Sports News

Primary Sport

Primary Interhouse Athletics Carnival 

The Years 2 to 6 Interhouse Athletics Carnival will be re-scheduled. Families will be notified as soon as a new date has been set.

Primary Sport - Andrews Cup

Andrews Cup Athletics 

Andrews Cup training has commenced, and all interested girls in Years 2 to 6 are welcome to attend. 

Sessions are as follows:                                                         

Tuesday                   3:30 pm - 4:30 pm                  College Oval                                                

Wednesday            6:45 am - 8:00 am                   College Oval     

Thursday                 6:45 am - 8:00 am                   College Oval                                                              Students must attend at least two sessions per week. For further information click on the below button.

Andrews Cup Netball 

Years 4 to 6

Training continues every Wednesday afternoon on the College courts from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. The AC Netball Competition is scheduled for next Wednesday 27 July at Downey Park. Please refer to the following attachment about this event and complete the link regarding your daughter’s transport arrangements.

Andrews Cup Swimming

Years 2 to 6

Friday afternoon training has commenced for Term 3 from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.All students attending training will be collected from Circular Drive at 3:10 pm and then escorted to the Pool, where they will be supervised.

Andrews Cup Gymnastics / Basketball Sign Up

We are seeking expressions of interest for both Andrews Cup Gymnastics (Girls Years 2 to 6) and Andrews Cup Basketball (Girls Years 4 to 6) to enable preparations for the upcoming seasons in Term 4.

Please note that students will not be able to compete in both Andrews Cup Basketball AND Andrews Cup Gymnastics due to the Andrews Cup competitions occurring on the same day. Students; however, may trial for both sports. Trials for Andrews Cup Gymnastics will commence in Term 3, Week 7 and Basketball shortly after, if enough interest is shown.

Please complete the sign-up link to express your daughter’s interest in trialling for either or both sports. 

End-of-Year Primary Sport Awards

Please see below the criteria for the Primary end of year Sporting Awards.  

Primary Sport - Britton Shield

Britton Shield Football (Soccer)

The Football Carnival on Friday 15 July was a great success with the boys fulfilling our ambition to participate, have fun, and play fairly, friendly and with College spirit. Every goal in football is the culmination of a great team effort; however, we recognise those boys who managed to make the final touch on the ball before hitting the net: Captain Dan (4 goals), Akki (3 goals), Henry S (2 goals) Zach B and Darwin. 

Well done to the under 8s, who managed two wins, two draws and with just the one loss they narrowly missed out on a place in the finals. Ipswich eventually won the division with a “shoot out”; however the Clayfield College team managed to beat them in the preliminaries as a testimony to the closeness of the competition. Both the under 10 and under 12 teams managed to win a game which is commendable considering the difficulties of training experienced due to inclement weather.

Term 3 Aquathon

Training for aquathon will be on Fridays 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm starting 22 July, meeting at the College pool. The following boys are to attend Aquathon training: Hugo H, Hugo F, Euan, Aki, Darwin, Oliver, Henry, Charlie, Liam, Ronav, Luca, Wynton and Zack B. With the previous Head of Boys Sport from Moreton Bay Boys College, Ms. Cerene Hughes, now coming to be the Head of Sport at Clayfield College there could be a change of venue and date for the competition. Check the Clayfield Collective for updates each week.

Term 3 AFL

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been adequate interest shown for an AFL team to be arranged. Thank you to the following boys who did register an interest: Lyn Zhang, Wynton and Quinton Poon, Zach Slater, Liam Hong, Aki Kato and Charlie Quinn. Hopefully, there will be a team in 2023.

Term 4 Cricket

Training will commence in the first week of Term 4 with the event scheduled for 21 October. More details to come.

Secondary Sports Update

For any updated regarding QGSSSA Sport, please refer to the College app.

Years 7 to 12 Interhouse Athletics Carnival

On Wednesday, 20 July, staff and students across Years 7 to 12 attended the Secondary Interhouse Athletics Carnival at the University of Queensland Sport Athletic Centre. House Spirit was high, and students braved cold and windy weather conditions to enthusiastically represent their Houses in all events and House “War Cries”.

Congratulations to the following students, who broke the following records:

Volleyball Wrap Up

Sasha Petrenko (Volleyball Captain)

The first round of QGSSSA Volleyball started off with success for Clayfield, with two out of four teams securing their first win. The Year 9 team defeated St Margaret’s, winning two sets to one and the Senior A team made it look easy when they took the win in three straight sets.

However, fortune was against the Year 7 team when they lost two sets to one, but they showed us their never-give-up attitude by taking the final set. And finally, our Opens started strong, winning the first two sets but couldn’t score a win and lost two sets to three to St Margaret’s. Let’s hope we can get a win next round! Year 8 had a bye this round, but we wish them luck for their debut against St Peter’s this Saturday. Go Clayfield!

Netball Wrap Up

Ellie McGuire (Netball Captain)

Our Senior A’s saw great success on the court with a 34-22 win, starting the season undefeated.  Keep up the great work, girls!  Despite a highly competitive round, the Senior B team saw some great highlights but suffered a loss of 54-1. For their first game together, their cohesion on the court was unequalled.  

Even though they didn’t win, the Year 9’s spared no effort, leaving them with a very close score of 20-14.  Their game saw some great intercepts and ball control down the court, which with no doubt will continue to progress throughout the season. 

Our Year 8B team played a friendly match; their effort and competition on court was unmatched.  The friendly match was a great opportunity that allowed our younger girls to gain some more experience and put aside the competitive environment.  Next week we play St Peter’s Lutheran College, which should be another highly competitive round that our teams are looking forward to. 

Tennis Wrap Up

Cadence Thorne (Tennis Captain)

For the first round of winter fixtures played against St. Margarets, all the Tennis girls were excited to get out on the court after weeks of pre-season training.  It was a tough match, which tested the Opens girls' knowledge and ability, ending with a loss of 31-10.  With incomplete teams due to sickness, the rest of the tennis squad tried their hardest with two wins in the Senior A singles, 6-3 and 6-2.  The Junior team, filled with nerves for their first QGSSSA tennis match, smashed it out with super efforts and passion, the result being a 36-4 loss.  Round 2 will commence next Saturday morning at the College against St. Peter’s and every girl is ready to give it their best shot once again. 

Sports Awards Dinner 

16 November 2022 – Date Claimer

The College has confirmed Cloudland, the Rose Room as the venue for this year's Sports Awards Dinner. The cost will be around $75 per person for a two-course sit-down meal with cake for dessert. Further details will be released closer to the date.

Volleyball Academy

Mondays 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Any students who are interested in joining the Volleyball Academy, please read the attached information and application form and return to the Sports Office.  All sessions occur in the College PE centre.

Tennis Programs

Other than running our Andrews Cup and QGSSSA Tennis programs, Lifetime Tennis also offers personal tennis coaching, squads and hotshots. If you would like to find out more and enrol your child in tennis, please see the below tennis program flyer. 

Friends of Sports Group

The next Friends of Sports Meeting will be held here at the College from 6:30 pm in the Boardroom on Thursday 28 July, during the third week of Term 3. All parents from Prep to Year 12 are welcome to attend. Please contact Mr. John Robbins should you wish to attend via Zoom and a link will be sent through. 

The full schedule for meetings is listed below and these meetings are for anyone interested in supporting the endeavours of the College’s Sports Department. Your assistance will support Britton Shield, Andrews Cup and QGSSSA sports within the College. Meetings are generally held in the College Boardroom. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Mr. John Robbins at John.Robbins@bmigroup.com.au

• Thursday 28 July 6:30 pm 
• Thursday 11 August 6:30 pm
• Thursday 8 September 6:30 pm 
• Thursday 13 October 6:30 pm 
• Thursday 27 October 6:30 pm

Regional Selection Trial Notices (Term 3)

Wed 24-Aug: Track and field 10-19 years boys & girls

Mon 29-Aug: Cricket 13-15 girls

Tues 30-Aug: Cricket 13-15 boys

Wed 31-Aug: Cricket 10-12 boys

Thurs 1-Sept: Cricket 10-12 girls.