Sports Corner

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 Eureka Year 7 & 8 Cricket

On Tuesday 14th October BHS took 3 teams (Year 8 Boys, Year 7 Boys, Year 7 Girls) to the SSV Eureka Year 7 & 8 Cricket at Vic Park.

The Year 8 Boys had 2 matches against Phoenix Secondary College (1 wicket-26 runs v 3-25) & Beaufort Secondary College (4-54 v 5-46). 2 wins meant the Year 8 Boys had won the competition.

The Year 7 Boys also had 2 matches against Phoenix Secondary College (3-16 v 10-15) & Mount Clear College (0-73 v 7-28). 2 wins meant the Year 7 Boys had won the competition.

The Year 7 girls team played a modified version of cricket called Super8’s which allowed them all the opportunity to bat, bowl and wicket keep.

They played 2 matches against

Mount Clear College (4-35 v 1-64) and

Beaufort Secondary College (3-27 v 1-69).

Unfortunately, they were comprehensively beaten by much more experienced teams. Coach Rob Simmonds indicated putting the result aside all the girls had a great time experiencing all the elements of cricket.

The Year 8 Boys team have now qualified for the SSV Greater Western Region event on Tuesday 28th October at Vic Park

Full results can be found on the link below:

Boys -

🔗https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/greater-western-secondary/eureka-secondary/Documents/SSV%20Eureka%20Year%207%20and%208%20Boys%20Cricket%20Results%202025.pdf

Girls -

🔗 https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/greater-western-secondary/eureka-secondary/Documents/SSV%20Eureka%20Year%207%20and%208%20Girls%20Cricket%20Results%202025.pdf

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys:

Rhys Cox, Cooper Harris, Kane Harwood, Cooper Johnston, Sam Kendrick, Hunter Leedham, Denham McMahon, Yuvraj Miterani, Will Stokes, Oliver Wakeling, Cooper Wallis, Jeht Youlden.

Coach: Tom Ferguson

Year 7 Boys:

Ethan Bridgman, Braxton Burrows, Devon Cherry, Jonah Cherry, Xayvier Cooper, Arthur Den Ouden, Methuja Dissanayake Ralalage, Samuel Hillis, Jaxon Ladiges, Connor Lavery, Kellen Manwaring, Charlie Ridley, Eric Smith.

Coach: Liam Grills

Year 7 Girls:

Ava Brookes, Liv Carey, Eadie Hunter, Maddison Kraulins, Indi Manford, Yana Patel, Audrey Pratt, Morgan Robertson, Siya Santhosh

Coach: Rob Simmonds

SSV Track & Field State Championships

On Monday 20th October BHS took a bus and many parents drove students to the SSV Track & Field State Championships at the Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park, Melbourne. The school had 9 students competing in individual events, along with 5 other students who were part of 2 relay teams the school had qualified.

The weather conditions early were very challenging with a lot of rain and wind only for the afternoon session to be still and sunny for an all-weather experience for the students.

At the end of the extremely long program the school won 6 individual medals. This amazing haul of medals resulted in the school finishing in 12th place overall out of over 300 other schools!

Congratulations to all students who achieved the following results:

Aiden Wiltsher
- 17 Years Boys Javelin – 4th (40.17m)
- 17 Years Boys Discus – 4th (29.19m)
Max Walter Wak
- 14 Years Boys 100m Hurdles – 2nd (15.53)
Lily Austin
- 14 Years Girls Triple Jump – 3rd (10.21m)
- 14 Years Girls Long Jump – 5th (4.61m)
Flynn Duggan
- 17 Years Boys 100m – =4th (11.53)
- 17 Years Boys 200m – 2nd (22.87)
- 17 Years Boys 400m – 1st (50.90)
Floyd Brooks
- 17 Years Boys Shot Put – 3rd (11.52m)
Zack Rankin
- 15 Years Boys Javelin – 6th (36.75m)
Max Turnbull
- 12-13 Years Boys 200m – 3rd (25.09)
Jackson O'brien
- 17 Years Boys High Jump – 5th (1.70m)
- 17 Years Boys 1500m – 14th (4:42.98)
- 14 Years Boys 4 x 100m Relay (Max Turnbull, Jasper Colligan, Xavier
- Murphy, Mac Water Wak) 6th (50.29)
- 15 Years Boys 4 x 100m Relay (Macval Agugo, Raiyan Bin Abdullah, Bourne Sri Dargon) 7th (48.58)

Coaches – Ashley Rogers & Faith Scholten

Full results can be found on the link below:

🔗https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/state/Documents/StateSecondaryTrackandFieldResults2025.pdf

SSV Eureka Year 7 & 8 Tennis

On Tuesday 20th October BHS took 4 teams (Year 8 Boys, Year 8 Girls, Year 7 Boys, Year 7 Girls) to the SSV Eureka Year 7 & 8 Tennis at the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre.

The day started off with a bit of drizzle but ended up with wonderful sunshine by the end.

The Year 8 Boys had 2 matches against

Phoenix Secondary College (6sets-36games v 0-1) & Beaufort Secondary College (6-36 v 0-0).

2 wins meant the Year 8 Boys had won the competition.

The Year 7 Boys had 3 matches against Phoenix Secondary College A (2-23 v 4-30), Phoenix Secondary College B (4-27 v 2-20) & Mount Clear College (3-22 v 3-18). 2 wins and 1 loss meant the Year 7 Boys had finished the competition in 2nd place.

The Year 7 Girls team only had 1 match against Mount Clear College who ended up being a quality and pleasant opponent to our significantly less experience team. The team went down 0-0 to 6-36 but had a great experience at their first tennis competition. The team finished in 2nd place for the competition.

Finally, the Year 8 Girls had 3 matches against Beaufort Secondary College (1-19 to 5-34), Phoenix Secondary College (1-11 to 5-27) and Mount Clear College (0-6 to 6-28).

Unfortunately, the team didn’t get a win but they enjoyed all the matches they played. The team finished in 3rd place for the competition.

The Year 8 Boys team have now qualified for the SSV Greater Western Region event on Friday 31st October at Ballarat Regional Tennis centre

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys: Riley Fleming, Charlie Maltzahn, Oliver Wakeling Cooper Wallis

Year 7 Boys: Asher Anstis, Devon Cherry, Jonah Cherry, Jed Gilbert, Eric Smith

Year 8 Girls: Angelina Biju, Hannah Muriva, Isabella Rigby

Year 7 Girls: Liv Carey, Ellen Hargreaves, Eadie Hunter, Aashima Jmeel, Gurnoor Kaur, Morgan Robertson

Coaches: Rob Simmonds & Courtney McLean

SSV Eureka Intermediate Boys Futsal

On Friday 24th October, BHS took our Intermediate Boys Futsal team to the SSV Eureka Intermediate Futsal competition at Ballarat High School.

The day was a BHS student free day, so we appreciated students coming on their day off to compete for the school! Having won the past couple of years in the Eureka Futsal there was strong confidence amongst the team before the first kick off.

The Intermediate Boys competition had 12 teams broken into 3 pools for Pool Play followed by a final’s series. The BHS team drew -

Pool A alongside

Beaufort Secondary College A (10-0),

Phoenix Secondary College A (4-0),

Woodman's Hill Secondary College B (8-0).

Pool B

Mount Clear College A,

Beaufort Secondary College A,

Mount Rowan Secondary College,

Daylesford Secondary College B.

Pool C

Mount Clear College B,

Daylesford Secondary College A,

Phoenix Secondary College B,

Woodman’s Hill Secondary College

A made up the other pools. 3 wins secured the team a place in the Semi Finals and a rematch against Phoenix Secondary College A which went the same way as the pool play match with a 4-0 victory to book a place in the Grand Final against Mount Rowan Secondary College who had been putting big victories on the board as well. The BHS team showed its team depth to win the match convincingly 5-1 to be declared the Eureka Champions for 2025. The 4th victory in a row for some of these students.

Students involved

Intermediate Boys: Macval Agugo, Neto Agugo, Hugh Compton, Josh Gibbs

Coach: Rob Simmonds

Student News

Lily Austin (Year 8) – Athletics Victoria All Schools Track & Field Championships

Congratulations to Year 8 student Lily Austin who competed at the recent Athletics Victoria All Schools Track & Field Championships this past weekend.

Lily competed in the U/14 Girls Triple Jump where she finished in 6th place out of 17 athletes with a jump of 10.28m.

📧 Contact Information

Please email either:

Ashley Rogers -ashley.rogers@education.vic.gov.au
Robert Simonds - robert.simmonds@education.vic.gov.au

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 16 · 30 Oct 2025

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