The King's School annual reports 2010

In athletics nicholashough went on tobecome worldchampion in the110 hurdles at theworld youth olympics.AthleticsNicholas Hough went on tobecome world champion in the 110hurdles.The 115th AAGPS Athletics Championships of 2010 saw The King’sSchool obtain its third consecutive Senior team premiership. Not sincethe 1920s has the School won three straight Senior athletics titles. Forthe second year in a row, the Junior athletics team also achieved firstplace, thus presenting the School with its second consecutive “doublepremiership”, a feat that The King’s School has not achieved in 178years. The athletics captain, Michael Todd, and the U17 athlete,Nicholas Hough, were awarded The King’s School Gold Medal forSporting Excellence, an award only granted if a boy has participated inthree consecutive Senior premierships in the same sport. For this reason,2010 will probably be remembered as one of the most successfulathletics seasons in the history of the School.Adding to the memories of an extraordinary year in track and field,were the performances of Nicholas Hough and Elliott Lang who bothgained selection in the Australian team to participate in the WorldYouth Olympics in Singapore. Nicholas Hough went on to becomeworld champion in the 110 hurdles. Elliott Lang gained first place in theU17 javelin for NSW and first place in U16 discus.Chamath Herath won no less than four titles at the Australian JuniorChampionships with hurdles being his major speciality. Josh Clarkebecame National Champion in the U16 100m in a time of 10.72 secsand by so doing established a national record. There were also strongperformances at the Nationals by Jack Stapleton (Year 9) who camethird in U16 1500m.The growing popularity of basketball at The King’s School is a tributeto the coaches and to the faithful band of parents and students whosupport our basketball program.CricketCricket remains very strong at The King’s School. This is due to thedevotion of staff and coaches and to the commitment made by manystudents. When one has coaches of the quality of Trevor Chappell, itis small wonder that the School’s cricketing prowess continues to grow.The 2009/10 season saw Ryan Blaker (Year 12) complete his fourth yearin the 1st XI and the 2nd XI achieved a credible third place in theGPS competition. The GPS 1st XI obtained 5th place. The 3rd XI wasundefeated throughout the season.At the conclusion of 2010, which represents the mid point in the2010/11 cricket season, the 1st XI were currently in first place. The offseason training, together with the faithful support of a strong group ofparents and boys, has contributed to making 2010 and extraordinarilymemorable season for cricket.BasketballThe PJ Yeend cup awarded to the best basketballer at the School wasawarded to Matthew Andronicos (Year 12). The Graham Kelly MemorialTrophy for contribution to basketball at the School was awarded toRobert Lagudi (Year 12). These two Kingsmen capture much of thespirit and quality of basketball at The King’s School, with the first teamobtaining a top 3 position and the seconds finishing equal fourth inthe GPS competition.The U14 age group had a particularly successful year which suggeststhat the future of basketball at King’s is strong. The development ofbasketball skills was further enhanced through a tour to the USA. TheSchool has also forged some strategic links with the Sydney Kingswhose head coach is a King’s Old Boy, Ian Robilliard.28 29