Student News

Congratulations to Jacob Mibus who had an outstanding time at the National Athletics Championships achieving PBs and National records.

In the 200m he ran 25.96 sec which is 1 ½ seconds off his PB and the new National U20 and U18 T64 record (which is still to be officially ratified). In the long jump, he also won a silver medal.

In the 100m he ran a new PB of 12.79 to make the final and finished 4th. Well done Jacob!

Glenelg Division Athletics

This event was held last week and we had great success going back to back in the overall aggregate shield! A full report from the captains should appear in this week’s newsletter.

Football

The new football season is fast approaching and the College Magpies club that the school is affiliated with will be entering Under 13 and Under 16 teams in the second season of the “Hamilton Kangaroos Junior Football Association”. New players to the competition/clubs should have already registered their interest and will be notified of the club they are playing for shortly and they will need to go on-line and register. This can be done via the link on the HKJFA Facebook page or going to the link below. - same process as last year I believe for current players who will need to do so as well. Players who have been registered elsewhere previously will already be set up on Footy Web and to get them into the competition, clubs will require a clearance being requested for them and that process running its course.

Subs are to be paid on-line also when registering. Year 9s should make sure it is done before or while you are in China as you will have a game on Sunday 22nd April after you get back.

No player will be allowed to take the field until they are registered online and have paid the fees.

Please have a look at the information on the HKJFA Facebook page or go to this Kangaroos website link –

http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-6167-134997-0-0

College Magpies training will begin on Wednesday 28th March at 4pm on the College Senior School oval. For more information please email me.

Team App

These have been set up for many our sports so far for this current season and are a great way to get instant notifications and messages on smartphones or iPad about what is happening in the sport. Players and/or parents should get an email from the head of sport or coach setting them up and then can request to join. For more information, you can download “Team App” in the app stores or go to www.teamapp.com and start searching for “College” teams.

Mr Leigh Alexander

Director of Sport

Cricket

With the 2017/18 cricket season coming to a close, we had two premierships which students of the College were a part of, and maybe three depending on the result this coming Saturday.

Under 16’s are the newly crowned premiers of the HDJCA Under 16 competition, being coached by the super coach Mr. Alexander. Taking on St. Andrew’s in the big dance, College entered as the under dogs being placed second on the ladder. With College winning the toss and batting first, going by the golden rule of “You can’t beat runs on the board”, Benny McCure and Reagan Simons opened the batting and did everything they could to swing the match in College’s favour. Soon, Riley Alexander and Max Green were both brought to the crease and they then combined essentially to form a match winning partnership, each retiring on 50 and 51 respectively. The next highest scorer was Nic Gunn adding 14 to the total of 144 ithrough some late carnage. On day two, Thursday, needing to bowl tightly and restrict St Andrew’s to minimal runs, Ben McCure drew first blood by taking the key wicket of Angus Holmes trapping him in front on the pads on 9. Riley Alexander and Hamish Cameron began the celebrations by claiming the next two wickets. It was the Riley Alexander who again broke the crucial partnership which was steadying the ship for St Andrew’s. With this key wicket, College then cruised home taking the next four wickets with ease. Ben McCure ended up with two wickets along with Riley Alexander, with single wicket takers being Hamish Cameron, Ferg Roberts and Lachie Craig. Congratulations to College, Mr Alexander and a special mention to Riley Alexander who was named man of the match in the Grand Final along as being the recipient of many other league awards.

Ben McCure was awarded the ‘Les Dahl Award’ which is awarded to a young male or female cricketer in the HDJCA who plays the game in the right spirit. This award is spoken about as the highest honour in cricketing circles and we congratulate Ben for his achievement.

The College Under 14s also made the Grand Final, taking on the Grampians CC. Batting first, they made a total of 86 with Ollie Wortley retiring on 50 and Charlie Johnstone contributing a valuable 8 runs at the top of the order. On the second day, Grampians made 79 before rain stopped the match, meaning Grampians CC were declared premiers as they had finished on top of the ladder. The U14s effort should not go un-noticed and especially well done to Mr Drummond and Mr Sanders for giving up their Saturday morning sleep-ins to coach the team.

Early this week, 12 young men participated in the Glenelg District 15 over competition and, as reigning premiers, the pressure was on to go back to back. Taking on Monivae B first, Charlie Summers and Riley Alexander unleashed in the batting, launching bombs onto the Myrniong hill endangering the parked cars and students of Myrniong, establishing a total we could defend with ease. In the second game we took on Baimbridge. Ben McCure’s tight economical bowling with three wickets allowed us to chase down a small target with Toby Hawthorne bullying the tail-end bowlers with some ‘crunching’ hits. In the final game which was to be the Grand Final, we played Monivae A. Bowling first we restricted them to just 77 runs which is a great effort considering the amount of HDCA A grade players their side possessed. Batting against Monivae wasn’t any easier, facing quality opening bowlers bowl well in excess of 100kph, Max Green handled the pressure well, making 31 while smashing two large sixes. Charlie Summers also starred making a quick fire 20 with two maximums. Being undefeated for the entire day, we retained the shield being back to back premiers.

Thank you to Mr. Mirtschin for making the day possible.

Lachlan Holcombe

Captain of Cricket

Under 14 Cricket Grand Final Report

Winning the toss College chose to bat, hoping to get runs on the board. It was going to be vital that College batted out their allotted 48 overs to ensure they had a reasonable score to defend. The Wortley brothers, Ollie and Jack, got the team off to the perfect start, reaching 30 runs without loss. Jack then started to turn green around the gills and was forced to retire ill. Charlie Johnston replaced Jack and he and Ollie were looking to set up another matching winning partnership like the previous week. However, at the score of 61 runs, Charlie, who had been looking at ease managed to hit a leg side ball around his back and then into his stumps. If he tried to emulate this dismissal another ten times he would not succeed once, such was his misfortune. Ollie in the meantime, had raced to 41 runs, in a dominant batting display. Jack Austin, moved up the batting order after his performance last week, was next man in and faced some of the quickest bowling you would hope to see in this grade. Austin worked hard to keep his wicket, with the goal of saving the College middle order batsmen from exposure to such quality bowling. After getting through this difficult period, Jack was surprisingly bowled trying to glide a ball that was too close to his stumps. Henry Bensch was next person in and survived a couple of close shouts, before the weight of appeals went against him and he was finally adjudged leg before wicket. College was suddenly three wickets down with the score on sixty-six and looking a little shaky. Ollie Wortley did his best to stay out in the middle to support the next batter, but he finally had to retire with another magnificent fifty. You could sense that Grampians were glad to see the end of Wortley and their confidence picked up soon after. What was needed from the remaining College batsmen, was to bat out the remaining overs with solid defence and sensible shot selection. Edward Beggs and Jack Wortley showed some resistance scoring eight runs each, but the rest of the batters in Eliza Jagger, Dougal Doery, Riggs Layley and Finlay McLindin gave up their wickets too cheaply. College after being 0/61 in the nineteenth over were all out for 86 in the thirty-ninth over. Magnus Howells, bowling for Grampians, picked up the last three wickets in his final over to finish with man of the match figures of 5/24.

With forty-five-minutes still to play, College was forced to forfeit their remaining overs to Grampians. As they took to the field it was clear that any chance of getting back in the game rested on College picking up early wickets. A sense of hope was given when Charlie Johnston snapped up the first wicket in the third over, well caught by Eliza Jagger at point. A twenty-three-run partnership then eventuated until Campbell Craig was brought into the attack and had instant success claiming the prize wicket of the Grampians’ premier batsman (Huf) with his first ball. At the close of the first day, Grampians were 2/33 off 12 overs and while they still held the upper hand there was belief that College were still in the game. A couple of early wickets the next day could see College in with a real chance of stealing victory.

The next day the game was delayed for 45 minutes while the pitch was given time to dry out from the overnight rain. The dark clouds were looming and it looked like the weather was going to play its part in the outcome. Nevertheless, the game did eventually get started and Grampians moved their score to 2 for 52 until Ollie Wortley, more accustomed to bowling leg-spin, started bowling medium pace. The strategy worked as he had the Grampian players on the back foot and it was not long after that Howells managed to chop a delivery back onto his stumps. The next batsman came and went quickly, snicking a ball from Jagger into the waiting hands of Dougal Doery behind the stumps. Suddenly there was real belief that an upset was on the cards. This was reinforced even further when Gordon (23 runs) was caught short of his crease by a skilful Jack Austin swooping on a misfield and in one step spectacularly hitting the stumps. Riggs Layley also played a hand in the dismissal with his masterstroke of misfielding. Grampians were suddenly 5 for 57 runs and College had gained the upper hand. Then came the rain and with it the hopes of an unlikely victory for the College team. Play did eventually resume, but another downpour saw play halted again. Work was done on the pitch to make it safe for the bowlers to deliver the ball, but the infield and outfield were saturated and the ball quickly became like a piece of soap. Having finished higher on the ladder, Grampians only needed to bat for time to be handed the victory, which is what eventuated. In the end, Grampians were only a few runs short of the total required. Had the rain not intervened and College was able to bowl with a ball that was hard and had an elevated seam, it may have been a different story…perhaps.

After the match, Grampians were presented with the premiership pennant and individual association awards were announced. Captain of College Ollie Wortley, was presented with the batting aggregate. His 306 runs at an average of 153 runs per innings highlighted what an outstanding season he has had. Dougal Mann also received the Association Bowling Aggregate, which was a terrific effort given he did not play after Christmas.

Overall it has been a very positive season and the players should feel proud of what they have accomplished. No doubt last week’s semi-final win will go down in folklore as one of the greatest games of the modern era. Thank you to all the players for their commitment and dedication to the College Cricket Club and to the parents who have driven all the kilometres to get their children to training and games. All the best over the winter season and we look forward to seeing everyone again at the start of next season. Only six months to go!

Phil Sanders & Rob Drummond

Hockey

Do you love hockey and need something to do on the school holidays???

Chris Ciriello, a former Kookaburra whose father operated a fine clinic here at the College last year, is very excited to be offering a CCA Clinic at Footscray on Tuesday the 3rd and Wednesday the 4th of April.

It will run from 8:30am to 3 30pm and morning tea and lunch will be provided for your enjoyment with lots of skills and fun to be had.

Please find attached the enrolment form for anyone interested.

Neil MacLean, Kristen Waldron

Heads of Hockey

Hamilton Auskick

Dates to Remember