St Bernard’s Athletics News

St Bernard’s held its annual Athletics Carnival on Thursday 29 June and the weather was divine. It was wonderful to see both students and teachers enjoying a fantastic day with great efforts in all events, especially the hotly contested Teacher versus Year 6 Tug of War.

Students competed in age groups from Kinder to 13 years. All students who participated in field events, including trials, 800m, 200m and 100m received points in the House competition. The winning house was Clairvaux. Congratulations to all students in especially the House Captains and all the children who helped with leadership of the teams throughout the day.

I must extend my sincere thanks to all the parents who gave so generously of their time helping with field events, timekeeping, setting up and dismantelling the shade tents and at the canteen. Without their assistance the day would not have been as enjoyable for the students. A fantastic thanks also to the wonderful staff of St Bernard’s who set up the equipment, organised races and novelty events, ran field events, judged, time kept and recorded throughout the day. Your enthusiasm and commitment to our students is most evident in your actions. We were also lucky enough to have the very capable Sports Coaches from Carroll College who shared their expertise across all the field events and on the track.

Using the results from our events, Age Champions were awarded in each category. A huge congratulations to:

Junior Champions - Beatrix F and Arthur S-D.

Runner Up Champions - Lilly G and Ollie L.

11yr Champions - Annie F and Brennan C.

Runner Up Champions - Teagan W and Matthew S.

Senior Champions - Ruby B and Sebastian C.

Runner Up Champions -  Keira A and Rogan H.

54 students have been selected to represent St Bernard’s at the Southern Region Athletics Carnival in Bega. I am sure they will have a very exciting day.

Astrid B, Sietta G, Stella F, Kate W, Raph C, Zach C, Toby S, Beatrix F, Brooklen S, Charlie M, Aurelia S, Ruby H, Noah S, Quinn S, Xavier L, Lilly G, Georgina W, Storm R, Mia A, Dusti-Rae L, Tomas C, Harper B, Ollie L, Beau C, Arthur S-D, Ethan S, Nate K, Jace T, Annie F, Teagan W, Jayden G, Sienna B, Lily S, Matthew S, Tyler M, Brennan C, Didier D, Chase W, Korban S, Isaac V, Ruby B, Keira A, Hailey I, Caprice F, Molly W, Isabella L, Annaleise G, Rogan H, Lawson M, Sebastian C, Kobi B, Connor K, Samuel S-D.

Congratulations to the many students who performed well in their races. Whist celebrating the achievements of these students, I feel it is also important to congratulate the more than 300 other students who participated in and completed various track and field events. Parents and teachers were so impressed and made many comments about the helpfulness and team spirit of the students who participated in many events to support their House team. Our thanks also to Bernie Beatty and his team for marking the lines for the track and field in preparation for the event.       

National Indigenous Tennis 

Congratulations to Sebastian C of Year 6 has been selected in the NSW Tennis team to play in Darwin on the 10-14 August. Sebastian will be representing NSW in the National Indigenous Tennis Championships, playing for the Ash Barty Cup. We wish him the very best in Darwin and are very proud of him!

Have a wonderful week.                                                                                       Angela Holmes