Football Wrap

Last weekend, we hosted Brisbane Grammar School across 40 games. The day was even with 17 wins, 17 losses and six draws across the program. We have seen some great individual development over a short period with many of our boys in the Football program, and this was reinforced again over the weekend with some impressive displays. This coming weekend is going to see us face a huge challenge against TSS who are doing very well across their program.

A huge thanks needs to go out to our Football Support Group who have been stretched with match day duties to ensure the day runs smoothly. We are also very thankful to all those who have volunteered each home round and we cannot stress enough, the importance of the volunteers each year to make this program run. 

Our next home round will be in Round 8, which will see us return to Tennyson for a break up game where squads will be mixed, and games played “Mates vs Mates” across the morning. More information about this will be released early next week.

Mr Mitchell Edwards
Director of Football

1st XI

After back to back losses, a good performance against Grammar was needed. Short on numbers due to injury, we reshuffled the line-up, changed the way we played, and put in a very good performance; the level of application was excellent. Oscar Wilkins (Year 12) had his first start for the season and put in a great defensive performance. Marcus DeRuos (Year 10) and William Dent (Year 9) put on a show up and down the wings. Congratulations also to Solomon Weldemariam (Year 11) who scored for the fifth game in succession.

I would like to mention Rhys Gray (Year 10) who broke his arm the previous week against Churchie. His courage in trying circumstances is to be admired and that he made the effort to get to our early morning training to be with his team mates is exemplary. 

The premiership is beyond us now. We have come out of games with plenty of praise from opposition coaches, which is something to be proud of, but we are yet to learn how to win when we are in the position to do so. That is something that comes with experience and with only a handful of Year 12s in the squad, the younger players are learning and showing more each week. With a good mindset and the right level of application we can get a good outcome away at TSS this Saturday.

Mr John Kosmina
1st XI Coach

Rugby Wrap

Whole of school Rugby reminders

Please note that the Term 3 Rugby sign on is now closed. 
If you are still wanting to play, please contact Mr Mandrusiak in the Sport Office.

1st XV Rugby program

Last Saturday, our 1st XV played ACGS 1st XV in the curtain-raiser to the Reds game. With limited attacking opportunities, the boys defended well to secure a well earned 20-12 win. In other games, it was pleasing to see many solid performances by our A/B squads against ACGS last weekend. I am confident the good work around our core skill development, terminology and patterns of play across all age groups over the last seven weeks will lay a solid foundation for the boys to build from, heading into the GPS competition.

Clothing and equipment

• Terrace jerseys, shorts and socks will need to be purchased before the end of term as we play Nudgee in a trial on the Saturday before returning to school. 
• Mouth-guard (a fitted mouth-guard from a dentist is strongly recommended).

Coaching at Terrace

I am keen to hear from any parents who are interested in coaching at Terrace. Currently we are short of coaches in our Under 11, Under 12 and  Under 13 age groups. Please email me: tyronmandrusiak@terrace.qld.edu.au if you are interested.

Date claimers

• Thursday 6 June - Rugby Coaches Induction Evening Tennyson 5.45-7.45pm 
• 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

Follow us on twitter @TerraceRugby, which is your first point of call for all news and information relating to Terrace Rugby

Tennis Wrap

Round 5 of GPS Tennis saw Terrace come up against Spring Hill rivals Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) in a highly anticipated contest. In recent times, the BGS tennis program has been one of the strongest in the competition and Terrace were given stern challenge across all grades on Saturday. BGS managed to take the majority of wins for the round and credit must go to them for the disciplined manner in which they played their tennis, making Terrace fight hard for every game. 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. 

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 2020. 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 for each player to demonstrate his commitment to the program and his 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 fighting for a podium finish.

1st IV 

In a promising start, Bryce Robinson and Sean Pacey both won their singles matches comfortably.  

Bryce played a particularly strong game, dictating play with his heavy groundstrokes and being miserly with his unforced errors while playing aggressively for a 6-3, 6-3 win. Sean played a different match using a lot of variation of speed, spin, height and direction outfoxing his opponent for a 6-2, 6-0 victory. 

While our number one and two boys were in control of their matches, Dominic Anderson and Charlie Van Balen were in battles for their singles rubbers. Dom was completely overpowered by a stronger opponent losing 6-3, 6-3 while Charlie fought back from 5-2 down in the first set to 5-5 before his opponent stepped up the pace, going on to defeat Charlie 7-5, 6-0.

There were some difficult lessons learned over the day. The biggest lesson was that under pressure, we need to embrace the moment and enjoy the battle. The second lesson learned is that doubles requires far more energy and intensity especially in pressure situations. I am sure our boys can turn their doubles performances around leading into the TSS round this weekend.

Mr Graeme Brimblecombe
Head Coach Tennis