The end of the winter sports season and Term 3 school holidays generally signal the kick-off of a range of talent development opportunities for Haileybury students who have excelled. This month we are extremely proud to acknowledge a number of your teammates who have been selected to take part in representative squads; at local, national and even international level.
These opportunities for our emerging talent to test themselves against the best athletes in their chosen pursuit are significant milestones in their sporting development. As a school, we will always encourage our athletes to pursue these opportunities, as well as supporting them in our own right through Haileybury coordinated initiatives such as sports camps, tours and competitions. Although these external opportunities can sometimes conflict with our own priorities, we will continue to do our best to support our athletes in becoming the best that they can be, both as players and teammates.
Please join me in congratulating the following students on their achievements:
International
Olly (Year 12) received an offer for the professional cycling squad Team Novo Nordisk, inviting him to sign for their development team for the next two years. Olly will be based in the UK and racing throughout Europe.
National
Jack (Year 8) was selected in the Football Victoria U14 Victorian Football (soccer) squad that competed in the ID Cup Tournament in late September. Following his performances, Jack has been identified for future trials with other representative teams over the coming months.
Jasmine (Year 8) was selected to join the Victorian State Volleyball Team to take part in the national competition that was held over the school holidays.
Phoenix (Year 10) was selected for Victoria (Rebels) to play in the National Under 16 Rugby Competition.
Local
Isabelle (Year 10), Lucinda (Year 10), Olivia (Year 12) and Neve (Year 12) were all selected to take part in the APS Water Polo representative team to play against a very strong GSV team. Our girls proudly represented all of us in this match. It is also worth acknowledging that Haileybury’s own Ben Adams was appointed coach of the team. A call out to Ayva (Year 12) who was named as an emergency for this match.
Liam (Year 3) won a bronze medal at the Vic Junior Road Championships, in the U11 category. He has been racing criterion at Casey Fields and won a silver medal in the Vic Junior Criterion Championships.
Matthew Dwyer
Head of Sport (One Haileybury)
