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Intercol 2022

By Jeffrey Wray Email this article

Twenty one shield encounters over a week and a half.

This year, with crowds back in vogue, it was pleasing to see many students from across the College, parents, staff and Old Scholars attending events. The College community united and the spirit it creates is something Mercedes College should be proud of.

Each year at Intercol there are highlights that may not be reflected on the scoreboard, or by the eventual 7 - 14 shield count. One of these highlights is observing the character of the young men and women being raised within the competing Colleges. As I reflect upon the event, I can't help but compare the relationship between students to the stereotypical teenage sibling relationship; they may argue, try and get each other into trouble, and say they don't like each other, but at the end of the day, it is noticeable that there is a love between them and they will stick by each other.

Another off-field highlight was the atmosphere at the soccer on Wednesday night, with two music students bring their instruments to lead the chants for the first time. Well done to Clancy Cvetko (drums) and Charlie Tan (saxophone) who played tunes all night for the other spectators and broke into “Camel Land” during the girls' winning match. I sat listening on the far side of the pitch filled with pride.

My final highlight is probably shared by those who attended a variety of events: the atmosphere at the netball on Friday night was unbelievable. The stadium was rocking, and having an Open A game with scores level and a minute to play meant the crowd was as invested as the players. I'm sure the Middle School netballers sitting courtside aspire to experience similar situations in future years.

Many thanks go to our coaches and parents across the entire winter sports programme. In many ways Intercol is the end-product of a whole-school sports programme, but it's also evidence of our community coming together in a display of sportsmanship and living the Mercy Keys with a respected fellow College. Well done and thank you to all that were involved as officials, players and spectators.

Jeff Wray
Intercol Coordinator

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Intercol 2022 Results

Middle Boys Cross Country Mercedes 10 d St Ignatius' 26 MVP: Sam Glasson	Middle Girls Cross Country Mercedes 10 d St Ignatius' N/A MVP: Summer Hudswell
Open Boys Cross Country St Ignatius' 13 d Mercedes 23 MVP: Lachlan Mowbray	Open Girls Cross Country St Ignatius' 10 d Mercedes 26 MVP: Layla Kinnane
Open A Chess St Ignatius' 4 d Mercedes 1 MVP: Jack Kirkwood	Open B Debating Mercedes 2 d St Ignatius 1 MVP: Simon Aylward
Open A Debating Mercedes 2 d St Ignatius' 1 MVP: Abigail Ranford	Open Mixed Hockey St Ignatius' 14 d Mercedes 0 MVP: Holly Goode-Smith
Open A Girls Soccer Mercedes 1 d St Ignatius 0 MVP: Sascha Spoor	Open A Boys Soccer St Ignatius 1 d Mercedes 1 Penalty shoot out 4-3 MVP: Foti Ntafillis
Middle Table Tennis St Ignatius 25/55 d Mercedes 7/19 MVP: William Catinari	Open Table Tennis St Ignatius' 35/107 d Mercedes 5/20 MVP: Ryan Schuurmans
Middle Basketball St Ignatius' 62 d Mercedes 35	Open C Basketball Mercedes 38 d St Ignatius' 18 MVP: Miles Paul
Open B Basketball St Ignatius' 44 d Mercedes 31 MVP: Will Goss	Open A Basketball St Ignatius' 55 d Mercedes 24 MVP: Max Burton
8A Netball Mercedes 27 d St Ignatius 25 MVP: Ava Barton	9A Netball Mercedes 39 d St Ignatius' 21 MVP: Layla Timbs
10A Netball Mercedes 34 d St Ignatius' 7 MVP: Macey Lange	Open C Netball St Ignatius' 29 d Mercedes 15 MVP: Harriet Milne
Open B Netball St Ignatius' 34 d Mercedes 28 MVP: Sophia McArthur	Open A Netball Mercedes 33 d St Ignatius' 31 MVP: Emerson MacDougall
Middle Boys Soccer St Ignatius' 7 d Mercedes 0 MVP: Johann Ninan	Open C Boys Soccer St Ignatius' 2 d Mercedes 0 MVP: Max Kafetzis
Open B Girls Soccer St Ignatius' 2 d Mercedes 1 MVP: Lotta Nielsen	Open B Boys Soccer St Ignatius' 4 d Mercedes 4 Penalty shoot out 3-1 MVP: Sam Taverna
Middle Girls Football St Ignatius' 37 d Mercedes 7 MVP: Summer Hudswell	Middle Boys Football Mercedes 130 d St Ignatius' 0 MVP: Eddy Martins
Middle Girls Football St Ignatius' 25 d Mercedes 13 MVP: Kiara Pierce	Open Girls Football Mercedes 57 d St Ignatius' 0 MVP: Zoe Prowse and Zoe Venning
Second XVIII Football Mercedes 93 d St Ignatius' 15 MVP: Xavier Conway	Open Girls Football Mercedes 61 d St Ignatius' 7 MVP: Violet Patterson
First XVIII Football St Ignatius' 118 d Mercedes 70 MVP: Patrick Case	Intercol Shields St Ignatius 14 d Mercedes 7