Barry House Sport

We congratulate our many Barry House GPS rowers who enjoyed such great success in the Head of the River this year. Led by Captain of Boats, Max Pearce’s 1^st VIII won a thrilling race. Nick Halliday and Henry Murray rowed magnificently in the 2^nd IV’s second place, while Charlie Clift’s 3^rd IV and Oscar Crookes’ 3^rd VIII enjoyed tremendous victories. Our champion coaches, Ms Wickenden (1st Junior VIII) and Mr Jenkins (2nd VIII) also enjoyed outstanding wins on the day. Congratulations!

In Swimming, Oliver Spanton captained the Shore Swim team to an outstanding 2^nd place in the Senior GPS competition, amazing when you consider that Shore has no swimming pool. Oliver finished on the podium in the 50m Freestyle Division, 4x50m medley and freestyle relays, 50m Backstroke Division and 100m Freestyle. Oliver has also been selected in the 2019 AAGPS team for six events, and on Saturday, April 7, he swam in the winning Senior relay team at the Balmoral Swim for Cancer!

In Athletics, Henry Murray ran a sensational race in the 100m Hurdles at the Nationals, winning until the final hurdle before clipping it and falling, finishing in 4^th place. Nonetheless, he still managed a PB time! Congratulations, Henry! Many boys also rose early to run 1500m and 3000m events on School Oval in Weeks 10, earning important points for the Carnival points score. The Junior Tug of War were outstanding in getting to the quarter finals, while the Seniors went all the way to the semi’s, defeated by Ms Wickenden’s Burrell House.