Sport News
Term 4: Sports Report
EMR ATHLETICS
On Monday, October 9th, the Eastern Metropolitan Athletics Carnival was held at Knox Athletics Track. South Oakleigh College took a team of 17 students, who competed in 31 events.
We achieved some fantastic results across the day, which included five students qualifying in nine events for next Monday's State Athletics Carnival. We also achieved seven 2nd places and five 3rd places. We congratulate Will Amiatu, Sophie Volpert, Tricia Santosh, Lucia Shaw and Oskar Dogrusever on advancing to the State Athletics Championships.
RESULTS:
1st
Will Amiatu (Discus, Javelin, Shot Put)
Sophie Volpert (Discus, Javelin, Shot Put)
Tricia Santosh (400m)
Lucia Shaw (Long Jump)
Oskar Dogrusever (400m)
2nd
Deagan Backers (Discus)
Tricia Santosh (800m)
Andrew Macrae (High Jump, 90m Hurdles)
Lucia Shaw
(Triple Jump, 200m)
Will Amiatu, Hugo Pruscino, Ryan Mete, Theo Egonidis (4 x 100m Relay)
3rd
Nathan Haggai (Discus)
Andrew Macrae (Javelin)
Oskar Dogrusever (200m)
Kenji Calf (800m)
Dean Sanchez, Ethan Pham, Andrew Macrae, Oskar Dogrusever (4 x 100m Relay)
STATE ATHLETICS
Yesterday we had Will Amiatu, Sophie Volpert, Tricia Santosh, Lucia Shaw and Oskar Dogrusever representing the school at the State Athletics Championships at Lakeside Stadium. To reach this level of competition is an outstanding achievement by these students, who again performed exceptionally yesterday.
Across the day we achieved three 1sts, two 2nd's and a 3rd from nine events. A big congratulations to Will Amiatu and Sophie Volpert, who are State Champions. RESULTS:1st Sophie Volpert ( Discus & Shot Put)Will Amiatu (Discus)2nd Will Amiatu (Shot Put)Lucia Shaw (Long Jump)3rd Sophie Volpert (Javelin)4th Tricia Santosh (400m)5thOskar Dogrusver (400m)
YEAR 8 / INTERMEDIATE REGIONAL HOCKEY COMPETITION
Both the Year 8 and Intermediate Hockey competitions were held on wet Melbourne days. Despite this, the students remained enthusiastic and were competitive throughout the day. The Year 8 team lost one match and drew the other. The Intermediate team won two matches and lost one match, to narrowly miss advancing to the finals.
YEAR 8 BOYS REGIONAL INTERSCHOOL TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION
On Wednesday, October 18th, Somar Dhital, Rio Barrett, Kenny Poirier and Jonathan Blyth represented the school in the Year 8 Boys Regional Table Tennis competition. The boys won 2 of their 3 pool games to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost 2-4 to Highvale Secondary College.
HOUSE DODGEBALL COMPETITION
In week 2 of the term, we held our annual House Dodgeball Competition. It was fantastic to see students from all year levels taking part. The final day of the competition saw Acacia playing against Waratah for 3rd place, which ended up being a draw. And Banksia playing against Grevillea to determine the winner. This game went to extra time, with Banksia claiming a narrow win and also the title of 2023 House Dodgeball Champions.
RESULTS:
1. Banksia
2. Grevillea
3. Acacia
3. Waratah
YEAR 8 EASTERN METROPOLITAN REGION TENNIS COMPETITION
On Wednesday, November 1st, Sher Sidhu, Kenny Poirier, Rio Barrett and Charles Trinh competed in the Year 8 Regional Tennis competition. We started the day strongly, winning our first match 6-0 against Lilydale High School. In our second match, we came up against a very strong Rowville Secondary College and lost 6-0. Our third match against Kew High School was a very tight contest, and at the conclusion, both schools couldn't be separated on sets and games won - finishing in a tie. All four boys did a fantastic job on the day, and also to reach the regional competition.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, November 1st – Year 8 Boys Regional Tennis
Thursday, November 2nd – Year 8 Girls Regional Softball
Jason Knee
Sports Coordinator
EMR YEAR 8 GIRLS SOFTBALL
Our Year 8 and 7 girls made there way to Knox Baseball/ Softball diamond to compete for the regional pennant. The girls were ready and excited especially after their batting session the day before. Unfortunately, they were unable to win against some really strong sides like Vermont and Balwyn. Our best game, the first game showed what the girls were capable as we fought hard against East Doncaster only to lose against them by a couple of runs.
Hopefully the girls continue to play softball next year for interschool sports.
| Alexandra | Played a really solid defence in Short-Stop, had a couple good hits as well. |
| Amber | Our brick wall behind home plate, once she got more comfortable, she was fantastic |
| Eliza | Our first baseman, had a couple of really good plays towards her. |
| Emily | Was speedy around the bases all day. |
| Kashish | Out in Right-field, made sure to get the ball quickly. Ran the bases well. |
| Monaka | Our Team Manager made sure to keep the spirit up and allowed me to walk around taking photos. |
| Penelope | Was our left fielder, lot of energy for our team and had a couple of good plays. |
| Sophie | Our pitcher for the day, also played everywhere else we needed her. |
| Tamsym | Third-base, ran around a lot and got us a couple of runs in. |
| Zara | Our Centre-Fielder, quietly spoken but really quick around the bases. |
Ashley Aylen
PE Teacher