Table Tennis titles – terrific! 19 July 2010 Michaela Campbell won the girls' under-13 doubles at Victorian Junior Open Championships on the weekend ...Darcie Morton, Brendan Harbridge, Adam Hislop, Thomas Curtis, Kane Armistead, Adam Hislop, Luke Jongebloed, Ben Schoonderbeek, Jake Hemphill, Jake Goodluck, Stephan Joseph and Luke Blythman ... Ex-Academy swimmers go well at Aussie titles, 19 July 2010 Former Academy swimmers asserted themselves at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships ... Ashley Delaney, Jeremy Meyer, Andrew Cameron, Sam Ashby and Jeremy Saunders ... Stephanie returns from International events, 16 July 2010 Stephanie Treloar recently played in two major badminton tournaments in Tasmania, the Australian Junior International Championships and the CP Maddern Trophy ... A holiday serving of tennis, 16 July 2010 Mitchell Allman's two tennis titles ... David Hough at Optus Winter Nationals ... Rebecca Ingram, Amelia Charlton, Jamie Kemp, Emma Waite, Sophie Grumley, Lexie Joyce, Shayla Marsh, Cohan Schuback and Josh Charlton ... Gippstars honour highest achievers, 15 July 2010 Top World Championship results won Tom Siinmaa the Annual Gippstar Senior Award ... the Junior Award was shared between Alex Sheedy and Lisa Phillips ... other Gippstars to John Bryant, Cyril Metcalf, Jenny Mills, Howard Williams, Lakes Entrance senior women's surf boat crew and the Maffra Junior Fire Brigade team ... Football Squad hits the road, 5 July 2010 The Gippsland Sports Academy football squad recently trained at Sale United Football Club ... Runners feature in June Gippstars, 5 July 2010 International-level distance runners were the winners of the June Gippstar Awards ... Kaila McKnight was Senior winner with Sam Quirk winning the Junior Award ... Jeremy wins Oceanic title, 1 July 2010 Jeremy Meyer has just returned from the Oceanic Championships in Samoa where he won a gold medal in the 200-metres breaststroke in a new record time ... Badminton juniors give notice, 25 June 2010 The Academy's squad at the recent BAV Junior Tournament ... Ryan Venpin, Claire Hanratty, Georgia Rose, Ryan Peter, Hannah Mallett, and Kelly Venpin ... Solid results continue at Ballarat tournament, 8 June 2010 Table tennis squad members ... Luke Jonguebloed, Kane Armistead, Adam Hislop, Thomas Curtis, Stefan Joseph, Luke Blythman, Bryce Holwerda, Darcie Morton, Jarrod Donohue, Jake Goodluck. Young women champions win May Gippstars, 4 June 2010 Two promising young Gippsland sportswomen have been announced as winners of the May Gippstar sports awards ... Nikki van Dijk and Meagan Boast ... Promising results for badminton seven, 27 May 2010 Badminton squad members had good results at last Sunday’s SEBA Junior Tournament ... Ryan Venpin, Claire Hanratty, Georgia Rose, Ryan Peter, Stephanie Treloar, Grace Hanratty and Mihar Nandha ... Stephanie's now a Rebel, 17 May 2010 Badminton Victoria selectors named Stephanie Treloar in the State's top under-19 team, the Victorian Rebels ... Head Coach, Rudy Bartholomeusz ... Gippstars shining even more brightly, 4 May 2010 Alex Sheedy and Charlotte McShane are former Gippstar Award month winners, and both have been announced April winners. Alex won the Junior Award and Charlotte the Senior ... Tennis ten at Canberra, 28 April 2010 The best results ever were returned at the ACT Junior Open Tournament ... David Hough, Mitchell Allman, Alistair Salerno, Sophie Grumley, Emma Waite, Chloe Downie, Jarryd Garlick, Lexie Joyce, Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Three go well at badminton titles, 20 April 2010 At the weekend's Victorian under-19 Badminton Championships ... Stephanie Treloar, Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha ... Fine table tennis performances at Mornington, 16 April 2010 At last weekend's Mornington Open Tournament ... Darcie Morton, Stefan Joseph, Luke Jongebloed, Michaela Campbell, Bryce Holwerda, Jarrod Donohue; Daniel Campbell, Adam Hislop; Damon Morton; Thomas Curtis, Kane Armistead; Luke Blythman and Jake Goodluck ....
Tennis team has excellent results, 15 April 2010 All squad members have done well in recent tournaments ... Mitchell Allman, Sophie Grumley, Emma Waite, David Hough, Lexie Joyce, Jack Clements, Rebecca Ingram, Amelia Charlton ... Grace takes on the best, 15 April 2010 Grace Hanratty achieved outstanding results at last week's under-17 June Bevan Badminton Carnival in Perth ... Swimming success at Age titles, 13 April 2010 Swimmers from the Academy and Gippsland Swimming's Target Squad ... at last weeK's Australian Age titles ... Kirsten Lieshout, Alice Lieshout, Stephanie Morgan, Kate Sommerfield, Lily Collins, Maggie O'Keefe, Georgia Tsebelis, Jeremy Meyer, Brayden Waltham, Lachie Evans , Jordan Radosavljevic, Matthew Norwood, Philip Blunt, Jacob Mulqueen, Daniel Gill, Brayden Haney and Trent Morrow ... Darcie takes first Table Tennis titles, 9 April 2010 Darcie Morton has claimed the Academy's first age title ...also brother Damon ... Swimmers off to Nationals, 30 March 2010 A strong contingent of 17 Gippsland swimmers will compete at next week's Australian Age Championships ... Kirsten Lieshout, Alice Lieshout, Stephanie Morgan, Kate Sommerfield, Lily Collins, Maggie O'Keefe, Georgia Tsebelis, Jeremy Meyer, Brayden Waltham, Lachie Evans, Jordan Radosavljevic, Matthew Norwood, Philip Blunt, Jacob Mulqueen, Daniel Gill, Brayden Haney and Trent Morrow ... Stephanie back on track, 30 March 2010 At Ballarat, Stephanie Treloar put herself back into the winner's circle ... Sarah Wong, Jess Lyons and Jack Burgess ... Outstanding female champions win March Gippstars, 24 March 2010 Two of Gippsland's most promising young women sports champions have been announced ... swimmer Stephanie Morgan and lawn bowler Lisa Phillips ... Swimmers at Australian titles, 23 March 2010 Kate Sommerfield and Jeremy Meyer represented the Academy at the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships ... Matt and Ryan become the top pair, 23 March 2010 In the Academy's Lawn Bowls Pairs Championship on the weekend... Matt Leicester and Ryan Bell, William McIlwain and Sam Atkinson ... Skills drills weekend for new squad, 18 March 2010 The Table Tennis Squad has just returned from Bairnsdale after a full weekend of skills training ... Encouraging badminton results at Geelong, 16 March 2010 Three badminton squad players represented the Academy at last Saturday's Geelong Tournament ... Stephanie Treloar, Jessica Venpin and Kelly Venpin ... Top results for new table tennis squad, 5 March 2010 Outstanding results were achieved at the TTV Junior Encouragement Tournament ... Thomas Curtis, Luke Blythman, Darcie Morton, Michaela Campbell, Luke Jongebloed, Adam Hislop, Kane Armistead, Jake Hemphill, Damon Morton, Stefan Joseph, Bryce Holwerda and Jarrod Donohue ... Stephanie goes one step higher, 2 March 2010 Last weekend's Ballarat Junior Tournament gave Stephanie Treloar the chance for more good badminton results .... Good news for track and field girls, 2 March 2010 Sharna Warry, competing in the Victorian Youth Track and Field Championships over the weekend, finished third in the girls under-14 javelin event ... also Abbie Freestone ... Coach Cain close to Commonwealth selection, 1 March 2010 The battle for Commonwealth Games selection is on for Stephen Cain, Head Coach of the Academy's athletics program ... State Training Squad selection for volleyballers, 26 February 2010 Four Academy volleyball squad members have been selected to the Victorian training squads in preparation for the Australian Championships ... Susie Ball, Anna Williams, Max Rounds and Alex Bermingham ... Hope and promise at tennis Nationals, 23 February 2010 Three Academy tennis squad members played extremely well at the Optus 12s & 14s Nationals last week ... Chloe Downie, Mitchell Allman, David Hough ... Judi Buhagiar appointed as new Chief Executive Officer, 22 February 2010 Chairman of the Gippsland Sports Academy, Darrell White, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Judi Buhagiar ... Four January and February Gippstar winners announced, 22 February 2010 January winners Brett Hayward and Georgia Tsebelis... February winners James Petch and Alastair Salerno ... Rookie Ryan scores badminton win, 18 February 2010 Ryan Venpin's win in the mixed doubles was the highlight of last weekend's Altona Junior Tournament ... others were Grace Hanratty, Stephanie Treloar, Jessica Venpin and Mihar Nandha ... Swimmers sprint to medals, 16 February 2010 Five Academy swimmers competed with fine results at the Victorian Sprint Championships ... Stephanie Morgan, Lily Collins, Kate Sommerfield, Elliot Shaw and Philip Blunt ... Tennis trio to Optus Nationals, 4 February 2010 Three promising players have made the cut for the Optus National Grasscourts12s & 14s Championships ... Chloe Downie, Mitchell Allman, David Hough ... with Head Coach Graham Charlton ... Badminton pair hoping for Victorian team selection, 2 February 2010 Grace Hanratty and Mihar Nandha have hopes of selection into the Victorian squad for the Australian titles in April ... Swimmers on target in Country titles, 29 January 2010 Academy swimmers achieved excellent results at the Country Championships at Warrnambool last weekend ... Stephanie Morgan, Jeremy Meyer, Dylan Wyatt, Andrew O'Connor, Alice Lieshout, Kate Sommerfield, Brayden Waltham, Kirsten Lieshout, Lily Collins, Ben Geard, Elliott Shaw, Jye Thompson, Philip Blunt ... Bowlers win Yarragon fours, 29 January 2010 An Academy team won the fours tournament at Yarragon earlier this week ...Sam Atkinson (skip), Will McIlwain, Ryan Bell and Alex Houston ... Athletics achievers at Country titles, 26 January 2010 Six of the squad competed in the weekend's Victorian Country Athletics Championships ... Lauren Matthews, Sharma Warry, Hayley Matthews, James Ogden, Ryan Buttner, Tyron Forscutt ... also ex-Academy Hamish Nelson and Tanya Eagle ... Lawn bowlers at Regional Junior titles, 25 January 2010 The Academy's lawn bowls squad returned to Daylesford last week for the Victorian Regional Junior Championships ... Matt Leicester, Will McIlwain, Scott Wegener, Sam Atkinson, Alex Houston, Gareth Rich, Jesse McEwan, Ryan Bell, Rhys Pywell ... Fine swims at Victorian Open, 19 January 2010 Jeremy Meyer's two gold medals were the high spot of Academy swimming performances at last weekend's Victorian Open titles ... also to do well were Kate Sommerfield, Stephanie Morgan, Brayden Waltham, Ben Geard, Andrew O"Connor and Elliot Shaw ... Top level swims at age titles, 12 January 2010 Academy swimmers had fine results at the Victorian Age Swimming Championships which concluded last Sunday ... Stephanie Morgan, Kate Sommerfield, Lilly Collins, Dylan Wyatt, Alice Lieshout, Kirsten Lieshout, Brayden Waltham, Elliot Shaw, Jye Thompson and Philip Blunt ... Bowlers put on exciting display, 12 January 2010 At last Saturday's lawn bowls tournament at Morwell ... Matt Leicester, Ryan Renfrew, Sam Atkinson and Jack Shaw ... Bowlers in good form, 6 January 2010 Sam Atkinson, Ryan Bell and Rhys Pywell have represented the Academy at two lawn bowls tournaments at Garfield and Moe ... Sports stars win overseas recognition, 21 December 2009 Weightlifter Adam Kok and soccer player Stephen Maselli have been respectively named as senior and junior Gippstar winners for December ... Four make Vic Volleyball squad, 21 December 2009 Four under-15's have been selected into the Victorian U15 squad ... Phoebe Trembath, Jennifer Klerck, Peter Harasmuik and Josh Dyer ... Pywell goes well, 15 December 2009 Rhys Pywell successfully defended his Academy lawn bowls singles title ... Sam Atkinson, Ryan Bell, Jesse McEwan and William McIlwain ... Ambassadors Cup tennis win is sweet news for the Academy, 11 December 2009 Gippsland's domination with ... Sophie Grumley, Emma Waite, Nick Tile, Mitchell Allman, Stephanie Barnett and Elizabeth Shanahan ... November Gippstars for archery and volleyball hotshots, 11 December 2009 Two Gippsland sports stars who had competed at an international level ... Peter Bennett and Eliza Smith ... Good show at Good Neighbour, 8 December 2009 Once again the Academy's volleyball squad had great results at the Good Neighbour Tournament held in Canberra over the last weekend in November ... Table tennis off to a flying start, 30 November 2009 Seventeen of Gippsland's best young table tennis players have been selected into the Academy's new table tennis squad ... Sports gear up for 2010, 30 November 2009 The Gippsland Sports Academy is gearing up to an exciting year with some sports about to plunge into summer competition and a number of squads due to recommence shortly ... Badminton cheer in October, 27 October 2009 Stephanie Treloar at Bendigo and Altona ... Mihar Nandha and Grace Hanratty at Altona ... Up-and-coming champions win October Awards, 27 October 2009 Mountain runner Stephen McShane was selected as the Junior Gippstar Award winner and champion archer, Samantha Crawford, won the senior Award ... The class of 2001- with class! 23 October 2009 Anthony Brown's 10th place in the Midea China Open Tournament ... Ryan Hammond on this year's Australian professional circuit ... Grace goes well at Aus titles, 6 October 2009 Grace Hanratty represented Victoria at last week's Australian U15 badminton championships, the Val Nesbitt Carnival ... Tennis players hit top form, 5 October 2009 Tennis squad members had great successes at last week's Bairnsdale Junior Clay Tournament ... Emma Waite, Sophie Grumley, Mitchell Allman, Nick Tile, Dylan Farquhar, Chloe Downie, David Hough, Amy Downie and Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Awards for international achievers, 2 October 2009 International performances by Kathryn Ewels and Taylah Somerville won them Gippstar Awards for September ... Traralgon Tennis, 25 September 2009 Academy tennis squad players had good results at this week's Wight's Motor World Traralgon Junior Open tournament ... Sophie Grumley, Emma Waite, Nick Tile, David Hough ... August Awards for returning champions, 25 September 2009 Former Gippstar Award winners Jeremy Meyer and Greg Siinmaa again won monthly Awards ... Australian team dream spot for Eliza, 24 September 2009 Eliza Smith's selection into the Australian Junior Volleyball team ... Fine start to swimming season, 10 September 2009 Academy squad members launched into a fine season's start at the Victorian Short Course Championships ... Kirsten Lieshout, Stephanie Morgan, Jeremy Meyer, Dylan Wyatt, Alice Lieshout, Elliot Shaw, Jye Thompson, Kate Sommerfield, Lily Collins and Philip Blunt ... Grace selected to Victorian badminton team, 4 September 2009 Grace Hanratty has been chosen to represent Victoria at the Val Nesbitt Carnival at the end of this month ... Valuable volleyballers win awards, 1 September 2009 Two Academy volleyball squad members and a former member have received Volleyball Victoria awards ... Susannah Ball, Anna Williams and Danielle Stott ... Stephanie 'flies to Queensland medal, 1 September 2009 Stephanie Morgan won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly in the Queensland Short Course swimming titles ... Newcomers win swim medals, 25 August 2009 Five of the six swimmers at the swimmers at the Victorian Short Course Country titles are new to the Academy this year ... Elliot Shaw, Alice Lieshout, Kate Sommerfield, Jye Thompson, Phil Blunt ... and Brayden Waltham ... Awards for two young bike champions, 23 August 2009 The July Gippstar Awards have been announced with Shannon McCurley and Tom Siinmaa winning the Junior and Senior Awards ... Another top relay swim, 14 August 2009 Academy swimmers capped off the Australian Short Course Championships with another outstanding relay performance ... Andrew O'Connor, Jeremy Meyer, Dylan Wyatt, also Sven Eriksson, Sam Ashby and Jeremy Saunders ... Meyer breaks through, 11 August 2009 Jeremy Meyer firmly established himself as an international standard swimmer in a record shattering race in the 200-metres breaststroke ... also Jeremy Saunders and Sam Ashby ...
Badminton players win Vic medals, 11 August 2009 Grace Hanratty and Luke Stuckey achieved good results at the Victorian U15 badminton titles on the weekend ... Top swims at Hobart titles, 10 August 2009 A fine performance in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay and a record by Jeremy Meyer relay swimmers Ben Geard, Sven Eriksson (ex-Academy), Jeremy Meyer and Andrew O'Connor ... Gippstar Annual Awards for Jeremy Meyer and Kathryn Ewels, 23 July 2009 Jeremy Meyer again won the Junior Gippstar Award for the second time ... Kathryn Ewels won the Senior Gippstar Award .. Stephanie and Jack win championship plate, 22 July 2009 Stephanie Treloar and Jack Burgess represented Victoria at the C P Maddern U19 Australasian titles ... Kathleen and Merv win June Gippstar Awards, 22 July 2009 The June Gippstar winners have been announced with a seasoned champion and a promising new one being announced ... Kathleen Gannon (gymnastics) and Merv Grinstead (archery) ... Sparkling swim title performances, 20 July 2009 Academy swimmers had great results in the weekend's Victorian Open Short Course titles ... Andrew O'Connor, Jeremy Meyer, Ben Geard, Jye Thompson, Kate Sommerfield, Dylan Wyatt ... also ex-Academy Samantha Wilkins, Sam Ashby, Andrew Cameron and Jeremy Saunders ... Tennis trio at clay title, 14 July 2009 Advance squad players Sophie Grumley, Mitchell Allman and Chloe Downie competed in the Victorian Clay Court Championships at Ringwood last week ... also Joseph Colaciello ... Tennis players shine at Wilson Junior, 14 July 2009 The tennis squad had some outstanding results in the Wilson Junior Round Robin ... Amy Downie, Dylan Farquhar, Tim Howe and David Hough ... Tough Glen Iris tennis tournament, 8 July 2009 Seven of the Academy's squad members lined up in the tough Glen Iris Underage Championships last week ... Amy Downie, Dylan Farquhar, Chloe Downie, Cohan Schuback, Mitchell Allman, Nick Tile and Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Australian swim team races in California, 17 June 2009 The Australian swimming team concluded its US tour with positive results in the Santa Clara International Invitational last weekend ... Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders, Sam Ashby and Ashley Delaney ... Strong Academy presence in Australian swimming team, 11 June 2009 The Australian swimming squad currently competing in the USA includes four with Academy backgrounds ... Ashley Delaney, Sam Ashby, Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders ... Tournament win for Reanna, 11 June 2009 Reanna Matthews won the women's section of last weekend's W A Edgar Junior Tournament ... Academy pair in Victorian team, 29 May 2009 Badminton Victoria has included Stephanie Treloar and Jack Burgess in its teams for the under-19 Australasian titles ... also former squad member Chris Wong ... National champions win Gippstar awards, 26 May 2009 The May Gippstar Award winners are Australian BMX champion Tom Siinmaa and New Zealand clay shooting champion, Megan Boast ... Jeremy and Brian at Australia-Japan international, 14 May 2009 Jeremy Meyer joined the cream of Australian swimming ... Brian Ford attended as a Swimming Australia coach ... Tennis players test themselves, 11 May 2009 The squad had a good test at last week's Tournament in Traralgon ... Sophie Grumley, Mitchell Allman, Cohan Schuback, Chloe Downie, David Hough, Dylan Farquhar, Amy Downie, Cohan Schuback and Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Sports Internationals win Gippstar awards, 8 May 2009 Two young Gippsland champions who recently commenced international careers have won last month's Gippstar Awards ... Luke O'Dea (soccer) and Craig Huffer (athletics) ... Tennis players successful at Canberra, 1 May 2009 There were some outstanding results at this week's ACT Junior Tennis Open ... Mitchell Allman, Sophie Grumley, Joseph Colaciello, Cohan Schuback ... Badminton 4 in top rankings, 1 May 2009 Four badminton players from last year's squad have been recognised by top 10 Australian rankings ... Jack Burgess, Stephanie Treloar, Mihar Nandha, Grace Hanratty ... Badminton players in Australasian titles, 22 April 2009 The June Bevan Carnival concluded last week ... Stephanie Treloar and Mihar Nandha ... Swimmers sensational at age titles, 21 April 2008 Jeremy Meyer again spearheaded the Academy's swimmers at last week's Australian Age Championships ... Stephanie Morgan, Dylan Wyatt, Kirsten Lieshout, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson and Sarah Crowe all swam well ... Swimming three for overseas, 21 April 2008 Swimming Australia has selected Jeremy Meyer and Jeremy Saunders for overseas competitions ... Head Coach Brian Ford will be a senior coach with one of the teams ... arvelous Maffra tennis tournament, 20 April 2009 Tennis squad members had a memorable Easter Tournament at Maffra with four of the five reaching finals play-off ... Sophie Grumley, Emma Waite, Dylan Farquhar, Cohen Schuback, Joseph Colaciello ... also Stephanie Barnett and Vicky Stuckey ... Golfers bounce back, 17 April 2009 Geoffrey Drakeford and Harrison Savage have bounced back after last week's Australian Boys Amateur Golf Championships in Alice Springs. Geoffrey was in the Victorian team ... Harrison won the Rossdale Junior Open ... Good results at Geelong tennis tournament, 14 April 2009 Our tennis squad had good results at last week's Geelong Junior Grasscourt Tournament ... Emma Waite, Sophie Grumley, Joseph Colaciello, Chloe Downie, Dylan Farquhar ... Brilliant Gippsland sportswomen win awards, 26 March 2009 Two brilliant young Gippsland sportswomen have been announced as winners of the March Gippstar Awards ... lawn bowler Lisa Phillips and triathlete Charlotte McShane ... Red Centre beckons golfers, 24 March 2009 Geoffrey Drakeford and Harrison Savage will play in the Australian Boys Amateur Championship at Alice Springs in two weeks' time ... Stunning swimmers, 24 March 2009 Last week's Australian Swimming Championships ...Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Meyer, Dylan Wyatt, Stephanie Morgan, Ben Geard, Andrew O'Connor ... also Ashley Delaney and Andrew Cameron ... Pathways in the pool, 23 March 2009 To talk about pathways in swimming might sound little incongruous ... Gippsland Swimming Target Squad ... Elliot Shaw, Alice Lieshout, Kate Sommerfield and Charley Askew ... Swimmers in good form at Gippsland titles, 13 March 2009 Academy swimmers in the Gippsland Championships ... Ben Geard, Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Meyer, Dylan Wyatt, and Stephanie Morgan ... Sarah Berryman, Kirsten Lieshout, Brayden Waltham, Sarah Crowe, Jye Thompson, Matthew Dinsmore ... Andrew O'Connor ... Good results in tough badminton titles, 12 March 2009 At last Saturday's Victorian U17 Badminton Championships ... Stephanie Treloar, Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha ... Coaches recalled to Victorian teams, 5 March 2009 Once again Volleyball Victoria has turned to Academy coaches ... Steve Holder, Sharlene John, Andrew Fisher, Justine White, David Smythe ... Young athletes impress at youth titles, 4 March 2009 Our athletics squad members had some impressive results at the Victorian Youth Championships ... Lauren Grant, Daniel Jackson, Ryan Buttner, Lauren Matthews, Hayley Matthews, Loni Charles, James Ogden, Jay Robbie ... Gippsland takes two interdistrict trophies, 3 March 2009 Academy swimmers Stephanie Morgan, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson and Andrew O'Connor were prominent in the Gippsland team at last Saturday's Victorian Country Interdistrict Competition ... Volleyball's magnificent seven, 26 February 2009 Seven have been named in Victorian training squads ... Anna Williams, Chloe Street, Fraser Cash, William Crawford, Liam Gibson, Susannah Ball and Brodie Watts ... also Harley Atcheson, Eliza Smith, and Danielle Stott. Danielle ... Five star winners in January and February Gippstar Awards, 26 February 2009 January winners Reanna Matthews, Harrison Savage and Avril Gill ... February winners Jeremy Saunders and Brad Knowles ... Two badmintoners to represent Victoria, 20 February 2009 Stephanie Treloar and Mihar Nandha have both been named in Victorian sides to play in the national U17 championships in April ... Badminton makes great season start, 20 February 2009 Academy players made an impressive start to the season at the Ballarat Junior Tournament ... Grace Hanratty, Stephanie Treloar, Mihar Nandha, Jack Burgess, Claire Hanratty and Luke Stuckey ... Academy four represent Victoria, 17 February 2009 Four Academy swimmers represented Victoria at the New South Wales Open Championships at the Sydney Aquatic Centre last weekend ... They were Kirsten Lieshout, Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders and Dylan Wyatt ... Swimmers win sprint title medals, 17 February 2009 Last weekend's Victorian Sprint Championships saw extremely close racing in the finals ... Ben Geard, Stephanie Morgan, Sarah Berryman, Sarah Crowe, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson, Andrew O'Connor ... Nice play, Harrison, 3 February 2009 On the weekend Harrison Savage won the Huntingdale Golf Club's Junior Championship ... Josh and Tyler play in Victorian sides, 29 January 2009 Badminton players Josh Dunkley and Tyler Chisholm have represented Victoria in badminton teams ... also Luke Stuckey .. Swimming squad shows depth, 29 January 2009 The extraordinary depth of the Academy's swimming squad was evident at last weekend's Victorian Country Championships ... Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Meyer, Stephanie Morgan, Kirsten Lieshout, Ben Gear, Dylan Wyatt, Andrew O'Connor, Matthew Dinsmore, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson ... Country athletics wins, 28 January 2009 At the Victorian Country Athletics Championships. Ryan Buttner and Daniel Jackson, Zachariah Nelson, Lauren Matthews, Ellica Evans, Sherrie Hibbs and Hayley Matthews ... Double result at bowls triples, 27 January 2009 Two teams of Academy lawn bowlers finished first and second at the Yarragon Bowling Club's Australia Day triples tournament ... Tom Van Vugt, Scott Wegener, Jesse McEwan, Rhys Pywell, Sam Atkinson, Ryan Renfrew ... also Jack Shaw and Gareth Rich ... Tournament wins for Reanna and Harrison, 27 January 2009 Reanna Matthews and Harrison Savage, both members of the Academy's 2008 golf squad, have had outstanding recent wins ... Near miss on Daylesford finals, 23 January 2009 The Academy's lawn bowls squad faced tough conditions in yesterday's Daylesford junior tournament ... Dylan outstanding at Youth Olympic Festival, 19 January 2009 Dylan Wyatt had outstanding swimming results at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival ... Medals and top times at Victorian swimming titles, 19 January 2009 Jeremy Saunders, Stephanie Morgan and Ben Geard scored medals at the weekend's Victorian Open Championships ... other individuals to perform well were Brayden Waltham, Andrew O'Connor, Matthew Dinsmore, Jye Thompson, Sarah Berryman and Sarah Crowe ... Geoffrey Drakeford wins Victorian Golf title, 16 January 2009 Geoffrey Drakeford won the Victorian Junior Masters title at the Waverley Golf Club on Wednesday ... Jeremy scores medals in Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, 12 January 2009 Jeremy Meyer has achieved outstanding results at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships at Guam ... Swimmers score medals at Victorian titles, 12 January 2009 Medal winners at last week's Victorian State Age Championships ... Dylan Wyatt, Jeremy Saunders, Stephanie Morgan, Kirsten Lieshout, and Jye Thompson ... also finals results for Sarah Berryman, Sarah Crowe, Matthew Dinsmore and Brayden Waltham ... Bowls teams play well, 5 January 2009 Four Academy lawn bowls teams have played very well during recent tournaments ... Young Champions win December Gippstars, 22 December 2008 There are many things that Danielle Stott and Geoffrey Drakeford have in common ... Reanna is Murray Queen, 22 December 2008 Reanna Matthews recently had a convincing win in the Murray River Junior Masters Golf Tournament ... Charlton returns to head tennis program, 18 December 2008 Graham Charlton has been reappointed to head the Academy's tennis program ... International competitors win November Gippstar Awards, 16 December 2008 Awards were won by two athletes who achieved outstanding results in international competitions ... Mick Mayer (Junior, judo) and Rob Zwierlein (Senior, ironman) ... Swimmers go well at Pacific School Games 9 December 2008 Against strong international competition ... Jeremy Meyer, Sarah Berryman, Sarah Crowe and Brayden Waltham ... Excellent athletics results at Pacific Games, 9 December 2008 All three of our track and field athletes did particularly well ... Daniel Jackson, Ryan Buttner and Zachariah Nelson ... Top 20 finish for Drakeford in Baddeley International, 1 December 2008 Academy golfer Geoffrey Drakeford finished equal 20th in the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Tournament which concluded yesterday .... Rhys Pywell is Academy champion, 1 December 2008 At the annual Academy singles championship ... Rhys Pywell and Tom Van Vugt ... Golden weekend for volleyballers, 26 November 2008 Outstanding results at the Canberra Good Neighbour Tournament last weekend ... Max Rounds, Cassie Brei, Brodie Watts, Susie Ball, Justine White, Sharlene John ... Two in Badminton Victoria squad, 25 November 2008 Two Academy badminton players have been selected to the Victorian U17 training squad ... Stephanie Treloar and Mihar Nandha ... Four at the top, 25 November 2008 Badminton Victoria's ranking of U13 players ... Josh Dunkley, Tyler Chisholm, Luke Stuckey and Adam Moore ... Harrison's form continues, 24 November 2008 Golfers at yesterday's Stuart Appleby Signature Tournament ... Harrison Savage, runner up ... Anthony Mills ... also Geoffrey Drakeford in China ... Golfers going great, 20 November 2008 Reanna Matthews has been selected into the Victorian Junior State Squad ... other squad members in good form with wins at local tournaments include Harrison Savage, James Blair and Mark Ferguson ... recovered is Anthony Mills ... Geoffrey wins world title trip, 10 November 2008 It was third time lucky for Geoffrey Drakeford, who has won selection in the Australian team for the Aaron Baddeley Junior International Tournament in China ... Badmintoners in Victorian titles, 10 November 2008 Five badminton players attended the State titles for U17s ... Stephanie Treloar, Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Angela Liu and Damien Young ... Medals at Schools Championships, 10 November 2008 Three Academy athletes won medals at the Victorian All Schools Athletics Championships ... Daniel Jackson, Lauren Grant and Ryan Buttner ... also Sherrie Hibbs, Jay Robbie, Ryan Halford and Zachariah Nelson ... State Crown for Lisa, 28 October 2008 Lisa Phillips won the Victorian Under 25 Lawn Bowls Singles Championship ... Three champions win October Gippstar Awards, 27 October 2008 The October Award winners are Kathryn Ewels (Senior Award, orienteering) with the Junior Award shared between Jarryd Blair (AFL football) and Jeremy Meyer (swimming) ... Josh and Tyler - ever so close, 27 October 2008 Silver medals to Josh Dunkley and Tyler Chisholm were the highlight of the Victorian U13 Badminton titles on the weekend ... Luke Stuckey and Adam Moore ... Badminton wins for Academy players, 14 October 2008 Joshua Dunkley and Tyler Chisholm teamed up to win the boys' U13 doubles at the State Selection Trials in Traralgon ... Stephanie Treloar won ... Luke Stuckey, Adam Moore, Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha ... Gippsland medals at Badminton titles, 10 October 2008 This year's Val Nesbitt Carnival for U15 players was conducted as three separate events ... Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Jayden Barlow ... Top tennis at Bairnsdale, 9 October 2008 At last week's Bairnsdale Clay Classic Junior Open ... Jonathon Collins, Stephanie Barnett, Emma Waite, Sarah Trett, Elizabeth Shanahan, Ben Crowe, Tim Howe, Devan Costigan, Georgie Campbell, Erin White, Dylan Farquar, William Patterson, Cohen Schuback and Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Squash players hit new levels at Australian titles, 9 October 2008 Four Academy squash players representing Victoria at the Australian Championships ... Kasey Soutar, Brad Soutar, Darcy St John and Ben Tomison ... Nail-biting golf final for Reanna, 29 September 2008 Reanna Matthews finished second in a thrilling matchplay final of the girls U16 Victorian Golf Championships last Friday ... Skeet shooting & cross country champions win September Gippstars, 26 September 2008 The September Award winners are skeet shooter Keith Ferguson and Australian Cross Country Champion Mia Ross ... Gippsland to take on badminton's best, 26 September 2008 A Gippsland team will compete with badminton players from regions across Australia in next week's Val Nesbitt Carnival for U15 players ... Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Jayden Barlow, Lauren Peter Chris Ch'ng and Amy Dowd ... Academy golfers prominent in Geoff Ogilvy Trophy, 26 September 2008 Academy golfers made a great start in the opening matchplay rounds of the Boys' Championship of Victoria, the Geoff Ogilvy Trophy ... Geoffrey Drakeford, Harrison Savage, Nathan Doyle James Blair and Mark Ferguson ... Swimmers respond to Australian titles pressure, 24 September 2008 At this week's Australian Open Short Course Championships ... Kirsten Lieshout, Jeremy Meyer, Ben Geard, Brayden Waltham, Stephanie Morgan, Jeremy Saunders .. .Reanna wins Gippsland golf open championship, 22 September 2008 Last Friday Reanna Matthews won the Ladies All Gippsland Singles 27 holes Championship at Traralgon ... Athletes qualify for Pacific School Games, 18 September 2008 8 Athletics Squad members competed in selection trials for the Pacific School Games ... Daniel Jackson, Ryan Buttner, Zachariah Nelson, Abbie Freestone, Lauren Matthews, Ellica Evans, Jay Robbie and Ryan Halford ... Solid results in Bendigo badminton , 16 September 2008 At last weekend's Bendigo State Selection Trial ... Stephanie Treloar and Grace Hanratty, Luke Stuckey and Adam Moore ... Swimming wins in Victorian titles, 9 September 2008 Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders, Kirsten Lieshout, Sarah Berryman, Stephanie Morgan, Matthew Dinsmore, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson ... competed at the Victorian Short Course titles ... Two golfers in Victorian teams, 2 September 2008 Geoffrey Drakeford has just returned from playing with the Victorian Schools side ... meanwhile Harrison Savage has been selected to a Junior VGA State team ... also Reanna Matthews .. Swimming wins for Brayden, 25 August 2008 Brayden Waltham was the Academy's only representative at the weekend's Victorian Country Short Course Swimming Championships ... Brayden won 6 events ... Squash and rifle shooting champions win August Gippstar Awards, 21August 2008 Alan Fraser's extraordinary win secured him the Senior Award ... Bradley Soutar, a worthy Junior Award winner ... Medal shows that Delaney is world class, 18 August 2008 Ashley Delaney's Olympic campaign has come to end. Although he returns home without an individual medal, Delaney ranks as one of the world's best backstroke swimmers .. NSW titles medals for Stephanie, 14 August 2008 Last weekend Stephanie Morgan won medals at the NSW Age Short Course titles. She swam in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events ... Four swimmers in Victorian schools team, 14 August 2008 The Victorian Secondary Schools' Sports Association announced its team for the Pacific School Games ... Sarah Berryman, Sarah Crowe, Jeremy Meyer, Brayden Waltham ... Youngsters show the way at Geelong, 13 August 2008 In last weekend's U13 and U17 State Badminton selection trials ... Tyler Chisholm and Joshua Dunkley ... Stephanie Treloar, Angela Liu, Mihar Nandha, Adam Moore, Damien Young ... Annual Gippstar Honours Awarded, 1 August 2008 At Wednesday night's Gippstar awards the region's best sporting achievers were honoured ... Jeremy Meyer, Will Tomlinson, the Gippsland Grammar Coxed Rowing Team ... Top two in Australian Youth Team, 29 July 2008 Two girls in the Academy's volleyball squad, Brodie Watts and Eliza Smith, have been selected for the Australian Youth Team to play in New Zealand in October ... Tough tournament for squash three, 28 July 2008 Three members of the Academy's squash squad were upgraded for yesterday's VSF Junior Series Graded Tournament ... Darcy St John, Kasey Soutar and Ben Tomison ... Olympian heads Gippstar list, 24 July 2008 Daniel McConnell's Olympic selection secured him the July Gippstar Senior Award ... Junior Award winner was Sam Scammell ... Swimmers' short course successes, 21 July 2008 During the weekend's Victorian Open Short Course Championships ... Jeremy Meyer, Ben Geard, Kirsten Lieshout, Matthew Dinsmore, Sarah Berryman, Brayden Waltham, Jye Thompson ... Samantha tastes international success, 15 July 2008 Samantha Wilkins had her first experience of international competition last week when she represented the Australia Gold team in the Trans Tasman series ... Jack successful at Australian badminton titles, 14 July 2008 Badminton squad member, Jack Burgess, had successful results at the Australian U19 Championships in Geraldton last week ... also Luke Peter ... Meyer in Mexico, 14 July 2008 Jeremy Meyer, representing Australia at the World Junior Swimming Championships, has swum some fine races .... Solid results at major Glen Iris tournament, 8 July 2008 In cold and windy conditions Academy tennis squad members were successful at last week's Glen Iris Underage Championships ... Jackson Varney, Emma Waite, Stephanie Barnett , Jonathon Collins ... Wonderful Victorian squash titles outcomes, 2 July 2008 Three Academy players achieved excellent outcomes in last weekend's Victorian Junior Championships ... Kasey Soutar, Darcy St John and Ben Tomison ... also Brad Soutar ... June Gippstar Awards to national level athletes, 2 July 2008 Winners of the June Gippstar Awards are junior basketballer Alex Sheedy and Morwell masters archer Merv Grinstead ... Young lawn bowler again makes a Victorian squad, 27 June 2008 Lisa Phillips has been selected to represent Victoria at the Australian U18 Championships ... Great performances at inter-academy golf, 23 June 2008 Our golf squad contested the Alex Calvert Trophy against three other regional sports academies ... Geoff Drakeford, Nathan Doyle, Ben Matthews, Reanna Matthews, Mark Ferguson, Anthony Mills ... Beijing dream comes true for Amanda, 19 June 2008 Paralympic swimmer Amanda Drennan was in the Academy from 2000 to 2002, and she significantly improved her race times during that period ... Delaney prominent in Australian swimming team wins, 16 June 2008 Ex-Academy swimmer Ashley Delaney figured prominently in recent international performances by the Australian team ... following the Barcelona event ... Matthew now on State list, 12 June 2008 Lawn bowler Matthew Higgins has been selected to the Victorian U18 Squad ... Academy squash three return from Malaysia, 11 June 2008 Three Academy squash players gained valuable experience in two recent international tournaments in Malaysia ... Brad Soutar, Kasey Soutar and Darcy StJohn ... Outstanding young achievers tie for May Gippstar Awards, 6 June 2008 The Junior Award was a tie between netballer Renee Cook and cricketer Jordan Wyatt ... the Senior Award was won by Craig Huffer, an 800-1500 metre runner ... Grace and Mihar win Victorian badminton squad places, 26 May 2008 Grace Hanratty and Mihar Nandha have both been selected to the Victorian U15 training squad ... Jayden Barlow ... also Lauren Peter, Chris Ch'ng and Sarah Wong ... Wins for ex-Academy tennis stars, 22 May 2008 Former Academy tennis squad member Vicky Stuckey won the Australia Cup ... held at the national Pizzey Cup schools competition ... with team mate Sophie Vickers ... Badminton warm up for titles, 15 May 2008 At the recent Ballarat State Selection Tournament Grace Hanratty, Adam Moore, Jayden Barlow, Mihar Nandha ... Top Tournament for Tennis Ten, 13 May 2008 The 10 players in the Academy's Development Squad had excellent results at at Boroondara last weekend .... Tim Howe, Dillon Farquahar, Deven Costigan, Georgie Campbell, Ben Crowe, Will Patterson, Callum Tomlinson-Dale, Cohan Schuback, Elizabeth Shanahan, Erin White ... Squash players on top, 9 May 2008 At the VSL graded for age Junior Championships ... Kyle Hargreaves and Tom Mcintosh, Darcy St John and Ben Tomison ... Rankings: Brad Soutar, Darcy St John, Kasey Soutar, Ben Tomison, Chris Rounds, Jordan Rounds ... Squash three off to Malaysia, 9 May 2008 Three Academy squash athletes, Brad Soutar, Kasey Soutar and Darcy St John will compete in the Milo Allstar Junior Championships in Malaysia later this month ... Shooter and triathlete win April Gippstar Awards, 9 May 2008 The Junior Award winner was Christian Boyle, for pistol shooting performances at the Australian Championships ... Senior winner was ironman triathlete Rob Zwielein who has qualified for the World Championships ... State event places for badminton players, 8 May 2008 At the Ballarat State Selection tournament last Saturday ... Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Jayden Barlow ... Swimmers at Canberra Grand Prix, 30 April 2008 Academy swimmers Jeremy Saunders and Ben Geard competed at the Telstra Grand Prix ... Great tennis results at ACT Junior Open tournament, 29 April 2008 The Academy's four elite squad members played in the ACT Junior Open ... Emma Waite, Stephanie Barnett , Jackson Varney and Jonathon Collins ... Australian selectors pick our swimmers, 29 April 2008 Swimming Australia has selected seven Victorians to swim in international events ... Samantha Wilkins and Jeremy Meyer, and former Academy swimmer Sam Ashby ... Volleyballers win national medals, 28 April 2008 Four Academy volleyball athletes won medals at the recent Australian U15 championships ... Mitchell Sanders, Max Rounds, Chloe Street and Alix Porter ... David Smythe, Sharlene John, Andrew Fisher, Justine White, Steve Holder ... Tennis four set for Canberra, 16 April 2008 Stephanie Barnett, Emma Waite, Jonathon Collins and Jackson Varney will be travelling to Canberra to play an Australian Junior Points Tournament from the 22 to 29 April ... Narrow win in Inter-Academy Bowls Challenge, 15 April 2008 The Academy's lawn bowls squad stole a narrow victory over the Bayside Dolphins on the weekend ... both squads were playing an annual shield event ... Mid-season pressure in badminton, 15 April 2008 Academy players achieved some good results at last weekend's Altona tournament ... Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Stephanie Treloar, Liam Bentley, Jayden Barlow ... Australian medals to Meyer and Saunders, 14 April 2008 Academy swimming squad members have done extremely well in Brisbane over the weekend ... Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders, Samantha Wilkins, Kirsten Lieshout, Andrew Cameron and Matthew Dinsmore ... World title medal to Delaney, 14 April 2008 Fresh from his Australian Championship successes, former Academy squad swimmer Ashley Delaney mixed it with the world's best at the FINA World Short Course Championships ... Hurricane conditions for tennis squad, 7 April 2008 Last week at Geelong players battled hurricane-force winds, rain and dust storms ... Stephanie Barnett, Emma Waite, Jonathon Collins and Jackson Varney ... Strong showing by bowlers, 7 April 2008 At last week's U18 championships ... Sam Atkinson, Scott Wegener, Matthew Higgins and Gareth Rich ... Jackson qualifies for national tennis titles, 3 April 2008 Jackson Varney's recent performances have qualified him for the national 16 years tennis titles ... Bowler second in Victorian Championship, 1 April 2008 Lawn Bowler Lisa Phillips has finished as runner-up in the U18 Girls Victorian State Singles Championships over the weekend ... Academy swimmers at Olympic trials, 1 April 2008 Academy swimmers Ben Geard and Andrew Cameron competed at the Australian Swimming Championships ... former Academy swimmer Ashley Delaney ... Tennis two in tough Ringwood event, 31 march 2008 Emma Waite and Jackson Varney had very good results in the tough Eastern Region Junior Tournament at Ringwood ... Tennis juniors make a great start, 31 March 2008 In the Albert Reserve Junior Development Series last week two of the Tennis Development Squad were runners-up ... Deven Costigan and Callum Tomlinson-Dale ... Erin White, Dylan Farquahar, Will Patterson, Ben Crowe, Georgie Campbell, Tim Howe, Cohen Schuback and Elizabeth Shanahan Matthew gets Victorian squad call, 28 March 2008 Lawn bowler Matthew Higgins has been invited to join the Victorian squad next weekend at Bendigo ... Bowlers second in Sale tournament, 27 March 2008 At Sale's Easter tournaments ... Gabriella Sergi, Scott Wegener, Lisa Phillips, Ashleigh Cotter, Gareth Rich, Matthew Taylor, Matthew Richards, Grant Seccombe, Matthew Higgins ... at Traralgon Alex Houston, Mat Smith, Will Colvin and Sam Atkinson ... Solid results at Maffra, 27 March 2008 Four of the Academy tennis squad members .... Stephanie Barnett, Jackson Varney, Emma Waite, Cohen Schuback ... Ashley Delaney swims into Olympic spot, 25 March 2008 At the Australian Swimming Championships last night former Academy swimmer Ashley Delaney secured a spot in the Australian team for the Beijing Olympics .... Academy swimmers compete at Gippsland Championships, 25 March 2008 Jeremy Saunders, Sarah Berryman, Samantha Wilkins, Jeremy Meyer, Ben Geard, Stephanie Morgan, Kirsten Lieshout, Andrew Cameron, Brayden Waltham, Charley Askew, Matthew Dinsmore ... Outstanding young athletes win March awards, 20 March 2008 Triathlete Charlotte McShane and high jumper Cameron Hughes were the March Gippstar Award winners ... Stephanie and Jonathon were tops too, 13 March 2008 While most of the tennis squad competed at Bairnsdale on the Labour Day weekend, Stephanie Barnett and Jonathon Collins achieved successes in other tournaments ... Top results at Bairnsdale Tennis Tournament, 11 March 2008 Academy tennis squad members had outstanding results ... Emma Waite and Jackson Varney ... Dylan Farquahar, Elizabeth Shanahan, Callum Tomlinson-Dale, and Erin White ... Georgie Campbell, Ben Crowe, Deven Costigan and William Patterson ... Amanda Dundas ... Good start to U15 badminton season, 5 March 2008 Academy players made a solid start ... Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha, Jayden Barlow ... Academy swimmers assist regional win, 4 March 2008 Seven Academy swimmers ... Ben Geard, Jeremy Meyer, Stephanie Morgan, Brayden Waltham, Charley Askew, Sarah Berryman and Kirsten Lieshout ... Selectors honour7 more volleyballers, 26 February 2008 Five more Academy volleyballers ... Anna Williams, Eliza Smith, Brodie Watts, Harley Atcheson, Cass Hallam, Susannah Ball, Melissa Clarke ... along with Chloe Street, Alix Porter, Max Rounds, Mitchell Sanders ... Great performances by athletes at Youth Track & Field titles, 25 February 2008 Academy athletes produced some outstanding performances ... Zachariah Nelson and Abbie Freestone ... Ryan Buttner, Ellica Evans, Sherrie Hibbs, Hayley Matthews and Cassandra Yiannacou ... Lawn bowler attempts Aus Open title, 22 February 2008 Lisa Phillips was unsuccessful in her bid in the Australian Championships ... Promising start for badminton, 20 February 2008 The new Academy badminton squad ... Liam Bentley ... Jack Burgess ... Academy four make Victorian team, 19 February 2008 Four of last year's Academy volleyball squad have been selected in the the Victorian U15 team ... Chloe Street, Alix Porter, Max Rounds, Mitchell Sanders ... Athletes in Melbourne Shield competition, 18 February 2008 In the Athletics Victoria Club Shield's final competition on the weekend Abbie Freestone and Zachariah Nelson both performed well ... Lawn bowler qualifies for Australian title, 15 February 2008 Academy bowler, Lisa Phillips, won her sections in singles and pairs to qualify for the finals of the Australian Open ... Four winners announced for January and February, 15 February 2008 Four Gippstar winners have been announced for January and February with Gippsland's highest sports achievers coming from four very different sports ... Lisa Phillips, Murray French, Jeremy Saunders, Greg Siinmaa ... Abbie vaults to Victorian medal, 15 February 2008 Abbie Freestone secured a medal at the Victorian U20 Track and Field Championships last weekend. Swimmers' sprint successes, 12 February 2008 At the Victorian Sprint Championships last weekend ... Samantha Wilkins, Ben Geard, Kirsten Lieshout, Stephanie Morgan, Jeremy Meyer, Matthew Dinsmore, Sarah Berryman, Jeremy Saunders, Brayden Waltham, Charley Askew ... Ryan's record ratified, 5 February 2008 Ryan Buttner's 1.82 metre high jump at the Australian All Schools Championships last December is a new Victorian Country record ... State berth for Stephanie, 4 February 2008 Stephanie Treloar has been selected for the Victorian Demons state badminton team at the U17 June Bevan Carnival ... Lisa affirms her Victorian squad selection, 4 February 2008 Fourteen-year-old Lisa Phillips represented Victoria in a three test series against Tasmania in lawn bowls ... Exception results for swimmers at Country titles, 4 February 2008 At the Victorian Country Championships Sarah Berryman, Andrew Cameron, Matthew Dinsmore, Ben Geard, Kirsten Lieshout, Jeremy Meyer, Stephanie Morgan, Jeremy Saunders and Brayden Waltham all won medals ... Charley Askew, Elizabeth Bacchetti and Alyce Milkins ... Athletes at country titles, 4 February 2008 At the Victorian Country Track and Field Championships ... Elicia Evans, Hayley Matthews, Sherrie Hibbs, Cassandra Yiannacou, Ryan Buttner, Zachariah Nelson, Hamish Nelson. Jackson continues to climb, 1 February 2008 Jackson Varney has had outstanding tennis results in recent weeks ... at Warrnambool, the National Championships at Gosford, and the Gold Coast ,... Bowlers under challenge at Neerim, 31 January 2008 Academy Lawn Bowls squad members faced some challenging competition in two tournaments ... Dane Jones, Will Colvin, Matthew Richards, Sam Atkinson, Tom Van Vugt, Scott Wegener, Alex Houston, Gareth Rich, and Jack Shaw ... Golfers in major tournaments, 24 January 2008 Both Harrison Savage and Geoffrey Drakeford played in major golf tournaments last week ... Swimmers win Victorian Championship medals, 21 January 2008 Academy swimmers achieved outstanding results ... Samantha Wilkins, Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Meyer, Stephanie Morgan, Andrew Cameron, Kirsten Lieshout, Matthew Dinsmore, Ben Geard, Sarah Berryman, Brayden Waltham, Charley Askew ... Bowlers competitive in major event, 18 January 2008 Five in the recent TRUenergy Yallourn Classic ... Lisa Phillips, Jack Shaw, Gareth Rich, Matthew Higgins and Ashleigh Cotter ... Lisa opens doors, 15 January 2008 Lisa Phillips, representing Victoria in a junior lawn bowls test match, played successfully against South Australia last week ... Sound results at Australian All-Schools, 17 December 2007 Last week at the Australian All-Schools Championships ... Ryan Buttner, Zachariah Nelson, Abbie Freestone and Ben Hopcraft ... Jackson is automatic qualifier, 13 December 2007 Jackson Varney has qualified for 14 and under national tennis championships through direct entry ... Victorian squad roles for coaches, 13 December 2007 Five Academy volleyball coaches have been appointed to key coaching roles with Volleyball Victoria ... Dave Smythe, Steve Holder, Andrew Fisher, Justine White and Sharlene John ... Gippstars for top triathlete and shooter, 11 December 2007 Winners were Chris Joustra who performed well at the recent Triathlon World Championships, and Michelle Parks, a clay shooter who is making her mark in senior ranks ... Volleyball selectors pick three more, 10 December 2007 Three more volleyball players have been selected to attend national training camps ... they are Cate Jeffrey, Eliza Smith and Brodie Watts .. Tennis youngsters to represent Victoria, 7 December 2007 Stephanie Barnett and Sophie Grumley have been selected for Victoria's Foundation Cup squad to play in Sydney in January ... Squash champions into VIS, 6 December 2007 Three Academy squash players have won Victorian Institute of Sport scholarships for 2008 ... Brad Soutar, Kasey Soutar and Darcy St John ... previously Robert Templeton ... Schools win for Maffra three, 6 December 2007 Congratulations to our three Academy squash players who helped secure a win for Maffra in the Victorian Secondary School Championships ... Kyle Hargreaves, Sam Montague and Tim Liddell ... Swimmers score at Canberra Classic, 4 December, 2007 Ten Academy swimming squad members attended an AIS training camp and also had great results in the Canberra Christmas Classic ... Samantha Wilkins and Stephanie Morgan ... Charley Askew, Kirsten Lieshout, Andrew Cameron, Matthew Dinsmore and Jeremy Meyer ... Jack and Stephanie win medals. 3 December 2007 Jack Burgess and Stephanie Treloar had great results in the U17 badminton tournament at Ballarat on Saturday ... Outstanding volleyball result in national event, 30 November 2007 Three Academy volleyball teams all played extremely well at last weekend's Good Neighbour Tournament at Canberra ... two seconds and a third ... Cass Hallam and Chloe Street ... Stephanie selected for Victorian squad, 29 November 2007 Stephanie Treloar has been selected for a Victorian U17 training squad ... selection trials will be held in February ... Lisa Phillips in Victorian team, 26 November 2007 Lisa Phillips is the first of our lawn bowls squad members to be selected in a Victorian team ... Watersports winners for November Gippstar, 23 November 2007 The Junior winner is jet ski racer Joel Barry, and the Senior winner is sailor Peter Nikitin ... Bowlers qualify for Vic round 2, 19 November 2007 Four Academy lawn bowlers head Gippsland's list of qualifiers for the Victorian U18 titles .... Gabriella Sergi, Matt Higgins, Gareth Rich, and Sam Atkinson ... Sophie and Sam lead the way at Hudson Bond, 16 November 2007 Sophie Vickers and Sam Hall ... at the recent Hudson Bond tennis tournament ... Sophie Grumley, Tessa Hawke, Stephanie Barnett and Ben Anderson ... Sound results at Victorian U17 Badminton titles, 15 November, 2007 Jack Burgess was runner-up ... Angela Liu, Stephanie Treloar, Nicola Duffield, Lauren Peter, Mihar Nandha, Tim Reidy ... Ryan jumps into National Championships, 13 November 2007 Ryan Buttner won the boys U14 high jump at the Victorian All Schools Championships and qualified for the Australian titles ... Drakeford tries for World Junior golf selection, 8 November 2007 Geoffrey Drakeford played well at the Australian final last weekend, but missed a spot in the Aaron Baddeley World Junior Championships in China ... Academy two successful at the "Duel in the Pool", 6 November 2007 Samantha Wilkins and Stephanie Morgan both competed successfully at the "Duel in the Pool" meeting against Queensland ... Sophie Vickers wins GippSport's Most Disciplined Player Award, 5 November 2007 Sophie Vickers has won the GippSport Most Disciplined Player Scholarship ... an outstanding example to others ... Volleyballer vies for Australian selection, 30 October 2007 Academy volleyballer Harley Atcheson is now close to Australian selection following his invitation to a national junior volleyball training camp in Bendigo ... Four bowlers hopeful of Vic squad places, 26 October 2007 Four Academy Lawn Bowlers have now caught a selector's eye ... Lisa Phillips, Gabriella Sergi, Matthew Higgins, Gareth Rich ... Gippstar winners for October, 18 October 2007 Cyclist Shannon McCurley and footballer Nick Hider were the junior and senior Gippstar Award winners for October ... Good results in badminton trial, 18 October 2007 In the State Selection trial at Traralgon ... Jack Burgess, Stephanie Treloar and Nicola Duffield, Angela Liu and Shalee Treharne, Grace Hanratty, Mihar Nandha and Lauren Peter ... Volleyballers set themselves, 18 October 2007 The volleyball squad players are setting themselves for a major national tournament in Canberra later next month .. second training camp this Saturday and Sunday ... third to follow ... Bowlers ready for action, 16 October 2007 The Academy's Lawn Bowls Squad members are good shape . Matthew Higgins, Corey Pryse ... Gabriella Sergi invited to try out for Vic. squad ... Two Academy swimmers to represent Victoria, 9 October 2007 Swimmers Stephanie Morgan and Samantha Wilkins have been selected to compete for Victoria in the "Duel in the Pool" competition ... Academy squash three at Nationals, 9 October 2007 Brad Soutar, Kasey Soutar and Darcy St John played at the Australian Junior Squash Championships in Queensland last week ... Academy golfers at Vic Country titles, 8 October 2007 In the Victorian Country titles at Cranbourne last week ... Geoff Drakeford, Harrison Savage, Nathan Doyle and Ben Matthews ... Tennis squad in top form, 8 October 2007 Bairnsdale results were the best ever ... Sophie Vickers, Sophie Grumley, Jackson Varney, Nick Tile, Tessa Hawke, Robert Panozzo, Sam Hall, Ben Anderson, Jonathon Collins, Jo Commerford, Brendan Herman and Tristan Salerno ... Stephanie & Nicola now ranked fourth, 4 October 2007 Stephanie Treloar and Nicola Duffield have been ranked as Australia's no.4 girls' doubles partnership in badminton ... Badminton squad outstanding at titles, 1 October 2007 At the Australian U15 Championships an Academy squad was one of Australia's best ... Stephanie Treloar, Nicola Duffield, Angela Liu, Lauren Peter, Mihar Nandha, Tim Reidy and Chris Ch'ng ... Geoffrey Drakeford wins Vic Golf Title, 1 October 2007 In gale-force winds and rain Geoffrey Drakeford ... Nathan Doyle and Harrison Savage ... Tennis players in major tournament, 1 October 2007 Most played at the TCAV Championship ... Sam Hall and Jackson Varney ... and at the Traralgon Junior Open, Sophie Grumley and Nick Tile ... Badmintoners play well at Bendigo, 25 September 2007 At last Saturday's badminton tournament at Bendigo, Jack Burgess, Stephanie Treloar and Grace Hanratty ... also Sarah Wong and Nicola Duffield ... Academy swimmers strong at Vic titles, 24 September 2007 16 medals at the Victorian Age Short Course Championships ... Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Meyer, Stephanie Morgan, Kirsten Lieshout, Andrew Cameron, Matt Dinsmore ... Michael Green and Peta Mullens win September Awards, 13 September 2007 Race walker Michael Green and international cyclist Peta Mullens won the September Awards ... Great result in Aaron Baddeley title, 13 September 2007 Alexandria Bantock finished 2nd in the Women's section, Geoffrey Drakeford narrowly missed as well ... Reanna Matthews, Harrison Savage, Ben Matthews and Simon McLennan also played ... Squash squad dominates Vic titles, 13 September 2007 At the Victorian Graded Squash Championships ... Darcy St John, Kasey Soutar, Ben Tomlinson, Tekin Benli, Brandon Sauer ... also Brad Soutar ... Badminton players put up a good show, 11 September 2007 Academy players Jack Burgess and Luke Peter acquitted themselves well in the tough Australian Junior Championships ... ex-Academy players Daniel Belfield and Jessica Lyons ... Harrison continues to climb, 10 September 2007 Last Friday Harrison Savage qualified for the NEC Master of the Amateurs Championship to be held in January ... Academy players boost regional badminton results, 27 August, 2007 In the Victorian Junior Regional Badminton Championships, Gippsland's best results were in the U15s ... Stephanie Treloar, Nicola Duffield, Angela Liu, Lauren Peter, Chris Ch'ng, Mihar Nandha and Damien Young ... also Grace Hanratty, Jack Burgess and Shalee Treharne ... Geard and Waltham in Country swim wins, 22 August 2007 Ben Geard and Brayden Waltham had great results in the Vic. Country Short Course Champs ... Stephanie Morgan and Kirsten Lieshout, both in Victorian Target 2010 Squad, competed in NSW Age Short Course Champs ... Great effort by Harrison at title event, 20 August 2007 Harrison Savage finished in fourth place at the Victorian Junior Sandscrap Championships at Elmore on the weekend ... Academy pair tussle for Gippsland Title, 20 August 2007 Nathan Doyle snatched the title from team mate, Geoffrey Drakeford ... Ben Matthews, Simon McLennan ... Sam Scammell and Ian Hutchins win August Gippstars, 16 August 2007 Gymnast Sam Scammell won the Junior Award and horse trainer, Ian Hutchins won the Senior ... Harrison in Championship Team, 14 August 2007 Golf squad member Harrison Savage has been selected in the six man Victorian team to represent the VGA in the Victorian Sandscrap championships at Elmore ... Jack Burgess in great form, 9 August 2007 Jack Burgess had outstanding results in last weekend's State selection tournament at Geelong ... others to reach finals were Stephanie Treloar and Nicola Duffield ... Strong show by Academy swimmers, 1 August 2007 At last weekend's Victorian Short Course Championships Jeremy Meyer finished second ... Jeremy Saunders, Ben Geard, Matthew Dinsmore ... Kasey Soutar selected for Victoria, 31 July 2007 Kasey Soutar has been selected to play for Victoria in the Australian Junior Championships ... ex-Academy members Brad Soutar and Nicola Templeton are also in the team ... Badminton selectors pick Stephanie, 26 July 2007 Stephanie Treloar has been named as an emergency for the Victorian teams for the U15 Val Nesbitt Carnival ... Nicola Duffield had also made the Victorian training squad ... Jeremy Meyer and Will Tomlinson score July Awards, 26 July 2007 July Gippstar winners were Jeremy Meyer, Junior Award for swimming, and Will Tomlinson, Senior Award for boxing ... Tennis players in tough Ringwood tournament, 19 July 2007 At the week-long Ringwood Tournament, Sophie Vickers, Jackson Varney, Jo-Alexander Commerford, Stephanie Barnett, Joshua Hanrahan, Sam Hall ... Gippstar Annual Winners Announced: Hamish Nelson, Jake & Chase Lurati, 19 July 2007 Senior Award winner was Hamish Nelson ... Junior Award winners were Jake and Chase Lurati ... Team Award to the St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School Aerobic Program ... Jeremy keeps on winning, 9 July 2007 Jeremy Meyer has scored three wins and several placings in the Trans Tasman swimming competition ... Great performance by Luke Peter in Australasian event, 9 July 2007 Luke Peter played for Victoria in last week's C P Maddern Cup for U19s ... Vic title to Academy golfer, 4 July 2007 Harrison Savage won the Victorian Junior Handicap Championship ... Two athletics records to Ryan, 4 July 2007 Ryan Buttner's win in the Victorian Youth Athletics Championships back in February was in a record time ... Inter-Academy Golf Tournament Report, 26 June 2007 Played at Warrnambool and Port Fairy ... Nathan Doyle, Laura Reid, Alex Bantock, Geoff Drakeford, Harrison Savage, Jayden Doyle, Reanna Matthews, Ben Matthews ... Luke Peter successful at Bendigo, 14 June 2007 Luke Peter had two wins at the Bendigo Tournament ... Jack Burgess, Mihar Nandha, lauren Peter, Grace Hanratty ... Strong showing for squash players, 14 June 2007 At the East Gippsland Junior Championships ... Damien Barnes, Darcy St John, Nathan Stewart, Michael Barnes and David Marsh in the A grade ... Kasey Soutar and Jamie Brierley ... Important team role for Academy tennis four, 14 June 2007 Academy players in the Central Gippsland team assisted the Region to an overall 5th place ... Sophie Grumley, Nick Tile, Tristan Salerno and Tessa Hawke were key contributors ... Squash Squad in first major competition, 7 June 2007 In last weekend's Metro Junior Age Tournament, Ben Tomison, Tekin Benli, Darcy St John, Damien Barnes, Michael barnes, David Marsh, Jamie Brierly ... Two more make a State Badminton squad, 28 May 2007 Stephanie Treloar and Nicola Duffield were selected ... others at the U15 Championships were Angela Liu, Mihar Nandha, Tim Reidy, Chris Ch'ng, Grace Hanratty and Lauren Peter ... Badminton players win Vic. team places, 21 May 2007 Luke Peter and Jack Burgess played well in the U19 Victorian Badminton Championships and both were selected in the Victorian team for the C P Maddern Carnival ... Youngsters go well at Nestle Tournament, 20 May 2007 Sophie Grumley and Nick Tile were the Academy's entries in the Nestle Peters Tournament ... Sophie won the consolation plate, Nick reached the singles semifinals ... Good results continue in Badminton, 16 May 2007 At the recent U19 and U15 Ballarat badminton selection trials, Academy members again played well ... Stephanie Treloar, Nicola Duffield, Lauren Peter, Mihar Nandha, Luke Peter ... Lisa narrowly misses State squad, 26 April 2007 In selection trials for the squad to compete in the Australian Indoors Singles Championship, Lisa had previously reached the final 8 ... Lisa was knocked out after a close tie-breaker ... Academy swimmers win national medals, 23 April 2007 In the Australian National Age Championships ... Jeremy Meyer, Jeremy Saunders, Stephanie Morgan, Andrew Cameron, Elizabeth Bacchetti, Matt Dinsmore, Alyce Milkins, Brayden Waltham, Dale Mitchell and Charley Askew. Impressive results at Geelong Tennis Tournament, 18 April, 2007 At the Geelong Junior Points Tournament ...Stephanie Barnett, Nick Tile, Brent Davidson, Sophie Grumley, Tessa Hawke, Ben Anderson, Sam Hall, Brendan Herman, Robert Panozzo, Tristan Salerno, Jackson Varney, Jonathan Collins, Sophie Vickers and Victoria Shanahan ... Jack Burgess shines in NZ, 17April 2007 Jack Burgess represented Victoria at last week’s June Bevan Tournament in New Zealand. New Zealand teams and players dominated the tournament ... Jack finished equal third in the boys' doubles ... Junior bowler aims for Vic. open team, 16 April 2007 Lisa Phillips successfully played in preliminary rounds for the Australian Indoors Singles Championship ... Bowls win for Matthew Higgins and Lisa Phillips, 10 April 2007 Yesterday, Matthew Higgins and Lisa Phillips won an open mixed tournament at Sale ... "Novice" bowlers nearly score Vic title, 3 April 2007 Our young girls, Lisa Phillips and Gabriella Sergi, gave the Victorian U18 women's title a shake last weekend ... Matthew Higgins wins bowling club titles, 3 April 2007 On Monday Matthew won the Sale Bowling Club 100 Up title ... another solid win today, in the club's handicap singles event ... Lawn Bowlers excel at Daylesford, 3 April 2007 8 players in the Daylesford triples tournament ... Grant Seccombe, Dane Jones, Jack Shaw, Gareth Rich, Ashleigh Cotter, Matthew Higgins, Matthew Richards and Scott Wegener ... Gippsland Swimming Championship Results, 3 April 2007 Results for all Academy swimmers, courtesy Lorraine Hopley .... Sparkling performances by Badminton players, 15 March, 2007 8 players ... all through to the final rounds ... Stephanie Treloar, Nicola Duffield, Luke Peter, Lauren Peter, Jack Burgess, Ryan Dawson, Tim Reidy and Mihar Nandha ... Bowlers in State quarter final, 9 March 2007 The three Academy bowlers in the State U18 Triples quarter final performed well, despite being eliminated ... Gabriella Sergi, Matthew Higgins and Ashleigh Cotter ... Academy Bowlers play well at Sebastopol, 27 February 2007 Academy players performed exceptionally well ... Jack Shaw, Gareth Rich, Lisa Philips, Gabriella Sergi, Bradley Brcic, Dane Jones, Matthew Richards and Grant Seccombe ... Victorian Youth Track & Field medals, 26 February 2007 Three Academy athletes competed at last weekend’s Youth Track and Field Championships ... Hamish Nelson, Zachariah Nelson and Abbie Freestone ... Lawn Bowlers vie for U18 title, 22 February 2007 Last weekend three qualified for the quarter finals of the Victorian U18 Triples Championship ... Gabriella Sergi, Matthew Higgins and Ashleigh Cotter ... Ex-Academy Golfer in PGA event, 22 February 2007 Anthony Brown, one of the early members of the Academy’s Golf Squad, competed in the Australian PGA Tour’s Jacob’s Creek Open earlier in the week .... Testing round at Altona Badminton Selection Trials, 22 February 2007 Testing for those in higher age groups ... best results came from Nicola Duffield, Stephanie Treloar and Chris Wong ... Lauren Peter, Sarah Wong, Jack Burgess ... Lisa Phillips plays Championship final, 15 February 2007 Lisa Phillips finished equal third at last weekend's final play-off for the Novice Singles Championship in lawn bowls ... Badminton's Jack Burgess off to New Zealand, 15 February 2007 Jack Burgess has been selected to represent Victoria at the U17 June Bevan Championships in New Zealand in April ... Daniel Belfield and Murray Purvis ... Badminton juniors in Interstate win, 5 February 2007 Lauren Peter, Sarah Wong and Mihar Nandha represented Victoria in the U13 Interstate Tri-series ... Medals at Vic Youth Athletics Titles, 5 February 2007 Zachariah Nelson and Ryan Buttner were gold medal winners at Victorian Youth Athletics Championships ... Abbie Freestone, Emma Doderico ... Two lawn bowlers on the way up, 5 February 2007 Lisa Phillips played in the Victorian Women's Novice Championship, and Gareth Rich in the Group 8 State under 30's title ... Swimmers’ great showing at Country titles, 1 February 2007 Jeremy Saunders and Andrew Cameron won performance awards ... other winners were Ben Geard, Liz Bacchetti, Andrew O’Connor, Stephanie Morgan and Jeremy Meyer ... Stand-out performers at Country Athletics Championships, 23 January 2007 Several stand-out performers ... , Ryan Buttner, Hamish Nelson, Zachariah Nelson ... also Chelsea Caple, Stacey Pearson and Emma Doderico ... Bowlers highly competitive at Traralgon, 22 January 2007 Two mixed pairs teams ... Lisa Phillips with Scott Wegener, and Gabriella Sergi with Brad Brcic ... complemented on their outstanding performances by more experienced players. Lisa Phillips in Lawn Bowls Novice Championship play-off, 22 January 2007 Thirteen year old Lisa Phillips has made the final 16 play-off for the Victorian Women's Novice Singles title ... The final will be played on 4 February ... Academy Coach third in Vic Title, 22 January 2007 Joint Head Coach in Lawn Bowls, Lorraine Steel, finished third in last week's Victorian Women's Championships .... Victorian medal haul by Academy swimmers, 19 January 2007 At the Victorian Age Championships ... Jeremy Saunders and Jeremy Meyer ... Stephanie Morgan, Liz Bacchetti, Andrew Cameron, Ben Geard, Matt Dinsmore, Dale Mitchell and Sven Eriksson ... Lawn Bowlers impress, 18 January 2007 Last weekend' s invitation tournament at Sale ... Matthew Higgins, Matthew Oglesby, Ashleigh Cotter, Michael Daw, Gabriella Sergi, Scott Wegener, Gareth Rich and Daniel Laverty ... Darrell White, Academy Chairman, wins Tennis Vic Service Award, 16 January 2007 Tennis Victoria has honoured Darrell White with their Highly Commended Service Award ... more than 50 years as a player, coach and administrator ... Hamish Nelson wins Victorian U20 Decathlon, 10 January 2007 Hamish Nelson won last weekend's championship ... He achieved a personal best result of 6638 points ... Tennis Two play Traralgon ITF Tournament, 10 January 2007 Academy tennis squad member Edward Hawke and former member Chris Thomas both gained entry into the Loy Yang Traralgon ITF Junior Tournament last week ... Lawn bowlers shine in Lakes event, 9 January 2007 Last weekend Academy lawn bowlers played exceptionally well at the Lakes Entrance open Triples Tournament ... Squad members Matt Oglesby(lead), Dane Jones (middle) and Ashleigh Cotter (skip) were superb ...
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