Sports News

Sport Report – Week 6, Term 2, 2024

210 students have signed up to represent the college in Term 2 BAS Sport. This is an outstanding and significant number, it gives me great pleasure to have the task of organising all the behind the scenes tasks that need completing prior to and during the term to ensure all students have success. The benefits from playing after school sport include, but are not limited to; enjoyment, fitness, increased game sense, a greater connection to our college, meeting new friends and learning from our experienced and enthusiastic staff about your chosen sport. A big thank you must go to the 15 staff who will coaching, supervising and umpiring throughout the term, for without their contribution after school sport would not be viable.

Damascus Lap of The Lake

On Thursday, April 18 the Damascus community made its way to Lake Wendouree to participate in the annual Lap of The Lake. On a cool but great day for running the Year 7 and 8’s started proceedings by starting from near the Forrest Street roundabout to run 4km. The Year 9-12 students completed a full lap (6km), with the start and finish line at Loreto. It was wonderful to see a large number of staff modelling a healthy lifestyle by running or walking the lake with our students. This demonstrates that regular daily exercise is achievable and is an important lifetime habit to establish. Results were as follows:

Year Level Winners

National Track & Field Championships – Adelaide, April 2024

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the National Track and Field Championships in April, plenty of people from the wider Damascus community have been following your progress.

• Oaklee Burge – 800m
• Lucy Jones – 800m & 1500m
• Archie Grant – 800m & 1500m
• Armani Anderson – 100m
• Lucy Bennett – Hammer Throw

Term 2 BAS Sport

See below for a summary of what sports are available in Term 2. The majority of sports commenced in week two.

BAS Athletics

On Wednesday, May 1 the annual BAS Athletics Carnival, was held at Llanberris Reserve. We had 135 students represent the college across all track and field events. In a change of format, discus and javelin was re-introduced, whist the Hurdles had been taken out of the program. Thank you to the staff who gave up their time to officiate and support on the day – Dan Jans, Georgia Shillito, Katelyn Clark, Kirsten Phyland, Allan Lepair, Rachel Beardall, Pat Dillon, Wayne Forster and Paul Blanchfield. It was also wonderful to see parents drop in and support their son or daughter.

Broken records

Congratulations to Lucy Jones, who broke two BAS records on the day. An outstanding effort.

800m (15 & under) 2:20.33

1500m (15 & under) 4:50.50

Lucy also won the 400m.

Other winners

Year 7

Lucy Bennett – Shotput, Div A

Benji Allan – High Jump, Div A

James Langhorne – High Jump, Div B

Year 8

Mason Sutton – 800m, Div B

Adrian O’Loughlin – Triple Jump, Div A

Anna Oberholzer – 400m, Div A

Year 9

Oscar Henderson – Shotput, Div A

Thomas Hodge – Shotput, Div B

Dilana Romeril, Shotput, Div B

Kaitlin Orchard – High Jump, Div A

Finn Hoare – 400m, Div B

Year 10

Lucy Jones – 400m, 800m, 1500m Div A

Oaklee Burge – 400m, 800m Div A

Ethan Kuchel – Discus, Div A

Declan Newman – Discus, Div B

Year 11

Armani Anderson – 100m, Div A

Kylan Jans – 800m Walk

Girls 4 x 100m Relay - Shona Wills, Layla Muir, Madi Dixon, Armani Anderson

Year 12

Amelia Williams – Shotput, Div A

Victorian School Associations Competition – Swimming Championships

On Monday May 6, Gemma Daly and Charley Ward represented BAS at the VSAC Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC). This is as a result of their strong results from the BAS Swimming Carnival, on March 20. This is an outstanding achievement. Mason Firth and Luke Gallagher were emergencies on the day.

Term 2 Key Dates

Damascus Sport Uniform

Students need to ensure they are in the correct uniform to participate. Students should check with their coach as to what is required and bring your own drink bottle.

I wish all students and coaches the best for Term 2 Sport. Always play the game in the right spirit, wear the correct uniform, respect the umpires, staff in charge and the facilities. You all have an opportunity to add to your school experience by being the best you can be, both in and out of the classroom.

Please do not hesitate to contact myself (g.webb@damascus.vic.edu.au) or Sport and PE Administrator, Patty Dillon (p.dillon@damascus.vic.edu.au) at the College with any questions.

Regards,

Gavin Webb

Sports Co-ordinator