SPORT REPORT
2016 KINGSTON ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Following on from the success of the school carnival, on Thursday 1 September, 107 students descended on Duncan Mackinnon Reserve to represent the school at the Kingston Division Athletics Championships.
It was a real team effort, with McKinnon placing on the podium in nearly all the events on the day. Out of the 107 students competing, 57 have successfully qualified to represent the district at the Southern Metropolitan Regional Finals in October. The team also brought home the pennants for Junior, Intermediate and Senior Girls and Boys, and the overall team pennant. We also had a number of students who won the age group champions. These were: Lucas Thompson, Yotam Kimchi, Skyler Kah, Nick Rayson, Genevieve O’Brien and Sian O’Leary.
Good luck to all the students competing in Southern Metropolitan Region. This is our biggest squad ever representing the school. An amazing achievement!
Jennifer Pemberton
Coach
ALL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS VICTORIA KNOCKOUT
On Thursday 8 September thirteen of our students represented the school at the Athletics Victoria All Schools Knockout Competition at Lakeside stadium. The competition saw our students competing against the top athletes from all public and private schools from across Victoria with winners progressing to National Finals in Canberra.
Our Junior Girls Squad consisted of Cara Smith who came 14th in the Hurdles, Genevieve O’Brien who came 13th in the 800m and 13th in the Long Jump, May Landau who came 14th in the 800m, Kate Mahoney who came 34th in the 100m, Katerina Csendes who came 31st in the 100m, Lilli Baikie who came 7th in the Javelin and 13th in the shot put. The Relay team ran a 4 x 200m at the conclusion of the competition. The girls overall position was a very respectable 9th place out of nineteen teams.
Our Intermediate Boys team consisted of Yotam Kimchi who came 3rd in the 100m and 13th in the High Jump, Jesse Scholz who came 2nd in the 100m and 1st in the 200m, Jason Clayton who came 8th in the 800m, Will Sharp who came 18th in the 800m and 8th in the Hurdles, Xavier Verdnick who came 20th in the 200m and 10th in the Shot Put, Tom Johnston who came 9th in the Javelin and Lucas Thompson who came 1st in the Long Jump.
The Relay team ran a Swedish Relay at the conclusion of the competition. The boys ran an amazing race, winning their heat by over 20m. The boys overall position was 5th out of 19 teams.
Congratulations to all the students who competed. It was a fantastic opportunity with extremely positive results.
Jennifer Pemberton
Coach
BOYS INTERMEDIATE NETBALL
The Boys Intermediate Netball team took to the court at the State Netball and Hockey Centre for the Netball Victoria School Championship State Finals. The boys would play against catholic, independent and state schools across the day.
The boys fought hard all day, showing some excellent netball skills despite only learning the game this year. Tim Mullane tried hard all day in centre and Jackson Hannah showed plenty of talent at goal shooter. Jack Richardson, stand in captain, was pleased with the effort from the boys.
Unfortunately, we just missed the finals by percentage after beating Melbourne High and Flinders College.
Tim Blackwood
Coach
JUNIOR SPORT REPORT
YEAR 7 & 8 TEAMS
Congratulations to the following Year 8 teams who are Kingston Division Champions for 2016: Boys Basketball, Boys Hockey, Boys Futsal and Boys Table Tennis.
Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis will all play in the Southern Metropolitan Finals in Term 4. Please check the ssv.vic.edu.au website for up to date Finals information.
Good luck to the Year 7 teams: Girls Basketball, Boys Hockey, Girls & Boys Football and Girls & Boys Table Tennis who play Finals this week.
As part of Asia week, the Year 8s will enjoy participating in a Self-Defence clinic conducted by our local Self-Defence club “All Stars” at Virginia Park.
TERM 4 SPORTS
All students have now been allocated a Term 4 Sport. They will enjoy a new sport for the term. Swap week has now closed and so all sports are now final. Again, students who go offsite will be dismissed from local facilities to walk home, be picked up or walk back to school.
Payment for swimming, lawn bowls, golf and fitness must be finalised by Week 3.
Carole Hooper
Head of Junior Sport
YEAR 7 BOYS BADMINTON STATE FINALISTS
Congratulations to Michael Gershenzon, Dylan MacGregor, Haans Dinu, Terry Tian, Stephan Mitzeliotis and Liam Chui who played in the School Sport Victoria State Finals recently. After convincingly beating the Kingston Division schools the boys advanced to the Southern Metropolitan Regional Finals at Springers, Cheltenham and won the Southern Metropolitan Region Title by beating Keysborough and Glen Eira College.
The top eight schools all met at MSAC to play off for the State Title. The boys beat Trafalgar Secondary College but found their pool to be very strong with both Balwyn and Maribynong Secondary College in Pool B. These two schools played off for the State Title.
Well done to all the boys who were great ambassadors for the college. Thank you to Mrs Hooper, Mr Braniska and Mr Munro who were of great support with their coaching.
Carole Hooper
Coach