Shane Lunniss, Director of Sport
Tuesday 17 May saw the Somerset College Cross Country team compete at the APS carnival at Runaway Bay. Our team consisted of a total of over 70 runners. Each race had over 60 runners competing from the eight APS schools.
The team performed exceptionally well on the day. Numerous runners qualified for the South Coast Trials and Somerset secured 3rd position in the aggregate standings, with another year closing the gap on the top 2 teams.
We would like to extend our congratulations to all runners for representing themselves and Somerset College in such a commendable manner. Many thanks to Mr Healy, Mrs Walker and Ms Oppermann for their great commitment and countless hours spent training the team.
Full details of all results are on Schoolbox.
We now look forward to our Track and Field Season commencing on our new track on Monday 30 June, with all details on the Sports Page of Schoolbox under Athletics.
(Top 7 (*) Finishers qualify for South Coast)
Last Wednesday, seven Year 12 girls travelled to Byron Bay to participate in the Northern Rivers Schools Futsal Championships. Having never played a game of futsal before, the team comprising of Isla Bigwood, Abby Kavanagh, Charli Kavanagh, Lyuba Korina, Demi Sudiana, Jolais Govenlock and Gabriella Leckenby were equal parts nervous and excited for a full day of futsal games against other Gold Coast Schools.
In our forthcoming winter vacation, six College students from Year 11 and 12 are heading to the US to attend the 10 day Envision Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC), located in Washington DC and New York. GYLC is a unique leadership development programme that brings together outstanding young people from across the United States and more than 145 countries around the world, to build critical leadership skills in the global context.