Sports News
Thursday sport
We’ve had many more washouts then we would’ve liked which has seen us engaged in some indoor activities over the past few weeks. However, we were so grateful to see some sunshine this week and look forward to our representative volleyball teams hopefully being able to play again next week. We continue to wish our 3 basketball teams well as they too were impacted by the weather and were excited to return to the court this week!
Students at school will rotate their assigned sport every 5 weeks and have the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports including soccer, basketball, volleyball, bootcamp/fitness, dance, self-defence just to name a few. We are also privileged to have external sporting organisations such as Football NSW and Netball NSW run programs with our students.
PDSSSC Gala days
Unfortunately due to the consistent wet weather, the PDSSSC U/15s and Opens boys & girls touch football gala day was cancelled.
The Opens boys & girls Soccer gala day will be held on Friday 1st April. I look forward to sharing with you the results of the day.
College Cross Country
Our College Cross Country carnival is on Friday 25th March. This is held on school grounds and is a competitors only event for serious runners who wish to attempt to qualify for the PDSSSC Carnival in Term 2.
Distances for the PDSSSC Carnival and beyond are
12 Girls – 3km
13 Girls – 3km
14 Girls – 4km
15 Girls – 4km
16 Girls – 4km
17 Girls – 4km
18+ Girls – 6km
12 Boys – 3km
13 Boys – 3km
14 Boys – 4km
15 Boys – 4km
16 Boys – 6km
17 Boys – 6km
18+ Boys – 8km
Further details will be posted to cohort google classrooms closer to the date.
Students experiencing sporting success!
Bianca Infante of year 11 and Romeo Antengco of year 10 were successful in being selected for the respective NSWCCC volleyball team. Congratulations Bianca and Romeo on this fantastic achievement! We look forward to hearing more about your successes!
Julio and Dominic Tatupu recently competed at the NSW junior Athletics championships
Julio came 1st in hammer throw, 4th in shot put and 8th in discus.
Dom came 2nd in hammer throw, 2nd in shot put and 7th in discus.
A noteworthy achievement for these talented young men.Congratulations to both Julio and Dominic.
Elijah Andrew of year 7 recently travelled to Victoria to compete in motocross. You would’ve first read about Elijah in our recent newsletter. Please enjoy this recap of his most recent event below:
Australian Superbike Championships - Oceania Junior Cup - Round 1, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 25-27th February 2022
The practice rounds started on Friday and Elijah started off strong, achieving a 4th position in the early stages. The second and third practice sessions were challenging.
Saturday saw qualifying rounds one and two and a few riders came off their bikes. Elijah lost contact with the bunch and could only achieve 19th place.
During the first race, another rider miscalculated their overtaking manoeuvre and collided with the back of Elijah’s bike. This caused the piggybacking rider to eventually crash (after disconnecting) but miraculously, Elijah stayed upright and maintained control of his bike. This was quite a feat given that his muffler was sticking out on quite a strange angle. His dirt bike riding experience definitely came to the fore and he managed to hold his position despite the imbalance of his bike and greatly limited lean angle.
The second race was equally frantic until two geese caused a red flag and the race had to be restarted. Elijah had worked his way from 19th to 15th but sadly the restart saw him default back to the second last place on the grid.
The third race was incident free until another young rider lost control and sadly an ambulance was required. Elijah managed to dodge the debris on the track and finished in 16th position.
The 19 remaining team mates then travelled to Winton Motor Raceway for two days of the OJC Coaching Academy with Garry McCoy.
What an experience! Congratulations to Elijah!
Kayla Brogan
Leader of Learning Sport