Year 7 – 12 Sport

Interhouse Swimming Carnival

A big thank you to all students and staff who were a part of this year’s Yr 7-12 Inter House Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with good weather on the day for our first House Championship competition of the year. It was great seeing a mix of students of all abilities doing their best to represent themselves and their Houses in both competitive and non-competitive events.

A special mention goes to our King of the Pool, Charlie and Queen of the Pool, Emily, for their superb efforts in the 200m medley.

Congratulations to the following students for breaking records this year:

Freestyle

12 years Girls Freestyle  31.01 Lucia

Backstroke

12 years Girls Backstroke 37.73 Lucia

16 years Girls Backstroke 35.36 Emily

Butterfly

12 years Boys Butterfly 35.26 Kyle

12 years Girls Butterfly Lucia

This year the top honour for Champion House goes to a very deserving Buran House. They swam strongly on the day and had lots of representation in all events.

Congratulations to Mumba House who were the recipients of the Spirit Trophy after showing fantastic support for their team, being respectful in their House area and having the best attendance on the day.

The final congratulations belong to this year’s age runners up and age champions for each year level. These students generally competed in every event and gave their all as they performed well across a range of strokes.

Age Champions List:

District Swimming Carnival

The results from the Interhouse Carnival have been used to determine the fastest 4 freestyle students, 3 fastest students in backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly swimmers. These students will be selected in the PLC Swim Team to represent the College on Thursday 27th February at a school hours carnival held at Sunshine Coast Grammar pool. Notification will be sent home via TASS for students who are selected. Students who are in the 12 years age group but are in Year 7 will attend the Senior District Carnival and compete in the 12 years division. They will not combine with the 12 years students in Year 6 as they have in previous years. The 9-12yrs Independent District Carnival will take place during school time on Wednesday 26th   February.

Competitive Sport News:

SCISSA Junior and Intermediate Soccer

It was a tough round for some of our soccer teams this week with our Juniors coming up against quality opposition. Our defeated teams still fought valiantly and dealt with the challenge of jumping off the bus and getting straight into games as well as they could. Congratulations to the Intermediate Girls for remaining undefeated this season and for the Junior A Boys for picking up their first win for the year.

SCISSA Senior Volleyball

Well done to our Senior A Boys for winning their double header convincingly in their first home games of the season. It is a testament to the hard work they have been putting in twice a week at training with Mr Paul Brace. Our Senior B2 Boys also continued their winning ways with back-to-back wins. The Senior B1 Boys went down in a tight tussle in the first match but were outclassed in the second. Our Senior A Girls continue to build their team cohesion each week and their first win of the season will be just around the corner.

Trish Buckley Volleyball

Trish Buckley Volleyball kicks off on this Friday 21st February with PLC submitting boys and girls teams in the Year 12 and Year 10 Divisions. We wish them all the best with their matches and hope they have a lot of success in the tournament.  Thank you to Mr Paul Brace, Ms Leigh Finter and supporting coaches for giving their time on a Friday night to provide these students with this opportunity.

Student Acknowledgements

Congratulations to the following students for their selection in QLD School Sporting Pathway teams.

• Congratulations to Lachlan for his selection in Suncoast Phoenix’s 2nd Queensland State League youth basketball team. Lachlan competed as a younger age athlete against 140 other students to enter a spot into one of these 3 teams. Well done!

 

• Congratulation to Sophie who competed at the Little Athletics Regional Championships recently. She placed third in discus, and fourth in shotput, securing her place to compete in both events at the State Championships, which will be held in March.

Mr Cameron West-McInnes, Head of Sport