Sports

Individual Achievements

Adam Lees Yr 8- competed at the Cycling Victoria State Championships recently. Much to everyone’s delight, Adam rode the race of his short career to win the State u/15yrs title. This is a fabulous achievement. Nevertheless, bigger news has just been received that he has been invited into the National u/17 Development squad – training with National coaches and other very talented cyclists – all at national level. Well done.

Grace Valele Y11 has been selected in the Samoan u/21 National netball squad. The team will be competing at the Oceania Youth World Cup in Fiji. Her netball pathway development continues.

Athletics - Western Region

Deo Nuon - 6yrs 200m – 5th

Trinity Skenderis - 16yrs 100m – 2nd, 16yrs 200m – 2nd, 16yrs Long Jump – 2nd, 16 yrs Triple Jump – 1st, 16yrs Relay – 3rd

Royce Nguyen - 16yrs 800m – 8th

Kane Henderson - 16yrs 1500m – 9th

Elijah Galu - 14yrs Shot Put – 4th, 14yrs Javelin – 5th, 14yrs Discus – NT

Grace Valele - 18yrs Triple Jump – 2nd, 18yrs High Jump – 3rd

Riccardo Samau - 16yrs Shot Put – 3rd

Eva Kaku - 14yrs Triple Jump – 5th, 14yrs Relay – 7th

Rose Tea - 13yrs 400m – 4th, 16yrs Relay – 3rd

Ashlee Cochrane - 14yrs Long Jump – 5th, 14yrs Relay – 7th

Caitlyn Hitch - 14yrs Relay – 7th, 20yrs 1500 – 3rd

Gloria Win - 16yrs Relay – 3rd

Girls 14yrs Relay – 7th - Eva Kaku, Ashlee Cochrane, Phoebe Green, Caitlyn Hitch

Girls 16yrs Relay – 3rd - Trinity Skenderis, Gloria Win, Rose Teah, Grace Valele

Athletics - School Sport Victoria State Final

Trinity Skenderis qualified again for the State final in 16yrs Triple Jump. She competed well to finish 6th. The competition was particularly close between the girls who finished between 3rd and 7th placings.

Volleyball - Western Ranges Division

The Yr 7 and 8 boy's teams were successful. Yr 7 and 8 girl's teams tried hard but did not match up against the opposition. Yr 7 boy's def Staughton, Gisborne and Sunbury Downs in a round robin competition winning all matches in straight sets. Yr 8 boy's def Gisborne and Sunbury Downs in their pool, then def Staughton in the final, again all wins in straight sets.

Junior Boys Rugby 13’s State final v Narre Warren

Unfortunately, when the junior boys played off last term for the State NRL 13’s, they played without 4 of their regular players due to them being unavailable on the day.

We scored early and led 6-4 at half time through tremendous defensive efforts against a much bigger opposition. Captain I.J. scored an early 2nd half try with one of the best “bluffs” you could see – one of the best tries I have ever seen in school rugby. They broke our lines twice after this to put pressure on. With 2 minutes to go and a rotation of injured players affecting us, Sebastian Chadwick found an opening to score a late try to tie the game- and good for us he touched down under the sticks. Phillip Telea had to convert with 30secs to go for us to win – and convert her did. We win 18-16. State Champions.

Senior student assistants Anisi, Lathaniel and Jared did a terrific job in coaching, discipline control, and general organisation. I could not ask for any more from student helpers.

General Information

Melbourne Victory Membership offer

Through its affiliation with School Sport Victoria (SSV), Melbourne Victory is offering substantial discounts on its 5 game member package – Young Guns $30, Adult $85 (normal price $138), Family – 2 adults ,2 kids $170 (was $276). Includes access to 5 games, full member benefits and member pack, discounts to junior clinics and member only prizes. The link is below.

https://gomvfc.com.au/ssvoffer/

Melton SC Sport Facebook page

We have a Facebook page dedicated to our Interschool Sport and the Athlete Development Program (ADP) participants. Please have a look and ‘like” us to keep up to date with the many outstanding achievements by our students in sport. The page name is - Melton Secondary College - Sport/Sport Specialism.

REBEL SPORTS – Melton SC is part of the community kickbacks program with Rebel Sports in Woodgrove. Every time you make a purchase, just mention our school and we will receive 5% of the purchase amount. If you join online, you will receive a loyalty and receive discounts etc as well as already having registered our school as your preferred community kickback.

Thank You

Our thanks to the supporters of the school who help us out through the Rebel kickback program by naming us as their kickback school when they make a purchase at Rebel Sports. We make an annual trip over to the store and choose our bag of goodies. We started early this year by grabbing a new high quality exercise bike for our weights/fitness room last week.