| Salesian College is a winning
member of the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) Competition,
made up of 14 schools. ACC Sport is compulsory for all
students who are capable of representing the College.
The ACC is one of the premier competitions in Australia
and is a great opportunity for our most gifted students
to play for the College.
Sport, as a subject, is conducted
over three afternoons each week. Year 7 and Year 8 on
a Thursday, Year 9 and Year 10 on a Tuesday, while senior
levels are held on Wednesday.
The Sports played in these classes
are cricket, volleyball, tennis (Terms 1 and 4), football,
soccer (Term 2), hockey, table tennis and basketball
(Term 3). We are highly competitive in all these sports
and constantly win the competitions.
Supplementing the ACC Sport Competition
we also have rally days at the start of each season
across all levels.
Sporting Carnivals for Swimming and
Athletics are conducted in Term 1, while the Cross-Country
Carnival is held in Term 3. The College has also been
very successful in the Victorian Schools Competition
with many of our students going on to represent Victoria
at National Competition level.
Each Salesian student has an equal
opportunity to represent the College in any of our sporting
teams. Our sporting philosophy is that through competitive
sport we encourage physical development, friendly rivalry
and, more importantly, participation with an emphasis
on winning; however, never at the expense of good sportsmanship.
Students not involved in our competitive
teams take part in an intra-college competition that
runs parallel with the ACC Championship. Every six weeks
students have the choice of sports ranging from the
traditional to in-line hockey, lawn bowls, cycling,
canoeing, European handball and self defence.
Salesian College has excellent sporting
facilities, with tennis courts, three ovals, a soccer
oval, basketball courts and a large gymnasium. The College
also makes use of excellent facilities within close
proximity to the College, comprising of eleven full
size basketball courts, 10 tennis courts, a nine hole
golf course, fifty metre swimming pool, state of the
art gymnasium and a state league hockey field.
The Salesian sporting program is one
of Victoria's strongest, catering for all levels of
interest, from pleasure through to national competition.
Our boys benefit from this, as sports are a very important
element of their Journey of Excellence.
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