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Rugby

Arleah Hunt represented Victoria at the NATIONAL u/16 Rugby Championships in Sydney. The Victorian team finished 3rd. Arleah was announced as Captain of the Victorian team. Two other girls, Akosita Siola’a and Jess Rastrick were also named in the team but were unable to make the trip.

Big congratulations to Arleah on this honour.

Netball

Grace Valele has been selected again in the Victorian u/16 Netball team to compete in the National later in the year.

Basketball

Trinity Skenderis represented the All Star Victorian u/16 Country team to compete in the Easter Basketball Tournament in New Zealand. The Victorian team won the title.

Tonga Matapule-Otutaha has been selected for the Victorian Country u/16 Basketball team. The Australian Championships are held on the Sunshine Coast in July.

Western Bulldogs Leadership Project

Two Year 10 students, Kiara Churchman and Alannah Spence, have been selected to join the Western Bulldogs leadership program. The Western Bulldogs Leadership Project (formerly Whitten Project) offers unique opportunities for young people to build confidence, make new friends and develop skills that will enable them to become future leaders in their community. 

This intensive 6-month program offers a broad range of activities designed to meet the various needs of the participant Group. The Western Bulldogs Leadership Project includes: practical team building challenges, careers expositions,

mentoring from respected industry leaders, coaching courses, AFL and AFLW match visits, Western Bulldogs volunteer opportunities, council workshops and much more!

SWIMMING -WESTERN METROPOLITON REGION QUALIFIERS – At Geelong

The Region swimming event is an incredibly tough event with many State and National swimmers competing.

Our team did a great job with many placings. A couple of our 2ND places were lost by .02 sec.

Manar Mahfouz – 4 x 2nds, 1 x 5th

Layla Mahfouz – 2 x 2nds, 1 x 3rd 1 x 5th

Mateo Bonic – 1 x 3rd

Girls 12/14 medley relay – 3rd

Girls 14yrs relay – 3rd

Jorja Tuttle  4 x 6th

 Kahlan Tanoi 1 x 4th

Girls 12/13 relay – 4th

Girls 15/16 medley relay 5th

Tennis Results

 Yr 8 Boys - (it was actually a mixed team, now allowable after a change of SSV rules)

– Hiruth Welgama, Shenali Rajendran, Bailey Kershaw and Nicole Besnard.

1. Melton defeated Sunbury 12 games to 10
2. Melton def Sunbury Downs 16 – 7.
3. Games were played to time, not sets.

Rugby 9’s Results

Senior Girls:

1. Melton def Mt. Ridley 16-0
2. Melton def Vic Uni 16-4
3. Melton def Sunshine College 24-20
4. Melton def Tarneit College 32-4.

The Senior Girls team has now qualified for the Victorian State final in May.

Senior Boys:

1. Melton lost to Mt. Ridley 0-16
2. Melton def Gladstone Park 16-0

Melton lost to Hume Central 24-4

Intermediate Girls:

1. St. Albans 8 def Melton 4
2. Melton 24 def Vic Uni 20
3. Melton 28 def Manor Lakes 0
4. Mt. Ridley 24 def Melton 0.

The girls finished 2nd in the Region on point difference and the top 2 teams qualify for the 8 team State final. We will have a much stronger team on this day when our State players will be allowed to play.

Intermediate Boys:

1. Mt. Ridley 24 def Melton 0
2. Hume Central 16 def Melton 8
3. Melton 24 def Manor Lakes 0
4. Melton 16 def Point Cook 8.

The boys finished 2nd in their pool on point difference but only the winner of each pool on the day qualified for the State final so our boys miss out in this competition this year.

Volleyball - Division Results

Intermediate Girls – def Kurunjang 20/22, 21/19, 11/3 then defeated Sunbury in the final 20/22, 21/13, 12/10.

They qualify for the Western Region final.

Senior Girls – def Kurunjang 22/20, 16/21, 11/3

 but lost the final to Sunbury Downs 16/21, 21/16, 10/15.

Intermediate Boys – def Sunbury Downs 21/17, 22/20 def Kurunjang 12/21, 21/6, 15/13

             def Staughton 21/16, 21/15

              lost to Sunbury 19/21, 18/21.

Senior Boys – loss to Staughton 7/21, 13/21.

The results are all very close. The senior girls and inter boys were very unlucky as they played a very structured game against teams who just got the ball back.

Athletics

We held a very successful athletics carnival last week. It is always an interesting day to see the development of students as they get older and the impact some new students can have on the outcome of events. Many students came in colourful costumes based on House colours. Thank you to the parents who assisted, Mrs Tuttle and Mr. Alfieri, as well as the Melton Little Athletics club, who ran the canteen, and the Melton Council for their ongoing support of school sport. The canteen staff and the first aid providers were very complimentary of the behaviour and attitude of our students on the day so well done to our school community.

 HOUSE RESULT    

1st – PYWHEITJORRK        1269pts

2nd – Yangardook              1095pts

3rd – Kororoit                     1044pts

4th – Djerriwarrh               936pts

House Athletics New Records

Trinity Skenderis - 4 records 15yrs - triple jump 9.76m, long 4.64m, 100 13.10sec, 200m 28.11 (14 records in 3 years).

Promise Manubah - 1 record 15yrs -  200m 25.96 (6 records in 3 years)

Ella Tyson – 13yrs – 1500m 5.51.40

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.

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Sponsorship

Amart Sports donated approximately $1300 worth of equipment at the end of 2017 to the Physical Education and Sport areas of our school as a rebate for our participation in the Community Kickbacks program. We are very appreciative of this sponsorship and thank you to parents for nominating us as their recipient.

Coles Sport for Schools

 The Coles Sport for Schools program has finished. Thank you to all families and staff who contributed. Tokens can still be returned to us but you need to do so asap. We need to submit our final tally soon.

General Information 

1. If any parent/guardian wishes to help out in the sport program please feel free to contact Mr. Darcy. You can help out as an official at the swimming and/or the athletics carnivals or assist in umpiring any of the programmed sports. Umpires are particularly helpful. Parent participation is much appreciated. A Working with Children's check is compulsory.
2. AMART SPORTS – Melton SC has joined the community kickbacks program with Amart 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. We have the same arrangement with REBEL SPORTS and their Season Pass kickback.
3. School Sport  Information

All information regarding School Sport and State team selection trials can be found on the below website – www.ssv.vic.edu.au/TeamVic.

Students attending schools affiliated with SSV are eligible for selection in Victorian Teams to compete in 2018 School Sport Australia National Championships.

Sport Dates

Friday 27 April – Athletics – House Athletics at Melton

Tuesday 1 May – AFL – Intermediate Boys and Girls at Blackwood Drive

Wednesday 2 May – Volleyball – Intermediate Girls – Western Region Finals in Geelong

Wednesday 9 May – Soccer – Intermediate boys and girls, Yr 7 girls at MacPherson Park

Thursday 10 May – Squash – Region qualifying – Senior girls and boys

Monday 14 May – Soccer - Yr 7 boys, Yr 8 boys, Yr 8 girls at MacPherson Park

Wednesday 16 May – AFL – Senior boys

Thursday 17 May – Squash – Region qualifying – Intermediate boys

Tuesday 22 May – Cross Country – Division level in Gisborne

Tuesday 29 May – Netball – Yr 7 and 8 girls – Division qualifying in Sunbury

Wednesday 30 May – Rugby 9’s – State final – senior and intermediate girls in Altona