Friday, 5 August Issue 11/21 THE RECTOR - St Aloysius

team, comprising of Tim Robinson, Joe Whelan, Joel Vozzo and
James Sinclair, was placed second amongst CAS schools. Tim
Robinson did wonderfully well to play in the 10As’ football game and
then turn up to run. He was the best placed of our runners in this age
group. In the 14s, James McFadden and Ben Vozzo stood out.
Whilst on running, athletics trainings continue this term at Rotary
Oval on Mondays and Thursdays. The athletics season is only two
weeks away. Interested athletes should attempt to make it to one of
these trainings each week. Year 11 swimmer Matt Jepson is
competing at Nationals this week. At this goes to print, Matt has
already won gold in the 200 metres freestyle. Well done, Matt.
For the first time in a number of years, a rugby lunch will be held, on
12 August, at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. The lunch will be
dedicated to celebrating Aloysius’ rugby, past and present. Over the
last few years, many ex-students have gone on to playing rugby at the
highest level. This season we had three ex-students playing at Super
15 level, including Wallaby Patrick McCabe (SAC 2005), Jonathon
Owens (SAC 2004) and Tom Kingston (SAC 2009). Tom, only
recently, played for Australia’s U20s’ team in Italy and also this
season received the NSW Waratahs’ Rookie of the Year award.
Bernard Foley (SAC 2007) is the current Captain of the Australian 7s’
team. Also, we have a number of boys playing in the 1sts grade Shute
Shield competition, including three captains!! We are hoping to have
all of the above at the lunch. Rugby legend, Mark Ella, is our guest
speaker. Ex-parent and well-known radio celebrity, Murray Olds, will
MC the function. It should be a wonderful occasion. We would love
to see all rugby enthusiasts there. There is a flier later in this
newsletter with more details, including how to book.
This weekend, the College plays Waverley College in all sports in
CAS Round 9 of competition. 1sts teams are playing at home. Good
luck to all coaches and players. The cross country this week is at
Centennial Park, 10.00am, hosted by Sydney High. Tae Kwon Do is
in the gym at 8.30am.
Paul Rowland
THE JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTSMASTER
Gymnastics: Any Junior School boy who competes in gymnastics
outside school is invited to attend the following competition. Please
see me for a registration form. CSSA run a State Gymnastics ‘Levels’
Championship each year for both WAG (female) and MAG (male)
competitors. As CIS Gymnastics is only open to WAG (female)
competitors, CSSA would like to open our Boys’ Gymnastics
competition to other associations. Note: This is a stand-alone
competition and only for boys competing in Levels – no team events.
It is open to primary and secondary boys.
Date: 16 September
Venue: Northern Beaches Gymnastics Centre
Time: 11.00am-4.00pm
Closing date for entries: 5 September
Trevor Dunne
Round 9
FOOTBALL
Opponent Result
12A
Draw 2-2
12B Loss 0-1
Waverley
12C Loss 2-3
12D Win 3-0
11A
Loss 1-2
11B Loss 1-5
Knox
11C Loss 1-3
11D Loss 0-1
10A small sided games
Loss 3-5
Scots
10B small sided games Loss 1-6
9A small sided games
Gold Win 14-1
Mosman Blue Win 9-0
9B small sided games Win 11-3
CAS ATHLETICS
RUGBY
Opponent Result
12A
Loss 14-36
12B Shore Loss 10-52
12C Loss 10-12
11A
Win 12-5
Barker
11B Loss 2-10
11C
Loss 10-63
Waverley
10A Loss 5-22
10B Scots Win 52-5
9A Grammar Edge Loss 30-35
By the 1980s Javelin throwers were
getting such distances – almost 105
metres – that because of safety concerns
at events, the IAAF decided to change
the design of Javelins so that they could
not be thrown as far. Since the change in
design, there has been one dominant
Javelin thrower – Železný! Jan Železný is a
world and Olympic champion and world
record holder in the javelin throw. He holds all
five of the top 5 javelin performances of all
time. Železný won the gold at the 1992, 1996
and 2000 Summer Olympic Games and silver
in the 1988 Olympics. Because of his
achievements he is widely considered to be the
greatest javelin thrower ever. Železný holds
the world record, at 98.48 metres (323 ft 1 in)
set in 1996. Železný has made 52 throws over 90 meters, more than
all other javelin throwers combined. He is also the only athlete to
throw more than 94 meters with the new type of javelin, something
he achieved five times.
Season Update: The athletics season starts with training and the
Season Launch, on 15 August, at the College Oval. Training is at the
usual time, and the launch goes from approximately 5.00-6.15pm.
The whole squad will train on the same days at the same location as
each other this year. For the four weeks of the regular season,
training will be:
Monday College Oval (all athletes, including throwers)
Tuesday Rotary Athletic Centre
Thursday Rotary Athletic Centre
The Saturday carnivals go Homebush (20 August), Homebush
(27 August), Barker (3 September) and Blacktown (10 September).
The CAS Championships are on 15 September at Homebush.
If you have any questions regarding the Athletics programme, please
don’t hesitate to contact me or Dr Batten (pbatten.t@gmail.com).
Chris Salto
MIC Athletics
PUBLIC SPEAKING
vir eloquens
Public Speaking coaching is available every Monday and Thursday
during term, from 3.30-5.00pm, in The Bellarmino.
Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award: James Elhindi and
Benjamin Kyriazis have been selected to represent the College in this
year’s competition. The Local Final No 2 Round for North Sydney
will be held on 5 August at St Augustine’s College, Brookvale. We
wish both boys every success.
Trinity Grammar School 12 th Invitational Senior Oratory
Competition: This competition will be held on 27 July and Benjamin
Jackson will represent the College. We wish him well.
Magar Etmekdjian
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