Good Sports

Developing through sport

By Tamae Ninos and Josh Archer Email this article

Welcome to Sport for 2022! It is great to see so many of our students participating in sport.  Across our Girls teams alone we have 4 Water Polo teams, 5 Basketball teams, 5 Volleyball teams and 8 Touch Football teams competing this season. We're all looking forward to the continued development of all students through sport.

A warm welcome to our new Sport/PE ESO’s, Amanda Langton and Scott Tunbridge.
Amanda’s been with the College for a number of years, working in our Junior School Office, McAuley Office and now our Sport Office.

Scott joins us with great enthusiasm and a wealth of sport knowledge, having played Soccer at a high level for many years. Please contact Amanda or Scott with your sport queries.

Stack Team App
To stay up to date with training and fixtures, please use the Stack Team App (Mercedes College Girls’ Sport / Mercedes College Boys’ Sport) and join the ‘Access Groups’ for the sports your child plays. All sport / team information is available on Stack Team App.

Training and games

Student attendance is compulsory for all team training sessions and games.

If you’re unable to train or play, please contact your coach as early as possible in advance of sessions / games. The contact number for your coach is on Stack Team App under the ‘Training/Coach Information’ tab.

Where students are absent from the College, you must inform the College. Please also let us know if they will miss any training sessions or games – this is particularly important if absent on a Friday.

A reminder that morning training sessions start at 7.15am.

Athletics and Swimming training
Swimming and Athletics training is available for all students from Year 7-12.

Athletics trainings is each Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7.15am with specialist coaches on Monday morning for Javelin and Pole Vault. With our Athletics carnival in Week 6 it’s a great time to prepare, as well as providing sound pre-season fitness for our Winter sport students. Our Athletics Coordinator is Werner Geldenhuys.

Swimming training is each Tuesday and Friday morning at Unley Swimming Centre from 7:15am. A bus transports the students to school just after 8am once training has finished. We look forward to seeing as many students train as possible – it’s a great way to meet new people and keep fit.

Our Swimming Coordinator is Laura Bartholomew.

Winter Sport nominations
Winter Sport nominations will open from next week so please check your SEQTA inbox for the nomination form and complete it as soon as possible.

Please talk with your children about the sports they wish to play, as it is important that you're aware of their participation commitments.

Parents of students in Reception to Year 6 will need to complete the Winter Sport nomination form online by following the link.

Students in Years 7 to 12 will need to complete the nomination form with their parents. The Winter Sport nomination form link will be sent to parents via SEQTA direqt message and require the student’s Mercedes log in details to be completed.

Netball trials will be held from Week 6-8. Please refer to Stack Team App for details, with further information updates to be provided.

Student Achievements

South Australian Track & Field State Championships
Ava Barton (Year 8 - pictured) has been selected to complete at the Athletics National Championships in Sydney. Recently Ava competed at the South Australian State Track and Field Championships and won Bronze medals for the 200m, 200m Hurdles and Javelin. Congratulations Ava and all the best for Nationals in late March.

Hayley Fuss (Year 7) achieved silver medals in the Under 14 100m final and the 200m final at the South Australian State Track and Field Championships.

Layla Kinnane (Year 11) won three gold medals at the South Australian Track and Field Championships coming first in the 100m, 200m and 400m finals. Well done Layla!

Olivia Sandery (Class of 2020) competed at the South Australian State Track and Field Championships coming first in the Women’s Under 20 5000m Walk Final, breaking the State record with a time of 21:49.41. Olivia also won a gold medal in the Open Women’s 10000m Walk final and has been selected in the Australian team to compete at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championship in Muscat, Oman.

Oliver Dixon (Year 8) won a gold medal in the U/15 200m final and won a bronze medal in the U/15 100m final.

Hayden Howard (Year 12) won a gold medal for the U/20 men javelin with a throw of 44.85m.

Darcy Miller (Class of 2021) also competed, winning a gold medal in the U/20 men’s shotput (6kg) recording his best throw at 14.63m. He also won gold in the U/20 men’s discus (1.75kg) throwing 55.56m.

Congratulations on your achievements and we look forward to watching you perform for years to come!

Congratulations to –

Violet Patterson (Year 11) debuted for Glenelg Football Club in February, playing against Norwood Football Club. Violet joined our Girls Football programme in Year 6 and is a strong member of our team. Violet has also recently been selected in the Under 18 State Squad.

Sophie Whitwell (Class of 2021) debuted on Saturday for WWT Eagles in the SANFLW against Sturt Football Club. Sophie was a member of our Girls Football programme from Year 8 and a strong defender.

Georgia Emes (Year 8), Rosie O’Neil (Year 8), Zara Downes (Year 8) and Millie Park (Year 9) for being selected into the Aish Football Academy. Selected on their previous performance and club nominations, these students will now train three times per week with the academy. This seems them engage in two skills sessions plus one gym session per week, supplemented with a mindset and nutrition zoom meeting twice a month.

Well done Georgia, Rosie, Zara and Millie, and we're really looking forward to seeing you play for our Mercedes College Football team during the Winter season.

First Aid
Before training and games please provide your coach with any personal medication (including puffers and epi-pens) so they’re close to hand if required.

Cheer you on ...
Share your achievements via email or phone us, so our Mercedes Community can cheer you on!

Tamae Ninos
Middle School Teacher
Secondary Girls Sport Coordinator
T 8433 1322
E tninos@mercedes.catholic.edu.au

Josh Archer
Middle School Teacher
Secondary Boys Sport Coordinator
T 0406 249 459
jarcher@mercedes.catholic.edu.au