Volume 1 2012 | FOCUS on Fairholme 21
Golden Glove Performance Fairholme softball stars slammed their way into the Darling Downs finals to secure a place at State Finals, following an outstanding performance at the recent Darling Downs regional carnival. The Fairholme team defeated Faith Lutheran College 19 – 1; The Glennie School 8 – 5 and Toowoomba SHS (Mt Lofty Campus) 7 – 0 to gain a place in the final against Harristown SHS. After a hard fought battle, Harristown took out the title of Carnival Champion – however, the top 2 teams were invited to Redlands for the State finals. Congratulations to team members and coaches: Belinda Schiller, Clancy Heidrich, Amalia Hughes, Bonnie Conachan, Georgia Steele, Katie Hancock, Honor Moore, Kate Brassington, Meg Pegler, Marie Ogg, Zara Dowsett, Hannah Love, Claudia Steel, Georgette Robinson, Mrs Lyn Grieve (Coach), Ms Katrina Gierke (Coach).
‘Doubling Up’
at the Sports Darling Downs Presentation Awards Night After an incredibly successful sporting year, both the Fairholme Junior Touch Team and Fairholme Old Girl Emilee Cherry (Senior 2010) were rewarded for their efforts at the Darling Downs Sports Awards Night on Saturday 4 February 2012 at Rumours International.
Water Polo
Fairholme Hosts 2012 State Titles
What a great start to the year for Fairholme Water Polo players Hannah Allen, Kaiti McGregor, Hannah Bailey, Ellie Batzloff, Rachael Curtis, Jessie Cogill and Rhiannon Stone who represented the Darling Downs Region at the State Titles in March. Darling Downs was the host region and matches were held in the Fairholme Aquatic Centre for the five day Carnival.
The Junior Touch team shared the honours with The Glennie School as they were jointly presented with the FK Gardner and Sons John Fox Memorial Trophy for Team of the Year. The judges couldn’t go past Emilee as Senior Sportsperson of the Year after her outstanding year which featured a World Cup win with her Australian Open Women’s Touch team and an unexpected foray into the world of international Rugby sevens.