Sports Bulletin – Issue 9, 6 June 2024

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.

• AIC Round 7 vs St Peters Lutheran College this Friday 7 and Saturday 8 June.
• Best wishes to our Year 12 students playing their final matches this weekend in Chess, Football and Rugby Union.
• Outstanding results in the AIC Cross-Country Championships last week with our Senior Team placing 3^rd and our Junior Team placing 4^th.
• Remarkable individual performances at AIC Cross-Country with top 5 finishes for Freddie H (Year 6) placing 3^rd, Harris M (13 Years) placing 2^nd and Cooper Lane (13 Years) placing 4^th.
• Trimester 3 Sport registrations for Basketball, Rugby League, Tennis and Track & Field are now closed.
• Selection trials for Basketball, Rugby League and Tennis will commence from Monday 10 June (Week 9, Term 2). See schedule below and on the Locker Room overview page.
• Track & Field training will commence in Week 4, Term 3 from Monday 29 July.
• The Term 3 Training Schedule will be available soon.

Livestream Links
Please note the livestream link for Firsts fixtures in Term 2:

• Football – Football – AIC Live Streaming
• Rugby – Rugby – Explorer Live Streaming

Draw – Round 7 vs St Peters Lutheran College, 7/8 June
The Round 7 Draw is now available on the 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.

Results

Chess Round 6

Football Round 6

Rugby Round 6

AIC Sport Results – Associated Independent Colleges

Trimester 3 Sport Sign-Ons
Registrations for Trimester 3 Sports, Basketball, Rugby League, Tennis and Track & Field are now closed. Students registering late will need to collect a form from the Sports Office. The Week 9, Term 2 Selection Trial schedule (link below), commencing Monday 10 June, is now available on the Locker Room Overview page.

Week 9, Term 2 – Selection Trial Schedule – Basketball, Rugby League and Tennis – commences Monday 10 June

Team Photos
The Rugby First XV team photo has been postponed. Information will be sent to the relevant families soon.

Team Lists
Team lists for Round 7 will be posted by Thursday 6 June 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 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 7 @ Villa Park, please click on the link below to register.
Senior Rugby and Football (Years 9-Open) will be at home this Saturday 8 June.

Families of the St Augustine’s College and Confraternity Rugby League Tours will be assisting on the BBB/Canteen this Saturday, as a thank you to the Sports Club who donated funds to both tours. Thank you, Sports Club!

 AIC ROUND 7 – TOUR ROUND — Signup Sheet – Sat 8 June

Confraternity Carnival Raffles at Villa Park on Saturday 8 June
Raffles will be sold at Villa Park this Saturday 8 June. All proceeds go to our Confraternity Rugby League Tour families. The Confraternity Rugby League Carnival is in Townsville this year from 22-29 June. Please show your support by purchasing some raffle tickets this Saturday. The raffles will be drawn during the First XV match which commences at 2:15pm on Andrew Slack Oval.

Click on the flyer link below to view the prizes and purchase your tickets.

Raffle Prizes – click here for tickets.

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 Week 9, Term 2 Selection Trial schedule (link below), commencing Monday 10 June, is now available on the Locker Room Overview page.

Week 9, Term 2 – Selection Trial Schedule – Basketball, Rugby League and Tennis – commences Monday 10 June

The Term 3 Training Schedule will be available soon.

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.
• Xmas holidays 2024/2025 – Cricket Oblate Tour to Perth, Volleyball AVSC Tournament Gold Coast & Swim Camp at Tallebudgera.
• ** International Tour ** – Football & Rugby Tour to Japan – Easter 2025.
• ** International Tour ** – Basketball & Volleyball Tour to USA – Xmas 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 3 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 – 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. 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

Heading out to Iona, there was a buzz of expectation on the bus. Once again, warmly greeted on arrival, the tables were filled and it was play time!

Round 1 saw some very close games, and we were sitting in a not-so promising position. Having been dominated by Iona in the Trials, our lads were expecting a tough round……. And Round 1 was TOUGH! After completing the round, we were winning in only two divisions, with four drawn divisions and four to Iona. The positive in our Round 1 was that our Firsts were ahead, and so the afternoon was tense and suspenseful.

Once again though, the fightback came through, with lads winning and the tables were turning. By the end of Round 2, the countable divisions were sitting at Iona 3, Villanova 2 and 2 drawn rounds.  Right down to the final match, which created a wonderful air of excitement, around twenty spectators watched over an intermediate match which could have determined an outright win for Iona or a drawn round. Thomas McDougall, Year 8 overthrew his opponent, and the cheering was immense! Well done Tom! You made a difference when it was really needed.

Our Chess season comes to an end this Friday with our home round against St Peter’s Lutheran College, undefeated in many divisions.  However, this will not stop our boys from giving it all they have. Wishing you the very best this Friday, Carn the Cats, and then we’ll celebrate!

Mrs Kath Underhill, Chess Coordinator

The improvement demonstrated by so many runners throughout the Cross-Country season has been a privilege to witness.

‘Perseverance, God’s greatest gift, never give up!’ St Augustine

I would like to acknowledge and thank the coaches for the expertise, dedication, and enthusiasm they brought to the Cross-Country program again this year. The numbers of runners that continues to grow is a direct reflection of the passion the coaches have for running, and their desire to see young men develop into better versions of themselves.

In appreciation we recognise the positive intent and efforts of Jordan Roach (’01), Gerard Gannon (’79), Joaquin Wieczorek (’23) and Mitchell Rieck (’23). I would like to acknowledge the gifts brought to the squad by staff new to Villa, Matt Smith and Jane Weule whose strengths complemented and enhanced Villa’s Cross-Country program.

Villanova gained a credible equal third place at the AIC Championships. This great result was a fair reflection of the performance of the Running Wildcats on AIC Championship Day.

Notable performers on AIC Championship Day include:
Year 5:  Fred Currey 11^th, Harry Taylor 12^th, Archie Reeve 20^th, Zac Grady 21^st, Lachie Mathieson 25^th, Roman Reed 27^th.
Year 6:  Freddie Hare 3^rd, Caden Allen 17^th, Oscar Grady 26^th.
Under 12: Jacob Aldenton 12^th, Luke Williamson 14^th, Will Taylor 15^th.
Under 13: Harris McPherson 2^nd, Cooper Lane 4^th, Lawson Greenwood 6^th, Jacob Grimes 25^th.
Under 14: Nathan Hannah 7^th, Pat Overland 8^th, Archie Svenson 22^nd, James Hannah 26^th, Cooper Wooden 32^nd, Ashane Jayaweera 35^th.
Under 15: Ollie Truloff 16^th, Sam Harris 28^th, Nate Lobegeiger 29^th, Dean Arvoll 33.
Under 16: Bailey Horvath 12^th, Jack Fidge 13^th, Riley Gaffney 14^th, Dom Simionato 21^st, Rhys Doman 24^th.
Open: Kyan Simpson 12^th, Dylan Fryga 21^st, Alex Holmes 22^nd, Dan Warman 34^th.

A summary of age group places:
Year 5:  3^rd place
Year 6:  5^th place
Under 12:  5^th place
Under 13:  2^nd place
Under 14:  3^rd place
Under 15:  5^th place
Under 16:  4^th place
Open:  4^th place

I ask each of the Running Wildcats to consider developing your running passion and see where it takes you in the future by continuing to run throughout the year.
Several of the Running Wildcats continue their running training and I hope more of you test yourself by continuing to run and consider joining an external squad to stay running.

Congratulations to all members of the Running Wildcats on an excellent AIC Cross-Country season.

Mr Brian Pascoe, Cross-Country Coordinator

Last weekend saw us come up against our old rivals in Iona College.  This round is always a tough and competitive match up across all sports and once again – it proved no different across all Football matches.

Overall, we had 10 wins, five draws and 13 losses. It was great seeing the improvement from a lot of teams across the day who played Iona in trials earlier in the term which resulted in some unfortunate heavy defeats. During the term, we’ve asked all players to keep training hard weekly, learn from our mistakes and always look to improve by listening to your coaches. Thank you to all players for keeping up a positive attitude and showing that true Villanova spirit.

This weekend we come up against SPLC in the last round of the season, I once again ask all players to make sure that they finish the season strongly and put in a great team performance to end the season. It’s very easy to look at wins and losses and judge the season purely based of results, we knew this season was going to be challenging and when we look across the team results throughout the year, we’ve shown significant improvement in a lot of areas which gives us a positive base to build on for next year.

I would like to say thank you to the many parents who have volunteered their time helping throughout the season, I would also like to give a special shout out to all of the college staff and several team coaches who have helped out throughout the season with bus supervision. This requires a substantial amount of extra commitment and without them, students wouldn’t have been able to get to training weekly throughout the season – so a massive thank you to all of you.

Good luck to all coaches and players in your final Football matches of the 2024 season.

Mr Nathan Dufty, Football Coordinator

With Round 7 upon us, we wonder where the last six weeks have gone. Many teams are just getting their combinations clicking and the boys are responding to new positions or different voices and then it’s over. It has been really pleasing to see how our boys have been improving over the course of the season and seeing how they respond to challenges and lift each other up when their backs are against a wall. Last Saturday against Iona College, our players saw many of those challenges. I believe our boys went out to play football and play for each other. They did not indulge in niggling the opposition nor did they go into matches with any intent of foul play. There comes a point where, you can only take so much and then the switch is flicked and this did happen. This does not reflect what our Colleges are trying to promote in our boys. They are good boys; they look out for each other and they will always be there to support each other.

We came away with 11 wins on Saturday and 15 losses. The aggregate games were shared 6-6, which is a win for Villa. Iona was expected to win most of them but our players were up to the challenge and performed well getting home in some tight contests. The 4ths, 10A, 10B, 9A, 9B and 8A games were well played and these sides really gave it to Iona.

With the one round to go, Villa has already secured the 10A, 10B, 8A and 6C premierships. Congratulations to those players and coaches. Our seconds, fourths, 9C, 8B and 6B teams should all finish second, depending on how other results go this weekend.

Good luck to all players and coaches. Enjoy the last game and be there to support your mates in other teams. For those playing at Villanova Park, please stay around and support the 1^st XV as they conclude the season and send off the Year 12’s, who play their last match for the College.

NO DOG policy. A reminder to families that Villanova Park is private property and a dog free zone. Please leave your dog at home.

Mr Chris Everding, Rugby Coordinator

Villanova will be entering teams into the Zone competition in Term four this year and we would like to encourage ALL our cricketers to think about playing for the College rather than other clubs. The boys in Year 6 to Open will be playing divisional cricket in the BEARS comp and we want to try and keep our A/B and C/D players together to develop their cricket and to get a core group of players to stay together to help improve and raise the standard of cricket at Villanova. We didn’t perform as well as we would have liked this year in the AIC competition, and the success of AFL has begun depleting our cricket numbers. Villanova is hoping to get these boys back and to try and keep our AIC teams together for the Term 4 competition, so we can be better prepared for the 2025 cricket season. Please keep this in mind and have a chat to other families who might think of playing for another club.

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 arrive with your towel and water bottle.

Please be advised of the changing schedule for S&C in Week 9, Term 2. See link below.

Week 9, Term 2 – Selection Trial Schedule – Basketball, Rugby League and Tennis – commences Monday 10 June

As we approach the end of the season, we want to extend our heartfelt best wishes to all the soccer and rugby union teams preparing for their final matches. It’s been an incredible journey watching our athletes give their all, demonstrating resilience, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to excellence across all the grades.

No matter the outcomes, we are immensely proud of each and every one of you. For the First teams, but in general anyone who attended the S&C and LTAD sessions across the term, your hard work in the gym and on the field, are a testament to your character and dedication to your sport. Let’s finish strongly, support each other, and celebrate the journey we’ve shared this season.

During the holidays, we will give everyone a rest for the first two weeks, but the gym will be open to anyone on the last week on the following dates:

• Tuesday, 2 July: 8:00-9:30am
• Thursday, 4 July: 8:00-9:30am

The Term 3 S&C schedule will be available soon.

Mr Marco Mastrorocco, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Speed & Agility Training – Year 5-8 students
Speed & Agility is crucial to most sports. Future Athletics’ Speed & Agility programme is designed to teach students these skills to form a strong base for their chosen sport.

Regardless of the sport, the skills learnt through our Speed & Agility programme will help young athletes and set them up for the future. Sprinting technique, coordination, plyometrics, flexibility, change of direction training and core exercises are some of the skills taught in the sessions. These sessions are conducted in a fun and playful environment focusing on the child and helping them enjoy sports.

This programme is available to all students in Years 5-8. The Term 3 programme will run on Friday mornings, from 7-8am on Whinstanes. The programme runs for 8 weeks from Friday 19 July to 6 Sep.

Registration is made through payment on Parent Lounge. The event is now active.

Speed & Agility Term 3, 2024 – Flyer

A big congratulations to Ed Ryan (Year 11) who competed in the Queensland Schools U18 Boys Softball competition in May. He represented Metropolitan East and the team won Gold! Well done, Ed!

To Villa success on another type of field, Charles Warr (Year 8) has recently been accepted into the Football Queensland Academy Program. This program is recognised on the Football Australia player pathway with an aim to unearth the next A-League and National team players. Congratulations Charles, we look forward to following your success in the future!

To another achievement on the sporting field, we congratulate Will White (Year 10) on his recent selection in the QLD Schoolboys AFL Team. Will’s selection came after a great performance at the State Championships representing Metropolitan East. He will now head to the National Championships in August, best of luck, Will!

Villa Sport – humble in victory, gracious in defeat.

Giving Day 2024

Today Thursday 6 June, from 8am to 8pm, we are calling on all families and Villanova College Old Boys to support our Giving Day. This is more than just a fundraiser; it’s an opportunity for us to come together and invest in the future of our students and community. Every donation, big or small, will help us build a new Sports & STEM Precinct at Villanova College. This exciting development, located at the corner of Seventh and Main Avenue, will provide our students with state-of-the-art facilities to excel in both athletics and academics. Your contribution is not only tax-deductible but also plays a crucial role in shaping the future of Villanova College and the experiences that our students will carry with them after they graduate. Imagine the impact we can make together! In just a few months, we will be breaking ground and bringing this vision to life. Let’s unite for a cause that will benefit generations to come. More information can be found here: https://www.charidy.com/villanova

Villanova Community Carnival
Save the date: Saturday 20 July
Villanova Community Carnival 2024 | Villanova College (vnc.qld.edu.au)

Year 5 into 2026 Enrolments are now Open!
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