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The Ballarat Foto Biennale / David LaChapelle Photography excursion

The Ballarat Foto Biennale / David LaChapelle Photography excursion took place on Wednesday the 13th of September. Jenny Larson drove the minibus to Ballarat and dropped us outside the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Once off the bus were greeted by the delightful cold Ballarat weather, so we quickly headed inside the gallery and went straight to the David LaChapelle exhibition. First, we had time to view David LaChapelles works. Most of the photographs were quite large prints and covered a variety of themes. Then Mr Theobald spoke about David LaChapelle’s working process and unpacked meanings behind some of the key works. As a group, we then went to the Foto Biennale headquarters and looked and the exhibitions in this space. This work was quite different to LaChapelle’s work. We were then split into smaller groups of students and were given time to investigate highlights of the Biennale at various locations around Ballarat. One of the favourites amongst students was the Selfie Exhibition, which contained a Selfie booth. After a fun and interest day we returned to the minibus and drove back to Castleamine.

Intermediate Basketball Report

On Monday 28th August the 9/10 Girls basketball team headed to Bendigo to play in the Sandhurst division against eight other Bendigo schools.

The first game the girls were up against Weeroona Secondary College having a strong win 54-2.

The second game having another win to Crusoe College was a close game only winning by one goal.

Game three playing Catholic College Bendigo, the girls went down 14-30 against a strong CCB side. The girls never gave up or dropped their heads.

Game four was the final game before finals the girls had another win over Eaglehawk Secondary College 21-19, leaving them in second place overall in their pool.

It was then off to the finals where the girls came up against a very Strong BSE team going down by 15 points, then putting them out of finals.

All in all it ws a great day out with all the girls having a red hot crack. Chloe Langley always being an option, Rachael Stubbings with her speed, Bridie Semmens and Brianna Pedretti with their excellent team work and Tarni Williams and Bonnie McGubbin accurate shooting and never give up attitude.

Special mention to Rachelle McLean for going along to help with scoring and encouragement for the team.

Written by Rachelle McLean

Intermediate Boys Basketball

With the start off the day looking bad, with only five players on the team, the boys were optimistic about the day. With our first game against Girton it was close from start to finish, as Castlemaine won 25 to 23. The second game against Crusoe was a tight contest again but the final score showed Castlemaine going down in this one. In the third game against Weeroona was all too easy for Castlemaine as they did their business on both ends of the court, offensively and defensively. CSC dominated the game and the final score. The last game vs. the infamous BSE, showed to be too much for the Castlemaine boys as they were undermanned and ended up going down by 11. Fortunately the boys made it too the semifinal where they played Eagle hawk, the boys played with only four players as one of the boys reached his foul limit before the half. While at first a close game, Eagle hawk pulled away, as the referees seemed to be against the Castlemaine boys. They ended up going down by 8 points. All together the boys played very well together with only five and were all proud of their efforts. Sammy Banko was the coach of the team and shared his basketball knowledge with the group.