Sport
Year 7 & 8 Girls AFL
On Monday 20th of May, a group of Year 7 and 8 Girls went to Melton Recreation Reserve to represent Gisborne Secondary College in Western Ranges Division for AFL. On what turned out to be a miserable cold and rainy day, the girls were able to show great attitude, drive and positivity. In our first match of the round robin competition the girls beat Melton Secondary College 36-6 in a dominant display where they only conceded the goal late in the game. Straight after that, being afforded only a short break, we played Bacchus Marsh College. The girls started the game really strongly with a lead of 1-0 at halftime. Unfortunately, the girls gave their all but were just overrun in the second half losing the game 19-1. The girls really showed up for both games with everyone contributing! Special shout out to Coaches Samuel Hunt, Bridget Downey and Audrey W.
Aidan Branigan (Pre-Service Teacher)
Year 7 Boys AFL
Thursday 16th May, the Year 7 boys and the Year 8 boys played their first round of Football games.
The year 7 boys played the one game against Bacchus Marsh to bring home a dominant win 53 points to 33 thanks to 2 from Jack and singles from Callum, Ollie, Lenny, Nate and Ben. A special mention to Mitch for his classy goal off his left foot. This game doubles as the division final meaning that the Year 7 boys took out the division final and qualify through to Western Metropolitan Region scheduled for 27th June.
The Year 8 boys met Sunbury Downs in their first game and rolled home with an easy win 49 points to nil. 3 goals Finn and singles from Noah, Hayden and Wyatt. In their second game, the year 8 boys continued their domination of the day, bringing home and easy win against Sunbury College 78 points to 21 with 4 goals to Cruz, 2 each to Levi, Wyatt and Finn and a single to Hayden.
Year 7 & 8 Soccer
On Tuesday the 28th of May Simone Moore and Sam Hunt took a group of year 8 boys and 7 girls to Kurunjang for the Western Ranges interschool soccer competition. In perfect conditions both teams gave an outstanding effort. With the boys closely losing both their games 0-1 to Alice Miller and Sunbury Downs. While the girls had a fantastic result winning both of their games, 3-0 against Melton and 5-0 against Sunbury Downs. A special mention of Giselle L who scored five goals across both games. The girls will now play in the Western Region round against the other division winners on June 26th.
-Sam Hunt
In other soccer news, the Year 7 boys played their games against Sunbury and Staughton on Thursday 23rd May. Gisborne Boys held a 0–0 draw against Staughton College and a 1–1 draw against Sunbury College. With the competition locked up in draws, it came down to the game between Staughton and Sunbury to determine who played the final. Unfortunately, Staughton ran away with their game against Sunbury leaving Gisborne and Sunbury tied 2nd in the pool.
The Year 8 Girls also played their competition on Thursday 23rd May with a 0 – 0 draw against Sunbury College and a 2 – 0 win over Alice Miller to progress to the final. Gisborne girls met Melton in the final and held a 1 – 0 lead into the second half due to a spectacular net scored by Allanah. Unfortunately, Melton scored two quick goals in the last 10 minutes of the game to take the day. The determination and growth in the girl's team was absolutely commendable with congratulations going to each and every player and Mr Alexopoulos for his exemplary Soccer coaching skills.
Cross Country
Division Cross Country was help on a park run course starting from Sankey Reserve on Friday 14th May. Gisborne fielded higher numbers for the day and each competitor ran beautifully. Dominant first place performances on the day from Isabelle (11.54 for 3km), Zoe (15.37 for 3km) and Ben (17.18 for 4.3km). Gisborne dominated the minor placings with the significant majority of the student wo ran qualifying for the Western Metropolitan Region Cross Country that is scheduled for 20th June.
