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Sport

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The Program

The College is a member of the Associated Public Schools (APS) sport competition, as well as a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) for girls sport.

Over 120 teams compete each week from Year 7 to open Firsts level. Games against other schools are played on Saturday mornings with the occasional Friday after school game

Sport is a compulsory cocurricular activity for all year levels, with minimum requirements of two seasons of sport in Years 7-10 and one season each year in Years 11 and 12

All year levels train twice per week, with cross-campus training required for Firsts teams and some Year 9/10A squads

An action-packed Years 5 & 6 sport program (includes Year 4 at the Elsternwick campus) is offered, with training held once per week and matches against other APS schools scheduled weekly

Choice of Sports

As a member of the APS competition, Wesley competes in the three seasons of sport-Summer, Winter and Spring. Wesley prides itself on offering a broad cross-section of sports within these seasons and actively encourages students to compete in all three seasons.

Currently, the following sports are offered:

Summer	Winter	Spring
badminton	basketball	athletics
cricket	cross country	gymnastics
diving	football	water polo
rowing	hockey
softball	netball
swimming	soccer
table tennis
tennis
volleyball

Wesley College Old Collegians

Many of our sports continue the Purple and Gold tradition post-schooldays with several Old Collegians teams formed, such as the Collegians Football Club, Cricket Club and Netball team.

Since it was first established, Wesley College has also produced many elite athletes including 33, who have represented Australia as Olympians. These athletes include:

Michael Klim (OW1996) - swimming

Mark Philippoussis (OW1994) - tennis

Katie Mactier (OW1992) - cycling

Natalie Porter (OW1998) - basketball

Nick Ries (OW2000) - Australian Rules football, Hawthorn Club

Tim Williams (OW1999) - athletics

Nick Harrison (OW1988) - marathon (staff member)

Full list of Wesley College World Champions, Olympians and Commonwealth Games representatives

A Brief History of Wesley College Sport

Coaches

Each sport has a head coach, who provides expert knowledge for the others in the coaching team and who is able to structure a program using the most up-to-date resources available. Wesley also employs a number of external coaches, who provide breadth of knowledge and experience and also are fantastic role models for the students.

Current head coaches include:

Lori Chizik - basketball, assistant coach with the South East Melbourne Magic (National Basketball League), current Sandringham Sabres coach

Noel Mitten - soccer, former Manchester United Football Club player, assistant coach of Sandringham City Soccer Club

Marg Molina - netball, current Australian Netball Team Manager, also played for Australia

Ron Craig - cricket, former district cricketer with St Kilda Cricket Club

Jenny Cassidy - softball, current board member of Softball Australia, played for Victoria State Softball Team, current Vice President of Softball Victoria

Tours

The opportunity to experience different cultures, form friendships with opposing team members and the ability to experience first class competition are the driving forces of our sports tours.

Recent tours and exchanges include:

Cricket - United Kingdom Tour, 2003, 2005

Netball - Queensland, Malaysia, 2003

Hockey - Albury, New Zealand, 2003

Football - exchange with Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, 2005

Cross country/athletics - Queensland, 2003, 2005

Water polo - Queensland, 2003, 2004, 2005

Recent Success

Recent sporting successes include:

Softball Premiers 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Badminton - Girls Premiers 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Volleyball - Boys Runners Up 2002, 2003

Athletics - Girls Premiers 2004

Gymnastics Champions 2003, 2004

Basketball - Girls Premiers 2004

Football - Year 10A Undefeated 2004

Water polo - Girls Undefeated Premiers 2002, 2003, 2004

Water polo - Boys Premiers 2002, 2003

Hockey - Girls Runners Up 2003

Tennis - Boys Premiers 2006

Uniform

All sport uniform items (apart from some special First teams items), should be purchased from the Uniform Shop located at each campus. A comprehensive list of sport uniform items, opening times and contact details of each shop is listed here.

Content Release: Bradley Burns

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