General News
If ever there was an Insight update that best illustrated the breadth of outstanding achievements by our Haileybury students, this is the one. Swimming, dancing, skipping, walking and horse riding all feature as Haileybury students take on the best at regional, national and international level.
Swimming
Campbell (Year 12 Brighton) had a brilliant National Age Swimming Championships. His results included gold in the 100m freestyle (fastest of all 17 and 18 year olds at national age), bronze in the 200m freestyle (even after he split his suit in marshalling!), silver in both the 50m and 100m backstroke, and bronze in 200m backstroke. Overall, Campbell was the national age champion for 17 year old Men and as such has made the Australian Youth Team to compete in the green and gold in Romania in August.
We wish Campbell all the best as he heads off to the staging camp in Slovakia, before taking on the World.
I also wanted to share an update on Xavier’s (Year 9 Brighton) performances at the Age Swimming Nationals held in Brisbane over the April school holidays. Xavier progressed through the heats to swim in three finals (top 10 finishes in the country), recording personal best times for 4th place in the 200m breaststroke, 6th place in the 100m breaststroke and 7th place in the 50m breaststroke. These results are a testament to his hard work and commitment, and we are thrilled to share that his performances have also qualified him for the World Swimming Championship Trials in Adelaide this June — an incredible achievement given this was his first national championships.
Dance Star Regional Finals
On Saturday 3 May, over 110 Haileybury students from Years 7–12 travelled to Rowville Secondary College to compete in the 2025 Dance Star Regional Finals. With energy, pride and passion, our dancers took to the stage across a full day of fierce competition, performing in competitive sections against schools, dance academies and clubs from across the region.
The standard of performance was exceptional, and our students rose to the occasion with skill, strength and spirit. Their success is a direct reflection of the countless hours of preparation, unwavering commitment and genuine love for their craft.
In total, an outstanding 28 of 29 Haileybury teams and soloists have now qualified for the State Championships in early June.
Highlights include First place finishes for:
- Senior Large Hip Hop
- Senior Large Jazz
- Senior Small Hip Hop
- Senior Large Contemporary
- Senior Small Hip Hop Junior
- Senior Small Contemporary
Congratulations to soloists Ruby, Candela, Amy, Kaylin, Lexi, Tigerlily, Karina, Mia and Dalenna, all of whom won their solo sections.
A huge thank you to all students, coaches and coordinators for a fantastic day at regionals. We wish all competitors the very best for states.
Skipping
We would like to congratulate Yvette (Year 9 Brighton) who has been selected to compete for Australia at the IRJU – World Jump Rope Championship Series. This event will take place in Japan from late July. Yvette is truly passionate about skipping, dedicating considerable time for training several times a week.
Yvette will also be attending the Australian Rope Skipping Championships in Brisbane.
Athletics Australia National Championships
It was an extremely successful national meet for walking brother and sister dynamic duo Damian (Year 9 Keysborough) and Julia (Year 7 Keysborough), with Damian winning the U/14 1500m walk and Julia coming third in the U/12 girls 1500m walk.
They were joined on the podium by Portia (Year 7 Berwick) who had a standout event, achieving the following results in the U/14 age group: 1st in the 80m hurdles, 1st in the long jump, 3rd in the 200m, 3rd for the 4 x 100m Vic Team and 8th in the 100m individual.
Equestrian
Haileybury also enjoyed success at the recent Petstock Interschool State Championships (five-day event). Haileybury had the biggest number of horse and rider combinations that we have ever put forward, with students from all campuses competing proudly in magenta, finishing as the Reserve Champion School for the entire event. We also had five of our riders gain entry into the Victorian State Equestrian Team and will be representing the Big V in their respective events up in Sydney in September. They are Olivia (riding Ngahiwi Lady), Marly (That’s Limo), Queenie (Stormy), Pearl (Red Rue) and Zara (W Park Rupert).
This is only the first round of national qualifiers. The eventing team is still to be announced as well as the VEIS grand final for showjumping and dressage, which also gives students the opportunity to gain a state team place should they win.
Matthew Dwyer
Head of Sport (One Haileybury)
