Sport
SNOWSPORTS SUCCESS Haileybury’s squad of 110 performed well at the Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships at Mt Buller. Of those, 24 competed in the Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships.
WINTER APS PREMIERSHIPS
Haileybury won three individual medals. Lucas Pisciotta (Year 9) secured Slopestyle Ski silver, Umbra Buntman-Bryant (Year 11) Slopestyle Ski bronze and Buzz McKenna (Year 9) Moguls bronze.
Haileybury Football and Soccer teams won APS Premierships after undefeated seasons. Our 1st XVIII Premiers and Champions beat Geelong Grammar School 23-13-151 to 4-4-28 in the last game.
We finished with two team medals – Year 9/10 Girls Alpine Giant Slalom and Year 5/6 Boys Snowboard Giant Slalom, which involved skiing between poles set a greater distance apart than in slalom.
Our undefeated Girls 1st XI Soccer team scored 83 goals in 12 matches and conceded just nine to win its second consecutive APS/AGSV Premiership, beating Carey Baptist Grammar School 3-1.
SQUASH FINALISTS
SOCCER STAR Melbourne City Academy Squad member Nicholas Theodosiou (Year 10) was part of the Melbourne City Under 16 Soccer team at the Suning Cup Youth Tournament in Nanjing, China.
After finishing undefeated in its Victorian Secondary Schools Squash Championships pool, our boys narrowly lost the final. Our captain and Number 1 player remained undefeated for the tournament. Team members Hayden Tan, Vincent Tran, Jae-In Lee and Alan Taing (all Year 12) showed outstanding skill and sportsmanship all year.
Carrie Van Rensburg (Year 12) won Beach Volleyball gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. Carrie and her playing partner Rebecca defeated New Zealand 21-13, dominating from start to finish. They ended the tournament unbeaten and didn’t drop a set.
Nicholas also made the ‘Joeys’ 23-man squad for the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under 16 Championship qualifiers in Mongolia. A top effort.
HOCKEY HEROICS
DANCE AND AEROBICS TITLES
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Haileybury’s 90 competitors won 10 medals at the TFT School Aerobics and Dance National Championships – three gold, two silver and five bronze. Several other teams and individuals finished in the top 10. All the hard work preparing for and throughout one of the toughest competitions in recent memory was well rewarded.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL DOMINANCE
Haileybury Boys Hockey Captain Nathan Ephraums (Year 12) made the Men’s Australian National Junior Hockey Squad and represented Australia at the 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia. At just 18, Nathan was among the youngest members and juggled playing with VCE studies.