From the Secondary Sport Coordinator
From the Secondary Sport Coordinator
Secondary Sport Coordinator
Term 2 Highlights – Secondary Sport
As the term comes to a close, I’d like to highlight a few sporting moments from Term 2 and provide updates for when we return at the beginning of Term 3.
Knockout Highlights
Our 7-12 knockout netball teams competed in their first round matches in week 7 this term. All three teams played the same opposition (Glenunga International HS and Pedare Christian College), and all three teams won 1 game and lost the other. Whilst curiously consistent with their results, unfortunately it was not enough to advance through to Round 2 of the Statewide Schools Competition. We are so proud of our teams; not just the quality of netball played, but also the way in which they represented the college. A special congratulations goes out to the few students selected to play up in higher age divisions – playing several matches/minutes throughout the week and giving it 100%.
Year 9/10 Knockout Netball Team, Year 7/8 Knockout Netball Team & Year 11/12 Knockout Netball Team
We also congratulate our Year 9/10 Knockout Volleyball Team for finishing 5th in the Division 2 Carnival, also held in Week 7. A big thank you goes out to Mr Jacob Dickson and Isabelle Crotty for supporting the girls on the day of the competition.
On Tuesday of Week 9, our open knockout AFL team won their first round matches for the Division 3 Statewide competition. They began their pursuit with a convincing win against Mary Mackillop College and finished strong with a come-back win by 5 against Mitcham Girls. Considering we had a few late outs with illness and injury, we’re so proud of the girls for their efforts! We look forward to sharing their results for Round 2 early Term 3.
Throwback to Round 5 – Reconciliation Round
Another highlight of Term 2 was SACSSGSA Reconciliation Round at the end of May.
Guided by our First Nations Student Support Officer and old scholar, India Bament-Sitkowski, our First Nations students came together to design the 2026 SAC Reconciliation Round Ribbon. It was India’s idea to have students collaborate on this design to coincide with this year’s Reconciliation Theme ‘ALL-IN’. Each student designed a section of the ribbon, and these were placed side by side intentionally.India shared, ‘our Reconciliation ribbons represent all the woman voices coming together, symbolising growth, strength, and unity.’
Netball, AFL, soccer and badminton teams wore these ribbons proudly in their round 5 matches, coming together with opposition schools to recognise this significant round in the association calendar, and that advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights is a shared responsibility.
Mid-Season Break & Return to Play
We are now in our mid-season break for netball, soccer and badminton fixtures. I hope you all take this time to rest and reset over the school holidays. Whilst mornings are getting chilly and dark, we will only have 4 more weeks of winter sport when we return in Term 3! We ask that students make their best effort to show up for trainings and games for the remainder of the season, and follow absentee procedures to ensure effective management of teams, trainings and gameday.
Where possible, we ask that game and training absences are logged 24 hours or more in advance so that fill ins can be sourced with enough notice. For last minute absences on the morning of games, best practice is to log an absence through clipboard AND notify the Sport Coordinator via email or phone call 0447 937 709.
