Celebrating Achievement

Congratulations to Tiarni O’Brien (Year 11), Paige McDonald (Year 11) and Ainsley Howard (Year 11) who performed at the Innisfail Young Performers Competition. Under the guidance of St Mary’s contemporary vocal teacher, Mrs Yasmin Croghan, the girls entered two highly competitive sections with terrific results. Well done to Paige who placed 1st in Musical/Operetta vocal solo and Ballad vocal solo, and Tiarni who place Highly Commended in Musical vocal solo.

Well done, girls! These are great results and a wonderful performance experience.

Congratulations to Bree Pendrigh (Year 9) who attended the Under 19 school girls Peninsula Hockey tournament in Rockhampton last week. The girls played so well as a team to make the grand final which is a first since 1984! They came away with a silver medal, losing to Met West 2-1. Congratulations to Bree and the peninsula team – we’re proud of your achievements!

Congratulations to Paige McDonald (Year 11) and Izzy Dunstan (Year 11) who won the Open Vocal Duet at the Innisfail Young Performers Competition. We’re proud of the wonderful progress the girls have made and this excellent achievement. Well done girls!

Two of St Mary's Year 12 Visual Arts students, Amee Domenghini and Sophie Brandon, have been selected by NorthSite Contemporary Arts to exhibit their artworks in the annual Art Challenge and Exhibition. The exhibition opening will be on Friday 23rd July at 6pm in the Artview Gallery in Bayview. The exhibition will be open to the public from 23rd July to 12th August. Please come along and support our students and their wonderful work!

Congratulations to both students and we look forward to seeing your creations!

St Mary's star athlete, Joel Mundie (Year 11), is on his way to the Paralympic Swimming trials in Adelaide!

Joel qualified for 8 swims in his classification at the trials which is a huge achievement for a 16 year old - one of the youngest swimmers competition.

Joel is unpeterbed by the size and scale of the comp and is determined to maintain his usual determination and humbleness as he gains this invaluable experience. This is an amazing achievement for Joel to get to this level as selection for the Tokyo Paralympic team will be announced at this event.

St Mary's is so proud of you, Joel! Good luck!

Congratulations to Tyreze Samuel (Year 8) & Orlando Geary (Year 8), who played in the North Queensland Junior Basketball Competition (NQJBC) for U14's Boys, Round 3, Mackay Tournament, 4th – 6th June.

Orlando played in the U14's Cairns Marlins Div.1 team & Tyreze for the U14's Cairns Stingers Div.2 team.  Both teams played a total of 12 games over the last 3 tournaments in Cairns and Townsville, and both teams come 1st with Gold in Mackay, as overall winners for Top of the North!

These are amazing results! Well done on representing the Far North's Junior Basketball, boys! We are so proud of your commitment and dedication.

Now for the 2021 Queensland U14 Boys State Championships Tournament in Toowoomba 2nd - 5th July!

Congratulations to Tiarni O’Brien (Year 11), who had a very successful weekend competing at the Far North Queensland Festival of Dance. Under the guidance of St Mary’s contemporary vocal coach, Yasmin Croghan, Tiarni was thrilled to win the Song & Dance Championship! On top of this great achievement, Tiarni also placed 1st in her Song & Dance, and Tap, 2nd in Musical Theatre and Hip Hop, 3rd in Jazz, and Highly Commended in Lyrical and Song of Choice solos. To top it all off, Tiarni was awarded the Adjudicator’s Choice for the Musical Theatre Workshop Scholarship.

We are so proud of Tiarni’s dedication to music and dance and these amazing results!

Congratulations to Jacob Majer (Year 7) who proudly represented St Mary's in the Peninsula Basketball Team on the Gold Coast.

Jacob and the team played three games each day for four days. The team came 6th out of 10 teams across the state.

Hockey success!

Congratulations to Madi Camp (Year 7) who played nine games over four days in Toowoomba at the under 12’s Peninsula Hockey State Championships recently. Madi shared the leadership role for the team and played three games as captain. The team did very well to finish tied 5th place. Well done also to Lacey Walters (Year 8) attended the championships as an umpire. Lacey volunteered her time to give back to the sport she loves. These are fantastic achievements, girls. Well done!

Congratulations to Reg Dixon (Year 12) who has signed up as a School Based Apprentice with MB Constructions. Reg will be undertaking a Certificate III in Carpentry. Well done Reg and all the best with your apprenticeship.