Congratulations to Jayden Redfern in Year 8 who has progressed to the NSW Semi-Final of the 2019 Voice Competition (public speaking). The competition has two parts, the first is a prepared speech outlining a solution of a world problem and the second is Question Time where impromptu questions are posed by the Judging Panel regarding the participant's speech.  We wish Jayden well in the upcoming competition.

We have a new World Champion at the College! Congratulations to James Norman in Year 11 who returned from the recent World Weightlifting Championships as World Champion for his weight division in squat, deadlift and bench press.  An outstanding achievement James.

Congratulations to Owen Flaherty in Year 10 and Sandon Smith in Year 11 who have both been selected in Australian Touch Football Teams.  Owen was selected in the Under 18 boys team and Sandon was selected in the Under 18 mixed team.  They will both play in the Youth Trans-Tasman Series in Newcastle in January 2020.  We wish them both luck in the upcoming series.

Congratulations to Tahj Werner in Year 8 who was part of the Newcastle All Stars A team who won the National Indigenous Soccer Tournament.  Tahj is also part of the Australian team.  Well done, a great achievement Tahj. [embed]https://footballnsw.com.au/2019/11/01/goals-galore-as-national-indigenous-football-championships-soar/?fbclid=IwAR3KhnKu2qeTF2HFJRZn-EOLzzDHMJBkQKI6Fs2OV6GyNtOkLHhV-QHI-5o[/embed]  

Congratulations to Jack Roberts, in Year 8, who recently played in the Swans Academy team at the AFL Joss State Trials in Albury during the recent school holidays.  A great achievement Jack.

Congratulations to Callum Sutton in Year 12 who represented St Edward's College at the 2019 NSW All Schools Athletics Championships in the Under 19's Discus. Callum was successful in coming first and winning the gold medal with a throw of 42.07 m with the 1.75 kg discus.  An outstanding achievement Callum and we wish you well in your future sporting endeavours.  

Congratulations to Cooper Donnelly in Year 11, who recently competed in the NSW Novice State Boxing Championships.  Cooper won the competition taking out the title of Under 19 NSW Novice Boxing Champion. A great achievement Cooper, we wish you well in future boxing events.

Congratulations to Kai Darwin in Year 11, who has been awarded the NSW Youth Surf Lifesaver of the Year, one of the most prestigious awards in NSW Surf Lifesaving.  As well as doing many voluntary patrol hours, Kai is also dedicated to teaching primary school aged children surf safety.  Below is Kai's recent interview on NBN. [embed]https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2019/09/01/central-coast-newcastle-clean-up-at-sls-nsw-awards/[/embed]

Congratulations to Daniel McLoughlin in Year 9 who recently competed at the 2019 NSW State Short Course Swimming Championships at SOPAC. He had an outstanding meet with personal bests including three outstanding performances - placing 2nd in 200 m Butterfly, 3rd in 100 m Butterfly and 3rd in 100 m Backstroke. As a result of his outstanding performance, Daniel was selected on the 2019 Swimming NSW State Team. The State Teams Championships will be held in Canberra at the AIS in October. An outstanding accomplishment for a very talented young sportsman, we wish Daniel well in the upcoming competition.

Congratulations to Seth Armstrong, Archie Hamilton and Nathaniel Simpson in Mr Gentle's Year 7 PDHPE class who produced an outstanding video assignment focusing on the effects of screen time. The class have been working on the Big 6 Health Behaviours:  diet, physical activity, sleep, screen time, alcohol and tobacco.  Outstanding work boys. [embed]https://youtu.be/w5VeOMlAibY[/embed]