Sports News
Junior
Touch Football
Best of luck to the Year 5 Mixed Touch Football team members who will compete in the Swans Primary All Schools Competition in Dalby on Sunday. Thanks to secondary students Dan Gillespie, James Hegedus, Sarah MacQuaid and Ky Kirtley for coaching the team at lunchtimes leading up the carnival.
Athletics
Best of luck to Xavier Gibson and Gabby Banks who will compete at the State Athletics Championships in Townsville this week. Gabby will then attend the State AFL Championships later in the week in Brisbane.
Senior
Touch Football
Results from the Qld All Schools Touch Football Carnival held last weekend are listed below. Thanks to Mrs Gleeson, Mrs Hegedus and Lorelle Sankey for their assistance in coaching our teams and to the parents and past students who came to support the College. It was very disappointing for the carnival to be cancelled with two days remaining. This is only the second time in the carnival's 36 year history this that has happened.
The Under 13 Boys had a great has a great start to the carnival winning two out of three games. The team was on track to win the last three games on Saturday which would have qualified them for the Final 16 on Sunday.
U13 Boys – 3 Win and a 1 Loss
Win vs Centenary Heights SHS (pre carnival) 3-0
Win vs Holland Park SHS 10-2
Loss to Cleveland SHS 2-4
Win vs Rochedale SHS 5-0
The Under 15 Boys team had a sound carnival finishing with 2 Wins, 2 Draws and 1 Loss. The team did well considering they only had 9-10 players for all their games and most oppositions had squads of 14.
U15 Boys – 2 Wins, 2 Draws, 1 Loss
Draw with Dalby Christian College (pre carnival) 3-3
Win vs Runcorn SHS 5-2
Win vs Centenary Heights SHS 6-1
Draw with Pacific Pines SHS 2-2
Loss to Coombabah SHS 0-9
The Under 15 Girls had a young team this year with most girls only 12-14 years of age and will be able to play in this age group for the next few years. The team had two losses by just the one try to show that they were competitive in most matches.
15 Girls – 2 Draw and 4 Losses
Loss to Chinchilla SHS (pre carnival) 1-2
Loss to Emanuel College 0-7
Loss to Chancellor SHS 1-9
Draw with Victoria Point SHS 1-1
Loss to Ferny Grove SHS 0-1
Draw with Noosa District SHS 1-1
The Open Mixed Team had a successful campaign being undefeated with 5 wins. The cancellation of the event was very disappointing for the team as most players were in Year 12 and won’t have another opportunity. The team were on track for a Quarter or Semi Final finish. Once final results were calculated it ranked Our Lady of the Southern Cross Mixed Team as a Top 4 team which all students are very proud of.
Open Mixed 5 Wins
Win vs Dalby SHS (pre carnival) 4-1
Win vs Tannum Sands SHS 7-0
Win vs Brisbane Bayside College 12-1
Win vs Calamvale SHS 10-4
Win vs Emmaus Gladstone SHS 8-1
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Changes for 2019 All Schools Touch Football
Under 15 Boys and Girls Teams will compete from Wednesday, 9 October until Saturday, 12 October. Open Mixed will compete from Friday, 11 October until Sunday, 13 October. We won’t be sending an Under 13 Boys team in 2019.
Rugby Sevens
The College has entered an Under 14 Boys, Under 14 Girls and Under 16 Boys in the South West Sevens Series to be played in Toowoomba. Girls games began on Tuesday with games against Downlands College and Scots College Warwick. Whilst our girls went down in both games they thoroughly enjoyed the experience as the majority of girls were playing their first game of Rugby.
Week 3 Draws
Under 14 Girls
5.40pm vs Glennie 1
6.20pm vs St Joseph’s
Under 14 Boys
4.40pm vs Mary MacKillop Highfields
5.20pm vs Faith Lutheran Plainlands
Under 16 Boys
7.00pm vs St Mary’s 1
7.40pm vs St Mary’s 2