Director of Culture | Mr Matt Cocking

House Choir – wrap up

Congratulations to the students, Captains, Tutors and House Deans in our winning Houses of Buckley (House Choir Cup) and Mahoney (People’s Choice Shield). We thank all of the students and parents for a fantastic evening of fun.

Term 3 is an exceptionally busy term and so it was very encouraging to see the Terrace community filling the Pat Rafter Arena.  Thank you to everyone who witnessed the start of something new.

Our appreciation is also extended to the Terrace Performing Arts group who worked tirelessly behind the scenes.

GPS Chess on top of the ladder

Our Premier Chess team are placed well after winning all three of their rounds in GPS Chess.  This week will be a test of their skill as they play Churchie at home.  This is a strong team and so Chess Captain Hughston Parle is calling for #redandblack support.  A supporter BBQ will be held prior to the round.

Eight of our Chess players competed in the interschool Chess competition at Churchie during the week.  Well done to these young men for the exemplary way in which they represented our College.  The premier team placed second and now qualify for the State finals! Hughston placed first in the Premier division individual award.

Our Open As also had a good day and came second overall.  Alex Ong received a merit award, winning six out of seven games. The State Finals will be held at Terrace on the weekend of 20-21 October.

Debating – QDU 

Six Terrace Teams competed in the second round of the QDU finals last week. Results were:
• 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 won their debates
• 10.1 won, unfortunately 10.2 lost
• 11.2 won 

At the time of preparing this article not all the results are in. However, they will be posted to our social media pages and updated here next week.

Our Year 7 QDU debaters had performed well with 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 teams all winning.  Commiserations to the 7.4 and 7.5 teams. Thank you for your commitment and we look forward to having you debate in 2019.

Theatresports

The winning streak continues with our Senior 2 team also winning through to the semi finals after Monday night’s competition. 
The semi final rounds will be held at Waterford Place on Tuesday 28 August at 7pm and St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe on Thursday 30 August at 7pm.  With two teams competing, an audience filled with Terracians will surely lift the Theatresports teams.

Music

It has been a big week, well done to the 33 boys who represented Terrace at the Junior GPS Day of Excellence, the String players who performed at the String Showcase and our percussionists and drumline who competed in the Australian Percussion Eisteddfod with our drumline coming third in two categories of this national competition. Also, well done to Clancy Gundrum who placed third in the Drumline Snare Drum solo competition.

Support Group Meetings  

Part of the success of our Cultural activities can be traced to our support groups.  If you would like to be involved, meetings are outlined in the College calendar and on the App.  

Terrace Performing Arts – Tuesday 4 September, 5.30pm in the Callan Centre  
TPAPresident@terrace.qld.edu.au 
Debating Support Group – Tuesday 4 September, 5.30pm in the Founders’ Room  
DSGPresident@terrace.qld.edu.au

Staying in touch  

To keep in touch with all things Cultural, we would suggest you download the Terrace App and follow us on Twitter (@GTCulture) and Instagram (terrace_gtculture) to ensure you don’t miss anything.  

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