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SSP Trials for WHC Mainstream Students

We are inviting any mainstream students in Year 7-10, including students from within the Aspiring Athlete program, to trial for our Specialist Sports Program.

Our four pillar sports – Basketball, Netball, Soccer and AFL will be hosting trials in June, during class time – so that any prospective incoming student can be assessed against their peers.

Please note the following factors are all considered for trial outcomes;

Positions available within the program at any given year level (please note positions are limited, if available at all).
Sport specific athletic skill and ability
Attendance (90% at WHC)
Effort, behaviour and attitude in all areas of the College Community

Please see the attached flyer for dates and registration details. If students do not register, they are unable to trial.

Monday 2nd June: AFL and Soccer
Monday 9th June: Basketball and Netball

Drawstring Bags and SSP

We are requesting that all student-athletes continue to bring their drawstring bags to SSP for all of time tabled sessions. No WHC backpacks should enter into the green building – ever! Back packs are to be stored in student lockers. Drawstring bags and boot / shoe bags are permitted for training / in the green building. Please remind your child of this process.

SSP - Competition and Team Selection Friendly Reminder

It is an exciting time for our program with over 600 students across the four pillar sports: AFL, Basketball, Netball and Soccer. However, this also creates complexities around team selection for tournaments and competitions. It is simply not possible for all student-athletes to be selected.

Please understand that although student-athletes are a part of the SSP, this does not guarantee automatic entry to any WHC interschool or representative team. Head coaches are responsible for team selection and many factors contribute to this process, including; skill, ability, team dynamics, effort, behaviour and attendance across the entire College.

We know that non-selection can be difficult for parent-carers, but we thank you for your understanding and support of our program and all student-athletes, whilst we move in to a heavy phase of competition over the next three terms.

If you or your child has any concerns about selection or non-selection, we would encourage all of our student-athletes to have direct conversations with their coaches regarding feedback for improvement.

We thank you for your continued support. We love that your child is a part of our program, and please endeavour to remember the program was established for our student-athletes to reach both their academic and athletic potentials. It is about growth in both learning and sporting pursuits, not who is or isn’t selected for a team.

Key Contacts for the Specialist Sports Program

Renee Lane – SSP Leader Renee.Lane@education.vic.gov.au

Nick Richardson – High Performance Manager Nicholas.Richardson2@education.vic.gov.au

Cate Johnson – Operations Manager Cate.Johnson@education.vic.gov.au

Please contact the appropriate staff / coaches at each of the Year Levels below if you have any concerns regarding your child’s athletic performance;

AFL Program:

Thomas Hunter (Yr 7-9): Thomas.Hunter@education.vic.gov.au

Will Sexton (Yr 10-12): William.Sexton@education.vic.gov.au

Basketball Program:

Ashley Arnott (Yr 7 - 8): Ashley.Arnott@education.vic.gov.au

Kaleb Sclater (Yr 9-10): Kaleb.Sclater@education.vic.gov.au

Kris Blicavs (Yr 11-12): Kris.Blicavs@education.vic.gov.au

Netball Program:

Ainsley Corrigan (Yr 7-8): Ainsley.Corrigan@education.vic.gov.au

Stacey Dodds (Yr 9-10): Stacey.Dodds@education.vic.gov.au

Susan Meaney (Yr 11-12): Susan.Meaney@education.vic.gov.au

Seth Tomlinson: Seth.Tomlinson@education.vic.gov.au

Soccer Program:

Joseph Didulica: Joseph.Didulica@education.vic.gov.au

Sean Mahon: Sean.Mahon@education.vic.gov.au

Please note: Any mainstream concerns are via the relevant Sub-School Leader or Learning Community Leader through Compass

Link to Purchase Sport Uniform

* For SSP and AAP students only

https://indigowolf.com.au/whcssp

AFL

Following the previous fortnight, the AFL Specialised Sports Program intermediate boys and girls competed in the first round of the SSV AFL Competition. Both teams competed extremely well on the day finishing with 4 victories progressing them both to the next round on July 30th where they will play against Western Metropolitan.

Coaches Charlie Perks and Tom Hunter coached the Yr 9/10 boys team and stated “The group played selfless and team first footballer across the whole day. The boys were challenged in new positions across the 4 games and adapted well to each opposition winning comfortably”.

Best Players across the day included: Ben Mifsud, John Tattersall, Lincoln Saad, Trae Beckley, Archie Penning and Max Mills.

Coaches Will Sexton and Dani Rhodes coached the Intermediate Girls team and stated “The girls played a very high quality level of footy. Great to see them develop upon what they’ve been training”.

Best Players across the day included: Taya Delaney, Ava McDonald, Millie Evens.

Next week the Year 8 Boys will compete in the Barwon Division on Tuesday 20th and Senior Boys will compete in the Premier League Division on Wednesday 21st in Echuca. This will be the first time the school has entered the Premier league division in the school’s history. Good luck to all involved, GO WHC!

Kind Regards,

Perksy & Ryan

IMPORTANT DATES	EVENT
21st May	SSV Premier League AFL Boys Competition
22nd May	SSV AFL Division - Year 7 Boys
19th - 25th July	Senior AFL SSP Darwin Experience

Basketball

IMPORTANT DATES	EVENT
27th May	U15 VSSC Qualifying Event
30th May	U17 VSSC Qualifying Event

Netball

Welcome to the end of week 4!! Our Junior Students eagerly preparing for their first round of SSV Divisional Round. Tuesday 20th YR 8 Girls and Thursday 22nd YR 7 Girls with our Junior boys not far away on the 5th June. Students are super excited.

We do have many students who have participated in the Barwon Region Junior Netball Competition for their association representative sides and we wish those competing in the upcoming Grand Final on Monday all the best!!

On court this week we have continued our specialist area focus enabling upskilling and further positional development. We have also with our junior students been working on systems and set plays from stoppages and reading off players and situations. With the Intermediate and Senior students, we have continued specialist Area work and also the complexities of tempo within again on playing quickly and direct vs slower and maintaining composure within the two different speeds of play. They are learning as a unit when scenarios may require which speed of play relevant to circumstances such as momentum, time and changing flow of play to our advantage.

In education student athletes have completed Cycle 2 and have just finished up completing individual templates for events such as NZ Tour and upcoming tournaments to assist in preparation factoring in all aspects of organisation, food & hydration, sleep, physical and mental preparation, exploring strategies so they can self-drive and manage their high-performance experiences.

With less that 40 days till the NZ Tour departs there is a sense of excitement. I would like to extend a huge thankyou to those parents, family members and students who assisted at the recent Election Day BBQ and Bake good fundraiser. The $2.5k raised will go towards valuable assistance in supporting experiences and resources. A big thankyou to Kerry Evans and husband Stuart for coordinating the event was an amazing day and a great community feel!!

UPCOMING DATES

Tuesday 20th May – YR 8 Girls SSV Divisional at Corio Leisuretime Sports Precinct

Thursday 22nd May - YR 7 Girls SSV Divisional at Corio Leisuretime Sports Precinct

Monday 2nd June – NZ TOUR attending Students and Family Information Night 5pm Green Building

Thursday 5th June - JR Boys SSV Divisional at Corio Leisuretime Sports Precinct

Draws will be posted on Compass for families

IMPORTANT DATES	EVENT
22nd May	SSV Year 7 Girls Netball
5th June	SSV Junior Boys Netball
21st - 28th June	New Zealand Netball Tour

Soccer

IMPORTANT DATES	EVENT
22nd May	SSV Year 8 Girls Soccer
22nd May	SSV Year 8 Boys Soccer

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