Student Achievements

Southern Metro Secondary Track and Field Region Finals

On Tuesday, 6th October nine of our star athletes competed in the Region Finals at Casey Fields in Cranbourne. Our team have had a very successful campaign this year due to their hard work, commitment and dedication and we are very proud of all of them. We would like to congratulate all of the athletes on their remarkable achievements.

Victorian State Athletic Finals

The Victorian State Athletic Finals were held at Lakeside Stadium at Albert Park on Monday, 17th October. Three of our exceptional athletes, Joshua Attwood, Corey Smerdon and Dante from Year 7, made it through to the finals, an amazing accomplishment. 

Well done to all three students who achieved outstanding results in the competition (please see below for the details).

State Athletic Finals Results

Chess State Finals

On Wednesday, 5th October four extremely talented chess players competed in the 2022 Victorian Schools Secondary Girls State Final, which was held at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Keilor East. 

The four finalists were (L-R) Malia Nimaya, Maeve Harkess, Alexandra Fitzgerald and Marinella Salvador, all from Year 8, seen here with our Principal, Mr Aaron Smith.

The competition was fierce from the 10 other schools who took part, with nearly half of their competitors in the older year levels (the competition being open to years 7-12). 

Pakenham Secondary College has an excellent chess record, having previously taken out the title at the National Interschool Chess Championships in 2018. The College have not competed in competitions since 2019 due to the Covid lockdowns. 

As this is the four young students first year competing, it is a remarkable achievement, and we look forward to seeing where their journey with chess will take them in the future.

The final winning scores for the top 3 place-getters were:

• Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School – 19.5 points
• Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School – 10.5 points
• Pakenham Secondary College – 10.5 points

The Pakenham Secondary College team came third, just missing out on second place in a tie break.

Star News put the girls on the front page of the newspaper recently - the article is available online at https://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/news/2022-10-13/pakenham-secondary-college-one-of-the-best-in-the-state/

A brilliant effort from our young team who competed on Thursday, 20th October in the Secondary Open State Boys Chess Final, which was held at St Oliver Plunkett's Primary School in Pascoe Vale. 

Our five players: Lachlan Groves from 7.1, Amrit Dhillon from 8.4, Sinsarut Chitkanwong from 8.6 , Owen Hampton from 9.5 and Ed Ryan Evaristo from 11.2 all played very well. 

Sinsarut Chitkanwong was our best player of the day with five wins, followed by Amrit Dhillon with 4.5. 

Well done to all of the players who have worked so hard this year and made it through to both the Regional and State Finals.

Morning Tea for Students with 100% Attendance

On Thursday, 27th October, the students who had 100% Attendance for Term 3 were given a special morning tea. 

Well done to all of the students!