SPORT NEWS
MCKINNON HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY
A cloudy day gave runners perfect conditions on Friday 27 April for the McKinnon House Cross Country Event. The theme this year was "Rainbow" with runners wearing a variety of colours from the rainbow. Each student brought in a gold coin donation where we raised over $1,200.00 for Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation supporting children's organ donation.
12-13 Boys
1. Joshua Feder
2. Wei Ming Huang
3. Eitan Ben-Moyal
12-13 Girls
1. Annabelle Sakurai
2. Anastacia Dimas
3. Katelyn Chan
14 Boys
1. Matthew Day
2. Flynn Lu
3. Viktor Hedborg
14 Girls
1. Mia Richards
2. Holly Spencer
3. Holly Langley
15 Boys
1. Adam Paliatsos
2. Aithan Theofilopoulos
3. Will McCartney
15 Girls
1. Jessica Ginsberg
2. Victoria Poulos
3. Marisha Dinesh
16 Boys
1. Nicholas Poulos
2. William Atchison
3. Jacob Whiting
16 Girls
1. Genevieve O'Brien
2. Coco Parker
3. Alicia Thorne
17-20 Boys
1. Jason Clayton
2. Ben Ayzelman
3. Alex Boul
17-20 Girls
1. Emma Hattingh
2. Eleanora Gilbert
3. Gemma Strangio
The Top 15 runners from each event will go through to represent McKinnon at the Kingston Division Cross Country Event to be held at Karkarook Park on Wednesday 23 May.
House Results
Gilmore - 1490
Monash - 1359
Chisholm - 1261
Flynn - 1218
James Bridges
Cross Country Coordinator
JUNIOR SPORT REPORT
YEAR 7 GIRLS TENNIS REPORT
On Friday 4 May, the Year 7 Girls team drove to Dendy Park for a day packed with tennis. The five players were Valeria Camacho Acevedo, Azumi Hosako, Alessia Frantzis, Eliza Hackett-Smith and Jolee Sacks. We played some very challenging teams like Berwick and Frankston but we had great determination and consequently we won many matches. Unfortunately, we found Beaumaris too strong in the Final but we were very happy with our fabulous team effort to finish SMR Regional Runners Up. Congratulations to Alessia who won all her singles games over the day. We received the Red Southern Metropolitan Region pennant and will display it proudly in the Year 7 area. A big thank you to Mrs Hooper and Adam Laskaridis for their support and awesome coaching on the day. We are determined to go one better next year!
By the Year 7 Tennis Aces
YEAR 8 GIRLS TENNIS REPORT
On Friday 4 May the Year 8 Girls Tennis team set off to Dendy Park to compete in the Southern Metro Regional competition. Even though the weather was appalling, we lifted our spirits and played on. We advanced to the Final by defeating Berwick and Frankston, where we played Dromana. With great enthusiasm we gained victory with one close loss and five wins!! We are all very happy to be SMR Champions two years in a row. Roll on the State Finals in November. Thank you to Mrs Hooper and Sam Bajracharya for their fabulous coaching and support during the day.
Go McK!
Year 8 Tennis Champs
BOYS NETBALL & GIRLS FOOTBALL DAY
On Thursday 3 May the Kingston Division competed in the Boys Netball & Girls Football Day.
The Boys Netball Team played at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve and McKinnon won both the Junior and Senior Division and has moved on to the Southern Metro Region Finals in Term 3.
The Girls Football team played at McKinnon Reserve and had a great day with the Senior Girls winning and going through to the Southern Metro Region Finals. The Intermediate Girls Football team played at Highett Reserve and finished 3rd and the Juniors played at King George Oval and finished 2nd.
Thanks to all the coaches for organising their teams for this wonderful event.
Boys Netball Coach Result
Junior A Team: Miss Scott (1st)
Junior B Team: Liam Adlington (1st)
Intermediate Team: Miss Nichols (3rd)
Senior Team: Mr Blackwood (1st)
Girls Football Coach Result
Junior Team: Mr Farthing (3rd)
Inter Team: Mr McConnon (4th)
Senior Team: Mr Strehlau & Mr Hemsley (1st)
James Bridges
Coach
SENIOR BASEBALL
The Senior Boys took to the diamond in earnest on a perfect Autumn (Fall) day for Australia's favourite American past time.
Highlights included Harry Mouzakis taking catch of the day in the outfield with only a nonchalant nod to the dug out to celebrate his achievement.
New recruit Nicholas IIda-Reed and stalwart Josh Meyer slugged their way home while our captain Liam 'Doug' Taffe tried his hardest to get to first base but alas, like so many teenagers, fell short in a dubious umpiring decision.
In the end our boys fell to Hallam but showed outstanding grit (Pitsa calls it resilience) and ensured their opponents went home with dirty nickabockers to keep brand power ads on the tele for another week. Watch out for the trending hashtag #knickerbockersoutforxav as one our young men fell to the pressures of a two week Mathematics SAC and sadly missed the day. A shout out to Ben who made up for his lack of rule knowledge with his never-ending banter.
#knickerbockersoutforxav
Daniel Farthing
Coach
SENIOR GIRLS SOFTBALL
The Senior Girls Softball team travelled to Cheltenham for the Southern Metro Regionals on Wednesday 2 May. We battled hard and ended up finishing 4th, scoring eight runs in our three games. Ace pitches Olivia Whitehead (Year 11) and Alex Enever (Year 11) dismissed 30 opposing batters over the course of the day with help from some solid catching and ground fielding.
Matthew Shaw
Coach
INTERMEDIATE ROUND ROBIN/SENIOR AND INTERMEDIATE TABLE TENNIS
On Monday 7 May the Kingston Division of the Intermediate Round Robin was held at various venues in the surrounding suburbs.
Congratulation to the Girls B Netball team, Boys Soccer team and Girls A Badminton team who move on to the Southern Metro Region Finals in Term 3. Also congratulations to the Boys and Girls Intermediate and Senior Table Tennis teams.
Thanks to all the coaches for organising the teams for this wonderful day.
Sport Coach Result
Boys Football: Mr Hoskin/Mr Foot (2nd)
Girls Netball: Miss Douglas/Mr Adlington (A - 3rd) (B- 1st)
Boys Soccer: Mr Jhoomun (1st)
Girls Soccer: Mr Shaw (3rd)
Boys Badminton: Ms Nguyen (A - 2nd) (B- 1st)
Girls Badminton: Ms Nguyen (A- 1st) (B - 1st)
Senior Boys Table Tennis: Mr Braniska (1st)
Senior Girls Table Tennis: Mr Braniska (1st) (no other entry)
Inter Boys Table Tennis: Mr Weingarten (1st)
Inter Girls Table Tennis: Mr Weingarten (1st) (no other entry)
James Bridges
Coach
KINGSTON BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
Intermediate Girls and Boys Badminton competed in the Kingston Badminton Tournament on Monday 7 May at Springvale Leisure Centre.
All four teams played spectacularly and almost made a clean sweep on the day:
Boys A (2nd)
Boys B (1st)
Girls A (1st)Girls B (1st)
The Girls A team (Marisha Dinesh, Anoushka Dinesh, Amanda Wu and Khushi Negi) were undefeated on the day and are now through to the Southern Metro Regionals on 30 July.
Lena Nguyen
Coach