Sport and co-curricular activities

2024 Swimming Carnival Championship event nominations

The 3-12 College Swimming carnival will be held on 22 February in Week 4 of Term 1! If your child wishes to compete in any of the championship events please fill in this form by Friday 2 February. Please be aware that all students nominating for a championship event must be able to confidently and comfortably be able to swim the strokes and distances nominated in order to participate in the championship events. 

Term 4 Sport Update

Invitational Volleyball & Basketball competitions are well underway, having completed round 5 on 11 November. Round 7, our final round will take place on 25 November when medals will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place in each division. While most divisions are competing in ‘First Past the Post’, some will be competing in finals in rounds 6 & 7. 

Best of luck to all Santa Sabina teams.

IGSA and IPSHA Saturday Sport

The IGSA and IPSHA Competitions will see its final round on 25 November. Our Junior School Students are making the College proud on the Basketball and tennis courts while our Senior student-athletes are taking the pool in the Water Polo, the field in the Touch Football and the courts in the tennis and badminton competitions. The performances have been great and the fun and sportsmanship were definitely present in each match.

Term 1 2024 registrations

Term 1 registrations have now closed and will reopen in mid-January for late registrations to any sports with availability. If you have missed the registration deadline, please ensure that you add your name to the waitlist.

Co-curricular sports and fitness clubs registration opening this week

Please keep an eye out for a VO and App post on the Co-Curricular Sport and Fitness Clubs (Athletics, Swimming, FitClub and Boxing) as it will all be placed in the Activity Selection on Parent Lounge (Access via VO Sports page, Registration button).

College App

All sport notifications, team lists, draws etc are available on the College App.  If you haven’t already downloaded the App, please do so at your earliest convenience as this is the most efficient way to stay abreast of all sporting and co-curricular activities. 

Representative sport

NSWPSSA Athletics
Earlier in the term Freya Ingwersen and Lillian Ayoub competed at the NSWPSSA Athletics Championships in the 1500m and long jump respectively. Congratulations to Freya Ingerwersen who placed 6th place overall in the 1500m event, placing her as one of the fastest runners in the state!

Team Selections
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected onto the Conference 2 Touch Football team. We wish them all the best for the forthcoming Sydney Catholic School Touch Football trials in Week 8.

  • Abigail Schutt 5
  • Alessandra Ronsisvalle 5
  • Isla Kenniff 5

CGSSSA Volleyball 
On 25 October, three teams competed in the CGSSSA tournament. Competing across both senior and junior divisions, with a Year 7 team and Year8/9 all star team competing in the junior, and a Year 11 team in the senior. Some fantastic gameplay and results with the combined Year 8/9 team winning gold in the junior event, and the Year 11 team taking home a silver medal after losing to the gold medalists in a very close showdown.

NSW Volleyball Schools Cup
Schools cup this term saw three teams entered by Santa Sabina, in order to compete in the top division in the State. With some of the strongest performances being displayed all round, it made for a very exciting tournament, with Santa 1, taking third place, and Santa 5 also just falling short in a great performance earning themselves third place in their division.

IPSHA and IGSA Gymnastics Carnival 
In Week 4 the IPSHA and IGSA Gymnastics carnivals were held. It was a fantastic two days and the gymnasts walked away with some fantastic results! On Thursday 6 Primary students from Years 3-6 competed at the IPSHA Gymnastics Carnival. This was the biggest team the College has entered at this event and the girls walked away with some amazing results! Our level 3 and 4 team placed first overall in the division 3 level 3 and level 4 categories. It was a fantastic day and all six girls represented the College with pride. All girls placed in the top five for one or more apparatuses.

Level 3
Vault: Deanna Deligiannis 1st, Elayna Yung 3rd
Beam: Elayna Yung 2nd
Bars: Deanna Deligiannis 2nd, Elayna Yung 3rd
Floor: Deanna Deligiannis 1st, Madalena Khoury 3rd

Level 4
Vault: Verona Di Santo 1st, Isla The 2nd
Beam: Isla The 1st, Verona Di Santo 2nd
Bars: Verona Di Santo 1st, Isla The 2nd
Floor: Isla The 1st, Verona Di Santo 2nd

Level 5

Vault: Elizabeth Collins 5th
Floor: Elizabeth Collins 5th

LAst week we had three elite level senior students compete at the IGSA Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition. This was the first year the College has ever entered rhythmic gymnasts and the girls surely put our name on the map! We placed fourth in Division 2 which is a fantastic result for our first year entering students to compete. All three girls podiumed in all of their apparatuses. 

Pre Junior International
Ball: Willow Lai 1st, Chloe Lai 2nd
Hoop: Chloe Lai 1st, Willow Lai 2nd
Freehand: Willow Lai 1st, Chloe Lai 2nd

Junior International
Ball: Isabelle Lee 3rd
Clubs: Isabelle Lee 3rd
Ribbon: Isabelle Lee 2nd

CGSSSA Aquathon 
In Week 5 we had eight senior students participate at the CGSSSA Aquathon Championships. The championship involved both an individual and team category involving a 400m swim and 2-2.5km run. Congratulations to Claudia Pickett of Year 11 who placed second in the senior individual category and Amelia de Jongh of Year 7 who placed sixth in the individual category! 


Luiz Ramalho
Director of Sport and Co-curricular Activities