INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Sailing
Ben Durkin (Year 10 ) was recently accepted into the esteemed Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholarship program at The University of Melbourne. As a Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar, Ben will enjoy many benefits including access to the University of Melbourne’s library and reference items, participating in a range of events and activities exclusively organised for the Young Scholars, and a greater chance of gaining a place at the University of Melbourne after Year 12 (depending on his ATAR). Jack Liu (Year 9) will once again be going to the Australian Mathematics Olympic Competition School of Excellence summer camp at Newman College, University of Melbourne, in an effort to qualify for the Australian Mathematics Olympic team. 34 SUMMER 2015/16
In January 2016, Stephen Suits, now Year 9, sailing for the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, won the 87th Stonehaven Cup, the annual interstate competition for the 12ft Cadet class.
HOWZAT! Five BGS boys (two of whom are starting here next week) played together in an Under 12 cricket representative carnival run by Vic Metro Cricket Union. The team ended up winning the competition and the Josh Browne Shield. The boys pictured left to right are Noah Hartman (Year 6), Sam Flockhart (Year 7), Lachlan Zissis (Year 7), Brendan Reddell (Year 7), and Ben Edmondson (Year 6). Pretty amazing that in a representative team of 12, five are our boys! Well done and congratulations boys!
Oliver Barden (Year 10 ) was selected to tour with the Under 16 Victorian Schools Rugby Union to the UK and Europe – in the role of Captain no less!. He travelled through Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, France and Belgium during the summer break. They played eight games over the four weeks: one in each country and two in England. The experience gained will be of great benefit to him and the School and we look forward to seeing him in a BGS rugby jersey next season. Nathan Murphy (Year 10) was one of 13 picked in the Under 16 Australian cricket team in June after playing for Victoria in the national Under 15 carnival. He played in a carnival during the September holidays in Brisbane, playing eight games in 12 days against Under 17 state sides, finishing in third place, which was a good effort given they were an underage side. In November he played in a series of one day and 20:20 matches against the Pakistan Under 16 national side in Sydney.