SPORTING NEWS

Rugby

Congratulations to Xander Iosefo (Year 12), Finn Mackay (Year 10 2022), Thomas Louw, (Year 10 2022) and JoJo Vela (Year 11) who represented the Melbourne Rebels U16 team against the ACT Brumbies in Albury and in the national U16 rugby union tournament late last year.

Touch Football

A number of Secondary School students competed for the Victorian Storm Representative team at an U14, U16 and U18 level at the 2022 National Youth Championships in Queensland.The U16 team reached the quarter finals for the first time and the U18 team defeated a Queensland side for the first time.From left are Joseph Vela (Year 11), Finn Mackay (Year 10 2022), Finley Ward (Year 10), Harry George (Year 11), Caelan Mackay (Year 8 2022), Thomas Louw (Year 10 2022), Josh Carr (Year 11) and Hamish Ward (Year 8).

Soccer

Year 9 student Tom Hara represented Victoria in the U14 team at the 2022 National Youth Soccer Championships that took place in Coffs Harbour.

Tom trained with the First XI Soccer squad in the 2022 season while in Year 8 and was a member of the BGS+ U13 Futsal team that went to the Gold Coast last year as well as being a U14 team member.

Baseball

Ryan Williams (Year 12) and Ty Daniels (Year 10) were both selected to represent Victoria at the 2023 Australian Youth Baseball Championships tournament held in Sydney.The top 20 Under 18 (Ryan) and Under 16 (Ty) baseball players were chosen from each state to compete and Ryan and Ty were both integral members of their respective Victorian teams which finished the tournament with bronze medals.

Tennis

Year 8 student Lachie King is marking his mark in the sport of Tennis. Lachie plays in the number one position for the BGS First VIII Tennis Team and has been undefeated during the season at the time of writing.

He competed in two ITF Tournaments in Singapore in February and has been selected to play in the U14 Wimbledon event in June, due to his performances in the national grass court event.

Golf

Golfer Rupert Toomey (Year 10) continues to be in top form and has claimed two junior golf championship titles this year.

Rupert won the Junior division at the TPS Victoria Golf Championships at Rosebud after a three way playoff in late January. Earlier that month he won the boys’ division at the Tasmanian Junior Masters with a total of 5 under par over the 72 holes led to a 3 shot victory.