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Premier League Volley

St Albans serve it up to St Monica's College in a thrilling Grand Final

The Premier League SACCS Volleyball competition was a fought out competition for two teams undefeated during the season - St Albans and St Monica’s College (SMC). The five set match determined the winner of these two very close and highly skilled teams with St Alban’s taking the lead 15 to 13 at the end of five sets. The overall points show how close the sides were with St Albans 106 winning points to 103 SMC.

Right from the start the competition was tough with SMC jumping out to take the first set. SMC used tactics not seen before by our team, playing three blockers standing together on the net in soldier formation. Taken by surprise, St Albans were able to steady in the second by dropping the volleyball into gaps created by the soldier formation. The blocking by our boys was extraordinary, at times, coming at a cost as their long reaches several times clipped the net resulting in handover points. The third set taken out by St Albans 26 to 24 ensured the boys a buffer but certainly no guarantee of a win.

As expected SMC came back strong in the fourth set and held off St Albans 25 – 19. The umpire became involved as tensions rose, however, high sportsmanship was upheld by both fiercely competitive teams. The support by cheering family and team members on the side line at times was deafening.

In the final set that in competition is played to 15 points (not 25 points) St Albans jumped out to a 4-1 lead with controlled volleys and shared team play. SMC came back once again with powerful spikes and deep returns to lead 9-5 and what looked like the seasons flag. St Alban’s boys had other ideas and with calm captaincy by Aidyn and positive team spirit came back to take the finale 15-13. An amazing effort.

The coach Mr G Connor congratulated the boys after the game to say that volleyball is a team game - no individual can win this game on their own. This final showed what a positive mindset, training, a belief in self and others can achieve. A real team effort shown by the Volleyball Champions 2019.

SACCSS Awards Lunch

The SACCSS Awards Lunch was held at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College this year. 14 students from our College, who had taken part in the school sporting program this year attended the lunch. The students were lucky enough to hear Carly James and Caitlin Greiser speak. Carly completed her education at Emmanuel College in Point Cook and is currently a member the Australian National Junior squad for hockey. Caitlin went to CRC Carline Springs and now plays for the St.Kilda AFLW team.

Congratulation to Olivia Barisic and Augustine Morris who received the John Landy award at the lunch. These students were selected because of their commitment to the sporting program at our school and the way that they are role models to other students.

Ball Sports Day

Well done to the Year 7 and 8’s on taking part in the annual Ball Sports Day. There were 3 sports on offer on the day, futsal, volleyball and basketball. There was definitely some friendly house competition throughout the day and also sportsmanship was displayed by all students. It will be exciting to see the effect that these results has on the William’s Cup points! Well done also to the staff volleyball team who beat the student team in a nail biter 21-20. Results and photos are below: