School Sport Newsletter: 8th April 2022

Sporting Achievements-  Kaitlyn Boers Golf 

On the 28th of March Kaitlyn Boers from Grade 3 competed in the School Sport Victoria Primary School Golf event for Grades 3 to 6. The event was held at the Foster Golf Club. Kaitlyn finished in second place on the day and she said she enjoyed playing on the golf course and thanked her mum for taking her to the tournament. Kaitlyn will now play in the second round of the SSV Primary School Golf event at the Warragul Golf Club. On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate Kaitlyn on her outstanding achievement at the recent golf tournament. If anyone is interested in playing golf - there are Sunday Junior Golf Clinics at Yallourn Golf Club and you can email yallourngc@gmail.com .  Please see photo attached of Kaitlyn Boers playing at the Foster Golf Club.

Sporting Achievement - Matthew Prust

Matthew Prust from Grade 1 Green competed recently in the Traralgon Little Athletics Championships day. Matthew chose 4 events to participate in and his results were: 1st place 100m - PB 19.84s 1st place 200m - PB 38.56 1st place 400m - PB 1:30.86 2nd place long jump - PB 2.42m. These times are his best times over the season.  On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate Matthew on his outstanding Athletics results with the Traralgon Athletics Club. See photo attached

School Cross Country -  (Yrs 3-6 students only)

St Gabriel’s will hold its school Cross Country event at School in Term 2. On Wednesday 27th April the students in Grade 3/4 under 9/10 age group will run a distance of 2 km around the inside of the school on Wednesday 27th April, the Grade 5 under 11 age group on Thursday 28th April and on Friday 29th April the Grade 6 under 12-13 age group. The events will take place during lunch time at school from 1.10pm until 1.50pm. Students who are running in the cross country either on a Wednesday, Thursday or a Friday are allowed to wear their sports uniform to run on the day. The Traralgon District Primary School Cross Country event will be held at Agnes Brereton Park on Friday 6th May commencing at 10.00am.  The first six placegetters from each age group boys and girls at St Gabriel’s P.S cross country event will be selected to participate in this event on Friday 6th May.  

Winter Round Robin Senior School Sports Competition-

On Wednesday 8th of June the students in Years 5 & 6 will be competing in the Traralgon District Primary School Winter Round Competition competing against 7 other schools in the following sports: AFL rules football, Soccer, Netball, T-Ball and Hockey.  The students in Years 5 & 6 have already commenced training these sporting games and will continue to train in these events when they return back to school at the commencement of term 2. The games are all played in Traralgon and parents are most welcome to attend. This event is organised by School Sports Victoria and the COVID-19 rules apply for those attending needed to show identification of vaccination.   

School Swimming Program - Term 2

Next Term Year 3 & 4 will participate in the school swimming program at the Ford Swim Centre. The students will commence their lessons on Monday 16th May and finish the program on Friday 27th May. The students will be bussed from St Gabriel’s to the swimming centre with the program commencing at 9.30am. Each lesson will be of 30 minutes duration. Parents will receive details and permission notice through the electronic system next week.  The Year 5 & 6 students will participate in their school swimming program at the Ford Swim Centre commencing on Monday 30th May and will finish the program on Friday 10th June. The parents will receive details of this program and permission notice next week via the school electronic system. The year 5 and 6 program will also commence at 9.30am and each lesson will be of 30 minute duration.  Parents are welcome to attend the swimming program but again will need to provide evidence of vaccination. Ford Swim centre have also requested for families to complete a survey about your child’s swimming experience which will also be sent to the parents at the start of term 2. This is a hard copy survey.  If any parents have any concerns about the swimming program please contact me via email at any time. 

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If you have any sporting news of an individual or a team please email me at: dhogan@stgtraralgon.catholic.edu.au Please include photos if you can. Greatly appreciated Damian Hogan