Student Achievements - Edition 14 - 2022

Last term, Naomi Phegan (Year 9) travelled to the NT in June and competed in the IPSC National Handgun championships in two handgun divisions (Production and Production Optics). With over 500 competitors in very tough conditions of extreme heat and long hours of competing for over 12 hours a day, Naomi managed to work through her challenges, including being affected by heat stroke to win the national championship in both divisions including her age group. This is the first time in Australia, that there has been a double national champion achieved by a 14 year old.

Naomi has been chosen to represent Australia as the Super Junior representative for production division as part of the Australian Team. Naomi, along with her brother James ('21) and father Paul, will travel to Thailand in November to compete in the World Shoot XIX against over 1500 competitors from all around the world. Naomi will be representing Australia to compete in this international match for the title of World Champion.

Spirit of Westventure

Congratulations to the following students for being awarded the Westminster Old Scholars' Spirit of Westventure Award for demonstrating outstanding personal growth in their respective camps. This award is voted on by students and staff at each camp.

• Charlotte Ward - Westventure Camp 1
• Darcy Mancer - Westventure Camp 2
• Isabella Maynard - Westventure Camp 3
• Brooke Edwards - Westventure Camp 3
• Joel Smith - Westventure Camp 4
• Will Young -Westventure Camp 5

ADF Long Tan and Future Innovators Awards

Presented by Sergeant Mark Blondell on behalf of the Australian Defence Force
Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award - Airlie Rouvray (Year 12)
Future Innovators Award - Will Bradley (Year 12 ) and Charlotte Burt (Year 10)

IGSSA Netball Finals

In Week 7, we had the IGSSA Netball Finals. Westminster had five teams in finals, the most teams of any school. Year 7s and Open Bs finished as runners up. In Open A we defeated Scotch to win the Shield for the fourth time in a row. Congratulations to the Open A team:

• Kayla Graham
• Monet Wareing
• Annelise Jansson
• Jade Cross
• Airlie Rouvray
• Kate Liptak
• Keely Patrick
• Ruby McInerney
• Alex Smith
• Indi Kubank

In other IGSSA Finals, our Year 9A Netball team defeated Pembroke. The team is undefeated in IGSSA matches over the past two seasons. Congratulations to the 9A team:

• Jazz Mckay
• Sophia Edwards
• Eliza Maloney
• Harriet Robertson
• Milla Liptak
• Amahli Siebum
• Tahli Charles
• Siobn Hayman
• Leila Mislov
• Emily Mableson

Our Year 8A Netball team defeated Scotch. Congratulations to the 8A team:

• Ella Jones
• Olivia Sterry
• Darcy May-Martin
• Maggie Taplin
• Anna Goad
• Abbie Cross
• Millie Sposato
• Adelle Parkinson-Need
• Elise Campbell

We acknowledge the Most Valuable Players for our Senior ‘A’ teams in winter sports:

• Senior Badminton – Tami Nguyen
• Open A Basketball – Taylor Goad
• 1^st XVIII Football Best & Fairest – Anders McShane
• Senior A Girls Football – Lainey Pratt
• Open A Netball – Kayla Graham
• 1^st XI Soccer – Josh Rycroft
• Senior Girls’ Soccer – Zara Chowdhury