Sports news and reminders

(1) Senior EISM Grand Finals

On Wednesday 28 April, five of our Senior EISM teams competed in Grand Finals against Emmaus, Mt Scopus and Aquinas colleges. After our boys’ cricket team were defeated by Aquinas in a close match last term, our senior girls’ ultimate frisbee team played a tough game against the same opponent and MLMC was able to come back in the last quarter to get the win. Our senior girls’ soccer team fell to Aquinas in the Grand Final, after being undefeated all season. The boys’ tennis team played a tough Emmaus side, and fell short by a couple of sets. The Senior boys’ frisbee team played a great team game against Mt Scopus, securing the win quite easily, while the girls’ softball team produced a nail-biter against Emmaus, coming from behind to win by one home run.

(2) Senior girls’ softball team

Thanks to their close win in the EISM Grand Final, the MLMC softball girls qualified for the SSAV School Premiers Softball Competition. This allowed the girls to compete against some of the best school softball teams in Victoria. The first match against Wesley College, who brought a strong, well drilled team, unfortunately ended in a loss. The second game against Saint Margaret’s also ended in a loss, but a much closer game. The girls remained positive all day and we can’t wait to see next year's Senior softball team as most of this year’s team were only in Year 10.

(3) EISM Division 1 Athletics

Following our House Athletics Carnival, the College’s athletics team (after a couple weeks of training) headed to Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park to compete in the Division 1 EISM Carnival against the likes of Luther, Aquinas, Emmaus, and other schools. The students were able to compete against some of the best athletes in the EISM in the usual track and field events, with discus being an added event this year. MLMC had many athletes finish with top three ribbons, and special congratulations to Cheyenne Moore (Year 11 Blue) who achieved another shot put record with a huge distance of 12.43m. Thanks to all the students and staff who attended, it was a great day.

The EISM Champions Carnival will be held on Monday 10 May at Lakeside Stadium. Congratulations to the more than 50 MLMC students who have qualified for this event and good luck.

(4) Student Achievements

Stephen Cameron (Year 10 Bronze)
Congratulations to Stephen who competed in the Australian Open Karate titles in Sydney recently where he won two gold medals in the Open division and Under 63kg division.

Paddy Vanstan (Year 10 Blue)
Congratulations to Paddy for competing in the ACC Gravity Enduro mountain bike race in Bright recently. He finished 11th in a very competitive field. Well done.

Bailey O’Neil and Sam Green (both Year 12 Green)
Congratulations to both Bailey and Sam who have recently umpired their first senior football matches in the Eastern league — great achievements for 17 and 18 year olds. These Year 12 students are in charge of 36 grown men playing a highly competitive game of football. Well done, boys.

Sienna O'Toole (Year 8 Red)
Congratulations to Sienna and her dad, Matt, who won the Shepparton Easter Tennis Tournament recently.

Cody Anderson (Year 10 Purple)
Congratulations to Cody Anderson who debuted for the Healesville senior team recently — a huge achievement for a 15 year old.

Cody McKellar (Class of 2016)
Cody set an Under-25 12-hour running record at the Coburg 24-hour Championships on 17 April. He covered 112.1km. The previous record was 103km.

Kelly Whitchell (Year 12 Orange)
Congratulations to Sport Prefect Kelly Whitchell (Year 12 Orange) who completed a 66km ultramarathon at Wilsons Promontory on 1 May. She completed the hilly and technical course in 10.5 hours. An amazing achievement for an 18 year old!

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

(5) EISM reminders

With the Winter seasons of Year 8, 9 and Senior EISM Sport all about to begin, students are asked to please remember the following:

• Check the Sport plans — up on the Doyle Centre window at the beginning of every week and on the College’s Instagram story
• If you are unable to play in your team in a particular week, you need to let your coach know as early as possible
• Please be on time to the Doyle Centre on your sport day. All EISM teams need to leave at the start of lunch (occasionally earlier) to get to venues to play
• Their uniform needs to be 100% correct to ensure no forfeited games — hockey, soccer and football players must wear long navy socks (available at the Doyle Centre) and mouthguards must be worn for hockey. NO CORRECT UNIFORM, NO GAME.

Fixtures

Live fixtures for EISM matches can be found online at eism.org. Click on ‘Weekly sport’, then ‘Fixtures and results’ then ‘Junior’ (Year 8 and 9) or ‘Senior’ (Senior).

Senior Results (21 April - SEMI FINALS)

Year 8 Results (27 April)

Senior Results (28 April - GRAND FINALS)

Year 9 Results (29 April)

Year 8 Results (4 May)

Year 9 Results (6 May)