Suva Grammar School, is a secondary school in Suva

Suva

Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...

, Fiji

Fiji

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.The school caters for forms 3 to 7 and has a school population of about 1000 students. The school is renowned for its sporting facilities and convenient location near the heart of the city and by the seaside.

History

In 2004 the school, in cooperation with police, launched a pilot "Scholastic Crime Stoppers" programme targeting drugs use, truancy and other problems.

In 2008, members of the Suva Grammar Old Students Association made a request to the Fijian Minister for Education for school principal Ilikimi Kunagogo to be removed.

Sport

Suva Grammar has won the coveted prize of school boys' rugby, the Deans Trophy

Deans Trophy

The Deans Trophy is the top prize of the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby. The competition introduced in 1939 is the oldest competitive tournament in Fiji rugby. It was first won by Queen Victoria School ....

 on one occasion and played to a draw with Ratu Kadavulevu School

Ratu Kadavulevu School

Ratu Kadavulevu School is a school in Lodoni, Fiji. It has some 625 students and claims to be the largest boarding school in the country. Its students are multiracial, but predominantly Fijian....

 in 2005. SGS is also the reigning athletics Coca Cola Games champions in the boys division of the Fiji Secondary School's athletics championships, having successfully defended their title in 2010.

In 2011 Suva Grammar School won the Cokes again and this has been its fifth year win a row. Thanks to the athletes Grammar had another victorious win and is looking forward to the Games next year.

Suva Grammar will never forget sporting figures:
-Lepani Naivalu
-Suliano Gusuivalu
-Paulini Korowaqa
-Jacob Waqanivalu
-Eroni Cagi
-lliesa Cama
-Waisale Ledua
-Leleca Natusausau
-Kimo Vakalalabure

Notable Students and Alumni

Noted alumni of the school include Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

Laisenia Qarase

Laisenia Qarase is a Fijian political figure. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qarase joined the Interim Military Government as a financial adviser on 9 June 2000, until his appointment...

, who returned to the school in March, 2006 to launch the Suva Declaration on Education. Prominent staff members include former principal Krishna Datt

Krishna Datt

Krishna Datt, last name sometimes spelt as Dutt, is a Fijian politician of Indian descent. Born in Labasa, Vanua Levu in 1944, Datt served as Principal of Suva Grammar School, where he participated in the national teachers' strikes in 1985, which launched his political career with the Fiji Labour...

, later a government minister,

Sport

• Makelesi Bulikiobo
  Makelesi Bulikiobo
  Makelesi Bulikiobo Batimala is a Fiji Islands sprinter.- Biography :Nicknamed the "Sprint Queen" by the Fiji Times and Fiji Village, she has represented her country in several international competitions, including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won four gold medals at the 2003 South...
  
   who won the 200m event at the 2007 South Pacific Games
  South Pacific Games
  The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...
  
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• Anthony Wise - Suva, Lautoka Rep also a Flying Fijians
• Sakiusa Matadigo
  Sakiusa Matadigo
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   - Suva also a Flying Fijians
• Wame Lewaravu
  Wame Lewaravu
  Ratu Wame Ganilau Lewaravu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Club:He currently plays for Sale Sharks having previously played for Overmach Parma and London Welsh.-Debut:...
  
   - Suva, Sale Sharks also a Flying Fijians
• Anthony, Sakiusa and Wame played for the winning Deans Trophy
  Deans Trophy
  The Deans Trophy is the top prize of the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby. The competition introduced in 1939 is the oldest competitive tournament in Fiji rugby. It was first won by Queen Victoria School ....
  
   teams back in 2001 against Ratu kadavulevu School
  Ratu Kadavulevu School
  Ratu Kadavulevu School is a school in Lodoni, Fiji. It has some 625 students and claims to be the largest boarding school in the country. Its students are multiracial, but predominantly Fijian....
  
  
• Akapusi Qera
  Akapusi Qera
  Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8, Qera is from a sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. Qera is a current test international and has also captained the national side...
  
   - Nadroga , Gloucester Flying Fijians also
• Ilikena Bolakoro - Played 2 caps for the Flying Fijians
• Nikola Matawalu
  Nikola Matawalu
  Nikola Matawalu is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays in the scrumhalf position. In May 2010 he was selected to represent Fiji in their 2010 tour to Australia.-External links:* **...
  
   - Fiji 7's rep also a Flying Fijians
• Tikiko Uluiviti - Police (Sukuna Bowl, Fiji Warriors
• Niko Verekauta
  Niko Verekauta
  Niko Verekauta is a Fiji Islands sprinter. He represented Fiji in the 400m sprint at 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 400m sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won five gold medals at the Mini South Pacific Games in 2009.-External links:...