Aloysiad 15-12 2006.indd - St Aloysius

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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 St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 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. a l o y s i a d / p a g e 2 4
Student Achievements (in other sports) Basketball Tom Wright (Year 12) captained an undefeated CIS team and was selected in the NSW Combined Colleges team for the Australian Schools Nationals in Perth. Tom has since been picked in the Australian School Boys Team. Snow Sports Twelve boys qualified for State Championships this year. At the Thredbo Cup, brothers James Boyd (Year 9) and Daniel Boyd (Year 7) excelled. James was placed first in the Men’s J1 Giant Slalom and first in the Men’s J1 Slalom whilst Daniel was first in the Child C1 Slalom and third in the Child C1 Giant Slalom. Daniel has since been picked in the Australian Children’s Squad. Waterpolo Michael de Gail (Year 8), Mark Sindone (Year 8), and Paul Sindone (Year 7) represented NSW Under 14s at Nationals. The team defeated Queensland in the finals. Michael captained the team. Fencing Captain David Donato (Year 12) was selected to represent Australia in the World Championships earlier in the year and has since qualified to represent at the Commonwealth Games. Hayden Fitzgerald (Year 8) won a bronze medal in Foils at the NSW Schools State Championships Three boys represented NSW at the Australian National Championships. Jeremy Aimes (Year 8) was picked in the Under 15 Foil Team, James Zwar (Year 11) for the Under 17 Epee Team and David Donato for the Under 17 Foil and Epee Team. Gold Blazers Two boys this year achieved this rare sporting honour. Graham Purcell (Year 12) for Swimming, Waterpolo and Cross Country and Alex Godbold ( Year 11) for Waterpolo, Athletics and Cross Country. Summer Preview Athletics The CAS Athletic Championships were held in near perfect twilight conditions last at Homebush. Despite the fact that our team finished sixth for the first time in many years, the performance of the whole team was very praiseworthy. We improved our overall points by over thirtypoints and doubled our wins from 2005. In fact we were only fifty points off second placing in what was the closest competition in years, especially amongst the bottom five schools. On the track, we were the second best school in terms of points scored. Knox won the championship on the day. There were some outstanding performances, including a number of College records. Vice Captain Ben Tweedie (Year 12) broke the Opens Javelin record with a throw of 53.38 metres. John Wunder (Year 10) in the 16s Discus threw 34.12 metres whilst Tim Shmigel (Year 8) equalled his 13s Long Jump record with a leap of 5.19 metres. The 15s relay team of Tom Priddis (Year 9), Tom Kingston (Year 9), Travis Owens (Year 9) and Chris Chan (Year 9), not only broke the College record, but also the CAS record. Individual winners on the evening included: Opens Brendan McLenagan (800m Division and 1500m Championship) 17s Alex Godbold (800m Championship and 1500m Championship ), Oscar Merven (Year 11) (1500m Division), Harry Irving (Year 12) ( Hurdles Division) 16s Sam Stevens (Year 10) (200m Championship and 400m), Michael Mulcahy (Year 11) (200m Division) 15s Tom Priddis (Hurdles Championship), Travis Owens (200m Division) 13s Tim Shmigel (200m Championship, 400m and Long Jump) Apart from these winners, there were many other excellent efforts with numerous boys performing personal bests. Captain Harry Irving (Year 12) , led by example with outstanding efforts in all his races. He was well supported by his Vice Captains Brendan McLenaghan, Ben Tweedie and Sean Lambert (all Year 12), all of whom were inspirational athletes throughout the season. Full CAS results are on the College intranet. Congratulations to Sam Stevens and Ben Shorter (both Year 10), who have qualified for Nationals following their performances at All Schools Championships. My thanks go to Mr Justin Langley, MIC, who again administered the sport so well. Well done to Head Coach Mr Clayton Kearney and all staff and outside coaches who were fully committed all season. Old Boy coaches included Matt Dwyer (SAC 1997), John Corpuz (SAC 2004), Matt Walker (SAC 2005), Ian Skinner (SAC 2004), Tom Borger (SAC 2003), Daniel DeZilva (SAC 2003), Jonathon Owen (SAC 2004), Angus Ryan (SAC 2005) and Damian Milani (SAC 1983). Physiotherapist Ms Louisa Coleman served excellently both in this role and as coach. The Parent Committee, headed by Mr Peter Kingston, is to be commended on their efforts along with all parents who helped out at the various carnivals. The Irving’s, along with many others organised a fabulous end of season dinner on Saturday night. And finally a word of thanks to Fr Ross Jones SJ and Fr Chris Middleton SJ whose presence was very obvious throughout the season. Australian Rules The College fielded three teams again for the short five week season against various CAS and GPS schools. St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 a l o y s i a d / p a g e 2 5
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