The Score - 160823

It’s been another great week for our MSA Alumni and our current students who continue to shine in the Sporting world.  Here’s how they went.

Golf

Stephine Bunque has finished tied for second at 4 under the card in her final event on the Ladies European Tour Access Series.  Playing in the Big Green Egg Swedish Open at the Varbergs Golf Klubb, Steph had 6 birdies and 2 bogies to finish with a 68 on the par 72 course.

Steph now heads home after 4 weeks in Europe and will start to prepare for the Australian Summer of Golf.

Taekwondo

Once again, our Taekwondo Alumni have done an amazing job at another international competition.  This time it was the Korean Open which became the backdrop for our Medal haul with Leon Sejranovic winning Gold on the first day of competition. Reba Stewart finished 3rd on day 2, winning the bronze medal.  Congratulations to our MSA Program head coach Will Afonczenko who had a round 16 finish.

Football

Polly Doran has signed a new one-year deal with the Crystal Palace Women’s team.

The 21-year-old right-back was a regular starter for Palace in her inaugural season in south London, making 26 appearances in all competitions – including 18 in the Women’s Championship – scoring once.  Polly telling the Crystal Palace Website she is happy to be staying in London. “I’m super happy to be signing with Palace for another year. The team is building something really special here, and I’m excited to be a part of it.

“My first year at Palace was really enjoyable – all the girls were super welcoming, and it made the move away from home a lot easier. I’m hoping, next season we can continue to build and be even more consistent, pushing for the top spots.”

Also, congratulations to our boys and girls football teams who have both made it through to the semi-finals of the Bill Turner Cup and Trophy competitions set to be played in Newcastle in 3 weeks’ time.

Athletics

Celeste Mucci is set to run in the 2023 Athletics World Championships in Budapest next week with the 100m Hurdles heats set down for next Wednesday Morning at 4.40am.  Celeste has been posting solid times in the lead up to the event, running a 12.87 in Switzerland just 2 weeks ago and missing her personal best by 0.03 of a second. 

NRLW

Najvada George played 64 mins in the West Tigers second loss of the season, losing  to the Cowboys 16-12.  Najvada made 31 tackles and had 2 tackle breaks, she received the ball 27 times for 2 offloads and ran the ball 145m.

Beach Volleyball

Former student Mitch Croft has finished 5th in the Youth Commonwealth Games Beach Volleyball competition held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. And to keep with the MSA theme ex student Joey Yigit was the mens coach.

Basketball

Congratulations to Former MSA Athlete Sa Pilimai who has been announced in the Australian U16 men team to play at the FIBA U16 Men’s Asia Cup in Doha, Qatar.  Sa left Maribyrnong to head to the Institute of Sport and the NBA Global Academy. We wish Sa and the team all the best.

AFL

North Melbourne V Essendon

Paul Curtis had 10 disposals and 8 tackles while teammate Kayne Turner had 15 disposals and 4 tackles in North Melbourne’s 9-point loss to the Bombers.  Peter Wright had 10 disposals and kicked 2 goals 1 with 5 marks for the winners.

Sydney Swans v Gold Coast

Gold Coast captain Touk Miller and teammate Rory Atkins both had 22 disposals in the Suns 24-point loss to Sydney.

Brisbane v Adelaide

Cam Rayner kicked 1 goal 1 and had 12 disposals in Brisbane’s 1 goal win over the Crows.

Carlton v Melbourne

Joel Smith kicked a goal in his 5 possessions for the Demons who lost to the Blues by 4 points.

West Coast Eagles v Fremantle

Luke Ryan played his part in Freo’s 101-point demolition of the Eagles in Perth.  Luke had 19 disposals, 6 marks and a tackle.

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

Rhylee West had 10 disposals, 5 marks and 7 tackles in the Bulldogs 3-point loss to the Hawks. 

Port Adelaide v GWS Giants

 Zak Butters was back to his best again with 34 disposals and 9 marks for the Power as they went about consolidating their top 4 position on the ladder with a 51-point win over the Giants.

And congratulations to our Boys AFL team for making the final of the Herald Sun Shield last Wednesday against Parade College.  Unfortunately, Parade was too strong on the day going on to win by 27 points in a high quality game played in dry but windy conditions.  For Maribyrnong College it was our first ever Herald Sun Shield final.

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….

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. 

Read more here

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