Sports
House Cross Country
We had an absolutely glorious day weatherwise yesterday for the House cross country yesterday.
Our 16 and 17-20 year old boys all ran 5km, and everyone else ran the 3km course. With the new construction starting on the oval, we relocated to Brandon Park Reserve to complete the course.
House points were up for grabs to contribute to the House Cup.
Congratulations to Wattle House for winning the Cross Country.
Final results:
1st Wattle 157
2nd Jacaranda 100
3rd Waratah 80
4th Banksia 70
Congratulations to all students who competed.
Our interschool team will be generated from these results and our team is looking promising!
Well done to the winners of each age group:
13 Girls Amelie Flack
13 Boys Danyal Bolat
14 Girls Sarah Weir
14 Boys Edwin Bentley
15 Girls Zoe Jackson
15 Boys Joshua Modin
16 Boys Evan Dobson
17-20 Girls Maddison Modin
17-20 Boys Thomas Jackson
Thank you to the Sport Captains, Mr Ballagh, Mrs Richardson, Mr Louey, Mr Clayton, Mr Selimovic and Flora Xu for all assisting with the organization of the event.
The day couldn’t have run as smooth as it did without you.
Kim Nash & Sarah Swilks
Directors of Sport
EMR & SSV Diving Championships
Brentwood had six students competing at the recent EMR Diving Championships this week at MSAC in Albert Park.
After a morning coaching session, the competition started and our girls flipped, twisted, tumbled and rotated throughout the air and entered the water with minimal splash!
All girls are to be congratulated!
13-14 EMR results
Amelia Winbanks GOLD 135.30 pts
Gabriela Castilo Del Campo Bronze 75.05 pts
Emma Marriott 6th place 68.20 pts
17-20 EMR results
Natasha Winbanks GOLD 147.65 pts
Aisha Woon 4th place 76.10 pts
Daniela Castilo Del Campo 6th place 61.55 pts
In the afternoon, the SSV State Diving Championships were held. Amelia went in as the top seed for the event and improved on her dives, scoring with an incredible +++ points and announcing herself as the newest STATE CHAMPION!
Natasha went into the SSV State Diving Championships as the second seeded diver. She was definitely determined to go one place further than her silver medal in 2023. With an incredible improvement in the execution of dives three and four, Natasha was diving well off the 3m board. With a massive overall score of 165.90 points, Natasha kept the winning streak in her family, also becoming the STATE CHAMPION in the 17-20 age group!
Well done!
Gabriela (81.40 pts), Aisha (84.95 pts) and Daniela (82.50 pts) also qualified to compete in the afternoon at the SSV State Championships. All three improved in the execution of their dives from the morning competition.
SSV State Swimming Championships
Harold Xu competed, last Friday, at the SSV State Swimming Championships at MSAC. In an extremely fast race, he won the gold medal in the U14 50m Butterfly in a time of 29.46 sec. Harold is now a STATE CHAMPION! Congratulations Harold on an amazing achievement!
We are all extremely proud of your efforts!
Kim Nash & Sarah Swilks
Directors of Sport
Year 11 & Year 12 VET Sport and Recreation
On the 19th of April the Year 12 and 11 VET Sport and Recreation classes had the wonderful opportunity to experience a man-made wave pool known as UrbnSurf.
The experiences that we had felt was one never experienced before at Brentwood. Throughout the day we learnt many useful surfing mechanics which included learning how to protect yourself in the water as well as how to properly and safely use the boards. We also learnt how to conduct ourselves in a surf like environment while also Urbnsurf providing with a refresher on water safety.
Finally, I would like to thank both the VET Sport and Rec teachers for providing us with this new experience and overall supervising us to ensure we had an amazing session. Additionally, the Surfing coaches for providing us with an entertaining but informative session.
By Rohan Edirisuriya
Sporting Achievements
Lili Cavanagh
Lili Cavanagh graduated from Brentwood in 2020. Lili was part of our school leadership, as a Sport Captain, and she was highly involved in the Brentwood sport program.
Just recently, Lili was a key member of the Victorian baseball team that won the 2024 Australian Women’s Championships.
Even greater news was that Lili was named MVP, player of the tournament.
In a recent write up, on Baseball.com.au, Lili was praised for her standout accomplishments on the field and her energetic leadership in the dugout.
Well done Lili!
Jordan Gilbert
Jordan Gilbert, a current year 12 student, is continuing to kick goals in the athletics world. Just recently he competed at the Australian Championships in South Australia in the U20 400m and won the silver medal in a new PB time 47.08sec.
Jordan was also part of the bronze medal relay team.
Jordan is currently waiting to hear if he has qualified to compete at the U20 World Athletcis Championships to be held in Lima later this year.
We wish Jordan well for his athletic endeavors.
Well done Jordan!
Brentwood School Sports
Brentwood competes in the School Sport Victoria (SSV) program. We are a successful school due to the commitment of students and staff to the program.
Staff volunteer their time to provide opportunities to the students to get involved.
Students can learn new skills, develop tactical thinking within a competitive environment, meet new friends, build rapport with staff outside the classroom, demonstrate leadership skills through student coaching, display good sportsmanship no matter what the outcome, and most of all students can grow as a person.
Brentwood look the part when we go out to compete. When we arrive at a competition, other schools know exactly who we are; as we arrive as a team and we look like a team. Students wear our sports uniform with pride.
We have a strict uniform policy. If you are part of a Brentwood team you look like a Brentwood student. We wear our sport uniform: Brentwood polo, Brentwood navy shorts, Brentwood navy track pants, Brentwood rugby jumper, Brentwood jacket, Brentwood hat, white socks, and appropriate footwear. We do not wear casual clothing or other teams clothing. We represent Brentwood.
We enter teams into all SSV competitions and compete within the Monash Division.
Our local competition come from Wheelers Hill Secondary College, South Oakleigh College, Wellington Secondary College and John Monash Science School.
Winning teams then progress to the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) round robin competitions, and successful teams from EMR compete at the SSV State Championships.
Communication is via the Compass portal. Consent and payment for events must be completed via compass. Consent must be finalized by 11.59pm two school days prior to the event/excursion. If a student does not have consent and payment is not complete before this time, they will not be permitted to attend. Unfortunately, some students do miss out.
We also like to celebrate student sporting achievement. We would love to hear about your child’s super special milestones and achievements in their chosen sport. A quick email is all that it takes : sports@ms.brentwood.vic.edu.au
I do hope that you encourage your child to try a new sport through the many opportunities at Brentwood to get involved. Even if they do not make a team, they have learnt new skills and developed abilities during the selection trials and trainings.
We also love to have supportive parents attend sporting events.
So feel free to come along and cheer on Brentwood throughout the year.
Kim Nash & Sarah Swilks
2024 Directors of Sport
PE uniform reminders:
- Years 7 – 9 may wear their PE uniform all day on days in which they have PE. This is made known to students by having GYM1, GYM2, GYM3 etc. for their “room” location. On days where students have Health, they are required to be in their academic uniform
- Year 10 students may only wear PE uniform if they are completing either PE elective (Enhanced PE or Sports Science) on the days their teacher has selected for them to complete their practical classes for the week. Students will be given uniform pass cards from their teacher which will list what days these practical classes are on. Students are to carry these cards at all times. If a student is in PE uniform on a day that a practical class is not on or cannot present their card, then they will receive a uniform chronicle
- Year 11 and 12 students are to change into and out of their PE uniforms for periods that they have a practical class. If students have PE in period 1 they are allowed to come to school in their PE uniform and will change at the end of this period. If students have PE in period 5 they will need to change at lunch time and are permitted to leave school in their PE uniforms. If a year 11 or year 12 student comes to class in their PE uniform and they do not have a practical class in that period then they will receive a uniform chronicle
- PE uniform items can be purchased here - https://www.psw.com.au/schools/brentwood-secondary-college.html?p=2
Kind regards,
Meg Wrench Joseph
Head of Health and PE