ACC Sports ACC and House Athletics Knox Athletics track once again played host to the Mazenod InterHouse Athletics Carnival. The culture of participation and competition was on show, with all students getting involved in at least one event whether that was a 100 metre run, shot put or even the dreaded 1500 metre run. Dethroning the mighty Gerard House after six years, Anthony took the win, easily outclassing the other seven Houses. A big thank you to all of the staff who helped out in a variety of ways, creating a vastly successful day. The Interhouse Carnival was a prelude to the 2021 ACC Athletics Carnival, which was once again held at Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park. Although the end result was not what we wanted, throughout the day there were several outstanding performances by Mazenod athletes and great shows of sportsmanship as all students proudly represented the College. Event winners on the day were Joedan Davis in the under 13 division, achieving the long jump and high jump double. James Borg and Thomas Chavez were champions in the under 15 division for long jump and shot put respectively. In the under 16 division, Michael Reginald won the shot put and Ishaan Bhowmick won the 400 metre. Once again a massive thank you goes to Mr Montoya and the rest of the Sports Department for organising the day and making sure everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Staying in Division Two, it would be great to see some improvement in the next few years which would see us climb our way back up into Division One. Benjamin Collins (Year 12) ACC Badmiton Senior With our hearts set on the Senior Badminton Champion title, the Mazenod ACC Badminton team departed for MSAC. Ten schools competed in the tournament comprising students from Year 7 to Year 12, with all players enjoying representing their College and participating in a high quality competition. The day went smoothly and we cruised to the semi-final match, facing our rival school, Salesian. The matches were closely observed, with both schools hoping for a win. Unfortunately, we lost to Salesian, four games to five, still a great achievement for the boys. A big thanks to Mr May and the Sports Department for putting together a team in such a short period of time and getting everyone involved on the day. James Chen (Year 12) Intermediate On the 27th of April, a team of 14 Year 9 and 10 students took the trip to MSAC to fight for the ACC Intermediate Badminton title. The day started well with solid wins and we went undefeated, until we faced our first big opponent of the day, Whitefriars. We started the round convincingly winning the singles 3–1. Four close doubles games followed and unfortunately, they were too strong, beating us 4–0 in doubles. Gutted from the loss, we were determined to not slip up again and went on a winning streak until the final round came. Knowing that if we won, there was still that slight chance of glory, we came out guns blazing. We took out the singles 3–1, and the pressure was on us. Fighting with all we had, we came up just short losing the doubles 3–1 which meant we drew with Salesian 4–4. In the end, the Intermediate team came narrowly short of taking
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home the title, but we came home with plenty of experience to win the title next time. Raphael Lydra (Year 10) Junior The ACC Junior Badminton Carnival was a highly anticipated event for both the Year 7 and 8 students. Due to missing the tournament last year, for many of the students it was their first time representing Mazenod in Badminton. Throughout the tournament, Mazenod had effortlessly come out on top against other schools, with the exception of Whitefriars. Although many of the wins had come through large margins, our team was still cognisant of what was about to come and did not become complacent. Then came the big final match against Salesian. Many of the games were close and the score was tied at four games each. Therefore it ended up going to points and unfortunately Salesian defeated us by one point and won the title. Although we did not get the outcome we wanted, the day was still incredibly fun. Also, big thanks to Mr Connolly who organised our teams and accompanied us on the day. Chris Boey (Year 8) ACC Cricket The Senior 1st XI were immensely proud of our endeavours in seeking the ultimate glory in this year’s ACC season. Unfortunately we were unable to piece together the season we wanted, in order to claim Mazenod’s second ever Senior Cricket premiership, but we can hold our heads high after putting our best foot forward to represent the College to the best of our ability. Despite not taking home the premiership cup, we had great success both on and off the field, developing a culture that was unmatched, a feat that is something to be proud of in a team built across both Year 11 and 12. We would like to congratulate Neil D’Souza for leading our bowling attack throughout the year, finishing the season with 11 wickets and Ben Noonan for not only winning our batting award, but also being selected in the ACC Senior Cricket ‘Team of The Year’ — a wonderful accomplishment for both Ben and Neil, which will no doubt be highlights of their time at Mazenod! The 2nd XI were a passionate group and their efforts to give their best each week was unquestionable! The squad comprised upwards of 20 students, highlighting the passion that the cohort has to represent the College. Inspired by the leadership of Flynn Cassar, the team was able to thoroughly enjoy their season. Jono Hendricks had great success with the bat and Zach Belbin was a prominent factor in the team’s bowling attack with the two taking out the batting and bowling awards respectively. ACC Cricket has provided us with many great memories throughout our time here at Mazenod, we would like to thank all of the coaches over the years, in particular Mr Connolly, Mr Muling and Mr Clement, for all of their efforts to organise the teams and pass on some wisdom. We all thoroughly enjoyed our Mazenod Cricket journey and we wish the Junior and Intermediate teams all the best as they represent the College later in the year. Liam Raymond (Year 12)
