Year 7-12 Sport
Year 7-12 Sport
Competitive Sport News
Indoor Netball Queensland Northern Region Tournament
Congratulations to our 4 PLC representative netball teams who competed in the Indoor Netball Queensland Northern Region Tournament last Thursday and Friday. We had tremendous success with 3 out of the 4 teams making the Grand Final in their divisions. Our 9/10 girls competed well in their final and went down in a tough match to come runners-up. Congratulations to the Yr 11/12 Girls and the Yr 7/8 Girls for their strong wins to take out their finals. Special mentions go to Yasmin Lincoln and Remy Hammond for being awarded MVP of the finals. PLC’s strong efforts also saw them be named the top school of the tournament. This tournament concluded the 7-12 Competitive Netball season. Thank you to Mrs Michelle Dufty, Mrs Mel Pietrala and Emma Frohmuller for working with the students for the duration of the tournament.
Sunshine Coast Secondary Schools Basketball
Best week of the season so far for our PLC Basketball teams. A big win for the Senior A Girls has pushed them into the top 4 and a likely playoff spot, while the Senior B Boys remain undefeated atop of their table. The Intermediate E and G-League Boys have also moved into the top 4 in their respective competitions.
A reminder to all players to regularly check their NAV calendar for draw updates. A huge thank you from Mr. Burdon to those people who have been proactive in early communication with their coaches about their ability to play on Friday nights.
Finally, good luck to the CBSQ Girls team who compete in the Wildcard Challenge next week in the hope to become the first PLC girls’ team to qualify for the State Championships.
Touch Football
On Sunday, we had 3 teams represent PLC at the Sunshine Coast All Schools Carnival at Caboolture. Our Open girls had been working together for some time with Mr Danzey and did a great job in quite a tough pool, peppered with Touch Football excellence schools. This was the first tournament for our U15s Boys and Girls teams, and with only a few of the students actually being 15, our students did a great job of building team cohesion and applying their skills throughout the day. We hope that the students learned a lot from the experience and can apply this knowledge in the remaining SCISSA Touch Football season. Thank you to Mr Danzey and Mr West for their time working with the teams for training and going to the carnival on Sunday. Thank you also to Mrs Costa for supporting the teams on the day.
Girls Rugby 10 aside
Congratulations to our U14 Girls who continued to go from strength to strength with their rugby performance this week. Their first game against Sienna proved a challenge, coming up against some strong individual players. The girls continued to build momentum throughout the game, showing a strong performance in the second half. Unfortunately, they went down 15-5.
Their second game against Sunshine Coast Grammar gave the girls the opportunity to demonstrate their exceptional playing skills. The girls posted a dominant performance, defeating Grammar a whopping 32-5. I look forward to the girls continuing to grow and develop their playing ability over the coming weeks.
SCISSA Touch Football
Well done to our PLC Touch Teams for a strong round of games this week with 4 out of 7 wins. Our Junior Girls Team 2 and Senior Girls Team 1 played against some quality opposition and competed well in tough matches. Our Intermediate Girls Team 1 were competitive in their fixture but could not find the answers in defence for some strong offence. Congratulations to our Junior Girls Team 1, Junior Boys Teams 1 and 2 and Intermedia Girls Team 2 for very strong wins in their fixtures. We hope the Senior Boys enjoyed their week off and are ready to compete in Round 4.
District Athletics Reminder
Thank you to those 13-19yrs students who have confirmed their attendance for the District Athletics Carnival next Thursday and Friday. We appreciate the time commitment for students to participate and are grateful to have so many be a part of our team to build on our strong 2nd place performance from last year, not to mention the 10-12 yrs team achieving 2nd place this year.
Information regarding student events and bus times will be sent out by the end of this week. There will be bus transport to and from the venue each day. There will be an extra bus offered to students on Friday to take athletes to USC at morning tea if they have later events. This bus will also bring students back to the College who only have morning events.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr Cameron West-McInnes or Mrs Lisa Muir.
Sunshine Coast Regional Trials
Any students who may be interested in attending upcoming regional trials for U13-15 Boys and Girls Cricket or U13-14 Boys and Girls Futsal need to register their interest with Mrs Muir by the 14th of August in order to be sent the necessary paperwork.
Student Acknowledgements
Congratulations to Jessica Lloyd for her fantastic achievements representing Australia in the World Archery Youth Championships in Ireland. Jessica came 12th out of 94 in her U18 female division and in teams, they finished 9th on the table. The competition provided her with sponsors and a whole new experience to prepare her for the Nationals and Australian Open in September, and hopefully to the Olympic qualifying event in December.
Congratulations to Jairus Patelesio who competed with his Sunshine Coast Rugby Union team over the weekend in Cairns. They came away 4th out of 10 Regions. He did an exceptional job playing up in the age group as a Year 8 student up against mostly Years 9 and 10 players.
Mr Cameron West-McInnes, Head of Sport