MSA Performances WE 03/04/22

Once again MSA had a whole heap of former students performing here at home and around the world.  Let’s have a look at the results.

SSV Premier League Football

Congratulations to our Girls Football team here at Maribyrnong College for winning the SSV Premier League Title last Thursday with a 3-0 victory over SEDA.

A-League

Dylan Murnane started for the Newcastle Jets in their loss to Brisbane.  He received a yellow card during the game and was substituted off at the 35th minute.

Matt Bozinovski came on for Wellington Phoenix in their loss to the Melbourne City who had Connor Metcalfe who also came off the bench for City.

AFLW – Preliminary Finals

Libby Birch will play in the AFLW Grand Final in Adelaide next week after her Melbourne Demons defeated Brisbane in the Preliminary final played at the MCG.  Melbourne won the game by 4 points.

Athletics  - Australian Track and Field Nationals at Sydney’s Olympic Park

Celeste Mucci came 2nd in the 100m hurdles with a personal best time of 12.96.  This time is the 6th fastest Australian time ever in the event.

Abigail Thomas finished 3rd in the 3000m steeple and ran a world u20 championships qualifying time.

Jessie Andrews finished 7th in the final of the 100m and was a semi-finalist in the 200m

Aliyah Canepa finished 6th in the hammerthrow

Cameron Searle made the Semi-finals of the 400m while Janae Mackrell ran in the heats of the 1500m. 

AFL – Round 3

 Jordan Boyd made his debut for the Carlton Football Club and played a solid game in their 1 point victory over the Hawks. Jordan collected 11 touches and a tackle while just missing a goal on debut.

Peter Wright kicked 4.1 in Essendon’s loss to Joel Smith’s Melbourne.  Joel had 11 touches and 2 tackles for the Demons.

Zak Butters had 13 touches in Port Adelaide’s loss after the siren to the Adelaide Crows.

Touk Miller collected 17 possessions while Rory Atkins had 11 possessions for the Suns in Gold Coast’s disappointing loss to the GWS Giants.

Kaye Turner had 10 Possessions in North Melbourne’s loss to Cam Rainier’s Brisbane.  Cam had 16 touches kicking 3 behinds.

Luke Ryan had 20 possessions in Fremantle’s mauling of a covid depleted West Coast Eagles.

Taekwondo – National Championships in Brisbane

Leon Sejrenovic won gold winning his first fight by TKO and his second fight winning 24 - 21 against another National Team athlete. Meanewhile Fred Pace won a Silver Medal at the National Championships, winning two fights and losing his final to a strong player.

Super W

Kiara Ratu came on for the Melbourne Rebels in the 68th min in their loss to Queensland.

Badminton

Gronya Somerville and her partner Kaitlyn EA were knocked out in the first round of the Orleans Masters in Paris last Week.

We also wish Jacob Schuller and Gronya all the best at this week’s Australian Badminton Nationals in Bendigo.

MSA Performances WE 27/3/2022

Once again our MSA Alumni had some spectacular performances here at home and around the world.  The highlights were:

·      Polly Doran winning the A League Women’s Grand Final for the Melbourne Victory

·      Touk Miller having 38 disposals for the Gold Coast Suns against Melbourne

·      Lucas Plapp winning the first mountain ride on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna

A-League Women

Polly Doran played for the Melbourne Victory team that won the A-League Women’s Grand Final on the weekend.  The Victory defeated Sydney FC 2-1 in front of just over five thousand fans at Kogarah Oval in Sydney. One of the 2 goals scored by the Melbourne Victory was by Amy Jackson a former coach at MSA.

A-League Men and International Football

Connor Metcalfe was a part of the Socceroos team who lost to Japan 2-0 in Sydney on Thursday night.  The Socceroos will now need to qualify for the World Cup by having to beat the 5th place South American team.

Birkan Kirdar came into the Melbourne Victory midfield at the 81st minute of their drawn game with Western Sydney.  The Wanderers leveling the score at the 96th minute of the game.

Dylan Murnane came onto the park at the 67th minute for the Newcastle Jets to help them secure a 2-0 win over Sydney FC.

AFLW Finals

Aliesha Newman’s 10 touches for Collingwood were not enough to stop Brisbane taking victory in their Preliminary Final match played at the Gabba. 

AFL Round 2

Peter Wright kicked 3 goals in Essendon’s loss to the Brisbane Lions by 22 points while Cam Rayner was strong for the Lions with 12 disposals, 3 marks and a goal.

Touk Miller had a massive game on Saturday night helping the Gold Coast Suns push the reigning premiers right to the end, eventually going down to the Demons by 13 Points.  Miller had 38 touches to be best on ground for the Suns.  Joel Smith with 12 touches and 4 tackles for Melbourne.

Kayne Turner had a solid game for the Kangaroos racking up 13 possessions and kicking 2 goals 2 in North Melbourne’s 15 point win over a depleted West Coast Eagles.

Zak Butters 29 disposals, 11 tackles and 5 clearances couldn’t  help Port Adelaide stop the rampaging Hawks at Adelaide Oval.  The Power losing by 64 points.

VFL

Massimo D’Ambrossio played his debut game for the Richmond VFL team and gathered 14 disposals in the Tigers 31 point round 1 victory over the Southport Sharks.

Cycling

Lucas Plapp won the first mountain stage on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna to set up a stage win for his Ineos Grenadier teammate Richard Carapaz. 

We wish all our current students competing in this week’s Athletics Australian Championship in Sydney all the best in their efforts.

Lucas Plapp is riding the dream

A big European summer awaits former Ascot Vale West primary school student and Maribyrnong Sports Academy athlete Lucas Plapp over the next 5 months.

At 17 years of age Lucas became a duel world champion winning the points race and Maddison at the UCI junior World Champs in Switzerland.  His love of cycling started as a 12 year old when he rode his bike to help get fitter for his footy and cricket aspirations.  “ My grade 6 PE teacher always made sure that sport was fun and really went out of his way to help me understand the skills that I possessed in footy and cricket.  And while I was riding my bike just for fitness, I started to understand that I could actually ride a bike quite well and fast,  I then applied his principals of understanding my skill set, and realised I had an ability to take cycling further ”

Lucas joined Maribyrnong Sports Academy in year 9 and from there utilised the facilities of the Academy to get him to a position of supreme fitness.  MSA Strength and Conditioning coach Todd Carlon explains why Lucas was so good “ Plappy’s work ethic and dedication to training was phenomenal during his time at MSA. But what made him stand out from others was his ability to create good relationships with MSA support staff members. An example of this was his relationship with MSA Sports Dietician Ola who helped him become a well-rounded athlete and a Junior World Champion.”

Lucas proudly agrees his time at MSA made him a stronger athlete “  The is no doubt that being a part of the environment at MSA gave me an advantage that others just didn’t have.  Working before and after school with Todd and the Strength and Conditioning coaches gave my training a purpose and gave me an understanding of what I needed to do to improve in different areas.  Having access to a professional gym, professional coaches and understanding teachers who allowed me the time to catch up on work when I was away from school due to sport, ensured that both my education and my sporting ability flourished.“

After being a part of the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal Pursuit team last year, Lucas is really looking forward to a very busy 2022 “  I have started my professional career with Ineos Grenadiers this year and I am really enjoying the team environment and the competition.  All the work we are doing now is in preparation for the big races to come in the next few months which include the Giro de Italia and the Tour de France. To be a part of those races will be amazing, and will make my first season as a professional cyclist very memorable.“

Applications for Maribyrnong Sports Academy (MSA) for Year 7, 2023 enrolment are now open until Friday 8th April. 

MSA is the state’s only government funded specialist sports school where high-quality academic education is delivered alongside our specialist sport programs from years 7-12.

Check out the enrolment page on this website for more information…