Sport
Mount St. Joseph Girls' College
What's new in Sport at MSJ for 2018
2018 MSJ Swimming Competition
We are excited to be staging our new look House Swimming Competition at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre(MSAC) for the first time ever on 5 March from 2.00pm-4.30pm.
Nearly 190 students have signed up to swim for their Houses in 50m events across freestyle, breastroke, backstroke, butterfly and 4 x 50 metre team relays, to see who will be the MSJ Swimming Champion for 2018.
Students will be selected from this event to represent the school at the SCSA Cwimming Carnival at MSAC, 6.00pm-9.30pm, on Thursday March 15. Parents are welcome to attend this event and cheer your child onto glory.
We have 3 other SCSA events on in Term 1 at MSJ.
Students have been trialling to represent the school at junior, intermediate and senior levels in tennis and indoor cricket at the Boroondara Tennis Club on Thursday 8 March and Box Hill Indoor Cricket Centre, on Tuesday 13 March respectively.
The SSAV/SCSA Golf tournament is on Monday March 19 at Waverley Golf Club, Rowville, where students who are capable of playing 18 holes stroke play, can compete against other Victorian Metropolitan schools. This tournament will also act as qualifying round for the Independent Schools Golf Championship to be contested on 28 May at The National Long Island.
Trials will also commence late this term for Term 2 SCSA Badminton so it is a busy and fun start to the sporting year at MSJ!
School Sport Victoria
We are very excited to announce that MSJ has joined School Sport Victoria as an affiliate member in 2018. This enables talented students to trial for a place in a Team Vic state team in 20 different sports, that participate in School Sport Australia National Championships.The list of sports and age groups is available from the SSV website -http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Team-Vic
SSV uses an online nomination process via the SSV website for all interstate Victorian representative teams. It is important to note parents are responsible for registering their child and for obtaining all details relating to trial dates, times, venues and costs.
Please note that registration for the following Victorian State teams and age groups closes on Thursday 1 March 2018.
- Australian Football 15 years and under
- Hockey 12 years and under
- Netball 15 years and under
- Softball 17 years and under
- Tennis 18 years and under
You can also register for the following teams, however you are required to check with the College before registering, as you will require College endorsement to go to trials.
- Australian Football 12 years and under
- Basketball 12 years and under
- Football (Soccer)12 years and under
- Netball 12 years and under
All team registrations for all sports are done through the SSV online platform. Detailed instructions can be found on the "Contact US" page of the SSV website ww.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
MSJ will continue to participate in the SCSA inter-school competition throughout the year, offering 15 different sports for students to represent the College in 2018.
Victorian All Schools Swimming Championship
We have five students swimming in the Victorian All Schools Swimming Championships at MSAC on Friday March 9. The students involved are; Bianca Mathews (9 Cameron), Caitlin McGraw (10 McCormack), Ashley Payne (9 Cameron), Isabella Robinson (7 Cameron) and Charlotte McAnda (11 Cameron).
The girls will be swimming in the female 15 years and under section in the 4x50m medley, freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke relays, and in the Open section in the 4x50m butterfly relay, where Charlotte McAnda will replace Isabella Robinson in the team.
This is an exciting first for our MSJ swimmers, and we wish the girls well!
WE ARE MSJ!
Sue Sofarnos
Sport Coordinator
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