SPORTS NEWS
YEAR 8 GIRLS HOCKEY
On Wednesday 14 October the Year 8 girls Hockey team ventured to Hawthorn to compete against the best in the Eastern Region.
The girls came from a variety of sporting backgrounds, which held them in good stead when it came to game sense and skill; however, it meant that they were novices to the game of field hockey.
Despite this, they played the game with an enormous level of sportsmanship and team work. The moral amongst the girls was clear to see, and the improvement in their game from the beginning of the day until the end was largely attributed to this.
Although they didn’t make it through to the next level of competition, their endeavour was that which should be applauded, and reflects the spirit in which Lilydale High School represents themselves at all levels of sporting competition.
EASTERN REGION ATHLETICS
On Friday 9 October, 36 students represented Lilydale High School in the Eastern Metropolitan Region Athletics Carnival at Knox Athletics Track.
They had a fantastic day of competition in near perfect conditions and put in some incredible performances.
Overall our students won 21 medals; 12 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze. Notable performances were;
Chelsea Thompson 1st U13 Girls 100m and 200m
Georgia Laven 1st U13 Girls 400m and 800m
Ruby Dixon 1st U13 Girls 1500m
Chloe Jones 2nd U13 Girls Discus and Long Jump
Brodie Atkins 3rd U13 Boys 400m
David Stirling 3rd U13 Boys High Jump
Lee Taylor 3rd U14 1500m Race Walk
Lily Thompson 1st U15 Girls 1500m and 2nd 800m
Tyler Weeks 1st U15 Discus, Shot Put and Javelin
James Laven 2nd U15 1500m
Cael Elliot 3rd U15 Triple Jump and Javelin
Molly Dixon 1st U17 800m
Adam Johnson 1st U17 800m
Jack Nolan 1st U20 Shot Put
Ten of the above students produced performances that have qualified them for the School Sport Victoria State finals at Lakeside Stadium.
We wish them all the best and hopefully they can bring home some more medals next Tuesday.
Michael Bourne
Laura Attard
Interschool Sports Coordinator