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Bill Turner Soccer
The Bill Turner Knock-out Soccer Competition is the largest sporting competition in Australia. It is an inclusive competition spanning the Eastern Seaboard from Melbourne VIC to Cairns in far northern QLD. The competition is divided into 32 regions for both Bill Turner Cup (Boys) and Bill Turner Trophy (Girls) competitions.
Marian Catholic College has enjoyed a lot of success in these competitions, with Marian finishing in the final 4 teams on two occasions. 2018 is no exception with Marian being decisive winners in the Riverina Final competing against Griffith High School for the boys and Albury High School for the girls.
On Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th August, Marian travelled to Albury to decide the Final 32 and Final 16 rounds of the competition.
Marian boys competed against John Paul II College ACT in their final 32 game. Despite a slow start with Marian finishing the first half 3 – 1 down, they started the second half strongly and levelled the score 3 – 3 with 5 minutes to go. Strong attacking raids by Jonathan Codemo, Franky Pirrottina, Connor Sully, Andrew Febo and Mason Donadel kept John Paul on the back foot for most of the half. This was complemented by Kolby Seers holding the middle and excellent defence by Jackson Curran, Connor Bourke, Victor Catanzariti and Ethan Andreazza. Unfortunately, a small lapse in concentration in the dying minutes resulted in a goal against the run of play, resulting in Marian going down 4 – 3 in a very close and skillful game.
The boys then played a consolation game the following day against Corowa High School (Western Region Champions). Despite the disappointment of the previous day, our boys played strongly and totally dominated the game. Marian finished the game with a very dominant 10 nil result. Well done to the U15 Bill Turner Boys side on a very strong and successful season.
Marian girls played their final 32 game as the Riverina Final against Albury High School. Despite Albury scoring in the first minute of the game, Marian went on to control the possession with very strong defence in Georgia Salvestro, Ella Farronato, Nicola Zanotto and Sarah Culla. Beth Huxley dominated in the centre, strongly supported by Tess Viccari, Claudia Torresan and Airlee Savage in attack. Marian finished the game with a 3 – 1 victory.
The girls went on to play Maribyrnong College VIC for a spot in the final 8 of the Bill Turner Trophy competition. The girls started the game where they left off against Albury High, with strong attacking raids and shots on goal. Strong defence by their keeper and the extremely wet conditions kept Maribyrnong in the game. After an unfortunate penalty early in the second half, Marian applied even more pressure with Tess Viccari scoring with only minutes to go. With a 1 – 1 score the game went into extra time (golden goal). Tess Vaccari wasted no more time in scoring again in the opening minutes to seal the game 2 – 1 to Marian.
Well done to the very strong U15 Marian Girls side, who go on to play the Wollongong Region for a spot in the final 4 of the Bill Turner Trophy.
Regards,
John Seers
MCC Open Girls
The MCC Opens Girls Soccer team have had an excellent start to the CCC Knockout Competition, first they were the undefeated champions of the Catholic Education Diocese Wagga Wagga defeating St Francis Leeton, Xavier College Albury & Mater Dei College Wagga Wagga. Round two, in Young, saw the team defeat MacKillop College Bathurst, 2-1. The girls had some outstanding passages of play that led to two goals, one from Johane Oberholzer and the other Nadine Zanatta. Standouts from the game were Georgia Salvestro who came into the team late and being a year 9 student really met the challenge of the opens game, others were Lauren Zalunardo and as always Clare Murray in goals.
We are now through to the Quarter Finals, and set to host Freeman College from Bonnyrigg Sydney. This game is scheduled for the 23rd August, 2pm at the MCC Oval.
Rugby 7’s
Year 7-11 Boys were involved in the Griffith High School’s Rugby 7’s competition recently. The year 7/8 team played impressive rugby throughout the day and showed great character throughout the competition after the short week of training. The Year 9/10 team went through the pool rounds undefeated beating Yanco Ag, St Francis and Wade High. Connor Higgins showed blinding speed to top our try scorers list with the support of Lotu steam rolling opponents left right and centre. Unfortunately, they went down in the final to St Francis but should be very proud of the way they played and conducted themselves on the day. Year 11 team saw the debut of three players, Rocco, Marco and Brandon who should all consider transitioning across to the oval ball game. It took a few games for the boys to warm up, but when they did, saw them defeating Yanco Ag in their last game.
Very impressive effort from all involved.
Coaches: Mr Moore and Mr Lyon
Tri Sports
Year 10/11 students were once again involved in the annual Tri Sports competition against Wade and Griffith High. After taking out the 2017 premiership, Marian was certainly the team to beat and the students were hungry to go back-to-back champions. After losing the majority of the 2017 team to their HSC studies, the pressure was on. The girls had an impressive day, beating Griffith and Wade in the Volleyball and beating Griffith in the basketball. Some outstanding volleyball was played throughout the day with Samantha, Mabel and Sharon in their debut showing some very impressive skills. The boys against some tough competition defeated Griffith in the basketball and Wade in the Volleyball. The mixed teams in badminton brought it home strong with Harris again leading the charge. Marian came out victors on the day to retain the shield and go back-to-back champions.
Coach: Mr Moore
