Golf

GRANT GARRISON Director of Golf

TSS Golf had a record year in 2014, winning low net honors; we were competitive in all four events, which were held at Nudgee, Royal Pines, The Hills and Indooroopilly. Our GPS Golf Day was held at Carbrook, which was a nice way to end a great year.

Tristan Nichols was QIGA Player of the Year for 2014, winning three out of four events and finishing a strong five shots ahead of Max Hsieh, who is the top player for The Hills Golf Academy. Tristan was recently offered a golf scholarship to West Virginia University and will be heading to the US next year to play golf abroad and gain his degree. We congratulate Tristan for being such a great representative for TSS and we wish you the very best in your future.

We have two upcoming players at TSS, Jacob More and Peter Baldry, who had great years, both finishing in the top 20. In fact, Jacob was one shot ahead with three holes to play in our last event, nearly winning his first QIGA event. These two boys are improving quickly and could be the next TSS superstars. This year we invited three players on to the team from TSS Primary – James Goffman, Matthew Buckley and Zac Cirocco. These boys did a wonderful job of representing TSS and we hope to establish an official junior golf team next year.

We recently established a TSS Golf Support Group – Friends of Golf (FOG). If you would like to be involved or contribute to help grow Golf at TSS, please contact me through the Sports Office.

Last, I will be taking over as President of the QIGA in 2015. It is an honor to represent an association with such a history as over 100 participants have become professional golfers. I hope to grow the program next year and get more schools participating in intercollegiate golf, along with getting more players from TSS competing in the QIGA events.

GEORGE JONES

Director of Gymnastics

2104 began with my appointment as the new Director of Gymnastics, having previously held the position of Head Coach.

My immediate task was to restructure the administration of the sport, including, program development, finances and class presentation. More than 140 boys became involved with the Gymnastics program after school. These boys ranged from Reception through to our Year 12s, and TSS Old Boys. The competitive year began with the Queensland State Championships in May where Level 7 Open gymnast George Hain finished third overall in the State Championship round, first on Rings, Second on Floor and third on Vault. Tom Pereira finished first on Parallel Bars with Christian Behn-Katz finishing third on the same apparatus. Rhygan Werrett became the Level 8 State Champion on the High Bar. Finlay Kroon won State Titles competing in Level 9 under division and was the all-round champion, and finished First on Pommel Horse, second on Rings, Vault, High Bar and third on Floor. After the Championships, Finlay Kroon, Rhygan Werrett, George Hain and Christian Behn-Katz were named in the Queensland Team that would compete at the National Championships in May. This is the largest group of TSS gymnasts to be selected for some time. In June a Senior team travelled to Caloundra for the State Club Championships. The team finished fifth in the State.

GPS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2013 GPS Gymnastics Championship was once again held at TSS in the Centenary Centre. The Centre makes an excellent competition venue for gymnastics, with the crowd on both sides of the gym close to the action. The Gymnastics Championship is divided into three separate competitions with points available for a team’s overall placing. Division III competes under Gymnastics Australia’s rules for Levels 3 and 4, Division II follows Levels 5 and 6, and Division I competes using Level 7 rules.

Each school is allowed to field a sixmember team for Divisions II and III, with four gymnasts competing on each apparatus, and an eight-member team for Division I, with six members to compete on each apparatus. The points awarded for each placing are as follows: first place = 7 pts second place = 5 pts third place = 4pts fourth place = 3 pts fifth place = 2pts sixth place = 1 pt

DIVISION III

We began the day with the Division III competition. Representing the A squad were newcomers Cody Corbett, Andre Foster, Oscar Churchill, Jaiden Jones and returning gymnasts Finlay Gilbert and Joel Gray. Cody Corbett had an outstanding competition, scoring an average of 10.50 points over all apparatus. The other team members were consistent throughout the competition, with the team finishing second to BGS.

DIVISION II

This was always going to be a tough competition for our Division II team, against good teams from the other schools

Our team of Finn Lane, Chris Lai, Cameron Scott, Tim Cousins, Ji Rogelja and David Makaryan placed third overall behind Brisbane Grammar and Brisbane Boys College.

DIVISION I

In the premier session of the day, the First VIII team of Tom Pereira, Brayden Williams, Taylor Moss, Fin Kroon, Connor Joss, Christian Behn-Katz, Mat Stevens and Sam Shuken took to the floor in front of an enthusiastic crowd of supporters and fans. The atmosphere is unlike any other gymnastics competition in Australia. The experience of being marched on to the floor by the