Sports news and reminders

(1) Student Achievements

Baseball
Congratulations to Ryder Wilson (Year 10 Bronze) (pictured below) who has recently returned from South Carolina, USA, where he represented Australia at the Senior League World Series. Australia reached the semi-final of the International bracket, winning games against Asia-Pacific and Canada. Australia was narrowly beaten by Panama, missing out on qualifying for the medal matches, and finished fifth overall. Ryder played an excellent tournament, finishing second in batting stats and was the leader in runs scored for Australia, with no errors in the field. Well done, Ryder.

Congratulations to Zeke Doyle (Year 12 Orange) (pictured above), who has spent the past week playing in the Victorian schools Under 18 baseball team at the School Sports Australia National Baseball Championship. The championships were held in Blacktown, NSW, over seven days, with Victoria competing against Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and South Australia. A highlight for Zeke was pitching against tournament favourites NSW on the Sydney Blue Sox’s home diamond in front of a packed crowd, including professional baseball scouts.

Karate
Congratulations to siblings Casey Cameron (Year 9 Silver) and Stephen Cameron (Year 11 Bronze) (pictured below) who both recently represented Victoria at the national karate titles in Rockhampton, Queensland. Casey won the gold medal in the Cadet division, becoming national champion, which led to her selection in the teams event where she won a bronze medal. Stephen won gold in the teams event and a bronze medal in the individual competition. This saw Stephen selected in the Australian team to compete in Turkey later this year. Congratulations to both students on their outstanding achievements and we wish you both continued success in the sport.

Equestrian
Well done to Audrey Lyons (Year 12 Jade) on qualifying to represent MLMC at the national championships in Sydney in September in the EvA80 eventing team. In doing so, Audrey became the overall state champion after many years of representing the College in equestrian competitions.

Well done also to Charlee Dobbin (Year 9 Purple) who qualified to represent the College at the national titles in the 1.20m Stars category. This is a huge achievement as only four athletes and their horses are selected in each category. Best wishes, Charlee.

Netball
Well done to Sophie Wicks (Year 7 Purple) who won the Mountain District Netball Association’s best and fairest award in the Under 13/1 competition for the winter season.

Football
Congratulations to Gabby Woods (Year 12 Purple) who finished runner-up in the Eastern Football Netball League’s Under 18 Premier Division girls’ best and fairest awards, and to Scarlett Henderson (Year 9 White) who finished in the top five in the EFNL’s Under 18A girls’ best and fairest votes.

If you have any other student achievements, please email them to me at dwebb@mlmc.vic.edu.au

(2) Cross country training

Training for cross country running is held on Mondays (3.30-4.30pm) and also Wednesdays (7.00-8.00am), up until Monday 29 August. Students can join in by meeting at the Doyle Centre. The training helps students to improve their running and fitness levels. Everyone is welcome, whether you qualified for the upcoming EISM Cross Country Carnival or not. Breakfast is provided on Wednesdays. For more details, students should see me in the Doyle Centre or email me.

(3) Herald Sun Shield

Congratulations to the 30 girls who travelled to Cranbourne on Tuesday to compete in Division 2 of the Intermediate Herald Sun Shield competition. The girls played three matches, all in torrential rain and strong winds, against Maribyrnong Sports Academy, Padua College and Avila College. Unfortunately, MLMC lost all three games by narrow margins, with two of the games only having a couple of points in them. All girls who played should be congratulated on their participation. This competition is one of the highest levels of school football that can be played. Stay tuned for our Senior girls’ results in two weeks’ time.

(4) EISM results

Senior (10 August)

Year 9 (11 August)

Senior semi finals (17 August)

Year 9 (18 August)