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.
2024 NSWCCC Registration Flyer
TERM 3
TERM 4
SOUTH COAST REGIONAL OZTAG COMPETITION
On Thursday 25 July 6 Teams ventured to Dalton Park in Fairy Meadow to compete against Catholic and State schools in the South Coast Regional Oztag competition. After being postponed from Term 2, the sun was shining and spirits were high and optimistic for the day ahead.
JUNIOR YEARS 7/ 8 GIRLS TEAM
The Junior 7/8 girls team had a wonderful day through their 4 games. The girls defeated Warrilla, Lake Illawarra and Woonona High school. Their last pool game was against Dapto High School. It was a hard fought battle with the girls going down 2-1. Unfortunately, due to other results the girls missed out on progressing to finals through for and against. The girls played in high spirits throughout the day and are to be congratulated on their teamwork.
JUNIOR YEARS 7/ 8 BOYS TEAM
The Junior 7/8 boys team started the day strong with a 7-1 defeat over Moss Vale High, 5-3 win over Illawarra Sports High, 6-1 win over Holy Spirit and finished the pool rounds coming up against Moss Vale again with a 9-0 win. The round games success meant we finished up 1st out of the 14 teams. Our undefeated streak came to an end as we came up against a skillful Edmund rice team going down 4-0 in the semi final. A shout out to our playmakers Taj Goddard and Noah Jamieson, and Caiden Green who scored 9 tries with his speed down the wing.
INTERMEDIATE YEARS 9/ 10 GIRLS TEAM
The Intermediate 9/10 girls' team started off well with a win against Dapto High. After a couple of tough games and close losses, the girls won their next match against Kiama High. There was a last-minute draw change, but the girls took it in stride and went up against St Mary's. Unfortunately, the girls did not make the finals but maintained a positive attitude throughout the day overall. Special thanks to Mathilda Lobina, who stepped up as captain for the team and did a fantastic job mentoring her teammates. Well done, girls!
INTERMEDIATE YEARS 9/ 10 BOYS TEAM
The Intermediate 9/10 boys had an imposing pool but started the day with a 3-3 draw with Woonona High. They unfortunately fell to Illawarra Sports High 6-3 before bouncing back to thump Dapto High 8-0. The day was to sadly end with a 4-1 loss against Warilla High. Our MVP on the day was Max Marshall for his try-scoring efforts from his blistering speed.
SENIOR YEARS 11/12 GIRLS TEAM
The Senior 11/12 girls started the day extremely well, playing as a team, sticking to the structure and moving the ball early in attack. This led to two comprehensive wins over Keira High School 5-3 and Moss Vale High School 7-1 with the team scoring across the park and pressuring the opposition in defense. We then met a skillful Kiama team, going down 4-0 but bounced back quickly to take St Joseph’s high school with a strong win, cementing a position in the semi finals. Unfortunately on the day, the battle of the south coast went to Ulludalla high, who, much like Kiama, pressured our attack, making it difficult to push up the field, eventually going down, 4 nil. A big thanks to all of the girls for getting to training during lunch time and giving their all on the day. We are so proud of you all.
SENIOR YEARS 11/12 BOYS TEAM
The Senior 11/12 boys had a tough pool with a first round loss to Illawarra Sports High 6-2. Rounds two and three did not get any easier with losses to Ulladulla High School 4-1 and Figtree High School 8-3. However, we saved our best to last with a win in the final round against Moss Vale High School 7-6. Our MVP’s were Ty Schott and Noah Hinkley who displayed excellent attacking and defensive skills in all of our games. Well-done.
Thanks to our wonderful teacher-coaches for their commitment and time:
Mr Eirth, Mr Lopez, Mrs Fulop, Miss Swan, Mr Dowdell, Mr Gersohn and Mrs Clarke.
U14 BOYS RUGBY LEAGUE - 2024 COCHRANE CUP SEMI FINAL
On Tuesday 30th July the U14 Boys Rugby League team headed to NSWRL HQ Canberra for their Semi-Final clash with Red Bend Catholic College, Forbes in the Cochrane Cup Competition (NSW Catholic Schools). After experiencing a close encounter with the opposition 12 months before, the anticipation for the upcoming game was intense. The opening of the game witnessed a physical encounter between each team's middle forwards with both sides controlling the ruck and outside backs defensively solving their opponents attacking opportunities. A mid field kick from Noah Jamieson was chased and regathered by Jake Swan, offloading to support player Luke Keating who scored under the posts seemed to break the deadlock only for the referee and touch judge to rule an offside kick chase resulting in a no try. It wasn't until the 14th minute that the first points were scored by SJE. Taj Goddard orchestrated a rehearsed 70 shape, positioning Hudson Avery on a Drop line. The play started with the halves linking up and finished with Noah Jamieson connecting with Fullback Torr Morley via a cut-out pass, allowing Morley a clear path to the tryline. An even distribution of penalties saw neither team gain momentum for the remainder of the half resulting in SJE going into the break with a slender 4-0 lead.
The SJE boys were challenged to put together a mature performance in the sequential 25mins, being asked to channel their aggression in the right way, utilise the structure they had developed in training and previous games ultimately trusting the game plan. St John’s couldn’t have started the second half any better, scoring in the first set from the kick off getting to the opposition's 40m. A midfield tackle five kick from Noah Jamieson was chased perfectly by the left edge led by Torr Morley who collected the bouncing ball left by the opposition Winger and headed to the corner to score his second try. Third choice kicker Dean Austin was unable to add the extra two points leaving the score at 8-0.
Momentum began to shift after Red Bend posted their first points, when a grubber from their Halfback was pounced on in the-in-goal by their go to player and Lock forward. Red Bend even added the extra two points with a successful conversion changing the score to 8-6 in favour of SJE. Strong defence from middle forward Lincoln Taylor resulted in a Red Bend turn over inside their 30m. Captain Jake Swan, turned to his ball playing ability to connect with Noah Jamieson and again Torr Morley with a double block shape creating space for left side centre Cooper Green to score untouched. Dean Austin adjusted his kicking style accordingly and slotted his next attempt at conversion bringing the score to 14-6.
SJE utilised positive field territory and possession to score a consecutive try. Spine members combined perfectly yet again to provide ample space for the right edge; however, Taj Goddard took advantage of a sliding defence, stepping off his right foot against the grain and crossing the line. Dean had another successful conversion attempt bringing the score to 20-6 with five minutes remaining. Red Bend scored a consultation try with two minutes to go but SJE had done enough by then with the final score culminating to a 20-10 victory and progressing to the Cochrane Cup Grand Final. Congratulations goes to all squad members, a big thank you to Logan Dibben and Torr Morley who played under injury clouds and acknowledgement must be made to debutants Rhyan Sharpe and Tyson Crowley. The boys now return to training awaiting the scheduling of the appending Grand Final verse St Joseph's Regional College, Port Macquarie.
Try Scorers: Torr Morley (2), Cooper Green, Taj Goddard
Goals: Torr Morley 0/2, Dean Austin 2/3
Mr Zachary Ellul
DIOCESAN ATHLETICS
On Friday the 2nd of August, 54 students represented our school at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival held at Campbelltown Sports Stadium. We had some incredible results which saw our school coming 3rd overall on the day. Congratulations to 10 of our students who will be progressing through to represent at NSWCCC Championships in September at Sydney Olympic Park. These students are Jenson Coughlan, Airlie Stevens, Cooper Green, Riley Moore, Nicholas McGill, Lily Sproule, Bailey Newham, Dean Austin, Natarsha Mandavy, Nakita Boatswain and Matthew Page. We will acknowledge our age champions after we present them at our next assembly. Well done to all students who represented our school with pride.
Any questions please email Sports Coordinator
Mrs E Gray