Student Achievements
We encourage parents/caregivers to email your student’s excellent recent achievements to us. These achievements can be in The Arts, sporting, academic or community service. We would love to hear from you! Please email us at news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au with details of your student’s achievement and include at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share.
Tennis State Championships
Congratulations to Ollie, Kuma & Pedro who made the South Coast team for Tennis and competed at the State Championships in Townsville. All 3 players were outstanding and helped the South Coast team to 2nd place overall. A special mention for Ollie and Kuma who have made the Queensland team who will compete in the National Championships in Canberra. Both players have been in exceptional form this year and Ollie has been given the honour of captaining the Queensland Team. Congratulations boys!
PBC v St Brendan's Yepoon Rugby League Trial
The PBC Opens Rugby League team recently hosted St Brendan’s College Yepoon in a trial game. St Brendan’s were completing a tour of SEQ which included visiting schools and NRL Clubs facilities. The game was played in great spirit with St Brendan’s taking the victory this time. It was a great experience for both teams as they would usually only meet in the later stages of the NRL Schoolboy Cup finals. Thanks again to St Brendan’s for coming down and we hope to do it again in the future.
Australian Skateboarding League
Congratulations to PBC's Chloe (Yr8) who, last weekend, competed in Skateboarding at the Australian Skateboarding League in Melbourne. Chloe made it through the Semi Finals, taking home 1st place in the Open Women’s Final.
Australian Sprint Kayak Championships
Congratulations to Joel (Year 7) who recently competed at the Australian Sprint Kayak Champs held in Perth in the U12 division:
K1 Results:
- K1 500m Gold Medal (Australian Champion)
- K1 1000m Silver Medal
- K1 200m Silver Medal
Joel also paddled K2 races with his younger brother Daniel:
K2 Results:
- K2 200m Bronze Medal
- K2 500m Silver Medal
- K2 1000m Silver Medal
NRL Debut for PBC Alumni
Congratulations to PBC 2020 Graduate Ryan Rivett who has debuted #341 with the Newcastle Knights NRL team in their game against the Dolphins. Ryan is the 53rd Red to debut in the NRL!
National Triathlon/Aquathon
PBC came away from the National Triathlon/Aquathon in Tasmania, with 2 individual medals. Congratulations to Charlotte, Silver in the Senior Girls Triathlon and Siena, Bronze in the Girls Aquathon.
Community Bank Tugun Scholarships
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Community Bank Tugun (Bendigo Bank) Scholarship Awards. This year the program was expanded to include students entering Year 7 to recognise their achievements and contribution to community and assist with the costs associated with High School.
The winners were:
- Harvey - High School Scholarship - PBC State High School
- Zoe - High School Scholarship - PBC State High School
- PBC Graduate Lana - Bachelor Degree of Physiotherapy - University of Queensland
- PBC Graduate Michelle - Bachelor Degree of Nursing & Midwifery - University of Queensland
Football NPL Debut
Congratulations to James (Year 11) on his NPL debut with Gold Coast United. James is a great young prospect who has earned his place in the first team squad. He has been training and playing well in the under 18's/23's this season. We have very high hopes for James at GCU and beyond.
Clay Target Shooting
Congratulations to Jag (Year 10) who recently competed in the Gold Coast Clay Target Club's competition achieving 1st prize in the High Rise Event 110/125 targets and 1st prize in the 50 Target Double Barrel Event C Grade 46/50 targets.
This is a great result for Jag who started in 2019. Clay Target shooting is also known as Clay Pigeon Shooting and is a sport which involved shooting a firearm at special flying targets known as clay pigeons or clay targets.