Wollongong Dioceses Rugby League Trials

On Friday 8 March, along with 50 other students from the Wollongong Diocese, students from our school attended the Diocese Rugby League Trials. The students were put through some drills at the beginning of the day and they were then split into four teams who then played a number of Rugby League tackle games. During the games the students were assessed by the position they were individually competing for by the NRL and Diocese staff for their overall skill, performance, commitment and respect during the day. 

From the 50 students competing on the day, 16 students were selected to represent the Wollongong Dioceses in the Rugby League Open Side. The four students from St Columbkille's who were competed on the day played amazing and all were selected as part of the Wollongong Open Rugby Team, representing the Wollongong Dioceses Mackillop Trials at Canberra on May 10th. The students who compete at the Mackillop have the opportunity to be selected for the NSWPSSA Rugby League team.

 
Congratulations to Sid Landow, Nixon Breakspear, Kade Bloom and Hudson Bennett.  

Swimming Selection Trials

Congratulations to the following students who swam at the Diocesan Swimming Selection Trials on Monday. 

Junior boys relay - Finn G, Lennox E, Cooper M, Henry S: 5th

Senior girls relay - Milla B, Isabella M, Stella H, Mackenzie S: 3rd

Jett H - 9 years 50m Freestyle: 5th, 50m Backstroke: 7th

Stella H - 11 years 50m Freestyle: 3rd, 50m Backstroke: 3rd, 50m Butterfly: 5th, 50m Breaststroke: 7th

Lennox E - Junior 50m Breastroke: 3rd

Sophie C - Senior 50m Breaststroke: 2nd

Nate E - Senor 50m Breaststroke: 3rd

Lennox E - Junior 200m Individual Medley: 4th

 

Congratulations to Sophie C on her selection to the Wollongong Diocesan Team. Good luck at the upcoming Mackillop Trials Sophie!

Carla Olima - PDHPE Teacher

2024 Climbing NSW and ACT State Titles

On Friday afternoon I left Year 6 camp early and travelled up to Sydney for the Speed State Titles. After two hours of competing I came first in the youth C female speed titles. On Saturday I went to the Lead State Titles. We had two qualifiers. I topped (finished the climb) and in the second qualifier, I fell off halfway. I then made it into the finals on Sunday. We were in isolation so we couldn't see anyone do the climb. The last climb was extremely difficult. Nobody made it to the top. On that last climb, I fell half way. I came third out of the youth C females titles. On Saturday I had the privilege to meet Campbell Harrison and judge some climbs with his mother who gave me some really good advice to be selected for more competitions. I also met many Para climbers, three people with one leg and a man who canyons, which means he climbed the whole climb without using his legs. But the most inspiring person I met was a girl called Sophie who had very low vision and communicated through an earpiece. It really showed anyone can do anything.

Ariah Blue