CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE SPORTS BROOCH
(Margaret) May Hardcastle Sports Brooch: 1929
Designed by a Grammar girl for Grammar girls. Dorothea Stephens designed the brooch in 1917 and won the School competition for its design; a competition which was entered by 10 other girls.
The criterion for the brooch in 1917 was to represent the School in three sports and this criterion remains essentially the same today. Isabella Franks Sports Brooch: 2014 & 2015 1923 Molly Pratten wearing sports brooch (Senior Athletics Champion) and Grace Zillman (Junior Athletics Champion)
(Margaret) May Hardcastle Sports Brooch: 1929 Bethany Holt Sports Brooch: 2009 (Front, third from left) The successful recipient will have represented the School in a minimum of three Open or A Division sports and conducted herself with grace, skill, sportsmanship and dependability. Geordan Shannon Sports Brooch: 2002
Recipients from 1917-1942 1917 Essie Wilson 1918 Marjorie Lamb 1919 Hilda Jackson 1920 Margaret Haymen 1921 Jessie Stephenson (5 th Form) 1922 Molly Pratten 1923 Olga Launder 1924 Dorothy Hill 1925 Vera Glassop 1926 Thelma Byerley 1927 Not awarded 1928 Esme Francis 1929 (Margaret) May Hardcastle 1930 Audrey Partridge 1931 Kathleen Dodwell 1932 Elizabeth Vance 1933 Sheila Thompson 1934 Gladys Gray 1935 Gladys Gray 1936 Marjorie Allsop 1937 Marjorie Allsop and Mary Betty Mapleston (aeq) 1938 Not awarded 1939 Alda Toni 1940 Joan Speed 1941 Margaret Hynd 1942 Margaret Hynd and Enid Richardson (aeq)
Recipients from 1943-1965 Valerie Hodgson (nee Sneyd) Sports Brooch: 1943 First from left 1943 Valerie Sneyd 1944 Lois Freeman 1945 Lois Freeman 1946 Eunice Carter 1947 Dell Croker 1948 Barbara Parker 1949 Elizabeth Marks 1950 Elizabeth Marks 1951 Not awarded 1952 Not awarded 1953 Jill Malouf 1954 to 1964 Not awarded 1965 Diane Allman 1966 to 1970 Not awarded Lois Perry (nee Freeman) Sports Brooch: 1944 & 1945 Third from right Diane Potter (nee Allman) Sports Brooch: 1965 Back Left
In 1971 the brooch was changed from its original art deco design of a circular centre of royal blue enamel with BGGS gold lettering and gold sides extending out each side to points, to a circular medal of royal blue enamel with Sports Brooch lettering, set on a sterling silver bar. It is assumed that this change occurred due to a combination of a four-year lapse of the presentation of the brooch, the cost of producing this beautiful prize, and perhaps an ignorance of the original design. Harvey-Short, P (2011): To Become Fine Sportswomen
Recipients from 1971-1998 Unfortunately although the criteria were well documented, the design of the actual brooch wasn t and was lost in the years between 1965 and 1971 when a new design was submitted. 1971 Jane Allen 1972 to 1976 Not awarded 1977 Rosemary Shaw 1978 Not awarded 1979 Not awarded 1980 Amanda Leeson 1981 Not awarded 1982 Suzanne White 1983 Kylie Yule 1984 Kylie Yule 1985 Bronwyn McMillan 1986 Salliann Johnson 1987 Kirsten Moore 1988 Kirsten Moore 1989 Kirsten Moore 1990 Danielle Taylor 1991 Danielle Taylor 1992 Meredith Bochmann 1993 Meredith Bochmann 1994 Bridie Potter 1995 Isobel Davies 1996 Kelly Jeppesen 1997 Deborah Lauritz 1998 Sarah Estwick
Sallianne Powell (nee Johnson) Sports Brooch: 1986 Kylie Yule Moses (nee Yule) Sports Brooch: 1983 & 1984 First from left Rosie Harm (nee Shaw) Sports Brooch: 1977 Fourth from left Kelly Jeppeson Sports Brooch: 1996 Bronwyn McMillan Sports Brooch: 1985
Three-time Sports Brooch recipient: Kirsten Moore 1987, 1988, 1989
Isabella Franks Sports Brooch 2014
The Sports Brooch represents many things and purposes: It celebrates excellence It acknowledges talent, effort, and the allrounder It communicates the importance sport holds within the School and in women s lives. (Pauline Harvey-Short, 2011) 1999 Carly Cronin 2000 Jessica Moles 2001 Geordie Shannon and Helen North 2002 Geordie Shannon 2003 Kirby Short 2004 Laura Kidd 2005 Natalie Davies 2006 Sally Farquhar 2007 Sarah Wilson 2008 Bethany Holt 2009 Ashleigh Capell 2010 Christie Molloy 2011 Christie Molloy 2012 Christie Molloy 2013 Emily Poole 2014 Isabella Franks 2015 Isabella Franks 2016 Kate Morrison
Carly Miller (nee Cronin) Sports Brooch: 1999
Kirby Short Sports Brooch: 2003
Sally Farquhar Sports Brooch: 2006 Natalie Davies, Sally Farquhar & Emily Young
Ashleigh Capell Sports Brooch: 2009
Three-time Sports Brooch recipient: Christie Molloy 2010, 2011, 2012
Emily Poole Sports Brooch: 2013
Kate Morrison Sports Brooch: 2016
Excerpts from Sportswomen of Excellence Celebration Pauline Harvey-Short, 2012: It is a predictor of things to come or is it of the 80 senior athletes who are listed on our Honour board as representing Australia, 6 are Sports brooch winners (May Hardcastle; Kirsten Moore; Meredith Bochmann; Amanda Leeson; Carly Cronin; Helen North) Recipients of this most prestigious award embody commitment; hard work; talent; determination; competitiveness and teamwork. Perhaps it (the Sports Brooch) acts more as a motivator or stimulus to our athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to embrace our School motto of Nil sine labore. It creates role models. I remember having a conversation with Sarah Estwick in Year 10 in 1996. In our PE class she said to me that she was determined to have her name on the Sports Brooch Honour board. I was staggered and impressed that a Yr 10 would voice such a challenging goal but if you look at 1998 on the board, you will see she was successful.
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE SPORTS BROOCH