SPORT
2017 STATE ATHLETICS
Following on from our success of 2nd Place at the Southern Metropolitan Regional Finals, eighteen students progressed through to the State Championships at Lakeside Stadium on Monday 23 October.
The students all performed exceptionally well and we had some amazing results. It was a real team effort that saw McKinnon ranked 7th in the State at the conclusion of the championships.
The following students achieved results worth mentioning:
Will Ockenden 1st in Steeplechase (12-20 years) and 4th in 800m (18-20 years);
Jemma Owen 3rd in Discus (17 years) and 6th in Javelin (17 years);
Will Sharp 3rd in 800m (15 years);
Jasmine Brown 4th in Long Jump and 5th in Triple Jump (18-20 years);
Seamus O’Brien 3rd in 400m and 5th in Triple Jump (12-13 years);
Victoria Sinyavker 4th in High Jump (12-13 years);
Jason Clayton 1st in 800m and in 1500m (16 years);
Skyler Kah 1st in Long Jump and Triple Jump (18-20 years);
Nick Poulos 6th in 1500m (15 years);
Stephanie Baker 5th in Shot Put (12-13 years);
Sam Kristensen 6th in 1500m Walk (16-20 years);
Michael Pupko 4th in 1500m Walk (12-15 years);
Jesse Scholz, Nick Angelopoulos, Josh Kah & Yotam Kimchi 1st in Relay Team (17 Years Boys).
Congratulations on your amazing efforts.
Alice Carter
Coach
SMR GIRLS INTERMEDIATE CRICKET
In the Southern Zone Semi-Finals on Thursday 26 October the girls first had to play Mornington Secondary College to qualify for the Zone Final.
The girls had a convincing win against Mornington which set up the afternoon for some exciting cricket.
McKinnon (105) defeated Mornington (63).
- Top scorers: Lilly Felder 32
- Top wicket takers: Emma Lang 3-9 off 4 overs
IN THE FINAL:
McKinnon lost the toss and did an exceptional job on the field containing Frankston Secondary College to 123 runs. McKinnon's energy and positive expectations were again a stand out with the girls supporting each other when batting and in the field. Unfortunately, having to chase the runs took its toll with a strong bowling line-up prevailing over McKinnon's zeal, containing our strikers to 73 runs. It was a great game with emotions running high and some great performances in the field and with the bat from the girls.
Frankston (122) defeated McKinnon (72).
- Top scorers: Lilly Felder 19
- Top wicket takers: Katrina Gill 4-21 off 4 overs
Warren Bardsley
Coach
INTERMEDIATE BOYS CRICKET REPORT
The Intermediate Boys Cricket team travelled to Le Page Cricket Ground in Cheltenham on Thursday 26 October for the Southern Metro Finals.
The boys played the very strong Mornington Secondary College in the Semi Final and lost the toss and found themselves in the field. After conceding a very fast start to Mornington we managed to peg them back thanks to some brilliant fielding by Josh Hunt and Miles Sellenger.
Sellenger showed his class with the ball as well taking 3/15 off his four overs.
Mornington finished with a very competitive 134 off their 20 overs but on a smallish ground the boys fancied their chances in reply.
After 10 overs we were well on track at 1/62, with solid contributions from Sellenger (26) and Liam O’Brien (18). However, a middle order collapse saw us capitulate to be all out for 79.
Greg Hoskin
Coach
YEAR 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL SMR RUNNERS UP
On Monday 30 October the Year 7 Girls Basketball team headed to Dandenong Basketball Stadium to contest the Southern Metro Regional Finals. We won our first match by 30 points against Lyndale. Our second match we defeated Rosebud by 15 points. The SMR Finals was against the basketball academy of Berwick. We lead by as many as 7 points during this match but were overrun in the second half to lose by 3 points. A great effort.
The team consisted of:
Stephanie Baker
Georgia Foran
Stephanie Georgantas
Ashleigh Hart
Amber Lotzof
Grace Wang
Andjela Jovanovic
Courtney Schott
Minja Zlatic
James Bridges
Coach
YEAR 8 GIRLS BASKETBALL
On Monday 30 October, the Year 8 Girls Basketball team went to Dandenong Basketball Stadium to compete in the SMR Finals. Our first game against KC Banksia lead us to win 56-6. We then moved on to play Mornington beating them comfortably by 15 points. It was then time for the hardest game of the day against Berwick Basketball Academy. The game started off really tight with McKinnon starting really well and scoring some really important points. During the game the lead was back and forth but saw us down by 10 points at half time. In the last five minutes we ended up being 13 points down but we held on and played our best minutes of basketball. With 4 seconds to go we were down by 1 point and earned ourselves free throws. We ended up levelling up the game which led us in overtime. Unfortunately, this ended in McKinnon losing by 6 points to a great team. Thank you to Miss Greenwood for taking the time to coach us on the day.
Team consisted of:
Jordyn Freeman
Gabi Goldab
Kate Mahoney
Elise McDavitt
Victoria Poulos
Chloe Smith
Sophie Van Amrooy
By Elise McDavitt, Jordyn Freeman and Victoria Poulos
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Intermediate Girls Basketball team headed to Dandenong Stadium on Tuesday 31 October to compete in the SMR Finals. The first two games were won comfortably against KC Banksia and Mornington. This saw the team play Berwick SC in the Final. The girls started strong, however with the loss of two players to injury, unfortunately were beaten in the end. Amazing effort by all to be SMR Runners Up. A special mention to Jessica Ponsford for being an absolute trooper on the day.
Team:
Kat Csendes
Abby Jones
Ivana Jovanovic
Luciana Martinez
Kat Polendakis
Jessica Ponsford
Jess Salisbury
Lucy Van Amrooy
Grace Greenwood
Coach
LUNCHTIME NETBALL COMPETITION
Netball was on show at the highest quality in 2017 with the Final of the lunchtime netball competition played between staff and students. The Phoenix is a lunchtime mixed netball competition open to all students. Students competed in games across numerous lunchtimes battling it out to become the champions. A few staff teams also enter and the students really enjoy trying to beat the teachers.
The Final this year was against the aptly named Staff This (Staff Team) and Do You Play Netball Mate (a team of Year 10 students, some of whom play representative netball and competed at the recent State Championships). Teams were at a deadlock early with missed opportunities from Staff This. Leaving it all to do in the 2nd half Staff This made a few changes on court and they proved pivotal and they came away with a 18-9 win.
A special thank you to Liam Adlington (PE Assistant) for running the lunchtime competitions this year. Congratulations to all teams that participated in lunchtime sports this year, we look forward to some new and exciting sport competitions in 2018.
Tim Blackwood
Head of Physical Education and Sport