DIOCESAN EVENTS – TERM 1

Mount Carmel is a part of the Diocese of Wollongong so we compete in Diocesan Sporting events throughout the college year. At these events / carnivals, schools from the Diocese of Wollongong come together to compete for points towards the Vince Villa Trophy that is awarded to the Champion School at the end of the college year. Mount Carmel historically performs well at these Diocesan events and last year finished a close 3rd place overall in the Vince Villa Trophy. 

Diocesan Tennis 

On 20 February, we were privileged to compete at the 2020 Diocesan Tennis Carnival which was held at Beaton Park, in Wollongong.

The girls played their opening match against a strong Corpus Christi team. The girls had hit some great shots and rapid serves, but unfortunately lost both their doubles matches. The singles matches were up next but unsuccessfully lost two sets out of three, which meant they weren’t able to progress in the main draw. They continued to play well in the consolation round and came out with two wins in the doubles.

The boys were lucky enough to advance to the second round as Magdalene withdrew from the carnival. Their opening match was against a tough St John's team. They started off with all four singles matches and came back with a tight result, winning two sets out of four. With their speedy serves and jaw dropping winners, they again ended up with another close result, winning one of the two sets in doubles. With tied sets it had all come down to games, and the boys unfortunately lost the round with a narrow margin of 3 games. 

Girls team:

• Paige Haubenwallner
• Scarlett Ring
• Rose Benjocki
• Lauryna Malaesilia

Boys team:

• Toby Curry 
• Dominik Raffoul
• Harrison Petrovic
• Julian Fuentes

As a team, we all would like to thank Mrs Hills and Mr Mackney for this wonderful experience, as well as them taking their time off class to support, supervise and drive us to the venue. Thank you once again.

Rose Benjocki

Diocesan Boys Touch Football 

On Monday 24 February, 3 energised teams travelled to Thomas Dalton Park Fairy Meadow to compete in the 2020 Diocesan Touch Football Tournament. 

U13’s 

The final results of the U13’s team included 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses throughout the day. This resulted in placing 6th out of 9 teams.

U15’s 

The U15’s team were coached by Ms Bowen and led by Captains Hunter Tracey and Luke Prebble. The day started tough with two fierce and polished opponents in Edmund Rice and Holy Spirit. Following two consecutive losses the team re-grouped to consolidate structures, set plays and formations. A focus on gaining metres for the first 3 touches before utilising switches, wraps and draw/pass combinations proved to be an effective strategy moving forward in the day. Players began communicating with one another and drawing on the speed of players within the team to create scoring opportunities. The final results of the U15’s team included 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses throughout the day. This resulted in placing 5th out of 10 teams. It was an absolute pleasure to coach these talented students throughout the day and to see their growth from one game to the next. 

Opens 

The final results of the Open’s team included 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. This resulted in placing =2nd with Holy Spirit with all boys school Edmund Rice taking out the win. 

Thank you to all students that attended the tournament for their exceptional sportsmanship, skill and enthusiasm demonstrated on the day. We also extend our thanks to Jade Constance and Cassie Lloyd who were our student referee’s on the day of the tournament. 

We would further like to extend our congratulations to the following students who had selectors recognise their touch football talent on the day through being selected to represent the Wollongong Diocesan at the NSWCCC tournament later this term. In addition, we had a number of students selected as shadows for the Wollongong Diocesan team including. We congratulate the following students for this exceptional achievement: 

• Jack Goncalves (Year 10 - selected in the Open’s team) 
• Matthew Galvin (Year 10 - selected in the Open’s team) 
• Nathaniel Calvelo (Year 11 - shadow for the Open’s team
• Luke Prebble (Year 10 - shadow for the U15’s team) 
• Hunter Tracey (Year 9 - shadow for the U15’s team) 

This tournament marked one of the first representative opportunities on the 2020 sporting calendar and it was clear that the students are already vying for points to earn the Wollongong Diocesan Vince Villa Trophy.

Below is information for the upcoming Diocesan events in term 1:

Term 1 Diocesan Team Information / Trials 

NB: A second trial will only be organised if required. Students must attend the first trial to be considered for the team. 

Further info on these events: http://www.dow.catholic.edu.au

NSWCCC

NSWCCC Triathlon - Team and Individual Events

Full report will be included in next week’s edition of the newsletter. 

NOMINATIONS – APPLICATION PROCESS

(To self-nominate and get approved for these events, students need to be competing at a representative level in their chosen sport).The process has changed slightly for students to nominate and register for individual trials. If you are interested in finding out more about these pathways, please come and see Mrs Pontin at the sports office. 

To explore and find out more information regarding registration and trials please visit the following website: https://csnsw.sport/

Students who already have a CCC account will need to create a new account through CSNSW.

Mrs Tara Pontin

College Sport Coordinator