Hockey Club Tour
Fifteen students headed to Melbourne for the final week of Term One holidays to participate in the Melbourne Grammar Hockey Tournament. This year twelve schools from Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and ACT competed for the MGS International Hockey Cup, a tournament which has been occurring since 2014.
The tournament consisted of 5 pool matches followed by semi-finals and the finals. Marist competed against Melbourne Grammar (Blue), Hale College, Scotch College, St Kevin’s College and Trinity College in pool matches before meeting Mentone in the semi-final and then replaying Melbourne Grammar (Blue) in the final play off to see Marist finishing in eleventh place.
Seven matches in three and half days was a great achievement by the Marist team. Congratulations need to be extended to Hale College (WA) on winning the finals in a fantastic game of hockey. The experience of playing such polished school teams, including teams with Australian players, was a learning experience for the Marist team and resulted in smarter interplay in our final matches. One of the aims of the tour was to develop the team ahead of the ACT winter season, this was achieved, and we look forward to seeing how this development carries on throughout the season.
Whilst in Melbourne we also had a chance to visit the Australian Sports Museum, have fish and chips at St Kilda and get to know some fellow hockey players from St Augustine’s Cairns, a fellow Marist school.
A big thank you to Mr Greg Jeffery, our wonderful, encouraging coach and expert bus driver.
It was a pleasure to coordinate and manage the team for this tournament, and congratulations to the touring squad on a competitive and fun tour.
Touring Squad:
Lucas Andersen Ignatius Murray
Noah Batch Joe Murray
Eli Coll Owen McKenna
Conall Fitzgerald Josh Seivers
Aidan Harding Zac Thewlis
Lucas Kovacs Jack Volker
James Macie Declan Westcott
Max Millgate
Bronwyn Westcott
Head of Inclusive Education and Hockey Club Tour Manager