Greensborough Focus 

2024 Sport Wrap  

Mrs Kathy Berg

2024 has been a massive year for sport at Greensborough College.  We were very successful at a division level with 17 teams (at the time of writing) qualifying to compete at the Northern Metropolitan Championships and 7 of these teams qualified for the State Championships.  

 

GC Pool Party 

GC pool party was a such a fun way to welcome the students back for the new school year.  It was so great to see some many students dressing in house colours and getting into the spirit if the day.  Students had a great time getting involved in all the day has to offer.  We saw a number of amazing swimming performances and some very impressive bombing techniques.   

 

The following students qualified for Northern Metropolitan Region Championships Amity, Ashley, Troy and Lily with a special mention to Amity who set a new division record for Girls 17 years 50m Breaststroke and Ashley who also set a new division record for Boys 15 Years Breaststroke, both qualifying for the SSV State Championships. 

 

Greensborough College Athletics Carnival  

The College Athletics carnival one of the biggest days on the College’s sporting calendar, and once again was a great success.  We saw some fantastic costumes, amazing athletic performances and some extremely close finishes.   

20 Students qualified for NMR Athletics and Deena Gerges, Ryan Commandeur, and Josh Fitzgerald went on to compete the at SSV State Track and Field Championships.   

 

Division Sport 

Many teams competed at Division this year. The College was represented in the following sports: 

  • Athletics 
  • Badminton 
  • Baseball 
  • Basketball 
  • Cricket 
  • Cross Country 
  • Football 
  • Futsal 
  • Netball 
  • Softball 
  • Swimming 
  • Tennis 
  • Volleyball 

 

Northern Metropolitan Region Championships 

The following teams represented the College at the Northern Metropolitan Region Championships 

  • Swimming 
  • Athletics 
  • Cross Country 
  • Intermediate Girls Cricket (2 days) 
  • Year 8 Boys Baseball 
  • Year 8 Boys Tennis 
  • Year 7 Boys Volleyball 
  • Year 7 Boys Football (2 days) 
  • Year 8 Boys Football 
  • Intermediate Boys Football (2 days) 
  • Intermediate/Junior Girls Football (2 days) 
  • Year 7 Boys Soccer 
  • Year 8 Boys Soccer 
  • Year 8 Girls Basketball 
  • Intermediate Boys Basketball 
  • Year 7 Girls Basketball 
  • Year 8 Girls Volleyball 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSV State Championships 

The following teams represented the College at SSV State Championships  

  • Swimming 
  • Athletics 
  • Cross Country 
  • Year 8 Boys Tennis 
  • Intermediate Girls Cricket 
  • Girls Football 
  • Intermediate Boys Basketball 

 

Australian Championships 

The following students were selected for SSV State teams and competed that the Australian Championships 

  • Amity Lansbury Swimming 
  • Ashley Lansbury Swimming 
  • Deena Gerges Girls 15 and under AFL 

 

SSV State Championships 

Swimming 

Ashley Lansbury represented the College at the SSV Swimming State Championships.  Amity Lansbury also qualified for this event, but was unable to compete as this event clashes the Open National Swimming Championships that she was competing at. 

Ashley performance was outstanding coming 1st in 50m breaststroke and 2nd in 200IM. 

 Cross Country 

Josh, Henry and Winnie Fitzgerald and Jaidyn Freestone represented the College at the State Cross Country Championships.  All students did extremely well, with Josh Fitzgerald coming 5th and the combined effort of the boys getting them 2nd as a team! 

 

Track and Field 

Ryan Commandeur, Josh Fitzgerald and Deena Gerges represented Greensborough College at the SSV State Track and Field championships. 

All did extremely well, and represented themselves and the College proudly.  

  • Josh Fitzgerald came 8th out of 16 in the 1500m with an amazing time of 4.19 
  • Ryan Commandeur came 4th in the 800m, pushing himself to the absolute limit. 
  • Deena Gerges medalled in all of her events and set a new state record in shot put!! 
  • 90 Hurdles 1st 
  • 100m 3rd 
  • High Jump 2nd 
  • Shot Put 1st - New State Record 

 

Girls Football 

The girls did such an amazing job qualifying for the state championships, especially as the girls were competing in the Intermediate competition, with a significant proportion of the team being made up of Year 7 and 8 students. The girls did an amazing job on the day. They played in a very intense tight game, only missing out on the final by a narrow margin.  

This puts this team into the top of Intermediate Girls State Schools football teams. 

 

At the time of writing the following team had not yet competed in the State Championships  

  • Intermediate Girl Cricket 
  • Intermediate Boys Basketball  
  • Year 8 Boys Tennis 

 

Congratulations to all students who participated in sport this year. Whether it was a school carnival, division, NMR or state, you were all amazing and instilled the college values Courage, Aspiration, Respect and Equality.   

  

Thank you to all the staff for the continued support of the sport program. From going out to Division, NMR and State sports to assisting in the running of the pool party and athletics carnivals, your assistance and support is invaluable and greatly appreciated.