Good Sports

Variety is key in winter

By Josh Archer Email this article

It's not just football keeping our boys fighting fit over the season.

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!

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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!

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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.

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Josh Archer
Secondary Boys Sport Coordinator