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Dear parents/guardians,

Welcome to 2023, it is a big and exciting term in regards to sport. I thought I would share some of the upcoming events that will be happening along with a couple of reminders.

We are very excited to announce that we will be running a Gymnastics program through the college for year 8. This means that during term 1 Bennelong and Chang will have the opportunity to attend Sydney Gymnastics Aquatic Centre - Rooty Hill led by talented instructors. It is a program that will run over the course of 8 weeks. Could I please remind those students and parents who do not have the waiver signed please do so before the next Thursday as the student will not be able to participate without the waiver signed by an adult. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved in a Gymnastics program! In term 2 it will be Frances and Goulds opportunity to attend the 8 week Gymnastics program. Students will also be required to bring back to school the signed waiver on the first Thursday of term 2. Students who fail to bring a signed waiver will be able to attend but will not be able to participate.

I was very excited to announce to year 10 students yesterday that they will have the opportunity to choose from four venue sports that are available- one555 gym, rock climbing, flipout, AMF bowling which commences Thursday 9th February. The waivers for one555 gym, rock climbing and flipout have been added to a google classroom post on the year 10 wellbeing page. Could I please remind all parents and students that if a waiver is not filled out by the parent for the venue sport chosen by the student they will go to the venue but unfortunately not be able to participate due to the waiver not being signed. The only venue sport that does not require a waiver is AMF bowling.

We also have the college swimming carnival fast approaching on the 17th February. This year the carnival will be held at Charlie Lowles Leisure Centre Emerton. Parents/guardians are more than welcome to come along and watch the swimming races. Students will be expected to attend school as per usual in full sport uniform. Students will also have the opportunity on the day to race in events of the age group in which they are or have turned this year. Any student who chooses to swim the 100m freestyle will need to arrive at normal time to get on the first bus to pools. If a student does not want to swim competitively they will have an option to participate in novelty events to earn points for their house. Any student who would like to competitively swim the long course events- 200m & 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 200I and 100m breaststroke could they please email me a photo via email of verified times.

Yesterday, students had the opportunity to trail for a representative team. The sports that students will represent the college in are Jnr and Inter boys/girls Volleyball, Jnr and Inter boys/girls Oztag, Jnr and Inter boys basketball and Senior boys basketball. Students who are successful in making the team will have at least one training session per week in the lead up to Thursday afternoon games. I thank all the coaches in advance for the time and effort they are putting into their respective rep team.

Could I please remind students to keep an eye out on wellbeing google classroom pages for any important information.

PDSSSC is a pathway that is available for students throughout Parramatta Diocese- a combination of Catholic Secondary schools. NSWCCC is the progression for any student who qualifies through PDSSSC or is competitive enough to compete or trial at that level. I will include the sports that are available to students to register for. Please pay particular attention to the closing dates, students must be playing at a rep level outside of school in order to register for NSWCCC:

NSWCCC SOFTBALL SELECTIONS - Boys & Girls @ Stanhope Gardens 14 February CLOSE DATE: 10 February
NSWCCC CRICKET SELECTIONS - Boys @ Riverwood 14 & 15 February CLOSE DATE: 6 February
NSW ALL SCHOOLS INDIVIDUAL TRIATHLON CHAMPIOSNHSIPS - Boys & Girls @ Penrith 23 February CLOSE DATE: 15 February
NSWCCC TENNIS SELECTIONS - Boys & Girls @ North Parramatta 27 February CLOSE DATE: 17 February
NSWCCC BASEBALL SELECTIONS - @ Castle Hill 7 March CLOSE DATE: 24 February
NSWCCC GOLF SELECTIONS - Boys & Girls @ Argenton (Newcastle) 14 March CLOSE DATE: 3 March
CCC AFL - Boys and Girls who play AFL and were born in 2008 or 2009 can register asap. Boys register via the google form link before 23/2 and girls register on the CSNSW Sport portal before 21/4.

https://www.secondarysportparra.catholic.edu.au/NSWCCC-Representative-Sport

https://csnsw.sport/sports/nswccc

Note- for all PDSSSC and NSWCCC trials please click on the link above for the respective sport.

PDSSSC trial events:

PDSSSC Rugby League selections - Any 15 boys, 18 boys or 18 girls interested in attending the PDSSSC selection trials for 15s and 18 years rugby league need to complete the PDSSSC Registration form, accessed online on our website. The link is below.

Nominations close on Friday 17th February. The 15s and 18s boys trials will be held at St Gregory's College on Thursday 16th March.

The girls 18 years selections will be a paper trial for this first level in 2023.

16 Girls Rugby League nominations close on Thursday 6th April.

PDSSSC Netball selections - Any girls interested in attending the PDSSSC selection trials for 15s and 18 years netball need to complete the PDSSSC Registration form, accessed online on our website. The link is below.

Nominations close on Friday 3rd March. These trials will be held on Monday 13th March at PVRSC.

PDSSSC Football selections - Any boys or girls interested in attending the PDSSSC selection trials for Opens Football need to complete the PDSSSC Registration form, accessed online on our website. The link is below.

Nominations close on Monday 6th March. These trials will be held on Tuesday 28th March at Jamison Park, Penrith.

Best of luck to Amelia Manks who will be trialling for the NSWCCC Softball team on the 14th February and Sione Tafea trialling for the 18s boys Rugby League team on March 16.

I look forward to sharing all our student success across all sports that are happening this term.

Miss Ivana Nikitovic
Leader of Wellbeing Sport