The school Cross Country will be held next Thursday 31 March at Willandra. We pray that the rain holds off for this day. New notes have been sent home electronically, parents/guardians will need to go onto Compass to give consent for your child to attend. This needs to be completed again due to the change of dates.   

It has been a busy couple of weeks with students out trialling for or participating in a range of sporting events.

As you are aware, the swimming selection trials were cancelled due to wet weather. CEDoW sent out times that students had to meet in order to participate in Wollongong Selection trials. Kai Reid, from Year 6, qualified for the 12-year-old boys Backstroke. Last Monday, Kai went to Corrimal pool where he swam in the 50m Backstroke in a very competitive time of 42 seconds coming in 5^th place. Well done Kai on this exceptional effort.

On Friday 18 March,  Matilda Martin, trialled for the Wollongong Hockey Team. She had a great time at the trial and benefited from the drills she was put through. Matilda showed great skill and determination at the trial and was successful in making the Wollongong team. We wish Matilda all the best at the NSW MacKillop Trials which will be held in Canberra on May 6.

Taj Goddard represented the St Michael’s and the Wollongong Diocese in NSW MacKillop Touch Football Trials which were held at St Mary's. It was a beautiful day, after all the rain we have had. There were over 55 children trialling and only 12 children selected. The standard of touch football was high amongst the 5 dioceses competing. Unfortunately, Taj didn't make it to the next trials, however he made some impressive plays in the mids and was commended on his talking and sportsmanship amongst the team. Taj was proud to represent the Wollongong diocese and St Michaels.  

On Monday 21 March, Zane and Chloe Farrugia, Joshua Barker and Orville Sarkar trialled for the Wollongong Football side in Unanderra. This is a tough trial as the standard of skills of the students trialling is quite high. They participated in 3 skills activities then they were divided into teams to play games to showcase their skills for the selectors. Unfortunately, none of our students from St. Michael’s were successful in making the Wollongong team.

We also had Riley Eastcott and Jazmine Tolhurst-Moon trial for the Wollongong Netball side at the Illawarra Sports Stadium on Wednesday 23rd March. There were 50 students trialling for this event. The girls were under the watchful eye of 5 experienced selectors. They played in 5 rounds of netball. 20 girls then progressed to the ‘Possible and Probables’ before the final games and announcement of the team. Unfortunately, Riley and Jazmine missed out on making the team.

Today we have Taj Goddard, Noah Jamieson, Callum Farrugia, Cooper Green and Luke Keating trialling for the 11 years and 12 years Wollongong Rugby League Teams. We wish those boys all the best in their trials.

If you have any questions about sports or any events coming up please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Mr. Allmark
Sports Co-ordinator