Welcome to Sport at Kilbreda for 2025!

2024 was a very successful sporting year for Kilbreda with many students participating in our House Swimming and Aths Carnivals, as well as representing the College in the many sports on offer. We had great success too with many teams winning their divisions in the CGSAV and SEGAP competitions and we look forward to this continuing in 2025.

House Sport

The school Swimming Carnival will be held on Monday 24 February at Oakleigh Recreational Centre. 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 relay races. If time permits, the staff v student relay is always highlight! The fastest swimmer from each year level also races off to determine the fastest swimmer in the College. Last year, Delany won the 2024 House Cup.

The school Athletics Carnival will be held Thursday 27 March at Duncan McKinnon Reserve. Last year we saw record numbers of participation across all field and running events. Delany also won the Athletics Cup in 2024.

CGSAV – Catholic Girls Sport Association of Victoria

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 (Year 7 and 8), Intermediate (Year 9 and 10) and Senior (Year 11 and 12) team. For further information on these carnivals, you can head to the website https://www.scsa.org.au/home/ or follow the Facebook page Secondary Catholic Sports Association for up to date info and tournament results.

For Term 1 the CGSAV sports are:

CGSAV Triathlon	18 February	Eastern Beach in Geelong
CGSAV Diving	27 February	Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
CGSAV Swimming	27 February	Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
CGSAV Tennis	4 March	Glen Waverley
CGSAV Indoor Cricket	2 April	Box Hill

SEGAP

SEGAP is our South Eastern Girls Activity Programs. This competition now takes place during the day at Monash University during Terms 2 and 3. Term 4 SEGAP is normally played at Kilbreda College for the Softball and Tennis competitions.

Term 2:  Badminton, Basketball and Futsal

Intermediate: 9 May at Dandenong Stadium & Badminton Connect

Junior: 19 June at Monash University

Term 3:  Volleyball and Netball

Intermediate: 19 August at Monash University

Junior: 11 September at Monash University

Term 4:  Softball and Tennis

Intermediate: 10 October at Kilbreda College

Junior: 31 October at Kilbreda College

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 sports

Kilbreda also competes in several 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 her to contact me ASAP maree.clark@kilbreda.vic.edu.au

We also have 3 vs 3 Basketball Competition. Trials for these teams will start in Week 4.

Trialling for teams

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 page on Simon. We encourage students to regularly check this communication as it is up to them to know what is going on each term.

https://classroom.google.com/c/NzM2NjAxNTgwNzkw?cjc=p47vjhx

Once teams are selected, they will receive an email through the parent portal (PAM) with all the details about the event. You will then need to give parent consent for your child to participate. Permission needs to be at least two days prior to the competition date.

CGSAV Sports Leaders Breakfast – Student Reflection

The House Sport Leaders had the incredible opportunity to visit Marian College Sunshine and engage with leaders from other Catholic girls’ schools. A highlight was hearing from Georgia Patrikios, whose journey of resilience and success was truly inspiring. She emphasised that leadership is about more than just winning; it’s about perseverance, teamwork and lifting others as we rise. Her words resonated deeply, reminding us that setbacks don’t define us, but how we respond to them does.  

This experience reinforced the importance of fostering a supportive and empowering culture within our houses. It’s not just about organising events or encouraging participation – but about leading with integrity, strength, and compassion. Meeting Georgia and sharing ideas with fellow Leaders left us feeling motivated to make a lasting impact, both on and off the field.

2025 House Leaders

CGSAV Triathlon – Tuesday 18 February

Trials for the CGSAV Triathlon team commenced last week.  We had about 40 students at the swim trial session last week at MGGS swimming pool. On Monday we had the run trial (beep test) where over 20 students participated. It has been great to see so many students interested in trying out for our first CGSAV event.

The team will be announced this week. We wish all participants the best of luck for the competition at Geelong’s Eastern Beach.

CGSAV Swimming and Diving: Thursday 27 February at Melbourne Sport & Aquatic Centre

Diving: 8.30am – 12.30pm

Swimming: 11.00am – 5.00pm

We had about 20 students attend the first swimming trial session last Friday.

We also had 13 students diving at MGGS diving pool.

All training is to be held at Mentone Girls’ Grammar and is as follows:

Date	Swimming Training	Diving Training
Friday 14 February	7.00am to 8.00am	8.00am to 9.00am
Friday 21 February	7.00am to 8.00am	8.00am to 9.00am

House Leaders

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as House Leaders for 2025. We look forward to building the House program with them.

Brigid: Bridget Koczek and Gabrielle Bienaime

Delany: Grace Cronin and Thea Lambe

Kildare: Indi Hanlon and Kate Golby

Tullow: Charlotte Hay and Maya Johnstone

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 at Kilbreda then please contact us on maree.clark@kilbreda.vic.edu.au and or julia.smith@kilbreda.vic.edu.au

Maree Clark and Julia Smith

Sport Coordinators