SPORT NEWS

MCKINNON SWIMMING SPORTS 2022

The McKinnon Swimming Sports were held at GESAC recently with over 100 very dedicated swimmers attending. The participation, sportsmanship and camaraderie among all of our swimmers was outstanding and made it a very successful day!

We wondered if a new Year 7 star would emerge and it appears that we have found our man in Harvey Venturini who won every event on offer.

Many other swimmers shone on the day and that leads us to our age group champions:

Year 7 Girls - Matilda Kelleher & Tessa Macfarlane

Year 7 Boys - Harvey Venturini

Year 8 Girls - Daniela Tapia Leal

Year 8 Boys - Leo Park

Year 9 Girls - Siena Nott

Year 9 Boys - Igor Pasichnyuk

Year 10 Girls - Lani Hammam

Year 10 Boys - Zach Gordon 

Year 11 Girls - Olivia Colletta 

Year 11 Boys - William Barton 

Year 12 Girls - Monique Andjelic

Year 12 Boys - Saksham Singh

This brings us to the first House Event for the year! The McKinnon Swimming Cup which was won in 2021 by Chisholm.

In 4th place on 776 points = Gilmore

In 3rd place on 798 points = Monash

In 2nd place on 973 points - Flynn

Which leaves us with Chisholm taking out the swimming sports with a whopping 1331 points.

Greg Hoskin

Swimming Sports Co-ordinator

OUTDOOR ED CAMP ADVENTURE

On Monday 21 February two Outdoor Ed classes set out on a long journey to Wilsons Promontory to commence our three day adventure. We began an engaging talk with a Parks Victoria ranger, exploring the grasslands. We learnt about the history of the Bunurong and Gunai Kurnai people who resided in the Wilsons Prom area. 

We then set off to the Tidal River for lunch and spent some time relaxing on Squeaky Beach. After lunch we headed to Mount Oberon and began our difficult trek up the steep mountain. The view made the tiring hike worth it.

Fartho decided it was a good idea to drag 31 exhausted students to the Big Drift sand dunes and it was incredibly tough, but watching people fall down the dunes was quite funny. We set up camp at Yanakie caravan park and impatiently cooked dinner and settled down for the night. 

Tuesday was an early start with an informative talk at the Bunurong Environment Centre in Inverloch where we got to see a variety of shells and fossils. After we had some lunch and got ready to go surfing. Everyone had a blast and did their best to catch the waves (although only some were successful). 

We drove to Phillip Island where we had free time to grab dinner and go to the pier, even have an ice cream! Later on we were lucky enough to stop at many different lookout spots and see the ocean, eventually we got to the penguin parade and saw many different groups of penguins coming out from the ocean to feed their babies. The atmosphere was amazing with everyone captivated by the penguins and their mannerisms. 

On our way back to our campsite in Kilcunda we saw multiple bandicoots alongside the road 

where we nearly ran them over… phew!

On our last day in the Bass Coast, we went back to our surfing spot and slowly got better at catching waves (...mostly). We then split up into groups and went back to the Phillip Island Nature Park to go through a slideshow on the history of the penguins and on a scat walk to learn about the animals in the area. After that fascinating outing we drove back to school and stopped to have a late lunch to end the trip on a good note. We all became a lot closer on camp and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with one another experiencing the beauty of the outdoors. As a student completing Units 3/4 Outdoor Ed I highly recommend this subject as there's the practical side of exploring the outdoors and learning more about the history behind it… and its heaps of fun!!! 

Alice Kernich & Cecily Pope

Year 12 Students