Thornbury Sport

State Athletics Carnival

The State Athletics Carnival was held at Lakeside Stadium Albert Park on Monday October 16. We had four students competing, representing the school with distinction and finishing with three podium places!

> Ruby Ozougwu - 2nd place in 100 metres (she was 0.01 of a second off 1st place)

> Tansy Grandage-Stone - 3rd place in Long Jump (her jump of 4.75m was equal 2nd, but finished 3rd on a countback)

> 2nd place for the 4x100 metre relay team (Juliet Mameghan, Tansy Grandage-Stone, Vieda Simons-Moemai, Ruby Ozougwu)

Athletics Victoria - All Schools Carnival

Congratulations to our two students that competed in the first weekend of this year’s All Schools Carnival at Lakeside Stadium Albert Park.

> Jarrad Vandenberg (Y9): Finished 2nd in the 400 metres in a time of 50.86. He qualified for the nationals, to compete at the Australian Championships in Perth starting on December 8. Jarrad also made the final of the 100 metres, finishing 6th.

> Ruby Ozougwu (Y9): Finished 4th in the 100m finals. Another terrific achievement. 

> Tansy Grandage-Stone (Y8): Scheduled to compete in the Long Jump, with her event on Saturday November 4.

North Metro Region Events

Congratulations to our various teams that competed in recent North Metro Region tournaments after winning through their Darebin Division events.

Special mention to the Year 9/10 Girls Table Tennis team and also the Year 7+8 Girls Hockey team for finishing runner-up at their respective tournaments and bringing back a pennant!

Darebin Division Sport

Futsal was again very popular with large student tryout numbers making for competitive team selection! We had success across many of our teams with plenty of wins in the games. Special mention to our Year 9/10 Girls team that won their event day with an exciting 1 goal victory in the Grand Final!

We also had the inaugural Darebin Division Tenpin Bowling tournament at Wyncity Keon Park for Years 7-10. It was a very exciting event which was also attended by representatives from Tenpin Bowling Australia. The venue went above and beyond with school coloured streamers, balloons, school logos and signs on the lanes!

Well done to our Year 8 boys team and Year 9/10 girls team that won their respective sections of the tournament!

Patrick Sowersby

Sport Coordinator