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SPORT REPORT

Term 2 has been another successful term for sport at Dromana College. The level of participation alone has been incredible and shows how eager the students are to represent their school after two disrupted years. 

As Sports Coordinator I am very proud of these students and am grateful to see them continue to embody Dromana’s values of Respect, Responsibility, Integrity and Personal Best. 

Not only has Dromana had such an impressive participation rate, but the level of success achieved has been inspiring.

 In 2021, for the first time in the history of Dromana College, we won the Division Athletics, Swimming AND Cross Country. This feat has been deemed the “Triple Crown”. This year, Dromana has been able to back up the Triple Crown and has become the back-to-back champions in the Division Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country. What an amazing achievement to continually be the top performing sport school in the Southern Peninsula District. 

In addition to our carnival achievements, Dromana has been successful in Team Sport competitions. Below are the Term 2 champions from the Southern Peninsula District (SPD) and the Southern Metropolitan Region (SMR).

SPD Champions

• Year 7 Boys Soccer 
• Year 7 Girls Netball
• Year 8 Boys Football
• Year 8 Girls Netball
• Year 8 Boys Badminton
• Intermediate Girls Soccer
• Intermediate Boys Badminton
• Senior Mixed Hockey
• Senior Girls Basketball

SMR Champions

• Year Boys Tennis (Runners-up)
• Year 8 Girls Tennis (Runners-up)
• Senior Boys Baseball

Furthermore, Dromana has had high achievers at the State level! On April the 28th Tahni Cronin (Yr 9)  came second in the 50m breaststroke in the SSV Swimming State Championship. On June 11th Ruby Armstrong (Yr 11), Sara Hickson (Yr 9), Ava Holland (Yr 8) and Sophie Wilkinson (Yr 8) won the State Surfing Championships, and the mixed surfing team consisting of Lucas Hickson (Yr 10), Max Wilkinson (Yr 10), Tristen Hyde (Yr 11), Zeph Creasey (Yr 9), Sophie Wilkinson and Ava Holland finished Runners-up. Finally, our Senior Boys Baseball team were named Sate Champions on May 24th (Jamie Bailey, Nick Bertucci, Damien Bodey, Bayleigh Caulfield, Luke Connelly, Cash Curwood, Xander Gunn, Ned Haegens, Ashton Hilbert, Griffin Johnson, Mitchell Johnston, Charlie Pierson, Keaton Saffin, Josh Westwater). A huge congratulations to all students for your hard work and dedication throughout the year.

Ryan Volo 

Sports Coordinator

PRIMARY SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY ASSISTANCE 

On Wednesday May 25th, some of our Year 10 students represented DSC as volunteers to assist the running of our local division primary school cross country carnival. Thank you to Harvey Andrews, Ollie Craig, Odie De Lacy, Jesse Jones, Nathan Lim, Piper Thomas, Tahlia Leadbetter, Isabella Conduit and Ruby Wieben. These Year 10 students were a delight to oversee, and gained measurable praise for the support they provided on the day. 

STATE SCHOOLS SURFING TITLES 

A massive congratulations to our two surf teams who competed at Jan Juc in the State Schools Surfing Titles. Our girls team were victorious and are the new State Surfing Champions. It’s the first time the girls have won the shield. An amazing result for the girls.

The Girls team included:

Ruby Armstrong (yr 11), Sara Hickson (yr 9), Ava Holland (yr 8) and Sophie Wilkinson (yr 8)

Our mixed team competed strongly and finished runner-up. This was an excellent result considering the strong competition on the day. All of the students involved were exceptional representatives of Dromana College and are very deserving of their achievements.

The Mixed team included:

Lucas Hickson (yr 10), Max Wilkinson (yr 10), Tristen Hyde (yr 11), Sara Hickson (yr 9), Zeph Creasey (yr 9), Sophie Wilkinson (yr 8)

and Ava Holland (yr 9). 

STATE CHAMPIONS: Senior Boys Baseball Team

Huge Congratulations to the Senior Boys Baseball team who won the State Championships. The boys dominated the qualifying rounds with some spectacular hitting by all the boys - with Charlie P , Xander G  and 'Grand Slam' Jamie B providing the highlights, backed up by the ever steady Nick B and Mitchell J. Damian B pitched beautifully and kept a clean slate during qualifying, and the boys fielding was reminiscent of a well oiled machine. In the State final the boys got our to an early 3 run lead thanks to Xander G, but after 3 innings the game had tightened to 3-3. Enter Charlie P and Mitchell J, with Charlie hitting a home run out of the park (literally) and Mitchell closing the innings out - striking out the last batter with some sensational pitching. Shout out to Neil Johnson who coached the boys as far as the State finals. Well done Jamie Bailey, Nick Bertucci, Damien Bodey, Cash Curwood, Xander Gunn, Ashton Hilbert, Mitchell Johnston, Charlie Pierson, Keaton Saffin and Josh Westwater.

CROSS COUNTRY 

On Thursday the 26th of June, 75 Dromana College students travelled to the Hastings Foreshore to compete in the Southern Peninsula Division Cross-Country. It was amazing to see the level of talent from our college. In almost every race we had at least one student make it to the podium. It was this strong performance by the team that lead to Dromana College being named the champions for the division.

AEROBICS ENHANCEMENT

On Saturday the 28th of May the Aerobics enhancement class competed in the Super Series FISAF Aerobics Competition in Hampton Park. Congratulations on your hard work and fantastic results. 

Dromana Diamonds came 1st overall in their section and consisted of:

Kiana Bennett, Harper Emblin, Zali Horner, Mia Merrifield and Emma Unsworth. 

Dromana Thunder Came 2nd overall in their section and consisted of:

Arki Hyett, Summer King, Tahlia Knaggs, Lauren Baensch and Liv Siddons.

Dromana All-Stars came 4th overall in their section and consisted of: Isla Shirrefs, Ruby Watson, Ella Weaver, Edie Whelan, Amelia Harris and Annabelle Hildebrand. 

INTERSCHOOL SPORT 

YEAR 8 GIRLS NETBALL 

On Thursday the 2nd of June our Year 8 girls netball team headed to Mornington to compete in Year 8 Divisional Netball competition.

Our A team came first in the A section, our B team came first in the B sections and our C team came second in the B section. Thanks to Grace Barnes and Matilda Lannan for coaching

Congratulations to all student that participated and represented our college. 

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW JUMPING 

Congratulations to Ava Kennedy (Yr 12)

On the 19th of May, Ava & Lee Ping Jay Placed 1st in the Intermediate Championship, at the Petstock Interschool May Show Jumping. 

OCEANIA KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

A huge congratulations to Matthew Riley from Year 8. He won GOLD for Australia in his age and weight division at the Oceania Karate Championships in New Caledonia on the 6th of June and SILVER in the teams event. He’s a superstar!

STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

On the 28th of April Tahni competed in the Swimming State Championships.

Her event was the women’s 15 year old 50m breaststroke and came second in a very close final. Tahni was our only representative for Dromana college and did a fantastic job.