MSA students do well at Victorian School Sport Awards

The 2018 Victorian School Sports Awards have been held at the MCG, and it was an outstanding day of acknowledgement for student-athletes from Maribyrnong College.

The event was hosted by Steve Moneghetti and presenters were Australian Netballers: Kelsey Browne and Madi Robinson, Olympian: Linden Hall, Paralympian: Richard Colman together with Parliamentary Secretary: Tim Richardson MP.

Our congratulations to the following past and present students who were awarded the prestigious Sporting Blue Award for 2018 – the highest sporting achievement presented in the government school system. 

Athletics           Kevin Healy

Athletics           Max Busuttil – nominated by Greenvale Primary School

AFL                  Georgia Patrikios and Zak Butters

Baseball            Cody Rodwell

Hockey             Enya Talbot and Cooper Burns

Netball              Olivia Honey and Connor Lilly

Football             Nia Stamatopoulos and Idrus Abdulahi

Softball             Marlie Hurinui

Table Tennis     Eleanor Goodsell

Volleyball          Marija Lukic and Ewan Fowler

In addition, the Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award went to Lucas Plapp for his remarkable achievements, sportsmanship and dedication to Cycling.

Congratulations once again to all our winners, and all our student athletes who keep pushing the boundaries and each other to ensure that everyone gets the best out of themselves.

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Tully Watt wins National Title

2018 Maribyrnong Sports Academy Sports Director’s award winner Tully Watt has finished off a big week by being crowned National Champion at the Australian Modern Pentathlon Nationals in Brisbane on the weekend.

Tully was part of the largest Australian Championships in over a decade with 34 competitors taking part in the event. 

At 17 years of age Tully is the second youngest National Champion in the sport with only Olympic Champion Chloe Esposito winning a senior National title at a younger age. Tully told the Modern Pentathlon website that she couldn’t be happier with her results,  “I’m very excited with today as I got the personal bests I wanted.”

In the Swimming Long Course, Tully started in the lead and never relinquished it, performing a best time of 2.26.85 which was under her target time of 2.27. She had an amazing 24 victories and only 10 defeats in the Fencing piste and had a faultless clear round in the Show Jumping. While she did incur a 30 point penalty for not jumping at the maximum height she still held a four second lead going into the laser run.

Tully was happy with her overall performance, “My fencing went really well and there was probably only two bouts where I mucked up but I got a lot of competitors I didn’t expect to, so that was really exciting.

“The ride I was a bit worried about because I was jumping lower (1.00m) I thought I would drop behind but that went really smoothly, and I’m really happy with my combined time.”

Tully finished off the day with a huge Laser Run personal best of 13 minutes 30 seconds. She will now focus on the World Under 19 Championships later in the year.

Only 3 days before hand, Tully was the duel winner of the Maribyrnong Sports Academy Sports Director Award for 2018 with Taekwondo student Reba Stewart for their efforts in 2018. The MSA Sports Director award is given to a student athlete who have held a Grade point average of over 8 for the year and have represented their state or country through the 12 month period. The award also takes into consideration high school workload, injury, rehab, and the athletes contribution to the wider school community and follow the Academy core values of Respect, Honesty, Community, leadership and determination.

Sections of this story have been taken from a story posted on Modern Pentathlon Australia’s website.

2018 MSA Awards of Excellence

2018 was a fantastic year for Maribyrnong Sports Academy and it was celebrated in style at the Moonee Valley racecourse, when the school presented the 2018 MSA Sports Awards night .

800 families, friends and a]academy partners attended the evening which was a celebration of all the great achievements of the previous year and a welcome to our new year 7 students and their families.

A new tradition was started on the night with our new year 7 students pipped into the function by Bagpiper John Horton and welcomed by our 2018 year 12 students to a standing ovation from all at the function.

161 students were commended for their selection in State teams while 31 student athletes received recognition for their selection in Australian teams.  Those students were handed a certificate of recognition by 6 MSA coaches who represented Australia at either an Olympic or Commonwealth games.  Those coaches included Softballer Natalie Titcume, Netballer Eloise Southby, Hockey coach Andrew Smith, Badminton coach Ben Walklate, and Olympic coach Brent Vallance.

Here is a list of the individual award winners on the night.

The Sunshine and Western Region Sports Club/ MSA Citizenship award.

Awarded to the Year 9 student-athlete who best displays the MSA core values of Respect, Honesty, Community, Leadership and Determination

Winner: Massino D’Ambrosio

2018 Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership Award

The ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards recognise students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within both the school and the broader community and who display strong values, such as doing one’s best, respect for others and “mateship”, that are integral to Australian society.

Winner Year 10: Lucy French (Volleyball) and Year 12: Buku Khamis (AFL)

2018 Lynne Kosky Memorial Award

The Lynne Kosky Memorial Award is presented in recognition of the vision, courage, resilience, perseverance and contribution of former Minister for Education from 2002-2006, a period very significant to the formation of Maribyrnong Sports Academy. This award will be announced on the night.

Winner: Sarah Jones (Basketball)

2018 Back in Motion Leadership Awards

Awarded to student athletes nominated by Physical Preparation staff and ADP teachers. Awarded to individuals best displaying leadership qualities and behaviours during Maribyrnong Sports Academy activities including
ADP classes, technical training, camps and excursions. An overall Leadership Award and sponsorship voucher is presented to each year level winner. 

Winner Year 7: Emily Mifsud

Winner Year 8: Isabella Maticevski 

Winner Year 9: Abigail Thomas

Winner Year 10: Michael Cesarios 

Winner Year 11: Tully Watt 

Winner Year 12: Noah Van Gemst 

2018 Sports Director Awards

The Sport Director’s Award is presented to student athletes who have achieved excellent sporting results during the year while maintaining their life balance and academic performance. Generally these students are recognised by a combination
of academic achievements (Grade Point Average of 8 or above on a semester report in the previous 12 months is usually the benchmark) state or national sport representation and wider contribution to school life. Factors such as high workload, sport related absence from school, injury, rehabilitation and personal hardship can be factored into the selection. Nominees receive a signed certificate and the overall winner is awarded a trophy and the front cover of the following years Award program. 

Winners: Tully Watt and Reba Stewart.