Sport

2025 GPS Sports and Activities Selections – Changes window

We would like to provide all families with a final opportunity to check and amend boys’ 2025 GPS Sports and Activities Selections.

The portal link will be reopened for the final time between Monday 2 September at 6 am to Thursday 12 September at 6 pm.

After 12 September, further changes will be processed via the Sports Selection Amendment Request Form through the Sports Office (for amendment form instructions, visit myChurchie – Cocurricular programmes).

Please note:

Only parents have access to the portal link and students’ GPS Sports and Activities selections must be submitted by parents.
This is the final opportunity to amend any previous selections before 2025 selections are finalised. Please log into the system now to make any changes.
Service and Cadets preferences are administered via the Subject Selection process.
Music and the Creative and Performing Arts selection processes follow the same process as GPS Sports and Activities selections.

Please click on this link for access: myChurchie – 2025 GPS Sport and Activities Selections

Trent Goodrick
Head of Cocurricular

Chess

Our GPS Chess season has now concluded. Congratulations to our Premier Team, who secured their fifth consecutive GPS Premiership, rounding out an undefeated season. These young men now turn their focus to the Queensland Teams State Championships, which will be held in the second weekend of Term 4.

Congratulations to the 81 boys who participated from our school. Their strong performances this season saw Churchie place second overall in the GPS Competition, only 27.5 points behind the overall winners, Brisbane Grammar School (BGS).

Friday night saw our final competition for the term, our annual ‘Best of Viking’ Tournament, held before our end-of-season awards event, Endgame. Congratulations to the winners from the following year levels:

Year 12: Ryan Liaw
Year 11: Alex Abbott
Year 10: Kevin Chou
Year 9: Justin Zhu
Year 8: Benjamin Wu
Year 7: Yunfan Shu
Year 6: Aariz Bansal
Year 5: Zhibin Yan

Awards were also presented to the following students for having undefeated seasons or achieving a score of 80% or more.

Undefeated

Sravan Renjith
Jayden Ooi
Nicholas Bond
Jeongmin Choi
Santiago De Leon
Alex Ko
Aadit Arora
Max Miles
Austin Li

80%+

Ryan Liaw
Alex Renwick
Max Yan
Kevin Chou
Quan Nguyen
Zerui Xing
Owen Yu
Oliver Kotsomitis
Lachlan Chow
Lucas Xue
Owen Shen
Chris Cong
Tom Duke
Aariz Bansal
Dhruv Bansal

Prep School boys will receive their awards next term. Special congratulations must also go to the 43 Prep boys who represented the school last week at the Term 3 Brisbane Primary South Inter-School Tournament at Citipointe Christian College. The success at this tournament saw two Churchie teams qualify for the upcoming Queensland Teams State Championships in the Primary division, along with numerous medals and individual accolades. Well done to all of these young men.

Max Condon
Director of Chess

Primary Inter-School Chess Results: Brisbane South, Term 3, 2024

A sea of blue and grey descended upon Citipointe Christian College this week as Churchie contested the Term 3 instalment of the Brisbane South Primary Inter-School Chess competition. A total of 39 Churchie boys competed across four of the five divisions, composing nine teams of four and one team of three. Churchie once again soared to great heights at this term’s inter-school event.

In the Premier Division, the Churchie 1 team, consisting of Zeqi Xing, Owen Shen, Yuwei Wang and Austin Li, eclipsed the competition with a gold-medal-winning performance, scoring 26 out of 28 games. This result reprises their first-place performances from Term 1 and Term 2, cementing their position as the pre-eminent primary chess team in the region. The Churchie 2 team achieved an excellent bronze medal with a score of 17.5/28. Both teams have qualified for the upcoming Queensland Inter-School Chess State Finals to be held at Gregory Terrace, in October.

Other Churchie teams also performed admirably. The Churchie 3 team won gold in the A Division with a score of 19.5/28, while Churchie 7 secured another gold in the B Division. Many other teams achieved commendable results, with Churchie 6 finishing equal 6th in the B Division. All but one Churchie team placed in the top three of their respective divisions.

Individually, Austin Li earned gold in the Premier Division with a perfect score of 7/7. He was one of only two players out of 263 to achieve this feat, the other being Leonard Smerdon – the son of Churchie Old Boy and chess captain, Grandmaster Dr David Smerdon – in the D Division. Zeqi Xing and Owen Shen finished in equal second place in the Premier Division with 6.5/7, while Yuwei Wang placed 5th. In the A Division, Zhibin Yan won outright with 6/7 and Dhruv Bansal finished equal 4th. Alan Wu finished equal 3rd in the B Division with 5.5/7 and Sidharth Arora and Adeshwar Dhillon placed equal 6th.

The boys’ exceptional results reflect their hard work, dedication and the nurturing pastoral care that distinguishes Churchie Chess. Their sportsmanship and dignity throughout the event were exemplary and they are a credit to themselves and the School. Congratulations to all prize winners and competitors.

Maximilian Windsor
Churchie Chess

Sporting achievements

Congratulations to the following students who achieved representative success in their respective sporting pursuits.

Track and Field

Several Churchie athletes competed for Lytton District in the Met East Regional Track and Field 10 to 12 Years Championships on Thursday 22 August and Friday 23 August.

All boys competed well, with the following selected for the Met East team to contest the State Championships from Thursday 10 October to Sunday 13 October:

George Chandler – 11 Years 800 m and 1500 m
Daniel Lane – 12 Years 1500 m
Charlie Lopes – 12 Years 100 m, 200 m, Long Jump and 4 x 100 m Relay
Winston Rogers – 11 Years 1500 m and High Jump

Congratulations to these boys, and we wish them well at the State Championships next term.

Trent Goodrick
Head of Cocurricular