kirby | Valtwies |
| Sophia | Wong |
| Addison | Xu |
From 6 March to 8 March IGSA is running the traditional Tildesley Shield Tennis Tournament at the North West Sydney Tennis Centre.
We congratulate the girls in the list below for being selected to the team and having the opportunity to represent the College in one of the most prestigious tournaments in the school calendar year.
| SSC Tildesley Shield | |||
| Student Name | Surname | ||
| Elyssa | Jeitani | ||
| Angelique | Houltham | ||
| Holly | Cupples | ||
| Angela | Diamantopoulos | ||
| Ashley | Duigenan | ||
| Natalie | Bechara | ||
| Claire | D’Souza | ||
| Jess | Arora | ||
| Lily | Stewart | ||
| Giselle | Jaajaa | ||
| Elaine | Fang | ||
| Lucia | Winters | ||
| Chiara | Afonso | ||
| Claudia | Care | ||
| Sara | Viggiani | ||
| Olivia | Wu | ||
| Eva | Villaroel | ||
| Maddison | Rice | ||
Reminders
Sports registrations have gone out for Term 2 2024.
Please see the communication sent to families here as it contains the link to access the activity selection calendar to enable choices to be made.
Registrations close on 22 March.
Primary Sport Update
Primary Representative Sport
Congratulations to the following students who have progressed through to the Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) Sydney Trials in their respective sports.
Elyana Lahoud SCS Conference 2 Soccer Team
Abigail Schutt SCS Conference 2 Soccer Team
Alessandra Ronsisvalle SCS Conference 2 Soccer Team
Amanda Houltham SCS Conference 2 Netball Team
We wish these students all the best at their next representative trial.
Sydney Catholic Schools Conference 2 Swimming Championships
On Wednesday 28 February, 18 students across Years 2 to 6 competed at the Conference 2 Swimming Championships. All students did an amazing job representing the College and should be extremely proud of their efforts.
Congratulations to the following students who have progressed to the Sydney Championships to be held on Monday 25 March at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
Year 3 – Audrey Tita, Chloe Cruz, Flynn Lee
Year 4 – Romee Lee
Year 5 – Abby Deng, Genevieve Lloyd-Jones, Grace Mackey, Charlotte McCarthy and Celine Nguyen
Year 6 – Emily Ng
A special mention to Romee, Genevieve and Charlotte for receiving medals in ALL their respective events. Romee (50m Butterfly) and Genevieve (50m Backstroke) also broke Conference records.
Primary Sport – What’s on in Term 1
| Friday 8 March | Year 5/6 Netball Trials for SCS Championship (Expression of Interest is now closed) |
| Monday 11 March | Primary Cross Country trials (Expression of Interest is now closed) |
| Monday 25 March | Sydney Catholic Schools Swimming Championships |
| Tuesday 2 April | Sydney Catholic Schools Year 5/6 Netball Championships |
| Wednesday 3 April | Sydney Catholic Schools Mackillop Swimming Championships |
| Monday 8 April | Sydney Catholic Schools Year 3/4 Netball Gala Day (Expression of interest opening soon) |
Ryan Dunlop
PE and Co-curricular Coordinator (P-4)
Primary Sports Coordinator (P-6)
Volleyball update
The Volleyball representative program for this year is underway, the teams have all been selected and have begun their official training. Teams will compete in various competitions throughout the year. Of special note: Santa Sabina College has become an officially affiliated club with Volleyball NSW, becoming the first school in the state’s history to do so.
Lewis Jupp
Head Volleyball Coach and Coordinator
Netball Update
New Rules
World Netball introduced an updated edition of the Rules of Netball in December 2023, which applies to international matches, and all affiliated competitions and events in Australia from 1 January 2024. We will be holding an education session for our coaches and umpires about the impact the new rules and amendments to existing rules will have at a club level and how we will implement these changes.
One of the most notable changes at club level will be the introduction of rolling subs.
ERNA
The 2024 season is almost upon us and while we anxiously await the outcome of ERNA’s club grading, I am pleased to say that we have allocated coaches to all 25 Santa Sabina teams. Training will commence in the week of 25 March, please check VO or the College App for confirmation of training days and times.
And if you haven’t already had the opportunity to manage your daughters’ netball team, then now is the time. I will be reaching out shortly to garner interest in this very rewarding volunteer role.
CGSSSA
Congratulations to those chosen to represent the College at this year’s CGSSSA competition which is being held on 27 March at Blacktown Leisure Centre. Training starts Wednesday 13 March, all details can be found on VO and the College App.
A special mention to the students who had to trial a second time to secure a position on the Opens team due to changes in the representative pathway structure, which is also now ‘aged’ based as opposed to year group based.
These are important changes to the way our teams are selected and will greatly benefit our netball community by allowing our students to develop their skills at an age-appropriate level and increase the opportunities for those wishing to pursue a representative pathway.
New Zealand Tour
Thank you to all the students who expressed an interest in participating in this program, hopefully the first of many. I am excited about the team that has been selected which brings together our experienced players and some of our talented, younger players. This will be an amazing opportunity for all of them and we look forward to seeing the girls work together as a TEAM.
Together Everyone Achieves More.
Joanne Gocher
Head Netball Coach and Coordinator
Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities