INSIDE PADUA SPORT Term 2, 2017 CARE FOR SELF, TEAM MATES AND GOALS Social psychologist Jenny Williams says care for self, team mates and goals is the key to high performance, and sport should be fun. People work hard when they love what they re doing, she added. High performance coach Leigh Russell says if two similarly conditioned teams compete, it will be how they use what is above the shoulders that gives one the edge over the other. We now know you can train the brain as well as you can train any other system in the body, she told The New Daily. I do wonder what might be the result if we also had full-time mind coaches, helping coaches to create better teams. Executive coach Ross Bell says there is a paradigm change opportunity here and sport has barely scraped the surface of performance psychology. Like the 19th century was defined by the industrial revolution, and the 20th century by the technological revolution, I believe the 21st century will be defined by the human revolution, he told The New Daily. He added that the challenge is exploring group dynamics with young players and coaches lacking much life experience beyond football. High performance strategist George Norris agrees. These days coaches must be a PR expert, a psychologist, an advertiser and, above all, a people manager, he told The New Daily. He says modern coaches need business experience, like Don Pyke, who brings a lot of nous to his role as Adelaide Crows coach. Pyke twice left football to work in the real world. He ran and sold a business, and served as a West Coast board member. Pyke s calm assurance impresses Mr Norris, who is appalled at the spectacle of senior AFL coaches banging their fists and throwing water bottles around, evidence they lack the necessary emotional intelligence for the job. Ms Williams says elite coaches can benefit not just from exposure to businesses outside their sport, but by coaching kids, who give truthful feedback, harder to find amongst young men. On feedback: Heard mentality is a reality that has to be accepted and understood. On players from tough backgrounds: Help suffering people learn they ll play better. On leadership: Not every person is a leader, and not every person needs to be. On injuries: Players under mental stress suffer more soft tissue injuries. Perhaps more clubs should buy at the psychology shop? Scott Maguire Head of Sport
BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE As we start a new term and shift our sporting focus to rugby and soccer, it s important we continue to focus on the academic side of school life and not let it slide during the season. It can also be exciting to realise the positive effect physical activity has on academic performance and brain function. So for those of you who will be physically active in any capacity this term, ranging from school sport, PE/PALS classes and heading down to the gym or oval at lunch time you can be assured that your efforts are not only positively impacting your health physically but mentally as well. For those of you who are more academically inclined the following information may persuade you to be more physically active in order to compliment your study efforts and maximise your academic results. Physical activity can have both immediate and lasting benefits on academic performance and brain health. Almost immediately after engaging in moderate to high intensity physical activity students are more capable of concentrating in class which can enhance learning. Overtime improved physical fitness has been shown to improve academic performance in reading, writing and maths. There is a myriad of research from notable universities all around the world from Sydney to New York that highlights the need for students to participate in adequate amounts of physical activity throughout the day for positive health benefits physically and mentally. Evidence suggests that executive function and brain health underlie academic performance, with basic cognitive functions related to attention and memory facilitating learning. Across the board the studies repeatedly find that physical activity can have an extremely positive impact on these cognitive functions/performance, brain health, attitudes, concentration/attention and classroom behaviour. With one single bout of exercise shown to increase attention, memory and academic performance. Those however who regularly participate in medium to high intensity exercise benefiting the most. I m sure the above information will come as a pleasant surprise for the many boys who are regularly active now knowing that they are positively impacting their studies without realising. It will no doubt also enlighten, excite and encourage a few of the more academically focussed individuals who are not overly active that they can maximise their academic performance/ results by regularly partaking in physical activity. I look forward to seeing the regulars and hopefully a few new faces head down to the gym in the coming weeks keen to better themselves physically and mentally! Sam Toolis Head of Athletic Development
AIC Reports Rugby - Juniors The first round of AIC Rugby was fought hard and fair between the two rival schools. It was fantastic to see our Year 5 As record the first win against Ashgrove as our newest members to the competition. This rare feat against Marist came about from great defence and a strong scrum where our Paduan team won the first 6 scrums against the feed. Brock Dillion was among our best, and even better was is willingness to play a second game for the 6Bs straight after. Another win recorded by Padua was by our Year 8s. Jesse Kindley was great in both attack and defence in our Gold team while Lachlan Thompson enjoyed a fantastic debut in his first year of Rugby scoring from his second touch for the Bs. Although both our A and B teams went down, they showed great sportsmanship and aggression as they fought hard as teammates and as mates. The true story of the week was from another young Paduan who pulled on the brown and gold jersey for the first time. Young Hamish Lupi from Year 7 clearly embraced the Paduan spirit as he elected to stay in Brisbane to debut in the 7As. Having never played Rugby before, Hamish had a family function up in Cairns where, quite easily, he and his family, could have prioritised the weekend differently. Instead, Hamish elected to catch a plane later in the day and travelled up north on his own accord. So desperate to play for Padua against Ashgrove, Hamish certainly taught and showed us what it means to represent himself, his family, his friends and ultimately, Padua. We look forward to another week of training and especially Round 2 of AIC RUGBY. Player of the round: Brock Dillon (played both 5 As and a full game in the 6Bs and was close to their best too) Rugby - Senior Round 1 loomed with much anticipation as we faced one of our toughest opponents in Marist. Each team worked hard and were up for the challenge however the score didn t reflect the great effort of our players. This was displayed right from the first games with players from 9Gold backing up to play in the 9C match such as Ben Andrew and Brice Welburn. The day concluded with two very entertaining games of rugby in the 2nds and 1sts with both teams narrowly going down but never giving up. Some notable performers in the 2nds Harry Hunt and Cooper Miller who were both rewarded with field time in the 1sts game. Although not the result we were looking for a lot of positives were taken out of Saturday s match which will put is in good stead for Round 2 at Banyo v St. Edmund s. Congratulations to all the players for Round 1 and good luck this weekend. A big thank you to all coaches, support staff and supports for kicking of the AIC rugby season successfully.
Soccer Junior Our junior football teams kicked the AIC season off on a glorious autumn morning at Ashgrove last Saturday. The junior teams performed strongly winning 13 matches, drawing 2 and losing just 5. Credit should be given to our year 7 teams who showed fantastic character and spirit to continue to apply pressure to a quality opposition side. The attitude shown, even when behind, is something you should be proud of. The largest win of the day came from 5 White who bounced back after conceding an early goal to go into half time at 2-2. The boys came out firing in the second half and ran rampant scoring 7 unanswered goals to finish deserving 9-2 winners. Man of the match went to Corbin Connors who scored 2 goals as well as earning himself a number of assists. His effort also earned him junior footballer of the Week - Well done Corbin! Next week we are away to St Edmunds College. We will need to train hard throughout the week and continue to play aggressive football to ensure we come away with our share of the wins. I look forward to seeing all of our teams in action again this weekend. Soccer - Senior Round one against Ashgrove was a tough one for Padua Football. Although we played hard right to the final whistle, there were more losses than wins. On quite a few occasions our teams were simply outclassed by fitter and more skilful Ashgrove teams. Clearly, we have a lot of work to do to close the gap. Our first XI were very unlucky to come away without any points on Saturday. They played strongly for most of the match with those who saw the game saying we were the better team. This was reflected on the scoreboard for most of the match with Padua leading 3-2 with 3 minutes remaining. However, in football it the number of goals that counts at the end of the game. Conceding 2 goals in the last 3 minutes was certainly hard to take for the players who had toiled hard to build the lead. Our performance certainly showed that we are competitive and are still in the race for the title. There were several excellent wins from Padua teams. 9 White won 3-1 with Michael Miles scoring hat trick and the 10Cs kept a clean sheet while scoring 2 goals. The year 10 Gold team had the biggest win of the day winning 7-1 with Nicholas Fox scoring 5 goals. Nicholas is a deserving winner of our Senior player of the week for his efforts. Well done Nicholas. This week we play at home again against St Edmunds. Our teams will train hard this week and I expect greater success this weekend. I look forward to seeing all the players, coaches and supporters out at Banyo this Saturday.
Chess The much-anticipated match to begin our 2017 season was against our greatest rival, Ashgrove. With some close games over previous years, this round was sure to be no different. As with many competitions the final score sheet only tells part of the story. This round against Ashgrove is one of those occasions. Walking around watching each game, the boys shows perseverance by not giving up and fighting to the end against a stronger opponent. The highlight from the Junior s came from Matthew Martin in his first round. He showed how staying calm and having a level head, a player can turn around their position on the chess board to defeating their opponent. Matthew did this by making simple moves to better his overall position and adjusting his game to counteract his opponents advances as necessary. Dominic Cutajar s chess game has been improving each year since he started playing Chess at Padua. Dominic was the only intermediate player to win both round against Ashgrove. With more consistency, we will start seeing results in this division go our way. The Seniors are our strongest team in this AIC Competition. The Senior A s has a convincing win, while our Senior B s where unlucky in the second round of play. William Spicer and Lachlan McCall both won each round and it was good to see Lachlan doing this with only one Queen. A special thank you must go to Mr O Brien who arrange the catering for the night. By the end of the evening the results showed: - Opens lost 7 points to 9 - Senior A won 12 points to 4 - Senior B lost 5 points to 11 - Intermediate A draw 8 points to 8 - Intermediate B lost 4 points to 12 - Junior A lost 2 points to 14 - Junior B lost 2 points to 14 Check Mate
AIC Results Rugby TEAM OPP RESULT SCORE BEST PLAYER/S 1 ST ASH LOSS ASH 18 d PAD 10 Harrison Fox 2 ND ASH LOSS ASH 12 d PAD 7 Harry Hunt 3 RD ASH LOSS ASH 14 d PAD 7 Chandler Jackson 4 TH ASH 5 th LOSS ASH 37 d PAD 15 Kyle Trickey 16A ASH LOSS ASH 22 d PAD 0 Eamon Quinn-O Connor 16B ASH LOSS ASH 40 d PAD 0 Tom Fletcher 10A ASH LOSS ASH 39 d PAD 0 Cooper Murray 10B ASH LOSS ASH 32 d PAD 5 Lachlan McKenzie 9A ASH LOSS ASH 17 d PAD 14 Kyle Schramm 9B ASH LOSS ASH 37 d PAD 17 Aiden Pascoe 9C ASH LOSS ASH 47 d PAD 7 Brice Welburn 9GOLD ASH WHITE LOSS ASH 22 d PAD 19 Ben Andrew 8A ASH LOSS ASH 24 d PAD 7 Leighton Whippy 8B ASH LOSS ASH 29 d PAD 17 Lachlan Thompson 8C ASH LOSS ASH 54 d PAD 0 Sam Higgins 8GOLD ASH WHITE WON PAD 17 d ASH 12 Jesse Kindley 7A ASH LOSS ASH 32 d PAD 12 Jai Creed 7B ASH LOSS ASH 55 d PAD 0 Bailey Fletcher 7C ASH LOSS ASH 42 d PAD 0 Addison McDonnell 6A ASH LOSS ASH 27 d PAD 7 Mitchell Rogers 6B ASH LOSS ASH 26 d PAD 0 Darcy Hoey 6C ASH LOSS ASH 45 d PAD 5 Riley Hatchman 5A ASH WON PAD 12 d ASH 7 Brock Dillon 5B ASH LOSS ASH 41 d PAD 5 Sam Piddington 5C ASH LOSS ASH 50 d PAD 0 Hudson Jenkins 5GOLD ASH LOSS ASH 43 d PAD 5 Thomas Fitzsimon Senior player of the week is Ben Andrew Junior player of the week is Brock Dillon
Soccer TEAM OPP RESULT SCORE BEST PLAYER/S 1 ST ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 3 Corey Salvati 2 ND ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 1 Justin Park 3 RD ASH LOSS ASH 1 d PAD 0 Jake Brazel 4 TH ASH LOSS ASH 6 d PAD 0 Takeji Ikeda 5 th ASH LOSS ASH 3 d PAD 0 George Prowse 6 th ASH LOSS ASH 3 d PAD 1 Karthik Ramasubramani 7 th ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 3 Jacob Pelusi 10A ASH LOSS ASH 7 d PAD 0 Oscar Bergman 10B ASH LOSS ASH 2 d PAD 0 Matt Bishop 10C ASH WON PAD 2 d ASH 0 Ben Ham 10GOLD ASH WON PAD 7 d ASH 1 Nick Fox 9A ASH LOSS ASH 3 d PAD 0 Cooper Harris 9B ASH LOSS ASH 5 d PAD 0 Jared Cupo 9C ASH LOSS ASH 7 d PAD 2 Oscar Dalton 9GOLD ASH 9E DRAW PAD 2 / ASH 2 Isaac Cox 9WHITE VILLA 9D WON PAD d VILLA 1 Michael Miles 8A ASH WON PAD 3 d ASH 1 Will Purcell 8B ASH WON PAD 3 d ASH 1 Damon Evans 8C ASH WON PAD 3 d ASH 0 Aiden Byrne 8GOLD ASH 7D WON PAD 3 d ASH 2 Cooper Wilson 8WHITE ASH 7E LOSS ASH 2 d PAD 1 Saahil Maharaj 7A ASH LOSS ASH 13 d PAD 0 Massimo Tortoriello 7B ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 1 Oskar Weinert 7C ASH WON PAD 3 d ASH 1 Clement Lazzerini 7GOLD ASH 7D LOSS ASH 8 d PAD 0 Timothy Nelson 7WHITE ASH 7E LOSS ASH 6 d PAD 0 Leonardo Hills 6A ASH DRAW PAD 2 / ASH 2 Sam Peterson 6B ASH WON PAD 2 d ASH 1 Alex Finney 6C ASH WON PAD 4 d ASH 1 Josh Khan 6GOLD SLC 6C LOSS SLC 5 d PAD 1 Michael Alifokai 6WHITE ASH 6D DRAW PAD 1 / ASH 1 Michael Cosgrave 5A ASH WON PAD 4 d ASH 2 Lucas De Bonis 5B ASH LOSS ASH 2 d PAD 1 Mathew Rooney 5C ASH WON PAD 4 d ASH 0 Max Alchin 5GOLD ASH WON PAD 3 d ASH 2 Henry Ainsworth 5WHITE ASH WON PAD 9 d ASH 2 Corbin Connors Senior player of the week is Nicholas Fox Junior player of the week is Corbin Connors
Chess TEAM RESULTS PADUA ASHGROVE 1 st IV LOSS 7 9 Senior A WON 12 4 Senior B LOSS 5 11 Intermediate A DRAW 8 8 Intermediate B LOSS 4 12 Junior A LOSS 2 14 Junior B LOSS 2 14 Senior player of the week is Lachlan McCall Intermediate player of the week is Dominic Cutajar Junior player of the week is Matthew Martin Player of the Round is William Spicer
Round 2 RUGBY PADUA v ST EDMUNDS Saturday, 6 May 2017 All Players to arrive at least 45 minutes before starting time. Correct uniform: Padua rugby jersey, Padua rugby white shorts and Padua rugby socks. Mouth guards and headgear are highly recommended for all players taking the field. TEAM OPP VENUE FIELD TIME 1 ST SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 2.15pm 2 ND SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 1.00pm 3 RD SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 3 12.00pm 4 TH SLC 4 TH Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 3 11.00am 16A SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 2 1.00pm 16B ASH 16D Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 2 12.00pm 10A SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 12.00pm 10B SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 2 11.00am 9A SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 11.00am 9B SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 10.00am 9C SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 2 9.00am 9GOLD BYE 8A SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church Street, Tivoli Field 1 10:30am 8B SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church Street, Tivoli Field 1 9:30am 8C ASH 8D Mt Maria Playing Fields. Mott St, Enoggera Field 2 9.00am 8GOLD ASH 8F Mt Maria Playing Fields. Mott St, Enoggera Field 2 8.00am 7A SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church Street, Tivoli Field 4 10:30am 7B SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church Street, Tivoli Field 4 9:30am 7C SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church Street, Tivoli Field 4 8:30am 6A PAD 6B Padua College, 222 Elliot Road Banyo Banyo 1 9.00am 6B PAD 6A Padua College, 222 Elliot Road Banyo Banyo 1 9.00am 6C VILLA 6C Padua College, 222 Elliot Rd Banyo Banyo 2 8.00am 5A PAD 5B Padua College, 222 Elliot Rd Banyo Banyo 3 9.00am 5B PAD 5A Padua College, 222 Elliot Rd Banyo Banyo 3 9.00am 5C ASH 5E Padua College, 222 Elliot Rd Banyo Banyo 3 8.00am 5GOLD BYE
Round 2 FOOTBALL PADUA v ST EDMUNDS Saturday, 6 May 2017 All Players to arrive at least 45 minutes before starting time. Correct uniform: Padua football jersey, Padua football shorts and Padua football socks. Shin pads are highly recommended. TEAM OPP VENUE FIELD TIME 1 ST SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 12.15pm 2 ND SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 11.00am 3 RD SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 11.15am 4 TH SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 12.15pm 5 th SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 1.15pm 6 th VILLA 7 th Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 12.15pm 7 th SLC 7 th Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 1.15pm 10A SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 9.45am 10B SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 8.15am 10C SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 10.15am 10GOLD SLC 10GOLD Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 11.15am 9A SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 8.30am 9B SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 9.15am 9C SLC 9D Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 10.15am 9GOLD IONA 9E Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 9.15am 9WHITE VILLA 9E Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 8.15am 8A SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 3 8.30am 8B SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 3 9.30am 8C SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 3 10.30am 8GOLD SLC 8WHITE SLC Playing Fields Nathan RD Runcorn Field 8 9.00am 8WHITE BYE 7A SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 2 8.30am 7B SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 2 9.30am 7C SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 2 10.30am 7GOLD SEC Tivoli Sporting Complex, Church St Tivoli Field 2 11.30am 7WHITE SLC 7BLUE SLC Playing Fields Nathan RD Runcorn Field 8 8.00am
TEAM OPP VENUE FIELD TIME 6A ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers East 7.30am 6B ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers East 8.20am 6C ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers East 9.10am 6GOLD 6WHITE SPC 6C BYE SPC Playing Fields, Curlew Park, Curlew Street, Sandgate P&F Oval 7.30am 5A ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers West No.1 7:30am 5B ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers West No.2 7:30am 5C ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers West No.1 8:20am 5GOLD ATC ATC Kate Street, Indooroopilly Jack Bowers West No.2 8:20am 5WHITE BYE
Round 2 Chess PADUA v ST EDMUNDS Friday, 5 May 2017 Venue: Uniform: Padua College, La Cordelle, 80 Turner Road, Kedron Students must wear full College uniform including tie Competition commences at 4.00pm Competition concludes at approximately 6.00pm TEAMS 1 st IV Senior A Senior B Intermediate A Intermediate B Junior A Junior B