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Cross Country / Track & Field Update
A great couple of weeks for the PBC Cross Country and Track & Field. 5 of our athletes went to Toowoomba in July to compete for South Coast in the State Cross Country Championships. Aspen Anderson (Year 7), Ethan Gray (Year 9), Starr Scott (Year 9), Mackenzey Ormiston (Year 11) and Samuel McAuliffe (Year 11). Aspen finished in 4th place so will now compete in the National Cross Country for Queensland. It was amazing that the PBC Cross Country Captains Mackenzey and Samuel were both asked to be the South Coast team captains, a real honour. Well done to our superstar cross country runners.
Regional track and field took place in Week 3. We saw some amazing results on both the track and the field. 12 PBC students performed well enough on the day to be selected to compete for South Coast at the State Track and Field Championships in October in Cairns. Samuel McAuliffe (3000m & 1500m), Ethan Gray (3000m & 1500m), Daniel Bray (2000m Steeplechase), Holly Canning (90m Hurdles), Lily Dobbie (100m Hurdles), Kiera Tufuga (shot), Aspen Anderson (800m & 1500m), Charlotte (800m & 1500m), Ruby (800m & 1500m), Starr Scott (800m), Tayla Moryta (800m & 1500m) and William Bella (shot). Good luck to these athletes at the state champs.
PBC Surfers dominate at the Qld School Sport Surfing State Titles
PBC surfers representing the School Sport South Coast team have come away victorious at the recent Qld School Sport Surfing State Titles. Held at Deadman’s Beach on North Stradbroke Island from the 1-4 August, the event attracted 90 competitors from six different regions across the state. The 23 person strong South Coast team was reinforced by 17 PBC representatives, all of whom surfed through the rounds to make the quarter finals or better.
In the u16 girls, California Barrett maintained her current form to walk away with 2nd place after an agonisingly close finish in the dying moments of the Final. The u16 Boys division saw Matthew Boyle take victory after winning every heat he surfed on route to the Final. Ty Richardson placed 3rd in the same division and both boys teamed up to secure second spot in the Mark Richards (MR) Shield. Raya Campbell and Shaye Leeuwendal also claimed 2nd place in the u19 Girls MR Shield prior to Raya and Konatsu Ido paddling out and claiming the 3rd and 4th places respectively in the u19 Girls individuals draw. Joshua Boyle was not to be outdone by his younger brother, winning the u19 Boys division for the second year running. Jackson Graham secured 4th place in the Final and also teamed up with Josh to win the u19 Boys MR Shield – the 4th year in a row the school has won this division.
The results led the South Coast team to another victory as the champion region for the second year in a row. The results have also gained Joshua Boyle, Jackson Graham, Matthew Boyle and California Barrett selection into the QLD Junior Surfing Team that will travel to Margaret River, WA, to compete in the Australian Junior Titles at the start of December.
PBC Mountain Biking
For the last three years, PBC has provided students the opportunity to participate in mountain biking on Wednesday afternoons. This has led to certain members of the group taking on the challenge of representing the school in competition. Recently twenty of our students competed in the 2019 Australian National Schools Mountain Bike Titles held here on the Gold Coast. The competition comprises 2 disciplines familiar to cycling sports being the Cross Country and Individual Time Trial as well as the newly introduced third discipline and crowd favourite Gravity Enduro. For many of our athletes, this was a chance to transition their recreational love for MTB into the competition scene. For some of our more seasoned riders, this was there time to hopefully achieve goals set from the previous year.
Many of our students achieved personal bests, finishing with top ten or twenty finishes for their respective age groups across the three days, while others were able to gain great experience competing at this level and gaining valuable points for the overall school’s title. A special mention must go to two of our students Matt Mihelcic and Anais Prince who both took out gold and the National Title for the Gravity Endurance discipline with Anais also achieving a Bronze in the individual time trial.
Further to these results, the efforts of all students concluded the three day competition with PBC finishing 3rd out of 100 schools for the overall top Australian School Title for 2019. This is testament to the dedication and effort that both the students and their families have provided. A special thanks to all of the parents who supported over the three days. Your time and support for this group of amazing kids was greatly appreciated.
