Athletics Carnival

Our 2019 Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 5th June at the Newcastle Fearnley Dawes Athletics Track.
If you have yet to do so, please take the time to carefully read the following information that has been provided via Compass:
- 2019 Athletics Carnival Information for Parents
- 2019 Event Timetable
- 800m & 200m Nomination Form 
- Kindergarten & Year 1 Event Information
- Parent Sign Out Procedures

NB: The 800m & 200m Nomination Form must be completed and returned no later than Monday 27^th May 2019. Any forms received after this date will not be eligible for entry.

A copy of the day’s events is provided below:

2019 Athletics Carnival Timetable

9:00am        - Leave School

9:45am        - Carnival commences with Welcome and then straight to 200m races.

Straight after the 200m races have finished children will begin the rotational activities.

The following start times are approximations. If we can we will begin the events earlier.

10:30am              - Rotational activities commence (see table below)

Please note these track times are approximations. We may run slightly ahead or behind time on the day.

In the event of wet weather the Carnival will be rescheduled at a date to be advised

Athletics Carnival Volunteers

We will require parent volunteers to assist at our school athletics carnival on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.  We will need assistance with both shot put and long jump, however all volunteers will need to have completed a Working with Children Check prior to the day.
If you are able to assist in any capacity, can you please complete the form provided on Compass and return it to the school by Monday 27th May 2019.

Futsal

This Thursday 23^rd May, Miss Carney is taking two senior and two junior teams made up of boys from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 to represent St Joseph’s in the Newcastle Futsal Tournament. The tournament will be held at Genesis Newcastle and will see the St Joseph’s teams compete against other schools from all across the Newcastle Region. We wish them every success and look forward to hearing about their experiences in our next newsletter. 

Paul Kelly Cup

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the Paul Kelly Cup on Friday 10^th May. 

Charles Boswell, Patrick Burgess, Flynn Chaston, Oli Cockle, Timothy Collins, Julian Dunn, Harry Green, Jett McGregor, Darcy Mitchell, Cailen Moran, Jordan Reville, Jonah Rheinberger, Thomas Woods, Will Boyle, Arun Griffiths, Tom Scanlon, Eli Wasley, Molly Boyle, Daisy Breasley, Billie Davies, Ayla Flynn, Hannah Horn, Felicity Hoskins, Koko Minto, Harriet Saunders, Genevieve Smith, Kaylah Broadhead, Hannah Francis, Ivy Kiem, Elki Long, Chloe Vickery and Charisse Watters-Cowan.

Both the boy's and girl's teams started the day with a game against Dudley and realised very quickly the competition was going to be tough. Both games were very hard fought affairs and while the scores were tight Dudley managed to just come out on top each time. In the boy's game the score was 18-11 and the girl's 46-41

Next round saw our students compete against Wallsend South. In the boy's game all of our players showed great courage and determination when they were matched up against some much larger opponents in the middle of the field. Even though our boys were not able to score a victory the lead changed hands a few times and in the end there was less than a goal separating the two sides. The girls had a strong game against Wallsend South, starting tackling and running the ball hard and ended up with a comfortable victory of more than 40 points.

In the final round of the day the boys came home strongly with a victory over Telarah by about 40 points. The girls also finished off their day with a strong win of around 20 points.

Well done to all the students who took part. Everyone showed courage and determination and were always respectful towards their opponents and each other. Thank you to the many parents who provided transport or took on the role of a coach, manager, runner or cheering spectator; you’re presence on the day was greatly appreciated by the children and myself.

Peter Watson

Important Representative Athletics Information

The following information is for any talented Athletics participants here at St Joseph’s who would usually qualify for Polding Athletics and beyond. Please take the time to read this information carefully:

 For your understanding-  We will still have Diocesan Athletics 7^th August, Polding Athletics 18^th October and NSWPSSA State Athletics Championships on the 6^th & 7^th November.

Students qualify for this pathway via our normal process.  However they will NOT progress to School Sport Australia from this.

As this year’s School Sport Australia Athletics Championships are being held in Darwin and with the heat at the end of the year, the SSA event is moved earlier than our NSWPSSA.

Therefore to qualify for SSA athletes must be selected in a PSSA Athletics Representative Team on Thursday 8^th August at Homebush. This is independent of our school pathway and our NSWPSSA event on  6^th/7^th November. Students will need to apply online. It has nothing to do with schools.

Please see attached the NSWPSSA Athletics Selection Trial Information to be held on Thursday 8 August, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush.

Below is the link to the NSWPSSA website which has the forms required to submit applications 

Upcoming dates:

NSW PSSA Boys Football: Tuesday 28^th May- Thursday 30^th May

Polding Touch Trials: Friday 31^st May

Diocesan Rugby Trials: Wednesday 5^th June

School Athletics Carnival: Wednesday 5^th June

NSWCPS/Polding X Country: Friday 14^th June

Central Region Athletics Carnival: Tuesday 2^nd July