Sport

Round four of GPS football and tennis, played at home, proved to be our most successful GPS programme result thus far this season. Our values and commitment to supporting each other and competing in good spirit are apparent on every field and court. We should take stock of what we embody as a community and reflect upon this outstanding achievement. Well done! Congratulations to the Year 7 water polo team who emerged victorious in their final as undefeated premiers last Friday night.

GPS round four results

After another exciting GPS round four last weekend, we invite everyone to view the weekend’s results summary via myChurchie – GPS Sports and Activities.

Tennis

Finally, our favourite round of the season arrived and all games were played against good people and in the right spirit. The programme also experienced one of our most successful rounds with results that haven’t been replicated in many years.

In total, 24 GPS matches were played across our venues, and Churchie won 23. This was a wonderful effort against Toowoomba Grammar School, with whom Churchie has battled in a tight contest for many years. Many amazing individual results were recorded throughout the day; check this week’s match report for all the action.

The good times continued with our First IV boys recording their first win of the 2024 season. Our top boys won three of the four doubles matches and three of the singles battles to win six rubbers to Toowoomba’s two. This is a fantastic reward for the boys’ hard work and determination so far in the competition.

In round five we take on Brisbane Boys’ College (BBC) with our younger grades at home and our senior grades at the BBC venues. We know it’s always a tough day of tennis against this strong programme.

On behalf of the Tennis Support Group, we invite all families to the 2024 Tennis End of Season Presentation event on Saturday 8 June at the David Turbayne Tennis Centre following our round eight matches. The event, organised by the Tennis Support Group for Years 7 to 12 players and families, is a celebration of the boys’ efforts and the season, and it is free for all to attend. Please RSVP online by Friday 31 May.

A reminder that there is a small number of boys who have outstanding levy payments. Please contact your year level coordinator, and they will send you the payment link.

Ian Malpass
Director of Tennis

Football

Last week, we hosted Toowoomba Grammar School (TGS) in the fourth round of the GPS Football season. Our boys put in a dominant, whole programme performance. We ended up with an incredible 23 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In addition, 11 supplementary games were played, with victories in 9 of the 11 games.

Our First XI team made it four out of four. The boys controlled the game from start to finish against a stubborn and hard-working TGS outfit. Our first goal came through when Arden Hogan put in a clever pass to Quinn MacNicol, who slotted home his second goal in as many games with a half-volley. Mid-way through the second half, Zane North put in a brilliant free kick to Xavier Veivers Brown, who made it 2–0 with a glancing header. The boys’ focus now turns to round five’s game against BBC.

Below are a few examples of boys living by the Churchie Football values of integrity, discipline and determination in round four:

Integrity

Eliott Apel (10E) played for the other team when they needed extra players.

Discipline

Billy Gough (8B) played out of his preferred position at times without complaining. Right until the last minute of the game, he was making big runs to get forward and working hard to help defend.

Determination

Aristos Alexander (8C) always does his best in training and aims to improve each session. This attitude led to him scoring two goals on the weekend, and he continues to improve each game.

Prep School Man of the Matches:

Archie Maloney 6B: In a dominant team performance where 20 goals were scored for Churchie, Archie would have had a hand in over half of them with his set-up and vision. Archie also scored himself, with the best being a header from outside the box.

Fraser Smith 5D: In a superb win for our 5D team against a stronger opposition from Ipswich, Fraser led from the front with his superb passing and defensive skills—catalysts for a great team victory.

This week, we make the short trek to Toowong to play BBC. We are looking forward to many entertaining games. The First XI boys have been blessed with huge away support for both of the first two away games. Let’s turn out in even bigger numbers for this week’s game.

Alex Rados
Director of Football

Water Polo

Three Churchie teams played in the finals last Friday. The illness-ravaged Year 7 team was reduced to just seven players but still won the final 4–3, completing their season as undefeated premiers. The Year 8 team and a combined Years 9 and 10 team both put in good performances but had to settle for second place in their respective competitions.

Congratulations to Nick Mattiske, Flynn Swift and William Hansen, members of the Metropolitan East Open team that finished as runners-up in the state championships the previous week.

This Friday will be the final games with Churchie entering the First VII and a team selected from Years 7 and 8 in the annual Queensland Water Polo tournament’s Senior and Junior divisions.

Alan Greenbank
Director of Water Polo

Sporting achievements

Congratulations to Adam Beiers (Year 12), who won gold in the 4 x 400 m team relay while representing Queensland at the Australian Athletics Championships.

Last week Adam was selected by Athletics Australia to represent Australia at the Oceania U18 Championships and the U20 World Athletics Championships. These championships will be held in Fiji and Peru respectively. Adam is currently ranked second in Australia for the 400 m in the U18 age group and fourth in the U20 age group. With these rankings, he will compete in individual and relay 400 m events at the Oceania U18 Championships. At the U20 World Athletics Championships, he will compete in the men’s 4 x 400 m relay and the mixed 4 x 400 m relay.

Trent Goodrick
Head of Cocurricular