Sport Highlights
State Netball Championships
Nicola Whitfield, Co-Coach
Last Monday, nine Year 11 and 12 girls competed in the finals of the Netball Victoria School Championships, at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. It has been many years since Kilvington has made it through to these finals, which compete against independent and state schools across Victoria, so this in itself is a huge achievement.
We had six tough games against strong schools much larger than Kilvington and although no wins on the day, achieved some close results with only a goal or two in it. One of the best results was a drawn half time score against Ballarat Grammar who were the eventual competition winners. Despite managing some injuries, all the girls played tirelessly and I was proud to coach them on the day and throughout their very successful EISM season with Matt Brinson.
Beachside Athletics
Ben Bishop, Head of Sport
Well done to the following four students who competed at the Beachside Athletics last Friday. An outstanding performance.
• Finn McGregor - 3rd in the 12YO Shot Put
• Willow Devine - 5th in the 10YO 1500m
• Bailey Case - 4th in the 11YO Long Jump
• Marlo McCulloch - 10th in the 12YO Long Jump
Thank you to Anna Kasapis for her dedication in coaching and mentoring the students throughout the athletics season and thank you to the parents for their support.
Senior School House Cross Country
Our Senior School students recently participated in their annual House Cross Country event at EE Gunn Reserve. Years 7 to 12 students completed the 3km course and the following results were achieved:
Years 7-9 Cup - Burman
Senior Cup - Burman
Participation Points (beyond the top 20 finishers) - Fethers
Aggregate Cup (includes Junior School result - Fysh/Fethers/Burman/Barrett) - Burman
Congratulations to Burman for an outstanding performance and to all participants for their great efforts!
The top eight students represented the School at the EISM XC Carnival (see results below).
Senior School EISM Cross Country
The EISM Cross Country competition was held at Ruffey Lake Park on 11 September.
On a glorious Melbourne Spring day, our students pushed themselves to the limit around the 3km and 4km courses.
Our School won the Boys Aggregate trophy for the Central Division and came 4th in the aggregate overall.
Well done to all the students for their outstanding efforts.
Medallists included:
Freya Watters 2nd in 13YO Girls
Pia O’Reilly 2nd in 15YO Girls
Jett Ellaway 3rd in 16YO Boys
Spencer Tighe-Martin 1st in Open Boys
AV Nitro Athletics
A Kilvington Athletics team competed in the Athletics Victoria Nitro event at Lakeside Athletics track last week. This is a very challenging competition against some of Victoria’s best athletes.
The students should all be proud of their performances. Well done to the following athletes on achieving a top 10 result:
- Gemma Craddock 2nd in Shot-put and 3rd in Javelin
- Hunter Lee - 6th Long Jump
- Mithun Subramanian-Balanand - 6th 150m
- Junior Boys 4x100m Relay (Noah Emons, Mithun Subramanian-Balanand, Hunter Lee, Charlie Clancy) - 7th
- Charlie Clancy - 7th 800m
- Kaitlyn Connolly - 7th 200m
- Liam Molloy - 7th Javelin
- Cody Norman - 8th Long Jump
Year 7 Hockey and Netball
Well done to our Year 7 girls hockey team who played through their Term 3 EISM season undefeated, the best ever result for a Kilvington hockey team. The girls showed great skill and teamwork to score 26 goals throughout the season, while only having two goals scored against them.
The Netball team also had a great season and finished off well in the final game to win by one goal and hold on to their undefeated record.
The Kilvington sport weekly training program has had a real impact, and the girls showed versatility in playing different positions throughout their matches. Congratulations!