Sport Report – Week 9, Term 1, 2024

What an action packed term full of sport!

Well done to all 110 students who represented the college in BAS Term 1 Sport. The fun had, friendships developed, skills displayed and school spirit on show was wonderful to see. To the 20 staff members who coached, umpired, scored and travelled on busses, a huge thank you. School sport cannot happen without our dedicated staff supporting student pursuits. See below a summary of sports played.

BAS Tennis Singles Championships

Thursday, February 29 saw the annual BAS Tennis Championships Finals held at the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre in Wendouree. The following students had progressed from the preliminary rounds. Thank you to Lyndall Thomas, who supervised on the day.

Junior Girls – Elsie Angove (Year 8), defeated in the semi-final.

Senior Girls – Keira O’Beirne (Year 10), defeated in the final.

Senior Boys – Jarrod Joyce (Year 12) won the final after defeating his brother, Brayden, in the semi-final. This was Jarrod’s 6^th victory in a row in the event, an outstanding effort.

Clay Target Shooting

Laang Sporting Clays hosted the Warrnambool Region Clay Target Shooting Competition on Monday, March 4. Well done to the following 12 students who represented the college, this was a big commitment, with the bus leaving at 7:00am and returning at 5:00pm.

Jack Dwyer, Darcy Smits, Tom Grigg, Denny Mahar, Bella Mahar, Kara Longmire, Imogen Wright, Lewis Carbone, Willem Madigan, Casey Leonard, Eli Smart, Kalan Grant. Thank you to Mr. Chris Grant for supervising on the day.

BAS Golf Championships

Rex Hodge and Joshua Lane represented the college at the annual BAS Golf Championships, which was held at Midlands Golf Club on Wednesday, March 20. Both boys competed well on the day in the 18-hole event.

Damascus Swimming Carnival

On Thursday, February 29 the annual Damascus Swimming Carnival was held at the Eureka Pool. On a cool morning the excited Year 7’s kicked of proceedings with the 50m Freestyle events. With an enthused crowd and wonderful dress up costumes to match, the day was full of noise and colour. It was great seeing the year 12’s, at their final swimming carnival, show plenty of enthusiasm and leadership in supporting the younger year levels. At the completion of the 50m Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly events it was time for the much anticipated relays. The relays always bring plenty of crowd involvement and this year was no exception, with cheering and encouragement from all around the pool. 2024 saw a new event introduced, with the Champion of Champions, which brought the fastest eight female and male swimmers, from any year level, to race over 50m. It was also fantastic to see three year 7 students qualify for this event, Estelle Karslake, Ruby Cookson and Jonty Ward, a super effort. Another tradition at the Swimming carnival is the Synchronised Swimming that the Year 12’s perform, which finished with all four Houses in the pool singing Damascus chants and War Cries, a sight to behold. Below are the House and individual summaries of the day.

House results

Year Level Champions

Champion of Champions (8 fastest swimmers in the college)

The top three place getters were as follows

Girls

Boys

Damascus Athletics Carnival

The Damascus Athletics Carnival was held on Tuesday, March 19 at Llanberis Reserve. On a fine but windy day for competition students eagerly got on the busses at Damascus to give their all for their House. In a slight change to the format in 2024, Hurdles was taken out of the program and Javelin and Discus re-introduced, which had been completed in PE classes throughout the early weeks of Term 1 and a lunch time for Year 11 and 12 students. Overall results were as follows.

House results

Year Level Champions (TBC at the time of writing)

Champion of Champions (8 fastest at the college)

Time didn’t allow this race to be run but below are the qualifying times. During a lunch time, early term 2, this event will happen, stay tuned.

Girls

Boys

BAS Swimming

On Wednesday, March 20, 60 students represented the college at the annual BAS Swimming championships. Selection was gained as a result of performances at our Swimming Carnival earlier in term 1. Our students competed hard, against quality opposition and all students should be very proud of what they achieved, both individually and collectively. A huge thank you must go to the staff who assisted on the day – Dan Jans, Rachel Wallbank, Georgia Shillito, Nikki Hexter, Tegan Heinrich-Morrison and Paddy Dillon.

National Track & Field Championships – Adelaide, April, 2024

Congratulations and good luck to the following students who are competing in the National Track and Field Championships in April.

Oaklee Burge – 800m

Lucy Jones – 800m & 1500m

Archie Grant – 800m & 1500m

Armani Anderson – 100m

Term 2 BAS Sport

See below for a summary of what sports are available in term 2. Students have been sent an MS form to register their interest. Early in term 2 meetings and training sessions will be held in readiness for the season, which commences in week 2.

Term 2 Key Dates

Damascus Sport Uniform

Students need to ensure they are in the correct uniform to participate. Students should check with their coach as to what is required and bring your own drink bottle.

I wish all students and coaches the best for Term 2 Sport. Always play the game in the right spirit, wear the correct uniform, respect the umpires, staff in charge and the facilities. You all have an opportunity to add to your school experience by being the best you can be, both in and out of the classroom.

Please do not hesitate to contact myself (g.webb@damascus.vic.edu.au) or Sport and PE Administrator, Patty Dillon (p.dillon@damascus.vic.edu.au) at the College with any questions.

Regards,

Gavin Webb

Sports Coordinator