Sports News

Greater Western Senior Boys

On Thursday the 15th of May our Senior Boys Football team travelled to Stawell to compete in the Black Range Football Carnival. In what was a fantastic day for Football our boys came up against 18 from St Brigid’s/Lutheran and Marion College’s A Team. A few of the boys started the day by helping out the St Brigid’s team which was a fantastic show of great sportsmanship and attitude.

It was then our turn to take on St Brigid’s. The Boys showed great teamwork in their first game leading from the front and building on their lead throughout the game to come out comfortable winners.

In the 2nd and final game for the day which turned out to be a grand final match against Marion the boys started the game shaky with Marion pushing the boys in every position. The boys needed to lift, and that they did kicking the next four goals of the game to hold a two-goal lead at half time. After half time the boys extended on that lead showing some fantastic teamwork against the strong opposition running away with the victory and earning their spot at the Greater Western Region Carnival.

Well done boys!

Senior Boys State Volleyball

On Thursday 15th May the Horsham Colleges Senior Boys Volleyball made the long trip to the Dandenong Volleyball Stadium to compete in the 2025 SSV State Volleyball Championships.

The team lead by Captain Zane J played three pool games against Eltham, Mildura SC and Alexandra C and although not being able to secure a win out of the three games the boys played sensational Volleyball against some of the States best Secondary Schools and managed to win a set against Alexandra College.

HC defeated by Eltham | 10 - 20 & 11 – 20

HC defeated by Mildura | 10 – 20 & 15 – 20

HC defeated by Alexandra | 16 – 20, 20 – 15 & 11 – 15

Congratulations to Zane, James J, Yasa, Joel B, Jhustine F, Kai D & Jiedan Y on your commitment to your chosen sport and for being in the top eight school’s in Victoria a great effort by each and everyone of you.

Wimmera Hockey Association Under 14's - Junior Country Championships

Ethan Hill, James Mackereth, Jaxon Luy, and Charlie Curran represented the Wimmera Hockey Association U14s at the Junior Country Championships on the weekend in Melbourne, with 47 regional teams competing.  

The team was made up of players from Dimboola, Kaniva, Nhill, Warracknabeal, Yanac, and Horsham (whom the four boys play for in the U16s during the domestic season), and this was the first time since 2019 that the Wimmera Hockey Association has had an U14s boys’ team at the JCC.  

The team finished ninth in the tournament winning two of their three games in the Sunday session.  An amazing effort considering the team only had one training session together before the tournament and no dedicated goalkeeper (Charlie, James and Jaxon all having a game each in that position during the tournament).

Greater Western Region Girls Intermediate Football

On Tuesday the 20th of May, Horsham college took a team of Year 9 & 10 Students to participate in the Greater Western Region Girls football in Hamilton, it was a fresh start to the morning however continued into amazing day for the girls to play football!

It was fantastic to see the amazing encouragement from each student when a goal was scored or stopped, there positive vibes towards each other made the team thrive throughout the carnival, helping them come out with some very successful win. The girls ability to adapt and change to new positions during games was unbelievable, each student should be extremely proud with how they played!

The Intermediate girls team was lucky enough to come away with 3 wins and 1 loss, which allowed them to get 2nd place in the Greater Western Region Carnival!

Well done girls!

A big thank you to Mr Hose for Coaching the intermediate girls team!

State Schools Victoria Senior Boys & Girls State Tennis Champoinships

Monday 19th May Horsham College again were represented at the State Schools Victoria Senior Boys & Girls State Tennis Championships.

For many of our students this has been a regular event since they were in Year 7 which is an amazing effort to be able to win through to the State Champs every year.

Senior Girls who came 2nd at last year’s competition finished on top of their pool; they played three pool matches winning all of them to progress to the cross over Semi Finals.

They came up against a very good Rowville College team and were not able to qualify for the final this year.  The girls lost all four single matches to Rowville but two of these sets were lost in sudden death points an amazing effort again girls to nearly make the State Final two years in a row.

SSV Spirit of Sport Award – Congratulations to the girl’s team of Adele J, Ella T, Paige T, Sarah M and Violet M on winning the SSV Spirit of Sport Award. The girls were nominated by all three of their opposing teams they played in their pool matches for showing respect, honesty, care and general all round great sportsmanship towards their opponents both on and off the court. This award is new this year being introduced by SSV to encourage students to show respect towards each other, well done girls on winning the award, it encompasses our school values and we are very proud of you all for demonstrating our values.

Senior Boys team of Eli B, Aiden R, Archie S, Alex D & August K like the girls have played nearly every year at this Level since they came to Horsham College in Year7.

The boys won one and lost two of their pool games and finished 3rd overall missing out on a semi-final spot. Well done to you all it was a great day with many laughs.

A big thank you to Maree Thompson for coming along again to assist Jason with this excursion.

Year 7 Black Range Netball

On Tuesday the 27th of May, Horsham College took down 3 teams to participate in Year 7 Black Range Netball held at Central Park, it was a typical netball day with strong winds and occasional spits of rain.

Horsham College Pink had an amazing day winning 2 out of 4 games in there pool, they demonstrated amazing plays and encouraged each other throughout the day, there teamwork was outstanding!! A big thank you to Sienna W and Karla H for coaching the team and Isla B for umpiring!

Horsham College Blue were in pool B where they drew the first game, lost their second and last game and won their third game, these girls had a fabulous day, with strong drive down the court to help them score goals! Thank you to Miss Bywaters for coaching the team and Olivia T for umpiring.

Horsham College Yellow had a fantastic day, winning all their games in their pool, advancing them to a final where they versed Wimmera Lutheran College, the girls displayed excellent teamwork and strong court play to help them advance to the grand final, where they then versed Stawell College. Our HC Yellow team took on the challenge in the grand final and were lucky enough to come away with the win, Thank you to Georgia Hiscock for coaching and Keeley S for umpiring!

Horsham College team Yellow will now participate in the Greater Western Region Netball held in Ballarat on the 25th of June

Greater Western Region Cross Country

On Monday 26th May Horsham College had 14 students travel to Reid Oval Warrnambool to compete in the 2025 GWR Cross Country in cold and windy conditions.

Congratulations to all our students who competed on the day, both Josh and Jason were very impressed with everyone’s attitude and commitment you all embraced the challenge of running on a day that would be better suited to flying kites.

Congratulations to the following four students who have qualified to compete at this years State Championships which will be held 1st week of Term 3 at the Yarra Valley Racecourse in Yarra Glen on Thursday July 24.

Jett H                 3rd out of 90

Aiden R             8th out of 71

Scarlet A          5th out of 44

Henry O            6th out of 42

Good luck to you all and we look forward to hearing how you get on at the next level.

Black Range Senior Girls Netball

On Thursday the 15th of May our Senior Girl's Netball teams headed to Stawell to take on other local schools int the Black Ranges level competition, it what was a fantastic day for netball the girls started the day with a friendly game against on another before taking on other schools. 

Whilst both teams showed fantastic netball skill on the day it was our A team that took the lead winning all games and progressing through to the GWR Region. All girls showed fantastic character on the day, encouraging one another and displaying great sportsmanship throughout the day. Well Done girls, good luck on the 10th of June in Ballarat.

Year 7 Boys Black Range Football

On Tuesday the 27th of May our Year 7 Boys took on Marion college in the Black Range level Junior Football. Being the boys first game of football for the school they were eager and excited to get the game underway. 

The game was played in chilly conditions @ Horsham City Oval, and Marion got the game underway with a couple of goals in the first quarter. The boys responded in the second quarter, kicking 6 goals to 1 to give them a handy lead at half time. The third quarter brought a very even contest, both teams scoring well and linking up for great passages of play. 

The last quarter turned into an unexpected nailbiter. Marion put the foot down and mounted a big comeback, kicking into the wind they scored a couple of quick goals with plenty of opportunities narrowly missing.

A great bit of running link up play created another opportunity for our boys resulting in a goal, which sealed a very narrow win 9-1-55 to 7-7 49. A fantastic show of sportsman ship both teams on the day was the highlight! well done boys and good luck at the next level.