The 2021 Brisbane Grammar School Magazine

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Contents Staff ............................................................................................. 4 Achievements ....................................................................... 22 Seniors .................................................................................... 40 Snapshot .................................................................................72 Activities ................................................................................102 Culture ....................................................................................130 Sport ....................................................................................... 166 Community ......................................................................... 254

Thank you The School would like to thank the staff and students who contributed to this year’s School Magazine.

Disclaimer

At the time of print all information is considered to be true and correct. Although the School takes due care to ensure the School Magazine is free from errors or omissions, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact the accuracy of the content represented.

The School is not liable for the change in information which may affect the accuracy.

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Headmaster’s Speech Day Address 17 November 2021

Good afternoon distinguished guest Dr Sean Parsons, Chairman of the Board of Trustees John Humphrey, members of the Board of Trustees, members of staff, ladies and gentlemen and students. It is my pleasure to present the 153rd Annual Report of Brisbane Grammar School.

Lamentably, I begin a summary of 2021 by once again referencing the impact that the coronavirus has had on the

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world. In our community, the quarantine period during Term 3 altered delivery of educational programs, cocurricular activities and community events. Again, this year we are experiencing a modified Speech Day ceremony. Thankfully we still have so much to celebrate and regale, for we are part of a community where talented students and staff work agreeably and profitably to deliver great outcomes.

Brisbane Grammar School has now been operating for over 150 years and while tradition shapes our values, innovation dictates that the future will be different.

Our guest speaker and BGS Old Boy epitomises the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit we aim to imbue in our students. Despite advances in modern medicine, infectious diseases continue to pose a significant threat to humanity, and it was during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, while Dr Parsons was working as a physician in a busy emergency department, that he identified that rapid influenza tests available lacked accuracy and reliability. He saw the need for a faster, simpler, and more accurate way to diagnose infectious diseases.

We thank Dr Parsons for joining us today and look forward to learning more about his remarkable journey.

While the 2021 school year began with the usual flurry of orientation proceedings, academic programs, student wellbeing activities, cocurricular endeavours and community events, we found time to celebrate the strong academic outcomes of the 2020 Seniors, our first cohort matriculating with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR, under the new Queensland Certificate of Education system.

The highlights of the 2020 academic outcomes were that four students achieved the top rank of 99.95; six students achieved a 99.90; ATAR 99 and above was achieved by 16.23% of Seniors; ATAR 95 and above was achieved by 47.17%; ATAR 90 and above was achieved by a staggering 70.57% of Seniors; and the year-group returned an exceptional median

ATAR of 94.60.

The median score reflects the depth of their collective engagement and says much about the academic culture at BGS. That we recognise academic excellence by using the ATAR as one measure of many available is fair; however, I do want to pause and provide a timely reminder that the ATAR is used to rank students solely for the purposes of university entry. Shifting the conversation and emphasis from a single number released mid-December to having every BGS student focus on the quality of learning is the School’s priority.

Our pursuit of excellence seeks to position Brisbane Grammar School as the best school for boys in Australia. We are determined to employ a winning strategy that differentiates a BGS education and provides learning and enrichment experiences that ensure a unique value proposition. Our strategy focusses upon nurturing people, building new and refurbishing existing infrastructure, and delivering programs that amplify student outcomes and promote community engagement.

Supporting the School’s Strategy are a range of Critical Projects, the first of which is Effective Thinking Cultures. This framework is the School’s commitment to our students to consistently create classroom practices in which their thinking is the process for intelligent and logical learning. It is an approach to education that promotes self-regulated thinkers who can respond confidently to knowledge and process challenges.

BGS is the only school in the

country to adopt Effective Thinking Cultures, an evidence-informed approach to the School’s curriculum system and educational philosophy.

It has been developed in close collaboration with Dr Peter Ellerton, founding Director of The University of Queensland’s Critical Thinking Project, and further informed by Professor Peter Taylor, who has served as an academic advisor to the School since 2011; Ms Jacqui Zervos, Executive Director of Educational Innovation; and more recently by Dr Hannah CamposRemon, Director of Organisational Learning at BGS. The second critical project is obviously STEAM. This development represents the most significant infrastructure project in the School’s history; however, there is more to STEAM than just the remodelling of the campus. Increasingly STEAM curriculum is recognised as a compelling driver of national economic growth and educators are being urged to produce graduates with creative and innovative abilities required of an increasingly digital workforce. Thus, STEAM educators are designing curricula and pedagogies that develop students’ disciplinary knowledge and skills, their abilities as thoughtful consumers of information, innovative designers, good communicators, collaborative decision-makers, and most importantly, ethically astute citizens. By integrating art with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, BGS is intentionally responding to the pressing need to prepare young people with higher-order abilities to deal constructively and creatively with 21st century global challenges.

BGS is intentionally responding to the pressing need to prepare young people with higher-order abilities to deal constructively and creatively with 21st century global challenges.

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Similarly, the School’s investment in boarding, a program which dates back to 1886, remains a strategic priority. Harlin House, built in 1971, has undergone many cosmetic enhancements since then, but the Board’s decision to dedicate $4 million to a thorough redevelopment, following the opening of Griffith House in 2020, sends a strong message about the School’s pledge to boarding. The rebuilt interior is almost complete and we look forward to re-opening Harlin House in January 2022.

Additionally, the School’s

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investment in digital infrastructure enables modern capabilities such as advanced learning analytics. The COVID pandemic accelerated our reliance on technology and BGS has successfully transitioned to

95% of students represented BGS in sports and cultural activities.

home-based learning on multiple occasions. Increasingly, schools and their teachers are being asked to use data and research to inform their practice, and rightly so. At BGS there has been pleasing progress in 2021 to strengthen the School’s capability to generate its own valid and reliable internal data, effectively utilise external data, and carefully examine research to drive educational improvement.

The aforementioned critical projects and the School’s educational reputation allow BGS to enjoy sustained enrolment demand, in excess of current capacity, and it is for these reasons that preparations are being made to facilitate prudent Middle School growth. To accommodate the growing numbers and additional classes, the New Building, constructed in 1916, and the current Art Centre will form part of the future Middle School precinct. The Art Centre will house the Year 7 and 8 Library and a modern staff room, and the New Building will accommodate Year 8 classes, therefore providing a seamless physical transition to the Senior School precinct.

Brisbane Grammar School’s purpose is to educate boys within an innovative learning culture that nurtures their intellectual, physical, and emotional wellbeing to become global citizens who contribute to their communities.

To augment this objective BGS has enlisted specialists in anti-bullying, respectful relationships, and student leadership education.

Dr Karyn Healy from The University of Queensland conducted a whole school bullying audit in 2020 and her report, while complimentary of BGS systems, also provided recommendations which are currently being implemented by the Student Wellbeing Team.

Some time ago, BGS also engaged Dr Tessa Opie, the founder and director of In Your Skin, to

support BGS staff to educate our students about respectful relationships and sexual consent.

She has reviewed BGS curriculum and provided recommendations to supplement our current program.

The third Culture project is focussed on Student Leadership.

As society has changed, so too has people’s concept of leadership. It is therefore prudent to review the School’s current student leadership curriculum and structures to assist BGS students to better understand the dispositions of effective leadership and to provide multiple opportunities to lead in diverse contexts.

An example of learning and leading is through the boys’ annual Outdoor Education experience.

The new Year 11 program invites students to guide a junior class.

This mentoring role develops the older boys’ sense of self and refines their leadership skills, and strengthens connections across year levels.

Furthermore, the Cocurricular Program offers an essential experience in the education of boys. All programs are extensively supported by students and there continues to be positive advocacy by parents. This year the student cohort recorded victories in Debating, Fencing, Gymnastics and Tennis; Sailing, Swimming and Volleyball logged podium finishes; Chess, Cricket, Cross Country, Football, Rowing and Track and Field performed commendably; Basketball and Rugby delivered stronger campaigns; and more still recorded laudable achievements in a broad raft of sports and activities.

In the Cultural domain, despite the challenges of COVID, the BGS Music and Drama programs produced impressive performances.

Integrity and a code of honour was at the heart of this year’s Senior Dramatic Production of A Few Good Men. The show was inspired by a inventive production team and a

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gifted cast who delivered mature performances of the play’s iconic characters, fast-paced dialogue, and memorable one-liners.

The Years 9 and 10 students were involved in Queensland Theatre’s The Scene Project. They quickly pivoted from a live performance to a filmed documentary that captured excerpts from Matthew Whittet’s We Are The Mutable, written distinctly in the teenage voice.

The Music highlight was Grammar in Concert with the satisfying sounds of Grammar Vocal Ensemble, Senior Percussion Ensemble, and the Symphony Orchestra playing Lord of the Rings in a spectacular finale. More recently Sing, Swing and Celebrate was the event where all the choirs and the jazz bands entertained the 500-strong crowd, and today we have been entertained by the Year 12 music students who have performed a medley of famous pieces.

While most students, 95% in fact, represented BGS in sports and cultural activities, many also participated in a diverse selection of special interest, academic extension and public purpose activities.

Currently, BGS offers over 40 clubs and some of those groups competed in State and National competitions. Of note was the premier Robotics Team that placed second at RoboRAVE; two further robotics teams won the right to represent Queensland at the Tech Challenge. The opening of STEAM in 2023 will give some of these special interest groups a purpose-built home in which to refine their talents.

As I near the end of this report, I wish to acknowledge the dynamic contribution of community members. Firstly, I thank the Board of Trustees for providing clearly defined strategic direction for our organisation. While they hold prominent roles they do so voluntarily, for they are committed to the advancement of school

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objectives, student outcomes and community ideals.

Secondly, I offer my express thanks to the members of the Senior Leadership Team for their resolute stewardship of the BGS community. It has been another colossal year leading the School, directing programs, overseeing projects, and most importantly caring for our staff and students.

Thirdly, I offer my gratitude to all members of the BGS Staff. Their endeavours were remarkable and exemplify the superb culture we enjoy at Brisbane Grammar School.

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people consistently deliver on our stated aims and educational mission. Their involvement and influence in any year is important, but like 2020, 2021 has tested our resolve, and if not for the teachers, business and services staff and cocurricular staff the School could not provide such high-quality educational experiences, nor form such a high functioning educational community.

Next, I offer my thanks to all students and the School’s best wishes to the Class of 2021. The Seniors have been an especially resourceful and passionate year

group. The student leaders — Tom Stunden, Harry Anstey-Walsh, William Staib, Aly Sultan and Campbell Watchirs — have been remarkable in their personal efforts and reliable leadership of the student body. We wish the Year 12s well in their endeavours, bolstered by the knowledge that they have been influenced by the principles and people that characterise our great school.

Lastly, my appreciation extends to the parent body for their resolve and composure during the COVID-enforced disruptions and to so many parents who support

the many activities the School offers. I also acknowledge the following people for their work in major community leadership roles: Justin Beirne, President of the Parents and Friends’ Association; Berthine Ommensen, President of the P&F Auxiliary; and Michael Forrest, President of the Old Boys’ Association.

Collectively, their efforts and those within the support groups add an additional layer of community engagement which fortifies the social fabric of our school.

In closing I thank all members

of our community for backing the BGS cause. Jointly we have added another chapter in the School’s rich history, and I am confident that those who come after us will see our laser-like focus on the provision of a superior education and our determination to promote school values and community standards.

On behalf of Brisbane Grammar School, I wish all families the best for the summer vacation and much good cheer throughout the festive season.

Mr Anthony Micallef Headmaster

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Trustees and Staff Board of Trustees PROFESSOR J HUMPHREY, LLB(UQ), (Chairman) MR W TRAVES, BE(Hons), MEngSc(UQ), FIEAust, CPEng, RPEQ, GAICD PROF D MACDONALD, PhD(Deakin), FNAK, FAIESEP, GAICD MR S BIZZELL, BCom(UQ), MAICD, SA Fin MS M CORFIELD, BCom, BA(Econ)(UQ), GAICD MS C BLAKE, BCom(UQ), FCPA, FCA, FFin, AGIA, MAICD DR A RYAN, MB, BS(UQ), FRACGP Mr M J CORGAT, CA, MBA(GU), BCom(UQ), SMP(IMD,CH) (Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Chief Financial Officer)

Headmaster Mr A E MICALLEF, BA, DipEd, MA(Syd), MACE, MACEL

Senior Leadership Deputy Headmaster Cocurricular, Mr G B THORNE, BEd(QUT) Deputy Headmaster People and Culture, Mr E J ROPER, BEd(JCU), BAppSc(Maths) (QUT), MACEL Deputy Headmaster Head of Senior School, Mr D J CARROLL, GradDipArts(ACU), BA(UQ), GradDipTeach(ACU), MEL(ACU) Deputy Headmaster Teaching and Learning, Mr S G USCINSKI, BA(Hons)(UQ), GradDipT, MEd(QUT) Executive Director Educational Innovation, Ms J ZERVOS, BA(UQ), DipEd(UQ), MEdSt(UQ), MACE, MACEL Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations, Ms I BEAUMONT, BBus, BEcon(UV), FCCA Head of Middle School, Ms R CAMPBELL, B Ed(QUT), MEdSt(UON), ProfCertIns(Melb), MACEL (Acting 2020) Mr M J CORGAT, CA, MBA(GU), BCom(UQ), SMP(IMD,CH) (Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Chief Financial Officer)

Directors Director of Assessment and Reporting, Mr M W SCHUMANN, BAppSc(QUT), GradDipT(QUT), MEd(QUT) (Leave Term 1) Director of Boarding, Mr B W WILLIAMS-JONES, BA (Wales), PGCE(Wales), MA(London), Cert Board Mgt(Roeh), Dip Board Lead(BSA) Director of Counselling and Academic Services, Ms D B NICHOLAS, BA(UNISA), QCGA, CDAA, QASA, HDE(PG)(Sec) (UCT), AGCA Director of Philanthropy, Mr S C FITZPATRICK, BA(GU) (From March) Director of Digital Learning, Mr G A DABELSTEIN, MAApplLing(GU), BA, DipEd, GradCertJapan(UQ), MIICT Director of Enrolments, Mr J P SMITH, BEd(Sec)(QUT), MEd(UON), AssocDegSocSc(ACU), MACE (Boarding Tutor) Director of Finance, Mrs M K GOODWIN, CA, BBus (Accy)(QUT) (To June) Director of Finance, Mr B A WALKER-DAVIES, LLB(Hons)(UQ), BBus(Accounting)(UQ) (From May) Director of ICT, Mr J N HART, BBus(QUT) Director of Information Services, Mrs C M OXLEY, BEd(UON), GradDipIT(TLship ECU) Director of Learning Programs, Mr C M PRICE, BA, DipEd(UQ), MEd(GU) Director of Organisational Learning, Dr H CAMPOS REMON, BEd(GU), PhD(USQ) Director of Outdoor Education, Mr D L JERVIS, BEd PD HPE(UOW), Cert IV Outdoor(QLD TAFE) Director of Physical Education, Sport and Activities, Mr J N CLANCY, BEd(USQ), DipT(QUT) Director of School Operations, Mr F C MCCLATCHY, BA(Biol)(CSU), TchCred, MEd(EdTech)(USQ) Director of Student Wellbeing Programs, Ms P DOUGLAS, BEd(QUT) Director of Teaching Development, Ms H JOHNSTON, BA(UQ), GradDipEd(UC), GradCertEd(ACER), MinstrLead(Melb), MACEL Assistant Director of Outdoor Education, Mr M L FAIRLEY, BHSc(UNE), DipOR, CertIVOE Assistant Director of Sport, Mr G K DI LOSA, BEd(Sec)(QUT) (Head Football Coach)

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Heads of Year Head of Year 12, Miss S VERDON, BA, Dip Ed(UQ) (Leave Term 2 and 3) Head of Year 11, Mr S S C CONWAY, BEd(Sec QUT), ProfCertIns(Melb) Head of Year 10, Mr S LOBASCHER, BEd(GU), MEd(GU), GradCert (Educational Studies in Leadership)(UQ) Head of Year 9, Mr C TIMMS, BA(QUT), GradDip(QUT), MEd(QUT) Head of Year 8, Mr L J CARMICHAEL, DipT(ACPE), BEd(QUT), GradDipRE(ACU), MEdLead(ACU) Head of Year 7, Mr J HOPES, BEd(QUT) Head of Year 5 & 6, Mr P KENNY, DipTeach(MTC), BEdSt(USQ), MEd(USQ), MACE, MACEL Head of Residence, Mr N P BYRON, BA(UQ), Dip Ed(Wellington College), MACE, MEd(QUT) Head of Activities, Mr G MCFARLANE, BEd(Sec)(QUT), ProfCertIns(Melb)

Heads of Department Head of Academic Services, Ms M R MAGUIRE, BEd(UQ), GCEd(UQ), BA(UQ) Head of Biological Science, Ms A M SMITH, BA(UQ), BSc(UQ), Grad Dip Ed(QUT) Head of Design, Mr J FOULGER, DipEd(GU), GradDipDesign(UTS) Head of Drama, Ms T J NEILSEN, BEd(Hons)(QUT), BCreativeInd(QUT) Head of Economics, Ms K STEVENSON, BCom(CA), GradDipEd(UQ), GrDipAppF&I (Acting Director of Assessment & Reporting Term 1) Head of English, Mr G P HOWES, BA(UQ), BEd(QUT), MEd(QUT), MACE, MACEL, ProfCertInsLead(Melb) Head of Geography, Mrs A J HART, BSc(UQ), BA(Hons)(UQ), PG DipEd(UQ) Head of History, Ms S du RAND, MA(Hons)(History) (U.Kwazulu-Natal), BA, DipEd (U.Kwazulu-Natal) Head of Languages, Ms J SAPOUNGIS, GradDipEd(QUT), BA Mod Asian(GU), AdvStudChin(SYSU) Head of Mathematics, Ms A TWYMAN, Post GradCert(MMU), BScMaths(UMIST) Head of Middle School Administration and Events, Mr G TIER, BSc(Macquarie), Grad Dip Ed(ACU), DipAppSc(Bio) Head of Middle School Curriculum, Mr I R GRICE, BCom(Hons)(UQ), LLB(Hons)(UQ), GradDipEd(UNE), ProfCertIns(Melb) Head of Music, Mr P INGRAM, MMus, BA(Music), LTCL, AMusA, GradDipT Head of Physical Education, Mr J N CLANCY, BEd(USQ), DipT(QUT) Head of Physics, Ms N CHAN, BAppSc(Hons)(QUT), BEd(UQ) Head of Science, Mr J ATKINS, PGCE(QUB), BSc(Hons)(QUB), AdCertEd(QUB), PQH Head of Visual Art, Ms A B MCCORMACK, BEd(Sec)(JCU) (Leave Semester 1) (To May) Head of Visual Art, Miss K KOVACEVIC, BEd(Sec)(QUT), BCreativeInd(VisArt)(QUT), CertIVTAE(TAFE), DipJustice(TAFE) (Acting 2021)

Assistant Heads of Year Assistant Head of Year 12, Mr W G HALES, BA(Vic Wgn), GradDipTeach(Sec)(AUT), MEd(QUT) Acting Head of Year 12 (Term 2 and 3) Assistant Head of Year 11, Mr B R SCHOLES, BAppSc(Maths), BEd(Sec)(QUT), GradDipIT(QUT) (Cross Country Director) Assistant Head of Year 10, Mr T R HOLZGREFE, BEd(Sec)(QUT) (Track and Field Director) Assistant Head of Year 9, Ms S MCDONALD, BMus(QUT), PostGradDipEd(QUT), MEd(QUT) Assistant Head of Year 8, Mrs C M SALMON, BComm(Bond), GradDipL&T(USQ) Assistant Head of Year 7, Mrs M J EVELEIGH, BEd(Massey) Assistant Head of Year 5 & 6, Mr J SHEARS, BEd(GU), BTeach

Assistant Heads of Department Assistant Head of English, Mr P T KOBEZ, BA, DipEd(UQ), MEd(QUT) (Saling Director) Assistant Head of Geography, Mrs C L PEPPER-ROGERS, BSc(Hons)(Hull), MSc(Bristol), PGCE(London) Assistant Head of History, Mr J A TAYLOR, BA(UQ), Grad Dip ScEd, GradCert(RE)(ACU), GradCertArts Assistant Head of Languages, Ms B KACHEL, BA(USQ), BEd(USQ), MAApplLing Assistant Head of Mathematics, Mr M MOLONEY, Grad Dip Ed(UQ), MBA(Newcastle), BEng(Electrical)(QUT) Assistant Head of Music, Mr M ALLPORT, BMus(Hons), MMus(UQ), GradDipEd(QUT), AMus Assistant Head of Physical Education, Mr M LOGAN, BAppSci(HMS)(UQ) (Swimming Director) Assistant Head of Science, Dr D L OWENS, Grad Dip Ed, PhD(UCL), BSc(UQ)

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Subject Moderators Subject Moderator Chemistry - Mrs C RUBIRA, GradDip(GU), BBiomedSC(GU) Subject Moderator Earth and Environmental Science - Mr J J PRICE, BEd(UQ), BAppSc(QUT) Subject Moderator French - Ms R HASKMANN, BA(UQ), MA(UQ), GradDipEd(GU) (Leave Term 4) Subject Moderator General Mathematics - Mr P P FAS, Grad Dip Ed(QUT BCAE), DipT(QUT BCAE) (Leave to September) Subject Moderator General Mathematics - Ms M CHIN, BA(Eastern Washington University), MAppSc(CQU) (Acting 2021) (Fencing Director) Subject Moderator Japanese - Ms A O’ROURKE, BA(UQ), Post GradDipE(UQ) Subject Moderator Latin - Mrs E G DONALDSON, G rad Dip Ed(GU), BA(Columbia), GradDipArts(UNC) (Leave 2021)

Curriculum Assistants Curriculum Assistant Middle School English, Ms A SANDERSON, BCreativeInd(QUT), Grad Dip Ed(UQ) (Leave 2021) Curriculum Assistant Middle School English, Mr J T LEWIS, BCreativeInd(QUT), GradDip(QUT), MEd(QUT) (Acting 2021) Curriculum Assistant Middle School History, Ms L A WHITCHER, BEd(UQ), Dip Ed(UQ), BA(UQ) Curriculum Assistant Middle School Mathematics, Mr I J FARDON, BEd(QUT) Curriculum Assistant Middle School Science, Mrs J REED, MSc(Curtin), BSc(UQ), BEd(UQ) GCSE(Special Education) (Flin) Middle School Literacy and Reading Advisor, Ms M RAGEN, BEd(Sec)(JCU), MEd(TL)(SCU)

Pedagogical Coaches Mr A M ROBERTSON, BA(QUT), BEd(QUT) Mrs J E TAP, BEd(HAC), MAppSc(UWS) Ms J G VEDELAGO, BSc(UQ), BEd(Sec)(UQ)

Assistant Masters Mr S J HOWS, BA(UQ), DipEd(UQ), BBusMgmt(QUT) (Retired April) Mr J S NOBLE, BMusEd, MMusEd(Oregon USA) Mr S CHIN, BMus(Syd), DipMusComp(Syd), MMus(GU/QCM) Mr L GORDON, BMus(GU) Mr C MARSHALL, BEd(Sec), BAppSci(HMS)(QUT), GradCert(QUT), MAppSc Ms A CLEARY, BEd(QUT), DipTeach(Secondary French) Mrs J L WALKER, BA, BEdSt(UQ), GradDipTeach(QUT) Mr G FLATSCHER, MPhil, DipTeach(U of Innsbruck) Ms V PALMER, BA(UofS), DipEd(SIE), GradDipEd(T Lib)(QUT) Mr S DEEGAN, BA(UW), GradDipEd(UNSW), IntroWelfare(TAFE) (Leave Term 3) Mr T G IRVINE, BAppSc(HMSEd) (Cricket Director) Ms B AULD, BA(ANU), GradDipEd(CCAE) Ms G O’HANLON ROSE, BA(UQ), Dip Ed(UQ) Mr A I SWAINE, BA(Liverpool), PGCE(Bristol) Mr M J TREMBLE, BEd(JCU) Ms S P GARDNER, BA(UQ), Dip Ed(GU) Mr P R BRUNCKHORST, BSc(UQ), Dip Ed(UQ) (Chess Director) Mrs M T MARSHALL, BA(UQ), CertT(Cert IV Christian Ministry and Theology Foundations), BEd(Sec)(UQ) Mr H P MURRAY, BHSPE(UQ) Mr D J G LITTLEFAIR, BEd (Primary)(UOW), BTeach(Primary)(UOW) Ms B POIDA, BA(Uni of Trier), Grad Dip Ed Ms T L RICHMOND, BTechEd(GU), CertIVPerf(MC) Mrs B A WASS, BEd(Sec)(UQ), BA(UQ), MEd(ACU) Mr D CELM, BA(Monash), MBus(QUT), Grad Dip Ed(QUT), CertClinicalT(Melb) (Lead Learner - Business and Services Staff) Mr C E WALKER, GradDipEd(QUT), BThBMin(Avondale) Mr B A NEWTH, BA(Drama)(QUT), GradDipEd(Sec)(QUT)

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Miss S BIRKS, BSc, BEd(Sec)(UQ) (To June) Mr K S R HALLIS, BA(UoM), PGCE(UoM) (Boarding Tutor) Mr A D KENNEDY, BTechEd(GU), BAsBE(QUT) Mr A M ROBERTSON, BA(QUT), BEd(QUT) Ms D SMITH, MEd(QUT), GradDipEd(LaTrobe), BANursing(Deakin) Mrs A J HUNTER, BEd(GU), MEd(USQ), CoGE(UNSW) (Leave Term 4) (Debating Director) Mr N J KRUGER, BAHPE(QUT) Mr D S HILLS, MEd(UHIMI), PGCE(UWIC), BSc(Hons)(UWIC) Mr S L JONES, BSc(Hons)(UoS), MTeach(UoS) Mr J HODGES, DipT(QUT), GradDipOutEd(GU) Mr A C BLOCH, BAppSc(QUT), Grad Dip Ed(UQ) Ms A F IRVINE, BEd(QUT), BCreativeInd(QUT) Mr J D STRUTHERS, GradDipEd(UQ), BA(SU) Ms M B E BARROW, PGCE(UON), MCI(UON) Ms B P S MACDIARMID, MEd (QUT), BA(SydUni), GradDipEd(QUT), BFA(NIDA) (Leave Semester 1) Mr P LAST, BFA(QUT), GradDipEd(QUT) Mr P J HUNTER, BEd(UQ), BBus(QUT) Miss R THOMAS, MMusSt(UQ), BMus(Hons)(UQ), BEd(Sec)(UQ), AKC(Primary), AMusA Ms B J FOLEY, DipEd(UQ), MPhil(UQ), BA(Hons)(UQ) Ms D ANDREWS, BEd(QUT) (Leave from September) Mr T J FULTON, Grad Dip Ed(UQ), GradCert(Kaplan Professional), BCom(Deakin) (Acting Assistant Head of Year 12) Ms K J CHILD, BA(UQ), BEd(UQ) Mr S J CANFIELD, MEd(UNSW), BEd(QUT), BA (QUT), CoGE(UNSW), BA (Hons) (USC) Ms C F GUILFOYLE, BAM(QCM), PGDipEd(UQ), MMus(UQ) Mr K V JOSHI, MTeach(USA), CertIVTAE(ASC Training), MEng(Monash), BEng(UPUNE), DipTrain(Plenty Training), VET(Plenty Training) Mr O LEWIS, BSc(Tech) Hones(UWIST), PGCE(USWE), MBus(Fin)(QUT) Mr H BENSON, BSc(UQ), BEd(UQ) Mr K YAMADA, B.Laws(Meijo Uni), PostGradDipEd(UQ) Mrs L VAN ROOYEN, BCEngHons(UTM Malaysia), GradDipEd(UM Malaysia) Ms N RUSSELL, BEd(GU) Dr K INDER, BBiomedSC(Hons)(GU), PhD(GU), GradDipEd (QUT) Ms R COOMBE, BCreativeInd(QUT), BEd(QUT) Ms D ELLIOTT, BEd(SCAE), MEAdmin(UNE) Ms C THOMPSON, BEd(GU), MEd(USQ) Mr P M WARWICK, MASportCoach(GU) Mr L R JOHNSTONE, BEd(Sec)(GU), AssocDegCivEng(TAFE) Ms T CONNELL, MEd(Literacy)(UQ), GradDip(Secondary)(UQ), BA(Honours)(UWO) (Leave from September) Mr G HARVEY, BSc(Hons)(Uni Southampton), GradDipEd(UQ) (Term 1) (Football Director) Mr R TU, BE(Chemical)(UQ), GradDipEd(Sec)(UQ), MBA(UQ) Ms S LINDSAY, BSc(Hons)(UNSW), GradDipEd(Sec)(ACU) Mr D RITCHIE, BEd(ACU) Mr M POWELL, BBuildEnv(ID)(QUT), GDID(QUT), GDLT(USQ) Mr J EASTERBROOK, BEd(UQ) Ms A STUART, BA(Qld College of Art), GradDip(GU) Ms M MERRYPOR, BEd(Sec)(UQ), BA(UQ) (Leave Term 2,3,4) Mr D KOOPMAN, BSc(UQ), PGCE(UOS) Mr L HAWKINS, BEd(Primary)(ACU) Mrs S LUSINK, BEd(Early Childhood)(QUT), MEd(Teacher Librarianship)(CSU) Ms L ZHU, GradDipEd(UQ), MA(UQ) Ms R MILLS, BSc(Hons)(UQ), BEd(UQ) Ms L MACKINTOSH, BEd(Primary)(Uni of Witwatersrand) Mr M WALKER, BEcon(UQ), GradDipEd(QUT) BA(Geography,Planning)(UQ), MEd(UNE) Mr D RUSSELL, BA (Fine Arts)(QUT), MTeach(QUT) Mr S FINCH, BA(UQ), BA(Hons)(UQ), GradDipEd(Sec)/GradCertRelEd(ACU)

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Ms A FRANCIS, BA(Ancient History)(UQ), DipArts(UQ), GradDipEd(QUT) Dr T HAMLYN, Phd(UQ), GradDipEd(QUT), MPh(UQ), BA(Hons)(UQ), BA(UQ), BASc(UQ) Mr L HERNE, PGCLTHE (Kingston Uni) PCGE Secondary Art and Design (Uni Hertfordshire) BA(Hons) Fine Art (Uni Hertfordshire) Mr A MEWING, BSc, DipEd(UQ), MSc(Curtin)ProfCertInsLead(Meln) (From March) Ms K ALLINGHAM, BA(MAS)(GU), GradDIpEd(GU) (From April) Mr H CURTIN, BExMovSc/BEd(QUT) (From July) Ms A KETTLE, BEd(Curtin), MEd (STEAM/Science)(Curtin) (From July) Mr A HOWARD, GradDipEd(UQ), BEng(Hons)(USC) (From July) Mr S SHIRLEY, BEd(USC), GradDipEd (UWA), MEd (Leadership & Management) (UWA) (From August) Ms S LOANE, BEd(Sec)(UQ), BCreatArts(UQ), AdvDip Arts( TAFE) (From August) Mr J STRAUGHAN, BA/BEd(Sec)(UQ) (From August) Ms L MINER, BA(Monash), GradDipEd(Murdoch), MAPPLING(Monash) (From August) Ms E JANSSON, BVA(SCU), BCreatInd(QUT), GradDipEd(QUT) (From September) Mr I A SHORT, BEcon(UQ), BEdStud(BCAE), GradDipCouns(BCAE)

School Counsellors Dr N P SIMMONS, PhD(UTAS), MPsychEd(UQ), GradDipEd(QUT), PGDipEdSt(Psych) (UQ), BSocSc(Psych)(QUT), FCEDP, MAPS, MACEL Ms J BAXENDELL, BPsyc(UQ), PostGradDipPsych(ACU), GradDipEd(Sec)(GU)

Learning Organisation Special Advisor - Educational Improvement, Dr P G TAYLOR, P hD(UQ), MCurrStud(UNE), BEd(DDofAE), DipEd(SCAE) Head of Learning Analytics, Mr N HOLLAND, MEd(QUT), BSc(UQ), BSc(Hons)(UQ), PGDipEd(ACU) (Cross Country Director) Learning Data Manager, Mr A J WEBB, BAppSci(HMS Ed)(Hons)(UQ), Grad Cert Urb(UQ), GradDipIT(QUT) Learning Data Manager, Mr K S R HALLIS, BA(UoM), PGCE(UoM)

Library Staff Library Technician, Mr D Hills, DipLib/Info Ser(SBIT) Library Technician, Mrs B van den Hout, DipLib/Info Ser(SBIT) Library Technician, Ms D Rawson, Cert III & IV Education Support(SCIT), DipLib/Info Ser(SBIT) Communications Officer, Ms K Webb, BDes(GU), BFA(QUT) (Leave 2021) Communications Officer, Ms E Larsen, BEd(Primary)(ACU), MinfST(Lib)(UC)

Advancement and Community Relations Ms C Hardy, BLeisure Stud(GU) Mr R J Cochrane, BA(CIAE), BEd(MGCAE), CertT(KGTC), MACE Mr M I Brusasco, BA(UQ), DipEd(JCU), BAppSc(Maths) (QUT), MACEL Mr C A Walker, BA(UQ), BAJournalism(UQ) Miss K D King, BAppSc(QUT) Ms S E Breen, BAJournalism(CSU), GradDipWEP(UQ) Ms K Scott, BCom(UQ) (To July) Mr A D Copeland, BAnim(GU), BA(UQ) Mr P Brandist, BA(Hons) Graphic Design Ms E Browning, BBus(QUT), BMediaComn(QUT) Ms B Willadsen, BBus(QUT) (To September) Ms S Crease, (From September)

Risk and Compliance Manager Manager, Mr K McCabe, CertIVTAE(TAFE), CertIVOH&S(TAFE)

Executive Assistant to the Headmaster Mr M Stokes Personal Assistants Ms L Dunstan Ms R A Lynch Mrs D L Bichel (To April) Mrs L A Evans Ms S Hasenkam Ms J Lancashire (From April)

Administration Enrolments Manager, Mrs A J Walters Mrs D A Power, Cert III BusAdm(TAFE)

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Ms M Ward, BMusicTheatre(CQCM) Mr H Lee Mrs D A Power, Cert III BusAdm(TAFE) Miss G Eames

Ms K Dwyer (To April) Mrs L A Solomon Innes, BEd(PS)(QUT), BBusMgmt (Hospitality)(UQ) Mrs D Bateman Ms C Demonte Miss B Hart, BBeh Sci(UQ) Ms C Wilson Mr J Woolrych Ms G Barnes Ms M Kikuchi (From April) Ms T Lang (From May)

Archivist & Art Curator Archivist - Ms V Harris, BA(Hons)(FU), MJ(UQ) (Retired Nov) Art Curator - Mr S W Service, BA(Fine Arts)(QCA), BEd(QUT)

Digital Media Officer, Mr B J Kelly, DipLib/Info Ser Specialist, Mr S P Russell, Grad Dip Ed, BIE Ani, DipArt Finance Ms P H Rich Mrs K Huynh, CPA, BBus(Accy)(QUT) Mrs R I Chu, DipBus (Leave from August) Ms K Humphrey, BCom(UQ), CPA Ms S Chapman-Stone, BBus(QUT), CA Mrs K Likoska (To June) Mr H Lawford, BBus(From June) Mr M Davison (From July)

Human Resources and Payroll Manager, Ms P Sahinis, (From August) Ms C Fernando, BBus(QUT) (Leave from August) Ms M Shepherd, CertIV HR(AHRI) Manager, Ms S King, GradDip HR (To August) Ms A Davidson (From July to August) Ms T Magno (From July) Ms S Jenkinson (From September)

Laboratory Technicians and Technical Assistants Ms S Elliott, DipSusHort(Unitech Institute of Technology), CertFitTrain, CertIVLaB Tech(FS Alliance Ltd) Ms N L Ganter, BAppSc(Food Technology)(UQ) Mr J Burns Mr M P N Varghese Mr D Grother (To April) Ms E Mitchell (From March) Mr C Dally (From July) School Marshal School Marshal/Fire Safety Advisor - Mr J Rodrigues, BSc(UTS) Assistant School Marshal - Mr J Engelbrecht, BEd(History) (U.Kwazulu-Natal), BEd(U.Kwazulu-Natal) Directors of Coaching & Head Coaches Mr J H Coates Mr R J Cox, BApp Sc(HMS) Mr M T Fancutt Mr T P Mooney Mr P M Warwick, MASportCoach(GU) Mr M McKay Mr M Marden Mr S Carolan (To June) Mr R Jovanovich Mr P Steindl Mr D George Mr D Derwin Mr M Lake Mr G Harvey Mr J Cannon Mr P Nowill Mr N Lorenz Mr N Parnham Mr K Thomas (From September)

Physical Education Assistant Mr F P Feaunati

Indoor Sports Manager ICT Staff Ms C T Cooke Mr S W Mitchell, BIT(UCQ), MCSE, MCDA Mr J R Brandon Mr C Nicholson, DipNetwork, MCP, VCP 5 (DCV), MNSA, GC NSA (To April) Ms J L Lancashire (To April) Mr P Y Raj, BSc, MSc (To September) Mr M Collins Ms C M Tong, MIT(QUT), BIT(Hons)(QUT), GradCertBus(QUT) Mr A E Bachmann, CertIIIHosp, CertIIISport Mr K Morgan Lowe (From April) Mr A Tripathi (From July)

Ms J M Tavella

Indoor Sports Assistants Mr J J Whyle Mr D M Oliaro Ms D A Kidd Mr R Cope (From March) Mr L Webb (To August) Mr M Tollo (From September to October)

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Performance Development Coaches Ms C Paice Mr J Manning Mr G Cole (From March) Ms L Ponsi (From July) Health Centre Manager Ms K Bramley, DipAppSci(Nurs)(QUT), BNursing(ACU) Health Centre Nurses Mrs K Mitchell (To July) Ms E M Brennan Ms K Herbert Ms J Nunn, BNurs(QUT) Ms Z Koopman, BNurs(UTS), GradCertPaeds(ACN) Ms A Pilcher (From April) Ms F Bayo, BNurs(QUT) (From April) Facilities Manager Mr C Derrick, DipConst(UBradford), CIOB HNC(CertBldgConstruction NEBCert, Man) Boarding House Tutors Mr O Bartlett, (Residential Boarding Activites Coordinator) Mr G Scott Mr G Power Mrs D A Power, Cert III BusAdm(TAFE) Mr J Singh Mr H Lawford Mr M James Ms C Davies (From March) Mr L Carroll Ms N Steele (From March to July) Mr M James (From April) Boarding Houseparent/Indigenous Liasion Officer Mrs A D Dunn, AssocDipDisab, Dip Ed Support (To October) Outdoor Education Support Staff Mr C Anderson, Mechanic, WorkPlaceManagement, WPHS Ms A M Finch Ms M Reid Ms J Penhallurick Mr T Claridge (To March) Mr R Stanfield (From June) Language Assistants Ms Y Dodd, BEd(Kochi Uni) Ms A S Gernert, DipEd, BA Mrs S S Posterino, GradDipL&T(USQ) Mr D Brosnan, BA(Hons)(UQ), MLitSt(UQ) Music Tutors Mrs A J Bryant, BMusEd(UQ) Mr I Weston, MMusStud(QCGU), BJS(Dist)

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Ms N Kalous, BMus(Hons), AMusA, Grad Dip Per(QCMGU) Ms K Sander, DipMus, AMus Mr M Bremner, MMus, BMus(Hons) Mr P T O’Brien, BMus(QCGU), Dip Min Mr A F Reginato, Dip Ed(Music composition, Graphic Design and Illustration) Mrs K J Ruprecht, BMus(Hons), LMus Mr P D Usher, Dip Mus, GradDipMus Mrs C A Dykes, BMus(Hons) Mrs A Harbottle, BMus(Hons), AMus, Dip Min Mrs C M Mylne, BMusEd(UQ), BA(UQ) Miss A R Phillips, BMus(QCGU), GradDipPsych(CQU), Ms C Brennan, BA(Music), AMusA Dr P H Robinson, PhD(QCGU), BMus(Sydney Con), MMus(UQ) Ms S Vici Mr Y Clark, (From July) Mr D Bowers (From September) Cleaning Supervisor and Administration Assistant Mrs N Nuneski Common Room Attendant Mrs K Likoska Ms F Serrano Maintenance Foreman

Mr G P Moore Maintenance Staff Mr A Mills Mr B Self Ground Staff Mr J W Dix Mr P Gall Mr K Van Der Merwe Mr D Grantley Mr C Timbrell Mr B W Hafner Mr B Derrick Northgate Staff Mr D W Myles Mr C Oldfield Mr S J Christie Cleaning Staff Mr J Mlynarczyk Miss M Haywood (To June) Mrs A Haile Ms J Tognolo Ms A Habtemariam Mrs O Cvetanoski (To March) Mrs N Reyes (To March) Mr K B Habte

Mrs M Derrick Ms G Tedla Mrs V Petrovic Mrs M Montoya-Ortiz Mr J Chu Mr A R Mlynarczyk Mrs A K Mekonen Mr M Yohannes Mr W Ruengyan Ms M Ye Mr C Senedo Mr R Sedarous (To September) Mr D Darmanin Miss S Wronski (To October) Mr J Jusay Ms Y Liu Mr I Manzo (From February to May) Ms Y Ghebrit (To May) Ms E Garcia (From April) Ms M Gonzalez (From April) Mr M Gonzalez Carpintero (From September)

Catering Manager Mr S Perrett, Cert IV WPHS Catering Staff Mrs E Pancino Ms S Laing Mr S Chan Mrs H Thomson Ms A A A Wol Mrs P Peng Mr C Kong Ms D C Rosano, Cert IV WPHS Ms K S Guillevic Mr J Shin Ms A Webster Mr R Hostiadi Ms G Grech (To June) Ms C Sanele (from September) Boat Shed Staff Mr J A Schiller

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Farewells Vivien Harris Vivien Harris began as our School Archivist in 2011, only the second to take up the role since the Archives were established in 1989. Vivien arrived at an exciting time in the development of the Archives, as under the guidance of her predecessor, Mrs Pam Barnett, a new home for the collection was designed and set up in The Lilley Centre. In an era where communications and community relations were becoming more important and when the School was about to celebrate its sesquicentenary, the role of the Archivist was changing. Vivien responded to this change and contributed much to our collective knowledge and understanding of the School’s history.

One of Vivien’s important projects was the compilation of school ‘Treasures’, a catalogue of our most treasured artefacts.

This collection of 150 objects was released to coincide with the sesquicentenary celebrations. Vivien was a central figure on the History Committee for the sesquicentenary, or BGS 150. The main task was to prepare a new school history.

She provided invaluable support to our historian, Helen Penrose, who was based in Melbourne and needed a reliable contact in Brisbane. In preparing for the book Light Dark Blue, Vivien began the

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enormous task of the digitisation of school records and documents. Many of our most valuable records, for example, the register, magazines, annual reports and Board minutes are now preserved and accessible for research.

In the last few years Vivien has begun a restoration program of many of our artefacts. For example, she has organised for the restoration and repair of many of our silver trophies, including the Hopkins Cup for champion rifle shot. She also had commissioned a facsimile of Thomas Harlin’s textbook on Euclid, which she presented to our first Headmaster’s college, Peterhouse, in Cambridge.

Vivien wrote many stories for Grammar News that engaged our community. She created many interesting displays of our history and has proved to be a meticulous and worthy custodian of our Archives. Her wealth of knowledge about heritage and the support she has shown colleagues to preserve our story has been greatly appreciated. We wish her well in the next chapter of her life.

Mr Chris Price Director of Learning Programs

Best wishes to all staff who finished at Brisbane Grammar School in 2021 Dionn Bichel Sally Birks Johannes Breet Anne Burke Nick Byron Jamie Cannon Sean Carolan Nancy Contoleon Olga Cvetanoski Amelie Czerniawski Adena Davidson Angela Dunn Gabrielle Eames Louise Evans Julia Foley Yordanos Ghebrit Kay Goodwin Mikaela Goonrey Janet Grice

Daniel Growther Tim Hamlyn Holly Harper Vivien Harris Bianca Hart Mellissa Haywood Kathy Humphrey Mitchell James Gustav Joshi Sandra King Kimberley Kovacevic Maeve Lu Alex MacGibbon Isidro Manzo Lisa Miller Karyn Mitchell Aster Negusse Colin Nicholson Elisa Pancino

Phillip Raj Jenn Reed Nenita Reyes Samantha Roderick Anna Sanderson Karen Scott Remon Sedarous Brad Self Joshua Singh Noelle Steele-Alston Mosh Tollo Thomas Underwood Shellie Ward Luke Webb Dirk Wellham Birgit Willadsen Sacha Wronski Josh Zuill

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Back row (L to R): Greg Howes, Nathan Simmons, Adrian Howard, Liam Herne, Daniel Celm, Ian Fardon, Timothy Hamlyn, Matt Logan, Samuel Lobascher, Lachlan Johnstone, Justin Shears, Casey Walker, Greg Di-Losa, Peter Brunckhorst, Bec Thomas, Scott Deegan.

Seventh Row (L to R): Dominic Russell, Kimberley Kovacevic, Mark Tremble, Jack Straughan, Jay Taylor, Tim Fulton, Joshua Easterbrook, Owen Lewis, Jeff Price, Ally Kettle, Sally Loane, Jamie Foulger, Samuel Finch, Britta Foley, Susan du Rand, Harry Curtin, Jeffrey Lewis.

Sixth Row (L to R): Bronwyn Auld, Sara Bell, Paul Kenny, John Atkins, Peter Ingram, Craig Timms, Nick Holland, Gus Robertson, Paul Kobez, Ben Newth, Simon Canfield, Larry Carmichael, Ged Hales, Jim Noble, Ian Grice, Alex Francis.

Fifth Row (L to R): Amanda Hart, Denis Brosnan, Gregory Tier, Dean Littlefair, Patrick Last, Kristopher Hallis, Liisa Miner, Trevor Irvine, Carl Marshall, Jenny Tap, Brad Scholes, Carla Salmon, Hamish Benson, Glenn McFarlane, Anne O’Rourke, Paul Warwick, Adam Bloch.

Fourth Row (L to R): Maude Barrow, Abigail Twyman, Tim Holzgrefe, Megan Marshall, Noel Chan, Allison Smith, Naomi Russell, Daniel Ritchie, Scott Jones, Michael Moloney, Lisa Whitcher, Simon Conway, Julia Vedelago, Haydn Murray, Renee Coombe, Amanda Stuart.

Third Row (L to R): Kim Child, Tanya Neilsen, Sarah McDonald, Beate Poida, Michael Allport, Mel Eveleigh, Georg Flatscher, James Struthers, Katsumi Yamada, Peter Hunter, Sarah Lindsay, Dale Owens, Jenn Reed, Bethany Wass, Rebecca Mills, Claire Pepper-Rogers, Jo Baxendell.

Second Row (L to R): Melanie Chin, Crystal Thompson, Courtney Rubira, Dani Smith, Stephanie Posterino, Alison Cleary, Michelle Maguire, Julie Zhu, Georgina O’Hanlon-Rose, Jenine Sapoungis, Beth Kachel, Stella Gardner, Kerry Inder, Vicki Palmer, Alistair Swaine, Jean Walker.

Front Row (L to R): Hannah Campos Remon, Helen Johnston, Chris Price, Mark Schumann, Berian Williams-Jones, Jacqui Zervos, Ed Roper, David Carroll, Anthony Micallef, Rebecca Campbell, Greg Thorne, John Clancy, Greg Dabelstein, Frank McClatchy, Sharee Verdon, Philippa Douglas, Cathy Oxley.

Absent: Michael Powell, Steve Uscinski.

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Back row (L to R): Jodie Lancashire, Aaron Bachmann, Brad Derrick, Andrew Mills, Jeff Dix, Kyle Van Der Merwe, Jonathan Burns, Khal Morganlowe, Cameron Dally.

Fifth Row (L to R): Paul Brandist, David Darmanin, Jeff Brandon, Mitchell Collins, Maxim Varghese, Michael Lake, Doug Grantley, Matthew Davison, Geoff Moore, Muller Yohannes, Nathan Parnham, Carlson Senedo, Tony Mlynarczyk.

Fourth Row (L to R): Debbie Power, Craig Timbrell, Fie Ruengyan, Azeb Mekonen, Lori Dunstan, Henry Lawford, Andy Copeland, Adam Gray, Sharelle Crease, Peter Gall, Evangelina Garcia, Blake Hafner, Kebrom Habte, Shannon Breen.

Third Row (L to R): Francy Serrano, Rochelle Lynch, Sally-Kim Jenkinson, Debbie Rawson, Louise Evans, Elsa Larsen, John Chu, Jaime Jusay, Juliana Tognolo, Jack Woolrych, Carla Hardy, Carly Wilson, Agnivesh Tripathi, David Hills, Marco Figueroa.

Second Row (L to R): Gabby Barnes, Kate Likoska, Almaz Haile, Deb Bateman, Bernadette van den Hout, Elisa Pancino, Michelle Derrick, John Mlynarczyk, Brendan Kelly, Andy Chan, Patricia Rich, Asmarat Habtemariam, Tracey Magno, Yemy Gonzalez, Ruth Montoya-Ortiz, Genet Tedla.

Front Row (L to R): Matt Stokes, Cindy Tong, Alison Walters, Stuart Fitzpatrick, Jamie Smith, Keith McCabe, John Hart, Brett Walker-Davies, Anthony Micallef, Mark Corgat, Craig Derrick, Joe Rodrigues, Chris Walker, Stephen Perrett, Justin Engelbrecht, Nikky Nuneski.

Absent: German Arsenjo, Inma Beaumont, Elise Browning, Riza Chu, Grant Cole, Corina Demonte, Chaanya Fernando, Alex Gonzalez, Suzy Hasenkam, Kelly-Ann King, Nina Liu, Matt Marden, Vesna Petrovic, Lisa SolomonInnes, Mari Ye.

Business and Services Staff

Achievements Speech Day Special Awards and Achievements Colours

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Speech Day Years 11 and 12 students and their parents gathered at QPAC in November for 2021 Speech Day. Attendees heard from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees John Humphrey, Headmaster Anthony Micallef and outgoing School Captain Tom Stunden. Guest speaker Old Boy Dr Sean Parsons ’97 also made an inspiring address.

Dr Parsons is responsible for two remarkable medical breakthroughs in the past decade. His company, Ellume, developed an affordable test that provides a fast diagnosis of the flu — assisting the 3500 Australians and 500,000 people worldwide who die of flu-related illness each year. The achievement was possible through harnessing fluorescent nanoparticles to detect influenza particles.

In his speech, Dr Parsons pointed out that innovations over the past few decades have brought about significant changes to the way

people live their lives. He also highlighted the need to be aware of the things that are likely to remain constant.

“Ellume was founded around the constant that is common infectious diseases,” he said. “Humans are likely to be living with these illnesses indefinitely and, occasionally, a new one arrives that causes a global pandemic.”

Working in the ICU, Dr Parsons realised that while individual care from doctors was important, helping one patient at a time “did not scale well”.

“I realised that if you could enable people to test themselves, and potentially even connect them to treatment without physically presenting to a clinician, you could make a huge impact on the total number of people with the disease and the total number of people dying from illness.”

In response to COVID-19, Dr

Parsons developed an over-thecounter test that can be completed in less than 15 minutes. After a $40m US Government grant to accelerate development and build manufacturing capacity, Ellume this year signed a $300m contract to build a facility in the US and supply 8.5 million tests.

In concluding his speech, Dr Parsons encouraged BGS boys to listen to others but make their own decisions. “You are in the early phase of your own adventure,” he said. “I wish you all the best. You should ensure you take your own path, heeding the words of others, but making your own decisions.”

In their speeches, the Chairman and Headmaster outlined a successful year despite the challenges of COVID restrictions.

Both paid tribute to students, parents and staff for their resilience, efforts and achievements in 2021.

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Speech Day and Middle School Presentation Afternoon Prizes Year 5 Nicklin Award: Mason Gao Public Speaking: William Angelini P&F Association Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: Ferrell Dong, Mason Gao, Christopher Lee, Mohid Niazi, Devam Shah, Lachlan Tan, Aadya Wadhwani, Aamay Wadhwani, Francis Wallwork, Nelson Wang Year 6 Nicklin Award: Clement Chan Public Speaking: Henry Woodward P&F Association Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: Anoop Balasuiriya, Aum Bhatt, Clement Chan, Eric Chen, Edward Creighton, Alexander Donaldson, Hamish Mackay, Edward Mulholland, Jaedon Nguyen, Thomas Scott, Severin Yong Gee Year 7 Dux: James Butler Nicklin Award: Oliver Dauber Public Speaking: Om Thaker Visual Art: Keeran Chang English (T P Hinch Memorial Prize): Oliver Dauber French: Jake Parker German: Ethan Hussey Japanese: Archer Boorer Chinese: Moosa Niazi Mathematics: Guan-Ao Ma Science: Nicholas Kelso History: Oliver Dauber Geography: Alexander Alayan Drama: Oliver Dauber Music: Rohan Morris Design: Manav Bhandarker Physical Education: Archer Boorer P&F Association Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: Aaron Alphonso, Miles Bennett, Archer Boorer, James Butler, Max Butler, Harrison Corser, Yuvraj Dahiya, Oliver Dauber, Callum Deacon, Max Gao, Ethan Hussey, Nicholas Kelso, Lachlan Lee, Rishi Mehta, Oliver Mellick, Rohan Morris, Max Nakasato, Charles Nelson, Moosa Niazi, Vuk Prentis, Benjamin Rothwell, Ruike Su, Arnav Thapar, Maxey Tho, Zhicheng Zhang Year 8 Dux: Benjamin Li Nicklin Award: Samuel Chan English (T P Hinch Memorial Prize): Benjamin Li French: Benjamin Li German: Anson Qiu-Tang Japanese: Leo Bowker Chinese: Charles Woodhouse

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Mathematics: Dennis Zhou Science: Bennett Huf History: Anson Qiu-Tang Geography: Benjamin Li Public Speaking: Lucas Lu Visual Art: Benjamin Li Music: Blaire Xu Design: Kun Cheng Xin Drama: Luke Saywell Latin: Lucas Lu Physical Education: Matthew Young P&F Association Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: Harry Beirne, Matteo Boccolacci, Samuel Chan, Michael Dore, Joshua Edwards, Sebastian Hazzard, Bennett Huff, Ryan Lam, Noah Lauder, Benjamin Li, Shaun Li, Lucas Lu, Christian Ma, Anson Qiu-Tang, Connor Quagliotto, Luke Saywell, Hugo Spencer, Jack Van der Westhuizen, Charles Woodhouse, Blaire Xu, James Yantsch, Matthew Young, Bowen Zhang, Dennis Zhou, Chris Xu Year 9 Dux: N G Silverston Lilley Silver Medal: N G Silverston English (T P Hinch Memorial Prize): M C Jayasena French: S R Hains German: N G Silverston Japanese: J M Brough Chinese: E R R Cooper Latin: D J Luo Mathematics (Christopher Gates Memorial Prize): D J Luo Science (Noel Foote Memorial Prize): S R Hains History: E R R Cooper Geography: M P Samios Music: J C Fearon Drama: F K Gislason Visual Art: C Fitzpatrick Physical Education: A P Austin Design: J R M Gottliebsen Public Speaking Prize: D M Forrest Kenneth Patten Memorial Prize: S Ng P&F Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: A P Austin, M Z S Gao, C J Lutton, J E Smith, H R Cikaluru, J M Brough, E R R Cooper, M P Samios, S G Wallwork, A L Y Ellerman, D J Luo, A H H Leung, H K Ridoutt, A K Bakshi, O I Peacock, L Bell, A D Bade, L A Williams, S R Hains, J R M Gottliebsen, L W S Tan, M T Yeo, C Fitzpatrick, Z T Lee, A L Xiao Year 10

Dux (Lilley Silver Medal): Z Sun Noel Williams Memorial Prize: B J Bryant English (T P Hinch Memorial Prize): D N J Giles French (Basil Porter Prize): J C P Fearon

German: J A H Coburn Japanese: D J Park Chinese: H B Tennakoon Latin: Z Sun Mathematics (Francis Memorial Prize): D J Park Science (Frank Walker Prize): R T Chou History (Lyn Gasteen Memorial Prize) : I Z V Robinson Geography: B J Bryant Music: C C Lui Drama: H A Cardell-Ree Visual Art: W Cao Physical Education: G J Hilditch Design: S G Roy-Bryant Public Speaking Prize: B A Mackintosh James Cowan Memorial Prize: W Cao Junior History Essay/Multimedia Prize: S Dahiya O B A Junior Essay Prize: H R Dickson Junior Poetry Prize: D N J Giles P&F Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: R T Mellick, D J Park, C C Lui, R T Chou, S Ng, C Lee, R P L Walsh, J E H Teow, I Z V Robinson, B A Mackintosh, H B Tennakoon, P A Nilsen, D N J Giles, S C Kyprios, O D Cavallo Brittain, A Mondal, E J M Rimmington, D C Johnson, E G A Thomas, R K Tong-Law, J C P Fearon, J E T Murray, I B Bassingthwaighte, J T Matthews, J A H Coburn, A J D Thomas, R Gnanavel Year 11 Dux (Broadbent Prize): A P Donald English (T P Hinch Memorial Prize): M W J Murray French (Basil Porter Prize): A P Donald German: H R J Dickson Japanese: L S Geissler Chinese: I L M Tam Latin: J J Duncan Mathematics (Harlin Prize): T C T Kwan Chemistry (Avery Memorial Prize): J J Duncan Physics (Avery Memorial Prize): J J Duncan Earth Science (H I Jensen Memorial Prize): W J Matthews Biological Science: M A Love Modern History (The Brian T Ball Prize): M W J Murray Ancient History (The Brian T Ball Prize): W I O’Quinn Geography (G H Flint Memorial Prize): K M Rahman Economics (donated by ANZ Banking Group Ltd): A Nouri Music: L Ling Drama: C R H McCauley Visual Art: A B S Bisset Physical Education: W A B Shaw Design: N M Marshall Literature: B E Zacharyga Public Speaking Prize: E A Fitzgerald

O B A Senior Essay Prize: B E Zacharyga Jim Johnson Award: O M Taylor The School Window Biography Prize: O M Taylor P&F Auxiliary Prizes for General Merit: T C T Kwan, J J Duncan, H R J Dickson, D K Mizuno, I L M Tam, M W J Murray, T T C Pearn, Y Li, A M Shanavas, S W Taylor, T J Ricato, T T Macpherson, M A Love, C S Aitken, E A Dudgeon, A Nouri, T R Jackson, B L Price, R R S Gilbert, D W Beetham, P R Jayalath, D J Wang, L P Tu, D A Ng, L Ling, S S Han Year 12 Dux of the School (Lilley Gold Medal): J B Ngo Bowen Prize (Prox. Acc.): P Bansal English (Hoffman Memorial Prize): A J Duncan French (Russell Walker Grant Memorial Medal): P Bansal French (Basil Porter Memorial Prize): A J Dhanani German: L L Liu Japanese: M Yeo Chinese (Ross Maddock OAM and Bill Maddock Prize): A J Duncan Latin (Bousfield Memorial Prize): J J W Lim Mathematics (Cockle Prize): L L Liu Chemistry (Frank Walker Prize): G S Nair Physics (Frank Walker Prize): J J W Lim Earth Science (Minter Memorial Prize): D W Harris Biological Science (Gillies Memorial Prize): B Chen Modern History (Richard Thatcher Memorial Prize): A J Duncan Ancient History: M R Sawley Geography (Adam Connell Memorial Prize): B J Richards Economics (donated by ANZ Banking Group Ltd): P Bansal Music: N W Shan Drama: A D Cain Visual Art: N T V Sullivan Physical Education: S W Evans Design: N J D Robertson Literature: J B Ngo James Cowan Memorial Prize: C B Seneviratna Charles Vincent McMahon Memorial Prize for Earth Science: A Rahmanian Albert Murray Smith Memorial Prize (for History Essay): B J Richards Ancient History Essay Prize: M G C Simonidis C E Bevan Prize: S P Forrest Ronald Wyllie Prize for Public Speaking: A J Duncan The John Deeney Prize for a Short Story: A Sultan Noel Robertson Cup: T J Stunden Otto Nothling Memorial Prize: H Anstey-Walsh N S Pixley Prize: W A Staib Woolcock Challenge Cup: A J Duncan Senior Poetry Prize: A L Larder

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Jack Lindsay Memorial Prize for Literary Criticism: J B Ngo Harlin House Prize: A Sultan Economics Essay Prize: S A Saini Thomas Thatcher Memorial Prize: S W T Bizzell Sports Essay Prize: B Chen Sinclaire Prize: J J W Lim The Bernadette Moy Prize for Visual Art: C B Seneviratna UQ Community Service Award: T G McCarthy-James SRB Neil Girdham Trophy: C N Kelly W A Morrow Prizes for General Merit: J J W Lim, S W T Bizzell, A J Dhanani, E J C Wong, W A Staib, S N Raju, L L Liu, A J Duncan, R H S Look, B Chen, T J Stunden, T G McCarthy-James, T J Strooper, A L Larder, P Anulomsombat, O J Cathcart, M Y Ho, N W E Wong, A Sultan, E J Lee, M G C Simonidis, P E Moore, M R Sawley, B J Richards, J V Pham, N W Shan, S Kim, B S Wakista, S Gong, G S Nair, M A A Chowdry, N M Tran, T D Gehrmann, H Yip, H P C Lau, J M Donald, S M Beirne, A D Cain, B Rainbird Sports and Music Awards Nicholas Hart Memorial Trophy for Best All Round Sportsman: M N Bean Swimming O B A Cup (Champion Swimmer): Y W Jordan Wilson & Chapman Memorial Trophy for Champion Swimmer 16 Years: S G Roy-Bryant W N “Bill” Heywood Memorial Trophy for Champion Swimmer 15 Years: L J Elliott 14 Years Champion: C J Lutton 13 Years Champion: Ziqing Luo 12 Years Champion: Hudson Slater 11 Years Champion: Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe 10 Years Champion: Lachlan Donaldson Rowing J M “Jack” Kortlang Best Oarsman Award: A A Weightman David Dunlop Trophy for Most Improved Oarsman: A D Kennedy The Dr C R Boyce Memorial Rowing Trophy for Outstanding Junior Oarsman: L A Williams Cricket The Edward Crouch Memorial Prize for Best Batsman: A S Tolhurst J S Hutcheon Memorial Trophy for Most Consistent Cricketer: M J Lockhart The R J Willcocks Memorial Prize for Best Bowler: R B Sanders

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The R P Lord Memorial Cup for Best All Rounder: A S Tolhurst The Colonel F G Newton Memorial Trophy for Best Fielding: E J Bartley The Kotecha/Thacker Prize for Best Cricketer Year 11: B D Mooney The John Minter Memorial Cup for Cricketer Year 10: E G Du Payne The Clive Harburg Memorial Trophy for Best Cricketer Year 9: F E Horton Year 8 Best Player: Hugo Spencer Year 7 Best Player: Oliver Dauber Year 6 Best Player: Mitchell Spence Year 5 Best Player: Adam Johansen Rugby Football The Richard Gilliver Trophy for Rugby Footballer of the Year: C W Watchirs Jonathan ‘Noddy’ Xavier Memorial Trophy for Junior Rugby Footballer of the Year: R T Mellick The Arthur Douglas Ord Memorial Prize (Best & Fairest Rugby Footballer): J A Spencer 16 Years Best Player: N L Hatzipetrou 15 Years Best Player: S G Kimbell 14 Years Best Player: A B Fitzgerald 13 Years Best Player: Lachlan Russell 12 Years Best Player: Henry Mellick 11 Years Best Player: Tom Rollason Cross Country Helen Kent Challenge Cup for Cross Country Champion: C G Sprott 16 Years Champion: W J Motley 15 Years Champion: T P Siemon 14 Years Champion: J E Smith 13 Years Champion: Archer Boorer 12 Years Champion: Samuel Kelley 11 Years Champion: Alexander Donaldson 10 Years Champion: Isiah Mazzocchi Track and Field O B A Cup for Champion Athlete: J R McCoombes Open 100m Champion: S W Mackellar Open 1500m Champion: F R Raymond Norman Waraker Memorial Cup (400m): J R McCoombes The Battle of Britain Challenge Cup for Champion Athlete 16 Years: A N Thakur 15 Years Champion: H E Pherous 14 Years Champion: T C Chan 13 Years Champion: Archer Boorer 12 Years Champion: Frederick Vaughan 11 Years Champion: Edward Mulholland 10 Years Champion: Isiah Mazzocchi

Football P Williamson ‘Honour’ Award for Football: J M Duncan O B A Cup (Open Football): N C Nguyen Year 11 Best Player: R S Paino Year 10 Best Player: A G McLeod Year 9 Best Player: K J Griffiths Year 8 Best Player: Fionn Murphy Year 7 Best Player: Hudson Slater Year 6 Best Player: Angus Cooper Year 5 Best Player: Noah Sriskandarajah Tennis Russell Love Memorial Racquet & N S Pixley Challenge Cup (Singles Champion): K K Jayathilake Donald & Warwick Nicol Prize for Tennis Doubles: A J Patane & K K Jayathilake Year 11 Champion: O R Tan Year 10 Champion: I W Smyth Year 9 Champion: C A Tuckwell Year 8 Champion: Angus Bale Year 7 Champion: Ziqing Luo Year 6 Champion: Thomas Van der Westhuizen Year 5 Champion: Kingston Struthers Alan Wallace Trophy for Most Promising Junior Tennis Player: Angus Bale Basketball Open Best Player: M N Bean Year 11 Best Player: N Y Yang Year 10 Best Player: L M Curtin Year 9 Best Player: L R Brooks Year 8 Best Player: Marcus Forbes Year 7 Best Player: Angus McNeill Year 6 Best Player: Lincoln Jorss Year 5 Best Player: Dong Qing Lin Volleyball Volleyball Open Champion: A Rahmanian Year 11 Best Player: E A Fitzgerald Year 10 Best Player: W C Gatehouse Year 9 Best Player: A B Fitzgerald Year 8 Best Player: Harvey Gatehouse Year 7 Best Player: Archer Boorer

Keyboard Prize: J R Wong Brass Prize: J B Duncan String Prize: A M Dalgleish Vocal Prize: J T Gorman Woodwind Prize: P Bansal Percussion Prize: S M Beirne O B A Composition Award: Open Concerto Prize: A L Larder Year 8 Vocal: Harry Beirne Year 7 Vocal: Ruike Su Year 6 Vocal: Eric Chen Year 5 Vocal: Ferrell Dong Year 8 Brass: Jace Ramalingam Year 7 Brass: Maxey Tho Year 6 Brass: Alexander Wong Year 5 Brass: Elliot Morris Year 8 String: Blaire Xu Year 7 String: Max Gao Year 6 String: Ethan Chen Year 5 String: Aiden Ng Year 8 Percussion: Lucas Lu Year 7 Percussion: Rohan Morris Year 6 Percussion: Frederick Vaughan Year 5 Percussion: Malakai Wong Year 8 Keyboard: Benjamin Li Year 7 Keyboard: Max Gao Year 6 Keyboard: Eric Chen Year 5 Keyboard: Mason Gao Year 8 Woodwind: Henry Gao Year 7 Woodwind: Alexander Lay Year 6 Woodwind: Rory McGlennon Year 5 Woodwind: Mason Gao Gymnastics F W O’Rourke Challenge Cup for Champion Gymnast Division 1: A L Hoole J J Betts Memorial Trophy for Champion Gymnast Division 2: R E McDonnell The Donald Graeme McLeod Trophy for Champion Gymnast Division 3: Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe

Sailing Bill & Valda Byth Cup for Senior Champion: I E Schotte Bill & Valda Byth Cup for Junior Champion: E F Harcourt

Chess Champion Chess Player: S Ng Year 8 Player of the Year: Shaun Li Year 7 Player of the Year: Alexander Carter Year 6 Player of the Year: Anoop Balasuiriya Year 5 Player of the Year: Edward Thai

Fencing The Ferris Management Consultants Prize for Champion Fencer: T J Strooper

Debating Roe Prize for Best Debater: J B Ngo Roe Prize for Best Junior Debater: J E Teow

Music Awards Musician of the Year Award (donated by the Music Support Group): S M Beirne

Drama Judith Bell Prize for Dramatic Artist of the Year: A D Cain

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Special Awards and Achievements

State and National Representatives Back Row (L to R): Alec Fitzgerald, Tom Stunden, Charlie McCauley, Rocco Zikarsky, Spencer McPherson, Taj Saini, Jordan Donald, Sterling Saini.

Third Row (L to R): Lucas Bell, Thomas Doe, Jack Spencer, Yathav Ragupathy, Sebastien Roy-Bryant, Charlie Ridgeon, Edward Sommerville, Sam Fancutt, Sam Powell, Dominic Forrest.

Second Row (L to R): James McCoombes, Connor McStea, Hudson Ridoutt, George Sayer, Harry Steindl, William Jordan, Patrick Holmes, Josh Anderson, Anhadh Virk, George Rimmington, Ethan VanderWal. Front Row (L to R): Lachy Donaldson, Ethan Ai, Dennis Zhou, Kobi Griffiths, Alistair Hoole, Fletcher Griffiths, Hudson Slater, David Wang, Jaguar Ngo, Harsha Cikaluru, Neil Sarikwal.

Trustees’ Scholarship Winners Back row (L to R): Harrison Corser, Max Gao, Eugene Erng, Rishi Mehta.

Front row (L to R): Keeran Chang, Cashy Luo, Jake Parker, Callum Deacon.

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2021 Nicklin Award Winners L to R: Mason Gao, Clement Chan, Oliver Dauber, Samuel Chan.

Old Boy Scholarship Winners L to R: William Hay, Alex MacGibbon, Lewis Luck.

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Basketball Full Colours Year 12 Bean M Brassil N Clegg N Weiss B Year 11 Balthes B Eccleston J Teng N Yang N Year 10 Curtin L Year 9 Balthes M Brooks L Zikarsky R Half Colours Year 12 Baker C Bekker M Dempsey G Guthrie N Kangatharan K Liang K Lu A Nedov W Pyman M Stallmann S Wang M Wang K Year 9 Dwyer O

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Year 8 Chan S Coates B Cook L Du A Forbes M Fox J Jorss N Middleton J Qiu Tang A Rombola F Year 7 Corser H Huang A Lee E Lee G Liu H McNeill A Miller C Relan R Subburaj Y Xu N

Biology Half Colours Year 12 Chen B Year 11 Love M

Chemistry Half Colours Year 12 Nair G Year 11 Duncan J

Chess Full Colours Year 12 Anulomsombat K Comino M Ho M Moore P

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Year 11 Christie O Gu A Tan O Tennakoon N Year 10 Ng S Teow J Sports Award Year 12 Duncan A Forrest S Hari Kannan V Lusis A Tam J Xu R

Chinese Half Colours Year 12 Duncan A Year 11 Tam I

Cricket Full Colours Year 12 Bartley E Bean M Couper H Lockhart M Malone H Nowlan C Sanders R Sawley M Year 11 Love M Tolhurst A Weibgen H Year 10 Vidler C

Half Colours Year 12 Athanasiou R Bassingthwaighte C Beirne S

Carter T Clayton L Deacon Z Dempsey G Dhanani A Evans S Fewster J Furnell J Grubi J Huth W Kangatharan K Keane R Kelly C Lowe J Lu A Mohammed K Poore N Raj E Sommer J Spencer J Trewin C van Brunschot L Year 11 Matthews T Year 10 Brown S Chapman D Clark M Davis J Du Payne E Johnson D Love J Mackintosh B Matthews J Sane S Singhal A Spence O

Sports Award Year 11 Allen W Donald A Dutton H Hogarth Howes G Horton J Hurwood T Labrom G Logan R Logan T Mackay L Madden N Miller A

Mooney B Mowbray H Nair S Pearson J Petersen C Rahman K Siganto S Smith O Tennakoon N Thangavel A Thomas C Year 9 Austin A Bakshi A Bryan L Cikaluru H Cochrane R Horton F Huntley L Manuel L Penrose C Scott N Stannard T Wallwork S Year 8 Beirne H Breen E Clark A Donaldson L Driessen W Elf L Kangatharan V McNamara A Reck H Scott D Spence A Spencer H Year 7 Ackermann M Dahiya Y Dalton L Dauber O Gillman E Horton N Mehta R Mellick O Petersen M Rothwell B Timblo A Yannarakis M

Cricket Services Half Colours Year 11 Sheedy W Taylor O

Cross Country Full Colours Year 12 Kennedy A McCoombes J Sprott C Year 11 Castle E Hooper M Raymond F

Half Colours Year 11 Boorer N Motley W Sprott A Year 10 Chapman D Year 9 Austin A Elix H Siemon T Year 7 Boorer A Luo C Sports Award Year 12 Bizzell S Clayton L Evans S Fennon T Forrest S Ireland S Jessup W Lim J Poore N Rimmington G Snape H Strooper T Weier M Weightman D

Year 11 Agnew L Anderson L Jackson T Kwan T Le Dan A Logan R Moss H Ong J Sneddon A Taylor O Year 10 Atkinson L Brittain T Bryant B Bunce H Cameron S Clifton H Finch N Forbes S Love E Love J Mizutani M Munday C Neep J Nicholson J Nilsen P Patel K Rimmington E Smyth I Weightman N Year 9 Chan T Collins G Cooke H Gottliebsen J Guyatt J Harpham T Horton F Larsen O Lutton C Middleton T Mortimer E Murphy W Ruddell T Smith J Williams L Year 8 Anderson J Breen E Duncan L Jorss N

Leotta S Mann F Patterson L Pocock O Slatter H Waterhouse L

Year 10 Bassingthwaighte I Kumar R Mellick R Nilsen P Teow J

Year 7 Amato M Bennett M Collins I Dauber O Kelso N Mellick O Miller C Nelson C Pincus L

General Award Year 10 Beckingsale A Lindgren J Lui C Stevens T Waller T Whyte A

Cross Country Services

Year 9 Baxter K Brough J Forrest D Tu O Williams L

Full Colours Year 12 Allison M

Debating Full Colours Year 12 Anulomsombat K Bizzell S Chen B Duncan A Gong S Harvey J Look R McCarthy James T Moore P Moriarty R Ngo J Pun C Saw C Wagland M Year 11 Graves A

Half Colours Year 11 Boorer N Gilbert R Motley W Murray M Thakur A

Year 8 Beetham M Boccolacci M Chan S Dore M Leong J Lu L Qiu Tang A Saywell L Wu D Zhang O Year 7 Chua A Kelso N Lee L Ortega Quintana Y Year 6 Andreatidis T Nguyen J Prasad S Woodward H Year 5 Beltrame F Dalton G Lee C Tan L

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Debating Services Full Colours Year 12 Gong S Harvey J Ngo J Pun C

Half Colours Year 12 Anstey Walsh H Anulomsombat K Bizzell S Blake J Brassil N Chen B Duncan A Emery W Look R McCarthy James T Saw C Simonidis M Staib W Wagland M

Year 11 Marshall N

Drama Half Colours Year 12 Cain A Year 11 McCauley C

Fencing Services

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Full Colours Year 12 Raaymakers L Strooper T

Dux Year 9 Full Colours Silverston N

Half Colours Year 12 Strooper T

Half Colours Year 12 Harris D

Year 10 Saini T

Year 11 Matthews W

Year 9 Malone R

Year 11 Dickey T

Economics

Year 8 Howarth N

Year 10 Kumar R

Half Colours Year 12 Bansal P

Drama Services Technical Full Colours Year 12 Quagliotto C

Year 10 Bassingthwaighte I Beckingsale A Butler D Gnanavel R Kumar R McKenzie A Mellick R Mondal A Neep J Nilsen P Teow J

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Year 11 Xu J Yu L

Half Colours Year 12 Freeman T Tucker A

Half Colours Year 12 Robertson N

Full Colours Li B

Earth and Environmental Science

Year 11 Davidson T Gilbert R Graves A Motley W Murray M Spink J Tennakoon N Thakur A

Design

Dux Year 8

Year 8 Harasty S Langdon A

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Dux Year 11 Full Colours Donald A

Dux Year 12 Full Colours Ngo J

Dux Year 7 Full Colours Butler J

Year 11 Nouri A

English Half Colours Year 12 Duncan A Year 11 Murray M

Fencing Full Colours Year 12 Forrest S Saini S Year 11 Kwan T Year 11 Wong I Year 10 Lowe J Year 9 Seo H

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Sports Award Year 12 Bond A de Zubicaray J Gong S Lim J Raaymakers L Year 11 Li D Lotzvie J Moyle S Virk A Year 10 Dunglison T Fearon J Haley C Kearney E Strotton J Strotton P Teow J Yuen M Year 9 Forrest D Year 8 Fuller C Varsani K

Half Colours Year 11 Kwan T Wong I Xu J Yu L

Sports Award Year 12 Lim J Year 10 Anderson J Dunglison T Kay T Lowe J

Football Full Colours Year 12 Amet T Anstey Walsh H Duncan J Fewster J Johnson M Kiers A Lytras J Morris C Nguyen N Wong C Year 11 Nye L Paino R Year 10 Fitzgerald H Gatehouse W McLeod A

Half Colours Year 12 Allison M Baker C Bean M Beirne S Cathcart O Charrington S Comino M Davis M Ekeledo Smith R Elgood O Evans S Freeman T Gehrmann T Goldberg S Guthrie N Hamra L Huth W Ireland S Kelly C Lau H Litfin J Lytras J McGaw H Miric A O’Sullivan C Pyman M Rahmanian A Richards B Sawley M Seedat A Snape H Sprott C Staib W Stallmann S Sultan A Thapar N van Brunschot L Year 11 Le Dan A Year 10 Allen C Chapman D Coroneo D Dahiya S Du Payne E Feltham D Hume A Keddy J Keeley R Love E Love J

Macintosh A Mackintosh B Selva K Spence O Tran D

Sports Award Year 12 Andersen T Barrientos C Bassingthwaighte C Biscaro L Bizzell S Briggs P Clayton L Couper H Dalgleish A Deacon Z Dempsey G Frew R Fuller J Harris D Harvey J Jeong D Jesser B Jessup W Jhaj D Keane R Konovalenko B Lau H Liang J Lu A Meutermans O Mohammed K O’Neill L Osmand A O’Sullivan C Patten F Powell S Pyman M Quagliotto C Raj E Ranchigoda A Redburn P Ruddell W Saulov A Sim A Simonidis M Tran N Trappett P Vijeyakumar K Wagland M Weier M Williams B

Williamson C Zhang A Year 11 Akhavan O Borodin N Cavalerie F Dalgleish N Dargie J Ding A Fuller M Graves A Han S Hare B Hurwood T Kang B Labrom G Logan R Logan T Macedo Francisco P Martin L Miller A Motley W Nelson H Pruyn M Reinhold A Schotte I Spencer C Sprott A Stilwell C Thomas C Tolhurst A Year 9 Bryan L Griffiths K Larsen O Latimore M O’Sullivan X Peacock O Pherous H Qu D Romer M Tran M Wallwork S Williams L Xia O Zeng M

Year 8 Anderson J Beirne H Chan S

Coates B Coudre T Ding A Gatehouse H Hardie L Jenns C Leong C Marschner W Msalem O Murphy F Pao C Qiu Tang A Quagliotto C Ramalingam J Redmond B Selva J Slatter H Small O Spence A Spencer H Swift O van Brunschot V Weatherstone O Willersdorf C Woodford W Woodruff H Wu D Zand R Zhang B Zhang B Year 7 Chalmers G Chambers J Collins I Dahiya Y Gillman E Hajkowicz T Hamra A Ko K Maybury H McKay J Morris R O’Sullivan H Simpkins D Slater H Timblo A Xia O

Football Services Full Colours Year 12 Bizzell S Freeman T

Half Colours Year 12 Comino M

Sports Award Year 11 Jordan W Tam I

French Half Colours Year 12 Dhanani A Year 11 Donald A

General Merit Full Colours Year 12 Anulomsombat K Bansal P Beirne S Bizzell S Cain A Cathcart O Chen B Chowdry A Dhanani A Donald J Duncan A Gehrmann T Gong S Ho M Kim W Larder A Lau H Lee E Lim J Liu L Look R McCarthy James T Moore P Nair G

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Pham J Rainbird B Raju S Richards B Sawley M Shan N Simonidis M Staib W Strooper T Stunden T Sultan A Tran N Wakista B Wong E Wong N Yip H Year 11 Aitken C Beetham D Dickson H Dudgeon E Duncan J Gilbert R Han S Jackson T Jayalath P Kwan T Li D Ling L Love M Macpherson T Mizuno K Murray M Ng D Nouri A Pearn T Price B Ricato T Shanavas A Tam I Taylor S Tu L Wang D

Half Colours Year 10 Bassingthwaighte I Bryant B Cavallo Brittain O Chou R Coburn J Fearon J Giles D

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Edwards J Hazzard S Huf B Lam R Lauder N Li S Lu L Ma C Qiu Tang A Quagliotto C Saywell L Spencer H Van der Westhuizen J Woodhouse R Xu B Yantsch J Young M Zhang B Zhou D Zhu C

Year 9 Austin A Bade A Bakshi A Bell L Brough J Cikaluru H Cooper E Ellerman A Fitzpatrick C Gao M Gottliebsen J Hains S Lee Z Leung A Luo D Lutton C Peacock O Ridoutt H Samios M Silverston N Smith J Tan L Wallwork S Williams L Xiao A Yeo M

Year 7 Alphonso A Bennett M Boorer A Butler M Corser H Dahiya Y Dauber O Deacon C Gao M Hussey E Kelso N Lee L Mehta R Mellick O Morris R Nakasato M Nelson C Niazi M Prentis V Rothwell B Su E Thapar A Tho M Zhang C

Year 8 Beirne H Boccolacci M Chan S Dore M

Geography Half Colours Year 12 Richards B Year 11 Rahman K

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German Half Colours Year 12 Liu L Year 11 Dickson H

Gymnastics Full Colours Year 12 Brougham B Griffiths F Wong J

Year 7 Kent O Levy A McBride S Stock L

Japanese Half Colours Year 12 Yeo E Year 11 Geissler L

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Half Colours Year 10 Bassingthwaighte I Butler D Cardell Ree H Crethar A Davis J Hinds A Houghton M Jury M Kohn B Neep J Sane S Spence O

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Half Colours Year 12 Bizzell S Duncan J Year 10 Patel K

Year 7 Ford T Nelson C

Year 9 Abiad O Collins G Cooper E Elliott L Forrest D Hammett N Lutton C Milner A O’Neill M Sarikwal N Stathis N

Sports Award Year 9 Dober M

General Award Year 10 Stevens T

Year 9 McDonnell R Year 8 Pearse H Russell L Waterhouse L

Year 8 Lindgren M

Latin

Modern History

Half Colours Year 12 Lim J

Half Colours Year 12 Duncan A

Year 11 Duncan J

Year 11 Murray M

Literature

Music

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Half Colours Year 12 Shan N

Year 11 Zacharyga B

Year 11 Ling L

Mathematics Half Colours Year 12 Liu L Year 11 Kwan T

Middle School Dramatic Production Half Colours Year 8 Anderson J Beckingsale M Bellamy L Boccolacci M Lindgren M Neep H Pao C Patterson L Salisbury F Saywell L Spence A Swane F Year 7 Douglas E Gottliebsen S Kumar B Nelson C Wechsel M

Music (Cocurricular) Full Colours Year 12 Bagga R Bansal P Beirne S Bond A Cathcart O Dalgleish A Duncan J Gong S Gorman J Guthrie N Hari Kannan V Harris D Harvey J Larder A Lu A Martin O Shan N Wong J Year 11 Cayas D Christie O Dalgleish N Davidson T Dickson H Gilbert R Graves A Gu A Huang E Kakourakis N Kwan T Lotzvie J Mullan E

Murray M Parry J Quail T Ridgeon C Shanavas A Sommerfeld A Tu L Year 10 Buck O Fearon J Kumar R Leow L Lui C Ng S Perera T Qin L Reinke B Wong M Yu D Year 9 Carter N Cooper E Topping J Tu O Xiao A Yeo M Yesberg C Year 8 Bryan M Neilson W Ramalingam J Year 7 Gao M Shan N

Half Colours Year 12 Anulomsombat K Barrientos C Cleland H Fang J Fenech W Hill J Ho N Kim W Lau H Lee E Liang J Lowe J McCarthy-James T

Nakagaki O Raaymakers L Saw C Schwartz L Strooper T Wang M Year 11 Castrisos Z Chen A Cheng M Green J Hoole A Huang M Leung L Li D Marshall N Moss H Mount D Ng D O’Brien A O’Quinn W Pearn T Rahman K Sun J Virk A Yii B Yu L Zhu R Year 10 Beckingsale A Bryant B Cavallo Brittain O Chiang E Gehrmann J Hill D Jackson W Lau N Lee D McCabe C Patel K Robson C Rutter T Sun D Taylor I Thomas A Thomas S Thomas E Tong Law R Waterhouse O Yen J Year 9 Brough J

Burcham J Chan T Chien J Harvey L Hoole N La B Long S Love N Luo D Macfarlane A Malone R Miller D Nguyen N Tiong E Window J Year 8 Beirne H Dark N Gao H Howarth N Huang J Huf B Karmel X Leong C Li B Liu A Lu L Paschkewitz D Xu B Young M Zhu C Year 7 Ahn D Butler J Chan J Chang K Hussey E Lay A Lee L Morris R Prescott C Su E Tho M Wickramasekera D

General Award Year 12 de Zubicaray J Year 11 Balakrishnan R Ding A

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Year 10 Campbell L Coburn J Nilsen P Pendleton J Year 9 Bell L Chan T Chua I Cikaluru H Doan I Fitzpatrick C Hains S Leung A Peters A Peterson J Pincus R Silverston N Smith L Wong A Wu T Yee R Yu N Year 8 Beckingsale M Bowden L Buck B Chien B Cook L Ding A Do A Goss K Haque Z Harasty S Jiang J Kumar V Lam R Li S Liang L Lollback J Matthews J Millar D Miu M Prebble C Qiu Tang A Simonetta J Swane F Varsani K Waterhouse L Yuen W

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Music Services Full Colours Year 12 Bagga R Beirne S Dalgleish A Gorman J Raaymakers L Wong J

Half Colours Year 12 Anulomsombat K Bansal P Chan J Emery W Hill J Ho N Lau H Lu A Schwartz L Sim A Strooper T Xie O

Year 9 Donald J Forrest D Hoole N Johnson W O’Brien J Othman M Poll T Robertson J

Physical Education Half Colours Year 12 Evans S Year 11 Shaw W

Physics Half Colours Year 12 Lim J Year 11 Duncan J

Rowing Full Colours Year 12 Addis W Crilly J Fennon T Kennedy A Weightman D Year 11 Akhavan O Doe T Shaw W Year 10 Morrissey J

Half Colours Year 12 Forbes A Forrest S Jessup W O’Neill L Robertson L

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Shami R Stunden T Wang K Year 10 Reck L

Sports Award Year 12 Athanasiou R Coroneo A Dalgleish A Harrison J Holliday R Lowe J Ruddle M Sutton J Year 11 Agnew L Brice H Cavalerie F Craig X De Jager T Flaskas A Hatzipetrou N Jackson A MacPherson J Meadmore W Mellick S Mount D Mulholland J Ong J Parry J Purcell S Reinhold A Roper T Shaw R Smith Z Somerville S Stewart D Stoneley C von HoyerDavies C Year 10 Boros J Brown A Bunce H Cameron S Clifton H Davis N Driessen N Dunglison T Dwyer W

Fidler S Finch N Forbes S Gracey E Holmes J Houghton M Huth T Keane I Keeley R Kumar R Lodge M McGuire M McStea C Nicholson J O’Sullivan W Roe A Rutter T Tran D Walsh R Weier B Weightman N Whyte A Year 9 Ali K Andrews H Choi J Cook G Cooke H Cooper E Curley J Edwards B Flaskas J Gislason F Guyatt J Hammett N Harvey L Jackson A Joyce M Kelly O Kimbell S Kotovich B Lee Z Leeuwendal H Leung A Liberatore M Malone R Martin O Milner A O’Neill M Perumal K Peterson J Purcell M Robertson J Ruddell T

Sclavos A Simpson S Sinclair J Smith A Smith L Stevens M Stuckey B Tuma H Wilke A Williams L Yu N Year 8 Brant T Kumar V Maher W Varsani K Year 7 Johnson D Li J O’Sullivan H Thapar A Warlow A

Rugby Football Full Colours Year 12 Addis W Athanasiou R Barling J Coroneo A Furnell J Grubi J Mackellar S Rimene K Spencer J Stunden T Vaikai T Watchirs C Year 11 Madden N McCauley C Mooney B Shaw R

Half Colours Year 12 Collins X Crilly J Fewster J

Fitzgerald D Forrest S Harrison J Lowe J Nowlan C Nucifora G Year 11 Craig X Dutton H Hatzipetrou N Mackay L Meadmore W Mellick S Mulholland J Strachan L

Sports Award Year 12 Amet T Baboolal J Biscaro L Bogdanovic C Brucklacher H Butler J Chowdry A Clayton L Davis M Deacon Z Dingo M Douglas W Ekeledo Smith R Elgood O Goodwin H Huth W Keane R Lockhart M Lusis A McHugh D Morris C Patten F Poore N Powell S Ramanan H Ruddell W Sawley M Smith J Snape H Staib W Sultana C Valery J Wagland M Williams B

Year 11 Aitken C Akhavan O Allen W Anderson L Brice H Cavalerie F Doe T Hare B Horton J Hurwood T Jackson T Leves C Logan T MacPherson J Martinez Briggs F Meehan B Petersen C Scriven H Shaw W Shields O Siganto S Smith Z Sneddon A Spink J Stewart D Stoneley C Thynne J Tolhurst A Vardy O Wanasinghe C Willson J Wishart M

Fitzgerald A Gislason F Horton F Huntley L Jackson A Kendall B Kimbell S Knudsen T Lee A Manuel L McPherson S Reader Z Roberts A Romer M Siganto T Simpson S Stuckey B Williams L Willmott E Wraight H

Rugby Football Services

Year 8 Brant T Breen E Donaldson L Driessen W Hazzard S McNamara A Ramalingam J Richardson I Russell L Swan G Wang R

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Year 10 Brown S Bunce H Chapman D Clifton H Collins B Coroneo D Forbes S Keane I Lowe J Mellick R Murray J Nowlan L Rimmington E Roberts N Tong-Law R

Year 7 Ballentine S Begley O Boorer A Brand B Dalton L Dauber O Hay L Horton N Kelso N Kerr O List A Mellick H Mellick O Munday H O’Sullivan H Siganto J Simpkins D

Year 9 Bourke X Brand H Cochrane R

Half Colours Year 11 Donald A Uscinski A

Sports Award Year 12 Mohammed K

Sailing Full Colours Year 12 EkeledoSmith R Year 11 Schotte I

Half Colours Year 9 de Zubicaray L Year 8 Zellmer L Year 7 Ai E Sampson A

Sports Award Year 12 Saulov A

Senior Dramatic Production Full Colours Year 12 Baboolal J Bizzell S Bogdanovic C Cain A Carew A Dempsey G Donald J Fewster J

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Forrest S Furnell J Konovalenko B Malone H Martin O Nedov W Stallmann S Stunden T van Brunschot L

Half Colours Year 10 Mellick R Rimmington E Roy Bryant S Scott-Thompson K

Year 11 Chen T Gilbert R Graves A Kang B McCauley C Mount D O’Quinn W Sommerfeld A Stilwell C

Year 7 Gao M Luo C

Service to Scholarship Full Colours Year 12 Bond A Chen B Lee E Moore P Ngo J Staib W

Swimming Full Colours Year 12 Baboolal J Holliday R McHugh D Powell S Rimmington G Year 11 Anderson J Holmes P Jordan W Mackay L Mellick S Sayer G Sommerville E Steindl H Year 9 Zikarsky R

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Sports Award Year 12 Brucklacher H Goodwin H Patten F Ridley J Staib W Weightman D Year 11 Askew H Castle E Doe T Jackson T Jennings L Marshall N Michael N Mowbray H Nelson H Siganto S Wishart M Year 10 Brittain T Campbell J Chapman D Fidler S Keeley R McLeod A Randall J Roe A Weightman N Year 9 Bigby K Brucklacher M Chan T Elliott L Gao M Kuznetsov M

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Year 8 Anastasia L Chen K Cook L Harding J Li K McCormack F Mowbray B Richardson I Scholes H Slatter H Zhou D

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Year 7 Boorer A Chen A Deacon C Dwyer S Hutton E Kent O Lay A Lynch O McCredie T Mellick H Mellick O Miller J Nelson C Philpot R Siganto J Simpkins D Singh M Slater H Zhang S

Swimming Services Full Colours Year 12 Staib W

Tennis Full Colours Year 12 Hume C Jones N Lee B Patane A

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Half Colours Year 12 Emery W Moore P Patel I Sole E Sullivan N Year 11 Dinh D Hogarth Howes G Nouri A Sommerfeld A Tan O Year 10 Choi T Norris A Smyth I Sun D Year 8 Bale A Bashirzadeh R Cook A Lee M

Sports Award Year 12 Catakovic A Chen B Fang J Ho N Lusis A Robertson N Shan N Zhang A Year 11 Beck-Veldman F Cayas D Huang E Jayalath P Launchbury E

Nair S Year 10 Bae S Clarke T Hill W Lee D Murphy L Ng S Year 9 Austin A Fitzpatrick C James A Murphy W Tuckwell C Year 8 Becker Y Beikoff J Ma C Prebble C Van der Westhuizen J Young M Year 7 Alphonso A Bhende P Chua A Conomos E Luo C Meehan T Ortega Quintana Y Petersen M Rousson M

Track and Field Full Colours Year 12 Bean M Bizzell S Cathcart O Evans S Mackellar S McCoombes J Pherous S Shuttleton A Sprott C Stunden T Wong E Year 11 Thakur A

Half Colours Year 11 Hooper M Raymond F Year 7 Boorer A

Sports Award Year 12 Lim J Liu L Robertson N Spencer J Year 11 Donald A Fitzgerald E Jackson T Le Dan A Logan T Macpherson T Moss H Motley W Ng D Rahman K Tran J Year 10 Anderson J Chapman D Du Payne E Feltham D Gatehouse W Jones E Love E Love J Macintosh A Mackintosh B Rimmington E Stevens T Year 9 Austin A Bourke X Chan T Elix H Fitzgerald A Griffiths K Gulliver T Knudsen T Leeuwendal T Manuel L Millsteed D

O’Brien J Pherous H Renshaw C Ridoutt H Robertson J Siemon T Soo N Zeng M Year 8 Bingham J Brant T Breen E Clayton T Langdon A Leotta S McNamara A Year 7 Corser H Huang A Kelso N Lynch O Miller J Okonkwo V Redhead A Simpkins D Wickramasekera D

Track and Field Services Full Colours Year 12 Allison M Cathcart O Evans S

Half Colours Year 11 Donald A

Sports Award Year 12 Carter T van Brunschot L

Visual Art Half Colours Year 12 Sullivan N

Year 11 Bisset A

Volleyball Full Colours Year 12 Bekker M Harris D Pherous S Rahmanian A Scheel L Tong A Weiss B Year 11 Green J McGregor L Mizuno K Sherington L Thynne J

Half Colours Year 12 Andersen T Biscaro L Cathcart O Chan J Fitzgerald D Gehrmann T Goldberg S Goodwin H Hume C Jesser B McCarthy James T McGaw H Moore P Ngai E Nucifora G O’Sullivan C Powell S Pyman M Richards B Robertson N Saini S Snape H Sophios P Stallmann S Tam J Wagland M Xie O

Sports Award Year 11 Balthes B Baxter H Castle E Coyne M Ding A Fitzgerald E Graves A Jennings L Konovalenko S Moss H Pruyn M Ricato T Strachan L Taylor S Teng N Waite C Year 10 Bae S Cao W Cardell Ree H Conway D Dempsey R Gatehouse W Hume A Lowe J Mellick R Murphy L Norris A Rodda H Stamatellos J Tong Law R Treacy J VanderWal E Whittome B

Thynne R Tran M Tu O Year 8 Bashirzadeh R Becker Y Chan S Chapman R Cook L Forbes M Fox J Gatehouse H Hardie L James J Lam R Middleton J Msalem O Prebble C Qiu Tang A Ramalingam J Russell L Saywell L Warren J

Year 7 Alphonso A Boorer A Dunstan A Huang A Luo C Martin Z McKay J Meehan T Nakasato M O’Sullivan F

Year 9 Akhavan O Balthes M Carroll Kirkwood D Fitzgerald A Furnell N Gulliver T James A Larsen O McConnel A McNally I McPherson S O’Sullivan X Peacock O Pherous H Reader Z Romer M

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Headmaster’s Valedictory Speech It is my great pleasure to welcome you tonight to this final celebratory event for the Class of 2021.

I recognise that we are gathering in an unfamiliar venue but given the unpredictability of this year I am grateful that we have family, seniors and staff together. The option of a restricted audience did not sit well with the School. I thank you for your understanding and support.

This morning in the Great Hall I formally concluded the process that began some years ago when these young men entered the School as boys optimistic and uncertain of what lay ahead. Today they exited through the doors of the Great Hall, the symbolic heart of the School, as a fine group of well-rounded young men who have much to be pleased about and who deserve the warmest congratulations for their sterling efforts, many fine achievements, their collective spirit and for being, in short, a group of decent people. Their testimonials, which they received earlier today, record a prodigious array of talent, achievement, and — most importantly — they attest to the fine character of these young men.

There have been wonderful achievements to remember from the year: fine music, engaging theatre, exemplary public speaking, creative artistic work; thrilling moments in sports; stellar individual performances; close-knit group efforts and acts of kindness. It has been very busy, and it’s been great fun. It is one of the special delights of teaching to see students striving and succeeding in their endeavours, and above all enjoying what they are doing. We’ve been able to rejoice in our Seniors’ successes and to feel proud of the style and manner of their efforts, even when success was not the outcome. We

are hopeful that there will be further good news to come in a few weeks, when the academic results are announced.

But what I hope that these young men will remember, even more than the outcomes, will be the processes by which those outcomes were achieved and the other young men and the teachers with whom they have made the journey. That is where the most important and most enduring educational lessons have rested. That is where the friendships, and the insights of self and others were forged.

...they should value and seek to develop the qualities of independent thought and persistence.

- Anthony Micallef

Our speaker on Wednesday at the annual Speech Day recommended to the boys that they should value and seek to develop the qualities of independent thought and persistence. They are but two of the many general, but truly important personal qualities that we would all be promoting with our young men. It is these life attributes that will be more important in the total picture than specific subject discipline knowledge, if they are to lead the happy and fulfilling lives that we wish for them.

I was particularly impressed by the exceptional way our Seniors

conducted themselves over the past couple of weeks when they have naturally become excited about finishing their school days and moving forward in their lives.

It is a great credit to them and, I think, says something significant about how they feel about their school and about themselves. I congratulate you all upon your achievements both as a collective whole and for your many wonderful individual accomplishments. We are truly proud of you.

I would like to pay special tribute to their Head of Year, Sharee Verdon, Acting Head of Year Ged Hales and Acting Assistant Head of Year Tim Fulton. They have shaped the passage of this year-group; Ms Verdon for six years, Mr Hales for four years and Mr Fulton in their final year. Collectively they helped the boys overcome adversity and disappointment and joined them in triumph and celebration. I also extend my appreciation to David Carroll, the Form Tutors, subject teachers, and all staff who play a role as carers and educators.

I also wish to thank the parents: thank you for entrusting your sons to BGS; thank you for supporting them over the years in their numerous activities; and thank you for assisting the School in so many ways.

I also add my thanks to the organising committee for this evening and specifically to Gemma Ruddell and Melina Vrettos who have put in so much time into keeping families connected and in preparing for this evening.

On behalf of the School, I wish everyone a pleasant evening.

Mr Anthony Micallef Headmaster

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School Captain’s Speech Day Address As the old cliché goes, it really does seem like yesterday that I stood before a sea of light blue shirts and outlined this cohort’s vision for the year. A substantial amount has happened since then, as time acts in abnormal ways when immersed in the busy schedule of the BGS year.

285 days ago, the Class of 2021 announced a community-centred vision. A vision of unity, a vision of inclusivity, but most importantly, a vision of belonging. While the students of this school hail from various cities, religions and walks of life, the common ground that unites us all is the blue thread we don every day. Hence, belong to the blue was born.

We started the beginning of this year filled with purpose and enthusiasm. We were hopeful of what we could achieve and what’s more, we had some practical ideas about how we were going to do it. It was our goal to lay down the foundations for a more inclusive and vertically connected culture.

I recognise that when attempting to quantify something intangible, like an impact on school culture, it can be difficult to assess if positive differences have been made.

It’s my belief that the class of 2021 has catalysed positive change in this school that we hope will be long-lasting.

Let me give you some examples.

Being the second year through the ATAR system, we were still test subjects in the new Queensland curriculum. The unknown can seem daunting, though the light at the end of the tunnel this year took the shape of our excellent Academic Support Committee.

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a new way for students to learn efficiently from each other in a shared OneNote folder they dubbed ‘Grammar Gateway’. The Gateway now holds significant amounts of revision material and is a valuable resource for future cohorts to use and expand on. This was an endeavour facilitated entirely by the student body, which I think is exceptional. Further, these boys have run a number of studentled tutorials and help sessions throughout the year for Year 12 and Middle School boys. Working diligently in the background, not once did the members of the Academic Support Committee seek out any form of recognition. As a beneficiary of their generosity and expertise, I know that I speak on behalf of all students when I thank you for your efforts this year. Such endeavour and selflessness speak volumes to the receptiveness of the Class of 2021 to the catchcry of ‘belong’. You answered the call, and I could not be prouder.

Despite the obstacles of COVID-19, our passionate Spirit Committee ensured that no event went unsupported. Standing behind the extravagant spectacle of our marvellously entertaining King, Joel, are the chief speech editors (including Mr Carroll, whose input often consists of one or two or 17 cuts), the joke writers, the poster putter-uppers and the organisers.

Most notably, Clancy Kelly has been incredible, controlling our BGS spirit page on Instagram, which boasts over 1300 followers, and marketing key events throughout the year.

The students in the background of Grammar’s spirit have fostered an inclusive and supportive culture.

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Alongside Grammar’s very own outstandingly questionable cover band, Tone Deaf, this cohort has changed the way we approach school spirit endeavours.

These examples epitomise the Class of 2021’s sense of belonging to something greater than oneself.

Amidst our array of sporting championships and cultural accomplishments, this is what I have been most proud of this year.

Our cohort’s take-up of extracurricular activities has been record breaking throughout our years at the school, which is somewhat poetic in that we were the first bunch of Year 5s to make our way through BGS classrooms, music halls and sporting fields. The class of 2021 are doers, thinkers, storytellers, comedians, agents of change and so much more. I am so grateful to have spent almost half my life forging friendships with such an incredible group of young men.

Standing alongside every great cohort are a dedicated group of teaching staff. To the teachers I was directly and indirectly involved with, your mentorship and guidance of us in what is one of our most critical developmental phases cannot be understated, and for this we sincerely thank you. I’d like to give a very special shout out to the Drama Department, whose creative ingenuity and persistent optimism never ceases to amaze me. I was lucky enough to be a part of this year’s dramatic production of A Few Good Men, an amazing experience I’ll never forget.

To our incredible Heads of Year, Ms Verdon, Mr Hales and Mr Fulton, your ongoing support and patience has been invaluable and I cannot thank you enough. I still remember my very first interaction with Ms Verdon on the first day of Year 7. Somehow, she already knew my name, and keenly observed that I had forgotten my lunchbox.

Refusing to allow my pre-teen appetite to go unsatisfied, she

marched me straight down to the boarder’s hall to pick up a lunch of steak, chips and gravy. Although Ms Verdon had to take some time off to care for her family, her influence and encouragement remained with us and has been resoundingly positive. To Mr Hales, your banter will be sorely missed. Your iconic catchphrase “pack it up move it up let’s go” will forever ring in my ears as I pass by the driveway. Last but certainly not least, I’d like to extend a massive thank you to Mr Fulton who adopted the role of Deputy Head of Year in Ms Verdon’s absence. Your administrative and personal support is greatly appreciated.

To my fellow student leaders, Will, Harry, Aly and Campbell, I’m not sure I can articulate just how thankful I am for your support this year. If anyone is looking for a physical example of a Grammar Man of character, look no further than these four men. It has been an absolute honour to share this responsibility with some of my closest friends.

To our wonderful parents, some of the most important members of our BGS community; I’m sure we don’t thank you frequently enough for investing in our futures, but we are perpetually grateful for the opportunity of a BGS education.

Whether it be early morning drop offs at Spring Hill or the boat shed, late night lifts home from Northgate, or just being present to support us, we thank you.

I’d like to thank my own personal support team, speech editors, study helpers and number one fans: Mum and Dad. I am so lucky to have you as my parents and am immensely grateful for all you have taught and continue to teach me.

Before I close, some final remarks regarding belonging and inclusivity.

Whilst I believe this cohort has done so much to enact positive change, these are only inroads in the grand scheme of things. Powerful voices

like Chanel Contos and Tony Armstrong have sparked important discussions surrounding consent and masculinity and race equality respectively. Our school is no doubt a microcosm of the community and it is empowering to hear student voices raise issues like these. It often feels as though real change is afoot, though this requires time and ongoing commitment. To my graduating friends, we are amongst the most privileged in our society and are in positions where we can effect change. This is not the end of belonging, but rather just the beginning.

Whether it be pandemic, climate change or social injustice, we live in an age where wasting time and opportunity is not an option. It can feel overwhelming to belong to the ‘fix it’ generation, and yet here we are. I have seen my community endure quarantine for the safety of others and I’ve seen them empathise and stand alongside those who are standing up. I’ve seen the potential of social, political, environmental and all other kinds

of entrepreneurs within this room. I know that the Class of 2021 has the courage to walk the talk and be the best version of Grammar Men we’ve heard so much about; Grammar Men who are constantly evolving into thoughtful participants in the human experience. Not the entitled, not the ignorant, but the Grammar Men that put the rights of others above their own pursuits.

Grammar Men are people of endeavour and learning and respect, but most prominently, they are people of compassion. To the Class of 2021, I look forward to seeing you answer this call and excel in your respective fields in the years to come.

What a privilege it has been to take on this journey with you all.

I consider each and every one of you my family, and I will treasure the laughs and memories we have shared, forever stained in a light dark blue hue.

Tom Stunden School Captain

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Will Addis

Tyrese Ahloo

Matt Allison

Tingiran Amet

Toby Andersen

Harry Anstey-Walsh

Ken Anulomsombat

Raphy Athanasiou

Jack Baboolal

Elliot Backstrom

Rohin Bagga

Charlie Baker

Prankul Bansal

Jackson Barling

Cade Barrientos

Ethan Bartley

Charlie Bassingthwaighte

Marcus Bean

Sebastian Beirne

Michael Bekker

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Luca Biscaro

Sam Bizzell

Josh Blake

Christian Bogdanovic

Campbell Bollard

Andrew Bond

Ned Brassil

Perry Briggs

Brooklyn Brougham

Hagen Brucklacher

John Butler

Oliver Butler

Alexander Cain

Alex Carew

Tobias Carter

Aiden Catakovic

Oliver Cathcart

Bryce Caulfield

Jamie Chan

Sam Charrington

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Bowen Chen

Marcus Cheung

Aalian Chowdry

Lachlan Clayton

Nick Clegg

Harrison Cleland

Eddie Cochrane

Xavier Collins

Matthew Comino

Ari Coroneo

Hugh Couper

James Crilly

Alexander Dalgleish

Bailey Dangerfield

Jasper Daud

Miles Davis

Joshua de Zubicaray

Zeke Deacon

Gus Dempsey

Arjun Dhanani

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Michael Dingo

Jacob Donald

Will Douglas

Angus Duncan

Joe Duncan

Jack Duncan

Oliver Early

Robert EkeledoSmith

Ollie Elgood

Sam Elliott

William Emery

Scott Evans

Jaden Fang

Will Fenech

Thomas Fennon

Jack Fewster

Dermot Fitzgerald

Alex Forbes

Sean Forrest

Thomas Freeman

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Robbie Frew

Joe Fuller

Joel Furnell

Daniel Gardner

Tom Gehrmann

Will Glastonbury

Josh Goh

Sam Goldberg

Simon Gong

Hamish Goodwin

Joel Gorman

Lewis Griffin

Fletcher Griffiths

Judah Grubi

Noah Guthrie

Lachlan Hamra

Jun Han

Vijay Hari Kannan

Daniel Harris

James Harrison

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Jack Harvey

James Hill

Matthew Ho

Nicholas Ho

Reagan Holliday

Charlie Hume

Will Huth

Sam Ireland

David Jeong

Ben Jesser

Will Jessup

Dilhan Jhaj

Matthew Johnson

Caius Jones

Nicholas Jones

Tom Jones

Krishna Kangatharan

Rehan Keane

Clancy Kelly

Alex Kennedy

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Alex Kiers

William Kim

Blake Konovalenko

Aaron Kua

Anish Kulasekara

John Kwon

Alexander Larder

Hugo Lau

Bencent Lee

Ethan Lee

Justin Lee

Justin Liang

Kyle Liang

Joseph Lim

Owen Lin

Jack Litfin

David Liu

Luke Liu

Matthew Lockhart

Aryan Lodhia

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Roger Look

James Lowe

Alex Lu

Rhys Luke Martin

Alex Lusis

Julian Lytras

Sieg Mackellar

Lachlan MacNicol

Gauresh Malhotra

Hugo Malone

Daniel Marendy

Oliver Martin

Tom McCarthyJames

James McCoombes

Harris McGaw

Dan McHugh

Oscar Meutermans

Aleks Miric

Kaif Mohammed

Patrick Moore

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Rafferty Moriarty

Cameron Morris

Riley Morris

Manish Naiker

Gaurav Nair

Orie Nakagaki

Walter Nedov

Ernest Ngai

Jaguar Ngo

Nathan Nguyen

Thanh Duc Nguyen

Connor Nowlan

George Nucifora

Linus O’Neill

Angus Osmand

Charlie O’Sullivan

Aaron Partington

Alex Patane

Ishaan Patel

Kaush Patel

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Finlay Patten

Oliver Patterson

Jeremy Pham

Sebastian Pherous

Nick Poore

Sam Powell

Sebi Powell

Conrad Pun

Matt Pyman

Cameron Quagliotto

Lucas Raaymakers

Ali Rahmanian

Ben Rainbird

Eshaan Raj

Sanjeev Raju

Haresh Ramanan

Avi Ranchigoda

Peyten Redburn

Ben Richards

Jackson Ridley

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Kruz Rimene

George Rimmington

Lachie Robertson

Nate Robertson

Aidan RowlandKing

William Ruddell

Max Ruddle

Sterling Saini

Eddie Salter

Robbie Sanders

Brano Sasikaran

Anton Saulov

Cheng Bin Saw

Max Sawley

Liam Scheel

Jonah Schmidley

Luke Schwartz

Tom Scriven

Adam Seedat

Chathruka Seneviratna

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Roshan Shami

Nathan Shan

Aaryan Shetty

Andrew Shuttleton

Alex Sim

Max Simonidis

Jacob Smith

Harry Snape

Ed Sole

Joshua Sommer

Peter Sophios

Christopher Spencer

Jack Spencer

Charlie Sprott

William Staib

Sam Stallmann

Tom Strooper

Tom Stunden

Pavan Subburaj

Dhruv Suchak

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Nicholas Sullivan

Aly Sultan

Caleb Sultana

Josh Sutton

James Tam

Nayan Thapar

Henri Thynne

Alex Tong

Ben Tran

Nicholas Tran

Pat Trappett

Conan Trewin

Callum Trout

Ashton Tucker

Titan Vaikai

Jake Valery

Leo van Brunschot

Anton Vassallo

Kirijan Vijeyakumar

Theo Vu

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Max Wagland

Brian Wakista

Ryan Wakista

Hamish Wall

Andrew Wang

Marc Wang

Kevin Wang

Ryan Wang

Campbell Watchirs

Matthew Weier

Drew Weightman

Beckett Weiss

Ben Williams

Charlie Williamson

Will Wilson

Campbell Wong

Elijah Wong

Joshua Wong

Nathan Wong

Owen Xie

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Geoffrey Xu

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Eric Yeo

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Henry Yip

Alex Zhang

Prefects Back Row (L to R): Dan McHugh, Ned Brassil, Cameron Morris, Tom McCarthy-James, Angus Duncan, Sam Stallmann, Aiden Catakovic, Sam Bizzell.

Third Row (L to R): Jack Baboolal, Elijah Wong, Gus Dempsey, Clancy Kelly, Oliver Cathcart, Ben Richards, David Jeong, Tom Strooper, Harris McGaw. Second Row (L to R): Jack Harvey, Jaguar Ngo, Sam Goldberg, Nate Robertson, Leo van Brunschot, Michael Dingo, Lachlan Clayton, Tingiran Amet, Sanjeev Raju, Ethan Lee. Front Row (L to R): Campbell Watchirs, Aly Sultan, Tom Stunden, Mr Ged Hales, Mr David Carroll, Mr Anthony Micallef, Ms Sharee Verdon, Mr Tim Fulton, Harry Anstey-Walsh, William Staib, Andrew Bond.

Grammar Generations Back Row (L to R): George Nucifora, Sam Stallmann, Jack Spencer, Sam Powell, Cameron Morris, Charlie Baker.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Ged Hales, Sean Forrest, Tom Stunden, Alex Forbes, Tom Scriven, Ms Sharee Verdon.

Front Row (L to R): William Emery, Dermot Fitzgerald, Clancy Kelly, Sam Bizzell, Harris McGaw, Jack Fewster, William Staib.

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Head of Year 12 The Class of 2021 adopted the phrase ‘shoulder to shoulder’ as a guiding theme for their final year.

Their cohesion, connectedness and inclusivity demonstrated their commitment in this endeavour.

Able leadership of the various senior committees — Events, Spirit, Public Purpose, Student Representative Body (SRB) and Academic Support — was integral.

The last group showed initiative and responsibility in tutoring younger students through the BLUE program (BGS, Learn, Unite, Excel), and by creating the ‘Grammar Gateway’, online resources to support their peers’ learning. The student-led subject tutorials before external

exams were outstanding. To overhear incidental conversations among Year 12s like, “That’s why our parents send us to Grammar — it’s the culture”, and “I am just doing what Dunco said in the English workshop”, was tremendous. Even teachers learned new ways to use the graphics calculator!

Seniors also met with BGGS counterparts for weekly meetings of the inaugural Language Immersion Group to practise their language skills. Class cohesiveness was also reflected in the return of daily handball games; tribal bounds were blurred and a ‘band of brothers’ was obvious in the fluidity of players.

The musical ensemble, Tone Deaf,

Their legacy is strong and I know their impact on the future will be noteworthy.

- Ms Sharee Verdon, Head of Year 12

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gained enormous popularity for their entertaining performances on assemblies.

Form Seniors applied responsible mentorship in their work with younger students, joining them for lunchtime handball games, leading student wellbeing discussions and just being present to chat. Valuable and respectful relationships were enhanced by the Public Purpose Committee’s work, such as Shave for a Cure and Homework Club.

The SRB and Amnesty Club seniors attended a very successful breakfast with their BGGS counterparts to celebrate International Women’s Day. The Gender Respect Committee met

regularly and led the Wear it Purple Day, dedicated to inclusivity on campus.

The cohort’s positivity was evident at the Senior Formal and the Seniors’ Lunch, held to congratulate the seniors for their fortitude in mock exams, so soon after a sudden COVID lockdown.

This tested many, especially our boarders, some who have not physically seen their families for up to two years.

King G and the Spirit Committee did a fantastic job creating a positive vibe positive across campus. There were some real highlights to celebrate in the cocurricular sphere — A Few Good Men was a professional production, three seniors earned gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards, and the very memorable Senior A Debating win

in King of the Hill. Our sportsmen’s grit and athleticism throughout the year was remarkable; they were unrelenting in their quest for PBs. Also noteworthy were the number of seniors who coached younger teams. Such servant leadership has been a hallmark of this cohort.

I extend my gratitude to the Form Tutors who balance providing pressure and support. Their continuity of care is invaluable, whether it be incidental banter or serious learning plan conversations, these teachers have had a profound influence over four years. I am indebted to Mr Ged Hales, who has been indispensable in the last four years, as was Mr Tim Fulton this year. Parent reps Mrs Gemma Ruddell and Ms Melina Vrettos have been brilliant in keeping families connected. I would like to thank

the entire parent body for their sustained support and most of all I want to thank the Class of 2021. It takes a village.

And so, after checking their kit bag and forming a support team at ‘base camp’ (Year 9), the Class of 2021 has now summitted their Everest. They navigated their external exams in a measured and logical manner. Final week celebrations were completed with dignity and integrity. It has been my absolute pleasure to guide this group of 285 young men for the past six years. I am incredibly proud of every single one of them.

Their legacy is strong and I know their impact on the future will be noteworthy.

Ms Sharee Verdon Head of Year 12

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Senior Formal

Academic Support Committee Back Row (L to R): Oliver Cathcart, Aalian Chowdry, Angus Duncan, Tom McCarthy-James, Oscar Meutermans.

Third Row (L to R): Elijah Wong, Conrad Pun, Max Wagland, Owen Lin, Alexander Larder, Lucas Raaymakers, David Jeong, William Staib.

Second Row (L to R): Roger Look, Alex Lu, Tom Strooper, Brian Wakista, Bowen Chen, Luke Liu, Patrick Moore, Nate Robertson, Sanjeev Raju.

Front Row (L to R): Joshua Wong, Dilhan Jhaj, Prankul Bansal, Ernest Ngai, Ms Sharee Verdon, Ethan Lee, Jaguar Ngo, Andrew Bond, Arjun Dhanani.

2021 BGS Academic Support Committee attributes its excellence to the collective collaboration of its members. Made up of Year 12 volunteers, the committee drew on the academic experience of Senior School students to benefit other BGS students through a range of projects.

Our two main projects were to support the Year 12s’ journey through the new ATAR system and

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provide Middle School students with invaluable homework assistance.

We fostered community-based learning throughout the senior cohort by establishing the Grammar Gateway, an online collection of past papers and exam resources for Year 12s; and organising studentled forums. We hope the Gateway continues to be expanded upon by future year groups.

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Middle School Homework Help provided sustained assistance from Year 12s across the year. Even if it was just being willing to have a chat, meaningful friendships and bonds were made through this program.

We thank Mr Fardon and Ms Verdon and the Year 12 volunteers for making all this possible.

Jaguar Ngo and Ethan Lee

Spirit Committee Back Row (L to R): Campbell Watchirs, Ned Brassil, George Nucifora, Jack Spencer, Sam Powell, Robert Ekeledo-Smith, Tom Scriven.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Ged Hales, Jack Baboolal, Max Wagland, Ben Richards, Luca Biscaro, Clancy Kelly, Gus Dempsey, Nayan Thapar.

Front Row (L to R): Aly Sultan, Joel Furnell, William Emery, Lachlan Clayton, Jack Fewster, William Staib, Joe Duncan, Judah Grubi.

Through what was a turbulent and unpredictable year, the Spirit Committee kept the boys in the light dark blue ‘shoulder to shoulder’. We rallied Middle and Senior School students to attend flagship fixtures and built the spirit on campus with lunchtime war cries. Despite spontaneous delays, snap lockdowns and supporter restrictions, our ‘band of brothers’ succeeded time and time again

in supporting our peers, whether it was King of the Hill debating, First V Basketball or cheering the First XV on in their win against Ipswich. From special GPS events like the Swimming and Cross Country, to our regular weekly flagship fixtures, strong supporter turnouts were a regular, and always appreciated. Thank you to all the boys who supported others throughout the year. It has been

a privilege and an honour to lead you.

Clancy Kelly Spirit Committee Prefect leader

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The way we were

Snapshot Year Level Reports Outdoor Education Boarding Senior Library Centenary Library Middle School Library Special Assemblies

Year 11 In the penultimate year of their BGS journey, the Class of 2022 immersed themselves in a range of experiences to position them for a successful final year at the School. COVID-19 confronted all students with challenges that they successfully overcame. In doing so, they developed strength of character they will be able to draw on when challenged going forward.

As the most significant transition of their schooling, the start of Year 11 was marked with a sense of excitement, and a healthy dose of trepidation, as the boys realised they were starting their senior subjects.

The ATAR and ISMG acronyms dominated student thoughts.

With the expert guidance of their teachers, students became more metacognitive in their approach to their studies — a critical capacity for them to develop. As they gained maturity, students seemed more

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willing to engage in academic support measures, regularly attending subject and peer-led tutorials. With the guidance of Assistant Head of Year, Mr Brad Scholes, the Year 11 Academic Support Committee grew in confidence and came to support a large group of their peers, most notably during quarantine periods ahead of cohort-wide exams. From an academic perspective, the cohort ends Year 11 having started Unit 3 of their studies and with a clear line of sight to the Internal Assessments and the External Assessments late next year.

This cohort have always been keen cocurricular participants and 2021 proved to be no different. Their increasing membership of flagship teams, prominent ensembles and the Senior Dramatic Production heightened their excitement and support for one another. Just as the

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boys have increased their focus on their Year 11 academic courses, this year has provided an ideal bridge for students’ peak performance as Seniors. Having tasted success they clearly crave more. I have always espoused the tremendous value that cocurricular participation plays in students’ social-emotional and academic development. Teamwork, problem-solving, self-efficacy and discipline are personal traits regularly exhibited in cocurricular activities with benefits for academic endeavours.

An incredibly significant part of the Year 11 journey focuses on student leadership both within and outside of the cohort. Epitomising servant leadership, over a third of the year group became Outdoor Education leaders and relished the opportunity to guide and support their younger peers through the challenges of Pepperina Hill and Bitenbar. Mr Derek Jervis and his team have fostered countless memorable experiences for this cohort over the years and we are truly grateful.

The Public Purpose Program was another avenue where the servant leadership capacities of the students shone. Of note, the whole year group was able to contribute funds to the VacSeen Project, a charity headed in part by Old Boy and past School Captain Jeremy Hunt ’16 that helps provide free flu vaccines to homeless people. Additionally, the Homework Club saw many Year 11 students regularly travel to Kelvin Grove State School to work with younger students with an ESL background and support their studies.

The Student Wellbeing Curriculum this year focused on

four key themes: ‘Learner Agency’, ‘Responsible Decision-Making’, ‘Respectful Relationships’ and ‘Building Culture Through Leading Others’. Engaging the students in activities, discussion and presentations centred around these themes has been central to their personal development and bolstered their capacity to contribute to their communities.

The Year 11 Form Tutors have been incredible stewards for the students in their care, affording them sage advice, thoughtprovoking discussion, lighthearted fun or a cautionary tale as required throughout the year. The relationships that have developed within Tutor Groups has been wonderful to witness and will hold the students in good stead during their final year at the School.

Finishing the year with a focus on leadership and its influence on culture was most appropriate as the students prepared to take over the mantle as school seniors.

On this, they have collectively presented as a highly capable, active and supportive cohort who are focussed on positively engaging

all students to make 2022 a year to remember. Whether undertaking defined leadership roles or not, all students will be acknowledged as student leaders and challenged to constructively contribute to the cohort’s legacy.

Mr Simon Conway Head of Year 11

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Year 10 At the start of the year, Year 10 Form Tutors emphasised the role each student plays in shaping our learning culture. With Years 11 and 12 looming, we needed to make the most of time between the bells; to enhance our sense of belonging in classes and in cocurricular pursuits; and to seek out challenge in all facets of school life. This was encapsulated in the motto for the year: Better. Together.

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In Term 1, students adapted to significant changes in our academic program. The new two-week timetable allowed for double periods and in-depth blocks of learning, and we also introduced Consolidation and Preparation periods. Students instantly embraced these selfdirected lessons, using the time to collaborate and refine their revision practice.

From the start of the year, the boys fully engaged in service through the Public Purpose program. The Homework Club — where BGS boys offer academic support to primary school students — was particularly popular.

In the Cocurricular program, Year 10 students were selected in the Rowing First VIII and Cricket First XI, and we contributed to a hardfought second place at the GPS Swimming Championship. Our four

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Volleyball teams achieved success, while the 10A Cricket team finished the season as premiers. The Sailing program was particularly successful, enjoying a State Championship victory.

In Term 2, the Year 10 social space and tutor groups moved to the demountable classrooms on the Number 1 oval. An unexpected benefit was more active breaktimes, with boys playing handball in the new area, and touch and football on the oval.

A term highlight was the Year 10 students’ coordination of the Push-Up Challenge, a national initiative to raise awareness of community mental health.

Throughout June, the PushUp Challenge dominated tutor group and break times, climaxing with an intense ‘push-off’, with representatives of each Tutor Group competing to be the push-

up champion. Overall, 589 BGS students combined to complete 631,389 push-ups, fund-raising the third highest total across Australian schools.

In Cocurricular pursuits, Year 10 Fencers dominated the Brisbane School Teams competition. Year 10 students contributed to an undefeated premiership in Opens Tennis, with several Year 10 teams finishing undefeated. In Football, Year 10 students were selected in the flagship team, and the final fixture saw a huge crowd at Northgate to witness the First XI’s maiden win of the season and the 10As finish the season as premiers. Our Gymnasts continued their dominance, winning the GPS Foundation Cup, and while our Debaters were challenged this year, we are confident in their development.

In Term 3, subject selection dominated the boys’ conversations as they selected senior subjects.

As we approached the selection deadline, information sessions run

by Heads of Department were popular. Our dissection of the 2024 QTAC guide helped boys see the connections between school and their tertiary and professional ambitions, resulting in renewed focus in the classroom.

After the two-week quarantine, we were relieved to see 10A head off to enjoy Outdoor Education at Pepperina Hill. The Year 10 program is the culmination of the preceding years, and the boys relish the self-

directed nature of the experience.

With a curtailed season, no premierships were on offer in Term 3 sports. Competition was particularly fierce in the limited number of fixtures available. Year 10 students featured in Chess and Basketball flagship teams, and the First V had their first GPS win in five years against Gregory Terrace. We saw huge participation rates and significant improvements in Year 10 Basketball, and the 15 and 16 years Rugby teams also displayed significant growth in participation and on-field success.

Term 3 ended with the filming of the Junior Dramatic Production We Are The Mutable, with many Year 10 boys enjoying their first significant on-stage experience.

The focus of Term 4 was clear: to end the year as we want to begin Year 11, with productive inclass and consolidation habits, and positive relationships with peers and teachers. The Wellbeing program’s emphasis on the transition to Year 11 ensured boys were focused on the two big years ahead of them.

Track and Field dominated the cocurricular calendar, with Year 10s enjoying particular success on the track. Preseason training for Swimming, Cricket and Rowing training also whetted our appetites for 2022.

To complete the year, we recognised the achievements of our highest performing students and Prize Winners at the Prize Giving Ceremony in the penultimate week

of the term, ensuring a positive end to 2021.

The success the cohort has enjoyed this year can be largely attributed to the commitment and passion of the Year 10 Form Tutors, who guided the boys and fostered positive relationships.

This connection will only increase in importance over the next two years. Similarly, Assistant Head of Year Mr Tim Holzgrefe was a constant presence, supporting and encouraging the boys as they navigated another turbulent year.

Ms Berthine Ommensen once again did an outstanding job engaging the parent community.

We have enjoyed hugely successful parent functions, and we look forward to enhancing this sense of community over the next two years.

Lastly, I would like to extend my thanks to the parents of the Year 10 cohort. Your support and understanding as we navigated a challenging period ensured the boys maintained their focus, resilience and optimism. During our periods of home-based learning, BGS students maintained their high academic standards, and we recognise the role parents played in this. We are incredibly fortunate to have such an engaged parent community, and this is reflected in the boys’ achievements within and beyond the classroom.

We have a great deal to look forward to over the next two years, and we will ensure that we make the most of every moment.

Mr Samuel Lobascher Head of Year 10

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Year 9 After a challenging 2020, the long days of January held excitement and trepidation. We were still in the grips of pandemic, but over the break life was somewhat back to being ‘normal’. It was with this perspective that the boys rolled up ready for a new chapter in their BGS journey.

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throughout the year, even when times became very challenging for our school community.

We managed an early lockdown with little interruption, but then COVID landed on our doorstep a in August, and it quickly made its mark. Our collective safety was rocked. The thought that COVID happens to someone else, somewhere else was shattered. Not only were we in a lockdown but we were placed in quarantine.

Adversity always makes us dig deeper and the year group proved to be an exceptional group of young men who stand by their community and their mates. While home-based learning threw us some challenging moments, the boys worked with their teachers and made positive inroads in their studies. Once back at school, although apprehensive, the boys traversed a changed environment.

Not only had COVID changed the landscape of the School but construction commenced on the STEAM precinct. Again, a new timetable, different paths to travel and mandatory mask-wearing were all thrown into the mix. Throughout the latter half of the year, we just had to do things differently. We met less often, we sat in classrooms for assemblies, and cocurricular events in were postponed. Although we felt apart at times, we were continuing to forge strong bonds.

Despite the disruptions, the one constant throughout the year has been our social pace, the Newell Quad. Before school and during breaks, it became a familiar refuge where laughs could be had, and friendships were strengthened.

In this space, the boys impressed staff with their conduct and respect. Collectively, they set a new benchmark for the culture of a Year 9 cohort, and they should be proud of their efforts.

Academically, the focus throughout this year was to consolidate learning and thinking habits. The world of external exams at the end of Year 12 is a different educational landscape, and our boys need to be more than ready to face their final assessment.

Consequently, the boys managed some demanding periods when assignments felt as though they were all due at the same time, and exam weeks that required the boys to be well prepared.

As with all aspects of life, there were different outcomes for different boys. I observed so many of our year group who, in the main, were in the ‘groove’ of their studies.

They planned, and were organised and committed. However, there are some boys who need to find the resolve to make small adjustments to their learning to realise stronger outcomes. Year 10 will provide them with another opportunity to advance these skills.

A highlight of the year was

certainly our ability to return to Pepperina Hill for a residential experience. Although last year the boys were fortunate to have an Outdoor Education experience, nothing beats the opportunity to camp, hike, paddle, climb and … ‘hang on’. Each class impressed staff with their willingness to embrace every experience and the genuine encouragement and support of one another.

Traveling alongside the boys, we welcomed a group of talented and caring Form Tutors, who will walk with the boys over the next four years. Their efforts throughout this year were nothing short of caring and supportive. This relationship between the boys and their Tutor will be instrumental in ensuring each year goes from strength to strength.

Importantly, Ms Sarah McDonald joined our cohort working closely with the boys as their Assistant Head of Year. Keen to get to know each boy, they in turn responded and were quick to bring her into the life and culture of the cohort.

As the sun sets on another year, we need to remain hopeful that 2022 allows us to return to a more familiar way of working and

spending each day. We have a lot to look forward to — our friendships, our Saturdays filled with sport, our halls filled with performances and on the horizon a new building to enjoy.

Throughout 2021, there was so much of which our boys can feel justifiably proud. I am excited to see the boys meet the challenges of a new year and build on their successes.

Mr Craig Timms Head of Year 9

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Year 8 Each new school year brings its challenges and 2021 was undoubtedly affected by COVID-19.

I am pleased that the Year 8 cohort coped with any disruptions to routine and completed their final year in the Middle School in a calm and dignified manner. This Year 8 group was characterised by its involvement and successes in many areas of school life, and by a level of acceptance, tolerance and support that is to be applauded.

Year 8 boys were fortunate

to have a group of dedicated and committed Form Tutors whose role included wellbeing, academic matters and day-to-day organisation. The work of Mr Bloch, Mrs Bell, Mrs Tap, Mr Lewis, Ms Andrews and Mrs Miner, Mr Walker, Miss Russell, Mr Ritchie and Mr Benson cannot be underestimated, and I am sure all in the Year 8 community are grateful for their efforts. I also thank Assistant Head of Year Mrs Carla Salmon for supporting and leading both the

boys and the Year 8 Form Tutors.

Throughout the year the Student Wellbeing Program has covered a range of topics aimed at providing students with information relevant to their current stage of development. A key focus of the program in Term 4 is the transition from Middle School to the Senior School. The Tie Ceremony is central to this process and a key rite of passage for our Year 8s.

The Moogerah camping experience was undoubtedly a

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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highlight of Term 1. Each class faced challenges from canoeing and initiative games, to the trek out to camp, culminating with the climb up Mt Alford. This week was an excellent opportunity to build group cohesiveness and shared purpose.

Thank you to Mr Jervis and all the Moogerah staff for their dedication and support in providing a safe but challenging camp experience for all the boys.

Academically, the year was a successful one, both in the classroom and in external academic competitions. Several boys produced outstanding results to underscore the academic potential which exists in this group.

Outside of the classroom, students pursued a variety of cocurricular activities, characterized by a high level of participation, enjoyment, and a real willingness to compete to the best of their ability. The year saw both excellent individual performances and teamwork, commitment and pride in representing or performing for their school.

On the cultural front, many boys were involved in music ensembles and the valuable activities of debating and public speaking. The Middle School play, The (un)Remarkables, gave boys an opportunity to showcase their acting talents. Year 8 Celebration of the Arts activities included Formula 1 and an entertaining drumming exhibition.

Public Purpose was also a focus, with a hard-working Service Committee supporting many worthwhile causes, including the MS Readathon, R U Ok Day, World Teachers Day and the usual Term 4 Christmas Hamper appeal for St Vincent De Paul.

The Year 8 group can be proud of their achievements in all areas of school life this year. Their enthusiasm and involvement were excellent, and through talent, hard work and application they achieved much. I am sure that this group will rise to whatever challenges 2022 presents.

Mr Larry Carmichael Head of Year 8

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Year 7 The Year 7 cohort of 2021 had a wonderful year at the School.

Students began the year with dignity and respect, which continued right through to the end of Term 4.

On the first day of school, returning Middle School students combined with 160 new students to form the year group that will remain together until November 2026. Entering the Great Hall, where they will exit at the completion of Year 12, the students were asked to view the Honour Board and stained glass window and appreciate the history of the School. The message was clear: the culture of any group, institution or team is created by the actions of each boy. Each student will define the success of the group.

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is defined by each Year level, and the boys were encouraged to embrace all that the School has to offer.

In the classroom, the students functioned at exceptional levels.

The most important aspect of Year 7 learning is that each student develop the capacity to understand what each teacher, subject and task require. What might seem a simple task requires organisation, time management, and the ability to marshal evidence from different mediums. The boys worked hard to integrate the School’s tablet program into their operations and despite early challenges, they did well. The introduction of the Consolidation Period into the school day helped the group approach their studies with a pragmatic and

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reflective tone. This broad range of academic experiences will provide the scholarly foundations the cohort will need to flourish, in 2022 and beyond.

The group immersed themselves in the wider life of the School in astonishing numbers. Students flocked to Debating, Football, Basketball and Cricket. The critical elements of the Cocurricular program are inclusivity and identity.

For young men, the desire to belong is a profound aspect of their journey through adolescence.

Operating in a team, being able to relate to others, developing empathy and learning to provide a yoke to competitive urges are all elements to this growth. However, the most significant aspect of the Cocurricular program is students

enjoying themselves. The Year 7s most certainly had their fair share of enjoyment.

Because of this, the group thrived in the daily operations of the Middle School. Wing Carnivals, Celebration of the Arts and Signature programs were embraced with enthusiasm and creativity. The aim of these activities mirrors the aims of the Cocurricular program. Working in teams, with an emphasis on selfinstruction and student decisionmaking, these activities aim to develop critical cognitive skills.

Communication, organisation, and creativity are embedded in such experiences, with the goal of fostering maturity and responsibility in each boy.

On that note, the weekly Student Wellbeing program allowed students to explore current social trends and the adolescent challenges that define a young man growing up. The boys were exposed

to topics such as appropriate use of technology, respectful relationships, and an exploration of effective emotional intelligence. Delivering such a course to students with diverse experiences and values enriched the discussion and permitted students to respect the views of others; a key attribute to how BGS wants young men to develop.

The leadership of the Middle School provided by Ms Rebecca Campbell, Mr Ian Grice, Mr Greg Tier and Mr Glenn McFarlane ensured valuable experiences for the students under trying logistical and operational circumstances.

They supported the students with empathy and dedication.

The Year 7 team of Ms Lisa Whitcher, Mr Dean Littlefair, Ms Ally Kettle, Mr Kris Hallis, Mrs Lindy Mackintosh, Ms Deanne Elliott, Mr Gustav Joshi, Mr Simon Canfield, Mr Ian Fardon and Mrs Bethany

Wass deserve enormous credit. This dedicated group of professionals not only addressed the academic development of the cohort, they provided daily support for each student.

Ms Mel Eveleigh, the Assistant Head of Year, worked tirelessly to allow the group to flourish. Holding the students to a high level of standards and expectations, she consistently sought to improve systems for individuals and challenged accepted practices to provide the best for each boy. She had a substantial impact on the success of the year.

2021 has a wonderful year for the cohort. They have settled well into the School and it is with much anticipation that the entire school community prepare to witness their maturation in 2022.

Mr Jon Hopes Head of Year 7

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Year 6 The Year 6 cohort began their second year in the Middle School with enthusiasm and confidence now they were no longer the newest or youngest boys in the schoolyard.

Throughout 2021, the boys have grown significantly, and they have continued to develop their collective identity and strength as a group.

In Term 1, an orientation program helped boys to reconnect and settle into new classes. The Student Wellbeing program provided guidance on friendship and social connectedness to support their transition. Form Tutors established their own class cultures and outlined the new expectations of Year 6. Before long, the boys began to adapt to new routines as they immersed themselves in academic, sporting and cultural activities.

The academic program challenged and enriched our students as thinkers. Whether designing and conducting experiments, discussing literature, composing written texts, simulating an election, creating a mock

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parliament, investigating artefacts, researching global issues, creating performances or running a ‘Middle School economy’, the boys were active participants in their learning.

Author Tristan Banks led this year’s Writer-In-Residence program, a wonderful complement to the academic program. As the boys learned to maintain a positive mindset they developed more mature and efficient approaches to

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their work. During the challenge of the home-based learning period, the boys adapted to a modified daily class schedule and continued to learn.

Beyond the classroom, the boys relished a variety of sporting and cultural activities, and the School was well represented by their efforts. Cocurricular activities gave boys the opportunity to make connections and develop their

interests and potential. The clubs also provided a popular outlet for individual expression.

Interwing events were joyous occasions and spirited competition ensured excitement and suspense as the boys proudly carried their respective banners (North, South, East or West). At the swimming carnival, the final Interwing event, the boys demonstrated a high level of participation and community spirit.

A highlight of the year was the trip to Far North Queensland in Term 3. Staying in Port Douglas, the boys experienced the amazing wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. Snorkelling on the reef on a beautiful Queensland day was exhilarating. They enjoyed visiting Hartley’s Crocodile Park, Kakadu, Mossman Gorge and the Daintree River. Most agreed that if you had to be away from home for a week, you couldn’t select a better place! The boys returned home feeling more independent, having passed this Year 6 rite-of-passage.

Music continued to feature strongly in the lives of our students.

Many Year 6 boys participated in multiple musical ensembles.

Despite a restricted rehearsal and concert calendar throughout 2021, the boys practised with purpose and confidently performed to live audiences when possible. Year 6 boys shared their vocal talents with the Vocal Group this year, which performed at Celebration of the Arts, the 2022 Pre-Orientation Afternoon and Middle School Presentation Afternoon.

Term 4 began with the boys

immersed in the Think Global Act Local Signature Program. The program augmented the Global Issues Project, a research task centred on contemporary global problems. It was wonderful to see the support of parents as they engaged in deep conversation with the boys who, as ‘experts in their field’, showcased their research during a presentation afternoon.

Our traditional Grandparent’s Day was modified this year, and the boys prepared a personal card, individual portrait photo and artwork to send to their grandparents, who joined the boys for virtual classroom activities. Together they watched entertaining performances prerecorded for the event. Enthusiastic Chamber Choir members Eric Chen and Ethan Chen provided a touching musical contribution with their piano and vocal duet of “The Rainbow Connection”. Henry Woodward, Hamish Treweeke and Julian Chin also performed entertaining dramatic items. The Year 6 Family Picnic at Northgate was also enjoyable and gave the year level the opportunity to catch up and relax together.

Throughout the year, the boys’ personal development has been strengthened by the Student Wellbeing program.

Personal decision making based on the School’s values (respect, community, endeavour, learning and leadership) has been at the centre of students’ development. Learning more about positive relationships, bullying, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, digital citizenship

and cyber safety has helped the boys to develop greater understanding, skills and strategies.

The overnight camp to Pepperina Hill at Lake Moogerah gave boys the chance to take stock. Reflecting on their journey, the boys gained an appreciation of the benefit they derive from contributing, and the contribution of others. The positive and purposeful intention toward growing together will be essential as they move forward as a cohort.

I extend my sincere thanks to our form tutor team: Ms Coombe, Mr Murray, Ms Lindsay and Ms Ragen, and Assistant Head of Years 5 and 6, Mr Shears, for their care and support of the Year 6 cohort this year. On behalf of the Year 6 teachers and boys, I sincerely thank our Parent Representative, Mrs Cathy Findlay, and our parents for their support throughout 2021.

While I bid farewell to the Year 6 cohort of 2021, I look forward to seeing them embark on the next phase of their journey to Year 7 in 2022 and wish them well in their future endeavours.

Mr Paul Kenny Head of Year 6

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Year 5 Our Year 5 boys started their Middle School journey with great enthusiasm and have built a successful year together as a cohort. Along the way, they have been shaped by the strength of our School culture and core values, forming positive relationships with their peers and significant adults, and growing as learners through challenging learning experiences.

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Their first year at BGS has been a great adventure and the boys have shown they are on their way to becoming Grammar men.

The year began with orientation for the boys to became familiar with one another, school culture and daily routines. Form Tutors developed classroom culture based on BGS values (respect, community, endeavour, learning and leadership) and Student Wellbeing units focused on developing positive relationships. At the School’s Outdoor Education facility at Lake Moogerah boys made connections and worked interdependently during activities including orienteering, a low ropes course, and rafting. The boys were excited knowing they would be returning to conquer more challenging adventures at Moogerah in coming years.

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Form Seniors assigned to each class, provided support for the boys as they navigated their first term.

Observing our new boys happily interacting with the seniors — playing handball and games in the playground, getting help with their locker or bag, or some timely advice — showed they were developing a sense of comfort and belonging in this early stage in their transition.

The challenge of a new academic program is also a part of the first term transition. Establishing a culture of thinking, developing the boys’ understanding of what it means to be a student, and providing opportunities for academic endeavour ensured the boys were immersed in learning.

Beyond the school campus, boys discovered colonial Queensland and Brisbane’s early settlement during the Old Brisbane Town excursion.

The boys returned after the midsemester break, more confident and comfortable in their surroundings.

The academic program offered new experiences. The continued introduction of qualities of thinking, such as coherence and clarity, and learning dispositions, such as persistence and collaboration, ensured the breadth and depth of cognitive challenge for the boys.

An excursion to the historic penal settlement on St Helena Island proved most popular. Upon disembarking the ferry, the boys were placed under control of their ‘guards’ — entertaining tour guides who took on the role of old-time prisoners and warders. Gwenda Stanley also visited to educate the boys through Indigenous dance and stories. As the boys were engaged across a variety of such rich experiences, they began to acquire and strengthen their self-regulation skills and demonstrate increased agency in their learning.

The opportunity to play sport and pursue personal interests ensured the wide participation and enthusiasm of the boys throughout the year. Their efforts to develop good sportsmanship and to represent the School reflected their growing awareness of themselves as members of our community.

Musically, the year was equally eventful. The cohort learnt to sing in unison, in parts, and sing inside their brain without making any sounds at all! These skills were on display

at the Mother’s Day Concert as they performed a rousing rendition of the Australian folk song, “The Little Fish”. A strong group of nine boys performed as members of our Chamber Choir, a wonderful example of newfound talent in the group. The Year 5s gave an encore choral performance at Celebration of the Arts, shining in the spotlight to the delight of their families.

Further afield, many boys also chose to participate in Debating and Public Speaking. The boys held their own as they learned the ropes of argument and rebuttal and began engaging their respective audiences in well-crafted and compelling oratory.

The Year 5 Camp at Emu Gully was a highlight of Term 3. Many boys experienced being away from home for the first time and returning victorious from camp is something of a rite-of-passage.

Over the three-day camp, the boys encountered challenges including the Kokoda Track — a mud obstacle requiring every boy to help those around him, crawling through dark tunnels and negotiating rope obstacles. As the boys supported one another, they realised the power of teamwork and their individual effort. At the end of the term, dressed in their Wing colours, the boys keenly supported their teams in the Interwing Touch Football.

Term 4 began with the boys undertaking The Call of Nature Signature Program, a collaborative

project based on design thinking principles. Over four days each team explored sustainability and designed their own eco-village. At the Interwing Swimming carnival, the boys threw themselves into the spirit of their Wing, showing a high level of participation throughout the event. At the end of term, boys performed as part of the concert band, string ensemble and full symphony orchestra at a showcase concert to mark the culmination of their year-long instrumental immersion program.

Their entertaining performance was well-received by the audience of teachers and parents.

While the lockdown periods provided some challenges, the boys’ enthusiasm and resilience has ensured their success. This first year has been a valuable learning experience, and the Year 5 cohort has shown the promise of greater things to come.

My sincere thanks to our Year 5 Form Tutor team: Ms Child, Ms Gardner, Mr Hawkins and Mr Hunter, and to our parent representative, Mrs Samile Loch-Wilkinson, and the other parent volunteers for supporting the Year 5 cohort.

I am confident that the gains made by our Year 5 boys this year will serve them well, and I look forward to seeing them again as they step up to Year 6 in 2022.

Mr Paul Kenny Head of Year 5

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Outdoor Education At Outdoor Education we contribute to the development of the BGS graduate through sequential outdoor learning experiences in Years 5 to 11. Each year, students reflect upon these place-based experiences, and build the dispositions of a BGS learner and leader.

In 2021, Years 7 to 10 cohorts could choose a level of challenge and experience as part of an individualised expedition program, whether it be their adventure on Mt Edwards in Year 7, or planning a three-day expedition in Year 10.

After bushfires in 2019 and COVID in 2020, this year’s Year 10s experienced the first year of the full Bitenbar program. The 2021 cohort planned and executed a threeday student led expedition, with rock climbing at Pulpit Rock and bushwalking along the Teviot Range to Mt Moon.

The Year 11 Outdoor Education Leader role piloted in 2020 continued with great success in 2021. Over 100 Year 11 students guided and mentored Years 5 to

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9 students through their Outdoor Education experience.

Year 7 students this year reflected on their Moogerah experience in their Applied Thinking subject, developing their understanding of the dispositions of a BGS Learner.

In addition, the class reflection video produced each week gave parents an insight into the program and helped students reflect on their experiences.

Infrastructure development continued with the construction of emergency shelters and storage at three Bitenbar campsites, creating a safe and sustainable program in a range of environmental conditions.

Upgrades were completed on all height activities, picnic areas and a new fireplace at Pepperina Hill.

We have adopted an Indigenous fire management strategy for Bitenbar. Cultural burning is underway to manage this unique ecosystem and care for the three protected species on the site.

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property now protected for native wildlife. These practices align with the management strategy for the property, creating opportunities for the BGS community to connect to country.

The Moogerah Committee’s two working bees developed a new activity site at Bitenbar, and upgraded the Pepperina Hill site.

The committee also did a paddle and bushwalk at Moogerah. Recent school leavers joined the committee and reminisced while hiking up Mt Edwards and paddling across Lake Moogerah.

In May, the P&F visit was a

Moogerah is a place where you grow, learn, mature and bond with your mates.

- Sam Forbes

great success; the oversubscribed event gave parents the chance to tour the Pepperina Hill site, learn about the OE program and enjoy the renowned Moogerah tea and scones. The OE department also hosted a state conference for Facilitators of Outdoor Learning at Bitenbar, an excellent professional learning avenue for both BGS staff and the outdoor education sector in Queensland.

The Year 10 program is the peak Outdoor Education experience for BGS students. At the end of their journey the students are given the opportunity to reflect on what their time at Moogerah has meant to them. Year 10 student Sam Forbes reflected on not only his own growth, but how his peers have developed and changed over time as well: “Moogerah is a special place to all Grammar men. It is a place where you grow, learn, mature and bond with your mates. It is a week that everyone looks forward to throughout the entire year. The experience is hard, but it is so worth it in the end because you not only get to look back on yourself throughout the years, but you also watch your peers grow with you.”

Mr Derek Jervis Director of Outdoor Education

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Harlin and Griffith House Back Row (L to R): Kruz Rimene, Harris McGaw, David Liu, Mac Williams, Alex Kiers, Cameron Morris, Sam Stallmann, Jackson Barling, Sieg Mackellar, Peyten Redburn, John Kwon, Michael Dingo, Xavier Collins.

Fourth Row (L to R): Will Johnston, Harro Schulz, Oscar Harris, Bennett Chen, Haresh Ramanan, Rocco Zikarsky, Will Henderson, Titan Vaikai, Chad Leves, Ned Madden, Shannon Simpson, Tony Meng.

Third Row (L to R): Hugo Elix, Kyle Liang, Ryan Xu, Jason Tan, Hoby Kulla Kulla, Finnian Beck-Veldman, Angus Lo, Sam Siganto, Henry Slatter, Austin Fan, Thomas Chan, Tingiran Amet, Caspian Tuckwell.

Second Row (L to R): Haoran Zhang, Dominic Fan, Jeremy Omowaire, Gideon Gware, Marcus Lynch, Tom Siganto, Ben Nguyen, Will Motley, Henry Tuma, John-Matthew Vellacott, Ocean Shih, Chanula Wanasinghe, Bren Bird, Joshua Poh. Front Row (L to R): Bharathi Kumar, Rupert Drew, Charlie Liang, Jed Siganto, Nathan Xu, Mrs Debbie Power, Mr Graham Power, Aly Sultan, Mr Berian Williams-Jones, Campbell Watchirs, Mr Nick Byron, Henry Liu, Borui Robertson-Zeng, Jeremy Boo, Darcy Lewis.

Boarding For a second year I find myself unable to begin my annual report without mentioning COVID, and the impact the pandemic had on our residential community. The past 12 months have presented challenges, particularly during the fortnight when 12 boys and the residential staff quarantined in 89 Gregory Terrace. Yet, despite such moments, our young men have shown commendable resilience and growth. Perhaps when they regather for their 50-year reunion in 2071, they will share memories of masks and hand sanitizer, and tales of what they did ‘in those days’.

Last year we celebrated the opening of Griffith House, and in

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2021 our focus has shifted to our senior boarders. Harlin House was closed at the end of Term 1 and our temporary home has been 89 Gregory Terrace, the former QCWA motel. The boys embraced their en suite accommodation and motel lifestyle with enthusiasm. That said, the boys and staff are keen to return to Boarding’s spiritual home. We are all very much looking forward to Term 1 of next year when the first boarders enter the new facility.

The year has also seen progress to a data-enabled program of wellbeing and pastoral care. The goal setting and review process is now routine, complemented by our pulse-check each term, and

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we are better informed of our boarders’ aspirations and progress.

We recently introduced Skodel, a custom-built check-in system.

We look forward to using these resources further next year as we develop the House Family as a tutorial group for the boys.

This year we farewelled two significant figures within our boarding community. Mrs Angela Dunn retired following two years as Housemother and a far longer association with the boarding community. Her commitment to the young men in her care was remarkable and we will miss her insightful assessment of boys on their journey, and her wonderfully

effective interactions. We wish Angela and Bob well for their retirement in Ferny Grove.

We also farewelled at the end of the year Mr Nick Byron who will be the Director of Boarding at Toowoomba Grammar School.

We wish him well for the role and the opportunity to lead a boarding community. We thank him for his wonderful dedication and commitment to boarders in his role as Head of Residence (Harlin House), and for his various initiatives and inspiring work within our Indigenous program. We wish him, Freya, Elizabeth and Bridgette well for their next chapter on the Darling Downs.

Aly Sultan and Campbell Watchirs have been outstanding as the Captain and Vice Captain of Harlin House and BGS Boarding respectively. In a time of considerable turmoil and change, they have provided a lead and a zest to the community. We equally thank the Boarding Prefects, the House Seniors, and the other Year 12s for their leadership actions and for being excellent role models for the younger boys. They have laid strong foundations on which 2022 Captain and Vice Captain Sam Siganto and Finnian Beck-Veldman can further progress our community as we return to the main campus.

Finally, we thank those who contribute to and support the boarding program. Our Boarding Tutors, all of whom are teachers, have provided wonderful leadership

of the house families. The residential team have certainly gone the extra mile in caring for our boarders in the most complex circumstances. We thank the Health Centre, Catering, Laundry, Cleaning and Maintenance departments for their committed service to boarders and staff alike.

The outlook for 2022 appears more positive with regards to restrictions and border crossings.

I trust and hope this becomes a reality, as several boarders have not seen their parents or wider family for two years or more, and that is an unenviable situation.

Boarding is a partnership between home and school, and for the past 24 months that partnership has been even more important due to the challenges of interstate and international travel.

Mr Berian Williams-Jones Director of Boarding As a community, we can look back at this year with pride for all that we have achieved, for all that we have overcome. Indeed, there have many challenges: quarantine, missed matches, delayed family reunions for our international borders. Yet, we have not let these challenges define us, rather refine us. Sharing in the struggle, we have pushed through this difficult year, finding meaning and purpose in ‘life’s struggle’.

Such exceptional resilience and perseverance displayed by both staff and students alike has been nothing short of inspirational.

The Boarding Community outlined the aims and goals for 2021 and beyond: connect, challenge and contribute. The ‘three C’s’ as they have come to be known, have provided a clear reminder of what is needed in order to thrive in our community. It is only through connecting with others that we truly find ourselves. It is only through challenging ourselves that we are able to grow and develop. It is only by contributing to our community that we are allowed to lead a constructive life.

We, the students of Harlin and Griffith House, come from all over the globe; our families, our language, our abilities and our upbringing are vastly different. In reflecting back, it is the individual yet communal nature of the House that ensured many of our seamless transitions. An understanding that although we come from different creeds, we all wear the same crest.

Our strength lies in a harmonious diversity — different musical notes that combine to produce a whole symphony: we have separate backgrounds but also a shared identity; different talents but a common appreciation; many passions but unifying goals.

As my time in Harlin House draws to an end, I owe my endless gratitude to my brothers in blue.

Particularly, I would like to thank the boarding prefects: Tingiran, Sam, Michael, Cameron and Harris who have played an instrumental role in the functionality and life of the House.

Alongside Vice Captain Campbell, it has been an honour leading the boarding community in 2021, and we leave it with unforgettable memories and experiences. I wish Sam and Finn all the best for their leadership of the House in 2022, and for all the boys in the years to come.

Aly Sultan Captain of Boarding

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Harlin House Senior Leaders Back row (L to R): Sam Stallmann, Michael Dingo, Cameron Morris.

Front row (L to R): Tingiran Amet, Campbell Watchirs, Aly Sultan, Harris McGaw.

Harlin House Seniors Back Row (L to R): Ryan Xu, Kyle Liang, David Liu, Kruz Rimene, Xavier Collins, Alex Kiers, John Kwon, Haresh Ramanan, Michael Dingo, Peyten Redburn.

Front Row (L to R): Harris McGaw, Jackson Barling, Campbell Watchirs, Aly Sultan, Tigiran Amet, Cameron Morris, Sam Stallmann.

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Senior Library BGS Libraries are central to the School, working closely with subject departments to support the curriculum; promote books and reading; and provide resources and social spaces for collaborative learning.

This year our Library staff updated over 40 Assignment Help research guides — the starting points for finding credible, quality, academic resources related to assignment topics. These guides provide research tips and referencing help and have been accessed nearly 12,500 times this year. Library staff also provide inclass research support to coincide with assignments and are available in the Library at any time.

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memory and vocabulary; it also fosters empathy, personal growth and enjoyment. To make our Senior Library Fiction collection more appealing, 2021 began with a makeover. Books are now grouped by their genre — such as Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery or Biography — instead of alphabetically. As a result we have seen a 40% increase in borrowing.

Throughout the year, our BGS Libraries celebrated several calendar events and hosted activities to promote reading, fun and creativity.

On 14 February, the Senior Library celebrated Library Lovers’ Day, highlighting the role of libraries in our lives. Senior students and staff also felt the love when they found tables outside The Lilley Centre loaded with free books. These were eagerly snapped up by our avid BGS readers, with the remainder going to a community library for

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migrants improving their English.

Our annual Photography Competition took place in March with the theme ‘Generations’. High standard entries were judged by former BGS Head of Art and keen photographer Mr Stewart Service.

Congratulations to winners: • Elliot Morris (Year 5) Mothers and Daughters • Nate Stathis (Year 9) Turning Back Time • Chris Walker (staff) Talking with Granddad.

We celebrated May the Fourth with a visit from Han Solo and Chewbacca and boys were encouraged to borrow a Star Wars book or graphic novel and pose for a photo with them. In June we promoted AudioBook Appreciation Month with displays and engaging Instagram content to highlight titles available on our ePlatform and OverDrive apps. We also hosted thousands of prospective students and families on Open Day, featuring fun and creative activities for young visitors. The Lego Boost demonstration from Years 5 and 6 boys proved popular, and the DIY badge-making station was in high demand all afternoon.

In August it was “double, double, toil and trouble” as the Year 10 and 12 students began their studies of Shakespeare and our mannequin made a handsome appearance as King Lear. August also saw compulsory COVID quarantine for the BGS community and a lockdown for Brisbane; however, our BGS Libraries seamlessly supported students and online learning with an extensive range of ebooks, audiobooks, databases and e-resources. On our return, our graphic novel display became a fun competition to test the boys’ knowledge of superheroes and manga. Images had been taken from various graphic novels and the challenge was to work out which

books these characters were from.

Congratulations to our winners, Andrew Bond and James Hill; and our runners up, Spencer Tomlin and James Topping.

September saw us asking the question RUOK? with a focus on

our wellbeing book collection and a reminder to look out for one another every day. Our aim is to help boys to flourish, feel understood, more open to reaching out for help, and equipped with the inner knowledge, skills and confidence to live their best lives.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge our 2021 School Captains who demonstrate that Readers are Leaders, and are immortalised in canvas on our School Captains’ Wall of Fame.

We wish the class of 2021 all the best for the future, not only in their academic and research pursuits, but also for a lifetime of reading enjoyment.

Mrs Cathy Oxley Director of Information Services

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Centenary Library At the top of the Centenary Building you will find a very busy and exciting space full of Years 7 and 8 students. This space is home not only to our beloved Grumpy Cat but also the Centenary Library. Next year the library will be downsizing to a cosier space for its students and teachers to enjoy. To send off the two-classroom Centenary Library in style, library staff endeavoured to make 2021 one to remember, full of reading, research and fun.

In Term 1 we celebrated Library Lovers’ Day and visitors were treated to a giant book giveaway.

On Tell A Fairy Tale Day, students read fairy tale-based novels and had the opportunity to write their very own ‘fill in the blank’ fairy tale. Tolkien Reading Day saw the celebration of all things JRR Tolkien, with audio books to listen to and

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a very rare collection of Tolkien’s books to read and enjoy.

The annual Star Wars Week was celebrated in Term 2 with staff and students taking part in a variety of May the Fourth themed activities: group quizzes, Star Wars themed Family Feud, a Myth Busters Jedi episode to watch and the always

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popular droid races. In the final week of term, Centenary Library was the location of the fantasy based creative writing signature program The Land of Remorse.

Special guest author Jan Andrew Henderson visited to assist students with their group story writing activity, culminating in a fantastic

student-led presentation at Celebration of the Arts.

This year was a particularly eventful, with the library hosting not one but two authors. Tristan Bancks visited for The Writer-in-Residence program in July to share his writing experiences and advice with students from Years 5 to 7. Boys worked with Tristan to create their own short story.

The Middle School libraries together embarked on their very

first Bookopoly reading challenge in Term 3 with form classes competing against each other to gain points for their reading while moving around a specially designed Bookopoly board. Each week every form class would roll a dice to discover what space on the board they would land on and what their task would be. Activities included reading a book by an author who had won an award, reading something published before you were born and even

reading with a family member or pet. Competition was fierce with the winning classes receiving a movie party complete with snacks in the final weeks of the term.

In Term 4 we held a fun and engaging Horror Week. Activities included listening to a scary podcast, a special guest reader visiting to tell a scary story and of course the ever-popular Kahoot.

With 2021 drawing to a close we look ahead to 2022. While the library may look a little different next year there is much to look forward to. Fun activities, class visits and many ways to celebrate reading and research will be explored, and we can’t wait to share them with you. The library staff and Grumpy Cat wish you a safe and happy summer break and we look forward to seeing you in the new year. In the meantime, as always, don’t forget to read!

Miss Dani Smith Teacher Librarian

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Middle School Library Boys have found comfort and excitement in fiction this year. Any chance to escape the uncertainty of the time and relax in the comfort of the Library was well received.

Games and other activities were popular when COVID protocols allowed.

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Library lessons were conducted face-to-face and online with weekly English lessons throughout the year to encourage boys to develop their love of reading as well as their literacy skills. These lessons showcased new and interesting fiction and non-fiction titles and allowed boys time to read and share insights about their books.

In Geography, History and Science lessons boys learnt information literacy skills, including using databases and print resources, learning to define tasks and evaluating sources.

A Year 5/6 Book Club started in Term 1 and a small, enthusiastic group of boys came along to share their thoughts on books they had read. Chocolates and biscuits made the sessions even more enjoyable!

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In addition, the Library offered STEM activities: building and coding Lego Boost robots and a solar car challenge. This was a team challenge to create a car, improve its design and then race it.

Book Fair was another standout event with boys and teachers eagerly looking through merchandise supplied by Dymocks Brisbane for books they would enjoy reading.

Book Week was combined with Horror Week this year and gave boys the chance to hear stories to curl their toes and enjoy the wonderful interactive display. Star Wars week was also great fun with boys competing in drone races and a Kahoot!

A major event was the Middle School Reading Challenge,

Bookopoly, modelled on the Monopoly boardgame. Each week the dice was rolled and a new challenge allocated — such as reading a book recommended by a friend, or a book that contained a journey. Submitting reviews earned points, and Tutor Groups worked together to read and review as many books as possible. The challenge promoted wider reading and many lively book discussions between boys and teachers, and encouraged reading for pleasure.

The results were impressive with many boys reading books outside their usual sphere.

Library monitors continued to provide support by loaning and returning books, running errands and helping with book processing.

Their assistance is greatly appreciated.

Ms Vicki Palmer Teacher Librarian

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Special Assemblies

Activities Astronomy Club

Enterprise Groups

Athene Club

Future Problem Solving

Student Reconciliation Committee

Greening Grammar

Chess

International Physics Olympiad

Lego Robots

ISCF

Solar Car Challenge

Latin Club

The Shed

Public Purpose

Robotics

Titration

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Astronomy Club The Astronomy Club ran fortnightly meetings this year and covered a wide range of Astronomy, Cosmology and Astrophysics topics. While there have been some disruptions, we were able have two Night Viewings at the school.

The Semester 1 BGS Night Viewing featured four telescopes of various strengths and weaknesses.

The School’s new Star Sense iPhone compatible telescope, shown below, is a very convenient setup and allowed us to search for stars using the iPhone interface.

Luke Schwartz (Year 12) was kind enough to show the younger boys his own telescope and his willingness to share, especially with Middle School students, was very much appreciated.

Nicholas Bade (Year 7) was also able to bring his telescope along to augment our viewing experience and show another type of telescope configuration to the other boys.

The setup gave us a great look at many stars and even the bright and dazzling colour of Mars. It was much appreciated that he shared the use of his telescope with the group.

The Semester 2 Night Viewing was too cloudy for observation through the telescopes. While our equipment was ready and aimed at Jupiter and Saturn as they sat very high in the sky, the two titans of the Solar System were only briefly visible through the dense clouds in short bursts. Our planned viewing of the Moon with various coloured moon filters was sadly impossible.

However, we did spot Venus, shining brightly above one of the large cranes that is part of the STEAM building construction.

Throughout both events all the boys showed great maturity and enthusiasm. They have provided much energy for our club and continue to enrich each other’s

learning and interest. With any luck, a Moogerah trip will return in 2022 and, weather permitting, there are plans to get more good images of Jupiter’s moons, Saturn’s rings, and the intricate details of the Moon.

Mr Scott Jones Astronomy Club Coordinator

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Back Row (L to R): Harry Dickson, Angus Bisset, Tom McCarthy-James, Angus Duncan, Robbie Gilbert.

Middle Row (L to R): Mr Greg Howes, William Staib, Harry Anstey-Walsh, Matthew Love, Alexander Cain, Michael Murray.

Front Row (L to R): Andrew Bond, Thomas Kwan, Leo van Brunschot, Jaguar Ngo, Roger Look, Aly Sultan, Prankul Bansal.

Athene Club To call the Athene Club merely a discussion group is to do an injustice to the haven of intellectual thought that characterises its essence as a club.

Athene Club is an opportunity for students from BGS and BGGS to debate, discuss and dispute the range of philosophical, social or political issues presented in papers delivered by different members at each meeting. In tribute to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, each paper yields fresh ideas, insights and occasionally disagreement about some of the most thoughtprovoking topics of our times.

In yet another disruptive year, the virtual confines of Microsoft Teams were not enough to contain the enthusiasm and intensity of the 2021 Athenians. Online, we shared enthralling conversations ranging from Sam Bizzell, Aly Sultan and

Tom McCarthy-James’s shared paper on whether religion is good for the functioning of society to Harry Anstey-Walsh’s insight into a postgender world. Another highlight was the discussion arising from William Staib and Tom Stunden’s paper on transgender athletes.

Fortunately, some meetings were still able to be held in person. Discussions about nuclear disarmament (Angus Duncan), toxic masculinity (Leo van Brunschot) or my paper on the pursuit of happiness revived some sense of normality as we shared philosophical understandings over Oreos and Tiny Teddies.

Recognition should go to our BGGS counterparts, who also presented a range of engaging papers on such topics as meritocracy, Australia Day, and destiny.

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It has been an honour to be part of this club for the past two years. Even though we all have our own life experiences, views and perspectives, the magic of Athene Club is that members can still depart each meeting holding the deepest sense of respect for one another.

Thank you to our coordinators, Mr Howes and Miss Parry, and BGGS President Phoebe Sampson for making this all possible amid the ongoing challenges of lockdowns, exams and social distancing.

In a time where geopolitical issues are creeping more and more into the lives of adolescents, I’m excited for the possibilities awaiting future Athenians.

Jaguar Ngo Athene Club President

Student Reconciliation Committee The School took the next step in its reconciliation journey this year with the development of the Innovate – Reconciliation plan and renamed the Closing the Gap Committee.

Students agreed that the committee would be known as the Student Reconciliation Committee to reflect the desire to address contemporary issues in society.

2021 was a year of redefinition and refocus for the Reconciliation Committee. At the first meeting, the 32 members affirmed the committee would: be student led; give members the opportunity to increase their knowledge of challenges faced by Indigenous Australians; facilitate key Indigenous events at BGS; and raise awareness of Indigenous issues among the BGS community.

BGS Indigenous students joined with committee members to welcome Dr Derek Chong,

Queensland’s first Indigenous psychiatrist, who spoke at the Closing the Gap assembly. Students learned about the challenges faced

by Indigenous people in Brisbane from a man who works with the community daily.

Senior committee members attended a breakfast discussion at BGSS with Sarah Boyne from The Healing Foundation, which supports Stolen Generation survivors and their families. From this discussion, the boys learned more about some of the difficulties faced by our Indigenous communities.

In June, committee members Kevin Wang and Roshan Shami spoke to assembly on the anniversary of Sorry Day and Reconciliation week. Speaking to the historical significance of the day, they highlighted that our Spring Hill campus stands on land that was a place of education and learning

for generations. They spoke of the need “… to acknowledge the past injustices, and the ongoing inequalities in our society, so we can commit to strengthening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples”.

In August, School Captain Tom Stunden, Charlie Williamson and committee member Sean Forrest, spoke about the Indigenous Immersion at Cape York. Meeting and working with traditional landowners and elders on country was a life-changing experience they shared eloquently with their peers.

Reconciliation is now the committee’s focus. We look forward to future committees building on this foundation.

Ms Philippa Douglas and Mr Michael Moloney Facilitators

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Chess Club The Chess Club, for boys in Years 5 and 6, continued to provide a pathway for our youngest students to learn and develop as chess players in 2021. Throughout the year, the club has been a hive of activity as the boys engaged in lessons, social games and formal tournaments.

The Queensland Interschool

Chess competition provided the boys with the first opportunity to take on the challenge of a formal tournament. In Round 1, Edward Thai, Connor Kua, Lucas Han and Thomas Scott achieved third place in Division A; Oscar Kim, Justin Chow, Inness Shannon and Devam Shah achieved third place in Division B; and Max Wang, Malakai Wong, Isaac Chuang and Sky Choy achieved first place in Division C. In Round 2, Edward Thai, Connor Kua, Lucas Han and Ferrell Dong achieved second place in Division A; Aaron Cheng, Malakai Wong, Oscar Kim and Justin Chow achieved second place in Division B; and Richie Butler, Bryan Sun, Devam Shah and Ian Ha achieved third place in the same division. Unfortunately, the lockdown prevented the 2021 tournament

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from continuing further.

This year, several students also gained selection in GPS Chess teams. Congratulations to Lucas Han, Connor Kua, Grant Morris, Edward Thai and Malakai Wong in Year 5; and Anoop Balasuiriya and Ethan Chen in Year 6, who all performed strongly against their older rivals.

The efforts of our coaches, Mr Patrick Byrom and Mr Charles Guo, were most appreciated again this year. I extend my sincere thanks to everyone within the Chess community for their continued commitment and valued contributions that have ensured another successful year.

Mr Paul Kenny Chess Director (Years 5 and 6)

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Make: Clubs

Lego Robots Creating and coding were the foci of this STEM activity. Groups of boys in Years 5 and 6 chose a robot to build and then spent many lunchtimes following the instructions to build their robots.

Collaboration and persistence were key, with groups proceeding at their own pace. Once the Lego blocks were all in place, the boys used block coding to make their robot walk, talk, shoot or just move around. A highlight was that the boys were able to showcase their work on Open Day to many interested visitors in The Lilley Centre.

Ms Vicki Palmer Teacher Librarian

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Solar Car Challenge In Term 4, a small group of budding engineers in Years 5 and 6 have been flexing their STEAM muscles by building solar cars. Using kits and video instructions, the boys turned a collection of wires, batteries, wheels and more into solar cars.

The activity allowed boys to create, problem-solve, collaborate, but most importantly, have fun.

Races were held, with the winning

team of Luka Rodins and Morris Grant narrowly defeating runnersup Ed Driessen and Samuel Kelley.

Thank you to Mr Simon Canfield who provided technical support and acted as the race starter. Congratulations to all who participated.

Ms Vicki Palmer Teacher Librarian

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The Shed In Semester 2, The Shed offered several unique opportunities for Middle School students to get involved in new hands-on building projects. This activity is offered to any boy in Years 5 to 8, and had many regular attendees in 2021.

During Term 3, we made a wooden serving tray that involved using jigsaws, drill presses, planes, and other hand and power tools to shape unique handles into the ends.

All students seemed to love the experience of using different tools and machines that allowed them to create real usable products. There was a bit of distraction with the Term 3 COVID quarantine period, however all students reported that they enjoyed the project.

Term 4 was our final project

of the year. Given the shorter timeframes that we had to work with, we decided to design and build balsa gliders. Templates were provided to ensure every chance of success with our flights. At the time of writing, we are still in construction phase, so were unable to report on the most successful glider. Fingers crossed the longest flight goes to the student whose plane had the most attention to detail when shaping the wings!

The Shed will be back once again in 2022, so if this is something you may be interested in, please register your interest early next year.

Mr Michael Powell The Shed Coordinator

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Robotics Years 5 and 6 We kicked off the year again with the opportunity for Years 5 and 6 students to engage with Robotics while having fun.

The ‘Sumo’ challenge is always a great way to get students engaged in coding to try to outsmart their opponent. This challenge is based on a sumo ring — a black circle (1200mm diameter) with a white edged border (40mm wide) and two opponents, with the objective of finding the other robot and pushing it off the ring. You can imagine the strategies that ensue: holding back, charging, all-out full power, etc. All devices must remain autonomously controlled; this restraint gets the boys thinking creatively and deeply.

This year we continued to challenge members and source new and interesting activities. We have decided to take on the 2022 FIRST Lego League (FLL) challenge and

have started training.

The FFL is an international interschool competition where we compete at regional tournaments and receive feedback on our robots, code and inventions. The final test is on a Robot Game table, where we race against the clock for a personal best challenge score. The challenge changes and evolves each year. We look forward to engaging in the competition next year.

Mr Jamie Foulger Robotics Coach Years 7 to 12 Building on a very successful 2020, this year has been bigger and better. We registered additional teams for each competition, as we had over 50 boys in our competitive Robotics activities. Brisbane Girls Grammar School Robotics invited us to join them at their Bread House building for 2021 and 2022. Our new

location means we have a dedicated Robotics space where teams can safely leave their robot and have their tools at the ready. We work collaboratively on challenges, have friendly competitions and share resources.

Due to international COVID disruptions in 2020, the FIRST Robotics Competition was modified for teams to improve on their robot from last year. The January build season produced an outstanding robot. Working with students from three other schools, we developed an impressive robot that could launch a volleyball 30 meters, travel 25km per hour and weighs close to 100kg. While we couldn’t compete against other teams at the traditional National competition face-to-face, we were able to compete against teams from around the world, being placed in mixed groups of up to 40 teams. We recorded some excellent scores and

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placed in the top quarter of each of our playing groups.

Early in the year, our teams competed in the off-season competition, RoboRAVE Australia.

Held at the University of the Sunshine Coast, this was the biggest competition many of our boys had seen. Three of our Robotics teams competed alongside 750 competitors in events including robot sumo, alpine climbing, maze and line following. Our teams also competed in the ‘blue ribbon’ event Megabot Madball. Teams used preprogrammed robots to navigate a series of known obstacles, collecting and distributing field elements autonomously. Our most successful team, BGS One, placed second overall after a day of reliable matches. Our other two teams placed fourth and fifth, battling all day to improve their coding.

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popular at Open Day, where many prospective students enjoyed watching and driving around our playing field. The Robotics club’s very interactive and popular display showed what we do in Robotics and allowed visitors to drive and interact with our robots. Our student volunteers were excellent ambassadors for the School and Robotics.

The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Scrimmage competition is a friendly practice match. BGS hosted the FTC Scrimmage in The Lilley Centre, where we invited Brisbane schools to compete in friendly matches on our playing field. This event was in preparation for the upcoming FIRST Tech Challenge State of Origin event. Our senior team, Team Top Shelf, placed 15th at nationals last year and finished on top at the scrimmage with a total score of 144.

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participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge State of Origin match.

The morning determined which Queensland teams would face off against the NSW teams. In the afternoon we had a live linkup with the NSW teams. We played six qualification matches which developed a rank order for the 10 teams present. Our junior team #16337 finished in second place

after qualification matches, well ahead of our senior team. The BGS and BGGS teams were alliance captains leading into the finals, giving them the opportunity to select their alliance partners for the finals.

Unfortunately, Queensland was not successful in defeating our southern rivals; NSW took the overall victory. We will be back next year to avenge Queensland’s loss!

The next FIRST Tech Challenge competition is called Freight Frenzy and is inspired by robots that work in warehouses and with freight.

With only a month until the state competition, it was decided that this event would be moved to early in Term 1 2022. Due to COVID restrictions, all other states and the national finals were moved to Term 1 2022. While taking the wind out of the teams somewhat, this does afford us more time to perfect robots and improve efficiency. Our

teams have continued developing skills in programming, 3D modelling and use of the laser cutter and 3D printer to enhance our robot builds.

We welcome three new mentors to Robotics this year. Ms Kim Child is an enthusiastic STEM proponent and has been learning the ropes of Robotics. Two university students have also joined BGS Robotics to help guide our boys.

Old Boy Matthew Rowland ’18 is studying engineering at QUT and is a Mechatronics tutor. UQ student Lachlan Ellis is studying computer science and coaching robotics. Having additional adult leaders enables our teams to seek assistance from experienced individuals more readily.

We look forward to more learning opportunities in 2022.

Mr Simon Canfield Robotics Coordinator

Mechatronics This year has been a challenging adaption for mechatronics. With the lack of a building space, we had to develop portable labs that members can take home to continue work. Many students have taken advantage of these kits and have produced some wonderful results.

It has been so successful that this resource will be made available in future years.

The Printed Circuit Board (PBC) course ran for the second time this year with nearly complete attendance. Some members have developed their own PCB so sufficiently that they have been sent for fabrication.

I would like to thank all members for their hard work and dedication.

We have enjoyed ourselves with this year’s activities.

Mr Stephen Mitchell Mechatronics Coach

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Duke of Edinburgh Award The Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) Award is an internationally recognised Award that encourages participants to explore their individual interests. It has been a long standing part of the Cocurricular and Outdoor Education programs at BGS, having supported hundreds of young men through the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards.

2021 saw high participation levels and a healthy number of awardees. Notably, Year 12 students Joshua Wong, Cade Barrientos and William Ruddell completed their Gold awards. Like many BGS boys, William and Josh commenced their DoE journey at a younger age with their Bronze award. Cade was a direct entrant at the Silver level. Attaining the award while at school is a testament to the boys’ persistence and determination, and should inspire others to reach their goals.

Pepperina Hill, the heart of BGS

Outdoor Education, is often where the passion for boys’ DoE pursuits begin and a fitting place to mark their achievments. This year, BGS will establish a Duke of Edinburgh International Gold Award Honour Board in the Pepperina Hill dining hall. Our three 2021 Gold awardees will be added to the honour board, following the names of boys dating back to the 1970s.

Regular lunchtime meetings were held this year, and it was fantastic to see more students come and ask questions about completing the award.

For many students, a highlight of the award is completing an adventurous journey. Participants use their Outdoor Education experience as their practice journey before embarking on one of the varied qualifying journeys offered

by BGS. This year, journeys included kayaking the Noosa Everglades and Lake Cootharaba, hiking along

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the Scenic Rim and sea kayaking Moreton Bay. To finish the year, Outdoor Education staff organised an action packed ‘Expedition Week’, with hiking and paddling during the first week of holidays. We are extremely grateful for our supervisors who volunteer their time and expertise.

Thank you to Mr Derek Jervis, Mr Jon Hodges and Mr Mat Fairley.

A host of people help the boys to complete the service, skill and physical recreation components required for the awards, including staff in the Tuckshop, Grammar Shop, BSG Library, and teachers and Cocurricular coaches. We recognise and thank them for their continued support in helping boys explore their interests and achieve their goals.

Miss Kimberley Kovacevic and Mr Casey Walker Award Coordinators

Duke of Edinburgh Participants Back Row (L to R): Aden Whyte, Jonathan Parry, Uzair Saood, Sebastien Roy-Bryant, Beckett Weiss, Hishaam Saood, Jonathan Minchinton, Felix Cavalerie, Jerome Chinnappa Siddham.

Third Row (L to R): David Sun, Jack Fewster, Dylan Park, Tom Clarke, Tom Gehrmann, William Ruddell, Jasper Lindgren, Cade Barrientos, Caleb Sultana, Arthur Hames.

Second Row (L to R): Miss Kimberley Kovacevic, Joshua Stamatellos, Sam Elliott, Isaac Bassingthwaighte, David Beetham, Dylan Yin, William Jordan, Theo Chan, Tom Chan, Jack Guyatt, Isaac Taylor.

Front Row (L to R): Chris Yesberg, Jovan Yen, Miles Mizutani, Thomas Ruddell, Sebastian Bae, James Fearon, Alexander Graves, Jaden Fang, Thomas Chen, Lachlan Leow, Joshua Wong.

Duke of Edinburgh Awardees

Bridge Award

Back Row (L to R): Hishaam Saood, Ned Boorer, Sebastien Roy-Bryant, Beckett Weiss, Tom Jackson, Uzair Saood, Jerome Chinnappa Siddham.

Third Row (L to R): Dylan Park, Jaden Fang, Lachlan Clayton, William Ruddell, Tom Gehrmann, Cade Barrientos, Sam Elliott, Jasper Lindgren.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Casey Walker, Theo Chan, Jack Guyatt, Rahul Kumar, Jack Fewster, Alex Thakur, Isaac Bassingthwaighte, Tom Chan, Miss Kimberley Kovacevic.

Front Row (L to R): Chris Yesberg, Jovan Yen, Arthur Hames, Alexander Graves, Thomas Chen, Dylan Yin, Thomas Ruddell, Joshua Wong.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Casey Walker, Bennett Huf, Johnny James, James Yantsch.

Front Row (L to R): Chase Pao, Charlie Fuller, James Bingham, Samuel Harasty.

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Student Entrepreneur Group Back Row (L to R): Aftab Shanavas, William O’Quinn, David Wang, Andrew Beckingsale, Atticus Jackson, Ned Boorer, Theo Dickey, Angus Newman, Robbie Gilbert, Jasper Lindgren, Nathan Barrios, Alexander Graves, Will O’Sullivan.

First Row (L to R): Milena Saina, Elise Truong, Scarlett McLellan, Sarah Beckingsale, Alyse Stewart, Lucy Fraser, Kate Ireland, Tia Fitzpatrick, Sarah Small, Schuyler Mills, Madeleine Shaw, Katie Ward.

Absent: Taj Lyndon.

Enterprise Groups The Enterprise Program provides students with opportunities to extend their learning in Economics to real life. In 2021, our programs continued to be impacted by restrictions and lockdowns and we were unable to run the Coffee program in Term 3. However, it was pleasing to see the Semester 2 crew brewing coffees in Term 4. It was also exciting to start a third activity with BGGS this year. Historically we have joined BGGS for the Ecoman Program and Student Entrepreneur Group. This year, BGGS also joined us in competing in the Australian Business Week competition for Year 11. We continue to record strong interest in our programs.

Ms Kate Stevenson Head of Economics

The Student Entrepreneur Group met over a weekend in November for a fast-paced and exciting design sprint. The weekend covered the different stages of entrepreneurship, from idea conception, to evolution and presenting a marketable pitch.

This year, projects were centred around the environment, specifically Queensland National Parks.

Participants were tasked with creating an idea to solve major issues the parks face. To complete this, we worked with accomplished professionals and were mentored by real-world entrepreneurs, learning how the world’s biggest innovations were developed.

From a 15-minute idea avalanche to an intense discussion on our product’s final form, all the groups felt thoroughly accomplished and

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proud of their efforts. The project ended with a Pitch Showcase, with each group presenting their idea to a judging panel and parents watching at home. Teams explained how they solved the problem for their target market and how their business model would work to appeal to investors, simulating a real-world exchange. In essence, the weekend was fun, informative, and most of all, a great way for all of us to be introduced to the world of entrepreneurship.

Robbie Gilbert Year 11 Student Entrepreneur Group 2021 has been an interesting year. With boys pushing through lockdowns and mask restrictions,

it can be nice to start the day with a hot cup of coffee. That is why I was overjoyed when I had the pleasure of working beside 20 boys to provide the BGS community with drinks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings during Semester 1.

Through rain and shine, we brought out the coffee machines and the milkshake mixers and went to work. We enjoyed learning how to operate the machines, and before long, boys were incorporating latte art onto their warm drinks. The program was a great experience for everybody involved. Boys received barista training, while the leadership (including myself) received experience in operating a business.

Overall, it was a very useful experience for students (and we hope for everybody who ordered a beverage from us). We were able to donate our profits to charity.

Mitchell de Groot-Esler Year 11 Coffee (Semester 1) In 2021, Year 11 boys banded together to run the coffee enterprise, spanning two groups that operated the stall for one semester each. As the second group to take the coffee-laden helm, we took to the coffee machines like lions to the hunt with stars in our eyes like marshmallows in hot chocolate. We went through the barista training course and got our hands dirty, of course, but with such a strong and willing task force, we came in with a real tour de force serving drinks from the source with no need to outsource.

Unfortunately, our purported plans were cut short when COVID-19 went and thwarted us with restrictions that aborted our scheme and we resorted to boarding up in our forts, only reporting back in Term 4 when we got the OK to import ourselves on the needed transport and our coffees of all sorts could all finally

be bought.

The reward for our labours and caffeine endeavours as budding baristas were the customers, mentors and staff members who each had their tempers rendered better than embers in dry summer weather with our OctoberNovember java/joe splendours poured out straight from our dispensers. We got to roll down in the deep and labour on the surface with all the realities of customer service and the jobs that concerned us, with work experience that served us as much as our clients could come purchase.

Our crew could employ our skills and enjoy the success of real business with richness and finesse, delighting in the sheerness of joy that pounced on our faces. Even better was knowing that all of our profits, every single dollar that came in surplus, would be going towards the War Child organisation, helping children whose lives have been torn apart by war. I take great pride in knowing that our hard work has gone towards helping those in need and that we’ve benefitted such a noble cause.

It’s been fantastic leading the team, even with what little time we’ve all had together. None of this would’ve been possible without the efforts of Ms Stevenson, Ms Twyman, and Mrs Marshall, who managed to corral us all together under the stress of COVID. Thank you for the splendid support you have each extended and the mornings we’ve attended which I’m glad even happened before school went and ended. This coffee enterprise has been a wonderful experience and it’s been a pleasure doing business with you all.

Ben Zacharyga Year 11 Coffee (Semester 2) This year, Year 11 BGS and BGGS Economics students competed

against each other for the Australian Business Week Competition. Teams of four were tasked with taking over and transforming a hotel business with the goal of reaching the highest share price over eight quarters. Team members had to work together to manage all facets of business management including finance, sales and advertising while managing product quality and costs to maximise profit. By the end of the competition, everyone showed improved business acumen with most groups almost doubling their share prices. Congratulations to the winning BGGS Team 1. Well done to everyone who participated and showed their amazing business management skills.

Angus Newman Year 11 Australian Business Week

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At the Australian Institute of Company Directors Brisbane riverside office, BGS and BGGS students took part in an intensive three-day economics management program, dubbed Ecoman. We were challenged to salvage an ailing coffee machine manufacturer to see if it were possible for a business that was run into the ground to thrive again.

We used a Swiss-made computer simulation to forecast financial

accounting, cost management, sales and marketing, and human resource management solutions.

Regular decisions were made throughout the simulated four years.

Participants analysed and reflected on their company’s performance in line with their business plan, performances of other firms and the open market. A report was prepared for presentation to shareholders.

Program supervisors offered their economic and financial viewpoints for us to respond to queries in

our handling of the business.

This allowed us to gather a realworld understanding of how to run a business. Ecoman was an entertaining, amusing, and ultimately enjoyable program that complemented BGS Economics. The program broadened our knowledge of real-world issues.

Nathan Barrios Year 11 Ecoman

Enterprise Group – Coffee (Semester 1)

Enterprise Group – Coffee (Semester 2)

Back Row (L to R): Matthew Harrod, Alexander Larder, Angus Newman, Angus Duncan, William Ruddell, Matthew Pruyn, Ben Balthes.

Second Row (L to R): David Beetham, Aidan Carmody, Nathan Barrios, Zachary Castrisos, Dylan Stewart, Aryan Nouri, Mitchell de Groot-Esler.

Front Row (L to R): Timothy Marendy, Alex Payne, Lachlan Yu, Finnian Beck-Veldman, Hansana Wimaladharma, Thomas Chen, Leo Stavrianos.

Absent: Lewis Martin, James Swart.

Back Row (L to R): Tom Ricato, Hugh Mowbray, Ned Boorer, Edward Sommerville.

Second Row (L to R): Richard Tang, Sam Taylor, Anushan Thangavel, Felix Cavalerie, Alec Donald, Elliott Dudgeon.

Front Row (L to R): Sean Moyle, Andy Miller, Ben Zacharyga, Ollie Taylor, Alex Gu, Punula Jayalath, Zak Warburton.

Absent: Daniel Allison, Damon Cayas, Sean Han, Eammon Wood, Aryan Nouri.

Ecoman

Australian Business Week

Back Row (L to R): Damien Dinh, Nathan Barrios, George Butler, Angus Newman, Robbie Gilbert, Jed Green, Aryan Nouri.

Second Row (L to R): Danielle Bade, Tia Fitzpatrick, Anu Manoj, William O’Quinn, Oliver Bieber, Zak Warburton, Ashna Kanagarajah, Simran Mackrani.

Front Row (L to R): Gabrielle Scott, Emma-Rose Neil, Katie Ward, Afthab Shanavas, Sarah Small, Scarlett McLellan, Katherine Chuang.

Absent: Alexis Zacharyga (BGGS).

Back Row (L to R): Hugh Mowbray, Robbie Gilbert, Angus Newman, Tom Ricato.

Third Row (L to R): Thomas Chen, Aryan Nouri, Patrick Holmes, Jed Green, Zachary Castrisos, Ben Zacharyga, Kushaal Raniga, Finnian Beck-Veldman.

Second Row (L to R): Kate Rollason, Anna Tilley, Emma-Rose Neil, Simran Mackrani, Ashna Kanagarajah, Sophia Mckinnon, Tia Fitzpatrick, Sophie Parker, Gabrielle Scott.

Front Row (L to R): Alishma Pokharel, Katie Ward, Ridhma Perera, Sarah Small, Emma Armitage-Ho, Katherine Chuang, Rebecca Leong, Isharna Seneviratne.

Absent: Damon Cayas, Damien Dinh, Mitchell Wishart, Ziggy Gee, Tyra Souvlis (BGGS), Alexis Zacharyga (BGGS).

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Future Problem Solving Future Problem Solving (FPS)is an international academic competition in which students apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to hypothetical future situations.

The program explores current technological, geopolitical, and societal trends and projects them 20–30 years into the future, helping students develop solutions to challenges they may face as adults.

This year we teamed up with Brisbane Girls Grammar School for our weekly training sessions.

Topics of study included the practice problems of Youth in Competitive Sports and Wearable Technology. Our qualifying problem was Human Environmental Impact.

In preparation for this topic, we attended the State Resource Day, which has 200 guests and was hosted by BGGS. Experts in the fields of satellite imagery, natural resources and the environment spoke on a variety of topics.

In the School’s third year competing in FPS, we were fortunate to have a team qualify for the National Finals on the topic of personalised medicine.

Through research, discussion and working through the six-step problem solving process, teams developed a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with each issue, determined the underlying problem, and then developed a series of solutions and a plan of action. The culminating activity involved teams focusing for a two-hour booklet writing session where they had to complete the sixstep process for an unseen scenario on the prescribed topic. For the national finals, teams had to prepare a three-minute presentation of their action plan to the judges.

Congratulations to all boys for their commitment to learn the FPS process and for engaging in meaningful discussions that affect

the Earth now and into the future.

Particular congratulations to our National qualifying team of Dennis Zhou (Year 8), Dominic Forrest (Year 9), Lucas Bell (Year 9) and Neil Sarikwal (Year 9).

Mr Simon Canfield Future Problem Solving State Convenor and BGS coach

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Greening Grammar 2021 was successful for Greening Grammar thanks to the efforts of many students across all year levels.

We have continued to maintain and improve the School’s sustainability program. As the School reduces its use of paper, the two main areas for paper recycling were in the Art and Music Departments.

Boarding House food waste was used to feed the worms in our five worm farms. This messy job requires action twice a week. The worm tea is much appreciated by keen gardeners in the BGS community.

We also continued to collect and recycle batteries at BGS. The Ashgrove Bushcare Group on Sunday mornings was a good opportunity for students to get their hands dirty. They helped plant native shrubs along the creek and did an impressive amount of weeding one cold morning in June.

It was great to have the support of a big contingent of boarders.

We enthusiastically participated in the annual Clean Up Australia

event and four Year 8 students attend the Eco Marines Ambassador Day on Moreton Island. A group of Year 8s also tackled single use plastics in lunch boxes and raised awareness during a Middle School Assembly. Unfortunately, public health orders and distancing requirements hampered their efforts to get more hands-on during break times. The single use plastic problem is an issue that we will attempt to tackle again in 2022.

Another big effort was Containers for Change. Small groups of boys from all year levels volunteered on Thursday afternoons to sort through the content of the yellow recycling bins. It was messy, it was smelly, but it was also very rewarding! Keeping thousands of containers out of landfill while raising hundreds of dollars to support environmental initiatives made this a worthwhile endeavour. Hopefully, the student body will become increasingly more vigilant in using the yellow recycling bins in 2022; this will make ‘Sorting

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Thursdays’ more efficient and cleaner for our volunteers. A big thank you to those who helped sort containers.

A hike to Simpson Falls at Mt Coot-tha one Saturday morning in October gave students the chance to explore and spend a couple of hours in the forest.

Year 12 students Prankul Bansal, Sam Bizzell, Will Fenech, Vijay Hari Kannan, Simon Gong, Dan McHugh, Manish Naiker, Alex Sim, Tom Strooper, Marc Wang and Max Wagland have been wonderful supporters of the group and will be sorely missed. Hopefully, they will maintain their sustainability efforts in their everyday lives and think carefully about the impact of their choices and consumption. Or in Year 12 Aiden Catakovic’s words, “Greening Grammar is not about the badge, it is a lifestyle.”

Ms Beate Poida Greening Grammar Coordinator

Back Row (L to R): Christos Karanicolas, Anhadh Virk, Theo Dickey, Robbie Gilbert, Charlie Ridgeon, Elliott Dudgeon.

Second Row (L to R): David Beetham, Punula Jayalath, Rahul Kumar, Andrew Beckingsale, Michael Murray, Alexander Graves.

Front Row (L to R): Tyler Pearn, Marton Temesvari, Jacob Duncan, Ms Noël Chan, Lehan Ling, Milan Kankanwadi, Sathya Gururajan.

International Physics Olympiad The annual National Physics Olympiad Qualifying Exam is open to all students in Years 10 and 11. It is the first step in the selection of the Australian Team that will compete at the International Physics Olympiad.

Brisbane Grammar School has a long history in this event.

On a cold winter’s day in August, 21 BGS students joined 2000 peers around Australia for the two-hour exam, which included multiplechoice questions and extended problems focusing on kinematics, dynamics, energy, electricity, waves, optics and experimental setup. Due to COVID-19, the students were the first group to complete the exam online.

Certificates are awarded based on a student’s rank in the

competition. The top 10% receives a High Distinction certificate, the next 20% receives a Distinction certificate and the next 30% receives a Credit certificate. The depth of ability within the group is evident, with four High Distinction, eight Distinction and five Credit certificates.

Pleasingly, Year 11 students Oscar Meutermans and Elijah Wong have been offered a place in the Australian Physics Olympiad Summer School in January 2021.

This places them among the top 30 students in the country and is the next step in the selection process for the 2021 Australian representative team. They have both accepted the offer and will take part in the intensive program,

covering the equivalent of firstyear university studies in Physics.

It is a great head start to further studies and careers in science. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish them all the best. Previous students who have been on this same journey in recent years were Nick Salmon (2012 Australian Team), Allen Gu (2014 Australian Team) and Edmond Chang (2017 Summer School Attendee).

Our students’ performance shows that the study of Physics is alive and thriving at BGS. I strongly urge all eligible students to take part in this highly challenging and rewarding opportunity next year.

Ms Noël Chan Head of Physics

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ISCF The Senior School Inter-School Christian Fellowship (ISCF) provides students in Years 9 to 12 with an opportunity to consider some of the deeper questions of life. Topics at regular Tuesday lunchtime meetings ranged from light-hearted activities to a presentation on “What is Christianity?”, and a series focused on building resilience. Discussions are wide-ranging and include a Christian perspective. This year’s COVID restrictions and home-based learning challenged our meeting formats. In Semester 2, it was encouraging to see smaller group activities expand to weekly morning tea discussions.

The annual ISCF camp was able to avoid the end of Term 1 lockdown and was held at Camp Somerset.

60 students enjoyed the fun activities and the thought provoking exploration of Christian beliefs using the movie The Matrix as a theme. The presence of a number of Old Boy leaders added greatly to the camp.

Within the Senior ISCF group, there is a strong culture of leading by example and putting others’ needs before our own. This is evident in many senior students who assisted regularly at the Middle School ISCF group. This year saw the farewelling of a group of Year 12 students who have contributed to the ISCF group in various ways. Their enthusiastic participation will be sorely missed.

Unity across year levels and the leadership offered by older students is one of the distinctive features of the ISCF group.

Ms Noël Chan Senior School ISCF Coordinator During Friday lunchtimes, Middle School ISCF featured a variety of fun activities, including Aussie Games, ISCF’s Got Talent, a human treasure hunt and Easter and Christmas themed games. It provided boys with an opportunity to have fun and interact with their

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peers in a relaxed environment. As an interdenominational Christian group, ISCF is open to all students who wish to learn more about the spiritual dimension of life. Years 7 and 8s also met regularly during Tuesday morning teas. Many senior boys took the opportunity to help provide leadership for these weekly meetings.

Over 100 Middle School students joined many senior students, Old Boys and teachers at the annual Middle School ISCF camp. Years 5 and 6 students enjoyed a day camp at Spring Hill, where they jumped on pool inflatables, joined discussions, ate delicious food and enjoyed lots of active games. Years 7 and 8s enjoyed a return to Moogerah with many varied activities in a beautiful setting.

Mr Ian Grice Middle School ISCF Coordinator

Latin Club Throughout the year, a dedicated group of curious students from Years 5 to 8 have met to explore the world of the Ancient Romans and discover the connections between their language, Latin, and culture.

Over the course of a couple of meetings, students investigated topics such as gladitorial games and the Roman military. We explored tactics and weaponry, such as the arcuballista — a Roman crossbow — and the onager, a torsion-powered siege engine similar to a catapult.

Most recently students began to look at Roman coins and the role of coins beyond simple currency. For

the Romans, coins communicated messages, often political in nature, and allowed the provinces in the far reaches of the Roman Empire to see the face of their Emperor. Students were given a lot of uncleaned Roman coins to work on over Term 3. Through this delicate process, students began to uncover the faces of emperors such as Constantine and his successors.

Latin Club allows students to be curious about the past and brings the ancient world to life.

Miss Britta Foley Latin Club Coordinator

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Public Purpose In 2021, BGS Public Purpose embarked on an ambitious redesign and restructuring of the program.

Our project-based structure allowed boys of all year groups to share ideas, work together and unite to make a real difference in the community — aligning with the 2021 theme of ‘Belonging to the Blue’.

It was a bold vision but despite the challenges of social distancing, the community still came together, achieving its goals and helping those in need.

2021 saw Grammar #PushForBetter in the Push Up Challenge to raise money for mental health organisations such as

Headspace and Lifeline. Altogether 589 BGS students, teachers and staff members completed 631,389 push ups! We were proud to raise $15,624 — not bad for our first go.

Furthermore, the Gender Respect Committee worked to raise awareness for LGBTQIA+ young people on Wear It Purple Day by sparking thought-provoking discussions in the mornings, using purple whiteboard markers and having staff members dress in purple. It was great to see younger students step up and lead this program.

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students continuing to support R U OK? Day, the RBWH Patients in Need Drive and the Homework Club at the Exchange. These projects allowed for students of all different year groups to work together to support a range of initiatives. We even collaborated with committees outside of Public Purpose, with King G and the Spirit Committee helping out with the advertisement of projects.

The Student Reconciliation Committee met regularly to discuss BGS’ role in supporting our First Nations people, culminating in the Cape York Immersion. While this was unfortunately cancelled last

year due to COVID, this experience was picked up with enthusiasm this year, with students from Year 11 and 12 able to attend. This invaluable opportunity provides boys with a deeper appreciation of First Nations people and their culture.

Overall in what has been a hectic 2021, it has been great to see the selflessness and hardworking nature of our BGS brothers shine through Public Purpose and we look forward to seeing what the future of the program has in store.

Angus Duncan, Jaguar Ngo and Tom McCarthy-James Year 12

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Back Row (L to R): Angus Duncan, Elton Fitzgerald, Brad Mackintosh, Dominic Forrest.

Front Row (L to R): Will Angelini, Om Thaker, Lucas Lu. Absent: Henry Woodward.

Public Speaking It is an admired leader who can speak clearly, articulate their thinking and reach the hearts and minds of those who listen. After another year watching public figures communicate difficult decisions to the compliant majority and persuade the reluctant minority,

it is clear public speaking remains a significant life skill. The annual public speaking competition encourages boys to engage their peers with meaningful issues in their own style and with their own voice.

During home-based learning, so many of our cocurricular activities were put on hold. But our Middle School public speakers from Years 5 to 8 bravely took the online stage and offered us welcomed moments of entertainment, information and inspiration. The recorded finals were presented during online assemblies where boys connected with their peers with considered opinions about current events and ideas. Hilarious opening stories hooked audiences, with boys demonstrating their ability to relate to others’ experiences and values.

The topics were wide-ranging, from the comical perils of being short, to serious perspectives on vaccination.

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a balance of factual information, personal opinion and open mindedness, all woven into clever storytelling formats.

Fortunately, our Years 9 to 12 speakers could deliver in person. The opportunity to engage with broader issues was embraced by the Years 9 and 10 speakers, while our Years 11 and 12 presenters approached their topics with growing awareness of their personal role in shaping our future society. It was particularly poignant to hear the final speeches of our Year 12s, most of whom have been regular participants in the competition over the years.

We thank Old Boy Mr Ronald Wyllie ’50 for his ongoing support of public speaking through the sponsorship of the Year 12 prize.

Mr Greg Howes and Mrs Carla Salmon Coordinators of Public Speaking (Internal)

Year

First Place

Runner-up

Highly Commended

9

Dominic Forrest

Nick Scott

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10

Brad Mackintosh

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Alex Crethar Jasper Lindgren

11

Elton Fitzgerald

Toby Davidson

Michael Murrary Alden Sommerfeld

12

Angus Duncan

Jaguar Ngo

Bowen Chen Tom Gehrmann

Year

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

5

Will Angelini

Mason Gao

Lachlan Tan

6

Henry Woodward

Kobi Stevens Thomas Scott

Julian Chin

7

Om Thaker

Rishi Mehta

Charles Nelson

8

Lucas Lu

Matteo Boccolacci

Luke Saywell

Fourth Place

Sam Prasad

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Titration Back Row (L to R): Dr Kerry Inder, Bowen Chen, David Jeong, Alexander Larder, Owen Lin, Max Wagland, Conrad Pun, Luke Liu. Front Row (L to R): Alex Sim, Jaguar Ngo, Nathan Wong, Brian Wakista, Patrick Moore, Ethan Lee, Ernest Ngai.

Absent: Alex Zhang.

Titration When Francois Antoine Henri Descroizilles created the first burette in the 18th century, little did he know he’d be the founder of the art known as Titration.

Titration, by definition, is a quantitative analysis process used to determine an unknown concentration of an acid or base.

In fact, it is nothing short of a competitive sport requiring the precision of an archer and the steady hands of a surgeon.

During the last week of Term 2, Brisbane Grammar School’s best titrators took on the Australian National Titration Competition. After a year of blood, sweat and copious amounts of sodium hydroxide, the BGS boys performed exceptionally well. Special mention to our top five performers, David Jeong, Nathan Wong, Luke Liu, Alex Larder and

Ethan Lee, who all performed with scores that matched some of the best in the state.

Special thanks to the Lab Technicians for running the program. On behalf of all the boys, we want to thank you for your willingness to wake up every Tuesday morning to help us train, answer any questions that vaguely relate to chemistry and to supply us with a fresh set of chemicals and equipment each week.

To any boys who would be interested in participating in Titration next year, I strongly recommend you sign up, as it is a great way to connect with other boys, learn some chemistry, and have some fun.

Dr Kerry Inder Titration Coordinator

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Culture Music Drama Visual Art

Music 2021 has been another successful year for Music at Brisbane Grammar School, despite having to miss over a month of rehearsals due to the challenges of COVID. Once again, the absence of music from students lives emphasised how important music is to the fabric of BGS. While the corridors were quiet, our young musicians were busily working in their own homes, honing their skills for when they could join their peers.

The smiles on their faces were a joy to behold and student wellbeing was positively affected by coming together again. If nothing else, 2021 has taught us how important music is in life.

Much of the year was business as usual and our musicians excelled.

The term concerts are the core of the performance calendar, where ensembles present the results of their labours from the previous

term. These occur towards the beginning of Terms 2, 3 and 4, so there is always frenetic activity after holidays to ensure we are ready.

BGS boys are masters at lifting for concerts and this was certainly the case in 2021, whether it was the catchy rhythms and clanging sounds of a percussion ensemble on Centenary Hall stage, or the booming harmonies of a Concert Band on the floor. An added aspect of Centenary Hall concerts this year has been live-to-screen video footage to help those at the back see their sons and friends, which everyone enjoyed.

The Great Hall was the preferred venue for our String Ensembles and Choirs. The beautiful acoustics and aesthetics are perfect for the heavenly voices of our singers, and the rich sonorous sounds of our eight string ensembles. At the Music

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Soiree in Term 1 the choirs and strings shook off the cobwebs of summer holidays and thrilled a huge audience in the Great Hall. It was a terrific start to the performance year.

In May, Grammar in Concert provided the music highlight of the year. Having missed a live concert in 2020, everyone was excited to hear and see our elite ensembles at their finest, and they put on a memorable show at the Edmund Rice Performing Arts Complex.

Appropriately titled Live Again, the opening item was a massed performance of the song “Live in Living Colour”; it was suitably energetic and celebratory for such a happy occasion. There were so many highlights, including the masterful solo by Year 12 student Josh Wong as part of the Senior Percussion Ensemble; the Grammar Vocal Ensemble’s spontaneous rapping; and the Symphony Orchestra’s powerful performance of “Lord of the Rings” featuring the soaring voice of boy soprano Eric Su. Throw in the social aspect of the event and the night was an unqualified triumph.

While COVID did curtail some of our normal String Festivals, the Senior concert did proceed, which allowed our boys to mix with some of the most outstanding musicians in this part of the state. Our Marching Band once again excelled at the annual Anzac Day march. Though it was threatened by COVID, the Performance Awards did go ahead, with some amazing talent on show.

Term 4 is the culmination of the

year and the end of the journey for our Year 12s. This year’s seniors have been particularly strong, showing musical leadership across all ensembles. Led so ably by Music Captain Sebastian Beirne, our leaders did a terrific job of driving the program to new heights as shown at the finale concerts.

Sing, Swing and Celebrate brought together almost 600 people on the transformed cricket nets — renamed the “Sound Shed” — to experience outstanding performances from our Jazz Bands and choirs. Music lovers could wander over to the food trucks while being thoroughly entertained.

As the sun went down the fairy lights took over and the relaxed, informal atmosphere became quite magical. It really was a special night.

The year ended with Lessons

and Carols. We returned to the beautiful St John’s Cathedral with its magnificent pipe organ and heavenly acoustics. The choirs thrilled a spellbound audience with their Christmas renditions with the addition of a chamber orchestra.

To hear the enthusiastic singing of the gathered crowd accompanied by the organ was a suitable way to finish a year, in which we all celebrated the good that comes from being involved in Music. We all look forward to 2022!

Mr Peter Ingram Head of Music

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Grammar Philharmonic Orchestra Back Row (L to R): Dylan Yin, Jacob Coburn, Lucas Bell, Luke Schwartz, Aohang Ding, Martin Wallis, Lawrence Sun. Fifth Row (L to R): Arthur Hames, Alex Leung, Raf Pincus, Ryland Malone, Nhan Nguyen, Joseph Simonetta, Noah Taylor, Zachary Castrisos, Tom Chan, William O’Quinn, Niklas Dark.

Fourth Row (L to R): Aowen Ding, Oscar Kim, Ben Matheson, Arnav Thapar, Benjamin La, Alexander Macfarlane, Matthew Young, Nicholas Love, Harry Beirne, Jollie Window, Michael Beetham, Isaac Chua.

Third Row (L to R): Harsha Cikaluru, Adam Chua, Jeric Gao, Max-ze Lee, Will Neilson, Shaun Li, Afthab Shanavas, Angus Chen, Henry Gao, Anson Qiu-Tang, Eugene Erng, Brandon Chien, Cavel Leong.

Second Row (L to R): Dr Phillippa Robinson, Frederick Vaughan, Christian Ho, Hamish Smyth, Seth McBride, Ethan Hussey, Maxey Tho, Chris Yesberg, Maxwell Miu, Daylin Johnson, Tomos Johnston, Alex Carter, Ethan Ai, Amy Phillips.

Front Row (L to R): Eric Su, Damai Lu, Arthur Young, Cormac Prescott, Angus List, Sachin Nanda, Daniel Zhang, Matt Petersen, Ryan Philpot, Charles Zhang, Severin Yong Gee, Aiden Ng, Michael Cheng.

Absent: Kayser Ali, William Jackson, Ozair Rahman, Ben Reinke, Lachie Smith.

Grammarphones Back Row (L to R): Sebastian Beirne, Robbie Gilbert, Takumi Quail, Eoin Mullan, James Lowe, Oliver Christie.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Peter Ingram, Alden Sommerfeld, Joel Gorman, Harry Dickson, Josh Lotzvie, Declan Mount, Mr Michael Allport.

Front Row (L to R): Toby Davidson, Thomas Kwan, Alex Lu, Alexander Graves, Lu Chee Leung, James Fearon, Oliver Martin, Afthab Shanavas.

Absent: Damon Cayas.

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Grammar Symphony Orchestra Back Row (L to R): Cade Barrientos, Jonathan Parry, Alexander Dalgleish, Tom McCarthy-James, Daniel Harris, Robbie Gilbert, Sebastian Beirne, Jack Duncan, Oliver Cathcart, Joshua de Zubicaray.

Fifth Row (L to R): Lucas Raaymakers, Marcus Yeo, Anhadh Virk, Alden Sommerfeld, Nathaniel Yu, Cheng Bin Saw, Marc Wang, Alexander Larder, Harry Dickson, Michael Murray, Ethan Tiong, Alex Gu, Harrison Cleland.

Fourth Row (L to R): Ben Yii, Ed Cooper, Julian Burcham, Oliver Cavallo Brittain, Jaden Fang, Christopher Lui, Nicholas Kakourakis, Lachlan Tu, Diyen Ng, Nathan Shan, William Kim, Daniel Hill, Theo Chan, Daniel Luo. Third Row (L to R): Hugo Lau, Joseph Huang, Roger Zhu, Jeffery Jiang, Leon Qin, Jarrah Chien, Lachlan Lee, Orie Nakagaki, Ethan Lee, Vijay Hari Kannan, Isaac Taylor, Thomas Kwan, Lachlan Yu, Ethan Huang, Rohin Bagga.

Second Row (L to R): Michael Bryan, Lucas Lu, Max Gao, Lachlan Leow, Kiran Patel, Prankul Bansal, Simon Gong, Toby Davidson, Andrew Bond, Nicholas Ho, Jack Harvey, Ben Bryant, Matthew Wong, Chris Zhu. Front Row (L to R): Daniel Ahn, Keeran Chang, Justin Chan, Joshua Wong, Tyler Pearn, Nic Carter, James Pendleton, Stephen Chin (Conductor), Nathan Lau, Aiden Xiao, Bren Bird, Jo Gehrmann, Blaire Xu, Nicholas Shan, Dylan Paschkewitz.

Absent: David Sun, Will Fenech, Jovan Yen, David Beetham, Tom Macpherson, Matthew Huang, Sze Yong Ng, Justin Liang, Rowan Tong-Law, Ed Thomas, Simson Thomas.

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Grammar Singers Back Row (L to R): Joel Gorman, Sebastian Beirne, Robbie Gilbert, Eoin Mullan, Takumi Quail, Oliver Christie, Harry Dickson.

Fourth Row (L to R): Alden Sommerfeld, Christopher Lui, Andrew Beckingsale, Josh Lotzvie, Alec O’Brien, Rahul Kumar, James Fearon, Declan Mount.

Third Row (L to R): Toby Davidson, Connor Fitzpatrick, Liam Campbell, Tharuka Perera, Alexander Graves, Tom Strooper, Alex Lu, Oliver Martin, Afthab Shanavas.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Peter Ingram, Annabelle (Mia) Tam, Brooke Moschella, Renee Liang, Isabel Shorrock-Browne, Tara Bashirzadeh, Tia Fitzpatrick, Serena Choo, Lucianna Yu, Keira Ryan, Jacqueline Trappett, Ms Ruani Dias-Jayasinha.

Front Row (L to R): Yi-Shiuan (Vicki) Chuang, Adelyne Ng, Shreeya Patel, Trish Chow, Genevieve Playford, Johanna Conomos, Scarlett McLennan, Tiffany Yeo, Allison Ng, Ayisha del Rosario, Ingrid Liu. Absent: Jack Harvey, Damon Cayas.

Vocal Group Back Row (L to R): Andrew Do, Anthony Samios, Leo Battaglia, Matthew Beckingsale, Harvey Munday, James Lollback, Harrison Corser, Charlie Miller, Daniel Hu. Fourth Row (L to R): Harry Savage, Tommy Hajkowicz, Ethan Hussey, Michael Bryan, Guan-Ao Ma, Samuel Prasad, Eric Chen, Ethan Chen, Finnian Mann, Jacky Chang.

Third Row (L to R): Flynn Travis, Sam Francis, Bryan Sun, Chris Coombe, Manav Bhandarker, Spencer Zellmer, Matthew Amato, Oliver Mellick, Mason Gao, Shree Bhatt, Isaac Malik.

Second Row (L to R): Miss Bec Thomas, Luke Duncan, Luca Waterhouse, Matthew Boyd, Hamish Treweeke, Joshua Spiez, Ben Quinlan, Jack Mountford, Bokai Zhang, Tobias Meehan, Damai Lu. Front Row (L to R): Jamie Ma, Isaac Chuang, Alex Wong, Ferrell Dong, Alex Coursodon, Michael Cheng, William Dauber, Shubh Garg, Charles Nelson, Eric Su, Henry Woodward.

Absent: Thomas Boulton, Hunter Bruderlin, Jackson Holley, Ojas Joshi, Ned Lilley, Kiren Senaratne, Charlie Wang, Ben Wong, Miss Claire Brennan.

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Chamber Choir Back Row (L to R): Matthew Amato, Andrew Do, Charlie Miller, Matthew Beckingsale, Michael Bryan, Shree Bhatt.

Third Row (L to R): Mason Gao, Jacky Chang, Eric Chen, Ethan Chen, Bryan Sun, Manav Bhandarker.

Second Row (L to R): Miss Bec Thomas, Tobias Meehan, Hamish Treweeke, Ben Quinlan, Oliver Mellick, Sam Francis, Luca Waterhouse, Michael Cheng, Mr Michael Allport.

Front Row (L to R): Jamie Ma, Eric Su, Alex Coursodon, Luke Duncan, Damai Lu, Ferrell Dong, Alex Wong, Henry Woodward.

Absent: Ben Wong.

Grammar Vocal Ensemble Back Row (L to R): Harry Dickson, Tom Gehrmann, Nicholas Dalgleish, Takumi Quail, Eoin Mullan, Angus Duncan, Alexander Dalgleish, Sebastian Beirne, Joel Gorman, Robbie Gilbert.

Fifth Row (L to R): Andrew Bond, Josh Lotzvie, Sansith Warusamanna, Andrew Beckingsale, Xavier Karmel, Nathaniel Yu, Alec O’Brien, David Jeong, James Topping, Nick Silverston, Alex Gu, Rahul Kumar, Michael Murray.

Fourth Row (L to R): Lu Chee Leung, Declan Mount, Tom Chan, James Fearon, Ryland Malone, Nhan Nguyen, Christopher Lui, Tom Strooper, Tharuka Perera, James Hill, Punula Jayalath, Daniel Marendy.

Third Row (L to R): Afthab Shanavas, Thomas Kwan, Oliver Tu, Harry Beirne, Alexander Graves, Liam Campbell, Campbell Agnew, Felix Swane, Alden Sommerfeld, Alex Lu, Matthew Young, Toby Davidson, Dan Miller.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Peter Ingram, Eamman Conomos, Jollie Window, Oliver Martin, Nicholas Love, Thomas Chen, Ethan Huang, Benjamin La, Sam Long, Simon Gong, Jack Harvey, Mr Michael Allport.

Front Row (L to R): Nicholas Shan, Aiden Xiao, Omar Abiad, Jo Gehrmann, Samuel Harasty, Vikram Kumar, Connor Fitzpatrick, Will Yuen, Alexander Redhead, Thomas Wu, Liam Liang, Michael Wong, Chris Yesberg.

Absent: Manav Bhandarker, Damon Cayas, Oliver Christie, Christian Fuller, James Hill, David Yu.

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Grammar Chamber Strings Back Row (L to R): Alexander Dalgleish, Marc Wang, Will Fenech, Justin Liang, Nathan Shan.

Third Row (L to R): Michael Murray, Nicholas Kakourakis, Cheng Bin Saw, Alexander Larder, Nathaniel Yu, Ethan Tiong, David Sun. Second Row (L to R): Blaire Xu, Andrew Bond, Jarrah Chien, Christopher Lui, Jaden Fang, Orie Nakagaki, Thomas Kwan, Joshua Wong.

Front Row (L to R): Dylan Paschkewitz, Aiden Xiao, Ethan Huang, Lachlan Yu, Mr Stephen Chin, Simon Gong, Jack Harvey, Lachlan Leow, Nicholas Shan.

Absent: Joshua De Zubicaray, Anhadh Virk, Matthew Huang, Sze Yong Ng.

Grammar Symphonic Band Back Row (L to R): Cade Barrientos, Sebastian Beirne, Charlie Ridgeon, Nicholas Dalgleish, Daniel Harris, Robbie Gilbert, Jack Duncan, Oliver Cathcart, Jonathan Parry.

Third Row (L to R): Simson Thomas, James Murray, Jed Green, Hamish Moss, Nick Marshall, Harry Dickson, James Topping, Michael Murray, Tharuka Perera, Lewis Martin.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Jim Noble, Ben Yii, Oliver Tu, Ed Cooper, Ed Thomas, Lachlan Tu, Alexander Graves, Alden Sommerfield, Julian Sun, Leon Qin, DJ Li. Front Row (L to R): Chris Yesberg, Alistair Hoole, Prankul Bansal, Vijay Hari Kannan, Elliot Chiang, Ethan Lee, Rohin Bagga, Ken Anulomsombat, Nic Carter, Jo Gehrmann, Jace Ramalingam.

Absent: James Fearon.

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Grammar Voices Back Row (L to R): Tharuka Perera, Nick Silverston, James Topping, Nathaniel Yu, Xavier Karmel, Andrew Beckingsale, Rahul Kumar.

Second Row (L to R): Connor Fitzpatrick, Harry Beirne, Ryland Malone, Nhan Nguyen, Liam Campbell, Tom Chan, Matthew Young, Nicholas Love.

Front Row (L to R): Nicholas Shan, Chris Yesberg, Jollie Window, Benjamin La, Sam Long, Thomas Wu, Samuel Harasty.

Absent: Omar Abiad, Manav Bhandakar, Charlie Fuller, Vikram Kumar, Alexander Redhead, Felix Swane, Mrs Colleen Guilfoyle, Miss Claire Brennan.

Senior Percussion Ensemble Back Row (L to R): Mr Lucas Gordon, Lachlan Tu, Sebastian Beirne, Noah Guthrie, Charlie Ridgeon, Simson Thomas, Lucas Lu. Front Row (L to R): Alistair Hoole, Lehan Ling, Oliver Tu, Joshua Wong, Sze Yong Ng, Kiran Patel.

Absent: Jackson Mercer.

Tartini Strings Back Row (L to R): Nhan Nguyen, Joseph Simonetta, Aohang Ding, Martin Wallis, Jacob Coburn.

Second Row (L to R): Mrs Alison Harbottle, Alex Leung, Jollie Window, Tom Chan, Raf Pincus, Ryland Malone, Isaac Chua.

Front Row (L to R): Damai Lu, Matt Petersen, Oscar Kim, Harsha Cikaluru, Michael Beetham, Eugene Erng, Ryan Philpot.

Absent: Lachie Smith.

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Guarneri Strings Back Row (L to R): Max Gao, Diyen Ng, Marcus Yeo, Harrison Cleland, Tom McCarthy-James, Lucas Raaymakers, Alex Gu, Oliver Cavallo Brittain, Dalton Lee, Bren Bird.

Second Row (L to R): Michael Bryan, Daniel Luo, Jeffery Jiang, Lachlan Lee, Daniel Hill, Julian Burcham, Isaac Taylor, Roger Zhu, Nicholas Ho, Chris Zhu. Front Row (L to R): Daniel Ahn, James Pendleton, Matthew Wong, Ben Bryant, Toby Davidson, Stephen Chin (Conductor), Hugo Lau, Tyler Pearn, Lachlan Leow, Nathan Lau, Justin Chan.

Absent: Weili Cao, William Kim, Theo Cahn, David Beetham, Keeran Chang.

Stradivari Strings Back Row (L to R): Benjamin La, Nicholas Love, Arthur Hames, Noah Taylor, Jeremy Strotton, Matthew Young, Aowen Ding, Ben Matheson.

Second Row (L to R): Ms Amy Phillips, Daylin Johnson, Cavel Leong, Adam Chua, Shaun Li, Max-ze Lee, Anson Qiu-Tang, Hamish Smyth, Seth McBride.

Front Row (L to R): Aiden Ng, Arthur Young, Michael Cheng, Frederick Vaughan, Christian Ho, Sachin Nanda, Zhang, Severin Yong Gee. Absent: Kayzer Ali, Ozair Rahman.

Corelli Consort Back Row (L to R): Mrs Alison Harbottle, William Findlay, Zac Wrigley, Mac Quirk, Nicholas Bade, Alex Finch, Jack Yuan.

Front Row (L to R): Aaron Cheng, Jerry Zhang, Max Wang, Om Thaker, James Raaymakers, Shubh Garg.

Absent: Vincent Hu, Daanyal Ahmad.

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Locatelli Strings Back Row (L to R): Andre Kwok, Ruiqi Mao, Lucas Bell, Dominic Forrest, Afthab Shanavas.

Second Row (L to R): Mrs Alison Harbottle, Pascal Khosrotehrani, Jenson Harding, Isaac Doan, Bowen Zhang, Maxwell Miu, Alex Chen.

Front Row (L to R): Jamie Ma, Bokai Zhang, Oliver Kent, Tomos Johnston, Ethan Chen, Ian Lin, Ferrell Dong.

Absent: Nirmidan Sasikaran, Ryan Wang.

Paganini Strings Back Row (L to R): Braiden Chen, Oscar Menzies, Joshua Brand, Tom Aitchison, Clement Chan.

Second Row (L to R): Ms Amy Phillips, Bryan Sun, Lucas Han, Henry Burke, Andrew Do, Jackson Holley, Claude Stonell, Nelson Karmel.

Front Row (L to R): Jayden Lin, Harry Findlay, Richie Butler, Jack Gorry, Hugo Liberatore, Leo Wong, Clancy Menzies.

Absent: Maverick Harris.

Vivaldi Strings Back Row (L to R): Jeremy Wallis, James Yantsch, Theodore Andreatidis, Hayden Scholes, Samuel Chan, Jason Tan. Third Row (L to R): Samual Prasad, Henry Liu, Liam Liang, Will Yuen, Isaac Doan, Lachlan Aleksiuk, Finn Beltrame, William Leung.

Second Row (L to R): Ms Amy Phillips, Lewis Hay, Praveen Gunawardena, Buddy Matthews, Jack Love, Ricky Wang, Arthur Chen, Morris Grant.

Front Row (L to R): Connor Kua, Christopher Lee, Jack Gorry, Lucas Raaymakers, Joshua Wong, Owen Zhong, Isaac Chuang, Ian Ha. Absent: Jacob Blanch, Vuk Prentis.

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Basie Jazz Band Back Row (L to R): Taren Aponso, Xavier Karmel, Spencer Tomlin, Bowei Chen.

Second Row (L to R): Tommy Wang, Daniel Millar, Jacob Matthews, Vikram Kumar, Nick Hoole, Luca Bowden.

Front Row (L to R): Rory McGlennon, Mason Gao, Joshua Liu, Dr Philippa Robinson, Ethan Hussey, Benjamin Buck, Alex Wong.

Grammar Big Band Back Row (L to R): Alexander Dalgleish, Jack Duncan, Nicholas Dalgleish, Robbie Gilbert, Noah Guthrie.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Jim Noble, Joel Gorman, Sebastian Beirne, Nick Marshall, Oliver Cathcart, Harry Dickson, Michael Murray.

Front Row (L to R): Oliver Buck, Rohin Bagga, Alexander Graves, Alden Sommerfeld, Jed Green, Tharuka Perera, Ed Cooper, Elliot Chiang.

Parker Jazz Band Back Row (L to R): Nicholas Kakourakis, Bennett Huf, Alex Thomas, Tom Rutter, Charlie Ridgeon, James Topping, Oliver Buck, Vijay Hari Kannan.

Front Row (L to R): Alexander Lay, Chris Yesberg, Allen Liu, Lewis Harvey, Mr Jim Nobel, Stephen Kyprios, Max Gao, Marcus Cheng, Jace Ramalingam.

Absent: Cameron McCabe, Oliver Waterhouse, Dehan Wickramasekera, Daniel Yu.

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Morrison Jazz Band Back Row (L to R): Harry Beirne, Samuel Hains, Marcus Yeo, Yuvan Subburaj, Liam Cook, Archie Wong, Arran McKenzie.

Front Row (L to R): Zahran Haque, Chris Yesberg, Sam Long, Joshua Brand, Dan Miller, Nick Hoole, Ryan Philpot.

Absent: Mr Darryl Bowers.

Junior Band Back Row (L to R): Mr Lucas Gordon, Shiv Punj, Leo Battaglia, Leroy Zhou, Oliver Lynch, Shubh Punj, Samuel Zhang, Jason Yee. Front Row (L to R): Luca Waterhouse, Priyan Bhende, Ethan Chen, Eric Chen, Guan-Ao Ma, Armand Hamilton, James Worthley, Brayden Huo. Absent: Prashan Dematagoda, Zachery Schilz.

Clarinet Ensemble Back Row (L to R): Mrs Aileen Bryant, Ethan Lee, Hamish Moss, Jonathan Parry, Julian Sun. Front Row (L to R): Cooper Robson, Ken Anulomsombat, Will Neilson, Rohin Bagga, James Brough.

Absent: Ben Reinke.

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Flute Ensemble L to R: Dr Philippa Robinson, Alex Carter, Nic Carter, Zachary Castrisos, DJ Li, Prankul Bansal, Brandon Chien.

Double Reed Ensemble L to R: Henry Gao, Alexander Macfarlane, Leon Qin, Jo Gehrmann.

Absent: Kiyan Rahman, Rowan Tong-Law.

Saxophone Ensemble Left to Right: Mrs Aileen Bryant, Dan Miller, Daniel Hill, Sam Long, James Butler.

Absent: Kaushal Varsani.

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Holst Concert Band Back Row (L to R): Eamman Conomos, Oscar Zhong, Spencer Tomlin, Ray Yee, Xavier Karmel, Angus Clarke, James Lollback, Arnav Thapar, Jaipreet Sihota.

Third Row (L to R): Sam Geritz, Zac Wrigley, Tom Kelly, Oliver Lynch, James Grant, Austin Cancio-Newton, Sebastian Labagnara, Armaan Timblo, Joshua Liu. Second Row (L to R): Maxwell Miu, Rishi Mehta, Cavel Leong, Max Nakasato, Jeric Gao, Sam Margetts, Joshua Brand, Henry Mellick, Alexander Redhead, Nick Kennedy.

Front Row (L to R): Ben Wong, Rory McGlennon, Ethan Lee, Asher Levy, Mrs Aileen Bryant, Jack Van Der Westhuizen, Angus LIst, Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe, Alex Wong.

Grainger Concert Band Back Row (L to R): James Hill, Benjamin Li, Tom Rutter, Jerome Chinnappa Siddham, Liam Cook, Luke Schwartz, George Butler, Alex Thomas, Rahul Kumar, Ben Reinke.

Third Row (L to R): Sam Long, Josh Smith, Dan Miller, Oliver Buck, William O’Quinn, Bennett Huf, Dylan Niklas Dark, Matthew Gao, James Brough, Nicholas Howarth.

Second Row (L to R): Marcus Cheng, Will Neilson, William Pendleton, Cooper Robinson, Riley Walsh, Harry Beirne, Lewis Harvey, Alexander Macfarlane, Henry Gao, Allen Liu. Front Row (L to R): Cormac Prescott, Luke Telford, Alex Carter, Brandon Chien, Angus Chen, Mr Jim Noble, James Butler, Maxey Tho, Dehan Wickramasekera, Rohan Morris, Alexander Lay. Absent: Zachary Castrisos, Manul Jayasena, Kiyan Rahman, Rowan Ton-Law, Alex Peters, William Jackson, Cameron McCabe, Lawrence Sun, David Yu, Paul Nilsen, Jay Peterson.

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Sousa Concert Band Back Row (L to R): Hamish Maybury, Angus Carew, Oscar Kim, Justin Tran.

Third Row (L to R): Lachlan Clarke, Edward Creighton, Max Woolley, Hamish Mackay, Henry Mellick, Luca Bowden, Louis Pincus.

Second Row (L to R): Elliot Morris, Oliver Dauber, Sahil Mohan, Xavier Walsh, Will Quinlan, Ruben Tavakol, Chanuga Jayawardena, William Peters.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Pendleton, Lewie Prescott, Benjamin Smith, Joshua Holmes, Mrs Aileen Bryant, Anoop Balasuiriya, Sakith Paranavithana, Thomas Chambers, Thomas Gorry.

Absent: Jacky Chang, Harvey De Abortiz, Tim Rosenthal, James Stephens, Edward Stephens.

Williams Concert Band Back Row (L to R): Benjamin La, Gordon Tsai, Daniel Hill, Will Jackson, Yuvan Subburaj, Andrew Bracher, Samuel Hains, Archie Wong, Leon Qin. Third Row (L to R): Nick Hoole, Jacob Matthews, Noah Lauder, Lucas Xin, Taren Aponso, Oscar Zhong, Charlie Prebble, Kaushal Varsani, Alexander Macfarlane, Daniel Millar.

Second Row (L to R): Ethan Hussey, Jerry Li, Sam Ong, Jax Beikoff, Hamish Maybury, Zahran Haque, Luke Carter, Nick Carroll, Joshua Poynter, Armand Hamilton, Rohan Morris.

Front Row (L to R): Ethan Liang, Benjamin Buck, Om Thaker, Sean Dwyer, Ethan Ai, Dr Philippa Robinson, Matt Petersen, Jace Ramalingam, Sam Rutter, Liem Dang, James Reinke.

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Junior Percussion Ensemble L to R: Gabriel Levy, Frederick Vaughan, Joel Wu, Elliott Gillman, Oliver Dauber, Edward Driessen.

Absent: Kody Goss, Mr Phil Usher.

Boom Percussion Ensemble Back Row (L to R): Mr Lucas Gordon, Charlie Pebble, Ocean Xia, Benjamin Li, Daniel Qu, Harry Beirne.

Front Row (L to R): Orrey Xia, Ethan Liang, Luke Carter, Sebastian Hazzard, Dennis Zhou, Matt Petersen.

Absent: Paul Nilsen, Jay Peterson, Bowei Chen, Matthew Kim.

Crash Percussion Ensemble Back Row (L to R): Thai Bui, Ray Yee, Matthew Young, Nicholas Howarth.

Front Row (L to R): Matthew Wong, Charles Nelson, Oliver Lynch, Tommy Wang, Arun Shanmuga Anandan.

Absent: Vishnu Kangatharan, Elie Supplisson, Jack Telford, Mr Phil Usher.

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Music Performance Awards BRASS BEGINNER B First Place Second Place Third Place BEGINNER A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended INTERMEDIATE B First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

DRUM KIT Samuel Zhang (Trumpet) Guan-Ao Ma (Trombone) Max Woolley (Trumpet)

Ryan Lam (Trumpet) Sam Margetts (French Horn) Elliot Morris (Trumpet) Henry Mellick (Tuba)

Ethan Hussey (Trumpet) Liem Dang (Trumpet) Will Jackson (Trumpet) Noah Lauder (Euphonium) Hamish Maybury (Tuba)

INTERMEDIATE A First Place Joshua Poynter (Trumpet) Second Place Dehan Wickramaseker (Trumpet) Third Place Rohan Morris (Trumpet) Highly Commended Samuel Hains (Trumpet) Cormac Prescott (French Horn) Zahran Haque (Trombone) ADVANCED B First Place Maxey Tho (French Horn) Second Place Ed Thomas (French Horn) Third Place Oliver Waterhouse (Trumpet) Highly Commended Ed Cooper (French Horn) Tom Rutter (Trumpet) Luke Telford (Trumpet) ADVANCED A First Place Michael Murray (Trombone) Second Place Harry Dickson (French Horn) Third Place Chris Yesberg (Euphonium) Highly Commended Alexander Graves (Trumpet)

CONCERTO First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Alexander Larder (Double Bass) Harry Dickson (French Horn) Blaire Xu (Violin) Sebastian Beirne (Voice) Alexander Dalgleish (Cello)

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BEGINNER First Place Second Place

Malakai Wong Frederick Vaughan

INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Matthew Wong Benjamin Li Bowei Chen Charlie Prebble

ADVANCED First Place Second Place

Sebastian Beirne James Hill

GUITAR BEGINNER First Place Second Place Third Place

Andrew Bade Rory McGlennon Sith Abeysinghe

INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Third Place

Lachie Bellamy Joshua Boros Harry Beirne

ADVANCED First Place Second Place Third Place

Alexander Dalgleish Ethan Love Arran McKenzie

PERCUSSION BEGINNER B First Place Second Place Third Place

Malakai Wong William Dauber Leo Battaglia

BEGINNER A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Frederick Vaughan Tom Chan Isaac Lee Elliott Gillman

INTERMEDIATE B First Place Second Place Third Place

Luke Carter Orrey Xia Charles Nelson

INTERMEDIATE A First Place Second Place Third Place

Rohan Morris Harry Beirne Oliver Lynch

ADVANCED B First Place

Matthew Wong

ADVANCED A First Place Second Place Third Place

Lachlan Tu Lucas Lu Sze Yong Ng

Second Place Christopher Lee (Violin) Third Place Braiden Chen (Violin) Highly Commended Vuk Prentis (Viola) Lachlan Aleksiuk (Double Bass) INTERMEDIATE B First Place Second Place Third Place Third Place Highly Commended

PIANO BEGINNER B First Place Second Place Third Place

Tony Deng Andrew Do Arya Payervand

BEGINNER A First Place Second Place Third Place

Blaire Xu Frederick Vaughan Andrew Beckingsale

INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Third Place

Michael Murray Bryan Sun Joshua Brand

ADVANCED B First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

ADVANCED A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Marcus Yeo Theo Chan Ed Cooper Alexander Graves Lehan Ling

Lachlan Leow Oliver Tham Benjamin Li Dennis Zhou Joseph Huang

STRING BEGINNER B First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Clement Chan (Cello) Joshua Brand (Viola) Leo Wong (Viola) Henry Burke (Viola)

BEGINNER A First Place

Will Yuen (Violin)

INTERMEDIATE A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Ethan Chen (Violin) Tomos Johnston (Cello) Jack Gorry (Violin) Aiden Ng (Violin) Nirmidan Sasikaran (Violin) Jamie Ma (Violin) Matthew Young (Violin) Michael Cheng (Violin)

Isaac Chua (Violin) Keeran Chang (Violin) Joseph Simonetta (Violin) Alex Leung (Violin) Jollie Window (Cello) Lachie Smith (Double Bass)

ADVANCED B First Place Second Place

Aiden Xiao (Cello) Lachlan Leow (Violin) Lachlan Lee (Violin) Highly Commended Ethan Tiong (Violin) Nathaniel Yu (Cello) Marcus Yeo (Violin) Theo Chan (Violin) Oliver Cavallo Brittain (Cello) ADVANCED A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Nathan Shan (Violin) Alexander Larder (Double Bass) Alexander Dalgleish (Cello) Christopher Lui (Violin) David Sun (Violin) Max Gao (Cello)

VOCAL TREBLE B First Place Second Place Third Place TREBLE A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Ferrell Dong Shree Bhatt Mason Gao

Matthew Beckingsale Eric Su Oliver Mellick Eric Chen Ethan Chen

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INTERMEDIATE B First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

INTERMEDIATE A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

ADVANCED B First Place Second Place Third Place ADVANCED A First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Connor Fitzpatrick Matthew Young Felix Swaine Thomas Wu Charlie Fuller

Harry Beirne James Fearon Liam Campbell Nicholas Love Tom Chan

INTERMEDIATE B First Place Jace Ramalingam (Flute) Second Place Rory McGlennon (Clarinet) Third Place Max Nakasato (Alto Saxophone) Highly Commended Daniel Millar (Alto Saxophone) Eamman Conomos (Clarinet) Arnav Thapar (Bass Clarinet)

Toby Davidson Alden Sommerfeld Christopher Lui

INTERMEDIATE A First Place William Pendleton (Flute) Second Place Sam Rutter (Clarinet) Third Place Joshua Brand (Alto Saxophone) Highly Commended Bennett Huf (Alto Saxophone) Ethan Ai (Clarinet) Eric Su (Flute)

Sebastian Beirne Harry Dickson Alex Lu Joel Gorman Declan Mount

ADVANCED B First Place Second Place Third Place Highly Commended

Niklas Dark (Flute) Will Neilson (Clarinet) Henry Gao (Bassoon) James Brough (Clarinet) Alex Peters (Alto Saxophone)

ADVANCED A First Place Second Place

Third Place

Ethan Lee (Clarinet) James Topping (Alto Saxophone) Hamish Moss (Clarinet)

WOODWIND BEGINNER B First Place Second Place Third Place

Brayden Hao (Clarinet) Luca Waterhouse (Clarinet) Armand Hamilton (Tenor Saxophone) Highly Commended Priyan Bhende (Alto Saxophone) Shubh Punj (Clarinet)

BEGINNER A First Place Armaan Timblo (Tenor Saxophone) Second Place Justin Tran (Flute) Third Place Angus List (Bassoon)

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BGS Theatre Season Theatrical Season Creative Team Tanya Neilsen - Director | Ben Newth - Co-Director/Technical Director | Michael Moloney - Technical Director | Patrick Last - Producer Naomi Russell – Co-Director | Julie Skerman - Production Stylist | Amy Irvine - Co-Director | Bella MacDiarmid - Acting Support | Sarah McDonald - Producer Jeffrey Lewis - Co-Director | Dominc Russell - Media Director | Jack Woolrych - Production Assistant | Tania Connell - Production Assistant Carly Wilson - Production Assistant.

The staff and students who participate in theatrical productions understand this environment nurtures a team spirit among the cast, crew and creative team.

In a period of lockdowns and Zooms, this season has been incredibly exciting regardless of these challenges. Over the past year we’ve all become resilient to this change and optimistic about the new stories, venues and performance modes we can bring to our community. Theatre at its very core fosters an inclusive spirit where collaboration works best with a shared-responsibility model. The Drama team has been instrumental in supporting each director’s vision and shepherding large groups of emerging artists make up our cast and crew from the middle to senior years in some truly remarkable performances.

Ms Tanya Neilsen Head of Drama

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Senior Dramatic Production Integrity and a code of honour were at the heart of A Few Good Men, originally produced on Broadway in 1989. Written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, the iconic characters, fast-paced dialogue and memorable one-liners — “You can’t handle the truth” — posed a challenge, particularly with a young cast. Years 11 and 12 students, with QUT artist-in-residence Indiah Rose, developed that mysterious alchemy of acting skills and intuition to build authentic and dynamic performances. Students captured the American accent, mastered complex military drills and convincingly portrayed a story with mature themes. A large-scale media screen; authentic, hyper realist set design; fast transitions and visual motifs enabled thrilling moments of drama.

The pre-show performance featuring the School’s Marching Band and Firsts Rugby Squad (performing military cadences) embodied the US Military context and our BGS spirit.

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Junior Dramatic Production In collaboration with Queensland Theatre, The Scene Project provided our Years 9 and 10 Ensemble with the opportunity to reinterpret Matthew Whittet’s We Are The Mutable. Written in the teenage voice, each episode explores individual journeys emphasising our shared experiences.

The devising process highlighted a key message: change is inevitable. We discovered it is often smaller moments — rather than a big event — that ‘mutate’ us into who we become. What began as a piece of political theatre morphed into a filmed documentary performance due to lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions in Term 3. The ensemble rose to every challenge, working as co-artists to reimagine the script numerous times under various restrictions. Their creative resilience was stretched as the project shifted to a filmed performance and was a true testament to the boys’ strong artistry.

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Middle School Dramatic Production The (un)Remarkables is an original production written and directed by BGS Drama staff. The citizens of Saffron City are enjoying perpetual peace thanks to the heroic efforts of the Legion of Legends. Hero Academy’s Dean of Herology, Full Power, welcomes a new cohort of future heroes and sidekicks, including his own sons Max and Murphy Power. Trouble looms, as a dastardly villain plots to overturn the societal order. The (un)Remarkables emerged from the directorial team’s desire to write a story inspired by students in Years 5 to 8. The production challenged its audience to consider what really makes a hero. Beneath the capes and catchphrases, the pomp and pageantry, this was a tale that highlights humility, and celebrates the quiet achievers supporting from the sidelines rather than stealing the spotlight.

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p Chathruka Seneviratna, Year 12 Bernadette Moy Senior Art Prize James Cowan Drawing Prize

p Photography Club

Visual Art As we review a year like no other, 2021 has shown us how quickly the world can change. Advancements in technology have transformed our lives. The speed of their introduction and a global pandemic have given us a glimpse of the challenges our young people may face in the 21st Century.

The learning area of Visual Art plays an integral part in student development, fostering skills such critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, collaboration, ICT skills and social and personal skills.

The student work featured here is clear testimony that BGS empowers students to become autonomous thinkers and confident lifelong learners with the attitudes and knowledge needed to meet these challenges.

In 2021, students continued to enjoy a rigorous, fun Visual Art curriculum, both during homebased learning and at school, and were resourceful and innovative in approaching the creation of their artworks.

The Middle School Visual Art program took the boys on a satisfying and vibrant journey to discover their abilities and reinforce their strength in individuality and creativity. The Celebration of the Arts at the end of Term 2 allowed many promising performers and artists to display their talents to a live audience. This year it was encouraging to see so many parents and friends supporting the arts in our School and the boys proudly

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directing their families and friends to their displayed artwork.

Years 11 and 12 students also had their bodies of work displayed throughout the Year, most notably the Year 12 major exhibition Art as Alternate where the Bernadette Moy prize in Senior Visual Art — a new Speech Day prize — was judged.

Student Chathruka Seneviratna is this year’s recipient.

BGS students were also recognised for their artistic

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achievements in the wider community. Lachlan Elliott was awarded a Highly Commended in this year’s Brisbane Portrait Prize; Kevin Wang was selected for The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art, which recognise and promote excellence in senior visual art in all Queensland schools. Kevin’s sculpture will be displayed at GOMA in 2022.

The public art displays at BGS expose students to different points of view, and encourage them to empathise with others and take pride in their unique cultural identity. This year BGS Curator Stewart Service curated an Art Trail complete with a QR reader that showcases the works in the Brisbane Grammar School Art Collection acquired over 50 years.

The collection now comprises over 300 works, most of which are displayed in public areas around the School.

The collection is supported by the annual Art Show, which was first held in 1970. The annual exhibition brings contemporary art into the School and provided the community a chance to reconnect and celebrate. This year’s Gala event was Embrace – The Art of Togetherness, which featured local artist Alexandra Matthews and a host of local and international artists.

Importantly, the profits from the show have enabled committees over the years to make significant purchases for the collection. The latest acquisition is a painting by Johnny Romeo, Crimp Crew (oil on canvas 122x122). Johnny Romeo is defined as a Neo-Expressionist Pop artist and his work is large and brightly coloured in the pop art tradition. The work is fun, and its cultural references resonate with the boys.

Thanks to the Art Support Group and 2021 committee members President Peta Spence, Vice President Rachael Browning, Treasurer Jo Waite and Secretary Kami Prasad. The group recently approved funding for a new kiln to support the ceramics program. Both teachers and students are grateful for this gift, as studio ceramics is a focus of Years 5 and 8 Visual Art. The Ceramic Club is also a popular cocurricular activity for Middle School students.

Looking to 2022, Art at BGS has grown! Next year we have the largest number of senior boys choosing Visual Art as an elective in BGS history, which is in part the result of the passion that runs through our faculty. The images in this magazine are snapshot

of the outstanding young Visual Art students BGS produces and a celebration of the hard work and commitment of our students and the teachers, families, and community that have supported them.

In conclusion, we would like to take the time to say goodbye to Miss Kimberley Kovacevic who departs BGS after eight years to begin a new adventure on the Sunshine Coast. Her passion for teaching young people, as well as her enthusiasm for Visual Arts education will be missed by our school community. We wish her the best of luck for what the future holds.

Ms Amanda Stuart Art Teacher

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Year 12 Christopher Spencer

Josh Goh

Charlie O’Sullivan

Art Prize Nick Sullivan

Creative Generations Excellence Award Kevin Wang

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Year 11 Cian Clarke

Samuel Mellick

Roger Zhu

Luke Agnew Ben Zacharyga

Gus Robinson

Max Hooper

Art Prize Angus Bisset

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Year 10 Jack Dunne

Daham Kodithuwakku

Owen Seaborn

Will Spalding

David Butler

Art Prize and James Cowan Drawing Prize Weili Cao

Angus Tweed

Josh Stamatellos

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Year 9 Highly Commended Brisbane Portrait Prize Lachie Elliott

Art Prize Connor Fitzpatrick

Gordon Tsai

Sam Smith

Alan Zhao

Alex Peters

Daniel Luo

Ben Nguyen

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Year 8 Alexander Spence

Isaac Richardson

Brandon Chien

Art Prize Benjamin Li

Felix Swane Luke Saywell

Andy Nguyen

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Year 7 Seth McBride

Ethan Jones

Art Prize Keeran Chang

Joel Wu

Samuel Farrelly

James Butler

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Year 6 Rory McGlennon

Brayden Huo

Maverick Harris Clement Chan

Jack Gorry

Julian Mayne

Jaedon Nguyen

Mitchell Spence

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Year 5 Thomas Campbell

Roger Dong

Grey Dalton

Tom Smith

Finn Kimbell

Oliver Elphinston

Nelson Wang

Daniel Hu

Leon Xiao

Mohid Niazi

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Sport Basketball

Rowing

Chess

Rugby

Cricket

Sailing

Cross Country

Swimming

Debating

Tennis

Fencing

Track and Field

Football

Volleyball

Gymnastics

Basketball This season was most definitely a unique one, with a COVID-19 lockdown cancelling four of eight fixtures. Being unable to train or play for three weeks came with a magnitude of challenges, as access to resources we take for granted — such as gym equipment and even a basketball hoop — was denied for many. To prevent any loss of strength or skill, homebased training was introduced for the players with innovative workouts and exercises, such as lifting textbook-filled schoolbags to simulate dumbbells at the gym.

The First V held regular virtual team meetings, with specific focus

on getting to know our teammates and coaches better. Despite missing out on physical interactions, it was clear we established a stronger personal connection in these meetings.

This season, key emphasis was placed on improving the culture within the basketball community and I am pleased to report this was a major success. I was able to observe almost all cohorts train and play at some point in the season, and a boost in participation, willingness to learn and overall morale compared to previous years was very clear. I am tremendously excited to continue watching the

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First V Back Row (L to R): Mr Sergiu Zimbatu, Lachlan Curtin, Lebron Brooks, Marc Wang, Walter Nedov, Rocco Zikarsky, Beckett Weiss, Otto Dwyer, Ben Balthes, Mr David Derwin, Mr Daniel George.

Front Row (L to R): Nicholas Yang, Nick Teng, Oliver Akhavan, Ned Brassil, Brendan Cheng, James Eccleston, Max Balthes.

Absent: Marcus Bean, Nick Clegg.

entire program continue to improve year by year.

After training for almost 10 months before the season, the First V were incredibly excited to finally start the season and put our preparation to the test. With a team comprising many players in Years 9 and 10, we were eager to prove our ability to compete with some of the best teams in the competition.

Numerous players such as Lebron Brooks, Rocco Zikarsky, Max Balthes and Lachie Curtin excelled in multiple games this season — showing promise for the future of the program. A key highlight of the season was during Round 7, when the First V broke a long losing streak with an incredible 65-63 comeback win against Terrace. It is easy to get caught up in the wins and losses; however, what is most impressive from this season is the significant improvement of the

First V program which will continue to develop for years to come.

A special thank you to the Hardwood Club: the culture of the Basketball community this year would look completely different if it weren’t for the behind-thescenes efforts from this group. To the parents of all players, thank you for spending your time getting us to training and games — it is just as much of a commitment for you as it is for us. A special thank you to Head Coaches Daniel George and Dave Derwin, along with Program Director Michael Lake. I’d also like to thank Headmaster Mr Micallef for providing me and Marcus Bean the opportunity to serve as leaders of the program.

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2021 saw over 530 boys involved with BGS Basketball in some capacity, from GPS trials and competition, our intra-school Blue League and the BQ CBSQ school’s tournament. With the COVID lockdown limiting our season to only four rounds, the boys showed tremendous focus and resilience to stay engaged throughout and remain competitive. Some notable results across the program included our 8E and Fourth V teams finishing second, and our 9C and 9E teams finishing on top of their respective ladder. Another GPS highlight, as mentioned by Ned, was the First V victory over Gregory Terrace in Round 7.

This year also saw the School enter two teams in the Basketball Queensland CBSQ tournament on the Gold Coast. BGS had a Year 7/8 team compete in Division 2, finishing in ninth spot with four wins and two losses for the tournament.

We also had a Year 9/10 team compete in Division 1 who become state champions with a shot at the buzzer securing a 69-67 win over GPS rivals BSHS. Of course, none of the achievements above are possible without the help and support of several people. Firstly, we would like to thank Mr Anthony Micallef,

Mr Greg Thorne and the entire SLT for their support of our program in 2021. This thanks extends to all our staff, external and Old Boy coaches and managers who were a part of our program and helped give our boys a safe and enjoyable environment to train and play in.

A special thanks to the Hardwood Club and all that they have done in support of the program and of myself this year. Particular thanks to our outgoing President Nicole Hastie, who has served the BGS Basketball community for 17 years and will be greatly missed.

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A big thank you to our student leaders this year, Captain Ned Brassil and Vice Captain Marcus Bean. Our program is so much better for your leadership and the example you set this year and your impact will be felt at BGS for years to come.

And finally, thank you to all boys who participated this year, along with their parents and carers who help make the BGS Basketball program possible.

Mr Michael Lake Basketball Director

Second V

Third V

Back Row (L to R): Mr James Hogg, Charlie Baker, Krishna Kangatharan, Sam Stallmann, Noah Guthrie.

Front Row (L to R): Gus Dempsey, Matt Pyman, Kevin Wang, Lachlan MacNicol, Nick Clegg, Alex Lu. Absent: Michael Bekker, Kyle Liang, Marc Wang.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Ethan Stamatellos, Hamish Wall, Campbell Bollard, Peter Sophios, Jonah Schmidley.

Front Row (L to R): Sam Goldberg, Kirijan Vijeyakumar, Campbell Wong, Charlie O’Sullivan, Alex Carew, James Tam. Absent: Mr Seb Porras, Aaron Partington.

Fourth V

11A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Scott Jones, Nick Jones, Charlie Hume, Oscar Meutermans.

Front Row (L to R): Ernest Ngai, Ed Sole, Sam Charrington, Bencent Lee, Aaron Kua. Absent: Thomas McCarthy-James, Justin Liang.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Sergiu Zimbatu, Tom Ricato, Lucas Sherington, Tim Roper, Sid Nair, Mr Ridge Gameren.

Front Row (L to R): Lachlan Tu, Hamish Moss, Ben Balthes, Nick Teng, Nick Borodin, Hess Chen.

11B

11C

Back Row (L to R): Bennett Chen, Tate De Jager, Jed Green.

Front Row (L to R): Angus Chen, Kai Mizuno, Brian Wang, Matt Chen.

Absent: Mr Will Dooley, Bernard Kang, Jackson Mercer, James Swart, Anushan Thangavel.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack Henry, Hishaam Saood, Uzair Saood, Aohang Ding.

Front Row (L to R): David Beetham, Julian Sun, Hugh Mowbray, Jackson Xu, Lachlan Yu. Absent: Wilson Howden, Lachlan Nye.

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11D

10A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Christian Tait, Sam Purcell, Connor Waite, Matthew Pruyn.

Front Row (L to R): Christos Karanicolas, Sabian Bell Bray, Alex Gu, Toby Matthews, Angus Lo. Absent: Sean Han, William Jordan.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Brendan Teys, Lachlan Curtin, Daniel Jesser, Sebastian Roy-Bryant, Alex Roe, Hansa Tennakoon.

Front Row (L to R): Angus Hume, An Bui, Christopher Lui, Toby Choi, Weili Cao, Callum Vidler.

10B

10C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Theron Pinker, Isaac Robinson, John Morrissey, Harry Cadell-Ree, Alex Crethar.

Front Row (L to R): Sebastian Bae, Ronit Relan, Rudy Dempsey, Jack Matthews, Angus Tweed.

Absent: Henry Rodda, Soham Sane.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Richard Tu, Guy Hilditch, Austen Harry, Angus Stanley, Dylan Park.

Front Row (L to R): Oliver Buck, Oliver Spence, Mikey Yuen, Sudesh Vedha, Tharuka Perera, Ben Watson.

Absent: Damien Chan.

10D

9A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Gleb Kuznetsov, Angus Norris, Taj Saini, Taj Lyndon, Will Siddle.

Front Row (L to R): Joshua Stamatellos, Kiran Selva, Luke Murphy, Perry Irwin, Myles Houghton.

Absent: Bramiyan Sasikaran, Ryan Wang.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Michael Lake, Lucas Bryan, Andrew Bade, Oliver Akhavan, Otto Dwyer, Max Balthes.

Front Row (L to R): Sam Chappell, William Ewart, Ranvir Chauhan, Tom Gulliver, Oliver Tu, Brendan Cheng.

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9B

9C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Christian Pang, Eric Asomah, Oscar Bollard, George Mercer, Hudson Ridoutt.

Front Row (L to R): Ollie Shearer-Smith, Henry Mercer, Ocean Xia, Thomas Leeuwendal, Nash Furnell, Drew Chudleigh.

Back Row (L to R): Jack Telford, Alex McConnel, Nathan Xu, James Mak. Front Row (L to R): Hudson Pherous, Max Moore, Jarrah Chien, Ruper Thynne.

Absent: Mr Ben Du, Isaac McNally, Nick Scott.

9D

8A

Back Row (L to R): Mr John Heales, Nick Scott, Julian Burcham, Thomas Poll, Theo Chan, Josh Smith.

Front Row (L to R): Max Liberatore, Minh Tran, Bowen Chen, Ben Springall, Jay Peterson, Mitchell Khoo, Nick Hoole.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Glenn Scott, Jacob Fox, Marcus Forbes, Liam Cook, Albert Du. Front Row (L to R): Anson Qiu-Tang, Ferdi Rombola, Samuel Chan, James Middleton, Nelson Jorss, Ben Coates.

8B

8C

Back Row (L to R): Harry Beirne, Angus Clarke, Johnny James, Luke Saywell, Charlie Prebble.

Front Row (L to R): Alex Spence, Nirmidan Sasikaran, Ocean Shih, Aowen Ding, Jackson Leong, Praveen Gunawardena.

Absent: Mr Jack Chapman, Liam Hardie.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Nick Athanasiou, Michael Dore, Fraser Salisbury, Hunter Neep, Noah Lauder.

Front Row (L to R): Tom Clayton, Vishnu Kangatharan, Aaron Gong, Lachlan Anastasia, Allen Liu, Maxwell Miu.

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8D

7A

Back Row (L to R): William Pendleton, Ben Mowbray, Alvin Wang, Vikram Kumar.

Front Row (L to R): Cavel Leong, Shaun Li, Christian Ma, Rafferty Chapman, James Reinke.

Absent: Mr Will Chapman, Angus Clark.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Gabriel Snow, George Lee, Yuvan Subburaj, Angus McNeill, Harrison Corser.

Front Row (L to R): Alexander Huang, Charlie Miller, Nathan Xu, Rohan Relan, Henry Liu, Ethan Lee.

7B

7C

Back Row (L to R): Hamish Maybury, Lachlan Lee, Vuk Prentis, Rhys Van Nispen, Joshua de Jager.

Front Row (L to R): Zach Schulz, Ashton Hamra, Victory Okonkwo, Luke Carter, Ian Lin, Alexander Lay. Absent: Mr Jon Hopes.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tim Fulton, Eamman Conomos, Nicholas Bade, Hugo Smith, Magnus Gislason, Martin Grant.

Front Row (L to R): Orrey Xia, Matthew Amato, Shiv Punj, Shubh Punj, Isaac Reid, Edward Douglas.

7D

7E

Back Row (L to R): Zac Wrigley, Lachlan Baker, Ashton Parsons-Pope, Ezekiel Hutton, Joel Wu. Front Row (L to R): Dehan Wickramasekera, Henry Kerrigan, Harvey de Aboitiz, Will Quinlan, Isaac Collins.

Absent: Mr Keshav Pande.

Back Row (L to R): Ms Ally Kettle, Jeric Gao, Jasper Garde, Leroy Zhou, Lewis Aleckson.

Front Row (L to R): Ruben Tavakol, Jamie Homer, Elliott Gillman, George Chalmers, William Coates, Om Thaker.

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6A

6B

Back Row (L to R): Mrs Jenny Tap, Jacky Chang, Lincoln Jorss, Aum Bhatt, Hugo Forbes, Lucius Montague.

Front Row (L to R): Edward Stephens, Lachlan Lai, Alex Amarasena, Raul Selva, Oliver Smith.

Absent: Joey Stevenson.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Oskar Petrovic, Edison Nagl, Clement Chan, Tom Aitchison, Nikkhil Jain, Harrison Carew.

Front Row (L to R): Kobi Stevens, Charles Pendleton, Alexander Donaldson, Quinn Goodall, Brayden Huo.

6C

5A

Back Row (L to R): Borui Robertson-Zeng, Charlie Liang, Joshua Brand, Lachlan Clarke.

Front Row (L to R): Thomas Van der Westhuizen, Thomas Pearce, Tomos Johnston, Fyn Smith, Charlie Wang.

Absent: Julian Chin, Mr Jack Ives.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Shafaat Husain, Morris Grant, Luka Hedges, Alston Lin, Ashley Boutcher, Sky Choy Front Row (L to R): Roger Dong, Remi Ivanovski, Luka Rodins, Malakai Wong, Sebastian Bryan.

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5C

Back Row (L to R): Mr William Scott, Lucas Han, Benjamin Bendell, Dhilan Varsani.

Front Row (L to R): Lachlan Tan, Xavier Ma, Ira Adib, Will Ludlow, Vincent Hu. Absent: Isaac Chuang.

L to R: Ms Ally Kettle, Leon Xiao, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Hu, Elliot Morris, Christopher Wong, Lachlan Euston.

Absent: Oliver Elphinston, Ethan Moore.

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Chess The first major event of the Chess season was the Somerville House Invitational Chess Competition, held over two consecutive Friday evenings on 5 February and 12 February. BGS entered three teams, with the BGS 1 team of Sze Yong Ng, Nadula Tennakoon, Jaden Teow and Nic Carter winning the Open division, the BGS 3 team of Matt Ho, DJ Li, Elliot Dudgeon, Alex Carter and Patrick Moore finishing second and the BGS 2 team of Shaun Li, Alvin Shen, Matt Comino and Oliver Christie finishing third.

BGS entered four teams across the Brisbane Interschool Chess Competition A and B divisions. Out

of the 19 teams in the A Division, BGS teams finished respectively in third, seventh, eighth and 18th place.

On Saturday 18 April, BGS held online Chess trials for the GPS team, with 91 students participating. The GPS team was selected by the end of the holidays, and training began in Term 2. Twelve teams were nominated for the GPS competition — Premier, Senior, Junior and Open A to Open I. The BGS Chess community also welcomed three new coaches — Dusan Stoijic, who took on the Premier Team, 2020 Chess Captain and Senior Player of the Year Tony Zhong, who coached the Open A and B teams and

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International Chess Master Brodie McClymont, who coached the Senior and Junior teams.

The GPS season was seriously impacted by the COVID lockdown.

As a result, there were no games for Rounds 4 and 5 for all GPS schools, with BGS also not playing any games in Round 6. During the lockdown period, BGS teams maintained their skills with an inschool online chess tournament.

The Premier Team finished the season with two wins, one draw and two losses from five games. The Senior Team performed extremely well, finishing first in a very talented division. Congratulations must also go to the Open A, D, G and I teams for finishing in first place.

Congratulations to Elliott Dudgeon, Max Butler, Alex Carter, George Butler, Lucas Han, Jerry Li, Patrick Moore, Moosa Niazi, Chris Zhu and

GPS Chess team Back Row (L to R): Alex Gu, Elliott Dudgeon, Sean Forrest, Angus Duncan, George Butler, Oliver Christie.

Fourth Row (L to R): Oscar Tan, Ryan Xu, Matthew Ho, Alex Lusis, Nhan Nguyen, Patrick Moore, Matthew Comino, Sze Yong Ng. Third Row (L to R): Milan Kankanwadi, Ken Anulomsombat, Jacob Duncan, Kaushal Varsani, Logan Zellmer, James Pearson, DJ Li, Alvin Shen, Vijay Hari Kannan.

Second Row (L to R): Jerry Li, Nadula Tennakoon, James Butler, Chris Zhu, Nic Carter, Shaun Li, Jaden Teow, Moosa Niazi, Max Butler, Dennis Zhou.

First Row (L to R): Lucas Han, Ethan Chen, Morris Grant, Dylan Paschkewitz, Mr Peter Brunckhorst, Dana Yadollahi Farsani, Alex Carter, Anoop Balasuiriya, Malakai Wong, Connor Kua.

Connor Kua for finishing the season undefeated.

On Tuesday 20 July, Nadula Tennakoon (Board 2 of the BGS Premier Team), challenged all comers to five simultaneous chess games in the The Lilley Centre Learning Commons. Not only was this great fun, but it was a demonstration of excellent tactical chess and a great opportunity for students to match their wits against talented opposition.

On 3 August, BGS entered six teams across the Premier and A Division in the second round of the Brisbane Interschool Chess Competition. Out of eight teams in the Premier Division, BGS teams finished in third and seventh place.

Out of 28 teams in A division, BGS teams finished in first, seventh, 18th and 24th place.

Due to these results, the BGS

GPS Chess premier team Left to Right: Jaden Teow, Sze Yong Ng, Mr Peter Brunckhorst, Oscar Tan, Nadula Tennakoon.

Premier Team qualified for the State Finals in October where they finished in a very creditable seventh place amongst a very strong field.

The Chess community is grateful for the strong leadership of Patrick Moore and Ken Anulomsombat.

Patrick and Ken have been wonderful ambassadors for Chess throughout the year, producing engrossing reports and hosting

the GPS schools for home games. I would like to thank Patrick and Ken for their hard work. I wish them all the best for the future.

Thank you to our coaches for their invaluable support and the boys for their enthusiasm and commitment.

Mr Peter Brunckhorst Chess Director

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Cricket The First XI’s preseason began with a dominant win against Ipswich Grammar, which saw an outstanding partnership of 140 from Ethan Bartley (45*) and Hugh Weibgen (98). We continued our strong performances with a convincing win in the Powderfinger Cup against Terrace and a tight win against Marist College Ashgrove, which brought us to the beginning of the 2021 GPS season.

Our confidence going into the season was high; however, we suffered tough losses against TSS, Toowoomba and Ipswich.

This brought us to King of the Hill round against Gregory Terrace. A 50 from Ethan Bartley and a tough

60 from Hugh Weibgen, as well as the dominant atmosphere the boys created in the field, guided us to a total of 190. We bowled Terrace out for 140. As the season continued into the last round against Churchie, another dominant bonus point win

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accompanied by a clinical 90 from Matthew Love saw us conclude the 2021 season strongly, reflecting the positive culture we built over the nine weeks. Notable performances from the First XI include Angus Tolhurst contributing a total of 240

First XI Back Row (L to R): Mr Peter Steindl, Angus Tolhurst, Hugh Weibgen, Marcus Bean, Matthew Love, Hugo Malone, Mr Jon Hopes.

Front Row (L to R): Hugh Couper, Toby Matthews, Callum Vidler, Robbie Sanders, Matthew Lockhart, Connor Nowlan, Max Sawley, Ethan Bartley.

runs throughout the season and 18 wickets from Robbie Sanders.

On behalf of the boys, I would like to thank the First XI coaches, Mr Peter Steindl and Mr Jon Hopes, for their hard work and personal support over the season.

The BGS Cricket program had a successful 2021 season, winning five of the eight rounds played.

Notable performances include Brad Mackintosh’s 140 and 118 against TSS and Ipswich Grammar in the 10As, George Labrom’s 5/11 against TSS in the 11As, Hugh Mowbray’s 5/17 against IGS in the 11Cs, Lachie Mckay’s 5/24 in the 11As, Aadeesh Singhal’s 5/21 against Brisbane State High in the 10As and Ethan Du Payne’s 138 against BBC in the 10As. Congratulations to the 10As and the Third XI on winning premierships.

On behalf of the boys, I would like to thank the parents, scorers and other staff members involved in the 2021 Cricket program.

The 2021 GPS cricket season was extremely successful, as we completed an entire season without significant rain interruptions or COVID-19 restrictions. With nearly 400 boys playing cricket and 32 teams, we are the second-biggest program in the GPS competition.

Our boys played some fantastic cricket across all levels, with over half of our teams finishing in the

top three in their divisions. The BGS Cricket community can be very proud of their achievements and the spirit with which we competed.

Our 2021 preseason began in October 2020 with specialist skills-development sessions and the T20 Annual Powderfinger Cup Tournament against Gregory Terrace. Nearly 350 boys played with excellent sportsmanship in a

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great week of cricket. Highlights included a last ball victory by the 10B team, with Sam Brown hitting 39 (27); and a gritty win by the First XI, with Angus Tolhurst completing a great match double, finishing with 2/6 off 4 overs and 24* from 26 balls. Gregory Terrace retained the Cup with 10 wins to four.

The Christmas school holidays were busy with specialist clinics, cricket development tours, trial games and our annual cricket camp at Northgate. The specialist skills clinic targeted all facets of the game. Batting skills were improved using bowling machines, with specific drills to enhance shot execution; bowling techniques were scrutinised with video feedback targeting run-ups and delivery postures; field placings were strategised and drills to improve our fielding standards were implemented.

The cricket camp was undertaken from 18-20 January and 360 boys from Years 5 to 12 attended.

Monday and Tuesday consisted of centre wicket activities, nets session and fielding drills. On Wednesday, the boys played TSS, internal trial games, and matches against a Megacourts team from Adelaide.

The Jim Taylor Memorial Cup match between the BGSOBA (Old Boys) and the First XI was played on the No. 1 Oval at Northgate on the last day. The BGSOBA First XI retained the cup in a closely contested match.

Our cricketers received wonderful coaching from several specialists, including former Australian Test and English First Class cricketers, and current Sydney Sixers Big Bash and Brisbane First Grade cricketers. We also welcomed back Mr Peter Steindl as First XI Head Coach working with Mr Jon Hopes. Mr Graham Power as Junior Development Coach superbly coordinated the holiday activities.

We welcomed Ryan Harris and Nathan Hauritz as specialist coaches.

Our boys could not have been better

prepared for the GPS season.

Training focused on technical development and decisionmaking strategies. Sessions targeted running between wickets, encouraging the boys to find spaces and adapt their stroke play and force of shot. Fielding, match awareness, throwing and catching skills were also a focus. Thanks to the Willow Club for funding three new bowling machines for use in skill development sessions.

BGS enjoyed significant success across the entire program in 2021, recording a win percentage of over 57% in GPS matches contested. This placed us second across all the GPS schools. I am pleased that 16 teams finished with podium placings, 10 as competition leaders. Special mention of the 5A, 6B and 6C teams who finished the GPS season undefeated. Well done to the six of the eight A teams who finished in the top three. Congratulations to the Third XI, 11A, 11B, 10A, 10B, 10D, 9D, 8A, 7A, 7D, 7E, 6A and 5B teams on their success. Other highlights for the season included five x five wicket-hauls, eight x 100+ run partnerships, and for the first time since 2019, three centuries were scored. Well done to all the boys and the coaches involved.

At the end of the season we award a Junior and Senior Cricketer of the Year. Senior Cricketer of the Year for 2021 was Ethan Du Payne (10A). Ethan finished the season with 322 runs at an average of 36 and five wickets. Junior Cricketer of the Year was Adam Johansen (5A) Adam scored 178 runs at an average of 36 and took three wickets for the season.

Finally, a big thank you to Greg Malone and the Willow Club support group, canteen convenor Bronwyn Jerrard and Don Myles and the Northgate grounds staff.

Mr Trevor Irvine Cricket Director

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Congratulations to the 2021 Coach’s Award winners: 5A

Francis Wallwork

5B

Gabriel Levy

5C

Harry McDonald

5D

Christopher Wong

6A

Hamish Mackay

6B

Ned Clayton

6C

Maverick Harris

6D

Harry Savage

7A

Elliott Gillman

7B

Ned Horton

7C

Tommy Hajkowicz

7D

Charlie Miller

7E

Will McDade

7F

Darcy Mill

8A

Harry Beirne

8B

Jack Van der Westhuizen

8C

Hunter Neep

8D

Ryan Quinell

9A

Archie Austin

9B

Sam Klaassen

9C

Lucas Bell

9D

Alex Roberts

10A

Brad Mackintosh

10B

Ethan Love

10C

Harrison Pope

10D

Monte Tilse

11A

Lachlan Mackay

11B

James Horton

11C

Blake Linley

1st XI

Matthew Lockhart

2nd XI

Kaif Mohammed

3rd XI

Clancy Kelly

Second XI

Third XI

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tom Hastie, Conan Trewin, William Huth, Nicholas Poore, Joshua Sommer, Mr Jamie Smith.

Front Row (L to R): Leo van Brunschot, Gus Dempsey, Jack Fewster, Kaif Mohammed, Lachlan Clayton, Joel Furnell, Arjun Dhanani.

Absent: Krishna Kangatharan, Maximillian Sawley.

Back Row (L to R): Eshaan Raj, Raphy Athanasiou, James Lowe, Scott Evans, Mr Logan Hawkins.

Front Row (L to R): Zeke Deacon, Charlie Bassingthwaighte, Clancy Kelly, Sebastian Beirne, Tobias Carter, Alex Lu. Absent: Judah Grubi, James Spencer.

11A

11B

Back Row (L to R): Mr Will Chapman, Ben Mooney, Lachlan Mackay, Gabe Hogarth Howes, Ryan Logan, Mr Phil Mooney.

Front Row (L to R): Toby Matthews, Thomas Hurwood, Charlie Petersen, Charlie Thomas, George Labrom, Kiyan Rahman, Nadula Tennakoon.

Back Row (L to R): Sam Siganto, Harry Dutton, Anushan Thangavel, Hugh Mowbray, Sid Nair, Mr Harry Lessells Cottle.

Front Row (L to R): Toby Logan, Ned Madden, Andy Miller, James Horton, Will Allen, James Pearson, Oscar Smith.

11C

10A

Back Row (L to R): Mr George Mellick, Elliott Dudgeon, Liam Anderson, Flynn Martinez-Briggs, George Butler, Harry Askew, Mr Jackson Long.

Front Row (L to R): Ben Matheson, Aditya Pradeep Rao, Punula Jayalath, Blake Linley, Nathaniel Wardrobe, Alfie Sprott, Cooper Caines.

Absent: Yathav Ragupathy, Alec Donald.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Charlie Selth, Daniel Johnson, Sam Brown, Ethan Du Payne, Jonty Davis, Mr Haydn Murray.

Front Row (L to R): Aadeesh Singhal, Jack Love, Oliver Spence, Soham Sane, Max Clark, Brad Mackintosh, Jack Matthews.

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10B

10C

Back Row (L to R): Tharuka Perera, Ragulan Gnanavel, Guy Hilditch, Doug Chapman, Jock Horton, Mr Alex MacGibbon.

Front Row (L to R): Morgan Jury, Binupa Ilangamage, Ethan Love, Oliver Buck, Jonathan Neep, Duncan Feltham, Chester Battley.

Absent: Mr Lachlan Johnstone.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Oscar Keir, Stephen Kyprios, Ben Reinke, Harro Schulz, Alex Thomas, Will Siddle, Mr Daniel Skoien.

Front Row (L to R): Lachlan Huntley, Ed Thomas, Nicholas Fasone, Perry Irwin, Paul Nilsen, Harrison Pope, Thomas Stevens.

10D

9A

Back Row (L to R): Flynn Molloy, Will Sciacca, Nick Roberts, Monte Tilse, Jack Dunne, Mr Jacob Holzgrefe.

Front Row (L to R): Tom Nolan, Rex Bennett, Charlie Booth, Shane Sirimana, John Kim, Cooper Robson.

Absent: Saahil Dahiya.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Blake Micallef, Flynn Horton, Josh Smith, Lucas Bryan, Liam Huntley, Robert Cochrane, Mr Dirk Wellham.

Front Row (L to R): Archie Austin, Ollie Shearer-Smith, Thomas Stannard, Nick Scott, Cooper Penrose, Harsha Cikaluru, Sam Wallwork.

Absent: Lincoln Manuel, Aaryan Bakshi, Owen Lin.

9B

9C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Luke Johnston, Tom Siganto, George Mercer, Bertie Kendall, Tom Chan, Mr Rahul Raju.

Front Row (L to R): Alex Peters, Drew Chudleigh, Rohan Chopra, Henry Mercer, Sam Klaassen, Thomas Middleton.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jackson Mathias, Henry Hyde, Lucas Stay, Tristan Knudsen, Jordan Donald, Lucas Bell, Mr Thomas Kyprios.

Front Row (L to R): Jaipreet Sihota, Thomas Siemon, Max Moore, Adriano Gianfelici, Jashin Premraj, Olly Taylor, Mitchell Bellamy.

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9D

8A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Lachlan Steedman, Will Johnson, Jackson O’Brien, Nick Condon, Oliver Kennedy, Mr Jayden Muller.

Front Row (L to R): Alec Bemrose, Fergus Parsell, Alex Roberts, Andy Swindells, Caspian Tuckwell, William Zillmann, Mitch Emery.

Absent: Harvey Brand, Sam Long.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack Chapman, Hugo Spencer, Angus McNamara, Harry Beirne, Dom Scott, Mr Mark Walker.

Front Row (L to R): Alex Spence, Elijah Breen, Vishnu Kangatharan, Luke Donaldson, Lachlan Elf, Will Driessen.

Absent: Harrison Reck.

8B

8C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Parth Mehta, James Yantsch, Ferdi Rombola, Hayden Scholes, Henry Slatter, Ben Redmond, Mr Stuart Shirley.

Front Row (L to R): Luke Telford, Jack Van der Westhuizen, Sebastian Hazzard, Michael Dore, Jax Beikoff, Matteo Boccolacci, Luke Duncan.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Adam Brown, Ben Mowbray, Bennett Huf, Mr Daniel Ritchie, Hunter Neep, Josh Edwards, Mr Adi Pant.

Front Row (L to R): Kody Goss, Tom Clayton, Will Neilson, Rayan Mazumder, Henry Ballentine, Casey Hughes, Colby Smith, James Reinke.

8D

7A

Back Row (L to R): Mr James van de Graaff, Ryan Quinell, Tom Harris, Cameron Willersdorf, Oliver Hudson, Leo Bowker, Mrs Sara Bell.

Front Row (L to R): Thomas Chambers, Benjamin Buck, Sam Ong, Ethan Luk, Isma’il Siddique, George Wacker, Oscar Small, Micael Crookes.

Absent: Thomas Gordon, Maxwell Hirst, Alexander Prowse.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack O’Brien, Rishi Mehta, Matthew Yannarakis, Yuvraj Dahiya, Armaan Timblo, Mr Graham Power.

Front Row (L to R): Mitchell Ackermann, Ben Rothwell, Ned Horton, Oliver Dauber, Oliver Mellick, Elliott Gillman, Matt Petersen.

Absent: Lincoln Dalton.

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7B

7C

Back Row (L to R): Luke Carter, Jake Miller, Hardik Bhutada, Angus McNeill, Lachlan Baker, Mr Ian Blanchett.

Front Row (L to R): James Worthley, Henry Kerrigan, Harvey Munday, Moosa Niazi, Jed Siganto, Shubh Garg.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tim Carius, James Butler, Max Butler, Spencer Ballentine, Tom McCredie, Mr Andy Bertram.

Front Row (L to R): Anshu Pandey, Zach Schulz, Tommy Hajkowicz, William Coates, Matthew Amato, Sakith Paranavithana.

Absent: Joshua de Jager.

7D

7E

Back Row (L to R): Mr Harsha Bodla, Charlie Miller, Harrison Corser, Henry Mellick, Nick Walker, Louis Pincus, Mr Hamish Benson.

Front Row (L to R): Priyan Bhende, Asher Levy, Dehan Wickramasekera, Will Quinlan, Sahil Mohan, Jacob Blanch, Om Thaker.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Harry Chapman, George Chalmers, William McDade, Shivam Pathak, Isaac Reid, Mr Harry Logan.

Front Row (L to R): James Raaymakers, Cormac Prescott, Isaac Malik, Jonathan Sapsford, Isaac Collins, Arjan Bansi, Jack Love.

Absent: Sachin Nanda.

7F

6A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Pranay Jaisinghani, Tommy Wang, Declan Simpkins, Charlie Hall, Darcy Mill, Mr Ian Grice.

Front Row (L to R): Magnus Wechsel, Lachlan McMaster, Sith Abeysinghe, Don Grantley, Oscar Kroon, Nick Kennedy, Lachy Walsh.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Mitch Labrom, Samuel Kelley, Hamish Mackay, Max Woolley, Henry Burke, Mr Greg Tier.

Front Row (L to R): Mitchell Spence, Anoop Balasuiriya, Oliver Harris, Thomas Van der Westhuizen, Jonathon Tennakoon, Tom Rollason, Lachy Szumowski.

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6B

6C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Kyle Hunter, Frederick Vaughan, Samuel Prasad, Angus Cooper, Ned Clayton, Lachlan Webber, Mr Justin Shears.

Front Row (L to R): Angus Hoyling, Hugo Macaulay, Bryce Evans, Ojas Joshi, Archie Slatter, Edward Driessen, Joey Stevenson.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Will Sheedy, Edward Creighton, Edward Mulholland, George Hooper, Ed Stephens, Maverick Harris, Mr Josh Singh.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Nelson, Zach Schulz, Matthew Overlack, Henry Kerrigan, Jed Siganto, Matthew Amato, Vrish Shah.

Absent: Liam Duncan.

6D

5A

Back Row (L to R): Claude Stonell, Flynn Travis, Thomas Pearce, Nikkhil Jain, Harry Savage, Oliver Smith, Mr Hayden Spencer.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Pendleton, William Dauber, William Peters, Raul Selva, Oscar Neilson, Owen Zhong, Ben Wong.

Back Row (L to R): Ethan Bester, Noah Sriskandarajah, Mohid Niazi, Lewis Carroll, Adam Johansen, Mr Dean Littlefair.

Front Row (L to R): Francis Wallwork, Devam Shah, Aaryan Jagannathan, Joshua Lago, Aamay Wadhwani, Aadya Wadhwani.

5B

5C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Ollie Taylor, Oliver Elphinston, Elliot Morris, Gray Dalton, Flynn Oliver, Mr Glenn McFarlane.

Front Row (L to R): Will Angelini, Oliver Grigg, Max Gatehouse, Lewie Prescott, Luka Rodins, Ethan Moore, Gabriel Levy.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Angus Pearn, Eddie McLean, Dhilan Varsani, Kiren Senaratne, Will Ludlow, Mr Louis Quin.

Front Row (L to R): Sebastian Bryan, Tom Smith, Harry McDonald, Clancy Menzies, Jamie Ma, Lachlan Tan, Lachlan Euston.

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5D Back Row (L to R): Mr Caleb Scott, Ben Quinlan, Hugh Swan, Alston Lin, Matthew Boyd, Mr Tim Weber.

Front Row (L to R): Tom Owen, Noah Wu, Ben Davis, Remi Ivanovski, Christopher Wong, Henry Gannon.

Absent: Finn Kimbell.

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Cross Country The 2021 season saw a return to normal training and competition following the disrupted 2020 season. Our focus, as always, was on building an inclusive community culture where all boys could participate and thrive, and where our competitive and elite runners were challenged to maximise their results. The introduction of two new head coaches, Peter Nowill and Nick Lorenz bolstered this culture and brought some fresh insights and training practices. Both Pete and Nick are extremely successful middle and long distance runners, and their expertise and calm program leadership were greatly

appreciated by the boys.

There were a number of changes to GPS competition rules this year.

Most notably there was a reduction

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in the number of runners per age group, which meant that we had some difficult selection decisions to make. Fortunately, all of our boys

Open Back Row (L to R): Sam Bizzell, Tom Stunden, Scott Evans, Drew Weightman, Thomas Fennon, Hugh Mowbray, Sean Forrest.

Second Row (L to R): Matt Allison, Alec Donald, James McCoombes, Lachlan Clayton, Will Jessup, Alex Kennedy, Sam Ireland, George Rimmington, Ethan Castle.

Front Row (L to R): Thomas Kwan, Max Hooper, Finnian Raymond, Alex Sneddon, Hamish Moss, Joseph Lim, Tom Strooper, Charlie Sprott, Jacob Ong, Matthew Weier.

understand that every runner and reserve plays his own important role in the team. It is not just the top six scoring runners who contribute to the team’s success, but every boy who turns up to training to put pressure on the boys ahead of him.

While our focus is always on the whole team, it is always gratifying to see our Senior boys perform well in their final year. This year we

were immensely proud of our Cross Country Captain, Charlie Sprott who dominated throughout the lead up meets and then topped off his season with an incredible victory at the GPS Championships. Charlie and our other elite runners then went on, post season, to experience success at regional level. We sincerely thank Charlie, Vice Captain Matt Allison and the other Year 12 runners for

their impeccable leadership this year.

We would also like to thank all of the coaches and parents who have supported the boys this year. We look forward to successful seasons in 2022 and beyond.

Mr Nick Holland and Mr Brad Scholes Cross Country Directors

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16 Years

15 Years

Back Row (L to R): Tom Jackson, Andrew McLeod, Ned Boorer, Isaac Smyth, Luke Agnew, Ethan Love.

Second Row (L to R): Jake Nicholson, Alex Thakur, Liam Anderson, Doug Chapman, Ryan Logan, Jack Love, Ms Claire Pepper-Rogers.

Front Row (L to R): Sam Cameron, Will Motley, Jonathan Neep, Aaron Le Dan, Aidan Murphy, Luke Atkinson, Kiran Patel, Ben Bryant.

Back Row (L to R): Joshua Boros, Sam Forbes, Harry Clifton, Ned Weightman, Toby Harpham, James Murray.

Second Row (L to R): Robert Cochrane, Paul Nilsen, Ed Rimmington, Tom Brittain, Lewis Williams, Jasper Gottliebsen, Thomas Siemon.

Front Row (L to R): Archie Austin, Euan Mortimer, Oliver Larsen, Nick Finch, William Murphy, Miles Mizutani, Thomas Middleton, Bramiyan Sasikaran.

14 Years

13 Years

Back Row (L to R): Josh Smith, Dominic Forrest, Jordan Donald, Max Liberatore.

Front Row (L to R): Luke Duncan, Alexander Prowse, Charlie Lutton, Hamish Cooke.

Back Row (L to R): Julien Anderson, Archie Boorer, Hunter Neep, Nelson Jorss, Louis Patterson.

Second Row (L to R): Archer Davies, Ashton Hamra, Charlie Miller, Nick Kelso, Salvatore Leotta, Oliver Mellick.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Nelson, Isaac Collins, Cashy Luo, Miles Bennett, Finnian Mann, Oliver Dauber, Luca Waterhouse.

12 Years

11 Years

Back Row (L to R): Miles Bennett, Aum Bhatt, Lincoln Jorss.

Second Row (L to R): Frederick Vaughan, Chanuga Jayawardena, Samuel Kelley, Ned Horton, Ben Davies, William Coates, Oscar Vanderstoep.

Front Row (L to R): Julian Chin, Daniel Holt, Bryce Evans, Joshua Holmes, Archie Slatter, Callum Deacon, Hugo Macaulay, Liam Duncan.

Back Row (L to R): Hugo Liberatore, Lewis Carroll, Digby Harpham, Alexander Donaldson, William Dauber, Angus Hoyling.

Front Row (L to R): Ethan Bester, Max Gatehouse, Thomas Campbell, Tom Rollason, Hamish Campbell.

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10 Years Back Row (L to R): Isiah Mazzocchi, Shree Bhatt, Lachy Donaldson.

Front Row (L to R): Devam Shah, Jordan Redburn, Sebastian Bryan, Thomas Gorry.

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Debating Debating in 2021 saw huge success with the School performing strongly in both the GPS and QDU competitions. More importantly, students from Years 5 to 12 had the chance to test their intellect, critical-thinking skills and teamwork throughout the year.

Like past seasons, our participation in the GPS competition was extremely strong; 20 teams across Years 5 to 12 entered the competition, with victories across all year groups. From Years 8 to 12, four teams finished as competition winners. These were the Senior A, Senior B, 10.1s and 10.3s. Further,

podium finishes were seen for the 11.1s, 11.2s, 10.2s, 9.2s, 9,3s, 8.1s, 8.2s and 8.3s. The Senior A had an undefeated season winning seven from seven debates.

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The much-awaited ‘King of the Hill’ Debate against competition rivals St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace was a GPS season highlight, with hundreds of boys from both BGS and Terrace attending to watch the Senior A debate on the topic “that union membership should be compulsory”. This debate, won by BGS, returned the Vicki Sargent Memorial Trophy for Senior A premiers of the GPS season to our trophy case.

The QDU competition saw 26 BGS teams participate — one of the highest participation rates in the state. This is a testament to

Senior A (L to R): Jaguar Ngo, Roger Look, Conrad Pun, Alexander Graves, Simon Gong.

the large support and community debating has built over the years.

Nine teams progressed to the final knockout rounds. These were the Senior A, Senior B, 12.2s, 11.1s, 11.2s, 10.1s, 10.3s, 9.1s and 9.3s.

Of these teams, two managed to reach the Grand Final held at Sommerville House, with the 12.2s and 11.1s claiming premierships in their respective competitions. The 12.2s debated the topic that “that we should ban human cloning” against All Hallows 12.1s. Further, the 11.1s debated the topic “that we should require social media users to interact online using their real identities” against rivals from Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

In the end, BGS claimed the QDU

premierships in the Year 12 and Year 11 competitions.

The widespread success of both the GPS and QDU season across all year groups is a tribute to our strong debating culture and I am excited to see what the future holds for BGS Debating.

None of this could have been possible without the help of the many teachers, support staff, Old Boy coaches and parents who make up the debating community.

In the case of the Senior A, we were fortunate enough to benefit from the guidance of our coach Lauren Gunther. Special mention also to Director of Debating Mrs Ainslie Hunter, who will be stepping down from her role at the end of this year. She is currently on some well-deserved long service leave.

Nevertheless, on behalf of all BGS debaters past and present who were lucky enough to be under the guidance of Mrs Hunter, thank you so much for everything you have done for BGS debating.

For anyone interested in participating in debating, I strongly recommend you give it a go. Not only is it accessible for students

from any year group, but it also assists in developing strong communication skills and general knowledge. Personally, debating has truly shaped my time at BGS and I am forever grateful to those who helped me along the way.

In particular, I want to thank my teammates, Roger, Simon, Conrad, Alex, Bowen and Vice Captain of Debating Jackson. It was an honour to debate alongside all of you over the years and be fortunate enough to call you my friends.

Jaguar Ngo Debating Captain

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Year 12

Year 11

Back Row (L to R): Conrad Pun, Max Wagland, Tom McCarthy-James, Angus Duncan, Cheng Bin Saw, Patrick Moore.

Front Row (L to R): Jaguar Ngo, Ken Anulomsombat, Bowen Chen, Simon Gong, Roger Look, Jack Harvey.

Left to Right: Toby Davidson, Ben Zacharyga, Michael Murray, Robbie Gilbert, Alexander Graves, Sean Moyle.

Year 10

Year 9

Back Row (L to R): Ragulan Gnanavel, Andrew Beckingsale, Jasper Lindgren, Aden Whyte, Ronan Mellick, Rahul Kumar.

Front Row (L to R): Jaden Teow, Thomas Stevens, Christopher Lui, Isaac Bassingthwaighte, Jonathan Neep, Paul Nilsen, Anush Mondal.

Back Row (L to R): Sam Fedorov, Oliver Tu, Adriano Gianfelici, Dominic Forrest, Nathaniel Yu, Ryland Malone, Isaac Chua, Lucas Tan. Front Row (L to R): Archie Austin, Arun Shanmuga Anandan, Jack Sinclair, James Brough, Josh Smith, Keaton Baxter, Manul Jayasena.

Year 8

Year 7

Back Row (L to R): Oscar Zhang, Kaushal Varsani, Will Aitchison, Luke Saywell, Benjamin Li, Samuel Chan, James Lollback, Aowen Ding.

Second Row (L to R): Allen Liu, Shaun Li, Lucas Lu, Jackson Leong, Michael Dore, Alex Kim, Sebastian Hazzard, Anson Qiu-Tang.

Front Row (L to R): Rupert Drew, Matteo Boccolacci, Chase Pao, Armon Cardell, Samuel Harasty, Matthew Beckingsale, Maxwell Miu, Daniel Wu.

Back Row (L to R): Eamman Conomos, Lachlan Lee, Eugene Erng.

Second Row (L to R): Oliver Mellick, Max Butler, Adam Chua, Jeric Gao, Leo Battaglia, Yago Ortega Quintana.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Zhang, Daniel Zhang, Hamish Smyth, Guan-Ao Ma, Alex Sampson, Jack Yuan, Lachlan McMaster, Keeran Chang.

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Year 6

Year 5

Back Row (L to R): Samuel Prasad, Felix Mole, Tom Aitchison, Eric Chen, Thomas Scott.

Front Row (L to R): Alex Wong, Anoop Balasuiriya, Henry Woodward, Christian Ho, Ben Wong.

Back Row (L to R): Bryan Sun, Mason Gao, Daniel Hu, Finn Beltrame, Sebastian Wilson, Dhilan Varsani.

Second Row (L to R): Isaac Chuang, Aiden Ng, Edward Thai, Harrison Doyle, Michael Cheng, Ferrell Dong, Nelson Wang.

Front Row (L to R): Will Angelini, Christopher Lee, Tom Smith, Christopher Wong, Dominic Incani, Lachy Donaldson, Lachlan Tan, Ian Ha.

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Fencing This year, BGS Fencing came back in full swing. With COVID restrictions relaxed enough to allow for the QFA School Competition, the boys were keen to get back into a great year of fencing, and a great year it was.

Beginning with whites hire, it was clear that fencing this year would be like no other. Fencers in numbers never seen in the school’s recent history stormed the ISC after school to try on and gear-up in new whites, clearing the School’s stock after only a few afternoons.

The excitement continued to build into the holiday training camp,

with the youngest and newest recruits getting on the pistes for the first time. Although COVID was a looming threat to cocurricular activities over the first few terms, we were lucky enough to be able to compete in Term 2 at the QFA School Competition.

This competition is the main event for fencing at BGS, and it’s safe to say that this year our performance was exceptional. Out of the total 175 matches, 117 were won by a BGS team, which is about two thirds of all matches. These results speak for themselves and demonstrate the extreme commitment of not only

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the boys, but also the parents, staff and the Musketeers for enabling us all to excel.

During this time, an internal competition was being held for the primary fencers in Years 5 and 6 (the School Competition did not include these year levels). The internals turned out to be really popular among the primary fencers and was a great opportunity for the older boys to practice coaching, refereeing and provide additional support to the next generation of BGS fencers.

With the closing of these events, it seemed as if the fencing season

First IV Back Row (L to R): Ian Wong, Sean Forrest, Sterling Saini, Taj Saini, Justin Lowe, Hanbi Seo, Mr Jim Hill.

Front Row (L to R): Lachlan Yu, Oliver Tu, Tom Strooper, Lucas Lu, Jackson Xu, Thomas Kwan.

was over. But thanks to the hard work of Ms Chin, Mr Hill and Lucas Raaymakers, as well as a few of the fencing coaches, we were able to have one (and a bit) more terms of fencing for the seniors. Through Term 3, the spirit of fencing was kept alive through Friday afternoon sessions, inspired by sessions run last year following the cancellation of the School Competition.

Although not as popular as the QFA Competition, the internal fixtures provided another way for fencers to continue the sport and hone their skills. Another benefit of the internals was the ability for fencers to try out different weapons and compete in different formats in a more casual atmosphere.

This year’s program has been an absolute success. Hopefully, the enthusiasm and interest demonstrated this year can continue for future years to come. I know that under the tireless dedication of Ms Chin, Mr Hill and the Musketeers,

fencing can continue to grow and thrive. For these reasons, I would like to thank all of those involved to make this year as amazing as it was.

Particular thanks to our parents, who put up with all the early Saturday and late Friday dropoffs and pick-ups, and tirelessly supported us; the coaches, who not only nurtured each fencer’s enthusiasm, but also aided in sharpening their technique, skill and knowledge of the sport; The Musketeers for their unending support of the program; and of course, Ms Chin and Mr Hill, for their absolute dedication and love of BGS fencing.

Tom Strooper Captain of Fencing This year’s QFA school competition was back and the Years 7 and 8 fencers were keen to fence. Since QFA did not include Years 5 and 6, there was an internal competition

to get them fencing. Even though challenges were faced with COVID restrictions in place, we still excelled in the QFA competition and we all had fun fencing. Luckily for us, the fencing didn’t stop at the end of Term 2. Thanks to Lucas Raaymakers, Tom Strooper, the Year 12s, and a few other fencing coaches, we were able to have internal fixtures during Term 3. Even though they were only friendly bouts, there were great turnouts as we were all determined to win.

This year of fencing was excellent for new and returning fencers with the extra opportunities and the excellence of the BGS fencing program. I know we had lots of fun this year thanks to Ms Chin, Mr Hill and other BGS fencing staff. I can’t wait to see my fellow fencers on the piste next year.

Will Yuen Year 8

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Senior Fencing Back Row (L to R): Ethan Tiong, James Topping, Lachie Smith, Sean Forrest, Jack Telford, Taj Saini, Sterling Saini, Jonathan Minchinton, Joshua de Zubicaray, Johnny James, Grayson Cook.

Seventh Row (L to R): Alex Leung, Kevin Chen, Tom Strooper, Josh Lotzvie, Andrew Bond, Simon Gong, Sean Moyle, Samuel Hains, Lucas Raaymakers, Ian Wong, Tobias Dunglison, Joseph Lim, Nick Silverston.

Sixth Row (L to R): Will Aitchison, Raf Pincus, Ian Chung, Sansith Warusamanna, Jackson Xu, Thomas Kwan, Lachlan Yu, Oliver Tu, DJ Li, Anhadh Virk, Marcus Yeo, Theo Chan, Hanbi Seo, Spencer Tomlin.

Fifth Row (L to R): Nicholas Howarth, Henry Ballentine, Dan Miller, Sam Long, Curtis Spencer, William McDade, Henry Tuma, Ryan Cowdroy-Ling, Isaac Taylor, Alvin Shen, James Fearon, Kaushal Varsani, Jason Tan, Dominic Forrest, Ryland Malone.

Fourth Row (L to R): Samuel Harasty, Monty O’Neill, Marton Temesvari, Benjamin La, Daniel Millar, James Brough, Daniel MacPherson, Ruiqi Mao, Thomas Kay, Perry Palling, Flynn McCormack, Jollie Window, Alexander Macfarlane, Charlie Fuller, Jackson Webb, Austin Cancio-Newton.

Third Row (L to R): Max Luong, Armand Hamilton, Ethan Jones, Leroy Zhou, Shivam Pathak, Nicholas Hammett, Vikram Kumar, Mac Quirk, Jeffery Jiang, Joryn Chetty, Oliver Cheyne, Tim Hinton, Sith Abeysinghe, Alex Chen, Daylin Johnson.

Second Row (L to R): Mr James Hill, Nick Kennedy, Daniel Zhang, Sam Smith, Isaac Doan, Lucas Lu, Harsha Cikaluru, Mikhail Othman, Spencer Ballentine, Jack Davison, Sahej Bansi, Jaden Teow, Lachlan Aleksiuk, Luke Sharry, Alex Smith, Ethan Ai, Arthur Chen, Miss Melanie Chin.

Front Row (L to R): Liem Dang, Cormac Prescott, Toby Riches, Ethan Lee, Finnian Mann, Jamie Jung, Max Smith, Sam Moore, Chris Yesberg, Braiden Chen, Hamish Smyth, Jack Love, Sachin Nanda, Ethan Liang, Robert Kearney.

Absent: Jack Anderson, Tom Chan, Tom Clarke, Matthew Elliott, Dominic Fan, Sam Greig, Connor Haley, Euan Kearney, Oliver Kelly, Justin Lowe, Tony Meng, Patrick Strotton, Jeremy Strotton, Mikey Yuen, Will Yuen.

This year we were fortunate to resume the Brisbane Schools Teams Competition hosted by the Queensland Fencing Association for Years 7 to 12 fencers. The season resulted in nine first place, seven second place, and eight third place finishes across all 34 teams.

Pleasingly, all flagship First IV teams had a podium finish for the season.

As QFA does not include primary, we were fortunate to have five rounds of internal fixtures for the Years 5 and 6 fencers in the ISC this year. It was a delight to offer new fencers a chance at the sport and an activity where boys could stay active. It was also a great opportunity for the seniors to lead

and mentor younger fencers.

Selected fencers participated in some friendly bouts through Term 3. Thank you to Lucas Raaymakers, Tom Strooper, and the other Year 12s for leading this initiative. It was great to see fencers choose to continue with the sport outside of the regular season.

All 166 fencers had the opportunity to train and compete.

The boys engaged wholeheartedly each week with our fantastic coaches, Jim Hill, Paul Crook, Donghwan Kim, David McFadyen, Will Beckey, Alexandra Patchen, Elisabeth Chua, Alan Wang, Jude Forrest, Hugo Brown, Daniel Grother, and Jonathan Patchen. We

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are grateful to our staff, Ms Michelle Ragen and Mr Joshua Easterbrook for being at training and fixtures encouraging our fencers.

We are grateful to have the Musketeers parent support group, who acted quickly as the number of fencers grew. They were ready to help us get more whites as soon as the season started. Special mention to the father of our Year 12 Fencing Captain, Paul Strooper, who has shown dedication to the group for many years.

Ms Melanie Chin Fencing Director

Junior Fencing Back Row (L to R): Ben Bendell, Kris Dark, Theodore Andreatidis, Finn Beltrame, Daniel Hu. Third Row (L to R): Tomos Johnston, Bryan Sun, Dhilan Varsani, Daniel Fung, Claude Stonell, Edison Nagl, Sam Francis, Michael Cheng.

Second Row (L to R): Julian Mayne, Alex Coursodon, Xavier Ma, Owen Zhong, Richie Butler, Remi Ivanovski, Severin Yong Gee, Aiden Ng, Ethan Clarkson.

Front Row (L to R): Ian Ha, Tom Smith, Wadaan Mansoor, Malakai Wong, Miss Melanie Chin, Ferrell Dong, Isaac Chuang, Christopher Lee, Will Angelini.

Absent: Thomas Boulton, Matthew Boyd, Mohid Niazi, Ben Quinlan.

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AFC #1 Open

Queensland U20 Junior

Event

Place

Name

Event

Place

Name

Men’s Sabre

7/21

Ian Wong (Year 11)

Men’s Epee

Third

Justin Lowe (Year 10)

Men’s Foil

First

Thomas Kwan (Year 11)

Men’s Foil

Third

Hanbi Seo (Year 9) and Tom Strooper (Year 12)

AFC #3 Open

Event

Place

Name

Men’s Foil

2/11

Hanbi Seo (Year 9)

Men’s Foil

3/11

Tom Strooper (Year 12)

Men’s Sabre

3/7

Lucas Lu (Year 8)

Queensland U17 Cadet

Event

Place

Name

Men’s Epee

Third

Sterling Saini (Year 12) and Justin Lowe (Year 10)

Men’s Foil

First

Thomas Kwan (Year 11)

Men’s Foil

Third

Hanbi Seo (Year 9)

Men’s Sabre

First

Ian Wong (Year 11)

Men’s Sabre

Second

Oliver Tu (Year 9)

Men’s Sabre

Third

Lucas Lu (Year 8)

Queensland School Fencer

Event

Place

Name

Senior Boy’s Epee

Third

Sterling Saini (Year 12)

Intermediate Boy’s Epee

First

Timothy Hinton (Year 9)

Intermediate Boy’s Epee

Second

Ryland Malone (Year 9)

Intermediate Boy’s Foil

First

Daylin Johnson (Year 8)

Senior Boy’s Sabre

First

Ian Wong (Year 11)

Queensland U15

Senior Boy’s Sabre

Second

Oliver Tu (Year 9)

Senior Boy’s Sabre

Third

Lucas Lu (Year 8)

Event

Place

Name

Intermediate Boy’s Sabre

First

Oliver Tu (Year 9)

Men’s Epee

Third

Ryland Malone (Year 9)

Intermediate Boy’s Sabre

Second

Lucas Lu (Year 8)

Men’s Foil

First

Hanbi Seo (Year 9)

Intermediate Boy’s Sabre

Third

Sahej Bansi (Year 8)

Men’s Foil

Second

Daylin Johnson (Year 8)

Men’s Foil

Third

Nicholas Howarth (Year 8)

Men’s Sabre

First

Oliver Tu (Year 9)

Men’s Sabre

Third

Lucas Lu (Year 8)

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Football In 2021, the Football program adapted to life during the building of our amazing STEAM Precinct, and I commend coaches, parents and students for their flexibility.

Despite the impact on the oval,

everyone showed up for training with enthusiasm.

In 2021 we won seven out of eight rounds in the GPS competition — with just one overall loss in round one against TSS by only one game.

Every single team at BGS has won a game this season. In official GPS competition we have played 221 games, winning 125, drawing 28 and losing 68. We have won nine premierships across the program, which is mightily impressive: 7C, 7D, 8C, 9A, 9C,10A, 11B, 11C, and the Third XI. Teams recording undefeated seasons were 7D, 9C, 11B and 11C, who also achieved a 100% record. A special congratulations to

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the 10A team; winning a premiership at this level is never easy.

I would like to congratulate the First XI on their season. While they will be disappointed with the overall standings, they have been fiercely competitive in all fixtures, defeated by small margins. A great win in the last game was a fitting way to finish.

Captain Alex Kiers led the group strongly and I wish all departing Year 12s the very best in their future football endeavours.

I would like to acknowledge

First XI Back Row (L to R): Campbell Wong, Cameron Morris, Andrew McLeod, Alex Kiers, Lachlan Nye, Joe Keddy.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Richard Cooper, Joe Duncan, Nathan Nguyen, Matthew Johnson, Will Gatehouse, Ollie Elgood, Mr Matt McKay. Front Row (L to R): Aaron Le Dan, Julian Lytras, Harry Anstey-Walsh, Jack Fewster, Harrison Fitzgerald, Raphael Paino, Leo van Brunschot, Tingiran Amet.

coaches, parents and staff for their assistance in organising an excellent season, with a special thank you to Mrs Louise Evans for administrative support to the program. To the Wembley club and President Scott McLeod, thank you for the continued support of the program; it has been tremendous. A special mention to outgoing canteen convenor Mrs Helen Sherrington for the years she has given to feeding everyone at Northgate.

BGS Football remains the largest Cocurricular sporting opportunity available to our students and requires a huge amount of coordination with many contributors. We hope that all students have enjoyed their time representing BGS with some significant hurdles overcome at the start of the season. I would like to acknowledge the Headmaster, Mr Anthony Micallef; Deputy

Headmaster of Cocurricular, Mr Greg Thorne; and Director of PE Sport and Activities, Mr John Clancy for their support. Congratulations to all teams and players and I look forward to seeing the boys in action in Term 2 in 2022.

Mr Graham Harvey Football Director

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Second VI

Third VI

Back Row (L to R): Mr Michael Chung, Mr Stanton Law, Ben Richards, Adam Seedat, Marcus Bean, Harris McGaw, Aleks Miric, Nayan Thapar, Mr John Atkins.

Front Row (L to R): Aly Sultan, Tom Gehrmann, Noah Guthrie, Clancy Kelly, Jack Fewster, Ollie Elgood, Harry Snape, Jack Litfin, Matthew Comino.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Blake Micallef, Oliver Cathcart, Sebastian Beirne, Will Huth, Scott Evans, Sam Stallmann, Robert Ekeledo-Smith, Mr Jack Chapman.

Second Row (L to R): Robbie Sanders, Sam Ireland, Matt Allison, Miles Davis, Matt Pyman, Charlie O’Sullivan, William Staib.

Front Row (L to R): Charlie Sprott, Lachlan Hamra, Sam Charrington, Charlie Baker, Ali Rahmanian, Max Sawley, Hugo Lau, Sam Goldberg.

Fourth VI

Fifth VI

Back Row (L to R): Cade Barrientos, Gus Dempsey, Lachlan Clayton, Pat Trappett, Eshaan Raj, Charlie Bassingthwaighte, Charlie Williamson, Mr Alex Lacovella.

Front Row (L to R): Kaif Mohammed, Thomas Freeman, Alex Lu, Anton Saulov, Toby Andersen, Cameron Quagliotto, Sebi Powell, Jack Harvey, Dilhan Jhaj.

Back Row (L to R): William Ruddell, Joe Fuller, Justin Liang, Daniel Harris, Ben Jesser, Robbie Frew, Will Jessup.

Second Row (L to R): Finlay Patten, Kirijan Vijeyakumar, Max Wagland, Peyten Redburn, Alexander Dalgleish, Alex Zhang, Sam Bizzell, Mr Fin Ross.

Front Row (L to R): Zeke Deacon, Angus Osmand, David Jeong, Blake Konovalenko, Linus O’Neill, Ben Williams, Matthew Weier.

11A

11B

Back Row (L to R): Aohang Ding, Matthew Pruyn, Felix Cavalerie, Alfie Sprott, Mr Liam Herne.

Front Row (L to R): Toby Logan, Alexander Graves, Ryan Logan, Oscar Akhavan, Isaac Schotte, Andy Miller, Baxter Hare.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Harrison Green, Thomas Hurwood, Angus Tolhurst, Nicholas Dalgleish, George Labrom, Charles Spencer, Charlie Thomas, Mr Will Chapman.

Front Row (L to R): Henry Nelson, Sean Han, Max Fuller, Bernard Kang, Charlie Stilwell, Lewis Martin, Pedro Macedo Francisco, Julian Dargie, Angus Reinhold.

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11C

11D

Back Row (L to R): Mr Max Brockhurst, Cooper Henley, Tom Macpherson, Tom Jackson, Lucas Sherington, Anushan Thangavel, Christos Karanicolas, Mr Lachlan Johnstone.

Front Row (L to R): Isaac Tam, Christian Conomos, Anu Manoj, David Wang, Alex Thakur, Elton Fitzgerald, Mitchell Wishart, Joshua Tran.

Back Row (L to R): Nathaniel Wardrobe, Blake Linley, Alec Donald, Edward Sommerville, George Butler, Mr Jacob Holzgrefe.

Front Row (L to R): Ryan Tavakol, Ethan Donaldson, Julian Sun, Henry Gawne, Michael Murray, Jag Sihota, Cooper Caines.

11E

10A

Back Row (L to R): Chad Leves, Gus Luke, Yathav Ragupathy, Connor Waite, Nick Marshall, Harrison Shih.

Front Row (L to R): Jacob Ong, Gus Robinson, Roger Zhu, Hansana Wimaladharma, Kobe McClatchy, William O’Quinn, Mohnish Hargovind.

Back Row (L to R): Alistair Macintosh, Oliver Spence, Angus Hume, Ethan Du Payne, Doug Chapman, Sahil Dahiya, Mr John Duggan.

Front Row (L to R): Duncan Feltham, Chris Allen, Ethan Love, Jack Love, Kiran Selva, Brad Mackintosh, Dion Coroneo, Dylan Tran.

10B

10C

Back Row (L to R): Tom Lyons, Ragulan Gnanavel, Haoran Zhang, Nathan Chen, Kai Scott-Thompson, Mr Dayan Baker.

Front Row (L to R): Jack Matthews, Lachlan Huntley, Josh Tucker, Nick Meade, Riley Walsh, Chester Battley.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Nick Kruger, Stephen Kyprios, Ned Johnston, Eli Jones, John Morrissey, Tom Rutter, Cal Simmonds, Isaac Bassingthwaighte, Mr Oscar Keir.

Front Row (L to R): Benjamin Watson, Shane Sirimana, Nicholas Fasone, Jonathan Neep, Ed Thomas, Harrison Pope, Elliot Chiang, Jack Dunne, James Pendleton.

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10D

10E

Back Row (L to R): Hoby Kulla Kulla, James Randall, Ben Reinke, William Spalding, Harro Schulz, Charles Harris, Will Sciacca.

Front Row (L to R): Cooper Robson, Gideon Gware, Finn Duggan, Cameron McCabe, Luke Atkinson, Will O’Sullivan, Aadeesh Singhal, Jo Gehrmann.

Back Row (L to R): Nathan Wynn, Mr John Sowter, Ollie Luke.

Front Row (L to R): Will Kaandorp, Thomas Stevens, Will Khoo, Daham Kodithuwakku, Bramiyan Sasikaran.

9A

9B

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jake Minett, Daniel Qu, Max Romer, Mike Zeng, Lucas Bryan, Kobi Griffiths, Mrs Sara Bell.

Front Row (L to R): Ollie Peacock, Hudson Pherous, Minh Tran, Ocean Xia, Lewis Williams, Xavier O’Sullivan, Marcus Latimore, Oliver Larsen, Sam Wallwork.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Rory Sawford, Josh Smith, Nathan Buddee, Alexander McConnel, Darcy Millsteed, Ben Nguyen, Arthur Hames, Mr Frank McClatchy.

Front Row (L to R): Ollie Shearer-Smith, Euan Mortimer, Drew Chudleigh, Thomas Stannard, Jay Peterson, Nash Furnell, Charlie Lutton, Alex Peters, Matthew Kim.

9C

9D

Back Row (L to R): Andy Swindells, Oli Kennedy, Lucas Stay, Mr Elliot Borrowdale.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Ollie Greenwood, Alan Zhao, Nick Scott, Julius Flaskas, Jashin Premraj, Rupert Thynne, Mr Alistair Swaine.

Front Row (L to R): Pascal Khosrotehrani, Ollie Dober, Thomas Middleton, Lewis Harvey, Zayn Seedat, Aiden Raad, Kyan McClatchy, Nate Stathis.

Back Row (L to R): Matthew Comino (Coach), Samuel Chappell, Julian Burcham, Liam Huntley, John Robertson, Mr Dan Skoien.

Front Row (L to R): Anu Wilke, Nic Carter, Rohan Chopra, Nic Soo, Manul Jayasena, Alex Gardner.

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9E

9F

Back Row (L to R): Jack Donaldson, Adriano Gianfelici, Lucas Bell, Esa Hussain, Toby Harpham, Jacob Choi, Mr Pale Feaunati.

Front Row (L to R): Fergus Parsell, Mitch Emery, Mitchell Khoo, Rupert Sommerville, Andrew Gracen, Jim Curley, Charlie Renshaw, Sam Klaassen.

Back Row (L to R): Benjamin Treacy, Oliver Martin, Boris Kotovich, Magnus Brucklacher, Mr Rory Sawford.

Front Row (L to R): Joshua Poh, Matthew Purcell, Jack Sinclair, Thai Bui, Jackson Webb, Benjamin Robertson.

8A

8B

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jordan Manning, Hugo Spencer, Samuel Chan, Ryan Zand, Vincent van Brunschot, Liam Hardie, Mr Jamie Foulger.

Front Row (L to R): Charley Jenns, Harvey Gatehouse, Benjamin Coates, Anson Qiu-Tang, Ben Redmond, Fionn Murphy, Harry Woodruff, Connor Quagliotto.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Chris Wilson, Aowen Ding, Cormack Willersdorf, Omero Msalem, Ollie Swift, Harry Beirne, Chase Pao, Mr Stuart Shirley.

Front Row (L to R): Jai Selva, Julien Anderson, Alex Spence, Bowen Zhang, Oscar Weatherstone, Daniel Wu, Oscar Small, William Marschner.

8C

8D

Back Row (L to R): Oliver Evans, Rafferty Chapman, Luke Saywell, Dom Scott, Rayan Mazumder, Mr Harrison Palmer.

Front Row (L to R): Matteo Boccolacci, Jackson Leong, Salvatore Leotta, Max Turra, Sam Margetts, Luke Duncan.

Absent: Noah Taylor, James Warren, Mr Liam Middlemass.

Back Row (L to R): Sam Bizzell (Coach), Shaun Li, Ben Mowbray, Lukas Gresshoff, Kevin Chen, Luke Shepherd, Josh Edwards, Mr Mark Tremble.

Front Row (L to R): James Reinke, Luke Telford, Luca Bowden, Allen Liu, Tom Braben, Tom Clayton, William Maher, Kody Goss, Micael Crookes.

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8E

7A

Back Row (L to R): Michael Beetham, Hunter Neep, Will Jackson, Tom Harris, Oscar Zhang, Mr Angus Corder.

Front Row (L to R): Michael Bryan, Casey Hughes, William Pendleton, Andre Kwok, Sam Rutter, Praveen Gunawardena.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Luke Lago, Ashton Hamra, Oliver Lynch, Yuvraj Dahiya, Hamish Maybury, Declan Simpkins, Hudson Slater, George Chalmers, Mr Haydn Murray.

Front Row (L to R): Orrey Xia, Isaac Collins, Jonathan Chambers, Elliott Gillman, Tommy Hajkowicz, Rohan Morris, Hamish O’Sullivan, Julian McKay.

7B

7C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Dean Littlefair, Will Quinlan, Lewis Aleckson, Jasper Garde, Martin Grant, James Butler, Louis Pincus, Mr Jack O’Brien.

Front Row (L to R): Jerry Zhang, Oliver Dauber, Miles Bennett, Ned Horton, Oscar Kroon, Jamie Homer, Arjan Bansi, Lewis Hay.

Back Row (L to R): Ms Michelle Maguire, Joel Wu, Max Butler, Ashton Parsons-Pope, Alexander Alayan, Yahya Hussain, Charlie Miller, Mr Lachlan Gorringe.

Front Row (L to R): Yusuf Seedat, Mitchell Ackermann, Jasper Chen, Finn O’Sullivan, Tom McCredie, Ruben Tavakol, Ben Rothwell, Jack Brown, Charles Nelson.

7D

7E

Back Row (L to R): William Leung, Alexander Redhead, Jake Miller, Magnus Gislason, Hugo Smith, Nick Kelso, Thomas Stutz, Mr Peter Muvatidis.

Front Row (L to R): James Raaymakers, Jonathan Sapsford, Moosa Niazi, Jed Siganto, Xavier Rhodes, Henry Kerrigan, Alex Carter, Isaac Malik, Sam Farrelly.

Back Row (L to R): Zane Salih, Zac Martin, James Grant, Cooper Wolski, Angus McNeill, Ben Foulger, Edward Thomas, Miss Britta Foley.

Front Row (L to R): Edward Douglas, Anshu Pandey, Will Colton, Hunter Chen, Zac Smith, William Coates, Archer Webb, James Worthley.

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7F

6A

Back Row (L to R): Sahil Mohan, Harvey de Aboitiz, Billy Brand, Zach Meerten, Isaac Reid, Alex Sampson, Mr Thomas Paull.

Front Row (L to R): Nelson Karmel, Buddy Matthews, Riley Booker, Matthew Overlack, Lachlan McMaster, Om Thaker, Sakith Paranavithana.

Back Row (L to R): Ms Rebecca Campbell, Frederick Vaughan, Clement Chan, Maverick Harris, Mr Jake Minett.

Front Row (L to R): Mitchell Spence, Rory McGlennon, Oliver Harris, Angus Cooper, Jonathon Tennakoon, Anoop Balasuiriya, Liam Duncan.

6B

6C

Back Row (L to R): Xavier Walsh, Oscar Menzies, Max Woolley, Ned Clayton, Mr Georg Flatscher.

Front Row (L to R): Thor Loch-Wilkinson, Leo Wong, Archie Slatter, Oscar Vanderstoep, Lachlan Lai, Oliver Catterick.

Back Row (L to R): Edward Driessen, Samuel Prasad, George Hooper, John Stuckey, William Peters, Mr Casey Walker.

Front Row (L to R): Daniel Holt, Charlie Wang, Oscar Neilson, Hugo Macaulay, Cooper Euston, Inness Shannon.

6D

5A

Back Row (L to R): Nikkhil Jain, Aum Bhatt, Tom Aitchison, Mr John Bujeya.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Pendleton, Angus Hoyling, William Dauber, Oliver Smith, Lachlan Rignall, Julian Chin.

Back Row (L to R): Isiah Mazzocchi, Noah Sriskandarajah, Gus Brand, Max Wang, Oliver Elphinston, Mr John Duggan.

Front Row (L to R): Jordan Redburn, Thomas Gorry, Oliver Grigg, Ethan Clarkson, Max Gatehouse, Francis Wallwork, Chris McKay.

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5B

5C

Back Row (L to R): Luka Rodins, Lewis Carroll, Joshua Spiez, Digby Harpham, Elliot Morris, Clancy Menzies, Mr Justin Shears.

Front Row (L to R): Jamie Ma, Henry Gannon, Tom Callinan, Dal Ekeocha, Harry McDonald, Joshua Lago, Tom Owen.

Back Row (L to R): Ms Stella Gardner, Dhilan Varsani, Shree Bhatt, Matthew Boyd, Harrison Doyle, Mr Dan Bond.

Front Row (L to R): Vincent Hu, Adam Johansen, Aarav Lalji, Manny Yang, Eddie McLean, Flynn Oliver, Sten Loch-Wilkinson.

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Gymnastics Despite some changes to GPS competition in 2021, it was a very entertaining and successful year for BGS Gymnastics. BGS took out a clean sweep in the inaugural GPS

Gymnastics Foundation Cup. We also won the new Lead-up Meet series, run as a Grand Prix event.

The competition calendar returned after last year’s restrictions, and many of our gymnasts also competed externally.

BGS Championships returned in 2021 and went as smoothly as ever. I congratulate our three all around champions of each Division: Rafferty McDonnell (Division3), Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe (Division 2) and Alistair Hoole (Division 1) all deserved the accolades with very strong performances.

Under new Foundation Cup rules, our Division 3 team are no longer

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split into ‘A’ and ‘B’ but compete as one and the top three scores count.

This favoured us, as we headed into the competition with the most depth. The competition was close until the last few apparatus, when the BGS gymnasts showed their strength and took out the Division 3 title. Congratulations to Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe, Ethan Chen, Max Dober, Hugo Forbes, Oliver Kent, Asher Levy, Gabriel Levy, Milo Lindgren, Seth McBride, Rafferty McDonnell, Charles Nelson, Archie Slatter, Joey Stevenson and Lukas Stock for their efforts.

With Division 2 always being a challenging step-up through

gymnastics, the team managed to build throughout the year.

They ended up dominating the Foundation Cup, led by a very impressive Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe.

Congratulations also to Kiran Patel, Harrison Pearse, Lachlan Russell and Luca Waterhouse for being part of the winning Division 2 team.

With another Division 1 squad packed with committed and top gymnasts, it was always going to be our competition to lose.

The Foundation Cup offered our gymnasts a great chance to continue to learn how to compete as a team and the opportunity for them to grow as individual competitors. On the day they ensured a clean sweep for BGS. Big congratulations to our entire Division 1 squad, including Sam Bizzell, Vice Captain Brooklyn Brougham, Tennyson Collas-Ford, Jack Duncan, Captain Fletcher Griffiths, Nicholas Hoole, Alistair Hoole, Jacob Nucifora, Oliver Waterhouse and Joshua Wong.

It was exciting to see the return of external competitions and I would like to make special mention of our five BGS students who were selected to compete for Queensland at the Australian Championships in May. Well done Tennyson Ford (Level 7 under 13), Oliver Waterhouse (Level 8 open), Alistair Hoole, Brooklyn Brougham and Fletcher Griffiths (Level 9 under 17).

This year will see five of our gymnasts finish their time as students at BGS and I would like

to thank them all. To Sam Bizzell, Brooklyn Brougham, Jack Duncan, Fletcher Griffiths and Joshua Wong, thank you so much for all the great moments over the years and your efforts within the BGS gymnastics community. It has been a pleasure for me to be a part of your time at BGS. I know the whole coaching team is very proud to be working with a group of such committed and fine young men. Thank you to Mr Gabriel O’Sullivan, Mr Douglas Lumley, Mr Sean Riek, Mr Dominic Robertson, Mr Ben Costin, Mr Curtis Hooper and Mr Jamie Cannon.

Thank you to the MAGS group who did all they could to make the year so enjoyable. Thanks also to Mr Anthony Micallef, Mr Greg Thorne, Mr John Clancy, Mr Greg Di-Losa and all staff for their support and work behind the scenes. A special thank you to Ms Carly Wilson and Mrs Louise Evans for administration support.

We are now looking forward to the challenges of 2022 with confidence that everyone involved will make it a brilliant year.

Mr Jack Coates Gymnastics Director

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Division 1 Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack Coates, Fletcher Griffiths, Jack Duncan, Sam Bizzell, Mr Curtis Hooper.

Front Row (L to R): Joshua Wong, Alistair Hoole, Brooklyn Brougham, Nick Hoole, Jake Nucifora.

Absent: Tennyson Ford, Oliver Waterhouse.

Division 2

Division 3

L to R: Curtis Hooper, Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe, Lachlan Russell, Kiran Patel, Harrison Pearse, Luca Waterhouse.

Back Row (L to R): Sean Reik, Ethan Chen, Milo Lindgren, Jack Sinclair, Max Dober, Seth McBride, Oliver Kent Dominic Robertson.

Front Row (L to R): Sebastian Bryan, Joey Stevenson, Archie Slatter, Raff McDonnell, Lukas Stock, Asher Levy, Charles Nelson, Gabriel Levy.

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Rowing The 2021 rowing season began for some students in the September holidays of 2020. With an array of new challenges because of COVID restrictions, the beginning to the rowing preseason felt strangely different. Bolstered by our success in 2020, around 30 students arrived at holiday training excited for the season ahead. This attitude continued as the tempo of the season accelerated. Before long Term 4 had commenced and the students were in the full swing of training.

The Rowing team of 2021 can be proud of their efforts throughout the GPS season. As the program

continues to turn important cultural corners, the satisfaction from all those fully immersed in the rowing experience was on full display. Rowing demands much of the student, their parents and the coaches who work with the team. This challenge, when fully embraced, is very rewarding.

Rowing is a great vehicle for developing leadership, promoting resilience, and encouraging selfregulation. Combine acquiring these skills with creating great memories and friendships, and rowing is an incredible opportunity.

The Year 9 age group impressed during their first GPS rowing season,

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winning the Second and Fourth Quad events, achieving third in the Year 9 First Quad and close fourth and fifth places for all crews down to the Ninth Quad. The Year 11 Third Eight continued their notable regatta season with a strong third place. The Open Second Eight raced into fourth place, with the Open First Eight overcoming close rivals Nudgee College into fifth place, only two seconds behind third place.

Captain Drew Weightman and Vice Captain James Crilly led the shed with enthusiasm and care.

Both students led by example in their training work ethic and gave numerous motivating public

Open First VIII L to R: L to R: Alex Kennedy, Thomas Doe, Oscar Akhaven, Will Addis, Thomas Fennon, Drew Weightman, John Morrissey, James Crilly, Will Shaw (Cox).

Coaches: Sean Carolan, Lachlan Johnston.

addresses at the shed and at School Assemblies. The rowing team participated in a wide range of events and activities throughout the season including: • King of the Hill — a 5km annual time trial on the upper reaches of the Brisbane River against our rivals on the hill, Gregory Terrace.

• Rowathon — our annual fundraiser, which this year brought in over $15,000 to the program.

• Battle of the Blues — a new time trial event versus Nudgee College.

• Juniors Regatta — the Term 4 culmination for our Years 8 and 9 crews, participating in some inhouse racing.

• Training camps in Maroochydore and Noosa.

• GPS lead-up regattas at Wyaralong Dam. • The GPS Head of the River on 13 March 2021.

The Rowing Support Group Tipperoo again provided significant support with wonderful fundraising efforts through difficult social times.

Tipperoo funded two new Quad Sculls, the Richard Somerville and Tom Patterson, named after two of Brisbane Grammar School’s most prominent coxswains. Alongside the new vessels, Tipperoo confirmed their financial commitment to supporting the new pontoon instalment — a significant joint project with Brisbane Girls Grammar School, which sees the existing 12m rowing pontoon replaced with a 62m pontoon.

Thank you to our wonderful and committed coaching group and parent community, who go above and beyond to support the students during the rowing season. We look forward to having you involved in greater capacities soon.

Mr Matt Marden Rowing Director

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Second Open VIII

Open Third VIII

L to R: Linus O’Neill, Lachie Robertson, Roshan Shami, Kevin Wang, Sean Forrest, Alex Forbes, Tom Stunden, Will Jessup, Lachie Reck (Cox).

Coach: Nigel Stubbs.

Back Row: Cameron Morris, Raphy Athanasiou, James Lowe, Ari Coroneo, Max Ruddle.

Front Row: Nick Finch (Cox), James Harrison, Reagan Holliday, Alexander Dalgleish, John Butler, Josh Sutton.

Coach: Howard Windleborn.

Year 11 First VIII

Year 11 Second VIII

L to R: Dylan Stewart, Angus Reinhold, James Mulholland, Sam Mellick, Tate de Jager, Sam Purcell, Ryan Shaw, Campbell Stoneley, Connor McStea (Cox).

Coach: Andrej Pistotnick.

L to R: Arki Flaskas, Jeremy Spink, James MacPherson, Henry Brice, Zach Smith, Nick Hatzipetrou, Jonothan Parry, Felix Cavalerie, Nick Hammett (Cox).

Coaches: Nick Marden, Ellie Parker.

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Year 11 Third VIII L to R: Luke Agnew, Atticus Jackson, Jacob Ong, Declan Mount, Xavier Craig, Connor von Hoyer-Davies, Stuart Somerville, Tim Roper, Hamish Cooke (Cox).

Coach: Jim MacPherson.

Year 10 First Quad

Year 10 Second Quad

L to R: Myles Houghton, Alex Roe, Reid Keeley, Jake Nicholson, Will Maher (Cox).

Coaches: Jordan Schiller, Kenzie Kerr.

L to R: Tobias Dunglison, Ned Weightman, Harry Clifton, Hugh Bunce, Hamish O’Sullivan (Cox).

Coaches: Fiona Albert, Sophie Hassall.

Year 10 Third Quad

Year 10 Fourth Quad

L to R: Josh Boros, Seth Fidler, Mitty Lodge, Sam Forbes.

Absent: Vikram Kumar (Cox).

Coach: Tyson Sholl.

L to R: Alex Brown, Riley Walsh, Tom Rutter, Tom Huth, Kaushal Varsani (Cox).

Coaches: Tyler Ferris, Grace Hudson.

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Year 10 Fifth Quad

Year 10 Sixth Quad

L to R: Jackson Holmes, Sam Cameron, Max McGuire, Nick Driessen, Will O’Sullivan (Cox).

Coaches: Richard Somerville, Jude Forrest.

L to R: Ben Weier, Ishaan Keane, Will Dwyer, Nick Finch, Jerry Li (Cox).

Coach: Cass Davies.

Year 10 Seventh Quad

Year 9 First Quad

L to R: Rahul Kumar, Ed Gracey, Aden Whyte, Dylan Tran, Noah Davis (Cox).

Coaches: David Addis, David Weightman.

L to R: Lachie Smith, Jay Peterson, Nathaniel Yu, Lewis Williams, Alex Smith (Cox).

Coach: Alun Jones.

Year 9 Second Quad

Year 9 Third Quad

L to R: Bede Stuckey, Alastair Jackson, Seb Kimbell, Lewis Harvey, Tom Brant (Cox).

Coach: Jon Tannahill.

L to R: Ed Cooper, Michael Joyce, Finnur Gislason, Tom Ruddle, Tom Brant (Cox).

Absent: Arnav Thapar.

Coaches: Tyson Sholl, Emma Tucker.

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Year 9 Fourth Quad

Year 9 Fifth Quad

L to R: Shannon Simpson, Boris Kotovich, Jack Guyatt, Ryland Malone, Daylin Johnson (Cox).

Coach: Luciano Morand.

L to R: Jack Sinclair, Alex Leung, Jacob Choi, Monty O’Neill, John Robertson (Cox).

Coaches: Camilla More, Luke Weier.

Year 9 Sixth Quad

Year 9 Seventh Quad

L to R: Harrison Leeuwendal, Hugh Andrews, Julius Flaskas, Jim Curley, Alex Warlow (Cox).

Coach: Tom Ryals.

L to R: Kushal Perumal, Henry Tuma, Oliver Martin, Matthew Purcell, Alex Sclavos (Cox).

Coach: Cheng Xing.

Year 9 Eighth Quad

Year 9 Ninth Quad

L to R: Anu Wilkie, Kayzer Ali, Oliver Kelly, Matthew Stevens, Max Liberatore (Cox).

Coaches: Oliver Cafferky, Nick Athanasiou.

L to R: Aidan Milner, Grayson Cook, Zed Lee, Nick Hammett, Benji Edwards (Cox).

Coach: Doug Harrod.

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Rugby The 2021 GPS rugby season once again highlighted the need to be adaptable. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we only managed five rounds of rugby — two rounds, then a four-week

lockdown followed by three rounds.

I would like to commend all involved within the program — players, coaches, and parents for the way they managed the disruptions.

The school fielded 20 rugby teams in total — from our mighty under 11C up to our flagship First XV. Pleasingly, and for the first time in several years, we managed to field an Open 5th XV. Campbell Watchirs and Sieg Mackellar were appointed Captain and Vice Captain of Rugby respectively, and I would like to congratulate them on the leadership they displayed. It was also fantastic

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to have a former Wallaby and past BGS Rugby Captain in Cameron Lillicrap assist with the coaching of the First XV. Although soundly beaten in round 1 by TSS, the First XV responded admirably with a victory over IGS in Round 2. We then unfortunately missed our fixtures against BSHS, BBC, TGS and NC due to the pandemic, and did not play again until a narrow defeat to GT in Round 7. The remaining two weeks saw BGS comprehensively defeat Downlands before rounding out the season with a tough loss to ACGS. While many of our teams played

First XV Back Row (L to R): Ben Mooney, Tom Stunden, Charlie McCauley, Will Addis, Ari Coroneo, Raphy Athanasiou, Jack Spencer.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Mark Walker, Mr Phil Mooney, Kruz Rimene, Jackson Barling, Titan Vaikai, Ned Madden, Mr Adam Bloch, Tom Scriven.

Front Row (L to R): Lewis Strachan, Nick Hatzipetrou, Joel Furnell, Sieg Mackellar, Campbell Watchirs, Ryan Shaw, Xavier Collins, Xavier Craig, Judah Grubi.

some enterprising rugby over the course of the season, I would like to congratulation our Second XV, Third XV (undefeated) and 16 A (one loss) for the quality of rugby they played.

Congratulations also to Campbell Watchirs and Ronan Mellick, respectively awarded Senior and Junior Rugby Players of the Year.

Congratulations to Campbell Watchirs and Jackson Barling for their selection in the Queensland under 18 team and Charlie McCauley (Queensland under 16 Red) and Xavier Craig (Queensland under 16 White) for their selections.

Many people work tirelessly to ensure the school season runs smoothly. I would like to thank Headmaster Mr Micallef, Deputy Head Cocurricular Mr Thorne and the Senior Leadership Team. Mrs Evans in the Co-curricular office also provides many hours of support along with Mr Clancy, Head of PE, Sport and Activities.

To our small army of volunteers, lead by the President of the

Normanby Blues, Mr Jonte Lowe, I sincerely thank you for your wonderful contributions.

We are fortunate that we can call on so many skilled rugby coaches — staff, external and Old Boys and I thank you for the many hours you commit to our program.

Ultimately, the game is about the players, and I thank each one of

you who represented BGS in 2021.

Your parents also invest many hours of support, and this is certainly appreciated.

To our departing seniors, thanks for the memories and best wishes for the future.

Mr Phil Mooney Rugby Director

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Second XV

Third XV

Back Row (L to R): Charlie Petersen, Will Meadmore, James Lowe, Lachlan Mackay, George Nucifora, Miss Kate Edmondston.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Vince Edmondston, James Harrison, James Mulholland, Sean Forrest, Xavier Collins, Jack Fewster, Mr Jaye Evans.

Front Row (L to R): Lewis Strachan, James Crilly, Harry Dutton, Sam Mellick, Dermot Fitzgerald, Connor Nowlan, Judah Grubi.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack Bowden, Haresh Ramanan, Dan McHugh, Drew Weightman, Hagen Brucklacher, Jacob Smith, Cameron Morris.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Luke Carroll, Jack Baboolal, Campbell Stoneley, Oscar Akhavan, Miles Davis, Max Wagland, Angus Tolhurst, Mr David Carroll.

Front Row (L to R): Harry Scriven, Hamish Goodwin, Chad Leves, William Staib, Thomas Hurwood, Mitchell Wishart, Tingiran Amet.

Fourth XV

16A

Back Row (L to R): Sam Powell, Nick Poore, Christian Bogdanovic, Felix Cavalerie, Will Douglas.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Berian Williams-Jones, Chanula Wanasinghe, Lachlan Clayton, Dylan Stewart, Henry Brice, Mr Justin Englebrecht.

Front Row (L to R): Sam Siganto, Ollie Elgood, Alex Lusis, William Ruddell, Ben Williams, Hugh Couper, Baxter Hare.

Back Row (L to R): Zachariah Smith, Tom Jackson, Flynn Martinez-Briggs, Sam Brown, Thomas Doe, Ned Boorer.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Nick Byron, Xavier Craig, Ronan Mellick, Rowan Tong-Law, Jack Willson, Doug Chapman, Mr Matt Kenny.

Front Row (L to R): Will Shaw, Shannon Simpson, Liam Anderson, Will Allen, James Horton, Toby Logan, Nick Hatzipetrou.

16B

16C

Back Row (L to R): Alfie Sprott, Tom Huth, Atticus Jackson, Justin Lowe, Jonty Davis, Lucas Jennings.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Tom Mooney, Mitty Lodge, Jock Horton, Nicholas Driessen, Alex Brown, David Butler, Max McGuire, Mr Jamie Smith.

Front Row (L to R): Sam Cameron, Zubair Islam, Max Hooper,Charlie Munday, Elton Fitzgerald, Morgan Jury, Duncan Feltham, Nick Michael.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tom Mooney, Alfie Sprott, Justin Lowe, Atticus Jackson Second Row (L to R): Haoran Zhang, Aidan Murphy, Alex Brown, David Butler, Declan Mount, Mr Jamie Smith.

Front Row (L to R): Cooper Caines, Jonathan Neep, Zubair Islam, Sam Cameron, Axel Hinds, Sam Brimblecombe, Ben Weier.

Absent: Gideon Gware.

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15A

15B

Back Row (L to R): Eddie Willmott, Tristan Knudsen, Bertie Kendall.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Harry Curtin, Mr Ron Cochrane, Sebastian Kimbell, Finnur Gislason, Sam Forbes, Nick Roberts, James Murray, Mr Carl Marshall.

Front Row (L to R): Luca Nowlan, Dion Coroneo, Ed Rimmington, Liam Huntley, Robert Cochrane, Tom Siganto, Barclay Collins, Ishaan Keane.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Cade Winter, Boris Kotovich, Eli Jones, Nick Condon, Ned Weightman, Henny Estensen, Oliver Kennedy.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Jayden Muller, Henry Tuma, Harrison Pope, Lewis Williams, Joshua Boros, Thomas Stevens, Ishaan Keane, Mr Samuel Lobascher.

Front Row (L to R): Cooper Robson, Will Dwyer, Thomas Ruddell, Lachie Reck, Tom Nolan, Nick Finch, Thomas Middleton.

14A

14B/C

Back Row (L to R): Zac Reader, Alec Fitzgerald, Spencer McPherson, Hudson Wraight, Max Romer.

Second Row (L to R): Lincoln Manuel, Alastair Jackson, Alex Roberts, Xander Bourke, Bede Stuckey, Mr Paul Warwick.

Front Row (L to R): Kayzer Ali, Luke Donaldson, Aidan Lee, Harvey Brand, Flynn Horton, Elijah Breen, Will Driessen.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Lachlan Kerr, Henry Slatter, Zed Lee, Jackson O’Brien, Will Henderson, Ashton Bottomley, Benjamin Treacy, Flynn McCormack.

Third Row (L to R): Ms Mel Eveleigh, Angus Watts, Curtis Spencer, Dominic Forrest, Jacob Choi, Harry Langdon, John-Matthew Vellacott, Mr Michael Mullany.

Second Row (L to R): Alex Prowse, Maxwell Hirst, Ollie Wright, Olly Taylor, Harrison Leeuwendal, Cormack Willersdorf, Nicholas Hammett.

Front Row (L to R): Oscar Phillips, Bas Stoneley, Alec Bemrose, Jed Deacon, Lachlan Elf, Ryan Lam, Harrison Reck, Hamish Cooke.

13A

13B

Back Row (L to R): Archie Boorer, Angus McNamara, Lincoln Dalton, Declan Simpkins.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Daniel Ritchie, Thomas Brant, Nick Kelso, George Swan, Sebastian Hazzard, Ricky Wang, Mr Pale Feaunati.

Front Row (L to R): Jace Ramalingam, Oliver Dauber, Oliver Mellick, George Wacker, Jed Siganto, Lachlan Russell, Hamish O’Sullivan, Isaac Richardson.

Back Row (L to R): Miles Cooper, Arki Wackwitz, Richard Wheeler, Alex Warlow, Cooper Wolski, Max Thynne, Oliver Lynch.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Jack Edmondston, Archer Davies, Don Grantley, Alec Bunce, Carter Prasad, Jake Miller, Lachlan Aleksiuk, Mr Hamish Benson.

Front Row (L to R): Rohan Morris, Darcy Lewis, Tom McCredie, Louis Pincus, Armand Hamilton, Jeremy Boo, Oscar Small, Matt Petersen.

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12A

12B

Back Row (L to R): George Hooper, Owen Begley, Billy Brand, Henry Mellick, Harvey Munday.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Trevor Irvine, Ned Horton, Max Woolley, Hamish Mackay, Ben Davies, Mr Greg Tier.

Front Row (L to R): Archie Slatter, Oliver Harris, Frederick Vaughan, Oscar Vanderstoep, Angus List, Lewis Hay, Lachy Szumowski.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jack O’Brien, Felix Mole, Angus Cooper, Ollie Kerr, Zach Meerten, Spencer Ballentine, Ned Lilley, John Stuckey, Henry Davies.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Will Hay, Jack Brown, Henry Burke, Claude Stonell, Samuel Kelley, Harvey Kerr, Louis Brice, Lachlan McMaster, Flynn Travis, Mr Sean Grace.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Creedon, Bryce Evans, William Peters, Joshua Holmes, Lachie Kerr, Mitchell Ackermann, Edward Driessen, Hugo Macaulay, Daniel Holt.

11A

11B/C

Back Row (L to R): Ned Clayton, Gus Brand, Edward Mulholland.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Glenn McFarlane, Noah Sriskandarajah, Digby Harpham, Gray Dalton, Isiah Mazzocchi, Mr Logan Hawkins.

Front Row (L to R): Hamish Campbell, Tom Rollason, Hugo Liberatore, Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe, Lewis Carroll, Mitchell Spence, Thomas Campbell.

Back Row (L to R): Hugh Swan, Lucas Tian, Sebastian Wilson, Harry Savage.

Third Row (L to R): Mr Will Jackson, Angus Hoyling, Joshua Spiez, Ben Quinlan, Oliver Catterick, William Dauber, Mr Louis Willmott.

Second Row (L to R): Mr Nathan Simmons, Harry McDonald, Sten LochWilkinson, Eddie McLean, Thomas Campbell, Lewie Prescott, Tom Callinan, Mr Dylan Koopman.

Front Row (L to R): Chris McKay, Finn Kimbell, Ethan Bester, Max Gatehouse, Hamish Campbell, Francis Wallwork, Henry Gannon, Will Angelini.

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Sailing The 2021 season was again disrupted, with the BGS Sailing program working hard to maintain as normal a season as possible.

Ultimately it has been a good year, with substantial training and racing, leading to strong development and some admirable results. At the time

of writing, the BGS sailors are well advanced in their Term 4 preseason, building towards 2022.

In 2021, Vice Captain Anton Saulov and Captain Robert EkeledoSmith led the program admirably, our racing sailors performed well in both fleet and team formats, and our perennial crop of novice sailors developed their skills and understanding.

The 2020 Term 4 preseason saw the soon-to-graduate senior sailors step back from racing, while continuing their mentoring roles. Intermediate sailors vied for progress towards selection in 2021 teams, and Training Squad members

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developed their skills to move towards racing.

The annual BGS Sailing clinic in the week before the start of the school year was well attended.

Newcomers got a taste of BGS Sailing and returning sailors a chance to warm up for the season and guide the novices within our age-integrated structure. Boys who were yet to start at BGS were able to meet and connect with a closelyknit community, some even gaining the chance to trial with more senior skippers, to potentially crew for them in the upcoming season.

In Term 1, we made the most of a BGS training day on the Sunday

A Team L to R: Mr Simon Walker, Isaac Schotte, Lucas de Zubricaray, Robert Ekeledo-Smith, Alex Sampson, Ethan Harcourt, Logan Zellmer, Mr Rowan Purcell, Mr Paul Kobez.

Absent: Ethan Ai.

before our sailors began four weeks of fleet racing. Congratulations to Firsts’ skipper Isaac Schotte who with crew Lucas de Zubicaray took overall second in the fleet of 40 that contested the threeweek all-schools fleet competition.

Fortunately, in the fourth week of fleet racing, on 28 February, we were able to contest the final GPS Championship — postponed from 2020 — before Sailing transitions from GPS Championship to GPS Foundation Cup status. Less fortunately, BGS was narrowly held to second place by a strong TSS outfit. BBC, the other remaining GPS school still sailing, rounded out the podium. BGS A and B teamsracing sailors then won the RQYS Gold and Silver Teams Racing divisions respectively.

Our sailors then progressed into the Queensland Schools Teams Racing Championship, our “Firsts” happily restoring some honour by winning. This brought the Norman Vincent Memorial trophy back to the school for the 11th time in its 32year history (though contested only

31 times, with the COVID-related cancellation in 2020). It also earned the school the right to represent our state in the Australian Schools Teams Racing Championship — ‘the Nationals’. Sadly, the event scheduled for Georges River in Sydney had to be abandoned for the second year running.

Thanks, as always, to the Spinnakers Sailing Support Group.

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of the major events to which they contribute, such a trip to the Nationals, the support group still worked hard to assist BGS Sailing and build our community.

The Open Day cake stall, Sailing Dinner, maintenance days to bring boats out of storage and prepare them after breaks, and ongoing communication and volunteering efforts are all important to the

success of our program.

We also thank the coaching team, particularly our senior coaches and coordinators Simon Walker and Rowan Purcell. Thanks also to the BGS staff assisting Mr Kobez: Mr Powell, Ms Jansson, Ms Richmond, and Ms Loane in Term 4, for making the program possible. We wish all the boys ongoing success and enjoyment with their BGS Sailing.

Robert Ekeledo-Smith Captain of Sailing Anton Saulov Vice Captain of Sailing Mr Paul Kobez Sailing Director

B Team L to R: Mr Simon Walker, George Lee, Michael Murray, Nicholas Howarth, Oscar Meutermans, Maxim Kuznetsov, Anton Saulov, Mr Jake McKevitt.

C Team L to R: Mr Nicholas Girdis, William Ewart, Max McKinnon, Elliot Backstrom, Owen Begley, Ozair Rahman, Charlie Fuller, Mr Edward Duhig.

Absent: Takumi Quail

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Intermediate Sailors Back Row (L to R): Mr Jacob McKevitt, Marton Temesvari, Jolie Window, Charles Harris, George Hammer, Nick Condon, Max Hammer, Mr Nicholas Purcell.

Front Row (L to R): Mitchell Zellmer, Sam Rutter, Kody Goss, Sam Smith, Sam Greig, Ethan Ai, Noah McKay. Absent: Connor Fitzpatrick, Nick Marshall, Simson Thomas, Andrew Zhuang.

Training Squad Back Row (L to R): Mr Michael Powell, Salvatore Leotta, Ned Lilley, Ryan Cowdroy-Ling, Gabriel Arthur, Noah Fallows, William McDade, Miles Cooper, Ms Ellie-Lea Jansson.

Front Row (L to R): Mr Hugo Gandhi, Tennyson Ford, Ian Lin, Adam Chua, Jeric Gao, Max Smith, Will Colton, Mr Nicholas Vile.

Absent: Taren Aponso, Isaac Chua, Antonio Hasselmann, Jonathan Minchinton, Manoli Samios, James Stephens, Kaushal Varsani, Jack Webb.

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Swimming GPS Swimming is a sport that for 10 months of the year is hidden from the limelight. For many the season never ends. But for a few weeks in February and March the program flourishes on the biggest stage in GPS Sport. Individuals break records, place first and swim for their school.

So, it is not surprising that some, outside of the sport, misinterpret swimming as a purely individual sport. What many don’t see is the collective commitment and teamwork that builds the foundation for the performances seen at GPS. In fact, behind every great individual performance that makes the crowd roar is a great team that has pushed that swimmer to perform their best and inspired them to perform for their teammates.

This is what the 2021 Swimming team wished to focus on this season. We wanted to create a community-driven incentive for boys to get on pool deck and put

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in the hours. So, we decided to set a goal of 1000 sessions to quantify that aim. 1000 sessions swum as a collective. 1000 sessions of improvement. 1000 sessions with the boys. Every boy on pool deck, whether they be a senior, national squad member, a part-timer or a junior in his first season, added to that total. And I am happy to write that the 2021 Senior Swimming team smashed that goal. As a collective we swum 1326 sessions.

This number will be placed on an honour board on pool deck for future teams to attempt to beat, creating a generational focus on committing yourself for the team.

Open Back Row (L to R): Reagan Holliday, Hagen Brucklacher, Lachlan Mackay, Drew Weightman, Sam Powell, Dan McHugh.

Second Row (L to R): William Jordan, Finlay Patten, Patrick Holmes, Jackson Ridley, Hugh Mowbray, Ethan Castle, George Sayer.

Front Row (L to R): Hamish Goodwin, Harry Askew, Jack Baboolal, George Rimmington, William Staib, Sam Mellick, Sam Siganto, Mitchell Wishart.

This team spirit carried us through preseason sessions where we saw record attendances throughout Term 4, building a strong foundation of speed, technique, and endurance in the pool and the gym. This foundation was only built upon at our annual camp at Currimundi Recreation centre in which a record number of 52 swimmers attended. Gruelling land and pool sessions and access to state-of-the-art recovery facilities highlighted a couple of days that allowed the team to come together as a team.

Similarly, the Junior Swim Clinic also recorded the largest attendance in history. It was a pleasure to meet many incoming boys before the school year began. It was a day of fun activities alongside some tough pool sessions. Lead-up meets saw countless personal bests, especially at the School Championships.

Hard-work and commitment even saw boys break school records.

Congratulations to all boys who

broke records and won age champion for their respective age group.

In the final stages of our GPS preparation came the annual Grammar Only Night, in which BGS Swimmers past and present came together to swim and celebrate the program’s history. A highlight of the evening was the annual induction

into the Grammar Swimming Hall of Fame, in which 1987 Captain of Swimming Andrew Scriven joined an esteemed bunch, including our own Director and 1992 Captain Mr Logan.

Additionally, the boys’ love of the team echoed throughout the ISC that night, cheering loudly for all races, Years 5 to 12, especially for

2021 New School Championship Records Name

Event

Time

Lachlan Donaldson

50m Freestyle

35.38

50m Backstroke

41.98

100m Freestyle

1:15.93

50m Butterfly

41.31

200m Individual Medley

3:12.80

Mason Gao

50m Breaststroke

45.31

Hudson Slater

100m Freestyle

10&U

12&U 1:08.34

15&U Rocco Zikarsky

50m Freestyle

25.54

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2021 BGS Swimming Champions

2021 Junior GPS Championship First Placegetters

Age

Place

Swimmer

Name

10&U

1st 2nd 3rd

Lachlan Donaldson Mason Gao Thomas Gorry

1st 2nd 2nd

Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe Alexander Donaldson Joshua Spiez

11&U

1st 2nd 3rd

Hudson Slater Cameron Deacon Maverick Harris

1st 2nd 3rd

Cashy Luo Charles Nelson Declan Simpkins

1st 2nd 3rd

Charlie Lutton Kyan Bigby Morgan Gao

15&U

1st 2nd 3rd

Lachlan Elliott Ed Rimmington Edward Nelson

16&U

1st 2nd 3rd

Sebastien Roy-Bryant Joshua Anderson Edward Sommerville

1st 2nd 3rd

William Jordan George Rimmington Sam Mellick

12&U

13&U

14&U

Open

the highly anticipated Old Boys vs Students relay. The curtain raiser of the Seniors vs Old Boys B Team saw the students claim a convincing victory. However, despite some gutsy swims, the students went down to a fierce Old Boys team.

Regardless of result, the cheering from the boys never faded.

A week later the day of GPS

Time

10&U Thomas Gorry

100m Free (Div. 2)

1:21.12

50m Free (Div. 2)

35.24

50m Breaststroke (Div. 3)

51.21

50m Backstroke (Div. 3)

44.91

100m Free (Div. 1)

1:16.29

50m Breaststroke (Div. 2)

51.15

50m Free (Div. 1)

35.24

50m Backstroke (Div. 1)

41.21

Mason Gao

50m Breaststroke (Div. 1) 50m Backstroke (Div. 2)

44.33 41.21

Lucas Tian Christopher McKay

50m Fly (Div. 2) 50m Free (Div. 6)

45.54 40.84

Thomas Gorry, Mason Gao, Lachlan Donaldson, Lucas Tian

4x50m Medley relay (Div. 1)

2:50.11

Lachlan Donaldson

12&U Oscar Vanderstoep Maverick Harris Joshua Holmes

Championships came around.

The day began with a stellar performance from our Juniors in the morning. Outstanding performances were seen across the board. Special mention must go to Thomas Gorry and Lachlan Donaldson who each won four individual events. Despite the strong collective performance, competition was tight, seeing the

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Event

50m Backstroke (Div. 3) 39.19 50m Breaststroke (Div. 2) 41.92 50m Free (Div. 6) 33.16

boys place fifth. The future of BGS Swimming is certainly very bright.

After a spirited pump-up by Head Coach Bobby Jovanovich, the Senior team entered Chandler nervous but confident in the 1326 sessions the team had swum and the foundation we had built as a team. Going into the meet it was hard to tell where BGS would finish. Many believed the team would struggle to earn a place on the podium. But the 2021 team certainly proved them wrong. Every single swimmer lifted on the day, seeing the boys earn second place.

For me, this collective lift could not have been better typified by Harry Steindl’s 16&U 50m Freestyle.

Seeded outside of the top five, Harry blitzed the field claiming first place in a personal best time.

Many other extremely strong performances were seen, including Rocco Zikarsky’s win in the 15&U 50m and 100m Freestyle events and

GPS Championship First Placegetters Name

Event

Time

15&U Rocco Zikarsky

50m Freestyle 100m Freestyle

24.94 56.00

Ronan Mellick, Ed Rimmington, Kai Scott-Thompson, Rocco Zikarsky

4x50m Medley Relay

1:56.94

16&U Harry Steindl

50m Freestyle

24.49

Josh Anderson

50m Breaststroke

30.64

Sebastien 4x50m Medley Roy-Bryant, Relay Joshua Anderson, Edward Sommerville, Harry Steindl

1:50.49

Alex Fenton, Henry Sommerville, Gus Whittome, Hunter Pyne

1:46.76

4x50m Medley Relay

Josh Anderson’s win the 16&U 50m Breastroke.

The Relays were another perfect example of the team camaraderie that had been built in 2021. All relays significantly outperformed their bests, swimming the team to second overall. BGS claimed victory in the 15&U and 16&U 4x50m Medley Relay.

On behalf of all BGS Swimmers, I would like to thank Swimming Director Mr Logan, whose unwavering commitment to the swimming community is vital to the success of the program. The performances and memories made in the program would not be possible without him.

I would also like to thank Head Coach Bobby Jovanovich. In his first year as Head Coach, Bobby has started a new era of BGS Swimming.

His ability to pass on his knowledge and get the best out of boys in such a short time is reflected in

the improvement seen at GPS. The future of Swimming is certainly in great hands.

To Middle School Swimming Coordinator, Sarah Caithness, thank you for the energy and professionalism you have brought to the junior swimming program. The swimmers have certainly benefitted from your expertise this year and the future of BGS Swimming looks bright. To all other Staff, Old Boys, Performance Development coaches, and assistant swimming coaches, thank you for your support in the gym and on pool deck.

I would like to especially thank the parents for the early wake-ups to ferry the boys back and forth from training and to those who helped put on the famous breakfast — your support is invaluable.

As Captain of Swimming, I would once again like to thank Headmaster Mr Micallef, Deputy Headmaster Co-curricular Mr Thorne, Director of

PE, Sport and Activities Mr Clancy, Assistant Director of Sport Mr DiLosa, Swimming Director Mr Logan and Head Coach Bobby Jovanovich, for giving George and me the opportunity to lead BGS Swimming in 2021. It has been an honour to give back to a community that has done so much for me.

Personally, I would like to thank my teammates and especially my fellow seniors for the memories you have given me. I could not think of a better group of mates to finish my journey as a BGS Swimmer with.

I wish all swimmers and the program as a whole the best of luck in the future and would encourage all BGS boys to give swimming a go. For me, alongside countless Grammar boys, Swimming has been one of the highlights of my time in the light dark blue.

William Staib Captain of Swimming

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16 Years

15 Years

Back Row (L to R): Doug Chapman, Thomas Doe, Alexander Roe, Sebastien Roy-Bryant, Tom Jackson, Edward Sommerville, Andrew McLeod.

Front Row (L to R): Henry Nelson, Joshua Anderson, James Randall, Lucas Jennings, Harry Steindl, Seth Fidler, Nick Michael.

Back Row (L to R): Ronan Mellick, Ned Weightman, Rocco Zikarsky, Reid Keeley, Lachie Elliott.

Front Row (L to R): Edward Nelson, Kai Scott-Thompson, Tom Brittain, Ed Rimmington, Rupert Sommerville.

14 Years

13 Years

Back Row (L to R): Henry Slatter, Thomas Chan, Liam Cook, Max Romer, Hayden Scholes, Magnus Brucklacher, Flynn McCormack.

Front Row (L to R): Charlie Lutton, Jensen Harding, Roc Woodhouse, Morgan Gao, Ben Mowbray, Charlie Renshaw, Kyan Bigby.

Back Row (L to R): Jake Miller, Oliver Lynch, Archie Boorer, Kevin Chen, Mehtaab Singh, Declan Simpkins, Max Gao. Second Row (L to R): Oliver Kent, Thomas McCredie, Samuel Zhang, Lachlan Anastasia, Henry Mellick, Ezekiel Hutton, Dennis Zhou, Jed Siganto.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Nelson, Alexander Lay, Sean Dwyer, Cashy Luo, Oliver Mellick, Ryan Philpot, Callum Deacon, Isaac Richardson.

12 Years

11 Years

Back Row (L to R): Lachlan Mackay, Joshua Brand, Aum Bhatt, Ollie Kerr, Lachie Kerr, George Hooper.

Third Row (L to R): Harvey Munday, Max Wooley, Tommy Wang, Thomas Aitchison, Max Nakasato, Jaedon Nguyen, Josh Poynter.

Second Row (L to R): Oscar Vanderstoep, Harvey Kerr, Louis Brice, John Stuckey, Jamie Jung, Sam Kelley, Maverick Harris, Fred Vaughan.

Front Row (L to R): Charles Creedon, Joshua Holmes, Lachlan Lai, Hugo Macaulay, Claude Stonell, Bryce Evans, Will Peters, Mitchell Ackerman, Jack Gorry.

Back Row (L to R): Alex Donaldson, Digby Harpham, Harry Savage, Ben Bendell, Ed Mulholland, Sebastian Wilson, Ashley Boutcher, Max Wang, Kiren Senaratne.

Second Row (L to R): Sebastian Ashby-Cliffe, Brayden Huo, Rory McGlennon, Bryan Sun, Josh Spiez, Oliver Catterick, Oliver Elphinston, Hugo Liberatore.

Front Row (L to R): Jayden Lin, Ethan Moore, Hamish Campbell, Damai Lu, Thor Loch-Wilkinson, Tom Rollason, Tom Campbell, Ethan Bester, Vincent Hu.

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10 Years Back Row (L to R): Mason Gao, Shree Bhatt, Lucas Tian, Isiah Mazzocchi.

Front Row (L to R): Dominic Incani, Chris McKay, Lachlan Donaldson, Sebastian Bryan.

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Tennis BGS Tennis had a tremendous 2021 GPS season, being the most successful overall tennis program and winning the GPS Tennis Firsts IV Premiership. Alex Patane was named Captain of Tennis and led the program to the GPS Premiership alongside teammates Vice Captain Charlie Hume, Kanika Jayathilake and Sam Fancutt. Demonstrating the consistency and development across the program, BGS Tennis finished with 181 wins and 17 losses for an astounding 91% win-rate — a result that every boy in the program contributed to and should be proud to be a part of. Our Year 12 cohort was once again an example of

consistency over the years, with 17 boys receiving the five-year service to tennis award. The Open School Championship Singles winner was Kanika Jayathilake and the runnerup was Charlie Hume.

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First IV Back Row (L to R): Mr Michael Fancutt, Charlie Hume, Kanika Jayathilake, Alex Patane, Sam Fancutt, Mr Harry Lee. Absent: Kanika Jayathilake.

Congratulations to the undefeated A and B teams: Firsts – Alex Patane (Captain), Charlie Hume (Vice Captain), Kanika Jayathilake, Sam Fancutt Seconds – Nick Jones, James Tam, Bencent Lee, Theo Vu 11A – Oscar Tan, Alden Sommerfeld, Damien Dinh, Aryan Nouri, Gabe Hogarth-Howes.

11B – Ed Launchbury, Finnian Beck-Veldman, Punula Jayalath, Ethan Huang, Hamish Moss.

10A – Isaac Smyth, Angus Norris, David Sun, Toby Choi 10B – Luke Murphy, Dalton Lee, Sebastian Bae, Tom Clarke, Will Hill, Sze Yong Ng. 8A – Angus Bale, Angus Cook, Ryan Bashirzadeh, Max-Ze Lee. 5A – Kingston Struthers, Aamay Wadhwani, Aadya Wadhwani, Ethan Moore.

5B – Will Angelini, Kiren Senaratne, Ferrell Dong, Aiden Ng, Isaac Chuang, Morris Grant.

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BGS Championship Results Open Singles Winner: Kanika Jayathilake R/up: Charlie Hume Year 11 Singles Winner: Oscar Tan R/up: Alden Sommerfeld Year 10 Singles Winner: Isaac Smyth R/up: Angus Norris Year 9 Singles Winner: Caspian Tuckwell R/up: Adam James Year 8 Singles Winner: Angus Bale R/up: Angus Cook Year 7 Singles Winner: Cashy Luo R/up: Aaron Alphonso Year 6 Singles Winner: Tom Van der Westhuizen R/up: Harry Findlay Year 5 Singles Winner: Kingston Struthers R/up: Aamay Wadhwani

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Special thanks to the staff that helped make the GPS season possible by organising the players and making sure match days ran on time: Mr Jeff Price (Opens); Mr Josh Eglesfield and Mr Gus Robertson (Year 11); Mrs Amanda Hart (Year 10); Mrs Julia Vedelago (Year 8); Mr Will Jesser (Year 7 and 8); Ms Jo Baxendell (Year 7); Mr Elliott James and Mr Shuban Ganasan (Years 5 and 6) and Mr James Struthers (Year 5).

Running BGS Tennis all year round would not be possible without the Wimbledon Club parents who volunteer every week during the GPS season and throughout the Tennis season. Thank you to Warwick Smyth (President); Jill James (Treasurer); Katie Hume (Secretary); Sandra Tam (Opens); Rowena McIntosh (Year 11); Heather Norris (Year 10); Anna Austin (Year 9); Margie Bale (Year 8); Denise Alphonso (Year 7); and Cathy Findlay (Year 6); and Charutta Wadhwani (Year 5).

Thank you to all the parents that sacrifice their weekends and early mornings for matches and training sessions. The BGS Tennis coaching staff and all extremely delighted to be able to coach a wonderful group of boys who displayed a high level of sportsmanship, competitiveness, and teamwork throughout the season. We hope you are all excited to return in 2022 and eager to work hard for more success!

Mr Michael Fancutt Tennis Director

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Opens

Year 11

Back Row (L to R): William Emery, Jaden Fang, Charlie Hume, Nicholas Jones, Ed Sole, Patrick Moore.

Front Row (L to R): James Tam, Nate Robertson, Alex Patane, Nathan Shan, Bencent Lee, Nicholas Sullivan, Ishaan Patel.

Absent: Alex Zhang, Alex Lusis, Aiden Catakovic, Bowen Chen, Theo Vu.

Back Row (L to R): Punula Jayalath, Jerome Chinnappa Siddham, Hamish Moss, Edward Launchbury, Gabe Hogarth Howes, Arki Flaskas, Sid Nair, Alden Sommerfeld.

Front Row (L to R): James Pearson, Angus Lo, Oscar Tan, Aryan Nouri, Toby Matthews, Ethan Huang, Damien Dinh, Finnian Beck-Veldman, Zak Warburton.

Absent: Eammon Wood, Daniel Allison, Andrew Hastie, Rithvik Balakrishnan.

Year 10

Year 9

Back Row (L to R): Simson Thomas, Angus Norris, Isaac Smyth, Will Hill, Tom Clarke, David Sun. Front Row (L to R): Jovan Yen, Toby Choi, Rex Bennett, Dalton Lee, Sze Yong Ng, Giancarlo Sciacca, Sebastian Bae. Absent: Luke Murphy, Ishan Bose, John Kim, Tom Campbell, Jack Whittam, Ruben Wolrige, Soham Sane.

Back Row (L to R): Andrew Zhuang, Archie Wong, Samuel Hains, Thomas Poll, Caspian Tuckwell, Thomas Siemon, Bowei Chen.

Second Row (L to R): Sam Fedorov, Jonathan Loh, Lucas Tan, Oliver Tham, Robert Cochrane, William Murphy, Connor Fitzpatrick, Isaac Chua.

Front Row (L to R): Jack Webb, Keaton Baxter, Jason Zhang, Kit Robertson, Nicholas Love, Oliver Cray, Adam James, Archie Austin.

Front Row (L to R): John Kim, Giancarlo Sciacca, Ben Bryant, Dalton Lee, Tom Campbell, Ishan Bose, Sze Yong Ng, Jack Whittam, Rex Bennett.

Absent: Angus Ellerman, Omar Abaid, Hamish Cooke.

Year 8

Year 7

Back Row (L to R): Angus Carew, Taren Aponso, Yoshi Becker, Bennett Huf, Angus Cook, Matthew Young, Charlie Prebble.

Second Row (L to R): Angus Bale, Max-ze Lee, Alex Kim, James Yantsch, Ryan Bashirzadeh, Zahran Haque, Christian Ma, Armon Cardell.

Front Row (L to R): Thomas Chambers, Sam Ong, Nick Carroll, Ryan Lam, Jax Beikoff, Liam Liang, Jack Van der Westhuizen.

Absent: Kerry Li, Maxwell Miu, Ocean Shih, Chris Zhu, Leo Bowker, Alex Prowse, Will Nielsen, Joseph Huang.

Back Row (L to R): Jeric Gao, Archie Boorer, Eamman Conomos, Oscar Zhong, Carter Prasad, Zev Geffen, Adam Chua.

Second Row (L to R): Oliver Mellick, Michael Rousson, Aaron Alphonso, Joshua Poynter, Max Nakasato, Yago Ortega Quintana, Rohan Goel, Eamon Lai. Front Row (L to R): Charles Zhang, Asher Levy, Matt Petersen, Chanuga Jayawardene, Priyan Bhende, Cashy Luo, Tobias Meehan, Max McKinnon, Will O’Connell.

Absent: Chayse Sheather, Nick Shan, Arthur Young, Ihsan Moin, Josh De Jager, Tom Readdy, Sean Dwyer, Ned Lilley, Eugene Erng, Hunter Bruderlin, Jacob Blanch.

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Year 6

Year 5

Back Row (L to R): Harrison Carew, Ethan Chen, Thomas Scott, Lachlan Clarke, Harry Savage, Ojas Joshi.

Front Row (L to R): Jayden Lin, Ben Wong, Jack Gorry, Quinn Goodall, Thomas Van der Westhuizen, Harry Findlay, Alex Wong.

Absent: Oscar Kim, Liam McCormack.

Back Row (L to R): Noah Wu, Morris Grant, Michael Cheng, Aiden Ng. Second Row (L to R): Alex Coursodon, Aamay Wadhwani, Ferrell Dong, Kingston Struthers, Will Ludlow, Ethan Moore, Christopher Wong.

Front Row (L to R): Ian Ha, Sebastian Bryan, Dominic Incani, Isaac Chuang, Aadya Wadhwani, Lachlan Tan, Gabriel Levy, Will Angelini.

Absent: Tom Gorry, Edward Thai, Finn Kimbell, Kiren Senaratne.

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Track & Field This year the BGS Track and Field season was again impacted heavily

by COVID-19. We started in Term 3 Week 4 with training, but no school championships. Lead up meets were limited as the GPS Championships were brought forward to accommodate the change in the Ekka public holiday.

Congratulations to our Age Champions: 10 Years - Dal Ekeocha 11 Years - Ed Mulholland 12 Years - Frederick Vaughan 13 Years - Archie Boorer 14 Years - Thomas Chan 15 Years - Hudson Pherous 16 Years - Alex Thakur Open - James McCoombes

GPS Championships The 2021 Junior Championships were held at QSAC on the morning of Tuesday 12 October. The boys worked together as a team throughout the day to score a very credible fourth.

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Memorable Performances were recorded by: Dal Ekeocha Isiah Mazzocchi Shree Batt Ned Clayton Ed Mullholland Frederick Vaughan The Senior GPS Track and Field Championships was held that afternoon at QSAC and saw the team finish seventh.

The 13 years age group had a tough day at the Championship with special mention of Archie Boorer on his emphatic win in the 800m and Tom Brant for his performance in the 200m. Oliver Lynch, Sal Leotta,

Team Name Back Row (L to R): Scott Evans, Marcus Bean, Matt Allison.

Second Row (L to R): Luke Liu, Andrew Shuttleton, Sieg Mackellar, Sam Bizzell, Oliver Cathcart, Alec Donald, Alex Thakur, Kiyan Rahman.

Front Row (L to R): Dilhan Jhaj, Nate Robertson, Max Hooper, Elijah Wong, Tom Stunden, James McCoombes, Finnian Raymond, Charlie Sprott, Joshua Tran.

Absent: Sebastian Pherous, Hamish Moss, Jack Spencer, Joseph Lim.

Dehan Wickramasekera and Victory Okonkwo all performed solidly and show potential moving forward.

The 14 years age group similarly had a tough day at the Championship with special mention of Thomas Chan and Xander Bourke for their performances in the sprints and jumps events. Other worthy performances were by Alec Fitzgerald in the Discus and Kobi Griffiths in the 400 and 800m.

The 15 years came fifth overall.

Special mention to Hudson Pherous who competed in five events on the day. Will Gatehouse in the Hurdles, Tom Gulliver in the High Jump and Hudson Ridoutt in the Javelin all produced big PBs to see them place in their respective events.

Other notable performances were recorded by Tom Siemon in the 800m and 1500m events and Tristan Knudsen in the Shot Put. The 16 years came eighth overall.

Alex Thakur again performed incredibly strongly across all of his events — winning the Open 400m Hurdles, second in Triple Jump and strong finishes in the

110m Hurdles and the 400m. Will Motley performed well in the Middle-Distance double, while newcomer Toby Logan in his first championships competed in three individual events.

The Open age group came sixth.

Charlie Sprott deserves a special mention for his win in the Open 3000m event while setting a new GPS record in the process. Tom Stunden had a big day out placing second in both the Shot Put and

Discus. Sieg Mackellar ran well in the 100m; James McCoombes once again performed strongly in the 200 and 400m events; Seb Pherous placed second in the Long Jump, as well as competing strongly in the Triple Jump. Other strong performers included Marcus Bean in the Javelin, and Andrew Shuttleton, Max Hooper, Finn Raymond and Sam Bizzell had admirable outings in the Hurdles, 800m, 1500m and High Jump respectively.

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Memorable Performances were recorded by: Archie Boorer Alex Thakur Charlie Sprott 100m Trophy - Sieg Mackellar 400m Trophy - James McCoombes 1500m Trophy - Finn Raymond My thanks to the skilled and dedicated coaching staff who ably led the large number of boys from Years 5 to 12: Mr Ian Fardon, Ms Anne O’Rourke, Mr Paul Warwick, Mr Matthew Logan, Mr Luke Graham, Mr Gus Robertson, Mr Greg DiLosa, Mr Adam Bloch, Mrs Claire Pepper-Rogers, Mr Harrison Green, Mr Oscar Keir, Miss Bianca Hart, Mr Pale Feaunati and Mr Kris Hallis.

Best wishes to our Year 12 students with their endeavors in the future. Years 5 to 11 students we hope will continue development with dedication and commitment next year.

Mr Tim Holzgrefe Track and Field Director

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16 Years Back Row (L to R): Ethan Love, Alfie Sprott, Tom Macpherson, Tom Jackson, Alex Thakur, Jack Love.

Front Row (L to R): Jack Anderson, Brad Mackintosh, Diyen Ng, Toby Logan, Aaron Le Dan, Duncan Feltham.

Absent: Will Motley, Doug Chapman, Ethan DuPayne, Elton Fitzgerald, Alistair Macintosh.

15 Years

14 Years

L to R: Thomas Siemon, Thomas Stevens, Will Gatehouse, Mike Zeng, Toby Harpham, Ed Rimmington, Nic Soo, Hudson Pherous.

Absent: Eli Jones, Hugo Elix, Archie Austin, Tristan Knudsen, Hudson Ridoutt, Thai Bui, Thomas Gulliver.

L to R: Chase Pao, Alistair Langdon, Hugo Spencer, Charlie Renshaw, Tom Chan, Elijah Breen, James Bingham, Anson Qiu-Tang.

Absent: Kobi Griffiths, Jackson O’Brien, Alec Fitzgerald, Xander Bourke, Darcy Millsteed, Lincoln Manuel, Thomas Leeuwendal, John Robertson, Maxim Kuznetsov.

13 Years

12 Years

L to R: Dehan Wickramasekera, Salvatore Leotta, Nick Kelso, Oliver Lynch, Angus McNamara, Archie Boorer, Harrison Corser, Alexander Huang.

Absent: Thomas Brant, Victory Okonkwo, Jake Miller, Alexander Redhead, Tom Clayton, Declan Simpkins.

Back Row (L to R): Hugo Macaulay, Hudson Slater, Yuvraj Dahiya, Aum Bhatt, Max Woolley, Samuel Kelley.

Front Row (L to R): Julian Chin, Joshua Holmes, Benjamin Davies, Oscar Vanderstoep, Frederick Vaughan, William Peters, Daniel Holt.

Absent: Aaron Alphonso, Archie Slatter, Henry Mellick, George Hooper, Hamish Mackay, Charlie Hall, Miles Bennett, Lucius Montague.

11 Years

10 Years

L to R: Hamish Campbell, Tom Rollason, Hugo Liberatore, Ned Clayton, Luka Hedges, Mitchell Spence, Thomas Campbell.

Absent: Gray Dalton, Max Gatehouse, Rory McGlennon, William Dauber, Alexander Donaldson, Digby Harpham, Angus Hoyling, Manny Yang, Ed Mulholland.

L to R: Sebastian Bryan, Isiah Mazzocchi, Shree Bhatt, Mohid Niazi, Eddie McLean, Jordan Redburn.

Absent: Thomas Gorry, Christopher McKay, Daluchi Ekeocha.

William Danbar, Tom Rollason.

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Volleyball The BGS Volleyball program has had another successful season.

As a program we performed exceptionally, with BGS placing overall first. To truly grasp the significance of this result, at the start of the 2021 season, our vision was for BGS to be recognised as the leading volleyball school in the GPS association. To say we achieved this would be an understatement. Not only are our final results exceptional, but the culture that we have built in this community is like no other. Our success would not have been possible without the collective efforts of every player, coach, staff,

and parent that makes up this community.

BGS Volleyball recorded 16 out of 21 teams with podium finishes and premiership wins for the 7D, 8D, 8B, 9C, 9B, 10C, 10B, 11B and Third VI in their respective competitions. The Second VI had an eventful season, narrowly placing second, and the Third VI had a near undefeated season, just losing in a tight game against Churchie in the final round.

Congratulations to these teams.

The competition was tough for the First VI this year with every GPS school stepping up in their respective programs. Despite not being able to compete in the

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Australian Volleyball Schools Cup in December 2020, the First VI squad trained hard in preseason training.

We started off the season strong with four consecutive wins, however failed to maintain performance, losing to strong opponents in Nudgee and Terrace. After these two disappointing losses the squad looked to end the season strong in our final game against Churchie. We regained synergy and were able to secure the win, finishing the season in second place. Although it wasn’t the results we wanted, we fought hard until the very end.

Over the past five years of playing volleyball at BGS, I have created

First VI Back Row (L to R): Mr Rhys Cox, Michael Bekker, Daniel Harris, Beckett Weiss, Liam Scheel, Lucas Sherington.

Front Row (L to R): Sebastian Pherous, Jed Green, Jasper Thynne, Alex Tong, Liam McGregor, Kia Mizuno, Ali Rahmanian.

countless unforgettable memories and learnt so many invaluable lessons. If I could summarise it in one sentence it would be that volleyball is a game like no other sport. Every call, pass, set and spike relies on the very idea that we trust the next person who touches the ball will do their job. I am honoured to have been able to represent the light dark blue alongside my teammates.

Finally, I would like to extend my gratitude to Volleyball Director and Head Coach Mr Rhys Cox, for not only giving me the opportunity to lead the program but for his guidance and support. Without his passion and commitment, the culture and community of BGS volleyball wouldn’t be what it is today.

It has been an honour to lead the BGS volleyball program in 2021.

I would like to thank Mr Micallef, the senior leadership team and the volleyball community for allowing Liam and me to lead the program this year.

Alex Tong Captain of Volleyball

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Second VI

Third VI

Back Row (L to R): Mr Will Wilson, George Nucifora, Sam Powell, Charlie Hume, Sam Stallmann, Dermot Fitzgerald.

Front Row (L to R): Owen Xie, Harry Snape, Matt Pyman, Charlie O’Sullivan, Oliver Cathcart, Hamish Goodwin.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Liam Middlemass, Justin Liang, Luca Biscaro, Sterling Saini, Ben Jesser, Peter Sophios, Ben Richards.

Front Row (L to R): Ernest Ngai, James Tam, Toby Andersen, Max Wagland, Tom Gehrmann, Nate Robertson, Sam Goldberg, Jamie Chan.

11A

11B

Back Row (L to R): Mr Simon Conway, Mr Ewan Thiele, Connor Waite, Jasper Thynne, Mr Ethan Stamatellos, Elton Fitzgerald.

Front Row (L to R): Michael Coyne, Nick Teng, Jed Green, Tom Ricato, Liam McGregor, Lucas Jennings, Sam Taylor.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Oliver Thynne, Ben Balthes, Matthew Pruyn, Aohang Ding.

Front Row (L to R): Alexander Graves, Ethan Castle, Harry Baxter, Hamish Moss, Lewis Strachan.

Absent: Senya Konovalenko.

11C

10A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Luca Gerbino, Charlie Stilwell, Eoin Mullan, Charles Spencer, Mr Cooper Boardman.

Front Row (L to R): Christian Conomos, Lukas Geissler, Damon Cayas, Brian Wang, Damien Dinh, Ethan Huang.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Harrison Bartkowski, Harry Cardell-Ree, Ben Whittome, Ronan Mellick.

Front Row (L to R): Ethan VanderWal, Angus Norris, Angus Hume, Will Gatehouse, Weili Cao.

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10B

10C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Hugh Neville, Rowan Tong-Law, Justin Lowe, Dylan Conway.

Front Row (L to R): Micah Leaupepe-Perkins, Luke Murphy, John Treacy, Joshua Stamatellos, Sebastian Bae.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Yazgi Sato, William Spalding, Taj Saini, Angus Woodrow, Mr Tom Mitchell.

Front Row (L to R): Elliot Chiang, Tom Clarke, Jo Gehrmann, Ronit Relan, Ben Bryant.

9A

9B

Back Row (L to R): Hudson Pherous, Mr Thomas Morgan, Oliver Akhavan, Spencer McPherson, Mr Shane Wacker, Mr Craig Timms.

Front Row (L to R): Max Balthes, Oliver Tu, Alec Fitzgerald, Max Romer, Xavier O’Sullivan, Nash Furnell.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Daniel Celm, Zac Reader, Alexander McConnel, Isaac McNally, Tom Gulliver, Mr Joel Kerola.

Front Row (L to R): Darcy Carroll-Kirkwood, Oliver Larsen, Minh Tran, Rupert Thynne, Adam James, Ollie Peacock.

9C

8A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jim Xiao, Thomas Poll, Andrew Bade, Oscar Bollard, Toby Harpham, Benjamin Treacy.

Front Row (L to R): Jack Webb, Lucas Tan, Lucas Waite, Arthur Hames, Jarrah Chien, Ben Springall.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jason Lin, Marcus Forbes, Johnny James, James Middleton, Mr Harry Wilson.

Front Row (L to R): Harvey Gatehouse, Anson Qiu-Tang, Samuel Chan, Omero Msalem, Liam Hardie, Ryan Lam.

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8B

8C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tom Olsen, Liam Cook, Mr Ben Allison, Luke Saywell, Mrs Jenny Tap. Front Row (L to R): Jace Ramalingam, Ryan Bashirzadeh, Charlie Prebble, Yoshi Becker, James Warren, Rafferty Chapman, Lachlan Russell.

Absent: Jacob Fox.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Jayden Ho, Will Jackson, Fraser Salisbury, Richard Wheeler, Mr Georg Flatscher.

Front Row (L to R): William Marschner, Jackson Leong, Noah Lauder, Angus Benjamin, Allen Liu, Daniel Wu.

8D

7A

Back Row (L to R): Mr Ben Ren, Oliver Evans, Benjamin Li, Ollie Swift, Mr Trung Nguyen.

Front Row (L to R): Charley Jenns, Sam Margetts, Benjamin Coates, Chris Zhu, Flynn Moore, Maxwell Miu.

Back Row (L to R): Ms Mel Eveleigh, Max Nakasato, Archie Boorer, Zac Martin, Alexander Huang, Mr Josh Grice.

Front Row (L to R): Julian McKay, Archie Dunstan, Cashy Luo, Aaron Alphonso, Finn O’Sullivan, Tobias Meehan.

7B

7C

Back Row (L to R): Mr Nicholas Grice, Magnus Gislason, Ashton Parsons-Pope, Hamish Maybury, Miss Sally Birk.

Front Row (L to R): Miles Bennett, Kenzo Ko, Yahya Hussain, Leroy Zhou, Jamie Jung.

Absent: Milo Pocock.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Tom Greening, Eamman Conomos, Vuk Prentis, Cooper Wolski, Martin Grant, Mr Ian Fardon.

Front Row (L to R): Jonathan Chambers, Michael Rousson, Lachie Kerr, Ollie Kerr, Ben Foulger, Harvey Kerr, Rohan Goel.

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7D

7E

Back Row (L to R): Mr Elliott James, Nicholas Bade, Zach Meerten, Sebastian Labagnara, Mr Tim Fulton.

Front Row (L to R): Manav Bhandarker, Rohan Morris, Zac Smith, Jeric Gao, Buddy Matthews, Arthur Chen.

Back Row (L to R): Mr Min-gyu Shim, Ashton Hamra, Lachlan Aleksiuk, Mr Nick Rowan, Henry Davies, Alexander Redhead, Mr Kristopher Hallis.

Front Row (L to R): Xavier Rhodes, Archer Webb, Riley Booker, Rohan Relan, Hamish Smyth, Matthew Overlack, Angus List, Lewis Hay.

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Community STEAM Demolition Party

BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Entrepreneurship

STEAM Turning of the Sod Ceremony

BGS Giving Day

BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Economics

The Great Hall Society Lunch

BGS Art Show Gala Evening

Celebrating Our Community

Open Day

BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Sport

Nil Sine Live – BGS and BGGS Young Alumni

P&F Spring Luncheon

BGS Sportsmans’ Lunch

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STEAM Demolition Party Saturday 27 March 2021

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STEAM Turning of the Sod Ceremony Friday 13 May 2021

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BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Economics Wednesday 26 May 2021

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BGS Art Show Gala Evening Friday 11 June 2021

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Open Day Saturday 12 June 2021

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Nil Sine Live – BGS and BGGS Young Alumni Saturday 19 June 2021

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BGS Sportsmans’ Lunch Friday 23 July 2021

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BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Entrepreneurship Wednesday 15 September 2021

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BGS Giving Day Thursday 7 October 2021

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Great Hall Society Lunch Friday 15 October 2021

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Celebrating Our Community Tuesday 19 October 2021

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BGSOBA Business Breakfast — Sport Thursday 11 November 2021

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P&F Spring Luncheon Friday 22 October 2021

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Year 5 ADIB, Ira Jack ANGELINI, William Marco ASHBY-CLIFFE, Sebastian John BELTRAME, Finn Harrison BENDELL, Benjamin Aron BESTER, Ethan James BHATT, Shree BOUTCHER, Ashley Donovan BOYD, Matthew David Johannes BRAND, Angus Jeremy BRYAN, Sebastian Garcia CALLINAN, Thomas Graham CAMPBELL, Hamish Gordon Hay CAMPBELL, Thomas David Hay CARROLL, Lewis Joseph CHAMBERS, John Jiwoo CHENG, Aaron Ying Kit CHENG, Yixiang CHOY, Sky CHUANG, Jia-Hao Isaac CLARKSON, Ethan Nikolaos COURSODON, Alexandre Antoine Edmond DALTON, Gray Roderick DAVIS, Benjamin Paul DONALDSON, Lachlan James DONG, Ferrell Yichen DONG, Roger Mingwei DOYLE, Harrison William McCabe EKEOCHA, Daluchi Fogofoluwa Xavier ELPHINSTON, Oliver Kai EUSTON, Lachlan Zach GANNON, Henry Christopher GAO, Mason Ze Tao GATEHOUSE, Maximus Simon GORRY, Thomas Peter GRANT, Morris Lee GRIGG, Oliver James HA, Ian Taejung HAN, Lucas Yizhe HARPHAM, Digby James HEDGES, Luka Jason HU, Qianyi HU, Vincent INCANI, Dominic Alexander IVANOVSKI, Remi JAGANNATHAN, Aaryan JHA, Avighn JOHANSEN, Adam Samuel KIMBELL, Finlay Johan 268 THE BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE 2021

KUA, Connor Johnson Chong Hee LAGO, Joshua Aidan LALJI, Aarav LEE, Christopher LEVY, Gabriel Henry LIN, Dong Qing Alston LOCH-WILKINSON, Sten Heinz LU, Yeebo LUDLOW, William Andrew LUONG, Reuben Alan MA, Jamie Elon MA, Xingzhi MANSOOR, Wadaan MAZZOCCHI, Isiah MCDONALD, Harrison Lee MCKAY, Christopher Roy MCLEAN, Edward Alec MENZIES, Clancy Leamon Robert MOORE, Ethan John MORRIS, Elliot Louis MOUNTFORD, Jack Lucas NG, Aiden Jingjun NIAZI, Mohid Mohammad Masood OLIVER, Flynn Duffy OWEN, Thomas Peter PRESCOTT, Lewis Nicol QUINLAN, Benjamin Edward REDBURN, Jordan Tate RODINS, Luka David SALTER, George Alexander SEARLE, Benjamin Lindsay SENARATNE, Kiren SHAH, Devam Ashish SMITH, Thomas John SPIEZ, Joshua David SRISKANDARAJAH, Noah STRUTHERS, Kingston SUN, Bryan Bo Rui SWAN, Hugh Edward TAN, Lachlan Jian Yi THAI, Edward Dylan TIAN, Lucas Haoyu VAN RIEL, Alexander Murphy VARSANI, Dhilan Shashikant WADHWANI, Aadya WADHWANI, Aamay WALLWORK, Francis Albert WANG, Nelson En Hao WANG, Wei Huan WILSON, Sebastian Shane Angus

WONG, Christopher Jonathan Jeun Git

HO, Christian Sen-En

WONG, Malakai Shi Jie

HOLMES, Joshua David

WU, Noah Matthew Jun-Yi

HOLT, Daniel Thomas

XIAO, Leon

HOOPER, George Percival

YANG, Emmanuel Yan Zhao

HOYLING, Angus Patrick

ZELLMER, Spencer Morris

HUO, Brayden Qianyue

ZHENG, Wenru

JAIN, Nikkhil

ZHOU, Fangluo Horace

JOHNSTON, Tomos Awstin JORSS, Lincoln Bailey

Year 6 AITCHISON, Thomas Myles AMARASENA, Alexander Aryan ANDREATIDIS, Theodore James BALASUIRIYA, Anoop Vernon BHATT, Aum BOULTON, Thomas James BRAND, Joshua Zhang BRICE, Louis Albert Creeth BURKE, Henry John BUTLER, Richard Edward Thornton CAREW, Harrison Kyle CATTERICK, Oliver Dean CHAN, Clement Kim CHANG, Jiachi CHEN, Eric Hong-Yu CHEN, Ethan CHIN, Julian Francis Kevin CHOW, Justin Cheuk-Kiu CLARKE, Lachlan Andrew Keith CLAYTON, Ned Lewis COOPER, Angus Richard Geoffrey CREEDON, Charles Michael Dixon CREIGHTON, Edward Alexander DARK, Kristoffer Kennedy DAUBER, William Robert DAVIES, Benjamin James DONALDSON, Alexander John DRIESSEN, Edward David DUNCAN, Liam Matthew EUSTON, Cooper Owen EVANS, Bryce Leonard FINDLAY, Harry Alexander FORBES, Hugo Stirling FRANCIS, Sam Sebastian FUNG, Daniel William Haotso GOODALL, Quinn John GORRY, Jack James HARRIS, Maverick James HARRIS, Oliver Jack

JOSHI, Ojas KELLEY, Samuel John KIM, Oscar Jiwoo LAI, Lachlan Wei-Jia LIANG, Ruwei LIBERATORE, Hugo Sebastian David LIN, Jayden Jing-Yao LOCH-WILKINSON, Thor Gustav MACAULAY, Hugo Thomas MACKAY, Hamish Nicholas Taylor MAYNE, Julian Edward MCCORMACK, Liam Alistor MCGLENNON, Rory Michael MENZIES, Oscar Alexander MOLE, Felice Francisco MONTAGUE, Lucius Romeo MULHOLLAND, Edward Thomas NAGL, Edison Charles NEILSON, Oscar Graeme NGUYEN, Jaedon Kai O’KEEFE, Phoenix Sterling PEARCE, Thomas Henry PENDLETON, Charles Edward PETERS, William Johan PRASAD, Samuel Rohan RIGNALL, Lachlan David ROBERTSON-ZENG, Borui William ROLLASON, Tom Edward ROSENTHAL, Tim SAVAGE, Harry Thomas SCOTT, Thomas Peter SELVA, Raul SHANNON, Inness James Gregg SLATTER, Archibald Peter SMITH, Benjamin Miguel SMITH, Fynlay James SMITH, Oliver Hudson Murphy SPENCE, Mitchell Wentworth STEPHENS, Edward Patrick STEVENS, Kobi Isaiah STEVENSON, Josiah Rhys

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STONELL, Claude Andrew

BROWN, Jack Thomas

STUCKEY, John Ernest

BRUDERLIN, Hunter David

SZUMOWSKI, Lachlan Paul

BUTLER, James Edward

TENNAKOON, Jonathon

BUTLER, Max Gerard

TRAVIS, Flynn Ritchie

CARTER, Alexander James

TREWEEKE, Hamish Hamline

CARTER, Luke Rodney

VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Thomas James

CHALMERS, George James

VANDERSTOEP, Oscar Michael

CHAMBERS, Jonathan Peter

VAUGHAN, Frederick Talbot Nigel

CHAN, Justin Sze Wai

WALSH, Xavier Ryan Le

CHANG, Keeran Shou Yao

WANG, Charlie Jin-Shin

CHEN, Alex Mingxi

WARDE, Benjamin Nicholas Contoleon

CHEN, Arthur Lee

WEBBER, Lachlan James

CHEN, Braiden Boyu

WONG, Alexander Philip Viet Giang

CHEN, Hunter

WONG, Benjamin Philip Tam Giang

CHEN, Yujun Jasper

WONG, Leo Walter Dak-Hong

CHUA, Adam Marcus Yi Da

WOODWARD, Henry Brooks

COATES, William Henry

WOOLLEY, Max William

COLLINS, Isaac Maxwell

YONG GEE, Severin Ya-Ren

COLTON, William Peter John

ZAEEM, Turhan Mustafa

CONNELLY, Liam Oliver

ZHONG, Ho Chit

CONOMOS, Eamman Spiro

Year 7 ABEYSINGHE, Sithula Nisalitha ACKERMANN, Mitchell Charles AHMAD, Daanyal AHN, Daniel Sunje AI, Ethan Yuqi ALAYAN, Alexander York Sandroussi ALECKSON, Lewis Dermot ALEKSIUK, Lachlan ALPHONSO, Aaron Thomas AMATO, Matthew George ANDERSON, Benjamin Samuel BADE, Nicholas Samuel BAKER, Lachlan Grant BALLENTINE, Spencer George BANSI, Arjan Singh BATTAGLIA, Leo John BEGLEY, Owen Christopher BENNETT, Hugo Kingston BENNETT, Miles William Jet BHANDARKER, Manav Bhavesh BHENDE, Priyan Nandan BHUTADA, Hardik BLANCH, Jacob Ethan BOARDMAN, James Milton BOOKER, Riley Desmond BOORER, Archer William Brennan BRAND, William James

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COOMBE, Christopher David William CORSER, Harrison Ernest Campbell COWDROY-LING, Ryan Anthony DAHIYA, Yuvraj DAI, Daniel Oliver Zhi Jun DALTON, Lincoln John DAUBER, Oliver Henry DAVIES, Henry Owen DE ABOITIZ, Harvey Justin DE JAGER, Joshua Nicholas DEACON, Callum James Troup DENG, Tony Yun DISNEY, Hugh Robert DOUGLAS, Edward Jonathan DUNSTAN, Archie Cooper DWYER, Sean Katon DYHR-CHEUNG, Kian Chi Loon John EDDINGTON, Lewis Alexander ELLERMAN, Hamish Austin Lawrance ERNG, Eugene Yong Jinn FARRELLY, Samuel John FINDLAY, William Benjamin FORD, Tennyson Collas FORNO, Douglas John FOULGER, Benjamin Robert GAO, Jeric Jin-Yuan GAO, Max Ze Jia GARDE, Jasper John GARG, Shubh

GEFFEN, Zev Israel

LILLEY, Edward Angus

GILLMAN, Elliott Finsbury

LIN, Yu-En

GISLASON, Magnus Oliver

LIST, Angus Raymond

GOEL, Rohan Prem

LIU, Henry

GOTTLIEBSEN, Saxon Taylor Will

LOVE, Jack Ormond

GRANT, James Beppe

LUO, Ziqing

GRANT, Martin Lee

LUONG, Max Connor

GRANTLEY, Donald Richmond

LYNCH, Marcus Elliot

GREIG, Samuel Roger

LYNCH, Oliver Joseph

HAJKOWICZ, Thomas Bruce

MA, Guan-Ao

HALL, Charles Ross Max

MALIK, Isaac Aryan

HAMILTON, Armand Daryainoor Deen

MARTIN, Zachary Nicholas

HAMRA, Ashton Cody

MATTHEWS, Buddy Leigh

HAY, Lewis Edward Yuuki

MAYBURY, Hamish Campbell Riedl

HAYLOCK, Tyson Aksel

MCBRIDE, Seth Xavier

HINCHY, Nicholas Roy

MCCREDIE, Thomas Liam

HOLLEY, Jackson Peter McLaren

MCDADE, William Scott

HOMER, Jamie Tristan

MCKAY, Julian Stanley

HORTON, Edward Peter

MCKINNON, Max John

HUANG, Huy Binh

MCMANUS, Christopher Connor

HUSSAIN, Yahya Nayyar

MCMASTER, Lachlan Patrick

HUSSEY, Ethan Michael

MCNEILL, Angus David

HUTTON, Ezekiel Leon

MEEHAN, Tobias Bradley

JAYAWARDENA, Chanuga Randilu Welgamage

MEERTEN, Zach

JOHNSON, Daylin Samuel

MEHTA, Rishi

JONES, Ethan Lloyd Samuel

MELLICK, Henry James

JUNG, Jamie Hwikyung

MELLICK, Oliver Brandon

KARMEL, Nelson Frederick

MILL, Darcy John

KEARNEY, Robert Alexander

MILLER, Charles Samuel Alexander

KELSO, Nicholas Ian

MILLER, Jake James

KENNEDY, Nicholas Lewis

MOHAN, Sahil Kumar

KENT, Oliver Zane

MOIN, Ihsan

KERR, Harvey John

MORRIS, Rohan Xavier

KERR, Lachlan Henry

MUHAMMAD, Muhriz

KERR, Oliver Thornton

MUKHERJEE, Shayok

KERRIGAN, Henry Martin

MUNDAY, Harvey Francis

KO, Kenzo

NAKASATO, Max Makoto

KROON, Oscar Michael

NANDA, Sachin Singh

KUMAR, Bharathi

NELSON, Charles Ashley

LABAGNARA, Sebastian Robert Nicholas

NGUYEN, William

LAI, Eamon Wei-Ming

NIAZI, Moosa Mohammad Masood

LAY, Alexander Darren

O’CONNELL, Will Aiden

LEE, Ethan

OKONKWO, Victory Chukwuemeka

LEE, George

ORTEGA QUINTANA, Yago

LEE, Isaac Ki Wook

O’SULLIVAN, Finn Justin Robert

LEE, Lachlan Reginald

O’SULLIVAN, Hamish Harris

LEUNG, William Chun Hin

OVERLACK, Matthew David

LEVY, Asher Frith

PANDEY, Anshuman

LI, Jerry

PARANAVITHANA, Sakith Nimthaka

LI, Zhenghao

PARKER, Jake Alan Tomkinson

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PARSONS-POPE, Ashton Myles Locke

THOMAS, Edward Patrick Dunmall

PATHAK, Shivam

THYNNE, Maximus Nathanial

PAYERVAND, Arya

TIMBLO, Armaan Giammona

PETERSEN, Matthew Joel

VAN NISPEN, Rhys John

PHILPOT, Ryan Benjamin

WALKER, Nicholas Alexander

PINCUS, Louis Thomas Armstrong

WALSH, Lachlan Andrew

POCOCK, Milo Zhi Quan

WANG, Tommy

POYNTER, Joshua Hamilton

WARLOW, Alexander Patrick Emil

PRASAD, Carter Krishna

WEBB, Archer James

PRENTIS, Vuk Oliver

WECHSEL, Magnus Bernard

PRESCOTT, Cormac Shea

WICKRAMASEKERA, Dehan Manu

PUNJ, Shivum

WOLSKI, Cooper John

PUNJ, Shubhang

WORTHLEY, James Noel William

PURCELL, Benjamin James

WRIGLEY, Zac Boden

QUINLAN, William Morrison

WU, Joel

RAAYMAKERS, James Harrison

XIA, Orrey

READDY, Thomas James

XU, Nathan

REDBURN, Eli Yodsan

YANNARAKIS, Matthew James

REDHEAD, Alexander Matthew

YEE, Jason Jiachen

REID, Isaac Sterling Foote

YOUNG, Arthur William

RELAN, Rohan Aryan

YUAN, Jack Jiacheng

RHODES, Xavier Henry

ZELLMER, Mitchell Joseph

ROTHWELL, Benjamin Matthew

ZHANG, Daniel Zichen

ROUSSON, Michael Benjamin

ZHANG, Jerry Jingfeng

SALIH, Zane

ZHANG, Samuel Jay

SAMIOS, Anthony Peter

ZHANG, Zhicheng

SAMPSON, Alexander James Fox

ZHONG, Shun Chit

SAPSFORD, Jonathan Henry

ZHOU, Leroy

SCHNITZERLING, Jasper George SCHULZ, Zachary Austin SEBASTIAN, Thomas Yohan SEEDAT, Yusuf Mahomed SHAN, Nicholas Wenhao SIGANTO, Jed William SIMPKINS, Declan George SINGH, Mehtaab SLATER, Hudson James SMITH, Hugo James Mountford SMITH, Max Alfred Elcoate SMITH, Zachary Takuya Sekiyama SMYTH, Hamish Macleod STOCK, Lukas Peter David STUTZ, Thomas Comino SU, Ruike SUBBURAJ, Yuvan TAN, Jason TAVAKOL, Ruben Nabil THAKER, Om Darshit THAPAR, Arnav THO, Maxey An Kai

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Year 8 AITCHISON, William Scott ANASTASIA, Lachlan Finn ANDERSON, Julien Jon APONSO, Taren Iranga ARTHUR, Gabriel Alexander ATKINS, Rory Austin Leigh BALE, Angus Stuart BALLENTINE, Henry James BANSI, Sahej Singh BASHIRZADEH, Ryan BECKER, Yoshi Michael BECKINGSALE, Matthew Scott BEETHAM, Michael Peter BEIKOFF, Jax Burton BEIRNE, Harry Thomas BELLAMY, Lachlan Lucas BENJAMIN, Angus James BINGHAM, James Taj BLACKWOOD, Charles Raphael BOCCOLACCI, Matteo Dylan

BOND, William Thomas

ELF, Lachlan James

BOO, Jeremy James Terrado

ELLIOTT, Matthew Paul

BOTTOMLEY, Ashton Edward Frank

EVANS, Oliver Benjamin

BOWDEN, Luca Ethan

FAN, Dominic

BOWKER, Leo

FINCH, Alex Sun-Young

BRABEN, Thomas James

FORBES, Marcus Benjamin

BRANT, Thomas James Jackson

FOX, Jacob Rodney

BREEN, Elijah Scott

FULLER, Charlie Mason

BROSNAN, Taylor John Melvyn

GAO, Henry

BRYAN, Michael Petar

GATEHOUSE, Harvey Edward

BUCK, Benjamin Thomas

GERITZ, Samuel John

BUI, Xuan Tung

GONG, Aaron Hao Ming

BUNCE, Alec Murray

GORDON, Thomas Daniel

CARDELL, Armon Muto

GOSS, Kody Jack Robert

CAREW, Angus Cooper

GRESSHOFF, Lukas

CARROLL, Nicholas Alexander

GUNAWARDENA, Praveen

CHAMBERS, Thomas Kennan

HAQUE, Zahran

CHAN, Samuel

HARASTY, Samuel Jivan

CHAPMAN, Rafferty Hugh

HARDIE, Liam Connor

CHEN, Kevin

HARDING, Jenson Stephen

CHEN, Yian

HARRIS, Thomas Jack

CHETTY, Joryn James

HASSELMANN, Antonio Monteiro

CHEYNE, Oliver Macartney

HAZZARD, Sebastian Dennis

CHIEN, Brandon Yue-Xuan

HENDERSON, William David Patrick

CLARK, Angus Allan

HIRST, Maxwell Pascal Fernandez

CLARKE, Angus Barton Campbell

HOWARTH, Nicholas James

CLAYTON, Tom Douglas

HUANG, Joseph Yi-Hao

COATES, Benjamin Oliver

HUDSON, Oliver Charles

COOK, Angus Robert

HUF, Bennett James

COOK, Liam Stuart Holmes

HUGHES, Casey John

COOPER, Miles James Garrison

HYDE, Cooper Thomas

COUDRE, Thomas William Gerard

IVANOVSKI, Illian

CROOKES, Micael Alexander Sean

JACKSON, William Brendan

DANG, Liem Atticus

JAKUPOVIC, Zachary Muhamed

DARK, Niklas Kennedy

JAMES, Johnathon Peter Phillip

DAVIES, Archer Michael

JEMPSON, William Oliver

DAVISON, Jack Cooper

JENNS, Charley James

DEACON, Jonathan Emmett

JENVEY, Flynn Chase

DEMATAGODA, Don Prashan Shavindra

JIANG, Jeffery Mingke

DING, Aowen

JORSS, Nelson Lewis

DO, Andrew Huy-Long Pham

KANGATHARAN, Vishnu

DONALDSON, Luke Ian

KARANICOLAS, Stefanos

DORE, Michael David

KARMEL, Xavier Henry

DOUGLAS, Zachary James

KELLEY, Samuel Lewis

DREW, Rupert Augustus

KHAN, Zarar Naeem Haider

DRIESSEN, William Joseph

KIM, Kyung Chan

DU, XuanDa

KNOBLOCH, Aden Joshua

DUNCAN, Luke Patrick

KUMAR, Vikram Alan Surendran

EDWARDS, Joshua Stephen

KWOK, Andre King Sing

EGHTESADI ARAGHI, Behzad

LAM, Ryan Jesse

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LANGDON, Alistair George

PROWSE, Alexander Daniel

LANGDON, Harry Donald

QIU-TANG, Anson

LAUDER, Noah Kai

QUAGLIOTTO, Connor James

LEE, Max-ze Alexander Zi Xuan

QUINELL, Ryan Howard

LEONG, Cavel Hanzhong

QUIRK, Mackenzie John

LEONG, Jackson Zhi Chiang

RAMALINGAM, Jace

LEOTTA, Salvatore Taisei

RECK, Harrison George Semple

LEWIS, Darcy Samuel Aidan

REDMOND, Benjamin Thomas

LI, Benjamin Chenkuo

REINKE, James Peter

LI, Shaun Rongshun

RICHARDSON, Isaac William

LI, William Yuanhao

RICHES, Tobias James

LIANG, Ethan Huai Yu

ROBERTS, Brandon Ch’ng

LIANG, Liam Kenshin

ROMBOLA, Ferdinando William

LINDGREN, Milo Day

RUSSELL, Lachlan Kenneth Peter

LIU, Allen

RUTTER, Samuel Harry

LIU, Joshua Chi Kan

SALISBURY, Fraser John

LOLLBACK, James Noel

SALMAN, Saad

LU, Lucas

SASIKARAN, Sivanirmmidan

LUK, Ethan Yum Hei

SAYWELL, Luke Mark

MA, Christian Trieu Huu

SCHOLES, Hayden Bradley

MACPHERSON, Daniel Alastair Symons

SCOTT, Dominic Lachlan

MAHER, William Duncan

SELVA, Jai

MANN, Finnian William

SHARRY, Luke William Henry

MANSOOR, Baryal

SHEN, Alvin

MARGETTS, Samuel Giles

SHEPHERD, Luke Anthony

MARSCHNER, William Robert Pat

SHIH, Ocean Hsuan-Hsiang

MATTHEWS, Jacob Martin

SIDDIQUE, Isma’il Muhammad Abdul-Rahman

MAZUMDER, Rayan

SIMONETTA, Joseph Daniel

MCCORMACK, Flynn Patrick Ross

SLATTER, Henry Macalister

MCNAMARA, Angus Neil

SMALL, Oscar Frederick

MIDDLETON, James Henry John

SMITH, Colby Thomas

MILLAR, Daniel Alexander

SOKOLL, Joshua Flynn

MIU, Maxwell Kee On

SPENCE, Alexander Leo

MOORE, Flynn Roy

SPENCER, Curtis Anthony

MOORE, Samuel Andrew

SPENCER, Hugo William

MOWBRAY, Ben Archibald John

STEPHENS, James David

MSALEM, Omero Tariq Purwo

STEWART, Hamish Geoffrey

MURPHY, Fionn Michael

STONELEY, Sebastian James Petersen

NEEP, Hunter William

SWAN, George Nathaniel

NEILSON, William Robert

SWANE, Felix Owen Steward

NGUYEN, Andy

SWIFT, Oliver St John

ONG, Samuel James Chung-Meng

TAYLOR, Noah Junhyung

PAO, Chase Sambath

TELFORD, Luke Christian

PASCHKEWITZ, Dylan Tanakrit

TRAN, Justin Hoang Viet

PATTERSON, Louis James

TURRA, Maxwell Lucas

PEARSE, Harrison William Ross

VAN BRUNSCHOT, Vincent Arnold

PENDLETON, William Thomas

VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Jack Rudolf

POCOCK, Oscar Zhi Yuan

VARSANI, Kaushal Shashikant

PORFYRIOU, Luca Paul

VELLACOTT, John-Matthew

PREBBLE, Charlie John

WACKER, George Henry

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WACKWITZ, Arki Roy

BROOKS, Lebron Robert James

WALLIS, Jeremy Ramsay

BROUGH, James McGregor

WANG, Alvin

BRUCKLACHER, Magnus Axel

WANG, Guan-Syun Ricky

BRYAN, Lucas Hansen

WARREN, James Matthew

BUDDEE, Nathan Fredrik

WATERHOUSE, Luca Dominic

BUI, Thai Harry

WATTS, Angus John

BURCHAM, Julian Alexander

WEATHERSTONE, Oscar William

CANCIO-NEWTON, Austin Olivier

WHEELER, Richard Carson Harry

CARROLL-KIRKWOOD, Darcy Nicholas

WILLERSDORF, Cormack McGowan

CARTER, Nicolas Petr

WOODFORD, Winston James

CHAN, Theo

WOODHOUSE, Charles Palmos

CHAN, Thomas Cowley

WOODRUFF, Harry Peter William

CHAPPELL, Samuel Harry Yee-Mai

WRIGHT, Oliver James

CHAUHAN, Ranvir Singh

WU, Daniel Xavier Zhi-Hao

CHEN, Bowei

XIN, Kun Cheng

CHENG, Yu-Che

XU, Blaire Zhiyuan

CHIEN, Jarrah Minfan

YADOLLAHI FARSANI, Dana

CHOI, Do Hyun

YANTSCH, James Archie

CHOPRA, Rohan Ramsey Singh

YOUNG, Matthew John

CHUA, Isaac Jamie Yao Yang

YUEN, William Matthew

CHUDLEIGH, Drew Michael

ZAND, Ryan

CHUNG, Ian

ZELLMER, Logan Afshin

CIKALURU, Harsha Reddy

ZHANG, Bokai

COCHRANE, Robert Gerard Stanton

ZHANG, Bowen

COLLINS, George Felix

ZHANG, Chuangji

CONDON, Nicholas Wade

ZHOU, Dennis

COOK, Grayson Alexander

ZHU, Chris Yuyao

COOKE, Hamish William Neil

Year 9 ABIAD, Omar Ghassan AGNEW, Campbell Ian AKHAVAN, Oliver Timothy Seia ALI, Kayzer Junaid ANDREWS, Hugh John Calvert ASOMAH, Eric AUSTIN, Archie Peter BADE, Andrew David BAKSHI, Aryan Kumar BALTHES, Max Harrison BAXTER, Keaton David BELL, Lucas BELLAMY, Mitchell Thomas BEMROSE, Alec Anthony BIGBY, Kyan James BLACK, Lloyd Leslie BOLLARD, Oscar Flynn BOURKE, Alexander Balian BRACHER, Andrew Joseph BRAND, Harvey John

COOPER, Edward Richard Riley CRAY, Oliver Jack CURLEY, James Angus DE ZUBICARAY, Lucas Xavier DEANE, Fox Millyard DOAN, Isaac Quang-Ky Nhu DOBER, Maxwell Jericho DOBER, Oliver Wilson DONALD, Jordan Lucas DONALD, Thomas Stanley DONALDSON, Jack William DWYER, Otto Lachlan EDWARDS, Benjamin Christopher ELIX, Hugo Alexander ELLERMAN, Angus Lachlan Yeats ELLIOTT, Lachlan John Bruce EMERY, Mitchell George EWART, William Thomas FEDOROV, Samuel FITZGERALD, Alec Bryan FITZPATRICK, Connor FLASKAS, Julius Nicholas

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FORREST, Dominic Michael

LEEUWENDAL, Harrison James

FURNELL, Nash Lachlan

LEEUWENDAL, Thomas David

GAO, Morgan Ze Sheng

LEUNG, Alexander Hon Hin

GARDNER, Alex Eric

LIBERATORE, Maximus Alexander

GIANFELICI, Adriano Emanuel

LIN, Dong-Han

GISLASON, Finnur Kari

LOH, Jonathan Chenhui

GOTTLIEBSEN, Jasper Rex McKenzie

LONG, Samuel Atticus Clarence

GRACEN, Andrew David

LOVE, Nicholas James

GRIFFIN, Harvey John Hepburn

LUO, Daniel Jingqi

GRIFFITHS, Kobi Jakob

LUTTON, Charlie James

GULLIVER, Thomas James Hamilton

LYNCH, Joshua Benjamin

GUYATT, Jack Edward

MACFARLANE, Alexander James Mustafa

HAINS, Samuel Robert

MALONE, Ryland Avery

HAMES, Arthur Edward

MANUEL, Lincoln Roy

HAMMER, George Cosmo Payne

MARTIN, Daniel Basil

HAMMER, Max Herman Payne

MARTIN, Oliver Robert

HAMMETT, Nicholas Christian Darcy

MCANDREW, Hugh Sebastian

HARPHAM, Tobias William

MCCLATCHY, Kyan Frank

HARVEY, Lewis Andrew James

MCCONNEL, Alexander Finn

HINTON, Timothy McCallum

MCDONNELL, Rafferty Evan

HOOLE, Nicholas Geoffrey

MCNALLY, Isaac Gill

HORTON, Flynn Edward

MCPHERSON, Spencer Charles

HUNTLEY, Liam Hall

MENG, Qinglin

HUSSAIN, Esa Nayyar

MERCER, George Alan

HYDE, Henry Kito

MERCER, Henry William

JACKSON, Alastair Lyndon

MIDDLETON, Thomas James Geoffrey

JAMES, Adam Robert

MILLER, Daniel Eric

JAYASENA, Manul Chathruka

MILLSTEED, Darcy James

JOHNSON, Ryan Andrew

MILNER, Aidan Mark

JOHNSON, William Alexander

MOORE, Maximilian William

JOYCE, Michael Thomas John

MORTIMER, Euan George Hampton

KELLY, Oliver Garnett

MOTAMARRI, Rushil Mahesh

KELLY, Thomas Bryce

MURPHY, William Matthew

KENDALL, Bertie James

NELSON, Edward John

KENNEDY, Oliver Patrick Stephen

NGUYEN, Gia Khanh

KHOO, Mitchell Teng-Hock

NGUYEN, Nhan Khai Do

KHOSROTEHRANI, Pascal Cyrus

O’BRIEN, Jackson Patrick

KIM, Matthew Jin-Tae

O’NEILL, Montgomery Elliott

KIMBELL, Sebastian Geoffrey

O’SULLIVAN, Xavier Mark

KLAASSEN, Samuel John

OTHMAN, Mikhail Adam Bin

KNUDSEN, Tristan Mark

PARSELL, Fergus Joel

KOTOVICH, Boris Alexander

PEACOCK, Oliver Ian

KUA, Christopher Ken Ming

PENROSE, Cooper William Cliff

KUZNETSOV, Maxim

PERUMAL, Kushal

LA, Benjamin Alexander

PETERS, Alexander William

LARSEN, Oliver James Peter

PETERSON, Jay Xia

LATIMORE, Marcus Masa

PHEROUS, Hudson Exell

LEE, Donghoon

PHILLIPS, Oscar William

LEE, Woo Jin

PINCUS, Rafael William Rutherford

LEE, Zed Thomas

POH, Joshua Zhen Zhao

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POLL, Thomas Michael

THYNNE, Rupert Antoni

PREMRAJ, Jashinraj

TIONG, Ethan Ho-Ming

PURCELL, Matthew Alan

TOMLIN, Spencer Marcus

QU, Daniel

TOPPING, James Andrew

RAAD, Aiden William

TRAN, Minh Khoa

READER, Zac Michael

TREACY, Benjamin Kei

RENSHAW, Charlie Thomas

TSAI, Gordon

RIDOUTT, Hudson Kenneth

TU, Oliver Hung-I

ROBERTS, Alexander Paul

TUCKWELL, Caspian Alan

ROBERTSON, Benjamin Eden Clarke

TUMA, Henry Francis

ROBERTSON, Christian Alexander Dietz

TWEED, Miles Robert

ROBERTSON, John Cooper Clarke

WAITE, Lucas Benjamin

ROMER, Max Angus

WALLWORK, Samuel Gregory

RUDDELL, Thomas James

WARUSAMANNA, Gevindu Sansith

SAMIOS, Manoli Peter

WEBB, Jack William

SAPSFORD, Alistair James

WEBB, Jackson Aaron

SARIKWAL, Sarthak

WILKE, Anuchit Matthew

SCHNITZERLING, Oliver Richard

WILLIAMS, Lewis Alexander

SCLAVOS, Alexander Stanley

WILLMOTT, Edward William Peter

SCOTT, Nicholas Anthony

WINDOW, Jolyon Alexander

SEBASTIAN, Matthew Joseph

WONG, Archie Cameron Dak-Jee

SEEDAT, Zayn Mahomed

WONG, Michael Jae Dyn

SEO, Hanbi

WRAIGHT, Hudson Wilfred

SHANMUGA ANANDAN, Arun

WU, Thomas Jefferson

SHEARER-SMITH, Oliver Andrew

XIA, Ocean

SIEMON, Thomas Patrick

XIAO, Aiden Lei

SIGANTO, Thomas Patrick

YEE, Ray Yuqian

SIHOTA, Jaipreet Singh

YEO, Marcus Terrence

SILVERSTON, Nicholas Gabriel

YESBERG, Christopher Michael

SIMPSON, Shannon Wesley

YU, Nathaniel

SINCLAIR, Jack Thomas Wilson

ZENG, Zi Xi Mike

SMITH, Alexander Patrick

ZHANG, Jason Chuxuan

SMITH, Joshua Ethan

ZHAO, Tony

SMITH, Lachlan James

ZHAO, Zhonghan Alan

SMITH, Sam Rudy Elcoate

ZHUANG, Andrew

SOMMERVILLE, Rupert Charles MacDonald

ZIKARSKY, Rocco

SOO, Nicholas James

ZILLMANN, William John

SPRINGALL, Ben Angus STANNARD, Thomas Fred STATHIS, Nate Michael STAY, Lucas William Stevenson STEVENS, Matthew James STUCKEY, Bede Forbes SWINDELLS, Lysander Louis George TAKEHISA, Yuya Joe TAN, Lucas Wu Shiang TANG, Roy TAYLOR, Oliver Robert William TELFORD, Jack William THAM, Oliver James

Year 10 ALLEN, Christopher Michael ANDERSON, Jack West ATKINSON, Luke Mitchell BAE, Sebastian Jinwoo BARRETT-BECK, Maxwell Charles BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, Isaac Benjamin BATCHELOR, Ashley James BATTLEY, Chester William BECKINGSALE, Andrew Thomas BELL BRAY, Orlando Otis Orton BENNETT, Rex Pennington

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BERNAYS, Angus Jack

ESTENSEN, Henrik Arvid

BOROS, Joshua William

FANCUTT, Samson Michael

BOSE, Ishan

FASONE, Nicholas John Moody

BRIMBLECOMBE, Sam James

FEARON, James Colin Patrick

BRITTAIN, Thomas Webster

FELTHAM, Duncan Angus

BROWN, Alexander Daniel

FIDLER, Seth Julius

BROWN, Samuel George

FINCH, Nicholas James Bass

BRYANT, Benjamin John

FITZGERALD, Harrison Craig

BUCK, Oliver William

FORBES, Samuel Romary

BUI, Xuan An

FULLER, Christian William Edward Yi Nga

BUNCE, Hugh Geoffrey

GAO, Matthew

BURKE, Fionn Michael

GATEHOUSE, Will Christopher

BUTLER, David Andrew Charles

GEHRMANN, Josiah Andrew William

CAMERON, Samuel Benjamin

GILES, Duke Nelson Jack

CAMPBELL, John Patrick

GNANAVEL, Ragulan

CAMPBELL, Liam Conner

GRACEY, Edward John

CAMPBELL, Thomas Hugh

GURURAJAN, Sathya-Vyas

CAO, Weili

GWARE, Gideon Ariel Dale

CARDELL-REE, Henri Arbroath

HALEY, Connor James

CAVALLO BRITTAIN, Oliver Dominic

HAN, Woo Jin

CHAN, Damien Che-King

HARCOURT, Ethan Fletcher

CHAPMAN, Douglas James

HARRIS, Charles Tasman

CHEN, Yanjun

HARRY, Austen Lawrence

CHIANG, Elliot Hao-Wah

HILDITCH, Guy James

CHOI, Toby Inha

HILL, Daniel Frederick

CHOU, Regan Tzy-An

HILL, William Clancy

CLARK, Max Sinclair

HINDS, Axel Lewis

CLARKE, Thomas Gregory

HIRSCHFELD, Nicholas Henry

CLIFTON, Harry John

HOLMES, Jackson Robert Maxwell

COBURN, Jacob Alexander Havas

HORTON, Jock Babington

COLLINS, Barclay Louis

HOUGHTON, Myles Alexander

CONWAY, Dylan James Byron

HUME, Angus George

CORONEO, Dion Constantine George

HUNTLEY, Lachlan Hall

CRETHAR, Alexander Louie Nicholas

HUTH, Thomas Andrew

CURTIN, Lachlan Martin

ILANGAMAGE, Binupa Yovindu

DAHIYA, Saahil

IRWIN, Perry John

DAUBER, Rupert Edward

ISLAM, Zubair

DAVIS, Jonathan Graham Croxton

JACKSON, William Cooper

DAVIS, Noah Elliot

JADON, Harshvardhan Singh

DEMPSEY, Rudy Llewelyn

JENVEY, Corbin Mark

DO, Ricky Phu

JESSER, Daniel Rutherford Harry

DOUGLAS, Harry Brookes

JOHNSON, Daniel Christopher

DRIESSEN, Nicholas Edward

JOHNSTON, Ned Wesley

DU PAYNE, Ethan Griffin

JONES, Elias Indigo

DUGGAN, Finn Logan

JUNAID, Haashir Ahmad

DUNGLISON, Tobias Samuel

JURY, Morgan Henry

DUNNE, Jack William

KAANDORP, Jack Bernard

DUTTON, Thomas Stephen Jeffrey

KAANDORP, William Paul

DWYER, William James

KARMAKAR, Ritvik Jishnu

EDMUNDS, James Christopher

KAY, Thomas James Felix

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NILSEN, Paul Arne

KEARNEY, Euan James

NOLAN, Thomas Anthony

KEDDY, Joe Nicholas

NORRIS, Angus Peter

KEELEY, Reid Granger

NOWLAN, Luca William

KHOO, William Jasper

NUCIFORA, Jacob Sebastian

KIM, John Jin-Se

O’SULLIVAN, William Kendall

KODITHUWAKKU, Daham Dinisuru

PALLING, Perry Francis

KOHN, Bayden Morgan

PARK, Dylan Jihong

KULLA KULLA, Hoby

PATEL, Kiran Jaikisan

KUMAR, Rahul Oliver Surendran

PENDLETON, James William

KYPRIOS, Stephen Christopher

PERERA, Tharuka Shenon

LAU, Nathan Wen Kay

POPE, Harrison James

LEE, Cheng-En

QIN, Leon

LEOW, Lachlan Le Ren

RAHMAN, Ozair Nahib

LINDGREN, Jasper York

RANDALL, James David

LODGE, Mitchell William

RECK, Lachlan Bryce Semple

LOVE, Ethan James

REINKE, Benjamin Robert

LOVE, Jack Edward

RELAN, Ronit Aryan

LOWE, Justin Roderick

RIMMINGTON, Ed James Miller

LUI, Christopher Chi-Chung

ROBERTS, Nicholas James Parangat

LUKE, Oliver Zachary

ROBINSON, Isaac Ziggy Verbier

LYNDON, Taj

ROBSON, Cooper Nash

LYONS, Thomas Andrew

RODDA, Henry James

MACINTOSH, Alistair Stewart Hay

ROE, Alexander Stirling

MACKINTOSH, Bradley Allan

ROY-BRYANT, Sebastien Gregory

MAO, Ruiqi

RUTTER, Thomas Patrick

MATTHEWS, Jack Thomas

SAINI, Taj Ankush

MCCABE, Cameron James

SANE, Soham Sunil

MCCOY, Lachlan John

SASIKARAN, Sivabbramiyan

MCGUIRE, Max Nicholas

SCHULTZ, Charlie William

MCKAY, Noah John

SCHULZ, Harrison Axel

MCKENZIE, Arran

SCIACCA, Giancarlo Alessio

MCLEOD, Andrew Graeme

SCIACCA, William Scott

MCSTEA, Connor Derrick

SCOTT-THOMPSON, Kai Jayden

MEADE, Nicholas James

SEABORN, Owen Michael

MEES, James Alexander

SELVA, Kiran

MELLICK, Ronan Thomas

SHEAHAN, Rupert Michael Henderson

MINCHINTON, Jonathan Harold

SIDDLE, Will Riley

MISHRA, Aaryan

SIMMONDS, Calin Joseph

MIZUTANI, Miles Eiji

SINGHAL, Aadeesh

MOLLOY, Flynn Thomas Brett

SIRIMANA, Shane Ashley

MONDAL, Anush

SKERL, Oliver James

MORRISSEY, John James

SMITH, Andrew Ning

MUNDAY, Charles Lewis

SMYTH, Isaac Warwick

MURPHY, Aidan James

SOKOLL, Ryan James

MURPHY, Luke Samuel

SPALDING, William Hugh Lynton

MURRAY, James Ethan Tak-Wah

SPENCE, Oliver Lennox

NEEP, Jonathan James

STACHURSKI, Aaron Leon

NG, Sze Yong

STAMATELLOS, Joshua Eli

NICHOLSON, William Jake

STANLEY, Angus Edward

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STEEDMAN, Harrison Julian

AKHAVAN, Oscar George Reza

STEVENS, Thomas Henry Morgan

ALLEN, William James

STROTTON, Jeremy Matthew

ALLISON, Daniel Stephen

STROTTON, Patrick Alexander

ANDERSON, Joshua Thomas

SUN, Zhihong

ANDERSON, Liam Taicligh

SUPPLISSON, Elie Nye

ASKEW, Harry Giles

TAM, Andrew Tak-Kin

BALAKRISHNAN, Rithvik

TAYLOR, Isaac Junho

BALTHES, Benjamin James

TENNAKOON, Hansa Bandara

BARRIOS, Nathan Xavier

TEOW, Jaden Ee Harn

BAXTER, Harry Miles

THOMAS, Alexander James Dunmall

BECK-VELDMAN, Finnian Johannes Richard

THOMAS, Clifford Simson

BEETHAM, David William

THOMAS, Edward George Aveston

BELL BRAY, Sabian Beck

TILSE, Monte James

BIEBER, Oliver Edward

TING, Jayden Zhi Peng

BIRD, Bren Anthony

TONG-LAW, Rowan Kwan

BISSET, Angus Brian Squire

TRAN, Dylan Alexander

BOORER, Edward Charles Emil

TREACY, John Joseph

BORODIN, Nicholas

TUCKER, Joshua Iain

BRICE, Henry William Creeth

TWEED, Angus Roy Gillis

BUTLER, George Gordon

VANDERWAL, Ethan Luke

CAINES, Cooper Henry

VEDHA, Sudesh Bala

CARMODY, Aidan

VIDLER, Callum Andrew

CASTLE, Ethan John

WALLER, Timothy Robert

CASTRISOS, Zachary George

WALSH, Riley Patrick Le

CAVALERIE, Felix-Alexandre Peter

WANG, Cheng-Wei Ryan

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