Year 7 – 12 Sport

Competitive Sport News:

Rugby:

This week marked our second round of competition for our Year 8 PLC Blue team and the first round of competition for our Year 7 PLC Gold team, many of whom were playing rugby for the first time. Our Year 7 girls built confidence across the two games against Sienna College and St John’s College, developing good offensive patterns and an improvement in their defensive efforts. Our PLC Blue team continued to build on their success from last round, drawing 17-17 to Sunshine Coast Grammar School in a tight contest, scoring 2 late tries in their second game to defeat Good Samaritan College. All players should be proud of their growth, effort and look forward to continuing to enjoy and engage in the spirit of rugby.

Mr Josh Cummins, Head of Rugby

Basketball:

Well done to our Senior A Boys, Senior D Boys and Senior D Girls for their wins on Friday night. The Senior Boys had to dig deep to walk away with the points in their game and they valiantly held onto a two point win. The Senior A Girls faced another tough opposition this week and will be better for it. This week we have our Intermediate B Girls and Intermediate D Boys beginning their season and we wish these teams and their coaches all the best in their first round.

Touch Football:

We had another big round of home games on Wednesday night and it was great to see our teams compete strongly in their fixtures on home soil. The Junior A Boys, Junior A Girls, Intermediate A Boys and Intermediate B1 Girls all had strong wins. Our Senior Boys deserve a special mention as they are playing in a tough division and continue to stay dedicated despite the challenging results at times. Well done on showing great spirit and tenacity! In the away games, the Intermediate A Girls and Junior B2 Boys lost their games in tight tussles and the Intermediate B1 Boys fought out a spirited draw. The Senior A Girls kept their winning ways going from last week, although they had to work for it, and finally found the try line in the second half to win their game 1-0.

In other Touch Football news, well done to our Mixed Seniors team who represented PLC at the Sunshine Coast All School’s Tournament on Sunday. This was a fitting send off for many of the Yr 12’s, particularly the girls, who have been representing PLC in Touch Football throughout their schooling. The group finished the day with a win, a draw and two losses. They should be very proud of their efforts both in this tournament and in the commitment to the co-curricular touch football program at PLC. Thank you to Mr Josh Danzey for giving his time and energy to work with this team, as well as Katie Graves and Gabby Gorham for their support on the day.

 Student Acknowledgements;

Well done to the students listed below for their outstanding achievements in sport:

Emily Lengenberg competed in 7 events over the weekend in the Wide Bay Short Course Swimming Championship; 100 fly - 2nd, 200 back - 1st, 200 fly - 2nd, 50 back - 2nd, 200 free -3rd, 100 free - 6th and 50 back - 4th. Emily will be competing at Qld Short Course Championship in 2 weeks. Congratulations Emily.

Mr Cameron West-McInnes, Head of Sport