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Summer Sport The 2010 Summer Season has been quite memorable. There have been many outstanding individual and team performances, including the Girls’ First VIII rowing crew winning the APS Head of the River regatta for the fourth consecutive year. Under the guidance of coach Ross Featherston, the crew of Lucy Harkin (Yr11 Cl), Zoe Sleigh (Yr12 Cl), Hannah Robertson (Yr12 Cl), Phoebe Rothfield (Yr11 He), Georgina Farrell (Yr12 Cl), Liv Fish (Yr11 He), Alexandra Thompson (Yr12 Cl), Grace Morrison (Yr12 Cl) and Elizabeth Lingard (Yr12 Cl, cox) finished ahead of arch rival Geelong College by nearly a length in a time of 7 minutes 27 seconds for the 2,000 metre race, with Haileybury College third. In fact all of the Senior Girls’ crews won their divisions at the 134th APS Head of the River at Nagambie, with the Year 10 Girls’ crews winning four out of the seven divisions. The Head of the River also capped a most memorable season for Third Girls’ crew. The crew of Sammy Wallace-Smith (Yr10 Fr), Marnie Derham (Yr11 EM), Libby Head (Yr11 Cl), Harriet Simpson (Yr11 He), Bella Cameron (Yr11 EM), Georgina Clement (Yr11 He), Olivia King (Yr11 Cl), Gemma Hutley (Yr11 Fr) and Sarah Ryan (Yr11 Ga), guided by coach Rob Kemp, won the State Championships, the Head of the School Girls and their division of the Head of the River. The Boys’ First VIII was one of 15 GGS crews that made the final of its division at Nagambie. Guided by new coach Jeff Watt, the boys finished in third place behind Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar. The GGS Equestrian Team was thrilled to win the 2009 Victorian Interschool Series, which was contested by 256 schools over 15 rounds of competition. The Equestrian Team is currently in first place of the 2010 Victorian Interschool Series after competition rounds at GGS and Ivanhoe Grammar, with strong performances from Sophie Dewey (Yr6 Cn), Michelle Goy (Yr7 Ot), Charlotte Morrison (Yr10 Cl), Jacqui Brookes (Yr10 Cl), Camilla Champion de Crespigny (Yr10 Ga), Sally Codyre (Yr11 Cl), Annabelle Macgugan (Yr11 Cl), Liv Paterson (Yr11 EM), Millie Grimshaw (Yr11 Cl), Drew Collingwood-Smith (Yr11 Cl) and Fran Blount-Greene (Yr11 Ga).
The Boys’ First Table Tennis team had a brilliant season, winning six out of seven rounds of competition to finish in second place behind Haileybury College. Team captain Anthony Cheung (Yr12 P) and Pete Mulpruek (Yr12 M) were both selected to represent the APS. The Girls’ First Badminton team, which finished in third place with six wins, also had two members selected to represent the APS in captain Tarah Marney (Yr12 Fr) and Tanya Cheng (Yr11 Cl). Other APS representatives included Vinern Leow (Yr11 P) in Badminton and Miriam Ireland (Yr12 He) in Softball.
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Backing up their third place in 2009, the First XI Cricket team finished strongly with a win against eventual ladder leaders Xavier College to finish the season in fourth place, equal on points with third placed Caulfield Grammar. There were two centuries in the season. Angus Hawkes (Yr12 A) scored 102 in the 2nd XI and Meyrick Buchanan (Yr11 FB) scored a remarkable 196 for the First XI against Wesley College. Bowler Corey Ogle (Yr11 Cu) was selected represent both the Victorian Under 17 Cricket Team and the APS.
Sailing Captain (Boys): Tim Auret Captain (Girls): Nina Hanni
Eléanore de Vienne (Yr12 Cl) continues to shine in Athletics, finishing fourth in the 800m at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships.
Tennis Captain (Boys): James Eddington Captain (Girls): Arabella Kempton
All teams and individuals should be proud of their achievements. All sports have been ably led by their respective leadership groups and I would like to acknowledge the following students: Badminton Captain (Boys): Tommy Li Captain (Girls): Tarah Marney Cricket Captain: Rupert de Crespigny
Softball Captain: Miriam Ireland Swimming Captain (Boys): Rhys Dempsey Captain (Girls): Karen Chow Table Tennis Captain: Anthony Cheung
Paul La Cava Director of Sport 1. The Girls’ First VIII rowing crew on its way to victory in the APS Head of the River regatta at Nagambie 2. Michelle Goy (Yr7 Ot) competing in the second round of the Victorian Interschool Series at Ivanhoe Grammar 3. Corey Ogle (Yr11 Cu) was selected to visit the AIS in Canberra to train with Australia’s fast bowling coach Troy Cooley, which was followed by an eight-wicket haul against Haileybury in round five
Equestrian Captain: Beatrice Davies Captain: Alexandra Morgan Rowing Captain (Boys): Doug Cameron Captain (Girls): Alexandra Thompson
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