SPORTS REPORT

College Swimming Carnival

I would like to say thank you to all the staff and students who contributed to our College Swimming Carnival 2020. It was fantastic to see an increase in the number of students competing in events and getting involved in the House activities. The carnival returned to Ripples, Penrith after years at St Mary’s which provided a more accommodating setting and space to run the House activities and provide shade for students. We could not have asked for a better day in terms of the weather and the day ran smoothly from the early starters in the 100m freestyle, right to the finale of the House relay which was dominated by Surawski. This year saw the introduction of a House Coordinator and House Captain boat at the midpoint of the carnival which proved a crowd favourite. Mr D’Souza (Dharuk House Coordinator) and Jack Benson (Dharuk House Captain) proving too strong for their House competitors.

Congratulations to Mr McKay and the Surawski House who were crowned Swimming Carnival Champions for 2020. A further congratulations to all of our Age Champions and record holders from this year’s carnival.

A further congratulations to all our Age Champions for 2020:

House Totals:

Surawski: 1505

Tench: 1253

Dharuk: 1176

Rice: 576

Individual Record Holders for 2020:

U16 100m Free held by A Johnson (1:00.90, 1985) broken by D Quirk 57.67

U12 50m Free held by D Karaka (32.40, 2004) broken by O Nekic 30.31

U16 50m Free held by M Heyhoe (26.93, 2003) broken by D Quirk 25.28

U 12 50m Back held by G Allen (39.38, 2003) broken by O Nekic 36.94

U16 50m Back held by O Staniucha (34.58, 2019) broken by R Slaughter 31.63

U12 50m Fly held by R Wilson (36.30, 1988) broken by O Nekic 34.28

U16 50m Fly held by M Grand (28.82, 1996) broken by D Quirk 26.39

U17 50m Fly held by L Hutchinson 29.17, 2003) broken by O Staniucha 28.44

MCS Swimming Carnival

The MCS Swimming Carnival will once again be held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on 18^th March. This carnival is an evening event commencing at 6pm. The squad is currently being finalised and additional event nominations will be requested within the week. The squad will be required to attend Ripples, Penrith for training commencing from Thursday 5^th March.

MCS Basketball Grand Finals

Congratulations to all our Grand final teams in particular to our MCS Premiers:

A Grade Basketball: Mr Hine (Coach) and Ms Atkinson (Manager)

B Grade Basketball: Mr Godsell (Coach) and Ms Lans (Manager)

Y10 Basketball: Ms Cook (Coach) and Mr Kennedy-Gould (Manager)

Congratulations also to our Y9 runners up team who were beaten by a better team on the day, however, represented the College extremely well.

Full match reports will be published shortly from all teams.

MCS Cricket Semi Finals

We also wish our Cricket teams well in their finals campaign beginning this week. The College will be represented in the Year 8 Opens, Year 10 Opens and 1^st XI competitions.

Fixtures:

Year 8- Penrith v Eastwood (Parker St, 1pm)

Year 10- Penrith v Eastwood (Parker St, 1pm)

1^st XI- Penrith v Campbelltown B (St Dominic’s College, 1pm)

MCS Representative Trials

A reminder for students and parents that are new to Catholic Schools NSW Sport, you will be required to create a new account on the csnsw.sport website to register for trials at both the MCS and NSWCCC levels of representation.

https://csnsw.sport/

MCS Representative Trial Dates

*Please note that these are association representative trials and not trials for our College teams.

MCS Representative Touch Football Trials- U/15’s and Opens

MCS Touch Football Trials 4^th & 11^th March

Time: 4pm – 5pm

Venue: Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield

MCS Representative Rugby League Trials- U/15’s and Opens

*Please check the MCS website for more information

MCS Rugby League Trials 12^th & 19^th March

MCS Representative Soccer Trials- Opens

MCS Soccer Trials 19^th March & 26^th March

St Dominic’s College Chess Team

Trials are currently underway for the College Chess team. Students who are interested in trialling should see Mrs Birkett for more information.

St Dominic’s College Tennis Team

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent the College at the MCS Tennis Championships on the 12^th and 19^th March at Parramatta Tennis Centre:

Alexander Georgitis
Nathaniel Cant
Jack Pitt-Channell
Kai Jones
Coby Carruthers
Declan Hamilton-Lewis
Benjamin Jeff
Jack Kaye-Smith
Cody Dwyer
Zac Culbert
Yousha Majoub
Cameron Gill
Kassem Khanafer
Luke Wheelahan
Isaac Coldicott
Riley Ginger

St Dominic’s College Rugby League & Soccer Trials

MCS Rugby League and Soccer trials for the College are now underway. Students are reminded to regularly check the announcements on Canvas to see when trials will be held for respective age/ year groups. The MCS Soccer competition will commence on Thursday 19^th March while Rugby League will start on Thursday 26^th March.

Students who are selected for a Rugby League or Soccer teams are required to be in the correct College uniform for their matches. Socks and Shorts for each of the codes can be purchased from the College Uniform Shop. Training shirts are also compulsory for students in Years 7A Soccer, 7B Soccer, U13A Rugby League and U/13B Rugby League in 2020 and these can also be purchased at the College Uniform Shop.

Once again, I would like to thank our staff who volunteer their time to assist in providing MCS sporting opportunities for our students. The following staff have been appointed to coach or manage our teams:

 Mr R Peake

Sport Co-ordinator