Sports Corner

School sport

School sport started back successfully in Week 5. Students are now happily participating in a range of on and off campus sports once again. Students are reminded to check the Palace noticeboard and the Sport Google classroom for updates on venues and sports each week. 

Year 8 Girls - A reminder that you have a sport change in Week 8. 

Sport Invoices

Invoices for sport for Year 9/10 are emailed to the parent email addresses on file and those Year 8 parents waiting for Term 1 invoices are asked to check junk email folders as they may have been filed as junk/spam. Year 9 and 10 parents are reminded that any outstanding payments for Term 4 sport are now due. Any questions regarding invoices should be directed to cofhs-finance@lism.catholic.edu.au

OSSA

Due to the shortened term of sport, we need to allow the Year 8 boys to attain their OSSA Award via an additional all day event on Wednesday 8 November. Only those students who want to and who the Lifeguards believe will be competent enough to attain the award will be required to attend the whole day. Those who are happy to learn the skills and gain ocean confidence will stay at school for the day and attend Park Beach in their normal sport timeslot. 

Additionally, there are a number of Year 8 girls who missed getting their OSSA in Term 1 and will be asked to sign up via the Sport Google classroom.  Year 8 students who would like to get their OSSA award (both males and those females who previously indicated) will be asked to fill out the Google form which will be posted on Wednesday 17 November. The opportunity to sign up will close on Tuesday 23 November and additional people will not be able to be added after this time.

Representative sport

Dates for the 2022 CCC and Diocesan sports calendar have been released, albeit some in draft form. The dates for team events and individual pathway trials are listed on the Palace noticeboard. However, the sign up window has not yet opened. This will occur early 2022.

Students are required to sign up online for individual pathway sports via either CSNSW website (most sports) or Lismore Diocese Sport website (Rugby League, Football and Touch Football)

Sports competitions that are team based will require students to sign up at the College. Again, this will not happen until next year.

Dates for team sports that do not have a CCC pathway (AFL, Rugby Union etc…) are still to be released. 

Inter House Competition

This week we kicked off our inaugural Interhouse Basketball competition with our new Year 10 House Leaders having their first taste of leadership. The Year 10 cohort took to the courts in a fun, agile and often intense tussle between the houses. 

The first round saw Casey take on Hargraves and Kelly and McAuley meet. The two winning houses, Hargreaves and McAuley, then played off for 1st and 2nd position, while Casey and Kelly took to the court to contest 3rd and 4th position. 

Despite a great deal of enthusiasm and desire, Hargraves struggled to overcome a tall Timbers McAuley team who were unstoppable in defense and attack. On court 2, Casey had no answers for a tough Kelly offensive, however, were awarded bonus points for getting in the house spirit, dressing up in green to support their house.

The progressive point score is as follows:

20 McAuley

15 Hargraves

10 Kelly

10 Casey

Next Tuesday, the Year 10s will coach and encourage Year 9 students from their houses as they play the second round of the competition.