We are delighted to share the news that Wilderness has won the 2022 Overall Intercol Trophy following a tightly contested series of matches with the final tally 7-6 in our favour! This passionate rivalry between Seymour and Wilderness has been a significant event for our girls each year since it began in 2011. This is the second time Wilderness has won the Trophy outright, first claiming it in 2019 and now in 2022.

Wilderness has also claimed the Winter Intercol Trophy for the third time securing four wins to Seymour’s two with outstanding performances in AFL, badminton, debating and soccer. Our netball and hockey teams put up a valiant effort and did Wilderness proud.

More so than anything this past week, I have been incredibly proud of the Wilderness players, coaches and supporters for their unwavering sportsmanship despite whatever came their way.

Congratulations to all our staff, coaches and girls on their fantastic results in both the Summer and Winter competitions and we look forward to defending these trophies in 2023.

Winter Sport Finals

Wilderness has had a challenging Winter season across the board, but our resilience and hard work has shown through. We are delighted to see five Wilderness teams qualify for IGSSA Sport Grand Finals—the second highest number of any IGSSA school.

The following teams will match up for the IGSSA premiership in Week 7:

• Division 1 Soccer to play Seymour
• Premier League Soccer to play Scotch
• Senior A Footy to play Scotch
• Open A Badminton to play Pembroke
• Open B Badminton to play Pembroke.

A special mention must go to our Senior A Hockey girls, who unfortunately just missed the finals by finishing third on the table after a tough match against Seymour.

Our U15 Lacrosse girls had a big win in their Semi-Final on Saturday against Brighton and tomorrow will play in the Preliminary Final against Burnside for a chance to contest the Grand Final.

Best of luck to all our teams in their finals campaigns, and a massive thank you to all staff and parents for their support of the girls this season and during the Intercol Week.

Year 9/10 Statewide Touch Football Finals

Our Year 9/10 Statewide Touch Football team won silver last week at the Finals Day. Wilderness won four of our five games comfortably and in a closely fought game against Sacred Heart fell just one try short, losing 3-4. After the results were tallied, Wilderness finished in second place to win the silver medal—an outstanding result!

Congratulations to our girls and their coach Ms Marnie Eddington.