Sporting Life - April 2021

School Sport Shout Outs!

• Regional Swimming Trials – Congratulations to the following students who attended the Regional Swimming Trials and were successful in gaining a place in the School Sport South Coast Team: Mia Abela, Lili Baumann, Cyra Bender, Ava Brickley, Tylah Crabtree, Victoria Hansen, Georgia Lea’aetoa, Isabella Lee, Sara McCarthy, Mia Nippers, Natalie Shaw and Tribeca Liu.

• State Triathlon – Congratulations to Alexia Abela who recently represented School Sport South Coast in the State Triathlon Championships.

• Regional Hockey – Congratulations to Fern Deshon who has been selected in the U19 School Sport South Coast Hockey team and will compete at the State Competition in June.

QGSSSA Swimming – Wednesday 3 March 2020

In early March over 70 St Hilda’s students took part in the annual QGSSSA Swimming Competition. Overall, we were extremely pleased to finish 7th in the Aggregate Cup and 4th in the Sheena Dyason Percentage Cup. Even though we were not able to bring along a support crew, we were so proud that all the swimmers were encouraging and optimistic throughout the night. We would like to give a special mention to Tylah Crabtree for her phenomenal win in the 200 IM, to Tribeca Liu for her record-breaking swim in the 12 years 100m Freestyle, and to our amazing Open Brockway Cup Relay Team, consisting of Tylah Crabtree, Cyra Bender, Lulu Macleod and Isabella Lee who came away with an amazing 2nd place. Additionally, a huge congratulations goes out to all the girls for participating and putting their best efforts into their races.

The spirit and sportsmanship we witnessed on the night was truly amazing, and we were so proud of every single girl who competed. We have been so honoured this year to be captains of such an amazing team. We enjoyed every second of it and can’t wait to see the success of the QG swim team in years to come.

Swimming Captains – Ella Brenac and Tori Hansen

Summer Fixtures Round 2: Cricket

Cricket Captain – Zara Leinster

Autumn Fixtures Round 3: Basketball

This week we were up against Ipswich Girls’ Grammar who put up a fight in all respective divisions. A lot of the other sports were cancelled due to the unfortunate weather, so there were an overwhelming number of girls who came to support all three rounds of basketball, and their support was a key factor to our success.

Basketball Captains – Ellie Brady and Petra Dalle Cort

Autumn Fixtures Round 3: Basketball

On Friday the 6th of March we travelled to Brisbane to play St Aidan’s in Basketball. Most of our teams came home with a win and this was a great confidence boost in just the first game of the season. A special mention must go out to our Opens team who won by a staggering points margin.

Basketball Captains – Ellie Brady and Petra Dalle Cort

Autumn Fixtures Round 3: Football

Football Captain – Pip Bassingthwaighte

Autumn Fixtures Round 3: Touch

A huge congratulations goes to all the girls who competed in their first QGSSSA Touch game on March 5.  A special shoutout to the Senior As who played an amazing first game winning 7-1. Thank you to everyone who put their very best efforts into our first QG game. We are so excited for our season ahead and can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds for us. The following girls are recognized for their efforts in the first game: Lauren Scott (Senior As) and Piper Holtsbaum (9As).

Touch Captains – Amelya Brooks and Jemima Robertson

Ramsey Family Memorial Basketball Game

On Friday 19 March our Opens Basketball team participated in the annual Ramsey game which hasn’t been won by the Student Team since 2011. The dry spell was broken and our Opens won 30-20. It was truly an honour to take out this win against the Ramsey family, who continue to uphold Sherilee Ramsey’s love for the sport during her time at St Hilda’s.

All our girls felt privileged to be a part of this game and enjoyed every second of it. Now that the girls have a taste for the win, they are hungry to maintain this winning streak in the coming years. A shout out must go out to Liliana Allen who had an awesome game with outstanding perimeter shooting.

Basketball Captains – Ellie Brady and Petra Dalle Cort

Club & Non-School Sport Shout Outs!

• Diving Queensland State Titles – Congratulations to Sasha Noort who placed 1^st winning Gold in both 16 -18 Year Girls 1 Metre and 3 Metre Springboard events. Sascha will represent QLD at the upcoming National Titles during the Easter break. Well done Sasha!

• Queensland State Surf Lifesaving Championships – Congratulations to Cyra Bender who placed third in the Surf Swim, Runner-Up U15 QLD Ironwoman Champion, Bronze Surf Team and Gold in the Cameron Relay. Well done Cyra!

• Glennie Showjumping Interschools – Congratulations to Josephine Hermann who placed 6^th overall and came 1^st in one of her 90cm rounds. Well done Josephine!

• 2021 Queensland Athletics Championships – Congratulations to Dior Scholz who ran 4 PB’s in both her heats and finals for 100m and 200m. Dior placed 4^th in QLD for 100m and 3^rd in 200m and qualified for Nationals in April. Congratulations to Nyah Bollinger who placed 5^th in the U20 100m Final and 3^rd in High Jump. Congratulations to Hannah Collins who placed 1^st in the U17 Triple Jump receiving the Gold Medal and qualifying for Nationals in April.

• 2021 Regional Gymnastics – Congratulations to Jessica Cleverly who competed at Regionals recently in Brisbane in the Junior International Division. This was Jessica’s first competition in nearly 2 years due to injury and then COVID. Jessica placed 4th on Vault and Bars, 2nd on Beam and 1st on Floor. These results placed Jessica 3rd overall and she will now compete at State Titles which will be held next Friday night at Chandler. Well done Jessica and we look forward to hearing your results from States!

The St Hilda’s Sport Team is regularly sent school sport results and achievements and loves to be kept up to date on our girls’ achievements across a wide range of club and non-school sports. Please email sport@sthildas.qld.edu.au with any sporting news that we can recognise and celebrate!

For all enquiries relating to Middle/Senior Sport at St Hilda’s School, please email sport@sthildas.qld.edu.au and ensure that you have downloaded the iStHildas App to receive all our sporting notices.

Mel Lilley
Director of Sport and Coaching