Sport
At De La Salle College, sports play a crucial role in fostering a healthy, balanced lifestyle, contributing to the development of lifelong skills and habits.
As part of the Associated Catholic College (ACC) competition, our college joins a network of 13 Catholic Secondary Schools in weekly sports fixtures across various terms. The ACC program extends beyond sports, encompassing debating, art and technology exhibitions, and music performances.
Primary Sport
Our Primary Sport program engages Year 5 and 6 students in inter-school competitions in Football, Swimming, Athletics, and Netball against other Dendy District primary school teams. Additionally, students have the opportunity to participate in Dendy District round-robin tournaments including Hoop Time (basketball), Cricket Blast T20, Lightning Premiership Soccer, Netball, and AFL football.
Internal Sport
Throughout their secondary schooling, students can participate in a diverse range of internal sports. In the middle years, activities like Ultimate Frisbee, AFL 9’s, soccer, basketball, hockey, table tennis, cricket, volleyball, and tennis are available. Senior secondary students enjoy similar options plus spinning and circuit classes, weight training, and boxing sessions.
ACC Sport
De La Salle College has been a proud participant in Associated Catholic College (ACC) Sport since 1920. Now catering to over 16,500 students, the ACC offers a wide range of events and activities. The program features weekly sports for all year levels and major championships in athletics, swimming, and cross country. Students can also partake in one-day ACC tournaments in lawn bowls, golf, and chess. Our sports terms include activities like tennis, cricket, volleyball, football, soccer, badminton, basketball, hockey, and table tennis, all coached by experienced professionals. Emphasis is placed on skill development and progression in each sport.
High Performance Sport Program
De La Salle College boasts a strong history of nurturing elite athletes. Our High-Performance Sports Program, launched in 2021, focuses on disciplines like AFL football, basketball, cricket, swimming, and soccer. Renowned coaches lead these programs, such as Roger Grech and Nick Walsh in AFL, alongside experts in soccer, basketball, and cricket. The program caters to student athletes at various levels, from those seeking to improve their skills to high achievers in our High-Performance pathways.
Our comprehensive sports program, aligned with our academic and wellbeing support, offers a pathway for every student from Year 5 to 12 at De La Salle College, Malvern.
De La Salle College & St Kilda Football Club
The Saints are one of 18 clubs who compete in the national AFL & AFLW competition, representing more than 55,000 members and a significant community in Melbourne’s south stretching from Port Melbourne to Portsea. This includes many of the suburbs that our students reside in through the St Kilda FC heartland.
In 2018, the Saints returned to their spiritual heartland of Moorabbin and to a new $40 million headquarters that rivals any other in Australian sport. The Saints are proud of their contribution which includes a range of programs designed to foster inclusion and provide an opportunity for every young footballer in the region to reach their potential. In enabling this to occur the STKFC has joined in partnership with De La Salle College through their STK Education programs https://www.saints.com.au/community/our-programs/stkeducation. Students are guided through the inner sanctum of the industry and schools can choose their experience. The relationship enables our students to access a range of components of a high-performance sports facility.
For De La Salle College, this has included football clinics with our Primary students run at RSEA Park and Health and Physical education classes, specifically in areas of Footy, Technology and Innovation. We have been fortunate that given the strong relationship, we have also seen our Senior Football side play ACC matches at the Saints home ground, RSEA Park.
