Senior School SPORT Handbook
ATHLETICS ANGLING
Teacher in charge: Mr Naidu
Terms: 2 and 3
Location:
South West District including fresh and salt water.
Training: Students will learn how to manage their equipment and prepare for trips including knowledge of tidal charts.
Other information: Please note there is a membership fee.
Fishing Trips are hosted on weekends once a month during these terms.
Captains: Jock Nicholls Pippa Williamson
Teacher in charge: Andrew Monk
Terms: 1 and 2
Training:
Starts week two of Term 1 and will be held during one lunch time a week, alternating between Tuesday and Thursdays depending on cross country trainings. Trainings days may be altered in the lead up to ICCES athletics in Term 2.
Training location: College oval
Glenelg Division: 21 March
ICCES: 15 May
Uniform required: Full sport uniform, running singlets will be provided on the day.
Other information: Please note that these trainings are compulsory for all those participating in GD and ICCES.
BASKETBALL
At College, regardless of skill or experience, students have the opportunity to participate and challenge themselves in basketball to achieve their best for that sport. We emphasise the importance of developing a lifelong commitment to a healthy lifestyle and the ability to work and play co-operatively.
Captains: Myles Haley Abby Lazzari
Staff in charge: Kira Ryan, Head of Basketball Terms: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Training: Sports Centre, time and day dependent on each team.
Competition: Local evening competition, time and day dependent on each team.
ICCES: (Term 2, week 10) Wed 25 and Fri 27 June
Uniform required: Basketball Uniforms can be purchased at the Uniform Shop. The Uniform shop will have a list of team numbers and can allocate a number if you need one. You will need to organise this before the first game. The Parents’ and Friends’ secondhand uniform shop has a small number of limited sizes available.
CLAY TARGET SHOOTING
Captain: Harry Brown
Teacher in charge: Heinrich Burmeister
Terms: 3 and 4
Training day(s)/local: Monday after school
Glenelg Division: Clay Target shooting competitions are set by the sports co-coordinator in conjunction with the Director of Sport and Principal. An Operoo will be sent to parents to confirm availability in advance.
Competitions include: 6 August (Glenelg Division)
28 August, Noorat
8 September, Hamilton
27 October, Warrnambool
Uniform required: College PE Uniform
CRICKET
Captains: Jack Wortley and Xaife Christie Hill
Teacher in charge: Miss Dixon
Terms: 1 and 4
Training day(s)/local: Tuesday and Thursday week before competitions
Glenelg Division: Year 7 and 8 Super 8s 16 October
Year 9 and 10 Super 8s 22 October
ICCES: Date TBC
Other competition: International Cricket Tour Expression of interest Try out selection date TBC
Senior XI exhibition match against Ballarat Grammar, Date TBC
Monivae exhibition match 23 February
Uniform required: College cricket top (supplied), cricket whites, cricket pads/bat etc. (own).
CROSS COUNTRY
Captains: Jock Nicholls Pippa Williamson
Teacher in charge: Andrew Monk
Term: 2
Training: Term 1 - Wednesday 6:30am from boarding house. Tuesday and Thursday around GD and ICCES competition dates.
Glenelg Division: 19 May
ICCES: 5 August
Uniform required: Full sport uniform, runners, College running top (given to you on the morning of competition)
Other information: Trainings are open for everyone!
EQUESTRIAN
Captain: Rosie Dunn
Teacher in charge: Diana Robertson
Terms: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Training days/local: Junior Horsemanship
Wednesday 3:30 – 5:30pm Senior Horsemanship Mon, Tues & Thurs 3:30 – 5:30pm
Competition: Victorian Interschool Equestrian State Championships 6 – 10 April, Boneo Park
Uniform required: School polo top or School shirt, tie, jumper, and College saddle blanket.
GOLF
Teacher in charge: Miss Dixon
Terms: 3
Training days/local: No specified training
Competition: 29 October
Uniform required: College PE uniform
HOCKEY
Captains: Jack Jarvis
Olivia Read
Teacher in charge: Miss Waldron (Senior Girls), Mr Hawthorne (Senior Boys), Mr Nelson (Junior Boys)
Uniforms:
Players can wear skort/College sport shorts.
Tops are either provided at training or are the College sport shirt that needs a number on the back. (Getting a number can be done at Accurate Clothing and they have a list of the team and the numbers so no one can double up). Players will be told about what top is required when team lists go out.
Socks are football socks; each team has a set sock which will be realised when the teams get announced.
If players are cold, they can wear layers underneath their team top but the number on the back must be visible.
Pre-season training: Fitness: once or twice a week Skills training: in the last three weeks of term 1, days TBC
Local comp: College Hockey Field and Pedrina Park Term 2 and Term 3
Games played on Saturday and Sunday. Women / Men may play on Friday evening TBC.
Trainings: College Hockey Field Time day allocation per team
ICCES comp date/local: (Term 2, week 10) Wed 25 and Fri 27 June
Out of school comps: Eagles’ nominations: TBC
Eagles’ tryouts: TBC
Eagles’ division: TBC
Umpires: Roster will be sent out at the start of the season, but if interested in participating email/teams Miss Waldron.
Extra information: Mouth guards and shin pads are to be worn to all trainings and games. If you can not make it to training, please inform your coach prior to the training day. All players should try and make it to every training and game.
If you are on the umpire roster you are required to go to the game unless you are unable, if that is the case you are to find a replacement or tell someone before the game.
FOOTBALL
Captains: Xarifa Christie-Hill Jock Nicholls
Teacher in charge: Miss Dixon
Terms: 2 and 3
Training: Trainings and tryouts for First XVII Football team will commence two weeks before the competition date.
All other levels will have one try out and training a week before.
Glenelg Division: Year 11-12 Boys’ football 5 May
Intermediate Boys’ football 21 May
Years 7 and 8 Boys’ football 11 June
Years 7-12 Girls’ Football 30 May
Uniform required: College jersey (provided) White football shorts and football boots, mouthguard.
NETBALL
College enters numerous teams into the Hamilton Netball Association which is open to all students in age groups Year 3-4, Year 5-6, Year 7-8, or Year 9-12, running in Term 4. (Please note, there is no competition Term 1).
Representative squads compete in the Netball Victoria School Championships held in Hamilton at Pedrina Park; one team from each age group (Year 7/8, Year 9/10, Year 11/12).
Tryouts are held for these teams and the selected teams compete for a chance to play the Netball Victoria Championships Finals Day in Melbourne.
Captains: Emma Donovan Isobel Griffiths
Teacher in charge: Mrs Jody Ogle
Terms: Hamilton Netball Association (HNA - Term 4
Victoria School Championships (VSC) - Late Term 3* *if qualified, Netball Victoria Finals Day (September/October) in Melbourne.
Training: One day per week.
Lunchtimes at the Sports Centre
ICCES comp date/local: (Term 2, week 10) Wed 25 and Fri 27 June
Uniform required: HNA - College sports uniform VSC - Netball dress supplied upon selection in the squad.
RACQUET SPORTS
TENNIS, SQUASH, BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS
Captain: Sophie Merrin
Teacher in charge: Mrs Williams
Terms: 1 and 4
Uniform required: Full College sports uniform for all racquet sport teams
TENNIS
Competition:
Tennis: Hamilton Lawn Tennis Courts - Men’s competition on Monday, Mixed competition on Wednesday and the Ladies competition on Thursday.
Training: TBC
Glenelg Division: 5 November
SQUASH
Competition: HILAC on Tuesday nights
Training: TBC
TABLE TENNIS
Training: TBC
Glenelg Division: 16 September
ICCES comp date/local: Date: (wk. 6) Tuesday 5 March, 12pm Venue: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)
BADMINTON
Training: TBC
Glenelg Division: 16 September
ICCES comp date/local: Date: (wk. 6) Tuesday 5 March, 12pm Venue: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)
ROWING
Captains: Hugo Dabernig Ben Walker
Teacher in charge: Gill Russell
Terms: 1 and 4 (season begins in term 4)
Training: Tues & Thurs 3:45PM- 5:30PM, Saturday 8:00AM- 10:30AM
Location: Lake Hamilton at the College Rowing shed
Regattas: Regatta calendar is set at the start of every season, an Operoo will be sent to parents to confirm availability to certain regattas across term 4 and Term 1 the following year.
Uniform: College uniform items - Zootie, sport shirts, rowing jumpers (if ordered), rowing hats, sport shorts, rugby jumpers and any extra school sport clothing.
SOCCER
Captain: Grace Dohle
Teacher in charge: Mr Guez
Terms: 2 and 3
Training /location: Wednesday afternoons from 4:15pm – 5:15pm at Myrniong (Junior School) oval
Competition date/location: Weekly Wednesday 6:00pm –7:00pm at Pedrina Park
Uniform required: College sports shorts, football boots preferred for grip (but runners accepted), shin pads, full length football socks, team shirt provided
SWIMMING HOUSE AFTERNOONS
House afternoons feature four times per year along with a number of lunchtime competitions.
All students are required to represent their house.
Students who participate fully with the program are eligible for house achievement and house colour awards.
Uniform: All students are required to wear a house top.
Sports include:
• Basketball
• Netball
• Football
• Touch Rubgy
• Soccer
• Kickball
• Handball
• Softball
• Cricket • Golf
Hockey • Clay Target Shooting
Captains: Olivia Rees Isaac Shaw
Teacher in charge: Mr Singh
Term: Term 1
Training day/location: Monday and Wednesday at the Hamilton Outdoor pool from 4:00-5:00pm. Students walk from school and are collected at the conclusion.
If the weather is 21 degrees or below, training will be moved to HILAC (captains to communicate this change). Thursday mornings at HILAC, 7:00-8:00am.
House: 13 February
Glenelg Division: 21 February
ICCES comp date/local: 4 March at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)
Other competitions: NA
Uniform: Navy bathers, College swimming cap, full College sport uniform, googles
Other information: Trainings are open to anyone not just swimmers competing on at other levels.
• Volleyball
• Rock climbing
• Table Tennis
• Squash
• Badminton
• Tennis
• Jumping (Equine)
• Public Speaking
• Debating
CODE OF BEHAVIOUR
We seek to provide a safe, fair and inclusive environment for everyone involved in our sporting program.
To achieve this, we require certain standards of behaviour by players/students, coaches, officials, administrators, parents/guardians (of child participants) and spectators in ALL sporting opportunities offered.
Our Codes of Behaviour are underpinned by OUR Cultural Framework and the following positive core values/ character traits:
• Commitment – service, communication, teamwork
• Passion – pride, enjoyment, determination
• Character – mindset, resilience, initiative
• Mastery – challenge, achievement, growth
• Legacy – sportsmanship, role modeling, memories
In constructing our Codes of Behaviour, we acknowledge the work of the Australian Sporting Commission. In general, we require the following from everyone involved:
• To act within the rules and spirit of our sports offered.
• To display respect and courtesy towards everyone involved in our sports offered and prevent discrimination and harassment.
• To prioritise the safety and well-being of children and young people involved in our sports offered.
• To encourage and support opportunities for participation in all aspects of our sports offered.
• To act within the rules and spirit of your sport.
• To promote fair play over winning at any cost.
• To encourage and support opportunities for people to learn appropriate behaviours and skills.
• To support opportunities for participation in all aspects of the sport.
• To treat each person as an individual.
• To show respect and courtesy to all involved with the sport.
• To respect the rights and worth of every person, regardless of their age, race, gender, ability,cultural background, sexuality or religion.
• To respect the decisions of officials, coaches and administrators.
• Wherever practical, to avoid unaccompanied and unobserved one-on-one activity (when in a supervisory capacity or where a power imbalance exists) with people under the age of 18.
• To display appropriate and responsible behaviour in all interactions.
• To display responsible behaviour in relation to alcohol and other drugs.
• To act with integrity and objectivity and accept responsibility for your decisions and actions.
• To ensure your decisions and actions contribute to a safe environment.
• To ensure your decisions and actions contribute to a harassment-free environment.
• Do not tolerate abusive, bullying or threatening behaviour. Specifically, it should be adhered to in the following ways:
ATHLETES/PLAYERS
• Give your best always.
• Participate for your own enjoyment and benefit.
• Play by the rules and show respect for all other players, coaches and officials.
• To respect the decisions of officials, coaches and administrators.
COACHES
• Place the safety and welfare of the athletes above all else.
• Help each person (athlete, official, etc.) to reach their potential. Respect the talent, developmental stage and goals of each person and encourage them with positive and constructive feedback.
• Obtain appropriate qualifications and keep up to date with the latest coaching practices and the principles of growth and development of young players.
• Ensure that any physical contact with another person is appropriate to the situation and necessary for the person’s skill development.
OFFICIALS
• Place the safety and welfare of the athletes above all else.
• Ensure all players are included and can participate, regardless of their race, gender, ability, cultural background, sexuality or religion.
• Be consistent, impartial and objective when making decisions.
• Address unsporting behaviour and promote respect for other players and officials.
ADMINISTRATORS
• Ensure quality supervision and instruction for players.
• Support coaches and officials to improve their skills and competencies.
• Act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the sport as a whole.
• Ensure that any information acquired or advantage gained from the position is not used improperly.
• Conduct club responsibilities with due care, competence and diligence.
PARENTS
• Encourage your child to participate, do their best and have fun.
• Focus on your child’s effort and performance, rather than winning or losing.
• Never ridicule or yell at a child for making a mistake or losing a competition.
• Help out the coach or officials at training and games, where possible.
• Model appropriate behaviour, including respect for other players and officials.
SPECTATORS
• Respect the effort and performances of players and officials.
• Reject the use of harassment, bullying or violence in any form, whether by other spectators,coaches, officials or athletes.
