Years 7-12 Sport

District Swimming Carnival

The results from the Interhouse Carnival will be used to determine the fastest 4 freestyle students, 3 fastest students in backstroke, breaststroke and 2 fastest butterfly swimmers. These students have been selected in the Pacific Swim Team and are representing the College on Thursday 22nd February at a twilight carnival held at Sunshine Coast Grammar Pool. We wish these students the best of luck.

Competitive Sport News

Next week students will be able to sign up for a range of competitive and representative sporting options for Term 2. Students are encouraged to look at all options and consider how they may be able to represent Pacific in sport this year. Multiple sports may be played in a term if there are no clashes with the days in which fixtures are played.

Options for competitive sport sign-ups are as follows:

Term 2:

• Yr 7-10 SCISSA Volleyball (Wednesday after school)
• Yr 11-12 SCISSA Soccer (Wednesday after school)
• Yr 7-12 Boys 15 aside Rugby (Wednesday after school)
• Yr 7-9 Trish Buckley Volleyball (Friday after school)
• Yr 7-12 Kayaking (Friday Sport and Monday after school)

SCISSA Junior and Intermediate Soccer

All our SCISSA soccer teams worked hard this week and should be proud of their efforts. The Junior Boys team 1 went down 1-2 in a spirited effort with limited numbers due to illness. The Junior Boys team 2 played fantastically to go up 2-0 however, GCC were able to sneak a couple goals just before half time. The Junior Boys can be proud of their improvement. Our result of the week goes to the Intermediate Girls who were able to move the ball well as a team and hold GSLC scoreless while putting 7 in the back of the net themselves. A great effort.

Results (Round 2):

SCISSA Senior Volleyball

Once again, we had our Senior Volleyball teams travelling all over the coast for their fixtures on Wednesday night. A big thank you to the players and coaches who are committing their time and energy to represent Pacific in competitive sport. Once again, our Senior Girls Team 1 continued their strong form with another two wins from two matches, winning both games quite easily. They now turn their focus to Friday’s Trish Buckley matches. The Senior Boys Team 2 continued to improve with another good win against a strong Flinders side. Mr Paul Brace has been doing some excellent work with the Senior Boys Team 1 and although they lost both games this week, they have vastly improved. The volleyballers are engaged and performing well and we look forward to celebrating more success in the coming weeks.

Results (Round 2):

Trish Buckley (Senior Volleyball):

Trish Buckley Volleyball kicked off last Friday (Week 4), with students enthusiastic to represent the College. Pacific teams showed great team spirit and are determined to work hard throughout the competition. Players will continue to improve in the knowledge of the game and skill as they compete in both Wednesday night SCISSA and Trish Buckley competitions.

Monday Night Netball:

The Monday Night Netball Competition began on Monday (Week 5), with 8 of our 9 teams taking the court. It was a fantastic display of skill and teamwork by all teams, with 7 wins and 1 draw. Our Pacific netball players have worked incredibly hard at training in the lead up to Round 1 of competition. We thank all players for their attendance and dedication to training. We look forward to seeing all teams continue with this momentum throughout the competition.

**PLC Sapphire had a bye

Kayaking

With the Pacific Kayaking program starting in Term 2, we are looking for any interested parents with potential experience in watercraft who may be able to volunteer their time to the program. The program has greatly benefitted from the fantastic involvement from parents in previous years. If you are interested, please contact me at ljacka@pacluth.qld.edu.au

People the Focus

In January, Year 10 student, Carter Kiernan was fortunate enough to officially sign a contract with the Dolphins Junior NRL Academy for the next three years. This contract is a pathway to the Queensland Cup and the NRL. It will see him involved in regular training sessions with the squad at Redcliffe as well as individual training sessions on the Sunshine Coast. Carter’s first year in the Academy will culminate with him touring Sydney in the September school holidays, playing against other NRL Academy’s such as the Penrith Panthers Junior Academy and another yet to be named NRL Junior Academy Club.

 

Carter was given the opportunity to join the Academy for a couple of training sessions late last year as well as getting to attend a 2-day camp before Christmas where he was involved in team building activities and given the opportunity to meet some current Dolphins players.

Congratulations Carter, we wish you all the best!

Mr Liam Jacka, Acting Head of Sport