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SECONDARY CATHOLIC SPORTS ASSOCIATION
The (SCSA) Association is a sporting body that promotes and provides carnivals for secondary students to compete in, within a Catholic environment. Each participant has a fair and equal opportunity to advance to her highest level, develop team spirit, and achieve individual excellence.
Students at Genazzano FCJ College have the opportunity to participate in swimming, diving and athletics with a variety of Catholic schools from throughout Victoria.
These schools include:
Loreto Mandeville Hall Loreto, Ballarat
Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Oakleigh Sacred Heart College, Geelong
Avila College Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg
Kilbreda College Star of the Sea College
Girls’ Sport Victoria Inc. (GSV) was formed in 2000 to create a uniform entity through which girls’ sport in GSV participating schools could be supported, conducted, promoted and administered. You can view the GSV Brochure by clicking here. The guiding principles for GSV are:
- The promotion of girls’ sport
- Enhanced opportunities for participation in elite, competitive and recreational sport and physical activity
- Accessibility to a diverse range of programs
- The fostering of individual talents, team spirit and commitment
- The pursuit of excellence
- A commitment to the highest standard of ethical behaviour
- A commitment to the promotion of health and well being of all girls
The 24 participating schools, representing over 16,500 young women are:
Camberwell Anglican Girls’ Grammar Fintona Girls’ School
Firbank Grammar Genazzano FCJ College
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar Kilvington Baptist Girls’ Grammar
Korowa Baptist Girls’ Grammar Lauriston Girls’
Loreto, Toorak Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar
Melbourne Girls Grammar Mentone Girls’ Grammar
Methodist Ladies’ College Our Lady of Mercy College
Presbyterian Ladies’ College Ruyton Girls’ School
Sacré Coeur St. Catherine’s School
St Margaret’s School Shelford Anglican Girls’ Grammar
Star of the Sea College Strathcona Baptist Girls’ Grammar School
Tintern Anglican Girls’ Grammar School Toorak College
Weekly Spors Played:
Tennis, Softball, Netball, Hockey, Indoor Cricket, Volleyball, Soccer, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket and Water polo.
Major Carnivals:
Track and field, Swimming and Diving, Crosscountry running
Students are given the opportunity to trial for all of the above sports. If selected for a team, they train one lunchtime, before school or after school and play one match after school every week for a Term.
All interschool matches are played on weeknights after school between 4.00pm – 6.00pm. The regular fixtured nights are: (matches may be rescheduled to other nights if required)
Junior Matches: Thursday
Intermediate Matches: Wednesday
Senior Matches: Monday
Fixtures alternate between home and away matches. For matches that are played away, students travel by bus to the venue and back to Genazzano FCJ College at the completion of the match.
Swimming, diving, athletics and crosscountry running are represented on a whole school basis and events are competed in year levels.
