(1) Student Achievements
Basketball
Congratulations to Ava Garthwaite (Year 9) who represented Vic Metro at the East Coast Challenge over the summer holidays. Congratulations also to Baylin Spencer (Year 9) and Ryan Nunziante (Year 8) who represented Victoria at the Southern Cross Challenge. Well done to all three athletes.
If you have any other student achievements, please email them to me at dwebb@mlmc.vic.edu.au
(2) Swimming training
Swimming training will be held each Monday afternoon (3.30-4.30pm) and on Wednesday mornings (7.00-8.00am) at Kilsyth Pool to help students improve swimming and fitness levels. All abilities welcome. Commendations and House points are up for grabs! It is free for students, who will be bussed from school to the pool on Mondays and back to school from the pool on Wednesdays. Breakfast is also provided on Wednesdays. Please see/email Ms Webb in the Doyle Centre for more details.
(3) MLMC Swimming Carnival
The annual MLMC Swimming Carnival will be held on Friday 28 February at the Lilydale outdoor pool. For students in Years 7-9 it is compulsory attendance (Periods 1-4) while it is invitational for Years 10-12 (from lunch until end of the day). More details to come via the Parent Portal.
(4) EISM Swimming Carnivals
The Division 2 EISM (Eastern Independent Schools Melbourne) Swimming Carnival will be held on Tuesday 10 March at Ringwood Aquanation and the EISM Champions Carnival will be held on Monday 23 March at MSAC.
(5) EISM Sport
The EISM summer season starts on these dates:
Year 8 — Tuesday 11 February
Senior — Wednesday 12 February
Year 9 — began yesterday (Thursday 6 February).
With the summer seasons all beginning in the next week, please remember the following:
- Check the sport plans — up on the Doyle Centre window — at the beginning of every week
- 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 to get to venues to play.
- Your uniform needs to be 100% correct to ensure no games will be forfeited. 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.
Live fixtures for EISM matches can be found online at eism.org (click on ‘Weekly sport’, then ‘Junior’ (Year 8) or ‘Senior/Intermediate’ (Year 9 and Senior) fixtures.
(6) EISM Year 9 Results (6 February)
Sport | Opponent | Result | Winner | Best Player |
Boys Basketball A | Tintern | 79-13 | MLMC | Baylin Spencer |
Boys Basketball B | Tintern | 52-14 | MLMC | Phoenix Edyvane |
Boys Softball | Tintern | 4-1 | MLMC | Andrew Waldron |
Boys Tennis A | Tintern | 3-1 | MLMC | Tomas Majdancic |
Boys Tennis B | Tintern | 0-4 | Tintern | Caleb Prentice |
Boys Hockey | Tintern | 0-2 | Tintern | Max Iskra |
Boys Ultimate Frisbee | Tintern | 24-4 | MLMC | Sam Wicks |
Sport | Opponent | Result | Winner | Best Player |
Girls Basketball A | Tintern | 66-4 | MLMC | Louisa Inglese |
Girls Basketball B | Tintern | 97-3 | MLMC | Alanah Jary |
Girls Softball | Aquinas | 5-7 | Aquinas | Elena Atanasovski |
Girls Tennis A | Tintern | 1-3 | TIntern | Keira Toohey |
Girls Tennis B | Tintern | 4-0 | MLMC | Alice Vardy |
Girls Touch Football | Tintern | 2-5 | Tintern | Alice McCormick |
Girls Indoor Cricket | Tintern | 151-134 | MLMC | Ellen Bradley |
(7) Victorian All Schools Triathlon Championship
If there are any students interested in competing in the 2019 Victorian All Schools Triathlon Championships, to be held on Sunday 15 March, please see Ms Webb in the Doyle Centre. The number of entries is limited. There are Junior and Senior categories, with all events the same distance: 300m swim, 10km bike, 2km run.
