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Tennis Mr G Brimblecomb<br />
Week 3 saw our teams record their first whitewash of the season. Our teams 1 – 4 all scored resounding wins against Iona while teams 5 – 8 all<br />
scored big wins against St Pats. Teams 1 and 5 have recorded their first wins for the season with good wins over quality opposition. The doubles<br />
work we have been concentrating on in training has really paid off with only one doubles set being dropped for the day.<br />
Our overall results were: Team 1, 40 - 14; Team 2, 40 - 4; Team 3, 40 - 2; Team 4, 31 - 25; Team 5, 40 - 7; Team 6, 40 - 7; Team 7, 40 - 16; Team<br />
8, 40 - 9.<br />
Our better individual performances came from Mitchell George and Charlie Van Balen with a 14 – 0 and Ed Baker, Ned Aylward, George<br />
Campbell, Hudson Mulcahy and Ben Wilson- Boyd with 14 - 1 win/loss ratios were our best performers for the day. These boys are really putting<br />
some pressure on the year level best percentage players.<br />
For those who don’t know, I am recording the win/loss ratios of each player each week and will come up with a best win/loss percentage for the<br />
season.<br />
Congratulations to our teams of the week. Teams 2 and 3 again share the honours and the Friday pizzas. This week we are on a bye. However<br />
there is still plenty of Tennis to be played with our Age championships being contested on the Ekka Holiday Wednesday.<br />
Congratulations to Pat Morris who reached the Junior Masters final on the weekend at Churchie and Harry Rackemann who narrowly lost in his<br />
quarter-final match.<br />
Track and Field Mr C Humphrys<br />
CIC - Congratulations to all the boys who competed in the annual College Age Championships on Saturday morning. There were some fantastic<br />
results seen and recorded as boys from Years 5-7 fought hard and fair across three of their best events. In Year five we saw two boys who couldn't<br />
be separated even through our countback system. Tom Burns and Aymeric Morgan finished joint Under 10 age champions while Zac Boland<br />
and Jacob Ruff took out the Under 11 and 12 competitions respectively.<br />
This week we travel to Mt Gravatt (QSAC) for the annual Junior Schools Competition. With the first event scheduled for 8am, it is important athletes<br />
arrive by 7.30am for their warm up. Please check the website for full details. The program for this week is very different to previous weeks.<br />
GPS - One week to go! The GPS season kicks off officially next Friday night (24 August) with <strong>Terrace</strong> hosting the first invitational meet of the year.<br />
The Grand Prix events are the hurdles, 200m, 800m and triple jump events, so it is important we fill those events with our best athletes in order to<br />
defend our title from 2011. Again, the program is available on the website and through the student booklet.<br />
On Wednesday, 29 August, we will be taking our four best sprinters from each age group out to UQ to commence our relay training. Current Brisbane<br />
Bronco and Old Boy, Lachlan Maranta, will be running these sessions. Athletes will return by 5.30pm. See you on the track.<br />
Gymnastics Mr B McCulloch<br />
<strong>Terrace</strong> Gymnastics has been in full swing for the past couple of weeks. The season officially started with group training at BBC on Saturday 21<br />
July when all GPS gymnasts were taken through all the apparatus by coaches and judges.<br />
The following week, <strong>Terrace</strong> completed against BBC at BBC where all <strong>Terrace</strong> gymnasts in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 completed and achieved impressive<br />
scores.<br />
Last weekend, <strong>Terrace</strong> competed at BGS against TSS and TGS. Again, the results were impressive and a number of our gymnasts improved on<br />
their previous results.<br />
This weekend, <strong>Terrace</strong> will compete against BGS at BBC. I would remind gymnasts of the need to arrive at least half an hour prior to the commencement<br />
of the competition and to wear their correct uniform.<br />
A reminder that the GPS Championships will be held at The Southport School on Saturday, 1 September. The first competition will be the Division<br />
3 competition, commencing at 8am. While it is a long day, it is a most enjoyable and entertaining day for both competitors and supporters alike.<br />
Challenge Program<br />
Introducing "The Simpson Prize"<br />
<strong>Terrace</strong> is proud to announce that we will be submitting three entries for this prestigious competition this year.<br />
Students who have received an A for their History result last Semester have been invited to participate in this competition. Students are<br />
expected to write an essay or create an audio-visual presentation of their understanding of primary sources and the Gallipoli experience in<br />
response to the ANZAC legend. Students were invited via school email last Friday. Further details can be found at<br />
www.simpsonprize.org Please discuss this opportunity with your son.<br />
Meanjin Writers Camp<br />
This is a unique experience for gifted writers to work with published authors to improve their writing skills. It is open for students in<br />
Years 6, 7 and 8 and will occur in week 4 Term 4. There is a detailed application to complete with writing samples and costs to cover the<br />
event. Please look on www.meanjin.edu.au for further details.<br />
I have sent an email to all parents of students who were invited or participate in our Challenge Program. This has further details on<br />
each of our current programs. Please let me know if you did not receive this email.<br />
For further details please contact Karin Coleshill - ph 3214 5251 or email karincoleshill@terrace.qld.edu.au<br />
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