From the Primary Sport Coordinator

Term 3 Half Time!

Term 3 sport is well and truly up and running.

Come ‘n’ Try

We have the receptions doing Little Athletics in the lead up to the SAC Athletics Carnival, the Year 1s are developing their skills in mini-tennis and the Year 2s have been introduced to netball during their Come ‘n’ Try sessions. All look like they are having fun!

Lacrosse

The Term 2/3 lacrosse season has come to an end. The Year 3-5 team (and parents) were extremely dedicated, making sure they were at the games at 7:30am each Saturday morning ready to play. They had an amazing season, learned a lot and as a bonus, won most of their games! A huge thank you to old scholar Eleanor who ran their trainings and attended all games. Her expertise in the sport is really appreciated and she has made a very positive impact on these future lacrosse stars. I would also like to thank staff member, Gab Cronin, for being out there on Saturday mornings to support the team.

Soccer

For the first time, SAC has had the opportunity to enter an all girls soccer competition. Off of the back of the Matilda’s popularity, many families asked that soccer be included as a sport offered to SAC primary students. It took some time to find a suitable competition but we have made it and from all accounts the girls are having a great time. I love seeing them out in the fresh air running around, it is so good for them!

ThunderCup Netball

Year 3-6 Netball has continued into Term 3. All teams are improving each week. Not only do the primary students have the opportunity to develop their netball skills and knowledge but many secondary students are supporting them. The coaches are learning and now we also have to provide our own umpires, which has meant that lots of secondary students are developing their umpiring skills also. It is great to see so much purple and gold out there on a Thursday afternoon!

Year 5/6 Knockout Basketball

Our Year 5/6 KO Basketball team competed earlier in the term in a round robin day consisting of five games. The winner of the day would go through to the state finals. They played extremely well, only dropping the one game for the day which put them in second place, an excellent team effort. Thank you to Aaron Casey for coaching the team and preparing them so well for their competition.

Athletics

On Friday 23 August, 17 Year 5 and 6 students travelled to Bridgestone Athletics Stadium to trial for the East Adelaide SAPSASA District team. We had many fantastic results and the camaraderie around the team cheering for each other in their races was lovely to see.

We had a great finish to the day in the 4 x 100m relays with our 10-year-old team finishing 1^st and our 11- and 12-year-old teams both finishing 3^rd.

Congratulations to Mary (5CE) who has been selected to take part in the State Champs later in the term as member of the 4 x 100m relay.

I will be choosing the Catholic (SACPSSA) Athletics Team that competes in term 4 from the SAC Athletics Carnival results. This competition is open to all Year 3-6 students so if your daughter would like to be considered she must make sure she is involved in the events that she is interested in.

Nominations

Nominations for Term 4 sport will be out soon. I will send out an initial email, but after that the link will be on the Primary Sport Portal for you to access.

Ms Sarah Anderson
Primary Sport Coordinator

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