Thank you to all the parents who supported our teams last weekend and who also followed our COVID rules. This week I would like to remind all players that it is compulsory for you to sign in with their Coach. This is a NSW Health requirement and, from this week, any student who has not signed into the team book will be unable to take the court.

Congratulations

Late last year Isaac Nicholls (Year 10) was selected in the Penrith Cricket Club AW Green Shield team as one of the two key spin bowlers. The AW Green Shield is a historic Premier NSW Cricket championship for Under 16s.

All 20 Sydney Grade Cricket Clubs select teams and are permitted two country players per team. Penrith had a Newcastle and Wagga player. Despite the odds and critics, after 9 gruelling 50 over matches over December and January, Penrith progressed to the Grand Final against Northern Districts (played last weekend) who had been undefeated throughout the championship. Unfortunately, Penrith were defeated but put up an amazing fight to the end.

Isaac was ranked the 8th bowler from 200 bowlers over the Championship, taking 16 wickets and bowling a total of 97 overs. His best bowling was 4/13 off 10 overs, against Sutherland. He finished first on the Penrith team wicket takers. The School would like to acknowledge Isaac’s achievements in The AW Green Shield and as a member of the Penrith Grade Cricket Club. He has represented himself, the Club and the region incredibly well.

Senior School Swimming Carnival

The Senior School Swimming Carnival will be held on Friday, 26th February at Glenbrook Pool.

Information for this Carnival has been distributed to students and parents via email. This information will also be available on the School portal.

All students who are interested in swimming in the 200 Individual Medley must give their name to their Head of House as there are limits on entries in this event. The qualifying time for girls is 3:20.00 and for boys it is 3:05.00.

NSW All Schools Triathlon for Teams

The NSW All Schools Triathlon for Teams has been cancelled. This is due to concerns over the number of people required onsite for the event to be run. We hope will have the opportunity in 2022 to attend this event.

NSW All Schools Triathlon for Individuals

Triathlon entries are now open to students in Years 7 to 12. If you are interested in competing as an individual please and see me at my office for registration. Entries close with me on the 15th February. Permission notes will then be distributed. Cost per individual entry is $30.

Individual Events:

Tuesday 30th March, 2021

Venue Location:

Sydney International Regatta Centre

Date: Tuesday, 30th March, 2021

Venue: Sydney International Regatta Centre

Events:

1. Juniors (12, 13, 14 years)

400m SWIM
10km CYCLE
3km RUN

2. Intermediates (15, 16 years)

600m SWIM
15km CYCLE
4km RUN

3. Seniors (17, 18, 19 years)

750m SWIM
20km CYCLE
5km RUN

Please come and see me in my office if you have any questions regarding upcoming sporting events.

Sporting Fixtures - Saturday, 13th February

Mrs Megan Harris

Head of Sport

Cricket

1st XV v St Patrick's

On Saturday the 1st XI started the New Year playing against St Patrick’s at home. Wil Stacy kept his winning ways at the toss and elected to bat first.

The top order of Oliver Freeman (51), Bethany Lane and Mani Hitchenson started the innings well, taking us to 1/46 by the first drinks break. Unfortunately, only Wil Stacy mounted any resistance at the end of the innings, with BMGS bowled out for 114.

In reply, our bowling was outstanding early on in St Pat’s innings. Luca Donnelly's superb 3/14 left St. Patrick's at 4/19, however, their batsman then dug deep, taking their score beyond ours by the 47th over, for the loss of seven wickets. Oliver Freeman also bowled particularly well, taking 3/21.

Mr Stuart Collins

MIC Cricket

Basketball

Welcome back to Basketball! It was wonderful to see all students return to training and in action over the weekend for the start of the Term 1 season. For Round 1, all Boys' teams travelled to St Augustine’ College and the Girls' Open Cs travelled to Barker, whilst the remaining Girls' teams hosted St Spyridon College at home.

Our Girls' teams fought hard against some tough competition. The First V played wonderful controlled defence throughout the game and ultimately came away with the victory in what was a close game from start to finish. The Open Cs played well in the first half pulling away to take the lead by halftime demonstrating team first basketball on both offence and defence. After the half-time break Barker made a strong comeback to finish the game in a draw. Our Intermediate B and Junior B teams were firing on all cylinders from the opening tip-off, stifling the opposition and coming away with strong wins to start the season. The Junior D team fought hard throughout the game, and continued to show improvement. The girls will continue to work hard in training to develop their skills on offence and defence for next week's game.

Our Boys' teams faced off against perennial powerhouse St Augustine’s College, and came away with a string of encouraging results. The First V demonstrated determination and adaptability, overcoming injuries to lead from start to finish in what was a close battle. The boys should be encouraged by their performance and will work hard to continue to make positive strides throughout the season. We welcomed the 13s Blue team this term, who came out and made an emphatic statement, producing a strong team performance to come away with a victory in their first game as a team. The 13s Gold played well in a back-and-forth first half, before falling away to a well-organised opposition. The boys played hard until the final whistle but were unable to bridge the gap. They will look ahead to training with a focus on developing greater consistency on defence and chemistry. The 15s and 14s Blue started their matches strongly and never looked back, as everyone played their role in both victories and should be commended for the character shown. Our Second V, 15s Gold and 14s Gold were all involved in nail-biting contests, with all three games being decided in the dying seconds.

Round 2 will see the Girls' First V travel to Redlands, the Open Cs host Oakhill College, and the remaining Girls' teams travel to Central Coast Grammar. The Boys host St Patrick’s College (Blue teams) and local rivals St Paul’s Grammar (Gold teams).

Mr David Rajasekar

MIC Basketball

Boys' Results:

First V defeated St Augustine’s College 65 - 57

Second V defeated St Augustine’s College 29 - 26

15s Gold defeated St Augustine’s College 30 - 29

15s Blue defeated St Augustine’s College 31 - 19

14s Gold defeated St Augustine’s College 30 - 28

14s Blue defeated St Augustine’s College 36 - 24

13s Gold were defeated by St Augustine’s College 15 - 40

13s Blue defeated St Augustine’s College 46 - 16

Girls' Results:

First V defeated St Spyridon 18 - 14

Open C drew with Barker College 17 - 17

Intermediate B defeated St Spyridon 34 - 14

Junior B defeated St Spyridon 33 - 3

Junior D were defeated by St Spyridon 6

Touch Football

BMGS Junior C were defeated by Oxley College, 13 - 0

The Junior C team had a tough start to the ISA season last Saturday. With only five players on the field and no substitutions, it was incredibly difficult to keep up with the energy of the opposition as the game went on. Although we did not walk away with the win, we were happy with our perseverance throughout the game, our ball control and limited mistakes. The Junior Cs are excited for next week’s game!

Alana Murray

BMGS Junior B were defeated by Oxley College, 7 - 0

This week's game against Oxley College was a hard game, but also a fun learning experience. Unfortunately, we did not get the win this time around, losing 7-0, however, was always going to be a difficult assignment given the amount of players missing from our team. A big thank you is extended to Alana Murray, who backed up after her tough game to fill in for us, and played exceptional well. The whole team deserves recognition, as we probably played our best Touch Football of the season, but as the game went on our defence became fatigued and we just could not keep up with the oppositions swift attack. I am proud of all players’ attitude and effort.

Tarana Stubenrauch

BMGS Open 3 defeated St. Paul's Grammar School, 5 - 2

In a thrilling game that went down to the wire, the Open 3 team were able to hold off a fast-finishing St Paul's Grammar School to win their first game of the ISA competition. Well done girls!

Amy Ling

BMGS Firsts drew with St. Andrew's Cathedral School, 5 - 5

Our first ever game in the ISA Division 1 was against St Andrew’s College and proved to be challenging right from the start as we faced a fast-paced opposition and their strong defence. While we scored the first try of the game, we went into half time down 3-1. Determined to get back in the game, we utilised various attacking plays we had been perfecting during training sessions and managed to gain four tries in quick succession, ending the game in a 5-5 draw. It was a great job by every player for persisting and coming back from a half time deficit, despite limited subs, however, we still have plenty to work on to ensure we get the win next time!

Rosie Sullivan

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