Director of Sport | Mr Damian Wright

Welcome back to the Terrace Family for the start of the Term 2 activities, following a very busy Term 1 and Easter holiday period. Like New York,Terrace Sport never sleeps and there are always plenty of things happening in the College Sport program.

Term 2 is the term for Football, Tennis and Cross Country – two fixture activities over nine weeks and one championship event (where performances on the day are all that count). Running parallel to these three activities are the lead in phases of “A/B” Rugby and “A” Basketball.

The Easter holiday period was exceptionally busy with Cross Country camp, Football tour, Football clinic, Tennis tour and Rugby clinics added in with the wide variety of general training and preparation. Thank you to all boys and families that made themselves available for training over this period in preparation for the Round 1 fixture v BBC this coming Saturday.

There are great numbers involved in all the activities, especially Football, where the numbers are close to 800 boys again.  Team selection is always an emotive issue and unlike those activities were timings can self-select, Football teams are selected by a coach in good faith as to who they see fit as the best person for the team. I abide by the simple saying that if a boy is incorrectly graded, then his natural talent will see him rise to the top and be reselected in the correct team.  Selections will be ongoing through the season, but they will also be kept to a minimum so as to create team harmony and not disrupt team cohesion. 

I would ask that all boys attend training rigorously twice a week and present ready for their game 30 minutes prior (as a minimum). Representing the College is a privilege, not a right, and all boys need to be respectful of that – regardless of the division.

Due to the large number of teams representing the College this year – it is not always possible to have Terrace teams all playing against the same opposition – therefore the supplementary draw comes into play. All efforts will be made to identify possible matches; however, it can be difficult when fellow GPS schools will limit their teams to a “D” division.

As a rule of thumb, team selections and draws will be forthcoming at Thursday lunch  following weekly training and any final adjustments that need to be made to the draw. The best way to stay in touch is through the College Twitter feed for the most recent and up-to-date information.