Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 1995

I Sport New beginnings for Grammar rowing

lnterhouse gymnastics - a blaze of colour

Hancock then named the new quad "McKellar" in honour of the support and dedication of theMcKellar Family to B.G.G.S. rowing . Megan DeLeacy and Trinity Ryan, the Rowing Captains, named the two sculls " Invicta" (unconquered) and "Intredida" (undaunted) . The final Regalia before the Head of the River was hosted by St Aidao's and was Grammar's most successful Regatta to date. The rowers were de lighted to achieve the following results: five first places- Ul4lhird four, Ul5 scull, U15 quad, Past Students Quad, and Ul6 second four - with all other crews placed in the top five. With this improvement the Head of the River at the Hinze Dam should be a great day .

hoop. While many of the individual routines displayed a very high level of skill and grace, the group perform ances introduced an element offun that appealed to the audience. Theartisticcompetitiona1soproved to be a display of the talent in the School, wilh many students achieving high-scoring routines. Particular mention must be made oflsobel Davies (Griffith) who gained a perfect 10 on bars, and near perfect scores on floor, beam, and vault. She became the overall artistic gymnastics champion for the competition. Other outstanding individual performances were given by Sophie Williams (Gibson) and Kate Farmer (Hirschfeld) . First place in artistic gymnastics was awarded to Beanland with a total score of 142.2. Second place went to Hirschfeld with 139.8 who narrowly beat Griffith's score of 138.4 '1though it was wonderful having it in the new sports centre. There was a lot of support from each house and there was always a big applause after each routine," said Mrs Papas. "The standard has improved dramatically from previous years and it was fantastic to see so many year eights performing. It was very entertaining considering that the houses only had three weeks to prepare. There was wonderful participation and it was great seeing so many people have a go." "I thought the competition went very well as it is the first time that we have been able to have the Artistic and Rhythmic gymnastics together. It's a good way to end a tenn and I enjoyed it very much. Everyone perfonned to a very high standard," said Mrs Hancock.

Sarah Bltomsky, Sarah Davies, Rachel Emerson, Caitlin Matthews The 1995 Interhouse Rhythmic aod Artistic Gymnastics Competition on 14 of June kicked off to a great start with all houses displaying a wide variety of colours and enthusiasm in the march on. This was the first year that the Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastic competitions were held simultaneously in the McCrae Grassie Sports Centre. The event was a fitting display .of the exceptionally high standard of gymnastics within the School. As weU as dazzling perfonnances by our most talented gymnasts- Isabel Davies, Tania Hobson, Caitlin Hunter and Phoebe Papas, lhere was an element of fun injected into the competition with a variety of light-hearted routines by many of the competitors. In the rhythmic competition, Lilley House gained first place achieving 36.8 points,just pipping O'Connor with a score of 36}. The rhythmic competition overaiJ proved to be extremely close with only 7.1 points separating first from eighth position. Caitlin Hunter (O'Connor) and Phoebe Papas (Gibson) made excep tional efforts which resulted in a tie for frrst place for overall rhythmic gymnas tics champion. Both gymnasts scored an outstanding 8.6 for their routines, Caitlin with clubs and Phoebe ribbon. Tania Hobson was a close third with a score of 8.3 for her clubs routine. In the lnterhouse Competition, in dividual routines were perfonned us ing clubs and ribbon. Grou·p routines were perfonned using ball, rope and

T/rird Ul6 Four: Georgina Belot, Bonnie Slraw, Helen Truman, Alison Radcliffe and Lucy McLennan

perfonnances. The Under 16 second four of Sarah Black (cox), Melleah

Melleah Clarke 1995 saw a new beginning for Grammar Rowing with the move from Commercial Rowing Club to the Brisbane Grammar rowing shed. Along with the move was the purchase of two new single sculls and a new quad by the B.G.G.S. Rowing Support Group. These three new boats were named at the conclusiOn of the B.G.G.S./St Peters combined Regaua on 12 August. The Regaua was an enjoyable day of fun and excitement but because of the illness and injuries that have affected Grammar rowers all season, the regatta was not as successful as the rowers would have liked. Two first places were gained on the day, but all crews must be congratulated on their fine gave a brilliant display of skill and teamwork to win all five apparatus in the Q.G.S.S.S .A . Rhythmic Gymnastics competition held at Somerville House on Friday night, July 29. The overall depth of the team's skill saw it take frrst place in each of the rope, ribbon , ball, hoop, and combination divisions and emerge competition champions. St Peter's were runners up to Grammar in all events except combination in which they did not compete. Rhythmic Gymnastics is continuing to grow in popularity as a sport, with two new teams, St Aidan's and Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, joining the competition for the first time this year. Overall, 160 gymnasts took part in the 1995 competition; 48 of these were Grammar girls. B.G.G.S. has become the force behind the growth in popularity of rhythmic gymnastics in Brisbane schools. The Grammar gymnastics team is well known and admired within

Clarke, CarolinePorter, A m y Kleindienst and Naomi Searle won their race for the third consecutive week and the past students' four of K. Connors (cox), Melody deLaat, Jo Larsen,

lsobel Royston and Michelle Rigg also won against ao eight aod two quads.

Following the ftrst Vill's race and presentations of pennants, Mrs Ul5 single scull: Kate Thelander (Photos: GeoffClarke) Clean sweep of the floor in rhythmic gymnastics Caitlin Matthews Brisbaoe Girls' Graounar School

sport within the interschoo] competition.

community commitment and dedication to a demanding training program and for the brilliance this produces in the interschool competition. Competing in state and national events has steadily improved the standard. Mrs Meryl Papas who has been coaching rhythmic gymnastics at Grammar for nine years, and has been instumental in developing the standard within the school to an elite level and this has had a flow-on effect on the

Many of the girls Mrs Papas has coached at Grammar are now employed as coaches in other schools. Mrs Margaret Lanz , National Olympic judge, who was guest chief judge at the 1995 Q.G .S.S .S.A. Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition, praised the "high standard shown by competitors" and described their performances as "impressive."

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