QGSSSA coaches share top teams, moments and players from 2022 winter fixtures
After nine rounds of the QGSSSA winter fixtures we asked coaches to share how the season unfolded. See the teams of the season, MVP and more from your school in volleyball, tennis, netball and hockey.
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The Queensland Girls Secondary Schools Sports Association winter fixtures have wrapped up and it is safe to say the first complete season since 2019 was a roaring success.
After nine rounds we asked coaches around the competition to share the inside word on how the season unfolded.
See below the teams of the season, players, what worked, best moments and most valuable players of the volleyball, netball, tennis and hockey stars from your school.
VOLLEYBALL
The 2022 QGSSSA Volleyball Premiership winning teams
• Open: Moreton Bay College
• Senior A: St Peters Lutheran College
• Senior B: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 10 A: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 10 B: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 9 A: Moreton Bay College & St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
• Year 9 B: Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• Year 8 A: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 8 B: Moreton Bay College
• Year 7 A: St Hilda’s School
• Year 7 B: Moreton Bay College
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
Team of the Season: Year 9A
Players: Vanning Kuo, Audrey McGregor, Anoushka Faulk, Jasmine Keke, Lily Davies, Cass Chan, Meena Chen, Annie Jones, Penina Wilshere
What Worked: After narrowly losing game one they went on to win eight in a row, with three players who were new to the game of volleyball.
Best moments: Stand out match was against Moreton Bay College, and it was MBC who ended up being the equal tied premiers with St Aidan’s. St Aidan’s were victorious over MBC, executing perfectly that day.
MVP: Audrey McGregor
St Peters Lutheran College
Team of the Season: Senior A coached by Phil Alexander
Players: Alex Murdoch, Charlotte Behne, Elkie Gates, Ellie Staunton-Smith, Heidi Kim, Lacy Payne, Lily Costanzo, Sonia McGrath, Sydney Debnam, Zoe Altman
What worked: This was an undefeated season and this team did not drop a set to any competition all season.
Best moments: Standout match was against Brisbane Girls Grammar. St Peters won the first set but BGGS came back strong, forcing St Peters to fight hard to win the second set 25-23, followed by the third 15-11. This was the teams closest match, and they were dominant against all other schools with a points differential of 185 per cent.
MVP: Elkie Gates
Team of the Season: 10A coached by Matt Young
Players: Adelaide Morgan, Amelia Bell, Daisy Mabin, Emmilia McLeod, Juliet Wyse, Kirra Anderton, Liv Yiu, Yuchen Sun
What worked: Another undefeated season, dropping only two sets across nine rounds.
Best moments: A particularly tough fixture against Moreton Bay College which saw the lead change midway through the game. St Peters won the first set, MBC came back to win the second, and St Peters picked up the decider to seal the match.
MVP: Juliet Wyse
Brisbane State High School
Team of the Season: Year 10A
Players: Naysa Tate, Sarah Birchall, Isabella Hsieh, Grace Kuilamu, Yolanda Liang, Cienna Phan, Adeline Putelli, Stephanie Rosenthal, Jaimee Urika.
What worked: Commitment to training, arriving early to set up courts, volunteering to cover duty, supporting other teams, asking questions on how to improve and flexibility in playing other positions due to injury or illness. The perfect team really.
Best moments: Six wins at 3-0 from eight matches.
MVP: Naysa Tate and coaches award Cienna Phan
Moreton Bay College
Team of the Season: Opens
Players: Lara Addley, Shannon Dean, Estanoa Faitala, Caitlyn Hosking, Alana Mitchell, Baylee Neilson, Mackenzie Schaefer, Gabby Shehab, Jessica Simpson, Hannah Trevethan and Isabella Zarb
What Worked: Moreton Bay College had an impressive season of volleyball, coming away with four premierships, two seconds and two thirds. With all the students, coaches and parents contributing to a volleyball program, which continued to achieve its aim of fostering sportsmanship, developing skills and gameplay. The premiership teams of 7B, 8B, 9A and the Opens led the way in their categories, with the Opens being team of the season.
Best moments: Every girl played their role within the team across the season. The highlights for the team was the win against Brisbane State High School, only the second time in the history of volleyball at MBC that the Opens have beaten State High. Also the final round match against Brisbane Girls Grammar School, where they came from two sets to one down to win in five sets to be the outright premiers.
St Hilda’s School
Team of the Season: Opens
Players: Remi Long, Sofia Dakin, Maia Sato, Chryssa Dakin, Jessica Jolly, Ashleigh Foster, Natalie O’Grady, Remi Dittmar, Meili Deng
What Worked: Teamwork makes the dream work. The highest finish on the ladder for a St Hilda’s open team in a number of years.
Best moments: St Hilda’s v Somerville House was the game of the season, with St Hilda’s coming away with a 3-2 win. It was an absolute cracker of a game, both teams being commended for their quality of game play and sportsmanship shown.
MVP: Meili Deng
Team of the Season: Year 7A
Players: Anastasia Dakin, Sophia Stone, Ruby Saw, Amelia Patterson, Lizzie Qin, Shwetha Ramesh, Charne Louw.
What Worked: This team played well across all fixtures, with cohesion and consistency.
Best moments: Reaching the end of the nine Rounds undefeated.
MVP: Amelia Patterson
TENNIS
The 2022 QGSSSA Tennis Premiership winning teams:
• Open: Brisbane State High School
• Senior A: Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• Senior B: Somerville House
• Junior A: Brisbane State High School
• Junior B: Brisbane State High School
• Junior C: Brisbane Girls Grammar School (1)
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Team of the Season: Junior A
Players: Leila Moody, Nell Kazmierczak, Eva Lewis, Tayla McMillan, Scarlett Kennedy, Abby McLaughlin
What Worked: St Margaret’s tennis saw progression up the ladders across the board and players enjoyed skill improvement and development all season. The Junior As are to be commended for stepping up and playing well as a team when members needed to rotate into the Opens to fill gaps.
Best moments: Early in the season against St Aidan’s who are always strong competitors, the team had a confidence boosting win. The final match against Ipswich Girls’ Grammar was played with such positive etiquette and sportsmanship between the two schools.
MVP: Scarlett Kennedy, Leila Moody and Nell Kazmierczak and Eva Lewis who were most versatile in their capacity to play up in Open as required.
Brisbane State High School
Brisbane State High School tennis was incredibly strong, making it impossible to separate three leading teams, who all had undefeated seasons and won premierships.
Teams of the Season: Open, Junior A and Junior B
Open: Tian Dong, Erika Brough, Evie Warren and Elsa Rahmati
Junior A: Tasha Seo, Zoya Lavrentiev, Yana Lavrentiev, Ryma Singh and Annamaria Pavlich Junior B: Emily Maher, Allegra Lee, Liza Mirskaya, Yishan Goa, Habiba Abdelatti
Best moments: BSHS Open Tennis team against St Hilda’s, a very tense and hard competition fighting for the top spot.
MVPs:
Open: Evie Warren
Junior A: Zoya Lavrentiev
Junior B: Yishan Goa
St Hilda’s School
Team of the Season: St Hilda’s Open team
Players: Dayna Whitely-Hall, Lindsay Engelen, Sarah Bigg and Elise Virr
What Worked: An exciting season of tennis for St Hilda’s with some strong wins. While the Open team has been named team of the season, the Junior teams were involved in a number of extremely close matches, in particular the Junior C games against Brisbane Girls Grammar.
Best moments: The Junior C players enjoyed the competition so much they kept playing on the spare court long after their matches against Brisbane Girls Grammar had concluded. This enthusiasm and commitment will carry them through into another exciting season in 2023.
MVP: Senior MVP Molly Crockett and Junior MVP Sarah Bigg
NETBALL
The 2022 QGSSSA Netball Premiership winning teams
• Open: Brisbane State High School
• Senior A: Moreton Bay College and St Peters Lutheran College
• Senior B: St Peters Lutheran College
• Senior C: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 10 A: Moreton Bay College
• Year 10 B: Moreton Bay College
• Year 10 C: Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• Year 9 A: Brisbane State High School
• Year 9 B: Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• Year 8 A: Brisbane State High School
• Year 8 B: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 8 C: St Peters Lutheran College
• Year 7 A: Moreton Bay College
• Year 7 B: Moreton Bay College
• Year 7 C: Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Brisbane State High School
Team of the Season:Opens
Players: Kydan Tuapou (C), Rose Mulligun, Hannah Eadie, Isabella Ah Toon, Charlotte Millen, Mya Wilson, Aalisha Ashton, Maddison Waugh, Tiana Afoa, Isabella Green and Olivia Parrot
What worked: After the disappointment of no premierships over the last two years, this was the season to shine and the State High Open team did exactly that. Demonstrating their dominance with the first two games with strong wins against St Aiden’s and BGGS, the team with a mix of Year 10, 11 and 12s had something to prove. Round 6 had a shaky start against St Peters who were also tied first at the time, and it turned out to be the point of the season where grit and determination from the team stepped up and produced a stellar win by 14 goals. To add to this, finding out they were at the top of the ladder just pushed and drove the girls with more excitement towards the end of the season. A washed out round and a win secured the 2022 premiership for the Open netball team at State High for the first time since 2017.
Best moments: The standout game of the season would have to be the draw against Moreton Bay College as the rivalry match was full of intensity, multiple lead changes throughout, and never more than a two-goal buffer from either side. Going down to the wire and ending on even scores, both sides would have to wait to see what happened in upcoming matches.
MVP’s: Defender Rose Mulligan, midcourter Madi Waugh and shooter Kydan Tuapou.
Team of the Season: 9As
Players: Eden Ah Toon, Riley Purcell, Abby Mifsud, Mia Makras, Lillie Panter, Lily Dutkowski, Alexis Leota, Harley Kingi and Nobèle Lambert
What worked: 9As had yet another dominant year of games going undefeated for the 3rd year running. With a 223 per cent for and against goals for the season, averaging double their opponents, their striking attack combined with their remarkable defence made for an overall exceptional full court performance week in and week out.
MVP: With high consistent defensive standards by Lily Dutkowski along with ruthless effort in the midcourt by Abby Mifsud all contributing to the 9As knockout endeavours.
Team of the Season: 8As
Players: Matilda Johnson, Milli Holder, Ellie Owen, Lily Clutton, Madeline Millis, Chelsea Sonter, Filippa Suesee, Kyeisha Tuapou, Alyr Hogarth, Cara Jordan and Peyton Pule’anga
What worked: A young team of superstars, they were full of energy, commitment and drive to succeed.
Best moments: This teams closest margin of a game was in their first round together against St Aiden’s where they trumped their opponents by 19 goals. The full court defence and consistent effort by many players contributed to their constant control over their opposition.
MVP: Shooting consistency by Madeline Millis, midcourt prowess and leadership from Ellie Owen and defensive strength of Peyton Pule’anga and Kyeisha Tupaou helped contribute to the full team effort to take out the 2022 premiership for the 8As.
St Peters Lutheran College
Team of the Season: Year 8A
Players: Issy Yeo, Emily Roberts, Ada McNab, Maddie Preston, Julia Searles, Willow Peterson, Zara Thomas, Romi Van Beest, Aiyana Pritchard, Prisha Pawar.
What worked: The 8A team didn’t win the premiership but they are sure to have a bright future in QGSSSA Netball. These students showed excellent commitment, determination and spirit all season.
Best moments: In addition to the 8As, special mention to the five St Peters teams who won Premierships, Senior A, B and C, Year 8B and 8C. The Year 10A and 10B teams were undefeated but finished second due to the timings of the bye.
MVP: Willow Peterson
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Team of the Season: Opens
Players: Ella Antonie, Verity House, Sasha Hughes, Syren Letizia, Emily Millar, Lauren Packer, Sienna Small, Chelsea Uisa-Kainiu, Helaina Williams, Amy Young
What worked: St Margaret’s Open team had a strong season and were undefeated until they dropped a couple of games in later rounds. It was a cohesive and positive team who had a group of excellent Year 12 role models, four senior players who have served St Margaret’s netball admirably across their secondary school years.
Best moments: The highlight was beating an extremely strong Moreton Bay College Open team in Round 6.
MVP: Emily Millar, and Most Improved Helaina Williams
Team of the Season: 7As
Players: Ella Antonie, Verity House, Sasha Hughes, Syren Letizia, Emily Millar, Lauren Packer, Sienna Small, Chelsea Uisa-Kainiu, Helaina Williams, Amy Young
What worked: Year 7A had an outstanding season, with only one narrow loss to Moreton Bay College. They worked hard at training and it paid off during their matches.
Best moments: This team performed exceptionally well and coach Booth had this group displaying teamwork, technique and mental toughness throughout the entire season.
MVP: Emma Hicks and most improved Lucy Gordon
Ipswich Girls Grammar School
Teams of the Season: Ipswich Girls’ Grammar had a number of standout teams this winter: Open, Senior B, Year 10A, Year 8A and Year 8B
What worked: A young Opens team consisting of students across Year 9, 10 and 11, finished fourth overall with former IGGS student Tavia Jensen coaching them this season. The girls will all be back next season and are looking forward to moving even further up the ladder.
The Year 8B team had a sensational season with their student coach Lydia Quinn, finishing third on a very competitive ladder. A diverse team, they came together due to their dedication to training and taking feedback on board.
The Senior B team was another stand out team for Ipswich Girls’ Grammar for their consistency throughout the season, which rewarded them with second on the ladder. The entire team is worthy of MVP status as they were consistently demonstrating impeccable sportsmanship and dedication. It was a great way for the Year 12 girls to finish the season.
Best moments: The Open matches against Somerville House and St Margaret’s were exceptionally close games, often point for point, which proved tough but fantastic games to watch.
Moreton Bay College
Team of the Season: Open Team
Players: Sophia Dobson, Abbey Dobson, Lily Harms, Sarah Joyce, Pippa Letnic, Brooke Marchant, Imogen Smith, Savannah Worship, Amber Yeates
What worked: Moreton Bay College had a fantastic Season of netball, and were competitive across the age groups. The Year 7 Teams showed that their enthusiasm and commitment to training each and every week has paid off, with both the 7A and 7B teams winning a premiership and the 7C team finishing third.
The Year 10A and 10B teams also had a season to remember, despite a number of injuries throughout the season, they were able to step up every week and they both took out a Premiership.
After winning their first game in round one, the Moreton Bay College Senior As set an incredible standard with a number of outstanding results throughout the season.
Best moments: The game of the season was the Moreton Bay College Opens draw against Brisbane State High School, with a thrilling nail biter which went all the way to the final whistle and displayed some of the highest quality of netball seen at a schoolgirl’s competition.
Players Player: Sophia Dobson
HOCKEY
The 2022 QGSSSA Hockey pennant winning teams
• Open: Brisbane State High School
• Senior A: Moreton Bay College
• Junior A: Brisbane State High School
• Junior B: Moreton Bay College
Moreton Bay College
Team of the Season: Senior A
Players: Hayley Fuller, Leyna O’Neil, Clancey Smith, Sophia Smith, Lara Thiele, Zoe Jones, Elyse Madden, Katie McMeechan, Eve Price, Zara Evans, Lyla Firth, Alex Griffs, Imogen Griffs
What worked: Moreton Bay College had a fantastic QGSSSA Hockey season earning two premierships, Senior A and Junior B. The MBC Junior B team also had an impressive season, remaining undefeated and showing great ability to perform under pressure in their final match against BGGS to determine the top of the ladder. The Open team finished a very respectable second to Brisbane State High School, losing a close game to them 3-2.
The MBC Senior A team consisted of Year 10 Students, many of these girls have been playing hockey for MBC since they were in primary school.
Best moments: This team was coached by Queensland under-21 representative and Moreton Bay College alumni, Ella Brown and not only were they a successful team in terms of performances, but also extremely supportive of each other and their opposition.
MVP: Hayley Fuller and most improved was Leyna O’Neil
Brisbane State High School
Team of the Season: Opens
Players: Tayla Bartholomeusz, Jade Bartholomeusz, Clara McSpadden, Montana Carr, Sabrina Guse, Lily Punch, Karissa van der Wath, Mackenzie Lindop, Alison Henschke, Chloe Price, Addison Free, Alexa Nguyen, Lara Pyle
What worked: For the Open team it was a special season, the team consisting of two Year 12 students both debuting for the first time, three Year 11 students, six Year 10 students, one Year 9 and one Year 8 student.
As a team the girls scored an incredible 101 goals and only had two against them, in a tough fought match against MBC. While the girls are all individually very talented, what was most impressive was the way they came together and played as a team. Their leading and passing skills enabled great ball movement and many team goals being scored. The girls showed great sportsmanship and teamwork to support one another on and off the field.
Of the State High open team, Karissa van der Wath, Lara Pyle, Tayla Bartholomeusz and Montana Carr made the Queensland under-16 schoolgirls team. Lily Punch was named as a shadow and Jade Bartholomeusz was named in the Queensland under-18 team.
Best moments: The Open team had a hard-fought match against MBC, the girls had to dig deep and come back twice from being down in the match. They showed their experience and patience to convert at crucial times and control the play. The defensive team made a critical save in a defensive corner late in the match. Goalkeeper Alison Henschke made some great saves during the match.
MVP: Karissa van der Wath and Lara Pyle
Team of the Season: Junior A Team
Players: Stella Bartholomeusz, Aryel Bisseling, Josie Burgess, Sibella Collins, Hannah Dalgleish, Sammy Dyson, Darcy Gurrieri-Hyland, Saffron Jenkinson, Amaya Morawaka, Alice Toppenberg, Celine Vo, Gabi Waugh, Maggie Stafford, Eden Gair
What worked: The Junior A team showed great enthusiasm and passion for the sport of hockey. With most players also playing club hockey, this school team was about having fun and enjoying the opportunity to play with new teammates.
There was a great balance of experience and new energy to the team. The first match of the season ended up being the most important, a close 1-0 win over St Aidan’s. From there they found their momentum and played some great hockey. They were coached by past student Imogen Turner, who played Open hockey for five years when she was at BSHS. Imogen inspired the girls with her extensive skill and knowledge of the game, as well as her competitiveness to be successful.
Best moments: A tough round one match against St Aidan’s on grass with a 1-0 win. They also had a gutsy 3-1 win against MBC on turf. The girls enjoyed the opportunity to play on turf allowing them to execute some great team play and control the ball well.
MVP: Aryel Bisseling and Josie Burgess
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