SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT
The Sport program at Senior School encourages students to actively strive towards excellence in all sporting endeavours, to work as a team and enjoy the camaraderie of new and old friendships. St Hilda’s is also highly competitive in numerous sports as part of the Independent Girls’ Schools’ Sports Association (IGSSA) with a number of successful events in Semester One for the School. 36
TERM 1
Swimming (1st Overall) We are blessed to have a magnificent training facility and passionate, elite coaches and team culture in swimming. At St Hilda’s, our training philosophy has a sprint focus with our coaches delivering training sessions incorporating stroke technique, specific race skills and speed. Thanks to the Parents’ & Friends’ Association and SHSC, the girls were able to train with new starting race blocks which were donated to the School. This allows the girls to perfect their starts and begin the race in the best position possible. This was made evident at the 2022 IGSSA Swimming Carnival, where St Hilda’s was the winning school. It was a fantastic day of racing, with our swimmers giving their all in the pool. Past IGSSA Swimming Results: Winners: 2012-2018, 2021, 2022 (No carnival in 2020)
AFL (2nd Overall) The 2022 AFL season was the first time points were scored. We had 80 participants across Years 7-12 which demonstrates the value of its introduction to IGSSA Sport. Congratulations to the Senior A team who won the inaugural overall pennant. Overall, St Hilda’s placed 2nd for AFL which is a fantastic result!
