School Sport Victoria
Melbourne Victory is pleased to support the School Sport Victoria.
The partnership kicked off with Melbourne Victory getting behind the State Football boys and girls teams at the 2009 School Sport Australia 12 years and under Championship in Adelaide, where the teams finished second and third respectively.
Melbourne Victory players have been on hand for the past 3 years to present the School Sport State team representatives with their playing strips. In 2010, star striker Archie Thompson and young gun Mate Dugandzic attended.
Melbourne Victory congratulates the members of the Schools Sport Victoria 12 and Under representative teams:
BOYS TEAM:
Jack West-Astuti (Point Cook College)
Miles Baker (St Francis Xavier Primary School)
Emmanuel Brima (St Francis Xavier Primary School)
Jake Brimmer (Rolling Hills Primary School)
Daniel Duzel (Emmaus Catholic Primary School)
Jerry Jahau (Croydon Primary School) - VICE CAPTAIN
Deni Kulas (Dandenong North Primary School)
Sebastian Pasquali (St Bernard's Primary School Wangaratta)
Jessy Pinter (Brentwood Park Primary School) - VICE CAPTAIN
Reno Piscopo (Mill Park Heights Primary School) - CAPTAIN
Andrew Scicluna (Strathmore Primary School)
Nikolai Skaler (Rowville Secondary College)
Frankie Teah (Thomastown Primary School)
Luke Ward (Keilor Primary School)
Coach: Dean Stafrace (Mackellar Primary School)
Manager: Andrew Higgins (Wattle View Primary School)
GIRLS TEAM:
Jamie Brown (Malvern Primary School)
Tamara Balmaceda (Catholic Regional College)
Holly Boldiston (St Mel's Primary School)
Eleni Fakos (Thornbury High School) - CAPTAIN
Janna Lawson (Kyabram Haslem Campus)
Annabel Martin (Mildura West Primary School)
Fitina Maulidi (St Brendan's Primary School Shepparton)
Bayley Misfud (Hampton Primary School)
Sarah Papadimitrious (St Michael's Ashburton)
Sbezaba Petreski (Lyndale Secondary College)
Emma Robers (Firbank College Sandringham) - VICE CAPTAIN
Hannah Ryan (Rosanna Primary School
Maggie Smith (Swan Hill Primary School)
Annalyse Vamvalis (Our Lady of the Pines)
Coach: Cameron Heath (Boronia Heights Primary School)
Manager: Jane Natoli (St Mary's Primary School - Mt Evelyn)
The inaugural Melbourne Victory Cup, the Primary Schools State Championship, was held in Darebin, with Hampton Primary School claiming the boys/mixed section for a second consecutive year and Mt Scopus College winning the girls title.
In 2010, the Melbourne Victory Cup will be contested by:
BOYS/MIXED:
- Apollo Parkways Primary Greensborough
- Elizabeth St. Moe Primary
- Hampton Primary School (defending Champions)
- Mt. Scopus College Burwood
- St. Alipius Primary Ballarat East
- St Bernard’s Primary Wangaratta
- St. Therese Primary Bendigo
- Queen of Peace Primary St. Albans
GIRLS:
- Ballarat Grammar
- Firbank College Sandringham
- Holy Eucharist Primary St Albans
- Maffra Primary School
- Mary McKillop Primary Narre Warren
- Rowville Primary
- Spring Gully Primary
Melbourne Victory wishes all competing teams the best of luck in their quest to take home the 2010 Melbourne Victory Cup.
Melbourne Victory and School Sport Victoria will continue its partnership in supporting junior footballers in Victorian schools in 2010.