Sports Corner

Year 9/10 Sport Selections Term 3

Bill Turner Trophy

Our wonderful girls team took on Woolgoolga High School at the synthetic fields on Thursday, 15 May. The girls took the lead early and never looked back. Putting 5 goals away in the first half, the girls continued their run with another flurry of 5 goals, to win the game 10 - 0. The win was a whole team effort with the following girls finishing with goals. Summer Barden (6), Pippa Dodd (2), Evie Gibson (1) and Jayda Crocker (1).

The girls now progress to play McLean High School in Coffs Harbour for Round 3.

Diocesan Tennis

SJPC students travelled to Lismore to represent their school in the Diocesan Tennis Championship in Lismore on Wednesday. The Junior Girls team consisted of Eva McGregor and Ruby Smith, the Junior Boys team consisted of Sebastian Muir and Samuel Lind. Our Junior teams played well and had a lot of fun. The Open Boys team consisted of Max Corsalini, Oakley Baylis, Luke Blackman and Noah Baylis. Our Open boys team played extremely well, coming second overall. A fantastic day was had by all.

Sally Poidevan and Matt Quinton
Coaches

Basketball NSW

The annual Basketball NSW event was held in Coffs Harbour on Thursday 15 May, with both our Open boys and Open girls competing. The girls were dominant in every game, winning against Christian Community School and Richmond Community College in the pools to face BDC in the final. The team were outstanding, achieving their second championship, winning 32 - 18. The regional title win meant qualification to the Basketball NSW State Championships in Sydney, but instead they will be defending their title at the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Championships in June, due to the close proximity of both events.

The boys played well all day and, like the girls, found themselves in the final against BDC 2. The game was tough and saw-sawed, with BDC pulling off a wildly lucky halfway shot to win the game by 1 point in the last second of the game. The boys should be proud of their efforts, playing the tournament without 3 of their normal players.

Thank you to Jessi Reeves and John Philip for guiding the students throughout the tournament.

Congratulations

• Alexis Plater (Year 12) and Kira Juffermans (Year 11) were selected to represent NSWCCC in Open Basketball after attending the Sydney trial last week. This is a significant achievement to have two of our girls chosen from across all Catholic schools in NSW. The ladies now compete in a Tri-series against NSWCIS and NSWCHS to determine the champion system. Good luck, ladies!

• Charlie Oates, Ewan Baker, Levi Newton, Cooper Shaw and Harper Landrigan who were all selected to trial for NSWCCC Rugby. The boys travelled to Sydney to participate in the trials, with Levi and Harper being selected into the NSWCCC 16yrs team. Congratulations, boys and good luck at the tri-series event.