MSA Alumni WE 24/07/22
The Commonwealth Games kick off this week and It’s been another one for our past and present students.
AFL
North Melbourne’s Paul Curtis has had a fantastic couple of weeks for the Kangaroos kicking 3 goals against Richmond in the Roos 2nd win of the season. He also laid 6 tackles against the Hawks in Nth big loss on the weekend.
Luke Ryan had 24 disposals and 11 marks for Fremantle in the drawn match against Richmond.
Zak Butters had 20 touches and 5 tackles in Port Adelaide’s loss to the Cats.
Rory Atkins had 21 touches and Touk Miller had 34 touches and 7 tackles in their loss to Cam Rayner’s Brisbane. Cam had a quiet day compared to his high standard with just 2 kicks and 8 handballs.
Buku Khamis had 11 possessions and 5 marks, and Riley West had 11 touches and kicked a goal in the Bulldogs win over Melbourne.
Josh Honey kicked 1 goal 1 and had 14 touches in Carlton comfortable win against GWS.
Two metre Peter Wright kicked 3 goals, had 12 touches and 8 marks in Essendon’s after the siren loss to Collingwood.
MSA has 2 current students at the AFLW National Champions in NSW. Piper Dixon and Alex McBride-Loane are representing Victoria at the U15 championships.
Soccer/Football
Congratulations to Alana Cortelino who was brought on as a substitute to make her debut for Australia (Junior Matildas) in the opening match vs Philippines for the AFF U18 Women’s Championships being hosted in Myanmar, Indonesia.
Commonwealth Games
Celeste Mucci made the semi-finals of the 100m Hurdle World Championships. Unfortunately for Celeste her race was over when she hit the Second last hurdle, but there is no doubt that she is in great form making the top 24 at the World Champs and we look forward to seeing how she goes against the best in the Commonwealth.
Joining Celeste at the Commonwealth Games this week are Lucas Plapp in Cycling and Badminton’s Gronya Somerville and Jacob Schueler. We wish them all the best.
MSA Alumni WE 17/07/22
It’s been another solid weekend for our MSA Alumni. Check out their performances.
It’s been another solid weekend for our MSA Alumni. Here are their performances
Athletics
Celeste Mucci will have her final warm up for the Commonwealth Games in Oregon when she competes in the World Athletics Championships on the 22nd -24th of July. She will run in the 100m Hurdles and 4 x 100m relay team.
AFL
Paul Curtis scored 3 goals in North Melbourne’s upset win over Richmond at Marvel Stadium. It was Paul’s first win with the Kangaroos
Touk Miller’s 28 disposal game for the Gold Coast Suns against Essendon wasn’t enough to stop the Bombers taking a 48 point win. Peter Wright kicked 2 goals 3 for Essendon.
Cam Rayner had 19 disposals and kicked 3 goals in Brisbane’s 40 point win over the Giants.
Luke Ryan had 24 disposals for Fremantle in their unexpected loss to Sydney.
Zak Butters had 20 touches and 5 marks in Port Adelaide’s loss to Melbourne in Alice Springs
Soccer
Birkan Kirdar came on as a substitute for Melbourne Victory in the 79th minute against Manchester United at the MCG last Friday. Manchester United won the game 4-1
Coming Up
A reminder that we have 4 Alumni attending the Commonwealth Games starting next week the 28th July in Birmingham, UK.
Jacob Schueler and Gronya Somerville are competing in the Badminton Competition
Celeste Mucci is running in the 100m Hurdles and also will be a part of the 4 x 100m relay team
And Lucas Plapp will be riding track events in the Cycling competition .
Lorenzo Pope signs with Moderna
MSA Alumni Lorenzo Pope has been signed by one of the biggest Volleyball teams in the world, Moderna and will play alongside some of the biggest names in the Sport.
Congratulations to MSA Alumni Lorenzo Pope on signing with Italian Volleyball league team Modena Volley for the upcoming IVL.
Modena has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won the national league twelve times and the national cup as well. The club is one of the most prominent and prestigious in Europe too, having won thirteen European trophies including four CEV Champions League.
At 205cm tall Lorenzo will play as an outside hitter for Moderna after a successful period at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra over the past 4 years here in Melbourne. Lorenzo has also stood out for Australia in past games
Lorenzo will complement 3 of the biggest names in the World of Volleyball being Brazilian national Bruno, French national superstar Earvin Ngapeth and young Italian superstar Tomasso Rinaldi
In world sport likeness, signing with Moderna in Volleyball is like signing with Manchester United or Real Madrid in Soccer or maybe the New York Yankees in Baseball.
We wish Lorenzo all the best in the European Season which start later this year.