Sporting Greats

General

Full Name

Peter Scott Burge

Known as

Peter

Born

3 July 1974

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1987 - 1991

Sports

Cross - Country

Year 8 (1987) u/13 age champion

Year 9 (1988) u/14 age champion

Cricket

Year 8 (1987) u/13 School team.

Year 9 (1988) u/15 School team.

TGS Merit award for Cricket.

Full Colours (Athletics)

Athletics

Year 8 (1987) u/13 age champion,

Inter Schools – Long Jump 1^st, Discus 2^nd.

Year 9 (1988) u/14 age champion,

Interschools – High Jump 1^st, Discus 1^st Long Jump 2^nd, Triple Jump 2^nd, 200m 2^nd.

Queensland Athletics – 2^nd u/15 Triple Jump.

TGS Merit Award for Athletics.

Year 10 (1988) u/15 age Champion

Athlete of the Carnival

Inter Schools – Long Jump 1^st, Triple Jump 1^st, High Jump 1^st, 4 x 100m relay 1^st.

NQ Athletics.

Year 11 u/15 age Champion

Queensland School u/16 Triple Jump 1^st.

Half Colours (Athletics)

International Athletics Career

Athletics

1992

World u/20 International Championships (Seoul, South Korea)

Triple Jump, 5^th place.

1998

Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Long Jump 1^st place (Gold Medal)

1999

World Championships

(Withdrawn due to injury)

2000

Olympic Games (Sydney)

Long Jump 6^th place

2001

World Indoor Championships (Lisbon, Portugal)

Long Jump 4^th place

World Championships

(Withdrawn due to injury)

Career - coaching

Rugby Union

2003 & 2004

ARU Strength and Conditioning Coach

Australian Football League (AFL)

2004 – 2011

Hawthorne Football Club, Strength and Conditioning Coach

Premiership 2008.

2011 - 2012

St Kilda AFL Club, High Performance Manager

2013 - 2022

Richmond AFL Club, High Performance Manager.

During his time at Richmond, the club won three premierships (2017, 2019 & 2020)

2023 –

Hawthorne AFL Club, High Performance Manager.

Other

We believe that Peter is the only male Track & Field athlete to represent Australia at the Olympics

General

Full Name

Nicholas (Jake) Doran

Known as

Jake

Born

18 July 2000

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

2012 - 2017

Academics

High Achiever – regularly receiving Cum-Laude & Magna Cum Laude Awards.

Cultural

Year 7 & Year 9 (2012 & 2014) High Achiever – Culture Award.

Sports

Rugby

Year 7 (2012) u/12 - Rugby League & Rugby Union

Year 7 & Year 8 (2013 & 2014) Rugby Union

Athletics

Year 9 (2014) King of the Track

Year 9 – 12 (2014 – 2017) Athletics Team.

Year 10 (2015) u/15 – Age Group Champion

Year 10 – Yr 12 (2015 – 2017) Queensland Athletics

Year 11 (2016) King of the Track

Year 11 (2016) School Record, 400m

Year 12 (2017) Australian Athletics

Year 11 & Year 12 (2016/7 season) – Junior Nationals, 10.47

Year 12 (2017) Commonwealth Youth Games (Bahamas), 4x 100m relay, Gold Medal, 100m, 5^th place

Sporting Career

Track & Field

(100m & 200m)

2017

2018 – 100m Australian Junior Record (10.15) – Finland

2018 – IAAF World Junior Championships

2019 - Australian National Championships, Silver Medal 200m

2019 – Oceania Championships, 4x 100m Gold medal,

100m Silver Medal

2022 – Oceania Championships, 100m Gold Medal

Currently Jake still holds the Oceana record in this event.

2022 - Australian National Champion, Silver Medal 200m,

100m

2022 – World Athletics Championships, 100m

2022 – Commonwealth Games, 100m, 200m & relay,

2023 – Australian Athletics Champion for 200m

2023 – World Athletics Championships, 100m

Football (Soccer)

Licenced Football Scout and Opposition analyst (professional Football Scouts Association

Other

Jake was a late athletics bloomer “I only began running track seriously in 2014 when I surprized myself and ran my way from school to the National All-Schools Championship in the 100m”.

Graduated, B.Busi (International Studies) JCU

Follow Jake on Insta @jake_doran

General

Full Name

Josh Hannay

Known as

Josh

Born

11 January, Moranbah.

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1996 & 1997, Boarder from Moranbah on a Cowboy Scholarship.

Sports

Year 12 (1997) House Captain, Miller House.

Year 11 & 12 (1996 & 1997) – Athletics Team

Rugby League

Year 11 (1996) Cowboys, selected to play for the Cowboys aged just 16 years, 185 days, but he was banned by the ARL due to his youth.

Year 12 (1997) 1^st XIII captain

Year 12 (1997) Australian Rugby League, captain

Professional Playing Career

Playing Career

1998, NQ Cowboys

Debut, scored a try in 16 – 15 win.

1998 – 2006, NQ Cowboys

153 games. 49 tries, 343 goals, 882 points

2007, Cronulla Sharks

3 games

2007 – 2009, Celtic Crusaders

44 games, 12 tries, 30 goals, 108 points

2003 – 2006, Queensland

2 games, 4 goals, 8 points

QRL & NRL Coaching Career

2015 – 2017 - Souths Logan Magpies (Head Coach)

2016 & 2017 – Queensland Maroons u/18s (Head Coach)

2018, NQ Cowboys (Assistant Coach)

2018 & 2021 - Queensland Maroons (Assistant Coach)

2021 – Cronulla Sharks (Assistant Coach)

2020, NQ Cowboys

10 games (Interim Head Coach)

2021 & 2023, Cronulla Sharks

20 games (Caretaker Head Coach)

Other

Josh has returned to his alma mater as a guest coach to our junior Rugby Union teams and as a presenter at our Sports Awards evening.

General

Full Name

Stephanie Anna Kershaw

Known as

Steph

Born

19 April 1995

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

2007 - 2012

Academics

High Achiever – Magna Cum Laude Year 7 (2007), Cum Laude Year 8 (2008) & Year 9 (2009)

Cultural

High Achiever – Cultural Award Year 8 (2008), Year 9 (2009)

Sports

Tri - Rep

Year 8 (2008), Year 10 (2010).

Cross- Country

School Team, Year7 (2007), Year 8 (2008), Year 9 (2009).

Year 7 (2007) u/12 age champion.

Year 9 (2009) u/15 age champion.

Athletics

School Team Year 7 (2007), Year 8 (2008), Year 9 (2009).

Year 8 (2008) u/13 400m record.

Year 10 (2010) u/15 age group champion.

Swimming

School Team Year 7 (2007), Year 8 (2008), Year 9 (2009).

Basketball

Year 8 (2008) Jnr Basketball Team

Hockey

Year 9 – Yr 12 (2009 – 2012) Open Girls Hockey.

Year 8 – Year 12 (2008 – 2012) North Queensland Hockey

Year 8 - Year 12 (2008 – 2012) Queensland Hockey

Year 9 – Year 12 (2009 – 2013) Australian Hockey

Middle School Sportswoman of the Year - Year 9 (2009)

Davida Tucker, Sportswoman of the Year – Year 10 (2010), Year 12 (2012).

Principals Award, All-Round Sports Woman of the Year – Year11 (2011).

Whight House Vice-Captain Year12 (2012)

International Career

2015 – 202?

Hockeyroo, 97 goals

2015

National Development Squad

Debut v Korea, Hockeyroo #479

Oceana Cup

2017

Player of the Tournament – Australian Hockey League

Oceana Cup

Runner-up Hockeyroo Player of the Year

2018

Champions Trophy – Gold Medal

Hockey World Cup (semi finalist)

Commonwealth Games (Gold Coast) – Silver Medal

Champions Trophy

2021 (2020)

Olympics (Tokyo)

2022

Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) – Silver medal

Hockey World Cup – Bronze Medal

Other

Steph ruptured her ACL in 2015 & 2019, dashing her goal of representing Australia at the 2016 Olympics and the 2020 Olympics (fortunately for Steph, the 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to COVID and she was selected).

Both Steph’s brother Ryan 12/08 and father attended the QAS Hockey academy.

2024, Steph is enrolled at Curtin University, B. Primary Education.

Married to cricketer, Tim David.

Visited TGS in 2023 and donated a Hockeyroo playing top to the school. It now hangs proudly in the centenary Gymnasium.

Steph is a self-confessed coffee and beach enthusiast; her favourite snack is frozen grapes.

Follow Steph on Instagram – @stephkersh

General

Full Name

Daniel McKellar

Known as

Dan

Born

17 July 1976 in Brisbane.

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1990 – 1993 as boarder from the Burdekin

Cultural

Year 12 (1993) Rugby Choir, Formal Committee.

Sports

Touch Football

Year 9 (1990)

Basketball

Year 12 (1993)

Rugby Union

Year 9 (1990) North Queensland u/14

Year 10 (1991) u/15 TGS RU Captain

Year 11 (1992) 1st XV, Queensland Country u/16, NQ Schools u/16 & NQ u/17.

Year 12 (1993) 1^st XV (captain), Townsville u/19 & Tvl Schools, NQ u/17 & NQ Schools, Queensland u/17 &

Queensland Schools.

Career

Rugby Union (Player)

Souths RUC, 150+games as a loosehead prop. Winners of the Brisbane Premiership in 2000.

2005 – 2006 Queensland Reds Super Rugby squad

Xxx – xxxx RFC (Scotland)

2001 – 2005 Wicklow RFC (Ireland)

Rugby Union (Coach)

2022 – 2005, Wicklow RFC (Ireland) Player/Coach

2007 – Souths, Assistant Coach

2008 – 2010, Souths, Head Coach

2011 – 2012, Tuggeranong Vikings (Canberra) – Back-to-back ACT Premierships.

2013, Red Hurricanes (Japan)

2014 – ACT Brumbies defence & skills Coach

2016, ACT Brumbies Assistant Coach

2018 – 2022, ACT Brumbies Head Coach, Winners of Super AU Series in 2020.

2021 - 2023 Assistant Coach, Wallabies.

2024, Leicester Tigers Head Coach (England)

Other

Dan was introduced to Rugby Union by Bill Muller at Townsville Grammar School.

As a teenager player Dan played 1^st Grade football and was part of the Burdekin Cane Toads Premiership winning team in 1994.

General

Full Name

Gregory John Norman

Known as

Greg

Nickname/s

The Great White Shark

The Shark

Born

10/02/1955, Mount Isa

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1967/68 & 69

Sports

Cricket, Rugby League, AFL, Athletics, Swimming

Career

Golfing Awards

1986/90/95

Arnold Palmer Award

1987

OAM (philanthropic work)

1988

Sport Australia Hall of Fame

1988/90/93/94/95

Byron Nelson Award

1989/90/94

Vardon Award

1992

National Sports Medal

1995

Jack Nicholas Award

1995

PGA Player of the year Award

1998

Honorary PhD (Griffith University)

1999

OA (philanthropic work)

2001

World Gold Hall of Fame

2007

Legend of Australian Sport

2008

Old Tom Morris Award

2008

Charlie Bartlett Award

Business

Arguably the most successful athlete-turned-businessman in the world, Greg Norman is known as much for his entrepreneurial spirit in the boardroom as his dominance on the golf course.

Founded Greg Norman Company in 1993. His company now has numerous diverse business interests, including apparel, wine, golf course design, real estate, wakeboarding complexes, investment, sunglasses and Waigu steak/Australian themed restaurants.

Greg Norman Golf Course Design has created over 100 golf courses worldwide.

His most recent business venture is his involvement as the CEO of LIV Golf, an independent, alternate, high prize money golf tour.

Other

Philanthropy

Greg Norman is a philanthropist of note. He has quietly raised US$ millions for research into childhood cancer and the fostering of youth golf.

Book

Greg Norman – The way of the Shark, Lessons on Golf, Business and Life

Greg Norman is best known as a retired golf professional, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Greg turned professional at age 21 in 1976, winning his first title, the Martini International in 1977. He went on to record 88 professional wins including The Open Championship, twice. He was ranked #1 for 331 weeks, second only to Tiger Woods.

In his acceptance speech on being awarded an honorary PhD (Griffiths, 1998) he recalled his days at TGS wishing his Deputy Headmaster could see him now. Mr von Wald had told Greg that there was “no future for him in golf”.

Greg Norman was the first player to surpass US$ 10 million in career earnings

Greg aspired to be a professional Surfer.

Townsville Grammar School named the sporting oval at our Annandale campus in his honour.

Follow Greg on Insta @shark_gregnorman

General

Full Name

Samuel Joseph Norman Scott-Young

Known as

Sam

Born

07/04/1957, Townsville.

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1980/1 & 1985

Sports

Soccer

Year 8 (1980) Year 8 Soccer

Athletics

Year 12 (1985) Athletics Team.

Rugby League

Year 12 (1985) 1^st XIII

Townsville Rugby League

Rugby Union

Year 12 (1985) 1^st XV

Townsville Rugby Union

North Queensland u/19 & u/21

Queensland Country

Queensland School Boys

Australian School Boys

Sam was selected for the Australian School Boys team and toured New Zealand (UK and Europe) in 1995.

Rugby Career

Sam was a combative and abrasive backrow forward in an era of some of the greats (including Tim Gavin, Simon Poidevin, Jeff Miller, David Carter & Scott Gourley).

Sam played his club Rugby for Souths in Brisbane, he debuted for Queensland in 1987.

Wallaby #690

Between 1990 and 1992, Sam was capped 7 times for the Wallabies, playing tests against France (2), USA (x1) and the All-Blacks (x4). In a winning side in the 3^rd test in Wellington (21-9), he was awarded the ‘man-of-the-match’.

He retired from rugby in 1994 due to a neck injury.

He also plied his trade for a short time in South Africa playing for Eastern Province and in New Zealand, playing for Auckland.

Other

Sam is one was seven brothers and sisters.

Of interest is that his son, Angus has also played representative Rugby Union for the Queensland Reds (also as a loose forward).

Sam describes himself as a frustrated surgeon. His father was a highly respected physician in General Practice, Urology and Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. His older brother, Matthew is an Orthopaedic Spline Surgeon.

Angus, his son, also aspires to a career in medicine once his playing days are over.

General

Full Name

Pamela Faye Sergeant (Harm)

Known as

Pam

Born

1946

Died

2023

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

1960 - 1963

Sports

Pam was an outstanding swimmer but also represented the school at basketball.

In 1962, at only 16 years of age and whilst in Form V (Grade 11), Pam represented Australia at the Empire Games in Perth, earning gold, silver and bronze medals.

Swimming Achievements

 Club

Gardens Swimming Club, Townsville

Townsville Swimming Association

North Queensland Swimming

Queensland swimming Team

Australia

Awards

Sydney Olympic Park, Walk of Champions (Bronze Plaque)

1962 – Empire Games

Gold Medal – 4 x 110 yards Medley Relay (backstroke)

Silver Medal – 110 yards backstroke

Bronze Medal – 220 yards backstroke

World Record – 110 yards backstroke (heats)

Other

Pamela donated a significant portion of her memorabilia to Townsville Grammar School. Many of the items she donated are now on display in ta cabinet dedicated to her. The display is housed in the Effie Hartley Room (top floor of School House).

We hold her: -

• Empire Games blazer
• Numerous medals - Club, State and National
• The gold medal for the 440 yrs medley relay (Empire Games – 1962). Pam swam the backstroke leg and Dawn Frazer the freestyle leg.
• Certificates earned over her career, including: 
• The certificate she was awarded for breaking the World Record in the 110 yrd backstroke during the Empire Games Perth, 1962.
• Many swim meet programmes, annotated with notes and event times.

Pam collected and compiled an impressive and comprehensive scrapbook of swimming related newspaper cuttings, dating back to 1958. The cuttings include articles on her swimming heroes as well as her contemporaries and rival, and of course of her swimming career. This Scrap Book is held in our archive due to its deterioration.

Pamela Harm (married name) continued to contribute to her sport and was recognised in 1986 with a Queensland Coaching Award.

Unfortunately Pam passed away just weeks before the display in the Effie Hartley Room was completed. R.I.P.

General

Full Name

John-Patrick Tracey Smith

Known as

JP

Nickname

J Bomber

Born

24 January 1989

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

2002 - 2006

Leadership

Year 12 (2006) School Perfect.

Hodges House Captain

Academic

Regular Pro-Diligencia recipient

Year 12 (2006) Cum Laude.

Sport

Cricket

Year 12 (2006) 1^st XI Cricket

Hockey

Year 12 (2006) 1st XI Hockey

Cross Country

Year 8 (2002) Cross Country Champion

Year 11 (2005) Cross Country Champion

Athletics

Year 9 & Year 10 (2002 & 2003) Athletics Team

Tennis

Year 8 (2002) Jnr Queensland Tennis Team

Yearr 9 (2003) Open Tennis Team.

Queensland Schools Open Tennis Team

Australian Tennis Team (World Juniors)

Year 10 (2004) Open Tennis Team

Queensland Schools Open Tennis Team

Year 11 (2005) Open Tennis Team – captain

Queensland Schools Open Tennis Team

Year 12 (2006) Open Tennis Team -captain

Queensland Schools Open Tennis Team

Awards

Jnr Sportsman of the year - 2003

International Tennis Career in brief

2007 – awarded a Tennis Scholarship to the University of Tennessee, JP was the top ranked player in both singles and doubles for four years.

2011 – turned professional and won his first tournament in that year (Tulsa Open).

At 35 (2024) JP is still a fixture on the International Tennis circuit. The left handers highest rankings have been: -

108 (singles) and

52 (doubles).

JP has contested 12 consecutive Australian Open Tournaments and appeared in the mixed doubles final in 2019.

Other

JP studied for and earned an under-grad degree, majoring in Economics at the University of Tennessee in 2010.

He is a very welcome and regular visitor to his alma mater.

JP married long-time partner Lauren Zuckerman in 2023.

Follow JP on Insta @jpsmithaustralia

General

Full Name

Tia-Clair Toomey (Orr)

Known as

Tia-Clair

Born

22 July 1993

Townsville Grammar School

Attended

2009 – 2010 (boarder from Weipa)

Sports

Athletics

Year 11 (2009) Athletics Team

u/16 age group champion

Queen of the Track

Year 12 (2010) Athletics Team

u/17 age group champ,

Open age group champ

Set new record for 800m & 1500,

Cross-Country & McKimmon Mile

Year 11 (2009) Cross-country Team

Open Champion

Year 12 (2010) Cross Country Team

Open Champion

Year 12 (2010) McKimmon Mile winner

Swimming

Year 11 (2009) Swimming Team

Open swimming champion

Year 12 (2010) Swimming Team

Open swimming champion

Queen of the Pool

Tr-representative

Athletics, Swimming & Cross-country)

Year 11 (2009) &

Year 12 (2010)

Career

Cross-Fit

World Cross-Fit Games

2015 - Silver Medal

2016 – Silver Medal

2017 – Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

2018 - Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

2019 - Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

2020 - Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

2021 - Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

2022 – Gold Medal (Fittest Woman in the World)

More titles than any other athlete in the history of the sport.

Weight Lifting

(58kg class)

Oceana Championships

2015 & 2016

Pacific Games

2015

Commonwealth Games (Gold Coast)

2018, 1^st place, Gold medal

Olympics

2016, 14^th place

Other

Books

How I became the Fittest Woman on Earth (2017)

The Heart is the Strongest Muscle (2024)

Tia-Clair married Shane Orr, her long-time partner and coach in 2017. The couple welcomed their baby daughter, Willow, into the world on 9 May 2023.

Follow Tia Clair on insta @tiaclair1