LILYDALE SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Students from all year levels competed in the School Swimming Carnival at Croydon Outdoor Memorial Pool on Friday 27 February.

For Year 7 students it was their first experience of a whole school sporting event and the day was a great success.

There were a great number of participants, all contributing to their House teams overall results. The costumes were a marvellous spectacle on the day, with students from all year levels displaying their house pride with an array of colourful outfits.

We also introduced the Lilydale High School House Spirit Cup. This Cup will be awarded at Swimming and Athletics Carnivals for the House that demonstrates the greatest amount of team spirit through cheers, participation and sportsmanship.

School Champion points;

Junior School Champions - Cummins
Middle School Champions - Cummins
Senior School Champions - Cummins

Overall School Champions – Cummins

Age Group Champions;

13y Male – Alan Lopez

13y Female – Sarah Corstorphen & Georgia Laven

14y Male – Nicholas Rowe

14y Female – Merinda Reid

15y Male – Jemarod Brown

15y Female – Tamara Kift

16y Male – Michael Rafferty

16y Female – Amy Imms

17y Male – Adam Johnston & Dean Nippers

17y Female – Kaylah Fall

20y Male – Luke Spiden

20y Female – Tiarne Moody

A big congratulations to all those involved in the day!

YARRA DISTRICT SWIMMING

On Friday 6 March we had over 40 students head to Croydon Outdoor Pool to represent Lilydale High School in the Yarra District Swimming Carnival. We had an enormous amount of success, with 26 students qualifying for Eastern Region level, to be held on Wednesday 25 March at MSAC.

Outstanding Individual Results;

14 Year Female Champions

Merinda Reid and Sarah Falkingham

14 Year Male Champion

Nicholas Reid

15 Year Female Champion

Tamara Kift

15 Year Male Champion

Jemarod Brown

16 Year Male Champion

Michael Rafferty

20 Year Male Champion

Jack Nolan

Overall Results;

Junior Champions

Lilydale High School

Intermediate Champions

Lilydale High School

Senior Champions

Lilydale High School

Overall Champion – Lilydale High School

We wish the 26 students heading to MSAC on Wednesday 25 March all the best in their events.

ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Four very talented Lilydale High School students headed to Sydney to compete in the 2015 Australian Junior Athletics Championships from Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 March.

From Year 7 we had 3 representatives; Georgia Laven, Chelsea Thompson and Ruby Dixon. And from Year 9 James Laven.

There were also two noticeable absences from the team in Lily Peacock and Molly Dixon still recovering from injury.

The students that did compete had fantastic success coming home with 3 medals in total.

James Laven

1st Steeplechase and 8th 3000m

Georgia Laven

3rd 800m and 8th 400m

Chelsea Thompson

2nd 200m and 7th 100m

Ruby Dixon

12th 3000m and 14th 1000m

Congratulations to these outstanding athletes. We look forward to hearing about their continual achievements throughout the year.

FORMER STUDENT SUCCESS

Kell O’Brien moved from Lilydale High School at the end of 2014 to pursue his passion for sport at SEDA. He has achieved some fantastic success of recent time and is currently on a campaign drive to fund his travel and participation in the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Kazakhstan later this year.

Below is 2 minute video message from Kell which explains all;

Kell has also recently accepted a position in the Victorian Institute of Sport Squad, which is an amazing achievement.

Anyone that is interested in following Kell’s progress and supporting his campaign to the World Championships, you can find out more information by following his Facebook page Friends of Kell O’Brien Cyclist.

YEAR 7 GIRLS CRICKET

On Monday 16 March, 12 Year 7 girls set off to play in an all day cricket tournament.

Throughout the day the girls came up against three other schools and finished the Round Robin winning two out of the three games. They then met Yarra Hills in the final. The girls batted first, demonstrating some excellent hitting skills and running between wickets. They then went into bowl and were able to get 4 run outs in quick succession. At the end of the 16 over game, the girls came through with an excellent win and will go through to Eastern Region in Term 4.

Congratulations to Eliza, Ella, Tahli, Alex, Abbey, Emma, Emma, Katie, Shae, Charlie, Georgia and Katelyn.

Miss Wilson

Laura Attard

Interschool Sports Coordinator

2015 LHS SWIMMING CARNIVAL

GOOD FRIENDS!

GREAT PHOTOS!

LOTS OF FUN!