Welcome to Term 3 Sport. We kicked off with the Diocesan Secondary Netball Championships last Monday and the Diocesan Athletics Championships last Friday. Well done to all of the students who represented Joey’s at these events.

In the coming weeks, we are looking at commencing coaching clinics in Basketball, Cricket and AFL. The Diocesan Championships for these events will be held early in Term 4. Students are reminded that attendance at the coaching clinics is compulsory for selection into a school representative team. Students need to email me if they are absent and unable to attend as concessions can always be made due to injury and illness. Students are asked to check the lists on Compass and email me if they would like to be added. 

School Athletics Carnival 

Congratulations to the following students who are our Joey’s 2022 Athletics Age Champions:

It was a glorious day at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on Friday 29th July for the Diocesan Athletics Championships. The following Joey’s students were outstanding ambassadors for our school. They enthusiastically participated in their events and are to be congratulated on the spirit and sportsmanship they displayed : Lily Bargallie, Abbey Bartley, Ciara Bastian, Mackenzie Best, Tayissa Buchanan, Heidi Colless, Breanna Cresswell, Gemma Cresswell, Emily Ccsllich, Mikayla Fernandez, Lola Garcia, Cadence Hardy, Maggie Healey, Indiana Hiscocks, Emily Hollingsworth, Chantel Hristovska, Mackenzie Hutchinson, Amy Jedrzejczak, Stevie McLaren, Grace Pomery, Kiara Shelton, Addison Straney, Alivia van Leeuwen, Ryan Cergovski, Nathaniel Gamble, Lochie Haining, Thomas Hofman, Toby Hokin, Caiden Judd, Elliot Klein, Aiden McEwan, Bailey Miller, Christian Oanea, Jacob Ong, Samuel Shepherd, Brandon Smith, Cooper Smith, Jake Soutter, Jack Trajkovski, Clayton van Leeuwen, Chase Vilarinho and Thomas Welland.

Congratulations to the following students who finished in the top 3 places in their event:

Lochie Haining 17+ Boys: 2nd place in the 1500m & 800m

Clayton van Leeuwen 17+ Boys: 3rd place in the Shot Put

Grace Pomery 17+ Girls: 1st place in the 1500m & 800m. 2nd place in the 400m. 3rd place in the Discus and Triple Jump. Grace was the Diocesan 17+ Girls Age Champion! 

Tayissa Buchanan 16 Girls: 1st place in the 800m & 400m. Tayissa finished equal 3rd place Diocesan 16 Girls Age Champion. 

Emily Csellich 16 Girls: 3rd place in the Javelin

Toby Hokin 15 Boys: 2nd place in the Shot Put

Chantel Hristovska 15 Girls: 3rd place in the High Jump

Sam Shepherd 14 Boys: 3rd place in the High Jump

Thomas Hofman 13 Boys: 1st Place in the Javelin

Jacob Ong 13 Boys: 2nd place in the Discus

Nathaniel Gamble: 13 Boys: 2nd place in the Shot Put

Mackenzie Hutchinson 12 Girls: 2nd place in the Discus

Congratulations to Lochie, Grace, Tayissa and Thomas who have been selected to represent the Wollongong Diocese Secndary School Athletics Team at the 2022 NSWCCC Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday 12th September. 

Congratulations and Good Luck 

Robert Frew attended the NSWCCC Hockey Championships and made the NSW All Schools Open Male Hockey Merit Team. This is an outstanding achievement. Congratulations Robert!

Halle Bone attended the Surf Life Saving Illawarra Awards of Excellence and was named the Illawarra Branch Youth Volunteer of the Year.  She is now a finalist for the Surf Lifesaving New South Wales Youth Volunteer of Year. Halle also spent part of the school holidays going to Camden and Maitland with Surf Lifesaving to help people who had been affected by the floods. She assisted the SES carry out flood assessments, welfare checks and transporting people, medical supplies, food and water through the floodwaters by IRB.  Halle is an excellent ambassador for St Joseph’s and we thank her for her service to others in the community. 

Indianna Surian competed at The National Championship for Acrobatics at the Gold Coast. 

Her trio placed first in all three categories including balance, dynamic, combined and the overall winning group of the whole competition. 

Indianna and her team are now training for the Vegas Acro Cup in March 2023 where they will represent Oak Flats Acrobatics and compete against international teams from around the world. 

Congratulations to Grace Pomery who finished 4th in the U17 Girls 4000m at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships. Grace will now represent NSW at the Australian Cross Country Championships in South Australia at the end of August. 

Grace also competes through the Athletics NSW program of events representing her club, Kembla Joggers. Recently she competed at the NSW Cross Country Relay Championships in Sydney- stepping up a division to the U20 girls where her team secured the Bronze medal.

This is an incredible achievement and we wish Grace continued success as she prepares to run against the best 4000m runners in Australia!

If you are watching the commonwealth games keep an eye out for former Joey’s student Shawn Parnis who is representing Malta in lawn bowls. 

Upcoming Events

TERM 4 Sport	Venue	Date	Teams	Staff Coach/Manager
Boys Cricket	Dalton Park	October 12 (Wed Week 1) Backup 19/10	7-9	Mr Lewis  Mr Dowdell
Boys AFL	Dalton Park	October 14 (Friday Week 1) Backup 24/10	U15 and no Year 7	Miss Corradini
Girls AFL	Macquarie Fields	October 14 (Friday Week 1) Backup 24/10	7-9	Mrs Hensman
Boys Basketball	Campbelltown	October 17 (Week 2)	Junior 7-9	Mr Lewis
			Senior 10-11	Mr Dowdell
Girls Basketball	Beaton Park	October 17 (Week 2)	Junior 7-9	Mrs Linsley
			Senior 10-11	Mrs Musgrave
Berg Shield	TBC	TBC	7-9	Mr Moran
Downie Shield	TBC	TBC	Open	Mr Lewis/Mr Dowdell

Mrs Michelle Garbutt

Representative Sports Coordinator