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

1ST ASH LOSS ASH 18 d PAD 10 Harrison Fox

2ND ASH LOSS ASH 12 d PAD 7 Harry Hunt

3RD ASH LOSS ASH 14 d PAD 7 Chandler Jackson

4TH ASH 5th 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

1ST ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 3 Corey Salvati

2ND ASH LOSS ASH 4 d PAD 1 Justin Park

3RD ASH LOSS ASH 1 d PAD 0 Jake Brazel

4TH ASH LOSS ASH 6 d PAD 0 Takeji Ikeda

5th ASH LOSS ASH 3 d PAD 0 George Prowse

6th ASH LOSS ASH 3 d PAD 1 Karthik Ramasubramani

7th 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

1st 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

1ST SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 2.15pm

2ND SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 1 1.00pm

3RD SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Banyo 3 12.00pm

4TH SLC 4TH 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

1ST SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 12.15pm

2ND SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 1 11.00am

3RD SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 11.15am

4TH SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 12.15pm

5th SEC Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 2 1.15pm

6th VILLA 7th Padua College, 222 Elliot Road, Banyo Football 3 12.15pm

7th SLC 7th 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 SPC 6C SPC Playing Fields, Curlew Park, Curlew

Street, Sandgate P&F Oval 7.30am

6WHITE BYE

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: Padua College, La Cordelle, 80 Turner Road, Kedron

Uniform: Students must wear full College uniform including tie

✓ Competition commences at 4.00pm

✓ Competition concludes at approximately 6.00pm

TEAMS

1st IV

Senior A

Senior B

Intermediate A

Intermediate B

Junior A

Junior B