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26 Feb 25

Sports Day 2025

Last Friday we welcomed our community to the 2025 Sports Day. Students sang their team songs loudly as they marched out to sunny weather in their house groups.

Students, staff and families were welcomed to the opening ceremony by College Captains Andre D and Jaida D. Tyreece B and Mia S read the Acknowledgement of Country and the National Anthem was sung by Lilly M and Lilli S.

Mr Symonds introduced the Year 12 and Year 6 House Captains and the athletes’ oath was read by representatives of last year’s winning house Bates. After each house presented their team chants, Mr Symonds officially opened the event by cutting a ribbon held by youngest and oldest students, Ziva C and Seth C.

Primary classes worked through different activities including the kangaroo, target soccer, bullseye and a new activity presented by the SANFL, Superboot.

Secondary students could sign up for traditional athletics events such as sprints, high jump, triple jump, 800 metres and shot put. Team sports tug of war and dodgeball were popular, as was e-sports, back for the second year.

A number of records were broken; congratulations to:

EVENT RECORD BREAKER NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
Year 7 Boys 200m Tyler N 29.22 seconds 29.39 seconds
Year 8 Girls High Jump Aleara D (equal current record) 1.46m 1.46m
Year 9 Girls Triple Jump Abbey M 9.41m 8.63m
Year 10 Boys Javelin Ethan H 35.68m 35.36m

 
After lunch, the whole college cheered on the athletes in the relays. The winner’s trophy was then presented by Deputy Mayor of the City of Onkaparinga Councillor Lauren Jew, along with The Honourable Nat Cook MP, State Member for Hurtle Vale and Minister for Human Services and Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well.

Congratulations to Mawson, who won the Sports Day house cup for the first time ever!

Mawson 2757
Florey 2575
Bates 2461
Rigney 2453
Spence 2257

We acknowledge and thank the many people without whom the event could not happen:

  • Our grounds crew, sports day committee and REC staff for setting up and running the day
  • Our student volunteers who ran the REC coffee cart, face painting stall and assisted the primary classes
  • SA Water for loaning us the Quench Bench and Christine from the Coffee Trough for her delicious drinks
  • Our wonderful families for supporting their students, spending at our stalls to help raise funds and for the record number of delicious donations to the cake stall.

Finally, well done to our students for their energy, effort and house spirit.

Click on the photo gallery below for images from the day: