Welcome to 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 GWR Senior & Intermediate Basketball

On Thursday 13th August BHS qualified 4 teams (Senior Boys & Girls, Intermediate Boys & Girls) to the SSV Greater Western Region Basketball competition held at Selkirk Stadium, Ballarat.

Senior Boys

Round Robin competition – Mercy Regional College (41pts to 17pts), Horsham College (19pts to 12pts), Trinity College (44pts to 22pts), Emmanuel College (24pts to 18pts).
Result – Greater Western Region Champions.
Students involved: Floyd Brooks, Fletcher Farnsworth, Max Francis, Coda Lench, Jackson O'Brien, Levi Payne, Max Thomson, James Triantafyllopoulos, Kale Tuaine, Aiden Wiltsher
Coach: Regan Bradshaw

Senior Girls

Round Robin Competition – Trinity College (15pts to 24pts), Mercy Regional College (12pts to 15pts), Baimbridge College (17pts to 13pts).
Result – 3rd Place
Students involved: Jayla Anstis, Isabelle Harrison, Mia Hayne, Ella Kerr, Kaiya Mallia, Keely Pelkonen, Phoebe Rumble
Coach: Hayley Munro

Intermediate Boys

Pool A – Horsham College (18pts to 6pts), Terang College (42pts to 22pts)
Pool B – Edenhope College, Emmanuel College, Portland Secondary College, Trinity College
Grand Final v Portland Secondary College (37pts to 14pts)
Result – Greater Western Region Champions
Students involved: Tyson Anstis, Raiyan Bin Abdullah, Ben Brodie, Rrez Campbell-Huruglica, Louis Clark, Harry Drain, Jake O’Rourke, Brody Rumble, Bourne Sri Dargon
Coach: Courtney McLean

Intermediate Girls

Pool A – Monivae College (44pts to 24pts), Trinity College (60pts to 30pts)
Pool B – Emmanuel College, Horsham College, Mercy Regional College
Grand Final v Emmanuel College (29pts to 24pts)
Result – Greater Western Region Champions
Students involved: Matilda Benn, Hannah Branson, Ruby Cassidy, Dakodah Pearce, Eve Simpson, Kate Thomson, Lena Wiltsher
Coach: Chris Thorton (Basketball Ballarat)

The 3 winning teams now qualify for the SSV State Championships at the Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville on the following dates:

Senior Boys – Thursday 17th September
Intermediate Boys – Monday 16th November
Intermediate Girls – Tuesday 17th November

SSV State Senior Girls Hockey Championships

On Tuesday 18th August BHS qualified our Senior Girls Hockey team for the SSV State Senior Girls Hockey Championships at the Footscray Hockey Club.

Pool A – Bendigo Senior Secondary College (0 goals to 4 goals), Melbourne Girls College (0 to 9), Mordialloc College (0 to 2).
Pool B – Balwyn High School, Hume Anglican Grammar, Northern Bay College, Norwood College.
Result – 7th Place
Students Involved: Shara Baker, Alex Gladman, Adrienne Harris, Mollie Hayes, Georgia Hodge, Macey Kaletsch, Izabel Kaletsch, Paige Kalisperis, Khushi Kaur, Summer Kotek, Isabelle Loader, Charlotte Turnbull, Lana Wilson
Coach: Heather Kearle

Well done to all students involved winning the Spirit of Sport award for their positive attitude and sportsmanship shown throughout the competition.

SSV Eureka Year 7 Volleyball

On Thursday 27th August BHS took two teams to the SSV Eureka Year 7 Volleyball event held at the Daylesford Secondary College.

Year 7 Boys

Round Robin Competition - Woodmans Hill Secondary College (2 sets – 42 points to 0-16), Mount Clear College (0-20 to 2-42), Mount Rowan Secondary College (2-42 to 0-24), Daylesford Secondary College (2-42 to 0-27).
Runners Up Final v Woodmans Hill Secondary College (2-42 to 0-35)
Result: 3rd Place
Students Involved: Max Austin, Archer Berechree, Zac Hilderbrand, Archie Lawrence, Phoenix McMahon, Lachlan Rykers, Levi Volpe, Isaac Yates
Coach: Patrick Lynch

Year 7 Girls

Round Robin Competition - Mount Clear College (2-42 to 0-17), Daylesford Secondary College (2-42 to 0-24), Woodmans Hill Secondary College (0-36 to 2-43)
Grand Final v Woodmans Hill Secondary College (2-41 v 0-35)
Result: Eureka Division Champions
Students involved: Liv Baldwinson-Sheridan, Shania Bataliones, Bree Danziger, Lila Duggan, Ella Farnsworth, Ava Peverill, Eva Piva, Sav Shillington, Stella Turnbull
Coach: Jill Muir

BAS Championships

BAS Lap of the Lake Championships

On Wednesday 26th August eleven BHS students attended the BAS Lap of the Lake Championships around the scenic Lake Wendouree precinct. Students participated in 4km and 6km running events.

Congratulations to the following students who record the below results:

Sofia McKinnon (Junior Girls 4km) – 15th, 17:02
Rubie Kirkwood (Junior Girls 4km) – 18th, 17:21
Cleo Dower (Junior Girls 4km) – 23rd, 17:47
Kiana Markovic (Junior Girls 4km) – 34th, 19:34
Jaggar Mansion (Junior Boys 4km) – 16th, 14:37
Arthur Den Ouden (Junior Boys 4km) – 27th, 15:42
Maxx Cowan (Junior Boys 4km) – 31st, 15:50
Archer Hall (Intermediate Boys 6km) – 19th, 24:43
Riley Van Ek (Senior Boys 6km) – 10th, 21:57

Full results can be found on the link below:

https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=30120&EId=1

Central Highlands Netball League Junior Best & Fairest

Congratulations to the following BHS students who won awards at the Central Highlands Netball League Junior Best & Fairest on Tuesday 18th August:

Alana Burns (Year 10) – 17 & Under Best and Fairest (Carngham Linton)
Amity Gibbs (Year 7) – 13 & Under Runner Up (Beaufort)

National Junior Boys Bowls Champion

Congratulations to Yuvraj Miterani (Year 9) who travelled to Sydney for the Australian Indoor Bias Bowls Championships recently. Yuvraj was representing Victoria in the Boys Singles Competition against Australia’s best junior indoor bowlers. If the competition wasn’t hard enough, Yuvraj was quite sick the night before the event to add an additional challenge. It didn’t seem to bother him as Yuvraj went through the competition undefeated, (including playing the 4 times junior boys champion) to be crowned the National Junior Boys Champion.

Well done Yuvraj!

Ballarat Football League Girls Football Premiers

Well done to all the BHS students who were part of winning Ballarat Football League Girls Football Grand Finals over this past weekend.

Jessica Dawe (Year 11) – North Ballarat U/19 Girls
Laila West (Year 11) – North Ballarat U/19 Girls
Lily Graco (Year 9) – Ballarat Swans U/16 Girls
Ivy Madden (Year 9) – Ballarat Swans U/16 Girls
Indy West (Year 9) – North Ballarat U/14 Girls

Robert Allan Medal Winner

Congratulations to Year 10 student Harry Drain who Monday night was awarded the U/16 Robert Allan Medal at the Ballarat Football Netball League Junior Presentation Night. The Robert Allan Medal is awarded to the player voted by all clubs and umpires the best & fairest player over the season. It is a prestigious award which has been won in the past by numerous AFL players (Andrew Hooper, Brad Crouch, Matt Crouch & Sam Lalor). To top off the night Harry also won the regular U/16 Boys Best and Fairest award.

Ashley Rogers

Sports Coordinator

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)

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 14 · 04 Sep 2026

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