St Mary’s College offers a wide range of co-curricular sporting opportunities and all students are encouraged to participate. Involvement in co-curricular sport enhances and develops physical skills and well-being, and also builds self-confidence and pride in the College. Participation in sport also develops important skills such as teamwork, leadership, organisational skills and commitment.
Students can compete in a range of Inter-School sporting competitions. The College is a part of the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls’ Sports Association (CaSSSA) and competes in the CaSSSA competitions for Cross Country, Swimming and Athletics. In addition, girls can participate in competitions against schools in the Ipswich area. There are also opportunities for students who excel in a particular sport trial for Zone, Regional, State and National teams. The College also nominates in a number of state-wide competitions.
Sports on offer include:
- AFL
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Futsal Soccer
- Hockey
- Netball
- Rugby League
- Soccer
- Softball
- Sport Aerobics
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Touch Football
- Volleyball
Watch a video of our four time national champion Sport Aerobics team here.
