The NSW All Schools Committee are calling for applications from suitable candidates for the Chef de Mission of the NSW All Schools team for the 2025 School Sport Australia Games. Please see role description with further information.

The 2nd School Sport Australia Games (SSAG02) will be held in the City of Moreton Bay and Brisbane in South-East Queensland from July 26th to August 2nd, 2025. The Games will showcase School Sport Australia Championships across nine sports:

• Australian Football (15 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Basketball (16 Years & Under Boys and Girls, 12 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Bowls (18 Years & Under)
• Diving (10-19 Years)
• Football (18 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Golf (18 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Netball (15 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Rugby League (12 Years & Under Boys & Girls)
• Swimming (10-19 Years)

The NSW All Schools Committee are seeking applications for the Chef de Mission to lead the NSW All Schools team delegation. Applications are open to all School staff within Government, Catholic and Independent Schools. Successful candidates must be endorsed by their school principal as well as their relevant Sector Executive Officer/Sports Manager.

All expenses associated with travelling to, and participating in, School Sport Australia championships (including flights, accommodation, sustenance and apparel) will be covered by your sector.

Interested staff are asked to send an Expression of Interest, including CV (no longer than 3 pages) to NSW Sport Programs Coordinator, Kieran Donohue at kieran.donohue@det.nsw.edu.au by COB on Friday 28 February (Week 5). Included in the application is to be a proposal detailing explicit steps and initiatives that you would implement to develop team culture and pride in the NSW athletes at the SSA Games. Please keep this proposal to 2 pages maximum.

As part of the NSW All Schools appointment process, the following roles are currently being readvertised:

• 2025 NSW All Schools Cross Country Team Manager - Click Here
• 2025 NSW All Schools Boys Softball Manager - Click Here

Please be aware that if appointed, staff will be required to be available for the NSW All Schools event, as well as for the entirety of the School Sport Australia Championships, as per the dates listed below:

• Cross Country
  • NSW All Schools - Tuesday 22 July at Sydney International Equestrian Centre
  • SSA - Sunday 7 - Wednesday 10 September on the Gold Coast (QLD)
• Softball 
  • NSW All Schools - Tuesday 11 March at Blacktown
  • SSA - Saturday 24 - Friday 30 May at Blacktown

N.B. Applications close on Friday 21 February 2025. 

The Sisters in Sport Leadership Day is set to be held once again in 2025. 

Date: 28 February 2025

Who: Year 10-12 students

Time: 9.30am-2.00pm

Where: Ascham School, Packer Theatre

For further information, please visit the Sisters in Sport website - Click Here

Sport Nominations closing in the next three weeks:

Monday 17 February:

Softball - CIS Secondary Girls 18&U Softball Association Lists Due
Softball - CIS Secondary Student Official Nominations for Secondary Girls 18&U Softball Due
Softball - CIS Secondary Boys 18&U Softball and Student Official Nominations Close
Tennis - CIS Primary Boys and Girls Tennis Association Team Lists Due

Tueday 18 February:

Tennis - CIS Secondary Boys 18&U Tennis Association Team Lists Due
Tennis - CIS Secondary Girls 18&U Tennis Association Team Lists Due

Wednesday 19 February:

Triathlon - CIS / NSW All Schools Triathlon School Team Relay Nominations Close
Triathlon - CIS / NSW All Schools Triathlon and Para-Triathlon Individual Nominations Close

Tuesday 25 February:

Cricket - CIS Secondary Girls 19&U Cricket Nominations Close

Wednesday 26 February:

Cricket - CIS Secondary Boys 19&U Cricket Nominations Close

Thursday 27 February:

Water Polo - CIS Secondary Girls 18&U Water Polo Association Team Lists Due
Water Polo - CIS Secondary Student Official Nominations for Secondary Girls 18&U Water Polo Due

Friday 28 February:

Basketball - CIS Primary Boys and Girls Basketball Nominations Close
Basketball - CIS Secondary Student Official Nominations for Primary Boys and Girls Basketball Due

If there are any issues regarding nominations, please contact the NSWCIS Office prior to the nomination closing date. 

Please note: NSWCIS policy states that no late nominations will be accepted.

Events in the next three weeks:

Tuesday 11 February:

Baseball - CIS Secondary Boys 18&U Baseball Trials

Monday 17 February:

Cricket - NSWPSSA Girls Cricket Championships - Tuggerah (to Thursday 20 February)

Monday 24 February:

Softball - CIS Secondary Boys 18&U Softball Trials
Tennis - CIS Primary Boys and Girls Tennis Selection Championships
Softball - CIS Secondary Girls 18&U Softball Trials

Tuesday 25 February:

Cricket - NSWPSSA Boys Cricket Championships - Maitland (to Friday 28 February)
Tennis - CIS Secondary Girls 18&U Tennis Selection Championships
Tennis - CIS Secondary Boys 18&U Tennis Selection Championships

Wednesday 26 February:

Triathlon - CIS / NSW All Schools Triathlon and Para-Triathlon - Individual Races

Thursday 27 February:

Triathlon - CIS / NSW All Schools Triathlon - School Team Relay Races

To view the full calendar, head to the NSWCIS website: Calendar

Amendments to the calendar will be noted in the CIS Pride. 

In order for CIS to be able to provide timely information directly to our Member Schools, we need to ensure that we have up-to-date contact details within our system.

To assist us in this process, could you please complete the questions asked within the Form linked below:

2025 NSWCIS Member Schools Contact Details

Nominations for vacant 2025 NSWCIS Primary and Secondary Sport Convenors and Team Officials are now open. 

Secondary Sport Convenors

• Bowls
• Hockey - Girls
• Rugby 7's - Girls
• Triathlon - Assistant

2025 NSWCIS Secondary Sport Convenor Nomination Form

2025 Principal's Approval Form

Secondary Team Officials

N.B. View link below for vacancy list.

2025 NSWCIS Secondary Team Official Nomination Form

Primary Team Officials

N.B. View link below for vacancy list.

2025 NSWCIS Primary Team Official Nomination Form

Nominations for vacant positions close on Monday 17 February, 2025.

A reminder that entries are open for the 2025 NSW All Schools Triathlon and Para-Triathlon Championships.

Click HERE to view additional entry information.

N.B. Entries close Wednesday 19 February 2025. 
 

Individual Entries

Entries for the individual event for all sectors will be through the DASH registration platform.

In 2025, CIS teachers do not nominate students to participate in NSW All Schools Triathlon. Schools are required to pass the registration link onto the parent/guardian of the student to register a nomination.  Please forward the link below to your student(s) parent/guardian to complete the process to register and consent to participate. 

>> Register <<
 

Team Entries

The method of nomination for Team Entries is to CIS via Google Form. Please follow the links below to the Nomination Form for each division:

• Junior Boys
• Junior Girls
• Intermediate Boys
• Intermediate Girls
• Senior Boys
• Senior Girls

Instruction Video

This video is a great place to start to get your head around the nomination process. It takes 10 minutes and steps you through the entire process.  

Returning Members

Teachers and School Officials who have been members in previous seasons (years) have been deactivated as part of the website roll over in preparation for the 2025 season and will need to complete the form as a Returning Member in order to nominate students. This can be done in the Teachers & School Officials Hub on the CIS Website. You will need to renew your membership for each sport you wish to nominate students for. 

New Members

Teachers and School Officials who are nominating students for the first time will create their own membership, by completing the form as a New Member. After this has been completed once, you can complete the form as a Returning Member if nominating students for other sports. This can be done in the Teachers & School Officials Hub on the CIS Website. 

Team Registration

When completing the form to nominate students, you will need to select Register a New Team.

• Your Team Name should be the Association Prefix and School Name Only
  E.G. IGSA Abbotsleigh (please do not add any specifics identifying the gender or age group). You will identify the specific event later on in the process when nominating students via the selection of their payment class.
• You may only create one team in each sport. Students being nominated in different categories can be invited to one team. They are differentiated by the Membership Type selected when sending their invite.
• Nominations should be sent to a parent/guardian email address only. Please do not send invitations to student email addresses.

Managing Nominations

To log back in to check on nominations or to invite additional students to join your team, head to the Teachers & School Officials Hub Home, and then select Manage Nominations. 

Sub-Committees and Selectors

All Sub-Committee Members and Selectors are to be nominated to CIS via your Association Delegate. 

• CIS does not accept Late Nominations

• Entries must be submitted online, by a NSWCISSC member school or an Eligible Sports Association

• If you are having trouble with a nomination, please contact CIS prior to the close of nominations.

• 2025 Sport Fee Cost: $34.07 (inclusive of GST) per student.

• At the time of nomination, permission has been obtained from the student/s' school principal for the student to attend the trial.

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Share the link with fellow Teachers & Schools Officials to subscribe using their School Email Address.

The CIS Pride is issued weekly throughout each term and uploaded on the CIS website under Newsletters.