Student achievements

Congratulations to the following students:

Jasmine Williams (Year 6) and Mia Wanandy (Year 2), who received second place in their respective categories at the Catholic Education Tasmania Storytelling Showcase Awards. A wonderful achievement!

Jasmine (Yea 6) and Mia (Year 2) pictured with College Principal, Helen Spencer.

Amelie Cox (Year 11), who has been selected to represent the state in the combined South Australia/Tasmania state water polo team at the upcoming 18&U and 20&U National State Championships, to be held in Brisbane in January 2022.

Earlier this year, Amelie was also part of the Tasmanian Women's State Countries team that competed at the Australian Country Championship in May on the Gold Coast. Tasmania played off for a bronze medal but unfortunately lost by one goal in the last 20 seconds of the match. Best of luck for 2022!

Isobel Lobban and Molly Topham (Year 11), who have had their artwork selected to feature in ArtRage 2021.

Australia... You Made Me (Portrait of Adam Goodes), Molly (Year 11).

Isobel and Molly's entries were handpicked by the curator of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery for the annual touring exhibition, which showcases the top works from young Tasmanian artists in Year 11 and 12 studying Art Production or Art Studio Practice as part of their Tasmanian Certificate of Education.

Maggie Robinson (Year 8), who competed in the southern state judo tournament on Sunday 7 November in the U16 category.

Maggie received an honorary award for completing a throw on a competitor twice her weight. Incredible effort, Maggie, and a very impressive display of skill!

Archie Argyropoulos, Ned Heddle, Lewis Finlay and Alex Pritchard (Year 2), who have been selected in the Tasmanian futsal state representative team.

They will be travelling to Brisbane in January 2022, where they will compete at the Junior Futsal Championships. Best of luck, boys!

Jack Kilgour (Year 1), who will also be competing at the Junior Futsal Championships following his successful selection in the U8 southern Tasmanian futsal team. Jack has worked very hard to make the team after blitzing the talent identification program.

Jack (Year 1) is all smiles upon learning that he was chosen for the U8 southern Tasmanian futsal team.

James Gittus (Year 2), who secured a bronze medal on Sunday 14 November at the Perth International for Judo in the junior 'no limits' division. And there's certainly no limit to what James can accomplish!

James (Year 2), pictured far right, takes to the podium.

This was James' first competition outside of Tasmania, and his resilience and determination saw him forge ahead to overcome many challenges on the day, which should be a great source of pride for him.

Taylah (Year 9) and Macey Hayes (Year 2), who competed in their last judo competition for 2021 at Ulverstone on Sunday 14 November.

The Hayes clan, including Taylah (Year 9) and Macey (Year 2), at their recent judo competition.

Both girls won old in their division, with Macey also taking out the U11 division. We're looking forward to watching this unstoppable sister duo continue to grow and succeed in judo in 2022.

Keeley Matulin, Faith Wara, Charlotte Coutts, Lauren Shelton and Abbey Holloway (Year 10), who have been awarded with 'Silver CREST' status through their participation in the CSIRO Creativity in Research, Engineering, Science and Technology educational program.

Read more about the program in latest news here.

Lauren and Abbey have also been selected for the finals of the BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards for their project.

Chloe Brittain (Year 9), who has been named as a winner of the Frank Macdonald Memorial Prize. The essay-based competition commemorates and preserves the meaning of the ANZAC spirit in the Tasmanian community.

Chloe will join 12 other Year 9/10 students from around Tasmania on a 10-day study tour in 2022, travelling to sites and landmarks of war time. We are very proud of Chloe and we are looking forward to hearing about her research into an Australian soldier with a connection to St Mary's College.

Alice Stanford (Year 6), who has been selected to represent Tasmania in the state U14 water polo team in Melbourne for a week in January 2022.

Alice started her journey at St Mary's College playing flippa ball, before progressing to water polo. She now plays for the Clarence Crocs and the state team. Well done, Alice!

If you have a student achievement to share, please get in touch by emailing stmarys@smc.tas.edu.au.