Rowing

It was a fantastic day on and off the water recently at Lake Barrington at the SATIS Head of the River.
Our rowers had amazing success. Our girls dominated the senior eight for a second year, coming home in a time of 6.30.19! We claimed three shields, the Co-Ed Junior Shield, Co-Ed Senior Shield and Girls Senior Shield and placed second in the Boys Junior Shield!
But results like this don’t happen in isolation. From our dedicated coaches and staff, to the families and supporters on the shore making sure everyone was fed, organised and cheered on, it truly takes a community.
Thank you to everyone who supported the team, and congratulations to all of our rowers for a brilliant team effort.
Ali Foot
Head of Sport

Swimming

Our Year 3 to 6 swimmers delivered an outstanding performance at the NIJSSA Swimming Carnival, held this week Riverside Swimming Pool, finishing the day in first place against competitors from nine local independent schools.

It was a day marked by impressive individual efforts, strong relay performances and spirited support from the sidelines, with loud cheering and team pride on display throughout the carnival.

There were four records broken on the day, all by Scotch Oakburn swimmers. Jasmine Liu set a new mark in the 66m Freestyle for Year 6 Girls and also shared a record-breaking swim with Xena Wang in the 33m Freestyle for Year 6 Girls, with both students eclipsing the previous record on the same day.

The Year 6 Girls Relay team of Xena Wang, Grace Ashton, Jasmine Liu and Annabelle Heckendorf also broke the record, while Leo Payne, Jagger Liu, William Heckendorf and Xander Wang set a new benchmark in the Year 4 Boys Relay.

With strong results in and out of the pool, and exceptional team spirit from start to finish, it was a great day.

Nicky Reid
Head of Sport – Elphin

40-Year Record Broken – Twice!

Year 7 student Maia Barritt produced an outstanding performance at the NSATIS Athletics Carnival in the Under 13 Girls Discus. Maia broke the 40 year record (25.94m) twice, the first with her second throw (26.44m) and again with her third throw, creating a new record of 27.58. Well done Maia!

Golf

Kirri Piper (Year 11) was a member of Launceston Golf Club’s Women’s Claremont Shield team who won the state championship for 2026. Congratuations to Kirri who had another strong performance demonstrating her dedication and skill.

Kirri has also been selected to represent Tasmania in the Australian Golf Junior Amateurs in April at the Melbourne Ballarat Golf Club and as a member of the Australian Junior Interstate Team at the Melbourne Moonah Links.

Kumite

 

Inari Williams (Year 5) and Eliza Minster (Year 7) have competed at the New South Wales Kumite State Champonships. Kumite is pne of the three main pillars of Karate.

In great performances, Inari won Bronze on the U11 tournamnet and Eliza, Silver in her division.  Both will represent their local Karate club again this weekend in Hobart at the Tasmanian state titles.