Last weekend, four students from the College competed at the High School Percentile Cup Campdraft which was hosted by St Margaret's Anglican Girls School and held at Pittsworth Showgrounds.

This event is very unique in that it is specifically for children to compete in as teams and this year attracted almost 200 competitors from across Queensland and New South Wales.

Hugh Gleeson, Hayden Doherty, Sam Welsh and Darby Ryan made up one of the smallest teams in the competition and together they proved that a small team was capable of posting great scores. They ended up placing 16th out of 26 teams beating bigger schools such as Scots, Warwick and Downlands along the way. 

During the grand entry at the commencement of competition, all the teams entered with their school flags, singing the National Anthem and despite campdrafting usually being a very individual sport, the riders were all able to capture a sense of pride in being part of a team and representing their respective schools as well.

Darby and Sam were supportive of their younger team mates, helping them to pick cattle with both Hayden and Hugh growing in confidence throughout the competition. Hayden was able to post his first full course score in a campdraft while Darby took out equal first in the cut out on both days but narrowly missing out on the top 20 final. All four boys posted scores outside the camp.