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GSMC past pupils and current teaching staff Matthew Spina and Cassy Venturato with 2026 Confro and QISSN players Connor Matsen and Louise Kaurila. Photo supplied
Gilroy Santa Maria College past students will gather on the Chapel lawn this month to celebrate the College’s rich sports history at an inaugural Alumni event.
Locals who donned the blue and gold at the Confraternity & QISSN Carnivals during their GSMC days, are invited back to the College for the inaugural Alumni event on Thursday 25th June.
While there will be decades of memories to recall, the spotlight will also be on the current College players preparing for the yearly pilgrimage to both carnivals, with a presentation of the 2026 playing squads made to the crowd in attendance.
GSMC has proudly competed in the annual Confraternity Carnival for the past 30 years, building on a legacy of rugby league at the college that stretches back to the late 1940s. The Confraternity Carnival is now the largest school rugby league carnival in Australia with well over 60 schools involved and countless players recruited for higher honours, with only Gilroy Santa Maria College and St Teresa's College representing the Hinchinbrook Shire locally.
GSMC’s involvement in the annual QISSN Carnival is equally impressive with their involvement approaching 25 years and also builds on a long history of netball at the College. Today the QISSN Carnival is the biggest school netball carnival in Australia and only Gilroy Santa Maria College is able to offer this opportunity locally.
Alumni are invited to the Chapel lawn to celebrate their Confro and QISSN days on Thursday 25th, June from 4pm-6:30pm, with tickets still available in the 50/50 “Beyond the Books” fundraiser, which will also be drawn on the night.
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