Welcome to Term 4. We very much hope that many community summer sporting seasons will begin later this term and potentially some interschool sporting opportunities. Some outdoor sports will begin training very soon and those Heads of Sport or coaches will be in touch with their athletes. For basketball and netball we need to wait until restrictions change for trainings and competitions to begin.

Next week, at our assembly we will present the remaining school sports awards before the Year 12’s depart. Some students will receive their awards on stage at the assembly and other’s will receive them at their mentor meeting as they watch the assembly. This is due to the restrictions. I have attached in this newsletter some information about our Co-Curricular Awards system that was changed in late 2018.

Basketball News

Below is the link for all College basketball players to register for the upcoming Spring/Summer competition. You can also register via the HBA website. Ideally you need to be registered ASAP and by 21 October at the latest.

College Junior basketball teams for Under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 and under divisions have been approved by the HBA for the season and already have been emailed to players, parents and coaches/team managers. Senior teams will be approved and sent out this week also. They will also be up on the sports centre noticeboard when school resumes.

Players playing seniors and juniors will also need to register twice for both teams but there should be a discount for you so contact the HBA regarding this if it concerns you.

Coaches and team managers need to register as well, if either of these are associated with 2 or more teams you will need to register for each team not just the once.

Seniors - https://www.playhq.com/basketball-victoria/register/faa0dd

Juniors - https://www.playhq.com/basketball-victoria/register/96b42b

The season is likely to start in early November hopefully but this is still to be determined by the HBA depending on government mandated restrictions. Unfortunately training can also not resume at this point. Please stay tuned for more information for both of these developments as they occur.

Leigh Alexander

Head of Sport

Hockey Report

Well sadly, only 7 games were played in the 2021 season. At least that is five more than in 2020! Fingers crossed for next year.

The Association has still announced Best and Fairest and Highest Goal Scorers for the season. Congratulations to the following College students:

Best and Fairest:

Division One Women Best and Fairest- Grace Potter (Dunkeld)

Runner Up – Alyssa Hocking (College Thundersticks)

Division Two Women Best and Fairest- Ruby Cush (Demons)

U16 Boys Best and Fairest – Will Merrin (College)

Runner Up – Izaac Shaw (College)

Division 4 Best and Fairest – Tom Templeton (College)

Runner Up – Oliva Read (College)

Division 5 Best and Fairest – Heston Small (Coleraine)

Runner Up – Maggie Mercer (College)

Highest Goal Scorers:

Division One Women Grace Austin

B Grade Women Liz Mecham (College Mum)

Division 4 Tom Templeton

Division 5 Heston Small

Miss Kristen Waldron and Mr Ben Hawthorne (Heads’ of Hockey)

Dates to Remember