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Rugby
We have had a number of students selected in the Melbourne Rebels Victorian representative teams. Once we have confirmation and details we will highlight them in the next newsletter. We hear there are 5 students selected – 2 junior boys and 3 senior girls.
Sport results - NRL 9’s – Victorian State Finals
Intermediate Girls
- def Mt. Ridley – 20-8
- def Narre Warren 40-8
- def Hampton Park 36-8
- STATE FINAL – Melton def Mt. Ridley 12-8 in a Golden Point play so our girls are STATE champs - again
Senior Girls (the team was depleted for a number of reasons)
- lost to Vic Uni 4-24
- lost to Hallam 0-32
- lost to Dandenong
Intermediate Boys
- lost to Hallam 12-24
- lost to Vic Uni 8-28
- lost to Mt. Ridley 4-20
- def Hampton Park 20-16
Western Ranges Cross Country Results
Volleyball – Western Region Results
Intermediate Girls
- Melton def Rosehill 20/9, 20/11
- Melton def St. Albans 20/17, 20/7
- Melton lost to Point Cook Senior 20/18, 13/20, 8/15.
AFL Results – Western Ranges Division
Intermediate girls
- Melton 4-6 def Staughton 2-1
- Best – Trin Skenderis, Ella Tyson Lexie Leyden
- Goals – Nada Elmaghraby 2, Vicki Lavanda 1, Nicole Besnard 1
Intermediate Boys
- Melton 0-0 lost to Staughton 12-6
- Melton 4-7 def Kurunjang 3-3
Senior Boys
- Melton 11-7 def Kurunjang 1-2 – Kodie Vanek 6gls
- Melton 8-7 def Staughton 0-1 - “Bunnings” Sands 5gls
Better players – Riley Theo, Harvey Green, Cody Chapman, Kodie Vanek, Chris Mackie-Wright
Soccer results – Western Ranges Division
Intermediate Girls
- Melton def Sunbury Downs 2-0
- Melton def Sunbury 3-1 to qualify for the Western Region finals
Intermediate Boys
- Melton def Kurunjang 4-2 (on penalties)
- Melton def Staughton 5-3 (on penalties)
- Melton def Sunbury 6-1 to qualify for the Western Region finals.
Year 7 Boys
- Melton def Kurunjang 1-0
- Melton def Gisborne 4-1 to qualify for the Western Region finals
Year 8 Boys
- Melton lost to Staughton 1-3
- Melton def Kurunjang 4-1
- Melton def Bacchus Marsh 2-0.
Year 7 Girls
- Melton 2 def Gisborne 0
- Melton qualifies for the Western Region finals.
Year 8 Girls
- Melton def Bacchus Marsh 5-0
- Melton lost to Kurunjang 0-7
Netball Results Western Ranges Division
Year 7 Girls Netball
- Def Bacchus Marsh 11-3
- Def Kurunjang 17-3
- Lost to Staughton 10-17
Year 8 Girls Netball
- Def Sunbury Downs 12-0
- Def Kurunjang 21-1
- Def Bacchus Marsh 24-5
- Lost the final to Sunbury 10-23
Pierre De Coubertin Award
MELBOURNE, JUNE 22 – In conjunction with celebrating International Olympic Day, 185 Victorian Senior Secondary School students and State Sport Association athletes were acknowledged with the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin award.
Named after the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, the Pierre de Coubertin Award recognises students who demonstrate academic excellence and sporting prowess whilst exemplifying the Olympic values. Each award recipient must participate in sport and display the Olympic values, in particular, good sportsmanship. Melbourne’s own Nicole Livingstone OAM emceed the awards ceremony with guest speaker Rio Gold medallist, Mack Horton, also assisted with presenting students their awards.
The Melton Secondary College Pierre de Coubertin recipient in 2018 was Johnanne Hunt Year 12
A further 105 School and Sport leaders participated in an Olympic Academy preceding the awards ceremony.
Olympians in attendance were:
- Dr Hannah MacDougall Beijing 2008, Athens 2004 Swimming Paralympian Bronze Medallist
- Koti Ngawati Rio 2016 Swimming
- Linley Frame Barcelona 1992 Swimming
- Pam Ryan AM MBE Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968, Munich 1972 Athletics Silver and Bronze Medallist
- Rayoni Nelson Sydney 2000 Badminton
- Scotty James Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboard Bronze Medallist
- Stephanie Moorhouse - 2004 Gymnastics
Melton SC Sport Facebook page
We have a facebook page dedicated to our Interschool Sport and the Athlete Development Program (ADP) participants. Please have a look and ‘like” us to keep up to date with the many outstanding achievements by our students in sport. The page name is - Melton Secondary College - Sport/Sport Specialism.
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General Information
- If any parent/guardian wishes to help out in the sport program please feel free to contact Mr. Darcy. You can help out as an official at the swimming and/or the athletics carnivals or assist in umpiring any of the programmed sports. Umpires are particularly helpful. Parent participation is much appreciated. A Working with Children's check is compulsory.
- AMART SPORTS – Melton SC has joined the community kickbacks program with Amart Sports in Woodgrove. Every time you make a purchase just mention our school and we will receive 5% of the purchase amount. If you join online you will receive a loyalty and receive discounts etc as well as already having registered our school as your preferred community kickback. We have the same arrangement with REBEL SPORTS and their Season Pass kickback.
- School Sport Information
All information regarding School Sport and State team selection trials can be found on the below website – www.ssv.vic.edu.au/TeamVic.
Students attending schools affiliated with SSV are eligible for selection in Victorian Teams to compete in 2018 School Sport Australia National Championships.
Sport Dates
TERM 3
Tuesday 17 July – Netball – Senior and Intermediate Girls in Sunbury
Thursday 19 July – Cross Country – State finals
Thursday 26 July – Squash – Senior Boys and Girls State final
Tuesday 31 July – Netball – Western Region finals – Senior and Intermediate girls