Teamwork

RGS Team Spirit

RGS teams have had another busy term across a variety of sports, both at the local level and representative.

PRIMARY FRIDAY SPORT

RGS students featured in finals of the Primary Friday Sport competition. In rugby league, RGS won the 6B grand final with a 22-16 win over St Paul’s Gracemere and Max Cottam was named RGS player of the final. At the Jardine Park netball courts, the RGS Senior A team went down to St Joseph’s Park Avenue in their grand final. Tennis finals were played at Victoria Park with RGS winning A grade, C grade and D grade finals. RGS was also runners-up in A grade! RGS also had three teams in action at Kalka Shades for the final round of non-competitive hockey fixtures.

NETBALL

The Rockhampton Netball Association 2022 season wrapped up at the end of Term 3. RGS Magic, the School’s First VII team, won the Senior A Reserve Division 1 grand final with a comprehensive 56-33 win over St Ursula’s Diamonds. It was the final RGS netball game for Year 12 students Esther Bourke (captain), Lily Gray, Faith Maynard, Lucy Prentice, Dominique Sleaford and Jacqueline Sleaford. RGS runners-up were: Meteors (Senior A Reserve Division 2), Vixens (Senior C), Thunder (Junior B1) and Suns (Junior D1). The RGS Netball Presentations were held on 1 September. Major award winners for 2022 were: Esther Bourke (Senior Player of the Year/ Seniors Best Shooter); Katie Cooper (Junior Player of the Year/ Junior Best Mid Court Player); Jacqueline Sleaford (Head of Netball Recognition Award); Dominique Sleaford (Spirit and Goodwill Award/ Senior Best Defensive Player); Lily Gray (Senior Best Mid Court Player); Molly Kidd (Junior Best Defensive Player); Kaylee Acton (Junior Best Shooter); Sonia Cooper (Most Dedicated Club Member); Umpire Awards - Gabby Gamero-Harth (Senior); Katie Cooper (Junior) and Ruby Wells (Primary).

RUGBY LEAGUE

The RGS Open Girls Firsts rugby league team qualified for the North Queensland finals of the Karyn Murphy Cup in Townsville after winning the Central Queensland round. The girls opened with a 16-all draw against St Margaret Mary’s College (Townsville), but unfortunately lost that game due to the home team scoring the first try. RGS then went down 20-6 against Cairns State High before finishing with a 16-12 win over Mackay State High. A highlight of the trip was receiving a tour of the NRL North Queensland Cowboys training facilities. North Queensland Cowboys Head of Performance Paul Bowman provided the girls with a tour of the Cowboys High Performance Centre. It was a big eye-opener for the girls as Paul Bowman explained in detail the day-in-the-life of a Cowboys player - from pre-season training to injuries, video analysis, training methods, player wellbeing, strength and rehabilitation, physiotherapy, coaching and much more.

Cricket

The RGS Open Girls First XI finished runners-up in the Queensland Cricket T20 North Qld Championships. RGS won their semi-final against St Patrick’s Mackay with Gabby Macrae (76) and Abbey Harvey (67) top scoring while Lila Atkinson claimed 3 wickets. The Boys First XI were defeated by Mercy College in their semi-final.

Netball

RGS had a busy Term 3 travelling to netball carnivals. In Emerald, RGS Red won the U17 division while RGS Primary and Secondary teams competed in the Cap Coast Carnival in Yeppoon. Sparks won the 16-18 years division while Sliders were runners-up in the U10 division.

Swimming

RGS Year 11 student Taryn Roberts was named Queensland Swimmer of the Meet (13 - 19 Years Female) at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships in Brisbane. Taryn won 5 gold medals (800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 400m IM, 200m breaststroke, 400m freestyle); 2 silver medals (200m IM, 200m butterfly) and 1 bronze medal (100m breaststroke). 8 national medals!