We are the Champions!

I would just like to recognise the amazing achievement of the Belridge Interschool Volleyball team that competed in the Volleyball WA High School Cup on Friday. The competition was open to all schools across WA, both public and private, and both our teams represented Belridge in an outstanding manner.

Our A Team competed in the A division and went undefeated all day, eventually prevailing in a nail-biting grand final against Trinity College. This is the second competition this team has won this year and amazingly they have not actually lost a game across either tournament.

Our B Team competed in the B division and almost followed the A team by going undefeated across the day, but unfortunately they lost narrowly in the grand final to John XXIII College, finishing runners-up. The B team has also had a phenomenal year only losing one game across two tournaments. Congratulations to the following students on their achievements:

Daniel Corry
Riley Bonolo
Jack Maraldo
Cooper Connolly
Ethan Cherry
Jaxon Poole
Dylan Stewart
Chris Roberts
Shawn Seeley
Taj McDonald
Ty Dahlstrom
Kyle Pearce
Rogan Fulton
Rian Hammond
Kade King

Brent Jarvis-Spinks
Health & Physical Education Teacher

A Team - 2021 A Division Champions

B Team - 2021 B Division Runners-up 

Year 7 Cricket Camp 2021

In week 3, our Year 7 cricket students set off for their annual cricket camp of indoor cricket, competing against schools in Western Australia.  We left early on a Wednesday morning and commenced games straight away at Bouncers Indoor Sports Centre in Joondalup. The competition involved three full days of competition, with finals and playoffs.

For some students, this was their first experience with a different format of cricket, which aimed to improve and enhance their cricket skills.  The first day ended with our two teams winning a couple of games, but improving every time we stepped on the court.  At the end of day one we headed off to our accommodation at Ern Halliday to settle in and get ready for our first team dinner. Little did the students know that we had a very special guest surprise for them to join us for laser tag and then dinner, which had been organised by Mrs Howat. We arrived at Laser Tag and then a few moments later our special guest, and Australian Cricketing star Jhye Richardson, walked in! To say the students were excited was an understatement! Jhye generously gave up his time and had lots of fun with our students, as well as answering many of their questions.

Both Teams had a great time and more importantly improved their cricket skills.  Unfortunately we couldn’t back up last year’s performance and come away with the trophy, but the students never gave up and did their best.

Scott Ogilvie
Cricket Coordinator 

Netball - WA Multicultural Carnival 

On the 27th August, four teams from the Netball Academy participated at the Netball WA Multicultural Carnival. The carnival promotes participation and engages players from a wide variety of ethnicities to foster their netball skills in a fun and encouraging environment. The Multicultural Carnival is a celebration of WA’s cultural diversity and requires five participants with one or more parents born overseas or to identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander on court at all times.

Belridge Blue made up of Year 9, 10 and 11 students and Belridge Yellow consisting of Year 7 and 8 students, were undefeated throughout the day! This resulted in them being awarded champions in their divisions. The carnival coincided with Wear-it-Purple Day which was celebrated back at school. The Netball Academy wore purple ribbons and had their faces painted to show their support and spread awareness of the cause.  All four teams played extremely well and had a great day out.

Janneke Markovic
Netball Coordinator 

Athletics Carnival 2021

The 2021 Inter-House Athletics Carnival was held on Friday the 3^rd September. With all the unrest around COVID the carnival was a great day for all students to relax, mingle and participate in a whole school carnival. The signs were there early that is was always going to be an awesome day, when the weather was absolutely beautiful with warm and still conditions.

The carnival ran smoothly and with minimal issues, which is testament to the many, many people who helped in the weeks leading up to the carnival organisation. Thank you to all people who were involved in any way, shape or form, in the organisation and running of the Athletics Carnival.

The students conducted themselves amazingly, and it was a great experience to witness so many keen and enthusiastic competitors trying their best and having fun. The participation numbers escalated this year with students getting involved in all events. The participation was so great that presentations needed to be completed the following Monday.

Well done to the medal recipients for all year groups.

Congratulations to Sharks, who were the winning house on the day with a total of 4551 points.  Runners up on 3553 points were Marlins and Manta Rays not to be forgotten in 3^rd finishing on 3001 points.

This year the Belridge Bolt winners, the fastest 100m runners across all ages for boys and girls, were:

Both races were close and exciting to watch. Congratulations to the winners and all who made the final.

Thank you to all staff and students who made the day memorable for all. THE INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS TEAM will be picked ready to represent Belridge SC at the Interschool Carnival to be held on Monday 28th October. 

Paul Bennett
Head of Learning Area
Health & Physical Education

New Design Faction Flags Unveiled

Congratulations to Helena Mazzurra (Year 12) on her designs for the new faction flags being selected.  The faction flags were on display for the first time at the Athletics Carnival and looked fantastic.  Helena has spent a huge amount of time and effort in creating these designs.  Well done!

SSWA Lower School Basketball Carnival 2021

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The first game of the day saw Lincoln Fieldhouse and Riley Sullivan dominate. The team got great bench contributions from Maan Dut and Patrick Oulton who nailed a 3 on the half time buzzer.  The team rotated its players in the second half as it came away with an easy win.

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Second game of the day was a similar story to the first. Exceptional  guard play from Camden Lambino and Tai Italiano set the tone defensively and sparked the Lions transition offence. Jett Reiss and Cooper Thompson benefiting on the break. Beau with some nifty passes to create for his team mates.

Another game that saw contributions from all as the bench got some well deserved minutes.

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The third game of the day was always going to be a challenge. Our first 4 minutes was not our best as Woodvale's press was a bit too organised for us to break and upset our free flowing transition.  In the second half, Beau Sharpe again dazzled with some great passing and Will Parker and Lukas Smith provided a great impact off the bench with a greater presence on the boards and some great rim running. In the end, the early set back was to much to overcome, and the team suffered its first loss of the day.

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A 5-point half time deficit was overcome in the first few minutes with some great attacking drives from Riley Sullivan and Lincoln Fieldhouse.  Riley showed some great leadership as he inspired the team to come out in the second half with more urgency.  Bryan McLean showed his skills at both ends sparking a 3-point lead. A Kinross banked 3-pointer under huge defensive pressure was the difference in this one. Patrick Sullivan had the chance to tie but his 3-pointer did everything but go in.

3-4 Playoffs

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A brilliant team effort to finish the day with a win. Contributions all round as the boys secured a 5th place finish in our league.  Big thanks to Patrick Bowyer as the team referee who did a great job.

Well done to all the boys. Their commitment to the early morning practice sessions clearly showed, and they displayed great team work, camaraderie and represented to College values to the highest level.

Mr Ben Ettridge
Health and Physical Education