AROUND THE SCHOOL
This diploma is required in order to apply
to French Universities and is recognised
in 165 countries. Zachary also competed
at the National Finals of the Plain English
Speaking Award (PESA) recently in Brisbane
and enjoyed the opportunity to represent the
school and the state.
Emily Nayler (9Be) has been selected in the
WA Swimming Team to travel to the AIS in
Canberra to compete in the Australian State
Teams Championships.
Luke Osborne (12Be) was named Lions
Youth of the Year and presented with his
award at an assembly in August.
Year 6 student James Park tried out for one
of two spots available on the Floreat Athena
squad and was offered a position on their
NPL U13 squad next year.
Cameron Schnell (10Ha) competed in the
WA Taekwondo State Championships with
some amazing results:
• Gold, Sparring Junior Male (66-73kg),
Black Belt
• Gold, Poomsae Junior Male 15-17yrs,
WT Individual
• Gold, Poomsae Junior Male 15-17yrs,
AT Individual
• Gold, Poomsae Junior Pairs 15-17yrs
Cameron won all four state titles that he
competed in. Subsequently, Cameron also
won a Gold Medal at the 2019 Taekwondo
National Championships and is the Sparring
National Champion for the Male Juniors
under 68kg Black Belt division.
Olivia Sangalli and Ronen Chowdhry
Joshua Sharp (12St) was presented with a
Headmaster’s Commendation award for his
outstanding ATAR Engineering project.
You can read an article on his project on
Page 11.
Lachlan Turton (10SG) lifted in the WA u15
& Youth Weightlifting Championships on
Sunday 28 July and won gold in both u15
and Youth Male 61kg bodyweight category
with a 45kg snatch and 62kg clean & jerk
(total lift of 107kg), qualifying for the WA
State u15 & Youth Team.
Rourke Turton (12SG) lifted in the WA State
Junior/Senior Weightlifting Championships
back in June and won gold for both junior
and senior in the 73kg bodyweight category
with a snatch of 82kg and a clean & jerk of
106kg (total lift of 188kg). He also qualified
for the WA State Junior team.
Tjahkai (TJ) Walker (8Fr) was involved in
filming a new welcome video for the Perth
Children’s Hospital.
Chad Wiese (11Fr) participated in the
Avon Descent recently and came second in
his category.
Cameron Schnell (10Ha)
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Congratulations to Year 6 students Olivia
Sangalli and Ronen Chowdhry who
were both inducted as Preparatory School
Councillors at an assembly on Friday 16
September.
Toby Ashworth (12Sc) and Angus Grigson
(12Fr) had an awesome time at their first
Hattah Desert Race, Australia’s biggest
off-road racing event. 405 competitors
entered from all over Australia. Angus and
Toby were very successful in completing
the race with Angus placing 101st outright
and Toby placing 150th outright. In their
under 19s class, Angus placed 15th and
Toby 23rd. Considering this was their
first time competing in the race against
national competitors, their results are to be
commended.
Gibson Bell (8St) and Shivonn Jones (11St)
both travelled to Queensland during the
holidays to participate in the National Polo
Championships. Gibson’s team came second
and Shivonn’s team won their category.
After Hamish Adamson (10SG), Angus
Adamson (10SG) and Braydon Fernandes
(10Sc) recently participated at the National
Hockey Championships, Hamish has been
named in the u16 Australian Schoolboys side
who will be touring to South Africa later in
the year.
Jack Allen (12Be) and Eleanor Disselkoen
(10St) won their respective Chapel Gift races.