STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS 2008 

Posted in CGGS Newsletter 24 - 22 August 2008

REBECCA GIFFARD 12B

Congratulations to Rebecca Giffard (12B) on winning a $16,000 AFS Scholarship to study in Argentina next year. Rebecca will live with a host family, learn a new language and have the opportunity to see the amazing Andes Mountains, the plains of the Pampas, lush rainforsets and the kilometres of breathtaking Atlantic coastlines. For information on other AFS Scholarships go to: www.afs.org.au.

Posted CGGS Newsletter 23 - 15 August 2008

KAELA KIRK-ANDERSEN 12K

Congratulations to Kaela Kirk-Andersen (12K) on being awarded the 2008 Sabre Corporation Award for Excellence at the Tourism & Hospitality Awards evening held on 13 August 2008. Kaela is the only student in her class (Hairdressing - Certificate lll) who is also completing Year 12.

Posted CGGS Newsletter 22 - 8 August 2008

MICHELLE HOCKING 12B Congratulations to Michelle Hocking (12B) for qualifying to travel to Newcastle to attend the state finals of the APEX Teen Fashion Awards on 6 September. We wish Michelle well on her quest to make it to the next stage, the National Finals.

LILY KENTWELL 11B Congratulations to Lily Kentwell (11B) for her extended exposure photograph of Canberra at night published in a recent edition of the prestigious Australian Photography magazine. What a wonderful achievement for a student photographer.

Congratulations to Georgia Kriz – Captain (9G), Izzy Velzen - Vice Captain (9W), Sophie Velzen (9W), Sally Rojahn (8D), Caitlin White (8K) and Bronte Carlin (7G) on placing third out of 47 teams in the G14 division at the 26th Dana Cup. The Dana Cup is an international youth soccer tournament held in Denmark and this year was held on 21 to 26 July. The players, representing Woden Valley FC, competed against eights countries, won their group but lost the semi final, 3 to 1, to the eventual winners of the division, Aspudden IFK (Sweden). The weather was hot but that didn’t stop the CGGS students having an amazing time playing great soccer over the five days of competition, making friends with players from all over the world and being excellent ambassadors for Australia.

WOODARD HOOPER 5K Congratulations to Woodard Hooper (5K) on being selected to trial for the ACT Hockey squad for the Pacific Games later this year.

Posted CGGS Newsletter No 21  -1 August 2008

PHYLLIDA BEHM 6S

This week Phyllida Behm (6S), represented CGGS at the ACT Rostrum semi final held at Jerrabomberra Public School. Phyllida competed against seven other students who had also progressed through the Quarter Finals. Although Phyllida did not win her semi final, she was a fine ambassador for the School and is congratulated for winning at both the school and quarter final levels. CGGS hosted another semi final on Tuesday evening and the evening was supported by a number of Year 6 students who were chairpersons and timekeepers. Special thanks to Barbara Selleck who has coordinated the Rostrum Competition for our School, and to the teachers of Years 5 and 6 who have supported the students throughout. Further details can be read in the article later in this Newsletter.

Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 18 - 20 June 2008

JANA PRENCEL 9G GIORGIA STAWARUK 9K Congratulations to Jana Prencel (9G) and Giorgia Stawaruk (9K) on being selected to represent the ACT as soloists in the upcoming National Calisthenics Competition to be held in Perth.

Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 17 - 13 June 2008

	QIAN-AO CHAN (8W) Congratulations to Qian-Ao Chen (8W) on achieving first place for Piano Grade 7 and Grade 8 at the Music Teachers’ Association Awards on 1 June 2008.
	KARUNA HENDERSON (7R) Congratulations to Karuna Henderson (7R), who placed fifth in the the Primary Ladies Division at the National Hollins Trophy Figure Skating Competition held in Sydney over the June long weekend.

Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 16 - 6 June 2008

Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 14 - 23 May 2008

CARLY CASSELLA 9B

Congratualtions to Carly Cassella (9B) on being selected to the U16 ACT Basketball team. This is a great achievement as selection is very competitive due to the pool of very talented players. The ACT ITC Program Head Coach has given some excellent feedback about Carly’s improvement, attitude and overall application to her game.

BROOKE NEWHAM 6S GEORGIE KOUNDOURIS 6S Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in the Taylor Music Festival. Brooke Newham 6S: Second Place in – Piano Solo 11 Years, Highly Commended – Piano Duet 11 Years Georgie Koundouris 6RH: Highly Commended - Piano Duet 11 Years

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Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 13 - 16 May 2008

BELINDA LAWFORD 11W

Congratulations to Belinda Lawford (11W) who has been selected to represent Australia at the Junior World Orienteering Championships to be held in Sweden during June. We wish her all the best and look forward to hearing all about her efforts in the near future. Belinda was part of the CGGS team who on Monday 12 May, entered the ACT Orienteering Championships. All six students managed to finish in a point scoring position. Our result were as follows: Belinda Lawford - first (Y11/12 girls), Hannah Bragg - third (Y11/12 girls), Michaela Bragg - second (Y7/8 girls), Shea-Cara Hammond - fourth (Y7/8 girls), Harriet Farlow - fifth (Y7/8 girls), Elena Wolski - sixth (Y7/8 girls). These were particularly good results considering the limited experience of some of our students who are new to orienteering.

JESSICA BALDWIN 6S, GEORGIA CONNERY 5M, ANIKA PIIRA 5M

Congratulations to Jessica Baldwin 6S, Georgia Connery 5M and Anika Piira 5M who have been selected to represent South Canberra in the U11 Netball.

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LAUREN SIMPSON 12D JEN WALSH 9R Congratulations to Lauren Simpson (12D) on being runner-up in the Open Division at the ACT Secondary Schools Singles Tennis Championships. Congratulations also to Jen Walsh (9R) on being the ACT U15 Champion. Jen was seeded number three and defeated the number one seed, 7-6, 6-4, to win the Final. The Championship was held on Thursday 28 February at the National Tennis Centre.

	Posted: CGGS Newsletter No. 3 - 22 Feb 2008
	RACHEL CRAWFORD 2H Congratulations to Rachel Crawford (2H) on being awarded a trophy for Best Ballet Dancer of 2007 for the Primary Level at the Rachael Strong Dance Academy Awards. The Presentation Ceremony was held on 21 December 2007 at the Erindale Theatre.
	BIANCA MULACH 6H Congratulations to Bianca Mulach (6H) on competing at the waterskiing Aussie/Kiwi Challenge Tournament, which was held at Lake Creighton, New Zealand (near Christchurch) on 1 to 3 February. Under miserable conditions, and after a nasty fall in a Slalom event, Bianca placed first in the U14 Girls Trick event, and ran fifth in the Slalom event.
	Posted: CGGS Newsletter No. 02 - 15 Feb 2008
	LAUREN SIMPSON 12D Congratulations to Lauren Simpson (12D) on winning the 18 years old Singles Titles at the Tasmanian Junior Tennis Open. The Open was held last week in Hobart with many local, state and interstate players travelling to participate and compete. In the Grand Final, Lauren, playing for the ACT, defeated the Tasmanian representative in straight sets.
	Posted: CGGS Newsletter No. 01 - 8 Feb 2008
	SAMARA WEAVING 11R At the end of December, Samara Weaving (11R), auditioned for a leading role in a BBC television production called Out of the Blue. In mid January, Sam was notified that she was the producer’s choice for the role. The production is filmed in Sydney from February this year and there is a minimum commitment of six months and a potential commitment of three years, should the production be successful. This is a wonderful opportunity for Sam and we wish her all the best as she pursues her career. I am sure we will all be looking carefully for Sam when the first episode screens on our televisions.
	VERONICA TAMSITT - CLASS OF 2007 CGGS congratulates Veronica Tamsitt (12W) who has recently been awarded a full sports scholarship to the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Veronica was spotted by the University’s Men’s Rowing Coach whilst competing at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Beijing earlier this year. "I received a letter out of the blue three weeks ago advising me that the University would be very interested in having me study and row for them and could probably offer me a scholarship. Since then I have accepted an offer of a full sports scholarship" said Veronica. The scholarship is worth USD 33,000 per annum for four years which includes tuition, board, meals, books and fees In addition, all regatta travel, athlete support, training gear Bob Ernst and sports medicine is covered. "I plan to travel to Seattle in September 2008 for the beginning of the academic year. I haven’t decided yet exactly what I want to study but I have narrowed it down to either Bioengineering or Oceanography. I am very excited to be going to the University of Washington because it has one of the best collegiate rowing programs in the USA and I will receive numerous opportunities to travel around the USA and overseas to compete". Head Coach at the University of Washington, Bob Ernst, is a highly awarded coach with over thirty years experience, including ten years as coach of the US national team including an Olympic gold medal winning Women’s VIII. The opportunity to row with what is acknowledged as the pre-eminent women’s rowing university in the US is the chance of a lifetime. As one of 800 student athletes, Veronica will be a central player in what is known as the Huskies Crew. Academically, the University of Washington is ranked very highly amongst public universities with 93% of freshers graduating in the top 25% of their high school class.  The University has specialities in chemical and bioengineering and marine science/oceanography, all of which are of interest to Veronica. Veronica intends to complete a four year undergraduate degree at the University of Washington and will then decide what to do from there. Veronica had already been offered a combined scholarship by the University of Sydney Sport and St Andrew’s College and is short listed for a University of Sydney Scholarship and a Chemical Engineering scholarship. She will now withdraw from everything except her UAC/Elite Athlete Points and the University of Sydney scholarship, both of which are deferrable. Veronica will remain in Canberra until mid next year, rowing with the Academy of Sport on Scholarship in a Junior Four, whilst vying for national selection to row at the Junior Worlds Champsions in Linz, Austria in July 2008. She will continue to be free to row for Australia from June to September each year if Rowing Australia selects her.