Our MSA Alumni have once again been hitting the courts, ovals and tracks of the world with great results. Here is what they were up to last week.
Weightlifting
Congratulations to Teagan Newman on her 2nd placing in the Pacific Elite International Weightlifting tournament in Hawthorn on the weekend in the F76 group.
Badminton
The Polish Open…Gronya Somerville and her partner Kaitlyn EA lost in the round of 16 in the women’s doubles. In the mixed double Gronya and Kenneth Choo lost in the round of 16 after defeating the number 1 ranked team in the round of 32
Football
Polly Doran’s Crystal Palace had a 1 -0 win over Blackburn with Polly picking up a yellow card in the 90th minute.
Connor Metcalfe’s St Pauli FC played Hanover 96 in a friendly match and won 2-0
In the A-League W, Naomi Chinnama played for Melbourne City in their 4-3 loss to Perth Glory.
Mindy Barbieri came on In the 77th minute in Adelaide United’s 3-0 loss to Sydney FC
Athletics
Celeste Mucci has had another sub 13 sec run and finished 2nd in the 100 hurdles at the Brisbane Track Classic, once again behind Michelle Jennneke. Meanwhile Jessie Andrew finished 3rd in the 400m event in a time of 53.46.
Basketball
Monique Conti’s Southside Flyers went down to Townville in the 3 game final series against Townsville. Townsville winning the first two games, with Monique now focusing her attention to the AFLW where she plays for the Richmond Tigers.
AFL
Marby’s own Cameron Rayner had 16 disposals and 4 clearances in Brisbane’s win over the Melbourne Demons in Brisbane.
Zak Butters had 18 disposals in Port Adelaide loss to the Pies at the MCG
Rhylee West had a quiet day by his standard with 4 disposals in the Bulldogs loss to St Kilda
North Melbourne have continued their great start to the season defeating Fremantle. MSA Alumni Paul Curtis and Kayne Turner playing their roles. Kayne had 12 possessions 3 tackles while Paul Curtis had 8 possessions and was subbed out due to illness. Luke Ryan had 30 possessions and 10 marks for the Dockers.
Massimo D’Ambrosio had 18 disposals and 5 marks in Essendon’s 28 point win over the Gold Coast Suns. Last year’s Gold Coast best and fairest winner Touk Miller chipped in with 31 disposals 5 tackles and 5 clearances.
Cricket
Fergus O’Neill took 1/70 from 26 overs and 0/17 in the second innings in his first Sheffield Shield final. Unfortunately for Fergus though, the Bushrangers went down by 9 wickets to WA.