Diocesan Athletics Team

Congratulations on all students selected to represent St Joseph’s Catholic High School in the Diocesan Athletics Team. The team will compete at the Wollongong Diocesan Secondary Athletics Championships to be held at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on Friday 2nd August. A charter bus has been organised to transport students to and from the event. Students will need to arrive at school bright and early at 6:15am.

Permission notes have been put onto Compass so could all parents/guardians please pay and give consent ASAP. It is expected that all students will attend this event. If students cannot attend (e.g due to injury), we need time to be able to fill their spots so that St Joseph’s can have maximum representation at the carnival. If unable to attend, please decline the event and ask your child to let Mrs Musgrave know why they are unable to attend (email musgravec01@dow.catholic.edu.au).

The team that has been selected can be found at this link:

Diocesan Athletics Team

Athletics Age Champions

Congratulations to the following students who are age champion or runner-up age champion from the school athletics carnival.

Year 10 PASS helping at St Paul's Athletics Carnival 13th June 2024 

On Thursday, the 13th of June, 18 students from the Year 10 PASS Class attended the St. Paul's Athletics Carnival at Croome Rd to assist in the smooth running of events. This is part of one of their modules exploring opportunities and pathways in the sporting industry, which they will be learning about later in Term 4.

The students embraced the opportunity to run novelty races, timekeep, and encourage the students to participate in field events. A highlight of the day was seeing Tasman Rippon run the 100m with a Kinder student who was hesitant to compete on his own. It was a wonderful display of support and encouragement. Well done to the Year 10 PASS Class.

A big thank you to Mrs Foster for supervising the students on the day.

The St Joseph’s students’ behaviour was so good that we received this email from the Principal of St Paul’s:

“Dear Teachers and students of St Joseph's,

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to each one of you for your invaluable assistance during our athletics carnival last Thursday. Your enthusiasm, and hard work played a crucial role in making the event a success.

Your willingness to step up and help in various capacities ensured that the carnival ran smoothly and efficiently. From setting up equipment to managing activities and cheering on the participants, your contributions did not go unnoticed. The positive energy and team spirit you brought were truly inspiring and greatly appreciated by everyone involved.

Once again, thank you for your support and for being such wonderful representatives of St Joseph's. We look forward to collaborating with you in future events.

Warm regards,

Angela Pecnik

Principal

St Paul's Catholic Parish Primary School, Albion Park

Basketball NSW CCC Qualifying Tournament 13th June 2024

On Thursday the 12th June, the Intermediate Boys Basketball contested the annual invitational knockout competition to challenge for a spot in the NSW CCC Basketball Championships.

The team trained in the early morning before school for most of Term 1 and 2. They were pumped and ready for their first game together.

Being a knockout competition, we needed to win our first game against Edmund Rice.

The boys started out well, matching Edmund Rice, basket for basket in the first half. Joey's went into the half time break being 1 point ahead. Unfortunately, the second half did not start too well. The one point lead quickly became a 12 point deficit. Unfortunately, we could not compete with the depth and experience of the Edmund Rice team, who won the game 47 to 67. Congratulations boys. You showed that you can mix it with the best. An awesome effort for a team who had not played together before and one that consisted of many Year 7 & 8 players.

Next Year !!!!

A huge thank you to Mrs Linsley who trained the boys before school on Tuesday mornings all year. Thanks also to all the parents who have driven their boys to these early morning training sessions. Training will start again as we get closer to the basketball gala day which will be held in Term 4.

The team consisted of Thomas Hoffman, Solomon Liu, Nash Burling, Jake Burling, Alex Sipka, Archie Faulks, Jack Woodward, Brody Tomasi, Jake Eager, Jack Rabay. Reserves Chase Goodman, Jaxon Moran. Injured Taj Miller.

Diocesan Netball Gala Day 14th June 2024

Thanks so much to Mrs Foster, Miss Allen, Mrs Madaschi and Miss Sumner who have given up their time to train and coach the girls.

A big ‘Thank you’ goes to Mrs Behl and Mrs Sharkey who put in a tremendous amount of time and effort to organise the Diocesean Netball carnival and ensure the smooth running of the day.

Junior Team A

Team B

Intermediate