TGC Sporting update FOOTBALL SNOWSPORTS
Brownlow Star to Coach We are excited to announce that Brownlow medallist Adam Cooney will coach the boys first XVIII in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Adam started with the Western Bulldogs as the number one draft pick in 2003. He played 219 games in ten years there, before moving to Essendon for his final 2 years and 31 games. The pinnacle of his career came in 2008 when he won the Brownlow medal and was selected in the All-Australian team. Adam lives in Batesford and has been coaching at St Joseph’s Football Club in addition to his media commitments. He will bring a fresh perspective and further development of young talent. We are excited to welcome Adam and look forward to what he can bring to the stables.
Daisy Biscan Year 6 student Daisy Biscan brought home a swag of medals from the Victorian Interschool Snowsports Championships winning the Individual Division 4 Girls Alpine out of 200 Year 5 and 6 girls from schools across the state. In her second run down the steep course Daisy took over a second off her time to move from fourth place to first. Daisy is our first Alpine gold medallist since Roxy Green took out the Division 2 title in 2000. Daisy also brought home the silver medal in the Division 4 Ski X event out of 172 skiers and the team of Daisy, Tilly Neate and Sunday Borrack won the silver medal, just missing the gold by 0.29 of a second across their combined best two times. She also finished 12th out of 79 competitors in Moguls. Unfortunately, the National Championships were cancelled due to poor snow this year but we look forward to seeing what Daisy can do next year at Mt Buller!
ALL SPORTS
Director of Performance Pathways Following a successful season as Director of Coaching (Football), AFL Premiership player, Nathan Brown’s role has been expanded to include Performance Pathways for all sports. Nathan, a schoolboy rower at St Patricks, Ballarat, was also a representative level track and field athlete and basketball player. He will work with our coaches to develop the necessary skills to help our
student athletes to fulfill their sporting potential. Director of Sport, Paul Carson said “The students have responded so well to Nathan’s positive and inclusive mindset, he knows how to help students of all levels achieve their goals and has an unshakeable belief in what they can do, he’ll be a fantastic asset in this expanded role.”
ATHLETICS
4 x 100m Team Gold On Saturday 14 October the Geelong College Girls and Boys Athletics teams competed at the APS Combined Athletics at Lakeside Stadium. It was a fantastic competition with many outstanding results and personal bests.
The day finished with exciting Open 4 x 100m relay race that saw Wesley disqualified and the College team of Charlie Leishman, Max Franklin, Josh Payne and Patrick Poulter edge out Scotch to take the gold medal. Ad Astra Issue No 145 21
