Welcome to Term 3 sport. I hope everyone was able to enjoy some downtime over the holidays and have managed to stay well away from all the bugs and illnesses around at present.

Southern Region Athletics
Fortunately, Pathways sport is able to go ahead at present. This means that the Southern Region Athletics Carnival will be happening next Wednesday 3 August at Bega. An information note was communicated via COMPASS on Wednesday if your child was successful in moving onto the next level and I congratulate the students on this achievement. A list of names is also included below. If you have not been able to access the COMPASS information note or you will not be able to make it to the carnival, please make contact with me or the office as soon as possible. So that pathways sport can still go ahead, some COVID restrictions have needed to be introduced, meaning that the offer for bus transportation cannot happen this year. It will be up to parents to take children or arrange transport for students attending the carnival. This is unfortunate but understandable in the current climate. It has been 3 years since a Southern Region Athletics Carnival took place and we are very excited to be taking part in this event once again. All other important information about the carnival and COVID requirements are included in the note. If you have any queries, please contact me at any time. We will need to provide assistance with timekeeping if parents could please be in touch if available. A list of events that children are entered in will be available and sent home as soon as possible.

I am hopeful that presentations for our school carnival will take place in the coming weeks. Ribbons, medals and certificates are ready to go now that events are finalised. 

Maya C Emerson D Indie C Willa McL Mackenzie H Abbie H Madi C Elka H Charlotte Ek Chelsea B Heidi V W Harper L Anikah H Ava B Felicity P Betty D Indi T Grace R Taylah C Emily F Ella S Jakayda Te Lila W Bella Rose I Isabelle C Poppi E Chloe C

Xavier E Hugo D F Finnigan T Beau McD Chael S Spencer S Declan T Leo S Billy I Mitchell W Ky N Roarke C Jaxon E Asher B Jake P Alex H Darcy F Archer Sch Sonny C Kordel H Zac W Koby P Quade McD Jimmy H Oscar G Kobi P Kaleb D Will W Billy I Cooper C

Save the Date! Canberra Goulburn Archdiocesan Athletics
The Canberra Goulburn Archdiocesan Athletics Carnival is on the calendar for Tuesday 23 August in Canberra. Students from across the southern region who finish in the top 2 of the field events and top 4 of the 100m events will progress through to this next level. I am predicting that further COVID information outlining attendance and guidelines regarding this event will be communicated closer to the date as directed by CECG Sport

NSW Southern/ACT Regional Interschools
Congratulations to Xavier H in Year 5 who travelled to Perisher in the holidays to compete in the NSW Southern/ACT Regional Interschools SnowSport event. Xavier placed 8th in his Border Cross event and has qualified for the state championships later in August in both the Border cross and GS (Giant Slalom) events. St Mary’s students have always performed well at the snow event and this year was no exception. This is a huge effort against the very strong Snowy Mountain Grammar and other schools and we congratulate Xavier on this amazing achievement. I look forward to sharing further news about Xavier’s State Championships experience later in the term.

Xavier: ‘It was a slow track - it didn’t have a very good decline and wasn’t steep enough. Giant Slalom was good and it was much faster. I made a new friend from Jindabyne. It will be a better course at State Champs because they knock the old one down and make a new one and I think it will be easier to make it on. Interschools is hard because it’s with all the Snowy Mountain kids who get to practise all the time’.

Have a wonderful week ahead
Megan Grant