Aloysiad 15-12 2006.indd - St Aloysius

senior school sport
From The Director of Co-Curricula
- Winter Review
Cross Country
Only a handful of students compete each week in the
combined CAS/GPS invitations. Three of our students
Brendan McLenaghan (Year 12), Alex Godbold (Year 11)
and Joe Craft (Year 10) were selected to represent CIS at
NSW All Schools at Eastern Creek which was an excellent
achievement.
The College team competed very successfully only
recently at the CAS Championships at Macquarie Hospital.
Best performers included in the 14s, Ben Klarich (Year 9),
sixth, Robert Joannides, seventh (only Year 5), and Chris
Joannides (Year 8), eighth. The 16s team won their team
event with Joe Craft being placed first and Rupert Holmes
(Year 10), second. Ben Kikby (Year 11) was also placed in
the top ten. In the Opens, Alex Godbold finished second
whilst Brendan McLenaghan was sixth and Graham
Purcell (Year 12) seventh. The Opens team finished second
overall.
Football
As mentioned in the previous edition of The Aloysiad,
the College was delighted to obtain the services of
ex-Socceroo David Mitchell to coach the 1st XI this season.
The team had an excellent start to the season winning
most of their trial games which included a 3-0 win over
Barker and a 2-1 success against St Ignatius' College.
Unfortunately the team lost to Sydney Grammar in the first
round of the Independent Schools Cup.
At the Jesuit Schools Carnival held at Riverview this year,
the team emulated last year’s performance by winning the
Loyola Cup, defeating the host school 2-1 in the final. The
team went through the competition undefeated. Four boys
were selected in the Australian Jesuit Schools team including
three from Year 11.They were Stephen Gaudioso (Year
12), Theo Coolentianos (Year 11), Luke Maurel (Year 11)
and Matthew Carnuccio (Year 11).
In the CAS competition, the 1st XI only managed one
win over Cranbrook and a draw against Trinity but were
unlucky to go down by one goal in each of the other three
matches. Knox were CAS premiers again. Picked for CAS
1st XI representation were David McClatchey (Year 12),
Stephen Gaudioso and Matthew Carnuccio. Matthew
was also selected in the CIS team for the second year in
succession.
Other teams that performed well in the College included
the 10Bs and 9As, coached by Paul O’Byrne (SAC
2003).
Rugby
The 1st XV had a disappointing season by their
standards. After a big loss to St Ignatius', the team rallied
to draw with St Patricks' and win handsomely against St
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Pius and beat Trinity by one point in the trials. The boys
toured Queensland along with the 16As and Preps and
played their best football of the season along with the other
two teams beating St Patrick’s Shorncliffe and the strong
Brisbane Church of England School. However the team
failed to win a CAS game, the closest being an unlucky
loss to Trinity 21-25. Barker was CAS champions, being
undefeated in the competition.
Captain and lock Mark Williams (Year 12) and prop
Chris Favretto (Year 12) made the CAS 1st XV team. Chris
was later to be selected in NSW 2nd XV.
At the end of season Opens Dinner, we farewelled
Frank Clarke, MIC for five years and 1st XV coach for
three seasons. Frank has left for Ireland to take up a new
teaching position as Director of Ethos at the Jesuit College,
Clongowes. Frank introduced many initiatives into Aloysian
Rugby as MIC, including involving the Junior School more
closely in rugby matters, organising tours for all ages,
introducing the new harlequin top for players and suitably
clothing both staff coaches and Old Boys for games. We
wish Frank and his wife Sinead all the best.
Other best performed teams in the College included
the 15As who won five matches and were close to being
the best in the CAS whilst the both the 13As and 13Cs
lost only two games in the season. Both teams were
undefeated in the CAS but two rounds were washed
out. The 13As, coached by staff member and Old
Boy Michael Taylor (SAC 1985) boasted a particularly
impressive record. Their wins included St Pius, 78-0,
Trinity 48-0 and Knox 41-12.
Tom Kingston (Year 9) was selected in the Sydney 15s
team. Tom played centre in the 15As this season.
Tennis
The 1st V had one of their best seasons in some time
and were placed second in the CAS competition. Knox
went through undefeated after two rounds. The team had
a mixture of youth and experience with Captain Rohan
Chowdry (Year 12) and oldest player, while Nic Fuentes
(Year 8), and was the youngest. Alex Patten (Year 10),
our number two seed in the team, won the majority of his
singles matches. He is a player of great natural talent.
Our 10As, 9As and 8As all had their share of
competition wins but our most successful team was the 7As
who won seven out of eight games.
Volleyball
The College fielded two Opens teams this season with
basically all boys new to the game. So the 1st VI was
a very inexperienced and young side with a number of the
boys from Year 10. The team was however very competitive
in their matches and had wins over Waverley both rounds
and were unlucky to lose to Barker in the final game. The
team was coached by Old Boy Chris Lobascher (SAC
2003). The 2nd VI recorded three wins beating Waverley
twice and Barker.
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