SPORT NEWS
KINGSTON DIVISION SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Thursday 15 March fifty-two of McKinnon’s finest swimmers gathered at Carnegie Swimming Pool to represent the school at the annual Kingston Division Swimming Championships. On a rather cold day McKinnon finished 3rd in the overall standings.
Some notable highlights of the day included:
- Amelia James, Maya Hammam and Will Sharp winning Age group champion for the day;
- McKinnon winning Junior Boys, Intermediate Boys and Senior Girls age groups pennants;
- McKinnon winning nine out of eighteen of the Relay events for the day.
Congratulations to all the swimmers involved on the day and good luck to those students who advanced to the Southern Metro Finals.
Tim Blackwood
Head of PE/Sport
VICTORIAN ALL SCHOOLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
From Wednesday 14 March to Friday 16 of March McKinnon Secondary College entered 18 teams into the Victorian All Schools Beach Volleyball Championships. All teams participated with a large amount of respect both on and off the court over the three days of competition. The teams found a large amount of success with two Gold medals, two Silver medals and four Bronze medals. The two gold medal winning teams, the Year 8 Boys and the Year 10 Girls, are now the number one ranked school beach volleyball teams in Victoria as the competition is open to public and private schools alike. We congratulate all students in their efforts in this event.
Phil De Salvo
Coach
JUNIOR SPORT WEEKLY REPORT
Tuesday and Friday afternoons have seen many junior students enjoying playing Term 1 interschool sports against our Kingston Division schools - Bentleigh, Brighton, Sandringham, Mordialloc, Westall and Parkdale.
The winner of the weekly Round Robin competition will be deemed the Kingston Division Champion and progress through to the Southern Metropolitan Regional Finals. We have been very competitive in all summer sports - cricket, baseball, softball, volleyball and tennis. The Year 7 & 8 Girls Tennis A teams remain undefeated!
Year 7s will play Westall on 21/3 and Parkdale on 28/3.
Year 8s will play their final round of Term 1 competition on Friday 23/3 versus Sandringham.
All Year 7 & 8 students have been allocated a Term 2 sport. Compass will soon reflect this. All students will enjoy experiencing a new ten week unit of sport.
Term 2 sport begins for Year 7s on Tuesday 17 April and for Year 8s on Friday 20 April.
Some students will play competition in football, soccer, netball and badminton.
JUNIOR LAWN BOWLS
Good Luck to the Junior Lawn Bowls team who are Kingston Division Champions. They now head into the SMR Final on Monday 26 March at Hampton Bowls Club.
Peta Segbedzi (Captain), Adrianna Lindsay (Lead) and Leevi Stein (3rd)
Go McK!!
YOGA CLASS
As a part of their Fit for Sport Physical Education Unit, Year 9E were treated to a yoga session conducted by our talented Year 11 student Alex Fiorini. Alex has been doing yoga for many years and has now taken up the opportunity to teach it.
The students were in awe of her flexibility and knowledge. Alex emphasised the importance of deep breathing and the ability to relax mind, body and soul especially in the frantic world of being a McKinnon Secondary Student.
Thanks for a memorable class Alex - the students especially enjoyed the meditation at the end.
Namaste,
Carole Hooper
Head of Junior Sport