Sports Academy Updates
Achievements
Under 13s Newborough Football Grand Final
Congratulations to all Lowanna students who played and won their football grand final for Newborough. They all played well and defeated Mirboo Nth 39 to 9. Well done!
Under 15s Moe Football Grand Final
Well done to all the Lowanna students who played in the Under 15s Football Grand Final for Moe and won.
Olivia Gallus
Well done to Olivia Gallus who competed in the Albury Dance Eisteddfod. She represented Julie Ryan Dancers by performing solos, duos and troupes varying between ballet, contemporary, lyrical, character, jazz, tap, national, hip hop, and song and dance. Her places included:
1st – National Solo, Classical Improvisation, Character Duo, U14 Lyrical Troupe and Senior Hip Hop Troupe
2nd – Tap Solo, U14 Classical Troupe, U14 Contemporary Troupe, U14 National Troupe
3rd – Modern Championship, Hip Hop Solo, Song and Dance Solo, U14 Jazz Troupe
Honourable Mention – Lyrical Solo, U14 Hip Hop Troupe
The U14 Performance Team Olivia is in also won overall best choreographed troupe award for their Lyrical troupe ‘Dock Of The Bay’.
Bailey Humphrey
Congratulations to Bailey who made the 2022 NAB League team of the year and came Runner-up in the 2022 Morish Medal.
Kitty Bergmann
Year 12 student Kitty Bergmann is managing Year 12 whilst pursuing her dream to represent Victoria playing hockey. Kitty is hoping to become a part of of the Victorian U21 Squad.
Kitty recently represented Gippsland Strikers in the U18 South East Metro League, Casey Hockey Club in the Women's Pennant and Victoria 2 League as a keeper. Last month Kitty played in three hockey grand finals, all in the one weekend, walking away with two wins and one loss!
Well done Kitty, we're excited to follow your academic and sporting progress!
Athletes of the Month
Congratulations to both Max Edebohls and Darcy Connell who have both been picked for our August Athlete of the Month.
Max has been selected as he has attended Nationals Basketball Training and all Sports Academy Classes whilst recovering from surgery in July. Max has his left scaphoid fracture pinned as well as having a bone graft from his ulna. In this time he has still showed commitment and resilience. Well done, Max!
Darcy has been selected as he was awarded the 14 Boys Swimming Champion and received the Ikin family trophy for being the most successful swimmer in the Gippsland Fixture at the Traralgon Swimming Club presentation night. Well done, Darcy!
Regional Athletics
Congratulations to all students who competed in the Regional Athletics.
Aris Georgiou: 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys 200m and 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys Relay.
Lachlan Willis: 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys Relay.
Sam McConachy: 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys Relay.
Cooper Belsham: 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys 800m and 3rd Place in the 12-13 Years Boys Relay.
Aaron Abuan: 1st Place in the 16 Years Boys Triple Jump, 2nd Place in the 16 Years Boys 100m, 3rd Place in the 16 Years Boys 200m, and 3rd Place in the 16 Years Boys Long Jump.
Mia Calleja: 1st Place in the 14 Years Girls 800m and 1st Place in the 14 Years Girls 400m.
Raemarie Collins: 2nd Place in the 15 Years Girls Long Jump and 3rd Place in the 15 Years Girls Triple Jump.
Mindfull Aus
Matt Runnalls from Mindfull Aus came to Lowanna College to spread the word of Mental Health with the Years 7,8,9 and 10 Sports Academy students.
The main messages he spoke about was spreading the love, treating everyone nicely as it has had a major impact on his life and don’t be afraid to speak up as you have friends, family and teachers who genuinely care about you.
Junior and Intermediate Interschool Basketball Results
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Interschool Basketball.
Out of the 5 teams we had go, 3 have progressed through to the next round.
Well done to our Intermediate Boys, Year 8 Girls and Year 8 Boys, who progress to the next level. Unfortunately our Intermediate Girls and Year 7 Boys both missed out by losing the Grand Final by 2 points. Great effort by all students.
Senior Basketball
Congratulations to our Senior Girls Basketball Team who won the West Gippsland and the Gippsland Interschool Basketball competition and now progress to the state level. Good luck girls!
Ramayer Gourley Netball Visit
Well done to our Netball Head Coach, Ramayer Gourley, who competed in the Australian Netball Championships in Traralgon recently. Our Netball Academy students were fortunate enough to be able to watch one of Ramayer’s games, which was a valuable experience for them.
Staff Nutritional Consults
We had nutritionist Danielle Purvis from Standout Health and Nutrition come into the school for staff nutritional consults. The consults were successful, and we received positive feedback from all staff members who consulted with her. We hope to have Danielle back next term!
Golf Fundraiser
Gippsland United
Academy students Callum Ross and Tom Matthews proudly competed in the U16's, Division 1 Boys Gippsland United Team in a tournament in Nunawading. Gippsland United is a well-run club having on court success and opening more avenues for our Academy Basketball students to improve. Well done boys!
Physioworks
Thank you to our partners Physioworks who have provided support to our Sports Academy students.
Platon Georgiou has been successfully rehabilitating from an ACL injury in April where he has received continual support from Physioworks’ leading practitioner Connor at the Pakenham clinic. Platon stated that “Connor has been extremely helpful and easy to work with, I’d like to thank him for his continued support”.
Injury Protocol
Below are the requirements for non-activity during academy class time:
Signed and dated note from home.
We prefer to have students actively rehabilitating after professional consultation with a program provided by a professional that can be supervised by staff in our fitness area.
Students may bring their own professionally created program for injury management, or our partner, Physio Works, would be only to happy to assist with a tailored rehabilitation program at a reasonable cost.
If you need any assistance, please email Allan Chandler and Malcolm Swinley with medical certificates, rehabilitation programs and notes regarding inactivity.
Allan.Chandler@education.vic.gov.au
Malcolm.Swinley@education.vic.gov.au
We are looking at running a parent information night during Term 4, stay tuned for details.