South Coast Athletics Carnival

On Tuesday 9 August, 16 students from St Michael’s travelled up to Wollongong to compete in the South Coast Athletics Carnival. If the students finished in the top 4 of the events they were invited back to trial for the Wollongong Diocesan team. The weather was not friendly with light rain throughout the day, cold temperatures, and a cold breeze that warm jumpers had trouble keeping at bay. Throughout the day all the students displayed excellent sportsmanship and determination.

The day got off to an amazing start with Ella Walsh taking out 1^st place in the first event on the day, the junior girls 800m. Here is an overview of how each student went.

Ella Walsh: 1^st Jnr 800m
Finn Goddard: 1^st 8 yrs 100m and Jnr 200m
Sylas Murphy: 1^st Jnr High Jump and Long Jump, 4^th 10 yrs 100m, 6^th Jnr Shot Put
Cooper Green: 1^st 11yrs Shot Put, 5^th 11yrs 100m, 6^th 11 yrs High Jump
Noah Jamieson: 3^rd Snr Long Jump, 5^th Snr 800m, 6^th 12 yrs 100m, 7^th Snr 200m
Brayden Luxford: 5^th 11yrs High Jump, 9^th 11 yrs 800m, 10^th 11yrs 200m
Amarlie Ward; 5^th 10 yrs 100m
Miley Winchester: 7^th Snr Long Jump, 8^th Snr 800m, 11^th 200m, 13^th Snr Shot Put, 15^th 12 yrs 100m
Lilly Moore: 7^th 11yrs Shot Put
Adam Wisniewksi: 8^th 10yrs 100m, 10^th 10yrs 200m, 14^th Jnr 800m
Annabelle Seymour-Munn: 8^th 9yrs 100m, 12^th Jnr Shot Put, 16^th Jnr Long Jump
Olivia Seymour-Munn:  9^th 11yrs High Jump, 10^th 11yrs 800m, 15^th 11yrs 200m, 18^th 11yrs 100m
Orville Sarkar: 9^th 11 yrs 100m and 200m
Lincoln Taylor: 16^th Snr 200m, 20^th 12 yrs 100m
Havanah Flugler: 30^th Jnr 200m
Ava Edwards: 31^st Jnr 200m

Diocesan Athletics Carnival 

Ella, Finn, Sylas, Cooper and Noah were all invited back to trial for the Wollongong team on Tuesday 16 August. These students were up against the top athletes in all the Wollongong Diocese. The weather this time around was more conducive to an athletics event. Our students did extremely well and came away with some pleasing results;

Ella Walsh: 1^st Jnr 800m
Finn Goddard: 2^nd Jnr 200 m and 4^th 8yrs 100m
Sylas Murphy: 1^st Jnr High Jump, 4^th 10 yrs 100m and Long Jump
Cooper Green: 5^th 11yrs Shot Put
Noah Jamieson: 1^st Snr Long Jump

Congratulations to Noah, Ella and Finn who have been selected for the Wollongong Athletics Team and will travel to Homebush to compete in the NSWCPS Mackillop Athletics Trials on Wednesday 21 September. We wish them the best of luck at this meet.

Paul Kelly Cup (AFL)

On Friday 5 August, our Year 6 Paul Kelly Cup team travelled down to Ulladulla to compete in the South Coast finals. The boys were playing against some of the best AFL teams south of Sydney. They played 3 games over the course of the day. The first game was against Milton who were a far superior team and the game was not the start to the day the boys were looking for. This loss was a motivation for them as they were then up against Broulee and Gerringong in which they came away with two very convincing wins. The boys made it to the Grand Final against Batemans Bay which they won, crowning them Regional Champions.

They progressed through to the state finals which will be held at Spotless Stadium in Homebush on 12 September. Congratulations to the Year 6 boys and Ms Scurr on such a great achievement.

Now that winter sports are coming to an end, we can start to look towards summer sports. There are a host of sports on offer for the students to participate in. I have listed a few below with a link or phone number for further details;

• Summer Soccer - http://summer.shoalhavenfootball.com.au/
• Cricket - https://www.playcricket.com.au/junior/cricketblast-juniorblasters-mycricket.cricket.com.au

• Baseball - https://www.shoalhavenbaseballassociation.com.au/
• Nippers - https://nowraculburraslsc.asn.au/
• Tennis - https://www.shoalhaventennis.com.au/
• Swimming lessons - Waterways Swim School ph. 4423 6798
                             - North Nowra Swim School ph. 4448 6299
                             - Donna’s Dolphins ph. 4422 4661
                             - Bay and Basin Leisure Centre
                                http://www.shoalhavenswimandfitness.com.au/Our-Centres/Bay-Basin