SPORT NEWS
KINGSTON CROSS COUNTRY
On Wednesday 24 May McKinnon completed in the Kingston Division Cross Country Event at Karkarook Park with outstanding results and dominance.
Team Summary
Individuals Qualifying for SMR: 59
Team’s Qualifying for SMR : 9 (out of 10)
Individual Winners 9 (out of 10)
Seamus O’Brien - (13 Boys)
Adam Paliatsos - (14 Boys)
May Landau - (14 Girls)
Will Sharp - (15 Boys)
Genevieve O’Brien - (15 Girls)
Jason Clayton - (16 Boys)
Eleanora Gilbert - (16 Girls)
Will Ockenden - (17-20 Boys)
Sophie Highnam - (17-20 Girls)
Other places 11 (6 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd)
Jai Curran-Nicholls - 2nd (13 Boys)
Jessica Ginsberg - 2nd (14 Girls)
Nick Poulos - 2nd (15 Boys)
Emma Hattingh - 2nd (16 Girls)
Emily Riordan - 2nd (17-20 Girls)
Michael Koletsas - 2nd (17-20 Boys)
Liam Atchison - 3rd (15 Boys)
Katelyn Chan - 3rd (13 Girls)
Ben Howells - 3rd (16 Boys)
Shelly Makhlin - 3rd (17-20 Girls)
Braydon Ross - 3rd (17-20 Boys)
Under 13 Boys
Seamus O’Brien - 1st TEAM
Jai Curran-Nicholls - 2nd TEAM
Matthew Day - 5th TEAM
Flynn Lu - 9th TEAM
Viktor Hedborg -10th TEAM
Finn Paynter - 13th
Tom Howells - 19th EMERG
Archie Redman - 20th EMERG
Under 13 Girls
Katelyn Chan - 3rd TEAM
Mia Richards - 6th TEAM
Caitlin Tampion - 8th TEAM
Tobie Webster - 10th TEAM
Isabelle Sheldrake-Brown – 11th TEAM
Grace Wang - 17th EMERG
Phillipa Sharman-Smith - 19th EMERG
Under 14 Boys
Adam Paliatsos - 1st TEAM
Matthew O’Brien - 8th TEAM
Adam Pacak - 9th TEAM
Milo Howe - 12th TEAM
Will McCartney - 16th TEAM
Charlie O’Brien - 19th EMERG
Josh Plumb - 20th EMERG
Under 14 Girls
May Landau - 1st TEAM
Jessica Ginsberg - 2nd TEAM
Victoria Poulos - 5th TEAM
Marisha Dinesh - 7th TEAM
Kathleen Sumarna - 8th TEAM
Olivia Clark - 14th
Under 15 Boys
Will Sharp - 1st TEAM
Nick Poulos - 2nd TEAM
Liam Atchison - 3rd TEAM
Fraser Sharman-Smith - 6th TEAM
Levi Scholz – 7th TEAM
Lachlan Vasic - 12th
Nathan Smith – 17th EMERG
Under 15 Girls
Genevieve O’Brien - 1st
Lucy Li - 14th
Tayla Fischer - 16th EMERG
Zoe Fischer - 18th EMERG
Coco Parker - 19th EMERG
SENIOR ROUND ROBIN
On Thursday 18 May the Kingston Division Senior Round Robin was held across various venues in surround suburbs.
Congratulations to all the teams who played. Congratulations also to the winners who will go through to the Preliminary Playoff on 24 or 27 July and play against the winner of the Greater Dandenong Division. Thanks to all the coaches who gave up their time to coach on the day.
Results:
Boys Football: McKinnon Reserve, Mr Hudd / Mr McConnon: Kingston Champions
Girls Netball: Dales Park - Mr Blackwood: A - Runners Up & B - Kingston Champions
Boys Badminton: Springers, Mr Munro: A - Kingston Champions & B - Kingston Champions
Girls Badminton: Springers, Mr Munro: A - Kingston Champions & B - 3rd
Boys Soccer: Sandringham Secondary College, Mr Jhoomun: Runners Up
Girls Soccer: Sillitoe Reserve, Mr Machin: Kingston Champions
Boys Hockey: Brighton Secondary College, Mr Rood: Kingston Champions
Girls Hockey: Mr Hislop: Kingston Champions - No Game!
James Bridges
Head of Senior Sport
SENIOR GIRLS TENNIS
So our journey continued... We were down to the last eight in the state and pretty excited.
We travelled to Boroondara to play our State Tennis Finals on Monday 22 May. Starting off in Pool B, we began slowly, winning only a few games to Box Hill Secondary College (who incidentally made the State Final!).
In Round 2, now warmed up, we played FCJC from Benalla. We won convincingly 4-2 to qualify for the State Semi Finals.
It now meant that we were in the Top 4 SSV Senior Girls Tennis teams in Victoria!
We met our match against Maribynong Secondary College who proved too strong. We were absolutely thrilled with coming 3rd in the State.
Thanks Mrs Hooper for your coaching and support throughout our campaign and Mr Krause for his awesome photos.
Jess Zivin, Mia Lopez, Kathy Lee and Anita Zhao
Senior Girls Tennis Team
INTERMEDIATE SOFTBALL 3rd IN THE STATE!!
Congratulations to the intermediate Softball team who finished 3rd in the State on Tuesday 23 May.
The girls won the Kingston Division in Term 1 defeating Brighton.
Then the girls played in the Southern Metropolitan Region Finals on Tuesday 2 May where they finished Runners-Up to Glen Eira yet secured an invitation to the State Finals.
At the State Finals held at Jells Park on Tuesday the girls acquitted themselves very well yet lost their first match to eventual winners Sunbury College 18-2. They then played Melbourne Girls College easily winning 14-8 to finish 2nd in their pool and equal 3rd in the state.
A great effort girls!!
The team consisted of Alex Enever, Lilly Felder, Kat Gill, Skyla Isaacs, Georgie Jukes, Tess McCartney, Tess Rogers, Gemma Strangio, Jess Ponsford, Sarsha van Denderen, Linda Nguyen, Olivia Whitehead and Captain and catcher Lara van Zyl.
James Bridges
Head of Senior Sport
ALL-SCHOOLS ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017
On Saturday 20 May, McKinnon’s elite Cross-Country runners competed in the All-Schools Road Relay Championships at Albert Park Reserve.
The All-schools competition involves students from all private schools around Victoria and therefore the standard of runners is extremely high.
It is the first time McKinnon has entered teams in this competition and we left with our heads held high after a great experience racing against the state’s best runners.
Our Under 14 Boys team of Finn Paynter, Matt Day, Jai Curran-Nicholls and Seamus O’Brien were our most successful team on the day, coming in 5th place behind the winning team from Haileybury College in the 4 x 2km event. The outstanding result saw the boys defeat teams from exclusive private schools including Wesley, Marcelin, Carey, Trinity, Brighton Grammar, St Kevins and Xavier.
We also had our Under 18 Boys team of Sam Kristensen, Harry Mouzakis, Jason Clayton and Michael Koletsas come 9th in the 4 x 3km event. Jason with an outstanding time of 9:30 mins for the 3km track.
Our Senior Boys team of Skyler and Josh Kah, Braydon Ross and Will Ockenden came 10th in the Under 20 4 x 3km event. Will with an outstanding time of 9:17 mins for the 3km track.
Well done to our other 5 teams on the day, the Under 16 Boys (12th place), the Under 14 and Under 16 Girls (both 14th place), the Under 18 Girls (19th place) and the Under 20 Girls (21st place).
Chris Hudd
Coach