Australian Athletics
Year 12 students Izzy Wing and Sophie Marshall competed at the Australian Athletics Championships recently. Izzy won Bronze in the Heptathlon, which includinded a personal best in the 800m; a fantastic achievment. Izzy recently broke three records at the NSATIS Athletcis and won three events at the SATIS carnival.
Sophie also had a great performance, running a personal best in her 800m event, narrowly missing a place in the U20 Women’s final.
Ali Foot
Head of Sport – Penquite
Equestrian
Year 2 student Darcy Watkins achieved a top 10 finish at the Grand National Saddle Horse Championships in Sydney over the term break. Congratulations Darcy!
Ben Green
Deputy Principal – Elphin
2025 Australian Age Championships
During the Term break, six Scotch Oakburn students competed in individual events at Swimming Australia’s prestigious national championships for swimmers aged between 13-18 years, held at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, 10-18th April.
Congratulations to Bella Shaw (Year 11), Douglas Hyde (Year 9), Jed Routley (Year 11), Sienna Nesbit (Year 8), Sophia Vincour (Year 8), and Steve Hanson (Year 10) for achieving some amazing results and PB’s (listed below).
In particular, congratulations to Bella Shaw for setting a new Tasmanian State Record in her morning heat swim for the Girls 16 200m Backstroke, and then breaking her own record on the same day in the A Final that evening, placing 6th in Australia for her age group in that event overall. Bella also qualified for the B Final for the Girls 16 100m Backstroke, along with Steve Hanson who qualified for the B Final for the Boys 15 100m Freestyle.
Samuel Fischer also attended the championships as a member of a club freestyle relay who set a new Tasmanian State Record for the Boys 16 & U 4x50m Freestyle Relay. Sienna, Sophia and Steve also competed in freestyle and medley TAS state relays.
Results for individual events:
Bella Shaw: Girls 16 200m Backstroke – 6th (PB, SR), Girls 16 100m Backstroke – 11th (PB), Girls 16 50m Backstroke – 30th
Douglas Hyde: Boys 14 200m Freestyle – 20th (PB), Boys 14 100m Freestyle – 24th (PB), Boys 14 50m Freestyle – 27th (PB)
Jed Routley: Boys 16 50m Breaststroke – 26th (PB), Boys 16 100m Breaststroke – 47th
Sienna Nesbit: Girls 14 200m Butterfly – 18th (PB), Girls 14 100m Butterfly – 47th
Sophia Vincour: Girls 13 50m Butterfly – 17th (PB), Girls 13 100m Butterfly – 37th (PB), Girls 13 50m Backstroke – 48th (PB), Girls 13 100m Backstroke – 76th
Steve Hanson: Boys 15 200m Freestyle – 13th (PB), Boys 15 400m Freestyle – 19th (PB), Boys 15 50m Butterfly – 19th (PB), Boys 15 100m Freestyle – 20th, Boys 15 50m Freestyle – 22nd, Boys 15 100m Butterfly – 37th
Jane Gregg
Deputy Head of Senior School
