Year 7/8 Cricket Report

On Tuesday 12th of March, winning the toss Castlemaine captain Ciaran Gardner decided to have a bowl. Girton batted well the first three overs but Lochie Holman broke through the opening partnership with a mid wicket catch by Callum DeBono. In reply Girton’s number three batter batted strongly getting the Girton team off on the right foot with an impressive 50 before retiring. Another wicket fell shortly after by a stumping by Ciaran. A lot of chances were missed leaving the Castlemaine bowlers frustrated. Girton looked pretty comfortable achieving a good score losing only four wickets with Archie Rixon claiming two run outs near to the end of Girton’s innings.

In reply opening with batsman Ciraran and Lochie made a partnership of 75 including three impressive sixes. It looked like this opening partnership could have steered Castlemaine home but the loss of two wickets in quick succession made it hard. Theo Mellick-Cooper came to the centre with Sam Kennedy, but all hell broke loose with Theo the only other batter to hit double figures. In the end Castlemaine just losing by 11 runs.

The next match against Weeroona College with Weeroona deciding to bat first. Castlemaine got off to a good first innings claiming six big wickets with Curtis McLennan taking two. Lochie back in action taking two as well. Theo getting one and then an awesome run out by Sam, Dohoni style(Indias wicket keeper). Weeroona made a total of 95 top scorer was the opener getting 50 before retiring.

Castlemaine could not achieve the opening partnership as they did against Girton, but with plenty of batters in the shed should have no trouble making the target. But with some unfortunate wickets that were questionable, we got a total of 66 with five overs left because of the time it took to get through the overs. We unfortunately lost this one. The top batsman scores were Lochie again on 21 before retiring, Theo with 15 and Sam with 13. Overall everyone had fun and that’s the main thing. I would also like to give a big thanks to Mr Bright for driving us down, Mr Edwards for supervision and being our cricket mentor, Miss Squire for organising us to participate, Ben Stubbings and Bodie Maffescioni for scoring the two matches.

Written by Ciaran Gardner

Year 9/10 Cricket report

On March 19, 2019, the Castlemaine Secondary College Year 9/10 cricket team competed in the Sandhurst interschool cricket short of a full team, with only nine players turning up to the event. Regardless of numbers, we all rocked up to the day with our best effort for two 15 over matches.

We batted first in the first game against Weeroona, with Orlando and Rilke opening and cashing in on some pie chucking. The partnership was ended with a top edge from Rilke which was caught at gully, bringing in Dan Chaplin, who did not miss out on the fun with a quick 14-run innings that ended with an LBW. Orlando continued his knock until he got caught on 38, bringing Campbell in to accompany myself out in the middle. Campbell scored with a few quick singles before getting bowled out in the 13th over. Thinking it was the last, I tried to push Koby--who was hesitant--to turn singles into doubles, which didn’t happen. Thankfully, we did have one more over left and I made the most of it, batting well out of my crease to hit everything on the half volley. On the fourth ball, I fell to a leg bye run-out. Koby and Kody ran singles on the last two balls, bringing our total up to 86.

Dan and Campbell opened our bowling without striking, with a lot of luck going in Weeroona’s favour. Our first wicket eventually came from Koby with a perfect LBW to dismiss their lucky opener--and bring their power hitter in. When Dan came back on to bowl, he managed to dismiss their other opener with a top edge brilliantly taken by Dakota at long gully. They managed to get to 84 with one over left and yours truly eventually conceded the winning runs in the form of an edgy four.

For our next game against Girton, Koby won the toss and elected to bat first again. We started off much slower, with Orlando and Rilke scoring just 12 runs off the first four overs, compared to the 23 scored in the same span last game. Both got caught in the same over, bringing myself and Dan in for a partnership. Dan batted reasonably, scoring 9 runs before getting bowled. Meanwhile, I continued my attacking game style, running two partners out while doing so. Eventually, my karma caught up to me and I got run out for 20 after calling a run from the non-striker’s end. Oliver and Koby batted through to the end, reaching our score to 78.

Our opening bowlers were much more successful this time around, with Campbell claiming a clean bowl of the batsman’s pad and Dan producing a carbon copy of Dakota’s catch from the previous game--conceding no runs other than one wide--in the first two overs. However, ten overs later, Girton had elevated their score to 77 with the loss of just one more wicket. We struggled to choke their run rate, being two players short in the field with plenty of gaps for the batsmen to pick, plus we were again short of luck with Dan scraping the bail but failing to dislodge it on one occasion. They surpassed our score with ease, but they batted out the full 15 overs regardless. Nonetheless, we didn’t come off with our heads dropped, mostly thanks to Kody’s last over, which involved a catch taken behind by Rook on the second ball, a carbon copy on the fourth, a surprising catch taken at mid-on by Oliver on the fifth and a clean bowling on the sixth, which resulted in what was looked back on as a hilarious hat trick to finish the day.

Written by Charlie Chapman

Senior Tennis Report

The sun at full capacity as they stepped on the court. Warming up was a quick process for the Castlemaine students and the games begun before they knew it. Their skills were not yet refined, consistency was the highlight of the day, with the majority of the scores being 6-0. The Castlemaine Senior boys walked off the court packed with enjoyment. However the scoreboard did not reflect their attitude towards the day.

First on the roster was Charlie Bell-Wilcock. Finishing off with an impressive four losses and not a single game to his name. Second in the roster was the marvellous Bodie Maffescioni with a surprising finish of four losses but two games to his name. Third up was Harry Barnes. Steady from the outset and steady at the finish, with a spectator four losses, yet well deserving five games. And last but not least was the man, the myth, the legend Levi Chaffey. Without having any prior tennis competition history, he outshone the rest of the players with an outstanding four losses. However the shining star walked away with nine games won! That’s 36 points!

Unfortunately for all the hard work there were no participation awards for the happy chaps, and last place was a shock to the system.

Written by Bodie Maffescioni and Charlie Bell-Wilcock

Year 8 Boys Tennis

On Tuesday 12th March, Remy Satori, Monty Hall, Harry Campbell, Lincoln Ware, Xavier Abicare and Finian Mackenzie went up to the Sandhurst Year8 boys tennis carnival in Bendigo.

We won four out of the five matches and drew in the fifth.

Year 9/10 Girls Tennis report

On Tuesday 19th March six of the year nine and ten girls all went to Bendigo to compete in tennis against other schools. We played 7 games in each of our pairs. Shae Clifford and I won 2 of our games and 1 was a draw. The last 4 we lost. Maisie Taylor and Hayley Colquhoun won 3 games and lost 4. Tia Davidge and Ariana Dennis won 4 of theie games and lost 3. It was a great day out playing lots of tennis. (7 Games!) Over all Castlemaine came 5th out of 8 schools.

Written by Jess Rhone

Year 7 Boys Tennis report

The bus stop was buzzing as tsix year 7 boys, 6 year seven girls and four year 12 boys prepared to go to Bendigo for the Sandhurst Tennis. Earlier last week the year eight boys came home holding the trophy announcing themselves as champions, now we wanted to come home holding another. This was the year 7’s first time at the tournament so it was a bit overwhelming when we saw how many tennis courts and players there were. We put our bags away and stared having a warm up hit with our doubles partner for the day. Not long now after the games began.

We played five sets against five other schools for the day. The year 7 Boys first match was against one of the hardest teams, BSE. Our second match was against Girton (again very tough) Together we did a little bit better than the last game but still averaged a 6-3 loss. Finally we faced an easier team. In the third round we played Victory Christian College. Two out of the three doubles managed to get our first win for the day. Our next team was Crusoe. We managed to win this game as well. Our last game of the tournament was against Catherine McAuley College. We knew they were going to be tough competition as they had already bet Girton. Luckily one of our doubles snuck in a win.

Then it was presentation time. We came fourth from the six teams involved. The results may not have turned out how we wanted, but everyone still had fun and tried their best.

Written by Silas Van Tiggelen

Year 7 Girls Tennis Report

On Monday the 18th of March 2019 Matilda Craigen, Sophie Dunn, Josie Miller, Charlie Corcoran, Ciara MacKenzie and Bela Tessema competed in the year 7 Sandhurst tennis. There was 3 pairs and all pairs got to compete in 3 matches against Catherine McAuley, Weeroona and Crusoe College. Everyone had a go with Pair 1 winning 2 out of 3 games Pair 2 winning 2 out of 3 games and Pair 3 winning 2 out of 3 games. All the girls had a go and we were all impressed with the effort they made. In total the Castlemaine Secondary College girls came 2nd place overall which I have to say is pretty good. We also wanted to thank Miss Squire for organising end day, and making this possible.

Written by Sophie Dunn and Josie Miller

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