Sport

Northern Metro Region Swimming Finals

On Wednesday 27 March, 23 of our Eltham High School students made their way to WaterMarc to compete at the Northern Metro Region Swimming finals. We competed in 26 individual finals and 8 relays, with Eltham High finishing 5th overall. It was great to see so many amazing individual performances throughout the day.

Conor Hayes (Year 12, Everard House) competed in his last NMR Swimming Finals for EHS with 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in his individual events and a Silver in the Medley Relay. Ben Van Dijk (Year 8, Skipper House) went 2 from 2 in his individual events with 2 Golds and took away the Silver medal in the Freestyle Relay. Sam Hartley (Year 9, Everard House) finished the day with 1 Gold and 1 Silver in his individual events and a relay Gold and Silver. Matthew Brophy (Year 11, Pakana House) had a busy day medalling in all his individual and relay events, leaving the venue with 4 Gold and 2 Silver medals around his neck. Archie Bonga (Year 9, Skipper House) and Jevon Dalton (Year 10, Everard House) had success as part of the Freestyle Relay team, winning the gold. These athletes have now secured their place in the SSV State Finals on April 19 at MSAC. 

Below are the results of all our swimmers for day .

Well done to each and every one of these swimmers who represented our school with excellence. Good luck to the 6 swimmers moving on to the State Finals.

BREE PASCOE, Sports Coordinator

Year 7 Tennis

On Tuesday March 26, ten of our Year seven students participated in the Nillumbik round robin tennis event played at Diamond Valley College (DVC). Well done to the following students.

Team 1: Nick Binotto (Pakana House), Marlo Twyman (Everard House), Milo McQueen (Skipper House), and Sebastian Morgan (Toner House).

Team 2: Tyler Hanna (Skipper House), Ryder Booth (Toner House), Lachlan Jones (Skipper House), Hamish Leahy (Skipper House), Ben Nicholls (Everard House), and Finley Scott (Everard House). 

A high level of tennis was played and enjoyed by all, in ideal weather conditions. Our teams were very competitive throughout the day. It was a very close finish with our Team 1 and DVC’s Team 1 equalling on eleven sets won. As only one team could be declared the winner, a count back on the number of games won was required, and as DVC had won the most games on the day, they were the overall winners and have qualified to the next round.

Here is what our students had to say about their experience:

“It was a fun day and everyone enjoyed the tennis. It was a great bonding experience and a very close finish added to the excitement of the day.” 

Congratulations and well done to all!

ADRIANA ZORZAN, Tennis Coach

Diamond Valley Athletic Club

The Diamond Valley Athletic Club invites students - and their parents - interested in a season of Cross Country running with Athletics Victoria, to a Cross Country Trials and Registration Day at Willinda Park, Greensborough from 9:00am on Saturday 20 April 2024.

Further information can be sought by contacting the DVAC Registrar, Lyn Davis on 

0409 005 406 or email: ldavis_20@bigpond.com

Competition age groups for girls and boys are Under 14, Under 16, Under 18 and Under 20. As well, the competition is available to Open age, 40+ & 50+ age categories. Training sessions are conducted on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at Willinda Park from 4:30pm as well as on Saturday mornings. Bring your running attire to join in a training session. Free coaching will be available.

The season of Cross Country running with AV commences on Saturday 27th April 2024 with Cross Country relays at Jells Park, Wheelers Hill. Junior athletes run a distance of 3km and senior athletes run legs of 6km.

The 2024 Winter season offers a mixture of Cross Country and Road running to cater for all abilities.

For further information, contact DVAC Competition Manager, Max Balchin on 0409 350 280 or check the websites valleyaths.org or athsvic.org.au