Wishart State School Sport a Year in Review 2017
This year has been a very busy but successful year for Wishart State School in sport. Our school competed in an
extensive range of sporting activities at a number of local and state-wide events. Here is a look back on the year that
was.
January
First week back of 2017 saw the Wishart State School Swim Club restart after
the holiday hiatus. Many new and regular swimmers started the second half of
their season. We also welcomed our new student leadership team into their
positions.
February
Close to 20 Wishart students competed at the Mt Gravatt District Swimming
Championships. As usual we had a strong showing with many students beating
their personal best times and finishing in the top half of competitors. Brothers,
Lachlan and Connor were selected for the Mt Gravatt team and regional trials.
We had a number of students trial for Mt Gravatt District teams in other sports.
Hayley was successful in making the Mt Gravatt District Girls Basketball.
Semester 1 Interschool Sport kicked off with Soccer and Netball fixtures
starting on the last day of the month. This year we had close to 90 students
participating across 9 teams for Terms 1 and 2.
March
In March, Lachlan and Connor were selected in the Metropolitan East
Swimming team by finishing in the top three competitors for their selected
strokes. Hayley was selected in the Metropolitan East Girls Basketball team
with a string of strong performances for Mt Gravatt. The next step for those
three students was the State Championships.
April
The first week of April saw students selected in the Wishart State School Cross Country team compete at the Mt
Gravatt District Cross Country team. It was a great carnival as we had a young team and hopefully the experience will
improve them for next year. Summer was very successful at the carnival placing 8th in the 10yrs girls age group and
being picked to represent Mount Gravatt District at the Metropolitan East Cross Country Trials.
May
After competing at our local Cross Country competition Wishart State School’s next destination was Kedron State
High School to compete in 35th Annual All Schools Queensland Cross Country Championships. This year we finished
2nd out of 43 schools from across the state. This was our best ever result as a school at these championships. The
overall result was down to a team effort which included some notable results Jireh (2nd), Noah (3rd), Joseph (4th),
Joseph (5th), Xanthie (8th), Tara (13th) and Roman (12th). It also saw the following team’s podium –
Under 7’s Girls - Emily, Vallie and Zafirah 2nd Place Under 7’s Boys - Jireh, Noah and Joseph 1st Place
Under 8’s Girls - Grace, Grace and Michelle 3rd Place Under 8’s Boys - Roman, Lachlan and Harry 2nd Place
Towards the end of May the Wishart State School Netball squad made up of nearly 100 students from Year 1 to 6
took part at the Downey Park Netball Association Club Carnival. It was a great showing of the Wishart School spirit
with former students and current parents coaching, umpiring and mentoring
several teams across the day.
A successful Semester 1 Interschool Sport season came to a close in May. A special mention has to go to all these
students for having a go and representing our school at various venues around the district. We also had Wishart B
Soccer team and Wishart A Netball team win premierships.
To finish the month of May we had a number of students gain selection for Mt Gravatt teams, including Max for
Softball, Hayley for Netball, Riley for U11 Rugby League, Ruby for Tennis, Spencer and
Connor for Rugby Union. A tremendous effort. These students represented our district with
pride this year.
June
During the month of June, we had our annual Sports Days for 2017.
These days were contested well with many students endeavouring to
participate in 100m, 200m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put,
Discus, Tunnel Ball and Relays. Well done to all of the students who put
in so much effort during PE lessons to be ready for the event.
Winning Houses on Sports Day – Senior - Mooloola, Junior – Jagara and
Overall – Mooloola
The month of June was another big month for Hayley who played superbly representing
Metropolitan East at the Under 12 Queensland Netball Championships. She played a
number of positions across the week long carnival and finished as top scorer in her team.
This effort puts her up there as one of the best shooters in the state.
The Cross Country season came to a close for Wishart State School at the 2017
Queensland Athletes All Schools Cross Country Relay Championships. Students had to
battle the hilly grounds of Rivermount College at Yatala. Teams of three students went up
against schools from across the state which included age groups from Prep to Year 6. The
Wishart team had some great results, building on only one podium finish in 2016.
Girls Under 7 team – 3rd Place – Emily, Vallie and Zafirah
Girls Under 8 team – 3rd Place – Grace, Ella and Michelle / Boys Under 8 team – 6th Place – Hugo, Jai and Bradley
Boys Under 7 team – 3rd Place – Noah, Joseph and Jireh / Boys Under 8 team – 4th Place – Roman, Lachlan and Harry
July
The Wishart State School Netball squad of over 80 students from Years 1 to 6 competed at the Coorparoo and
Redlands Netball Carnivals and performed well considering they were up against club teams.
Mount Gravatt Girls Cricket Trials were also held during the month of July and Lily was selected for the district.
Hayley also competed at the State Championships for the Metropolitan East Girls Basketball team. She was then
picked for the Queensland team to travel to Adelaide for the Australian School Championships.
Over 50 students from Years 3 and 6
participated on stage in the annual Mt
Gravatt Show for a third year. Students
performed a number of Bush dances
including the Heel and Toe and the
Galopede. Our performances were also
interactive which saw many members
of the audience join in the dancing
festivities. I would like to thank all of
the students who took part and also
the number of Wishart families who
came along to support. Overall, the
students had an enjoyable day and
represented our school with pride. It
was a fun way to end the month of July.
August
Another big month for Wishart and Sport
was the month of August. The Mt Gravatt
District Track and Field Championship,
held at QSAC, included over 50 Wishart
students competing in numerous events
for our school; long jump, high jump, shot
put, discus, 100m, 200m and 800m were
contested by our team across two days.
Overall, as a school we contended strongly
out of 40 schools from across the district
which was a marvellous effort. Highlights
included –
Lachlan – 1st in High Jump (Champion)
and 3rd in the Multi Event (selected in the
district)
Zachary – 4th in High Jump (selected in the district team)
Kurt – 1st in Shot Put (Champion) and 1st in Discus (Champion) (selected in the district team)
Damon – 2nd in Discus (selected in the district team)
Connor – 3rd in the Multi Event and 4th in Shot Put (selected in the district team)
Hayley – 5th in Discus (selected in the district team)
Lily – 6th
in
Discus
(selected in the district team)
The Wishart State School Bush Dance was held in the second week of
August and it was a great night. The Rantan Bush Band again joined us
in a celebration of the strength of community we have here at Wishart.
Ruby, Camryn and Luke competed at
the 2017 Brisbane International Tennis
challenge at Griffith University. The
team played some of the biggest
schools from across Queensland and
only narrowly missed out on the finals.
Wishart State School competed in the
Brisbane Netball Association Junior Carnival. Wishart students from our Netball
Squad again participated in games across the day. All teams were successful and
students thoroughly enjoyed the competition. Most notably, the Under 12 team
finished 2nd in their division.
To round off the month over 50 students travelled to
Craigslea State High School to compete in the Volleyball
Queensland 2017 Primary Schools Cup. All teams
challenged well with the highlight being the Under 12 Boys
B team who finished 3rd and Under 12 Girls who placed 2nd
in A division. A big congratulations needs to go to the girls
who are the 2nd best Under 12 Girl’s team in the state.
September and October
A big year for Wishart State School in netball
culminated at this year’s Netball Queensland
Samsung Primary Schools Cup on the first Saturday and Sunday of the September school holidays. This year’s
tournament was held on the Sunshine Coast and consisted of 130 teams from all across the state. For the first time
we had 2 teams participate in the competition and both teams delivered some outstanding results. The Wishart Blue
team finished the first day in 3rd place in their pool out of seven teams. Due to the fantastic efforts of team Blue on
day one they competed in division 3 (6 divisions all up) on the second day. This was a huge achievement as many of
the team had only started playing netball this year.
The Wishart White team finished 1st in their pool on the first day winning all of their games placing them in Division 1
on the second day. They successfully finished top of their pool on the Sunday which then put them through to the
semi-finals. Unfortunately, the Wishart White team went down by 2 points in the semi-final meaning they finished in
4th place overall. This result puts Wishart in the top echelon of netballing schools
in the state.
The Metropolitan East Girl’s
Cricket Trials were a great
success with all students
perfor
ming
well. Lily was
selected in the
regional team to go the Qld Championships in Mackay. For the 3rd year in a row she competed at the State Titles
which has to be some sort of record.
Amy travelled to QSAC to compete for a place at the Queensland Track and Field Championships. She finished in the
top four participants for her sprints which meant she gained selection for the team. Another top effort for Wishart
students in representative sport.
November
November saw Wishart State School compete at two major state competitions,Touch Football and Swimming.
The Queensland Primary All Schools Touch Tournament was held at the Cleveland Showgrounds with over 70 schools
from all across Queensland participating in the competition. Wishart entered 4 teams with most students playing
touch for the first time. All of the teams performed well and everyone involved from parents to students enjoyed the
weekend carnival. We even had the Wishart Girl’s team finish 1st in their division on the second day. This is the first
time Wishart has won a division at the championships.
Wishart State School sent 28 athletes to the 2017 Queensland
Primary Schools Swimming Relay Championships at Chandler.
Students from Years 3 to 6 participated in a field of 40 other
schools from across Queensland. The Junior Mixed Medley
team came 3rd in their race which is an outstanding achievement. The team included Adalena, Ryan, Lachlan and
Fergus. All teams should be proud of their efforts as they went up against some of the strongest swimming schools
from across the state.
The end of the Interschool Sport
season saw the Girl’s A grade
Volleyball team come first in the
district as well as the Girl’s A grade
Basketball finish on top of their table.
November saw outstanding efforts
both in the water and on the land for
Wishart State School.
December
Following the Wishart tradition, our school Inter-house Swimming Carnivals were held in the first week of December.
The Junior Carnival saw students participate in a number of fun activities and celebrate a term of ‘learn to swim’. We
had a great day with students having heaps of fun as well as some individuals swimming 25 metres.
The Senior Carnival was hotly contested with many students having a go at swimming 50m to accumulate more
points for their house. Students gave of their best and parents and teachers should be very proud of that. The
champion house for 2017 was Mooloola.
Swimming Results and Final Champion House 2017
Senior Swimming Carnival House Points
1st
Mooloola 381
2nd
Awarkarba 358
3rd
Aranda 348
4th
Jagara 336
Swimming Champions 2017
Age/Year Boys Girls
2008 Douglas Grace
2007 Lachlan Harmony, Charlotte and Imogen
2006 Zachary Melina
2005 Connor Lily, Emma and Angela
Overall Champion House for 2017
Mooloola
The final area of sport Wishart State School will be represented in is Basketball. Hayley will train and play for over a
week at the Pan Pacific Games in Adelaide which will see her not only go against opposition states but also teams
from across Asia and Oceania like India. We wish her all the best not only at the event but into the future.
Summing up
Overall, it has been a great year for Wishart in various sporting
events. We have had so many highs which have included State
Championships top 5 finishes in Netball, Swimming, Volleyball
and Cross Country. There are so many people to thank along
with teachers, parents and former students. Hopefully, I will
catch up with you over the next couple of weeks. Finally, it is
goodbye to our Year 6 cohort of 2017. These students will
leave with our best wishes and congratulations on a wonderful
year. I am sure future students to come will only build on our
ever-growing sporting culture. It has been a privilege to be
involved in the Wishart State School community in 2017. I look
forward to next year and many more ahead.
Cameron McAndrew
PE Specialist
Wishart State School.