Sport

Basketball Report

A fantastic finish to the Winter Basketball season occurred this week so many of our junior and senior teams making finals and 8 teams in total making grand finals!

Well done to all of those players , coaches and team managers and the support they received by the college community was great to see at HILAC.

Special congratulations to the following teams who won their grand finals:

Division 2b Mens(coached by Barry Hawker)

Division 4 Women(coached by Chantal Butcher)

Under 18b boys(coached by Chantal Butcher)

Under 16b girls(coached by Hayley Spence and Tessa Ingham)

We now look forward to the upcoming Spring/Summer season beginning week 2 of Term 4. Junior teams have been finalised and ratified by the HBA and sent out to players and parents this week. Players must be registered and paid up online at the following link https://www.playhq.com/basketball-victoria/register/03a0ee or via the HBA Website – please select the school/COLLEGE logo to register. Players not registered by the cut off date set by the HBA may not be able to take the court in round one. This looks like being 5.30pm on the 30th September. Senior teams will be finalised and sent out via email to players and parents ASAP also.

Leigh Alexander

Director of Sport

On Monday night, the girls Under 12 A and B teams played in their respective Grand Finals at HILAC. Whilst neither team came away with the win, they can hold their heads up high. They fought it out to the end, showing no signs of giving up, even when the A team went into overtime. In both games, the lead changed constantly throughout the match and could have gone either way. Whilst I know some were a little disappointed, they should be super proud of their efforts. The encouragement they showed to each other was lovely to watch.

Thank you to all coaches, team managers, umpires and parents who help our students compete in such a variety of sports. Your assistance allows us to provide these opportunities for so many students.

It has been a busy week of basketball Grand Final matches. Eight teams made the finals and several games came down to over time or within a couple of points.

Congratulations to the College Premiership teams :

Girls U16B
Boys U18B
Mens Div 2B
Womens Div 4

Well done to our Runners Up teams:

Girls U12A
Girls U12B
Girls U16B
Boys U18A

Thank you to the coaches, team managers and supporters for a fantastic season of quality basketball.

Congratulations - HBA Basketball Grand Finals

Congratulations to all College students who played in the HBA basketball Grand Finals, across a number of local teams. Several students were awarded Most Valuable Player for the Division and Most Valuable Player for the Grand Final game.

Hockey

Congratulations to the Tassie Devils who won the Division Four Hockey Grand Final at the weekend. It was a great team effort and lovely to be able to celebrate at the Hockey dinner on Saturday night.

College Hockey Awards

It was a wonderful end to our hockey season with three amazing grand finals and a dinner with over 200 people. Congratulations to the U16s, B Grade Women and Division 4 on their grand final appearances. A special congratulations to the Tassie Devils on a most well deserved premiership.

Our season concluded with a very memorable dinner with coaches, captains, parents and players able to reflect on what has been a most successful and enjoyable season. My sincere thanks to all our coaches and managers, the season would not be possible without you.

To our Captains of Hockey Charley Falla-Jones and Lucy Roberts, well done on your inspiring leadership. And last but not least, to Mr Stephen Nelson and Mr Ben Hawthorne for all their organization and hard work to ensure the success of the 2022 season. We hope to see all players back next year.

Congratulations to the following players who were recognised by their coaches at our dinner.

DIVISION ONE WOMEN

Best and Fairest - Lucy Roberts

Best Team Player - Olivia Read

DIVISION ONE MEN

Best and Fairest - Will Merrin

Highest Goal Scorer - Lachlan Rees

U16 PANDA BEARS

Best All Rounder – Arbella Little

Most Improved – Su-Riann Kim

U16 POLAR BEARS

Best All Rounder – Isaac Shaw

Most Improved – Abby Lazzari

U16 GRIZZLY BEARS

Best All Rounder – Ciaran Nelson

Best Team Player – Dougal White

B GRADE WOMEN

Most consistent – Sophie Spence

Most Improved – Georgia Adams

DIVISION 4 BANDICOOTS

Best and Fairest - Chloe Laidlaw

DIVISION 4 BANDICOOTS

Most Improved - Hartley Johns

DIVISON 4 DROP BEARS

Most Consistent - Charlie Jarvis

DIVISON 4 DROP BEARS

Most Improved - Marianna Novikov

DIVISION 4 TASSIE DEVILS

Best Team Player - Ellie Lewis

DIVISION 4 TASSIE DEVILS

Most Improves - Abigail Henderson

DIVISION 5 WALLABIES

Coaches Award - Hugo Cameron

DIVISION 5 WALLABIES

Most Consistent - Mechie Churchill