Month: August 2017

Sport results for 5 August

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Courtesy of Mr David Wiseman, please find below some statistics from last weekend, and following are the scores from each game over the weekend.

Rugby Summary

  • All games (excluding internals): played 38; won 31; drew 2; lost 5.
  • Games against Newington: played 23; won 19; drew 0; lost 4.
  • Games against Armidale; played 10; won 9; lost 1.
  • The boys took a liking to the opposition in-goal area racking up 1,367 points at an average of 36.0 points per match.  They bunkered down in defence to limit the opposition to 516 points at an average of 13.6 points per match.
  • The 16s and 15s were the most successful age groups – all teams in both age groups were undefeated.  The 16s scored 291 points and conceded 71 points while the 15s scored 270 points and only conceded 45 points.  Honourable mention to the Opens and 14s who only lost one match each.

Football Summary

  • The football boys had a tough day at Stanmore against Newington.  It was always going to be a tough assignment with Newington being very strong in football; fielding 37 teams compared to Joeys 16 teams.
  • Played 15; won 2; drew 1; lost 9; unavailable 3.  The 14A game was played as a friendly.

AFL Summary

  • The AFL boys finished the season on a high with a solid 93-35 victory over Barker at Alan Davidson Oval.
  • Top goal scorer was Brendan McMorrow who piloted 4 kicks through the big sticks.  In a true team effort, 10 other boys scored maximums.
  • Nick Lees picked up the coaches’ best on ground while Brendan McMorrow picked up the players’ votes.
  • The team had an outstanding season finishing with 6 wins and 3 losses out of the 9 competition matches played.

Field of Dreams

The 15Fs and 15Hs were scheduled to play an internal game on SJC No 2 at 8.00am.  The late cancellation of the 11th XV internal game meant that SJC No 1 had unexpectedly become available.  A late decision was made to transfer the 15s internal onto SJC No 1.  Such excitement and gratitude I have not witnessed for a long time.  So many boys took the opportunity to come up and shake my hand before the game as a thank you for providing them with the opportunity to play on SJC No 1.  The next hour was a celebration of rugby as the boys played their own Test match – the scoreboard was in full operation, they had assistant referees on the sideline with flags and they were on their field of dreams.  The final score wasn’t important – it is something that they won’t forget in a hurry.

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Student Art Exhibition

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Dear Parents,

I know that many families have received our invitation to attend the opening of the Student Art exhibition. For families new to the college, this exhibition surveys the artwork of all students studying Visual Arts and Photography and Digital Media. A selection of artwork by your son will be displayed alongside the work of all of our elective students and HSC candidates.

Your son will be able to attend the opening at 6.30pm on the evening of Friday 11th August if he is accompanied by parents or a guardian. I will be asking the boys next week whether they will be attending the opening. Some details are below:

Opening: Friday 11th August, 6.30pm, in the Farrell Auditorium

to be opened by artist Nicholas Harding.

Supper and drinks will be provided.

Additional viewing time will be on Saturday 12th August from 9am -1pm and Sunday 13th August from 9am-2pm.

We hope to see many of you there!

Regards,

Ms Michelle Tinta

Visual Arts Coordinator

Cooking for Spanish assignment

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Oscar Bäck and Finlay Ryan, who are continuing their study of Spanish (which they previously studied at home in the USA) by doing Distance Education Spanish through the NSW School of Languages as one of their electives, are currently working on a cultural assignment about food in the Spanish-speaking world.

One of the requirements, in addition to research and a presentation, was to source an authentic recipe in Spanish and film themselves cooking it, using as much Spanish to describe the ingredients needed and the cooking instructions.

Oscar, seen working here, made chicken tacos, whilst Finlay worked to make Churros.

Mandarin excursion

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Earlier this week Brendan Zenere and Tyler Boddington had a Mandarin excursion to the Sinofield centre at Leura.  Both are part of our after-hours Mandarin Maintenance program for students with significant previous study/home connection with the Mandarin language. The trip was a great chance to get hands-on with cultural and language activities: a Chinese tea ceremony, musical instrument playing, calligraphy, dumpling making and Dragon dancing were all on the menu.

Synapse 2017

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Winners of the Joeys Synapse Competition 2017 were The Inventors: Barney Buffier, Jon Ryan, Luca Schmitt, Adrian Dawson and Joseph Porter.

Other participants from Year 9 were:

The Scientists: Charlie Cannon, Will Mafffey, Darcy Creagh, Michael O’Farrell, Matt Jarjoura

The Artists: William Coffey, Angus Davidson, Aidan Kearns, Harry Bentley, Lachlan Kershaw-Domingo

Sport awards at assembly

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Congratulations to the following boys who received sport awards at assembly this morning.

Ben Dowling, Rugby,61 points for 15As
Jock Redden, Rugby, 25 pounts for 15Cs
Lachlan Tong, Rugby, 20 points for 15Gs

Joe Marshall, Football, 3 goals for 15As

 

Multiple point scorers on 29 July

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15s Age Group

 Rugby

15C

Cooper Johnson – 2 tries

Max Mayes – 2 tries

Jock Redden – 6 conversions (12 points)

15D

Harry Snell – 4 tries

Charles Dalton – 3 tries

Jack Gallagher – 2 tries

Ben Wallace – 2 tries

Quinlan McMahon – 9 conversions (18 points)

15F

Oliver Williams – 2 tries and 5 conversions (20 points)

Charles Redwin – 2 tries

15G

Zac Banducci – 3 tries

Sport results for 29 July

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Courtesy of Mr David Wiseman, please find below some statistics from last weekend, and following are the scores from each game over the weekend.

Rugby Summary

  • All games (excluding internals): played 36; won 31; drew 1; lost 4.
  • Games against Shore: played 29; won 25; drew 1; lost 3.
  • Games against Knox; played 4; won 4; lost 0.
  • The boys had no trouble finding the try line with 1,395 points scored at an average of 36.7 points per match.  They didn’t forget to tackle with only 450 points conceded throughout the day which is an average of 11.8 points per match.  The opposition was held below 8 points in 18 games – the opposition failed to get on the board at all in 9 games.
  • The Opens and 14s were the most successful age groups with no losses to external teams.  The Opens were dominant, winning games by large margins with an average points differential of 38.6 points (points for minus points conceded divided by the number of games).  The 14s had to work harder but deservedly got the chocolates in all their games – their average points differential was only 16.6 points.
  • Most successful team of the day was the 15Ds who defeated Shore by 102-7 despite having to remove players from the field due to the mercy rule.  Groundsman Scott will need to replace turf on SJC No 4 after the 15Ds ran in 16 tries – that’s 1 try every 3.1 minutes!!
  • The game of the day was the internal clash between the 16Cs and the 15As.  The 16Cs had a huge size advantage and really took the game to the 15As.  The 15As refused to be intimidated and played a smart game to counter the size of their opposition.  The 16Cs were ahead throughout the game and appeared to have the victory secured until an attacking raid from within their own half in the final 2 minutes resulted in a match winning try to the 15As.  The 15As were warmly applauded by the crowd after their 15-12 win – a wonderful story after their 15-3 defeat by King’s on the previous Saturday.

Football Summary

  • The football boys had a successful day at home against Shore.
  • Played 16; won 8; drew 4; lost 3; unavailable; 1.
  • Strong results in the Opens, 15s and 13s with no losses.

AFL Summary

  • The AFL boys are going from strength to strength with another strong win – this time against Waverley at the boutique Tramway Oval which sits in the shadows of the SCG.
  • The boys got up 67-19 in a dominant win.  Accuracy was a problem with the team scoring 19 behinds and only 8 majors.
  • Top goal scorers were James Der and William Gibbs who scored 2 maximums each.
  • Cooper Searle picked up the coaches’ best on ground while Joshua Gibbs picked the players’ votes.
  • After 9 rounds of the competition, the boys have won 5 games and lost 3 games.  Round 1 was a bye.
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Books and Blokes Breakfast with guest speaker Paul Field – Tuesday 29 August, 2017

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Books & Blokes Breakfast  –  Guest speaker:  Paul Field

When: Tuesday 29 August, 2017

Time: 7:30am

Venue: Resources Centre

RSVP:   Click here

For many returned service men and women, coming home is when the battle really begins.

We invite you to hear Joeys Old Boy, Paul Field (78), speak about his book, Gimme Shelter, which gets to the heart of what it really means to go to war and the impact on individuals, their families and society. Sixteen Australians share their deeply personal stories of the ultimate struggle – to return to physical and mental health and take their place in civilian life, or to deal with the loss of loved ones who lost that battle.

Paul Field is a singer, producer, director and managing director of The Wiggles. He has worked for the Supreme Court and with the investigations team at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption in NSW. He is now a passionate supporter of the work of Soldier On, an organisation that supports the physical and mental health of those who have served. Paul was also a very popular former English teacher at St Joseph’s College, teaching from 1984 to 1986. He was very active in SJC stage productions, notably as musical director of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Please note: If you RSVP and then are unable to attend, please notify Head of Library, Linda Roden, as soon as possible. Our events always have a waiting list and we also need to adjust the catering. Recent events have had a large number of no-shows and this may affect our capacity to continue holding the events. We appreciate your cooperation.

End of Term 3 travel for Boarders

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TrainLink bookings are now being received for boarders for:  End of Term 3 2017 / Return for Term 4 – 2017

The college is required to comply with the cut-off date specified by TrainLink.  Please note the following closing dates for booking through the College:

Travel dates 2017 Closing Dates
End of Term 3 – Return for Term 4 Bookings close:

Friday 18 August 2017
To Home: Friday 22 September 2017

To SJC: Monday 9 October 2017

We urge you to make your bookings for your son now through the College, even if you are not sure; bookings may be cancelled without administration fees if done so by the cancellation date noted on the booking form.

To make your bookings, please fill out the relevant form which can be found on the College website http://www.joeys.org/about-us/transport/ or by following the “About Joeys” tab – then “transport”.

Please note: The completion of this form is NOT required for students travelling on the College Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs and Sutherland Bus.

Simply return the booking form(s) by email to travel@joeys.org (queries may also be forwarded to the same email address).  Alternatively, bookings can be faxed to (02) 9816 0861.