Swimming

As the swimming season draws to a close, students continue to participate in weekly swimming lessons every Wednesday.

Here's a glimpse of some Year 1 students relishing their time in the pool.

Orienteering

A big shoutout to Mr Allan Lahey for his dedication to recruiting and coaching our orienteering students. Last Thursday, 7th March, a number of our students participated in the Darling Downs Orienteering Trials.

We're thrilled to announce that 12 students (plus one reserve) from both Primary and Secondary levels have been chosen for the Darling Downs School Sport 10-19 Years Orienteering Team. They will be competing in the State Titles on July 20th and 21st at Tingalpa.

Orienteering is a demanding sport that necessitates analytical thinking, decision-making, navigation skills, fitness, and the courage to venture into the wilderness alone. Congratulations to the following students for this remarkable achievement.

• Ted Bonner
• Kayleb Spiller
• Liam O’Dea
• Patrick Moxham
• Oliver Lahey
• Ned Robinson
• William Roberts
• Erin O’Dea
• Margaret O’Dea
• Sasha Kendall
• Clare Widderick
• Amity Buscher
• Chloe Vanderwolf

Soccer

On Thursday, March 7th, Year 12 students, Luke Webb and Ryan Whiticker along with Year 11 student Darcy Daddow participated in the Darling Downs 17-19 Boys football trials in Toowoomba.  

We're thrilled to announce that Year 11 student Darcy Daddow has been selected to represent the 17-19 Yrs Boys Darling Downs team at the Football State Championships. The championships are scheduled to take place from April 27th to April 30th, 2024, at the Fraser Coast Sports and Recreation Precinct in Nikenbah.

Congratulations to Darcy on this outstanding achievement!

On Tuesday, March 12th, it was the girls' turn to participate in the Darling Downs 13-15 & 16-19 Yrs Girls Football trials held in Toowoomba.

Congratulations to Alessia Gasparin, Jessica Pradella, Stephanie Hart, and Holly Hart for their participation. Special recognition goes to Jessica and Alessia for advancing to the Possible and Probables stage. Making it this far is a remarkable achievement and presents an excellent learning opportunity for all involved.

Well done to everyone involved!

NRL

St Joseph's fielded players from Years 7-10 where 24 keen players attended the NRL Gala Day. The Years 7 & 8 boys played some entertaining Rugby League with some great tries scored with the highlight being a strong win over a combined Warwick SHS and Goondiwindi SHS team.

The Year 9 & 10 Boys combined forces with Inglewood and Texas to create a competitive team that played some great rugby league.  As the day went on and combinations become stronger, the team scored a number of well put together team tries.

Many thanks to Mr Nathan Hurtz for coaching the Year 7 & 8 Boys and the NRL staff for providing the day of competition for our students.

Futsal 

The Southwest Futsal Competition for the 14 Boys took place on Monday. Our pool included Toowoomba Grammar School, St Peter Claver College, Toowoomba Christian College and Lockyer State High School.

An early start was necessary to get to USQ in Toowoomba for our first game at 8am. It didn’t seem to bother the boys, as they scored what was the first goal for the whole tournament. Unfortunately, the lead didn’t last long as the technically stronger Toowoomba Grammar School beat us 3-1.

Soon after we were up against the team from St Peter Claver College. They were another strong team that had a lot of movement and power from several players. Unfortunately, we were undone 3-0.

Our keeper had an injury woe during the course of our third game which resulted in a red card for the offending player. Some excellent positioning on the offensive saw us come out on top of Toowoomba Christian College with a score of 4-1.

Buoyant from the third-round win, the boys went into the final regular game against Lockyer SHS. They were feeling good but under pressure knowing that the winner of the game would end up with enough points to make it to the quarter finals. The game came out in our favour 2-0.

Unfortunately, three waits of at least an hour resulted in the boys losing their momentum going into the quarter final game. Again, we faced Toowoomba Grammar, who only grew in strength and confidence throughout the day (they dismantled a couple of the other teams in our pool). Foreboding, the first goal against us was scored by an unlucky bounce less than 5 seconds after the initial whistle. This trend continued into the second half. Our boys were able to keep them from getting too far ahead with some great movement through the midfield, but Grammar won the game 5-1.

It was great see so much talent at the tournament. Congratulations to our St Joseph’s boys. The team consisted of Charlie Alldridge, Levi Jack, Oliver Lahey, Kai Lang, Kayleb Spiller, Thomas Telfer and Ned Torrens. They took the everything, good and bad, in their stride and were proud of their efforts, staying positive and trying to improve throughout the day.

On both Wednesday and Thursday of this week, teams representing St Joseph's also  participated in competitions across the Under 13 Boys, Under 14 Girls, and Open Boys categories.

Netball 

The trials for Darling Downs Netball were held on Monday, March 11th. We extend our congratulations to the following students for their participation:

• Mia Howard
• Liliana Morente
• Chloe Staley
• Greta Stibbard
• Anthea Sunderland
• Riley Pfeifer
• Clare Widderick
• Ivy Hill
• Imogen Staley
• Milly Watts
• Sophie Hawira
• Gracie Zanatta

A special mention of congratulations goes to Ivy Hill for making it to Possible & Probables in the Under 12's, and also to Mia Howard for becoming a shadow player for the Under 11's Darling Downs side.

Overall, it was an exceptional effort by all the girls!