Sport

CatholicCollege Sale Sport:

swim Sport at Catholic College Sale has a long and proud tradition at local, regional, State and National Level. The College has had a number of students that have continued with their chosen sport to compete at the elite level.
The College we conducts annual Swimming and Athletics Carnivals that encourage participation and enjoyment of sport. All students compete for their House at these events and there is a great show of colour and excitement on these days. The events hold a strong purpose as representative teams are selected from these events to compete at the Gippsland Catholic Secondary Schools Sports Association Carnival and the Victorian Catholic All Schools Carnivals.
Across the various Year Levels, Catholic College Sale enters a range of teams into various competitions including; Football, Netball, Tennis, Clay Target Shooting, Gymkhana, Gymnastics, Aerobics, Cricket, Basketball
and Hockey. Students are given the opportunity to compete in Triathlon and Golf State Championships.
At the senior level, students have the opportunity to be selected for the annual Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA) carnivals; these are hosted by a different school each year and are held in the sports of Cricket, Basketball, and Netball.
A feature of our Sports Program is the Senior Boys Australian Rules Football side, competing in the prestigious Herald-Sun Shield.

Sports Association Memberships:

Catholic College Sale is a member and supporter of:

Gippsland Catholic Secondary Schools Sports Association (GCSSSA)
Catholic All Schools (CAS)
Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA)
Victorian Secondary Schools Sports Association (VSSSA)

College Facilities:

Sporting facilities at the College include:

3 well maintained College ovals (football, cricket, athletics and general purpose)
Gymnasium, including 2 indoor courts (basketball, netball, badminton, volleyball, indoor soccer)
Equipped weights and cardio room
The Ian Howard Rowing Pavilion on the Sale Canal

Membership and access to local facilities including squash, tennis and aquatic centre.

Events

Monday 11th February	Sion Campus Swimming Carnival (Sale)
Monday 12th February	St Pats Campus Swimming Carnival (Sale)
Monday 25th February	CAS Golf Championship (Sunbury)
Thursday 28th February	CAS Regional Championship (Traralgon)
Friday 29th February	Sale Schools Night Carnival (Sale)
Tuesday 4th March	CAS Triathlon Championship (Nagambie)
Friday 7th March	GCSSSA Swim Carnival (Sale)
Tuesday 18th March	CAS Swim Carnival (MSAC, Melbourne)
Monday 14th - Friday 18th April	AMSA Basketball Carnival (Cairns)
Monday 28th April	Sion Campus Athletic Trials
Tuesday 29th April	CAS Basketball Regional Day (Traralgon)
Wednesday 30th April	St Patrick's Campus Athletic Trials
Wednesday 30th April	Herald Sun Shield Football
Friday 2nd May	Catholic College Athletics Carnival
Sunday 4th May - Wednesday 7th May	AMSA Netball Championship (Shepparton)
Wednesday 14th May	Herlad Sun Shield Footbal
Friday 16th May	CAS Cross Country Championship (Bundoora)
Tuesday 20th May	CAS Football (Traralgon)
Wednesday 28th May	Herald Sun Shield Football
Friday 30th May	GCSSSA Athletics Carnival (Newborough)

Achievements

CAS Basketball:
This year we entered both Junior and Intermediate teams in the Catholic All Schools Basketball Regional Day. Held in Traralgon, the day was attended by Nagle College, Lavalla College, St Joseph’s Ferntree Gully, Santa Maria College Northcote, Aquinas College Ringwood and ourselves.

Our Junior Girls finished the preliminary games undefeated and faced a challenging Lavalla Team in the final. The girls worked hard and won a very close final by 5 points.

Our Junior Boys played won their early preliminary games quite well, until they were decisively beaten by 27 points by St Joseph’s. The boys met that same team again in the final and with some careful preparation and some strategic defensive were able to win their final by 2 points.

Our Intermediate boys remained undefeated during the preliminary games and they played out a very close final against Aquinas College Ringwood by 2 points.

Our Intermediate Girls team looked good early on and then came up against a highly skilled Lavalla Team. The girls won all games on the day apart from their preliminary game against Lavalla and the final against the same team.

The Junior Boys and Girls and Intermediate Boys all go on to compete at the State Finals in Melbourne on Thursday 8th May.

We would like to thank all the parents who came along on the day for supporting and assisting with scoring, and we welcome them again when we travel to Melbourne on Thursday.

MARIST NETBALL
netball The Catholic College Sale Marist Netballers this week competed in the Annual Carnival hosted this year by Notre Dame College Shepparton.
The girls competed against 16 other Marist Schools from Across Australia in the three day Carnival. Following the opening ceremony our team began their Pool Games strongly but finished the round with one win and two losses. This placed us in the Challenge Division for the carnival.
Our Girls worked hard during all games to finish the Preliminary Rounds with six wins and one loss. Marist Regional College Burnie proved to be the other main contender for the Challenge Trophy and in a very tight round game; we were defeated by them by 2 goals.
It was to be Burnie that we met in the Challenge Final and in another very close encounter, the girls ran away to win 34 to 25.

There were many highlights during the Carnival with Ashleigh Robbins and Julia Allan both being awarded player of the day honours and Julia Allan being named Catholic College Sale Most Valuable Player for the Carnival. A further individual honour was awarded to Julia in the form of selection in the Highly Recommended Team, the top 24 players at the Carnival.

Marist Basketball:
This year’s Carnival was very hosted by St Augustine’s College Cairns and we were not let down by the friendly and hospitable staff and volunteers of the College.

The Girls team achieved great success, finishing the preliminary rounds undefeated. They met Lavalla College Traralgon in the final and in a fabulous display of courage and skill, the were defeated by 3 points.

The Boys team didn’t have as much success as previous years and were seeded 3rd going into the preliminary rounds. Although competitive, we found ourselves in the ‘plate’ round for day 2 (the bottom 8) and without much luck at all, finished by playing off for 15th place.

Individual “Most Valuable Player” Awards went to Kate Bond and Jack Johnstone. Kate, along with Gemma Skeen were named as members of the Marist 5 – the top 5 players of the carnival.

We farewell two long serving players this year, Sam McLaverty and Kristy Glover. Both of these players have been part of the Marist Basketball since they began playing in Year 9. This year, both Sam and Kristy were captains of their teams and over the years have represented the College with leadership and courage. We thank them for their positive contributions to Basketball over the past four years and wish them well in the future.

Matt Tulloch:
Matt Tulloch recently competed at the Pony Club of Victoria State Show Jumping Championships held at Elmore on the 30th of March. Matt competed in the A Grade Level in a State Championship for the first time on his mount "Snowy River Mystique". He rode very competitively and enjoyed the competition, but unfortunately missed out on a place. Matt has been affiliated with the Briagolong Pony Club for the last three years. Well done Matt, this is an excellent achievement!

Damien Sutton:
Damien Sutton (7E) recently represented Gippsland at the Country Victoria Soccer Championships in Echuca. Damien, who plays in defence for the Under 14 Gippsland team, trains three times a week and plays for local Soccer team Sale United. Damien and his team competed against teams from Country Victoria and also in their competition were the Under 17 Girls State Soccer Team.

Damien and his team won all 7 of their matches by varying margins including a 13 – 0 opening game.

Samantha Kennedy :
Catholic College Sale student Samantha Kennedy recently qualified for the State Athletics Championships held in Bendigo and the 15th and 16th March.
Samantha qualified for the 1500m, 800m, 200m and the Triple Jump event in the Under 13 Age group. At the Championship, although Samantha didn’t finish in any medal position, she competed very well and equalled some of her best times.
Samantha is looking forward to representing her house, Paulinus, in the College Athletics on April 2nd.

Catholic College Sale sent 18 students to compete at the Catholic All Schools State Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Tuesday 18th March.
Finishing in 4th place overall, the students competed well in against a high standard of competition.
Performing particularly well, Kim Ventrella received 5 individual medals, Prue May 3 individual medals and Hannah Warry 1 individual medal. Megan De Wys placed Silver in the 100m Breaststroke and Matthew Dingwall also placed Silver in the 50m Freestyle.
In the relay events, our 17yr Girls team won silver and our 14yr Boys team won bronze.
The Catholic All Schools competition sees the best competitors from All Catholic Secondary Schools across Victoria compet.

CAS Tennis:
Krystal Rawnson and Tom Young both finished runner up the Senior Girls and Boys CAS Tennis Championship respectively. Kasey McKay, who played against Krystal in the semi final, finished 3rd in the Senior Girls. Jonathon Burge and Hailey Shanahan also competed well at the State Championships.

St Pats Swim Carnival

Sport Another successful swimming carnival was held this year in fine weather conditions. Attendance and participation was high with our senior students leading the way and participating in what was to be their last swimming carnival at the College.
There were many impressive performances throughout the day which resulted in numerous records being broken. Kim Ventrella was a stand-out performer again taking honors in the memorial events for the fourth year in a row, as well as being crowned Age Champion. The following students are also acknowledged for their fine performances throughout the day resulting in them being recognized as Age Champions for 2008:

Year 9: Tom Warry & Marnie Shears
Year 10: Nick Bennett & Hannah Warry
Year 11: Patrick Jones & Kim Ventrella
Year 12: Jason Kent & Prue May

The overall house competition saw Raphaela house in the lead for the entire day. Raphaela house has shown it is a strong force in the pool having dominated the St. Pat’s swimming carnival for the past 4 consecutive years. The final house placings at the conclusion of the day was as follows:

Raphaela = 790
Daly = 709
Theodore = 701
Paulinus = 631
Allman = 624
Champagnat = 573

The day was concluded with a staff vs. student 6-leg feature relay. Despite a breaking start by the staff team the students held their strong form to take the overall honours against their teachers.

A big thank-you to all students, staff and parents for your participation and assistance in making the 2008 swimming carnival an enjoyable day for all.

Sion Swimming Carnival

Sport We were blessed with excellent weather for our annual Sion Campus Swimming Carnival. There was an enormous amount of House spirit with plenty of color, cheering and participation. It must be said that the cooperation of all students contributed to the smooth running of the day.

There were a few individual highlights with records being broken in five events.

Megan De Wys : Year 8 Girls 50m Breaststroke : 42.48sec
Matthew Dingwill : Year 8 Boys 50m Backstroke : 42.08 sec
Matthew Dingwill : Year 8 Boys 50m Freestyle : 31.4sec
Allman House : Year 7 Boys 4 x 50m Relay : 2.55.42
Champagnat House: Year 8 Boys 4 x 50m Relay : 2.32.42

All students participated positively during the day, the following being named Age Champions.

Yr 7 Boys : Toby Leemon
Yr 7 Girls : Tiesha Warry
Yr 8 Boys : Matthew Dingwill
Yr 8 Girls : Megan De Wys

The final results for the day were:

1st Daly - 343
2nd Allman - 320
3rd Raphaela - 287
4th Champagnat - 286
5th Paulinus - 251
6th Theodore - 211

Thank you to all staff and students for contributing to a fantastic event. It was great to see a large number of parents attending the pool to support the students and the College.