St Pius X Catholic Parish Primary School Unanderra
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Cummins Street
Unanderra NSW 2526
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Email: info@spxudow.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4271 3550
Fax: 02 4272 2954

SPORT NEWS

Cricket Gala Day 

Last Thursday SPX students in Stage 3 participated in the Cricket Gala day. We had three teams with the help of some students from St Therese. Inspite of the heat the kids had a fun and successful day. Thanks to Mr Baldassari for his assistance on the day. 



NSWPSSA Athletics 

Best of luck to Tiffany Tasevski and Tom Fischer who will be competing for the MacKillop Athletics team to represent at the NSWPSSA Athletics event on 25th & 26th October at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush. 

Dragon Tag Gala Day - Thursday the 9th of November

Students in Stage 2 and 3 are invited to attend a Dragon Tag Gala day at Reed Park in the following divisions:

Years 3 / 4 Mixed Dragon Tag

Years 5 / 6 Boys Dragon Tag

Years 5 / 6  Girls Dragon Tag

Please see Compass Event for details and registrations. 

2024 SPX Swimming Trials

Our school swimming trials will take place this term on Monday 20th November, 2023. These trials are ONLY for students who can swim 50m and are turning 8 or above next year. (Year 6, 2023 students will not be participating) Students from these trials may gain selection in the SPX Swimming Team to participate at the South Coast Swimming Selection Trials in March 2024.

A compass event will be posted in coming weeks. 

2024 Primary Sport Representative Trial Nomination 

Information has been provided on Compass about the 2024 representative pathway selection trials. Nominations are now open and available for registration via the links below by 23rd October, 2023.  Some of these trials for 2024 teams commence in Term 4 2023, therefore it is important that nominations are completed now. These trials are for students in Years 4, 5 and 6 next year.

The process for nomination has been changed so please read through information on Compass carefully.
 

Criteria for representative sport pathway nominations: 

Please see the document for more information regarding the trials and specific nomination criteria for each sport. In general the representative sport pathway trials are for students who are;

  • Skilled and talented players and will be in Year 5 & 6 in 2024 (recommended)
  • Highly skilled Year 4 students may nominate for Touch Football, Tennis, Softball, Hockey and Basketball. 
  • Experienced in the given sport and may have some high level representative experience or playing at a high grade
  • ​competing at a high level, regular experience and a background in this high level of competition, with a strong skill base and understanding of the game

If you acknowledge that your child meets the criteria for a  given sport, you are asked to complete a nomination form using the following link: https://forms.gle/FCpVxBi9TG4THUC46  


If you have any questions or queries please contact Mrs Hertsch - SPX Sports Coordinator.
 hertschk01@dow.catholic.edu.au