Sports

Intermediate Ultimate Frisbee
Two teams headed off for the round robin: the Year 9s composed the A team, the Years 10s, the B team.
The A team, except for one match against Westall A, was undefeated throughout the day, striking fear in the hearts of their opponents and sweeping through them with some particularly brutal scores (11-2 and 9-2 for example). Although it was not announced, it was evident that we were the 2nd place winners.
The B team did not fare as well but performed admirably for a team of 5 with no substitutes throughout the 25 minute matches. Their consolation was a surprise upset of our own A team at the end of the competition, who perhaps were resting a little too comfortably on their laurels.
Well done to all who participated. All players demonstrated great sportsmanship, passion and integrity on the playing field. Thank you to all who joined, and thank you Ms G and Mr Hiotis for organising the day!
Mr Jeremy Kong
Intermediate Basketball
Our basketballers had an amazing day out this term! All four teams got through their pools undefeated.
Girls A team had very little competition from the other schools and cruised their way into the grand final against McKinnon. Unfortunately, McKinnon were just more accurate with their shooting than us as we struggled to buy a goal and despite some excellent defense from the girls. The score definitely didn't reflect the game, and the girls just missed out on bringing home their third round robin flag for the year. MVP was awarded to Keely Coyne, with Lily Mao the runner up.
The B team only had a small pool to content with - comfortably beating Mordialloc and then beating McKinnon in a slightly tighter match. They went straight through to their final against McKinnon again, who wanted revenge and despite a last minute come back from us, got it, beating us by 4 points. MVP for the Bs was Evie Lipkin, and runner up was a tie between Amelia Kelson and Olivia Self. Well done to all the girls!
Both boys teams played with six on each team for the entire day - a huge feat in itself as they played between 5 and 6 games each. The boys B team dominated the entire day, winning most of their matches by 20 odd points, and finishing on top! Well done to all of you - MVP was Will Crawford and runner up was awarded to Jake Klinkhamer.
The A team finished top of their pool - highlights included beating Mordialloc by 10 points in round one after being down by 17 points in the first half, and beating Parkdale by 5 points. They met Brighton in the semi, only narrowly winning by 2 points in a game that gave me a heart attack. Of course they met McKinnon in the final and the game started off very tight, the lead interchanging and never more than 4 points. Our boys rose though, and surged to the end beating McKinnon in the final by 12 points! The team worked incredibly well together, consistently outrunning and out-rebounding the other teams who had no answers for our game. They move on to the Southern Metro Finals against the likes of Melbourne High, Berwick Secondary and Hampton Park, on October 31st. MVP was a tie between Bryn MacNamara and Lachie King, and Hamish Adams was awarded runner up. Amazing work guys!!!!
Thank you to Steve for coming out today and special thanks to alumnus and current placement teacher Matt Burke for coaching and guiding our A teams throughout the day. And massive thank you to all the students for being legends throughout the day, and to those who scored for the other games during their off time during the day!
Ms Ilya Giannopoulou
Intermediate Boys Futsal
The Futsal boys had an excellent day out today! Finishing 2nd overall on goal difference, the team remained undefeated through 6 games of futsal and displayed immense team spirit, effort and skill. It was too difficult to pick one player as MVP, so special mentions as follows:
Julian for being a master of all trades and outscoring everyone;
Toby for his cannon of a left foot;
Denilson for his trickery and game sense;
Taylan for his bravery and rockets into the top corner;
Louis for being a rock at the back and playing through the pain;
Will for his endeavour and perseverance
Tinko for his ability to be the perfect link in the play;
Ollie for top-class analysis and support;
Thuc for a totally selfless day in goals with great decision making.
All in all it was a phenomenal effort from the boys who competed against bigger schools with more subs all day. Thank you as well to Jim Hiotis and Ilya Giannopoulou for organising. Awesome stuff everyone!
Mr Denholm Pickering
2019 Mogul Ski World Victorian Inter-school Snowsports Championships
Congratulations to Year 12 students Sam Parkes and Kai Suggate for their performance in the Inter-School Snowsports Championships last week! Sam placed 1st in slopestyle and Kai came 15th in the Division 1 Category for Slopestyle Snowboard. Sam and Kai placed second as a team for slopestyle. Sam is now through to nationals where he will be competing up at Mt Buller next Friday. Sam and Kai were competing against much larger schools such as Melbourne Grammar, St Kevins and Albert Park College Congratulations to both Sam and Kai on their ripper performance up on the slopes!
Ms Monique Ooms
District Athletics Carnival
Huge congratulations to all of the students who were involved in the District Athletics team last week! The weather was kind to us and we had some stellar performances, lots of podium finishes and 11 students through to the Southern Zone Finals! Extra congratulations to Amelia Spenceley, who took out the Age Group Champion Trophy for the 14 years girls!
Here are the results for the day:
- Amber Stelling - 1st in all events
- Orion Phillips - 1st in long jump with a distance of 5.24m, 2nd in the high jump with a height of 1.85m
- Mason Paewai - 1st in Discus with a distance of 30.25m, 4th in high jumpr with a height of 1.50m
- Sam Merrick - 1st in 1500m with a time of 5:21.68, 2nd in the 800m with a time of 2:34.23 (less than 2 second behind 1st place and 8 seconds in front of 3rd), 4th in the 400m sprint with a time of 1:11.28
- Dan Castle - 2nd in 1500m with a time of 4:59.62 (qualifies for next round),
- Keely Coyne - 2nd in 1500m with a time of 5:29.21 (qualifies for next round)
- Brayden Christie - 1st in shot put with a distance of 14.02m
- Kasia Kersley - 1st in 100m sprint with a time of 13.47s, 1st in the 200m sprint with a time of 29.03s, 4th in high jump with a height of 1.30m
- Josh Enslin - 1st in 100m sprint with a time of 12.96s
- Amelia Spencely - 1st in 100m sprint with a time of 13.01s, 1st in triple jump with a distance of 9.86m, 1st in 200m with a time of 27.43s, 1st in long jump with a distance of 4.62m
- Katya Jaski - 9th in the 1500m with a time of 6:29.70,
- Harry Stewart - 5th in shot put with a distance of 9.57m,
- Charlize Malouf - 2nd in discus with a distance of 18.35m
- Olivia Marshall - 4th in long jump with a distance of 3.89m
- Tyson Allison - 3rd in 90m hurdles even after pulling his calf on the third last set of hurdles with a time of 16.56s,
- Summer Wolchyn - 4th in shot put with a distance of 7.49m, 2nd in long jump with a distance of 4.11m, 2nd in triple jump with a distance of 9.13m, 2nd in discus with a distance of 20.88m
- Siena Douglas - 5th in discus with a distance of 13.69m
- Will Lambert - 4th in 1500m with a time of 5:05.68, 7th in 800m with a time of 2:33.50
- Spence McLennan - 5th in 1500m with a time of 5:06.40, 8th in 800m with a time of 2:36.52
- Jack Neall - 5th in 1500m with a time of 4:53.10
- Reilly Webster - 6th in 1500m with a time of 5:06.65
- Jordan Maxted - 2nd in shot put with a distance of 8.35m, 3rd in long jump with a distance of 5.02m, 2nd in javelin with a distance of 33.25m
- Sean Miller - 6th in discus with a distance of 17.36m
- Jade Devereax - 2nd in high jump with a height of 1.40m
- Jake Klinkhamer - 7th in 1500m with a time of 5:19.34, 9th in 800m with a time of 2:31.80
- Will Crawford - 7th in shot put with a distance of 7.92m
- Callie McDonough - 4th in discus with a distance of 16.28m, 5th in shot put with a distance of 7.20m
- Tai Halliday - equal 3rd in high jump with a height of 1.40m, 4th in discus with a distance of 17.25m, 3rd in triple jump with a distance of 9.17m, 6th in long jump with a distance of 4.05m (1st place was 4.79m)
- Thea Barry - 3rd in high jump, 5th in 100m sprint with a time of 15.31s
- Aaron Graham - 6th in 100m with a time of 14.23s, 5th in 200m with a time of 28.64
- Toby Golding - 3rd in shot put with a distance of 10.19m, 6th in triple jump with a distance of 9.98m
- Ryan Lewis - 5th in 100m with a time of 12.90s (less that 1 second behind 1st place)
- Lucy Robertson - 5th in 100m with a time of 15.7s, 5th in 400m with a time of 1:18.79
- Lachy King - 2nd in 100m with a time of 12.33s (1st place was 12.08 seconds)
- Thou Anei - 3rd in 100m with a time of 12.57s
- Jaymi Scholes - 5th in 100m with a time of 13.22s, 9th in 800m with a time of 2:33.32, 3rd in 400m with a time of 1:01.78
- Lara Jones - 7th in shot put with a distrance of 5.28m
- Taylah Klinkhamer - 4th in discus with a distance of 17.69m
Team Vic News
Year 9 Charlie Williams was selected to umpire at this year's Hockey Team Vic Tournament. Umpiring is never an easy job, especially with a sport like Hockey that has a high number of rules, and Charlie not only umpired well at such a high level but teams of his age. Great work!
Earlier this term, the 18 years and under Team Vic Boys Basketball Team embarked on their campaign at the School Sport Australia Combined Championships. Our Year 12 Callum MacNamara represented our College in the first team, Vic Blues. Their opponents included Vic Whites, NSW, WA, and QLD.
After losing an intense match in over time in round 1 against NSW, the Blues went on to win the remainder of their scheduled matches to meet WA in the semi final. After a shaky start, they climbed their way back to win the semi by 7 points, booking their spot to face off against NSW in the grand final today.
The first half of the grand final was reasonably competitive and scores were close, but the Blues couldn't manage to find the lead. The third quarter was tough for them with NSW turning on the jets and blowing the score out to a 13 point lead. Somehow, VIC again clawed their way back, the highlight of the third quarter being Callum hitting a buzzer beater to bring the margin back to three. Victoria woke up again and proved too strong for NSW in the end, winning the Championship for 2019!