SPORT NEWS

INTERMEDIATE BOYS/GIRLS TABLE TENNIS SMR FINALS

After progressing from the Kingston Divisional competitions earlier in the year, the McKinnon Intermediate Boys and Girls Table Tennis teams participated in the School Sport Victoria Southern Metro Regional Finals at the Dandenong Table Tennis Association on Thursday 27 October 2022. 

The McKinnon squads performed admirably against some very strong teams in the region. 

• Girls section (Year 9 Students): Mia Milner, Amelie Hicks, Ava Wilson, Mia Cashmore, Gloris George and Ella Yang  

• Boys section: Timothy Nicolaides (Year 10), Jasper Wong (Year 9), Tiago Queiroz (Year 10) and Michal Foroncewicz (Year10) 

In the Round Robin stage, the Girls Team came 3rd in their group after a strong performance, especially Ella Yang (Year 9) who was undefeated in all her singles matches. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough for them to advance to the next round.

For the Boys Team, they played consistently in their pool matches, winning 5-1 and 6-0 in their first two matches while great teamwork in the doubles allowed them to win their pool narrowly against Patterson River Secondary College 3-3 (14-9 in tiebreak). As a result, the Boys team qualified to play in the SMR Final later in the day. Unfortunately, they could not overcome the more experienced Nossal High School in the Final and had to settle for 2nd place despite a stellar performance from Jasper Wong (Year 9) who won all his singles matches on the day. 

As a result, the Boys team took home the RUNNER-UP pennant for the Southern Metro Region. 

Well done.

Sandy Law

Team Manager/Coach

INTERMEDIATE GIRLS BASKETBALL

Congratulations to the Intermediate Girls Basketball Team for making it to the SMR Finals at Dandenong Stadium on Thursday 27 October. The team comfortably won their games against Rosebud Secondary College and Alkira Secondary College, however lost in a close match against Frankston High School.

Despite missing out on the finals, the team played a fantastic series. A special thank you to our superstar coach Arden Bailey (Year 11)! 

Sarah Ridout

Coach

YEAR 8 GIRLS BASKETBALL

The Year 8 Girls participated in the SMR Basketball Finals at Dandenong on Thursday 3 November. They had confident wins against Rosebud and NWS High Schools however in valiant effort, went down to a determined EMC to just miss out on the finals. 

The girls finished the day with huge smiles and soft serves to soften the blow. 

Thank you to Amy and Arden for coaching on the day. 

Grace Greenwood

Coach

YEAR 8 BOYS TABLE TENNIS

The Year 8 Boys Table Tennis team played in the Southern Metropolitan Regional Final on Thursday 3 November.

The competition consisted of 4 Singles and 2 Doubles matches.

In the 1st round, they played Officer and won 6 games to 0. In the 2nd round, they played Cranbourne and again won 6-0. In the 3rd round, they drew with Frankston 3-3 but lost on a countback of Sets.

Frankston went on to come second to Dromana, who were a very strong team.

The boys represented themselves and the school extremely well.

From Left to Right: Xuan Liu, Rehaan Salil, Anton Pototskyy, Mahesh Krishnamurthy and Vansh Jain. 

Well done

Frank Russo

Coach

YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL

On Friday 4 November the Year 7 McKinnon Boys Basketball team ventured to Dandenong Basketball Stadium to play in the Southern Metro Regional Finals. Coached by Lucas Thompson, McKinnon defeated Mornington easily in their first match. In their second match McKinnon and Frankston played out an intense epic draw. McKinnon won their 3rd and final match against Narre Warren South easily. 

Unfortunately, although McKinnon didn't lose a match the boys missed out on playing in the SMR Final on percentage. Well done to the boys on a great season. 

James Bridges

Coach

YEAR 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL SMR FINALS

On Friday 4 November the Year 7 Girls competed in the SMR Finals in basketball. The Top 3 teams in the pool all had two wins and a loss and were tied on points to go through to the finals against Berwick.

Unfortunately, McKinnon lost out on percentage and didn't progress. It was a fantastic day of basketball with some amazing defence, strong driving and spectacular 3 pointers. Well done to all the players.

Georgia Schmidt

Coach

YEAR 7 BOYS AND GIRLS TABLE TENNIS

The Year 7 Boys and Girls Table Tennis teams ventured down to Dandenong Table Tennis Centre on Tuesday 25 October. 

Both teams fought tooth and nail all day to bring home the pennants, with the girls just being knocked out to a professional outfit from McClelland College. The boys on the other hand, steered by Steven Yang, were able to bring home the choccies! 

They are now off to the State Finals to fight for a place in McKinnon table tennis folklore, on Friday 25 November. 

Wish them luck!

Willem Voorham

Coach