From The Sport’s Desk

Inside this issue:

Swimming Carnival 2

Upcoming TCN Trials 3

Athlete Profiles 4

Competition 5

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is

the courage to continue that

counts.” Winston Churchill

March 2019

Volume 1, Issue 2 Alastair Yeabsley – Sports Coordinator

ELLIS EAGLES BREAK A 6 YEAR DROUGHT!!! The mighty eagles soared high and defanged the Clifton Cobras who had a clean sweep of our 3 major inter house carnivals last year. Yes folks the first major carnival of the year is all washed up with our 37th annual swimming carnival being taken out by Ellis House (full summary below).

It never ceases to amaze me how Smithfield State High School (SSHS) students and staff will rally together and make a situation – which has the potential to go very very pear shaped- and turn it into in an absolutely memorable event. This year’s carnival was certainly no exception as we were greeted with near cyclonic conditions (katabatic winds I am informed is the meteorological term). I am confident that if anyone watched the dedicated group of staff, who were there early to set up tents, they would be convinced that we were quite mad. This certainly proved correct as the tents were pulled back down more quickly then they went up as the wind continued to wreak havoc (for the record we only destroyed 1 marquee despite rumours that suggest otherwise).

Despite these deplorable conditions both our students and staff embraced the day with such a positive attitude that it certainly provided some respite from the windy onslaught. It really is intrinsically rewarding for all staff when our students continue to impress on these occasions. I have had numerous conversations with staff, members of the community and the pool who were impressed by the calibre of our students. Congratulations to all involved.

I would also likely to publicly acknowledge the contribution of Marlin Coast Swimming Club president, Mr Todd Olds who worked tirelessly for the school and provided countless drums of chilled water for our students. Thank you for all your efforts. Also to our amazing tuckshop ladies, Kerry, Karen and Cath Olds who catered for our staff on the day providing some delectable treats.

For all matters relating to school sport please contact me

ayeab1@eq.edu.au or ph: 40584 372

mailto:ayeab1@eq.edu.au

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SSHS Swimming Carnival Summary 2019

AGE CHAMPIONS

AGE FEMALE MALE 12 Years T. Olds Ellis (72) J. Wynberg Ellis (75)

13 Years C. Jenkins Clifton (57) E. Mitchell Clifton (60)

14 Years C. Harris Kewarra (65) L. Williams Ellis (70)

15 Years A. Wynberg Ellis (75) K. Barry Clifton (61)

16 Years J. Olds Ellis (75) Z. Cahill-Burchill Clifton (65)

Opens M. Drury Clifton (60) R. Mapstone Ellis (57)

BLUE RIBBON A. Wynberg Ellis 28.89s L. Williams Ellis 29.43s

MULTI ABILITY CHAMPIONS

Junior Senior Spirit J. Murray Kewarra R. Campbell Ellis T. Novosel Kewarra

OVERALL HOUSE STANDINGS POSITION HOUSE POINTS

4TH Kewarra 747

3RD Trinity 948

2ND Clifton 1035

1ST Ellis 1139

RECORDS PREVIOUS RECORD NEW RECORD

EVENT NAME TIME YEAR NAME TIME YEAR

12 yrs Male 50m F’style K. Neilan 35.26 2017 J. Wynberg 35.25 2019

12 yrs Female 50m F’style E. Ashlin 39.05 2016 T. Olds 37.66 2019

12 yrs Female 50m B’Fly H. Bullock 49.00 2017 T.Olds 47.86 2019

14 yrs Male 50m B’Fly M. Wright 33.78 1997 L.Williams 32.63 2019

12 yrs Male 50m Br’Stroke Z. Cahill-Burchill 53.31 2014 J. Wynberg 49.93 2019

Blue Ribbon- Female M. Gartside 29.53 2006 A. Wynberg 28.89 2019

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Around the Grounds

Upcoming TCN Trials

Our school sporting teams are enjoying their starts to the inter school season and have been working hard with their coaches through lunch time trainings.

Our major competitions at present are our Year 7 and Year 9 rugby league teams, our junior netball side and junior football team.

Our Year 7 side have bounced back after suffering a heavy loss to Woree SHS in round 1. In the past two rounds our young team have piled on 66 points and only conceded 8.

The Year 9s have less teams in the competition and have played only the one fixture, a tough encounter against St. Mary’s. After looking unsettled early on the boys steadied before finishing the job with a 4 point victory 18-14.

SSHS’s junior netballers enjoyed their first game of their season with a home game against St. Andrew’s CC. The match was a tight affair with scores remaining within 1 point for the first 3 quarters however SSHS were unable to sustain this in the last quarter eventually going down 18-10.

SALTY’S PLAYER OF THE ROUND

Winner Year Level Team Round

M.Turner 8 Rugby League 1

L. Geck 7 Netball 2

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Sport Trial Date

10-12 yrs Girls Basketball 11 March

16-18 yrs Girls Basketball 12 March

19 yrs Boys Squash (Paper Nominations) 13 March

19 yrs Girls Squash (Paper Nominations) 13 March

8 10-12 yrs Boys Basketball 22 March

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10-12 yrs Girls Hockey 04 April

10-12 yrs Boys Hockey 04 April

10-12 yrs Boys Tennis 04 April

10-12 yrs Girls Tennis 04 April

10-12 yrs Boys Touch 04 April

10-12 yrs Girls Touch 04 April

Athlete Profiles

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This year the school will look to regularly profile some of our talented athletes in our school and gain a further understanding about who they are and what makes them tick.

First cab off the rank is our 2019 Sports Captains Claire and Elton - Check out their radio interview on Coast FM on our Facebook page

NAME: Claire

Sports played: I’ve played a variety of sports throughout my life from, rugby, touch, soccer, swimming and currently netball.

Interests/hobbies: Definitely coaching my junior netball team.

Album/song you are loving right now: My current favorite song is Talk by Khalid.

What would your personal theme song be? Can’t hold us by Macklemore.

What animal best suits you? A panda (lazy but adventurous).

Something most people don’t know about me is? That I was born in Perth and I’ve moved 5 different times so far in my life.

NAME: Elton

Sports played: I currently play soccer while also training on track running and distance running. I play futsal for the school in tournaments and used to play fully competitively until I decided to branch out and specialize in a sport.

Interests/hobbies: I play soccer for Southside Comets as a defensive midfielder in the premier men’s team.

Album/song you are loving right now: I’ve been listening to the into the Spider-verse soundtrack for a while and recently J Coles’s new single Middle Child.

What would your personal theme song be? Hands down gotta be Drake started from the bottom.

What animal best suits you? Probably a wolf in my eyes as Bozkurt means grey wolf in Turkish and I feel like I stand for what a wolf stands for. Stronger in numbers, brave, fierce and not something that should be taken lightly.

Something most people don’t know about me is? My parents initially wanted me to play AFL but at the first training session I threw a tantrum so they moved me to soccer, which was the right move.

Goals for this year: Complete a clean sweep in my senior years as being senior sports person of year and beat Mr Yeabsley’s soccer team.

Dedicated Junior Coach

Player of the Carnival—State Titles 2017

Next Issue: In our next issue we will have a full wrap of results from Smithfield SHS teams in local comps and we delve into the minds of more athletes in our athlete profile section.

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Each issue we are looking to run a competition with the winning family to be awarded a prize from the HPE department during our parades. Simply answer the question below by email to ayeab1@eq.edu.au to be in the running. All correct entries received by Friday , March 15 go in the draw.

“Which team won the 2018 NRL grand final?”

Competition

We are working hard to showcase our talented students, if you have feedback on our newsletter or

would like to provide me with students success stories, please contact me, Alastair Yeabsley 40584 372

ayeab1@eq.edu.au