2018 COMMUNITY REPORT

15 CO-CURRICULUM REPORT WORLD-CLASS INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL OPPORTUNITIES International football opportunities also sit within the ‘Activate’ and ‘Get Away’ pillars of the Overnewton Co-Curricular program. MOSCOW Year 7 student, Noah Borg and College Head of Sport, Nikki Little, travelled to Moscow to represent Australia in the 2018 International Children’s Social Program, Football for Friendship.The event united children from 211 countries and regions in football for an 8-day event, leading into the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup.This event was the largest gathering of nations ever recorded and the first time anAustralian delegation has been invited to take part. Noah represented Overnewton and Australia as a ‘Young Journalist’ with distinction. He was selected to be the lead presenter for the Day 1 Opening Digest, a video that was created by Football for Friendship and shared all over the world. He featured in a media report for Channel 10 News prior to departure and filmed a segment for SBSThe Real Game in Moscow. SHANGHAI FiveYear 11 students and staff member Jake Maguire, travelled to Shanghai to represent the Melbourne City College of Football in an international football tournament. Combining with players from affiliate schools within the MCFC network, they were Australia’s only representative team in the 16-team tournament. The Shanghai InternationalYouthTournament is an initiative of the Chinese government to grow football to become the number one sport in the country.As such the Organising Committee invited talented teams from around the world to compete, subsidising on-ground costs (accommodation, food, entertainment) for participants. The Overnewton students played an integral role in the team’s success, placing fourth overall behind teams from Mexico, Ivory Coast and England.