WELCOME TO PE & SPORT IN SEMESTER 2

Already we are off and running to a great start with some outstanding success at the SSV State Cross Country Championships that took place in the Yarra Valley on Thursday 14 July. We had four teams reaching the podium and the U16 Girls bringing home the State Champions pennant. Congratulations to all of these outstanding athletes (more details to follow in the cross-country report).

More congratulations go to some of our exceptional athletes who have been selected to represent SSV Team Vic at National Championships.

This is an outstanding achievement:

Oliver Ledger (Year 11) - Basketball
Samee Khanzada-Ho (Year 7) - Diving
Brit Apps (Year 8) - Volleyball
Sam Chilco-Burns (Year 9) - Volleyball
Sienna Orr (Year 8) - Volleyball
Harley Karro (Year 8) - Volleyball

The PE department has a lot planned this semester to keep students happy and active. We have recently surveyed the school community to gain their ideas on what activities they would like to participate in. If you have not yet filled in this survey, please do so soon.

On offer this term will be some Rock Up Volleyball, Badminton and Futsal competitions as well as the Semester 2 Beep Test Challenge and some Year 12 house competitions. Keep an eye on the compass news feed for details on how to get involved with these activities.

Stay active, stay healthy.

Jennifer Pemberton

Head of PE & Sport

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

On Monday 18 July, after two years without it, McKinnon staff and students braved one of the coldest and wettest mornings, to come together for the Athletics Carnival.

With House colours as the theme, there was a sea of blue, red, yellow and green inspired outfits.

Despite the weather, the number of participants in most events were higher than they have been in the past. There was much excitement on the track as students competed in hotly contended track and field events, with the closing event of the day being the House Captains Relay.

Results are still being tallied with not much between 1st and 2nd place. The winning house will be announced soon!

Claire Weiss

Athletics Co-ordinator

SMR CROSS COUNTRY

On Thursday 23 June, 42 athletes represented McKinnon Secondary College at Cruden Farm as part of the SMR Cross Country event. At Cruden Farm students were faced with muddy and hilly conditions. We had our best results ever with a massive team of 23 athletes progressing through to the State Finals.

Results

Daniela Tapia Leal (Year 8) - 14 Girls - 2nd

Matilda Kelleher (Year 7) - 12-13 Girls - 3rd

17-20 Boys Team - 1st

17- 20 Girls Team - 1st

16 Boys Team - 2nd

16 Girls Team - 1st

14 Girls Team - 2nd

12-13 Girls Team - 2nd

STATE CROSS COUNTRY

Last Thursday 14 July, McKinnon's largest State Cross Country team jumped in the mini bus and headed to the Yarra Valley. Given we were scheduled to run on a race track we thought this course would be easy compared to what we dealt with at Cruden Farm, oh how we were wrong!

Face plants into the mud, shoes falling off and having to finish the race in socks, the hill at the back of the race track and the flu were what we had to endure. Despite all these setbacks we came home with our best state results ever!

Results:

12-13 Girls Team - 2nd

Matilda Kelleher (Year 7) - 22nd

Olin Buisman (Year 8) - 31st

Kiara Malhotra (Year 7) - 36th

12- 13 Boys

Harish Salwathura (Year 7) - 80th

14 Girls

Layn Swanson (Year 8) - 7th

Daniela Tapia Leal (Year 8) - 8th

14 Boys

Peter Tran (Year 8) - 19th

15 Girls

Ella Yang (Year 9) - 24th

15 Boys

Tim Roche (Year 9) - 23rd

16 Girls Team 1st

Lily Baldwin (Year 10) - 19th

Hannah Foran (Year 10) - 20th

Annabelle Sakurai (Year 11) - 33rd

Chloe Apps (Year 10) - 36th

16 Boys Team 3rd

Josh Hine (Year 10) - 17th

Luke Kennedy (Year 10) - 24th

Terry Tsakiridis (Year 10) - 26th

17-20 Girls Team 2nd

Caitlin Lyon (Year 11) - 24th

Georgia Foran (Year 12) - 61st

Olivia Colletta (Year 11) - 68th

17- 20 Boys

Kevin Zhou (Year 11) -19th

Matthew Day (Year 12) - 57th

Connor Hayes (Year 12) - 63rd

Ewan Daly (Year 11) - 85th

Alice Breidahl & Chris Hudd

Cross Country Coaches

YEAR 8 GIRLS BADMINTON

Friday 17 September is a day to remember!

An historical win for the school and our badminton team!

The Year 8 Girls Badminton team were undefeated!

We enjoyed several badminton matches with Brighton, Bentleigh, Westall and Parkdale Secondary Schools. We'll be going to regionals on Thursday 18 August.

We would like to thank the other schools and players for some exciting and close matches. We would like to thank Christine Yuen (Year 8) for scoring our matches and Mrs Hooper for coaching our team.

We hope our luck will continue throughout the year!

Khushi Kukadiya, Amelie Tan, Sophie Yu, Julia Song, Madhuvanthi Krishnamurthy, Mirnaali Sendhil Kumar

Year 8 Girls Badminton Team

YEAR 7 BOYS AND GIRLS BADMINTON

It was a terrific wins for both Girls and Boys Badminton.

Both teams remain undefeated through the Pool games against Bentleigh, Brighton and Westall.

They continued their winning streak with the boys beating Parkdale 5-1 and the girls beating Mordialloc 6-0.

As Kingston Division Champions, they will progress to the Southern Metropolitan Regional finals on Wednesday 17 August.

Boys team

Tristan Tran

Krithik Venkatesh Prem

Ayan Arya

Steven Yang

Lucas Quang

Neel Parab

Girls Team

Honorary Leung

Annabelle Teo

Dhriti Chauhan

Suzanne Shaik

Serissa Dmello

Angel Zhang (abs)

Vy Phan (abs)

Carole Hooper

Head of Junior Sport

DATES TO REMEMBER

JULY

AUGUST