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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS STATE FINAL - GOLF

          
Golf Victoria's inaugural Independent Schools State Final was held at The National Golf Club on Monday, 28 May.
Congratulations to the following students.

            19^th                  Tom Ryan                 St Peters
            23^rd                  Tom Matthew           Padua
            38^th                  Gavin O’Reilly          Padua
            41^st                   Archer Hall               Cornish
            44^th                  Harry Dobson          Padua
            52^nd                 Brad McLean           Padua          

SIS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS

Division A - Padua College for the 31st successive year were announced the Overall Champions winning the Junior, Intermediate, Senior, Aggregate Girls & Boys Shields.
St Francis Xavier College won the U/21 girls & U/13 boys pennants.
The U/21 boys pennant was awarded to John Paul College.
Woodleigh School were recipients of The Merit Award.

Division B - Balcombe Grammar students were outstanding as they won the Junior, Intermediate, Aggregate Girls & Boys and were clear winners of Overall Champion Shield.
St Peters College awarded the U/17 boys, U/15 girls, U/13 boys pennants along with the Senior Shield.
Berwick Grammar were recipients of the U/15 boys pennant .
A collection of pennants were awarded to Cornish College U/21 girls, U/21 boys, U/14 girls and the Merit Award.

Victorian School Associations Competition

A strong SIS squad of 64 students from 11 member schools embarked on the journey to the inaugural VSAC at MSAC on 7 May. 
Hosted by Swimming Victoria, the SIS association competed against 9 other victorian school sporting association's. 
Our swimmers swam strongly receiving two 3rd placings in relays & an SIS record broken in U/17 girls 50m backstroke. 
SIS finishing 7th overall which is an excellent result.
Thank you to all staff & students for your involvement and the tremendous support of our parents.

PUBLIC SPEAKING - BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS

Students from Cornish College were back to back Champions at this year's Public Speaking Championship held at John Paul College on Tuesday, 1st of May.
11 SIS schools were represented at the Public Speaking Competition and the students were nervous and enthusiastic!
Congratulations to our top 3 schools:
  1)   Cornish College
  2)   Flinders- Carrum Downs
  3)   Balcombe Grammar
DAV adjudicators provided specific and useful feedback for each speaker, which both students and teachers appreciate. 
Several teachers commented that students are showing a greater interest in public speaking, as the oral presentation now makes up a greater percentage of the unit 4 English assessment.
It is so exciting that SIS can provide students with these opportunities, which are great life skills and have a direct influence over academic results, as well as being fun and confidence building!
Well done everyone !
 

SIS STUDENTS EXCEL IN ALL SCHOOLS TRIATHLON EVENT

Many students from SIS schools entered Triathlon Victoria's All Schools Championships on 4 March.
Students enjoyed the opportunity to compete in individual or team events, both long & short course events.
Congratulations to all students.
-  Amber Kirkbride (Padua) WON the intermediate long course.
-  Jack Ryan (Balcombe) finished 22nd in the intermediate long course.
-  Daniel Cooke (Woodleigh) finished 33rd in the intermediate long course.
-  Louise Turnball (Balcombe) finished 37th in the junior short course.
-  Lucy Cooke (Woodleigh) finished 45th in the junior short course.
-  Padua jnr girls team comprising Steph Petropoulos, Sophie Sutton, Jordan Moore finished 5th in the short course.
-  Harry Ross (Padua) finished 19th in the intermediate long course.
-  Logan Carvosso (Padua) finished ?? in the intermediate short course.
Results are available on the Triathlon Victoria website http://www.corporatetriathlonseries.com.au/melbourne-results/

SIS SWIMMING CARNIVALS

19/4  -  Swimming Carnival Div A    -   Champions  -   Flinders Christian Community College
26/4  -  Swimming Carnival Div B   -   Champions  -   Balcombe Grammar
Congratulations to all students that represented their school.

SIS OFFERS INDOOR CRICKET IN 2018

SIS introduced indoor cricket to the weekly sport program in 2018.
Senior boys champion schools were Flinders-Tyabb & Padua-Mornington.
Intermediate boys champion school was Padua-Mornington.
Special thanks to all staff & students involved in this competition.
Junior Girls & Boys and Intermediate Girls competitions will be held in Terms 3 & 4.