On 24 May, students ran the picturesque cross-country track around our school grounds. Years 7-10 saw all the entire Year level taking part, whilst Year 11-12s were given the option to volunteer to run. 

The day presented beautiful sunny conditions which made for a true cross-country event. Those who finished in the top 10 in Year 7-12 received 1 individual house point. 

Thank you to all staff and assistants who helped and supported across the day. Our spot prize draw for many prizes after medal presentations for each year level enabled students who crossed the line in the first 100 to be eligible for a prize. Hopefully this added to the fun and physical activity for all competitors.

Congratulations to all who completed the 3km course either running or walking.

Top 10 for each Year level were as follows:

Bianca Cheever, Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to those students who have achieved fantastic results in their sporting fields!

Australian Junior Track and Field Championships, Brisbane, April 2023

Karla Boras

• U/16 Triple Jump – 14^th

Tilly McBain

• U/14 200m – 12^th,  80m Hurdles – SILVER Medal, 400m – 4^th,  100m – 11^th

Erin Foley

• U/18 400m Hurdles – SILVER Medal

Jemima Hood

• U/14 400m – 14^th,  200m – 13^th, 80m Hurdles – GOLD Medal – national champion

Samantha Miles

• U/13 Discus – 4^th,  Shot Put – BRONZE medal, Javelin – SILVER medal

Isla Bradshaw

• U16 800m – 8^th

Chantel Glogolja

• U/20 Pole Vault – 9^th

Jemima and Tilly, 80m Hurdles

National Netball Championships, Darwin, April 2023

Mia Aitken

Team Vic was up against WA in the bronze medal game. In a close game WA ended up taking the bronze medal 33-25, with Team Vic finishing 4^th.

State Equestrian Competition, April 2023

Overall Sacred Heart College Geelong came 28th out of 170 schools, a fantastic result.

Nellie Rogers: 271st overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students) 

• 120cm Jumping, 11th overall

Chloe Leen: 275th overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students)

• 100cm Jumping, 13th overall

Alana Docherty: 36th overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students) 

• 95cm Combined Training, 17th overall
• Novice Dressage, 13th overall
• 90cm Jumping, 26th overall
• Senior Working Hunter, 8th overall

Matilda Iles: 365th overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students)

• 95cm Combined Training, 4th overall *Reserve for the Victorian National Team*

Charlotte Iles: 100th overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students)

• Novice Dressage, 9th overall

• Senior Show Horse, 9th overall

Tessa Leen: 291st overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students)

• 80cm Jumping, 25th overall

• 90cm Jumping, 24th overall

Maci Dean: 305th overall out of 400 (all Secondary Students)

• 80cm Jumping, 18th overall

• 90cm Jumping, 29th overall

SHC Equestrian Team

Tennis

• Well done to Ava Wharton who competed at the Tennis State Championships at Royal South Yarra on the 29^th and 30th April.

Australian Swimming Age Championships, Gold Coast, April 2023

Congratulations to Evie Lee who competed in 9 Multi Class swimming events and made the finals for the following:

• 100m Breaststroke – 8^th (1^st in class)
• 100m Backstroke – 8^th (1^st in class)
• 200m Individual Medley – 5^th (2^nd in class)

Clay Shooting School Zone Championships, Lilydale, Thursday 4^th May

Well done to Sarah Joordens and Paige Firth who competed in the Clay Shooting School Zone Championship on Thursday 4^th May. Sarah finished 2^nd and Paige placed 4^th.

Sarah and Paige, Clay Shooting

VSAC Swimming Championship, MSAC, Monday 8^th May

Congratulations to Scarlet Gilmour and Evie Lee who both represented CGSAV at the recent Associations Swimming Championships. CGSAV finished 5^th overall, which is a great effort by the squad.

Scarlet Gilmour

• 12-13 years 4x50m Freestyle Relay – 5^th

Evie Lee

• Mixed 12-18 50 Butterfly MC. -2^nd
• Mixed 12-18 50 Freestyle MC – 3^rd
• Mixed 12-18 50 Backstroke MC – 3^rd
• Mixed 12-18 50 Breaststroke MC – 4^th

Field Hockey

Congratulations to Ivy Renouf who has made it into the Junior Country Championships Hockey Competition later in May. We wish Ivy all the best.

Karate

Congratulations to Georgia McInerney who competed in the "Ballarat Kyokushin Karate" one match tournament. This was Georgia’s first time fighting in “padded contact”. Georgia took out the 2 round fight to win 1st place. Well done!

AFLW

Jo Sunderland completed in the AFLW Draft Combine recently. We wish Jo all the best in the upcoming AFLW draft.

Swimming

Congratulations to Evie Lee who has been selected in the Swimming Victoria pathways Squad. Well done!

Lacrosse

Congratulations to Imogen Hall who represent Victoria in the U/15 National Lacrosse Championships in Ballarat over the September holidays. Teams from all over Australia and New Zealand competed in the event. Imogen’s team came 6th out of 20 teams which was a great effort. Imogen also received the MVP award for their game against the Flames. Well done!

Gaelic Football

Congratulations to Tess De Grandi and her Australasia team who competing in the recent GAA World Games over in Derry, Ireland. The Gaelic Football competition saw teams from all over the world compete in group stages first. The Australasia team won their group stage scoring 26-43 (121) and only conceding 0-2 (2). The team advanced to the quarter final against Galicia, Spain. The game ended in a draw, which lead to extra time, Australasia scored two points to take away the win. In the Semi-final Australasia played Charlotte, North Carolina. The game was even throughout the match, Charlotte took a one point lead winning the Semi 2-4 (10) to 1-6 (9). Charlotte went on to win the Grand Final. A fantastic effort by Tess and the Australasia team.

Basketball

Congratulations to Jade Chow (who has been selected in the Victorian Country basketball team for the Southern Cross Challenge to be held at the State Basketball Centre, Knox at the start of next year in January. Adelaide Buckby (Year 7 Padua) was also selected as an emergency for the team. We wish them both all the best for the competition early next year.

Swimming

Congratulations to Evie Lee who came 11th in the Women’s Open 200m Freestyle at the Australian Swimming Championships.

Equestrian

Congratulations to Charlotte Iles, Chloe Leen, Tessa Leen, and Alana Docherty who represented Victoria at the 2023 PCA Equestrian National Championships. In the Tetrathlon event was Tessa, Chloe, Alana and in the Dressage - Charlotte, Alana, Chloe and Tessa. Some of the students are currently in WA for the Victorian Pony Club Nationals. We wish them all the best.

AFL Football

On Thursday 28 September during the holidays, the Intermediate and Senior Football Herald Sun Shield teams were invited to attend the Geelong v Melbourne AFLW game. The Cats Community team let the students boundary side to watch the Geelong team warm-up and be apart of the guard of honour when the team ran out onto the field. Intermediate captain Tara Trethowan and Senior Vice Captain Mekah Morrissy were interviewed about the whole Herald Sun Shield experience before the game to the crowd and both spoke very well. Thank you to the students who came along to the game.

Cross Country

Congratulations to Maggie Clatworthy, Mac Allen and Lottie Grimes-Cook for competing in the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday 22 July at Bundoora. Maggie ran in the U/17 4km run and finished an impressive 26th. Mac and Lottie competed in the same event - U/14 3km race, finishing a respective 30th Lottie and 39th Mac. Well done to all three students on their efforts.

CGSAV Athletics

Samantha Miles, broke the Year 7 Javelin record.

Underwater Hockey

Congratulations to Sarah Joordens who competed at the National Underwater Hockey Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. Sarah’s team ended up taking away the GOLD medal. Well done, Sarah!

College Reception will close for the school year on Tuesday 19 December at 12.00pm and will reopen for the 2024 school year on Thursday 18 January at 8.00am.

We wish all in our College community a safe and relaxing holiday break.

We are very excited to announce the combined school production for next year will be The Addams Family. Please click here for more information The Addams Family Production. 

Please note the audition and back stage expressions of interest forms must be completed and returned by January 19 2024. Click here to access the online audition booking form: The Addams Family Audition Booking Form

During term 4 there was a 5 week house netball competition/tournament that was put on for all year 7 students to get involved and have fun! There were 8 teams in total 2 from each house colour - MSE, HS, KSW, JAN, NAD, DBO and KYB. All teams did an amazing job and it was good to see students getting out there and giving it a go.

The grand final was held Wednesday 15 November and was a thrilling match between KSW (Padua) and MSE (Clairvaux). The game ended in a draw! Two minutes of overtime was then added, which created even more suspense. The game ended with a 1 point difference, with KSW (Padua) coming away with the win!

On Thursday 20 July, three Sacred Heart College Netball teams made their way down to Kardinia Park to play against schools from across the region. The junior team coached by Abbey Turner finished 5th in a competitive pool, the intermediate team coached by Hannah Kennedy played in a tough pool finishing 1st and the senior team coached by Bianca Cheever also in a competitive pool finished a respectful 3rd. The Intermediate team will now go on to the State Competition later in the term.

All three teams should be proud of their efforts as the competition schools were of a high standard from around the region. A big thank you to our two fantastic umpires – Alicia McDonald and Isabel Toohey.

Junior Team: Maci Dean, Lily Franklin, Ella Martin-Alcaide, Ava Carson, Billi Mooney, Maggie Kennedy, Coco Hayes, Bella Leahy, Annabelle Verfurth.

Intermediate Team: Jade Tardio, Adele Mills, Remi Butcher, Piper Calnon, Lexie Miles, Remi Moore, Georgia Hannagan, Tae McGillivray, Mia Aitken, Ruby Wilson.

Senior Team: Cleo Lofts, Sienna Butcher, Olivia Smith, Beth Andrews, Lucy Sampson, Amali Hill, Tilly Kidd, Maggie Gleeson, Maya Hamilton, Lily Mills.

Congratulations to all the students who travelled up to MSAC on Monday 12 October to compete in the CGSAV Table Tennis against seven Catholic Girls schools from around Victoria. All schools were very competitive across the day. Our Senior team made it to the Grand Final winning in a close match. Isla Hanna-Phillps was presented with the MVP for the game. The Juniors team made the Semi-Finals in tight game. And the intermediates came a close 5 th just missing out on the Semi-Finals. Well done to all competitors. Thank you to Miss Swift and Miss Daisy Di Giandomenico for coaching the students on the day.

Juniors: Kaeli Oliver, Macey Dow, Layne Harvey, Scarlett, Zoe Van Dreumel, Tessa Leen, Phoenix Gilcrist, Kirra McEncroe.

Intermediates: Cassie Deng, Ruby Curran, Ruby Dokos, Zara Massey, Maggie Conway, Chiara Hooley, Sophia Carroll, Didi Zavitsanos.

Seniors: Sarah Joordens, Emily Bagge, Isla Hanna-Phillps, Scarlett Birrell, Ava Osborne, Amelia Shiell, Hannah Burke, Bree Sampson.

Our Year 7 students have written some evocative Mood Poetry.

Congratulations to Samantha Miles (Year 7 SIHC) who represented Victoria, and competed at the School Sport Australia Track and Field Championships in Tasmania over the weekend 23rd November to 27th November. Samantha competed in the Shot Put and Discus events. 

In the Shot Put Samantha finished second to take away the SILVER medal with a throw of 10.58m, and in the Discus event Samantha threw of 36.49 - a personal best - to take out the SILVER medal. Well done on your efforts, Samantha!

Congratulations to Mac Allen 8SIHC, Emmy Smith 8PAJBL, Violet Duncan 8LOKAJ and Rachael James 7LOGR on competing in the Vic All Schools Cross Country Relay at Jells Park on Saturday 20th May. Against tough competition from across Victoria the students completed a 3km relay race together. Overall they came 18th out of 30, which was a fantastic effort by them all.

Bianca Cheever, Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to the students who competed in the GISSA Intermediate AFL Championships on Tuesday 30 May at Herne Hill Reserve. The tournament consisted of the following schools competing for the championship; Sacred Heart College, Kardinia, Iona College, Clonard College, Christian College Geelong and St. Ignatius College. With six schools participating the competition was played in two “Pools” for the preliminary matches, and a finals match for each team to determine the winning school and final team placings in 2023.

Sacred Heart College competed against Iona and St. Ignatius in their preliminary games with consecutive wins and good sportsmanship to earn their spot in the Semi-Final against Kardinia College. After a win SHC took on Clonard College in the Grand Final. A tough game for both schools meant some very strong competition and determination from all players. 

Sacred Heart finished the day in 1st place, winning the Grand Final which means they will be going on to represent GISSA in the Herald Sun Shield Inter Girls Division 1 Competition next term.

Congratulations to the Year 9s and Year 10s who exhibited great team spirit and hard work across the day. Thank you to staff Richie McCann and Narelle Dickson for coaching.

SHC INTERMEDIATE TEAM:

On 14 June Sacred Heart entered a hockey team made up of students from year 7 to 12 and played in the senior division of the CGSAV Hockey at MSAC. It was great seeing the students in all year levels working together and having fun.

Sacred Heart took on Academy, St. Mary’s and Santa Maria in the Division 2 competition. In the first game SHC v St. Mary’s won 2-0. In the second game against Academy it was a draw 0-0. In round 3, saw Santa Maria beating SHC 1-0.

The Semi-Final was against Academy where SHC won 5-0. In the Grand final SHC was up against Santa Maria who beat SHC in the earlier game. In a tough fought match, SHC ended up taking out the final winning 1-0. Thank you to Miss Claire Breed for coaching the team.

Well done to everyone! 

Results:

1^st – Sacred Heart College, Geelong

2^nd – Santa Maria

3^rd – St. Mary’s

4^th – Academy

SHC Team: Scarlett Birrell, Isabella Bradbury, Sienna Clatworthy, Grace Milne, Georgia Pritchard, Charlotte Iles, Ivy Renouf, Amelia Shell, Indi Long, Lily Corp, Rachael James, Sienna van der Vlist, Amber Quick.

On Tuesday 16 May, students travelled up the road to MSAC to compete in the CGSAV Junior Basketball Tournament. All teams showed great skill, teamwork, encouragement and sportsmanship throughout the day.

The Junior A team finished 1^st in a close Grand Final. Anika Manton won MVP for the game. The Junior B team also went on to win the Grand Final by 4 points. Scarlett Farley was presented with player of the match in the Grand Final. Well done to both teams.

It was a great effort by all students, and they should be proud of themselves. Thank you to staff Deb Bohan and Monique Sendeckyj for their great coaching on the day!

Juniors A: Ella Caruana, Orlaith Daly, Macey Dow, Layne Harvey, Tessa Leen, Anika Manton, Kyah Moon, Gemma Sayers, Remi Sliwa, Sienna Van der Vlist

Juniors B: Indigo Birrell, Scarlett Farley, Emily Hodson, Jemima Hood, Amelia Jackson, Akur Lueth, Edwina McKenzie, Billi Mooney, Amelia Naylor, Georgia Naylor, Piper Sach

Bianca Cheever, Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to Mac Allen, Emmy Smith, Milla Borys and Rachael James on competing in the Vic All Schools Road Relay at Prince Park on Saturday 13th May. Against tough competition from across Victoria the students completed a 2.2km relay race together. Overall they came 31st out of 50, which was a fantastic effort by them all.

Bianca Cheever, Sports Coordinator

On Friday 16 May, 71 students travelled up to Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne to compete in the CGSAV Athletics. It was a perfect day for some running, throwing and jumping. 

Eight Catholic girls schools competed in the Division 1 competition. It was very competitive across the day in all the events. All our students gave fantastic efforts in their individual events and a big thank you to all the students who stepped up to fill in spots for different events. 

Our Juniors and Inters finished 1^st overall, with Seniors finishing 2^nd. Overall, it was close with Sacred Heart College, Geelong winning! It was a great effort by everyone. 

A big thank you to the staff who helped out throughout the day – Kelsey Marshman, Abbey Badrock, Lauren McGowan, Claire Brodie, and Daisy Di Giandomenico.

TEAM:

JUNIORS:

Jemima Hood, Lottie Grimsley-Cook, Stella Peters, Remy Sliwa, Lyola Hill, Alegria King, Ella Caruana, Zali Williams, Ruby Thompson, Kaeli Oliver, Samantha Miles, Mabel Allchin, Zoe Wilde, Ashleigh Johanson, Ava Neill, Adelaide Buckby, Sienna McGuiness, Evie Lee.

Mac Allen, Makeali Plunkett, Billi Mooney, Violet Duncan, Maisie Ryan, Vivian Bayles, Lily Franklin, Lucia Stephens, Imani Sagnol, Maeva Smith, Audrey Bryan, Coco Hayes, Grace Dawson, Tessa Leen, Annabelle Verfurth, Mia Caruana, Maia Grgic.

INTERMEDIATES:

Georgia Hannagan, Mia Rayson, Arabella Taylor, Sophie Nisbet, Evie Cosic, Isla Bradshaw, Indiana McDonald, Emma Sexton, Amelia Shell, Eleanor Walsh, Adele Mills, Amelie Power, Imogen Hall, Holly Britt.

Maggie Clatworthy, Lily Corp, Zara Darby, Sarah Conroy, Remi Moore, Millicent McCarthy, Charlotte Iles, Zoe Crook, Maddy McRae.

SENIORS:

Erin Foley, Mary Rolfe, Greta Jones, Beatrix Hearn, Charmaine Turner, Ava Leon.

Jo Sunderland, Sophie Mahar, Isabella Marshall, Hailee Caldow, Leila Owens, Chantel Glogolja.