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Discipline

The word discipline takes on a number of meanings depending on the context. Firstly, it is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour,” but it can also mean “a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.” Both of these meanings apply to sport. 

Very few of us are going to get a Master's degree in rugby league, cricket or hockey, but the ability to acquire knowledge and apply it in exam settings (match days) is a vital part of the development of an athlete. Boys need to be focused every day on honing their craft, improving their knowledge and applying the skills they have developed in competition- discipline. If teams at all levels of competition from the elite professional teams, down to community or recreational participants want to be successful there needs to be a disciplined approach to improvement and performance. A wonderful example here comes from our own Old Boys in Matthew Hayden. Anyone who followed cricket in the 1990s knew about the hard work Matthew put into his cricket training to develop the skill required to be an Australian test player, and the hours in the nets, outside of team training. Evidence of this was his recognition that coming from the fast, bouncy pitches of Queensland, he was going to struggle in the low, spinning wickets of India unless he modified his game. So he went away and developed a sweep shot. So successful was he in developing his game for sub-continent conditions that India proved to be his breakout series in 2001 where he scored 549 runs in 3 tests, averaging 109.8, and his career never looked back. Discipline.

The other part of the word discipline involves obeying the rules. There is a saying that sport doesn’t develop character it shows it. In competition, there is a winner and a loser, you are representing something, yourself, your family, and in our case, your school. There is pressure. Some deal with that pressure and thrive on it, some feel the pressure and it affects performance and some bottle it up and lose control at times. A lack of discipline. It disappoints me when I hear of Marist boys being cautioned or sent off in matches. It does not matter who the aggressor is, what provocation took place, or what motivated you to do the wrong thing. Marist boys must be beyond reproach in every aspect, from appearance, to attitude to playing the game, to discipline in the face of adversity, to obeying the rules. There is nothing wrong with playing the game aggressively and on the front foot, as long as it is within the rules and the spirit of the game, but if you are breaking the rules you are letting down your team, the school and most importantly, yourself. There are very few successful athletes in the world who do not have discipline.

Technical Areas and Benches

Something that has troubled me all year has been unnecessary people inside technical areas/benches. They are a distraction for the boys and staff who should be focusing on their job and the game.

From now on can we please make sure that only coaches/staff directly involved with the team playing and substitutes for the match are inside the technical area/bench. This applies to all teams. Anyone else, including injured or suspended players, coaches of different grades, other players, students spectating, teachers and colleagues, parents, friends, et cetera, are not to be in the technical area/bench.

Regular team members who are injured or suspended are encouraged to attend the match and show support for their team but cannot be on the bench. A reminder that all student spectators are to be in full uniform.

Rugby League - Mr Ryan Apps

1st XIII Report by Connor Lyons

Round 1 of AIC Rugby League saw the 1st XIII travel to Villanova Park to face arch rivals, St Laurence’s. Right from the kick-off, the middle forwards from both sides were keen to make a statement, with a number of dominant collisions from Tom Weaver and Tasman Barry early on. The game continued to be a wrestle in the middle, before a miscommunication in the backfield led to St Laurence’s first try off the back of a kick. Centre Cody O’May managed to score the first try of the season after passing through multiple hands on the right edge, however, a number of basic errors in crucial parts of the field saw Ashgrove enter the break, down 18 – 4. Despite courageous efforts from Dan Witt and Jack Billing trying to generate front foot ball, poor discipline and a player sent off haunted the Ashgrove boys in the second half, with Rory Baker scooting from dummy-half in the dying stages of the match to round out the game, 34-10 in Lauries favour.

Hockey - Ms Kathryn Badini

On Friday, the Hockey boys played St Patrick’s College down at Burringbar Park. In what was predicted to be a much harder game, we went down 8 – 4. On a positive note, Isaac Pratt (Year 10) scored first in the game off a short corner, we also had Nick Kier (Year 11) and Bailey Russo (Year 12) score in the last minute of both halves respectively – proving that we really did work up to the very last second of the game. No doubt this will prove to be an important game for us to learn from. In a Grand Final rematch from last year, we take on St Edmund’s College this week at the State Hockey Centre.

Tennis - Mr Andrew Ward

What a great start to the season that we were privileged to watch on the weekend. Matches across the day were played in the Marist spirit that we are used to seeing. Here is a rundown of all matches from the weekend and a short summary from match day managers on how their respective teams played.

Primary Tennis Ms Jen Little (Match Day Manager) & Mr Raj Khawas (Coach)

Fortunately, the sky brightened up for Saturday’s first official competitive tennis match against Saint Laurence’s College. Our Year 5 team asserted their dominance early on with 8 – 0 wins for both our A and B Teams. Special mention must go to Cooper Chaseling, Isaac Nicholson, Brasco Forest and Frankie Hain who managed to keep their opposition scoreless during their singles events. 

Our Year 6A Team were up against strong opposition on the day. It was a nail-biting competition that resulted in a tie-breaker. Eventually, we had to go by the number of sets won to determine an overall winner. In the end, St Laurence’s won by a margin of only two games. Special mention must go to Jack Lambley and Ryan Heisel for their singles victories. Ryan in particular managed to secure a win after fighting from behind to secure a 7 – 5 victory. Particularly impressive in this division, were the epic rallies from all the boys that almost rivalled Nadal and Federer. Our 6B Team met an opposition that were down on players due to sickness. As a result, St Laurence’s managed to scramble together a team from different divisions, allowing our boys to play. Whilst our boys were definitely challenged by their opposition, the fact that players from the opposing team were playing out of division, led to their overall forfeit and a victory to our 6 B team 8 – 0. Special mention to Charlie Kelly and Matthew Campbell who were both able to secure wins in their singles events. 

Year 7

Our 7A and 7B teams also proved to be competitive forces on the court with the A’s managing a win 6 – 2 and our B Team winning 7 – 1. Sam Mapledoram, Indy Hendrick and Jeremy Harvey demonstrated particular determination to prevail in what were some very close matches. Overall, the Primary and Year 7 tennis teams ended their matches with much to be proud of. We look forward to seeing what next week’s competition has in store. 

Year 8 -  Ms Katelin Earle (Match Day Manager) 

The Year 8As defeated St Laurence’s convincingly at Gregory Terrace on the Weekend. All players were successful in winning their doubles and singles with a final score of 40 games to 9 games. All the boys played well, Jack breezed through his match beating his opponent 6-0. The 8B’s won 5-3 on sets. A close match of doubles to start the day off with Toby and Hugh and a tie-breaker win for Isaac in his singles. A great display of good sportsmen ship from both teams lead to a successful morning of Tennis. The match was in the balance with the last two doubles but our boys were to strong winning both and winning the match.

Year 9-10 - Mr Callum Rees (Coach)

It was pleasing to have dry courts for our match after the delayed start to the first session with wet courts from the days of rain that we have. Congratulations to our opposition for getting us on the court and god for allowing us to play with some great weather in the end.

Matches were tight straight from the start with the year 10 boys having a great tussle but unfortunately going down 3-5 in both teams. Special mention to Henry and Harry winning their singles in the A team and Lucas and Super sub Ben Mead winning their singles also. Close match boys but we will be better for the hit out.

Opens Teams

Mr Andrew Ward & Mr Callum Rees (Coaches) and Mr Ben Webb (Match Day Manager)

Well straight from the start we knew this would be a long day for all our Opens teams. The rain had done its best to spoil the party, but credit to all the boys who waited patiently for the courts to dry and we were blessed by the fantastic weather and even more the standard of tennis that we got to watch once the courts were playable. We witnessed some very good matches through all the opens team but were outplayed by a very determined opposition who were up for the fight. Our 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams all going down in their matches. There were some really good standard matches across these teams with some very close matches and our boys should keep their heads high as you did the school proud with your commitment and courage and fight under the circumstances.

1st IV 

What a match we got to witness today with our 1st team. After a comprehensive victory in our trial match the week before the boys new they were going to be in a tougher match this week. We began with the awarding of the first shirt to our newest member Mr Frank Baker.

After losing to St Laurence’s twice last year you could see from the get-go that this was going to be a grind and we could see the new admiration the boys had wearing the 1st tennis shirt and being the representatives for the school for tennis. All the boys displayed a determination and fight and willingness to stay in the points and be competitive. I can see and have many who have told me, the boys look more focused with a love for their position in the team to wear the first shirt for the school can be seen on court with the attitude and willingness to play for their team members and not just themselves. After the first two doubles we were 1-1 all with a great win by Blake and Louis and a nail-biting loss to Liam and Frank that we went into our singles matches. Great wins by Liam Webb 6-1 6-3 and Louis Morris 7-5 6-1 and an extremely close loss to Frank Baker 8-10 in a super tie breaker to decide the match. A loss to Blake also meant we were tied at 3-3 all and needed to win one of the doubles matches to win the day. We were not disappointed with Blake and Louis again winning 6-3 to secure the win. Liam and Frank losing in a tie break in a very close match.

MVP for the day Louis Morris congratulations and I hope everyone can shake his hand this week and congratulate him on the way he played.

Marist Doubles Championships

Reminder to all students to enter for this tournament please email us @ MCATennis@marash.qld.edu.au and enter with your partner for either the Open Division or Division 1 ( Yr 7-9 only ). All Trophies and prizes will be awarded on Tuesday after the Finals of both Divisions

Basketball - Mr John Lambourne

1st V vs St Laurence’s College

Coach’s Report

The 1st V endured an ordinary loss at the hands of SLC. A superb defensive effort from the team wasn’t enough with the team’s offence running dry for too long during crucial moments. There were contributions from everyone who played. Basketball is a game of runs and composure, execution is paramount for the whole 32 minutes, small lapses in focus and concentration can be the difference between winning and losing. As a group we learnt a lot from the defeat, now it’s about having a good week on the training court and putting in the work to get better. The boys will be back at it this week at home against long-time rivals SEC.  We hope to see a lot of supporters out there and we’ll be looking to make some shots and play some entertaining team basketball. MVP: Paul Strachotta

Captain’s Report

The 1st V Basketball faced up against a strong St Laurence’s College team at Laurie’s. Marist was keen to get on the court and show the work that had been put in behind the scenes. Getting off to a slow start, the boys struggled to get points on the board, meanwhile, Laurie’s began to pull away. Some fancy footwork and sharp shooting by Vice Captain Paul Strachotta kept us in the game early. Midway through the third quarter, the boys had brought it back to a 20-19-point game in favour of Laurie’s. On the defensive end, Marist showed grit, with our best performance across all trial games, unfortunately, though, basketball is a double-ended game, and our inability to put the ball in the hoop eventually led to a loss.

Around the Grounds

2nd V

The seconds fought a determined SLC at their den and just missed the win going down narrowly in the last few minutes. Aidan O’Connell was MVP leading from the front and coming off a week of flu. Ben Mackie-Smith played well underneath. Silly turnovers and reaching fouls removed from their game and they will contest most teams. MVP: Aidan O’Connell

3rd V

The boys grinded out a tough Round 1 win against a resilient Laurie’s side on the weekend.  We established quite the lead early on, but when the 4th quarter rolled around and the team ran out of steam, the lead was quickly cut down. The boys managed to hold on towards the end, and finished with a 5-point victory. MVP: Riley Keen

4th V

Utilising a fast paced and free flowing game style, the boys dominated Laurie’s by 35 on the weekend. All boys contributed to the win, with most players scoring multiple baskets or showing impressive defensive ability. MVP: Max Hrstich

11A

"Gritty and tough", was how my wife described the steaks I cooked that Saturday night...I guess I was still thinking of the 43-43 draw against Laurie’s that morning, where we outplayed, outlasted and out survived the Laurie’s 11As... until we were totally blindsided by a step back fadeaway 3 pointer with 2 defenders all over the shooter.... I’m tellin’ ya, this kid should join survivor!  Lessons learnt by players and coach alike! MVP: Declan Tunny...emerging as the King of the North...beware winter is coming...

11B

The mighty 11Bs came out with a hot start and were up by 12 at one point with Matt Sharland on fire. Laurie’s crawled back into the game and it was a nail-biting 4th quarter. Unfortunately, the Marist boys lost by 3 in the end. MVP: Matt Sharland

11C

The boys played well against Laurie’s despite training being cancelled during the week. We got out to an early lead but unfortunately couldn’t hold onto it, resulting in a 38-38 tie. MVP: Maxton Murray

11D

The boys started out strong posting 12 points in the first quarter with Addison and Pat proving to be quite the lethal duo, quality defence throughout the game from all the boys kept St Laurence’s to 19 points and points from nearly all the boys led us to a comfy 10+ point win. MVP: Pat Hooper

10A

The 10A’s narrowly went down to St Laurence’s on Saturday morning. The Marist boys played their style of basketball which saw us have many leads throughout the game. All credit to the boys for hanging on and not dropping their heads when things weren’t going our way. Great work boys. MVP: Jack Lafferty for his outstanding commitment to be the best team player he can be. He played his role perfectly and always put the team first. 

10B

The 10Bs had a great start to the season with a near 20-point win. It was the boy’s effort on defence that won the game keeping St Laurence’s to under 20 points for the game. MVP: Tom Dreghorn

10C

A big win to start the season for the 10C basketball team.  A very tight first quarter found us behind by 2 points ... and a little worried at quarter time. But a very strong defensive performance, combined with our great passing of the ball and teamwork in offense in the next 3, led us to the win. James Brandon was excellent in defence, managing to really unsettle the opposition attack. Jake Keogh had a blinder, showing his strength in rebounding, always placing himself in good position under the basket. And Sam Wilcox had a strong game at both ends of the court, stealing a lot of ball in defence and combining really well with Royden Maelaua to work the ball into scoring position in offence. Our brilliant defensive effort won us the game this week lads and we need to continue this going forward. 

9A

9As played St Laurence’s at home down 2 players. We lost 2 others during the game unfortunately and hopefully they will be available next week. Laurie’s were well drilled in all aspects of the game and have obviously been working together for some time. Really pleased with the effort by all even when the odds were stacked against us. MVP: Will Kennedy

9B

The boys stayed strong to get the win after being down in the first but were able to keep with it and hold Laurie’s off in overtime. MVP honours was a tough one as everyone played out of their skin but it has to go to Harry as he got the game winning bucket and his defence was on point!! MVP: Harry Wood

8A

The 8As went into a battle with St Laurie’s. It was definitely a game that was circled in our calendar and unfortunately this time we fell short. Nevertheless the boys showed glimpses of what we are capable of doing this season and we have our eyes locked on St Eddie’s this weekend. On to the next one. MVP: Harry Cook

8B

Laurie’s is historically always a tough opponent and that was seen in the first half, with the score being within 5 points. However, the boys found their groove and started playing with a higher, consistent level of defence and offence to lift Marist up to beat them. Whilst there are still some things to iron out it was a great first win for the season. MVP: Frank Heenan

8C

The 8Cs followed up their trial win with a blowout victory against their round 1 opponents, Saint Lawrence’s. A dominant first half display saw them leading by nearly 30 points before the break holding Laurie’s to under 10 points with their ruthless defence. The second half proved a more challenging contest, however the boys held on to their large lead and came away with a well-deserved win. MVP: Xavier Carracedo, who continues to prove that he is a certified Bucket.

8D

The 8Ds played a great game last Saturday, with selfless plays and superb teamwork contributing to the team coming away with a win in the first game of the season. MVP: Quinn Malone, who helped the team succeed with his high level of playmaking and communication with team mates. 

7A

The boys this week came up against a well drilled, talented team in St Laurence's. Although tough on the scoreboard, the game brought a few positives that we can carry over to the rest of the season including the incredible defence by Ollie Macready and the strong leadership shown by Charlie Cook and Quinn Lovering as the boys battled back bravely in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Overall, after some work on the defensive end as well as an emphasis on rebounding at training, the boys are looking at a solid season ahead. MVP: Quinn Lovering

7B

The first round of the AIC season is always exciting and the boys showed that excitement in what was a great game of basketball despite a narrow 11-point loss to a very well drilled and polished St Laurence’s opposition. The boys started very well, going toe to toe with St Laurence’s and implemented all our values and plans that we worked on at training. The boys were then faced by the pressuring defensive tactics of the opposition but fought on with determination and the support of their teammates. In the end, it was a great start to the season and we are proud of our performance against a very difficult opposition as we all held our heads high and continued to work hard despite the pressure and the challenges that we faced on the court. Congratulations to those boys who played their first game of basketball and we look forward to hit the ground running next weekend. MVP: Owen Moirera

7C

The 7Cs fought hard against a formidable Laurie’s team, losing by only 6 points. A strong 4th quarter comeback led by Caleb van Coevorden and Harry Vickery saw the boys nearly leave with the win, but fall just short in the end. The team demonstrated great effort and grit, a promising sign for the rest of the season. MVP: Caleb van Coevorden

7D

Right out the gates, Marist dominated possession of the ball in the first 3 quarters. Unfortunately, fatigue started to set in in the 4th quarter, leading to a heartbreaking loss by 2 points. Based on the grit and determination many of the boys displayed, I am confident that the 7Ds are in for a very successful and prosperous season. MVP: Jesse Brunning for his outstanding effort and teamwork.

Student Achievements

Rugby

Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected to trial for the Queensland Under 16 Emerging Reds Cup:

• Jasper Barry 
• Riley Canavan 
• Bailey Caplick 
• Tom Howard 
• Luke Xuereb

Best wishes for the trials boys.

Jackson Beale - Remote Controlled Cars - Indoor Racing

Jackson races remote controlled cars and attended the largest indoor racing event in the world in Las Vegas USA.  Jackson is currently a sponsored driver for several companies and is required to race at state, national and international events (international where possible) as part of his contract obligations.

In Nitro Truggy Jackson had the best qualifying of the three classes he ran and was able to qualify directly into the A Main in third place.  After a couple of laps Jackson was able to move into the lead and go on to take the win to become the 2022 Silverstate Intermediate Truggy Champion, and the second Australian to win at Silverstate.  Jackson drove with maturity to hold his nerve and win the biggest RC race in the world.

On Jackson’s return to Australia, he has since raced at the Queensland State Championship where he won the State Title in the Truggy class (back-to-back winner).

Round 1 Results

Basketball

Rugby League

Tennis

Sport Canteen

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