The Olympics are well underway in PyeongChang with the Australian contingent poised for some standout performances on the world’s greatest sporting stage. Located in the NSW Snowy Mountains, with some of the nation’s best and largest ski fields on our doorstep (Perisher and Thredbo resorts), Snowy Mountains Grammar School students have unsurpassed opportunities to immerse [...]
On Tuesday, 12th December, the first round of applications for the 2018 SMGS ESA program will open. Entering its third year, the ESA program will continue to work on providing the highest level of academic, pastoral and logistical support to its snowsports athletes who are at levels 2, 3 and 4 in the pre-elite category [...]
On Thursday, 14 September, SMGS held its annual Snowsports Presentation Night at Rydges Horizons in Jindabyne. National team member participation certificates were handed out, as well as ASSSTCs team medals, Interschools all-rounder medals, best-in-discipline awards, and ESA awards, as well as our perpetual shields: -The Bentley and Talia Major Award for Outstanding Interschools Performance -The [...]
Last week SMGS capped off a fantastic snowsports season at the 2017 Subaru Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships at Mt Buller, Victoria. Thanks to Mother Nature, Mt Buller was transformed into a winter wonderland, a welcome surprise for the SMGS team, which comprised 231 race entries, 102 participants and 82 teams, the largest number we have ever sent [...]
Twenty-one years ago, Snowy Mountains Grammar School set out to offer a diverse range of opportunities, leading to the development of outstanding citizens equipped for an ever-changing world. Fast forward to 2017 and the school’s founders’ vision has become a reality. We have, indeed, prepared our students for current and future global communities where emerging [...]
So, you have made it to your first NSW State Interschools competition. Congratulations, and get ready for a week of fun skiing and snowboarding in one of the most majestic places in Australia - the beautiful Snowy Mountains! You know the Perisher Resort race crews will set up the race courses to perfection, your team [...]
The three days of the ACT & Southern NSW Interschools Championships, held at Perisher Resort over July 26-28, saw Snowy Mountains Grammar School send its biggest team to date, with 126 students competing. This is close to 50% of our 2017 Term 3 student body. In addition to some amazing results and performances from all [...]
Last week, our school competed in the Australian Secondary Schools Ski Team Championships (ASSSTCs). I first entered our school in the competition some sixteen years ago. Â Since then we have been successful in bringing home the overall trophy on fifteen occasions. This year, thanks to Mother Nature, Falls Creek Resort welcomed athletes with fresh snow [...]
SMGS snowsports athletes returned to Thredbo today to take on the Redlands Cup. With a few early season events now in the books, many of our athletes are starting to find their form. The Redlands Cup is the first whole of school event on the 2017 snowsports calendar. Our Div 4, 5 and 6 athletes [...]
SMGS snowsports athletes were back in action today at Perisher Resort for the 2017 Scots Race. Front Valley was a piste of excitement as competitors were greeted by a layer of much needed fresh snow. The flurries continued throughout the day with winds picking up mid-morning making visibility a challenge for all competitors. Despite the [...]
