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Gymnastic Stars on the World Stage

Queen Margaret College girls' Georgia Crawford (Year 10) and Jayde Maguire (Year 10) have returned from Hawaii with suitcases full of medals and trophies after a sixteen day trip of training, competing and sightseeing.

Following the New Zealand ‘Gymsports National Championships held in Timaru in October 2011, both Georgia and Jayde were selected for a Level 8-10 New Zealand representative team to travel to the United States of America in January 2012. The girls recently returned from this trip where they competed as part of the New Zealand team in two gymnastics competitions achieving amazing results.

The first competition ‘Aloha gymfest' saw the girls up against gymnasts from USA, Hawaii, Japan, Guam, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Jayde came first overall in the 13 year old category and Georgia came third overall for the 14 year old category. Between competitions Jayde celebrated her 14th birthday, which meant that in the second competition Jayde and Georgia were both competing in the 14 year old category at ‘Gymnastics in Paradise'. Jayde placed first and Georgia second, while their NZ level 7 team was placed second! They also received medals for apparatus placing.

Both girls have worked hard training sixteen hours a week. Needless to say, they are delighted with their results. Between training sessions and competing, the girls visited Pearl Harbour and the Dole plantation, enjoyed a luau (an Hawaiian feast) and finished their trip with ‘Wet and Wild' and snorkelling.

Both Georgia and Jayde will be aiming during this year to qualify for the national team again. They will need to gain qualifying marks at competitions during the year to compete at nationals, which is where they can qualify for the New Zealand team.

Tennis Champ Bridget Liddell Launches into 2012

On the back of an incredible 2011 Queen Margaret College student, Bridget Liddell, is already making waves in 2012. It is just January and she has won the titles of 16 and Under 2012 NZ Tennis Championships, singles and doubles held last week in Blenheim.

Towards the end of last year Bridget was selected into the New Zealand U18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Oceania Team where she made the quarter finals of the ITF Singles event in New Caledonia. Bridget now has a world ranking just outside the top 1000 in the U18 Singles.

Bridget is looking improve her world ranking over the coming year and has plenty of chances with ITF tournaments (18 and under) in Australia, Fiji and New Caledonia as well as 5 in NZ.
Bridget Liddell is just 16 and has an extensive resume of achievements in tennis; including being named 2011 College Sport Wellington Senior Tennis Champion and Sportswoman of the Year at QMC.

IB Diploma Students 100% pass rate

Congratulations to the Year 13 2011 IB Diploma cohort for achieving a 100% pass rate (World pass rate for 2010 was 78%).

All of the 31 girls who sat the two year qualification were awarded the diploma with two girls, Megan Vincent and Hannah Liddell, gaining 41 and Jessie Lamerton, a score of 40 (a maximum mark is 45). Three other girls, Betty Chung (39) , Victoria Girvan (38) and Kate Arthur (38) also achieved high scores.

The QMC mean score was 32 (World mean in 2010 was 30).

12 girls scored a 7 or a number of 7s (full marks) in a subject and there were 22 7s (full marks) gained in a range of subjects: English, Spanish, Chemistry, Mathematics SL, Mathematical Studies, Geography, Business and Management, Physics, Environmental Systems and Society.

The IB Diploma is marked on a world-wide scale, where each subject is graded from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest possible score) for all six subjects. Marks are also allocated for the 4,000 word Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge. Students must get a total of 24 points and fulfil other criteria in order to receive the IB Diploma.

The marks are internationally moderated so that the same standards apply throughout the world.

*Students with 38+ points usually apply to the world's top 20 universities.

Source: The IB Diploma Programme Statistical Bulletin, May 2010 (May 2011 stats will be available from November 2011)

2011 Senior Scholars - Kate Arthur, Betty Chung, Isla Findlay, Jessie Lamerton and Ruby Tew.