In this Issue - Brunswick Secondary College

THE BRUNSWICKChinese BridgeCompetitionOn Friday, the 24th of May, Aidan from 10Sand Marcia from Year 11 participated in theHanyuQiao Competition for 2013, which washeld at Melbourne Grammar from 6 p.m. to9p.m. There were a total of 15 contestantsin the finals, with 1 being absent.As this is our first year entering into thecompetition, it was a great experience for competingBrunswick students to develop/progress theirChinese language and culture skills. For Aidan,his speech was on the Spring Festival and hisperformance was on Chinese Paper-cutting.Marcia’s speech was on the 56 different ethnicgroups in China and she performed afantastic Chinese Dance in front of the judgesand audience. It was a great night, as itshowed we have some very talented/skilful andfull of potential Chinese studying students.Yijie Chinese Captain, Year 10Year 9/10FootyLast Wednesday a select group of year 9 and 10boys headed out for a day full of sweaty men,stinky change rooms and gut busting hard work.I’m obviously talking about working in illegalsweatshops... I mean school football.Having a couple of Tuesday training sessionsleading up to the day meant that we weresomewhat prepared to play a hard game offootball and this was evident in the final score.All the boys played really hard and gave it their all,and it paid off.We won both of the games we played and thoughthe opposition teams put up a good fight, theycouldn’t compete with the mighty wrath thatBrunswick brought down upon them.Congratulations to all the boys who played,see you in the next round!Blake Everett Year 10On the 8th of May,BSC held their first ever Brunswick Gift.A 100m Sprint on the hockey field, officiated andspurred on my many students along the sidelines.The event was very exciting and there was a great turnout. Mr Nolan pulled a heart muscle and was unableto dominate in this event.There was around 10 participants including a few teachersand the mysterious purple morphsuit (*coughcoughMR TIPPING) and students from all years.The No 1 Sport Captain represented Nolan butunfortunately also had a heart problem.The winner was Adam “Steel Biceps” Saad from Year 12,who some people may know as the footy player fromCoburg Tigers. It was a great race and was very popular!Awesome stuff by everyone who participated!William Zahgis Sports CaptainSPORTSTerm2BSC Athletics Carnival:Tues 30th April at Melbourne University Aths TrackA large number of students from Year 7, 8 and 9 competed atthe 2013 Brunswick Secondary Athletics Carnival.The weather was great and the competitions were hot asrunning and jumping events were contested throughout theday. We ventured to a new location this year at theMelbourne University Athletics track.The 100m dash for all age groups was the first running eventheld and contained one of the highlights of the day as MurrayLeonard sprinted to victory in the 15yr Boys race. The timerscouldn’t believe the stopwatches as Murray ran one of thefastest times for a 100m at school ever in 12 seconds flat.Throughout the day there were many great results (too manyto mention) and congratulations to all those that attended fortrying their best in every event they participated in.There was a lot of excitement about who the winning housecolour would be. After collating the results from the Athleticsthe traditional ‘Brunswick Bell’ was awarded to ABYAD houseand with tradition the Bell was rung at school assembly in thefollowing days.BSC X-Country Carnival:Wednesday 29th May at Princess ParkWith a new venue and track this year the excitement was builtup for the 2013 BSC X-Country Carnival. Year 7,8 and 9 studentscompeted and raced around the scenic track that follows theoutside of the Princess Park surrounds. The weather was againkind to us and it made the day all the more enjoyable as thestudents walked, jogged and ran the course which was justunder 3km for all age groups. Well done to all those whocompeted and participated on the day. Also a big mention toCAAGAR house who has again taken the honours of winningthe Brunswick Bell this year against the other house colours.I bet all CAAGAR house students and teachers are very excitedto ring the bell at assembly.Our new GymSince the start of this year I’ve been going up toour new lunchtime gym at least once a week.I’ve really enjoyed being able to go up to the gymat lunchtime; it’s great to be able to do differentexercise to that of my sporting commitmentswithout the cost of gym membership!We’ve got some great equipment now for bothcardio and resistance training – spin bikes, crosstrainers,free weights – so I can do a good varietyof stuff every time I go. I think it’s really importantto work exercise into your week so I hope morepeople will start coming in to take advantage of thegreat facilities we have.Maggie O’Shea Yr 11X-Country Results:12/13 Year Girls – 1st Meg Vincent, 2nd Mia Lantieri- Bartley, 3rd Ciara Martin.12/13 Year Boys – 1st Jack Sabatino, 2nd Angus Coverdale, 3rd Daniel Li.14 Year Girls – 1st Holly Payne, 2nd Eva Sinclair, 3rd Chloe Lytras.14 Year Boys – 1st James Burg, 2nd Jesse Dench, 3rd Tor Bak.15/16 Year Girls – 1st Indu Mulligan, 2nd Krystal Almaraz, 3rd Georgia Newton.15/16 Year Boys – 1st Lachlan Hutchison, 2nd Sophocles Mavrelis, 3rd Hewitt Hunter.