School Sports News
Hi Sports Fans,
Welcome back to another packed term of sport! This term we are offering a range of sporting opportunities including our annual athletics events, district cross country carnival, A range of major sports, Yagera Sport nominations & our Ripley Athlete Development Program.
District Sports
District Cross Country is being held week 2 Tuesday 23rd of April. The top five runners from each age group have been invited to attend with permission notes and invoices being sent out last week. Please make sure we are getting them done before Sunday 21st of April. The bus will leave the college at 7:30am with students expected to be at the college at 7:00am.
Minor Sports
Yagera Sports
The winter Yagera season will be starting this term with nominations now open for students to complete. Trials will begin in week 3. This term the sports will include: Netball, Rugby League, Volleyball, Basketball & Football. More information can be found on Daymap and on assembly.
Major Sports
Schools Cup AFL
Schools Cup AFL is the first AFL tournament the school has participated in. The tournament is being held in Springfield on the 6th of June for Juniors and the 12th of June for Seniors. The teams being offered for this competition include:
- Junior Boys (Grade 7, 8 & 9)
- Junior Girls (Grade 7, 8 & 9)
- Senior Boys (Grade 10 & 11)
- Senior Girls (Grade 10 & 11)
If you’re interested in being a part of these teams, please contact the following or attend the Thursday second break training sessions.
Ms McKendry via clmck1@eq.edu.au
Mr Turner via dturn106@eq.edu.au
Vicki Wilson Netball
The tournament will be held at Western Districts Netball Association on Tuesday 4th June. For information around training schedules please see Daymap. Juniors will be training every Friday second break and both juniors and seniors have a training session Monday 3pm - 4pm.
If you have any questions about this competition, please email the coaches:
Junior: Ms Ivanko via rcapl2@eq.edu.au
Senior: Ms Robson via asrob0@eq.edu.au
All Schools Touch Football
This year the college has finally been accepted into the Queensland and Brisbane all schools touch football competitions. This embarks our first ever touch football program! This year we will be offering a 15 Boys and 15 Girls Team with our focus on building a large-scale program. If interested in these teams or if you would like to participate in touch football and just want to improve come along to the trials Week 2 and 4 on Thursday afterschool 3pm - 4pm.
If you have any questions about these events, please contact the coaches:
Mr Clifford via jclif117@eq.edu.au
Mr Exelby via rxexe0@eq.edu.au
Cross Country
On the second last day of term one we ran our annual Cross Country Carnival. The day was a super exciting event with participation was great considering the weather. Students dressed up in their Jobs themed outfits and competed individually to make the district teams and in their houses for the Cross Country 2024 and Spirit House trophies. A huge thank you to all the staff and student helpers who assisted in organising, preparing, setting up and helping throughout the day. It is always awesome to see our college come together to make days like this happen.
Of Course, there can only be one house that wins the Cross Country 2024Carnival:
In Last Place with 1498 Points was Blaine!
In Third Place with 1543 Points was Perry!
In Second Place with 1565 Points was Flinders!
In First Place with 1645 Points was Goolman!
Age Champion is the title awarded to the best three athletes of each age group. Our 2024 Cross Country Age Champions are:
Athletics Carnival
Our annual athletics carnival will be held on Thursday and Friday of week 9 this term. The Thursday carnival will be nomination only, with nominations opening to students at the end of week 3. This year if students nominate for an event on the Thursdaqy it is expected that they participate for the entire day. The Friday will be our whole college carnival. Event nominations will also come out for the Friday in week 3. The events we offer include:
RAD
The Ripley Athlete Development Program will continue this term on the same times as last term:
- Wednesday Afternoon 3pm – 4pm
- Thursday Morning 7:30am – 8:15am
The week 2 sessions, however, will be cancelled due to public holidays and parent teacher interviews. The focus of this term will be on improving athletic ability in the lead up to our athletics Carnival as well as improving general fitness.
For more information on this event please contact Mr Clifford via jclif117@eq.edu.au
Justin Clifford
Sports Co-ordinator