Newsletter 1 - Maribyrnong Sports Academy @ Maribyrnong College

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TECHNICAL TRAINING UPDATE Pam Ryan, former Olympic and commonwealth games medallist has been working with our sprinters and hurdlers this term and the athletes have made significant Page 16 AFL A new addition to our coaching staff has got things off to a flying start in our AFL program. Bulldog, Mitch Hanh has jumped on board with Leon Harris and has been busily acquainting himself with players and staff. Congratulations to Mitch and the Bulldogs on their NAB Cup win and we wish you all the best for the Athletics Basketball Term 1 has seen an introduction into the next phase of the basketball program for our developing athletes, with three levels of transition for Junior, Intermediate, and Senior players. Former Perth Wildcat and Singapore Slinger, Shane McDonald has been a welcome addition to Cricket It has been a very successful start to technical cricket training this term. There are now 22 students in the program with students ranging from year 7 to year 11. Our 7 new cricketing recruits are settling in well and are showing some great potential for the future. Our strength and conditioning expert for cricket Nat Gilbert, has also dropped in to put some students on individual training programs. He has also given season. With plenty of developing talent and the continued support from Bulldogs development coach, Chris Maple and his development players we look forward to the year and the progression of players within the program. Leon Harris, Mitch Hahn, Marty Cusack improvements. Our distance runners have been undertaking technique sessions with level 4 coach Francis Lipscombe. It was great to see three of our athletes Tegan Newman the coaching staff. There has been a great attitude and work ethic put forth by each of the players in the program, with those senior players leading the way. The improvement shown by players over the past year has been something to behold. I look forward to the program growing the squad some warm-up ideas and preparation exercises to improve everybody’s conditioning. On the playing front congratulations must go to Touk Miller, Ben Allan and Guy Walker for winning the under 14 State Cricket Championship with the North-West Wizards over the summer. Alex Ross’s team also finished second at the under 16 Dowling Shield State Championship. Leon Harris welcoming AFL Bulldogs player Mitch Hanh to the football coaching staff at Maribyrnong College and Jacob McCormack represent Victoria at the recent National Championships in Sydney. and players excelling to greater achievements as we move forward. Great work guys, keep it up! Brian Vaughns, Peter Fleming, Shane McDonald Some individual highlights included Alex Ross finishing the tournament as leading wicket taker in the under 16 competition, Guy Walker finishing the leading wicket taker in the under 14 competition and Kimba Tipene- Riki touring New Zealand with the Crusaders team. Well done to all. Leigh Holmes, Lyndsay Walker
Hockey Victor Romagosa has been working with a much larger group of 16 hockey students this term. Hockey players from across the state have Lacrosse With regular coach Paul Mollison unavailable, U.S import Kristen has been working with the lacrosse Tennis As the year begins we are all excited about the prospect of training in our new facility and on our new courts. There have been a few players exit the program, although we are pleased to say that the influx of talent has been fantastic over the summer. We can now say that there Soccer The start to the football program in 2010 has been an exciting one, with an expansion of talented athletes. The program currently boasts 51 student athletes in the program, each finding their own pathway to become a Socceroo or Matilda. As a whole, all student athletes have worked hard at their technique, and developing tactical aspects of the game. The Year 7 group are currently using a Coerver based emphasis for 2010 and this teaching method is paying off with players quickly becoming comfortable with the ball, enrolled in the program and are benefiting from Victor’s expertise. Sarah Breen has been selected in the State U/18 team for 2010, and students, introducing some excellent drill and skill sessions. Many of our current lacrosse students are in the are more than 8 players who will be entertaining the idea of playing in ITF events throughout this year which will put our players on a world scale by the end of 2010. Training has begun well and tournament results have been pleasing early in the year. We would like to welcome and gaining confidence in their own style of play. On Wednesday 10th of March, the program was fortunate enough to train under the expert coaching of Arthur Papas. In 2009, Arthur was a Technical Coach at Maribyrnong and is currently the Men’s Football Scholarship Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport. The football program has Arthur back on board, this time as Maribyrnong’s Technical Consultant. The training session was extremely successful, where all athletes learnt new concepts of the NATIONAL SCHOOLS CYCLING CUP National Schools Cycling Cup The National Schools Cycling Cup will be held near Shepparton over three consecutive days on March 23-25. The Championships comprise various disciplines including a road race, time trial and criterion events. The college will be represented by several other students will no doubt push for state selection as the year progresses. Australian U19 squad and these sessions will be of great benefit. all the newcomers to the program and wish all of our players a successful journey at Maribyrnong. Marc Sophoulis, Michael Baroch, Dean Bleazby and Marty Cusack game, whilst restoring the correct skills and decision making they already possessed. The program also looks to introduce the skills learnt into a friendly game against another schools in Term 2. All players must be congratulated on the fine start to the year, as we continue to guide players towards an AIS scholarship or A-League contract. Aaron Symons, Harry Chalkitis, Peter Zois Sports Academy students including Maddie Cardillo, Ebony Clarke, Tyson Breen and Sean McIvor. Page 17
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