The Belridge House Athletics Carnival, originally postponed due to poor weather, successfully took place on Thursday, 29 August 2024.  In the lead up to the big day, PE staff organised and managed various pre-carnival events during recess and lunch, which saw an excellent uptake from students.

The carnival itself ran smoothly, with strong numbers and a great atmosphere throughout the day. Students displayed exemplary behaviour, making it fun and enjoyable for staff and students. Several records were broken, and many personal bests achieved, this all resulting in many points being accumulated for each House.

This was evident in the prestigious BELRIDGE BOLT, with the best 8 girls and 8 boys separately competing against each other over 100m. Results as follows:

This is the third year in a row that Sophie Williams has won the Belridge Bolt - amazing result!

A big thank you to our Belridge community for supporting this event and to the PE staff, teaching staff, and Darren, our Gardener all for their continual support.

In the final standing, congratulations to MARLINS who claimed first place with 3891 points, second place to SHARKS with 3374 points, closely followed by MANTA RAYS with 3358 points.

Time was a factor, due to the high number of athletes competing, therefore at the end of the day students only found out about the overall House winner. On the day students accumulate individual points which tallies up for the title of Champion and Runner-up for each age group.

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Champion Boy and Champion Girl for each year group: 

Our Champion Boys and Girls will be presented with medallions in year assemblies.

House Champions for each year group will receive trophies.

Alas, Manta Rays did not win a year group this year, but across the board they performed admirably gaining points for their House, and with such a close finish. Manta Rays - your time will come...

Paul Bennett
HOLA Health & Physical Education

Photo credits - Ms Jodie Grieve (Media Teacher)