Sports News

Thursday Representative Sport

Our Season 2 representative sports continue this term (Soccer & girls Netball). Unfortunately Week 1 & 2 of this term dealt us another 2 washout rounds (Netball did get to play in Week 2), however we wish these teams all the very best for the remaining games of the season. Just a reminder that training after school is compulsory until 4pm for students in these teams and failing to attend training may jeopardise a student's place in the team.

Later this term, trials for Season 3 representative sports will take place for Cricket (pending student interest), Oztag and girls Basketball.

PDSSSC Oztag Gala Day

Congratulations to all students who were selected for the Oztag gala day. This event has been postponed due to the weather. The new date is Wednesday 7th September (Week 8).  All teams (including seniors) will need to arrive at the junior campus no later than 7am on this day.

Compulsory training for this event will resume from Week 5 on Wednesday 17th, 24th and 31st August from 2.45-4pm. Parents/guardians will need to provide consent via the compass event.

PDSSSC Netball Gala Day

Our junior, intermediate and senior girls recently competed at the PDSSSC Netball Gala Day at Jamison Park, Penrith.

From Mrs Xuerub, the junior girls coach;

The Junior Girls Netball Team did an amazing job in their heat winning 5 games out of 7 games. This is an outstanding performance as they lost to teams who play together competitively. 

The girls were impressive in the way they supported one another and the positive attitude they had during the game not only with their teammates but also their competitors. 

It's extremely important to mention our team manager, Banee who organised our team by ensuring the girls were where they were supposed to be at the correct time, scored for the team and held everyone's jumpers and jackets each game because it was such a wet day.

I am abundantly proud of them all

From Ms Goldie, the intermediate girls coach:

Congratulations to the girls for putting in a valiant effort in a tough draw. They never gave up and played any position asked of them, for the betterment of our team. It was a great day in wet and cold conditions.

From Mrs McKechnie, the senior girls coach:

With Trials held only 6 weeks prior to the Gala Day, a team of quality players were chosen.  They trained hard with several of the team taking leads at training and using their skills taking us through drills.  As Seniors, they faced the challenge of work, study and family balance but they managed it well.

Most girls in the squad play competition netball for several teams however on the day we came up against teams that play for their school each week, giving them that little bit of an advantage.  The Senior Squad worked together and were extremely competitive against these teams.

On the day, they did not give up.  They fought hard to move to the finals, at times in pouring rain,  but they made it through to the Semi Finals unfortunately they were defeated in this round.

I congratulate the girls on their efforts and was extremely proud to work with such a fine group of players.

Well done to the students below for your efforts on the day:

Thank you to Mrs Xuerub (junior coach), Mrs Goldie (intermediate coach) and Mrs McKechnie (senior coach) for your work and dedication training and preparing the teams for the event.

PDSSSC Dance Competition

93 students competed at the PDSSSC Dance Competition on Monday of Week 2. This was the largest group that we have EVER had. Students competed in the Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Junior Solo (Lily Bayrich & Raphaella Thimiopoulous- Wilson), Senior Solo (Tijana Sammut & Caitlyn Dela Cruz) and Cultural sections.

Though we did not place in any of the categories, it was a fabulous day, with students performing each of their routines so well and being so encouraging and supportive of one another.

Thank you so much to Mrs Weaver, who gave up countless recesses, lunches and after school time for rehearsals as well as coming in during the holidays. Thank you to Miss Bade and Mrs Parker for their work with the cultural groups. We are all very proud of your efforts and look forward to bigger and better Dance routines in 2023!

aSPIRE program

Mr McGill has begun a new program during Sport time called aSPIRE. This program focuses on strength, conditioning, skills and injury prevention training in readiness for Season 3 Rep sports (Boys & girls Oz-Tag and girls Basketball). This program is for students in Years 7-10, boys and girls. This will be a highly rewarding, and somewhat demanding process, aimed at preparing your physical attributes and skill levels before you compete in Representative Sport, whilst also allowing us to develop a sense of community and culture through physical preparation. Students currently playing a representative sport who wish to trial for a Season 3 representative sport (Cricket, Oztag and girls Basketball) will be given the opportunity to join this program once their season concludes. 

PDSSSC Athletics

This carnival is coming up very soon on Tuesday 9th August. All students must have permission to attend via the Compass event. 

We wish our St Andrews Athletics team all the very best for this event and look forward to sharing our successes!

Congratulations to Bianca Infante (of year 11)

You would have read about Bianca’s many successes in Volleyball! To add to her already long list of achievements, Bianca was recently selected to represent NSW at the 2022 Australian Youth Volleyball National Championship (AYVC)!

Bianca was nominated by her coach as one of the top 10 athletes in her age group which is a fantastic achievement! With this announcement comes a new phase of camps and play days which Bianca and her team will use to build towards the peak moment of their season at AYVC in Bendigo, Victoria 24th – 29th September. Best of luck to you and your team, Bianca and congratulations once again!

Kayla Brogan
Leader of Learning Sport