Sports News

Primary Sport

Andrews Cup Tennis (Years 4 to 6)

Trials have been extended for any players interested in Andrews Cup Tennis. Trials will continue next week on the following dates:

• Tuesday 15 February - 6:45 am - 8:00 am at the College Courts
• Thursday 17 February - 6:45 am - 8:00 am at the College Courts

Andrews Cup Touch (Years 5 and 6)   

The final trial for the Andrews Cup Touch team will be held on Friday 11 February from 12:20 pm - 1:15 pm. If you missed the first trial on Wednesday afternoon, you are still welcome to attend this second and final trial.

Andrews Cup Swimming (Years 2 to 6)

Andrews Cup swimming training has started. New swimmers are very welcome.

Sessions are on the following days:

• Monday mornings - 6:45 am - 7:45 am
• Wednesday mornings - 6:45 am - 7:45 am (Compulsory)
• Thursday afternoons - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
• Friday afternoons - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Please note that the Andrews Cup Metro Meet scheduled for next Wednesday 16 February at Somerville House has been cancelled due to Covid restrictions.

Britton Shield 

Britton Shield Swimming (Years 2 - 6)

Britton Shield swim training has started, and a reminder that students must attend the Wednesday morning training session plus two other sessions throughout the week. Sessions are on the following days:

• Monday mornings - 6:45 am - 7:45 am
• Wednesday mornings - 6:45 am - 7:45 am (Compulsory)
• Thursday afternoons - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
• Friday afternoons - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Britton Shield Touch

Britton Shield Touch training will commence on the following dates for primary schoolboys:

• Wednesday 16 February - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (College Oval) Years 4 to 6
• Friday 18 February - 12:20 pm - 1:20 pm (College Oval) Years 2 to 6

Boys are required to wear their Clayfield College PE uniform to all training sessions and bring a named water bottle.

Primary Interhouse Swimming Carnival 

Years 2 to 6

The Clayfield College Primary Interhouse Swimming Carnival will be held on Tuesday 15 February at the Clayfield College pool, from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. All students from Years 2 to Year 6 will participate in this carnival. Please click the link for further information about this special day and what your child/children will need to bring. Unfortunately, this is a spectator free carnival due to the current Covid restrictions.

Secondary Sports 

QGSSSA Cricket

The QGSSSA Cricket Coach had a great start to the season today with a close lost MBC. It was great to see so many girls knew to open Cricket performing so well, and special mention must be given to a number of players for their outstanding performance today. Great work to Abby Harris for a superb 41 not out, Allegra Pollock for some brilliant bowling and Mia Geere for outstanding fielding. All up, it was a great effort from the girls who MBC narrowly defeated in the last two overs of the game. Well done, girls, and we look forward to your performance next week.

QGSSSA Softball

This Saturday morning, both our Opens and Senior A softball teams will commence the season with their first-round fixtures. All games are played at Downey Park, and each team will play one to two matches each Saturday morning. The full draw and times for the games can be found on the College app under the softball tab. All players need to be at the fields just after 6:30 am to ensure they are warmed up and ready for the start of play at 7:30 am.

QGSSSA Gymnastics

This year we have more than 45 girls participating in QG gymnastics, one of the biggest contingents of the year. It is wonderful to see so many girls wanting to take part and compete for Clayfield. The QG event will again be held in the College PE centre, which is looking great, and the new gym gear will ensure a high-quality event occurs. Further details about the event will be released closer to the event in March.

QGSSSA Cross Country

Monday Park Runs

All girls need to complete the following: 

• Sign-up by 1:30 pm on Friday on the Croc Board
• Select the cafe menu for any food/drinks they wish to purchase
• Bring along enough money to purchase breakfast

The College bus will depart the College at 6:00 am and take any girls to and bring them back from the running venue. Students can choose to take private transport and meet the coaches at the venue at 6:30 am.

Wednesday Kalinga Park Session

The Wednesday Kalinga Park training sessions are designed to ensure girls are able to run 3 km at the fastest intensity possible. Therefore, these sessions will involve hill work, stair climbs, 3 km runs, 1 km time trials and a range of other activities. Students are to be dropped at Kalinga Park (via the Park Rd entrance area) for the sessions, and the College bus will transport them back to school afterwards.

Fun Fitness Fridays

The Friday cross country training program will involve a range of cross-training activities that break up the season and ensure variety and fun for our girls. These activities will cater for a range of fitness levels and abilities. 

Couch to 3 km beginners’ program 

Held during each cross-country training session

Week 4 will see the inclusion of a couch to 3 km program aimed at those who have lost their fitness and want to get it back and those who are new to cross country and require a less demanding lead-in to running 3 kms. All girls in Years 7 to 12 are invited to participate in this program. Please contact Mrs. Rebecca Clydesdale if you are new to XC and wish to sign-up, or if you have already registered to do cross country, let the coaches know at the next training session. 

QGSSSA Swimming

It has been great to see a number of our swimmers back in the pool and preparing for QG swimming which will be held in week six of this Term. Our lead-in and preparation for this carnival is very short, and we encourage all girls who swam in QG last year and any girls wanting to swim this year to please attend training. 

Training is held every morning, Monday to Thursday, and full details can be found on the College app. A reminder that this coming Friday, 18 February, is our first co-hosted meet with St Margaret’s at the Valley Pool. The bus will take all swimmers to the meet and bring them back to school. In addition, our Friends of Sport group will be running a fund-raising BBQ at the pool for all girls. Full details will come out on the app on Monday. If parents wish to collect students from the pool, please ensure you email Ms. Christine Barnes to advise before 5:00 pm on Wednesday 16 February.

QGSSSA Football and Touch

Both touch and football commenced this week with strong numbers in each. However, there are still places available for any girls wishing to give either sport a go. All training and fixture details can be found on the College app. Please just email Ms. Barnes if you are keen to play or try either sport.

For all current QG Sports information, including trial dates, training sessions and fixture schedules, please go to the College app under the Sports tab. 

Each sport has its own tab for sport-specific information, or the general tab has all general sports information. 

Please refer to the below QG sports training and fixture schedule for Week 4:

Secondary Interhouse Swimming Carnival

The Year 7 to 12 College Interhouse swimming carnival will be held this coming Week 4 on Thursday 17 February. Full details about the event have been emailed home or can be found in last weeks newsletter.

Clayfield College Volleyball Academy

The College is now close to employing a new Head Volleyball Coach to take over from Amanda Fielding. We hope to get the program up and running again in the next few weeks. As per last year, the program will run once a week during term time as per 2021. Any families wishing to gather more information regarding this program, please contact Ms. Christine Barnes.

Clayfield College Tennis Excellence Program  

Lifetime Tennis is our new tennis provider and with that have established a range of tennis programs at the College from junior Hotshots to a high-performance tennis program. For further information on our tennis programs, please contact Mr. Matt Limpus (Head Coach) directly on 0419 789 953 or use the contact details located on the tennis flyer.

Metropolitan North Regional Sports Trials

The regional sports calendar as posted on the Metro-North website will remain in place this year, and as such, there are a number of trials that commence as of next week. Please view the below document to see a full list of sports trials running in Term 1. All sports with trials happening in February are posted on the College app and have the due date for all nominations. Please ensure these are collected from the sports department at least a week prior to the district trial. If you are attending the regional trial, please ensure you have College approval to attend and all relevant paperwork completed.

Metropolitan North Swimming

This year there is a new schedule for swimming. Please refer to the below schedule. Registrations must be received by 3:00 pm on Friday, 18 February 2022. Please email Ms. Rebecca Clydesdale and Mr. Alex Webb if you wish to nominate for this event. 

Met North Softball and Cricket

Both softball and Cricket nominations are due this Friday 11 February, at 3:00 pm. Any interested students who have not yet contacted Mrs. Rebecca Clydesdale must do so immediately.

Student Achievements

Below are the results from last weekends Vorgee Brisbane Sprint Champs. Congratulations to all our girls, we are looking forward to seeing you perform at your best in next weeks Interhouse Swimming Carnival.

Hana Costello - 3rd 50m Backstroke

Ema Costello - 2nd 50m Backstroke, 4th 50m Butterfly

Megan Guthrie-Quinn - 4th 50m Butterfly, 3rd 50m Breaststroke

Laura Poon - 2nd 50m Freestyle

Mali Schwarz - 2nd 50m Backstroke

Poppy Stephen

Congratulations to Poppy Stephen, who has been extremely busy with both her training and participation in competitive swimming and surf sports. She competed in the Queensland State Swimming Championships in Brisbane during December 2021 and returned some outstanding results during the week of the competition. 

 Poppy commented that she loves swimming because her biggest competition is herself, and over the 21 races across the week, she managed to achieve 100% of her personal best times. 

 Her results included four-place medals. 

2nd Silver – 200m Backstroke 

2nd Silver – 50m Butterfly 

3rd Bronze – 100m Backstroke 

3rd Bronze – 50m Backstroke 

4th – 800m Freestyle 

5th – 200m Butterfly 

5th – 100m Butterfly 

8th – 400m Freestyle 

12th 200m Freestyle 

18th – 100m Freestyle 

Poppy also enjoys competing in Surf Lifesaving and during January competed in the Oceans 38 Championships, a state competition held at Bilinga Beach on the Gold Coast. Her talent shone through, and she walked away with a silver medal in the Under 17s ocean 500-meter swim. In addition to this, she competed at the Classic Surf Sports Championships on the Sunshine Coast in January and placed silver and bronze with the following results:  

2nd Silver U17 Ocean Swim (500m) 

3rd Bronze U17 Taplin Race – team event (500m Swim, 500m Ski paddle, 500m board paddle) 

Over the next couple of months, Poppy has a few smaller competitions, but is focused on training for the Queensland State Surf Life Saving Championships in March, the Australian National Surf Life Saving Championships in April and the Australian Age National Swimming championships, also in April. Poppy says that her dream is to compete in swimming at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 

Let your light shine, Poppy - we believe in you!

Dannielle Jones

Clayfield College student Danni Jones has dedicated her holidays to training for all the Little Athletics program events.

Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, she completed in the Queensland Regional Championships and has successfully qualified for the State Titles in 5 disciplines. 

Her outstanding results included: 

Gold medal for U15 Girls Discus

Gold medal for U15 Girls Javelin

Gold medal for U15 Girls Shot Put

Gold medal for U15 Girls High Jump

In addition, Danni braved below average weather conditions and endured heavy rain and slippery surfaces during her hurdles race, where she placed 4th - and has now qualified for the State Championships as well! 

Auroura Saffery  

On 15 January, Clayfield College student Aurora Saffery competed in the BjP Physical Culture Queensland Maroon Zone Competitions. She placed 2nd overall in the combined 13s/14s section and will be heading to Sydney to compete at the BjP Physical Culture Junior National Competition on 12 February.   

What is physical culture you ask? It's a fun, upbeat sport that focuses on pop music that fuses dance styles such as jazz, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, aerobic dance and even yoga! "Physie" (also known as Physical Culture) is the perfect combination of movements designed to increase strength, fitness and flexibility. 

Aurora will continue to compete across 2022 and will keep us updated on her progress. Fantastic work, Aurora – Let your light shine! 

Each week we love acknowledging and celebrating the achievements of our many students who compete at high levels in sports beyond the College sporting program. For this to occur, we need families to email through these wonderful achievements, sending event details, placings, times, rankings, etc., and photos of students performing or receiving awards. Once again, could we please ask all families to continue to do so by sending through all information to Rebecca Clydesdale at  rclydesdale@clayfield.qld.edu.au to collate and ensure these are published each week.