Sports update

by Ms Haylee Murphy

House Athletics Day  

On 9th May staff and students gathered at Box Hill Athletics Track for the House Athletics Carnival. The day started out strong with house chants led by our house prefects and Mr. Rees. As the sun shone, students eagerly competed in track and field events, proudly dressed in their house colours. 

 

Congratulations to Chang for taking home the Athletics House Cup!  

House results 

  • 1st Chang - 1433  
  • 2nd Irwin - 1397  
  • 3rd Blackburn - 1380  
  • 4th Freeman - 1261.  

Congratulations to our age champions:  

  • U13 Male - Jeremy Z 
  • U 13 Female - Grace H
  • U14 Male - Jay Zhen Y-C
  • U14 Female - Bernice Y
  • U15 Male - Charlie Y
  • U15 Female - Vivian N 
  • U16 Male - Marcus S
  • U16 Female - Yawina Z
  • U17 Male - Louie H
  • U17 Female - Ava W
  • U18 Male - Angus L 
  • U18 Female - Kate H. 

Box Hill High School will be taking a team of 90 students to Division Athletics on 21st August.  

Interschool sports  

This term has been busy with heaps of interschool sport opportunities. Congratulations to those who have gone out to compete in: 

  • Intermediate soccer  
  • Junior Boys netball  
  • Year 7 Girls netball  
  • Senior Boys AFL  
  • Senior badminton  
  • Year 7 Boys AFL  
  • Intermediate netball  
  • Intermediate badminton. 

Big congratulations to our Year 7 Girls netball, Junior Boys netball and Senior Boys netball squads for progressing through to regionals. There are many more sporting opportunities this term, including Junior soccer, Junior AFL, Senior basketball and Year 8 netball.