Carnivals & Interschool Sport and House news

Term 2 has commenced with a full schedule of interschool sports on our calendar.  Please find set out below a few important reminders for Interschool Sport:

1. Check Compass regularly for information about team sign-ups.
2. Please ensure payment and consent is provided by the due date. Students are unable to attend the event if we do not have this. 
3. If students decide to pull out of the event before the day, they MUST let either the teacher coaching the team OR Miss Prosenak know ASAP so that we can find another student as a replacement. If not, the team may not have enough players and be unable to go.  

Congratulations to the following students for their participation and achievements in the State Swimming competition held on Friday 28 April. 

• 15 Boys Relay team (James Allen, Justin Bao, Gabe Herrington, Leon Vidal) 
• 15 Girls Relay team (Latitia Moar, Sandra Park, Ilaria Stamp)

Congratulations to the following students for their participation and achievements in the State Diving competition held on Monday 1 May. 

• Sienna Forrest – 6th in State
• Caitie Forrest – 7th in State
• Hannah McDonald – 3rd in State
• Gabriel Patino Portela – 1st in Region
• Judah Roberts – 3rd in State
• Will Saddington – 2nd in Region 

Congratulations to the following teams who won the Division competition and will be moving through to EMR in the coming months. Good luck to all students competing. 

• Senior Boys AFL
• Senior Girls Soccer

EMR Cross country 

32 students competed in the EMR Cross Country event on a cold day out at Yarra Glen Racecourse on Tuesday 13 June. Thank you so much to Isabella T and Phoebe H for helping out with an official duty on the day. It was amazing to see the students supporting one another on the fence line and after their races. Congratulations to the following students who qualified to the State competition being held on Thursday 13 July. This event will be held back at Yarra Glen Racecourse. We are so proud of you all. 

• Toby Griffith, Nate Uecker, Bridget Dods, Renos Vassiliades, Grace Sharkie, Isabella Johnstone, Jude Crouch and Jonathan Millar. 

House Athletics Carnival

The weather was on our side for the annual House Athletics Carnival on Friday 5 May. We were pleased to see so many students in attendance, participating in events, novelty games, dressed up in their costumes or just enjoying each other’s company in the grandstand. Thank you to all staff and students who assisted on the day. Congratulations to all students who placed 1st or 2nd in their events and will move through to the Whitehorse Division competition on Wednesday 9 August at Tom Kelly Reserve Athletics Track, Doncaster East. 

Athletics Day Winners:

1st – Conder (935 points)

2nd – Streeton (853 points)

3rd – Roberts (801 points)

4th – McCubbin (785 points)

Age Group Champions:

13 Year – Sienna Cornish, Shawn Nirmal

14 Year – Grace Sharkie, Remy Spalding

15 Year – Latitia Moar, Phoebe Helft, Dylan Bee

16 Year – Tehmi Harding, Ethan Brennan

17 Year – Nate Uecker, Evelyn Heath

20 Year – Sophie Zarafa, Ben Harding

The sporting term in photos: 

Samantha Prosenak

Interschool Sport/Carnivals Coordinator

Outstanding sporting achievements   

Gymnastics - Sienna and Catie Forrest 

Congratulations to Sienna Forrest who competed in the 2023 Australian Gymnastics Championships earlier this term. She placed 2nd on bars and 3rd on floor, coming 2nd overall in the nation competition. 

What an incredible achievement! 

Sienna's sister, Caitie Forrest, has also been selected to compete for the state in the 2023 Border Challenge later in June. Good luck to Caitie and her team when they head up to Brisbane for the competition.

SSV Cricket - Varsha Avulanna  

Congratulations to Year 7D student Varsha, who recently participated in the School Sport Victoria U12 cricket tournament in which many talented cricketers across all states in Australia participated to showcase their skills. The attached photograph is Varsha after scoring 63 runs.  

Recently, I participated in School Sport Victoria U12 cricket tournament in which many talented cricketers across all states in Australia participated to showcase their skills in the game of cricket. This year, the tournament was held in Darwin, Northern Territory. It is an Interstate tournament, where we had to play games against other states. The hot and humid weather made it very hard to play 5 matches continuously across 6 days. It was disappointing that Victorian team ended up in 4th position in the ladder. But NSW deserve to be winners as they played better cricket than any other team in the tournament. I personally have scored close to 200 runs this tournament putting me as the second best batter of the tournament. I scored two 50's, and was out on 49 in the 1st match. I was very happy to score runs for the team and the effort I had put in paid off. This one week in Darwin was a great learning experience. I have developed many wonderful relationships with my teammates, other team members and I have increased my knowledge of cricket in many ways, like my attitude and my discipline toward the game. I gained confidence that I am capable of playing cricket at a higher level and I have the ability, skill and talent to take cricket as a profession. Along with playing cricket, after the matches, my teammates and I would jump into the pool, go out for dinner, spend time with each other and have lots of fun.