SPORTS UPDATE

Athletics - TDPSSA (Traralgon District Primary School Sports Association)

On Tuesday 30th March 67 students from St Gabriel’s from Yrs. 3-6 competed in the TDPSSA Athletic Carnival held at Harold Preston Park. The weather conditions were perfect for competitors who showed great determination and skill whilst the spectators enjoyed watching all the talent from the Traralgon District community on display. Overall St Gabriels finished in second place behind St Michael’s and only 20 points separated the two schools. All the St Gabriel’s Relay teams in both the boys and girls U9-10. U 11 and U12-13 have made it through to the next level of Championship called the Division. The Division Athletic Championship is scheduled for  Tuesday 31st August in Term 3 at Joe Carmody’s Reserve in Newborough. St Gabriels also had a good number of students who will compete in individual events also. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the athletic students on the outstanding attitude towards competing and including their behaviour and sportsmanship on the day. A special thank you to Brooke Aitken and Bryanna Misfud for supervising the students and Donna Morley who managed the shot put event on the day. A big thank you to Heather Haney and Melinda leech for helping set up the school Gazebo and equipment on the day. I thank all the parents who supported their children on the day offering encouragement and support.  I finally leave the biggest thank you to Troy Villani for opening up the equipment sheds at 6.50am in the morning at Harold Preston and setting up the field and track events for the day. Thank you for your amazing support. It is greatly appreciated by all the sports coordinators of the Traralgon District Primary School Sport Association. 

Netball News 

On Saturday March 27th, 12 stuents from St Gabriel’s students attended the Collingwood Magpies Netball Clinic held at the Moe Indoor Recreation Centre.  The girls were taught a range of netball skills based on their age group in attack, defence and goal shooting from the elite Super Suncorp players.  The players were fantastic role models for the girls and were very encouraging both on the court and afterwards with question time, signings and photo opportunities.  All the girls who attended had a lot of fun and loved how supportive the athletes were.  

Cross Country - Monday 3rd May

Last week at school we held the school cross country events in 3 different age groups and next Monday 3rd of May, 36 students from St Gabriel’s will compete in the Traralgon District Primary School Sport Association Cross Country. This year the event will be held at Agnes Brereton Park. The first event will commence at 10.00am with the Under 12-13 age group running first followed by the Under 11 and 9-10 age group. The event is expected to be finished by 12.00pm. The students received information yesterday regarding this event with the permission slip attached. Students are to return this notice by Friday 29th of April. If parents are available to assist at the cross country on the day as a field marshal can you please contact Mr Hogan via email on dhogan@stgtraralgon.catholic.edu.au. As this is a  Primary School Sport Victoria Event anyone attending will need to register at the event due to CO-VID regulations. People will be asked to scan a barcode on entry. 

Senior Swimming Program - Yrs 3-6

The  school senior swimming program will commence in week 6 for the students from Yrs 3-6. The first lesson will be held on Monday 24th May. Details of this swimming programme will be sent home next week. The Ford Swim Centre will be conducting the school swimming program. We are extremely lucky to have such talented and qualified people run our school swimming program. Parents will also be required to complete a swimming survey about their child. This survey will be attached to the swimming notice next week.

Winter Round Robin Sports Competition - (Yr 5-6)

On Wednesday 19th May the students in Yrs 5-6 will compete in the Traralgon District Primary School Winter Sports Competition. The students will either participate in Soccer, Netball, T-Ball, Hockey and AFL football. The school will require some adults to coach the following teams - Soccer and Football. If you are interested in coaching one of these teams could you please contact the school as soon as possible or email myself at any time. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Regards Damian Hogan

Sporting News

If you have sporting news that you would like included in the school newsletter please email Mr Hogan at dhogan@stgtraralgon.catholic.edu.au and I will forward your photos and article onto Mrs Couling at the front office.