Offering a wide range of sporting activities

utilising world-class facilities and an array of professional coaches


A Sports program where participation, dedication and opportunity equal personal excellence for every student.

The benefits that Sport has on young people are well documented, including learning key traits such as leadership, resilience, self-confidence and mental strength. Sheldon College has built a Sports Program which focuses on the needs of the student, putting an emphasis on developing the whole athlete to reach their individual best. The College strives to offer opportunities that cater for all students, regardless of age or ability. The program is led by a team of dedicated staff members, from administrators through to teachers and coaches, who are committed to continued improvement of the whole program.

Sheldon College is a member of a number of different sporting associations including the Greater Brisbane Conference (GBC). This provides students in Years 3-12 with many wonderful interschool sporting opportunities. The College has a rich history of outstanding performances in the GBC, consistently competing for premierships and regularly taking out the Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics championships. The College is also a member school of the Bayside District and Metropolitan East Region which provides many fulfilling opportunities for students who endeavour to explore the Queensland School Sport pathway. Sheldon College is also a member club at Brisbane Southern Districts Basketball and Redlands Junior Touch Football. Finally, the College also provides unique interschool sporting opportunities to those students interested in rugby union and equestrian. 

The Sheldon Academy of Sport (SAS) bundles together our year-round professionally coached sports of athletics, swimming and tennis, with the aim of enabling students in all such programs to develop to their maximum potential.  The track record of the coaches involved is exceptional, with our student athletes regularly competing for national titles. Our SAS programs also incorporate clubs affiliated with Queensland Athletics, Swimming Queensland and Tennis Queensland, removing the need for our athletes to have to join external clubs.

The commitment made to sport at Sheldon College is clearly demonstrated by the quality of the facilities on offer.  The College became the first school on Brisbane’s southside to boast an IAAF certified 400 metre synthetic athletics track; the College also saw the construction of six, high quality, LED floodlit tennis courts and four first-class cricket nets.  These new facilities have been added to our existing multi-million dollar indoor sports stadium, modern fitness centre, eight lane heated swimming pool, enclosed commercial learn to swim centre, outdoor multipurpose courts, undercover playing areas, cross country running course and immaculately maintained natural turf playing fields.

Sports Programs and Clubs

Sports Programs and Clubs

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Development Programs (Preparatory - Year 2)

Sport Development Programs are open to all students in Prep to Year 2.

The focus of our Development programs are to offer students an enjoyable and engaging environment where they can discover their own love for sport.

The programs will offer students the opportunity to participate in skill acquisition and game sense activities across a number of sports, with a key focus on the functional movement capabilities of our students. The programs will be delivered by industry professionals, supported by Sheldon Sport Department. The programs will also align to prepare students for interschool sport through the GBC Junior Competition.

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GBC Junior (Years 3 to 6)

Sheldon College is one of the key contributors to the GBC Junior Competition, catering for students in Year 3-6.

The College holds great value to the GBC Junior Competition, enabling out students to have regular interschool sporting opportunities. The focus of the competition is increased participation across all sports, with the College focusing a lot of energy around quality teaching and coaching of our younger students. On a weekly basis we are proud to see the effort, sportsmanship and enthusiasm from our students.

 The sports currently offered in the GBC Junior Competition are:
  • AFL
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football (Soccer)
  • Indoor Cricket
  • Netball
  • Swimming
  • Touch Football
  • Track & Field
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GBC (Years 7 to 12)

Sheldon College is one of the key contributors in the GBC. 

The College holds great value to the GBC Competition, enabling out students to have regular interschool sporting opportunities. The focus of the competition is increased participation across all sports, with the College focusing a lot of energy around quality teaching and coaching of our students. On a weekly basis we are proud to see the effort, sportsmanship and enthusiasm from our students.

The sports currently offered in the GBC competition are:
  • AFL
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football (Soccer)
  • Indoor Cricket
  • Netball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Touch Football
  • Track & Field
  • Volleyball
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Basketball Club

The Sheldon College Basketball Club caters for students in Preparatory through to Year 12, with teams competing year-round in the Brisbane Southern Districts Spartans club competition at Carina.  

At the younger end of the spectrum, our club caters for all students wishing to become involved, while in the older age groups, the focus is more upon higher level players, with those more interested in participation encouraged to instead become involved with our interschool sporting teams.

A mix of professional and skilled volunteer coaching is provided to our students, with many players going on to achieve representative honours at a variety of levels.

Our teams are regularly highly competitive, with many claiming premierships each year, including in the highest divisions.

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Touch Football Club

The Sheldon College Touch Football Club caters to girls interested in playing weekly Friday night fixtures in the Redlands Junior Touch Football Association competition at Cleveland.

At present, we offer teams at the Under 12 and Under 16 levels, with the aim of improving the depth and quality of touch football players for our GBC interschool touch football teams. 

Our teams are led by highly experienced coaches and regularly challenge for premiership titles.

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Representative Sport

Sheldon College’s membership of Bayside District and Metropolitan East Region School Sport gives talented students the opportunity to trial for selection in school-based representative teams across a wide range of sports.

In 2018, Sheldon College students gained an incredible 201 selections into such school sport representative teams, of which 87 gained selection to represent Metropolitan East at Queensland School Sport State Championships, and 21 gained selection to represent Queensland at School Sport Australia National Championships.

Scholarships

For information about scholarship opportunities please visit our Scholarships page.

SPORTS NEWS

14TH SHELDON COLLEGE SPORTS AWARDS DINNER
TUESDAY 08 NOVEMBER, 2022
The 14th annual Sheldon College Sports Awards Dinner was held on Saturday 5 November in the Sheldon Event Centre. The night-of-nights on the sporting calendar...
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
THURSDAY 04 AUGUST, 2022
Sheldon College blew the competition away at the Bayside District 13-19 Years Track and Field Championships last week! We claimed both the aggregate and percentage...
AUSTRALIAN TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL, 2022
A talented group of Sheldon College athletes recently travelled to Sydney Olympic Park, to represent Queensland and the Sheldon Academy of Sport Athletics Club at the 202...
BAILEY MEARES | AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION
WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 2022
Congratulations to Year 12 student, Bailey Meares, the new AusCycling Junior Mens National Champion for Pump Track.   Held recently in Maydena, Tasmania, Bailey rode blistering...
SHELDON GRADUATES STUDYING IN THE STATES
MONDAY 20 DECEMBER, 2021
The calibre of athletes coming through Sheldon College’s Sport Programs is ever-increasing, with several students setting their sights on pursuing international post-school endeavours. Sheldon College graduates, Jessica Hoban and Danielle Bayes, are just two of these students, demonstrating...
STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONS!
TUESDAY 07 DECEMBER, 2021
Sheldon College is the 2021 State Champion for Primary School Tennis, having won the top division of this year’s Tennis Queensland Primary Schools Cup.  The...
ACE! DIG! BLOCK! SPIKE! SHELDON COLLEGE TAKES GOLD!
WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 2021
A select group of senior students recently represented Sheldon College in the Queensland Senior Volleyball Schools Cup, a three-day tournament that brings together the best schools across the state.  This competition is the pinnacle event of...
13TH SHELDON COLLEGE SPORTS AWARDS DINNER
THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 2021
The 13th annual Sheldon College Sports Awards Dinner was held on Saturday 6 November in the Sheldon Event Centre. The night-of-nights on the sporting calendar...
SHELDON COLLEGE TENNIS ON A ROLL!
THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER, 2021
The past week has seen an impressive run of results from Sheldon College Tennis, culminating with Tennis Queensland naming the College as a finalist for...