Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 1995

Sport

Waterpolo honours

Going ahead in leaps and bounds Karlle Greenland The Brisbane Girls' Grammar

Sailing away

Queensland Inter-school Equestrian Championships. The team of Sophie Ashover, Naomi Breit, Karlie Green land and AmandaWoods placed third, Anna Wood achieving an individual second. The teamwill continue through a series of qua1ifying events, with the Queensland Championships held in Caboolture in September. This year at Girls' Grammar, over thirty girls have expressed an in terest in becoming actively involved in Ibis growing sport. To give greater opportunity for membership and slu dents who do not own their own horses, both riding and non-riding members have now been accommodated. Riders compele their horses in gym khanas, dressage, hunter trials, com bined training, showjumping, hacking and eventing. Non-riders are assigned impor tant roles that contribute to lhe success of the team : strapping, photography, andcompilinganewsletter.Otherslook forward to holiday riding camps. With the majority of team members experienced riders, Brisbane Girls' Grammar has a reputation in inler~school equeslriancompetilions as a tough team tobeat. 1995 shouldprove to be no exceplion.

Katie Toft For the 14 Grammar Sail ors in the A team and Under 15 team, term one was filled with lots of sun, sea and sail log. Selection for these teams was held on the first Friday of the School year and nearly every Sunday from then on was taken up in training. The U15s were learn ing the skills involved in team racing, while the A team were competing, accumulating points to qualify for the Re gional Sections on 1 May. This was done successfully with the girls placing third going in an coming out of the selection. The A team set a goal at the start of the season : to make the State Teams' Rac ing Titles on their own ability. This they achieved. The State Titles were held at Coochie Mudlo Island from Tuesday 18 April until Friday 21 April. The other s chools competing were Churchie, Brisbane Grammar A and B , Central, Calouodra/Nambour/South ern Cross, Emmanual and, of course, B.G.G.S. The regatta got offto a Jess-than-flying start with no wind in evidence. Nonetheless, Girls' Grammar showed they were going to make it very Iough competition for the boys . It was a slow moving regatta with Churchie, Bris bane Grammar and Central dominating. With the end of the regada closing in, all sail ors knuckled down for a tight last day or sailing. Although the Girls' Grammar team did not sail on the last day, they put in a su perb effort on Thursday win ning all their races. We were placed firth behind Emmanual, Churchie, B.G.S. and Central. After the racing had finished, all the teams came together and had a water fight! Even some of the officials ended up in the water! It was a great way to end an exciting regatta.

School equestrian team has set off in 1995 as an extremely competitive force. With four events already un~ der their bells, all riders have been on a wiooiog streak placing well in com petitions as varied as gymkhanas, backing, dressage, and eveotiog. The year started with the John Paul College gymkhana on the 26 Feb ruary. Agymkhana is a series of"sport ing" events for horse and rider. Each event, like the barrel race where the horse and riders team need to negoliate around three barrels crossing lines of approach, are based on the time taken to complete. Year 8 rider, Naomi Brett, on Sam placed second. The Moreton Bay College HackDayfoUowedon 12March.Hack ing is based on the horse's attributes and the effectiveness of the horse and rider performing as a team. Annabelle CaseyandSarah Lockwood bothplaced strongly and helped the Grammar team come sixth of thirty-six schools. The St Aidan's Dressage Day also proved to be successful for Grammar. Seven of the ten rid ers gained individual placings , with six probably qualifying for the

Queensland Ul4 reps: Jodie Taylor, Sasha Cuffe, Jane Tranberg, Carolyn Johnston Kelly Jeppesen Yearelevenstudent,DanieUeWest, Queensland Team at Easter.

Corinne Butler, Diana Henry, Danielle West and Nikita Cuffe werri all selected in the U17 Training Squad.·\ In the recenl waterpolo compe tition season, lwo teams had excep tionally successful seasons. The U14A team made the Grand Final and were unlucky to be beaten by St Peters in an exciting game that saw the Grammar students fight back to a relatively close finish after a slow start. This was an especially pleas ing performance for their coach, 1994 Head Girl , Esther Jenkins, as none of the students had waterpolo experience before this season. The U 18A team were more suc cessful in their Grand Final against Tugan, beating them 5-4 in a thrilling match. With talent Hke this emerging through the club, the future looks bright for Grammar Waterpolo.

has excelled in her chosen sport, waterpolo, with a list of representative honours this year. Danielle, also an excellent swim mer and gymnast, was chosen to repre sent Queensland at theNational School girls' WaterpoloChampionshipsalong side fellowgrade eleven student, Nikita Cuffe , in Melbourne earlier this year. She reaped the rewards of a spec tacular performance at the champion ships with selection in the Australian Schoolgirls' Waterpolo Team to tour America in June/July. Grammar waterpolo has also seen many other students gain representa tive honours this year. Grade nine stu dents, Jodie Taylor, Jane Tranberg, CarolynJohnson and SashaCuffe,were all selected to in the National Ul4 part of the

Naomi Bren, Year 8, riding Sam

Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics faces another busy year

Teamwork the winner Louise Barber Impressive teambatting combined

lead-up to the event, the girls have been training hard under the guidance of Head Coach, Mrs Meryl Papas, in or der to mai ntain the high standard achieved in previous years. The B.G.G.S. R.S.G. club has over 100 registered members, and lhe majority of these will be competing. Two Grammar gymnasts lo look for are lhose who recently achieved, for the ftrsttime in Australia, the highest level in the R.S .G. Classic Stream. Tania Hobson (II Lilley) and Phoebe Papas (II Griffith) gained their Level TenGold Badges after years ofdedica tion and tireless commitment to this graceful and challenging sport. 1995 is definitely a year of ftnts for the club. Not only has it at tained excellence in ~the Classic pro gram, but it has also made history in producing two gymnasts who shall be the ftrstto represent Queensland at the National Elite Championships, held in Perth later this year. The March Levels Tests proved to be yet another event

indicative of the strength of the Club. All girls representing Gram mar at the various levels were suc cessful in lheir attempts, and passed with style , strength and confidence. Andrea Noon (8 Lilley) passed Level 8, Christina Sitcheff (II Griffith), Katrina Vickery (10 Woolcock), and Naomi Burke-Shyne ( 10 England) obtained their Level 6 Badges, while Jacqui Rigby (II Beanland), Lindsay Green (9 England) and Nicole Thomson ( 10 O'Connor) received their Level5 badges . The girls will undoubtedly shine at the Commonwealth Bank sponsored national championships. During the Easler break, 17 members of the Club attended at Level I Coaching Course run by the A.G.F., from which the girls gained a deeper understanding of their sport. This greater knowledge wi ll help the development of the Club, especially its junior members - some as young as four.

Jessica Bennett

The entire A grade team had impres sive batting statistics, led by rookie grade 10 student, Debbie Lauritz, whose average was an outslanding .545. This performance was closely followed by Linda Siemon on .437, the mostsuccessfullead-offbatterforsorne years. Another rookie grade 10 stu dent, Sonia White, also had an excel lent debut season with the bat in A grade with an average of.363. With young talent like this, and strong RBI performances by grade 11 student, Michelle Beutel, with 9 and grade 10, EmmaHarrison, 6, next season looks a promising one. The highlight ofthe season for both teams was the fmal match against State High. The B grade carne back from a nine run deficit in the last in nings to win 16-9 against the odds . The A grade, despite a dis ciplined performance by pitcher, Tori McNiece, and a near-pedect fiel<\ing display, lost to the even tual j>remiers.

& Caitlin Hunter

with enormous spirit highlighted the season for thegradesA andB softballers in 1995. The performance of the A grade which steadily improved as the season progressed and the excellent placing by B grade were the rewards of strong team efforts. Grammar'scontinued strength in B grade was confumed with the young team placing second. Trishia Peel, Kate Wensley and Prue Macken zie dominated with the hat and Kate also proved to be a reliable first base. Kim Buckle shared the pitching duties with Sharon Wouda and both had suc cessful seasons . The A grade showed immense dedication and skilful execution which, unfortunately, were not rewarded with a placing high on the ladder. The A grade gave their loyal supporters many exciting games, char acterised by fmal innings fightbacks.

& Carla Robertson During the mid-year holidays, the Brisbane GirlS' Grammar School Rhythmic Gymnastics Club is to host the 1995 CommonwealthBankR.S.G. Classic Clubs Championship, the larg estRhythmicGymnasticsCompetition to be held nationally in Australia. Four hundred gymnasts, aged between 6 and 23, and 150 auxiliary personnel from over thirty clubs throughout Australia and New Zealand, will compete and support from 5to 8 July. These championships, the larg est rhythmic gymnastics competition to be held in Australia, will be held in lhe new McCrae Grassie Sports Cen tre, an ideal venue for this momentous event. In 1995, the Grammar Club is determined to uphold its two year title as the National Champion club. In the