House Cross Country

Well done to the students who gave their best performance for their House last Friday in the annual interhouse Cross Country event held at Lake Hamilton. In wet conditions there were some impressive runs. A big thanks to all staff that played a role in ensuring the event ran smoothly and to the spectators for coming down to support the students.

The overall results were as follows:

1 – Laidlaw

2 - Berry

3 – Young

4 - Learmonth

Winners of each age group were as follows:

12/13 – GRACE POTTER AND HARRY MERCER

14 – CHLOE ADAMS AND JACK SOBEY

15 – AVA MOULD AND JOCK NICHOLLS

16 – ELSIE ADAMS AND GEORGE AUSTIN

17 – ZOE HILL AND TOBE ADAMSON

18 – POPPY AUSTIN AND CHARLIE KEILLER

Congratulations to the following students who were the 1st people across the finish line and their times compared to the overall records for the distances run since times were kept:

3KM 13, 14yr BOY – 10MIN.49.00SEC – HARRIS JENNINGS (2014) – Jack Sobey – 10:59

3KM ALL GIRLS AGE GROUPS – 11Min.56SEC – FRAN SUTHERLAND (2012) – Poppy Austin – 11:04 – NEW RECORD!!

4.2KM 15, 16, 17, 21yr BOY – 14MIN.07SEC –SAM HORNE (2012) – Tobe Adamson – 14:05 – NEW RECORD!!

Our Glenelg Division Cross Country team now travel to Portland on Monday to compete against other local schools and to retain our status as champion GD school in this event. Results will appear in next week’s newsletter.

Mr Leigh Alexander

Director of Sport

Girls Hockey Report

After two disrupted seasons, it was wonderful to see our hockey players back on the field over the weekend. It was great to have so many of our experienced players return but equally exciting was the number of new faces.

The B Grade women had a tough first round encounter, facing reigning premiers Demons. This was a very even contest with a 1-1 result indicative of the game. Thank you to Milly Howells and Jorjia Hermon for filling in and well done to Mrs Abbie Cameron on making her hockey debut. Strong players on the day were Millie Davidson, Hettie Byrne and Georgia Adams.

A very new A Grade team faced the experienced Coleraine women and were well defeated. Well done to Portia Northcott for her excellent game for Coleraine. The A Grade side has welcomed several new faces this season and we are excited to see their hockey develop under the captaincy of Lucy Roberts. Emily McNaughton was simply brilliant in goals and probably saved 20 goals! Lucy Roberts was a standout on the half line and she was well supported by Ashleigh McNaughton, Lily Cush and Sarah Andersen.

Kristen Waldron

Men's Hockey

With six players competing at this level for the first time and limited preparation, the match against reigning premiers, the Bulls, was always going to pose challenges to a young side. When we discovered we had no goalkeeper for the match the challenges grew! Nonetheless, I was tremendously proud of the effort and endeavour of the boys last Friday.

Yes, we were thumped on the scoreboard, 1-10, but impressively, I felt the boys did not drop their heads and kept working. So much so that Ciaran Nelson was able to score our first goal for the season late in the game.

I am confident we will score many more as we gel more, train more and believe more in each other. There were good signs as the boys sought to bring each other into the game. More passes will find their targets as the year goes on.

Particular thanks should be expressed to Tyler Butcher and Harley Milich. Each played half the game as stand in goalkeepers; neither could be blamed for any of the goals scored against us and both showed some good form when playing without the pads on also.

I am not going to name particular players as “our best” but look forward to the team developing into a strong cohesive unit over the next weeks.

Mr Neil MacLean

Hockey Draw - Round 2

Div 1 Men – 6/5

College v Demons – 7.30pm @ Pedrina

U16 – 7/5

Panda Bears v Monivae – 10.30am @ Pedrina

College Wallabies v Coleraine Maroon – 10.30am @ Pedrina

Div 5 – 7/5

College Kangaroos v Demons – 12noon @ Pedrina

Div 4 – 7/5

College Bandicoots v Monivae – 2.00pm @ College

College Dropbears v Dunkeld – 3.30pm @ Pedrina

College Tassie Devils v Demons – 3.30pm @ College

Div 2 Womens – 8/5

Scorchers v Monivae – 10.30am @ Pedrina

Div 1 Womens – 8/5

Thundersticks v Dunkeld Blue – 3.00pm @ Pedrina

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