Welcome back to Term 3! We have kicked off Semester 2 with our girls Rugby league, SJCHS World Cup Soccer and the Diocesan Athletics carnival. Make sure your child keeps an eye out for upcoming events and information on Compass to avoid missing out on any upcoming events.

Jump Rope for Heart

Last Friday, our Year 7 cohort launched Jump Rope for Heart where they are skipping to help fundraise money for the heart foundation. Parents with students in Year 7 are encouraged to register their child for this event to help contribute to our final fundraising goal ($3000). We hope our school can make a difference in the lives of Australian people and their health.

Upcoming Events

SJCHS World Cup Soccer

This week, students began the preliminary round of our SJCHS World Cup Soccer tournament. We had 16 junior teams register for this event and it has been an unreal week of games so far. Next week we head to the quarter finals, semi finals and the grand final (Thursday). Good luck to the remaining teams. Please check compass for the quarterfinals draw.

The senior tournament will take place in week 5 with the winner of this versing the winner of the junior competition.

NSWCCC Netball Teams

After a successful campaign at the Diocesan Gala Day, we have decided to compete at the NSWCCC tournament in Week 5. This will take place in Penrith where students will compete against other teams from around the state. As an added bonus we have also been able to enter an Open Boys Netball team, coached under the guidance of Mrs Behl. We are excited to have our very first Boys Netball team and look forward to seeing them compete at this competition. 

Elite/Aspiring Athlete Excursion

Students who are in the 2022/23 Athlete program will attend their final testing and program day at Bai Med in Week 6. I hope students have gained valuable experience and knowledge over the past 4 terms that they can use in their training. Applications for the 2023/24 program will open later this term. Stay tuned for more information.

Champion of Champions Oztag - Year 9/10 Girls

Our year 9/10 Girls Oztag team will compete at the Champion of Champions (State championship) event in Week 8 this term. These girls have been training to develop their fitness and skills and we hope they can gain some great experience and results at this championship.

Sporting Success

James Allen

Congratulations to James who competed in the Oran Park Rumble Series for skateboarding and placed 1st in the 13 and under category. Keep up the good work!

Grace Pomery

Congratulations to Grace who competed in the 18+ girls 6km as part of the NSWCCC team. She placed 6th, which is an automatic qualifier for Nationals through the schools system which is in Canberra on the 26^th August. Goodluck with training and lead up to this competition.

Caitlin Brooker

Congratulations to Caitlin who over the past few weeks has been competing as part of the Australian Karate Team. Caitlin placed in the top 20 worldwide for kata and top 15 worldwide for kumite in her age and weight category. This is a magnificent result and we hope she is extremely proud of herself. Caitlin also had the privilege of being the flag bearer for Australia in the closing ceremony. Well done Caitlin. You have a very exciting future ahead of you.

Zali Schofield

Congratulations to Zali Schofield who has been selected in the NSW All Schools hockey team. Zali recently represented our school as part of the NSWCCC Opens team and although their team did not win, her success in the next level of selection speaks volume of her talent. Goodluck at the next level Zali.

Cate Mansbridge & Kiara Shelton

During the holidays Kiara and Cate represented Kiama Netball Association and competed at the Junior State Netball Titles in Liverpool in Division 3 U14’s. The team finished 7/18 teams. Well done girls on your amazing effort. Both these girls will represent our school at the upcoming NSWCCC Teams event and are also part of our Elite/Aspiring Athlete Program.

If your child has had sporting success outside of school we want to hear about it. 

Please email details to Miss Power (powers01@dow.catholic.edu.au)

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