Badminton

After winning the GMD Badminton Carnivals held in May, NDCs Year 9/10 Girls and Year 11/12 Boys teams competed at the Hume Region Carnival in Shepparton on 22 June. The results were as follows:

Boys : Round 1 – NDC 4 matches def Grace College Wodonga 2; Round 2 – NDC 5 def Myrtleford SC 1; Round 3 – NDC 5 def Seymour College 1

Girls : Round 1 – Grace College Wodonga 3 matches/109 points def NDC 3/103; Round 2 – NDC 6 matches def Yarrawonga SC 0; Round 3 – NDC 5 def FCJ Benalla 1

The Boys finished 1^st and will now progress through to the SSV State Championships in Melbourne on 11 August. The Girls finished 2^nd.

Cross Country

After progressing through the GMD & Hume Region Cross Country events, 6 NDC students competed at the School Sport Victoria Cross Country Championships held at Yarra Glen on 24 July. Competing against the best 100 Cross Country runners in their Age Groups, their results were as:

• 13yo Boys – Brody McPherson 70^th Place
• 14yo Girls – Giaan Williamson 69^th Place
• 15yo Boys – Matthew Jaap 63^rd Place
• 16yo Boys – Cody O’Donnell 59^th Place
• 17-20yo Boys – Jack Gospel 3^rd Place
• 17-20yo Boys – Jayden Crossley 69^th Place

Congratulations to these students on their performances at all three Cross Country events held throughout the year.

Inter House Grand Finals

The Year 7/8 Inter House Soccer competitions are played at lunch time in the Mercy Stadium where students play with great pride and passion in representing their House.

The Grand Finals of both competitions were played last week in front of very loud and enthusiastic crowds which created a great atmosphere. The results were as follows:

Boys:

Jennings 7 def Crane 6

House Captains Zara Cuzens & Will Emanuelli, Dionis Mano, Hunter Corbo, Wyatt Carlson, Sunny Slater, Cooper Smith, Lachlan Schroeders, Nate Young, Ethan Sheard, Nic Worm, Billy Keats, Harry Campbell, Brae Lamichhane, Lachlan Miller, Coach Mr Lawler.

Girls:

Crane 2 def McGann 0

Bottom L-R: Super Coach Miss Lemon, Abby Ervin, Jessie Kabangu, Shirlyn Maina, Hollie Padley; Top L-R: Amanda McKenzie, Ruby Pickles, Abot Yel, Shanara Allen- Viagedor

Shepp Notre Dame Footy Scores

Under 14s 27^th July

Shepp Notre Bears 3.3.21 were def by Echuca Bombers 5.5.35

Goal Kickers: B Keat 2, E Nolan 1

Best Players: A Campbell, C Cook, R Heaney, B Glynn, B Keat, H Hanlon

Under 16s 27^th July

Shepp Notre Bears 2.13.25 were def by Echuca Bombers 4.4.28

Goal Kickers: M Allan, A Whitlock

Best Players: B O’Brien, M Allen, T Bensch, A Whitlock, E Saxton, R Dudgeon

Touch Football - School Sport Victoria (SSV)

Giaan Williamson (Year 9) has been selected to represent Notre Dame at the School Sport Championships in October for the 15 and Under girls’ touch football. This will be her 3rd year making an SSV team for touch. Giaan’s skills and hard work throughout the years have clearly paid off. She will now be training every Sunday in Melbourne to prepare for the upcoming competition.

Alyssa Williamson (Year 11) has sadly aged out and can’t compete as a player. However, she was offered the opportunity to join the Under 12 girls as the assistant coach. This will be an amazing opportunity for her, to both further grow her knowledge and share it with younger girls.

Touch Football - National Youth Championships (NYC)

During the Term 2 holidays, 3 students from Notre Dame and the local Shepparton Touch Football Association trialled for a place on a National Youth touch team. Alyssa Williamson (Year 11), Jayden Crossley (Year 11) and Giaan Williamson (Year 9) all trialled extremely well, showing great talent and sportsmanship.

Giaan and Alyssa were both selected to compete in the 16 and Under girls team at NYC, during the Term 3 school holidays which will be held at Coffs Harbour. Giaan is also 1 of the 4 Under 14’s girls that trialled and were successfully selected to be part of the 16 girls team, which is a massive achievement in itself.

Due to low numbers attending the 18 and Under boys trials, it is unfortunate that Jayden couldn’t continue on with his journey this year as Touch Football Victoria decided to pull the 18 boys team out of the competition.

Touch is an excellent way to improve your fitness and communication skills, as well as being a low contact sport, offering both boys and girls of all ages the opportunity to have fun and connect with other like minded people in the community, and maybe even in the state. Whether you want to play for fun or go on to join a national or state team, Shepparton touch is an excellent place to start your touch journey. I encourage you to keep an eye out because Shepparton touch is starting back up next term, and who knows, maybe next year you can represent your state as well!