Sports Report
From Mr Simkin
School Cross Country
The annual school cross country was held on the last day of Term 1, with a huge turn out from all year levels. It was a fantastic afternoon of competition with many amazing runs from students, which bodes well for the Division cross country held later this term. The top 3 finishers for each age group were:
13 boys – Lachlan Sanchez-Legg, Nicholas Day, Lachlan Stewart
13 girls – Keeley Sherar, Scarlett Cuthbert, Holli Budd
14 boys – Jack Benham, Kaileb Monro, Dion Braione
14 girls – Jasmin Hass, Rhian Lumsden, Jasmine Lacy
15 boys – Harry Norman, Samuel Young, Declan Lamb
15 girls – Ibe Ali, Tess Patterson, Amber Shearn
16 boys – Jonathan Murphy, Riley Farrington, Blake Watson-Karpinski
16 girls – Sarah Snary, Ciara Lumsden, Rebecca Battesrby
17-20 boys – Finn Brown, Gai Wal Gai, Taylor Mainard
17-20 girls – Maddison Lacy, Holly Mayne, Georgia Copeland
The winning house was Mabo on 561 points, claiming their first title since the new house system was introduced, who comfortably eclipsed Jacmain on 476, Frazer 458 and Freeman 441.
Students will now progress onto the Division Cross Country championships later this term.
EASTERN REGION SWIMMING
Charlotte Tolliday (Bronze) 14 Girls Medley Gold 14 Girls Free Gold 16 Girls Free Bronze
On Wednesday 23rd of March the Ringwood Swim team competed at the Eastern Region Swimming Championship, held at Aquanation for the first time. 37 swimmers did the school proud, with many fantastic swimming performances on the day. Abbey Hepworth of Year 7 deserves a special mention for filling in at very late notice on the day, due to a late withdrawal from a relay team. Standout individual performances on the day included: Sophie Caldwell (5 gold medals), Tiffany Hayes (1 Gold, 1 Silver), Taylah Demontigne (1 Silver, 2 Bronze), Cameron Radford (2 Silver), Tarni Cavanagh (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Charlotte Tolliday (1 Bronze).
The 14 Girls team swam brilliantly, claiming gold in the Medley Relay and Freestyle relay and will compete at the State finals. Well done Tarni Cavanagh, Caitlin Dellow, Charlotte Tolliday and Taylah Demontignie. Congratulations also to the 16 Girls freestyle relay team of Ciara Lumsden, Bec Battersby, Sophie Caldwell and Madison Mauchline who won a bronze medal in their race.
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – BIANCA HANSEN
Congratulations to Bianca Hansen of Year 12 who recently who has been selected in the Australian team to compete at the World Junior (Under 20) Championships in Poland later this year in discus. After competing at the Commonwealth Youth Games last year, Bianca will head to the Junior Championships in late July to again represent Australia. What an incredible performance!
AFL INDIGENOUS KICKSTART TEAM
Congratulations to Connor Carter of Year 9 who was selected in the Under 15 AFL Indigenous Kickstart team that competed during the last school holidays. Connor represented Victoria/Tasmania and had an amazing time playing amongst some fantastic footballers. Well done Connor.
Kyle Simkin
Director of Sports
Netball Results
Snr girls netball. We took 2 teams to the district Comp last week with both teams finishing in the top 4.
Brilliant effort and sportsmanship from our ladies to play off in the grand final going down by 2 goals.
Charlie Hetherington
House Mascots
House mascots unveiled !
The Student Representative Council are very pleased to unveil the new mascots and logos for each house.
The work of the SRC started 12 months ago with a competition for students to design our new mascots and logos.
The whole school then voted on their favourite and the winners were Akanskha Singh (Jackman), Amber Landewee (Mabo), Fraya Jordan (Freeman) and Caitlin Grimmett (Frazer).
Thank you to all students for their contribution.