Forward December 2019 | Page 7

AROUND THE SCHOOL Whole School News After representing WA in the u/16 National Football Championships in QLD over the school holidays Rhett Bazzo (10Sc) was successful in being selected in the All-Australian team. Audrey Bell (12St) made her professional singing debut on Thursday 12 September at the Ellington Jazz Club, alongside local group Manteca. Nathan Bryde (10He) travelled overseas in August to compete at the Jinshan International Youth Football Championships. Ryan Buckeridge (9Wb) competed in the North of Perth Music Festival, entering the Junior Vocal Solo sections for Contemporary, Classical and Music Theatre. Whilst fairing well in Contemporary and Classical, it was in Music Theatre that he impressed the adjudicator with his rendition of There Must Be More from the musical Grace Online, and achieved equal second place in this strongly contested group of 24 singers. Olivia Crossen (8Be) was selected to represent WA and competed at the Nationals in tetrathlon in Sydney. It was only her third tetrathlon and she managed to win a bronze medal. The phases were swimming, running, shooting and show- jumping. Olivia was also named Modern Pentathlon Association of WA (MPAWA) State Champion U15, achieving the highest score of any age group! Carys D’Addario (7Ha) made the State u/12 Cricket Team and travelled to Adelaide in November to represent WA. Luke Osborne (12Be), Lions Youth of the Year. Mitchell Dean (5T) was selected to be a panel member for Telethon on Sunday 27 October. Mitchell coordinated a whole school fundraising day, “Rock Anything Red to School” to raise funds for Telethon. Yousef Elhosainy (10Sc) achieved a silver medal in the 4x400m relay at an international athletics meet in Malaysia during the school holidays. Mitchell Dean. Lachlan Grime (10St) was selected for the U15 State Touring Squad for Rugby Union and played in the Junior Gold Cup Competition in Ballymore, Brisbane. Daniel Huynh (7He) was formally invited to represent Australia through his Yaolin Kung Fu Association club in the 1st Lion Dance Sunwork International Championships in Vietnam in September. Raphael Elvish (9St) attended the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) Choir Camp in Geraldton from 9-14 July. After only five days of rehearsal the choir performed the Schubert Mass in Latin at both cathedrals and Raphael also had opportunity to play on both cathedral organs (pipe and electronic). He was awarded his light blue ribbon. Lewis Jones (11He) was recently selected to play his first Premier League game for the Old Guildfordian Mundaring Hockey Club. Zack Goodchild (12SG) placed seventh in the under 19 male age category for round 5 of the WA Gravity Enduro Mountain Biking Series held on 21 July in Dunsborough. Zachary Matthews (12Fr) has successfully passed the DELF B2 examination administered by the French Government and the French Ministry for Education. Jet Matich (7Be) placed second overall in the State Championships for the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Level 5. He also took home gold on the high bar and bronze on pommel and vault. 7