Training Timetable
One master weekly table of every St Mary's College sport training session, Monday to Friday, morning and afternoon: sport, time, venue, coach and season, plus Junior Friday sport, transport notes and where to check cancellations.
This is the master training timetable for all College sport. Times and venues are fixed for the year; the "Season" column tells you which terms each session runs. Individual sport pages have coach contacts, team lists and fixtures. Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) run before school. Term 3 2026 is currently in progress: all winter-sport sessions and the swimming, cross country and athletics squads are running; cricket resumes in Term 4 and Friday tennis is currently an open coaching session.
Master weekly timetable
| Day | Time | Sport | Venue | Coach | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 6:45–7:45am* | Swimming squad (Years 5–12) | Wattle Creek Aquatic Centre (parents drop off; bus back 8:00am) | Mr Craig Mitchell, Ms Sophie Lam | All terms |
| Monday | 3:30–4:45pm | Netball (Years 7–12) | Sports Centre, Courts 1–3 | Mrs Kelly Sutherland, Ms Jess Moloney | Terms 2–3 |
| Monday | 3:30–4:45pm | Soccer (Years 7–12) | Lower Field | Mr Marco Bianchi, Ms Tash Petrovic | Terms 2–3 |
| Tuesday | 7:00–8:15am* | Basketball (Years 7–12) — Senior & Inter squads | Sports Centre, Courts 1–2 | Mr Jordan Blake, Ms Renee Carter | Terms 2–3 (social Term 4) |
| Tuesday | 7:15–8:15am* | Cross country (Years 5–12) | Meet at Main Oval | Ms Jane Whitfield, Mr Angus Ross | All terms |
| Tuesday | 3:30–5:00pm | Football / AFL (Years 7–12) | Main Oval | Mr Pat Callaghan, Mr Sean Murphy | Terms 2–3 |
| Tuesday | 3:30–5:15pm | Cricket (Years 7–12) | Main Oval, turf & synthetic nets | Mr Steve Harland, Ms Meg Doyle | Terms 4 & 1 |
| Wednesday | 6:45–7:45am* | Swimming squad (Years 5–12) | Wattle Creek Aquatic Centre | Mr Craig Mitchell, Ms Sophie Lam | All terms |
| Wednesday | 1:20–3:25pm | CSSA Wednesday sport fixtures (Years 7–12) | Home and away venues | Team coaches | Terms 1–4 |
| Wednesday | 3:30–4:45pm | Soccer (Years 7–12) | Lower Field | Mr Marco Bianchi, Mr Kwame Asante | Terms 2–3 |
| Wednesday | 3:30–5:00pm | Hockey (Years 7–12) | Wattle Creek Hockey Centre — College bus from Senior gate 3:30pm, $4 | Ms Anna Vogel, Mr Hamish Reid | Terms 2–3 |
| Wednesday | 3:30–5:00pm | Athletics (Years 5–12) | Main Oval | Mr Adam Kasprowicz, Ms Priya Menon, Mr Angus Ross | Terms 3–4 |
| Thursday | 7:15–8:15am* | Cross country (Years 5–12) | Meet at Main Oval | Ms Jane Whitfield, Mr Angus Ross | All terms |
| Thursday | 3:30–4:45pm | Netball (Years 7–12) | Sports Centre, Courts 1–3 | Mrs Kelly Sutherland, Mr Ryan Foley | Terms 2–3 |
| Thursday | 3:30–5:00pm | Football / AFL (Years 7–12) | Main Oval | Mr Pat Callaghan, Ms Bridget Hanlon | Terms 2–3 |
| Thursday | 3:30–5:00pm | Volleyball (Years 7–12) | Mary MacKillop Hall | Mr Minh Tran, Ms Lucy Farrell | All terms (fixtures Terms 4 & 1) |
| Thursday | 3:30–5:15pm | Cricket (Years 7–12) | Main Oval, turf & synthetic nets | Mr Steve Harland, Mr Nick Papadopoulos | Terms 4 & 1 |
| Friday | 6:45–7:45am* | Swimming squad (Years 5–12) | Wattle Creek Aquatic Centre | Mr Craig Mitchell, Ms Sophie Lam | All terms |
| Friday | 7:00–8:15am* | Basketball (Years 7–12) — Junior squads & Senior A | Sports Centre, Courts 1–2 | Mr Jordan Blake, Mr Will Turner | Terms 2–3 (social Term 4) |
| Friday | 1:30–3:00pm | NDPSA Junior interschool sport (Years 3–6) | Home and away venues | Mr Daniel Ruiz and Junior staff | Terms 1–4 |
| Friday | 3:30–5:00pm | Tennis (Years 7–12) | College Tennis Courts | Mrs Julie Anderson, Mr Rob Kaminski | All terms (fixtures Terms 4 & 1; open coaching Terms 2–3) |
Morning sessions — practical notes
- Swimming: parents drop swimmers at the Aquatic Centre by 6:40am; a College bus returns swimmers to the College at 8:00am. Pool entry $95 per term. See Swimming Squad.
- Basketball: the Sports Centre side door opens at 6:50am. Students shower and change into school uniform by 8:30am.
- Cross country: meet at the Main Oval scoreboard at 7:15am. Junior runners are walked to the Junior yard at 8:10am for supervision from 8:15am.
- Morning-training students are covered by staff supervision from the start of their session; they should not arrive before 6:40am (swimming, at the Centre) or 6:50am (on campus). The Harbour Café opens at 8:00am for breakfast.
Afternoon sessions — practical notes
- Students change at 3:25pm and are at their venue by 3:30pm. Sessions finish at the time shown; students are collected from the Chapel Road Kiss-and-Drop zone or catch the 5:10pm late bus (Routes A and B; casual fare $8, or bus pass) — see School Buses & Transport.
- Junior-age Senior students (Years 7–8) finish 15 minutes early in netball, football and volleyball.
- Students not collected by 5:15pm wait at the Senior office; the office closes at 4:30pm, so late collection is arranged with the coach. OSHC after care (3:15–6:15pm, Hall Annexe) is available for Years 5–6 athletics and cross country participants by booking — see OSHC.
- Hockey students may be collected from the Wattle Creek Hockey Centre at 5:00pm instead of returning on the bus (Portal option).
Clashes
Many students play two sports. Coaches expect students to attend at least one session a week for each team; tell both coaches which sessions you will attend. Students in the swimming squad or cross country squad who also play a team sport are not expected at the afternoon session on days they trained in the morning if they have a Learning Hub assessment due. Music ensembles (Concert Band Thursday 7:30am, Junior Band Friday 7:45am, String Ensemble Monday 3:30pm, Senior Chamber Choir Wednesday 3:30pm) take priority over training in performance weeks — the Directors of Sport and Music resolve clashes together; see Ensembles.
No-training days in Term 3 and Term 4 2026
- Friday 4 September (Junior Athletics Carnival) — no Friday NDPSA sport; tennis training proceeds
- Tuesday 8 September (Senior Athletics Carnival) — no afternoon football training
- Friday 11 September (House Spirit Day) — Junior sport finals proceed; swimming squad's last Term 3 session
- Friday 18 September (last day of term, 2:30pm dismissal) — no afternoon training except tennis trials 2:45–4:15pm
- Monday 2 November (student-free day) and Tuesday 3 November (Melbourne Cup) — no training
- Training does not run in school holidays
Cancellations
Weather cancellations for training are posted on the Learning Hub team page and sent by SMS by 2:00pm (afternoon sessions) or 6:00–6:30am (morning sessions). See Extreme Weather & Cancellations.
Contact
Mr Luke Ferraro, Director of Sport — sport@stmaryswc.vic.edu.au — (03) 9555 0100 (Years 7–12). Mr Daniel Ruiz, Junior Sport Coordinator — juniorsport@stmaryswc.vic.edu.au (Years 3–6).