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Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6103 0777

Address: 100 Maitland St, Hackett 2602 Canberra, ACT, Australia

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25.01.2022 Stage 3.1 Still No Spectators Please It is great news that restrictions are easing across some aspects of life, however we have checked in with the Education Directorate and 3.1 does not change the interschool sport conditions of 100 people maximum at SSACT events. Therefore we ask, as we head into the second week of our Secondary events, that parents continue their cooperation and compliance with the requirement to drop off and pick up from the venue car park and not stay as a spectator. Many Thanks

24.01.2022 Regional Results Week 9 Term 2 Weren't we lucky squeezing in the 12&U and 13&O ACT Cross Country Championships on Wednesday before the heavy rain and ACT Sportsground closures came into affect? Cold conditions for our Cross Country runners, but all did their very best, and some achieving outstanding results. A big thank you to our AACT volunteer support crew who did an amazing job across the 8 SSACT Cross Country events - we are very lucky to have their assistance. Full resul...ts can be found on the Cross Country page of the website. Today saw the conclusion of our Secondary Volleyball program also with the ACT Championships conducted at the National Hockey Centre. Watching students play at this level is always entertaining - many of the finals games went to 3 sets taking it down to the wire for a result. Congratulations to all students who represented their schools admirably, and thank you to Event Coordinator Darren and for the support from Volleyball ACT. Final Results 7/8 Girls ACT Champions - Telopea Park School Runners Up - Merici College 9/10 Girls ACT Champions - Canberra HS Runners Up - Campbell HS 7/8 Boys ACT Champions - Lyneham HS Runners Up - Canberra HS 9/10 Boys ACT Champions - Lyneham HS Runners Up - Campbell HS See more

24.01.2022 SSACT 12&U Hockey Boys and Girls State Team Selections Open for Registration We are very pleased to announce that SSACT, working in collaboration with School Sport Victoria, will be hosting an Interstate Series here in Canberra from Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 of September at the National Hockey Centre. Registrations are now open on the Hockey page of the SSACT website for students turning 10, 11 or 12 this year (no Age Dispensation for this tournament) to register their interest in attending the selection trials in July. Please note that parents new to the system need to register themselves first then commence the trial process for their child. Full details to be found on the website. https://schoolsportact.org.au/sports/hockey/

24.01.2022 SSACT Regional Results Week 7 We managed to play catch up this week with two of our washed out events taking place a little later than initially scheduled; Secondary North 7/8 Boys and Secondary North 9/10 Girls Football, both at Dickson Playing Fields. Thank you to our Event Coordinators Andrew and Farah, once again for ensuring that both days ran without a hitch, and to our student referees for making the time to officiate and support SSACT events. Congratulations to all t...he over 160 students who participated across the two days, and to our top two finishers in each division; Secondary North 7/8 Boys Winners - Canberra High School Runners Up - Harrison School Secondary North 9/10 Girls Winners - Canberra High School Runners Up - Merici College Canberra HS has had a wonderful few weeks nearly taking the clean sweep of the four North events, 3 wins and the 1 runner up. See more

22.01.2022 Congratulations to former SSACT 12&U Track and Field Representative Ari Gesini for being awarded a 2021 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship, which will see him partnered with another ACT Great, George Gregan, in a Scholarship and Mentoring Program. Congratulations to all Award recipients!

18.01.2022 SSACT Regional Results - Week 9 Very pleased with the decision to postpone from last week's miserable Wednesday for the gorgeous sunny Wednesday this week for the Secondary North 9/10 Girls Netball at Lyneham. A great event to finish off our Term 3 regional events, largely due to the organisation of Event Coordinators Brad and John and to the wonderful student umpires stepping in to officiate where needed when we were left short. All 9 teams played with great spirit and sportsmanship, congratulations to the winners St Francis Xavier College and runners up Campbell High School. Enjoy the last week of Term 3 and have a safe holiday break!

18.01.2022 12&U and 13&O ACT Cross Country Championships are going ahead tomorrow Aware there might be some concerns for the weather tomorrow, to clarify the rain forecast is light, with the 95% referring to 0.2mm as shared in the BoM Rain explained below, for tomorrow and not likely until the afternoon/evening. As we all know forecasts aren't always reliable so have your students prepared for light rain if it comes earlier in the day. A good idea is to bring a garbage bag to keep their bag and warm clothes dry whilst they compete. As shared with all Cross Country events this year, due to COVID conditions please 'Race and Go' to ease crowd congestion.

18.01.2022 2021 School Sport Australia Championship Announcement Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 impact on interstate travel and student participation restrictions into the beginning of the 2021 school year, the School Sport Australia Board has determined that the 18&U Baseball, 17&U Softball and 18&U Tennis Championships scheduled for April-May next year will be postponed. Further details can be found on the SSA website.

17.01.2022 Attendees of Primary South/Weston Cross Country - ACT Minister for Health announcement - Victorian travellers/visitors SSACT has been given exemption to conduct our Cross Country events across the next few weeks, a condition of this is to share updates on health advice. From the ACT Minister of Health; Any ACT resident returning from Victoria after 11.59pm AEDT tonight (Thursday 27 May 2021) will be required to fill out a Declaration Form 24 hours prior to arriving and will ...be subject to stay at home requirements until at least 11:59pm AEDT on Thursday 3 June 2021 (the duration of Victoria’s lockdown). This translates to if you, as a spectator, or your child have been in Victoria from Thursday 27 May until now please stay at home and do not attend tomorrow's Primary South/Weston Cross Country event. If your child cannot attend due to the stay at home requirements please contact the office directly to seek a Request for Inclusion to the 12&U ACT Championship. See more

17.01.2022 Regional Results Week 7 Term 2 Another week where we got lucky with the weather and were able to conduct the Primary South/Weston Region Cross Country, Secondary North Boys Volleyball both on Wednesday and Primary North/Gungahlin Region Cross Country - OK, today was very chilly and we couldn't see the course until 9.30 at Stromlo but it at least it didn't rain.... Congratulations to the hundreds of students who competed at the Cross Country events, many pushing themselves bey...ond what they thought they could achieve. South/Weston Region results are up on the website and ACT qualifiers sent to schools, North/Gungahlin Region results should be available to view early next week. Once again a big thank you to our Athletics ACT and school provided volunteers - these events would not operate without them. Thanks also to Event Coordinators Claire, Jess and Amy. 17 teams competed in the Secondary North Boys Volleyball on Wednesday, wonderful to see students coming together as a team to represent their school. Thanks to Event Coordinator Zach and VACT staff for their assistance. Congratulations to the ACT qualifiers below; Year 9/10 Boys Winners: Lyneham High Runners Up: Campbell High Year 7/8 Boys Winners: Lyneham High Runners Up: Canberra High See more

15.01.2022 **UNIFORM DISCOUNT** We have very limited sizes in the Tracksuit Jacket, Tracksuit Pant and Student Hoodie available for purchase for $15.00. Second Hand ‘Try on kit’ uniform in the Tracksuit Jacket, Tracksuit Pants and Student Hoodie will also be available for $5.00... Please email [email protected] should you be interested. NOTE: Only SSACT representatives and their families will be eligible for purchases.

15.01.2022 ACT 13&O Swimming Championships Whilst the wind howled outside the competitors, officials and spectators enjoyed the warmth inside Stromlo Leisure Centre for the 13&O Swimming Championships on Wednesday. This meet was the last of the SSACT 'Swim Season' and we owe a huge amount of gratitude to Lorraine Wuth and all of her technical volunteer support from Swimming ACT - without them we would struggle to deliver meets of such a high standard. Thanks to Event Coordinators Scott... and Jason for their organisational efforts. Congratulations to all of the students who represented their schools and themselves so well. Full results for both the 12&U and 13&O Champs can be found on the Swimming page of the website. Special congratulations goes out to our 2021 ACT Record breakers; L. Young 11 Years Girls 50m Backstroke - the previous record was set in 1982! M. Senior 18 Years Girls 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle - she now holds 3 ACT records. K. Hardy 18 Years Girls 200IM - she now holds an amazing 8 ACT Records over various age groups and events! K. Gillard 16 Years Boys 100m Freestyle - he now holds 2 ACT Records W. Hayashi 15 Years Boys 50m (previous record set 2009) and 100m (previous record set 2006) Breaststroke - he now holds 3 ACT Records L. Savage 18 Years Boys 100m Butterfly L. Piva 16 Years Girls 50m and 100m Breaststroke ACT Record Pennants were shared with the ribbons for school collection at the end of the event. We will keep you posted on any updates regarding the Interstate Virtual Championship. See more

15.01.2022 SSACT Regional Results Week 8 Only the one event this week with the North 9/10 Girls Netball postponed until next week, the 9/10 Boys Netball Day at Calwell. Always entertaining to see the mix of netballers with their basketball and football buddies navigating the rules and strategies of Netball By all accounts a great day, largely due to the organisation of Event Coordinators Lindsey and Dan, the time and expertise of our student officials along with the fun spirit of the... 80+ boys participating. Winners Mt Stromlo High School Runners Up Melrose High School See more

14.01.2022 Regional Results Week 4 This week SSACT conducted 3 regional secondary events, luckily got away with the weather and saw some very talented students at play. We would like to thank Event Coordinators Mark, Farah and Andrew for their organisational efforts and to the amazing student referees who took the lead with great composure and maturity. Please don't think we can't take a good photo - it is too difficult to get media consent from the hundreds of students participating so... we have to get creative :) Congratulations to all the students who represented their schools so well, here are our eventual top two finishers for each day. Secondary South 7/8 Girls Football Winners - St Clare's College Runners Up - Alfred Deakin High School Secondary South 7/8 Boys Football Winners - Telopea Park School Runners Up - Alfred Deakin High School Secondary North 7/8 Girls Football Winners - Merici College Runners Up - Canberra High School See more

13.01.2022 Secondary North 9/10 Girls Football Postponed Our crazy year of trying to conduct events continues. Due to ongoing chilly, windy and wet weather forecast for this week and over saturated fields, it has been decided to postpone this Friday's scheduled North 9/10 Girls Football day. The event has been rescheduled for Friday 4 September where all Stage 3.1 restrictions, including no spectators, will remain in place. All participating schools have been notified. Stay warm and dry everyone!

13.01.2022 Discounted Uniform Items Available School Sport ACT has taken the opportunity to redesign a few of our uniform items for 2021. They were to be introduced this year but as we all know 2020 has not always been agreeable to the following of plans The introduction of a new Track Jacket, Track Pant and Hoodie mean we have the opportunity to sell the few current design items in stock at a discount. The opportunity to purchase discounted items is only available to our past represe...ntative families. All remaining items will be sold at half price (or less) with Track Jackets, Pants and Hoodie all available for $25, discounted down from their usual $50 and $60. Due to limited numbers and range of sizes please contact Aaron at [email protected] with your request to confirm eligibility to purchase and then we will put you in contact with One Sport in Fyshwick to check for size availability, make direct payment and pick up. See more

13.01.2022 Secondary North 9/10 Girls Netball Postponed Hard to believe after the last few days of beautiful Spring weather, but the forecast for this Wednesday is 95% chance of 6-15mm of rain, too risky for what will become a slippery playing surface at the Lyneham Netball Courts. For this reason it has been decided to postpone the scheduled Secondary North 9/10 Girls Netball day from this Wednesday to next Wednesday 16 September. Same venue, same no spectator restrictions. All participating schools have been notified.

12.01.2022 SSACT Regional Results Week 5 Two SSACT regional events were able to be held this week; Secondary South 9/10 Girls Football and Secondary South 9/10 Boys Football. Both events were conducted in the capable hands of Event Coordinator Megan at Mawson Playing Fields in windy conditions. Thanks to the game officials who braved the cold to fulfill their valuable role, and to the parents for their continued cooperation with car park drop off and pick up only. Both days were played ...with great sportsmanship and enjoyment as our students relished being able to play against friends from other schools. Congratulations to our top two finishers for each day; Secondary South 9/10 Girls Winners - Mount Stromlo High School Runners Up - Telopea Park School Secondary South 9/10 Boys Winners - Alfred Deakin High School Runners Up - Melrose High School See more

11.01.2022 After a year that saw very little representative sport played, we are very grateful to all of our students, parents, teachers and community sport colleagues who made sure we had a great term 3 and 4 in regional sport participation. We have had some good news in regard to the three postponed 2021 School Sport Australia Championships - all having been found new dates later in the year, go to the SSA website 2021 Calendar for provisional dates. Wishing our School Sport ACT community a wonderful and safe Christmas and holiday break - and a hopeful return to what we do best in 2021!

10.01.2022 Secondary South 9/10 Netball Postponed A chilly week this week for the return of SSACT interschool sport events, but especially this Friday with 100% chance of heavier rain. For this reason it has been decided to postpone the event until Tuesday 25 August. Still at Calwell and all spectator restrictions will still apply. Participating schools have been notified.

09.01.2022 Secondary Hockey - going ahead tomorrow There is rain forecast for tomorrow but only 2-5mm later in the afternoon/evening, and as event is played on all weather synthetic with plenty of shelter for when not playing, the day will go ahead as planned.

08.01.2022 Regional Results Week 4 Term 2 A bit quieter this week thanks to NAPLAN testing but we managed to squeeze in Secondary South Girls Volleyball held at Southern Cross Stadium on Monday. Great to see the 16 teams from 9 schools demonstrating their wonderful skills and sportsmanship. Many thanks to Event Coordinators Darren, Maddie and Connor and for the support from Volleyball ACT. Final Results and ACT Qualifiers ... 7/8 Girls Winners: Telopea Park School Runners Up: Alfred Deakin HS 9/10 Girls Winners: Alfred Deakin HS Runners: St Clare's College See more

08.01.2022 Regional Results Week 3 Term 2 Busy week for SSACT and our supporting teachers with the ACT 12&U + 13&O Golf Championships held on Monday, thank goodness we snuck that one in before the terrible weather hit, the ACT 13&O Swimming Champs on Wednesday (results in previous post) and the Secondary North Girls Volleyball today at Lyneham. It was a beautiful day at Yowani Country Club on Monday, congratulations to the nearly 40 students, from 22 schools, who completed the 18 holes ...of golf with great skill and patience. A big thankyou to Event Coordinator Chris, who ran the day brilliantly. Final results; 12&U Girls Champion winning on a countback - S. Taylor, Telopea High School 12&U Boys Champion winning on countback - B. Mulligan, Harrison School 18&U Girls Champion - M. Sullings, Radford College 18&U Boys Champion winning a three way playoff - K. Smith, St Francis Xavier College The Indoor Hall at the National Hockey Centre at Lyneham was at full capacity with 27 teams of 7/8 and 9/10 girls representing their schools at the Secondary North Girls Volleyball event. Thanks to VACT for their support and to Event Coordinators Zach and Connor. Final Results (qualifying teams to the ACT Champs); 7/8 Girls Winners - Merici College Runners Up - Campbell HS 9/10 Girls Winners - Canberra HS Runners Up - Campbell HS See more

08.01.2022 The SSACT community would like to congratulate former SSACT 15&U Australian Football representative and Excellence in Sport All Rounder Award recipient, Emily Pease, on her hard work and commitment to achieve the goal of 2020 AFLW #29 draft pick to play for the GWS this season. We wish her all the best and can't wait to see her take the field!

07.01.2022 The School Sport ACT team and community would also like to acknowledge the amazing work of retiring School Sport NT Chief Executive Officer Helen Taylor, who has ensured young Territorians have been able to achieve their representative goals for over 30 years. A wonderful leader, supporter of School Sport and human being! We wish her all the best and hope she gets to get travelling soon.

07.01.2022 SSACT Regional Results Week 6 Truly blessed to be outside in the sunshine this week enjoying the talents of students at both the Secondary South 9/10 Girls Netball in Calwell, and Secondary North 9/10 Boys Football at Dickson. Thanks to Event Coordinators Brad, Farah and Andrew for their organisational efforts, the supervising teachers and the student officials who once again did an amazing job. Well done to all participating students who played with great sportsmanship and s...pirit at each of the days. It was a close finish at the Boys Football with the last round of games determining which of three schools would finish in the Runner Up position. The top two finishers for each event; Secondary South 9/10 Girls Netball Winners - St Mary MacKillop College Runners Up - Erindale College (Year 10 Students) Secondary North 9/10 Boys Football Winners - Canberra High School Runners Up - UC High School Kaleen See more

07.01.2022 SSACT Secondary 7/8 Girls Netball Results The first week back for interschool sport has seen two events successfully conducted; Secondary South 7/8 Girls Netball on Tuesday at Calwell, and Secondary North 7/8 Girls Netball held today at sunny Lyneham. Congratulations to all students who played with great spirit and skill across both days and thank you to our teacher Event Coordinators Brad, Grace and Emma for their organisational efforts. An extra big thank you to the student... officials who umpired extremely well with great confidence at both events. Congratulations to our top two finishers of each day; Secondary South Winners - Mt Stromlo High School Runners Up - St Mary Mackillop College Secondary North Winners - St Francis Xavier College Runners Up - Harrison School See more

06.01.2022 **UNIFORM DISCOUNT** Reminder we have very limited sizes in the Tracksuit Jacket, Tracksuit Pant and Student Hoodie still available for purchase for $15.00. Student Hoodie Sizes 10,12, 4XL,5XL Tracksuit Pants Sizes 8,10,M,L,4XL,5XL Tracksuit Jacket ALL sizes available ... Second Hand ‘Try on kit’ uniform in the Tracksuit Jacket, Tracksuit Pants and Student Hoodie will also be available for $5.00 Please email [email protected] should you be interested. NOTE: Only SSACT representatives and their families will be eligible for purchases.

06.01.2022 Secondary North 7/8 Boys Football Postponed With the forecast for this Wednesday predicting 80% chance of rain and a possible thunderstorm it has been decided to postpone the scheduled North 7/8 Boys Football event to the anticipated date of Wednesday 2 September, final confirmations underway. Venue will still be Dickson and the condition of no spectators and parent drop off/pick up from the car park will still be in place. Participating schools have been notified so please anticipate a renewed permission note once all has been confirmed for the new date.

04.01.2022 No Spectators Please With the first of SSACTs thirteen Secondary Netball and Football events starting tomorrow, we would like to remind all parents and carers that there are to be NO spectators at the venues. We know you love to cheer on your children, as we all do, but with the Education Directorate's strict conditions allowing the return to interschool sport we must abide by the 100 people maximum restriction - this includes all adults. We are at capacity with 85 students a...nd the required supervising 15 adults. There is no 'grey area' for parents to stand behind a fence or watch from their cars as we don't have the human resources to police this, nor should teachers or SSACT staff be put in the position to do so. We need your cooperation and compliance - if we are monitored and discovered not being compliant, all interschool sport will be at risk and we all don't want to see that happen. The same restrictions apply to State Sport Organisations running their Secondary and Primary interschool events across this term. Please drop off and pick up your child from the car park similarly to school drop offs at the moment. SSACT is adhering to all COVID-19 Safety Practices during our events in regard to personal and frequent touch point hygiene and the social distancing of adults. Thank you in advance we really appreciate your support. See more

04.01.2022 SSACT 12&U Rugby League State Team Selections Open for Registration We are very pleased to announce that SSACT, working in collaboration with School Sport Victoria, will be hosting an Interstate Series here in Canberra from Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 of September at the NSWRL Headquarters in Bruce. Registrations are now open on the Rugby League page of the SSACT website for students who have turned 11 by the trial or turning 12 in this year of competition to register their interest in attending the selection trials in July. Please note that parents new to the system need to register themselves first then commence the trial process for their child. Full details to be found on the website. https://schoolsportact.org.au/sports/rugby-league/

04.01.2022 Primary North/Gungahlin Region Cross Country will be going ahead tomorrow Friday 4 June as planned.

02.01.2022 SSACT Cross Country Event Attendance + Weather Note We have been fortunate in receiving exemption approval from the ACT Chief Health Officer to conduct all 8 of our Regional and ACT Cross Country events across the next 4 weeks as they each attract more than 1000 attendees, however this approval does come with some conditions; > Stay home if unwell and get tested if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, no matter how mild. This applies to students, staff and spectators. People ar...e not to attend if they have been in a COVID affected area or identified as a close contact of a positive case. > Race and Go - whilst we have not placed restrictions on spectators please plan to watch your child race and leave the venue as soon as possible after to relieve crowd numbers. > Maintain social distancing and hand hygiene practices. > Adults and students over 16 years old are to utilise the CBR Check in App on arrival at the venue, QR code located on the pavilion. Inclement Weather Cross Country season is known for being wet and chilly, please note Stromlo Forest Park is an all weather track and events will not be postponed for light rain, please ensure your child is prepared for the weather conditions. Postponement of an event for over 1000 participants will only occur if Stromlo Forest Park closes the track or thunderstorms/very heavy rain are forecast. The call to postpone will happen prior to the day so schools can be notified.

01.01.2022 Regional Results Week 6 Term 2 A big week in School Sport with the start of our Cross Country events, Primary Tuggeranong Region and Secondary South Region on Monday, Primary Belconnen Region and Secondary North Region on Wednesday all at Stromlo Forest Park, and wrapping up the week indoors for the Secondary South Boys Volleyball on Friday at the Southern Cross Stadium in Tuggeranong. Congratulations to the hundreds of students both Primary and Secondary, who braved the chil...ly and windy conditions to represent their school at the Cross Country events and a big thank you to our Athletics ACT volunteer officials and Event Coordinators, Bright, Georgia, Shannon, Tom and the Belconnen HS teacher team for their organisational efforts in a year of new challenges. Results for all four Cross Country events are available on the Cross Country page of the website - qualifiers for ACT Champs will be sent to schools directly. Well done to the 20 teams from 9 schools that competed at the South Boys Volleyball event yesterday, thanks to Event Coordinators Darren, Maddie and Connor and Volleyball ACT for their support. Qualifying teams for the ACT Championship on 18 June; 7/8 Boys Winners: St Mary Mackillop College Runners Up: Wanniassa School 9/10 Boys Winners: Namadgi School Runners Up: Alfred Deakin HS See more