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Mountain Biking

The CGS team of Samuel Johnson, Zach Stranger, Xavier Wiencke and Dylan Pitt took away gold medals at the Interschools Mountain Biking event at Stromlo in the Year 11 and 12 categories. Six hundred competitors representing 60 schools from as far away as Albury, Newcastle, Jervis Bay and the Southern Highlands contested the four-hour team event. CGS junior team of Caleb, Lachlan, Charlie and Nicholas came 11th of the 61 teams competing in their class (Years 7 and 8). CGS was also represented in the Year 9 and 10 categories with Kit, Angus, Benjamin and Hugh placing 16th of 41 teams.

Act Secondary School Chess Competition

On Wednesday 26 October, CGS participated in the ACT Secondary Schools Chess Finals. CGS hosted the event in the Pavilion for over 70 students from a range of schools across the ACT. It was an extremely close tournament, with CGS taking first place, beating Radford College on countback. Our winning team consisted of Joshua, Lachlan, Oscar and Minchen. We are proud of how well they played.

World Youth Scrabble Championship

Congratulations to Ronnie (Year 11) who ranked 4th in the 2022 in the World Junior Scrabble Championship. Ronnie has kept pursuing this somewhat niche game since he was 5 years old and has made friends all over the world, especially in South and South East Asia where the game is hugely popular.

Ronnie now has a shot at the World Youth Scrabble title in 2023 - he will no doubt aim to win, particularly as it will be held in person.

Australian Indoor Rowing Championships

CGS competed in the Australian Indoor Rowing Championships. Roughly 100 CGS Students raced in the event, which was live-streamed internationally. CGS finished with one gold, three silver and six bronze medals. Senior rowers and CGS Rowing Association additionally raised over $1000 toward Lismore Rowing Club, to support the Club in rebuilding their programme and providing access to rowing in their community. A special congratulations to Year 9 Students Alistair, Lucas, Harry, and Ethan who are Australian Indoor Rowing Champions in the men’s under 16 team.

Y12 Student V Staff Debate

During their final days at CGS, Year 12 students engaged their teachers and staff members in a heated and impassioned debate on the importance and value of nursery rhymes. The debate concluded with the Year 12 gaining victory!

Sue Geh Cup

CGS Year 5 and 6 girls won the ACT Southside division of the Sue Geh cup at the Tuggeranong basketball stadium last Thursday. They now go into the finals against the ACT Northside champions in October. The girls played extremely well and displayed great sportsmanship, congratulations!

Dino Museum

Early Learning Centre received a visit from The National Dinosaur Museum. Students learned about different fossils, imprints, and the age of the dinosaurs. They had lots of fun creating their very own fossil casts to keep at the ELC!

Rugby Pink Round

CGS hosted its annual Rugby Pink Round in August in support of breast cancer awareness. All donations collected during the event went toward to National Breast Cancer Foundation.