Sports News
Central Zone Athletics Carnival
On Wednesday, 9th of August, St Saviour’s students represented their school at the Central Zone Athletics Carnival. They ran, jumped, and threw with two to three students in each event. St Saviour’s did extremely well with many students placing in the top three for their events. All students are to be commended on the way they represented their school and the sportsmanship they showed on the day. Emily Carrigan broke the record for 10 Year Discus throwing 33.89m smashing the old record by 5m. I feel it is also important to mention that while St Saviour’s did extremely well in track and field events, I was super proud of an incident that happened at the tent. A younger student was very nervous about his upcoming event to the point where he no longer wanted to compete. I asked some Year Five and Six boys to sit with him. These boys ate lunch with him and played a game that completely took his mind off his race and totally took the nerves away. At this moment I felt extremely privileged to work at a school where our students genuinally care about each other, demonstrating our school’s Mercy Values walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
The following students made the Central Zone Team and will compete at the Darling Downs Carnival later in the term.
- Samuel Abot (100m, 200m, High Jump)
- Mia Aylward (1500m)
- Harrison Black (High Jump)
- Joseph Black (100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m, Combined Event)
- Emily Carrigan (Shot Put, Discus)
- Aya Doherty (200m)
- Ayen Gakeer (200m)
- Lucy Hardy (200m)
- Liam McHugh (1500m, Shot Put, Discus)
- Ava Orr (Discus)
- Mary Quiles (100m, 200m)
- Nyigok Gakeer (High Jump)
- Rose Stead (100m, 800m, 1500m, Combined Event)
- Deborah Thomas (100m, 200m)
Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic carnival (picture below).
School Sport
Congratulations to Matilda Crothers who represented Darling Downs in Ruby Union last month. Matilda played some awesome footy being voted player of the match in one of her games. It was a very strong competition and such a fantastic experience. Mammoth effort Matilda and we look forward to hearing about when you represent Darling Downs for rugby league. (pictures below)
Futsal Star
William Prust went to Fiji last month to represent Australia in Futsal. He won a bronze medal playing as goalkeeper. While in Fiji, William and a teammate from Nanango, visited a kindergarten. The boys took with them heaps of learning supplies and had a wonderful time interacting with the kindy kids. What an awesome experience filled with memories that will last a lifetime (pictures below).
Zone and Darling Downs Trials
All Zone and Darling Downs trials will be placed on Parent Portal. Please check Parent Portal regularly or set up notifications on your phone if you wish for your child to be eligible to trial for Zone and Darling Downs sporting teams as you will be required to obtain paperwork from myself. I am unable to nominate students after the closing date so please make sure you do keep an eye on Parent Portal. Any questions, please contact me at brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
Upcoming Events (Term Three)
- Darling Downs Athletics Carnival – 15/08/2023 8am-2:30pm
- Catholic Touch Football Gala Day (Year 4) – 12/09/2023 9am-2:30pm
Cheers
Brendan Luck
HPE Teacher