Sports News

We had 19 students qualify to compete at today’s regional athletics final at Casey Fields.  All students gave their best effort in warm but windy conditions. 

Pleasingly, we had 3 students win through to the state athletics finals:

• Ty Kirkwood 1st 14 boys long jump
• Kevin Keng 1st 16 boys 110m hurdles
• Jordan Milne 2nd 12-13 boys 1500m.

Furthermore, we had numerous other students place in their events:

• Bernadette Taumaoe 2nd 14 girls discus, 2nd 14 girls shot put
• Tom Bandi 2nd 16 boys discus
• Batoor Jamalie 2nd 18-20 boys 110m hurdles
• Fahtima Afaese 3rd 15 girls discus
• Sefo Maalo, Mason Heeger, Tom Bandi and Kevin Keng 3rd 16 boys 4x100m relay.

A phenomenal effort, especially considering we are competing against a lot of athletic academy sport schools!  Well done!!

KEVIN KENG 110M HURDLES

Kevin compete in the 16 boys 110m hurdles state athletics final where he won a BRONZE medal, finishing 3rd behind 2 national hurdlers!!  A fantastic effort by Kevin J

Jordan Milne (1500m) and Ty Kirkwood (long jump) compete last this afternoon.

SKI CAMP

During week 8 of Term 3, 26 students, Mr Davies, Mr Taig, Mrs O’Kane and Miss Fallon boarded the bus to Mt. Hotham.  This year has been one of the best snow seasons ever and we were lucky enough to be blessed with not only a MASSIVE amount of snow but SENSATIONAL weather for the whole week!! 

Arriving Monday afternoon, we dropped our bags at Peninsula ski lodge and the students headed straight into a lesson.  It may look easy, but skiing and snowboarding are difficult skills to learn and master, and by the end of the 90-minute lesson, many first time skiers and boarders were thinking ‘what have I done’, finding it difficult to pick up the brand new skill.  However, pleasingly, with a lot of persistence, grit and determination, by the week’s end, all 26 students could successfully ski or snowboard.  It was a brilliant to see all 26 students with big smiles plastered on their faces, skiing down the various Mt. Hotham runs.  While the 5 days of hitting the slopes were exhausting, a FANTASTIC week was had by all who attended!!

Kellie Fallon

Sports coordinator