2010 THE NEWINGTONIAN

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THE NEWINGTONIAN
2010
THE NEWINGTONIAN 2010
The School Crest
Newington’s crest, the wyvern, comes from
the arms of the Rev John Wesley, as adopted
by the school he founded, Kingswood School,
in England.
The motto, translated ‘To your faith, add
knowledge’, comes from the Epistle of Peter
in the New Testament.
Number 302
The yearbook of Newington College
Stanmore NSW 2048, Australia
www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au
[email protected]
Editor: Ms Lauren Sykes
Layout: Mr Graham Wye, Sydney Design Studio Pty Ltd
Printing: Ligare Pty Ltd
The editor wishes to thank all who have assisted in the production of this yearbook,
including Ms Jackie Dalton, Mr Peter Franks, Melba Studios and photographers
Paul Seiser, Petri Kurkaa, Christopher Hayles and James Grogin.
Contents
Contents
From the Headmaster..........................................4
Duke of Edinburgh ..........................................113
From the Senior Prefect .......................................6
John Waterhouse Society .................................114
Council & Staff Lists ............................................9
Mooting..............................................................115
Awards for 2010..................................................15
Music ..................................................................116
Student Life
Newington Challenge......................................129
Year 12..................................................................23
Public Speaking ................................................131
Houses .................................................................32
Visual Arts .........................................................131
Mentor Groups ...................................................48
Sport
Boarding .............................................................60
Sports Awards...................................................133
Chapel Life .........................................................62
Sportsmaster’s Report .....................................135
Service Learning ................................................63
Athletics.............................................................137
Student Representative Council ......................65
Basketball...........................................................141
Academic Curriculum
Cricket................................................................162
Curriculum Overview .......................................66
Cross Country...................................................182
Careers .................................................................72
Fencing...............................................................185
Computing ..........................................................73
Football ..............................................................187
Drama ..................................................................74
Economics............................................................75
English .................................................................76
Geography...........................................................79
Gifted Education ................................................80
History and Legal Studies ................................81
Languages ...........................................................83
Library .................................................................85
Mathematics........................................................86
Music....................................................................87
PDHPE .................................................................89
Philosophy and Religious Studies...................91
Science..................................................................93
Rifle Shooting ...................................................208
Rowing...............................................................210
Rugby .................................................................225
Snowsports........................................................246
Swimming .........................................................248
Tennis .................................................................251
Volleyball ...........................................................266
Water Polo .........................................................268
Preparatory Schools
Wyvern House Academic Awards ................276
Wyvern House Report.....................................278
Wyvern Sport....................................................295
Technology ..........................................................95
Lindfield Academic Awards ..........................319
Visual Arts ...........................................................97
Lindfield Report ...............................................321
Vocational Education and Training .................99
Lindfield Sport..................................................335
Co-curricular Activities
Cadets ................................................................100
Chess ..................................................................105
Staff
Farewells............................................................346
Alumni
Debating ............................................................106
ONU President’s Report .................................349
Drama.................................................................111
The 70 Club Chairman’s Report ....................359
From the Headmaster
An edited excerpt from the address given at Secondary
School Annual Prize Giving 2010
At Newington, we have the wonderful phrase
‘Discover What’s Possible’. We have worked hard
to make sure it is part and parcel of what we do,
and not what we say we do. It must not be an
advertising phrase; it must be our core business. I
love the key words ‘discover’ and ‘possible’.
Discover is a great action word for boys who are
learning, whilst ‘possibilities’ suggests a lifelong
journey full of wonder and awe. But what if the
phrase was ‘discover what matters?’
If I had asked each of you individually to name the
three top things that really matter to you, I wonder
what the results would show. Would it be world
peace, happiness, money, saving whales, reducing
world poverty, God, family, friendships, a flash car
or house, true reconciliation with our indigenous
brothers and sisters, a better job, no pimples, a new
surfboard, a successful career or winning the Ashes?
‘What matters?’ is a deep personal question, yet it
applies to Newington as well. What matters to
the College?
A few years ago I had the privilege to listen to a
conference talk by Daniel Pink. He is an American
author, journalist and former speech writer to Al
Gore. In his latest book, A Whole New Mind, he
promotes the need for more right-sided brain
thinking as a crucial element for the future. We are
moving from an economy and a society built on
the logical, linear, computer-like capabilities of the
information age, to an economy and a society built
on the inventive, empathetic, big-picture
capabilities of the conceptual age. Pink argues that
this new conceptual age requires a different form
of thinking and a new approach to life: one that
prizes aptitudes of high concept and high touch.
I quote Pink:
‘High concept involves the capacity to detect
patterns and opportunities, to create artistic and
emotional beauty, to craft a satisfying narrative,
and to combine seemingly unrelated ideas into
something new.
High touch involves the ability to empathise with
others, to understand the subtleties of human
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Dr David Mulford
interaction, to find joy in oneself and to elicit it in
others, and to stretch beyond the everyday and
commonplace in pursuit of purpose and meaning.’
I like the work of Daniel Pink very much. His
analysis strongly supports our Newington vision
of preparing hearts and minds for the 21st century.
At Newington College, the analytical, sequential,
scientific and left-sided brain world is correctly
and strongly promoted. Our inaugural Science and
Technology Festival this year was a marvellous
addition to our calendar. But equally, the nonlinear, holistic, intuitive and creative right-sided
brain world is nurtured, rewarded and fostered.
A key Newington attribute has always been to
fight against stereotyping. A Newington boy can
love maths and poetry; play rugby and be a top
English student; be a petrol head, dancer and
ancient history fanatic. Boys can choose whatever
combinations from whatever opportunities are on
offer, and in whatever depth they wish. The
award-winning cinema advertisement this year
From the Headmaster
for Newington aimed to portray this attribute.
Difference is promoted. Being yourself, at your
best, is a guiding principle and we like effort and
persistence so much.
Doing is important. You learn by doing. Your
reputation is determined by your doing, not your
talking. Your parenting is determined by your doing,
not your talking. Your teaching is determined by
your doing, not your talking. Your character is
determined by your doing, not your talking. This
is why at Newington we have such an emphasis
on character: the education of the whole person. It
is why we emphasise a co-curricular contribution
back to one’s community. It is why we emphasise
a service contribution back to our community;
locally, nationally and internationally.
The emphasis within our exciting Service
Learning programs is on the awareness element:
the doing; the meaning; the story; the empathy
gained from knowing and walking with someone
else in need. Our boys are constantly challenged
to consider what it means to be a Christian
community. We acknowledge and nurture our
multifaith and multicultural community. We
encourage boys to explore their personal beliefs, to
develop an awareness of spirituality, to encourage
respect and understanding in the search for truth,
and to develop a strong sense of morality and
ethics. The commencement of a Newington Ethics
Centre under the drive and vision of Dr Jeremy
Hall was of particular benefit this year.
Newington College is a happy school because of
its focus on relationships. Relationships require
‘giving’ much more than ‘taking’. In my first-ever
Newington speech last year I quoted Victor
Hugo’s great line: “The mind is fed by what it
receives, the heart is fed by what it gives.”
I would like to read a letter from a Boston high
school principal who writes each year to her new
staff (it applies equally as a message to parents):
Dear teacher,
I am the victim of a concentration camp. My eyes saw
what no man should witness: gas chambers built by
learned engineers; children poisoned by educated
physicians; infants killed by trained nurses; women and
babies shot and burned by high school and college
graduates. So, I am suspicious of education. My request
is: help your students become human. Reading, writing
and arithmetic are important only if they serve to make
our children more human.
We strive for good academic and co-curricular
results that can be measured, yet the main game will
always remain about character and contribution.
We must continue to promote the positive actions
of imagination, creativity, empathy, striving,
listening and respecting difference in all that we
do. We need to continue to promote inspiring
human attributes. We need to work out what’s
meaningful in our lives and engage with and be
joyful about it, give generously to others, connect
deeply, be kind and of good cheer. We need to
search for meaning and what it means to be truly
human. We need to focus on what matters in life.
‘What matters?’ There is no better question to ask
yourself than that.
Dr David Mulford, Headmaster
3 December 2010
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From the Senior Prefect
An excerpt from the Senior Prefect’s Valedictory Speech
2010
Well, here we are again. It doesn’t seem that long
ago that Mert was standing here giving his final
speech. I think the cohort of 2010 would agree
with me in saying “Gee that went quick.”
For much of our lives we have been here at
Newington, and I ask you: what have we learnt?
Some may say nothing, but that would be wrong.
We will forever be indebted to the home of our
boyhood for the lessons it has taught us.
We have been nurtured and guided by a gifted
group of teachers. These people go beyond the text
and they go beyond the testing. They teach us
about life, and we will never forget them. All
members of the Newington staff, from the cleaners
to the Headmaster behind me, are professional in
what they do. This year, 170 young men of
Newington march out the front gates as the
product of their work: men, prepared for the
choices in life.
As my fellow Year 12s and I move from our
boyhood to the great unknown, there are many I
should thank on their behalf.
Thank you to the staff of the College—not only the
teaching staff, but the non-teaching staff: To the
grounds staff, who always ensure the College
looks its best, making us proud to be part of it. To
Dave and Tim the pool guys, who look after our
lost property and provide us with lengthy lessons
in the art of conversation. To the tuckshop staff,
who always ensure we are well fed and in good
humour. To Sister, for her tireless efforts in not
only mending our cuts and bruises, but Neil Bent’s
pants. To the administration staff, who work
tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the smooth
operation of the College.
To the teachers, who have mentored us to strive to
be the best that we can be. To the senior staff
whose efforts keep Newington at the leading edge
of boys’ education. And, of course, to our parents,
who have shared our successes and our disasters
and can still find the time to turn many a sausage
on a chilly Saturday morning.
On behalf of Year 12, I thank you.
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Thomas Mullally
Not very long ago, a learned friend described the
opportunity of coming to Newington as an empty
suitcase. All the knowledge, experiences and
memories make up the objects that go into this
suitcase: whether it be school tours to foreign
lands, the mateship shown on camps, feeding
people less fortunate than ourselves at Loaves and
Fishes, playing music or being in a Drama
production, being on stage in front of your mates
under the ‘One Passion, One Pride, ‘10’ banner or
From the Senior Prefect
running onto the field in the black and white.
Of all the lessons that I have learnt attending
Newington I’d like to share some with you:
You can make mistakes and the sun will still come
up the next day. I remember one of the first
mistakes I made at school. It was in Year 1 on the
maiden walk over to the new Wyvern campus. On
the way there, I saw quite a decent sized puddle
and I felt compelled to jump into it. Unfortunately
I didn’t think through the consequences of my
actions and Miss Wiseman, who was dressed up
for the inaugural occasion, copped a spray.
Making mistakes is fine as long as when we make
mistakes, we learn from them, make amends and
move on.
Take my good friend Theo Cleary for example: I’m
sure he learnt a life lesson on the day he decided to
perform a science experiment in one of the tuckshop
microwaves. After the lunchtime explosive
entertainment, he made amends and replaced it.
Something else I’ve learnt is that you shouldn’t let
obstacles stand in the way of your dreams.
I’m going to use a little simile here. This is a
matchbox Tonka truck, which I’m sure you’re all
familiar with and I’m sure you’ve all played with
in the past—some of you may still (At this stage of
his speech, Tom holds a Tonka truck up to the audience).
The truck never lets anything stand in its way: it
goes through dirt, sand, leaf litter, gravel and
water. I’m sure the members of the 1st XV are
familiar with smashing through obstacles like
King’s, Joeys and then Riverview, to reach their
goal of a 2010 championship.
So to achieve your goals and your dreams, you
need to be like this truck. Don’t let anyone or
anything stop you or slow you down because
you’re not doing it for them, you’re doing it for
yourself. And if you want something badly
enough, there is nothing stopping you achieving
your goal.
When I was in Year 7, I looked up to the Senior
Prefect Justin Bosilkovski, and admired his fairminded leadership. Still today, I hold him in the
highest regard. When it came time for the election
of the 2010 leaders, I remember my mum saying
“Don’t get your hopes up, they probably won’t
pick you.” Funnily enough, I’m standing here now
in front of you all; I believed not only in my
dream, but in myself. At Newington, there are the
opportunities for us all to chase our dreams.
Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. Never make
excuses. And never be ashamed of what you
believe. You’re probably going to make mistakes
trying to achieve them, but as Newington has
taught me, that’s OK. It’s OK to make mistakes.
It’s OK to have a dream.
On that note, I wish every success to you all in
chasing you dreams. Good luck to the new Senior
leaders. Make sure that you all fill your suitcases
before you leave.
I won’t forget Stevo Metlej revving the crowd up
at the King’s game.
I won’t forget waving the flag at the Rowing,
Football, Rugby and Athletics.
I won’t forget the dim red light over Johnson Oval
after everyone had left: Newington 51; St Joseph’s 7.
And I especially won’t forget you.
Thank you for all the memories from my time here
at this great school.
I think it’s fair to say that, for all the Year 12s
behind me, our suitcases are full and it’s time for
us to go.
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PREFECTS, 2010
Sixth Row: C Mowad, J Kim, BTT Volavola, S Samji, NJP Wheatley, H Saad, NC Kay, JJ Watson, MD Wherry, J Choi, S Sharma,
TWG Lehmann, AJ Paras-Cho, PS Kuo
Fifth Row: H Cho, OC Taborda, AC McGrouther, JP Wheatley, JC Brennan, T Hsu, N Mason, WXQ Ngiam, ME Williamson,
SR Davies, SJ Paech, BP Lynch, MRSC Gibson, OWE Wheeler, E Shi
Fourth Row: AYC Wong, MJ Bosman, DT Jones, MY Anthis, TW Reynolds, LM Fulham, CM Myers, S Lee, MJ Han, J Hwang,
MJ Passlow, SJ Hiscox, JS Johnston, TS Harmon, MA Ouzas, AL Latunipulu
Third Row: HJ Cooper, TW Hambly, HP Shiel, MD Halliday, CJ Bowmer, LSL Tanner, LS Pepper, B Tam, R Cerqueira, TD Cameron,
TJ Williams, CJ Ahrens, AT Jackson, J Mohammed, JCF Leung
Second Row: MA Hannaway, A Daniel, B Chehab, M Svinos, JJ Sprake, NJ Lam, S Li, BAJ Griffin, MR Bannon, NA Sadowsky,
S Li, HO Soghomonian, CJA Grundy, TA Schmid, CS Nabung, A Keramianakis
First Row: J Choi, M Stojcevski, R Matsuo, Mr PH Bourke, AG Pagonis, Dr AD Hirst, TH Mullally, Dr DJ Mulford, HE Roach,
Mr PC Franks, ED Bloom, BK Mok, DN Hill, SC Metlej, J Tsaousidis
Absent: SGH Barnes, TD Beech, NR Bent, W Bentley-Hawkins, JM Bortolotti, ATC Brown, L Brown, H Burns, CD Casey, TT Cleary,
HP Cook, JJ Cottle, NJ Demetriou, J Drummond, S Economy, SM Fitzpatrick, ML Fredericos, MJ Friedman, D Gabriel,
TC Ginnane, TJ Handley, TJC Hill, V Li, JW Longstaff, STM Mackenzie, KJ Poletti, HTR Pullinger, SRW Scott, CJ Wong
SCHOOL LEADERS, 2009–2010
Mr PH Bourke (Head of Senior School), ED Bloom (Deputy Senior Prefect), Dr DJ Mulford (Headmaster),
TH Mullally (Senior Prefect), AG Pagonis (Deputy Senior Prefect), Dr AD Hirst (Head of Secondary)
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Council & Staff
Council & Staff
COUNCIL
Chairman of the College Executive Committee – The Hon RN (Angus) Talbot LLB
Members of Council
Ms Suzanne Bennett BA Ls, MA Lm, DipTG
Mr Bruce M Carroll MA, LLB
Professor Ian Caterson AM, MBBS, BSc(Med) PhD, FRACP, CAICD
Mrs Joy Christian
Rev Dr Manas Ghosh BA, BSc, BTh, MTh
His Honour Magistrate Greg Grogin DipLaw(BAB) (Secretary)
Dr Donald Hector PhD, BE(Chem), FIChemE, FIEAust, FAICD
Mr Phil Holey BE, MCom
Mr Mario Isaias BEc, CA, FFin, DipSM (Treasurer)
Mr Tony McDonald BCom, LLB
Rev Dr E David Manton OAM DMin
Mr Michael Morgan OAM
Mr Christopher Mort BA
Rev Dr John Pender BD, BEc, DMin
Rev Vernon Prowse MA, BTh, DipRE
Rev David Russell MA, DipTheol
Mrs Pippa Sears
Mr Scott Turner BBus, CA
Mr Ian Webster BE(Hons), MBA, FAIM, FAICD
Rev Niall Reid LLB Dip Theol (ex officio) Moderator of the Uniting Church NSW Synod
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K–12 STAFF
Headmaster – David Mulford BEc, DipEd, MEd, EdD FACE
Personal Assistant to the Headmaster – Sadie Leftinger
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Headmaster – Daniela Kolundzija [to Jan]
Deputy Headmaster – Peter Franks DipTeach, BEd, MEd, TTC, MACE, MACEA, AIMM, JP
SECONDARY CAMPUS
Head of Secondary – Andrew Hirst PhD(Ed), BA( Hons)
Personal Assistant to the Head of Secondary – Robyn McGaw
PASTORAL
Head of Senior School – Paul Bourke BA, DipEd
Head of Middle School – Jeff Snare BSc, DipEd
Head of Year 9 – Gary Maxwell BEd, DipTeach
Head of Year 9 – (acting) Colleen Scalone BSc, GradDipEd [from Jul to Sept]
Head of Year 8 – John Ioannou BSc, DipEd
Head of Year 7 – John McVicar TC, GDipEdSt, DipTeach, MEd
Boarding House Coordinator – Clive Parkin BA(Hons), Dip Ed
Careers Counsellor – Peter Robertson BA, MEd(Hons), DipEd, Grad. Cert Careers Counselling, TC [to Apr]
Careers Coordinator – Jamie Breden DipEd, BA, PGDSM [from Apr]
General Duties Officer and Boatshed Manager – Greg Christian BTeach, Assoc Deg VET, CertIV AWT
General Duties Officer – Chris Kelly BPolicing(Investigations) [from Jul]
Administrative Assistant – Pastoral Care Robyn Thomas
Heads of House
Fletcher
Fletcher (acting)
Nick Fox BA, BComm, DipEd
Colleen Scalone BSc,
GradDipEd [from Feb to Apr]
Johnstone
Jon Mountain BSc(Hons),
Metcalfe
Phil O’Rourke BSc, DipEd, GradDipEdStud
Moulton
Bernard Harris BSc(Hons), PGCE
Prescott
Timothy G Hunnisett BSc(Hons), DipEd
Prescott (acting)
Wayne Cox BEd(HealthPE)
PGCE M.Sc., M.Ed.Admin., MACE, TC
Kelynack
Alex Pyne BA, DipEd, M.Ed.Admin TESOL
Le Couteur and Head of Rowing Coaching
Simon Pennington MCom, BSpSc, GradDipEd
[from Jul to Sep]
Manton
Manton (acting)
Maria Plater BComm, DipEd
Colleen Scalone BSc, GradDipEd
[from Apr to Jun]
ACADEMIC
Head of Curriculum – Julia Shea BSc, DipEd
Head of Academic Administration – Lindsay Raven BEd
Academic Placement Coordinator (Years 10 – 12) – David Phillips BA, DipEd
Electronic Reporting and Scaling Facilitator – Chris van Alphen DipAppSc, DipEd
Heads of Departments
Drama
Tamara Smith BA, MTeach
Economics
Trent Driver BEc, DipEd, MEc, MACEL
English
Sean Corcoran BA, DipEd, Med
Geography
Shane Serhon BEd, DipTeach, JP
History & Legal Studies
Peter Reid MA, DipEd
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Coordinator
Dr Allan Pride BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD
Languages
Leonie Wasson BA, DipEd [to Aug]
Languages
Michael Bennett BA, DipEd, Zertifkat
[from Sept]
Senior Librarian
Sue Richer MA(EngLit),
MA(Information), MEthics&LegStud, DipEd,
ALAA, MACE, MACEL
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Senior Librarian (acting)
Ann Jagger CertEd [from Oct to Sep]
Mathematics
Gary Davies BEd, DipTeach
Music
K-12 Mark Scott DipMus, BMus, MMus,
LMusA, GradDipEd
PDHPE
Wayne Cox BEd(HealthPE)
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Jeremy Hall
BA(Hons), MA, PostGradCertEd, PhD
Science
Technology
Visual Arts
Craig Seawright BSc(Hons), Grad.DipEd
Richard Burgess BEd(IndArts)
Neville Dawson BA, DipArtEd,
PostGrad DipArt, TC, DCA (Creative Arts)
Council & Staff
Curriculum & Administration
Administrative Assistant
Jenny Diab
Library Assistant
Carmen Davis
Library Assistant/Careers Advisors Support
Sabine Tanase
Library Technician
Ella Tsang
Laboratory Manager
Ross Dean ME(Hons)
Laboratory Technicians
Elena Araos-Ovalle & Claude Monger
D&T Technician
Ross Yates ASTC
Secondary School Teaching Staff
Angela Andrews BCom, MTeach
Dylan Bartlett BA(Hons), PGCE
Rukevwe Bateren BSc, PostCertEd
Greg Bell MA, DipEd
Jean Brazier BA (Hons), GradDipEd
Michael Brennan BSc(Hons), DipEd
William Campbell BSc, GradDipArts, MA, DipEd
Jock Canning DipTeach, MEdAdmin
Mark Case MA
Mark Chambers BA(Hons), PGCE Classics
Jessica Christian BEd/BA
Islay Clark MA, DipEd
Zoe Cookson BA, GradDipEd
Michael Davis MA, DipEd [to Jun]
Andrew Davies BPharm, DipEd
Graeme Downward MA, BEd, DipTeach
Luke Edmunds BAEd(Hons)
Alex Fisher BA, MTeach
Craig Fitzsimmons BEdSc
Tim Fowell BA, DipEd
Michael Forsyth DipEd, BMus
Dominic Garner BEd(IndArts/D&T)
Warwick Gibson BA
Bradley Gill BPhysEd
Julia Gonzalez BLit, BA, GradDipEd
Christine Graham BEd, MEd (TeachLib)
Robert Graham BA, BA(Hons), DipEd, MA, CELTA
Nicole Guymer MAArch, BA, BEd, CertTeach, GradDip
(VA), Grad Dip (Comm)
Anthony Hagley BA(Hons), DipEd
Joanne Heaume BSc, DipEd, CertIVCer
Marina Hinves BA(Hons), GradDipEd, Med
Paul Honeywill BEd(IndArtsTech), CertII IT, Cert IV AWT
Anthony Humphreys BSc(Hons), BEd
Kathryn Iser BA, GradDipEd
Ann Jagger CertEd
Jonathan Kenny BA, GradDipEd, MA
JohnPaul Kennedy MPhys (Hons), PGCE, MInstP, MAIP,
Karen Lak BEd, BAppSc, Cert IV Mgt
John Layton BA, BCA, GradDipEd, GradCertRE
Lizelle Leclair BAdult & VocEd,
GradCertSecLanguageTeach
Rebecca Matthew PGCE, BScGeo
Colleen Scalone BSc, GradDipEd
Bruce McHardy HigherDipEd, DipEd
Rosalind McKenzie BA, DipEd (Prim), CertEd(Eng &
History), COGE
Trevor Mee BMus
Michael Moonen BSc, MTeach
Berra Mossemenear BSc, DipEd, TC
Steven Muir BEd(HM)
Andrew Nader BA(Hons), BTeach, GradDipTESOL, MA
Diana Organ BSc/BEd
Geoff O’Neill BA(Hons), GradDipEd
Elaine O’Rourke BA, DipEd, TC
Kelly Park BA, BEd
Christopher Paton BMus, MTeach
Greg Pike BSc, DipEd, GradDipEdStudies
Cheryl Priest BA(Hons), DipEd
Cameron Quince BEd, CertIVTAA(Build&Construct)
Mandi Randell BA, MSc, MA
Stephen Roberts BEd
Mark Scali BA, DipEd
Kate Shepherd BA, GradDipEd
Troy Stanley BEd(HumanMovt)
Alastair Thompson BAppSc, MAppSc, GradDipEd
Jennifer Tracey BSc (Hons), PostGradCertEd
Robert Tredinnick BEd, DipTeach
Paul Vickers GradDipEd, BMusStudies(Perf)
Nick Wainman BPhysEd
Linda Wang BA, PGDipEd
Karl Watson BEd, DipTeach, DipOutdoorRec
Rodney Wood BEd
Paul Woods BEd, DipTeach, CertMechProdEng
Geoff Wren MA, DipEd
Christopher Wagstaff BMus(Hons)
MACE
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CO-CURRICULAR AND SPORT
Director of Co-curricular
Marcel Hennes BA,
GradDipEd, MA
Head of Service Learning
Michael Madden
BEd, DipTeach
Sportsmaster & Director of Outdoor Education
Graham Potter BSc
Assistant Sportsmaster & Sportsmaster (acting)
[from Oct – Dec] & Director of Football Coaching
Brian Dene
MEd, BSSc Coaching), BPHE
Assistant to Sportsmaster and Co-curricular
Pam Harland
Administrative Assistant Creative Arts & Events
Manager
Jane Franks
Projects Supervisor & Director of Basketball Coaching
Rex Nottage ASM, ACC
Director of Rugby Coaching
Andrew Hill BA
Director of Tennis Coaching
John Spencer TCA
Development coach, USPTA certified
Director of Cross Country Coaching Michael Little
Director of Cricket Coaching & Assistant to the
Sportsmatser (Prep)
Matthew Nicholson BSportSc
Director of Water Polo Coaching Ian Trent BA, DipEd
Director of Fencing Coaching
Simon Jin
Sports Administrators
Mark Dickens
BPhysEd, MSportsMkt&Mgt
& Adam Hellyer BSS (Coaching)
Strength and Conditioning
John Giuffre BA, DipEd
Coordinator
INSTRUMENTAL STAFF
David Abbott BMus, AMusA Clarinet
Graeme Brown Guitar
Paul Brown MMusTech
Lisa Buchanan CSCM, BMus Violin
Greg Burgett BMus (Jazz Perf) CertIV MusMan Piano
Ken Burns DipMus(Hons) Guitar
Damian Butler Trombone
Ruth Callard BMus Brass
Darryl Carthew BMus(Perf) Trumpet
Marc Chen BMus(Perf), AMusA, LMusA Flute
Hayley Clare BMus (Perf)(Hons) GradDipEd Double Bass
Rudolf Crivici AMusA Viola
Nicole Dixon BMus(Perf), DipEd French Horn
Nicole Dobosi AMusA, BMus, GradDip(Perf) Cello
John Douglas BMus, ATCL Percussion
Jane Duncan MMus(Perf), BMus(Perf), LMusA(Dist) Flute
Jack Evans Electric Guitar
Andrew Gatfield BA(ContemporaryMusic) Saxophone
Jo Fabro BMus Voice
Conrad Harris BMus, DipEd Guitar
Mark Howard AssocDip(Jazz Studies) Double Bass/
Bass Guitar
Martin Highland AssocDip(Jazz Studies),
Peter Jacob BMus, DipTeach, GradDipMusic Percussion
Sarah Joes AMusA, ADMT Piano
Ros Jorgensen BA(Mus), GradDip(Perf), MPerf Trombone
Sonia Koo BMus(Perf), GradDip(Perf) Cello
Ken Leeson BMusEd, AMusA Piano
Adrian Leung BMus Violin
Andrew Malec Oboe
Kevin Man BMus(Hons) Taiko
Damien Mathieson BMus, AMusA Saxophone
Jennie McLachlan BMus, DipEd Bassoon
Clare Miller BMus(Perf)(Hons) Violin
Karl Murr BMus(Perf), AMus Clarinet
Emily Palethorpe Cello
Matthew Pearce B Mus (Perf) Saxophone
David Pye Trumpet
Steve Rackowski Guitar
Colin Rea Dip(BusManagement), MusEduUK Drum Kit
Charlotte Roberts Cello
Jacob Shaw BMus, MMus (Germany) Euphonium
Kristofer Spike BMusEd, LTCL Piano
Chad Vindin B Mus Classical Piano
Ben Waples BMus(Jazz Perf) Bass
Sylwia Waples BMus(Perf) Violin
Dip in Music Drum Kit
CHAPLAINCY AND COMMUNITY CARE
Chaplains Peter Morphew BCom, BTh(Hons), MA(Theol)
Michael PJ Bennett DipTheol [from Jul]
Middle and Senior School Counsellor
Stan Comino BA, MACE, RegPsych
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Prep School Counsellor
Stephen Findley
BSocSc(Psych), PGDipPSych,,MPsych, MAPS, CSFT
School Nurse
Margaret Bates RN, RM, SCN
Council & Staff
CORPORATE SERVICES
Head of Corporate Services
Peter Yates BBus, CA
Administration Manager
David Vernon ACIS, PNA, AAIB(Snr)
Human Resources
Human Resources Officer
Elizabeth Romeo
BBus, GradCertMgt, CertIV-TAA
Administrative Assistant, Human Resources
Michelle Tanti DipBus [from Mar]
Accounting and Finance
Accounting Manager
Adrian Craig BEc, CA
Assistant Accountant
Pina Biazzo AdvCertComm
Facility Hire Officer
Natalie Yuen BA
Payroll Officer
June Cartmer
Creditors Clerks
Freddie Estigoy
Ed Walgien BCom, CA
Debtors Clerk
Coral Balmer
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
Joanna Mackie MEd (IT) MBT
Network Manager
Luke Gan BEngSc, MEng, PhD
Systems Administrator
Vinh Nguyen BElecEng,
CertI Network Mgt, CertIII-NetworkAdm
Network Technician 7–12
Network Technician K–6
Database Administrator
Sam Ou BA, DipNetSupp
Scott Lyons
Kishore Parasu
MScComp, MCityPlanning, BArch
ICT Facilitator
Terence Priester BA, MAEd
& John Dixon DipIT, CertIVTAA [from Jan – Apr]
Audio-Visual IT Coordinator
Ryan Osmond
Dip Screen(Film), CertIVScreen(Film), TechProd(Stage Theatre)
Property Services
Property Manager
Stephen Bowden
Administrative Assistant for the Property Manager
Kristine Gow
Housekeepers
Rosalina Guerreiro[to Jun]
Deolinda Braz Isabel Mendonca
Maintenance Supervisor
Paul Clifford
Carpenters
Ron Allen and Jason Selig
Trades Assistants
Sean Hill, Edward Reid,
Trevor Williams
Grounds Supervisor & Wyvern House Caretaker
Fotis Doulougeris
Horticulturist Gardener
Joanne Santas
Gardener
Jenny Campbell
Grounds Assistant and Bus Driver
Don Primavera [from Apr]
Grounds Assistant
William Smith [to Feb]
Troy Mack [to Aug] and Jay Royle [from Nov]
Facilities Assistant
George Arkey
General Hand, Facilities
Daniel Chubukoff [from Nov]
Caretaker Stanmore
Steve Zuffo
PE Centre Manager
Tim Walmsley [to Sept]
Sports Centre and Facility Hire Manager
James Godfrey DipFinPlanning [from October]
Pool Attendants David Fallon & Marshall Atkins
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Director o f Marketing
Jackie Dalton BEd(Hons),
Communications Officer
Elaine Deayton BA,
DipMktg
Publications Officers
Nicola Brew GCertMktg,
GradDip (Business)
School Receptionist
DipBookEd, CertDirMktg, BAppSc
Kathryn Clarke Dip Teach
& Cate Lukins
Lauren Sykes BCM, BA [from Nov]
ADMISSIONS
Director of Admissions Raymond Nobbs MA, MTh, PhD, FAII
Admissions Officer
Sharon Brideson
DEVELOPMENT – FOUNDATION & ALUMNI
Director of Development – Foundation & Alumni
Lea Greifeneder
BA(Ed), GradCert(Mgt), GradDip (Mktg), MBA
Development Officer
Alumni Officer
Archivist
David Roberts
BA, GradDipInfoMgt
Administrative Assistant
Filomena Moretti BSc
Alicia Toogood
[from May]
DipHRM [from May]
Administrative Assistant, Alumni
Noelene Hugh-Smith
Maria Humphreys
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WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Head of Wyvern House – Ian Holden BEd(Hons)Prim
Deputy Head of Wyvern House (Years K–3) – Sandra Gray BEd, DipTeach
Deputy Head of Wyvern House (Years 4–6) – Andrew Wood BSc, PGCE [from Jul]
Secretary/Clerical Assistants – Karen O’Brien, Suzanne Raven and Annie Lukins [from Feb]
Class Teachers
Kindergarten KB
Jeremy Burke BEd
Kindergarten KW
Jane Wiseman BEd, DipTeach
Year 1M
Debra Malkki BEd(Prim)
Year 1L
Sharon Lewandowski DipTeach(Infants)
Year 2I
David Ikin BExSc, GradDipEd
Year 2S
Annika Forell BLibStud(International), MTeach
Year 2W
Lucy Wright BEd(Hons) Prim
Year 3B
Georgia Bradford BEd, BTeach(Prim)
Year 3M
Melanie Macpherson BEd(Prim)(Hons)
Year 3P
Adrian Pollard BAEd(Hons)Prim
Year 4B
Matthew Bulger BA, DipEd
Year 4P
Peter Trent BEd (Prim)
Year 4T
Briody Tarbox BEd(Prim)
Year 5B & Sportsmaster Neil Brunton BEd, DipTeach
Year 5P
Ronda Phillips BEd, TC, MACE
Year 5H
Rebecca Hands BA, BEd
Year 5J
Daniel James BEd
Year 6S
Rodney Stoddart BEd, BTeach [to Apr]
Year 6S
Martin Henson BA, PGCE [from Apr]
Year 6B
Stuart Brown BEd, MEd, DipTeach, TC
Year 6C
Dajana Curko BEd(Prim), DipTeach
Wyvern House Specialist Staff
Curriculum Support
Maria Bruce TC [to Apr]
Support Teacher
Karen Meagher MEdLeadership,
GradDipLit, CHNS LIT [to Sept]
Library Assistant/Support Teacher
Joanne Barnes BA, TC
Learning Enhancement Teacher Penelope Maher
PDHPE
Jamie Martin BTeach, BEd(PE)
Visual Arts Cathy Shugg BA, DipTeach, GradCert(VA)
Teachers’ Aide
Carmen Kruithof
Cert. Child Care Studies
Languages
‘Gap’ Students
Athena Spiroglou BA, DipEd
Laurence Paul
and Bhargav Khatiwada
James Tracey BEd(Hons)Prim,
BA, BEd(Primary), CertLearnSupport
Music
Michelle Brixen BMus, BEd
Rebecca Grubb BMus(Hons), LMusA, GradDipEd
Teacher Librarian
MEd(TeachLib) [to Jun]
PREPARATORY SCHOOL, LINDFIELD
Head of Lindfield – David Hine BA, DipEd, BEd, GradDip School and Community, MACE, MACEL
Deputy Head of Lindfield – Sylvia Robertson BA, DipTeach, PGCPSE, MACE, MACEL
Secretary/Clerical Assistants – Julie Ellam and Michelle Chiarella
Class Teachers
Kindergarten
Leonie Corbett-Russell BA, DipEd
Year 1
Belinda Smallhorn BEdHumMov, BEd(Prim)
Year 2 Pascal Czerwenka BA, MTeach(Prim), Dip eLearning
Year 3
Andrew Lygo BEd(Prim)
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Joel Weekes BEd, BTeach(Prim)
Nicole Fuller DipTeachLearning
Simon Edwards DipTeach(Prim), BEd
Lindfield Specialist Staff
Learning Enhancement Teacher
Katrina James
Sue Gough
Teachers’ Aides
Lorraine Ball DipEdSupport
and Joanna Zammit BEc, GradDip SpecialEd
Library Assistant
Carmela Reinboth
LOTE (French)
Corinne Pixton BA
Visual Arts
Andrea Sturgeon
DipTeach, BEd, MEd, GCertICTEd
BFineArt, DipExp/PerfArts, DipT
DipGuildTC, TC
Music
Vanessa South
MA(MusEd), B Mus, DipEd, ASCM
Teacher Librarian
Joint K–6 Specialist Staff
PDHPE teacher and Sports Coordinator
Mark Caulfield DipEd, BExScHealthMgt [from Jul]
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Religious Education
Philip Harding
BExerciseSc(Hons), GradDipEd BA(Comms), MDivinity [to Jun]
Awards
Awards for 2010
Newington Medal
In 2007, the College Council initiated a prestigious
annual award, the Newington Medal, to
acknowledge outstanding contributions made by
Old Boys. This is the highest honour Newington
can bestow on an Old Boy for meritorious and
commendable achievement. The award recognises
the actions and achievements of people who have
gone above and beyond the normal expectations.
The Medal acknowledges an Old Boy whose work,
profession, skill, dedication, generosity and/or
support has involved commendable achievement
in business, the professions, community service,
industrial development, technology, human
relations, education, cultural development, sport,
international relations, the arts or philanthropy.
Newington Medallists 2010
Mr Barry Collins (ON ’52) OAM
Kevin Barry Collins attended
Newington College from 1949
to 1952, and his time at the
College included sporting
achievements in athletics,
cricket, rugby and tennis.
Barry’s lifelong passion for
basketball started with his
education at Newington. Not
restricted to the sporting
fields, Barry was a member of the Newington
Library Club and served on the Library
Committee in 1952, which was later instrumental
in building a catalogued collection.
While serving as a Cadet at Newington, Barry also
served as Drum Major in the College Bugle and
Drum Band. No doubt it was Barry’s enjoyment
and experience in the Cadets that inspired him to
undertake his decade of service in the Citizen
Military Forces following his National Service in
1953. He continued his military link by joining the
Citizens Military Force (1953–1963). Barry joined
the NSW Police Force in 1958 and was stationed in
Darlinghurst until his retirement in 1980.
However, Barry’s greatest interests pre and post
his career has been the growing and propagating
of orchids. He is the founding member of the
Australasian Native Orchid Society and a life
member of the Eastern Suburbs Orchid Society
and the Orchid Society of NSW, which he joined 45
years ago and of which he was President for some
time. Barry frequently attended state, national and
international conferences as a registrant and has
won a number of medals for his cut flower
displays. He has also written a number of articles
on orchid culture and was a judge of the NSW
Horticultural Society.
One of his many affiliations, Barry is also a life
subscriber to the Returned and Services League
(RSL) of Australia and is a member of the Coogee
RSL Club, where he has been President for the last
five years. During ANZAC week he arranges RSL
presentations to school children around his
district. He also frequently checks on old soldiers
in Eastern Suburbs nursing homes and hospitals.
Barry has expanded his interests in the sporting
field; managing an Eastern Suburbs basketball
team. He has also been closely associated with the
Randwick Rugby Club, initially as a player and
later as a coach. He first joined the City of Sydney
Basketball Association 54 years ago as a player,
became a coach, then secondary President. He is
still a life member. He is also a founder and
member of various other sporting clubs in and
around the Eastern Suburbs.
Returning to Newington after his tremendous
involvement in the community, Barry has been an
active member of the Old Newingtonians’ Union
(ONU) since leaving school which has ultimately
led him to become an ONU Council Member and
being involved in the 70 Club of which he is
currently Chairman. In 2010, Newington’s bequest
group called the Founders Society was
established. Barry was not only one of 25 founding
members, but is also one of two patrons.
Barry received his Medal of the Order of Australia
(OAM) in 2000 for service to the community,
particularly through the Australasian Native
Orchid Society and the Royal Agricultural Society
of NSW, and to amateur basketball. His
commitment to the ONU, the 70 Club and to
philanthropy makes Barry Collins a high achiever
and a valued and inspirational member both
within the Newington family and outside in the
wider community.
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Mr Ian Thomas (ON ’63)
Ian
Frederick
Thomas
attended Newington College
from 1958 to 1963 and comes
from an illustrious line of
Newingtonians, including
three generations of duxes.
Ian was a keen Cadet at
Newington, reaching the
position of Warrant Officer 2.
Ian has since described his six years at Newington
as amongst his happiest and ‘…generating the
best friendships one could ever have in life.’
Since leaving the College, Ian has built a highly
successful career in management consulting. He
was transferred to Toronto from Sydney in 1971 as
a specialist consultant in the planning and
development of large scale retail projects. The firm
which bears his name has undertaken projects in
over 60 countries around the world.
Although located in Vancouver, Canada, Ian has
lent his talents and experience to support the
Newington community during his frequent visits
to Australia. For example, he acted as Master of
Ceremonies at the ONU’s 98th Annual Dinner in
1993 and spoke to the inaugural ONU Business
Forum in 2006. Amid his busy business life, he has
served as the ONU’s Vice President for Canada for
many years and he was the first Chairman of the
AIS USA Foundation when formed at
Newington’s instigation over five years ago. The
Foundation came about as a result of Newington
receiving special dispensation from the US
Government for Old Boys living in the US, so they
could make a donation to the Foundation and
receive a tax deduction. The program has been so
successful that it has spread to 28 leading private
schools in Australia.
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In 2010 Ian became a founding member of
Newington’s Founders Society by bequesting a
gift to ensure the future of the College. His
connection to Newington extended to his son,
Trevor (ON ’96), when he attended Newington for
a short time.
A graduate of York University (Toronto, Canada)
and a Certified Public Accountant, Ian has
authored award winning articles for organisations
such as the Urban Land Institute in Washington
DC. His article ‘New Thinking for Regional
Shopping Centres’ won Urban Land’s Award for
best article.
Ian is sought after around the world for speaking
engagements together with interviews by all
aspects of the media on retail/shopping centre
issues. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the
International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC)
in New York; he is the first Australian to be
appointed, and sits as a Director of their
Foundation Board. In addition, he is the Chairman
of ICSC’s International Design and Development
Awards program. In 1989, he started the ‘Whistler
Winter Conference’, which today attracts over
3,000 delegates. In 2002, he also initiated ‘The
Leading Edge’ Conference in Vail, Colorado now
called ‘REvent’.
Ian has also served on the boards of leading public
companies including: Future Shop, Coast
Appliances, City Xpress, in addition to charity
Boards like Vancouver Opera.
Ian Thomas’ commitment to his chosen
profession, business development, and personal
and
active
dedication
to
Newington’s
philanthropic culture and Australian Independent
Schools, is a credit to his family and the wider
Newington family. He truly inspires our boys to
discover what’s possible in their lives.
Awards
The Newington Citation
Many individuals and families have made
outstanding contributions to the welfare and
future of the College through their voluntary
support and participation in College life during
and often beyond their sons’ schooling. The award
of The Newington Citation recognises individuals
or families who have made positive contributions
to Newington’s values thereby maintaining the
quality of education and community support and
enriching Newington’s culture to sustain its long
term future.
Citation Recipients 2010
Graham and Susan Roach
2010 marked the
27th continuous year
of the Roach family’s
involvement with
Newington College.
After an impressive
nomination, it was
only fitting that the
very first Newington
Citation
was
awarded to Graham
and Susan Roach in
recognition of their
outstanding service and dedication to the College
as parents, and beyond, particularly in the P&F,
Rugby and Rowing Support Groups.
Three sons attended the College, each from
Kindergarten to Year 12, and Graham and Sue
were there right from day one. Their Wyvern
involvement included Graham’s P&F Presidency
for three years and Sue’s Presidency of the
Wyvern Women’s Auxiliary for one year as well as
serving as Vice President of the Wyvern Women’s
Auxiliary for two years. She was also a member of
the Women’s Auxiliary Committee for a further
two years. Some of Sue’s initiatives included: the
Wyvern Spring Fair, which was held in 2000 and
2001 and raised approximately $50,000; the New
Parent Reception which is now held annually; the
Father and Son Breakfast; and parent reading in
classrooms. Through efforts and collaboration
with the community and the establishment of the
Clothing shop, the Wyvern P&F’s financial
viability was assured into the future; during these
years, several sub-committees were established,
and several major projects were funded.
Graham and Sue’s involvement at Stanmore also
includes a three-year term as P&F President for
Graham as well as being a member of the
Headmaster’s Restructure Committee and GPS
Profile Committee while Sue was Chairman of the
P&F Black and White Ball. Some of their initiatives
were the evolution of the established Rowing
‘Market Day’ to ‘Back to Newington Day’;
establishment of Year group social events; and
establishment of the podcast project for
ICT/English. They were also involved in assisting
and facilitating the establishment of formal Tennis,
Cricket, Water Polo and Basketball support groups.
Graham was on the Rugby Support Group (RSG)
committee for two years as well as its Vice
President and President respectively for two years.
During those years the RSG raised funds to,
amongst other things, enable teams to participate
in the Gold Coast Schools Rugby Tournament over
a period of four years. Constantly looking at ways
to raise funds for the Group, Graham helped
establish the Saturday morning Coffee Truck and
Old Boys barbecue on match days.
Sue was on the Rowing Support Group committee
and was Vice President for two years. She was also
a shed ‘Mother’ for five years. She introduced
breakfast on training mornings; organised,
provided and managed training day and race day
lunches; Saturday morning coffees; and arranged
shed sleepovers.
Graham and Sue have contributed to the
Newington community through their volunteer
work, their active participation and their initiation
and support of several programs. Their enthusiasm,
dedication and involvement in Newington
College is an inspirational model for us all.
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ACADEMIC AWARDS
Hardy Medal for best HSC Result in 2009
Benjamin MD Adler
Year 7
Award for Creative Arts
Joshua B Botto
Award for Sport
Fergus B McKenna
Award for Citizenship
Jack D Hewitt
Award for Academic Improvement
John Walsh
Academic Merit Awards
Joshua B Botto, Jean-Luc Gallo, William PD Gowers, James B Hosking,
Alexander C Iannuzzi, Ashan RS Karunagaran, Fergus B McKenna, Saahil Parekh,
Benjamin J Rigney, Jayden R Sortwell, Callum R Strachan, Clement Yan
BS Tame Prize for Dux
Edward M Henderson, Chu-Wei (Justin) Ting (aeq.)
Year 8
Lodge Wyvern Prize for Public Speaking – Lower School
Sebastian J Rees
Benjamin D Collinge
Award for Sport
Damien Minguez
Kevin Stathis
Jean-Luc Poidevin
Ben N Adams, Nicholas A Bramich, Erol I Gorur, Patrick W Graham,
Michael G Gribble, Matthew Han, Timothy L Hauptman, Stuart M Hutton, Sebastian J Rees,
Kevin Stathis, Thomas M Van Der Velde, Samuel E Wallace, Samuel J Wood, Steven Xu
Proxime Accessit
Jayce A Carrano
Charles Helps Prize for Dux
Aki Flame
Year 9
Lachlan A McKirdy
Award for Sport
Zachary D Robertson
Huanyi (Andrew) Zhao
James Tsaousidis
Jordan Fotaras, David J Hambly, Anthony Hrysanthos, Jungjin (Jake) Im,
Stephen Kotsopoulos, Leo Kontogiorgis, Jonathan Lay, Lachlan A McKirdy,
Ryan AJ Naylor, George P Prassas, Huanyi (Andrew) Zhao
Proxime Accessit
Theodore Iannuzzi
Holliday Prize for Dux
Edmond S Cheng
Year 10
Lodge Wyvern Prize for Public Speaking – Middle School
Lewis T Jones
Lewis T Jones
Award for Sport
Oscar E Pryor Lees
Ciaran M Frame
PR Le Couteur Prize for Scholarship, Sports & Citizenship
Michael R Cameron
Stelios Papanikolas
Spyridon Augoustinos, Zubin D Bilimoria, Jonathan L Ciofani,
James A Grogin, Daniel Han, Lewis T Jones, Alastair A Norman, James O Palmer,
Timothy P Spehr, Brandon L Taylor, Myles L Turpin, Anthony Yao
Academic Excellence Award (The University of Sydney)
Ciaran M Frame, Jordan A Garofali (aeq.)
Stretton Waterhouse Memorial Prize for Dux
Ciaran M Frame, Jordan A Garofali (aeq.)
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Awards
Annual Prize Giving – Stanmore 7–12
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Year 11
Bellhouse Prize for Service to Music
Jonathan B Collinge and Alexander WA McNeil
Bob James Trophy for Best Performance in a Senior Play or Musical
Harrison (Harry) Jordan
1978 Prefects Prize
Finlay W McDonald
Harry Kershaw Cup for Best All-Round Sportsman
Nathan J Roye
Branden Zhang
Year 11 NSW Higher School Certificate
Harrison J Cox, Joseph L Davies, Doo Ho (Daniel) Jeong,
James Kotsopoulos, Jong Min Lee, Yu Xuan (Steven) Liu, Hugh A Piper,
Roderick J Poon, Nathan J Roye,
Victor T Salman, Konrad SR Schultz, Ellis Vakirtzis
Proxime Accessit
Finlay W McDonald
Moulton & Wigram Allen Award for Dux
Zhuwen (Nathaniel) Teng
Year 11 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Dux
Kwan Ho (Isaac) Mok, Michael A Rees
Giulio Mancuso, Bradley JS Smith (aeq.)
Year 12 NSW HSC
Academic Achievement Award (The University of New South Wales)
Michael Ouzas
Emerson D Bloom, Thomas W Hambly, Ryu Hiidome, Alexander T Jackson,
Duncan T Jones, Anthony Keramianakis, Nathan J Lam, Christian M Myers,
Joshua J Sprake, John Tsaousidis
George Lane prize for Proxime Accessit
Eugene H Ward
Halse Rogers & Schofield Prizes for Dux of HSC
Michael A Ouzas
Year 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Proxime Accessit
John F Lincoln Prize for Dux
John G Drummond, Min Woong (John) Han, Cin Fung (Jeffrey) Leung,
Xiang Qian (William) Ngiam, James D Shaw
Eric Shi
Kevin Sheng
Year 12
Lodge Wyvern Prize for Public Speaking
Eric Shi
Performing Arts Award (Drama)
Patric S Kuo
Bellhouse Prize for Service to Music
Duncan T Jones
Derrick Bailey Memorial Prize for Composition
Duncan T Jones
Elizabeth Swain Trophy for Excellence in Music
Eric Shi
ONU Hardy Wilson Art Prize for Excellence in Art in Senior Years
Christopher JA Grundy
Jan Morrison Award for Creative Writing
Michael A Ouzas
Hermitage Divinity Prize
Eric Shi
Aagps Old Boys Prize for Most Improved Sportsman
James P Wheatley
Best All-Round Sportsman
Patrick P McKenzie
Clarke Shield House Premiership
Moulton House: Mark D Halliday (Captain)
The Spirit of Newington Award
Mohamad A Hannaway
Bosman Family Prize for Altruism
Xiang Qian (William) Ngiam
John Creaney Prize for Service Within the Community
Andrew TC Brown
Scott Jennings Memorial Award – Outstanding Prefect
Nicolas R Mason
Jack Thorncraft Trophy for Loyalty and Service
Duncan T Jones
William Horner Fletcher Prize for Public Spirit and Service
John Tsaousidis
ONU Prize for Leadership, Scholarship and Sport
Nathan J Lam
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Awards
Academic Excellence Assembly
Academic Colours
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Year 10, 2010
Ciaran Frame, Jordan Garofali
Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Preliminary Higher School Certificate Course in 2010
Harrison Cox, Joseph Davies, Daniel Jeong, James Kotsopoulos, Jong Min Lee,
Steven Liu, Finlay McDonald, Hugh Piper, Roderick Poon, Nathan Roye, Victor Salman,
Konrad Schultz, Nathaniel Teng, Ellis Vakirtzis
Outstanding Academic Achievement in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 2010
Giulio Mancuso, Isaac Mok, Michael Rees, Bradley Smith
Top HSC Mark at Newington in a Subject
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Ancient History
James Watson
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Ancient History and the top HSC mark in History Extension
Top HSC mark at Newington in Biology
Daniel Jiang
John Tsaousidis
Top HSC mark at Newington in Business Services
Steven Barnes
Top HSC mark at Newington in Business Studies
Barton Lynch
Top HSC mark at Newington in Construction and Senior Science
Thomas Mullally
Top HSC mark at Newington in Drama
Thomas Williams
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Earth and Environmental Science
Nicholas Demetriou
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Earth and Environmental Science
Samuel Hiscox
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Economics
Oliver Wheeler
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Economics
and the top HSC mark at Newington in Geography
Emerson Bloom
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Engineering Studies
Benjamin Smith
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in English Advanced and the
top HSC mark at Newington in English Extension 1, French, French
Extension, Latin and Latin Extension
Michael Ouzas
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in English Standard
Cooper Mowad
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in English Standard
Nicholas Williams
Top HSC mark at Newington in ESL
Sewoong Lee
Top HSC mark at Newington in General Mathematics
Alexander Pagonis
Top HSC mark at Newington in German and German Extension
Alexander Jackson
Top HSC mark at Newington in Industrial Technology
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Information Processes and Technology
Top HSC mark at Newington in Japanese
Ned Pike
Lachlan Brown
Peng Chong Fang
Top HSC mark at Newington in Japanese Extension
Ryu Hiidome
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Legal Studies
Joshua Sprake
Top HSC mark at Newington in Mathematics (accelerant from Year 11)
Top HSC mark at Newington in Mathematics Extension 1
and Mathematics Extension 2
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Music 1
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Software Design and Development
Nathaniel Teng
Ji Su Kim
Patric Kuo
Timothy Schmid
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Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Software Design and Development
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Studies of Religion
Top HSC mark at Newington in Visual Arts
Michael Stojcevski
Victor Li
Stefan Mackenzie
Samuel Paech
Harold Shiel
Thomas Beech
Maximum Points in the IB Programme (IBDP) TOK and Extended Essays
Scoring maximum points for his TOK and Extended Essays
John Han
Scoring a ‘7’ in an IBDP Subject
Scoring a 7 in both Italian ab initio and Standard Level Economics
Scoring a 7 in High Level Biology
Scoring a 7 in Standard Level Latin and Physics and High Level
Economics and achieving maximum points for TOK and Extended Essays
Scoring a 7 in Mathematical Studies
John Drummond
Jeffrey Leung
William Ngiam
James Shaw
Selected or Nominated for Exhibition
Top HSC mark at Newington in PDHPE, Visual Arts Body of Work nominated
and ultimately included in ARTEXPRESS
Design and Technology major work nominated for inclusion in DesignTECH
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Engineering Studies
Design and Technology major work nominated for inclusion in DesignTECH
Top HSC mark at Newington in Design and Technology
major work nominated for inclusion in DesignTECH
Nominated for ENCORE
Top HSC mark at Newington in Music 2 and Music Extension, nominated for ENCORE
Sam Barnes
Mark Bannon
Alexander Wong
Nicholas Sadowsky
James Park
Nathan Lam
Top 20 Place in the State
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in Information Processes and Technology
and Music 1, listed as a Top Achiever for finishing 5th in the state in the
Information Technology Examination out of a total cohort of 1179 students
Mohamad Hannaway
Premier’s Awards
The recipient of a Premier’s Award
Christian Myers
HSC AlAR or IBDP UAC Rank of 99 (or above)
Top HSC mark at Newington in Chemistry and Physics
the recipient of a Premier's Award, receiving an ATAR of 99.00
Equal top HSC mark at Newington in English Advanced and Legal Studies
the top mark in Modern History and English Extension 2,
the recipient of a Premier's Award, receiving an ATAR of 99.10
Thomas Hambly
Eugene Ward
Scoring a 7 in Standard Level Latin, Economics, High Level Chemistry, Physics and
Kevin Sheng
Mathematics, scoring maximum points for TOK and Extended Essays, achieving a near perfect
IB Diploma Score of 44/45 equating to a UAC rank of 99.8, joint winner ofthe 2010 Hardy Medal
Scoring a 7 in Standard Level Latin, German, Chemistry, High Level English and History,
scoring maximum points for TOK and Extended Essays, achieving a near perfect IB Diploma
Score of 44/45 equating to a UAC rank of 99.8, joint winner of the 2010 Hardy Medal
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Eric Shi
Student Life – Year 12
Year 12, 2010
Conrad J Ahrens
2005-2010
Okan Akturk
1998-2010
Christopher J Andrade
2001-2010
Matthew Y Anthis
2005-2010
Hedi Ayoub
2009-2010
Thomas C Baker
2006-2010
Mark R Bannon
2005-2010
Sam GH Barnes
2005-2010
Steven C Barnes
2005-2010
Blake C Barnes-James
2005-2010
Peyton T Barton
1998-2010
Thomas D Beech
2005-2010
Neal R Bent
2003-2010
William Bentley-Hawkins
2005-2010
Laurence J Best
2001-2010
Emerson D Bloom
1998-2010
Jack M Bortolotti
2009-2010
Michael J Bosman
2003-2010
Charles J Bowmer
2007-2010
Jack C Brennan
2005-2010
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Andrew TC Brown
2005-2010
Lachlan Brown
2005-2010
Hamish Burns
2005-2010
Thomas D Cameron
2005-2010
Ciaran D Casey
1998-2010
Rodrigo Cerqueira
2001-2010
Bilal Chehab
1998-2010
Alex D Cho
2009-2010
Hyongwoo Cho
2003-2010
Jonathan Choi
2001-2010
Jun Choi
2008-2010
Theodore T Cleary
2001-2010
Harry P Cook
2003-2010
Harrison J Cooper
2007-2010
Thomas W Cooper
2001-2010
Theodore M Coroneo
1998-2010
Julian J Cottle
2005-2010
Jordan M Cox
2006-2010
Andrew Daniel
2003-2010
Samuel R Davies
2005-2010
Nicholas J Demetriou
2005-2010
Nicholas C Derewlany
2005-2010
Emcet Dervis
1998-2010
John G Drummond
2009-2010
James T Duncan
2005-2010
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Dylan Duong
1998-2010
Kemal Durmush
2005-2010
Samuel Economy
2005-2010
Matthew NG Elliott
2003-2010
Peng Chong Fang
2006-2010
Sean M Fitzpatrick
2006-2010
Michael L Fredericos
1998-2010
Michael J Friedman
2005-2010
Luke M Fulham
2003-2010
Daniel Gabriel
2005-2010
Matthew RSC Gibson
2000-2010
Harry D Ginges
2005-2010
Thomas C Ginnane
2005-2010
Jakson J Gray
2005-2010
Blake AJ Griffin
2005-2010
Christopher JA Grundy
2001-2010
Mark D Halliday
2005-2010
Thomas W Hambly
2004-2010
Min Woong Han
2005-2010
Thomas J Handley
2003-2010
Mohamad A Hannaway
2005-2010
Thomas S Harmon
2001-2010
Ryu Hiidome
2007-2010
Daniel N Hill
2007-2010
Thomas JC Hill
2007-2010
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Samuel J Hiscox
1999-2010
Gary Ho
2005-2010
Tristan Hsu
2001-2010
Joo Sang Hwang
2003-2010
Alexander T Jackson
2008-2010
Jonathan Jee
2009-2010
Daniel YZ Jiang
2005-2010
Colin Joe
2009-2010
James S Johnston
2005-2010
Duncan T Jones
2001-2010
Nicholas C Kay
2009-2010
Anthony Keramianakis
2001-2010
Jeong Tek Kim
2007-2010
Ji Su Kim
2009-2010
Patric S Kuo
2003-2010
Daniel J Lakic
2003-2010
Nathan J Lam
1998-2010
Byron W Lane
2003-2010
Apolosi L Latunipulu
2009-2010
Sewoong Lee
2009-2010
Thomas WG Lehmann
2003-2010
Jeffrey CF Leung
2009-2010
Simon Li
2005-2010
Steven Li
2005-2010
Victor Li
2005-2010
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Wen-Chien Lo
2007-2010
Jack W Longstaff
2005-2010
Haveatama S Luani
2008-2010
Barton P Lynch
2009-2010
Stefan TM Mackenzie
2005-2010
Nicolas R Mason
1998-2010
Riki Matsuo
2000-2010
Andrew C McGrouther
1998-2010
Cameron J McKenzie
2005-2010
Patrick P McKenzie
2003-2010
Steven C Metlej
1998-2010
Jawwad Mohammed
2008-2010
Brian K Mok
1998-2010
Cooper Mowad
2009-2010
Thomas H Mullally
1997-2010
Christian M Myers
2005-2010
Christian S Nabung
2005-2010
William XQ Ngiam
2005-2010
Daniel B Oliviero
2005-2010
Jack M O’Shea
2009-2010
Taner Osman
2001-2010
Michael A Ouzas
2001-2010
Samuel J Paech
2000-2010
Alexander G Pagonis
1998-2010
Alexander J Paras-Cho
2005-2010
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James H Park
2008-2010
Mitchell J Passlow
2005-2010
Louis S Pepper
2005-2010
Matt J Phelan
2009-2010
Ned B Pike
2009-2010
Kristian J Poletti
2007-2010
Harrison TR Pullinger
2001-2010
Simon A Retsos
2001-2010
Thomas W Reynolds
2005-2010
Hugh E Roach
1998-2010
Hassan Saad
2003-2010
Nicholas A Sadowsky
2005-2010
Sachin Samji
2005-2010
Timothy A Schmid
2007-2010
Sebastien RW Scott
2005-2010
Joshua HJ Seo
2009-2010
Shakti Sharma
2005-2010
James D Shaw
2001-2010
Kevin Sheng
2009-2010
Eric Shi
1999-2010
Harold P Shiel
2001-2010
Benjamin A Smith
2005-2010
Hovig O Soghomonian
2001-2010
Joshua J Sprake
2009-2010
Hugh CM Stanistreet
2009-2010
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Jack J Starr
2005-2010
Michael Stojcevski
2005-2010
Marc Svinos
2001-2010
Oliver C Taborda
2003-2010
Brandon Tam
2005-2010
Lachlan SL Tanner
2005-2010
Clinton Tedja
1998-2010
Justin P Thurlow
2001-2010
John Tsaousidis
2005-2010
Arthur J Vitogiannis
2001-2010
Ben TT Volavola
2009-2010
Eugene H Ward
2005-2010
James J Watson
1998-2010
James P Wheatley
2005-2010
Nicolas JP Wheatley
2005-2010
Oliver WE Wheeler
2006-2010
Mitchell D Wherry
2006-2010
Nicholas J Williams
2008-2010
Thomas J Williams
2001-2010
Marc E Williamson
2005-2010
Alexander YC Wong
2006-2010
Christopher J Wong
2009-2010
Rohan G Wood
1999-2010
Samuel JH Wright
2005-2010
Si Won Yang
2005-2010
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Joe Yap
2005-2010
Terry J Yiannakoulias
2003-2010
Samuel Yo
2004-2010
Marshall W Yuan
2008-2010
Full Prefects 2010
The following boys achieved Full School College Prefect at the end of Year 12:
Conrad Ahrens,
Matthew Anthis,
Mark Bannon,
Sam Barnes,
Thomas Beech,
Neal Bent,
William BentleyHawkins,
Emerson Bloom,
Jack Bortolotti,
Michael Bosman,
Charlie Bowmer,
Jack Brennan,
Andrew Brown,
Lachlan Brown,
Hamish Burns,
Thomas Cameron,
Ciaran Casey,
Rodrigo Cerqueira,
Billy Chehab,
Alexander Paras-Cho,
Fred Cho,
Jonathan Choi,
Jun Choi,
Theodore Cleary,
Harry Cook,
Harrison Cooper,
Thomas Cooper,
Julian Cottle,
Andrew Daniel,
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Samuel Davies,
Nicholas Demetriou,
John Drummond,
Spiro Economy,
Sean Fitzpatrick,
Michael Fredericos,
Michael Friedman,
Luke Fulham,
Daniel Gabriel,
Matthew Gibson,
Thomas Ginnane,
Blake Griffin,
Christopher Grundy,
Mark Halliday,
Thomas Hambly,
John Han,
Thomas Handley,
Mohamad Hannaway,
Thomas Harmon,
Daniel Hill,
Thomas Hill,
Samuel Hiscox,
Tristan Hsu,
Andy Hwang,
Alex Jackson,
James Johnston,
Duncan Jones,
Nicholas Kay,
Anthony Keramianakis,
Jason Kim,
Patric Kuo,
Nathan Lam,
Apolosi Latinupulu,
David Lee,
Thomas Lehmann,
Jeffrey Leung,
Simon Li,
Steven Li,
Victor Li,
Jack Longstaff,
Barton Lynch,
Stefan Mackenzie,
Nicolas Mason,
Riki Matsuo,
Callum McGrouther,
Steven Metlej,
Jawwad Mohammed,
Brian Mok,
Cooper Mowad,
Thomas Mullally,
Christian Myers,
Christian Nabung,
William Ngiam,
Michael Ouzas,
Samuel Paech,
Alexander Pagonis,
Mitchell Passlow,
Louis Pepper,
Kristian Poletti,
Thomas Reynolds,
Harrison Pullinger,
Hugh Roach,
Hassan Saad,
Nicholas Sadowsky,
Sachin Samji,
Timothy Schmid,
Sebastien Scott,
Shakti Sharma,
Eric Shi,
Harold Shiel,
Hovig Soghomonian,
Joshua Sprake,
Michael Stojcevski,
Marc Svinos,
Oliver Taborda,
Brandon Tam,
Lachlan Tanner,
John Tsaousidis,
Ben Volavola,
James Watson,
James Wheatley,
Nicolas Wheatley,
Oliver Wheeler,
Mitchell Wherry,
Thomas Williams,
Marc Williamson,
Alexander Wong,
Chris Wong
Insets: CJ Andrade, HS Luani, JM O’Shea, H Ayoub, SC Barnes, EH Ward
First Row: LS Pepper, E Shi, WXQ Ngiam, DT Jones, MD Halliday, HP Cook, JW Longstaff, HP Shiel, JP Wheatley, Mr P Bourke, Dr A Hirst, HE Roach, AG Pagonis, TH Mullally, ED Bloom,
Dr D Mulford, Mr P Franks, J Tsaousidis, JJ Sprake, TW Hambly, NJ Lam, LSL Tanner, ATC Brown, PS Kuo, TJ Williams, STM Mackenzie, H Cho
Second Row: J Kim, T Osman, B Chehab, AD Cho, C Tedja, JHJ Seo, TD Beech, MA Hannaway, S Li, MR Bannon, HJ Cooper, CS Nabung, MRSC Gibson, HTR Pullinger, OC Taborda, V Li,
JCF Leung, DN Hill, JJ Cottle, S Li, BK Mok, NA Sadowsky, S Yo, R Matsuo, D Duong, SC Metlej
Third Row: M Stojcevski, J Jee, HD Ginges, CJ Wong, NJ Demetriou, JH Park, CJA Grundy, AJ Vitogiannis, BA Smith, NJ Williams, JP Thurlow, AT Jackson, ML Fredericos, SJ Hiscox,
TM Coroneo, J Mohammed, J Yap, D Gabriel, TW Cooper, M Svinos, A Daniel, E Dervis, A Keramianakis, CD Casey, TA Schmid, J Choi, MW Yuan
Fourth Row: KJ Poletti, BAJ Griffin, CJ Ahrens, W Lo, NB Pike, L Brown, SM Fitzpatrick, TC Ginnane, Daniel Jiang, DYZ Oliverio, JM Bortolotti, MJ Bosman, J Hwang, P Fang, CJ McKenzie,
TS Harmon, JT Duncan, LM Fulham, O Akturk, HO Soghomonian, PT Barton, JJ Starr, LJ Best, C Joe, K Sheng, BW Lane
Fifth Row: G Ho, JS Johnston, TW Reynolds, MA Ouzas, DJ Lakic, AL Latunipulu, R Cerqueira, SRW Scott, W Bentley-Hawkins, MJ Passlow, RG Wood, T Hsu, TT Cleary, JD Shaw, CM Myers,
AC McGrouther, CJ Bowmer, SJ Paech, B Tam, S Samji, MY Anthis, AYC Wong, TD Cameron, MJ Han, JG Drummond
Sixth Row: JM Cox, S Lee, ME Williamson, S Yang, J Choi, OWE Wheeler, TJ Yiannakoulias, MNG Elliott, TJ Handley, JJ Gray, S Sharma, NJP Wheatley, SR Davies, C Mowad, NR Bent,
JC Brennan, TJC Hill, AJ Paras-Cho, TWG Lehmann, J Kim, R Hiidome, K Durmush, MJ Phelan, TC Baker
Seventh Row: BP Lynch, MJ Friedman, NC Derewlany, H Burns, BC Barnes-James, BTT Volavola, SJH Wright, NC Kay, PP McKenzie, H Saad, JJ Watson, S Economy, MD Wherry, NR Mason,
SGH Barnes, HCM Stanistreet
Year 12 2010
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Fletcher
Head of House:
Mr NJ Fox
House Captain:
Jack W Longstaff
Vice Captains:
Hyongwoo (Fred) Cho
Stefan TM Mackenzie
STM Mackenzie,
JW Longstaff, Mr NJ Fox,
H Cho
Honour Colours
Year 12: Hyongwoo (Fred) Cho, Thomas H Mullally
House Colours
Year 12: Lachlan Brown, Bilal (Billy) Chehab, Jun Choi, Theodore T Cleary, Theodore M Coroneo, Daniel Gabriel,
Daniel B Oliviero, Samuel J Paech, Alexander J Paras-Cho, Timothy A Schmid, Hovig O Soghomonian,
Justin P Thurlow, Marshall W Yuan
Year 11: Alexander B Liggins, Andrew JW McDonald, Samuel JC McLean, James M Mitchell, William P Rigney,
Victor T Salman, Nathaniel Z Teng, Agamemnon (Mani) Antonopoulos, Christian JA Clarke, Alexander J Curtis,
Joseph L Davies, Jason S Davis Manjali, Tyler E Harding, Daniel T Hauptman, Lachlan L Hine, Marcus J Rampe
Year 10: Spyridon Augoustinos, Daniel Han, Timothy P Spehr
Year 12
Third Row: TT Cleary,
TH Mullally, BTT Volavola,
SGH Barnes, JW Longstaff,
J Choi
Second Row: DB Oliviero,
CM Myers, STM Mackenzie,
AJ Paras-Cho, H Cho,
SJ Paech, NB Pike, D Gabriel
First Row: TA Schmid,
JHJ Seo, B Chehab,
TM Coroneo, Mr SM Serhon,
L Brown, M Svinos,
JP Thurlow, MW Yuan
Absent: KJ Poletti,
HO Soghomonian
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Student Life – Houses
Year 11
Second Row: TE Harding, K Hii,
MJ Rampe, LL Hine, CJA Clarke,
A Antonopoulos
First Row: AJ Curtis, DT Hauptman,
Mr D Bartlett, JS Davis Manjali,
JL Davies
Year 11
Second Row: GRH Turner,
JM Mitchell, SJC McLean,
AB Liggins, TA Katte, AR Jack,
VT Salman, MET Joseph
First Row: T Choi, NZ Teng,
AJW McDonald, Mr NP Wainman,
W Ahosivi, TJ Leclair-Biskong,
WP Rigney
Year 10
Second Row: JL Moate,
JR Van Der Vegt, KW Yuan
First Row: NM Scaltrito,
JTP Rickard, Mr WD Campbell,
TP Stephenson, TP Spehr
Absent: JJ Berry, D Papadopoulos
Year 10
Second Row: J Grippi,
HS Cunningham, HP Floreani,
CL Fercher, D Han
First Row: PJ Alphonse,
S Augoustinos, D Chehab,
Mr SJ Muir, AJ Bertino,
AG Lombardo, TYW Lam
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Johnstone
Head of House:
Mr JR Mountain
House Captain:
Harry P Cook
Vice Captains:
Andrew TC Brown
Lachlan SL Tanner
ATC Brown, HP Cook,
Mr JR Mountain, LSL Tanner
Honour Colours
Year 12: Lachlan SL Tanner, Harry P Cook
Year 11: Blake A Wright
House Colours
Year 11: Ezrah S Amituanai, Thomas S Caples, Liam S Carlile, Mitchell J Clifton, Justin Farag, Oliver J Hobbs,
Richard (Ricky) H Hunter, Luke Iunius, Nathaniel D Johnston, Adam F Lee, Hamish R Macmillan, Michael J Ng,
Jack JJ Pennington, Roderick J Poon, Samuel C Rabin, Alistair H Wilkie
Year 10: Oliver W Bartlett, Zubin D Bilimoria, Anton S Edwards, Ciaran M Frame, Lucais F Haldane, Ashim R Joshi,
Oscar MB Pople, Angus JM Roby, Joseph M Severino, Matthew J Severino, William R Skelton, Alexander L Stern,
Mark S Thomas, Angus J White, Thomas RH Williamson
Year 12
Second Row: HS Luani, TC Baker,
MJ Friedman, LSL Tanner
First Row: SC Metlej, TW Cooper,
Mr PH Bourke, ATC Brown,
JH Park
Year 12
Second Row: W Bentley-Hawkins,
NR Bent, HP Cook, J Kim
First Row: J Choi, CJA Grundy,
Mr WJM Gibson, SM Fitzpatrick,
CD Casey
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Year 11
Second Row: JJJ Pennington,
ND Johnston, AH Wilkie, CD Potter,
R Tuihalangingie, BA Wright,
RH Hunter
First Row: T Zhang, RJ Poon,
SC Rabin, Ms K Iser, HR Macmillan,
AF Lee, MJ Ng
Year 11
Second Row: ME Baldwin, OJ Hobbs,
ES Amituanai, JR Kerrison,
LS Carlile, MJ Clifton
First Row: L Iunius, PA Gargoulakis,
Mr CJ Quince, J Farag, TS Caples
Year 10
Second Row: OMB Pople,
TRH Williamson
First Row: JM Severino,
MJ Severino, Dr J Hall, AL Stern,
WR Skelton
Absent: AJM Roby, AJ White,
MS Thomas
Year 10
Second Row: CM Frame,
LF Haldane, J Hayward,
OW Bartlett, AS Edwards,
A Giannetti
First Row: ZD Bilimoria,
ER Crawford, Ms JC Tracey,
P Nam, AR Joshi
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Kelynack
Head of House:
Mr AR Pyne
House Captain:
James P Wheatley
Vice Captains:
Christian S Nabung
Oliver C Taborda
CS Nabung, OC Taborda,
Mr AR Pyne, JP Wheatley,
AG Pagonis
Honour Colours
Year 12: Christian S Nabung, Alex G Pagonis, Thomas D Cameron
Year 11: George W Spiroglou
House Colours
Year 11: William D Green, Ken Chen, Lachlan McDougall Monk, Oliver M Churcher, Miles B Martin,
Ying Qi He, Nathan Rasiah, Simon G Ralph, Tamir Erdenebat, Dawei (David) Chen, Vincent A Greco Scwhartz,
Cameron A Stewart, James D Way, William S Whyman
Year 10: Evripides (Evan) T Spiroglou, Andrew M Pagonis, Benjamin P Milic, Spero G Xenos, Christian J Scardilli,
James O Palmer, Reuben MW Ward, Campbell DJ Nugent, Christopher Kuburlis, James D Campbell, Lachlan Little,
Christian AM Ferrao, Michael R Cameron, John A Gregory, Jack M Hirst, Abdel K Elkout
Year 12
Third Row: AJ Vitogiannis,
S Yo, BAJ Griffin,
TD Cameron, LJ Best,
SA Retsos
Second Row: AG Pagonis,
OC Taborda, MA Ouzas,
EH Ward, S Economy,
JM Cox, JP Wheatley,
A Wong
First Row: CS Nabung, S Li,
BW Lane, Mrs A Jagger,
A Daniel, S Li, D Duong
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Year 11
Second Row: MB Martin, SG Ralph,
TP Ross, CA Stewart, T Erdenebat,
N Rasiah
First Row: DT Simoni,
GW Spiroglou, L McDougall Monk,
Mr GJ Davies, GL Williams,
A Zhou, D Chen
Year 11
Second Row: K Chen,
RAR Crossley, AMR Isaias,
MTL Hassett, VA Greco-Schwartz
First Row: Y He, JD Way,
RP Briant, Mr BA McHardy,
RJ Amos, OM Churcher,
CA Di Orazio
Absent: WS Whyman, WD Green
Year 10
Second Row: C Kuburlis,
JD Campbell, L Little, CAM Ferrao,
M Cameron
First Row: M Asad, J Gregory,
Mr M Hennes, JM Hirst, AK Elhout
Year 10
Second Row: SG Xenos, CJ Scardilli,
JO Palmer, RMW Ward,
CDJ Nugent, HJ Lombe
First Row: ET Spiroglou,
AM Pagonis, Ms TJ Smith, BP Milic,
T Tszyu
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Le Couteur
Head of House:
Mr SC Pennington
House Captain:
William X Ngiam
Vice Captains:
Patric S Kuo
Victor Li
WX Ngiam,
Mr SC Pennington,
PS Kuo, V Li
Honour Colours
Year 12: Victor Li, William XQ Ngiam
House Colours
Years 12: Mohammad A Hannaway, Jack Kim, Barton P Lynch, Kenny C Lo, Cooper Mowad, Hugh C Stanistreet
Year 11: Reed P Cotterill, Daniel N Hill, Michael Huynh, Jamie P Ibbotson, William L Kovanis, David J Kwak,
Robert V O’Brien, Branden Zhang
Year 10: Patrick J Fowler, James A Grogin, Ned A Newton, Maclean A Paton
Year 12
Third Row: TW Lehmann,
JC Brennan, JJ Watson,
C Mowad, BP Lynch,
OW Wheeler
Second Row: MN Elliott,
J Bortolotti, MW Han,
PS Kuo, HC Stanistreet,
WX Ngiam, MJ Passlow,
ML Fredericos
First Row: V Li,
NJ Demetriou, BA Smith,
Mr G O’Neill, WC Lo, J Kim,
MA Hannaway
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Year 11
Second Row: OD Thompson,
EJ Vakirtzis, F Vasic, L Gration
First Row: DJ Kwak, MP Lucas,
Mr R Tredinnick, OJ Smyth,
B Zhang
Year 11
Second Row: JP Ibbotson,
WL Kovanis, E Eagle, HR Dotson
First Row: HG Groom,
JK Bloomfield, Mr K Watson,
J Kotsopoulos, M Huynh
Year 10
Second Row: A Liakopoulos, JA
Grogin, MWJ Stanistreet, PJ Coyle,
EW Watson, DJW Bretag
First Row: GA Koumoukelis, W Jian,
K Kumaradas, Ms A Andrews,
NM Chapman, PT Lemoto,
SP Aravanis
Year 10
Second Row: JS Scott, NA Newton,
LRA Peacock, JL Tomas, Z Wang,
B Younan
First Row: MY Shim, JF TorresLynch, Mr D Garner, MA Paton,
Mr R Yates, A Yao, E Qui
Absent: PJ Fowler
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Manton
Head of House:
Mrs M Plater
House Captain:
Harold P Shiel
Vice Captains:
Thomas W Hambly
Nathan J Lam
HP Shiel, NJ Lam,
Mrs M Plater, TW Hambly,
HE Roach
Honour Colours
Year 12: Thomas W Hambly, Hugh E Roach, Harold P Shiel, Mark R Bannon
Year 11: Hugh A Piper
House Colours
Year 12: Alexander T Jackson, Apolosi L Latunipulu
Year 11: Harrison E Brady, Jong Min Lee, Tae In (Daniel) Seo
Year 10: Christian Aspropotamitis, Angus G Bagby, Jim A Beard, Jordan A Garofali, Taylor T Gray, Lytton Li,
Maximillian (Max) HH Miller Bock, Oscar E Pryor Lees, Sebastian D Pyne, Benjamin I Swane, Eric Y Tran,
Alexander S Vlahos
Year 12
Third Row: TW Hambly,
TC Ginnane, HP Shiel,
AT Jackson, J Jee
Second Row: LM Fulham,
PC Fang, SW Yang,
MD Wherry, JS Hwang,
MY Anthis, AC McGrouther
First Row: CJ Bowmer,
HJ Cooper, HE Roach,
Mr LT Edmunds,
AL Latunipulu, MR Bannon,
NJ Lam
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Year 11
Second Row: DP Picone,
T Aspropotamitis, HP McGlone,
AS Hallard-Turner, TA Loveridge,
NT Ratcliffe
First Row: PC Andrianakos,
SA Capon, Mr M Chambers,
KR Jang, G Mancuso
Year 11
Second Row: MK Kim, JT McMartin,
CT Vlahos, JM Lee, TI Seo
First Row: DH Jeong, RDM Lan,
Mrs EM O’Rourke, HA Piper,
R Ventura
Absent: LA Reid, MCN Robinson
Year 10
Second Row: SL Newell, L Li,
AS Vlahos, EY Tran, M ThomasMcGrath, BH Parsons
First Row: BI Swane, CA Tiftis,
Mr G Downward, A Adada,
MHH Miller Bock
Absent: MDT Wiles, K Ayra
Year 10
Second Row: B Chahoud, OE Pryor
Lees, TT Gray, BC Casey
First Row: AG Bagby, JA Beard,
C Aspropotamitis, Mr J Kenny,
JA Garofali, L Ignatavicius, TT Vea
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Metcalfe
Head of House:
Mr PG O’Rourke
House Captain:
Eric Shi
Vice Captains:
Joshua J Sprake
John Tsaousidis
E Shi, Mr PG O’Rourke,
J Tsaousidis, JJ Sprake
Honour Colours
Year 12: Brandon Tam, Nicholas A Sadowsky
House Colours
Year 12: Christopher J Andrade, John G Drummond, Ryu Hiidome, Gary Ho, Nicholas C Kay, Joshua J Sprake,
Nicholas J Williams, Christopher J Wong
Year 11: Stanton Contos, Shannon SL Kwan, Tony H Lee, James P Mackenzie, Raymond G Starkie, Lachlan J Urwin,
John Voudouris, Timothy J Vrachnas, Noa Yap
Year 10: Robert G Bromhead, Matthew J Hood, Bryce P Moon, Rohan O’Regan, Andrew T See, Hugh E Shouldice,
Mitchell DL Travers, Alistair BD Wilson, Qilong (Tommy) Zhang
Year 12
Third Row: JG Drummond,
H Saad, NC Kay, S Sharma,
SR Davies
Second Row: J Mohammed,
CJ Andrade, R Hiidome,
E Shi, TW Reynolds,
NJ Williams
First Row: BK Mok, CJ Wong,
JJ Yap, Mr MJ Brennan,
JJ Sprake, NA Sadowsky,
J Tsaousidis
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Year 11
Second Row: CJ Charlwood, F Saad,
BD Roods, ST Blefari, JP Mackenzie,
J Voudouris, JD Palmer
First Row: YX Liu, S Contos,
Mr SJ Corcoran, JC Man, SSL Kwan,
P Magiros
Year 11
Second Row: ETDC Villante,
BJS Smith, JC Tanevski, LJ Urwin,
HJ Rim
First Row: N Yap, MKM Loseli,
Mr JP Kennedy, J Balloot,
RG Starkie
Year 10
Second Row: HE Shouldice, SJ Yoon,
R O’Regan, JH Stilp, T Zhang,
AT See
First Row: RJ Bramantyo,
MD Travers, Ms KM Lak,
A Mostafa, BD Moon
Year 10
Second Row: LS Gardner, MW
McInnes, RG Bromhead, JG Loy,
HL Farrell, ABD Wilson
First Row: RJ Dodaro, MJ Hood,
Mr MA Scali, S Hrysanthos, L Yu
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Moulton
Head of House:
Mr BJ Harris
House Captain:
Mark D Halliday
Vice Captains:
Matthew RSC Gibson
Harrison T Pullinger
JCF Leung, HT Pullinger,
Mr BJ Harris, MRSC Gibson,
MD Halliday
Honour Colours
Year 12: Nicholas C Derewlany, Matthew R Gibson, Mark D Halliday, Nicolas R Mason, Riki Matsuo,
Harrison T Pullinger, Nicolas J Wheatley
Year 11: Jonathan B Collinge, Harrison J Cox, Finlay W McDonald
House Colours
Year 12: Alex D Cho, Sewoong (David) Lee, Jeffrey CF Leung
Year 11: Allan E Alaalatoa, Justyn K Andrew, Brenton C Curko, Saman (Sonny) Iravani, Jack B Lockyer, Ben R Lucas,
Lachlan G McMillan, Isaac KH Mok, Elliot D Park, Hiroki Sakashita, Lewis-Alan Trathen, Nicolas W White
Year 10: Alexander B Chiu, Joseph N Dorph, Jack D Gilfedder, Harrison M Hazlewood, Sinclair A Hill,
Lewis A Holey, Adam E Rasko, Lachlan J Shaw, Brandon L Taylor, Shaun T Towers, Myles L Turpin
Year 12
Third Row: BC Barnes-James,
NJP Wheatley,
NC Derewlany, SJH Wright,
HT Pullinger, MRSC Gibson
Second Row: JT Duncan,
S Lee, S Samji, T Hsu,
NR Mason, JD Shaw,
DJ Lakic, MJ Bosman
First Row: C Tedja,
A Keramianakis, DYZ Jiang,
Ms CA Priest, JJ Cottle,
AD Cho, R Matsuo
Absent: MD Halliday,
JCF Leung
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Year 11
Second Row: PNT Nguyen,
BC Curko, AE Alaalatoa,
AN Manarangi, AE Sears,
LA Trathen, ED Park
First Row: S Iravani, IKH Mok,
FW McDonald, Mr AP Davies,
MM Reid, JB Lockyer, H Sakashita
Year 11
Second Row: OW Wallace,
ML Barlow, A Berisha,
JB Welsman, MJ Rea, DS Hoskins
First Row: NW White, JB Collinge,
BR Lucas, Mr PC Franks, SV Bate,
JK Andrew, HJ Cox
Absent: P Grujovski, LG McMillan
Year 10
Second Row: LJ Yule, ML Turpin,
LJ Shaw, ST Towers, SA Simpson,
AA Norman
First Row: MQ Yu, DAG Poulton,
BL Taylor, Mr RD Graham,
S Papanikolas, MJ Markakis,
AE Rasko
Year 10
Second Row: YC Zhou, LA Holey,
JN Dorph, EG Danias
First Row: TJC Davies, JD Gilfedder,
Mr GV Potter, HM Hazlewood,
AB Chiu
Absent: JH Costas, EP Eruini-Bennett,
SA Hill
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Prescott
Head of House:
Mr T Hunnisett
(LSL Term 3)
House Captains:
Duncan T Jones
Louis S Pepper
Vice Captain:
Thomas J Williams
DT Jones, TJ Williams,
Mr W Cox (Acting Head
of House), LS Pepper,
ED Bloom
Honour Colours
Year 12: Emerson D Bloom, Louis S Pepper
Year 11: Harrison (Harry) Jordan, Alexander WA McNeil, Michael A Rees, Nathan J Roye
House Colours
Year 12: Harry D Ginges, Thomas JC Hill
Year 11: Hamilton D Bloom, Brandon K Buckingham-Jones, Jae Yun (Thomas) Choi, Harrison TP Conlin, Ryan J Gilvarry,
Anthony Hu, Redian P Liu, Yianni Moustakas, Justin Ngo, Christopher J Pinto, Kyle R Spyrides, Karl Sutherland,
Adam R Tutin, Alex R Williamson
Year 10: Jonathan L Ciofani, Jack T Hiscox, Nathan R Kelly, Leon J Pappas, James R Snowden
Year 12
Third Row: SJ Hiscox,
ME Williamson, H Burns,
PP McKenzie, RG Wood,
CJ McKenzie, JM O’Shea
Second Row: LS Pepper,
TJ Williams, ED Bloom,
SRW Scott, JJ Star,
JS Johnston
First Row: MD Ginges, C Joe,
K Sheng, Mr RD Wood,
CJ Ahrens, DT Jones,
M Stojcevski
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Year 11
Second Row: CJ Pinto, AW McNeil,
NJ Roye, K Sutherland,
AR Williamson
First Row: JK Ngo, Y Moustakas
TM Scutts, Mr MJ Bennett,
JL Townsend, AR Tutin, MA Rees
Absent: FF Mone
Year 11
Second Row: HD Bloom, T Choi,
KR Spyrides, HTP Conlin, H Jordan
First Row: BK Buckingham-Jones,
PF Fraga-Matos, RP Liu, A Hu,
RJ Gilvarry
Absent: Mr BW Gill, HW Garnsey
Year 10
Second Row: LT Jones, JR Buckley,
JT Hiscox, TB Crotty
First Row: S Moon, OJ Champion,
Ms R Bateren, MR Garnsey,
NR Kelly
Absent: JL Ciofani
Year 10
Second Row: M Lee, JR Snowden,
AI McKenzie, T Maxwell, MD Ring,
NJ Xenos
First Row: LJ Pappas, JJR Noore,
Mr SJ Roberts, J Tran,
DJ Tsavdaridis
Absent: J Ludher
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Year 9
Fletcher
Second Row: JA Straiton, DH Gilbert,
M Piroddi, ARF O’Hare, ES Cheng,
JJ Hetherington
First Row: JE Spira, ASJ Dive,
F Floratos, MK Hejtmanek, TQ Du
Absent: Ms N Guymer
Fletcher
Second Row: MAC Serhon,
JM Leibowitz, SG Back,
ZD Robertson MWC Laird
First Row: G Wang, J Holland,
JF Powell, Ms JM Heaume, T Liu,
BGJ Robinson, C Chan
Johnstone
Second Row: TW Cai, PJ Hudson,
T Moeroa, LA Strong, SF Evans,
LAJ Osmond
First Row: BR James, JC Bellos,
Mr AS Humphreys,
AG Nikolopoulos, AW McKindlay
Johnstone
Second Row: SH Woo, MJL Eskell,
D Pointon, BT Kunovski, EJ Gibson,
ZT Scott
First Row: CL Sloan, A Dervis,
Mr DW Phillips, AC Wright,
AJ Messinis
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Student Life – Mentor Groups
Kelynack
Second Row: JA Mitchell,
JK Whyman, GT Panousos
First Row: V Kollias, RG Briant,
Miss JJF Brazier, HC MurtoughCoombes, JC Bedic
Absent: A Coates, MS Dedes, J Yoo
Kelynack
Second Row: W Wei, TE Greeley,
DJ Ladbrooke-Bower, HYS Wong
First Row: J Elkout,
AG Stavropoulos, RN Mackellar,
ZZ Nanavati, AR English
Absent: SJ Burns, AC Lam,
Mr CB Fitzsimmons
Le Couteur
Second Row: S Kotsopoulos,
AI Perich, J Stevens, G Kalamvokis
First Row: TS Fleming, HJ Yu,
Mr MJ Case, C Howard-Schmidt,
WB Thompson
Le Couteur
Second Row: JM Lussick,
JAF Groom, LA McKirdy,
M Sidarous, OT Healey
First Row: AP Bloomfield,
E Rothonis, NA Samios,
Ms C Graham, RL Hills,
CB Reddin, CR Fraser
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Manton
Second Row: CS Jackson, AJ Woods,
AD Roberts Love, E Xiong, JP Horne
First Row: GC Mavris, LB Wilson,
Mr RJ Burgess, EJ Manton,
DJ Hambly
Absent: RA Naylor, BB Parkes
Manton
Second Row: J Fotaras, RW Hunt,
JBR Haddrick, HB Hunt,
OWL Bairle, F Noble-Shelton
First Row: JM Mehmet, AJ Chan,
Mrs IM Clark, CIR Kerr, JXR Ong
Metcalfe
Second Row: L Kontogiorgis,
A Hrysanthos, JE Rowley,
A Bouzanis, DC Liu
First Row: HJK Miles, G Healy,
CR Shearer, Mr JM Canning,
TR Lee, S Chalkias, PT Tang
Metcalfe
Second Row: J Tsaousidis,
R Baghdadi, A Tsingos,
SMD Walker, EL Abrahams
First Row: G Ottavio, TT Krilis,
PH Elliott, Mrs B Mossemenear,
JG Roods, MA Atallah, PCY Lai
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Moulton
Second Row: SLG Park, EW Pollitt,
GP Prassas, H Zhao, JN Greifeneder,
N Tripolone
First Row: MA McDonald,
LJ Cussen, Mr PJ Honeywill,
SJ Macdessi, G Capomolla
Absent: SP Hardy
Moulton
Second Row: L Zhang,
MR Muncaster, T Iannuzzi, JJ Im,
JR Gosselin
First Row: M Zironos, JN Fragakis,
LR Cox, Mr GJ Pike, WS Makeig,
K Leung, SKY Mok
Prescott
Second Row: MN Shultz,
D Karakasis, JA Jones,
HA Snowden, NG Kakaroubas
First Row: FA Ahrens, J Stojcevski,
S Lonergan-Stewart, Mr TH Fowell,
PGC Macri, A Lleonart, DP Trent
Prescott
Second Row: Z Le, TW Meaney,
HB Black, S Rajcevski, RS D’Cruz
First Row: LB Anderson, J Dick,
Mr J Giuffre, LA Hetherington,
AR Liu
Absent: DJ Shipsey
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Year 8
Fletcher
Fourth Row: Y Choi, SA Law,
CT Hine, LJ Pitty
Third Row: JJ Stewart, HT Green,
M Han, AL Saker, HB Bertinetti,
JN Lloyd, JM Savage
Second Row: MA Richter, SM Robinson,
L Wolf, RDT McDonald, D Minguez,
TL Hauptman
First Row: LW Carney, CR Kroon,
JE Faux, Mr G Christian, BN Adams,
CJ Yap, NI Straiton
Johnstone
Second Row: GL Stent, NA Bramich,
JS Evans, JPF Amos, YH Choi,
DJ Fitzpatrick
First Row: BC Friend, P De Varda,
Mr MM Forsyth, JP Foley,
Y El-Cheikh
Absent: EG Carlile, J Raj
Johnstone
Second Row: DW Longhurst,
AT Mei, TM Van der Velde,
N Spasojevic, K Stathis, AJ Hobbs,
BR Creswick
First Row: RG Palmer, NS Potter,
Ms J Shea, AW Leslie, RT Whiteman
Absent: AG Sullivan
Kelynack
Second Row: G Zafiropoulos,
K Phung, C Tsiknas, MJ Kambas,
RJ Palmer, DZ Nanavati, J Mardini
First Row: JP Rudd Hughes,
DT Macarounas, Mr A Fisher,
BM Rosenstrauss, LR O’Connor
Absent: P Rousenel
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Kelynack
Second Row: FW Leckie, JL Reategui,
DJC Hammond, MC Atkins
First Row: TR Entwisle, J Gregory,
GHH Dalrymple, AP Achjian,
DTM Burley
Le Couteur
Second Row: WJ Cotterill, EI Gorur,
SM Hutton, S Finckh, LP Fraser,
C Hui, CR Hageman
First Row: GD Astley, J Bell,
Ms J Gonzalez, LJ Cradock,
JR Fleming
Le Couteur
Second Row: TJ Morgan,
G Liakopoulos, CV Kariyawasam,
JD Webb, SH Smyth, J Poidevin
First Row: L Papas, AE Varlis,
Mr CJ Paton, JF Van den Berg,
MD Sulman
Manton
Second Row: JWSZ Nour, LC Taylor,
V Suraev, BW Phillips, YM Van
Gelder
First Row: AT Piliotis, PC Mavris,
AJJ Scott, Mrs R McKenzie,
PJ McConnell, M Nicola-Woods,
SE Wayland
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Manton
Second Row: M Kim,
J Aspropotamitis, CD Hallard-Turner,
L Goth, SB Loga-Tarogi,
EMG Jenkins
First Row: SJ Chilton, JA Carrano,
Mr C Seawright, JA Johnson,
KG Burgess
Metcalfe
Second Row: MJ Morrison, AJ Flack,
RJ Ward, SG Hatten, RG Becker,
F Hu
First Row: C Pasialis, P Voudouris,
AP Prevedoros, Mr LK Raven,
C Papapetros, LW Pateman,
JC Butcher
Metcalfe
Second Row: DJD Thomas-Broome,
M Sikiotis, S Xu, CR Webster,
JH Fitzgerald, DAHF Villante
First Row: JW Thiele, SJ Specer,
ZL Wiltshire, Mr JJ Snare,
JJR Covell, LR Ridley, AL Sheldon
Moulton
Second Row: SE Wallace, MJ Miles,
TG Leroy, HA Lawson, AW Waters,
TCR Saito-Patch, JA Ludlow
First Row: LW Tracy, P Solomou,
Mr WR Cox, CM McNamara,
EC Tekin
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Moulton
Second Row: PW Graham,
CJ Cummins, NN Burgmann,
JJ Norman, MB Bhoola,
NAD Edwards, RL Andrew
First Row: LGM Eruini-Bennett,
N Kuleski, Ms R Matthew,
BD Collinge, RS Elder
Prescott
Second Row: AJ Grant,
AN Wearne, AG White,
AG Robertson,
DN Zissis, D Tritsiniotis
First Row: A Solomou, SJ Wood,
Ms HY Wang, LM Watson,
TB Roberts
Prescott
Second Row: AW Golovin, SJ Rees,
BA Mellor, SA Fotea, J Hannan,
B Arabi-Jallad
First Row: WY Leung, ZT Kelly,
Mr PM Woods, MG Gribble,
HP Longmire
Absent: J Pappas
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Year 7
7JLA
Third Row: RC Smith, W Bang,
MW Lee-Warner, JM Farquhar,
ML Korn
Second Row: M Boutsalis,
J Caughlan, JG Ford,
PH Kuenzle, J Chen, JK Ngo
First Row: JM Willmott,
DH Hunter, K Lee, Mr JP Layton,
JD Hewitt, J Walsh, J Gatsos
7DOR
Third Row: JT McConnell,
JR Holden, T Piroddi,
JOG Peppercorn, MW Gerdovic,
AK Sammut
Second Row: RA Gregory, JR Gall,
L Ho, SA Bennie, MJG Loy,
S Wang, JW Dummett,
BFC Purdy, AAH Lukes,
GJ Mullins
First Row: N Srinivasan, M Papas,
ML Stern, TC Speyer,
Ms D Organ, JT Mathew,
D Kurl, AL Mai, WH Manton
7TST
Fourth Row: SJY Clark,
NTF Separovich, CD Mannix,
SR Doyle, C Buckley,
Third Row: RS Newell, R Kovanis,
KS Klazidis, DJ Evans, N Jansz,
JA Casaceli, NAA Hassett
Second Row: WM Mitchell, A Xu,
NR Tredinnick, AD Cunningham,
EJ Penrose, BG Krilis, I Mohanna,
AT Mee
First Row: D Khouri,
M El-Cheikh, PM Hatzistergos,
Mr TKE Stanley, AJ Lunn,
TJ Sela, A Gorsevski
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7ZCO
Third Row: JM Stapleton, J Favero,
C Clifford, JC Tims, R Wilson,
SC Packett, S Klumov Attard
Second Row: M Heise, NR James,
JJ Tsiros, L McMartin,
CA De Nicola Larsen,
LA Van Walsum, JA Tiftis
First Row: CJ Hoareau,
AAL Clark, K Tran, LJS Adams,
Ms ZP Cookson, AJ Staas,
OW Schmarr, TO Steel,
HC Taylor-Blair
7KPA
Third Row: FB McKenna,
JD Sreejayan, AC Iannuzzi,
S Parekh, J Gallo, BJ Rigney,
FJ Shannon
Second Row: C Yan, EJ Sparkes,
EM Henderson, K Zhang, JC Ting,
A Vo, JQT Tran, JB Hosking
First Row: JR Sortwell, VW Dai,
CE Hacker, JB Botto, Ms KM Park,
CR Strachan, ARG Doak,
WPD Gowers, K Wong
7MMO
Third Row: TT Wilson, HB Moate,
A Syrios, S Gotsoulias
Second Row: FWT McAvoy,
BJR Turner, N Malesevic,
JL Rojas-Lewis, C Mackenzie,
ZJ Newton
First Row: JI Sharrem, AA Grant,
CL Merciadez, Mr MR Moonen,
L Steinwede, HA Phillips, N Tszyu
7JCH
Fourth Row: NL Swift, AJ Bate,
PD Cominos, TR Ostinga
Third Row: TA Banuelos, JB Pepper,
SMM Roby, EB Treloar,
S Park, PJ Psarris, NA Bertino
Second Row: EJ Poon, ML James,
JR Wheatley, TR McDonald, ZW Chen,
HR Wickman, A Ghadge, THY Im
First Row: JJ Oakley, S Phung, ARS
Karunagaran, Ms JL Christian, J Yim,
DT McDonald, V Magiros
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House Competitions
1.
Assorted photos from House Competition Day
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Student Life – House Competitions
Assorted photos from House Competition Day
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Boarding
Boarding Coordinator
Mr C Parkin
2010 saw a number of firsts in Newington
Boarding. It was the year in which the College
embarked on its first intake of Indigenous
students, from the Nambucca Heads/Kempsey
region. At the same time, 2010 saw the reintroduction of boarders from Tonga, following
the renewed link with Tupou College. We started
the year with 44 boys, up from the 35 who started
last year and the ‘26’ that capacity represented at
the end of 2008. Two new rooms were created at
the front (Cambridge St) of the House, to allow for
extra demand, creating a new upper limit of near
50 boys.
The TV room received fresh leather lounges and a
new ping pong space was created in the former
bag store. The space vacated by the ping pong
table became the new study area for junior boys.
At the end of Term 1, the House bid farewell to Mr
Dimitrios (Mitch) Patsiavas, who had been a tutor
in the House for five years. The boys organised a
night of Greek cuisine to celebrate his contribution
to Boarding over the period and also wished Mr
Patsiavas well for his journey to Greece. ‘Mitch’, as
the boys called him, worked during the day as a
social worker at a children’s refuge and his skills
in listening and patience were always valued by
staff and students alike.
Lawrence Paul arrived to be our GAP student
from Britain. He stayed with us for just over a
term, in which he proved himself to be both a
scholar and a sportsman. Such was his admiration
within the House that, having left us to journey
around New Zealand, his return visit was treated
with high regard by the boys. Later, in May, we
were joined by Mr Bhargav Khatiwada, our GAP
student from Nepal. He was soon involved in
boarding life, from participating in ping pong and
BOARDING HOUSE
Sixth Row: FF Mone, TC Baker, MD Wherry, NC Kay, MRSC Gibson, DS Hoskins
Fifth Row: T Moeroa, CS Peruch, ST Towers, LA Strong, AB Liggins, ES Amituani, S Back
Fourth Row: T Erdenebat, AL Latunipulu, NA Sadowsky, C Joe, CJ Wong, W Lo, MR Bannon, WS Whyman
Third Row: TM Van Der Velde, MJ Clifton, SF Evans, ME Baldwin, R Tu’ihalangingie, TT Vea, LG McMillan, RH Hunter, M Loseli
Second Row: D Chen, KC Arya, HB Hunt, JW Rogan, A Lomakin, JL Davies, JD Way, RJ Bramantyo
First Row: Mr AR Nottage, JG Drummond, Mr G O’Neill, HE Roach (Senior Boarder), Mr C Parkin (Boarding Coordinator),
TJ Williams, Ms K Iser, HP Shiel, AC McGrouther Absent: RW Hunt, JCF Leung, JK Whyman
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Student Life – Boarding
The year was marked, in many ways, by the
success of the 1st XV Rugby team, winning the
GPS Premiership. The significance of the moment
was certainly not lost on the Boarding House, with
the following playing for the team during the year:
Apolosi Latunipulu (Capt), Hugh Roach, Matt
Gibson, Ezrah Amituanai, Finau Mone, Mark
Baldwin and Mark Bannon.
In addition to this, our Basketball team, with
boarder Nick Kay (and coached by tutor Rex
Nottage), continued its recent successes, winning
the GPS Championship, becoming the NSW
Bhargav Khatiwada and John Drummond enjoying
the Sydney Swans comeback
games of pool, to taking advantage of the
opportunity to see more of Sydney life by going on
the weekend outings.
Hugh Roach and Jeffrey Leung led the House
during the year. Hugh, with his Australian Rugby
representative commitments, was often away and
Jeffrey proved a more than adequate replacement.
Gelato in Enmore
Independent Schools Champion, The Champion
School of NSW, as well as runners up in National
Championships.
With the return of the College minibus in 2010,
boarders were able to journey out to a range of
destinations. Highlights included a trip to the Blue
Mountains, the Australian Reptile Park, Manly
Beach, a Sydney Swans game and, at the end of the
year, a packed voyage to Jamberoo Recreation
Park south of Sydney.
Manly Beach outing
In Term 3, the boys hosted girls from Kincoppal
Rose Bay for a dinner/trivia night – the first of its
type for many years.
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Chapel Life
Chaplain
Rev P Morphew
Stanmore
Chapel and worship continued to be integral to
College life in 2010. House chapels and weekly
services continued as in previous years, with
Council members Rev David Manton, Rev Vernon
Prowse and Rev Dr John Pender contributing their
vast experience and wisdom, assisting the
Chaplain Peter Morphew with some of the House
chapel services. Each House forwarded its
collection to its related Service Learning charity;
namely Tear Australia, Fred Hollows Foundation,
CanTeen, and the Salvation Army’s youth support
network Oasis. The link between chapel and
Service Learning was also evident when Dr
Andrew Hirst and Mr Mick Madden shared their
experience from the trip to Tupou College, Tonga.
Chaplain Michael Bennett (ON ‘81) was appointed
at the beginning of Term 3 in lieu of the departure
of Rev Rennie Schmid at the end of 2009. Michael
will be joined by New Zealand chaplain Rev
David Williams in 2011. David and Michael bring
a wealth of gifts and experience to Newington and
with Peter Morphew, will enable the provision of
chaplaincy across the three campuses.
During the year three funeral services were
conducted at the chapel for David Fenton (ON ’98),
former Wallaby captain Alan Cameron (ON ’47)
and Ivor Claydon (father of Old Boys Martin and
Daniel). These occasions, despite their sadness,
enable the strength of the College community to be
experienced through compassion and love. On
another sad note Kundayi Chiundiza, who attended
the College from Year 3 to Year 8, died after a rugby
accident whilst playing for St Andrew’s Cathedral
School. Kundayi’s sudden, unexpected death had
a significant impact on Newington and especially
on the Year 11 boys, many of whom maintained
strong relationships with their former classmate.
Lindfield and Wyvern House
Mr Philip Harding, who has been teaching
Religious Education and assisting with chapel
services at the preparatory schools, left at the end
of Term 2 to pursue other ministry opportunities.
Weekly chapel services at both Wyvern House and
Lindfield supplement the Religious Education
curriculum and allow the boys to experience ageappropriate worship. Special chapel services
were conducted at the openings of the Don Brown
Hall at Lindfield and the Roy Zimmerman Library
at Wyvern.
Rev Morphew’s other ‘assistant’ François
continued to make regular appearances in chapel
providing comedy relief for both boys and staff
alike. With the move of David Hine to St Peter’s
Adelaide in 2011, François will have to find
another target for his French humour.
Baptisms
2 May
2 May
28 November
28 November
28 November
28 November
28 November
28 November
28 November
Karl and Elizabeth Watson
Charlotte Elizabeth
Christopher and Simone Cotterell
Oliver Campbell
Luke and Jodi Hill
Finn Alexander
Luke and Jodi Hill
Max Angus
Grant and Felicity Clemens
Lily Charlotte
Marc and Michelle Petrovic
Archer Michael
John and Kylie Churchin
William Christopher
Stephen and Jennifer Humphry
Sienna Alice
Ben and Renee Dransfield
Hamilton Stanley
Weddings
Peter Morphew and François
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October 2
October 3
November 21
December 18
Kelvin Chew and Queenica Lee
Alexander Batkitch and Belinda Govaz
Craig Caughlan and Charlotte Powell
Martin Kan and Florence Mui
Student Life – Service Learning
Service Learning
Director of Service Learning
Mr M Madden
Now in its second year of operation, the Service
Learning program has been embraced as an
important facet of College life. It has facilitated a
wide range of initiatives and activities, involving
boys across all Year groups.
Year 7 boys, under the guidance of Mr John McVicar,
pioneered the introduction of the vegetable
gardens outside the Sevington Block. Each Mentor
group was responsible for researching and
selecting its own crops and then planting and
nurturing the crop till harvest. Boys were then
introduced to the work of the Exodus Foundation
and later donated all their herbs and vegetables to
the Exodus’ Loaves and Fishes Restaurant, a free
restaurant which feeds the disadvantaged and
homeless of our Inner West community.
In Term 4, Year 8 boys were involved in a Charity
Awareness activity during Mentor periods. They
were firstly introduced to the work of their
House’s aligned charity by guest speakers and then
set the task of creatively capturing the charity’s
spirit/purpose in either a television advertisement,
graphic design, ABC radio interview, a cartoon or
by writing and performing a song. Year 11s
developed their leadership skills by mentoring
and guiding each small group to completion.
James Mitchell & Victor Salman deliver rocket to the Exodus chef
Year 9 and 10 boys were asked to organise and
perform some voluntary community service work
in Semester 1. The majority of boys responded
extremely well to this challenge and participated
in a wide range of activities. These included work
with the elderly or disabled, after school care
groups and volunteer work with sporting, church
and charitable organisations. This is an initiative
with a great deal of potential and comes at a
critical stage in our boys’ personal development.
Once again, the Annual Red Shield Appeal was a
huge success. Over 200 boys from Years 10, 11 and
12 volunteered for this year’s ‘Door Knock’
despite a cyclonic weather forecast, which proved
to be way off the mark! Parents, teaching staff and
the wider Newington College Community
responded magnificently to the plea for drivers
and together our community raised an incredible
$24,500 for the Salvos.
Our relationship with the Reverend Bill Crews’
Exodus Foundation at the Ashfield Uniting Church
is now a regular feature of the Service Learning
program. The Foundation’s aforementioned
Loaves and Fishes Restaurant serves breakfast and
lunch daily to over 400 disadvantaged members of
the Inner West community.
Nikita Tszyu harvesting vegetables for the Loaves & Fishes
Restaurant
Our Year 11 boys have been volunteering to be
part of a roster system, where each day, two boys
serve breakfast to the restaurant’s guests. Our Year
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11 boys have impressed all with their enthusiasm
and reliability and have learnt a great deal from
this practical hands-on experience. The
community also supported the annual Exodus
Christmas Tree Appeal. Led by our College
Receptionist Mrs Kath Clarke, Newington families
donated tinned goods and toys that were placed
under a beautifully decorated tree in the foyer of
the Founders block.
In 2010, House Chapel services were used to
spotlight each House’s links with their aligned
charities. The Reverend Peter Morphew allowed
the services to be utilised to highlight the work of
each organisation via audiovisual presentations.
This enabled parents and families to become more
familiar and engaged with each particular charity.
Joey Lussick enjoying the welcome at Tupou College, Tonga
cost of a shipping container that was sent to
Tonga, just prior to our departure. It was packed to
the roof with sporting goods and school furniture.
A football boot collection saw well over a hundred
boots gifted. The donation was particularly well
received by the Tupou boys and, like the tour
itself, is likely to become an annual fixture in
the program.
All in all, it was a busy and exciting second year
for the Service Learning program.
Year 12 volunteers for the Red Shield Appeal
The collections from each service were donated to
the Tear Foundation, CanTeen, The Fred Hollows
Foundation or Oasis.
The highlight of the program in 2010 was
undoubtedly the Service Learning Rugby Tour to
Tonga. Dr Andrew Hirst led a team of four staff
and some 25 young Rugby players to re-establish
the links between the College and our brothers at
Tupou College. Accompanied by Senior Prefect
Tom Mullally, our boys had the unique
opportunity to live in the Tupou Boarding House,
enjoy the humbling hospitality of the Tongan
people, work alongside the Tupou boys in their
gardens and classrooms and be immersed in the
overwhelming experience of song and prayer in
their magnificent Chapel. Our boys raised funds,
via garage sales and eBay auctions, to offset the
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Matthew Phelan and Hugh Roach constructing a bed
with a visitor from Oasis
Student Life – SRC
Student Representative Council
Director of SRC
Mr P Bourke
The 2010 Student Representative Council (SRC) is to
be commended on its forward thinking and
commitment to the College. Chaired by Deputy
Senior Prefect Emerson Bloom, the SRC was
dedicated to implementing change, not just
discussing it! Encouraged by the presence of the
Head of Campus, their major achievements
included: securing two additional microwave ovens
in the cafeteria; developing a GPS Environmental
Network; and a restructuring of the SRC for 2011.
The additional microwave ovens will reduce
congestion and enable one oven per Year Group.
The P&F kindly funded these additional resources
which will no doubt be heavily patronised,
particularly during winter.
The GPS Environmental Network has resulted from
the Earth Hour breakfasts held at St Ignatius’
College in 2009 and 2010. Newington boys have
attended both these events and been active in the
development of the network. The network meets
once a term with Newington hosting the Term 4
meeting. The key initial purpose is to raise
awareness about the environment. This has resulted
in most GPS schools having an active Environment
Committee. The first multi-GPS school objective is
to target the use of plastic bottles at the 2011 GPS
Head of the River Regatta. Currently there is a large
amount of wastage of plastic as bottles are not
recycled or even reused. Hopefully this will be
addressed in 2011. The GPS Environmental
Network is also exploring a logo to promote
environmental awareness. This will take time as it
needs to be signed off by all schools. The key
members of our environment committee have been
Hugh Piper, Michael Rees and Bradley Smith.
The restructuring of the SRC includes the increase
of members in Years 9 and 10 from two to three and
the greater accountability of elected representatives
to carry out their responsibilities. These
responsibilities include attendance at all meetings,
contribution and follow-up, and acting as a voice
for the Student Body. To bring the SRC into line with
our other leadership opportunities, the elected
representatives will not receive official recognition
until they have demonstrated a level of
performance that meets the established criteria.
SRC Chair: Deputy Senior Prefect Emerson Bloom
The College wishes to thank all members for their
generous devotion of time.
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Academic Curriculum
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Head of Curriculum
Ms Julia Shea
Individual Subject Highlights
A. COMBINED HSC AND IBDP
English
Our Year 12 cohort was slightly smaller than last
year with 170 boys qualifying for either the NSW
Higher School Certificate (HSC) or the
(IBDP). Our comparison to previous years can
only be done after we combine the two systems.
Hence it should be noted our ‘Sydney Morning
Herald results’ are not truly reflective of our final
overall results.
This is the only mandatory HSC subject and 95
boys completing the Advanced course, with a
further 62 boys completed the Standard course. In
the Advanced course, 74.74%of boys finished in
the top two bands, compared with 57.85% across
the state. In the Standard course, the results were
still more impressive with 11.29% of boys finishing
in Band 5 or 6, compared to a statewide figure of
4.31%. The ESL results from our small cohort were
outstanding with 33% achieving Band 6 in
comparison to 3.68% statewide. Furthermore, all
boys finished in either Band 5 or Band 6. In
English Extension 1, 46.15% of Newington boys
achieved the top band in comparison to 24.48%
across the state. In English Extension 2, 40%
achieved the top band level in comparison to a
statewide figure of 28.06%.
The following table highlights our combined
results in 2010:
ATAR> 95
i.e. top 5% of NSW/ACT
15%
ATAR> 90
30%
ATAR> 70
72%
Consistently throughout recent years, approximately
three quarters of the Year 12 cohort has finished in
the top 30% of the state: an impressive statistic for
a school that so proudly adheres to its nonselective enrolment policy.
B. NSW Year 12 Higher School Certificate
2010
Our boys have once again performed remarkably
well in terms of the typically reported Band statistics.
There were many excellent individual performances
with boys achieving ‘personal bests’.
Eugene Ward achieved the highest ATAR in the
HSC program, finishing with 99.10. Three boys
achieved a Premier’s Award. They were Thomas
Hambly, Eugene Ward and Christian Myers.
Mohamad Hannaway is to be congratulated for
his mention on the ‘Top Achievers in Course’ list.
He finished fifth in the state in the Information
Technology Examination, out of a total cohort of
1179 students.
The ‘Distinguished Achievers’ list is made up of
students who received a mark of 90 or above in a
subject. Newington boys gained 148 listings in total.
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Mathematics
26.8% achieved Band 6 in comparison to 19%
across the state. The results in the Extension
subjects were also impressive. For example, in the
highly demanding Mathematics Extension 2
course, the percentage of boys achieving the top
band was 70% in comparison to the statewide
figure of 37.44%. In General Mathematics 41.67%
achieved a mark in the top two bands compared to
26.1% across the state.
Computing
In Software Design and Development 85.71%
achieved Band 5 or 6 in comparison to 27.52%
across the State. In Information Processes and
Technology 42.85% achieved Band 6 in
comparison to 9.65% statewide. The Newington
figure was almost four and a half times the figure
recorded across the state—an outstanding result!
Creative Arts
In Music 1, 90.9% of boys achieved Band 5 or 6 in
comparison to 60.22% across the state. James Park
Academic Curriculum – Secondary School
and Nathan Lam, who both studied the Music 2
and Music Extension courses, are to be
congratulated on their nomination for Encore, the
annual
concert
of
outstanding
music
performances and compositions from HSC music
students. Similarly, Samuel Barnes had his body of
work nominated and ultimately selected for
ARTEXPRESS 2011, the annual exhibition of
exemplary artworks created by students for the
HSC Examination in Visual Arts.
Economics
The percentage of boys achieving a Band 6 was
24.32% in comparison to 13.22% across the state. In
Business Studies 14% achieved a Band 6 compared
to 9.58% statewide. 66% of the Newington
candidates achieved a mark in the top two bands
compared with a statewide figure of 37.03%.
History
Our results were again very strong. In Ancient
History 34.61% achieved Band 6 compared to 11.08%
statewide, the College figure again being more
than three times that recorded statewide. The
Legal Studies results were similarly impressive
with 33.33% of Newington candidates achieving a
Band 6 in comparison to 11.52% across the state.
In Modern History 81.25% achieved Band 5 or 6
compared to a statewide figure of 41.71%.
PDHPE
11.42% of boys achieved Band 6 compared to
9% statewide.
Science
Technology
In Design and Technology 13.33% of boys achieved
Band 6 in comparison to 8.23% across the state.
Furthermore Mark Bannon, Nicholas Sadowsky and
Alexander Wong were nominated for DesignTECH,
the annual exhibition of outstanding Major Design
Projects developed by HSC Design and Technology
students—a wonderful recognition of their
innovative projects.
C. International Baccalaureate Diploma
Programme 2010
Students must complete six subjects, three at High
Level and three at Standard level. They are awarded
a grade ranging from 1 to 7 for each subject, with
7 being the highest possible grade. A further three
points are available for their performance on their
Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge essay.
Hence all students receive a final score out of 45
and that is converted to an UAC rank.
Kevin Sheng and Eric Shi are to be congratulated
on achieving the near perfect score of 44/45,
equating to a UAC rank of 99.8.
The average score achieved by the entire cohort
was 37.7 which equates to a UAC rank of 97.10; a
phenomenal result.
60% of boys achieved a UAC rank above 95
placing them in the top 5% of the state—an
outstanding achievement.
The IBO releases statistics indicating the average
grade across all subjects. The following table
indicates a sample of the exceptional results of the
2010 cohort.
The comparisons across the top two bands are
indicated in the table below:
Subject
College % of Band 5
& Band 6
State % of Band 5
& Band 6
Earth & Environmental Science
81.81
42.31
Senior Science
87.50
39.63
Physics
46.15
39.12
Biology
40.00
33.34
Chemistry
43.75
39.39
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Subject
them well as they commence their studies in pursuit
of either the NSW Higher School Certificate or the
International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Newington
Average
World
Average
English HL
5.8
5.13
Economics HL
6.0
5.19
English
Economics SL
6.3
5.24
History HL
7.0
4.99
13.29% of our boys achieved Band 6 in comparison
to 5.12% across the state. 64.07% of boys finished
in the top two bands in comparison to a statewide
figure of 36.38%. The examination is essentially a
literacy-based test. These excellent results are a
reflection of the manner in which basic literacy
skills are taught explicitly through the English
programs at Newington College. They further
underline the value of the award winning Wide
Reading Program that operates across Years 7–10.
History SL
5.5
4.43
Biology HL
6.0
4.76
Chemistry HL
5.83
5.17
Chemistry SL
6.5
4.38
Physics HL
6.33
5.03
Physics SL
7.0
4.59
Mathematics HL
5.5
4.94
Mathematical Studies
5.67
4.56
Almost 70% of the grades achieved were at the
highest two levels, namely Grade 6 or Grade 7.
This is the second year of outstanding results in
the IBDP.
D. NSW Year 10 School Certificate 2010
In November, 173 Year 10 Newington boys sat the
NSW School Certificate Examinations. In addition,
14 boys from Year 9 completed the School
Certificate Mathematics course.
Computing Skills
There were some excellent results in the
Computing Skills test. Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) have been
integrated within the outcomes and content of the
Years 7–10 syllabuses. All boys completed an
online test in which questions were grouped into
five skill areas covering computer operations,
word-processing, spreadsheets and databases,
graphics and multimedia, and the internet and
email. Based on their results students are deemed
‘Highly Competent’, ‘Competent’ or ‘Competency
not Demonstrated’. 79.76% of our students were
‘Highly Competent’ in comparison to 54.86%
across the state. All boys demonstrated that they
were competent or highly competent.
The results from the other external School Certificate
examinations are summarised below. The boys are
to be congratulated on their results and we wish
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Mathematics
Once again, the percentage of Newington boys
achieving Band 6 was almost three times the
statewide figure. 22.03% of boys achieved Band 6
in comparison to 8.29% statewide. 68.92% of boys
achieved Band 5 or Band 6 in comparison to
27.33% across the state. 14 boys from Year 9 sat the
School Certificate Mathematics examination. The
results for this year’s accelerated class were
outstanding, with the boys achieving an average
mark of 95.9.
Science
to 8.77% across the state. 76.33% of Newington
boys achieved Band 5 or Band 6 in comparison to
40.88% across the state. Under the leadership of
Craig Seawright, the Science department has
made significant changes to its teaching and
assessment programs in recent years. There have
also been important changes in relation to
classroom practice with a much more
contextualised
approach
being
adopted,
evidenced by a sizeable increase in the amount of
practical work being undertaken by the boys.
These changes have had a significant impact, with
the percentage of Newington boys finishing in the
top two bands increasing by a staggering 33.16%
over the last five years.
Australian History, Civics and Citizenship
The percentage of Newington boys achieving
Band 6 was 8.09% in comparison to 5.16% across
the state. The percentage of Newington boys in the
top two bands was 35.83% compared to a
statewide figure of 18.45%. Yet again the College
figure was almost double that achieved on a
statewide basis.
Australian Geography, Civics and
Citizenship
to 4.81% statewide, the College figure again being
close to double the statewide figure. 46.81% of
boys achieved Band 5 or Band 6 in comparison to
26.02% across the state.
E. NAPLAN
In May 2010, as part of the National Assessment
Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN),
national tests were held in literacy and numeracy
for all students in Australia at Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
In Years 7 and 9, Literacy was assessed via a 45
minute test on ‘Language Conventions’ (comprising
spelling, grammar and punctuation), a 40 minute
test on ‘Writing’ and a 65 minute test on ‘Reading’.
Numeracy was assessed via an 80 minute test
comprising ‘Number’, ‘Algebra’, ‘Functions and
Patterns’, ‘Space’, ‘Measurement’ and ‘Chance and
Data’. The test was broken into two 40 minute
sessions. Students were not able to use calculators
in the first session but they were allowed the use
of a calculator in the second session.
Results are reported in Band Levels – Band 10 is
the highest possible band for students in Year 9
and Band 9 is the highest level for students in Year
7. The percentage of Newington boys achieving
results in the top bands is indicated in the tables
below. State percentages have been stated to allow
a comparison with the College cohort.
Aspects of Literacy
Year 9
Band 10
Band 9
Reading
Writing
Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation
Newington %
14
21
20
27
State %
6
8
10
12
Newington %
32
25
26
26
State %
19
12
18
14
The percentage of Newington boys achieving the top band in each category was at least double the figure
recorded statewide.
Year 7
Band 9
Band 8
Reading
Writing
Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation
Newington %
25
8
15
22
State %
12
8
12
12
Newington %
35
28
28
21
State %
22
18
25
15
As expected, the percentage of Newington boys achieving the top band in Reading, Grammar and
Punctuation was approximately double the figure recorded statewide.
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Aspects of Numeracy
Year 9
Band 10
Band 9
Number,
Patterns &
Algebra
Measurement,
Data, Space &
Geometry
Numeracy
Newington %
43
36
38
State %
13
14
13
Newington %
29
24
26
State %
18
12
14
The percentage of Newington boys achieving Band 10 in all three categories was over two and half times
the figure recorded statewide – an outstanding result.
Year 7
Band 9
Band 8
Number,
Patterns &
Algebra
Measurement,
Data, Space &
Geometry
Numeracy
Newington %
42
35
40
State %
18
16
15
Newington %
20
27
21
State %
14
19
16
The percentage of Newington boys achieving Band 9 in all categories was again more than double the
percentage recorded statewide.
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Comparison to Results for Boys across the State
Whilst comparisons with the state offer a useful insight, comparing the Newington results with those
achieved by other boys in NSW is perhaps more meaningful.
The following table lists the school mean in comparison to the mean score achieved by all boys across
the State.
Year 9
Section
School Mean
State Mean (Boys)
Reading
622.9
572.1
Writing
624.7
547.7
Spelling
629.0
578.5
Grammar & Punctuation
635.8
571.6
Number, Patterns & Algebra
676.6
600.1
Measurement, Data, Space & Geometry
662.8
601.0
Numeracy
670.6
600.5
Section
School Mean
State Mean (Boys)
Reading
595.4
544.5
Writing
557.7
518.1
Spelling
577.7
544.3
Grammar & Punctuation
577.6
528.7
Number, Patterns & Algebra
613.6
557.2
Measurement, Data, Space & Geometry
609.2
557.2
Numeracy
611.7
557.2
Year 7
Clearly the Newington boys in Years 7 and 9 2010 have very strong literacy and numeracy skills in
comparison to their statewide male cohort. Our boys are to be congratulated on these outstanding
results.
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Careers
Careers Coordinator
Mr J Breden
The Careers Centre provides boys and parents
with the best information, knowledge and skills to
plan for future careers and tertiary training. Each
year, we endeavour to follow the destinations of
our leaving Year 12.
As a result of our 2009 Destination Survey, we
have been able to gain an idea of where boys in the
class of 2009 have ended up. 78% of boys in that
cohort received university offers, only slightly less
than in 2008. However, many boys indicated on
the survey that they were not seeking university
places but were seeking alternative options such
as TAFE or private colleges. The percentage of
boys who indicated they were seeking a university
place and who received an offer was 87%.
Of those who received offers for 2010 university places:
• 26% received offers from the University of
Sydney (26% in 2009)
NSW (24% in 2009)
Technology, Sydney (15% in 2009)
Western Sydney (13% in 2009)
• 6% received offers from Macquarie University
(9% in 2009)
Wollongong (7% in 2009)
Further, 15 boys received offers from other
universities across the state. 10 boys indicated they
would study at TAFE, three nominated private
college study and six intended to take a gap year.
Others were returning overseas to undertake
national service or study overseas.
For the class of 2010, the percentage of boys who
received 2011 university offers was 82%. As in
2009, results from the Destination Survey showed
that not all boys wished to attend university.
Of those who received offers for 2011 university places:
• 24% (36 boys) received offers from the
University of Sydney with the most popular
study option being in the Faulty of Arts and
Social Sciences.
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• 20% (30 boys) received
offers from the University
of NSW with the most
popular study option
being in the School of
Business.
• 14% (21 boys) received
offers from the University
of Technology, Sydney
with the most popular
study option being in the
School of Business.
CAREERS
Mr J Breden
• 12% (18 boys) received offers from the University
of Western Sydney with the most popular study
option being in the School of Business.
• 9% (13 boys) received offers from Macquarie
University with the most popular study option
being in the Faculty of Business and Economics.
• 7% (10 boys) received offers from the Australian
Catholic University with the most popular study
option being in the Arts and Humanities area.
• 5% (7 boys) received offers from the University
of Wollongong with the most popular study
option being in the Faculty of Commerce area.
A number of boys received offers from University
of Newcastle (6), Charles Sturt University (5),
University of New England (2), Australian National
University (1) and University of Canberra (1).
During the year, the Centre organised a number of
lunchtime talks. In Semester 1 and 2, Year 10 boys
completed the online vocational guidance
program, Career Voyage. The program aims to
assist boys in developing a better understanding
of what their future careers options might be. Our
major event for the year was the ONU & Parents
Careers Evening held in June. 47 Old Boy and 11
parent volunteers gave their time to speak with
parents and boys in Years 10–12 as they explored
their future education, career and training
pathways. Later in the year, we held the Year 12
Tertiary Options for 2011 information night. At
this event we endeavoured to explain in detail
how to apply through UAC for university courses,
look at TAFE and private college application
procedures, and discuss alternative pathways
such as bonus point and scholarship programs
available at universities.
Computing
Computing Academic Coordinator
Mr R Wood
Computing at Newington College continues to offer
boys a range of subjects that reflect the vibrant,
challenging yet relevant world of Information
Technology. 2010 saw a continued focus on
equipping boys with skills and techniques
associated with the use of computers as problem
solving tools. Associated with this was an emphasis
on the ethical use of computers and technology in
modern society and an appreciation of the wideranging social implications.
2010 saw eight classes taught under the
Computing banner. These included: two Year 9
Information and Software Technology (IST)
classes; two Year 10 IST classes; one Year 11
Information Processes and Technology (IPT) class;
one Year 12 IPT class; one Year 11 Software Design
and Development (SDD) class and one Year 12
SDD class, making 143 students in total.
One of the year’s highlights was the observance of
the inaugural ‘Bit-Fest’ festival. This was held on
11 November 2010 (11/11/10), a binary date, and
celebrated Computing and Technology at
Newington. The festival included a number of
celebratory activities held during computing classes.
Again, boys in Years 9 and 10 IST classes participated
in the University of New South Wales Computing
COMPUTING DEPARTMENT
Mr R Wood, Mr D Phillips
Skills Competition. Of the 81 students entered, 27
received Credits and 14 received Distinctions.
During the summer holiday break, Harrison
Conlin, Shannon Kwan, Brenton Curko and Chao
Man participated in the Young Australian National
Innovators in Information, Communications and
Technology Competition. For this they designed a
new intruder monitoring system. Their project
won the national competition with the boys
receiving a $1000 cash prize and the opportunity
to further develop the project. Congratulations to
the boys on this outstanding achievement.
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Drama
Head of Drama
Ms T Smith
This year, Newington College
Drama students have been
encouraged to think and learn
creatively and collaboratively.
Students
have
been
encouraged to explore a range
of global issues and ideas
through performance, while
using their imaginations as
well as the dramatic techniques
and conventions taught.
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Our Year 8 students, who all
Mr C Parkin, Ms T Smith, Mrs Z Cookson, Mr G O’Neill
study Drama from Terms 1–3,
Australian theatre excerpts, Commedia dell’Arte
were involved in a number of activities that
and a study of theatre practitioners Stanislavski,
focused on improvisation, creating character and
Brecht and Artaud.
basic performance techniques. They worked
individually and collaboratively in a new unit on
The two Year 11 Drama classes fulfilled a number
Playbuilding in which they had to consider the
of the requirements of the Preliminary Drama
scenario of a group of school children finding a
course by performing in their own production of
young baby on a train. The Year 9 elective Drama
The Book of Everything by Richard Tulloch. The
class explored a number of performance
students were responsible for all elements of the
techniques and also participated in a Playbuilding
production and, in a change for Newington
unit. Their year culminated in a study of scenes
audiences, performed the play on the floor of the
from Summer of the Aliens by Louis Nowra.
Old Chapel, placing the audience on the stage. The
The enthusiastic and committed Year 10 students
studied a variety of topic areas including
Team mates William Green, Patric Kuo, Mohammad
Hannaway and Sebastien Scott at the Inner West Cup
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year culminated in an exciting day-long workshop
in Physical Theatre with artists from renowned
Australian theatre company, Legs on the Wall.
The HSC Drama course this year included studies
of Dramatic Traditions in Australia and a new
topic area, Verbatim Theatre. There were
individual projects completed in the areas of
performance, scriptwriting, set design and theatre
review. This year, elective drama students
attended performances at the Sydney Theatre
Company and Belvoir Street Theatre. Years 11 and
12 drama students also attended OnStage to view
performances and projects from 2009’s HSC
cohort. Elective Drama numbers continue to grow
at Newington College. Students are becoming
increasingly aware of power of creative thought
and the joy and camaraderie that can come from
the collaborative and risk-taking environment that
is the Drama classroom!
Economics
Head of Economics
Mr T Driver
2010 was the year that the
Australian Dollar hit parity,
that homeowners got the
trifecta with the RBA
increasing interest rates on
Melbourne Cup day for the
third year in a row, that the
name on the Prime Minister’s
door was a question of debate,
and that Australia’s love affair
with Krispy Kreme donuts
came to a sticky end for the
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
company. It was a year during
Second Row L to R: Mr K Watson, Mr G Christian, Mr T Hunnisett
First Row L to R: Ms A Andrews, Mr S Roberts, Mr T Driver, Mr P Bourke, Mrs M Plater
which there was a lot to talk
about in the Economics,
Business and Commerce classrooms at Newington.
role with Wyvern Financial Planners. Year 9 students
visited local commercial zones and developed
Across the year, senior students looked to engage
integrated business plans for the area, turning the
with their studies outside the classroom. Students
theoretical into the practical.
had the opportunity to attend presentations
sponsored by the ONU that covered issues facing
managers and entrepreneurs. Presentations by
John McGrath and Phil Kearns asked students to
put their theoretical understanding of business and
economic theory in different contexts. The Years 11
and 12 Business Services VET students spent
extended periods on work placements across a
range of industries and organisations, linking their
skills to the needs of the businesses that hosted
them and using their knowledge to promote the
work of those organisations in addition to gaining
valuable workplace experiences.
All Commerce students in Years 9 and 10
completed the ESSI Financial Literacy Money
Challenge, coordinated by the Bank of Queensland.
Running in schools across the country, it asked
students to undertake an online skills test and
complete a set of scenario-based critical thinking
tasks that simulated financial issues and problems.
With over 10,000 students involved nationwide,
James Tran of Year 10 finished in the top three
students in NSW, progressing to the national final.
In Year 10, assessments went virtual, with the
school’s new Portal providing online collaboration
opportunities for students’ ‘consulting’ work with
Grocery Tree supermarket chain and their advisory
It was also a year in which the Economics
Department farewelled some long-serving
teachers. Mr Greg Christian heads to Canterbury
College in Brisbane in 2011 and combined his other
roles at the College with teaching and developing
the Department’s Business VET program. Mrs
Maria Plater retired after eighteen years service to
the College, both as a Head of Manton House and
a highly valued member of the Economics
Department. A highly skilled and experienced
teacher of Economics and Business Studies and a
former HSC Examiner, her face will be missed in
the school’s classrooms. At the end of Term 1 the
school also celebrated the retirement of Mr Peter
Robertson, the department’s longest-serving
member. A former Head of Department, he had
mentored two generations of Newington boys
through their studies since 1971, most recently
specialising in managing the Careers advice in the
school. His enthusiasm, energy and commitment
for all that happened in the classrooms in his time
here will be missed, in addition to the
contributions he made to the rowing and tennis
programs over the years. The Economics
department wishes them well in what lies ahead.
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English
Head of English Mr S Corcoran
The English Department at
Newington
College
has
continued to thrive in 2010,
building upon recent success to
once
again
provide
stimulating, challenging and
rewarding opportunities for all
students in Years 7–12. While
English students have once
again performed exceedingly
well on numerous external
examinations throughout the
year, many of the achievements
for 2010 cannot be so easily
measured in marks and results.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Third row L to R: Mr G Wren, Mr R Graham, Mr C Parkin, Mr G Bell, Mr T Fowell
Second Row L to R: Mr G O’Neill, Mrs Z Cookson, Mr S Corcoran, Ms K Shepherd,
Mr W Gibson
First Row L to R: Dr A Pride, Mrs R McKenzie, Mr J Layton, Ms K Park, Ms K Iser, Mr N Fox
The implementation of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) teaching and
learning initiatives in English lessons has
continued to be a major focus this year. Three
revamped classrooms in the War Memorial Block
have allowed for greater and more regular ICT
implementation. We look forward to having even
more new classrooms in 2011 so as to continue to
provide these opportunities for even more boys.
The 10th Annual Newington Film Festival was
bigger and better than ever, as six groups from the
Year 10 Film class, as well as three groups from the
co-curricular Film class, submitted short films to
be judged on the night. This year the Festival moved
to the New Gym to accommodate the growing
crowds and, with a red carpet and a cinema quality
screen, it was certainly a night to remember. Under
the guidance and support of Mrs Zoe Cookson,
Mrs Rosalind McKenzie and Mr Ryan Osmond, the
students this year produced a great range of films–
from horror, to drama, to comedy–and the overall
quality of the pieces was of the highest level.
Mrs R McKenzie and Mrs Z Cookson with the Year 10 Film class
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After intense deliberations from a panel of judges
(including three external judges from the
industry), the winners on the night were as
follows: Best Film–Inner Circle; People’s Choice
Award–Under
the
Badge;
Best
Sound
Track–Matthew Shim and Ciaran Frame; Best
Script–Edward Watson; Best Editor–Ciaran Frame;
Best Cinematographer–Angus Bagby; Best
Actor–Michael Cameron; Best Supporting
Actor–Euan McKenzie; Best Directors–James
Grogin and Mitchell Travers; Best Unique Film
Concept–Hamish
McMillan;
Best
Film
Moments–Body of Work and Under the Badge.
Two films from the Film class were additionally
chosen to be shown at the Scots College Film
Festival in November, and James Grogin and
Mitchell Travers once again won best directors on
the night for their film, 5x5=24.
Dramatic performances continued to be an
exciting part of the English program this year. Bell
Shakespeare Company brought alive some of the
Bard’s works to Years 8, 10 and 12, while Shaman
Productions entertained and educated Years 7 and
9 with their poetry workshops in Term 3. Year 12
students also had the opportunity to see the
poetry of Wilfred Owen performed and
workshopped for them, helping them to see their
HSC text in a new light. In addition, the 8A
English class performed a number of scenes from
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a special
performance in the Old Chapel, and all Year 9
English classes had the opportunity to have a two
week practical and performance drama unit under
the direction of Mrs Zoe Cookson.
The English Department has embraced further
professional development opportunities with
greater class observations, internal presentations
and team teaching taking place this year. For the
first two weeks of Term 3, the department was also
fortunate enough to host Professor Ron Marken
from Canada who conducted workshops for the
department and also worked with a number of
junior and senior classes.
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Dr Andrew Hirst, Mr John Layton, Mr Sean Corcoran and
boys from the Year 11 New Enigma editing board are joined
by acclaimed Australian poet Alan Wearne
Creative writing was once again prominent, with
many students submitting poetry and prose to
both external competitions and our own creative
writing journal, New Enigma. In the Henry Lawson
Festival of the Arts Writing Competition, all four
awards in the high school verse section were taken
out by Newington students, with Jordan Garofali
winning first prize and Timothy Spehr finishing
runner up. Furthermore, under the guidance of Mr
John Layton and the Year 11 editorial board, New
Enigma, in its third resurrected year, once again
contained a selection of the highest quality works.
The launch in early Term 4 was a huge success,
with acclaimed Australian poet Alan Wearne
giving a well-received poetry reading on the night.
Finally, public speaking continued to be an
important part of the English program. In the
Newington College Public Speaking Competition
held in Semester 1, the Year 7 and 8 award went to
Sebastian Rees; the Year 9 and 10 award went to
Lewis Jones; and the Year 11 and 12 award went to
Eric Shi. Duncan Jones represented the College in
the prestigious Lawrence Campbell Public
Speaking Competition while Sam Wallace
represented Newington in the Legacy Public
Speaking Competition, impressively advancing to
the state finals.
Geography
Head of Geography
Mr S Serhon
Change is the best way to describe the
Geography Department in 2010. Again,
we had a change of staffing with John
Giuffre joining the department from St
Ignatius’ College, Riverview. John also
works in the Gymnasium as the
Strength and Conditioning coach. We
are pleased to have him on board.
Pleasingly, the 2010 intake was very
strong in elective numbers with 26 Year
9 boys and 22 Year 11 boys enrolling in
the course, up considerably from the
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
previous year and showing renewed
Mr B Harris, Ms R Matthew, Ms K Bamberry, Mr S Serhon
interest in the subject. The fieldwork
This year, the department conducted various
programme and the excellent results in the
fieldwork excursions: the Year 12s travelled to
Australian Geography Competition have certainly
Pyrmont to study change in a city; another Year 12
helped in this regard.
group saw ecosystems at risk in Mt Keira; Year 11
visited the Hunter Valley to examine flood
mitigation and the wine industry; Year 10 went to
Oberon to study agriculture; Year 10 Civics
Geography visited Long Reef Beach, where it
rained (again) and Year 9 travelled to Clovelly for
Marine Biology. In 2011, we are aiming to reintroduce the South Coast–Jindabyne field work
extravaganza for the Year 12s.
The results in the Australian Geography Competition
continue to improve. This year there was a total of
47 High Distinctions, many among the very
talented Year 8 group and our highest number
ever. The College is developing a very strong
tradition in this nation-wide competition and we
hope to continue to do so for years to come.
George Mavris taking a dip at Clovelly Beach
While our mandatory course in Years 7 and 8 and
the Civics and Citizenship courses in Years 9 and
10 continue to be stimulating, worthwhile and
successful (in the School Certificate especially), the
elective courses have been very well administered.
I would like to acknowledge the fine work done
by Miss Matthew with the Years 9 and 11 classes.
These have been interesting and stimulating, with
extremely varied content and dynamic
presentation. Once again, Mr Harris has been
tireless in his preparation of the Higher School
Certificate
candidates.
The
time,
care,
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consideration and effort
he puts in is remarkable.
Towards the end of the
year, Mr Giuffre had
some
major
health
problems and we were
fortunate to acquire the
services of Ms Bamberry
for some of Term 3 and all
of Term 4. Ms Bamberry
had taught at Newington
College previously. It has
been extremely beneficial
for the boys to have some
consistency with Ms
Bamberry being on hand.
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Gifted Education
Head of Gifted Education
Mrs R McKenzie
Newington College continues to offer gifted
students opportunities to be extended and
enriched. The Mathematics department’s
acceleration program offers gifted students from
Year 6 onwards the chance to move through the
curriculum at a pace appropriate to their abilities.
The Science department has continued to develop
their Gifted Education program significantly
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through programs that enable highly curious and
motivated students an opportunity to explore
topics in depth. Filmmaking was a successful
extension activity in the English department in
Year 10, offering students who are visually gifted
an opportunity to develop their talents. In Year 8
English, gifted students have performed scenes
from Shakespeare. At Wyvern House, students
were involved in a close study of a novel and used
this as the basis of a film script and storyboard.
History and Legal
Studies
Head of History and Legal Studies
Mr P Reid
2010 saw many challenging
opportunities provided for the
boys in History. Year 8 students
participated in an Aboriginal
cultural and reconciliation
performance by Phil Geia and
Dion from far Northern
Australia, where they examined
important aspects of Aboriginal
spirituality and culture. Boys
participated in dance rituals
and discussed dreamtime
legends with Phil and Dion.
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Third Row L to R: Dr A Hirst, Ms K Park, Mr A Fisher, Mr J Kenny
Another successful Ancient
Second Row L to R: Mrs A Jagger, Mr M Scali, Ms C Graham, Mr M Hennes
History/Classics tour to Asia
First Row L to R: Mr A Pyne, Mr P Reid, Ms J Christian
Minor and North Africa led by
On the formal academic side, our HSC Historians
Mr Pyne, Mr Chambers and Mr Scali saw boys and
have been joined by the boys of the International
parents exploring Istanbul and Gallipoli, Ephesus
Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. The
and its Greek and Roman sites, Cairo, the Nile and
College now offers studies in History not only at
numerous Pyramids and funerary temples.
Ancient, Modern and Extension for the HSC but
Temperatures of high 40s in Egypt only enhanced
also at Standard and Higher Level for the IB.
this unique academic and cultural experience.
Year 11 Ancient Historians visited the Nicholson
Museum at Sydney University for an Archaeology
study day and the Year 12 group attended a series of
specialist lectures on Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Modern Historians attended a valuable Indochina
study day led by Dr Tom Cantwell and Extension
Historians attended lectures on classical
historiography and postmodernism.
Year 10 Civics History participated in Troubadour
Theatre’s performance on Vietnam. This
performance raised both political and social issues
linked to studies on anti communism and the
impact of the war on the home front that
stimulated further discussion in class.
Legal Studies
In Legal Studies, the boys again performed to a
high standard in the HSC. Senior boys attended
the District Court proceedings to gain firsthand
experience of court procedure and justice in
action. For the budding lawyers there was much
discussion regarding the cases witnessed.
The College also welcomed the return of Old
Newingtonian David Jeffrey, a senior UN lawyer.
He addressed the Year 11 Legal Studies group on
aspects of UN human rights and international law.
The boys experienced an opportunity to
participate in a Q & A session with Mr Jeffrey on
topics such as refugees and the role of the UN in
world affairs.
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3. Boys visit an alabaster sales room 4. Alex Mei and Marcos Sikiotis enjoy gozleme for lunch
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Languages
Head of Languages
Mr M Bennett
Language learning in 2010
continued to stimulate,
enthuse and challenge
students both inside and
outside the classroom.
Dedicated staff engaged
boys in a variety of
activities that broadened
their perspectives and
developed
a
deeper
cultural understanding of
the languages they studied.
The annual Year 7 Poster
Competition in French,
German and Japanese
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
reached new heights with
Second Row L to R: Ms J Gonzalez, Mr A Hagley, Miss J Brazier, Ms C Priest
First Row L to R: Mr M Chambers, Ms E Hamilton, Mr M Bennett, Mrs L Wang, Mr M Forsyth
some impressive and
colourful displays. Our
2010 also provided boys studying French,
showcase evening, the Languages Poetry
Japanese and Italian the opportunity to use their
Competition, was held in Term 3 in front of excited
language skills in an authentic setting. The College
and proud parents and teachers. The calibre of the
has set up an exchange program with Lycée St
finalists from French, German, Italian, Japanese
Vincent in Senlis, a town 50 kilometres north-east
and Latin classes was outstanding. Winners from
of Paris. In May we welcomed Maximilien
each language across each Year level received a
Bourdon, Rodolphe Le Coent, Nicolas Paris and
gift card from the Languages Book Centre.
Maxime Rigaut for a period of five weeks. During
Students continued to generously support our
the Christmas break as part of our inaugural
Cake/Obento Day where they were able to sample
exchange visit, these boys will host four
authentic foods whilst raising over $1000 for
Newington boys: Timothy Vrachnas, Hugo
CanTeen. Students in elective French classes
Groom, Jack Gilfedder and Alexander Liggins.
attended workshops at the Alliance Française on a
Michael Cameron, Joseph Dorph, and William
wide range of topics. They were challenged in the
Rigney also travelled to France through the
tasks presented by their teachers and were
Antipodeans Abroad program.
complimented for their knowledge of both the
French Language and the culture of the
Francophone world. After such an intense
workout, students proceeded to Darling Harbour
where they enjoyed an authentic French meal at
The Little Snail restaurant.
Boys studying a language continue to reap the
benefits from our native speaker conversation
teachers, who provide extra assistance to students
once a week.
In the June/July mid-year break, 24 students of
Japanese spent two weeks exploring the sights
and culture of Japan. Students were able to hone
their language skills as well as indulge in Japanese
cuisine on the tour which visited Tokyo, Hakone,
Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Hiroshima.
Jacob Horne and Blake Wright also had the chance
to practise their speaking skills as they travelled to
Italy on exchange during the holidays.
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Library
Senior Librarian
Mrs S Richer
It was the ‘other year’ in
the Library in 2010 as
we recovered from the
2009
Newington
Literature Festival and
prepared ourselves for
authors
and
other
presenters
at
the
Literature Festival in
2011. We have been
fortunate enough to
have secured some big
names for the upcoming
LIBRARY
Festival including such
Second Row L to R: Ms C Graham, Mrs A Jagger (Acting Senior Librarian), Ms S Tanase
First Row L to R: Ms C Davis, Mr G Horsnell, Ms E Tsang
well known authors as
Matthew Reilly and
English Department to continually revise and
Andrew Daddo. Matthew has been a long time
revamp the titles for the Year 7–10 students. The
supporter of Newington and the Literature Festival
boys’ participation and obvious enthusiasm are
and continues to delight students of all ages.
very pleasing. The boys are encouraged to suggest
The Library continues to work closely with all
material they found enjoyable.
academic departments ensuring that our
collection is compatible with their areas of study.
Not only are we continually updating books but
we are also keeping abreast with the latest online
databases. Our Audiovisual department provides
both staff and students with the latest
documentaries and course related visual material.
The Wide Reading program remains as popular as
ever. The Library works in collaboration with the
We are particularly proud of our extensive fiction
collection which caters for all ages of our community.
Our DVD fiction collection also continues to grow
much to the delight of both students and staff.
The designs for the new Library, due to be finished in
2013, look amazing. We are really looking forward
to this move as we are rapidly running out of shelf
space, despite continual weeding of the collection.
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Mathematics
Head of Mathematics
Mr G Davies
2010 saw 202 of the College’s most talented
mathematicians competing against the best in
Australia and the South Pacific in the prestigious
Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC). Once
again our boys performed with great assurance
and achieved some outstanding results. In every
age category, the average marks achieved by our
boys exceeded state figures by a considerable
margin. The mean of marks achieved by our Year
10 students was a remarkable 17% above the state.
Overall, the boys were awarded with 96 Credits,
60 Distinctions and 12 High Distinctions. Edmond
Cheng from Year 9 received a prize for being
placed in the top 1% of the competition. In
addition the Prudence Award, which recognises a
student’s consistency, was given to Ben Adams for
22 consecutive correct answers.
The College’s Acceleration Program is in its
seventh year. It has met with some outstanding
success along with some challenges. The original
aim was for all boys to accelerate through the NSW
syllabus and reach the highest level in the HSC
before their cohort. The challenge for the Department
is to now design a pathway for many of the boys who
have selected to do the International Baccalaureate
Diploma Programme. 2010 saw our youngest HSC
student Jonathan Lay, currently in Year 9, complete
the HSC Year 12 Extension 2 Mathematics
Examination. He also sat for other external
competitions such as the Senior AMC, scoring a
percentile rank of 91%, the second best Year 12
result. Jonathan’s success was closely followed by
another Year 9 boy, Edmond Cheng. Edmond
completed the Extension 1 Preliminary course in
2010 and was our most successful candidate in
external competitions; he received a prize in the
AMC and a High Distinction in the difficult
Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad.
In 2010, success was not limited to our top
mathematicians. Our Year 10 School Certificate
results were the best they have been for six years.
92% of our candidates scored a Band 4 or higher
compared to only 53% across the state. 69% scored
a Band 5 or 6. The much published NAPLAN
figures were just as impressive. The Year 7 and
Year 9 Mathematics results were once again well
above state averages. More importantly, they were
an improvement on our 2009 results.
The College’s building project provided the
Mathematics Department with four state-of-theart Mathematics classrooms. These are the best
teaching facilities we have had for many decades.
Three of the rooms contain interactive whiteboards,
computers for every student and modern
furniture. The ICT staff has been very supportive
in the education of staff and students throughout
this exciting period. They have also placed
overhead projectors in most classrooms.
Jonathan Lay
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2010 has been an excellent year in the Mathematics
department. Visits by Years 7 and 8 to the Sydney
Aquarium and the Australian Wildlife Park added
to the year’s excitement. We now look forward to
an equally successful 2011.
Music
Head of Music
Mr M Scott
Academic music at Newington
College remains at the core of
all our musical activities. Our
program caters for many
different experience levels and
abilities and the study of music
at an elective level continues to
grow in popularity. The
quality of students’ analytical,
theoretical and creative skills
made pleasing leaps forward
in 2010 as the boys become
more adept at synthesising
knowledge gained from all
their musical activities.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Third Row L to R: Mr C Paton, Mr P Brown
The Composition Concert that
Second Row L to R: Mr P Vickers, Mr M Scott, Mr T Mee
First Row L to R: Mr C Wagstaff, Mrs J Franks, Ms R Grubb
concluded the academic year
gave a group of our students
We were especially thrilled that Year 12 Music 2
the chance to explore creative possibilities through
student and Vice Captain of Music, Nicolas
Electronica and the incorporation of aspects from
Mason, was given the opportunity to use his
other areas of the Arts. Our relationship with our
composition skills to create the music for the
composer in residence, Gerard Brophy, continues
Newington College cinema advertisement.
to be a valuable part of the music program.
Mrs Catherine Davis accompanies James Park at the Concerto Competition
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2010 also saw more boys take the composition
option as an elective within their chosen senior
course. This is a very pleasing development for the
creative musical life of the College.
Year 7 and 8 have a practically-based program
centred around building on Stage 3 concepts and
experiences. Year 7’s instrumental creations are
always an interesting way to start the year as the
boys deepen their understanding of the concepts of
music. The Australian Music Concert has become a
strong tradition in the Year 8 Music program as all
boys get a chance to shine for their peers and parents.
In 2010, for the first time at the College, we had
four elective music classes across Years 9 and 10.
Almost seventy boys have chosen to explore
music in a deeper way than solely private lessons
and ensemble music making. This is an exciting
change for the College and indicates further
acceptance of Music as a valuable component of a
liberal education.
Senior music study is a chance for boys to both
prepare themselves for post high school musical
study and to use their specialist skills as a
component of the broader academic requirement.
Music 1, Music 2, Music Extension, Music in the
and Digital Recording and Sound Production,
offer valuable skills to our boys that will allow
them to explore all facets of music and music
making in their lives beyond school. It is most
encouraging that more and more of our boys are
moving on to tertiary music study, or
incorporating Music into their study program
within broader arts degrees.
Mr Paul Vickers with the Newington College Stage Band
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PDHPE
Head of PDHPE
Mr W Cox
During 2010, PDHPE continued
to grow both in teaching staff
and classes offered. During Term
1, Mr Matthew Hannaford ably
facilitated learning across all
junior classes with Mr Jamie
Breden filling this role in
Semester 2. The growth of the
PDHPE faculty is mainly due to
the interest in the elective stream
of the course. Both Physical
PDHPE DEPARTMENT
Activity and Sports Studies
Second Row L to R: Mr T Stanley, Mr S Muir, Mr S Roberts,
(PASS) in Years 9 and 10 and the
Mr N Wainman First Row L to R: Mr S Pennington, Mr W Cox, Mr J Breden
senior PDHPE course in Years 11
their first Rifle range experience.
and 12 now cater for three full classes in each year.
Students in these elective courses examine many
Years 7–10 PDHPE concentrated on contemporary
concepts behind sporting performance and health
health issues ranging from the mental health of
issues concerning the youth of Australia. In
young Australians to performance diets, or even
addition, this year we looked closely at Australian
the trends in male eating and exercise patterns
sporting history and developed this even further
resulting in the new terms of Muscle Dysmorphia
with research into Newington College’s sporting
also known as the Adonis Complex. Due to the
history. This was well received by the students
dynamic nature of health and physical activity,
with many partaking in their first Fencing battle or
new concepts and ideas constantly update or alter
what we know and provide excellent motivation
and stimulation for the boys to learn.
Senior courses in PDHPE are also popular and
allow the students to clarify much of the
performance and training information they deal
with through their high level sports. Topics such
as sports dietary supplementation, hydration,
sports nutrition, training principles and sports
psychology are geared towards improving
knowledge and creating behaviours and habits
that improve performance.
Ceroc dancing with Domremy College
To support many of the programs we run, in 2010
we continued to host Domremy College girls in
our ceroc dance spectacular, with all displaying
great skill and even a little chivalry at times. As
usual the boys seemed extra keen to impress, with
many hoping to double up for both the organised
dancing days. After 90 minutes the boys could
chasse, perform a ‘whirly bird’ and even manage a
kick ball change or two. All boys performed
well and enjoyed their almost Dancing with the
Stars experience.
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To support the PDHPE program, Year 10 attended
the Youth and Road Trauma Forum at ACER
Arena in August. The initiative, sponsored by the
Federal Government, is designed to create
awareness and give sound information to young
people about the risks involved in driving and
the rights and responsibilities of both drivers
and passengers. The students heard from a range
of speakers that ranged from victims of brain
injury to parents of road fatalities. Students
also were involved in wheelchair exercises to
reinforce the message about safety and viewed
displays and interactive stalls that included, ‘Roll
Trucks’, ‘Learning to Drive Simulators’ and
‘Trauma Surgery’.
PDHPE continues to grow and be popular within
the school across all age groups leading to exciting
times in the next few years.
Mr Wayne Cox
Finally, the PDHPE department would like to
congratulate Wayne Cox on recently being
awarded the Quality Teaching and Leadership Award
by the NSW PDHPE Teachers’ Association. The
award recognised Wayne’s commitment to
PDHPE and is a testament of his dedication to the
curriculum at Newington.
Ceroc dancing with Domremy College
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Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Head of Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Dr J Hall
Philosophy
and
Religious
Studies (PRS) provides specialist
teaching for all students in Years
7–10, as well as extension
courses in Philosophy at all
levels, Studies of Religion at
HSC level and Theory of
Knowledge as part of the
International Baccalaureate (IB)
Diploma Programme. PRS at
Newington College aims to
develop
understanding
of
religious and moral issues and
give students the opportunity to
explore their beliefs and values.
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Second Row L to R: Rev P Morphew,
Mr M Case, Mr D Bartlett First Row L to R: Mr J Layton, Dr J Hall, Mr A Fisher
Research from across the world shows that
teaching students thinking skills can have a
measurable impact on academic performance and
interpersonal skills. As such, courses in Critical
Thinking have been integrated into the PRS
program for Years 7–10 for many years in order to
prepare students for senior study. These courses
examine issues such as: the credibility of evidence;
how to avoid common confusions surrounding
words like ‘truth’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘opinion’; and
Dr Rod Pattenden
how to evaluate arguments and identify common
fallacies. These are important skills which
transcend and link academic subject areas.
In January 2010, the Department welcomed two
new members, Mr Dylan Bartlett and Mr Mark
Case, both highly experienced PRS teachers. Their
addition to existing staff has resulted in a
tremendously creative collaboration, with new
resources being produced for all courses and age
groups. For the first time for some years there has
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been a 2 Unit Studies of Religion class in Year 11 and
a Philosophy class in Year 6, a pilot project which
will be extended to the whole Year group in 2011.
The major initiative for 2010 was the
establishment of the Newington College Centre
for Ethics: a public forum in which to discuss
contemporary moral issues, beliefs and values.
Mr Mark Tedeschi QC, New South Wales Senior
Crown Prosecutor, opened the Centre in February
and the list of public lectures included
distinguished guests such as: Professor Peter
Singer, Reverend Dr Rod Pattenden and Dr
Tanveer Ahmed.
In 2010, teachers attended various conferences
organised in association with the Dialogue
Australasia Network, which provided useful
insights into the teaching of PRS in schools.
Students also attended a one day conference
entitled ‘Ethics in the 21st Century’ with keynote
speaker Dr Peter Vardy, Vice-Principal of Heythrop
College, University of London. Newington PRS
students were joined by 100 students from other
Sydney schools for lively debate and discussion
across a variety of ethical topics.
This year the Department once again fielded a
team for the Ascham School ‘Philosothon’. The
Newington team, comprising Michael Rees, Oliver
Wallace, James Palmer, and David Hambly,
grappled with difficult ethical and moral questions.
Professor Peter Singer
Our students were very impressive in terms of
their knowledge, preparation and contributions to
the various discussion groups.
The Hermitage Divinity Prize is an opportunity
for students to develop their ideas and interests
beyond the formal PRS curriculum. The prize is
awarded by the ONU for the completion of a
Philosophy and Religious Studies essay. The
standard was particularly high this year and
prizes were awarded across three age divisions to
Ben Adams, Shawn Towers and Eric Shi.
Senior students with Tanveer Ahmed
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Science
Head of Science
Mr C Seawright
Newington College held
its inaugural Science and
Technology Festival in
September. This was one
of the main focuses of the
year for the Science
department and involved
a huge effort to source
creative and engaging
scientists from around
Sydney to present on the
day to the whole school.
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
As part of the festival,
Third Row L to R: Ms C Scalone, Mr A Davies
Second Row L to R: Mr C Monger, Mr A Humphreys, Ms R Bateren, Mrs I Clark,
boys
attended
and
Mr M Brennan, Mr JP Kennedy
participated in a range of
First Row L to R: Ms E Araos, Mr C Fitzsimmons, Mrs J Heaume, Mr C Seawright,
science-based activities
Mr M Madden, Mr M Moonen, Ms D Organ Inset: Mr J McVicar
such as: lie detector
circuit building; visiting a planetarium; observing
excursion to the Cooks River to study introduced
species and bushland regeneration. Year 11
chemical reactions producing spectacular products
ventured to Bantry Bay and undertook a field study
that exploded, bubbled, changed colour or became
on the human impacts on the natural environment.
luminescent; handling amazing insects and reptiles;
watching laser displays; inspecting cars from the
During Activity Week, Year 7 boys ventured to Luna
Model T Ford to a Lamborghini; undertaking a
Park to expand their knowledge of forces and
forensic analysis to solve a murder and more. We
motion; and to have fun at the same time. They
had speakers presenting on topics such as The
went to IMAX and saw a film on the Space Shuttle
Molecular World, Engineering as a Career, Feeding
to compliment a unit of work on motion. Year 8
the World, Biotechnology, Architecture, Evolution
boys trekked across the Harbour Bridge to Taronga
Zoo where they got to handle spectacular wildlife
of the Cattle Dog, Facial Tumours in Tasmanian
and study classification of organisms.
Devils and Chronobiology and Sleep. The emphasis
was on making Science relevant and enjoyable and
Many students participated in a variety of
I believe we achieved this aim spectacularly.
competitions. Our entrants in the Australian
The Science and Technology Festival supported the
College’s emphasis on education outside the
classroom as an important aspect of learning in
Science. Excursions are a sound example of this:
Year 12 Biology students visited the Sydney
Children’s Hospital, where they attended a
presentation on the technologies used to treat
disease and were given hands-on opportunities to
test monitoring equipment; Year 11 students visited
the University of Sydney, where they had the
unique opportunity to work with advanced scanning
electron microscopes. They then studied Ecology at
Bicentennial Park at Homebush. The Year 12 Earth
and Environment class undertook a one-day
Science Competition won 10 High Distinctions
and 60 Distinctions; a terrific result given that
many highly capable students enter the
competition. Clement Yan was awarded a medal
for topping the state and was acknowledged in a
special ceremony at UNSW. Jonathan Lay
achieved a High Distinction in both the Chemistry
and Physics Olympiad Trial Examinations and was
invited to attend the Chemistry Olympiad Training
Camp from which the Australian team is chosen.
All things considered, this has been an outstanding
year for Science at Newington College and the
intention is to build on our successes well into
the future.
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Technology
Head of Technology
Mr R Burgess
The Stage 4 Technology program
was revamped this year with a
number of different projects added
to the curriculum. Generating
Light was the introductory project
for Year 7, with students
producing the electrical circuit
and housing for a portable torch.
Year 8 boys were given the brief to
design and produce a vehicle with
set specifications, which could be
propelled down a racetrack using
CO2 cylinders.
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Second Row L to R: Mr L Raven, Mr R Burgess, Mr P Honeywill, Mr R Yates
First Row L to R: Mr D Garner, Mr P Woods, Mr B Gill, Mr C Quince
Year 10 Timber produced the
Felice: a contemporary bedside cabinet that was
inspired by an Old Boy. The VET Construction
students worked in teams with Oasis to assemble
the beds they constructed for the charity and also
built some very impressive garden beds for the
College grounds.
HSC Design students produced some elegant
furniture pieces and a range of innovative
solutions to design problems. The diversity of the
D&T projects included Harrison Cooper’s
lockable surfboard storage system, Lachlan
Tanner’s convertible single bed, and Marc Svinos’s
coffee table that folded into a dining table. Special
congratulations to Mark Bannon, Nicholas
Sadowsky and Alexander Wong, who each had
their projects nominated for selection in the
DesignTech Exhibition.
As part of the Stage 5 Design and Technology
program, we were invited to host an ‘F1 in
Schools’ regional final event in only our second
year of competition. The Year 10 team of Jack
Gilfedder, Jack Hirst and Matthew Shim was
awarded Best Industry Collaboration and Best
Innovation, gaining second place overall in its
class. The Year 9 team known as ‘Velocity’ and
consisting of Jaicob Dick, Samuel Walker, Stephen
Chalkias, Oscar Healey and Zubin Nanavati, was
placed first in its class and second overall in the
event and was awarded a place at the state finals.
The boys did very well at state level; they picked
up the award for Best Engineered Design &
Outstanding Industry Collaboration, were
crowned the 2010 Development Class State
Champions and given the right to compete for
NSW at the National titles.
Our solar car teams, under the guidance of Mr
Honeywill, performed well at the NSW
Championships and were invited to compete at
the National titles at Perth. While we did not
experience success in terms of places, the boys had
a wonderful experience.
After success in the 2009 event, we entered three
projects in the Faculty of Engineering at the
University of Wollongong’s Senior High Schools
Technology Competition. The competition was
open to all NSW students to submit work from the
modules they have been studying for their
Preliminary or HSC courses. Alexander Wong and
Nicholas Sadowsky from Year 12 were each
awarded a major prize for their D&T projects,
while Mani Antonopoulos and Christian Clarke’s
group engineering report on Braking Systems also
won a major prize.
The department was pleased to be part of the
inaugural Science and Technology Festival and the
presenters came from various fields of Engineering,
Architecture and Design to inform and inspire our
boys. The highlight for many was the automotive
display and talks involving three very rare forms
of Technology.
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1. The Velocity team: Oscar Healey, Jaicob Dick, Zubin Nanavah, Samuel Walker and Stephen Chalkias 2. Nicholas Sadowsky’s
major work 3. Jaicob Dick making an F1 presentation on Open Day 4. Mark Bannon’s major work 5. Alexander Wong’s major work
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Visual Arts
Head of Visual Arts
Dr N Dawson
During Term 2 this year,
the Visual Arts department
was fortunate enough to
engage with the young
contemporary Aboriginal
artist Sarrita King, the
daughter of Aboriginal
artist William King. As a
young girl, Sarrita would
spend time in her father’s
studio learning techniques
and working on her art.
During her time at
Newington College, Sarrita
VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT
Ms N Guymer, Dr N Dawson, Mr L Edmunds
gave a series of lectures
that reflected on her
ourselves with technology whilst ignoring our
experiences with family members, especially her
father, who taught her about her Aboriginal
natural surroundings. The Visual Arts department
heritage and the connection to our world in
is very proud of Sam’s achievements and of the
general. As part of this discussion, Sarrita
outstanding achievements of all of our HSC Visual
explained that her art is a way of continuing to
Arts students.
remember her father and all that he passed on to
Throughout the International Baccalaureate (IB)
her. Also as part of her stay, Sarrita produced a
Diploma Programme, Thomas Baker explored the
black and white lightning piece which now hangs
nature of the ethereal and intangible bond
amongst other great artworks in the Headmaster’s
between a mother and her child. He used a variety
office. We look forward to our 2011 Artists in
of media and explored the relevance of symbols in
Residence and the wealth of knowledge they may
art, particularly in the Renaissance. His exhibition
provide to our boys during their learning about
was very well received by the IB examiner.
and appreciating Visual Arts.
The Year 9 and 10 Photography and Digital Media
The Year 12 HSC Visual Arts exhibition was
elective has continued to grow. In 2010, the Year 9
curated by Mr Edmunds in the Old Chapel from
students completed a series of successful
10–13 November and once again featured
photographs on the elements; while Year 10 explored
outstanding works including that of photographers
the development of video art and portrait
Christopher Grundy, Jakson Gray and Brandon
photography. The work from both classes has been
Tam and tonal painter Victor Li. The very colourful
outstanding. James Grogin of Year 10 has since
sculptural work of Thomas Beech excited many
been helping with photographing and documenting
junior visitors of the exhibition, even if they
school events such as Back to Newington Day and
misunderstood the social commentary. Special
the Science and Technology Festival.
congratulations to Sam Barnes who was selected
from 406 students across the state to be included in
the prestigious 2011 ARTEXPRESS exhibition. His
film ‘Passing’ looks at the relationship between
humans, technology and nature, and used timelapse to explore how as humans we unconsciously
go through the motions; how we often immerse
The Photography and Digital Media classes
are excited to be working on a number of
publications and tasks next year including
excursions to Cockatoo Island and to the Museum
of Contemporary Art to see the Annie Leibovitz:
A Photographer’s Life exhibition.
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4. Year 12 HSC Visual Arts Exhibition 2010 – Back: Charlie Bowmer’s, ‘Cronulla Colour’, painting Front: Jakson Gray’s,
‘Tell me what company thou keepst and I’ll tell thee what thou art’, digital photography and animation
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Vocational Education and Training
1.
Vocational Education and Training Coordinator
Mr J Breden
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Mr J Breden
Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools
are courses undertaken by students as part of the
NSW Higher School Certificate that also provide
credit towards a nationally recognised VET
qualification. The training that students receive
reflects specific industry competency standards.
2.
VET continues to play an important role at
Newington, providing students with an alternative
to the HSC and IBDP courses on offer. All VET
courses contribute towards the HSC, with a
number of courses also contributing towards ATAR
calculations. Boys are able to study Construction
and Business Services at Newington, while 15 other
TVET courses are available at various TAFE locations
around Sydney. Two of our boys, Nicholas Kay
and Mohamad Hannaway, gained Band 6 results in
their chosen TVET course: Nicholas for Hospitality
and Mohamad for Information Technology.
1. Sam Evans 2. The Year 12 HSC exhibition
In addition, we have two boys undertaking School
Based Apprenticeships (SBA) in Automotive and
Construction. As part of their course, the boys
work part-time, one day during Term per week, in
order to undertake the first stage of their formal
TAFE apprenticeship training. One of our SBAs,
Jordan Cox (Automotive), competed in the 2010
World Skills Australia National competition,
finishing a fantastic fourth.
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Cadet Unit
Commanding Officer
LT COL (AAC) KE Watson
2IC; Quartermaster
CAPT(AAC) D Garner
Training Officer
LT(AAC) R Tredinnick
Training Officer A Company CAPT(AAC) R Wood
Training Officer B Company
SI CUO’s Course
SI Sergeant’s Course
SI Junior Leader’s Course
Training Specialists
LT(AAC) B Gill
CAPT(AAC) D Phillips
LT(AAC) G Pike
LT(AAC) T Stanley
MAJ(AAC) R Dean
Newington CUOs on ANZAC Day
CAPT(AAC) J Heaume
LT(AAC) R Osmond
LT(AAC) B McHardy
After many years of holding the Annual Camp in
the Colo Valley, 2010 saw the camp move to
Glenworth Valley at Peats Ridge on the Central
Coast. A number of different activities were
available to the cadets, including horse riding. The
weather at the start of the week couldn’t have been
SGT Finlay McDonald lays a wreath on Remembrance Day
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better but things soon changed with rain settling in
for the next three days. The cadets did remarkably
well to stay positive during this time as everyone
was wet through. Besides the wet weather, the
camp will also be remembered for the leeches.
The Promotions Camp was held during the last
week of June. Competition on the CUO Course
throughout the year had been intense with 35
cadets vying for only 26 places on the camp. The
Matthew Shim, first place Sergeant’s Course
Co-curricular Activities – Cadets
camp tested both the physical
and mental strength of the cadets
over a week of continuous
assessment.
Congratulations
should go to Finlay McDonald
for achieving first place on the
CUO Course and Matthew Shim
for achieving first place on the
Sergeants’ Course.
In August, the Unit farewelled
the Year 12 CUOs and Warrant
Officers at the Final Parade. The
Guest of Honour was Major
Damian Weston (ON’93). Since
leaving the College, Damian has
forged a successful career in the
Army and was honoured to be
back for such a special occasion.
Kevin Yuan abseiling at Cadet Camp
LT COL Karl Watson, CUO T Mullally, WO2 T Hsu, CUO N Lam, CUO M Gibson, CUO F Cho, CUO K Sheng on ANZAC Day
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NCCU MANNING CHART 2009/10
Senior Under Officer: CUO Bloom
Regimental Sergeant Major: WO1 Roach
Headquarters: A/Adjit CUO Lane; A/QM CUO Ahrens; Trg WO WO2 Hsu; Trg WO WO2 Wong
Sgt Lee; Sgt Sheng; Sgt Clarke; Sgt Bloom
A Company
A Coy Commander: CUO Mullally
A1
A2
A3
A4
CUO E Bloom
CUO T Mullally
CUO M Gibson
CUO H Cook
SGT H Cox
SGT P Andrianakos
SGT F McDonald
SGT
O Churcher
SGT R Hunter
SGT N Roye
SGT M Rampe
SGT
J Davies
SGT A Liggins
SGT H Macmillan
SGT B Wright
SGT
G Mancuso
SGT N Rasiah
SGT
A McNeil
CPL T Harding
A5
CUO A Pagonis
A6
CUO H Shiel
SGT M Antonopoulos
SGT H Jordan
SGT C Charlwood
SGT R O’Brien
SGT W Kovanis
SGT G Spiroglou
SGT J Collinge
SGT T Chard
B Company
B Coy Commander: CUO L Pepper
B7
CUO L Pepper
B8
CSM: WO2 N Sadowsky
B9
B10
CUO R Cerqueira
CUO V Li
SGT J Horne
SGT M Clifton
SGT L Hine
SGT
A Curtis
SGT J Pennington
SGT M Huynh
SGT J Lockyer
SGT
T Loveridge
SGT B Smith
SGT B Roods
SGT J Mackenzie
SGT
A McDonald
B11
B12
CUO N Lam
B13
B14
CUO N Wheatley
CUO J Choi
CUO H Cho
CUO T Lehmann
SGT O Cawsey
SGT R Bryant
SGT J Kerrison
SGT
SGT H Piper
SGT R Poon
SGT A Sears
SGT
O Thompson
SGT J Tanevski
SGT A Williamson
SGT N White
SGT
J Townsend
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M Baldwin
Co-curricular Activities – Cadets
NEWINGTON COLLEGE CADET UNIT SENIOR NCOS
Fifth Row: CDTSGT T A Loveridge, CDTSGT JC Tanevski, CDTSGT MJ Rampe, CDTSGT JR Kerrison
Fourth Row: CDTSGT RH Hunter, CDTSGT AE Sears, CDTSGT ME Baldwin, CDTSGT CJ Charlwood, CDTSGT WL Kovanis,
CDTSGT BA Wright, CDTSGT BJS Smith, CDTSGT JJJ Pennington
Third Row: CDTSGT TH Lee, CDTSGT NJ Roye, CDTSGT JP Mackenzie, CDTSGT TA Chard, CDTSGT BD Roods,
CDTSGT NR Asiah, CDTSGT AWA McNeil, CDTSGT AJ Curtis, CDTSGT NW White
Second Row: CDTSGT PC Andrianakos, CDTSGT JB Collinge, CDTSGT MJ Clifton, CDTSGT H Jordan, CDTSGT OM Churcher,
CDTSGT HD Bloom, CDTSGT JL Townsend, CDTSGT HA Piper, CDTSGT J L Davies, CDTSGT RJ Poon
First Row: CDTSGT M Huynh, CDTSGT RV O’Brien, CDTWO2 AYC Wong, CDTRSM HE Roach, LTCOL KE Watson,
CDTWO2 NA Sadowsky, CDTWO2 T Hsu, CDTSGT AJW McDonald, CDTSGT HJ Cox
NEWINGTON COLLEGE CADET UNIT OFFICERS
Third Row: CUO LS Pepper, CUO MRSC Gibson, CUO TWG Lehmann, CUO HP Cook, CUO NJP Wheatley, CUO TH Mullally,
CUO F Cho, CUO R Cerqueira
Second Row: CUO NJ Lam, CUO J Choi, CUO BW Lane, CUO HP Shiel, LT R Osmond, LT B McHardy, CUO AG Pagonis,
CUO CJ Ahrens, CUO K Sheng, CUO V Li
First Row: LT T Stanley, LT R Tredinnick, CAPT D W Phillips, CAPT D W Garner, LTCOL KE Watson, CUO ED Bloom,
CAPT RD Wood, CAPT JM Heaume, LT B Gill
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NEWINGTON COLLEGE CADET UNIT, PLATOON A4 ~ Winners of the Brian McMillan Memorial Shield
Third Row: CDTLCPL JH Costas, CDTLCPL JL Moate, CDT J Hayward, CDTLCPL SA Hill, CDTLCPL M Ring, CDT SG Xenos
Second Row: CDT MM Asad, CDTLCPL AM Pagonis, CDT A Liakopoulos, CDT KW Yuan, CDT T Tszyu, CDT T Rosenstrauss
First Row: CDTLCPL W Skelton, CDT O Champion, CDTSGT JL Davies, CUO HP Cook, CDTSGT AWA McNeil,
CDTSGT OM Churcher, CDT JA Gregory
NEWINGTON COLLEGE CADET UNIT, PLATOON B8 ~ Winners of the Major Phil Davis Trophy
Third Row: CDT AJ Woods, CDT M Piroddi, CDT CS Peruch, CDT HA Snowden, CDT DJ Ladbrooke-Bower, CDT EJ Gibson, CDT N Tripolone
Second Row: CDT C Howard-Schmidt, CDT J Horne, CDTSGT BD Roods, CDT G Kalamvokis, CDT J Tsaousidis, CDT M Dedes
First Row: CDT AW McKindlay, CDT S Macdessi, CDTSGT M Huynh, CUO R Cerqueira, CDTSGT MJ Clifton,
CDT AG Nikolopoulos, CDT LB Anderson
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Co-curricular Activities – Chess
Chess
Director of Chess
Mr G Downward
Captain of Chess
Eric Shi
The 2010 Chess season has been another year of
exciting matches and challenges which have
reflected the growing acceptance of Chess at
Newington College. Spanning all ability levels
from casual to frequent tournament players,
Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes have rarely
been dull. Many a nail-biting battle was valiantly
fought out, especially in the shorter time controls
of blitz-and-bullet. Tactical manoeuvres, strategic
pins and skewers were abundant; victories with
one second left on the clock, slightly less so.
The College once again fielded teams in the New
South Wales Junior Chess League Senior
Metropolitan Schools Competition with varying
success. There were two teams in each division—
Senior, Intermediate and Junior—and all teams
played some promising chess that saw them
finish, in most cases, in the top three teams in their
division. Unfortunately, in the Senior division,
only one team progressed to the finals and the
Senior A team missed out by one point. However,
this disappointment was quickly brushed aside
for the annual Secondary Schools Competition for
the Terrey Shaw Shield, held in the
winter holidays. The Senior A team
was seeded ninth based on average
rating. Some inspired play on the
day saw a final placing of equal
fourth. The highlight of the day
occurred in the final round where a
point was scalped from the eventual
winners, who dropped only three
points in the whole tournament.
evolution in the role and presence of Chess at the
College. There are various people who have
dedicated themselves to its promotion and
improvement, without whom this progress would
not have been accomplished: Mr Downward, our
ever-enthusiastic Director of Chess; Mrs O’Rourke
and Mr Honeywill, dedicated supervisors of the
weekly lunchtime sessions; and last but not least
Mr Chambers, who provided lifts to many different
schools on Friday afternoons and encouraged the
use of chocolate as a motivating factor in his chess
matches. Special thanks must also go to Neil
Wright, who took up a coaching post last year.
Much of the individual improvement experienced
by the boys is due to his expert training and advice,
and he is definitely an invaluable asset that will
only continue to push Newington Chess to new
heights in the coming years.
It has been a wonderful experience playing Chess
for the College for the past six years; it is definitely
something I and all the boys involved are proud
of. Chess is not just a game: it’s a way of thinking
and a lifestyle. To see the growing number of boys
ready to take on this challenge is both
inspirational and promising.
On Saturday 11 September, the GPS
Chess Championship was held at
Sydney Boys High School with
Christian Nabung, Victor Dai,
Willliam Ngiam, Jordan Fotaras,
Jonathan Lay, Harrison Cox, Miles
Reid and Blake Griffin representing
Newington College.
Over my six years in Senior School,
there has been a gradual yet tangible
Eric Shi and Christian Nabung with Exodus chess players
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Debating
Director of Debating
Mr T Driver
Friday night means a lot to many people. For
some, the end of the working week; for others, two
games of rugby league on TV and a pizza. For over
one hundred boys in 2010, Friday night meant a
commitment to debating, representing the College
across social and competition debates from the
middle of Term 1 until the end of Term 3.
The year began with the Friday Evening Debating
(FED) Competition which was contested with
Knox, Barker, High, Trinity and St Joseph’s. Across
the home and away rounds, teams at all levels
performed superbly, falling just short of clean
sweeps against Knox and St Joseph’s and seeing
all teams qualify for the semi finals. In a close and
contentious decision, the previously undefeated
2nds was the only Newington team not to
progress to the final. This dominance was
especially impressive given that all teams
circulated large numbers of speakers through their
ranks in the early rounds, focussing on trying
combinations rather than the results themselves.
With the College winning the Year 8, Year 10 and
1sts divisions, our win-loss record for the
competition was the best of any competing school.
The GPS competition in Term 3 presented different
challenges and more intense debating on a range
of contemporary topic areas. The opening round was
at Stanmore against Scots, and saw some of the best
GPS results in some years. As the rounds progressed
however, competition became more heated, topics
more complicated and decisions increasingly close.
The last home fixture against St Ignatius’ was a
highlight, with large and enthusiastic crowds for
the senior debates. By the end of the competition,
our aggregate win-loss results were the most
impressive in several years. The Rostrum Trophy
for the most successful team was ultimately won
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Mr B Coles (Coach), MA Rees, J Tsaousidis (Captain), BJS Smith, Mr T Driver
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by Year 8B, but was closely contested into the last
round by the 3rds and the Year 10A team.
boys simply did not have strong enough material
to challenge the competition favourites.
Debating was successful this year because of the
skills, enthusiasm and commitment of the boys,
supported by a dedicated group of coaches. Miss
Brazier and Ms Shepherd with Year 7, Ms
Gonzalez and Benjamin Adler with Year 8, Mr
Fisher with Year 9, Dr Pride with Year 10 and Mr
Scott with the 3rds contributed much to our
ultimate success. Special mention must go to the
senior coaches, Old Boys Edward Miller and Ben
Coles who mentored and trained the 2nds and 1sts
respectively, both of whom provided invaluable
guidance and support of the boys in their
endeavours. Through their pursuit of an elegant
definition, a pointed argument and a sharp repost,
Newington’s 2010 cohort of debaters represented
their school with skill, flair and commitment and
can look back on the year with pride.
GPS Round 3 v The King’s School – Loss
1sts
Topic: That we should require doctors to report
suspected cases of domestic violence (aff)
Returning home, the boys developed a solid case
arguing that women in violent domestic
relationships do not know how to remove
themselves from those relationships because of the
emotional trauma they face. In what was a solid
performance all-round, the boys rebounded well.
GPS Round 4 v St Joseph’s College – Loss
Topic: That we should ban media companies from
broadcasting terrorist videos (aff)
Arguing for the proposition, the boys suffered
what Alice would have called a ‘curious’ defeat in
a split decision. In a debate where our case could
have been better, the St Joseph’s case was strong
enough to get them over the line.
GPS Round 5 v St Ignatius’ College – Win
Team: Michael Rees, John Tsaousidis (c), Bradley
Smith
Topic: That we should stop Government funding of the
Arts (neg)
Coach: Mr B Coles
This was one of the proudest moments in recent
debating memories. The boys returned for the first
time this season to their spiritual home—Prescott
Hall. In front of a home crowd of 70 people, the
boys put forward the debate of the season with
Brad Smith stringing together his fifth high quality
speech of the tournament, using the outstanding
analysis from John and Michael to cast
Newington’s case in a superior fashion.
GPS Round 1 v Scots College – Win
Topic: That we should abolish the salary cap (aff)
Debating against one of the best Scots teams in
recent years, the boys were successfully able to
characterise sport as about quality, arguing that
the NRL competition would improve if the funds
were made available to attract international
players. This line was deftly expanded by the
clinical Michael Rees who argued further that by
de-regulating the NRL, there would be an
incentive for investors to pick up cheap,
underperforming clubs and turn them around.
This was a fantastic way to start the season.
GPS Round 2 v Sydney Grammar – Loss
Topic: That we should allow asylum seekers arriving by
boat (neg)
Sydney Grammar School represented an extreme
challenge with three out of the six members of the
NSW state squad lining up against our boys.
Negating the topic, the boys unfortunately made a
strategic error in the prep room which meant that
despite putting the case as well they could, the
GPS Round 6 v Sydney Boys High – Loss
Topic: That we should ban political advertising (neg)
Always ‘captain courageous’, John put forward the
strongest speech of the season so far, combining wit
with argument to make the affirmative’s case seem
naïve. But Sydney Boys High bounced back and in
a very close decision, our boys lost in a 2–1 split.
GPS Round 7 v Shore – Win
Topic: That we should stop providing development aid
to countries with poor human rights records (neg)
In what was the final debate of the season, the
boys negated the topic. We were able to effectively
position the debate as about funding abusive
regimes, something which the opposition was not
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Mr T Driver, HA Piper, E Shi, Mr E Miller (Coach) Absent: OW Wallace
quite able to get on top of. This was a satisfying
win for all, being John’s last debate. It also didn’t
hurt that the win guaranteed the boys third place
in GPS competition, a tremendous achievement.
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Coach: Mr E Miller
GPS Round 1 v Scots College – Win
Topic: That we should abolish the salary cap (neg)
The first round of the season provided the 2nds
with an opportunity to show off their pre-season
work on a topic they knew a lot about. Hugh Piper
led the charge to demonstrate that removing the
salary cap leads to one-sided, predictable
competition. In a debate about improving the
spectacle of sport and the competitiveness of
different leagues, this was a great analytical
anchor to carry the team to a comfortable win.
GPS Round 2 v Sydney Grammar – Loss
Topic: That we should allow asylum seekers arriving by
boat (aff)
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Forced to defend a controversial and highly
topical federal government position on refugee
processing, the 2nds had a tough job proving that
offshore processing was simultaneously the most
humane outcome for refugees and provided the
greatest deterrent to people smugglers. Despite
some passionate rhetoric from Eric Shi that would
have put either of the federal leaders to shame, the
team from Sydney Grammar used an arsenal of
facts and examples from Australia’s recent past to
take the win.
GPS Round 3 v The King’s School – Win
Topic: That we should require doctors to report
suspected cases of domestic violence (neg)
The 2nds won this debate by simply being more
mature and sensitive in their analysis of the best
way to support victims of domestic violence.
Oliver Wallace gave an outstanding defence of the
importance of doctor/patient privilege; and how
members of abusive relationships need to be
empowered to evaluate their own circumstances
and decide their own priorities. In a debate about
Co-curricular Activities – Debating
some of the most vulnerable in our community, all
three Newington speakers did justice to the
gravity of the issues at hand, and took a clear win.
GPS Round 4 v St Joseph’s College – Win
Topic: That we should ban media companies from
broadcasting terrorist videos (neg)
This round really exposed just how much of an
intellectual exercise debating is. At first glance it
seems intuitive that we shouldn’t provide
terrorists with a platform from which to mount
their attempts to cause fear. Forced to defend that
position, the team contextualised this debate
during the rise of social media like Youtube and
Facebook. Since St Joseph’s was never able to
prove otherwise, Newington’s approach stood
and we won the debate in a unanimous decision.
GPS Round 5 v St Ignatius’ College – Loss
Topic: That we should stop Government funding of the
Arts (aff)
This is one of the ‘chestnut’ topics in debating: a
common topic where most teams will know the
arguments in play. As such, it made for a quality
debate between two skilled teams, who brought
their weighty rhetorical presence and high
analysis to bear. In a split decision, the St Ignatius’
College argument, that removing government
funding would lead to a lack of funding for ‘high’
art such as opera and ballet, held.
GPS Round 6 v Sydney Boys High – Loss
Topic: That we should ban political advertising (aff)
Following a lacklustre federal election, both teams
had a lot to say in this debate about making
politics more relevant, positive and engaging
during campaign periods. Eric Shi fought hard
at the end of the debate to demonstrate that
when political ads are removed, more real
discussion and debate would occur, spurred on by
the recent popularity of shows such as Q&A.
However in a close and ultimately split decision,
the adjudicators awarded the debate to Sydney
Boys High.
YEAR 10 DEBATING
Second Row: JL Ciofani, RJ Palmer, JD Gilfedder, D Han
First Row: MY Shim, CM Frame, LT Jones, Dr A Pride (Coach), AT See, S Augoustinos, ZD Bilimoria
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GPS Round 7 v Shore – Win
Topic: That we should stop providing development aid
to countries with poor human rights records (aff)
For the final round of the season, the Shore team
was never able to prove from the outset of the
debate that there is any other mechanism to assist
people who lived in countries without the
YEAR 9 DEBATING
Second Row: W Wei, M Sidarous, L A McKirdy, S P Hardy,
H Zhao, JJ Im, T Iannuzzi
First Row: BR James, J Tsaousidis,
OT Healey, Mr Fisher, ES Cheng, J Fotaras, DJ Hambly
democratic accountability to help themselves.
Such a weighty topic gave all three members of the
team ample room to flex their rhetorical flair in
standing up for some of the most vulnerable people
on the world stage. It made for a compelling debate,
and a worthy end to Eric Shi’s debating career at
Newington College with a comfortable win.
YEAR 8 DEBATING
~ Winners of the Year 8 FED Competition
Third Row: MB Bhoola, S Xu, DJC Hammond, SG Hatten, SJ Rees
Second Row: Ms J Gonzalez (Coach), YM Van Gelder, EI Gorur,
SM Hutton, SE Wallace, Mr BMD Adler (Coach)
First Row: A Flame, BN Adams, J Mardini, JA Carrano,
RS Elder, MG Gribble, JR Fleming
YEAR 8B DEBATING ~ Winners of the Rostrum Trophy
Second Row: Ms J Gonzalez (Coach), S Xu, DJC Hammond,
Mr Adler (Coach)
First Row: MB Bhoola, YM Van Gelder, J Mardini, EI Gorur,
RS Elder, MG Gribble, JR Fleming
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YEAR 7 DEBATING
Third Row: DJ Evans, S Parekh, PD Cominos, AC Iannuzzi,
J Favero, BJ Rigney
Second Row: Ms K Shepherd (Coach), JT Mathew, JC Ting,
JA Tiftis, L Ho, THY Im, T Latif, Miss JJF Brazier (Coach)
First Row: JJ Oakley, CE Hacker, WPD Gowers, MC James,
A Ghadge, HC Taylor-Blair, EJ Poon
Co-curricular Activities – Drama
Drama
Head of Drama
Ms T Smith
In 2010, the co-curricular Drama program at
Newington College offered a variety of challenging
and meaningful performance experiences for
students. Members of the Drama staff are proud of
the inclusive nature of the continually evolving cocurricular Drama program, and are excited to see
that boys from across the school are beginning to
involve themselves in Drama activities.
In 2010, our Year 7 Drama Club was run by Ms
Mandi Randell, with support from outstanding
Year 10 Drama students Michael Cameron, Lewis
Jones, Edward Watson and Sinclair Hill, who gave
of their time to mentor the Year 7 boys. The boys
wrote and performed a variety of pieces ranging
from monologues and scenes to voiceovers for
animation films. The boys joined forces with the
Year 8 Drama Club to perform at the combined
showcase evening. Our Year 8 Drama Club,
directed by Mr Clive Parkin, performed
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an exciting future for Drama at Newington
College with talent and enthusiasm in droves.
Theatresports continues to grow, with over 40
boys participating in weekly training sessions and
a variety of competitions. Ms Zoe Cookson coordinated this program for its second year and has
ensured it has gone from strength to strength.
Theatresports highlights for 2010 include: success
in the heats of the Impro Australia Schools
Competition; the Black and Blue Cup held against
girls from MLC; retaining the Carlton Cup trophy
from the competition held against girls from PLC
Sydney; and placing second to Newtown
Performing Arts High School in the inaugural
Inner West Cup. The strength of the Theatresports
program will no doubt be evident in the boys’
performances in future Drama activities.
This year’s Middle School Production was Julius
Caesar. Directed by Mr Robert Graham, the play
was a welcome challenge for Years 9 and 10. The
production also featured original live music
Some of the cast from Seussical
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composed by Ciaran Frame and Duncan Jones.
The cast and crew rose to the occasion and
performed with the strength and integrity that the
work required.
With student interest growing rapidly and the
number of performance opportunities on the rise,
this is an exciting time for Drama at Newington!
Undoubtedly, the highlight of the year was the
College musical Seussical. Directed by Ms Tamara
Smith with musical direction by Mr Mark Scott
and choreography by Mr Luke Edmunds,
Newington’s first musical in six years involved
almost 100 boys on stage, in the orchestra pit or
helping out with the technical operations for the
show. With almost 2500 tickets sold, Seussical
showcased the many talented students who are
involved in Performing Arts at the College. The
production team was skillfully supported by Mrs
Rosalind McKenzie (costumes), Mr Bernard Harris
(stage management) and Mrs Jane Franks (ticketing).
The Creative Arts Association has again supported
co-curricular Drama at Newington College with
passion and enthusiasm. The Drama staff would
like to acknowledge the tireless work and support
of the outgoing president, Ms Connie Therkildsen.
Zubin Bilimoria and Edward Watson
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Jonathan and Benjamin Collinge
Co-curricular Activities – Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh
Director of Duke of Edinburgh
Mr D Garner
The mission of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
(DEA) is to provide a program that offers all
young Australians aged 14–25 the opportunity to
experience a sense of personal achievement
through individual challenge, teamwork and fun.
At Newington College, we strive to provide a
framework that is flexible, that celebrates difference
and that embraces creativity and uniqueness in all
who participate. Those who take part, experience
real connection to both their immediate and global
communities and by participating in the DEA
program, are empowered to become Australia’s
future leaders and true global citizens.
The Award has three levels: Bronze, Silver and
Gold. Eligible Year 8 and Year 9 students may
start at the Bronze level. During 2010, nearly 110
boys at the College participated in the DEA. A
steady growth in popularity has meant that there
was approximately 70 Bronze, 30 Silver and 10
Gold participants.
There are four sections of the program that must
be completed by participants to qualify for an
Award: Service, Skills, Physical Recreation and
Adventurous Journeys. These activities provide an
opportunity for students to acquire and develop
skills and initiative and develop self esteem which
will help them become more confident and
contributing members of the community. The
Award is highly regarded by many employers
and universities.
The Duke of Edinburgh Online Record Book
(ORB) is a new online system that helps
participants to run, assess and manage the Award
as well as giving the entire DEA community
greater connection with each other. The ORB was
successfully piloted at the College in 2010 with a
small group of participants and assessors and will
be rolled out for all participants in 2011.
Service Learning for boys in Year 9 has
complimented many of the activities undertaken in
the DEA Service section of the Award. This Service
Mr Dom Garner with certificate winners Nathaniel Teng, Michael Huynh, Nathan Rasiah, Blake Griffin, Thomas Hambly,
Blake Wright, Jonathan Ciofani
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component of the Award is a tremendous recognition
of the diverse help that the boys can offer to the
community. In addition, the Newington Challenge
and Cadet camps give boys an opportunity to fulfil
the requirements of the Adventurous Journeys
component, provided that they display the necessary
planning, recording and evaluation procedures.
A highlight of 2010 was the Gold presentation
ceremony in the grounds of Government house by
the Governor, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO.
Dr Hirst, family and friends enjoyed the
celebration with the boys, who are outstanding
ambassadors for the College. Sir Nicholas
Shehadie AC OBE also gave his congratulations to
the boys on the steps of Government House.
I recommend the DEA program to all boys who
are interested in extending themselves beyond
their current studies and co-curricular
commitment to achieve and be involved with an
internationally recognised program.
Awards:
Recipients this year included:
Gold: Matthew
Brendan Moon
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Campbell,
Silver: Blake Griffin, Thomas Hambly, Michael
Huynh, Nathan Rasiah, Nathaniel Teng
Bronze: Jonathan Ciofani, Jack Gilfedder, Benjamin
Milic, Jarrod Stilp, Mitchell Travers, Aaron Wright,
Blake Wright
John Waterhouse Society
Director of John Waterhouse
Dr J Hall
The John Waterhouse Society is a philosophical
discussion group which gives students
opportunities to develop academic interests
beyond the classroom and engage in discussion of
contemporary issues.
In 2010, the Society comprised 17 students from
Year 11 who met regularly throughout the year to
listen to and discuss papers presented by
members. Topics were chosen by the students,
reflecting their ideas and interests.
Topics this year included: Crime and Punishment;
Is Altruism Possible?; The Philosophy of Peter
Singer; and Freedom of Expression and the Media.
There was also a film evening and an annual
dinner. At the film evening, members were joined
by Dr Christopher Falzon (author of Philosophy
Goes to the Movies) to watch and discuss Michel
Gondry’s intriguing movie, Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind.
For the first time this year, members of the Society
have acted as the student committee for the
Newington College Centre for Ethics, attending
each of the public lectures and assisting with the
planning and organisation of events. Their
commitment has been outstanding; they have
maintained an excellent standard of debate and
discussion and have played an important part in
the success of the Ethics Centre in its first year.
Members of the Society in 2010: Jonathan
Collinge, Rupert Crossley, Pedro Frago-Matos,
Michael Huynh, Tony Lee, Finlay McDonald,
Alexander McNeil, Robert O’Brien, Hugh Piper,
Samuel Rabin, Michael Rees, William Rigney,
Marcus Robinson, Nathan Roye, Bradley Smith,
Lewis-Alan Trathen, Oliver Wallace.
Old Boys Alex Campbell, Matthew Austen and Brendan Moon
at the Gold Awards ceremony at Government House
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Co-curricular Activities – Mooting
Mooting
Director of Mooting
Ms Kate Shepherd
Mooting is a relatively new opportunity offered
within the co-curricular program and involves a
team of 2–3 students, frequently drawn from
within the debating cohort. Those involved,
research and argue a legal case in front of a panel
of judges. The main challenges involved with
mooting include the high level of research
involved in getting students up to speed with the
way the legal system and legal research work, as
well as teaching them the formal style of mooting.
The main benefits of mooting for students are
developing skills in structured research and
thinking, as well as the ability to think and
respond ‘on the go’, which is necessary due to the
possibility that any of the judging panel may
interrupt to question the students at any time.
Mooting also gives students the opportunity to
delve into a legal topic area and get their
knowledge base to a level which approaches
expertise. This improves student confidence in
undertaking research and arguing a case based on
evidence.
On Saturday 24 July the Newington College
Mooting team, coached by Old Boy Ben Coles,
travelled to Bond University in Queensland for the
finals of the 2010 High School Mooting Competition.
The competition drew from over 115 Australian
and Malaysian schools, with the final round being
contested between the top 14 ranking schools. The
Michael Rees and Bradley Smith
school teams involved in the finals were asked to
prepare their legal arguments either as the
appellant or respondent for a case regarding the
legal responsibilities of a teacher’s duty of care.
Newington College prepared its case as the
respondent, and was represented by Bradley
Smith and Michael Rees.
The moots took place in the Bond University moot
court buildings, with Newington College arguing
the case against Canterbury College. The moot
was judged by two senior solicitors and members
of the academic staff. The results of individual
moots were not released until the two final teams
were announced, with Newington College
succeeding in making the final round against
Seymour College.
The grand final showcased the talents of both
teams, with articulate and well presented
arguments being addressed to the court from both
sides. The grand final was presided over by Judge
John Newton and Associate Professors David
Field and Kate Allan. There was considerable
questioning of both the appellants and
respondents, with all students remaining
admirably calm under pressure.
Michael Rees and Bradley Smith
After some deliberation the winners were
announced, with Newington College placed as
runners up. In addition to this admirable result,
Bradley Smith also received a special award for his
mooting skills, which included a scholarship to
Bond University.
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Music
Head of Music
Mr M Scott
Ensemble music-making thrived in 2010. Almost
600 private lessons took place throughout the
College each week with over 350 boys involved in
our ensembles. Particularly encouraging this year
has been the growth in members of the College
Choir to 55 and the filling out of our three high
school, wind and jazz ensembles.
Founders Concert 2010 explored music concerned
with a Space theme. For the second year, the
Senior Farewell Concert provided an opportunity
for our most experienced musicians to conclude
their high school music-making experience
appropriately. The performance of Mozart’s
Requiem was a highlight, being the first time for
ten years that the College has presented a
complete work of such high calibre. Our senior
music leadership team consisting of Duncan Jones
(Captain of Music and Head Chorister), Nicolas
Mason (the College’s first Vice Captain of Music),
Joshua Sprake (Leader of Symphonic Winds) and
Nathan Lam (Leader of Orchestra) set a goal of
increased student leadership within the department.
These boys set a fine tone for the years ahead.
Newington College welcomed Mr Trevor Mee as
Head of Strings in 2010. Mr Mee has already
added much to our department through his
positive and encouraging approach to string
playing. A combined performance at Prize Giving
with the Chamber and Stanmore Strings showed
that an exciting future lies ahead. Our chamber
music program continues to grow with groups
featuring regularly in events throughout the
broader school community. As well as ensembles
from 2009, Clarinet Ensemble numbers doubled; a
Wind Quintet was formed; and a Jazz Combo
firmly established itself in the contemporary
music program. The Chamber Ensembles Concert
in the latter part of the year gave students a chance
to present their work to a friendly audience.
Our contemporary music ensembles had a great
year. Jazz and Rock styles in a variety of ensemble
formations have become a staple part of the
College’s musical environment. RockFest triumphed
again and the performance of the Senior Stage
Band at the Manly Jazz Festival in October shows
that Newington College has a solid profile within
the high school jazz scene in Sydney.
All Wind Ensembles have continued to grow in
number, quality, scope of repertoire and
performance opportunities. Under the direction of
our Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Mr
Paul Vickers, attendance at interschool festivals
and events within the school community have
ensured that our reputation as a centre for
performance excellence is gaining momentum. A
successful tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco and
the Mid West Band and Orchestra Festival in
Chicago concluded the year for the
Wind Ensemble and Stage Band.
Again, thanks must go to the
members of the Newington College
Creative Arts Association. Their
presence at all Arts events has
become standard and invaluable. My
special thanks to outgoing President,
Connie Therkildsen. Throughout her
time as president, Connie worked
tirelessly to keep Creative Arts at the
foreground of people’s thoughts
within the College community.
Dylan Hoskins, Timothy Vrachnas, Allan Alaalatoa
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Co-curricular Activities – Music
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BIG BAND
Third Row: J Powell, ML Turpin, K Stathis
Second Row: RG Briant, EI Gorur, KM Frame, SL Rees, PW Graham, SE Wallace
First Row: A Flame, ADHF Villante, CL Sloan, Mr P Vickers, AE Rasko, TL Haupman, ZT Kelly Absent: NR James
COLLEGE CHOIR
Fourth Row: BK Buckingham-Jones, SR Doyle, R Matsuo, M Han, Q Zhang, JL Davies, AJ Bate, V Suraev, MY Shim, S Parekh,
RJ Bramantyo, JB Collinge
Third Row: Mr M Scott, LT Jones, CJA Clarke, AWA McNeil, TA Chard, RAJ Naylor, DS Hoskins, ST Towers, LA McKirdy,
MNC Schultz, W Ngiam, SF Evans, D Pointon
Second Row: J Park, LW Tracy, DW Longhurst, AB Chiu, BD Collinge, AT Mei, S Park, R Ventura, V Li, S Wang, MA Richter,
HD Black, Ms C Priest
First Row: D Han, VW Dai, LW Carney, HR Wickman, AW Leslie, AB O'Donnell, DT Jones, L Ho, ARG Doak, JR Gall, JB Botto,
AT Mee, M Sikiotis
Absent: MET Joseph, MHH Miller Bock, TJ Morgan, KSR Schultz
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CONCERT BAND
Second Row: SJ Klumov Attard, LM Watson, SG Hatten, BJ Rigney, MHA Connell
First Row: JR Sortwell, J Yim, JA Tiftis, Mr P Vickers, JD Hewitt, C Yan, WDP Gowers
Absent: THY Im, JC Tims, ASC Turner
STAGE BAND
Third Row: AW McNeil, TH Mullally, MNC Schultz, ST Towers, N Mason, MTL Hassett
Second Row: BGJ Robinson, J Holland, JB Collinge, LT Jones, JK Andrew, AT See, Q Zhang, EMG Jenkins
First Row: DTM Burley, RJ Bramantyo, JJ Sprake, Mr P Vickers, CL Sloan, DW Longhurst, AG Bagby
Absent: SD Pyne, MHH Miller Bock
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CHAMBER STRINGS
Second Row: S Augoustinos, E Shi, HA Snowden, N Mason, H D Black
First Row: ARG Doak, R Matsuo, J Park, N Lam, V Suraev, MY Shim, AB Chiu
STANMORE STRINGS
Third Row: NA Bramich, AC Iannuzzi, HA Snowden, ZZ Nanavati, RJ Palmer
Second Row: JC Ting, DZ Nanavati, CL Sloan, SR Doyle, S Park, AT Mei
First Row: N Srinivasan, SJ Spencer, L Ho, CJ Yap, DT Macarounas, HR Wickman, AT Mee
Absent: AM Bruce, ZZ Nanavati, M Nicola-Woods, JO Palmer, A Yuen, A Hu
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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Fourth Row: HD Black, HA Snowden, LA McKirdy, N Mason, KSR Schultz, JR Snowden, MNC Schultz, AWA McNeil
Third Row: EI Gorur, CM Frame, S Augoustinos, JH Park, DT Jones, E Shi, D Han, LT Jones, ZZ Nanavati, JB Collinge, V Suraev
Second Row: NA Bramich, MA Richter, R Matsuo, NR Kelly, SR Doyle, EMG Jenkins, MY Shim, ZD Bilimoria, CL Sloan, DTM Burley
First Row: ARG Doak, AG Bagby, AB Chiu, CJ Yap, N Lam, Mr M Scott, AT Mei, DW Longhurst, BD Collinge,
DT Macarounas, SJ Spencer
Absent: MHH Miller Bock, BJ Rigney, JJS Schoff, KG Burgess, SJ Rees, CD Hallard-Turner, LA Van Walsum, LM Watson,
HE Shouldice, JH Yu
SYMPHONIC WINDS
Fourth Row: HE Shouldice, W Wei, AWA McNeil, T Iannuzzi, TH Mullally, LA McKirdy, MNC Schultz, R Naylor, AMR Isaias,
DT Jones, JK Andrew, F Floratos
Third Row: AR Jack, M Han, DC Liu, JB Collinge, AT See, D Han, K Stathis, LT Jones, ZZ Nanavati, CM Frame, PW Graham,
MA Richter, KSR Schultz
Second Row: BD Collinge, Tl Hauptman, ZD Bilimoria, NR Kelly, KG Burgess, EI Gorur, NA Bramich, EMG Jenkins, J Holland,
BGJ Robinson, DZ Nanavati, VW Dai
First Row: LW Carney, S Wang, J Lay, NR James, B Moon, J Sprake, Mr P Vickers, JD Sreejayan, DW Longhurst, D Burley, A Bagby,
A Ghadge, A Flame
Absent: FW McDonald, MHH Miller Bock, Q Zhang, EW Pollitt, RMW Ward, CT Hine, JE Spira, SD Pyne
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WIND ORCHESTRA
Fourth Row: TQ Du, RG Briant, W Wei, T Iannuzzi, RAJ Naylor, ES Cheng, H Sakashita
Third Row: KG Burgess, AC Iannuzzi, SE Wallace, M Han, EW Pollitt, JR Holden, ZAT Le, J Poidevin, C Buckley
Second Row: EM Henderson, CA Tiftis, LW Tracy, JE Faux, JD Sreejayan, J Gallo, JR Wheatley, DAHF Villante, JD Hewitt, FWT McAvoy
First Row: WPD Gowers, TC Speyer, LW Carney, AO Dwyer, ZT Kelly, Mr P Vickers, MG Gribble, AW Leslie, JB Botto,
CE Hacker, JR Sortwell
Absent: M Sikiotis, C Yan, Y Choi, M Kim, AR Perry, RS Elder, ML Turpin, J Yim, HC Titterton, SG Hatten, CT Hine,
LW Pateman, BJ Rigney
WIND QUINTET
CM Frame, AWA McNeil, KSR Schultz, LA McKirdy, MNC Schultz
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GUITAR GROUP
Second Row: SJ Burns, AD Roberts Love, RG Becker, SM Hutton
First Row: JB Botto, RN Mackellar, Mr K Burns, RL Hills, PD Cominos
RECORDER CHOIR
E Shi, N Mason, DT Jones, Mr M Scott, JJ Sprake, NJ Lam
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JUNIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Second Row: WPD Gowers, JR Holden, T Iannuzzi, AC Iannuzzi, JR Sortwell
First Row: FWT McAvoy, C Buckley, Mr P Vickers, JS Tifits, TC Speyer Absent: RS Elder
JAZZ COMBO
AG Bagby, ST Towers, CL Sloan Absent: SD Pyne, M Miller Bock, AN Mararangi
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PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
BD Collinge, JD Sreejayan, BJ Rigney, CM Frame, EI Gorur, NR Kelly
CLARINET CHOIR
BP Moon, T Iannuzzi, AWA McNeil, W Wei, ZD Bilimoria Absent: RAJ Naylor, JJ Sprake, Y Choi
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STRING QUARTET 1
NJ Lam, J Park, JR Snowden, E Shi
STRING QUARTET 2
AB Chiu, S Augoustinos, V Suraev
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BRASS TRIO
LT Jones, MNC Schultz, AG Bagby
PIANO TRIO
AB Chiu, S Xu, V Suraev
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YEAR 8 BRASS QUINTET
LW Carney, DTM Burley, NA Bramich, EMG Jenkins, DW Longhurst
SEUSSICAL
Fourth Row: BP Milic, NJ Roye, AMR Isaias, SA Hill, T Hsu, JA Grogin, NJP Wheatley, LA McKirdy, P Kuo, N Mason, HTP Conlin,
JS Scott, TJ Vrachnas, H Jordan
Third Row: TD Cameron, RDT McDonald, G Ho, D Han, DT Jones, SRW Scott, E Shi, LSL Tanner, AM Pagonis, ATC Brown,
JMHirst, S Augostinos, A See, LT Jones, TRH Williamson
Second Row: Mr B Harris, DP Trent, BD Collinge, EI Gorur, N Lam, MA Hannaway, CM Frame, JB Collinge, AWA McNeil,
MR Cameron, M Han, BK Buckingham-Jones, GA Koumoukelis, JM Leibowitz, AB Chiu, Mr M Scott
First Row: LWCarney, J Lay, LW Tracy, MA Richter, R Matsuo, Ms T Smith, Mr L Edmunds, Mrs R McKenzie, B Arabi-Jallad,
BR Creswick, DW Longhurst, AG Bagby, JR Fleming
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Co-curricular Activities – Newington Challenge
Newington Challenge
Director of Newington Challenge
Staff
Mr M Brennan
Mr W Campbell, Mr L Edmunds,
Ms K Iser, Mr J Kennedy, Ms R Matthew,
Ms N Miller (Terms 1 and 2),
Mr G O’Neill, Ms D Organ, Mr P Woods
Year 11 Leaders
B Buckingham-Jones, M Rees,
T Vrachnas, E Villante
Year 12 Leaders
D Jones (Captain), R Matsuo
The activities of Newington Challenge continue to
grow and develop as the program evolves to meet
the needs of the student population. With an
increased demand for placement this year, a
selective system was introduced to allocate
students to the activity. This will continue into
2011 and is the basis of the development of
Newington Challenge as a leading outdoor
education activity in a boys school in Sydney. For
Year 9 students, camp activities continued to be
based on related outdoor activities such as
abseiling, climbing, orienteering and water skills,
as well as expedition training. In Year 10, weekly
Abseiling on Annual Camp
Challenge activities included team building
games, Bronze Medallion Life Saving training,
archery, rock climbing and orienteering.
Year 9 Newington Challenge
As in previous years, boys undertook training in
campcraft, first aid and navigation during
Semester 1 and received a more intense training in
abseiling, indoor climbing, orienteering and water
safety in Semester 2. All students in Year 9 also
completed a Senior First Aid certificate in Term 2.
Year 9 boys attended one camp in April that was
held in the Southern Highlands and incorporated
abseiling, canoeing, hiking and camping in a
variety of weather conditions. The boys took these
challenges in their stride and finished
triumphantly at the end of a very enjoyable week.
Aki Flame, Leo Tracy and Louis Goth (behind)
The second camp was held directly after Prize
Giving, one week before the Christmas break, and
the more stable weather proved to be part of a
successful formula. This allowed us to exploit the
weather conditions in Kangaroo Valley as a three
day walking trip up Meryla Pass. Boys had to plan
meals, prepare a route plan and navigate.
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Boys listen in on a harness demonstration
Year 10 Newington Challenge
This year the activities continued to push the boys’
personal development, keeping in mind a focus on
the boys’ holistic development rather than
improvement of skills in one specific area.
Boys attended a three day canoe trip in the
Kangaroo Valley, paddling the length of the valley
with all their gear and food on board the canoes.
In addition to this a select few
volunteered to undergo more
extensive testing and training to
become the senior leaders for 2011.
As part of this program the boys
walked the famous Six Foot Track,
crossing the Blue Mountains from
Katoomba to Jenolan Caves. This
year’s journey culminated in a
caving trip that tested the mettle of
all the boys and left them with some
very significant grins. Boys had to
plan meals, prepare a route plan
and navigate. Different levels of
success were achieved with the
cooking and navigating. Many boys
used this as an opportunity to
showcase their leadership skills and
displayed independence as well as consideration
for fellow group members, all sharing a common
determination to get the job done.
It is clear that the leadership from this year’s
senior boys, supported by the extensive program
development undertaken by Challenge staff, has
created an exciting new environment in the
College for the delivery of outdoor education.
Boys gather around the campfire
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Co-curricular Activities – Public Speaking/Visual Arts
Public Speaking
Director of Public Speaking
Visual Arts
Mr T Fowell
In 2010, Newington College boys acquitted
themselves with great distinction in the Rostrum
Trophy, the Legacy Public Speaking Competition
and the Sydney Morning Herald Plain English
Speaking Competition. Congratulations to Eric Shi
for winning the School Senior Public Speaking
Competition, and Harrison Cox for winning the
Poetry Competition. Congratulations to Aki Flame
for winning the Year 7 and 8 Public Speaking
Competition, and Lachlan Cox for winning the
Year 9 and 10 Public Speaking Competition.
An honorary mention goes to Sam Wallace for
reaching the state Final of the Legacy Public
Speaking Competition, and Sebastian Rees in
finishing second in the College’s Year 7 and 8
Public Speaking Competition and for his
performances in the Rostrum Trophy and Legacy
competition. Once again, Newington was blessed
by having Ben Adler and Edward Miller helping
with adjudications as well as mentoring Sam and
Sebastian who will be important members of
public speaking at Newington in the future.
Finally, congratulations to Duncan Jones for being
the College’s representative for the Lawrence
Campbell Oratory Competition and for his
support of public speaking over six years.
Art Club
Ms N Guymer
Each Wednesday afternoon, the Art Department is
abuzz with creative energy courtesy of some very
talented and enthusiastic Year 7 students. Art Club
has become quite an institution at Newington
College, providing students with the ability to
broaden their artistic knowledge, develop their
skills and impress us all with their wonderful
work outside of class time.
Art Club members explore different art making
conventions and procedures to make artworks,
and all sessions are structured primarily around
art-making activities. Some of the expressive
forms covered are: digital media, drawing,
painting, sculpture and photography.
Art Club members meet once a week for a 1½ hour
session after school, starting at 3.30pm. Classes
run for the entire school year.
The Art Department has continued to provide a
platform for our students to display their
incredible works. Our ongoing exhibitions
showcase the talent, erudition and sophistication
of our students and demonstrate the diversity and
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excellence of their art. At the end of the year an
exhibition of the Art Club members’ work was
presented to the school. The final exhibition gave
students an opportunity to demonstrate their
achievements to the rest of the school, friends,
parents and teachers.
Yr 7 Visual Arts Club: 1. Jack Sharrem 2. Sheridan Phung 3. Edward Henderson 4. James Hosking
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Sport – Awards
SPORTS AWARDS
Clarke Shield House Premiership
Harry Kershaw Cup for Best All-round Sportsman
AAGPS Old Boys Prize for Most Improved Sportsman
Moulton House
Patrick P McKenzie
James P Wheatley
Warry Cup for Athletics Champion
Joshua Ralph
ONU Service Prize for Athletics
Joshua Ralph
ADG Stewart Trophy for Open 3000 m
Ellison-Stewart Cup for Middle-distance Running
Dr Alex Maggs Sprinting Trophy
Ron Attwell Trophy for Under 17 Athletics
Timothy P Spehr
Timothy A Schmid
Andrew (Callum) McGrouther
Nathan J Roye
Moulton Cup for Under 16 Athletics
Abdel K Elkout
P&F Trophy for Under 15 Athletics
Lachlan A Little
Jack McKimm Cup for Under 14 Athletics
ONU Service Prize for Basketball
Tyler A Boers
Bilal Chehab
WA Phipps Trophy for Best and Fairest
Daniel N Hill
Felix Booth Trophy for Basketball
Matthew Han
ONU Service Prize for Cricket
JM (Johnny) Taylor Memorial Trophy for Cricket
William XQ Ngiam
Louis S Pepper
Stuart Jennings Trophy for Cricket
3rd XI and 5th XI
Macquarie Bank Trophy for Cricket
Harrison M Hazlewood
ONU Service Prize for Cross Country Running
Alex R Williamson
KR McCoy Cup for Open Cross Country
Alex R Williamson
Cross Country Championship Under 16
Patrick H Elliot
Cross Country Championship Under 14
Timothy P Spehr
ONU Service Prize for Fencing
Pioneer Cup for Fencing
ONU Service Prize for Rowing
Eric Shi
Simon A Capon
John Tsaousidis
John Charles Fletcher Cup for Captain of Boats
Patrick P McKenzie
Rowing Association Prize for Champion Single Sculls
Patrick P McKenzie
Finigan Prize for Most Improved Oarsman
1980 Prefects Cup for Excellence in Pennant Rowing
Alan Thorpe Trophy for Best & Fairest Back in 1st XV
Timothy A Katte
1st Year 10 IV
Apolosi L Latunipulu
Peter Richardson Trophy for Best & Fairest Forward in 1st XV
Hugh E Roach
ONU Service Prize for Rugby
Harold P Shiel
David Jacobs Trophy
15A XV
Ellis Shield
13C XV
Western Suburbs Goal-kicking Cup
ONU Service Prize for Shooting
Geoffrey Dunster Allen Shield for Highest Scorer in Season
Jack T Hiscox
Thomas W Hambly
Luke Iunius
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Andreas Medal for Highest Scorer in GPS Competition
Ciaran M Frame, Alexander YC Wong
Kevin Johnston Trophy for Best Under 16 Shooter in GPS Competition
Darcy Pointon
McClelland Family Trophy for Most Improved Shooter
Darcy Pointon
ONU Service Prize for Soccer
McClelland Trophy for Best & Fairest in 1st X1
Conrad J Ahrens
James P Wheatley
Best & Fairest Soccer in 2nd XI
Thomas C Ginnane
Phillip Jagger Trophy for Soccer
James Stojcevski
ONU Service Prize for Swimming
Swimming Championships Open
Brandon Tam
Harrison TR Pullinger
Swimming Championships Under 17
Oliver W Wallace
Te Haumi Maxwell
Anthony Hrysanthos
Mitchell C Atkins
Jayce A Carrano
John Walsh
ONU Prize for Most Improved Player Tennis
Johnson Shield (Open Champion) Tennis
ONU Service Prize for Water Polo
Parents’ and Friends’ Shield for House Premiership
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Fred Cho
James P Wheatley
Luke M Fulham
Moulton House (Captain: Mark D Halliday)
Sport – Sportsmaster’s Report
Sportsmaster’s Report
Sportsmaster
Mr GV Potter
In 2010, sporting programs concentrated on
‘traditional’ GPS sports, allowing for greater
numbers to be seen in the larger sports and giving
greater depth to already solid programs.
Newington’s GPS profile was enhanced with a
reinforced commitment to AAGPS sports: in 2010
the number of teams for Basketball, Cricket,
Football and Rugby increased. Numbers were
capped in sports such as Tennis, Rifle Shooting,
and Water Polo, giving rise to competition for
places and very strong programs. Judo was
continued as a summer sport where boys learnt
valuable lessons in self-defence and body control
that were taken into winter contact sports. Cross
Country and Rowing were both well represented,
each sport encouraging a community feel amongst
boys and parents. Fencing continued to attract
large numbers and the College hosted all NSW
Schools Fencing events. Athletics went back to the
spring for its competition this year. Increased
numbers of trialling athletes provided a sound
base for the competition squad. The combination
of academic and coaching staff proved a success in
providing guidance to both novice and more
experienced athletes. Swimming attracted a large
number of competitors with success in all
competition age groups. The total points
accumulated by Newington swimmers was
greater than any other school, and the College was
crowned Premiers in the Intermediate age group,
won all six AAGPS relays and ultimately won the
inaugural shield.
Newington was blessed to gain the services of Mr
John Giuffre in the Strength and Conditioning
role. John’s experience and ‘best practice’
programs enabled all sports to benefit in yearround education for students in all year groups.
The weights room was hub of activity in all nonacademic hours. John also joined our Athletics
team to oversee changes in the program.
In Term 4, the department welcomed James
Godfrey (ON ‘93) who replaced Mr Tim Walmsley
as Centre Manager. James took on his role and
several other duties with a commendable and
professional approach. Mr Brian Dene, Football
Director, replaced Mr Rex Nottage, Director of
Basketball, as Assistant Sportsmaster.
Mr Shane Serhon remained as Chairman of GPS
Rugby selectors, Mr Richard Burgess moved from
GPS Football selector to 1st XI coach and Brian
Dene continued to represent Newington Football
as CIS Selector and Australian Schoolboy Coach.
Rex Nottage continued his impressive and selfless
representation of Newington in Basketball. He
coached the GPS 1sts; the CIS representative team,
which went on to compete for the NSW
Championship; and the NSW Schools team, which
competed for the Australian Championship.
Newington is pleased to be part of the local
community. Relationships have been growing
with local schools, sporting clubs and Marrickville
Council, where sharing of facilities has been of
benefit to all. In particular, Stanmore Public School
is thanked for its strong support.
I would like to thank the support staff and
groundsmen, who have done a magnificent job in
preparing our ovals and grounds, which are of the
highest quality and receive sincere accolades from
sportsmen and spectators alike. In addition, my
sincere thanks go to Mr Walmsley, Mr Atkins and
Mr Fallon in the PE Centre for their tireless efforts
in providing functional facilities in the face of high
traffic. It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge
the work of the coaches, officials and supporters
for their efforts throughout the season; particularly
the parents and friends who give so much of their
time and energy to prepare our boys for the contest
and provide such a wonderful atmosphere. I
would also like to thank the Captains of each sport
for their leadership not only on the field, but also
in the wider school community.
I must also thank those involved in the Sports
Department, who provided the fine organisation
witnessed this year, particularly Sports
Administrators Mr Mark Dickens and Mr Adam
Hellyer, and in support, Mrs Pam Harland. As a
result of their tireless work, over 1100 boys each
week are provided with the privilege of playing in
one the best schoolboys competitions available.
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HEADS OF SPORT, 2010
Fourth Row: Mr S Jin (Fencing), Mr MJ Nicholson (Cricket), Mr J Spencer (Tennis), Mr S Pennington (Rowing)
Third Row: Mr M Little (Cross Country), Mr TK Stanley (Athletics), Mr AR Hill (Rugby), Mr AR Nottage (Basketball)
Second Row: Mr JF Giuffre (Strength and Conditioning Coordinator), Mr JJ Snare (Swimming), Mr IM Trent (Water Polo),
Mr MC Dickens (Administrator)
First Row: Mr BT Dene (Assistant Sportsmaster, Football), Mr GV Potter (Sportsmaster), Mrs PA Harland
(Co-curricular Administrative Assistant), Mr AJ Hellyer (Administrator)
Sincere thanks are given to each Director of
Coaching: Troy Stanley (Athletics), Rex Nottage
(Basketball), Simon Jin (Fencing), John Spencer
(Tennis), Cameron French and Matthew Nicholson
(Cricket), Brian Dene (Football), Simon
Pennington (Rowing), Andrew Hill (Rugby) and
Ian Trent (Water Polo) for their dedication and
enthusiasm. Their expertise and guidance was
extremely useful and greatly appreciated.
Newington sport continued to enjoy the help
offered by parent support groups. Under the
umbrella of the P&F, these groups provided much
needed funding to our programs. This year saw
the consolidation of a very vibrant Fencing
Support Group, which has already made a
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significant difference in supporting the boys on
Saturdays and throughout the year. The work
done each week by generous parents greatly
assisted in the quality of coaching, equipment and
support offered to all age groups in our programs.
Monies raised assisted in the costs for overseas
tours and support of representative players. Back
to Newington day was also a resounding success.
I would like to thank the executive of each group
as their professionalism and dedication allows for
the smooth running of these important facets of
the Newington College life. This great sense of
community that is fostered by our sporting
program makes our efforts even more pleasurable.
Sport – Athletics
Athletics
Director of Coaching
Sports Administrators
Mr T Stanley
Mr M Dickens
Mr A Hellyer
The 2010 season started with a buzz after the
team’s performance in 2009 and with the
acquisition of Mr John Giuffre from St Ignatius’
College. Under Mr Giuffre’s instruction, the boys’
application towards pre-season training was
excellent. On a high from a successful winter
season, the boys were keen to feed off this success.
At the Winter Sports Assembly, Mark Bannon
spoke of the AAGPS Carnival as a day where the
underdog is in his prime. That was exactly the case
with our junior athletics team, which showed
tremendous courage to finish a very respectable
second place; our best result since 2006. Many
telling events come to mind when recalling where
the two points that differentiated between second
and third place were gained. One of these
occasions was the final leg of the Junior 4 x400 m
relay, when Nick Xenos overtook a St Ignatius’
runner on the back straight. Not knowing it at the
time, that one place in the race was the difference
between second and third place overall. Another
was Jack Gilfedder’s 800 m win with one shoe.
Similarly, the might of our senior squad was
overcome by several underdogs on the day,
resulting in sixth place for the senior team. Full
credit must go to those schools that showed their
fighting character on the day.
Regardless of the final results, it was a tremendous
day where the name Newington College was
etched into the record books. Lachlan Little broke
the longest standing schoolboy record in AAGPS
Athletics for the U15 Long Jump, a record that had
stood for in excess of 50 years. Tepai Moeroa broke
our very own Keliti Vaingalo’s Shot Put record,
throwing an astounding 18.8 m. Speedster Oscar
Pople ran the fourth fastest 100 m time of the day
with 11.35, setting our third GPS record of the day.
Oscar also narrowly missed out on breaking the
200 m record by 2/100th of a second.
Several boys went on to compete at the NSW
All Schools Carnival. Tepai Moeroa, Lachlan Little
and Zac Robertson went on to compete at
the Nationals.
NEW NEWINGTON COLLEGE ATHLETICS RECORDS FOR 2010
UNDER 17
4x100 m Relay
T Vrachnas, N Roye, B Roods, T Harding
44.18
O Pople
P Elliot
L Little
T Moeroa
J Holland, Z Robertson, O Pople, L Little
M McDonald
23.17
4:23
6.35 m
19.79 m
44.97
4:27.4
Tim Spehr
4:26.35
A Perry, S Loga-Tarogi, B Mellor, L O’Connor
49.22
UNDER 15
200 m
1500 m
Long Jump
Shot Put (4kg)
4x100 m Relay
1500 m
UNDER 14
1500 m
UNDER 13
4x100 m Relay
NEW AAGPS RECORDS FROM NEWINGTON COLLEGE FOR 2010
UNDER 15
100 m
Long Jump
Shot Put
O Pople
L Little
T Moeroa
11.35
6.35 m
18.80 m
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SENIOR ATHLETICS, 2010
Fourth Row: Mr NP Wainman, R Tuihalangingie, SP Hardy, PP McKenzie, SGH Barnes, CT Vlahos, FF Mone, Mr SJ Muir
Third Row: Ms JL Christian, BD Roods, TE Harding, NJ Roye, JR Van Der Vegt, JJJ Pennington, AR Williamson, RP Briant, Mr M Little
Second Row: H Jordan, SM Fitzpatrick, TJ Vrachnas, AC McGrouther, JTM Hiley, GL Williams, SJ Hiscox, FW McDonald, Ms K Iser
First Row: NA Sadowsky, BW Lane, Mr AJ Hellyer, M Bannon (Captain), Mr T Stanley, TA Schmid, J Tsaousidis
JUNIOR ATHLETICS, 2010
Seventh Row: MT Roy, EY Tran, AS Vlahos, JD Gilfedder, LA Holey, T Moeroa
Sixth Row: NJ Xenos, SF Evans, JT Hiscox, LJ Shaw, JN Dorph, H Zhao, JC Tims, PJ Fowler.
Fifth Row: Mr NP Wainman, MAC Serhon, BP Milic, AE Sears, Y Mosutakas, ZD Robertson, HL Farrell, LA Little, JA Mitchell, EW Pollitt
Fourth Row: PH Elliot, JL Moate, W Wei, T Piroddi, OE Pryor Lees, BA Mellor, AJ Flack, OMB Pople, Z Le
Third Row: Mr SJ Muir, TR Ostinga, TP Spehr, AR Perry, H Xu, CD Mannix, AP Achjian, AJ Hobbs, SB Loga-Tarogi, J Holland, Mr M Little
Second Row: EJ Penrose, JWSZ Nour, LGM Eruini-Bennett, MA McDonald, EB Treloar, YM Van Gelder, JM Mehmet, HT Green,
D Minguez, AK Elkout
First Row: TA Banuelos, Ms JL Christian, SJY Clark, Mr AJ Hellyer , MR Bannon (Captain), Mr T Stanley, LR O’Connor,
Ms K Iser, TR McDonald
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Sport – Athletics
1.
2010 GPS ATHLETICS RESULTS
FIRST PLACE – CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
B Mellor
U13 Shot Put
14.75 m
M Mcdonald
U14 1500 m
4:27.4
O Pople
U15 100 m
11.35*
J Hiscox
U15 800 m
2:02.4
L Little
U15 Long Jump
6.35 m*
T Moeroa
U15 Shot Put
18.8 m*
FIRST PLACE – DIVISION RACE
J Holland
U15 100 m
11.84
J Gilfedder
U15 800 m
2:09.4
SECOND PLACE – CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
3.
2.
T Piroddi
U13 Shot Put
L Little
U15 400 m
A Elkout
U16 100 m
A Elkout
U16 200 m
J Moate
U16 400 m
O Pryor Lees
U16 Shot Put
B Roods
U17 110 m Hurdles
SECOND PLACE – DIVISION RACE
J Holland
U15 100 m Hurdles
L Shaw
U16 800 m
THIRD PLACE – CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
E Penrose
U13 800 m
C Vlahos
U17 Shot Put
M Bannon
Open 400 m
THIRD PLACE – DIVISION RACE
L Little
U16 100 m
J Hiscox
U16 100 m Hurdles
A Vlahos
U16 Shot Put
N Roye
U17 Shot Put
F Mone
Open 110 m Hurdles
*New GPS Record
1. Lachlan Little 2. Nathan Roye
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1.
2.
3.
4.
1. The Newington crowd 2. Joseph Dorph 3. Edward Treloar 4. Sepesa Loga-Tarogi
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Sport – Basketball
Basketball
Sports Administrator
Mr AR Nottage
Mr A Hellyer
The 2010 Basketball season was a very successful
one for all Newington College teams. We fielded
40 teams across all age groups. A total of 15 boys
sat the basketball referees course, adding to the
program, with many of the boys refereeing on a
regular basis at both home and away games.
In the Opens age group, we had over 120 boys
across all teams. The 8ths and the 11ths competed
well each week, winning a high percentage of their
games. In the U16 age group, we fielded seven
teams. The 16As were the standout team of the
group, winning the bulk of their matches. In the
U15 age group we fielded seven teams, with the
15Bs and 15Cs having outstanding seasons. In the
U14 age group we also fielded seven teams, with
the 14As, 14Bs and 14Ds performing very
consistently throughout the season. 2010’s Year 7
teams were very competitive in their first season;
we fielded seven teams in this age group.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
parents of the 1sts and 2nds who provided
delicious barbecue food and drinks at each of the
home games.
1sts
Coach
Captain
Mr AR Nottage
Daniel Hill
The 2009/10 season saw Newington College
‘three-peat’ as GPS Champions and along the way
build a season of 40 wins and three losses. As part
of this journey, the boys’ achievements were:
Bronze at the Australian School Championships,
Champion School of NSW, NSW Independent
Schools Champions, Trinity Challenge winners
and winners of the Sydney Schools Shootout
Basketball tournament. This high level of success
reflects on the character and ability of the boys
and, as such, we had seven athletes represent GPS,
four represent CIS and finally four represent NSW
at the National Schools Championship, where
NSW won Gold. Three boys achieved Australian
Schoolboys honours: Daniel Hill, Lachlan Urwin
and Nick Kay.
GPS Competition
Round 1 v Sydney Boys High (Home) W 78-52
New season, new team and new found nerves all
led to a poor start for the Newington boys in this
season opener. Midway through the first quarter,
we found ourselves down by four points and
struggling to gain any offensive flow. By the end of
the quarter, we managed a seven point lead
(24–17). The second quarter was the game breaker;
we lifted our defensive intensity and a better
offensive flow allowed us to outscore High by 18
points (49–24). The second half of the game saw
both teams struggle to gain ascendency and we
won the half by one point. It was very pleasing to
get the victory in the first round of the GPS
competition.
Best for Newington: Daniel Hill 19 points and 8
assists; Cameron Stewart 18 points and 12
rebounds; Nick Kay 15 points and 13 rebounds;
and Sam Barnes 11 points and 4 rebounds.
Round 2 v Shore (Home) W 69–31
The Newington boys came up against a young
Shore side this week and with a lack of
information on the opposition’s playing style, we
had set ourselves a goal of being a physical
presence at the defensive end. With the whole
team focused on this we played our best defence
so far in the season, highlighted by holding Shore
to only two points in the second quarter. This type
of defence, coupled with aggressive rebounding,
especially on the offensive boards where we had
17 for the game, starved Shore of enough
possession to cause any real pressure on us.
Best for Newington: Cameron Stewart 26 points at
60% and 10 rebounds; Daniel Hill 12 points and 6
assists; Nick Kay 10 points and 15 rebounds; and
Kristian Poletti 8 points.
Round 3 v St Ignatius’ College (Home) W 64–28
This game started out with a lack of focus for the
Newington boys; at both ends of the floor we just
couldn’t get into any type of flow. Individual
efforts were giving us offence with Nick Kay (20
points and 12 rebounds) and Sam Barnes (10
points) being leading lights. At the defensive end
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1ST BASKETBALL, 2010 ~ GPS Premiers, NSW Independent Schools Champions, Champion School of NSW
Second Row: AJ Paras-Cho, JW Longstaff, TP Ross, NC Kay, CA Stewart, SGH Barnes
First Row: FW McDonald, LJ Urwin, Mr AR Nottage (Coach), DN Hill (Captain), KJ Poletti
we were giving St Ignatius’ too many
opportunities to score; we gave up 11 offensive
rebounds although they did not capitalise on
these, allowing us a 35–20 half-time lead. The
second half of the game saw an outstanding team
defensive effort applied by the boys, only giving
up eight points for the half. St Ignatius’ had no
avenues to the basket as we slowed down their
offence. We still struggled with our own offensive
flow and again individual efforts by Daniel Hill
(15 points and 8 rebounds) and Cameron Stewart
(10 points) kept the scoreboard ticking over for us.
In the end, it was a comfortable win for us off the
back of outstanding team defence.
which had us second-guessing our options at the
offensive end; however our defence was rock solid
during this period and we held Scots to nine
points at the long break. The second half of the
game was more of the same with our outstanding
defence forcing 30 turnovers for the game,
coupled with a rebounding count of 64–25 in our
favour. With these figures we were able to limit Scots
possessions and run out as comfortable winners.
Round 4 v Scots College (Away) W 75–22
Round 5 v The King’s School (Home) W 84–48
A slow start to this game saw the Newington boys
only able to score 33 points for the half, taking the
right shots but with no rhythm. The Scots boys
were cleverly playing a half man/zone defence
The two undefeated teams in the competition
played this one and, in what turned out to be a
physical contest, we came out victorious. Right
from the beginning the boys were led by their
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Best for Newington: Cameron Stewart 26 points
and 11 rebounds; Nick Kay 17 points and 19
rebounds (12 offensively); Kristian Poletti 10
points; and Daniel Hill 7 assists (7 to 1 assist/
turnover ratio).
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2.
3.
4.
1. Alex Paras-Cho 2. Sam Barnes 3. Jack Longstaff 4. Finlay McDonald
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captain Daniel Hill (30 points and 8 rebounds)
who provided great leadership at both ends of the
floor. This, coupled with Nick Kay’s (11 points and
11 rebounds) job on a seven-footer from King’s,
was enough to establish a 21 point half-time lead
(45–24). The second half saw us come out and put
a clamp on the opponent’s offence to such an
extent that their coach took out the whole starting
five in one substitution. During this period
Lachlan Urwin (13 points) knocked down two
huge 3-pointers to break the game wide open. The
last quarter saw the ‘sting’ go out of the game with
Newington becoming number one in the GPS
competition. Honourable mentions go to Jack
Longstaff and Finlay McDonald for doing all the
hard things that do not get recorded.
Best for Newington: Cameron Stewart 22 points
and 8 rebounds.
Round 6 v St Joseph’s College (Away) W 78–56
Playing St Joseph’s at their home ground is always
a challenge. We started with a lack of purpose, and
with Joeys at their physical and imposing best, we
struggled for the first half. In fact for the first time
in the season we found ourselves down at the half
(39–38), which could have been a bigger margin
except for Lachlan Urwin’s (18 points and 9
rebounds) goal from half way, which banked and
went in. Half time was the moment to stand or fall!
We started the third quarter with renewed
commitment to the singlet and each other. Led by
Daniel Hill’s defence (18 points, 6 rebounds and 6
assists), the team started to put the clamps on
Joeys’ scoring and this, coupled with Nick Kay
dominating the boards (15 rebounds and 14
points), ignited our running game. Cameron
Stewart (16 points and 12 rebounds) lifted his
defensive effort on Joeys’ best player, limiting him
to only four points for the half. At the end of the
third quarter, we had allowed Joeys only six points
and scored 25 ourselves, a great team effort and
the perfect response to our half-time dilemma.
Round 7 v Sydney Grammar (Away) W 89–38
Last round before the summer break and with
Newington boys already on holidays, there was a
lot to be concerned about coming into this game
against a good Grammar side. No need to worry
though as we played our best game to date,
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shooting the ball with 49% accuracy from the field
and 57% accuracy from the 3-point line giving
Grammar no chance. The pleasing aspect was the
sharing of the ball at the offensive end leading to
our great shot percentage coupled with
unrelenting defence.
Best for Newington: The team, with special mention
to Lachlan Urwin 22 points and 11 rebounds; and
Jack Longstaff 8 points and 4 rebounds.
Round 8 v Sydney Boys High (Away) L 59-61
We came into this game having played High in the
finals of two tournaments over the previous two
weeks: both sides knew what they were in for!
High got the better start; we were nervous and it
showed, going away from our game plan and
being hesitant at both ends of the floor. This led to
a 6 point deficit at quarter time (20–14). The start
of the second quarter proved decisive as High went
on an 8–0 run. After a timeout and regroup, we
extended our defence, forcing High into a turnover
and leading to some easy lay-ups, allowing us to
be only down by four at the half and more
importantly, back in the game. The second half
saw us gain one point leads on several occasions
but we couldn’t maintain them due to some poor
foul shot shooting. With 12 seconds remaining,
Lachlan Urwin hit a huge 3-pointer to get Newington
back to a one-point difference but High iced the
game from the foul line to win a GPS Classic.
Best for Newington: The team.
Round 9 v St Ignatius’ College (Away) W 70–46
Newington was focused for this game as our lack
of process in the previous weeks was becoming a
real concern. Right from the beginning, we were
getting the ball through hands leading to some
great shot opportunities, highlighted by 18 assists
for the game. In fact, the first half saw some
outstanding offence from our boys, allowing a
score line of 42–20 in our favour. The second half
saw us lose our way somewhat but with a field
goal percentage of 45% and winning the rebound
count (44–30), we were never challenged and ran
out as comfortable winners.
Best for Newington: Lachlan Urwin 10 points and
9 rebounds; Nick Kay 13 points, 9 rebounds and 5
assists; Alex Paras-Cho 3 rebounds and 3 assists;
and Tom Ross 10 points.
1.
3.
2.
4.
1. Cameron Stewart 2. Chris Georgopoulos 3. Victor Li 4. Lewis Holey
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Round 10 v Shore (Away) W 82–28
We got off to a good start in this game with our
defensive pressure causing Shore all sorts of
problems. Our offence was also sharp, allowing a
26–12 quarter time advantage. The next two and a
half quarters followed on in the same vein as we
increased our lead at the end of each quarter. With
four minutes to go before full time, we had a 30
point lead; the exact same point difference the last
time we played Shore. However this time, we
suddenly caught on fire and extended our lead
with Daniel Hill dropping three 3-pointers (15
points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists); Nick Kay
throwing down two breakaway dunks (26 points
13 rebounds); and Cameron Stewart hitting
consecutive jump shots (19 points, 12 rebounds
and 3 assists). In total the team combined for an
extra 24 points while only giving up two. It was a
special period of basketball to witness five boys
playing as one; every decision, pass and shot was
gold. You had to feel for Shore, as even the LA
Lakers would have struggled with us for that
magical four-minute period.
the basket which allowed us to get a mini run
going and be ahead 36–18 at half time. The second
half never got to any great heights with our solid
defence keeping Scots down to 20% accuracy from
the field and Daniel Hill (15 points and 7 assists)
finding open players for some easy baskets.
Best for Newington: Finlay McDonald (2 points
and 4 rebounds); Kristian Poletti (8 points and 4
rebounds) who led us with a great effort; and
Cameron Stewart (17 points and 10 rebounds).
Round 13 v Sydney Grammar (Home) W 66–18
Another slow start for the Newington boys in this
one; in fact both teams struggled to make any
impact on the scoreboard, shooting a poor 16%
from the field. We had a 16–4 lead at the end of the
first quarter. The second quarter saw us start to get
some offensive purpose and with Kristian Poletti
(10 points and 4 steals) and Cameron Stewart (17
points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals) getting some
easy lay-ups from our pressure defence, we put a
stop to any resistance from Grammar and ran out
as comfortable winners.
Round 11 v The King’s School (Away) W 75–43
Round 14 v St Joseph’s College (Home) W
93–56
Our game plan in this one was to run, run and
then run some more: King’s is a big team and we
didn’t want to get into a half-court battle with our
opposition. Right from the beginning we pushed
the ball at all costs with Nick Kay (23 points and 16
rebounds) and Cameron Stewart (29 points)
continually getting easy lay-ups. Daniel Hill (12
points and 8 assists) was steering the team around
the floor exceptionally well in his role as point
guard, leading the team to a 22 point half-time
advantage (44–22).
The second half saw the game settle into a more
gentle pace, with Newington running out as
comfortable winners.
Round 12 v Scots College (Home) W 69–40
We struggled in this one from beginning to end;
we had little focus early and it showed, with only
a five point advantage at the end of the first
quarter (15–10). The second quarter saw Nick Kay
(21 rebounds and 19 points) give us an avenue to
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We got off to a good start in this game at the
offensive end with good sharing of the ball
leading to easy baskets. The problem was at the
defensive end where we kept letting Joeys score
too many lay-ups, allowing them to hang around
on the scoreboard at quarter time (29–19). The
second quarter really saw us hit our straps with
Daniel Hill (16 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists)
sharing the ball on the fast break led by Nick Kay
(30 points and 16 rebounds) and Cameron Stewart
(20 points and 8 rebounds). The transition game
was fired up by great hustle plays from Finlay
McDonald (3 points and 4 rebounds), Sam Barnes
(2 points and 4 rebounds) and Lachlan Urwin (12
points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists) which led to a
half-time score of 56–34. The second half saw more
of the same from with excellent hustle plays
leading to easy transition baskets and allowing us
to run out comfortable winners and in the process,
becoming GPS Premiers for the 2009/10 season.
2ND BASKETBALL, 2010 ~ GPS Premiers Winners of the T.E. Baldwin Shield
Second Row: LJ Shaw, LA Holey, AN Manarangi, MJ Rampe, JC Tanevski, HP Floreani
First Row: OJ Smyth, TA Chard, Mr J Lee (Coach), V Li (Captain), Mr A Erickson (Coach), C Georgopoulos, TA Loveridge
3RD BASKETBALL, 2010
Second Row: Mr P Franks, M Huynh, NR Bent, ST Blefari, H Saad, F Vasic, MJ Rea, Mr SJ Roberts (Coach)
First Row: AWA McNeil, HJ Cooper, MR Bannon, F Saad, A Yang Inset: MNG Elliott
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4TH BASKETBALL, 2010
Second Row: Mr PC Franks (Coach), M Huynh, AW Mcneil, NR Bent, H Saad, AL Latunipulu, Mr SJ Roberts
First Row: SV Bate, J-M Lee, Y Moustakas, JL Towsend, HO Soghomonian
No photo of 5th and 6th Basketball
7TH & 8TH BASKETBALL, 2010
Second Row: K Jang, N Rasiah, PC Fang, ET Villante, J Choi, R Hiidome, D Lee, TI Seo
First Row: M Stojcevski, JH Kwak, B Chehab, Mr S Koumdjiev (Coach), CJ Pinto, IKH Mok, J Kim
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Mr MG Osmond (Coach), TJ Leclair-Biskong, CJ Grundy, JJ Starr, SRW Scott
No photo of 10th Basketball
Second Row: K Chen, JT McMartin, OJ Hobbs, A Hu
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16B & C BASKETBALL, 2010
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15E BASKETBALL, 2010
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15G BASKETBALL, 2010
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14F & G BASKETBALL, 2010
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13F BASKETBALL, 2010
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Cricket
Mr M Nicholson
Mr M Dickens
2009/10 saw Newington College Cricket
competitive across every age group and most
teams. We won 66 games, drew three, tied two and
lost 71; a credible return but one which we should
be looking to improve upon next season and
beyond. While the win-to-loss ratio is not the only
important measure, it does go a long way to
building school pride and players’ confidence.
Unfortunately, our GPS Opens Cricket teams did
not perform as well as we had hoped. The 1st XI
was unable to convert some promising starts and
undoubted talent into results. The 2nd XI was
more competitive but was also inconsistent and
finished mid-table. My thanks go to the tireless
efforts of Mr Troy Stanley and Mr Jon Mountain
for their unfailing enthusiasm and joy in teaching
the boys our great game.
The 3rd XI was masterfully led by Mr Phil
O’Rourke and was the best team for the 09/10
season. Although their batting wasn’t strong at
times, the boys bowled and fielded well enough to
win most of their games. They formed a tight team
unit that pressured the opposition at every
opportunity and they never gave in; this showed
in the results.
Each of our A teams showed promise. There are a
number of talented players working their way
through the system and we look forward to their
continued efforts to produce a high standard of
play for Newington College. The 16As had a very
good season under the watchful eye of Mr Steve
Muir. They won all but one game: a tight finish
against Shore. The 15As also only lost one game
and improved as a team as the season went on. I
would expect a number of players from these two
teams to feature strongly in our top teams in years
to come. The 14As and 13As broke even in terms of
results and the future looks bright with some very
enthusiastic and talented players in the junior ranks.
Beyond our A
competitive and
programs’ goals.
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teams we were also very
I believe we achieved the
Boys were learning new and
most importantly, they were
enjoying their cricket. Anecdotally, the enjoyment
factor was high for this season. My feedback from
parents and players has overwhelmingly supported
the fact that the boys enjoyed their cricket in 09/10.
This is mostly due to the excellent commitment
and enthusiasm shown by the coaches.
Representative honours went to Alex Liggins of
the 1st XI who was selected for the GPS 1st XI as a
fast bowler. Alex took part in the Lord’s Taverners
Cricket Week contested by the best schoolboy
association teams in the state.
The College also had two boys selected in the CIS
Under 15s in Robert Bromhead and Lachlan Little.
Robert is a hard hitting batsman and useful off
spin bowler, while Lachlan bowls left arm seamers
and is also very handy with the bat. We look
forward to growing contributions from these two
in the near future.
Furthermore, the College had four boys selected in
the Emerging Blues Training Squads. Marcus
Atallah (15A), James Holland (15A), Josh Stewart
(14A) and Sam Roby (13A) all have the
opportunity to train with these elite NSW junior
squad coaches as well as the best cricketers for
their age in the state.
The future looks bright for Newington College
Cricket; 2009/10 was a rebuilding season where a
number of boys identified themselves as players to
watch in the coming years. Pressure will come
from those below as they strive to perfect their
skills and develop depth in our program. I look
forward to 2010/11 and all the opportunities that
our great game will present.
1st XI
Coach
Mr T Stanley
Captain
Barton Lynch
Despite our lack of success in competition games,
the boys toiled hard for most of the season and did
not give up. The standout feature of the season
was the boys’ ability to stick together through the
difficult times, which was very challenging given
the disappointing season that we experienced.
Alex Liggins was rewarded for his superb bowling
through the season with his selection in the
combined GPS team, where he opened the
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bowling: a stellar performance from a player with
a year to go.
Trial Matches
Game 1 v Canberra Grammar (Away) L
Canberra Grammar 147 (Clifton 4/31, Lynch 2/12)
defeated Newington 146 (Bromhead 40, Jackson 27).
With the first day washed-out we were reduced to
a 40-over-a-side match on the second day. In subtropical conditions, we lost the toss and were sent
in to bat. Throughout the innings, we consistently
set up strong partnerships only to give our wickets
away with soft dismissals. Robbie Bromhead was
the pick of the batsmen with a solid knock of 40
runs. Failing to make the most of our starts, in the
end we were bowled out for 146 in the 36th over.
Defending this total, our bowling had to be on
song. Unfortunately this was very difficult so
early in the season. Despite four wickets from
Mitch Clifton and an economical 2/12 off five overs
from Barton Lynch, we succumbed in the 36th over.
Game 2 v Wyvern Cricket Club (Home) W
Newington 218 (Piper 92, MacKenzie 42) defeated
Wyvern Cricket Club (Pepper 3/19, Charlwood
3/23).
Batting first on a seaming wicket, our top order
showed outstanding courage to see off the new
ball. Vital partnerships between Hugh Piper and
Alex Jackson comprising 62 runs, Hugh Piper and
Sam Wright (46 runs) and Hugh Piper and Stefan
Mackenzie (62 runs) set us up to post a total of 218
off the allocated 45 overs. Piper fell just eight runs
short of a century. In the field, the boys applied
pressure and held their chances. Alex Jackson and
Barton Lynch bowled well in partnership through
consistent line and length, and were both rewarded
with two wickets apiece. In the end Louis Pepper
and Chris Charlwood also took three each.
Game 3 v Sydney Boys High (Home) W
Newington 5/287 (Lynch 99, Wright 60, Jackson
58) defeated High 5/207 (Clifton 1/39, Jackson
1/22).
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Batting first, we set a big total of 5/285. Bart Lynch
was the backbone of the innings, falling painfully
short of a century on 99. He was well supported by
Alex Jackson (58) and Sam Wright (60). Late in the
innings, youngsters Robbie Bromhead and Joe
Dorph combined in a partnership of 36 from 27
balls. Defending the total we bowled very few bad
balls resulting in the High batsmen attempting
risky singles. This resulted in three direct hit run
outs to Mackenzie, Lynch and Pepper. In the end
High fell some 80 runs short, giving us a great deal
of confidence going into our first GPS clash
against 2009 premiers Shore.
Competition Matches
Round 1 v Shore (Away) L
Shore 258 (Pepper 4/51, Clifton 3/42) defeated
Newington 217 (Jackson 80, Bromhead 36 not out).
Shore won the toss and elected to bat in very good
batting conditions. Alex Liggins started well with
a fine first spell of 1/5 off six overs. At 2/13 in the
10th over, Shore looked to be in trouble; however
a good partnership saw them take the score to
3/190 and looked set to post a big total.
Disciplined bowling from Robbie Bromhead
slowed the run rate and built considerable
pressure from one end. This pressure, combined
with three good catches behind the stumps from
Nick Derewlany, saw Shore all out for 258. Louis
Pepper was the leading wicket taker with four
wickets and Bromhead finished with fabulous
figures of 1/22 off 14 overs. With still 26 overs
remaining in the day we lost a wicket early.
Captain Barton Lynch and vice captain Alex
Jackson steadied the ship to take the score to 54
before Lynch was unluckily run out for 17. At the
end of the day, Jackson was not out on 44 and Sam
Wright was on six. At the end of Day 1, these two
were looking to make big inroads into the
remaining 186 runs required for victory.
Resuming at 2/73, with a further 185 runs
required, Sam Wright and Alex Jackson started
very well. They combined in a partnership of 76,
before Jackson was bowled for 80 just prior to the
first drinks break. Disciplined bowling from Shore
saw us lose another three wickets leading into the
lunch break to make the score 6/151. After lunch,
Robbie Bromhead dominated the bowling and
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was instrumental in several partnerships, most
notably with Mitch Clifton who looked way too
good for a tail-ender. However, just as we looked
to be closing in on the target we lost another
wicket. In the end our boys fell some 41 runs short,
with Robbie left stranded on 36.
Round 2 v Scots College (Home) L
Scots 120 (Liggins 5/23, Pepper 2/30) & 6/136
(Jackson 2/33) defeated Newington 93 (Piper 27,
Clifton 19 not out).
Scots won the toss and chose to bat on a wicket
that looked like it would have some life in it if we
bowled well. Alex Liggins, Louis Pepper and
Mitch Clifton did precisely that, bowling in just
the right area to trouble the batsmen. Stefan
Mackenzie supported the bowlers with two
sensational reflex catches in the gully. By the 12th
over Scots was reeling at 4/34. However, a good
partnership took them to 4/74 before Liggins was
ingeniously brought back into the attack and took
two wickets in consecutive balls. His hat-trick ball
struck the new batsman on the full in front of the
stumps, but unfortunately the ball was swinging
too much and the appeal was turned down. He
did however get the same batsman out LBW with
the first ball of his next over, finishing with figures
of 5/23 off 16 overs. In the end Scots was all out
for 120 with 25 overs remaining in the day. In reply
we could not have started much worse being 6/28
at the end of the day, the only highlight being the
gutsy effort of Hugh Piper who withstood a
bowling attack growing in confidence.
With a mere 93 runs required for victory, we
needed momentum to swing back in our favour
through some positive batting. An inability to put
away the bad ball made this difficult and allowed
Scots to find both line and length. Nick Derewlany
and Hugh Piper looked to be on track before a
very good ball found the edge of Derewlany’s bat
and Piper followed shortly after. When Louis
Pepper and Mitch Clifton combined, the pressure
very quickly turned around onto Scots. Through
aggressive batting and hard running between the
wickets, the pair put on 29 runs; the best
partnership of the innings. With 30 runs
remaining, we looked as though we were getting
close until Pepper was caught behind for 13. In the
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end we were 27 runs short of the total with Clifton
stranded on 19 and looking as though he had a lot
more runs left in him. Scots batted in a second
innings in the attempt to set a total for an outright
result, however our bowling was too restrictive
and this was not possible.
After the loss of Lynch early, wickets fell at regular
intervals and from a position of strength came a
relatively small lead. Despite some good new ball
bowling and a slight hiccup from the St Joseph’s
batsmen our opponents were able to knock up the
required total, ending a disappointing match for us.
When we reflect on this match it was the one bad
session that cost us the game; despite dominating
for the rest, we lost the match. Our boys have
learnt or at least been taught yet another valuable
lesson which will hopefully make us stronger in
the future. A lesson that will give us hope when
the tables are turned and we are facing adversity.
Round 4 v Sydney Boys High (Away) D
Round 3 v St Joseph’s College (Home) L
St Joseph’s 5/175 (dec) (Liggins 2/33) and 4/160
(Bromhead 2/30, Pepper 1/24) defeated
Newington 120 (Piper 49) and 211 (Mackenzie 82,
Jackson 46) outright.
With temperatures expected to tip 35°C, winning
the toss and batting was just the start we were
after. Some good bowling and athletic fielding
from the Joeys boys saw us lose a couple of early
wickets. Hugh Piper once again showed resilience
holding up an end and with the score 4 / 94, it
looked like we could post a decent total. Just as
things were looking like we were getting on top,
Piper was caught by a magnificent diving catch on
49. This sparked a big collapse, losing 6 / 26 to be
all out for 120. In the field Alex Liggins bowled
with good rhythm and took an early wicket;
however some very aggressive batting from Joeys
saw them pass our score in the 26th over. They
continued to bat us into the ground with their
hard-hitting left-hander making 66 off 63
deliveries. Robbie Bromhead was instrumental in
his departure, taking a scintillating catch at mid
on. Joeys declared a short time after with the score
5/175, leaving us with six overs to close out the
day. At the end of the day, Barton Lynch and Hugh
Piper were not out on 25 and seven respectively.
We learnt a lot about our game in these six overs,
most importantly the power of being positive,
having self belief and playing to our strengths.
Despite a solid start to the second innings on Day 1,
we were susceptible to the swinging ball early on
Day 2. Added with the pressure of a twenty-run
deficit, the conditions were proving to be difficult.
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Newington 111 (Lynch 42, Pepper 22) drew with
High 5/84 (Liggins 5/27 from 12 overs).
Confident that we had turned the corner in
regards to our batting, we elected to bat on a
wicket that was wet in patches. Despite a solid
opening partnership of 38 we lost our second on
48 and then, three for zero. Captain Barton Lynch
and Stefan Mackenzie saw us through to lunch
without any further loss. After lunch, Mackenzie
and Lynch displayed some crafty running between
the wickets, which frustrated the High attack.
Unfortunately the slow outfield deceived Mackenzie
when attempting a second run and he was run out
by half a pitch length. From there the lower order
seized up, hitting several catches to close by
fielders. At 9/78, the match was looking very grim
before Louis Pepper and Alex Liggins combined in
some powerful hitting and clever running between
the wickets to take the final score to 111 which, from
where we were and with a very slow outfield, was
as good a result we could have asked for.
Defending a small total was going to take a huge
effort from our boys and Alex Liggins started
exceptionally, bowling with venom and taking
four wickets in his first spell, all wickets bowling
the batsmen. At the end of his spell High was
4/34. Louis Pepper was the other pick of the
bowlers and was unfortunate not to pick up a
couple of wickets himself. Returning for his
second spell, Liggins took his and the team’s fifth
wicket immediately to make the score 5/68.
Despite another exceptional spell of off spin
bowling from Robbie Bromhead, the High
batsmen shut up shop for the remaining ten overs
of the day to close the first day with the score 5/84.
Day 2 (No play due to rain)
Round 5 v St Ignatius’ College (Away ) L
St Ignatius’ 4/123 (dec) (Pepper 2/27) defeated
Newington 120 (Dorph 61) and 1/41.
Day 1 was washed-out.
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On Day 2 we won the toss and elected to bat in
conditions that were perfect for batting. Bart
Lynch was out early to a very good ball.
Unfortunately we were unable to play with the
basic fundamentals that are required against a
new ball and lost Piper, Jackson and Mackenzie in
quick succession to be 4/24. Harry Cook on debut
and youngster Joseph Dorph looked at ease as
they took the score to 57 before Cook was caught
napping on a quick single and was run out for 11.
From there Stanton Contos and Dorph put on an
exceptional partnership with some outstanding
running between the wickets and clever stroke
play. The two saw us through to lunch with the
score at 5/100. After lunch Dorph spooned a wide
drive to point without any further score, sparking
a collapse losing 5/20.
The pick of our bowlers was Louis Pepper, who
took an early wicket with the new ball. Despite a
solid attempt from our bowlers the conditions
were just too good for batting and the St Ignatius’
batsmen saw that the job was done, only losing
wickets as they looked to accelerate their scoring.
Upon passing our total of 120, they declared,
hopeful of rolling us in 20 overs. At the close of
play we were 1/41.
Round 6 v The King’s School (Away) L
King’s 4/85 (dec) (Jackson 2/31, Pepper 1/19) and
6/146 (Jackson 2/38, Lynch 2/34, Pepper 1/19)
defeated Newington 84 (Derewlany 25, Jackson
21) & 9/170 (dec) (Piper 74, Dorph 30).
Looking to resurrect our batting we were very
keen to bat first and for extended periods of time
through partnerships. Things could not have
started much worse, losing Barton Lynch in the
second over who was caught behind down the leg
side. From there, the only partnership of any note
was between recently promoted Nick Derewlany
and Harry Cook who batted very well together for
30. The boys displayed a good mixture of running
between the wickets and shot selection. Despite
the solid stand, we were dismissed for 84.
In the field we were inconsistent in our line and
too often allowed easy singles in the field. Louis
Pepper, as always, bowled with passion and
aggression and took one wicket, while Alex
Jackson took two and affected a run out with a
direct hit. Reaching 4/85, King’s declared
immediately. Our second innings played out much
more to plan with Lynch and Piper dominating the
bowling and putting on 41 runs before Lynch was
caught and bowled. Jackson and Piper steadied
the ship to close the day without any further loss
and the score was left at 1/67 overnight.
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We started the day in a position of strength at
1/67, with a lead of 66 on a dry wicket that was
going to turn. That became 2/67 from the first ball
of the day when Alex Jackson fanned at a short
wide one. Dorph (32) and Piper (74) then went
about an excellent partnership, resisting some
good bowling and excellent fielding in the first
hour. Just as the hard work was done and the
pressure was releasing, Dorph was trapped in
front with the introduction of leg spin. Piper and
Derewlany then played positively until lunch when
Newington was very handily placed at 3/144
with 65 overs remaining in the day. Looking to set
a target of around 200 from 50 overs seemed to
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be achievable. Unfortunately the calm resolve of
the first session was replaced by rash shots and
poor options, a collapse ensued and the target was
reduced to 170 from 46 overs.
The early energy in the field was outstanding and
the intent was there to force an outright result. The
introduction of Jackson after the break put the
King’s batsmen on high alert; spin and bounce
coupled with good control gave Newington a sniff
of victory. An outstanding run out from Liggins
(direct hit from the fence) and two wickets to
Jackson had the hosts at 4 / 96 with 13 overs left.
The last hour was a mix of effort, skill, panic,
calamity and composure. The game ebbed and
flowed, with King’s skipper Blakey briefly
threatening to play the decisive innings. His
opposite Barton Lynch held his nerve with the ball
and in concert with Jackson, took pace off the ball
and forced King’s into some mistakes. At the end
Newington needed four wickets and the King’s
team was 24 runs short. This resulted in a
pulsating last session where the effort was
exemplary and much was learnt. Jackson and
Pepper were the best of the bowlers, with Lynch
chipping in two valuable wickets.
Round 7 v Sydney Grammar (Home) L
Grammar 9/251 (dec) (Jackson 4/49, Pepper 2/45)
and 7/135 (dec) (Clifton 3/20, Lynch 2/26, Liggins
2/46) defeated Newington 9/147 (Clifton 38,
Jackson 15, Pepper 12 not out) and 131 (Lynch 51,
Pepper 22 not out, Cook 21) outright.
Bowling first, things were looking up when Louis
Pepper claimed a wicket in his first over. From the
other end, after a shaky start, Alex Liggins proved
why he was selected in the combined GPS team,
beating the bat on several occasions and causing
much angst amongst the top order batsmen.
At 1/65, Grammar was just starting to take the
upper hand before Alex Jackson took two wickets
in his first over and another in his third. In yet
another display of tactical genius, Lynch brought
Liggins back on for his second spell, who claimed
a wicket with his first ball. This took the score to
5/69, a position where we could really set
ourselves up. Despite some wayward bowling, the
Grammar batsmen gave several opportunities,
four of which to the slips cordon, yet none stuck.
A bowler down and heads on the ground, the
Grammar batsmen looked unstoppable before
Pepper broke the partnership that never looked
like it would end. With the score at 9/251,
Grammar declared with 20 overs remaining in the
day. Walking off the field, heads down and
reminiscing on what could have been with the
score at 5/69, we were not in a good way.
Unfortunately, poor footwork against the new ball
brought us undone yet again. Batting in these
conditions is never easy, however we simply did
not fulfil the basics required under pressure and
subsequently lost the top order cheaply. Harry
Cook and Nick Derewlany looked trouble free and
Nick in particular really took it to the bowlers and
played some magnificent drives. On the last ball of
the day, he was painstakingly caught behind by
the keeper who was up to the stumps.
Starting the day on the back foot is never easy,
although we had become accustomed to having to
perform under pressure. The highlight of this
innings was the tenacity of the lower order, in
particular Mitch Clifton and Robbie Bromhead
who took the score from 7/57 to 129 before
Bromhead was caught for 14. Still deep in the red,
we decided to declare nine down to enable us
enough time for an outright result.
Grammar’s second innings looked in trouble at
6/73 with Mitch Clifton topping off a great
personal day with 3/20. However some good
batting by Grammar’s lower order stabilised their
innings and they declared at 7/135, taking a
commanding lead of 239 with 42 overs remaining
in the day.
Our second innings started as one of the best of the
season with Bart Lynch showing all the form that
we knew he was capable of, playing shots all
around the ground. With the score at 2/68, a
disciplined bowling and fielding effort from
Grammar saw a major collapse, losing 7/30 with
still 12 overs remaining in the day. Despite a heroic
last ditch attempt by Louis Pepper who hit one of
the biggest sixes hit at the ground (striking just
above the score board on the New Gym wall), we
were all out for 131, losing outright. It certainly
was not the ideal result to end the season, but in
reality a reflection of the season as a whole.
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Coach
Captain
Mr JR Mountain
Nathan Lam
Finishing fifth in the competition was slightly
disappointing, especially considering that we
comprehensively beat two teams that finished
higher than us overall. However despite some
inconsistent batting, we set some competitive
totals. We also let a number of opportunities slip
through our grasp by dropping catches at crucial
moments, but it was good to see several players
rewarded for their performances with promotion
to the 1st XI. Nathan Lam led the team well and
with confidence. Dave Barnes our scorer; Steve
and Mandy Lam; along with Karen Charlwood
contributed greatly and their efforts are much
appreciated.
Round 1 v Shore (Home) L
Shore 7/222 (dec) (Oliviero 5/59) defeated
Newington 129 and 7/110 (Cook 54 not out).
We won the toss and decided to bat. Three early
wickets saw us reduced to 3/21. Unfortunately
just as a partnership with Harry Cook was
building, Joe Davies got out to an innocuous
delivery. Reduced to 5/56, a disastrous total
seemed possible, but good late hitting from Dan
Oliviero and Will Ngiam frustrated the bowlers.
Callum McGrouther looked the more dangerous
of the opening bowlers and took a wicket in his
second over. With the Shore batsmen attacking the
bad ball, more wickets were needed and a simple
dropped catch took away our momentum.
Day 2 was fine and we were going to need an early
breakthrough, but it just did not happen. Despite a
good fielding effort and some reasonable bowling,
the partnership grew and the second wicket was
taken just before Shore reached our total. They
declared with a lead of 93. Our second innings
commenced poorly, losing two wickets in our first
four overs. A good partnership of 37 between Nick
Williams and Harry Cook relieved the pressure,
but regular loss of wickets after that did not allow
us to relax. In the end, a composed and mature
innings from Harry Cook saved the outright loss.
Round 2 v Scots College (Away) L
Scots 9/273 (McGrouther 3/69, Oliviero 2/57)
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defeated Newington 6/269 (dec) (Contos 101,
Williams 88, Cook 42).
On Day 1 we lost the toss and were asked to bat.
We started poorly with Joe Davies run out in the
second over. Mark Halliday then edged a good
delivery reducing us to 2/24. Stanton Contos was
then joined by Nick Williams and they put
together a partnership of 159. Williams was the
dominant partner, driving on the up through
cover and punishing the bad ball. Contos became
more adventurous as his confidence grew, the
highlight was driving the off-spinner over his
head for four. Harry Cook also made a dominant
42. With eight overs to bowl at the end, Callum
McGrouther bowled well and picked up a wicket
with a well disguised slower ball.
On a beautiful second day, Scots had prepared the
best wicket seen at this ground in a while. We took
an early wicket, but then batting began to look
easy. The only other wicket of the session was a
stunning run out by Chris Charlwood. After
lunch, Dan Oliviero bowled a marathon spell,
building pressure and taking two wickets.
Combined with Nathan Lam, they reduced the
scoring to a trickle. Bringing on Joe Davies was
then a masterstroke by Lam, as the established
batsman hit him in the air to Sam Hiscox. This
reduced Scots to 8/138 and the game looked all
but over.
In the final session, the ninth wicket pair took risks
against tired bowling and scored quickly. Fielders
had the opportunity to be heroes and take a
difficult catch, but no one could hang on. With the
score on 256, Sam Hiscox gained an LBW decision
to expose the number 11 batsman. He looked out
of his depth, but only 14 runs were required. In the
last over the number nine batsman (who scored 83
not out) was faced with four runs required. He hit
the ball high towards Chris Charlwood who
chased after it but dropped a difficult catch over
his left shoulder. The resulting runs tied the scores,
with the winning runs coming from the next ball.
Round 3 v St Joseph’s College (Away) W
Newington 162 (Derewlany 38, Cook 37 not out,
Halliday 34) and 5/87 (Williams 35) defeated St
Joseph’s 98 (Ngiam 6/22, Charlwood 2/4) and 197
(Oliviero 4/52) first innings.
Sport – Cricket
2ND XI CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: MD Halliday, WXQ Ngiam, CJ Charlwood, SJH Wright, NC Derewlany, AC McGrouther, SR Davies
First Row: MM Reid, DB Oliviero, NJ Lam (Captain), Mr JR Mountain (Coach), NJ Williams, SJ Hiscox, JTP Rickard
On a hot day we lost the toss and had to bowl.
Chris Charlwood was unplayable, causing both
batsmen to play and miss outside off stump. In his
second over he created the breakthrough. Will
Ngiam took over, taking a wicket with his first ball.
In the same over he bowled the other opener off a
no ball, and then two balls later bowled the new
batsman. Will continued to bowl straight, picking
up regular wickets. At 8/86 at lunch, the end was
in sight. This time the job was completed quickly.
Joe Davies and Mark Halliday backed this up with
a good opening partnership. Nick Derewlany then
took the game away from the opposition. We now
had a chance to bat Joeys out of the game, but no
one could provide support for Harry Cook; losing
seven wickets for 52 runs was disappointing.
The second day started in similarly hot conditions
to the first. With Callum McGrouther unable to
play, Sean Fitzpatrick stepped up from the 3rd XI.
Off the first ball of the day, the Joeys opener
spooned a catch straight to Fitzpatrick.
Unfortunately, he dropped it and the player went
on to make 82. Fitzpatrick made amends with an
excellent run out and an LBW wicket later on.
Chris Charlwood was again almost unplayable
early but the batsmen were not good enough to
get an edge. The first wicket came when Sam
Hiscox touched the ball in his follow through to
run out the non-striker. Wickets then fell regularly
with Joeys on 4/51 at lunch. Two quick wickets
after lunch, including a smart leg side stumping
from Nick Derewlany put us in a strong position
at 6/70. A brilliant piece of fielding from Harry
Cook took the seventh wicket with Joeys 32 ahead.
There then followed a 100 partnership. Again we
could not get a breakthrough despite numerous
chances. Set a target of 134 from 16 overs, there
was not much chance of forcing an outright win
and the game eventually petered out.
Round 4 v Sydney Boys High (Home)
Washed-out
Newington 155 (Derewlany 60, Williams 26,
Halliday 20), High 4/59 (McGrouther 2/22,
Charlwood 1/5, Lam 1/13).
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Joe Davies and Mark Halliday began the innings
well after we lost the toss and were put in. Nick
Derewlany then dominated the batting, putting
together two good partnerships with Mark
Halliday and Nick Williams. At 2 / 118 we had the
game at our mercy. High were not bowling well
and their fielding was patchy. However, this
changed dramatically with the loss of Derewlany.
High were revitalised, and we suffered a dramatic
collapse losing 7/23 in 12 overs. Our final total,
whilst competitive, gave High a chance.
usual and he had the batsmen groping with the
bat trying to find the ball. This led to an abrupt
end to the scoring, numerous appeals and the
removal of the second opener. At tea the game was
again well poised. The first two overs after tea
proved the breaking point with two run outs: one
dealt with by Sam Wright in a composed fashion,
and one by the bowler Dan Oliviero in his follow
through. The lower order batsmen could not cope
with Joe Davies or Oliviero and they mopped up
the tail between them.
Our initial bowling was strong, with the High
openers playing and missing countless times.
Chris Charlwood had a difficult chance put down
at second slip. Callum McGrouther also bowled
well and got his reward with two wickets. The
High batsmen were showing resilience, but our
bowlers were up to the task and our fielding was
strong; Will Ngiam took a great low catch at
square leg. At 4/59 we were in a strong position,
but unfortunately Day 2 was washed-out. As High
was not to win a game all season, this was
definitely an opportunity lost.
Round 6 v The King’s School (Home) L
Round 5 v St Ignatius’ College (Home) W
Newington 237 (Derewlany 107, Halliday, 31, Wright
25, Charlwood 24 not out) defeated St Ignatius’
168 (Lam 3/24, Davies 2/22) first innings.
Newington won the toss and in difficult conditions
we decided to bat first. The unlucky Joe Davies
drove hard at a full delivery and was well caught.
This brought Nick Derewlany to the crease and he
combined with Mark Halliday to put on 86 for the
second wicket. Although Nick Williams quickly
followed Mark, Sam Wright steadied the innings
and helped a tiring Nick Derewlany to reach his
century. When Sam was out, Miles Reid came to
the crease and made a valuable 14. A lower order
collapse followed, with the loss of four wickets for
four runs. However Chris Charlwood and Dan
Oliviero clubbed the tiring St Ignatius’ bowlers to
all corners of the ground in the final overs of the
day. A straight six from Charlwood into the trees
was particularly memorable.
Day 2 was very different. The weather was fine
and the pitch looked great. Things didn’t start too
well with both opening bowlers pitching too short.
Nathan Lam bowled full and a little slower than
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Newington 99 (Williams 40, McKenzie 25) and 94
(Rickard 38) lost outright to King’s 201 (Lam 3/20,
Davies 3/29, Oliviero 3/48).
In perfect conditions we were delighted to win the
toss and bat. Joe Davies was again out early,
driving aggressively at a good length ball. A mix
up between Mark Halliday and Stefan Mackenzie
left us at 2/13. A partnership of 45 between
Mackenzie and Nick Williams then dragged us
back into the game. Williams and Sam Wright
took us to 3/85 and we looked good, but another
collapse followed as soon as Wright was
dismissed, losing 7/14 in 12 overs.
We introduced spin straight after tea with immediate
effect; Joe Davies trapped the opener with an LBW.
Unfortunately, we could not build on this and
King’s moved quickly toward the target. Jack
Rickard, on debut, took a catch to add to an earlier
stumping. Unfortunately it was never going to be
enough and King’s moved past our total.
On Day 2 King’s declared 13 minutes before lunch
and the umpires deemed that we would face an
over before the break. With the pressure on, Joe
Davies nicked one to the waiting slip cordon. After
lunch, Mark Halliday was bowled almost
immediately and Stefan Mackenzie followed him,
leaving us at 3 / 1 with still 54 overs to face. Sam
Wright and Nick Williams battled hard, and
looked to have weathered the worst, when Wright
was given out LBW. Williams did not last much
longer, but Nathan Lam and debutant Jack
Rickard then put on our best partnership of 32.
The King’s spinners started to throw the ball up
and Nathan obligingly hit a full toss straight to
cover. Jack continued to battle on and his innings
was a lesson to our more experienced batsmen.
Sport – Cricket
Round 7 v Sydney Grammar (Away) W
Newington 183 (Halliday 34, Wright 29, Williams
46) defeated Grammar 71 (Charlwood 6/9,
Mackenzie 2/4) and 111 (Lam 4/7, Charlwood
3/24) outright.
We lost the toss and were asked to bowl on a hard
and well-grassed surface. Grammar started well
and put 30 on the board for no loss. Then Chris
Charlwood went on a rampage taking 5/1 off 19
balls. He was well supported with some great
catching. Nathan Lam and Stefan Mackenzie
combined to make scoring difficult and removed
the lower middle order and Chris came on just
after lunch to finish the job.
Mark Halliday and Joe Davies commenced the
innings positively and there were 30 runs on the
board when the first wicket fell. Sam Wright was
moved to bat at first drop to offer stability, taking
us through to lunch at 1/53. Wright then attacked
and he took us quickly past the target. Nick
Williams and Stefan Mackenzie then batted
sensibly to take us through to an early close as
heavy showers descended.
Unfortunately we lost quick wickets at the start of
Day 2. The exception was Nick Williams, the
backbone of the batting all year with a total of 286
runs for the season. Callum McGrouther achieved
the unfortunate distinction of a fourth golden
duck in a row. Chris Charlwood again made the
breakthrough in Grammar’s second innings.
Claiming two further key wickets, he pushed on to
try to get his tenth wicket for the match but to no
avail. Nathan Lam was the pick of the bowlers and
he wrapped up the game with Grammar’s
combined total still one run short of what was
required to make us bat again.
3RD XI CRICKET, 2010 ~ Winners of the Stuart Jennings Trophy
Second Row: CD Casey, S Samji, AS Hallard-Turner, JC Brennan, SJ Hiscox, SM Fitzpatrick
First Row: TD Beech, T Vrachnas, TW Cooper, Mr PG O’Rourke (Coach), J Mohammed, MM Reid, HJ Cox
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4TH XI CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: JS Davis Manjali, L McDougall Monk, OW Wheeler, EJ Eagle, NW White
First Row: RH Hunter, LG Macmillan, AJ Curtis, Mr JR Cross (Coach), JM McCardell, PC Andrianakos, JP Ibbotson
Second Row: SJ Paech, K Durmush, ME Williamson, NJ Wheatley, BC Barnes-James, TW Lehmann, D Duong
First Row: CS Nabung, MA Hannaway, MJ Passlow, Mr RK Morrison (Coach), MJ Bosman, BA Griffin, RG Wood
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Sport – Cricket
Second Row: HG Groom, FF Mone, AR Williamson, ML Barlow, AH Wilkie, RG Starkie, MM Loseli
First Row: RV O’Brien, JK Bloomfield, BJ Smith, Mr JR Cross (Coach), JB Lockyer, OM Churcher, WP Rigney
16A CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: AL Stern, DJ Bretag, CDJ Nugent, LA Little, HL Farrell, JS Scott
First Row: ML Turpin, LF Haldane, Mr SJ Muir (Coach), HM Hazlewood, WR Skelton Absent: JJ Noore, JT Rickard
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16B CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: CA Tiftis, OM Pople, AI McKenzie, MD Ring, JK Andrew
First Row: SP Aravanis, TJ Davies, JT Hiscox, Mr C Lawry (Coach), HE Shouldice, JM Hirst, AJ Roby
16C CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: BI Swane, ER Crawford, TT Vea, TR Williamson, NR Kelly
First Row: JD Campbell, AJ Curtis, Mr AS Humphreys (Coach), LG McMillan, AT See
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Sport – Cricket
15A CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: BG Robinson, TS Fleming, S Lonergan-Stewart, J Holland, CS Jackson
First Row: M Zinonos, LB Anderson, MA Atallah, Mr M Hannaford (Coach), EJ Manton, TP Spehr, MS Dedes
15B CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: NA Samios, AJ Dwyer, AJ Woods, SJ Burns, WS Makeig, S Rajcevski, TT Krilis
First Row: JJ Lay, S Kotsopoulos, LA McKirdy, Mr WD Campbell, J Fotaras, KI Kerr, CB Reddin
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14A CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: CR Webster, JPF Amos, CD Hallard-Turner, MJ Kambas, RL Andrew
First Row: LR O’Connor, BN Adams, JJ Stewart, Mr W Cox (Coach), JA Ludlow, SH Smyth, SJ Wood
14B CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: EM Jenkins, TG Leroy, JA Carrano
First Row: MD Sulman, NS Potter, TM van der Velde, Mr AN Isaias (Coach), D Tritsiniotis, L Papas, MG Gribble
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Sport – Cricket
14C CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: BC Friend, JD Webb, MC Atkins, DN Zissis, DJ Thomas-Broome
First Row: AW Leslie, DT Burley, DT Macarounas, Mr A Allen (Coach), SR Crawford, Y EL-Cheikh, JP Rudd-Hughes
14D CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: SA Law, MB Bhoola, CV Kariyawasam, F Hu
First Row: LW Carney, RS Elder, BR James, Mr A Allen (Coach), TJ Morgan, PM Rouesnel, J Raj
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13A CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: JW Dummett, S Parekh, JC Tims, P Kuenzle, R Wilson, JM Stapleton
First Row: CR Strachan, EJ Penrose, SMM Roby, Mr AP Davies (Coach), FB McKenna, HR Wickman, JM Willmott
13B CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: TA Banuelos, JB Pepper, SR Doyle, AK Sammut, ZJ Newton, RA Gregory
First Row: N Srinivasan, EM Henderson, JR Wheatley, Mr C Rosman (Coach), ARG Doak, M Papas, WH Manton
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Sport – Cricket
13C CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: L Ho, CA De Nicola Larsen, RC Smith, BJ Rigney, JD Sreejayan, EJ Spokes
First Row: THY Im, JA Tiftis, Mr BW Gill (Coach), AAL Clark, K Wong
13D CRICKET, 2010
Second Row: I Mohanna, TR McDonald, JL Gallo, LJ Adams, SA Bennie, FJ Shannon, MC James
First Row: DT McDonald, M El-Cheikh, Mr M Nicholson (Coach), VW Dai, AR Karunagaran
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Cross Country
Mr M Little
Mr A Hellyer
The 2010 season built on the improvements from
2009. For the second year in a row, Newington
College was the only GPS school to podium finish
in all three age divisions.
The Open team placed third, while the U16 and
U14 teams both placed second.
The season started on a high note with over a third
of our athletes selected to represent GPS at the
Combined Independent Schools (CIS) competition
at Eastern Creek in June. From this carnival,
Nicholas Sadowsky (Opens), Alex Williamson
(U16s), Patrick Elliott (U15s), Morgan McDonald
(U14s) and Tim Spehr (U14s) were selected to
represent CIS at the NSW All Schools State
Championships at Eastern Creek in July. Morgan
McDonald went on to win the NSW All Schools
U14 Championship and was selected to represent
NSW at the Australian Cross Country
Championships in Brisbane in August.
Unfortunately due to illness he did not compete.
The future of Cross Country at the College is looking
very healthy with a strong base in all age groups.
The Open team consisting of Alex Williamson,
Hayden Farrell, Tim Spehr, Max Roy, Hamish
MacMillan and Ben Milic will be in contention for
a GPS title. The U16 team led by Morgan
McDonald, Patrick Elliott and Samuel Mok has the
depth and strength to again finish top two, while
the U14 team has a great base with Matthew James
and Charlie Hacker leading the way.
A special mention must be made to the support
staff that made us successful. To Old Boys Jack
Healy, Matt Austen and Ben Adler who trained
with, supported and encouraged the boys all
season. This was a major factor in our success and
is to be commended.
OPENS CROSS COUNTRY, 2010
Second Row: N A Sadowsky, A R Williamson, H R Macmillan, L L Hine, J M Mitchell, J Zhang, J K Bloomfield, J Ngo
First Row: TA Schmid, Mr B Adler (Coach), Mr M Little (Coach), Mr J Kenny (Coach), J Tsaousidis
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Sport – Cross Country
A heartfelt thanks goes to: Mr John McVicar for
his work with the young Year 7 boys in preparing
them for the road ahead; Mrs Islay Clark for her
work behind the scenes, especially with the Trinity
relays; Mr John Kenny for his supervision and for
ensuring the safety of the boys travelling to and
from Sydney Park; Mr Adam Hellyer, the Cross
Country Administrator, for a great job behind the
scenes; and lastly, special thanks to Mr Chris Van
Alphen for his work in processing and producing
all the GPS results each week.
The Open team finished third after a slow start.
Outnumbered two to one for most of the season,
our athletes preformed to the highest level. The
team was led by ‘Mr Consistency’ Alex Williamson
who finished in the leading group all season and
laid the foundations for Tim Schmid & Nicholas
Sadowsky to follow. At various times throughout
the season, Hayden Farrell (U16s) and Tim Spehr
(U14s) were promoted to gain valuable experience
for the future.
The U16 team finished second and was always in
the top two all season. With an elite group of
athletes consisting of Morgan McDonald, Hayden
Farrell, Patrick Elliott and Tim Spehr leading the
way, the team was competitive and those boys
each finished in the top five all season. They were
well supported by Ben Milic, Samuel Mok and
Wesley Wei who all scored team points and
showed great improvement.
The U14 team finished second, but could have
won the competition easily. Unfortunately a lack
of competition in this age group forced both
McDonald and Spehr to move up to the U16 team
and this cost us the Championship, losing to Scots
by one point. On the day of the GPS
Championship, McDonald and Spehr placed first
and second respectively, and joined Damien
Minguez and Ben James to win the teams event.
Minguez finished in the top ten all season and
was well supported by Haydn Green, Mitchell
Atkins, Wesley Wei and Ben James who all scored
team points.
U16 CROSS COUNTRY, 2010
Second Row: SA Simpson, HL Farrell, BP Milic
First Row: PH Elliott, Mr B Adler (Coach), Mr M Little (Coach), Mr J Kenny (Coach), MT Roy
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U14 CROSS COUNTRY, 2010
Second Row: BR James, HT Green, NA Bramich, W Wei, TP Spehr, D Minguez, JR Fleming, MC James
First Row: Mr B Adler, Mr J McVicar (Coach), MA McDonald, Mr M Little (Coach), Mr J Kenny
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2.
1. Morgan McDonald 2. Lachlan Hine
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Sport – Fencing
Fencing
Mr S Jin
Mr A Hellyer
The College participated in all competitions during
winter 2010 with considerable success.
The State Schools Championship was the first of the
major annual interschool events, occurring early
in the winter. We always expect to improve in the
later events and did so again in 2010 with podium
finishes in the AJ Rae and Schools League events.
Overall the College gained a very high level of
achievement with teams competing with merit at
all age levels.
Newington College continues as a major supporter
of interschool fencing in NSW through support for
the major events being held at the school.
Newington achieved several placings in the State
Schools Championship. Eric Shi placed eighth in
the Open individual division. In the Open teams
division Newington 1 placed fourth, Newington 2
placed fifth, and Newington 3 placed 11th.
In the U15 category, Newington 1 placed fourth,
Newington 2 placed fifth, Newington 3 placed
12th, Newington 4 placed 22nd and Newington 6
placed 24th.
The AJ Rae Shield is an invitation event named in
recognition of our former Headmaster’s support
for the sport. Only the top school teams are invited
to compete. Newington 1 and 2 were invited to
compete with the 1st team taking the silver medal in
a closely fought encounter with Sydney Grammar.
FENCING, 2010
Sixth Row: KSR Schultz, S Back, JE Rowley, LL Hine
Fifth Row: SA Capon, E Shi, L Goth, MNC Schultz, JT Duncan
Fourth Row: JM O'Shea, BL Taylor, HC Murtough-Coombes, AM Pagonis, LP Fraser, TJ Leclair-Biskong
Third Row: AT Mei, ASC Turner, BA Smith, SA Law, LT Jones, J Mardini, JA Carrano
Second Row: J Lay, A Vo, AB Chiu, J Gallo, BR Creswick, SJ Klumov Attard, FJ Shannon, JC Ting
First Row: S Phung, SJ Spencer, M Nicola-Woods, DT Jones, EJ Sparkes, JQT Tran, ARS Karunagaran
Insets: Mr B Ronald (Coach), Mr S Jin (Coach)
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Mr Simon Jin, Eric Shi, Duncan Jones, Benjamin Smith, Simon Capon and Mr Bill Ronald
In the Schools Fencing League, Newington was
represented by three teams in the U13 division;
Newington A finished third and Newington B
finished fifth. In the U15 division Newington A
placed fourth. In the Senior B division Newington
C placed fourth, while in the Senior A division
Newington A placed second and Newington B
placed fifth.
events outside the College’s program: U15NSW
State Sabre Champion, U17 NSW State Sabre
Champion and second in the U17 Australian Sabre
Championships.
New South Wales Fencing makes awards for
outstanding achievement in the Schools League
Competition. This year, several fencers from the
College received awards. Simon Capon received a
silver medal in the Senior A category; Andrew
Pagonis received a silver medal in the Senior B
category; Jasper Rowley and Max Nicola-Woods
received gold medals and Alexander Mei received a
bronze medal in the U15 division; and Joshua
Mardini, Jayce Carrano and Jean-Luc Gallo each
received a silver in the U13 division.
Special mention goes to U15 fencer Jasper Rowley
who achieved the following outstanding results in
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Fencers in action
Sport – Football
Football
Mr B Dene
Mr A Hellyer
1st XI
Coaches
Mr B Dene
Mr R Burgess
Captain
Callum McGrouther
The season could best be described as the one that
got away. Overall, the team played 22 games: we
won 14, lost seven and drew two; scored 65 goals
and conceded 22. The season started with
contesting the St Andrew’s invitation. Even
though we had very little training or preparation
the 1st XI squad cruised through the pool matches
winning games against Oakhill, St Aloysius’ and
Trinity, scoring a total of 10 goals and conceding
none. Unfortunately, we lost the semi-final 1–0 to
a physical and well drilled St Patrick’s team.
We had only the St Andrew’s Cup as preparation
for a match worthy of a final against Trinity
Grammar in Round 1 of the Combined
Independent Schools Cup. The game was frenetic
but the opposition was too good for us on the day
and we went down 3–0. Trials against St
Andrew’s, Scots and High saw a further 13 goals
scored and only one conceded. In the holiday
break we contested the inaugural Coalition Cup,
which was hosted by the College. A first up 2–2
draw to Brisbane Grammar was followed with a
hard fought 4–1 win against St Peter’s South
Australia. An easy 7–1 win against a young
Canberra Grammar saw us take the Cup. All signs
were good heading into the GPS season.
Round 1 v Sydney Boys High (Away) W 3–0
Newington started the match at break-neck pace
with Callum McGrouther and Charles Bowmer
having a number of chances. The game then
deteriorated into a holding pattern with no team
stepping up to take the game to a higher level. We
were waiting for something to happen and this
was pointed out to the boys at half time. James
Wheatley heeded the advice when he stepped up
for a corner and sweetly hit the cross into the back
of the High net. This was just reward for his
excellent work rate. The midfield, led by Simon
Retsos, gained confidence from the lead and were
moving the ball wide creating numerous raids on
goal. Michael Stojcevski then took it upon himself
to dribble into the box and receive a penalty after
being fouled. McGrouther calmly stepped up to
score our second. Little did we know at the time he
had missed his last four penalties in a row. He was
to be rewarded for a good captain’s performance
with a brace late in the second half. It was a gutsy
performance, not pretty, but Round 1 is often one
of the harder matches to win. Credit must go to the
back five of Phillip Grujovski, Jordan Townsend,
Harry Cooper, James Wheatley and Christopher
Pinto who were rock solid and kept a clean sheet.
One could be forgiven for thinking it was a case of
déjà vu for the 1st XI. Once again, the boys got off
to a great start with our midfield triangle creating
many chances that were not capitalised on. When
some poor decision making in defence led to a free
kick, we put ourselves under unnecessary
pressure. A poor clearance from the ensuing free
kick resulted in us paying a heavy price on the
score board. Suddenly, the minds of both sides
changed and we gave the opposition the
opportunity to grow in belief and stature. Hard
work and discipline has been our guide this year
and we had to start working harder. Our backs
started to shift the ball wide to Nick Demetriou
and Michael Stojcevski, which allowed the
midfield more time and space. With Simon Retsos
pushing forward at every opportunity, our strikers
were able to pressure the Shore backs. Callum
McGrouther’s pinpoint delivery from a free kick
found James Wheatley’s sweet left foot volley, to
even the score. A brilliant piece of game awareness
came just on the stroke of half time, when Callum
pounced on a poor pass, found the keeper off his
line and produced a great long range shot to give
us the ascendency. With solid defence Newington
was in total control and with 15 minutes to go,
Charles Bowmer put the game beyond reach when
he finished some good lead up work by beating the
last man and slotting it into the corner of the net.
Round 3 v Scots College (Away) W 5–0
The intensity level at training during the week
leading up to the Round 3 clash against Scots was
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1ST XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Third Row: JP Ibbotson, P Grujovski, JP Wheatley
Second Row: CJ Pinto, JL Townsend, CJ Bowmer, BC Curko, TE Harding, FG Primerano
First Row: M Stojcevski, HJ Cooper , Mr B Dene, AC McGrouther (Captain), Mr RJ Burgess (Coach), M Svinos, NJ Demetriou
exactly what was required if we were to give the
competition a shake. The early morning start did
not affect the midfield triangle comprised of
Simon Retsos, Marc Svinos and Callum
McGrouther who moved the ball like magicians
and enabled us to press the Scots penalty area.
Early chances were not converted allowing Scots
to play the direct route straight to their talented
striker, which was causing our backs some grief.
After the early misses it took a clever ball from
Retsos to find the space for McGrouther to score a
left footed goal—somewhat of a rarity for him.
The relief on the boys’ faces was clear, but they
then took their foot off the accelerator and allowed
Scots to penetrate our final third. If it were not for
some fine saves from Phil Grujovski and
clearances from James Wheatley and Harrison
Cooper, Scots could well have been up at half time.
The instructions were clear at the break: maintain
pressure on the ball carrier and move the ball
forward at every opportunity. While it took some
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time to kick into gear, Nick Demetriou sent in a
pinpoint cross for Charles Bowmer to finish off.
We then dominated, giving Demetriou the
confidence to dribble the ball the length of the
field and then slot it into the net. McGrouther
brought up his second goal and Jamie Ibbotson
and Frank Primerano combined well for
Primerano to add a fifth goal.
With torrential rain in the lead up to the clash with
Grammar, the team was amazed that any football
would take place. On a heavy pitch Grammar’s
game plan was to launch the ball long at every
opportunity, which put our back four under
constant pressure. Some ill-disciplined play led to
a free kick outside the box and Grammar took the
gift to lead 1–0. Michael Stojcevski then made his
mark on the game when from the kick off he
played a clever one-two with Marc Svinos, then
dribbled the ball into the box and blasted a terrific
goal. As we had done all year, we moved the ball
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across the park with precision but could not find
our scoring range. Grammar then exposed a
weakness we had not encountered: our inability to
clear on long throws, and we paid for this by
conceding to go down 2–1. We again bounced back
and equalised through some great combination
passing between Svinos and Callum McGrouther,
in which Svinos finished with aplomb. The second
half mirrored the first with 15 minutes of end to
end football and chances for both teams. James
Wheatley, as he has done so many times this year,
broke the deadlock with a magnificent header.
Further goals went to McGrouther from a header
and then when Svinos scored directly off a corner,
the game was sealed. Svinos then brought up his
hat-trick through one of the nicest combination
play goals you would see at any level of football.
Round 5 v King’s (Away) L 1–2
The team did not have the ideal preparation for
such an important encounter, losing key players
during Thursday training. Brenton Curko made
his GPS debut when he was called up at the last
minute. We knew the encounter would be tough with
King’s boasting numerous GPS representative
players. Despite video analysis of our previous
defensive errors, the boys did not seem to heed the
warning. A long throw from King’s just after the
whistle blew to start the game resulted in a goal.
Unlike previous games where we gifted sides the
start, King’s would be a whole new proposition.
They grew in confidence and their midfield was
creating all sorts of problems for the shell-shocked
Newington 1sts. Christopher Pinto, playing in the
vital holding midfield role, started to come into his
own and shutdown King’s with some no-nonsense
defence. His distribution and combination play
with Marc Svinos enabled us to go forward. This
pressure saw Callum McGrouther fouled in the
box and Pinto stepped up under enormous
pressure to slot the penalty. We continued to create
chances and missed a number of gilt edge
opportunities to put the game to bed in the first
half. With two quality teams wanting to impress
the crowd, the second half provided a very high
quality affair. Perhaps the season defining
moment came late in the match when we missed
an open goal only to have King’s then score the
winner off a long throw leaving the Newington
boys gutted. We still had opportunities to score in
the dying moments, but to no avail.
Round 6 v St Joseph’s (Home) L 1–2
The disappointment of the King’s game seemed to
take its toll on the team and we went through the
motions on a hot and dusty day. While Joeys also
started slowly, they took advantage of a lack of
defence intensity and scored an innocuous goal.
While this should have sparked the boys, we
remained lethargic and second to the ball. When
Joeys brought up its second goal we were left
looking for answers. James Wheatley again came
to the rescue by scoring off a corner to put us back
in the contest. With the opposition consistently
winning the 50/50 contests our normally welloiled midfield players were just not hitting the
passes to feet and we could not get forward to
mount any pressure. On 1–2 at half time, the game,
and with it the season, was in danger of slipping
so the boys had to muscle up in all contests and
gain control of the midfield. Mark Svinos
combined well with Charles Bowmer to open up
the right hand channel and Michael Stojcevski
delivered some quality balls. This momentum
almost payed dividends as McGrouther’s free kick
went within a whisker of delivering the equaliser.
The passing game kicked into action and while we
moved the ball forward well, our final delivery
was poor. With many opposition players behind
the ball and with the constant stoppages we
became devoid of ideas on how to penetrate.
Credit must go to the Joeys game plan and in the
end their hunger overcame our ability to play
football.
Round 7 v St Ignatius’ (Away) L 2–4
With the competition being so close this year, the
1st XI still had a chance to share the premiership
with a win against St Ignatius’. It was always
going to be tough travelling to Riverview to take
points, especially with injuries forcing a number of
changes, but we started well with both teams
playing some impressive football. The high
intensity level resulted in a clumsy challenge in
our penalty area and St Ignatius’ claimed a 1–0
advantage. Jamie Ibbotson, in his first start in the
GPS competition, was working hard while Callum
McGrouther and Charles Bowmer were doing
their best to produce an equaliser. The mountain
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became higher when some lacklustre defence in
the midfield resulted in a second long range goal
to St Ignatius’. We made some inroads into the
deficit when Bowmer guided a ball into the
opposition’s net to see a 1–2 score at the break. St
Ignatius’ came out firing in the second half and
converted another long range strike while we
missed a one-on-one at the other end. 3–1 down
and looking for some answers, Stephen
Hrysanthos was brought on to make his debut.
His pace and touch added another dimension and
he created opportunities down the right hand
side. Our players had to push forward to get
themselves back into the game, but this left us
exposed at the back and we were caught on the
counter. A late consolation goal to Bowmer was
just reward for his commitment. Riverview were
well deserved winners of the game and the GPS
Premiership while we were left to ponder how we
let the competition slip.
2nd XI
Coach
Captain
Mr M Chambers
Tom Ginnane
The team started positively with a decisive 3–0
victory over Sydney Boys High. The 2nd XI had
bonded well over the pre-season, and this was
emulated in the boys’ performance in the opening
round of the AAGPS Football calendar. In the first
half it wasn’t long before the Newington boys
opened the scoring with a cleverly constructed
play, beginning from the back, through the centre
midfielder Jamie Ibbotson who placed a well
aimed pass to forward Rafael Briant who put the
ball in the top corner.
Going in at half time, the boys realised they still
had a fight on their hands as the High team began
to place increasing pressure on the defence.
Second half goals were the result of some skilful
play from mini-man Michael Stojcevski who ran
rings around the High defence, tapping the ball
into the back of the net. William Bentley-Hawkins,
the team’s crafty left-midfielder, whipped in a
‘Beckham-esque’ cross resulting in a well-headed
goal from a surprisingly high leaping Tom Beech.
We now had a commanding lead of 3–0, with just
10 minutes of the game to play. The High team
was hungry for a goal, and put immense pressure
on our back line. The sturdy determination and
physical strength of the Black and White defensive
wall, however, held them at bay. At full time the
boys came off the field pleased with their efforts.
Round 2 v Shore (Home) D 1–1
The boys were ready for the game at Back to
Newington Day. The crowd was teeming and the
air of excitement palpable as our 2nd XI players
made their way out onto the pitch, led by their
captain Tom Ginnane. The first half was an
unexpected eye opener for the younger boys in the
team, who were given their first taste of a quality
Opens GPS side. The Shore team came out
strongly, pressing the ball on every occasion and
making it tough for us to play our attractive
passing brand of football. After enduring a
barrage of lightning fast Shore attacks, our defence
conceded its first goal of the season in the closing
minutes of the first half, the Shore centre-forward
bulldozing his way through the defence and
injuring Miles Reid in the head in the process.
At half time, the coach and boys rallied together in
a typical show of Black and White mateship.
Holding their heads high, with their spirits
lightened, they stormed back onto the oval with
fresh determination to even the score. After an
exhausting half of football under the increasingly
harsh sun, a free kick was awarded to us on the
halfway line. Knowing there wasn’t much time
left, the team made its way up into a packed 18yard box. William Bentley-Hawkins swung the
free kick in among the jostling players. Striker
Jamie Ibbotson took control of the ball, turned and
was up-ended by the opposing goalkeeper.
Penalty! After a tense moment, he dusted himself
down and kicked the ball cleanly into the back of
the net, tying the game at 1–1.
Round 3 v Scots College (Away) D 1–1
The 2nd XI boys approached the match with a
quiet confidence in their ability to put aside Scots.
However, the boys were once more confronted
with a much stronger side than anticipated. Early
in the first half, a lobbing ball from the opposition
goalkeeper landed oddly on the uneven turf,
breaking the Newington defence and allowing the
Scots lone striker a clear shot on goal which he
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finished cleanly. The uneven playing surface
continued to plague our attacking opportunities,
the boys being profligate up front.
The sheds at half time were filled with unease at
the score line. The 2nds knew that the pressure
was on them to make a strong showing in the
second half of the match to be able to overcome
the Scots team.
Throughout the second half the Newington boys
began to once again play their neat passing game,
repeatedly pressurising the Scots defence. Of note
was Tom Beech’s performance down the right
wing, causing havoc with his quick pace and
ability to whip well-timed crosses into the 18-yard
box. Midway through the half, left-midfielder
Tyler Harding’s surging run was awarded a free
kick for a trip, a few yards outside the box. The
boys crowded into the box, jostling with the Scots
players. A well-placed kick toward the back post
allowed captain Tom Ginnane to volley the ball in
to level the scores. We pressed hard for the win but
could not break down the defence. The game
ended in a hard fought draw.
After two frustrating draws the Newington boys
were determined to take the three points from the
match against Grammar. We were placed second,
behind a strong Saint Ignatius’. The boys were
anticipating a tough game against this welldrilled Grammar team. An increasingly hot and
humid day made sure it would be an exhausting
encounter. The Grammar team was strong
initially; a number of crafty and quick forwards up
front made life difficult for the Newington
defence. However stout, organised defence
ensured many plays began to build from the back
as the Grammar attack could find no way through.
Once again Tom Beech made devastating runs in
behind the Grammar defence off long balls from
right-back Tom Ginnane. Equally, left-back William
Bentley-Hawkins was putting balls over the heads
of the Grammar defence, which were being picked
up by the fast strikers Rafael Briant and Tyler
Harding. The goal in the first half went to Briant,
with a lightning strike from just inside the box.
The second half brought with it increasing
temperatures as the day began to heat up. The
boys were tiring yet anticipating a strong second
half which was increasingly becoming a
trademark of the team. Second half goals came to
Jamie Ibbotson, who was able to capitalise on an
uncontested header and place it in the back of the
net; and left midfielder James Kotsopolous who
had with a one-on-one with the keeper after
breaking up the Grammar defence.
Round 5 v The King’s School (Away) D 0–0
The team was wary of the strong King’s side who
were contenders for the title. Unfortunately we
lost our central defender Brenton Curko to the 1st XI.
This was undoubtedly one of the toughest matches
of the season, with a physically strong King’s side
expecting to take all three points. However, the
Newington boys showed a lot of heart and
determination in securing this draw. The first half
was one of mixed frustrations as the King’s boys’
physical strength began to show and boys on both
teams began to throw themselves into tackles. A
strong support for both teams on the sideline
maintained the highly charged atmosphere.
Notable performances in the first half went to Tom
Beech for a strong effort down the right wing, and
also little Reidy who was throwing himself around
physically to frustrate the opposition’s attack.
The second half was another gruelling match
between the two very physical teams. King’s began
to place mounting pressure on our defence who
remained strong and were brilliantly supported
from the midfield. Although many chances were
given to both teams, neither managed to capitalise
and the score remained goalless.
Round 6 v St Joseph’s College (Home) L 0–1
Over the years, St Joseph’s has been fielding
gradually stronger sides in Opens Football. Once
again it proved to be another physical contest
between two of the best teams in the competition.
Earlier in the pre-season we had lost against St
Joseph’s in an away match, albeit with an understrength side. The boys were eager to surprise
their opponents. The opening half of the match
was extremely tough for both our attack and
defence as we found our opposition to be an
equally tenacious team. Characteristically it took
us a while to ease into the pace of the game, which
proved to be incredibly fast. The Joeys attack often
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came from the middle and branched out to the
sides, making our defence work hard to contain it. A
number of chances, presented to both Jamie Ibbotson
and Tyler Harding, were fired over the bar.
At half time we were recovering from what had
been a late surge by the Joeys players towards the
end of the half.
The second half brought with it a St Joseph’s goal
from outside the box. Although shaken, the boys
still managed to rally and to create a number of
late opportunities; however Joeys’ defence managed
to stay strong and see off our various attacks. In the
end the score remained 1–0 to Joeys, the Newington
boys suffering their first loss of the season.
Round 7 v St Ignatius’ College (Away) L 1–0
This was undoubtedly the high point of the season.
The traditional rivalry between the two teams
ensured a thrilling game for both sides. St Ignatius’
was coming off an incredibly successful season and
was full of confidence. The 2nd XI Newington boys
were trying to spoil the opposition’s perfect run.
Although we went into the match as clear
underdogs, a sterling performance ensured that
although the season had not always gone our way,
the Newington boys left the pitch with their heads
high, proud of a fine performance. In the first half
we began well against St Ignatius’, acting quickly
to close down their players and working together
to place pressure on their defence. The Newington
boys took full advantage of their strength in the
wings, as once again the small pitch did not allow
for the through balls which were so possible on
Buchanan Oval. A late first-half goal by Tyler
Harding was disallowed to the disappointment of
all the Newington players. The boys at half time
were proud of their performance against the top
team in the competition.
The second half was as fast paced as the first,
neither team allowing the other to settle into a
rhythm. Unfortunately, the Saint Ignatius’ side put
away a goal in the dying minutes of the game,
sealing victory.
2ND XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: J Kotsopoulos, TE Harding, BA Wright, BC Curko, JP Ibbotson, RP Briant, V Li
First Row: TD Beech, GW Spiroglou, Mr B Dean, TC Ginnane (Captain), Mr M Chambers (Coach), M Reed, HJ Cox
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3RD XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: A Keramianakis, F Cho, JM Bortolotti, H Jordan, HE Brady
First Row: NJP Wheatley, R Cerqueira, S Yo, Mr AR Pyne (Coach), NJ Williams, AM R Isaias, ND Johnston
4TH XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: NW White, ETDC Villante, MJ Rea, CA Stewart, TA Katte, PF Fraga-Matos, J Jee, MA Rees
First Row: EJ Eagle, SJC McLean, AJW McDonald, Mr MR Moonen (Coach), J Lee, JG Drummond, M Huynh
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Second Row: CJ Ahrens, TW Reynolds, HR Dotson, RAR Crossley, T Aspropotamitis, L McDougall Monk, JS Davis Manjali, GRH Turner
First Row: J Kwak, JB Collinge, STM Mackenzie, Mr PJ Reid (Coach), J Farag, J Choi, BK Buckingham-Jones Absent: AD Cho
Second Row: AJ Vitogiannis, HO Soghomonian, TW G Lehmann, S Economy, TJ Yiannakoulias, OC Taborda, B Chehab
First Row: A Daniel, D Duong, AG Pagonis, Mr CJ Quince (Coach), E Dervis, S Iravani, NJ Lam
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Third Row: WXQ Ngiam, T Erdenebat, N Rasiah, D Gabriel
Second Row: ED Park, PNT Nguyen, MA Ouzas, TD Cameron,
JCF Leung, JB Lockyer First Row: J Choi, CJ Wong, LSL Tanner, Mr CB Fitzsimmons (Coach), D Chen, WP Rigney, BK Mok
16A XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: DAG Poulton, NM Chapman, EY Tran, JR Van Der Vegt, J Voudouris, AJM Roby
First Row: AR Joshi, S Hrysanthos, Mr MA Scali (Coach), Y Moustakas, S Contos Absent: T Tszyu, MM Asad
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16B XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: SL Newell, CJ Scardilli, JN Dorph, JR Snowden, JD Campbell, AL Stern
First Row: JH Costas, MDL Travers, Mr PJ Honeywill (Coach), H Sakashita, MHH Miller Bock
16C XI FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: P L Speyer, A Antonopoulos, A Liakopoulos, F Vasic, JA Beard, A Yao
First Row: DT Simoni, R Ventura, RJ Dodaro, Mr C Rosman (Coach), AG Lombardo, NR Kelly, BI Swane
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16D FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: MY Shim, P Nam, L Gration, L Li, K Kumaradas, RJ Bramantyo
First Row: NM Scaltrito, RJ Poon, AT See, Mr AP Davies (Coach), KR Jang, TJC Davies, AG Bagby
16E FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: JF Torres-Lynch, S Yoon, M Jang, C Kuburlis
Seated: SS L Kwan, WZH Jian, Ms R Bateren (Coach), J Ludher, L Yu
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15A FOOTBALL, 2010 ~Winner of the Phil Jagger Trophy
Second Row: BGJ Robinson, MJ Severino, A Bouzanis, SP Hardy, RAJ Naylor, AC Wright, J Holland
First Row: JM Mehmet, JC Bedic, J Stojcevski, Mr JR Mountain (Coach), S Woo, JC Bellos, LJ Pappas
15B FOOTBALL, 2010
Third Row: JJ Im, LA Little, SG Xenos Second Row: S Kotsopoulos, G Kalamvokis, JL Ciofani, NJ Xenos, CIR Kerr, JA Straiton
First Row: MS Dedes, EJ Manton, DC Liu, Ms D Organ (Coach), GA Koumoukelis, E Rothonis, V Kollias
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15C FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: PJ Hudson, AI Perich, JM Leibowitz, L Kontogiorgis, GT Panousos
First Row: AJ Lleonart, TYW Lam, AC Lam, Mr T Triant (Coach), G Wang, MK Hejtmanek, PC Mavris
15D FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: FA Ahrens, CDJ Nugent, JA Jones, JBR Haddrick, D Karakasis
First Row: CR Fraser, CL Fercher, Mr N Tubaileh (Coach), AJ Woods, PGC Macri
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15E FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: JF Powell, JN Greifeneder, HA Snowden, BC Casey
First Row: S Chalkias, MJ Markakis, Mr PM Woods (Coach), JM Severino, ZD Bilimoria
14A FOOTBALL, 2010
Third Row: TCR Saito-Patch, JS Evans, J Aspropotamitis
Second Row: JE Faux, N Kuleski, JH Fitzgerald, KG Burgess, JF Van Den Berg, DAHF Villante
First Row: AT Piliotis, TB Roberts, P Solomou, Mr W Cox (Coach), DT Macarounas, LJ Cradock, C Pasialis
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14B FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: BW Phillips, CR Hageman, NAD Edwards, AJ Flack, HJK Miles, H Xu, J Pappas, LB Wilson
First Row: AJJ Scott, NA Samios, LA Hetherington, Mr DW Phillips (Coach), AL Sheldon, D Tritsiniotis, CL Sloan
14C & D FOOTBALL, 2010
Third Row: SM Hutton, T Iannuzzi, CV Kariyawasam
Second Row: DW Longhurst, G Liakopoulos, J Fotaras, C Tsiknas, AE Varlis, J Gregory
First Row: A Flame, AR Liu, B Arabi-Jallad, Mr DL Bartlett, L Papas, CM McNamara, DTM Burley
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14E FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: JJR Covell, J Hannan, HW Markwick, RG Palmer, TJ Morgan
First Row: RT Whiteman, CJ Yap, Mr DL Bartlett (Coach), JWSZ Nour, ZL Wiltshire
13A FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: FB McKenna, EJ Penrose, JB Pepper, W Bang, SMM Roby, RS Newell, PJ Psarris, AC Iannuzzi
First Row: CJ Hoareau, AJ Lunn, N Tszyu, Mr C Rosman (Coach), TR McDonald, J Gatsos, JM Willmott
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13B FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: LM Watson, LC Taylor, AP Prevedoros, JPF Amos, DN Zissis, MA Richter
First Row: JP Rudd Hughes, PC Mavris, GP Zafiropoulos, Ms KM Park (Coach), NI Straiton, PMS Rouesnel, A Solomou
13C FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: DT McDonald, JB Botto, M Boutsalis, C Buckley, JD Sreejayan, KS Klazidis, K Zhang, JJ Oakley
First Row: TJ Sela, AA Grant, AT Mee, Mr J Bremner (Coach), AAL Clark, THY Im, GJ Mullins
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13D FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: Ms A Andrews (Coach), MJG Loy, DJ Evans, S Gotsoulias, SR Doyle, SC Packett, SJY Clark, M Heise
First Row: NR James, AD Cunningham, LA Van Walsum, A Ghadge, L Ho, TO Steel, V Magiros
13E FOOTBALL, 2010
Third Row: JL Rojas-Lewis, NL Swift, J Favero Second Row: CL Merciadez, N Srinivasan, JT Mathew, TC Speyer, K Wong, A Gorsevski
First Row: D Khouri, EJ Poon, PJ Nelson, Mr N Tsioulos (Coach), JK Ngo, I Mohanna, PM Hatzistergos
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13F FOOTBALL, 2010
Second Row: Z Chen, S Park, ML Korn, PD Cominos, AJ Bate, J Chen, S Wang, K Lee
First Row: J Woo, VW Dai, JR Sortwell, Mr AP Reid (Coach), N Jansz, A Mai, JI Sharrem
FOOTBALL REFEREES, 2010
CJ Ahrens, LSL Tanner, NJP Wheatley, TWG Lehmann, JB Collinge, MA Rees
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Rifle Shooting
1ST SMALLBORE SHOOTING TEAM, 2010
Second Row: MY Shim, BC Curko, JD Gilfedder, CM Myers, L Iunius First Row: CM Frame (Co-winner Andreas Medal) Mr RI Tredinnick
(Coach), TW Hambly (Captain, ONU Service Prize), Mr CT van Alphen (Coach), AYC Wong (Co-winner Andreas Medal)
2ND SMALLBORE SHOOTING TEAM, 2010
Second Row: CJA Clarke, TH Lee, W Wei
First Row: SC Rabin, Mr RI Tredinnick (Coach), TW Hambly (Captain, ONU Service Prize), Mr CT van Alphen (Coach), JJ Sprake
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SMALLBORE CLUB 2009
Third Row: CJA Clarke, TH Lee, JA Garofali, JO Palmer, JD Gilfedder, CM Myers, ES Cheng
SecondRow: PCY Lai, DJ Hambly, MY Shim, W Wei, JJ Sprake, SC Rabin, HW Garnsey, A Adada
First Row: D Pointon, Cm Frame, TW Hambly (Captain), Mr CT van Alphen (MIC-Shooting), AYC Wong, BC Curko, L Iunius
UNDER 16 SMALLBORE SHOOTING TEAM, 2010
Second Row: PCY Lai, HW Garnsey, JA Garofali, ES Cheng, A Adada, DJ Hambly
First Row: D Pointon (Winner Keven Johnson & McCleelland Trophy) Mr RI Tredinnick (Coach),
TW Hambly (Captain, ONU Service Prize), Mr CT van Alphen (Coach), JO Palmer
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Rowing
Mr S Pennington
Mr M Dickens
This was the second season of the five-year Major
Rennie 2013 Plan and the shed as a whole has made
some good steps towards achieving the aims of the
plan, while we continue to strive for improvement.
In 2009/10 this plan aimed to achieve a top three
placing in the 1st VIII and to win the 1st Year 10
VIIIs event at the Head of the River. Both of these
aims were achieved this season; however we
struggled to retain numbers in our Senior crews. In
the Year 9 Quads we had a reasonably successful
season, while the Year 8 Quads achieved top four
placings at the Gold Cup in five of the six
categories—a result that has not been achieved for
decades at the College. We are building a strong
platform for the immediate and long-term success
of the program.
Rowing Association
Perhaps more than any other sport, the Rowing
Association plays a vital role in the functioning of
the program. Funds from the Rowing
Association’s activities are used for the purchase
of rowing boats to ensure that we maintain a
competitive and up-to-date fleet. Given the vast
expense of the boats, it is always a tough job
raising the funds necessary. This season, Bruce
Cameron continued on as President of the
Association and he was ably assisted by many
keen parents. Particular mention must be made of
Angela and Tony Gray-Weale’s efforts as parents
who have been avid supporters and helpers of the
Rowing Association for the past five seasons.
Rowing Association events included the Back to
Newington Day kebab stall, the Rowing
Association ‘Meet the Parents’ evening held in
Term 4, a Seafood Night, the Newington Regatta
and the Head of the River presentation evening.
The main event for fundraising was Corporate
Rowing and this was successfully organised and
run by Elizabeth Denney-Wilson who was tireless
in her efforts to ensure it all ran perfectly to plan.
The four-week training period culminated in the
Great Autumn Regatta which is raced over 500 m
at Sydney International Regatta Centre. Schools
such as PLC Sydney, MLC, King’s as well as
Newington College all compete for the winners’
trophy. Overall this was a very successful event,
which also raised a large sum of money. The
College is grateful for all of those parents and
friends of Newington Rowing who participated or
contributed. In particular, the Association is very
The 1st VIII on the podium after their third place at Head of the River
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1ST VIII, 2010
Bow: HC Stanistreet 2: JJ Pennington 3: HE Roach 4: JP Mackenzie 5: PP McKenzie 6: LL Hine 7: TJ Handley
Stroke: MD Wherry Cox: GW Spiroglou
2ND VIII, 2010
Bow: HD Bloom 2: LS Carlile 3: GL Williams 4: OD Thompson 5: TC Baker 6: CT Vlahos 7: ME Baldwin
Stroke: WS Whyman Cox: NA Sadowsky
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grateful to Elizabeth Denney-Wilson for her efforts
in organising the event.
As a result of fundraising, the Rowing Association
was able to purchase two new Quad Sculls in June
2010. A new Hudson eight was also purchased
with funds raised from the Rowing Association
and donations made by previous winning 1st VIII
crews from Newington. These included donations
from crew members from 1963, 1976, 1982, 1985,
1987, 1990 and 1991. The new eight has been aptly
named the ‘MD Morgan’ and was christened by a
very surprised Michael Morgan at the ONU
Dinner in August 2010.
1st VIII
Coach
Mr S Pennington
If the success of a season is measured on how far a
crew has developed from the start until the end of
the season, then 2009/10 was very successful
indeed for the 1st VIII. The boys who commenced
in earnest in September 2009 had developed into
young men when they finished the season at the
end of March 2010.
Term 4 involved single sculling and a fair dose of
rowing in the eights while developing a strong
aerobic base. In mid-November, the crew
competed in the Loretto Normanhurst Regatta at
the Sydney International Regatta Centre (SIRC)
and with a poor performance in the first race, they
finished fifth. The crew responded well to this
wake-up call by putting together a good
performance for the final race. The crew ended up
rowing through Scots in the second half of the race
to win by about a length. Unfortunately this was a
somewhat hollow victory; Grammar’s eight filled
up with water after a crash in the warm-up, so we
didn’t get to measure our performance against
them. A week later, the crew competed in the Head
of the Parramatta Time Trial and put a reasonably
strong performance together, finishing third
behind Grammar and Scots and ahead of King’s,
Joeys, St Ignatius’ and High. At the end of Term 4,
the GPS Single Sculling trials were held with all
schools putting their top eight scullers forward to
race off for a place in the 12-man squad. Pat
McKenzie managed to secure a place in the GPS
squad and he eventually was selected in the
Combined GPS 1st VIII at the end of the season.
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Training in the summer holidays was solid. Four
of the crew members went to Camp Croker with
Sydney Rowing Club in early January and this
laid the foundation for good aerobic fitness, which
would come in handy in the third 500 m of the
Head of the River. At the end of January, the usual
sculling selection trials were held at the SIRC. Pat
McKenzie won for the second year in a row and it
was a tight race for second, third and fourth place.
The crew was selected and then headed to the
Nepean River for a training camp in the final week
of the holidays. This was a productive week where
the members of the crew developed their
technique in the eight and completed some
gruelling sessions.
The racing season commenced in Term 1 and the
crew performed reasonably well in the weekly
regattas. In early March the boys travelled to
Nagambie in Victoria to compete in the National
Championships. This was a very beneficial
experience as they learned how to race well here.
A very strong performance in their heat ensured
the crew went straight through to the semi-finals
after winning its heat. The semi-final was a tough
race where the crew was amongst the top three at
the 1000 m mark, but fell into a poor patch of
racing in the third 500 m and lost ground on its
competitors. This was a costly and disappointing
error as the crew was relegated to the B-Final to
fight it out for seventh place. After some soulsearching and adjusting the race plan, the crew
raced in the B-Final and put a strong performance
together. Geelong Grammar led the race until the
final stroke when a fast-finishing Newington crew
rowed them down, crossing the line in first place
by a narrow margin. This was a mature
performance and gave the crew members much
confidence that they could be fast-finishing.
The regattas leading into the Head of the River
showed that the crew was beginning to build well
for the big race. At the Head of the River, the crew
passed through the 1000 m mark in the middle of
the pack, but a strong second 1000 m saw the crew
row through Scots and Riverview. In the last 250
m, the crew continued to build momentum and
was pressuring Grammar, however the boys
crossed the line in third place. This was a
reasonably pleasing result for the crew and coach,
capping off an enjoyable season. The crew
Sport – Rowing
1ST IV, 2010
Bow: JS Horne 2: RJ Amos 3: JM Mitchell Stroke: H Jordan Cox: TD Cameron
2ND IV, 2010
Bow: LS Tanner 2: AJ McDonald 3: TA Katte Stroke: J Voudouris Cox: WB Thompson
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3RD IV, 2010
Bow: J Tsaousidis 2: TS Harmon 3: R Tuihalangingie Stroke: BL Kovanis Cox: BK Buckingham-Jones
4TH IV
Bow: M Thomas McGrath 2: J Farag 3: MY Shim Stroke: MW Mcinness Cox: EJ Gibson
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members would like to thank Mr Pennington for
his hard work as coach and also Mr Steve Evans
for his assistance at crucial times in the season.
2nd VIII
Coach
Mr S Handley
The 2nd VIII had a productive season where the
boys enjoyed themselves and made significant
personal steps forwards in their rowing technique.
Physically, the crew improved markedly as the
season progressed.
Camp in January at Penrith saw some big gains in
aerobic fitness and individual technique using the
Rowperfect ergometer. Racing throughout Term 1
was inconsistent as the crew members learnt
different lessons from each of their race
performances.
In the final weeks of the season, training form was
strong and it was looking like the crew was in for
a successful day at the Head of the River. After
being amongst the leaders in the first 500 m off the
start, the crew was running exactly to plan;
however a recall of the start meant that all crews
were required to start the race again having
already rowed 500 m. The Newington crew’s plan
relied upon a fast start and this is difficult to
reproduce twice in the space of 15 minutes.
Unfortunately, the boys were unable to produce
the form that they were capable of in the second
start and finished in the back half of the field. They
were disappointed with the situation; however
with most of them returning, there is a steely
resolve to balance the ledger in 2011. The crew
would like to thank Mr Stephen Handley for his
time and effort as coach. Not only did he teach the
boys how to row well, he was a good mentor and
showed exceptional commitment to the crew
throughout the entire season.
IVs
Coaches
Mr N Wainman
Mr M Rockell
Mr J Johnson
Mr D Budd
Unfortunately we suffered from a lack of depth in
the IVs. However a tough October camp saw big
gains in fitness and plenty of blisters on the hands!
Term 4 was spent developing aerobic fitness,
strength in the weights room and technique on
the water.
The crews held their January camp at the Newington
boatshed and this provided the opportunity to
hone the skills of rowing the four and also to
create a good squad mentality. Term 1 racing saw
some good improvements made by each of the
crews, but the opposition was also moving
forwards. Good results were hard to secure.
There were glimmers of hope as each of the crews
put some strong performances together including
the 1st IV making the final at the Gold Cup and
finishing fourth. Putting four crews onto the water
at the Head of the River proved a difficult task and
two boys (Max McInnis and Matt Shim) were
brought up from the Year 10 VIIIs to make up the
4th IV. This crew struggled as they were simply
out of their depth and they finished at the tail end
of the field. The 3rd IV and 2nd IV finished ahead
of High, but behind the leaders. Despite herculean
efforts, the 1st IV unfortunately were unsuccessful
in the results. The crews would like to thank Mr
Nick Wainman, Mr Matt Rockell, Mr John Johnson
and Mr David Budd for their commitment and
time in coaching the crews.
Year 10 VIIIs
Coaches
Mr G Christian
Mr M Morgan
Mr T Christian
This was a solid season in which both crews
significantly developed physically, technically and
mentally. The boys and the coaches approached the
season with vigour.
A camp to Grafton in January was an enjoyable
week staying at the Hockey Centre and rowing on
the magnificent Clarence River. Great gains were
made in rowing the eights and this laid the
platform for a successful racing season.
Results throughout the racing season were solid.
The 2nd Year 10 VIII was inconsistent; the
highlights were a win at the Shore Regatta and
second place at the Newington Regatta. The Head
of the River for the 2nd Year 10 VIII was slightly
disappointing, given the strong performance the
previous weekend. The crew didn’t race to its
potential and finished sixth.
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The 1st Year 10 VIII placed mainly third throughout
the early Term 1 regattas, but as the term went on,
the boys began to find their form. Wins at the
Newington Regatta, the Riverview Gold Cup and
the Shore Regatta led into a successful day at the
Head of the River. The crew raced to plan and
pulled a length lead before the 1000 m mark. They
led the field for the remainder of the distance and
won the race in fine style. The crews were coached
by Mr Greg Christian, Mr Michael Morgan and Mr
Tim Christian.
Year 9 Quads
Coach
Mr J Canning
The Year 9 Quads commenced the season with a
focus on developing a strong squad mentality.
Term 4 saw good improvements in technique and
fitness, with the weekly routine including a
gruelling land training session with Rob RowlandSmith. Camp in January was held at the
Newington Boatshed and was a successful week.
Results throughout Term 1 were varied, with
many highlights:
At the Sydney Grammar Regatta, the 1st, 2nd and
3rd Quads each placed second. At the St Joseph’s
College Regatta, the 3rd Quad placed first and the
1st, 2nd and 5th Quads each placed second. At the
Newington Regatta, the 3rd Quad placed second
while the 1st, 2nd and 5th Quads placed third. At
the Riverview Gold Cup, the 3rd Quad placed fourth
in the A-Final and the 1st, 2nd and 4th Quads each
won their B-Finals. At the Shore Regatta the 1st,
4thand 5th Quads each placed second while the
2nd and 3rd Quads achieved third place.
The crews would like to thank Mr Canning and
the other coaches for their efforts this season.
Year 8 Quads
Coaches
At the end of Term 3 2009, an excited and keen
group of rowers attended their first rowing
session. By the end of Term 1 2010, these boys had
achieved significant gains in maturity, technique,
teamwork and some excellent race results.
Each year, we aim to have four out of six Year 8
Quads to finish fourth or better in their respective
point scores and qualify for the A-Final at the
Riverview Gold Cup. This year’s squad achieved
this and more! Five of the six crews made it into
the top four positions in their respective
categories; an excellent achievement.
There were many successful results, with each of
the crews achieving either a win or a second place
throughout the season. The 1st Quad was the most
successful of the crews, finishing second overall in
its category.
The crews would like to thank the coaches Miss
Christian, Miss Matthew, Mr Kennedy and Mr
Tom Patterson for their enthusiasm throughout
the season.
Jubilant boys from the 1st Year 10 VIII as they cross the finish line at the Head of the River
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Miss J Christian
Miss R Matthew
Mr J Kennedy
Mr T Patterson
Sport – Rowing
1ST YEAR 10 VIII ~ Winners of the Year 10 VIII at the 2010 Head of the River and Prefects Cup
Bow: LS Gardner 2: OW Bartlett 3: MW Stanistreet 4: ST Towers 5: JP Coyle 6: OE Pryor Lees 7: JL Moate
Stroke: JR Van Der Vegt Cox: AG Bagby
1ST YEAR 10 VIII ~ Winners of the Year 10 VIII at the 2010 Head of the River and Prefects Cup
Second Row: ST Towers, OE Pryor-Lees, OW Bartlett, PJ Coyle, MWJ Stanistreet
First Row: JL Moate, Mr GJ Christian, JR Van Der Vegt, Mr MD Morgan (OAM), LS Gardner Seated: AG Bagby
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2ND YEAR 10 VIII, 2010
Bow: JH Stilp 2: AS Edwards 3: ABD Wilson 4: OJ Champion 5: JD Gilfedder 6: JR Snowden 7: TT Gray
Stroke: NJ Xenos Cox: ET Spiroglou
1ST YEAR 9 QUAD, 2010
Bow: NG Kakaroubas 2: H Zhao 3: SP Hardy Stroke: ZD Robertson Cox: JE Spira
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Sport – Rowing
2ND YEAR 9 QUAD, 2010
Bow: M Piroddi 2: L Kontogiorgis 3: HA Snowden Stroke: J Tsaousidis Cox: SE Wayland
3RD YEAR 9 QUAD, 2010
Bow: ZT Scott 2: SF Evans 3: DJ Ladbrooke-Bower Stroke: EW Pollitt Cox: GD Astley
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4TH YEAR 9 QUAD, 2010
Bow: DH Gilbert 2: HB Hunt 3: AI Perich Stroke: RW Hunt Cox: ZT Kelly
Bow: P Tang 2: HD Black 3: LA Strong Stroke: JJ Hetherington Cox: J Horne
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Sport – Rowing
Bow: MK Hejtmanek 2: JH Stevens 3: JK Whyman Stroke: LA Hetherington Cox: OT Healey
1ST YEAR 8 QUAD, 2010 ~ Runners-Up at Riverview Gold Cup
Bow: NA Edwards 2: EG Carlile 3: TA Boers Stroke: AP Achjian Cox: NJ Dean
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2ND YEAR 8 QUAD
Bow: HB Bertinetti 2: K Stathis 3: AG Sullivan Stroke: PW Graham Cox: CR Kroon
3RD YEAR 8 QUAD, 2010
Bow: RJ Ward 2: AW Waters 3: AN Wearne Stroke: SJ Rees Cox: A Solomou
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Sport – Rowing
Bow: JW Nour 2: MJ Morrison 3: RDT McDonald Stroke: AJ Hobbs Cox: RG Palmer
5TH YEAR 8 QUAD
Bow: JP Foley 2: FW Leckie 3: BD Collinge Stroke: CT Hine Cox: JR Fleming
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6TH YEAR 8 QUAD
Bow: AP Prevedoros 2: NN Burgmann 3: M Sikiotis Stroke: JN Lloyd Cox: M Nicola-Woods
Bow: JL Reategui 2: DJC Hammond 3: P Voudouris Stroke: LP Fraser Cox: SJ Chilton
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Sport – Rugby
Rugby
Mr A Hill
Mr M Dickens
The 2010 season was a very successful one for all
Newington Rugby teams; numbers were high and
the boys’ attitude and desire to further develop
their rugby skills was excellent. We fielded 24
teams across all age groups: the U13s had in excess
of 65 players and enough to fill four teams; the
U14s fielded four teams; the U15s fielded five and
there were seven Opens teams. The A and B teams
were matched up against all the other schools’ A
and B teams, whereas the C, D and E teams were
graded lower with the aim to ensure an even contest
both physically and in the skill aspects of the game.
The trials did not see us play our traditional rivals
due to the CAS schools playing home and away.
We had tough trials, with St Joseph’s, St Ignatius’
and the King’s School amongst them. To further
enhance the ‘rugby experience’, thirteen teams
played against Kinross Wollaroi—a fixture that will
hopefully become a permanent one on the calendar.
The David Jacobs Trophy for the best performing
team other than an U13s and a non-GPS team, was
won by the 15A team which lost only once during
the season. The Ellis Shield for the best performing
U13 team was a very close contest between the
13A team and the 13C team with the 13C boys
narrowly winning. These trophies are awarded to
the team that records the most victories against the
GPS Schools. Congratulations to all boys who played
in these teams during the course of the season.
The battle for the AJ Rae Shield took place on the
last Saturday of the July holidays with the 1st and
2nd XV teams as well as the A teams from each age
group contesting the Shield. The Newington
teams played entertaining rugby to record
victories in three of the six games played, along
with one draw.
2010 was a very positive year for the Newington
refereeing program. With Alex Richards managing
the program, we have a very good group of
current students, ex-students, staff and parents,
with numbers increasing from 2009. Newington
College is now recognised as one of the leading
schools for producing referees and with coaching
every Saturday, the improvement over the season
was evident.
The Rugby Support Group (RSG) was once again
a pillar of strength, working alongside the school
program to ensure all boys playing at the College
were given every opportunity to develop as rugby
players and young men and to enjoy their rugby
experience. To the outgoing President Mr Grant
McKenzie and his team of volunteers, thank you
very much for your efforts during the season. We
strongly encourage all parents to join the RSG and
have a voice in Newington Rugby going forward.
GPS representatives for this year included: Mark
Baldwin 3rd XV, Finlay McDonald 3rd XV, Ezrah
Amituanai 3rd XV, Brogan Roods 2nd XV, Allan
Alaalatoa 2nd XV, Haveatama Luani 2nd XV, Mark
Bannon 2nd XV, Hugh Roach 1st XV, Apolosi
Latunipulu 1st XV and Nathan Roye 1st XV.
There were also a number of special achievements:
Hugh Roach, Haveatama Luani and Apolosi
Latunipulu gained selection in the Australian
Schoolboys team. Brogan Roods, Allan Alaalatoa,
Nathan Roye and Ezrah Amituanai each made the
Australian Schools President’s XV. Hugh Roach
and Allan Alaalatoa made the NSW 1st XV, while
Haveatama Luani, Apolosi Latunipulu and
Brogan Roods made the NSW 2nd XV.
1st XV
Coach
Assistant Coaches
Captain
Mr B Gill
Mr A Hill
Mr L Fear
Mr V Alaalatoa
Apolosi Latunipulu
The title ‘GPS Champions’ has a very nice ring to
it. The team’s performance goes down in
Newington sporting history as one of the best 1st
XV seasons on record, being the only team in 147
years to win all games in a GPS season. The senior
coaching squad had a real team approach, with
experienced coaches looking after specific areas:
Mr Andrew Hill worked on the defence systems;
Mr Lachlan Fear, 1st Grade Premiership coach
with Eastern Suburbs, looked after the lineout; Mr
Villi Alaalatoa oversaw the scrum; and Mr Sam
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Harris, from the Western Force, covered the backs.
Special mention should also be made of the
contribution Mr John Giuffre made to the
improved strength and fitness of the boys. Thank
you also to Mr Mark Dickens, Sports Administrator,
for all his work administering the season.
The trial period was the most beneficial ever
experienced. The 1st XV was able to play five GPS
teams prior to the competition beginning, which
saw the team triumph over St Andrew’s (63–7),
Kinross (52–0), Scots College (38–28) and St
Ignatius’ (24–10). The trials against King’s (7–22)
and St Joseph’s (17–17) gave us the opportunity to
benchmark ourselves against all the teams.
Round 1 (Bye)
allowed Haveatama Luani to sprint 50 metres to
find Apolosi Latunipulu hanging off his hip. He
finished the play by crossing in the corner (24–12).
Solid defence by Oscar Pryor Lees and Ezra
Amituanai made the going tough for Shore, but
penalties stopped our momentum. With 10
minutes to go, Shore closed the gap with another
try from the driving maul. This sparked our 1st XV
into attack and the last two tries came on the back
of seven and five phases. The first try saw Brogan
Roods cross on the back of huge yards made by
Hugh Roach and some great interplay between the
forwards and backs (29–17). The final try saw the
big men work hard; Allan Alaalatoa turned the
ball over and Ezra Amituanai made two 20-metre
runs to finally see Fisiihoi Mone cross for his first
GPS try and give Newington victory with 34–17.
Back to Newington Day has not always been a
great day for the College’s 1st XV. However, a
strong trial period had the team confident of a
good performance in the first game of the GPS
competition. We dominated the opening
encounter with the forwards making plenty of
inroads around the ruck. Our first try came off the
back of a perfectly executed set play, which
opened up a nice hole for Matt Gibson to cross
over untouched. Shore struck back immediately
with a perfectly executed driving maul. The
pressure was on our 1st XV but some solid defence
started to take its toll on the Shore team. A
fantastic counter-attack saw Nathan Roye bring
the ball back to the 50-metre mark. It then went
through five sets of hands before finally landing in
the hands of Alex Vlahos who crossed in the
corner. Errors and penalties were keeping Shore in
the game and hampering our attack. Shore was
given another opportunity five metres out and
they did not waste it, crossing the line from a
driving maul. Our final try for the half was
tremendous. Mark Bannon exploited a hole
around the maul and set Apolosi Latunipulu
loose, who touched the ball twice in the
movement. His final pass gave Nathan Roye a
clear run for the line and we went into half time
with a narrow lead (19–12).
Round 3 v The Scots College (Away) W 31–17
The second half began in much the same style that
the first half finished, with Newington on the front
foot. A centre-field scrum on the 22-metre line
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The long break took its toll on a number of our
players. The Trinity fixture saw six 1st XV players
injured and seven 2nd XV players take the field.
The last time the 1st XV played or trained together
was five weeks prior, so there were many
unknowns leading into the game. After 15
minutes, Scots were leading 14–0, pressing up
hard in defence and putting a lot of pressure on
Apolosi Latunipulu. On the first occasion they
played behind him, the holes left out wide were
able to be exploited. Matt Gibson executed a twoon-one to perfection, setting Nathan Roye free to
cross for our first try. Our powerful ball runners
started to penetrate the Scots defence and Ezra
Amituanai powered his way over from five metres
out to take the game into half time (14–14).
The second half began with Haveatama Luani
pressuring Scots’ 10-metre line, toeing through a
dropped ball. A flying Fisiihoi Mone picked it up
on his toes to score in the corner (21–14). A penalty
allowed Scots to respond soon after, closing the
gap to 21–17. We were able to build pressure by
maintaining the ball and stringing phases
together, limiting Scots’ possession. Another try to
Mone gave our 1st XV a little more breathing
space and victory was sealed when Hugh Roach
drove over the lineout (31–17).
Every couple of seasons Grammar causes an
upset, so we approached them with total respect
Sport – Rugby
1ST XV RUGBY, 2010 ~ GPS Champions Winners of the Schools Challenge Trophy and Brian Palmer Centenary Shield
Third Row: OE Pryor Lees, AE Alaalatoa, PP McKenzie, ES Amituanai, CT Vlahos, FF Mone
Second Row: NJ Roye, BD Roods, HS Luani, MRSC Gibson, AS Vlahos, FW McDonald
First Row: MR Bannon, LS Pepper, Mr AR Hill (Assistant Coach), AL Latunipulu (Captain), Mr BW Gill (Coach), ME Baldwin, HE Roach
and were determined to continue with the
improvements made since Round 1. The
combinations between the forwards and backs
were starting to develop with holes being created
by some great offloads and players running hard
off the shoulders of each other. The first try saw
the recently selected Australian Schoolboys
connect: Hugh Roach made the early yards from
the base of the ruck feeding Apolosi Latunipulu,
who showed some good footwork to draw the
final defender and give Haveatama Luani his first
try of the GPS season. We scored a few more tries
with Brogan Roods crossing twice and Latunipulu
also finding the line to take us to an early lead.
Grammar regrouped and was able to pressure us,
but a determined defensive line refused to give in.
Matt Gibson finished a solid first half, taking the
team into the break with a 33-point lead.
The second half began with Patrick McKenzie
laying his claim for a wing position after chasing
down a rain-maker box kick by Mark Bannon to
score in the corner. Grammar was able to get one
back with a nice switch play from the scrum
(38–7). The dominant performance allowed for
plenty of changes to be made: Nicholas Kay, Byron
Lane, Ricki Tuihalangingie, Tim Vrachnas, Fisiihoi
Mone, Louis Pepper and Jack Pennington were all
able to take the field. The momentum wasn’t lost
and tries to Tuihalangingie, Mone and Patrick
‘Lachlan Turner’ McKenzie gave Newington a
well-deserved win (57–7).
Round 5 v The King’s School (Away) W 26–25
The boys were keen for the King’s rematch and
had been quietly looking forward to it since the
trial game. They believed that they had plenty to
prove against a favoured King’s team, which was
loaded with plenty of talent including eight
Australian Schoolboys. The game had everything:
highs and lows, brute force mixed with silky skills
and in the end a ‘come from behind’ victory that
will never be forgotten by any Newington
supporter who was there on the day. It was a
match of contrasts—Newington had the bigger,
powerful pack as well as powerful backline runners,
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against a more mobile back. King’s started the
game on the front foot scoring within the first five
minutes. It took Newington 20 minutes to get started
as they struggled to find the line. Apolosi Latunipulu
scored from a set play from a scrum. King’s scored
again and led going into the break (12–7).
Half time was good as it allowed the team to
regroup and focus back on the game plan,
although King’s put points on the board first with
a penalty kick (15–7). We stuck to the plan and
were starting to make some inroads; Nathan Roye
scored from a well-executed back row move
(15–14). Unfortunately, King’s was able to respond
quickly and skipped ahead, scoring a try and
kicking a penalty to lead 25–14. They started to
grow in confidence and the game looked to be
slipping from our grip. With 15 minutes to go,
slowly but surely the power of the Newington team
was taking the sting out of the opposition’s attack
and defence. The forwards worked their way up
the field after staying close to the King’s try line.
Ezrah Amituanai broke through to score with 10
minutes to go (25–19). A solo effort by Brogan Roods
took Newington to the 22, the forwards picked and
drove to suck the defence in, and Finlay McDonald
perfectly read the situation and called for the ball.
Good hands did the rest with Matt Gibson
crossing to give us the lead (26–25). The last four
minutes were the hardest to watch; with plenty of
attack, King’s was a constant threat. The sealing
moment came when the opposition was within
field goal range and Mark Baldwin, who had been
ruthless on the ball all day, was finally rewarded for
his hard work and assisted by Haveatama Luani,
Allan Alalaatoa and Oscar Pryor Lees. The turnover
was the defining moment in the game; it not only
sealed the win but also illustrated the Newington
boys’ commitment to each other and a desire to
achieve their goal of winning the GPS competition.
They never gave up or stopped competing at any
stage. This was a fantastic result, but also a true
display of composed and controlled execution.
Round 6 v St Joseph’s College (Home) W 51–7
Playing against St Joseph’s at their home ground
and for the GPS Premiership is a daunting
proposition, but if you are going to win the
Premiership for the first time in 31 years, then you
may as well beat the best.
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The Newington boys set the tone from the start,
camping within metres of the try line for the first
five minutes. It wasn’t until the 15th minute that
the St Joseph’s defensive line faulted. Apolosi
Latunipulu sighted room on the blind side, hitting
Nathan Roye on the wing who happily took the
first points of the game (5–0). The Newington
forwards dominated their opposites; dragging in
plenty of defenders allowed the backs room to
move. The second try saw Haveatama Luani cross
untouched after the St Joseph’s defensive line was
left too thin. Mark Bannon, who had been quiet
early in the game, sighted a half chance at the ruck
and stepped his way past St Joseph’s defenders
only to be cut down literally inches if not
millimetres short of the line. However, support
wasn’t far away and Hugh Roach picked and
drove under the post to give Newington the lead
(19–0). The defence was ruthless: at one stage a
single St Joseph’s ball carrier was hit by the entire
Newington front row.
Unfortunately for the opposition, after the break,
Finlay McDonald directed his troops around the
field with military precision and St Joseph’s had
no answer. If the forwards weren’t making the
yards off the ruck, the backs were finding holes
left, right and centre. What appeared to be the only
defensive error allowed the St Joseph’s fullback to
cross the line for their only try of the game. Tries to
Apolosi Latunipulu and Hugh Roach took us to a
comfortable lead (34–7). Mark Bannon’s box kicks
brought rain and also caused St Joseph’s plenty of
problems. Alex Vlahos kept chasing and was
finally rewarded with a try from one of the rainmakers. Haveatama Luani was a constant thorn in
the St Joseph’s side; unfortunately for them every
time they kicked off it went down the throat of
Luani and he would happily carry the ball back
with interest. Another strong run from him from
the base of the scrum, combined with a chip kick
over the fullback, saw Apolosi Latunipulu reap
the rewards with his second try of the game. The
final try saw 10 phases strung together by
Newington and Brogan Roods take the score to
51–7; St Joseph’s second biggest loss since Grammar
scored 55 points against them in the 1930s.
It was a near-perfect performance and the 5000strong crowd witnessed Newington College claim
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1. Mark Bannon 2. Apolosi Latunipulu 3. Joel Luani 4. The 1st XV 5. Finau Mone
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its first GPS Premiership in 31 years. It was made
memorable by seeing Old Boys with tears in their
eyes, including those from the 1970s who saw the
last Premiership and were overjoyed to witness
such a feat again.
Round 7 v St Ignatius’ College (Away) W 41–10
Although confidence was high, how much the
excitement and euphoria from winning the
Premiership took out of the team was the only
factor that would determine whether or not the 1st
XV could claim the first ever Championship in the
College’s history.
The first half was a stop-start affair, penalties and
errors from both teams stopped the half from
reaching any great heights. The defence of St
Ignatius’ was aggressive, pushing up fast in a line
to hamper our attack. We were trying to play the
attacking game we had played against St Joseph’s
the week before, and found ourselves getting
frustrated. The half time break could not come quick
enough and thanks to a try just beforehand from
Hugh Roach, we went into half time leading 5–3.
The second half was a completely different story.
The Newington boys sorted out their attack and
went back to what had been working for them all
year: solid work up the middle then letting the ball
get to the backline that had the speed and skill to
bamboozle any opposition. The first try saw some
individual brilliance by Apolosi Latunipulu to
suck in three defenders and give Matt Gibson all
the room he needed to run untouched to the try line.
Mark Baldwin was also rewarded for all his hard
work that often goes unnoticed by stepping his
way past two St Ignatius’ defenders. The GPS’s
best eight-nine combination struck again with
Mark Bannon outpacing his opposite number to
score his first try in the GPS competition for 2010.
Roach’s second try left his opposite number flat on
his back and wondering what had hit him. The
forwards continued to take the game to the
opposition— the St Ignatius’ boys were in disarray
as they tried to play their way out of trouble, but
Haveatama Luani’s intercept try sealed their fate.
The final try of the game summed up the 1st XV’s
‘never give up’ attitude. St Ignatius’ pushed hard
to cross the line as the big hits and desperate
defence continued. Matt Gibson read an intercept
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chance and offloaded to Nathan Roye, who ran 80
metres stopping once to abruptly holt a desperate
defender in his tracks before planting the ball
down under the posts. The final whistle blew with
Newington College victorious (41–10) and
crowned with the glory of being GPS Champions
for 2010.
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Coach
Captain
Mr T Stanley
William Whyman
Round 1 (Bye)
Round 2 v Shore (Home) L 10–41
After a bye and the long weekend off, the boys
were eager to get back on the playing field in front
of a big Back to Newington Day crowd. From the
outset we obtained strong field position only to be
penalised on several occasions for infringements
at the ruck. This appeared to be the trend
throughout the game which stifled our momentum.
With a strong lineout and fast outside backs, Shore
saw to it that the ball was shifted wide. This play
and careless set piece defence saw Shore gain
valuable field position which eventuated in 24
points in the first half. Prior to the break some
good lead up work created space for Finau Mone
who made a scintillating break down the right
hand side; the ball was secured and a try
eventuated through some desperate work by the
forwards. This gave us some good momentum
going into the second half with the score at 10–24.
In the second half we started to implement our
game plan and every time the ball shifted to the
backline we made very good ground. Nick
Ratcliffe in particular was having a strong game,
busting through the midfield on several occasions.
These passages of play gave us hope of getting
back into the game. Unfortunately this was not the
case as we failed to catch the ball on the kick-off.
Shore pounced on this opportunity and scored a
very soft try. From there, an injury to captain Ollie
Smyth saw him leave the field. This, along with a
yellow card shortly afterwards, made it extremely
difficult to make amends and Shore ran away with
the game (10-41).
Round 3 v The Scots College (Away) L 12–21
Having come off a solid victory in the AJ Rae
fixture the previous week, we had received a
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much needed injection of confidence. The question
was whether it was enough when facing up
against a team that had beaten us by some 30
points in the trials.
The match started appallingly with Scots crossing
the line in the first minute through some
disjointed defence. From there our defence went
back to the game plan. This pressured the Scots
attack into turning the ball over on several
occasions and we utilised this very well with our
forwards working hard and proving dominant at
the break down. Mark Halliday showed how far
he’d come by distributing the ball with what later
became his trademark pace. His combination with
Barton Lynch really gave the team some goforward. Lynch in particular used his go-to men,
Moana Loseli and Nick Ratcliffe, who were
dominant in the midfield. This opened up a couple
of exciting opportunities out wide that kept the
crowd on the edge of their seats. Tim Vrachnas,
who is always exciting to watch, was given a little
bit of space and took the smallest of opportunities,
darting some 30 metres to place the ball over the
line. Much to his surprise it was the five metre
line, which was a great shame; he had James Hiley
in close support and had he realised, five points
was almost a certainty.
Our dominant defence ensured that we had plenty
of possession and momentum was really building
for us. A good attacking opportunity presented
itself with a lineout on the Scots 22 m line. A
pinpoint throw from James Mackenzie hit the
outstretched hand of Nick Kay and the pack got
right behind to start a driving maul. As soon as it
stopped, Mark Halliday distributed the ball to
Lynch who ran a very well-executed backline play
which saw Tim Vrachnas accelerate through a
yawning gap to score under the posts. In doing so,
he levelled the score through a fantastic passage of
team play. From there we looked another class,
dominating our opposition in every facet.
Astoundingly though, in the last minute before the
break, we somehow turned the ball over and Scots
scored in the dying seconds of the first half.
In the second half, Scots were much more
competitive at the breakdown, ensuring that they
saw much more of the ball. Although we were
defending well, they were able to put points on the
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board. A couple of last ditched attempts to cross
the Scots line fell agonisingly short, with the
Newington boys held up on a couple of occasions.
In the end, Scots were too good on the day and a nine
point difference, although bitterly disappointing,
was a massive improvement from our corresponding
match in the trials. This match opened the boys’
eyes to see a glimpse of their true potential. It
might have only been a glimpse and we may not
have reaped the rewards of a victory, but the team
and spectators alike saw what can be done when a
team works together toward a game plan.
Grammar was on fire from the start of the game,
playing with good structure and intensity. At the
breakdown they were very well drilled, ensuring
quick ball was provided for their backline to
attack. In response we gave away a string of
penalties which led to Grammar’s first try off a
well-executed backline play which caught our
centres flatfooted in defence.
As soon as we got our hands on the ball we started
to assert our dominance. The first significant raid
came from a switch between Barton Lynch and
Moana Loseli who ran nearly 40 metres, only to be
tackled a metre short. Good support followed, yet
the defence in desperation gave away a penalty in
front to which Vrachnas slotted an easy three points.
With star player Ollie Smyth still out due to injury,
Mark Halliday ensured that he would have to earn
his spot back with another strong match. With his
forwards’ assistance, he distributed the ball with
lightning speed, ensuring that his runners got
some good go-forward. Our first try resulted from
a wonderful passage of play in which Nick Kay
was involved twice in three phases. Eventually
Liam Carlile proved too strong and powerful,
bulldozing his way over the line and giving us the
lead (11–7). Soon after, Grammar swooped on a
loose ball to give them back the lead (11–14). With
10 minutes remaining it was essential that we
started to lift our urgency in support as the
turnovers at the breakdown were really costing us.
Just before the break we did just that, with two
pops off the ground from William Whyman and
Louis Pepper which enabled us to swing the ball
wide to Nick Ratcliffe. He drew the last man and
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2ND XV RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: R Tuihalangingie, BP Lynch, H Saad, NC Kay, TA Loveridge, FF Mone, M Loseli
Second Row: GL Williams, TJ Vrachnas, JTM Hiley, LS Carlile, LS Pepper, JJJ Pennington, RH Hunter
First Row: AJ Curtis, MD Halliday, Mr T Stanley (Coach), WS Whyman (Captain), Dr A Hirst (Coach), OJ Smyth, BW Lane
Absent: JP Mackenzie
fed the ball to Jack Pennington who was too quick
for the cover defence and scored under the posts
taking the half time score to 18–14.
Our backline defence, namely Lynch, Loseli and
Ratcliffe, was much better in the second half and
created our next try. Ratcliffe again picked up a
loose ball and fed Finau Mone who shifted the ball
to a blistering Tim Vrachnas who made 20 metres
before turning the ball back inside to Mone for his
second touch and a try. Vrachnas kicked the goal
some 10 metres in from touch and took the score to
25–14. Our lineout proved to be too strong as the
game went on with Will Whyman and Tim
Loveridge in particular coming into a world of
their own. We used one such lineout as a
launching pad to spread the ball wide to the other
sideline. Alex Curtis, who had been on the ball all
game, got all the way across to ensure that we won
the ball. Some good powerful runs from our
forwards opened a huge hole through which
Hassan Saad accelerated. Saad teased his several
support runners, only to score the try almost on
the other sideline. Vrachnas kicked the goal
topping off a great day with the boot.
In the end it was a great day with some big
improvements made. The most prominent lesson
from this match was that when we stick to our
systems in attack and defence, the team gels and
we create opportunities. In all, it was very
pleasing to see the boys get a much deserved win.
Round 5 v The King’s School (Away) L 21–38
Having been taught a serious lesson by a very
strong King’s side in the trial, we knew we would
have to be at the top of our game for this round.
King’s had a huge pack whose set piece was as
good as most 1st XV teams. Subsequently, Dr Hirst
ran a couple of additional sessions to ensure that
we were up to it. As they would later prove, those
sessions were of great benefit with our lineout in
particular putting exceptional pressure on theirs
and our scrum much improved from the trial.
King’s played a good kicking game early in the
first half which gave them excellent field position.
From there, they played as we knew they would
with their big bustling forwards hitting close to
the ruck phase after phase. This style of play
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resulted in three converted tries. With the 21–0
margin, we had not seen much of the ball and
knew if we could get our hands on it, we had the
strike power to put points on the board. The back
row of Roderick Tuihalangingie, Will Whyman
and Alex Curtis had been relentless in their
defence, before Tuihalangingie was taken from the
field with a broken right hand. Having just
returned from a broken left hand, this was
exceptionally frustrating for him and a great blow
for the team. Given his level of commitment and
intimidation that he was imposing in the match,
the team would have to lift in his absence. From
this point, Tim Vrachnas began to read the kicking
game and responded late in the first half with
some clever counter-attacking options, giving us
good field position. From a defensive lineout our
backline blitzed hard on a bad ball that had been
distributed by the King’s team. It was then shifted
further along the backline when James Mackenzie,
who had just been involved in the lineout, made a
tackle which resulted in the ball being turned over
in our favour. The forwards took it up and
eventually, Byron Lane scored a great try.
With all of our tries conceded through missed
tackles, our second half really focused on line
speed and organisation in defence. This resulted in
far more pressure on the opposition and
subsequently handling errors and more ball for us.
Finau Mone who had been clever in his defence in
the first half, got his hands on the ball in the
second and looked threatening. Our possession
ensured that we could build momentum, and
created two more opportunities for Byron Lane
who crossed the line on both occasions making it a
hat-trick for the mobile prop. Despite the
improvements in defence, King’s were able to
cross the line on two more occasions. Nonetheless
we were very happy with the improvements we
had made since the trial game loss of 5–63.
Round 6 v St Joseph’s College (Home) L 12–45
With a huge crowd in attendance, the atmosphere
was electric. Having played Joeys in the trial and
knowing the scores they were notching up against
other schools, we knew we would have to come
up with something very special.
The game started well for us with our lineouts
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looking very strong indeed. It was clear from this
cohesion that the forwards were really starting to
get to know each other’s games.
Joeys looked all class in attack, however our inside
defence of Barton Lynch, Moana Loseli and Finau
Mone worked in synchrony, forcing the ball to be
spread to an ever-waiting Jack Pennington on the
wing. He was well-supported by Alex Curtis who
was getting across relentlessly in cover. This
defensive effort eventuated in some uncanny
errors from the boys in cerise. Our pack was
contesting well at the breakdown and with ball in
hand we looked threatening. Louis Pepper,
William Whyman, Geordie Williams and Tim
Loveridge in particular, were simply inspirational
and as always Hassan Saad was playing with
passion. In the scrums, Byron Lane, James
Mackenzie and Ricky Hunter were matching their
strong front row and in doing so, they ensured
that Mark Halliday was able to get good ball away
to Lynch, who took the ball hard at the Joeys line
all day. Despite gaining superb field position and
several opportunities to attain points, we were
unable to capitalise on the back of our hard work.
We missed our kicks at both touch and goal and as
a consequence, Joeys countered well and turned
our attacking opportunity into their points: a cruel
outcome but a reality against tough opposition. At
the half-time break we were down 31–0.
The second half was much of the same with Joeys
scoring three tries which all resulted from minor
errors. Never giving up, the boys came away with
the last two tries of the match. The first to Williams
on the back of a well-constructed driving lineout
and the second on the back of some Tongan
brilliance after Loseli chipped the ball through for
Mone who collected it and chipped the Joeys
fullback. Mone then regathered and scored a much
deserved try. He had looked threatening all game
in attack and desperate in defence, proving why
he was such a valuable asset to both the 1st and
2nd XV this season. Our late tries made the second
half two tries to three, which I felt was fairer
indication of the match and showed just how far
this side had come after their 48–8 loss in the trial.
Round 6 v St Ignatius’ College (Away) L 5–36
Heading into the last game of the season, both
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teams played with good structure early on in the
piece. Despite some good passages of play our
attack was struggling to get past the fourth or fifth
phase. In defence we looked solid, with our back
row working on overtime. Unfortunately, poor
discipline at the breakdown got the better of us
and St Ignatius’ was awarded two penalties in
close succession in their 22. This proved to be too
much pressure for us and we conceded our first
try. Barton Lynch played with a new found
confidence and cleverly turned their defence
around on several occasions. Through the efforts
of Jack Pennington and Finau Mone, we were able
to pin St Ignatius’ down in their 22 for a period of
time. Whilst down there, the boys played with
good composure and supported each other well.
Ricky Hunter and Nick Kay used their boarding
house ESP to catch and offload to each other in the
most difficult of circumstances. Despite several raids
from our boys, the St Ignatius’ defence was desperate
to ensure that we did not cross the line.
Painstakingly, right on half time, a misdirected
chip and chase landed in their fullback’s arms,
who stepped his way through to draw and pass
and give them a 14–0 lead at the break. With the
majority of the possession and field position in
the first half it was disappointing not to be in a
better position.
Still thinking about the try on half time, we started
the second half poorly. St Ignatius’ made easy
going of some pretty soft defence and extended
their lead early. From there, we appeared to get our
heads up and played some good rugby, pressuring
the opposition’s line with several set piece
opportunities within five metres of their line. Once
again the defence was relentless and it took a wellexecuted blind side play from William Whyman to
Ollie Smyth to James Hiley to score in the corner.
Despite putting in a good fight, we were unable to
claw our way into the match and St Ignatius’ ran
away with it. It was a disappointing way to end
the season.
3RD XV RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: TS Harmon, TJ Handley, HP Cook, JC Brennan, GL Williams
Second Row: Mr N Charlwood (Assistant Coach), MJ Clifton, OD Thompson, HP Shiel, MJ Bosman, TJ Williams, LG McMillan
First Row: SC Metlej, F Saad, LM Fulham (Captain), Mr MJ Madden (Coach), RH Hunter, PC Andrianakos, G Mancuso
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4TH XV RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: HCM Stanistreet, CD Potter, NC Derewlany, JT McMartin
Second Row: K Stevens, DP Picone, JD Shaw, SM Fitzpatrick, MTL Hassett, VA Greco Schwartz
First Row: CS Nabung, HGF Groom, DT Hauptman (Captain), Mr MJ Madden, AH Wilkie, RJ Amos, G Mancuso
5TH XV RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: ML Barlow, AN Manarangi, TP Ross
Second Row: JS Johnston, T Hsu, SJ Paech, SR Davies, DB Oliviero, ED Bloom
First Row: TW Cooper, TMA Scutts, CD Casey, Mr S Pennington (Coach), MJ Passlow, SJ Hiscox, G Ho
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6TH XV RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: AR Jack, NR Bent, JJ Watson, ME Williamson, OWE Wheeler
Second Row: L Brown, HD Bloom, E Vakirtzis, SRW Scott, JS Horne, JD Palmer
First Row: R Matsuo, RJ Gilvarry, JJ Cottle, Mr MP Tapa (Coach), CJA Grundy, RV Nelson, BAJ Griffin
16A RUGBY, 2010
Back Row: R O'Regan, OW Bartlett, LA Holey, EP Eruini-Bennett
Second Row: PA Gargoulakis, B Chahoud, TT Gray, NA Newton, JL Moate, TT Vea, W Ahosivi, N Yap
First Row: MJ Hood, C Aspropotamitis, WR Skelton (Captain), Mr NP Wainman (Coach), RG Bromhead, KW Yuan, SP Aravanis
Absent: AE Sears, JTP Rickard
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16B RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: WL Kovanis, HM Hazlewood, LN Coe, DJW Bretag
Second Row: OM Churcher, M Paton, M Lee, JK Andrew, AS Edwards, B Younan
First Row: AK Elkout, JTP Rickard, C Aspropotamitis (Captain), Mr M Case (Coach), A Giannetti, ABD Wilson, JM Hirst
16C RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: SA Hill, ST Towers, MWJ Stanistreet, RJ Ward
Second Row: B Younan, AS Edwards, ML Turpin, JS Scott, HE Shouldice, ER Crawford
First Row: Mr C Jarvis (Coach), JTP Rickard, D Han, LF Haldane, J Grippi, D Chehab, Mr P Angeli (Coach)
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16D RUGBY
Second Row: A Lomakin, EG Danias, HP Floreani, AI McKenzie, TME Rosenstrauss
First Row: KC Arya, S Augoustinos, AJ Bertino, Mr M Brennan (Coach), MR Cameron, J Tran, HS Cunningham
15A RUGBY 2009 ~ Winners of the David Jacobs Trophy
Third Row: ZD Robertson, LJ Shaw, LA Strong, T Moeroa, GP Prassas, JD Gilfedder
Second Row: CR Shearer, JA Mitchell, A Hrysanthos, OMB Pople, LAJ Osmond, JG Roods
First Row: TR Lee, TW Meaney, JM Lussick (Captain), Mr S Serhon (Coach), EL Abrahams, JT Hiscox, LB Anderson
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15B RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: S Lonergan-Stewart, DH Gilbert, CS Peruch, GP Prassas, MD Ring, MA Atallah
Second Row: BH Parsons, ZT Scott, HB Hunt, TRH Williamson, LR Cox, TS Fleming
First Row: CA Tiftis, JJ Hetherington, DP Trent, Mr S Muir (Coach), WP Ditmarsch, C Howard-Schmidt, J Tsaousidis
15C & D RUGBY, 2010
Fourth Row: Fourth Row: M Thomas-McGrath, R Baghdadi, LA McKirdy, H Zhao
Third Row: SMD Walker, MR Muncaster, NG Kakaroubas, M Piroddi, HD Black, JAF Groom
Second Row: AE Rasko, J Horne, RG Briant, RN Mackellar, L Zhang, RL Hills, AK Elkout
First Row: AJ Dwyer, JN Fragakis, WS Makeig, Mr F Horton (Coach), Mr C Jarvis (Coach), F Floratos, PT Lemoto, TQ Du
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14A RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: MAC Serhon, EW Pollitt, DJ Ladbrooke-Bower, SF Evans, WM Ball
Second Row: LGM Eruini-Bennett, AG Sullivan, TA Boers, K Stathis, Z Lee, M Zinonos
First Row: AP Achjian, SM Robinson, WB Thompson (Captain), Mr JM Canning (Coach), MJ Kambas, AG Robertson, BD Collinge
14B RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: SJ Rees, JL Reategui, RG Becker, SJ Burns, SA Fotea, EG Carlile
Second Row: DJ Fitzpatrick, JJ Stewart, AJ Hobbs, T Tang, AG Nikolopoulos, AW Waters, HB Bertinetti, M Choi
First Row: PJ McConnell, Y El-Chiekh, JL Poidevin (Captain), Mr SJ Roberts (Coach), SH Smyth, WJ Cotterill, TL Hauptman
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14C RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: M Han, FW Leckie, TM Van Der Velde, M Sikiotis, PW Graham
Second Row: JM Savage, JA Ludlow, TG Leroy, JN Lloyd, AW McKindlay, AW Golovin
First Row: MD Sulman, EMG Jenkins, BN Adams, Mr N Charlwood (Coach), GD Astley, RL Andrew, SR Crawford
14D RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: MJ Morrison, SE Finckh, AL Saker
Second Row: MG Gribble, AA Grant, MJ Miles, AG White, P Voudouris, BC Friend
First Row: CR Kroon, JO Palmer, RDT McDonald, Mr N Charlwood (Coach), JA Johnson, LR Ridley, LW Carney
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14E RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: J Raj, JJ Norman, F Hu
Second Row: LW Tracy, SR Crawford, FW Leckie, JN Lloyd, HP Longmire, NR Kelly
First Row: SE Wayland, TR Entwisle, BC Friend, Mr Z Holmes (Coach), RS Elder, CN Saliba, MG Gribble
13A RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: NN Burgmann, CD Mannix, T Piroddi, BA Mellor, HB Moate
Second Row: EB Treloar, SB Loga-Tarogi, C Clifford, CR Webster, TT Wilson, NTF Separovich
First Row: LR O'connor, ZJ Newton, SJ Wood, Mr J Ioannou (Coach), R Kovanis, TA Banuelos, EM Henderson
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13B RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: AR Perry, CJ Cummins, JOG Peppercorn, PH Kuenzle
Second Row: DJD Thomas-Broome, NTF Separovich, CR Webster, RC Smith, YM Van Gelder, ZJ Newton
First Row: MHA Connell, OW Schmarr, JC Butcher (Captain), Mr JLJ Breden (Coach), AK Sammut, BFC Purdy, WM Mitchell
Absent: BM Rosenstrauss
13C RUGBY, 2010 ~ Winners of the Ellis Shield
Third Row: JT McConnell, JW Dummett, MW Gerdovic, MW Lee-Warner, R Wilson, JA Casaceli, J Hewitt
Second Row: ARG Doak, NR Tredinnick, HR Wickman, JA Tiftis, NA Bertino, J Walsh, CR Strachan
First Row: WPD Gowers, AO Dwyer, JR Wheatley, JM Farquhar, FWT Mcavoy, JR Gall, J Papas Inset: Mr P Angeli (Coach)
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13D RUGBY, 2010
Third Row: L McMartin, AJ Staas, N Shliapnikoff, A Syrios, TR Ostinga, AAH Lukes, T Latif
Second Row: WH Manton, M El-Cheikh, HA Phillips, RA Gregory, JB Hosking, DH Hunter, ML Stern, HC Taylor-Blair
First Row: Mr S Comino (Coach), BJR Turner, N Malesevic, JJ Tsiros (Captain), BJ Rigney, JR Holden, Mr J Marple (Coach)
RUGBY REFEREES, 2010
Second Row: RDT McDonald, LA McKirdy, S Iravani
First Row: BJS Smith, TH Mullally, Mr A Richards (Coach), HA Piper
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Snowsports
Mr C Seawright
a weekly basis with clubs at Thredbo and Perisher.
During the winter holidays, Newington College
competed in the Sydney schools leg of the
Interschools Snowsports Competition at Perisher
Valley. We competed as a team of 50 snowboarders
and skiers from the Lindfield, Wyvern House and
Stanmore campuses aged between eight and 18.
Our snowboarders found the most success in
Wyvern House brothers Denali and Keanu Blunden
who won a silver and bronze medal and two silver
medals respectively in snowboarding, giant slalom
and boarder cross events. The Division 1 snowboard
team comprising Peter Magiros, William Rigney
and Curtis Potter placed third in the boarder cross
and fifth in the giant slalom. The Division 2
snowboard team comprising Ben Parsons, James
Campbell and Spencer Park placed fifth in the
boarder cross event. Victor Magiros placed in the
top 10 in Division 3 boarder cross and Sam Martin
also placed in the top 10 in Division 5 moguls. The
Division 5 moguls team of Alex Wooley, Sam
Martin and Aaron Protas, placed fourth.
Conditions were not looking good early in the
holidays, but then on the first day of the
competition 40 cm of snow fell, providing a good
coverage over the mountain. However the races
had already been moved to the afternoon and
evening, where courses could be built on manmade
snow to compensate for poor conditions. This
proved to be quite a challenge for many
competitors who had to wait up the mountain in
sub-zero temperatures until 9pm at night for their
event. Despite these setbacks, our team maintained
good humour and gave their best against the skiing
powerhouses like Scots and Redlands which have
winter Snowsports camps and skiers who train on
The skiing events attract more competitors than
snowboarding and are therefore more difficult in
which to succeed. Our most successful skiers were
Alex Woolley and Cameron Sloan who placed 12th
and 19th respectively in big fields.
SNOW SPORTS, 2010
Fifth Row: DT Simoni, JD Campbell, MB Martin, CD Potter
Fourth Row: NAD Edwards, PH Magiros, C Clifford, WP Rigney, ED Park, TA Boers, JP Foley
Third Row: JWR Staley, TR McDonald, BN Adams, GL Stent, BH Parsons, CL Sloan, MHA Connell, RP Krassoi
Second Row: DT McDonald, JEB Rudkins, MS Long, KK Blunden, AT Maraldo, RG Watkins, V Magiros
First Row: SG Martin, AJT Woolley, JD Shaw, MR G Potter, Mr C Seawright, AAK Protas, DG Blunden, I Nielsen-Wood
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1. Alpine Division 5 (Team A & B) from left: Jack Rudkins, Indie Nielsen-Wood, Sam Martin, Andrew Michael, Alex Woolley and
Aaron Protas 2. Ben Adams, Nathan Edwards, Leo Tracy, Mackenzie Connell, Taylor McDonald, James Gall, Dominic McDonald
3. Nicholas Sadowsky
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Swimming
Captain
Mr J Snare
Mr A Hellyer
Harrison Pullinger
Tuesday and Thursday morning training squads
continued to be conducted during the summer
season and were extended to the winter season as
well under the guidance of Lindsay Cotterill. The
squad was open to all boys irrespective of whether
they were in the swimming team or not. A
consistent group of up to 40 boys attended to work
on their general fitness and stroke technique.
The GPS competition was conducted over three
carnivals held at the Sydney Olympic Park
Aquatic Centre (SOPAC), preceded by two
qualifying carnivals at Newington College and St
Ignatius’ College. 50 swimmers represented the
College in these carnivals. Four trophies were
available for competition and we won three of these:
the Junior (12, 13, 14 years) and Intermediate (15,
16 years) as well as the prestigious GPS Relay
trophy. In the remaining competition, our senior
team (17, 18 years) finished in second place,
completing our most successful swimming season
ever. For the second season in succession, Newington
College was the top GPS Swimming school.
Eighteen swimmers (Zac Newton, Nathan Hassett,
John Walsh, Jaewook Yoo, Mitchell Atkins, Alec
Flack, Will Ball, Kevin Stathis, Anthony Hrysanthos,
Joey Lussick, Alex O’Hare, Te Haumi Maxwell,
Reed Cotterill, Jack van der Vegt, Antony Isaias,
Lachlan Reid, Harrison Pullinger and Brandon
Tam) represented GPS with distinction at the CIS
Carnival. Individual event winners were Will Ball
(14y 50 m breastroke), Te Haumi Maxwell (16y 50 m
and 100 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and 50 m
butterfly) and Brandon Tam (Open 50 m butterfly).
SWIMMING TEAM, 2010
Fifth Row: T Maxwell, LA Reid, JR Kerrison, RP Cotterill, NJ Roye, AM Isaias
Fourth Row: AJ Flack, HA Lawson, K Stathis, A Hrysanthos, OW Wallace, A Liakopoulos, JB Haddrick
Third Row: AW McKindlay, PW Graham, WM Ball, MC Atkins, JW Yoo, AR O’Hare, AR Perry, WJ Cotterill
Second Row: JM Bortolotti, JD Shaw, HT Pullinger (Captain) Mr JJ Snare, B Tam, LM Fulham, JM Cox,
First Row: NA Bertino, NA Hassett, NL Swift, S Gotsoulias, JA Carrano, JT McConnell, ZJ Newton, JR Sortwell
Absent: J Walsh, DT Macarounas, CJ Miller, NR James, J Fotaras, JJR Noore, J Dick, C Howard-Schmidt, JM Lussick,
JR Van Der Vegt, TT Gray, GL Williams, ME Baldwin, WS Whyman, ME Hannan
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Sport – Swimming
At the NSW All Schools Carnival our Intermediate
Freestyle Relay team finished second, while our
Junior and Intermediate Medley Relay teams both
finished third, emphasising the great depth in the
Newington team. Will Ball was placed in both the
14 years 50 m and Intermediate 100 m breastroke
events and then progressed to finish third in the
former at the National All Schools Championships
in Brisbane.
Thirteen records were broken at the Newington
Age Championships: Mitchell Atkins (14 years 50 m
and 100 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and butterfly),
Will Ball (14y 50 m breastroke), Alex O’Hare (15y
50 m breastroke), Te Haumi Maxwell (16y 50 m and
100 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and butterfly),
Harrison Pullinger (Open 50 m freestyle) and
Brandon Tam (Open 50 m backstroke and butterfly).
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2010 AGE CHAMPIONS
U12
John Walsh
U13
Jayce Carrano
U14
Mitchell Atkins
U15
Anthony Hrysanthos
U16
Te Haumi Maxwell
U17
Oliver Wallace
OPEN Harrison Pullinger
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Sport – Tennis
Tennis
Mr J Spencer
Mr M Dickens
Newington Tennis started in 2010 with plenty of
confidence. Numbers were high in all age groups
and there was a good feel around the clubhouse.
Under the guidance of Mr John Spencer, Director
of Tennis, we were able to source a number of
qualified tennis coaches to provide boys across all
age groups and teams with quality coaching.
The Newington Tennis Support Group (NCTSG)
was once again a pillar of strength, working
alongside the school program to ensure all boys
playing at the College were given every
opportunity to develop as tennis players. To the
outgoing President Mrs Deborah Lombe and her
team of volunteers, thank you very much for your
efforts during the season.
The Opens 3rds–6ths had a very successful season
overall. The 3rds were undefeated during the
course of the season, while the 4ths, 5ths and 6ths
had their moments. The 1sts and 2nds had their
most successful season in a number of years,
finishing second and third respectively.
The U16s teams competed well considering senior
members were unable to play due to their
selection in the 1st and 2nd representative teams.
Players stepped up to the challenge of playing in
higher positions in this competitive age group and
players were often complimented on their
sportsmanship, determination and spirit.
The U15s age group was the strongest in the tennis
program, with the A, B, C and D teams all losing
only one fixture during the course of the season.
The challenge for these boys will be to develop
their game as they move into the senior teams.
The U14s teams had good performances in all
grades. The 14A team lost only once and the 14B
team was undefeated. At training, the boys’
enthusiasm and determination to improve has
been a credit to them all.
The U13 team (Year 7) had its first introduction to
competitive tennis at GPS level. The boys
acquitted themselves well in all matches and will
continue to improve. The highlight of the season
came when, after being soundly beaten by Scots
College, the boys bounced back and were
undefeated in the last two rounds against Sydney
Grammar and St Joseph’s College.
Well done to all Newington boys for the way they
represented not only the school but themselves. To
the teaching and coaching staff, your guidance
and mentoring of the boys is most appreciated and
we look forward to your continued support.
1st VI
Coach
Captain
Mr C Ball
Anthony Keramianakis
A much improved 1sts team completed a great
season, combining great doubles play with some
very solid singles performances to finish runners
up in the 2010 GPS competition. Congratulations
to both James Palmer and Blazo Djurovic for being
undefeated in singles. Well done also to Harrison
Lombe and James Palmer for their selection in the
GPS teams.
Round 1 v Sydney Boys High (Away)
Washed-out
Unfortunately the fixture was washed-out without
any matches being completed.
Round 2 v St Ignatius’ College (Away) W
10.5–1.5
The Newington boys travelled to Lane Cove to play
an always challenging St Ignatius’ team. All doubles
matches were tightly contested with Newington
winning all three, two in super tie breakers.
Congratulations to James Palmer and James
Wheatley for winning their singles matches in
straight sets to give us victory; a first in over ten
years. Newington College finally won with 7.5–1.5
Round 3 v Shore (Away) W 9–3
The Newington boys travelled to Epping to play
old rivals Shore. After a close start, we managed to
close all three doubles matches with some good
net play and at the break, we were up 3–0.
Straight sets singles wins to Harrison Lombe,
Blazo Djurovic and James Wheatley saw the team
secure victory over a strong Shore team and
emerge as victors with 6–3.
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1ST VI TENNIS, 2010 ~ GPS Runners-Up
Second Row: Mr C Ball (Coach), JP Wheatley, HJ Lombe, MR Cameron
First Row: JO Palmer, A Keramianakis, ED Bloom
Round 4 v The King’s School (Away) L
2.5–9.5
It was always going to be a challenge travelling to
Parramatta to play defending GPS champions
King’s at home. The doubles proved to be tough
going for our boys with all three matches lasting
two sets and giving King’s the lead with 3–0.
relatively fast pace with all matches won in
straight sets. Harrison Lombe and James Wheatley
combined well, as did Blazo Djurovic and
Emerson Bloom, giving us the lead with 2–1.
Good straight sets wins to Harrison Lombe, James
Wheatley and Emerson Bloom helped us secure a
7–2 win over a very competitive Scots team.
A determined Newington team fought back well
with James Palmer and Blazo Djurovic winning
their singles in straight sets. The match seemed
poised but King’s proved too strong, winning
eventually by 6.5–2.5, deserving their eventual
premiership for 2010.
Round 5 v The Scots College (Home) W 10–2
Outstanding wins by Harrison Lombe (playing in
the tough number 1 position), James Palmer, Blazo
Djurovic, James Wheatley, Anthony Keramianakis
and Emerson Bloom saw the team secure an
unbeaten round.
The Newington boys prepared well to respond to
the defeat by King’s the previous week, also
knowing that Scots are traditionally tough
opponents. The doubles contest was played at a
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The Newington boys, determined to be focused on
a consistent season performance, hosted Grammar
at home. The doubles started well against a
traditionally tough doubles school. Matches were
won in straight sets and we were up 3–0.
Sport – Tennis
Round 7 v St Joseph’s College (Home) W 8–4
The final round versus traditional rivals St
Joseph’s saw both teams competing for a possible
(if unlikely) win in the Premiership; if not, a
certain second place in the Championship.
St Joseph’s started very strongly, winning two out
of the three doubles matches. A determined
Newington team knew they had to win four out of
the six singles matches to secure the win and their
place as runners up in the GPS competition.
Harrison Lombe played strongly at number one,
eventually losing in two close sets. The pressure
was on and the team responded with good wins
from James Palmer, Blazo Djurovic and James
Wheatley to leave the rubber poised at four
matches all. Emerson Bloom managed to play very
well (with a growing crowd watching) to secure a
straight sets win, giving Newington the GPS
runners up position for 2010.
time running out. Both Newington players were in
the lead when time was called.
The Newington boys welcomed a traditionally
tough Shore team. Number one doubles pair Fred
Cho and Joel Bedic won a tough three-set match
with Alex Pagonis and Richard Palmer pairing
well to win in straight sets. A new combination of
Andrew Lleonart and Joel Hannan won
convincingly in straight sets and we were up three
matches to nil.
Continuing on from the previous week’s good
form in the singles, all six players won their
matches emphatically, surprising a shell-shocked
Shore team. Congratulations to Fred Cho on
winning a tough three-set match and to Joel
Hannan on winning his debut match in the
Newington 2nds.
2nd VI
Coaches
Ms N Kriz, Mr J Spencer
Captain
Alexander Pagonis
The 2nds had a great season to finish in third place
in the GPS competition, an improvement on the
previous year’s fourth place. This team had great
wins against St Ignatius’, Shore, Grammar and St
Joseph’s with a washout against High, a
disappointing loss to Scots and a close defeat to
eventual premiers King’s. Thanks go to our Year
12 players Alex Pagonis and Fred Cho for their six
years of service to Newington Tennis.
Round 1 v Sydney Boys High (Home)
Washed-out
Unfortunately constant wet weather for the whole
day caused this fixture to be abandoned without
any matches being completed.
Round 2 v St Ignatius’ (Home) W 9–3
The Newington boys played determined rival St
Ignatius’, previously unable to secure a win against
them in at a least decade. St Ignatius’ secured an
early lead after the doubles with Newington’s
number one pair Fred Cho and Joel Bedic winning
a tough match. All three matches were decided by
super tie breakers and the College was down 2–1.
Emphatically, we won four singles matches with
the remaining two matches uncompleted due to
Alexander Pagonis
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3.
2.
4.
5.
1. James Wheatley 2. James Palmer 3. Anthony Keramianakis 4. Blazo Djurovic 5. Emerson Bloom
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Sport – Tennis
Round 4 v The King’s School (Home) L 4– 8
After good results in the previous two matches,
the Newington boys focused on not getting ahead
of themselves and prepared for the challenge of
playing the defending champions King’s. It was
certainly going to be tough day if the doubles
matches were any indication: Newington’s
number one and two pairs went down fighting,
while Andrew Lleonart and Richard Palmer
played great doubles to win in straight sets. King’s
were up 2–1.
All six singles matches proved to be tough
encounters with great fighting victories to Michael
Cameron, Alex Pagonis and Richard Palmer.
King’s proved to be too strong winning the other
three matches and providing them the win by a
single match.
Round 5 v The Scots College (Away) L 2–10
It was always going to be a tough match against
Scots and the Newington boys were prepared for a
hard day away. Missing two players due to injury
didn’t help either. Number two doubles pair Alex
Pagonis and Michael Cameron won a convincing
straight sets match. Scots proved too strong in
the other two matches. We were down 2–1 after
the doubles.
All singles players having to play up at least one
position proved to be too tough for us, with only
Joel Hannan winning his singles match in a brutal
Joel Bedic
three sets. Michael Cameron and Richard Palmer
fought well but lost in three sets. Scots were too
good on the day, winning 10–2.
Round 6 v Sydney Grammar (Away) W 9–3
After enduring a defeat to Scots and King’s in the
previous weeks, the Newington boys trained and
focused well for their match against Grammar.
Michael Cameron and Alex Pagonis paired well
together, as did Richard Palmer and Joel Hannan,
both pairs winning in straight sets. We were up
2–1 after the doubles.
Strong singles performances from Michael
Cameron, Alex Pagonis, Richard Palmer and Joel
Bedic ensured that we secured a much needed
victory to get our season back on track.
Round 7 v St Joseph’s College (Away) W
9.5–2.5
With some welcomed confidence, we looked
forward to finishing the season with a highly
anticipated match against old rival St Joseph’s. All
three doubles matches were tightly contested (two
matches in super tie breakers) and we managed to
edge our nose in front with 2–1.
Joel Hannan
Strong singles performances from Michael
Cameron, Alex Pagonis, Richard Palmer and Joel
Hannan helped us win the day. This victory also
secured the 2nd VI’s third place in the GPS points
table for season 2010.
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2ND VI TENNIS, 2010
Second Row: RJ Palmer, MR Cameron, J Hannan
First Row: AG Pagonis, Mr JK Spencer (Coach), H Cho Inset: JC Bedic
3RD TENNIS, 2010
MA Ouzas, SJC McLean, MCN Robinson, DT Simoni, Mr WJM Gibson (Coach)
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Sport – Tennis
4TH TENNIS, 2010
Mr VE Robinson (Coach), DT Hauptman, NZ Teng, L Gration, Mr WJM Gibson
5TH TENNIS, 2010
Mr VE Robinson, JG Drummond, K Lo, HR Dotson, GRH Turner, Mr WJM Gibson (Coach)
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6TH TENNIS, 2010
Second Row: MA Rees, TH Lee, E Vakirtzis, A Zhou
First Row: Mr VE Robinson (Coach), J Ngo, ED Park, J Kotsopoulos, Mr WJM Gibson
16A AND B TENNIS 2009
Second Row: PJ Alphonse, JH Costas, JG Loy, BC Casey
First Row: BH Parsons, Q Zhang, Ms JC Tracey, K Dervis, JM Severino Inset: AM Pagonis
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Sport – Tennis
16C AND D TENNIS 2009
Second Row: DJ Tsavdaridis, BP Milic, SA Simpson, EG Danias
First Row: AG Lombardo, K Kumaradas, Ms JC Tracey, S Augoustinos, JL Ciofani
15A TENNIS, 2010
Ms KM Lak (Coach), TQ Du, AJ Chan, HYJ Yu, DJ Shipsey
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15B TENNIS, 2010
Ms KM Lak (Coach), AP Bloomfield, LJ Cussen, LB Wilson, MA McDonald
15C TENNIS, 2010
Ms K M Lak (Coach), PGC Macri, TE Greeley, GT Panousos
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Sport – Tennis
15D TENNIS, 2010
Second Row: Ms KM Lak (Coach), T Iannuzzi, W Wei
First Row: S Chalkis, RS D’Cruz, E Rothonis, AJ Messinis, CR Fraser
14A TENNIS, 2010
J Hannan, SM Hutton, N Spasojevic, HT Green, Mrs EM O’Rourke (Coach)
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14B TENNIS, 2010
LW Tracy, H Xu, YM Van Gelder, TL Hauptman, Mrs EM O’Rourke (Coach)
14C TENNIS, 2010
CN Saliba, AE Varlis, KG Burgess, AT Mei, LR Ridley, Mrs EM O’Rourke (Coach)
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Sport – Tennis
14D TENNIS, 2010
Second Row: J Gregory, BR Creswick, EI Gorur, PC Mavris
First Row: CJM Yap, AL Sheldon, Mrs EM O’Rourke (Coach), B Grover, E Tekin
13A TENNIS, 2010
BF Purdy, AC Iannuzzi, Mrs B Mossemenear (Coach), SC Packett, OW Schmarr
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13B TENNIS, 2010
JJ Oakley, MJ Loy, Mrs B Mossemenear (Coach), AD Cunningham, A Ghadge
13C TENNIS, 2010
J Gatsos, NR Tredinick, Mrs B Mossemenear (Coach), S Park, TC Speyer
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Sport – Tennis
13D TENNIS, 2010
JB Botto, K Zhang, Mrs B Mossemenear (Coach), DJ Evans, AA Grant
TENNIS CLUB, 2010
Second Row: K Lee, J Mathew, AJ Bate, A Vo, BG Krilis
First Row: PM Hatzistergos, JI Sharrem, JQ Tran, Mrs B Mossemenear (Coach), ZW Chen, HC Taylor-Blair, EJ Poon
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Volleyball
Mr T Driver
Mr M Dickens
the 1sts. Their performances bode well for the 1sts
team of 2011.
2010 was a season where the representative
Volleyball teams continued their development into
a highly skilled and competitive squad. Over the
year, the College competed in the GPS
competition, a home-and-away round robin
structure across Terms 2 and 3, in addition to
various fixtures against CAS schools. The 2nds
team was largely made up of players new to the
sport in 2010, and functioned as a development
squad. Over the course of the year their skill set
improved dramatically, leading to some
impressive results and a third place in the GPS
competition. Significantly, the team unearthed
some committed and talented players, with some
like Alex McNeil finishing the year playing with
The 2010 1sts team set a high standard across the
season and across their GPS competition rounds,
finishing second. Although initially the team
depended heavily on the contributions from
experienced and skilled captain Sam Barnes and
setter Thomas Chard, by the end of the season the
team was a well-balanced unit. The boys used
specialised roles and rotations, allowing the
development of combinations and attacking plays
across the court. Over the course of the year, all
Newington players represented the school with
pride and played the game with a flair and
commitment that brought credit to themselves
and to the school.
VOLLEYBALL, 2010
Third Row: MCN Robinson, MJ Rampe, ST Blefari
Second Row: OJ Hobbs, JR Kerrison, JW Longstaff, JC Tanevski, RP Cotterill, PS Kuo
First Row: RDM Lan, TA Chard, Mr Wood (Coach), SC Barnes, Mr Driver (Coach), VT Salman, MY Anthis
Absent: DN Hill, AWA McNeil, TS Caples, LA Reed, K Sherig
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Sport – Volleyball
1sts and 2nds
Coaches
Mr T Driver
Mr R Wood
Captain
Sam Barnes
Round 1 v Sydney Boys High (Away) 1sts L
0–3, 2nds L 0–3
The opening competition round for 2010 took the
teams to High, a school which has consistently set the
benchmark in NSW Volleyball for the past decade.
With many players new to the sport taking the
court for the first time, this was always going to be
a difficult fixture for Newington, but one that
would set the bar for the rest of the season. The
2nds struggled to find a rhythm against a team
that made few errors and was able to structure
their attack. The 1sts competed well but were just
unable to close out each rally, and went down 3–0.
It was a promising start to the season.
Round 2 v St Ignatius’ (Home) 1sts W 3–1,
2nds L 2–3
St Ignatius’ was to be the most improved team of
the 2010 season and being physically the largest
squad in the competition would present some
challenges in both our home and away fixtures.
The 2nds began the match well, pushing out to a
2–0 lead, but thinking the job was done lost their
focus and let St Ignatius’ back into the third set,
narrowly losing it 21–25. This gave St Ignatius’ the
momentum it needed to wrap up the last two sets.
The 1sts looked to suffer a similar fate after a
comprehensive and controlled opening set.
However, after dropping the second, some
impressive work by setters Daniel Hill and Tom
Chard in directing the team’s attack settled the
boys into their rhythm.
Rounds 3 v Sydney Grammar (Home) 1sts W
3–0 2nds L 1–3
As always, Grammar presented significant
challenges for the Newington boys this year. Often
fielding smaller teams, Grammar based its game
on passing and a low error rate rather than trying
to dominate the net. This was the undoing of our
2nds, a team which made too many unforced
errors, despite some strong defence on the net
from Reed Cotterill. In contrast, the 1sts worked
hard not to let Grammar into the game. Marcus
Robinson and Marcus Rampe, alternately playing
at centre-blocker, ensured that Grammar needed
to work hard to get a spike away and pressured
them into uncharacteristic unforced errors.
Round 4 v Scots College (Home) 1sts W 3–0,
2nds W 3–0
Scots’ arrival at Newington College corresponded
with the squad finally settling into patterns and
roles on the court. It did not bode well for them.
The 2nds, many of whom were new to the sport
this year, won their game 3–0. Some good work by
Oliver Hobbs at setter and Sebastien Blefari in the
middle of the net did not let Scots into the match.
The 1sts, concentrating on controlling the ball and
using their attacking combinations, dominated the
top of the net to comprehensively win 3–0.
Round 5 v Sydney Grammar (Away)
1sts W, 2nds L
The return fixture at Grammar saw some changes
to their teams. Our 2nds pushed out to a 2–0
advantage, only to have Grammar lift and
pressure our passing. Jacob Kerrison played
strongly at the net, but inconsistency in our
serving and passing let Grammar back in to take
the match to 14–16 in the final set. The 1sts, on the
sideline during this match, learnt the lesson well.
Good passing and court movement right from the
start gave them lots of options in attack. Patric
Kuo, playing at outside hitter, consistently found
the floor with a superb display of spiking.
Round 6 v Sydney Boys High (Away) 1sts L
0–3, 2nds L 0–3
Having trained well and developed good
structures, the Newington teams were wellprepared for the return fixture against High. The
2nds competed well, putting pressure on their
opponents with strong serving and passing. In the
end, High’s strong attacking game forced too
many errors from our less experienced players.
The 1sts match was a different story, with
Newington controlling the play and having the
ascendency at various times in each set. Marcus
Rampe and Jack Longstaff combined at the net to
read High’s attack, disrupting their set plays and
forcing them into errors. With unfortunate errors
and incidents costing us the second and third sets,
the scoreline did not reflect the closeness of the
match nor the quality of play we brought to this
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round, which earned the boys the plaudits of
spectators and opposition coaches alike.
Water Polo
Round 7 v St Ignatius’ (Away) 1sts L 1–3
2nds L 1–3
Against the most improved school in the
competition, this was our most disappointing
round. Coming back after the previous week’s
performances, both the 1sts and 2nds struggled for
consistency against a school that had a point to
prove after their first meeting in the New Gym.
Alex O’Neill and Reed Cotterill were both hard to
defend against, but in the end the 2nds were let
down by their back-court passing. The 1sts
struggled to find the combinations they brought to
High, and were out-muscled by an aggressive St
Ignatius’ 1sts. Jason Tanevski’s spiking from wide
of the net was very effective, but the team’s ability
to feed our setters with quality ball was not up to
our usual standards.
1st XIII
Round 8 v Scots College (Away) 1sts W 3–0,
2nds W 3–1
In the GPS/CAS Premiership, the College lost
only one game for the season by one goal to
outstanding premier team St Aloysius’, finishing
equal second. Once again the closeness of the
competition cannot be understated and the effort
from the boys was very pleasing.
In the last round of the competition, both teams had
strong wins. The 2nds dominated the front court,
with Lachlan Reid and Matt Anthis hitting strongly
off setters Tom Caples and Kevin Sheng. The 1sts
used their final game to honour the contributions
of the team’s Year 12 players. Against a team that
struggled to read our attack, the often uncontested
hitting of Sam Barnes and Patric Kuo off Richard
Lan’s setting was impressive to watch, and was a
fitting way in which to end the season.
Coach
Captain
Mr A Hellyer
Mr I Trent
Mr I Trent
Harrison Pullinger
The 2009/10 season of Water Polo for the
Newington 1st XIII was another successful one.
From 7–12 December 2009, the Trans-Tasman Cup
was played at Sacred Heart High School Auckland.
Newington College’s inaugural appearance in this
prestigious event was memorable. In a highstandard tournament played by teams including
Year 12 boys, the College finished a creditable
fourth, only going down by a goal in extra time in
the third/fourth place playoff. This was a great
result for our young team.
Round 1 v Barker College (Home) W 21–2
It was a good first up performance whereby we
concentrated on teamwork. Our counter-attack
completely dominated the opposition from the
outset so it was difficult to put our extra man and
general setup into practice. Matt Hannan starred
with seven goals whilst Reed Cotterill was pivotal
on two metres.
Round 2 v St Ignatius’ College (Home) D 6–6
This was one of the defining games of the season
against a heavily favoured opposition. As the score
indicates, it was nip-and-tuck for the entire game.
We fell down on some basics and the little things
cost us dearly as we let in some cheap goals. Reed
Cotterill moved from centre-forward to driver in
the final quarter and his brace gave us the lead
with 40 seconds remaining. However Riverview
scored in the frenzied final seconds for the tie.
Round 3 v Scots College (Home) W 20–0
Sam Barnes
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The GPS/CIS Competition resumed after the
Christmas break with the Newington boys facing
Sport – Water Polo
old rivals Scots at home. The boys were able to do
as they pleased, playing with too much speed and
shooting power for Scots. We scooted to a 7–0 lead
at the first break, going on with the effort for the
remainder of the match. NSW reps Harrison
Pullinger (six goals), Reed Cotterill (five goals) and
Matt Hannan (two goals) led the way in a good
team performance. Goalie Jack Bortolotti had the
distinction of scoring twice with long range efforts
and his general goalkeeping was also excellent.
Round 4 v Knox Grammar (Home) W 14–1
An under-strength Newington 1sts team scored a
comfortable 14–1 win over Knox at Newington
pool. Considering the interruptions of illness
which had hit the team throughout the previous
week, this was a great effort. Matt Hannan (six
goals) and skipper Harrison Pullinger (four goals)
were the top scorers for the College. After some
sloppy play in the second quarter, the Newington
boys tightened up and scored some nice counterattack goals in an easy victory.
Round 5 v Waverley College W 9–3
Newington 1sts scored a lacklustre 9–3 win over
Waverley at Newington pool. The realisation we
were going to win the game did us no good at all
and a general lack of intensity led to some sloppy
play throughout the game. Reed Cotterill and Matt
Hannan led the scoring with four goals apiece.
Round 6 v St Aloysius’ College L 5–6
Newington v St Aloysius’ has been a pivotal game
in recent years and this was no different, with the
winner favoured to win the premiership. St
Aloysius’, boasting two Australian schoolboys in
their line-up, proved too experienced and cunning
when it counted and won 6–5 in a nail-biter at
Newington pool. The boys battled bravely and led
for most of the game but just couldn't nail the
score that would have broken St Aloysius’ spirit. It
can be a game of centimetres and two missed 5050 balls cost us dearly. St Aloysius’ took advantage
of some small mistakes and turned them into big
ones. It was a good display against a very strong
team with some brilliant individual performances.
1ST WATER POLO, 2010
Second Row: Mr C Seawright (Manager), RP Cotterill, JR Kerrison, OW Wallace, JJ Cottle
First Row: LA Reid, JM Bortolotti, HTR Pullinger (Captain), JD Shaw, AMR Isaias Absent: Mr I Trent (Coach)
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3.
4.
1. Jacob Kerrison 2. Matthew Hannan 3. Harrison Pullinger 4. Reed Cotterill
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Round 1 v Barker College (Home) W 14–1
2nd XIII
Coach
Captain
Mr C Seawright
Luke Fulham
The 2nds Water Polo team had a very successful
season and the boys’ aptitude for teamwork can be
seen in their impressive results. The season held
only one loss for the boys, defeated by Joeys by
one goal and resulting in the College being placed
as runners up to this team in the competition. It is
worth mentioning that St Joseph’s does not field a
1sts team and so as expected, it was a difficult game
for our 2nds, who nonetheless played very well.
The first half of the season went exactly to plan with
the boys winning their first three matches against
Barker, High and St Ignatius’. This result was partly
due to the introduction of swimming sessions as well
as skills training which the boys undertook one
morning per week, giving them an early competitive
edge and allowing them to enter the season too
fast and fit for the other teams to keep up.
Under the notable leadership of Captain Luke
Fulham, the team appeared to be well-positioned in
the lead up to the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately,
due to luck of the draw, the boys were required to
play Joeys in the first round back after the Christmas
break. Although we lost this game with a score of
7–6, I am confident that our boys could have
presented the opposition with a more competitive
fight had they been able to meet them later on in the
season when we had returned to our peak fitness.
The boys bounced back from this loss with their game
against Waverley. They put in a stellar performance
winning 12–5, blowing the opposition out of the
water. Jordan Cox, Brandon Tam and Tom Mullally,
our top goal scorers for the year, scored an
incredible three goals each. Another season
highlight was our 21–1 victory over Trinity. The boys
worked remarkably well as a team with Brandon
Tam, our fastest swimmer, scoring five goals.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
1st XIII coach Ian Trent for his valuable
contributions towards making this season a great
success and one which was enjoyed by all players
and coaches. I would also like to wish the senior
boys all the best for the future; it was a pleasure to
have met and coached you. To the boys who will
be back next year, I look forward to being involved
in your continued development as players.
A sound game for the first official one of the
season: the new requirement for participating in a
swimming training session each week was paying
off in improved fitness. Tom Mullally proved too
strong as the centre-forward and scored four
goals. New players to the 2nds Joshua Sprake,
Reece Nelson and Nathan Roye all scored goals.
The Newington boys were far too strong for High,
beating them 23–0. We used our dominance to
practise our game plan of setting up a solid
formation around the centre-forward and
breaking in for a pass and shot. Again our
swimming speed and fitness made it impossible
for High to counter-attack. Sam Johnston’s six
goals earned him man of the match.
Round 3 v St Ignatius’ College (Home) D 6–6
In an amazing double, the 2nds followed the 1sts
with exactly the same result, a 6–6 draw.
This was disappointing for the 2nds as they were
up 3–0 at one point in the game and were superior
in speed and fitness to the opposition. Too many
careless passes and not countering to defend
following an unsuccessful attack were the main
problems. However, we were one goal down with
two seconds to play when the St Ignatius’ goalie
fouled. Tyler Harding levelled the score with a five
metre penalty shot under extreme pressure.
Round 4 v The Scots College (Home) W 11–2
Newington’s 2nd XIII played its best game of the
season for the boys’ first game back after the
Christmas break, defeating Scots by 11–2. The first
quarter was shaky with Scots coming out strongly
and scoring two early goals. However we were not
rattled and used this as incentive to fight back.
Marking was tight and our defensive game was so
strong that Scots found it difficult to find positions
to shoot from but our speed in the water and
fitness were our strongest qualities. There were
many goal scorers: our fastest in the pool, Brandon
Tam, scored three goals from speedy breaks; Tom
Mullally used his powerful back-shot to score two;
as did Blake Wright in his first game back after
injury. Jordan Cox, Tyler Harding and Josh Sprake
also scored goals.
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Round 5 v St Joseph’s College L 6–7
Round 7 v St Aloysius’ College W 10–4
The Newington 2nds played in the most critical
game of the season on Saturday against Joeys, the
other undefeated team in the competition. We
began well, staying ahead of them until the final
quarter. A few careless errors resulted in losing by
one point. We worked hard and earned our six
points whereas Joeys scored their goals on our
errors. This was a valuable lesson in playing as a
team with all members needing to step up and
work together for a final result.
The Newington boys showed their strength in
attack against St Aloysius’, winning convincingly.
Jordan Cox used his swimming speed to create
opportunities and was well-supported by Blake
Wright. Cox scored four goals in the match. Tom
Reynolds scored his first goal for the season with a
blisteringly fast shot out of the left corner.
Round 6 v Waverley College W 12–5
Newington’s 2nd XIII bounced back from the
previous week’s tragic loss to win convincingly
against Waverley. We stuck to our game plan
setting up and breaking in to shoot, but relied
heavily on our superior fitness and swimming
speed. Our fastest, Jordan Cox and Brandon Tam
scored three goals each. Joshua Sprake played a
smart game and scored two goals.
Round 8 v Trinity Grammar W 21-1
The Newington 2nd XIII totally outclassed Trinity
Grammar. The boys in the team have come
together as a cohesive unit with improved skills in
passing, attacking and in defence. Traditionally,
our shooting has been weak but even this aspect
showed improvement in the game. Brandon Tam
was the top scorer with five goals followed by
Joshua Sprake on four. Both players are fast
swimmers who use their speed to break away and
shoot unmarked. Nine players scored goals in this
match, which is testament to the depth in the 2nds.
2ND WATER POLO, 2010
Second Row: Mr C Seawright (Coach), BA Wright, MB Martin, TE Harding, RV Nelson
First Row: TW Reynolds, SJ Johnston, JJ Sprake, LM Fulham (Captain), TH Mullally, NJ Roye, B Tam Absent: JM Cox
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16A WATER POLO, 2010
Second Row: A Hrysanthos, JE Rowley, SG Ralph, M Paton, LR Cox, Mr G Davies (Coach)
First Row: MJ Hood, S Hrysanthos, A Liakopoulos, AJ Bertino, DP Trent
16B WATER POLO, 2010
Second Row: AR O’Hare, D Pointon, JA Grogin, EP Eruini-Bennett, R O’Regan, J-W Yoo
First Row: BP Moon, ASJ Dive, Ms L Silver (Coach), TR Lee, C Howard-Schmidt
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14S WATER POLO, 2010
Fourth Row: RG Becker, MAC Serhon, HA Lawson
Third Row: AW McKindlay, F Noble-Shelton, BB Parkes, WM Ball, JM Savage, SE Wallace, HJK Miles
Second Row: LW Pateman, LGM Bennett, NA Bramich, GL Stent, J-L Poideven, MA Richter
First Row: LJ Craddock, PJ McConnell, WJ Cotterill, Mr LJ Cotterill (Coach), A Flame, JC Butcher, SM Robinson
13S WATER POLO 2009
Second Row: NAA Hassett, SJY Clark, S Gotsoulias, Mrs A Jagger (Coach), Ms M Wheeler (Coach), HB Moate, JR Holden, JT McConnell
First Row: JR Sortwell, WP Gowers, CJ Miller, MHA Connell, NR James, NA Bertino, CE Hacker
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WYVERN HOUSE ACADEMIC AWARDS
Year 3
Merit – Citizenship
Merit – Consistent Effort
Merit – Academic Achievement
All-Round Academic Excellence
Art
French
Music
Physical Education
Religious Education
Darcy Bouwman, Khalil Taleb, Joshua Hovilai
Christopher Iannuzzi, Hugo Emery, Perry May
Angellos Korsanos, Marc Mardini, Kieran Corcoran
Xavier Hodge, Jonathan Lee, Joshua Macdessi,
Samuel Perivolaris, Mark Elwaw, Jesse Goh
Michael Gatis
Miles Parhash
Simon Jeon
Daniel Maini
Jonathan Lee
Year 4
Art
French
Music
Physical Education
Religious Education
Rupert Drake, Joon Tae McFadden, Tom Sundquist
Patrick Draper, Matthew Dyster, Alexander Humphreys
Gary Chen, Matthew Pease, Paul Stephen
Kevin Meng, Darcy McDonald, Nicholas Sims,
Geordie Maclean, Angus Mackie-Williams, Jason Chan
Jason Archis
Angus Mackie-Williams
Nicholas Maclean
Hunter Karam
Liam Nikos
Year 5
Art
French
Music
Physical Education
Religious Education
Nathan Beattie, Marco Loprevite, Stavros Dedes, Desmond Ho
Anton Maraldo, Joshua Stellino, Harry Stirton, Danny Kalis
Jovan Tomasevic, Jack James, Thomas Su, Rahul Prabhu
Louis Jang, Matthew Britt, Nicholas Peppercorn,
Mitchell Long, Jasper Schoff, Sebastian Hodge,
Matthew Putt, Tomas Petsianis
Erik Mueller
Jasper Schoff
Jasper Schoff
Tomas Petsianis
Benjamin Tang
Year 6
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Anthony Mavris, Dion Riotto, Keanu Blunden
Costan Griziotis, Daniel Parshotam, Timothy Hare
Sebastian Iannuzzi, Georgio Platias, Sam Kalis
William Ryan, Alexander Barrat, Aaron Yuen,
Lachlan Garner, Daniel Cordeschi, James Paoloni
Preparatory Schools – Wyvern House
Special Prizes
Jack Davine Memorial for Year 5 All-Rounder
Jasper Schoff
Year 6 Prize for Art
Jackson Streeter
Year 6 Prize for Debating
Adam Clark
Year 6 Prize for English
Peter Ioannou
Year 6 Prize for French
Grant Anticevich
Year 6 Prize for Mathematics
Peter Ioannou
Wallace Webb Memorial Prize for Outstanding Service to Music
Christopher Sikiotis
Year 6 Prize for Religious Education
Christopher Tsavdaridis
Year 6 Prize for Science
Daniel Cordeschi
Boyd Fowler Memorial Prize for Service to Wyvern House
Bastian Meagher
Bosman Family Award for Year 6 All-Rounder
Grant Anticevich
Lodge Wyvern Award for Public Spirit
Alexander Barrat, Alexander Bruce, Nicholas Stilp
The Roy Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship for Dux of Wyvern House
Peter Ioannou
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Wyvern House Report
Head of Wyvern House
Mr I Holden
2010 has been another very active and productive
year for all at Wyvern House with students
engaging in a comprehensive range of academic,
creative, musical, sporting and cultural activities.
One of the overriding highlights this year has been
the cohesion and sense of purpose of all parts of
the Wyvern community as they seek to provide
the very best educational environment in which
Wyvern boys are able to flourish. Wyvern House
continues to be at the forefront boys’ education in
Sydney and as such demand for places is very
strong with waiting lists now operating in nearly
all Year groups. We look forward to starting the
2011 academic year with a full school of 20 classes
and 475 students.
Other highlights in 2010 included:
• The building and opening of the state-of-the-art
Roy Zimmerman Library which will significantly
enhance the learning opportunities of all
Wyvern boys.
• The introduction of Year group learning
workshops for parents that forge a stronger
partnership between the school, boys and
parents.
• The introduction of inquiry-based units of
study in all Year groups leading to significantly
higher levels of student engagement and interest.
• Our participation in the inaugural Newington
College Science Festival.
• Our excellent attainment in ICAS (International
Competitions and Assessments for Schools
Competitions) in Science, English and
Mathematics with well over 40% of all
candidates gaining Credits or better.
• Our outstanding achievements by boys in
NAPLAN (National Assessment Program for
Literacy and Numeracy) assessments with Year
WYVERN HOUSE STAFF
Fourth Row: P Trent, D Ikin, J Burke, A Pollard, M Bulger, M Henson, D James, R Grubb
Third Row: M Bennett, C Kruithof, J Martin, B Ienna, P Maher, B Tarbox, S Findley, S Brown, M Brixen
Second Row: M Macpherson, L Wright, J Wiseman, A Spiroglou, S Lewandowski, G Bradford, A Lukins, J Barnes, A Forell, D Malkki
First Row: K O’Brien, D Curko, N Brunton, S Gray, I Holden, A Wood, R Phillips, P Morphew, S Raven
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1. Daniel Loveridge with a CSIRO visitor 2. Bastian Meagher 3. Joel Ludski 4. Sebastian Natoli 5. Harrison Singh
6. Kindy Pirates 7. Jack Williams
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3 and Year 5 students significantly exceeding
national benchmarks in numeracy and literacy.
• An entertaining Year 5 and 6 musical
production that showcased the creative talents
of students.
role. Many students, past and present have
benefited tremendously from the professional
excellence and wonderful care of these two highly
regarded teachers. We wish both Mrs Bruce and
Mrs Phillips every happiness in the future.
• Many other outstanding instrumental musical
performances by various groups including at
Founders Concert and at Wind, Brass,
Percussion and Strings concerts.
Other staff members who also moved on from
Wyvern to pursue other opportunities in 2010 were
Mr Rod Stoddart, Mr James Tracey, Mrs Renee
Manea, Mr Philip Harding and Mrs Karen Meagher.
Staff
We were delighted to strengthen the Wyvern staff
team by making the following appointments in 2010:
In 2010 two outstanding teachers retired from
their teaching roles at Wyvern House. At the start
of the year, after 29 years of dedicated service to
Wyvern boys and families, Mrs Maria Bruce
decided the time was right for her to give some
more time to her family and other interests. At the
end of 2010, after 19 years of full commitment and
highly professional work and care of Wyvern
boys, parents and staff, Mrs Ronda Phillips retired
from her full-time class teacher and Year leader
• Mr Martin Henson – Year 6 class teacher
• Mr Daniel James – Year 5 class teacher
• Mr David Ikin – Year 2 class teacher
• Miss Annika Forell – Year 2 class teacher
• Mr Jeremy Burke – Kindergarten class teacher
• Mr Michael Bennett – Religious Education
teacher
• Miss Annie Lukins – Receptionist
WYVERN HOUSE SCHOOL LEADERS
Nicholas Stilp, Alexander Barrat, Alexander Bruce, Mr I Holden
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Art
Visual Arts Teacher
Ms C Shugg
In Art there were many new and vibrant
experiences for boys to enjoy including:
• The Inaugural Wyvernbald Portrait Prize for
Year 6 where, following an excursion to the
Archibald Prize, students created their own
portraits on canvas. A combination of parents,
staff and boys voted for the Wyvernbald Prize
which was won by Tom Atkinson.
• In Studio Art Club, boys worked on individual
Art projects developed in a workshop
environment for Art enrichment.
• Year 1 enjoyed an Art excursion to the Museum
of Contemporary Art (MCA) which included
interactive activities based on Danish artist
Eliafur Oliasson’s exhibition.
• Year 4 undertook an excursion to the ‘Da Vinci
Anatomy to Robots’ exhibition.
• Years 5 and 6 boys produced the ‘Technicolour
Abstracts’ exhibition in conjunction with the
Joseph musical.
• Over 80 framed artworks were displayed as
part of the Artists of the Week program.
Debating
Coordinator
both at home and away. The season was a
successful one, with an even mix of wins and the
losses, some of which appeared almost too close to
be decided.
The Annual Debating Gala Day was held at Trinity
Grammar, Strathfield. The two teams of boys
debated well and came away with one win, one
loss. It is always hard for new debaters to learn
that, in debating, the result is not always as clear
cut as it is in a game of rugby or cricket where the
score is clearly defined at its conclusion. Rather,
the result is dependent upon an adjudicator’s
decision as to whose was the most convincing side
of the argument.
Once again, Mrs Rosalind McKenzie from the
Secondary School helped with home adjudications,
as did Mr Martin Henson and Mr Stephen Finley,
both newly recruited this year. It is always
rewarding to watch the considerable development
that takes place in a group of debating novices,
and to see them emerge as confident and
competent orators at the end of the season. This
group of boys was no exception, and it is hoped
that this is just the beginning of the boys’ debating
involvement which will continue in Senior School.
Chess
Coordinator
Mrs R Phillips
There were 16 boys in the Debating Squad of 2010:
Taylan Behayi (Captain), James Paoloni, Grant
Anticevich, William Papapetros, Alexander Bruce,
Alexander Barrat, Adam Clarke, Nicholas
Adgemis, Harry Britt, Peter Ioannou, Peter
Zavvos, Christopher Sikiotis, Terry Lardis, Sam
Kalis, Sam Lawson, and Daniel Cordeschi.
In Terms 2 and 3, the boys—all of whom were new
to debating—developed their skills and grew in
confidence as they prepared and presented their
cases in a range of topics. The preparation
sessions, held after school, were always a hub of
lively interaction of ideas and opinions,
sometimes conflicting initially, but finally, coming
to a point of consensus to ensure a consistent team
line that they soon realised could win a debate.
The interschool debates against other independent
schools from the Inner West were held fortnightly,
Ms A Forell
There have been several exciting chess programs
running at Wyvern throughout 2010. Each week,
external coaches have come in and given the
Wyvern chess enthusiasts expert lessons. In Terms
2 and 3, a group of boys entered the Primary
Schools Chess Competition. The Rookie team
consisted of Marcel Chew, Christopher Iannuzzi,
Xavier Hodge, Harrison Wu, Mark Naitoe and
Joon Tae McFadden. The Intermediate team
consisted of Jack James, Finian Casey, Sebastian
Hodge and Gary Chen. The Advanced team
consisted of Thomas Su, Jasper Schoff, Desmond
Ho, Sebastian Iannuzzi and Aiden Brennan. The
boys showed great dedication and enthusiasm.
The Intermediate team in particular is to be
congratulated on placing equal first in the Inner
West division. In Term 4, the Wyvern Chess
Tournament was held. The Junior Chess champion
was Matthew Dyster and the Senior Chess
champion was Jasper Schoff.
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Mathematical Olympiad
Coordinator
Ms A Forell
A group of boys in Years 5 and 6 were chosen to
participate in a series of five ‘Olympiads’: these
are sets of five challenging questions to be
completed under test conditions. The boys gained
some impressive results. Congratulations to
Mitchell Long (Year 5) and Sebastian Iannuzzi
(Year 6) who were the highest scorers in their
respective year groups. Mitchell Long was also
awarded a special pin for scoring in the top 10% of
all the participants in the Year 5 division across the
competition.
SRC Report 2010
SRC Coordinator
Ms B Tarbox
2010 has been a very successful year for the SRC.
In total, the boys raised approximately $8000 for
various charities and for the establishment of the
Wyvern Kitchen Garden Project. Below is a
summary of the events held each term:
Term 1: A photography exhibition was held to
raise money for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
There were many artistic entries and a total of
$1174 was raised.
Term 2: A French theme day was organised to
support our World Vision sponsor child,
Domingos Joao Mafacusser from Mozambique.
There were some great moustaches, berets, stripy
shirts, artists, chefs and even Louis XIV could be
seen! $612 was donated to World Vision. ‘Crazy
Cupcake Week’ was also held and boys decorated
cupcakes with sweets to raise funds for the
Wyvern Kitchen Garden. $450 will go towards the
cost of seeds, plants, tools and soil.
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James Paoloni, Anthony Strazzeri, Anthony Mavris
and Max Bollington
Term 3: Years 5 and 6 boys worked hard to raise
$4375 for the World Vision 40-Hour Famine
Projects. Boys ‘went without’ both at school and at
home. This gave the boys a good appreciation of
the resources they have at school and of the
comforts at home. Some classes gave up using
technology and electricity for a session, while
others removed furniture from their classrooms.
One class even went without talking for a few
hours! Wyvern also supported ‘Jeans for Genes
Day’, contributing $720 towards the cause.
Term 4: A series of Christmas activities were held
including colouring competitions, cartoon movie
lunches and a lolly guessing competition, all in order
to purchase goods from ‘Oxfam Unwrapped’. $600
was spent on two goats, a well, a Farmer’s Pack
and a Bicycle Ambulance. The SRC also supported
the Wyvern Salvation Army Gift Giving Tree and
many Wyvern families generously donated gifts to
children for Christmas.
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1. Daniel Pascale, Nicholas Peppercorn, Jack Crawford, Bastian Meagher, Alexander Bulley 2. Erik Mueller 3.Miles Parhash
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WYVERN HOUSE SCHOOL & HOUSE LEADERS
Third Row: Harrison Petritsis, Grant Anticevich, Jackson Ford
Second Row: Sam Kalis, Max McKay, William Papapetros, Peter Zavvos, Bastian Meagher, Liam Wilson
First Row: Costan Griziotis, Aaron Yuen, Nicholas Stilp, Alexander Barrat, Alexander Bruce, Aaron Yuen, Liam Wilson
WYVERN HOUSE 6B
Third Row: Harrison Petritsis, William Latimer, Michael Li, Fearghas Flavhin, Christian Maini, Thomas Atkinson, Joshua Hare, Chaz Poot
Second Row: Mr A Kingsford Smith, William Ryan, Timothy Bland, Bradley Slee, Liam Wilson, Lewis Sourlos, Alexander Barrat,
Costan Griziotis, Alexander Robinson, Mr S Brown
First Row: Max Bollington, Branor Threadgold Wallace, Anthony Mavris, Aaron Hu, Leon Vitogiannis, Sebastian Iannuzzi,
Chris Tsavdaridis, Harrison Singh, Bailey Thompson
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WYVERN HOUSE 6C
Third Row: Max McKay, Jackson Ford, Dimitri Solomou, Nicholas Stilp, Christopher Sikiotis, Taylan Behayi, Nathan Rapso, Ms D Curko
Second Row: Aiden Brennan, Daniel Parshotam, Jeremy Leonard, Bastian Meagher, Edward Tuckerman, Dion Riotto, Lachlan Garner,
Lachlan Cameron, Christopher Bruce
First Row: Galen Rowell, Alexander Zafiropoulos, Joel Khoury, Aaron Yuen, Peter Zavvos, James Kunovski, Georgio Platias,
Peter Ioannou, Angus Chilton
WYVERN HOUSE 6S
Third Row: Timothy Hare, Jared Gillard, Jack Williams, Nicholas Adgemis, Grant Anticevich, Cameron Horne, Jackson Streeter,
Mr R Stoddart
Second Row: William Papapetros, Harry Britt, Terry Lardis, Sam Kalis, Samuel Lawson, Nicholas James, Alexander Henderson,
Alexander Bruce, James Paoloni
First Row: Jack Franco, Keanu Blunden, Hugh Burton, Anthony Strazzeri, Jack Gilbert, Jaggrapad Ponggun, Daniel Cordeschi,
Kevin Shen, Adam Clark
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WYVERN HOUSE 5B
Third Row: Jack Christie, James Haldane, Sebastien Mills, Max Hannah, Lachlan White, Alex Nichol, Louis Jang, Thomas Gannon
Second Row: Jack James, Wil Anderson, Anton Maraldo, Roger Li, Phillip Baris, Nathan Beattie, Joshua Brennan, Mr N Brunton
First Row: John Younan, Ben Serone, Elio Rehayem, Sholto Bremner, Quinn Goh, Matthew Britt, Zak Knight
WYVERN HOUSE 5H
Third Row: Lachlan Fisher, Joshua Stellino, Remy Krassoi, Nicholas Peppercorn, Christian Bartasek, Thomas Su, Alexander Bulley,
Mrs R Hands
Second Row: Jacob Nastasi, Wayne Char, Mitchell Long, Ryan Gigg, Jonathon Corrente, Daniel Pascale, William Mayer,
Rohan Gupta, George Burley
First Row: Duy Vu, Alexander Koutalistras, Thomas Crawford, Mitchell Long, Alexander Dicembre, Hussein Ayache,
Marco Loprevite, Jack Crawford, James Kah
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WYVERN HOUSE 5J
Third Row: Matthew Putt, Jack Fan, Harrison Plateris, Tomas Petsianis, James Raciti, Thomas Langford, Mr D James
Second Row: Joshua Lowry, James Calfas, Harry Stirton, Stavros Dedes, Benjamin Harris, Bennett Casey, Quinn McGlone,
Benjamin Tang, Christopher Thomas
First Row: Harrison Knapton, Steve Hatzipavlis, Owen Littlejohn, Flynn Ladbrooke Bower, Harry Angelos, Eric Keramianakis,
Nicholas Da Mina, Peter Tredinnick, Carter Sutherland
WYVERN HOUSE 5P
Third Row: Eric Mueller, Finian Casey, Jasper Schoff, Aidan O’Donnell, Justin Malkki, Shen Goh, Lucas Greenslade, Mrs R Phillips
Second Row: Rahul Prabhu, William Cassimatis, Ashley Bate, Nicholas Pepper, Jack Staley, Thomas Stapleton, Danny Kalis,
Enzo D’antonio
First Row: George Litsas, Liam Jenkins, Desmond Ho, Eden Bradford, Max Carlile, Jacob Sullivan, Harrison Chan,
Sebastian Hodge, Sharif Hitchcock
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WYVERN HOUSE 4B
Third Row: Felix Noxon, Rupert Drake, Max Scully, Harrison Long, Darcy McDonald, Carlo Ottavio, Ben Tucker, Mr M Bulger
Second Row: George Psarris, Benjamin Streeter, Gary Chen, Patrick Draper, Bryn Williams, Harrison Jiang, Harrison Clarke,
Kevin Meng, Nicholas Jacovides
First Row: Joel Gardner, Dylan Foster, Thomas Jordan, Cooper Gee, Thomas Cheetham, James Theocharous, Linus Griziotis,
Nicholas Michael, Liam Taylor
WYVERN HOUSE 4P
Third Row: Ricco Thyer, Daniel Baykitch, James Wang, Aidan Schmitt, Reed Nottage, Angus Mueller, Lorcan Kavanagh, Geordie Maclean
Second Row: Andrew Michael, Liam Nikos, Jordan Phibbs, Nicholas Sims, Christopher Kalis, Athan Diniotis, Matthew Pease, Mr P Trent
First Row: Joon Tae McFadden, Jeremiah Diskoros, Thomas Beattie, Harrison Wu, Denali Blunden, Matthew Dyster, Joel Franco
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WYVERN HOUSE 4T
Third Row: Jamie Canning, Joe Payne, Alexander Humphreys, Jonathan Lyons, Nicholas Maclean, Jack Rudkins, Jason Chan
Second Row: Tom Sundquist, Zachary Coote, Jason Archis, Mack Natoli Wright, Jeremy Petritsis, Nicholas Maher, Mark Naitoe,
Bryce Lenthall, Mrs B Tarbox
First Row: Thomas Guy, Thomas Morrell, Matthew Cobden, Hunter Karam, Paul Stephen, Angus Mackie Williams, Jack Favero,
Jordan Mouscas, Dominik Hruby
WYVERN HOUSE 3B
Third Row: Christopher Iannuzzi, Owen Zhang, Euan McKenzie, Matthaus Bartasek, Darcy Bouwman, Dean Begetis
Second Row: Mark Chen, Connor Mills, Harley Hopwood, Kevin Tran, Marcel Chew, Angellos Korsanos, Ethan Dickson,
Mrs G Bradford
First Row: Morgan Knapton, Xavier Hodge, Jonathan Lee, Emmanuel Laoutaris, Finn Krassoi, Daniel Maini, Marcus Pham,
Tristan Tran, Alessio Cordaro
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WYVERN HOUSE 3M
Third Row: Miles Parhash, Adam Tamerji, Oliver Buchanan, Sebastian Wyatt, Luca Vasiliou, Anthony Gestakovski, Bryants Lam
Second Row: Andrew Hong, Joshua Macdessi, Isaac Carriline, Daniel Loveridge, Finn Walsh, Khalil Taleb, Hugo Emery,
Ms M Macpherson
First Row: Sebastian Doyle, Marc Mardini, Samuel Churchin, Samuel Perivolaris, Marcus Gorsevski, Andrew Mavris, Nicholas James
WYVERN HOUSE 3P
Third Row: Mark Elwaw, Joshua Cappello, Nicholas Court, Ethan Hunt, Ben Fan, Jesse Goh, Archie Cuttance, Mr A Pollard
Second Row: Mitchell Gigg, Joel Butcher, Spiro Magliveras, Michael Gatis, Myles Burke, Kieran Corcoran, Xavier Caputo
First Row: Sam Argy, Jonathan Motsos, Luca Capuano, Joshua Hovilai, Simon Jeon, Oliver Smith, Perry May
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WYVERN HOUSE 2M
Third Row: William Li, Hugo McCombie, Asher Baykitch, Oliver Cleary, Victor Herro, Abraham Hassan, Josh Kooner, Mrs M Nottage
Second Row: Enzo Gonzalez Ahumada, Daniel Bordina, Benjamin Nguyen, Indie Nielsen-Wood, Peter Pontifix, Aaron Mueller,
Patrick Lu
First Row: Callum Griffin, Christian McLoughlin, Dhruv Kumar, Mohamad Karnib, Paul Bessiris, Samuel Martin, Stirling May
WYVERN HOUSE 2S
Third Row: Elliott O’Connor, Charles Kichenside-Quinn, Matthew Geng, Ruben Zikarsky, Oscar Bradstock-Forgan, Jop Lilley,
Sebastian Vardavas
Second Row: Max Manak, Kian Thornley, Ethan Bucholtz, James Evans, Alexander Solomou, Eden Horne,
Thomas McCoubrie, Ms A Seton
First Row: Luca Larocca, Luca Fotea, Angelo Kakakios, Cooper Davey, Nigel Chew, Oliver Smart, Eric Bessiris
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WYVERN HOUSE 2W
Third Row: Jack Collins, Alexander Radin, Broderick Simpkin, Sebastian Buchanan, Grayson Richardson, Justin Martin, Thomas Ilinkovski
Second Row: Malcolm Ayoub, Jackson Young, Dean Hannah, Alexis Doak, Christian Wu, Jake Georgas, Jackson Sumich, Ms L Wright
First Row: Cameron Ma, Ashton Sela, Nicholas Yarrow, Lucas Ciesielski, Jack Williams, Sage Goh, Oscar Liu
WYVERN HOUSE 1L
Third Row: Marcus Santonoceto, Max Gallant, Thomas Hirst, Denis Antipas, Joshua Smith, Martin Duong, Luke Waked,
Mrs S Lewandowski
Second Row: Casey Horne, Conor Corcoran, Lukas Zobel, Kim Long Lam, Matt Tucker, Christopher Paoloni, Aayan Shukla
First Row: Hamish Holton, Angus Dunstan, Zachariah Zoud, Sam Vasta, Marley Smart, Ridley De Lange, Jack Hamill,
Alexander Mouhtouris, Benjamin Dewhurst
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WYVERN HOUSE 1M
Third Row: Anthony Davis, Christopher Mina, Gaelen Dorigo, Toby Phillips, Mackenzie Sheppard, Jean-Paul Gonios,
Emmanuel Chistiakoff, Colin Chen, Mrs D Malkki
Second Row: Christopher Laoutaris, Michael Hassen, Zachary Rider, Fallon Fotaras, Simon Petsianis, Maxim Clarke, Max Bradford,
Alexander Watson
First Row: Lachlan Doherty, George Papamanuel, Alan Cotterill, Martin Ong, William Ioannou, Aden Shalak, Joel Ludski
WYVERN HOUSE KB
Third Row: Marcus Gatis, Lennox Zikarsky, Alexander Vithoulkas, Ali Saab, Oscar Reinitz, Mr J Burke
Second Row: Michael Stephen, Liam Carriline, Owen Davey, Dylan Clark, Jason Lee
First Row: Luke Yarrow, Nicholas Venetoulis, Lucas Bardsley, Sebastian Natoli, Yassin Safieh, Joel Goh, Hugh Harvey
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WYVERN HOUSE KW
Third Row: Jack Kefalas, Sebastian Collins, Nicholas Wandmaker, Lucas Latimer, Edson Whattam, Ms J Wiseman
Second Row: Mark Geng, George Evans, Sebastian Baudille, Connor Gonios, Lachlan Griffiths, Cody Rixom
First Row: Oscar Cuttance, Joseph Moselmane, Mitchell Cope, James Hewish, Luca Di Cristo, Zane Xistouris, Antony Litsas
WYVERN HOUSE DEBATING TEAM
Back Row: Mrs R Phillips, Christopher Sikiotis, Nicholas Adgemis, Grant Anticevich, Samuel Lawson
Second Row: Sam Kalis, Terry Lardis, William Papapetros, Alexander Barrat, Peter Zavvos
First Row: James Paoloni, Harry Britt, Peter Ioannou, Taylan Behayi, Alexander Bruce, Daniel Cordeschi, Adam Clark
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WYVERN HOUSE SPORTS AWARDS
J Goodsir-Cullen Trophy for Service to Sport
Junior Sportsmanship Trophy
Chaz Poot
Nicholas Peppercorn
Griffiths Trophy for Sportsman of the Year 2010
Grant Anticevich
Parents & Friends Shield for House Premiership
Williams
Guest Shield for House Athletics
Russell Shield for House Cross Country
Shield for House Basketball
Coates
Coates/Howe
Williams
Wyvern House Most Successful Team 2010
Richardson Shield for House Cricket
Rickeard Trophy for the Most Successful Rugby Team
Edmonds Shield for House Rugby
Year 5 / 6A Basketball
Williams
9A
Howe
GA Barlow Trophy for House Soccer
Williams
Shield for House Softball
Williams
Roberts Trophy for House Swimming
Williams
Phil Holey Trophy for Wyvern House Tennis
Williams
Wyvern House Chess Trophy
Coates
Shield for House Debating
Coates
Preparatory Schools Combined Trophies
Newington Prep Schools’ Inter-House Biathlon Trophy
Rydal
Newington Prep Schools’ Inter-House Swimming Trophy
Rydal
Newington Prep Schools’ Inter-House Athletics
Rydal
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Inter-House Cross Country
Rydal
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Inter-House Tennis Trophy
Rydal
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Sport
Major Sports Awards
Grant Anticevich, a worthy recipient of the
Griffiths Trophy for Sportsman of the Year, had an
outstanding year in sport which culminated with
his selection in the NSW Basketball side. After
achieving selection in the IPSHA and CIS
basketball teams, Grant was a key player in the
NSWPSSA team. As a result of his efforts, he was
nominated for a Red award at the NSWCIS
awards ceremony. Grant was also awarded the
Outstanding Effort and Ability award for the
Wyvern 1sts. In addition to Basketball, Grant
demonstrated his talent in a variety of other
sporting fields. He was Age Champion at the
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Athletics
Carnival, gained selection in the Newington
Preparatory School team for Athletics and was
granted the honour of being named Captain of
Athletics in 2010. He then gained selection in the
IPSHA Athletics team and the NSWCIS Athletics
team. Grant played Rugby for Wyvern’s 1st XV,
played AFL and participated in the Newington
Inter-House Tennis Championship. Grant received
Colours for Athletics and Basketball and
represented his school with pride and good
sportsmanship on all occasions.
The J Goodsir-Cullen Trophy for Service to Sport was
awarded to one of Wyvern’s quiet achievers, Chaz
Poot. Chaz has proven to be a very able all-round
sportsman. In particular, he has excelled at
Swimming and Cross Country, where he won the
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Inter-House Age
Championship. Chaz’s victory in cross country for
his age group was made even more meritorious by
his overall win as Senior Cross Country
Champion. He gained selection in the Newington
teams for both swimming and cross country and
represented his school with great commitment. As
a member of the Softball A team, Chaz received
the Wyvern award for Outstanding Effort and
Ability. In addition to this he was selected in the
Rugby 1st XV team. In 2010 Chaz was awarded
Colours for Swimming, Cross Country and Softball.
Nicholas Peppercorn was awarded the Junior
Sportsmanship Trophy in 2010 after narrowly
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missing out on this award in 2009. Competing
amongst some very talented juniors at Wyvern, he
was able to win the Newington Preparatory
Schools’ 10 Years Age Championship for athletics.
He gained selection in Newington’s Athletics and
Cross Country teams and always represented the
school with pride. In addition to this, he received
the award for Outstanding Effort and Ability for the
10A Rugby team and looks to be a promising
player of the future. As with everything he does,
Nicholas gave cricket his very best effort every
week and had a fine season in this sport as well.
Team Captains for 2010
Athletics
Basketball
Cricket
Football
Rugby
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Grant Anticevich
Grant Anticevich
Jackson Ford
Anthony Mavris
Jackson Ford
Anthony Mavris
Chaz Poot
Dion Riotto
Winter Sport
Rugby
In 2010, Wyvern House fielded nine Rugby teams
in total, showing an encouraging rise in numbers
from 2009. In addition to Wyvern staff coaches and
Newington’s Director in Charge of Rugby Mr
Andrew Hill, the boys were given external
coaching support from six coaches supplied by
Sydney University.
Despite many washed-out matches, our 9A Rugby
team ended the season as the most successful team
for the second year in a row under the guidance of
Mr Jamie Martin. The after-school Rugby Skill
Development Sessions continued to be very
popular amongst the Wyvern Rugby players and
beneficial for their development, in addition to the
Six Stitcher Holiday Rugby Camps. The U11 team
was given the wonderful opportunity to form a
Guard of Honour for the NSW Waratahs as they
ran out onto the field in the Super 14 match
against the Wellington Hurricanes. As always,
Rugby at Wyvern House was well-supported by
the Newington Rugby Support Group which
funded four trophies per team.
Football
AFL – Paul Kelly Cup
In 2010, team numbers for Football also increased,
showing renewed interest in the Football program.
As with Rugby, the 2010 Football season was
interrupted by numerous wash-outs. Our 10A
Football team was the most successful team in
2010 and the 11A team was also very strong. Theafter school Football Skill Development Sessions
continued to be very popular amongst the Wyvern
Football players and the provision of Holiday
Football Camps by Brian Dene offered a valuable tool
for the development of skills in Wyvern footballers.
Wyvern House had yet another successful season
in AFL: the Year 5 and 6 boys progressed through
to the Sydney finals and had some fine wins in the
Spring Challenge. Sam Lawson gained selection in
the NSWCIS AFL team. He is the first Wyvern boy
to achieve this honour.
A new initiative was the introduction of beforeschool private coaching sessions run by Gabriel
‘Chichi’ Mendez. These were taken up by many in
the Wyvern Football community and proved very
beneficial for our boys. Wyvern boys in the 9s and
10s were also given the wonderful opportunity to
be team mascots for Blackburn Rovers during the
Festival of Football. They were player mascots for
Blackburn during their matches against Rangers
FC and Sydney FC and thoroughly enjoyed the
opportunity. The funding and support from the
Newington Football Group was again greatly
appreciated in 2010.
Indoor Football
Wyvern House entered a team the Inner West
Regional FUTSAL Championships held at the
Debbie and Abbey Borgia Community Recreation
Centre in Marrickville. The boys performed
particularly well, finishing second in their pool
against the eventual winners.
Snowsports
Wyvern House boys participated in the various
interschool Snowsports competitions during the
winter,
achieving
some
fine
results.
Congratulations to Keanu and Denali Blunden in
particular who achieved outstanding results
across all events, particularly in the NSW Sprint
Cup for Speed Skating where both boys broke
their own Australian records. Keanu achieved a
gold medal and was crowned the National
Champion, while Denali received a very
commendable bronze medal.
Summer Sport
Wyvern House fielded nine Cricket teams, 10
Basketball teams, two Teeball teams, two Softball
teams and four Tennis teams. In addition to this,
Wyvern House offered Club Tennis: a Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning Tennis coaching
program for our developing Tennis players.
Mr Matthew Nicholson, Newington College
Director in Charge of Cricket, ran the Cricket
program for Wyvern boys along with additional
skill development sessions. Matthew invited his
ex-teammate Mark Atkinson, Tasmanian and
Australia A wicket keeper, to offer coaching
tuition for Wyvern boys. This proved to be a great
initiative; both Matthew and Mark’s experience
and knowledge were invaluable.
In Basketball, Wyvern is developing a promising
nursery for our all-conquering Senior School 1sts.
Participation numbers remain high and our A
teams in Years 3 as well as 4 and Years 5 and 6 had
outstanding seasons. During the year we provided
experienced external coaches to develop our
basketballers. They provided holiday coaching
programs, winter training and additional skills
sessions. The boys in our Year 2 team were also
given an introductory course in Basketball to help
prepare them for their transition to interschool
sport in Year 3.
The Wyvern House Tennis development program
which ran under the guidance of John Spencer,
Newington College Director of Tennis, was again
very popular. Student numbers wanting to join the
tennis program continue to grow beyond the
capacity of our excellent facilities.
Our Softball and Teeball teams had strong seasons
with a strong display of enthusiasm and good
sportsmanship from all players.
An exciting new initiative for Water Polo was
offered to Year 5 and 6 boys at the Wyvern House
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and Lindfield campuses run by Newington’s
Water Polo Coach Lindsay Cotterill. He ran a
Water Polo Development Squad which
commenced in Term 3, aiming to offer an
opportunity for our boys to discover and build
essential skills and fitness to enjoy the game.
Representative Honours
A number of boys achieved representative
honours in 2010.
Age Champions
8 Years Age Champion
Oliver Dwyer (L)
8 Years Runner-up Age Champion James Moore (L)
Harrison Clarke (W)
9 Years Runner-up Age Champion
Matthew Dyster (W)
Nicholas Peppercorn (W)
Joshua Bowd (L) and Simon James (L)
IPSHA
Athletics
Mitchell Long (W)
Mitchell Long (11 Years discus and
Opens turbo javelin)
Jasper Schoff (11 Years 100 m, 200 m,
and long jump)
Grant Anticevich (12 Years shot put and discus)
Jackson Ford (13 Years 100 m)
Joshua Bowd (10 Years shot put and discus)
Gregory Bradford (12 Years long jump)
Basketball
Grant Anticevich
Cross Country
Swimming
Liam Nikos and Jasper Schoff
Jack Rudkins (9 Years 50 m freestyle)
CIS
Athletics
Jasper Schoff (11 Years 100 m,
200 m and long jump)
Grant Anticevich (12 Years shot put)
AFL
Samuel Lawson
Basketball
Grant Anticevich
NSWPSSA State Level
Basketball
Grant Anticevich
Alex Nichol (W)
Grant Anticevich (W)
Gregory Bradford (L)
New Records
Howe 10 Years 4 x 100 m Relay (1:8.07)
Joshua Bowd (L) 10 Years discus (29.86 m)
Newington Inter-House Athletics Carnival K–2
The Newington Preparatory Schools’ K–2 InterHouse Athletics Carnival was an enjoyable
occasion that allowed the boys from Lindfield and
Wyvern House to mix and experience the
atmosphere of an Inter-House Carnival in a fun
and safe environment. The day focused on
participation rather than competition. There were
six events held at the carnival, modified to suit the
ages of the children and included the 50 m sprint,
shot put, discus, javelin, long jump and shuttle
relays.
Newington Preparatory Schools’ InterHouse Carnivals
Cross Country
Athletics
Newington Combined Preparatory Schools’ InterHouse Cross Country Carnival
Newington Inter-House Athletics Carnival 3–6
House Results
House Results
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
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Rydal
Kingswood
Coates
Williams
Howe
Lucas
Rydal
Howe
Coates
Williams
Lucas
Kingswood
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Keaghan Davey-Webb and Alexander Woolley 2. Kelynack boys cheering for their house 3. Simon James and Andrew
Himmelhoch 4. Matthew Dyster, Liam Nikos and Matthew Britt 5. Aiden Chan and Kurt Bush 6. Mitchell Cormack
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Age Champions
James Moore (L)
Matthew Dyster (W)
Nicholas Jacovides (W)
Liam Nikos (W)
Matthew Britt (W)
Jasper Schoff (W)
Ashley So (L)
Chaz Poot (W)
Sam Lawson (W)
Newington Preparatory Schools’ InterHouse Competitions
Inter-House Biathlon
The Newington Preparatory Schools’ Inter-House
Biathlon was held on a sunny spring morning at
the Newington College swimming pool and
surrounding grounds. Both campuses were wellrepresented by boys from Years 3–6.
House Results
Biathlon House Champions
Newington Biathlon Champion
Rydal
Simon James (Rydal)
Newington Runner-up Champion
Hunter Karam (Williams)
Inter-House Tennis Championship
The Newington Preparatory Schools held their
annual Inter-House Singles Tennis Championship
at Newington College tennis courts. An enjoyable
day was held with all boys receiving a significant
amount of time on the court to do their best for
their House team.
House Results
Inter-House Champions
Rydal (L)
Inter-House Singles Champion Gregory Bradford (W)
Inter-House Singles Runner-up Champion
Jack Williams
Wyvern Inter-House Competitions
Basketball
Cricket
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Williams
Williams
Football
Rugby
Softball/Teeball
Tennis
Williams
Howe
Williams
Williams
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Athletics
Team for the IPSHA Selection Carnival 2010:
Harrison Petritsis, Jackson Ford, Max Hannah,
Gregory Bradford, Samuel Lawson, Adam Clark,
Anthony Mavris, Jack Williams, Grant Anticevich,
Alexander Barrat, Gil Rickey, Mitchell Cormack,
Angus Chilton, Ashley So, Mitchell Long, Alexander
Robinson, Jasper Schoff, Alex Nichol, Jack Fan,
Keilan Ngatai, Lachlan Garner, Bastian Meagher,
Lachlan White, Simon James, Thomas Crawford,
Edward Yoong, Alexander Koutalistras, Harrison
Clarke, Nicholas Peppercorn, Denali Blunden,
Sholto Bremner, Joshua Bowd, Thomas Stapleton,
Reed Nottage, Thomas Marchese, Finnbar Walsh,
Matthew Dyster, Henry Moulding, Oliver Dwyer,
Spiridon Magliveras, James Moore, Marc Mardini,
Mitchell Gigg, James Favos, Isaac Carriline.
Newington and South Harbour Invitational
Athletics Carnival
Newington boys competed in the South Harbour
Athletics Invitation Carnival. The carnival was held
over a long weekend so several new boys were given
the opportunity to compete in events. There were
many fine individual and team relay performances.
Newington Invitation Athletics Carnival
The Newington Invitation Athletics Carnival was
held in splendid weather at the Sydney Olympic
Park Athletics Centre warm-up track in Homebush.
It provided valuable competition and preparation for
our boys prior to the IPSHA carnival. Individually
our boys did very well, with many finishing in the
top three places and Grant Anticevich setting a new
record in the Opens high jump (1.47 m).
IPSHA Athletics Selection Carnival
Our finest athletes competed at Homebush against
the very best athletes from throughout the IPSHA.
The quality of competition at this meet was very
high and our boys were most competitive. Six
students qualified for IPSHA athletics team to
compete at the NSWCIS Carnival.
NSWCIS Athletics Carnival
Grant Anticevich, Jasper Schoff, Mitchell Long and
Jackson Ford all did very well in the NSWCIS
Athletics Carnival. Jasper finished first in the 11
Years 100 m, 200 m and long jump, qualifying for
the NSWCIS team in all three events. In qualifying
Jasper ran a personal best in the 100 m and jumped
a personal best in the long jump. Grant finished
third in the 12 Years shot put, also qualifying for
the NSWCIS Athletics team. Mitchell threw well in
the javelin and discus but narrowly missed out on
selection and Jackson recovered from a slip at the
start of his 100 m event to compete very well.
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Cross
Country Team for the IPSHA Carnival
The following Wyvern boys were selected in the
Newington Cross Country team that competed at
King’s in the IPSHA Cross Country Carnival:
Matthew Dyster, Nicholas Jacovides, Harrison
Clarke, George Psarris, Andrew Himmelhoch,
Thomas Beattie, Joshua Macdessi, Thomas Guy,
Henry Moulding, Harry Quinn, Liam Nikos,
Matthew Britt, Hunter Karam, Nicholas Peppercorn,
Alessandro Roncolato, Felix Noxon, Sholto Bremner,
Reed Nottage, Thomas Crawford, Simon James,
Jasper Schoff, Ashley So, Angus Chilton, Bastian
Meagher, George Burley, Jack James, Quinn Goh,
James Hunt, Joshua Stellino, Lewis Ansell, Chaz
Poot, Samuel Lawson, Anthony Mavris, Sebastian
Iannuzzi, Gregory Bradford, Mitchell Cormack,
Adam Clark, Lachlan Cameron, Branor
Threadgold-Wallace, Aiden Chan.
Newington Preparatory Schools’
Swimming Team
Congratulations to the following Newington boys
on their selection in the Newington Preparatory
Schools’ Swimming team: Thomas Beattie, Sholto
Bremner, Christopher Bruce, Oliver Buchanan,
Anthony Gestakovski, James Haldane, Steve
Hatzipavlis, Andrew Hong, Nicholas Jacovides,
Remy Krassoi, Miles Parhash, Edward
Tuckerman, Sebastian Wyatt, Bastian Meagher,
Chaz Poot, Justin Malkki, Hunter Karam, Jamie
Canning, Jack Rudkins, Alex Robinson, Alexander
Henderson, Ben Harris, Harry Clarke, Lachlan
Fisher, Lachlan Garner, Matthew Dyster, Sam Kalis,
Thomas Stapleton, Tom Sundquist, Christopher
Sikiotis, Simon James, Mitchell Cormack, Samuel
Cormack, Ruben Zikarsky, Alexander Woolley,
John Girouard, Jack Sumich, James Moore, Julian
Kwok, Luke Dietrich, Nicholas Sharp.
IPSHA Swimming Carnival
Many boys achieved personal best times and
numerous boys were presented ribbons for
finishing in the top three in their heat at the IPSHA
Swimming Carnival held at the Sydney Olympic
Park Aquatic Centre, Homebush. Jack Rudkins
was selected in the IPSHA team.
NSWCIS Swimming Carnival
Jack Rudkins won his heat and was placed 4th
overall in his U9 age group with a PB time of 37.36
at the NSWCIS Carnival. This time was over a
second faster than his IPSHA and school carnival
time. Jack then placed 5th in the final with a time
of 37.58.
Wyvern Shining Stars
Throughout the year, families were invited to
share outstanding sporting performances by their
children. This revealed a vast array of talents that
our Wyvern boys have of which we can all be very
proud. A small selection of these sporting
achievements follows:
• Lachlan Cameron won the NSW State
Taekwondo Tournament for his belt and weight
category. As a result of this win he was selected
to compete for NSW at the National finals.
Lachlan eventually became an Australian
Champion in his Blue Belt Division (12–13
Years) at the Australian Championships for
Taekwondo at the Australian Institute of Sport.
This was an outstanding achievement against
four competitors from each state. Lachlan’s
goal is to represent Australia at the Olympics
when he is old enough.
• Chaz Poot (Cronulla Club) and Sholto Bremner
(Bronte Club) represented at the NSW State Age
Nipper Championships at Belmont, Swansea.
Chaz came first in the Individual Board and
third in the Cameron Relay. Sholto came second
in the U10 Sprint Relay.
• Grant Anticevich was selected in the U14s
Bankstown Bruins Representative Basketball
Team for 2010.
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• Eden Bradford was selected in the U11s Sydney
Region Representative Boys Field Hockey team.
Region tournament of the Australian Martial
Arts Championships (AMAC).
• Based on his performance for North Shore in
the NSW District Cricket competition, Jack
James was awarded the NSW District Cricket
Association’s WG Foster Shield for Cricketer of
the Year and the WG Foster Shield for batter of
the year.
• Max McKay was selected in the Northern
Districts U12 Representative Rugby Team.
• George Papamanuel came second in the U7s
Points Sparring competition at the Sydney
• Alex Nichol finished fifth in the Zone
Championships for Sabot Sailing.
• Year 4 students Athan Diniotis, Hunter Karam
and Liam Nikos all played a major part in the
win for their Football club-side Inter Lions in
the prestigious state-wide U10 McDonald’s
Champion of Champions competition.
AFL A
Third Row: Christian Maini,
Nicholas Adgemis, Grant
Anticevich
Second Row: Mr N Brunton
(Coach), Jared Gillard, Jack
Williams, Taylan Behayi,
Bradley Slee, William
Papapetros
First Row: Anthony Mavris,
Costan Griziotis, Alexander
Henderson, Samuel Lawson,
Alexander Barrat, Harry
Britt, James Kah
AFL B
Third Row: Lachlan
Cameron, Jasper Schoff,
William Ryan
Second Row: Mr N Brunton
(Coach), Jonathon Corrente,
Matthew Putt, Lucas
Greenslade, Sebastian
Iannuzzi, Thomas Stapleton
First Row: Thomas Crawford,
Jack James, Benjamin Harris,
Christopher Tsavdaridis,
Mitchell Long, Mitchell
Loveridge, Flynn
Ladbrooke-Bower
Absent: Max Hannah
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Basketball A
Second Row: Fearghas
Flavhin, Harrison Petritsis,
Bradley Slee, Mr D Ikin
(Coach)
First Row: Alexander
Zafiropoulos, Samuel
Lawson, Grant Anticevich,
Timothy Hare, William
Papapetros
Basketball B
Second Row: Georgio Platias,
Lachlan White, Dimitri
Solomou, Nathan Rapso,
Bastian Meagher, Mr D Ikin
(Coach)
First Row: Jonathon
Corrente, Terry Lardis,
Cameron Horne, Aidan
O’Donnell, Mitchell
Loveridge
Basketball C
Second Row: Jack Staley,
Anthony Strazzeri,
Christopher Sikiotis,
Alexander Dicembre,
Mr D James (Coach)
First Row: Duy Vu, Joel
Khoury, Jacob Nastasi,
Anton Maraldo, Eden
Bradford
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Basketball D
Second Row: Alexander
Bruce, Sam Kalis, William
Latimer, Lachlan Cameron,
Christopher Bruce,
Mr D James (Coach)
First Row: Angus Chilton,
Jack Gilbert, Daniel Pascale,
Peter Ioannou, William
Cassimatis
Basketball E
Second Row: Finian Casey,
Alexander Bulley, Justin
Malkki, Remy Krassoi, Louis
Jang, Mrs P Maher (Coach)
First Row: Owen Littlejohn,
Branor Threadgold-Wallace,
Max Bollington, Quinn Goh,
Desmond Ho
Basketball F
Second Row: Leon
Vitogiannis, Daniel
Parshotam, Michael Li,
Aaron Yuen, Aaron Hu,
Mrs P Maher (Coach)
First Row: Harrison Chan,
Benjamin Tang, Nicholas
Pepper, Quinn McGlone,
Daniel Tripolone
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Basketball Year 3/4 Black A
Second Row: Denali Blunden,
Darcy McDonald, Reed
Nottage, Alexander
Humphreys, Harry Long,
Miss B Ienna (Coach)
First Row: Jeremiah Diskoros,
Bryn Williams, Athan
Diniotis, Patrick Draper,
Paul Stephen
Basketball Year 3/4 Black B
Second Row: Ben Streeter,
James Wang, Jonathan
Lyons, Jason Chan, Angus
Mueller, Miss B Ienna
(Coach)
First Row: Thomas
Cheetham, Christopher
Kalis, Jack Favero, Bryce
Lenthall, Matthew Cobden
Basketball Year 3/4 White A
Second Row: Kieran
Corcoran, Finn Walsh, Oliver
Buchanan, Ethan Hunt,
Joshua Macdessi, Tristan
Tran, Mrs B Tarbox (Coach)
First Row: Perry May, Daniel
Maini, Joel Butcher, Myles
Burke, Mitchell Gigg, Oliver
Smith, Andrew Hong
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Basketball Year 3/4 White B
Second Row: Sebastian Doyle,
Christopher Iannuzzi, Khalil
Taleb, Daniel Loveridge,
Harley Hopwood,
Mrs B Tarbox (Coach)
First Row: Morgan Knapton,
Xavier Caputo, Marcus
Pham, Ethan Dickson,
Joshua Cappello, Michael
Gatis, Thomas Marchese
Cricket Year 6 Traditional
Second Row: Alexander
Robinson, Alexander
Henderson, Christian Maini,
Nicholas Adgemis, Jared
Gillard, Max McKay, Harry
Britt, Mr A Pollard (Coach)
First Row: Jack James,
William Ryan, Alexander
Barrat, Jackson Ford, Tom
Atkinson, Costan Griziotis,
Adam Clark
Cricket Year 6 Super 8
Second Row: Jack Franco,
Timothy Bland, James
Kunovski, Edward
Tuckerman, Jeremy Leonard,
Mr J Burke (Coach)
First Row: James Paoloni,
Aiden Brennan, Hugh
Burton, Jaggrapad Ponggun,
Harrison Singh
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Cricket Year 5A
Second Row: Zac Knight,
Thomas Stapleton, Benjamin
Harris, James Raciti, Jasper
Schoff, Thomas Gannan,
James Haldane, Thomas
Crawford, Mr A Wood
(Coach)
First Row: Sharif Hitchcock,
Benjamin Serone, Stavros
Dedes, Mitchell Long,
George Burley, Jack
Crawford, Rahul Prabhu
Cricket Year 5B
Second Row: Flynn
Ladbrooke-Bower, Thomas
Langford, Alexander Nichol,
Nicholas Peppercorn, Ryan
Gigg, Wil Anderson, Mr M
Henson (Coach)
First Row: Enzo D’Antonio,
Sholto Bremner, Matthew
Britt, William Corbett,
William Mayer
Cricket Year 5C
Second Row: Hussein Ayache,
Alexander Doulougeris,
Lucas Greenslade, Jovan
Tomasevic, Massimo
Marchese
First Row: Liam Jenkins,
James Kah, Marco Loprevite,
Christopher Thomas,
Harrison Knapton
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Cricket Year 4 Traditional
Second Row: Nicholas
Jacovides, Dylan Foster,
Harry Clarke, Aidan
Schmitt, Jamie Canning, Joe
Payne, Carlo Ottavio, Rupert
Drake, Mr J Martin (Coach)
First Row: Matthew Dyster,
Jordan Phibbs, Jeremy
Petritsis, Jason Archis, Liam
Taylor, Angus MackieWilliams, George Psarris
Cricket Year 4B
Second Row: Joel Gardner,
Daniel Baykitch, Max Scully,
Felix Noxon, Linus Griziotis,
Mrs G Bradford (Coach)
First Row: Joel Franco,
Thomas Morrell, Zachary
Coote, Andrew Michael,
Nicholas Michael
Cricket Year 3A
Second Row: Dean Begetis,
Sebastian Wyatt, Nicholas
Court, Marcel Chew, Mr P
Trent (Coach)
First Row: Samuel
Perivolaris, Marc Mardini,
Samuel Churchin, Finn
Krassoi, Andrew Mavris
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Cricket Year 3B
Second Row: Sebastian Wyatt,
Bryants Lam, Euan
McKenzie, Nicholas Court,
Mr P Trent (Coach)
First Row: Andrew Mavris,
Finn Krassoi, Archie
Cuttance, Isaac Carriline,
Nicholas James
12A Football
Second Row: Mr A Pollard
(Coach), Nathan Rapso,
Jared Gillard, Nicholas
Adgemis, Dion Riotto,
Bradley Slee
First Row: Sebastian
Iannuzzi, Harry Britt, Terry
Lardis, Anthony Mavris,
William Papapetros, Adam
Clark, Georgio Platias
Absent: Alexander
Zafiropoulos
12B Football
Second Row: Miss M
Macpherson (Coach), Hugh
Burton, Sam Kalis, Michael
Li, Willliam Ryan, Anthony
Strazzeri
First Row: Keanu Blunden,
Aaron Yuen, Jaggrapad
Ponggun, Leon Vitogiannis,
James Kunovski,
Gaelen Rowell
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12C Football
Second Row:
Mrs S Lewandowski
(Coach), James Paoloni,
Nicholas James, Jackson
Streeter, Aiden Brennan,
Daniel Cordeschi, Branor
Threadgold-Wallace
First Row: Max Bollington,
Joel Khoury, Aaron Hu,
Peter Zavvos, Daniel
Parshotam, Kevin Shen,
Jack Gilbert
11A Football
Second Row: Mr I Holden
(Coach), George Burley,
Jasper Schoff, Joshua
Stellino, Matthew Putt,
Stavros Dedes
First Row: Jacob Nastasi,
Rohan Gupta, Mitchell Long,
Tomas Petsianis, Phillip
Baris, Jack James, William
Cassimatis
11B Football
Second Row: Mr A Wood
(Coach), Jovan Tomasevic,
Sebastien Mills, Wenyi Fan,
Thomas Stapleton, Daniel
Pascale
First Row: Matthew Britt,
Rahul Prabhu, Benjamin
Tang, Nicholas Pepper,
Anton Maraldo, Benjamin
Serone, Enzo D’Antonio
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11C Football
Second Row: Mrs D Malkki
(Coach), Aaron Protas,
Finian Casey, Shen Goh,
Hussein Ayache, Liam
Jenkins
First Row: Sharif Hitchcock,
Marco Loprevite, Thomas
Su, William Mayer, Justin
Malkki, Thomas Gannan,
Desmond Ho
11D Football
Second Row: Ms L Wright
(Coach), Wayne Char,
Alexander Bulley, Jack
Christie, Roger Li, Joshua
Lowry
First Row: Owen Littlejohn,
Danny Kalis, James Raciti,
Harry Stirton, Peter
Tredinnick
10A Foootball
Second Row: Mr M Henson
(Coach), Alexander
Koutalistras, Jeremy
Petritsis, Carlo Ottavio, Bryn
Williams, James Calfas,
Liam Nikos, Athan Diniotis
First Row: Hunter Karam,
Sholto Bremner, George
Psarris, Denali Blunden,
Jason Archis, Duy Vu, Elio
Rehayem
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10B Football
Second Row: Mrs B Tarbox
(Coach), Nicholas Da Mina,
Jack Favero, Lorcan
Kavanagh, Christopher
Thomas, Mack NatoliWright, Harrison Chan
First Row: Matthew Pease,
Geordie Maclean, Andrew
Michael, Joon Tae Mcfadden,
Eric Keramianakis,
Christopher Kalis, Nicholas
Michael
Absent: Jeremiah Diskoros
10C Football
Second Row: Mrs A Spiroglou
(Coach), Ashley Bate, Angus
Mueller, James Wang, Jason
Chan, Ben Tucker, Harrison
Jiang
First Row: Cooper Gee, Steve
Hatzipavlis, Gary Chen,
Harrison Wu, Kevin Meng,
Mark Naitoe, James
Theocharous
Absent: Nicholas Sims
9A Football
Second Row: Mr D James
(Coach), Kieran Corcoran,
Sebastian Wyatt, Alexander
Humphreys, Oliver
Buchanan, Luca Vasiliou,
Bryce Lenthall, Myles Burke
First Row: Patrick Draper,
Linus Griziotis, Angus
Mackie-Williams, Dylan
Foster, Liam Taylor, Nicholas
Jacovides, Spiro Magliveras
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9B Football
Third Row: Ms D Curko
(Coach), Christopher
Iannuzzi, Miles Parhash,
Joshua Cappello, Jessie Goh
Second Row: Samuel Argy,
Xavier Caputo, Mark Elwaw,
Marcel Chew, Oliver Smith,
Mark Chen
First Row: Connor Mills,
Joshua Hovilai, Tristan Tran,
Khalil Taleb, Angellos
Korsanos, Alessio Cordaro,
Luca Capuano
9C Football
Third Row: Ms J Wiseman
(Coach), Ben Fan, Bryants
Lam, Owen Zhang
Second Row: Simon Jeon,
Jonathan Motsos, Isaac
Carriline, Kevin Tran, Ethan
Dickson, Finn Krassoi
First Row: Nicholas James,
Samuel Perivolaris, Marc
Mardini, Andrew Hong,
Sebastian Doyle, Emmanuel
Laoutaris, Jonathan Lee
Absent: Anthony
Gestakovski
12A Rugby
Third Row: Dimitri Solomou,
Harrison Petritsis, Grant
Anticevich
Second Row: Mr D Ikin
(Coach), Alexander
Henderson, Liam Wilson,
Sam Lawson, Tom Atkinson,
Max Mckay, Chaz Poot
First Row: Christopher Bruce,
Alexander Bruce, Alexander
Barrat, Jackson Ford,
Lachlan Cameron, Bastian
Meagher, Alexander
Robinson
Absent: Timothy Hare,
Joshua Hare
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12B Rugby
Second Row: Mrs K Meagher
(Coach), Taylan Behayi, Wil
Latimer, Nicholas Stilp,
Christian Maini, Fearghas
Flahvin, Edward Tuckerman,
Jack Williams
First Row: Bailey Thompson,
Harrison Singh, Timothy
Bland, Costan Griziotis,
Cameron Horne, Jeremy
Leonard, Jack Franco
11A Rugby
Third Row: Mr M Bennett
(Coach), Alex Nichol,
Lachlan White, Remi Krassoi
Second Row: Lucas
Greenslade, Thomas
Langford, Lachlan Fisher,
Bennett Casey, Lachlan
Garner
First Row: James Kah, Flynn
Ladbrooke-Bower, Benjamin
Harris, James Haldane, Eden
Bradford, Jacob Sullivan,
Angus Chilton
11B Rugby
Third Row: Mr P Trent
(Coach), Louis Jang,
Harrison Plateris, Aidan
O’Donnell, Alexander
Dicembre, Max Carlile
Second Row: Nathan Beattie,
Jack Staley, Max Marchese,
William Corbett, Carter
Sutherland
First Row: Zak Knight, Jacob
Sullivan, Harry Angelos,
Jonathon Corrente, Jack
Crawford, Sebastian Hodge,
George Litsas
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10A Rugby
Second Row: Mr J Burke
(Coach), Nicholas Maclean,
Nicholas Peppercorn,
Harrison Long, Reed
Nottage, Jamie Canning
First Row: Jordan Mouscas,
Thomas Crawford, Mitchell
Loveridge, Darcy McDonald,
Rupert Drake, Wil
Anderson, Paul Stephen
10B Rugby
Second Row: Mr P Morphew
(Coach), Ricco Thyer, Ryan
Gigg, Jonathan Lyons, Aidan
Schmitt, Jack Rudkins, Tom
Sundquist
First Row: Harrison Knapton,
Thomas Cheetham, Zachary
Coote, Nicholas Maher,
Benjamin Streeter, Matthew
Cobden, Thomas Jordan
10C Rugby
Second Row: Felix Noxon,
Max Scully, Joe Payne,
Daniel Baykitch, Joshua
Brennan
First Row: Joel Franco,
Thomas Morrell, Joel
Gardner, Jordan Phibbs,
Thomas Guy
Absent: Mr S Findley
(Coach), Aaron Coe
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9A Rugby
Second Row: Mr J Martin
(Coach), Finn Walsh,
Nicholas Court, Harley
Hopwood, Dean Begetis,
Harry Clarke, Joshua
Macdessi, Matthew Dyster
First Row: Morgan Knapton,
Andrew Mavris, Tom
Marchese, Mitchell Gigg,
Daniel Maini, Joel Butcher,
Perry May
9B Rugby
Third Row: Mr M Bulger
(Coach), Archie Cuttance,
Ethan Hunt, Euan Mckenzie,
Darcy Bouwman, Nicholas
Court
Second Row: Joshua
Macdessi, Harry Clarke,
Daniel Loveridge, Harley
Hopwood, Matthew Dyster,
Hugo Emery
First Row: Marcus Gorsevski,
Sam Churchin, Joel Butcher,
Morgan Knapton, Tom
Marchese, Perry May, Xavier
Hodge
Softball A
Second Row: Harry Stirton,
Chaz Poot, Max Hannah,
Joshua Brennan, Bailey
Thompson, Mr S Brown
(Coach)
First Row: Galen Rowell,
Danny Kalis, Keanu
Blunden, Anthony Mavris,
Nicholas James, Phillip
Baris, Sebastian Hodge
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Softball B
Second Row: Bennett Casey,
Wayne Char, Lachlan Fisher,
Jackson Streeter, Sebastien
Mills, Eric Mueller, Mr S
Brown (Coach)
First Row: Carter Sutherland,
Max Carlile, Shen Goh,
Lewis Sourlos, Roger Li,
George Litsas, Joshua Lowry
Teeball A
Second Row: Connor Mills,
Nicholas Maclean, Jack
Rudkins, Harrison Wu,
Mr M Bulger (Coach)
First Row: Jordan Mouscas,
Ricco Thyer, Aaron Protas,
Geordie Maclean, Joon Tae
McFadden
Teeball B
Second Row: Mark Chen,
James Theocharous, Lorcan
Kavanagh, Nicholas Sims,
Cooper Gee, Mr M Bulger
(Coach)
First Row: Thomas Jordan,
Ben Tucker, Mack NatoliWright, Xavier Hodge,
Luca Capuano
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Tennis A & B
Second Row: Sebastian
Iannuzzi, Jack Williams,
Nicholas Stilp, Taylan
Behayi, Joshua Stellino
First Row: Eric Keramianakis,
James Calfas, Dion Riotto,
Rohan Gupta, Alexander
Koutalistras
Tennis C & D
Second Row: Ashley Bate,
Jack Fan, Peter Zavvos,
Daniel Cordeschi, Harry
Angelos, Ms D Curko
(Coach)
First Row: Nicholas Da Mina,
John Younan, Tom
Sundquist, Matthew Putt,
Lachlan Garner, Hunter
Karam, Steve Hatzipavlis
Tennis Squad
Third Row: Mark Naitoe,
Nicholas Maher, Jack
Christie, Thomas Su, Nathan
Beattie, Liam Nikos, Nick
Kovacs
Second Row: Joshua Hovilai,
Mark Elwaw, Elio Rehayem,
Thomas Beattie, Ben Fan,
Mark Chen, Simon Jeon,
Darcy Bouwman, Jonathan
Lee, Mrs A Spiroglou
(Coach)
First Row: Sam Argy,
Jonathan Motsos, Spiridon
Magliveras, Alessio Cordaro,
Dominik Hruby, Thomas
Guy, Emmanuel Laoutaris
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Preparatory Schools – Lindfield
LINDFIELD ACADEMIC AWARDS
Kindergarten
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Merit Awards
Jack Middleton
Laksh Pande
Finlay Crafter
Zachary Steinwede
Nathan Ma, Connor Plank, Edward Timpson,
William Walker, Alfred Wong
Year 1
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Merit Awards
Gabriel Dickinson
Alexander Ngatai
Oliver Johnston
Xavier Sheahan
Rory Ansell, Thomas Cowdroy, Finlay Ekins, Brady Jones,
Vikram Simhambhatla
Year 2
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Merit Awards
Jordan Li
Allen Chen
Harry Gyaneshwar
Jack Lu
Reuben Chippeck, Patrick Christensen, Angus Crafter,
Samuel Gresham, Boris Lee
Year 3
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Academic Excellence
Merit Awards
Bevan Tsui
Nikhil Simhambhatla
Keaghan Davey-Webb
Charles Timpson
Brandon Bien, Jack Walker
James Moore, Krishna Parmar, Harry Quinn
Year 4
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Academic Excellence
Merit Awards
Oscar Gresham
Christopher Dutkiewicz
Liam McCausland
William Mellor
Max Gordon, Julian Kwok
Marcus Dadd, Conor Given, Andrew Himmelhoch
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Year 5
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Public Speaking
Academic Excellence
Merit Awards
John Girouard
Hongjun (Jay) Ju
Evan Favos
Michael Knox
Evan Favos
Jonathan Harkness, Henry Mellor
Lewis Ansell, Maxwell Quinn, Rhys Watkins
Year 6
Religious Education
Art
Music
French
Public Speaking
Academic Excellence
Merit Awards
Jonathan Okely
George Keane
Nicholas Sharp
Jake Boorman
Luke Dietrich
Aiden Chan, Benjamin Pick
Kurt Bush, Thomas Keary, Max Smith
Special Awards
Chess Championship Trophy
Debating Trophy
Wyvern Music Club Prize for Contribution to Music
Ken Wilcox Prize for Instrumental Music
Isaias Prize for Creative and Performing Arts All-Rounder
The Boyd Fowler Memorial Award for General Leadership
School Spirit and Service
School Captain
AL Rigby Prize for Dux of the School and
eligible for the Don Brown Scholarship to the Secondary School
Lober Shield for the House Competition
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Nicholas Sharp
Aiden Chan
Luke Dietrich
Aiden Chan
Benjamin Pick
Thomas Keary
Aiden Chan
Thomas Keary
Luke Dietrich
Rydal
Lindfield Report
Head of Lindfield
Mr D Hine
This report will read more like a thank you than
necessarily as an overview of our prep school in
2010. I beg for this indulgence as I prepare to leave
Lindfield K–6 after four fantastic years.
In my view it is a privilege and an honour for a
person to be appointed as the Head of a prep
school, particularly a school like Newington
College, as you are given responsibility to work
with staff and parents to prepare young minds for
the future. It is in the lighting of the fire of a child’s
mind that you delight and are given one of life’s
greatest pleasures. I have had that joy each and
every day since I arrived here in October 2006.
I know you would have all been guessing when I
arrived, ‘Who’s this man from Queensland? Is he
any good? What’s he like with the boys?’ I hope
and pray these questions have been answered in the
affirmative, as I have sought to move the school
forward in a positive way. Yes there have been
challenges, all of which I have enjoyed and tackled
head-on. I have been thrilled to see our school grow
from 132 to 157 boys, and witness the increase in
the percentage of boys going to the Senior School
from 60% to over 80%. Even more rewarding is to
see waiting lists in several Year levels.
I admit I have done it largely ‘my way’. In assessing
quickly what the school needed I judged: it
needed strong yet personable leadership; an
emphasis on academic learning, while fully
supporting the school’s ethos of enrolling boys of
all abilities; a caring and nurturing approach to all
issues related to the boys and their families; and
some expansion of the co-curricular offerings
including the after school clubs. I firmly believe
we can give ourselves a big tick in each of these
areas, while acknowledging we can always strive
to do better.
LINDFIELD STAFF
Third Row: N Carrington, P Czerwenka, J Weekes, L Ball, B Smallhorn
Second Row: M Chiarella, J Campbell, L Corbett-Russell, A Lygo, C Pixton, K James
First Row: C Reinboth, S Gough, V South, D Hine, S Robertson, S Edwards, J Ellam
Absent: M Bennett, M Caulfield, S Hill, P Morphew, M Price, J Zammit, A Sturgeon
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There has been an extremely generous
acknowledgement of my role since 2006 this term,
for what has been accomplished in our prep
school. From my perspective I am one small part
of an excellent team of staff, parents and boys. You
only have to read the fortnightly Prep Talk to gauge
very quickly what a dynamic teaching and
learning environment we have at Lindfield:
Professional staff providing rich and diverse
opportunities for enthusiastic boys who are
supported and loved by their families. Surely
these are perfect ingredients for the most effective
school environment.
• The boys. Boys, in the gift you gave me a few
weeks ago you all drew a picture of how you
saw Mr Hine. What an amazing gift it was, and
one I will always treasure. What stood out for
me is that nearly every boy drew me with a
smile on my face. Boys, that’s how I’ll
remember you—as happy, efferverscent and
delightful young people who embraced the
opportunities provided for you, did it with
respect and joy, and made this the place that it
is today.
Goodbye Newington College, thank you from
Fiona and I for a truly memorable four years. I
pray God’s richest blessings on this community
now and in the future, and take this opportunity
to wish you all a blessed and special time at
Christmas with your family and friends and a
happy and joyful New Year.
Yes we have rebuilt the prep school, introduced
the exciting Primary Years Programme, moved to
nearly full enrolment, engaged positively with all
our stakeholders and re-established ourselves as
providing a quality and unique boys’ educational
environment on the North Shore. Above all this
though, we created a ‘special feel’ about the
school, something commented upon frequently by
our own community and visitors to our school. I
strongly encourage you to maintain that
overwhelming sense of community over the years
to come.
School Leaders
In closing, my sincere thanks to:
Music
• Dr David Mulford for his personal and
professional support and guidance, and the
trust he has given me to see my vision through
for the prep school.
Music Teacher
• The College Council under the leadership of
the Honorable Angus Talbot, for facilitating the
re-development of the Lindfield campus and
committing to a strong Newington presence on
the North Shore.
• My staff colleagues who have travelled with me
on this exciting journey. Extremely committed
and dedicated to the challenge of leading
young boys, they work so effectively as a team
and make this a great place to work.
• The parents who have worked closely with us
in creating such a harmonious and respectful
community. Special thanks to David Ward, his
Executive, all the Office Bearers and helpers
who have organised fabulous parent activities
and complemented what has been occurring in
the prep school on a daily basis.
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The Leaders for Lindfield in 2010 were:
School Captain
Captain of Kingswood House
Captain of Rydal House
Thomas Keary
Aiden Chan
Kurt Bush
Ms V South
In 2010 the music ensembles from the Lindfield
campus performed at a number of events,
occasionally combining with the boys from
Wyvern House and the Senior School.
In August, we had a visiting group of musicians
from Robertson State School, Queensland. We
enjoyed an afternoon of combined rehearsals and
workshops, then a performance to end the
afternoon. It was wonderful for the Lindfield boys
to see and hear a group of students of similar ages
performing.
The boys in the Selected Choir continued to enjoy
their Tuesday morning rehearsals. The choir
performed at Founders Concert, Seniors Morning
and at various school assemblies.
The School Band had grown to a group of 28
musicians by the end of the year. They combined
with Wyvern Winds for Founders Concert and for
our first performance at the NSW Band Festival.
The String Ensemble is now the same size as the
School Band which is wonderful. The excellent
String Program in Years 2 and 3 is obviously
working with these growing numbers.
Other Co-curricular
The annual preps schools Music Camp was held
for the first time on the Stanmore Campus. It gave
the boys a wonderful opportunity to get to know
the various facilities around Stanmore. Time was
spent in preparing for Founders Concert. This is
always a positive weekend, allowing the prep
school boys to get together from both campuses in
a non-competitive environment.
We continue to develop strength in debating and
the boys must be congratulated for their growing
passion for a well constructed argument. The
debaters from Years 5 and 6 who took part in the
2010 IPSHA Debating Competition were: Andre
Ilic, Jonathan Okely, Gil Rickey, Jordan
Grozdanoski, Aiden Chan, Keilan Ngatai, Thomas
Keary, Luke Dietrich, Peter Trittis, Nicholas Sharp,
George Keane, Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi, Maxwell
Quinn, Rhys Watkins, Matthew Bramich, Evan
Favos and Henry Mellor. The boys debated teams
from Pymble Ladies’ College, St Aloysius’ College,
St Pius X College, Oxford Falls Grammar School
and Sydney Grammar School (St Ives).
Unfortunately Masada College, Lindfield, had to
withdraw from Round 7. The debates were
entertaining and topical covering a variety of
issues such as, ‘That graffiti is just another form of
modern art’ and ‘That public transport should be free’.
Newington recorded six wins and four losses for
The pre-Kindergarten music class continued this
year during Term 4. It has allowed the boys and
parents to get to know the school, as well as meet
other classmates. Those who attended have felt
that their sons are feeling more confident about
attending school here at Lindfield in 2011.
This year has seen our school performances move
from a marquee into the Don Brown Hall. The
lovely new music room is now structurally
finished with just the furniture needed. It has been
a very positive year for music at Lindfield.
Debating
Coordinator
Mrs S Robertson
LINDFIELD CAPTAINS
Aiden Chan, Kurt Bush, Thomas Keary
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2.
3.
4.
1. Nicholas Van Pelt and Nicholas Bunis at the Powerhouse Museum 2. Excursion to Council 3. Finlay Ekins and Hayden Turner
on French Day 4. Michael Dalgleish, Billy Walker and Jack Middleton in green and gold
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the season. The Inter-House Debate was won by
Kingswood and the individual debating trophy by
Aiden Chan.
Chess
Coordinator
Mrs S Gough
Chess Club has had a tremendous representation
of students from Years 3 to 6 in 2010, each week
participating in lessons to strengthen and refine
their skills in the game. Some students from this
group were selected to take part in a regional
competition organised by the New South Wales
Junior Chess League Primary Schools’ Chess
Competition.
Newington entered two teams which played other
schools in the Lower North Shore zone with
admirable outcomes. The Intermediate grade team
of Aiden Chan, Nicholas Sharp, Ashley So and Kurt
Bush, placed third overall with only one point
separating them from the outright winners. The
Rookies grade team, which included Luke Dietrich,
Tanner Blessington, Evan MacGregor, and Julian
Kwok, placed fourth in the competition with just
five points separating them from the winners.
Excellence in performance and sportsmanship was
evident throughout the term-long competition.
All students in Year 3 to Year 6 at the Lindfield
campus were invited to participate in the annual
Inter-House Chess Competition. Once again an
enthusiastic representation of boys made every
effort for their house. It was a thrilling competition
which was won by Rydal. The individual chess
champion for 2010 was Nicholas Sharp.
Service Learning
Teacher SRC Liaisons
Ms L Ball, Mr A Lygo
and Mr J Weekes
In 2010 our Student Representative Council (SRC)
held a number of significant events. The SRC
agreed to support the Fred Hollows Foundation as
part of our commitment to our national goal of
‘improving the education and health outcomes for
Indigenous children by raising such an awareness
in our schools’. The Fred Hollows Foundation
works to improve the health and wellbeing of
Indigenous people in some of the most remote
communities in Australia.
These SRC fundraising events included:
Term 1: The fundraising adventure began with hot
cross buns and mufti dress. To get into the Easter
spirit and enjoy some seasonal favourites, boys
had the opportunity to pre-purchase hot cross
buns and a drink of their choice. The boys raised
$495.00 for the Fred Hollows Foundation.
Our second major fundraising idea to further
assist the Fred Hollows Foundation was a silver
coin collection. Each class was given two
containers, one for Rydal and one for Kingswood,
our school Houses. Each class was given the
opportunity to collect 5c, 10c, 20c and 50c coins
during Terms 1 and 2. At the end of Term 2, we
counted all monies are we were astonished to
discover that the boys had raised another $1095.55.
Term 2: The boys decided upon another
fundraising adventure. Given that the Socceroos
were vying for a place in the World Cup, the SRC
decided to host a ‘Green and Gold” day. The boys
enjoyed the festivities and raised an incredible
$395.00 on the day. This gave the Fred Hollows
Foundation an incredible total during the first
semester of $1985.00, wow! The Lindfield staff
also hosted an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
which raised $181.00 for the Cancer Council.
Term 3: On Friday 6 August all boys were invited
to wear jeans as a part of ‘Jeans for Genes Day’.
The SRC held a mufti day to help researchers find
answers to cure or prevent diseases affecting
children. The Newington community raised
$341.40 for this research and I would like to thank
all the boys who contributed towards this total.
Our final fundraising adventure for the term was
to raise much-needed funds for the NSW Deaf
Society. The fabulous SRC members held a mufti
day on the last day of term to raise $340 of
valuable funds for this inspiring charity.
The 2010 SRC boys raised an incredible $2847.40
for charities this year, an incredible effort!
Term 4: In Term 4 we had our annual Year 6 Fair
which is planned by the Year 6 boys in conjunction
with their teacher, Mr Simon Edwards. The boys
enjoyed a variety of activities at the stalls and with
the donations for dressing in mufti on the day, we
raised $2,238—an amazing result.
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Parents and Friends Association
Funds Distribution
P&F President
• Tuckshop Manager position
Mr D Ward
The Lindfield Parents and Friends Association had
another extremely successful year, involving itself
actively in the life of the prep school and
positively supporting the boys and staff in so
many aspects of school life.
Meetings
• Three Officer Bearers meetings
• Four general meetings
• One Annual General Meeting
Events
• Parents Welcome Morning Tea
• Prep Shop point of sale technology support
• Chess Club support
• Soccer, Basketball, and Cricket coaching
• Typequick software programme
• Clickview and Year 5 Leaders training
• Koola Park Sports Equipment Storage (Capital
Investment)
• Pool gas heater and installation (Capital
Investment)
• Don Brown Hall P&F Barbecue Entertainment
Area (Capital Investment)
• Parents Welcome Reception
Community Support
• Seniors Morning and Open Day
• NSW Parents Council
• Open Morning support
• Casserole Crisis Committee
• Junior Primary Swimming Carnival
Thanks
• Combined Preps Music Weekend
• Executive Committee including Bronwyn
Ngatai, Dora Favos, and Peter Himmelhoch
• Don Brown Hall Opening
• Orientation Morning for New Students
• Office Bearers in 2010 for all their hard work
and commitment
Fundraising
• David Hine, Head of Lindfield, for his enduring
support of the P&F and parent community
• World Teachers Day Morning Tea
• Prep Shop and Tuckshop proceeds
• Comedy Trivia Night
• Mother’s Day Gifts
• Father’s Day Breakfast
• Saturday Sports barbecues
• Easter Raffle
• Children’s Rides on Back to Newington Day’
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• Dr David Mulford, Headmaster, for his support
of the Lindfield community
• The teachers who have supported our various
events in 2010
• Office Bearer nominees for 2011 for kindly
volunteering their support
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. Jack Middleton and Finlay Crafter on their first day of school 2. Max Smith with Kindergarten buddy Henry Taylor
3. Billy Walker with Year 6 buddy Gregory Bradford 4. Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi with his robot
5. Alexander Ngatai and Harry L’Orange try out a fire truck
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SRC REPRESENTATIVES
Third Row: Maverick Ko, Alessandro Roncolato, Maxwell Quinn, Gregory Bradford, Sam Cormack, Nicholas Sharp, Alex Wan,
Simon James, Max Gordon
Second Row: Oliver Johnston, Brandon Bien, Ethan Barrett, John Girouard, Thomas McMullen, James Moore, Ajani Carre, Zak Little
First Row: Laksh Pande, Connor Plank, Rory Ansell, Boris Lee, Harry Gyaneshwar, Lachlan Hetherington, Allen Chen, Jack
Middleton, Aston Bloom Absent: Jamie Bell, Evan MacGregor
LINDFIELD YEAR 6
Third Row : Kurt Bush, Luke Dietrich, Harry Johnson, Gil Rickey, Jack Irving, Max Smith, Jake Boorman, Kevin Min
Second Row: Gregory Bradford, Samuel Cormack, Thomas Keary, Angus Chan, Jordan Grozdanovski, Peter Trittis, Andre Ilic
First Row: Keilan Ngatai, George Keane, Aiden Chan, Jonathan Okely, Mitchell Cormack, Nicholas Sharp, Benjamin Pick,
Andrew Ward Absent: James Bell
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LINDFIELD YEAR 5
Third Row: Ashley So, Thomas McMullen, Lewis Ansell, James Hunt, Josiah Carwardine, Jay Ju, Edward Yoong
Second Row: Samuel Heise, Jonathan Harkness, Henry Mellor, Dylan Christensen, John Paul Girouard, Matthew Bramich
First Row: Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi, Evan Favos, Matthew Toomey, Rhys Watkins, Maxwell Quinn, Alexander Wan,
Edward Lewis Absent: Donovan Braun, Michael Knox
LINDFIELD YEAR 4
Third Row: James Yen, Henry Moaven, Hamish Johnson, Joshua Bowd, Jack Cowdroy, Liam McCausland, Christopher Dutkiewicz, Simon James
Second Row: Marcus Dadd, Tanner Blessington, Rohan Bhatti, Callum Chow, William Mellor, Oscar Gresham, Lachlan Horder
First Row: Max Gordon, Thomas Bell, Louis Hargreaves, Conor Given, James Hunt, Andrew Himmelhoch, Alessandro Roncolato,
Julian Kwok Absent: William Hetherington, Evan MacGregor
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LINDFIELD YEAR 3
Third Row: Oliver Dwyer, Ethan Bourne, Jack Walker, Ethan Barrett, Benjamin Main, Archie Grainger, Brandon Bien
Second Row: James Favos, Keaghan Davey-Webb, Harrison Jia, Harry Irving, Krishna Parmar, Bevan Tsui, James Moore, Henry Moulding
First Row: Matthew Cook, Phillip Lin, Harry Quinn, Edward Parsonage, Nikhil Simhambhatla, Alex Woolley, Charlie Timpson,
Patrick Tomes, Maverick Ko
LINDFIELD YEAR 2
Third Row: Harry Gyaneshwar, Lachlan Hetherington, Nicholas Van Pelt, Alexander Kerr, Tane Blessington, Jordan Li, Timothy Riddell
Second Row: Boris Lee, Jack Lu, Alistair Shaw, Thomas North, Samuel Gresham, Patrick Christensen, Adam Given, Oliver Sheahan
First Row: Nicholas Bunis, Angus Crafter, Alex Peterson, Jonathan Yim, Justin Dai, Allen Chen, Reuben Chippeck
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LINDFIELD YEAR 1
Third Row: Hayden Turner, Samuel Grainger, Zak Little, Ryan Thomas, Ajani CarrÈ, Vikram Simhambhatla, Luke Dickinson
Second Row: Rory Ansell, Harry L'Orange, Oliver Johnston, Andrew Newham, Alexander Ngatai, Thomas Cowdroy,
Andrew Stankovich, Richard Wan
First Row: Phillip Gazis-Miller, Finlay Ekins, Richard Huang, Brady Jones, Gabriel Dickinson, Xavier Sheahan, Elvis Cheung
LINDFIELD KINDERGARTEN
Third Row: Zachary Steinwede, Nathan Ma, Angus Bourne, Julian Keary, Connor Plank, Edward Timpson
Second Row: Toby Roberts, Michael Dalgleish, Aston Bloom, Billy Walker, Jack Middleton
First Row: Chris Lin, Henry Taylor, Finlay Crafter, Liam Phizacklea, Laksh Pande, Alfred Wong Absent: William Wong
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KINGSWOOD HOUSE
RYDAL HOUSE
ART MONITORS
Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi, Maxwell Quinn, Henry Mellor, Evan Favos
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Sons of Newington
Old Boys
Second Row: Matthew
Bramich, Josiah Carwardine,
Henry Mellor, Andre Ilic,
Jack Cowdroy, William
Mellor, Tanner Blessington
First Row: Finlay Ekins,
Alex Woolley, Tane
Blessington, Jack Walker,
Ethan Barrett, Andrew
Himmelhoch, Thomas
Cowdroy, Harry L'Orange
ICT Representatives
Third Row: Harry Quinn,
Jack Walker, Matthew Bramich,
Andre Ilic, Jordan Grozdanovski,
Jonathan Harkness, Keilan
Ngatai, Henry Moulding
Second Row: Jordan Li,
Conor Given, Christopher
Dutkiewicz, John Girouard,
Mitchell Cormack, Callum
Chow, Hamish Johnson,
Samuel Gresham, Alex Woolley
First Row: Xavier Sheahan,
Liam Phizacklea, Nathan Ma,
Richard Huang, Sam Grainger,
Angus Crafter, Jonathan Yim,
Richard Wan, Billy Walker,
Finlay Crafter
Absent: Michael Knox
Selected Choir
Third Row: Julian Kwok, Liam
McCausland, Kevin Min, Gil
Rickey, Luke Dietrich, William
Mellor, Ashley So
Second Row: Andrew Ward,
Edward Yoong, Aiden Chan,
Thomas Keary, Andre Ilic,
Lewis Ansell, Benjamin Pick,
Rhys Watkins
First Row: Andrew
Himmelhoch, Lachlan Horder,
Maxwell Quinn, Christopher
Dutkiewicz, Evan Favos,
Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi,
Max Gordon
Absent: James Bell, Donovan
Braun, Evan MacGregor,
William Hetherington
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School Band
Third Row: Samuel Heise,
Angus Chan, Jack Irving,
Thomas Keary, Andre Ilic,
Lewis Ansell
Second Row: Alex Woolley,
Maxwell Quinn, James
Hunt, Jonathan Okely,
Henry Mellor, Nicholas
Sharp, Luke Dietrich
First Row: Keilan Ngatai,
George Keane, Benjamin
Pick, Matthew Bramich,
Evan Favos, Edward Yoong
Absent: James Bell, Donovan
Braun, Harry Johnson
Chapel Band
Second Row: Andre Ilic, Jack
Irving, Thomas Keary, Luke
Dietrich
First Row: Aiden Chan, Liam
McCausland, Nicholas
Sharp, Benjamin Pick,
George Keane, Alex Woolley
String Ensemble
Third Row: Jasper YeghiaianAlvandi, Christopher
Dutkiewicz, Hingjun (Jay) Ju,
Henry Mellor, Lewis Ansell,
Maxwell Quinn, Ashley So
Second Row: Matthew
Bramich, Keaghan DaveyWebb, Liam McCausland,
Luke Dietrich, Kevin Min,
William Mellor, Bevan Tsui,
Aiden Chan
First Row: Max Gordon, Julian
Kwok, Henry Moulding,
Brandon Bien, Charles
Timpson, Nikhil
Simhambhatla, Harry Quinn
Absent: Harry Johnson, Evan
MacGregor
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Debating Team
Third Row: Matthew
Bramich, Luke Dietrich,
Gil Rickey, Jordan
Grozdanovski, Henry
Mellor, Aiden Chan
Second Row: Jonathan Okely,
Andre Ilic, Peter Trittis,
Thomas Keary, Nicholas
Sharp
First Row: Jasper YeghiaianAlvandi, Evan Favos, Rhys
Watkins, Maxwell Quinn,
George Keane, Keilan Ngatai
Chess Team
Second Row: Luke Dietrich,
Jordan Grozdanovski,
Gil Rickey, Angus Chan,
Ashley So
First Row: Julian Kwok,
Aiden Chan, Nicholas Sharp,
Kurt Bush, Tanner
Blessington, Christopher
Dutkiewicz
Absent: Evan MacGregor
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LINDFIELD SPORTS AWARDS
Best All-round Athlete
Gregory Bradford
Summer Sport – Most Successful Team
Junior A Basketball
Captain: Jack Cowdroy
Cricket – Consistent Effort and Ability
Gregory Bradford
Basketball – Consistent Effort and Ability
Donovan Braun
Winter Sport – Most Successful Team
Under 10 Soccer
Captain: Alessandro Roncolato
Rugby – Consistent Effort and Ability
Soccer – The Varnai Trophy for Consistent Effort and Ability
Kingswood House Captain
Lewis Ansell
Aiden Chan
Rydal House Captain
Kurt Bush
Lachlan Horder and Keaghan Davey-Webb cheer for Kingswood
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Thomas Keary
Sport
Lindfield Prep Sportsmaster
Mr M Caulfield
Sport has continued to progress and grow across
all areas. We have now reached a stage where
sporting opportunities are offered almost every
Saturday of the school year. The winter sports’
season has increased its duration, swimming and
athletics invitational carnivals are a regular part of
the sports calendar and the continuation of the
InterHouse Biathlon and Tennis Championship
make for a busy calendar, full of opportunities for
our boys. The additional skills clinics, which aim
to provide our boys with the best possible
coaching, were again a huge success, with almost
half the primary boys electing to take part. Milo
Cricket and Auskick were once again provided for
the junior primary boys and skill development in
all aspects of games continues to improve.
Major Sports Award
In 2010, Gregory Bradford was a worthy recipient
of the Best All-round Athlete. Gregory joined the
Newington community in 2004 in Kindergarten
and even at this early stage proved himself to be a
confident athlete in all areas. Gregory has the
knowledge, drive and will to succeed and
possesses great leadership qualities in all team
situations. Gregory’s achievements in 2010 include:
• 12 years Runner-up Age Champion for
Athletics
• Winner of the Inter-House Tennis Competition
• Winner of the Merit and Ability Award in cricket
• Winner of Outstanding Effort and Ability in Cricket
very strong opposition all season, but finished
the season on a high with a victory against
St Ignatius’.
Football was also successful in 2010 and the
continuation of small-sided games in Junior
football provided a launchpad for all participants
to succeed. The U9 and U10 teams proved to be
the most successful, with the U10s going through
undefeated. The Open teams improved with every
match, finishing strongly and winning their final
matches of the season against Sydney Grammar.
Kickstart again provided strong support coaching.
Summer Sport
Basketball and Cricket
Basketball and Cricket numbers were strong again
this year with four and five teams entered
respectively. In Cricket, with a small cohort in Year
5, the senior team was made up of mainly Year 6
students, creating an even balance across the
board. Results reflected improving levels of play
in all teams, with more runs scored with the bat
and less runs conceded through sundries. Term 4
saw the continuation of Thursday afternoon skills
sessions, which worked on individual skill
development. The senior Basketball team
continued to improve and the focus this year was
to give the boys a better ‘game sense’ of
Basketball. Boys’ individual skills were good and
the focus on positions and better movement of the
ball helped improve the results in Term 4. The
Junior Basketball teams excelled, particularly in
Term 1 where they went through undefeated. Each
week they improved their shooting ability and
will continue to strengthen each year.
• Winner of Consistent Effort and Ability in Rugby
Representative Honours
• IPSHA representative for Athletics and Tennis
A number of boys achieved representative
honours in 2010.
Winter Sport
Rugby and Football
In 2010, Lindfield fielded three rugby teams and
introduced a combined 10/11-year-olds team, as
well as a U9 and Open team. Even with our small
cohort there were some fine performances across
all teams. The U9 and U11 teams improved with
every game, performing strongly each time they
took the field. The Open team was pitted against
CIS
Athletics
Gregory Bradford
Joshua Bowd
U12 long jump
U10 shot put and discus
Swimming
Simon James
U10
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Newington Preparatory Schools’ Athletics Team
for the IPSHA Selection Carnival
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Cross Country
IPSHA Team
Congratulations to the following boys who made
the Newington Athletics team and represented
Newington at the IPSHA carnival on Tuesday 31
August: Gregory Bradford, Josh Bowd, Oliver
Dwyer, James Moore, Edward Yoong, Simon
James and Keilan Ngatai.
The following Lindfield boys were selected in the
Newington Cross Country team that competed at
The King’s school in the IPSHA Cross Country
Carnival: Andrew Himmelhoch, Henry Moulding,
James Moore, Alessandro Roncolato, Simon James,
Ashley So, James Hunt, Lewis Ansell, Gregory
Bradford and Aiden Chan.
QUAD Athletics Carnival for K–6
The annual QUAD Athletics Carnival held on
Monday 6 September was an exciting morning for
all involved. It was Mosman Prep’s turn to host
the QUAD carnival at Narrabeen Sports Academy.
Our athletes excelled in all events. The QUAD
Carnival is the only opportunity for our junior
primary boys to represent Newington at an interschool carnival. This year we had six kindergarten
boys representing Newington and watching them
run in a carnival for the first time was certainly a
proud moment for both their parents and teachers!
For our primary boys, it was another opportunity
to excel and continue our great athletics season.
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Newington Preparatory Schools’ Swimming Team
The following Lindfield boys were selected in the
Newington Preparatory Schools’ Swimming team
which competed in the IPSHA Selection Carnival
at the Sydney Olympic International Aquatic
Centre, Homebush: Alexander Woolley, Simon
James, John Girouard, Mitchell Cormack and Sam
Cormack.
QUAD Swimming Carnival for K–6
On 24 March, our Newington Lindfield
Swimming Team competed against boys from
Coogee Prep, Mosman Prep and Pittwater House
in the Quadrilateral Swimming Carnival at the
Newington College pool, Stanmore. This was a
fantastic opportunity for the junior primary boys
to be part of an inter-school competition. A great
day was had by all and the results reflected this.
Basketball Senior A
Second Row: Peter Trittis,
Thomas Keary, Jordan
Grozdanovski, Samuel
Cormack
First Row: Ashley So, Samuel
Heise, Mitchell Cormack,
James Hunt, John Girouard,
Keilan Ngatai
Basketball Senior B
Second Row: Kevin Min,
Harry Johnson, Max Smith,
Andre Ilic
First Row: Benjamin Pick,
Edward Yoong, Josiah
Carwardine, Jonathan
Harkness, Hongjun (Jay) Ju,
George Keane
Junior A Basketball
Second Row: Rohan Bhatti,
Callum Chow, Jack
Cowdroy, William Mellor
First Row: Julian Kwok,
Andrew Himmelhoch,
Christopher Dutkiewicz,
Hamish Johnson, Tanner
Blessington, Conor Given
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Junior B Basketball
Second Row: Ethan Barrett,
Liam McCausland, Oscar
Gresham
First Row: Phillip Lin, James
Moore, Brandon Bien,
Edward Parsonage
Absent: Matthew Cook,
William Hetherington,
Lachlan Horder
Senior A Cricket
Second Row: Kurt Bush, Luke
Dietrich, Gregory Bradford,
Jake Boorman, Jonathan
Okely
First Row: Andrew Ward,
Aiden Chan, Nicholas Sharp,
Lewis Ansell, Thomas
McMullen, Maxwell Quinn
Absent: Jamie Bell
Senior B Cricket
Second Row: Henry Mellor,
Angus Chan, Dylan
Christensen, Matthew
Bramich
First Row: Jasper YeghiaianAlvandi, Edward Lewis,
Rhys Watkins, Alexander
Wan, Evan Favos
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Year 4 Cricket
Second Row: James Yen,
Joshua Bowd, Henry
Moaven, Louis Hargreaves
First Row: Max Gordon,
Simon James, James Hunt,
Alessandro Roncolato,
Marcus Dadd, Thomas Bell
Absent: Evan MacGregor
Year 3 Cricket
Second Row: Oliver Dwyer,
Bevan Tsui, Krishna Parmar,
Benjamin Main, Patrick
Tombes
First Row: Harry Quinn,
Charles Timpson, Nikhil
Simhambhatla, Keaghan
Davey-Webb, Jack Walker,
Henry Moulding, Alex
Woolley
Absent: Ethan Bourne, James
Favos, Archie Grainger,
Maverick Ko
Senior Rugby
Second Row: Mitchell
Cormack, Andre Ilic, Jordan
Grozdanovski, Jack Irving,
Thomas Keary, Samuel
Cormack, Gregory Bradford
First Row: Keilan Ngatai,
Benjamin Pick, Jake
Boorman, Harry Johnson,
Peter Trittis, Luke Dietrich,
Aiden Chan, Andrew Ward
Absent: James Bell, Gil
Rickey
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Under 11 Rugby
Second Row: Maxwell Quinn,
Joshua Bowd, Henry Mellor,
Jack Cowdroy, Callum
Chow, William Mellor,
Simon James
First Row: Oscar Gresham,
Rhys Watkins, Hamish
Johnson, Tom McMullen,
John Paul Girouard, Liam
McCausland, Matthew
Bramich, Tanner Blessington
Absent: William
Hetherington, Michael Knox
Under 9 Rugby
Second Row: Oliver Dwyer,
Ethan Barrett, Harry Quinn
First Row: Patrick Tombes,
Jack Walker, Alex Woolley,
James Moore, Keaghan
Davey-Webb
Absent: Ethan Bourne
Senior Soccer A
Second Row: James Hunt,
Lewis Ansell, Jonathan
Okely, Kevin Min, Angus
Chan
First Row: Ashley So,
Edward Yoong, George
Keane, Nicholas Sharp,
Matthew Toomey
Absent: Donovan Braun
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Senior Soccer B
Second Row: Dylan
Christensen, Josiah
Carwardine, Jay Ju, Kurt
Bush, Max Smith
First Row: Jasper YeghiaianAlvandi, Edward Lewis,
Samuel Heise, Jonathan
Harkness, Alexander Wan,
Evan Favos
Under 10 Soccer
Second Row: Marcus Dadd,
Henry Moaven, Christopher
Dutkiewicz, Rohan Bhatti,
James Yen, Andrew
Himmelhoch
First Row: Max Gordon,
Thomas Bell, Alessandro
Roncolato, James Hunt,
Conor Given, Louis
Hargreaves, Julian Kwok
Absent: Lachlan Horder,
Evan MacGregor
Under 9 Soccer
Second Row: Harrison Jia,
Harry Irving, Bevan Tsui,
Benjamin Main, Nikhil
Simhambhatla
First Row: Charles Timpson,
Edward Parsonage, Brandon
Bien, Krishna Parmar, Henry
Moulding, Phillip Lin
Absent: Matthew Cook,
James Favos, Archie
Grainger, Maverick Ko
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IPSHA Athletics Team
Second Row: Joshua Bowd,
Gregory Bradford, Edward
Yoong
First Row: Oliver Dwyer,
James Moore, Keilan Ngatai,
Simon James
IPSHA Swimming Team
Mitchell Cormack, Simon
James, Alex Woolley, John
Girouard, Samuel Cormack
Lindfield Cross Country
Team
Second Row: Aiden Chan,
Mitchell Cormack, Gregory
Bradford, James Hunt, Lewis
Ansell
First Row: Henry Moulding,
Simon James, James Moore,
Andrew Himmelhoch,
Alessandro Roncolato,
Ashley So
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QUADRILATERAL ATHLETICS TEAM
Fourth Row: Alex Woolley, Louis Hargreaves, Keilan Ngatai, John Paul Girouard, Samuel Cormack, Gil Rickey, Gregory Bradford,
Lewis Ansell, Andrew Ward, Simon James, Ashley So, Timothy Riddell
Third Row: Nikhil Simhambhatla, Harry Quinn, Conor Given, Edward Yoong, James Hunt, Jack Irving, Angus Chan, Luke Dietrich,
Aiden Chan, Alessandro Roncolato, Thomas Bell, Julian Keary
Second Row: Max Gordon, Julian Kwok, Henry Moulding, Andrew Himmelhoch, Joshua Bowd, Andre Ilic, Jordan Grozdanovski,
Peter Trittis, Mitchell Cormack, James Moore, Oliver Dwyer, Ajani CarrÈ, Lachlan Hetherington
First Row: Xavier Sheahan, Jack Middleton, Reuben Chippeck, Nathan Ma, Rory Ansell, Richard Huang, Hayden Turner,
Angus Crafter, Aston Bloom, Allen Chen, Edward Timpson, Vikram Simhambhatla
Absent: James Favos
QUADRILATERAL SWIMMING TEAM
Fourth Row: Oliver Dwyer, Edward Yoong, Mitchell Cormack, Jordan Grozdanovski, Peter Trittis, Henry Mellor, Matthew Bramich,
Simon James, Thomas Bell
Third Row: Keaghan Davey-Webb, Tanner Blessington, William Mellor, James Hunt, Angus Chan, Jake Boorman, Nicholas Sharp,
Samuel Heise, Conor Given
Second Row: Nikhil Simhambhatla, Andrew Himmelhoch, Alexander Kerr, John Girouard, Samuel Cormack, Gregory Bradford,
Joshua Bowd, Keilan Ngatai, James Moore, Henry Moulding
First Row: Nicholas Bunis, Finlay Ekins, Alexander Ngatai, Tane Blessington, Alex Woolley, Julian Kwok, Max Gordon,
Thomas North, Ryan Thomas, Andrew Newham, Ruben Chippeck
Absent: James Bell, James Favos, Oscar Gresham, Michael Knox, Evan MacGregor
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Staff Farewells
In 2010 we farewelled the following staff:
Maria Bruce
At the start of the year, after 29 years of dedicated
service to Wyvern boys and families, Mrs Maria
Bruce decided the time was
right for her to give some
more time to her family and
other interests. She was
first employed at Wyvern
House in 1983, where she
taught Kindergarten and
will be remembered for her
determination, wonderful
sense of humour and
nurturing nature. There was
not one boy who she did not care for and she has
certainly touched the hearts and shaped the lives
of all young men who came to know her.
Maria Bruce will leave a legacy at Wyvern House:
she taught us all to never lose our sense of
humour, sense of play and sense of forgiveness.
She taught us to have patience and keep our lives
in perspective. Most of all, she taught us about
friendship and led by example with her manner
towards all staff and boys throughout her teaching
career. We wish her all of the very best for the
future.
Michael Davis
For 24 years at Newington College, Michael Davis
opened his heart and mind to all who were
fortunate enough know him as Housemaster,
teacher, coach, colleague and friend.
A man of principle and passion, Michael had a
profound impact on the many lives that he
touched at the College and beyond.
As a Basketball coach, he
pushed his players to
achieve
their
best,
showing them that they
could not take shortcuts
to be successful. As
Housemaster
of
Le
Couteur House, he was a
tireless advocate for the
boys in his care, believing
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in the potential of each and every one of them. As
union representative, he was a leader amongst his
colleagues, willing to sacrifice his own selfinterests for the betterment of others. As English
teacher, he shared his love for the written and
spoken word with his students, challenging,
enlightening and stimulating them in his lessons.
Michael took great pride in developing
Newington’s connection with schools in Nepal,
regularly leading groups of boys on Service
Learning trips to that country, as well as hosting
Nepalese students and teachers in Australia.
In his novel, The Glass Bead Game, Herman Hesse
states: “Teachers are more essential than anything
else, men and women who can give the young the
ability to judge and distinguish, who serve them
as examples of honouring the truth, obedience to
things of the spirit, respect for language. Teachers
and educators are ... the best among us.”
Michael certainly honoured truth, obeyed the
spirit, respected language and was one of the best
among us. He will be greatly missed.
Trent Driver
Trent resigned in 2010 as
Head of Economics after
eight years, to take up a
position as Head of
Curriculum Development
at Brisbane Girls Grammar
School. During his time at
Newington, Trent will be
remembered by both the
staff and boys for his
passion for Economics, his amazing presence in
the classroom, his intellect and his wit.
Trent’s passion for talking in front of people was
reflected in his co-curricular activities. He coached
the 1st Debating team, was Director of Debating
and assisted numerous boys with their public
speaking. He was also Director of Volleyball and
Co-coach of the 1st Volleyball team.
Another of Trent’s passions was the outdoors.
He was an instructor in the Newington Challenge
Outdoor Education program for a number
of years.
We wish Trent all the best in his future
endeavours. He will be sorely missed.
Staff Farewells
David Hine
Ronda Phillips
David Hine was Head of Lindfield from 2006 to
2010. These were four years of tremendous growth
and development at the
school. This rapid change
can be illustrated clearly, as
David’s
commissioning
service was held in the old
undercroft and his farewell
in the recently opened Don
Brown Hall. During these
years,
David
worked
tirelessly to oversee the
comprehensive redevelopment of the school and
the gardens that surround it. His desire to promote
the education of boys is reflected today, in
the design of the new classrooms and the
installation of the ‘Hear and Learn’ system to
facilitate quality listening.
Ronda began her teaching career in 1968 at
Brighton-Le-Sands Public School. She and
husband John enrolled their son Peter into
Newington to start in Year 3 in 1987, the beginning
of a long and happy
association with our
school.
David has a passion for the education of boys
and his focus on curriculum saw the instigation of
the Primary Years Programme of the International
Baccalaureate at Lindfield. Under his leadership,
staff investigated the Programme, undertook
training, and the school became a candidate school
in 2009.
David’s approach was very ‘hands on’. Many boys
found his individual tutoring in reading
invaluable and his emphasis on ‘respect and
manners’ fostered a school culture second to none.
David held a senior position as National Treasurer
of IPSHA but could still be found turning a
perfectly cooked sausage at Saturday morning sport.
During David’s time at Lindfield, enrolments grew
significantly and this was testament to his
welcoming approach to prospective parents and the
positive energy felt by all who visited Lindfield.
David brought significant experience and
knowledge of primary education in Australia to
Newington College. He is widely respected by his
colleagues. His calm, professional approach
fostered a strong teaching team and a community
of learners that reached beyond the gates of
Newington College. We wish David and his wife
Fiona well, as he takes up his new position as
Head of St Peter’s Junior School, Adelaide.
Anyone who has had the
privilege to teach with
Ronda could not deny
what a wonderful and
supportive colleague she
was. She set a fine
example as a teacher,
always professional in her approach to tasks, yet
warm and encouraging to all.
She will be remembered for her sharp rhetoric,
expansive general knowledge and her willingness
to do anything asked. She was a passionate
mentor for boys who participated in public
speaking and debating. For the few boys who
were lucky enough to gain a place on a debating
team, Ronda was always there for guidance.
Her contributions to Newington College will be
long remembered by staff, boys and parents. As
she sets sail from her time at Newington, we wish
her all the best of everything in the years ahead.
Maria Plater
Maria began teaching at
Newington College in
1994, some 16 years ago.
Her employment was
pivotal in increasing the
number and status of
female teachers at the
College. When Maria
arrived,
there
were
approximately six female teachers of about 100 in
total. The attitude of many boys was very sexist
and they often gave the female teachers a very
hard time.
Maria suddenly changed those negative attitudes
by demonstrating her wealth of experience.
Having been a HSC marker for Business Studies,
she was quick to mentor boys and share her
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knowledge with them. It was not long before she
was appointed second-in-charge of Economics.
Maria led with flair: as Housemaster of Manton
House she was firm but fair and cared tremendously
for the boys’ welfare and academic progress.
Maria’s contribution to the College therefore goes
far beyond that of being an outstanding teacher
and Housemaster; her contribution has been
instrumental in dissipating the worst elements of
sexism that were prevalent 16 years ago. There are
now 46 female teachers at Newington—eight
times the number present in 1994. Every one of those
teachers has an excellent role model in Maria.
Peter Robertson
Peter’s career at Newington, which began in 1970,
demonstrated considerable skill and exceptional
breadth, regardless of the task. Among the many
offices held by Peter:
• Captain Peter Robertson was Quartermaster of
the Newington College Cadet Unit.
• He was MIC Rifle Shooting and coach of
several age groups including the 1st team
which, under Peter’s tutelage, won several GPS
Small Bore titles.
• He was a successful Rowing coach, coaching
crews that included the 1st VIII. Peter was also
MIC Rowing for some time.
• He was also MIC Tennis, coached the
1st Tennis team and a GPS-winning 2nd
Tennis team.
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•
He coached many
Rugby teams including
the 2nd XV.
On the academic side of
the school, Peter was Head
of Economics for many
years until 1987 when he
was appointed Head of
Prescott House, a post
which he held for 17 years.
Peter was appointed as Careers Director in 2003.
Although outstanding in all his roles while at
Newington, it was in this post as Careers
Counsellor and Vocational Education and Training
Coordinator that Peter gained a substantial
reputation both for himself and for Newington.
Peter organised for many years what was widely
acknowledged as the best Careers Expo in NSW.
This served our boys at the highest possible level
and became the standard to which other schools
could only aspire.
Peter’s intelligence, passion, transparent
personality, understanding, intelligence, strong
sense of justice, capacity to serve at an elite level in
a large number of spheres, strong sense of
camaraderie and ability to recognise a genuine
effort from boys and colleagues will be missed by
all. Peter’s commitment to instilling in all his
students a strong sense of social awareness, as well
as academic, pastoral and co-curricular pursuits,
demonstrates that Peter Robertson was well ahead
of his time! Thank you Peter for all that you
have given.
Alumni
Report from the President of the
Old Newingtonians’ Union (ONU)
Immediate Past President
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Assistant Secretary
Sesquicentenary Committee
Phil Holey (ON ‘70)
Rod Bosman (ON ‘78)
Newington College Foundation
ONU Executive
President
Lodge Wyvern
Mr Mark Bland
(ON ’83)
Mr Mark Gilbert
(ON ’75)
Mr James Godfrey
(ON ’93, Staff)
Mr Karl Watson
(ON ’86, Staff)
Honorary Treasurer
Mr Scott Turner
(ON ’78)
Honorary Assistant Treasurer
Mr Joel Barnett
(ON ’96)
It is with great pleasure that I write this, my final
report as President, on the activities of the ONU
for 2010.
2010 has again been a productive year for the ONU
with the consolidation of the ONU Bursary Program
and an expanded reunion and social function
program which is the envy of other GPS schools.
The Old Newingtonians’ Union is run by
members of a volunteer Council who freely give
their time and effort to organise a variety of social
and fund-raising functions each year.
The ONU Council, which was formed following
the AGM in November 2009, contains wide
representation from Old Boys spanning 73 alumni
years from 1927 to 2000. Particularly pleasing is
the representation of younger Old Boys, with 11
members of the Council and four members of the
Executive having graduated the College during
the 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s.
The 70 Club
GPS Old Boys Union
Mark Gilbert
(ON ‘75)
Rob Hill (ON ‘55)
John Astley (ON ‘52)
The drive and energy of the younger members,
combined with the knowledge and experience of
the past Presidents, Metropolitan and Regional
Vice Presidents, has provided the impetus to drive
innovation and change.
I would like to take this opportunity to most warmly
thank the members of the ONU Executive and
Council who have worked tirelessly to assist me in
administering the affairs of the ONU during 2010.
Enrolment Priority For Sons And
Grandsons Of Old Boys
With the College having waiting lists in most years
for 2011 onward, the College Council has agreed
that sons and grandsons of ONU members will be
given enrolment priority and will receive a 10%
discount on the enrolment fee payable.
The ONU has been negotiating with the College on
these matters for some months and is pleased with
the very positive outcome for Old Newingtonians.
Involvement In College Life
The ONU influence at the College is very strong
and is one of the very positive aspects of College
life. There are thirteen ONU members on College
Council, including six who are directly nominated
by the ONU.
Additionally, the following roles within the
College community are held by Old Boys:
A new innovation in the composition of the ONU
Council saw various ONU/College affiliated groups
be given formal representation on the ONU
Council. This is an important step for the future of
the ONU as it provides a basis for the ONU to
remain relevant and to strengthen and deepen its
relationship with the College and the community.
College Council Chairman
The Hon RN (Angus)
Talbot (ON ‘53)
College Council Secretary
Greg Grogin (ON ‘76)
College Council Treasurer
Mario Isaias (ON ‘78)
The following members of the ONU Council have
special responsibility for liaison with their
respective organisations:
Sesquicentenary Committee Chairman
Newington Masters Rowing Club
141 Old Newingtonians currently have sons
attending the College as students.
John Treloar
(ON ‘70)
Newington College Foundation Chairman
Bruce Mellor (ON ‘82)
Secondary P&F President
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Re-engagement With Tonga
The re-engagement with The Kingdom of Tonga,
which was driven by the new Headmaster Dr
David Mulford in 2009, continued in 2010.
In July, a touring party consisting of staff and Year
9 students from the College, led by the Head of
Secondary, Dr Andrew Hirst, visited Tonga for
a week.
Prior to the visit the Newington community—
staff, boys, parents and Old Boys—filled a
shipping container with donated goods which was
shipped to Tupou College. The container included
such essential items as tables, chairs, beds, linen,
Rugby boots, Rugby jerseys, textbooks, tools,
paint and Cricket kits.
Touring party members spent considerable time at
Tupou College where they were billeted and the
boys undertook a number of Service Learning
activities. The boys also played Rugby matches
against Tupou College and Tonga College.
Dr Hirst and the ONU’s Tongan Vice President,
Steve Finau (ON ’66) spent a day interviewing
candidates for the 2011 ONU Tongan Bursary. The
successful candidate will commence in the
Boarding House in Year 10 in 2011.
The visit also heralded closer ongoing links
between Newington College and Tupou College.
As a result of the visit, Rugby and Service Learning
tours as well as teacher and student exchanges are
now likely to become an annual event.
Regrettably, 2010 also saw the passing of two of
our most distinguished Tongan Old Newingtonians,
John Luani (ON ‘77) and Futa Helu (ON ‘55).
Sione Manu’uli ‘John’ Luani attended Newington
College for his senior schooling from 1972 to 1977.
He was reported ‘a very reliable student’ and ‘a
great leader’ and served as a Prefect in his final
year. He was a keen and capable sportsman. He
did Rowing for most of his time here, finishing in
the 2nd VIII crew in 1977. He played Rugby
throughout, playing in the 1st XV in 1977 and
gained GPS Rugby selection in his final year. He
also served in the Cadet Unit for three years,
taking up Community Service in 1976. John is also
remembered as a great mentor and father figure to
the other boys in the Boarding House.
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After gaining a BSc Political Science (USA) he
joined the Tongan Civil Service in 1984 and in 1990
was promoted to senior tourist officer with the
Tonga Visitors’ Bureau. John went onto a
successful career in politics and was appointed as
the Governor of Vava’u, Tonga on July 1, 2009.
Prior to his appointment as Governor, he had been
a Vava’u Noble’s Representative to the Tongan
Legislative Assembly.
Futa Helu was a Tongan philosopher, historian,
and educator. He attended Newington College
from 1953 to 1955 and the University of Sydney
from 1957 to 1961. At Sydney University he focused
on philosophy, English literature, mathematics
and physics. Back in Tonga he did not become—as
one might have expected—a government
bureaucrat, but held himself out as tutor to those
having trouble keeping up at school. His way of
teaching soon became famous, and many Tongans
who are now important figures claim he instilled a
love of learning that impelled their careers.
In 1963 he established an educational institute
named ʻAtenisi’ (Tongan for Athens, to pay
homage to the ancient Greek philosophers). The
institute began as a continuing education program
for civil servants, and then initiated a high school
in 1964 and a university in 1975.
ONU Bursary Program
The ONU is committed to providing financial
support to the College by way of the Bursary
Program, which is funded from investment
income, Life Membership receipts and social
function income. When fully implemented, the
ONU will be committing in excess of $100,000
annually to the Bursary Program.
The ONU Bursary Program comprises three
streams, each of which will be available for boys to
commence at the College in Year 10.
(a) ONU Tongan Bursaries
These bursaries celebrate the longstanding
relationship between the College and the
Kingdom of Tonga, and will be offered to boys
from Tonga coming to Newington as boarders.
(b) ONU Tillie Huff-Johnson Bursaries
These bursaries are a modern day version of the
Tillie Huff-Johnson bursaries which operated in the
Alumni
Newington Medal
Two Newington Medals are awarded annually:
one to an Old Boy working and residing overseas,
with an identical Medal being awarded to an Old
Boy working and residing in Australia.
The selection panel for 2010 comprised The Hon
RN (Angus) Talbot (ON ‘53), the Chairman of
College Council; David Mulford, Headmaster;
Roger Davidson (ON ‘40); and myself as President
of the ONU.
The 2010 Newington medals were awarded to:
Barry Collins (ON ’52) and Ian Thomas (ON ’63)
1940s and 1950s. These bursaries are for boarders
and/or dayboys who are sons and grandsons of
Old Boys.
(c) ONU Halse Rogers Bursaries
These bursaries are for ‘All-rounder’ boys who
demonstrate all-round ability as well as
outstanding ability in one or more fields. They are
intended to form part of the College’s wider Halse
Rogers program.
The ONU is extremely proud to be able to offer
these bursaries and enable deserving young men
from all backgrounds to have the opportunities
which we, as Old Boys, have received ourselves: to
attend the College and receive an excellent allround educational experience.
The ONU funded eight boys on bursaries during
2010 including the first four boarders from Tonga
and the inaugural ONU Tillie Huff-Johnson Scholar
in Year 7—a third generation Newington boy.
All of the boys attending the College under the
ONU Bursary Program are most deserving young
men, a credit to their families and community. The
ONU is proud to be able to provide them the
opportunity to attend the College.
It is pleasing to note that two of the ONU Bursary
holders, Joel Luani (ON ’10) and Apolosi
Latunipulu (ON ’10) (as Captain) played in the
College’s Championship winning 1st XV Rugby
team and went onto play for the Australian
Schoolboys Rugby team. The ONU is very proud
of their achievements. At the ONU AGM in
November, Apolosi gifted his 1st XV and
Australian Schoolboys jerseys, signed by all of the
respective team members, to the ONU.
International Medal
Australian Medal
Ian Thomas (ON ‘63)
Barry Collins (ON ‘52)
On behalf of the ONU, I extend our
congratulations to these most illustrious Old Boys.
Their record of service and achievement serves as
an inspiration to all Old Boys.
College Council Representatives
The current ONU representatives on College
Council are:
Bruce Carroll (ON ’64)
Greg Grogin (ON ’76) – Secretary
Phil Holey (ON ’70)
Hon RN (Angus) Talbot (ON ’53) – Chairman
Ian Webster (ON ’70)
Scott Turner (ON ’78)
The current terms of Greg Grogin and Phil Holey
expired during 2010 and they were renominated
for a further term by the ONU.
Communications
The ONU has for some years now had a
significant presence in College publications
such as New Focus now known as News, and
The Newingtonian.
In order to communicate current College and
ONU news and events with Old Boys in a more
meaningful and frequent manner, July 2010 saw
the commencement of the monthly eNewsletter.
This full colour electronic newsletter will be
published 10 times per year from February
through to November.
The response to the first five editions in 2010 was
overwhelmingly positive and many thanks are
due to the architect of this publication, Alumni
Officer Maria Humphreys.
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2010 also saw the commencement of online
communication by the ONU through Facebook
and Linkedln. These communications strategies
are very much in the development stage at
present but it is planned to further develop them
during 2011.
Regional
Mid North Coast (2)
Central Coast (2)
Goulburn
Interstate
The ONU will continue to explore avenues for
improved communications with members.
Melbourne (70 Club)
Adelaide
Reunions and Functions
Overseas
The ONU was ably assisted during 2010 by the
Director of Development – Foundation and
Alumni, Lea Greifeneder; the Alumni Officer,
Maria Humphreys; and Administrative Assistant
Noelene Hugh-Smith. They provided invaluable
administrative and organisational assistance to the
ONU on a wide range of issues, particularly the
coordination of the many reunions which were
held in 2010.
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
San Diego
Tonga
I would like to warmly thank the following
Alumni Year Reunion coordinators for their efforts
at rallying their contemporaries to make the
following reunions a great success:
5 Year
Tom Reid, Adam Vine-Hall,
Jonathon Watkins (ON ‘05)
10 Year
Aran Alexander, David Haynes,
Tim Manson (ON ‘00)
15 Year
Todd Owsnett, Adam Woodward,
Troy Stanley (ON ‘95)
20 Year
George Loiterton, Adam Latham
(ON ‘90)
25 Year
Ian Linden-Smith, David Hayes,
Patrick Nichols (ON ‘85)
30 Year
Zac Veron, David Rylah (ON ‘80)
35 Year
David Jordan, Mark Gilbert (ON ‘75)
40 Year
Bill May, Nigel Smith,
Graham Steer (ON ‘70)
45 Year
Rob Wild, Peter Moffitt, Brian Harris,
Ron Irish, Michael Cotis (ON ‘65)
50 Year
Peter Meares, Lindsay Rose (ON ’59),
Graham Ford, Brian James,
Frank Kelly, Daryl Latter, Rod Thomas
(ON ’60) Graham Brown, Ian Diamond,
Kerry Trollope (ON ’61)
A number of regional, interstate and international
reunions were held in 2010 as follows:
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Joely Wakely (ON ‘54)
Robert Hill (ON ’55)
Peter Collas (ON ’62),
Bob Lawrence (ON ’46),
Terry Rolleston (ON ‘53)
Ken Brown (ON ‘70)
These reunions were organised
by the Development Department
in conjunction with the
Newington College Foundation
Steve Finau (ON ‘66)
The Headmaster, Dr Mulford; and Ms Lea
Greifeneder, Director of Development – Foundation
and Alumni; attended reunions with Old
Newingtonians in Los Angeles, San Diego, San
Francisco and New York during October.
Two events in New York were focused around the
AIS USA Foundation on 2 October: a Rugby match
where Newington secured the inaugural Nick
Farr-Jones (ON ’79) AIS USA Foundation Rugby
Cup (captained by Nick himself) followed by the
AIS USA Gala Dinner that evening. The trip was
also an opportunity to meet up with Old
Newingtonians living in the United States and
share with them the exciting plans for the College
as we approach the Sesquicentenary celebrations.
Dr Mulford and Ms Greifeneder were able to meet
up with the majority of our Old Boys living in the
USA and are pleased to report that all of these Old
Boys are now re-engaged with the College and
looking forward to enhancing and maintaining
this connection.
Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner was held in Centenary Hall on
Friday 13 August with 300 Old Boys and fathers in
attendance. This was the best attended ONU
Annual Dinner since the Centenary Dinner in
1995, and continued the positive trend of
increasing attendances.
It was very pleasing to see the large turnout of
younger Old Boys from the 1990s as well as the
usual large representation from the late 1950s and
1960s at this, the signature ONU event of 2010. The
Alumni
Hall of Fame
Since the establishment of Newington College in
1863, participation in sporting competition has
been a key element in developing well-rounded
boys of good character alongside academic,
spiritual, cultural and social development. Indeed,
Newington was a founding member of the
Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of
NSW back in 1892.
Nick Wiadrowski (ON ’07), James Allen (ON ’01), Josh Clark
(ON ’01), Denver Don Paul (ON ’01), James Laurent (ON ’01),
Angus Allen (ON ’07)
fellowship and mateship displayed by these
younger Old Boys gives me great assurance that
the leadership of the ONU will be in very good
hands in the future.
The dinner also served as a welcome, of sorts, to the
ONU for the Class of 2009 which filled two tables.
The evening saw the launch of the Sporting
Division of the ONU Hall of Fame and the
induction of the first five members:
Rugby and Cricket
Johnny Taylor (ON ‘15)
Rugby
Nick Farr-Jones (ON ‘79)
Paralympics
Stephen Wilson (ON ‘71)
Rugby League
Rowing
Early in 2010 the Council of the Old
Newingtonians’ Union resolved to establish a ‘Hall
of Fame’ to recognise and celebrate the success
and achievements of Old Boys in all facets of life.
The 2010 Annual Dinner saw the launch the Sports
Division of the Hall of Fame and the induction of
the first five members. Over the first half of 2010,
as the merits of many dozens of Old Boys from
many different sports over the last 150 years were
assessed, it became readily apparent that choosing
the best five sportsmen in the history of the
College was a difficult task.
Consequently, the five Old Boys who were
inducted into the Hall of Fame can best be
described as the ‘first five amongst equals’.
Brian James (ON ‘60)
Michael Morgan (ON ‘64)
Following the induction of Michael Morgan
(ON ’64) the Rowing fraternity unveiled on stage
the College’s new racing eight—the ‘Michael D
Morgan’—and Michael was joined on stage by his
wife and daughters to christen the new boat.
Special thanks to the organising committee made
up of Karl Watson (ON ‘86), James Godfrey (ON ‘93)
and Nigel Watson (ON ‘93). Extra special thanks to
Alumni Officer, Maria Humphreys: without her
superlative organisation and tireless effort the
event would simply not have occurred.
The catering was once again provided by Peter
Kuburlis (ON ’90) and the team at Kuburlis
Catering. Peter is one of the ONU’s unsung heroes
and the food and service was of the usual high
standard. Thanks to the generosity of our
sponsors, the dinner raised $5,000 towards the
ONU’s bursary program.
Brian James (ON ’60) with his certificate for being inducted
into the ONU Hall of Fame — Sports Division
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Class of 1978 Touch Football team
While only five members were inducted at the
Annual Dinner, there were many other worthy
Old Boys who will no doubt be inducted into the
Hall of Fame in the future. We intend to develop
the Hall of Fame with Divisions covering
Academia, and Community/Leadership.
GPS Gold Challenge
The GPS Gold Challenge was held from 8–10
October 2010 at St Ignatius’ College. This year, Old
Boys from 1977 and 1978 participated in the nine
sporting events with 537 participants in total from
the nine GPS schools taking part.
The weekend was a great success with plenty of
old friendships, both within the school and across
the GPS being renewed. Old Newingtonians
travelled from Bathurst, Newcastle, Melbourne,
Albury, Coffs Harbour and Queensland to take
part on the day. A number of Old Boys from the
Class of 1978 arrived home from overseas just in
time to compete.
Scott Brandon Smith (ON ’78) was the Newington
College debater and received a standing ovation
with his argument for the negative that ‘GPS
Schools Should Become Co-educational’. He duly
won the inaugural John Luani (ON ’77) Memorial
Debating Trophy donated by Newington College.
ANZAC Day
Guests representing the College Council, the Old
Newingtonians’ Union, The 70 Club, RSL
Presidents and many other Old Boys attended the
ANZAC Service held at the College on
Wednesday, 28 April.
Stafford Lowe MBE (ON '56) and Eric Lundberg (ON '56)
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Rear Admiral Anthony Carwardine AO (ON ’55)
was the guest speaker at the service held in
Alumni
Centenary Hall. Later in the day he attended the
ANZAC service for Wyvern K–6 boys which was
conducted in the Chapel.
Major General Sandy Pearson AO DSO OBE MC
(ON ’36) presented Headmaster Dr David
Mulford with a book for the College library
entitled Our Secret War. The book provides an
account of the clandestine Australian operations
carried out in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan)
during the Confrontation in the mid 1960s.
Rugby Reunion Lunch
The second ONU 1st and 2nd XV Rugby Reunion
Lunch was held in the Function Centre with
St Joseph’s College on Saturday 14 August. The
lunch was a roaring success with 59 Newington
and Joeys players from the 1st and 2nd XV
teams of 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2000
in attendance.
Those who attended reminisced about their prowess
on the Rugby field and rekindled friendships with
those they played against. These Rugby reunion
lunches typify the great spirit of camaraderie
which exists within the GPS community.
Back To Newington Day
At Back to Newington Day the ONU tent was set
up on the forecourt of Centenary Hall, displaying
a variety of archival information. The tent will
become a permanent feature of Back to Newington
Day in the future. The Class of 2009 held their one
year reunion on Back to Newington Day.
Business Breakfasts
The ONU held two very successful Business
Breakfasts during 2010 featuring John McGrath,
CEO McGrath Real Estate and Phil Kearns (ON ‘84),
former Wallaby Captain and investment banker.
Both of the Business Breakfasts were very well
attended and the ONU will continue to build upon
the strong support for this type of function in the
years ahead.
It was most pleasing to again see the attendance at
these breakfasts by a number of Year 11 and 12
students, a practice which can only serve to
strengthen the bond between students and Old
Boys. My thanks go to Peter Robertson, Karl
Watson (ON ’86) and Trent Driver for their
assistance in this endeavour.
The 70 Club
The 70 Club, under the leadership of Barry Collins
(ON ‘52), continues to go from strength to strength
and now has more than 1,000 members. Barry is
also a Vice President of the ONU and for many
years has officiated as the official starter at the
ONU Golf Day.
Lunches were held in March and September and
were well patronised. At the September lunch I
acted as Returning Officer for the Club’s election
of office bearers.
I must confess that attending the 70 Club lunches
is one of my favorite duties as ONU President.
The 70 Club is an integral part of the Old Boy
network. To sit in Centenary Hall and see Old
Boys maintaining or rekindling longstanding
friendships, in many cases some 50 and 60 years
strong, is a testament to the bonds that are forged
between young men at Newington, and their love
for the College.
ONU Golf Day
The Annual ONU Golf Day was held on 11 March
at Strathfield Golf Club, played over 18 holes in a
stableford format. The day had a good turnout of
Old Boys, staff and parents with 70 starters
spanning five decades covering alumni years 1953
through 1996.
Many thanks must go to convenor Nigel Watson
(ON ‘93) who was ably assisted by Phil Watkins
(ON ‘69) and official starter Barry Collins (ON ‘52).
The Rofe Trophy for best overall score was won by
Toby Jordan (ON ‘74) and Geoff Paton (ON ‘64).
The Alumni Year trophy for best score by an
alumni year was won by the Class of 1974.
GPS Bowls
Newington College won the GPS OBU Lawn
Bowls Competition held on Sunday 14 November
at Warringah Bowling Club coming from behind
to beat Joeys and taking out the Harold J. Lewarne
Memorial Trophy. John Dansie (ON ’59) was also
awarded life membership to the GPS Old Boys’
Bowling Association on the day. Congratulations
to both John and the team on a fabulous result.
Newington Masters Rowing Club
The Club continues to prosper both on and off the
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water with solid growth in membership and
successful results on the water.
The 2010 Australian Masters Rowing Championships
were held in Perth this year from 3–6 June. A small
contingent—John Treloar (ON ’70), Steve Graham
(ON ’86) and John Johnson (ON ’73)—ventured
across the Nullarbor to the new Western
Australian Rowing Course to fly the flag.
The highlight for the crew was a bronze medal in
the ‘D’ coxed four which was made up of a
composite crew with a member of the Old
Ignations’ Rowing Club and Judi Ruja of the
Sydney Women’s/MLC Rowing Club as the cox.
Another great moment was qualifying for the final
of the ‘D’ quad scull with a crew that included two
Sydney Grammar Old Boys.
The Newington Masters Rowing Club rows out of
the College boatshed every Sunday morning and
several mornings during the week. The Club
continues to support the Newington Boatshed and
the Newington College Rowing Association in
their fundraising activities.
Wyvern Cricket Club
Saturday 15 October saw the Wyvern Cricket Club
return to Stanmore for the annual clashes with the
School 1sts and 2nds. As always, it was a
wonderful day and we extend our thanks to the
players, coaching staff and supporters for their
marvellous hospitality.
The day was also a chance for Wyvern Cricket
Club to draw the College community’s attention
to the opportunity currently offered by the club to
a new generation of players to take over the
running of the Club from the ‘old guard’. While
the Club has withdrawn from the city and suburban
Cricket competition for the 2010/2011 season, it is
intended that the Club will recommence in the
competition for the 2011/2012 season.
The ONU regards the continuing operation of
Wyvern Cricket Club as being important for the
wider Old Boy community and has invited a
representative of Wyvern Cricket Club to join the
ONU Council. During 2011 the ONU will be
looking at ways to ensure that Wyvern Cricket
Club remains viable.
W Bro Craig Sawyer cradling his two week old son William, supported by his wife Fiona, brother-in-laws Cameron and
Stuart Read, mother-in-law Felicity Read, sister Megan and father-in-law and W Bro Terry Read at the Installation Banquet.
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Alumni
Lodge Wyvern
Brother Craig Sawyer was installed as Worshipful
Master of Lodge Wyvern on Saturday 9 October
with RW Bro Robert Hammond PGM, representing
the Grand Master, in attendance. He was
accompanied by a number of Grand Lodge Officers.
This was the 61st Installation Lodge and the 689th
meeting, which was founded over 60 years ago
originally by teachers, Old Newingtonians and
parents. The Installation was held in Prescott Hall
and witnessed by large number of Lodge
members and visiting Freemasons.
Following the ceremony a sumptuous Installation
Banquet was held in Centenary Hall. The
Headmaster David Mulford and his wife were
special guests together with over 120 Lodge
members, their wives and guests. Once again,
Old Boy Peter Kuburlis (ON ‘90) provided a
wonderful banquet together with wines provided
by Terry Maling.
College. The ONU is proud to be able to support the
College, and the Scholarship Fund, in this manner.
The Council of the Old Newingtonians’ Union has
also resolved, in principal, to part fund the
proposed new Johnson Oval scoreboard. It is
anticipated this will compromise three instalments
of $25,000. The first instalment will be donated
in 2011.
2010 also saw the practical and beneficial impact
of a previous donation by the ONU to the College.
In 2006 the ONU funded the cost of four
defibrillator units for the College, two for the
senior campus and one each for the primary
campuses—at a cost of $10,000. Following a
sudden heart attack suffered by a staff member
during 2010, one of the senior campus defibrillator
units was deployed, in all likelihood saving the
life of the staff member.
Careers Night
Lodge Wyvern continues to enjoy the support of a
large number of teachers, Old Boys, parents and
others who support the College. Lodge Wyvern is
a Masonic Lodge which was started in 1950 as a
Lodge for Old Newingtonians. There are many
Old Boys, parents and teachers who are active
members of Lodge Wyvern and Freemasonry and
all Old Boys, parents, teachers and friends of the
College are welcome to join.
The Careers Centre at Newington College is looking
to build on the excellent relationship and
engagement that it currently has with Old
Newingtonians. The inaugural ONU/Parents
Careers Evening held on 15 June 2010 typifies this
strengthening relationship with more than 50
Old Boys and Parents offering advice and sharing
their career and education journey with Boys in
Years 10–12.
GPS Old Boys Functions
The ONU intends to strengthen and formalise its
links with the Careers Office in 2011.
Throughout 2010 I had the privilege of being the
guest of other GPS Old Boys’ Unions at their
annual functions. All of the events were conducted
with the great spirit and camaraderie that has
come to typify the bonds that exist between Old
Boys of the GPS Schools.
Gifts to the College
Early in 2010 the Council of the Old
Newingtonians’ Union resolved to make a
donation of $125,000 to the Newington College
Foundation Scholarship/Bursary Fund. This
donation is to be spread over five years with the
first instalment of $25,000 paid in July 2010.
Prudent management of its corpus funds over the
last few years has resulted in the ONU having the
capacity to make significant periodic gifts to the
Vale Old Newingtonians
It is with sadness that I note the passing of the
following Old Boys during 2010:
ON ‘23 Mr Arthur Jones
ON ‘26 Mr Bruce Pirie
ON ‘32 Dr John Burton
ON ‘32 Mr Ephraim Shaw
ON ‘32 Mr Richard Wilson
ON ‘33 Mr Keith Probert
ON ‘35 Mr Douglas Fleming
ON ‘37 Mr Joseph Bernard
ON ‘37 Mr William Hey
ON ‘37 Mr Stanley Ward
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ON ‘38 Mr Keith Hudson
ON ‘72 Mr Mark Goddard
ON ‘38 Mr Charles Knighton
ON ‘73 Mr Robert Law
ON ‘39 Mr Reginald Downes
ON ‘74 Mr Christopher Bunny
ON ‘39 Dr Rene Howe
ON ‘75 Mr Mark Pilcher
ON ‘39 Mr John Macintosh
ON ‘76 Mr Herman Rockefeller
ON ‘41 Mr Malcolm Nicoll
ON ‘77 Honourable Sione (John) Luani
ON ‘44 Rev Ralph Fraser
ON ‘91 Mr Morgan Slapp
ON ‘44 Mr Philip Le Couteur
ON ‘98 Mr David Fenton
ON ‘45 Mr Floyd Bower
Thanks
ON ‘45 Mr Frederick Marles
I would like to sincerely thank all of the members
of the ONU Council: the Executive, the Past
Presidents, Vice Presidents and Councillors, for their
efforts, assistance and wise counsel during 2010.
ON ‘45 Mr Peter Whiteman
ON ‘45 Mr John Wignall
ON ‘47 Mr Alan Cameron
ON ‘47 Mr William Denney
ON ‘47 Mr John Nixon
ON ‘48 Mr James Overton
ON ‘48 Mr Terence Tolhurst
ON ‘49 Mr Harold Croxon
ON ‘49 Mr Bruce Pardey
ON ‘49 Mr Stanley Young
ON ‘50 Mr Brian Simpson
ON ‘51 Mr Barwon Staggs
ON ‘52 Commander John Foster
ON ‘53 Mr William Newton
ON ‘53 Mr John Sando
ON ‘54 Mr Michael Boukaseff
ON ‘54 Mr Gary Stevenson
ON ‘55 Mr Donald Baird
ON ‘55 Mr Futa Helu
ON ‘55 Mr Colin Strauss
ON ‘57 Mr Robert Pursell
ON ‘59 Mr Donald Bell
ON ‘59 Mr Roger James
ON ‘59 Mr John Readford
ON ‘59 Mr Mark Wilkinson
ON ‘60 Mr Trevor Dive
ON ‘61 Mr John Bradshaw
ON ‘68 Mr David Wolrige
ON ‘69 Mr Rod Churcher
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My personal thanks and warmest regards also go
to the Headmaster, Dr David Mulford, for his
willingness to go above and beyond the call of
duty to assist both myself and the ONU in any
way that has been sought of him.
My thanks go to Dr Andrew Hirst, Mr David Hine,
Ian Holden and the College staff across all three
campuses, who have never failed to cooperate with
and assist the ONU whenever it has been required.
Lastly, and by no means least, special mention needs
to be made of: The Director of Development –
Foundation and Alumni, Ms Lea Greifeneder; the
Alumni Officer, Mrs Maria Humphreys; and
Administrative Assistant Mrs Noelene Hugh-Smith.
Lea, Maria and Noelene are the unsung heroes
behind the ONU and the many functions which
are run each year. Without their tireless efforts and
invaluable administrative and organisational
assistance, the ONU would simply not be able to
function. My warmest thanks to Lea, Maria and
Noelene for a sterling effort in 2010.
Looking ahead, 2011 promises to be another good
year for the ONU. Ably led by new President
James Jordan (ON ‘81) and with a committed and
energetic Executive and Council, we are
determined to continue to expand the range of
ONU activities and services offered to both Old
Boys and the College.
Mark Bland (ON ’83)
Immediate Past President
Old Newingtonians’ Union
1 February 2011
Alumni
70 Club
President
Barry Collins
This year we had another 110 Old Newingtonians
join our ranks. Again we had another two
successful luncheons: the March one attracted 123
and the September one 114.
The ANZAC service was held in Centenary Hall
and Rear Admiral Anthony (Gerry) Carwadine
AO (ON ’55) was the guest of honour. Following
the service, Rear Admiral Carwardine dedicated a
plaque for Old Newingtonians who served in
international conflicts post World War II which
was placed on the wall of the Centenary Hall foyer.
At the September luncheon, we were visited by
the successful 1st XV, which made a special
appearance to the delight of all in attendance. Two
members of the 1953 GPS premiership team Barry
Clinton (ON ’53) and Wilber Williams (ON ’56)
welcomed the members of this year’s undefeated
premier team. When the team retired, it took some
time for all in attendance to settle down and get
back to normal.
We only had two country luncheons. Joel Wakely
(ON ’54) (Mid-North Coast) held one which was
smaller than last year while Rob Hill (ON ’55)
(Central Coast) managed to have 45 attend the
luncheon at Davistown RSL. Rob is also our
representative on the Sesquicentenary committee.
He has kept us well informed of the numerous
activities planned for the 70 Club. We will be
delighted to take part.
I was delighted to have been awarded the
Newington Medal for this year. I would like to
congratulate Ian Thomas (ON ‘63), who received
the International medal.
Sadly we lost the following members
during 2010:
ON ‘23 Mr Arthur Jones
ON ‘26 Mr Bruce Pirie
ON ‘32 Dr John Burton
ON ‘32 Mr Ephraim Shaw
ON ‘32 Mr Richard Wilson
ON ‘33 Mr Keith Probert
ON ‘35 Mr Douglas Fleming
ON ‘37 Mr Joseph Bernard
ON ‘37 Mr William Hey
ON ‘37 Mr Stanley Ward
ON ‘38 Mr Keith Hudson
ON ‘38 Mr Charles Knighton
ON ‘39 Mr Reginald Downes
ON ‘39 Dr Rene Howe
ON ‘39 Mr John Macintosh
ON ‘41 Mr Malcolm Nicoll
The 70 Club with Dr DJ Mulford
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ON ‘44 Rev Ralph Fraser
ON ‘53 Mr William Newton
ON ‘44 Mr Philip Le Couteur
ON ‘53 Mr John Sando
ON ‘45 Mr Floyd Bower
ON ‘54 Mr Michael Boukaseff
ON ‘45 Mr Frederick Marles
ON ‘54 Mr Gary Stevenson
ON ‘45 Mr Peter Whiteman
ON ‘55 Mr Donald Baird
ON ‘45 Mr John Wignall
ON ‘55 Mr Futa Helu
ON ‘47 Mr Alan Cameron
ON ‘55 Mr Colin Strauss
ON ‘47 Mr William Denney
ON ‘57 Mr Robert Pursell
ON ‘47 Mr John Nixon
I extend my deepest sympathy to their families.
ON ‘48 Mr James Overton
I would like to thank the members of the 70 Club
committee for all their hard work throughout this
past year. Especially Rob Hill, our secretary.
Thanks go to the College, Dr David Mulford and
the Chairman of the College council the Hon RN
(Angus) Talbot (ON ’83) for all their support.
Finally, the biggest thank you goes to Maria
Humphreys, of the Alumni office, for all her hard
work and dedication to the 70 Club.
ON ‘48 Mr Terence Tolhurst
ON ‘49 Mr Harold Croxon
ON ‘49 Mr Bruce Pardey
ON ‘49 Mr Stanley Young
ON ‘50 Mr Brian Simpson
ON ‘51 Mr Barwon Staggs
ON ‘52 Commander John Foster
360

2010 THE NEWINGTONIAN

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