Sport
CAROLINE LEACH
Head of Junior School Sport
School Sport Victoria Beachside Division Athletics Carnival
On Friday, 6th September 2019, three students qualified and participated at the School Sport Victoria Beachside Division Athletics Carnival, which was held at the Lakeside Athletics Stadium.
The three students were:
- Lexi Bergmeier (Year 5): 11 Girls Discus and Shot Put.
- Charlotte Brown (Year 5): 11 Girls Triple Jump.
- Raj Sidhu (Year 6): 12 Boys High Jump.
Congratulations to:
- Lexi Bergmeier who threw 19.04m in Discus to finish in 2nd place.
- Raj Sindu who jumped 1.42m and finished in 3rd place.
Lexi has now qualified for the School Sport Victoria Southern Metro Regional Athletics Carnival in the 11 Girls Discus. Well done, Lexi!
GREG JOYCE
Head of Middle & Senior School Sport
Jenna Menelaou - Olympic Change-Maker Award
The Australian Olympic Change-Maker Program seeks to identify and bring together young leaders in sport who are ‘making a difference’ in their school or local community.
Earlier this term I nominated Jenna Menelaou of Year 12 for the Australian Olympic Change-Maker Award. Jenna has been actively involved in sport for the past nine years of her life at Oakleigh Grammar. In that time, Jenna has consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities. Her active involvement in all intra and inter-school sporting events has inspired many of our students to participate, get involved and strive to be the best they can be. Jenna can often be seen providing guidance and encouragement to her peers and to our younger students during inter-school sporting events. On and off the playing field, Jenna demonstrates the attributes of friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence, which are all qualities consistent with the Olympic spirit.
As part of the nomination process, Jenna was required to submit a one minute video which actively demonstrates how she is displaying leadership through sport in her School. Follow the link to view Jenna’s video. I am delighted to announce Jenna’s nomination was accepted, and as an Olympic Change-Maker Award recipient, Jenna attended the Olympic Change-Maker Forum on Wednesday 4th September. Jenna described her Olympic Change-Maker forum day as “one of the best school days ever”. Jenna met and heard from many past and current Olympians. She described Steve Hooker’s (Australia’s Olympic Pole Vault Gold Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics) address to the Olympic Change-Maker forum as particularly inspiring.
Congratulations Jenna, the Oakleigh Grammar Community is extremely proud of your achievements.
EISM Winter Season Grand Finals
Oakleigh Grammar continued its 2019 sporting success with a number of premiership wins during the recent EISM Winter Season Finals. A huge thank you to our Year 12 cohort who have supported Oakleigh Grammar’s sporting program by continuing their sporting commitments in their final year of studies.
Our premiership winning teams recently enjoyed a pizza lunch in which they celebrated their premiership success.
Senior Boys Soccer Team
Our Senior Boys Soccer Team produced a thrilling 1-0 victory over the previously undefeated Rudolf Steiner. In very challenging weather conditions, Lewis Arampatzis produced a brilliant individual performance to slot the premiership winning goal. His goal-scoring feat won Lewis the MVP medallion as the best player in the Grand Final. Thank you to Mr Panagopoulos for coaching and managing the Senior Boys Soccer Team this year.
Senior Boys Soccer Team
Pana Athanasiadis
Stavros Markos
Lewis Arampatzis
Rhys Kostopoulos
Arthur Millaras
Jonathan Sarris
Jordan Karavendzas
Jorge Georgalas
Marcus Arrighi
Alec Alexellis
Dean Malamas
George Gameras
Michael Pegiou
Chris Giannaros (C)
Jordan Kollatos
Dilshan Dias
Senior Boys Table Tennis Team
The Senior Boys Table Tennis Team had a fantastic season. They finished the home and away season on top of the ladder, with an 11-1 win/loss record. The team produced a dominant 8-1 win against Alphington Grammar in the Grand Final. Andrew Asimakopoulos was judged Grand Final MVP.
Senior Boys Table Tennis Team
Spiridon Sklavenitis
Luca Camiselle
Basil Anagastopoulos
Kirrito Zong
Andrew Asimakopoulos (C)
Harry Iosifidis
Rudhir Kandhari
William Athanasakis
John Lelekakis
Senior Girls Table Tennis Team
The Senior Girls Table Tennis team continued their National Schools Event premiership winning form, to also have a dominant EISM season. Similar to the Boys, they also finished the home and away season on top, with an 11-1 winning record. The Girls had a comfortable 7-2 Grand Final win over Huntingtower. Stavroula Sideris was undefeated throughout the Table Tennis season, and was also judged Grand Final MVP.
Senior Girls Table Tennis Team
Mia Floros
Eleni Pantelidis
Iliana Gerantidis
Ioanna Ikonomopoulos
Veree Papakatsikas
Artemis Moschoudi
Yiana Tamvakis
Vasilia Tamvakis (C)
Stavroula Sideris
Christine Koutsioulis
Thank you to Ms Varsos who coached and managed both Boys and Girls Senior Table Tennis Teams.
Senior Boys Futsal Team
This year Oakleigh Grammar entered two Boys’ teams into the Futsal Competition. After the home and away season, Oakleigh 1 finished on top of the ladder and progressed through to the semi-finals, where they defeated a strong Kingswood College team. A fiercely fought Grand Final against Bialik College saw Oakleigh Grammar come out on top to take the Futsal Premiership. <