School & Representative Sport
Diocesan Swimming Championships 2023
At a school assembly last week, the female Diocesan Swimming Championships certificates were distributed to the following students (male recipients received their certificates Week 2, Term 2):
Piper Bamford
3rd 14 years girls 50m Backstroke
2nd 12-14 years girls 200m St Clare’s Freestyle Relay Team
Yasmin Cassidy
2nd 12-14 years girls 200m St Clare’s Freestyle Relay Team
Amy Rowell
1st 17+ years girls 200m Individual Medley
2nd 17+ years girls 200m Freestyle
Sophie Scislo
1st 12-14 years girls 200m Freestyle
1st 14 years girls 100m Freestyle
1st 14 years girls 50m Freestyle
2nd 14 years girls 50m Butterfly
2nd 14 years girls 50m Backstroke
2nd 12-14 years girls 200m St Clare’s Freestyle Relay Team
Adele Whitehouse-Miotto
1st 12 years girls 50m Butterfly
2nd 12 years girls 50m Breaststroke
2nd 12 years girls 50m Backstroke
2nd 12 years girls 100m Freestyle
2nd 12 years girls 50m Freestyle
2nd 12-14 years girls 200m St Clare’s Freestyle Relay Team
Piper Bamford, Yasmin Cassidy, Amy Rowell, Sophie Scislo, Adele Whitehouse-Miotto
Luke Rowe
School & Representative Sport Coordinator
Year 7/8 and Year 9/10 All Schools Touch
Congratulations to our Year 7/8 and Year 9/10 All Schools girls and boys Touch Football teams, who travelled up to Port Macquarie for the regional championships on Wednesday 17 May and Thursday 18 May. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams played with terrific spirit and sportsmanship, playing some entertaining and skilful Touch Football across the entire two days.
Year 7/8 Girls
The St Clare’s Year 7/8 girls team endured torrential rain and freezing winds across all their pool matches. Despite the horrendous playing conditions, the girls toughed it out and played some enterprising touch football. The girls opened the day against newcomers Kempsey Adventist School. St Clare’s dominated field position for most of the match, this resulted in St Clare’s crossing the try line multiple times, running away 4-0 victors.
St Clare’s came up against St Columba Anglican School in the second round. The match saw multiple attacking opportunities for each team in a see-sawing end to end game. Both teams displayed excellent try line defensive efforts to deny each other scoring. The match ended in a hard fought 1-1 draw.
St Clare’s third round match was against Manning Valley Anglican College. The game was dominated by ball handling errors from both teams, these errors proved costly in the end with St Clare’s conceding two tries late in the match to lose 2-0.
St Clare’s faced perennial heavy weights MacKillop in their final pool match. The girls tightened up their ball handling issues, this saw them create numerous scoring opportunities throughout the game. Their strong defensive efforts throughout the match were rewarded in the end, with St Clare’s coming away with a well-deserved 4-1 victory.
St Clare’s qualified for the semi-finals, where they came up against powerhouse favourites Hunter Sports High. The girls matched it early with Hunter Sports, however, fatigue and costly errors crept into their game with Hunter Sports running away with a comprehensive victory to book their place in the final.
Year 7/8 Girls
Back Row (L-R): Tia Drysdale, Mia Wells, Taylor Brown & Alice Godfrey
Front Row (L-R): Ruby Marriott, Beth Harris, Lilah Earley & Miller Morrissey
Year 7/8 Boys
The St Clare’s Year 7/8 boys also endured the horrible playing conditions across all their pool matches. They came up against Kempsey Adventist in their opening match. Despite the weather, the boys controlled the match from the start, setting up some well-structured team tries. St Clare’s proved too strong coming away with an emphatic 7-0 victory.
St Clare’s played St Columba Anglican School in their second-round encounter. Again, the boys dominated in attack, crossing multiple times throughout the match. This coupled with their strong defence saw St Clare’s finish the match with a well-deserved 5-1 victory.
St Clare’s played Manning Valley Anglican School in their third-round match. The boys laid on multiple team tries early with some skilful attacking sets. St Clare’s again displayed an outstanding defensive effort to keep the opposition scoreless, winning the match 5-0.
St Clare’s final pool match was against MacKillop No.2. In what was a highly entertaining match, the boys put together some creative set moves resulting in numerous team tries. St Clare’s dominated the match and the scoreboard, ending the game with a comprehensive 6-1 victory.
St Clare’s faced off against the highly fancied MacKillop No.1 team in their semi-final match. The boys strong defence was constantly put under pressure from a well drilled MacKillop. St Clare’s twice coming from behind throughout the match to level scores, with the game finishing 3-3 at the end of regular time. The match entered into an extra time drop off to decide the winner. St Clare’s came agonisingly close to winning the match, however, were denied by multiple diving try saving efforts from MacKillop. MacKillop eventually won the match with a diving try in the corner and booking their place in the final.
Year 7/8 Boys
Back Row (L-R): Bailey Furze, Mason Kesby, Logan Clarke, Ashton Limpic & Sione Masterantonio
Front Row (L-R): Jaxon Whyte-Butler, Lachlan Polson, Jay-Jay Clarke, Finn McNeil & Malakai Carson
Year 9/10 Girls
The St Clare’s Year 9/10 girls team started their campaign against favourites St Joseph’s Regional College. The girls conceded a try early, however, through strong field position and ball possession the girls were able to claw their way back and eventually take the lead 2-1. St Clare’s try line was continually peppered towards the end of match, which eventually saw St Joseph’s cross for two late tries to win the game 4-2.
St Clare’s played Camden Haven in their second-round match. In what was a one-sided encounter, St Clare’s dominated in all aspects of the game, resulting in some well set up team tries. St Clare’s coming away with a comprehensive 8-0 victory.
St Clare’s encountered powerhouse MacKillop in their third-round match. Numerous ball handling errors in their own half proved costly for St Clare’s, with MacKillop consolidating these opportunities each time to cross for multiple tries, eventually winning the match 4-0.
St Clare’s final pool match was a repeat of their opening match of the day against St Joseph’s Regional College. In what was an end-to-end encounter, St Clare’s kept up on the scoreboard, exchanging try for try in a highly entertaining match. St Joseph’s however proved too strong in the end, scoring in the final seconds of the match to win 4-3.
St Clare’s played MacKillop in their semi-final match. MacKillop started strong, scoring three quick tries to take a commanding 3-0 lead. St Clare’s steadied the ship with a try of their own, however, fatigue and ball handing errors saw MacKillop score two late tries to take the match 5-1.
Year 9/10 Girls
Back Row (L-R): Marley Brown, Kallee Rutledge, Marissa Masterantonio, Ruby Hillyard, Maya Ljumanovic & Hope Taaffe
Front Row (L-R): Sara Harris, Ruby Polson, Marley Marriott & Ashlee Brabant
Year 9/10 Boys
The St Clare’s Year 9/10 boys team came up against MacKillop in their opening round fixture. The boys conceded early, however, were able to level the score the very next set with a well-constructed try of their own. MacKillop were too strong in the end, scoring a flurry of late tries, finishing the match 5-1.
St Clare’s second round opponent was St Joseph’s Regional College. St Clare’s struggled to find any rhythm in attack, making it difficult to break down the St Joseph’s defence. The boys were constantly challenged on their own try line, with the pressure proving too much in the end, conceding multiple tries. St Joseph’s eventually coming away with a 5-0 victory.
St Clare’s faced off against Camden Haven in their third-round match. The boys were able to maintain a mountain of ball possession, which lead to several skilful team tries, coming away with a comprehensive 8-1 victory.
St Clare’s final round opponent was Heritage Christian School. Again, St Clare’s displayed some highly entertaining attacking moves, which resulted in multiple team tries. St Clare’s finished the match with a 7-2 victory and booked their place in the semi-finals.
St Clare’s came up against the undefeated St Joseph’s Regional College in their semi-final clash. St Joseph’s dominated the game from the start, making it difficult for St Clare’s to find any rhythm in their play. St Clare’s scored a consolation try late in the game, however, St Joseph’s proved too strong, taking the match 5-1.
Lastly, a big thank you to Mrs Parvin as well as Sara Harris, Marley Brown, Ruby Polson, Sienna Agnew and Rory Clarke who contributed as referees/coaches for their time and dedication in training, coaching and supporting our team, without their outstanding and tireless efforts events such as this would not be possible.
Year 9/10 Boys
Back Row (L-R): Troy Wright, Hayden Nelson, Samuel Schilt, Kobi Critchley, Haylan Simpson & Ben Wright
Front Row (L-R): Benjamin Scarlett, James Rodgers, Hayden Robertson & Caid Van Wyk
Matthew Collier
Touch Football Coordinator