Sports Academy Netball

Melbourne Mavericks Excursion

Last week, our Sports Academy netball athletes travelled to Melbourne for an exclusive training day at the home of the Melbourne Mavericks. The students were first given court side seats to watch the entire main training session and learnt how hard elite netballers train!

This was followed by completing a training session themselves and being coached by Nicole Richardson who is the current assistant coach of the Mavericks and Australian Diamonds.

A huge thank you to our Head of Netball Jacinta Todd for organising this amazing opportunity for our students.

Football

After winning the GMD Carnivals played in late May, NDCs Year 7 & 8 Football teams competed at the Hume Region Carnival held in Wangaratta on 25 June. Played in cold, wet & muddy conditions, all players did a great job representing the College against very strong opposition. The results were as follows:

Year 7:

Round 1 – NDC 3-3-21 def Yarrawonga SC 1-17

Final – Galen College Wangaratta 5-3-33 def NDC 2-3-16

Best players were Eli Ratcliffe, Walter Ewart, Harry Watson, Charlie Hudson, Tom Bicknell.

Year 8:

Round 1 – NDC 12-8-92 def Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga 0-0-0

Final – Cathedral College Wangaratta 5-7-37 def NDC 4-5-29

Best players were Joseph Shay, Kobe Freer, Tristan Fallon, Abel Huggard, Jett Maksacheff.

Gymnastics

On Saturday, Notre Dame College students Summa Sidebottom, Hailey Gell, Sophie Pritchard, Rachael Jeffers and Jorja Sagoleo, represented Jets Gymnastics at the Jets Diamond Creek Invitational competition.

All girls performed strongly, showing off their beautiful routines.

Summa placed 1st on vault, bars and floor, 3rd on beam, then was crowned overall level 9 champion. Sophie placed 1st on floor and 6th overall in level 8. Rachael placed 4th on beam and vault, and 5th on bars. Jorja won beam, 3rd vault, 6th bars and floor, and placed 2nd overall. Hailey placed 5th on the vault. Rachael, Hailey and Jorja went on to place 2nd overall as a team in level 7.

Congratulations on your hard work and achievements girls.