St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra eNewsletter

REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

2023 DIOCESAN AWARDS

The annual 2023 Dioesan awards night was held Friday 10 November at St Marys in Wollongong. St Johns had a number of students recognised for their contribution to Diocesan pathway school sport for 2023.

SECONDARY MEDALLION RECIPIENTS FROM ST JOHN'S WERE:

AIRLIE STEVENS - YEAR 7

OSKAR DRISCOL - YEAR 8

TRAE SPENCER - YEAR 8

HANNAH PHILLIPS - YEAR 9

RUBY MARSHALL - YEAR 11

BRIDGET FAIRS - YEAR 11

SIENNA CLARKE - YEAR 12

SECONDARY BLUES AWARDS:

NICHOLAS MCGILL - YEAR 10

TALIKA IRVINE - YEAR 11

VINCE VILLA AWARD

We had great success as a school being awarded 2nd place for the Vince Villa Award. This award acknowledges the contribution of schools success in the Diocese on a point system. Well done all who have participated in any Diocease event this year!

TRIBUTE TO SPORTSMANSHIP - NICHOLAS MCGILL

Presented on the night was a tribute to sportsmanship and it featured our own year 10 Student Nick McGill. Well done Nick for demonstrating the true spirit of sport.

NSW STATE NETBALL FINAL - YEAR 9/10 BOYS SILVER MEDALISTS

On Wednesday 8th of November, St Johns had 2 boys teams travel to Sydney Olympic Park to compete at the NSW SCHOOL'S CUP STATE NETBALL FINAL after progressing through earlier rounds.

Our Year 8 team fought hard and had a brilliant time competing at this level against very strong competition but unfortunately did not progress on the day.

Our Year 9/10 team advanced all the way through to the grand final at the tournament, coming away with a silver medal placing 2nd in the state.

Super proud of all the boys!

Coach Sean Gray

JALEN REES & NICHOLAS RAYES - YEAR 10

Congratulations to Jalen Rees and Nic Rayes of Year 10 for being offered positions in the NSW U17's Boys Netball team to compete at the National Championships in Brisbane in April next year.

BERG SHIELD - YEAR 7 - 9 BOY'S CRICKET

On Friday 27 October on a wet and overcast day, the St John’s (Year 7 to 9 boy's) Berg Shield cricket team travelled to Albion Park to take on St Joseph’s in the first round of the state wide Catholic T20 knockout competition.

There was a great start to the day with opening pace bowlers Beau Lynch and Hugh Duff bowling tightly and finishing with 0/3 and 1/9 respectively after their 3 overs each. The standout bowlers through the middle overs who really changed the course of the game were Matthew Reid with 2/13 and Shaia Wagner-Smith with the amazing figures of 4/3 bowling his right arm off spin and just missing out on a hat trick. Jake Swan and Arlo Brown also picked up a wicket each to help dismiss St Joseph’s for a total of 63.

When it was St John’s turn to bat, the team was quietly confident that we would be able to chase down the required 64 runs quite easily. Xavier Smith(22) and Hamish Kinch(12) started confidently until we lost our first wicket at 33. Some very strong, straight bowling from the St Joseph’s attack then saw our batters completely collapse and be all out for 55, falling 8 runs short of St Joseph’s total. The only other batter who added some resistance was Clayton Whitby who managed a hard fought 9 runs.

Even though we have bowed out of this year’s competition, it has made our squad thirsty to compete next year with new found experience and desire.

Thanks to Mr Muller for driving the freshly painted school bus and scoring on the day.

Thank you also to Mr Fuller for managing the team and umpiring on the day.

U16 GIRLS LEAGUE TAG

The St John’s U16’s Girls League Tag team took part in the Shoalhaven Blues Tag Tournament at Lyrebird Park on the 19th October. The girls entered the event with a simple game plan in which they executed perfectly throughout their round games, leading to some outstanding wins against Shoalhaven High School and Kiama High School. Sarelle Pearkins, Mathilda Lobina and Bella Lord worked tirelessly through the middle and backline movements were finished off precisely by fullback Hannah Phillips, none of the structure would have come off without the guidance of our halves combination in Andii Parrish and Mia Stevens. A semi-final berth versus Vincentia High School, saw a grinding game result in our favour and moved onto the grand final. Unfortunately St John’s would go down 2 tries to 1 against Kiama High School in the big dance. All in all, it was a great day with really good footy played by all, looking to go one better next year.

JUNIOR GIRLS LEAGUE TAG

The junior girls league tag team participated in the NRL's League Tag Championships event held at Lyrebird Park in Nowra on the 19th of October. The team was successful throughout the day, winning all games by a high margin, making the grand final which was played against Kiama High School. Unfortunately the girls did not take home the trophy, but were awarded second on the day which is an excellent achievement. Overall, the junior girls team were determined, confident and showed excellent sportsmanship throughout the day. Well done girls, I am so proud of your efforts!

Mrs Kinna

REGISTRATIONS VIA NSW CCC web site-always check closing dates: https://csnsw.sport/

Please see below the 2023 Flyer to promote NSWCCC individual pathways and the process for registering through the CSNSW Sport website for students and parents information.

Please note this is for individual pathways, any team events, students will be selected through Wollongong trials and events and students will ONLY need to register on CSNSW Sport website if they are held at these events.

CSNSW_Registrations_Flyer_2023.pdf

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Please feel free to contact our school with any questions.

Once you have nominated, Compass will provide you and your team with permission notes to complete. If team members fail to return these notes in a timely manner, your team's entry may be withdrawn.

Mrs Ellen Gray

2023 Representative Sport Coordinator