CROSS COUNTRY & ATHLETICS CARNIVALS 2024 

Listed below are Cross Country and Athletics events that are available for participation this year:

Cross Country State Championships – Thursday 6th June at Oakbank Racecourse
(This carnival is for children who finish top 3 in their event in the above District Carnival).

Cross Country – Catholic Schools – Wednesday 7th August at Park 15, Adelaide Parklands (This carnival is open to students in Year 3 to Year 6). 

Athletics – SAPSASA District – Thursday 29th August at Bridgestone Stadium, Salisbury (This carnival is open to children born from 2011 to 2014).

Athletics – State Metro Championships – Tuesday 17th September at Mile End Stadium (This carnival is for children who win their event in the above District Carnival).

Athletics – Catholic Schools – Thursday 31st October at Mile End Stadium
(This carnival is open to students in Year 3 to Year 6).

The District Cross Country Carnival is again very early this year meaning we have minimal time to train and select students for this event.

The Catholic Cross Country event is over 2km, District Athletics has 800m races and Catholic Athletics has 400m, 800m and 1500m races. Training for these events will be held every Tuesday and Thursday between 8.00am and 8.25am. 

During PE lessons, Mr Zamp is in the process of finalising students to represent our school in all other Athletics events. Once this has been completed, we will begin after school training for Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Hurdles, Sprints and Relays. More details about this in coming weeks.

Adelaide North East District AFL Team
This week Ben L, Matthew L, Samuel M and Giorgio M represented Adelaide North East district Football team.

The boys won their division, playing against Southern Yorke Peninsula in their last game. Both teams were undefeated before the final game. We beat them by 4 points to take the Gold! It was very exciting.

Soccer (Saturday morning competition)                                                        

Year 3 training - Wednesday's 3:00pm - 3:45pm on the school oval.
Year 4 training - Friday's 3:00pm - 3:45pm on school oval.

Soccer payment option is now available on Qkr! (Sports/Soccer 2024).

Netball (Thursday after school competition)
Netball Thursday After School Competion payment option is now available on Qkr! (Sports/Netball Thursday After School Competion).

Catholic Schools Netball Carnival 
After the success of our participation in last year's carnival, we have nominated 10 to participate in the Catholic Schools Netball Carnival which will be held at Netball SA Stadium, Mile End on Friday 28th June between 10am and 3pm. The carnival is a full day event in Week 9 of this term with the children participating in approximately 5 to 6 mini games throughout the day.

A few teams are short a few players. If your child is interested in participating, please click the following link - Catholic Schools Netball Carnival 2024.

Thank you to the many parents who have offered to manage a team on the day. We will contact everyone this week with details.