St Mary's provides students with a wide variety of sporting opportunities through involvement in Sporting tours, Interschool competitions, College sporting carnivals, weekly sports lessons and providing district & regional sporting pathways.
Whether your child is a beginner, an elite athlete or loves being a part of a team, your child will greatly benefit from our extensive sports program, which encourages participation, team commitment, fitness, performance development and fun.
St Mary's offers our students several Sporting Tours, all of which are the most prestigious competitions within that sport at a school level.
These are:
Students must undergo a rigorous selection process to be involved and partake in months of training before the event. To be selected is an honour, and we are proud of our students who represent our College on our Sporting Tours.
St Mary's is Cairns' only secondary college currently competing in QISSN. QISSN is an invitation-only, state-wide Netball competition. It is a privilege and the pinnacle of our Netball program, which began in 2000, to be involved in such an elite competition. It gives our students insight, exposure to Professional Netball, and connections to elite representative pathways.
Established in 2013, St Mary's offers a high-quality touch football program that reflects the opportunity to students. Our College competes in:
The Confraternity Rugby League competition is a state-wide, invitation-only Rugby League competition for Catholic Schools. It is the most prestigious competition, with past competitors including NRL players such as Michael Morgan and Johnathon Thurston. Our involvement provides our student's insight and exposure to high-quality Rugby League and connections to elite representative pathways.
The Gold Coast Marathon is the most prestigious road race in Australia. It exposes our students to a high-level racing experience not available in FNQ. Students from our Run Squad are selected to attend. The event attracts Olympic and Commonwealth Champions, who provide excellent inspiration and role modelling for our students regarding health, fitness, discipline, and wellbeing.
St Mary's has a well–established Run Squad program which enables students of all running abilities and ages to set challenging goals show discipline in achieving these, and nurture their health and fitness. These are all crucial wellbeing tools that students will need well beyond their high school years.
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Each year there are three Whole School events that all students are expected to attend:
Our College Sporting Carnivals value competition within an inclusive environment. Students can earn points for their House through competitive and participation events, thus allowing all students the opportunity to contribute and take part.
In addition to our curriculum HPE, our College provides students with a weekly sports lesson. Students have the opportunity to participate in various sports and activities while at the same time developing healthy habits for the future.
Our College competes in JSS (Junior Secondary Sport) and CISSA (Cairns Interschool Secondary Sporting Association) competitions. JSS & CISSA are an interschool competition across ten sports in our weekly sports lesson. These are AFL, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Netball, Boys Touch Football, Girls Touch Football, Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball.
St Mary's is affiliated with Trinity Coast South (TCS) and Peninsula School Sport, allowing students to pursue a representative sporting pathway through the school system.
To enquire how your student can be involved in any of St Mary's sporting opportunities, email smw.office@cns.catholic.edu.au
St Mary’s Catholic College Touch Football Program is proud to be endorsed by Touch Football Australia (TFA). St Mary’s offers a high-quality touch football program that provides students with opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills through player and referee pathways. By participating in Interschool, Regional and State Competitions we look forward to seeing our students grow and develop at the school, local and high-performance level. To enquire about how your student can be involved in the St Mary’s Touch Football Program, please email smw.office@cns.catholic.edu.au.
We acknowledge the First Nations peoples of Australia, the Traditional Custodians of the land , seas, skies, and waterways that we reside, work, travel and meet.
We acknowledge that the land on which our College is built belongs to the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji peoples.
We pay our respect to First Nations Elders past, present, and emerging, and support the Uluru Statement From The Heart. We acknowledge that the land, seas, skies, and waterways of Australia were, are and always will be, that of the First Nations peoples.
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