ACC Sport 2013

Sport at De La 2013

With last year being the College Centenary Year, we were hoping to “get off the mark” strongly with sport in the first year of our bicentenary period. Fielding the same number of teams in the ACC Competition this year, we managed to win one more ACC Title in 2013. Our Champion Teams were: ACC Division 2 Athletics, Year 8 Football, Open Golf, Senior B Basketball and Year 7 Cricket. Outside of ACC Competition, we won the Weightlifting Sport and Recreation Cup and VWA Schools League for the third consecutive year in front of our home crowd in the DLS Gym in Term 4. The year didn’t start particularly well with our ACC Swimming Team finishing in 6th place which relegates us into Division 2 for the 2014 Carnival. The DLS highlight for the Carnival was the age group victory of our Under 13 Team. Whilst we do have some talented swimmers, we really need to improve our overall swimming “depth”. Under the guidance of “Team Windley”, our Swimming Squad numbers have increased and all indications are that the boys are primed for a strong tilt at the Division 2 Title in late February next year. We participated in Division 2 ACC Athletics for the second time in the history of the College in a Lasallian Showdown with our “Beach Brothers” from St Bede’s. With a very committed and consistent effort from the entire team, we comfortably defeated St Bede’s by 30 points to win the Division 2 Title. In addition to the overall victory, we also won the Under 13, 14, 16 and Senior Age Groups as well as the Junior and Senior Cups. DLS is back into Division 1 Athletics next year and with renewed confidence and belief, we need to make every effort to ensure that is where we stay! Towards the end of Term 3, our ACC Cross Country Team had hopes of improving upon their 3rd placing from last year. Despite another honest and determined team effort, we finished 3rd in this year’s ACC Carnival behind St Bede’s and St Bernard’s for the fifth consecutive year. The highlight from the Carnival was the age group win from our Senior Team — a most fitting and rewarding way for our Year 12 runners to sign off on their ACC careers! Although we were clearly ahead of the other three schools in Division 1 and had a number of top ten event place getters, the challenge for our 60 runners again next year is to “run past” at least one of the Top Two schools in 2014. Our strong involvement in ACC Sport and other sporting activities would not be possible without the willingness of the staff who coach and manage our many sporting teams. I sincerely think all of the Coaches for their time, effort and enthusiasm for the ACC Sport program at De La. Special thanks to Simon Brown and Tom Curry, the Sports Assistants, who have not only coached ACC Teams but been integral to the organization and coordination of all things sport at De La this year. We wish them both well as they leave us this year to begin their primary teaching careers. We always strive to be as successful as possible in ACC Sport every year. Even more important than success is that every student and staff member who wants to be involved in sport can make the effort and be a positive contributor. Once this happens consistently the results will take care of themselves, and DLS will become the home to more ACC pennants and trophies.

ACC Athletics Champions 2013

ACC Athletics, 2013 Champions — Division 2

We went to MSAC, we saw the track and we conquered all who competed in the same race. It was a great day at the track for De La Salle. Some of the notable achievements were: — De La won the Junior Cup by 23 points and the Senior Cup by 18 points. We also won the Under 13, 14, 16 (joint Winner with St Bede’s), 17 and Senior Age Groups. — DLS won 16 Track Events and 16 Field Events for a total of 32 out of 74 Division 2 events. It was a very impressive 43% winning strike rate in the Division 2 Carnival. — Alex Di Medio (Captain of Athletics, 2013) won the 110m Hurdles, 200m, 400m and was a member of the winning 4 x 100m Senior Relay Team. He was second in his other two events. — Harrison Gill, Year 8, in the Under 13 Age Group won the 800m, 1500m and High Jump. — Lachlan Menara, Year 7, in the Under 13 Age Group won the Long Jump, Triple Jump and was a member of the 4 x 100m Under 13 Relay Team. — De La Salle won four of the six 4 x 100m relays. In all pursuits in life, you don’t always get reward for effort. However, on this occasion, the De La Salle Athletics Team certainly did! The collective effort from the boys as well as the time, effort and enthusiasm from the twelve staff members who assisted at training and the Trial Carnival throughout Term 1 ensured that we were very well prepared for the Carnival. The expertise and commitment from Damien O’Shea (1974) with our sprinters was invaluable. De La Salle comfortably won four out of six 4 x 100m Relays at the end of the Carnival which is testimony to the great work and patience of Damien. We are so lucky to have him as part of our ACC Athletics program. He is a truly passionate De La man who really wants De La Salle to be the best it can possibly be! Peter Harte (Director of Sport) is to be highly commended for his great efforts as ACC Athletics Coordinator. With his two loyal assistants, Simon Brown and Tom Curry, Peter was responsible for the total organisation of training (and breakfasts), and ensuring that we had all races covered on the day. He deserves a special accolade. Many thanks, Peter. He was assisted as well by a great band of teachers whose interest and skills gave great impetus to the enthusiasm of the boys in their preparation. De La Salle can approach the 2014 ACC Division 1 Carnival with both momentum and confidence. We are back to where we belong!! Division 1 Champions is our next target and it all looks good. Congratulations to all our athletes, and especially our fantastic cheer squad, who got many runners over the line and into 1st place. School spirit was on display, loud and strong and clear!. Sincere gratitude and thanks to Peter Harte, Damien O’Shea, and all the staff at De La Salle for their dedication to the team. It was a great day for De La Salle! Mr Tom Ryan