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As always our Alumi and current students are performing at their absolute best at home and around the world. This is how they went this week.
Football
Congratulations to Polly Doran and her Crystal Palace women’s team on winning the FA WSL 2 championship. Crystal Palace had a nil-all draw with Sunderland on the weekend winning the Championship by one point from Charlton who had a 2-0 win against Southampton. The team now moves into the topflight Women’s Super League to play against teams such as Man City, Man United, Tottenham, Chelsea, and others.
Connor Metcalfe was subbed out of FC St Pauli’s midfield in the 85th minute in his sides 1-0 victory over Hansa. With three games to go in the Bundesliga 2 competition FC St Pauli are currently on top of the table, two points clear of second with games against the 4th placed Hamburger SV and two bottom teams to play.
MelindaJ Barbieri and her Newcastle Jets have been knocked out of the A-League Women’s finals series losing to Naomi Chinnama’s Melbourne City 6-0 on aggregate. Meanwhile Annabel Martin and her Central Coast Mariners team have also been knocked out of the finals by Sydney FC who won the two-leg semi-final 2-1 on aggregate. Sydney FC and Melbourne City play the final this weekend. We wish Naomi and her teammates all the best in the final.
Seb Pasquali and Matthew Grimaldi finished off the season playing a full game for Western United in their loss to Melbourne City 1-0. The win gives Melbourne City a spot in the A League final while Western United finished 2nd last on the table.
Badminton
Jacob Schuler, Shrey Dhand and Gronya Somerville are currently competing for Australia in the Total Energies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in China. We wish them all the best and will update their results next week.
AFL
Greater Western Sydney v Brisbane – The Giants won this game by 54 points in Canberra. Cam Rayner had 9 disposals, 1 mark and 2 tackles for Brisbane.
Port Adelaide v St Kilda – The Power won this game at Adelaide Oval by 10 points. Zak Butters had 27 disposals, 5 marks and 5 clearances for the Power.
North Melbourne v Adelaide – The Crows won this game by 57 points in Tassie. Paul Curtis had 8 disposals, 3 tackles and 3 clearances for North.
Geelong v Carlton – The Cats defeated the Blues by 13 points in a thrilling game at the MCG. Jordan Boyd had 18 disposals, 5 marks and kicked a goal for Carlton.
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs - The Dockers defeated the Bulldogs by 24 points in Perth. For the Dockers, Luke Ryan had 19 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles. For the Bulldogs, Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles while Buku Khamis had 10 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Gold Coast v West Coast – The Suns defeated the Eagles by 37 points on the Gold Coast. Gold Coast Captain Touk Miller had a big night with 27 disposals, 10 tackles and 6 clearances.
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Another big week for our current and past students in the sporting world. Here are their results:
Another big week for our current and past students in the sporting world. Here are their results:
JUDO
Akos Kelly was selected with the Cadet (under 18) Australian National Team to compete in European Cups in Teplice and Berlin (over 600 judoka participated in the first event and 700 in the second). It was Akos' first international experience in that age group and even though he didn’t win his fights, it is still a significant achievement and great learning opportunity.
While Akos was in Europe, the rest of the MSA Judo crew was fighting in the Melbourne International Open with great success:
Elizabeth Drew Finn won a gold medal in the Senior Girls <57kg category.
Gabriel Talledo won gold in the Cadet Men <50kg category.
Yonatan Anshtein won a silver medal in the Junior Men and took out 5th place in the Senior Men <60kg categories - his first competition in almost a year since coming back from injury.
Mia Sazdov won gold in the Junior Women and silver in Senior Women <78kg categories – her first competition after ACL reconstruction.
MSA Alumni Danny Vojnikovich won the gold medal in the Senior Men <90 kg competition while Ruby Gojevic won the bronze medal in Junior Women and Silver in Senior women <63kg category.
All up, MSA athletes took home one bronze, three silver and a whopping four gold medals!
BASKETBALL
Congratulations to our U17 boys for winning the schools 3XCup State final.
AFL
St Kilda v Bulldogs – The Bulldogs won this game by 60 points at Marvel Stadium. For the Bulldogs, Buku Khamis had 11 disposals and 9 marks while teammate Rhylee West had 15 disposals, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Collingwood v Port Adelaide – The Pies has a 42-point victory over the Power at the MCG. For Port Adelaide Zak Butters impressed with 31 disposals, 5 marks, 5 tackles and 3 clearances for 574 metres gained.
Carlton v GWS Giants – The Blues won by 19 points at Marvel Stadium with Jordan Boyd having 12 disposals in defence for Carlton.
Brisbane v Geelong – The Lions lost to the Cats at the Gabba by 26 points. For the Lions Cam Rayner had 14 disposals, 1 mark and 4 tackles.
West Coast v Fremantle – The Eagles defeated Fremantle by 37 points at Optus Stadium. Luke Ryan had 16 disposals and 6 marks for the Dockers.
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast – Sydney defeated the Suns by 53 points at the SCG. Touk Miller had 23 disposals, 3 marks, 7 tackles and 4 clearances for the Suns.
North Melbourne v Hawthorn – The Hawks defeated the Kangaroos by 45 points at Marvel Stadium. Paul Curtis had 15 disposals, 6 marks and 2 tackles for the North while Massimo D’Ambrosio had 9 disposals and 3 marks for the Hawks.
Vic Metro v Young Guns
Congratulations to the following past and present student-athletes who were selected to play in the Vic Metro v Young Guns game at Avalon Airport oval in Werribee last weekend:
Mass Raso
Jayden Nguyen
West Barker
Lucca Grego
Xavier Kardhaci
Lucas Impey (alumni)
Tom Sims (alumni)
FOOTBALL
Western United’s Matthew Grimaldi scored the first goal of the match at the 4-minute mark of the game between Perth Glory and United played in Perth. United won the game 4-3 with Seb Pasquali coming into the game at the 57th minute.
In the first leg of the A-League Women’s semi-finals, MelindaJ Barbieri was subbed out for the Newcastle Jets in the 57th minute in their loss to Melbourne City 3-0. Meanwhile Annabel Martin started for Central Coast Mariners in their first leg loss to Sydney FC 1-0.
Connor Metcalfe played a full game for FC St Pauli in their 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win over Hannover 96. FC St Pauli are currently second on the table, one point behind Holstein Kiel.
2024 Athletics Nationals
7 medals including 2 Gold and 5 Silver were won by MSA Students and Alumni at the recent Australian National Athletics Championships in Adelaide.
The 2024 Athletics Australia National Championships have been held in Adelaide and it was fantastic to see so many current and past MSA Student Athletes compete for National honours.
Congratulations to our medal winners and to all our Athletes for competing at such a high level.
Here are their results for our current Student/Athletes:
Sukhnoor Rangi Women’s U20 Pole Vault 3.70m 2nd Place
Women’s U18 Pole Vault 3.75m(PB) 1st Place
Khushnoor Rangi Women’s U18 Pole Vault 3.65m(PB) 2nd Place
Amelia Ashton Women’s U20 Hammer 44.66m(PB) 11th Place
Alejandra Ortega Women’s Open Hammer 38.11m(PB) 23rd Place
Women’s U20 Hammer 40.93m(PB) 13th Place
Women’s U20 Discuss 27.80m 19th Place
Emma White Girls U15 90m Hurdles 14.84 11th Place
Armani Mauriohooho Girls U16 90m Hurdles 13.66 10th Place
Girls U16 High Jump 1.54m 11th Place
Girls U16 Heptathlon 4,283 Points(PB) 5th Place
Girls 90m Hurdles 13.53(PB)
Javelin 39.45(PB)
800m 2.33.03(PB)
Ella Leith GU16 Javelin 38.15m 6th Place
Girls U16 Heptathlon. 4,942 Points (PB) 2nd Place
90m Hurdles 13.87(PB)
Javelin 39.45m(PB)
800m 2.26.43(PB)
Thushana Sri Deenathayalan Girls U18 Discuss 37.50m 9th Place
Raveen Alwis Boys U18 Long Jump 6.98m(PB) 2nd Place
Lucas Harris Boys U16 2000m Steeple 6.29.46 12th Place
Sam Meehan Boys U16 800m 2.04.89 14th Place
Grayson Lafaiali’i Boys U18 200m 22.9 23rd Place
Sebastian Weickhardt Men’s U20 Triple Jump 13.35m 12th Place
Here is how our MSA Alumni went at the Championships:
Kevin Healy Men’s U20 Hammer Throw 56.41m 1st Place
Men’s Open Hammer Throw 56.90m(PB)(MSA Rec) 6th Place
Aliyah Canepa Women’s Hammer Throw 55.04m(PB)(MSA Rec) 2nd Place
Devesh Sri Deenathayalan Men’s U20 Triple Jump 14.12m 7th Place
Angus Wood Open Triple Jump 14.31m 14th Place
Bianca Puglisi Open 5000m 16.30.60 17th Place
Cameron Searle Open 400m 47.59 – Semi Final 5th Place
Celeste Mucci Open 100m Hurdles 13.45 DNS Final
Congratulations to all our competitors.