St Michael's Sports Corner
On the 27th April, St Michael’s had 32 students representing the school in the Diocesan Cross Country at Willandra. It was an absolute stunning day and the conditions were fantastic for running. The students competed against other schools in the Diocese for a position on the Wollongong Cross Country team. The first 8 finishers for each age group were selected to represent Wollongong at NSWCPS Cross Country to be held at Eastern Creek on Tuesday 8th June. Each race had roughly 85 runners.
The students from St. Michael’s ran exceptionally well and must be extremely proud of their efforts. From the day, four students made it onto the Wollongong Team. Congratulations to:
8/9 Girls: Ella Walsh 8th
10 Girls: Milla Cooper 1st
11 Boys: Taj Goddard 6th
12 Girls: Anna Duncan 1st
St. Michael’s was the host school of the Diocesan Cross Country. A big thank you to Mr Paton and Mrs Boyton for their invaluable assistance over the course of the day getting not only St. Michaels’s ready, but all the schools. Also, the P&F ran a successful canteen on the day. A big thank you to Sophie Pavlis and all the parents who helped over the day.
Last Friday four boys from St. Michael’s, Taj Goddard, Noah Jamieson, Luke Keating and Brodee Green, represented the Diocese at the MacKillop NRL trials. The boys played 4 games against Sydney, Parramatta, Canberra/Goulburn and Wagga Wagga. It was a tough, hot day and the boys displayed great team spirit and sportsmanship on and off the field and should be commended. Taj was picked in the top 26 of possible and probables to play against each other in the 5th and last game to pick the final MacKillop team. Unfortunately, the boys didn’t make the team this year, but they should be very proud of their achievements representing the Diocese Team and St Michael’s school.
Anna Duncan from Year 6 represented the Diocese at the Mackillop Netball tryouts that were also held in Canberra. Anna played games against Sydney, Parramatta, Canberra/Goulburn and Wagga Wagga. Again, the games were very competitive and unfortunately Anna did not make it through to the possible and probables. Congratulations to Anna for her extraordinary effort making it to the Mackillop trials. Representative sport at this level is very competitive. Congratulations Anna on representing our school and Diocese.
Also last Friday, Taya Sanchez from Year 6, took her tennis representation to the next level. She played at for the MacKillop Tennis team last week up at Newcastle. She had an extremely busy week playing both singles and doubles. In her single matches Taya won 5 out of the 7 matches she played. In the doubles, Taya and her partner won all of their games. Taya and the MacKillop team placed 2nd overall in the tournament. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, there is no further representation Taya can take her tennis this year.
Finally, Zahli Schellnegger from Year 6, also represented the Wollongong Diocese in soccer at Goulburn, last Friday. She played 4 games against teams from the Sydney, Parramatta, Canberra/Goulburn and Wagga Wagga Dioceses. The level of competition was tough and over the course of the day her team won 3 games. Zahli contributed 1 goal to her team's outstanding performance and had lots of fun during the day. A big congratulations to not only Zahli, but all the other students who have represented the school over the past few weeks.
Upcoming sporting dates for Term 2:
Rugby Gala Day (Yr 5 and 6) – 7th May - Postponed
Netball Schools Cup – 25th May
AFL Paul Kelly Cup – 21st May
MacKillop Cross Country – 8th Jun
Netball Gala Day – 15th June
Athletics Carnival – 21st June
If you have any questions about sports or any events coming up please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Mr. Allmark
Sports Coordinator