Guest Speaker – Shane Yarrow shares story on forced adoption
Our Year 10 students had the opportunity yesterday to hear from Shane Yarrow, who shared his personal story of being separated from his mother through forced adoption in Australia.
Sports Update
Term 1, Week 6
District and Regional Sport
Congratulations to Blair and Emily who were selected for the Met West Swimming team. We also acknowledge Tara who also trialled for the Met West Swimming team—well done!
We give our best wishes to students participating in district trails this week!
GBC Primary
AFL
On Saturday, all our Primary teams made the trip out to Sheldon College. Both the 3/4 and 5/6 teams played against strong TSAC teams. The 3/4 TSAC team were gracious enough to loan us some players as we were short, which meant all students had to play the whole game. Both SMC teams played well but were unable to secure victory.
Our 3/4 and 5/6 Netball teams had strong games against TSAC as well. Both teams played wonderfully showing excellent skill and determination to both come away with victories. Well done to both teams.
GBC Secondary
AFL
On Saturday our Junior AFL team headed to Sherwood Football Club to play against the boys from ATC. The Staines AFL boys played their hearts out matching with the best team in the comp. These boys have improved and implemented their game style as practised and nearly snatched a win. Well done boys!
Volleyball
Our Boys Volleyball teams made the trip to Ambrose Treacy to contest Round 3 of GBC.
- Inter 1sts
The Inter 1st had a hard-fought game against Ambrose Treacy, going down 25-23 in the first set. In the following sets the boys showed great persistence in facing a quality team. During the game, there were some great serving runs by Jamie and Theo. Unfortunately, the team went down 1-2. Keep up the good work boys!
- Inter 2nds
The Inter 2nd team arrived at ATC keen and ready for a tough game. Both teams delivered a great game with both sides showing good displays of team and rally abilities.
Unfortunately, our Inter 2nd team were defeated by the boys from ATC.
- Junior 1st
On Saturday the Junior Firsts team ventured out to ATC for their match. After going down in the first set the boys show grit and determination to win the next two sets to take the game out 2-1. It was a fantastic effort and all members of the team should be proud of their efforts.
Basketball
Unfortunately, all basketball games were abandoned due to the wet weather on Saturday morning. Thank you to all the families who still came out even though the conditions did not look great. As always, GBC sport is on until you are notified otherwise.
Other News
Devotion – Put God between yourself and the foe
Faced with an enemy he couldn’t conquer on his own, King Asa prayed, ‘… “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.” The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. …’ (2 Chronicles 14:11-12 NIV).
Devotion – Know when to let go
Persistence, determination, commitment, and recognising the ‘right time to throw away’ are all commendable qualities, whether it’s setting aside time to pray and read every day, eating dinner with your family, finding a better job, or losing weight, etc.
