SUMMER SPORT ROUND-UP

Basketball

A feature of the basketball season was the continued success of our younger teams. The 13As beat Newington 77-22, the biggest winning margin for Grammar in some years. The U15s as an age group won about three-quarters of their games; the 15Es and 15Fs were hugely successful, with the 15Es going undefeated for the season.

The star side of the junior basketball age groups was the 14As, who won the Fathers’ Association Trophy for the most successful team of 2023–24. After winning all six games last year as the 13As, they won all fourteen of their games this season to achieve an outstanding record of twenty wins and zero losses in the secondary school.

Cricket

It was a solid year for our competition cricketers, with the standout being the First XI winning the Tri-Grammar T-20 series for the first time since T-20 started in Tri-Grammar in 2010. The First XI then went on to regain ‘The Bat’ after defeating Melbourne Grammar in the two-day match. Four Grammar boys were selected in the Tri-Grammar Merit Team: Zack Winslow (VI), William Powell (VI), Charles Granger (VI) and Jonty Snyman (V).

Myles Kapoor (IV) had a stellar GPS season, scoring over 550 runs for the First XI. Myles was selected in the GPS XI, alongside Zack Winslow, who was named vice-captain, and William Powell.

Rowing

It was a successful season for our rowers, with the programme welcoming Mr Stephen Stewart back to the School as Director of Rowing (Coaching). It was great to see both the juniors and seniors posting the best erg scores in years for their age categories.

The First VIII’s fifth placing at Head of the River was our best finish since 2012, and the crew’s best time of 6.06 was the best since 2021. The Second VIII rowed consistently well and was able to keep pace with the First VIII during the early part of this year. The Year 10 First VIII showed enormous promise throughout 2023–24. The crew clocked a 6.26 in getting a fifth-place finish at the Sydney Rowing Club Regatta.

The Junior Shed had a good season, a feature being the Year Eight First Quad winning its race at the Reindeer Regatta. The Year Nines were always competitive; two standouts were the First and Second Quads achieving new best times in their respective State Championships finals.

Swimming

The 2024 Swim Team performed very well each time they hit the water this summer. A number of boys swam impressive times over the season, and a total of twenty-three PBs were achieved at GPS 5. This final meet of the GPS swimming season saw our juniors battle hard to secure a third-place finish. Both junior relay teams were selected to represent the GPS at the CIS representative meet in May, and a further eleven boys were selected to represent the GPS in individual events at this meet.

Congratulations to Captain Adam Tehfe and Matthew Cheng (both VI) for gaining representative selection in their final year, which means that they have won GPS representative selection in each of their six years at Grammar.

Taekwondo

The summer season is not a competitive one for Taekwondo, but for around forty boys it was a serious season of training and grading at Barker College and St Ignatius’ College and at the club’s home base at Willoughby.

Tennis

Outstanding junior success was also the theme in tennis this summer. The U13s and U14s had very successful seasons, winning several matches without surrendering a set.

The First and Second teams were always competitive in 2023–24. The Seconds had a very strong start to their schedule and ended up being the only team to beat the Shore School, the eventual competition winners. The Firsts, an especially young team this season, always made their opponents work in showing that the years to come at the highest level of Grammar tennis should certainly be fruitful. Three players were honoured by GPS representative selection: James Prestwich (V), Kai Sloane (IV) and Lucas Lin (III).