Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria (DSRV)

What a fantastic day! 🙌🏽🏀⚽🤺

On Monday 10 August, we welcomed around 126 students to our Deaf Secondary Students to a day full of sport, connection and fun

Throughout the day, students had the opportunity to get involved in a range of activities including handball, netball, basketball, fencing, football and passive games.

It was fantastic to see so many students getting involved, trying different sports, learning new skills and, most importantly, having fun together. The energy throughout the day was amazing, with plenty of smiles, teamwork and encouragement across all the activities.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day possible, and to all the students who came along and gave everything a go! 💙

We hope everyone had as much fun as we did, and we look forward to seeing you at the next Deaf Sports Day! 👏🏽

Calling all Deaf and Hard of Hearing senior school students! Join us for a fun-filled day of sport, meeting new people, and trying different activities.

Date: Monday, 10 August 2026
Time: 9:30am – 2:30pm

Location: State Netball and Hockey Centre, 10 Brens Drive, Parkville

Registrations close on Monday, 3 August, so don’t miss out!

To receive the registration form, simply email [email protected] and we’ll send it through to you.

We’d love to see you there!

🏀 BASKETBALL NEWS! 🏀
A massive congratulations to our Victorian 5x5 Basketball team for bringing home the SILVER MEDAL 🥈 at the Australian Deaf Games!
The Grand Final saw our old rivals (or should I say arch nemesis 😜) New South Wales standing in the way once again. It wasn't the result we were chasing, but what an incredible effort from the Victorian team.
That's back-to-back SILVER medals after also finishing runners-up at the previous Australian Deaf Games. Consistency like that doesn't happen by accident—it comes from hard work, teamwork, and never giving up.
Hold your heads high, team. You represented Victoria with pride, passion, and plenty of heart. We'll be back... and NSW, we're coming for that GOLD next time! 💙🤍🏀
Congratulations to everyone involved—an achievement to be proud of!

🥁 DRUM ROLL PLEASE... 🥁

Well... the secret is finally out!!

🎉 Congratulations to Bunbury, Western Australia, on being announced as the hosts of the 2030 Australian Deaf Games! 💙💛

A massive congratulations to everyone involved in the successful bid. We know you'll put on an incredible Games and showcase the best of the Deaf community over the next four years.

As for us Victorians... we'll be there! Bigger, louder (well... you know what I mean 😜), and ready to chase plenty more medals!

For now, let's celebrate an amazing ADG2026, thank everyone who made it such a memorable week, and start the countdown...

📅 Bunbury 2030... we'll see you there! 👋🎉

♟️ CHESS NEWS ♟️

After playing chess myself over the last 3 days... I had an absolute blast! Sure, I got beaten by a 9-year-old and a 14-year-old... but who's counting? 😂 We all had a great time, and that's what it's all about!

Now, onto the real stars of the Victorian team... what a squad we have, and I reckon we've got a future champion in our midst!

🏅 Hasas (12 years old)
🥇 Junior Champion
🥇 State Team Champion (Vic A)
🥇 Blitz Champion

Three GOLD medals at just 12 years old... scary good! Watch this space because the future of Victorian Deaf Chess is looking very bright. ♟️⭐

🏅 Phillip Waters
🥈 Senior Champion
🥇 State Team Champion (Vic A)
🥉 Blitz Champion

Another brilliant Games from Phillip, showing his class across all formats.

🏅 Benjamin Andrews
🥉 Senior Champion
🥇 State Team Champion (Vic A)
4️⃣ Blitz

A fantastic effort from Ben, helping Vic A claim the team title and adding another medal to Victoria's growing tally.

To all our chess players—young and old—you've made Victoria incredibly proud. Checkmate... well played! ♟️💙

🏓 TABLE TENNIS NEWS 🏓

Victoria keeps adding to the medal tally!!

🥈 Men's Doubles - SILVER
🥉 Men's Doubles - BRONZE
🥈 Mixed Doubles - SILVER

Mighty, mighty effort by our table tennis crew!

Yes... our beloved Michael Louey packed up, crossed the border to Queensland and decided to win EVERY SINGLE Table Tennis event! 😜 Thanks for nothing, Michael!!

That meant it was someone else's turn to step up... and guess what? We still came home with a stack of medals. That's what Victorian spirit is all about!

The search for our next Victorian Table Tennis champion is well and truly on... but for now, enjoy those medals and celebrate an awesome Games.

Massive congratulations to everyone involved – you've done Victoria proud! 👏💙

⚽️ Futsal update! ⚽️

Not every medal comes the easy way... sometimes it's all about heart, determination and never giving up.

🥉 Victorian Women's Futsal Team

The girls went down to Queensland 0-5 today, but still take home the BRONZE MEDAL! 🥉

Considering this team was thrown together at the very last minute, to come away from the Australian Deaf Games with a medal is a mighty effort. You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves. Who knows what you could achieve with a bit more time together! Well done, ladies! 👏💙

💙 Victorian Men's Futsal Team

The boys missed out on a bronze medal after an absolute heartbreaker, losing in a penalty shootout following 50 minutes of hard-fought futsal.

Penalty shootouts... they're enough to make anyone lose a few years off their life! 😅

I could see plenty of sore bodies, bruises and tired legs out there, but you kept fighting right until the final kick. It wasn't the result you wanted, but you represented Victoria with pride and left everything on the court.

Heads up, boys. You'll be back stronger next time. 💙🤍

🎾🎾 Deaf Tennis Victoria... you little beauties!! 🎾🎾

The medals just keep rolling in for our Victorian tennis stars!

🥈🥉 Evie Finch (13 years old)

🥈 Junior Championship Overall
🥉 Women's Singles
🥉 Mixed Doubles

Only 13 years old and already mixing it with the big guns! The future of Deaf Tennis Victoria is looking very bright. Keep swinging that racquet, Evie... we've got a feeling this is only the beginning! 👏

🥈 Ryder Smith

🥈 Mixed Doubles

A fantastic effort Ryder! You fought hard all tournament and came away with a well-deserved silver medal. Proud of ya!

🥇 Panshul Puri

🥇 Junior Championship Overall

What a performance! Standing on top of the podium as Junior Champion is no easy feat. Congratulations Panshul... enjoy that GOLD! 👏

🥇🥇 Glen Flindell 🥇🥇

Seriously Glen... are you giving everyone else a chance?! 😂

🥇 Men's Singles
🥇 Mixed Doubles

And if that wasn't enough... he also cleaned up in Pickleball by winning:

🥇 Men's Singles
🥇 Mixed Doubles

Four GOLD medals across two sports!! That's an incredible Games. Someone might need to hide the medals before Glen takes them all home! 😂

Congratulations to all our Victorian tennis players. You've done Deaf Tennis Victoria proud and shown what the Big V is all about! 💙🤍

🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️ Victorian swimming squad... did you leave any medals for the other states?! 😂

The pool has been absolutely smashed by our Victorians!

🥈🥉 Natalie Tamburro
🥉 25m Backstroke
🥈 25m Butterfly
🥈 25m Breaststroke
🥈 50m Butterfly
🥉 50m Backstroke

A mighty effort Natalie! You were collecting silver and bronze like they were going out of fashion. Proud of ya! 👏

🥈 Tahila Denham
🥈 25m Backstroke
🥈 50m Backstroke

Hang on... wasn't Tahila already playing Netball, Athletics and who knows what else?! 😂 Now she's winning swimming medals too! Is there any sport this woman can't do?! Amazing effort!

🥇🥇🥇 Sam Greatorex 🥇🥇🥇

Now... someone please check if Sam is actually part fish! 🐟😂

🥇 25m Freestyle
🥇 25m Backstroke
🥇 25m Breaststroke
🥇 25m Butterfly

🥇 50m Freestyle
🥇 50m Backstroke
🥇 50m Breaststroke
🥇 50m Butterfly

🥇 100m Backstroke
🥇 100m Breaststroke
🥈 100m Freestyle
🥉 100m Butterfly

That's 10 GOLD, 1 SILVER and 1 BRONZE! 😲 Absolutely unbelievable effort! The lifeguards probably started charging him rent because he spent so much time on the podium! 😂

Congratulations to all three swimmers for flying the Victorian flag with pride. You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves! 💙🤍