Mr Stuart McSwan  | K - 6 Sport Co-ordinator

GPCC Primary Swimming Time Trial Awards

Congratulations to the students below for an outstanding effort at our GPCC Swimming Time Trial.

Age Champions Primary Swimming Time Trial  

	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
GIRLS
8yrs Girls	Emily H	Cleo M	Mila B
9yrs Girls	Chloe L	Taya K	Samara W
10yrs Girls	Emily C	Madelyn G	Lucy G
11yrs Girls	Sophie C	Phoebe N Evie N
12yrs Girls	Grace B	Penny L	Lucy E
BOYS
8yrs Boys	Moses P	Jackson R	Levi D
9yrs Boys	Kyle M	Bram N	Cruz H
10yrs Boys	Ryan Y
11yrs Boys	Andrew S	Harrison D Orlando G
12yrs Boys	Reef M	Levi S	Hamish L

Winning House: Ha’apai Hurricanes

 

CSSA Soccer Trials

Last Friday Adam S from Year 6 travelled to Sydney to trial for the CSSA Soccer team. Adam had a great day showing off some of his soccer skills and competing against many other skilled soccer players. Adam enjoyed the experience playing a sport he loves and gained valuable experience. Well done Adam!

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.
• It is not uncommon for 50 or more students to trial for a team where there are limited spots. It is simply not possible to select all students, but we welcome anyone to try out.

CSSA (Christian Schools Sports Association) Child Protection training

CSSA have recommended that all adults (teachers, volunteers, parents) complete the following module on Child Protection before attending any CSSA event (trials, gala days or carnivals). Thank you

https://www.cssa.net.au/child_protection/index.html#/

Individual Sport Trials for Primary CSSA and CIS Teams

These trials are not for GPCC school teams that we trial here at school to play at certain gala days throughout the year (as mentioned above). The CSSA or CIS trials are usually held in Sydney and students will be trialling against students from either other Christian Schools (CSSA) or other Independent Schools (CIS) and are usually recommended for those students that compete at a representative level.

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.

CIS Sport trial dates Term 1: 

Monday 3 April - CIS Primary (Year 5 and 6) Boys AFL Trials (select students)- Nominations close 27 March

Dates for your Calendar

PRIMARY

School Carnivals

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)

Mr Chris Harris |

Years 7 - 12 Sport Co-ordinator 

GPCC Secondary Athletics Carnival

When: Thursday 16 March

Time: 8:30am-2:00pm

Venue: Mingara Athletics Centre, Tumbi Umbi

What to wear: Students are to wear house colours

Volunteering: Parents are invited to volunteer as an official for the carnival.

Please contact Mr Andrew McGillivray if you can help.

amcgillivray@gpcc.nsw.edu.au

Transport: Students are asked to make their own way to and from the carnival. If you cannot make own arrangements, there will be a bus available to transport students from GPCC to Mingara. To ensure there is adequate transport, please advise asap if you require a place on the bus by accepting appropriate travel option in parent lounge event. 

If a student does require transport on the bus, the first bus will depart at 8:30am (last departing at 8:50am) and return by 3:00pm.

If your child DOES require the bus, you MUST book a place by accepting the bus option when accepting the event on parent lounge.

We cannot transport any child by bus without parent consent.

Zone Secondary Swimming Carnival 

The GPCC Zone Swimming team ventured to Peninsula Leisure Centre for the THACCCSA carnival on Wednesday 1 March.

All swimmers competed admirably and did their best and we came away winning the overall points shield.

Well done to all the team and below are the Zone Age Champions.

Individual Sport Trials for Secondary CSSA and CIS Teams

Please email Mr Harris at least a week before these dates if your child would like to be considered for these teams.

Most are becoming open ages and are only considering Year 11 and 12 Students. 

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. 

CIS State Events:

Friday 17^th March
Open Girls Football Trials for CIS 

View the CSSA Sporting calendar 

GPCC Sport Teams 2023

We are looking forward to sending our teams to a number of Gala Days and competitions in Secondary School this year. The first is:

Touch Football Gala Day – Monday 13 March 2023 at Wallsend Touch Ovals

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 announcements on the Daily Notices or Monday Morning Assembly for when trials will be held.

The protocol for team selection is as follows:

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

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