1990 School Magazine

SPORT

Q. G. S. S. S. A. SPORT Sport at B. G. G. S. continues to fulm the extra-curl'ICUlar needs of students, and also enables alarge number of girls to participate in a wide variety of activities, altliough the Q. G. S. S. S. A. calendar is a rather intensive one The Softball season in first term proved to be the most successful that both A and B grades ITave seen for a long time. Training began in earnest over the Christmas holidays. with the goal of achieving better placings than the A and B grade's seventh of the previous season. Due to the dedication of the softball teams, the A's managed to achieve second place (only 1111'ee points behind State High), and the B's. third place. These high placings are commendable. and followed the Year 8 and 9's PIacinos of first and flint ^espectively during Term 4 in 1989 The Q. G. S. S. S. A. Swimming season is a rathei. short. yet Intensive one. One of the initial aims at the beginning of the season was to make a concerted effort to improve our standing as a swimming scliool, and. therefore. to limprove our overall performance. To achieve this we requii'ed not only the participation of our competitors, but also suppoi't from the rest of the school 'The support at the swimming this year was sensational. and it was wonderful to see such a large spectator contingent at Chandler which certainly spurred on our team A commendable fourth was gained by our team and this was achieved primarily by the dedication of the girls to training sessions and the support shown by the rest of the school. Although our only winnei' on the day was Michelle Glover in the fourteen years' backstroke, many top four placings were achieved TITe 1990 Grammar Ballgames season was not only reasonably successful. but it was also greatly enjoyed by all. Although the sportis not a large one within the school. a determined effort was evident to improve on the previous yeai"s position. Our improved ball handling skills resulted in many second and third placings o11 the day of the QOS. S. S. A. competition allpswich, but unfortunately the tight control and unbroken concentration exercised by SI Hilda's and IPswich proved a little too much foi' our more fluctuating pel'formances. However, improvement is definitely a sign of success. and our final seventh placing. two better than last year. has undoubtedly shown that we are now heading in the right direction for the future Artistic Gymnastics continues to be one of our main sporting strengths within the school, o11 both the participation and the spectator level. Training started early in the year in preparetioiT for the May competition Our strength and dominance o11the Q. CSS. S. A. level was shown with most grades fielding two teams The Year Eights received first place in both the first and second divisions, followed by both D grade teams early in the competition. The A grade competition was possibly the highlight of the weekend. Girls' Grammar had a talented

team. but were tinfortunately outclassed by State High with an Australian Institute of Sport Representative. The A2 team. nowever. also continued the earlier success snowi\ by the Yeai' Eights and D glade The second day saw the C and B grades competing. with the C glade gaining second place behind More ton Bay College. The B gi'ade continued its success. with the Bl team gaining second place. and the B2 tealTi taking the honours. Tile SIIccess of all these gymnastics teamsis due to the many hours of dedicated trainino that all team menTbers 11ndertook The gymnasts nave recommenced training for 1101 only tlieir assault on the 1991 Q. G. S. S. S, A. competition. but also for a possible tourto New Zealanclwitli a small rhythmic gymnastics contingent in June IText year. The girls have an exciting trip planned. with the highlight being a competition in the Commonwealth Games Stadiuin in Auckland, and 1111s will allow the students a fantastic opportunity to compete at an international venue Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics is one of the most popular sports within the school for botli participants and spectators. The competition at Brisbane Boys' College in 1111y was highly eruoyable. memorable and successful. and eveiy gymnast found tlie experience of coinpetii}g before such a large crowd of spectators exciting and rewarding The Grammar team led the competition after the completion o111Te first apparatus. hoop, and maintained a strong second position for the remainder of the evening. with 111e ball. 1'1bbon. and hoop and ball combination groups all gaining second place These superb results reflect the students' dedicatioit to early morniitg training sessions, and the11' talent in handling difficult apparatus under the watchful eye of their coaches The Cross-country leani was led by coach Sieven Wiseman who subjected this dedicated group of runners to progressive Iy more challenging tasks on early mornings Months of training saw the team well prepared for their two Inaiii competitions. Q. G. S. S. S. A. and Regionals in May and June respectively. B. G. G. S. did very well with numerous girls gaining top tell placings in both events, and a few of our team members successful in being chosen for the Regional Team. Sarah MCEvoy in Year Eight proved to be sensational, winning o11 both occasions Our four winter fixture spoi'ts, volleyball. netball, tennis and hockey, once again proved popular, as well as successful in their Saturday morning games during Term 3. From the beginning all sportslooked promising. with an extremely large number of girls attending trials for school teams, and with so many enthusiastic sportspeople within the school, this meant triallists had to perform at theirvery best to gain selection

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