Well done to our Year 8 Badminton team. All students were excellent competitors in many hard-fought games. Congratulations to the girls' team, who are NPD champions and will move on to the Southern Metro finals.

Congratulations to our SMR cross-country runners this week! Matt L, Tim R, Deagan, India, and Lola all did a great job finishing midfield (many running PBs), and Cayden again did a fantastic job progressing to the State final, winning the 13-15 Boys Multi-Class!

Congratulations, Cayden Bell, on finishing 7th in the 14 Boys MC State Cross Country final on a very muddy Yarra Valley track! Super effort, mate!

Meg Bown, McClelland College Alumni National Success

The U20 Australian Women's Lacrosse Team has announced the three incredible young women who will lead Australia into the upcoming 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship with 𝗠𝗲𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗻 being named captain of the team while 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 & 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 have been named vice-captains.

Captain Meg Bown, who hails from the Malvern Lacrosse Club, established in 1903 in Victoria, is an outstanding young player with a sensational track record both as a player and junior through almost every junior category. Her immense potential is currently on show as the leader of Malvern’s developing State League program. Her talent is such that she is also a member of Australia’s Women’s Box team that will head to Utica in September, just after Hong Kong.

“𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯” said Bown, “𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵.”

“𝘔𝘦𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮-𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮” said Head Coach Meghan Mollison, “𝘔𝘦𝘨'𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.”

The 2024 Australian U20 Women's team will kick off their campaign against New Zealand on 16 August before taking on Italy, Mexico, and Scotland to round out pool play.

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We wish Meg the best of luck!

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