Interschool Sport

Track and Field competition

Regionals

Well done to our team of students and staff who attended the Southern Metropolitan Regional Athletics event on Thursday 5 October. Despite the cold winds the students pushed on with a great performance.

Below is a snapshot of the results achieved by some of our athletes –

Open 4 x 100m relay came first
Jemmah Paton came first in all jumping events - Long, High and Triple - and second in the Open 100m
Lily Shipham came first in Open 1500m event and second in 800m
Freya Brown came second in the Open 1500m event
Chelsea Paton came first in triple jump
Meg Perkins came first in high jump and 1500m
Cassie Servadei came first in1500m

States

Qualifying students then attended State Athletics on Monday 16 October at Lakeside Stadium. There were more stunning results for MGSC.

Cassie Servadei - 13 years : 1st in 1500m

Chelsea Paton - 16 years: 6th Triple jump

Jemmah Paton - Open: 2nd Long jump, 3rd Triple jump and 3rd High jump

Freya Brown - Open: 4th in 1500m (a very close 4th)

Chelsea, Jemmah, Freya, Lily Shipham Open: 4th in 4 x 100m relay

This was a very special event for Jemmah, Freya (both House Captains) and Lily (Sports Captain) who as Year 12 students completed their MGSC competitive journey with this event. They have been exemplary representatives of their school. Thank you for your leadership.

Year 7 & 8 SMR Cricket

A big congratulations to the Year 7 and Year 8 Cricket teams who competed in the Regional round robin on Wednesday 11 October. Both teams had a fantastic day in the sunshine, plus managed to achieve a few wins each. A big thank you to Lisa Wintle and Diana Gilbert for taking the teams out. Student reports below.

Year 7 Cricket

On Wednesday 11 October the Year 7 Cricket final took place. The team played three matches - won the first, lost the second and won the last round. Everyone did a really good job and tried very hard and were able to hit some sixes. Our Cricket captain Arty was able to hit the most number of sixes and helped her team win.

We are very grateful for everyone who showed up and to all the umpires to help throughout the day. Thank you to Ms Gilbert and Year 10 coaches Stella Porter and Poppy Davey.

Well done to our very hard working cricket players: Abby Ayyuce, Joey Bennett, Hannah Burke, Anaiya Caffrey, Sam Holmes, Letitia Kovacs, Emma Nurse, Sophie Powell, Arty Sartitsis, Cassie Servadei, Ash Soni.

Anaiya Caffrey (Year 7)

Year 8 Cricket

Also on 11 October, 11 Year 8 students participated in the SMR Cricket Finals.

Shout out to Imogen for getting 20 runs off two balls and another shout out to Zoe for still managing to catch the cricket ball whilst daydreaming. Despite the fact that some of us hadn’t played before, we all played really well and worked together to win ⅗ games. Leila ate an ice cream in under a minute so we could get on the Bus and Charlotte went off with a stomach ache during our second game but she pushed through like a trooper. Sienna jumped over the fence to retrieve all of the sixes that the other team batted and Brooke had the world's longest cheer closely followed by Stella who rolled across the grass after diving to catch the ball. Despite being short, Isla managed to pull together some great runs and really contributed to the team. Nicole showed gradual improvement when batting despite her inexperience and Willow did some very delectable bowling.

Bridie was there too.

Imogen, Brooke, Leila, Charlotte, Stella, Sienna, Isla, Nicole, Willow, Zoe, Bridie

Do you want to be a student coach in 2024?

As we prepare for 2024, students in Year 9 and above will shortly be able to consider taking part in the Interschool Sport coaching program. Often over 100 applications are submitted by students interested in developing their leadership opportunities and forming new friendships with other students. We do our best to include as many students as possible into the program.

All the relevant information will be shared with the school community in the next issue of the newsletter as well as via Compass and email. Please ensure that you read the information carefully and complete the application form by the due date provided in the email.

Dressage

In September, Libby Crowther (Year 10) competed at the Horseland Interschools Dressage competition at Boneo park in Rosebud. Libby came second in Senior Novice 2.3 test with a score of 64.71%. Well done to Libby!

Ms Hannah Barton

Interschool Sport and College House Coordinator