This week, St Catherine’s Sports Auxiliary and Sports Department held our annual Celebration of Sport Breakfast.  

The event was a great opportunity to acknowledge the sporting achievements of St Catherine’s students throughout 2022, with a focus on our teams and athletes who competed in the Girls Sport Victoria competition.  

Based on the three terms of Sport that have been completed to date, 2022 will go down as our most successful in history. An incredible 12 teams have progressed to the GSV Finals, with 10 of these in A grade competitions. Additionally, our Snowsports and Rowing Teams have achieved success at the state, national and international level, providing much to celebrate and be proud of. 

As well as acknowledging our sporting achievements, we heard from guest speaker, Australian Olympic Race Walker and recent Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Jemima Montag. Jemima shared the details of her sporting journey and discussed the transformative power that women in sport can have on the path towards gender equality. She emphasised the important roles that a positive environment and supportive network play in removing the barriers for women and girls participating in sport and physical activity. 

Our Award recipients are listed below. The Excellence Award is given to an outstanding performer and considers physical ability, performance consistency and resilience to perform under pressure. The Coaches Award is received by an outstanding team contributor and considers attitude, enthusiasm, and leadership towards establishing a positive environment within a team.  

The inaugural winner of the Sport Team of the Year Award was also presented. Nominations were open to all members of the School community, with the winning team selected by members of the Sports Department. The winners of the Sport Team Award for 2022 was our First VIII Rowing crew, the MMXXI. 

Congratulations to our Award recipients and all students who have contributed to the great culture of sport at St Catherine’s this year. A big thank you to the Sports Auxiliary for coordinating the event, as well as their ongoing support of our student athletes throughout the year.  

Excellence Awards GSV Tennis Isabella Soutter  Zenan (Amy) Chen  Olivia (Livvy) Howitt	Coaches Awards GSV Tennis Chloe Handbury  Harriet Syme  Tara Browne
Excellence Awards GSV Softball Violetta Capanni  Emma Hoban  Adelaide (Addie) Mitchell	Coaches Awards GSV Softball Indira Smith  Chloe (Coco) Butterfield  Lily Taylor
Excellence Award GSV Swimming  Louisa Liao	Coaches Award GSV Swimming  Amity Morris
Excellence Award GSV Diving  Brydie Read	Coaches Awards GSV Diving  Sibella Deague
Excellence Awards GSV Netball Ruby Jesudason  Keira O’Hara  Zoe Hall	Coaches Awards GSV Netball Madeleine de Fina-Nash  Stella Kiriakidis  Arabella Llewelyn
Excellence Awards GSV Hockey Violetta Capanni  Rhea Werner  Lily Taylor	Coaches Awards GSV Hockey Jingqi (Jenny) Huang Annabel Taylor  Charlotte Rowe
Excellence Award GSV AFL Mikayla Lee	Coaches Award GSV AFL Ruby Wake
Excellence Awards GSV Cross Country  Matisse Stafford	Coaches Awards GSV Cross Country  Catherine Ross
Excellence Award Senior GSV Water Polo  Lily McNeill	Coaches Award Senior GSV Water Polo  Georgia Stoupas
Excellence Awards GSV Soccer Elise Pham  Megan Chang  Mikayla Lee	Coaches Awards GSV Hockey Diya Asthana  Saffron Scheele  Sarah Pratt
Excellence Award GSV Badminton Angela Feng  Tianqi (Jenny) Lu  Eloise Rudge  Madeleine (Maddie) Farrer	Coaches Award GSV Badminton Scarlett Evans  Shan Ni Ting  Diya Kayick
Excellence Awards GSV Track & Field  Emma Peele  Angeline Chiang  Lily Taylor	Coaches Awards GSV Track & Field  Maggie Dryden  Sarah Marriott  Emma Froomes

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  2022 Sport Co-Captains Adelaide Mitchell and Lilli Holmes with Olympic Walker, Jemima Montag

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  St Catherine's first eight rowing crew won the Sports Team of the Year Award

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  Olympian, Jemima Montag was guest speaker at the breakfast event

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  Sports Auxiliary President, Dr Lee Naylor, Olympic gold medallist, Jemima Montag and Head of Sport, Mr Nick Racina