This weekend will see the AIC Colleges compete in three different sports- esports, Touch and Water Polo. The hosting of these carnivals further highlights the Associated Independent Colleges commitment to offering students a wide variety of opportunities to participate in sport and represent their schools.

One of the fastest growing sports in the world is esports. This year will mark the 3rd year that the AIC as hosted the esports competition with the event to be again held at Villanova College. Teams of 5 will be competing against each other on the Minecraft Education: Capture the Flag platform. Just like traditional team sports, the best esports teams will have great communication, excellent strategy and will be able to perform the skills in the game under pressure. This Saturday, the atmosphere inside the esports venue will be intense with specialist lighting, large screens showing the live action and even commentary by host school Villanova students.

2024 will be the fourth year that St Laurence’s has hosted the AIC Invitational Touch Carnival at Runcorn. The number of teams competing has grown every year with 45 teams competing this year (in 2023 there were 42 teams). On Saturday, teams will compete in Primary, Year 7, Year 8/9 and Year 10/11 divisions played over 10 fields. The standard of AIC touch is incredibly high, with AIC schools competing at the various statewide carnivals achieving very good results, highlighted by Iona College finishing “Runners Up” at the recent Queensland All Schools Championships in the Open Division.

This Sunday will see Marist College Ashgrove host the annual Water Polo Invitational Carnival. Teams will contest three divisions- Year 7, Year 8/9 and Year 10/11. The carnival allows the large number of talented Water Polo players that attend AIC Colleges the opportunity to demonstrate their incredible skills. AIC schools have had a number of Water Polo players go on to represent Australia including AIC Hall of Fame inductee Pietro Figlioli (Marist College Ashgrove). The carnival also introduces a large number of boys to this Olympic sport in a fun, community environment. the Association would like to thank Water Polo Queensland for their support of this event.

The Association would like to thank Villanova (esports), St Laurence’s (Touch) and Marist College Ashgrove (Water Polo) for hosting these events. Thank you to all the staff at each College who will coach teams this weekend.