On Wednesday 11th October two of our Salesian College Chadstone Sports Academy students (Ben and Oliver) teamed up with the Christ Our Holy Redeemer Primary School basketball team to attend a tournament at Nunawading Basketball Stadium.
Ben and Oliver did a fantastic job coaching the COHR boys, helping them to play highly competitive basketball, scoring 30plus points in each game and just losing a semi final match after playing 3 games straight without a break. The COHR team lost to the eventual winners of the tournament by just 2 points in the pool games.
Ben and Oliver used what they had learned from their Sports Academy classes on coaching to assist the boys to play well, to play a team band of basketball and to enjoy the experience of a tournament. After the tournament we went back to COHR and they helped to run a short basketball clinic for the Grade 5 students, who really enjoyed the session.
The Christ Our Holy Redeemer Principal, Mr Welsford, was extremely grateful for the work Ben and Oliver had done throughout the day. They are a credit to Salesian College, and I thank them for volunteering their time to help out students from another Catholic primary school which helps build our community connections in the local area.
Simon Greely
Year 7 Year Level Coordinator
