Competitive Sport

It’s Week 2 already and sport is starting to kick off for students across all year levels. Last Friday was the beginning of the Secondary Basketball Competition with our Open Boys and Girls teams commencing their seasons. This week also saw the beginning of the SCISSA Touch Football season and next week the Open Sunshine Coast Water Polo season begins. Good luck to all students who are representing the College in these sports.

Parent Spectators

A quick reminder that with current COVID-19 restrictions at school there is a blanket rule of no parent spectators at any training or games for both Pacific and inter-school sporting competitions. All schools are working under these arrangements. Thank-you for your understanding.

Rescheduled Athletics Carnivals

As mentioned last week, both the Primary and Secondary Athletics Carnivals have been rescheduled to Week 6 this term and will be held at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

• Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival – Thursday 20th August
• Year 7-12 Athletics Carnival – Friday 21st August

With the rescheduling of our carnivals, we have planned to reduce the number of events at the Year 7-12 carnival in order to fit everything in.

For students in the 13-18 years age groups, we will hold the Javelin and 1500m events prior to the carnival. These events will not be for house points but results from these events will be used to determine age champion results and also selection into our District Athletics team. The events will be held in Week 5 as follows:

Javelin and 1500m Events

• Javelin – Wednesday 12th August (7.00am – 8:00am on the Primary Oval)
• 1500m – Wednesday 12th August (1.00pm – 1:40pm on the Meridan AFL Field)

Under 12 High Jump Event

The under 12 high jump event will also be held prior to the carnivals on Tuesday 11th August from 3.20pm. Students from Year 7 who would like to be considered for district selection or intend on going for age champion will need to attend this event. Year 6 students who would like to compete in the district high jump event need to attend this afternoon as well as participate at their Carnival to earn age champion points.

This year due to COVID-19, there will be no regional or state carnivals, however the Independent District Athletics Carnival is still scheduled to go ahead in Week 9 on 7th and 8th September. Results from our athletics carnival will be used when selecting students to attend this event.

Surfing

Virtual Surfing Contest

A quick reminder that the Virtual Surfing Contest is nearing the end. Students who are registered have one week remaining to film themselves surfing or bodyboarding and submit this to Mr Darren Hooper by Friday 31st July. We have some great vouchers and prizes on offer!

District Surfing Trials

Well done to Sam and Kate Williams who both surfed at the Independent Surfing Trials this week. Kate finished in sixth place at the end of competition and Sam in second place. Sam has now qualified for the upcoming Sunshine Coast Regional Surfing Trials. Congratulation Sam and Kate.

Mr Darren Hooper, Head of Sport