eSports

eSports National Champions

This year St Norbert College entered a team in the Flaktest eSports High School Regional League DOTA 2 competition, which saw our Canons Blue team competing with other teams around Australia on Saturdays throughout Term Two. Making it into the grand final, the team, consisting of Lucas Tan (Captain), Bernard Masillones, Edwin Ceng, Kade Best, Jan Claude Busoy and Daniel Tan, gathered in front of close to 800 gamers at Curtin Stadium, and several hundred more via Twitch TV,  on Saturday 14 July, to compete against the school team from Good Shepherd Catholic College in Queensland. There was live commentary throughout the game, and despite the commentators doubting the selections made by our players, they were duly impressed when the St Norbert College team ran away winners after a 45-minute battle, beating their opponents with a final score of 62-37. Therefore, we are the proud holders of the title of National Champions in the DOTA 2 Regional League for High School eSports! Particular congratulations to Bernard Masillones, who was voted as Most Valuable Player for the grand final, winning himself a new computer monitor.

Many thanks to Mr Harvey for his generous support and encouragement of this team, in what is a rapidly emerging industry. The organisers, Flaktest Gaming, have since been shortlisted as one of three inaugural finalists in the ANZ Sports and Technology Awards, being a finalist for the eSports award. The ANZSTAs feature a total of 11 award categories celebrating "excellence and innovation of Australia and New Zealand based organisations in the application of data and technology across the full spectrum of the Sport, Media, Entertainment and Health industry".

Flaktest offer several other eSport opportunities for students who are members of our eSports Club. Any student interested in joining needs to contact me for an enrolment form.

Mrs S Mark (Head of Learning Area - Technologies)