Issuu

CHAMPIONSHIPS

THURSDAY 21st MAY, 2026

LIMESTONE PARK, IPSWICH CROSS COUNTRY

56th CHAMPIONSHIPS

13 Years & UnderOpen

13th JUNIOR CARNIVAL 10 Years & Under12 Years & Under

The GPS Cross Country Championships has been an important feature of the GPS sporting calendar for half a century. Dedicated competitors from all nine GPS member schools will challenge themselves and pursue their personal bests in what promises to be an exciting day of competition. The GPS Association congratulates all competitors for their dedication in preparing for the event and wishes them well for today’s competition.

The GPS Association congratulates all competitors for their dedication in preparing for the event and wishes them well for today’s competition.

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS COURSE MAP

LIMESTONE PARK, IPSWICH

COMPETING SCHOOLS

ANGLICAN CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Established 1912

Blue and Grey

BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE

Established 1902

Green, White and Black

BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Established 1868

Light Blue and Dark Blue

BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL

Established 1921

Cerise and Blue

ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, GREGORY TERRACE

Established 1875

Red and Black

IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Established 1863

Red and White

ST JOSEPH’S NUDGEE COLLEGE

Established 1891

Royal Blue and White

THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL

Established 1901

Maroon, Navy Blue and White

TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Established 1875

Blue and Gold

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM

The GPS Cross Country Championships will comprise of the following sequence of events:

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS SCORING

1.1 Places shall be awarded to competitors in their order of finishing according to the electronic printout, where such timing apparatus is in operation. When such timing apparatus is not in operation, a competent officer will be appointed to check the correct allocation of places and points.

1.2 Only the first six (6) competitors from each school will contribute to that school’s points for the event.

1.3 The placings of each of the first six (6) placegetters (after adjustment) are then totalled for each school.

1.4 Placings will not be awarded to any competitors failing to compete the course or who are disqalified.

1.5 The school having the lowest aggregate shall be declared the winner, the school with the next highest aggregate will be declared second, and so on.

1.6 The place points awarded for Cross Country events per school shall be 10. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

DNS, DNF, NM: 0 Points

Tied competitors share the sum of points for the tied positions divided equally.

*NOTE: Multi-class division is currently not contributing to school points

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL START LIST

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL START

Bib#

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL START LIST

THE JACK E. ROSS TROPHY

The award for GPS Cross Country Championship winner (Champion School) goes to the school with the highest aggregate points for placings for all events for 13 Years & Under - Open. The Jack Ross Trophy is named after JOHN ELLIOTT (JACK) ROSS (1894- 1973), who preferred to be known as “Jack”.

Jack arrived at St Joseph’s Nudgee College as a student in 1908, and would subsequently represent the College in the 1st XI (1912), 1st XV (1911-1912), was College rifle champion (1911-1912), Tennis Champion in 1911 and College champion in the 440 and 880 yards.

After completing Senior in 1913 he studied law for a year, although his legal ambitions were curtailed by financial constraints. Jack successfully applied for a teaching position at Nudgee College, and as his daughter Mary observed, the rest is history. From 1914 into the 1970s, Jack Ross taught at the College. He generally took the commercial classes, which could include pharmacy and law. Mary remembers him as a very principled person, believing strongly in the virtue of honesty. He tried to help students, not only in the subjects he taught, but in lifestyle as well. He never told people how things should be done. He tried to show them.

Outside the College he was also very active in community life. He was Secretary of the Nudgee College Old Boys’ Association for over 50 years, as well as being President of Brothers Rugby Football Club from 1935 to 1973. He was Chairman of the Queensland Rugby Union from 1938 – 1949. He promoted the switch back to Rugby Union in 1928 after the schools had been turned to Rugby League in 1920. For generations of Nudgee College students, Ross was the epitome of the Nudgee College dream. Ross Oval commemorates the outstanding endeavours of Mr. John Elliot Ross.

Known as that “Grand Old Man” or “Mr GPS”, he was also Secretary of the GPS Association from 1928 to 1959. In all that time he saw every GPS Swimming Championship and only missed one GPS Track and Field Championship in 1960, as he was ill in hospital, so he followed events on television.

The Jack Ross Trophy honours a man who had an enormous impact at St Joseph’s Nudgee College and an unrivalled impact on all GPS competition.

Source: T. Max Hawkins (1965; Jacaranda Press Pty Ltd),’ The Queensland Great Public Schools’, thanks also goes to Paul Daly at Nudgee College for providing additional information.

HISTORIC GPS RESULTS

GPS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY OF RESULTS

2026 SCHOOL CAPTAINS OF CROSS COUNTRY

ANGLICAN CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Captain: Freddie McDonnell

BRISBANE BOYS COLLEGE

Captain: Tom Nealon

Vice Captain: Oscar McKean

Vice Captain: Archie Reid

Vice Captain: Cooper Lando

BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Captain: Miles Bennett

Vice Captain: Archie Boorer

BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL

Captain: Zale Clarke

Vice Captain: Cohen Azcel

Vice Captain: Calvin Hsu

Vice Captain: Alex Butler

ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE GREGORY TERRACE

Captain: Angus Duncan

Vice Captain: Will McMahon

Vice Captain: Dominic Gambaro

IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Captain: Sam Wilson

Vice Captain: Oliver Gartner

ST. JOSEPH’S NUDGEE COLLEGE

Captain: Jeremy Deakin

Vice Captain: Andreas Stevenson

Vice Captain: Arlen Norris

THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL

Captain: Daniel Pappas

Vice Captain: Benjamin Nichol

TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Captain: Taj Khan

Acknowledgments

GPS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chairman:

Dr. A. Campbell

Deputy Chairman:

Mr. S. Thomson

Treasurer:

Mr. A. Hawkins

Members:

Mr. A. Casson

Mr. A. Micallef

Mr. G. Pierce

Mr. D. Fall

Dr. A. Forsyth

Dr. J. Kinniburgh

GPS OFFICE

Anglican Church Grammar School

St Joseph’s Nudgee College

The Southport School

Brisbane Boys’ College

Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane State High School

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace

Ipswich Grammar School

Toowoomba Grammar School

GPS Executive Officer: Mrs. J. Watson

GPS Competition Manager: Ms A. Haug

GPS Content Manager: Mrs S. Bodimeade

GPS Sport Assistant: Mrs J. Evans

GPS SPORT AND ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

Mr K. Schmidt

Mr. P. Woodford

Mr. B. McKenzie

Mr. J. Clancy

Mr. S. McLean

Mr. N.Greive

Mr. J. Pybus

Mr. B. Hain

Mr. K. Cicolini

Anglican Church Grammar School

Brisbane Boys' College

Brisbane State High School

Brisbane Grammar School

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace

Ipswich Grammar School

St Joseph's Nudgee College

The Southport School

Toowoomba Grammar School

GPS CROSS COUNTRY SUB-COMMITTEE

Chairman: Mr K. Schmidt

Mr. M. Simes

Mr. J. Russ

Mr. B.Scholes & Mr. N. Holland

Mr. M. Langmack

Mr. J. McDonald

Mr. G. Yarham

Ms. J. Trembearth

Mr. L. McAfee

Mr. J. Curran

Anglican Church Grammar School

Brisbane Boys’ College

Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane State High School

St Joseph’sCollege, GregoryTerrace

Ipswich Grammar School

St Joseph’s Nudgee College

The Southport School

Toowoomba Grammar School

THE GPS ASSOCIATION GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS IN THE CONDUCT OF THIS EVENT:

• Ipswich City Council

• Officials provided by all GPS schools

• Officials from Brisbane Athletics Official Club

• Queensland Police

• Element Photo & Video Production

• Emergency Medics

• Sport Event Services

• Ipswich and Districts Athletics Club

• Ipswich Little Athletics Club