CSSA Secondary Swimming Carnival 

On Tuesday 30 March, a team of 28 students travelled to Sydney Olympic Park to compete at the CSSA State Swimming Championships. This stellar bunch of athletes represented GPCC incredibly with their achievements in the pool and their behaviour in the stands. All the students performed exceptionally well and placed us as the top school in our team representing the Hunter region. We had some stand-out results from:

Olivia E 14 Years Girls Age Champion with 1^st places in 50m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke.

Mia H 15 Years Girls Age Champion with 1^st places in 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.

Eliana B 17 Years Girls Age Champion with 1^st places in 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke with a record-breaking time of 31.53 seconds.

Ben S 14 Years Boys with a 1^st place in 50m Backstroke.

Girls 12-12 Years 4x50 Medley relay 1^st place (Jessie B, Megan L, Felicity R and Olivia E)

Girls 15-16 Years 4x50 Medley relay 1^st place (Claire H, Sienna P, Angelique A and Mia H)

Girls 15-16 Years 4x50 Freestyle relay 1^st place (Angelique A, Sienna P, Chloe S and Mia H)

Girls 12-18 Years 6x50 Super relay 1^st place (Katie E, Felicity R, Olivia R, Mia H, Claire H and Eliana B)

Congratulations to all our student athletes who so proudly represented our school. What a superb effort by all.

Ms Raeside and Mrs Stewart

Sophie S (Year 12) - First Grade Cricket Grand Final

Sophie’s team Northern District won the Sydney First Grade Women’s Cricket premiership at the end of Term 1, which is the premier Women’s Club competition in Australia. Northern District finished second and played the Minor Premiers – Sydney Cricket Club – in the final at Bankstown Oval.  Sydney’s team included WBBL players Sammy-Jo Johnson and Jodie Hicks (and normally includes Alyssa Healy and Rachel Haynes but they were in NZ playing for Australia).

Sophie’s team batted first and scored 173 off their 50 overs and then dismissed Sydney for 97. 

Sophie opened the bowling and whilst not getting any wickets, took a great catch on the boundary to dismiss Sammy-Jo Johnson for 0. Congratuations Sophie on this amazing success. 

Australian Track and Field Champsionships

Congratulations to Jessie B for who competed in the Australian Track and Field Championships in the holidays. She competed in 2 events: the 400m and 800m. She came 13th overall in the 400m and then placed 9th in the 800m.

This is a sensational effort for someone to not only qualify for these events but to place so high in a National Competition is fantastic. It is wonderful to see Jessie is in such superb form heading into the school athletics season.

Australian Age Swimming Championships

In the holidays, the Australian Age Swimming Championships were held in Southport, QLD. To reach this level of competition is a difficult process and qualification system and Eliana B qualified for the 16yrs Girls 100m Backstroke.

She competed in her heat and swam such a superb race that she then qualified for the Final, where she ended up placing 9^th.

This is another amazing effort by Eliana to compete at such an elite level of competition. She is definitely in wonderful form heading into the CIS Secondary Swimming Championships held earlier this term.

GPCC Primary Cross Country Carnival 

Date: Tuesday 4 May 2021

Venue:Hylton Moore Oval

Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm

Representative Carnivals

Zone Cross Country: Tuesday 18 May (Hylton Moore Oval)

CSSA Cross Country: Friday 28 May (Sydney Equestrian Centre)

CIS Cross Country: Thursday 3 June (Sydney Motorsport Park)

Race Distance

8-10yrs Boys/Girls - 2km

11-12yrs Boys/Girls - 3km

Training Program: Please click on this link.  

GPCC Secondary Cross Country Carnival   

Date: Tuesday 4 May 2021

Venue: Hylton Moore Oval

Time:12:30pm – 2:30pm

Representative Carnivals

Zone Cross Country: Tuesday 18 May (Hylton Moore Oval)

CSSA Cross Country: Friday 28 May (Sydney Equestrian Centre)

CIS Cross Country: Thursday 3 June (Sydney Motorsport Park)

Training Program:Please click on this link.

AFL School Competitions

In May, there are a couple of AFL Competitions for our Secondary students. With AFL such a popular sport on the Central Coast, it is wonderful that we can be involved in this great game.