Sporting Pursuits

Sport is usually accompanied by a multitude of cliches, quotes, and metaphors, and 2020 certainly served up its fair share!

The Good - sport continued to grow at the College this year, despite the obvious hurdles. In total, 130 students represented Mary Mac in the Toowoomba Touch Football Association Junior Competition. This is a huge achievement and represents growth of over 50% from the year before. Students in P-10 enjoyed a wonderful season of learning and improvement and there is no reason that we won't continue to see this sport grow in 2021. The highlight of the Touch Football season was the Queensland All-Schools Secondary Touch Tournament, which saw 44 students and 4 staff travel to Brisbane for 3 days to compete in the largest junior touch football competition in the world. Again, student numbers grew by just under 50% for this activity. Other sports that continued to thrive included Girls Futsal and Football (again 50% growth in participants), Boys Rugby and the introduction of Volleyball has seen much interest and anticipation of the possibilities. The College travelled to Toowoomba Christian College in October to contest fixtures in Girls Volleyball and Boys Football. We see a wonderful friendship and rivalry forming with TCC and other local schools in future years. Mary Mac Sport now has an online presence #teammarymac with followers loving the opportunity to interact with our studentathletes as they take the courts and fields all over Toowoomba and beyond.

The Bad - covid. The hurdles it presented and the events it cancelled. Unfortunately, no traditional carnivals were held due to restrictions on social distancing and venue hire, however, in late 2020 a sports day was held for students in P-12 which encompassed athletic events and ball games. It is envisioned that the ball games element will be carried through to 2021, forming a new House Carnival on the MMCC calendar.

The Ugly - nothing to report here!

And finally...many thanks to those members of the MMCC staff who willingly gave their time to ensure our students had the opportunity to represent the College this year. I will not name them all, however, the dedication of these staff never ceases to amaze me. Many thanks to you all. You are valued and appreciated. The bonds you form with our students are what they will remember for years to come.

We look forward to our biggest year yet for #teammarymac in 2021.