Welcome Back

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our families back for Term 4. Term 4 is a busy term and we have lots to look forward to.

Upcoming Events

National AFL 9s Tournament – 26/10 – 28/10

Intermediate Boys Gippsland Table Tennis – 27/10

Australasian Champion of Champions Futsal National Tournament – 5/11 – 7/11

Year 8 Girls & Intermediate Girls State Basketball – 17/11

Basketball Nationals 2026 – 29/11 – 4/12

*For college wide important dates, please visit our college newsletter via the Lowanna College website.

Basketball Update

Gippsland Basketball Results

Earlier this week we had five teams represent Lowanna College at the Gippsland Basketball. Both the Year 8 Girls and the Intermediate Girls teams had a successful day and have advanced to the State Finals later this term! The results for each team are as follows:

Year 7 Boys – won 2 (Nagle and Bass Coast), lost 1 (Lavalla Catholic College)

Year 7 Girls – won 1 (Nagle), Lost 1 (Lavalla Catholic College), Draw (Mary Mackillop)

Year 8 Girls – won 3 (Nagle, Lavalla Catholic College and Korumburra)

Year 8 Boys – won 2 (Nagle and Bass Coast), Lost 1 (Catholic College Sale)

Intermediate Girls – won 3 (Nagle, Lavalla Catholic College and Foster)

Brody's Basketball Success

Congratulations to Year 9 student Brody who recently competed in the Morwell Tournament, representing Traralgon. The boys won all five of their games, including the U16 Boys C Grand Final. Well done!

Footy Update

AFL Draft Combine

Pictured below are Xavier and Keenan at the AFL Draft Combine.

National Future’s Game

Congratulations to Cohen and Henry for recently playing in the National Future’s Game on the AFL Grand Final Day.

Ross Brothers Footy Success

Well done to Cruze, Chance and Brax on their recent football success. Cruze and Chance were both part of the U18 Buln Buln Premiership winning team. Cruze competed in the VLine Cup and was also Buln Buln’s Senior’s leading goal kicker and 10th overall in the league. Brax received Runner Up Best and Fairest for Buln Buln U14s. Well done boys!

Soccer Update

Congratulations to Year 8 student’s Logan and Kingston who were selected to represent Vic Country in the ID Cup. The ID Cup is a tournament where youth teams from Victoria, South Australia, the ACT and Tasmania compete as part of a state representative selection process. Well done!

*The above information was found on the Gippsland United Football Club Facebook page.

Congratulations to Tate, Tayt and Riley who recently competed in the Karl Posselt Cup in Merimbula, returning home as back-to-back champions (also winning in 2025) after winning the Grand Final (2-0) against Southern Phoenix.

Tate, Tayt and Riley also won the GUFC U13 league championship. Well done boys!

Brooklyn's Soccer Success

Brooklyn and her Monash Soccer Team were undeated for the season, winning the U15 Girls League Grand Final 5-1.

Brooklyn’s FV Latrobe Valley U14 Girls Squad Team also competed at the Doreen Girls Cup in September, making the semifinals but losing the penalty shootout.

Futsal Success

During the school holidays, four students (Tate, Jed, Mohammad and Kobe) competed in the National School Futsal Championships in Brisbane, advancing to the Elimination Round before being knocked out. Congratulations to all four boys who were offered a spot in the Futsal Championships in January 2027 (which will be held in Sydney).

Brooklyn off to Brazil!

Congratulations to Year 8 student Brooklyn who was recently selected to represent Australia for Futsal in Brazil next year. This is a a huge achievement - well done Brooklyn!

Futsal Nationals!

From the 28th of September to the 1st of October, Brooklyn H, Brooklyn V and Kourtney B represented Vic City at the National School Futsal titles on the Gold Coast. Finishing 4th after unfortunately losing the semifinal, the girls gained five wins, two losses and a draw. An awesome achievement, well done girls!

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Issue 10 · 23 Oct 2026

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