Sporting Pathways

Our schools are invited to participate in the following MNPSSA events each year:

Carnivals
Athletics
Cross Country
Swimming

Selection Trials
Basketball
Tennis
Softball
Rugby
Winter Sports Trials: Soccer, league, netball, hockey
Cricket
AFL
Touch

What happens after Diocesan Trials?

Polding

NSW Catholic Primary Schools (NSWCPS) - Polding: https://csnsw.sport/ is the pathway for students in our Catholic Schools in NSW to compete at NSWPSSA level and beyond. This is the next level after the Diocesan events.

The Dioceses that compete at Polding are:

DIOCESE:

Armidale
Bathurst
Broken Bay
Lismore
Newcastle / Maitland
Wilcannia / Forbes

All schools have access to the following Polding sporting pathways:

Australian Football
Athletics
Basketball
Cricket
Cross Country
Diving
Football (Soccer)
Golf
Hockey
Netball
Rugby League
Rugby Sevens
Rugby Union
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Touch

For more information on the nomination process for these individual sports, please go to the Catholic Schools NSW Sport website at: https://csnsw.sport/

NSW PSSA

The next level of sport after Polding is NSW PSSA:.

NSW PSSA is the competition between the 3 major sporting groups of schools in NSW.

Polding

MacKillop

New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges

NSWCPS

New South Wales Combined State Primary Schools

(12 Associations)

NSWCIS

New South Wales Combined Independent Schools

OOL SPORTS AUSTRALIA

SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA

This next level after NSW PSSA is School Sport Australia.

Representatives from all states compete when selected at a national level in School Sport Australia sporting events.