Winter Round Robin -  State Competition  Soccer / Hockey

On Wednesday 31st August, St Gabriel’s Girls and Boys Yr 5/6 Winter School Sport Soccer team will compete in the School Sport Victoria Primary Soccer competition to be held at Darebin International Sports Centre - 281 Darebin Road Thornbury. The students will be bused from school on this day to Melbourne. All details have been sent to parents detailing this event via the school electronic system (PAM).  On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate both the boys and girls soccer team for making it through to the State competition and wish you all the very best. If you have any concerns with this event please contact either Mrs Charlton or Mr Hogan to discuss.

On Thursday 8th September, St Gabriel’s Girls and Boys Yr 5/6 Winter School Sport Hockey team will compete in the School Sport Victoria Primary Hockey competition to be held at Footscray Hockey Club - Fogarty Avenue Yarraville. The students will be bused from school on this day to Melbourne. All details will be sent out this week to parents detailing this event via the school electronic system (PAM). On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate both the boys and girls Hockey team for making it through to the State competition and wish you all the very best.

Basketball - Hooptime Competition

On Friday 5th August St Gabriel’s entered a boys and a girls team in the Traralgon District Basketball Hooptime competition held at the Traralgon Basketball stadium. I would like to thank Troy Adams and Liesl Sexton for coaching the teams on the day and assisting with the training prior to the event. I would also like to thank Mrs Kylie Smith and Ms Alicia Hayes for assisting the coaches on the day and supervising the students. Both teams played with great sportsmanship and endeavour. The Boys team played 5 Games and the results are as follows: Game 1: 24:17 - won,  Game 2 43:4  - won,  Game 3: 44:3 - won , Semi - 29:10 - won  Grand Final - 18:12 - lost. St Gabriel’s Boys team played against St Michael’s in the Grand final and the game was of a very high standard. The girls team also played 5 games and the results are as follows: Game 1: 35:0 - won   Game 2: 60:4 - won,   Game 3: 54:0 - won, Semi - 22:9 - won , Grand Final - 20:4  - won. The girls team played St Michael’s in the Grand Final and won in a very high standard game. The girls will now compete in the Division Basketball Tournament to be held in Traralgon on Thursday 1st September. Details about this event will be sent out next week on (PAM). The girls have also made it through to compete in the Hooptime Competition to be held on Thursday October 20th. However Hooptime is finding it difficult to find basketball referees at the moment and this competition is in jeopardy of being cancelled. Also please see photos attached Please read the note below.

Hooptime Basketball - Call for Referees / Parent Helpers!

Basketball referee numbers are currently 40% down statewide since the COVID-19 pandemic started, this is being reflected in referees we can get to day time events. Our referee department is really struggling to get people on court. I've done my best to support the team by contacting Schools for parent helpers and contacting associations for assistance. 

It has reached the point where cancelling Hoop Time Days has become a real possibility and the next step to the current situation. 

Below is a link to a registration form for both parent helpers and qualified referees to help - qualified referees will be reimbursed $120 and parent helpers $100. Each helper will be supplied with a hand whistle and covered by Basketball Victoria insurance.

St Gabriel’s Girls team is set to play on Thursday 20th October so any parent / referee helpers are encouraged to sign up for that date and any others they would be happy to support.

We are at the stage where Hoop Time cannot continue in 2022 without the help of School communities.

https://www.cognitoforms.com/BasketballVictoria1/calltoarmsreferees

Australian Netball Championships - Clinic for Yrs 3-6.

On Thursday 25th August Yrs. 3 – 6 at St Gabriel’s P.S. will be attending a Netball Clinic and watching a game played by Netball players competing in the Australian Netball Championships.  The Clinic and competition will be held at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Catterick Crescent Traralgon. The students are to wear their sports uniform on the day. The students in Years 5/6 will have lunch at the Sports stadium and will need to bring a packed lunch. The Years 3/4 will have their lunch back at school. The students will be bused to and from the venue. The students will be bused from school to the venue on this day. All details have been  sent out to parents detailing this event via the school electronic system (PAM). St Gabriel’s School is very fortunate to have this opportunity to attend a clinic and then watch future stars from teams such as: Collingwood Magpies, Tasmania, Queensland Sapphires, Victoria Fury and Sunshine Coast Lightning just to name a few. I would like to thank Judi Buhagiar from Netball Victoria and Nicole Collins for organising this clinic for the school students. 

Sporting Achievements:

Harry Kurrle - Swimming 

Harry recently attended the Victorian State swimming championships in Melbourne. He competed in the U11 50m Freestyle and the U12 boys Freestyle Relay and Medley Relay. He swam great times and got a personal best in everything. It was a great experience and achievement for him. On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate Harry on achieving a personal best in his swimming times. Please see the attached photo.

Early notification of sporting events:

Prep - Yr 2 Swimming Program - ( Monday 17th October - Thursday 27th October)

This is an early notice to let parents know that school swimming programs for all students in Grade Prep, One and Two will be held at the Ford Swimming Centre in Traralgon commencing in term 4 on Monday 17th of October and finishing on Thursday 29th of October. All details about this program and permission notices will be sent home to all families via school electronic system (PAM) in the coming weeks.

Prep - Yr 2 Athletic Carnival - ( Friday November 4th )

This is an early notification of the Prep to Year 2 Athletic Carnival to be held at St Gabriel’s P.S. on Friday 4th November. The students will participate in a number of events including hurdles, discus, long jump, shot put, vortex throwing and sprints. More details about this event will be sent home to all families at the beginning of term 4.