Cycling, Golf & Badminton Article & Photos ___________Page

It’s been another big year for our SJC cyclists, with boys competing in the Victorian Schools Cycling Championships western zone and state finals in both road and mountain bike disciplines. The first event for the year was on Sunday 20 August, where 16 St Joseph’s boys joined 250 other students from all over Victoria at the You Yangs for the mountain bike Western Zone Final. We again had the most riders of any of the competing schools, with all boys riding the challenging course very well, demonstrating skill and determination as they fought for position in the large fields. Stand out rides on the day came from Cooper Jessen of Year 10 who fought hard in the lead pack to finish in 4th in the U/17 Racing category, Jack Grant and Lachlan Grist taking out 11th and 12th in a large field of U/15 novice riders and Issac Dow and Michael Leach coming in 5th and 6th respectively in the U/17 novice category race. It was an excellent effort by these boys and all who competed on the day. Next was the Western Zone Road Final, held on 13 September on the closed roads around Victoria Park in Ballarat. 16 boys made the trip to race across all age levels, with St Joseph’s again having the highest numbers of any of the competing schools on this day. All boys rode well in the challenging conditions, pushing hard in their races to represent the school well. Special mention goes to the following boys who placed themselves at the pointy end of the field in their respective races: U/15 male: Jack Doyle 2nd, Tom Burchell 3rd, Oscar McDonald 4th. U/17 male: Cooper Jessen 1st, Will Arblaster 3rd, Jake Stephens 5th. U/19 male: Jake McCorkell 1st Well done and congratulations to all boys who took part in these events! We look forward to an even bigger and more successful year in cycling in 2018!

- Mark Rayson, Outdoor Education Coordinator

Cycling

Back Row: Cooper Jessen, Jack Atchison, William Arblaster, Jake McCorkell, Michael Leach, Isaac Dow Middle Row: Jack Grant, William Magher, Thomas Burchell, Jake Stephens Front Row: Samuel Condie, Jack Doyle, Jaxon Mohr, Lachlan Grist, Kalani Donaghy, Lochlann Dess Absent: Daniel Warfe Staff: Mark Rayson

ACC Golf

Back Row: Jamie Reilly, Rory Monteith, Max Fitzgerald, Ryan Birthisel Front Row: Toby Cunningham, Will Batson, Ben Henkel, Kallum Sheridan, Callum Stow Absent: Tawana Mahlamvana, Tom Thiele Staff: Michael Wilding, Bryson Milverton (absent)

Badminton

Back Row: Luke McNamara, Brandon Trinh, Oscar Morrison, Alexander Chen, William Magher, Eric O’Malley Front Row: Jayden Trajcevski, Joel Soraghan, Khan Tran, Oscar Anderson, Nicholas Naumovski, Thomas Corray, Jai Iacovella Absent: Andrew Mitchell Staff: Michelle Anderson