Sporting News
Scorching Success!
Belridge SC Specialist Cricket student Cooper Connolly just keeps ticking the boxes!
We are thrilled to announce that Cooper has being signed to the Perth Scorchers squad.
The Scorchers start their BBL11 campaign at Optus Stadium against Brisbane Heat this month - good luck Cooper!
Year 9 Netball Camp 2021
Student Report
On Wednesday the 17th of November the Year 9 Netball Academy girls set off on their trip to Woodman Point.
The first stop was at Ashdale Secondary College to play a netball game. Team 1 won by one point and Team 2 lost by one. We continued on to Volleyball WA, ate our home packed lunch and then completed a 2-hour volleyball lesson. We then arrived at Woodman Point Recreation Camp and settled into the Jervoise dorm. After unpacking we walked down to the beach and went for a swim to recover from our big day. On the first night one group cooked dinner (a BBQ) and the other group cleaned up - the next night we swapped roles. 0n Thursday it was a 6:30am wake up, Miss Markovic took some of the girls for a morning beach walk and the others made breakfast with Miss Howat. We then travelled to Secret Harbour to learn how to surf for 2 hours, it was so much fun. We then made our way to a park nearby (Rockingham Foreshore) to have lunch. At 1.30pm we went to Murdoch University in Rockingham to teach students from a Montessori school to play netball. That night we went back to the camp site and played some group games and had Tacos and Nachos for dinner. On the last day at our camp we woke up and cleaned up our dorms and packed all our bags into the bus. We then set off to Harrisdale High School and played a round robin competition against other netball schools (Atwell, Darling Range and Harrisdale). Team 1 made it to the grand final, but unfortunately the exhaustion from camp gave Harrisdale the upper hand who won the day. Overall, it was a good camp.
Kelly Lynch and Steph Spence
Year 9
Year 9/10 Boys Rugby League
Belridge entered its inaugural Rugby League Team in the NRLWA Rugby League carnival at Charles Riley Reserve in North Beach in Term 4. This was the culmination of years of hard work by our students as previous attempts to enter a team for interschool competitions were thwarted by lack of competition, facilities, and more recently COVID restrictions. When NRLWA announced their interschool competition for 2021, we began training a month in advance. The boys, a mix of Year 9 and 10s, showed great dedication and organisation by giving up their own time after school to train hard and prepare for some tough competition.
The day of the carnival came and there was a lot of excitement amongst the group at finally having the opportunity to compete against some quality competition from the northern regions of Perth. Our first game set the tone for the day as we stormed to a dominant win against Sports Specialists Darling Range 24-0. Our second game against Ellenbrook, who proved to be the team to beat on the day, was a close-fought loss against a team who looked more like a men's A-grade side than a team of Year 10s. Our third game against Joseph Banks saw us back on the winners sheet with another big win. Game 4 was against a talented Carine outfit that saw us pushed hard, but the skills of our boys were too good and we pulled off a narrow win. Our final group game saw us face Yanchep in a must-win game to advance to the grand final. The boys started the game with a bang by scoring from the first play of the game and they never looked back, storming into the grand final. Unfortunately we went down to Ellenbrook once again in a hard-fought and valiant grand final loss to the best team on the day.
I was super proud of the boys for their effort and sportsmanship throughout the carnival. The event organiser and referees commented on how impressed they were with Belridge's conduct, both on and off the field, and how although we weren't the most talented team, we were the best drilled and most organised team of the day. Each player tried their best and despite numerous injuries throughout the day, our boys were resilient and worked hard for each other when we were down to no substitutes after 6 tough games. I'm looking forward to entering many more teams in the coming years with the talent we have here at Belridge. Well done boys!
2021 Belridge Year 9/10 Rugby Squad
Jacy Ardly-Woodcock
First time player but never looked out of place and tackled his heart out.
Cruz Beazley
One of the deadliest steps on the planet, broke the lines and set-up countless tries.
Jack Bullard (Captain)
Our fearless leader. Inspired and motivated the boys and made huge hit-ups and tackles all day long.
Tristin du Toit
The Belridge battering ram, relentless in his hit-ups and tackling from start to finish.
Hudson Duncan
A solid performer with some highlight reel runs and a huge pressure try in our grand final qualifier.
Deyne Fuimaono
Made tacklers look silly with his explosive runs and one of the best steps you'll see from a forward.
Fraser Masterton
Assistant coach of the year, inspirational from the sidelines and ran water like a man possessed.
Declan Mensing
His field kicking was a highlight and set up numerous highlight-reel tries.
Lucas Moyle
Solid running and tackling all day and scored some important tries.
Will Orr
Another first-time player but played a pivotal support role when we were hit hard by injuries.
Riley Pearce
Fearless in his tackling, often taking down players twice his size and made some great runs.
Hudson Sanders
Our chief playmaker, just could not be tackled and broke the line consistently to score or set up countless tries.
Harm Slater
Ran hard all day, was deadly with the ball in his hands and made numerous try-saving tackles.
Charley Sullivan
Our prized winger, stopped the biggest player on the day one-on -one and was lightning down the sidelines.
Jarrad Timu
Health & Physical Education Teacher
