Sports News

Team and individual success

State Athletics

Congratulations to Marlon Bargh, Douglas Buckeridge, Michael Daffy, Mikaila and Grace Young who competed in the State Athletics Carnival at Albert Park on 23rd October.  Well done to you all and a big thank you to parents for their support.

Yr 7 Regional Cricket

On October 24 our Yr 7 Boys and Girls competed in the Regional Competition at Donath Reserve.  The girls played a big bash style game and had success winning the day after defeating Epping, Gladstone Park and Melbourne Girls.  They will now play in the State Final later this month.

The Boys had some closely contested matches throughout the day playing against Aitken, Eltham and Epping. The team narrowly missed out moving through to the next round by only few runs.

Thank you to Mr Price for attending with the team and to our wonderful student coaches Alex Jonhston and Thomas Downes-Hunt.

Yr 8 Regionals

On October 25 we had Yr 8 Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Hockey and Boys Table Tennis teams competed in Regional Finals.

Congratulations to our Yr 8 Boys Basketball, our Girls and Boys Hockey teams, and Boys table tennis who all finished on top of their pool then successfully played off in the final.  All of which will now move through to the State Finals to be played later this month.

Thanks to Mr Neale, Ms Lester, Mr MacIndoe, Ms Archibald and Parent, Paula Butcher for coaching the sides.  Thank you also to our student coaches, Sunny Brazier and Taysen Wilcox.

Yr 7 Regionals

Congratulations to all of our Yr 7 teams who competed in Regional Basketbal,l Hockey and Table Tennis on October 26. Thank you to Mr O’Shea, Mr Orphin, Mr Neale and Ms Sheridan for selecting and coaching the teams and once again thank you to our student coaches, Rinchen Dorjee, Emma Stafford and Katrina Gustafsson.

Yr 8 Cricket Regional Final

Even without their regular Coach Luke Williams of Yr 9, the Yr 8 Boys Cricket Team defeated Viewbank 3/123 to 5/85 in the Regional Final. We played some great cricket with Mile Fricke bowling 4 tight overs (1/13) and top scoring with 48 runs.  Captain Douglas Buckeridge gave support with his express bowling 0/9 off 4 overs and 23 runs. Connor Lester 17, Thomas Proe-Carter 2/10 and Hemi Dietrich (great wicket keeping) also made valuable contributions. Our whole team fielded and caught well to keep Viewbank struggling to maintain the required run rate.

Mr Price (Stand in Coach)

Yr 7 Regional Volleyball

Congratulations to our Yr 7 Boys and Girls Volleyball teams who played in the Regional Finals on Nov 1.  Both teams completed in tough matches throughout the day.  The boys moved through their pool to play off in the finals, to be defeated by Eltham.  Both teams are congratulated for their sportsmanship throughout the day.  Thank you to our student coaches Noey Lum and Charli Doyle.

Yr 8 Girls Futsal

We had 2 Yr 8 Girls teams compete in the Division Futsal competition at Darebin Community Sports Stadium on 2 November.  The girls demonstrated a great sporting attitude throughout the day.

Cheer team

Northcote's inaugural Cheer team have got off to a flying start, winning first place in their division at the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation Spring Carnival recently. The achievement is particularly notable as the team have only been training for a couple of months, and were competing against teams with a year or more's experience. Congratulations team!  We look forward to their continued development next year.

Congratulations Doug

Doug Buckeridge of Year 8 flew the Northcote flag in the 3000m at All Schools Championships on the weekend. He finished 5th in 9:35. That mean he has qualified (9:40 was qualifying time to beat) for the Vic team at Nationals in March. Congratulations Doug - a fantastic effort.

Coming up

November 8 : Intermediate Boys Cricket State Quarter Final

November 9 : Yr 8 Boys Futsal

November 13 : Yr 7 & 8 Girls State Hockey