Sport

Year 7 Tennis Team

We had 9 Year 7 students, who were selected to play in the interschool sport tennis team. We played on Tuesday 25 March at Diamond Valley College.

Students supported each other to play with various partners and learnt tennis doubles strategy. Everyone enjoyed being there, and both A team and B team did well. The day was very closely fought with both our A and B teams getting runners up overall.

The Year 7's played great tennis, well done.

Team members were:

Zac Bell (Toner House)

Ethan Hunter (Pakana House)

Zach Kerr (Skipper House)

Liam Murphy (Toner House)

Ronan O'Sullivan (Everard House)

Jaxon Parapouras (Skipper House)

Sam Payne (Everard House)

Xavier Spinder, Year 7 Tennis Captain (Skipper House)

Ethan Tinker (Pakana House)

PETER TOREY, PE & Health KLA Leader

Northern Metro Region Swimming Finals

On Thursday 27 March, 23 EHS students made their way to WaterMarc to compete at the Northern Metro Region Swimming finals. We competed in 36 individual finals and 8 relays, with Eltham High finishing 6th overall. It was great to see so many amazing individual performances throughout the day.

Archie Bonga (Year 10, Skipper) had an outstanding day with 3 Golds and 1 Silver in his individual events and a Silver in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay. Sam Hartley (Year 10, Everard) had a busy day competing in 5 individual events and 2 relays. He ended up taking home 2 Golds and 3 Silver as well as 1 Gold and 1 Bronze in the relays. Benjamin Van Dijk (Year 9 Skipper) took home a bag of medals with some amazing individual performances, winning 3 Golds and 1 Silver and a relay Gold and Bronze. Luca Miraglia (Year 11, Skipper) competed at his first NMR finals for Eltham in the 50m butterfly and freestyle, winning 1 Gold and 1 Silver. Saxon Schladetsch (Year 10, Toner) and Fynn Bohen (Year 9, Everard) had success as part of the 4 x 50m Medley Relay team, winning the GOLD. 

These athletes have now secured their place in the SSV State Finals on May 1 at MSAC. 

Below are the results for all our swimmers for the day.

Well done to each and every one of these swimmers who represented our school with excellence. Good luck to the 6 swimmers moving on to the State Finals.

Eltham High School Athletics Carnival

The EHS Athletics Carnival was held on Thursday 13 March at Doncaster Athletics Track. 

All staff and students enjoyed the day and showed plenty of house spirit. 

There were many outstanding individual achievements throughout the day. 

Martin Saisukl – Year 7 (Toner) and Liam O’Connell-Pittaway – Year 7 (Toner) went toe to toe all day with Martin taking home four 1sts place ribbons and Liam finishing with two 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd.

Another closely contested age group was the 12-13 girls where Rugiada Vitali – Year 7 (Pakana) took out the age champion award by 1 point from Arizona Peel - Year 8 (Skipper) and Mila Cooper – Year 7 (Everard). 

Bruce Thornber – Year 8 (Toner) blitzed the competition in both the track and field events, winning 5 events throughout the day and taking out the age champion award in front of Jesse Porter – Year 8 (Everard) and Yorke Murray – Year 8 (Toner). 

The Beddoe brothers (Jack and James – Year 9 (Everard) continued where they left off last year taking home a handful of ribbons each. 

Ben Kerr – Year 10 (Skipper) dominated all day in the 16-age group finishing first in all his 5 events. 

Zara Colbert – Year 8 (Pakana) and Zoe Davies Year 9 – (Pakana) were like lightening on the track, winning 3 races each, while Elly Anestis – Year 9 (Skipper) took out 4 out of her 5 field events. 

Zain Andreetta – Year 12 (Skipper) and Jamison Habel – Year 12 (Skipper) finished off their last ever school carnival winning the age champion awards.

Congratulations to TONER house for winning this year’s Athletics Carnival

1st place: TONER        1159      

2nd place: SKIPER      1014       

3rd place: PAKANA      997

4th place: EVERARD    914

Also a big congratulations to all the age champions below:

12- 13 Male: Martin Saisuk – Year 7 (Toner)                      

12- 13 Female Rugiada Vitali – Year 7 (Pakana)

14 Male: Bruce Thornber - Year 8 (Toner)   

14 Female: Zara Colbert– Year 8 (Pakana)

15 Male: Jack Beddoe – Year 9 (Everard)     

15 Female Elly Anestis - Year 9 (Skipper)

16 Male: Ben Kerr – Year 10 (Skipper)                   

16 Female Scarlett Cianci – Year 11 (Toner)

17 Male: Jacob Jewitt – Year 11 (Toner)                  

17 Female: Xanthe Watson-Jones – Year 11 (Toner)

18-20 Male: Zain Andreetta – Year 12 (Skipper)      

18-20 Female: Jamison Habel – Year 12 (Skipper)

All winners for the day will now progress through to the Division Athletics Carnival on May 58h at Meadowglen Athletics Track.

A big thankyou to all the competitors, staff and parents/spectators who contributed to the success of our Carnival.

Eltham High School Sports Program

Eltham High School has a very successful Sports Program with plenty of opportunities for students to get involved throughout the year. 

House Cross Country

In Term 2 we will hold our school cross country (Date TBC). This will be compulsory for ALL Year 7 and 8 students and optional for Year 9 - 12 students. Generally, the Year 7s complete the run during their sport period and Year 8s are brought out of class to complete theirs. The course starts across from the school at Fabbro Fields and goes around the Wingrove Park loop.

Interschool Sport

Eltham High participates in the ‘School Sport Victoria’ sporting program. We enter teams into a Round Robin competition with local schools in the Nillumbik District. Each year level of the school can participate in one Round Robin each term. Different sports are offered in each term and successful teams advance to Region Finals and then State Finals. 

The cost for each event per student is $20 in 2025. There are various costs in running the sporting program throughout the school and these include district, regional and state level events. The $20 per event per student is to cover the cost of the program and events and is not limited to the bus/transportation cost alone. However, please note that bus costs are a fixed cost for the event and are not reduced for the school if a student chooses not to take the bus. Eltham High School has kept the cost for the sporting program and these events the same now for four years and is supporting the program as costs have increased. Please note that if a student is taking the bus to the event and is driven by a family member the event cost of $20 is still applicable.

Sports for Term 2 are as follows

Senior (Year 11 and 12) – Tuesday 13 May

AFL, Soccer, Netball, Badminton

Intermediate (Year 9 and 10) – Thursday 22 May 

AFL, Soccer, Netball, Badminton

Girls Footy Day (All year levels) – Tuesday 27 May 

Year 8 – Wednesday 4 June 

AFL, Soccer, Netball, Badminton

Year 7 – Wednesday 25 June 

AFL, Soccer, Netball, Badminton

Sports for Term 3 are as follows

Intermediate (Year 9 and 10) – Tuesday 12 August 

Basketball, Table Tennis, Futsal

Year 8 – Wednesday 20 August 

Basketball, Table Tennis, Futsal

Year 7 – Thursday 11 September 

Basketball, Table Tennis, Futsal

Sports for Term 4 are as follows

Year 9 – Wednesday 22 October 

Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Cricket

Year 8  - Volleyball – Tuesday 14 October 

Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Cricket - Wednesday 22nd October 

Year 7 – Thursday 13 November 

Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Cricket

Timetabled Sport – Year 7 & 8

Students in Year 7 and 8 participate in a Sport session once per week. Students participate in a range of sports throughout the term. We aim to provide students with a small taste of a variety of sports, many of which are offered in the Inter-School Sports Program. Participation is the main goal of these sessions and students are encouraged to experience a range of games. There is an expectation the students change into their PE uniforms for this session – we would greatly appreciate your assistance in ensuring PE uniforms are brought to school for both PE and Sport sessions.

BREE PASCOE, Sports Coordinator