ACC Sport

Sir Doug Nicholls Round

This year, the AFL will celebrate the Sir Doug Nicholls Round in the Toyota AFL Premiership Season, marking the seventeenth year that this dedicated round has been held and the eighth year it has been named in honour of Sir Doug Nicholls. The Sir Doug Nicholls Round celebrates the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the game of football and to the country. As of 2016, the Indigenous Round was renamed after Sir Doug Nicholls, the only AFL player to have been knighted and the first Aboriginal person to have served as a state governor.

On Wednesday 24 May, our St Bede's College 1st XVII Football Team had the privilege of playing a small part in honouring, recognising, respecting, and celebrating the amazing contributions of Indigenous communities, not only to the sporting fields but also to Australian society.

TERM 2 - WEEK 1

HIGHLIGHTS

• The return of the ‘Master’ Kevin Rafferty and his ‘Apprentice’, Shiona Dickinson, helped guide the Year 7B Football team to a 100 point win.
• Miles Lamanna sticking one in the back of the ‘old onion bag’ for the Year 7B Soccer team  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aWa8f6Fi0BT4hLv_kTaJwNqPEDiqkZJ5/view?usp=share_link
• Senior Soccer, coached by Matt Leggett and Jason Giccominato having a 4 all draw with last year’s premiers, St Bernard’s.
• Badminton making its weekly sport debut at St Bede’s.

RESULTS

TERM 2 - WEEK 2

HIGHLIGHTS

• Mark Winberg and John McAlroy made what is considered ‘the toughest trip in football’ to take on St Joseph’s Geelong in Geelong and game back with a win. Could this be the year Mark Winberg finally wins Coach Of The Year?
• Theresa Lochery (Senior) and Donald Ngo (Junior) help record our first ever Badminton wins.
• The Senior ACC football team coached by Owen Lalor started the season with a win over reigning premiers, Whitefriars. Watch all of the St Bede’s goals here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/19H7JoOyO-SfZ111r2EKieGA8gk06qm2U/view?usp=share_link
• The Year 8B Soccer team (below) coached by Olivia Guglielmino and Micah Quenette had a strong 6-1 victory. 

RESULTS

TERM 2 - WEEK 3

HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior Soccer, coached by Matt Leggett and Jason Giccominato, coming from 3-1 down with only 10 minutes remaining to clinch a 4-3 victory
• Owen Lalor and Luke Borella leading the Senior Football team to an emphatic win against St Joseph’s Geelong. Watch all of our goals here – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j_zGbSKR5QUg4l6npFyG_uyfq50ms2wL/view?usp=share_link
• The return of Brian Bourke (below) at St Bede’s was a successful one with the Year 7A football win having a dominant win over Whitefriars College.
• Year 7 Soccer coaches Bridget Day and Jess Kirk guiding the students to their first ever soccer win at St Bede’s College.

RESULTS

TERM 2 - WEEK 4

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Directors of the St Bede’s Golf Academy, Jamie Parton and Greg Roberts took the ACC Golf Team to Northern Golf Course last Monday where we finished 2nd out of the 13 ACC schools (results attached). Each schools top four scores counted towards the tournament and our top four scorers – Max Oldham (74), Toby Coleridge (76), Andreas Stefanakis (78) and Luke Sullivan (78) were invited to the Independent Schools Golf Championships that took place yesterday. Further results to come. Some photos/videos of the day below.

• Our Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and Senior Football teams all had convincing wins over St Bernard’s.
• The 1st XVIII goals vs St Bernard’s can be seen here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dkvn473tXgFI-T5V1WjkPc1Eon3LIoRE/view?usp=share_link
• Donald Ngo and the Junior Badminton team remaining undefeated three games into the season. 
• Sam Cormack(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g0-ZyZHc2O5GxXWV4slWYSbi8yILLCWs/view?usp=share_link) and Luke Sullivan (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lbbDxRC0-pDNtTh2TQkGv3uLVV_T7NCC/view?usp=share_link) showing off their swing. 

RESULTS

Term 2 - Week 5

HIGHLIGHTS

• The 1st XVIII football team remaining undefeated with a 3 point win against Parade. Watch all of their goals here, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KSihcYLkMvVb0iM7SSiQhfOlsoVdMON4/view?usp=share_link and listen to them singing the team song with gusto after the close finish!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RaCXN5_6Kt33oJ5r8XJYUQRx92cP2Uu1/view?usp=share_link
• Donald Ngo and the Junior Badminton team having a clean sweep, winning all 36 sets against De La Salle.
• The 2nd XVIII getting back on the winners list with the return of their inspirational coach, Tom Richards.
• Gerard Jackson and Andrew Davis continuing to impart their knowledge to the 8B football team – winners this week by 150 points following on from 138 point victory last week. 

RESULTS

Guy Martyn

Director of Sport

Mentone and Bentleigh East