SCHOOL NEWS
SOCKABLE FUNDRAISER FOR MCKINNON VOLLEY
This month, McKinnon Volley will be holding a SOCKABLE FUNDRAISER in hopes of raising enough money to purchase equipment. Each pair of socks are valued at $6 with McKinnon volley receiving $1 per pair sold. The school will also receive a $50 bonus for each 100 pairs sold.
The fundraiser will run from Monday 18 July until Thursday 18 August and there is no limit to the amount of socks you can purchase.
How to choose and purchase your socks:Please use this link to browse through the many sock designs available. The first drop down menu asks you to choose who you are fundraising for. Please select McKinnon Volley and follow the prompts.
Towards the end of the month, Sockable will send out all orders to the College. From there we will notify you when and where you can pick up your sock order.
Rhiannon Parker, Ellie Adler and Sandy Hope
McKinnon Volley Teachers
MCK CHESS CLUB
Interschool Chess Zonal Tournament at Balwyn HS
On Thursday 23 June, the McKinnon chess squad consisting of Tim Nicolaides (10J), Aryan Jayanty (11F), Jonathan Kui (10G), Gregory Wen (11M) and Peter Nguyen (11I), traveled to Balwyn High School to compete in the Chess Victoria Interschool Chess Zonal tournament. The competition has attracted some of the best chess schools in the state and there were over 100 students playing in the event.
It was a long and grueling day where each participant must play a total of 7 games in the Swiss tournament format with a standard time control of 15 minutes per player. That is equivalent to about 3.5 hours of non-stop focus and concentration! As debutants, the McKinnon team played professionally and beyond expectations, achieving a combined score of 21.5 points and ranked 5th overall out of 20 teams. In light of this wonderful result, the McKinnon chess team has qualified for the State Finals in October.
The individual results of the McKinnon Team were as follows:
- Tim Nicolaides (5 pts, 10th place)
- Peter Nguyen (5 pts, 20th place)
- Jonathan Kui (4.5 pts, 27th place)
- Aryan Jayanty (3.5 pts, 48th place)
- Gregory Wen (3.5 pts, 52nd place)
Note: Individual total point is out of 7 and ranking is out of 106.
McK Chess Grand Prix (East Campus)
At the end of Term 2, the East Campus Division of the McK Chess Grand Prix tournament has finally concluded. After six weeks of fierce competition, Vibhan Jivanjee (8E) took out the top prize with 13 GP points. This was closely followed by runner-up, Howie Nguyen (9D), and 3rd place, Alex Do (8G). Congratulations!
The final top 6 players in this year’s McK Chess GP (East Campus) were:
- Vibhan Jivanjee (8E)
- Howie Nguyen (9D)
- Alex Do (8G)
- Khiem Tran (8J)
- Joe Kee (8C)
- Chloe Cooper (8H)
The McK Chess Club would like to thank all participants at the East Campus who have made this event such a success.
McK Chess Championship 2022
The McK Chess Championship is the premier chess event run by the McK Chess Club and the top chess tournament at McKinnon Secondary College. Students can either qualify through the McK Chess Grand Prix or by playing in the preliminaries which were conducted in the last three weeks of Term 2. The 16 qualified players have just started competing in the 4-week championship event to determine the next McK Chess Champion!
The list of the 16 qualified students (their McK ratings and player titles are in brackets):
- Tim Nicolaides (10J)(1322, RK)
- Aryan Jayanty (11F) (1308, RK)
- Anthony Duong (11D) (1252, RK)
- Jonathan Kui (10G) (1193, BP)
- Alex Nguyen (11I) (1176, PN)
- Gregory Wen (11M) (1173, BP)
- Peter Nguyen (11I) (1134)
- Sam Potter (12J) (1125, PN)
- Alex Do(8G) (1097)
- Zac Sidley (12L) (1088)
- Steve Le (10H) (1084)
- Howie Nguyen (9D) (1082)
- Luka Dodos (7I) (1080)
- Aryan Rokhade(7I) (1047)
- Ido Shahar (12K) (1035)
- Eric Jiang (9I) (1033)
To follow the championship and for more information, go to:
Dr Sandy Law
McK Chess Club