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The Accelerated Sport Program has been running extremely well this year with a revamped Swimming program, some new Athletics Coaches, a lot of hard work, solid training sessions and determination which has all paid off with fantastic results! 2009 SUCCESS so far! This year the accelerated netball and basketball players have been competed in a range of different competitions in addition to interschool sport events.
Waverley International Netball Championships
A group of girls gave up the first week of their holidays to compete in the Waverley International Schools Championships! The tournament consisted of several teams from Interstate Schools, Private Schools and also a National team from Sri Lanka.
It was an intense week full of high class competition and fantastic team spirit.
The Senior Team went through the entire competition undefeated to win the Grand Final defeating Monivae College 22 – 14.
The year 8 Team was also undefeated winning their Grand Final against Ringwood Secondary College by 11 goals.
The year 7 Team showed a huge amount of enthusiasm and improvement throughout the week, winning two games during the tournament.
Click here to view detailed results.
Netball Victoria Championships
Year 7&8 Team – Williamstown High School continued their winning streak at the Year 7 & 8 competition. The girls played 6 matches throughout the day, winning every game. This has put the girls in an excellent position going into the finals. Year 9&10 Team – The Year 9 & 10 girls had an exhausting day, playing 10 matches. The girls fought hard all day only losing 1 game. All of the girls are extremely hungry for success in the finals. Year 11&12 Team - The Year 11&12 team did a terrific job playing with a team made up of Year 9’s – 12’s. The girls played 8 games only losing one match and drawing one. It was a fantastic effort by all. Year 9&10 Boys Team – A group of boys have created a team that that will be competing at the Netball Victoria Championship Finals on the 31st of August. The boys have attended training sessions with the Year 9&10 Girls and have learnt a lot, and have the potential to succeed as a team.
Our coach, Marg Lind has done an exceptional job coaching all of the netball teams. She makes sure that the teams train hard and that they give of themselves the best chance of success in competition. Marg puts in a huge amount of time and effort and the results have shown that all her hard work has paid off.
Cross Country
All students ran extremely well in the Interschool Cross Country Competition on the May 28th.
The following Accelerated Sport students completed 3.4km finishing in medal winning positions. Morgan Mitchell won the 14-15 year old category, in a time of 14.20. Sasha Hall came 2nd in the 12-13 year old category, in a time of 15.26. Desay Weaven Cahill came 3rd in the 12-13 year old category, in a time of 13.03. Giacomo Thomas (5th), Nathan Pearce (6th) Sam McCall (8th) and Lachlan Thomas (11th) also put in a fantastic effort finishing in the top third of their respective age groups.
Victorian College Basketball Championships
Year 7&8 Teams – The Year 7 and 8 junior girls teams both made it through to the Victorian College Basketball Championship Grand Final Day, after playing against each other in the final of the first round. They were up against some tough competition, congratulations to the girls for making it to the finals. Thanks to Lloyd Klaman, Wendy Munro and Adam Potter for coaching and managing the teams.
Year 9&10 Team – The Year 9 and 10 intermediate team played at the Victorian College Basketball Championship Grand Final Day on Monday 10th August. The girls played with a slightly depleted team coming runners up to Rowville Secondary College. A big thankyou to Lloyd Klaman for coaching the girls, and Emily Post of Year 8 who stood up to play with the older girls.
Swimming
Athletics
Our four athletics coaches have brought expertise and enthusiasm to the training sessions which have benefited all students.
All Schools Knockout Competition The accelerated athletics students have been training hard for the Schools Knockout Competition which was held at Aberfeldie Athletics Track on Monday 24th August. Two junior teams of 9 boys and 9 girls have been selected to represent WHS. They were competing against 6 other schools including Melbourne High School, Maribyrnong College and Ivanhoe Girls Grammar.
There were some fantastic individual efforts on the day including:- Carli Rickman 7LH won the 200m hurdles and high jump, Askani Pirihi 8AG won the triple jump, Morgan Mitchell 9NA won the 200m hurdles and 400m and Erana Parker 9WR won the discus.
The Junior Girls Team finished second out of 9 schools by only 7.5 points which was an excellent effort.
1) THE PENINSULA SCHOOL 100.50 2) WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL 93 3) IVANHOE GIRLS GRAMMAR TEAM 77 4) ST MONICA'S COLLEGE 63.50 5) MARIBYRNONG COLLEGE 49.50 6) IVANHOE GIRLS GRAMMAR TEA 41 7) IVANHOE GIRLS GRAMMAR TEAM 40.50 8) BUCKLEY PARK COLLEGE 39 9) COPPERFIELD COLLEGE 21
The Junior Boys Team placed fourth out of 7 schools. They were up against some tough competition.
1) THE PENINSULA SCHOOL 105 2) MELBOURNE HIGH TEAM 1 84 3) ST MONICA'S COLLEGE 83 4) WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL 76 5) COPPERFIELD COLLEGE 66 6) MARIBYRNONG COLLEGE 49 7) BUCKLEY PARK COLLEGE 37
For full results, please click here
Individual efforts!
Eliza Wright 7ME, was selected for the State Netball Team.
Morgan Mitchell 8MA, was selected for the Victorian Catholic Netball Team
Brent James 8RB, was selected as the youngest member of the Australian Softball Squad who competed in the under 19 International Friendship Series at the end of last month.
Maggie Lind 9KW, was selected for the VSSSA State Netball Team, U/17 School Sports Australia Netball Team and U/19 Allstars Netball Team. Maggie was also awarded the Most Valuable Player for Hume City Falcons.
Vanessa Augustini 10EV, was selected for the VSSSA State Netball Team, U/17 School Sports Australia Netball Team, U/19 Allstars Netball Team, U/16 East Coast Challenge and the U/16 State Basketball Team.
Olivia Mitchell 10RO, was selected for the U/17 Australian Netball Team
Other news…
The ten-day timetable has been a success so far ensuring that students are not missing the same class every consecutive week.
Prospective Year 7 students have shown some fantastic talent in the areas of swimming and athletics.
The location of the swimming sessions has been moved to Vic Uni Pool with swimmers thoroughly enjoying the new location. Lloyd Klaman joined the basketball coaching staff earlier this year assisting the intermediate girls in getting some great results.
Ingrid Howren
Accelerated Sport Coordinator
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The accelerated swimming program is now being coached by Mat Tippett, a professional Ironman and Triathlete. Mat is an ex Australian Swimming Squad member who has been coaching swimming for 15 years. Mat has introduced the use of technology into the swimmers’ training sessions. They have been filmed on the pool deck, as well as underwater. This has allowed coach Mat Tippet to individually break down their stroke frame by frame pointing out stroke corrections. The students are really loving the methodical approach to swimming as it is constantly giving them new things to think about. 
The students also have had the opportunity to undergo a musculoskeletal screening from Sports Physiotherapts, Justin McEvoy. Their results are examined, followed by some exercise suggestions to target certain muscle groups which will then improve their technique and speed in the pool.
