St Bernard’s Swimming Carnival 2025

St Bernard’s held its annual Swimming Carnival last Friday 14 February. Firstly, a big thank you to the staff and a huge number of parents and family, for helping us run our day so smoothly. Students competed in age groups from 8 years to 13 years and it was a fantastic day full of fun, laughter and so much encouragement. All students who participated in the 50 metre races and 25 metre Novelty events received points in the House competition. Congratulations to our Year 6 leaders on their first carnival of the year we are grateful to our House Captains and all our Year 6 students.

Lourdes- Evie P and Taj P

MacKillop- Indiana A and Harper B

Clairvaux- Ollie L and Evie P

Tenison- Ethan S and Levi T

Our winning house for 2025 was Lourdes taking out the trophy narrowly from MacKillop, Clairvaux and Tenison. Congratulations to all the students who contributed to the points trophy through their amazing participation. The enthusiasm of the novelty events and the team relay truly showed the St Bernard’s spirit.

Age champion medallions were awarded to the best swimmers in each category:

Junior Champion- Annabelle T Runner up Astrid B

Junior Champion- Raph C Runner up James P

11yr Champion- Beatrix F Runner up Lucy B

11yr Champion- Harlo P Runner Up Lucas V- D S

Senior Champion- Indiana A Runner up Eva H

Senior Champion- Taj Pl Runner up Isaac R

Congratulations to the students who were selected to represent St Bernard’s at the Southern Region Carnival on Thursday 20 February:

Sally S, Lola R, Polly B, Lyla T,Hendrix P, Vander C, Elijah D, Cali Z, Ella A, Hudson A, Jacob B, Lebron C, James W, Annabelle T, Astrid B, Yana K, Winter W, Caitlyn P,

Raph C, Toby S, James P, Beatrix F, Charlie M, Remi F, Lucy B, Sarah S, Piper B, Brooklen S, Harlo P, Lucas V ,Remi C, Nicholas E, Indi A, Eva H, Evie P, Willow B,

Mia B, Charlotte F, Lilly G, Taj P, Isaac R, Ethan S, Liam C, Jace T.

MacKillop Tennis Championships

This Friday, we have four students playing for the Canberra Goulburn team at the MacKillop Tennis Championships in Sydney. Indiana A, Lucy B, Beatrix F and Xavier L will be playing against the best students from Catholic Schools in NSW. We are very proud of your achievements and wish you all the best in competition.

NSW PSSA Cricket Championships

This week Georgina W has been playing at the NSW Cricket Championships. This very talented cricketer has topped the scoring for the NSW Catholic team over a number of days. Her superb batting has helped her team to victory against NSW public and independent schools. Congratulations on such a great achievement.

If your child would like to participate in Representative Sport please check out the Canberra Goulburn sport website which outlines how to register your interest. https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations

Have a wonderful week.

Angela Holmes