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 GIRLS TOUCH FOOTBALL 

As always the Diocesan Girls Touch Football tournament is a great day that displays the touch football talent across all of the Diocesan schools. Mount Carmel sent three teams down to Fairy Meadow to compete for the 2020 title. 

All of the students were keen to hit the field. We arrived early, got changed into our MCCC strip and started to warm up. Despite the lack of preparation and training prior to the carnival, all of the students worked well together and played for each other on the field. 

Our U13’s team coached by Miss Donnellan finished 5th overall. Our U15’s team coached by Mr Huntly finished 8th overall. Our Opens team coached by Mrs Pontin also finished 8th overall. 

The day was a challenging one due to the extremely warm weather and tight draw. Games were shortened to 10 minutes to accommodate for the excessive heat and the carnival concluded a little earlier than first scheduled to ensure the students weren’t competing in the hottest part of the day. Thank you to both Miss Donnellan and Mr Huntly for coaching our teams on the day and for all of your work with trials. Congratulations and thank you to all of the girls for their constant cooperation despite the challenging conditions and for the great day of sport. Well done! 

U13’s Team 

Coach: Miss Donnellan

Lauren Ahovelo

Isabella Ashcroft

Lereit Faasoa

Taylah Faiai

Leisl Hopoate

Jameela Najjar

Gemma Olling

Riley Perrett

Siulolo Richter

Demi Smith

Amelia Thompson

Sienna Wagstaff

Angelina Wood

U15’s Team

Coach: Mr Huntly

Chanelle Woolley

Caitlin Lo

Eseta Malaesilia

Hailee Meurant

Emma Stephenson

Matilda Tamasese-Faasoa

Tahlia Bell

Chelsea Blankenstein

Alexis Brunt

Meliame Feiloakitohi

Opens Team 

Coach: Mrs Pontin 

Holly Hutchinson

Amabelle Woolley

Jade Constance

Madelin Kelman

Grace Keomoungkhoun

Ashlea Forde

Mersedes Mansfield

Bexleigh Sultana

Latesha Neufeldt

Elisha Fry

Angelene Finau

Monique Najjar

A massive thank you to our five student referees on the day for all of their work with our teams; Jack Goncalves, Hunter Tracey, Luke Prebble, Matthew Galvin and Vann English. You were extremely professional in your role and you represented the College exceptionally well. 

Opens Girls Team

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

2020 Opens Softball Trials

Congratulations to Paula Zaballero (Yr 10) for gaining selection into the Opens Girls NSWCCC Softball team. Paula attended the NSWCCC Softball trials last week and proved her worth as part of the Opens Girls squad who will compete later this year. Paula is an extremely humble athlete who doesn’t like to advertise her success, however we love celebrating the successes of our athletes and again congratulate Paula on such an excellent achievement. Well done Paula and we look forward to hearing how you play at the upcoming CCC tournament. 

I would also like to extend my congratulations to the other students who attended the trials; Harrison Doris (Year 9), Mikayla Magro (Year 9). 

NSWCCC Triathlon - Team and Individual Events

The NSWCCC team and individual triathlon events are growing in popularity each and every year. This year MCCC entered one team; Blake Waugh, Matthew Galvin and Vann English (Year 10 - Intermediate event) who had one of the most successful performances to date. 

Blake started the team off well finishing the swim by coming out the water first in the intermediate division. Vann then set the tone for a successful race with a solid leg on the bike. Matt then finished the event strong with a solid and consistent run. The boys finished 13/282 overall and 4/47 out of the CCC teams. An outstanding result! Well done boys. 

We also had three students compete in the individual triathlon event. Blake Waugh (Year 10), Joel Skipper (eaYr 9) and Nathan Williams (Year 7) all had a successful morning in the water, on the bike and on the road. Blake finished 20/224 and 5/40 in the CCC competition. Joel finished 11/149 and 2/30 in the CCC entries. Nathan finished 80/146 overall and 14/30 in the CCC competition. Congratulations to all of the students for pushing themselves out of their comfort zones and for competing in a challenging event like the triathlon. As always, you did MCCC proud.

Year 7 student Nathan Williams after his individual event

Year 10 student Blake Waugh

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. 

2020 Registration Closing Dates:

(NB: All registrations close at 12am on the closing date)

Opens Boys & Girls Volleyball - closes 6 March

Opens Boys & Girls Water Polo - closes 12 March

Opens Boys & Girls Hockey - closes 16 March

Opens Boys & Girls Golf - 18 March

U12's - Opens Boys & Girls Diving - 27 March

U14's Boys AFL - 27 April

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