Marby Spotlight 280523

It’s been a fairly quiet week for our MSA Alumni with only a few on show.  Here are some of their great performance.

International Football

Connor Metcalfe has returned to the starting line-up for his Bundesliga 2 team FC St Pauli in their 1 all draw with Karlsruher.  Connor was subbed out in the 75th minute.  FC St Pauli now sit 5th on the table with 2 games to go in the season and could finish as high as 4th.

Taekwondo

This week MSA Alumni Leon Sejranovic and Reba Stewart are competing in the World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.  Reba will be competing in the women’s 73+ division while Leon is in the men’s 74 kgs division.  We wish both of them the best.

Cycling

Lucas Plapp started in the tour of Norway for his professional team Ineos Grenadiers.  While Lucas drifted off toward the back of the pack in in the second stage, he played a critical role in helping two of his team mates Ben Tulett and Magnus Sheffield taking 1st and 2nd overall at the finish of the final stage.

AFL

Sydney v Carlton

Jordan Boyd had 14 touches including 9 kicks and 5 handballs in Carlton’s 26 point loss to the Sydney Swans at the SCG.

Melbourne v Fremantle

Luke Ryan had 22 disposals and 11 marks in helping the Dockers defeat Melbourne at the MCG by 7 points.

Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs (Darwin)

Rory Atkins was subbed out for the Suns in their win over the Western Bulldogs.  Rory had 6 possessions before becoming a tactical sub.

Essendon v West Coast 

Massimo D’Ambrosio came onto the ground in the 3rd quarter to replace Nick Ryan.  Massimo had 4 kicks and 4 handballs in Essendon 50 point win over the Eagles.

Richmond v Port Adelaide

Zak Butters carved up the Tigers in his 32 possession game and kicked a goal in Port Adelaide’s 10 point victory at the MCG.

Collingwood v Nth Melbourne

Paul Curtis was subbed on for the Kangaroos and gathered 2 possessions and 2 tackles in Norths gritty loss to the Pies by 35 points.

Brisbane v Adelaide

 Cam Raynor has 15 possessions and 1 goal 1 in Brisbane’s loss to the Crows by 17 points.

MSA Badminton

Our 2023 Badminton program is firing on all cylinders with an amazing performance by our current Student/Athletes at the Badminton Australia – Badminton Victoria junior circuit 3 U15/U19 State Titles.

We say congratulations to our Gold Medal winners:

• Smrithi Adepu is the undisputed U15 Champion winning the State title in all 3 divisions in the U15’s including Singles, Mixed and Doubles events.  The amazing thing about these wins is the Smrithi in only in year 7 and 12 years old.

• Smrithi partnered with Kelvin Si (MSA Year 8) to win the U15 mixed doubles & Ria Bairy (MSA Year 7) to win the U15 Girls doubles.

• Shrey Dhand who is a 15yo year 10 Student/Athlete won gold in the U19 boys singles.

We also congratulate other students at the tournament who either made finals or semi-finals.

• Kelvin Si also made the U15 Boys doubles final

• Ava Wong (MSA Year 7) was a U15 singles semi-finalist and doubles and mixed doubles finalist. 

• Tanvi Sai Mushini (MSA Year 7) was a U15 mixed doubles semi-finalist. 

• Ira Sameer Acharya (MSA Year 10) U19 Mixed doubles semi finalist

• Lawrence Giang (MSA Year 12) U19 Mens doubles semi-finalist. 

Well done to all our students and we look forward to following your progress throughout the year..

Alumni Report WE 210523

It’s been another big week for our Alumni and Current Students in different sports around the world.  Check out some of the results:

Modern Pentathlon

The 2023 Modern Pentathlon Australian Championships saw 37 athletes from right around Australia battle it out for medals and MSA Alumni Tully Watt claimed Gold in the Women’s division.  Tully has just returned to Australia from International Competition and a training block which saw her contest the first two events of the UIPM World Cup in Cairo and Ankara.

Baseball

Former MSA Baseball Athlete Keenan Spence has received a great wrap in the Baseball Australia “Aussies Abroad” newsletter.  Here is what they had to say:

“The Victorian native has had a huge spring for the Howard College Hawks. After this weekend, he is now hitting .348 with 11 2B, 23 HR & 63 RBI in only 50 games. To put that into perspective, if you averaged that out for an MLB season he would hit almost 75 home runs. A ridiculous show of power from the outfielder who has also committed to Purdue University for the next two years if he is not taken in the MLB Draft in July.”

International Football

Naomi Chinnama has been selected in the squad for the young Matilda’s round 2 qualifiers, as the team looks to move to the next stage of the 2024 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup.  The team will play Lebanon, Iran and Vietnam on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of June respectively in Vietnam. 

Connor Metcalfe and his Bundesliga 2 team St Pauli FC have extended their unbeaten run to 4 games defeating Holstein Kiel 4-3 over the weekend.  Connor continues his return from injury coming onto the ground in the 79th minute.

AFL

Port Adelaide v Melbourne

Zak Butters was the player of the week not just for our MSA Alumni team but for the entire AFL gathering 41 possessions including 22 kicks and 19 handballs, took 6 marks, had 3 tackles and kicked 2.1 in a best on ground performance in Port Adelaide’s win over Melbourne by 4 points at Adelaide Oval.

Nth Melbourne v Sydney

Paul Curtis had a quiet day with only 5 disposals and 1 goal 1 on Nth Melbourne’s loss to Sydney by 3 points. 

Fremantle v Geelong

Luke Ryan racked up 22 disposals in the Dockers win over the Cats by 29 points at Optus Stadium. 

Brisbane v Gold Coast

Rory Atkins couldn’t help the Suns get over the line against Brisbane, with the Lions winning by 41 points.  Atkins had 20 possessions and 7 marks in the loss.

Essendon v Richmond

Massimo D’Ambrosio was named the sub for Essendon in their Dreamtime at the G match against Richmond.  Massimo replaced Andrew Phillips at 3 quarter time in font of 78,300 people.  The Bombers were trailing the Tigers by 2 goals at 3 quarter time and came home to win by a point.  Massimo had 5 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle in the final quarter of the game.

Carlton v Collingwood

Jordan Boyd made his long awaited return to the Carlton team after missing the start of the season with a foot injury.  Jordan had 11 disposals in his return with the Blues going down by 28 points to ladder leader Collingwood.