{{Unreferenced, date=October 2008 Coombabah State High School is a public secondary school located in the northern suburb of

Coombabah Coombabah is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coombabah had a population of 10,388 people. Geography Surrounding Coombabah is Paradise Point and Hope Island to the north, Arundel to the south, Runaway Bay ...

on the

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, in

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. Backing onto the Coombabah Lakelands Conversation Area, The campus is situated on Pine Ridge Road.

Overview

The current principal is Chris Kern with the deputies being Justin Clinch, Cath Robertson, Tamerlane Schelks and PETA Purson. Over 1,200 students attend Coombabah High and feeder schools include Coombabah State Primary School, Biggera Waters State Primary School, Labrador State Primary School & Arundel State Primary School and also Helensvale State Primary School. It intakes students from the greater Gold Coast area. It opened in 1986, with a student population of approximately 670 students in Years 8, 9 and 11. Years 10 and 12 were introduced in 1987, and enrolments continued to grow, reaching a peak of approximately 1700 in 1989. The first principal was Kevin Bowden, who was assisted by Carmel Gomm as Deputy Principal and Dorothy Dwyer as Senior Mistress. In 2011, Coombabah High celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Rugby League program

Coombabah High is affiliated with

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club the Canberra Raiders and the program is extremely strong at Coombabah. The

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excellence cohort is coached by Rod Pryor, Scott Marlow, Brett Timmis and former first grade

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winger, Rod Wright. In 2007 the Year 9 team participated in the South-East QLD competition the Michael Hancock cup and reached the Grand Final, which was played at

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as a curtain-raiser to a

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match. Coombabah lost to

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. This year Coombabah participates in the Steve Renouf Year 8 competition, Michael Hancock Year 9 competition, Kevin Walters Year 10 competition and the Opens play in the Titans Cup, and Andrew Gee Shield. This year the Under 14s have won the Michael Hancock Competition for the first time. This year the school had six Queensland Representatives in Mitcham Ardler, Edward Brimelow, Jerremiah Nia, Nathan Wilson, Grant Davies (union) and Bryson Rukuwai (union).

Notable alumni

Media

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Sport

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References

Public high schools in Queensland Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland Educational institutions established in 1986 1986 establishments in Australia