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Granite Belt Athletics
On Friday, 6th August, St Joseph's had a total of 54 students attend the Granite Belt Athletics carnival held at Stanthorpe SHS. All students represented themselves, their school and their families to extremely high standard.
Congralutaions to all students, especially to those who were awarded Age Champion or Age Champion Runner-up:
Ben Kerridge - 9 years boys Age Champion
Lyndon Morello - 10 years boys Runner-Up
Georgia Petrie - 10 years girls Age Champion
Ted Bonner - 11 years boys Runner-Up
Lily Tuvukica - 11 years girls Runner-Up
Addison McCosker - 12 years girls Runner -Up
Border District Athletics
Tuesday 10th August saw the St Joseph’s Track & Field team travel to Warwick for the annual Border District Track & Field Carnival.
Twenty three students represented the school on the day, providing a great team atmosphere and plenty of support for all competitors.
Some notable performances on the day were Katie-Lee Jansink being named 14yrs Girls Age Champion, whilst along the way breaking the Border District 14yrs Girls Shot Put Record with a throw of 10.32m, and claiming 1st position in the 1500m, 3000m events.
Brigid O’Dea and Eliza Telfer were other athletes to claim 1st position in their events, with Brigid claiming the 15yrs Girls 1500m and Eliza the 16yrs Girls High Jump.
Claire Williamson is to be commended for placing 3rd overall in age champion points for the 15yrs girls.
Also to be commended are our 15yrs Girls relay team as they placed 2nd in the 4 x 100m.
A number of students highlighted below placed in the top 3 competitors in their event, which is a great feat at the district level.
Congratulations to all students who represented their school so proudly.
| NAME | AGE | EVENT | PLACE | TIME / DISTANCE |
| Hannah Grogan | 13 | Discuss | 2nd | 20.13m |
| Hunter Hennesy | 13 | Javelin | 3rd | 21.60m |
| Erin O'Dea | 13 | 1500m | 3rd | 6.50.2m |
| Katie-Lee Jansink | 14 | 1500m | 1st | 6.17m |
| Shot Put | 1st | 10.32m RECORD | ||
| Javelin | 2nd | 17.01m | ||
| 3000m | 1st | 13.17m | ||
| Luke Webb | 14 | Shot Put | 3rd | 8.98m |
| Discuss | 2nd | 26.51m | ||
| Brigid O'Dea | 15 | 800m | 2nd | 2.52.5m |
| 1500m | 1st | 6.04.5m | ||
| Claire Williamson | 15 | Long Jump | 2nd | 4.59m |
| 200m | 3rd | 30.7s | ||
| Triple Jump | 2nd | 9.37m | ||
| High Jump | 2nd | 1.30m | ||
| Eliza Telfer | 16 | High Jump | 1st | 1.37m |
| 200m | 3rd | 29.7s |
Inter School Soccer Finals
On Friday 13th August, the McAuley soccer team travelled to Ballandean to play the Town v Country soccer final.
In a wet first half both teams started well with McAuley scoring mid way through. The second half saw Ballandean receive a penalty after a handball in the box, which was saved by Ned Torrens.
Congratulations to McAuley for the hard fought win.
Inter School Netball Finals
The District Netball final was played between Davadi and Greenlands at the Stanthorpe Netball Association Courts. This match is played each year between the winner of the country schools’ competition and the leading team in the A school’s competition.
After being undefeated up to this stage of the season, the Davadi girls were reasonably confident of competing well. The first half was closely fought with scores locked at 6 all at half time. Greenlands came out strong and hard in the third quarter to put the match beyond doubt with an 8-point lead established at three quarter time.
The Davadi team never gave up and tried their best to come back but in the end were outplayed by Greenlands.
