Sports
Cross Country
This year a change to the format found students signing themselves up for the Cross Country and we received 34 entrants. The afternoon was glorious, and the students were excited, asking multiple questions, before embarking on their 3k or 5k journey out to Donnelly’s Weir Road and back.
Our Cross Country Age Group Champions are:
13Yr F Mia Kristic 13Yr M Mitch Gommers
14Yr F Tia Montgomery 14Yr M Zaine Dyer
15Yr F Paisley Stock 15Yr M Denzel Parsons
16Yr F Aemelia Stevenson
20Yr F Makenzee Harbinson
20Yr M Riley Cameron
The team scores on the day were:
Riddell – 199
Yarra – 180
Dennis – 130
Maroondah – 107
Congratulations to all the runners, and thanks to all the staff for helping at the various locations along the course, and making this such a successful event.
Teachers v Year 12 students Volleyball
Interschool Sport Term One:
This term we have not only completed our ‘Big 3’ school carnivals, but we’ve also participated in some fun interschool sport. The students have played both volleyball and cricket, across the different year levels, and have played fairly, with good sportsmanship always being mentioned at the end of the day.
Term 2 will see netball, football and badminton being offered and I hope more students sign up on the advertising posters around the school, if they’re interested in playing.
Athletics Carnival
Our Athletics carnival was held at Morrison’s Reserve in Mt Evelyn and it was a terrific location. The weather was perfect and the attendance and support from students on the day was fantastic.
Our Age Group Champions for Athletics are:
13Yr F Ava Black
13Yr M Nathan Rapinett
14Yr F Tia Montgomery
14Yr M Jasper Sheals
15Yr F Paisley Stock
15Yr M Matthew Winsall Holland
16Yr F Aemelia Stevenson
16Yr M Declan Sikorski
17Yr F Ishka Belle Stock
17Yr M Riley Cameron
20Yr F Eve Burt
20Yr M Nick Millman
Lots of competitors, lots of students dressed up, and even a few records were broken on the day:
14Yr M 200m Jasper Sheals 27.52- beating Matthew Elsworth’s 2010 record of 27.58 Well done Jasper.
20Yr M High Jump of 1.77 by Reece Smith – beating Ashley Hamer’s 2004 record by 1cm! Well done Reece.
17Yr M 800m Riley Cameron 2:19.59 – beating Nick Haddad’s 2007 record of 2:21.40. Well done Riley. It’s nice to note all three ‘record breakers’ are from Riddell, too. 😉
The team scores on the day were:
Dennis – 1178 Maroondah – 1086
Riddell – 1041 Yarra – 1027