Mercy News

Congratulations to Mackenzie Maunder for winning first prize in the St Vinnies Committee Giant Chocolate Raffle! Mackenzie was fortunate to win the coveted 10kg block of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate. The second prize winner was Kyana Van Kerkwyk, who won the 5kg Toblerone chocolate. All proceeds of this fundraiser went to Project Compassion. Thank you to all who supported the various Project Compassion fundraisers throughout the school. Well done Mercy for raising $4500 in total!

On Friday 23 April Mercy College entered two girls’ teams that played in the Whitsunday Futsal Titles at the Mackay Multi Sports Centre. Both teams put in a strong performance throughout the competition and made it into the semi-finals. In the semi’s, Mercy Blue played the eventual competition winners MNBSHS (Mackay Northern Beach State High School). Both teams played an entertaining style of futsal, however, Mercy was unable to hold off MNBSHS in the end. Mercy Gold played against Mackay SHS in their semifinal. Our girls put in a spirited performance but were beaten by a determined MSHS as well. Mr Cureton and Mrs Bettini were proud of the outstanding effort displayed by our Mercy teams.

The Interact Committee ran their annual Easter Egg Appeal over Weeks 7,8 and 9 of this Term. On March 26 the kindly donated eggs were delivered, by both Mercy and St Patrick's College students. The Easter Goodies were delivered to community and emergency services as a expression of thanks this Easter Season. Overwhelming support by the Mercy College Community made the initiative an outstanding success, thank you to all who made a donation.

The 2021 Interhouse Cross Country was held today, with students making their way along the Bluewater Trail, starting at Botanical Gardens and finishing at the Bluewater Lagoon.

Congratulations to Midas who were the overall winners with 448 points. 2nd Badila 395, 3rd Argos 386, 4th Oraya 376, 5th Triton 317, 6th Pindar 313.

Congratulations to the following students who have taken out the Age Champion awards:

• Year 7 Boys - Lucas Boshoff
• Year 7 Girls - Jayda Earl
• Year 8 Boys - Kaden Willersdorf
• Year 8 Girls - Sophie Hodder
• Year 9 Boys - William Radke
• Year 9 Girls - Keely Pitt
• Year 10 Boys - Bradley Manera
• Year 10 Girls - Olivia Price