Good Sports

Girls off to a sporting start

By Tamae Ninos Email this article

Summer sports have wrapped up and winter sports are in full swing.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.