Category: sports

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Melbourne High School – Sydney International Rowing Regatta 2018

I arrived at the regatta on Thursday. It had been going since Monday. Here are albums from the last four days of racing. Our teams came away with great memories, an incredible experience on...

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Henley on the Yarra – 2017

Joe and the boys from Melbourne High participated in the Henley on Yarra rowing competition earlier in the year which is styled on the Henley event in England. Again a stunning spectacle and this...

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Melbourne High Rowing on Lake Wendouree

One of the great things about Joe undertaking rowing is the interesting places he gets to row. We were impressed with the beauty of the Barwon River in Geelong and now having visited Lake...

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Another huge week at Melbourne High for Joe

After our great day with robots at Telstra Joe restarted Melbourne High in Term 2. He immediately had two days of athletics and although due to his rowing commitments he hadn’t been able to...

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Rowing Tryouts – Day 2

Day two of the rowing tryouts and in keeping with the notion of personal bests we shaved 15 minutes off our journey from Oakleigh South to the powerhouse rowing club on the banks of...

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Joe tries out for the Melbourne High rowing team

Today was a day of firsts. We tackled the Melbourne traffic and made it into the only entrance at Melbourne High that required a security code to enter. Fortunately a kind teacher used to...

The Essington boys and girls are playing well… 0

The Essington boys and girls are playing well…

Apologies for not posting the videos of the games earlier, but things have been a little busy. The Under 16 Girls continue to shine in their games and the boys although having lost a...

Basketball – U16 Essington Boys and Girls 17 April victories 0

Basketball – U16 Essington Boys and Girls 17 April victories

Both the boys and girls under 16 teams played out a close game against their opposition and walked away winners. Close games are great, but for senior citizens it really gets the heart rate...

Good matches by Essington U16 boys and girls Friday night – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons 0

Good matches by Essington U16 boys and girls Friday night – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons

The boy’s game was against Palmerston Pumas and it was a tight game right up until the end. I have been really pleased with the sportsman like behaviour between the teams of late and...

Essington do very well in the (Basketball NT) BNT Challenge – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons 0

Essington do very well in the (Basketball NT) BNT Challenge – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons

During the Easter break in Darwin there was a basketball competition called the basketball Northern Territory challenge. The competition went from Friday to Sunday, 5 April 2015. The Essington School had a number of...