Sport

After two years of a disrupted sports program, in 2022 we’ve seen a huge year of sport at Auburn High School. The year kicked off with a burst of colour and energy at the Swimming Carnival. Hollows House began the year fast in the race for the House Cup by taking out the Swimming Carnival.

Term 2 saw our first ever intraschool crosscountry where students competed in their year levels. Despite a postponement due to weather and the threat of rain, the cross-country was a great success that will become a permanent fixture on the AHS calendar.

The final whole school sporting event for the year was the Athletics Carnival. This was the first AHS Athletics Carnival for all of our students in Years 7 to 9. Another day of fun, colour and great participation and again Hollows House were crowned champions!!

At an interschool sport level, Auburn continued our tradition of being crowned Mullum Division champions in both swimming and cross-country. A number of students were also crowned age champions at Division swimming, crosscountry and athletics, with many more students reaching the Region level. An AHS record of eight students also qualified for the State Cross-Country championships. Also, a huge congratulations to Taj (Year 11) for qualifying for the State Athletics championships for the hurdles.

Our interschool sport teams continue to grow and grow. 2022 saw the most teams ever going out to compete at the Mullum Division, with many sports competing for the first time since 2019. The participation in interschool sport is continually growing – there are often multiple teams competing in each age group, and it is great to see students consistently representing our DARE values while at sport.

There have also been a number of amazing individual sporting achievements this year from AHS students, with a number of students being selected in State and other high-level representative teams in soccer and futsal, and even representing Australia at international competitions.

Ashley Lanfranchi Learning Area Leader