All students in the Junior School have performed well in Sport in Semester One. This week students are recognised for outstanding performances in Futsal, Swimming, Cross Country and Gymnastics.
Well done to Ari Thake, Year 4 for being voted the Most Valuable Player across the entire APS futsal tournament of 35 teams, as well as the winning trophy. Despite being in Year 4, Ari played the entire semester in the Year 5 girls' soccer team.
Class Swimming Awards – Semester One 2018
The best attendance for a class in Semester One 2018 was 3R. Congratulations to all the members of this class. Well done!
The following students received Class Swimming Awards this semester: 
Somerset School Swimming lessons - Kicking Records (50m Freestyle kick): 
Queensland Cross Country Relay Championships
Last Saturday, Somerset College entered a number of teams in the Queensland Cross Country Relay Championships at Nudgee College.
The results were as follows:
- 4th - 7yrs Girls: Sharni Norman, Willow Truscott, Tarquin Weintrop
- Bronze - 9yrs Boys: Sabastian Mainali, Michael Rossiter, Austin Walters
- 7th - 9yrs Boys: Kaii Norman, Liam O’Nuallain, Bailey Pourre
- 6th - 10yrs Girls: Kseniia Igumenova, Charlotte Kemp, Jade Lee
- Gold - 10yrs Boys: Jamie Batho, Darcy Halloran, Jayden McLean
- 8th - 10yrs Boys: David Hammett, Raiden Kyaw, Ryan Palmer
- 4th - 11yrs Girls: Mako Inukai, Phoebe Rogers, Varvara Rubis
Lyla Proctor - Country Capital Cup Gymnastics
Hats off to Lyla Proctor from 3B who travelled to Tamworth over the weekend and competed in the Country Capital Cup Gymnastics competition. Clubs competing in this event travelled from all across Queensland, New South Wales and even overseas from New Zealand and Singapore.
Her results were as follows:
- 2nd – bars
- 2nd – floor
- 3rd – beam
- 4th – vault
- 2nd – All Around
Lyla is a level 4 competitive gymnast and has already qualified for State Titles later in the year.
Up and Coming Events:
- Thursday 19 July - Athletic trials for the track events for the Under 11/12 age groups
- Friday 20 July - Founders' Day
- Friday 27 and Saturday 28 July - Junior School House Athletics Carnival
- Thursday 2 August1.20pm to 3.00pm: Lower Junior School Inter-House Athletics Carnival
- All information about Junior School Sport can be located on Schoolbox by clicking on the Junior School Sports page.
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