Sports Academy News

USA Basketball Trip

Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2024 USA Basketball Trip, planned for late 2024. This incredible opportunity is available to all Lowanna College students - please express your interest on the below form.

https://forms.office.com/r/Wp3aXJ8nET

There will be a meeting for interested students and their families on Thursday the 14th of September at 3.15pm. More details about this will be available soon.

Nike Visit

Earlier this term some of our Sports Academy staff, along with College Principal Adam Hogan, caught up with Mark Delahunt at PTS in Melbourne, continuing to strengthen the Lowanna x Nike brand.

Latrobe Valley Netball 

Congratulations to Year 9 Sports Academy students Lexi Micallef and Layna Hale who were selected to represent the Latrobe Valley Netball Region at Mountain & District Netball Tournament. They were undefeated all day and won the U15 division Grand Final - well done girls!

Gippsland United- Makenzie Miller 

Congratulations to Lowanna Sports Academy Assistant Coach Makenzie Miller who won the 2023 Gippsland United Division Two Championships, and who was named MVP in the Grand Final. 

We have been extremely fortunate to have Makenzie working with our Sports Academy students over the past two years. She has developed a great rapport with the students and has been a fantastic role model. Mackenzie has returned back to the USA to start her career in teaching.

Gippsland Power

See below photo of our Sports Trainee Alisha Molesworth and Year 10 Sports Academy student Addison Vickery-Howe after the Round 16 game against Northern Knights at Morwell Recreation Reserve in the Centre of Excellence. The girls worked hard but did not get a win. 

Madison Micallef Gippsland Power

Congratulations to Madison Micallef who played in the U16s Gippsland Power team against Murray Bushrangers at Shepley Oval on Saturday the 2nd of September. 

Central Gippsland Junior Football League 

Best and Fairest winners

Congratulations to Year 8 AFL Sports Academy student and Hill End player Shelby Malady-Williams, who won the Central Gippsland Junior Football League U14.5s Best Female Player. Shelby also came equal third in the West Gippsland Junior Football League Best and Fairest for Newborough U14s. This is a fantastic achievement, well done Shelby!

Congratulations to Year 9 AFL Sports Academy student and Moe player Darcy Walsh who won the U14.5s Central Gippsland Junior Football League Best and Fairest, polling 27 votes!

Gippsland League Leading Goal Kicker

Congratulations to AFL Sports Academy Student Tom Matthews who finished his season as the U18s Gippsland League Leading Goal Kicker, with 65 goals for Moe Lions. 

State Swimming Champs

Congratulations to Darcy Connell and Zane Poxon for achieving PB’s in the Melbourne swimming at the Victorian State Swimming Championships. Darcy achieved two massive PBs and completed four individual swims and four relays. He achieved his personal best in every race. Zane Poxon also achieved PB’s in all his swimming events! Fantastic work from these two boys.

Darcy Connell- 100m Freestyle, 56.18 seconds.

Sam Flanders 

Congratulations to Sam Flanders who has signed a four-year contract with the Gold Coast Suns. After an interrupted year with an early knee injury and then being dropped after returning, Sam had a sensational finish to the year averaging 30 possessions a game over his last 10 games. This earned him another four-year contract.

Year 7 State Soccer (with our brand-new uniforms)

We recently designed new volleyball and soccer uniforms for our students, and they were delivered straight to the State Soccer, fresh off the press. We are very happy with how they turned out. 

Year 7 State Soccer Finals

On Tuesday the 5th of September the Year 7 Girls Sports Academy students travelled down to Darebin International Sports Centre to participate in the state round of soccer. 

They won their first game, 7-0, and lost their other two games, 1-7 and 1-3. A big thank you to our Soccer Coach, Peter Boyes, for traveling down to coach the team. Fantastic effort girls! 

Junior School Basketball Success

On Friday the 1st of September our Junior Sports Academy students participated in school basketball. 

Our Year 8 boys played at Lowanna College where they were undefeated and won the flag, and our Year 7 Boys and Year 7 and 8 Girls played at the Newborough Leisure Centre. 

Our Year 8 girls had a great day, making it through to the Grand Final but unfortunately did not win the game. 

Our Year 7 boys were very competitive in their two games, losing by 3 and 4 points respectively. 

Our Year 7 girls were a class above, finishing the day undefeated. Fantastic effort by all! 

Golf

Well done to Year 9 Sports Academy student Bella Taylor who played in Yallourn Golf Club's 9-Hole One Man Ambrose Event. She won the Junior 9-hole event last week, and this week was pipped by one shot in the Women’s Division, scoring a great 26 net. 

Physioworks

The below photo shows David Francis working on Nationals Basketball squad member Nathan Hollensen.

Physioworks provide high quality service for our athletes which allows for timely and professional diagnosis and treatment, with follow up rehabilitation programs also sent to the Academy staff. This allows the Sports Academy Team to make sure this is completed during class time.

Nationals

We would like to acknowledge our support from Pacific Team Sports as they’re an Official Nike Teamwear Partner, and our students will be wearing their uniform to National's (Basketball) later this year. 

Upcoming events:

11/9 Year 8 2024 Sports Academy Trials

14/9 Year 6 Trial Day

TBC Soccer Trip, A League Side

12/10 Year 9 Sports Academy Trials 2024

16/10 State Athletics 

19/10 Gippsland Secondary Year 7, Year 8 and Intermediate Girls Basketball

23/10 Gippsland Secondary Year 7, Year 8 and Intermediate Boys Basketball

26/10 Table Tennis Gippsland 

8/11 State Junior Boys Volleyball 

26/11 Nationals (Basketball)

Timetable for afterschool training sessions

Monday 3:15-4:05pm Soccer

Tuesday 7:30-8:20am AFL Academy

Wednesday 3:15-4:05pm Cricket

Thursday 7:30-8:20am National Basketball Training 

Thursday 3:15-4:15pm Volleyball

Friday 3:30-4:30pm Golf (Yallourn Golf Club)