Welcome to the Ballarat High School Sports Corner where all the results for school events, School Sport Victoria (SSV) events, BAS After School events and highlighting significant external sporting achievements from present and past students.

School Sport Victoria (SSV) Events

SSV Greater Western Regional Senior & Intermediate Girls Football

On Tuesday 20th April BHS qualified teams for the SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Girls Football event in Hamilton at Pedrina Park. The team had early 7am start to make the two-hour trip to the venue.

The Senior Girls had a single match against the mighty Emmanuel College. The team battled away in a close affair to win the match 32pts to 27pts. The Senior Girls team won the competition and have now qualified for the SSV State Senior Girls Quarterfinals to be played at the City Oval, Ballarat on Wednesday 13th August.

The Intermediate Girls had a tougher job having to play 4 games against Trinity College (36pts to 7pts), Emmanuel College (6pts to 22pts), Mercy Regional College (10pts to 7pts) and Horsham College (3pts to 12pts). With a win/loss of 2 and 2 the Intermediate Girls team finished in 3rd place for the competition.

The Senior Girls will now move onto the SSV Senior Girls State Quarterfinals on Wednesday 13th August at the City Oval, Ballarat

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Abbey Burke, Jessica Dawe, Zahlia Delima, Claudia Ellis, Alina Filkova, Lily Graco, Madeline Harrison, Emity Howlett, Milla Hunter, Zoe Maggi, Gracie O’Donnell, Alex Oldaker, Keeley Pelkonen, Harriette Preston, Acacia Vorbach

Coach: Katie McAloon

Intermediate Girls: Marley Abbott, Sierra Barbera, Samantha Catherall, Ruby Graco, Isabella Grail, Daniela Griffiths, Mia Hayne, Myah Johnston, Summer Kotek, Kaiya Mallia, Dakodah Pearce, Kirby Robins-Fraser, Kate Thomson, Charlotte Turnbull, Lena Wiltsher, Ava Yeoman

Coach: Rob Simmonds

SSV Greater Western Region Senior, Intermediate, Year 8 & Year 7 Boys Netball

On Wednesday 21st May BHS qualified 4 teams (Senior, Intermediate, Year 8 & Year 7) to the SSV Greater Western Region Boys Netball event at the Bluewater Leisure Centre in Colac. All four teams had very different paths to take through the competition.

The Senior Boys had two matches against Warracknabeal Secondary College (39 goals to 27 Goals) and Colac Secondary College (42 goals to 9 goals). Winning both matches secured BHS the overall win and the GWR Championship.

The Intermediate Boys through a bit of luck, found themselves back in the competition after Beaufort Secondary College withdrew their team from the competition. The team played three matches against Warracknabeal Secondary College (13 goals to 9 goals), Trinity College (4 goals to 25 goals) and Terang College (10 goals to 14 goals). The team finished in 3rd place.

The Year 8 Boys had three matches against Colac Secondary College (12 goals to 9 goals), Warracknabeal Secondary College (9 goals to 22 goals) and Camperdown College (15 goals to 12 goals). The team finished in a narrow 2nd place claiming the runners up pennant.

Finally, the Year 7 Boys didn’t have any opponents and received a walkover for the competition declaring them the GWR champions for 2025!

See below some thoughts from our Head of Netball Courtney McLean:

The Intermediate and Year 8 Boys have some raw talent and with some more training there is no doubt that they could be a state finals contender next year.

We’re very fortunate at BHS that so many students are willing to work outside of their comfort zone and give something new a try.

Our Senior Boys were looking slick, they have a handful of highly talented footballers and basketballers that all cross codes seamlessly. Not to mention, they are very well coached by Deb Hutchinson.

While we’re lucky to have a strong pool of players to select from we are equally as fortunate to have so many dedicated and knowledgeable coaches.

Good luck to our Year 7 & Senior boys, Deb and Charlie who will now compete at state finals in September.

The Senior Boys & Year 7 Boys now qualify for the SSV State Championships at the Waverley Netball Centre on the following dates:

Senior Boys – Monday 1st September
Year 8 Boys – Monday 15th September

Students Involved:

Senior Boys: Jesse Baker, Floyd Brooks, Jacob Hutchinson, Jaspar Lee, Felix Murray, Jackson Obrien, Gawer Ruach, Aiden Wiltsher

Coach: Deb Hutchinson

Intermediate Boys: Raiyan Bin Abdullah, George Bishop, Jack Kinnersly, Brody Rumble, Fletcher Smith, Zakai Van Elsen

Coach: Courtney McLean

Year 8 Boys: Tyson Anstis, Louis Clark, Rhys Cox, Kori Dunn, Cooper Johnston, Denham McMahon, Klay Roberts, Oliver Wakeling, Jackson Wilson, Fyfe Young

Coach: Charlie Schaper

Year 7 Boys: Jetta Andrews, Hudson Brown, Jonah Cherry, Arthur Den Ouden, Jaxon Ladiges, Kellen Manwaring, Logan Pilmore, Charie Ridley, Eamon Slade, Liam Spencer, Max Turnbull

Coach: Charlie Schaper

SSV Eureka Intermediate Boys Football

On Thursday 22nd May BHS entered a team into the SSV Eureka Intermediate Boys Football competition held at Ballarat High School.

It was a successful day out for BHS winning the competition narrowly in the Grand Final.

The team had 3 matches against Mount Rowan Secondary College (40pts to 18pts), Mount Clear College (19pts to 13pts) and Phoenix Secondary College (59pts to 6pts). Three wins qualified the team for the Grand Final and a rematch with Mount Clear College. It was an absolute nail biter with Mount Clear College leading for the majority of match only for BHS to put on 4 unanswered goals to secure a narrow 3pt victory and the Eureka Division Championship.

We also had 3 students involved in the umpiring of the competition and thank them for providing their time.

The Intermediate Boys team will now qualify for the SSV Greater Western Region event on Tuesday 10th June at the Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol.

Students involved: Raiyan Bin Abdullah, Hunter Bogers, Alby Davies, George English, Jack Gilbert, Jye Hamill, Cooper Hussey, Jack Kinnersly, Jack Knights, Archer Mason, Jackson Moneghetti, Jake O’Rourke, Cooper Robertson, Fletcher Smith, Bourne Sri Dargon, Hunter Stevenson, Riley Van Ek, Ronan Van Kempen Coaches: Tom Ferguson & Patrick Lynch

Umpires: George Bishop, Oliver Geier, Bailey McKay

SSV Eureka Intermediate Girls Netball

On Thursday 22nd May BHS also entered a team into the SSV Eureka Intermediate Girls Netball competition held at Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball Centre)

The Intermediate Girls had 9 matches against Phoenix Secondary College B team (30 goals to 0 goals), Mount Rowan Secondary College A Team (29 goals to 0 goals), Beaufort Secondary College (24 goals to 2 goals), Daylesford Secondary College A (16 goals to 8 goals), Mount Clear College (24 goals to 6 goals), Mount Rowan Secondary College B Team (11 goals to 7 goals), Woodmans Hill Secondary College (27 goals to 4 goals), Phoenix Secondary College A Team (14 goals to 6 goals) and Daylesford Secondary College B team (21 goals to 4 goals).

BHS displayed its excellent netball depth going undefeated for the competition and being declared the 2025 Eureka Division champions.

The school also had 2 students umpire on the day.

The Intermediate Girls team will now qualify for the SSV Greater Western Region Intermediate Girls Netball event on Tuesday 10th June at Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball Centre).

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Alana Burns, Casey Butterworth, Charlah Carter, Isabelle Harrison, Mia Hayne, Isabelle Loader, Gracie O’Donnell, Dakodah Pearce, Lena Wiltsher Coach: Courtney McLean

Umpires: Embly Jenkins

SSV GWR Cross Country

On Monday 26th May BHS took 34 students on the annual trip to Warrnambool for the SSV Greater Western Region Cross Country at Reid/Mack Oval. The early weather forecast was looking pretty grim only for the weather gods to bless the event with mostly sunshine combined with textbook windy Warrnambool conditions. The course provided a challenge with some decent hills combined with on and off path racing.

The top 12 students of each age group qualify though to the SSV State Cross Country Championships.

All students who attended displayed enormous pride in running for the school and it was great to see plenty of BHS light blue out on course.

Congratulations to the following students who have all qualified through to the SSV State Cross Country Champions at the Yara Valley Racecourse on Tuesday 24th July.

Sofia Van Kempen – Year 7 (12-13 Years Girls 3k, 11th 13:07)
Ruby Graco – Year 8 (14 Years Girls 3k, 11th 12:31)
Ronan Van Kempen – Year 9 (15 Years Boys 3k, 9th 10:49)
Riley Van Ek – Year 10 (16 Years Boys 5k, 12th 19:17)
Brooke Blomely – Year 11 (17-20 Girls 3k, 4th, 12:48)

Students involved: Lily Austin, Brooke Blomeley, Alana Burns, Ashleigh Carnes, Arthur Den Ouden, Cleo Dower, Poppy-Mae Emmerson, George English Jed Gilbert, Alex Gladman, Ruby Graco, Samuel Hillis, Charlie Hingst, Embly Jenkins, Annie Johnstone, Myah Johnston, Liam Jones, Rubie Kirkwood, Kaiya Mallia, Indi Manford, Denham McMahon, Ava Miller, Matilda Prentice, Charlie Ridley, Isabella Rigby, Alice Smith, Bourne Sri Dargon, Max Turnbull, Riley Van Ek, Sofia Van Kempen, Ronan Van Kempen

Coaches: Rob Simmonds, Jill Muir, Kristy Trahair-Merrett

Congratulations to Will Marshall (Year 12) and Rick Barber (Year 11) who played in the winning Ballarat U/18 Country Hockey Team at the Junior Country Week Championships over the 17th/18th May held at the State Hockey Centre in Parkville. Ballarat defeated Hamilton 3 goals to 2 goals in the Grand Final to be declared the Country Champions! Will was also top goal scorer for the whole tournament.

Well done to both students!

Ballarat High School is an enormous school and the Sports Department can’t keep track of all student sporting achievements. If your child has achieved a significant sporting achievement, can you please let the Sports Department know so we can highlight it in the school newsletter.

Emails can be sent to Ashley Rogers (ashley.rogers@education.vic.gov.au) or Robert Simmonds (robert.simmonds@education.vic.gov.au

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 8 · 30 May 2025

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