Mr Stuart McSwan  | K - 6 Sport Co-ordinator

House Sport Competition

We have managed to hold 3 weeks of House Sport which involves students in Years 3-6 competing for their House in either Ultimate Frisbee/International Handball, Indoor Soccer, Basketball or Continuous Cricket during Friday Sport time. Next term students will change the sport they will be competing in. It has been wonderful to see the improvement in skill and participation over this period.

Important Date Change

Please be aware that the K-2 Athletics Carnival will now be held on Wednesday 30 August.

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.
• 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.

Mountain Biking Opportunities

Please see below a link for some Mountain Biking events coming up. All the relevant info can be found on this website 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/

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 and 2: 

Wednesday 26 April - CIS Primary (Year 5 and 6) Boys and Girls Touch Football Trials (select students)- Nominations close 6 April

Monday 8 May - CIS Primary (Year 5 and 6) Boys and Girls Hockey Trials (select students)- Nominations close 1 May

Monday 8 May - CIS Primary (Year 5 and 6) Boys Rugby League Trials (select students)- Nominations close 1 May

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 30 August (NEW DATE) 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 

CSSA Secondary Swimming Championships

On Tuesday 28^th March,  26 Secondary students travelled to Sydney to take part in the CSSA swimming championships.

All our swimmers represented the school proudly and swam hard against some tough competition.

A very special congratulations to Alex H in Year 7. Alex was named as the 12yr. Girl Age Champion and broke two long standing CSSA records for 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.  A fantastic achievement.

Congratulations also to the following students and relays that placed in the top three to progress to CIS swimming championships in Sydney:

Angelique A. 17&0 Girls        

100m Freestyle - 2nd

50m Freestyle - 2nd

200m IM - 2nd

Alex H.  12 Girls       

50m Freestyle - 1st

50m Butterfly - 1st

50m Backstroke - 2nd

50m Breastroke - 3rd 

100m Freestyle - 1st 

Felicity R. 15 Girls      

50m Butterfly - 2nd

50m Backstroke -  2nd

Isabelle R. 13 Girls

50m Breastroke - 1st

Jason P.  13 Boys

50m Breastroke - 2nd      

Boys 12-19 6x 50 Super Relay    3^rd 

Boys 15-16  4 x 50 Medley Relay 3rd

Finally, a big thank you to all the parents who travelled down to Sydney to support our students.