Achieving Her Best, Her Way

From outstanding academic success, to victory in the sporting arena, Walford students continue to excel. Their determination and commitment to their pursuits is incredible, and we would love to take a moment to acknowledge a few of our students' recent successes:

Academic Competitions

• Debating: Year 5, Year 8 and Year 11 teams all reached the Grand Final; Year 8 team won the Inter B competition.
• Tournament of Minds: The International Language and Literature team received Honours at the International Final.
• National History Challenge
  • Kimberley Karanicos Duff-Tytler – Young Historian Gold (State Winner – Year 10 Category; National Finalist – Year 10 Category; National Finalist – Special Category: Australian Women’s History).
  • Alexis Bucciarelli – Young Historian Silver (State Winner – Special Category: First Nations People; National Finalist – Special Category: First Nations People; National Finalist – Year 10 Category).
• Oliphant Science Awards
  • School Prize: Defence Science and Technology Secondary School Prize – 2nd place (Years 7–10).
  • Prize winners 7–8 Science Writing: 1st – Charlotta Wache.
  • Prize winner 7–8 Models and Inventions:  1st – Selby Mazel; 2nd – Gabrina Guo.
  • Prize winner 7–8 Crystals: 3rd – Samara Connley and Gihana Noordeen; 3rd – Gabrina Guo.
  • Prize winner 9–10 Models and Inventions: 3rd – Eden Kelly.
  • Highly commended 7–8 Multimedia: Zara Brown and Zali Noble.
  • Highly commended 7–8 Models and Inventions: Isabelle Dickson; Dasha Davies and Iliana D’Onise; Quinn Bayne, Jasmie Twelftree and Ki Wing Karin Lee.

Sport

• Lara Wu – Tennis
  • Competed in the Year End Masters in Sydney as the final accepted player in the 32-draw.
  • Reached the quarter finals and finished 4th, defeating multiple seeded players.
• Triathlon
  • Annabelle Wells – Intermediate School Sport SA Triathlon Champion.
  • Phoebe Williams, Vivienne McNamara and Charlotte Daunt-Smith – 3rd place in the Junior School Sport SA Team Triathlon.
• Rose Ward
  • AFL: Selected in the State U15 Girls Team; Member of the U15 Crows AFLW Academy Program; Plays U18 Sturt
  • Taekwondo: National Champion; Attended the AIS Pathways Camp; Selected for and competed in the 2025 National Taekwondo Championships in Adelaide; Will attend the Centre of Excellence (COE) later this year.
• Indi Sully – Soccer
  • Selected in the state team for Adelaide; trialled for and made the Junior U15 Mini Matildas.
  • Awarded Best Player for both club and state team.
  • Received a recommendation letter from SAFA for the national Junior Matildas.
• Charlotte Daunt-Smith – Swimming and Netball
  • Competed at Short Course States; trains with the national squad.
  • Member of the 2025 Netball Winter Premiers.
• Starla Murphy – Equestrian.
  • Top 3 in the Wistow Winter Series.
  • Top 2 in the Malala Winter Series at the Royal Adelaide Show.
• Zali Hutchinson – Volleyball
  • Competed in the SA Beach Volleyball Series (Mixed Pairs), representing SA.
  • Winner of the Australian Youth Volleyball Championships – SA Players’ Player Award.
  • Selected for the U15 Volleyball Australia National Performance Program (NPP) – Junior National Women’s Squad.
  • Attending national training camp in December.
  • Captain of the SA U15 Girls Team at the AYVC in Perth; received the team’s Players’ Player Award.
• Harriet Waters - Hockey
  • Co-Captain of the U14 Girls state hockey team, which competed at the Hockey Australia Girls U14 Championships in Brisbane in October.
• Gabrina Guo – Fencing
  • Several podium finishes this year at state competitions, including gold (October) and silver (November) in the Open A Women's Foil, gold in the U17/20 Women's Foil in October, and silver in the U15 Women's Foil.

• Rowing Crews – Melbourne Head Regatta 
  • 1st - schoolgirl pair – Imogen Griffith and Olivia Masters 
  • 1st - open coxless four – Hannah Silcock, Maisie Eastaugh, Eloise Bagot and Sophie Walsh. 
• Rowing Crews – School Premierships Series #1 Regatta
  • 2nd – schoolgirl eight A Final (after Seymour and ahead of Scotch, Seymour2, Wilderness and SPG)
  • 1st – schoolgirl eight B Final
  • 6th – schoolgirl 9/10 A coxed quad A Final 
  • 4th – schoolgirl 9/10 B coxed quad Final
  • 1st – schoolgirl 8/9 A coxed quad A Final
  • 1st – schoolgirl 7/8 B coxed quad B Final
  • 2nd – schoolgirl 7/8 A coxed quad B Final