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senior school sport Swimming/Waterpolo Tour of the West Coast of the USA 2006 This was a ground-breaking tour, not only for St Aloysius’ College, but also for New South Wales schools, since we believe that this is the first tour of its kind. It was brave and adventurous, and it succeeded far beyond our, probably cautious, expectations. The programme that we planned was designed to combine the requirements of all St Aloysius’ tours together with our own special needs. Therefore we offered a Jesuit aspect, a cultural aspect, and an educational aspect together with expert training and competition for our athletes. I believe that all these needs were addressed, with the highlight of the Tour being the contact with St Ignatius College. We were also given expert training and fierce competition, which together with many sight-seeing opportunities made for happy but tired tourists! Overall we are celebrating a great success which has already manifested itself in the outstanding Water Polo results since our return and will hopefully deliver us great success in the CAS swimming competition next year. However, the fact that it was a complete experience, and that we have made many new friends as well as blazing a new trail, is the real success. Mrs Caroline Linschoten Tour Convenor 2006 Swim Tour to the USA The St Aloysius’ College Swimming and Water Polo Tour of the USA during the October holidays can only be described as a huge success. As leader of the swimming contingent, I must compliment the boys not only on their performances but also their commitment to training during the long winter months which allowed us to arrive generally in peak condition. Overall, we were the match of any of the twenty five to thirty clubs we encountered along the way. Mr Zolezzi has reported on the water polo games which ????????????? St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 occupied our first week of competition. The swimmers had their first taste of competition at the 2006 Columbus Day Invitational on the week-end of October 7 and 8. This meet was hosted by the Santa Maria Swim Club (surely the most wonderful of hosts) Age groupings at this meet made it difficult to establish exact placing’s (i.e. thirteen years and over grouped in heats according to qualifying times.) but it was most evident that Sam McConnell, Chris Sudarmana and Matthew Jepson were the outstanding Senior, Intermediate and Junior swimmers respectively. All the others swam well against some fifteen strong Clubs from all around the San Francisco area. Times recorded were difficult to assess and compare as the Americans race in twenty five yard pools. The conversion from our fifty metre times to fifty yards and then to short course yards is indeed difficult and for our purpose pointless. Despite this all the boys swam very well first-up. One week later, we had our second swim meet at the Seal Beach “Monster Splash” at the Joint Forces Reserve Centre. This military base co-incidentally serves as the home base to both the USA Women’s and Men’s Water Polo Teams. By the end of the second week of our tour, unfortunately a few of us were a little worse for wear with injuries, chest infections, shoulder injuries etc. Those that survived injury free, performed extremely well, and we held our own against slightly stronger competition than the previous week. Others will expand on their results and experiences, but from the swimming perspective I am pleased to report that the 2006 Tour was a great success, and rest in the knowledge that our Swim team have never been in better form or better spirits this early in the season. Mr Martin Tenisons MIC Swimming Water Polo USA Tour Summary The Water Polo Tour Squad comprised of the following members who represented the Senior (Varsity) team: Chris McMahon, Sam Dalton, James Orlov, Luke a l o y s i a d / p a g e 2 8
Bouris, Mark Dietz, Mark Sindone, Michael de Gail, Paul Sindone and Ben Klarich. The Junior (Varsity) team also included both Mark and Paul Sindone, Michael de Gail, Ben Klarich, Tom Ruehl, Luke Ververka, Chris Chan and Sam Moran. The Varsity teams in the USA are U18s and Junior varsity U16s. We played ten games in total, and won six games out of the ten. The results were as follows: Senior Varsity 4-9 SAC vs St Ignatius' College San Fransico 2-12 SAC vs Marin Catholic 4-8 SAC vs Marin Academy 9-8 SAC vs St John Bosco 4-8 SAC vs Inter City High 10-3 SAC vs La Jolla High Junior Varsity 15-13 SAC vs St Ignatius' College San Fransico 9-7 SAC vs Marin Catholic 9-8 SAC vs Marin Academy 13-2 SAC vs St John Bosco The Junior Varsity team were undefeated on Tour. The Varsity level is very strong as they train generally twice a day and have extremely high swim standards. The Water Polo tour awards were presented as follows: Senior Varsity Best and fairest: Sam Dalton Most improved: James Orlov Best team player: Luke Bouris Junior Varsity Best and fairest: Mark Sindone Most improved: Luke Ververka Best team player: Chris Chan Special award: Best Polo/Swim - Ben Klarich Game Highlights Highlights were the game against St John Bosco where the seniors were trailing by two goals in the last quarter 6-8 and came back 8-8 in full time. This resulted in three sessions of extra time in which Sam Dalton pulled off two amazing saves after which we scored the winning goal. In the Junior varsity game against Marin Academy we held off relentless attacks to squeeze a 9-8 win. Luke Ververka won all of his swim-offs and scored three times. Training We had a two hour training session with Marin Catholic in which we learnt how to structure a good training programme in blocks; Block 1 20 min swim and sprints Block 2 20 minutes - leg and resistance exercises Block 3 30 minutes - passing Block 4 20 minutes - shooting Block 5 30 minutes - 6 v 5 and extra man A further one and a half hour training session took place Left to right: James Orlov, Christian McMahon, Sam Dalton (c), Mark Dietz, Luke Bouris, Michael de Gail, Tom Ruehl, Paul Sindone, Ben Klarich and Mark Sindone at Loyola University which specialised in shooting drills and hesitation shots. The USA school players are extremely fit and good on counter-attack. The host schools were generous with their hospitality and we made good contacts with their coaching staff: Scott Dumas at St Ignatius' College Andrew Morris at Marin Catholic Svi Gvishi at Marin Academy Robert Smith at St John Bosco John Loughran and Justin Jewel at Loyola University Nate Heppner at La Jolla High Mr Steven Zolezzi The Tourists View The St Aloysius’ College USA Swimming and Water Polo Tour 2006 was a tour to remember. It expressed everything great about the school spirit and a desire for a first rate achievement in most, if not all competitions. However, every great tour has equally great people organising it from behind the scenes, and to those many people, we, the boys, are eternally grateful. It was seventeen days of pure excitement, right from the time we left. Even at the airport. After having had a small discussion about how to keep our valuables safe, the boys were all very amused to see none other than Mr Zolezzi almost forget his passport. This was to be a funny and worthwhile trip. The plane trip was long and tedious, lasting a good thirteen hours during which many managed to sleep. The monotony was broken intermittently by a select few of the senior boys who thought it funny to amuse themselves, with those asleep. The victims of course included Mr Martin Tenisons and Mr Justin Langley. However upon arrival, the jet-lag aside, we began our trip by touring the city of San Francisco. We were met by a bus driver who was very obliging and happy enough to crack the odd joke, or recommend the odd food joint, as we toured the downtown region of a bustling city. The highlights for many of us St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 a l o y s i a d / p a g e 2 9
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