Director of Sport | Mr Damian Wright

Welcome back to all members of the Terrace community for a very short Term 4.

Track and Field

From a Sport perspective, the focus is heavily upon the Track and Field Championship events that will be held very early on in Term 4:

• Junior GPS Track and Field Championships Wednesday 24 October QSAC
• Senior GPS Track and Field Championships Saturday 3 November QSAC

These two championships will come about very quickly. Boys need to commit fully to training and the Friday evening meets that are currently being held. Selections in the respective teams comes from times and distances recorded at these meets. 

Track and Field is the priority for all the boys and considerations that boys won’t make respective Term 1 teams due to attendance at Track and Field training at this early stage in Term 4 is not factual and is not shared by the Directors of Term 1 activities.

Congratulations to the great numbers of boys that attended the Track and Field training clinics over the holiday period – there was some great coaching experiences provided for the boys.

Congratulations to the leadership group for Track and Field in Season 2018 - Captain Declan Madden and Vice Captain Nikolai Wightman. These young men were chosen by their peers as the leaders of their activity. Both men show great commitment and dedication and are very worthy leaders of this activity. The College will present the Track and Field team to the community at a Presentation assembly on Tuesday 30 October.

Volleyball 

Congratulations to Angus Burton (Year 12) and Zac Hyams (Year 11) who represented Queensland Under 19 in the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships. Both boys were successful in winning the Gold Medal at the Championships. Further to this congratulations, Angus was selected for the Open Queensland team to compete at the Nationals later this year and for a scholarship to the QAS Volleyball program for 2018/2019. 

Swimming  

Congratulations to the following boys for their performances at the recent Brisbane Open Water event at Lake Kawana:

• Tom Neill - Gold in the 16 Years 5 km race
• George Williamson - Gold in the 14 Years 5 km race
• William Voltz - Bronze in the 13 Years 2 km race  

Well done to all the boys that competed.

Water Polo 

Congratulations to Max Balmano (Year 10), Oscar Wynne (Year 11) and Lachlan Steains (Year 11) who all were victorious members of the gold medal winning Barracudas Water Polo team at the recent Australian Club Championships. It is the first time a Queensland club has won a medal at these championships and the team was coincidentally coached by  Old Boy Mr Darcy Moreland – well done to all involved. 

Cricket 

Congratulations to Nick McGill (Year 11), Ryan Walker (Year 11), Dylan Kritzinger (Year 10), Toby Snell (Year 10) and Aubrey Stockdale (Year 10) who competed in the Under 17 National Championships held during the holiday period in Mackay. These boys performed exceptionally well and were a great credit to the College. 

Rowing  

Congratulations to Robert Capstick, Luke Allen, Alex Sullivan, Harry Canfell, and cox JJ Klemenc, who won Silver at the recent Queensland Schools Championships in Rockhampton in the Year 11 Quad Scull race. Terrace also recorded a Bronze medal in the Eights race. There were numerous other boys who competed at these championships and represented the College and Met North exceptionally well. Well done.