Once again, the students from Blackburn High School have displayed outstanding performances, indicating yet another remarkable term. The participation of the students in various competitions is truly commendable, with numerous teams competing across a range of year levels in sports such as Hockey, Basketball and Table Tennis.

The following teams won their Whitehorse competition and will progress through to the Eastern Metropolitan Regionals in term 4:

Year 8 Boys Basketball

Year 8 Boys and Girls Hockey

Intermediate Girls Hockey

Intermediate Boys Table Tennis team

Whilst the following teams competed at EMR earlier this term:

Senior Boys and Girls Hockey

Intermediate Girls and Boys AFL

Year 8 Boys and Girls Soccer

Year 7, 8 and Intermediate Girls Netball

Junior Boys Netball (State Champions)

This accomplishment wouldn't have been possible without the tireless efforts of our staff and student coaches. The leadership and dedication displayed by our senior students have not gone unnoticed.

As we embark on Term 4, a series of Eastern Metropolitan Finals awaits and the Whitehorse division round robins concludes for year 7 and 8s. We extend our best wishes to all the BHS students representing our school in these competitions.

Let's make the most of these final Interschool Sports days for the year and continue to shine on the field.

Lauren Van Der Westhuizen – Interschool Sport Coordinator

Year 7 Basketball SSV Whitehorse Division

Tuesday, 5th September @ Kilsyth Sports Stadium

Year 7 Boys A coached by Mr Quinn

BHS A 19 defeated KSC A 17

BHS A 34 defeated EDSCA A 32 including a buzzer beater by Mark Ma.

BHS A 38 defeated BHHS A 14

MVP’s: Mark M, Bailey K, Roman P

Year 7 Boys B coached by Mr Couzens

BHS B 26 defeated KSC B 9

BHS B 23 drew with EDSCA B 23 including 4 clutch free throws by Aarav S.

BHS B 14 were defeated by BHHS C 24

MVP’s: Aarav S, Jackson L, Cooper D

Year 7 Girls A coached by Year 10 student Isaac Chow

BHS A 19 defeated KSC A 4

BHS A 20 defeated BHHS A 7

BHS A 44 defeated EDSC A 21

MVP’s: Zara C, Chloe L, Maddy Marshall

Year 7 Girls B coached by Year 10 student Isaac Chow

BHS B 14 defeated BHHS B 9

BHS B 18 were defeated by EDSCA B 40

BHS B 48 defeated BHHS C 15

MVP: Kaitlyn B

Year 7 Boys EMR AFL

On Tuesday, 20th June BHS Year 7 boys took the field at Elgar Park in the EMR AFL Championship. Each school had 3 games in their pool consisting of 2x15-minute halves. The winning school in each pool would then play off in the grand final. BHS had convincing wins against Vermont and Ashwood, however, lost a crucial game against Norwood. Unfortunately, in these short games, a bad 5–10-minute patch and some decisions that didn’t go in BHS's favour proved very costly thus denying a grand final opportunity against Rowville. Despite the disappointment, BHS should be proud of their efforts overall winning 4 games and losing 1 in the 2023 season. Positively, the future looks bright especially when this group is in Year 9 and Year 11 as the year above is very talented.

Thank you to Assistant Coaches Brooke Smith (AFL Trainee) and Year 9 students Jake Stone and Fynn Waring-Jones.

Round 1: BHS 5 goals, 3 behinds, 33 points defeated Vermont SC 2 goals, 2 behinds, 14 points

Goal kickers: Jordan Johns 2, Harrison McMahon, Max Lazarus, Ari Riedel

Round 2: BHS 2 goals, 1 behinds, 13 points were defeated by Norwood SC 3 goals, 1 behinds, 22 points

Goal kickers: Mark Ma, Jordan Johns

Round 3: BHS 6 goals, 6 behinds, 42 points defeated Ashwood HS 2 goals, 0 behinds, 12 points

Goal kickers: Roman Pritenang, Dion Strahan, Cooper Duane, Mark Ma, Harlan Reynolds

Overall best players for the EMR games: Alex Giosserano, Mark Ma, Jackson Lewis, Max Lazarus, Harlan Reynolds, Jordan McTaggart.

Year 9/10 Inter Boys EMR AFL

On Tuesday, 18th July BHS Year 9/10 Inter boys took the field at Elgar Park in the EMR AFL Championship. Each school had 3 games in their pool consisting of 2x15-minute halves. The winning school in each pool would then play off in the grand final. BHS, unfortunately, was ravaged by the late unavailability of 7 players leaving the team decimated and undermanned with only 18 fit players to take the field. BHS had a strong win against Mount Waverley but went down convincingly to Ringwood and Forest Hill.

Thank you to Assistant Coaches Year 11 students Ned, Aiden, and Gabe.

Round 1: BHS 3 goals, 10 behinds, 28 points defeated Mount Waverley SC 1 goal, 4 behinds, 10 points

Goal kickers: Luke Drew, Will Serong, Isaac Ly

Round 2: BHS 2 goals, 1 behinds, 13 points were defeated by Ringwood SC 6 goals, 6 behinds, 42 points

Goal kickers: James Wilson, Isaac Ly

Round 3: BHS 6 goals, 0 behinds, 36 points were defeated by Forest Hill C 8 goals, 4 behinds, 52 points

Goal kickers: Will Serong 2, Troy Cormick, Daniel Bellingham, Angus Butler, Josh Myers

Overall best players for the EMR games: James Wilson, Darcy McCall, Daniel Bellingham, Will Aujard Oscar McPhee, Troy Cormick

Watch the Year 8 Boys Soccer

Whitehorse Division Athletics

This term, approximately 120 of our students headed out to Doncaster Athletics Track for the Whitehorse Division Athletics Carnival. We had some fabulous results;

Overall Team Scores:

1st Blackburn HS – 1,932 Points

2nd East Doncaster SC – 1,399 Points

3rd Koonung SC – 1,241 Points

4th Box Hill HS – 1,085 Points

5th Box Hill SSC - 78 Points

Individual standouts for the day - Chloe Linnett broke 3 records: High Jump (Which was previously held by her sister), 400m and 800m and Natika Jobson 400m. We also had 3 age champions - Joe Kneebone (14Years), Arian Thalakada and Layla Griffiths (16 Years). With these results, we have 64 students who have qualified to go through to the Eastern Metropolitan Region Finals on 9th October.

Congratulations BHS Athletics Team 2023

Nadine Roche (Carnivals Co-ordinator)

Cross Country State Finalists

State Champion and State Champion Team!

On Tuesday the 5th of September, 11 of our students ran in the School Sport Victoria State Final for Cross Country. Each and every one of our runners put a fabulous effort into what is one of the hardest competitions on the sporting calendar. They should be super proud of themselves, as are we as they ran against the best 100-plus runners in the state.

The results were as follows;

Chloe – State Champion 13 Yrs Girls

Zoe 42nd – 13 Years Girls

Tom 4th, Curtis 11th, Luke 16th, Charlie 54th - 14 Yrs Boys

Note – These 4 Boys won the Team Event!!

Mia 21st – 15 Yrs Girls

Maddie – 39th 16 Yrs Girls

Mason 9th, Angus 72nd - 16 Yrs Boys

Cody 45th 17-20 Yrs Boys

Special Mention to Cody who has been a regular in the Cross Country Team right throughout his 6 years at BHS.

Nadine Roche – Carnivals Coordinator

Humanities