Stuartholme Sport Term 1 Recap

Congratulations to our sport students for an amazing start to the year!

Over 600 of you represent Stuartholme at one sport or more and we have had huge success so far!

Some of our major highlights include:

• Stuart won the interhouse swimming carnival, as well as the Spirit Stick.
• Two records were broken by some speedy relay teams, unfortunately not the staff team though!
• Stuartholme won the 2024 CaSSSA Swimming Championships for the eighth year in a row and our Year 5s did us proud at their carnival, finishing third.
• Our Tennis team finished Runner Up and brought home the Percentage Trophy for the tenth year in a row!
• We had two teams in the Water Polo finals – 15 Red and 13 Red. Our 12 Gold Team smashed their season with a cracker game to win bronze. We had a record number of teams in the quarter finals which is great progress for our team.
• Our year 5s finished third in their touch football gala competition against other CaSSSA schools.
• The students battled a tough game to take out the inaugural staff v student netball challenge.
• Seven riders – Bridgette, Gabi, Scarlett, Laura, Piper, Annie and Sophia are representing Stuartholme at the SEQ Regional Equestrian competition this weekend as they work towards qualification for the State Championships later in the year.

Away from STU, some of our students have been performing incredibly including:

• Gretta Johnson was selected to represent Australia at the Cross Country World Championships. She was also selected in the Queensland Triathlon Team but was unable to travel. Gretta will be competing tonight at 8pm (11am Belgrade time). If you would like to watch, please register via the link https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/belgrade24/where-to-watch?countryCode=AU

• Beth Hewett was selected to represent Queensland in the Open Womens Canoe Polo Team
• Daisy Plawecki won a silver medal at the Australian Rowing Championships and Greta Nott and Millie Davies were selected to represent Queensland in the Schoolgirls Pathway Team. Sophia Wright is the cox of the Queensland Masters Mens Rowing Team.
• Sophie Fryer, Olive Plawecki, Tyra Jensen, Elke Jensen and Greta Nott all won State Championships in QLD and NSW and competed at the Australian Rowing Championships.
• Addie Przybylak is a member of the Football QLD Emerging Goalkeeper Program
• Hayley Wilcox represented Queensland Metro in the Regional Softball Championships in Canberra.
• Bridgette Dalmau is in the Queensland Young Rider Squad for Dressage
• Grace Gardiner came fourth at the Queensland Athletics Championships
• Thirteen students have been selected to represent Met West at their respective State Championships across water polo, triathlon, swimming, rugby league, rugby union and hockey.

From the 2024 CaSSSA Sport Season, our AFL team finished undefeated and will play their rescheduled final next term. The Senior Cricket team finished Runner Up in the finals.

Each term, we select the Hallmark Award winners for each team.

The Hallmark Award recognises students who lead their team with good sportsmanship, 100% effort and great attitude. They are considered great role model and awesome team player.