TAS and Co-Curricular Sport
Canterbury is a member of The Associated Schools (TAS) sporting competition.
TAS is the leading coeducational sporting competition in South East Queensland, featuring eight highly competitive and enthusiastic co-educational sporting schools from around greater Brisbane.
Matches are played on Saturday mornings across a schedule of locations, with training before or after school during the week at Canterbury.
The seasons are broken into three Trimesters:
| Trimester 1 | Trimester 2 | Trimester 3 | |
| Boys | Cricket and Volleyball | Rugby and Tennis | Basketball and Football |
| Girls | Basketball, Football and Tennis | Hockey and Netball | Touch and Volleyball |
| Carnivals | Swimming | Cross Country | Athletics |
In addition to TAS Sport, Canterbury enters teams into major statewide competitions such as Vicki Wilson and QISSN Netball, Qld All Schools Touch, Champion Basketball School of Queensland, Uhlsport Cup Football, Schools Cup Volleyball, South East Queensland Futsal and Nitro Athletics competitions.
Junior School Sport
The motto which underpins all sport in the Junior School is ‘win well, lose well and be gracious’.
Students in Years 4 – 6 have the opportunity to participate in the Junior TAS Competition. Matches are played on Saturday mornings. Training sessions are held both before and after school.
Junior TAS sports are broken into four terms, with both boys and girls being able to play in mixed teams.
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
| Cricket and Hockey | Rugby and Netball | Basketball and Football | AFL, Touch Football and Tennis |
| Swimming Carnival | Cross Country Carnival | Athletics Carnival |
For students in Prep – Year 3, user pay programs run both before and after school and align with Junior TAS Sports:
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
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| Boys and Girls
Prep – Year 3 |
Woolworths Cricket Blast
Years 1 – 3 |
Rookies to Reds Rugby Union and Net Set Go Netball | Basketball and Mini Kickers Football | Auskick AFL, Hook in 2 Hockey and Woolworths Cricket Blast (Prep Only) |
Sport
Canterbury College offers a diverse Sport program in which all students from Prep onwards are encouraged to participate.
Children from Prep to Year 3 can join in development pathway programs, and students from Year 4 onwards train for and play in interschool competition.
The College is a member of both The Associated Schools (TAS) for Years 7 – 12 and Junior The Associated Schools (JTAS) for Years 4 – 6 interschool sporting competitions which stage a wide variety of team sports throughout each year. Canterbury teams also compete in a number of state and national wide competitions. Our teams are coached by experienced and qualified coaches.
The extensive selection of sports is played in state-of-the-art facilities within a supportive environment, and coaching expertise is drawn from internal and external sources.
The College also supports and encourages students to pursue representative opportunities where they progress from school representation or teams through to Pacific District and South Coast Regional teams and on to Queensland and National honours.
