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 Senior Girls State Basketball Championships

On Thursday 19th September BHS took our Senior Girls Basketball team to the SSV Senior Girls Basketball Championships at the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South. This is the first time a BHS side has made an SSV State Basketball final since 2017! This championship brings together the 8 best SSV teams to decide the SSV State Champion.

The BHS team played the first match of the game resulting in the team needing to leave Ballarat at 6:00am! BHS were drawn into Pool A alongside Berwick Secondary College, Marist College Bendigo and SEDA College Parkville. Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mansfield Secondary College, Bass Coast College and Western Heights College made up Pool B.

The first match against SEDA College was full of controversy when an opposition player went down and the clock for the match wasn’t stopped or reset, it lead to a 26pts to 38pts loss. In the second match against Berwick Secondary College the team got off to double digit lead only to let it slip in the second half and go down by 4pts (28pts to 32pts). In the last match against Marist College Bendigo it was a back and forth affair with neither team able to cement a decent lead. It was like that all the way to the finish when the game was declared a draw 41pts each. The team finished with 0-2-1 record and missed out on an opportunity in the Grand Final (Box Hill Secondary College declared the winner). It was certainly a day of missed opportunities for the team but coach Kristy Trahair-Merrett was happy with how the girls performed, especially without two of the teams tallest players (both injured). Kristy will be looking forward to taking the same team of girls to the National Basketball Championships later in the year. The team had finished in 7th/8th place for the whole competition.

Students involved: Georgia Bodey, Isabelle Harrison, Georgia Hayne, Ella Kerr, Aislinn McCarthy, Aisha McMahon, Alex Oldaker, Stella Roberts, Ivy Roberts, Crystal Thomas

Coaches: Kristy Trahair-Merrett, Courtney McLean

SSV Greater Western Region Track & Field Championships

On Thursday 10th October BHS took a strong team of 43 students to the SSV Greater Western Region Championships at Llanberris Reserve, Ballarat. The weather was absolutely glorious for Track & Field and the BHS students made the most of their opportunities but also unfortunately missed several. The school walked away with 17 wins, 15 second place finishes & 5 third place finishes. BHS also managed to secure the runners up pennant for the 2nd highest point scoring school of the competition behind Monivae College.

The MVPs of the event were Jace Murray who won 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal and Allira May who won 2 gold and 2 silver medals (photos below).

Congratulations to the following students who took home wins in individual and relay events:

Raiyan Bin Abdullah – 14 Years Boys 4 x 100m Relay
Zahlia Delima – 16 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Harry Drain
- 14 Years Boys Long Jump
- 14 Year Boys 4 x 100m Relay
Claudia Ellis – 18-20 Years Girls 4 x100m Relay
Imogen Emmerson
- 15 Years Girls Discus
- 15 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Mackenzie Hocking – 16 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Ella Kerr
- 16 Years Girls Triple Jump
- 16 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Allira May
- 18-20 Years Girls 400m
- 18-20 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Jace Murray
- 17 Years Boys 110m Hurdles
- 17 Years Boys Javelin
- 17 Years Boys Discus
- 17 Years Boys Long Jump
- 17 Years Boys Triple Jump
Connor O’Dwyer – 18-20 Years Boys Discus
Dakodah Pearce – 18-20 Years Girls 4 x 100m Relay
Bourne Sri Dargon – 14 Years Boys 4 x 100m Relay
Max Walter Wak – 12-13 Years Boys 90m Hurdles.

All students who won events have now qualified for the SSV State Championships on Monday 21st October at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park Melbourne.

Students – Isobel Albiston, Denzel Allington, Xavier Andanar, Ruby Baker, Raiyan Bin Abdullah, George Bishop, Floyd Brooks, Lachie Clark, Rhys Cox, Zahlia Delima, Harry Drain, Claudia Ellis, Imogen Emmerson, Maya Fleming, Ruby Graco, Ekam Kaur Grewal, Mackenzie Hocking, Myah Johnston, Jez Jumamoy, Ella Kerr, Evan Kincaid, Lachlan Kinnersly, Will Marshall, Allira May, Jace Murray, Connor O’Dwyer, Favour Okafor, Zake Owen, Dakodah Pearce, Zachary Rankin, Bourne Sri Dargon, Max Walter Wak, Aiden Wiltsher, Lena Wiltsher

Student Helpers – Jacko Moneghetti, Jake O’Rouke

Coaches – Robert Simmonds & Kerry Lightfoot

SSV Eureka Year 7 & 8 Boys Tennis

On Monday 14th October BHS took 4 teams (Year 7 Boys, Year 7 Girls, Year 8 Boys, Year 8 Girls) to the SSV Eureka Year 7 & 8 Tennis competition at the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre. Several team withdrawals from the competition meant all teams had one match against Mount Clear College. The winners of matches would be declared the Eureka Champion and take a place in the SSV Greater Western Region competition. After a weeks worth of sunny days the competition was met with a rather gloomy day and of course a bit of wind to make play more difficult!

The Year 8 Boys team won their match convincingly 6 sets-36 games to 0 sets-16 games. The Year 7 Boys team also won their match only dropping one - set 5 sets-34 games to 1 sets-12 games. The Year 8 Girls team continued the run of the BHS wins also winning comfortably 6 sets-36 games to 0 sets-13 games. The Year 7 Girls team had a tough time going down 0 sets-10 games to 4 sets-24 games. The Year 8 Boys, Year 8 Girls and Year 7 Boys teams have now qualified for the SSV Greater Western Region Year 7 & 8 Tennis competition on Friday 1st November at the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre.

Students Involved:

Year 8 Boys: Stefan Barrett, Hugh Compton, Harrison Drain, Jake O’Rouke, Maxwell Rowland

Year 8 Girls: Alana Burns, Casey Butterworth, Myah Johnston, Eve Simpson, Lena Wiltsher

Year 7 Boys: Riley Fleming, Cooper Harris, Hunter Leedham, Charlie Maltzahn, Oliver Wakeling

Year 7 Girls: Ruby Cassidy, Mahathi Giri, Ruby Graco, Jez Jumamoy, Pippa Pring, Alice Smith

Coaches: Heather Kearle & Hayley Munro

Ashley Rogers

Assistant Sports Coordinator

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 16 · 18 Oct 2024

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