Welcome to the Ballarat High School Sports Corner where all the results for school events, School Sport Victoria (SSV) events, BAS After School events and highlighting significant external sporting achievements from present and past students.

School Sport Victoria (SSV) Events

SSV GWR Senior & Intermediate Boys Football

On Tuesday 11th June BHS took our Senior & Intermediate Boys Football teams to the SSV Greater Western Region Senior and Intermediate Boys Football competition at the Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol. For the first time in a number of years no rain but the wind chill was very icy!

In the Senior Boys competition 5 teams competed in a Round Robin competition. BHS played Mortlake P-12 College (22pts to 25pts), Trinity College (6pts to 58pts), Warrnambool College (8pts to 50pts) and Horsham College (13pts to 21pts). The team didn’t secure a win but battled on valiantly regardless, they finished in 5th place.

In the Intermediate Boys competition 4 teams competed in Round Robin competition. BHS played Trinity College (48pts to 12pts), Horsham College (1pt to 48pts) and Emmanuel College (0pts to 75pts). Unfortunately like the Senior Boys, the Intermediate couldn’t get a win on the board either finishing in 4th place.

Students involved:

Senior Boys: Charlie Albiston, Jesse Baker, Floyd Brooks, Sam Davies, Flynn Duggan, Oliver Geier, Matt Hardiman, Jacob Hutchinson, Hamish Marshall, Jackson Obrien, Levi Payne, Jaxson Talbot, Max Thomson, Kale Tuaine, Zach Walton, Aiden Wiltsher Coaches: Liam Towell, Ashley Baker

Intermediate Boys: Raiyan Bin Abdullah, George Bishop, Hunter Bogers, Alby Davies, George English, Jack Gilbert, Jye Hamill, Cooper Hussey, Jack Kinnersly, Jack Knight, Archer Mason, Jacko Moneghetti, Jake O’Rourke, Cooper Robertson, Fletcher Smith, Bourne Sri Dargon, Hunter Stevenson, Riley Van EK, Ronan Van Kempen, Billy Waters Coaches: Tom Ferguson, Patrick Lynch

SSV GWR Senior & Intermediate Girls Netball

On Tuesday 11th June the BHS took our Senior & Intermediate Girls Netball teams to the SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Girls Netball competition at the Ballarat Netball Association.

Somehow it was colder inside the BNA than it was outside, plenty of puffer jackets engaged!

In the Senior Girls competition 4 teams competed in a Round Robin plus finals. The team played Horsham College (13 goals to 28 goals), Emmanuel College (19 goals to 25 goals), Trinity College (14 goals to 26 goals). From here the team qualified for the playoff game for 3rd place against Horsham College which unfortunately the team didn’t win going down 8 goals to 20 goals. Ultimately the team finished in 4th place for the competition.

In the Intermediate Girls competition 5 teams competed in a Round Robin. The team played Trinity College (13 goals to 19 goals), Mercy Regional College (22 goals to 26 goals), Horsham College (24 goals to 20 goals) and Emmanuel College (13 goals to 26 goals). The team finished with one win and 3 losses to finish in 4th place for the competition.

The competition also had 2 BHS students umpiring on the day.

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Georgia Hayne, Isabelle Jarvis, Isabelle Loader, Mille Mason, Ella Smith. Coach: Faith Scholten

Intermediate Girls: Alana Burns, Casey Butterworth, Charlah Carter, Isabelle Harrison, Mia Hayne, Gracie O’Donnell, Dakodah Pearce, Lena Wiltsher. Coach: Courtney McLean

Umpire: Embly Jenkins

SSV Eureka Year 7 Girls Netball

On Wednesday 11th June BHS took our Year 7A Girls Netball team to the SSV Eureka Year 7 Girls Netball competition at the Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball).

The competition was at maximum capacity with 9 total teams resulting in 8 matches for the Year 7 Girls to negotiate throughout the day. The results were as follows:

Woodmans Hill Secondary College (17 goals to 1 goal)
Mount Clear College B Team (11 goals to 0 goals)
Mount Clear College A Team (6 goals to 7 goals)
Daylesford Secondary College (7 goals to 2 goals)
Phoenix Secondary College (2 goals to 6 goals)
Mount Clear College A Team (9 goals to 3 goals)
Beaufort Secondary College (4 goals to 7 goals)
Mount Rowan Secondary College B Team (6 goals to 3 goals)

With 3 losses it was certainly not the result the team was looking for after high expectations going into the event. Coach Fiona Lindsay indicated the competition was extremely strong and was looking forward to seeing how the team develops going into the Year 8 competition next year.

The team finished in 3rd place for the competition.

The school also had 3 students who umpired on the day.

Students involved:

Mikhaila Addison, Zoe Berrigan, Zoe Bester, Juliette Briodin, Allira Harrison, Charlie Lindsay, Summer Remilton, Ella Richards, Maizie Walter Wak, Summer Wooding. Coach: Fiona Lindsay

Umpires: Alana Burns, Embly Jenkins

SSV Eureka Year 7 Boys Football

On Wednesday 11th June BHS took our Year 7 Boys Football team to the SSV Eureka Year 7 Boys Football competition held here at Ballarat High School.

The team only had a single match against Phoenix Secondary College to win the Eureka Division crown.

BHS had the ball on a string comprehensively beating Phoenix Secondary College 108pts to 1pt, securing a dominate victory.

Coach Nathan Patrikeos was looking forward to seeing how the team matched up to the SSV GWR teams in the coming weeks and praised his players on a great effort and sportsmanship.

The Year 7 Boys team will now qualify for the SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 Boys Football competition on Wednesday 25th June at Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol.

Students involved:

Jetta Andrews, Asher Anstis, Ethan Bridgman, Hudson Brown, Braxton Burrows, Devon Cherry, Jonah Cherry, Riley Cunningham, Ted Davies, Nate Delima, Arthur Den Ouden, Caleb Gleeson, Ramon Harman, Liam Jones, Daniel King, Jaxon Ladiges, Keong Mac, Kellen Manwaring, Emeri Payne, Logan Pilmore, Charlie Ridley, Eamon Slade, Eric Smith, Max Turnbull

Coach: Nathan Patrikeos

SSV Eureka Year 8 Boys Soccer

On Monday 16th June BHS took our Year 8 Boys Soccer team to the SSV Eureka Year 8 Soccer competition held at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve.

The team was part of a 6 team Pool Play competition. BHS was in Pool A alongside Woodmans Hill Secondary College (1 goal to 0 goals) and Phoenix Secondary College (0 goals to 2 goals). Beaufort Secondary College, Mount Clear College & Mount Rowan Secondary College made up Pool B.

In an absolute shock to the BHS Sports Department the team had failed to qualify through the pool stages, missing out on a spot in the finals through goal difference!

Coach Rob Simmonds was disappointed with the result as his team looked like one of the better teams on the day but couldn’t convert of the large percentage of possession the team had for both of its matches. Rob was keen to see the team back in action in the Intermediate Competition next year.

The school also had 3 students umpiring the competition.

Students involved:

Jasper Colligan, Jackson Davidge, Riley Fleming, Cooper Harris, Hunter Leedham, Denham McMahon, Yuvraj Miterani, Sonam Ozer, Oliver Wakeling, Max Walter Wak, Jeht Youlden

Coach: Rob Simmonds

Umpire: Jakyah Ford

SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Soccer

On Friday 20th June BHS took our Senior Girls & Intermediate Boys soccer teams to the SSV Greater Western Region Soccer competition held at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve.

The Intermediate Boys team were part of a 6 team Pool Play competition, top of the Pool makes the Grand Final. BHS was in Pool A alongside Ararat College (2 goals to 1 goal) and Mercy Regional College (7 goals to 0 goals), Pool B contained Trinity College, Monivae College and Kings College.

2 wins earned the team a spot in the Grand Final against Monivae College.

The Grand Final was an absolute classic with both teams nil all at full time and after extra time. The match then went into penalties to decide the winner. BHS held its nerve to win 6-5 and be declared the champions!

For the second year in a row our Senior Girls team got a walkthrough to the SSV State Championships with no other school entering a team into the competition.

Both teams have now qualified the for the SSV State Championships in Term 3 at the Darebin International Sports Centre.

Students involved:

Intermediate Boys: Macval Agugo, Neto Agugo, Hugh Compton, Xavier Dawson, Jakyah Ford, Joshua Gibbs, Bowie James, Randall Matibiri, Theo Shan, Tristan Ward Coach: Ian Morley

Senior Girls: Rachael Arnold, Kherington Aykens, Samantha Catherall, Delisha Gounder, Erica Jones, Summer Kotek, Meg McBride, Willow McKenzie-Poteri, Leah Ross, Kate Sandwith, Ebony Tyndall, Lana Wilson.

BHS Alumni Sporting News

Congratulations to past student Josh Jolly (2023) who won a UCI Under 23 BMX Racing World Cup event in the Papendal, Netherland on Sunday 22nd June.

Josh won the final in 34.602 seconds to take a slight victory from Jason Noordam of the Netherlands.

See below the full results:

Men Under 23:1 Joshua JOLLY 19 AUS 34.602 165 UCI Ranking points2 Jason NOORDAM 20 NED 34.646 1423 Casper PIPERS 21 NED 34.914 1224 Alexis PIECZANOWSKY 22 FRA 35.238 1055 Clément ROCHERIEUX 18 FRA 35.367 906 Matteo FAURE 19 FRA 35.882 787 Mathis JACQUET 21 FRA 36.317 678 Marcus LETH 21 DEN 36.486 57

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 10 · 27 Jun 2025

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