SSP NEWS

Soccer

What a wonderful time to be in the Western Heights Female Soccer program.

Winning, Winning, Winning…… After going through the Geelong Secondary schools Championship undefeated, the girls at Western Heights College have created history by being the first Team at Western Heights to have won the WESTERN METROPOLITAN Champions, remaining undefeated throughout.

Western Heights    4   ICON    0

Western Heights    3  Williamstown   0

Western Heights   1   Melton   0

Final – Western Heights   2   Lakeview  1

The Victorian State Finals await which will be held on Tuesday the 22nd of August.

Joey Didulica, Director of Soccer 

Netball 

Term 3 has been action packed with tournaments keeping the player athletes and coaches busy! On Tuesday 25th July we took an Intermediate and a Senior Netball team to the SSV Western Metropolitan Sports Region Netball Tournament at Altona Sports Centre. 

The Senior team defeated Hoppers Crossing Secondary College 18 to 15 in game 1. In game 2 we were defeated by Point Cook Senior College 11 to 16 and in game 3 we were defeated by Gisborne Secondary College 8 to 14. The player athletes worked well together as a team but as the day progressed, they came up against some strong opposition. 

The Intermediate team defeated The Grange P-12 College 31 to 13 in game 1. Up next, we played Williamstown High School, winning 23 to 10. In game 3 we versed Gisborne Secondary College and defeated them 22 to 18. We finished top of the pool and progressed to the final against Maribyrnong College who ended up as premieres. It was a competitive game, but Maribyrnong challenged us with their accuracy and pressure. 

Back in the classroom, we have been focussing on the current Netball World Cup being held in Capetown South Africa where the Australian Diamonds are progressing well through the preliminary group rounds towards Quarter Finals. Our General Assessment Task has been working on completing a World Cup Profile for a Country/Team and Individual in a slide show format and presentation to the class. Junior Student work in groups, our Intermediate and Senior groups are working individually and looking at some more advanced concepts. The student athlete’s enthusiasm and engagement has been fantastic. It has been really interesting investigating different countries styles.

A big warm welcome to Charli Nicol to our Netball Staff as an assistant coach. Charli is currently an elite player tracking on both the Netball Victoria and Netball Australia Pathway as a current Australian 19&U Squad Member, Vixens Academy Member, Victorian Institute of Sport Categorised Athlete and Victoria Fury Team emergency. We look forward to her work with the group in both a coaching and mentoring capacity with our student athletes.

Stacey Dodds, Head Coach &

Susan Meaney, Director of Netball

Football

The following teams have reached the SSV, State Quarter Final and Semi Final stage.

Good luck to each of you.

Wednesday 9th August:  Senior Girls at Western Oval, Ballarat

Thursday 10th August: Intermediate Boys at Marty Busch Reserve

Friday 11th August: Year 7 Boys at Western Oval, Ballarat, Sebastopol

Tuesday 15th August: Senior Boys at North 2 CE Brown Reserve, Ballarat

Congratulations to the Junior Girls and Intermediate Girls who played very well in their Western Metropolitan finals, narrowly missing the opportunity to go through to the State stage.  The coaches are very proud of the way you represented WHC and look forward to coaching you again next year.

Congratulations to year 9 students Meyah Fursland and Bonnie Brown who represented Victoria (White) along with year 8 student Taya Delaney (Blue) at the 15 and under Girls Championships.  Congratulations also to Jack Thomson representing Victoria (White) last week at the 15 and under Boys Championships, Jack was named in the best players in 2 of his 5 matches.  Good luck also to year 7 student Kade Witney who will be representing Victoria in the 12 Years and under Boys Championships next week.  

Don’t forget AFL trials for year 7 2024 students will be held on Monday 14th and Thursday 17th August after school. Ensure you have registered your attendance. https://compasstix.com/e/t0fqwl4bo5

Susie Robinson, AFL Program Coordinator