SCSA Badminton Division 1 - Results

The day began early in the morning with the Junior, Intermediate, Senior badminton teams and tagging along was the year 11 Sport and Recreation classes gathering outside the Kennedy hall. The bus as planned left at 7:30 am and being the school to host this event, there was an urge of excitement on the way to MSAC. Arriving at MSAC feeling cold however motivated to represent our school in this SCSA badminton competition, we approached the courts in enthusiastic anticipation.

To warm up our bodies, the sport and recreation classes ran through a warm up session to get our adrenaline pumping. After warming up, the games began with the junior and intermediate teams starting us off. After their great game, the seniors team began with a fantastic start to their first game, which they dominated.

The day was filled with many cherished memories with many victories. Killester finished the day strong with a win from the intermediate team, however, there was an unexpected win for the senior team, grabbing first place by just 2 points.

We ended the day with soreness yet bringing home victory, adding another victory to our winning strike.

Final results

Juniors - Missed making the grand final by 1 point

Intermediate - Grand final Killester VS Sacred Heart Oakleigh. Winners = Killester!

Senior - Grand final Killester VS Mount Saint Josephs. Winners = Killester!

Well done to all girls who participated- it was a great day. And thank you to the Year 11 Sport and Recreation class for their hard work in helping to host the day

Surfing Adventure

Have you ever been surfing before? We did! On the 29 of April the Year 12 Physical Education class along with the Sport and Recreation class travelled along to Smiths Beach in Phillip Island. What a memorable experience it was. Upon arrival, the eager Year 12s climbed out of the bus where we met our enthusiastic instructors, Brianna and Brendan, who distributed wetsuits and surfboards to us. Then we excitedly fumbled our way down to the beach with our large foam surfboards.

Once we arrived on the shore, Brendan gave us a brief but useful lesson on how to steer and stand on the surfboards. Finally, we were able to enter the water. Our excitement overcompensated for the freezing water; that, and our wetsuits. Once we jumped in, brimming with excitement and a little bit of fear, we paddled out to try and catch our first wave of the day. After we caught sight of the wave, it was only a matter of seconds before we felt the pressure of remembering what we had just learnt. The confidence kicked in as we all began to paddle vigorously to catch our first wave. We all played out the steps required to stand on the board. As we unsteadily began to lift ourselves onto our feet, many of us were unlucky and gasped in disappointment as we fell into the ocean. Throughout the next hour in the ocean we all began to gain confidence and improve on our skills.

Overall, it was tremendous experience that we all had. On behalf of the Physical Education and Sport and Rec class we would like to thank our instructors, Brendan and Brianna, and most importantly our teachers, Ms Sadler, Mr Brodie and Maddi for organising a great day.

Anna Vrondou - Year 12

Diamond Girls Scholarship

This year we awarded a ‘Diamond Girls Scholarship’ for the first time. The award went to someone who participated in all four weeks, was energetic, had a great work ethic, and displayed core Diamond Girls values such as team work, leadership, effort and enthusiasm.

We are pleased to announce that Eliza Hunter from Killester College was our inaugural scholarship recipient!

Congratulations Eliza, we loved having you in our Diamond Girls Program and can’t wait to have you back in June! In addition, we thank all schools who supported our program this year, notably Killester College and Westall Secondary College who had several girls in attendance.

Amazing effort Eliza! Well done!

Siobhan Stephenson (Diamond girls baseball)

Interhouse Athletics

On Friday April 30th, the Killester College Athletics carnival took place at Springvale Athletics Track. The day was amazing, with lots sunshine, cheers, costumes, and team spirit. All of the girls got into the excitement of the day, with many girls participating in events ranging from Shotput to the 400m. It was a great opportunity for everyone to get involved. While the house points were close, in the end it was Romero who took out first place! Well done to all the girls who participated and all the teachers who helped organise the day to make it so enjoyable. Alannah Dingli (Year 12 Romero House Captain)

The final results of the day were:

Mackillop: final points - 1011 (4th)

Chisholm: final points - 1044 (3rd)

Brigid: final points - 1198 (2nd)

Romero: final points - 1264 (1st)

Congratulations to the Romero house captains- Alannah Dingli & Catherine Karagiannis, who were well supported by Mitsuki Otaka, Oliva Ferry, Sarah Siddig, Vanessa Santos, Kathleen Ma. Well done to all the house leaders on a successful day, thank you so much for all your hard work girls- I know it's a big day! I really appreciate all the effort you put into organising the day.

Thank you also to Year 8 St. Mary Mackillop & Year 7 St. Hildegard who assisted with various jobs on the day, we couldn't have run the carnival without you, thank you so much.

Another big thank you needs to go to our wonderful Killester staff who were instrumental in ensuring the day ran smoothly, promptly completing their jobs. It's definitely a big team effort! Thank you staff!

Finally, the following students broke records on the day (great work girls!) their new record will be updated in the 2022 carnival booklet.

New records broken:

1. Sarah Jogin - Yr 10 long jump, broken record with a jump of 4.48cm

2. Eve Joel - equal record - Yr 9 long jump with 4.07cm

3. Eliza Hunter- Yr 8 Long jump - broken record with a jump of 3.77cm

4. Jessica Ingleby - Inter 1500m - broken record with a time of 5.42s

5. Christina Stephanou - 1500m broken record with a time of 5.34s & the 800m record (beat the current record by 9 seconds!)

6. Catherine Karagiannis- Yr 11 High jump - broken record with a jump of 1.41cm

7. Georgie O'Brien - Yr 9 triple jump - broken record with a jump of 8.85cm

Also the following girls had some amazing results on the day and participated in many event - they were their year level champion for athletics. A big achievement. You should be proud of yourselves girls, awesome work!

Well done to the following students:

Year 7 Individual Champion - Vanessa Santos

Year 8 Individual Champion- Jade Gundry

Year 9 Individual Champion - Georgie O’Brien

Year 10 Individual Champion- Audrey Tuipala

Year 11 Individual Champion- Sienna Quinn

Year 12 Individual Champion - Mikayla Tjong

Miss Rebecca Roberts

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