Programs - Sport 

Despite going into lockdown at the end of the term, St John’s still had plenty of sport happen in Term 2. Here is a recap of what students were involved in.

In the very first week of Term 2, certain St John’s students participated in the SIS Swimming Carnival. Overall it was a great results with plenty of ribbons given to students. Year 7 student Emma Jorissen was a standout winning many races and later invited back to represent the SIS team in the VSAC swim competition.

In the following week the entire school participated in the House Athletics Carnival at Casey Fields. Columba house managed to get the overall win and many students showed off their athletic capabilities. The following students were athletics champions in their year levels:

Year 7 Boy/Girl Champion

Ralph Buela LE4       Alexis Johnson MO4

Year 8 Boy/Girl Champion

Abisan Rajkumar DE6     Ashleigh Thatcher CO3

Year 9 Boy/Girl Champion

Angelo Lotongol CO7     Sarah Van Der Veer CO4

Year 10 Boy/Girl Champion

Chris Lampard MO6     Jennifer Justin DE7

Year 11 Boy/Girl Champion

Abel Thomas Sainy CO3/Lennon Hughes CO6               Rita Lawrence LE7

Year 12 Boy/Girl Champion

Dennis Ofuho AQ3            Stella Farajala AQ7/ Sarah Mubarak CO4

Another House Carnival that was held in Week 5 was the House Cross Country, with again Columba being the winning house. All students were involved in the 2.2km race and once again great to see all students out about whether it was running, jogging or walking. The following were the winners of their race:

Year 7 Boy/Girl Champion

Dante Happawana        Alexis Johnson

Year 8 Boy/Girl Champion

Darshan Maniraju     Juan Wani

Year 9 Boy/Girl Champion

Dion Happawana    Ajok Mading

Year 10 Boy/Girl Champion

Joe Fallah   Catherine Lawrence

Year 11 Boy/Girl Champion

Lennon Hughes   Rita Lawrence

Year 12 Boy/Girl Champion

Matthew Cross    Irene Lino

Most of these winning students went on to complete in the SIS Cross Country held the following week at Baxter Park. Once again there were some fantastic individual results. Juan Wani came first in her division, Ashleigh Thatcher 3rd, Lennon Hughes 2nd and Mauro Dominic 3rd. St John’s also won the U/17 Boys pennant.

Also in Term 2 we have seen weekly sports been run as part of the SIS program. The sports have included:

Junior Girls Netball coached by Ms Sonia McNally

Junior Girls Softball coached by Ms Anna Nguyen

Junior Mixed Touch Rugby coached by Mr Mario Laing

Junior Boys Volleyball coached by Mr Mark Alexander 

Junior Mixed Table Tennis coached by Mr John Loonstra

Intermediate Boys Volleyball coached by Mr Paul Wintle

Intermediate Girls Indoor Cricket coached by Mr Eamonn Farrelly

Intermediate Boys AFL coached by Mr Nathan Gard and Mr Simon Massouras

Senior Girls AFL coached by Ms Tania Robinson in a one off special game.

All teams have done a great deal of training and have seen some great results.

Special mention to the Junior Boys Volleyball team who not only won the Championship Pennant from SIS but also went undefeated all season and had zero sets scored against them. An amazing effort.

Throughout Term 1, St Johns has also hosted a Soccer Gala day for many primary schools. This opportunity allowed for the use of a our soccer and oval facilities to be used and was a great spectacle.

So with more sport on the horizon we look forward to further commitment and dedication from our students to get involved.