Good sportsmanship and fair competition are the foundations of all sport at St Laurence’s College.
Sport
A student’s participation in sport is an important component of the well-rounded educational experience offered at St Laurence’s College. The College’s Co-Curricular sports program offers students the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports and caters for the beginning sportsman through to the elite athlete.
Through a student’s participation in sport, St Laurence’s continues the development of essential lifelong physical skills and healthy behaviours, which continue into adulthood. The College also believes that sport is an aid to good academic achievement, as sport - and the associated training - is carefully integrated with the study patterns of a student.
Our Sport Facilities
The College has a long sporting history of proud traditions and outstanding achievements.
St Laurence’s sporting facilities include a multipurpose synthetic grassfield located onsite with a further eight grass ovals located at the College’s Runcorn Playing Fields.
In 2017, the College was pleased to officially open a new state-of-the-art Sports Centre, a modern and spacious facility providing an undercover space for a range of sporting pursuits. Features include change rooms and toilets for home and away teams, offices, an expansive sports hall, 220-person spectator seating and a weight room/gym overlooking the sports hall.
The AIC
St Laurence’s College is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) Sporting Competition.. This competition caters for sporting competition for Years 5-12 across a number of sports throughout the year.
The association sports are:
- AFL
- Cricket
- Swimming
- Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Football (Soccer)
- Rugby
- Rugby League
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Chess
In addition to these sports, Golf, Water Polo and Touch Football are offered to students in selected year levels.
The College is also a member of both Mt Gravatt District (10-12 Years) and Composite District (13-19 Years) representative school sports districts. This allows students a representative school sport pathway through the district, region and state.
Sport Excellence Program (EP Sport)
The Sport Excellence Program at St Laurence’s College aims to ensure elite athletes within the College achieve their academic and sporting potential.
Athletes in the program are supported by the Excellence Program Coordinator who assists the athletes to manage a balance of academic, training and competition commitments.
Strength and Conditioning is an initiative at the College to further develop the St Laurence’s College Sporting experience. The Program supports Year 9 to 12 students with individual and team sports-specific programming. As well as the athletic performance benefits, the program aims to teach boys fundamentals about health and fitness, including proper training use and methods in the gym, nutrition, and preparation and recovery strategies.
Schools Excellence Selection Criteria 2023
Sports Excellence Application Form 2023
All Sport Excellence Program enquiries should be directed to Ms Rebecca Dwyer - rdwyer@slc.qld.edu.au .
Support and Resources
Sport Staff
Mr Patrick Byron, the Head of Sport, heads a sporting program that provides a high standard of sports administration, creating opportunities for all students to realise their sporting potential. Each of the Association sports has a Primary Coordinator and an AIC Director who are responsible for coaching and the administration of that sport.
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