Sport
Hockey Success
Congratulations to Chloe Russell in Year 8 who has been accepted into the Victorian U15 Girls’ Blue Hockey team. This is an amazing opportunity for Chloe. She will play in the National Championships in Sydney from the 5th to the 13th of April. Chloe will be travelling to Melbourne twice a week for training: a huge commitment indeed!
We wish Chloe every success with her training and look forward to hearing of her results in April.
Hockey Season - 2017
An email was sent out during the week requesting names of students wishing to play hockey this year. If you have not already responded to this could you please let us know by the weekend. The Association meets Monday night and we would like to have an idea of the number of teams we will be entering.
If you have any questions regarding the 2017 season please feel free to contact either of us. Information on training times, costs and the season dates will be provided once the meeting has clarified the arrangements for the season ahead.
Boys should email their interest to Mr. MacLean: maclean@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au
Girls need to email Miss Waldron – kwaldron@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au
Mr Neil MacLean (Head of Boys’ Hockey)
MISS KRISTEN WALDRON (Head of Girls’ Hockey)
Swimming
The annual Inter house Swimming Carnival will be held on Tuesday 14th February at the Hamilton Outdoor Pool. I would be keen to hear from any parent, family member or community member who is able to volunteer their time to help out timekeeping for part or all of the day. Please contact me at the College on 5572 1355 or email lalexander@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au .
The College’s best swimmers will then compete at the Glenelg Division(GD) Swimming Sports next Thursday the 23rd February at the Portland Outdoor Pool. A reminder that every Yr 6-12 student is welcome to attend Swimming training on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 4-5pm at the Hamilton Outdoor Pool and Thursday mornings at HILAC from 7-8am. Training sessions are taken by our swimming coach Maxine Baring and are free of charge.
Basketball
The Junior and Senior teams will be released and advertised next week in readiness for the start of the season in the week beginning Monday 20th February. Students should contact their coach to work out training times and know when their games are on. To begin the season we will be holding two brief but important information sessions on Thursday 16th February at the Geoff Handbury Sports Centre. The first one will be held from 7-7.30pm for ALL COACHES AND MANAGERS and the second session from 7.30-8pm will be for ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS. If you have any questions regarding basketball please contact Miss Brabham at the school.
Tennis
It is great to see we have a couple of teams entered and playing in a mixed gender adult competition mid-week at the Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday nights. Good luck to all the students and staff involved. For more information please contact Mrs Murphy.
Netball
The Saturday morning season commences this weekend. Good luck to all the coaches and players involved. Please contact Mrs Ogle or Miss Andrews for more information.
Cricket - Milo T20 Blast
Team App
These have been set up for many our sports so far this current season and are a great way to get instant notifications and messages on their smartphones or iPad about what is happening in the sport. Players and/or parents should get an email from the head of sport or coach setting them up and then can request to join. For more information, you can download “Team App” in the app stores or go to www.teamapp.com and start searching for “College” teams.
Mr Leigh Alexander
Head of Sport