Mr Stuart McSwan  | K - 6 Sport Co-ordinator

Welcome back to our students for 2023. We are looking forward to a great year of sport at GPCC beginning next Wednesday afternoon/evening at our Primary Swimming Time Trial event (competitors only).

Dates for our GPCC Sporting Carnivals are listed below. All other dates for Representative Carnivals, Gala Days, Team Gala Days and Individual Sporting Trials are listed on the document below that can be downloaded. Please aware that these are subject to change. 

Mountain Biking Opportunities

Please see below two links for some Mountain Biking events coming up. All the relevant info can be found on these websites as well as directions on how to register. If interested, parents are required to register and transport students to these events.

https://hunterschoolsmtb.com/glenrock-race-information-overview/

https://www.thredbo.com.au/mtbinterschools/

Lucinda Shelley is our parent contact for the Mountain biking event and can be contacted by email: lucindashelley@icloud.com

Dates for your Calendar

PRIMARY

School Carnivals

Wednesday 8 February         GPCC Yrs 2-6 Swimming Time Trials- Competitors ONLY (Mingara- 3pm-6.15pm)

Wednesday 5 April                 GPCC Primary Cross Country Carnival (GPCC grounds)

Friday 28 April                        GPCC Primary Athletics Carnival (Mingara)

Wednesday 23 August           GPCC K-2 Athletics Carnival (GPCC grounds)

Friday 20 October                   GPCC K-2 Swimming Carnival (Peninsula Leisure Centre)

GPCC Sport Teams

We are looking forward to sending our teams to a number of Gala Days and competitions in Primary this year.

Students will have a chance to trial for certain school teams over the coming terms and will need to keep a close eye on the notices and listen out for Assembly announcements for when trials will be held.

The protocol for team selection is as follows:

• Teams have at least 2-3 trials before final selection.
• Once teams have been chosen, they will aim to have at least one training session each week before a competition.

Individual Sport Trials for Primary CSSA and CIS Teams

Please email Mr McSwan before these dates if your child (Years 5 and 6 only) would like to be considered. They need to be currently playing in the sport and have several years’ experience (preferably at a Representative level): Parents are required to transport students to and from these trials.

CSSA Sport dates:

Monday 27 February - CSSA/CIS Primary Boys and Girls Tennis Trials- Nominations close Monday 13 February

Friday 3 March -  CSSA Primary Soccer Trials- Nominations close 17            February

Friday 10 March - CSSA/CIS Primary Boys and Girls Basketball Trials- Nominations close Friday 24 February

Monday 3 April - CSSA Primary Girls Netball Trials- Nominations close 20 March

CIS Sport dates: 

Monday 13 February - CIS Primary Boys Cricket Trials (select students)- IF INTERESTED, PLEASE EMAIL MR MCSWAN BY MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY 12PM AS NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON THIS DAY.

Monday 13 March - CIS Primary Girls Soccer Trials (select students)- Nominations close 6 March

Monday 3 April - CIS Primary Boys AFL Trials (select students)- Nominations close 27 March

Mr Chris Harris |

Years 7 - 12 Sport Co-ordinator 

Welcome to 2023! My name is Chris Harris and you may know me as a teacher of Mathematics and this year I also have the role of Secondary Sport Co-ordinator for Secondary School Years 7 – 12. I am passionate about sport and creating community in our school and giving students the opportunity to further their talents in sport. I have taken over the role from Andrew McGillivray who I thank for his help so far and I may be calling on him for help this year. This year as Sport Co-ordinator I will be managing the creation of Junior and Senior teams for the sports we have gala days for, entering individuals into trials for CSSA, CIS representative teams, running our swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals, and organising teams to attend higher levels of these carnivals.

So, outside the usual sports that are offered at school, we are able to enter students and teams into other activities but you need to let me know in due time. I would also like to know of any success that your children have completed in the world of sport so we as a GPCC community can celebrate the successes of our students. Each week in our Monday morning assembly I hope to update the students on upcoming sport, carnivals, and gala days that they should be aware of. I would appreciate all contact via email at charris@gpcc.nsw.edu.au

Please see the GPCC sport calendar and CSSA sport calendar for 2023 on the document  below that can be downloaded.

Please see below two links for some Mountain Biking events coming up. All the relevant info can be found on these websites as well as directions on how to register. If interested, parents are required to register and transport students to these events.

https://hunterschoolsmtb.com/glenrock-race-information-overview/ @ the Hunter

https://www.thredbo.com.au/mtbinterschools/ @Thredbo

Lucinda Shelley is our parent contact for the Mountain biking event and can be contacted by email: lucindashelley@icloud.com

Sporting Achievements in the school Holidays 

I would like to acknowledge Wade B (Year 12) who became the National Champion in the U16 - 19 Australian Triathlon Super Sprint Championships in January in Canberra. See the NBN news article linked here.

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2023/01/25/gold-medal-for-wade-barr-at-super-sprint-triathlon-final/

Felicity R (Year 9) competed at the NSW Swimming Championships at Homebush

and qualified for the 50 freestyle, 50 butterfly and U/14 IM relay team for the 2023 Australian Swimming Championships (Nationals) which will be held from the 17 to 20 April 2023 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

She also won bronze at the NSW championships in the U/14 4X50 IM as the freestyler.  

Felicity also competed at the Central Coast Branch Surf Lifesaving Championships at Umina representing Avoca Beach. Her results were: 

Gold -Team Swim / Silver - Individual Board / Gold – Board relay / Gold – Cameron / Gold – Board Rescue / Gold – Beach Sprint.   

Her next major competition in surf will be the NSW Surf Lifesaving Championships at Manly on the 4^th & 5^Th of March followed by the Australian Surf Lifesaving Titles held at Perth on the 25^th & 26^th of March.