Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 1995

Sport Sonia White, swimming star

Katie Kelly melts the ice Caitlin Matthews

team. This is a form of hockey played wearing roller-blades. Katie has also made spectacu lar progress in roller hockey .The sport is a fairly new one, and already Katie is at the forefront of the competition. She is recognised as a leading player for Queensland, playing for her state for the pasItwo years. She was also named in the roller hockey All Stars team. After discovering her obvious talent for these forms ofhockey, Katie decided to attempt field hockey and has recently been named as a member of the Grammar Q.G.S.S.S.A. C grade team which compeles on Saturday mornings . In the future Katie would like to see I he sports of ice hockey, and particularly roller hockey, de velop and gain support. As this oc curs we will definitely be seeing more of Katie Kelly playing for Queensland and, hopefully, Aus tralia. Katie has already gained se lection in some of the most prestig ious teams in the country, and has often been the youngest person to do so. With competitors as promis ing as Katie Kelly, the future of these sports is looking bright.

& Mieke Stevenson Year II Brisbane Girls' Grnmmar student, Katie Kelly, bas just com-- pleted a most successful season in the National IceHockeychampAionships. She competed as a member of the Queensland VIS team. As a result of her exceptional perfonnance, she was named in the bonor.uy Austrnlian All Stars team, an indication of her prom ising talent as an ice hockey player. Katie, who has beenplaying ice hockey for only two years, has made outstanding achievements by being se lected in the Queensland Open Wom en's team, bothinherfirstyearoftaldng up the sport and once again Ibis year, as the youngest competitor in the event This passion for hockey which encouragedKatie to takeupicehockey, began when she received her first pair of roller-blades less than five years ago. She discovered she had an unu sual ability for "blading", and after appearing in commercials displaying Ibis talent for Golden Circle and Hun gry Jack's, she decided to extend her interest andbegancompeting as amem ber of the Brisbane "roller hockey"

Sonia White swimming for Grammar at the QGSSsA championships ·· Freyr Patterson Forelevenmonthsoftheyear, ten

even though it is winter. Swimming places many demands on her time and often other sporting interests have to take second place. Having swimming as her Hrst priority means giving up weekends to attend swimming carni vals. However, she says it is worth it in the long run. All people involved in sport are role models to Sonia because they are committed to their sport and achiev ing their goals. Sonia believes this is very important to personal success . "The fear of my coach killing me.'' Sonia jokingly says, along with

enjoyment of the sport and a desire to keep fit are what keeps Sonia pounding up and down the black lines of the pool. Surprisingly, Sonia does not feel that the long swimming hours alfect her academic achievements . '"All I have to do ismanagemy time sol have the time to do evel)'thing," she said. Those who complain of two

bows a week, SoniaWhite powers up and down the lanes of the swimming pool . Sonia, year 10 England, is the School swimmingchampionfor 1995. This is awarded to the girl who gains the most points for individual events in the Interhouse Swimming Carni val .Sonia,l5 years, won thecupwilh 26points in acountbackfromCarolyn Johnson, 9 O'Connor. Recently Sonia restarted swimming training five days aweek, Volleyball team in national competition Anna Purvis A team of nine Grammar volleyballers competed in the 1994 National Schools' Volley ball Cup Competition in Decem beroflastyear. The annual com· petition, beld in Canberra, is a nation·wide competitionand was attended by over 3000 players in almost300 teams. The Grammar team, a composite ofstudents from years 9to 11, from all four 1994 school teams, had just a few weeks to prepare for the tournament. Although the team achieved only thirteenth position in their division, it bad a good win: loss ratio of five:three, aod the overall performaoce was creditable. This was a pleasing result as many of the other teams in the competition were experi enced combinations and bad trained and played together for many months prior to the tour nament. The experience was in valuable to the Grammar girls who played. They were able to bone theirskills and learn to \fork together smoothly. The competi tion also gave the students the opportunity able to gel to know students from other year levels. These experiences should pay dividends wben it comes to the Q.G.S.S.S.A. volleyball season in third term.

lessons of physica1 activity a week should think of Sonia and the other swimmers who train twelve hours a week, eleven monlhs of the year in their own time. First eleven makes the final

a comprehensive premiership win. Unfortunately ,the Grammar team received a significant blow with the loss of their dedicated cap tain, Antonia Conomos, through injury. However, under the leader ship ofvice-captain George Adams. the Grammar 1st XI were ready to do battle. The Grammar cricketers took the field amidst the cheers of the many supporters who had come to witness B.G.G.S. cricket suc cess. Among these were Mrs Hancock, Miss Williams, dedicated Grammar cricket supporler. Mrs Bradley, students, cheersquad mem bers, parents and rellow cricket players. The Grammar team bowled and fielded well, the highlight of their performance being an out standing bowling display by Vanessa Granger, who look two wickets from conseculive balls. and finished with commendable figures of 2116. The St John Fisher team completed their innings wilh a score of II 0 runs from 16 overs . . Needing 111 runs for victory. the B.G.G.S. batsmen started calmly and methodically, but with the score at 4/38 after 10 overs. the signs were no t promising. An excellent 20 not om scoredby openerMariaLalousis, along with good support from the middle order.looked to improve the situation but the 1st XI managed only 50 run ·; from their 16 overs, falling well shm• of thelr target.

Georgia Mewing 13 years, Sarah Bitomsky 14 years, Rachelle Wu 15 years, and Kate Walters 17 years all accepting awards in their respective age groups. At the St Aidan's meet held at the Sherwood Arboretum on 17 May, the very hilly course suited our athletes who make hill runs a part of every training session. Sarah Bitomsky, Caitlin Marley, Sally Lobrisch and Hannah Bishop finished 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively in the 14 years division. Sarah Splat!, Kelly Saunders, Sarah Davies and Alex Downs fm ished in the top ten in the 13 years division. Emily Street (16 years) is a relative newcomer to cross coun try, having a background in athlet ics . Emily bas made great gains throughout the season having worked particularly hard to improve her time over the 4 km course to be ranked No.I in this age division. Emily is just one of the many new athletes in this year's team who have shown improvement and had no prior cross country experience. On27 May at theQ.G.S.S.S.A. to be held at Loganlea, it will take a team effort for Girls' Grammar to be victorious.

Cross country training began in February and the high level ofdetermi nation and will to succeed has been consistent throughout the season. Spurred on by an enthusiastic and tal entedgroupofyeareigbts, the teamhas the potentia] for another successful season. TheQ.G.S.S.S.A.CrossCoun try Championships are only two weeks away. Training continues unabated. The ever-optimistic and en couraging outlook of our coach, Mr Tony Booth, and team manager, Mrs Sue Dickens,is that the School will enter our strongest team ever. The squad has competed in various lead-up competitions during the season, with high levels of success. In the Girls' Grammar Relays on May 6 and the Churchie Relays on May 13, Grammar runners won 20 gold medals and 15 first place pen nants, as well as many second and third place awards. All of these perform ances contribute to the continuing achievements of the team. In the individual competitions held at John Paul College onMay 6 and Clayfield College on May 10, Girls' Grammar agajn produced many fme performance, notably Sarah Splatt and

receives an enthusiastic welcome from team mates and supporters Michelle Harvey The 22 March saw the culmina tion of one of B.G.G.S. cricket's strongest seasons. -With both the 2nd XI and 3rd XI completing the season strongly, the lstXI finished the schoolgirls' cricket season by battling out the final. The 1st XI secured a place in the final against St John Fisher after a convincing victory over I.G.G.S. in the semi-final. The StJohn Fisher team was undoubtedly strong. As well as boasting several Queensland play ers, they had swept through the 2nd division club cricket competition to