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Ms. Christine Barnes - Head of Health, Wellness and Sport

Term 4 Secondary School Sports

  • Saturday 9 October – QGSSSA Snr Badminton competition (full details will be posted on the app)
  • Wednesday 13 October – 1st QGSSSA AFL skills session (full AFL schedule on the app)
  • Saturday 15 October - QGSSSA Jnr Badminton competition (full details will be posted on the app)
  • Monday 18 October – QGSSSA Senior softball and QG Cricket pre-season training commence this week.
  • Tuesday 19 October – QGSSSA Junior Softball competition commences (Full draw on the app)
  • Friday 5 and 12 November – QGSSSA AFL Gala Days (full details will be posted on the app)
  • Wednesday 17 November – Sports Woman’s Awards Dinner (full details will be posted on the app)

Winter Sports

Our winter fixture season concluded with some very competitive games and a combined sports celebration at the College. The individual sports captains combined to plan and create a fun-filled afternoon of food, music, jumping castles and some social tennis. It was a great way to finish the season, thank the coaches and coordinators and send our Year 12s off with a bang in their final season of QG winter sport for Clayfield. 

 

A huge congratulations to a number of our volleyball teams, Opens and 10A who finished in the top four of games played this season, and in particular, our Year 8A team who went through undefeated finishing at the top of the table for the 6 games played. The COVID interruption to the season was unfortunate as these teams were going very well this year. It will be great to see how they go in 2022 and whether they can move up from where they finished this year. 

Athletics

The final day of Term 3 was a beautiful spring day, perfect conditions for the QG Athletics event whether competing or cheering our team on which I am sure helped us achieve 3rd place in Percentage Cup. What an amazing achievement, one our girls and our coaches should be very proud of. And if there was a prize for cheering, our girls would have won that hands down! Once again, our HUGE school spirit was proudly and loudly on display for all to see and hear! And didn’t our girls cheer! Whether on the track, in the field or shouting from the grandstands, our girls shone, ending the athletics season in fantastic style. 

 

This amazing result was possible due to the efforts of our girls at training and the quality of coaching provided. 31 girls broke at least one of their PB’s in an event and 5 girls broke 2 or more. 

 

Huge congratulations must go to a number of girls who did exceptionally well, not only in terms of PB’s but in terms of the field of competitors they were up against. Congratulations to the following 3 girls who managed to finish in the top 3 in one or more of their events.

 

Danielle Jones (Year 9) - 2nd in javelin and discus

Mia Geere (Year 8) - 2nd in high jump

Ema Costello (Year 7) - 3rd in discus

Term 4 Sports

The badminton and softball boot camps occurred on the Monday public holiday this week with the majority of most teams in attendance. Despite the heat, the girls did exceptionally well and as a result, go into their up-coming fixtures a little more game-ready after dusting off the holiday cobwebs. A huge thank you must be given to Jo Rogers who is the Head Coach of both sports and did an amazing job putting the camps together and running them on the day. Jo’s amazing energy, passion and joy of coaching certainly shone through to make the day more enjoyable and worthwhile for all those in attendance. A huge thank you also to the Sports Support Group who funded the morning tea, BBQ lunch and cold icy poles, your contribution to the day was certainly very much appreciated by all in attendance.

 

AFL will make its grand debut into the QGSSSA sporting program in term 4. We have been fortunate enough to organise a 6-week program with Queensland AFL which will culminate in 2 Gala Days for secondary students and 1 Gala Day for primary students. Full details of the introductory program can be found on the College App and Croc Board. 

Sportswoman's Awards Dinner

The annual Sports Woman’s Award Dinner will be held on Wednesday 17 November at Ruggers, 103 Crosby Rd, Albion in the Jacaranda Room. The event will run from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm and recognise and celebrate excellence, commitment and dedication to sport at Clayfield. All girls and families involved in the QGSSSA Sporting Program in 2021 are warmly invited to attend. The awards will be a big feature of the night along with some amazing guest speakers and a delicious 2-course meal. Full details will be released early next week, please mark this very important date on your calendar. 

Volleyball Academy 

The Clayfield Volleyball Academy continues every Monday from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm in the PE Centre. Please see Ms Barnes if you are keen to join to collect the paperwork. Any girls who choose to leave the program MUST send an email to confirm this or payments will still be added to your College fees.

 

Australian Volleyball has recently sent out information regarding the Talent Identification trials that are due to be held later this month. The flyer can be found on the College App. 

Elite Sporting Program - Sport Specialist Series

The final ESP Sports Series 2 workshop will happen next Wednesday with Natasha Anderson.  Could all ESP girls please put this date into their diary to ensure they don’t forget.

 

Term 4 - Week 2             

  • Wednesday 13 October: Natasha Anderson – Girls with Grit

Student Achievements

A number of our girls have been just as busy over the holidays with the ramping up of their sporting commitments. This has led to some amazing achievements. 

 

Swimming:     Queensland Short Course Championships

Hana Costello - 2nd in 200m IM, 3rd in 400m IM, 3rd in 100m IM

 

Laura Poon - 4th in 100m IM

 

Poppy Stephen - 1st in 50m Back, 1st in 50m Fly, 2nd in 200m Fly, 2nd in 100m Fly, 3rd in 200m Back, 3rd in 100m Back

 

All 3 girls have been named in the Queensland swim squad based on their results at this meet and across 2021.

 

Netball: State Titles

Hayley McGruther - Hayley has been selected into the U19 Queensland squad. National championships will be held in April of next year, hopefully! We look forward to hearing about how she goes as an Old Collegian in 2022. 

 

Cricket: Met Nth Trials

Mia Geere and Allegra Pollack - Congratulations to both girls who were selected in the Met Nth team to head to the state championship later this term. Good luck girls and we look forward to hearing about how you go. 

 

Gymnastics: Brisbane Nth Regional Championships

Lucy Peters - Level 6 Under 12, Lucy tied for third overall. 3rd place on Bars, 4th on Floor, 6th place on Vault, 7th on Beam.

 

It is wonderful to be able to share student achievements with you, so if your daughter has achieved a significant result in her sport, please send through an email labelled “Student Achievements” to Ms. Christine Barnes so we can share and celebrate this achievement with the wider community.