Sports Bulletin – Issue 7, 9 May 2024

Director of Sport Summary
The Sports Bulletin will be a summary of key points and important notes for the week ahead. The formal Director of Sport address will be in the fortnightly College newsletters.

• Round 3 vs St Laurence’s College this Friday 10 (Chess at Home) and Saturday 11 (Football and Rugby) May is Old Boys’ Round. All Years 5-Open Rugby and Years 9-Open Football will be hosted at Villanova Park. Years 5-8 Football will be hosted at SLC playing Fields.
• AIC Team Photos will be taken during Round 3 of Sport for all Chess teams at Villanova College on Friday afternoon and teams playing at Villa Park on Saturday. The schedule is available here and is also within the draw document. Please note, only students present at the photo time in the correct AIC uniform will be eligible for team photos.
• Congratulations to our Cross-Country runners for their participation in yesterday’s meet, the next meet will be held on 15 May at Curlew Park, Shorncliffe. Check the Locker Room page for more information.
• Date-Claimer for AIC Chess – Round 4 v St Edmund’s College will be held on Tuesday afternoon 14 May @ Villanova College.
• Please note the livestream link for Firsts fixtures in Term 2:
  • Football – Football – AIC Live Streaming
  • Rugby – Rugby – Explorer Live Streaming

Draw – Round 3 vs St Laurence’s College, 10/11 May
The Round 3 Draw is now available on the Locker Room Overview page. Please note the draw also includes the Team Photos schedule for this weekend.
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 Photos
Please note Team Photos will be taken this weekend for:

• All Chess teams at Villanova College on Friday 10/5
• All Rugby teams (excluding First XV) at Villa Park on Saturday 11/5
• Senior Football teams Years 9-Open at Villa Park on Saturday 11/5

All Junior Football teams photos will take place on Saturday 1 June. First XI Football and First XV Rugby team photos will be at school on Tuesday morning 4 June, with any catch up teams if required.

The photo schedule is attached below.

Team Photo schedule – Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May

Team Lists
Team lists for Round 3 will be posted by Thursday 9 May 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.

Sports Lunch and Mega-Raffle
The Villanova College Sports Lunch is fast approaching. The event is being held on Friday 17 May at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tickets are selling fast! Get in quick to secure your seat/table. The link also takes you to our Mega-Raffle.

Sports Lunch 2024

Sports Club – Villa Park Canteen Volunteers
The Villa Sports Club will be looking for volunteers to assist on the Villa Park canteen in Term 2. There will be a registration link sent out to the community each week for parents to sign up. Proceeds from the Villa Park canteen go directly to the development of all our AIC sporting programmes.

To register your assistance for Round 3 at Villa Park, please click on the link below to register. We really do appreciate it.

Villa Park Volunteers – Sat 11 May – Register here.

Trimester 3 Sport Sign-Ons
Registrations for Trimester 3 Sports, Basketball, Rugby League, Tennis and Track & Field will be available later this term.

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 tab provides updated information regarding training schedules and current AIC/trial draws.

Training Schedules
For all updated information regarding training and selection trials schedules, please visit the Locker Room Overview page of the Villanova College website.
The Term 2 Training schedule for Weeks 1-8, Term 2 is below. This schedule will commence from Monday 15 April.

Term 2 Training Schedule – Weeks 1-8 (commences Monday 15 April)

Chess players, please refer to the training schedule below. These sessions commenced from Week 9, Term 1 (from Monday 18 March)
and continue through Weeks 1-8, Term 2.

Chess Training Schedule 2024

Villa Park pick-ups – Football & Rugby
Football is on Monday and Wednesday and Rugby is on Tuesday and Thursday.

Transport for all players is organised ‘one-way’ from the College to Villa Park straight after school. Buses will depart Sixth Avenue promptly from 3:05pm. All buses will be supervised by a Villa staff member/coach.

Parents are reminded to please collect their son/s from Villa Park between 5:00-5:15pm. A staff member will be on site until all students are collected. The hope is that we do not need to ask our staff to remain past 5:15-5:30pm at the latest. We appreciate your consideration here.

A letter from the Principal has been distributed to all Years 7-Open Football and Rugby families regarding the expectations around pick-ups at Villa Park by no later than 5:30pm. Principal letter attached here.

Save the dates – Sporting Tours, Camps and Clinics

• St Augustine’s College Tour – Sydney – 17-19 June 2024.
• Rugby League Confraternity Carnival – Townsville – 22-29 June 2024.
• Christmas holidays 2024/2025 – Cricket Oblate Tour to Perth, Volleyball AVSC Tournament Gold Coast & Swim Camp at Tallebudgera.
• ** International Tour ** – Football and Rugby Tour to Japan – Easter 2025.
• ** International Tour ** – Basketball and Volleyball Tour to USA – Christmas holidays 2025/2026.

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 2 Sports – please see correct uniforms below.

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 – TBC – contact the Director of Sport
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. 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 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

Chess Report – Round 2 against St Patrick’s College
Thanks to the foresight of our auspicious Sports Director, our Chess players had an early release to catch a bus bound for Shorncliffe. Not knowing what was ahead, this proved to be a very eventful afternoon!

By the end of Round One, the scores were fairly even between the schools. Our Firsts and Senior teams faced some very stiff competition, with some very close matches.  A huge shout-out to Adam Kielenniva, Matt Sondergeld, Jack Neate and Nick Sheahan for winning both their matches and for Dan Walding and Jia Lin for great comebacks in winning their round 2 matches. Well done Senior Teams!

Our incredible Intermediate and Junior A and B teams displayed great prowess in outstanding style and domination, Intermediates winning, (12-4) and (10-6) and Juniors 11-5 and 14-2!  Worthy of note are the amazing Intermediates Damian Ellis and Cooper Le, and in Junior division Fred Currie and Carter Stiling (both Year 5), for incredible wins.

We look forward to hosting and winning against St Laurence’s here at Villanova this Friday.  Reminder to all Chess players that we have photos from 3:15 – 3:30, so please be sure to be neatly dressed and on time.

Mrs Kath Underhill, Chess Coordinator

Dedication to training, effort and positive conduct are the characteristics of the students currently training with the cross-country squad. Although, the level of participation has been good further runners in the Under 15 and 16 age groups would benefit the squad. Thus, I challenge boys in those age groups, especially students fit from playing other sports to speak to either myself or Mr Roache about how you could get involved.

There have been many great runs at training thus far which develops the perseverance, consistency and hard work ethic of the members of the Cross-Country squad. I look forward to the effort being rewarded with many of the Running Wildcats given the opportunity to show how great they are and run at their best in the warm-up meets and the AIC Championships.

On Monday 22 April several members of the Cross-Country squad competed in the Composite District regional trials at the BSHS sporting grounds. Congratulations to all boys who competed bravely for Villa, the top 10 runners are selected to compete at the Metropolitan East trials.

• Under 13 – Lachlan Ison (injured), Harris McPherson (injured), Jacob Grimes (sixteenth), Cooper Lane (sixth)
• Under 14 – Nathan Hannah (thirteenth)
• Under 16 – Bailey Horvath (fourth), Jack Fidge (tenth)
• Open – Kian Simpson (third)

Mr Brian Pascoe, Cross-Country Coordinator

Round 2 of AIC Football saw us up against SPC. Our Villanova sides performed well in the second round of the season. At the end of the day, we had a total of nine wins, four draws and 15 losses. In what has been a chaotic start to football season it was great to see our teams respond positively after a tough Round 1 vs Ashgrove, once again – it was great to see our Year 5 and 6 teams really enjoying themselves out at Curlew Park and playing with great spirit.

We will be taking on very strong opposition in Laurie’s this weekend in our Round 3 fixtures. Could I please remind all parents and players to check the draw carefully this week for game times and venues. Our Years 9-Opens teams playing at home at Villa Park will also have ‘team photos’ this Saturday, please check the newsletter this week for the team photo schedule. Our Junior teams will be playing away at Runcorn.

I would like to remind all players about the importance of training to the best of their ability and ensuring that what is practised at training filters into the game. There were several close games last weekend and if players continue to put in the hard work, hopefully we can continue to see positive results for Villanova Football! In addition, please ensure that if you are absent from training that you contact your coach prior to training, so that the coaches can plan effectively and get the most out of training sessions.

Good luck to all the players and coaches this week in your matches against Laurie’s.

Years 5-8 Football Junior Football Coordinator – Mrs Maria Mascadri, mmascadri@vnc.qld.edu.au

Years 9-Opens  Football Coordinator – Mr Nathan Dufty, ndufty@vnc.qld.edu.au

Mr Nathan Dufty, Football Coordinator

Our Rugby teams will head into Round 3 against St Laurence’s College this weekend with a lot more confidence after a successful round against St Patrick’s College last Saturday. Villa only went down in two games against St. Patrick’s and both games were very closely contested. Congratulations to our 1^st XV, who won a close match 32-31 with both sides unsure of the winner until after full time due to calculation errors. Euphoric scenes followed with confirmation of the win and our boys will be looking to upset the reigning premiers when they do battle on Andrew Slack Oval at 3.15pm this Saturday.

It is a rare opportunity, but we have every Rugby team in the College at Villa Park this week. It will give everyone a great opportunity to get out and support not just your son’s team but ALL Villa teams. I have no doubt that these are the places where we build community spirit and how awesome would it be for all of our players to stay back and support the First Rugby team and for our boys to a part of something big. It is also Old Boys day at the park, where we invite our Old Boys to head back to Villa Park to catch up with each other and share stories.

NO DOGS are allowed at Villanova Park. It is an AIC and College policy, that no dogs are allowed at Villanova Park. Can parents please organise different arrangements, if you cannot leave your dog at home. There were numerous dogs during the Round 1 clash against Marist College Ashgrove and we have no doubt that there were quite a few from the other College. It will save our staff having an uncomfortable conversation with those who do not want to follow the rules.

Mr Chris Everding, Rugby Coordinator

On Wednesday 1 May, Villa competed in the QAFL Primary Schools Cup Gala Day at Coorparoo AFC.  The entire team played with determination and skill throughout the entire day. Their improvement from the first game until the last was almost unbelievable! In the round games we defeated Nudgee College 33-19, Coorparoo State School 63–1 and Norman Park State School 63–0. The team capped off a very successful day by defeating Nudgee College again in the final 63–0.

The highlight was not the comprehensive victories, but the way the entire team represented the College. They displayed outstanding sportsmanship, support for one another, and they listened to and applied the advice given to them by their coaches. All these attributes are why we play sport here at the College.

Congratulations to Jude Thompson, our Captain, who led by example and was awarded the Player of the Day for his outstanding efforts. Also, thanks to Charlie Corrigan and Isaac Solomon (2023 Old Boys) who assisted with coaching the team. Their expertise and advice were certainly appreciated by the boys.

The next round of the competition is in July and if successful there, we will have the opportunity to defend our 2023 State Title in October at Maroochydore.

Refer to the Locker Room Overview page for the Term 2 Training Schedule, which includes the S&C schedule. Students attending LTAD (Long Term Athlete Development) sessions do not need to register prior to attending. Just turn up with your towel and water bottle.

Mr Marco Mastrorocco, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Term 2 registrations are now closed. Information regarding the Term 3 programme will be available soon.

Nomination paperwork is now available for 14-15 Years Rugby Union from the Sports Office. Please note that nominations will be restricted to students playing in either the A or B AIC Rugby Teams. Nominations are due to the Sports Office no later than Wednesday 15 May.

And always remember, kids Sport is meant to be fun…

Upcoming Events – Term 2:

Secure your tickets here:

• Villanova College P&F Mothers’ Night
  Friday 10 May
  Mother’s Night 2024 (vnc.qld.edu.au)
• Sports Lunch
  Friday 17 May – Tickets closing soon!
  Location: Plaza Ballroom @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
  This event is an excellent opportunity to enjoy a great day with fellow parents, friends and Old Boys. Your ticket includes a two-course meal, a 4-hour premium beverage package, and fantastic entertainment. Single or group tickets available. Our special guest panel includes some high-profile sports celebrities like Gordon Tallis, Cameron Rayner, Jenna O’Hea, and the hilarious comedian Dave Hughes. Our very own Villa mum and radio presenter Abby Coleman from B105 radio station will, this year again, be our MC for the day.
  Sports Lunch 2024 | Villanova College (vnc.qld.edu.au)
• Villanova Community Carnival
  Save the date: Saturday 20 July
  Villanova Community Carnival 2024 | Villanova College (vnc.qld.edu.au)

Join us for our Weekly Breakfast Café!
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.

Check out below the wonderful menu our students have prepared!

Students With Disability Travel Rebate – Semester 1 2024

• Was your child included on the latest Commonwealth Census as a student with a disability requiring supplementary, substantial or extensive adjustments?
• Does your child’s Personalised Learning Plan confirm their transport needs are demonstrably different to those of their same aged peers by reason of their disability?
• Has your school’s learning support teacher assessed your child’s Travel Capability Rating as ‘semi-independent’ or more dependent?Visit our website to see if you qualify for financial assistance to help with the cost of transport and apply at www.schooltransport.com.au during May. 

Late applications cannot be accepted after 31 May.