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The Armidalian
The Magazine of the Armidale School
The Annidalian 2001
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December 2001, Volume 103
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Contents
Sport
Major Awards 2001
Athletics
Badminton
The School Family
The Council of The Armidale School
The School Executive
Academic Staff
Comings and Goings
Foundation President's Report
Old Boys' Union President's Report
Parents and Friends President's Report
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Academic Life
Chaplain
Chapel Choir
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Creative Sz. Performing Arts
Drama
Theatrical Production
Music
Visual Arts
Director of StudiesAcademic Report
English
HSIE
Learning Support
Languages Other Than English
Mathematics
Personal Development,
Health Sz. Physical Education
Science
Technology and Applied Studies
Agriculture
Computing
Design and Technology
Design and Technology contd
Primary Industry Studies
Metal and Engineering
Technics
The Centenary Library
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Round Square
Review of the year
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House Reports
Abbott House
Broughton House
Croft House
Green House
Ross House
Tyrrell House
White House
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Golf
Hockey
Rugby
Shooting
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Touch
White Water Kayaking and Canoeing
Other Sports
Creative Writing
Poetry, short stories and artworks
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Senior School
Valedictory Day Address
Year 12 Academic Prizes
Headmaster's Speech Day Address
Senior School Prizes Years 9-11
Guest of Honour's Speech Day Address
Senior Prefect's Speech Day Address
Year 12 Leavers
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Middle School
Reflections
Academic Prizes
Creative Expression
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Junior School
Activities
Cadet Report
Community Service
Duke of Edinburgh
Hawkesbury
Life Saving and Surf Lifesaving
Rural Fire Service
Pioneers and Search and Rescue
Basketball
Bench Press
Cricket
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Reflections
Academic Achievements
Music
Sport
Cricket
Hockey
Soccer
Transition
Kindergarten
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
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School Roll
Students at TAS in 2001
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The Council of The Armidale School
Chairman
Mrs E Beasley, DipPhysiotherapy(Syd)
Members
Dr P Annetts, MB(Syd)
Mr R Bell, BSc(Temple Uni, Philadelphia), MBA(Uni of Delaware)
Mr P Boulton, BAppEc, CA
Mr P Bradley, BE(Mining)(Hons)(Syd)
Mrs C Birkett, BA, DipEd(UNSW)
Mr R L Busby, BE(Chern)(Syd), MIChemE(UK)
Mr D H Cameron
Mr P Curtis, BTechMgt, BBus, GAICD, FAIEX, AFAMI, AFAIA, AAIM
Mr A) Murray, BA(UNE)
Dr N Pain, MB BSc(Syd)DCH, DTM7H,DRANZCOG, FACRRM
Mrs S Rowe, BA(Syd)
Rev M Trotman, BForSc(Melb), BTh(Hons)(Moore Coll)
The School Executive
Headmaster
Mr M Guest, BA(Syd), DipEd(STC), MComm(Hons)(NSW), MACE
Deputy Headmaster
Mr G S Harris, BSc, DipEd(UNE)
Director of Studies
Mr P D Hall, BSc, DipEd(Woll)
Business Manager
Mr W Carson
Head of the Middle School
Mr D Dempster, BEd(Alhata), DipSchAdmin(BColumbia), DipCommArts(Alberta), BCCT, MACE
Head of the Junior School
Mrs L Forsythe, BA, DmEd(UNE), MACE
Dii ector of Music
Mrs D Rickards, LMusA, BMusEd(N'castle), ARCM(London), BEd(Deakin)
Registrai
Mis P Warnck, BA, DipEd(UNE)
Chaplain
Rev E Percival, BTh(Moore Coll)
School Counsellor
Brother James
Mr R T Hod
House
"Os
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Broughton
Croft
Green
Ross
Tyrrell
White
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Sportspaster
m, BEANE), DipEd(UNE)
Mr W D Richards, BSc,'DMEd, DiplArSc, MEdAdmin(UNE)
Mr D M Toppin, BSc, DmEd(UNE)
Mr A T Jones, BA(NSW), DipEd(Syd), DipLaw(LPAB))(Syd)
Ms S J Hoddmott, BA(I Ions), DipEd(UNE)
Mr A A Wilkinson, BA, DipEd(UNE)
Mr J Roberts, DipPhysEd(ACPE), BEd(UNE), MACE
Mel A Lloyd, DipTeach(ACAE), BEd(AdminUship)(UNE)
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Teaching Staff
Creative and Performing Arts
Mrs A Gledhill
Ms M Harrison
Ms S J Hoddinott
Mrs D Rickards
Mrs H E Toppin
Mr J C White
English
'Mrs E Woolaston
Mt A T Jones
DipFineArts(Q1d College of Arts), Post Grad(Sec)Education(NT)
BMus(Newcastle), GradDipEd(UNE)
BA(Hons), DipEd(UNE)
LMusA, BMusEd(Newcastle), ARCM(London), BEd(Deakin)
BA(UNE), MLitt(UNE), CertEd
Australian Watercolour Institute
BA(Hons)(NSW), MLitt(UNE), MA(Murch), GradDipEd(NSW)
BA(NSW), DipEd(Syd), DipLaw(LPAB)(Syd)
Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE)
'Mrs E Woolaston
Mr K A Brown
Mrs N Foley
Mr D K Toakley
BA(Hons)(NSW), MLitt(UNE), MA(Murch), GradDipEd(NSW)
BA(Hons)(Warwick), POCE(Birm)
BA, DipEd(UNE)
BEd(South Aust), BBusAdmin(Canberra)
Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
BA DipEd(UNE) DipResTch(QUT)
'Mrs B Ward
Ms C Boydell
Ms S Young
Ms F Harris
Kaon Kajiyama
Leatning Support
Mrs B Ward
Library
Mrs A Murray
BA, DipEd(Syd), DipTEFL
BEd(Hons)(Sussex), BA(Tas)
BA(Nagoya Gakuim Uni/UNE), DipEd(UNE),
Assistant Teacher, Japanese
BA, DipEd(UNE), DipResTch(QUT)
BA(UNE), DipLib(UNSW)
Mathematics
' Mr D B Dorrian
Mr P D Hall
Mr I F Tonkin
BSc, DipEd(Woll)
BSc, DipEd(Wolt)
BEd(UNE), DipTeach(CCES)
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education,
'Mr M E Taylor
Mr J Roberts
BEd(PE)(Victoria College)
DipPhyEd(ACPE), BEd(UNE), MACE
Science
'Mr W D Richards
Mr KR Hardingham
Mr G S Harris
Mr D M Toppin
Mr G McLennan
Dr J Watson
BSc, DipEd, DipLibrSc, MEdAdmin(U
BSc(Hons)(UNE), TC(Wagga), MAIST
BSc, DipEd(UNE)
BSc, DipEd(UNE)
SIA(TAFE)Cert - Technical Assistant
BSc(Hons)(UNE), PhD(UNE)
Technological and Applied Studies
' Mr M B Hill
Mr J A Bock
Mr R Forsberg
Mi R R Warden
DipTeach(ACAE)
CertElecEng, ThL, DipATheol(Moore Coll), DipTeach, BEd(IndArts)(NCAE),
DATTA, DSE
DipAppSci(Agriculture), DipEd
DipValuation and FarmMang, CertAg(Lincoln)
Information Technology
`Mr MG Levins
Mr T D Scott
Mr J Stewart
BA(Macq), GradDipEd(SACAE)
BA, DipEd(UNE)
Subject Co-ordinator
Choirmaster
Dr R P Maddox
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PhD(UCLA), MA(Syd), BMus(Hons)(London), BCom(NSW)
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Middle School
Head of the Middle School
Mr D R Dempster
Mr 0 Derrin
Mr R Hunt
Mr I A Lloyd
Mr W B Sprinkle
Mrs H E Toppin
Mrs S G Wark
BEd(Alberta), DipSchAdmin(BColumbia), DipCommArts(Alberta), BCCT,
MACE
BSc(Syd), DipEd(STC), AMusA
BEdPGDip(UofSask), TESOL(UNE)
DipTeach(ACAE), BEd(AdminUship )(UNE)
BSc(Hist)(PennStateUni), GradDipEd(UNE)
BA(UNE), MLitt(UNE), CertEd
BA, GradDipEd(UNE)
Junior School
Head of the Junior School
Mrs L Forsythe
BA, DipEd(UNE), MACE
Staff
Mrs T Ball
Miss L Bromwich
Mrs K Brundson
Mrs L Hicks
Mrs R McCarthy
Miss L Petty
Mrs 0 Roberts
Mrs CA Wright
BTeach(Early Childhood)
DipTeach(UNE)
Dip Ed(Kuring-gai Coll), (TII, III, IV)
Teacher's Assistant
DipTeach (ACAE), (TIII,IV)
BEd(Hons)(N'castle)
BVocEd, GradDipEd(UNE), (Term IV)
DipTeach (ACAE) (Term I, II, III)
Administration
Secretariat
Headmaster's Secretary, Mrs L Warden
Academic Secretary, Mrs M Sadler
Tuition Secretary, Mrs A Barnier
Receptionist, Mrs A Ferris
Publications /Foundation, Mrs A White, BA(Cant)
Enrolments Secretary, Mrs D Denness
Talent Course Secretary, Mrs B Connah
Archives/Activities/OBU, Mrs B Anstock
General Office Clerk, Mr 3 C Voegeli
Admin Assistant, Mrs S Olsen
Accounts
Accountant, Mr P Green MIAA
Business Manager's Secretary, Mrs M McLeod
Payroll Manager, Mrs C Buckley (Ti)
Mrs F Tafra, BFinAdmin, DipEd(UNE) (TII, III, IV)
Creditor's Clerk, Mrs K Coppock BEc(UNE)
Property
Works Manager, Mr R J Green
Deputy Works Manager, Mr W F Sadler
Chef, Mr G Postle
Dining Room Supervisor, Mr M S Tavener
Library
Library Assistant, Mrs B McConville
Sports Centre
Manager, Mr D Negus, BSportsSc(NSW), Level 2 ASCA
Medical
School Medical Officer, Dr P Bookatlit MB, BS(Syd),
FRACGP, D Obst, RCOG
School Sisters, Sister D Batchelor, Sister S Barder
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Comings and Goings
We Welcome:
Mr David Toakley to the senior HSIE area. Mr Toakley
has degrees in business and education and comes to
Armidale from Adelaide with his wife Jacqueline and
daughter Grace.
Dr Jonathan Watson to the Science Department to replace Mr Peter Halt in Term 1 and Mr David Dorrian in
Term 2. Dr Watson has moved into secondary education from the tertiary sector where he has been working
in research and teaching Chemistry.
Mrs Tania Ball to the TAS Transition class from a local
preschool.
Mrs Alex Murray (below) as the new School Librarian. Mrs Murray will be known to many TAS families as
the mother of Angus (Year 12, 2000) and Ross (Year 7).
We Farewell:
At beginning of Term 1
Rowen Matthews from the Visual Art Department
where he had made a major impact during his 12 months
at TAS. He returns to teach in the state sector.
Mrs Lou Wood from Year 5 in the Junior School.
At the end of Term 2
Mrs Carla Daley from the Library.
Mr Walter Sprinkle resigned to return to the United
States. His enthusiastic personality was a feature of life
at TAS.
We wish Mrs Celia Buckley, Payroll Officer, well in
her retirement after sixteen years service.
At the end of Term 4
Ms Kiyo Hashimoto our Japanese Assistant had a wonderful year and now returns home.
Dr Jonathan Watson departs from TAB after one year
to teach Science at O'Connor Catholic College.
Miss Lisa Perry has accepted a position at SCEGGS
Darlinghurst after three years in the Junior School.
Mrs Belinda Anstock departed as Old Boys' Secretary
and Admin assistant after 20 years. She accompanys her
husband Jon, who has accepted a teaching position with
the Central Coast Steiner School.
Mr Rob Forsberg leaves TAS after six years of teaching
Agriculture and managing the School farm. He returns
to the coast to teach in the state sector in Gosford.
Mrs Elizabeth Woolaston came to TAB twelve years
ago and became Humanities Co-ordinator. She moves
to Brisbane with her husband Rob, where she has accepted a position as Head of English at West Moreton
Anglican College.
Mrs Lois Warden, who after 27 years is deserting the
Mr Lindsay Teychenne will work in the information
technology area for Term 1. He is a partner in the local
business, 'Armidale IT'.
In Term 2 we were delighted to have Mr Tim Scott
return to the school. Mr Scott, a previous Director of
Music at TAS, returns to take up the position of Computing Studies teacher after five years at UNE as Student Database Co-ordinator.
Mr Bill Carson as Business Manager from the Armidale
Development Coporation.
Headmaster for the coast, along with husband Rob, who
retires from Primary Industry Studies at TAS.
Mr David Toppin and Mrs Helen Toppin have accepted
positions at the Australian International School in Singapore. Mr Toppin, an Old Boy, began teaching at TAB
in 1972 and has filled many roles, including day and
boarding Housemaster, Sportsmaster, and cadet officer.
Mrs Toppin came to TAS two years ago to teach in the
Drama Department and later the Middle School.
Mrs Frances Tafra is a welcome addition to the Business Manager's Department as Payroll Officer.
Mrs Deanne Denness from Melbourne, joins the Development Office as Admin Assistant.
Mrs Sally Olsen had a wonderful 12 months as Admin
support for the Junior and Middle School before resigning at the end of the year to take up a position as secretary to the Principal at NEGS.
Mrs Andrea Gledhill joined the Visual Art Department in Term 3 (Junior) and Term 4 (Senior Art).
Mr Geoffrey Derrin joined the Science Staff in Mr
Hardingham's absence and later moved to Middle
School following the departure of Mr Sprinkle.
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Other Staff Changes
Mrs Geraldine Roberts appointed as Year 5 class
teacher.
Mrs Sally Young took over responsibility for Ross
House.
Mr Wally Richards accepted the position of Science
Co-ordinator in addition to his role as Housemaster
of Abbott.
Miss Fiona Harris is the new Overseas Student
Liaison Officer.
Mrs BrigitteWard co-ordinated LOTE in addition to
her responsibility for the areas of Special Needs and
ESL.
Mr Ian Lloyd took over Middle School Boarding in
White House.
The Armidale School
Foundation President's
Report for 2001
It is with pleasure that I submit my report in respect of
the Foundation's 2001 activities.
Much effort was devoted to a Foundation awareness and
membership drive, which was initially directed at Middle School and later at Junior School parents. Although
the number of parents choosing to become Foundation
Members was disappointing, the parent body now have
a better appreciation of the existence and work of the
Foundation.
Mrs Catherine Boyden returned from maternity
leave in Term 4.
A recent change in Income Tax Legislation afforded
considerable benefit to our finances with the refund of
$79,136 in franking credits on dividends received. This
should be an ongoing benefit.
Mr James White was on sick leave during Term 4.
The year's activities are best summarised at Committee
Part Time
Mr Richard Robinson
Investment Committee
Mrs Narelle Foley
Long Service Leave
Mr Peter Hall
Mr David Dorrian
Mr Ket Hardingham
Mr Keith Brown
Mr Ralph Hunt
Mrs Meg Sadler
Mr Geoff Postle
level.
Term 1
Term 2
Term 4
Term 4
Term 4
Obituary
The School was greatly saddened by the death of Mrs
Patsy Faulkner who had been a member of our cleaning
staff for the past 14 years. She died suddenly in hospital
following complications from the flu. A memorial service was held on 15 August in the TAS Chapel.
GAP Students
This year we had three returning GAP students from
the UK Mark Dunn, Andrew Bown and Daniel
Boorman as well as Dugald Hamilton who arrived in
January. We also enjoyed the company of two southern
hemisphere students Chris Felgate from Sr John's
College, Harare, Zimbabwe who was an outstanding
triathlete. Also Thomas Omboga from Starehe Boys'
Centre in Nairobi, whom TAS sponsored for his GAP
year.
Scholarship and Bursaries paid to the School increased
from $158,206 in 2000 to $164,358 in 2001.The Committee has again been well chaired by Geoff Perry and
has achieved excellent results.
Membership and Planning Committee
Chaired by Robert Heath, there were several very successful Foundation awareness social functions which
were the subject of a telephone Membership Drive follow up, by Board members, parents and Foundation staff.
These activities resulted in membership contributions
of $85,159 with the promise of more in following years.
Special thanks is due to all those who so willingly assisted in these activities.
Bequests Committee
Jim Graham has continued his outstanding efforts in
leading this important Committee which is essential to
ensure the long term future of the Foundation and in
turn The Armidale School.
While direct financial benefits of this Committee are
essentially of a long term nature, I note with particular
pleasure the receipt of $537,000 from the McDonald
EstateGraham and his wife Nina were previously valued members of the TAS staff and always staunch supporters of the School and Foundation.
With the ever increasing demand for new technology
and better facilities, School fees will continue to rise
which in turn means more students will require financial support. It is essential to significantly grow the Foun-
dations investment base in order to provide sufficient
scholarships and bursaries to meet this need.
I gratefully acknowledge the significant contribution
of Foundation staff Secretary Anne White and Executive Director Pip Warrick. Yet again, I thank those
Directors who have actively participated on Committees and Board Activities.
Maxwell G Browning
Our GAP students from the left Daniel BO011nan,
Chris Frigate, Andrew Bown and Mark Dunn
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The Armidale School Old
Boys' Union President's
Report for 2001
Last year, at this time, I thanked the Union for the privi-
lege of presenting its 100th Annual Report. Today I
claim a unique double in that I also have the privilege
of presenting the first Annual Report of The Armidale
School Old Boys' Union Incorporated.
Firstly, the year just completed;
Our Reunion weekend attracted a strong response, especially from those old boys attending the forty, thirty,
twenty and ten year reunions. The idea of there being
multiple dinners seems to meet a need which was nor
being met in the latter days of the single OBU dinner,
in that people can be sure they are going to get together
with people they know.
I have also to report that the Croft Cup was regained by
the Old Boys, after a long absence.
The Rev Dr John Morgan, Warden of St John's College
at Queensland University, gave a thought-provoking address at Chapel.
Some significant changes to our rules were passed de-
signed to streamline our own operations and to offer
the school more effective support in selecting Old Boys
as Council members.
Meetings of the Committee have continued to follow
the Dinner Meeting format. Can I give a special thankyou now the out-of-town committeemen, especially
Andrew Heap, Phil Curtis and Phil Bolton who've made
the effort to come to Armidale for these meetings; also
in his absence, David Connah, who has taken on the
job of organising the venue each time.
Late last year the Sydney Branch organised a theatre
party, attended by some 30 old boys and friends, to see
Peter Cousens' new one-man show A Life on Earth, followed by an enjoyable few drinks with Peter afterwards.
The end of the year brought its sadness as well. Our
much-loved Secretary for 17 years, 1973 to 1990, George
Crossle, passed away at 92. Increasing frailty never diminished his determination to attend meetings (nor
the sharpness of his mind - nor the wisdom of his con-
tributions), and he even made it to the 1960 leavers'
dinner last year.
We have been thrilled to see the names of some of our
number once again in the Australia Day and Queen's
Birthday Honours list: Earle Bailey (Bailey-Tart while
at school) and FLSGT Gary Wood (1979).
Two matters have occupied considerable amounts of the
committee's time over the past year. Last October the
Union received a letter from Bishop Brain in which he
signalled a wish by the Diocese to take a more active
role in the running of the School, and in particular, the
process by which the Headmaster is appointed. The Diocese planned to change the School's Ordinance so that
the person appointed Headmaster would need to be personally approved by the Bishop. I believe it is fair to say
that the Bishop's main concern is to see that the person
appointed is a committed and active Christian.
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We opposed the change because:
The personal approval of the Bishop equates to
the Bishop having a power of veto over the Council's choice of Headmaster;
It is established corporate governance practice
that chief executives of organisations are appointed
and dismissed by their governing bodies (whose own
makeup is determined by the organisation's constitution so that its stakeholders are represented in its
decision-making): the Diocese is already wellrepresented on TAS's governing body;
Dividing the decision between Council and
Bishop means no-one is held accountable which
would be critical in the event of a headmaster
having to be dismissed;
The Bishop can take (and in the past has
taken) his seat on the Council and exert his influence as a participating member of the School's
governing body that way;
There is no evidence that the Council,
operating under its present Ordinance, does not do a
good job in appointing Headmasters.
We pursued our case in a measured but firm approach,
recognising that Old Boys' Unions, as a species, are often regarded as resistant to any change. However, we
also believed that this change would not be good for
the School (or the Diocese) or for the operation of the
Council as its governing body. We are therefore encouraging the Council to oppose the change as well.
The other matter which I am pleased to report has concluded has been the incorporation of our Union. Following a motion at last year's AGM, prompted by the
difficulty of gaining insurance cover for our operations
such as the Cattle Fund which take place away from
the school, we have become an incorporated association. This means, among other things, that individual
committeemen (and members) are no longer at risk of
being held personally accountable for debts or other liabilities the Union may incur. With the conclusion of
our operation as an unincorporated body, we dispensed
with the services of our two honorary trustees, Terry
Mackenzie and Jack Abbott, and I would now like to
thank them on behalf of the Union for their years in
this role. I would also like to thank the sub-committee
charged with managing the process of incorporation,
and particularly Phil Bolton, its chairman, who seems
to have brought the project to completion both before
time and well under budget.
I now come to Council matters. Late last year two of
our representatives on the Council resigned after completing almost two terms John Robertson, who was
chairman of the Council's thorniest committee Finance, and David Andrews, who put in some valuable
work in marketing strategy. I have written to these two
gentlemen to thank them for the time so freely given,
but would also like to now thank them publicly.
Their places were taken at very short notice by Phil
Curtis from Brisbane, and Phil Bolton, both of whom
bring valued professional and personal skills to the
Council.
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I would like to thank my fellow council representatives,
Pat Bradley, Phil Curtis and Phil Bolton; rewarding as
this task is, it does cut into ones time. Thank you for
your dedication and good fellowship.
While on Council matters, I would also like to pay tribute to our Headmaster, Murray Guest, one of the most
competent chief executives I've met. In terms of the
number of people he manages, this school is a much
larger enterprise than its budget would suggest. His unassuming wisdom and unflappability through what must
have been the school's most testing time since the Depression is now paying off.
I would like to close with a raft of thanks: to the convenors of the sports events, the barbecue and the bar
today and the dinners tonight, to my fellow
committeemen for their conscientiousness and support
throughout the year, to Peter Croft our Treasurer and
David White our minutes secretary.
A special thank-you in her absence to Belinda Anstock,
who, with husband Jon, will be leaving Armidale later
this year. She has held the OBU together administratively through many changes of President, and I expect
the next President will be in deep trouble for a while
with no-one to train him.
Rob Busby
Parents and Friends Assoc
President's Report, 2001
It has been another full and satisfying year for the wonderful group of parents who make up the TAS P&E
As an Executive, we had been keen to initiate a welcome function for parents at the start of the new school
year, and so it was that our Cocktails and Artworks Welcome Evening came into being. With the fantastic sup-
port of "our own" artists, James White and Barry and
Lucy McCann, we had a most successful time, revelling
in their stunning artwork while renewing old friendships and making new ones.
The rest of the year simply whizzed by with our annual
Athletics Carnival Cake Stall, that amazingly crazy
Trivia Night, and the very elegant supper in the Maxwell
Room after the Coventry Concert. This seas followed
by great creativity in the TAS Kitchen which produced
a magnificent batch of TAS Christmas Puds, and yet
another wet and wild RazzamaTAS Fete, and a most
successful P&F raffle.
So ... we, the Parents and Friends of The Armidale
School, HAVE been busy! All of the occasions have
been well supported and greatly enjoyed, and have had
an added bonus of being successful money raisers as well.
Earlier in the year we were delighted to be in a position
where see were we able to allocate over $11,500 to various sectors of the school - the Library, the Junior School,
the Music and Sports Departments, the Hawkesbury
Marathon and the Lawrence Quadrangle all benefited
from the generosity of the P&E On top of this, by
focussing our raffle efforts on a new TAS bus, see were
able to accumulate enough funds for the very exciting
purchase in Term 4 of a new bus for the School. The
P&F have been continually impressed by and most grate-
ful for the unfailing support of the TAS community
which has made these achievements possible.
During the year, with the assistance of TAS parent, Peter Pardy, the P&F initiated the formal process which
will culminate in the incorporation of the P&E This
important step, which will benefit all P&F members,
Above: Headmastei; Murray Guest and Sally Rowe,
P&F President, launching the new TAS bus
will be completed during 2002.
Ann Hoskin (Treasurer), Pam Hall (Secretary) and I
all feel very privileged to have been part of such an incredibly supportive School community. We want to
thank all parents for their wonderful support over the
past two years. Our particular thanks go to the Headmaster for his unfailing support and wise council. We
would also like to thank all the Kitchen, Office and
Grounds Staff whose contribution to P<StF activities has
been enormous. Their friendship and assistance have
made our tasks so much more manageable.
Above: the P&F ladies admiring their handiwork
large numbers of TAS Christmas puddings
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Personally I would like to acknowledge the outstanding
support I have received from Andrew Murray, our P&F
Representative to School. Council, and Jack Abbott, my
Senior Vice President. And to Pam and Ann goes my
very sincere gratitude. Their wonderful friendship and
endless good humour have made my task easy. Our special good wishes go to the incoming P&F Executive,
Annette Cassidy, Jo Wauch and Nellie McDonald for
an exciting and rewarding term in office.
Sally Rowe
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Chaplain
From the f?eg isters
The theme of the Anglican Schools Headmasters' and
Chaplains' Conference, Living and Learning-the Christian Faith, has helped me clarify the central focus of my
work at TAS. It has encouraged me to look at being
more like Christ to others, than simply trying to make
others like Christ.
While we may argue over the right and wrong ways to
present Jesus to students and staff in the classroom or
chapel, there is no argument about modeling Jesus to
others through our own personal integrity, the way we
serve others, and the respect, care and compassion we
show honey still catches more flies than vinegar. In a
world searching for acceptance, more than for answers,
we need to be showing relevance through relationships.
So rather than report that we are just doing more of the
same, I wanted to share with you a vision for what we
hope to achieve in the future.
The number of keen students coming for Confirmation
bears witness to the fact that God has already been moving by His Spirit in our School. I never take for granted
the opportunity to see young men come to a position of
public confession of their faith in, and commitment to,
Jesus Christ. Whilst the majority of candidates come
from Year 8, it is especially encouraging to see five of
the 17 students coming from Years 10 and 11.
This year has seen the introduction of more regular opportunities to meet with Years 11 and 12 and the Reverend Martin Trotman has graciously given of his time
and effort to make these sessions both challenging and
Baptisms 2000/2001
12 Nov
Isabelle Grace Winter
12 Nov
Anna Frances Campbell
3 Dec
Christopher John Moffitt
3 Dec
Daniel Peter Moffitt
4 Jan
Xavier Matthew Buydell Tonkin
3 Mar
Sarah Emily Vivers
11 Mar
Lachlan Andrew Cameron
24 Mar
William Matthew Turner
8 Apt
24 June
Junior School continues to bring the greatest satisfaction as these young children demonstrate that child-like
faith and trust which Jesus says we, as adults, should
emulate. After five years at TAS, I am starting to see
students grow up before my eyes from Junior to Middle
and then to Senior School. Despite the challenges, it
remains a privilege to be used by God in this ministry.
Rev Eric Percival, Chaplain
Christopher Robert Charles
Bradley
29 June
_Henry Lee Cupm
4 July
Kane Robert Goldsworthy:-
2 Sept
Dimity Grace Tearle
Weddings 2001
6 Jan
Benjamin Richard Barter
with Kylie Leanne Braid
31 Mar
Richard James Montgomery
with Merryn Pamela Maannis
5 May -
thought-provoking. We hope to continue developing
these opportunities in the future and trust that a variety
of speakers will help to consolidate a strong faith in these
young men who have reached a stage in their life where
they can consider more seriously, issues of life and faith.
Tahlia Brooke Smith
Guy Herbert Croft
with Wendy Lee Hourigan
Confirmation 200,1
Year 8
Nicol Ri \ Allardice
William Charles David Archdale
Angus Charles Kenneway Boileau
Christopher Robert Charles Bradley
Henry Lee Cupitt
James Flower
Christopher Noel McKern
Michael John Moffatt
Dean Jamieson Moore
David Charles Peatfield
Jock Ales ander Rutherfoid
Adam Gregory Vidler
Year 10
Raymond John Evans
Christopher John Moffitt
Daniel Peter Moffitt Charles David Perry
Year 11
- Craig Antony Leggett
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Chapel Choir
Once more we have sadly said goodbyc to sevet al membcrs who have been stalwart suppotters over the years
Richard Bell, who began with the Choir in Year 3, served
as Hcad Chorister and subsequently Head of the Choir,
has completed his HSC and will now pursue his musical studies at the Sydney Conservatonum Other Yeas
12 completers were Gareth Rickards, Blake Noonan and
Tim Wilson-Brown These four will be soicly missed from
our ranks, but as happens every year, we welcome new
members who will hopefully display the same level of
commitment and grow through the Choir as they grow
through the School
Again this year, the Music staff, Mrs Detdre Rickaids
As usual, the Chois has throughout the year provided
music for the Chotal set vices, singing the Eucharist and
Evensong set vices in the Chapel Oncc again, visits away
from the School have been made to Sr Mary's West
Armidale, as well as the traditional Evensong at the
Gostwyck Chapel, an event legendary among the Choir
members fos the refreshments pros ided by the Gostwyck
and Deeargee families after the service
Other special occasions tor the Chou have been the
Eastet Service of Lessons and Readings, and the Valedictory and Christmas Carol set vices
Richard Peter Maddox, Director of the Chapel Chou
and Miss Michelle Han ison, have been active in recruiting new members The Choir is now the largest it
has bcen since the beginning of my tenure as Directot
Consequently we can look forward to a strong Choir
coon 'button for years to comc, while at the same time
mcctmg the challenge of teaching a large and growing
icpet totre of Church music to the new Choir members
As always, by their own active participation Mrs
Rickards and Miss Harrison have been of enormous assistance to me in the running of the Choir I would like
also to thank Mrs Dcborah Bell, Mrs Kate Coward, Mrs
Catherine Fernei and Mrs Alison Wright for their ongoing membei ship and support The presence of these
adults makes my task of teaching and du ection very
After the Gorticyck set iuce,
much easier
TAS Chapel Chou
Back Row Timothy Wilson-Brown, Blake Noonan, Richard Bell (Head of the Chou), Gareth Rickards, James Bell,
Andrew Patter son, Lachlan O'Domzell
Middle Row Alex Pear S011, Stevie Lennox, Di Richard Peter Maddox. (Director), Mrs Deborah Bell, Mrs Derthe
Rickards, Miss Michelle Harmon, Byron Spencer, Mrs Kate Coil md, Annehse Guest
Front Row Nigel Bell, Thomas Armitage, Joe Lennox, William Coward (Head Choi Wei ), Haakon Jakobsson,
Asher Jakobsson, Ben Stanley
Absent Chr istopher Bradley Mrs Alison Wright, Mrs Cather me Fell rer, Jessica Vince-Mom
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Creative & Performing Arts
Drama
What a great year the TAS Drama department has had!
With a staff of two and very healthy student numbers
(our senior classes have students from all the independent schools in Armidale) we headed for great things.
The year started with excellent HSC results for the class
of 2000. Everyone did very well and the class average
was well above the state average. In February, Year 11
and 12 went to Sydney on our annual Drama excursion
to see On Stage. This is always an incredibly valuable
excursion as students not only see the calibre of HSC
work in all areas, but also go on backstage tours at leading theatre companies and experience professional live
theatre. This year we went to The Ensemble's production of Pinter's Old Times- most relevant as Year 12 were
studying the Theatre of the Absurd.
The highlights of the year included the classes involve-
ment in the Armidale Eisteddfod. Year 9 presented a
Richard Tulloch play in three scenes and we received a
first place and a third for our efforts. Perhaps the highlight of this performance was Nelson Hilt acting as a
chicken he received special mention from the adjudicator. Year 10 also competed in the Eisteddfod with
scenes from Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. They did very
well in a difficult section coming second, third and
fourth.
Term 3 is always hectic as Year 12 prepares for their
performance exams.
We started the term with a presentation evening for
parents and friends and the favourable comments buoyed these candidates on. There was great diversity in
there and for the first time we had three students doing
Video Drama.
Also this term we were lucky enough to have a prac
teacher, Claire Nicholls, who contributed much to our
department.
Term 4 brought sad news with Helen and David Toppin
accepting work in Singapore so the Drama staff was reduced to a one teacher department. David has helped a
great deal rigging and reefing lighting and we will miss
the two of them terribly in the years to come.
The year ended with the news of wonderful HSC results with all the class receiving fine results and over
half achieving 80% or better wonderful results for a
very dedicated group of students. This is a great statement to our first genuinely combined class with students from TAS, NEGS and PLC all doing well.
Susan Hoddinott, MIC
Theatrical Production
Joseph and the Amazing
We chose to present this work to parents in an evening
of scenes which were spectacular in their staging with
two groups choosing to work outside on an Armidale
June evening.
Technicolour rAvamcoat
Many Drama students entered the Eisteddfod in the im-
Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim
Rice.
provisation section and again the students' skill level
was impressive. It is always heartening to see students'
success in improvisation as it is the very heart of drama
in the classroom. Our Year 9 Readers' theatre group won
their section with a delightful performance of The Ant
Army.
Term 2 was also marked by our involvement in a range
of sections at the regional Shakespeare Festival. Students competed in the scenes and duologue as well as
in the music category. Gareth Rickards and Lexi Hutton
(seen below) won the duologue section with a delightful scene from The Taming of the Shrew. In Term 3 they
performed in the State Festival in Sydney and won this
becoming National Champions, a wonderful achievement for two such fine and dedicated performers.
Colour, movement and fun, characterised the end of
year production of the musical, Joseph and the Amazing
It aimed to showcase existing talents within the school,
and it certainly did that. TAS students from Year 3 to
Year 11, plus girls from PLC, made up a cast of over fifty
performers.
Some of the highlights of the show included the country and western dance at the conclusion of One more
Angel in Heaven. Here, Geraldine Robert's lively choreography, coupled with a talented Lachlan O'Donnell
on violin, made a very fast and furious dance scene.
The all-star conclusion to Act One, Go Go Joseph, was
colourful and enthusiastic while the final rendition of
Any Dream Will Do provided a moving conclusion to
the show. Here Joseph, played by Byron Spencer, was
joined by all the cast including the angelic-sounding
Junior School Ensemble.
In such a large cast it is hard to select individuals for
mention, but Byron Spencer, a Year 9 student, was an
excellent Joseph. From the moment he entered the hall
singing Any Dream Will Do, accompanied by the Junior
School Ensemble, to his final scene as the powerful ad-
visor to the Pharaoh, he was a delight to listen to and
watch.
The brothers, ably led by Daniel Hicks, and Jacob,
Joseph's father played by Ben Fahey, created some fine
scenes that revealed the resentment the brothers and
their wives felt for Joseph.
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The Armidalian 2001
Ben Sutton as an Elvis Presley-style Pharaoh was also
excellent, as he told his dream to a bemused and then
enthusiastic Joseph. A band of adoring fans accompanied him. Here again the choreography made for an upbeat scene.
This production was one full of cameo roles. Warren
Roberts, accompanied by Leigh Harder, as the Pharaoh's
bodyguards, opened the second act with a short ex-
change with an unsuspecting audience member.
Potiphar, played by Peter Toppin, and his wife, Katie
Bradley, also produced a wonderfully, amusing short
scene. Those Canaan Days, a song in the style of French
torch songs, sung by Daniel Hicks, Will Wright and
James Hall, along with Tanaa Punyawong's dancing, was
an example of how this production allowed individuals
the opportunity to showcase their talents.
The original musical had been adapted by Susan
Hoddinott to suit the needs of those performing and
this was particularly evident in the role of the narrator.
Here the part had been changed from a female singing
part to three spoken parts. John Nash, Charlie Perry
and Lachlan Silver told the story at times together, while
at other times, each had their own scene.
This was a lovely production to watch; enhanced by a
great set from James White, props by Andrea Gledhill
and bright and colourful costumes. The students used
the space welt, coming in from all areas of the hall. It
had many delightful jokes false beards on the hairy
Ishmaelites, Jacob appearing unexpectedly in One More
Angel in Heaven,and hobby horses instead of camels, all
added to the mood of the show.
The production had a wonderful ensemble feel to it.
This was particularyly evident in the band. Students
and staff members under the expert direction of Deidre
Rickards enhanced each performance.
Every aspect of the show was one of cooperation. The
music, prepared and directed by Deidre Rickards, the
dancing choreographed by Geraldine Roberts, the Junior School Ensemble prepared by Michelle Harrison and
the direction by Susan Hoddinott and Helen Toppin
made this a fine production of which all those involved
can be proud.
Susan Hoddinott, Director
Music
The great Hungarian composer/educator Zoltan Kodaly
is quoted as saying that, Na man is complete without a
feeling for music and an understanding of what it condo for
him. At TAS, we aim to offer music programs that pro-
vide students with a knowledge of repertoire and the
skills to build on this for the rest of their lives. Iris generally recognised that most people are listeners of music
and the listening skills acquired at TAS are invaluable.
Boys from isolated rural communities particularly need
these skills otherwise they are at the mercy of the com-
mercial media that has a narrow focus. Miss Harrison
and I spend considerable time developing repertoire so
that music is presented to the TAS students in all aspects of their lives here Assemblies, Chapel Services,
Classroom programs, Community Concerts etc.
As I look through the calendar for the year 2001, I am
overwhelmed by the enormous amount of activities and
the incredible successes we have had in Music this year.
No doubt many of you have been following our program by reading the Music Notes which are produced
for the weekly Bulletin. This report represents a summary and gives acknowledgement to those students who
have demonstrated their passion for music by their constant involvement and their willingness to work with
the music staff in order to raise the benchmark for themselves and the ensembles to which they are committed.
HSC Music Students
The year started with outstanding results from three students from the 2000, Year 12 class. Tom Abbott, Ben
Godwin and James Heath were placed in the top 11
Music Candidates in the State and Ben played in the
Opera House Encore concert. I was immensely proud to
accompany him as he represented TAS in this concert
of out standing HSC candidates. He was well supported
by the Year 11 and 12 students from TAS, PLC and
NEGS who had travelled to Sydney for their annual
HSC Music excursion. On this excursion we saw the
Australian Opera in action and the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra in rehearsal. The visit to the Australian Music Centre, the jazz at Soup Plus, the visit to ABCs Triple J with an impromptu interview with our Head Prefect, Gareth Rickards, and the lectures from Australian
composers, all contributed to a stimulating program.
The end of March saw the annual Year 10 Music Day
and the HSC Music weekend which is hosted by TAS
and led by the formidable Mr Mal Hewitt. Here music
students from Armidale and district, experience workshops and lectures which provoke and stimulate their
musicianship. The weekend concludes with a service in
the Halt where the Heads and student representatives
of all secondary schools in Armidale present readings.
This is the only time when all the schools come together
in worship and TAS values this opportunity.
Musica Viva Concerts
Armidale has a fantastic Musica Viva program of six con-
certs annually and we have a large group subscription
of elective music students, parents and staff. Other concerts have been given by Mara( a multi-cultural ensemble), the Song Company (Australia's finest acapella ensemble) and other visiting performers.
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Choral Groups
TAS Singers, the Chapel Choir, the Junior School
Choirs and Vocal Ensembles all embrace the philosophy, that to sing is a natural and healthy pursuit. For
the first time TAS Singers won the Secondary School
Choral shield in the Armidale Eisteddfod and tied for
third place with the Chapel Choir in the NE Choral
Championship. The adjudicator, well known Australian soprano, Jane Edwards praised the choirs and was so
impressed with Richard Bell's voice that she awarded
him eight first places in the individual events, including the New England Vocal Championship and Tim
Voegeli received three first places. One of the highlights
of the Choral evening was the performance from the
Year 12 vocal ensemble. These charming young men,
with the skilled assistance of Geraldine Roberts, choreographed a rendition of Go Away Little Girl and
This group, led by Gareth Rickards, played an arrange-
ment of Norwegian Wood and Air from Rinaldo by
Handel. We achieved a lovely sound and they were indeed a superb group. The other group is the Junior/Middle School String ensemble led by Ian Dewhurst. I have
enjoyed writing works for this group of players and we
have also written and performed a group composition
Christmas Bells.
Composition
We entered the Sydney Morning Herald/Gould League
competition with the theme Bio-Diversity and received
6 merit awards. The Armidate Eisteddfod also allowed
students the opportunity to show how creative they are
Tom Boyd-Spencer, Lachlan O'Donnell,Tom Ferrier
and Jamie Bell all won first prizes with Jamie winning
the overall prize for the best composition.
brought the house down. TAS Singers have represented
Concerts
the school on occasions such as ABC's Music of the North
At the end of Term 2 the Coventry Concert was a whole
concert, the Gunnedah Eisteddfod and we were invited
to perform Vivaldi's Gloria with Calrossy's Choir.
school event and featured some of our successes from
the Eisteddfod. The money raised on this occasion went
Instrumental Ensembles
to the grand piano fund.
The TAS Big Band, under the able baton of Miss
At the end of each Term we have In-House concerts
and we have had 140 performances this year, ranging
from Blake Noonan playing his magnificent rendition
Harrison, has given a number of public performances
this year. They were also part of the Calrossy concert
and stimulated the Tamworth crowd with a finale performance of Hip to be Square. Next year, the major excursion for the band will be to the Newcastle Jazz Festival. This will take a lot of work however I know the
boys will always present well and make a great sound.
The Year 9 Chamber Ensemble Lachlan O'Donnell,
Andrew Patterson, Ben Ward and Byron Spencer have
received engagements at special functions in Armidale
and have often provided a magnificent sound for TAS
functions on the Chapel lawn.
A new ensemble is a Wind Quintett led by flautist and
Science teacher Mr Derrin. It is rare that a school has a
group like this and we look forward to hearing from this
body of dedicated players. I have also been working with
two String Ensembles this year. I started a Secondary
group that came second in the Eisteddfod and were invited to play in the Gala concert by the adjudicator.
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of the Prelude in Gs= minor by Rachmaninoff and Simon
Toppin, the Prelude No.2 by Villa-Lobos to little Year 1
students playing Go Tell Aunt Rhody. The supportive
atmosphere makes for a pleasant evening and provides
students with a performance platform which is not part
of a competition or an exam.
Finally, I would like to thank the parents who support
their children in their music making. Sometimes students find it difficult to sustain the daily practice routine and need your assistance and interest. Thank you
also to the parents and to Murray Guest for the NEITA
nomination. I was incredibly proud of the opportunity
to speak on The Power of Music In Boys Education. I be-
lieve TAS has a bright future in music education. We
are offering a diverse range of activities and a number
of program are set in place and are working.
Deidre Richards, Director of Music
The Annie-Mimi 2001
Visual Arts
2001 proved to be a very disjointed year, but despite
numeious staff changes the students continued to produce art works which were visually pleasing and kept
the teachers' very happy
For the Year 12 boys, the new syllabus requiting a body
of works, gave them the opportunity to demonstrate a
satiety of skills However, human nature being what it
is, there was still the mad lush to complete works on
time, creating the usual angst lot the strung out teacher
Simon Topmn broke the mould to go with abstraction,
whilst Joe Adams honed his very fine drawing skills,
along with Ntc Hutton who spent most of his time in
drama, finally managing to combine both, with a bag
full of monkeys Thanks to Adam Strahle who kept slogging away at his body of work while Giant Robertson
managed to keep the overhead mojector hot Richard
Ned used splay on words (angry words) for his inspiration while Sam Bignell took on the woi Id of surrealism
with images of his piano in a creek or high on a hillside,
Variety is the spice of life
Year 11 has come to teims with Environmental Alt,
Feminism and Nudity and also, the ever popular landscape, in their quest to be famous attists From Will
Killen's Fish as Glachato7, to James Buchan's Response To
My Othel Life (need I say surfing) these students produced a wide range of environmental e penences, while
Ale Wallace made Feminism and Sculpture an artwork
in itself We won't forget I
The At andahan 2001
Issues and Theories gave a very large Year 10 group the
chance to think more deeply about what senior art might
offer but also, a fantastic time to socialise, chat and gi affit on the top artroom walls What a delightful group of
boys, Fortunately those who chose art for Year 11 and
12 did so foi the right reasons and we can took foiward
to an enlightening two yeais
Places and Spaces kept Yeai 9 on the straight and natrow with woik on perspective in Term 1 where major
works wet e produced that related to their environment
The positive attitude generated by this group of students
meant both the teacher and the students had an enjoyable year pushing the boundaries of Who e we Live
Year 8 found that the theme of People gave them fertile
pound on which to experiment with then own images
as well as how histoiy has treated the face and figure in
artworks
As with Year 7 (who had Other Living Things as then
theme), many different media wete covered including
painting, printing, sculpture, drawing along with the
theory wheie we leaint to es press ouiselves in the written form (after thinking what to say first, of course)
I would like to thank those who stepped into the art
breach during the later part of the year and the various
and varied students who have made both mine and Mrs
Gledhill's year a memorable one with their good and
bad behaviour but mainly I thank you all for being so
enthusiastic about art
James White
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Director of Studies
- Academic Report
Tim Wilson Brown,Year 11, also received a High Distinction in Philosophy after successfully accelerating in
4U Science in 1999 whilst still in Year 10.
This has been both a busy and extremely successful academic year at TAS. Beginning with excellent HSC results, the year has seen a succession of academic achievements too numerous to mention in this report. Instead,
Six students had their major works selected for HSC
exhibitions in Music, Art and Design and Technology,
Tom Abbott and Ben Godwin (Encore), Alex Spencer
and Simon Granfield (ArtExpress) and Gary Dewhurst
I leave it to you to read the subject reports in this
and Adam King (DesignTech).
Armidalian and I will just highlight some achievements.
In the broad candidature, it was also pleasing to see 50%
2000 HSC
of students achieve a result in one or more subjects in
the top 10% (90-100 decite). Seven of our students
achieved subject results in the top percentile band in 3
or more subjects. Eight students from Year 11 and one
from Year 10, completed part of their HSC and the notable achievements were Tim Wilson-Brown (HD in
Philosophy), Philip Dewhurst (Year10 Accounting 81
- 90%) and Alex Welfietd (2U Japanese 91 - 100%).
Alex was also accepted for a place in the Distinction
course of Cosmology in 2001. This is the eighth student that TAS has had accepted for Distinction courses
in recent years.
Seventy four students completed their HSC last year
with 16 of these acculumating results over 2 or more
years (22%). Of the 15 students who gained a University Admission Index (UAI) in excess of 90, six had
been part of the accelerating students programme. Two
of the students completing their HSC studied a vocational course involving TAFE and dual accredited
courses that satisfied the requirements of the HSC but
did not involve a UAI. TAS students sat HSC exams
in 37 Board subjects and completed studies in a further
3 TAPE courses and the Vocational course, Information Technology, taught at TAS. These figures are testimony to the broad spectrum of opportunities available
to TAS students and to the continued success of the
senior acceleration programme that involves one in five
students from Years 10 to 12 annually.
The outstanding results of the top 15 students (21%)
who achieved a UAI in excess of 90 was pleasing as this
group was representative of the state candidature with
a full spectrum of ability. To be able to provide appropriate courses for all students, whilst extending the top
achievers, is a notable achievement for a small school.
The median UAI for the TAS candidature was 77.
In 2002, a further 5 students have applied for Distinction courses in Philosophy and Comparative Literature.
School Certificate Results 2000
The new format of the School Certificate sees grades
(A to E) awarded internally and state-wide tests in English (Literacy), Maths (Numeracy) and Science. Our
results in state testing were above state average and excellent in Science and reflected the quality of candidature of this cohort.
English-Literacy (SC Test)
Band
School (%)
State (%)
6
This compares favourably with a traditional state-wide
5
boys' median of around 60 and further supports the grow-
4
ing argument for single sex education for boys. 42% of
the TAS candidature achieved UAI's in the 80's or
3
2
above, which was double the state average (based on 72
1
students attempting a UAI).
None
The results also show that 21% of the candidature
achieved in the top 10% of the state.This compares
well with the 17% who achieved a similar result in 1999.
The school's Dux was Tom Abbott with a UAI of 99.85.
Tom was closely followed by Ben Godwin with a UAI
of 99.25. Both these students were accepted for the En-
core Music performances and both achieved a number
of scores over 90 (Tom had 9 units over 90 white Ben
had 7 units over 90). Tom also achieved a High Distinction in Philosophy after successfully accelerating in
3 Unit Ancient History in 1999.
Other notable achievers were Doug Nash (98.55), Lee
Reid (97.95), James Heath (97.2), Ross MacKay (95.8)
and Matt Harder (94.4). A further 8 students had scores
in the low 90's.
8 students were mentioned in Subject Merit Lists and
there were 16 mentions overall: Tom Abbott (English
2UR, Maths 3U, Music Csl, Philosophy), Ben Godwin
(English 2UR, Economics 3U, Music Csl ), James Heath
(English 2UR and Music Cs 1 ), Ross MacKay (English
2UR), Doug Nash (English 2UR and 3U Vis Arts), Lee
Reid ( 4U Maths and English 2UR), Ross Ridgway (Bus
St 2U) and Ben St Clair (Bus St 21J).
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6 (11.32)
11 (20.75)
18 (33.96)
13 (24.52)
( 5.86)
7.54)
(0)
( 1.88)
( 9.35)
( 1.95)
4
0
1
(
53
Mathematics (SC Test)
Band
School (%)
6
8
5
8
4
(15.09)
(15.09)
22 (41.50)
3
8
(15.09)
2
5
( 9.43)
1
1
(
None
1
(
1.88)
1.88)
53
Science (SC Test)
Band
School (%)
6
5
4
3
2
1
None
8
18
15
9
2
0
1
53
(15.09)
(33.96)
(28.30)
(16.98)
( 3.77)
(0)
(
1.88)
(24.09)
(33.72)
(23.48)
( 1.55)
79 304
State (%)
( 8.11)
(17.32)
(25.19)
(26.77)
(17.40)
( 3.65)
1.52)
79 399
(
State (%)
( 3.93)
(19.87)
(30.30)
(30.62)
(11.50)
( 2.21)
1.53)
79 313
(
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These outstanding results show we had almost double
the state average in the top band (Band 6) and less than
halt the state average in the lower bands (1 and 2) The
student who did not receive a band was overseas during
the exams Particular congratulations to Science who
had almost half the candidature in the top two bands.
Competition Results
The School again achieved excellent results in both
local and National competitions. Beginning with numerous placmgs at the Armidale Eistedfodd, each term
brought a new set of commendable achievements in
National Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and English
competitions. In particular, I would highlight the remarkable achievements of Gareth Rickards and Lexi
Hutton in winning the State final of the Shakespeare
Festival (duologue). Another outstanding national
achievement was the perfect score achieved by Sriram
Rao in the Science competition. Sriram is one of 5 stu-
dents who have been invited to attend Distinction
couise oretntations in preparation for next year.
Academic Innovation
TAS continues to build on its well-deserved reputation
tor educational innovation through four specific programs featured this year. 2000 saw the introduction of
the new Middle School at TAS ins purpose built facilities The Middle School expanded this year with the
phased inclusion of Year 8. Its outstanding success to
date is due, in no small measure, to the efforts of Dennis
Dempster and his team of dedicated teachers. This succcss was recognised by the New England branch of the
Australian College of Education through the Harris
award for educational innovation.
Amidst all the confusion surrounding the New HSC,
TAS quietly and successfully introduced new curriculum in all subject areas including new vocational courses.
We continued to expand links with the other independent schools in Armidale and I am pleased to announce
that in 2002, the school will offer well over 40 Board
subjects to Year 11. These will include the highest levels of English and Mathematics and face to face classes
English
Teachers and students of English attacked the school
year with a great deal of confidence after the academic
and creative successes of 2000. Boys in Year 11 and 12
particularly enjoyed tackling the more difficult critical
literacy and cultural studies approaches on offer in the
New HSC English course. They studied a range of modules including a close study of twelve famous speeches
in their historical contexts, a comparative study of Hamlet and Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Advanced
course), and a close examination of the Peter Weir film
Witness (Standard course). Not for us the hand wringing angst of many of the students and teachers in city
schools - boys at TAS are capable of achieving in English at the very highest levels and they do.
The year has seen some significant arrivals and departures amongst the staff. Midway through the year Mr
Sprinkle decided to begin afresh in his native North
America - his lively presence has been missed. His shoes
were very ably filled by Mr Geoff Derrin. He provided a
fine role model for students by sometimes submitting
his own assignments along with theirs. I marked his Year
9 feature article, on soap operas, and gave it an A+.
This from an already versatile musician and teacher.
It is with sadness that we farewell Mrs Helen Toppin
who will take up a position in Singapore at the end of
the year. She has been a very dedicated and knowledgeable teacher of English who has shown great concern
for the individual students in her care.
It is also with great sadness that I leave TAS at the end
of the year to take up a teaching position near Ipswich.
Finally, I have two words of advice to pass on to TAS
boys - remember to QUOTE and keep your shirts tucked
in! I will miss you all immensely, even the really horrid
ones.
Elizabeth Woolaston, English Co-ordinator
in 6 language courses. Year 12 extension courses in
Music, History, Maths and English are also planned for
this year group.
Another exciting innovation for 2002, will be the introduction of an Aviation Skiffs strand at TAS that includes the Commercial Pilot's Licence for fixed wing
ancraft and helicopters as well as an Aeronautical Mechanics course. Both courses are part of the HSC and
also receive external industry accreditation.
In conjunction with the New HSC, TAS has led the
Independent Schools' community with the introduction of outcomes-based reporting from K to 12. This
adventurous program required considerable commitment from a dedicated and hard working staff as well as
increased support from the school for computer hardware, software, support and inservice. The work of our
staff has attracted considerable State-wide interest including a professional research grant from the Association of Independent Schools and feature articles on its
web site
Peter Hall, Director of Studies
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Competition Results
Public Speaking and rebating
Australian Schools English Competition
Debating and public speaking both flourished throughout 2001. It was perhaps our most successsful year ever
in senior debating.
Particular congratulations go to Adam Vidler and Peter
Toppin who each received a High Distinction award,
placing them in the top one percent of the nation. Students to receive Distinction awards were: Fraser Allen,
Haldane Begg, Tom Boyd-Spencer, Charles Cull and
Mitchell Stewart (Year 6); Sam Brazier-Hollins, William
Coward, Michael Fahey and Alister Hawksford (Year
7); Andrew Coulton (Year 8); Michael Allen, David
Metcalfe, Lachlan O'Donnell and Andrew Pattersen
(Year 9) and James Bell (Year 10).
Charlie Perry, Sriram Rao and Christopher Rowe represented the school in the state wide senior debating
competition. This comprises approximately 250 teams
state wide. The TAS team were the winners of the zone
(Armidale) and region (north west) finals.
They went on to contest the State quarter finals in Sydney against a very imressive Barker College. Unfortu-
nately we were defeated but the experience was imAustralian Schools Writing Competition
This is a new competition which Year 8 students sat in
2001 with excellent results. Three boys managed High
Distinctions: Mitchell Bath, Hue Douglas and Adam
Vidler. A further nine were awarded Distinctions. They
were: Torn Allsop, Angus Boileau, Alexander Gow,
Ashoor Khan, Max Hodgson, Michael Moffatt, Dean
Moore, David Peatfield and Jeremy Rose. As this competition required extended creative responses, creative
writing in the Middle School is looking particularly
healthy.
Poetry Awards
Students at TAS have once again experienced considerable success in the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards
based at Gunnedah. This competition attracted over
10,000 entries in 2001. Of the fourteen TAS entries
submitted, eleven received awards! Our most successful entrant was Max (poet extraordinaire) Hodgson of
Year 8 who was highly commended for two poems! Ben
Sutton, Christopher Rowe, Craig Leggett and
Christopher Booth, all of Year 11, were also all highly
commended. Others to receive commendations were
Daniel Rankmore, Sriram Rao, Alex Wallace, Lachlan
Abbott and Christopher East. The judges liked our poems because they were not formulaic or cliched each
boy took a fresh approach to his topic.
mensely valuable and the boys have already begun plan-
ning for the 2002 competition.
All three debaters also represented the school in public
speaking. Christopher and Sriram entered the SMH
Plain Speaking Award where Christopher came second.
Sriram won the impromptu section at the Armidale Eisteddfod winning the Peter Bailey Trophy. Charlie also
competed in theEisteddfod and did extremely well.
In Middle School, lunchtime competitions were run in
both Debating and Public Speaking. These debates and
impromptu speeches are developing a sense of confidence in the boys as well as fostering an ongoing interest in speaking in public
With the assistance of duty master Michael Simpson,
Year 9 and 10 also became involved in debates and all
enjoyed the competitive nature of team debating.
The annual visit by Sydney High again involved an inter school debate and TAS convincingly defeated the
Sydney School.
All in all a very satisfying and encouraging year. Both
debating and public speaking have a strong future at
TAS.
Susan Hoddinott, MIC
Senior Debating Team
Left to right: Sriram Rao, Ms Susan Hoddinott (co-ordinator), Christopher Rowe, Charles Perry
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Learning Support
The Learning Support Department at TAS is committed to supporting those students who experience learning difficulties. By working with the students, their
teachers, parents and, in some cases, paraprofessionals,
we aim to help these students reach their potential.
In the Junior School, students from Kindergarten to Year
5 who were considered 'at risk' in regard to the development of their basic skills, were targeted through testing and teacher referral. These students received small
group instruction once or twice each week by learning
support teacher, Mrs Roberts. Early detection and intervention meant that some of these children quickly
caught up to their peers and and no longer required this
more individualised instruction.
In Term 3 we welcomed Morgan McCarthy to the Year
1 class each Wednesday. Morgan has Downs Syndrome.
With the help of his teacher aide, Mr Williams, his class
teacher, Mrs Wright, and all of the wonderful children
in Year 1 (and the Junior School in general), Morgan
has learnt lots of things as well as having taught us all
some very valuable lessons.
HSIE
One of the most successful events of the year was the
staging of Business Week in Term 2. This involved all
Year 11 students in a team-based business simulation
game. A number of guest speakers from the community,
including Peter Bailey, Graham East and Bobby Ballas,
enlivened proceedings by sharing their business expertise and experience with the boys.
In Term 3, Mr Toakley, who is new to the staff this year,
accompanied a combined class of Year 11 Geography
students on a very successful week long field trip. All
Year 10 boys also enjoyed a week's Civics and Citizenship excursion to Canberra in Term 2.
Mr Tim Scott joined the staff to teach Commerce and
Mrs Narelle Foley acquitted herself ably in the teaching of History and Ancient History during Terms 3 and
4. Mr Brown took well-earned long-service leave during Term 4.
The HSIE curriculum encompasses Middle School as
well as Years 9 to 12. Many innovative programs were
delivered to Years 6 to 8 who studied a variety of modern and ancient history topics as well as environmental
issues in Geography. Middle school teachers included
Mrs Seonia Wark, Mr Dennis Dempster, Mr Walter
Sprinkle, Mr Geoff Derrin, Mr Ralph Hunt and Mrs
Helen Toppin.
The most notable student success was that of Sriram
Rao in the AMP/Economics Competition - he recorded
a rank of 99.9 and was awarded a prize for being one of
the top students in NSW. Other students to receive
Distinctions were Phillip Pain, Daniel Rankmore and
Chris Rowe. In the companion Business Studies Competition both Year 11 and Year 12 students performed
creditably with the top position going equally to Jacob
Douglas and Phillip Pain.
In the Middle School, students experiencing difficulties with literacy/numeracy received a combination of
individual and small group instruction from our reading
specialist, Mr Hunt. As in the Junior School, this support addresses the individual difficulties of each student
in an effort to increase their reading/comprehension
skills. In addition, they also received small group and
in-class support from Mrs Brain and Mrs Ward (learning support teachers) with work currently being taught
in the classroom.
Our approach in the Senior school concentrated largely
on in-class support as students struggled with the pressures of the syllabus and assessment. English and Maths
classes were supported by Mrs Foley, Mr Mann and Mrs
Ward.
On a broader level, the Board of Secondary School Studies is also acknowledging the needs of students who experience learning difficulties.
Flexibility within syllabi, courses and timetables allows
the learning opportunities for these students to be enhanced.
Special Provisions (eg readers/writers/extra time) are also
provided for the HSC and SC examinations. These pro-
visions give struggling students every opportunity to
express their knowledge. This year, we have had a wonderful group of mothers who volunteered their time in
supporting these students during exams. The school and
students are most grateful to them.
The Learning Support Department at TAS is stilt developing. Together with teachers, parents, consultants
and volunteers, we aim to help students who find school
and learning more challenging than usual. We seek to
do this by finding paths which will help them to learn
and to make learning the rewarding experience it should
be.
Brigitte Ward, Learning Support Co-ordinator
Elizabeth Woolaston, HSIE Co-ordinator
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LOTE - Languages Other Than English
Mathematics
The Language Department is always exciting and this
year has been no different. It's like taking an overseas
trip for 40 minutes a day as the students learn about the
language and culture of countries beyond TAS!
The mathematics department for 2001 consisted of Mr
The Junior School enjoyed learning either French or
Japanese. In French they learnt basic language, such as
greetings, and a vocabulary that enriched our cultural
lessons. They learnt about sports, schools, and food in
France, especially les galeltes du roi advent cakes and
the special crown for the King for the day.
In Japanese the highlight of the year was definitely the
visit of the students from Tezukayama in Japan. The students had a wonderful learning experience communicating with limited common language and in sharing
cultures.
In Middle School, students continued to experience
both languages up to Year 8 when they then chose either French or Japanese. When entering the Senior
School at Year 9 level, both languages become an elective. For those who fall under the spell of learning a language this continues to be a very rewarding experience
and for many, itchy feet begin to appear.
well food is always high on
the list. So there is croissants et chocolat-chaud. We made
Some of the experiences
truffles; we enjoyed crepes 'a la fraise merci, MarieAndr'ee! We played boules and we learned about the
dreaded past participles!
While in Japanese the beginner students battled with
learning a foreign script, they also dealt with self-introductions, descriptions of people and places and sports.
The more advanced students continued their battle with
the three Japanese scripts and dealt with verbs and the
differing conjunctions of sentences while studying various topics.
The reward for the hard work food! Including sukiyaki, okonomiyaki, sushi, and the list goes on!
In Term IV we said good bye to Ms Fiona Harris who
became the Co-ordinator of the newly established TAS
Language Centre for our overseas students and we welcomed back Ms Catherine Boydell to Japanese. We
thank Ms Harris for all of her work in the LOTE department over a number of years. We also thank Mr
Kiyo Hashimoto for supervising our senior correspondence students.
This year we were also very fortunate to have two exchange students (tertiary) at TAS. Mademoiselle Fiore
Duguet from France and Kajiyama Kaori san from Japan. Having both of these ladies here at TAS meant
that our students were able to experience conversation
in their chosen language with native speakers and we
were able to learn about the culture in an authentic
manner. In addition, both Fiore and Kaori were invaluable assets to the Language Department and the school
generally, as they became involved in other activities.
So, the learning of a language is no longer just the endless learning of rules of grammar. The aim is to teach
students how to communicate in another language and
to develop an understanding, enjoyment and, therefore,
a tolerance of cultures other than their own.
Brigitte Ward, LOTE Co-ordinator
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David Dorrian, Mr IanTonkin, Mr Peter Hall, Mrs
Seonia Wark and Mr Jeremy Roberts.
During Term 2, when Mr Dorrian was on long service
leave, TAS was indeed fortunate to employ the services
Dr Jonathon Watson, who more than capably filled in
the teaching role. I am also very grateful to Mr Tonkin
for assuming the role of Mathematics co-ordinator in
my absence, a position that he filled most admirably.
The changes to the HSC and a busy year have kept the
Mathematics staff on their toes. The boys at TAS continue to achieve in external examinations at better than
the state average, in some cases significantly so, as demonstrated by the HSC results for the 2 Unit and General courses in 2000. I would like to acknowledge the
tireless efforts of the staff to encourage each student to
achieve at his personal best.
I would also like to acknowledge Lee Reid from the 2000
year for being in the top 10% in the State and thus
making the Premier's Honours List for Mathematics.
This year the Australian Mathematics competition was
run in 3500 schools world wide (2530 from Australia)
and 490000 students participated. Three boys received
High Distinctions (top 2% of their year and region),
twenty boys received Distinctions (top 15% of their year
and region), and fifty-eight boys received credits (top
50% of their year and region). They were:
Distinctions
Year 7
Michael Fahey, Sam Brazier-Hollins
Year 8
Jeremy Rose, Adam Vidler, Dean Moore
Year 9
Michael Allen, Ben Ward, lain Hall
Luke Brattoni, Ben Higginbotham
Year 10
Luke Davis, Peter Toppin,
Andrew Meyerowitz, John Nash
Year 11
Sriram Rao, Christopher Rowe,
Lachlan Abbott, Tom Ferrier,
Christopher Booth, Christopher East
High Distinctions
Year 11
Ka Shing Lee (Felix)
Year 12
Timothy Wilson-Brown
Andrew Patterson
Andrew received the award for the highest standardized score in the school. Well done to all of the boys
who participated.
Year 9
From these excellent results a number of students were
invited to participate in the Australian Mathematics
Olympiad and two took up the challenge, with Luke
Davis of Year 10 being awarded a credit certificate
For me the year 2001 has been a challenging and rewarding year and I look forward to what 2002 has to
offer with enthusiasm.
I should like to finish by quoting, Mathematics is the only
pure science the rest are all derivatives, this is how we in
the maths department view our role in educating the
young men at TAS.
David B Don-ian, Co-ordinator
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Personal Development,
Health & Physical Education
Science
The Science Department staff for 2001 has been Mr
Wally Richards (Co-ordinator), Mr Kel Hardingham,
Mr Dave Tex' Toppin, Dr Jonathon Watson (part-time),
Mr Geof Derrin (Term 2).
The Macquarie Dictionary defines Science as, the systematic study of man and his environment based on the deductions and inferences which can be made, and the general
laws which can be formulated from reproducible observations and measurements of events and parameters within
the universe, and if you can make any sense out of that
then you are a better scientist than I am.
Science, in the opinion of the TAS staff, involves a great
deal of practical investigative work coupled with accurate and detailed reporting on various aspects of life and
its related disciplines. This work can occur in the laboratory, out in the field, in the computer room or even in
the homes of the students. In other words, we value experience, and discussion with teachers at other schools
Junto, School Thathld
cyclists away "
2001 saw the first cohort of the elective class, Sports
Science, complete the school-developed course. As
graduates, these students will have a greater understanding and appreciation of the issues and concepts relating
clearly shows that the TAS Science staff do far more
practical and hands on work than happens elsewhere.
There is no substitute for this and despite the rigorous
constraints now imposed upon us by the Chemical Safety
to sport in Australian society. They have had the opportunity to gain a level one coaching and officiating
accreditation. Their increased skill levels and technical knowledge of sports science can only benefit the
school and community sports programs in the future.
in Schools legislation we stilt make every effort to expose the boys to as wide a range of practical work as
possible.lt would appear that this policy is working well
as we have enjoyed considerable success in the various
areas of scientific endeavour this year and here are some
of the highlights:
The HSC class of 2001 was a dedicated group of four-
Yarrahapinni Excursion
teen (7 TAS, 6 PLC and I NEGS) who remained
focussed on their end goal the HSC exam. Congratulations to David Brain who turned in the top perform-
ance and well done to the rest of the group for their
application and effort during a very hectic two years.
Mr Ian Lloyd and Mr Geoff Derrin taught Middle School
PD/H/PE. Mr Jeremy Roberts taught the Junior School
program and with his secondment to the Middle School
in 2002, Mrs Forsythe will step into this role. We will
incorporate the existing Outdoor Education program
into PD/H/PE and organise more intense units of shorter
duration for the students. An increase of period allocations in Years 3, 4 and 5 will assist greatly in this area.
Our annual Year 9, five day trip, to a patch of rainforest
and coastal scrub proved itself to be as stimulating and
challenging as ever. While there, the students' research
and report on what they find and discover in considerable detail and in great depth. They present work every
night at 10.00 pm, which is then marked by the teaching staff and returned to them for further reference the
next day. The excursion is demanding and tiring and I
thank the staff who went Mr Toppin, Mr Derrin (who
gave up his time to join us) and Mr McLennan. They
work longer and harder than the students and are deserving of your gratitude.
Areas of emphasis for 2002 will be the investigation of
accreditation for the existing Outdoor Education program in Years 9 and 10 as an elective course that will
appear on the student's school certificate. This will generate a number of outcomes in terms of implementing,
monitoring, assessing and reporting of the student's competency levels in Outdoor Education. I look fonvard to
this challenge.
Further refinement of the existing PD/H/PE program
will continue, with the emphasis being placed upon the
issues of physical activity, growth and development, diet
and nutrition, weight control, drug related issues, relationships and sexual health. Raising the student's awareness and comprehension of these issues will enable them
to make healthier lifestyle choices in the near future.
Finally, a thank you to all the PD/H/PE staff for their
support and excellent teaching of the programs that I
know will continue into 2002.
Mark Taylor, Co-ordinator
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Forensic Science Camp
Brainchild of Mr Kel Hardingham, this innovative camp
was resurrected this year by him. The fact that he then
went on long service, leaving three remarkably able stu-
dents and Mr McLennan in charge, is witness to his
faith in the department. Chris Rowe, Sriram Rao and
Philip Pain did an astonishingly good job. Over 100,
Year 8 students from around Australia and Singapore
spent five solid days carrying out forensic testing, fingerprinting, DNA matching and researching on a range
of clues which allowed them to make an arrest of a suspect, run a mock trial and get a conviction, or not, de-
pending on that evidence and the quality of the legal
advice they received. The participants were exhausted
but elated at the end of the camp!
Australian National Science Competition
This competition attracted over 45,000 students from
the Asia Pacific region. Our top results consisted of 6
High Distinctions and 48 Distinctions.
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Quiz
TAS students achieved great success gaining 6 High Distinctions and 30 distinctions. Michael Fahey, Year 7 was
the most successful student being placed in the 98.2 per-
centile band in NSW.
RACI Titration Competition
Three teams entered the New England round of this
competition and were placed 1', 2"d and 3" out of 18
teams. Kelvin Soo, Nick Allan and Gareth Foot the
winning team, went on to the next round but were unsuccessful. Thanks to Mr Harris and Mr McLennan for
training the students.
Individual Successes
Sriram Rao achieved a perfect 100% in the Australian
Science Competition and was selected for the National
Youth Science Forum to be held in Canberra in January, 2002. Selection for this pestigious event is only
achieved by the most capable of students and I congratulate Sriram.
Tom Ferrier and Andrew Lai won the UNSW Virtual
Solar World Challenge. Hundreds of students around
the world were involved and Tom and Andrew were
the winners, receiving substantial prize money.
Mission Possible
TAS played host to 250, Year 6 students, from all around
the New England region. What a hive of activity TAS
was that day with the students learning about electricity, floating and sinking, towers and bridges, elastic energy, time and flying. This knowledge was put to good
use when they tried to carry out their various missions.
Thanks to Mr Gordon McLennan for his enormous involvement in this innovative day of practical science.
Farewell Tex Toppin
It was with great regret that I received the news that
Technology and Applied
Studies
Agriculture
At the time of writing, we have just said goodbye to the
Year 12 of 2001 a combined group of eight TAS students and two girls Rebecca Hann from PLC, and
Jessica Simpson from OCC. Both girls kept the boys on
their toes and contributed in a very positive fashion to
the overall tenor of the class. All students had a very
competent and confident approach to Agriculture and
I wish them well in their chosen fields of endeavour.
The subject Agriculture, has many facets. Our course
content aims at giving students a broad range of experiences. Meadowfield, the school farm, is a key component as it allows the students to experience the practical application of what they study in class. The 15 hectares is a manageable portion of land which throws up
many unexpected challenges. Sustainability has been
our major goal for the farm certainly much easier said
than done. This complex notion is also a major aspect
of the Year 12 course.
Each year is an incredibly busy one on Meadowfield.
January begins with the preparation of stud cattle for
the round of local. shows Guyra, Armidate and Walcha,
culminating in the Royal Easter Show.This year saw the
TAS Poll Hereford Stud have its most successful year
ever. Students and our very accomplished farm assistant, Mr Noel Tyler, prepared the cattle to a tee and were
the main reasons for the outstanding success gaining
two blue and two red ribbons. April, and the beginning
of Term 2 arrives as does the hard cold winter. The shows
don't take a break however and the National Poll Hereford Show and Sale comes around followed by the
Glen Innes Bull Sales in August and the accompanying
Hereford Steer competition.TAS swept all before it at
Glen by taking out the Grand Champion Steer with
this animal being sold for a record $3.80c/kg liveweight.
Year 10 students are to be congratulated on their success at this event.The final cattle competition for the
calendar year is the Northern Schools Prime Stock competition in November a major event with over 20
schools and up to 90 steers attending.
The TAS Poll Hereford Stud, as well as being a member
of Poll Hereford Breedplan which greatly aids us when
we sell our stud bulls, is also preparing a smart Sydney
show team for 2002.
Meadowfield has had some new pastures established, in
particular the south church paddock being freshened
up with rye grass and USA red clover. This paddock has
benefited from irrigation and should produce some excellent hay for our valuable livestock.
Year 11 students have been busy preparing cattle. Year
9 have been very co-operative group and I look forward
to their contribution in Year 10.
Tex and his wife, Helen, had accepted teaching jobs in
Singapore from January 2002. Tex has served the TAS
Science Department for 20 years and is an innovative,
exciting and stimulating teacher. We wish him well and
thank him for his many years of committed service to
the teaching of Science at TAS.
Many people have helped the Agriculture department
thrive and I thank them: Dalkeith Herefords, APHS
and its staff, Elders and Wesfarmers/Landmark, 011era
Herefords, Mr Jim Hann of Courallie Herefords, Mr
Peter Wilkinson, Broombee, Mr Rennie Mullen and especially Mr Noel Tyler, our farm assistant.
Wally Richards, Co-ordinator
Rob Forsberg, Co-ordinator
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The latest version of the Macintosh operating system
deployed at TAS is called OSX and it is based on the
unix operating system. Why is this important? It means
that our students can access cutting edge software and
set up SQL and PHP services running on Apache web
servers, all on their desktop machine in the lab. Tim
Scott's industry experience is invaluable here, as his students have already demonstrated the beginnings of sophisticated, database driven websites.
At the end of 2000 Middle School students produced a
television advert that ran during the Christmas
break.They did this using the video editing capabilities
on the iMacs in the labs.
This video making ability has been further exploited in
2001, with 3 Drama students using video as the basis of
their major work while Year 11 students managed the
Year 4 and 5 students' production at the end of the year.
Joshua Schumann at the Guyra Show, receiving the
prize for the Grand Champion Bull TAS Lara
Computing
At the end of 2000, some major upgrading of computing facilities began. The Computer Centre (née Johnson
Library) was divided into 2 separate teaching spaces,
and the Junior school computing laboratory was built
each with 20 client workstations, and the new Library
fitted with 10 machines for student use.The Middle
School computing resource room also holds ten machines, giving a good standard of access for students.
Our aging fileserver was replaced by a dual processor
machine running RedHat Linux, serving over 250
gigabytes of data, and a separate, similar machine to act
as an internet proxy, managing student access and recording their usage. This machine also allows each student to have their own webserver, where work and an
individual portfolio are kept.
The campus now has 4 wireless base stations providing
access for suitably equipped machines to the school's
intranet and to the internee.
The school's intemet connection was proving to be too
slow and late 2000, we completed negotiations with
Telstra to provide the fastest connection available to
schools. We commissioned a 2MB optical fibre link,
which has held concurrent user sessions exceeding 50
with ease.
After the departure of Paul Clark in late 2000, the school.
employed Lindsay Teychenne for Term 1. Lindsay, director of technical support company Annidale /T, filled
the role well, bringing an industry perspective into the
teaching of Information Processing and Technology and
Information Technology.
At the end of 2001, TAS was re-appointed as an Apple
Distinguished School. This award was made in recognition of innovative work done at the school and entitles
the school to additional professional development opportunities as well as discounts on software.
All of these wonderful things would not be possible with-
out strong support from the Headmaster and Council,
without the wonderful vision and expertise of Tim Scott
and the support provided by technician Jarrod Stewart.
Martin Levies, Director of Information Technology
Design and 'fichnola3y
2001 was a very productive year for the Design area and
was capped by the selection of Major Design Projects
for the 2002 DesignTech Display in Tamworth and
the Power House Museum:
Alistair Mitchell with his BBQ in a Car project based
around a 1947 Chevy front end
Paul Lehmann with his Quad Runner Hitch, a device
for towing quad runners behind farm vehicles.
The Year 11 class was the first group to try out the industrial sewing machine that was donated to the school
through the efforts of a parent Andrew Elliott. The
class were given, as an option when selecting their second Minor Project, to design and produce a swag. Ben
Perkins produced a beauty that would have been at home
in any Outdoor Store.
Cttng Leggett
and Came, on
Tapp sewing a
swag in D&T
In Term 2, we welcomed Tim Scott back from his indus-
try time with ONE where he had been overseeing the
development and deployment of the Student Database.
2001 also saw TAS appointed as a research base for
Geographical Information Systems software provided by
ESRI Australia. In exchange for their extensive software suite, TAS has agreed to provide professional development opportunities for teachers, and report on student use of the software.
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Design and 'Echnolcgy contcl
The
The junior years benefited from the improved computer room facilities. They all experienced regular time
on the computers conducting research via the net as
well as producing tables, charts and folios. Refinement
of projects continued with improved Robobungs, flashing tail lights, BBQ forks, rockets and billy carts being
designed and produced.
Centenary
Library
- welcome
to new
librarian
Alex Murtay
Next year will see the continued push towards technology with senior classes having access to AutoCAD and
project management programs.
Metal and Engineering
This course is proving to be popular with students and
we are now getting a new Year 11 class each year. The
highlight of the year was the visit to Ag Quip to view
tools and machinery that cannot normally be seen at
TAS. This will become a regular feature of the course.
Improvement to the facilities has occurred throughout
the year and will continue to do so as time and budget
permit. These facilities are also being utilised by Design
and Technology students, particularlyYear 12 students
who wish to produce Major Design Projects from metal.
This course is the only one where the top student is the
first student to finish the course and be assessed as competent in all areas. This year the prize was taken out by
Andrew Moore who won engraved Vernier Callipers.
Technics
Again the course is proving to be popular with the Year
9 and 10 students. It is a challenging program that culminates in an individualised toolbox produced through
a variety of wood machining techniques.
Unfortunately Mr White was taken ill during the year
and we were rescued by Mr Richard Robinson who
helped out until the end of the year.
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The new TAS Library opened in September 1999.
This building, in the centre of the school, has been
designed to cater for the demands of students from
Transition through to Year 12. With specially defined
areas, it is open, light and gives a feeling of space.
The role of the library and library staff within the
educational system has changed substantially during
the last few years. With enormous amounts of infor-
mation now available via the Web, it has become
imperative that proper search skills are adopted to
easily access the correct data needed for today's learn-
ing environment. Online magazine articles and a
balanced published collection cater for a changing
syllabus and make the library an important place
within the school.
There are ten computers in the library to back up
those in the computer centre. Students may use these
during class time or outside teaching hours. This al-
lows information to be downloaded and then filed
into their respective folders to be accessed later.
A particularly good and consistent effort by Dylan Rixon
saw him pick up a very well deserved first place.
Other items of interest available to students include
daily newspapers, a comprehensive fiction collection,
audio visual area, photocopying, study and reading
areas. Students are encouraged to make use of the
facilities in this attractive learning space at TAS.
Mike Hill, Co-ordinator
Alexandra Murray, Librarian
Primary Industry Studies
Primary Industry students were involved in a number of projects throughout the year. In Term 3 the unit of work
involved cementing the floor of a garage, seen above.
Rob Warden, MIC
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The following cadets trained to produce the expected
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Commanding Officer
MA) 0 S Harris
A Company Commander CAPT M B Hill
B Company Commander CAPT D B Dorrian
C Company Commander Mr W B Sprinkle
CAPT E A Percival
Training Officer
CAPT G D Bale
Signals/Transport/Band CAPT D M Toppin
Quartermaster
SUBLT J C Voegeli
(NRC)
Catering
LT M Tavener (NRC)
high quality drill for ANZAC ceremonies at TAS,
Dangarsleigh and Armidale City and for the Remembrance Day Ceremony at TAS.
CUO Sven Harris (Guard Commander),
CUO Ben Fahey, CUO Benjamin Loeve,
SOT James Bell, SGT Luke Daley,
SOT Benjamin Sutton, SGT Matthew Woodward,
CPL Thomas Coulton, CPL Christopher East,
CPL Lachlan Silver, CPL Kyle Mavin,
CPL John Nash, CPL Thomas Bedford,
CPL Thomas Daniell, CDT Nelson Hill,
CDT Daniel Rankroore
LT D Coombes (NRC)
Training Staff
Mr D Boorman, Mr K A Brown, Mr J Clack,
Mr G D Derrin, Mr M Dunn, Mr P D Hall,
Mr D Hamilton, Miss M L Harrison, Mr AT Jones,
Mr 0 McLennan, Mr B Monley, Mr T Omboga,
Mr G Pennington, Mr W D Richards, Mr T D Scott,
Mr M E Taylor, Mr D K Toakley, Ms M S Young
Senior Cadet Under Officer (SUO)
CUO J B Bale
Unit 2IC
CUO S Harris
Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM)
WO1 P Parnwell
Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS)
SSGT N J Carrigan
A Coy Company Sergeant Major (CSM)
WO2 G A Rickards
B Coy Company Sergeant Major (CSM)
W02 NJ Perry
C Coy Commander
W02 TM Wilson-Brown
Training Sergeant
SGT L T Daley
SGT N Manor
Platoon Commanders
CUO B J Fahey, CUO B Loeve,
CUO B Granfield, CUO P B Dewhurst,
CUO J R Peatfield, CUO C W Rowe,
SGT M J Bedford, SOT PT Pain
Platoon Sergeants
SOT L C Abbott, SGT J D Bell, SGT S A Clark,
SOT D Rankmore, SGT B Sutton, SGT C Herd,
SGT C Wood, SGT M Woodward, CPL K Mavin
Section Leaders
CPL J Holliday, CPL R Allen, CPL T Coulton,
CPL B Eveleigh, SGT C East, CPL F Graser,
CPL J Hall, CPL D Hicks, CPL j Lloyd,
CPL R Macdonald, CPL G Mackay, CPL T Murray,
CPL J Nash, CPL C Perry, CPL T Rowe,
CPL R Shannon, CPL L Silver, CPL W Stening,
CPL N Stevens, CPL P Sutton, LCPL M Allan,
LCPL F Cole, LCPL J Cowell, LCPL R Wilkinson,
LCPL J Leslie, LCPL J McKern, LCPL T McKern,
LCPL J Oppenheimer, LCPL S Rao, LCPL N Rees,
LCPL S Roberts, LCPL S Turton, LCPL A Bell,
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A summary of the major activities for the year is represented by the following extracts taken from the CO's
address at Passing Out Parade:
"Leadership, that quality which is so important to our
society today, continues to be one of the greatest assets
offered by cadet training. Throughout 2001, some 35
cadets have availed themselves of the Leadership
Courses conducted by this unit and Eastern Region
Cadets HQ. Ten of these cadets undercook Regional
courses. These carry the additional benefit of our boys
networking and learning from others in similar positions,
in units throughout the state. Of the six who qualified
at the January Senior Leaders Course, I would like to
congratulate CUO Chris Rowe, who was awarded Student of Merit in a field of 65 a fine effort. The work of
setting up our courses has fallen on the Training Officer
CAPT Bale and I would like to acknowledge the outstanding work he does in this area.
A full round of Anzac Ceremonies were provided to the
school and the community this year and, once again,
the day fell in the school holidays. I would like to thank
the 2IC CUO Sven Harris for leading the guard and
conducting the two community services in my absence.
This group of volunteers continues to reflect great credit
on the unit and the school.
In November last year we conducted our Annual camp
at Nymboida, near Grafton, for the second time and
plan to do so again this year. This venue provides an
environment for a wide range of challenging bush activities which we consider so important for the general
development of boys.
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In a world where it is increasingly commonplace to find
teenagers in front of video games we retain the belief
that boys need the physical and mental challenges offered by the outdoors. It is incumbent upon our staff to
provide these activities in a safe environment, and this
is done in conjunction with specialist outdoor staff from
professional providers in the region.
In accordance with our current policy, all Year 10 students undertook a First Aid Course in which more than
90% qualified. As a result of their commitment, the majority of cadet leaders carry a current First Aid Certificate.
As part of a new suite of officer courses prescribed by
the Army, MAJ Harris and CAPT Bale undertook the
new nine day Command Course. This gives the unit
the required qualifications to continue to conduct field
training without the necessity to have an ADF Cadet
Unit Liaison Officer present.
Unfortunately, due to changed administrative requirements by the Army we were unable to defend the Tri
Service Shield that we have held for five years. This
event, hosted by TS Armidale (Navy Cadets), is an excellent oppoortunity for the co-operative, but competitive, mixing of cadets from all services.
This year cadets have been involved at the highest level
of target shooting. In December 2000, CPL James
Bondfield and CPL Tom Murray travelled to England
to take part in an International Competition at Bisley
involving cadets from Australia, Canada and England.
In July 2001, CPL Tom Murray was a member of the
Army team in the National competitions in Perth, one
of only two cadets to do so.
MAJ G S Harris, CO
The new Australian Defence Force Cadet organisation
will be founded on a number of important principles.
We need to ensure that we remain an organisation,
relevant to the needs of youth in the 21" century. We
want to pursue that in a total participatory environment.
We want to be inclusive and to ensure that we reach
out to all sectors of Australian society and encourage
the youth from all those sectors, diversified as they are,
to participate in our cadet organisation. At the moment
we have 26,000 cadets in uniform throughout Australia
in 466 units. We will improve on this when you consider that these cadets represent only 1% of all the eligible youth in this country of cadet age.
We want to ensure that cadets are founded on a true
concept of volunteerism because it is through
volunteerism that we engender and develop the social
capital that binds our communities together.
We also want to ensure that the cadets learn valuable lessons in community service and citizenship. We
need to find ways to put back into the community of
Australia, now and in the future, that essential issue of
contributing to making this a better country.
We want to ensure that we enter into partnership
arrangements with schools, with parents and with other
community based organisations because the Australian
Defence Force Cadet organisation is community based.
We also want to ensure that the training we do and
the experience we give them is achieved in the safest
possible environment. Safety is of the highest priority.
you are this
Cadets on parade my message to you
countries future and the future belongs to you. Best of
luck in the future and God bless you."
Passing Out Parade
TASCU was fortunate to have the inaugural Director
General of the Australian Defence Force Cadets,
MAJGEN Darryl Low Choy (right), review the annual
Passing Out Parade. He was able to outline the current
trends in Cadet Training to the Unit and guests.
"We have been given a directive by the Australian Gov-
ernment to enhance the cadet organisation and we in
the defence force are absolutely committed to bringing
this program in over the next three years. This will bring
together the army, navy and the airforce cadets into
one unified command and organisation to be renamed
the Australian Defence Force Cadets.
We want to ensure that the cadets who participate in
our program experience military life and take away important life skills in the safest possible environment we
can provide.
The new organisation we are bringing in is different from
the cadet organisations of 20 or 30 years ago. We were
then involved in what was commonly called military
training for the youth. That is not what we are about
today. We are a youth development organisation operating in a country setting. The focus has moved in the
21" century into youth development but clearly it will
occur in a military environment.
We are committed in the ADF to ensuring we address
those issues that have dogged the cadet organisation for
the past twenty or thirty years. We are committed to
that improvement.
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The following awards were acknowledged at the parade.
Annual Camp 2000
these awards were made at the
final parade of Annual Camp in November 2000, as a
result of performances throughout the whole year.
Matthew Slade Shield for contribution to HQ
CDT Thomas Slack-Smith
Quota Shield for the Best Shot
CPL Thomas Murray
Vote of thanks
For the past three years a TAS parent, CAPT George
Bate, has worked within the TASCU. He leaves
Armidale with our sincere appreciation for the invaluable service he has provided.
CAPT David Toppin leaves TAS after 27 years with 19
years of valuable contribution to the Unit. He will be
particularly missed for his work in radio, transport and
with the band.
Tri Shield for the Best Cadet
CDT Jeremy Davies
Award for Best Corporal
CPL Kelvin Soo
RSL Trophy for Best Sergeant
SGT Jonathon Peatfield
Moffatt Sabre for Best Platoon Commander
SGT Christopher Rowe
Ceremonial Awards 2001 these awards were presented the Guard Dinner.
John Green Shield for the most outstanding Junior
Cadet in the Guard
CPL John Nash
Catafalque Shield for service in the most Catafalque parties
CUD Sven Harris
Passing Out Certificates
SUO J B Bale, CUO S Harris, SSGT NJ Carrigan,
SGT N S Manor, WO1 P P Pamwell,
AW02 N J Perry, AW02 0 A Rickards,
W02 T M Wilson-Brown
MAJGEN Low Choy presented the following at the
Parade.
The Lee Enfield Awards for Most Efficient Platoons
A Coy
3 Platoon
CUO Christopher Rowe! SGT Cameron Wood
B Coy
5 Platoon
CUO Ben Fahey / SGT Ben Sutton
Wears Sam Browne for service to A Coy
W02 Gareth Rickards
Cash Sam Browne for service to C Coy
W02 Timothy Wilson-Brown
Wyborn Pace Stick Unit RSM
W01 Philip Parnwell
McConville Sword
CUO Sven Harris
Unit 21C
Sword of Honour Unit SUO
CUD John Bate
For the first time since the reintroduction of the Cadet
Forces Service Medal (for fifteen years service) three
00C's received the medal from the Reviewing Officer.
CAPT Toppin and MAJ Harris (with clasp) and, im-
portantly, a posthumous award to Mrs Barbara
McConville for the service Ken McConville provided
to the Unit prior to his death in 1985.
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From the Senior Cadets
Senior Under Officer
John Bale
The Reviewing Officer at this year's passing out parade
MAJGEN Low Choy expressed the view that" Cadets
is an experience that expands those involved in it" and
that "self improvement is in the form of leadership, self
esteem and teamwork". A previous Reviewing Officer
the then Defence Minister Mr John Moore made reference to the fact that "these young men are the future
of our country". Statements such as these stem from
the very aims of Cadet training and the unit continues
to provide activities that reflect them.
The general attitude towards cadets this year has been
pleasing, with cadets showing a positive approach and
supportiveness to fellow cadets. The performance of the
new leaders has been most encouraging, particularly in
the level of their field and man management skills. As
always the platoon sergeants and commanders perform
a crucial role in coordinating the training of their 2025 cadets. The performance of the platoon at bivouac
and annual camp is always a testament to their success
and this year was no exception.
I thank the Officers of Cadets for the organisation and
overall management of the three companies, radio unit
and Q-store, for it is their efforts which really make the
unit what it is. Finally I would like to thank all those
who supported me and the other senior cadets and would
like to say that it has been an honour being associated
with, and to have led, The Armidate School Cadet Unit.
Second in Command
Sven Harris
The Unit has had a very successful year in terms of training efficiency and overall enjoyment. Outdoor challenge
continues to be emphasised which, with the wide range
of activities, sets us apart from many other units. Tradi-
tional drill and ceremonial components are still recognised and I congratulate the guard and unit for the stand-
ard they reached on both the Anzac and Passing Out
ceremonies.
Our leadership program has been a great success with a
large number of applicants for each of the courses. It is
particularly pleasing to see cadets volunteering for the
Eastern Region CUO and SNCO courses as, in addition to the skills acquired, they provide valuable interaction with cadets from other units in the state.
I wish the senior cadets for 2002 the very best, and I
know they will continue the valuable traditions that
have been built up in this unit over so many years.
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Community Service
Hawkesbury
The Community Service Program continues to permeate the whole school, with current boys logging up considerable hours of service to the community,
A record number of TAS paddlers with staff, parents
and friends hit Windsor on 26 October for the 25th
The senior, qualified Surf Life Saving and Rural Fire
Service boys, also provided 'on-call' and rostered services to the wider community.
Most of our outgoing Year 12 students contributed over
25 hours community service each, during the year, assisting local voluntary organisations, donating blood and
a variety of other activities.
Congratulations to Year 12 student, Tim Voegeli, who
was awarded an International Year of the Volunteer Medallion for his community work.
Duke of Edinburgh
In 2001the prestigious Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
was attained by two Year 12 boys, Sven Harris and John
Bate (seen below). This is a very significant achievement and is indicative of the high level of commitment,
motivation and maturity these boys have achieved.
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
from Windsor to Brooklyn.
a gruelling 111km paddle
This year's cold conditions and unfriendly tides made it
particularly demanding. However, no matter what the
individual experience on the water may have been, the
event was a memorable one for every paddler and member of the land crew who worked through the night to
give the teams a chance to do something special.
This year saw the following cross the finish line: Old
Boy-John Forsythe (DRR record), Mr Hall and Ben Hall,
James Bondfield and Lachlan Abbott, Sam Bamier and
Sam Tindal, Brad Granfield and Amy Lockyer (PLC),
Chris Felgate and Ben McAnnally, Ben Clifton and John
Nash, Mr Johnson and Lachlan Johnson, Prue Rutherford and Sophie Molesworth (NEGS).
Well done to everyone who contributed to making this
venture the outstanding success it was.
Established by Kurt Hahn, the founder of the Round
Square organisation, The Duke of Edinburgh Award
Scheme is about challenge.
The program encourages participants to set a personal
goal and achieve it. Along the way they learn about
organisation, planning, responsibility and trust. To
qualify for the Award the requirements of four sections
must be satisfied: Service, Expeditions, Skills, Physical
Recreation. Gold participants must also complete a Residential Project.
The highlight of their efforts to complete their Gold
Award was the expedition Sven and John organised in-
volving a challenging mountain bike and canoe trek
through the Macleay Valley and Nymboida areas.
As well, congratulations go to Donald Dean-Wallis who
achieved the Silver Award in 2001.
The number of students pursuing Duke of Edinburgh
Awards is steadily climbing each year which is most
encouraging.
James White, MIC
Life Saving
and Surf Lifesaving
The 2001 Lifesaving program was again very successful.
All of Year 8 attempted their Bronze Star Award, with
90% of the students passing. Thanks to the staff involved
in getting the students through this challenging award:
Mr John Bock, Mr Peter Hall, Mr Mark Taylor and Andy
Bown (Gap student).
In the Surf Lifesaving Activities program, TAS boys were
able to undertake the still water and surf Bronze Medal-
lions. The Surf Lifesaving group of 16 boys and Chris
Felgate (Gap student) all passed their Still Water Bronze
Medallion and all but 3 of the boys passed their Surf
Bronze Medallion. Chris Felgate also passed his Surf
Bronze Medallion and was an integral member of the
activities week, helping to run the program and look
after the boys.
Four Year 12 boys, from last year's surf life saving program; Matthew Dorrian, Thomas Bamier, Joseph Adams
and David Brain all passed their Instructors awards. This
group of boys were fantastic in their dedication to helping the Year 11 boys achieve their awards. Matthew and
David also took time out with another ex student,
lifesaver Shane Marshall, to accompany us to Sawtell
for the final Activities Week. This was undertaken in
their own time after the completion of their HSC examinations and their time and experience was greatly
appreciated.
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This year, many of 2000's surf lifesaving group, took the
opportunity to do community service by surf patrolling
at Sawtell Beach and Park Beach in Coifs Harbour. It
was certainly pleasing to see boys putting their awards
Rural Fire Service
The TAS boys are members of the Invergowrie Rural
Fire Service and they remained on call throughout the
to work.
year. They also undertook a chainsaw course during Activities days.
Activities Week, saw the inclusion of the TLC students
in a surf awareness and English skills activities program.
The 10 boys developed very good surf skills, becoming
much more aware about the surf and it's dangers. It also
offered them an opportunity to experience another part
of the perhaps, stereotypical Australian way of life.
Perhaps the highlight of the year occurred when Master-in-Charge, Ralph Hunt, was called to to the Blue
Mountains to fight the Christmas Day fires which broke
out all over the state.
The Surf Lifesaving Activites Program is an excellent
avenue for the students at TAS to achieve their
lifesaving and instructors awards and to participate in a
positive way to community service via beach patrols with
the Australian Surf Clubs.
Special mention must be made of the instructors at
Sawtell; Roy Hollaway, Sunny and Mike, who every
year donate their time and experience to help our surf
lifesaving activities program. These men instill in our
students a sense of community and display the ideals of
community service in a very practical and real sense. I
would encourage all boys to offer their expertise in training sessions or school programs whenever possible.
2001 has been a fantastic year for Lifesaving at TAS
and we look forward to another successful program next
year.
The TAS Surf Life Saving Squad was Yron Allison, Ryan
Bartle, James Buchan, Sam Coppock, Jeremy Davies,
Tom Ferrier, Cameron Griffith, Ben Hall, Thomas Jubb,
Will Killen, Thomas McDonald, Daniel O'Sullivan, Ben
Perkins, Mitchell Rogers, Ben Strang, Alex Wallace and
Jamie Stanely.
Pioneers and
Search and Rescue
Pioneers continues to attract about half of the students
coming into Year 10 each year. In 2001, we expanded
on our range of activities offered to the students in their
pursuit of the expertise required for their end of year
trek through the Macleay gorge country. We trialled a
new radio system, providing UHF handhelds to all staff,
and to each group of Pioneers; allowing a good level of
communications between Pioneers and Search & Rescue. This proved to be very successful, and further radios have been purchased to provide backup facilities.
New Base station antennas will be explored in 2002.
The Pioneers staff is a very tight knit, capable group
comprising Greg Schaefer, James White, Fiona Harris
and Rob Forsberg, whom we will miss as he leaves the
school to take up a position on the central coast. Their
level of expertise and commitment was recognised by
Kareem Haddad, Head of Outward Bound Australia,
when he conducted a safety review in November. I thank
all staff for their tireless work in this important activity.
Martin Levins , M/C
Ian Tonkin, Lifesaving Instructor, Examiner, MIC
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"I am very pleased that TAS stands as a
member of an organisation that values global
citizenship above any national or political
agenda The students within Round Square
take no sides and understand that together
they are much stronger than they would be as
individuals
In Alice Springs our boys heard messages of
challenge and adventure, learnt something of
the struggle for cross-cultural understanding
from Aboriginal leadeis and mixed with some
350 students from around the world. For their
part, they carried to their student forums a
perspective from TAS students, stressing the
importance of global interdependence, cooperation and work toward a sustainable future
for all all with the great confidence and hope
of their youth." Murray Guest
The ideals of Round Square continue to permeate our
school and we have had enthusiastic delegations to the
Junior, National and International conferences this year.
Three Year 9 boys: Daniel Mills, Oliver Gill and Dougal
Eliott had a wonderful experience at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, during a two week exchange,
in addition to attending the Junior Round Square Conference being hosted by Billanook College.
The National Conference was at Ballarat Grammar
School and seven TAS students benefited from this ex-
change of ideas: Tom Ferrier, James Mador, Charles
Clifton, Nicholas Stevens, Sam Tindal, Peter Toppin
and Andrew Lai. Our current exchange students, Hitesh,
Anat and Kai also joined the TAS delegation.
The 2001intemational conference hosted by St Philips'
College, Alice Springs took place just days after the
events of 11 September in New York. Whilst some
schools were unable to travel from North America and
the Middle East, the great effort others made to overcome the difficulties showed firm resolve to make a difference at this conference. The theme Footprints in the
Sand Journey to the Centre, encouraged all delegates
to look at where we have been, where we are now, and
where we are going in the future.
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TAS representatives to the international Conference in
Alice Springs: left to right Phillip Pain, Josh Steele,
Andrew Myerowitz (South Africa), Jonathon Peaield,
Fiona Harris (staff), Murray Guest (Headmaster), Ben
Sutton, Lachlan Abbott, Christopher Rowe
There have been three outgoing international exchanges
in 2001: Sam Munsie, Year 10, to Gordonstoun, Scotland in Term 1, Sam Bamier, Year 10 to Kearsney College, South Africa and Mitchell Pardy, Year 10, to Bish-
ops College School, Quebec in Term 2. All three exchanges have been extremely successful and reports from
returned exchange students continue to enthuse and en-
courage other students to explore the opportunities of
international exchange.
"I have been in the land of castles and William
Wallace, that is Scotland, on a Round Square
exchange to Gordonstoun. This was a co-educational school, slightly larger than TAS but with
enormous school grounds. I realised this when I
walked to breakfast (which included haggis). Over
a mile, just to get your appetite going.
I had a great time at Gordonstoun and it was the
experience as a whole that remains implanted in my
memory. I know that almost everyone who goes on
an exchange tells you that it is something you
should get involved in. I was one of those who
thought that these reports were less than sincere and
perhaps a little over enthusiastic. However, now I
am one of those telling you of how great an experience it was. You will never know if you never go."
Sam Munsie (Year 10), Gordonstoun Scotland, January
to March 2001
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Our incoming students were a very diverse group this
year.
In Term 2 Kai Kolle came from Louisenlund, Germany
along with Anant Tyagi from The Doon School, India
and Hitesh Kanwathirtha from The Indian School,
Oman. These three students offered our boys an insight
into life at similar institutions around the world sometimes beneficial, sometimes not, but certainly always
interesting.
Hitesh Kanwathirtha from The Indian School, Oman
was able to learn the rules of 'footie' for the first time
and he realised, "I was wrong in thinking that it was
just a mixture of wrestling with handball. Instead, it
was really enjoyable... I also learnt to replace sentences
like 'that is an extremely remarkable achievement" with
lingo like "good on ya mate."
Take the case of Kai Koelle from Louisenlund in Germany who spoke at one of our assemblies of his life at
school in Germany, observing that "the biggest difference is that you are allowed to smoke and drink at my
school if you are in Year 11 and 16 years old. There are
several smoking areas on the school grounds. Two times
a week on Tuesday and Friday evenings and on the weekend you are allowed to drink at the pub which is 1 km
away." Naturally, TAS boys were very taken with this
idea.
Bradley Lauder (above left) from New Zealand and
Andrew Meyerowitz from Kearsney College, South Africa also joined us in Term 3.
This interaction with international students continues
to provides TAS boys with greater opportunities to develop relationships with other students and schools in
other parts of the world.
For Anant Tyagi from The Doon School in India his
time at TAS was life altering:
"It's always difficult to adapt to a new culture and lifestyle but thanks to the TAS community, I was able to
merge into the school quite fast. It's after coming to TAS
that I have become more firm in my conviction that
education doesn't have to be a very formal, heavy and
boring affair. It can be a lot of fun, a meaningful exercise, if studies are punctuated with informal academic
interactions and a world of extra-curricular activities,
excursions etc.
I feel singularly privileged to have been a part of this
esteemed institution and my time here will be an unforgettable part of my life."
Also this year we have enjoyed the company of Thomas Omboga from Starehe Boys' Centre in Nairobi
whom we have sponsored to complete his GAP year at
TAS. Thomas overcame considerable cultural differences and settled well into our school community and
has been a cheerful and helpful member of our GAP
student staff. Thomas will returned to Kenya in late
January and we hope to receive a second sponsored GAP
student from Starehe in 2002.
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Abbott House
Housemaster
Mr Wally Richards
Deputy Housemaster
Mr Walter Sprinkle (Terms 1, 2)
Mr David Toakley (Terms 3, 4)
Duty Staff
Mr Michael Simpson Mr Nathan Craven,
Mr Graham Pratt (Terms 1, 2),
Mr Jason Cummings (Terms 3 and term 4)
Academic Tutors
Mrs Alex Murray,
Mr Kel Hardingham (Terms 1, 2),
Mr Tim Scott, Mr David Toakley (Terms 3, 4)
House Captain
Jim Coulton
House Vice-Captains
Gareth Foot and Richard Holcombe
Sports Captains
Will Barton and Rohan Bicknell
House Seniors
Sam Bowman, Nick Hutton, Mick Penman,
Kelvin Soo
House Awards
B J Mattingley Shield for Involvement in Extra
Curricular Activities Mick Penman
The Harrison Shield for Service to Abbott House
James Coulton
Abbott has enjoyed another happy, successful and productive year under the leadership of Jim Coulton who
was, most fittingly, voted The Harrison Shield for Service to the House for the second year. Jim was unfailingly reliable, friendly, well-liked and respected by all
and he was ably and productively supported by his two
Deputies and Sports Captains.
This happy state of affairs is a product of numerous con-
tributory factors and is reflection of the well balanced
and compatible make-up of the boys in the House who
get on well, support each other and are by in large, good
humoured. It was also enhanced by the experienced Duty
Staff who were involved and gave of their time.
The year began with the arrival of six boys from White
House together with three Year 9 students (two from
overseas) and a Year 11 student. These newcomers settled quickly and well and were soon "part of the Abbott
furniture" and began to contribute to our collective lives.
The inter-House sporting competitions saw the boys
improve on their swimming position but drop a spot in
the athletics, while the cricketers and tennis players,
again, did us proud by excelling in those activities.
TAS is a remarkably busy and productive school and
Abbott boys have contributed materially to every facet
of life here as evidenced by the following.
Leadership
Congratulations to Mick Penman, who joined us from
White House, on his appointment as Deputy Senior
Prefect and also to Jim Coulton, Richard Holcombe and
Gareth Foot who were elected as School Prefects. All
played a significant role in leading the School through
a most successful year.
The new House leaders for 2002 are James Holliday,
House Captain and Deputy Senior Prefect who will be
supported by Craig Leggett and Daniel Rankmore as his
Deputies.
Abbott House Year 12
Left to right: Sam Bowman, Nick Hutton, Rohan Bicknell, Richard Holcombe, James Coulton, Michael Penman,
Kelvin Soo, Gareth Foot, Will Barton
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Awards The following awards were presented during
Academic Success
Abbott boys have enjoyed success in various academic
areas; Australian Business Week, where James Buchan
and Felix Lee were members of the winning team; Titration competition where Nick Hutton was a member
of the winning team while Gareth Foot and Kelvin Soo
were in the runner-up team and Jim Coulton was in the
third placed team; Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition where congratulations must go to Craig Leggett
who was Highly Commended and Daniel Rankmore
who received a Commendation; AMP Economics competition saw Daniel Rankmore gain a Distinction award
and Richard Holcombe gained a Credit in the Australian Business Studies competition.
Community Service
Abbott lads have contributed a great many hours to
various community service activities including door
knocks, ticket selling on the Open Gardens weekend,
visiting 'Oldies' in their nursing homes, donating blood,
working with the Salvos and so on. This kind of service
is essential in the rounded development of any young
person and I thank the boys for their support of it.
Agricultural studies have seen Craig Leggett, Tom
Round Square
Coulton and Richard Wilkinson gain considerable success in the local shows. These boys spent hours working with, and preparing, their animals for display and
what a great experience it is for these men of the land.
The cultural involvement of Abbott boys has been most
promising we are not all brawn and no brain. Angus
Capel, Andrew Wauch, Ray Evans, Sam Munsie and
Warren Roberts are all involved in musical groups.
Sporting Success
Sport is another area where Abbott boys have excelled
with membership of virtually every team in the school
along with several fine individual performances.
Congratulations to Rohan Bicknell on his
selection into the WAS athletics team which did so well
at Bathurst in the face of stiff competition. Rohan also
anchored the Open relay team to a magnificent win in
Athletics
the final event of the inter-House athletics competition. A moment I will not forget in a hurry.
Ray Evans is to be congratulated on being joint runnerup in U16 age group both at TAS and in the local Oliver
Shield meet. He then contested four events at the GPS
championships held at Homebush in Sydney.
Rugby Abbott had widespread representation in all
level rugby teams, including the 1" XV where Michael
Penman (five eighth) was the Captain and, often, stand
out, player. He was ably supported by Will Barton, his
scrum half, while others to represent TAS were Rich-
ard Holcombe, James Buchan, Jim Coulton, Nick
Hutton, Gareth Foot and Will Killen.
Mick Penman was selected into the New England U19
rugby team. A fine effort from a talented sportsman.
In the junior ranks, Tom Coulton captained the 16A
team through a tough, but successful, season while Peter Holcombe represented New England in local competitions and was awarded a Silver Medallion.
Congratulations to Tom Coulton on his
Shooting
Bronze Medallion award for service to shooting and his
selection to represent TAS in the prestigious and strenu-
ous GPS shooting competition.
Hockey Again, Abbott was well represented in this
sport with Daniel Rankmore and Chris Moffitt receiving a Certificate and a Bronze Medallion respectively
for service to the game.
Many other boys played soccer, touch rugby, squash or
badminton in an effort to keep fit and healthy.
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the year Silver Colours to Will Barton and James
Buchan (for rugby), to Kelvin Soo (for tennis) who also
got a soccer certificate, and to Gareth Foot (for hockey).
Gold Colours for rugby went to Mick Penman and a
tennis Sportsmaster's award went to Jim Coulton.
Once again, Abbott has been actively involved in all
facets of Round Square activities as we hosted an exchange student, Anant Tyagi from India, while Dougal
Eliott, Oliver Gill and Daniel Mills constituted the en-
tire TAS delegation to the National Junior Round
Square Conference which was held at Billanook College in Victoria. All three lads thoroughly enjoyed this
experience and then capped it off by spending a week
on exchange at Ivanhoe Grammar where their greatest
feat was converting some AFL players to rugby union.
In closing, I would like to thank all the Abbott boys
and my House staff for making 2001 such a happy and
memorable year for all of us. I have enjoyed it and look
forward to 2002 safe in the knowledge that Abbott, The
Happy House, is populated by positive and productive
young men who will build on the successes of this year.
Mr Wally Richards, Housemaster
From the Captain's Corner
During the four and half years I've been in Abbott, many
changes have occurred for better, or for worse, but there
has been one thing that has never changed, and that is
the spirit, feeling of belonging and loyalty to Abbott
House and its residents. From the first moment I moved
in (Year 8), this feeling was apparent.
We've been lucky to have had two exceptional Housemasters in Mr Gates and Mr Richards, as well as a wide
range of duty masters who have generally been valuable to the House. Mr. Gates was largely responsible for
the eradication of bullying within the House, while Mr.
Richards has maintained a firm hold in this area.
One of the most important things that Abbott has given
me, is memories. These are memories of the people and
the times we have had; such as Pete Wilson punching a
window and slicing an artery, Mr Sprinkle protecting
the House from intruders, Mick Penman using his tooth-
brush after dropping it down the toilet, Abbott winning the senior athletics relay in 2001 and who could
forget the Abbott House haka?
Abbott gives you the freedom to be an individual and,
from roll calls to House assembly, you can voice your
opinion on matters, which many do quite liberally.
Because of this Abbott breeds confidence, character and
a sense of values. It is for this that I thank Abbott and
its occupants for my time there and wish you all the
best for the times to come.
James Coulton, House Captain, 2001
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Broughton House
Housemaster
Mr David Toppin
Academic Tutors
Mr Keith Brown, Mr Rob Warden,
Mr James White, Ms Fiona Harris
House Captain
Tim Voegeli
House Vice Captain
Sven Harris
Another successful year for Broughton House. This was
achieved with an evident sense of House spirit and
driven by a cohesive group of Year 12 students, who led
by example. This Year 12 group showed the range of
skills and leadership qualities that made Broughton the
team that it was.
I would I would like to congratulate John Bale, Dave
Brain and my deputy, Sven Harris, on their selection as
School Prefects, and also thank them for the positive
and down to earth way in which they interacted with
the younger year groups in the House. Sven Harris was
an integral part of Broughton and a very able deputy.
His achievements ranged from sporting Gold Colours
(Rugby) to the highly sought Duke of Edinburgh Gold
award. John Bale also had a great year with academic
achievements across the board and especially the Duke
of Edinburgh Gold award and the appointment as SUO.
It was the year of sport in Broughton, with the biggest
highlight being the winning of the school swimming
championships for the fourth year running. A great
achiever here was Dave Brain, who was not only selected in the NSW CIS team as Captain, but also received Colours in athletics and soccer, led the TAS
Bench Press team and received the School's highest
ward, the Honours Tie. This was a great achievement
from Dave, and his sturdy House spirit will be missed.
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Nick Allan showed his academic prowess with his team
winning the Titration Competition, which was no mean
feat. His willingness to be involved always shone through
especially in community service. Donald Dean-Wallis
was another Duke of Edinburgh achiever, receiving his
silver award. It is a long process to receive one of these
awards and it demands great discipline, so it is a great
achievement.Well done, Donald! N ic Marlor's constant
enthusiasm shone through this year and his valuable
interaction with the Middle School made my job a lot
easier. Nic's willingness to participate in House activities made him a sturdy member of the Broughton team.
Last, but not least, Blake Noonan, with his constant
musical accomplishments, was great to give a balance
to the House. I would like to congratulate him for his
achievements in the Eisteddfod and for his community
involvement and enthusiasm.
Broughton House is a strong and diverse house, whether
it be the Arts and Music, Design and Technology, Chemistry, Duke of Edinburgh, or sporting achievements. The
House spirit and good nature of the boys is ever present
and for this, I would like to than the tutors, Mr James
White, Ms Fiona Harris and Mr Keith Brown. I would
especially like to thank Mr David Toppin for his calm,
though sometimes boisterous, style of Leadership which
established the community feeling that allowed students
to break out of their shells with confidence and esteem.
My best wishes to out to Year 12 2002, and it is my
pleasure to congratulate Jacob Douglas and Ben Hall
for their selection as Captain and Vice Captain respectively. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank
my peers and say what a pleasure it has been working
with you. The best of luck for the future.
TimVoegeli,House Captain
Below Year 12 Broughton
Back Row: Donald Dean-Wallis, Blake Noonan,
Nicholas Mario]; Nicholas Allan, Mr David Toppin
Front Row: David Brain, Tint Voegeli, Sven Harris,
John Bale
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Croft House
Housemaster
Mr Alan Jones
Deputy Housemaster
Mr Mark Taylor
Academic Tutors
Mr David Dorian, Mr Rob Forsberg
Duty Staff
Mr Andrew MacLennan (TI, TII), Mr James
Pennington (TI, TII, TIII), Mr JamieAndrews
(TI,TII, TIII), Mr Jay Richards, Mr Lachlan
Winner, Mr Douglas Walker
2001 has certainly been a very successful and productive year for Croft House.
The year began with our Coast Weekend at Valla Beach.
Fantastic weather and the warm ocean water definitely
did not detract from our time spent there. Iris the intention of the House to try a different location each
year, if circumstances permit. The lifeguard who was as-
signed to patrol our section of the beach was able to
commend the boys for their attitude and manner, whilst
he was supervising their activities. For a Housemaster
there can be no greater satisfaction than this type of
feedback.
After a wonderful beginning to the year, events proceeded apace and the very busy TAS schedule imposed
itself on the lives of the boys. Our Birthday Night, once
per term, remains a popular innovation and, having
seen the boys demolish slabs of chocolate cake in quick
succession with relish and gusto, I am sure that these
nights will become institutionalised as a permanent part
of Croft culture.
Participation in all aspects of House life has been enthusiastic during the four terms, and the obvious enjoyment demonstrated by so many of the boys has also been
exceptional. As a result, House spirit is at an all time
high. This positive tone in the House is a result of many
contributory factors, but it is also a reflection of the tol-
erance and support that the boys have for each other,
and shows how the interaction between the different
age groups continues to develop in a promising manner.
Not only have the lads achieved at a high level within
the sporting arena there have been many members of
Croft involved in the full spectrum of activities and
opportunities that TAS has to offer. We have experienced success in the areas of academic pursuits, music,
drama, the Cadet Guard, the Hawkesbury River Classic, the school musical production, House cricket, House
rugby, House soccer and on and on. Daniel Kuppe's man-
agement of the House tuckshop deserves to be singled
out for special mention. A very full life indeed for the
variety of personalities that abound in Croft and hopefully it is this abundance of opportunities that enables
the boys to view their time in boarding as satisfying and
rewarding. Maintaining our focus on the underlying
principles of tolerance, for the individual and mutual
respect, are of course ongoing.
The "Lehmann Hitch"
Paul Lehmann, Year 12 Croft, with his quad runner
hitch which was on display at the Powerhouse
Museum as part of the DesignTech exhibition. This
was an exceptional achievement for Paul and he is to
congratulated on reaching this level of achievement.
Our established and stable duty staff suddenly took on
the appearance of a tribe of nomads. Peter Berney was
married during the 2000 Christmas break and moved to
Tasmania. Andrew MacLennan completed his law degree and moved to Queensland. Jamie Andrews was offered a position at Peel High and moved to Tamworth
and Jim Pennington, whilst still at TAS, has taken over
the role of senior swimming coach and because of his
early morning starts could no longer remain as a member of the duty staff. I would like to thank those gentlemen very much for their support and input and also welcome the new duty staff to the good ship Croft.
Ben Sutton, Year 11 Croft, gave a fantastic
performance in the musical "Joseph"
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Mr Mark Taylor's assistance as Deputy Housemaster can-
not be underestimated and he has been a very welcome
addition to the staff. The boys and I have appreciated
his efforts.
Whilst in thanking mode I would also like to thank
George Frost and Nancy Garrahy for their superb work
in keeping the house so spit 'n span. It is really of great
benefit to the boys to return from school to the House
when it is so clean and presentable hopefully it acts as
some form of inspiration for our chaps in prompting
them to perhaps keep their own areas just as tidy!
The grounds staff and maintenance crew also deserve a
mention.
No Housemaster can perform his duties without the sup-
I look forward to 2002 with anticipation and with the
confidence that Croft House is going from strength to
strength, that the boys are proud to be members of this
boarding House, and that we will supplement this year's
range of achievements, accept new challenges and approach all that we do with dynamism and our current
level of enthusiasm.
I once again commend and thank, all of the boys of
Croft House, for their positive approach to change, their
open and friendly manner, their ability to discuss most
matters in a reasonably civilised manner and for enabling Croft House to retain its unique position amongst
TAS' boarding fraternity.
Alan Jones, Housemaster
port of his family, so to Manuela, Nick and Alec! also
offer my thanks for another good year. There have been
two additions to the Jones family since Term 2, two black
labrador pups, Max and Aki, who are quickly becoming
known throughout TAS as Rat and Bag . They certainly
have made their presence felt in the House, contributing some lively moments during roll call, and the wakeup rounds in the morning.
I would like to wish this year's seniors the best of luck in
the future and in all that lies before them, and bestow
my regards to the extended Croft House family and wish
you all a very happy Christmas and a most enjoyable
holiday.
Richard Neil's Visual Artwork, "Never a Cross Word"
Croft House Year 12
Mr Mark Tayloi; Brendon Mew-Sum, Paul Lehmann, Alex Welfield, Daniel Kuppe, Richard Neil, Mr Alan Jones
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Green House
Head of House
Ms Susan Hoddinott
Academic Tutors
Mr John Bock, Ms Brigitte Ward,
Ms Andrea Gledhill
House Captain
Alistair Mitchell
House Vice Captain
Tim Wilson-Brown
This has been something of a new year for Green House
new space, new tutor system, new policies and finally
a new philosophy nothing like being taken out of your
comfort zone! We began with the coast trip, which provides the House the opporunity to get together, rekindle friendships and see what the year has to offer. Then
with sand, sun and surf dealt with, it was time to begin.
Our first challenge was the swimming championships.
This proved to be a success with the House finishing a
creditable second. Highlight of the day was the Tooth
and Nail relay, which we won for the first time.
Mathew Woodward showed us that cunning running can
have it's rewards with numerous successes orienteering
both on a state and national level. In canoeing, Will
Forsythe, Simon Pain, Sam Barnier and the Tindal
brothers all gained fantastic results. Will then went on
to achieve what was undoubtedly the year's greatest
sporting achievement, representing Australia at the Junior World Championships in Poland.
We congratulated Tim Wilson-Brown on winning the
local Lions Youth of the Year. In the Eisteddfod, Charles
Perry and Christopher Rowe vied for victory in prose
and speaking events while Lachlan O'Donnell stunned
us with brilliant prize-winning violin performances.
Thus proving that Green is a truly creative House.
During the July holidays, Year 11 students, Christopher
Rowe and Phillip Pain, filled the school with 120 eager
Year 8's, for a week of forensic science. Andrew Patterson
patiently wrote scenarios for these would be detectives.
another facet of Green House's diverse co-curricular
involvement.
Musically, Richard Bell lead the award winning TAS
Singers, which included the vocal talents of Tim WilsonBrown, Christopher Rowe, Phillip Pain and Tom Ferrier.
Christopher and Timothy Rowe, Alexander McDonald,
Alexander Gow, Jamie Stanley and Michael Fussell were
notable swimming success stories.
The mighty Big Band also benefited from the playing
skills of Tim Godwin and Chris Bradley.
Then the athletics championships were the next hurdle. At the end of the day, we came away fifth with
Two Year 11's were rewarded with the news that they
were to be made prefects for 2002 congratulations to
Jamie Stanley and Christopher Rowe.
Sam Tindal, Kris Strahle, Christopher Rowe and Alister
Mitchell victorious in their fields.
Other sports were not forgotten the D XI cricket team
included a number of Green House boys Jamie Stanley,
Charles Clifton and Nick Perry to name a few. Tennis
was also a success this year with Alister Mitchell as
Captain and Tom Ferrier, Nick Tromp and Alister victorious in the tennis competition. In hockey, Charles
Clifton was chosen for the CIS team.
It is with a touch of sadness that we farewell a highly
talented and motivational group of Year 12's, they have
added richness and character to our House. It is also
with added sadness that we farewell our Housewoman,
Ms Hoddinott who after a highly enjoyable time with
us leaves to head the English department in 2002.
It is with great optimism that we took forward to 2002
under the leadership of House Captain Jamie Stanley.
Phillip Pain
Green House Year 12
Back Row: Henry Yu, Grant Robertson, Tom Barniet; Adam Strahle, Sanjay Boopalan, Michael
Fussell Front Row: Nicholas Perry, Timothy Wilson Brown, Ms Susan Hoddinott, Alistair Mitchell,
Richard Bell
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Ross House
Head of House
Ms Sally Young
Academic Tutors
Mr M B Hill, Mrs D M Rickards,
Miss Michelle Harrison
House Captain
Matthew Dorrian
Ross House started the year in a new location with a
new Head of House. We took over Dangar House and
very much enjoyed the space our new premises afforded.
Our first event was the Coast Weekened at Vatla Beach
where we swam, ate, surfed, ate, slept, ate and generally
had a good time. We shared our space with Croft House
and this worked out well. That was the lull before the
storm of the serious business of 2001.
Although we only had a small senior year we were ably
led by Matt Dorrian who was also appointed a School
Prefect. The Senior Prefect, Gareth Rickards, was also
of our number but he was so busy doing well what
didn't he do? So we hardly saw him. It was good to see
our seniors so involved in a variety of school activities.
Matt was Captain of Soccer and Co-Captain of Swimming. Despite his solo efforts to give the Armidale Hospital work, he managed a positive and productive year,
and I thank him for his help. Gareth managed to fit
some school work in around his frentic schedule which
included cricket, soccer, music and drama. He travelled
to Sydney for the Shakespearean festival where he made
a plausible villian and won many accolades.
Adam quietly went about his work and contributed to
soccer as a dedicated Captain of the 2nd XI. He was
also a top achiever in community service and pursued
his interest in the Rural Fire Brigade.
Sam, James and Tony were all solid members of our
House sporting teams and continued to be enthusiastic
members of school rugby teams. They also appear to have
developed a love of wildlife (they think that Cornelius
the lizard was a secret...). Simon made music and art his
focus for 2001, but it was good to see him participate
(languidly), in House cricket and athletics.
Ross House members in younger years were involved in
many other areas. Academically we had many successes
thanks to Gareth, Sriram, Philip Dewhurst and Peter
Toppin (whom we will miss when he becomes a boarder
in 2002). Brendan Sharpe continued to shine in the
world of poultry taking out a first prize at the Sydney
Royal Easter Show for his Poultry Judging. In creative
arts we have enjoyed many and varied performances
including Lachlan Abbott playing clarinet and Simon
Toppin on classical guitar. We also took part in the inter House debating and theatre sports thanks to Luke
Brattoni for organising the later.
In our activities program we had students involved in
TASCU, Surf Lifesaving, Search and Rescue, Pioneers
and community service. All of these activites offered
students a chance to develop skills in areas that otherwise would not have been available to them. We are
also a part of the wider community and it was good to
see our boys take part in the Red Cross Door Knock
Appeal, Blood Donations (organised by Lachlan
Abbott) and in the Open Garden Scheme where they
helped our dedicated garder, Marie Ashmore.
This is but a brief summary of Ross House activities in
2001. We wish those students leaving all the best in
their future endeavours. To those returning we look forward to a busy and rewarding year under Captain Grub!
Sally Young, Head of Home
Below: Ross House Year 12
Anthony Moore, James Coppock, Gareth Rickards,
Simon Toppin, Matthew Dorrian, Adam Bashford,
Ms Sally Young
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Tyrrell House
Housemaster
Jeremy Roberts
Deputy Housemaster
Mr Ian Tonkin
Academic Tutors
Mrs Elizabeth Woolaston,
Mr Ket Hardingham
Duty Staff
Mr Norm Lockett, Mr Dwan McGinnes,
Mr Anthony Simmons, Mr Jay Richards,
Mr Dougal Hamilton
House Captain
Simon Hall
House Vice-Captains
Sam Bignelt, Andrew Moore
This year was the first for Middle School boarding with
all the Year 8 boarders being in White House. This
meant that Tyrrell only had Years 9 to Year 12. However we received a number of boys from the old White
House, in both Years 9 and 10. This meant our Year 9
numbers increased to eleven, which was excellent for
the dynamics of this year level. Our total House numbers came close to 50 boys. As there were smatter numbers at the top end all the boys in Years 11 and 12 were
able to have single studies.
The House spent the second weekend of the year at
Sawtell Caravan Park again. The cabins are comfortable and it gives the boys the perfect opportunity to
bond in an environment outside school. We went gocarting and the boys had a great time. We also went to
Zone 3 on Saturday night, instead of the movies.
The Swimming Carnival was a huge improvement with
us finishing in 3rd place, the highest place for several
years. This was due to our boys swimming in as many
events as possible and thus picking up valuable minor
place points.
The House Family Day was a great success. After the
Chapel service, the parents had pre-dinner drinks and
lunch in the lower Maxwell room. The common room
was set up for coffee and slice, where the parents listened to several entertaining speeches.
We won the Athletics Carnivals for the third year in a
row. The House spirit was strong and in a heat of the 16
years 800m there were only Tyrrell boys competing. This
typified the commitment and enthusiasm displayed by
the House. Our winning margin was very comfortable
at the end after some anxious moments.
The House was fortunate to host two exchange students
Andrew Meyerowitz, Year 10, from South Africa, and
Hitesh Kanwathirtha, Year 11, from India. It was a great
experience for the boys to mix with different cultures.
Tyrrell House had a very successful F&F Fete Day. With
the help of some very kind parents and a supportive
group of boys we ran an icecream stand, a buzzer stand
and a guess the score on the Old Boys rugby match.
Thanks go to the Parish and Mackey families for their
support and the Tapp family for their kind donation.
The Year 12 House Valedictory Dinner was held at the
Country Comfort Conference Room. There was only a
small group, as not all the parents could make it, but it
was still a very memorable evening.
All the boys have contributed positively to a successful
year. The House is very grateful for all that Rhonda
Simmons and Ross Higgins have done for the House
over the year and to John Green's continued support.
Jeremy Roberts, Housemaster
Yart,
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Year 12 Tyrrell
Back Row: Zane Cosgrove, David White, Simon Hall, Sam Bignell, Adam Broadbent, Joe Adams
Front Row: Philip Parnwell, Mr Jeremy Roberts, Andrew Moore
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White House
Housemaster
Mr Ian Lloyd
Casual boarding, numbering in the hundreds each term,
provided an essential service to those living some dis-
tances from school when commitments meant it was
more practical to stay overnight. These students were
Deputy Housepersons
Mrs Seonia Wark (Terms 1, 2)
Mrs Robyn Macarthy (Terms 3, 4)
able to fit in easily and comfortably to the House, whilst
Duty Staff
Messrs Chris Felgate, Rodney Smee, Thomas
Our coast trip to Sawtell this year was a great success
and the regular trips to movies, the indoor recreation
centre for bowling and skating, and Friday night gym
or swim sessions, were all very popular and instrumental in keeping everyone busy and occupied.
Omboga, Dougal Hamilton, Michael Barton,
Ms Connie Porter, Fiore Doguet, Melissa
Hennessy
House Seniors
Nic Carrigan, Ben Strang, Yron Alison,
Ryan Bartle
Once again, Middle School Boarding numbers increased
through out the year. We finished 2000 with 28 junior
school boarders providing the indication that change
was necessitated. Thus the concept of Middle School
Boarding was implemented and the move to White
House was on.
The year 2001 opened with fifteen Year 8 boarders,
twenty Year 7, six Year 6 and two Year 5 students, a
giving the boarders the important task of hosting their
friends at School.
My thanks go to a very dedicated staff. The duty hours
were long and often quite hard, and their initiative and
commitment wwas appreciated. Special mention must
go to Mrs Seonia Wark whose balanced, experienced
yet friendly approach to all students was appreciated,
especially during times when I was absent, promoting
the School or away on other business. Likewise, Mrs
Robyn McCarthy stepped into the breach right from
the start in Term 2 and her warm and cheerful presence was immediately appreciated some would say
her style complemented that of the Housemaster perfectly!
total of 43 boarders plus seniors. 2001 ended with a total of 48 boarders solid growth indeed!
Our duty staff had a distinctively international flavour
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Scotland and France being repre-
The management of boarders in such an environment
sented and all adding to the rich cultural experience
for the boys. With increased numbers next year again,
has proved to be challenging, yet very rewarding. While
students are arranged in year groups in dorm, those bar-
riers are removed in areas like the common room and
kitchen, and all students come together learning to cooperate and co-exist successfully with each other during non-school hours.
Year 8 students were charged with the responsibility of
completing the House jobs and with their team of
younger helpers, took on these, and other leadership
challenges, for the first time. White House took on the
Duty House rote, with Year 8 students scrapping in the
the staff numbers will also increase to adequately cater
for the boys needs.
Again, my job is made so much easier with the unfailing support from my wife Sally and the boys, Arthur
and Harry. We all look to next year with anticipation.
Middle School boarding at TAS has made a very
healthy and exciting start.
Ian Lloyd, Housemaster
dining room.
The daily routine was similar to that of previous years,
with the welcome variation of completing homework
at individuals' desks in dorm, rather than moving to a
classroom, having obvious benefits in mid-winter. From
this moment onwards, the number of supervisory staff
would increase to 3 whilst the frenetic move to bed was
on. Many lessons were learned and the evolution of new
systems next year will enable more development, and
even smoother operations, within the House.
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Major Awards 2001
Honours
David Brain for Hockey
N K Moffatt Shield
- for the Best All-Round Sportsman
David Brain and Michael Penman shared
Gold Colours
Cricket
Athletics
Hockey
Shooting
Soccer
Rugby
Cameron Wood
David Brain
Tim Voegeli
James Bondfield
Tom Murray
Josh Steele
Matthew Dorrian
Jonathon Peatfield
Brad Granfield
Michael Penman
Sven Harris
NSW Combined Independent Schools Awards
NSW CIS "Blue" Will Forsythe
NSW CIS "Medallion"
Canoeing
Benjamin Hall
Athletics
Sam Cameron
David Brain receiving the Warren Pengilley Cup for
Open Hurdles from Mrs Mitchell
Captains of Major Sports
Back Row: Tim Voegeli (Hockey), Kelvin Soo (Tennis), Michael Penman (Cricket and Rugby), Adam Strahle
(Basketball), Daniel Fussell (Squash), Mr Dick Hodgson (Sportsmaster)
Front Row: Joe Adams (Swimming), Alistair Mitchell (Athletics), Mr Murray Guest (Headmaster), Matthew Donlan
(Swimming and Soccer), Gareth Foot (Touch Football)
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Athletics
Master-in-Charge: Mr Dick Hodgson
Coaches:
Mr David Toppin
Mr Mark Taylor
Captain:
Alistair Mitchell
Vice-captain:
Philip Pamwell
Awards
Western Associated Schools (WAS)
Results
The WAS carnival was held at Kinross Wolaroi School
at Orange. TAS results included:
2"d in the overall boys point score
in the U12 boys' point score
Pt in the U13 boys' point score
2"d in the Open boys' point score
Gold Colours:
David Brain
Oliver Shield
Silver Colours:
Jamie Stanley, Alistair Mitchell
Gold Medallion:
Sam Cameron
(Armidale Combined Schools and Colleges Sports
Association Athletics Carnival)
Silver Medallions: Ben Perkins, Ritchie Allen,
Kris Strahle, lain Hall,
David Peatfield,
Clinton Andrews, Tannoy Lai
TAS won the Oliver Shield (boys' trophy) scoring 468
points with Armidale High School second on 304 points.
Individual Championship results for TAS boys were:
12s: Tannoy Lai 2, Xavier Forsberg 3'
The highlight of the season was a first place to Sam
Cameron in the U13 high jump at the GPS Championships. This is the first time since 1993 that a TAS
boy has won an event at GPS level. Sam competed in
13s: Sam Cameron 2nd, Angus Boileau 3"
the NSW All Schools' Athletics Championships in Syd-
16s: Richie Allen 1", Ray Evans and Paul Hiu =3rd
ney in October and came 2"d in the U13 Boys' High
Jump. His jump of 1.71m was a massive improvement
of 16cm above his GPS winning height. With this result he was selected in the NSW All Schools' team to
compete in the National Championships in Melbourne
in December where he came 8th with a jump of 1.70m
the winning height was 1.79m. Sam has been coached
by Mr Clayton Richards who has helped him improve.
Results of TAS Athletics Championships
House Results:
Tyrrell, 2'" Ross, 3" Broughton, 411t Croft, 5th Green,
6th Abbott
Individual Championships:
Champion
Age
12
Tannoy Lai
Runner-up Brett Nielsen
Sam Cameron
13
Runner-up Angus Boileau
lain Hall
14
Runner-up David Peatfield
15
Kris Strahle
Cup
15s: Richard Shannon 2s, Tom Rose 3"
17s +: David Brain Pt, Philip Parnwell
GPS Results
The best performances at the GPS Championships, in
Championship events (not division events) were:
13s: Sam Cameron, 1" in high jump (1.55m), 6th in
hurdles (15.97sec); Clinton Andrews, 46 in shot put
(10.98m)
14s: David Peatfield, 5th in long jump (4.94m); Luke
Brattoni, 5th in high jump (1.55m)
15s: lain Hall, 4th in shot put (12.08m)
16s: Jamie Stanley, 3] in 1500m (4.32.56min), 6"1 in
800m (2.10.15min); Kris Strahle, 6th in high jump
(1.73m); Richie Allen, 6th in 200m (24.63sec)
Braund Cup
17s: Ben Perkins. 6"' in 800m (2.08.57min), 6th in
1500m (4.35.80min)
A C Hall Cup
Opens: David Brain, 5" in shot put (12.5m); Alistair
Mitchell 5th in high jump (1.85m)
J B Sandilands
15 Years cup
Runner-up Richard Shannon
Belfield Cup
Richie Allen
16
Runner-up Ray Evans
Jonathon Peatfield R J Magoffin Cup
17
Runner-up Cameron Griffin
R H Fletcher Cup
David Brain
Opens
Runner-up Philip Parnwell
Other Awards
Warren Pengilley Cup for Open Hurdles:
David Brain
Open 1500m Cup: Gareth Rickards
Bucknell Trophy for 3000m: Ben Perkins
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14s: lain Hall 21"
New TAS records set during the season:
12s: Tannoy Lai, discus 20.90m (750gm), triple
jump 7.89m, 100m 13.8sec, shot put 8.25m (3kg),
long jump 4.68m; Charles Cull, javelin 20.00m
(600gm)
13s: Thomas Perrett, javelin 21.72m (600gm); Sam
Cameron, hurdles 16.0sec (90m), long jump 5.22m
14s: Ian Holcombe, javelin 24.42m (600gm); lain
Hall, shot put 12.16m (3kg); Tom Allsop, discus
33.10m ( lkg)
15s: John Cassidy, 12.02m (4kg) ?
16s: Cameron Wood, shot put 12.11m (4kg); Chris
Rowe, hurdles 15.7sec (height 0.84m)
17s: Yron Allison, shot put 11.62m (5kg)
Opens: David Brain, shot put 12.24m (6kg), hurdles
17.6sec (height 0.914m), discus 43.48m
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Members of the Athletics Team
The following boys competed in all three athletics meetings (GPS, WAS and Oliver Shield):
Richie Allen, Sam Bignell, Angus Boileau, David
Brain, Sam Cameron, John Cassidy, Matthew
Dorrian, Ray Evans, lain Hall, Alister Hawksford,
Chris Herd, Paul Hiu, Tannoy Lai, Alistair Mitchell,
Philip Parnwell, David PeatfieId, Ben Perkins,
Gareth Rickards, Jamie Stanley, Kris Strahle, Sam
Tindal, Cameron Wood
These boys competed at GPS and WAS (not Oliver
Shield): Adam Broadbent, Cameron Griffin, Nick
Marlor
These boys competed at GPS and Oliver Shield (but
not WAS): Clinton Andrews, Luke Brattoni, Jonathon
Peatfield, Jock Rutherford, Nick Stevens, Peter Toppin
These boys competed at WAS and Oliver Shield (but
not GPS): Tom Allsop, Bohan Bicknell, Nathan Bond,
Ian Holcombe, Brett Nielsen, Thomas Perrett, Tom
Rose, Richard Shannon, Matthew Wannan
These boys competed at GPS only: Tim Fenwicke,
Andrew Mercer, Peter Sutton
These boys competed at WAS only: Yron Allison, Ben
Clifton
Sam Cameron, who won fist place in the U13 High
Jump at the GPS Championships
Badminton
Basketball
Master in Charge: Wally Richards
Coach:
Mark Taylor
Master-in-Charge: Mr David Toppin
Badminton is such a popular sport in the PD, H and PE
program that it was decided to introduce it into the extra-curricular program this year.
This new addition to the spectrum of activities at TAS
attracted 15 regular players while the tennis aficionados would join us on Friday afternoons when the weather
was inclement or they felt the need for a change.
The competition was a purely internal one with pools
being arranged on ability at the start of the season. A
series of matches were played on Fridays depending on
how many boys were in each pool with the winners being promoted to the next division the following week
and bottom players facing relegation.
Badminton is a game of great skill and fitness which
can be learned quickly and it was most gratifying to see
the rapid improvement in the standard of play amongst
those who had never played before.
Clearly, those with experience of the game (and the tennis players) always showed the way in the competition.
This included the likes of Tom Ferrier, Mitch Rogers
and Richard Neil while Andrew Bell, Will Wright,
Warren Roberts, Brendan Roberts, Sam Bowman and
Daniel Whitelaw all showed remarkable improvement
in their games as the season progressed.
Important in all of this was the obvious high level of
enjoyment and fitness shown by most members of the
group and it is hoped to run the sport again in the future.
Coaches:
Mr Walter Sprinkle
Mr Alan Jones
Mr John Cole
Captain:
Adam Strahle
Awards
Silver Colours:
Adam Strahle, Simon Toppin,
Brendan Mew-Sum
Bronze Medallions
Paul Hui, Brendon Roberts
Summer Basketball
This summer TAS 1 played in a combined Men's B and
C grade as there were insufficient nominations for two
separate grades. The 3rds and 4ths were always going to
find it difficult, as they had neither the experience nor
the skills. However, they played each other in the grand
final of Men's C grade which TAS 3 eventually won.
The 2nds played with mixed success. They beat each of
the semi finalists through the season but could not manage to get it together for the finals. However they learnt
much and made the basis of the TAS 1" team in the
Winter competition.
The Year 9 and 10 boys played in a very successful, mixed
three-on-three competition and particularly enjoyed
playing the stronger girls' sides who often beat them!
There were no points kept but the standard of basketball improved dramatically with the essential skills required to play in this format.
Wally Richards
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Winter Basketball
TAS U14 Basketball
Winter is the main season for the Basketball Association's competition, however, due to several factors, TAS
fielded only a 1" and 2^d team in Men's A and B grade
Master-in-Charge: Mr Ian Lloyd
respectively.
The competition was small, with only four teams in each
grade. The season was also disrupted by players withdrawing and thus making continuity difficult.
TAS I had emerged from the previous year with high
hopes of again taking out the Armidale Mens A-Grade
competition. The team was determined and confident
this milestone could be achieved.
Whilst being competitive all season, the team's hard
work eventually paid off with them making the grand
final against arch enemies the Club Hotel. Unfortunately they were convincingly beaten by the older welldrilled opponents.
Due to basketball only being an extra sport through
winter, a younger, new-look group of players took the
court against Sydney High School during their annual
visit. After one training session, the new-look TAS I
basketball team was unsure what to expect, however
they took the court with confidence. Throughout the
first half TAS stuck with the larger, more athletic SHS
team, only to be down by 4 points at halftime. In the
second half SHS picked up the speed and with their
highly refined offence, were victors by 22 points.
Great seasons were had by David Sprinkle, Tyson Kohler
and Sam Bignell in rebounding and offence, whilst
Brendon Mew-Sum and Simon Toppin were useful all
rounders.
The 2^d also had difficulty with team balance and participation throughout the season but played enthusiastically in the semi finals to be beaten by an adult team.
Awards
Medallions - Outstanding Contribution and
Improvement:
Ross Murray, Duncan Lowson
Certificates - Excellent Commitment and
Dedication:
Max Hodgson, Sam Kaveney,
Edward Warrick
Again the numbers in Junior Basketball remained
healthy and the players experienced a challenging sea-
son, both at training and in the Armidale Basketball
Association competition. TAS provided three even
teams who competed against some stronger and more
established teams, many of whom were entered in representative fixtures.
The two training sessions per week were well attended
and proved very useful under the watchful eye of Mr
Andrew Bown and Mr Daniel Boorman. The regular
games on Thursday evenings allowed us to try and put
our developing skills into practice.
The squads comprised:
TAS Blue: Sam Kaveney, Duncan Lowson, Chris
McKern, Luke Morris, Bronson Pont, Daniel Evans,
Andrew Tung, Christian Compain
TAS Green: Michael Watts, Alister Hawksford, Tim
Mingay, David Williams, Leigh Harder, Sam Rice,
Philip Stevens, Chris Bradley
TAS Red: Jono Beveridge, Max Hodgson,
Ed Warrick, James Hunt, Will Winter-Irving,
Ross Murray, Chris Baker, Alex Gow
The final teams were:
TAS 1: Adam Strahle (capt), Brendon Mew-Sum,
John Nash, Simon Toppin, Andrew Roberts, Ssam
Bignell, Daniel Hicks
TAS 2: Daniel Moffitt (capt), Jack Ueda,
Sam Munsie, Sam Coppock, Chris Moffitt,
Mitchell Pardy
Thanks to Dargaville Michael for his continuous commitment, inspiration and coaching throughout the winter season, Mr Toppin for organising and coaching the
game against Sydney High School and Mr Sprinkle for
his inspirational coaching style, his commitment and
knowledge about the game.
Adam Strahle
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1st Basketball
Back Row: Andrew Roberts, Dargaville Michael,
Chris Michael, Simon Toppin, David Brain
Front Row: Brendon Mew-Sum, Adam Strahle
(Captain), John Cole
Absent: Walter Sprinkle (Coach)
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Bench Press
Master-in-Charge:
Mr Peter Hall
David Brain
Captain:
Although the bench press season is relatively short
one day of local competition, the sport attracts a small but
dedicated group who spend hours flexing the pecs in the well-equipped TAS Weights Room. The addition this year of
an Olympic bar and new weights has added to the interest and we also obtained a new leg press and squat rack.
Throughout the year, the 3 weights supervisors were also kept busy with programs for new members. Chris Dougherty
also launched circuit classes for the public, TAS students and even staff. Morning sessions proved popular in summer
with up to 16 starters each morning.
In competition this year we again won the Wayne Sharpe Trophy for the most successful school at the District Bench
Press titles.
Ten of the biggest men from The Armidale School descended upon Armidale High School to take part in what could
be described as an interschool battle of the bulge.
Competitions were held in 3 disciplines: Bench Press, Chin-ups and Parallel Bars.
TAS competed strongly in both chin-ups and dips with Jono Peatfield taking out 2"d in the dips, closely followed by
Young Lee who took 3'd. Josh Steele also did well in the chin-ups, receiving a creditable 2nd place.
However, TAS's strength lay in the Bench Press where our domination was felt from the outset. In the lighter divisions
Jeremy Davies took out 5th place and Young Lee 2"d in the very competitive 64kg category, with Young lifting an
impressive 67.5kg. Dan Moffitt competed in the 59kg category and received a 3^' placing with a lift of 55kg. Oliver
Gill and lain Hall also received .3rd placings in the 70 and 83kg classes, both with personal best lifts.
Josh Steele and Andrew 'the Choad" Moore both competed in the 76kg class with outstanding results. Josh lifted 75kg
to come 2^d to `Choad' who lifted an incredible 85kgs, I lkgs more than his bodyweight. He also narrowly missed 90
kgs due to a lifting technicality. Kiwi import, Brad Lauder also lifted well in a hotly contested class but as seems Kiwi
tradition he came 2nd to an Australian. His lift of 80kg placed him second behind the man who overshadowed all, not
only with his impressive set of shoulders, but also with his lifting ability as well. That's right, the chief
Gareth
Rickards, who comprehensively took out the super heavy weight class with the biggest lift of the day smashing a 7 year
old record. The lift of 90kgs was 7kgs more than Gazza's bodyweight and has definitely sorted out who takes the title
of 'Biggest Man' in the school. Quote of the competition must also go to Gaz who, when asked about the difficulty of
the record breaking lift stunned us all with the simple reply of ... 'it was easy".
David Brain
Note: Congratulations also to David, who won his class (83 kg) with an exceptional lift of 85 kg.
Cricket
Master in Charge: Mr Jeremy Roberts
Michael Penman
Captain:
Gareth Rickards
Vice Captain:
Coaches:
Dr Jonathan Watson, Mr David
Toakley, Mr Wally Richards,
Mr Nathan Craven, Mr Michael
Simpson, Mr Norm Lockett,
Mr Jamie Andrews,
Mr Paul Clark
Awards
Gold Colours:
Cameron Wood
Silver Colours:
Michael Penman, Simon Hall,
Nicholas Perry, Gareth Rickards,
David Brain, John Bale,
James Holliday, Jamie Stanley,
Charlie Clifton, Nick Leyden
Silver Medallion: James Hall, Dean Moore,
Henry Cupitt, Ben Jennings
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Bronze Medallion: Sam Clark, James Hall( lsts)
Richard Allen (2nds)
Nicholas Leyden,
James Holliday,
Cameron Wood (16As)
Dean Moore (14As)
TAS fielded eleven cricket teams this season, nine in
the Armidale Junior Cricket Association and two in the
Senior Association.
Four of our teams reached the finals series of their competition with the 1st XI being knocked out in the semi
finals and the 16s, 14s and 12s losing their grand finals.
To have these teams only losing one or two games all
season shows the strength of cricket at TAS.
There were some outstanding batting feats during the
season with several centuries being scored:
1st XI
Michael Penman
129 vs Easts (eventual premiers)
Simon Wood
113* vs Norths
1st XI
108* vs Hillgrove
Nick Leyden
U16
Charlie Clifton
U16
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+4,
1st XI Cricket
Back Row: James Hall, David Brain, John Bale, Simon Hall, Nick Perry, Cameron Wood, Nicholas Leyden, Simon
Wood
Front Row: Jamie Stanley, Sam Clark, Mr Jeremy Roberts (M1C), Michael Penman (Captain), Mr Murry Guest
(Headmaster), Gareth Rickards, James Holliday, Charles Clifton
1st XI The Season
The team won all the one-day competition matches
played during the holidays and only lost one game in
Awards
the two day competition and that was in the semi final.
Best Batsman:
Nick Perry-392 runs at 21.8
Best Bowler:
Cameron Wood-33 wkts at 11.6
Best All Rounder: Michael Penman-348 runs at 16
23 wkts at 14.1
Most Improved:
David Brain-278 runs at 21.4
This season, the team was a young and inexperienced
one, having only three players returning from last year.
Yet they played with confidence and conviction never
letting the pressure off their opponents. The result of
this relentless determination was an outstanding season where the team won 14 of its 20 games, only losing
three games, all unfortunately at vital times.
The 1st XI finished a very successful season with no
major awards:
Armidale District B Grade
Douglas Shield
Semi Finalists
Runners up
Independent Schools Festival Third
Armidale One-Day Competition Third
During the season the 1st XI recorded some excellent
wins notably against Churches by 8 wickets and again
by 154 runs with three other wins of well over 100 runs.
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Michael Penman's astute captaincy, with his ability to
apply and sustain pressure for the duration of the game,
was an important feature of the team. This was highlighted by the fact that teams' often had batting collapses after making a solid start. His skill in managing
bowling changes was masterful.
The batting, even though inconsistent at times, was
dominated by large partnerships.
This season, four century partnerships were scored in
very fine style:
1st wicket: 117 runs-David Brain (73)
Simon Hall (36)
2nd wicket: 121 runs - Nick Perry (80)
Simon Hall (62)
3rd wicket: 99 runs - Nick Perry (43)
Simon Wood (42)
7th wicket: 100 runs - Michael Penman (76)
Cameron Wood (38)
The inclusion of Simon Wood, who left TAS in 2000,
in the Armidale Association matches was a huge success. His ability to take the pressure off the younger
members was demonstrated by Simon confidently hitting the third ball in our second game straight back over
the bowlers head for a huge six at Moran Oval. TAS
won by 141 runs.
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Batting Statistics
NO
ava
Average
Catches
HS
Agg
3
99
392
21.8
62
351
17.6
129
348
16.6
N Perry
18
19
S Hall
19
20
M Penman
20
21
N Leyden
10
10
a
0
76*
281
31.2
D Brain
15
16
3
8
73
278
21.4
C Clifton
18
18
2
6
31
215
13.4
C Wood
18
12
3
9
38
191
21.2
J Holliday
18
11
2
2
25
115
12.8
J Stanley
16
8
4
4
34
84
21.0
J Bale
13
11
4
1
31
86
12.3
S Clark
7
6
4
4
10
29
14.5
J Hall
7
7
3
0
5
17
4.3
G Rickards
16
8
1
6
4
17
2.4
S Wood
11
13
3
5 2*
113*
469
46.9
Overs
M
Best
Wkts
Runs
Average
0/rate
C. Wood
146.4
33
3/9
33
384
11.6
2.61
J. Holliday
137.5
23
4/14
32
428
13.3
3.10
M. Penman
122.0
19
3/16
23
325
14.1
2.66
J Stanley
108.0
17
4/40
21
418
19.9
3.87
G Rickards
105.1
20
4/24
17
325
19.1
3.09
J Bale
66..0
10
3/4
12
209
17.4
3.17
C Clifton
35.0
3
3/42
11
147
12.4
4.20
S Granfield
32.4
11
3/16
8
54
6.8
1.66
# Stumpings,
a
171*
4
* Not out
Bowling Statistics
The Independent Schools Cricket Festival
The ninth Independent Schools Cricket Festival was
held in January 2001, hosted by Shore. It consisted of
four teams; Canberra Grammar, Sydney Church of Eng-
land Grammar School (Shore), The Southport School
(TSS) and The Armidale School (TAS).
TAS team: Michael Penman (capt), Gareth Rickards
(vc), Nick Perry, David Brain, Simon Hall, John Bale,
Cameron Wood, Jamie Stanley, James Holliday, Sam
Clark, Nick Leyden, Charlie Clifton, James Hall
TAS arrived in Sydney keen to win the 'Bat' back Born
TSS who won it from us last year.
The first game was against Canberra Grammar who sent
us in to bat. Our batsmen struggled with the tight bowl-
ing with only Nick Leyden giving any real resistance.
Our cause was not helped by four Golden Ducks, is that
a record in an innings? TAS were bundled out for 79
runs so the bowlers only had a small target to bowl at
but showed they had plenty of ability by taking three
wickets on a flat, even track.
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The second game was against Shore who batted first
and consolidated after an early wicket. Their batsmen
were well drilled and played their shots mainly in the
'V which allowed us to slow their run rate and apply
pressure. They batted out their 50 overs, scoring 6 for
168 runs. David Brain, taking on a new role as an opener,
built an innings of 69 runs in 38 overs and steered the
team to a two wicket victory.
With a win under our belt we were ready for The
Southport School. TAS batted first, losing two quick
wickets, but a gritty partnership of 68 runs between
Simon Hall and Michael Penman stopped the flow of
wickets temporarily. With only a modest total, the team
had to knock TSS over quickly. Cameron Wood set the
ball rolling by removing the openers' stumps in his first
over then Jamie Stanley took an inspiring diving catch
at backward point to have TSS 2 for 5. TAS kept the
pressure on with Gareth Rickards devastating their top
order taking 3 for 16 off 6 overs and reducing TSS to 6
for 28. The TSS batsmen then dug in and built a 61 run
partnership.
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Then TSS's import, an Indian U15 World Cup player,
came to the crease so Michael Penman took the ball
himself and bowled particularly quickly and short removing him for only one run fending off his chin. With
this wicket, TSS's innings collapsed to be all out for
107 runs resulting in a nail biting victory for TAS. This
was the best bowling and fielding display the 1st XI produced all season and was their most satisfying win.
With our win over TSS and their win over Canberra
Grammar, this left three teams with two wins and one
loss each. Unfortunately, TAS was relegated to play off
for third and forth.
During the rest day a hubcap was produced and the TAS
and Shore captains decided to make this the trophy for
the final game between the two schools with the trophy named "The Hodges Hubcap".
TAS batted first making 254. The Shore batsman chased
our score in a positive manner but could not handle the
spin of Jamie Stanley who took 4 for 40, 3 of the wickets bowled with his top spin. Gareth led the way in the
field finishing with a diving, sliding outfield catch. At
the end of the game the Shore Captain presented TAS
with the Hodges Hubcap to the cheers of the crowd.
That night at the Festival Dinner the guest speaker was
a cricket historian who showed interest in the Hodges
Hubcap. He mentioned that a man named Hodges had
bowled the very first ball for Australia in test cricket
against the English Team. The English batsman had apparently stepped back onto his stumps and on appeal
the English umpire responded not out as he was
unsighted.
A special thanks must go to Wal Perry for acting as
manager, bus driver and clothes washer. Also to all the
parents who supported the team in Sydney.
Douglas Shield
Country Independent
School's Championships
TAS started in the 3rd round of the Championship and
unfortunately ended up playing 3 games in 7 days.
The first game was against Newcastle Grammar at TAS.
Newcastle batted first and built up a respectable total
but relentless TAS pressure paid dividends. Their 4th
wicket fell at 111 and they were all out for 139 runs. In
response we were 4 for 46 before the middle order, of
Charlie Clifton, Michael Penman and Cameron Wood,
consolidated and passed Newcastle's score with the loss
of six wickets.
The second game was against William Clark College
from Sydney in the semi finals at the Scots Bathurst
ground. William Clark boasted two current NSW Country Schools players so we knew we had a game on our
hands. William Clark batted first with Cameron Wood
and Gareth Rickards both taking early wicket but a 79
run partnership shifted the advantage back to WC.
Again, sustained pressure and good bowling from our
captain saw William Clark collapse for 139 runs. David
Brain replied scoring 24 in five overs but steady bowling and the loss of four wickets slowed our momentum.
When Cameron Wood and Yron Allison came to the
crease the run rate increased with three impressive sixes.
Again we reached the total with six wickets down.
The next day we again challenged Kinross Wolaroi for
the Douglas Shield. To win we needed to bat better than
we had been. Unfortunately this was not to be the case
as we only managed 134 runs off 50 overs. Simon Hall's
gritty innings and Charlie Clifton's steady innings were
all that held the team together. The bowlers were again
put in a position of having to bowl the opposition out
for a tow total. We were in with a chance when Cameron
Wood removed Kinross's top batsman for only one run
and the total on 3 for 38 runs but we couldn't get the
vs Canberra Grammar
Lost by 7 wkts
TAS
79
N Leyden 30
Canberra
3/82
J Bale 1/6, C Wood 1/13,
J Holliday 1/17
vs Shore Won by 2 wkts
Shore
6/168 J Bale 2/8, M Penman 2/45
TAS
8/171 D Brain, N Perry 25,
N Leyden 18
vs The Southport School Won by 16 runs
TAS
132
S Hall 49, N Leyden 27,
M Penman 19
TSS
107
G Rickards 4/24,
M Penman 2/15
vs Shore Won by 69 runs
important break through and Kinross finally passed our
score five wickets down.
vs Newcastle Grammar, at TAS Won by 4 wkts
NG
139
TAS
6/140 C Wood 35 no, C Clifton 31,
M Penman 29
J Holliday 4/29,
G Rickards 3/20, C Wood 1/10
vs William Clark College, at Bathurst
Won by 4 wkts
M Penman 2/20, C Wood 2/21,
WC
139
J Stanley 2/35
6/142 C Clifton 28, C Wood 25 no,
TAS
D Brain 24, R Allen 20
TAS
8/254 N Perry 90, S Hall 62,
C Wood 21, C Clifton 15
vs Kinross Wolaroi, Orange Lost by 5 wkts
8/134 S Hall 36, C Clifton 29,
TAS
C Wood 19
Shore
185
KW
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J Stanley 4/40, C Wood 2/32,
J Holliday 2/36
5/139 C Wood 2/25
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Armidale District Cricket Association
Round 1 vs Norths - Won by 141 runs
One Day Competition
This competition is not easy for TAS to play in as the
games are scheduled during the school holidays and
many of the 1st XI are boarders. However it does give
fathers and Old Boys the opportunityto play for the
school. Unfortunately, through my eagerness to field
TAS
4/199 N Leyden 76 no, S Wood 40,
N Perry 29, D Brain 24 no
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eleven players each week an ineligible player played two
games for us and subsequent points were taken off the
team. The loss of these points put us out of the final
even though we had an undefeated season. I would like
to thank all those involved for their huge commitment
during the holidays.
TAS
4/241 S Wood 108 no, N Perry 43,
N Leyden 34
Hillgrove
92
Round 2 vs Hillgrove - Won by 149 runs
TAS
89
2/91
J Holliday 4/14, G Rickards 2/23,
C Wood 2/26
TAS
128
Ex-Services 87
J Holliday 25, N Davis 24,
C Clifton 17
S Granfield 3/16, J Stanley 2/1,
J Holliday 2/14
Round 3 vs Hillgrove - Won by 72 runs
TAS
142
C Wood 26, N Perry 21,
S Hall 18
Hillgrove
70
C Wood 3/9, G Wood 2/3,
S Granfield 2/5
Round 4 vs Norths - Won by 138 runs
TAS
278
S Wood 113 no, D Annetts 84,
M Richards 34
Norths
140
C Wood 3/20, M Penman 2/20,
P Penman 2/21, G Wood 2/23
Round 5 vs Easts - Won by 5 wkts
Easts
127
C Wood 3/14, M Penman 3/16
J Roberts 2/18, J Stanley 2/47
TAS
5/144
G Wood 50 no, M Penman 37,
N Perry 33 no
N Leyden 35, D Annetts 32,
S Wood 26, C Clifton 23 and
6/143 N Leyden 43, D Brain 29,
J Holliday 24
TAS
194
Churches
160
S Wood 61 no, C Clifton 16 no
Round 2 vs Ex-Services - Won by 41 runs
C Wood 3/15, C Clifton 2/0
Round 3 vs Churches - Won by 35 runs
Round 1 vs Churches - Won by 8 wkts
Churches
M Penman 2/8, J Holliday 2/10,
J Stanley 2/11, C Wood 2/13
5/68
S Granfield 3/32, J Bale 2/12,
J Holliday 2/28 and
J Bale 3/4
Round 4 vs Norths - Draw Washout
Norths
169
J Holliday 4/41, C Clifton 3/42
3/36 D Brain 22 no
Round 5 vs Easts - Draw Washout
TAS
M Penman 129, D Brain 73,
S Hall 40, C Wood 38,
J Bale 27 no
TAS
347
Easts
1/ 84 C Wood 1/13
Semi-Final vs Hillgrove - Lost outright
Hillgrove
218
C Clifton 2/11,1 Stanley 2/22,
J Bale 2/36, C Wood 2/43 and
1/63 C Wood 1/16
TAS
115
162
N Perry 27, S Wood 21,
J Stanley 17 no and
S Wood 59, J Stanley 34,
J Bale 31
Jeremy Roberts
Round 6 vs Churches - Won by 154 runs
TAS
Churches
8/240
86
N Perry 99, M Richards 50,
M Penman 44
J Holliday 3/15, M Penman 2/0,
0 Rickards 2/18, C Wood 2/20
Two Day Competition
This started with two, one-day games, but in the whole
season we only completed two, two-day games. The
season started with two comprehensive victories but
weather and school circumstances drew a disappointing finish.
The team performed very well together and some individual performances were outstanding.
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Representative Cricketers
Jamie Stanley, Cameron Wood - selected in the U19
Country Schools' Cricket team
Nick Leyden, Charlie Clifton - selected in the Central
North U17 team
The Armidalian 2001
2"' XI
16A
Coach:
Mr Paul Clark
Mr David Toakley
Captain:
James Hall
The 2000-01 season for the TAS 2'd XI was one of advancing ability and mastering talent. Many of the boys
improved greatly over the summer and turned into very
capable cricketers. The 2^d XI played in the local 3rd
grade competition and with a squad of 39, completed
the competition without forfeit. Although TAS won
only two games, much experience was gained through
some very competitive matches.
Thanks to Mr Paul Clark for his great performances and
high quality coaching. To Mr Bruce Coppock who played
in almost every game, lending valuable wisdom and experience to the team, and to Mr David Toakley for picking up the coaching reins where Mr Clark left off. Lastly,
a very big thank you to all the parents who came along
every Saturday and supported, scored and umpired for
the team.
Batting
Innings NO
Runs
S Coppock
B Coppock
J Halt
D Toakley
P Clark
C Griffin
B Clifton
J Bale
S Clark
R Allen
M King
J Peatfield
P Parnwell
J Marlor
Y Allison
145
9
3
1
12
1
11.2
13.0
18.8
23.5
58.4
13.3
8.3
13
12
156
150
47
642
Av
1
40
3
25
4
1
3
4
1
43
188
69
6
6
10
41
6
1
6
76
64
5
10
2
1.0
7.2
31.2
6.9
6.8
5.2
7.6
16.0
4
Bowling
Overs
Runs Wkts
Av
J Bate
25
111
5
22.5
R Allen
S Coppock
35
30
36
6
26
138
5
3
27.6
50.0
8
2
17.1
B Coppock
B Clifton
J Hall
L Johnson
J Peatfield
P Clark
M King
Y Allison
C Griffin
D Toakley
21
4
64
21
23
22
26
150
137
55
127
73
28
1
4
2
269
89
16
109
79
94
1
6
3
4
27.5
127.0
18.24
14.0
16.7
14.8
109.0
26.3
23.5
Runs/Over
4.44
3.9
5.0
3.8
9.2
4.8
3.5
7.0
4.2
4.2
4.7
3.6
3.6
James Hall
Coach:
Mr Wally Richards
Captain:
James Holliday
The 16A cricket side enjoyed another highly successful
season losing just two matches with one of those, unfortunately, being the Grand Final.
The first match of the season was against North's and
was reduced to a 25 over encounter which TAS lost
through a combination of untidy fielding and ill-disciplined batting in the face of a mediocre attack. Unfortunately, this turned out to be our only real competition for the season. All other matches including two
more encounters with Norths were comfortably won.
Some of these matches were very one-sided affairs against Hillgrove Colts, TAS amassed a total of 5 for
315 with an unbeaten 162 from Nick Leyden. Hillgrove
in reply were bowled out twice for a grand total of 94
runs thus providing very little competition. This pattern continued and even the two other matches against
Norths provided relatively easy victories with one seeing TAS score 4 for 254 with Nick Leyden getting his
second unbeaten century of 129 and the opposition being all out for 146.
Perhaps the series of simple wins contributed to a feeling of over confidence among the boys as they took the
field against Norths in the Grand Final. Whatever the
reason, a string of indiscrete and outright bad shots saw
TAS stumble to an unconvincing 81 all out with Kris
Strahle providing the only real steel to the batting with
a defiant and lusty 27. This score was never going to be
big enough to bother a strongly committed and hard
working opposition who duly and deservedly reached
their target with only 3 wickets down. This despite the
most hostile spell of bowling I have ever seen from an
U16 player in the shape of Cameron Wood who finished with 2 for 20 off 10 overs having been 2 for 6 at
the end of his first 5 over spell. In this he was most ably
and strenuously supported by skipper, James Holliday,
who ended his first 5 overs on 1 for 3. A sterling effort
from two fine young cricketers.
Despite this disappointing final result there were other
highlights of the season - Charlie Clifton scoring an
elegant and controlled 114 against Norths and Michael
King took 5 for 15 off 4.5 overs in the same match.
The best batsmen in the team were Nick Leyden who
amassed a remarkable 382 runs and averaged 127, while
the next best average was from Charlie Clifton on 43!
The best bowling came from Nathan Bond who took
13 wickets at a strike rate of 9.5 while Michael King's
11 wickets cost him a scant 6 runs each.
Cameron Wood was unfailingly enthusiastic in the field
and his aggressive bowling and lusty hitting (highest
score 96) contributed much to the success of the team
white James Holliday did an outstanding job as Captain
through his thoughtful and innovative leadership and
commitment to the team and its welfare.
I congratulate all of the team members on a highly rewarding and most enjoyable season and am confident
that some of the future stars of TAS cricket will come
from this group.
Wally Richards
The Armidalian 2001
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16A Cricket
Back Row: Sam Clark, Kris Strahle, Michael King, Cameron Wood, Ben Clifton, Nicolas Leyden, Peter Toppin,
James Marlin; Mr Wally Richards (Coach)
Front Row: James Hall, Angus Capel, Jonathon Peayeield, James Holliday (Captain), Ritchie Allen, Charlie Clifton.
Nathan Bond
1/
14A Cricket
Back Row: Joel Leslie, Roy Head, Mitchell Carrigan (Captain), Jeremy Rose, Daniel Mills, Ben Jennings
Front Row: Don gal Eliott, Fraser Cole, Jock Ruthelford, Hemy Cuppitt, Ashoor Khan, Dean Moore
Absent: Mr Norm Lockett (Coach)
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The Armidalian 2001
1 6B
14A
Coach:
Mr Nathan Craven
Coach:
Mr Norm Lockett
Captain:
Lachlan Johnson
Captain:
Mitchell Carrigan
This season was a very memorable one for the 14As.
Awards
The boys went through the season undefeated until the
final against CSC, which they narrowly lost.
Certificate - Highest aggregate runs:
Lachlan Johnson
Apart from the favourable results achieved, the players
were also successful as a team, in the truest sense of the
Certificate - Most consistent trainer:
Benjamin Eveleigh
word. On a number of occasions, opposition sides
The 2000/2001 season saw the 16Bs playing in the 14s
thought they had the 14As down and out, only for our
competition. Whilst it might appear that the slightly
lower order batsmen to rescue us, or for one of our bowlers to take a vital wicket.
higher age of the team would mean it was too strong for
the competition, it did not turn out that way. In fact,
the 16Bs team now understand that, in cricket it is not
the stature of the man that creates the advantage, but
the skill and dedication. There were some memorable
moments during the season: watching Lachlan Johnson
twice make a half-century, in dashing performances.
He subsequently topped the season with an aggregate
of 149. Another memorable day was the 15"' birthday
of Ben Morris. Ben made 15 not out and took a wicket.
Well done Ben! Our highest wicket takers were Lachlan
Johnson and Andrew Patterson, with six wickets each.
I found it very enjoyable to have had the chance to coach
such a great team of young men, and it was rewarding to
see improvements. Many thanks go to the boys who gave
up their time to come and play for us when needed
James Manor, Peter Toppin, and Scott Turton. Also, I
greatly appreciated the support of the parents throughout the season, and I am sure your sons did too. Finally
1 might add that I can't remember it having rained so
consistently on practice days.
Bowling
M NO Catches HS Agg Avg
T Coulton
20
25
92
10.0
41
40
23
103
25
17
1
8.0
4.6
50.a 149 29.8
15
15
5.0
18
18
3.6
31
2
20
J Cowell
5
B Eveleigh
6
F Oraser
4
C Herd
5
P Holcombe 5
L Johnson
5
3
B Morris
JOppenheimer 5
A Patterson 4
11
35
35
3
1
2
1
2 (rer) 3
1
1
T Punyawong 4
B Sharpe
4
J Cowell
B Eveleigh
F Oraser
1
31
1
2
7.75
0.5
1
7
12
3.0
Overs M
Best
4
14
19
0-9/2
1-13/4
0-5/4
0-6/2
1-8/2
1-4/2
2-13/5
1-17/2
1-11/2
1-12/4
1-6/2
1-11/3
3
1
6
11
C Herd
P Holcombe 19
20
L Johnson
B Morris
3
JOppenheimer 4
A Patterson 21
T Punyawong 2
B Sharpe
16
1
1
15.3
2
Batting
T Coulton
5.0
Wkts Runs Av
0
2
1
1
4
6
1
1
6
1
2
19
65
106
43
42
91
97
35
18
88
6
105
The depth showed from the very beginning of the season with a comfortable 20 run win over Norths.
Batting first, TAS was in trouble at 4-24 after losing
early wickets. Sensible batting between, Mitch Carrigan
(34no), and Jeremy Rose (35no), resulted in an unbeaten stand of 74 that enabled a competitive total of
4-98 to be posted.
Tight bowling from Ben Jennings (0/3 off 3) and Henry
Cupitt (0/5 off 4, 2 maidens) soon had Norths well behind the required run rate. Norths were always struggling as Daniel Mills (0/5 off 3), Mitch Carrigan (0/3
off 3), and Ashoor Khan (2/7 off 2) kept the Norths
scoring in check. The bowlers were well supported by a
good display of ground fielding that resulted in two
runouts as Norths finished on 5-78.
The next match against Hillgrove was another demonstration of the batting depth present.
TAS slumped to be 7-48 before Roy Head (27), Ben
Jennings (47), and Fraser Cole (38) combined to notch
a very useful total of 179.
With TAS needing early wickets, Ben Jennings (3 for 1
off 3,2 maidens) and Roy Head (1 for 5 off 4,2 maidens) duly responded by quickly removing the Hillgrove
top order. Henry Cupitt (3 for 4 off 3), Dean Moore (2
for 3 off 2), and Daniel Mills (1 for 0 off 1) quickly
finished the job as Hillgrove were dismissed for 15, a
total that included eight ducks.
The TAS bowlers bowled an exceptional tine and
length; seven of the dismissals were either bowled or
lbw.
A consistent bowling performance coupled with some
good fielding saw Hillgrove out for 49 in their second
innings, giving TAS victory by an innings and 115 runs.
32.5
The following match against CSC was another fine
106.0
team performance. Against a tight bowling attack, TAS
could only manage to score 89, Daniel Mills top scoring with 13.
4 2. 0
22.8
16.2
35.0
18.0
14.7
6.0
52.5
Nathan Craven
The Armidalian 2001
The team contained immense depth in batting, bowling and fielding.
The players then produced an outstanding performance
in the field to bowl CSC out for 70. Some superb bowling, particularly by Henry Cupitt (3 for 8 off 7, 4 maidens), Mitchell Carrigan (1 for 0 off 4,4 maidens), and
Ben Jennings (2 for 12 off 7) was backed up by our fields-
men to defeat the eventual competition winners. Victories against TAS 2 and TAS 3 had the 14As second
after the first half of the season.
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The team continued their good form after the break,
13s
recording further victories over Hillgrove and TAS 2 to
put them in the final against CSC.
Coach:
Jonathan Watson
Manager:
Wendy Jackson
Captain:
Mathew Jackson
Batting first, TAS put together a competitive total of
134, mainly due to 25 from Mitch Carrigan, 35 from
Dean Moore, and a quickfire 19 from Joel Leslie.
Despite some tight bowling and fielding, CSC just man-
aged to overhaul our total and sneak home with two
wickets remaining.
The team displayed strength in all facets of the game.
Mitch Carrigan and Dean Moore were the leading batsmen but were very ably supported by every other player.
This made it very difficult for other teams to bowl us
out and meant that our strong bowling attack was always in a sound position to attack the opposition.
Awards
Bronze Medallion:
Mathew Jackson (Best and Fairest)
Certificates:
John Coppock, Will Archdale
The team finished the 2000/2001 season in fifth position having played 7 games, winning 3 and losing 4.
Our opening bowlers, Ben Jennings and Henry Cupitt,
Unfortunately several Saturdays were lost to wet weather
and some of the matches were decided on one innings.
rarely failed to achieve an early breakthrough. They were
All the boys supported each other when batting and
exceptionally well supported by Mitch Carrigan, Roy
Head, and Dean Moore in particular but, as with the
batting, again it was a case of everyone in the team being able to contribute when required that resulted in
success for the team. The main strength of the bowling
was the players' adherence to a good line and length.
This resulted in many opposition batsmen becoming tied
down and then playing injudicious shots to get out.
bowling which was very pleasing.
The bowlers were always well supported by our fieldsmen, both the catching and the ground fielding being
of a consistently high standard all season. Some of the
catches that were taken were simply breathtaking.
Thank you to the parents who helped score, umpire,
and coach when required, and most importantly, thanks
to the boys for your enthusiasm and dedication over the
season.
Norm Lockett
14A's Results 2000/01
TAS (4-98) d Norths (5-78) by 20 runs
TAS (179) d Hil[grove (15 & 49) outright by an in-
Highlights for the season include John Coppock 50 retired, Alex Laurie 49, Will Archdale 45 (including 1
big 6), Mathew Jackson 44 not out and 3/5, and Ian
Holcombe's commitment in the field.
A special thanks to Mrs Wendy Jackson for her help
with the scoring.
Batting
I
NO
Runs Av
8
8
1
7
7
9
7
9
5
1
126
61
153
131
7
5
7
1
1
96
34
3
6
6
2
5
1
6
6
1
3
6
6
2
0
13
30
61
Games Played
Alex Laurie
Adam Lockyer
Mathew Jackson
John Coppock
Angus Boileau
William Archdale
Mathew Wannan
Adam Vidler
Darren Chiu
Mathew Spooner
Michael Moffatt
Ian Holcombe
7
5
7
5
7
2
I
3
18
1
0
18
9
26
16
4
16
9
1
5
31
nings &. 115 runs
TAS (89 & 2-47) d CSC (70) by 19 runs
TAS (6-140) d TAS 2(73) by 67 runs
TAS (5-134) d TAS 3 (6-116) by 5 wickets
TAS (172 & 1-38) d Hillgrove (130) by 42 runs
TAS (5-145) d TAS 2(84) by 61 runs
Final: TAS (134) lost to CSC (8-140) by 2 wickets
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Bowling
Wickets
Alex Laurie
Adam Lockyer
Mathew Jackson
John Coppock
Angus Boileau
William Archdale
Mathew Wannan
Adam Vidler
Darren Chiu
Mathew Spooner
Michael Moffatt
Ian Holcombe
4
4
10
6
2
6
1
3
2
2
3
1
Runs Average
106
56
67
84
27
14
60
30
98
52
94
52
73
91
87
21
7
14
16
31
37
46
29
21
The Armidalian 2001
1 2B
Coach: Mr Michael Simpson
1 2A
Coach:
Jamie Andrews
Captains:
Charles Cull, James Sharpe
The improvement of the 12Bs from the beginning of
the season was quite noticeable. Not only did the boys
Charles Cull
improve in their cricket skills, but also their social skills
and sportsmanship really matured and developed.
Award
Medallion:
The 12As had a fine year and were rewarded by making
the Grand Final against Uralla. They played 7 matches,
winning 5 and with close losses in the other 2. During
the year there were many outstanding individual performances: Charles Cull 51, 50 retired, Nick Spokes
25, 26 not out, Stuart Eliot 34 and James Sharpe 3-10.
In the Grand Final against Uralla, TAS bowled first
and had Uralla 8 for 103 off the 25 overs. In reply TAS
were 7 for 85 off the allotted 25 overs. A patient 26 not
out by Nick Spokes held the team together. On day
two TAS struck early with a great run out by Tannoy
Lai and a quick wicket by Benn Roberts, but Uralla
scored 4 for 136 from their 25 overs leaving TAS 150
runs to win. They put up a very solid fight but were
bowled out for 53 by a stronger and older team.
The stand out batters for the year were Nick Spokes,
Stuart Eliot and Charles Cull. The bowling was spear
headed by James Sharpe and strongly supported by
Clinton Andrews, Amila Siriwardana and an accurate
Benn Roberts. James Harnett and Tannoy Lai showed
great improvement and Xavier Forsberg, Peter Bedford
and Lachlan Shaw were always solid in their batting,
bowling and fielding.
The game of cricket is played for the enjoyment and in
friendly competitiveness, throughout the year the team
members displayed great sportsmanship and love for the
game. There are many exceptional players in this team
who will develop into outstanding sportsmen in the future, leaving cricket at TAS looking very promising.
Whilst the beginning of the season was not the most
memorable, it did have several high points, this included
our trip to Walcha to play their team. During the later
half of the season the the highlight was the father and
son match. This was a highly contested game, however
the boys came out on top! Thanks must go to all of those
parents who were able to come to the match, as it really
made the boys' day.
Boys that were with the team from the beginning of the
season and followed the season through to the end included Will Coward, Michael Fahey, Will Boyd-Spencer, Sam Miles, Stephen Gream and Simon Pain.
We had quite a change around in the latter half of the
season as several new students joined us for beginning
of 2001. These students were Joel Colling, Mitchell
Stewart, Andrew Mercer, Peter Couchman, Ben Hutton,
Archie Fletcher, Alexander Butt, Alex McDonald,
Revee McCormack, Peter Barker, Sam Cameron and
James Steele.
Special mention must be made of Mr Coward who was
involved with the team week after week with coaching.
I would like to finish by thanking the parents who involved themselves with the team. Their commitment
was greatly appreciated.
Michael Simpson
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I2A Cricket
Back Row: Nicholas Spokes, James Sharpe, James Harnett, Lachlan Shaw, Amila Siriwardana, Been Roberts
Front Row: Peter Bedford, Xavier Forsberg, Clinton Andrews, Charles Cull, Talmo), Lai, Stuart Eliott
Absent: Mr Jamie Andrews (Coach)
The Armidalian 2001
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Golf
Coach: Mr David Toakley
Golf at TAS was offered as an extra sport this winter for
the first time in several years. Consequently many of
the boys lacked playing experience. So the focus at the
beginning of the season, during training and playing,
was on the building up of basic skills. This included
learning the fundamentals of the golf swing, chipping
and purring. TAS golfers were also taught correct golf
etiquette.
A nine-hole competition was played every Sunday
morning at The Armidate Golf Club. The boys played
according to the Stableford point-scoring system, each
with a nominal handicap of 36.
Results were mixed at the beginning of the season. However, many of the regular players learnt to score well
consistently in the last weeks of play.
The boys who have caught the golf bug, as demonstrated
by their enthusiasm to play most weekends, included
Cameron Tapp, Angus Capel, Daniel Moffitt, Mark
Carrigan, Nathan Bond, Michael King, Sam Munsie and
Lachlan Johnson.
Some notable performances during the season include:
Achievements Ben Clifton scored well in excess of
25 Stableford points on two occasions
Swing Improvement Angus Capel had developed
a very impressive swing by the end of the season
Consistency Sam Munsie missed virtually every
fairway and green to the right
Persistence Daniel Moffitt, who could never be
described as a natural golfer, nevertheless learnt by
the end of the season that golf is a thinking man's
game.
Thanks go to all boys involved and I wish them further
success and enjoyment next season.
Hockey
Master in Charge: John Voegeli
Toni Clifton, Fiona Harris,
Coaches:
Anthony Birkett,
Chris Felgate
Captain:
Tim Voegeli
Awards
David Brain
Tim Voegeli
Gareth Foot, Simon Hall,
James Halt, Charles Clifton
Silver Medallions: Tyson Kolher, Will Osland,
Matthew Jackson,
Mitchell Bath,
Sam Kaveney, Stirling Osland,
Tim Fenwicke, Alex Butt
Bronze Medallions:
Ben Clifton, Chris Moffitt,
Adam Vidler
Sportsmaster's Award for Service to Hockey:
Jeremy Davies
It has been a busy and successful year for TAS hockey,
with sides being fielded from junior through to senior,
plus in the local A grade and C grade competitions.
Honours:
Gold Colours:
Silver Colours:
We again continued the highly successful amalgamation with local. club United - 7 current TAS boys, two
Old Boys and a GAP student provided the core of a
team that managed to go one better than last year and
reach the grand final of a very tight A grade field. The
TAS C grade side also proved a force in their respective
division, and it was encouraging to see the team improve steadily and deservedly making the semi-finals.
As with school teams, it is often hard to field teams that
are entirely enthused at the younger levels, but I am
happy to announce that a wonderfully enthusiastic approach to junior hockey has been reached by both the
under 13s and 15s. The under 13s were possibly the suc-
cess story of the season, being the under dogs for their
grand final they beat a determined Ex-Services side 2-1
in a very enjoyable match.
The season was also a very successful one for TAS, with
a number of different boys receiving representative honours across a range of ages:
Under 13s : Sam Kaveney, Alex Butt,
Stirling Osland, Tim Fenwicke,
Mitchell Bath, Will ()stand (referee)
Under 15s: Will Osland, Matthew Jackson
Under 17s: Jeremy Davies
David Brain, Charles Clifton, Tyson Kohler and myself
were selected for the Combined Independent Schools
tournament. The team performed well, picking up two
wins and two tosses, with all players proving great ambassadors for their schools. Finally, I would like to thank
all the coaches who put in time to help establish hockey
at TAS, especially MIC John Voegeli, for his tireless
support and involvement with hockey. Also Mrs Toni
Clifton for her efforts as coach of the CIS team, and
CIS Hockey Rep; esentattves
Back Row: Tyson Kohlel; David Brain
Front Row: Charles Clifton, Tins Voegeli
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also the fearless supporters of both TAS and United that
braved those cold days out at the turf.
'Tins Voegeli
The Armidalian 2001
v.- -
1st XI A Grade Hockey
Back Row: Jeremy Davies, James Hall, Simon Hall, Gareth Foot, Charles Clifton
Front Row: John Voegeli (MIC), Tim Voegeli (Captain), Mr Murray Guest (Headmaster), David Brain (V Captain)
New England Hockey Representatives: UI3s/U15s
Back Row: Tim Fenwicke, Will Osland, Mitchell Bath, Ms Fiona Harris (Coach of U13 Rep team)
Front Row: Stirling Os/and, Matthew Jackson, Jeremy Davies, Sam Kaveney, Alex Butt
The Annie'Julian 2001
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1st XI A Grade
C Grade
Another excellent year in the local A grade competition has cemented the TAS/United team as a force to
be reckoned with.
The season started well, with TAS showing that a little
confidence can go a long way and thus being involved
Coach:
Chris Felgate
Manager:
Sally Young
in some high scoring games.
Coach, Chris Frigate from Zimbabwe was complaining
about the cold out even before before winter even came
fortunately it dodn't stop him having a successful season. With players to interchange, he backed up his own
With the experienced men from United Hockey Club,
TAS Old Boys, Rob Voegeli and David McMillan, and
Pow extraordinaire Mark Dunne, the TAS I" slowly progressed through the season, with free flowing and smart
play. This style of play was greatly helped by the inclusion of Player/Coach Anthony Birkett and the never say
die stance of Vice Captain David Brain.
expertise with a deep understanding of who to place
where and when. Thank you Chris, and good luck on
your return home.
Improvements were seen in many players, with Gareth
Kohler, Chris Felgate and Luke Daviswho carried the
kiss the turf award. Does he have any knees left?
Foot, Charlie Clifton and James Hall all lifting up a
notch, and Jeremy Davies numerous inclusions from the
C grade team saw his game develop tremendously.
Overall, the team performed well as a unit, and its
hardworking style of play saw them comfortably reach
the semi-finals against UNE, and win with ease.
The grand final was a big day, and the great support
from TAS boys and United hockey club was a boost to
what was a great game of hockey that eventually saw
TAS lose 4-3 to arch nemesis Harlequins.
Despite the disappointing end to the season, I would
like to thank the players for their hard work, the United
Hockey Club for their continued support of TAS hockey
Also thanks and congratulations to Dave Brain for his
selection as Captain of the CIS team and as Best and
Fairest for United Hockey, along with Charlie Clifton
for his selection as Most Improved. Finally thanks to
MIC John Voegeli for his efforts throughout the season,
on and off the field for this, the team thanks him.
Tim Voegeli
NSW Combined Independent Schools
David Brain (Captain), Tim Voegeli, Tyson Kohler and
Charles Clifton were successful in gaining selection in
the NSW CIS hockey team for 2001. This excellent
TAS representation formed the nucleus of the strongest CIS hockey team seen for years.
They played in a four day Open Schoolboys Carnival at
Homebush in the October holidays against NSW Combined Catholic Colleges, NSW Combined High Schools
and QLD Combined High Schools.
David Brain was selected as Captain and did an excellent job gaining the respect of every player in the team.
The team met the very strong NSW Combined High
School ream in their first match and were beaten soundly
by a well drilled and experienced side.
With a new game plan and a few positional changes,
the boys played outstanding hockey and defeated Combined Catholic Colleges in an entertaining encounter.
This win set the scene for the rest of the Carnival and
gave the CIS team the respect they deserved. David
Brain and his leadership, combined with an outstanding group of boys cemented a successful carnival for the
CIS Hockey Team for 2001.
Toni Clifton, Coach
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Who could forget the awe-inspiring sight of Chris
Moffitt in goal was there really someone under all
that gear? During the season Chris' agility developed
and he had a great year ably backed by Ben Hall, Tyson
In the centre was Jeremy Davies, who can do a double
somesault and half twist before hitting the ball, Sam
Munsie and Angus Capel. They were sold in defence
and quick on the attack when necessary. I bet Chet
thought hockey was a soft game until he tried it?
Streak of greased lighning could it be Tim Voegeli,
what's he doing out of goal. Flanking Tim we had new
comers Daniel Rankmore and Phil Dewhurst. Add Sam
Bignell and Phillip Pain and you have a well mixed,
capable and positive side! No wonder they made the
semis. I enjoyed the season greatly. Thanks to all involved including John Voegeli. Well done C Grade
the team looks gook for 2002.
Sally Young
Under 15
Toni Clifton
Coach:
A season of development, best describes the season for
the Under 15 boy's. They had limited success in winning games, but to their credit they played to the best of
their ability and were rarely phased by continual losses
to stronger and more experienced sides.
Tim Godwin, Will Osland and Matthew Jackson were
the most experienced players for TAS, gaining selection in the Armidale and New England Representative
team with Will also representing Armidale and New
England as an umpire. They worked hard all season to
help their fellow players and mould the team.
Tim Godwin had an excellent season in goals showing
lots of commitment and lightning reflexes when his goal
was often bombarded by the strong opposition. Adam
Barnett, Nathan Bond, Jeremy Rose and Daniel Mills
were keen to learn and improved over the season with
more match play and knowledge of the game. Locke
Wright was always solid in the halves in both attack
and defence. With more commitment Michael Allen,
Michael Watts and Luke Morris have the potential to
go on to higher standards of hockey, as does James
Radburn and Richard Wilkinson. Chris Bradley played
well in defence and David Metcalfe tried hard all season. Nelson Hill had two great games in goals.
I thank the team for their commitment to hockey this
year and hope the skills and knowledge gained will make
their future in hockey more enjoyable. I also thank John
Voegeli and Fiona Harris for their support in taking the
team when I was unable to.
The Armidalian 2001
Under 13
Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Fiona Harris
Melissa Moscater (Prac teacher)
Captain:
Mitchell Bath
Vice Captain:
Sam Kaveney
This year the Under 13 hockey team defied all odds to win the Grand Final! The team consisted of many boys who
had never played hockey before. This proved to be an extra struggle considering that many of the more advanced
players have chosen rugby as their first sport and there were several clashes in the games.
However the team grew from strength to strength as the boys developed their skills. Facing the incremental Armidale
hockey field weather is a difficult task and these boys received a draw that required many late Friday night games and
very early Sunday morning games. Making hockey a very unattractive winter sport option.
The team was lucky to have 5 players who were selected to play for New England at the State Championships in
Bathurst during the June holidays Mitchell Bath, Alex Butt, Tim Fenwicke, Sam Kaveney and Stirling Osland.
These players all developed their skills while playing in the rep team and were an asset to the TAS team.
The players that have to be congratulated for their first attempts at playing hockey are: Brett Nielsen, Joel Cooling,
Daniel McConnell, Kris Zanesco, Sam Payne and Sam Brazier Hollins. It was great to see the enthusiasm for hockey
increase as their skills did. It was very unfortunate that Sam Payne was not able to play in the final series and I do hope
that he continues with his hockey as he has a lot of potential.
Likewise it was very unfortunate that Tim Fenwicke was unable to play in the series, he was missed in the defence, but
I do hope that he continues, as he is very talented on the field.
Adam Vidler showed his determination to increase his skills by committing himself fully to the team. Adam is to be
congratulated for his efforts and it is obvious that he has improved greatly this year.
Unfortunately some of these players will move to the Under 15 team next year however there will still be a lot of
talent left for next year including David McKern who is very strong in defence, Benn Roberts who made a wonderful
comeback to the fame after having a broken leg Term 2, Stirling °stand who is a great all rounder, Will Boyd Spencer
who discovered his favourite position and improved greatly and all of the boys who were named as first time players.
Many thanks must go to the parents of the players for their wonderful support during the season and particularly
during the finals. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Sam Munsie and Ben Clifton who helped out on
many occasions when I was not available. Melissa M or Miss America to the boys is to be thanked and commended
on the way that she dealt with the boys and her fantastic approach to coaching.
Once again CONGRATULATIONS to the boys for a great win in the GRAND FINAL!!!
Under 13 a job well done!
Back Row: Daniel McConnell-Imbriotis, Adam Vi riles; Mitchell Bath, Ms Melinda Mocaster (Assistant Coach),
Chris McKern, Alex Butt, Brett Neilson, Ms Fona Harris (Coach)
Front Row: Will Boyd-Spence:, Stirling Osland, Sam Kaveny, Beim Roberts, Joel Coiling, Sam Brazier-Hollins,
Kris Zanesco
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Rugby
Rugby Representatives
Back Row: Andrew Mercer (U13 Central Nth), Tom Barnier (U19 New England), Sven Harris (U19 New England),
Michael Penman (U19 New England), Ti,:: Fenwicke (U13 Central Nth), Sam Cameron (U13 Central Nth)
Middle Row: Joel Leslie, Sam Barnio; Hue Douglas, Jay Spoonei; Mitchell Bath, Andrew Coulton U14 New Eng
Front Row: Peter Hokonzhe (U15 Central Nth), Richard Allen (U16 Central Nth), William Moss (U16 Central Nth),
lain Hall (U14 NSW Counny), Be,: Loeve (U16 Central Nth), Michael Hallam (U16 Central Nth), Mathew Warman
(U13 Central Nth)
Master in Charge: Mr Dick Hodgson
Michael Penman
Captain:
Coaches:
Mr Alan Jones,
Mr Jeremy Roberts,
Mr Ket Hardingham,
Mr Ian Lloyd, Mr Chet Davies,
Mr Ian Tonkin
Awards
lain Hall, Ritchie Allen,
Lachlan Silver
Silver Medallions: Ben Loeve, Will Moss,
Michael Hallam,
Peter Holornbe,
Andrew Mercer, Sam Cameron,
Tim Fenwicke, Mathew Wannan
Bronze Medallions for service to 1st XV:
Gold Colours:
Michael Penman, Sven Harris
Silver Colours:
Paul Lehman, Tony Moore,
James Buchan,
Alistair Mitchell,
Tom Bamier, Tyson Kohler,
Will Barton, Andrew Moore,
Jonathon Peatfield,
Yron Allison, Adam Broadbent,
Cameron Wood, Simon Hall
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Gold Medallion:
Richard Holcombe,
Sam Hensen, Michael Fussell,
James Coppock
Bronze Medallions:
Jay Spooner, Andrew Coulton,
Mitchell Bath, Sam Barnier,
Joel Lesie, Hue Douglas
The Arinklalian 2001
1St XI
Coaches:
Strapper:
Captain:
Alan Jones, Jim Pennington
Mark Simms
Michael Penman
Season 2001 was a success for TAS rugby and the 1"
This welcome return to form, playing confident attacking rugby combined with supportive overall team play
set the tone for he remainder of the season. A number
of games against local club Old Boys followed and the
season finished with a win against the Old Boys.
XV. Eighteen games were played with twelve wins, one
A successful season does not just happen.
draw and five losses.The season culminated with the
TAS Old Boys game which the School won a very
positive note on which to finish a demanding season.
There are many people to thank and acknowledge,
Entering the Prime Cup gave the boys the opportunity
to play weekly games against other schoolboy teams.
On Friday afternoon the team would travel to Tamworth
with the other TAS teams entered in the competition.
Playing under tights was a new experience, it certainly
added to the atmosphere of the games and the parental
support was most appreciated.
played in the lsts this year were enthusiastic and willing to learn all that was presented to them. Each one of
these boys has completed the season as a more competent rugby player. Their behaviour during the season
was exemplary, both on and off the field, and they set a
standard for those in the junior ranks to emulate. In
particular I would tike to thank Sven Harris (Vice-captain) and Michael Penman (Captain) for their leadership, the manner in which they played and the respect
they engendered in their fellow players.
The best games of the Prime Cup series were the matches
against Farrer I sts, McCarthy Senior College and an
almost faultless team effort against Farrer 2nds.
McCarthy and Fatter were touted to be our strongest
opposition and this assessment proved to be correct.
Each of the games against these sides was demanding
and with the short halves of the Prime Cup format the
boys had to be focussed from the first whistle. As the
results table indicates the TAS 1 sts attained some very
good results during the competition with Fatter lsts
being the side that TAS could not defeat. Both sides
were very even but it was Farrer who made the most of
their opportunities in both the competition game and
the final that they won in extra time.
Our only home game in Term 2 was against traditional
rivals Sydney Boys High, and with all rugby games being played on Backfield before the main game the carnival atmosphere of the day was a fantastic build up to
the match. With the entire body of the school's rugby
fraternity and TAS supporters standing shoulder to
shoulder outside the dressing sheds forming a tunnel that
stretched to the halfway line TAS ran out onto the pad-
whose input and support were a vital ingredient in maintaining TAS' proud rugby traditions. All of the boys who
I would like to thank the inimitable Mark Simms for
another year of dedicated service as strapper and team
manager. He certainty makes the tasks of the coaches
easier by taking care of all of the minor details that can
obstruct good preparation for games. Dick Hodgson as
MIC Rugby has been instrumental in developing TAS
rugb, promoting our involvement in the Prime Cup and
sourcing games for all teams. The co-coach of the team
James Pennington's attitude, dedication, preparation and
interaction with the boys is largely responsible for the
level of self esteem of the boys. I would also like to thank
David Toppin and Grant Harris who, even though extremely busy in their own roles within the school, were
bus drivers par excellence. My final vote of thanks goes
to the band of loyal supporters the vocal TAS crowd
in the stands at the Tamworth Rugby Ground on those
balmy wintry evenings and at all of our other venues.
Such was the comprehensive nature of that support I
am sure that the boys will regard it as one of the very
dock. The atmosphere of excitement was such that
fine memories of their year in the TAS 1st XV in 2001.
young TAS rugby players could not help but be inspired.
Alan Jones
Surety aspirations to be a part of the team that is the
flagship of TAS rugby were kindled by this display!!
The first half of the game belonged to TAS. The Sydney High boys were taken aback by our enthusiasm in
all facets of the game but even though TAS had the run
of play we did not make the most of our scoring opportunities. The experience of playing solid matches week
in week out had aided TAS'preparation, but the same
must be said for the High side. Their size and ability
coupled with the maturity of their senior players assisted
them in grinding out a convincing win. The match was
played in an excellent spirit and highlighted how important it is to maintain these traditional fixtures.
Term 3 began with games against Bristol College, an
English touring side, and Downlands in Toowoomba.
Results
TAS 51 vs Oxley High 0
11/5/01 TAS 32 vs Peel High 0
18/5/01 TAS 13 vs McCarthy 10
19/5/01 TAS 17 vs Tamworth U19 17
25/5/01 TAS 32 vs Carinya 0
26/5/01 TAS 46 vs Armidale Old Boys U19 7
4/5/01
1/6/01
TAS 0
2/6/01
TAS 55 vs
16/6/01 TAS
6
vs
vs
Farrer 1" 10
Armidale Old Boys U19 5
Sydney High 1" 25
22/6/01 TAS 45 vs
Farrer 2^d
29/6/01 TAS
3
vs
Farrer 1" 10
comprehensive defeats and play rugby in the same man-
24/7/01 TAS
7
vs
Bristol. College 35
ner as they had done in Term 2. To their credit they
28/7/01 TAS
0 vs
Downlands
4/8/01
TAS
25 vs
Plymouth College 16
8/9/01
TAS 20 vs
These games were not the 1" XV's finest displays, and it
was important for the boys to come back from these
played very well against Plymouth College another Eng-
lish school on tour as a curtain raiser to the Australian
Country Championships Final at the Armidale Sports
Ground.
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TAS Old Boys 16
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16s
2"' XV
Coaches:
Chet Davies, Brett Manley
Coaches:
Ian Lloyd, Steve Dalton
Stapper:
Mark Simms
Captain:
Tom Coulton
Captain:
Michael Fussell
The season was a difficult one, where we lost key players to the opens, but also where players had to earn their
place in the team.
Awards
Most Improved:
Young Lee
The team had talent but the pre-season training did
Most Consistent Players:
Cameron Griffin, Josh Steele
Players Player:
Cameron Griffin
Excellence Award: Michael Fussell
This year has been a very successful one for the 2^d XV
rugby, with large numbers turning out for the season.
As a squad the boys trained well and were always prepared to listen to instructions.
There were many high quality performances and we were
more than impressed with the maturity that became
evident as the season progressed. This resulted, for example, in an excellent win against Sydney High School.
The forward pack laid the foundation in every game,
with big performances in the lineouts and scrumaging.
The forwards; Cameron Griffin, Gareth Foot, James
Coppock, Sam Henson, Hugh Wauch, Richard
Holcombe, Joel Henry, Nick Manor, Josh Schumann,
Jacob Douglas, Daniel O'Sullivan, Nick Hutton, Daniel Hicks, Ben Sutton, Tyson Kohler and Ben Hall were
ably led by our captain Michael Fussell. Many of our
forwards also backed up as reserves for the 1" XV.
The backline players proved very elusive in every aspect of the game, with some great ball handling and
cover defence. Vice Captain, Josh Steele, was responsible for some great play, with some long clearing kicks
and explosive running. He was very capably helped out
by the other backline players; Lachlan Abbott, Bradley
Granfield, Young Lee, the explosive Number 14 - James
Coulton, James Bondfield, Sam Clark, Stewart King,
Will Killen, Rohan Bicknell, Chris Booth, Sam Coppock
and Champ Cho.
Everyone put in a strong effort at training to try and get
a position in the side. With 24 players in the squad it
was hard to cement a position in the team. There were
some outstanding performances from the boys throughout the season in the Prime Cup, and in games against
Armidale Old Boys, Downlands, Sydney High School
and the TAS 16's. The boys improved with every game
they played.
The coaches would like to thank Dick Hodgson for his
organization, and the boys for their willingness and dedi-
cation throughout the season.
Some of our results throughout the season included:
TAS v SHS
20-0
(win)
TAS v Downlands
8-3
(loss)
TAS v Farrah 2^6
25-0
(win)
TAS v Farrah 1"
27-6
(loss)
TAS v TAS 16's
7-0
(win)
not begun early enough and the price was paid against
those teams with experience. Without any real size, the
team depended on spirited and determined play.
Credit must go to Tom Coulton, a talented player and
very solid captain who led from the front and consistently made effective and thoughtful decisions on field.
His quiet style encouraged others and his influence was
a major factor in the success of the team throughout
the season. Ritchie Allen, a skilled runner and clever
attacking back, organised the backs into a well balanced
and competent attacking unit. Generally the defence
was very strong, none more so than Lachlan Silver and
Michael Hallam who were punishing. Lachlan Johnson,
Kyle Mavin and Ben Loeve were forceful with their run-
ning of the ball and their attitude was outstanding.
Will Moss and Roger Rankin were two of the most hon-
est workers in the team, always prepared to go a little
harder for a little longer. Paul Hiu, Ray Evans and Sam
Tindal were always dangerous when running with the
ball. Ray was very hard to tackle and Paul, with his deceptive loping running style and Sam, with his agility
will develop into a great combination. James Hoskins
has genuine pace and was rugged in defence. He was
able to play very well at fly half or centre and is only
just beginning to develop his passing game. Jamie Bell
was able to juggle his very busy life at TAS and play on
the wing, performing very well as a runner.
The backs were served admirably by Greg Mackay who
was very dependable with his delivery and dogged in
his defence. Daniel Moffit developed into a much-improved half and has the ability to play in a number of
positions as a utility back. The reserve bench was ably
filled and outstanding support came from John Nash,
James Hall, Mitchell Pardy (returning from overseas),
Daniel Nehl (a new-comer) and Mark Carrigan.
Steve Dalton and I enjoyed the season, with its challenges and tribulations, shock losses and wonderful successes. I look forward to watching this team develop
into a closer unit they have the ability and potential.
Results
v Farrar
Won 26-10
v Peel Technology H gh
Won 43-0
v McCarthy High
Lost
v Farrar
Won 15-0
v Sydney High School
Won 33-0
v Farrar
Won 10-5
v Downlands College
Lost
0-10
v TAS 2^' XV
Lost
0-5
v Farrar
Lost
54-0
0-15
Ian Lloyd
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74.;
1st XV
Back Row: Paul Lehmann, James Buchan, Cameron Wood, Simon Hall, James Coppock, Tony Moore,
Adam Broadbent
Middle Row: Andrew Moore, Jonathon Peatfield, Yron Allison, Sam Hensen, Richard Holcombe, Tom Bamim;
Will Barton, Michael Fussell
Front Row: Mr Mark Simms (Manager), Sven Harris (Vice Captain), Mr Murray Guest (Headmaster),
Michael Penman (Captain), Mr Alan Jones (Coach), Alistair Mitchell, Mr James Pennington (Coach)
4
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-.9
14s
Back Row: Mitchell Carrigan, James Flowm; Jonathon Beveridge, David Pea0eield, Mathew Wannan,
Nicol Allardice, Nicholas Tindal
Middle Row: Alexander Laurie, Angus Boileau, Joel Leslie, Hue Douglas, Roy Head, Sam Barium; Homy Cupitt,
William Archdale
Front Row: Ian Holcombe. Adam Lockym; Andrew Coulton (Captain), Mr Ian Tonkin (Coach), lain Hall,
Jock Rutherford, Daniel Fussell
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1 5s
Coaches:
Captain:
Kel Hardingham, Geoff Derrin,
Jamie Andrews
Peter Sutton
The 15's had a very successful season due to the talent,
commitment and hard work of the boys. They were able
to play against a large number of teams from northern
NSW and southern Queensland. We fielded a full side
in the Barraba, Quirindi, Peel and Armidale carnivals.
Perhaps the most enjoyable matches where those played
against visiting sides from Alstonville and Sydney High
School and when we were visitors at Downlands
Toowoomba and Bishop Druitt College Coifs Harbour.
As far as scoring goals, we had a mixed season some
excellent performances, some unlucky losses, some painful lessons in tactics (especially at Downlands) and some
valiant fight-backs. In some games we were intimidated
by the size of the opponents until our players realised
that in spite of the bulk, they were in fact stoppable.
1 4s
Coaches:
Ian Tonkin, Jay Richards
Andrew Coulton
Captain:
The 14's had an excellent season winning all but one of
their games.Throughout the season they displayed a
fierce determination to play the game with outstanding
defence and sound attack.
Early in the season the team were not able to put their
attacking phases together. The simple skills of catch and
pass seemed to elude them with a lot of sideways running, poor angles and wrong options being chosen. It
was our very strong defence that won us many of our
early games. As Jack Gibson said, "Get your defence
right and the attack will come" and it did. By the end of
the season the sequence of attack was outstanding with
the side able to build sustained pressure by stringing together many phases and scoring some fantastic tries.
work so that the final score was 13 all. This did not
During the season there were many fine individual performances, but the overall success of the side was due to
their ability to work as a team and the great combinations they developed. From brilliant line out moves to
slashing backline plays the side combined all the facets
of the game with a willingness to run the ball.
really reflect how well we played as throughout the game
The three games that sum up the side's season were those
Perhaps our best performance of the season was also our
last, against Bishop Druitt College. They opened an early
lead but TAS came back well after some tight forward
we had more possession and better field position. The
fact that we did not win this match was made more palatable by the fact that we had time to socialise with the
boys, their parents and the staff of Bishop Druitt and by
the early morning swim and beach breakfast at Sawtell
we enjoyed before the bus trip home.
The boys who played in at least one match were Matt
Akhurst, Scott Baines, John Cassidy, Jamie Cowell,
Fraser Cole, Ben Eveleigh, Angus Fenwicke, Oliver Gill,
played against Oxley, McCarthy (final of The Prime
Cup) and Carinya. The ability of a good side is often
tested when it loses players and relies upon it's replacement players. This was especially true of the 14's, who
really performed well as a squad all season.
Early in the season, the team was due to play Oxley
High School in a round match of the Prime Cup. Our
side was severely depleted with 5 of our best players ab-
sent as they were members of the TAS GPS Athletics
Peter Holcombe (Vice Captain), Seaforth Mackenzie,
Luke Mackey, Beau Mavin, Antony Nash, Sam Roberts
Tom Rose, Richard Shannon, Jay Sisson, Nick Stevens,
Team. The Prime Cup was a 10 a-side Competition, this
meant half of our team were away. Fortunately, our squad
Kris Strahle, Peter Sutton (Captain), Peter Toppin,
the field were steadfast in their resolve. The Oxley side
Scott Turton and Andrew Wauch. The majority of these
players attended every training session and made themselves available for every match their commitment
and perseverance was a model for others to follow. Particular mention should be made of the commitment in
defence of Jamie and Oliver, the courage of Beau, the
running talents of Tom and Kris, the organisational skills
of the halfback Angus and the leadership of Peter Sutton
and Peter Holcombe. The support of those boys who,
although very new to the game and not selected to play
in matches, made great improvements throughout the
season, is also applauded.
All the players join in thanking those members of
younger sides who helped out with numbers when
needed and most especially to the parents who gave the
team both moral and coaching support at our games.
The results were: vs Armidate 29-0; vs New England
17-0; vs Downlands 0-47; Peel Carnival 2/3 games; vs
Sydney High School 14-24; vs Wollongbar Alstonville
10-12; vs Bishop Druitt 13-13. That's four wins, four
losses and one draw.
My thanks go to Jamie Andrews (who is now teaching
at a school in Tamworth) and Kel Hardingham for their
coaching expertise during the season.
Geoff Derrin
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was able to cover all positions and the side that took
were a strong and physical team and the contest was
hard. In what proved to be a dour struggle, TAS took
the lead early with two tries to Mathew Wannan. Oxley
replied in turn. In the second half, TAS scored again
with Joel Leslie taking the score to TAS 15, Oxley 10.
TAS then withstood a concerted attack from Oxley,
defending desperately. This game demonstrated the
teams' resolve and spirited defence.
The final of The Prime Cup against McCarthy was another game in which the side displayed great resolve.
Despite being only 10-7 up at half time the side did not
panic but remained calm and focussed, displaying a
maturity beyond their years. They were able to adhere
to the game plan and not succumb to panic football in
the pressure cauldron of a final.
The final game of the season against Carinya, was only
the fourth time the team had played a 15 a-side game.
The first half saw TAS playing against an older opposition and subsequently were behind at halftime. Some
encouraging words from Andrew Coulton and lain Hall
saw the boys begin the second half with a more determine effort. The team were able to grow in confidence
and string many phases together. The attack and defence displayed was some of the best rugby that the team
had played all season. TAS won 24 to 17 in what was a
faultless second half. A great victory to end the season.
The Arinidalian 2001
The 14's were the deserved winners of the Best Rugby
Side Trophy at TAS, for 2001.
At this level a season should not judged on the number
Congratulations must be expressed to all those boys who
represented their respective zones.
and some of our new players ended up playing excellent
New England
Central North
Joel Leslie, Ian Hall,
Hue Douglas, Andrew Coulton,
Jay Spooner, Sam Barnier,
Mathew Wannan
Mathew Wannan
lain Hall must be especially recognised for making the
NSW Country side.
Awards
Best player of the season:
lain Hall
Forward with most potential:
Jay Spooner
Back with most potential:
Hue Douglas
Results
vs McCarthy 1 won 30-5
of wins and loses but on the enjoyment and learning
aspect. In this case, our team had an excellent season
rugby.
I would like to thank all the parents for supporting the
team over the season and for my manager, Peter Prowse,
for all his valued assistance. Also our two Irish coaches,
Adrian and Dermett.
Barraba Carnival 20/05/01 1 win and 3 losses
Peel Valley Carnival 3/06/01
vs
Moree
won 19 14
S Cameron 2, T Fenwicke tries, A Mercer 2 cony
vs
Gunnedah won 12-7
S Cameron, R Prowse tries, A Mercer con
vs
Peel
lost 0-26
vs
Quirindi
won 24 0
A Fletcher, M Bath, C Brooks, A Mercer tries,
A Mercer, M Bath cony
Quirindi Carnival 24/06/01
vs Fatter won 61-5
vs Oxley won 15-10
vs McCarthy 2 won 41-5
vs Sydney High won 21-10
vs Peel won 38-10
vs Carinya won 70-5
vs Downlands Lost 46-0
vs
vs
Peel
lost 14 22 A Mercer 2 tries, 1 cony
Gunnedah lost
7
10 A Mercer 1 try, 1 cony
vs Moree won 24-0
A Mercer, T Fenwicke, P Barker, A McDonald try,
AMercer, A McDonald cony
vs Narrabri
won 33 7
T Fenwicke 3, A Mercer, T Campbell, tries M Bath,
R McCormack,T Fenwicke, T Campbell cony
vs O'Connor won 22-5
Moree Carnival
5/8/01
13A
vs
Gunnedah won 5 0 S Cameron try
vs
Coona
lost 5 17 M Wannan
vs
Moree
won 19-5
S Cameron, M Wannan, A Hawsford tries
A Mercer, M Bath convs
vs
TGS
won 14 10
S Cameron, M Warman tries, A Mercer 2 convs
vs Bishop Druitt won 32-0
13B
vs Carinya14/15 won 24-17
vs
vs
vs
vs Oxley won 70-5
vs McCarthy 2 won 62-5
vs Peel won 22-7
vs McCarthy 1 won 24-7
vs O'Connor won 22-15
13s
Coaches:
Jeremy Roberts
Captain:
Tim Fenwicke
The season started with a squad of about 20 players.
Many were new to the game but our captain,Tim
Fenwicke, lead the way and showed the new boys how
to play. His positive, unselfish attitude allowed all the
boys to develop their skill.
The team never lacked enthusiasm and heart, demonstrated by the courageous comeback against Bishop
Druitt's huge forward pack. At times they played with
great skill and determination which resulted in excellent wins against Sydney High, Downlands College and
Toowoomba Grammar.
Moree lost 20 0
Narrabri
lost 17-5 A Mercer try
Inv/Barr
lost 34 - 0
Armidale won 32 0
S Cameron 2, A Mercer 2, T Fenwicke, R Prowse
tries, A Mercer cony
Sydney High won 27-0
Downlands won 31 12
S Cameron 2, M Bath, T Fenwicke, M Wannan
tries, A Mercer 3 cony
Alstonville lost 7 51 A Mercer try, cony
Bishop Druitt
lost 22 32
T Fenwicke (2), I Holcombe, AMercer tries
A Mercer cony
Victorian State Primary School Team lost 0 - 15
Carinya
won 19 15
T Fenwicke, A Mercer, T Campbell tries
A Mercer 2 convs
The numbers in our squad grew to over 30 players during the season and the new boys gained valuable skills
and confidence white playing beside good players
Robbie Prowse, Andrew Mercer, Sam Cameron, Reeve
McCormack, Mitchell Bath and Tom Campbell.
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Fullbore
Shooting
Master in Charge: Mr David Rose
The Club supported a number of key open prize meetings including Spring Ridge, Wingham and Southern
Coaches:
Mr Mike Hill, Mr David Willis
Downs. Private campaigners attended other shoots
Captain:
Torn Murray
Awards:
Gold Colours
James Bondfield, Torn Murray
Josh Steele
Torn MacDonald, Ross Taylor
Silver Colours
Bronze Medallions Andrew Coulton, Tom Coulton,
Charles Stening,
Charles Radburn
This has been a year of consolidation for the Rifle Club
following the excitement of the tour in 2000.
Smallbore
Smallbore remained the main training activity this year,
featuring conventional target shooting with 20 metre
cards being interspersed with snap practises in Term 2.
The Smallbore Range saw the reintroduction of the
Morris Cup for House Shooting competition, won by
Tyrrell with 747 from Abbott on 712, Broughton 705,
Croft 664, Green 546 and Ross 602. James Bondfield
(Tyrrell) top scored with 195 ex 200.
The Smatlbore Range was also the venue for the annual School. versus Old Boys match, won by the School.
The indoor range continues to be an excellent facility,
providing economic and uninterrupted training in most
weather. Shooters begin here before moving to fullbore.
across the state.
Prize meetings provide a unique opportunity for the boys
to gain competition experience on a variety of ranges,
with the added incentive of cash prizes and trophies.
Prize meetings also continue to be the main way of rising through the grades. Wingham proved a big event at
school level thanks to the attendance of some Sydney
Schools and NEGS.
In the last week of the April holiday, a training camp
was held at ANZAC Range Malabar in preparation for
the annual All Schools Match, won by Sydney Boys
High A(933.27) from TAS A(913.43), High B (881.22),
NEGS (870.26) and TAS B (703.12).
The Country versus City Under 25 match followed the
next day, with selectors choosing) Bondfield, T Murray,
R Taylor and OBs A Mendoza, A Wilson and A Dyason.
Country won by the smallest of margins, a centre, with
1876.104 after shooting at 3, 6, 7 and 800 metres.
Tom Murray returned to Sydney the following weekend
to shoot in the Queen's Prize,
Preparation for GPS was the focus in Term 2. The Club
was fortunate to secure the services of Mr Tom Lowndes,
a member of the Australian Team and expert armourer
and coach, supported by OBs Mr Rob Bondfield and
Mr David Willis. The contribution from other parents
was enormous, and appreciated by all.
Combined GPS Shooting Teams
Back Row: Nelson Hill, Charles Radburn, Benjamin Loeve, Joshua Steele, Thomas Murray,
Middle Row: Thomas McDonald, Richard Caldwell, Archie Pilchm; Craig Leggett, Thomas Coulton,
ThOMOS
Front Row: Mr Mike Hill (Coach), Charles Stetting, Lachlan Silvel; James Bondfield (Captain), Ross Taylot;
Andrew Coulton, Mr David Rose (MIC)
Absent: John Cassidy
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The selectors announced the teams: 1st VIII was J R
Bondfie Id (Capt), RAL Taylor (Vice Capt), A.D
Coutton, TRK Coulton, TA McDonald, TO Murray, C
J M Radburn and JW Steele with C Stening in reserve;
2nd VIII was LE Silver (Capt), CAF Stening (ViceCapt), R Caldwell, JM Cassidy, ND Hitt, CA Leggett,
B Loeve and AE Pitcher.
Day 1 of competition began with the Rawson Cup fired
over 500 and 600 metres in reasonable conditions. TAB
shot steadily with Murray, Radbum, Steele, McDonald
and Bondfield all scoring possibles supported handy 34s
by the rest of the team at 500 metres. At 600 scores
faded somewhat with only Taylor and Bondfield managing possibles. High pulled away (551-33) to win from
TAB (546-42), Grammar 3rd(239-24), Shore 4th (53730), King's 5th (536-37) and Scots 6th (533-27).
In the afternoon came the sudden death NRA Shield,
one stage fired at 600 metres. Scoring proved difficult
for TAB and High's class showed through, winning with
384-21. Shore crept ahead of TAB for second place with
380-8, TAB third with 379-13. Having won both these
matches, High had effectively shut out the other schools
on Premiership points and it was now a matter of seeing
whether they could make a clean sweep and win the
Championship as well.
Day 2 began with the 2nds match, fired from 500 and
300 metres. The team performed extremely well to score
249-6 at the first range, however Shore had the depth
to win the range with 271-22. The gap proved too difficult to make up at the second range, Shore winning
convincingly with 519-34, closely followed by Grammar (518-20). TAS finally scored 482-14.
The Buchanan Shield, with its exciting snap component and the pressure of a spectator presence brought
the lsts back into action with Stening moving up from
the lnds in lieu of AD Coulton. Conditions were overcast tending to rain, a great relief to all as the expected
glare from the western sun was eliminated.
TAB got off to a good start in the Deliberate with Steele
scoring a possible while Bondfield supported with a 392 ex 40. TAB finished the stage second to King's (30515) with 304-17. Shore was next with 299-18 and High
This year TAB and NEGS combined for the annual presentation dinner in the TAB Dining Hall. Trophies were
presented by Mr Murray Guest, Headmaster and
NSWRA Councillor, Mr Bob Cruickshank.
Awards
J J Bell Allen Cup (top score lsts GPS):
James Bondfield
Holmes Trophy (most improved):
Andrew Coulton
Ward Trophy (top score at Camp):
Joshua Steele
Snap Shooting Trophy:
James Bondfield
Stening Shield (best wind coach):
Thomas Murray
The Cox Cup (Club Champion):
James Bondfield
The Abbott Shield (top score in AAGPS 2nds):
Charles Stening
Again this year thanks are due to so many people in the
school community who contributed the Club's considerable achievements. Mr Rob Bondfield has again been
a fabulous armourer, coach and counsellor, Mr David
Willis has been a constant and willing coaching presence. Mr Geoff Postle and staff continue to take a keen
interest in the Club and provide well for its members.
Mr John Green and Mr Wayne Saddler look after infrastructure, details and deliveries. Mrs Jane Stening has
been of great assistance with ideas, experience and advocacy and now acts as the Club's Honorary Secretary.
Mr Michael Hill is again to be thanked for keeping the
Club operational during the week and providing a vital
link to School, assisted in Term 3 and 4 by Mr David
Toppin. Mr Dick Hodgson supports us in the context of
the total TAB sporting picture and Mr Guest has been a
keen spectator and sometime participant over the year.
The Club thanks all these people.
David Rose
4th with 297-19. Thus the stage was set for a terrific
contest in the Snap. Rain intervened as well as a controversy over the scoring when it was discovered the
targets were not being assessed correctly by the (independent) butts officer. At the day's end however, High
forged ahead correcting the earlier aberration by winning with an amazing 580-19. Shore came 2nd with 56817 and TAS 3rd with 566-17.
On the Championship points table the outcome was
clear: the Premiership and Championship went to High,
followed by Shore and then TAB.
Two other TAB shots subsequently qualified for the ten
person team; TO Murray and JW Steele. Conditions
were perfect for the event which was a two stage match
of 2 and 15 at each of 300m and 600m. The GPS boys
built an early lead and remained composed throughout
the 300m range to enjoy a 12 point lead at the half-way
point. They were able to build on the lead at the diffi-
cult 600m range and good wind-coaching combined
with a steady aim saw an eventual winning margin of
30 points with 1428-74 from Universities' 1398-68.
The Armidalian 2001
Combined GPS Shooting Representatives
Mr David Rose (MIC), Joshua Steele, James
Bondfield, Thomas Murray
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Soccer
1St XI
Master in Charge: Mr Ralph Hunt
Captain:
Matthew Dorrian
Coach:
Mr Norm Lockett
Manager:
Mr David Dorrian
Matthew Dorrian
Captain:
2001 looked like being a challenging season after los-
Awards
Gold Colours:
Matthew Dorrian,
Brad Granfieki,
Jonathon Peatfield
Silver Colours:
Gareth Rickards, David Brain,
Chris Rowe, Sam Bignell
Gold Medallion:
Ben Jennings
Silver Medallion: Will Forsythe
Soccer was played by more than 170 TAS students and
staff during the 2001 season. TAS continues to be the
second largest club in the hugley competitive Armidale
and District competition. Our involvement in soccer is
an excellent way of displaying our talents in the local
community.
Our NISL team again shone. Playing in the highest level
competition available in our region and against men,
our students do exceptionally welt. For the second year
in a row they made the Grand Final only to be beaten
by one goal from an ex Wollongong Wolves player.
Our junior teams met with limited success but their enthusiasm and sportsmanship was excellent throughout
a long season.
Thank you to all coaches, parents and players who
worked hard to keep the World Game alive and well at
TAS.
ing many fine players from last year's highly successful
1st XI. However, others stepped forward to ensure yet
another successful season. The highlights were the results achieved and the emergence of players of promise
along with other players fulfilling their potential.
Once again, the lsts competed in the Northern Inland
Soccer League (NISL) in partnership with the UNE
representative team. Both teams proved highly competitive; TAS finishing fourth and reaching the semifinals of the NISL reserve grade for the second year in a
row, and UNE missing out on the semi-finals by a point.
The 1st XI held onto the Nottingham Forest Plate for
the third consecutive year. This equals the achievement
by the Cranbrook teams of 1986-1988. TAB won the
home leg convincingly by three goals to one and the
away leg by three goals to two for an overall aggregate
victory of 6-3. In the home leg; goals from Michael Penman, Jon Peatfield, and Ben Jennings gave TAS a 3-1
victory. The return match in Sydney caused a few anx-
ious moments as Cranbrook took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Another goal soon after the break saw the aggregate score level at three goals apiece and Cranbrook
well on top. Much to their credit, TAS dug deep to
hold Cranbrook at bay. A deflected goal to Jon Peatfield
saw the final vestige of hope that Cranbrook had of
winning disappear.
Jut XI with the Nottingham Forest Plate
Back Row: Chris Rowe, Gareth Rickards, Sam Bignell
Middle Row: Ben Jennings, Jonathon Peaffield, Cameron Griffin, Michael Penman, Brad Granfield, Joe Adams
Front Row: Mr Ralph Hunt (MIC), Matthew Bedford, Norm Lockett (Coach), Matthew Dorrian (Captain),
Mr Murray Guest (Headmaster), Will Forsythe, Mr David Dorrian (Manager)
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With TAS in the ascendancy, two further goals to
Cameron Griffin and Michael Penman meant TAS
would keep the Plate. Michael's effort was superb. Seeing the goalkeeper off his line, he chipped the ball from
halfway to score a most spectacular goal.
Cranbrook supporters have remarked on the fast, physical passing style of football that has become the trademark of the TAS lsts.
TAS enjoyed another excellent season in the Northern
Inland League. An inconsistent season results wise was
due mainly to a spate of injuries and players being unavailable due to other commitments. The team stilt managed to accumulate enough points to finish fourth on
the table and earn a place in the minor semi-final against
Ex-Services. TAS played one of their finest games of
the season to defeat Ex-Services 5-1 and face last year's
grand final adversaries, North Armidale, in the final.
Despite taking a 1-0 lead early on, two costly defensive
lapses just before half-time allowed Norths to win 2-1,
meaning TAS just missed consecutive grand final appearances.
This year's captain of soccer, Matthew Dorrian, continued the fine tradition established by previous holders of
this prestigious position. Both on and off the field, Matthew's leadership abilities were always to the fore. His
development as a player was shown by him being selected as a regular starting member for the first grade
(ONE) team as a central defender. His presence in defence helped give ONE a sound defensive platform that
had been lacking in previous seasons.
Ben played in 21 of the 22 matches played by the 1 sts,
an outstanding achievement. He was also a member of
the highly successful New England 015 representative
team that won the State titles. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of Ben's play, apart from his dedication
to the team, was his belief in his own ability. This was
illustrated by him stepping up to take a free-kick against
North Companions and driving it through the opposition to score the winning (and only) goal of the match.
Many other players represented the 1st XI during the
season, all contributing to our success. These included
Joe Adams, Andy Bown (GAP student), Matt Bedford,
Cameron Griffin, Michael Penman, Joe Oppenheimer,
Phil Parnwell, Charles Perry, Champ Cho, Nick Perry,
Kelvin Soo, and Simon Toppin. Overall, it was another
successful and enjoyable season for the Firsts.
Norm Lockett, Coach
Results
Nottingham Forest Plate
TAS 3 defeated Cranbrook 1
M Penman, B Jennings, J Peatfield
Cranbrook 2 lost to TAS 3
J Peatfield, M Penman, C Griffin
TAS won 6-3 on aggregate
Northern Inland Soccer League
TAS 5 defeated Demon Knights 0
TAS 3 defeated Gunnedah 2
Oxley Vale/Attunga 2 lost to TAS 5
Jonathan Peatfield proved what an outstanding talent
he is. He was often a regular starting member in first
grade for ONE as a central midfielder. Playing at this
Hillvue Rovers 3 defeated TAS 2
level enabled him to dominate the midfield in the
Cranbrook games. His performance in the home leg
Ex-Services 1 defeated TAS 0
showed what a truly complete midfielder he had become
as he set up a goal and scored another.
Brad Granfield enjoyed another fine season as a central
midfielder/sweeper. He controlled the midfield well, yet
showed his exceptional versatility and ability by playing as a sweeper against Cranbrook. It was rare to see
Brad make a mistake and he matured into an outstanding player during the season.
Gareth Rickards (goalkeeper), David Brain (midfield),
Chris Rowe (defender), and Sam Bignell (striker) all
had excellent seasons. Gareth was at times simply freakish with some of the saves he made in goal. David, in
his first season of soccer, showed what a fine all round
athlete he is and developed into a very useful wide
midfielder. Chris also developed strongly throughout the
season into a solid defender. Sam scored some crucial
goals throughout the season and was a good 'target' man
up front for his teammates.
One of the highlights of the season was the emergence
of two very talented young players in Will Forsythe and
Ben Jennings, both of whom commanded regular posi-
tions in the team. Proving the adage that 'if you are
good enough you are old enough', these two Year 9 students enjoyed superb seasons. Both were usually pitted
against older, much larger opponents but proved that
skill, technique and courage are much more important
than size.
The Arniidalian 2001
TAS 1 defeated North Companions 0
North Armidale 4 defeated TAS 0
TAS 0 lost to Souths 2
TAS 3 defeated Kootingal 0
Demon Knights 1 lost to TAS 5
Gunnedah 1 lost to TAS 4
TAS 2 defeated Oxley Vale/Attunga 1
TAS 0 drew with Hillvue Rovers 0
North Companions 3 defeated TAS 1
TAS 2 defeated Ex-Services 1
TAS 1 lost to North Armidale 3
South Armidale 7 defeated TAS 0
Kootingal 0 lost to TAS 4
Minor Semi-final
Ex-Services 1 lost to TAS 5
Final
North Armidale 2 defeated TAS 1
Summary of Results
Played
Won
22
For
50
13
Drawn
1
Lost
8
Against
37
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For the first time the Armidale and District Soccer Association ran a competition for 18 year old players. Three
teams entered the competition, two were from TAS.
The idea was to give this age group a soccer competition where they could play with their peer group.
The small number of teams necessitated a merger with
the 16A team. While this seemed to be a good solution
intitially it caused problems, as the 16A teams were very
competitive white the 18s were less so. This resulted in
some lopsided results early in the season.
18 Dynamos
Coach:
Ralph Hunt
16s
Coaches:
Mr Gordon McLennan,
Mr Willow Grieves,
Mr Walter Sprinkle
Captain:
Ben Strang
Awards
Best Player:
Most Improved:
Andrew Patterson
Brendon Sharpe
With the introduction of the Armidale Districts Soccer Association Youth League, our players had the opportunity to prove themselves against teams that were
technically and tactically superior. Our objectives for
The TAS Dynamos were an enthusiastic bunch who
steadily improved over the season.
the season were to improve our at tacking concepts and
to make all aspects of our game more variable.
We faced a well drilled Norths early in the season and
Tim Voegeli and Tim Wilson-Brown lead from the
front
Phil Dewhurst played with great determination as
did Asanka Sirawardana
found their strong and flexible defence impregnable.
Despite a 5-0 drubbing, TAS showed a willingness to
take risks and not rely on individual players to create
all our scoring opportunities.
Tyson Kohler made many fine saves in goal
Sriram Rao, Andrew Lai and Blake Noonan had solid
games white Nic Tromp and Chris East played well
The late addition of Henry, Jackie and Kevin was
very important because of their excellent skills
The following match against East's Elite proved one of
the most disappointing of the season. Creative attacks
built around attacking patterns failed to materialise and
the score highlighted this. I decided to change the team
formation and settled on a 3-5-2 combination.
While the season as a whole was not overly successful
in terms of wins, the games against our arch foes, the
villainous Nomads, were noted for the determination
of both sides.
We had a week to prepare for the competition leaders
Ex-Services and focused on solid attack butiding and
group defense. Sadly a lack of fitness showed as a fast
and determined Ex-Services placed four unanswered
goals passed an exhausted TAS side. Showing grit and
perserverance, TAS set up combination play actively
The semi-final games between these teams was a blend
of great determnation, skill and energy.
and intelligently and soon found themselves on the score
sheet. The midfield began to dominate and our counter
Ralph Hunt
attacks began to penetrate deeeper in to the Ex-Services half and we were rewarded with three goals.
18 Nomads
Coach:
Dugatd Hamilton
Captain:
Simon Toppin
The season started off slowly with a couple of defeats.
Luckily these proved to be minor blips in what was otherwise an excellent season.
With an ever decreasing squad of players, losing to injury and the NISL league, the team still performed with
plenty of heart and passion throughout the season. They
finished third in the local league and reached the Grand
Final of the competition.
Against the TAS 18 Dynamos out team showed that
under tight situations they could maintain possession
by varying our dribbling tempo and using a broad
repertorire of fakes to out play our opponents. When
the final whistle blew the 18 Dynamos had clinched a
late goal to cave us with a one all draw.
Our spirits were up and we looked forward to the annual Cranbrook clash.A stong squad was required if TAS
was to challenge as Cranbrook boasted five competitive 16 Years teams. Cranbrook did not let down its arm
of fans by delivering quick and accurate passes, continu-
There were several notable performances through out
the season:
ally drawing in our players and finishing with quality
goals. TAS could only admire the opposition's skill.
Matthew Bedford from TAS was awarded man of the
match from both camps.
beating the rep team in the competition 1-0 with
10 players throughout the game and being the only
team to do so all season
Half way through the season it became apparent that
the 16s had a major player shortage and Mr Sprinkle's
16B team amalgamated with the 16As to form ther Su-
Simon Toppin performing heroics in goal
Zane Cosgrove being unable to score a goal
Our two ever present supporters, David and Helen
Toppin
On a personal note I would like to say it was a great
pleasure working with these boys.
Dugald Hamilton
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per 16s. Our individual player mobility had been reduced
so the decision was made to drop out of the Youth
League. Mr Willow Greaves helped with technical qual-
ity and precision and finally the TAS Super 16s won
their first game of the season.
This year's team proved that if your attack building is
confident, technically sound and flexible, you can put
pressure on even the very best of teams.
Gordon McLennan
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1 4As
Coach:
Mr Rob Forsberg
Captain:
Timothy Rowe
14 Blues
Coaches:
Keith Brown
Jonathan Watson
Captains:
Awards:
Most Valuble Player Tmothy Rowe
Most Consistent
Michael Moffat
Most Improved
Max Hodgson
Ben Jackson, Ashoor Khan
Awards
Soccer seasons in Armidale are like antarctic expeditions in winter long and cold.
Bronze Medallion for Best Player:
Benjamin Jackson
Good Effort and Improvement:
James Steele, Samuel Rice,
Duncan Lowson, Darren Chiu
The 14s team was selected from all prospective players
and as well as the 14As there were initially two other
The soccer season for the 14Bs this year was full of fun
14 teams.The competition is a long and arduous one
consisting of around sixteen games. All teams in this
grade play a very competitive brand of soccer and the
coaches Mr Brown and Mr Watson. TAS started the
season with two 14B teams, however the lack of players
resulted in them combining to form one team.
road to success has to be disciplined and consistent with
rigorous application.The 14A team appeared on paper
as something of an unknown quantity but training
kicked-off in a strong fashion.
TAS was very fortunate in that it played almost all of
its games at TAS which enabled the team to play in
familiar surroundings. However, this didn't seem to afford the team any advantage and the competition began with a close game resulting in a loss.
Training was soon disrupted with full attendance being
more the rule than the exception.The main emphasis
at trainings was on the improvement of ball skills and
the development of teamwork these features being
two of the main ingredients to success, Very consistent
efforts were produced by a number of players demonstrated by great performances throughout the season.
It must be mentioned here that the bulk of the team
was formed from 12A players from the 2000 season and
they are to be congratulated as they often gave away,
not only size but also age, to the opposition as there is
no odd-age competition. From this perspective the 14A
team for 2002 could well be a very impressive outfit.
The perception of soccer in Australia has changed enor-
mously with the arrival of the Kewells,Vidukas,Van
Strattens and Schwartzers and the game at the grassroots level is very strong.
Soccer in Australia at the youth level is equal to the
best in the world. Soccer offers fantastic opportunities
for those prepared to put in the hard yards as is the
case in any sport.
The final results for the 14As were
played 1 lgames; won 2, lost?, drew 2,
points for 18, against 45
This placed them sixth out of nine in the
competition.
Congratulations to all the following players and best of
luck in season 2002:
Tim Marchant, Michael Moffit, Tim Rowe,
John Coppock, Tom Allsop, James Sharpe,
Simon Pain, Max Hodgson, Ben Jackson,
Mathew Jackson, Amila Siriwardana,
Adam Lockyer, Dean Moore
Rob Forsberg
and excitement, thanks to team cooperation and the
The first game of the season was against the Walcha
Predators a very skilful and aggressive team who scored
three goals in the first half. TAS fought back well in the
second half but were unable to capitalise on their opportunities and the score remained at 3-0.
Our second game against the Norths Pythons saw a much
improved performance by TAS. The first half was a tight
battle with both sides playing very well and the scores
locked at 0-0. The second half saw TAS score two great
goals (1 each to Duncan Lowson and Greg Dorrian)
and finish as 2-0 winners. This provided a much needed
boost to the team's spirit.
Unfortunately, the next few games saw a lack of players
and the team's performance and results drop off. The
core of players that turned up every week tried hard but
were outclassed by more committed teams.
East Eagles were one of the in-form teams and TAS
played well to match them. Will Winter-Irving scored a
good goal in the second half before finishing with a respectable 3-1 loss to the Eagles.
The following game against Guyra saw TAS take the
field out numbered but they played extremely well and
finished the game 2-0 losers in spite of Guyra playing
most of the game in the TAS half.
The next 3 games were lost to bad weather or TAS forfeiting due to lack of players, which was disappointing.
In the second half of the season, TAS played North
Pythons, again with a full compliment of players however, they were unable to repeat the result of their previous encounter and finished the game 2-0 losers.
TAS then played Guyra but let in 4 goals. They lifted
in the second half and created scoring opportunities but
could only capitalise on one (Duncan Lowson scoring
his second goal of the season) finishing the game 1-4.
Unfortunately, in the final game of the season against
the skilful Demon Knights TAS again started the game
short of players. They tried extremely hard but could
do little to stop the flow of goals from a skilful Knights
attack. Finally , TAS was rewarded with a goal to Matt
Spooner in the final stages of the game to finish at 10-1.
Despite the scoreline the players enjoyed the game and
were happy with their commitment.
Thanks to all the players, coaches and parents for their
support throughout the season.
Jonathan Watson
The Aratidalian 2001
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18 Nomads
Back Row: Joe Adams, Cameron Griffin, Daniel Kuppe, Sam Bignell, Adam Strahle, Kelvin Soo, David White
Front Row: James Daniell, Brendan Mew-Sum, Simon Toppin (Captain), Dugald Hamilton (Coach),
Adam Bashfoal, Rohan Bicknell, Sanjay Boopalan
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12 Typoons
Back Row: Mr Dennis Denzpster (Coach), Bzyce Conroy, Benjamin Hutton, Toni Mulligan, Tannoy Lai,
Hamish Barnet, Sam Thounan, Mrs Robyn McCarthy (Coach)
Front Row: Kirk Orkney, Alexander Waallaw, Michael Fahey, Peter Couchman, Alexander Pearson, Matthew Hall
Absent: Daniel Evans
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12 Typhoons and Terrors
Coaches:
Mr Dennis Dempster
Mrs Rob McCarthy,
Mrs Tania Ball
Mr Thomas Omboga
Swimming
Master in Charge: John Voegeli
Joint Captains:
Joe Adams, Matthew Dorrian
Awards
It has been a great pleasure to see the development of
the boys' playing skills, team work and sportsmanship
over the season. It is to the boys' credit, no matter the
score, that they put maximum effort into each game.
Silver Colours:
The mighty Typhoons started their soccer season with
a roar, being undefeated for their first three games. In
the following rounds, like a storm, there was a calm that
befell the team, resulting in a number of close defeats.
However, towards the end of the season, the boys displayed a second wind and stormed home, closely missing a berth in the semi finals.
School Carnival
It was gratifying to see the development of our younger
players Alex Pearson, Alexander Wardlaw, Kirk Orkney, Bryce Conroy, Sam Trotman and Hamish Barnet.
This core of players has acquired the skills to lead the
Typhoons into contention for the premiership next year!
A dedicated contingent of Year 6 students: Harry
Warrick, Matthew Hall, Tom Boyd-Spencer, Ben
Hutton, Tom Mulligan and Peter Coachman provided
a solid and reliable foundation.The team was
complimented by highly skilled Year 7 students Michael
Fahey, Tannoy Lai and Daniel Evans. These boys saved
our games on many occassions. It is difficult to single
out recipients for soccer awards but the performance of
Tannoy Lai deserves to be recognised as the Best and
Fairest on our team. Receiving certificates of recognition for their performances are our fine goalkeeper, Daniel Evans and our determined and inspirational winger,
Tom "Mullet" Mulligan.
The coaches and players wish to thank the parents for
their undying support on the sidelines throughout the
season. Special thanks to GAP students, Andy Bown
and Thomas Ombaga and UNE student Andy Gardner,
for sharing their expertise and love of the game. We
had a great season and, once again, we congratulate the
boys on their fine level of play and accomplishments.
Dennis Dempster and Robyn McCarthy
Squash
Joe Adams, Ben Hall,
Chris Rowe, Daniel Fittler
Silver Medallions: Tim Rowe, Nicholas Spokes
Lachlan Shaw
Champions
12 yr Nicholas Spokes
I3yr Lachlan Shaw
14yr Tim Rowe
15yr Joe Oppenheimer
16yr Chris Rowe
17yr Ben Hall
18yr Michael Fussell
Sub Junior Champion
Lachlan Shaw
Junior Champion
Tim Rowe
Senior Champion
Ben Hall
Runner up
Xavier Forsberg
James Steele
Jock Rutherford
Anthony Nash
Daniel Fittler
Joe Adams
Rohan Bicknell
Runner up
James Steele
Runner up
Joe Oppenheimer
Runner up
Chris Rowe
TAS experienced another great season of swimming,
sending teams to the Monkton Shield, Western Associated Schools, ACIES and CIS carnivals.
The season commenced with the school carnival which
Broughton House won with 1284 points, 2" Green
House with 1274 followed by Tyrrell, Croft and Ross
Houses. The Tooth and Nail Trophy was taken out by
Green House. Two records were broken; Ben Hall
Senior 200m Individual Medley( 2.26.97), Daniel Fittler
16yr 50m Backstroke ( 30.33), which stood since 1988.
The Monkton Shield was finally pried from our possession after 28 years as we came in second. The TAS squad
of 22 swain very well and put in 100%, which resulted
in many personal bests and long-standing records being
broken. Outstanding swimmers were Nicholas Spokes
Under 12 Champion, Chris Rowe 16 yr Champion
and Ben Hall Runner up 17 yrs. Daniel Fittler broke
the 50m Backstroke record and the senior relay resin
broke the 4 x 50 Freestyle record.
Another exciting season of squash has been keenly contested. Throughout we have been astounded by the considerable commitment of all players. In particular, Jay
Han and Nick Mouton. Both showed exceptional commitment to improving their game and as a result, have
shown considerable improvement during the season.
A squad of 11 boys travelled to the Western Associated
Schools Carnival in Bathurst. Even with a small team
the school did very well, taking out the 17 yrs age group
On the other hand, the novice players have acquired
At the ACIES carnival 5 boys achieved I' or 2" places
and then went to swim at the Combined Independent
Schools Carnival, these boys were: Ben Hatt, Chris
Rowe, Time Rowe, Daniel Fittle and Nicholas Spokes.
considerable skills as well.
As a sport, squash is all about skill, patience and practice. In the words of Charlie Radburn, "focused training sessions and keen competition make it a fun sport
and a pleasure to attend".
Finally, we would like to thank Mr Bock for his amiable personality and witty humour, and Mr Smee for his
sportsmanship in losing and all the boys for their enthusiastic commitment to training.
Michael Fussell and Ryan Bartle
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trophy. At the conclusion of the carnival eight boys were
selected to represent WAS at the ACIES carnival held
at Homebush Olympic Pool.
Thanks to the parents for their time and support, Joe
Adams for stepping in when Matthew Dorrian was injured and to our GAP students, Dan Boorman, Thomas
Omboga and Chris Felgate for their assistance at the
carnivals. The team's sucess would not have happened
without the coaching and organisation of John Voegeli.
Joe Adams
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WAS Swimming Team
Back Row: Mr Mark Dunn (GAP student), Chris Rowe, Tim Rowe, Daniel Fittlel; Benjamin Hall, Mr Chris Felgate
(GAP student)
Front Row: Nicholas Spokes, James Steele, Joe Adams (Co-Captain), Mr John Voegeli (MIC), Matthew Donlan
(Co-Captain), Michael Fussell, Lachlan Shaw
Absent: Joe Oppenheimer
Tennis Champions
Back Row: Jock Rutherford, Tom Ferrie); Angus Boileau
Front Row: Kelvin Soo, Mark Taylor (M1C), John Bale
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Tennis
June 15 and 16, TAS hosted SBHS in a return match
Master-in -Charge: Mark Taylor
Captain:
Alistair Mitchell
Awards
Silver Colours:
Alistair Mitchell
Kelvin Soo
Sportsmaster's Award for Services to Tennis:
James Coulton
Bronze Medallions for Service to Tennis:
Tom Ferrier, Joshua Steele,
Richard Caldwell, Luke Mackey,
Young Lee, John Bale
We have had a remarkable year with our tennis program. There have been a number of new innovations
and the rekindling of some forgotten traditions.
Firstly we completed the summer mixed competition
with NEGS 8a. PLC with Joshua Steele, Greg McKay
and Nicholas Tromp combining with Louise Fitzroy,
Jenny Munro and Kylie Hudson to win the A division.
B division saw the team of Chris Edmonds, Daniel
Kuppe, Mark Carrigan, Carina Lee, Charlotte Sevil and
Jessica Assef (Provis/Bradtke). In C division, Sam
Roberts, Jay Sisson, Luke Brattoni, Teena Hough, Airlie
Winter-Irving, Victoria Cotter and Jessica Rogers
(Emerson) were the eventual winners.
Congratulations to all the winners as well as the other
students from all three schools who took part in a very
successful summer social competition.
The weekend of March 24 and 25 was selected for an-
nual pilgrimage to Toowoomba to do battle with
Downlands and TGS on the court. In the company of
the NEGS tennis team we started the first of our two
from two years previous. TAS fielded a very strong team
and used the home court advantage and extremely cold
weather conditions to good use. We overpowered the
inadequately clad SBHS team to win four rubbers to
nil. Special mention to Tom Ferrier, Kelvin Soo, Adam
Pollock and Nick Perry, who all played strong and confident tennis for their respective teams.
Old Boys weekend saw a stunning and very close victory for the Old Boys 34 games to 33. A lot of fun was
had by all, despite some Fine Cotton ring-ins for the elder
statesmen.
Tennis championships were rekindled after an absence
of several years. Tom Ferrier defeated Lachlan Abbott
for the Senior Singles prize, while Dougal Eliott defeated
Luke MacKey for the Junior's. The Junior Doubles tittle
went to the Year 8 pairing of Angus Boileau and Jock
Rutherford who defeated the more fancied opponents
of Mackey and Eliott. The senior doubles title went to
Kelvin Soo and John Bale.
Finally, the 2001-2002 summer competition looks to be
a bigger and better version of the previous summer's with
78 boys having selected tennis as a full sport and a fur-
ther 42 taking it as an extra sport. There will be four
divisions playing on Friday evenings in the mixed doubles format with NEGS and PLC. It is very pleasing to
see the boys and girls taking the opportunity to social-
ise, improve their tennis skills and learn a game they
can continue with throughout their lives.
My thanks also to Kelvin Soo and Alistair Mitchell for
their excellent support of tennis at TAS and their ability to lead by example. They have made my job considerably simpler and have been excellent role models for
the other boys. Thanks also to Mr Hodgson for his support of the tennis program at TAS.
Mark Taylor
matches with a success against Downlands winning four
rubbers to one. Unfortunately, the TGS team were ready
for us this year and fielded a very strong contingent of
players. Our boys fought valiantly but went down five
rubbers to nil. This was our first loss in a tennis exchange
for over two years. Special mention to Tom Ferrier, Richard Caldwell, Luke MacKey, Angus Boileau and Will
Archdale who all played extremely well for the weekend. Invitations have been extended to play two other
schools in Toowoomba when we travel in 2002.
As an alternative to tennis during the winter, the Headmaster allowed a group of boys to participate in a Badminton competition. This proved to be very successful
with the standard of badminton improving dramatically
over the two terms. Thanks to Mr Richards for his skilful guidance of this group, who also managed to display
a shrewd, wily, and cunning game himself.
A smaller group of determined tennis players participated in the Friday night Male Chauvinist Pigs competition conducted at the Eastwood Tennis Club. This is an
excellent opportunity for our boys to play tennis against
club players of varying standards. John Bale ably led his
team to a well deserved victory. Thanks to Mr David
Clayton for inviting us to join and then organising the
competition.
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At Toowoomba Grammar
Seen with the TGS team are Kelvin Soo, TO171 Ferrier
and Josh Steele
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Touch
Master-in-Charge: Ian Tonkin
Assistant Coach:
Brett Monley
In the 2000/2001 season, TAS entered six teams in the
local Touch Football competition. There were four under 15 year old sides and two under 18 year old sides.
Thanks to Mr Brett Monley who joined the coaching
staff for Touch this year and made a positive impact on
how the teams played in the latter half of the season.
Thank you also to the referees who controlled most of
the games for TAS.
Referees: Nick Leyden, Richard Allen, Andrew Moore,
Gareth Foot, Bohan Bicknell, Richard Holcombe,
TAS 3, 4, 5 and 6 were entered in the under 15 year
competition in what proved to be a very competitive
Lachlan Johnson, Peter Holcombe, Ben Hall, Cameron
Wood and Sam Clarke
division. All four teams performed extremely well.
Awards for Touch Football 2001
TAS 6, made up of Year 7 boys (from 1999) played in
their first Touch competition and performed admirably.
Although playing against older and more skilled opponents the TAS 6 side never gave up and by the end of
the competition played some excellent Touch.
TAS 5, made up of Year 8 boys (from 1999) played in
their second Touch competition and despite only recording one victory played very well against the older
opposition.
TAS 3 and TAS 4 made up of Year 9 boys (from 1999)
were very competitive all season.
TAS 4, were strong despite varying numbers throughout the season and were able to compete with the best
teams on their day. Unfortunately, they were unable to
make the finals.
TAS 3, were the strongest of all the TAS sides in the 15
years division. They displayed some great talent and executed some great moves to score good tries. Unfortu-
nately, at times their defence let them down and forfeiting the final round before Christmas, proved crucial
in not qualifying for the finals.
Best and Fairest
TAS 1
Simon Hall
TAS 2
Jonathon Peatfield
TAS 3
Richard Allen Certificate
TAS 4
Jeremy Davies
TAS 5
William Forsythe
TAS 6
Angus Boileau Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Outstanding Contribution
Gareth Foot Bronze Medallion
The teams who played in 2000/2001 competition are:
TAS 1: William Barton, Rohan Bicknell, Adam
Broadbent, James Coulton, Gareth Foot, Simon Hall,
Richard Holcombe, Paul Lehman, Alistair Mitchell,
Andrew Moore, Michael Penman, Gareth Rickards
Won 3 games, lost 8 games and drew 1 game
TAS 1 and TAS 2 were entered in the 18 year old com-
petition. The premier touch competition in Armidale
which displays some of the best talent in the town.
TAS 2, made up of 11 boys (from 1999) and despite
recording no victories, they were very competitive all
season. They never gave up and by the end of the season challenged the best of the teams.
TAS 1, were the number 1 side, but unfortunately the
competition proved too strong. In the early part of the
season they struggled with the nuances of the game but
stayed in touch with the front runners due mainly to
their speed and skill. As the competition progressed they
became better Touch players and developed a very good
pattern of play. Unfortunately, they missed out on making the final series due to washouts promoting their opposition.
Overall, it has been an indifferent season for TAS in
the local Touch competition.
As Touch is an extra sport many of the boys see it as a
time to relax and socialise and from these aspects it has
been very successful.
Touch promotes good fitness, team play and great skills.
In the future, we hope to develop the boys' ability to
play the game and win our first premiership.
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TAS 2: Lachlan Abbott, Sam Clark, Jeremy Davies,
Jacob Douglas, Brad Granfield, Ben Hall, Michael
King, Jonathon Peatfield, Daniel Rankmore, Josh
Steele, Cameron Wood
Lost 11 games
TAS 3: Richard Allen, Ben Clifton, Charles Clifton,
Brad Granfield, James Hall, Angus Capel, Nicholas
Leyden, Adam Pollock, Cameron Wood
Won 5 games, lost 4 games, drew 1 game and forfieted
1 game
TAS 4: Lachlan Abbott, Lachlan Johnson, Jeremy
Davis, Ben Eveleigh, Peter Holcombe, Ben Loeve,
James Manor, Roger Rankin, Charles Stenning
Won 3 games and lost 8
TAS 5: Will Forsythe, Felix Graser, lain Hall, Chris
Herd, Jack Hyles, Joel leslie, Ben Morris, Tim Rowe,
Richard Shannon, Scott Turton
Won I game and lost 9
TAS 6: Andrew Coulton, Angus Boileau, Hue
Douglas, Daniel Fussell, Henry Cupitt, David
Peatfield, Jeremy Rose, Jock Rutherford
Won 4 games and lost 6
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Touch I
Back Row: James Couhon, Paul Lehnzann, Simon Hall, Alistair Mitchell, Gareth Rickards, Michael Penman,
Richard Holcombe, Adam Broadbent
Front Row: Will Barton, Mr Ian Tonkin (MIC), Gareth Foot, Mr Brett Monley (Assistant Coach), Andrew Moore
Whitewater Kayaking Group
Back Row: Brad Granfield, James McKern, Daniel Rankmore, Benjamin Hall
Front Row: Will Forsythe, lain Hall, Simon Pain
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White Water Kayaking
and Canoeing
Master-in-Charge: Mr Peter Hall
Mr Grant Harris
Captain:
Sven Harris
Coaches:
John Forsythe, Jacqui Lawrence
Rob Cork, Michael Waggett
Awards
Gold Medallions: Will Forsythe, Ben Hall,
lain Hall
Silver Medallions: Sven Harris, Ben Loeve,
Brad Granfield, Sam Barnier,
Sam Tindal
This has been one of the more successful seasons in State
and National competitions with the highlights being
the outstanding performance of our two National representatives, Will Forsythe and Benjamin Hall.
At 14 years of age, Will gained selection in the NSW
DR and Slalom team to the Nationals, U18 team to
the Youth Olympics, the Australian Development team
to NZ, and the Australian Junior team to the Pre-World
titles in Europe. Will's international results included
an 8' placing at the Youth Oympics, a 3r1 in the Age
slalom in NZ, and a best finish in Europe of 21" from
fields of over 70. All his results were in U18 age groups.
Benjamin Hall was also a member of the NSW DR team
and the Australian Development team to NZ. He gained
5 medals in NZ, including two lsts and 3 x 2nd placings
and won the NZ Schools DR Classic plus being a mem-
ber of the winning Australian DR team.
Will is a member of the North Coast Academy of Sport
slalom squad and Ben is in the NIAS Lone Star squad
for Wildwater kayaking. They are members of the NSW
Development squad and have been named in the NSW
team for the 2002 Nationals. Will has also recently won
the 100.3 FM Junior Sportsperson of the Year.
Also doing well this year were lain Halt and Tom Bedford.
lain won a National title in the Schools 14 yrs C2 with
Will and came second in the National Age 1 4 yrs K1
slalom. He was also selected in the NSW Talent squad
for 2001 and was a finalist in the 100.3 FM Sports
awards.
Tom Bedford made great gains throughout the year and
was rewarded with a State title in the 14 yrs DR sprint.
He is also the only paddler apart from Will to have competed at Penrith on the Olympic course.
Brad Lauder, on exchange from NZ also won a state
title in the Schools DR teams with Will and Benjamin
and our Cl, C2 and K1 teams all gained 2^d ptacings at
the State Schools slalom.
These fine results helped TAS/PLC place 5" in the
Australian All-Schools and 3'd in the NSW All-
Will Forsythe achieved the distinction of being the
fastest Australian U18 slalom kayak paddler at both
the National Age and Schools Championships
Other Sports
Jamie Stanley and Ben Perkins have continued to perform well in triathlon. Jamie is a regular in the Armidale
Tti Club's events and he also competed successfully at
the NSW All Schools' event at Penrith plus the Trial
Bay event.
In inter-school horse riding competitions Dania! Fussell,
Stirling Osland, Andrew Mercer, Luke Morris and Ben
Morris have 'done the School proud' with great results.
Jeremy Davies continues to have success playing for Glen
Innes in the Armidate baseball comp.
Matthew Spooner has achieved well in gymnastics.
Lawrence Herbert has continued to be one of the top
junior performers in NSW in go-kart racing.
There are many other sports which individual TAS stu-
dents have competed in this year but space does not
allow me to name them all.
Schools. TAS was also the 41 placed boys team at the
Australian titles.
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Do
oo
Butterflies
by Sven Harris, Year 12
There was a brief period in my life when beauty meant
something special to me. It was about age of six, just
weeks before my parents passed away, just before I was
She picked up the board and viciously started hitting
me on the top of the head. There were all kinds of butterfly pieces flying everywhere. I started to wail uncon-
trollably, not because of the pain, but because of the
beautiful creatures being strewn everywhere. She
through the cardboard down in rage and instructed me
to pick it all up and put it in the garbage can inside the
back room of the dormitory. She stared at me for a sec-
ond to make sure her instructions were clear, then
thrown into the unforgiving prison, of the J K Olsen
stormed back into the house.
Orphanage. There I would hurriedly get up every morning, making my bed like the little soldier that I had be-
I slumped there in the dirt by that big old tree for the
longest time, trying to fit all the butterfly pieces back
together. I wanted to bury them whole, in their original
magnificence. This I soon discovered, was a fruitless
task. The only thing I could do was to pray for them
come, join one of the two ranks with the twenty other
boys and march to breakfast with them like a mob of
ants. This painstaking routine would be repeated every
day - a constant reminder that we were trapped within
these whitewashed walls until we were seen fit to be
taken under the wing of a foster family.
I distinctly remember, after one of the scheduled playtimes on Saturday morning, when I returned to see the
house-parent out by the old willow tree. She was chasing helpless butterflies around with a net. These beautiful Blue Mountain Butterflies lived by the hundreds
in the banksias strewn around the confined orphanage
and then put them in an old torn up shoebox. This rough
coffin was the only departing gift I could give to the
friends I could not help. I reluctantly buried them in
the bottom of a small, dark tomb that I had built in the
ground, out by the blackberry bushes. I did not realise
until after I had finished that I had not shed one tear
throughout the whole ordeal. I was not sad any more.
It was a tragedy that they had to die so crudely, but I
knew now there was nothing I could do.
yards and would often land on the children. They
Every year when the butterflies returned to the orphan-
showed no fear. Now I saw their bright blue wings flut-
age and tried to land on my head, face and hands, I
tering wildly as they tried to escape the gaping net in
which they were entangled.
would shoo them away. They did not know what might
I watched as she caught these gorgeous creatures, one
after the other, and then took them from the net, plunging cold, silver pins through their heads and wings. I
quietly whimpered as she ruthlessly displayed them on
a heavy cardboard sheet. How cruel to destroy something of such grace and elegance! I had walked countless times out into the bushes by my myself just I could
enjoy the butterflies landing on my head, face and
hands. I loved to sit and gaze close up at their splen-
happen. To reject them was the only way to protect
them. They did not know how their lives would forever be destroyed just to display their beauty to a group
of kids for a very brief time.
The orphanage was a prison for the children,
but this did not compare with the torture and
death inflicted on the powerless butterflies.
dour. I was enthralled by these creatures and would spend
hours watching, often getting into trouble for missing
meals and playtimes.
To my relief the telephone rang and the house parent
had to put the cardboard down on the back step to answer it. Once she had gone inside, I worriedly rushed
to the step and looked at the last butterfly she had just
pinned to its crude deathbed. It was still recklessly struggling to escape so I reached down and touched it on the
wing, causing one of the pins to fall out. It started flying around and around trying to get away but it was still
pinned by the other wing. Finally its wing tore off and
the butterfly felt to the ground, quivering.
I carefully picked up the torn wing and the butterfly
with tears streaming down my face as I realised what I
had one. Too young to comprehend, I spat on its wing
and tried to get it to stick back on so it could fly away
and be free before the house parent came back for more.
No matter how many times I tried, it would not stick to
him. It just sat there on my palm, Lifeless.
I had just given up these futile attempts at home surgery
when the house parent returned from inside. Furious,
she started yelling at me about wrecking the project she
had planned for the next playtime. I blatantly lied and
told her that I had not done anything - just as any child
would - but she did not believe me.
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The Annidalian 2001
Fate
by Christopher Rowe, Year 11
Life
*Ben Sutton,Yearil
William Shakespeare once said.
"This world is but a stage,
And all the people merely players".
So you and I are not as we seem.
Rather, we are performers
In the greatest of plays - Life.
But of course,
Every play needs an audience.
The fact is, you see,
We do not play for good or evil.
No supreme being, no alien and no
truth.
A grey autumn leaf skids
erratically
Across the lane, its crip, dry
fragments
Rasping against the stones,
drawn by
Some invisible force
towards a destination
Which it does not know
- its fate unconsciously
sealed.
The wind drives the leaf into
the tangles
Of a spider's web - trapped
for eternity.
Beside the leaf a man wanders - aimlessly
He thinks - along a country
lane. Unknown to him,
He is driven by an outside
force Beyond his control
- towards a destination
Which even he cannot
conceive.
'Screech', 'Honk', 'Bang' the man lies dead;
His fate forever sealed.
We play but for you and me.
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Red Spots
by Peter Toppin, Year 10
The twin lines of dogs blurred out of focus again
and Janis began to get worried. He closed his eyes
tightly and shook his head but the grey strip in front
of his sled refused to come into focus.
Since rising onto the Ewell plateau three days earlier he had felt a steady degradation of his mental
health and it had reached a stage where basic routines, like eating, had become increasingly difficult.
His vision abruptly came into focus and he was
shocked to see movement on the horizon, far to
his left. He squinted through his goggles and made
out what looked like hundreds of dark shapes tumbling and rolling over one another. They appeared
to be penguins but he was not aware of any colonies this far inland.
He turned back to the dogs, or at least where he
had last seen them, for now the front of the sled
seemed to dissipate into a thick black liquid that
sat, torpid, on the surface of the snow. Janis let out
a pathetic whimper and turned in a circle, looking
for, if not the dogs, some tracks the twelve huskies
may have left. He saw exactly what he expected,
nothing.
Their hypnotic twirling was fascinating, and Janis
moved away from the sled to speak with them, at
least to find their reasons for being approximately
fifteen hundred kilometres from the nearest human.
By now his peripheral vision had all but disappeared
and dark red spots, the same colour as the strange
peoples' suits, flashed in front of his eyes.
A dull numbness in his extremities alerted him to
the fact his left hand was bleeding profusely, even
though he had no recollection of injuring it.
The red people had moved further away now and
Janis broke into a run to try and catch up to them.
Apparently they had not seen him, but in the featureless waste that Janis was a part of, he found it
difficult to believe their gaze could have bypassed
him.
Janis now saw the group had turned around and,
almost instantaneously, they made a tight circle
around him. Although they were no more than a
few metres away from him, Janis could not make
out any detail on their faces except for their mouths
which now displayed no emotion. As one, the red
people smiled, their drawn lips exposing bright
teeth. Janis drew on the happiness of the strange
congregation and smiled himself, now quite sure
he would make it to safety.
The red people started to move closer, their mouths
still drawn in a pleasant arc. Janis reached out,
ready to embrace these strange, featureless be-
Janis again turned around and immediately sank
to his knees in shock. He saw an assembly of between twenty and thirty people, all between the age
of fifteen and thirty. The strange group were all
dressed in identical, skin-tight red suits. Some of
them were juggling and, strangely, although they
ings who seemed so pleased with him. Janis' face
was a huge grin as the group of red people moved
closer. He stumbled towards them, his hands clasping at thin air as the red people filled his entire sight.
all seemed to be singing, they were not making any
noise, not even the quiet rustle of their leather clad
feet skidding on the dry snow.
The red people were nowhere to be seen as a light
snow began to descend on Janis' corpse.
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Janis let out a sigh ofjoy, and moved into the group.
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Dial 000
by Andrew Bell, Year 10
I slipped into the doorway so that I would not be seen. In
the glow coming through the pale curtains in my room, I
saw Michael reaching into my wallet. He removed twenty
dollars and pushed it into his pocket. I moved quietly down
the hall, hoping he hadn't seen me watching him.
"There you are", he said. "I'll see you at school then?"
"Yeah, sure", I said in a non-commital voice. "See Ya".
As he walked out the door I could hardly keep the disappointment from my face. He turned to wave and I smiled.
The door was still banging on the frame so I closed it as
he disappeared round the corner. "Friend, eh", I muttered
bitterly to myself. I had no idea what he'd wanted it for,
but I'd known him for so long he could have asked and
I'd have given it to him. I had a suspicion that it had some-
The Road
by Matthew Woodward, Year 10
The road seemed to wind on forever, it was just like
my life. The hills were the hard times, and the valleys
were the good, everything else was just boring. Every
time the road turned a corner, my life took a twist.
This was my last journey, and I knew it. I wasn't old,
but I felt weak. God knows why my time had come.
This journey was to reflect upon my life, to perhaps
work out why and what I had done in my existence.
I was not brilliant, but I was a thinker. I knew I had led
a life that I was happy with, I had been a discoverer,
as we all are, learning from cradle onwards.
The road had started out with my mother dying at
birth, which meant I had had a male role model to
guide and shape me. Things levelled off for a while
when I started school. I enjoyed learning but through
my school years, I became sick of what they taught.
I wanted more philosophical knowledge. The road arrival was steep as I left school. I began a journey up
to a mountain village where an old man, who knew my
father, taught me for seven years about the essen-
tials of life, about how man's mistakes in the past
would shape our future. When I was ha ppy that I had
been adequately prepared for life, I left and began my
own journeys, travelling far and wide, on foot, in
search of whatever came my way.
Then there came a gap, where my life slipped away,
almost as eagerly as had been my thirst for knowledge earlier. Years went by where I could only watch
as my abilities walked out on me.
Now, there is time to reflect. It isn't something lever
thought I would do, but here I am on my last journey
and I don't mind the fact that time has just about
overcome me. As the dead end approaches, I wonder
where the next road will take me.
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thing to do with the people he'd been hanging around
with at school.
That night as I went to sleep I still had no idea. I though
about calling him and asking, but decided against it. After all, he may have needed money to buy a present for
my birthday that was coming up soon. I slept easier with
that thought in mind. The next day at school though I
wasn't as sure. Michael was acting weird, his dark hair
was messy and his usually clean clothes were messy and
worn. I called a hello, but he didn't return it. I thought
maybe he hadn't heard. I walked up to him.
"Hey, Michael, how are you?"
Michael was about to reply when two of the people in the
group behind him stepped forward.
"Get lost, leave Mike along", one of them said.
"I was only sayin'..."
"Go away." The second pushed me, sending me into a
knot of people opposite. They began to laugh then turned
and walked away with Michael.
didn't seem Michael for the rest of that day; I didn't
worry though as I thought to talk to him alone at sport
training. When he wasn't there either, I began to worry.
I
I walked through the deserted school halls, thinking to
catch him in one of the classrooms. I looked through the
windows into a deserted classroom. Then I saw him in a
bundle heap on the ground. I ran in and sat next to him.
I felt for a pulse, there was none. I saw the cause, a small
syringe lying next to him. It looked almost harmless. I
returned to my senses and stood up. I ran through the
corridor, looking for a phone to dial 000.
The Piano Man
by Lachlan Abbott, Year 11
Aged hands shook across
Time
by Jamie Stanley, Year 11
Tick, dong
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
Time is never ending,
Time goes on forever
Eternal, everlasting, undaunted.
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Time was there in the beginning,
And will be in the end.
Who started time?
When will the pendulum stop?
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
Time is not limited to the clock It may be a concept.
Who knows?
Does time really exist?
Time is what we make it.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, dong
dong.
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Those old trustworthy keys A sound so rich and full of
hope
Yet to others a disgusting
racket.
Outside was war, evil and lies.
Little good remained untouched
The music an isolated shelter,
A tranquil refuge from the
treacherous world.
Sounds healed the deepest
wounds
And forgave him the past A power gained that gave him
strength
To face another day in this
horrid world.
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Mortality
byAlex Wallace, Year 11
I have killed
I have helped kill.
I have killed a part of myself,
I cannot change this, I.
I must seek redemption,
I must seek Buddha,
I must seek Christ.
I cannot live with this torment,
I must lose my guilt.
I must conquer my impulsive urge,
I am the quiet assassin.
I have lived,
I have assisted life,
I have a close affinity with myself.
I am a positivist, I.
I have accepted nirvana,
I have associated with Buddha,
I have dreamt of Christ.
I have witnessed the world's torment,
I have striven to conquer it,
I have prophesied personal sacrifice,
I am the symbolic martyr.
Ii'
0
by Daniel Rankmore
Akubra tilted
Drys-a-bone covering
He gazed out at the wheat
paddocks
He was born on the land,
To endless crops and black soil
plains.
But that was times of old.
A never ending drought
Failed crops, wheat, barley,
cotton.
A switch from tractor to desk.
Now he's amongst the
concrete.
A land of crowds and smog,
A land where his open space
was an office cubicle.
Blue tie tight,
Brown suit covering
He gazes at the papers beneath
Dreaming of open country
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Something to Live For
by Will Wright, Yr 10
It was the third, frosty day since she had begun her trek across the grandiose New Zealand Alps, and the air was freezing. Dusk, and
though she had managed to coax a fire to life
from a few sticks and tinder, her fingers were
still stiff and cold. Only a few precious matches
were left, even after only three days. And yet,
these worries seemed petty in contrast to the
exceptional beauty of the snow-topped peaks,
the ruggedness that had found a place in her
soul. A few cold meals were well worth it.
She stood to bring life to her cramped legs, and
as she did so one of her laces snapped. Curses
and mutterings spewed from her sore, split lips
and caused her to wince and swear again. It
was too much. She slumped to the ground,
tears on her face, and let the last of the autumn
sunset wash over her frayed emotions, it's fiery
blaze capturing her full attention.
As if the scene had been a trigger, a frozen
memory of Allan slipped through her defences, and her rigid control on her emotions
crumbled. His face flashed before her mind's
eye, the strong, serious countenance, the mock-
ing half-smile, the piercing blue eyes. It was
so real, so close to him really being there, existing in flesh and blood within her thoughts.
How long had it been? Five...six months? She
had retreated from the outside world for so
long, time had cased to have meaning for her,
even after taking the tests she felt were necessary, pinning many hopes of her hopes on their
results. But she had still retreated into a sort of
void that had opened when he passed away,
as if a plug had been pulled from her and everything was rushing away.
That, she believed, was her reason for being
here, as their last moments alone had been in
this place, sitting entwined together watching
the flames against the blue of the night. She
had come to fill the void with this memory,
the mountains - something that would anaesthetise her soul from the endless, inner babble, the questions, and the pain. And yet, the
powerful memories of this small, mountainous plateau were a catalyst for questions that
arose to interrogate her actions on that blustery, fateful day
"It's just a pass. Ignore the bloody name. We've
crossed a score of them before, it's just a little
Famous last words.
"I know.. .it's just.. .oh, just a bad feeling. You
know you don't have to do this. You don't have
to beat anyone", she had argued, as a feeling
of foreboding had crept upon her. Al just
shook his head.
"Liz, you don't understand. It's for my satis-
faction and confidence. You don't understand", he repeated. He added, "You don't
have to come."
"Dam you", Liz muttered. "There's no way
you're going without me."
They had continued on, until they had hit the
entrance to the pass, where they had attached
their harnesses and made sure their emergency
radio could reach the helicopter service. After
this point, Liz's recollection was all a blur, a
bad dream that was all too real.
The narrow ledge, unstable at the best of times,
had disintegrated under the weight of the extra person, and Liz had been left suspended,
clawing onto the ledge, while Allen's rope
slipped through the clips and into oblivion.
The rescue helicopter arrived to find Liz barely
alive, a small red spec on the mountain, and
had plucked her to safety. She had not wanted
to be rescued, she had wanted to be drawn
through the air, to soar, be free of her loss.
And yet here she was, reliving the memories,
and trying to face and resolve the unfinished
business that awaited her at the entrance to
the Demon's Pass. She had wanted to feel again
the thrill of the high passes, away from all the
petty earthly cares and worries. Just her and
the rocks, and the high aspect she wished she
had on life.
During the next few days, her trek had taken
her along a dangerous and trying route; she
was testing herself to the limits. On the fifth
day, she reached the pass. She knew she had
to do this. Strapping on her safety gear, she
forced herself onwards, this time without a ra-
dio. Edging along the narrow path, her heart
was in her mouth as the view below greeted
her. Keeping her eyes on the skyline, she continued, her legs shaking as they slid sideways
along the grey rock. Sweat trickled along her
neck, and she felt the safety gear bite into her
thighs. Suddenly her hand hit a cold metal
object. Looking down, she saw the metal barrier across the section of broken rock, and felt
her limbs falter in relief.
narrower than usual, that's all."
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Ned Kelly and the Burning of Glenrowan
Hotel by Joe Lennox
Making her way out of the pass and back onto
wider ground, her legs buckled and she fell, a
sense of profound release, of something
achieved and resolved sweeping over her.
A sound of rotors filled the air, and clipped
voices mingled over her into a mush of dreamy
reality, and finally, blissful sleep. Once again
Allan's face flashed before her eyes, and
through her delirium, she saw the promise of
the future that those blue eyes held.
It was several days before Liz awoke to find
herself surrounded by white walls, and in a
bed that was not hers, between white, bleached
sheets. She could not remember how she had
become to be here, even though she knew it
involved spinning rotors and oxygen masks.
A small rotund nurse waddled in, interrupting her musings.
"Ah, back with us then. How d'you feel? It
seems this is your second time with us", she
said in thickly Irish accented tones.
"How...?" Liz began.
"I mean, traipsing around on rocks, what were
ye thinlcin', what with the pregnancy so advanced and all"? Liz just stared blankly.
"What, didn't you know? Gosh. Young people these days. Anyway, if you need me, just
yell." With that she bustled out, leaving Liz to
her thoughts.
Her heart swelled, and she understood Allan's
promise.
Ned Kelly Hangs by Patrick Moore
Camouflage Tiger by Emily Kozera
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Neither of my brothers, nor me, had the patience to wan-
The Last Visit
der in behind Mum and Dad, so we ran ahead, turned
left and momentarily paused to face Gran. It was disturbing seeing our grandmother, normally energetic and
by John Nash, Year 10
On the drive to hospital, my mind began to wander, and
I found myself contemplating the humdrum business of
the urban streetscape unfolding outside our carload of
subdued passengers. It seems uneventful and content.
Then I realised I had allowed my thoughts to slip, and
my emotions to be temporarily forgotten and I felt a surge
independent, lying immobilised in a foreign bed and with
a large bag of morphine, elevated above her head - as if
symbolising defeat. However these thoughts were short
lived as in an instant, the strange room seemed familiar
and the old woman in her bed was now Gran. Through
an eternally unforgettable smile of affection.
of guilt. I forced myself to concentrate on the joyous
memories I had shared with Gran.
"Hello darlings", she said, retaining her smile.
Requiring no prompt, all three of us leapt to her bed,
smothering her with innocent hugs and kisses. Gran
The news of Gran's cancer had come one afternoon after school. After the tedious routine of the bus trip,
watching the roadside flash by for an hour with my skull
pulsating on the window from the vibrations we raced
each other up the driveway. We were greeted at the front
door by our mother with a look on her face that could
only be described as remorse.
seemed a lot weaker than usual, although to no surprise.
Dad then entered the room, escorting Mum. She had tears
blurring her vision, poorly disguised with a smile of
mixed emotions. They proceeded as we had, although
slightly less energetically, to Gran's bedside. The nurse
smiled admiringly at the grouping and walked back out.
Dad parked the car in the semi-vacant car lot under the
signed headed "Visitors Parking". We got out of the car
Once the initial greetings were passed and the overwhelming feeling of being in Gran's presence had
and readjusted clothing and brushed hair to impress Gran.
dimmed, we sat around her bedside. Just conversing as
if nothing were wrong or out of the ordinary. It was only
This whole ordeal, had been the equivalent of an emotional game of Bingo only in reverse. The real cry of
Bingo came with the first telling of Gran's ill condition.
Then when particular numbers (memorable pastimes)
came to mind; short emotional outbursts occurred, often penetrating my tranquil outer shell through the trickling of tears and the uncontrollable sobs and sighs.
when Mum and Dad began to talk more seriously to
Gran, that I moved away to explore the room.
It was a small room, although large enough to seem com-
fortable and not claustrophobic . The fragrant sky blue
painted walls made the room seem welcome, although a
painting of a bunch of flowers acted as an embarrassing
reminder to any visitor of forgotten gifts.
As we approached the front doors of the hospital, I
glanced upwards, running my eyes across the dull grey
building, mentally guessing which windows belonged
to Gran's. Then one of the Bingo numbers was called,
causing a small breakdoWn m my mothers far from stable state The nurse who lead us to Gran'k room spoke
Gran called me back to her bedside and held out a withered yet soft hand, which I grasped in both of mine. She
of her with resneel_and- 4tpuctr-Iness-But the-nursezs-fganTik-niefeanOthing compared ta_how- I-saw
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told me of her fatigued condition and that she hoped
that my next visit would prove more fun. As this was
said, we both knew it to be unlikely or even impossible
that theie would be anothe visit, yet came to a mutual
agreement to leave it at that I sat there clutching the
soft hand of Gt an with a tear beginning its voyage down
my saddened face I felt a hand on my shoulder and the
soft voice of my mother urging me to let go.
As I placed Gian's handra, 6.nd stood avoiding speech,
the nurse walked in f'skesnnd done before, casually
and confidently She drew thecrepins back together.
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TAS Prefects 2001
Back row: John Bale, James Hall, Sam Bignell, Sven Harris, Alistair Mitchell, Matthew Donlan,
Richard Holcombe, Richard Bell, David Brain
Front Row: Gareth Foot, James Coulton, Nicholas Perry (Deputy Senior Prefect), Murray Guest (Headmaster),
Gareth Rickard (Senior Prefect), Grant Harris (Deputy Headmaster), Michael Penman,' (Deputy Senior Prefect),
Tim Wilson-Brown, Tim Voegeli
Valedictory Day Address
by Angus Sampson,
Old Boy, 92 Leaver
It is with deep humility and profound honour that I am
able to accept your invitation to speak here today.
It's possibly the most flattering offer I've had since having to pick tomato bits out of Natalie Imbruglia's teeth!
I'm sure the years spent extracting Jeff Postle's cornballs
from my own molars helped. In fact, now that I think
about it, I do believe she hasn't had a hit single since...
I wasn't sure how I'd be introduced, so I tossed up the
idea of printing out my CV for you all and showing some
holiday snaps of a recent trip to Turkey and the Czech
Republic, but I scrapped that idea when I ran outta staples... Besides, I'd already exceeded the Qantas baggage allowance with the 4 slide projectors.
In chatting with you today, I realised the most difficult
thing for me to decide, besides releasing my own 15
month calender.., was what exactly I should talk about?
Do I mention my first foray into professional acting in
Sydney 1995? Then I thought, a cross-dressed 20 year
old bloke in a sequined kaftan with a silver grey beehive wig miming 'I will survive' as Alan Jones and Con
the Fruiterer paraded astride two elephants.., was hardly
relevant.
I thought perhaps I could teach you all about how to
get a job on Commercial Radio,., as it's nearly
ROCTOBER and that means a huge block of rock followed by some fantastic prizes as we've got icy, cold cans
of Coke and Big Ben pies to giveaway.., but who really
wants to find the rock patrol so you get to mix with Deb
Conway.
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I thought that if you're about to celebrate finishing
school.., maybe you'd wanna hear some party stories...
Like my first TV Logie Award night, whereby I ended
up on stage with an inebriated Derryn Hinch singing
'Take me to the April sun in Cuba' as Dragon played
and the girls from Heartbreak High rap danced around
me. Suprisingly I was invited back the following year
and proceeded to outdo myself.
I allegedly sang with Isaac Hayes, aka the Chef from
South Park, to his theme song of the 70's black
eploitation film 'Shaft', whilst in the male latrines. I
wouldn't have believed it myself had I not heard a recording of it on Melbourne's Triple M.
Having I/D many a muso, I felt the story of the band
'Reef' fighting one another at the ABC, and eventually
throwing hot tea at each other, could rate a mention.
Or the time when the Metallica lads attacked their own
drummer with their guitars. The ambo's arrived and the
recording was postponed. But these stories happen all
the time.
I figured if I chatted about my own time at TAS in which
I took my first steps into adulthood and I'm not referring to Dai Griffiths and Jeremy Dawson's birthday party
nor the weekend my 20 year old sister picked 12 of us
up in a bright orange VW with an 8 post too-bar which
belonged to a mate of hers named 'Pus'. I'll never forget
Mr Graham's face as we roared off.
But I realised my anecdotes may not be relevant for you
guys about to sit your exams... I mean how is phoning
my family from the public phone in Tyrrell without any
credit and screaming Angus before it cuts out, to signal
the phone was free and they should call, gunna help
Q.5 on your Biology exam.
And that was a concern of mine...
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I didn't, and don't, wish to stand here waxing lyrical
about what a great school this is...I'l1 save that for '0'
week. You guys already know. Deep down you already
know. This place has nurtured all of us. These teachers,
your parents, they've guided and taught us.
We are encouraged to sample everything, to risk failure
for the attainment of experience and knowledge.
People live whole lifetimes and never pull on a Bushfire
I know... I've dined with Nobel Peace Prize winner,
Jose Ramos Horta and discussed beard grooming with
Kenny Rogers. How is that possible?
There are so many wonderful happenings and so many
brilliant people providing so many astounding moments
in our lives, in spite of what may seem otherwise.
Embrace it.
Brigade hardhat. They've never sung for strangers or
The World is such an amazing place.
paddled the Hawkesbury or even judged poultry.
Travel it. Observe it.
They spend their lifetimes not one week or a couple
of months but entire lifetimes, 80 years never know-
Our identity is our parents' greatest invention and our
most important trait. It should never be undervalued.
ing cadets, surf lifesaving, pioneers, o/s trips, Valla even!
I mean, who can honestly claim they've ever spent a
night in those dodgy bungalows in Valla for a House
weekend and lived.
Everyone in this room has changed mankind, whether
it is a simple sneeze or losing one's virginity or attending the family holiday in Port Macquarie
Where you are about to go is a pressured situation, your
first of many. Your family will respect that.
And I'm sure in some cases ALL 3 at once.
But you've something 78% of NSW students don't, and
I'm not talking about solar powered calculators.
I'm referring to 24 hour teachers. These men and women
are available beyond lesson times. Drain them dry.
They know the Q's, but you've got the answers.
Be You. Be Proud. I am, and your teachers and family
are.
A wise man once said:
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU WASTE IT!
May your exams and lives go for an Eternity.
Thank you for your time.
Have faith in yourself and those around you. If you find
that faith waivering...(as all creatives do...), have a look
around. Think about all you've achieved. All the things
you've seen and learnt, recognize all the people that love
and care for you.
Measure it in a variable that is important to you... you'll
be inspired.
Once again, thank you for your invitation today. There
are any number of TAS Old Boys who could stand before you today and talk of success and rising against the
odds. People inspire people, nature inspires people, but
in the end it comes down to you the individual and
that's the beauty of life.
Self-belief can fall a mountain, cure diseases and even
walk on the moon, or in my case, land a job on National TV and Radio.
But is that all I want? No.
I still harbour dreams of pulling on a Wallaby jumper...
one I've earnt... not one I've bought for $20 in a Hong
Kong market that's missing the second 1' in Australia.
I hope to perform in theatre both in New York's Broadway and London's West End. I hope to master more than
3 languages outside of gibberish and music. I long to
have a great big family full of love and enthusiasm that
I can give weird names to, such as the 3 breeds of cattle
my Dad named me after.
I want these things. Hopefully I'll realise them.
Whatever it is you want to do
Wherever you want to go
Whoever you want to meet...
It is possible (don't ever accept otherwise).
Above: Valedictory Day speaker; Angus Sampson and
2001 Senior Prefect, Gareth Rickards
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Year 12 Academic Prizes
English Advanced
Tim Wilson-Brown
English Standard
Tim Voegeli
(Ken McConville Memorial Prize)
Year 12 Special Prizewinners
The Rawson Cup
Gareth Rickards
(Best All-Round Prefect)
The Brad Fenner Prize
(For Deputy Senior Prefect)
Michael Penman
Nicholas Perry
English Extension
Richard Bell
Mathematics
Tim Wilson-Brown
(Yr 12 Leadership and Service) Gareth Rickards
Simon Halt
The G A Fisher Prefect's Prize
(All-Round Achievement)
Richard Bell
(Mottershead Memorial Prize)
Mathematics General
(EP Spencer Memorial Prize)
The Keith Lawrance Memorial Prize
The Peter Beit Prize
John Bate
Biology
Nick Allan
(Achievement in several Fields)
Chemistry
Nicholas Perry
The Anthony Kent Biggs Memorial Prize
Physics
Nicholas Perry
(Leadership among the Juniors)Tim Wilson-Brown
Modem History
Michael Penman
Gareth Rickards
The Ruth Langford-Smith Memorial Prize
(An Award for Character)
Kelvin Soo
(Blomfield Memorial Prize)
The Celia Skeggs Memorial Shield (Achievement
through perserverance)
Adam Bashford
Modem History Extension
Nicholas Perry
Gareth Rickards
Business Studies
Michael Penman
Geography
Christopher Rowe
(New England Travel Centre Prize) (Yr 11Accelerant)
Economics
John Bale
The Andrew Beattie Co-Curricular Prize
(For Outstanding Contribution)Sven Harris
N K Moffatt Shield
(Best All-Round Sportsman)
David Brain
Michael Penman
The Rotary Prize for Citizenship
Tim Voegeli
(Mark Drinkwater Memorial Prize)
Higinbotham Prize
Agriculture
(Dos of the School in 2000, awarded on the results of the
2000 HSC)
Richard Holcombe
(Sinclair Trophy for Excellence and Effort in Agriculture)
Thomas Abbott
Information Processes &. Technology
Tim Wilson-Brown
(Michael E Hoskins Prize)
Software Design & Development
(Michael E Hoskins Prize)
Tim Wilson-Brown
Design & Technology
James Coppock
Visual Arts
Richard Neil
(Helen Magoffin Memorial Prize)
Drama
Gareth Rickards
Music
Richard Bell
PE/H/PD
David Brain
(MaIlam's Pharmacy Prize)
Hospitality Industry Studies
Tim Voegeli
Information Technology
Sven Harris
Metal Industry Studies
Andrew Moore
Primary Industry Studies
Adam Bashford
Academic Achievement Prizes
Michael Fussell
Kelvin Soo
Alex Welfield
UNE Science Prize
Tim Wilson-Brown
(Achievement-Science SI' Maths)
UNE Prize for Excellence Tim Wilson-Brown
(Best HSC Assessment)
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Above: Tin Wilson Brown, who was awarded the UNE
Prize for Excellence, along with prizes in Advanced
English, Mathematics, Information Processes and
Tecnology, UNE Science, the Anthony Kent Biggs
Memorial Prize and the Dr Kent Hughes Prize
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Headmaster's Speech Day
Address
Mr Alfred Boll, Mayor Brian Chetwynd, My Lord
Bishop, Mrs Beasley, Members of School Council, special guests, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 107"
Speech Day of The Armidale School.
We celebrate this morning a year of growth and significant achievement for the School and we have much to
be thankful for.
For the second consecutive year, student numbers in
the School have grown in each term. The junior School
is now larger than it has ever been and again this year
boarding numbers have grown significantly through the
course of the year. This year has also seen the full development of our Middle School as it encompassed Year
8 classes and was reflected in a dedicated Middle School
boarding house for the first time. It is expected that our
enrolments will be higher again next year. This ringing
endorsement from a growing community is very heartening indeed.
Above: Headmastm; Murray Guest, with Sam Bignell
(left) and Gareth Foot (right), both of whom reeived
Prizes for Citizenship
General Prizes for Citizenship
Sam Bignell, Nicholas Carrigan, James Coulton,
Matthew Dorrian, Gareth Foot, Simon Halt,
Richard Holcombe, Blake Noonan
Howard Tolhurst Memorial Essay Prize (Economics)
Michael Fussell
Ian Brooke Memorial Prize (Choir)
Richard Bell
Hadley White Prize (Creative Writing)
Gareth Rickards
May Wills Magoffin Memorial Prize (Design in Arc)
Adam Strahle
Dr Kent Hughes Prize (Christian Service)
Tim Wilson-Brown
Cecil Hill Memorial Prize (Contribution to Music)
Gareth Rickards
Blake Noonan
Oxley Medical Laboratory Prize
Sam Bignell
(Innovation in Science or Design)
Jim Graham Drama Prize (Best contribution to
Drama)
Gareth Rickards
Roger Bailey Memorial Prize (Musical Drama)
Nicholas Hutton
Brendan Vickers Memorial Prize
(Individual Excellence)
Simon Topp n
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Our ability to meet the needs of this growing community, particularly in boarding, is dependent on our facilities and I again find that we are very grateful indeed
for the support of the TAS Foundation. At its most
recent board meeting, the Foundation resolved to pro-
vide $250,000 for the improvement of the School's
Other Special Awards
Service to the Band
A part of the growth in our student numbers has come
from the overseas community. These students bring a
cultural richness and diversity to our school which has
been welcomed. In order to better serve the needs of
these students, TAS has established its own language
centre which allows students to focus on intensive English language classes, whilst gradually integrating into
mainstream subjects.
boarding houses. Work will commence during the coining holiday break and proceed through 2002. This work
is designed to ensure that our boarding facilities are appropriate for a school of this standing through the years
ahead. The Foundation continues to provide outstanding support for the School and I thank the Foundation
members and our benefactors for their efforts, foresight
and generosity.
Of course, whilst these new facilities directly benefit
students and add to the offering of the School, they are
not the critical determinants of success for the School
or its students. As I look over the achievements of the
past year, the focus is on opportunity and the encouragement to take it up. I spoke to our senior assembly
yesterday about my regular observation that there is a
close relationship between academic progress and involvement in a range of activities. The inevitable conclusion is that successful students are busy students. This
is equally true from Junior School right through to HSC
candidates.
The Speech Day booklet outlines the progress of the
year in a number of areas, including our excellent results in the 2000 HSC, strong academic results through
this year, continued development and success in the
creative and performing arts and our sporting record for
the year. I am again very proud of the achievements of
our students across the school and feel myself privileged
to work within this community.
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However, to focus too keenly on a list of results or the
individual achievements of a few is to miss the real
measure of our success as a school. Our aim is to promote the development of each individual student and
thus our measure of success must be within the individual. The success in meeting this goat is easily seen,
but not easily measured. It is expressed in happy students, growth in confidence, willingness to take on new
challenge, compassion and support of others and the
motivation to do one's best.
Schools offer a great deal of advice to students on how
they might be more successful. Offering advice is something of an occupational hazard for teachers. Again this
year I was struck by a common element in the advice
offered in final reports: - to 'take opportunities offered
"To improve teachers' skills and understandings and
enhance the status of teachers through teacher professional development and the further development of professional standards."
I thoroughly applaud this initiative as I think it is high
time that teachers were recognised in a professional body
with an established set of standards in the same manner
as a number of other professions.
However, I do offer a note of caution. The creation of
such standards will only measure the achievement of
the bottom benchmark. They will inevitably focus on
measurable outcomes, very largely in the classroom. In
doing so, they will miss much of what is most important
in teaching.
to you'. This came through in advice on academic
It was Albert Einstein who said:
progress, leadership, breadth of involvement in activities, community service and even social. interaction. It
is a fundamental belief of this school that success is derived from taking opportunities, no matter how daunting they may be.
"Education is not about fitting up a cup. It is about
Most of us probably subscribe to theories of effort and
perspiration leading to success. Just as important though
is being where the opportunities are. As the great mod-
em philosopher Woody Allen has said: "80% of success is showing up." At schools such as this, the equiva-
lent of showing up is putting your hand up to be involved and, in an educational sense, the involvement
itself will guarantee success. The wonderful production
of Joseph seen over the last 3 days highlighted this. With
students from Year 3 through to Year 11 it was truly a
school production. It showed the wonderful creativity
that resides in so many of our students.
Of course the opportunities for involvement come from
teachers, very often as they are sharing their passion for
a particular activity with their students. Across the
world though, teachers are a much maligned lot. Very
early in our careers we learn to deal with comments such
as; "those who can do and those who can't, teach".
Teachers do seem to be an easy target. After all, we
have all had teachers and most of us have more than a
few very funny tales of the extraordinary behaviour of
certain teachers.
I am heartened by the moves in government action,
academic research and even the media to start to give
credit where credit is due. Good reason for this is found
in Dr Ken Rowe's recent study of 270,000 VCE students.
This highly regarded study found that the variance in
educational performance of school students is influenced:
6% by the school
35% by the student and
59% by the teacher.
In this analysis, the quality of any school is a reflection
of its teachers.
The federal government has recognised this in its support for the development of professional teaching standards as part of the 'Teachers for the 21" Century' program. The objective, in regard to teaching standards is:
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igniting a spark!"
This becomes self evident when any of us, students or
adults, reflect on the critical moments in our own education and the teachers that made a real difference to the
people we are today. Those teachers were surely the
ones who struck a cord with us, who worked with us to
inspire our imagination, who helped us to believe that
there is more in us than we might have imagined.
To believe that teachers can always do those things in
the confines of the classroom and regular school hours
is folly. Significant moments come for students when
their personal boundaries are stretched and they must
search for that extra something which is inside everyone. At a school such as this, we look for those opportunities everywhere we can; in the outdoors, on stage
performing, on the sporting field, in leadership courses
and, of course, in the academic arena.
We are fortunate indeed to have a teaching staff at TAS
which believes in these higher ideals; in the importance
of igniting the spark; in reaching for the potential of
each and every student. I invite you to join with me in
offering our thanks to this very fine teaching staff.
I am sorry to say that, as the year comes to a close, we
farewell a number of such teaching and administrative
staff from TAS and I take this opportunity to publicly
thank them.
David and Helen Toppin depart TAS and
Armidale to take up teaching positions at the
Australian International School in Singapore.
David, an old boy of TAS, first began teaching at the
School in 1972 and has filled many roles over the
time, including day and boarding housemaster, cadet
officer, coach and, very significantly, bus driver.
Helen Toppin came to TAS just two years ago to
join our Drama Department and this year took up
the role as Middle School home room teacher as
welt.
Lois and Rob Warden retire from TAS to move to
Korora Bay. Lois has been Secretary to four TAS
Headmasters since starting at the School in 1974.
Already I feel that her departure is a great loss to me
as well as the School. Rob, who has already made
several unsuccessful attempts to retire, now leaves
TAS from his position as teacher of Primary Industry
Studies after 6 years at the School.
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Belinda Anstock retires from TAS to move with
her husband Jon to Gosford after 20 years serving
the School in the Administrative area and particularly looking after the organisation of Old Boys
activities and the School archives.
under the direction of Mr Greg Schaeffer will have it in
Mrs Elizabeth Woolaston came to TAS 12 years
ago and has led our English Department and, more
recently, the HSIE Department as well. She has also
filled important roles in community service and the
organisation of socials. Mrs Woolaston moves with
her husband to Brisbane where she will take up a
teaching position at West Moreton Anglican
College.
they have provided funds for facilities and activities,
including the purchase of a much needed new bus. I
take this opportunity to thank our outgoing P&P President, Mrs Sally Rowe and her executive for their support and I welcome our new President Mrs Annette
Mr Rob Forsberg leaves TAS with his family after 6
years of teaching to move to the Central Coast
where he will take up a Science and Agriculture
teaching position in the State sector in Gosford. Mr
Forsberg has been responsible for managing the
school farm and organising the exhibiting of TAS
cattle at shows around the country in addition to his
teaching of Agriculture.
Miss Lisa Perry departs from after 3 years teaching
in our Junior School to take up a position at
SCEGGS Darlinghust in Sydney.
Finally, Dr Jonathan Watson departs from TAS
after just one year teaching in our Science and
Mathematics departments. Dr Watson will take up a
Science teaching position at O'Connor.
Please join me in thanking our departing staff for their
very many contributions over what is cumulatively 101
years of service to TAS and wishing them every success
for the future.
top condition for the next winter. We have also benefited again this year from the contributions of our P&P.
Their generosity and efforts have provided support at
every significant school function through the year and
Cassidy whom I look forward to working with very much.
Next year initiatives will be introduced in a number of
areas:
Our chapel services will move from recess each
week to a full period each fortnight to provide the
opportunity for better reflection, learning and
worship in this element of our Christian purpose.
Pastoral arrangements for day students will see a
shift of focus toward the role of the tutor, with
greater contact for tutor groups each week and more
emphasis on academic monitoring and support.
Mr Hall, our lateral thinking Director of Studies,
has developed a new aviation studies course which
will lead to a commercial pilot's licence and a
number of our students have already elected to study
this course.
There is much to look forward to in the coming year
and in the meantime I thank you and wish you well for
a holy and happy Christmas and pray that our Lord keeps
you safe wherever you may be over the holiday break.
David Toppin, in making a typically David Toppin address to the School yesterday, drew the analogy of teach-
ers in schools, to a fist in a bucket of water that is,
they might make a big splash while they are there, but
when they leave the gap is quickly filled. It may well be
true that the school replaces the teacher, but what the
analogy misses is the tasting impact of the powerful
teacher on generations of young people.
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This year we also sadly farewell our Chairman of Council, Mrs Elizabeth Beasley. Mrs Beasley has been a member of the Council for ten years and Chairman for two.
Prior to that, she was President of the P&P and in total
has been involved in the School for 21 years. I will
miss Mrs Beasley's wise counsel and support both personally and professionally and ask you to join me in taking this opportunity to thank her for her wonderful support of this school.
In similar vein I would like to thank the School Council collectively for their generosity in taking on the great
responsibility of governing this school and I echo the
thanks of Mrs Beasley to Mr Hugh Cameron and his
contribution to the Property Committee. The support
of the Council has been unfailing over the past year
and I have greatly admired their breadth of talents and
the efforts they have made to secure the position of the
School in the long term.
We will commence 2002 from a very good base indeed.
Our gardens and grounds are looking the best they ever
have, very largely as a result of the excellent work of
our gardener Mrs Marie Ashmore and work on backfield
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Above: Headmaster, Murray Guest, with Mrs Libby
Beasley, who retired as Chairman of Council at the
end of 2001
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Senior School Prizes
Years 9-11
Year 9
English
Mathematics
Benjamin Ward
Timothy Rowe
(Mottershead Memorial Prize)
Science
Timothy Rowe
(Lochhead Memorial Prize)
History
Luke Brattoni
Geography
Benjamin Ward
Commerce
Brendan Sharpe
Agriculture
Brendan Sharpe
(Kenneth Caldwell Memorial Prize)
Mathematics Extension
Christopher Rowe
Mathematics General
Benjamin Hall
Biology
James Holliday
Chemistry
Christopher Rowe
(Alexander Miln Thomson Prize)
Physics
Christopher Rowe
Modem History
Jonathon Peatfield
(BlormieklMemorial Prize)
Ancient History
Alexander Wallace
Business Studies
Phillip Pain
Geography
Lachlan Abbott
Economics
Christopher Rowe
Agriculture
Craig Leggett
(G E Forster Memorial Prize)
Design & Technology
Timothy Rowe
Technics
Christopher Herd
Music
Lachlan O'Donnell
Visual Art
Oliver Gill
Drama
Byron Spencer
PD/Health/PE
lain Hall
Software, Design & Development
Jamie Stanley
Sports Science
Dougal Eliott
IPT
French
Timothy Rowe
Hospitality Industry Studies
Stuart King
(Alliance Francaise Prize)
Metal Industry Studies
Joshua Steele
Primary Industry Studies Samuel Clark
Design Sz. Technology
Bradley Granfield
Information Technology Cameron Griffin
Phillip Pain
English
William Wright
Music
Sriram Rao
(Cecil Hill Memorial Prize)
Mathematics
John Nash
Visual Arts
Alexander Wallace
Drama
Benjamin Sutton
PD/Health/PE
James Holliday
Year 10
(Blaxland Memorial Prize)
Science
Andrew Bell
Geography
Andew Bell
History
Charles Perry
(Robert Baker Memorial Prize)
Commerce (joint)
Scott MacDougall
Timothy Rowe (Yr 9)
Japanese
J in Ho Han
(The Japan Foundation Prize)
French
John Nash
(Alliance Francais)
Agriculture
Special Prizes
UNE Science/Maths Prize
(Yr 10 student with best overall achievement in Maths
L uke Davis
and Science)
Adam Munro Memorial Prize
(for Citizenship Year 9)
William Forsythe
Carson Shield
William Moss
(Achiever's Award Year 10)
The John Montgomery Prize
Scott MacDougall
(F W Nivison Memorial Prize)
(All-Round Achievement Year 11)
Christopher Rowe
Armidale Freemasons' Prize
Phillip Pain
Design & Technology
Andrew Bell
Technics
Dylan Rixon
Music
James Bell
Australian Poll Hereford Society Shield
Visual Art
Christopher Moffitt
Drama
William Wright
(For Personal Achievement and Dedication to the
Schools Poll Hereford Stud)
PD/Health/PE
Thomas Murray
Sports Science
Lachlan Johnson
(for Excellence in Community Service - Snr)
Joshua Steele
The GPS Old Boys Unions' Councils' Award
(Shooting)
James Bondfield
(For outstanding GPS Representation)
Year 11
English Extension
English Standard
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Christopher Rowe
Rajendra Perpetual Trophy
(for Debating)
Christopher Rowe
James Bondfield
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The Arm idale School
Annual Speech Day,
6 December, 2001
Address by Alfred M Boll
Representative and Legal Adviser
International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC), Sydney
Chairman, Mrs Libby Beasley, Mayor, my Lord Bishop,
Councillors, Headmaster, distinguished guests, parents,
teachers, students. Allow me first to remark to you stu-
dents that I didn't place you last on that list because
you are the least important people here; far from it. In
fact, the topics I would like to address today are adult
ones (although not in the sense of SBS so don't get your
hopes up boys) and I intend to speak to you today as
adults and responsible members of the community. Issues of armed conflict, violence, and how human beings treat one another, are of concern to all of us. In
many countries around the world there are boys and
girls your age and younger who are involved in conflicts
as members of the armed forces or guerilla groups, often
pressed into service, who don't have the opportunity of
an education such as yours, or even a peaceful life.
It is a pleasure and indeed an honour for me to address
you today, and to take part in this Annual Speech Day
and prize presentation. Having read a good deal about
the history of TAS in Jim Graham's most impressive
work "A School of their Own", just as I was trying to
learn something about the history of early Australian
settlement, the distinction of being here today is a very
real one for me.
I had the welcome opportunity of visiting TAS two years
ago and speaking to several classes. Unfortunately I was
called away at short notice, to assist in the Red Cross
response to the hostage-taking of Fijian parliamentarians. I was very impressed by all students I met at TAS,
although I enjoy recalling my interaction with some of
the younger students in particular, as through their understanding and vision they reconstructed the Geneva
Conventions from scratch with me, without opening a
book. Sadly, we must always ask ourselves whether the
Geneva Conventions, which protect those not taking
part in hostilities, wounded soldiers, the sick, and most
importantly civilians, are still part and parcel of our
convictions and sense of how the world should work. It
was inspiring to have the boys of TAS demonstrate their
intelligence and understanding in such a convincing
way.
As you know, I represent the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC). One should be careful not to
confuse ICRC with ICAC, or the Internal Commission
Against Corruption. During my former posting in Hong
Kong when! announced myself over the telephone there
would often be a barely audible gasp and then silence.
At the very least the abbreviation was good for getting
people's attention.
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The ICRC is the founding body of today's world-wide
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,
and the part of the Red Cross with a mandate in international law to work in situations of armed conflict,
whether international or non-intemational, and in situations of internal tensions or disturbances. You will no
doubt have seen our delegates and personnel on your
television screens recently and over the years. And of
course many Australians have distinguished themselves
in their service to the Red Cross.
Lest you be prepared to settle into your chairs expecting a talk about current Red Cross activities in Afghanistan or other topical contexts of war or violence, let me
apologise in advance for disappointing you. The honour of having been invited to address this assembly has
in fact led me to reflect on many issues in terms of my
own life and schooling, and how it is that we progress as
human beings into a world of decisions for which we
may or may not be prepared. I wonder how many of you
here are as inwardly surprised as I when looking at these
young men so full of promise and potential, thinking
that my own school days don't seem so far away; how is
it that I've all of a sudden become so old?
Boys, I'm sure you have been told this before, so, forgive me: you are lucky to be at this school. Of course
one can obtain a good education anywhere, but being
at a school with a commitment to a well-rounded education certainly gives one a head-start. One may see
schooling in many different ways, indeed one may look
at the aims of education in various ways. I'm sure that
some of you feel that the aims of education are to persecute you personally in ways probably forbidden under
some international treaty. But all pleasantries aside,
you're not going to get another go at this, and it's up to
you to make the most of TAS and what the school has
to offer you. And I'm sure that I'm not destroying any
closely-held illusions when I say that this is because TAS
is providing you with two main things as you get ready
to enter the wider world. Firstly, specific information
and knowledge which will also inform your views of life;
and secondly, and I think much more importantly, the
training which will allow you to think about the world
and the decisions facing you, the ability to challenge
even cherished beliefs as critical and interactive thinkers. Decisions await in all spheres of life: decisions about
politics and choosing those who lead on the people's
behalf in our democratic society; decisions about your
personal path and the life you will lead; and decisions
about what sort of a world it is we live in. I personally
have come to believe that most questions in life are made
up of shades of grey, rather than black or white.
Current issues related to humanitarian action are ready
examples of why members of any society have to be prepared and willing to challenge their beliefs, or stand by
them. I'm sure you know that the Red Cross as an institution is one that has a policy of strict neutrality, that is
we don't get involved in debates of a political or ideological nature, only humanitarian issues. But what are
humanitarian issues in Australia and the world today,
and where do we draw the line between humanity and
politics? Do many of the issues of our day which provoke such controversy in society, asylum seekers, refugees, terrorists, war, have both political and humanitarian components? How do we separate them? How do
we decide about what we think is right and wrong?
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I certainly can't provide you with any answers, but I
can tell you a little about how the Red Cross approaches
humanitarian issues. It's up to you to decide what you
think about all this.
"Humanity" is the first Fundamental Principle, of seven
Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross. This principle states that the Red Cross' purpose is to prevent and
alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found, to
protect life and health, and to ensure respect for the
human being. It is clear that there is certainly no basis
to assume that the underlying need for humanitarianism is in danger of disappearing. Unfortunately, this is
far from the case. But we would do well to ask ourselves
whether the society in which we live reflects this humanitarian ethos, and examine developments which
might challenge it.
Do we really believe that all people deserve respect, that
life as such must be protected, that all human suffering
must be addressed? All people? Even the unpopular, the
disliked, the worst criminals? The Red Cross does. For
us, the principle of humanity (and our work) has nothing to do with opinions about "good" and "bad" people,
or issues of innocence or guilt, just the needs of human
beings in terms of preserving life and health.
Although I would like to believe that we all share this
most basic vision of the treatment of human beings
found in international humanitarian law, something I
like to call the lowest common denominator of notions
of human rights. Sadly, I am not convinced that when
challenged, even these most basic values cannot be
threatened by events and emotions. And bear in mind
that every government, every state, has confirmed these
ideas, which are the basis of humanitarian action by the
Red Cross, through the Geneva Conventions and other
international treaties and instruments.
In addition to challenges to the idea that all human
beings deserve fundamental respect as such, there are
plenty of practical challenges to our work. Let me cite
just two of them as examples: intense media coverage
of some conflicts, and complete inattention to others;
the so-called "tyranny of the sound bite". How can we
raise awareness of humanitarian issues and needs when
no one will listen for more than 15 seconds? We all
know that no issue can be dealt with fairly in 15 seconds. What about when issues with humanitarian consequences have been dealt with unfairly in the public
arena? How are we to respond? Another example in
my opinion, which may not be readily evident, is the
direct involvement of governments and the United
Nations in humanitarian work, often at the same time
as they seek to implement political goals.
The use of military and armed forces by governments
and the United Nations to implement political and humanitarian projects at the same rime can be a big challenge to a completely neutral and independent humanitarian body such as the ICRC.
For the Red Cross, the definition of what it means to be
a humanitarian, is separate from, but complementary
to, the way in which it goes about performing humanitarian work. What might be called the ICRC's "operational" principles, are those of impartiality, neutrality,
and independence. And, each of these comes under
siege, from time to time, by various factors and pressures, including the challenges 1 just listed.
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The principle of impartiality seems innocuous on its face.
Who could disagree that humanitarians should never
discriminate except on the basis of need? Yet like the
principle of humanity, is it too far-fetched not to imagine that when challenged, any society can decide that
its own get the first helping?
Neutrality also seems a nice thing on the surface, until
parties to a conflict realise what it really is, not taking
sides in issues they feel strongly about. The Red Cross is
neutral not because neutrality in itself is a nice idea,
but because it provides for access to the victims on all
sides of any conflict. Neutrality gets good bitting because it is often associated with nice things related to
Switzerland: chocolate, chalets, Heidi, and quality
watches. But it is not a nice thing per se; it is a practical
tool that gives the Red Cross access to the victims who
need our protection and assistance. And victims of situations of violence do need our protection. In some places
a visit and registration by the ICRC means a chance at
survival, a chance of not disappearing. And to independence the Red Cross is independent of governments, and believes that humanitarian service must resist any interference, whether political, ideological or
economic, capable of diverting it from the course of
action laid down by the requirements of humanity, impartiality and neutrality.
Likewise, independence means independence vis-a-vis
public opinion, where necessary, and governments' response to it. This principle is most certainty challenged
today, and pressure can come from any side which would
like us to do, or not to do, certain things, work in certain places, help or not, certain groups of people. For
example, and I'm sure you will excuse me for not being
specific in this case, let's take any group of people which
is unpopular. Should the Red Cross speak up on their
behalf the institution will most certainly be criticised,
even if we just want these people to be treated according to the minimum standards of treatment that we have
all already agreed upon in domestic and international
law. But the Red Cross shouldn't have to be popular; it
has to be efficient, and ideally representative of the wider
community's commitment to fellow human beings. But
this is hard when working with any unpopular group.
Just think of prisoners of war, captured enemies who
may have killed our own people, certainly, not a popular group. Perhaps it is exactly because they are unpopu-
lar that governments have recognised that they need
special protection. Of course this question of how society should treat unpopular groups and what protection
they should be afforded can be transposed into any context.
Ladies and gentlemen, barbarity remains a reality of our
times. More than ever before, the need for humanitarian action is manifest.
The challenges to humanitarian work are related to the
ways in which we seek to protect and assist, as well as
the need to emphasise our belief in humanitarianism
not withstanding barbarity. Conflict and violence would
unfortunately seem to have a bright future, and while I
do not want to end by saying that I hope that the Red
Cross does as well, it would be a better world if there
were no need for us to exist. We must continue to challenge ourselves on all fronts so as to protect and assist
the victims we serve.
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Thank you for having allowed me to speak to you about
these issues today. I have not wanted to proselytise, but
perhaps to provide a note of reminder, one we all need
from time to time (and I include myself in that) that
even in the best run of societies we need to respect and
protect all people, even those we dislike, or with whom
we disagree.
Of one thing I am sure, and that is that the boys assembled here today do indeed have a bright future. I wish
you well, and congratulate you all, including those who
have received prizes today. Thank you.
Alfred M Boll is the Representative and Legal Adviser of
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
at its Regional Delegation for the Pacific, based in
Sydney. He has worked for the ICRC for almost eight
years, including three years at the ICRC's Regional
Delegation for East Asia from 1995-97, which covers
mainland China, Mongolia, North and South Korea,
Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos
and Viemam, and he was in charge of the ICRC's office
in Hong Kong from 1996-97. Prior to this Alfred was
based at the 1CRC's Regional Delegation in Jakarta,
working in various parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and
East Timor, leading ICRC visits to detained persons.
During this time he was responsible for the ICRC's work
in Irian Jaya (West Papua).
Mr Boll is a lawyer, admitted in New South Wales,
where he is a non-practising member of the Law Society,
and to the Bars of the US States of California and
Wisconsin. He has a BA (Honours) degree in Political
Science from the University of Chicago, and the degrees
of JD (Law) and MA (Latin American and Iberian
Studies) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He
speaks several languages.
Senior Prefect's Speech
Day Address - Gareth Rickards
Headmaster, Guest of Honour Mr Alfred Boll, Bishop
Peter Brain, Members of the School. Council, Distinguished Guests, Staff, Students, Parents and Friends of
The Armidale School.
I consider it a great privilege cube able to speak to you
all at this the Speech Day in the 107" year of this proud
school. It is also a great privilege to have heard such
strong and meaningful sentiments from our Guest of
Honour today, Mr Alfred Bolt. I would like to thank Mr
Boll for his time and words today, his fine record is as
much a credit to him as he is to the Red Cross.
It is not my position to preach to you about the exceptional achievements of TAS, the Headmaster has already made these evident. Rather I would like to pay
my respects to those who have been architects to the
success at TAS this year and for many years, as such
valuable contributions are often forgotten or overlooked.
There is a unique aspect to TAS which could only exist
in a boarding school situation. This is the willingness of
the staff to get to know the boys on a personal level and
participate in their sporting and cultural development.
I would therefore like to thank the kitchen, administra-
tive, cleaning, maintenance and ground staff at TAS
for their ongoing dedication to their own jobs and their
valuable contributions to the school community.
Thanks must also go to the dedicated Housemasters who
work welt beyond their requirements to ensure the boys
experience a smooth and comfortable school life. A wise
man once said, "teachers are like dogs, they appear to
dominate, but if you throw them a bone, they'll fetch it
for you every time." Peculiar as his comparison may be,
it does capture the loyalty and dedication required to
be a teacher, very evident in the exceptional staff at
TAS. Teaching is a most honourable and under-rated
profession which requires strong and special personalities to be effective. We are very privileged to have such
a talented staff at TAS and to them a very special thank
you. Please keep entertaining, enriching and inspiring.
In particular thanks must go to the Headmaster, Mr
Murray Guest, and his loyal deputy Mr Grant Harris,
for their strong leadership of TAS, once again performing above and beyond expectations in order to create a
successful school environment. I would also like to thank
them for their assistance to the prefect body this year.
One man whom I believe deserves a special thank you
is Brother James, the school counsellor, who has constantly provided the boys with valuable emotional support, in particular during that difficult period in 1999.
Above: Mr Murray Guest with Mr Alfred Boll
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It seems a great pity that during this election year many
were trying to promote the ideal that those of us affiliated with a private school should be ashamed of our
elitist appearance, if only they understood the many
sacrifices made by so many of you to ensure your son
has a well-rounded education. I assure you parents, that
you have made the right decision and your support of
TAS is very much appreciated. I would like to personally thank my Mum and Dad, though they were the only
thing standing between me and what potentially could
have been the greatest Rugby career to grace the world
stage, their support and guidance has been invaluable.
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And to the outstanding, talented, colourful and diverse
group of young men with whom I have had both the
privilege and the honour to have shared my years at
TAS with, I would like to extend my most profound
and heartfelt thanks. The year 12 of 2001 was a collec-
tion of fine, upstanding individuals who uniquely
blended into a whole. It was a year group often living
in the shadows of the group above, thus modestly en-
We had the good fortune to have Old Boy, Mr Angus
Sampson as the guest speaker at our Valedictory Day.
In a very entertaining and encouraging address, Angus
spoke of the amazing advantages we have as students of
TAS. He pointed out, that TAS is not a school which
closes when the 3.30 bell rings, nor shuts its doors over
the weekend. Rather it is a school open all hours where
the staff are as much a part of any student's life, as are
joyed many successes which often passed with little recognition. It was a year group which understood, encour-
their mates. This is rare, and quite easy to take for
aged and nurtured each individual's talents and at-
ticipate in sporting and cultural pursuits as well as the
activities programs and such organisations as the Round
Square. I would encourage the boys not to take this for
granted, but rather for advantage and gain full benefit
from this unique attribute of our school.
tributes. We have always supported one another so well,
probably no better than during that fearful month in
1999 which saw, in very different circumstances, yet
equally as tragic, the deaths of two very much loved
friends in Brendan Vickers and Matthew Turner. I am
very proud of the way in which the year group came
together at this difficult point in time, a credit to all of
them. These two boys are still very much in our hearts
and minds and will never be forgotten. I would like to
thank Year 12, 2002 for their invaluable mateship which
has been a sure driving force for me personally and I
will always value the company of my good friends who I
love and respect greatly. I wish all these boys good luck
for the future and look forward to hearing of the successes of each individual.
These sentiments are also very much extended to the
rest of you, the school body, the nucleus of TAS. Today
is not only an occasion to honour the award winners, it
is a day to honour all of you, as you are all a valuable
part in the success of this great school. I thank you boys
for your dedication and spirit, for your good nature and
stimulating personalities and hope that I have been able
to fill my office as Senior Prefect to your satisfaction
and expectations. You are all talented young men, I
thank you for your commitment to your school and to
each other and wish you all the best for the future.
I wish to congratulate Johno Peatfield on his much deserved appointment as Senior Prefect for the coming
year. I have full respect for Johnno and wish him, the
rest of the new prefect body and Year 12, 2002, the best
of luck for next year. I shouldn't realty suggest my theory
to help you through the year, expect the worst so everything can only be good news, but I can urge you to work
hard, to strive to achieve, yet above all appreciate and
enjoy your final year.
TAS is a school built on many fine traditions, old fashioned as many of these may seem, this ceremonial aspect to TAS is well worth recognising and maintaining.
While it is good to see TAS changing, I believe there
are vital elements of the school's traditional past which
must be nurtured in order to ensure continuing success.
I bid all the boys here to maintain and extend the level
of school spirit. I believe when a student is proud of his
place in the school, then he will perform to a greater
standard, whether this be in the classroom, on the sporting field, on the musical or dramatic stage or simply in
social activities with fellow students. However, such
granted, as few other schools boast a staff willing to par-
In this regard I echo the sentiments of my predecessor
Sam Treloar, encouraging the boys to simply, 'get involved'. The education at TAS is not just a good academic one, but one that places you in good stead for
life. The life skills you will take from this school into
your later life will serve you well and you will be proud
and thankful to have them. Therefore, get involved in
as many, and as broad a range of activities as you can;
play for the 1" XV and sing in a choir, be a surf lifesaver
and join the school play, all of these activities are as
different as they are important.
However, as you get involved in such activities, please
don't do so merely for the acclaim, or recognition it will
ive you. This should never be the measure of success of
an activity rather, judge it by the personal satisfaction
it brings you. As I said in my address to the boarders at
their formal dinner in Term I, 'it's not what you get for
it, it's what you get from it.'
Yet above all, enjoy, appreciate and value the company
of your mates. Mateship creates many powerful bonds,
the qualities of which are unique in this, an Australian
society. The level of trust, respect and loyalty in true
mateship cannot be matched by any other agreement
and I urge you boys to truly cherish the relationships
you make at this school. Look out for your mates, work
with them and show them the full respect they show
you. For a friendly man is a popular man, and a popular
man is a happy man and happiness is what makes you
feel most satisfied and comfortable with your life.
As much as my simple words are worth, I hope I have
been able to provide you with something worthwhile
today. I realise I am hardly in the position to be offering valuable advice regarding how to lead a successful
life, however all I have said today have been lessons I
have been taught and they have served me well.
So I leave you with thanks for what has been a momentous year for me and some 50 odd proud others and offer
one last piece of advice, something told to me by Jim
Graham on my appointment to this office, simply, 'be
you'. Or as Shakespeare put it, 'This above all, to thine
own self be true.'
Best wishes, have fun and God bless.
spirit cannot be created by one man alone. This is evoked
when we gather en masse. Individual pursuits should be
encouraged and recognised, yet we must also be team
players, to come together and be recognised as a whole.
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Year 12
Foot, Gareth D
Leavers 2001
Abbott House
Barton, William R 1996-2001
Sports Council,
House Sports Co-Captain,
Athletic team (96); Cricket 2"
XI (98-99); Hockey 1" XI (9800), NE Rep (96-98); Rugby 1"
XV (00-01); Swimming team
(96, 99-00); Touch Football lsts
(01). SES First Aid (99), RLSSA
Bronze Med (00), Hawkesbury
Classic (00), SC (99)
Bicknell, Rohan
1997-2001
SRC,
House Sports Co-Captain,
Round Square C'tee (98-99), NZ
Exped (99), Exchange to
Lawrence School, India (99),
Athletic team (01); Basketball
2nds (99-01), Capt (01); Rugby
2" XV, V-Capt (01); Soccer 2"
XI (01); Touch Football lsts (0001) SES First Aid (98); RLSSA
Bronze Med (00) Drama/
Musicals (97-98); TAS Singers,
(99-00), Aviation Theory Crs
Holcombe, Richard J
1996-2001
Prefect,
House Vice Captain, SRC
Secretary Round Square C'tee
(01), International Conference
Canada (00) Rugby 2"d/1" XV
(01), Central North Rep. (9800); Touch Football lsts (01),
Referee's Cert (00), Referee (9901); Swimming team (96). SES
First Aid (99) Search &. Rescue
Cape (00) Drama/Musicals Stage
& Lighting Crew (96-99) Poll
Hereford Stud (98-00),
Debating/Public Speaking (99)
SC (99) Year 12 Agriculture
Prize, General Prize for
Citizenship (01)
(00), SC (99)
Bowman, Samuel J 1996-2001 Wigan Music
Scholarship, Rowing (98), SES
First Aid (99), RLSSA Bronze
Med (00), Chapel Choir (96),
Server (97-99), Drama/Musicals
SC (99)
Coulton, James R
The Annidalian 2001
1996-2001
Prefect,
House Captain, Special School
Scholarship, Rugby 2" XV (01);
Tennis 2^d IV, Capt (01); Touch
Football 1sts (01), TASCU
Corporal (99-00), SOS First Aid
Hawkesbury Classic,
Bronze Medal (00), SC (99),
General Prize for Citizenship
(01)
1996-2001
Prefect,
House Vice Captain, Wigan
Music Scholarship, Round
Square PNG Exped (99),
Hockey 1" XI (00-01), NE U17
XI (99), NSW CIS XI (00),
Silver Colours (01); Rugby 2"'
XV (01); Soccer 3rd XI (01);
Touch Football lsts Cape (0001), TASCU Sergeant (99), SES
First Aid (98), NSW RFS Basic
Firefighter's Cert (00), TAFE
Chainsaw Operations Course
(00), SES Volunteer (99-00),
Chapel Choir (00) Hawkesbury
Classic (00), Junior Debating
(97-98), Drama/Musicals (96-00)
Junior TAS Jazz (96), TAS Jazz
(99), Band Tour (00), Trumpet
Ensemble (99-00), Brass
Ensemble (99-00), SC (99),
General Prize for Citizenship
(01)
Hutton, Nicholas
1996-2001
Round Square
International Conference
Canada (00), Athletic team
(00); Basketball TAS 3 (00);
Rugby 2" XV (00-01);
Swimming team (96-97); Touch
Football TAS 2 (00), TASCU
Lance Corporal (98), SES First
Aid (99), RLSSA Bronze Meds
(00), Drama/Musicals Lead Roles
(96-01), TAS Singers (99-01),
Senior Vocal Ensemble (01),
Armidale Eisteddfod places (9601), Speech &. Drama
Scholarship Winner (99), R R
Bailey Memorial Musical Drama
Prize (99 & 00), Drama Gold
Honours (00), Drama Silver
Honours (01) SC (99)
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Penman, Michael P June 1998-2001,
Brain, David C
Deputy Senior Prefect
Soo, Kelvin
White House (98-00), SRC,
Sports Council, Colours C'tee,
Student Welfare C'tee, Round
Square C'tee (00-01), Canada
International Conference (00),
Athletic team (99); Cricket 1"
XI (98-01), Capt (01), Nthn
Tablelands U17 XI (00), Silver
Colours (00 & 01); Rugby 1" XV
(00-01), Capt (01), Schoolboys
XV, NE (00), NE U19 XV (01),
Silver Colours (00), Gold
Colours (01); Soccer 1" XI (9801); Swimming team (99-01);
Touch Football lsts (01), NSW
SES First Aid (99), RLSSA
Colours C'tee, SRC President,
Athletic team (00-01), Gold
Colours (01); Cricket 1" XI,
Silver Colours (01); Basketball
lsts (01); Hockey 1" XI ViceCapt. (00-01), Gold Colours
(00), U17 National champs,
(00); Soccer 1" XI (00-01),
Silver Colours (01); Tennis 2"
IV (00), RLSSA Bronze Meds,
(00/01), Instructor's Award (01).
Bronze Meds (00), Hawkesbury
Classic (99), Drama/Musicals
(99-00), SC (99), N K Moffatt
Shield, Year 12 Business Studies
Prize, Blomfield Mem Modern
History Prize, The Brad Fenner
Prize-Deputy Senior Prefect (01)
1998-2001, Croft House
Dean-Wallis, Donald
(98-00), Rugby 2" XV (01), SES
First Aid (00), NSW RFS Basic
Firefighter's Curt (00), TAFE
Chainsaw Operations Course
(00), DEAS Silver (01), SC (99)
Sports Council,
Basketball Ists (99-00), Referees
Course (98-9); Soccer Opens
(01); Tennis 1" IV, Capt. (01),
Silver Colours (01), TASCU
Sergeant (00), SC (99), Year 12
Academic Achievement Prize,
Ruth Langford-Smith Memorial
Prize (01)
Harris, Sven
1996-2001 Ross House (96-97)
Forster Scholarship, Search &
Rescue Deputy Captain (00),
SES First Aid (99), SC (99),
Year 12 Biology Prize
Bale, John B
Prefect,
1998-2001
Mackay Scholarship, Cricket 1"
XI (00-01), Silver Colours (01);
Hockey 1" XI (99-00); Soccer 2"
XI (01) Tennis 1" IV (00-01),
TASCU SUO (01), Guard (9899), Sword of Honour (01),
AAC NCO Course (98), CUD
Course (00), Adventure Training
Award (00) Aviation Student
Pilot wings (00), SC (99), Mark
Drinkwater Memorial Economics
Prize, Peter Beit Prize (01)
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Mallam's Pharmacy Prize for Year
12 PDHPE (01)
1996-2001
Broughton House
Allan, Nick J
Prefect,
2000-2001
Sports Council Secretary,
1991-2001, Green House (9697), Prefect, House Vice
Captain, Round Square PNG
Exped (99), National
Conference Southport (00),
Basketball TAS 3 (01);
Canoeing/Kayaking (98-01),
Capt (01); Volleyball TAS A
(01); Rugby 1" XV (00-01), Vice
Capt (01), Gold Colours (01);
TASCU CUO, 2IC (01), Guard
(98-01), Guard Commander
(01), Catafalque Shield,
McConville Sword (01); Chapel
Choir (96); Drama (00),
Hawkesbury Classic (98), DEAS
Gold (01); Guitar Ensemble
(99), SC (99), Year 12
Information Technology Prize,
Andrew Beattie Memorial Prize
(01)
Marlor, Nicholas S 1993-2001, Ross House (96-97),
Prep. School SRC (95-96),
Athletic team (01); Rugby 2"
XV (01); Rowing Squad (96-01),
2" Quad (97-98), 1" Quad (9899), Captain (00-01), TASCU
Acting Sergeant (01), SES First
Aid (99), DEAS Bronze (99),
Prep School Choir (93-95),
Junior TAS Jazz (96-97), Stage
Crew (98-00), SC (99)
The Aimidalian 2001
Noonan, Blake S
Wigan Music (St
2000-2001
Mackay Scholarships, SES First
Aid (00), Chapel Choir (00-01),
Big Band (trombone) (00-01),
TAS Singers (00-01), Senior
Vocal Ensemble (01), Music
Silver Colours (01), Music Gold
Honours (00), Service to Band
Award and General Prize for
Citizenship (01)
Mew-Sum, Brendon H 1996-2001, White House
(96-00), Athletic team (99-00);
Basketball TAS 1(00-01), Silver
Colours (01); Soccer Open (01);
Touch Football TAS 3 (00),
NSW RFS Basic Firefighter's
Cert (00), TAFE Chainsaw
Opertions Course (00), Drama/
Musicals (96-97), SC (99)
Neil, Richard A G 1997-2001, Ross House (97-00),
Round Square National Conf
Voegeli, Timothy D 1996-2001, Ross House (96-97)
Prefect, House Captain, Wigan
Music Scholarship, Hockey 1" XI
(0-01), Tour (00), Captain (01),
Silver colours (00), Gold
Colours (01), NSW State Titles
Shadow Reserve NSW
State team (98); Soccer Opens
(01); Volleyball (99-00).
TASCU Band (97-00),
Ceremonial Bugler (97-00),
RLSSA Bronze Meds (00),
Drama/Musical roles (96-00),
TAS Singers (00-01), TAS Big
Band (1" trumpet) (96-00),
Junior TAS Jazz (96), TAS/PLC
Choir (98-99), Trumpet
Ensemble (99-00), Vocal
Ensemble (01), Public Speaking
(97-00), SC (99), Creative Arts
Silver Honours , Ken
McConville Memorial English,
Year 12 Hospitality Industry
Studies prizes and Rotary Prize
for Citizenship (01)
Croft House
Kuppe, Daniel J
House Tuck Shop
1995-2001
Mgr (00-01), Soccer Open XI
(01); Touch Football TAS 3
SES First Aid (9), Chess
Club (96-00), Captain (00), SC
(99)
Lehmann, Paul V T3 1992-2001House Captain,
SRC, Round Square exchange to
St Phillips Alice Springs (00),
Basketball TAS 3 (01); Rugby 1"
XV (01), Silver Colours (01),
SES First Aid (99), Fire Service
Deputy Capt, NSW RFS Basic
Firefighter's Cert (00), TAFE
Chainsaw Operations Course
(00), Poll Hereford Stud (9700), SC (99)
The Annidalian 2001
Southport (00), Basketball TAS
2 (00-01), Capt (01); Volleyball
(98-99), TASCU Sergeant (00),
Band Drummer (97-00), Drum
Major (99-00), Chapel Choir
(97), Drama/Musicals (98-01),
TAS Singers (00-01), String
Group (01), Silver Creative Arts
Honours (00), SC (99), Helen
Magoffin Mem Prize Art (01)
Welfield, Alexander 1997-2001, White House (9700), Basketball TAS 3 (99-01);
Rugby 3^' XV (00); Touch
Football TAS 4 (00), TAS/PLC
Choir (98), SC (99), Academic
Achievement Prize Yr 12 (01)
Green House
Barnier, Thomas W 1996-2001 Senior in Junior
House, Basketball TAS 3, Capt
(00-01); Rugby 1" XV (01),
NIAS XV (00), NE U19 XV
(01); Swimming team (96-97),
SES First Aid (99), RLSSA
Bronze Med (00), Hawkesbury
Classic (00), SC (99)
Bell, Richard J
1993-2001 Prefect, Wigan Music
Scholarship (95-01), Mackay
Scholarship (97), Round Square
International Conf Canada (00),
exchange Lakefield College
Canada (99), Soccer 2"d XI (01),
TASCU Corporal (00), Chapel
Choir (93-01), Head Chorister
(97-98), Head of Choir (01),
Drama/Musicals roles (96-01),
Drama Gold Colours (00),
Performing Arts Award (01),
Prep School Choir (93-95),
Orchestra (95), String Ensemble
(95-98), TAS/PLC Choir (9798), TAS Singers (99-01), TAS
Vocal Ensemble (00-01), Music
Gold Colours (00 & 01), Ian
Brooke Memorial Prize for Choir
(01), SC (99), Year 12 Extension
English, Music and G A Fisher
Prefect's Prizes (01).
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Boopalan, Sanjay S P
T2 1997-2001, White
House (97), Basketball TAS 3
(01), Soccer Opens (01),
TASCU Corporal (00), SC (99)
Strahle, Adam J
1992-2001
Sports Council,
Basketball TAS 1(00-01), Capt
(01), Silver Colours (00); Soccer
Opens (01), TASCU Corporal,
Pit Cmdr (00), SES First Aid
(99), SC (99), May Wills
Magoffin Memorial Prize for
Design in Art (01)
Fussell, Michael K 1994-2001
Round Square
C'tee (99), Rugby 2^d XV (0001), Capt (01); Squash Captain
(01); Swimming team (00-01),
TASCU Corporal (99), SES
First Aid (99), RLSSA Bronze
Meds (00), SC (99), Year 12
Academic Achievement and
Howard Tolhurst Memorial Essay
Prizes (01)
Mitchell, Alistair D 1996-2001 Prefect, House
Captain, Sports Council,
Athletic team (97-01), Captain
(01), Silver Colours (00 &. 01);
Rugby 1' XV (01); Tennis 1" IV,
V-Capt (01); Touch Football
TAS 1(00-01); Volleyball TAS
1 (00), SES First Aid (99), NSW
RFS Basic Firefighter's Cert (00),
TAFE Chainsaw Operations
Course (00), Poll Hereford Stud
SC (99)
Perry, Nicho as J
Wilson-Brown, Timothy M
T3 1993-2001
Prefect, Deputy House Captain,
Open Day Scholarship, Round
Square C'tee (99-00), Soccer 2"d
XI (01), TASCU W02, C Coy
Cmdr (01), SES First Aid (99),
Chapel Choir (94-01), Drama/
Musicals (99-00), TAS Singers
(99-01), Debating/Public
Speaking (00-01), SC (98 accl
99), Year 12 Advanced English,
Mottershead Memorial Prize for
Mathematics, Michael E Hoskins
Prize for Information Processes,
Technology and Software Design
& Development, UNE Science
Prize, and UNE Prize for
Excellence, A K Biggs Memorial
Prize and the Dr Kent Hughes
Chapel Prize (01)
Yu Hok Chung, Samuel
2000-2001
Soccer 3rd XI (01),
TAS Singers (00-01)
1996-2001
Deputy Senior Prefect
Sports Council, Colours C'tee
Round Square NZ Exped (99),
Athletic team (96-00); Cricket
1" XI (00-01), Nthn Tablelands
Rep (96-00), Consett Stephen
Cup (01), Silver Colours (01);
Soccer 1" XI (01); Swimming
team (96), TASCU W02, B
Coy RSM (01), Guard (98), SES
First Aid (99), DEAS Bronze
(00), Public Speaking (00),
Hawkesbury Classic (00), SC
Year 12 2U Chemistry, 2U
Physics, Modern History Ext 1
prizes and The Brad Fenner Prize
for Deputy Senior Prefect (01)
Ross House
Bashford, Adam M 1996-2001 Soccer 2^d XI (0001), Capt (01), SES First Aid
(99), NSW RFS Basic
Firefighter's Cert (00), TAPE
Chainsaw Operations Course
(00), SC (99), Year 12 Primary
Industry Studies and Celia
Skeggs Memorial Prizes (01)
Robertson, Grant AT3 1989-2001
TASCU Lance Corporal (00)
Coppock, James M 1997-2001 Rugby 1" XV (01),
SES First Aid Course (99),
Intermediate Ensemble (piano)
(97), SC (99), Year 12, Design
and Technology Prize (01)
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The Annidalian 2001
Dorrian, Matthew T
1990-2001
Prefect,
House Captain, Sports Council,
Round Square PNG Exped (99),
Athletic team (93-01); Soccer 1't
XI (98-01), Capt (01), Referee's
Award (99), Gold Colours (99 &
00); Swimming team (93-01),
Capt (01), TASCU Corporal
(99), SES First Aid Course (00),
RLSSA Bronze Med. (01), SC
(99), General Prize for
Citizenship (01)
Hensen, Samuel J
T3 1995-2001
Basketball
TAS 3 (01); Hockey 2^d XI (99);
Rugby 2"d XV (01), NSW RFS
Basic Firefighter's Cert (00),
SC (99)
Toppin, Simon
1996-2001
Basketball TAS 1(01);
Soccer 2"d XI (01),
Guitar Ensemble, SC (99),
Brendan Vickers Memorial Prize
(01)
Tyrrell House
Adams, Joseph H
1999-2001
Athletic team (9901); Soccer 1" XI (99-01),
Referee's Award (99); Swimming
team (99-01), Capt (01), Silver
Colours (01), SES First Aid
Course (99 & 00), RLSSA
Bronze Meds (00), Instructor's
Cert. (01), Chapel Server (99),
SC (99)
Bignell, Samuel J
1996-2001 Prefect, House Vice
Captain, Athletic team (96-01);
Basketball TAS 1 (01), Cricket
2"" XI (00); Cross Country team
(99-00); Soccer 1" XI (00-01),
Referee's Award (99), Silver
Colours (01); Swimming team
(96-97), SES First Aid Course
(99), NSW RFS Basic
Firefighter's Cert (00), TAPE
Chainsaw Operations Course
(00), SC (99), Oxley Medical
Laboratory Prize (Innovation in
Science & Design), General
Prize for Citizenship (01)
Moore, Anthony S 1996-2001
Rugby 1't XV (01),
SES First Aid Cert (99), NSW
RFS Basic Firefighter's Cert(00),
TAFE Chainsaw Operations
Course (00), SC (99)
Rickards, Gareth A 1996-2001 Senior Prefect
Wigan Music Scholarship,
Athletic team (96-01); Cricket
1" XI (98-01), Silver Colours
(01); Cross Country Running
team (96-00), Capt (00); Soccer
1" XI (00-01), Silver Colours
(01); Touch Football TAS 1
(01), TASCU AW02, A Coy
CSM (01), Band (98-99), Wears
Sam Browne (01), SES First Aid
Cert (99), Debating/Public
Speaking (97-00), Drama/
Musicals roles (96-00), Gold
Creative Arts Honours (00 &
01), R R Bailey Memorial Prize
(00), Jim Graham Drama Prize
(00 & 01), Chapel Choir (9701), String Ensemble (96-98,
01), Piano Trio (96), TAS
Orchestra (97), Big Band (9800), 'Alias J' Jazz Band (98-00),
TAS Singers (99-01), Music
Gold Colours (00), Silver
Colours (01), Cecil Hill
Memorial Prize (01), SC (99),
Blomfield Memorial Modem
History, Modern History Ext I,
Year 12 2U Drama and Hadley
White Creative Writing prizes,
Keith Lawrance Memorial Prize
and Rawson Cup (01)
The Armidalian 2001
Broadbent, Adam A1999-2001 Sports Council,
Round Square NZ Tour (99),
Athletic team (01); Cross
Country Running team (00);
Rugby 1" XI (01), SES First Aid
Course (99), RLSSA Bronze
Meds (00 & 01), Hawkesbury
Classic (00), Debating/Public
Speaking (99), SC (99)
Cosgrove, Zane L
1996-2001,
White House (96-97),
Basketball TAS 4 (01); Soccer
Opens (01), Referee's Award
(99), TASCU Lance Corporal
(98-99), Chapel Choir (96),
SC (99)
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Hall, Simon J
Moore, Andrew S
1996-2001
Prefect,
House Captain, Sports Council,
Senior in Junior House, Wigan
Music Scholarship, Round
Square NZ Tour (99), Basketball
TAS 3 (99); Cricket 1" XI (0001), Nthn Tablelands Rep (9698), Silver Colours (01); Cross
Country Running team (00-01);
Hockey 1' XI (97-01), Armidale
Rep (96-98), Silver Colours (00
& 01); Rugby 1" XV (01), Silver
Colours (01); Touch Football
TAS 1(00-01). TASCU
Sergeant (99), Band (99),
RLSSA Bronze Meds (99),
Hawkesbury Classic (00),
Drama/Musicals roles (96-99),
Junior TAS Jazz (96), Big Band
(96-00), SC (99), E P Spencer
Memorial General Mathematics
Prize and General Prize for
Citizenship (01)
Deputy House
Captain, Basketball TAS 3 (99);
Rugby 1" XV (01), Referee's
Award (97), Coaching Award
(99), Silver Colours (01); Touch
Football TAS 1(01). SES First
Aid Course (99), NSW RFS
Basic Firefighter's Cert (00),
TAFE Chainsaw Operations
Course (00), Chapel Choir (96),
Hawkesbury Classic (00),
Drama/Musicals stage & lighting
crew (97-99), Head of Lighting
(99), TAS Big Band (96-00), Jazz
Band (99), SC (99), Yr 12 Metal
Industry Studies Prize (01)
1996-2001
Parnwell, Philip P
1996-2001
Athletic team (96-01), V-Capt
(01); Cricket 2"d XI (01);
Soccer 1" XI (00-01), Referee's
Award (99),
TASCU W01, RSM (01),
Guard (98-99), SC (99)
White, David P
/410N
1999-2001
Basketball TAS 3 (00-01);
Soccer Opens (01),
SES First Aid Course (00),
Hawkesbury Classic (00),
SC (99)
White House
Carrigan, Nicholas] T4 1997-2001
Middle
School House Senior. Equestrian
(98-01). Kayaking (98). TASCU
Staff Sergeant, QM Store (0001). SC (98). General Prize for
Citizenship (01).
Farewell and good luck to a great Year 12
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The Annidalian 2001
Middle School
The Annidalian 2001
Page 11 I
Middle School Reflections
by Mr Dennis Dempster
/ly
During 2001 we saw the development and
implementation of the TAS Middle School
Charter of Rights and Responsibilities.
Rights:
To feel physically and emotionally safe in the class
room and on the School's grounds;
To be treated fairly and equally;
To be appreciated for who we are, to be respected as
an individual, and to have our different skills and
talents recognised and acknowledged;
To have apologies accepted and wrongful acts
forgiven, with no grudges being held.
Responsibilities:
To treat everyone fairly and equally as we would like
to be treated ourselves;
To appreciate other people and respect them and
their property;
The Middle School welcomed 120 new and
returning students and their families and continued to enjoy many successes throughout its
second year of operation.
We were delighted to have been the recipient of this
year's Australian College of Education HTB Harris
Award. In their citation it is stated that:
"the College of Education recognises the outstanding innovation by The Annidale School in planning and implementing a Middle School to meet a demonstrable need in the educational and the personal needs of early adolescent boys".
The year marked the expansion of our Middle School
program to include Year 8. We are confident that this
group of fine young men will continue to demonstrate
the benefits of their years in the Middle School as they
begin their Senior School program.
In our second year, our foundation teaching team of Mr
Dennis Dempster, Head of Middle School, Mrs Seonia
Wark, Mr Ian Lloyd and Mr Walter Sprinkle, was expanded to include Mrs Helen Toppin and Mr Ralph
Hunt. Mrs Toppin and Mr Hunt were responsible for
the Year 8 home rooms. Mrs Sally Olsen joined our team
as Administrative Assistant. At the beginning of Term
3 Mr Geoff Derrin replaced Mr Sprinkle who returned
to the United States.
Our home room teachers were joined by a talented team
of subject specialists from the Senior School. An essential component of the Middle School program is a teamwork approach with all teachers working collaboratively
to address the educational needs of our students.
The year was launched with a welcoming family
barbeque. which provided the opportunity for new students and their families to meet our returning families.
Throughout the year a number of social occasions facilitated opportunities to get to know one another in a
relaxed social setting. We were very pleased and appreciative of the support we received from our parents.
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To provide encouragement and be supportive to
everyone, not only our peers;
To accept the consequences of our behaviour;
To express our point of view in a truthful and
responsible manner;
To act sensibly and responsibly in the classroom and
playground;
To behave in a manner that supports, not discredits,
the School;
To response the school uniform, the School's, our
own and others property by acting and behaving
appropriately;
To be aware of and act upon the School's Behaviour
Management Policy.
In recognition of being the senior boys in the Middle
School, the Year 8's were given added responsibilities
and privileges. Following an election by their peers, a
team of boys were appointed Middle School monitors.
They were responsible for representing Year 8 concerns
during regular discussions with the Head of Middle
School, and for developing sporting rosters and maintaining equipment. They were also responsible for presenting reports at Town Meetings and to provide peer
support for students within the Middle School.
The monitors elected to represent Middle School
students for Semester I were:
Christopher Bradley, Hue Douglas, Andrew
Coulton, Jock Rutherford, Ashoor Khan, Angus
Boileau, Mitchell Bath, Michael Moffatt, Jonathan
Beveridge, Henry Cuppit, David Williams and Nic
Allardice.
The elected monitors for Semester 2 were:
William Archdale, Adam Vidler, Nicholas Tindal,
David Peatfield, Matthew Spooner, Adam Lockyer,
Ian Holcombe, Darren Chiu, Robert Prowse, Sam
Kaveney, Christopher McKern and Jeremy Rose.
The Annidahan 2001
Middle School Academic Prizes
Year 6
Excellent results came from state and national
Science, English and Maths competitions.
English
Mitchell Stewart
Mathematics
Charles Cull
The level of achievement was of a very high standard.
We congratulate all the boys for their effort and application during the sitting of these competitions.
Science
Charles Cull
We commend the following boys for being awarded High
HSIE
Haldane Begg
Japanese
Harry Warrick
French
Chairs Cull
Design & Technology
William Boyd-Spencer
Music
Benn Roberts
Visual Arts
Willaim Boyd-Spencer
PD/Health/PE
Alexander Butt
Distinctions and Distinctions.
Australian National Chemistry Quiz
High Distinction to Michael Fahey (below)
Distinctions
Sam Brazier-Hollins
William Coward
Alistair Hawksford
Tannoy Lai
Christopher Bradley
Andrew Coulton
Adam Vidler
Year 7
English
Samuel Brazier-Hollins
Mathematics
Amila Siriwardana
Science
Amila Siriwardana
History
Philip Stevens
Geography
Michael Fahey
Japanese
Philip Stevens
French
Amila Siriwardana
Design & Technology
Amila Siriwardana
Music
Alistair Hawksford
High Distinction to Andrew Young (below)
Visual Art
Leigh Harder
Distinction
Charles Cull
Mitchell Stewart
(TAS Ladies Tennis Club Prize)
PD/Health/PE
Amila Siriwardana
Year 8
English
Adam Vidler
Mathematics
Michael Moffatt
Science
Michael Moffatt
History
Ashoor Khan
Geography
Hue Douglas
Japanese
Daniel Fussell
French
Adam Vidler
Visual Art
Adam Vidler
(TAS Ladies Tennis Club Prize)
Design & Technology
Matthew Spooner
PD/Health/PE
Jock Rutherford
Music
Christopher Bradley
Special Prizes
Australian Mathematics Competition
Distinction
Michael Fahey
Sam Brazier-Hollins
Dean Moore
Jeremy Rose
Adam Vidler
NSW Science Competition
Peter Bedford
Sam Brazier-Hollins
Stuart Eliott
Michael Fahey
Stephen Gream
Andrew Coulton
Hue Douglas
Max Hodgson
Alexander Laurie
Primary Schools Mathematics
Competition-Year 6
Distinction
Fraser Allan
Alexander Butt
Charles Cull
Dorothy Mackeliar Poetry Competition
Highly Commended to Max Hodgson (below)
Citizenship Awards (Yr 6) Christopher Myers
Tom Mulligan
Coventry Cup
Amila Siriwardana
(Best All-Round Boy inYear 7)
Rueben F Scarf Award
Matthew Spooner
(For Commitment in Year 8)
Armidale Freemasons' Prize -Junior (For Excellence in
Community Service)
James Hunt
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University of NSW English Competition
High Distinction to Adam Vider (below)
Distinction
Fraser Allan
Haldane Begg
Tom Boyd-Spencer
Charles Cull
Mitchell Stewart
Sam Brazier-Hollins
William Coward
Michael Fahey
Alister Hawksford
Andrew Coulton
Australian Schools Writing Competition
We have appreciated the fundraising support given by
our parent body, the students and the P & F Association. At this year's RazzamaTAS Fete, the Year 6 class
organised the popular dunking machine, Year 7's ran a
pre-loved sporting goods, whilst the Year 8's tempted
our diets with a detectable range of cakes and baked
goods. The boys and their families donated generously
for cancer research by purchasing daffodil bulbs which
were planted near the Middle School. This very worthwhile community service was suggested and organised
by TAS gardener, Mrs Marie Ashmore.
The aesthetic beauty of our Middle School was further
enhanced by a very generous donation of a "Dove Tree"
by Mr Jim Graham. The tree is planted at the front of
the DL Graham Middle School building and adds to
the peace and tranquility of our environment.
High Distinction to Mitchell Bath
Hue Douglas, Adam Vidler
Distinction
Tom Allsop
Angus Boileau
Alexander Gow
Max Hodgson
Ashoor Khan
Michael Moffatt
Dean Moore
David Peatfield
Jeremy Rose
Throughout 2001 our boys demonstrated their
artistic, musical and dramatic talents.
The Armidale Eisteddfod saw excellent results by the
boys in individual and group instrumental and choral
performances, readers' theatre and public speaking.
Throughout the year a significant number of our boys'
achieved at a very high level in their creative expression examinations.
The students enjoyed a number of dramatic performances and presentations including the Light and Sound
Science show, the Questacon Science Circus, a visit by
Mr Simon Higgins, a well known Australian adolescent
mystery writer. The year concluded with the students
attending a superb performance of The Green Prince.
The Year 6 Mission Possible Science extravaganza was
highly successful and enjoyed by over 250 participants
from schools in the New England area. Students were
engaged in a variety of scientific challenges.
From little things, big things grow
A fantastic turnout of grandparents and friends gathered for our Grandparents' Day celebration. Music filled
the air, rockets lit the sky and our School was fitted with
warm laughter as grandparents and their grandchildren
enjoyed a day sharing the many aspects of TAS.
The day concluded with a large gathering of parents,
staff and friends of the School joining together to celebrate the 1" anniversary of our Middle School the
boys having enjoyed their own cake earlier in the day.
The Middle School was well represented at this year's
New England District Primary Schools One Day Chess
Team Tournament. Charles Cull (seen below), who was
a part of the TAS A team, came 3rd out of a field of 44
teams. This was a fantastic achievement, well done
Charles.
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Okay guys that's great so fat; but what do you reckon
we do now!!
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I know this is a Koala, not a chess piece!
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Sport is an important component of our Middle School program as it provides each student
with the 'personal attributes and skills necessary for their physical development.
During the course of the year there were many excellent individual and team achievements by our students
in a variety of sports including swimming, athletics,
rugby, soccer, equestrian, canoeing, tennis and hockey.
In swimming our School has been well represented at
both local and state camivals.
We commend all the boys for their outstanding efforts
and participation in these events.
In particular we congratulate Nicholas Spokes for being the 12 and Under Age Champion at the Monckton
Shield Swimming Carnival. We were also well represented at WAS and AICES swimming carnivals.
In hockey the Under 13's are to be highly commended
for winning the grand final, whilst Will Osland was selected to be a referee at the State Championships for
hockey in both Sydney and Bathurst. At the Sydney
Championships Will was selected by all the coaches as
the best Under 13's referee.
Stirling Osland performed admirably at a number of
horse showjumping events throughout the year. He was
named the Overall Winner of the 12 year old category
at the Inter-school Horse Sports and he also won the
Under 13 NSW Showjumping Championship.
The Year 6 students competed in this year's PSSA orienteering competition held at Oars Dam. A number of
our boys finished the course in the top 10.
events.
During the year the Middle School boys experienced a variety of outdoor and cultural pursuits and challenges.
The year was highlighted with outstanding successes in
The Year 6 Activities program focused on learning more
highjumping by Sam Cameron. Sam placed 1" at the
UPS Athletics Competition in Sydney against a highly
competitive field and continued his success when he
placed 2"d at the NSW All-Schools Athletics Competition at Homebush, where he improved his personal
best by 13cm. Sam was also selected as a member for
the NSW Team which will be competing at the National Championships in Melbourne.
about New England's flora and fauna by visiting and
exploring a number of local environmental areas.
The boys' athletic skills were apparent in a variety of
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The winning style of Sam Cameron
We had another very successful athletics meet at the
WAS championship in Orange. The 12 years team, consisting of Tannoy Lai, Xavier Forsberg and Brett Nielsen
and 13 years team of Sam Cameron, Alister Hawksford,
Angus Boileau, Mathew Wannan and Thomas Perrot,
were both awarded Overall Boys Champions.
So how are we going learning about our environment?
Well I know a fair bit about this tree!!
Tom Mulligan demonstrated a high standard of discus
throwing at the JSHAA Athletics Championship held
in Sydney.
This included Mt Yarrowyck, Blue Hole, Wollomombi
Falls and Long Point. The Year 7 and 8 's were engaged
in outdoor adventure as part of their cadet program.
A fine performance was given by Tom Bedford when he
The Year 7 "C" Company Platoon began their introduction to cadets by participating in a day of first aid,
competed at the State Canoeing Championships. Tom
won the state title in the 14 years K1 sprint, and also a
silver medal in the 14 years down river event.
In rugby our boys demonstrated significant improvement
in their playing skills as the season progressed and proved
to be worthy components in a very competitive league.
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orienteering, navigation and drill. The also experienced
their first cadet bivouac in which they participated in a
range of teamwork activities including night navigational games and were engaged in bicycle and road safety,
rock wall climbing and water safety.
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Year 8's cadet program involved abseiling, bushcraft at
Hillgrove, orienteering and patrolling.
During Excursion Week the Year 6 class continued the
annual tradition of an exchange visit to Mosman Preparatory School. During the visit the boys enjoyed creating and recording their own electronic music at the
Soundhouse Museum. Other highlights included a harbour cruise, a visit to Hyde Park Barracks and Parlia-
The Year 8's were involved in a full week of activities
including lifesaving and creative arts. The Creative Arts
program encompassed art, drama and music. In art the
boys made papier-mache masks and then used the masks
in dramatic performance.
ment House (in which they displayed their debating
talents), a walking tour of The Rocks, a morning at
Taronga Park Zoo and a tour of the fortifications and
tunnels at Middle Head.
Well, what do we do with all this chicken wire and
other strange sue!
The lifesaving included both theory and physical activity. In theory the boys studied resuscitating techniques
and lifesaving skills. The practical activities included
initiative tests, defensive and rescue techniques, a 300m
swim, as welt as a 100m swim in long pants and a shirt.
Okay, I'm not so sure that sleeping in a hammock has
a lot going for it! What do you think Harry?
The Year 7 boys enjoyed a fantastic but rain soaked week
in an Outdoor Education camp at Bundabah Creek. Activities included rock climbing, abseiling, canoeing, flying fox, sand dune exploring, environmental awareness,
The year concluded with the reciprocal visit of Mosman
Church of England Preparatory School during our end
of the year Activities Week. The Year 6 boys shared a
variety of outdoor experiences including an overnight
stay at Echidna Gully, gold panning and an environmental walk at Long Point. In addition, the students
visited McCrossins Mill, to discover more about our local history, and the Uralla Brass and Iron Foundry.
high ropes and alpine rescue.
We're all watching so does anyone want to have a
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e wager on whose raft sinks first?
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Social opportunities specifically designed for
students of middle years of schooling have
proved very successful throughout the year.
Early in 2001 our Middle School students hosted Year
6,7 and 8 girls from NEGS and PLC at their first social.
The evening began with a game of trivial pursuit in
which our boys demonstrated their vast general knowledge. Mixed teams were formed with students from PLC,
Throughout the year the Year 6, 7 and 8 students have been demonstrating their creative
writing talents in a variety of literary styles including poetry, story and script writing.
The following stories and poems are examples
of this year's high standard of creative writing.
TAS and NEGS, thus providing an opportunity for all
students to socialise and get to know one another in a
friendly yet competitive atmosphere. It was a great night
with all the girls and boys dancing until they dropped
to Diamonds and Pearls at the disco afterwards.
Memories of Y steisday
by Max
odgson, Year 8
Looked upon as b4* er times,
Always seen witb'happy faces,
As yet tb/ be tomorrow,
Sometimes spent in other places.
Glanced towa
ihen left behind,
life was once much
ThoUghts th
vi better.
Once ko& by' it's hard to find.
Come on confess
the social!!!
which one did you really fancy at
Read ftom books and ancient
i>tters.
The Middle School students were invited to both NEGS
and PLC socials. The halls resonated to the throbbing,
hypnotic beat of the discos and our boys demonstrated
their dancing skills by completely mesmerising the girls.
At our Middle School final assembly all the Year 8 boys
were presented with certificates recognising their contribution and service to our School.
It has been rewarding to work with such a fine group of
young men and we wish them every success in their future studies.
Finally thank you to our classroom liaison parents for
the time and effort you have given to support our Middle School. The successes we have enjoyed during the
year are a result of a fantastic Middle School team, a
supportive parent body and an enthusiastic and cooperative group of students. Each and every individual's
involvement has greatly contributed to the successful
operation of our Middle School.
Many more have been than now.
Looking back it's hard to see,
ViszoN's cjoudy anyhow.
Mitted ftom history.
Left be6idii distant past.
Comiac
or'ri far away;
Once upon is here at last,
Memth-ies of yesterday.
We look forward to the return of our present students
and their families and the welcoming of many new families to our Middle School community in 2002.
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Tiggs
The Secret Hideout
by Brendan McWilliams, Year 7
by Daniel Fussell, Year 8
I walked, I walked slowly.
One day, I'm leaping around, frolicking
with all my mates in the African wild as
the leading male tiger. I was having a
great time. Then something hit me and
the next thing I know I'm behind metal
bars in what is an Australian zoo.
I turn my head,
No one, NO one.
I run, I fly, I'm out of sight.
I sneak pass behind the house.
I jumped the railing.
I hate just about everything about being
in a zoo. However, the first thing that I
Walked past the fence.
found different and hated was the
I push the leaves.
climate and weather. But then it really
sunk in. I had been separated from my
Lovely, shady, quiet, peace
p
Lovely water swishing, spa
ling,
environment and my newly born cub.
The leaves swish
wind.
family and friends, my natural
I really grew to miss the wild and having
your own freedom. Ever since I was
brought to the zoo I have grown
thinner. I only get fed twice a day and
in small portions. The cage that I am in
is generally shaded over so it gets quite
cold and dark. Overall, the zoo is just a
very dark and depressing place.
There are only two things in this zoo
that make me happy. The first is when
the people come to see me and all the
esI ktiieonely
Every thing peaceful, q ie , a
plao think.
Lonely ducks swimmi
own quaky voices.
- talki
tery world.
You think, I'm/ they' el we
e.
Out of the blue a
- they fly away.
secondly, when I get let out into a more
Then y u thinxk ....
open area. It is a lot sunnier and
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covered in vines and other plants. In
Then
dream of ever seeing my family again
is growing more distant by the day.
u
re did t
nimals go?
lo4 around.
A\
Al
great and keep each other happy.
However, I am growing old and the
re being ignored.
ike
not alone,
right around the outside, but it is
tiger has been brought into the vacant
cage next to me. Each day we get let
out into the same area. We get along
k flies to the duck near you
Under the pond swims the fish, then the fish
near y. swims away.
It feel
one of the corners of this area is a
waterfall with a little rock pool at the
bottom. Also, just recently a female
'
Lonely fish swimmin pa
little kids see me and smile, and
warmer out in the open and I have got
a lot more room. There is a fence going
mg.
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f the familie
e.
e there more
el bet
ha
n before.
er.
Then you storand w
If they're in grou
,
wher
yours?
Hurrying to think. They don't come to you.
You come to them.
Everything in a sense has changed.
Days and days you wait and 50 do others.
Amazingly !think ... think ... then I say to
myself go and communicate.
Momentarily I am gone and trying.
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The Roo
by Tom Boyd-Spencer, Year 6
One day, down by the river, I
met a kangaroo.
Quite astonished was I, he was
playing a didgeridoo.
His eyes were grey, like two
spheres of lead.
His fur was a fabulous crimson
red.
By the shade of the tree, he sat
playing his didge.
Some tourists came by and
stopped on the bridge.
He took off his hat, and tipped it
out front.
The tourists clapped.
It was a great stunt.
His hat back on, he said "Good
day",
Find picked up his didge and
hopped away.
Pizza Heaven
by Mitchell Stewart, Year 6
Oooh, yummy. I'm ordering a
pizza.
I just can't wait until I eat ya!
All the lovely toppings like
pepperoni and ham,
Whatever they give me, I don't
give a damn!
There's chicken and pineapple,
there's tomato too.
And chilli and olives, there's more
than this few.
There's puffy crusts, crunchy and
thick bases
When the pizza's brought out, it
lights up kids faces.
Ding, dong, the doorbell rings
near,
Oh, my gosh, my pizza is here.
When my teeth sink in to that
lovely devon,
I think I'm with God and Jesus in
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Soccer
by Charles Cull and Matthew Hall,
Year 6
Soccer is a tricky game,
If you're not careful you'll end up lame.
Me, myself, I like to shoot,
A Wacky Poem
We reached a ravine after a
thousand leagues
We were a crew of
seventeen.
Some spoke Russian
Some spoke Martian.
While running from players in pursuit.
A drink of water at half way,
Can fill yopicf-tkpiTe-audNave your day.
The orangeNs.li:e-alwats nice,
Par culari9y,hen they are fflledith ice.
as, again, they mired,*
We were a walking
Swords a glistening
In search of the black
cormorants,
But came across some vicious
ants.
I5
1 because oJ silly .To`
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The Don
by William Boyd-Spencer, Year 6
In 193ktbe crowd would roar
As mighty'Bradman hit a four.
When "The bon"
hit an excellent
,
six
He put tg,
sition in a fix!
ewe ad the score,
For this
An almigb t v sic an kiexcellent four.
His centur came, hip, hip, hooray!
For cricke it was a glorious day.
Hit in the had, he-fyas out of the
uni3ing.
In Bradm
st
view this was
fling.
\
From then on i, the batting was
r.
Not one more six,
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t one mire four.
When they were all snared
We all dared
A guy called Rodney
To eat his abalone.
We set our canoes
In Lake Goonoo
Held onto a fin
'Twas a dolphin.
We set out the next day
And I just dreamt of my love
Gay.
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Reflections of 2001
It has been very pleasing to note the continued growth
in the Junior School. We expanded from 104 students
at the beginning of 2000 to 129 students at the culmination of 2001. It is rewarding to witness the growing
number of girls as well as boys in each year.
Mrs Tania Ball, the new Tranisition teacher
Social Functions
Where's Wally????
Hatches, Matches and Despatches
We welcomed the return of Miss Lisa Perry who
had been on two years leave from TAS. Lisa spent
much of this time travelling the world and the students delighted in hearing of her adventures overseas.
Mrs Tania Ball was appointed Transition teacher
working alongside Mrs Lee Hicks. Tania was previously
at the Tiny Town Child Care Centre.
The year began with the Junior School hosting a welcoming BBQ for old and new TAS families and staff.
This provided an opportunity for everyone to get together and have an enjoyable and relaxing evening.
The jumping castle was a hit with kids of all ages.
Our hi-annual Grandparent's Day was a huge success the students always enjoy showing their grandparents
around the School and displaying their talents to interested family members. The school resonated to the
sound of the TAS Big Band and the entertainment provided by our Junior School students.
Mrs Geraldine Roberts taught Year 5 with Mrs
Lou Forsythe.
We welcomed Mrs Sally Olsen to the Junior
School as the Administrative Assistant. Sally worked
in both the Junior and Middle Schools and provided
invaluable assistance to the staff and students.
Our heartiest congratulations are extended to Ve-
ronica and Stuart Waters on the safe arrival of their
baby son Jack, a brother for Josie-May. Mrs Waters will
be returning to the Junior School in 2002.
It was with a great deal of sadness that we said
goodbye to Mr Dan Boorman, Mr Mark Dunn and Mr
Andy Bown our English GAP students who had been
working in the Junior School for the past year. We
have been very fortunate to have had this exceptional
group of GAP students with us. They had a great sense
of humour and have been both friend and teacher to
our students.
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GAP students left to right: Dan Boorman, Chris
Felgate, Andy Bown and Mark Dunn
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Evan and June Barnet with their grandchildren,
cousins Phoebe and Hamish Barnet
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Community Based Activities
Our community-based activities included the Armidale
Autumn Festival where the children had the opportu-
nity to ride scooters, bikes, roller blades or enjoy the
view from the TAS bus. The beautiful weather contributed to a successful day and we were delighted when
it was announced that TAS Junior School float was
awarded 2"d place in the School's category.
Congratulations are also extended to the brilliant group
of talented dramatists we have in the junior School who
gave outstanding performances in The Wizard of Oz. We
are very proud of our budding drama enthusiasts. The
Wizard of Oz was a professional production produced
by Mrs Donna Wainohu (mother of Thomas Murphy,
Year 4) and included Thomas Murphy, Erin Smith, Joe
Lennox and Miss Lisa Perry.
The Junior School students exhibited talent at such a
high calibre at our annual concert, this year titled Night
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of the Stars. A very special thank you is extended to Mrs
Geraldine Roberts for her choreographic skills which
definitely came to the fore during the evening. All the
hard work and time she put into each performance made
every one unique and it was very much appreciated.
Thank you also to the lighting and sound assistants, Mr
David Toppin and his entourage, and Mrs Rickards for
her music direction, Elvis Presley for his grand entrance,
voice and hip swaying, the teachers for their great dance
routine and organisation, and all the behind the scenes
helpers. It is everyone's assistance that makes these
nights such a success.
During the course of the year, the TAS Junior School
Vocal Ensemble travelled to Sydney to perform in the
JSHAA Music Festival. This concert involved many
other top class ensembles from junior schools around
the state. Many favourable comments were received
following their performance which highlights the depth
of musical talent with the Junior School.
Stick 'emup the Junior School float in the Auttunn
Festival Parade was a great success
The Junior School held a special morning tea to support the Cancer Council. We were fortunate to have a
beautiful morning to hold the event and it was lovely
to see the support of many parents and friends. Australia's Biggest Morning Tea raised $321.00. We also raised
$105 for the Westpac Helicopter Service.
Our Art in the Garden display at the Wicklow County
Fair was another one of our successes. Although the
weather didn't allow our display to be outside as anticipated, many visitors commented on the brilliant display of beautiful ducks and exceptional flowers which
graced the art gallery.
A number of our students entered art, craft, flower, pho-
tograph and cake exhibits in the Armidale Show. All
children ought to be congratulated on their achievements. We had many of our students take out 1", 2"d
and highly commended prizes in various exhibits, and
of special mention was Stevie Lennox, who won Champion Cakemaker for her buttercake entry.
Drama and Music Highlights
Again the Junior School performed remarkably at this
year's Eisteddfod. It is always fun and every student performed exceptionally well and is to be commended on
their performances. The Year 5 class received a special
invitation to perform their play The True Story Behind
at the Eisteddfod Gala Concert. This was indeed a great
honour.
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Dwarfed by the Sydney Opera House
We are immensely proud of Joe Lennox (Year 5) in his
selection for the National Choir Gondwana Voices. The
selection process for this choir is very rigorous and this
will be the first time someone from TAS has been chosen for this reputable choir. Our congratulations also to
Alex Pearson (Year 5) who has been accepted for the
Gondwana Voices, Sydney workshops.
Our special Centenary of Federation assembly was a
memorable one for the students. They all received a
lovely medallion as a reminder of Australia's history. It
was also fitting that this ceremony was held in Big
School as that was the Prep room 100 years ago and it is
an important building within the School. TAS memorabilia from the past 100 years was displayed around the
room and was also a very interesting highlight.
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Night of the Notables
Organised by Mr Michael Simpson, this was a most enjoyable and informative evening. Students chose to research a famous person during six weeks of lessons.
They then dressed as their chosen person, brought their
chosen person's favourite food and answered questions
posed to them by the audience. Lots of interesting information was forthcoming and demonstrated the research the students had undertaken. We had Sir Donald
Bradman, Kieren Perkins, Susie O'Neill, Ian Thorpe,
Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller and Sir Douglas Mawson
gracing us with their company.
In Year 4, Encouragement was awarded to Jackson
Pfister, Commendation to Anna Sutherland, Luke
Wallace, Merit to Rebecca Percival, Sam Phillips.
In Year 5, Encouragement was awarded to Alex
Pearson, Commendation to Hamish Barnet, Patrick
Moore, and Merit to Erin Smith.
Certificates of Appreciation were presented to acknowledge the contributions made by students during
their time at TAS from Transition to Year 5:
Matthew Archer, Lachlan Davidson,Tory Hawksford,
Peter Hunt, David Rice, Erin Smith, Alexander
Wardlaw
The Annabel Busby Prize is awarded to a student in
Dance and Chess
New Classes
A special thank you to Mrs Roberts and Dr Moritz for
generously providing their time for the Junior School
students to take advantage of any hidden talents in the
areas of dance and chess respectively. We had an overwhelming response to both classes. Mrs Roberts taught
the enthusiastic students dances ranging from the
Charleston to modern dance. We didn't know our legs
could move so quickly and into such strange positions.
Dr Moritz brought our chess-wise students to the fore!
The Chess club did very well this year gaining many
successes in the local competition. In the New England
District Primary Schools One-Day Teams Tournament,
our team of Charles Cull (Year 6), Alexander Pearson
(Year 5) and Lachlan Davidson (Year 5) gained a very
commendable 3'd place, only 2 points ahead of Hamish
Bamet (Year 5), Alexander Wardlaw (Year 5), Haakan
Jakobsson (Year 5) and Jackson Pfister (Year 4) who
came an admirable 5"'
an infants class who has benefitted from Learning Support. This year it was awarded to Angus Sutherland.
Chess Shield is awarded to the most outstanding player
of the year and this year's recipient was Alex Pearson.
The Young Family Chess Prize was awarded to the
most improved player of the year and the recipient this
year was Harry Guest.
The Denness Art Prize is to recognise outstanding artistic talent and this year's recipient was Patrick Moore.
The Deidre Rickards Excellence In Music Awards
were presented to students who made an outstanding
contribution to Music within the school. In Years T
2, the recipient was Nigel Bell and in Years 3 5 the
recipients were Joe Lennox (below left) and Alex
Pearson (below right).
Academic Achievements
2001 Prize List
All Transition students receive a Certificate of
Achievement
,
Encouragement is awarded to enrich the opportunity
of the recipient to pursue a love of reading and is a
gift kindly donated by Dymocks of Armidale.
Commendation is awarded for outstanding effort and
improvement
Sports Awards were presented to students with out-
Merit is awarded for consistent high achievement
and application.
standing ability who also displayed fine sportsmanship.
In Kindergarten, Encouragement was awarded to
Ellie McCarthy, Commendation to Daniel Stanley
and Merit to Annabel Paul and Brittany Wright.
Baker, Emma Coppock, Tristan Hawksford, Peter Hunt,
David Rice, Sam Trotman and Stephanie Wright.
In Year 1, Encouragement was awarded to Joshua
Taylor, Commendation to Liam Metheringham, and
Merit to Joshua Moloney.
Junior recipients were Hannah Diebold, Sam Skelton
and Luke Webster. Senior recipients were Matthew
Outstanding Citizenship Awards were presented to
Fletcher Ward in Kindergarten, Joshua Moloney in Year
1, Georgia Diebold in Year 2, Angus Pell in Year 3,
Annelise Guest in Year 4 and Sam Trotman in Year 5.
In Year 2, Encouragement was awarded to Joseph
Kozera and Jonathon Paul, Commendation to
Georgina Davidson and Tim Pearson and Merit to
Emily Kozera.
The Armidale Dumaresq Council Annual Citizenship
Award for the student who displays commendable citizenship throughout the Junior School was this year
awarded to Lachlan Davidson.
In Year 3, Encouragement was awarded to Sam
Webster, Commendation to Catherine Moore and
Nicholas das Neves Jones and Merit to Andrew
Grigg and Oliver Smith.
The Chloe Chick and Arlie Pilcher Citizenship Award
recognises the significant contribution that a senior girl
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has made to the Junior School. This year's recipient
was Rebecca Barnier.
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We also congratulate our students for the outstanding
results received in the following competitions.
University of New South Wales Science Competition
Distinction
Year 3
Andrew Grigg,
Catherine Moore,
Oliver Smith, Benjamin Stanley
Elliot Diebold, Annelise Guest
Year 4
Year 5
Hamish Barnet, Erin Smith,
Patrick Moore
Credit
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Tristan Hawksford,
William Roland,
Jonathon Wheeler
Harley Cole, Cameron Gall,
Stevie Lennox,
Rebecca Percival,
Sam Phillips, Nicholas Shepherd
Tory Hawksford, Joe Lennox,
Alexander Pearson,
Sam Trotman
University of New South Wales English Competition
High Distinction
Year 3
Jennifer Allan
Distinction
Year 3
(Yr 3) Year 4
Year 5
Tristan Hawksford, Oliver Smith
Annelise Guest,
Amanda Hensen,
Nicholas Shepherd
Hamish Barnet, Tory Hawksford,
Patrick Moore, Erin Smith
Credit
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Tom Armitage, Phoebe Barnet,
Andrew Grigg, Catherine
Moore, Brock Sherriff
Elliott Diebold, Karly Douglas,
Sam Phillips
Sam Trotman
Year 4
Year 5
Harley Cole, Sam Phillips,
Mark Thomas
Lucy Carson, Lachlan Davidson,
Tory Hawksford, Peter Hunt,
Joe Lennox, Kirk Orkney
Dorothea Mackeliar Poetry Awards
Our Year 5 students entered the Dorothea Mackellar
Poetry Awards. Each student wrote a special poem on
Time and received a Participation certificate. The following students were awarded a Commendation: Emma
Coppock, Lucy Carson, Patrick Moore and Peter Hunt.
Visitors to TAS
Visit of Simon Higgins, Author
Years 4 and 5 enjoyed a fabulous presentation by popular author, Simon Higgins. Simon spoke about his experiences in law enforcement and various other jobs and
from where he gains inspiration for his writings. The
children were very interested to hear about the success
of his stories and from this they in turn were inspired
enough to write some wonderful stories themselves!
Tezukayama Visit
To prepare our students for the forthcoming visit of
Tezukayama a special day was put aside to concentrate
on all things Japanese: origami, craft, dress, Japanese
tea ceremonies, writing and nature. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Tezukayama School from Japan visits TAS Junior
School on a biennial basis. It was after such a visit, and
the many social activities shared with them, that with
a mixture of both fondness and sadness, we said goodbye to our newly found friends.
We were very fortunate to have arranged a reciprocal
visit to Japan to visit Tezukayama and experience the
Japanese culture. A contingent of TAS students left
Australia early in December to renew friendships and
to share cultural experiences.
Primary Schools Mathematics Competition
High Distinction
Andrew Grigg
Year 3
Year 5
Hamish Barnet
Distinctions
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Thomas Armitage,
Phoebe Barnet,
Tristan Hawksford,
Brock Sherriff,
Michael Vince-Moin
Elliot Diebold,
Nicholas Shepherd
Patrick Moore
Credit
Year 3
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Jennifer Allan, Angus Pell,
Benjamin Stanley,
Samuel Webster,
Jonathon Wheeler
All the TEZ students had a fantastic time with the TAS
Junior School
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Transition
TAS Junior School Bronze Awards
What a wonderful year Transition class has had. They
visited the airport, the supermarket, the Museum, the
vet, the hospital, the ambulance station, had a visit by
This award is made in recognition of outstanding contributions to our school. To achieve this award, children have to receive 20, 5 pointers, in these areas: academic merit, citizenship, leadership, improvement in any
area, personal presentation, sporting achievement and
success in extra curricular activities. These 5 pointers
can be awarded by any teacher in the Junior School at
any time, to recognise and promote appropriate behaviour, achievement and presentation.
the police department, and even found time for an
icecream at McDonalds! In between these exciting excursions they did fun things with art and craft, made
models from construction toys, served in the shop,
cooked, played dress-ups, added up sums on the computers, went to kindergym and swam.
Year 5
Patrick Moore, Alex Pearson,
Tory Hawksford, Lachlan Davidson,
Joe Lennox, Alexander Wardlaw,
Sam Trotman, Rebecca Bamier,
Clayton Farrawell, Erin Smith,
Matthew Archer, Hamish Barnet,
Peter Hunt and Kirk Orkney
Year 4
John Elliott, Hayden McLennan,
Amanda Hensen, Stevie Lennox,
Luke Wallace, Rebecca Percival,
Sam Phillips, Stephanie Wright,
Annelise Guest, Matthew Baker,
Harley Cole
Year 3
are made. Wonderful art murals were created which
adorned the walls at the Armidale Show. Scavenger
hunts, novelty games, board games, skating, indoor
Oliver Smith, Brock Sherriff,
Andrew Grigg, Tristan Hawksford
Year 2
Emily and Joseph Kozera, Jane Tearle,
Tim Pearson, Angus Begg
sports and ten pin bowling were other pursuits enjoyed.
Year 1
Harry Guest, Aaron Buckley,
Liam Meatheringham, Callum Smith,
Alec das Neves Jones
K - Year 5 Activity Days
These days are always full of fun and interesting things
We also had informative, educational days based on road
and fire safety. Our Free Activities Day (FAD) was great,
involving parents, teachers and students. The School
was alive and buzzing with an incredible range of won-
derful activities. Thank you to all those parents who
gave their time and expertise.
Kindergarten
Annabel Paul, Michael Young,
Jackson Gilbey
Transition Laura Meatheringham,
Luke Wright
Learning to read plays an important part in the Junior
School curriculum and in Transition the older students
often help the younger ones in this area. Photo shows
Doug Glasson reading to Harry Lloyd
The Junior School would like to thank one and all for
their contributions to making 2001 a really fantastic year.
Lou Forsythe, Head of Junior School
Sam Phillips and Nathan Stannani making Snowflake
Santas during the free activity day
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Junior School Music
Junior School students have experienced yet another
successful year in the development of their musical
minds. Many students have become actively involved
with the musical life at TAS and they receive great satisfaction from this involvement.
The TAS Chapel Choir continues to bloom with junior treble and alto voices, while the string players have
stepped well into the spotlight of performance. However the main area of development is in the classroom.
I believe that it is imperative to expose all children of
primary age to sophisticated and enjoyable music which
will allow their minds to think musically and creatively.
Class Music Content
A variety of music styles have been experienced this
year from the haunting music of Grieg and Schubert, to
the cheerful bopping tunes of contemporary music.
Students learn skills in duration, pitch and performance
through a detailed and exciting music program. They
are then encouraged to develop these skills through the
art of performance.
Through performance, children gain confidence and the
ability to speak through music. Junior School music in-
Eisteddfod Success
The Armidale Eisteddfod continues to be one of the
major musical highlights in the Annidale community.
The Junior School always competes in the large choral
events and once again achieved outstanding results.
The 3-6 Choir and the T-2 Choir continue to mature
in vocal sound and stage confidence and it was indeed
a pleasure to work with these students and to hear the
professional and skilled performance they gave in this
year's Eisteddfod.
The Junior School Instrumental Ensemble competed
in the Large Instrumental Ensemble event and received
a second place. The Canon Allegro (a work based on
Orff-Schulwerk) and Pavane-Andante (the slow movement from Sir Geoffrey's Book) were very impressive.
Concerts
Musica Viva In-Schools' Concert was another important part of musical experiences for students. This year
Paragon Café, who specialise in traditional Australian
folk music, performed for Years 2 through to 5. The ensemble performed on traditional bush band instruments
and presented an entertaining and humorous repertoire,
including Bunyip in the Bathtub.
vites enthusiastic, dedicated musicians to perform in
ensembles such as the Junior Vocal Ensemble (directed
by Miss Michelle Harrison) and the Junior String Ensemble (directed by Mrs Deidre Rickards).
Ensembles
The Junior Vocal Ensemble had its first success at the
Armidale Eisteddfod when these performers won the
Junior Vocal Ensemble shield. Their performance of a
traditional Spanish folk song (which they performed entirely in Spanish) won the approval of the adjudicator,
professional soprano, Jane Edwards.
Year 2 performing in assembly
GondwanaVoices
Joe Lennox, Will Coward and Alex Pearson were successful in the auditions for this National Choir. Joe was
selected to perform and record with the Gondwana
Choir. This is the first time a TAS student has been
Members of the Junior School ensemble singing in the
Sydney Opera House
Following this, the ensemble grew considerably and they
gave an impressive performance at the JSHAA Music
Festival in the Sydney Town Hall. Here they dazzled
the audience with Me Goustan Todas and Shopping com-
posed by Dr Richard Peter Maddox, who accompanied
the ensemble for the occasion. The ensemble entertained the crowd with a combination of vocal skills, cho-
selected for this prestigious choir and we are very proud
of these boys.
The students of the Junior School have developed and
displayed a high level of musical ability this year. It has
been a pleasurable experience to have introduced them
to the benefits of a rich musical education. I look forward to the continuing development of our young musicians.
Michelle Harrison, Junior School Music Teacher
reographed movements and artistic confidence.
Other performances included the Cultural Night, Carol's by Candlelight and 2001 Junior School Speech Day.
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Junior School Sport
House Competition
This year in the Junior School, the students enjoyed
four major sporting events which contributed to their
House points. Plus there was the opportunity to represent the School in a number of sports. We congratulate
Scartett on being the winning House for 2001.
Swimming Carnival
This heralded the beginning of the Sporting House competition and saw many new age and division champions emerge from the ranks.
Students, staff and parents had a wonderful time as the
carnival took place at the TAS pool. The Gold, Scarlet
Sub Junior Adelaide Sherriff
Harry Guest
Athletics Carnival Winners
Back Row: Stevie Lennox, David Rice, Sam Skelton,
Emma Coppock
Front Row: David McKeni, Hannah Diebold,
Fletcher Ward, Tina Harris, Adelaide Sherriff
Athletics Carnival
The traditional end of Term 1 Athletics Carnival was
held in perfect conditions and students shone, as they
took to track and field for their events. Scarlet House
started the day in fine form winning the March Past.
After tallying Gold House emerged as 2001Champion.
Junior
Stephanie Wright
Nicholas das Neves-Jones
Division Championships went to the following students.
Senior
Rebecca Barnier
Matthew Baker
and Green Houses battled it out for the Champion
House but it was gold for Green, who amassed 530
points, over Gold's 486 and Scarlet's 447.
Enthusiastic non-swimmers participated in novelty
events, and even keen parents and staff had their chance
to take a dip in the parent/staff relay.
Division Championships
Age Champions
6 years and under
Adelaide Sherriff
Sub-Junior Girl
Tina Harris/Adelaide Sherriff
Sub-Junior Boy
Fletcher Ward
Junior Girl
Hannah Diebold
Junior Boy
Sam Skelton
Intermediate Girl Stevie Lennox
Intermediate Boy Matthew Baker
7 years
Harry Guest
8 years
Hannah Diebold
Michael Vince-Moin
Senior Girl
Stephanie Wright
Nicholas das Neves-Jones
Senior Boy
9 years
10 years
Rebecca Barnier
Matthew Baker
11 years
Tory Hmvksford
Alexander Wardlaw
Emma Coppock
(highest point score for girls)
David Rice
(highest point score for boys)
Cross Country
We couldn't have hoped for better conditions for the
Term 2 Cross Country. Our new track at Moran Oval
was fabulous, with great hills, water-jumps, bridges,
bumpy tracks, ant-nests and fallen autumn leaves.
Congratulations to Peter Hunt, who again showed his
supremacy over the 3km course. Emma Coppock also
continued her winning streak, crossing first.
Age placings went to:
5yrs Girls
5yrs Boys
6yrs Girls
6yrs Boys
7yrs Girls
7yrs Boys
8yrs Girls
1' Annabel Paul, 2" M a Moloney
P Michael Young
1" Adelaide Sherriff, 2" Brittany
Wright, 3'd Bernadette Moore
Daniel. Stanley, 2"d Fletcher Ward,
3rd Charlie Sutherland
1" Laura Orkney
1" Aaron Buckley, 2" Luke Webster,
3'd Alec Jones
1" Georgia Diebold, 2" Hannah
Diebold, 3'd Ruby Purkiss
Having fun with the Green House mascot at theJunior
School swimming sports
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8yrs Boys
1" Sam Skelton, 2" Michael VinceMom, 3rd Nigel Bell
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9yrs Girls
9yrs Boys
1" Stephanie Wright,
Jenny Allan, 3r1 Phoebe Barnet
1" Tristan Hawksford, 2"d Sam Webster,
3'd Brock Sherriff
10yrs Girls 1" Karly Douglas, 2"d Rebecca Percival,
3rd Rebecca Barnier
10yrs Boys I" Sam Phillips, 2nd Harley Cote,
3'd Matthew Baker
llyrs Girls 1" Emma Coppock, 2"d Lucy Carson,
3'd Erin Smith
llyrs Boys 1" Peter Hunt, 2"d Sam Trotman,
Clayton Farrawell
In a close House Points decision the champion house
was Green (76) followed by Scarlet (75) and Gold (72).
Triathlon
Term 4 saw the reintroduction of the Triathlon, after
an eight year break. Students in the Junior School were
able to compete as members of a team or as individuals.
PSSA Swimming
26 students represented TAB at PSSA. Each student
participated well, with several placings in the top 8 as
well as personal best performances.
PSSA Athletics
This year's team had a very successful carnival. Our
sprinters had outstanding performances with Matt Baker
(1"), Stephanie Wright (2'1 and Karly Douglas (V) in
their respective 100m events. Rebecca Barnier filled a
minor placing with 41 in her Shot Put event.
PSSA Cross Country
Our team of 18 ran great races at the Black Mountain
course, with Tristan Hawksford (75), Peter Hunt (79,
Sam Skelton (14th) and Karly Douglas (149 putting in
particularly good performances. It was great to see the
8/9 years boys' team come 45 in the 2000m event.
PSSA Orienteering
We were very proud of all the students in Years 3-6 who
Phillips and Angus Pell. In the teams' event, the re-
competed in this inter-school event. TAS finished 4th
overall in the Interschool Trophy pointscore. One Year
5 team recorded the fastest perfect score of the competition, completing the course in just 43 minutes.
maining students from each class competed, doing separate legs of the race. The winning teams were:
JSHAA Athletics
The K-2 division was won by Aaron Buckley, followed
by Nigel Bell and Alec das Neves-Jones. In the Years 3 5 section, Sam Gates crossed the line first, ahead of Sam
Kinder
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Fletcher Ward, Annabel Paul,
Michael Young, Charlie Sutherland
Callum Smith, Liam Meatheringham
Joshua Taylor
Jonathan Paul, Tim Pearson,
Sam Skelton
Michael Vince-Moin, Will Roland,
Andrew Grigg
Elliot Diebold, Tyson Stronach
David Rice, Sam Trotman, Peter Hunt
Representative Honours
TAS was represented at the Armidale Zone PSSA Swim-
ming, Athletics, Cross Country and Orienteering carnivals, JSHAA Athletics and Swimming in Sydney and
the local Hanna Shield swimming competition.
Below are the fitwt and second place getters in the
Kinder division of the Junior School Triatthlon
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22 students travelled to Homebush to compete with ath-
letes from other JSHAA schools. From this carnival,
Sam Skelton (Year 2) and Tom Mulligan (Year 6) progressed to the next two Sydney carnivals and qualified
as members as the JSHAA team to compete for a place
in the Combined Independent Schools team. Both boys
competed well with Sam running 6" in his 100in heat.
JSHAA Swimming
Congratulations to Matthew Baker, Year 4, who progressed to JSHAA Swimming in Sydney and we were
delighted to hear that he achieved three personal bests
in the events in which he competed.
Hanna Shield Swimming Carnival
After very tough competition at the Hanna Shield
Swimming Carnival, we were very pleased to announce
that the boys' team was placed 1" and the girls team 2"
in the Enrolment Cup. Well done and congratulations
to all those students who represented the Junior School!
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Team Sports
The Junior School enjoyed participating in the local
Armidale sporting competitions throughout the year. We
entered teams in the cricket, hockey, soccer and
t-ball/modball competitions. Children also joined the
TAS-based Alligators Swimming Club as part of their
sporting commitment.
Cricket
Kanga Cricket
Coach:
Kirsty Brundsdon
The Kangas enjoyed a fantastic season of cricket. We
had some very enthusiastic players who were keen to
bat and bowl and did so with outstanding success.After
losing the first two games, the Kangas went on to win
the remaining 14 games an excellent achievement.
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Junior School Swimming Champions for 2001
Back Row: Mrs Robyn McCarthy (MIC Junior Sport),
Matthew Baker; Nicholas dos Neves-Jones, Rebecca
Bander; Mrs Lou Forsythe (Head of Junior School)
Front Row: Harr), Guest, Stephanie Wright, Adelaide
Congratulations to all the players for improving their
skills so much and for being an enthusiastic team to
coath.Thank you to Mr Webster and Mr Armitage for
their continual help and also to all the parents for their
sideline support of their children.
Shenff
Individual Performances
We also had a number of individual athletes who
achieved success outside of TAS.
Congratulations to Rebecca Percival (Year 4) who
gained selection in the north-west regional team in
Level 1 gymnastics and competed at the State Championships in June. Rebecca also competed in the Regional Gymnastics at Tamworth and won overall.
Aaron Buckley came first in the Under 8's division at
the Armidale Cross Country held during May.
Sam Trotman (Year 5) was one of six boys chosen from
Armidale, to be in the U1 2's Northern Tablelands Representative Cricket Team a wonderful achievement.
Douglas Glasson (Year 5) competed in, and won, the
U12's cross country event at Kingstown Pony Club.
Kano Cricket:
Back Row: Mrs Kirsty Brunsdon (Coach), Holly
Guest, Michael Vince-Moin, Tristan Hawksfonl,
Nicholas dos Neves-Jones, Brock Sheriff, Ben Stanley,
Angus Pell
Front Row: Arthur Lloyd, TOM Armitage, Alec dos
Neves-Jones, Andrew Grigg, Will Roland, Joshua
Maloney Till) Pearson, Sam Skelton Absent: Luke
Webster; Sam Webster
Under 11's
Coach:
Medallions:
Lana Bromwich
Sam Trotman, Lachlan Davidson,
Cameron Galt
We have had a fantastic season this year. The under 11's
left the season on a great high. The support from Martin Trotman saw the boys develop stronger skills and a
greater sense of teamwork. These skills lead the boys to
a successful season.
11's Cricket
Back Row: Ms Lana Bromwich (Coach), Matthew
Baker; Sam Phillips, Sam Motman, Hamish Barnet,
Lachlan Davidson, Alexander Wardlaw, Peter Hunt
Front Row: Cameron Gall, Matthew Archei; Nicholas
Shepherd, Alexander Pearson, Harley Cole
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Some of the boys developed their own speciality area in
the game, which was demonstrated in the consistent high
results in either fielding or batting. It was extremely
pleasing to see that even the new members to the game
had achieved a great sense of sportsmanship, skill development and found the game really enjoyable.
Well done under 11's. We certainly did see some true
budding cricketers this season!
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Hockey
Minkey Hockey
Coach
The rest of the team was made up from girls in Years 4
and 5 who have had a few years experience and conMrs Kirsty Brunsdon
The Minkey team had an outstanding season remaining undefeated throughout their eleven games.
They developed great skills and used positional play and
teamwork. Many of the players found their natural attacking or defensive position.
Good sportsmanship also became apparent when the
students were asked to play on other teams to even out
numbers.
We finished the season with a win against NEGS which
was played in excellent spirits.
tinue to improve their skills. Rebecca Percival, Amanda
Hensen and Stephanie Wright continue to develop their
strong defence and great attacking skills, while Karly
Douglas, Stevie Lennox, Erin Smith and Tory Hawksford
proved both skilful and versatile playing a variety of
positions on the field.
The team played a total of 14 games during the season
and proved to be a very competitive side, losing only
one of their 14 matches. We have had a terrrific seson
and all team members are to be congratulated on their
fine sporting attitude. All children were presented with
trophies at the completion of the season in recognition
of their successful season.
The players who are going up to half field next year will
be very useful as they have developed great skills.
I have enjoyed this year as Minkey coach and I thank
the parents for their support and encouragement.
Half Field Hockey 1
Back Row: Sam Phillips, Stevie Lennox, Matthew
Bakes; Tory Hawksford, Luke Wallace
Back Row: Amanda Hensen, Karly Douglas,
Mrs Christine Wright (Coach), Rebecca Percival,
Stephanie Wright
Minkey Hockey
Back Row: Mrs Kirsty Brunsdon (Coach), Jonathon
Paul, Georgina Davidson, Thn Pearson
Middle Row: Emily Kozera, Angus Begg, Jane Tear/c,
Hannah Diebold, Georgia Diebold
Front Row: Laura Orkney, Liam Meatheringham,
Michael Young
Mrs Christine Wright
This season has been a very rewarding one for the children in the half-field hockey team.
We started the year with a group of very enthusiastic
young players, some who had a year or two experience
in the game and a few new players.
Three of our new recruits Sam Phillips, Matthew Baker
and Luke Wallace brought their sporting enthusiasm
from the soccer field to hockey. They certainly proved
to be very keen and during the season developed some
strong skills on the field.
Sam was one of the highest goal scorers for the season,
scoring over 20 goals for the year.
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Coaches:
Mrs Tania Ball, Mr Michael Simpson
The TAS 2 half-field hockey team consisted of students
who were all fairly new to hockey. However, we all enjoyed the training sessions and we learnt new skills and
techniques.
As the season progressed the players became more cohesive and worked together as a team. They began pass-
Half-field Hockey 1
Coach:
Half-field Hockey 2
ing the ball to each other down the wing, positional
playing and attacking and defending.
Each and every child has developed impressive skills
and confidence throughout the season. Well done to
everyone on the team.
Thank you to all the parents who put in time, effort and
oranges to make this experience lots of fun for the kids!
A special thanks must go to Susannah Warrick who put
in a tot of her time and valuable skills.
Well done to everyone in the team. You have all made
a marvellous improvements and should be proud of your
skills and progress you have achieved.
Michael Simpson
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Half Field Hockey 2
Back Row: Jenny Allan, Harley Cole, Nicholas Berquist, Annelise Guest, Myles Eggert
Front Row: Jacqui Skelton, Catherine Moore, Mrs Tania Ball, Thomas Murphy, Mrs Andrea Gledhill, Phoebe
Barnet, Elliot Diebold
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Under 7 Soccer
Back Row: Aaron Buckley, Harry Guest, Mr Ian Lloyd (Coach), Ms Lana Bromwich (Managed,
Alec dos Neves-Jones, Arthur Lloyd
Front Row: Jackson Gilbey, Joshua Taylor; Cameron Ranck, Joshua Moloney, Daniel Stanley
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Untie, 10 Taglans
Back Row: Andrew Grigg, Andrew Frost, Nicholas Sheppard, Nicholas das Neves-Jones, Christian Marchant,
Brock Sherriff, Tristan Hawksford, Thomas Murphy
Front Row: John Elliott, Mark Thomas, Jackson Phistel; Mr George Frost (Coach), Hayden McLennan,
Jonathon Wheelei; Cameron Gall
Soccer
Under 10
Coach/ Manager: George Frost, Lisa Perry
There were two under 10s soccer teams this year the
Tigers and the Taipans. Both teams were made up of
determined and dedicated soccer enthusiasts.
It was great to watch the skills of each player bloom
over the season. Their love for the game of soccer and
commitment was evident whenever they played and
trained. The boys were guided and modelled by Mr
Under 7 Tornadoes
Coaches:
Ian Lloyd and Lana Bromwich
From 13 games played, the team won 8, lost 4, drew 1.
The season started very positively and the team was promoted a division to the Big Cats.
Throughout the season the squad learnt many new skills
most importantly they learnt to pass the ball to some-
one in a better position and to move the ball forward.
They were a strong team with many quality players who
will continue to perform at a very sound level.
George Frost a master of the game himself. He lead
the boys through drills to improve their balls skills and
game strategies. Equally important was his advice on
Our younger players progressed rapidly; Cameron Ranck
became a fierce chaser of the ball and, being very adept
sportsmanship, team play and his encouragement.
Jackson Gilbey- the teams' tackler extraordinaire. Many
Saturday games were always exciting. Parents lined the
an opposition were seen to cringe as Jackson ran towards them in defence, ably supported by Harry Guest
who would calmly and calculatedly extract possession
and feed the forwards with excellent service.
fields, lending their support. Size and age was often
against us and our victories were few. However the Ti-
gers and the Taipans stood true to the statement "It's
not whether you win or lose it's how you play the game."
They consistently gave their best effort and played in a
manner that we as coaches could only be proud of.
at the art of conversation, was an ideal partner for
Josh Taylor, apart from scoring the odd scorcher, was a
fast and able mid-fielder who began to really get into
the game, kicking and passing with purpose as did
Charles Sutherland.
There was nothing quiet about the way Alec Jones
played. He was a dynamo chief goal scorer and attacking machine. Everyone tried to stay out of his way.
Even the effervescent Arthur Lloyd, who scored his fair
share of goals, thought twice before getting himself run
over by the likes of Alec and Josh Moloney who developed into the "Bobby Moore" of the Tornadoes, good
looking with speed and attitude. But, the real speed mer-
chant was Aaron Buckley, who was unstoppable,
Under 10 Soccer Tigers
Back Row: Michael Vince-Moin, William Roland,
Mr George Frost (Coach), Angus Pell, Jock Gledhill
Front Row: Joseph Kozera, Ben Stanley, Sam Websto;
Nigel Bell, Sam Skelton
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unflappable and untackleable. Thank goodness for the
determined Daniel Stanley and Callum Smith bringing
up the rear. Callum the impenetrable force in goal, and
thoughtful defender, worked quietly and effectively with
Daniel, who occasionally broke out and shot downfield
with real resolve.
This was a balanced team and one which enjoyed themselves immensely and developed into a great unit on
and off the field.
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Transition
We've had a year full of fun!!
Photographs of our friends to remember forever
Visiting the Airport
Nursery Rhyme Dressing Up
Transition Class of 2001
Maddison Bromwich, Tyson Cook, Pieter de Klerk, Zachary Dobos, Ashley Flint,
Saxon Hardingham, Tina Harris, Courtney Hewitt, Erin Lankester, Ramin Livingstone,
Harry Lloyd, Patrick Marquardt, Laura Metheringham, Jesse Odom, Imogen Pfister,
Lydia Pfister, Mitchell Rhodes, Daniel White, Luke Wright
Tania Ball
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Winiergarren
'Kindergarten began the year with 16 childi-em 6 girls audio boys. This a class with a multitude of
yersonaCities that kept the days' exciting and interesting. Term i saw changes - we Cost William
3-Coward to Sydeny and swayed rooms with Year i to syread our wings. And did we ever do this!! We
have learnt how to read and write very cleverly and have created some wondelful story writing
exercises. We have _produced some interesting art and had a wondelfuCtime in gy m6aroo. Music
yrovided us with tots Of stimulus and the Library was always a great place to be.
Jack Tearle joined us in Term 2, Sam s-Cutton in Term 3 and Mcholas McCarrol in Term 4.
So we have read numerous boobs, ylaiyed musical instruments to Popcorn Percussion, yarticiyated
ays an generally hadfunn Wow- what a year it has been,
TM) days and
Days
congratulationsqcindergarten on an outstanding effort.
Kirsty Bnaisdon
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Year I.
We have had a wonderful year together. Being a small class
certainly has its advantages. We've got to know each other really
well over the year and we have been able to accomplish so much.
We have developed some terrific friendships while learning both
inside the classroom and on may excursions around our local
community.
The highlight of our year was wonderful excursion to Bonny Hills
along with Year 2.
Here are some of our favourite memories from our excursion:
Pearce: feeding the fish
Bernadette: the big waterslide
Harry: I just loved going
Liam: the Food
Alec: Pearce falling in the
water
Arthur: I love Peppermint Park
Josh T: being at Peppermint
Park on my birthday
Christine Wright
Josh M: Jonathon putting on
his socks without getting his
feet dirty
Callum: the waterslide
Aaron: the Koala running
across the road
Laura: going down the
waterslide with Aaron
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What I Loved
out Year 2
Angus Begg
Designing my own board game called "Garbage
Dump Recycling Place and Playground".
Nigel Bell
When I ran in the cross country and came 24th.
Georgina Davidson
Going on an excursion to Saumarez and the old
school house. We sang "God save the King".
Georgia Diebold
Making the chocolate factory. It was quite smart
to put lots of boxes and tubes together.
Hannah Diebold
When our prac teacher taught us about the
playground, natural environments and recycling.
Emily Kozera
Making the Chocolate factory. It took the whole
day to plan and build.
Joseph Kozera
Miss Perry, our prac teacher, coming to our class.
She was always helpful and very nice to me.
Jim Lavis-Cash
Jumping up and down to "The Happy Song" in
chapel and the waterslides at Peppermint Park.
Jonathan Paul
Playing the chocolate game with the class and
my Triathlon team Sam, Tim and Jonathan.
We had lots of fun together.
Tim Pearson
Our trip to Saumarez Homestead. We put on
special boots to look through the houses and
classroom.
Sam Skelton
When I went to Sydney for running and long
jump. I came 3'd in the running and 4th in the
long jump.
Angus Sutherland
Being in the Triathlon with all my friends.
Jane Tearle
My first day of school. I was walked into school
by mummy. Mrs Forsythe showed me my room
and Mrs Mac showed me where to put my bag.
Shaye Walker-Fagan
Riding my bike in the Triathlon.
Luke Webster
Emily Kozera's Tiger
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Playing soccer with my friends.
Robyn McCarthy
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Year
Th
Another year has passed and I have again been blessed
with 17 beautiful little charcters in my classroom. Many
giggles, dramatic acticng and romantic notions have filled
our classroom with a buzz of energy, which has made the
year most enjoyable.
Let me introduce you to our characters. We hear a story
being told full of exaggeration and detail. In an instant
we know it 15 Jock Gledhill telling a wild story like the well
know caroon which starts by saying I'll tell you true story
that was told to me by a friend of a friend etc. We look
around and see a big broad smile listening to the story
with intense interest and know that it i5 Phoebe Barnet.
We see a red head working diligently, Oliver Smith, while
chaos fills the classroom. Myles Eggert is busy drawing
his latest cartoon character, while Sam Webster talks
to him about war and different types of weapons.
Tristan Hawksford has the Tom Cruise approach to
things, extremely smooth and crusiey (pardon the pun).
Michael Vince-Moin i5 50 busy in non stop conversation
that he hasn't noticed that we have changed subjects.
No matter how cranky a techer gets we can always look
overatJennifer Allan and see her calm, with a smile knowing that her teacher is just in one of those moods and it
is generally not directed at her
Competition begins with Catherine Moore's with her intricate stories, competing with Andrew Grigg and his romantic stories. Andrew giggles as he shares his stories,
while Gathering hides and will only shows selected few.
Nicholas Jones i5 in the corner singing the latest Shrek'
song, word for word, competing with Tom Armitge about
the lyrics.
In sport we see determination with Benjamin Stanley and
Brock Sherriff competing for the best results. Brock
also constantly tells me how, he just does not like art.
Looking angelic in the corner is Angus Pell and Jonathon
Wheeler. But don't be deceived. Even though hey are
blessed with the Bart Simpson look, I didn't do it:they
can magically transform into bad bad boys if I step out
past the magical line - the classroom door.
There are so many wonderful events that I can write
about. Dressing up as black Africans for our Eisteddfod,
dune sliding with the children on our excursion, trying to
attack them with the laser guns. Getting carried away
with ouracting in the classroom and laughing many times,
long and hard.
What about our mad fitness lessons in the morning, the
ten minute work-outs. We built many classroom structures, like our temple and three dimensional Christmas
trees. There was also our classroom art - silk printing,
house construction, cartooning and many more things.
We made Sara Marie look doggy with our modern version
of daily dancing. Teaching the boys Latin American dancing was a scream. We did enjoy our music - there were
many great moments.
I would like to thank these children for who they are and
for the joy that they gave given me this year. Memories
that will accumulate over theyyears as we share so may
wonderful experiences in our school life. Remember you
are all special. I look forward to more memories to come.
Lana Bromwich
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Recipe for the Perfect Year Four
Ingredients
Take 25 nine year old students of varying size, shape and personalities.
(Preferably eight girls and seventeen boys of the chatty variety.)
Marinate to bring out their maximum potential in the following ingredients:
A splash of happiness.
A cup of laughter.
A sprinkle of good manners.
A dash of discipline.
A spoonful of determination.
A measure of thoughtfulness for others.
Method
Pour into a large classroom and stir well.
Expose to a curriculum of Maths, Science, English, HSIE and PD.
While stirring throw in singing, dancing and acting to bring out flavour.
Transfer to other classrooms and shake well to ensure the arts of Music, Divinity,
PE, French and Library are well dissolved.
Separate each student and knead gently, allowing them develop their own gifts
and talents. Shape with independent working skills and dedication to excellence.
Place on the stage whenever possible to enable talents to mature. Roll in sport
and outdoor education to ensure even consistency.
Bake in a warm school for 11 months.
Release at the end of every term to rejuvenate for two weeks.
Allow to cool, wrap in tender loving care and send home for Christmas.
Lisa Perry
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Year 5
Goodbye, Farewell it's time to say
Adieu to You and You and You
W e on top of the world
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The Arm idale School Roll for 2001
Transition
Bromwich, MT
Diebold, CL
Diebold, H M
Cook, T P
Kozera, E K
de Klerk, PG B
Dobos, ZW
Kozera, J S
Year 5
Lavis-Cash, J A
Archer, M J
Flint, A J
Hardingham, S
Monley, S-L M
Harris, TJ
Hewitt, CC
Paul, J D
Bamet, HE
Bamier, RJ
Carson, L EM
Lankester,E
Livingstone, R T
Lloyd, H C
Marquardt, PJ
Meatheringham, LJ
Morris, RS
Odom, J KA
Ogisi, P J
Pearson, TJ
Purkiss, R R
Skelton, SA
Sutherland, A I
Tearle, J E
Walker-Fagan, SJ
Webster, LE I
Bedford, PD
Brazier-Hollins, S
Coulton, AD
Cupitt, H L
Dorrian, G
Finlay, A
Cameron, SJ
Campbell, T E
Compain, C E
Condon, RD
Coward, W R
Eliot( S H
Evans, DR
Fahey, MA
Fenwicke, TA
Forsberg, X 0
Gream,S R
Harder, LC
Gates, S R
Harnett, J E
Lowson,DW
Glasson, D E K
Hawksford, AR
Hawksford,TP
Hunt, PJ
Jakobsson, A MC
Heap, N C
Marchant, T A C
McKem, C N
Jakobsson, H A B
Jackson, BJ
Wallace, L E
Wright, SA
Conroy, BC
Coppock, EL
Davidson, LJ
Dehaen, DC
Farrawell, CA
Douglas, H B S
Flower, J A
Fussell, D D
Gow, A G
Hodgson, MT
Holcombe, I J
Jackson, ME
Kaveney, ST
Khan, AJ
Laurie, A K
Lockyer, AJ
Pfister, I EJ
Year 3
Pfister, L EJ
Rhodes, M K
White, D J
Allan, J C
Armitage, TJ
Bamet, P K
Wright, LJ
das Neves-Jones, NA
Lennox, J P
Lai, T
Eggert, M
Moore, PM C
Gledhill, J D
Gilbey,J P
Grigg, A R C
Hawksford, TG
Orkney, KC
Pearson, AJ
MacDougall, RD
Maxwell, J TJ
McCormack, RJ
McDonald, AJ
McWilliams, BJ
Mercer, AG
Osland, W R
Kindergarten
Miles, SA
Moore, DM S
Howand, W H
Hutton, SJ
McCarroll, NC
McCarthy, ER
Moloney, MG
Paul, A G
Moore, C M L
Osland, DR
Rice, D A
Hunt, J R
Hunt, J R F
Mingay, T
Moffatt, MJ
Moore, DJ
Morris, LA
Peatfield, DC
Pont, B J
Prowse, R K G
Pell, A S
Smith, EL
Trotman,S P
Wardlaw, AJ
Roland, WJ
Sherriff, B D 0
Year 6
Murray, R G N
Spooner, MW
Thorpe, BC
Tindal, NJ
Allan, FJ
Pain, S R W
Vidler, A G
Begg, HE
Boyd-Spencer, T D
Boyd-Spencer, W M
Payne, S H C
Wannan, MJ
Watts, MD
Williams, D G
Winter-Irving, WJ A
Rose, J H
Rutherford, J A
Ranck, CJ
Sherriff, AJ
Siviour, Z
Stanley, DJ
Sutherland, C H
Taylor, MD
Smtth, 0 J
Stanley, BA
Wheeler, J R
Brookes, CV
Butt, AW C
Pring, AJ N
Tearle, J M J
Year 4
Baker, MR
Bergquist-Doepel, N
Rice, SJ
Sharpe, JO
Shaw, LA
Siriwardana, AR
Year 9
Van Mil, E V
Colling, J R
Couchman, PJ
Cull, C C
Dalg liesh, TJ
Dewhurst, I R
Spokes, NE
Fletcher, AA
Steele, J R
Hall, MS
Stevens, PW
Swain, M PD
Barnett, AW
Boeren, A S W
Bond, NT
Brattoni, LT
Carrigan, M J
Cole, F A
Ward, FD
Webster, MT I
Wright, B M
Vince-Moin, ML
Webster, S J I
Cole, H J
Year 1
Diebold, EJ
Douglas, KM
Elliott, J W
Frost, AJ
Buckley, A B
Gall, C R
das Neves-Jones, AT
Eggert, PJ
Guest, HJ
Lloyd, AG
McCarthy, M
Meatheringham, L D
Moloney, J W
Guest, AM
Hensen, AJ
Lennox, S L
Moore, B MT
Orkney, L C
Smith, C N
Phillips, S K
Purkiss, L M
Taylor, J E
Shepherd, N G
Young, A B
Year 2
Skelton, J A
Stannard, N N
Year 7
Begg, D A
Stronach, T N
Andrews, CJ
Bell, NJ W
Sutherland, AM
Thomas, MG
Baker, C R
Young, MW
Davidson, G K
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Hutton, B
Percy, JT
Perrett, T F
Randall, J W
Akhurst, M K
Al/an, ML
Baines, S I
McConnell-Imbriotis, D
McKem, DR
Mulligan, T M
Warrick, E P W
Year 8
Daniell, T L
Allardice, N R
Edwards, R L
McLennan, HA
Murphy, TW
Myers, C T
Nielsen, B M
Osland, S R
Roberts, B 0 C
Allsop, TJ N
Percival, R L
Schaefer, C R R
Barnier,S E
Eliott, DH
Fenwicke, AA
Fenwicke, WJ
Pfister, J
Stewart, M G
Trees, J D
Bath, M J
Bedford, TJ
Femance, M T
Forsythe, W D
Warrick, H J T
Beveridge, J M
Boileau, A C K
Gill, 0 P
Godwin, TJ
Bradley, C R C
Graser, FB
Chan, M
Chiu, D
Choung, SC
Coppock, J A
Hall, 1 S
Marchant, C P H
Barker, PH
Zanesco, KM
Cowell, JW
Archdale, W C D
Head, R B
Herd, C R
Higginbotham, B P
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Brain, D C
Broadbent, A A
Mew-Sum, B H
Hill, N D
Hall, J M
Clark, SA
Hyles, J A
Hallam, M KC
Coppock, S B
Jennings, B C
Kim, J S (John)
Kim, SJ (David)
Han, J H
Herbert, L DA
Daley, LT
Davies, J C
Hiu, P
Dewhurst, P B
Leslie, JOE
Holcombe, PM
Dickenson-Jones, G
Lloyd, J P
Mackenzie, S M
Mackey, L D
Mavin, BE
McAnally, BJ
Hoskin, J A
Douglas, J L
Carrigan, NJ
Coppock, J M
Cosgrove, Z L
Coulton, J R
Dean-Wallis, D
Hutson, L D
Johnson, L K
Kim, J S
East, C P
Dorian, MT
Penman, M P
Ferrier, T
Foot, G D
Granfield, B
Fussell, M K
Lee, A D
Griffin, C N
Hall, S J
McKem,TJ
Lee, Y H
Hall, BE
Harris, S
Metcalfe, DA
Mills, D S
Morris, BA
Leyden, NM
Henry, J B
Loeve, B
Hicks, DA
Luan, J
Holliday, J R
Nash, A S
MacDougall, S P
Hulin-Dawson, SJ
Hensen, SJ
Holcombe, RJ
Hutton, N
Kuppe, D J
Perry, NJ
Rickards, GA
Robertson, GA
Soo, K
Strahle, AJ
O'Donnell, LJ
Mackay, G H
Jubb,TR
Lehmann, PV
Oppenheimer, J W
Mellor, J F
Marlor, N S
Parish, TJ
Patterson, A M
Radbum, J P
Rees, NA B
Richardson, N R
Mavin, KJ
McDonald, RJ
McKem, J L
Moffitt, CJ
Moffitt, OP
Killen, WT
King, MC
Roberts, A D
Moss, W L
Mouton, N P
Munsie, M C S
Roberts, ST
Rowe, TJ
Perkins, B A
Perry, C D S
Pilcher, A E
Radbum, CJ
Rankmore, D G
Tumer,J P
Turton, SA
Ward, BA
Pollock, AR
Punyawong,T
Rao, SD
Rogers, MW
Rankin, R E B
Wauch, A G
Rixon, DT
Roberts, BS
Rowe, CW
Sayers, M J F
Schumann, J S
Sidwardana, A P
Stanley, J J M
Wilkinson, RJ
Wright, LM
Roberts, W
Allen, RD
Barnier, S M
Silver, L E
Sun, A
Bashford, G P
Sprinkle, DA
Sutton, BJ
Bedford, M J
Stening, C A F
Tapp, C R
Bell, AJ
Taylor, R A L
Bell, J D W
Stening,WJ F
Stevens, CWJ
Caldwell, R
Stevens, N G
Wallace, A G
Capel, AD
Carrigan, MA
Carson, A M
Strahb, KJ
Tindal, SC
Wang, C
Cassidy, J M
Cho, C H
Choi, Y
Clifton, B C
Clifton, CD
Coulton, TR K
Steele, J WT
Strang, B P
Tromp, N R
Toppin, P
Wiseman, MJ
Wood, CJ
Ueda, Y
Zhang, F
Wauch, H D
Zhou,W
Whitelaw, DT
Woodward, MJ
Wright, W H
Year 12
Adams, J H
Allan, NJ
Bale, J B
Davis, LA
Year 11
Abbott, LM
Edmonds, C D
Evans, RJ
Eveleigh, B S
Allison, Y
Bartle, RJ
Bondfield, J R
Barton, W R
Bashford, A M
Fahey, B
Fittlec DJ
Booth, CS J
Brooks, P C
Buchan, J KA
Bicknell, R
Bignell, S J
Boopalan, S S P
Gow, W D
Chan, W C
Bowman, SJ
Daniell, J E
Feuerring, J G
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White, DP
Wilson-Brown, T M
Yu, HO
Okazaki, S
Robertson, MC
Rose, TJ
Shields, AT
Year 10
Welfield, A
Li, H
McDonald, T A
Pardy, M P
Sutton, PM
Toppin, S
Voegeli, T D
Lee, KS
Leggett, C A
Pain, P T W
Peatfield, J R E
Sohn, C
Spencer, BJ
Spooner, J
Parnwell, PP
Lai, A
Nehl, D LB
O'Donnell, BJ
Sisson, JW
Noonan, B S
Kohler, T P
O'Sullivan, DL
Shame, B N
Neil, RAG
King, S A
Murray, T G
Nash, J E
Shannon, R B P
Mitchell, A D
Moore, AS
Moore, AS
Bamier, TW
Bell, R J
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