Head of Sport and Activities—Mr Dave Capra

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Head of Sport and Activities—Mr Dave Capra
Spartans Rugby Carnival
Over the holidays our Under 12A and Under 13A teams attended the inaugural Spartans Cup Rugby Carnival which was hosted by Ipswich
Grammar School. Our Under 13 boys played against Ipswich Grammar A and B teams in what could be described as a ‘character building experience’. To our boys, credit against a much stronger opposition that
continued to turn up for their mates, supporting each other, playing
their best and playing good footy in patches. I was really proud of
the grit shown by these boys in the face of a very dominant opposition and am confident that it was a good learning experience for the
start of the season.
Our Under 12 boys were a very different story! After beating Toowoomba Grammar School on Monday morning they were beaten
convincingly by a very strong Gregory Terrace team. On Tuesday
morning the boys played outstanding 15 man rugby against Ipswich
Grammar School to defeat them and secure a place in the finals
against Gregory Terrace. Off the back of a strong win against IGS,
the boys came into the final and played from my point of view the
best game of rugby that the team has played this season and defeated Gregory Terrace 19-12 to claim the Cup. It was a great moment for the boys and with one win each for ATC and GT in the 12A
team we are looking forward to a great third encounter olater in the
term. Congratulations to Jonte Roberts and Charlie Neumann for
captaining the boys to a great win and to the individual players who all put in outstanding performances, particular against IGS and GT. The
two war cries following the game were amongst the best I have heard this year! Thanks to IGS for hosting and to GT in particular for two great
games of rugby in particular.
AFL Camp and Holiday Games
On the holidays we held our first ever AFL Holiday Camp and by all reports it was a huge success. The camp featured a variety of AFL skill drills,
games, kicking analysis and a video analysis session with former Brisbane Lions player and great club support, Anthony Corrie. Congratulations
to Fiona Kearney, Chris Hoskin and Tim Sparkman in particular for a great camp.
Whilst the younger teams enjoyed a few weeks off footy, our Under 12 and Under 13 teams played games on the last weekend of the holidays.
Under 12 Blue and Green were valiant in defeat and provided many moments of positive footy which bodes well for the final 6 weeks of the
competitive season before finals. The game of the round was the Under 13s game against traditional powerhouse Aspley Hornets. This same
team defeated ATC Under 12 in the final last year, so the boys were keen to get one up on them this year. In a solid team performance in
howling westerlies, our ATC boys proved too strong winning the game by 4 points. This victory has rocketed our boys to the second place in
the division and a chance at the minor premiership. Well done lads!
Rugby and Football vs Scots College
Tomorrow (Friday 17 July) our 12A Rugby and 7A Football teams will be playing Scots College from Sydney. Scots are touring Brisbane and SE
QLD and we look forward to welcoming them to ATC. Games will be played on Jack Bowers at 12.45pm followed by a BBQ for players. All
spectators are welcome.
State Selection—Rugby League
Congratulations to Ezra Mam who has been selected in the QLD Under 12 Rugby League team which will travel to Darwin to compete in the
National Championships in August. This is an outstanding achievement and we look forward to hearing how the carnival goes!
Warriors go Brach!
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Athletic Performance Coordinator — Mr Luke Donatini
Mr Donatini is away at the World Youth Athletics Championships in Columbia coaching one of his long
jumpers and has enjoyed spending time with Carl Lewis in Houston developing his coaching skills and
knowledge. We wish Mr Donatini and Darcy the best of luck for this event! He will be back next Thursday
23 July.
Mr Donatini showing Carl Lewis how to use SEQTA and working with him coaching at Houston University
ATHLETICS TRAINING
Sessions below from boys selected in the ATC Team attending WTB trials for next week.
Please be aware that Athletics training will begin for all interested students in Week 3 as per the timetable at the
bottom of the newsletter.
Rugby Union
After a change in scheduling of draws for this weekend, we will be running a rugby skills clinic for all players. Like our Football
Festival which launched our soccer season, this is a great opportunity to run a skills clinic to work on position specific and unit
skills as well as our target areas of Catch and Pass, Track and Tackle, Dominant Ball Carry, Continuity, Attack, Defence, Unit
Work and Game Sense..
All players are to be at ATC at 8.15am on Saturday morning wearing ATC rugby uniform with boots, mouthguard and a water
bottle ready to train. We would also like boys to bring another shirt or jersey other than their ATC jersey so we can play games at
the end if time permits.
Parents are welcome to drop their sons off and collect them at 10.30am or to stay around to watch the boys train.
Next Saturday we are looking forward to a great round of games against Nudgee College at Nudgee College to open our season.
Basketball
Trials were held for basketball teams yesterday afternoon and boys have been notified via email of the teams that they have
been placed into. We have also placed a list on the Sports Noticeboard outside the Sport and Activities Office and on the external wall of Mr Stewart’s office. Training times, coaches and games times for our trial games against Moreton Bay College are
below. Boys are to arrive at the venue 30 minutes prior to the game.
Team
Coach / Manager
Training Time
Round 1 vs MBBC
5/6A
Mr John Dean
Monday 7.00am to 8.00am,
Friday 1.30pm to 2.45pm
Brigidine College*
5/6B
Ms Kaila Gabriel /
Mrs Lisa Holahan
Monday 7.00am to 8.00am,
Friday 1.30pm to 2.45pm
7/8B
Mr Mark Watson
Monday 3.15pm to 4.30pm.
Wednesday 3.15pm to 4.30pm
7/8A
Mrs Fee Hannan
Monday 3.15pm to 4.30pm.
Wednesday 3.15pm to 4.30pm
Friday 17 July 5.15pm
Brigidine College*
Friday 17 July 4.15pm
MBBC**
MBBC**
Boys are to wear ATC Basketball Shorts and ATC Sport Socks which can be purchased from Gentleman Junior and will be provided with a jersey
to wear during games. Boys are to wear their ATC PE shirt to games. Training will be held on the ATC Courts. In the event of rain, training will
be moved to a covered area or classroom.
*Brigidine College—Fairley St, Indooroopilly—access to hall is via the pool entrance
**Moreton Bay Boys College—302 Manly Rd, Manly West. MBBC Hall is located at the front of the school next to the car park.
AFL Admin and Integrity Officer—Mrs Fiona Kearney
Footy is back on after a well earned break. Both Youth and Junior teams have games this weekend. Excepting the Under 11’s
who have a BYE.
Over the holidays we held our first ATC AFL camp. 48 boys attended over 2 days and enjoyed a variety of activities including
some athletic testing such as the vertical leap test, the beep test ,as well as filming each boy kicking off right and left boot. We
had the honour of Anthony Corrie (a former professional Australian Rules footballer with a 56 game AFL career ) visit and
spend some times in analysing each boys kick , offering valuable feedback for each and every player.
At all times the boys showed great enthusiasm for each and every activity , this included the feeding frenzy at lunch time.
I would like to thank Chris Hoskin, Tim Sparkman and Ben Allen -Anken for their efforts in planning and conducting the camp.
Thanks also to Matthew Snare and Shain Dunkinson who assisted over the two days. A final thanks goes to Justin Hoskin
( Nephew of Chris) for his guest appearance on the second day, a former Port Power rookie who spent much of his time with
the boys and was a great role model of what they can aspire to if they stick at their football.
Final thanks goes to our footballers who displayed respect for their coaches and a willingness to engage throughout the 2 days
Results
Last weekend the Youth teams returned to play.
Both 12 Greens and 12 Blue showed great courage and determination but were unable to secure a win.
The Under 13s however showed a return to form to defeat an upset Aspley.
Wynnum def 12 Greens –14.15-99/1.0-6
Sherwood def 12 Blues-7.8-50/4.2-26
ATC def Aspley-4.0-24/3.2/20
Youth teams now have 5 more games left to play before the finals series begins. This is when it gets really exciting.
The Weeks Ahead
Under 9’s
Please arrive 30 mins prior
17th July FRI
25th July SAT
31st July FRI
Under 10’s
ATC vs Sherwood Black@ Home– 6.00 pm
ATC Vs Kenmore Gold @ Kenmore -10.00 am
ATC Vs Jindalee Blue @ Home– 6.00 pm
Please arrive 30 mins prior
18th July SAT
ATC vs Moggill @ Moggill– 9am
24th July FRI
ATC vs Kenmore Gold @ Home. 6.00pm
1st Aug FRI
ATC Vs JIndalee @ JIndalee– 11.00am
Under 11’s
Please arrive 45 mins prior
18th July Sat
25th July Sat
BYE
ATC vs Jindalee @ Jindalee. 12 noon
31st July FRI
ATC vs Calamvale @ Home. 7 pm
Under 12 Greens
19th July FRI
26th July FRI
12th July Sun
Under 12 Blues
19th July FRI
24th July FRI
31st July Sun
Under 13’s
Please arrive 60 mins prior
ATC Vs Mt Gravatt @ Mt Gravatt. 9.00am
ATC Vs Ipswich @ Ipswich– 9
ATC Vs Wynnum @ Wynnum. 10 30am
Please arrive 60 mins prior
ATC Vs Calamvale @ Calamvale. 6.30 pm– WHITE SHORTS
ATC Vs Wests @ Home– 7.00 pm– BLUE SHORTS
ATC Vs Sandgate@ Sandgate. 6 30pm– WHITE SHORTS
Please arrive 60 mins prior
17th July Fri
24th July. FRI
31st July Fri
ATC Vs Kenmore @ Home - 7 .00pm– BLUE SHORTS
ATC Vs Sandgate @ Sandgate– 8 .00pm– WHITE SHORTS
ATC Vs Zillmere @ Home - 8 .00pm– BLUE SHORTS
A Final Congratulations
Congratulations are long overdue to the Team Captains nominated for the Youth Teams.
Under 13’s—Co Captains: Tom Newell & Darcy Watt
Under 12 Greens– Captain: Alexander Larcom /Vice Captain: James Ellis
Under 12 Blues– Captain: Ryan Forrester/ Co Vice Captains: Sammy Moss & Tom Kearney
These boys have shown great leadership and demonstrated the qualities of the Irish Warrior– using their head , hands and
heart to lead their team on and off the field. Well Done.
Club BBQ
Tuesday 21st August will be our next Club BBQ—the Under 12’s are running this one so it would be great to get some volunteers
to help run the BBQ . All the supplies will be there ready to go. For those of you still to contribute the $ 5 , please hand this to
your manager this weekend or directly to me next Tuesday afternoon. The boys certainly enjoyed having a sausage and a drink
after training.
Please email me any further questions you may have regarding AFL. [email protected]
See you at the footy
Aquatics Coordinator—Mr Paul Jones
COLD WEATHER COMMITMENT—HEATED POOL—NO PROBLEMS
The cold weather has come out to greet us for the first week of term 3 swimming but I have been very impressed with the number of swimmers who have come out into the cold conditions to be involved in swimming for this term. The swimmers are busy preparing for the
first meets of the year. We have a number of winter competitions during the next 8 weeks and then we will quickly move into the summer competition period. Term 3 is the time to start
some swimming sessions if you are thinking of competing this
summer.
The Ambrose Treacy Swimming Club is operating and taking
memberships throughout this term. If you are interested in joining the swimming club, contact us at [email protected] .
There are pathways within swimming club for recreational and
competitive swimmers. Hope to see you getting involved.
The term 3 ‘learn to swim’ program has started this week in our warm heated pool. There are still some
vacancies in lessons. If you are interested in getting a head start on the summer rush, then contact us on
[email protected] .
ADULT SQUADS—It is never too late to become a swimming adult. It is a great way to keep fit without the
impact of other activities. We have programs to suit all levels of swimmers from ‘tadpoles’ through to
‘sharks’. We cater for all standards of swimmers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9am.
Come along and participate in a trial session and see how you go.