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
FERGUS COUGHLAN - SOUTHERN NSW AFL TEAM
Congratulations to Fergus Coughlan of Year 8 for being chosen to play in the Southern NSW AFL team. Fergus will travel to Wagga Wagga for the NSWCCC AFL trials for the two day event on Monday 6 - Tuesday 7 May 2024. Good luck for the trials.
DIOCESAN SWIMMING CARNIVAL
What a pleasure it was for Mr Stephenson and myself to take the St Johns swim team to Corrimal Pool on Wednesday 6th March. The day started with a sleepy but excited bunch of students keen to get in the water and represent their school. It was a perfect day for swimming and the water looked inviting.
We had some outstanding performances at the carnival:
Talika Irvine – Age Champion
1st 100m Breaststroke / 50m Breaststroke / 200m Individual Medley
2nd 50m Butterfly / 100m Backstroke / 50m Backstroke / 100m Freestyle
3rd 50m Freestyle
Oskar Driscoll - Junior Multi Class Champion
Jenson Coughlan - Runner up Age Champion
1st 50m Freestyle / 100m Freestyle
2nd 50m Butterfly
Jenson’s win in the 100m freestyle showed great courage. He had to put in some big strokes and some power kicking in the last 10m, nearing the point of exhaustion, to narrowly win the race.
Talika was challenged in every race by swimmers from the other schools but showed great determination and came out on top at the end of the day.
Oskar was also swimming in a competitive field of mixed ability swimmers and
finished on top in the Junior Multi Class event and will compete in the following races at NSWCCC: 50m Freestyle / 100m Freestyle / 50m Breaststroke / 50m Butterfly.
Trae will also compete at the NSWCCC in 50m Freestyle / 100m Freestyle / 50m Backstroke / 50m Butterfly.
While these performances were amazing, the highlight of the day was the encouragement and teamwork of the whole team. Lots of students jumped in the water to fill spaces and create relays. A lot of fun and laughter was had by all! Toby Kinch was our super sub as were Lily Sproule and Eadan Hall. Hugh Vaughan and Nakita Boatswain were our organisers. Archie Ward, Hayden Fuller, Denzel Atkinson and Kai Reid were the team motivators, and our Year 7 girls led the cheer squad.
It was a fantastic day, and it was a tired but happy group of students that got back on the bus and headed for home knowing that they had given every race their best effort!
Talika Irvine, Jenson Coughlan, Oskar Driskol and Trae Spencer will now progress to represent the Wollongong Diocese at the NSWCCC Championships in April at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. We wish them all the best!
DIOCESAN GIRLS TOUCH FOOTBALL
The Juniors girls showed a lot of willingness to learn and improve in their skills. This was highlighted in their ability to dig deep in the opening couple of matches, they then went on to win 4 games in a row to put themselves equal 2nd. As the day came to an end, the girls needed a win to solidify 2nd spot in the last match, unfortunately they fell just short with the match ending in a draw. It was fantastic to see the girls all helping each other and improving. The girls only missed out on a top 3 by for and against.
The Intermediate girls team were a competitive group of ladies who gained a lot of confidence and began to work well as a team by the end of the day. They began to enjoy the game, they relaxed and started to trust one another on the field and this is where the team found success. They came away with 2 wins, 4 losses, and 3 draws. Players player for the day and well deserved was Ruby Roberts who demonstrated consistent effort in both attack and defence, she never gave up! Congratulations to Allira Hepburn for her selection as a shadow for the Under 15's Diocesan team, a tenacious defender.
The Opens girls touch team were a strong force through the whole day, coming away with more wins than losses. The girls played in good spirit, encouraging each other even when mistakes were made. They played well as a team and most importantly enjoyed themselves. Congratulations to Hannah Phillips who was selected as a shadow and Bella Lord who was selected as part of the Wollongong Diocesan team.
Thank you to Max Marshall and Tahj Webb for refereeing on the day.
DIOCESAN BOYS TOUCH FOOTBALL
The U13 boys were fantastic on the day, demonstrating a competitiveness and a desire to live up to the standards set for them by last year’s, St John’s U13 champions. The boys started the day slow, losing the first game before responding with a 6 game winning streak, before going down to the eventual champions, Holy Spirit, 2-1 in a tight affair. The boys were fantastic in both attack and defence, having the best for and against across all teams. Thank you to Bella Lord who refereed on the day.
Our SJE U15 Boys team started the day off slowly with tight wins against Magdalene and last year's champions Mt Carmel. The following match against St Joseph’s saw combinations click and St John’s take out the game 8-0. A mixture of tight games and blown out score lines in our favour was the pattern of the day. A playoff for first and second came down to the last game of the day against Edmund Rice. We unfortunately went down 2-1 which was a massive result considering Edmund Rice had not conceded a point all day. A huge thank you to Tahj Webb who refereed our games in between playing his own with no rest breaks, we really appreciate it. A special mention to Harry Carr who played outstanding on the day and was our top try scorer and congratulations to Noah Jamieson and Torr Morley who were selected as part of the U15’s Diocesan Team.
The Opens team played some outstanding touch on the day. Finishing with a commendable 4 wins and 4 losses. They kicked off with an outstanding 5-0 victory over St Josephs and finished the day with victories over Mt Carmel and John Terry. Impressively, they matched eventual champions, Edmund Rice until the final 10 seconds of the match, going down 2-1.
Congratulations to Tahj Webb of Year 10 who was selected as a shadow for the Opens Diocesan Team.
