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2019 McGuire Netball

McGuire had two teams entered in the 2019 SNA Winter Competition. The 15U Hawks and 13U Magpies.

The Hawks started off great in the season but after a moving into a higher section,  regrading meant they played some really tough teams, they finished 6th on the ladder. So proud of the girls for never giving up.

The Magpies played brilliantly all year and finished second on the ladder. They made it all the way to the grand final. The Magpies played against Tatura and after a nail biting game they ended up losing by 1 goal.

Well done girls you played well on the day.

Congratulations to the following girls on their accomplishments this season.

• Tillie Henderson on winning the SNA 13u Section 3 Umpire Vote Award.
• Hannah Bilney on being runner up for the SNA 15u Section 2 Umpire Vote Award.
• Hannah Bilney 15U McGuire Best & Fairest
• Phoebe Johnston 15U McGuire Best & Fairest Runner up
• Tillie Henderson 13U McGuire Best & Fairest
• Sophie Dougherty 13U McGuire Best & Fairest Runner up
• Sarah Singline 2019 15U McGuire Coach’s Award
• Trinity Drain 2019 13U McGuire Coach’s Award

A big thank you to Year 10 student Paige Johnston for coaching the 13s and Jacquie Bilney for coaching the 15s and thank you to Karen and Lois for being team managers.

REAL Awards

Last Friday, during homegroup, there was an assembly in the gym  for all students. There were two agenda items. The first was to draw the names of seven students who had received REAL slip nominations.

These students regularly model McGuire College’s values – Respect for others, Care for the Environment, Accountability for one’s actions and a passion for Learning. Congratulations to the following students who received a JB Hi Fi voucher for being exemplary role models of these values:  Mia Wilkinson, Fatana Faizi, Cameron Gribble, Hamid Haidari, Marwan Ahmed, Juna Crozier and Kaitlyn Crowhurst. Two more REAL slip draws are planned for Term 4.

The second agenda item was the awarding of the Ilford Photography Award. This an Australia wide photography competition run each term for students who are currently enrolled in one of the following subjects:  Year 9 Digital Photography, Year 10 Photography or VCE Studio Arts. Ali Hussain (Year 10) and Sarah Miller (Year 11) were awarded Certificates of Merits for their entries for Term 2 2019. In presenting these commendations, Visual Arts coordinator Ms Laffy congratulated both students on this outstanding achievement.

Tournament of Minds 2019 Victorian Finals

After an impressive performance at the Regional competition here in Shepparton, team 1 ‘Fame of Flame’ were invited to compete at the Tournament of Minds Victorian Finals at Latrobe University Bundoora, on Sunday 8th September.

Unfortunately, due to clashing schedules, Samantha Comline and Tristan Phipps were unable to attend on the day, leaving Leizal Hawking, Kaitlyn Crowhurst, Alex Tuesner, Jacklyn Crowhurst and Matilda McKenzie to step up to the challenge and represent McGuire College.

An early morning and a long drive made for plenty of time for individual reflection and preparation for the day (a big shout out to Nicole Craighead and Amy Hawking for driving the team down!). As we arrived it was straight into one of the lecture theaters at Latrobe to hear the rules for the day and size up the competition. The team was given their box of supplies, a copy of the challenge, and a time limit of 3 hours to plan their response. The Arts challenge was ‘How can we store and pass along our culture if technology one day fails’.

After a hearty lunch it was performance time. Our team walked into the square nervous, but excited. They created a brilliant presentation starring Alex and Leizal as wise cracking tour guides through the futuristic museum of Australian culture.

Overall the team represented our school tremendously and even though we didn’t move on to the next stage they should be thoroughly commended for their efforts. Well done!

Sam Sharpe

SEAL Leader

McGuire College Hume Region Athletic Qualifiers

On Thursday, 5th September our College students competed in the Goulburn Murray Division Athletics Carnival. As previously reported, we had several standout performances, with an overall placing of 4th amongst the 12 competing schools. The below list is a complete list of our students who have gained qualification for the Hume Region athletics carnival to take place on Thursday, 10th October at the Albury athletics track.

Students will be given their permission forms on day one of Term 4 for this event and will be travelling by bus to Albury. Parents are welcome at the venue however due to seating restrictions, parents wishing to attend the venue will have to make their own arrangements.

14 Year girls 200m – Hannah D’Andrea

15 Year girls 4 x 100m relay team – Georgia Comline, Angelina Mason, Hannah Bilney & Brianna Nimla-Or

16 Year girls 200m – Fatima Sharifi

16 Year girls 800m – Fatima Sharifi

16 Year girls 1500m – Jade Chalmers

12-13 Year boys Javelin – Mark Brown

15 Year boys Javelin – Jamil Sasa

15 Year boys Discus – Jamil Sasa

15 Year boys Shot Put – Jamil Sasa

15 Year boys High Jump – Lachie McCully

16 Year boys High Jump – Annas Elnour

16 Year boys Triple Jump – Shaun Morris

16 Year boys Discus – Shaun Morris

17 Year boys Shot Put – Roy Tulimafono

17 Year boys High Jump – Floyd Vincitorio

17 Year boys 4 x 100m relay team – Floyd Vincitorio, Riley McNair, Josh Safari & Roy Tulimafono

18-20 Year boys 800m – Jonathan Safari

18-20 Year boys 1500m – Jonathan Safari

James Griffin

Sports Coordinator