We have had a busy start to term three with many students representing the College at Loddon Mallee Region, state and national sporting events.

At the beginning of the term Carly Shepherd and Sienna Colombo competed at the School Sport Victoria Cross Country Championships. Carly finished 18th in the 15yr Girls race with a time of 15:07 and Sienna finished 82nd in the 12/13yr Girls race with a time of 16:09 on the 3km course.

Last Thursday July 25th we had three Netball teams compete in the LMR netball in Bendigo.

The intermediate girls finished fourth, best players were Scarlet Grey and Willow Conlan.

Thanks also to Y9 students Daneaka Neuschafer and Minke van Coller for Umpiring on the day.

The year 8 girls finished 2nd overall, best players were Violet Corrie, Miela Roberts and Pippa White.

Year 7 girls also finished 2nd overall. Best players were Lola Patterson and Laela Grayling.

Thanks to Molly McGowan and Dakota Meehan for coaching the team on the day.

On Monday July 29th our Junior Boys Football team competed in the LMR finals in Swan Hill. The boys had two very close games resulting in one win and one loss. Best players were Jimmy Kelly, Archie Alderuccio, Jedd Morris and Sam Brown.

On Wednesday July 31st the intermediate boys team also competed in the LMR finals in Swan Hill. The boys fought hard but were unable to come away with a win on the day.

Best players were Bodhi Kelly, Julian Muir, Max Caruso and Sam Scott.

Lisa Bail competed at the School Sport Australia National Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast from the 27th - 31st of July as part of Team Vic. Lisa has written her own report about her experience.

2024 SSA National Swimming Championships

I was lucky enough to compete at the school national swimming championships on the Gold Coast from the 27th to the 31st of July in 11 events. It was an amazing experience. It was great meeting new people especially from Fiji, they were incredibly nice and performed for everyone on multiple occasions. I cannot thank my coaches that got me there and the coaches and managers that were at the meet. They were all incredible.

On the first day we warmed up in the competition pool, it was crowded but the weather was perfect. Then we all went and played lawn bowls to get to know each other better and make new friends. I was able to get closer with the other multiclass swimmers at this activity. They're all very different but all very nice and amazing people.

On the second day we all went around and swapped pins during the two sessions to make our collections epic. After those sessions we all went and joined the other 5 sports for the opening ceremony. After which a friend and I were trying to find our ride back to our accommodation, right as we were lost we found a giant autism sign which made for a fun joke since we both have autism.

On the fourth day we had a huge combined team experience which was so much fun.

On the last day we all said our goodbyes and thanked the amazing coaches and team managers.

My relay team came 5th in the medley relay and 6th in the freestyle relay.

My results:

Stroke	Distance	Time	Place
Breast	100m	1:49.61	8th
Fly	50m	40.57	9th
Free	200m	2:49.96	8th
IM	200m	3:20.91	7th
Free	50m	34.01	9th
Back	100m	1:37.58	8th
Breast	50m	51.38	9th
Back	50m	45.12	9th
Free	100m	1:16.68	8th

WHAT I LEARNT TODAY AT SMMC

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