Assumption College Warwick eNewsletter

Sports News

Written by Mr Tom Duggan, Sports Program Leader

Bronco's Cup

On Thursday 29 May, our Netball and Rugby League teams competed in Warwick for the final round of the Broncos Cup Competition.

Netball

Our A Grade emerged victorious and had the opportunity to take a photo with Broncos' representatives.

We are proud to announce that 'The Player of the Final' was Layla Murphy.

Rugby League

Our B Grade secured the win and also got to take a photo with Broncos' representatives.

We would like to congratulate 'Player of the Match' Noah Locke, pictured with Broncos' NRLW coach, Scott Prince.

Congratulations to all the players in each grade for their fantastic efforts throughout the competition!

Senior Girls Rugby League Team Shines at Emily Bass Cup

On Monday 9 June 2025, our Senior Girls Rugby League team competed at the Emily Bass Cup hosted by Scots PGC. The team played two games against Scots PGC and showcased their skills and teamwork.

In the first fixture, the ACW team had a stellar performance. Suzie Spiller was unstoppable, scoring 5 tries! Katelyn Fischer, Lily Bennet, and Caitlyn Rhodes also had strong games, scoring tries and assisting others. Abby Hammond was very strong in defence.

In the second game, the ACW team continued their impressive form. Natalie Heinemann and Suzie Spiller displayed exceptional running games, breaking through the defensive line to score some fantastic runaway tries. The team’s defence was solid, keeping Scots PGC scoreless. The game ended early due to an unfortunate injury to an opposing player, with the score at 36-0 in favour of Assumption.

Congratulations to Suzie Spiller, who was awarded Player of The Carnival!

QRSS Girls Rugby 7s State Championships 2025

Abby Hammond has recently competed at the Queensland Representative School Sports (QRSS) Girls Rugby 7s State Championship. Mr Andre Boon one of our fabulous PE Teachers has also been in attendance as one of the coaching staff of the Metropolitan East team.

Abby competed in the 17-18 years girls category over 3 days days at Highfields Sport and Recreation Park. We congratulate Abby on a fabulous 3 days of competition! You did Assumption College proud.

2025 Assumption College Athletics Carnival

Our Interhouse Athletics Carnival was held on Wednesday 25 June and Thursday 26 June 2025, and what a fantastic event it was! The atmosphere was electric, and it was wonderful to see so many students getting involved, showing great sportsmanship, and having fun.

We would like to congratulate all students for their enthusiastic participation and effort across all events. Your energy and team spirit truly made the carnival a memorable one!

Special congratulations to McAuley House, our overall winner!

We would also like to congratulate our Age Champions and Runner Up Age Chamions.

Confraternity Carnival 2025

Over the holidays, the ACW Open Boys Rugby League Team travelled to Rockhampton to compete in the 2025 Confraternity Carnival. This year marked 25yrs since ACW debuted at Confraternity with our first ever appearance being in the year 2000. The team had a good preparation leading into the Confraternity Carnival through the Darling Downs Jonathon Thurston Cup Fixtures. The team kicked off the Carnival with a grueling game against Marist College Emerald which ended as a 12-12 draw. Patrick Denny was the standout player in this game scoring both of Assumption’s tries. The boys finished Day 1 with a strong and convincing win against St Thomas Moore’s College Sunnybank 26-6 with Cohen Davis leading the way through his defense.

Day 2 proved to be a difficult day for the team as they played the Runners up team Villanova College which ended in a 32-4 loss. Our co-captain Riley Wainwright was a standout player in this game. Later on Day 2 we came up against Holy Spirit College who proved too good for our boys as they suffered another tough loss 28-8. Riley Wainwright and Caleb Brownlie were 2 of our best in this fixture.

The team enjoyed a much needed rest on Day 3 with a trip to the beach and 9 holes on the golf course. On Day 4, the team were refreshed and put together a strong performance to defeat St Joseph’s College Toowoomba 30-4 with Riley Bacon being a stand out player through his high work rate in attack and defense.

On Day 5, the team came up against a strong Columba College in the play off for 6th place in the Bowl Division. Unfortunately Columba were too good for us as we had a 14-0 loss. Aiden Byrne was a standout player in this game.

Overall the team finished 16th in Div 2 and 7th in our Bowl conference. Special congratulations to Riley Wainwright who was awarded the Team Spirit of Confraternity medal and Paddy Denny who was awarded the Team Best and Fairest medal.

Gladly, the playing season is not over for our Open Boys Rugby League team, as they now prepare for the Jonathon Thurston DD Schoolboy Cup Grand Final against Lockyer District SHS on Wednesday 23rd July. Assumption College has only ever featured in one of these grand finals back in 2023 and this team was successful in winning that premiership. Our 2025 team is hopeful that they can replicate the efforts of our 2023 premiership team. The grand final kicks off at 7:30pm in Highfields on Wednesday night. Best of luck team.

QISSN Carnival 2025

The ACW QISSN team travelled to Bundaberg in the first Week of the Term 2 School Holidays to compete at the 2025 QISSN Carnival hosted by Shalom College. The girls started the week off with a stylish win against Trinity College 25-17. This game was followed with a narrow loss to Emmaus College, Jimboomba 19-11. Olivia Groves was a standout player in both of these games through her extreme work rate.

On day 2, the team came up against St Lukes Anglican School which resulted in a 17-17 draw with Allivia Hallman being recognised as the most valuable player in this game through her defensive efforts. Unfortunately the remaining results on Day 2 were not in ACW’s favour as the team went down to St Teresa’s College in a tough game 18-14. Olivia Groves was once again recognised as the most valuable player in this tough fixture. And later the team went down against St John Fischer College 22-11 with Imogen Fox being a standout defensive player in this game.

Day 3 was another grueling day of fixtures for the ACW team as they come up against some very tough opposition. Ryan Catholic College proved to be to strong defeating ACW 31-11 in the morning despite Olivia Groves again doing her best for the team and being a standout player to continue her week. Later on Day 3 the team was defeated by St Andrews Lutheran College 26-12 with Imogen Fox nullifying the oppositions points through her strong defense yet again.

On Day 4, the ACW Team bounced back into form for finals and defeated Our Lady of the Southern Cross Dalby 23-20 in a very close game. The entire team showed a never give up attitude led by co-captain Imogen Fox once again. Later on Day 4 ACW was defeated by Emmaus College Jimboomba 23-15 in a rough game but credit to Tilly Lever for her efforts in the center of the court throughout this game.

To finalise the week, the ACW team finished their campaign in style defeating Mt Maria College 24-15 in what was described as an incredible team performance led by Olivia Groves that was also awarded the teams Most Valuable Player for the entire week.

Well done to the team and special thank you to Coach Lexie Lever for volunteering her own time throughout the past 6 months and Mrs Theresa Bourke for stepping in as the team manager.

THANK YOU TO OUR

SPONSORS

We are immensely grateful to our sponsors for their generous support of the Assumption College 2025 QISSN and Confraternity Teams. Without their support, this trip would not have been possible.