Junior Sport

Pacific Board Riders Club

Pacific Lutheran College will again offer the opportunity for students to be part of the Pacific Board Riders (PBR). The aim of the program is to provide an opportunity to develop individual surfing skills and grow the culture of surfing within the College. Due to stringent supervision and safety requirements, participation in the program will be capped at 24 students per session and will be dependent on individual competencies, including an ocean swim and board paddle, assessed by the teachers in charge. Students will also need to take part in a brief surf etiquette course run by PLC teachers which focuses on surfing in large groups.

Please note that these Friday morning sessions are not a “learn to surf” program and parents will need to transport their child to and from these sessions.  Due to staff availability, sessions will now start next Friday 26th July (conditions dependent). If you are interested in your child being part of this program, please email dhooper@pacluth.qld.edu.au  for further details.

Junior Basketball Program

This term we are pleased to once again offer a Junior Basketball Development Program for students in Years 2 -5. The program will be run after school on Thursday afternoons from 3:00 – 4:00pm in the school gymnasium and outdoor courts. The basketball program will be run by Mr Brad Burdon who has previous experience in coaching both here on the Sunshine Coast and in Cairns with school, representative and senior teams including the Cairns Taipans. Mr Burdon will be assisted by myself, and senior school basketball players as well as some PLC ex-students. 

The program will commence on Thursday 1st August and will run for five weeks, finishing on Thursday 29th August. During these sessions, students will focus on fundamental basketball skills through drills before moving into gameplay.

The cost of this 5-week program is $30 which provides each student with a basketball that they can keep at the completion of the program.

If you are interested in registering your child for this program, please send an expression of interest email to lmuir@pacluth.qld.edu.au  by Friday 26th July. An information letter and payment details will be forwarded to prior to the commencement of the program.

Students Success

Congratulations to Scarlett van den Hurk (Year 6) who has been selected in the Queensland Cross Country Team to compete in the National Schools Cross Country Championships held in Victoria in August. Scarlett finished in 6th place over the weekend at Queensland State Titles held in Brisbane. She was in 8th with about 500m to go but came home with a flying finish to eventually finish in 6th place. Scarlett’s, Sunshine Coast relay team also backed up on the Sunday to take silver in the 5 x 1km relay. Congratulations on these fantastic results over the weekend and good luck to Scarlett for the upcoming National Championships.

Mr Darren Hooper, Head of Junior Sport P-6