Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2016

/ 20

A SPORTING LIFE

We have a number of girls who are excelling in their chosen sporting field at Girls Grammar and we are proud to celebrate their achievements with them. Perhaps they will represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games or even at a future Olympics Games, but no matter what they achieve in their lives, they will come away with the skills, characteristics and values that are needed to live a life full of reward and value. Since these young women are just starting on their journey, they are well aware of the challenges ahead and we applaud them for taking on those challenges, knowing full well the levels of sacrifice, hours of hard work and persistent practice and the many battles they will face in order to perform at their very best. We wish them well, we celebrate their achievements and offer them all our support to continue to excel in their chosen sport. At the time of publishing this edition of the Grammar Gazette, the following Grammar girls had been selected to represent or had represented Australia at a national level. If any Gazette reader knows of other outstanding Grammar sportswomen (past or present), please advise Director of Sport, Mrs Sally Northcroft, SNorthcroft@BGGS.qld.edu.au

REBECCA HALEY (10M) Rebecca jumped a personal best of 1.74 m at the Metropolitan North Track and Field Championships this year, breaking the record in the process. She is also the reigning National Champion U16 High Jumper — having won the title at the National Club championships in March. Rebecca has defended her title for three years and is a proud representative of Brisbane Girls Grammar School at all of her events. ELIZA KING (10E) Eliza recently swam against World Record holder, Cate Campbell at the Swimming Australia Grand Prix meet held during the winter break. Cate has spent time with our swimmers and no doubt provided great inspiration to Eliza as she prepares to represent the Junior Australian swimming team at the Pan Pacific Championships in August in Hawaii. JESSICA LAKEMAN (12E) Jessica was selected by Netball Australia as one of twenty umpires to travel to Perth to umpire the 17U/19U National Championships this year. The selection was made by Netball Australia officials and opens up access to the national high-performance pathway towards international level umpiring. Jessica has been working as an umpire in the Queensland Firebirds camp and holds her own as an umpire at the highest level. Champion in her age group and recorded a jump of 1.73 m at the Australian All Schools Championships in Melbourne last December. Her personal best jump of 1.76 m came at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in March — resulting in her breaking the record by 1cm. Earlier this year, she also broke the Metropolitan North Track and Field U15 High Jump record by 7 cm with a jump of 1.70 m. ELIZABETH MOSS (9E) Elizabeth is the reigning National High Jump

MILAN AGNEW (12L) Milan competed in the OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. The event was significant as it doubled as a selection race for the 2016 Age Group World Triathlon Championships in Mexico. Her results qualified her for selection to the Australian Age Group Triathlon Team for Mexico. MINNA ATHERTON (11B) Swimming a Junior World Record time in the 100m backstroke, Minna narrowly missed the call-up to the Rio Olympic Swimming team by placing third at the national selection trials earlier this year. At the QGSSSA swimming carnival in 2016, Minna broke the U16 50m Backstroke record by 2.5 seconds. Minna was selected to represent the Junior Australian Swimming team both at the Final Grand Prix and the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii. ABBY ANDREWS (11W) Abby was named in the Born 2000 (B00) — Australian Water Polo squad earlier this year, an important national athletic pathway. In addition, Abby was recently selected to represent the Australian Schoolgirls team in Water Polo, in which she was also selected as the MVP of the national tournament. Abby will travel to South Africa at the end of the year to play a number of international games as an Australian representative. EMMA BILLS (12W) As School Sports and Hockey Captain, Emma had the opportunity to represent Australia on the Schoolgirls U17 Hockey team. She completed a tour of South Africa, winning the test series against the hosts and was nominated by the School for the prestigious Pierre De Coubertin award. JOSEPHINE DOOLEY (11G) Josephine’s wicket-keeping skills have continued to improve and selectors are taking notice! Not only has Josie been included on the National U18 Development Squad, she has been offered a rookie contract with the Queensland Fire to join the best cricketers in Queensland.

GRAMMAR GAZETTE