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 or send a direct message via our Instagram or Facebook pages, with details of your student’s achievement and include at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share.

PBC Tennis teams shine at State Finals

PBC took 2 strong open tennis teams up to Rockhampton to compete against the best players from Qld. It was a tough 2 days of competition with many players playing up to 8 matches per day. Both teams gave it everything they had and played some amazing tennis. Our girls came 5th in Qld and were very unlucky not to make the top 3. Our Boys who suffered a major injury setback 2 days before leaving for Rocky, managed to top their pool beating Kelvin Grove in the process who have some of the best players in Australia. They then beat Sunshine Coast Grammar School in the Semi Finals to make it into the Grand Final against Brisbane State High School. Unfortunately the boys lost narrowly in a final that we felt we were more than capable of winning. The boys were devastated but are determined to come back next year and win the tournament. Congratulations to both teams on a phenomenal achievement. We couldn’t be more proud of all the players, 2nd and 5th in the State!!!!  

Cross Country

Huge congratulations to Sienna Bush, Savanah Bush and Maddy McPherson who won the State Cross Country Relays at Nudgee College at the end of last term. The girls won convincingly in the 14 girls age group, with Maddy and Savannah running up an age group. A great achievement for these girls. Also congratulations to Bobby Kennealy Flegler, Hunter Anderson and Leo Deegan who ran in the 14 Boys event and just missed out on a bronze medal.

Rugby League Success

Congratulations to Rugby League Sports Excellence students Keano Kini, Josh Lynn and Michael Roberts who were part of the winning QLD 16-18yrs schoolboys team in the recent Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League National Championships in Redcliffe. The team, coached by PBC’s Geoff Eggert, went through the competition undefeated and beat a strong NSW CHS team in the final 32 -18. Keano was voted as the MVP for the QLD team.

Keano and Michael were also selected for the prestigious Australian Schoolboys team who will play later in the year.  Congratulations to all.

Congratulations to PBC's Nelson Makaafi, Marley Mclaren and Kaleb Smith who were selected to play for QLD Maroon U15 Rugby League team and Te Ira Mokaraka and Luke Jones who were selected to play for the QLD White U15 Rugby League team at the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League 15-18 yrs National Championships.

All Reds cheered for Alumni Tom Dearden when he made his debut in the winning team for the Game 3 Origin match! All of us here at PBC are so proud of how Tommy has persevered through the last couple of years to reach the pinnacle of our sport, State of Origin. In an arena where mental and physical toughness is tested like no other, Tommy was made for Origin. To wear the famed Maroon number 6 makes it even more special. Congratulations Tommy, Qlderrrrrr!!!!

Touch Football Success

Sierrah Dawson, Sesalela Ryan-Ova and Romaney Berry, Year 12 sport excellence students competed in Queensland School State Champs for Touch Football at the start of June. With Sierrah Dawson being the only player from south coast to make the U18s Queensland team, which she will compete for in late September.

Taekwondo

PBC's Luke McMahon (Year 12 sport excellence student) travelled to Korea during the school holidays to compete in the Korean Open Taekwondo tournament. Luke won a gold medal and was awarded best male athlete of the tournament in his age group. This fantastic result was Luke's first international event competing as part of the Australian taekwondo team. Other results this year include gold medals at the Gold Coast Open, where he won the Junior and Senior divisions. 

These results are due to lots of hard work, dedication and amazing coaches. Luke trains at Hartmann Taekwondo Currumbin and with the Performance Pathways Program run by the AIS / CombatAUS at Queensland University. An extra special thank you to coach, Ms Anya Hart and the sport-ex program which is a vital part of Luke's training.

Motorcycling - Dirt Track

PBC's Anika Loftus competed in the 2022 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships on the 9 and 10 July at North Brisbane Junior Motorcycle Club, Mick Doohan Raceway. Anika dominated both girls events successfully winning all races in the 85cc 2 stroke to 150cc 4 stroke and 150cc 2 stroke to 250cc 4 stroke classes, claiming two Australian Titles, making her the number 1 junior female dirt track rider in Australia. Anika now holds the the number 1 ranking for junior females in both dirt track and speedway motorcycle disciplines.

OzTag 

PBC's Cooper Alchin recently competed in the Oztag State Cup titles on the Sunshine Coast where his team were undefeated across all nine games of the comp coming away as QLD state cup champions. Well done Cooper!