Equestrian Dressage
Newhaven College Equestrian Team members competed at Hillcrest College’s recent Interschools Dressage Championships.
Year 5 student Grace Bailey competed in the Primary Preparatory class, riding two outstanding tests in a competitive field to win the Reserve Championship.
Year 10 student Isla Mclean also competed on the day in the Senior Preliminary class, also riding two beautiful tests, to walk away with the win of Reserve Champion. The Newhaven College Equestrian Team has generally concentrated on Interschool Show Jumping in the past, but with results like these we will certainly be turning our attention to Dressage Days in 2025.
Amanda Price
Bike Ed Award Winners
The Bike Education program aims to gain knowledge and understanding of the road traffic environment and road rules. Students develop the physical and cognitive skills to manage the road environment safely as cyclists. At the end of the program, a number of Year 4 students received awards for their participation from the Bike Ed Program.
Children are pictured with Don Turner, head of the Phillip Island Bike Users Group. Don and the BUG kindly donated over 30 prizes for our students.
Team 1: Dash, Conan, Rose, Don, Oscar, Kyle and Sophie
Team 2: Oliver, Isabel, Lucy, Don, Ned, Evie and Edward
Matt Jackson
Physical Education Teacher
Rocky Trails Interschool MTB Challenge
On Friday 15 November, 20 brave young representatives of Newhaven College travelled to the Silvan Mountain Bike Park to compete against seven other schools in the Rocky Trails Interschool MTB Challenge. With a shiny new bike trailer in tow, they prepared themselves mentally and physically for the challenge ahead. After registering, they set about setting their best times on a range of endurance challenges. Tearing through the hills of Silvan, the leaderboard swapped places countless times, and the smiles of each competitor as they passed the marshalling point were filled with personal pride as triumphs were achieved.
Racing against both the clock and the other schools, our youth raced through each element with confidence and enthusiasm. With skill, endurance, nerve and tenacity, our 20 students held their own and brought the challenge to much bigger contingents of students from competing schools. When time was eventually called, the podium was well represented by Newhaven students – Lucy Thompson and Hamish Dakers-Hock succeeding in securing themselves individual podium placings, and the group as a whole finished in second place overall. The day was yet another outstanding example of the Mountain Bike Academy bringing home accolades and a reputation as one of the fiercest competitors in the Victorian MTB community.
2025 promises to be filled with even more opportunities so get on board, get involved and get behind the Newhaven College MTB Academy and its fierce competitors! Go Newhaven!!
Steve Scott
Ethan's Go-Karting Success
Year 4 student Ethan Moyle has been Go Kart racing since he was 8 years old, and he remains extremely passionate about it. He is part of the junior racing league at Lemans in Dandenong for 8 to 12 year olds. Last week they had their end of season final race. Ethan placed first in both the season and the final race! This is now the second season that he has won back to back.
Ethan has done so well and excelled in his racing that he will be moving up into the next league at the beginning of the year competing against 12 to 17 year olds. This is a huge accomplishment at just 10 years old.
Well done Ethan!
