Balaklava High School eNewsletter

SPORTS NEWS

School Sport SA Track and Field Championship

On Monday of Week 11 last term our combined Lower North Athletics Team travelled to Athletics SA Stadium to compete in the School Sport SA Track and Field Championships. After winning D Grade Division 1 last year we were put up into C Grade Division 2 for the first time and competed against Cedar, Woodcroft, Clare, Cleve, Eastern Fleurieu and Tatachilla. This year the Lower North Team was made up of 30 students from our school and 16 students from Burra Community School. With lots of last minute changes to the team because of sickness, injury and COVID, our students performed exceptionally well with many placing in their events. Results from the day saw us finish 3^rd in the Boys, 5^th in the Girls and 4^th Overall. See below for the placings of our students.

Name	Results
Karl Arevalo	1^st Discus
Kashaya Carpenter	2^nd 400m
Jake Dean	1^st 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump
Abbey Fagan	1^st Triple Jump, 2^nd High Jump, Javelin
Payton Gurr	2^nd Long Jump
Riley Hannaford	2^nd Shot Put
Seb Hughes	3^rd Triple Jump
Jesse Humphrys	2^nd High Jump, 3^rd Triple Jump
Cooper Jagiello	2^nd Javelin
Codie Jenkins	2^nd 800m, 100m Hurdles
Dylan Martin	2^nd 100m, 200m
Brooke McArdle	2^nd Discus, 3^rd Long Jump
Will McArdle	1^st High Jump
Janna Mojares	2^nd Triple Jump, 3^rd Javelin
Michael Myers	2^nd Shot Put
Lucy Pym	3^rd Shot Put, Discus
Jorja Schutt	1^st Shot Put
Matilda Williamson	3^rd 400m
Flynn Young	1^st 100m, 400m

School Sport SA Individual Golf Championships

Congratulations to Corbin Branson and Angus Lemon who competed in the School Sport SA Individual Golf Championships on Monday May 9^th at The Vines Golf Club of Reynella. A great experience for both boys playing against some of the best golfers from schools across the state.

School Sport SA Individual Swimming Championships

Nominations close on Friday the 13^th of May for the School Sport SA Individual Swimming Championships to be held on Friday the 27^th May at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre, Marion. Students are able to nominate themselves to compete against other students from schools across the state in 50m stroke events and 100m Freestlye. For more information please contact Alison Schahinger.

Lower North Zone Cross Country Championship

The Lower North Zone Cross Country Championship will be held at Burra Oval on Monday the 23^rd May. If your child wishes to compete, please contact Alison Schahinger for more details and a nomination form.

Touch Footy

On Wednesday 4^th of May a number of our students competed in the Year 9/10 Boys & Girls Touch Football School Sport SA Statewide Competition. Our superstar girls team showed some excellent improvement as the day progressed and managed to finish with 2 wins out of 4 games. The team took it right up to some of the more prominent Touch Football schools but ultimately lacked experience. A notable highlight was Maylea Carpenter's intercept catch and 50m run for a try! Well done, girls!

The boys team didn’t manage to snag a win but with not one spare player to swap on/off with all day, they battled it out like champions and improved immensely after 5 games. Their resilience, positive attitude and willingness to take on feedback and learn was very impressive. Pleasingly, the boys took it right up to some larger schools, including a narrow 2-1 defeat to Pembroke. A highlight of the day was Jack ‘Tuna’ Pike’s ‘rock, paper, scissors’ ability, his leadership was impressive with 4/5 ‘rock, paper, scissors’ duels won!

Mr Parsons and Mr Noack were very proud of the effort overall and know we’ll be bigger and better next year.