Melton Mail

Sports Update


Student Success

We have had several students get selected in State teams. The two latest were also given leadership roles within the team.

Daniel Ioane Yr 7 – Captain of the Vic 12 yrs and under Rugby League – the Victorian team placed 3rd in the carnival held in Canberra.

Haleina Tanoi Yr 10 – Vice Captain of the Victorian u/16 yrs netball team that placed 3rd at the National championships held on the Gold Coast.

We have had a lot of rugby success lately. Look for the separate rugby report.

 

Interschool Sport teams

Soccer – Yr 8 boys Region level – we qualified for the Region final on countback. Unfortunately, we lost a couple of key players, so we struggled with numbers. Keilor Downs beat us 6-1, Western Heights just got us big time 11-0 and we upset Williamstown 3-2 in a terrific performance. 

 

Cross country Region level 

–13yrs boys -Jax Newbold 69th Zayn Newbold 78th and 17-20yrs girls Jayde Young 26th 

 

Netball – Region level – Intermediate Girls

Unfortunately, we had a couple of our top players out, so it was a bit of a struggle by the girls who never gave up but just found the quality opposition a bit too good. We lost all three games by small margins - to Springside West 17/20, to Williamstown 15/22 and to Western Heights 11/17.

 

Netball – Victorian Schoolgirls Championships qualifying day.

One of the days was held in Melton, good for our travel but we expected the powerful Ballarat schools to be here – and they were.

Junior girls - played really well reaching the 6th game undefeated – defeating various Marymeade campuses 11-3, 18-0, 18-1, 20-2 def Ballarat Grammar 9-6 but lost to the other undefeated team Loretto College 4-7 after giving them a 4-goal lead that we could not peg back.

Intermediate Girls – at the start of the day we lost 4 of our starting 7 – (3 of which are State or Region reps) so the team of 7 had no height, no bench, and little positional changes. They tried hard and never dropped the attitude, so we were really pleased with how they represented us. We lost all games to Loretto, Marymeade, Western Heights, Point Cook and Ballarat Grammar.

Senior Girls – a 4-team pool so we played all teams twice. Loretto and Ballarat Grammar were very good and significantly taller in the ring area at both ends making games very hard for us. We managed to defeat Marymeade College.

 

Badminton – Senior and Intermediates Division level 

  • Senior girls – def Sunbury 3/3 (114-104), def Kurunjang 6-0, def Sunbury Downs 5/1 but lost the match to Gisborne on points difference 3/3 (105-120)
  • Intermediate Boys – def Bacchus Marsh 3/3 (113/105) but lost to Gisborne 3/3 (100-103) 
  • Intermediate Girls – lost to Gisborne 1/8

Athletics

The first draft of the athletics squad has been released. It was posted on Compass. About 100 students have been selected. If anyone does not want to compete, could they withdraw early instead of just not turning up. Replacements can be found beforehand, but it is not as easy on the day as the team organisation on the day can be quite hectic. Only one person has withdrawn so far.

 

Entries and Trainings

Students will be able to sign up to be considered for team selections on a Compass post that has been activated. This gives us an indication whether we have the interested numbers to enter a team. If students fail to sign up, then we must assume that there is little interest, and that team will not be entered. Look for the training Compass post send out on a Friday or each weekend.

Trainings will occur on Mondays, Thursdays and Friday afterschool 3.15pm-4.15pm. 

 

CSEF Fund

If your family qualify for the Camps and Excursions fund (CSEF) provided by the Govt. you need to collect a form from the General Office. This helps you pay for all camps and excursions, but it must be registered by June. 

 

General Sport Excursion Reminders

  • All consent forms must be returned like every other excursion to the front office WITH the payment by the due date on the form.
  • No student will be allowed to bring the consent form on the day and/or bring the money on the day.
  • No CONSENT form - No MONEY – not returned by DUE date = No GO = get left behind = unhappy team and coach
  • If your family qualify for the Camps and Excursions fund provided by the Govt. you need to collect a form from the General Office. This helps you pay for all camps and excursions, but it must be registered by June. You can only access the fund after your form has been processed.

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 Enhancement

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

School Sport Information

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

Students attending schools affiliated with SSV are eligible for selection in Victorian Teams to compete in 2024 School Sport Australia National Championships. 

 

Sport Dates

Thursday Sept 5 – Athletics – Division level at Cobblebank

Wednesday Sept 11 – Basketball - Yr 7 at Cobblebank

Thursday Sept 12 – Volleyball Yr 8 at Cobblebank

Term 4 (weeks 1- 4)

Thursday Oct 10th – Junior boys’ cricket? 

Monday Oct 14 – Yr 8 basketball at Cobblebank

Friday Oct 18 – Tennis – Juniors in Sunbury?

Thursday Oct 24 – Volleyball – Yr. 7 at Cobblebank