Sport
2018 has been another busy and successful year in sport at The College. Beginning the year with a successful performance at the Glenelg Division Swimming and Athletics Sports, we also performed extremely well at the GD Cross Country coming a close 2nd in both events. At ICCES level, we had our best performance at the Swimming for many years and at Athletics and Cross Country competitions we maintained our positions. We continue to dominate these events in regards to points gained on the day in relation to our school population and this speaks volumes of the sporting talent we have at our relatively small school. At the ICCES Winter Tour, our boys’ hockey team won an incredible 4th premiership in a row and it was exciting to see also a senior girls’ hockey team be competitive in the first year an all-girls’ team has entered the competition.
In local sport, we managed premierships in the Under 16 HDJCA boys’ Cricket competition,1st Eleven girls’ and boys’ cricket, Junior boys’ hockey and Senior Women’s Hockey, Junior and Senior Basketball, Saturday morning Netball, as well as the Under 16 College Magpies team winning 3 HKJFL Grand Finals in a row! Our Rowing program and the crews had great success including the senior girls’ quad crew which also won the local sportswomen’s team of the year award. We have had many students doing so well individually in their chosen sports and making regional, state and even national teams which is a credit to their dedication to the sport.
2019 will bring some new and exciting initiatives in the sporting program so please stay tuned for more information on this in the new year. Dates for major sporting events can be found on the school calendar in SIMON. I have attached the Swimming training timetable for Term One to this newsletter for your planning. We have also continued to promote our new sporting culture framework and the 5 positive sporting core values/character traits we want to promote to everyone involved in the sporting program and hope to see the students thrive in these key areas:
- Commitment – service, communication, teamwork
- Passion – pride, enjoyment, determination
- Character – mindset, resilience, initiative
- Mastery – challenge, achievement, growth
- Legacy – sportsmanship, role modelling, memories
The “2019 Codes of Behaviour” document will be sent out to all families at the end of this year and I ask please that you and your child/children please read and sign this important document where necessary and return the last page at the beginning of the school year before being involved in any sport.
I would like to sincerely thank everyone involved in the sporting program at the school. It covers a wide range of sports and relies on the help of many staff members, parents, Old Collegians, community members and of course our enthusiastic students to give the opportunities presented and achieve the success we do. I wish everyone a relaxing and safe holiday period.
Leigh Alexander