Sports Bulletin – Issue 11, 1 August 2024

Sport Summary

• Congratulations to our Basketball First V and Tennis First IV for victories in Round 2 versus St Patrick’s College.
• Well done to our AIC Golf team for placing second in the overall gross and sixth in the overall net at the recent AIC Golf Championships.
• Good luck to our Intermediate AFL team in their QSchools quarter-final this week and to our Rugby 7’s teams at the Queensland Reds 7’s Tournament this Friday.
• Round 3 vs SLC this weekend.
• Team photos for Years 5-9 Basketball and Years 5-8 Tennis this weekend – schedule link is below and included in the draw.

Draw – Round 3 vs St Laurence’s College, 2/3 August
The Round 3 Draw is now available on the Locker Room Overview page.
For all future rounds, the draw will be posted to Locker Room by the Wednesday prior to the round ahead.
This is the earliest possible time we can post this information.

Team Lists
Team lists for Round 3 will be posted by Thursday 1 August to Parent Lounge and Student Cafe.
Team lists will be posted by Thursday prior to the round ahead.
This is the earliest possible time we can post this information.

Team Photos
Team photos continue this week for our Year 5-9 AIC Basketball and Years 5-8 Tennis teams. Our Year 5 and 6 Basketball teams will have their team photos on Friday 2 August prior to their matches, and remaining Basketball and all Tennis teams will have their photos taken on Saturday 3 August.

Please check the roster below carefully as we ask students to arrive 10 minutes prior to their photo time.
Any student not in their correct playing uniform will not be included in the photo.

Click here for the AIC Basketball & tennis photo schedule.

Livestream Links
Please note the livestream link for Firsts fixtures in Term 3 –  AIC Live Streaming (aictv.com.au)

Results

Basketball Round 2 results

Rugby League Round 2 results

Tennis Round 2 results

AIC Sport Results – Associated Independent Colleges

Sports Club
The Villanova College Sports Club are looking for volunteers this Saturday 3 August at Goold Hall.
Please click on the links below to register your assistance.

Round 3 Basketball – Goold Hall — Signup Sheet | Sat 3 August

Trimester 3 Sport Sign-Ons
Registrations for Trimester 3 Sports, Basketball, Rugby League, Tennis and Track & Field are now closed.
Students still wanting to register for Track & Field just need to visit the Sports Office.

AIC Draw 2024
Please find attached the AIC Draw for 2024.

Communications
Families are reminded to access all Sport information via the Villanova College website and the Villanova College App.
The Locker Room Overview page provides updated information regarding training schedules and current AIC/trial draws.

Training Schedules
The Term 3 Training Schedule is now available on The Locker Room Overview page of the Villanova College website.

Save the dates – Sporting Tours, Camps and Clinics

• Christmas holidays 2024/2025 – Cricket Oblate Tour to Perth, Volleyball AVSC Tournament Gold Coast and Swim Camp at Tallebudgera.
• ** International Tour ** – Football and Rugby Tour to Japan – Easter 2025. Approved.
• ** International Tour ** – Basketball and Volleyball Tour to USA – Christmas holidays 2025/2026. Pending approval.

Sport Uniforms
Families are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Villanova College Uniform Look Book. This information is found on the College website Uniform Shop page. Opening hours for the Uniform Shop can also be found here. All students selected in AIC teams are expected to wear the correct uniform for AIC fixtures each week.

For those students participating in Trimester 3 Sports – please see correct uniforms below. A reminder that all hire jerseys in Basketball and Rugby League, must be returned to the Uniform Shop at the end of the season. Failure to return these jerseys incurs a significant fee.

Sport Contact List
If you are requiring information about a specific Sport, in the first instance, visit the website Locker Room page. If you need further clarification, please contact the relevant Coordinator below. For any training or game absences, please contact your Sport Coordinator.

Director of Sport – Shaun McLean, smclean@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC AFL Coordinator – Matt Conlan, mconlan@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Cricket Coordinator – Chris Everding, ceverding@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Swimming Coordinator – Juanita Jacobs, jjacobs@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Volleyball Coordinator – Todd Kropp, tkropp@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Cross-Country Coordinator – Brian Pascoe – bpascoe@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Chess Coordinator – Kath Underhill, kunderhill@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Football Coordinator – Nathan Dufty, ndufty@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Rugby Union Coordinator – Chris Everding, ceverding@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Golf Coordinator – Todd Kropp, tkropp@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Basketball Coordinator – Jordan Mullan, jordanedwardmullan@gmail.com
AIC Rugby League Coordinator – Alex Russell, arussell@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Tennis Coordinator – Nathan Dufty, ndufty@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Track & Field Coordinator – Anthony Kemp, akemp@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC Water Polo Coordinator – Juanita Jacobs, jjacobs@vnc.qld.edu.au
Composite District Sport – Todd Kropp, tkropp@vnc.qld.edu.au
Lytton District Sport – Chris Everding, ceverding@vnc.qld.edu.au

Wet weather cancellations
If there is any reason to cancel training sessions or weekend games, this information will be posted to the Villa App in the Notices section or emailed to the specific students and their parents. Please ensure you have downloaded the Villa App and updated your preferences and settings.

The Villa Sports Department will endeavour to cancel morning training sessions by 6am and afternoon training sessions by 1pm. If a training session is cancelled, boys are not able to be dropped off to the training venue as there will not be supervision present. Please check the Villa App and your emails regularly for these notifications.

If any AIC fixtures are cancelled, we will follow the same procedure above. Timing will be dependent on when that information becomes available.

Mr Shaun McLean, Director of Sport

On Monday, 29 July, six of our finest golfers showcased their skills at the AIC Golf Championships held at Keperra Golf Club. The team included Henry Wright (+1), Oliver Wright (5), Zac Joyce (8), Tate Ramsay (13), Harvey Anderson (17), and Archie Goad (12). The day began with cold, blustery conditions, making it almost impossible to keep warm on the front nine as players teed off from 7:30am onwards. Both the wind and the challenging greens made it extremely difficult to build momentum; however, as the day warmed up, so did the scoring.

Villanova placed second overall in the Gross Score Competition behind Iona College and sixth overall in the Balharry Shield (Net Score) behind eventual winners Ambrose Treacy College, with only nine shots separating first to sixth place. Two of our best performances on the day came from Henry Wright, who shot an impressive 79 off the stick, finishing third in the Individual Gross Competition and Tate Ramsay who shot 88 (net 75), finishing sixth overall in the Individual Handicap Competition. A noteworthy mention also goes to Oliver Wright who won the Nearest the Pin Competition on the fourth hole, with his ball resting only 1.07m from the hole. Overall, it was a very enjoyable day, with the team demonstrating resilience and skill in the challenging conditions. Congratulations to all of our golfers for being excellent ambassadors of our College.

Mr Matt Conlan, Golf Coordinator

After a big opening round against Ashgrove, our teams looked to elevate against rival St Patrick’s College. The boys from Shorncliffe have historically been one of our tougher rivals in the AIC playing a very fast and up-tempo style of play, matching what the Wildcats have impressed upon the AIC for the last decade.

A great start from our teams on Friday night with our year 5 and 6 teams going undefeated. Our Year 7s continued the momentum early Saturday morning, but the older years is where we faced our greatest challenge. Whilst results didn’t go our way in some of the A/B Games for Year 9/10/11 there were a lot of positives to be taken out of the games.

In our 1st V game St Pat’s came out firing after a big win against Padua the week before, and whilst our boys had their opportunities, they were able to weather the fast-starting Pat’s to take the first quarter 17-11. After a rally from Pat’s in the second quarter, the third and fourth were all Villa allowing the team to get a strong 85-50 win in Round 2. Next week present’s a new challenge against rival Lauries at their home.

Mr Jordan Mullan, Basketball Coordinator

It was another great morning of Rugby League this past Saturday at Villanova Park as we took on a well-trained St Pats outfit. Our Senior teams travelled to Iona College and our Junior teams got their first taste of running out of the Villanova tunnel. For anyone that attended, the fields were in great condition and presented as a great facility for the day, I would like to acknowledge Clyde and the grounds team at Villa Park for their great work.

It was certainly a mixed bag of results again this week, proving how close the Rugby League draw truly is. I do wish to acknowledge our 5A Rugby League team, unfortunately this group of young men went down in their match 12-8 but for anyone that saw this match it was a great display of Rugby League, and our team showed some skills well beyond their years. A tough loss for the team, but we know these experiences will be of great benefit in the years to come.

A few reminders for all our Rugby League Families ahead of Round 3:

• Please check the team list and fixture information via Parent Lounge
• Only students in full Rugby League uniform will be permitted to play in fixtures this weekend. Development squad items are not correct uniform.
• This weekend games will be played at Iona College for our Year 5-7 teams, and Year 8-Open will be played at Padua College playing fields.

Wishing all teams the best of luck for this weekend v SLC.

Mr Alex Russell, Rugby League Coordinator

After a tough opening round against Marist College Ashgrove, I’m glad to report that we had some very positive results in our Round 2 matches against St Patricks College. After not getting the desired results in Round 1, it was refreshing to see the Villanova boys playing each rally until the end fuelled by the support that they also received from the rest of their teammates.  I know that a lot of players will take a lot of confidence out of last Saturdays matches, which will hold us in good stead for this weekend’s tough Round 3 matches against SLC.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our First IV team who recorded their first win of the season against a very well-trained St Pats. This is particularly special in knowing that the Villa students have been improving each round since the trials, showing their growth on the court in both the skill and positive mindset areas. Sometimes it’s easy to underestimate your opponent and become complacent, but it was good to see that this wasn’t the case. Congratulations to the entire Firsts playing group and to 1^st IV team manager Mr Justin Musumeci and coach Mr Darren Blade.

Can I please remind all players about the importance of making sure that you arrive in time for team warmups, this is at 7.30am for the “1^st session” and 10am for the “second session”. It places a lot of unwanted pressure on your teammates and team manager if you’re not on time, which usually results in the team order changing last minute and potentially even having to forfeit matches. Please allow additional travel time to your match venues.

This weekend our Year 5-8 teams will play at Morningside Tennis Centre. Each group will have their team photos, for any players that are listed as “reserves” – you are still encouraged to attend and be a part of the team photos, this is not compulsory and is optional for all reserves players. As always, please check the weekly draw on the “Locker Room” section of the College website as this will have the photo schedule details included.

I wish all Villanova sporting teams the best of luck for Round 3 vs SLC.

Mr Nathan Dufty, Tennis Coordinator

AIC Tennis First IV vs St Patrick’s

After a disappointing opening round result against Marist, the First IV bounced back against St. Patrick’s winning a thrilling tie on countback. The tie started by splitting doubles rubbers. Standout performances from Ben Bingham and Reuben Wagels winning both their doubles matches.

At two all going into the singles matches, Villa then lost the first two singles matches of the tie, leaving us precariously placed down 4-2 in matches with two matches to play. Needing to win the final two matches convincing to give us a chance of victory, Reuben Wagels and Oliver Simmons playing outstanding tennis under pressure, winning 6-0,6-0 and 6-4, 6-1 respectively to give Villanova a victory on countback of games, 50-45.

We will continue to work hard on the court in preparation for our first away tie against St Laurence’s this weekend.

Mr Justin Musumeci, First IV Manager

The AIC Track and Field season officially got underway this week with training for our various disciplines.
Track and Field training continues next week – Week 5, Term 3.

Monday and Wednesday – Middle Distance- 6:45am-8:00am Meet at Goold Hall.

Tuesday – Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps and Throws 3:45pm-5:00pm at Villanova Park. Boys will be transported to Villa Park by bus after school and a return bus will arrive back at the College at around 5:45pm. Parents can pick up their son/s at Villanova Park at the conclusion of training, however, if they are not collected by 5:10pm at Villa Park, they will be put on the return bus back to the College.

Please note this is the program for the next two weeks. Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps and Throws will then also add Monday afternoon sessions from the 19/8 as per the schedule at Villa Park.

We do understand that many of our athletes will have other co-curricular commitments including AIC Rugby League, AIC Tennis or AIC Basketball. The Sports Office at Villanova College is keen to negotiate an individual training schedule with these students for them to participate and represent the College in Track and Field. This is important to our program as it ensures our best athletes are representing Villanova on the day of the Championships.

AIC Track & Field Season Schedule 2024

Mr Anthony Kemp, Track & Field Coordinator

StreetSmarts AFL Queensland Schools Cup – Quarter Finals

Villanova’s Junior Male AFL Team which included students from years 7, 8, and 9 travelled to Ormeau Sports Park to play in the quarter final of the AFL Queensland Schools Cup against an AFL School of Excellence, Varsity College.

With 18 members of the team returning from the year 9 survival camp at Emu Gully the team faced some challenges in the game. The team started well and were ahead at each break however, Varsity College kicked a couple of goals late in the third quarter to make it a close contest.

At the third quarter interval coaches Mr Dent and Mr Greenwood challenged the boys telling the team whichever side were prepared to apply the most effort in the fourth quarter would be the winner.

Congratulations to the Junior Leaping Wildcats who played brave and with intent throughout the final quarter to record a positive win after displaying a great whole team performance.

The team now looks forward to playing in the Queensland Schools Cup on the 3^rd of September at People First Stadium against Palm Beach Currumbin SHS.

Mr Brian Pascoe, First XVIII Head Coach

Strength & Conditioning continues in Term 3. Refer to the Term 3 Training Schedule on the Locker Room Overview page.
The gym is available to all students in Years 7-12.

A note that the following groups should be accessing the gym as a mandatory part of their training schedule in Term 3:

• Monday mornings – Year 9 and 10 Rugby League
• Monday and Thursday afternoons – elite Swimmers
• Tuesday mornings – First V Basketball
• Wednesday afternoons – Open Rugby League
• Thursday afternoons – Track & Field
• Friday mornings – Years 9-Open Basketball

Term 3 Training Schedule – including S&C

Mr Marco Mastrorocco, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

The Term 3 Speed & Agility Programme has now closed. Details relating to the Term 4 programme will be available soon.

Paperwork is now available for Met East Track & Field.
If you son/s wishes to nominate, please email Mr Todd Kropp at the below address for the nomination documents.

tkropp@vnc.qld.edu.au

All nominations are due back to the Sports Office (or via email) no later than Tuesday 6 August.

Congratulations to Luke D (Year 10) who competed for Metropolitan East at the recent Rugby Union U15 Queensland Championships. Luke’s team finished second and was coached by Villanova staff member Mr Bart Ritchie. Congratulations gents!

Villa Sport – humble in victory, gracious in defeat.

• Upcoming Event: QCMF

Queensland Catholic Schools & Colleges Music Festival (QCMF) – 2 weeks to go! On 15-18 August 2024, the festival will welcome over 20,000 visitors. Buy online and save! If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to https://qcmf.com.au/

• Upcoming Event: Sextortion and Social Media Parenting Information Session
  

As part of our Wellbeing Program, we are warmly inviting parents from Villanova College and Loreto College Coorparoo to attend the Madonna King – Sextortion and Social Media Parenting Information Session Wednesday 7th of August, from 6PM to 7.15PM at Hanrahan Theatre, Villanova College.

The Award-wining journalist and author of 13 books will discuss the critical issue of sextortion where boys are targeted by organized crime gangs. Madonna will provide practical tips and strategies to help parents protect their children.

Find more information and book your free ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1257558

• P&F Second Hand Uniform Shop

The P&F Second Hand Shop is still operating from its current location in the Old House near 7 Seventh Avenue until Wednesday, 7 August. We are open from 8-9am every Wednesday morning during term.

From Wednesday 14 August we will be in our new location in Cascia (which is in the Quad opposite Langlands) and we will be open every Wednesday from 8-9am during term.

With a boy graduating in 2024, it is the last year at Villa for our wonderful P&F volunteer, Loretta Jordan. If anyone is interested in taking over this role, please get in touch with Loretta on 0423748500.

• Join us for our Weekly Breakfast Café!

A reminder that every Tuesday morning, our talented Year 11 Hospitality students take charge and run a delightful breakfast café from 7:30am to 9:30am. We have built a fantastic following of students and teachers, especially between 8:00am and 8:30am. However we would love to extend a warm invitation to parents to join us, particularly between 8:30am and 9:30am, to keep the boys busy and enjoy a delicious breakfast.

• Parking Compliance  

Please find an update from Brisbane City Council below;

• 2024 Non-government schools census collection notice

The Australian Government Department of Education (the department) would like to advise all staff, parents and guardians that it will collect certain information about your school, its staff and student body as part of the 2024 Non-government schools census collection (the census).
How and what information is collected for the census?
Census information is provided to the department by your school legal entity (the approved authority) via the SchoolsHUB website.
The census provides information about your school and the number and characteristics of the school’s staff and student body during a specific reference period. Characteristics collected through the census include:
teaching and non-teaching staff
-students’ year level and workload
-students’ gender and age (as on 1 July 2024)
-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students
-students with disability
-students receiving distance education
-boarding and overseas students.

The names of students and staff are not collected, apart from the name, position and contact details of the staff member nominated as the primary contact for the census.

Census special circumstances applications
Census special circumstances applications may also be made by schools to include a student(s) who did not attend during the census reference period but otherwise meets census eligibility requirements. Schools will provide the department with information and documents about the student demonstrating their eligibility. The department does not require personal information about a student and asks schools to de-identify any documents before providing them.
Purpose of the census collection
The information provided during the census is collected by the department in accordance with the Australian Education Act 2013 (the Act) and the Australian Education Regulations 2023 (the Regulations). The Act and Regulations require the legal entity responsible for the administration of the school (the approved authority) to provide this information to the department to:
-ensure the provision of Australian Government funding to schools is properly calculated and
appropriately managed
-conduct research, statistical analysis and develop school education policy for the Australian
Government
-meet national and international reporting obligations on school students in Australia
-publish and provide information about schools to the public.

Use and disclosure of personal information
Your personal information is protected by law under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual or an individual who
is reasonably identifiable.
Any use or disclosure of your personal information must occur in accordance with the Privacy Act
and the Act and Regulations, and any other applicable laws.
Your personal information provided to the department through the census may be:
-used or disclosed by the department as outlined above under the heading ‘Purpose of the census
collection’
-disclosed to the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to publish
on the My School website and included as high-level data for ACARA’s National Report on
Schooling in Australia
-disclosed to state and territory government departments and authorities in accordance with the
Act and Regulations
-disclosed to Australian Government departments and authorities in accordance with the Act and
Regulations
-disclosed to non-government school representative bodies in accordance with the Act and
Regulations
-disclosed to a contracted auditor where the department decides to audit or verify the
information provided by an approved authority about a school. The contracted auditor may use
previously collected information or request access to individual student records for comparison
purposes. The contractors may pass this information onto officers within the department, if there
is a discrepancy in the data provided by the school and the school’s records and further
investigation is required. The contracted auditor must handle personal information in accordance
with the Privacy Act
-disclosed to the department’s service providers so they can provide information and
communications technology support services to the department.
-used to validate data from other collections undertaken by the department
-used or disclosed where it is otherwise required or authorised by law including under the Act or
Regulations, or otherwise permitted under the Privacy Act.

Other than in exceptional circumstances (for example, investigation of fraud relating to overseas
students), the department does not disclose any of the personal information collected to overseas
recipients.

You can download the Department of Education’s privacy policy or request a copy at
privacy@education.gov.au. The privacy policy includes information about:
-how to access or correct personal information held about you or your child
– how to make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles
– how the department will deal with such a complaint.

What do you need to do?
You are not required to do anything. The approved authority of the school is responsible for providing the information to the department.
Contacts for further information
Your school can provide more information about the data it provides for you or your child as part of the census.
To find out more about the census collection and reporting, visit SchoolsHUB.