Sport

IGSSA Sport Survey

In our last newsletter, I wrote about the opportunity for the LN community to have a say in shaping the Sport Program as we move forward in response to the new IGSSA Sport model. The new model gives each IGSSA member school the choice between running each IGSSA sport across a single term (as we currently do), or across two terms (as two individual one-term seasons as opposed to a single two-term season).

Please click here for a more in-depth breakdown of the proposal.

The survey will be open until Monday 1 March. If you haven’t yet completed the survey, please make sure you do so by Monday!

Please click here to complete a short survey on your thoughts about the model change.

Softball

Eliza King (Year 10), Peyton Henderson (Year 12) and Kendal Henderson (Year 9) were selected to represent the IGSSA Rep Softball team that competed at the NSWCIS Championship on Tuesday 23 February. The IGSSA team finished second on a countback, winning 3 of their 4 games. Well done to these fabulous players! A further congratulations to Peyton and Kendal who were then selected to represent the CIS team in the upcoming NSW All Schools Softball Championship – best of luck girls!

Cricket

Well done to Skye Halmarick (Year 8) who was named as a Development Player to accompany the NSWCIS Team to the State Championships later this year. You can read more about Skye and her achievements further down the newsletter, as she’s our LN Sportsgirl of the Week!

Equestrian

Emma Romeo (Year 10) and her horse Gracie competed at the Sydney International event on the weekend, coached by ex-student Ginger Soames (2019). Emma came away with 13th place overall. There were 150 riders competing at the event including some very strong Olympic horses and riders.

What a fantastic achievement, congratulations Emma and Gracie!

IPSHA Swim & Dive

Good luck to our Primary pool stars. They’re off to compete at the IPSHA Swim & Dive Carnival on Tuesday next week, and we’ll bring you all the highlights in next week’s newsletter.

Primary Cross Country Carnival

There’s more sport action for our Primary students – the Primary Cross Country Carnival is taking place on Thursday 11 March, so keep an eye out for all the results and colour from that event in next week’s newsletter.

Hockey

Best of luck to our U/16’s hockey players – they’ll be off trialing on Friday 12 March against the best of the rest that IGSSA has to offer for a spot in the IGSSA U/16’s Hockey Representative Squad to compete later this year at the CIS Trials.

PAL x Sport

If you’re coming along to watch fixtures at Loreto Normanhurst tomorrow, pop into the PAL stand where you can pick up an LN Supporter cap! Look the part and stay sun-safe as you support Normo Sport!

Loreto Sports Girl: Skye Halmarick

Current sport/activity: Soccer, Cricket, AFL.

Favourite school sport/activity: Rugby 7s.

Highest level of sporting achievement: Representing NSW for Soccer and Cricket.

Best moment of Loreto Sport: Playing Rugby 7s as it was my first-time playing sport for Loreto.

Favourite sporting moment as a spectator: It was definitely watching my team win Nationals from the sideline.

Best subject at school: PDH/Religion.

Any superstitions before playing sport: I listen to music before games.

Best tune to listen to before competing: On My Mind by Diplo.

Wet Weather Information

IGSSA Sports: https://m.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/venues
IPSHA Sports: via the IPSHA Sport App – search for ‘IPSHA’ in the App Store
Secondary AFL: All wet weather updates/cancellations for Secondary AFL will be announced via the Sport Facebook & Twitter accounts.

Who to see about what?

As a handy reference guide, the table below outlines the staff members who are responsible for sports and activities throughout the year. All enquiries about sport at Loreto should be sent to sport@loretonh.nsw.edu.au

Mr Matt Mulroney	Mrs Kristie Greville	Mrs Emily Wood
Snowsports	IGSSA Softball	IPSHA Sports & Carnivals
	Cross Country Pathway	LN Activities Program
	Hills Netball	Gymnastics
	Rugby 7s	Cheerleading
	IGSSA Touch Football	IGSSA Football
	Hayden Fitness Centre	AFL
	Equestrian

Mr Stephen Charters	Mr David Brock	Mr Ian Edmunds	Mrs Laura Bryan
LN Invitational Badminton	IGSSA Tennis	Rowing	The Duke of Edinburgh Award Program
IGSSA Hockey	Triathlon
Mollie Dive Hockey	IGSSA Basketball
IGSSA Water Polo	IGSSA Netball
Athletics Pathway	Hornsby Tennis
	Tildesley Tennis
	Secondary School Carnivals
	Cricket
	Swimming Pathway

Correct Sport Uniform

An important note regarding correct sport uniform for Saturday competition sport.

Students who are not dressed in the correct uniform for competition will NOT be allowed to play. In the case that no Loreto Sport Staff member is present, your team coach will have the authority to remove a student from play and/or not allow a student to start play. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. It is our expectation that you will be appropriately dressed and in uniform while representing Loreto Normanhurst.

Here is the list of required items for each Term 1 Sport:

IGSSA Tennis: LN singlet or polo, LN skort, white socks, non-marking sandshoes, LN cap.
IGSSA Softball: LN polo, LN shorts, gold socks, moulded football boots or softball clears, LN cap, mouthguard, shin pads, softball glove.
LN Invitational Badminton: LN polo, LN shorts, white socks, non-marking sandshoes.
ISC AFL: LN AFL guernsey, LN shorts, gold socks, moulded football boots, mouthguard.
Rowing: LN zootie, LN cap, white UV shirt
IPSHA Football: LN polo, LN shorts, gold socks, moulded football boots
IPSHA Flippaball/Water Polo: LN racing swimsuit.

Photos

We love to see photos of our students getting physically active and staying engaged in sport. Please send through any photos or videos to sport@loretonh.nsw.edu.au

If you’re on Twitter, you can follow us at @loretonhsport – tweet us and use the hashtag #LetsGoLoreto and we’ll retweet as many as we can!

If you’re on Facebook, our page is at www.facebook.com/LoretoNHSport