Football Wrap

1st XI

Off the back of a great display of character the previous week against Churchie, the 1st XI gave a great show of quality in last weekend’s defeat of Grammar. Midweek the team had played in the Uhlsport Cup and won comfortably against Brisbane Christian College 11-0 and they took this goal-scoring form into the game last Saturday, winning 6-1. It was a controlled performance displaying all the attributes of good team football. We dominated possession and dictated the tempo of the game, with smart and intelligent passing and movement.

Once again Byron McLeod netted a hat-trick, highlighted by a wonderful left foot volley for his second goal. He is relishing his move into the striker’s role and is proving a difficult opponent for opposition defenders. 

The team welcomed back Year 10 Solomon Weldemariam who is finally recovering from injury and he delivered a smart goal and some nice touches in his 20 minute cameo. Once again, the support from the students was outstanding and we look forward to a raucous occasion and more good football this week against TSS at Tennyson.  

Tennis Wrap

Round 5 of GPS Tennis saw Terrace come up against our rivals Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) in a highly anticipated contest. In recent times, the BGS’s Tennis program has been one of the strongest in the competition and Terrace were provided a stern challenge across all grades on Saturday. BGS managed to take the majority of wins for the round and credit must go to the disciplined manner in which they played their tennis, making Terrace fight hard for every game and in most cases they were too good on the day. However, sport is about more than the wins and the losses and despite the end results, Terrace played a positive brand of tennis and maintained an excellent level of competitive spirit throughout the day. This included efforts such as Nick Angus (10D) winning a seesawing match 6-4 after wrestling back momentum on 2 occasions during the match, Oscar Oxenham and Will Rehbein (6A) fighting back from a first up doubles defeat to win 6-5 in their second rubber and Sam Scuderi (10B) making his opponent earn every point, and despite going down 4-6, being able to walk off the court knowing he did the College proud. Despite the results not falling Terrace’s way on the weekend, the program remains in a strong position heading into the back half of the season due to the high standard of sportsmanship, mateship and fight shown by the majority of players each time they represent the College. 

We thank BGS for their excellent hospitality at their home courts on Saturday and the program looks forward to the next time the two schools meet in season 2019. This weekend Terrace take on another strong Tennis College in The Southport School (TSS). With some teams playing away down the coast it is important to ensure each players commit to the program and their team by attending these matches and allowing plenty of time for travel. Playing at Southport is a great experience for any student and we look forward to all matches this weekend, both at home and away. The 1st IV match will be a tightly contested fixture, with both teams having only lost one round this season the result this weekend will decided which school will be in premiership contention in the final rounds of the season. 

1st IV 

This week we started with the same approach as our last four weeks, to win on the day we have to win the matches we should win in the singles, and then use the scoreboard pressure that we have accumulated to maintain that pressure and go on to win at least three doubles. Unfortunately, it did not pan out that way. On Saturday our singles did not fire. This week, for the first time in the season, we lost three singles with Bryce Robinson losing in 3 sets while Xavier Lim and Yosua Lumbanradja lost in straight sets. Stephen Stoddart played a very tough and competitive match in his singles, winning in three sets. He was also outstanding in his doubles later in the day.

This put us down 3 rubbers to 1 and after the singles.  We knew on our best day we could win all 4 doubles, but it would be a tough task. The doubles started off well for us with Stephen and Xavier once again taking their first set while at the same time Bryce and Yosua held a set point in their first set. Unfortunately, neither team could convert, losing both matches, Steve and Xavier in three sets and Bryce and Yosua in straight sets. This put us down 5 rubbers to 1. With the reverse doubles to be played. Both doubles pairs got up for their last doubles winning them both for a final result of 5-3 to BGS.

This was a massive lesson for our boys. Tennis is generally such a closely contested sport and you can’t afford to lose intensity or concentration for one second, as it can cost you dearly later in the match. This was certainly the case for us on Saturday as at the end of the day there was very little in it. Had we won four more points at key times of the day, we could have walked away with a win. 

There is very little difference between winning and losing and with the lessons learned from this weekend, I’m confident we can move forward for a good result against TSS on Saturday.

Team of the Week – 7D

Jake Collins 
Finn O’Brien
Charlie Cooke
Will Kendall

An exceptional performance by the 7Ds, winning their fixture over BGS by a convincing 18 games. Jake Collins was particularly impressive winning all of his three matches highlighted by a dominant 6-1 victory in his singles. A special mention to the 4th XI, winning a tight encounter by two games to be the only side to defeat BGS in the senior grades. Logan Rush led from the front winning all his matches, including an impressive doubles display with partner Max Keogh.

Doubles Pairing of the Week – Oliver Nasser and Jack Alford (5C)

This pair displayed great teamwork, taking out both their rubbers 6-3. Their performance is typical of their consistent doubles play in the first half of the season. 

Play of the Day – Will Campbell (2nd IV) 

Will played two marathon matches and recorded two excellent victories, winning his singles 2 sets to 1 including 7-5 in the last set, before teaming up with Tom Brannigan to win their doubles in three sets, with the final set going to 10-8.

A special mention to Oliver White (8C) who despite being the last and only match on at the time, Oliver still fought hard in a long tough battle and never gave up, prevailing with a deserved 7-5 win. 

Round 5 results

Rugby Preseason Wrap

1st XV

Last weekend our 1st XV squad took part in Day 1 of the GPS selection trials. The day signified the first step in selecting the GPS 1 and 2 teams to compete at the upcoming Queensland Schoolboy trials held over the mid-year holiday break. We played BSHS and BBC in our pool games and played some solid rugby, demonstrating the skills and teamwork developed over the last seven weeks of training. I wish all boys the very best of luck during the selection process. 

Whole School Rugby Sign On 

Term 3 Rugby sign on is now open with all families receiving an email early this week inviting your son to play Rugby this season. Many thanks to all those families who have already signed up as the playing numbers assist with the organisation of coaches, referees, buses, field usage and ultimately how many teams we nominate in the GPS competition.  

Registrations closes Friday 25 May so please ensure you inform us of your intentions. Boys who participated in Term 2 Rugby are required to also register.

Please note that the boys born in 2008 (Under 10) will play and be graded with the Under 11 boys. This decision was made by the GPS as only a small number of GPS schools could field Under 10 teams. The upside is that all Year 5 boys will get to play with their classmates during their first year of Rugby here at Terrace.

Holiday Rugby Clinics at Tennyson will take place on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 July. The purpose of the clinic is to prepare the boys for the upcoming GPS Rugby season. The key emphasis will be core skills, unit and team focus leading into our trial game against Nudgee College on Saturday 14 July at Nudgee. 

Clinic Times 

Boys are to wear Terrace Rugby gear to the clinic and bring a water bottle.

• Under 11: 9am – 12pm
• Under 12: 9am – 12pm
• Under 13: 2 – 5pm
• Under 14: 9am – 12pm
• Under 15: 2 – 5pm
• Under 16: 2 – 5pm
• Opens: 2– 5pm

Representative Sport

Terrace students are eligible to trial for selection into District and Met Nth Regional representative teams in a number of sports. Our primary students nominate via City Dist. and our secondary students via Nth Independent or in some cases Met Nth direct, depending on the sport. Boys will only be nominated if they are of a high standard and meet qualifying times in respective sports.

City District Term 2 Sport

• Softball trial date 6 June – Open to all boys turning 12. Nominations close Friday 25 May

Direct nominations to Met. Nth Sport

• Golf trial date 29 May – Open to all 10–18 years. Nominations close Friday 18 May

For more information relating to upcoming trials please contact 

tyronmandrusiak@terrace.qld.edu.au or cerenehughes@terrace.qld.edu.au or click on the below link https://metnorthschoolsport.eq...