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2 . ROBBIE BECKWORTH ( YEAR 12 ) IN THE 1ST TOUCH TEAM . 3 . FUTSAL CAPTAIN JORDAN HARATSIS ( YEAR 12 ) ON THE ATTACK . 4 . THE 1ST CRICKET TEAM CELEBRATES ANOTHER TOM VOLLEYBALL TEAM . 6 . THE RED ARMY IN FULL FLIGHT . 7 . ANGUS SYMONS ( YEAR 12 ) WITH A DASHING RUN IN THE 1ST TOUCH TEAM . 8 . RORY VIAL ( YEAR 9 ) RUNNING IN THE 1500 METRES . IN ACTION FOR THE 1ST TABLE TENNIS TEAM .
The Scotch sailing team performed very strongly at the Victorian State Sailing Championships , with the 1st Crew claiming a bronze medal and the seconds finishing fourth . The first team , comprising Captain Tom Warner ( Year 11 ), Vice Captain Thomas Johnston ( Year 11 ), Aiden Miach ( Year 8 ), Lucas James ( Year 9 ), Angus Robinson ( Year 7 ), and Dhanika ( Year 10 ) and Nikhil Nanayakkara ( Year 9 ) qualified for the nationals in Sydney later in the year .
The cycling team was consistent in the Victorian Interschool Cycling Series , finishing sixth overall . Alex Jones ( Year 11 ) was our best performer in the male division A , winning the criterium event at Kew . Unfortunately , due to his state commitments with track cycling he was unable to participate regularly . Our best rider in this division was the Captain , Jasper Robinson ( Year 12 ), who finished 15th overall . Our golf team participated each week at the Kew Golf Club , and finished second in the school series , defeating Trinity , drawing with St Kevin ’ s and losing to the overall winners , Camberwell Grammar School .
Table tennis found the season tough , with a final placing of equal fifth . Wins were hard to come by , but the emergence of some younger boys holds hope for stronger performances in the seasons to come . Squash enjoyed another successful season , with the Scotch Blue team ending on top of the ladder after defeating Haileybury College narrowly in the final fixture of the season .
The Schools Challenge is a four-race orienteering competition held between Scotch and Camberwell Grammar each summer season for the Roger Slade Trophy . Scotch was defeated 814 to 1164 points . The highlight was the performance of Captain Charlie Lines-Perrier ( Year 12 ), who won the A grade 10km event , while Ben Sutherland ( Year 12 ) was third in the B grade competition . Lawn bowls fielded three teams during the season , with all teams qualifying for the finals . Scotch 2 and 3 both won quarter-finals
but were defeated narrowly by Caulfield Grammar and St Kevin ’ s respectively .
There was a great deal of success in the Old Scotch Athletics Club program , with many of our boys competing well at lead-up meets and in the state finals . Our middle distance runners continued to thrive , with Bart Leeton ( Year 7 ) winning the under 14 state final in the 800m in 2.06 minutes , and the 1500 metres in 4.14 minutes . Hugh Bailey ( Year 10 ) threw a club record of 41.96 metres in the under 16 age group in the Athletics Victoria Shield .
At the conclusion of each season , the APS selects representative teams to compete against representative teams from the AGSV . The following Scotch boys were selected in APS representative teams :
BADMINTON : Chauncey Yu ( Year 8 ) CRICKET : William Townsend ( Year 11 ) and
Henry Gray ( Year 11 ) TENNIS : Thomas Patton ( Year 12 ) and
Alexander Taylor ( Year 12 ) VOLLEYBALL : Nicholas Chan ( Year 12 ) and
Nathan Nicolaides ( Year 12 ).
One season finishes and another begins . The Monday after the conclusion of summer sport , the football goalposts went up , along with the soccer and hockey goals , while the various pitches were marked .
After last year , I know our boys will be super keen to get back into Term 2 sport and participate in our winter sport program . We look forward to welcoming the boys back and providing them with some meaningful sporting opportunities .
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