Sport News
Term 1: Sports Report
MONASH DIVISION SWIMMING CARNIVAL
On Tuesday, March 7th we had 20 students represent South Oakleigh College at the Monash Division Swimming Carnival. Whilst we didn’t have any students win their event and progress to the next stage, we won a significant number of place ribbons across the events. The most notable achievement went to Eloise Triferis, who won the Under 14 Girls Medal for the best swimmer in her age group.
| GIRLS | FREESTYLE | RELAY |
| 12 & 13 | Lucia Shaw | |
| 14 | Eloise Triferis | Lucia Shaw, Jessie, Eloise Triferis, Serana Barratt |
| 15 | Grace King | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | ||
| OPEN |
| BOYS | FREESTYLE | RELAY |
| 12 & 13 | Oscar Lacey | Oscar Lacey, Kenji Calf, Andrew Macrae, Charlie Briggs |
| 14 | Atsuya Kawasaki | Atsuya Kawasaki, Anthony Tran, Steven Dimou, Agam Bhafia |
| 15 | Tawhi Rogers | |
| 16 | Tawhi Rogers, Sam Briggs, Tirran Frisch, Mitchell Fleet | |
| 17 | Eli Franzke | |
| OPEN | Jesse Sadjoli |
| GIRLS | BACKSTROKE |
| 12 & 13 | Lucia Shaw |
| 14 | Eloise Triferis |
| 15 | Kyla Heyward-Davenport |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| OPEN |
| BOYS | BACKSTROKE |
| 12 & 13 | Andrew Macrae |
| 14 | Atsuya Kawasaki |
| 15 | Tawhi Rogers |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| OPEN |
| GIRLS | BREASTSTROKE |
| 12 & 13 | Maddy Carlton |
| 14 | Serana Barratt |
| 15 | Ella Hunt |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| OPEN |
| BOYS | BREASTSTROKE |
| 12 & 13 | Andrew Macrae |
| 14 | Steven Dimou |
| 15 | Tawhi Rogers |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| OPEN | Jesse Sadjoli |
| GIRLS | BUTTERFLY |
| 12 & 13 | |
| 14 | Eloise Triferis |
| 15 | Kyla Heyward-Davenport |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| OPEN |
| BOYS | BUTTERFLY |
| 12 & 13 | |
| 14 | Steven Dimou |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Tawhi Rogers |
| 17 | |
| OPEN |
100m: Eloise Triferis (Freestyle), Kenji Calf (Freestyle), Andrew Macrae (Breaststroke), Atsuya Kawasaki (Freestyle / Breaststroke)
MEDLEY RELAY:
| Girls | Boys | |
| Under 14 | F: BR: BA: BU: | F: BR: BA: BU: |
| Under 16 | F: BR: BA: BU: | F: BR: BA: BU: |
| Open |
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INTERMEDIATE INTERSCHOOL SPORT
On Friday, May 3rd we had seven teams competing in the Intermediate Interschool competition in tennis and volleyball. Whilst we didn’t have any teams win their competition, we won several matches throughout the day.
JUNIOR INTERSCHOOL SPORT
On Wednesday, April 5th we had 11 teams competing in the Junior Interschool competition across a variety of sports; baseball, cricket, softball, tennis and volleyball. All teams showed tremendous effort across the day and represented the school very positively. Congratulations to the following teams who won their competitions and will now advance to the Regional round:- Year 8 Boys Baseball- Year 8 Girls Softball- Year 8 Girls Tennis- Year 8 Boys TennisOur Year 8 Girls Volleyball team also made it to the final, losing in a very tight deciding set.Thank you to all staff who supported these teams with running training sessions and coaching on the day. And also to students Jeremy Tsitouridis, Eli Franzke and Jon Knight for coaching the Boys Volleyball teams.
COMING UP IN TERM 2:
Friday, May 5th – AFL Girls, Netball Boys – All Year Levels
Tuesday, May 9th – House Cross Country
Wednesday, May 10th – Victoria Volleyball Schools Cup
Friday, May 19th – Intermediate Interschool Sport
Thursday, May 25th – Monash Division Cross Country
Tuesday, May 30th – Senior Interschool Sport
Thursday, June 8th – Junior Interschool Sport
Tuesday, June 13th – EMR Cross Country
Jason Knee
Sports Coordinator
YEAR 7 & 8 INTERSCHOOL CRICKET
The year 7 and 8s took to the cricket field on Wednesday 5th of April playing against Brentwood and Wellington. We played a nail-biting game against welling, Pranshu making 17, Ruhaan making 14, Henry, Ruhaan and Alex taking wickets and Kiaan taking a catch. Unfortunately, we lost by 1 run against Wellington. The game against Brentwood was tough we had to chase 86 runs, Henry made 26, Pranshu made 10 we ended up on 66 runs resulting in a loss.
All players played well, encouraged each other and continued to persevere throughout each game.
Kasey Boxell
Year 7&8 Level Leader Assistant
YEAR 7&8 GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL
Our year 7 and 8 Girls' Volleyball team played at the State Volleyball Centre on Wednesday 5/4 in some tight-fought games. They played three games against Brentwood, Wheelers Hill and Wellington, winning two of the three games and progressing to the final.
In the final, the girls played an incredibly tight game against Brentwood, winning the first set, Brentwood taking the second and unfortunately losing the tiebreaker set 15-11. The girls all showed excellent sportsmanship, progressively improving their skills and teamwork throughout the day. A fantastic effort by all girls.
Jacinta Wallis
Head of Learning: PE/Health