Sporting Success

Lachlan O’Connell Head of Sports

Any sporting event that our Shelford girls compete in is a true reflection of the schools’ values. While the girls fiercely compete for their school, houses and for their own individual excellence, camaraderie is never compromised. It’s been a busy time for our sporting teams with hard work, passion and commitment remaining consistently high through the first half of the year.

Senior School Sport: GSV Carnival Sports

Swimming & Diving

Over 50 students represented Shelford in the GSV Division 3 Swimming and Diving Championships in March. It was a very successful day for our talented team. Diving won the Division 3 trophy. Our Seniors placed 4th overall, Intermediates placed 1st and Juniors also placed 4th. The swimming competition was a very high standard this year, with lots of fast times being produced across all heats. Shelford students should be extremely proud of their individual efforts and support of their teammates. Many of the students attained personal best performances and displayed great commitment to the team.

Triathlon

Eight teams and two individual competitors travelled early to Altona Beach to compete in the GSV Triathlon. Francesca W finished 27th in her first Triathlon and Sienna S finished 12th. Our highest ranked Junior team of Amaya P and Ruby B finished 23rd overall, while our highest ranked intermediate team of Amelie S, Charlotte J and Steph D finished 45th. A solid result from our early rising competitors and a big thanks to the parents who got them to the starting line on time.

Cross Country

The GSV Cross Country Championships were held last Friday at Cruden Farm in Langwarrin. It is a huge event with girls’ schools competing fiercely in a tough series of races. Our Juniors (Years 7 and 8) finished in fifth position, our Intermediates (Years 9 & 10) also came fifth and our Seniors (Years 11 and 12) finished third. As a combined team Shelford finished 4th overall. Outside the team results we would like to highlight some outstanding individual results: Mylie F (Y7) 14th, Ruby B (Y8) 10th, Sienna S (Y10) 6th, Abi S (Y11) 11th and Molly R (Y12) came second. Well done to everyone on a great day with results to be proud of.

GSV Weekly Sports

It’s great to see over 85 students signing up to a GSV Term 1 Weekly Sport and 129 students signing up to a Term 2 Weekly Sport in 2023.

Well done to all of our Term 1 weekly sport teams. A special mention to our Junior B indoor cricket team, Intermediate A softball team and intermediate A Tennis team who all finished 5th on the ladder.

In Term 2, we began our Netball and AFL programs, netball is our largest and most popular weekly sport with 60% of Year 7 and 8 Students involved. Our Junior A and D Netball team’s finished 4th, our Junior C finished 3rd, only narrowly missing out on finals, while our Junior B’s finished 1st and are off to finals.

Shelford House Sport Carnivals

Swimming & Diving

The carnival year starts with a fiercely competitive Senior School House swimming and diving competition. This year the event was held at MSAC and was a phenomenal day of competition between houses, endless amounts of cheering and chanting and support from students, teachers and parents. This year Langley took the day. Year level champions were: Year 7 – Amaya P, Year 8 – Teannah P, Year 9 Annabelle W, Year 10 – Ruby L, Year 11 – Octavia T, Year 12 Jay L.

Cross Country

March saw the Cross Country carnival at Elsternwick Park for both Senior and Junior School Houses. Year level champs were Year 7 – Mylie F, Year 8 – Ruby B, Year 9 – Hanna L, Year 10 – Sienna S, Year 11 – Abi S, Year 12 – Molly R. Lloyd House took the win, with Langley second, Blundell third and Thomas fourth

Athletics

It was Langley house once again who won our Senior School House Athletics day held at Duncan Mackinnon athletics track. We had some great involvement from all senior students, not only on the track but also with their planning and preparation of the sausage sizzle and bake sale. Year Level champions were: Year 7 – Francesca W, Year 8 –Ruby B, Year 9 – Hannah L, Year 10 – Ruby L, Year 11 Alice J and Alex T, Year 12 – Saskia D-C.

Junior School: SYDSA Sport Swimming

Our Junior School Swim team competed at the SYDSA swimming carnival at MSAC. We finished fourth for combined points and 2nd overall for the school population trophy. We had some great individual results, most notably Abbey M (Y6) who finished 2nd in the 50m Butterfly and Backstroke events.

Cross Country

On Monday 8 May, we took our Junior School Cross Country team to compete at the SYDSA Cross Country carnival at Fawkner Park. Sarah W finished fifth overall in the 9/10 year old race and progressed through to the Beachside Division carnival. We also had Olivia B and Roma P finish 9th and 10th in the 12-year-old event.

At the Beachside Division Cross Country carnival, Sarah W finished 13th, narrowly missing out on a top 10 finish and progression through to regionals

Junior School: House Sport Cross Country

Congratulations to the Junior Students who competed in the Cross Country event at Elsternwick Park. Congratulations to the students on being awarded their age group champions: 9-year-old Sarah W, Zara M, 11 year-old Milla S and Roma P for 12/13 year old. Congratulations to Thomas House for winning the event.

Athletics

The Junior School House Athletics took place on a rainy Wednesday but the girls had lots of fun while competing for their Houses. Congratulations to Anna D (9 Y/O), Oriana K-K (10 Y/O), Lily D (11 Y/O) and Olivia B (12 Y/O). And big congratulations to our overall house winner Blundell.