Sport News

Term 3 up and running

We were literally up and running in Week 1 of Term 3 with 22 of our students competing in the State Cross Country Championships on July 21.  Congratulations to all of our team members who competed in extremely cold and wet conditions: once the rain started it did not stop! 

All students are successful in making it to the State Finals with some individual and team PBs/medals. Douglas Buckeridge placed 2nd, Alex Gust placed 4th and Thomas Langdon placed 5th in their Individual events. Once again we placed and received medals in some of our team events. The 14 year girls team placed second (Mikayla Young, Grace Young, Marielle Bouman, Maisy Welsh and Miranda Cooney-Hunt).  Our 14 year boys placed third (Douglas Buckeridge, Thomas Proe-Carter, Ned Long, Ethan Hindson and Nick Gevaux) and our 12-13 Boys narrowly missed a place on the podium coming in 4th.

VCE Football

Congratulations to our VCE Football team who after defeating Mt Ridley in the Regional Final, now move through to the State Quarter final on 15th August in Ballarat. We wish the boys the best of luck.  Thank you to Josh McDonald for coaching the team.

Intermediate Netball

The Girls Intermediate Netball Team competed in the Regional tournament on Wednesday 26th July. They all played exceptionally well, showing great teamwork as a combined Year 9 and 10 team. Their first game was against Gladstone Park winning 24-23 and the second against Epping winning 26-17. They lost their final game to Epping by 7 points. Unfortunately they didn’t progress to the next round but they have shown lots of potential to be a very strong team next year. Well done to all girls and a special mention for best on court goes to Alice Grgic, Emma Stafford and Dom Niere.

Ms Wright

Intermediate Football

On a cold and windy Thursday, the intermediate girls competed in the Northern Metro Regional Football competition along with six other schools. The competition was fierce with the girls putting in a fantastic effort but unfortunately coming out second best against Gladstone Park (the eventual victors), and Montmorency. However, the day ended with a celebration as Northcote dominated Whittlesea in the final game despite the captain, Abigail Bennett, being forced to the sidelines with a calf injury. Particular standouts were Jael Ciocca and Lucja Boyd-Singer who consistently attacked the ball with incredible intensity. A big congratulations to all the girls in the team for putting in a valiant effort.

Ms. Smith and Ms. Lange

Victorian Volleyball Schools' Cup

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday 3 teams represented Northcote in the Victorian Volleyball Schools' Cup. All teams played really well, showing enthusiasm, positivity and fairness over the tournament. Special thanks to Pauline for driving the bus to Dandenong at 6.30am!

Year 9 Girls Div 1 Silver medal

After their gold medal success last year, the girls moved up to Division 1 and finished 1st in their pool, winning 3 games. They played Haileybury in the semi-final in a very exciting and intense match, winning  2 sets to 1. They then made it through to the gold medal playoff but lost in 2 sets to Maffra.

They won the silver medal and should be very proud of their achievements this year. Their hard work and commitment to training is really paying off!

Year 8s 

The Year 8 girls have only just started volleyball this year. They have been attending weekly trainings but they had not actually played a full game of volleyball before the tournament so they did very well to compete in Division 1. The girls were very positive in all their games and worked very well as a team. They are looking forward to training more before the National School’s Cup in December.

Year 10s 

The Year 10s finished 10th in their pool, winning 3 games. All girls played very well, considering half the team are brand new to volleyball. They are looking forward to improving their skills and teamwork with some more practice and training in term 3 and 4, ready for the National School’s Cup in December. Well done to all players!

Ms Wright

Coming up

July 31 – Yr 8 and Intermediate Girls Netball Championship Cup, Intermediate Boys Regional Soccer                   

August 1 – VCE Boys Regional Badminton, Yr 8 Regional Football

August 2 – Intermediate Boys Football,

August 3 – Yr 7 Regional Football, Intermediate Girls Regional Soccer

August 10 – VCE Regional Basketball