Sports news, fixtures and results

(1) EISM Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to all runners who competed at the EISM Cross Country Carnival at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster on Wednesday 11 September. With many top 10 finishes and even a couple of podium finishes. Max Benson (Year 10 Blue) won silver in Under 16 boys and Kelly Whitchell (Year 10 Green) won gold in Open Girls. MLMC went on to finish third overall. This was our best result for a number of years. Well done to everyone, particularly the Under 13 boys who won their age group.

(2) Nitro Athletics Competition

Congratulations to Luke Phillips, Max Benson, Daniel Ryan and Sam Green (all Year 10) who represented MLMC at the Nitro Athletics Competition at Lakeside Stadium last week. In some very strong fields, our boys did extremely well finishing 10th out of 22 teams. Thank you to Mr Andrew Leaumont and Ms Serena Gibbs for their coaching. Well done, boys!

(3) VNA Junior Finals Day

Last Wednesday, the Year 7 and Year 8 girls’ netball team from MLMC went to the State Hockey Netball Centre in the city to contest the Netball Victoria School Championships Finals Day. We won our first game, against Mackillop College Werribee, 5-4. It was a very exciting day for all of us coming home with four wins and two losses. It was an enjoyable day with court time spread evenly and a few laughs here and there. Each of the girls got along beautifully and loved each other's company throughout the day. There was great sportsmanship both on and off the court, along with a good attitude towards the umpires as well. There was great communication throughout the team and respect was shown to everyone including the coaches. We finished third in our pool with a great effort shown by everyone. Go Goats!
— Teagan Bethune and Rebecca Course (Year 7 Red)

(4) Student Achievements

Football
Well done to the following students who won best and fairest awards at the Eastern Region Girls Football League awards night:
Sophia Zappia: Under 18 Premier — 2nd
Bridget Deed: Under 18 Division 1 — 2nd
Lily Toomer: Under 16 Premier — 4th
Gabby Woods: Under 16 Premier — 6th
Paige McMaster: Under 16 Division 1 — 7th
Millie Barker: Under 16 Division 2 — 7th
Stacey Mercuri: Under 16 Outer East — 4th
May Flamsteed: Under 16 Outer East — 7th
Torey Burns: Under 14 Division 2 — 7th
Perry Byron: Under 14 Outer East — 2nd

Well done to the following students who won best and fairest awards at the Eastern Football League awards night:
Max Hall: Under 17A —2nd
Jeremy Conte: Under 15D — 1st
Tyron Galbraith: Under 15C — 3rd
Josh Pettinella: Under 15C — 9th
Rowan Tucker: Under 14B — 2nd
Alex McIlfatrick: Under 13D — 2nd
Joel D'Angelo: Under 13D — 3rd

Netball
Congratulations to Danielle Gazzola, Sabina Lantouris, Indiana Pinnock, Ayesha Saba, Paris Saunders and Brooke Scully (all Year 9) who recently won two netball premierships within 24 hours — the EFL Division 3 premiership and the L&YVNA Under 15 Division 1 premiership. Both teams are pictured.

Squash
Congratulations to Will Cerini (Year 9 Red) and Mitchell Mazzarella (Year 8 Bronze) (both pictured) who recently finished runners-up in their Junior Pennant finals — an excellent achievement, especially after only playing for a short time.

Fencing
Well done to Lachlan Nicholls (Year 9 Bronze) who recently competed in the Cadet and Under 15 Fencing National Championships in Sydney. Lachlan (pictured, centre with his team) finished 12th overall and was the fourth-placed Victorian fencer, qualifying him for the Victorian team. This team went on to win gold and become the 2019 Under 15 National Champions.

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

(5) EISM Results

Year 8 Results (10 September)

Year 9 Results (12 September)