Sharing some of his own experiences including his recent participation in Australian Ninja Warrior, Steffensen spoke highly of the calibre of the sport facilities and the opportunity the Gift brings to aspiring athletes.
“Opportunities like this give them a chance to make a name for themselves and become the next Sally Pearson,” says Steffensen.
And it appears Steffensen isn’t the only world class athlete to show interest in this year’s event. The Gift seems to have caught the eye of the fastest man in the world Usain Bolt after viewing the launch on his Instagram page. While we’ve sent Mr. Bolt a personal invite to our event, we remain optimistic about his attendance.
The Somerset Gift will take place at 2.00pm on Saturday 12 October and will feature a prize pool of $20,000. One of the highlights of this year’s event is that the winner of the 100m open and open female races will each receive $5,000. The event is free for Somerset College students to enter.
Registrations are now open click here to secure your spot!
The team will go up against another group from All Saints Anglican School in another short preparation-style debate. Their arguments will be showcased for all other finalists and their supporters.
Somerset friends and supporters are encouraged to attend the evening – the debate is followed by canapes and an awards presentation.
If our team can win the Open A Championship, they will go on to the QDU Regional Championship, where they’ll face off against the winner of the Toowoomba Senior A division competition.
Keneti spoke openly to us about how life can take your breath away quickly in big moments and in everyday things, and to recognise what we are doing in each moment right now, and how we can do the little things right.
We learnt ways to stop and take in some air and ask ourselves “What choices can I make right now?” So that we don’t “shoot from the hip”. And if we do make a mistake, how we can respond so we can bounce back from that by asking “Where do I go from here?”
In one of the interactive group experiences we experienced the power of clapping together, and how it can create a feeling of strength in unity and how negativity can hinder us. We needed everyone to work together or the exercise couldn’t work.
I believe that we could all learn from Keneti’s stories. I have personally benefited from the powerful lessons he taught us, and more importantly, I am grateful that he showed us how to apply the lessons in our lives. We are all different, but we can easily fly if we all stick together.
I really enjoyed playing this game, so I decided to give the real thing a go. I quickly realised how hard this action sport was though I persevered and months later I was able to properly land an ollie. From then on, I was hooked, from 180s, to kickflips to 360 flips, I was amazed how many tricks were possible on this piece of wood. I started going to the skatepark almost everyday and skateboarding became my biggest passion.
Professional skateboarders usually showcase their skill through skateboarding videos called street parts. In street parts, skateboarders utilise obstacles that aren’t designed for skateboarding and do impressive tricks on them. These obstacles can include stairs, rails and ledges. These videos generally last for three to five minutes and are edited to music. Before doing my Personal Project, I hadn’t taken the time to film much street footage therefore I was very excited for the task.
Unfortunately, I underestimated the challenges that lied ahead of me. I wanted to display my best skateboarding therefore I pushed myself to land the best tricks I could. These tricks could sometimes take hours to land making it very difficult to gather this footage. Due to them taking so long, landing these tricks were extremely rewarding. I kept filming footage over the Summer holidays and term 1 and was only able to collect 9 clips I was happy with. This meant I couldn’t achieve my original goal of creating a street part as I needed around 30.
This was disappointing as I was looking forward to creating a street part though I adapted to this challenge and changed my goal to producing a high-quality reel of impressive skateboarding footage. Therefore, my final product became a 47 second video of my best skateboarding footage.
Even though I had to change my goal, I’m still very proud of my final product. The reel of footage I produced resulted in a company called Luckfoot skateboards, sending me a free skateboard deck and an indoor skatepark called Skate All Day employing me as a skateboarding coach. Trying these hard tricks greatly improved my skill level and confidence in skateboarding. I have also learnt a lot about perseverance and that if you want something, you need to not stop until you get it.
This experience is something I won’t forget and as my skill level increases, I intend to fulfil my original goal and film a full street part in the future.
Congratulations to Staff Spartan of Week 3 and 4 Mark Pitura, Damian Flint and Royce Smith.
Mark arranged a fabulous off-campus session at Metricon Stadium for the Senior Boys AFL squad with a tour of the area. Royce is coaching the Year 9 Boys Touch team with much enthusiasm and hope of a top season. Finally, Damian offered to fill-in to assist the Year 10 Boys Touch team with warm-up and the umpiring of their Round 2 game.
Serenity Thake (Year 10) attended the National Training Centre championships at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, on 21 to 28 July. All nationally selected NTC Squads played a round of five days of games.
The hurling process that these under 17s went through was a combination of a five-day a week training programme with school work and weekly games in the Women's National Premier League. The country's best of the best are selected for a squad of 16 for the junior Matildas . To make it to each state squad is a tough process. The selection of 130 girls to make the Junior Matildas was every player's focus .
Congratulations to Serenity for representing as an NTC squad player at 15. She has managed both her school load and training to successfully be chosen at the Canberra Nationals from her Queensland NTC squad of 30 and selections.
There were nine Somerset Snowsports students who competed, once again achieving 10th overall, which was a fantastic result.
Let's wish them well for the upcoming Australian Championships held on the 4 to 8 September.
Go Somerset Snowsports!
The Under 9 versus TSS ended in a win for The Southport School. The boys did their best, which is just what the coaches are asking from the team. The Spartans had great goal in the second half from Daniel.
The Under 7 Blue played against Robina. The team enjoyed playing as a team and as a result scored some great goals, with the Spartans defeating Robina.
The Under 7 Green took on Tally Valley. The team dominated the game from start to end with no struggle over the Tally Valley Tigers.
The Under 7s finish their game and keep practising. They play with their mates, practice their passing, shooting, heading and their skills needed to beat an opponent. The continual practise makes them great footballers. They are difficult to get off the field!
The boys and girls from the Under 6 had a bye this weekend, a well-deserved rest for the players and parents. Next week they are back in action.
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