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

School Sport Victoria (SSV) Events

SSV Eureka Intermediate Soccer

On Thursday 4th June BHS took our Intermediate Boys team to the SSV Eureka competition at the Wendouree West Reserve Soccer Reserve. The competition was played in horrendously wet and cold conditions making play extremely tough. The team found themselves in an 7 team Pool Play competition. The team drew Pool A alongside Beaufort Secondary College (3 - 0 goals), Daylesford Secondary College (5 - 0 goals) & Woodmans Hill Secondary College A Team (3 - 0 goals). Phoenix Secondary College, Mt Clear College and Mount Rowan Secondary College made up Pool B team. The team finished top of the pool qualifying them for the Grand Final against Phoenix Secondary College. Unfortunately, the team was outclassed by Phoenix College who played well in the wet conditions to secure a 2-0 victory leaving the BHS team finishing runners up for the competition. Full results can be found on the link below:

https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/greater-western-secondary/eureka-secondary/Documents/SSV%20Eureka%20Intermediate%20Boys%20Soccer%20Results%202026.pdf

Students involved: Macval Agugo, Jasper Colligan, Hugh Compton, Xavier Dawson, Riley Fleming, Kevin Gleeson, Cohen Levings, Denham McMahon, Sam Ozer, Rainer Tiberi, Oli Wakeling, Max Water Wak, Xavier Wooding, Jeht Youlden

Coach: Peter Every

SSV GWR Senior Boys Football

On Tuesday 9th June BHS took our Senior Boys Football team to the SSV Greater Western Region competition at the Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol. For the first time in a number of years no rain fell but the wind chill was very icy! In the Senior Boys competition 4 teams competed in a round robin competition. BHS played Trinity College (10 - 45pts), Brauer College (22 - 18pts) and Horsham College (9 - 6pts). In a strange turn of events BHS, Trinity and Horsham Colleges all finished in a 3 way tie on 2 wins and 1 loss. The tiebreaker was scoring for/against percentage which resulted in the BHS team finishing in 3rd place overall. Full results can be found on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vraptcEETz7au25QhZ9r2YXWmXiy1MI5-PDnwiS0l-g/edit?gid=1798844908#gid=1798844908

Students involved: Charlie Albiston, Raiyan Bin Abdullah, George Bishop, Floyd Brooks, Jett Carli-Seebohm, Sam Davies, Harry Drain, Flynn Duggan, Fletcher Farnsworth, Harry Harrison, Jackson Obrien, Jake O’Rourke, Levi Payne, Fletcher Smith, Zane Smith, Bourne Sri Dargon, Max Thomson, Kale Tuaine, Zach Walton, Rhys Webster, Aiden Wiltsher

Coaches: Liam Towell & Ash Baker

SSV GWR Senior & Intermediate Girls Netball

On Tuesday 9th June BHS took our Senior & Intermediate Girls Netball teams to the SSV Greater Western Region competition at the Ballarat Netball Association. In the Senior Girls competition 4 teams competed in a round robin competition. The team played Timboon P-12 College (51 - 32 goals), Emmanuel College (28 - 56 goals), Trinity College (52 - 22 goals). With only the single win from 3 matches the Senior Girls team finished in 3rd place for the competition. In the Intermediate Girls competition 6 teams competed in Pool Play + Finals. The team drew the tough Pool A against Emmanuel College (17 - 21 goals) and Mercy Regional College (22 - 28 goals). Horsham College, Trinity College and Mid West Division made up Pool B. It was a tough day for the team losing both matches and missing qualification for the Semi Finals. They finished in 5th/6th position for the competition.

Full results can be found on the link below:

Senior Girls

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r0353fEBS0S-OiecKrkxd8QzG8Ul2ZEnQB956vFA9H0/edit?gid=1034230486#gid=1034230486

Intermediate Girls https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDB6hKn3xaoaCR8NUEJee7g96rJzg8JLm9IsD6BhEic/edit?gid=1040118336#gid=1040118336

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Adrienne Harris, Isabelle Jarvis, Nathalia Jenkins, Charli Knight, Annabelle McLennan, Abby Murnane, Kyra Rouhan Coach: Courtney McLean

Intermediate Girls: Casey Butterworth, Ruby Cassidy, Ruby Graco, Isabella Grail, Embly Jenkins, Keely McKerrow, Lily Miller, Dakodah Pearce, Eve Simpson, Lena Wiltsher Coach: Hayley Munro

Umpire: Maddie McLennan

SSV GWR Intermediate Badminton

On Wednesday 10th June BHS took 5 teams (4 Intermediate Boys & 1 Intermediate Girls) to the SSV Greater Western Region competition held at the Ken Kay Badminton Centre. The Intermediate Boys competition was broken up into 2 Pools. BHS 1 and BHS 3 in Pool A and BHS 2 & BHS 4 in Pool B. After all the matches were played, BHS 3 finished on top of Pool A to make the Grand Final. BHS 1 finished 2nd in Pool A; BHS 4 finished 3rd Pool B and BHS 2 finished 4th Pool B. BHS 3 met local school Mount Clear College in the Grand Final which they won by a mere 3 points (3sets-58pts to 3sets-55pts) to claim the Intermediate Boys GWR title for 2026.

The Intermediate Girls team were part of 4 team round robin with top of the ladder securing victory. They played matches against Beaufort Secondary College (5-80 v 1-48), Mount Clear College (3-83 v 3-63) and Woodmans Hill Secondary College (4-82 v 2-48). Winning all 3 matches declared the BHS team GWR Intermediate Girls Champions for 2026.

Both teams have now qualified for the SSV State Championships next term on Wednesday 12th August at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (MSAC).

Students involved:

Intermediate Boys 1: Toby Coulter, Hayden Kinnersly, Braydan Muhlahn

Intermediate Boys 2: Shan Diviro, Joel Jomy, Solomon Pratt, Theo Shan

Intermediate Boys 3: Lishanth Gobi Anand, Jay Kanthiya, Cohen Levings, Sam Murray, Kyle Pelicano, Cooper Wallis

Intermediate Boys 4: Geeneth Ekanayake, Saksham Garg, Lance Lijo Kurien, Jaxon Madigan, Yuvraj Miterani, Shawn Thomas

Intermediate Girls: Alex Gladman, Isabella Rowe

Coaches: Rob Simmonds & Jill Muir

SSV GWR Junior Girls Football

On Thursday 11th June BHS took our Junior Girls Football team on the long drive to Hamilton for the SSV Greater Western Region competition at Pedrina Park. Lots of excitement from all students as the bus took off at 7:30am! The competition had 4 teams competing in a round robin competition. BHS played Colac Secondary College (24 - 3pts), Emmanuel College (0 -30pts) and Horsham College (54 - 0pts). The team finished with 2 wins and 1 loss to finish in second place to a very strong Emmanuel College team who didn’t concede a single point for the entire competition!

Full results can be found on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfUfQgJm5IQw4ZyxkTNScGj2-6eT0eFdvTJkRV6Dgyc/edit?gid=1798844908#gid=1798844908

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Caitlin Armeni, Liv Baldwinson-Sheridan, Liv Carey, Scarlett-Rae Cook, Georgia Ellis, Ollie Ferguson, Eva Finley, Amity Gibbs, Isla Gudgeon, Allira Harrison, Remi Johnson, Ruby Leviston, Charlie Lindsay, Ivy Madden, Indi Manford, Addy Pearce, Eva Piva, Kirby Robins-Fraser, Arielle Sawitsch, Dillish Seisay, Stella Turnbull, Harper Waters, Sachi Williams, Summer Wooding

Coaches: Kate Tompkins & Peter Every

SSV Eureka Year 7 Girls Netball

On Friday 12th June BHS took our Year 7A Girls Netball team to the SSV Eureka competition at the Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball). The competition had 8 teams resulting in 7 matches and the Grand Final for the Year 7 Girls to negotiate throughout the day. Going through the round robin stage undefeated, the team qualified for the Grand Final against the Phoenix Secondary College A Team. The team continued on with its strong performance winning the match and being declared Eureka Division champions for 2026. The team qualified for the SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 Girls Netball event that was held on Wednesday 24th June at Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball).

Full results can be found on the link below:

https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/greater-western-secondary/eureka-secondary/Documents/SSV%20Eureka%20Year%207%20Girls%20Netball%20Results%202026.pdf

Students involved: Scarlett-Rae Cook, Bella Den Ouden, Willow Douglas, Lila Duggan, Indie Evans, Amity Gibbs, Evie Graco, Isla Gudgeon, Maddie McLennan, Harper Waters Coach: Courtney McLean

Umpires: Nathalia Jenkins, Embly Jenkins, Summer Remilton

SSV Eureka Year 7 Boys Football

On Friday 12th June BHS was planning on taking our Year 7 Football team to the SSV Eureka competition held here at Ballarat High School. Unfortunately, this year no other schools entered the competition leaving BHS as the only entrant. This resulted in a walk through to the SSV Greater Western Region event on Wednesday 24th June at Marty Busch Reserve.

SSV Eureka Year 8 Soccer

On Wednesday 17th June BHS took two teams (Year 8 Boys & Year 8 Girls) to the SSV Eureka competition held at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve. The Year 8 Boys team was part of a 6 team Pool Play competition. BHS was in Pool A alongside Mount College College (4 - 0 goals) and Woodmans Hill Secondary College (1 - 0 goals). Daylesford Secondary College, Mount Rowan Secondary College and Phoenix Secondary College made up Pool B. Winning both Pool Play matches earnt the team a spot in the Semi Final against Phoenix Secondary College which they won convincingly 6 - 2 goals. The win booked a place in the Grand Final and rematch against Woodmans Hill Secondary College. The match went the same way as their Pool Play game getting a comfortable 2-0 win to be declared the Eureka Division Champions for 2026.

The Year 8 Girls team had a 5 team round robin competition. They played matches against Mount Clear College (2 - 0 goals), Woodmans Hill Secondary College (0 - 0 goals), Daylesford Secondary College (2 - 0 goals) and Phoenix Secondary College (2 - 1 goals). 3 wins and 1 draw was enough to secure the team the overall win and Eureka Division Title for 2026.

Both teams have now qualified for the SSV Greater Western Region Year 8 Soccer competition on Thursday 6th August at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility.

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys: Adriel Agugo, Devon Cherry, Jonah Cherry, Arthur Den Ouden, Jaxon Ladiges, Kellen Manwaring, Flynn Mason, Saxon Miller, Tom Murray, Charlie Ridley, Abhimanyu Shaini Manu, Max Turnbull

Coach: Liam Towell

Year 8 Girls: Mackenzie Carter, Sabe Cooper, Eva Finley, Rubie Kirkwood, Indi Manford, Ava Miller, Molly Parkinson, Chloe Rumble, Sofia McKinnon, Maizie Walter Wak, Haidee Ward, Summer Wooding

Coach: Gillian Bennett

Umpires: Xavier Dawson & Jasper Colligan

BAS After School Sport Results Term 2

Well done and thank you to all our students who were part of our BAS After School Sport teams this term. It was fantastic to see so many teams out and about this term.

Congratulations to our winning teams this term:

Year 8 Boys Football
Year 7B Girls Netball
C Grade Gold Badminton
D Grade Gold Badminton

Please see the below link for the full terms results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wBr2etP_GDpAt46HR-w5quojCLYUqrW7/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114282910161900374934&rtpof=true&sd=true

BAS After School Sports Term 3

If you haven’t already, please use the below link to sign up for the BAS After School Sports being held in Term 3. *Please be aware that some sports have already gone through try outs*

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWIURtcnBdOMr4kyXt0BScBqTN1h-emp1QoSkeCl6cZcQXSA/viewform?usp=header

BHS Student News

Lena Wiltsher – Youth Women Basketball All 2nd Team

Congratulations to Lena Wiltsher (Year 10) who was selected in the Big V Basketball Youth Women All 2nd Team recently. Lena has certainly made some massive strides in her basketball, especially recently representing Victoria in the National Championships. A well deserved accolade Lena!

Abbey Burke – GWVR Selcetion

Congratulations to Abbey Burke who wore the Greater Western Victoria Rebels colours for the first time on Saturday 20th June against the Murray Bushrangers. It’s a great occasion for the Burke family as Abbey is the 3rd Burke to wear the Rebels jumper following in her sisters Jenna (2022) and Zoe’s (2024) footsteps.

Yuvraj Miterani – Recent Lawn Bowls Achievements

Yuvraj Miterani (Year 9) continues his strong form in the lawn bowls scenes with these fantastic recent results:

2026 BIBBA (Ballarat Indoor Bias Bowls Association) Junior Singles U18 Runner-up
2026 VIBBA (Victorian Indoor Bias Bowls Association) Junior Singles U18 Winner

Isabelle Strawthorn (Year 12) – SSAV Golf Championships

On Monday 25th May, Year 12 student Isabelle Strawhorn attended the SSAV Golf Championships held at Lonsdale Links Golf Club. The day itself was very long - the field being backed up with multiple groups on the tees of most holes. Isabelle did not have the best day playing and the result was definitely not how she would have liked it to go however she found it to be a great experience and enjoyed the day. We would like to congratulate Isabelle on making it to the next level. It is a fabulous achievement and we can't wait to see what her future holds.

Ballarat High School is an enormous school and the Sports Department can’t keep track of all student sporting achievements. If your child has achieved a significant sporting achievement, can you please let the Sports Department know so we can highlight it in the school newsletter.

Emails can be sent to Ashley Rogers (ashley.rogers@education.vic.gov.au) or Robert Simmonds (robert.simmonds@education.vic.gov.au)

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