Sports News
Thursday sport
Our volleyball and basketball teams have started the season strong, despite one washout for volleyball. I am particularly impressed with the teamwork and camaraderie of the teams as reported by their dedicated coaches.
Our diving team, led by Mrs Weaver, is also training hard each Thursday during sport at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre to prepare for the NSWCCC Diving competition.
PDSSSC/NSWCCC Representative pathway sport
If your son/daughter is unable to attend a trial that they have registered for due to COVID-19 or other extenuating circumstances, please contact me to discuss alternative options for potential selection.
Please also see below for information regarding the pathway for each sport through to a NSWCCC representative level.
Up and coming sport events
- PDSSSC Swimming Carnival- Friday 11th March
- PDSSSC Boys Touch football gala day- Wednesday 16th March
- PDSSSC Girls Touch football gala day- Friday 18th March
- College Cross Country- Friday 25th March
- PDSSSC Open Boys & Girl soccer gala day- Friday 1st April
Details regarding registrations to trial for gala days/College sport events are posted on cohort google classrooms. If your son/daughter is successful in qualifying for any of the above events, information is sent via the events tab on Compass and consent must be received in order for your child to attend.
Students experiencing sporting success
Elijah Andrew (of year 7) is one of only 20 junior motocross riders who have been selected for the Oceania Junior Cup which is an exciting and noteworthy achievement for this young man.
We wish you all the best, Elijah and look forward to hearing more about your successes. Check out some recent photos of Elijah in action!
PDSSSC Basketball gala day
Below is a report by Mr Kharlos and Mr Alata about the PDSSSC Basketball gala day. Thank you to Mr Kharlos and Mr Alata for coaching and supporting these teams on the day and well done to all students who participated.
On Wednesday 23rd of February, St Andrews College was represented by a group of boys and girls to compete in the Opens Boys’ and Opens Girls’ competition. This year’s boys’ competition introduced new schools such as St Dominic’s College, Patrician Brothers Blacktown, Parramatta Marist and St Gregory’s. It was sure to be a very competitive day.
For the boys, they started the competition with a win against St Greg’s A grade 24-22. After a slow start, the boys were able to rally back and sneak ahead in the final minutes of the game. The second game was against Penola and the boys won this game very convincingly 47-8. St Dom’s B grade was next, having played this team in the first round of Thursday PDSSC competition and only losing by 5 points, they were motivated for this game. However, we started very flat and could not match St Dom’s emphatic energy and lost the game 19-8. We would easily grab a win against Gilroy 27-13 to set up a must win game against Parramatta Marist. Unfortunately we would lose this game 23-18 to knock us out for a top 4 finish.
We would finish 3rd in our pool which resulted in a game for 5th overall against St Clare’s Catholic High School. This was our last game for the day and there was a lot of energy from both teams. This game would come down to the wire and with St Andrews up by 3 with 30 seconds left, a turnover by St Clare’s allowed us to seal the win and finish 5th from the 12 teams that entered the competition.
The boys should be very proud of the way they played and represented the College.
The Opens Boys were represented by: Magol Maker, John Lukudu, Brosnan Wells, Patrick Felipe, Xander Casipit, Erren Fernandez, Mathew Saguid, Ryan Laycock, Deng Joseph and Dominic Habil.
The girls started the competition with a close loss against St John XXIII Stanhope 20-11. This was followed by another consecutive close loss against Marian College 18-11 and a 3rd loss against Caroline Chisholm. These losses would fuel the motivation for the girls in what would be an encouraging win against Delaney college winning 24-4. The team finished 3rd in their pool which meant the St Andrews’ Senior Girls team would have a final game against the 3rd place team in the opposite pool, St Claires. Fortunately for St Andrews, St Clare’s decided to forfeit and thus the team finished with 2 wins and 3 losses finishing 5th overall out of 10 teams.
A big thank you to the Year 10, 11 and 12 students who represented the school. This list includes: Aboul Aguek, Dorothy Anzoa, Eulelia Barret, Katelyn Calima, Adut Domkuch, Alat Domkuch, Alenia Hartono, Abuk Magok, Hayley O’Connor, Maraia Pickering, Janelle San Jose, Patricia Tuazon and Nicole Wasef.
Mrs Kayla Brogan
Leader of Learning Sport