Sports News

TERM 2 IMPORTANT DATES

• Interschool Sport weekly on a Thursday ~ 1:30pm – 3:30pm
• Milgate PS House Cross Country @ Milgate PS ~ Wednesday 28th April (all Yr. 3 – 6 students)
• Templestowe District Cross Country @ Ruffey Lake Park ~ Tuesday 18th May (selected Yr. 3 – 6 students)
• Manningham Division Cross Country @ Yarra Glen Race Course ~ Tuesday 1st June (selected Yr. 3 – 6 students)
• Yr. 5 & 6 Camp @ Coonawarra Farm Resort in Gippsland ~ Monday 7th – Friday 11th June (Yr. 5 & 6 students)
• EMR Cross Country @ Yarra Glen Race Course ~ Tuesday 15th June (selected Yr. 3 – 6 students)
• Yr. 5 & 6 Indoor Climbing Day @ Hardrock Climbing Gym, Nunawading ~ Monday 21st June (selected Yr. 5 & 6 students)
• Manningham Division Girls AFL Day @ Zerbes Reserve ~ Wednesday 23rd June (selected Yr. 5 & 6 girls)

INTERSCHOOL SPORT 

This term we play the following sports on a Thursday afternoon (1:30pm – 3:30pm), in the Templestowe District Interschool Sport Competition.

• 2 x AFL Footy teams
• 2 x Soccer teams
• 4 x Netball teams
• 2 x Tee ball teams
• 2 x Hot Shot Tennis teams.

We have our first training session this Thursday 22nd April and Round 1 will be played on Thursday 29th April. If you would like a copy of the Term 2 Interschool Sport Fixtures, you can find these on Compass under the Interschool Sport Event, under Resources.

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

We have our annual Yr. 3 – 6 Cross Country Competition on Wednesday 28th April @ Milgate PS. This event is seen as a compulsory event for all our Yr. 3 – 6 students. The competition is all about participation, encouraging team spirit and achieving your personal best. Good luck to everyone.

The morning will begin at 9:15am and below is a rough outline of how the competition will run. 

Parents are more than welcome to come along and watch and if you have some more time to spare, your assistance would be appreciated. The top 10 place getters from each race will then proceed to the Templestowe District Cross Country at Ruffey Lake Park on Tuesday 18th May.

Your son/daughter will compete in the age group that they are turning or have turned already in 2021.

This is a rough timeline of how the morning will run:

• 9:15am ~ 11yr old Boys 3km race
• 9:45am ~ 11yr old Girls 3km race
• 10:15am ~ 8/9/10yr old Boys 2km race 
• 10:45am ~ 8/9/10yr old Girls 2km race
• 11:15am ~ 12/13yr old Boys 3km race
• 11:45am ~ 12/13yr old Girls 3km race.

FUN FRIDAY FITNESS SESSIONS

We are running our “Fun Friday Fitness Sessions” again this term and it would be terrific to see as many people as possible in attendance at these sessions. Miranda does a terrific job and the sessions are open to everyone on a Friday morning from 8:15am – 8:45am. The sessions will run on the following Friday’s:

• Friday 30th April
• Friday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th May
• Friday 4th, 11th & 18th June