School Sport Report:  SNAP Fitness

During weekly Thursday sport this term Mrs Tilbrook has accompanied a group of students to SNAP Fitness Taree.  Students have enjoyed their recent visits.

Luke Rowe
School & Representative Sports Coordinator

School Sport Report:  PCYC Gymnastics

During weekly Thursday sport this term Mrs Rowsell has accompanied a group of students to Taree PCYC to receive gymnastics coaching.  In week 7 students were fortunate to have coaches from Denmark and Norway on a recent visit.  All students gained valuable input to improve their gymnastics skills.

Luke Rowe
School & Representative Sports Coordinator

NSW Champion of Champions School Futsal Titles

U16 Girls Futsal Team

Congratulations to our 16's girls school Futsal team who recently competed in the NSW Schools Champion of Champions Futsal Titles in Port Macquarie.  Our team played with outstanding skill, competitiveness, and sportsmanship throughout all their matches, going through the day winning all games in the U19 age group and winning games in their own U16 age group.

All players were terrific throughout the day with dominating attacking performances and strong defence across all their pool matches, which resulted in comprehensive 5-0 and 4-2 victories over Woodenbong Central School and Camden Haven High School U19’s respectively.  St Clare's' dominance continued with a 3-2 victory over MacKillop Catholic College U19’s, and a narrow loss 3-2 against Camden Haven U16’s. 

St Clare's faced off against Bellingen High School in their last round clash losing 6-2 but still finishing top of the table.  They displayed outstanding attacking flare, which lead to two terrific team goals. 

St Clare's progressed to the final, where they came up against Bellingen High School again.  St Clare's dominated ball possession, working over the Bellingen High defence to score two well-constructed team goals.  St Clare's peppered the Bellingen’s goal with several chances glancing off the posts and the keeper making some brilliant saves.  St Clare's ended the match with a 2-1 victory and were crowned champions, congratulations and well done! 

Lastly, a big thank you to those parents who helped to coach and support our school Futsal team, their tireless efforts are very much appreciated by everyone involved, making events like this possible. 

 Claire Downie, Ramona Ljumanovic, Elise Zammit, Ashlee Brabant and Tessa Rouke
Marissa Masterantonio, Charlotte Anderson and Grace Randall

Junior Teams U14 and U15 Boys Futsal Teams

The U15’s Futsal team had a fairly successful day winning three and losing two games over the tournament.

They won games against Bellingen, Heritage Christian School, Port Macquarie High School and St John Paul College and lost games against Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus who won the tournament, and a very skilled Camden Haven High.

Unfortunately, even in finishing in the top four, with the change of rules this year, they missed out on the final, only the top two teams played in the final.  Great result for a team who was quickly put together.  Well done and looking forward a better 2025. 

Max Lawson, Mitchell Van Kampen, Kaleb Ryan, Rohan Dormor, Cornell Estibeiro, Jade Parvin and William Gibson

Our 14 boys had a mixed day with some great wins, showing strong defence and dominance in attack, mixed with some unlucky losses.  It was hard not having a designated keeper and the boys did share the job well.  A big thank you to Corbin Niblett for filling the keeper role in most of the game.  Well done to all students.  It was a massive accomplishment to make the finals.  It was great to coach this side and see the boys come together as a team.

Lastly, a big thank you to Mr Matt Collier and to those parents who helped to coach and support our school football team, their tireless efforts are very much appreciated by everyone involved making events like this possible. 

Caden Hicks, Nash Syron, Ashton Dennis, Corbin Niblett, Blaise Crompton, Byron Donegan and Aston Hodges

Laurent Gonfond
Coach

Diocesan Gala Day

On Thursday, 24 August the Year 7 & 8 boys basketball team travelled down to Newcastle for a Diocesan Gala Day.  They were competitive in all games but came up against some very tough opposition, playing very well all day.  The boys represented the school with pride and were a pleasure to take away.

Marlon Davies, Triston Brody and Xander Shoobridge
Win Kityanyong, Samuel Stephens, Dallas Agnew, Cade Van-Ewyk-Campbell and Angus Moore

Todd Curtis
Year 7 Leader of Wellbeing & Engagement

Diocesan Basketball Championships

The Diocesan Basketball Championships were held on Thursday, 24 August in Broadmeadow.  St Clare’s had three teams participate:

• 7/8 Girls
• 7/8 Boys
• 9/10 Boys

The girls came away as the championship winners and will now go on to represent the area at the NSW CCC Basketball Championship in October.

They should all be proud of themselves for their impressive behaviour.

Kaneana May
English Teacher