Sport
Welcome to Sport at Kilbreda for 2024, where we acknowledge 120 years of Sport here at the College from 1904 to 2024! 2023 was a very successful sporting year for Kilbreda with many of our students participating in our House Swimming and Athletics Carnivals as well as representing the College in the many sports on offer. We had great success too with many teams winning their division in the CGSAV and SEGAP competitions and we look forward to this continuing in 2024.
House Sport
House Swimming Carnival
The House Swimming Carnival will be held on Monday 26 February at Oakleigh. The students compete in their houses Tullow (red), Brigid (green), Delany (yellow) and Kildare (blue) and can enter 25m and 50m events in Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Backstroke as well as novelties and relays. If time permits, the staff vs student and fastest swimmer races are also highlights of the day. Last year was a hotly contested event with Kildare coming out on top!
House Athletics Carnival
The House Athletics Carnival will be held on Monday 29 April at Duncan McKinnon Reserve. Last year we saw record numbers of participation across all field and running events. Brigid were the winning team at last year’s carnival.
House Leaders
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as House Leaders for 2024. We look forward to building the house program with them.
Brigid: Ruby Douce and Isabel Wise
Delany: Josie Friend and Violet Reynolds
Kildare: Jacinta Boyd and Michelle Pham
Tullow: Rebecca Goodchild and Isla Teleky
Catholic Girls Sport Association of Victoria (CGSAV)
The CGSAV competition sees Kilbreda compete against other Catholic girls’ schools around Melbourne and Geelong in a variety of sports. These events take place during the day and are held mostly at a venue in Melbourne and surrounds. For most competitions we send a Junior (Years 7 and 8) team, Intermediate (Years 9 and 10) team and a Senior (Years 11 and 12) team.
For further information on the CGSAV carnivals you can head to their website https://www.scsa.org.au/home/ or follow the Facebook page – Secondary Catholic Sports Association for up-to-date information and tournament results.
Term 1 CGSAV Sport
| CGSAV Triathlon | 20 February | Eastern Beach, Geelong |
| CGSAV Tennis: | 28 February | Dingley |
| CGSAV Diving: | 6 March | MSAC |
| CGSAV Swimming: | 13 March | MSAC |
CGSAV Triathlon
Trials for the CGSAV Triathlon team commenced last week. The team will be announced this week and we wish all participants the best of luck for the competition at Geelong on 20 February.
CGSAV Swimming and Diving
Swimming training for Years 7 to 12 commenced on Friday 9 February. All training is being held at Mentone Girls Grammar on the following dates:
| Date | Swimming Training | Diving Training |
| Friday 9 February | 7.00am to 7.45am | 8.00am to 8.45am |
| Friday 16 February | 7.00am to 7.45am | 8.00am to 8.45am |
| Friday 23 February | 7.00am to 7.45am | 8.00am to 8.45am |
| Friday 1 March | 7.00am to 7.45am | 8.00am to 8.45am |
| Friday 8 March | 7.00am to 7.45am | Not held |
CGSAV Sports Leaders Breakfast
On Tuesday 13 February, the House Leaders were given the great opportunity and privilege to attend the CGSAV Sport Leaders Breakfast with guest speaker Emma Carney. Emma won 19 Triathlon World Cups in her time as a triathlete before she was forced to retire due to cardiac problems. Emma spoke about her hunger to win and dedication to the sport. She spoke about the difficulties of being a woman in the sporting world and how she managed to persevere and break through the male dominated sporting industry.
Emma emphasised how she strived to become the best that she could no matter what other people said and the hurdles she had to overcome. She proved this act of determination time and time again, which led her to become one of the best triathletes the world had ever seen. We are very grateful to have been given this extraordinary experience and feel so much pride to be able to represent the College as the 2024 Sport Leaders.
Bec Goodchild, Violet Reynolds and Jacinta Boyd
House Leaders
South Eastern Girls Activity Programs (SEGAP)
The SEGAP competition now takes place during the day at Monash University during Terms 2 and 3.
Term 2 SEGAP Sport
| Intermediate Badminton | 28 May |
| Intermediate Basketball | 28 May |
| Intermediate Futsal | 28 May |
| Junior Badminton | 7 June |
| Junior Basketball | 7 June |
| Junior Futsal | 7 June |
Term 3 SEGAP Sport
| Intermediate Netball | 27 August |
| Intermediate Volleyball | 27 August |
| Junior Netball | 29 August |
| Junior Volleyball | 29 August |
Term 4 SEGAP is normally played at our College for the Softball and Tennis competitions.
Students will be transported to Monash University by coach and will return to Kilbreda by 3.30pm.
Trials for these sports will normally take place at lunchtimes during the term before, so towards the end of Term 1 SEGAP trials will begin for all Badminton, Basketball and Futsal teams.
Other Sport
Kilbreda also competes in a number of other competitions in a range of sports. The Independent Schools Golf competition will also be held early in Term 2 and if your child is a keen golfer can you please ask them to contact Joanne Wood ASAP at joanne.wood@kilbreda.vic.edu.au
Team Trials
The trials for these sports will take place approximately 3 to 5 weeks prior to the event. As was the case last year communication will take place via the Sport Google classroom. The code to join is on the notices on SIMON. We encourage students to regularly check this communication as it is up to them to know what is going on each term.
Once teams are selected you will receive an email through PAM, the parent portal with all of the details about the event. You will then need to give parent consent for your child to participate.
Once again we encourage all students to try some new sports and get involved in sport at Kilbreda. If you have any questions about the sport program then please contact us at maree.clark@kilbreda.vic.edu.au and joanne.wood@kilbreda.vic.edu.au.
Maree Clark and Jo Wood
Sport Coordinators