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GYC Newsletter

Term Three 2017 #70

The GYC Soccer team was in a round robin competition against two tough rivals, The Friends’ School and The Hutchins School, in 2017. After playing each team three times, our boys finished on top of the table, and undefeated.

Through flair and pace in attack, our talented young wingers, Daniel Williams and Kyle Vincent, put away a host of great chances. The mid-field functioned creatively and the defensive stability of Toby Peppin, Montgomery Piesse and Matthew Bomford helped mould a competitive unit.

The addition of James “Dutchy” Holland between the sticks was a positive for GYC in the latter half of our season.

After a stellar roster, the boys were pumped to face The Hutchins School in the

Southern SATIS final. With both teams at full strength, it was a competitive and tough game, played in near arctic conditions and sleeting rain.

The Hutchins boys had done their homework on our team and were well prepared to face us. However, our masterminds, coach Marco Guerzoni and manager Chris Hoare, had our boys match-focused.

On the night, GYC was too powerful and held on to secure a 3-1 victory.

Sam Hills and co-captain Mark Ortmann dominated the midfield with their skill and vision, finding targets such as the inseparable

Tommy Bellini and Joffrey Nkoso, each of whom combined to score a flood of goals throughout the season.

On the night, a hat trick to silky-skilled Tommy Bellini (pictured) was the stuff of legends.

Rock-solid defence, led by co-captains Harrison Lange and Matt Bomford, was only broken once, with the final score a well-deserved result.

Consistent hard work by Thomas Riley and Mark Ortmann held off a series of late surges by Hutchins but, ultimately, the “pies were on us”.

GYC has now gone back-to-back-to-back SSATIS champions.

We will travel to Launceston to contest the SATIS final on 26

September. The team is only too eager to retain the

SATIS Premiership against St Patrick’s College, with the dream of securing an historic, never-before-achieved, ‘three-peat’ victory.

Huge congratulations to all players who were involved in the competition during the year and best of luck to the final 15 selected from the squad to take on the northern champions.

Matthew Bomford, Mark Ortmann and Harrison Lange co-captains, First XI

top: Victory

above: Goal-keeper James Holland

left: Finals action

2 3NEWSLETTER TERM ONE 2017GUILFORD YOUNG COLLEGE

An ongoing relationship between GYC and the Leukaemia Foundation took a new step earlier this year.

GYC Hospitality teacher Mr Stephen Lunn and some of his students conducted a class in support of people living with blood cancer.

The class helped sufferers and their families to understand the nutritional needs of people with cancer and the type of food and cooking that would best support their health.

Working with the Leukaemia Founda-tion’s Ms Jane Anderson, Mr Lunn found suitable recipes and then, assisted by the students, he gave cooking demonstrations on how the food could be well prepared.

above: The cooking demonstration.

below: GYC’s Stephen Lunn with Jane Anderson (right) and Fiona Rowell from the Leukaemia Foundation.

New model for student leadershipA new student leadership structure is in

the process of being implemented for 2018.Already the initial student leadership

cohort has been determined but, as this Newsletter goes to print, it has not yet been made public.

Leadership will be increased on each Campus from 10 to 18 students.

There will be College Captains, College Vice-Captains and House Captains as well as student leaders with academic, sporting and ministry portfolios.

Current Year 11 students with leadership aspirations delivered a brief speech to their House early in September and later were interviewed by their Head of House.

Voting by the student body also took place.

The Principal, Mr Craig Deayton, will make the formal appointments of leadership, informed by the vote, the interview feedback and the student speeches.

The 2018 leadership cadre will attend a leadership formation retreat. At the end of this, the student leaders, themselves, will decide the four College Captains.

Members of the College Ministry and Leadership teams will then determine the four College Vice-Captains, nominate two House Captains for each House and the portfolios of student leadership.

It is hoped that this model will tap in more significantly to the passions and strengths of individual students as well as lightening the load of the overall student leadership responsibility.

from the Principal

As we rapidly approach the busiest time of the academic year, we are gearing up to provide maximum support to all students over the final weeks of formal classes and getting everyone ready for the exams and other final assessments in their subjects.

This is a time when our students can feel under pressure. A bit of anxiety and anticipa-tion is natural and to be expected.

That feeling can be very helpful in getting the energy we need to tackle the big things and exams are certainly that. However, the importance of exams and assessments needs to be kept in perspective.

The results of those exams can seem all-important. They are not.

It is the learning that has been gained throughout the year that is all-important, and the ability to demonstrate that learning comes a very long second.

As a measure of learning, exams are useful, yet of themselves they are not very meaningful. Remember, anyone and everyone can do well or poorly in an exam and everyone who has sat exams has almost certainly done both.

As I said to all students at the start of the year, your exam results and ATAR score do not define you, nor will they rule your life. Very few options for further study at university or TAFE or indeed any pathway are closed because of less-than-ideal exam results. That’s no reason to relax the efforts in study and preparation but it’s a reason not to let fear or anxiety win, either.

We want the best for all of our students, yet we can ask no more of each than “do your best”.

Student life at Guilford should be filled with learning, but hopefully it is so much more than that. It should be a time to enjoy college life to the full, to be involved in some of the many activities and opportunities that exist, to make friends, to seek support and comfort if needed and to offer the same to others.

This term’s magazine is devoted to images and words about a few of the wonderful things we can celebrate at Guilford.

This year we have seen some amazing academic and sporting achievements and we take great pride in celebrating those. However, it is also an opportunity to show something of us living the promise of Jesus Christ who came that we should “have life and have it to the full”.

Best wishes and blessings to all for all you’ve given to our community during Term 3 and as we move towards Term 4 and bringing the curtain down on our academic year, I wish those same blessings upon everyone for the days and weeks ahead.

Principal & Administration OfficePO Box 241, Glenorchy, Tasmania 7010phone: (03) 6238 4333email: [email protected]

Hobart Campus94 Barrack StreetHobartphone: (03) 6238 4300email: [email protected]

Glenorchy Campus76 Bowden StreetGlenorchyphone: (03) 6238 4350email: [email protected]

front cover: from Grease report: pages 8, 9photo credit: Tony McKendrick

Guilford Young College Newsletter

Term Three 2017 #70

College life“Enjoy a full College life”

NEWSLETTER TERM THREE 2017

New students in the GYC kitchen classroom

Mr Craig Deayton


What really matters? Best-practice award comes to GYCDo we have our priorities right?

How much store do we place in ‘things’? Are we so busy in our day-to-day lives that

we forget to stop and be in the moment? Do we ignore the needs of others, thinking

these will become someone else’s responsi-bility?

His Holiness, Pope Francis, with his all-encompassing love for the human race, teaches us that we can only build the future if we stand together, including everyone.

The worse thing that we can do is “lock our doors to the outside world”; people, not ‘things’, should remain at the centre of all we do.

His Holiness reminds us of the parable of the Good Samaritan and that it is indeed a story of today’s humanity. How easy it is to forget that our existence is profoundly connected to that of others and that life is about this connection, not simply about passing life by.

Pope Francis speaks often about Hope and he believes that Hope is the key to our future, as Christians. Feeling hopeful does not mean that we ignore the reality of life as we know it and the darkness that humanity often faces.

from the Deputy Principals

He teaches us that Hope is being able to recognise a tomorrow,

“because a tiny flicker of light that feeds on hope is enough to shatter the shield of darkness. Through the darkness of our conflicts, we can become the brightcandle; a reminder that light will overcome darkness”. So how do we connect to another? We use

tenderness and His Holiness will attest that tenderness begins in our hearts but extends to our eyes, our ears and our hands.

We need to see others and we need to hear our children and those who are afraid

of what the future holds and we must help those who are poor and marginalised.

These are the things that really matter.

His Holiness gave his first TED talk this year, recorded in the Vatican. Here is the link below. Allow yourself 17 minutes and have a listen; they’ll be 17 minutes well spent.

https://www.ted.com/talks/pope_

francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone#t-1059529

Ms Jo Legosz, Hobart Campus

The Mount Hagen Project

How liveable are our public spaces?

Guilford Young College has received the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Tasmania award for Best Practising School in health and physical education.

The award recognises the College’s use of GPS tracking equipment in Sport Science classes and SATIS sporting teams.

It was presented by ACHPER president Mr Anthony Coe at a function at the Grand Chancellor Hotel, Launces-ton, on Friday 9 September.

GYC teachers directly involved as are Mr Brendan Kull, Mrs Melissa Brown and Mr Peter Taylor.

Mr Kull explained that the equipment was important for elite athletes and GYC wanted to expose Sports Science students to its possibilities.

Sports performance tracker devices allow students to take raw data such as pace, fitness, top speed and sprint effort from, say, a 20 minute game of soccer and analyse it for a variety of informa-tion including volume, intensity and work rate. Not only is this information invaluable to improve athletic perfor-mance, it is also very helpful in reducing injuries.

Mr Kull said that the equipment had proven invaluable and the students loved it.

Sports Science student Declan Waddington said that he enjoyed using it very much as it made the theory more accessible.

One of top 3 in country

The Southern Catholic Colleges Trade Training Centre is one of three finalists in the Australian Training Awards’ School Pathways to VET Award. The award winner will be announced in Canberra in November.

Although not a finalist at the Trade Training Awards (Tasmania), the SCCTTC did receive an honourable mention for being a finalist in the direct entry national award.


above: As a fundraising effort, a group of cooks from the class took over the Hobart kitchen and baked biscuits which were then sold at lunchtime. The effort raised more than $120

for the project. The cooks are, from left, Sarah Levett, Laura Ali, Anja Bremmers, Lucy Scanlon,

April Malovnek and Zoe Byrne.

“Liveability” refers to how easily people with diverse needs can access and use the community.

GYC’s Community & Me students decided to find out about two very important spaces for them.

They surveyed both the Guilford Young College Glenorchy Campus and the Glenorchy CDB to determine how both areas rated for access and community living.

Rachael Kelly, Oliver Nolan and Dylan Grice assessed these areas with their teachers and have made suggestions for ways of improving environments for community use.

The class also visited the Glenorchy Police Station and worked with Constable Christopher Lobb to look at the role of police officers who ensure people’s safety. They also spoke about the laws that apply to using community spaces.

Environmental factors that contribute to liveability in a community include yellow markings, ramps, clearways, traffic islands, clear signage, seating, level accesses to buildings, lifts, shaded areas and parks and gardens.

A GYC teacher in New Guinea for 12 months sees a need and tells GYC about it. An Exploring Issues in Society class responds. You can, too.

Have you got children’s books that you don’t know what to do with? Are they in excellent condition and would you like to see them go to a good home?

We’ve got the answer!Saint Peter Torot – Kuta Primary School

in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea, needs our help.

Guilford Young teacher, Mrs Christine Coombe, is currently in PNG and has told us of the need for resources to help the Papuan children learn English.

Ms Haig’s Exploring Issues in Society (Hobart) Line 1 class has elected to support the school, which is based in a rural area in the Highlands of PNG.

Our goal as a class is to get books, station-ery and basic primary school accessories supplied to Mt Hagen. Kuta Primary has only a single English teaching text for the entire school, and we particularly would like to support the teachers by supplying some texts and resources to help with teaching literacy. As a community we are reaching out for

you to support the children of Kuta Primary through either a donation of books or money.

We have discovered that Mt Hagen school facilities are very poor. The school classrooms lack basic facilities, with the floor being bare earth, and the only ventilation and natural light coming through a hole in the thatched roof. Through donations and supplies we are aiming to improve these facilities, and we would greatly appreciate your support.

The statistics surrounding education in PNG are very alarming. The standard of care in school is high, but the programs available aren’t well advanced, with there being one teacher to sixty students. The average period of schooling attended in PNG is three years, and this is at a very basic standard of education.

Learning English is important as it equips people to gain employment. Through your help, we would like to increase this number and help the kids have a better education.

We are also hoping that we get enough

donations to support the work of Mary MacKillop International, who provide educational programs throughout Papua New Guinea. Their programs operate in many regions, but not in the Mt Hagen area which is why we would like to directly support this school.

Any donations are greatly appreciated. We also understand that transport within

Papua New Guinea can be unreliable, so are seeking assistance to secure safe passage of our materials directly to Kuta Primary. If this is something you can help with, then please let us know via our teacher, Ms Katrina Haig, [email protected] For further information, visit the GYC website.

JED STEELE reporting for EIS Line 1 Hobart Campus


Introducing Dr Moran

GYC alumna (1999) and staff member Amanda Moran has completed her doctoral studies. Dr Moran’s PhD, which received recommendation for publication, examined the implementation of the Australian Curriculum in Tasmanian secondary schools. Findings of the research promote strong and inclusive leadership processes during educational change.“What can’t be ignored is the empowering personal professional impact that effective leadership has for teachers and support staff, which strengthens the community,” Dr Moran said. “This is something that Guilford Young College does quite well, at all levels.”The doctorate was conferred on 19 August.(for more alumni achievements, please see page 14)

TOP MATHEMATICIANSA group of top Year 10 mathematics students from at St Virgil’s College attended a Mathematics Methods Foundation 3 class conducted by Mr John Covington at the GYC Glenorchy Campus towards the end of Term 3. The students participated in a joint investigation on Probability and finished with a “Kahoot” on conditional probability. The boys will sit this end-of-year examination at GYC. Their visit was to familiarise themselves with the campus before the exam. Should all go well for them, most will study Mathematics Methods Level 4 next year and possibly Mathematics Specialised Level 4 in Year 12. The boys were accompanied by their teacher, Mrs Bev Pettit.

MORNING TEA IS SERVED The Certificate II in Hospitality class at Glenorchy recently opened its café to guests from the neighbouring Aurora Services. Hot chocolate, coffee and delicious food prepared and served by the students were soon enjoyed by the guests.

YOUNG TASSIE SCIENTISTS VISIT

At the request of the Year 12 students, their Focus Day for 2017 was timetabled towards the end of the year rather than early as has been the tradition. They wanted to give thanks for their time at GYC as well as looking forward to the future. Facilitated by Mike Fitzpatrick, of Queensland, these days gave the students time to reflect on what had passed and to focus on what is ahead, with a sense of gratitude and hope. The days were based on friendship, engagement and a sense of belonging. On both campuses, the participants left feeling uplifted and with a genuine sense of purpose. As a result of the Focus Days, the Year 12s have generously taken up the challenge to write positive affirmations for their fellow Year 12s on their home Campus. The project is ongoing and the envelopes will be distributed on the last day of school.

FOCUS DAYS GIVE HOPE, PURPOSE

As part of National Science Week, four home-grown scientists visited GYC to speak to some of the Chemistry, Biology and Physical Science students.

The visitors spoke about a number of different scientific ideas and gave several interesting demonstra-tions.

Topics included entomology, an introduction to classi-fying bugs (Shasta Henry); using rainbows

to determine the chemical structure of plant compounds (Bianca Deans); neuroscience and the-more-than-five senses and the brain (Allanna Russell, GYC 201 ).

Ms Henry is a PhD student studying invertebrate ecology with the School of Land and Food, UTAS;

Ms Deans is a PhD student studying plant chemistry in the School of Physical Sciences UTAS; and Ms Russell is a Honours student (research), School of Medicine, UTAS. (see further details about Ms Russell on page 14).

Chemistry student James Holland and former GYC student, now medical researcher, Allanna Russell investigate proprioception.

Simone Summers, Glenorchy teacher

Another GYC alumna to return to her former science laboratory to speak with the current crop of budding young scientists was Mahalia Kingsley (GYC 2015). Mahalia is pictured, above, with Mr Gavin Wakefield’s Biology class.

Also as part of national science week, teacher Mr Stephen Bray and student Alice Mackey, attended a reception at Government House

hosted by the Governor of Tasmania, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate

Warner AM. They met other guests from the academic, science and political spheres.

Leaders for the Bosco Mass included, front, from left, Isabel Scanlon (acknowledgement of country and gifts procession), House Captain Sophie Taylor, College Vice-Captain Jacob Rugless and College Captain Julia De Souza (all readers) and back, from left, House Captain Maxwell O’Brien and Peter Venetsanakos (both readers) with Head of House Mr Tom Calderwood and celebrant Father Brendan Connell CP. not in photo: Sophie Sliskovic

(gifts procession), GYC alumnus Joshua Prichard (2016, musician).

Among those who were involved with the Rice Mass were Mary-Anne Johnson (Rice Tutor, keyboard player), College Vice-Captain Claudia Fone (singer), Kelsey Griffin (reader), Declan Waddington (usher), Head of House Jane MacDonald, House Captain Tyler Willmott (welcome), Fadi Bahnan (gifts procession), Georgia Perry (reader, Universal Prayer), Austin Keeling (usher), Zoey McKenzie (behind; entrance procession), Ella Ratcliffe (front; entrance procession), Lily Banks (Rice House flag bearer), Joshua Cassidy (gifts procession), Craig Deayton (extraordinary minister of

Holy Communion).

not in photo: House Captain Jessie Webb (reader), Alec Hastie (singer/cantor; welcomed back from Bosco House as an honorary ‘Ricie’ for the occasion), Michelle Harris (Rice Tutor, singer); Jean Moore (Rice Tutor,

singer); Fr Lawrie Moate SDB (celebrant).

Bosco and Rice Houses celebrate House Masses

2018 YEAR OF YOUTH

The Catholic Bishops of Australia

have invited Catholics across the country to join in celebrating a Year of Youth from the

beginning of Advent (December) 2017 to the end of 2018.

The Year of Youth will celebrate

10 years since World Youth Day was hosted in Sydney during 2008.

Year 11 VET Early Childhood student Olivia Jackson and her playgroup friends enjoy both Glenorchy’s outdoor setting and shaving cream during a recent lesson.

Mr Gavin Wakefield (left) joined Mrs Jane MacDonald (photographer) when the Environmental Science and Society class ventured out to survey a rock platform at South Arm earlier in the year.



musical production .. GREASE ... is the WORD and what a WORD it was!


THE CAST

DANNY ZUKO - Tom Loveluck, KENICKIE

- Alec Hastie, DOODY - Nickolas Manser, ROGER - Adrian Reddish, SONNY - Samson Ryan, EUGENE FLORCYK - Matthew Bomford, JOHNNY CASINO/Ensemble - Prophecy Mudzingwa, TEEN ANGEL/Ensemble - Jaxen Bone, VINCE FONTANE/Ensemble - Ryan Eiszele

SANDY DUMBROWSKI- Megwyn Mosenthal, BETTY RIZZO - Eloise Kerstan, FRENCHY -

Hannah Fitzpatrick, MARTY - Phoebe McLean,

JAN - Polymnia Flouris, PATTY SIMCOX

- Bridget Thornbury, MISS LYNCH - Nadia Twining.

CHEERLEADER/Ensemble - Carys Trotter, CHEERLEADER/Ensemble - Elisha Williams, STUDENTS/Ensemble - Hannah George, Kelsey Griffin, Macayla Hansen, Isabel Scanlon, Sophie Sliskovic, Jessey Guevara, Connor Kennedy.

THE TEAM included

Director, Vocal Director - Chelle Burtt, Choreog-

rapher - Emmah Burtt-Stone, Band Director

- Marian Bisset, Designer, Set Construction

- Richard Kowaluk, Stage Manager - John Davidson, Technical Manager, Audio Engineer -

Matt Andrewartha, Production Manger, Costume

Co-ordinator - Jane Milburn, Official Photogra-

pher - Tony McKendrick.

THE BAND

Drums - Joshua Cannan, keyboard - Marian Bisset, guitars - Nick Parish, Tom Howard, bass

- Gareth Giles, reeds - Benjamin Spinks, Jesse Bowden, Sam Harrington.

The 2017 GYC musical, Grease, burst onto the stage in spectacular fashion for four energetic and thoroughly entertaining performances to large and appreciative audiences in the Don Bosco Creative

Arts Centre, in August.The high energy, toe-tapping experience was directed by Chelle Burtt, with choreography by Emmah Burtt-Stone and band direction by Marian

Bisset.Light entertainment designed to make audiences laugh and relive some high school days, it was a great hit with the cast, all those associated with the

show behind-the-scenes and the audiences.

I never knew how much of a thrill musical theatre could be! and I'm not gonna lie. if I were to look at myself this time last year I wouldn't have imagined I'd be doing

anything quite like it.

But Grease was just an amazing experience for me personally and the people involved made the experience even better. I can't even get started on the people who kept supporting me and pushing me from

behind the scenes.

It will definitely be something I will keep close to my heart and would like to keep

trying as time goes by!

it has given me a complete new perspective on the arts as a whole. To be able to surround yourself with amazing people who are there for the same reason and love the same things you do is just an awesome

feeling.

PROPHECY MUDZINGWA (below right)

My involvement in Grease this year was an incredibly eye-opening experience. I had been involved with musicals previously, but this had been on the stage, and not

behind the scenes.

This provided an entirely different setting to being in the spotlight, and I thoroughly

enjoyed doing it.

Being backstage had always interested me, and I would encourage anyone who has an interest in theatre or behind the scenes work to become a part of next year’s

musical as it is an amazing opportunity.

MONTY PIESSE (above, left)

For the past two years I have had

the wonderful opportunity to be part of the

ensemble in the GYC musical.

It has been a wonderful

learning experience and

also has given me the opportunity

to develop my performance skills and meet new

people who I probably wouldn't have met otherwise too.

It was a truly amazing experience to be part of during my final years of school.

SOPHIE SLISKOVIC


RYAN RAINBIRD at Time Out Cafe

PHOEBE CLIFFORD at St Albies

ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE

VINCENT PARR AND LUCY HOWELL at Hotel Grand ChancellorISOBEL CROSSIN at Coal River Farm BAILEY REEVE at Salamanca Inn

EMILY PREGNELL at Sault Cafe

TOURISTS IN TASSIE

Towards the end of August, the Guilford Young College VET Tourism class joined with the St Mary’s College VET Tourism class for a three-day intensive tourism experience on the Tasman Peninsula.

Students researched and prepared tour commentaries about different aspects and sites on the Tasman Peninsula, presenting these to the whole group as part of their VET Tourism assessments.

It was not all work though! We were ‘real’ tourists as well.

The staff at Federation Chocolate provided a demonstration of the chocolate-making process, complete with samples, and also discussed the company’s interest-ing tourism journey.

We were spooked on the Ghost Tour at Port Arthur and also treated to an excellent tour of the site the following day which included a cruise around the Isle of the Dead.

A real treat was the amazing Pennicott Tour to Tasman Island which included sightings of dolphins, seals and sea eagles.

We visited the geographical attractions of the Peninsula: the Tessellated Pavement, Blow Hole, Devil’s Kitchen, Tasman Arch and Remarkable Caves.

Wrapping up our trip was a visit to the Unzoo which was also a great experience, making friends with the

wallabies and pademelons. It was a full-on few days as we

were busy the whole time, but also thoroughly enjoyable.

Marianne Smith, teacher, Glenorchy Campus

Taste of French

Four students in the French Level 3 class took part in the Alliance Française competition at Hobart College at the end of Term 2.

Madelaine Brown, Lilly Ellis, Harsheen Noor and Sophie Sliskovic (pictured above, not in order) were a credit to the College in their positive attitude towards the competition, demonstrating great support to each other on the day, and in their interactions with students from other schools and colleges.

Special congratulations to Madelaine who received an Honourable Mention in both the listening comprehension and conversation sections. For all the girls, it was a great experience for them and good preparation for the end of year exams.

Julie Pirlot de Cordion, teacher, Glenorchy Campus

FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Yummy soup made by VET Hospitality classes under the guidance of Mr Stephen Lunn was used as a fund-raiser by Hobart Campus Student Leaders and Exploring Issues in Society classes. It was a Red Cross fund-raiser in aid of the Republic of Somali-land. College Captain Julia De Souza (left) and Allie Bull are pictured at the soup station.

Philosothon 2017 was held at GYC on the evening of Wednesday 6 September.

A number of Hobart high schools and colleges sent students to the competition held at the Hobart Campus.

The event allowed the young participants to investigate ethical and other philosophical questions in the context of 'communities of enquiry'. Participation in the event helped

students to develop higher order thinking and communication skills through a series of discussions.

These were facilitated by teachers and adjudicated by a panel with appropriate academic qualifications including former GYC principal Mrs Bobby Court and guests from the Philosophy Department of the University of Tasmania.

HOBART CAMPUS HOSTS PHILOSOTHON 2017

Money collected through the GYC car parking permit system from both Campuses is donated to charity.

Last year’s money, about $6000, was given to Fr Lawrie Moate SDB, parish priest of the Glenorchy Parish, to pass on to the Salesians working to help the earthquake victims of Nepal.

With the agreement of GYC and the Salesians, $2000 of that money was held back and was added to donations collected by the Glenorchy Parish for the East Africa famine appeal.

Parking for a good causeHighlighting the appeal are, from left, GYC Glenorchy Campus student supervisor Leigh Geeves, Year 12 student Olivia Grzinic, Glenorchy Parish pastoral worker, Sr Pamela Davis OP, Year 12 student Brodie Marley and Fr Lawrie. They are pictured in the St John the Baptist Church car park which is shared by the parishioners and the students.

IMPORTANT DATE: GRADUATION, TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER

WELL DONE, GIRLS!

Although not winners on the night, GYC is immensely proud of our four finalists in the Skills Trade Training Awards for 2017. Looking glamorous at the dinner are, from left, Georgia Perry, Bec Smith, Chelsea Jones and Chloe Wilton.



AND THE WINNERS ARE ...

Bosco House and MacKillop House

GYC College Colours Day celebrates spirit, community

COMMUNITY AWARDSGUZMAN

Holly Blake, Matthew Bomford, Jarrod Hunter, Thomas Loveluck, Megwyn

Mosenthal, Meg Robinson

RICEAsia Dare, Claudia Fone, Jessie Webb, Tyler Willmott, Alejandro Fuentes, Aseel Maqdasi

TENISONAlexandra Bull, Marissa Gillam, Luca Gywnne, Nathan McKillop, Zahara Lemon,

Bridget Thornbury

SPORTING AWARDSThe best and fairest competitors or the best competitor in each of the sports contested

to day were announced:Joseph McMullen and Paola Facchin (swimming), Jared Weisse and Madeleine Black (rowing), Mauro Saracino, Hobart, Declan Waddington, Glenorchy (1st grade cricket), Sam Plunkett-Smith (1st tennis), Mark Ortmann and Laura Spandler (1st soccer), Hugo McCullum and Georgia Williams (1st hockey), Renee Terry (1st netball), Natalie-Rose Foster and Brodie Parker (badminton), Madeline Gowens and Nelson Goram-Aitken (water polo), Nathan McKillop and Rebecca Revill

Community awards, continued

CARMELTahlia Clark, Sean Cruz, Hannah Fitzpatrick, Prophecy Mudzingwa, Dani Rahamani, Tha

Dahshay Wee

BOSCOOlivia Reid, Julia de Souza, Alec Hastie, Maxwell O’Brien, Jacob Rugless, Isabel

Scanlon, Sophie Slikovic, Sophie Taylor

MACKILLOPJaxen Bone, Edmund Quarmby, Samson Ryan, Shari Smith, Bridget Snell, Lacey Swain, Luke Williams, Richard Ngendahayo,

Felix Pocius(cross country), Sam Cerritelli and Clare Lapham (1st basketball), Meagan Schofield (sailing), Thomas Attrill and Genevieve Holding (volleyball), Harry Richmond and Samantha Watkins (AFL). The athletics season was still be completed at the time of the announcements.A number of shields and trophies won by GYC sporting teams this year were also presented by the team captains to the Principal, Mr Craig Deayton.

Awards recognise youth leadership, teamwork

The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards for 2017 were presented at the College Colours Day assembly by the Principal, Mr Craig Deayton.

The recipients are to Claudia Fone (Glenorchy Campus) and Sophie Sliskovic (Hobart Campus).

The awards are a nation-wide program and recognise students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within both the school and the broader local community. Exhibiting strong values, such as doing one’s best, respect for others and mateship, as well as other attributes such commitment, problem solving and good communication are also part of the criteria.

The awards are funded by the Federal Government.

ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award recipients for 2017 are Sophie Sliskovic, left, and Claudia Fone.

College Colours Day was a whole College community celebration that was enjoyed by the hundreds of students and staff who attended the Glenorchy Campus on Wednesday 20 September.

The College remembered the traditions of its Houses’ founding orders. Student involvement in College life was acknowl-edged. Wonderful musical talent was celebrated in GYC’s Got Talent while House competitions of tug-of-war, footie and basketball were among the array of entertainment available on the day and added to the House points tallies for the prized House Spirit Cup for each Campus.

And, as always, participants were sustained by food and drink stalls.

After a day of collegiality and fun, the Principal, Mr Craig Deayton, announced the House tallies which resulted in the winners being Bosco House for the Hobart Campus and MacKillop House for the Glenorchy Campus.

Winning House Captains with their Cups, Hobart Campus, Bosco House, Sophie Taylor and Maxwell O’Brien, and Glenorchy Campus, MacKillop House, Felix Pocius and Shari Smith.


Guilford Young College Student Leaders from both Campuses get into the spirit of College Colours Day.

The competitors who were the best and fairest, or the best competitor in a sport were acknowledged and presented with certificates.


GYC alumni shine ALLANNA RUSSELL, GYC 2013

I am a medical researcher and it's my job to find what helps heal people. It's very important work for many reasons. Without medical research, we wouldn't understand how our bodies work, which drugs help us to get better or which ones might make us sick. Doctors, nurses and pharmacists all know how to help you get better because of the hundreds of years of medical research.

My research this year focuses on strokes – when a blood clot become stuck in the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

I didn't wake up one day though and think, "I'm going to work in the lab all day

studying medicines!" I took a very long and twisted road through my studies to get here. My problem in deciding what I wanted to be was that I loved pretty much everything! I couldn't decide on just one thing to study.

In high school, I wanted to be an artist, then a psychologist and then in college I wanted to be a mathematician.

At university, I tried an engineering degree. After deciding that it just didn't suit me, I changed to studying zoology (the study of animals) and graduated with a degree in science. Now I've changed again! My current work in medical research combines my degree in science with my love of medicine and animals.

credit: photo and article are taken from the UTAS National Science Week webpage, http://youngtassiescientists.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Allanna-Russell.pdf

During Term 3, GYC had the pleasure of welcoming the Premier of Tasmania, Mr Will Hodgman, and the Minister for State Growth, Mr Matthew Groom, to the Hobart Campus for a meeting with Tasmanian executive members of the Australian Culinary Federation. It just so happens that the Tasmanian president is a GYC Hospitality teacher, Stephen Lunn. The politicians enjoyed student-made cupcakes and barista-style coffee in the Hobart Campus kitchen before their meeting.

In the Hobart Campus industry-standard kitchen, from left, the Minister for State Growth, Mr Matthew Groom, the ACF (Tasmania) president, Mr Stephen Lunn (GYC), the Premier of Tasmania, Mr Will Hodgman, the ACF (Tasmania) vice-president, Mr Michael Norton (IndustryLink) and the GYC Deputy Principal, Hobart Campus, Ms Jo Legosz.

An intriguing conversation about the people, the plotting and the times associated with World War I’s Battle of Messines was at the heart of the Hobart launch of the second book authored by GYC Principal, Mr Craig Deayton.

Mr Adrian Howard who has been closely associated with Friends of the Soldiers Memorial Avenue conversed with Mr Deayton before a large crowd of family, friends and colleagues in Hobart Town Hall on Friday 28 July. ABC Radio’s Mr Chris Wisbey was the master of ceremonies.

At Any Price: The Anzacs in the Battle of Messines 1917 tells of the blood, guts and grit needed to take one of the strongest German positions on the Western Front. The Battle of Messines is considered one of the successful battles of 1917: but why, how and at what cost? Mr Deayton focuses on the involvement of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the I and II ANZAC Corps.

On 24 August, Mr Gowans’ Exploring Issues in Society class went down to the Glenorchy City Council lawns to explore the R U OK? event being held there.

The class inspected the convoy and also enjoyed the live music, tasty food and lots of activities that were on offer at the event.

We also volunteered and did a great job cooking the barbecue.

There were lots of giveaways about being okay, suicide, checking in on friends and family and loads more. It was a fun session that opened our minds to ‘not being okay’.

RUOK? is an organisation that helps spread awareness about suicide prevention and most importantly getting people to check in with their loved ones to make sure they are doing okay.

The vision of RUOK? is “a world where we’re all connected and are protected from suicide”.

Jessica Macfarlane, student

GYC asks R U OK?above left: Preparing to cook are, from left, Zachary Roland, Alice Randall and Ashley Cheeseman.

above: Checking out the cars are, from left, Jack Anders, Brady Williams and Brieanna Barwick.

below: At the Hobart Campus, Director of Ministry Mrs Simone McManus served hot drinks, pictured, to Tom Riley and Brooke McDermott.

late news:

CLEAN SWEEP AT SATIS ATHLETICS CARNIVALGYC athletes made a clean sweep of the three Open shields on offer at the SATIS Athletics Carnival, at Hobart on Saturday 23 September.

Due to consistently good performances across the program, they took out the Open Girls, Open Boys and Co-ed Shields.

Details will be in the Term 4 Newsletter. See page 18 for the SSATIS carnival details.


VISITOR: Fr Michael Tate, Vicar General for the Archdio-cese of Hobart and a UTAS law lecturer, has been visiting classes to respond to students’ theological and legal questions. Fr Tate is pictured, centre, with Isaac King, Calvin Coles, Angus Reilly and Lily Ward.

LUKE ROE, GYC 2015

Following some outstanding results in his VET studies in 2013, 2014 and 2015, Luke Roe has been making a great impres-sion while undertaking his apprenticeship at MONA. So much so, that one of his co-workers, Tom Wescott, the proprietor of Tom McHugo’s Pub in Hobart, offered him the opportunity to join him at the pub to complete his apprenticeship.

Luke accepted and began work there in August.

Mr Wescott said he had been impressed by Luke's passion, initiative, attention to detail, aptitude, natural ability and his capacity for hard work.

Luke takes delight in utilising seasonal produce in his dishes and this in turn generates creativity and diversity which

helps maintain his interest in experimenta-tion and improvisation.

A quiet achiever, Luke believes that he would not be where he is today if it hadn't been for the encouragement to complete his qualification given him by his GYC Hospital-ity teacher and mentor, Mr Stephen Lunn.

Luke now has the ambition to see the world and 'do his own thing' when the time is right.

His many achievements at GYC included being Hobart Campus College Vice-Captain in 2015; he was one of Tasmania's finalists in the prestigious Nestlé Golden Chef Hat award and one of two recipients of the 2015 Thai Kitchen to the World 10-day scholar-ship to Thailand.

MONTANNA CATE, GYC 2016

At the beginning of 2017, Montanna Cate successfully secured a Business Traineeship at the Royal Hobart Hospital in both the Jack Jumper Allergy Clinic and the Wellington Centre, the outpatients clinic which deals with a diverse range of medical issues.

Having completed a VET Certificate II in Business at GYC, Montanna was well prepared for the two-year traineeship which she hopes to complete in one year.

She believes that her background in hospitality studies has given her a wonderful capacity to interact with people of all ages and make them feel at ease.

Her Jack Jumper Clinic boss says that Montanna makes the patients feel welcome, she has a great personality, her presentation is excellent, her communication skills are of a high standard, she has good attention to detail and her work ethic is outstanding.

Montanna was also praised for her commitment. (Details on Luke and Montanna, Rosemary Mann)

BRIDGET FASNACHT, GYC 2015

Bridget Fasnacht was awarded the 2017 Lance Barnard Memorial Award at the Tasmanian Trade Training Awards, on 1 September.

Initiated in 1998, the award is presented to an apprentice or trainee employed under group training arrangements and is specifi-cally given for encouragement and recognition of potential.

Bridget's passion for sport and leadership found its roots when she was a student at Mount Carmel College, before attending GYC.

She is currently studying Certificate III in Sport and Recreation. Her training provider is The Training and Business Company and her host employer is Mount Carmel College.

She is hoping for a career in either teaching or the police force.


ALUMNIMATT BEVILACQUA (2010) has won his third consecutive Molokai 2 Oahu (Hawai’i) surf title, beating his own world record time by completing the 50 km course in four hours 29 minutes and 20 seconds. He described the race as an “epic experience … being out in that open blue water and racing and battling 10-foot swells. My dad is on the boat directing me to Oahu because I can’t even see the land. It is a really amazing experience. I love coming here.” Matt moved to Queensland six years ago to chase his ironman dream. He told Hobart’s Mercury that dream is now very much within his sights. (Mercury 2 August 2017)

LIAM DEVLIN (2016), CALEB JEWELL (2015) and RILEY MEREDITH (2014) have been named as rookies in the 2017-18 Tasmanian Tigers cricket squad and SAM RAINBIRD (2010) has retained his place in the squad.LIAM DEVLIN (2016) is one of three Tasmanian teenage cricketers to be named in the inaugural Cricket Australia Pathways Rookie Squad.

WYNONAH CONWAY (2016) was a member of the Tasmanian team to contest the inaugural AON Women’s University Series, the first domestic Australian rugby sevens competition for women.

BRIDGET FASNACHT (2015) was named Tasmanian Surf Life Saving’s Volunteer of the Year (Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club). Earlier in the year, she was named Kingborough’s Young Citizen of the Year (also, see page 14).

JUDO SILVER BENJAMIN SPINKS representing Australia, won silver in the U/18 73kg class at the Sydney International Open, Australia’s major judo competition of the year. He beat competitors from New Zealand, Russia, England and another Australian to make the all-Australian, knife-edge final. It is his best result at that level of competition.

TOM ATTRILL stands 197cm (6’ 5”) tall, wears size 13US shoes, weighs in about 72kg and has been playing the sport for just over two years. Although a talented sports all-rounder, volleyball and Tom are made for each other. Tom has accepted an offer to train with the Centre of Excellence program at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, in 2018.

WORLD

MADELEINE FASNACHTAs this GYC Newsletter goes to press, Madeleine Fasnacht (Year 12) is in Bergen, Norway, representing Australia at the World Cycling Championships.

She won bronze in the junior women’s time trial and came 14th in the junior women’s road race.

This success follows other wonderful achievements at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas, towards the end of July. There, she won gold in the time trial, the bronze medal in the road race and was given the honour of being Australia’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony.

In between these world events, she won the Queen of the Mountain jersey for the TIS Road Team in the 2017 Tour of King Valley as part of the Cycling Australia National Road Series. She placed second in both the general classification and the U/23 general classification and took the bronze medal in the 9km individual time trial.

And all of this has been in Term 3.

ON A SPIN INSRI LANKA

Cricketers Jack White (Year 12, pictured, left) and Keegan Oates (Year 11, pictured, right) have participated in a Cricket Tasmania two-week development tour of Sri Lanka as members of a 14-man squad. Coached by Clinton Reid and Shannon Tubb, the team played cricket against Sri Lankan teams in a schedule featuring four 50-over matches, two 60-over red-ball games and one Twenty20. Players were selected from throughout Tasmania from the U/17 and U/19s squads and were joined by senior Tigers players and mentors Beau Webster and Cameron Boyce.

Jack said that it had been a wonderful opportunity to experience sub-continental cricket, first hand.

“Coming up against a variety of quality Sri Lankan teams across the two week tour gave us the opportunity to showcase, develop and learn the art of playing spin,” he said. “This was a great experience for both of us and one that we will not forget.”

GYC entered a girls’ and boys’ volleyball team in the Tasmanian Schools

Cup held at Elizabeth College towards the

end of Term 3.

The girls narrowly missed out on playing

in the final, finishing third. Meanwhile, the

boys had a straight-sets win against Elizabeth College in their final.

GIRLS: Tha Dahshay Wee, Ashley Montalvo,

Rufta Gebrehit, Lucy Merrick and Bree

Noonan.

BOYS: Straight-set winners, above from left, David Park, Tom Attrill, Monty Piesse, Charlie Gerke, Peter

Venetsanakos and Callum Flude.

ALICE RANDALL (Year 11, pictured left) is now the U/20 Australian Road Walking Champion, winning the gold medal in a personal best time in the 10km walk.

REBECCA REVILL (Year 11, pictured left, below) ran a personal best for four kilometres while competing in the School Sport Australia Cross Country Championships held at Rokeby. She placed 45th in the U/18 female event. The Tasmanian relay team of which she was a member came fifth. Rebecca will compete in the Australian Schools Track and Field championships in Adelaide in December, where she hopes to run in the 800m.

AINSLEIGH GRAY (Year 12) was a member of the Tasmanian Institute of Sport Racing Team that competed in the 2017 Tour of King Valley (Vic), a part of the Cycling Australia National Road Series.

ALANNA MONKS (Year 11) and JEMMA SMITH (Year 12) have represented Tasmania at the U/18 women’s national Touch Football League championships in Queensland.

ANNALISE BEECHEY (Year 12, pictured right) represented Tasmania at the 2017 Karate Championships in Sydney and was vice-captain of the team.

KYLE VINCENT (Year 11 and the youngest player on either team) and MARK ORTMANN (Year 12) played in the A-League FFA Cup match at KGV Glenorchy.

LIAM SMITH (Year 11) and NOAH JOHNSON (Year 11) have played invitational basketball in the United States.

OLIVIA GARDNER (Year 11) has played representative soccer in Canberra.

FLETCHER KEELING (Year 11) has played cricket in Queensland with the U/17 Tasmanian Cricket Squad.

LACHLAN GADOMSKI (Year 11) has played in an AFL Future Stars game in Melbourne. He was picked as one of the top 50 players in Australia in that age group after solid performances in the U/18 Mariners and U/17 State teams.

CONGRATULATIONS

CANBERRA

GYC students excel in sporting endeavours



SSATIS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

GYC athletes among the new records


On Tuesday 26 September (after this edition goes to the printer), Guilford Young College teams will contest all four State titles for the major winter sports played in competitions conducted by the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS).

SOCCERThe Southern SATIS girls’ soccer trophy returned to GYC in April after a tough season and finals match against The Friends’ School.

The boys soccer title was won several weeks ago against The Hutchins School (see page 24). The boys will be looking to retain the State title to complete an undefeated season.

BASKETBALLGYC dominates the winners’ plaques on the SSATIS shield for the boys’ competition. GYC first won the southern competition in its first year of existence, 1995. Since then it has claimed the shield 15 times in the 23 years. Before GYC, St Virgil’s College had won it for the previous four years. Our recent win was the eighth in succession, all under the coaching of Mr Nick Webb.

GYC has not been so dominant at the state level, with our most recent win, against Burnie’s Marist Regional College, in Hobart in 2015. This year, GYC will take on Scotch Oakburn College for the title, in Launceston. Last year, GYC went down to Scotch Oakburn, in Hobart.

Earlier in the year, GYC won the inaugural Boys’ College Basketball competition, initiated by the Hobart Chargers.

The GYC girls have also enjoyed a dominant season, regaining the southern title for GYC only a few days earlier than the state finals. They will play St Brendan-Shaw College in Devonport for the title.

COMPETITIONSIn other sports, GYC Blue (Glenorchy) won the cricket grand final; our equestrians were success-ful in a number of competitions early in the year; the girls won the inaugural AFL girls’ competition; GYC won the senior boys’ and the senior girls’ volleyball grand finals and the boys recently won the Volleyball Tasmania School Cup, and five from six shields for athletics.

Also, individual athletes are enjoying enormous personal success across a range of sports.

Phenomenal year

The GYC boys’ basketball team capped off an undefeated SSATIS season with a strong win over The Friends’ School on Wednesday 6 September, in the Bosco Centre on the Glenorchy Campus. After a slow first half - the score was 23-22 at half-time - they ran away to be clear winners, 55-33.

This was the eighth consecutive win for GYC at SSATIS level. (See side panel for further details.) In the last of their roster matches the boys defeated The Hutchins School 60-19 and

Friends’ 79-30. They will now play Scotch Oakburn College (current SATIS title holders) in Launceston on 26 September for the 2017 SATIS title.

The school that came second in the southern competition was Rosny College. As Rosny is not a SATIS school, it could not contest the final. GYC and Rosny played a friendly game at Rosny College on Thursday 14 September. A very tight game saw GYC prevail, 49-47.

Thanks to Mr Nick Webb for again coaching the team this year.

CONVINCING SSATIS WINNERS, back, from left, Nick Webb, coach, Sam Cerritelli, Light Suliman, Aaron Wiggins, Alex Bestwick, Jayden Price-Linnell; front, from left, Sam Maxwell, Dominic Watson,

Noah Johnson, Sebastian Storic. absent (but played in the final), Liam Smith

8th consecutive SSATIS win

Girls return basketball shield to GYCThe GYC girls’

basketball team has regained the Southern SATIS first grade title in a convincing win over St Mary’s College.

Pipped at the post 56-53 by St Mary’s in the SSATIS final last year, GYC enjoyed an undefeated 2017 season.

Late-in-the-roster victories included wins

SSATIS CHAMPIONS: back, from left, Sophie Scott, Ashley Roach, Charlotte O’Neill, Meg Francis; front, from left, Madison Shaw, Clare

Lapham and Isabella Crespan.

Showery and cool conditions did not hamper the young athletes as they broke nine Southern Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SSATIS) records at the 2017 athletics carnival held at The Domain on Wednesday 13 September.

Guilford Young College’s Ryan Cooper broke the boys’ triple jump open record to win the event and Agnes Sakina broke the girls’ javelin throw open record in coming second.

Overall, a spirited team effort saw Guilford Young College win the College Girls Shield and the College Co-educational Shield, while the boys fell an agonising two points short of The Hutchins School in the College Boys Shield.

A number of our athletes won their events and a number also recorded personal best efforts. All GYC athletes competed in the Open division.

Ryan’s effort in the triple jump was 14.13m, breaking the meet open record of 13.86m. While Agnes bettered the meet javelin open record of 32.55m by 1.95m, throwing 34.5m, a competitor from St Mary’s College threw 35.81m to win the event.

Ryan also won the boys’ 100m and the long jump. He also anchored the relay team to win, with Harrison Loveless, Dusty Rankin and Jordan Cox. Harrison Loveless also won the 200m while Jordan Cox won the 110m hurdles and came second to Ryan in the long jump and the triple jump.

Liam Shelton won the shot put and the discus and came second in the javelin.

Among the girls’ results, Rebecca Kovacic won the 200m and came second in the long jump. Rebecca Revill won the 800m and was second in the 400m.

The girls’ relay team, of Rebecca Revill, Agnes Sakina, Rebecca Kovacic and Olivia Reid, was run into second place by St Michael’s Collegiate School by .04 of a second.

GYC’s top competitor in each event will compete in the SATIS Athletics Carnival, at The Domain, on Saturday 23 September. A report of this carnival will be carried in the next GYC Newsletter.

All the GYC athletes are named in the results.

top photo: The “remnant” able to stay for the very late presentations, standing, from left, Alice Randall, Sophie Scott, Rebecca Kovacic, Mitchell Gittus, Dustin Dunning, Nathan McKillop, Harrison Loveless; front row, from left, Rebecca Revill, Olivia Reid, Ryan Cooper, Jordan Cox, Dusty Rankin.

A feature of this year’s carnival was the inclusion of two para events. A driving force behind this innovation was SSATIS Head and GYC Principal Mr Craig Deayton.Mr Deayton was quoted in the Mercury as saying, “As an annual event (this carnival) is a big deal for all of the students and provides an opportunity to excel, but the biggest push will always remain on participation. We want to encourage all students to engage with athletics and physical education. It is more than just recreation, it is a vital part of education.”Specific para events were the girls’ and boys’ 100m para ambulatory open.Para students also competed in other events where possible. Dominic College’s Sam Walker set a new Australian U/18 T38 para record in the U/15 shot put.

GIRLS’ OPEN 100mRebecca Kovacic 2Agnes Sakina 10200mRebecca Kovacic 1Olivia Reid 4400m Rebecca Revill 2Laura Spandler 3800mRebecca Revill 1Laura Spandler 31500mAlice Randall 3Sophie Scott 43000mAlice Randall 3Sophie Scott 124x100m relayGYC 2

High JumpAlice Randall 4Elizabeth Johnstone 6Long JumpRebecca Kovacic 2Olivia Reid 3Triple JumpOlivia Reid 3Elizabeth Johnstone 9Shot PutHolly Van Lierop 3Elizabeth Johnstone 10DiscusElizabeth Johnstone 2Sophie Scott 5JavelinAgnes Sakina 2Elizabeth Johnstone 3

BOYS’ OPEN 100mRyan Cooper 1Harrison Loveless 2200mHarrison Loveless 1Dustin Dunning 4400m Dusty Rankin 2Dustin Dunning 4800mMitchell Gittus 3Ryan Eiszele 41500mNathan McKillop 3Tyler Wilmott 4HurdlesJordan Cox 14x100m relayGYC 1

Ryan Cooper competes in the triple jump.

Agnes Sakina after her javelin competition

against Mount Carmel College 35-30 and The Friends’ School 44-33.

GYC had defeated St Mary’s twice during the competition. The final’s scoreline was 32-21 after being 17-7 at half time.

Team manager Mr Jeremy Dooley said the game was the best the team had played in its undefeated season.

High JumpJordan Cox 5Liam Shelton 6Long JumpRyan Cooper 1Jordan Cox 2Triple JumpRyan Cooper 1 (record)Jordan Cox 2Shot PutLiam Shelton 1Thomas Maksimovic 3DiscusLiam Shelton 1Thomas Maksimovic 2JavelinLiam Shelton 2Lachlan Daniels 3


GIRLS’ COLLEGE WATER POLO FINAL, Guilford Young College vs St Michael’s Collegiate School.

The game was close and exciting. At half time GYC was down 1-2. In the second half our girls rallied. GYC restricted the Collegiate attack and repeatedly drove into Collegiate’s territory, raining shot after shot upon their goal. GYC pulled one back to tie the match but Collegiate’s defence stood firm. At full-time the score was 2-all.

The match resumed for a sudden death golden goal. On the whistle Collegiate drove

After very competitive seasons in which both Guilford Young College water polo teams finished on top of the ladder, both teams made their respective grand finals. The girls, going in as the title-holders, played the only team to have beaten them during the season, St Michael’s Collegiate School. The boys played Hobart

College.

at GYC and was rewarded with a goal almost immediately. Collegiate were crowned the 2017 champions with a 3-2 win.

The GYC girls are to be congratulated for their season. They trained and played with

enthusiasm and fine sportsmanship.

GYC was pipped in the final but should be proud of their efforts. This was the closest we had come to Collegiate through-out the tournament.

Special thanks to the team’s

Water polo stalwart and long-standing GYC coach Peter Kube is pictured ABOVE with the winner of the 2017 Most Valuable Player of the college girls’ competition, co-captain Madeline Gowan, and BELOW with GYC water polo alumnae, Claire (left) and Anna Mackintosh.

Claire was co-captain of the victorious GYC Blue team in 2015. She was named best and fairest player for her team for the season and also won the competition’s Most Valuable Player.

Anna was co-captain of the victorious GYC Blue team in 2016. She, too, was named best and fairest of that team for that year.

BOYS’ COLLEGE WATER POLO FINAL, Guilford Young College vs Hobart College

The GYC boys’ water polo team has enjoyed a very good season, winning all but one of its roster games and finishing the season on top of the ladder in the Southern Colleges Division of the Tasmanian Water Polo competition. Unfortunately, the team was depleted in the finals due to injury and narrowly lost to Hobart College by two unanswered goals in the dying minutes.

The team was made up predomi-nantly of Year 11 players so GYC has excellent prospects for the 2018 season.

The team was captained by William Poland who was well supported by his two vice-captains; Clancy Vanderkelen

and Jed Steele. The leading goal scorer was Nelson Goram-Aitken who was also voted one of the three best players in the competition by the game referees.

The team was coached by Jack Fairhurst (GYC 2016).

All players are

to be congratulated for their excellent commitment, team spirit and friendly sportsman-ship throughout the season and especially their graciousness in a disapppointing defeat on finals night.

Thad Rose, manager

Nelson Goram-Aitken was voted the third most valuable player in the boys’ college competi-tion for the 2017 season.

Nelson was also GYC’s leading goal scorer for the season.

2017 GYC GIRLS’ WATER POLO TEAM: back, from left, Claudia Fone, Ella French, Madeline Gowans, Isabella Pitt, Georgia Haden, Zoey McKenzie; front, from left, Sandra Guerzoni (manager), Marelie Steyn, Isabella Shea, Brooke McDermott, Charlotte Sutton and Peter Kube (coach).

2017 GYC BOYS’ WATER POLO TEAM: from left, Jack Fairhurst (coach), Joseph McMullen, Angus Reilly, Fraser Brumby, Callum Polanowski, William Poland, Clancy Vanderkelen, Nelson Goram-Aitken, Ty O’Dwyer, Thad Rose (manager). absent: Jed Steele

co-captains Zoey McKenzie and Madeline Gowans and the manager, Sandra Guerzoni.

Congratulations also to Maddie who was named the Most Valuable Player of the college girls’ competition.

Peter Kube, coach

Teams finish top of water polo ladders


For the first time in many years the Guilford Young College Firsts’ netball team found itself in unfamiliar territory at

the end of the roster.

An early loss to Mount Carmel College meant the girls had to be consistent throughout the remainder of the roster.

They had solid wins against Fahan School, The Friends’ School and Dominic College.

Needing to beat St Michael’s Collegiate School to keep their finals chances alive, the girls had a slow start and quickly fell behind by more than 15 goals. A late surge in the final quarter saw GYC claw back into the game and level the scores before Collegiate scored in the final

seconds to seal victory by one goal.

In their final game for the roster GYC was defeated by a well-drilled St Mary’s College who went on to win the competition. It is the first time in many years that the St Mary’s College / GYC rivalry has not featured in the Firsts’

netball final.

Thanks to Natalie Downton (GYC 2009) for coaching the girls.

GYC FIRSTS NETBALL TEAM for the final game: back, from left, Grace Walker, Zoey McKenzie, Alice Bacic, Lily Banks, Ashley Roach; and front, left, Eve Downward, and

Danah Garrett.

Unfamiliar territory

This year’s boys’ hockey roster was the closest it has been for several years with all the teams competitive and taking points off each other.

Guilford Young College had a mixed start to the roster. The boys drew a number of close games and had some upset losses after holding an early lead.

As the season progressed The Hutchins School was clearly on top, leaving GYC, Elizabeth College and The Friends’ School to battle it out for second place and a spot in the final. GYC hit some form in the last couple of rounds and cemented a place in the final with a strong win over Friends’ in the final round game.

Going into the final against Hutchins, the GYC players knew they had to be on their game and make the most of their opportunities.

After containing Hutchins in the first half and creating a number of opportunities themselves, GYC went into half-time down 0-2. They opened the second half well, scoring early to bring the score back to 1-2. Unfortunately, GYC was unable to contain Hutchins late in the second half. Hutchins ran away with the game to win 1-6.

above: Finals action vs The Hutchins School.

top: GYC Boys’ Hockey team, back, from left, James Freeman, Patrick, McDevitt, Hugo McCullum, Aiden Van Staden, Will Oliver, Fraser Brumby, front, from left, Jarrod Hunter , Tom

McTye, David Muir, Jacob Rugless.

Thanks to Mr Wright for coaching the team.

HOCKEY GIRLS ENJOY SEASON This year’s girls’ hockey team was well led by co-captains Georgia Williams and Laura Spandler. The team had a number of inexperienced players who continued to grow their skills as the season progressed. Although the scores may not have reflected this result, the girls were competitive in a number of their games, enjoying a couple of wins. Thanks to Mrs Mel Brown and Mrs Rebecca

Clifford for coaching the team.

standing, from left, Rebecca Clifford, Zoe Byrne, Emma Powe, Georgia Williams, Samantha Watkins, Isobel Mitchelmore, Mel Brown;

front, from left, Amity Bailey, Jasmine Meyer, Sarah Duggan.

Badminton misfortunesWell done to our two badminton teams who represented the College with great enthusiasm for a sport that a number of players had not tried before.

Our boys’ team managed to see out the season despite injury and playing against some tough competition.

The girls made it into the finals at the beginning of Term 3. However, they had to forfeit due to illness.

Thank you to Mrs Karen Caporelli for managing the teams.

Late run makes final


Unusual tension permeates Hobart Campus

WE DID IT! INAUGURAL GIRLS’ AFL WINNERS

With preparations for the competition in full swing, GYC headed to Launceston to play in a friendly gala day at Launceston Church Grammar School. Twenty-one girls made the trip to take on teams from Grammar and St Patrick’s College. GYC came away victorious and the girls were thirsty for more!

The SSATIS competition began two weeks later, with the girls starting their season with a well-fought victory over a strong side from The Friends’ School. GYC continued this form the following week, with another strong performance over a large team from St Mary’s College.

The next round took the girls away from home for the first time. In Sandy Bay, they took on a powerful team from Fahan School. Unfortunately, GYC was undermanned due to mid-year examinations. However, our 14 girls took the game on and played valiantly against a full Fahan squad. The game was tight. Fahan kicked away early, then GYC

Guilford Young College entered a team into this year’s inaugural SSATIS College Girls’ Football competition. Five teams played in a round robin, with the two top teams

contesting the grand final.

One of the GYC coaches, RAMON JACOBS, writes about the season …

fought back to within a goal. However, a win was not to be. The tired legs of the GYC team were eventually overrun, with Fahan coming out victors by three goals.

The final round was played against St Michael’s Collegiate School at Ham Common. The GYC girls, disappointed by their previous loss, came out strongly. They overpowered the Collegiate team and set up a re-match against Fahan for the title.

GYC faced the inaugural final against a team who had not been defeated in competi-tion or friendly matches; playing against them on their home turf, and in front of their home crowd.

It was a cold winter’s afternoon. The light was fading and the surface was wet when the whistle blew for the start of the match.

Fahan came out hard, pushing deep into their forward 50 and making it difficult for the GYC team to clear the ball. After a couple of missed opportunities, Fahan scored. This was followed quickly by a second, with the GYC team left with hands on hips as the Fahan team looked up and about. However, this was only the prelude to what would follow. Fahan was not prepared for the GYC response.

The second quarter started with Fahan girls feeling they had control. However, the

GYC team came out tackling ferociously. GYC quickly scored two goals and the contest was on!

From there, both teams hunted for the ball. The Fahan team eventually pulled a goal in front but the reply was swift with GYC having a period of dominance that should have resulted in more goals.

The final minutes were crazy as Fahan piled on the pressure, pushing for the win, as GYC sett up an unbreakable wall.

Then the whistle blew for a Fahan free kick; a difficult angle and about 25 meters out. The siren went and the crowd fell silent. There was one point between the teams and Fahan had a chance to steal it at the death.

The kick went up, it was on line and well struck. Girls from both teams flew at the ball, with GYC punching it clear and jumping for joy as the realisation of the victory set in. Their names would go down as the inaugural winners of the Girls’ First XVI Football competition!

There was an unusual tension on the Hobart Campus of GYC ahead of the U/18 STJFL

premiership on Sunday 10 September

GYC AFL players JOSH PRIDE and LACHIE GADOMSKI explain:

The popularity of AFL at GYC this year was showcased on Sunday 10 September at the home of footy, North Hobart Oval.

At 3pm, 24 AFL players from the College were among those to contest the Under 18 Southern Tasmanian Junior Football League Premiership for 2017.

All but two of the 24 players for either the Clarence Roos Football Club or the Kingbor-ough Tigers Football Club are students based at the Hobart Campus. The other two are at the Glenorchy Campus. Most of the students are in Year 11.

Tensions were building all week on the Hobart Campus and by Friday, the stage was set for what should be a ripping game of football.

During the season both teams had performed strongly, playing great football.Kingborough finished on top of the ladder, losing only one game for the season.

However, the Clarence players had been biting at Kingborough’s ankles all season and managed to knock them over in round 17 in a tight contest. The teams’ most recent encounter had been in the first week of finals. In what was a heated contest, the Tigers prevailed with a 22-point win.

The question being asked was: After coming off another tight game can the Roos players back it up this weekend or will the Tigers players continue their strong form?

It is rare to see so many students from one college participate in the one competition, let alone to end the competition, fighting to win the grand final.

Team members from Guilford Young CollegeKINGBOROUGH TIGERS: Josh Pride, Will Poland, Lachlan Ayliffe, Jacob Banks, Patrick Kelly, Harry Burrows, Edwin Pretyman, Lucas Griggs (captain), Harry Bomford, James Cane.

Clarence Roos: Luke Swinton, Harry Burgess, Tomi Hapka, Alex Bresnehan, Jacob Kent, Thomas Steele, James Bealey, Joe Colrain, Josh Nus (Glenorchy), Zac Lewin, Brady Hayden (Glenorchy), Jacob Smith, Angus Reilly, Jackson Adams.

AND THE PREMIERS ARE?CLARENCE 61:37

GYC goal scorers: CLARENCE, A. Bresnehan 2, L. Swinton and B. Hayden 1; KINGBOROUGH, H. Bomford, L Griggs and J. Banks 1. GYC best, CLARENCE, A. Breshehan, Z. Lewin, A. Reilly; KINGBOROUGH, L. Ayliffe. BEST ON GROUND, Alex Bresnehan (Clarence).

Thanks are extended to all the girls from the squad; Stephen Lunn and Ramon Jacobs for training, coaching and managing the team; Blair Brownless for his behind-the-scenes work and assistant coaching during the final; and to our Director of College Sport Zain Wright for his hard work to make the competition possible as well as his behind-the-scenes support, washing the team gear, filling the drink bottles and being a support at each game.

VICTORIOUS: standing, from left, Ramon Jacobs, coach, Meg Robinson, Jessie Webb, Molly Hibberd, Zoey McKenzie, Breeana Maynard (front), Shannon Harris, Urshla Connor, Amy Park, Courtney McGuire, Lily Collins, Julia Piscioneri, Molly Dineen, Maddie Gowans, Georgia Naden, Lily Ellis, Stephen Lunn, coach; kneeling, from left, Chelsey van Muijlwijk, Olivia Martyn, Isabel Newstead, Sophie Scott, Brooke Saward, India Richards, Liz Johnstone, Grace Robinson, Samantha Watkins, Roxy Hodgeson. Other squad members: Ayla King, Bonnie Malcolm, Brooke McDermott, Charlotte Sutton, Chloe Wells, Hannah Marriott, Brianna Hills, Olivia Gardner, Haylee Cordwell.

Six Guilford Young College AFL players were selected in the inaugural representative Sports Association of Tasmanian Independ-ent Schools (SATIS) AFL team: Harry Richmond, Tyler Martin, Riley Hooker, Elijah Reardon, Nathan Duggan and Declan Waddington.

The team travelled to Melbourne to play against a strong Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) second team as part of the annual APS v AGSV (Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria) Winter Sports Carnival.

GYC’s Nathan Duggan was co-captain and Mr Blair Brownless was the southern coach.

The team flew out on Friday morning 11 August and after a light training session during the afternoon players and support staff watched the Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants game at Etihad Stadium that night.

Nathan said that on Saturday morning the team was enthusiastic about the task ahead.

“Leaving the hotel, we were very excited by the opportunity to play against some of Melbourne’s best schoolboy talent,” he said.

The score line - APS 15.16.106 defeated SATIS 6.14.50 - did not reflect the closeness of the match.

“We dominated the first 15 minutes of the last quarter and were only 20 points down with 15 minutes to go. However, poor efficiency going forward hurt the SATIS team’s chance of a successful fightback. We also kicked inaccurately, only managing to score one goal and seven behinds in the last quarter.”

Nathan said that it was a great experience for all the players.

Mr Brownless said that while all the GYC players played well, Harry Richmond was named second best player for the SATIS team and Riley Hooker and Declan Wadding-ton were also named among the best players.

The travelling team consisted of the best players from each college in this year’s SATIS competition: St Patrick’s College, Launces-ton (2017 winners), Scotch Oakburn College (runners-up), Launceston Church Grammar School, The Hutchins School, The Friends’ School and GYC (third on the ladder).

top, from left: GYC players Tyler Martin, Declan Waddington, Nathan Duggan, Riley Hooker, Harry Richmond, Elijah Reardon.

below: The inaugural SATIS representative AFL football team vs APS at the Carey Grammar Sports Complex on Saturday 12 August.

Six in first SATIS AFL team

And the medallists are ...Samantha Watkins and Harry Richmond were named as the inaugural Bobby Court Medal winners as the best and fairest players in their respective AFL competitions for 2017. An awards night, with a Brownlow-type count, was held at the Hobart Campus for the announcements and

presentations.


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