Tasmania’s best sporting schools
Take an exclusive inside look at the state’s most successful sporting schools, the principals and coordinators leading the way and what it takes to produce the next generation of stars.
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For decades Tasmania has punched above its weight in its sporting endeavours, producing a host of some of the country’s elite sportsmen and women.
Throughout the state there are a host of schools that have developed these elite athletes and helped build the foundation for their ongoing success.
The Mercury has done a deep dive into some of the state’s most successful sporting schools as their principals and sporting coordinators reveal their secrets to producing the next generation of star athletes.
St Patrick’s College
Sport is a big part of life at St Patrick’s where the college aims to provide as many opportunities as possible for its students and encourage them to try out new sports.
The school offers athlete development classes for all students and has specific classes that focus on athletes that play Australian Rules football, soccer and basketball.
St Pat’s has a long history with sport and has participated in rowing, cricket and Australian Rules football for over 100 years.
Among its many notable sporting alumni is Australia’s recent golden girl of swimming Ariarne Titmus, cyclist Richie Porte, and a host of AFL players including North Melbourne rising star Tarryn Thomas.
Focus sports:
Australian rules football, basketball, cricket, netball, soccer, rowing, athletics, cross country and swimming.
Other sports focused on: Hockey, mountain biking, equestrian, badminton, volleyball and tennis.
“At St Patrick’s College we believe that sport is an important part of a holistic education and teaches students many valuable life lessons such as teamwork, resilience and mateship,” St Patrick’s College sports co-ordinator Craig Boon said.
“We support students at whatever level they wish to aim for whether that be at an elite level or for recreation and fun and we celebrate each sport’s season with presentation evenings.”
“We often encourage former students to coach current teams at the school and we also strive to remain aware of emerging trends in sport and offer these new opportunities to our students.”
“We were one of the first schools in the state to have its own mountain biking program, we were involved in the introduction of girl’s football and cricket and now that volleyball is enjoying a resurgence we are involved with that as well.”
“We promote all sports that the College has to offer along with making students aware of opportunities in other sports that the College doesn’t compete in such as come and try days for rugby, skiing, and track cycling.”
Notable sporting alumni:
- Richie Porte (Cycling)
- Ariarne Titmus (Swimming)
- Tim Coyle (Cricket)
- Tom Bellchambers
- Jake Kolodjashnij
- Kade Kolodjashnij
- Tarryn Thomas
- Jackson Thurlow
- Rhyan Mansell
- Jackson Callow (AFL)
- Simon Miotto (Soccer)
- Brendan Long (Rowing)
- Rebecca Van Asch (Lawn Bowls)
- Gail Luke (nee Millar) (Athletics)
- Gino Fratangelo (Weightlifting)
Recent student success in team or individual sports:
- SATIS State Netball Champions (2020)
- Northern SATIS Champions in Boys Basketball
- Boys Tennis, Mixed Badminton (2021)
- Boys Soccer (2020)
- 3 Gold and 3 Silver Athletics Tasmania teams medals at All Schools Cross Country Championship and an individual silver medal to A. Sanders in U/20 division
- Northern SATIS Aggregate Champions for 11 years in a row along with winning Boys and Girls shields (2021).
Other notable sporting achievements:
- Australian rules football (inaugural SATIS State Champions for Girls, 7 SATIS State Titles in a row from 2011-2017 for Boys),
- All Schools Mountain Biking State Champions (2015-2019)
- Northern SATIS Cross Country Champions for the past 11 years in a row.
- Netball 4 of the last 5 SATIS State Titles.
Facilities:
- 2 football ovals
- 2 soccer fields
- 3 cricket pitches,
- 8 tennis courts
- One large and one smaller gymnasium with two side-by-side basketball/netball courts in large gym plus show court
- Smaller gym used for volleyball and badminton (four courts)
- One weights room
- 4 outdoor netball courts
- Throws cage
- Shot put circles and long jump pit
- Swimming pool
- 4 outdoor cricket nets
- Synthetic turf area
Scotch Oakburn College
Scotch Oakburn College has a strong sporting tradition and takes pride in fielding competitive teams in a wide range of sports. The College focuses on providing a variety of sports and capitalises on the extensive knowledge and skills of its staff as well as utilising external coaches for some of its teams to ensure the very best learning experience for its students.
Among its many notable sporting alumni are Tokyo Olympic cyclist Georgia Baker, Tasmanian Tiger and Hobart Hurricane Meg Phillips, and Australian motor racing legend Marcos Ambrose.
Summer sports offered at the school include rowing, sailing, cricket, equestrian, softball, swimming, basketball, table tennis and tennis.
Winter sports include hockey, netball, Aussie Rules Football, badminton and soccer.
Students participate in a summer and winter sport, in addition to the cross country, swimming and athletics carnivals.
Scotch Oakburn College Prinicpal Andy Muller:
“Scotch Oakburn College has a long and proud history of fielding teams in a wide range of sports, including the obvious or more ‘front of mind’ sports and many others,” Mr Muller said.
“As we evolve our programs to meet the needs of students we have included cycling (road and mountain), triathlon, and are currently experimenting with volleyball, which is gaining a solid following,” he said.
“Scotch Oakburn College doesn’t focus on any particular sports because physical activity and ‘team’ is very important to us and we provide a variety of sports so that all students can find a sport that they enjoy playing with the aim of sport and physical activity becoming a lifelong habit.”
“Our culture around sport is the same as that around all activities in which our students are involved – be involved, give your best effort, and make sure you are enjoying it.
“Our culture also reinforces the importance of being involved in a variety of sports and activities and not focusing on one particular sport. Variety is important as students are developing both physically and in terms of their skills, teamwork and knowledge of games.”
Notable sporting alumni:
- Brent Crosswell (AFL)
- Alex Doolan (cricket)
- Glenn Mylar (rowing)
- Tim Deavin (hockey)
- Ian Paton (AFL)
- Georgia Baker (cycling)
- Ali Foot (rowing)
- Blair Tunevitsch (rowing)
- Will Breier (rowing)
- Andrew Robinson (athletics)
- Joe Chilcott (basketball)
- Craig Viney (basketball)
- Mia King (AFLW)
- Meg Phillips (cricket)
- Catherine Guest (basketball)
- Fletcher Seymour (cricket)
- Heidi Schouten (rowing)
- Linsday Calvert (rowing)
- Alexander Creek (athletics)
- Marcos Ambrose (motor racing)
- Michael Grenda (cycling)
Recent student success in team or individual sports:
- SOC have been successful in the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS) across a number of sports over the recent past,
- Winning major competitions in the following sports to name a few: netball, Aussie rules football-boys and girls, rowing – boys and girls, soccer – girls and boys, tennis, sailing, basketball – boys, softball, equestrian, and swimming.
Facilities:
- A large gym that can cater for a variety of sports including basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and netball.
- A 25m swimming pool located at the Junior School.
(Scotch Oakburn Park)
- Four tennis courts that double as netball courts in the winter, 2 football ovals (that double as cricket fields in summer), 3 x soccer pitches – 2 of which are cricket fields in summer.
- A rowing shed on the North Esk river.
Launceston Church Grammar School
LCGS has a rich tradition in sport and offers its students a vast range of sporting options with a strong focus on providing the very best coaches and facilities available.
At Launceston Church Grammar there is an expectation that students represent the school in sport to ensure the sustainability and rich tradition of the school’s sporting culture.
Over 25 sports are offered to students across the school year with a strong focus on being adaptive and introducing new sports for students to try.
Among its many notable sporting alumni are a number of state and national cricket representatives, including Tassie cricket legend David Boon and fellow Australian representatives George Bailey and James Faulkner.
Former AFL star Brad Green is also a proud alumni of the school.
Focus sports:
- Cricket
- Rowing
- Aussie rules football,
- Basketball
- Soccer
Other sports offered:
- Badminton,
- Cricket
- Hockey
- Netball,
- Tennis,
- Athletics,
- Swimming,
- Cross country,
- Equestrian,
- Mountain biking,
- Orienteering,
- Sailing,
- Swimming,
- Table tennis
Other sports which can also be undertaken within a community-based club include clay target shooting, golf, strength and conditioning, surfing, touch football, triathlon and umpiring.
LCGS Director of Sport Adrian Finch:
“The main thing about our sports programs is there’s an expectation for students to represent their school in sport to ensure the sustainability of school sport.”
“We are a smaller school with around 100 students in each grade and we compete against schools with excess of 250 students in each grade but we’ve still been able to find little pockets of success.”
“While we offer a range of sports we do have some sports programs that are particularly strong.
“We have a huge history in rowing and recently won the Tasmanian pennant series- we also resource heavily in cricket and football due to a rich history in those sports.”
“We also have a really strong basketball program and of course we hang our hat on our cricket program which is exemplified by the past cricketers we’ve had at the school.
“Another to note is our soccer program which is really strong for us and we’ve had a bit of strong hold on that in recent years in the north of the state and last year our senior girls were state champions.”
“While we highlight those sports, two things that we think set us apart are our facilities and our focus on providing the best facilities and equipment for all sports we offer- as well as the focus we have on the strength and conditioning side of things.
“Our new strength and conditioning facility is filled with state of the art equipment and we have a real focus on supporting athletes through their pathway and also supporting students that have aspirations to compete in professional level sports.”
“A real benefit to us is that our strength and conditioning coach Pheunis Pieters is doing his PhD in training load management in adolescents and he uses our students for that and the data is really useful and important to us in managing their training load.”
“We also try and enhance our experience to students by giving them access to the best coaching available.
“An example of this is former AFL player Jay Schultz who is out first 18 footy coach this year and we believe having coaches of that caliber enhances our students experience and their performance on top of that.”
Notable sporting alumni:
- David Boon,
- George Bailey,
- James Faulkner,
- Brad Green (AFL)
- Ciona Wilson (rowing) was named as a reserve for the Australian Rowing Team that competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
Recent student success in team or individual sports:
- LCGS won the SATIS Cricket Premiership in 2019. The competition has been running since 1924 and LCGS has won the title 30 times, which is more than any other school in the state, followed by The Hutchins School on 21.
- Rowing – Open girls won 5 Head of the River 1st VIII races between 2010-14 and LCGS won the Schools Cup in the 2020-21 Pennant Series.
- LCGS have been very successful in girls and boys soccer in recent years – in 2019 they won 5 out of 5 NSATIS premierships, 2 state titles for the Senior Girls in 2019 & 2020, two junior titles so far in 2021 for Grade 7/8 Boys and Girls soccer. The boys & girls hockey teams have also been very strong in the NSATIS Hockey North competitions for many years.
Facilities:
- Indoor 6-lane 25m swimming pool located at the Senior Campus
- A large gym that can cater for a variety of sports including basketball, netball, volleyball, badminton
- State of the art Strength & Conditioning facility
- Tennis courts x 4
- Outdoor netball courts x 4
- Football oval
- Cricket oval with turf wicket
- Cricket oval with synthetic wicket x 2
- 4 synthetic cricket wickets (nets)
- 4 turf cricket wickets (nets)
- Soccer fields x 4
- Rowing shed on the Tamar River
- Rowing fitness & conditioning room with ergos
- 2km purpose built mountain bike track
Guilford Young College
GYC has a strong focus on sports and have had a large amount of success in its short 25 year history.
The College is very fortunate to have many staff who are very knowledgeable and experienced in many of the sports on offer and also utilise the skills of its past elite athletes to provide a first class experience for its students.
As part of the schools athlete development program it currently partners with basketball training organisation Swisherr Hoops Academy to provide training opportunities and future pathways for GYC basketball players.
The school has plans to widen this sport specific development program to cricket in 2022 with other sports to follow.
Among its many notable sporting alumni are a host of footy players including Brodie Holland, Aaron Hall, Josh Green, Aaron Cornelius, Hugh Dixon, AFLW player Nicole Bresnehan, and Patrick Walker who was drafted to North Melbourne in 2020.
Some other star alumni are Ironman champion Matt Bevilacqua and sprinting sensation Jack Hale who still holds the Australian under 18 100m record and has represented Australia at Under-20 World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
Another notable alumni who recently rose to fame is Tokyo Olympian Daniel Watkins who competed in the Canoe Slalom and made headlines after being dubbed the Brad Pitt of the sport.
Focus sports:
- Football
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Soccer
- Water polo
- Cricket
- Athletics
- Swimming
Other sports:
- Rowing
- Tennis
- Sailing
- Surfing
- Equestrian
- Badminton
- Cross country
- Netball
- Squash
- Volleyball
- Mountain bike riding
- Canoe polo
- Triathlon
GYC Sports Co-co-ordinator Melissa Brown:
“GYC encourages all students to be involved in the sporting program at the College regardless of ability or sport.
“This includes the traditional sports along with others such as canoe polo, badminton and surfing. We strongly encourage students who can play at the highest level to play with GYC and we achieve this through negotiating with sporting clubs and students so they can play with their peers in school sport.
“We believe school sport is important for student’s physical and mental health and increases school community engagement while studying Year 11 and 12.
“A current focus is to increase our school participation in sports by encouraging students who previously played sport to re-engage and play sport for the school.
“While we cater for the elite, we provide opportunities for all boys and girls at any level and really focus on developing a positive culture to increase student’s desire to choose to play school sport.
“In the past two years one of our focuses is to have teams playing in both the SATIS statewide boys’ cricket and the boys statewide football rosters and this has been very successful with both teams either contesting or winning the State Final in the past two years.
“The College has been very proud of the many premiership shields that have been won. Some highlights include our success particularly in boys’ basketball and boys’ soccer.
Our boys 1st XI soccer teams have been awarded Southern Premiers for 8 of the past 10 years and have gone onto becoming State Premiers for 7 of these years. In the boys’ basketball, GYC have been Southern Premiers and have played in 19 State Finals.
The GYC basketball teams also competes in the nationwide College’s State Basketball Championships each year. The Boys basketball team have represented Tasmania in five tournaments during the past ten years and inn 2019 the GYC team won the Division 2 competition and were awarded National Champions.”
“The College has also had very strong teams in water polo, winning the Southern Shield for the past 9 years for the College Boys and 8 years for College Girls. The College has also been very strong in both athletics and swimming, winning the Boys’ College athletics shield 9 times and College Co-Educational shield 17 times. This success has continued with our swimming teams winning the College Co-Educational Shield for 16 years.”
Notable sporting alumni:
- Scott Brennan (Gold Medallist rower)
- Sean Clingeleffer (cricket for both Tasmania and Australia)
- Riley Meredith, Caleb Jewel, Sam Rainbird and recently Mitch Owen have all played for the Tassie Tigers and Hurricane teams. There have also been some Tasmanian Tigers rookie contracted players, Keegan Oates, Liam Devlin and Jack White.
- Jack Hale holds the Australian under 18 100m record and has represented Australia at Under-20 World Championships and Commonwealth Games. Jacob Despard has also had a successful athletics career.
- Matt Bevilacqua graduated from the College in 2010: Ironman Champion and for the past four years holds the title for the World Paddleboard. During his time at the College he also swam for the College.
- Alexandra Britton was also awarded Iron Woman in 2016.
- Alex Peroni graduated at the College in 2017 and has had an extensive career as an Australian racing driver and was awarded 2016 Challenge Monoplace champion. He continues to race today in Formula 3.
- Sid Taberlay started competitive cycling when he was 15 and was selected for his first Australian Team in 2000. Sid Taberlay, a Tasmanian cyclist made his Olympic debut at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, finishing 23rd in the cross country mountain bike event. In his career Taberlay also competed in nine World Championships and also placed sixth at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Scott Bowden was at the College during 2012 and 2013. He is a talented cyclist and mountain bike rider. He represented Australia in 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
- Madelaine Fasnacht was touted as a star of the future after winning Cycling Australia’s coveted junior cyclist of the year in 2017. She has also won two medals, gold and bronze, at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.
- Jack Welch Hockey represented Australia in Men's Hockey Team and Josh Brookes recently graduated at the College in 2019. He is an up and coming hockey player with being selected as an underage Australian player and is currently a member of the Tassie Tigers Team. who has the potential to play at the highest level.
- Nicole Bresnehan for AFLW North Melbourne
- Brodie Holland Fremantle and Collingwood
- Josh Green
- Aaron Cornelius
- Aaron Hall
- Hugh Dixon
- Barry Brookes
- Patrick Walker
- Jessie Andrewartha (nee Atherton) studied at GYC in 2007 and 2008 Andrewartha is a sailing world champion and multiple Australian mirror dinghy champion. She was named one of Tasmania’s female sailors of the year in 2013.
- Daniel Watkins (GYC 2013) on Canoe Slalom who competed at the Tokyo Olympics.
Recent student success in team or individual sports
GYC Successful Teams 2020:
- Southern Premiers: Boys 1st XI Hockey Team, Boys 1st XI Soccer Team, Girls 1st Netball,
- Boys basketball, Senior Boys, Senior Girls and Senior Co-Education Athletics Shields
- State Premiers: Boys 1st XI Cricket, Boys 1st XVIII Football, Boys 1st XI Hockey Team, Boys 1st XI Soccer Team, Boys Basketball.
- GYC Successful Teams so far in 2021
- Southern Premiers: College Boys and Co-Ed Swimming Team, Girls 1st Volleyball, Girls 1st
- XI Hockey, Girls 2nd XI Hockey, Girls 1st XVIII Football, Boys 1st Basketball, Boys 2nds
- Basketball and Canoe Polo.
- State Premiers: Boys 1st Basketball, Girls 1st XVIII Football, Boys 1st XVIII Football and Boys 1st Water Polo.
2021 State and National Representation of current GYC students
- Swimming: Max Giuliani Outstanding swimming ability has been recognised with being
- named one of the four finalists in the State for the Tasmanian Young Achiever Award. Max
- Giuliani dominated at the State Swimming Club Championships and was selected to
- compete in Freestyle at the Olympic Trials (National Swimming Championships) and
- narrowly missed out on selection. He got a Silver Medal in the 100m Freestyle and a
- Bronze in the 200m Freestyle where he gained Junior World Qualification and Team
- Selection for these two events. In doing so Max broke the records in the Open State
- category.
- Running and Athletics: Haney Mokonen: runner SSATIS Open Boys Winner, Tasmanian
- Secondary Colleges U18 Winner, Selected in the State Team for 2021. Athletics: Jackson
- Mellor State Team
- Gymnastics: Callum O’Sullivan Junior International U22 Men’s Double Mini Champion of
- Australia Gymnastics
- Netball: State Netball U17 and U19: Maddi Hay, Ash Turner, Jess Scott, Georgia Pyke and
- Alexia Smith
- Women’s Hockey: Tasmanian U18 Women’s State Hockey Team: Maddi Brooks, Taylor
- Brooks, Ansa Le Grange, Emma Fenner, Ellie McDonald and Cami Vaughan. U21 State
- Women’s Team: Laura Canning, Maddi Brookes, Taylor Brookes and Camila Vaughan.
- Maddi and Taylor Brookes & Lauren Canning have all made the Tassie Tiger Women’s
- Hockey Team. Maddi, Taylor and Camila are all TIS Scholarship holders.
- Men’s Hockey: Tasmanian U18 Men’s State Hockey Team: Sam Colrain, Chris Colrain,
- Angus Cooper, Tom Rasmussen and Jaxon Sproule
- State Men’s and Women’s Volleyball: Joseph Kelly and Rebecca Flinn
- Rowing: Angus Paynter Men’s Coxed Eight Australian Junior Rowing Team.
- Boys Football: Tasmanian Devils program: Noah Holmes, George McLeod, Dom White,
- Will Splann, Sam Banks, Baker Smith, Darcy Gardner, Lincoln Arnold, Cam Owens, Bryce
- Alomes, Tom McCallum, Will Splann and Bill Griggs. Sam Banks was only Tasmanian
- selected in the Under 18 NAB AFL Academy squad.
- Girls Football: Claire Ransom and Chelsea Thomas have been starring for the Tasmanian
- Devils Under 18 team in the NAB League Girls 2021 competitions.
- Girls Soccer: Bronte Gadon and Eve Swain Senior and Youth Women’s Tasmanian
- squads.
- Men’s Water Polo Team: U18 State Men’s Australian Youth Championships: Hunter
- Wright, Fearghas Cameron-Sharpe, Josh Wylie, Will Watts, Harry Fisher and Corin Arkell
- Surf Life Savings: U17 Australian State Titles Mary Clingeleffer and Oliver Pooley
- Boys Basketball: U18 Tasmanian Boys Basketball Team: Luke Brown, Callum Boucher
- and Lewis Crennan.
- Girls Basketball: U18 State Team Eliza Van de Kamp, and Jasmine Ashlin and Chargers:
- Eliza Van de Kamp
- Australian Weightlifting: Hannah Pickrell Year 11, Youth High Performance team
- 2020 State and National Representations of GYC students:
- Cricket: Sam Wright, Tom McGann, Lachlan Borsboom, William Collins, Melanie Armstrong, Ella Marsh
- AFL: Sam Banks, Sam Collins, Oliver Davis, Patrick Walker
- Hockey: Lily Vanderkelen, Camila Vaughan, Angus Cooper, Harrison Winch, Chris Colrain,
- Nicholas Spandler, Tom Rasmussen, Michael Mc Devitt
- Netball: Megan Steele, Madeleine Hay, Ella Marsh, Brielle Gordon
- Soccer: Madison Chambers
- Aerial Skiing: Eleanor Higginbotham
- Rowing: Angus Paynter, Ryan Browning
- Swimming: Max Giuliani, Jet Jankiewicz
- Water Polo: Hunter Wright, Josh Wylie
- Athletics: Jack Lewis, Jackson Mellor, Alexander McKillop
- Rugby: Noah Kazarine
Facilities (located over two campuses):
There are basketball courts at both campuses as well as two soccer ovals and tennis courts. The College is currently building two more tennis courts and a fitness gymnasium. They also have an arrangement with Swisherr and the University of Tasmania to utilise the Swisherr Hoops Academy facility at the old K & D Hardware Store site facility.
The Hutchins School
Hutchins have competed in a vast range of different sports and achieved a mountain of success in sporting competition in its rich 175 year history.
Part of Hutchins’ sporting success is their ability to achieve consistently high results in a variety of different sports.
Sport is a compulsory part of Hutchins education and all students in Middle and Senior School choose a summer, winter and spring sporting option.
While the school has been at the top of a number of sports it is rowing where the school cuts its teeth and are often seen as the powerhouse of school rowing in Tasmania.
Among its notable sporting alumni are Olympians Hamish Peacock (athletics), Cameron Wurf (cycling), Tristan Thomas (athletics) and Tom Gibson (rowing). Former Geelong footballer George Burbury is also a proud Hutchins alumni and currently plays for the Hutchins side in the Old Scholars football competition.
Focus sports:
- Rowing
- Australian rules football
- Cricket
- Sailing
Other sports:
- Hockey
- Golf
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Squash
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Badminton
- Table tennis
- Sport shooting
- Karate
- Basketball
- Dance
- Mountain biking
- Orienteering
- Surfing
- Tennis
Hutchins Director of Sport Jason Berry:
“The School has always valued the importance of sport in promoting physical and mental wellbeing and there is a strong connection between our boys and the School, highlighted through the pride and passion that the boys show when representing the School.
“The sports program focuses on fun and encourages students to find their passion in lifelong sport through participation in a wide range of activities.
“We acknowledge the extremely important part that school sport plays in Tasmania’s sporting landscape.
“As our program strives to cater for a range of individual student interests, skill levels and experiences, several sports have become more popular in recent years.
“Mountain biking, for example, has over 50 participants and continues to grow, especially with the outstanding resources we have available within our state.
“Dance has grown enormously in recent years and is a fundamental part of our co-curricular program.
“Soccer, by numbers is the most popular junior sport, with basketball growing in popularity as the Jack Jumpers prepare to enter the NBL.
“This year we also had over 200 students playing Australian rules football, which is testament to the popularity of the sport and the professionalism of the program offered within the School. “
“As a school that has compulsory sport, we feel it’s important, where possible, to be able to provide students with high level coaching to complement work they may be doing with clubs and other talent pathways.
“We are lucky to have some highly talented and knowledgeable coaches working with the School. This includes current staff who have represented their sports at the highest level. We also utilise our strong Old Boy connection with coaches such as Tom Allwright (Geelong Cats) as our Director of Rowing and Richard Allenby (Tasmanian Tigers) as our First XI Cricket Coach.
“External coaches such as Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame coach and player Nick Probert working with our First XVIII Football team and current Hobart Chargers coach, Anthony Stewart working with our senior basketball teams, ensures that our students have access to professional, high performance coaching,.”
Notable sporting alumni:
Hamish Peacock (athletics)
Cameron Wurf (cycling),
Tristan Thomas (athletics)
Tom Gibson (rowing)
George Burbury (AFL)
Recent student success in team or individual sports
Hutchins has enjoyed a highly successful year to date with strong representation across a wide variety of sports, highlighted by its rowing Coxed Four winning at a national level and being chosen to represent Australia at the World Championships. At a Senior Firsts level, the school also won the state SATIS cricket competition, tennis competition, Head of the River rowing, orienteering and a variety of shields at recent state cross country and swimming carnivals. A high number of students have also been identified in talent pathways and been chosen to represent their clubs, Tasmania and Australia in various sporting endeavours.
Facilities:
The school is fortunate to have access to outstanding facilities, including the War Memorial Oval, a multipurpose ground that hosts Australian rules football and rugby throughout winter and is converted to a turf cricket wicket in summer months. The School also has access to two additional grounds, six tennis courts and a gymnasium.
Recently unveiled as part of its 175th anniversary was the development of a new multipurpose facility, which will further promote active participation in sport, recreation and performance. Part of that proposal includes gym space for basketball, badminton, volleyball courts as well as cardio/weights rooms, yoga/pilates studios and an indoor swimming pool.
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