Sport - 2024 Wrap Up

Every sporting contest involves numbers, goals, points, distance and time to determine the outcome. The following numbers tell the story of Sport at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in 2024:

1,744 participations in Sport by SHGC students (Inter School Sport and House Sport)

356 students represented SHGC in one or more interschool sports

251 lunchtime trials and training sessions

221 students signed up for Volleyball, just surpassing Netball (217) for the first time as the most popular sport

83.5 teams represented SHGC. The half team is the SHGC/Salesian College mixed netball team that competed in the inaugural ACC competition, making the Grand Final.

47 buses booked

36 staff coached a SHGC sport team

33 students ran the 5km or 10km race at the Melbourne Marathon Festival

28 teams made it to a Grand Final

20 sport venues visited across Melbourne and Geelong

18 different sports offered to students

17 first place finishes at CGSAV Swimming, up from just one in 2023

14 CGSAV championships won by SHGC, our most successful year since 2014. See below for our 2024 Champions

10 netballers travelled to Hamilton, New Zealand for RNDM Mission Cup

9 SHGC Swimming and Athletics records broken by Ava (4 x Swimming), Emma (3 x Triple Jump), Molly (1 x High Jump) and Madeleine (1 x Swimming)

8 first place finishes at CGSAV Athletics along with 19 Second places

5 SEGAP championship teams, Inter B Basketball, Inter Tennis, Inter A&B Volleyball and Junior B Volleyball