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2025 GPCC Swimming Carnival Age Champions and Place Getters

Congratulations to the students below for an outstanding effort at our GPCC Primary Swimming Carnival.

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Age Champions Primary Swimming Carnival 2025

 Winning House:

CSSA State Swimming Carnival

Last Thursday, GPCC was proudly represented by 14 talented swimmers at the CSSA State Swimming Carnival, held at the iconic Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre, a venue that famously hosted the swimming events during the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Competing in such a historic pool is an incredible experience, and perhaps some of these swimmers are future Olympians in the making.

Due to our strong performances GPCC has one of the largest contingents from CSSA attending the CIS carnival in two weeks. 

Congratulations boys and girls on a wonderful evening of competitive swimming and thank you parents for transporting your child/ren to and from the event.

Age Champion/Place Getters

Notable results:

GPCC Primary Cross Country

Last Friday we were unfortunately halted by the rain and had to postpone our Primary Cross Country Carnival.

The new date is Friday 21 March and it will be run on a 500m loop of the school oval and surrounding grassed areas.

Students have been shown the new course and this will again be revised before race day.

Runners are encouraged to bring a clearly marked water bottle (straw or squeezy version) to be used during the race as required.

Races are scheduled to begin at approximately 10am with 12yrs running first followed by other ages.

Interschool Mountain Biking Competition

A huge congratulations to Ryan Y (Year 6), Joel Y (Year 4), and Ryder G (Year 5) for representing GPCC at the Boost Australia Interschool Mountain Biking Competition, held at Thredbo Mountain Bike Park. With over 1,000 students from 220 schools participating, it was an incredible achievement to compete in such a large, exciting, and adrenaline-filled event.

The boys took on multiple challenging races, including the Maxxis All Mountain, Fox Flow, RockShox Downhill, and Deity Pump Track, showcasing their impressive skills and determination.

Ryan performed consistently across the events, placing in the top 50 and earning an impressive 32nd place overall. Joel excelled with an outstanding performance, finishing in the top 20 for all his races and achieving an incredible 10th place overall.

We are so proud of all three boys for their effort, courage, and the way they represented GPCC. Well done, Ryan, Joel, and Ryder — you’ve inspired us all, and we can’t wait to see more students take on the challenge next year!

.Expressions of interest for CSSA and HZSA Duathlon/Triathlon

This is an event for those in Years 3-6. Please see the information below. It is important to note that this is different from the biathlon event which has been run in previous years and includes a cycle leg. Parents will be required to coordinate a team of students to participate in their age group prior to contacting Mr McSwan.

Parents will also be required to transport their child and gear (bike) to and from the event.

Please let Mr McSwan know via email smcswan@gpcc.nsw.edu.au if you would like to enter a team, which event they will be competing in and which leg each competitor will be completing by Thursday 20 March.

Event date: Friday 28 March

 More info can be found at https://cssa.nsw.edu.au/events/cssa-schools-triathlon/

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School Carnivals

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GPCC Sport Teams

We are looking forward to sending our teams to a number of Gala Days and competitions in Primary again 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, teacher announcements in class and listen out for Assembly announcements for when trials will be held.

The protocol for team selection link: GPCC_PRIMARY_REPRESENTATIVE_SPORT_TEAM_SELECTION_PROCESS.pdf

• Teams have at least 2-3 trials before final selection.
• Unfortunately, it is simply not possible for all children who trial to be included in final teams. It is not uncommon for 40 students to trial for a team that only has 10 spots available.
• Once teams have been chose, they will aim to have at least one training session each week before a competition.

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Individual Sport Trials for Primary CSSA and CIS Teams (NOT GPCC teams)

These trials are not for GPCC school teams that we trial for here at school (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 Nomination dates if your child (YEARS 5 AND 6 ONLY) would like to be considered. They need to be currently playing in the sport at a very high level and have several years' experience (preferably at a Representative level): Parents are required to transports students to and from these trials.

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CSSA and CIS Sport trial dates: Please note these are not for GPCC school teams.

CSSA (Christian Schools Sports Association) Child Protection training and Risk Warning

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

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

Below is a link for the Risk Warning that accompanies all CSSA run events

https://cssa.nsw.edu.au/risk-warning/

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