2007 School Magazine

Sporting Highlights

Sporting Highlights

Athletics

Mrs Dabelstein and a fleet of elite coaches. At the beginning of Term III, Mrs Dabelstein went on maternity leave and Miss Cosgrove began in the role as Athletics co-ordinator. This year the Inter-house Athletics Carnival was a sea of colour and enthusiasm. Many students showed their strength and endurance, their speed and power and, of course, their creative

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outstanding in all of their events but also inspiring to the rest of us. The focus of the Girls Grammar Athletics squad this year was team work. Our goal was to work together as a team, to support each other on and off the track, to have fun together and of course to be successful. Along with team work, we concentrated on technique, flexibility and core strength. With our new focus and support, the Girls Grammar Athletics team had a successful season (despite the wet weather) with many athletes improving on their personal bests, trying new events and really enjoying their athletics experience. We trained hard and we competed hard but most of all we supported each other and had fun. Sarah Wilson (12R) and Claire Veritz (12O) CAPTAINS

Athletics at Girls Grammar has an extremely proud history. Our intention this year was to continue the proud tradition and further enhance our reputation as a strong Athletics school. With the assistance and guidance of our new look coaching

imaginations with costumes. It was a highly successful day overall and Gibson took the champion house

title, closely followed by Beanland. This

team we began the season with a renewed focus on team and training. Training commenced under the new head coach, Mr Turner in the mid-semester break with

year we had a spectacular display of individual prowess with three athletes awarded the Overall Athletics Champions; Sarah Wilson (12R), Bethany Holt (10B) and Isabeau Williams (10R). These girls were not only

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