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

School Sport Victoria (SSV) Events

SSV Eureka Year 8 Soccer

On Wednesday 19th June, BHS took two teams (Year 8 Boys & Year 8 Girls) to the SSV Eureka Year 8 Soccer competition at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve Ballarat.

The Year 8 Boys team had 3 matches against Mount Clear College (3 goals to 0 goals), Beaufort Secondary College (11 goals to 0 goals) and Mount Rowan Secondary College (5 goals to 0 goals). The team went undefeated for the day and more impressively didn’t let a single goal through the net for all the competition!

The Year 8 Girls team had 2 matches against Mount Clear College (0 goals to 4 goals) and Beaufort Secondary College (0 goals to 2 goals). Unfortunately the girls weren’t able to get one past the keeper but they all had a great time regardless.

The Year 8 Boys will now qualify for the SSV Greater Western Region Year 8 Boys Soccer competition on Wednesday 7th August at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve.

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys: Xavier Andanar, Hugh Compton, Alby Davis, Xavier Dawson, Harry Drain, Kevin Gleeson, Lachlan Howlett, Bowie James, Hayden Kinnersly, Oscar Marcollo, Noah Munro, Jake O’Rouke, Brody Rumble, Bourne Sri Dargon

Coach: Jason Spirovski

Year 8 Girls: Gabriella Cabral-Williams, Maekayela Gerinea, Ekam Grewal, Eloise Hansen, Chloe Johnston, Jez Jumamoy, Hasratt Kaur, Chandra McCallister, Sophia Patane, Emily Sims

Coach: Rob Simmonds

Umpires: Jorja Mentis (Year 12), Bowie James (Year 9)

SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Soccer

On Friday 21st June, BHS has 2 teams (Senior Girls & Intermediate Boys) qualify for the the SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Soccer competition at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve Ballarat.

The Senior Girls had a pretty simple assignment for the day with a one and done match against Trinity College. The team put on a clinic by scoring 5 goals and conceding 0 goals, winning the match and being declared the winners of the competition.

The Intermediate Boys had 3 matches against Trinity College (1 goal to 1 goal), Baimbridge College (8 goals to 0 goals) and Ararat College (4 goals to 0 goals). 2 wins, 1 draw was enough points to put the BHS side at the top of the table just above Ararat College.

Both of the sides will now progress to their respective SSV State Championships:

Senior Girls – Tuesday 10th September at Darebin International Sports Centre
Intermediate Boys – Thursday 12th September at Darebin International Sports Centre

Students involved:

Senior Girls: Kira Barbary, Tahlia Lee, Teal Lench, Zoe Maggi, Willow McKenzie-Poteri, Jorja Mentis, Leah Ross, Ebony Tyndall, Cobi Wilbert, Lana Wilson

Coach: Robert Simmonds

Intermediate Boys: Charlie Albiston, Harley Corbic, Hudson Cunningham, Max Francis, Joshua Gibbs, Murebami Ilesanmi, Bowie James, Coda Lench, Randall Matibiri, Thomas Nynininpiy, James Triantafyllopolous, Kale Tuaine, Tristan Ward, Aiden Wiltsher

Coach: Shuan Romein

SSV Eureka Year 7 Boys Soccer

On Friday 21st June, BHS entered a team into the SSV Eureka Year 7 Boys Soccer competition at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve Ballarat. Entries for the Year 7 Boys Soccer this year were extremely low with the BHS team only playing 2 matches against Mount Clear College (2 goals to 2 goals) and Woodmans Hill Secondary College (6 goals to 0).

After the matches were complete, BHS and Mount Clear College were tied on points. BHS barely scraped through on a 1 goal differential and were declared the winner. The team will now progress to the SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 Boys Soccer competition on Wednesday 7th August at the Wendouree West Soccer Reserve.

Students involved: Jackson Davidge, Riley Fleming, Cooper Harris, Jay Kanthiya, Hunter Leedman, Denham McMahon, Maddox Munro, Kyle Pelicano, Rainer Tiberi, Oliver Wakeling, Max Walter Wak, Jeht Youlden

Coach: Robert Simmonds

SSV GWR Junior Boys Football

On Wednesday 26th June, BHS took our Junior Boys Football teams to the SSV Greater Western Region Senior Junior Boys Football competition at the Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol.

In traditional fashion, Ballarat turned on its usual winter weather making playing conditions slippery and really hampering ball movement and skills. The competition consisted on 4 teams competing in a Round Robin competition. The BHS team had matches against Trinity College (17pts to 8pts), Horsham College (9pts to 31pts) and Emmanuel College (6pts to 61pts). The team only ended with one win for the day but battled on valiantly regardless, finished in 4th place.

Students involved: Gage Carstens, Louis Clark, Rhys Cox, Alby Davies, Harry Drain, Harry Harrison, Liam Humphries, Cooper Johnston, Jack Knight, Hunter Leedham, Archer Mason, Mitch McArthur, Denham McMahon, Jacko Moneghetti, Noah Munro, Jake O’Rourke, Klay Roberts, Rock Roberts, Cooper Robertson, Bourne Sri Dargon, Will Stokes, Brock Waters

Coach: Nathan Patrikeos & Ashley Baker

SSV GWR Year 7 & Year 8 Badminton

On Wednesday 26th June, BHS took 4 teams (Year 8 Boys x 2, Year 7 Girls, Year 7 Boys) to the SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 and Year 8 Badminton competition at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium Ballarat.

The Year 8 Boys competition had 4 teams entered in a Round Robin competition. The BHS A team had matches against Ballarat High School B (6 sets to 0 sets), Balmoral Community College (1 set to 5 sets) and Colac Secondary College (6 sets to 0 sets).

The BHS B team had matches against Ballarat High School A team (0 sets to 6 sets), Colac Secondary College (0 sets to 6 sets) and Balmoral Community College (0 sets to 6 sets). After the Round Robin competition was completed, the BHS A team had finished in the runners up position behind Balmoral Community College and the BHS B team finished in 4th place.

In the Year 7 Girls competition, BHS team had just one opponent in Colac Secondary College, a typically very strong badminton school. The team played a best of 14 set match to determine a winner. Unfortunately, the girls had a tough battle on their hands going down 2 sets to 12 sets but secured the runners up pennant as a consolation prize.

Finally, the Year 7 Boys also had a one off match against local school Woodmans Hill Secondary College. The team played a best of 13 set match to determine the winner. BHS came out victorious 11 sets to 2 sets! The Year 7 Boys will now progress to the SSV State Year 7 Boys Championships on Tuesday 17th September at the Melbourne Sports & Events Centre (MSAC).

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys A: Ashwin Arora, Chi Hoe Loh, Braydan Muhlhan, Mason Walton

Year 8 Boys B: Teo Glaude, Hayden Kinnersly, Theo Shan, Rose Triantafyllopoulos

Year 7 Girls: Mahathi Giri, Jez Jumamoy, Abby Kiger, Aaliyah Thapar, Alex Gladman

Year 7 Boys: Lishanth Gobi Anand, Jay Kanthiya, Sam Murray, Kyle Pelicano, Cooper Wallis Coach: Jed Murray and Robert Simmonds

SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 & 8 Girls Netball

On Wednesday 26th June, BHS had 2 teams qualify for SSV Greater Western region Year 7 & 8 Girls Netball competition at the Ballarat Netball Association (Llanberris Netball). The Year 8 Girls team played in a pool play competition which included finals. The team played Mercy Regional College (22 goals to 19 goals) and Emmanuel College (12 goals to 27 goals) in Pool A to finish 2nd. This qualified the team for the semi finals against Horsham College (12 goals to 17 goals) which the girls lost in a very tight affair.

The Year 7 Girls team played in a Round Robin competition against 4 other schools. They played matches against Trinity College (31 goals to 5 goals), Horsham College (11 goals to 25 goals), Emmanuel College (19 goals to 25 goals) and Mercy Regional College (11 goals to 17 goals). Unfortunately, the girls weren’t able to get a win on the board and finished in 5th place. They all gained enormous experience at their first SSV GWR Netball event and hopefully they can all qualify again next year in the Year 8 Netball division.

Students involved:

Year 8 Girls: Marley Abbott, Hannah Branson, Alana Burns, Casey Butterworth, Ekam Kaur Grewal, Mia Hayne, Myah Johnston, Dakodah Pearce, Eve Simpson, Lena Wiltshire Coach: Faith Scholten

Year 7 Girls: Ruby Cassidy, Molly Gibbs, Ruby Graco, Summer Harwood, Embly Jenkins, Pippa Pring, Alice Smith, Charlie Smith, Sabra Wilkie Coach: Kerry Lightfoot

SSV State Cross Country Championships.

On Thursday 18th August, 5 BHS students took the long journey out to the Yarra Valley Racing Club for the SSV State Cross Country Championships. With the recent heavy rains, the course was extremely muddy and provided an additional obstacle!

Congratulations to all those who competed and your results:

Ruby Graco (Year 7) 12-13 Years Girls 3km – 16th Place (14:18.07)
Alice Smith (Year 7) 12-13 Years Girls 3km – 69th Place (15:50.48)
Lily Graco (Year 9) 15 Years Girls 3km – 37th Place (15:46.10)
George Bishop (Year 9) 15 Years Boys 3km – 24th Place (12:10.02)
Charlie Baulch (Year 11) 17-20 Years Boys 5km – 22nd Place (19:06.33)

A big thank you to all the parents involved in transporting and supporting students in the event, the school is extremely grateful!

SSV Eureka Senior & Intermediate Basketball

On Tuesday 23rd July, BHS entered 4 teams into the SSV Eureka Senior & Intermediate Basketball competition at the Ballarat Sports & Events Centre (BSEC).

The Senior Boys competition had 7 teams broken up into two pools. BHS drew Mount Clear College (22pts to 15pts), Phoenix Secondary College (28pts to 15pts) and SEDA College (18pts to 9pts). 3 wins secured the team a position in the Semi Final against Daylesford Secondary College (44pts to 9pts) which end up being a one-sided affair and they went on to win and progress to the Grand Final, a rematch with Phoenix Secondary College. The match followed a similar pattern to the Pool Play game with BHS winning the match 21 points to 9 points. BHS was the overall winner.

The Senior Girls had a Round Robin competition against Mount Rowan Secondary College (23pts to 2pts), Phoenix College (33pts to 2pts), Mount Clear College (48pts to 2pts) and Woodmans Hill Secondary College (40pts to 19pts). The team put on a strong performance to go undefeated and secured the overall win.

The Intermediate Boys competition had 6 teams broken up into two pools. BHS drew Mount Clear College (35pts to 5pts) and Mount Rowan College (30pts to 7pts). 2 wins secured the team a position in the Semi Final against Woodmans Hill Secondary College (39pts to 10pts) which they went on to win and progress to the Grand Final, Mount Rowan Secondary College won the other semi-final to make up the second position in the final. In the Grand Final the team put on the full display of depth to win in convincing fashion 46 points to 22 points

Finally, the Intermediate Girls had a Round Robin competition against Mount Clear College (22pts to 0pts), Daylesford Secondary College (35pts to 4pts), Phoenix College (15pts to 22pts) and Mount Rowan Secondary College (19pts to 8pts). The team had an unfortunate late slip up in their last game against Phoenix College to finish second for the competition.

The school also had 9 students umpire at the event which was a fantastic opportunity for our students to get involved in the SSV competition other than being a competing student.

All 4 teams will now progress to the SSV Greater Western Region Senior & Intermediate Basketball competition on Thursday 15th August at the Ballarat Sports & Events Centre (BSEC).

Students involved:

Senior Boys: Jesse Baker, Dylan Barclay, Sunni Beney, Noah Cummins, Jacob Hutchinson, Jaspar Lee, Daniel Malcolm, Hamish Mathison, Tyson Shillito

Coach: Jacob Borner

Senior Girls: Georgia Bodey, Georgia Hayne, Ella Kerr, Aislinn McCarthy, Mikaela Novotny, Alex Oldaker, Stella Roberts, Ivy Roberts, Crystal Thomas

Intermediate Boys: Sean Barclay, Floyd Brooks, Hudson Cunningham, Fletcher Farnsworth, Thomas Nynininpiy, Jackson Obrien, Max Thomson, Zakai Van Elsen, Aiden Wiltsher

Intermediate Girls: Jayla Anstis, Kiara Castleman, Isabelle Harrison, Mya Jenkins, Claire Mathison, Talleah May, Keeley Pelkonen, Kate Reynen, Phoebe Rumble

Umpires: Jaxson Cassidy, Billy Catherall, Allison Connell, Dante Finnigan, Jordan Hando, Oliver Hine, Hamish Marshall, Will O’Connell

Ashley Rogers

Sports Coordinator

Thurs 25th - Sat 27th July	School Production Performances 7pm -"Matilda"
Friday 2nd August	Staff Professional Development Day - STUDENT FREE
Wednesday 14th August	Parent - Teacher & Course Confirmation Interviews
Thursday 19th September	Year 12 Valedictory Dinner
Friday 20th September	Year 12 Study Day Term 3 Concludes - 2.30pm Dismissal

Monday 7th October	Term 4 Commences
Wednesday 23rd October	Year 12 Valedictory Assembly
Tuesday 29th October	VCAA Exams Commence

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