By Liam Gill - Director of Sport

Victorian All Schools Cross Country

Congratulations Bonnie, Ailish, Amali and Aria on securing the bronze medal in the U/18 3km at the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Relay! These impressive runners had a fantastic run in a competitive division, building on their U/18 3km bronze from the Victorian All Schools Road Relay. What an incredible team!

Loreto Stars Take the National Stage

Congratulations to the following students for their exceptional achievements in their respective sports:

Eleanor Downey - Selected for the Australian Youth Team for the Virtus World Athletics Championships this October.

Eliza Ashby - Selected in the U/16 Australian Sapphires Basketball Squad.

Alana Bogers - Was a member of the winning U/21 U/21 Youth Women's Indoor Futsal Team competing in the state final.

Addy Ryan - Competed in the U/18 National Lawn Bowls Championship, representing Victoria.

Elsie Conroy - Selected in the U/18 Victorian Country Football Team

Isabella Rossato - Selected to represent Victoria at the U/22 Oceania Rowing Championships next month.

Eve Righetti - Selected in the 2025/26 Victorian Country U/19 Female Emerging Players Squad.

Clover McIlwaine - Selected in the 2025/26 Victorian Country U/16 Female Emerging Players Squad.

Bundoora Cross Country

A huge congratulations to the 38 students who challenged themselves by representing Loreto Ballarat at the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday. We had a terrific day with two students medalling; Eleanor Downey (1st) in the Para U/17 3km and Aria Violini (3rd) in U/16 4km. Bonnie Burt (7th) and Amali Torney (19th) will also represent Loreto at the Nationals here in Ballarat in August. Along with these fantastic individual performances we won a bronze team medal in the U/15 race and a silver in the U/18 event. The following students represented Loreto with pride and grit and should be congratulated on their efforts. A big thanks to Ms Martin and Ms Green for their enthusiasm and assistance throughout the day.

We eagerly await the aggregate team tallies to see where Loreto Ballarat will finish in this Victoria wide event. Next race is the BAS Road Relays on the first Wednesday night back after holidays.

RESULTS
U/14 3km (Team placing – 13th)	Eva Bayles - 137th, Milla Flanagan - 166th, Lilah Rose Goodbourn- 177th, Misha Jenkins – 159th, Tessa Morris – 172nd, Ava O’Halloran – 154th, Ivy Rogan – 145th, Milly Tehan – 168th, Ruby Trenorden – 70th
U/15 4km (Team placing – 3rd)	Elizabeth Boyd – 68th, Airlie Fisher – 58th, Olivia Green – 67th, Molly Malone – 77th, Evie Martin – 43rd, Ivy Pearce – 60th
U/16 4km (Team placing – 5th)	Sophie – 56th, Alice Byvoet – 50th, Eden Carter – 47th, Eva Cummins – 44th, Milla Kinnersly – 52nd, Aria Violini – 3rd
U/17 4km (Team placing – 5th)	Lucy Barlow – 73rd, Matilda Grant – 65th, Evie Howard – 76th, Lily Mason – 66th, Sienna Templar – 68th, Amali Torney – 19th
U/17 Para 3km	Eleanor Downey – 1st
U/18 4km (Team placing – 2nd)	Bonnie Burt – 7th, Abi Cartledge – 32nd, Eliza Dodd – 44th, Olivia Righetti – 43rd
U/20 6km (Team placing – 5th)	Maddy Birkett – 26th, Sophia Dalton – 47th, Alex – 50th, Jess – 51st, Amelia Phillips – 49th, Chelsea Templar – 45th

Secondary Schools State Basketball Challenge

Qualifying Day and State Final Day

U15 Team

On the 27th of May Airlie, Petra, Amy, Marley, Evie, Sadie, Mia and Bella went to the Victorian secondary school's basketball challenge stage1 at the eagle stadium in Werribee. They won all 5 games and secured a victory against Bacchus Marsh Grammar in the grand finale, earning a spot in the State final competition (Stage 2). On the 24th of June They went to the state basketball centre in Wantirna South. They sadly lost all their games but played so well, especially after having a couple of injuries and only having 1 sub for the last game. Bella Watson gave the I’m Lovin it awards to Marley Jose. Thank you to Mr Gill for driving us all to our games and coaching us both days and thank you to Ms Martin for coming with us for support and scoring.

- Petra and Airlie

U17 Team

On the 25th of May Annie, Macy, Eliza, Keely, Lilly, Zahra, Maddy and Evie went to the Victorian Secondary school's basketball challenge stage 1 at Eagle Stadium in Werribee. They won all four games and secured a spot in the State final competition. On the 25 of June, they went to the State Basketball centre in Wantirna South to compete in the state final. After some strong performances in their pool matches, they qualified for the semifinal against 1 of the two teams from Rowville College. They unfortunately lost their semifinal but played extremely well throughout their entire games. Thank you to Mr Bogers and Ms Nevett for coaching and specifically for the endless Maccas trip.

- Lily and Eliza

Players for Pink

By Tilly Stringer - Sport Captain

Last Thursday, our senior football team played against Clarendon College in a match to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). It wasn’t our day on the field with Clarendon coming away with the win, it was a great opportunity for both schools to come together to support BCNA. Throughout the week we sold BCNA beanies to raise funds and awareness for those affected by breast cancer. It was great to see our school community wearing pink and showing support both on and off the field. Despite the loss, we were all proud of our efforts having an impact in our community with the match showing us how sport drives positive change beyond just the scoreboard.

BAS Sport

We’re proud to celebrate some fantastic achievements from our BAS sports teams for term 2. Our Senior Football team placed 4th overall with great determination and efforts all term. The Year 9 Netball teams were impressive this term with the div 1 squad finishing 2nd and the div 2 team taking 3rd place. For badminton this term our A Grade team won their grand final taking home the championship, while our B Grade squad finished strong in 2nd place. Congratulations to all involved for their hard work and excellent performances! Our junior soccer and netball teams are still going with matches still to be played this week so we can’t wait to see how they finish.

Looking ahead to next term, there are plenty of exciting sporting opportunities available.

DAY	SPORT
Tuesday:	Senior Soccer, Junior Football (Yr 7/8/9), Table Tennis (all year levels)
Wednesday:	Junior Hockey (Yr 7/8/9), Senior Netball (div 1&2)
Thursday:	Senior Racquetball (Yr 10/11/12), Senior Netball (div 3&4)

If you’re keen to get involved and represent BAS in these sports, make sure to sign up! No matter your ability in the sport there is a sport for everyone. Let’s keep the momentum going and make next term another successful and fun season for BAS sports!

A huge thank you to all staff and students for the efforts in coaching and umpiring this term. Term 2 is one of the busiest terms for BAS sport and their efforts a greatly appreciated. Thank you to the students involved as either umpires, coaches or scorers: Isla, Sarah Bourke, Esta Slater, Eliza Dean, Maddie Birkett and Layla Phillips (former student), Addisyn Gartside, Milla Russell and Abigail Righetti.

Career News

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