QGSSSA CROSS COUNTRY
QGSSSA AUTUMN FIXTURES
The QGSSSA Cross Country Championships
are upon us! Many weeks of dedicated
and focused training leads us to this
Saturday. Good luck to all girls
representing St Aidan’s at the 2017
QGSSSA Cross Country Championships.
This week our Autumn Fixtures are played
on Thursday afternoon against St Peter’s
Lutheran College due to the QGSSSA Cross
Country Championships taking place on
Saturday. Although we are the ‘home’
team, due to access to facilities, Basketball
will be played at SPLC and Touch at BGGS
playing fields (Fig Tree Pocket).
All team members are expected to travel
together on the bus to Rivermount College
which will leave St Aidan’s (Kathleen St) at
6:30am. Please meet at 6:15am to ensure
that we get away in good time. Please click
here to confirm your travel arrangements.
Please click here to view the draw
including location maps and transport
details.
R6 RESULTS v ST MARGARETS
QLD ALL SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Saturday we had a number of girls
represent St Aidan’s at the QLD All Schools
Cross Country Championships at Kedron.
There were some great performances on
the day which saw St Aidan’s win the 13
years and 16 years age groups.
13 Years: Bridget McCormack, Yasmin
Doherty & Emma - Kate Watt
16 years: Nina Brown, Kate Riethmuller &
Phoebe McAuliffe
I know the team would really appreciate
your support as they look to try and retain
the Joan Benson Percentage Shield. There
will be a supporter’s bus which will leave
Kathleen St at 6:45am. Students can sign
up for this bus on the Senior Sports Portal
or by clicking here.
Supporters will need to wear their blues
and panama and I suggest that they also
bring some sunscreen. There will be food
and drink available at the venue, however
the queues are often long, and it may be
easiest to bring these things from home.
All buses will leave Rivermount College at
12:00pm and will return to school at
approximately 1:15pm.
Please click here to view a map of the
course.
Team
Open
Sen A
Sen B
10A
9A
9B
8A
8B
7A
7B
TOUCH FOOTBALL
St Aidan's St Margaret's
4
3
6
5
4
4
1
3
8
1
3
3
3
4
1
7
8
0
3
4
Team
Sen A
9/10
7/8
SOCCER
St Aidan's St Margaret's
Bye
Bye
5
0
1
0
Team
Open
Sen A
10A
9A
9B
8A
7A
7B
BASKETBALL
St Aidan's St Margaret's
52
22
14
11
12
28
16
47
32
22
0
53
6
37
23
6
Click here to visit the QGSSSA website to
see how your team is progressing on the
ladder.
Nina Brown placed second in the 16 years
age group. Tayla Behr won GOLD in the 15
years race in a time of 13.54 (4km). Both
Nina and Tayla have automatically
qualified for the National Championships
in Wollongong.
TRANSPORT
A reminder that if you do not sign up for the bus,
we cannot guarantee your transport to fixtures.
Please click below to sign up for this week’s
fixtures against SPLC. You can also do this via the
Sports Portal.
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SPLC Soccer Bus
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SPLC Touch Bus
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SPLC Basketball Bus
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QGSSSA XC Team Bus
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QGSSSA XC Supporter’s Bus
BASKETBALL
Congratulations to Carla Spies U17 and
Jasmine Fleming U15 who have been
selected in Emerging QLD teams and will
travel to the United States on a
development tour in the holidays.
Good luck to Brianna Gregory-Johnson
who travels to Cairns this week to
represent Met West at the State
Championships.
VOLLEYBALL
Congratulations to Jasmine Fleming who
has been named as a shadow player for
the QLD U15 Volleyball team following
her performance at the State
Championships last week. Jasmine has
also been offered a scholarship in the
QAS Volleyball program.
NETBALL
Well done to Brianna Gregory-Johnson
who was a member of the Met West U18
Netball team that won the State
Championships in Brisbane last week.
AUSTRALIAN SELECTION
Congratulations to Charlie Bell who has
been selected for the Australian U17
Netball team after representing QLD at the
National Championships last month.
Congratulations also to Danielle Morris
who has been named in the Australian
Merit Tennis team following an impressive
performance at the Pizzey Cup. Danielle
was captain of the Queensland team and
travelled to Victoria to compete over eight
days, against the best players from around
the nation.
DISTRICT SPORT TRIALS
TENNIS
Students wishing to nominate for the 1315 years BID Girls Basketball trials please
complete the survey on the Sports Portal
by Wednesday 10 May.
QGSSSA WINTER SPORT SIGN ON
The QGSSSA Winter Sports are Netball,
Hockey, Volleyball and Tennis. Please check
the daily notices, the Sports Portal and also
your emails for updates regarding selection
trials and preseason training.
Please click here to sign on for Winter Sport.
Congratulations to Ruby Fraser, Danielle
Morris and Kiera Meier-Elliott who
helped QLD to a 3rd place finish at the
Pizzey Cup (Australian Secondary Schools
National Championships) in Shepparton,
Victoria last week.
CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to the following girls
who have been selected to represent the
Brisbane Independent District at the Met
West regional trials next month – Bridget
McCormack, Emma-Kate Watt, Yasmin
Doherty, Shellbee Welsh, Lara Soo, Tayla
Behr, Kate Riethmuller, Nina Brown,
Phoebe McAuliffe, Hayley Walker and
Ariana Conroy.
Fixtures are played on Saturday mornings
with the exception of Tennis where some
matches are played on Friday afternoons.
ATHLETICS
Over the next week an information and
deposit letter will go out to students about
the St Aidan’s Athletics Camp that is
scheduled for 30th September – 2nd October
at the Sports Super Centre, Runaway Bay.
Please note that places are limited.
St Aidan’s Athletics training will start in Week
6 (23rd May). Training will be on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Next
week’s edition of The Back Page will contain
more information about the Athletics season
ahead and profile our coaching staff for the
2017 season.
ROWING
BSRA Indoor Championships
The annual ergo competition between
BSRA schools is scheduled for the evening
of Tuesday 23 May and will be held at St
Peter’s Lutheran College at Indooroopilly.
St Aidan’s will take a team with all Year
groups represented from Years 8 to 12.
Year 7 Starlets
During weeks 7-9 of this term, all Year 7
HPE classes will complete an introductory
rowing unit to gain basic knowledge and
practice of indoor rowing (on the ergo)
and the single scull (on the 25m pool). Year
7s are invited to extend their rowing
experience in HPE to come and try rowing
at the following extra events:
Saturday 3 June – Starlets Rowing session
at the Terrace Shed 10am – 12:30pm
Year 7 students will have the opportunity
to go out on the water in Quad Sculls (four
rowers with two oars each and one cox) in
combination with older and more
experienced rowers and coaches. They will
be introduced to the boats in a safe and
supported manner. Starlets will not be out
on the water on their own without
experienced rowers in the boat.
Where: Meet at the Terrace Boatshed,
accessed via Vivian Street, Tennyson
Saturday 10 June – Starlets Regatta –
Wyaralong Dam
As an extension to the session on 3 June,
the Starlets will be combined with the
older and more experienced rowers in a
series of (low key and fun) races on
Wyaralong Dam – the venue for BSRA
(Click here: BSRA Website) regattas in
2017. A bus will be provided for students
who are unable to come out with parents.
Final timing and details will be sent to
those that sign on.
There is no cost for Year 7s to be involved
in this program as it is fully supported by
the School and the Rowing Support group.
Students are not required to participate in
other BSRA rowing activities (other than
those listed above) until they sign on for
rowing from Year 8.
To register your interest in the Starlets
Rowing program please click here.