Sport

Warwick Clarke Shield

We had a fantastic afternoon of sport to commemorate the Warwick Clarke Shield in the last week of Term. The Year 12 students chose to play a game of netball and soccer in this competition of Staff Vs Students.

Netball 

The Year 12's robbed the staff in this one. They took an early lead, putting pressure on the staff by scoring 4 unanswered goals. The staff took some time to gel and eventually linked up. Our shooters Ms Catriona Martin and Ms Olivia Bailey drained a few into the net, getting us on the board. As usual, the Year 12's hindered our attack and defence by lobbing waterbombs at the staff. Unfortunately, the game was well away from the staff by the time we got our groove on, and the students ended up winning 10-4. It was clear that the Year 12's had played this game before... A biased choice on their part.

I thoroughly enjoyed the change of times, showing that St Paul's is a progressive school, allowing some male staff and students to be involved in this skirmish.

Football (soccer)

The Year 12's had one in the bag already and their confidence was high coming into this one. They were well above the salary cap, having both age and skill on the staff of St Paul's.

The staff were put under early pressure. After some changes from the Year 12 bench, they continued an onslaught of attack and eventually slotted a goal. We went into halftime 1-0 down...

With only 18 minutes to score 2 goals, the staff needed something. Luckily for us, we had a professional athlete on our squad. With his experience playing Football, Mr Adam Preocanin mentioned to the staff that there was "at least a 2-point wind with us now". That was all it took. The pressure continued to mount on the Year 12's and eventually, Ms Amy Tovey got into some space and took her chance. She slotted a goal, nutmegging Ronan O'Loughlin, knocking the confidence out of the Year 12s.

Their tactics turned to dirty play and it wasn't long until Mr Jesse Kerfoot was hacked from behind inside the box, and Mahlia signaled for a dot-shot. A very good call indeed.

It was Ms Emma Tamblyn's chance to score a goal ... she didn't disappoint. The ball found the back of the net for the second time, bringing the score to 2-1. The game wasn't over, and at times the staff had some scrambled defence and an excellent save from Mr Angus Crowley. He even copped a number of Year 12 boots to his body for his efforts. The final whistle blew, with the staff coming out on top 2-1.

The staff remain in possession of the Warwick Clarke Shield for at least another year. Well done to all who were involved.

A special thanks to Mahlia Hoskins for refereeing this game!

Mr Heath Needs - Teacher and Sports Coordinator

heath.needs@lism.catholic.edu.au