SPORT NEWS
ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS CARNIVAL
The Annual Swimming Sports Carnival is coming up on Wednesday 17 February at the Carnegie Swimming Pool.
Students are to make their own way to the Carnegie pool by 8:30am to get their name marked off on the roll by their Form Teacher. Students will be dismissed from the pool at approximately 3pm.
Location: Koornang Park, Moira Ave, Carnegie, Melway Reference: 68 H6, phone number 9571 8143.
REMEMBER: to DRESS UP in your favourite under the sea costume and there will be a sausage sizzle on the day along with a canteen.
Also: while there is a canteen and sausage sizzle students should also bring food and drink
PLEASE NOTE: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY STUDENT TO BE SUN SMART AND APPLY SUNSCREEN AND WEAR A HAT. ENSURE THAT YOU BRING YOUR OWN SUNSCREEN AND THAT IT IS RE-APPLIED. EXTRA SUNSCREEN IS AVAILABLE.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR SPORTS: TERM 1 2016
Dates are as follows for Intermediate and Senior sport for Term 1 2016.
Students can sign up for teams via the link they have been emailed:
- Senior Boys and Girls Cricket - Thursday 11 February;
- Inter Boys and Girls Crickets - Monday 15 February;
- McKinnon Swimming Sports - Wednesday 17 February;
- Inter Round Robin - Thursday 10 March
Sports Include: Baseball, Softball, Boys Tennis, Girls Tennis, Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball;
- Senior Round Robin - Monday 21 March
Sports Include: Baseball, Softball, Boys Tennis, Girls Tennis, Boys Volleyball, Girls
Volleyball, Boys Futsal, Girls Futsal, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball.
James Bridges
Head of Intermediate & Senior Sport
JUNIOR SPORT REPORT
Welcome to the World of McKinnon Junior Sport!
Congratulations to all Junior school students for their smooth transition into their new sport session for 2016.
All students have now been allocated their sport for the year. Compass will now reflect this. There is an opportunity to swap their Term 2, 3 & 4 sports towards the end of Term 1.
Please could you remind your child to bring their labelled hats and water bottle to each sports session.
Those travelling offsite to local venues will walk to the venue for their sports session and will be dismissed from the venue at 2:50pm (cricket 3:00pm) to either walk home, walk back to school or get picked up.
Local Venues
Baseball /softball - Bailey Reserve
Cricket - McKinnon Reserve
Swimming - GESAC
Multisports - GESAC
Athletics - Duncan Mackinnon
Tennis - Bentleigh Rec Tennis Club
Term 1 Kingston Division Interschool competitions are in:
Volleyball, Cricket, Softball, Baseball & Tennis
Year 7
v Westall SC – Tuesday 16 February
v Parkdale SC – Tuesday 23 February
v Bentleigh SC – Tuesday 1 March
v Brighton SC – Tuesday 8 March
v Sandringham SC (7-10) – Tuesday 15 March
Year 8
v Bentleigh SC – Friday 12 February
v Brighton SC – Friday 19 February
v Mordialloc SC – Friday 26 February
v Parkdale SC – Friday 4 March
v Sandringham SC (7-10) – Friday 18 March
Finals:
Year 7 Tuesday 22 March
Year 8 Friday 18 March
Please encourage your student to continue to check their Compass & emails for the sporting arrangements.
McKinnon’s dedicated coaches will endeavour to give every student the opportunity to represent the school by the end of the year.
Good Luck to all teams. We are looking forward to another fabulous year in Sport.
Go McKinnon!
Carole Hooper
Junior Sports Manager