Sports Trivia Fundraiser - THANK YOU!

Last Friday night we had our Representative Sports Trivia Fundraiser held in the school gym. With over 130 people attending the night was very successful raising $379. The aim of this fundraiser for 2026 was to assist in costs to students who partake in school sporting teams and hope to make sport free in 2026. I am so grateful for all the support from our local community businesses who donated to the night with over $7000 worth of prizes to be won in both raffle, on the night games and also table prizes.

I would like to make special thanks to Jenna Attard who organised the raffle prizes as well as Nicole Robinson who assisted me in getting this night up and running. A big thank you also goes to Molly Sumner who assisted on the night, Sue Easter who assisted with finance behind the scenes and all our St Joseph’s staff who attended on the night or bought raffle tickets to support this event.

Thank you to all the parents who attended, I hope you enjoyed the night as much as I did!

Congratulations to all our raffle and prize winners!

Diocesan Volleyball

Our Boys Volleyball Team participated in the Diocesan Championship on September 3rd at Unanderra. It was a learning experience for some of the boys who have not played before, but their training over the past several weeks paid off as the team was able to acquit itself quite admirably, keeping pace with more experienced teams. The boys were able to make it to the first round of the playoffs, but were unable to overcome a very strong team from St. Francis. The boys learned a lot from this year’s experience and are keen to put this into play next year.

MVP: Travis McGeorge (solo setter for every game as well as a defensive presence at the net).

Mr Plattner

On Wednesday 3rd September the boys & girls Joey’s volleyball teams headed to Unanderra Hockey Stadium to compete in the Diocesan championships. This was our second attempt after the original date in Term 2 was postponed due to a power outage at the stadium due to strong winds.

The girls started strongly with an impressive 47-30 win over John Terry. All our training sessions paid off as the girls showed excellent teamwork and serving skills. We unfortunately were not able to get any more wins in our round games as we came up against some very experienced opposition teams. We had Mount Carmel (who finished 1st) and St Mary’s (who finished 2nd) both in our pool which made it very tough as they both had several rep players in their teams.

Our early win meant we qualified for the playoffs where we came up against St Pat’s. After an early deficit we were unable to claw our way back so finished in 8th place.

The girls are to be congratulated for their willingness to learn and train hard over two terms. They displayed excellent behaviour on the day and it was a pleasure to be their coach. As all the team are in years 9,10 and 11, we look forward to coming back next year even stronger.

MVP: Mia Tasevski

NSW South Coast Netball - 9-10 Boys

Our boys’ team represented Joey’s with pride at the South Coast Netball Regional Finals in Nowra, finishing in an impressive 3rd place. The tournament was played under extremely windy conditions, which made passing and shooting particularly challenging.

Despite the tough weather, our players showed great determination, teamwork, and resilience. They adapted quickly and worked hard to maintain possession, while also displaying strong defensive pressure.

The opposing teams were talented and accurate, handling the conditions with skill, which made for some very competitive matches. Our boys rose to the challenge and delivered some great netball across the day. Their sportsmanship was second to none, and they should be very proud of that.

Congratulations to the team on their achievement, and a special thank you to the three umpires who represented Joey’s today. Congratulations to Sienna Kaschubs and Ebony McCloy, who were chosen to umpire a Grand Final game based on their performances earlier in the day.

Player of the Day: Jaedyn Stowers for consistency throughout the day. He was the strength that brought the ball down the court and got so many interceptions throughout the day.

Elite Athlete Program

This week we had our final program excursion to Bai Med for the athletes to complete the post-testing from the program. In Term 4, 2024 students completed the same tests for pre-testing and so this was a great opportunity for them to see their improvement over the past 12 months. Students were screened for strength, flexibility, power and endurance over the day before receiving their results and comparing these with the pre-testing. It was great to see so many students improve from earlier in the program and see their hard work paying off.

We have two more events for the 2024/25 program which are a sport psychology workshop with David Barracosa from Condor Performance and practical cooking nutrition with Embody Nutrition.

Applications for the 2025/26 program are now closed and interviews will take place from next week.

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

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

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