Volleyball thriller as Queensland Girls’ Secondary Schools Sports Association season hits overdrive
Australian representative Jasmine Fleming has helped tip St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School over the line in a marathon open volleyball thriller against Ipswich Girls Grammar School.
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Australian representative Jasmine Fleming helped tipped St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School over the line in a two-hour QGSSSA open volleyball thriller against Ipswich Girls Grammar School on Saturday morning.
St Aidan’s won the contest 3-2, coming from one set down during a five-set marathon which went beyond the 120-minute mark.
In the end, the experience and presence of Fleming played a role in St Aidan’s winning a fantastic match.
Earlier, St Aidan’s won in open tennis and open hockey.
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The Moreton Bay College hockey juniors continued a great start to the season with a win over Clayfield College.
After defeating Brisbane State High School in the rain during round 1, the MBC girls enjoyed a fast, dry track.
Charlotte Smith benefited from excellent team play around her to finish with a hat-trick of goals against Clayfield College after scoring two goals the previous week against BSHS.
An outstanding performance came from MBC year 7 student Lily Richardson.
The BSHS open A girls bounced back on the hockey field in round 2 to defeat St Margaret’s, while the junior A girls also enjoyed victory over St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School.
BSHS director of sport and girls’ activities Anita Woodward said it was most pleasing to see the respective teams keep the opposition to nil on their way to winning.
Woodward was also delighted to see BSHS’s 7A volleyballers improving and finding their way to victory, but also noted St Margaret’s contribution to an outstanding match
“It is great to see girls trying a new sport, improving their skills and learning new strategies in volleyball,” Woodward said.
“They were great games to watch and you could see improved skill on both sides and the kids trying to three phase hit.”
St Margaret’s head of sport Helen Lobegeiger agreed: “It was a very good game’’.
“With the limited amount of game experience, they have really come up well and played beyond their skill level really,” she said.
St Margaret’s open netballers made it two wins from as many games with a five-point victory, while there were also some solid wins at year 9 level.
“The girls did well,’’ Lobegeiger said.
She said despite BSHS winning the open and junior A hockey, “we contested and competed’’.
Somerville House had a bumper morning against St Peters Lutheran College, with over 40 teams in action in hockey, netball, tennis and volleyball.
Ipswich Girls Grammar School head of department Genevieve Isbell said sport was the winner against St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School given the environment around COVID-19.
“It was really wonderful to see all our girls out there playing,’’ she said.
“When you come and watch them on court or on the field you can see how they enjoy it and how happy they are to be out there. There is no stress, it is just wonderful seeing them out there having a good time.’’
Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School’s open volleyball team remained undefeated, while the school also saw strong performances across tennis, netball and hockey.
‘This week’s fixtures were a great display of all schools working together to ensure as many girls as possible were able to participate in their chosen sport. Grammar girls performed well across all sports,’’ said BGGS director of sport Jo Duffy.
Playing against St Hilda’s, BGGS won the open netball 24-13, the senior As 25-13 and also the senior Bs.
BGGS also enjoyed netball wins in the 10Bs, 9As, 9Bs, 8Bs and the year 7As and Bs.