Sports Shorts
College and Grammar’s male swimmers combined to represent Geelong on Tuesday 15 March, finishing 10th. Meanwhile, our male divers – many of whom competed above their age groups – finished eighth above Geelong Grammar, Carey and Wesley. APS Representatives
Cricket The senior cricketers started the year by retaining the Oughton/Phillips Shield in a Trans-Tasman quadrangular in Adelaide. The College won all of its 50-over and T20 matches, including a win against Wellington’s Scots College which featured a century from Captain Gus Boyd and a fivewicket haul by spinner Grant Philpott. The 1st XI enjoyed a few wins this year, most notably against Brighton Grammar in March. Chasing 298, the College batsmen passed the target with fewer than six overs left in the match. In doing so, Gus Boyd (142) and Charlie Sprague set a new College record with a 167-run sixth-wicket partnership. The previous best was 149 v Wesley by RN Campbell and W Macpherson in 1917. At season’s end, Year 8’s Charlie Hurst was named the Lindsay Hassett Cricket Club Medallist. The 8A Captain is inclusive of all teammates and shows leadership and work ethic. The other nominees were Zac Norton, Tim Lazzaro, Ollie Murphy, George Johnston and Jasper Bingham.
From left, Dr Peter Miller, Laura Cayzer, James Norton, Amelia Patrick, Kaitlyn Ward and Gus Boyd at the Summer Sport Dinner.
Gus Boyd (Year 12) and Kaitlyn Ward (Year 11) represented Associated Public Schools of Victoria against Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria at St Kevin’s College in March. Kaitlyn represented APS in badminton, helping them to a comprehensive win over AGSV. In the cricket game, Gus made 46 runs as APS won by 88 runs. Year 12 students Laura Cayzer (tennis) and Amelia Patrick (badminton), and Year 11 student James Norton (tennis) were also nominated to represent APS. Rowing The College had an outstanding day at the Head of the River Regatta at Nagambie on Saturday 19 March. In blustery conditions, five crews won their divisions (Girls’ 2nd VIII, Year 10 Girls’ Division 2, 3 and 5, and the Year 9 Girls’ Division 4), seven crews won silver and six crews won bronze. Our Girls’ 1st VIII had an excellent final 400m to claim bronze from a wind-affected lane 5, while our Boys’ 2nd VIII came third in their final. Our Boys’ 1st VIII was very impressive all day, coming fourth in the A Final.
Five of the six Lindsay Hassett Cricket Club Medallist nominees, from left, Tim Lazzaro, Jasper Bingham, Charlie Hurst, Ollie Murphy and George Johnston.
Swimming and Diving Swimmers and divers enthusiastically represented the College at the APS girls’ and boys’ finals in Melbourne. Our girls’ teams, who competed on Wednesday 16 March, finished above cross-town rivals Geelong Grammar in both swimming and diving. The swimmers came fifth, while the divers were fourth behind equal winners Caulfield, Wesley and Carey.
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At the end of the season, some senior 1st and 2nd VIII rowers took up Rowing Victoria’s challenge of the Pathways Eight program. From the 10 College students across both genders who did the dreaded 2km ergo test, four boys (Will Morrison, Flynn Vernon, Angus Longden and James Gorell) were selected to trial in Melbourne with 12 other rowers from both state and private schools throughout Victoria. Angus and James were selected into the Victorian Pathways Coxed VIII boat to race in Sydney at the interstate selection regatta for the Australian Junior Rowing Team. Their crew achieved an incredibly fast time of 5:51.3 for the 2km course. This unfortunately was 0.4% outside the prognostic requirements for Australian selection but a great experience nonetheless.