Senior School

Sports Leader’s Breakfast

In February, five Year 12 girls, consisting of Rachel Langford, Amaya Wong, Lizza Ma, Charmi Kularathna and Katrina Luu, attended the GSV Sports Leaders’ Breakfast held at Lauriston Girls’ School. The breakfast is a yearly tradition, organised to bring together sports leaders and enthusiasts from the 24 girls’ schools involved in the GSV Sport program to form friendships and share their love of sport. The morning began by getting to know girls from other schools over breakfast, followed by listening to a panel of highlevel sports women, who all competed in the GSV program at school. We had the opportunity to listen to and meet Old Collegian, Cat Phillips (2009), who represented Australia in ultimate frisbee and now plays in the AFLW. We also had the pleasure of being joined by Georgia Griffiths, Olympic 800m and 1500m runner and Rowie Webster, two-time Olympic water polo player, all of whom gave us great insight into their world of sport and their goals for the future, and some valuable advice. We were encouraged to keep participating in sport and see where it can take us, whether that be the Olympics or local competitions. There were so many great tips; however, the main takeaway of the morning was that your best is always good enough. This opportunity was well worth the early morning and was a great inspiration to girls with sports leadership positions and everyone hoping to continue playing sports at school and in the future.

Rachel, Year 12

Sports Captain

GSV Golf

Congratulations to Claire Wu, Ally Choong and Shin Yi Pan who competed at the GSV golf tournament in February. As a Year 12 student, this was Claire’s last opportunity to play in the GSV golf tournament; she was recognised by GSV for competing in every golf event since Year 7. We congratulate Claire on her outstanding efforts and commitment in representing PLC so consistently over the past six years. All girls played outstandingly well, and we are very proud of their efforts. Claire placed second in the handicap event, with Shi Yi also placing second, and Ally placing fourth in the nonhandicap event.

Student Achievements

Lexin Zhao in Year 7 won several event medals in the Victorian Metro Long Course Swimming Championships. This included three gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley, three silver medals in the 50m butterfly, 200m medley relay and 200m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle.

Chelsea Yang in Year 7 (below left), and Angela Zhang in Year 12 (below right), competed in the B-Grade Epee competition in February. The B-Grade competitions are open to any fencer over 13 years of age, except any fencer who has achieved a top 8 result in an AFF Open competition. For their fine efforts, Chelsea won gold and Angela was awarded bronze.

Representing the Victorian A team, Maria Yang competed in the Australian Junior Women Epee Competition (U20) and was placed third individually and first in the team event.

Victorian State Rowing Championships

Female School Single Scull Open Division 1

Going into the heat, I could have made better race preparations; it wasn’t my most representative performance. Reflecting upon that, I was determined to go into my final and give it everything to prove to myself what I can do and to make the early mornings worth it for my mum and Mrs Clark. Despite the sudden wind and waves that picked up in the middle of the race (which resulted in two competitors capsizing!), I pushed through and managed to hold on to second place, which I am happy with.

Female School Coxed Quad Scull Open Division 2

The slightly windy and choppy conditions continued throughout the quad’s heat in the afternoon, making it a challenging row, especially through the middle unprotected section. Although not the best performance, it was a solid effort by the team. After a quick change, with Mia coxing and myself rowing, and a slight dash up to the start line, we were 100% ready to bounce. Straight out of the start, we led solidly for around the first 750m of the race and kept ourselves honest. Although we dropped back towards the end, it was a great row and hinted towards exciting possibilities for HOSG with the shorter 1500m racecourse. Although times aren’t always representative of changing conditions, from heat to final, in the single I dropped more than one minute and the quad dropped more than 30 seconds! Overall, we are all walking away with something to be proud of, and now the last regatta before HOSG is done. We can all look forward to an exciting season finale in less than two weeks and get started on our final stage of training and preparation.

Elaine, Year 12 Rowing Captain