National Rowing Championships
Scotch Oakburn College had an outstanding week at the Australian Rowing Championships on its home course at Lake Barrington.
The squad started the week strongly with May Wain (Year 12) making the final of the U19 Single Scull, and the Year 11 team of Maddison Marshall and Cheali Barron making the final of the U19 Pair. Both these crews displayed strong performances in their respective finals, with both finishing fourth, agonisingly close to the podium. Ollie Dowing (Year 12) finished seventh in the U21 Lightweight Single.
The following day Year 10 students Ailish Barron and Harriet Woolley performed flawlessly to finish fourth in the U17 Double Scull. The U19 Coxless Four of Bella Wilson (Year 11), Emily Knaggs (Year 11), Maddison Marshal (Year 11) and May Wain (Year 12), had an incredible performance, claiming a silver medal. The U19 Coxed Four of Eloise Breden (Year 11), Saffron Dick (Year 11), Harriet Bingley (Year 12), Sophie Christie (Year 11) and Cheali Barron (Year 11) raced well to finish sixth.
On the final day of competition the College secured final berths for the U17 School Girl Eight, Open Schoolgirl Eight and the Open School Girl Single. A fantastic performance by May Wain saw her place second, winning a silver medal in the Single. Both the Eights raced strongly with the U17 crew finishing seventh and the Open Eight finishing sixth. This was the first time that Scotch Oakburn crew had progressed to the final of the prestigious Open School Girl Eight event.
We finished the week ranked ninth overall on the schoolgirls point score, the first time the College had finished in the top ten.
These incredible results are a testament to the dedication and commitment shown by our rowing students and coaching team. Congratulations to all that participated.
Brendon Long
Director of Rowing
Swimming
It was great to finish the Term with our Middle and Senior School Inter-House Swimming Carnival at the Launceston Aquatic Centre.
The Carnival was split into our 100m and 50m events in the morning and 25m events in the afternoon, in a great show of House spirit while showcasing our many talented swimmers at the College. It was great to see the outstanding performances as well as students displaying excellent sportsmanship and giving their best effort. Twelve records were broken this year, showcasing our swimming talent.
Congratulations to all students that competed across the Carnival showing agility, collaboration and courage. The day was won by Fox House, closely followed by Nance, Dean and Briggs.
My thanks go out to our volunteer parents who helped throughout the day, as well as all our staff for their support in running of the event.
The next meet for our swimmers is the NSATIS Swimming held in Term 3 on Thursday 21 August, with the SATIS Swimming held the following week on Tuesday 16 September.
The swimming team will be announced along with our captains for 2025 prior to the Carnivals and will be led by Mrs Jane Gregg, our Person-in-Charge of Swimming. Our swimmers will be excited to compete for the College off the back of the huge success in previous years.
Ali Foot
Head of Sport
Basketball
Congratulations to our Thirds Navy basketball team, winning their NSATIS premiership this week after progressing through the season undefeated.
At the Regional Primary Basketball Tournament, our Year 3/4 anf Year 5/6 teams all enjoyed a great competition. Our Year 5/6 girls team played Division 1, making it to the final. Closely beaten by Sacred Heart, they finished runners-up. A fantastic effort.
