December 1943 School Magazine

December, 1943

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

:_ :Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1943

CRITICISM OF THE TEAM. M. Hynd (defence) throughout· th e season played a very sound game. Her· jumping improved this year, and the defence combination was good. She has again qualified for h e r Blue for the second year. G. Webster (goaler) goaled brilliantly in ' some matches but d id not con~­ sistently maintain this high standard of play. Her attack work was greatly · improved from last year. V. Knudsen (assistant goaler) played a good game throughout the s eason .. Her combination work with the goaler was effective and her goal throwing was sound. V. Pask (attack wing) a fast player who always managed to get the ball. into the goaler. Her jumping was good and her centre-court play was excellent .. She was unable to play in the last few matches because of illness. V. Sneyd (centre) by far the most outstanding member of the team. Her · play in all matches was brilliant and she gained her Blue . P. Pledger (defence wing) combined excellently with the defence and centre court. She jumped well and both her attack and defence games were very- good. She also gained her Blue. L. Dunbar (assistant defence) was a reliable memb er of "A" team. Her defending was always effective and she combined well w ith the other de- fenders. -M.H. ATHLETICS. In Second Term, we once more turned our attention to- Athletics and very soon the track became a hive of industry, The hour on Friday afternoon when Miss Elliott with the assist-· once of several members of VI. Form trained the III. Formers' was a great stimulus to the usual interest displayed by Thirds. On August 20th, we held our In ter-form Sports on the B.G.S. lower Oval, kindly lent by Mr. Carson-Cooling. At the close of a most enjoyable morning VI. Form won Miss Mollison's Cup! with 49 points, III.D. and III.A. were second and third respec~ tively with 23 and 19 points. , Immediately after this even t In ter-school teams were finalised and intensive training began. We had a strong team and achieved third p lace in the aggregate. We won the Senior! Cup, but the most noticeable weakness was in the Junior Team, 1 where lack of experience was evident. There is very good material there, but Thirds must remember that athletes ar~ · made as well as born. We congratulate St. Margaret's and St. Aidan's, who were successful in winning the Association and Junior Competitions respectively. Our team gave a good account of themselves. June Lupton by her fine win in the Open Championship and 75 yards, 15 years, won her Blue. Margaret Hynd again qualified for hers ! B. Pockets were won by T. Ross, M. Roberts, B. Elliott, P, Bertie, S . Cossins, V. Hendren, M. Hall, R. Bridge. We should like to thank Mrs . O'Dwyer and Miss Elliott, for their help and encouragement and to wish next year's teams greater success. M.H.--VI. 31

Soon after Easter, Inter-school matches began. Most team members were players of more or less experience, though sick- ness more than once made it necessary to change the teams. The B. teams, in particular were very strong and have gone ihrough unbeaten. The A. team, who play best when in a tight corner, were successful in al.l but their first match aaainst s~~h - All these matches were most enjoyable and we should like tci thank thte girls who assisted with the afternoon teas at the home matches . The Inter-form matches provided the school with much ex- dtement especially in the final, when IV.C. defeated VI. after a close match. It was interesting to note the number of prom- ising young players in third form, which augurs well for future ieams. In conclusjon, we should like to thank Mrs . O'Dwyer for de- voting so much of her lime to coaching; us, and no small part of our success is due to her help. Good luck to next year's teams.

B. NET-BALL TEAM, 1943. B. Pledger , ). Hulber t (Capt.), R. Bridge , Y. Grahcrm, W. Cowin , B. Bolgar, B. Elliott . 30