Prep Sportsmaster Report

It takes an incredible amount of time and organisational skill to organise the different sports that TSS is able to offer. In order to run a successful program we rely on the expertise and professionalism of our sport coordinators and coaching teams. To the members of staff who do such a wonderful job in our sporting program, we thank you. I must thank the following staff members who were the coordinators of individual sports this year. Your effort and contribution to your sport has been second to none and your dedication and passion continues to inspire our TSS boys. • Ms Janice Cole and Mr David Proud, Swimming • Mr Mark Wyer, Athletics • Mr Steve Hamilton and Ms Kerrie Anderson, Chess • Dr Robert Lachlan, Ms Shona Chapman and Mr Andrew

Stalling, Cross Country • Mr Joshua McQueen, Football • Mr Remwell Melia, Rugby • Mr Brett Massey and Mr Mark Lockett, Sailing • Mr George Jones, Gymnastics, • Mrs Marisa Schroder, Basketball • Mr Patrick Yelland, Tennis Thank you once again to Mrs Marisa Schroder. Her dedication and due diligence is highly commendable and the continued smooth running of the Sport Department is largely due to her work behind the scenes. She goes beyond the call of duty and this is recognised by both the boys and the staff that she supports. To all the families and friends of the boys who have assisted, your help is greatly appreciated. Whether you helped with the canteen, coached a team, transported boys to games, took billets or simply cheered on TSS teams, without you these sporting experiences would not be possible. On behalf of the boys I would like to offer my thanks for everything that you do.

Finally, I congratulate all the boys who have taken part in the Prep sports program. Your efforts on the field, enthusiasm towards self-improvement and desire to represent TSS are part of the reason why coming to work is something I look forward to every day. Hopefully everyone is able to take away positive memories of their sporting achievements in 2014 and can look forward to continuing the journey in 2015.

CELEBRATING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT

Year 4

William Ell....................................... Gold Coast North District Cross Country Team

Year 5

Bailey Campbell.............................. Gold Coast North District Swimming Team Riley Collier ...............South Coast Regional Swimming Team Devontay Paraka........ Gold Coast North District Rugby Team Oscar Rutherford.................................... South Coast Regional Cross Country Team South Coast Regional Track and Field Team

Year 6

Jack Hocart .......................South Coast Regional Cricket Team Caid Jenkins ...................... South Coast Regional Rugby Team Kye Kanemura................................. Gold Coast North District Swimming Team Michael Ohori.........Gold Coast North District Football Team Gold Coast North Cross Country Team

Thomas Schwerkolt........................ Gold Coast North District Swimming Team Wilson Spisich........... Gold Coast North District Rugby Team Michael van der Schyff ................... Gold Coast North District Rugby Team Liberato Vinaccia............................. Gold Coast North District Cross Country Team

ANDREW STALLING

Director of Cross Country ROB LACHLAN SHONA CHAPMAN

Prep Cross Country Coordinators

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

This year was the first year that the Preparatory School boys were joined with the Senior School boys to form the newly created Years 5 to 12 GPS Cross Country Team. Unfortunately, this eliminated our younger boys from participating in any of the GPS competitions as they had in previous years. However, we were pleased to welcome those boys to training sessions in preparation for the 2015 season.

The Prep boys quickly settled into our afternoon training sessions and over the term soon showed signs of improvement, both in terms of their increased endurance and speed. This was helped by the regular time trials on Friday afternoons that provided race practice, as well as competing in a number of trial GPS meets.

The big day was soon upon us and all our boys arrived excitedly at Limestone Park, in Ipswich, ready to do their best in their various age groups. The first event of the 2014 GPS Cross Country Championships was the 10 Years 2000m. What a start to the day for TSS when Oscar Rutherford won the opening event in great style. In the 11 Years 3000m race our best performers were Zach Elvin 10th and Liberato Vinaccia 17th. Finally, for the Prep runners, in the 12 Years 3000m event our best result was Michael Ohori who finished 13th. It was a good finish after all the hard work each of our boys had put into their previous training sessions.

To end our season, the whole GPS Team participated in an awards night at the Centenary Centre. Our Prep Cross Country Captain, Max Fuhrmann, gave an excellent roundup speech about our Preparatory boys and their efforts to an interested audience.

A Diligence Award, for the most consistent trainer, and a Best Runner Award, based on their race positions in the GPS Carnival, were given out to two boys in each age group. In the 10 Years, Oscar Rutherford was awarded the Best Runner and Dane Lehndorf received the Diligence Award. In the 11 Years, Zac Elvin won our Best Runner Award and Harry Stapleton received the Diligence Award. As we shared the 12 Years age