2023 Annual Review

HIGHLIGHTS

Sport

• Athletics—Amaka Ekeocha (12W) competed in the Queensland School Sport Championships, winning a Gold Medal in the Women’s 17 Years 100 m Hurdles. • Athletics—Four students made the Queensland Team for the Australian Junior track and Field Championships (Brisbane): Amaka Ekeocha (12W); Luxe Godfrey-Asseraf (11M); Sophie Hunt (10O) and Zoe McElwaine (10G). Zoe received a Bronze Medal in U16 Women’s 3000 m.

• Basketball—Pearle Preston (7R) was selected to the Queensland 12 Years team for the School Sport Australia Basketball Championships.

• Cross Country—Ella Coltzau (12R) and Zoe McElwaine (10G) were selected to the Queensland Team for the National Cross Country Championships (Canberra).

• Golf—Lizzy Harmon (9L) was the winner of the Queensland Golf State Foursome, and was selected in Golf Australia’s Junior State Squad for Queensland.

• Gymnastics—Lara Telecican (11W) was the winner of the Individual Trampoline (Lev – Nat 6 TRP Female) at the Australian Gymnastics Championships.

• Hockey—Ashley Foster-McGinn (11B) was selected as a Student Official (Umpire) for the School Sport Australia Under 16 Girls Hockey National Championships.

• Hockey—Carissa Graham (9W) was a member of the Australian champion Queensland Under 15 Hockey and Indoor Hockey teams.

• Rhythmic Gymnastics—Klara Coburn (8G) and Mia Swift (7W) were Australian Representatives at the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics (Team Event) held in Romania.

• Rowing—Astrid Thomas (11H) achieved a number of Gold Medals at the Queensland Rowing State Championships: Gold Medal; women’s U17 Double Scull; Gold Medal; women’s Under 17 Four (Coxed); Gold medal; women’s Under 17 Quad Scull (Coxed); and Gold Medal; women’s Under 17 Single Scull. Astrid then received a Silver Medal in Women’s Under 17 Double Scull at the Australian Rowing Championships (Perth). • Rowing—At the Queensland Rowing State Championships, the School’s team achieved a Silver Medal in the Women’s Under 19 Eight (Coxed): Georgia Mackay (11E), Sophie Crane (11G), Astrid Coates (11L), Ella Valery (12E), Harper Hammer (12M), Chloe Chambers (12L), Georgia Petersen (12E), Charlotte Zentveld (11B) and the cox was Izzy Skarott (12L).

• Softball—Ryleigh Dangerfield (12R) was selected to the Queensland Under 18 Women’s Softball Team, which placed 4th at the Australian Championships.

• Swimming—The following students competed at the Australian Age Swimming Championships: Marina Abu Shamelah (12G); Holly Fleming (9M); Ava Tran (10G); Lucy Vaughan (12O); Lillian Wall (11B); and Cate Ward (10B).

• Swimming—Karla Rimmington (10L) was awarded a Bronze Medal in the 15 Years 50 m Butterfly at the School Sport Australia 2023 Swimming National Championships.

• Taekwondo—Amarlie Evans (9O) was the winner of the Under 59 kgs National Taekwondo Championship, and was selected to the Australian team for the Combat Australia European Tour. • Ultimate Disc (Frisbee)—Anika Flanagan (11E) and Asha Stewart (11G) represented Queensland in the Australian Youth Ultimate Championships (AYUC) in a mixed team placing 3rd. Asha was selected to the Green and Gold women’s merit team to participate in 2023-2024 Under 20 Australian women’s team.

BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ANNUAL REVIEW 2023

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