Football Wrap

Over the weekend, we hosted Nudgee College for our first home GPS Football round. A huge congratulations and thanks to the Football Support Group and groundsmen for all of their time and effort to make this a fantastic day. This weekend represented a great opportunity to compete against a traditional strong and well-resourced Football program. With 12 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, we might not have achieved the end results we were chasing, however we showed a very competitive display across the day. Thank you to all those who attended the Football Launch on Saturday evening; it was a great way to kick off the season and support Terrace Football.

This weekend we are away at Brisbane State High School. They will again provide a strong test for all of our young gentlemen. It would be wonderful for you to continue your great support throughout our games and to cheer on our 1st XI who will be looking to lock away three important points.

Mr Mitchell Edwards | Director of Football

A draw wasn’t the ideal way to launch our home season, but it was much better than the alternative. A point is a point, but it could so easily have been three given we led twice in the game. Having said that, Nudgee is a team against which you must be prepared to battle, and we did that well. 

Our second 3-3 result in succession says that we can score goals. It also tells us that we need to tighten up defensively and to minimise mistakes in crucial areas on the field. Congratulations to Solomon Wildermariam who scored the team’s first hat-trick of the season. Congratulations also to Connor McKenzie who started his first game since 2017 after a horrid time with injury. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention William Dent (Year 9), Marcus DeRous, Rhys Gray (Year 10) and Maclean Millar (Year 11) who are all new to the squad and are doing a great job. 

It was a really good game of football to watch with a typical ‘derby’ feel about it. There was plenty of action at both ends and the game was well supported by a raucous crowd. The result sees us second on the table, four points behind TSS. The two draws in succession have not done us any favours in chasing the premiership, but all we can do is back up this week and put in the effort against State High. Good intention and effort reap good outcomes.

Mr John Kosmina | 1st XI Coach

Rugby Wrap

Refereeing kids 

Last Friday, our referee coordinator Mr Charlie Marshall delivered the Rugby Australia “Refereeing Kids Rugby” course to our up-and-coming schoolboy referees.  It was pleasing to see such a good number of boys in attendance. Many of the boys will commence their refereeing at the Under 11/Under 12 level and will progress to referee higher age groups once gaining valuable experience – good luck to all boys.

Representative Rugby

Congratulations to George Hales, Archer Mann, Samuel McGahan, Jack Moore, Joseph Simpson and Charlie Vincenzi who have been selected to represent City Districts at the Under 12 Regional Carnival. The carnival will take place late in Term 2.

Term 3 Rugby sign on 

Sign on will take place throughout Week 7. All families will receive an email inviting them to register online. Please note that the GPS competition will once again follow the direction of Rugby Australia and select boys based on their year of birth. This is the same system that operates in the club competition and ensures that boys play in their own age level. Year of schooling is irrelevant. The age selections are 1 January – 31 December.

Please note that the boys born in 2009 (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.

• Opens born 2001, 2002 
• 16 years born 2003
• 15 years born 2004
• 14 years born 2005
• 13 years born 2006 
• 12 years born 2007
• 10/ 11 years born 2009 / 2008

Player readiness mid-year holiday rugby clinics 

All players will participate in a preseason training program which will take place at Tennyson on Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 July. The purpose of the clinic is to prepare the boys for the upcoming GPS Rugby season. During the clinics all elements of the Smart Rugby and “Confidence in Contact” program will be delivered by experienced coaches leading into our trial games against Nudgee College on Saturday 13 July at Tennyson. 

Lost and found 

Large amounts of lost clothing  are returned from Tennyson after each training session and can be collected from Student Services the following day. Please ensure you son’s name is clearly marked on all items.

Date claimers

• Week 7 Whole School Rugby Sign On – Please note that boys currently enrolled in the Term 2 preseason program will need to also enrol for Term 3 Rugby.
• Monday 3 June Rugby Program Parent Information presentation GT 125 - 6-7pm
• Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 July - Holiday clinics at Tennyson 
• Saturday 13 July - Whole School practice game v NC at Tennyson
• Saturday 20 July – GPS Round 1 v TGS followed by the Rugby season launch

Tennis Wrap

The results from Round 3 against Nudgee College were excellent. Across the board, we saw competitive matches played throughout the whole program, and in particular between the two EREA schools. The results from the weekend demonstrate a fantastic display of character by the program to bounce back from the previous round against BBC. Terrace, for the first time in over 20 years, went through with a clean sweep against Nudgee to win every match on the day. An incredible effort. The 1st IV had an emphatic victory and won every rubber to stamp their dominance on the day. 

It is nice to win, but it is not the most important outcome of the day. We saw many friends compete against each other on court in a respectful manner and the sportsmanship on display was of the highest standard. Winning is nice but playing in the right manner is more important. 

1st IV 

After a difficult week against BBC, our 1st IV boys knew how important it was to get back into winning matches. 

At the end of the four singles rubbers, Bryce Robinson won 6-2, 6-3, Sean Pacey won 6-0, 6-0 and was ruthless in his dismantling of his opponent, Dominic Anderson won 6-3, 6-4 and Charlie Van Balen won 6-4, 7-5. This put us up 4-0 after the singles without dropping a set. Sean was the best of the performances in the singles.

In the doubles, the boys were fired up and looking for a comprehensive win. In the reverse doubles Bryce and Dominic won their 1st doubles match 6-0,6-1, while Sean and Charlie continued to improve their combination with a three sets super tie-breaker win.

Yosua Lumbanradja was given an opportunity to get some valuable first experiences in the doubles. Yosua was best on court in his doubles with Dominic winning their match against the no 1 Nudgee pair 6-4, 6-2. Sean and Charlie then continued their improvement with a 6-2, 6-1 score. 

The Round 3 results should provide some good momentum for the team leading into some difficult upcoming rounds.

Round 3 Results