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Welcome to Riverside Rays District School Sport.
Information relating to district activities can be accessed here.

See table below for District Trial information.

Contact and staff

District chair: Trent Perry, Carina SS

District secretary: Angela Blackburn, Wynnum West SS

District treasurer: Ruth Warren, Morningside SS


District calendar listed below for District trials. 

Please note: selection trial dates, times & venues are subject to change​

It is essential that School Sport Co-ordinators are contacted in the first instance to answer all questions in relation to District trials.

District Nomination Process– Nominations via your School Sports Coordinator to attend a District Trial.

Direct to MER Nomination Process - Nominations via your School Sports Coordinator to attend a Met East trial directly (No District Trial).​​


Trial Acknowledgement & Selection Policy

  1. District trials are sports trials run by volunteer officials within each district.
  2. Schools must ensure students nominated for 10–12 years district trials meet the eligibility and capability criteria, including age requirements, appropriate skill standard for district-level participation, and readiness to compete safely.
  3. Officials are chosen based on competency & knowledge in the sport / event.
  4. To ensure transparency and fairness, multiple officials collaborate on the final selections in accordance with the district's trial procedures.
  5. This process is the standard procedure for all district trials.
  6. Any successful selection is based on the standard of performance on the trial day and the selection panels' decision is final.
  7. By schools allowing students to participate in a trial, all parents/carers acknowledge acceptance of this process.


​Sport


​​Nomination Process
​Trial Date​

​​​District Convenor & School

​AFL
10-12yrs Boys​

​District nom process

Fri 6 Mar 2026 

​Ben Ryan - Norman Pk SS

AFL
10-12yrs Girls

​District nom process


Fri 6 Mar 2026

​Bridget Reddan - Lourdes Hill College

AFL
13-14yrs Boys

​District nom process


Tues 24 Feb 2026

​Leigh Harding - Iona College

AFL
13-14yrs Girls

District paper nom process

Thurs 26 Feb 2026

​Lauren Giovenco - San Sisto College

AFL
15-17yrs Boys

District paper nom process

Mon 9 Mar 2026

Benjamin Sanderson - Bris Bayside SC

AFL
15-17yrs Girls

​Direct to ​Met East proces

MER trial date - Thurs 19 Mar 2026

​Bridget Reddan - Lourdes Hill College

Baseball
12-14yrs

​Direct to ​Met East proces

​MER trial date - Fri 12 Jun 2026

Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Baseball
13-19yrs Girls

Direct to ​Met East proces

​MER trial date - Fri 12 Jun 2026

Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Baseball
15-19yrs

​Direct to ​Met East proces

​MER trial date - Fri 6 Feb 2026

Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Basketball
10-12yrs    B & G


​District nom process


​Thurs 4 June 2026

​​Bill Heron - Carina SS (Boys) 


Carly Valente - Moreton Bay College (Girls)

Basketball
13-16yrs Boys

​District nom process

Fri 13 Feb 2026 
Nikki Flanagan - Moreton Bay Boys College
Basketball
13-16yrs
Girls


​District nom process


Mon 23 Feb 2026
Nick Fee via ​Bridget Reddan - Lourdes Hill College

Basketball
17-19yrs Boys

​District Nom process

Thurs 12 Mar 2026

TImothy Fergus - Churchie

Basketball
17-19yrs GIrls

​Direct to 

Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 19 Mar 2026

Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Cricket
10-12yrs Boys

​District nom process


Thurs 25 Jun 2026

​Danny Fuller - Gumdale SS

Cricket
10-12yrs Girls

​District Paper Nom process 

Tues 7 Jul 2026

Kelli Rodman - Moreton Bay College

Cricket
13-14yrs Boys

District nom process


Wed 12 Aug 2026

​James Patmore - Anglican Church Grammar School

Cricket
13-14yrs Girls

​District Paper Nom process 

MER Trial date - Wed 2 Sept 2026

​Tracy Boyd - Moreton Bay College

Cricket
15-19yrs Boys

​Direct to Met East Nom process

​​TBC

​​Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Cricket
15-19yrs Girls

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 5 Feb 2026

Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

​Cross Country
10-19yrs B & G

​District nom process


Wed 6 May 2026

​Connor Russell - Iona College

Football
10-12yrs Boys

District nom process

Thurs 30 Apr 2026 TBC

​Dale Zimmerlie - Balmoral SHS

Football
10-12yrs Girls

District nom process

Thurs 30 Apr 2026 TBC

​Ryan Cheesman - Balmoral SHS

Football
13-15yrs Boys

District nom process

Tues 10 Feb 2026 

​Dale Zimmerlie - Balmoral SHS​

Football
13-15yrs  Girls
District nom process
Mon 2 Feb 2026 
Alex Crew - Brisbane Bayside SC
Football
16-19yrs Boys

District paper nom process
Tues 17 Feb 2026
​TBC
Football
 16-19yrs Girls
District nom process
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Alex Crew - Brisbane Bayside SC

Futsal
13-14yrs Boys

District nom process

Wed 15 July 2026


​Haydn Eames - Moreton Bay Boys College 

Futsal
13-14yrs Girls
District nom process
Tues 14 July 2026 TBC
​Daniel Newman - Bris Bayside SC

Futsal
15-16yrs Boys

District nom process​

Tues 14 July 2026 TBC

​TBC

Futsal
15-16yrs Girls

District nom process
Tues 14 July 2026 TBC
TBC

Golf
10-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Mon 23 Mar 2026

​Andrew Cowden - Wynnum SHS

Hockey
10-12yrs Boys

​District Paper Nom process 

Wed 22 Apr 2026

​Jaydem Hadson - St John Vianney's School

Hockey
10-12yrs Girls
​District Paper Nom proces
Thurs 23 Apr 2026 - TBC

​TBC

Hockey
13-15yrs & 16-19yrs Boys

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Tues 10 Mar 2026

​​Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Hockey
13-15yrs & 16-19yrs GIrls

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Fri 27 Mar 2026

​​Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

Netball
10-11yrs

District nom process

Mon 16 Mar 2026 - new day due to weather

Krista Quirk - Gumdale SS

Netball
10-12 Girls

District nom process

Shortlisted: Wed 18 Mar 2026

Kerryn Cormick - Tingalpa SS

Netball
10-12yrs Boys

District nom process

Tues 17 Mar 2026 - new date due to weather

​Craig Brown - Iona College

Netball
13-15yrs Girls

District nom process

​Wed 18 Feb 2026

​Nicole O'Brien - Brisbane Bayside SC

Netball
16-19yrs Girls

District nom process

Wed 18 Feb 2026

​Diane Marston - Balmoral SHS

Netball
13-15yrs Boys

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Mon 9 Mar 2026

​Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school

​Rugby League
10-11yrs

District nom process

Mon 2 Mar 2026
(combined with Redlands Roos)

Liam Christensen - Redland Bay SS

​Rugby League
11-12yrs

District nom process

Mon 16 Mar 2026 - (new date due to weather)
​(combined with Redlands Roos)
Dan O'Brien - Belmont SS

​Rugby League
11-12yrs & 13-14yrs Girls

​District Paper Nom process 

​Nominations due 29 May 2026

Mick Austen - MacGregor SS

Rugby League
13-14yrs Boys

​District Paper Nom process 

​Thurs 21 May 2026

​Teague Macauley - Wynnum SHS

​Rugby League
15-16yrs & 17-18yrs Boys

​Direct to Met East Nom process

​​MER trial date - Tues 10 Mar 2026

​Andrew Fildes - Iona College

​Rugby League
15-16yrs & 17-18yrs Girls

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 26 Feb 2026

​Mark Tickner - Wynnum SHS

Rugby 7's
15-16yrs & 17-18yrs Girls

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 12 Mar 2026

​Leilani Hills - Iona College & Anthony Piacere - St Thomas School

Rugby Union
11-12yrs

District nom process

Tues 28 Apr 2026

​Gerald Rea - Belmont SS

Rugby Union
14-15yrs Boys

District nom process

Tues 21 Apr 2026

​Dan Nightingale - Brisbane Bayside SC

​Rugby Union
17-18yrs Boys

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Tues 17 Mar 2026

​Dan Nightingale - Brisbane Bayside SC

Softball
10-12yrs B & G​

​District Paper Nom process 

​Wed 27 May 2026

​TBC

Softball
13-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

​MER trial date - Thurs 12 Feb 2026

TBC

Squash
10-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 5 Mar 2026

Diane Marston - Balmoral SHS


Surfing
13-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Fri 5 Jun 2026

​Tanya Matthews - Wynnum SHS

Swimming 
10-12yrs B & G

District nom process

​Thurs 19 Feb 2026

Lyndall Conaghan - St Oliver Plunkett School

Swimming
13-19yrs B & G

​District Paper Nom process 

MER trial date - Tues 3 Mar 2026

​Angie Blackburn - Wynnum West SS

Tennis

10-12yrs Boys

District nom process

​TBC

​TBC

Tennis 
13-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - Thurs 5 Feb 2026

​Kelli Rodman - Moreton Bay College

Touch
10-12yrs Boys

District nom process

Thurs 7 May 2026

​Katie Stankovic - Whites Hill SC

Touch
10-12yrs Girls

District nom process

Mon 23 Mar 2026

Lisa Baisden - MBC

Touch
13-15yrs Boys

District paper nom process

Thurs 12 Mar 2026

​Mark Tickner - Wynnum SHS

Touch
13-15yrs Girls

District paper nom process

Fri 6 Mar 2026

​Naomi Astill - Moreton Bay College

Touch
16-18yrs Boys

District nom process

Wed 11 Mar 2026

Jemma Seymour - Brisbane Bayside SC

Touch
16-18yrs Girls

District nom process

Wed 11 Mar 2026

Jemma Seymour - Brisbane Bayside SC

​Track & Field
10-19yrs B & G

​District nomination process

Mon 3 Aug & Tues 4 Aug 2026

​TBC

Triathlon
10-19yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

​Check with Sports Co-ordinator at your school


Volleyball
13-15yrs Boys

District nom process

Thurs 19 Mar 2026
Kate Toscello - Iona College

Volleyball
13-15yrs Girls

District nom process

​Fri 20 Mar 2026

​Trevor Hunter - Cannon Hill Anglican College

Volleyball
16-19yrs Boys

District nom process

​Wed 25 Mar 2026

​Kate Toscello - Iona College

Volleyball
16-19yrs GIrls

District nom process

​Fri 27 Mar 2026

​​Trevor Hunter - Cannon Hill Anglican College

Waterpolo
15-18yrs B & G

​Direct to Met East Nom process

MER trial date - ​Fri 6 Mar 2026

TBC

General Information

Nomination Process – Parents and Schools

 School Level

  • Students who wish to participate must first nominate through their school's Sports Coordinator or HPE Teacher.
  • Schools will communicate the sports available, nomination dates, and eligibility requirements to families.
  • Schools are responsible for the selection of high skilled level students and submission of nominations to their District by the advertised due date.​


All permission and consent forms must be completed and physically taken to the District Trial and submitted to relevant district officials. NO PAPERWORK / NO TRIAL.

Nominations outside of this process will not be accepted.


Student Officials

​Queensland Representative School Sport (QRSS) offers students in Queensland an opportunity to participate in all facets of the representative school sport pathway and actively promotes the development of students in all areas of sport.

 

Student official opportunities include:

  • referee/umpire roles
  • Student Advisory Committee membership.

https://queenslandschoolsport.education.qld.gov.au/officials/student-officials-programs





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Last reviewed 19 March 2026
Last updated 19 March 2026