Sport at 水果派AV
Our Goals
The 水果派AV Sports Program aims to integrate student activity wherever possible. This includes Senior 水果派AV students coaching younger聽students and alumni being employed as sports coaches. Peer group leaders are also encouraged to run sporting events and actively take lead roles in gala days and swimming and athletic carnivals. Sports at 水果派AV has four core objectives:
- Providing a pathway for students to excel
- Building community spirit
- Increasing awareness and enjoyment of physical activity
- Glorifying God in our collective efforts
Senior Sport
Representative Sports
水果派AV is a member of the Christian 水果派AVs Sports Association (CSSA), a state-based association that encompasses over 80 schools. Students who are in the first few places at swimming, athletics and cross country events represent 水果派AV at the CSSA Zone and possibly State level.
水果派AV also regularly enters teams in CSSA Zone and State Gala Days and competitions for other sports, including soccer, netball, touch football, Oz Tag and cricket.
水果派AV is a member of Combined Independent 水果派AVs (CIS). This organisation allows students to be selected in State and National sporting teams. Students who achieve high placings at a CSSA State Carnival go on to compete at CIS level.
Click here for a sample representative sport calendar.
Recreational Sports
Students in Years 7-10 participate in a weekly Recreational Sports program that offers a broad range of activities to promote a lifelong enjoyment of physical activity and an overall value for health while developing core values of teamwork, respect, communication, discipline, and integrity. The programs are run by a combination of staff members, external providers, and Alumni coaches. We seek to provide students with unique sporting experiences by partnering with local organisations and sporting clubs to maximise opportunities in Surfing, Fencing, Lawn Bowls and more. Click here to see a sample program.
Junior Sport
Representative Sports
Junior students have the opportunity to compete in regional and national representative competitions through (Independent Primary 水果派AV Heads of Australia). Click here for a sample program.
Recreational Sports
Throughout the year, Junior students can opt-in to a variety of rec sports. At times, these are combined activities with other Independent 水果派AVs or are activities provided by external specialists. Example sports include sailing, basketball, tennis, swimming, soccer and cricket.
Representative Sport Pathway
Junior 水果派AV Pathway
Senior 水果派AV Pathway
Training & Development
水果派AV utilises qualified sports coaches and teachers to work with our sports teams in preparation for representative sport. Training and development squads play a significant role in developing team spirit, allowing students to acquire new
skills, sharpen existing ones and enhance performance. Participation in development squads is also open to students not yet competing at representative level who wish to further their skills.
The focus this year is developing squads for those CSSA sports in which 水果派AV competes. Training primarily occurs before school from 7:00am-7:50am.
Other competitive teams for both girls and boys take part in inter-school or Gala Day competitions in the following sports: Hockey, Tennis, Oztag, Touch Football, Volleyball, Softball and Triathlon.
Elite Sport Support
水果派AV has a proud tradition of supporting elite student athletes. In order to receive support of this sort, students must be selected for school representative sport at the聽,听,听NSW 水果派AVs and Australian Nationals levels.
Financial support is available through an application process, to elite athletes involved in representative competitions to assist with costs such as travel.
Annual Sports Awards
水果派AV is proud to celebrate the achievements of its athletes. Each year an Annual Sports Awards presentation evening recognisse the hard work and accomplishments of students across a range of representative sports. In 2023 we were fortunate to host 5-time World Triathlon Champion and 12-time Australian Triathlon Champion, Craig Alexander OAM who spoke on ‘Lessons learnt in Sport’.
