2023 Co-Curricular Awards

2023 ST BRENDAN’S COLLEGE CO-CURRICULAR AWARDS

 Capricornia Region Representation

Queensland Representatives

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Our special achievement award is where we recognise the achievements of our students in sports that do not fall within the school sporting framework.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDS

Basketball

7/8A Green MVP – Goothala Rynne

7B Gold MVP – Hendrix Henderson

8B Green MVP – Jameal-Fred Kebisu-Matasia

9/10A Green MVP – Evander Ghee

9/10B MVP – Ben Vaughan

Senior A Green - Oliver Rogers

Senior B Gold – Barry Hankin

AFL

Junior MVP – Tyler Johnson

Senior MVP – Tas Comollatti

Soccer

Junior MVP – Luke Roberts

Senior MVP – William Ranger

Water Polo

Junior Green MVP – Nicholas Eaton

Junior Gold MVP – Jaxon Pambid

Senior MVP – Hugh Stiller & Raith Wren

 Futsal

Junior A MVP – Kobe Legros

Junior B1 MVP – Luke Roberts

Junior B2 MVP – Roman Burke

Junior C MVP – Lennix Bone

Senior C MVP – Jackson Booth

Rugby Union

U13 MVP – Lucas McLean

U15 MVP – Scott Gibson

1^st XV Best Back – Austin Monteath

1^st XV Best Forward – Jake Peirce

1^st XV Most Improved – Blake Field

1^st XV Coaches Award – Blake Johnson

1^st XV Player of the Year – Jack Gibson

Rugby 7’s

13 A MVP – Lucas McLean

13 B MVP – Jack Richens

15A MVP – Narasi Jimmy

15B MVP – Noah Wright

Open A MVP – Malik Elisala

Open B MVP – Blake Johnson

 All School’s Touch Football

U13 MVP – Jameal-Fred Kebisu-Matasia

U15 MVP – Hunter Ballard

Open MVP – Jacob Hill

Cricket

Junior A MVP – Zane Keiler

Junior B MVP – Angus Crawford

Senior MVP – Liam Welsh

Chess

The Individual Achievement Award requires students to achieve a minimum score of 4.5 out of 7 in a competitive match. This achievement is awarded to:

Nash Edwards

Michael Amedee

Alexander Eaton

Matthew Campbell

Luke Roberts

Player of the Year – Alexander Eaton

Rodeo

Junior Steer Rider of the Year – Reece Lahiff

Senior Steer Rider of the Year – Sam Daley

Bull Rider of the Year – Jimmy McClleland

All – Round Cowboy – Jesse Remfrey

Most Improved Cowboy – Ben Kingston

The next 3 awards are specific to the results from our College Rodeo and are awarded to the winners of each event.

The Geoff O’Connor Memorial Junior Bull Ride Champion – Kye Bayles

The Geoff O’Connor Memorial Junior Steer Ride Champion – Reece Lahiff

The Geoff O’Connor Senior Steer Ride Champion – Sam Daley

Cattle Club

Parader of the Year – Cody Killalea

Herdsman of the Year – Sam Kingston

Most Improved Parader of the Year – Blake Killey

Junior Judge of the Year – Jack Hutchinson

Rugby League

7C White MVP – Oliver Fox

7C Gold MVP – William Parsons

7C Green MVP – Ryan Shannon

7B MVP – Jack Robertson

7A MVP – Kobe Miller

8C White MVP – Jameal-Fred Kebisu-Matasia

8C Green MVP – Zaviah Chapman

8C Gold MVP – Byron Mitchell

8B MVP – Benji Egan

8A MVP – Lucas McLean

9C Green MVP – Tyler Johnson

9C Gold MVP – Isaac Brady

9B MVP – Louis Maxwell

9A MVP – Jay Marsh

10C White MVP – Fletcher Scanlan

10C Gold MVP – Hunter Hall

10C Green MVP – Clifford Ambrym

10B MVP – Angus Durant

10A MVP – Lachlan Anderson

Open 5ths MVP – Riley Eyles

Open 4ths MVP – Clay Dendle

Open 3rds MVP – Charles Sainsbury

Open 2nds MVP – Elijah Walker

1^st Xlll Best Back – Mataio Tapau-Bon

1^st Xlll Best Forward – Carter Ford

1^st Xlll Most Improved – Tyler Melrose

1^st Xlll Coaches Award – Rydell Tyrrell

1^st Xlll Player of the Year – Tommy Green

MAJOR AWARDS

Team Performance of the Year

1^st Xlll Confraternity win and come from behind victory in the RDSSRL Grand Final.

Athlete of the Year

Carter Ford. Historically, our athlete of the year award is awarded to the Open Age Champion. Carter ran, jumped and threw the house down at our Interhouse Athletics Carnival where he claimed age champion in the Open age group. He went onto represent the college with distinction at the Rockhampton District carnival qualifying for district representation in a number of events. Congratulations Carter.

Swimmer of the Year

This year there is a tie with swimmer of the year being awarded to Lachlan Mortimer and Kalani Walsh. Similar to our athlete of the year, this award is presented to the Open Age Champion from our Interhouse Carnival. Both Lachlan and Kalani battled it out all night in the pool and could not be separated in the end. Congratulations Lachlan and Kalani.

Junior Sportsman of the Year

Junior Sportsman of the Year is Narasi Jimmy. Narasi has represented the College in no less than 5 sports including Track & Field, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Rugby 7’s and Volleyball. He is a human highlights reel with a ball in hand, a sand pit to jump into or a running track to run on. A highlight from his Track & Field exploits was when he broke the 15yrs triple jump record which had stood since 1979 with a jump of 12.51m. In addition to this he also went on to gain representative selection in the sports of Track & Field, Rugby Union and Volleyball. Congratulations Narasi.

Senior Sportsman of the Year

Senior Sportsman of the Year is Riley Earnshaw. Riley has represented the College with distinction in at least 3 sports including Touch Football, Track & Field and Cross Country where he was the Open Age Champion. He was also successful in Rockhampton District representation in Track & Field, Cross Country and Touch Football as well as further selection and representation in the Open Capricornia Touch Football team. Congratulations Riley.