On the 17^th and 24^th of February 2022 Newcomb Secondary held our annual House Swimming and Athletics Carnivals. The participation from all students attending was fantastic to see, particularly after having missed out on our Swimming Carnival in 2021. In particular there were some fantastic individual efforts, with Year 8 Shayla Maimuir who continued to participate in different events for her house, even when she was absolutely exhausted. We had Presley Johannesen in Year 12 and Phoebe Cobb in Year 10 partake in 11 and 10 Athletic Events respectively.  Year 7 Spencer Fairthorne, Year 10 Cody Englert & Year 9 Nick Maultby all competed in 9 athletic events on the day. It was also fantastic to see great participation from students in our novelty events, such as the three legged race, egg and spoon race, raft race and lilo race.

Some of the highlights from our carnivals included seeing so many staff and students get into the spirit of the carnival, with different wigs, coloured zinc cream, blow up suits, and an NSC FIRST, with our NSC athletics Tik Tok. A big thank you to Phoebe Cobb for organising this, and please look out for this on our NSC Social media pages.

We operated in a different fashion to previous carnivals, with the addition of our COVID Marshalls, Kea, Jo & Crystal. A big thank you to your team for keeping us safe with hand sanitizer and ensuring social distancing where possible. Year 11 Cooper Rowbottom & Year 11 Eliza Glembin were also instrumental in the day’s success, distributing food and drinks to our staff on the track and field, which I know they greatly appreciated.

Finally, a big thankyou to all our teachers and support staff, for all your work at the carnivals. It made the day a great experience for our students, other staff and our school community.

Swimming Results

1st Wills (644 Points)

2nd Harrison ( 471 Points)

3rd Drysdale (458 Points)

4th Curlewis. (436 Points)

Athletics Results

1st Harrison (1236 Points)

2nd Wills (1047 Points)

3rd Curlewis (1014 Points)

4th Drysdale (791 Points)

Interschool Athletics

Newcomb Secondary competed in the Annual Interschool Athletics in the Bellarine Division on the 5^th of May 2022. Students from all year levels and age groups attended with 70 students in total attending the Carnival. During the day there were some fantastic individual results;

Chantelle Brundall: 1^st in 16 Years Female Javelin

Dakota Harrington 2^nd in 16 Years Female 100m, High Jump & Shot Put

Imogen O'Shannessy 2^nd in 15 Years Female 100m

Cody Emmett 2^nd in Male 16 Years Javelin

Hamish Andrews 1^st in 13 Years 400m, 800m & 2^nd in 200m

Taylah Drake 2^nd in 17 Years Female 100m, 3^rd in 200m & 800m

Lilly Mayberry 2^nd in 15 Years Female Long Jump & 400m

Hayley Riordan 1^st in 14 Years Female Javelin

Zara Stenton-Dozey 1^st in 14 Years Female 1500m

Jack Bumpstead 2^nd in 17 Years Male 400m

Tayla Drew 2^nd in 13 Years Female Javelin

Shayla Maimur 3^rd in the 1500m Walk and Run

At the end of the Carnival Newcomb Secondary took away a pennant for most improved school in the Bellarine Division, with the college finishing 6^th overall for the Geelong Bellarine Division. Including 2^nd in the intermediate Girls category. However most importantly, all students represented Newcomb Secondary College with great pride, respect, and dignity.

A big thankyou to our student helpers & staff; Year 9 Riley Cameron, Year 9 Scarlett Johannesen, Year 9 Toyia Middleton, Year 10 Max Dekker, Year 9 Bella Gold, Year 11 Eliza Glembin, Year 9 Mia Lynch, Mr Chris George, Ms Lisa Dyer, Miss Grace Hill & Ms Amy Boland. Without you all, the day would not have been the success it was.

Go Seahorses

Corey Bell