Commencement of Winter Sport

It was so nice to see many happy faces on the court or field over the weekend for Round 1 of Netball, AFLW, Hockey, Cross Country, Table Tennis, and Wellbeing. Well done to all of our girls who were involved and who displayed the Mercy Keys whilst engaging in their sporting games. Best wishes for the upcoming rounds and I look forward to getting out and watching as many teams as I possibly can throughout the season.

Tamae Ninos
Secondary Girls Sport Coordinator

Open A Girls Netball Report

Our Open A team came together to defeat St Michael’s 2 by six goals. After Open A team selection this combination of Year 11 and 12 girls have been training since the beginning of Term 2, forming great connections and developing their skills in a short amount of time. Saturday’s game suggests an exciting season ahead.

Jessie Grenvold
Open A Coach

Middle A Girls Football Report

Our Mercedes College Girls A team defeated Sacred Heart College by 67 points (67-0) in our first game of the 2022 winter season. Our team was supportive and encouraging towards each other, whilst also putting in good shepherds and accurate kicks. We shared the ball around our forward line and handballed well through to some of the midfielders, won all centre clearances, and had our defenders pushing up when the ball was in our forward line. This approach put our defenders on the outside whenever the ball came out of our forward 50 and greatly contributed to our success. It was a perfect start to the season, and we're hoping to get many more wins. Go Camels!

Zara Downes
Year 8 student

Student Achievements

Congratulations to Hayley Fuss (Year 7) who competed in the Little Athletics Championships in Melbourne during the holidays. Hayley came 10th in the 200m, 13th in the 100m, 5th in the 4 x 100m and received Gold in the Medley Relay. Well done Hayley!

If your daughter, or another girl you know in the Mercedes College community, has achieved highly in her chosen sport or activity, please contact me on tninos@mercedes.catholic.edu.au or 83723516. Include as much detail as possible and a photo if you can. The Mercedes College community would love to hear about it!

Tamae Ninos
Secondary Girls Sport Coordinator

Communication and Uniform

To ensure you are up to date with your daughter’s sport, please refer to Stack Team App (Mercedes College Girls’ Sport) and join the ‘Access Groups’ of the sports your daughter is playing. All teams, fixtures, training details, and any last-minute information are published on Stack Team App only in the relevant Access Group. Please encourage your daughter to download this app on their phone and ensure notifications are on.

Winter sport team members require the correct uniform. Soccer and Football tops will be discussed with the girls at the first training, as we must avoid clashes in numbers. For Netball, the Netball dress and bike shorts must be purchased from the College shop. You are reminded that your daughter must wear the College Netball shorts under their dress. These were made and ordered specifically to suit the dress and the dress will not be sold without the shorts. The shorts have a specific silicon lining that prevent them from riding up when playing and the colour matches the dress. Mercedes College socks must also be worn with the Netball uniform.

Attendance at training and games

Please be reminded that student attendance is compulsory at all trainings and games. Morning trainings begin at 7:15am.

The students already know that what I value most about girls sport is effective communication. It is imperative that coaches are made aware if players are in isolation or otherwise unable to make trainings or games. I appreciate your support in getting your daughter in the habit of messaging their coach if they are going to be late or unable to make a training or game prior to the relevant activity. This assists me greatly as I will not have to follow up on their whereabouts. 

Contact numbers for your coaches are on Team App under the ‘Training/Coach Information’ tab.

When informing the College of any absences, please let the staff member know to pas this absence on to me so I know she will not be at training. If the absenteeism is on a Friday, please le me know if she will not be attending the weekend's game.

First Aid

Please ensure your daughter provides her coach with clearly labelled personal medication (including puffers and epi-pens), if relevant, before training and games. This will ensure that medication is immediately on hand if required.

Winter Sport commences

It was great to get the winter sport season underway last weekend, as many teams across many different sports battled it out in their first competitive match of the season. This year we have over twenty weekly competition teams for our boys across soccer, football, hockey, basketball and table tennis, as well as many other competitors in chess, badminton and cross country.

It was great to see so many boys playing in their matches over the weekend and I was able to witness many pleasing results. Remember: being a good team member means showing up to training each week, and ensuring you are well prepared for your matches. I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing many more teams in action over the coming weeks and months!

Athletics Star Profiles – Old Scholar, Darcy Miller + Max Swift

Old Scholar (class of 2021) and current Mercedes College Athletics coach Darcy Miller has been selected in the Australian team for the World U20 Athletics Championships in Cali, Columbia, in August. He’s been selected for discus, which follows his gold in U20 Men’s Discus at the Australian Track and Field Championships for the second year running. He also came fourth in the Open Men’s Discus at the same event. Having only just turned 18, Darcy will be one of the younger competitors at the World U20s, but he’s incredibly honoured (and very excited!) to be selected.

Old Scholar, Olivia Sandery (class of 2020) also made the team, meaning that 50% of the four South Australians are Mercedes College Old Scholars - a great achievement for our community!

Both Darcy and Olivia have also been selected in the Australian team for the upcoming Oceania Championships to be held in Mackay in June.

Meanwhile, current Year 7 student, Max Swift, was selected for the SA state team for National Little Athletics Championships held in Melbourne over the recent school holidays. A massive congratulations to Max on this fine achievement!

We wish all of these competitors the utmost success and are very proud of them!

Team App

Team App is an exciting application that you can download on your smart phone to access the most recent news, events, fixtures and results for Mercedes College Boys Sport. All information is kept confidential to relevant access groups organised by the Sport Coordinators. Please choose ‘Mercedes College Boys Sport’ and choose the access groups that relate to your son.

Josh Archer
Secondary Boys Sport Coordinator