At the conclusion of the 2020 school year, the Sports Office was very confident with the progressions made with regards to our pre-season trial process for the AFL, cricket, volleyball and swimming programs so that we would be in a good position leading into the 2021 season. It always strikes me that no matter how well we are prepared and organised leaving 2020, there is no escaping the usual ‘first week frenzy’ as we prepare for the first round of AIC matches and events scheduled the first week back. Given this, I was quite happy with how all coaches, players and parents did their bit to ensure the 2021 AIC program got off to a good start over the weekend. Many thanks to all!
Now that we have reached Week 2 of the school year, all training programs across all sports and year levels are set for the season ahead. These schedules along with the coaching contact details, team lists and by-laws are found on the College’s web site.
The Sports Office communicates information to parents (and students) via the Villa View (College newsletter), website, morning notices and the Villanova College App (this is a must to install on your phone). Regular access to the College’s website is essential. Please be advised that we aim to post the weekly draws on the website by Wednesday of each week. All team lists for each team sport should be posted by Thursday, if not earlier.
As part of the ongoing and far-reaching learning process at Villanova, we do require our students to take responsibility. When a student commits himself to a team, the College expects that he makes every effort to attend all training sessions and games throughout the season within reason. It is not the responsibility of a student to pick and choose which sessions they would like to attend. If a student’s training schedule conflicts with any other Villanova co-curricular commitment we will be more than happy to negotiate an alternative schedule, however, your son must communicate this to the College via the Sports Department.
As a general rule, both the Director of Sport and Director of Music have agreed on the following when there is a clash between sport training and music rehearsal. Please consult the respective Director of Sport/Music to arrange the specific alternate schedule.
- Students in ‘A’ teams (two training sessions per week) will rotate rehearsal with one training session every fortnight, i.e., rehearsal and training one week, two training sessions the next.
- Students in ‘B’ teams (two training sessions per week) will attend one training session and rehearsal every
- Students in all other teams (one training session per week) are to rotate training and rehearsal every fortnight, i.e., rehearsal one week, training the next.
I must congratulate the many coaches and players who represented the College last weekend in cricket, swimming, AFL and volleyball games. To move the ‘sporting elephant’ we need many hands-on deck to ensure that all Villa teams are well prepared and organised. I thank the many people who have assisted the sports program so far by fulfilling the various roles needed for things to run smoothly.
Our results last weekend against Iona (and Ashgrove in Year 5 and Year 6 AFL) were very good overall. From the many games I witnessed, I was pleased with the way the boys entered the spirit of competition and the way we played with grit and determination to give our best to the team and the College. It was very satisfying to see our 1st Cricket, Volleyball and AFL teams all come away with great wins. What a start to the season! Well done to all and I encourage all teams to reset and give it another ‘good crack’ this weekend too.
Villanova heads into Round 2 of competition this weekend against St Peters Lutheran College (SPLC) in cricket, AFL and volleyball in the main round and with Villa playing various other schools in the supplementary rounds. I ask all players to be focused and ready for battle as we look to back up our great results from last weekend. Our swim squad will travel to Iona College (not Ashgrove – as we had a change of venue) via buses organised by the College this Friday evening for the second official AIC swim meet of the season.
As always, to gain good results we must put a substantial effort into our training. It was a shame that we had to cancel training earlier in the week for some teams due to the wet weather. I realize this may result in some teams not having a training session yet – not ideal but we cannot help the weather. At Villanova College the Sports Office is very reluctant to cancel training at a ‘drop of the hat’. If the conditions are not too wet and dangerous, we do from time-to-time train in damp conditions.
I ask all coaches and players to focus on what they need to do at each training session each week so that improvement can be made. The next challenge is put this into action on game day. The fact is we need to train hard and play hard every week to gain positive results. Pride in the jersey, leaving nothing in the tank and giving our best to our College and to our mates is what we want, no matter the result. Good luck to all this weekend and enjoy. Go Villa!
Round 2 AIC Fixtures – Friday 5 and Saturday 6 February, AIC Cricket and Volleyball v St. Peters Lutheran College (SPLC), AIC AFL v St Peters, Ashgrove, Padua and Iona College.
Please refer to the College’s website to view all times and venues for this weekend’s fixtures. Simply scroll down on the College’s home page to the ‘Latest News’ section and click the ‘Weekly Fixtures’ section.
AIC CRICKET
I would like to take this opportunity to remind players and parents that cricketers need to wear the appropriate uniform to all AIC games. The uniform consists of the Villanova cricket shirt, Villanova hat or cap and white pants for all players. It is not acceptable for any player to wear any club cricket shirt or hat when representing Villanova. All players are to have their own box protector and it is compulsory for all players to wear a helmet whilst batting and keeping up to the stumps. Any fielder who is within 10m of the bat must also wear a helmet.
Training sessions have been finalized and all players are expected to attend all sessions. If for some reason a student is unable to attend training, we ask parents to email the coaches directly (not the Sports Office). The training schedule and coaches contact details are posted on the College’s website.
It is important that all players check their team lists each week as there may be player movement in all year levels. Due to injury and withdrawals, there have been several changes made to the lists.
Please be mindful that our coaches are mainly Old Boys, outside coaches or parents. Most of whom are volunteering their services free of charge. If you need to discuss any cricket matters with them, please do so in a positive and timely manner. When coaches are conducting training sessions, parents should only assist if you have been approached by the coach to help.
Many coaches need the assistance from parents during the season with umpiring and scoring duties. We ask parents to offer their services so there is an even distribution of duties and not one person is burdened each week with the same duty.
With many Old Boys coaching, we are calling on parents to assist with managing the team. Managers will need to put together a roster for umpiring, scoring and any other general duties that can assist the coaches. This will free up the Old Boys and let them concentrate on coaching, rather than having to do jobs that others should be doing to help. Unfortunately, we are not able to give out personal details to parents. This information is to be collected on Saturdays at matches. We have some teams covered by managers at this stage but would dearly love all teams to have a parent rep to distribute team info each week.
Round 1 Results v Iona College
Round 1 came upon us quickly after only three days back at the College. Only a couple of trials and no training sessions had many of the teams underprepared and players and coaches meeting for the first time. Iona was also in the same boat and in many matches, it showed that the boys were lacking a bit of match practice. However, it was great to see the boys out on the field again enjoying themselves and having some time with their friends.
The Year 5 boys were playing together for the first time and there already appears to be a real camaraderie amongst the boys as they celebrated wickets together, played games together while waiting to bat and celebrated their wins enthusiastically. They have started their cricket careers with six wins from six games. Easts Tigers rugby supporters would know the feeling. The 5As had a convincing win easily chasing down 82 and putting an extra hundred runs on top of the Iona total. The 5Bs fought hard and you would have thought they won the World Cup when Iona lost their last wicket just a few runs short of the total. This playing group has a lot of depth and we hope they continue to improve over the season.
All the results were shared evenly throughout the day with Iona. The aggregate was six wins and six losses, and the overall games finished even with 14 a-piece. The Opens all had good solid wins with the firsts dominating in their opening round with an all-round team effort. The Fourth XI also had a big win, while it was tighter in the Second XI and the Third XI, who snuck home by one run.
This week we have Round 2 against St. Peter’s Lutheran College. Many teams are playing other Colleges, as SPLC are lacking team numbers. Please check the draw and be aware of your opposition and venue.
We are hoping that all teams go out and play some good cricket this week in preparation for round 3 against Ashgrove next week.
Good luck to all teams for a successful round this weekend.
Team |
Round 1 v IONA |
First XI |
W
184- 99 |
Second XI |
W
7/216- 7/197 |
Third XI |
W
124- 123 |
Fourth XI |
W
4/33- 32 |
10A |
W
4/135- 134 |
10B |
L
206- 207 |
10C |
L
98- Pad 2/99 |
9A |
L
8/56- 4/174 |
9B |
L
64- 135 |
9C |
W
95- 94 |
8A |
L
94- 7/111 |
8B |
W
8/100- 47 |
8C |
L
61- 62 |
7A |
L
8/124- 8/154 |
7B |
L
7/117- 8/147 |
7C |
L
9/55- 3/60 |
7 Gold |
L
64- 103 |
7 White |
W
4/77- 5/62 |
6A |
L
5/118- 9/163 |
6B |
L
85- 88 |
6C |
L
5/71- 6/91 |
6 Gold |
L
7/76- 7/108 |
5A |
W
8/182- 82 |
5B |
W
7/121- 108 |
5C |
W
4/76- 8/64 |
5 Gold |
W
3/78- 8/62 |
5 White |
W
3/91- 6/86 |
5 Green |
W
9/102- SLC 78 |
AIC VOLLEYBALL
Mr Todd Kropp, Volleyball Co-ordinator
Last Saturday the Villanova volleyball teams took on a fierce Iona volleyball program, arguably the measuring stick in AIC volleyball for some time now. Whilst it was a tough season opener for some, Villa did record a number of wins and all teams displayed our program’s values to be humble in victory, gracious in defeat and to value each opportunity to improve. Before we head into Round 2 this weekend, I would like to make special mention of our First VI team who won their match three sets to two in a nail-biting finish on Iona turf. I would also like to make mention of our Year 10 teams who cleaned up the division with three wins from three matches and not recording a loss of set.
Please note that the College website is the first place to visit for information regarding when and where your son will be playing each Saturday. Information that can be viewed consists of training schedules, game times, playing venues and duty/linesman rosters. I encourage parents and players to use the website as a vehicle to be informed of occurrences in Villanova Volleyball.
In order to host home games, we do require a huge amount of help. From time to time each player will be asked to perform a court duty – linesman. We ask parents to support the College by ensuring that your son is available and attend the designated court duty before or after his game. This information will be available on the college website each week and published on the Sports notice board.
Round 2 serves off this week against St Peter’s in what will be another tough encounter. After another tough week on the training court, I know the coaching team are looking forward to seeing how our teams fair. Again, it is expected that every member of Villanova Volleyball plays every point of every set until the referee whistles, we hope to be humble winners and gracious in defeat.
Players are asked to be in the correct uniform for the start of the volleyball season – no rugby or basketball shorts and no black socks. Please check the College website for more information.
Check out this clip for some helpful hints when blocking!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UForevjCu2Y
Team |
Round 1 v IONA |
First XI |
W 3-2 |
Second XI |
L 2-1 |
Third XI |
L 2-1 |
11 A |
L 2-0 |
11 B |
W 2-1 |
11C |
W 2-1 v SLC 11D |
10A |
W 2-0 |
10B |
W 2-0 |
10C |
W 2-0 |
9A |
L 3-0 |
9B |
L 3-0 |
9C |
L 3-0 |
8A |
L 2-0 |
8B |
W 2-1 |
8C |
L 2-1 |
8 Gold |
L 3-0 |
7A |
L 3-0 |
7B |
L 2-1 |
7C |
W 3-0 |
7 Gold |
L 2-1 |
Goold Hall Canteen – Volleyball Parents
The Villanova Sports Club requests the assistance of all volleyball parents to help serve in the canteen during our home games. Parents are asked to assist in the canteen when their son arrives 20 minutes prior to the start time of their game time for warm up or when their son has been rostered on for court duty (this should be maximum two occasions throughout the season). We are seeking interested persons to coordinate the canteen for home games for the Year 10 – 12 home rounds. If you would like to take this on, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Todd Kropp, Email: tkropp@vnc.qld.edu.au
AIC AFL
Mr Adam Fry, AIC AFL Co-ordinator
Footy’s back. What a terrific way to kick off the season with the weekends results. Six of the seven teams had dominating wins against very good opposition in Iona and Marist College. For the first time in several years, our First men took care of a very strong Iona team. All teams displayed incredible talent on the weekend and have certainly set the bar high in terms of expectations for the season ahead. It was terrific to see the amount of support at Coorparoo on Friday evening for the First team, the encouragement and war cries from all boys present really gave our men an edge on the field.
This weekend our First team will be up against St Peter’s and once again it would be fantastic to see as much support as last week. Our younger boys are playing Iona and it would be incredible for our future AFL stars to have some support from the Senior boys who might be around.
With school camps about to head off, can I please ask that if you are unable to make a training session, that you let your coach know. All coaches put in hard work to ensure training runs smoothly and everyone is developing, so please stay in contact.
Please ensure you are at your game at least 30 minutes before bounce. Good luck for the weekend ahead, we have set a very high bar on what we can achieve this season.
AIC SWIMMING
Mrs Juanita Jacobs, AIC Swimming Co-ordinator
Our preparation schedule is now under way with squads training each morning at Langlands Pool, the Interhouse swimming carnivals completed and the Friday evening meets beginning. Congratulations to all the boys who represented their houses at the Interhouse carnival.
I also wish to thank all the students and parents who have made the commitment to attend the training sessions and strongly encourage all boys to attend as many sessions as possible. With only 3 weeks of training left until the competition at Chandler, we need to be training regularly to be at our best. The sign in sheets for the squad are kept at the front desk and with the teachers as the boys enter the main pool entrance. The boys are asked to tick off as they enter so that we can monitor who has been training. If the Jets swimmers, who are training before our squad could also sign on the way out, it will assist me with team selection.
The walk up the hill after training can be difficult for some of the younger boys who also must carry bags. Parents make prefer to make a stop at school on the way to swimming in the mornings and deliver the bags to the classroom or to the Goold Hall foyer where staff usually are available each morning. The boys would then only need their swimming gear and their uniforms for after training.
While I realize that the AFL competition is being held at the same time on a Friday evening as the AIC Swim meets, I am aware that many boys including our swimmers are keen to attend and support the AFL players at their games. Given the AIC Swim Championships is less than four weeks away, I ask the support of the parents and swimmers to attend all remaining AIC swim meets as a priority. If boys wish to be considered for the AIC team, then they are required to attend both training and the Friday meets please.
We also require that swimmers notify staff members when they leave the pool with their parents. Swimmers can leave as soon as their races are completed, but please let Mrs Jacobs know. Boys are not to leave the pool area for any reason during the meets.
AIC Swim Meet at Iona College – Friday 5 February
The Villanova swim squad will travel to Iona College this Friday 5 February (not Ashgrove as was advertised earlier in the information note). A bus will depart in front of the College at 3.10pm. A return service will not be available, parents are asked to collect their son from the venue by 5.30pm. A full program of events is posted on the College’s website within the sports section under AIC Swimming.
A maximum of two parents per swimmer are permitted to attend this event with QR sign -in.
Lytton District Swimming
Boys who will be nominated to swim in the Lytton District swimming trials will be given the relevant information either this week (Year 6 and Year 7 students), or next Monday (Year 5 students), from Mr Everding. The trials will be held at Moreton Bay College on Friday 12 February. Students who are nominated for this Meet must find their own way to and from Moreton Bay College. Due to the nature of this trial, only three – four boys per age group can be nominated from Villanova for each stroke and the College will nominate the boys based on the trial form and timings already taken over the last week. Parents are not permitted to nominate their sons for any Lytton trials throughout the year. This is the responsibility of the College. We are also looking for a parent to nominate to act as an official for the day as no staff from Villanova will be released to attend.
Met East Swimming
Please be aware that the abovementioned Met East trials will be held at Chandler on Tuesday 2 March. Students who turn 13 years or older in 2021 are nominated directly to the Met East trials based on qualifying times. Students turning 12 years or younger must attend the Lytton Trials to gain entry. Any student who wishes to participate must see Mr Stariha for all nomination information. Please note a $22 fee will be payable by each swimmer who wishes to nominate.
AIC RUGBY AND FOOTBALL
With many clubs now having their sign-on days, please be aware that information regarding AIC Rugby and Football will be sent home in a couple of weeks, particularly to the Year 5 and Year 6 students. It is important to note that.
* Boys should make themselves available to play school rugby/football. The AIC pre-season/trials commences at the end of Term 1 and throughout Term 2. The season consists of two trial games and seven rounds as per College calendar. Please be aware that College commitments take precedence over club commitments as per College policy.
* School Rugby/Football is played on Saturday mornings between 7.30am and 3pm as per College Calendar. All A and B teams will have two training sessions each week. C teams and lower may only train once.
- All Year 5 and Year 6 training will be at Langlands (rugby) or Whinstanes (football).
- Year 7 – 12 Rugby (plus First XI/Second XI Football) – Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at Villanova Park 4.00pm-5.15pm approx.
- Year 7 – 12 Football (excluding First XI and Second XI) Monday and Wednesday afternoon at Villanova Park.
* Allowing your son to participate in AIC rugby/football, helps to promote school spirit, camaraderie and a sense of personal achievement in representing his College.
Year 8 Rugby
Boys wishing to trial for the Year 8A rugby team are invited to attend pre-season sessions at Langlands each Wednesday morning beginning in a fortnight on the 17 February. Sessions are not compulsory, and players are asked to attend if they have no other commitments.
COMPOSITE SPORT
The following Composite Sport trial information is now available from the Sports Office.
Sport |
Age group |
Return to the Sports Office |
Tennis |
13 – 19 Years |
4 February |
Golf |
10 – 19 Years |
9 February |
Football |
17 – 19 Years |
15 February |
Swimming |
10 – 19 Years |
15 February |
Mr Craig Stariha, Director of Sport