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Edition 3 - The Springfield Anglican College

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Swimming<br />

Congratulations to Megan Gianotti who represented<br />

Australia at the US Open Swimming Championships<br />

held in Indianapolis in early August. Megan won three<br />

medals – 1 gold in the 400m medley relay team and<br />

2 silver – 400m freestyle relay & 800m freestyle relay.<br />

Congratulations also to Lucy Bedford, Lefu Fonomaalii,<br />

Kyle Mason & Megan Gianotti who competed at the<br />

Queensland Short Course Championships held on the<br />

25th and 26th of August. Kyle won the silver medal in<br />

the 16 years 1500m Freestyle. Megan Gianotti won 5<br />

Gold and 4 silver medals, and broke the Queensland<br />

all comers record for the 200m butterfly.<br />

Ipswich Rangers 7s Tournament<br />

On Friday August 10, four Primary Rugby 7’s Teams<br />

participated in the Ipswich Rangers 7s Tournament at<br />

Woodend.<br />

In a very tough competition, all the teams battled<br />

hard and tried their best at the fast paced 7’s format.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Under 10A Team had a very successful day,<br />

winning all their group matches and their semi-final<br />

to qualify for the final. Unfortunately they were<br />

pipped in the final; however the way they played<br />

throughout the day was a credit to the school.<br />

Thank you to Mr Brownlow, Mr Patmore, Mr Newble<br />

and Mr Woolford for coaching the teams on the day.<br />

Brisbane Christian Schools<br />

Netball and Soccer Carnivals<br />

On Monday 20 August two netball teams represented<br />

the <strong>College</strong> in the Brisbane Christian Schools Netball<br />

Carnivals. <strong>The</strong> day was a great opportunity for our students<br />

to play in a round robin tournament against schools from<br />

all across Brisbane. Our teams were very competitive and<br />

played with great enthusiasm and good sportsmanship.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Junior Girls Netball Team finished runners up in<br />

the tournament and <strong>The</strong> Senior Girls Netball Team<br />

finished in third place. Congratulations to Cassidy<br />

Webber (junior netball team) and Micah Weslake<br />

(senior netball team) for winning the player of the<br />

tournament for their respective age groups.<br />

District Athletics<br />

<strong>The</strong> TSAC Primary Athletics Team represented the<br />

<strong>College</strong> at the Central Districts Athletics Carnival on<br />

August 13 - 14 at Limestone Park, Ipswich.<br />

<strong>The</strong> team achieved some fantastic results, finishing<br />

second in their division and fourth overall. Larana<br />

Thomas and Kalani Thomas both finished second in<br />

the age champion award for their age groups.<br />

Seven students were selected to represent Central<br />

Districts at the Met West Athletics Carnival. <strong>The</strong>y were<br />

Chloe Bradley, Tayla Behr, Paris Koutsis, Bailey Sagaidak,<br />

Jaxson Samuels, Kalani Thomas and Larana Thomas.<br />

Congratulations to all students who participated at<br />

the carnival.<br />

Pierre de Coubertin Award<br />

Congratulations to Jacob Thian who has been awarded the coveted<br />

Pierre de Coubertin Award for 2012. To celebrate Jacob’s outstanding<br />

sporting achievements and commendable sporting behaviour, Jacob<br />

and his family attended the official Awards presentation Ceremony at<br />

the Performing Arts Centre, South Brisbane on Saturday June 23. <strong>The</strong><br />

Assistant Minister for Sport along with special guest Olympians presented<br />

Jacob with his certificate and Olympic pin at the event.<br />

Congratulations to Larissa Chambers who competed as part<br />

of the Australian Athletics Team at the Oceania Championships<br />

in Cairns on June 27-29. Larissa won gold in the 200m (24.70<br />

seconds), gold in the 4 x 100m relay and silver in the 100m<br />

(where she missed gold by just 0.02 seconds). Larissa was also<br />

named the QT-City of Ipswich Junior Sportstar for June.<br />

JTAS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL<br />

<strong>The</strong> JTAS Athletics Carnival was held on Friday September 14<br />

at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Primary Athletics Team achieved an amazing result at the<br />

carnival, finishing in second place in the Red Division, just 5.75<br />

points behind winners Redeemer Lutheran <strong>College</strong>. This is<br />

the school’s best ever result at any JTAS carnival.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were a number of standout performers at the carnival,<br />

including Dakota Farrell-Thomas, Ruby May, Sam Lonsdale,<br />

Oliver Kefford, Kalani Thomas, Bannon Rogers, Tayla Behr, Eryn<br />

Hughes, Paris Koutsis, Kalib Monaei, Chloe Bradley, Larana<br />

Thomas and Hamish Boyd.<br />

Congratulations to all members in the team for this fantastic<br />

result and thank you to Mr Patmore, Mrs Prins, Mrs Jacob for<br />

their help on the day. Thank you also to Joanna Spyro for<br />

coaching the team throughout the year.<br />

FINAL STANDINGS:<br />

1 Redeemer Lutheran <strong>College</strong> ......................................................540.50<br />

2 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Springfield</strong> <strong>Anglican</strong> <strong>College</strong> ...................................534.75<br />

3 Rivermount <strong>College</strong> .........................................................................521.75<br />

3 Faith Lutheran <strong>College</strong> ...................................................................521.75<br />

5 St Paul’s School .........................................................................................441<br />

6 Cannon Hill <strong>Anglican</strong> <strong>College</strong> ...................................................407.25<br />

AGE CHAMPIONS:<br />

9 Years .......Dakota Farrell-Thomas, Chloe May & Oliver Kefford<br />

10 Years ...................................................... Tayla Behr & Bailey Sagaidak<br />

11/12 Years .............................................. Paris Koutsis & Bruno Aleixo<br />

TAS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL<br />

Congratulations to the Senior Athletics Team who finished in<br />

3rd place in the TAS Athletics Carnival. <strong>The</strong>re were some<br />

outstanding individual and team results:<br />

RESULTS:<br />

• 13 Years Girls finished in 1st place<br />

• 15 Years Boys finished in 1st place<br />

• Open Girls finished in 1st place<br />

• Boys and Girls won the Percentage trophies.<br />

• Larissa Chambers broke the TAS 100m record (12.23sec),<br />

and the 200m record (25.26 sec).<br />

Congratulations also to the following students who have<br />

qualified to compete at the State Athletics Championships<br />

in October 25-28: Aaliyah Chambers, Larissa Chambers,<br />

Tremaine Peters, Ben Wilcox and Jordan Spyro.<br />

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