The Score - 080823
From Weightlifting to Taekwondo, World Championships to the NRLW our Alumni are firing on all Cylinders. Find out what they have been up to….
From Weightlifting to Taekwondo, World Championships to the NRLW our Alumni are firing on all Cylinders. Find out what they have been up to….
Weightlifting
Teagan Newman has finished second in the AWF Senior Championships held in Hawthorn on the weekend in the 76kgs division. Tegan had a best lift of 87kgs in the snatch competition and a clean and jerk of 104 kgs which was 2kgs off her PB.
Football
Annabel Martin has signed on for the Central Coast Mariners for the Women’s A-League for season 23/24. After starting her professional career as a 16yo for the Melbourne Victory back in the 2015/16 season, she moved to Newcastle after 4 seasons with the Victory, but an ACL injury cut her game time with the Jets. Annabel then signed a 1-year deal with the Wellington Phoenix.
Read more about Annabel’s signing here
Athletics
Celeste Mucci has run a blistering 12.87 in a heat of the 100m hurdles at the CITIUS Meeting in Switzerland over the weekend, a time which is only 0.03 second off her personal best. This time would suggest that Celeste is in amazing form heading into the World Championships in 2 weeks’ time in Budapest, Hungry. Celeste will represent Australia in the women’s 100m hurdles and the 4 x 100m relay. This is Celeste’s 3rd Senior World Championships.
Badminton
Gronya Somerville arrived back in Australia last week to play in the Sathio Group Australian Open, a super 500 event. In both the women’s and mixed doubles, Gronya and her Partners were defeated in the round of 32. Jacob Schueler was knocked out in the Qualifying rounds.
Taekwondo
Leon Sejranovic and Reba Stewart have both claimed gold medals in the Kimunyong Cup in Muju, South Korea over the weekend. While 7 Australians won medals in the event Raba and Leon were the only 2 to win Gold.
NRLW
The West Tigers had their first loss for the season going down to the Canberra Raiders 28-22. MSA Alumni Najvada George played 70 mins of the game receiving 34 passes and giving off 3 in the Lock position. She made 26 tackles, missed 2 and had 1 tackle break while advancing 173m during the game.
Cricket
Current students Mitch Jamieson & Bailey Toseland and former students Arjun Sehrawat & Darcy Gregory-Francis have been selected in the 24-man men’s U19 Victorian State Squad. Ruby Gibson, Mia Gordon & Pearl Kapoor have been selected for the Women’s U19 Victorian State Squad. We congratulate them all for making the squad and hope they make the final team when selected.
Golf
Stephanie Bunque has missed the cut in the Smorum Ladies Open played in Denmark after shooting a 7 over par in the first 2 days. Steph now moves to Sweden for the next 3 weeks and will partake in this week’s Big Green Egg Swedish Open at the Varbergs Golf Klubb. From there Steph will hopefully receive an invite into the PGA Championship the following week.
Basketball
Former MSA Basketball athlete Johnny Furphy has signed with the University of Kansas Basketball program. The Jaybirds program is one of the most prestigious in the States. At 2 metres tall the playmaker has been working on his game at the NBA Academy Centre of Excellence here in Australia for the past few months, and last month had outstanding tournament in the NBA Academy Showcase games in Atlanta, which raised the eyes of a few recruiters.
Cycling
At the World Road Cycling Championship in Glasgow, Scotland, Luke Plapp was part of an Australian team which saw a majority of riders not finish the event. Luke had an issue with the first climb having done a lot of work in the lead up to the mountain and dropped off the back of the peloton.
AFL
Richmond v Bulldogs
Rhylee West had 16 possessions and kicked 2 goals 2 for the Bulldogs who had a comfortable victory over Richmond by 55 points.
Essendon v West Coast
Peter Wright had 13 disposals and kicked 1 goal 3 in Essendon’s 1 point victory over the Eagles.
Adelaide v Gold Coast
Rory Atkins has continued his great 2023 form with 25 touches in the Suns 28-point loss to the Crows.
Geelong v Port Adelaide
Zak Butters may have secured some more Brownlow votes after having 30 touches and 6 tackles while gaining 656m in their loss to the Cats by 12 points.
Kangaroos v Melbourne
Paul Curtis kicked 1 goal 2 and had 7 possessions in the Kangaroos 32-point loss to the Demons. Joel Smith had 7 possessions for Melbourne.
Fremantle v Brisbane
Luke Ryan had 21 possessions and gained 399m in Freo’s 3-point loss to Brisbane. Cam Rayner had 19 disposals and took 12 marks for the Lions.
Bill Turner Cup - Day 1
Girls Tournament
Maribyrnong College has put on a goalscoring masterclass to progress to the Bill Turner Trophy Round of 16.
A Leyla Hussein hat-trick sparked a dominant 7-0 win over Mudgee’s St Matthew’s at Albury’s Festival of Football at Jelbart Park.
Alana Hartinger, Ella Lee, Mia Crawford and Alexis Pantazopoulos also found the back of the net in a superb team effort.
Hussein scored the pick of the goals with an ambitious free kick that sailed over the St Matthew’s goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
Maribyrnong was five goals to the good at half-time before taking the foot of the pedal in the second half.
The Melbourne-based sports academy will now face Griffith’s Marian College in the next round for a chance to go to Newcastle for the tournament finals.
Boys Tournament
Maribyrnong College’s hopes of a second Bill Turner Cup title remain on track.
The Melbourne-based school squeezed past Griffith’s Marian College 1-0.
Winston Ashburner scored the decisive goal in the first half.
Taking the ball in midfield, Ashburner released Dejun Trncic down the left flank, before running onto a return ball
Lucky not to give away a foul for fighting through a defender, he then calmly slotted past the Marian goalkeeper to give his team the lead.
Maribyrnong had the ball in the back of the net in just the second minute of the match, but the goal was ruled out for off-side.
They controlled the majority of the game as Marian struggled to break down a compact midfield and defence, featuring players involved in A-League academies.
Copy provided with thanks to the Herald Sun
Looking forward to the 2024 Paris Olympics
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games is just under 1 year away and the countdown is on to the start date of the 26th of July 2024 in Paris, France. This week we look at Badminton.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games is just under 1 year away and the countdown is on to the start date of the 26th of July 2024 in Paris, France.
The 2020 games in Tokyo were a watershed moment for the Maribyrnong Sports Academy with 5 of our past Students participating in either the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games. Cyclist Luke Plapp won a bronze medal in the team Pursuit while Paralympian and Table Tennis player Nathan Pellissier won a silver medal in the Men’s team C9-C10 event. Reba Stewart represented in Taekwondo and Gronya Somerville was a part of the Badminton team. Connor Metcalfe took part in the football program. Before Tokyo, MSA had only 1 alumni athlete partake in the games and that was Boxer Ibrahim Bella at the 2012 London Games.
Over the next few weeks, we will look at the different sports here at MSA and tell you the athletes that could be a part of the action in Paris in 2024.
This week we look at Badminton.
MSA Alumni, Gronya Somerville & Jacob Schueler are both genuine chances to make the Australian Olympic Badminton team for Paris 2024.
Jacob and Gronya are current members of the Australian Badminton National Squad. This squad is affectionately known as The Falcons.
What they must do to make the team.
Olympic badminton consists of five events – men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. Each involves a single-elimination tournament, with the top eight players or pairs seeded. The Badminton World Federation ranking list is used to determine qualification for the Olympic tournament. For singles, 38 competitors are selected. For doubles, 16 pairs are selected - BWF News (bwfbadminton.com)
Gronya will be competing for a mixed doubles and ladies doubles spot at the Olympic Games. Jacob will be aiming to compete in the Men’s singles event. They will be competing at World Badminton Federation events all over the world during the lead up to the Olympic Games in order to get their BWF World Rankings as high as possible in order to qualify for the games.
Key Stats:
Gronya Somerville
Olympic Games – 2020, Commonwealth Games – 2014, 2018, 2022
Current World Rank WD: 68. Current World Rank XD: 51
2023 Yonex US Open – Mixed Quarterfinalist
2023 Mongolia International Challenge – Mixed Winner
2023 FZ Forza Dutch International – Doubles quarterfinalist, Mixed Winner
2023 Oceania Championships – Doubles Bronze, Mixed Gold
Jacob Schueler.
Commonwealth Games - 2022
Current World Rank: MS 147, 2019 and 2022 National Singles Champion
Mongolia International Challenge – Round 32
Hangzhou China International Challenge – Round 32
Portugal International Championships = Round 32
2023 Oceania Championships – Singles Bronze