Once again there have been medals won and fantastic performances by our MSA Alumni in their chosen sports. Check out how they went this week in ‘The Score’.
Badminton
Gronya Somerville made it through to the round of 16 in the Guatemalan Open in the Women’s Doubles with her teammate Caitlyn EA. In the Mixed doubles Gronya and her partner Kenneth Choo won the bronze medal.
Jacob Schueler lost his round 32 singles match at the Indonesian Masters.
Football
Congratulations to Polly Doran and Naomi Thomas-Chinnama for being selected in the Football Australia U23 National Women’s Team squad which will play 2 games in the upcoming weeks against Scotland and AC Milan’s women’s team.
Hockey
The Altona Hockey club has been knocked out of the Victorian Hockey Premier league, losing its semi-final to Doncaster 6-5. MSA Alumni Cooper Burns scored 3 goals for Altona while National Development Squad player Connor Otterbach didn’t play for Altona due to a torn Hamstring he sustained at an Australian camp. The injury has kept him out of the game for nearly 2 months.
Judo
Ryley Rametta competed at the Pan American Oceania Championships in Calgary, Canada this week. Ryley defeated Nauana Silva from Brazil to take out the Silver Medal in the U63kg category – this performance places Ryley 8th in the world – an outstanding performance!
We congratulate Ryley and Danny Vojnikovich who have both been selected along with 26 other Athletes to represent Australia in the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands in November.
AFLW
Richmond v Adelaide
Monique Conti had 29 disposals, 5 tackles and kicked a goal in Richmond’s disappointing loss to the Adelaide Crows by 29 points. Monique was also named in the AFLW round 2 team of the week in the midfield.
Sydney v Geelong
Aliesha Newman kicked 3 goals 1, had 6 disposals and 4 tackles in Sydney’s 27-point loss at home to the Cats. Georgie Prespakis had 15 disposals and an amazing 12 tackles for the victors.
Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn
Charlotte Baskaran has continued her good form to the start of the season having 16 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles in the Hawks 7-point win over the Dogs. Jess Fitzgerald tried hard to help get the Bulldogs over the line with 20 possessions, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Nth Melbourne v Carlton
Amy Smith had 8 disposals and 7 tackles in North Melbourne’s 60-point victory over the Blues.
Essendon v St Kilda
Essendon held on for a 12-point victory at Windy Hill over the Saints in its first senior club game at its spiritual home for 32 years. For the Bombers Georgia Nanscawen had 13 disposals and 6 tackles while Georgia Patrikios finished off with 15 touches and 2 tackles
GWS v Melbourne
Melbourne claimed their 2nd win of the season by defeating GWS by 77 points on the road. For the Demons Libby Birch had 6 disposals and a tackle, with the Giants only taking the ball inside 50, 29 times for the game.
AFL Finals
Collingwood v Melbourne
Joel Smith lined up for the Demons in their 7-point loss to the Pies. Joel had 11 disposals, 1 goal and 5 marks.
Brisbane v Port Adelaide
Zak Butters had a solid game in a losing team with 29 disposals, 7 tackles and gained 599m for the Power in their 48-point loss to the Lions. Cam Rainer kicked 3 goals 1 behind and had 16 possessions for Brisbane who now go straight into the Preliminary final.