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.
Special mention and congratulations to our school record breakers, Lily Sproule for the 1500m, Jasmine Wheeler in Long Jump and Nakita Boatswain breaking the record for Javelin.
On Wednesday 5th June the U14 Boys Rugby League team headed to Ulladulla Sporting Complex for the Finals component of the Steelers Shield competition after winning the Shoalhaven region variant. With the opportunity to win their first trophy for the year, the boys were determined to start fast against first opponents, Albion Park High School. Strong defence from St John’s right side edge pairing of Taj Goddard and Hudson Avery provided SJE with possession in attacking territory early on. SJE were able to capitalise posting first points when Noah Jamieson played short to Hudson Avery executing a rehearsed 50 shape movement. Logan Juric added the extra two points making it 6-0 in as many minutes. Our get out set yet again proved to be advantageous in gaining field positon, with a line break on tackle two providing just this. With a retreating defensive line, Noah Jamieson began the needed ball shift which saw Torr Morley providing Logan Juric with space to score SJE’s second try. Late footwork by Centre Cooper Green on some opposition middle forwards on play three at the back end of the second half resulted in a clean line break. Cooper had too much speed of the Albion Park High Fullback burning him with ease bringing the score to 14-0.
Try Scorers: Hudson Avery, Logan Juric, Cooper Green
Goals: Logan Juric 1/3
Game two of the pool phase saw St John’s go up against Mulwaree High School. The opening of the game witnessed a physical encounter between each team's middle forwards with both sides controlling the ruck. A kick return from winger Dean Austin who broke the line and ran 80 metres to score was the event needed to spur a roll on from St John’s. SJE accumulated 42 unanswered points with additional tries scored by Logan Juric, Jake Swan, Noah Jamieson, Nate Shalala and Matthew Reid.
Try Scorers: Dean Austin, Logan Juric, Jake Swan (2), Noah Jamieson, Nate Shalala, Matthew Reid
Goals: Logan Juric 7/7
These two wins meant St John’s were the winners of Pool A and would take on the Winners of Pool B Edmund Rice for a chance to win the Steelers Shield. With Logan Juric going down in the warm up and the mystery of the missing mouth guard Mr E was one nervous coach however these nerves were short lived. Edmund Rice gained first possession from the kick off, a formidable SJE defence forced the error within the opposition 30. Maintaining composure the boys completed their set in possession perfectly executing a reverse lead sweep around the ruck which saw Noah Jamieson playing short to Jake Swan breaking the line and beating the Fullback to score under the posts. After a cycle of a set each St John’s gained possession and executed a perfect team try in the instance of a 70 shape backline movement which saw Cooper Green find space on the edge and utilised the support play from Luke Keating to draw the Edmund Rice Fullback. SJE’s structure and rehearsed sets proved too strong for Edmund Rice with the final score culminating to a 28-6 victory in a 24 minute match. Additional tries came from Cooper Green, Torr Morley and Matthew Reid. The now Steelers Shield winners progress to play the top CCC teams in the state through the Cochrane Cup competition with their first matches on Tuesday, July 30th at the NSWRL COE, Canberra.
Try Scorers: Jake Swan, Luke Keating, Cooper Green, Torr Morley, Matthew Reid
Goals: Torr Morley 4/5
DIOCESAN HOCKEY 2024
The Diocesan Hockey Gala Day was held last Monday, June 24 at Narellan Hockey Fields. It was an early start for the team, leaving the bus bay at 6am.
The girls were first up with a game against St Joseph’s, who had a lot of strong and experienced hockey players. We went down in this game, but saw an outstanding performance by Nadia Thompson as goalkeeper. This St Joseph’s team also went on to win the whole day. Next up were games against Magdalene and St Benedict’s who also were very strong. We lost both matches however the girls continued to improve and show progress with each game. Abigail Doyle in Year 7 had an amazing performance in defence, and had some excellent tackles and passes to get the ball moving up the field. Charlie Norman and Leilani Bagley also had a strong presence in the midfield, where they were able to transfer their knowledge in other sports onto the hockey field. Our final game was against Mount Carmel. This was a really enjoyable match, with the girls having good chances in attack. Hannah Phillips really came out of her shell in this game and dominated the attacking mid position. Notable performances were also had by our other goalkeepers on the day - Gabby Kidd and Aurora Boatswain.
Well done to all girls in the team and a big thank you to Noah Sheehan of Year 9 for doing our umpire commitments on the day.
Mrs Jennings
The open boys hockey team started their campaign against a formidable Edmund Rice team, unfortunately going down in this match. Player of the match for our opener was Noah Gordon, who was putting his body on the line in goal to make some cracking saves. In our second match, the boys began to gel and we looked promising in attack with some great play between Louis Hood, Matt Page and Jackson Hill. You would think these boys are seasoned hockey players by their clinical attacking plays. This resulted in a win against our closest rivals Corpus Christi. Our goalkeeper, Nate ‘brickwall’ Rees helped secure this win with a heroic late match winning save to keep a clean sheet. Our final pool match was against a strong St Joseph's team. A cracking goal by our veteran hockey player Thomas Brookes got the boys off to an early win and a potential place in the semi final playoffs. Unfortunately, St Josephs were able to equalise and the match was fairly even for the most part, but we conceded a couple of late goals to go down 3-1. Our experienced players in Lachy Bisat, Campbell Hooke and Thomas Brookes were standouts in this game. Our final match was against St Benedicts and was for 5th place in the Diocese. It was an end to end match, with both teams having a lot of opportunities to secure the win, a late equaliser by Rory Bain resulted in a draw and an equal 5th place finish for the day.
Thanks to all the boys who represented St John’s in such a positive manner on the day. It was a big day, but the awesome group we took away made it very enjoyable!
Mr Stephenson
Any questions please email Sports Coordinator
Mrs E Gray