Sport News

The start to the year has been a disjointed one in many ways, and sport has been affected by this as well. It has been great to see our first teams in cricket and volleyball get a game under their belt last Saturday, with a close win in the volleyball and a close loss in the cricket against Iona College. This weekend coming we will have the firsts teams playing, with cricket playing for points and volleyball in trial mode again, both against St Laurence’s College. The AFL 1st XVIII will have an internal trial on Friday afternoon.

All Term 1 sports will begin training from next Monday with games for all teams commencing on the weekend of 11-12 February. Please check the College App for information about training and games.

Cricket

With students returning to MCA on Monday 7 February, the College can now start our Term 1 cricket program. Please see below details with how the first week of training and games will look: 

Monday 7 February

Year 7 Orientation Cricket Session 

Cameron Oval Nets: 3:30pm – 5:00pm 

Players are required to bring: 

• Personal cricketer equipment (due to Covid protocols, there will be no sharing of cricket equipment) 
• Water bottle 
• Suitable sport clothing and shoes (PE uniform) 

Tuesday 8 February – Friday 11 February 

Training starts for Years 8-12. Term 1 training schedule will be posted on the College App by Wednesday 2 February. 

Saturday 12 February 

With only the 1st XI playing this weekend, the first game for all other teams will be round 2 vs. St Edmunds College on Saturday 12 February. 

AIC Cricket Teams 

An updated list of teams will be posted on the College App by Wednesday 2 February. It’s really important if a student’s name is not listed in a team or year level to contact Mr Mitch Reid ASAP. 

For all cricket enquiries, please contact Cricket Coordinator Mr Mitch Reid - reidm@marash.qld.edu.au 

Swimming

Over the summer break, many swimmers remained in the water, training hard for the 2021 Qld State Swimming Championships.

This year we had 42 swimmers compete from MCA. This is an outstanding achievement for each individual and the Club. Congratulations to all swimmers, supporters and coaching staff on a wonderful State Championships.

2021 Queensland States MCA swimming club finished 12th overall. 

Below is a summary of relay, individual and final place results. 

Congratulations to the Boys 12 & U, MCA Freestyle Relay Team A, who received a silver medal in a time of 1.55.93. 

Congratulations to:

🥈Archer Mellifont 

🥈Ryan Mullin

🥈Tex Higginbotham

🥈Phelix Meehan 

Individual Events 

James Leigh 

⭐️Boys 14 Years Aged Champion⭐️

🥇Qld Champion Boys 14 Years 200m IM

🥇Qld Champion Boys 14 Years 100m Freestyle

🥇Qld Champion Boys 14 Years 200m Freestyle 

🥈Boys 14 Years 400m Freestyle 

🥈Boys 14 Years 400m IM

Hannah Casey

🥇Qld Champion Girls 15 Years 100m Freestyle

🥇Qld Champion Girls 15 Years 50m Butterfly

🥈Girls 15 Years 50m Freestyle

🥈Girls 15 Years 200m Freestyle

Archer Mellifont

🥇 Qld Champion Boys 12 Years 200m Freestyle

🥇Qld Champion Boys 12 Years 200m Backstroke

🥈Boys 12 Years 50m Backstroke 

🥈Boys 12 Years 100m Backstroke 

🥉Boys 12 Years 50m Butterfly

Tom Hicks

🥇Qld Champion Boys 15 Years 50m Backstroke

🥈Boys 15 Years 100m Backstroke

Jack Goyen

🥇Qld Champion Boys 17 Years 100m Freestyle

🥈Boys 17 Years 50m Freestyle

🥈Boys 17-18 Years 50m Butterfly 

Josh Mason

🥉Boys 13 Years 200m Breaststroke

Angus Bathe 

🥉Boys 17 Years 1500m Freestyle 

Congratulations to Angus Bathe, who competed in Adelaide at the Australian Open Water Championships over the weekend. 

Angus had a big weekend of racing, starting with Saturday morning in the 10KM placing 4th in the 18-19 year Boys and on Sunday,  swimming in the 5KM where Angus placed 2nd in the under 18 boys. Well done, Angus.

Rugby Union

We are very excited to be able to launch a new initiative this year in Rugby Union for Years 7-10. As a College we are very fortunate to have had a number of Old Boys go on with their rugby union after school and play at significant levels. We are obviously very proud of this tradition, and what we are even more proud of is that they want to give back to the College. Under the leadership of Mr Pat Howard, a group of Old Boys are providing quality, position specific skills training over five weeks in Term 1. The program is free but all boys must be registered to be able to join.

Dates: 16, 23 February, 2, 9 and 16 March

Location: The Flats

Times: 6:30-7:15am Year 7/8; 7:15-8:00am Year 9/10

Click here to register: Term 1 Rugby Union Skills Clinic 

Tennis - Mr Andrew Ward, Head Tennis Coach

Term 1 Coaching 2022

Last reminder for registration to tennis coaching for this term to start 7 February.

Group lessons will be conducted starting Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 of February at this stage with maybe another day to come on board. Squad training starts on the 7 February for specific Squads.

A change in one of the names of our squads is as follows: Future 1st IV Squad has changed its name to Future Champion Squad. We have done this so that the name is not misleading in that all students in these squads will make the 1st IV team. Sorry for any misguidance or understanding. The 1st IV team will always, under my guidance, be picked on performance and the best way for the strongest team as a whole.

All bookings through: MCATennis@marash.qld.edu.au, Ph: 0437 449 523

Sport at Marist

For those new to the College, Marist is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges. We compete against seven other like schools in sport and activities throughout the year. This is the largest part of our sporting commitment but we do also participate in some other competitions as well. You can find out more about each sport through the college website.

Sport is central to the Marist College Ashgrove curriculum not just because boys enjoy them, but because they embody many qualities in which the College believes. Learning to win and lose, to lead and be led, to push oneself to and perhaps beyond one’s limits, to think as part of a team, to know when to strive for more and when to acknowledge defeat; these are all part of learning to be human.

Communication 

General sport updates will be through the newsletter each week. This will include summaries from the weekend, student achievements and general information. For sport specific information, such as draws and team lists, download the College app as the staff and co-ordinators post the information for upcoming events using that platform.