REPRESENTATIVE SPORT
St John’s has a strong sporting culture and provides many representative sporting opportunities for students.
The Representative Sport Google Classroom is a platform where students can access information on Representative Sport. This digital notice board provides important information such as the registration to trial, trial dates, important dates and expectations.
Students must be a member of the Representative Sport Google Classroom to access the google forms.
Any questions please email Sports Coordinator
Mrs E Gray
NSW ALL SCHOOL'S TRIATHLON
On Thursday 22 February, the super talented St John's Triathlon Team headed to the NSW All Schools Triathlon Competition at Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith. St John’s was represented by 11 teams and a total of 32 students.
It was an early start, with students meeting at the school at 4am. The bus trip was decidedly quiet, with students sleeping, ensuring their bodies were suitably rested for the gruelling competition that awaited.
After a ‘short’ almost 3 hour bus trip we arrived and students arose from their slumber with a buzz of excitement and anticipation for the day's events. Whilst removing bikes from the bus, laughter erupted as a wayward single tyre curiously rolled down a slope into a pool of water. This was definitely a sign that it was going to be a great day.
Conditions were extremely hot and humid, and due to poor water quality, the swim leg was replaced with a 750 metre run. The St John's team remained focused and unfazed by this change.
All teams competed with energy, determination and commitment in the trying conditions. There was a wonderful sense of camaraderie and spirit within the group, with staff, parents and students animatedly proving support and encouragement. Students represented St John’s with passion and pride and were wonderful ambassadors for the school and community.
In excess of 100 schools competed on the day with all of St John’s teams finishing in the top half of their respective races. Special mention goes to the Girl’s Intermediate team, consisting of Matilda Dicker, Tia Kingma and Juliet Sternats. These girls finished 3rd in the Combined Catholic Schools section, effectively placing 3rd in the state among Catholic Schools. A truly wonderful result.
An incredible result from one of the teams who competed in the Senior Boy’s race - this team consisted of Cameron Harrison, Talika Irvine and Bridget Fairs. Yes, that’s right! Two girls showing that they are every bit as determined and talented as the boys. This team finished with a bronze medal in the Combined Catholic Schools section, effectively placing 3rd in the state. A truly wonderful result. Even more impressive is that this result ranked 5th against All Schools - Independent, State and Catholic. A special shout-out to Cameron Harrison, who had the fastest cycle split among all competitors. Congratulations Cameron!
Special mention goes out to the parents who made the trip and cheered on our students at the event. Thank you for your wonderful support of our students and school. To the staff that attended, Mr Lopez, Mr Wilson and Mr Fisher - thanks so much for the early start and late finish and all you did in between. Finally, to Mrs Gray, the Schools Representative Sport Organiser. None of this would have been possible without your efforts to organise and coordinate the school's team.
Such was the day that all students intend to return next year! We encourage all students who either love to swim, ride a bike or run, to step up and be part of next year's team.
RUGBY LEAGUE
On Tuesday, the lads from St John's U15's and Senior Rugby League teams had a great day out at Albion Park. The junior team kicked off against Warilla High School with heavy odds against them. Unfortunately while they were in a winning position, the young gun, Jakey Swan, suffered an immense blow to his shoulder.
However, this tough and rugged team carried on, led by Chase Wyber and Riley Gough up the middle. Although the boys put in their best effort, they fell short of victory. This didn't discourage them from firing up for the next clash against the mighty Edmund Rice College, falling short again in a tough game. Positively, the boys then turned to supporting the Opens with some inspiring tunes and vocal cheers from the sideline.
The Open Boys rugby league lads arrived with both nerves and excitement for the upcoming battles and were keen for the first game against Warrawong High School. The boys fired up after a classic Sebastian Ball speech. What unveiled was a hard hitting game of rugby league in which a mild disagreement ended the game early with a 20-nil win.
This enticed the boys to look forward to their next battle against Keira High School. After a lengthy recovery session, where the lads took the opportunity to refuel and re-energise, Captain Sebby Ball rounded us back up ready to charge into battle. It was a well earned victory as both our structure and intelligence proved too much for the Mt Keira boys to handle. 2 tries from Ty Schott and another from his centre partner Sonny Jamieson were backed up by the run of the day from captain Seb Ball. He out-sprinted the opposition for 60m to touch down. Johns dominating 22-0.
We then progressed through to the semi-final against the big, strong Albion park. With only a short turnaround it was a much tougher opposition. Ty Schott couldn’t be stopped and again crossed the line to score the first try of the match. Scores finished 4 all and thanks to Ty we progressed to the final against Edmund Rice.
Another 10 minute turnaround between games proved a bit much for Johnnies and Edmund Rice managed a try in each half to win 10 nil. It was a brave showing where our forwards stood up led by our all AFL front row of Oscar Tunney and Oli Driscoll. Edmund Rice defended their lead well and unfortunately, slippery conditions didn’t see much ball to our dangerous backs.
Despite finishing runners up, the NRL were impressed by John’s performances and wish to offer the Opens a wildcard progression through to the Southern NSW finals in June.
Thanks to all the boys for their efforts on the day.
Macklin Berry and Darcy Davis
