Year 8 Cricket Camp 

At the end of November, the Year 8 cricket students embarked on the annual 4-day camp that took place in Narrogin. Belridge SC was joined by Butler College, Kent Street Senior High School and Narrogin Senior High School.

The camp is a terrific opportunity for students to develop their skills and challenge themselves in a competitive, game environment. Belridge students played Narrogin on the first day and defeated them by chasing down a solid total of 185 runs in 35 overs.

The second day we were matched up against Butler College and played at Narrogin Senior High School. The students again displayed great competiveness throughout the day and all had a fun day.

The final day was a T20 match against Kent Street with Belridge having a big win against our old rivals in the last game of camp.

Thank you to Scott Ogilvie and Janneke Markovic for helping out and providing support throughout the camp.

Brent Jarvis-Spinks
Health & Physical Education Teacher

Cricket Annual Awards 

On Friday the 11th of December we held our annual cricket presentation night.  This year, to go in hand with our ongoing successful reputation, a night of glitz and glamour was laid on for our deserving students and families and held at the Home of Cricket, the WACA!

What a fabulous night it turned out to be.  Students honoured the occasion by dressing smart and sporting their school tops with the venue providing the perfect backdrop to hold our 'new style' awards night. Over 250 parents and students attended the evening, along with guest speakers from our WACA representative Mrs Fiona Cummings (Participation and Diversity Manager) as well as Warriors and Fury Players Sam Fanning, Amy Edgar and Sheldyn Cooper. Our Principal, Mrs Sharon Lyon, opened the evening with a fantastic speech singing the praises of all, but in particular to the parents and our community. Raffle prizes were won and it wasn’t just award winners that walked away with something.

We look forward to continuing this new tradition and making it even better in 2021. 

Thank you to all involved for making it such a special eveming. 

Scott Ogilvie and Brent-Jarvis Spinks
Cricket Coordinators
Specialist Cricket Program 

Year 9 Netball Camp

On Monday 16 November the Year 9 Netball Academy girls embarked on the first Netball Academy Camp.  First stop was Ashdale Secondary College where we played two netball games. Both teams started strong with Team One winning by 18 points.  Sinead Harvey took multiple intercepts receiving MVP for the game. Team Two won by 3 points with Danica Rewell coming back from a long term injury to take out MVP.

We then headed to Volleyball WA for a volleyball clinic. The girls felt like they were in a sauna, as 22 degrees felt like 50 degrees to them on the hot sand as they battled it out for a win against each other.

We then travelled to Woodman Point Recreational Camp. We unpacked and settled into our dorms quickly. The girls did an amazing job cooking dinner of a BBQ and salad. The girls then reviewed their matches from the day and wrote in their camp diaries. We ended the night with a stroll through the campground and down to the beach to see the lights from Rottnest and the Fremantle port.

Tuesday morning, we woke to celebrate Danica’s birthday with a surprise visit from her family. The girls stayed on a high as we learnt to surf with Doug from ‘Gone Surfin’ down in Secret Harbour. Maya Scott and Kate Tobin were stand outs on the day, with Maya even surfing Raiin Lowenhoff at one point!

We headed to Rockingham foreshore and enjoyed our packed lunches that the girls made in the morning, before heading to Rockingham Montessori School where our girls taught them some Netball skills.  We ran a small clinic before mixing the teams up and playing some mixed netball.  Everyone was having so much fun that after the afternoon tea the school had kindly laid on, both schools got together and played basketball.

The girls cooked pasta with garlic bread for dinner this night, with Elli Van de Broeke and Jaz Poole being Head Chefs in the kitchen.  We celebrated Danica’s birthday with birthday cake and a very quick game of spotlight (the mozzies won).

On the final day, we packed our bags and lunches and headed to Woodman Point for the morning, before our final two netball games. The first game of the day was at Atwell College against the Netball Specialist girls.  Atwell came out strong being on top at the first quarter break.  The Belridge girls pulled it back and came home strong to win both games. Team One had some amazing defence with Myllie Semler, Sinead Harvey and Tyra Smith to end up winning by a convincing 15. Team Two’s defence also picked up their game with Maya Scott, Tisha Ansell and Danica Rewell dominating and allowing them to take the win by 1 point.

The final game of the day was against Harrisdale. Harrisdale had some serious size and both games were extremely close going into the final quarters. Team One were able to capitalise on some late turnovers with Raiin Lowenhoff and Elli Van de Broeke dominating in the attack to win by 2.  Team Two unfortunately went down by 3, as the fatigue from the camp had caught up with them!

Overall it was an amazing camp with many highlights that the girls will remember for years to come. The girls were a wonderful representation of the quality students and netballers we have at Belridge Secondary College. It was a privilege to take this group of girls away.

Janneke Markovic
Netball Coordinator

Netball - Belridge Cup 

This year’s annual Belridge Cup was held over the 10th December and 11th December. The Netball Academy students did an amazing job and battled through the sweltering heat over those two days. Despite the heat, we had some very close competitive games, with the first few games only being decided by one point. 7 blue came out strong and showed the older teams just how good they were with some convincing wins early on. At the end of the first day, 10 Blue were sitting on top of the leaderboard, and we had three teams (9 Blue, 11/12 Blue and 10 Red) in a tie for second place.

The second day started and again games were very close, with some great skills and sportsmanship being shown.

The grand final was a nail-biter, with 10 Blue and 11/12 Blue not able to be separated at the final whistle. This meant the game went into overtime with a team needing to be two goals up in order to win.

The 11/12 Blue team initially through some great defense turned over a few balls early but couldn’t convert from these due to the great defensive pressure being applied by 10 Blue. 10 Blue eventually broke away and scored two goals in a row to take out the Belridge Cup for the third year in a row.

At the conclusion each year of Belridge Cup a Most Valuable Player (MVP) and a Best Team Player (BTP) is awarded to each year group based on their performances over the two days and throughout the year within the Netball Academy.  Congratulations to the winners for 2020 who are listed below:

Belridge Cup Final Placings 2020

Janneke Markovic and Nicole Mann
Health and Physical Education Teachers

School Sport WA Year 10
3x3 Basketball Competition

3 on 3 basketball's inclusion in the 2021 Olympics has seen a huge surge in popularity this year. Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions, SSWA were only able to run one year group's competition in 2020. Two year 10 teams represented Belridge at the carnival held at Bendat State Basketball Centre on Wednesday the 18th of November. With teams limited to only 4 players, and both teams playing 7 games over the day, our students performed tremendously under very trying conditions against some very tough schools.

The boys performed really well against some tough competition, but fell just short in a few games. We won our first game by one point after Nathan sank a crucial free throw after the buzzer which got the boys up and about. Unfortunately we would then go on to lose 3 games by only one point against Kiara, Clarkson and Carine. Our run of bad luck continued against a dominant Swan Christian College who were the team to beat in our division. Finally we faced Dianella in our last game of the day. The boys saved the best performance for last as Conor started dishing dimes Lebron James would've been proud of, Charlie found his range and started sinking his jump shot and Kyle was rebounding like a young Dennis Rodman. Nathan proved to be the difference, however, as he took over the game with a dominant performance, driving and finishing at will. The boys ended the carnival with a win/loss record of 2 and 5, which could've easily been reversed had a bit of luck gone our way. Well done to the boys for performing fantastically on a pretty tough and tiring day.

Unlike the boys, our girls team were placed in the same division as Perth's basketball specialist schools. Initially I was worried the girls might be a little intimidated by this, but all worries were put to rest after our first game and a dominant win. Second came one of our biggest challenges, the basketball specialists John Septimus Roe. Seemingly unphased, the girls dominated both sides of the ball putting up a big score and keeping JSR to their lowest score of the day. Games against Applecross and Australian Islamic College highlighted just how dominant the girls were throughout the day. Niamh's passing was outstanding, finding open team mates at will. Paige's off-ball movement and mid-range shooting were very impressive while Arwen's cuts and lay ups were great to watch. Teagan's shooting and defence were dominant all day, and she was close to, if not the top scorer for the carnival. The girls had an obvious synergy having played so much netball together. Our only loss of the day was against basketball powerhouse Woodvale Secondary College. Finishing with an impressive record of 6 and 1, our girls took out 2nd place overall in the Girl's A Division. A huge achievement considering this format of the game was fairly new for all involved. Congratulations girls on a terrific performance.

Special mention to Dylan McLachlan and Alina Moore for organising and scoring for their teams on the day. It was very much appreciated on such short notice.

Mr Timu
Health & Physical Education Teacher

Boys Team: Nathan Jones, Kyle Pearce, Conor Stocker and Charlie Young
Girls Team: Arwen Deans, Niamh Gallagher, Paige Mortimer and Teagan Sawatzky