POSTPONED AGAIN TO Monday 18th March  | Day begins at 7:30am – Dismissal at 2:00pm

Sports Day is now postponed to Monday 18th March due to the extreme weather conditions currently predicted to be 38C/37 in Modbury from the Bureau of Meteorology website for Friday 8th and Tuesday 12th March. We apologise for any inconvenience to families.

Unfortunately due to NAPLAN constraints our only option before the VISTA Athletics Carnival is MONDAY the 18th of MARCH, lets hope for some nicer weather.

At this stage we are planning to run a full program as below, we will continue to monitor conditions and may modify program if deemed necessary. In light of the rescheduling, Friday 8th and Tuesday 12th will be a school day as normal with dismissal time being 3:20pm.


Parents and carers are invited to attend our annual Sports Day, a very important day on the school calendar, to show their support and celebrate with us this whole school event. The major purpose of Sports Day is to have all students come together as a community, whilst participating in some form of physical activity, the benefits of which are well-known. Our four houses are; Gilmore (yellow), Lawson (Blue), Wright (Red) and Thiele (Green).

Sports Day commences at 7:30am and the Opening Ceremony will occur at approximately 8:45am when the year 12 house captains carry the ‘Olympic Flame’ and light the cauldron to officially begin events. For safety reasons, parents are asked not to bring vehicles into the school grounds and should park in the area available near the roundabout, west of the school gymnasium.  Sports Day is not an appropriate occasion for acquaintances or friends of students to visit the school and they will be asked to leave.
Parents are reminded that all Education Department schools are smoke free zones.

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY

All students are required to attend Sports Day, even if they are not participating in any events. Students should be at school joining in the activities or acting as an official. Parental support is requested in this matter. As a safety measure, roll calls will be made throughout the day. Signing in and out just for events will not be permitted. If a student needs to leave early for a good reason a note should be provided prior to Sports Day.

ABSENCES
As per the usual process, parents are requested to notify the school on the day if their child is absent on Sports Day. A signed note in the diary is required upon return to the school.

CLOTHING EXPECTATIONS
For reasons of modesty and protection from the sun, students should wear clothing that adequately covers the body. Students should wear a hat and have sunscreen protection. Clothing should be appropriate for a school environment and therefore offensive slogans or logos or large areas of bare skin are not permitted. Students should also ensure they have clothing which does not restrict their performance in events. Students are encouraged to wear clothing (shirt/blouse/athletic singlet/shorts) in their house colour.

SUPERVISION INFORMATION
The early start and early finish to the day may present issues for some families. Please assist us to manage this by informing the Home Group teacher, via a note in the diary prior to the day, if you child;

BUSES
Arrangements have been made for buses to depart from the school at 2:10pm on Friday, 8 March.

TRAFFIC IN SCHOOL GROUNDS
To ensure the safety of students and staff, the only traffic into the school between 7:30am and 2:00pm will be on foot. We will be unlocking the front and back gates into the school at 7:00am.

EVENTS
You will find the Program of Events for the day below. In addition, the heats for the hurdles and 100 metres will take place on Monday, 4th March during lessons 5 & 6.

The Fun Run will be held in lessons 1 and 2 on Tuesday, 5th March. Students will be required to compete in their PE uniform or appropriate attire for these two events.

Food & Drink Fundraising
Please support the F1 in Schools National Final and the Year 12 Formal Committee!

Below is the prices for the BBQ:
Sausages $3.00
Cheeseburger $4.50 (after 11am)
Egg and Bacon Sandwich $4.00 until sold out
Soft Drink Cans (Coke, Diet Coke, Lemonade, Creaming Soda, Pasito) $2.50
Zooper Doopers 0.50 cents
Gatorade $4.50
Zappos $1.00
Lolly Bags $2.50

THE SCHOOL WILL BE LOCKED EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FOYER.

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pROGRAM OF EVENTS BOOKLET

Please click the following button to download the program of events for sports day.

STATEWIDE KNOCK OUT SPORTS

Open Boys Football
Despite facing strong opponents in St. Patricks Technical College and Banksia Park High School, our team fought valiantly but unfortunately fell short in both games. With a team still finding its strengths, there were standout performances that shone through. Although victory eluded us, the periodic dedication and surprising displays of talent from a few individuals were the highlights of our games.

7-9 Girls Football
After a solid performance at the Vista Carnival, the Year 7-9 Girls' Football team faced Kildare College and Banksia Park International High School. Despite losing both matches, their determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship left a lasting impression. The defense and midfield worked tirelessly, and though luck wasn't on their side, the team's resilience promises future victories.

7-8 Boys & Girls Touch
On November 1st, our Year 7 and 8 students took their game to the City Touch Football Grounds for the State Touch Finals Tournament. The boys hit the ground running with a solid 2-1 win over Morialta — a great start that really set the tone for the day. Even though we couldn't quite keep that winning streak going, taking a narrow 4-3 loss against the tournament champions, Adelaide High — our students kept their heads high and their motivation strong. Moving on to the halfway point of the day, we settled for a 2-2 draw against Temple, testing their skills with only 5 students on the field. Later on, we faced Adelaide Botanic and unfortunately ended up with a 3-1 loss. To wrap up the day's events, we cruised to a great victory against country school Penola, securing a commanding 5-1 victory. At the end of it all, our Year 7s and 8s stood proud, finishing 3rd out of 6 teams.

The girls had a sensational day considering the team consisted of only year 7s who had never played Touch until two weeks prior to the finals day.  They started slowly but quickly found their way, winning their 2nd game with an amazing penalty run by Paige Willoughby after the siren to snatch victory away from Adelaide High. There were some thrilling and exciting plays made through out the day winning 3 and drawing 1 of 6 games only losing 2-1 to the 2nd place team. Meaning the girls also finished in 3rd place out of 7 in the Division 2 state finals

All in all, the day was a huge success, showing off our students' grit, skill, and sportsmanship. Credit to the teams for bringing their A-game and finishing strong — third place is something to celebrate!

Back Row: Jay Younger, Hadi Shami, Harry Cox, Liam Bairstow, Jake Skurrie, Mr Cetta (Coach), 
Front Row: Ryder Higgins, Rhys Lozoraitis, Max Janicki, Brock Johnson.
Back Row: Alice Richards, Eileen Zhang, Stella Green, Keira Simpson, Paige Willoughby
Mr Schiller (Coach) Front Row: Keilana Glaetzer Auburn McGraw, Skye Parrish, Rubie Lehman

9-10 Boys & Girls Touch

Both teams went to the minor rounds competing against the best schools around the state. With a little less experience and time to prepare as they would have liked they unfortunately didn’t perform overly well not progressing through to the state finals this year.

7-9 Boys Netball

‘2nd in the state’

Modbury High School's Year 7-9 Boys Knockout Netball team competed in the Division 1 State finals at Priceline Arena. After winning last year, they aimed for a repeat but finished in 2nd place. The journey included clear wins in early matchups, an intense game against Sacred Heart Middle School, and facing Blackwood High School twice in the finals. Despite a strong comeback in the second half of the Final, Modbury couldn't secure the State Championship, with Blackwood emerging as the champions. Nevertheless, Modbury's 3rd straight appearance in the State Grand Finals is a positive reflection of the team's skill and dedication to boys' netball!

Left to Right: Amerson Green, Harry Cox, Kruz Wilson, Josh Louend-Robertson, Seb Borges
Cooper Tomaselli, Chase Grant-Allan, Alex Dinedios, Nick Davie, Brock White and Kade Monteleone

9-10 Girls Netball

A huge congratulations to our 9-10 Girls State Finals Netball Team

It was the first time entering the team in the 9-10 competition. A great effort to make the state finals. Coming up against some stiff competition. They had some really good results in the first two minor round robins. Firstly defeating Paralowie Secondary and Pedare College then travelling to Balaklava in wet outdoor conditions to beat Gladstone High School and Thomas Moore College. The girls demonstrated their strength and sportsmanship in coming together and showing resilience to finish a respectable 8th out of an original 63 teams. Well done girls, a great achievement!

From Back Left to Right: Brooke Hoppo (Coach), Isla McGraw, Jordyn Cook, Rachel Burgess, Ayla Wright, Breanne Button, Ella Turner. Front Left to Right Belle Parrish, Jayde Visser, Imogen Janicki, Keilah Haldane

Open Girls Netball

After having a strong performance the last two years we were moved into the Division 1 competition with large public and private schools some with a Netball focus. We were drawn against Adelaide High, Trinity College & St Marys College, after Adelaide forfeited, we travelled to play the two colleges in a round robin and were defeated convincingly. The girls kept trying all day and fort right to the end but were just unable to match it with those teams. We say goodbye to Rachel Davies, Vicki Rowe, Tahlia Mickel and Lauren Edwards. Who have performed very strongly over the last few years competitions making the State finals twice.

Open Boys Netball

Unfortunately this year we were placed in a minor round robin with the eventual 2nd placed school and last year’s Champion Scotch College. We defeated Golden Grove High School convincingly then narrowly lost after losing a key defender. Missing out on the State Finals for the first time that I have seen, which is at least 11 years. Appearing like we would have beaten eventual 3rd place team hopefully we get a more favourable draw next year. As we say goodbye to year 12s Ben Millar, Danial Wood, Jayden Wallace, James Watkins, Ethan Haren who have been strong netball contributors over their high school journeys.

9-10 Girls Basketball

The Year 9/10 Girls Basketball team won against St Peter’s Girls College (64-24) but lost to Scotch College (45-33). Advancing to the second round, they faced Tenison Woods College, losing 57-44 despite a comeback attempt. In a close match against St Francis de Sales, Modbury secured a 58-53 victory, with Molly Cox scoring 22 points. The Modbury Girls competed and played hard, with some good performances against strong opposition, but were unable to progress further in the competition.

9-10 Boys Basketball

Modbury High School faced Trinity College, Glenunga High School, and Woodville High School in the first round. Despite a challenging game against Trinity, the team showed resilience with standout performances from Bryce Sanders and Brock White. They lost 56-30 but rebounded strongly against Glenunga, securing a 50-41 victory led by Bryce Sanders and Kade Monteleone. In a crucial match against Woodville, Bryce Sanders again led with 18 points, securing a narrow 53-51 win.

Advancing to the second round, Modbury faced Henley High School first. Despite a strong effort, they fell short against Henley, losing 73-62, with Kade Monteleone leading the team with 23 points. The final match against Sacred Heart College saw a closely contested first half, but Modbury emerged victorious with a 78-65 score line, the team's collective effort led to a strong win.

Open Girls Basketball

We hosted a four team round robin at Modbury playing against other powerhouse schools in Trinity, Pembroke and last years winners St Michaels. While we were certainly competitive on the day and could have progressed to the next round by beating two of the other teams we unfortunately couldn’t quite hold off Pembroke after defeating Trinity in our first game. St Michaels was once again very strong in defeating all other schools to progress as the top seed.

Open Boys Basketball

The team consisted of a variety of boys selected from year 10 to 12. The stronger contributors including Ethan Haren, Carlos Toro and Bryce Sanders. In the first round we played against Reynella, Glenunga and Tenison Woods. Making it through to advance and play against Encounter bay at their home traveling there to an Electric crowd. winning on a buzzer beater, further advancing to play Trinity Collage, unfortunately losing the 3rd round matchup in a close game.

School Sport SA individual Golf Championships

Dylan Jamison competed in the A grade with a handicap of 2. He didn’t have the best day as can happen in golf finishing a respectable 11th

SSSA SWIMMING

On Friday 3rd March, Liam Nash (year 8), Hudson Mentha (year 7) represented Modbury High School as Individual Swimmers at the Secondary Schools Swimming Championships held at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. Unfortunately, a couple of girls were unable to attend. Liam performed extremely well, coming 4th in backstroke, 6th in breaststroke and 8th in freestyle.  He was competing against some tough competition in the 14 year old age group however he achieved personal best times in all his swims. Hudson had a great day with 3 PBs from his 5 swims. From this he was awarded 2 firsts in butterfly & 50m freestyle and 3 second places in backstroke, breaststroke & 100m freestyle in the 11-12 year old age group.

Zone Sports Carnivals

Year 7-8 3 on 3 Basketball

Modbury High School once again had over 50 students participating in the Year 7/8 3 on 3 Basketball Carnival held at The Lights Recreation Centre. Eleven boys teams and one girls team participated in the carnival against schools in the North Eastern Vista Zone. Modbury had some strong performances on the day, but were unfortunate to lose the Div 1 and Div 2 Grand Final matchups.

Senior 3 on 3 Basketball  

With over 50 students involved in Senior Competition that day, Modbury High School had the highest number of teams nominated. While we had many teams very competitive, both our Senior Girls and Boys teams lost tough Pool A Grand Final matchups against SEDA college. Our Pool C Boys team beat all opposition in games that day to be the Pool C Champions in the 3 v 3 competition.

Pictured from L-R: Luke Holmes, Romeo Mangava, Daniel Malick, Cooper Hann

Year 7-8 Basketball

Modbury High School entered 4 boys teams and 2 girls teams with Year 7/8 students into a 5 on 5 Basketball Carnival in our North-East Vista Zone. Across the day, 28 boys and 13 girls participated in short games against opposing schools. 

Our first team played very well across most games, winning all pool games except one, losing to Banksia Park 18-5. Making the semi final on a head to head points spread to split a tie, Modbury High School’s other 3 teams all had mixed success throughout the day with some wins, losses and some incredible efforts by players. Teams were coached by Year 9 students as part of their Sports Specialist subject.  During games we had some excellent cheer squads for our teams with the energy from supporting players helping teams lift their energy in games. Boys Finished 2ndGirls Finished 1st

Grand Final team Year 7/8 Boys team. 
From Left to Right: Izaak Conry, Hunter Powell-King, Seth Spasojevic, Seb Borges, Harry Cox, Kruz Wilson, Logan Ashman. Coach: Nethula Dissanayake
Pictured above: Keilana Glaetzer Shooting a free throw

Year 9-10 & 11-12 Basketball

Modbury High School excelled in the Vista zone 5 on 5 day carnivals at The Lights Recreation Centre. With two 9-10 boys teams in division 1, two in division 2, and a girls team in division 1, over 35 students participated. Modbury High Boys' Team 1 and the girls team both went undefeated in year 9-10 and 11-12, securing 1st place in their divisions. Team 2 finished 3rd in Division 1, while Teams 3 and 4 in Division 2 secured 5th and 6th places in 9-10 but won the 11-12.

Year 7-8 & 9-10 Boys 9-a-side Football

On Tuesday 16th May over 30 boys playing in 3 teams participated in a 9-a-side football carnival. Each of the three teams had mixed success but all having some fun and key highlights across the day. 

With 2 teams entered into the Year 9/10 competition and a team entered into the Year 7/8 competition, all players had opportunity to participate and contribute. The teams entered into the Year 9/10 competition included just 1 year 10, but were filled with year 9’s and year 8’s who were willing to challenge the bigger and stronger year 10 players in our opposition teams. 

Pictured above: Year 8 Players celebrate Year 9 student Rahand Hashim kicking a Goal

Years 7-12 Girls 9-a-side Football

We sent 3 teams 2 junior one senior team. There was some good competition and our senior girls played quite well to finish 4th overall. Our two junior teams also did a great job considering some of the players were quite inexperienced finishing 4th also. The future for girls football at Modbury is looking promising.

Years 7-12 Girls Netball

We sent five girls teams to Argana park to compete against mainly Northern and North Eastern Schools. Our 7-8 teams competed hard but were not quite strong enough on the day, the top team falling in the semi finals, Finishing 4th

The 9-10 top team showed great teamwork and resilience to complete the day undefeated champions after a hard fought final winning the competition by a solitary goal.

Our senior Girls had another strong showing but just lacked a bit of height unable to get over the top in the grand final finishing a respectable 2nd, in a culmination for our core year 12 players who have committed to the sport over the last 5 years.

Year 7-9 Boys Netball

Modbury High entered 2 teams into this years carnival held at Argana Park. With both teams playing in opposing pools, the Overall winners beating Banksia Park in a closely contested Grand Final.

Modbury High School Year 7-9 Boys Grand Final winning team. 
Pictured from left: Mr Jarrad (Coach) Back Left to Right: Seb Borges, Nick Davie, Chase Grant-Allan, Kade Monteleone, Amerson Green 
Front Left to Right: Alex Dinedios, Harry Cox, Josh Louend-Robertson, Brock White, Nash O’Neill-Bergen 

10-12 Boys Netball

A very good day for our senior boys, we split our teams into the year 11/12s and year 10s. The 10s team did very well in their pool with both teams finishing in the top 2 to meet each other in the cross over finals. In the semis the 10s seemed to have the better of the contest working well as a team for most of the match with the 11/12s coming home strong just in time to tie the game at the final siren requiring extra time to split them with the 11/12s winning by a solitary goal to send them into the final which they won convincingly. A great day had by all

7-8 & 9-10 Five-a-side Soccer

We sent six boys and four girls teams. Not a lot of success but a lot of experience gained and fun days had by all.

7-9 Badminton

Thirty five Students travelled to Cedar college, not a lot of success was had on the day but there was a lot of fun and a great experience for the students who participated

Ultimate Frisbee

Modbury High School entered an all-girls team into the Ultimate Frisbee carnival. Despite many of our players being newcomers to the sport, they came together as a team and held up 3 tightly contested matches against Parafield Gardens, The Heights and Wirreanda. The girls team’s determination and collective efforts secured them a place in the finals, where they fort strongly, only losing by a few points. Overall, the girls enjoyed trailing this new sport and maintained a positive attitude throughout the day to finish in 3rd place. Well done girls!  

Three boys teams consisting of students in Year 7-9 competed against schools across two different groups. They competed well, with Modbury 2 winning the Ultimate Frisbee Plaque, defeating Wirreanda Secondary School in overtime in a thrilling Grand Final. Modbury 1 also finishing on the podium in third place, while Modbury 3 finished in 8th place.

Winning Team: Back Left Callum Cook, Lachlan Thompson, Rylan Hay, Cameron Jamison, Trystan Lock, Ethan King. Front: Ryan Bailey, Lucas Hart, Dylan Amadeo, Tom Whistler

7-9 Boys Super 8s Cricket

Modbury High School sent two boys cricket teams travelled to Thomas Turner Reserve to compete in a Super 8’s Cricket Carnival. Although neither team registered a win on the day, both teams competed with incredible team spirit. An honorable mention to Yuvraj Yadav scoring 63 not out in the first game.

7-8 Beach Volleyball

A great day had by all down at the Mawson Lakes beach volleyball centre. We entered three boys and two girls teams with all playing great games in a competitive and fun filled spirit. While the results didn’t quite go our way a lot of experience was gained and good volleyball played, with one of the girls teams finishing runners up to Parafield Gardens top team.

Back left: Anabella Toro, Aimee Bennier, Scarlet Edwards,
Front: Isla Lawrence, Keira Simpson, Rubie Lehman, Gemma Rainey                                                                                                                                                                                     

9-10 Beach Volleyball

A long trip down to Glenelg beach for this day, which was sensational by all reports, although some games were missed ours three boys and three girls teams were all super competitive and had a great day of fun in the sun and sand. Of the six teams the best performed team was that of the Year 10 Boys who finished in 2nd place.

HOWARD MUTTON AWARD, MARG SMITH SHIELD, KEVIN GRUHL SHIELD:

The prestigious Howard Mutton Award is based on school participation and excellence across all school sport events. The high ranking is no surprise with 57 different teams and 100’s of students representing Modbury High School throughout the year along with excellent achievements in track and field, basketball and netball. With regular finishes in the top 10, Modbury High School in 2022 again ranked very high finishing 5th across the entire State of over 200 high schools behind only large sporting schools like Henley & Brighton

We were also successful in winning both the Kevin Gruhl and Marg Smith Shields within the Northern / North Eastern Vista Schools. The Kevin Gruhl Shield is based on points for participation of which we have been a regular winner in recent times with the greatest participation of students / teams in the local area sporting competitions. The Marg Smith Shield encompasses success in those competitions of which we did a fantastic job last year taking it out over some of the larger schools in the area.

What a term of Sport or more specifically athletics it has been. Beginning with our own Modbury High School Sports Day and moving to the Northern & North Eastern Vista Athletics Championships and culminating with The School Sport SA State Track & Field Championships. We also had students compete at the School Sport SA Swimming championships, a Tennis team which couldn’t eventuate and 2 Basketball Carnivals.

MHS SPORTS DAY 2023

On Friday, 10 March, 2023, we held our annual Sports Day. As in the past, the four houses named after famous poets and authors: Gilmore (Yellow), Wright (Red), Lawson (Blue) and Thiele (Green) competed for the “Dean Stringer House Shield.” In honour of Dean’s contribution to the Modbury High School community, the shield was awarded to the winning house. 

In what was a busy week at Modbury High School with Open Evening, school tours, heats, and the Fun Run, the scene was set for a successful day. Once again Modbury's strong culture shone through, with many staff and students assisting with the set up the evening before and then in the morning before sunrise. 

There was a buzz of anticipation, as students arrived before 7.30am for the first events. The house tent banners were flying proudly, and with long-standing athletic records being broken early in the day, this created a charged atmosphere.  

Field events, finals of the hurdles, and the 1500m events started at 7.30am sharp followed by Mr. Brendan Schillers’ welcome address to students, staff, and parents at 9.00am.  

The traditional opening ceremony featured the popular “Modbury High School Flame Relay.” The year 12 House Captains' sporting achievements were highlighted whilst proudly modelling their team shirts and carrying an Olympic-style torch around the track before the symbolic lighting of the cauldron by last year’s winning captains of Gilmore. There was intense competition, great sportsmanship, and several longstanding records being broken.  

The feeling of teamwork and cohesion with an air of competition provided proof of the benefits of Sports Days. The high level of participation, enthusiasm, and teamwork of both students and staff demonstrated a strong commitment to the schools’ values and a prominent level of support for their house teams.  

Mr. Karl Read's 'F1 in schools' team providing food and drink options, a great fundraiser for their upcoming international competition. Mrs Jess Moeller was actively snapping many action shots of the day as it unfolded, capturing great memories.  

Mr. Schiller provided a running commentary for the day, with many exciting races, in particular, the 100-meter finals.  

Students and parent supporters lined the track cheering and encouraged their teams. The crowd cheered each runner home. Many strong performances were recorded throughout the day, with many records broken.

  

The feeling of teamwork and cohesion with an air of competition provided proof of the benefits of Sports Days. The high level of participation, enthusiasm, and teamwork of both students and staff demonstrated a strong commitment to the schools’ values and a prominent level of support for their house teams.  

Mr. Karl Read's 'F1 in schools' team providing food and drink options, a great fundraiser for their upcoming international National competition. Mrs Jess Moellor was actively snapping many action shots of the day as it unfolded, capturing great memories.  

Mr. Brendan Schiller provided a running commentary for the day, with many exciting races, in particular, the 100-metre finals.  

Students and parent supporters lined the track cheering and encouraged their teams. The crowd cheered each runner home. Many strong performances were recorded thro

Special mention to all new record holders with 23 records broken from the day. Nine of which came from the year 7 girls. We look forward to watching them compete at the up-coming athletic carnivals and for the school in the future. Other strong performances included Ben Miller and Kade Monteleone who both broke 2 records and scored 99 and 94 points respectively, new student in year 10 Ella Turner also broke 2 records in long distance running. The complete list of new records can be seen in the records table below.  

We could not think of a better way to conclude the day than with the ‘Staff versus House Captain's relay’ which always provides an exciting spectacle. We again had 2 staff teams who competed against each of the team's captains, although a captains’ team had never beat the staff a few of the regular staff runners took the day off and fortunately for the students they finally came through with a victory.

The competition from all houses was extraordinarily strong all day while much closer all around this year the positions stayed fairly the same throughout the day however Thiele was able to scrape themselves off the bottom and into third place, they will definitely be on the rise in the years to come, with Gilmores family connections proving to be just too strong again.  

Crowned as the Winners of the Stringer Shield, the Gilmore Captains accepted the trophy proudly which left Lawson, Thiele and Wright behind but all very even. I think we will find a lot closer competition next year.  

A special thanks goes to Ms Shelby Nelligan who for her first time assisted in the organisation of Sports Day. Whilst all who took part can be viewed as winners, special congratulations go to the classes and individuals who won their respective competitions. Well done to all.  

The day set up a good basis for picking the strongest team possible for the Vista and SSSA athletics carnivals. Based on the performances we saw on Sports Day; we are quietly confident and excited to see how we go.  

Special Option

Special Options – Rooms 6 & 7 

Rooms 6 & 7 joined the rest of Modbury High School in their annual Sports Day. Students participated in a number of events and had the opportunity to learn new skills, particularly in track and field. Long jump, high jump, 100m sprints and javelin were favourites. Everyone had a great day and went home tired but happy. 

Mr Ian Craig
Special Options Teacher


SCHOOL SPORT SA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Back to Back Winners!

During week 10 of Term 1, 2023, A week earlier than normal meant that the turnaround time between carnivals was less than a week. Modbury High School’s Athletics team headed to the Athletics SA Stadium at Mile End to compete against some of the biggest and strongest schools from across the State. Modbury High School competed in B1 Grade again this year after missing out on promotion to A grade due to Covid restrictions for some schools even though we had won in 2022.  

Despite being without some of our best athletes, the entire team put in an amazing effort to achieve some great results, with many personal bests. At the end of the day Modbury High School won the boys’ overall competition, finished 2rd in the girls and won the combined competition for the second year in a row by 58 points. Hopefully this time we will be promoted to ‘A’ grade for 2024 which will be the first time in Modbury High Schools history. 

There were many fantastic contributions throughout the day but of note:

Auburn Mcgraw at her first State Carnival being a year 7 competed and won the Open Girls High Jump against the tallest and oldest jumpers from the competing schools.

Ella Turner in her first State Carnival for our school backed up her 800m race in which she came 2nd in the U15 Girls to win the Open Girls 1000m Steeplechase less than 15 minutes later.

Vicki Rowe strained a hamstring halfway through her 800m race but managed to finish the race on one leg to get the points for the team.

Ben Millar, Rachel Davies, Jed De Koning, Lara Somfai, Kade Monteleone, and Auburn Mcgraw all placing in each of their maximum four events.

Among many fine individual results, 3 athletes also achieved standards in their individual events, and two Relay teams in the Open Boys and the U/14 Boys. Which means they were in the top 3% of athletes across every grade and school in the State. 

Modbury High School Standard achievers were: 

Caitlin Fraser, Under 16 Girls Discus with a throw of 30.63 meters 

Lawrence French, Open Boys 200m with a time of 23.31 seconds 

Ben Millar, Open Boys High Jump with a leap of 1.95 meters

Ben Millar, Open Boys 110m Hurdles with the time of 16.25 seconds

U14 Boys Relay 51.32 Seconds, Devin Whiteman, Cooper Mery, Jasper Klose, Koen West

Open Boys Relay, 46.25 seconds Ben Millar, David Reyes, Lawrence French, Tyler Stehniak

The school received an impressive 93 places from our events, and they are represented in the table below:

FunRun

Modbury High School’s annual ‘Fun Run’ was held this year on Wednesday, 8th March 2023. The Fun Run is used as a lead into Sports Day and gives all students the opportunity to participate to earn athletic points for their house. 

The weather was a little cool and overcast, some students took advantage of the cool morning to run the event achieving some great times. Others decided to take a more leisurely approach.  

Those who did participate put in a great effort to secure some vital points for their houses. Most did very well to complete the 3km course for year 8 and year 9 and the 4km course for year 10 to year 12. It was an excellent turn out by year 7 and 8 students, and it would be great to see more support for the event by senior students in the coming years. Congratulations to each of the year level winners and placegetters 

Fun Run Results 2023

7 GirlsAuburn McGraw15m10sGilmore
7 BoysJacob Hyde15m03sGilmore
8 GirlsJunn Pappas20m59sLawson
8 BoysLiam Bairstow14m01sThiele
9 GirlsSydney Pocock14m26sGilmore
9 BoysKade Monteleone11m44sLawson
10 GirlsElla Turner17m40sLawson
10 BoysRicky Ditria17m41sThiele
11 GirlsJade Pelton23m40sGilmore
11 BoysJoshua Taylor16m45sGilmore
12 GirlsLauren Edwards20m28sLawson
12 BoysBen Millar15m41sGilmore
Table of each year levels winners, their times and what colour house they are in.
ClassTotalBoysGirls
705284149135
70318111467
70416635131
7011469353
7021014754
70685832
80524315588
802209107102
8031699673
8011232994
8041208634
814816120
912270155115
9A619113752
9A517632144
91314010337
9A1593425
101023417955
101122579146
101621589126
1015493316
10H2391425
10H136351
1119261118143
112015650106
112115211636
11171278443
1118522230
12F2408181227
12F317812256
12F814810444
12F1482028
Homegroup Athletics Points Champions

NORTH-EAST VISTA AND NORTHERN ZONES ATHLETICS 

Modbury High School’s athletes headed to the still new Bridgestone Athletics Centre, Salisbury in Week 9 of Term 1, 2023, in a combined Track and Field event with the best Northern and North Eastern Schools. Coming off of the late buses last year causing us to fall to 3rd overall after winning the 2 years previous years, hopes were high of winning back our top spot. 

 With a rushed start numbering each competitor on arrival it was a credit to all who competed that that they were able to compete at such high levels. Through out the day it was evident that we were doing well, but would that be enough, unfortunately there were a few missed events, and scoring opportunities. Just one more 9th place in an event would have been enough to secure the win falling less than 8 points short of victory with the totals being in the 2,800s. Having to settle for 2nd to Banksia Park International High School. The year 9, 10 and Senior Boys managed to win their respective age groups and the overall boys Shield. Our year 10 Girls also won their age group.

Some of our best athletes included: 

Mr Brendan Schiller
Sports Coordinator

Year 7/8 Boys and Girls 3 on 3 Basketball Carnival

On Friday 24th February, Modbury High School had over 50 students participating in the Year 7/8 3 on 3 Basketball Carnival held at The Lights Recreation Centre.

11 boys teams and 1 girls team participated in the carnival against schools in the North Eastern Vista Zone.

Modbury had some strong performances on the day, but were unfortunate to lose the Div 1 and Div 2 Grand Final matchups.

Senior Boys and Girls 3 on 3 Basketball Carnival

On the 17th March, our Senior Boys and Girls participated in a 3 on 3 Basketball Carnival at The Lights Recreation Centre.

With over 50 students involved in Senior Competition that day, Modbury High School had the highest number of teams nominated. While we had many teams very competitive, both our Senior Girls and Boys teams lost tough Pool A Grand Final matchups against SEDA college.

Our Pool C Boys team beat all opposition in games that day to be the Pool C Champions in the 3 v 3 competition.

Pictured from L-R: Luke Holmes, Romeo Mangava, Daniel Malick, Cooper Hann
Students from a dozen schools participated in the 3 v 3 Carnival held at The Lights Recreation Centre.

Mr Matthew Jarrad
Teacher | Digital Technologies
Basketball Coach


HOWARD MUTTON AWARD, MARG SMITH SHIELD, KEVIN GRUHL SHIELD:

The prestigious Howard Mutton Award is based on school participation and excellence across all school sport events. The high ranking is no surprise with 57 different teams and 100’s of students representing Modbury High School throughout the year along with excellent achievements in track and field, basketball and netball. 

With regular finishes in the top 10, Modbury High School in 2022 again ranked very high finishing 5th across the entire State of over 200 high schools behind only large sporting schools like Adelaide, Henley, Brighton and Reynella High Schools.

We were also successful in winning both the Kevin Gruhl and Marg Smith Shields within the Northern / North Eastern Vista Schools. The Kevin Gruhl Shield is based on points for participation of which we have been a regular winner in recent times with the greatest participation of students / teams in the local area sporting competitions. The Marg Smith Shield encompasses success in those competitions of which we did a fantastic job last year taking it out over some of the larger schools in the area.

Friday, 10 March    7:30am - 2:00pm

Parents and carers are invited to attend our annual Sports Day, a very important day on the school calendar, to show their support and celebrate with us this whole school event. The major purpose of Sports Day is to have all students come together as a community, whilst participating in some form of physical activity, the benefits of which are well-known.

Our four houses are;

Sports Day commences at 7:30am and the Opening Ceremony will occur at approximately 9:00am when the year 12 house captains carry the ‘Olympic Flame’ and light the cauldron to officially begin events.

For safety reasons, parents are asked not to bring vehicles into the school grounds and should park in the area available near the roundabout, west of the school gymnasium.  Sports Day is not an appropriate occasion for acquaintances or friends of students to visit the school and they will be asked to leave.

Parents are reminded that all Education Department schools are smoke free zones.

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY

All students are required to attend Sports Day, even if they are not participating in any events. Students should be at school joining in the activities or acting as an official. Parental support is requested in this matter. As a safety measure, roll calls will be made throughout the day.

ABSENCES

As per the usual process, parents are requested to notify the school on the day if their child is absent on Sports Day. A signed note in the diary is required upon return to the school.

CLOTHING EXPECTATIONS

For reasons of modesty and protection from the sun, students should wear clothing that adequately covers the body. Students should wear a hat and have sunscreen protection. Clothing should be appropriate for a school environment and therefore offensive slogans or logos or large areas of bare skin are not permitted. Students should also ensure they have clothing which does not restrict their performance in events. Students are encouraged to wear clothing (shirt/blouse/athletic singlet/shorts) in their house colour.

SUPERVISION INFORMATION

The early start and early finish to the day may present issues for some families. Please assist us to manage this by informing the Home Group teacher, via a note in the diary prior to the day, if you child;

BUSES

Arrangements have been made for buses to depart from the school at 2:10pm on Friday, 10 March.

TRAFFIC IN SCHOOL GROUNDS

To ensure the safety of students and staff, the only traffic into the school between 7:30am and 2:00pm will be on foot. We will be unlocking the front and back gates into the school at 7:00am.

EVENTS

You will find the Program of Events for the day below. In addition, the heats for the hurdles and 100 metres will take place on Monday, 6th March during lessons 5 & 6.

The Fun Run will be held in lessons 1 and 2 on Wednesday, 8th March. Students will be required to compete in their PE uniform or appropriate attire for these two events.

THE SCHOOL WILL BE LOCKED EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FOYER.

PAST HOUSE WINNERS

2022GILMORE 2014WRIGHT
2021GILMORE 2013THIELE
2020GILMORE 2012WRIGHT
2019LAWSON 2011THIELE
2018GILMORE 2010THIELE
2017GILMORE 2009THIELE
2016WRIGHT 2008LAWSON
2015THIELE 2007LAWSON

We believe in a culture of achievement in a respectful and rigorous learning environment

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