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PLC Sport
OCA Community Sports Kellet Cup The 89th Kellet Cup Tuesday 16 March 2021 4.00–5.45pm
Tennis
Race to the Castles When the PLC Houses were named after six Scottish castles so many years ago, it signified our heritage and reminded us of our roots in Scotland. At that time, nobody would have envisaged the opportunity that this would provide in 2020. Looking back even just ten years, coordinating the PLC Race to the Castles would have been a totally different experience. Through technology and the ability to track exercise on many devices, complete online forms, communicate with participants all over Melbourne, Victoria and the world, it was possible this year to hold an event that brought PLC families, students and the community together with a common goal. Throughout Term 3, participants, including students, staff and Old Collegians, tracked and logged kilometres travelled using a variety of exercise forms in the quest to help their House be the first to travel just over 20,000km to their castle in Scotland. They visited many of the PLC Boarder’s home towns and cities along the route and enjoyed a ‘free flight’ between Beijing and Edinburgh. During lockdown, a time when exercise, community and feeling connected was so important, the PLC Race to the Castles provided an incentive for the PLC community to reach these goals. The results were tallied and Atholl were the eventual winners. Congratulations Atholl!
Student Experiences: “The 2020 Race to the Castles event was an engaging and exciting way to get everyone exercising and moving. Friendly competition between the houses made this experience all the more enjoyable and it will be something I won’t forget!” “I really enjoyed the Race to the Castles as it added a sense of excitement during lockdown and made me want to do more exercise. It also brought my family together. It was such a great idea.”
Regrettably, like many events for PLC in 2020, we were not able to play the Old Collegians’ tennis team against the School GSV Team for the Kellet Cup. With the ambition to play during Term 4 further eluding us, the school GSV Tennis Team looks forward to reuniting to challenge the Old Collegians on Tuesday 16 March 2021 on the school courts. This annual event has been run since 1932, and apart from four years where ‘no play’ was recorded, we have been meeting as a much loved tradition of the school sporting history. Doubles matches are played in a nine game set and it is a great chance to reconnect with your tennis partner from your school days and take on the current students. We have 11 courts to use so if this is your first time considering playing we welcome you all. We end the afternoon’s competition with refreshments and the presentation of the Cup to the winning team and celebrating the 89th year of this competition. Please join us by confirming your place in the team to epayne@plc.vic.edu.au (Sports Department) or jandimmick@icloud.com (Old Collegians Captain) by Friday 13 February 2021.
