From the Sports Desk

House Swimming Sports

On Friday the 24th of February, we had our Swimming Carnival. It was a warm day with students dressed in their house colours and plenty of smiles. The house spirit was in full flow with lots of cheering and encouragement. 

A big congratulations to our age group champions:

9-Year-Old: Mia Clarke, Brax Noordennen and Jye Laverty-Smith

10-Year-Old: Floss Rogers and Kainan Chalmers

11-Year-Old: Destiny Donald and Heath Leach

12-Year-Old: Bianca Mansell and Bastian Noordennen 

13-Year-Old: Violet Stephenson and Ben Cunningham

14-Year-Old: Chloe Looby and Aidan Wingfield 

15-Year-Old: Amelia Buschmann and Tyson Blair

16-Year-Old: Lillian Stephenson and Travis Lowe

17-Year-Old: Neve Nisbet and Dylan Caruana

Open: Brianna Sanderson and Zen Joyner

We had two records broken on the day. A big congratulations to Dylan Caruana who broke the 50m Freestyle record held by M Troy (46.10, 2015) with a time of 43.91 and Junior Whyman who broke the 50m Backstroke by 0.03 seconds. This record was held by J McNamara (1.00.69).  

Big shout out to all students assisted our younger students on the day, our House Captains who assisted staff and all staff for their support.

Congratulations to Jacka on winning the day.

NCD Triathlon

Triathlon: The NCD Triathlon is upon us. Students will head to Boort this Thursday 9th March to compete in individual or team triathlon events. We have a number of teams competing and 2 keen students who will complete individual events. Students will depart for the day by school bus and car with Mr G and Mr P. A reminder to all students attending that consent must be given prior to departure on compass. Good luck team! 

Hockey Roadshow

On Thursday the 9th of March, our Primary students will participate in the Hockey Roadshow. A big thank you in advance to Sam and Chelsea Giorlando for taking this.

Mr P’s Secondary PE Student of the Week: Eli Clarke. Eli has completed a solid 2-week block in PE/Health classes. He has demonstrated that he has a good understanding of different components of fitness. This was highlighted with a fantastic result of 82% on his quiz last week. You have set the bar high Eli. Keep it going. See Mr P for your prize! 

Miss M’s Primary PE Student of the Fortnight is: Ryder Gault. Ryder is a huge advocate of his peers and is a team first person. Ryder has worked hard on his soccer skills; his marking and tackling have improved across each lesson. Well done, Ryder. Please see Miss Milne for your prize.