Sporting News
Aeroschool State Chamionships
After an action-packed couple of days at the Aeroschool State Championships, we have 22 students across both Junior and Senior School who have qualified for the National Championships on the Gold Coast.
Junior School results were shared in 'Junior School News' in Issue 11 of the Girton eLink. The senior teams listed below were successful in qualifying with impressive results in large sections.
1st- Stephanie Carlson and Amelia Carmody (Div A)
3rd- Eliza Carmody, Abi Cullen, Stephanie Carlson and Amelia Carmody (Div 1 Aerodance)
7th- Spencer Price, Abbey Leversha, Mia Woodhouse, Amelia O’Rielly, Elizabeth McGrath (Div 1 Aerodance)
Congratulations to these students who have been training at Palmers Gym on a Thursday evening to prepare for this event!
Student Report: Stephanie Carlson (10 Frew) Aerobic Gymnastics
On Thursday the 31st of July, the Junior School Aerobics Team travelled to Melbourne to compete in the AeroSchools State Championships. Many of the students competed for the first time and we were so proud to see everyone perform on the day, leading to Girton being named the 2025 Victorian School Champions in the Primary AeroSchool Division. Following this success, the Senior School Aerobics Team competed the next day, it was a highly competitive competition with some sections bigger than 30 teams, after the success of this day all senior students have earnt the opportunity to compete at the National School Championships in Queensland.
We would like to thank everyone involved in helping both days run so smoothly. To the coaches Sally Moore, Amelia Carmody and Ruby Conti, the staff Belinda Vernon, Meg Ketterer, Kate Mahony, Jacaila Dettmann, Alicia Stroud and Melinda Metaxas, student helpers Stephanie Carlson (Captain) and Mia Woodhouse and to Deirdre Tunzi for the administration support.
The following teams have qualified for the National Championships in Queensland:
1st Place: Div A Multiple: Stephanie Carlson and Amelia Carmody
Div 2 Aerodance: Rosie Kuhle, Maddy Canobie, Lilly Smith, Emelia Carlson
Div A Team: Maddy Canobie, Rosie Kuhle, Lilly Smith, Camilla Christian
2nd Place: Div B Pair: Lucille Pang, Matilda Thomas
Div B Team: Lucille Pang, Matilda Thomas, Anaisha Nair, Sophia Halley, Zara Mow
3rd Place: Div A Pair: Rosie Kuhle, Maddy Canobie
Div B Team: Ruby O’Rielly, Emelia Carlson, Beatrice Batters, Poppy Alexander
Div 1 Aerodance: Eliza Carmody, Stephanie Carlson, Abi Cullen, Amelia Carmody (Lauren Leung)
4th Place: Div B Trio: Anaisha Nair, Sophia Halley, Zara Mow
5th Place: Aerodance Div 1: Chloe Jesser, Callan McDonald, Charlotte Diss, Beatrice Batters, Poppy Amexander, Camilla Christian, Ruby O’Rielly
6th Place: Div B Pair: Beatrice Batters, Emelia Carlson
Aerodance Div 1: Lucille Pang, Matilda Thomas, Anaisha Nair, Sophia Halley, Zara Mow
7th Place: Div 1 Aerodance: Spencer Price, Mia Woodhouse, Abbey Leversha, Amelia O’Rielly, Elizabeth McGrath
We would also like to congratulate the following teams for placing 6th in their sections. These routines narrowly missed out on qualifying as they only accepted the top 5 places for these sections. However, they were placed 6th in a section of 18.
Sandhurst Netball Championships.
On the 6th of August 2025, our two representative netball teams competed at the Sandhurst Netball Championships at Golden City/Red Energy Arena.
Our girls' team did a wonderful job, winning four games, losing three and placing 4th overall. We scored some very accurate goals, our midcourt was amazing and our defence was outstanding. We are so grateful and had a great time competing and representing our school. We all had a lot of fun!
Our boys' team did an amazing job and placed in equal first based on win-loss ratio in Section 2. Luckily, we had scored five more goals in our matches which put us over the top and saw us claim first overall. We had a lot of fun playing and for most of us it was our first time playing. We played six games and won four, lost one and drew one.
We all would like to thank Mrs Gibson, our girls' netball coach, Mr Di Fede, our boys' netball coach, and the senior school students who did a fantastic job umpiring us. We would also like to thank the parents and grandparents who supported us throughout the tournament, Mrs Potter who took amazing photos and Mr Hoyt for his assistance on the day.
Callan Macdonald (6 Millward) and
Georgie Doherty (6 Frew)
Northern Star Chess Tournament
According to the chess competitors of Girton Grammar School, on August 7th 2025, they felt relief as they had just won the Northern Star Chess Tournament at Eaglehawk North Primary School. They won by half a point! It was a very stressful day because they had no breaks for five hours. Non-stop chess is a dream for this group of boys but they didn’t realise how challenging the day would get the further they advanced. Their opponents got tougher, and competition got stronger.
Yohan Shetty (5 Jenkin) 4 points
Anvay Rao (5 Jones) 4 points
Archer Hubbard (6 Frew) 1 point
Leo Faganel (6 Jenkin) 4 points
Raphael Zhao (6 Jenkin) 3 points
Reyansh Kulkarni (6 Frew) 5 points
Liam Wood (5 Aherne) 5.5 points 3rd place Under 12 Division and 4th place overall
Ahaan Tadakamadla (5 Frew) won the tournament with the maximum amount of points that you could win - 7 out of 7 points! He was awarded the Tournament Champion!
Girton was named the Champion School and Ahaan, Liam & Reyansh will continue onto the next level and represent Girton at the State Tournament.
They thank Mr Thompson and their parents for their support throughout the day.
Overall they had a great experience and excited about their next competition in Castlemaine in September.
Anvay Rao (5 Jones), Ahaan Tadakamadla (5 Frew) and Liam Wood (5 Aherne