November 14, 2015
The 2015 annual awards presentation night at St Mary’s Catholic College was full of smiles and applause but it was also tinged with sadness … it will be the last in Kingaroy for popular school principal Michael Nayler.
In his address to the packed Maryknoll Centre, Mr Nayler admitted he was sad to be leaving but was also looking forward to being back with his family; he has been working away from home for the past four years.
He said he had originally come to St Mary’s to say “thank you” to former Kingaroy parish priest Fr Kevin Ryan, who had taught him as a Year 9 student about working with the poor and marginalised.
The late Fr Kev had taken him from barbecues with the elderly, visiting mental health facilities to working with Vietnamese refugees and the homeless.
“These experiences had a profound impact on my life, and took me from a typically self-absorbed teenager to a young adult with a passion for justice and a deep faith,” Mr Nayler said.
“This is what sparked my own passion for working with the poor and marginalised and is the reason why I have pushed our St Mary’s students and staff to work with the elderly and the poor and homeless at events like our community barbecue in Kingaroy and at our street retreats in Brisbane.
“In later years when my wife and I visited Fr Kev here in Kingaroy I was struck that his presbytery was open at all hours for struggling families, young people and adults who would come for a coffee or a meal.
“I hope that I have at least in part paid Fr Kev back for his gift to me. Certainly, my time here at St Mary’s has been a great joy and a great gift to me.
“I cannot thank this wonderful St Mary’s community enough for your support and kindness.”
Mr Nayler said he was extremely confident that St Mary’s Catholic College would be in good hands with the incoming principal, Mrs Angela Myles, who will take over in 2016.
Mrs Myles had been working at Shalom College in Bundaberg for the past 13 years and has been Deputy Principal there for the past five years.
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Guest Speaker – Tessa Carty
Guest speaker for the awards night was former St Mary’s student Tessa Carty, 20, who has her eyes set on representing Australia in rowing at the next Olympics.
Tessa attended the College from 2000 to 2010. She then moved to Bundaberg with her family in 2011 where she was identified by Rowing Australia in 2012 as a potential champion rower.
She has since represented Australia twice at the Under 23 world championships and this year claimed silver in the women’s squad at the event.
Tessa answered the question that everyone always asks her: ‘Why do I get up at 5:00am every morning to row?” The answer: “Because I genuinely love the sport”.
She admits that she was first tapped on the shoulder because of her height (185cm) and at the time she was much more comfortable in a dancing class than a gym.
“But in a moment my dreams changed from Broadway to competing at the Olympics!” she said.
“Rowing is a sport where height is a great advantage.”
In 2012, she won her first medal at the Queensland State Championships. She was then invited to start training at the Queensland Academy of Sport.
In just over 18 months she has been selected in two Australian teams and won a medal at the U23 world championships in Bulgaria.
“I still have a long way to go but I can’t wait for the 2016 season to begin,” she said.
“Three years ago I had no idea I would be here now; I have no idea where I will be in another three years.”
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Major Awards
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Prep To Year 12 Awards
NB. Not all students were present on the night and names are not in photographic order
Prep A: Manu Attanayaka (Christian Living Award), Michael Barbeler, Chace Burnage (Carroll Award for Diligence), Bianca Burr (Excellence in English, Mathematics, History, Geography, Science & Religion), Whyatt Carpenter, Christopher Davis, Corey Eckart, Dean Garner. Aidan Garner, Charlotte Greenslade, Reece Hartman, Coby Murnane, Amelia Somers, Shakira Southey (5 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion), Ivy Sparrow, Jye Walters (5 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion), Hayden Walters, Oliver Westwood and Emily Wheeler
Prep B: Natalie Andersson, Rebecca Black, Carter Bradford, Sierra Broad, Tayla Conway, Jayden Day, Sophia Downey, Malakai Ewing, Tyson Hadley (Carroll Award for Diligence), Poppy Jeffs (Christian Living Award), Zavier Labuschewski, Ella Langley, Timothy Magee, James McCarthy, Lucas Mungall (Excellence in English, Mathematics, Science & Religion), Jacob Pomerenke, Parker Simpson, Lochlan Stephen, Jackson Yench and Mitchell Zischke
Year 1: Amelia Broderick (Carroll Award for Diligence), Shayla Cridge (Christian Living Award), Lana O’Callaghan (6 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion), Rory O’Connor (Excellence in Mathematics), Saxon Sparrow (Excellence in English) and Darcy Williamson (6 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion)
Year 2: Sienna Andrewartha (Carroll Award for Diligence), Luke Green (8 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion & Credit in ICAS Science), Dekota Hetherington (7 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion), Zoe Hoare (Excellence in Mathematics and Science, Credit in ICAS English & Science), Hamish Mungall (Merit in ICAS English, Credit in ICAS Mathematics & Distinction in ICAS Science). Josie Perrett (7 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion) and Noah Walters (Christian Living Award)
Year 3 (above): Evie Corbet (Credit in ICAS Mathematics), Minnie Martoo (Carroll Award for Diligence), Molly McDonald (Excellence in English, Mathematics, History, Geography, Science and Religion & Christian Living Award), Hannah Reeve (Excellence in English, Mathematics, History, Geography, Science & Religion), Bridget Trebbin (8 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion) and Massimo Villani (Credit in ICAS Mathematics)
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Year 3/4 (right): Lily Bredhauer (9 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion), Thomas Currin (Excellence in Mathematics, 9 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion & Carroll Award for Diligence) and Keli-Vanua Law-Palm (Christian Living Award)
Year 4: Samuel Erwin (Merit in ICAS Digital Technologies, Credit in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS English & Credit in ICAS Spelling), Riley Hislop (Credit in ICAS English, Credit in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS Spelling, Credit in ICAS Digital Technologies & Distinction in ICAS Mathematics), Adrienne Howard (Carroll Award for Diligence & 10 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion), Samuel Perrett (Christian Living Award), Faiza Tabassum (Excellence in English, Mathematics, History, Geography, Science & Religion) and Lilly Weier (10 Years Girls Athletics Age Champion)
Year 5: Savinu Attanayaka (Merit in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS Mathematics, Credit in ICAS Spelling & Distinction in ICAS English), Emily-Rose Clancy (Distinction in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS Spelling, Credit in ICAS Digital Technologies, Credit in ICAS English, Merit in ICAS Mathematics & Merit in ICAS Writing), Aidan Davis (10 Years Boys Swimming Age Champion), Louisa Frahm (Carroll Award for Diligence & 10 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion), Ned Madden (11 Years Boys Swimming Age Champion & 11 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion), Ryan Maudsley (Merit in ICAS Spelling, Credit in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS Digital Technologies & Distinction in ICAS Mathematics), Harrison Neal (10 Years Boys Athletics Age Champion) and Abby Perrett (Excellence in English, History, Geography and Science & Christian Living Award)
Year 5/6: Skye Bleney (Excellence in English and Science & Christian Living Award), Blake Rowe-Lobegeiger (11 Years Boys Athletics Age Champion), Khyla Thompson (Excellence in English & Science) and Jorja Thorne (Carroll Award for Diligence)
Year 6: Caitlyn Carney (Christian Living Award), Josee Currin (Excellence in English & 12 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion), Ethan Gates (12 Year Boys Cross Country & Athletics Age Champion), Rahni Lucas (12 Years Girls Athletics Age Champion), Leonard Potgieter (Excellence in History and Geography & 12 Years Boys Swimming Age Champion), Bridget Reeve (Credit in ICAS English), Lannah Sowden (11 Years Girls Swimming, Cross Country & Athletics Age Champion) and Jolleen Walker (Carroll Award for Diligence)
Year 7: Jim Corbet (Excellence in Technology, Mathematics and Music & Credit in ICAS Mathematics), Jorja Curran (Excellence in Visual Art & Religious Education), Harry Flynn (Excellence in Technology), Elke Frecklington (Excellence in Religious Education, History, Drama, Visual Art, Science & Technology), Alexander Hislop (Excellence in Technology, Science, Music and Mathematics, Credit in ICAS Digital Technologies, Credit in ICAS English, Credit in ICAS Mathematics & Distinction in ICAS Science), Kathleen Janz (Excellence in Mathematics), Andrew Kemp (Excellence in Technology), Caitlin Lang (Excellence in Religious Education, History, Indonesian, English, Drama, Mathematics and Home Economics, Merit in ICAS Science, Credit in ICAS Digital Technologies, Credit in ICAS Writing, Distinction in ICAS English, Distinction in ICAS Spelling & Distinction in ICAS Mathematics), Nicholas McIvor (Excellence in History and Mathematics, Merit in ICAS Writing & Distinction in ICAS Science), Trinity Miller (Excellence in Music), Cory Neal (Excellence in Science), Madeleine Rackemann (Excellence in Music & 13 Years Girls Athletics Age Champion), Raya Shedden (Excellence in Visual Art), Jordyn Soley (Excellence in Home Economics), Rehnuma Tarannum (Excellence in Geography, History, Indonesian and Religious Education & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Elizabeth Watson (Excellence in Religious Education, Science and Home Economics & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Sophie Weier (Excellence in Technology), Meg Wernecke (Excellence in English & Science), Lateisha Wilkins (13 Years Girls Cross Country Age Champion) and Brianna Yeats (Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee)
Year 8: Stephanie Arrell (Excellence in History and Science & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Lauchlan Beutel (13 Years Boys Swimming & Cross Country Age Champion), Emily Brooks (Excellence in Music), Justin Bunker (Excellence in Drama, Science & Mathematics), Harry Burt (Excellence in Science, Music and Mathematics & 13 Years Boys Athletics Age Champion), Emma Cran (Excellence in English, Religious Education, Indonesian, Visual Art, Science and Mathematics & 13 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion, Madison Crane (Excellence in English, Religious Education, History, Indonesian, Drama, Visual Art, Science and Mathematics & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Francis Hobbs (Excellence in Mathematics), Charlotte Piper (Excellence in History) and Harold Reeve (Excellence in Science)
Year 9: James Brimblecombe (Excellence in Graphics), Lleyton Brown (Excellence in Geography, English and Mathematics & 14 Years Boys Cross Country Age Champion), Ernest Corbet (Merit in ICAS Mathematics), Annabelle Dennien (Excellence in Dance), Matthew Geary (14 Years Boys Swimming & Athletics Age Champion), Katie Hayden (Excellence in Dance), Anekah Hinchliff (Excellence in Dance & Music), Renee Irvine (14 Years Girls Cross Country & Athletics Age Champion), Alexandra Kelly (Excellence in Geography), Kyara Lillico (Excellence in Dance), Harrison Lucas (Excellence in Science), Bridget McDonald (Excellence in Home Economics, Dance, Visual Art, Science, Religious Education and Mathematics & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Grace McFarlane (Excellence in Drama), Deidre Murray (14 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion), Ronan O’Sullivan (Excellence in History, Geography & Graphics), Lydia Penny (Excellence in Visual Art & Music), Natalie Piper (Excellence in Science), Candice Pratt (Excellence in Dance & Visual Art), Aiden Raabe (Excellence in Mathematics, Industrial Graphics and Design & Graphics), Catherine Trebbin (Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Rhiannon Warren (Excellence in Industrial Graphics and Design) and Connie Wilson (Excellence in Music)
Year 10: Kate-Lynn Atkinson (Excellence in History & Business), Jessica Barron (Excellence in Industrial Graphics and Design & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Todd Binding (Excellence in Mathematics & Science), Pacey Clegg (15 Years Boys Athletics Age Champion), Alexander Dunemann (15 Years Boys Swimming Age Champion), Olivia Frahm (Excellence in Business & 15 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion), Jared Gossow (Excellence in Graphics), Christopher Janz (Excellence in Science, Mathematics & English), Samuel McIvor (Excellence in English, Science, Religious Education and Mathematics & Merit in ICAS Science), Sajeewa Ranasinghe (Excellence in History, Dance, Drama, Science and Graphics & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Georgia Reeve (Excellence in Mathematics, English, Geography, History, Science and Business & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee), Joshua Soley (Excellence in Science, Religious Education, Industrial Graphics and Design, Mathematics & Graphics), Robert Veivers (Excellence in Mathematics & Industrial Graphics and Design) and Tahlia Yesberg (15 Years Girls Cross Country & Athletics Age Champion)
Year 11: Caylan Brown (Excellence in Mathematics), Alexander Firman (Excellence in Mathematics B, Mathematics C, English, Physics & Physical Education), Sarah Haack (16 Years Girls Swimming Age Champion), Jackson Kelly (Certificate I in Furnishing), Jackson Lucas (Certificate I in Furnishing), Brayden Merton (Excellence in English), Rahab Murray (Open Girls Swimming & Athletics Age Champion), Matthew Patroni (16 Years Boys Cross Country & Open Boys Athletics Age Champion), Thomas Schmidhauser (Excellence in Mathematics & 16 Years Boys Swimming Age Champion) and Kiara Wright (16 Years Girls Cross Country & Open Years Girls Athletics Age Champion)
Year 12: Bridget Barkle (Excellence in Biology), Richelle Bethke (Open Girls Cross Country Age Champion), Rachel Davis (Excellence in Mathematics A), Hannah Depper (Excellence in Biology & Mathematics A), Nathan Dolan (Open Boys Swimming Age Champion), Kyle Raabe (Excellence in Mathematics B, Mathematics C, Physics and Chemistry & Credit in ICAS Mathematics), Kimberley Ross (Excellence in Religion and Ethics and English Communication & Carroll Award for Diligence Nominee) and Hayden Yesberg (Open Boys Cross Country and Athletics Age Champion)
