April/May Sporting News

School Cross Country

Our annual School Cross Country took place on Thursday 30th April, once again held at Lake Hamilton, where pleasingly we were greeted by pleasant weather conditions for our runners. Our event is staged as a handicap event, all students in girls event starting at the same time, with 9 year olds running 2000m, 10 year olds run 2075m, 11 year olds run 2150m and 12/13 year olds run 2225m. The same structure then takes place for our boys event.

Each year we acknowledge the overall first male and first female runners across the line as our Gray Street Cross Country Champions, who this year is awarded to:

· Girls Champion – Camilla Robertson

· Boys Champion – Henry Wark

Camilla and Henry were presented with a medal to acknowledge their achievement as the overall School Cross Country Champion – well done to both runners!

We also acknowledge children who place in the top 3 of their respective age groups, with the winners receiving an Age Group Champion Medal, and second and third place receiving a ribbon. These achievements were acknowledge and presented at our assembly last week to the following students:

Place	9 YEAR GIRLS	Place	10 YEAR GIRLS	Place	11 YEAR GIRLS	Place	12 YEAR GIRLS
1st	Camilla	1st	Alexandra	1st	Stella	1st	Sophie
2nd	Elara	2nd	Harriet	2nd	Lucy	2nd	Ruby
3rd	Victoria	3rd	Evie	3rd	Isabelle	3rd	Grace
3rd	Lydia

Place	9 YEAR BOYS	Place	10 YEAR BOYS	Place	11 YEAR BOYS	Place	12 YEAR BOYS
1st	Max	1st	Henry	1st	Oscar	1st	Hamish
2nd	Zander	2nd	Charles	2nd	Oliver	2nd	Gus
3rd	Mervyn	3rd	Edward	3rd	River	3rd	Jobe

A special mention to Victoria who ran extremely well but unfortunately was ineligible to compete at the next level of competition due to being in the 8 Years age group category.

This year we introduced a designated ‘Walkers Group’ to better cater for students who may not have been able to, or weren’t confident about participating in a running event. Our walkers set off first and then crossed the line a short time later with big smiles on their faces, proud to have participated and completed the course.

Hamilton District Sports Association (HDSA) Cross Country

The following Thursday on May 7th, we sent a team of 45 runners to the HDSA Cross Country, also held at Lake Hamilton on a very similar course. Students in the 9 and 10 Year age groups competed over a distance of 2km’s, with students in the 11 and 12 Years age groups running a 3km course. Our athletes ran very well at this higher level of competition, achieving the following overall results:

Place	9 YEAR GIRLS	Place	10 YEAR GIRLS	Place	11 YEAR GIRLS	Place	12 YEAR GIRLS
2nd	Camilla R	5th	Alexandra F	6th	Lucy C	2nd	Georgia L
8th	Elara H	8th	Anja C	10th	Stella C	3rd	Sophie S
12th	Myf D	13th	Evie R	12th	Isabelle O'B	5th	Ruby R
13th	Lydia W	18th	Harriet M	18th	Adalynn H	9th	Grace H
14th	Lilah R	20th	Sophie W	22nd	Ariana W	19th	Olivia S
17th	Lila T	24th	Sophia N	23rd	Layla P	20th	Layla K
						22nd	Ella N

Place	9 YEAR BOYS	Place	10 YEAR BOYS	Place	11 YEAR BOYS	Place	12 YEAR BOYS
3rd	Max S	7th	Fraser A	2nd	Oliver K	6th	Jobe L
5th	Fletcher L	12th	Edward H	13th	Harvey T	11th	Hamish W
7th	Fletcher D	15th	Kobe N	14th	Lenny M	13th	Harvey B
9th	Zander K	18th	Archie S	15th	River B	15th	Aiden S
13th	Mervyn H					16th	Gus S
17th	Joel E					18th	William I

At the HDSA Cross Country students in the 9 and 10 Year age groups run at the same time, with the first 8 overall from both age groups selected to join the first 8 from each of the 11 and 12 Year age groups, in qualifying to compete at the Warrnambool/Portland/Hamilton Division Cross Country in Warrnambool. Once again, well done to our runners on their achievements.

Warrnambool/Portland/Hamilton Division Cross Country

On Friday 15th May we then had a team of 9 runners compete in the Division Cross Country, held at Reid Oval in Warrnambool with students running either a 2km or a 3km course through the challenging terrain of the Albert Park reserve that backs on to Reid Oval. The standard of competition at this event is extremely high and again our students did extremely well against some superstar athletes. Overall the results of our students were as follows:

Place	10 YEAR GIRLS	Place	11 YEAR GIRLS	Place	12 YEAR GIRLS
10th	Camilla R	30th	Lucy C	4th	Sophie S
				12th	Georgia L
				31st	Ruby R

Place	10 YEAR BOYS	Place	11 YEAR BOYS	Place	12 YEAR BOYS
39th	Charlie B	20th	Oliver K	53rd	Jobe L
43rd	Fraser A

Warrnambool/Portland/Hamilton Division Track and Field (Athletics)

On Friday 1st May we sent a team of 20 athletes to Warrnambool for the WPH Division Athletics Championships that were held at Brauerander Park in Warrnambool. Again our athletes were very fortunate with the weather, with some getting the chance to compete at this high-quality venue with a synthetic running track for the very first time!

Our athletes all did extremely well, achieving the following results:

Name	Age	Event	Place	Name	Age	Event	Place
Fraser A	10	80m Hurdles	5th	Edwin W	11	Relay	4th
		100m	2nd	Kustom K-S	11	Relay	4th
		200m	2nd	Layla P-H	11	Long Jump	4th
		Relay	2nd	Nellie K	11	Discus	2nd
Charlie B	10	80m Hurdles	2nd	Chelsea U	11	100m	7th
		Relay	2nd			Relay	3rd
Carter S	10	Discus	4th	Arcadia K-A	11	Relay	3rd
Mason H	10	Relay	2nd	Isabelle O'B	11	Relay	3rd
Henry W	10	Relay	2nd	Stella C	11	Relay	3rd
Camilla R	10	800m	4th	Jobe L	12	80m Hurdles	5th
		1500m	5th			Long Jump	3rd
Ayla Lewis	10	Long Jump	4th			Triple Jump	2nd
		Triple Jump	5th	Georgia L	12	80m Hurdles	1st
Lenny M	11	200m	5th			Long Jump	1st
		Relay	4th			Triple Jump	1st
Oscar P	11	100m	9th	Ruby R	12	1500m	8th
		High Jump	1st
		Long Jump	4th
		Relay	4th

Students who placed in the top 6 of a running event, or top 3 of a field event or relay, have now qualified to compete in the Greater Western Region Athletics Championships. These will be held on October 9th in Ballarat. As highlighted above, we will be sending a field of 14 athletes to this event that is truly an outstanding achievement not only for the individual students, but also our school!

Well done to all students on their achievements.

State Football (AFL) Team Trials

One of our grade 6 students, Harper, has recently been involved in trials for the Victorian Girls’ State Football Team. Harper is a very promising footballer, playing for the Hamilton Kangaroos in the U12 (mixed) and U15 girls football teams this year.

The first round of trials were held in Melbourne last Friday (at Hawthorn’s training ground!) where Harper was successful in progressing to the next level of try-outs. These are being held this Sunday, again at the same venue. Harper’s goal was to make it to the second round of trials, that she has achieved, and we wish her well in the next stage.

Ben Kelson

Sports Coordinator

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