SPORT REPORT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT ATHLETICS

Congratulations to the very talented squad of athletes who represented Kingston Division and McKinnon Secondary at the Southern Metro Region Track and Field Championships held at Casey Fields on Thursday 8 October.

The standard was exceptionally high and our McKinnon performances were outstanding.

Some noteworthy individual achievements were:

Skyler Kah: 1st place in 16 Boys Triple Jump
Jesse Scholz: 1st place in 15 Boys 200m, 400m & 100m hurdles
Xavier Verdnik: 1st place in 14 Boys Triple Jump
Grace Mackay: 1st place in 16 Girls 100m
Will Sharp: 1st place in 800m, 400m & 1500m
Genevieve O’Brien: 1st place in 12-13 Girls 400m
Charlotte Soteriou: 1st place in 17 Girls Triple Jump
Jemma Owen: 1st place in 15 Girls Discus
Lucas Thompson: 1st place in 14 Boys Long Jump
Josh Kah: 2nd place in 15 Boys 1500m
Jason Clayton: 2nd place in 14 Boys 1500m
Sophie Highnam: 2nd place in 16 Girls 1500m
The school also won Boys 14 years 4 x 100 Relay (Sam Kristensen, Jackson Hannah, Xavier Vednik and Lucas Thompson)

The college finished with 13 first places, 11 second places and 7 third places. Overall the school finished a fantastic 2nd place.

Winners now progress to the State Track and Field Championships to be held on Tuesday 20 October at the Lakeside Track.

Jennifer Pemberton

Coach

PHOENIX NETBALL

We had a record number of teams enter the Phoenix Mixed Netball lunchtime competition for 2015. In total 28 Senior and Junior teams battled it out for their respective titles. The Phoenix competition was started at McKinnon in 2011 to provide male and female students with an opportunity to play organised sport at lunchtime. Traditionally played in Term 3, Phoenix is a mixed netball competition where three boys and four girls take to the court. Another modified rule is that substitutions can be made after any goal. The competition is named after the former Victorian netball team, Melbourne Phoenix.

The junior competition (Year 7 - 9) was fierce and fun with so many talented teams fighting it out to make the finals. We had teams from Year 7 and Year 8 make it all the way to the Semi-Finals, a great effort. In the end, the Final was played between the Ferrets and The Dream Team. In an epic final the Dream Team managed to score in the final minute to win 12 - 11! The Grand Final Most Valuable Player was Anna Donnelly.

The winning players from The Dream Team were:

Lachie Arneil, Alex Hunter, Tim Mullane, Evie Krieger, Erin Thit, Brianca Tran, Sienna Herterich, Anna Donnelly

The Senior Grand Final will be played Friday at lunchtime in the Gym between the staff team and two for five and five for nine.

Tim Blackwood

Coach

LACROSSE

Congratulations to our two Senior Lacrosse teams who played in the Schools Victoria Lacrosse Competition on Monday 7 September at Paisley Park, Altona. This is the first time the school has entered the competition.

The Senior Boys team, whilst not having the expertise, certainly had the endeavour. With much pride they found themselves in the final of the B competition. Unfortunately, Bendigo was too strong and our boys came 2nd.

For many of the Senior Girls team, they had waited at least two years to be able to represent the school in lacrosse. They have been playing since Year 7 with our local Caulfield Lacrosse Club through our community partnership programme. The girls were unlucky not to have made the final in the A division. They convincingly won the Bronze Medal match.

Well done to all students for being such great ambassadors for the school and playing with such great sportsmanship. Thank you to Liam and Ben Symons from CLC for assisting on the day.

JUNIOR SPORT

Term 4 sports are well underway.

The school has entered four teams into the Schools Victoria Lacrosse competition for the first time on Friday 30 October in Altona. More information about the competition will come from the coaches in the next few weeks.

Our main interschool competition this term for many is the Alternative Sports Gala Afternoon.

Year 7: Tuesday 10 November from 12 noon - 3:00pm

Year 8: Friday 13 November from 12 noon - 3:00pm

The following sports will be played:

Handball with Handball Victoria - Boys at Oakleigh Rec Centre and Girls at GESAC
Lacrosse with Caulfield Lacrosse Club at Bailey Reserve
Super 8s with Cricket Victoria at King George Reserve
Lawn Bowls with Coatesville and Brighton Bowls Clubs
Ultimate with Ultimate Victoria at McKinnon Reserve

The following Term 4 sports of Golf, Swimming and Fitness at the Gym require an extra payment. This payment is due by Week 3 of this term. Please make payment directly to the Bursar.

As a part of the School’s SunSmart Policy, we are enforcing the wearing of hats for all students playing an outside sport. The hats (bucket or peak) are available from the uniform shop. Please ensure it is labelled as all our Year 7-10 students are required to wear a hat for Physical Education classes. Please encourage your child to have a water bottle for all PE/Sport sessions.

Good Luck to all teams in the Preliminary and Southern Metropolitan Region Finals in the upcoming weeks.

VICTORIAN SCHOOL SPORT AWARDS 2015

Nominations are now open for the 2015 Victorian School Sport Awards. The awards will be presented during a ceremony in Term 1 2016 to acknowledge secondary students who have excelled in their chosen sports at Regional, State, National and International levels. Students are invited to nominate for the VSS Awards in the following categories:

Individual sporting blue award;
Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award.

All McKinnon students will be receiving a notification of these awards. More information regarding these awards can be found on the SSV website ssv.vic.edu.au

Entries close Friday 30 October at 4:00pm.

Please let me know if you are keen to nominate your child. I would be more than happy to assist. Email: hoo@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au.

Go McKinnon !!!

Carole Hooper

Head of Junior Sport