Southportonians` Review

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The Old
Southportonians’
Review
No. 137 WINTER 2011
The start of 2011 saw many
Queenslanders experience the
worst floods in 37 years.
Old Southportonians’ Association Council 2011
Founded 1907
OSA COUNCIL 2011
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
President
Paul Wood (Del 80-84)
The Old Southportonians’ Review
B. Rogers (McK 58-62)
K. Hailey (OSA Coordinator)
Vice-President
Peter Lockhart (Tho 62-65)
Hon. Secretary
Nathan Quartermaine (McK 96-99)
Hon. Asst. Secretary
Brodie Cunningham (Tho 02-07)
Hon. Treasurer
Damien Moffrey (Wal 81-88)
Hon. Asst. Treasurer
Ashley Quinton (Kai 84-85)
Patron
Jake MacRonald (Tho 49-57)
LAYOUT & DESIGN
Csquared Design
COVER PHOTO
Courtesy of the Courier-Mail
BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES
BRISBANE
J. MacAulay (Del 94-96)
D. Fielding (McK 83-87)
CENTRAL WEST NSW
R. Nicholls (Tur 80-88)
Immediate Past President
V. Bruce Wright (Rad 76-85)
CENTRAL WEST QLD
W. Chandler (Del 48-58)
M. Macmillan (Del 83-86)
NON-EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL MEMBERS
DARLING DOWNS
B. Battersby (Kai 77-79)
D. Greenup (Del 82-86)
Hon. Editor – Review
Bruce Rogers (McK 58-62)
Membership Development
Scott Andrews (Wal 94-98)
Young Old Boys Representative
Dominic Buckland (Kai 98-10)
ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS
James Kennett (Wal 70-74)
Ian Browne (Del 82-83)
John Hillier (Atk 78-87)
Christopher Johnstone (Bid 79-90)
Tony Burchill (Rad 78-84)
Ross Norman (Del 85-89)
Simon Nicholls (Tur 80-86)
Jock Beveridge (Atk 86-89)
James Stewart (Del 93-97)
Paul Veivers (Del 75-80)
Vaughan Oxenford (Mel 80-84)
OLD BOYS ON SCHOOL COUNCIL
F.D. Perrin (Rad 78-84)
V.B. Wright (Rad 76-85)
P.A. Graham (Tho 59-65)
M.M.A. Blumenstein (Mau 88-92)
G.C. Rix (Wal 72-77)
School Archivist
Lesley Walker
Auditor
WHK Audit & Assurance,
Carrara St, Benowa
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ROMA
N. Cameron (Bid 85-89)
S. Gray (McK 49-52)
D. Jones (Del 75-78)
SINGAPORE
C. Poetzscher (Wal 83-87)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
H. Muller (McK 49-52)
D. Jones (Del 75-78)
SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND
S. Fraser (McK 71-74)
G. Webster (Tho 57-63)
STANTHORPE
P.C. Blundell (Tho 75-79)
SUNSHINE COAST
M. Elks (Del 73-74)
SYDNEY
J.M. Hawker (McK 59-63)
I. Lambert (Wal 74-78)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
L. Cochran (Wal 72-75)
FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
T. McInnes (McK 80-86)
M. Trout (Kai 76-80)
VICTORIA
W.N. Adderley (Del 59-68)
L. Meerkin (JS 42-47)
HONG KONG
W. Parfitt (Mel 78-82)
B. Michael (Rad 80-93)
Kaye Hastie (Ex TSS Staff)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
S.J. Conran (Bid 89-93)
LOCKYER VALLEY
A.G.M. Kemp (Tho 56-63)
Mrs A.A. Kemp
LONDON
D.G. Serafini (Mel 88-98)
S. Douglas (Tho 83-91)
C. Faes (Tur 83-84)
WIDE BAY
D. McIver (Del 48-52)
D. Chandler (Del 87-92)
HIDDEN CREEK
Manager – Clinton Cronk
Enquiries (02) 6679 3469, 0410 622
125 [email protected]
MACKAY
G. McKinnon (Tur 80-84)
NEW ZEALAND
R. Mehta (McK 88-92)
J. Mcllwain (McK 75-83)
NORTHERN RIVERS NSW
P. Kerkenezov (Del 57-65)
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N. Eames (Mel 57-65)
NORTH QUEENSLAND
R.A.W. Lyne (Tho 69-74)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
C. Burgess (Kai 85-88)
ROCKHAMPTON
D.J.D. Rodgers (McK 01-05)
THE OLD SOUTHPORTONIANS’ REVIEW
OSA OFFICE
OSA Coordinator - Mrs Kris Hailey
The Southport School, Winchester Street,
Southport QLD 4215
Tel 07 5531 9803,
Fax 07 5591 2124,
Email [email protected]
Web link www.tssoldboys.com.au
Keep in touch
Contents
From the President
From the Headmaster
Editorial
Keeping in Touch
Pg 4
Pg 5
Pg 6
Pg 6
ARTICLE
Tough Times Ahead for Many
COVER PHOTO
Courtesy of the Courier-Mail
Pg 7-9
NEWS
From Christchurch
From Japan
From North Queensland
Pg 10
Pg 11
Pg 12-13
ARTICLE
Rowing Dinner
Branch Functions
Calendar
Pg 14-15
Pg 16-18
Pg 19
ARTICLE
YOBs
Mentors Update
Craig Hobart (THO 1980-85)
Weddings and Baptisms
Introducing Father Jonathon Whereat
Pg 20 - 21
Pg 22
Pg 23
Pg 24
Pg 25
REFLECTIONS
By Bert Cockerill (MCK 1946-55)
Pg 26
MEMORIES
Pg 27
PERSONAL NOTES
Shannon Eckstein (SUR 96-2000)
Pg 28-29
Pg 30-31
SPORTING UPDATES
Pg 32-33
BENDIGO BANK
Pg 34
TSS SCHOOL NEWS
Pg 35
OBITUARIES
Pg 36-39
Reunion Weekend Booking Form
Pg 40
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From the President
What a start to the year - floods, fires, cyclones,
earthquakes and a tsunami have affected our members.
While devastating, the support to those affected and the
sense of community created by these series of tragedies
was truly uplifting and shows just what can be achieved
when we work together and take care of each other.
The OSA was able to act as a conduit linking those offering
support with those in need. The new OSA Online Community
website was able to easily provide this connect with offers of
machinery, labour, basic health packs and other resources to the
areas that needed these types of aid.
Further to nature’s challenges, 2011 has seen some strategic
reviews that will affect the OSA in years to come. These include
the collection and distribution of OSA Membership funds.
For those who are unaware, the School currently collects an
enrolment, on behalf of the OSA, the lifetime membership fee.
These membership fees are what allows the OSA to publish
and distribute the OSA Magazine, pay the salary for a full-time
coordinator and run general operations. Contrary to the belief of
some, it is not a drinking fund for Old Boys. All branch reunions
and events are self-funded and are tailored for the branch and
their budget. It was extremely positive when reviewing the
funding of the OSA to find out that the OSA is the only GPS Old
Boys Association that provides bursaries to current students.
This also includes some of the more prestigious Sydney schools.
Last year the OSA provided just on $20,000 to support current
students of Old Boys. This is something that all members should
acknowledge and be proud of. As I write this article we are
in discussion with the school in relation to the collection and
distribution of membership fees and the support from the School
in order to follow the OSA objectives and maximise the outcomes
to our members.
Another area that will require serious consideration is the
OSA’s Outdoor Education Facility at Hidden Creek. The School
extended the previous three-year agreement with the OSA for
another year, but is currently reviewing their outdoor education
program. Under the current agreement, the School has access
to the facility and in return is responsible for the marketing and
operations of Hidden Creek. The School engaged an independent
review of Hidden Creek and its Outdoor Education Program and
shared this information with the OSA at a recent meeting. This
meeting was attended by some of the original Old Boys who had
the vision to create Hidden Creek. Thank you to Peter Lockhart,
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Bill Chandler, Garth Davidson, Malcolm Searle and Kerry
Eddowes for their input and continued support while we work
through and review options to ensure a fully informed decision
is made.
Earlier this year saw the passing of our oldest Old Boy, Jack
Warner. Past president Bruce Wright was fortunate enough to
spend some time with the then 107-year-old Jack late last year
on a visit to a Cairns Branch function. Only last month saw the
passing of Guy Hamlyn-Harris, who became our oldest Old Boy
after Jack. Our thoughts are with the families of both these men.
I must also acknowledge the passing of Jeremy King. Jeremy
was active in the OSA as well as the School community through
his dedication to coaching rowing. It was good to catch up with
his wife Lois and son Geoff at the recent annual rowing function.
We continue to grow branch events, recently having functions in
Perth, Port Moresby and the Lockyer Valley. Upcoming planned
events include London in October and of course, planning is
well under way for the Old Boys Reunion Weekend in July. In
addition to the Older Old Boys assembly, golf and 10-year group
formal dinner, we will again be having a family BBQ on Saturday,
30 July, prior to the rugby on the River Ovals at the School. This
is a great opportunity for those who cannot attend other events to
catch up with old mates. For more information on the Reunion
events, see the back page of this magazine.
I previously mentioned the OSA Online Community website.
This site provides up-to-date information, photos, business
information and allows contact to be made with other members
while maintaining privacy. The site is currently hosting the rugby
tipping competition, which has been well supported. The site
will also allow for the booking and payment for OSA events. For
those who have not already done so, please take a few minutes
to register at the website: www.tssoldboys.com.au.
Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to
seeing many of you at the OSA Reunion weekend.
Keep safe.
Paul Wood – DEL 1980-84
From the Headmaster
The school year saw TSS start with an enrolment of over
1380 boys, the largest enrolment since the late 1980s.
This has been assisted by the steady increase in Old
Boys sending their sons back to TSS, and the School
Council and I appreciate the interest and confidence in
the School being shown by these Old Boys. Particularly
pleasing is the acknowledgement by mums that an
all boys education really does work as they see their
young sons (some as young as four) thriving and their
confidence building with programs designed for boys.
2010 proved to be one of those years that will be hard to match
with 12 boys achieving an OP 1 result and three GPS Cups in
Cricket, Rugby and Gymnastics, not to mention all the other
amazing cultural, sporting and academic achievements of many,
many boys.
Our Academic and Leadership building projects are now well
under way with Stage 1 due for completion in a few months.
Stage 1 houses the Visual Arts precinct, the Year 7 Transition
area and the Leadership Centre. Again, we thank the Old Boys
who have supported this program with generous donations.
Earlier this year we welcomed new OSA President Paul Wood
to the role. Thanks and gratitude from the School Council and
Headmaster must go to outgoing President, the indefatigable
and passionate Old Boy, Bruce Wright. While it is great to see
our enrolments increase in these difficult economic times, we
are also pleased to see a larger than usual intake of country boys
this year, due in part to the Spirit of the Bush Tour in 2010.
Bruce Wright and fellow Old Boy and current Rogers (Years 6
and 7) Boarding Housemaster Ian Browne were enthusiastic
advocates for TSS Boarding during our 4000 km journey.
Our Cadet Unit is enjoying a fresh format under the guidance
of recent appointments Conan Bland (ex-ARA) and Daniel
Brown (new Thorold Housemaster and Director of Leadership
Development). We intend to move the compulsory Cadet
experience to Years 8 and 9, to cover the required drill, but
push as much as possible into leadership development activities
and adventure training. For example, recently the Cadets
worked creatively in groups to design and construct rafts, which
were then pitted against the other groups’ creations in a race
around a buoy in the Nerang River and back to shore. Some
rafts proved to have excellent submarine-like characteristics
while most completed the task successfully! These planned
and guided outdoor activities help develop a range of leadership
characteristics such as listening, creativity, communication,
and working together cooperatively, and of course, the physical
activity makes the whole exercise very engaging for boys.
Best wishes
Greg Wain
Headmaster
Looking ahead, we are in the process of designing a lighthouse
boys’ education program for our new Transition Year - Year 7,
and Years 8 and 9. A key aspect of this program, along with
Thinking Skills and Positive Psychology, will be the outside
classroom activities, including adventure training, Cadets and
camping, all of which will contain academic components such
as trigonometry using compasses and maps. This approach is
well suited to the way boys learn and how best to engage them
in education.
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Editorial
What’s the most important thing in your life? Your
family, children, partner, money? What about your
time at TSS?
Can you look back on your life and say
that you gave it your best shot? Many of
us, who attended TSS and are now Old
Boys, can say that we did just that.
The Christian grounding and education
we received during our time at the school
gave us good ammunition to face life.
We had good times, some of which are
recounted here from time to time in our
magazine. We were sometimes caught
red-handed creating mischief and giving
our teachers a hard time. I remember
one of my Housemasters just recently
telling me that he always knew exactly
what we were up to.
We became men, and good ones,
because of the time we spent at
our school. Our magazine gives us
the information about our friends,
classmates, teachers and the school – it
gives us, even today, foundation to face
the rest of our lives.
We, the Old Boys, enjoy reunions at the
school to catch up with our old mates, the
Mulgowie Muster, rugby matches, rowing
and school events. All these things make
us who we are and we are happy with that.
Bruce Rogers – MCK 58-62
Editor
Contributions
Welcome
We are always interested in what you
have been doing with your life, news of
your travels and who you have caught
up with from TSS. All contributions
should be directed to: OSA Office, TSS,
Winchester Street, Southport 4215 or
email to [email protected]
The OSA publishes personal notes in
good faith as a service to the school
community and to the alumni. The
OSA accepts no responsibility for
publishing information in this section
of the magazine that may be erroneous,
incomplete or false.
Keeping in Touch
Many of you will have been visited
our new online community data base
– www.tssoldboys.com.au in recent
months to update your profile, post
photos, search for your school mates,
check events, functions and meeting
dates and even join the Super XV
footy competition.
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The OSA Office encourages all TSS past students to seek out
the website, which has limitless potential in developing a solid
networking support system for all Old Boys.
Joining this community database is completely free and all Old
Boys are invited to register. Log on and update your profile, add
a picture and your bio and update your contact details so you
will receive all the lastest enewsletters, emails and invitations to
various events.
For more info, contact the OSA Office on [email protected]
Tough Times
Ahead for Many...
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The TSS community came together
with bucketloads of enthusiasm to
assist our wider community who were
impacted by the recent floods...
Old Boy families from Theodore welcomed the TSS student
and staff contingent to their community for three days
to provide assistance to the rural community, which had
faced the brunt of the flooding caused by the Dawson River
breaking its banks. Not only did the TSS community
provide a great deal of muscle to clean houses inside and
out, they also filled shipping containers with donated goods
for distribution and were able to supply care packages kindly
donated by TSS family Ian & Katie Young.
Thanks to the Holmes and Brownie families, and in
particular Ayden (McK 01-05) and Damon Holmes (McK
02-06) and Ryan Brownlie (McK 04-08) for their hospitality.
The boys certainly witnessed how people who are part of a
caring and resilient community come together to help each
other in the face of adversity.
Well done to all involved, including all Old Boys who
volunteered labour, equipment and transport to those
affected in all areas.
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2 PHOTO - Current Students: Tom Stubbs and Julian Franks
MY COUNTRY
A poem by Dorothea Mackellar
The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me!
Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.
A stark white ring-barked forest
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand Though earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.
1 PHOTO - Current Students: Michael Thomas, Ed Walton, Tom Stubbs
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Flooded Farmhouse
Grantham
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Queensland Floods
The start of 2011 saw many Queenslanders experience the worst floods in 37 years. Brisbane alone had 67 suburbs disappear
under brown water with the Brisbane River peaking at 4.46 m, which completely swamped almost 15,000 homes and businesses
and partially flooded over 18,000. Many of our community have suffered, some more than others. Our thoughts are with you all…
1 Grantham 2 The grim search for bodies at Grantham 3 Watermelons rotting outside Grantham 4 Flooding at Theodore
All Photos Pages 8-9 are courtesy of The Courier-Mail.
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5 Flood aftermath at Toowoomba 6 Flooding at Dalby 7 Flood aftermath, Toowoomba
8 Volunteers carry in sandbags at Rosalie during the Brisbane floods 9 Volunteers turned out in force to help homeowners salvage what possessions they could during the Brisbane floods
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Flood Aftermath
Toowoomba
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NEWS
from Christchurch
OSA Branch Representative and New Zealand Area General Manager of
Rydges Lakeland Resort in Queenstown John McIlwain (McK 75-83) gives
us an update on how things are in New Zealand. The memory of the biggest
earthquake in 69 years to hit New Zealand will for ever be imprinted on those
that were in Christchurch on Tuesday, 22 February at 12.51pm.
“What happened in Christchurch is nothing short of a
disaster, however, after seeing what has just happened in
Japan, certainly not on the same scale, but nevertheless,
tragic all the same. The CBD and suburbs on the ocean
side of town are worst hit. There are many historic buildings
that will need to be demolished. There are approximately
seven high-rise buildings that will also need to come down.
Fortunately my hotel isn’t one of them.
Access to basic essentials such as electricity, gas and water
was a big problem due to the magnitude of the destruction.
Water supply and quality continues to be a problem.
Pictures sourced from http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/world/
earthquake-strikes-christchurch/20110222-1b3a5.html
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There are many ‘no-go’ areas throughout the city and I
believe it will be some months before it opens up again fully.
Many residents are leaving town for good and there is talk
of relocating entire suburbs. The economic impact from a
tourism perspective is grim, however, from an earthquakerelated business perspective, things are strong. I believe it
will take a long time for Christchurch to recover.
As tragic as it is, I am amazed at the death toll being as low
as it is. After seeing the damage first-hand, it is a miracle
that it wasn’t higher. All our staff, family, friends and guests
staying in our hotel are safe.”
NEWS
from Japan
Concern for everyone in Japan
is mounting as the tsunami and
9.0 catastrophic earthquake has
claimed the lives of over 10,000
people, with thousands more
unaccounted for.
The earthquake struck the Oshika Peninsula on March
11, 2011. According to news reports, this is the largest
earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history. Analysts believe
the powerful earthquake moved Japan’s main island eight
feet, shifted the Earth on its axis four inches and unleashed
a devastating tsunami.
The OSA office has been in touch with our Japan-based Old
Boys and Scott Erickson (Kai 78-80) based in Yokohama
reports that Friday was shocking in Tokyo, and even
more shocking for the people up north of where he lives.
Scott says that the building he was working in when the
earthquake hit swayed violently from side to side and he
honestly thought he would not survive. He and his coworkers ran from the building, to return 30 minutes later
when they were hit with another shock, which again shook
the building. He says, “The high-rise buildings were swaying
from side-to-side, it was very surreal and frightening”.
Scott says at this stage he has basic supplies and is safe,
pending any further after-affects, from the earthquake.
Scott confirmed that a 6.2 aftershock shook the country
this morning (Monday, 14 March) and that everyone is very
worried about the aftershocks and the possible radiation. He
says that his wife and children left Japan on Monday, March
14, but unfortunately, he is stuck in Japan for another week.
Masa Futemma (Bid 01-05) reports he is in Tokyo and is
safe. He says, “All we see on T.V. since this incident is news
about the earthquake, tsunami and its victims. It really hurts
seeing the victims and those who survived but had to face
the death of their loved ones”.
The OSA has email contacts for 10 Old Boys based in
Japan. At the time of printing, we have only heard from two. Let’s hope they are all safe.
1 PHOTO - Scott Erickson (Kai 78-80) and family
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NEWS from
North Queensland
written by John Andersen - MCK 1964-70
1 PHOTO - Mission Beach resident Stuart McBeath sheltered in his
Hilux after his house lost its roof, one wall and his garage was blown away
I had left my motel room at Mission Beach that afternoon
for two good reasons. One was I couldn’t get Internet access
from my room. Mission Beach can be a difficult place for
network at the best of times, but with the atmospheric
conditions being what they were that Wednesday, the only
way to get access was to drive until you got signal. This
is the last thing you want to be doing in what is going
to become a high-pressure working environment. I’m a
newspaper reporter and having to search for Internet access
in order to file copy before the cyclone was a sure indication
that things were only going to get a whole lot worse on the
communication front. You could expect the phone network
to go as well. This had all happened in 2006 after Cyclone
Larry hit Innisfail, and as sure as another big wind was
coming, it would happen again.
The predicted high tidal surge was another reason I was
thinking of moving to a new patch. There was too much
speculation about how big it might be and what it might do.
I was the only guest in the beachfront motel and Mission
Beach was dead quiet. People had moved to high ground or
were hunkered down behind taped windows and reinforced
walls. Before a big cyclone, even the birds disappear. Noone knows where they go, but the speculation is that it is
somewhere inland. This is rainforest country. In a rainforest
in a cyclone, there is nowhere to hide. It all comes down.
I packed up and went to Tully and signed into an evacuation
centre chock-a-block with backpackers and residents from
around the wider district. Kids played games and treated the
night out as a huge adventure. The only time they gasped
in fright was when the power got knocked out at about
10.30pm. Old folks, some in their late 80s, unwilling to
lie down on the floor in case they couldn’t get back up, sat
in chairs all night and waited for the new day to dawn. For
them it must have been the longest night.
In the meantime everyone had to ride out the wind and hope
that the big glass windows and the bondwood doors secured
with cheap, light bolts would do the job and hold. The
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As the final hours of February 2
went into decline and the clock
ticked towards midnight and the
start of a new day, Cardwell and
Tully were being beaten to a pulp by
Cyclone Yasi.
windows bowed and the doors buckled. We piled mattresses
and whatever we could find against the windows to try and
minimise the glass implosion should they cave in to the
pressure forcing against them from outside.
There were two rooms at either end that offered better
security and it was in both of these that the children and the
elderly would be placed if the roof went and the doors and
windows blew.
It had been blowing all night, but the really hard wind
started at about 11pm. Apart from a quiet period of about
30 minutes as the ‘eye’ passed over, it didn’t start to die
down until about 3am. It was around then that people,
relieved at having made it through the night without the
building being torn apart, started to snatch some sleep.
Down at the marina and accommodation complex known as
Port Hinchinbrook, built by the Gold Coast’s Keith Williams,
luxury cruisers and yachts had been tossed into yards and
up on to roads. It was a chaotic scene.
At daylight on Thursday, February 3, Tully was in ruins.
Butler Street, the sugar town’s main thoroughfare, was
blocked with corrugated iron, walls from buildings and
other debris. Electrical wires looped down over roads and
footpaths. Power poles that hadn’t been brought down by
the 290kp/h wind leant at drunken angles. Police and other
emergency vehicles that were out and about in the first light
weaved in, out and under the hanging wires.
The report I filed later that morning read in part: “The
category five heavyweight wrecked houses, buildings,
infrastructure, sugar cane fields and banana plantations. It
was 2006’s Cyclone Larry all over again, except this time it
was a five-star rating to Larry’s four.”
“The destruction dealt out to Tully was absolute. In some
streets nearly every house has lost its roof or part of its roof.
Others are smashed ruins.’’
“The destruction dealt out to Tully
was absolute. In some streets
nearly every house has lost its
roof or part of its roof. Others are
smashed ruins.”
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2 PHOTO - All that was left of the Tully Senior Citizens’ Centre after the
cyclone - courtesy of The Courier-Mail
One of the first people I spoke to that morning was 16-yearold Tamara Martin, who lived in an old block of flats known as
the Pigeon Hole. She shared one of the flats with two others.
Their roof stayed on, but as the cyclone howled she could hear
shouts.
The entire coastal banana crop was lost and it will be another
six months before growers are back in full production.
Yasi was a powerful system and was still packing highly
destructive Category Four winds over the upper Burdekin River
cattle country 150 kilometres inland from Cardwell. Here,
thousands of kilometres of station fencing has been destroyed
by fallen trees. Fallen ironbark trees are so thick in places that
cattlemen say they won’t be able to muster on horseback or on
motorbikes. So many trees are down that cattle died after being
crushed beneath them. On Darcy O’Brien’s Kinrara Station
south of Mt Garnet, eight head were crushed by one fallen tree.
“The roof had blown away and people were screaming. There
was an old lady upstairs and she was looking after two of her
grandchildren. She’d lost her roof and everything was being
blown around. I went up and got her and brought them down to
my place. We ended up with 15 people in our flat,’’ she said.
Tully, El Arish, the Bruce Highway village named after a World
War I battlefield, Mission Beach, Tully Heads, Hull Heads and
Cardwell bore the brunt of Cyclone Yasi.
I didn’t get into Cardwell until the Friday morning of February
4. The town then, with sand more than a metre deep over the
road, and with huge tree trunks flung up into its main street,
looked like something out of a disaster movie. The backdrop
of destroyed houses and the shattered shopfronts added to
an overriding atmosphere of destruction and desertion. Tully
Heads and Hull Heads. It was the same. The sea came in, in
some cases driving retaining-wall boulders before it. And with it
came the sand. In some places all that is left to show where a
house once stood is a slab of cement.
The rebuilding of towns like Tully and Cardwell and their
outlying communities has yet to start. The roofs are still
‘tarped’ and the rain is still falling in these cyclone-shattered
townships. People are waiting for insurance companies to give
them the go-ahead so that they can start rebuilding. In the
meantime, with the rain still falling, they can only hope that
pretty soon the sun will start shining and that their lives take a
turn for the better.
3 PHOTO - The Bruce Highway at Cardwell was covered with sand, logs
and broken buildings after the cyclone - courtesy of The Courier-Mail
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1 PHOTO - Tully’s main street the morning after the cyclone
- courtesy of The Courier-Mail
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Rowing
Dinner
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The Annual Reunion Rowing Dinner was held on Saturday 5 March at the
newly renovated River Centre. This year, the dinner provided a tribute to the
late J C King, with all proceeds from the night going towards the J C King
Memorial Rowing Fund.
Old Boys, partners, current Open rowers, parents and coaches
attended the event, along with OSA President Paul Wood
and Headmaster Greg Wain. Among the Old Boy crews who
attended, the 1961 crew had the honour of presenting the zoot
suits to the Open 1st rowers and wishing them luck for the
Head of River (held on 12 March).
Brian McCullough, who was a member of the 1st VIII for an
amazing four years, 59, 60, 61 & 62, was the nominated
speaker from the 1961 crew. Those in attendance from the
crew of ’61 were, Brian McCullough (Del 57-62), Jim NeillBallantine (Del 58-62), Bob Hancock (Tho 58-61), Grahame
Greenup (Del 55-61), Murray Johnson (Del 58-61) and Peter
Lohse (McK 59-62).
Committee members Bruce Wright (Rad 76-85), Ross Norman
(Del 85-89), John Hillier (Atk 78-87) and Geoff King (Del
1971-80) organised the successful event with over 100 in
attendance, despite the wind and rain! Old Boy Ian Browne
(Del 82-83) organised an historical DVD show and a tribute
DVD was shown of the late Jeremy King, himself a rower of a
winning crew in 1953 and a long-time supporter, coach and
mentor to many TSS students over his lifetime.
This year’s event was held as an informal cocktail party,
allowing many Old Boys to be free to speak to the current open
rowers and provide invaluable advice to the 1st VIII 2011 crew
members. Reports from the boys’ parents indicated that the
rowers really enjoyed being able to talk to the Old Boys in such
a relaxed atmosphere. It is hoped that this event will continue
to be supported by our many Old Boy rowers in the future.
1 PHOTO - Bruce Wright (Rad 7685), Ross Norman (Del 85-89), Bert
Cockerill (McK 46-55)
2 PHOTO - Brian McCullough (Del
57-62) Crew of 59, 60, 61 & 62
3 PHOTO - Tom Ray (Mel 80-91)
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This year’s rowing dinner was dedicated to the late Jeremy
King, with all proceeds for the night going to the J C King
Memorial Rowing Fund. Jeremy’s wife, Lois King, attended
along with her son, Geoff, himself a member of the 1980 1st
VIII crew, and two grandsons, Jeremy and James (current TSS
Students and rowers).
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4 PHOTO - Jeremy, James, Lois and Geoff King (Del 71-80) and Rosy Jansen
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5 PHOTO - 2011 1st VIII Rower Ryan Melville being presented with his zoot suit from 1961 Crew Members
OLD BOY ROWERS IN ATTENDANCE:
Robert Alexander (1964), Jock Beveridge (1989), Chris Calderwood (1971), Ian Cameron (1955-56), Sean Carolan (2007, Current Coach), Bert Cockerill
(1955), Perry Cross (1990-92), Garth Davidson (1957-58), Grahame Greenup (1961), Richard Griffiths (1966-67), Robert Hancock (1961), John Hillier
(1986-87), Robert Holle (1980), Murray Johnson (1960-61), Geoff King (1980), Peter Lohse (1961-62), Hamish MacGregor (1991), Brian McCullough
(1959-62), Barry Moon (1965-66), Jim Neill-Ballantine (1961-62), Ross Norman (1988-89), Tom Ray (1991), Don Rylance (1956), Graeme Rylance
(1955-56), Peter Spooner (1966-67), Dr Rodney Thelander (1965-67), Dillon Thompson (2009), Alex Uruchurtu (2009, Current Coach), Mark Westcott
(1974), Don Williams (1961), Bruce Wright (1984-85).
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Branch
Functions
1 PHOTO - Brisbane Branch Gathering
2 PHOTO - Old Boys enjoying the Brisbane Function: Andrew Griffith
(McK 95-99), Dominic Hoare (McK 92-99), Nathan
Quartermaine (McK 96-99)
3 PHOTO - Perth Branch Gathering
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Brisbane Function
Perth Branch Gathering
Brisbane Branch President James Macaulay reports 28 Old
Boys of different ages attended the function in November last
year at the Storey Bridge Hotel. The function was in the cellar,
which was great for the younger crowd but possibly a little noisy
for the older guys, however, he says, “my state of hangover on
Saturday morning suggests it was a good night!” Well done to
James on organising a very successful evening – the biggest
turnout of Old Boys at a Brisbane function for many years.
Another event similar to this will be held this year, so all SEQ
Old Boys, look out for your invite in the next few months!
Simon Conran (Bid 89-93), OSA Perth Branch President,
organised a fabulous gathering at The Royal Hotel in Perth.
Eight Old Boys turned up for the Perth Branch’s first function
for 2011. Simon has plans for another similar event towards
the middle of the year, so WA Old Boys, keep a lookout for an
invitation soon.
Attendees were: Allan Anderson (Tho 62-65), James Bartlett
(Kai 87-98), David Beattie (McK 95-99), Benjamin Cameron
(Tho 82-86), Roger Chandler (McK 60-66), Damian Copley
(Bid 92-95), Ian Davidson (Del 73-77), Richard Fewster (Kai
90-96), David Fielding (McK 83-87), Andrew Griffith (McK
95-99), Ross Hayward (Kai 92-97), Hunter Higgins (McK
95-99), John Hillier (Atk 78-87),Dominic Hoare (McK 92-99),
Paul Keene (Tur 86-97), James Macaulay (Del 94-96), Randall
North (McK 60-65), Garth Osmond (Atk 83-88), Nathan
Quartermaine (McK 96-99),Glen Richards (McK 77-82), Dean
Sandstrom (McK 85-87),Crispian Short (Del 91-96), Danny
Tobin (Sur 82-86), Philip Tomlinson (Del 68-72), Samuel
Turner (Kel 97-01), Luke Whistler (Del 95-96), Paul Wood (Del
80-84), Matthew Yourell (Sur 83-87).
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Thank you to the following WA-based Old Boys for attending:
Dougall Ethell (Del 68-73), Darren Peacock (Rad 88-92),
Jeremy Parsons (Atk 01-03), Simon Conran (Bid 89-93),
Dickson Mendano (Del 99-01), Gareth Wockner (Kai 92-00),
Glen Wahune (Del 93-95), David Cash (Kai 94-00).
4 PHOTO - Graham Gooding
(McK 61-64) & Arthur Shannon (Del 53-60)
5 PHOTO - Port Moresby Branch Gathering
6 PHOTO - Malcolm Hughes (Tho 59-62)
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Port Moresby Gathering
Northern Rivers Function
Clayton Burgess, PNG representative, organised a gathering
of PNG based Old Boys on Friday March 18, at Ela Beachside
Brasserie in Port Moresby. Deputy Headmaster Alan Parsons
and Head of Community Relations Tony Watt attended the
event along with four PNG-based Old Boys. It was pleasing to
see Old Boy Oala Rarua, OJ, (Tho 94-99) bring his brother-inlaw and sister and nephew William Bell, who is interested in
attending TSS. Thanks must also go to Nathanial Awai (Del
94-95) for his assistance with encouraging Old Boys to attend.
On Saturday, 11 December, the Northern Rivers Branch of the
OSA had its first reunion dinner in 25 years and David Miller
(Tho 48-54), now of Terranora, pleasantly updated the rest of us
that he was the ‘sleeping’ Treasurer and the balance sheet for
this Branch was approximately $2600 in the black. The other
remarkable and pleasant surprise was that two Old Boys came
that had never before been to an Old Boys Reunion since leaving
school. ‘Arty’ Shannon and Malcolm Hughes both left school in
1962. Art has retired and lives at Ballina with Kay, and Mal is
still working his cattle property at Grafton.
Bert Cockerill (McK 46-55) came down from Southport with
Sandy Kemp (Tho 56-63) from Mulgowie. Both were in such
fine form that they partied well into the next day. The other
Old Boys were OSA President Paul Wood (Del 80-84), Graham
Gooding (McK 61-64) and Peter Kerkenezov (Del 57-65) and it
didn’t take much to wind them up also.
Apologies were received from Nigel Cardow (Tho 36-37),
Christopher Lomax (McK 60-65) and Rodney Newton (Tho
59-61). The venue was the Shaws Bay Hotel at Ballina, where
much reminiscing and telling of tales occurred. The stories, of
course, became more embellished as the night went on. We
hope to repeat the get-together next year and dine at a different
location, so put it on your calendar as it has the potential to be
another top night.
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Branch
Functions
Annelise and Sandy Kemp (Tho
1956-63) were again hard at it this
year organising the Mulgowie Muster
on Sunday, 10 April.
1 PHOTO - John Bridle (McK 52-59), Sandy Kemp (Tho 56-63), John
Lloyd (Del 56-59), Anne Lloyd, Annelise Kemp
2 PHOTO - Bruce Wright (Rad 76-84), Bishop Adrian Charles
Mulgowie Muster
This year saw over 70 Old Boys, partners and special guests
attend, including Bishop Adrian Charles, Canon Bruce
Maughan, Glen and Carol Crowther (past housemaster and
staff), Kerry Eddowes (Queen of the clock tower), Angela
Hughes (mother/sister/aunt/cousin of Old B oys), John and
Del Webster (junior school past staff and school nurse),
Kris Hailey (OSA Coordinator) and Tony Watt (Community
Relations Manager for TSS), attend the 2011 muster. This
year, Annelise received notice from 30 Old Boys who were
unfortunately unable to attend.
3 PHOTO - Saint Saviour’s Church Laidley
The event is open to all Old Boys and their partners and
Annelise and Sandy would like to encourage as many as
possible to attend. By all accounts, the atmosphere was
extremely friendly and welcoming and the day was clearly
a huge success. Again, special thanks to Annelise for
her untiring, enthusiastic, efficient and very successful
management of the day’s events. Until next year!
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The day commenced with a beautiful chapel service at St
Saviour’s Church in Laidley in which Bishop Adrian Charles
participated. Everyone then proceeded to the Mulgowie Hall
for a full day of fellowship and a lovely lunch. Gary Ferguson
(McK 56-61) was an outstanding and very entertaining MC for
the day, taking great delight when introducing each Old Boy
in the traditional Roll Call.
Annelise and Sandy Kemp were thrilled to be able to present
a gift to Sam and Louise Staines (McK 53-63), Peter and
Margaret Cameron (Del 56-63), Angela Hughes and Bishop
Adrian Charles for reaching the milestone of attending 10
Mulgowie Musters.
A couple of terrific hampers were raffled off at the end of
the day, and the lucky winners were Melissa L’Estrange and
John Wood (McK 58-59). Congratulations to both lucky
winners! The OSA are very proud of our Lockyer Valley Branch
Representatives, Annelise and Sandy Kemp, and we wish
to sincerely congratulate them on organising this wonderful
annual event that allows many Old Boys to catch up on
current events in their lives and also to give them all a chance
to reminisce.
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Branch Gatherings
Western Australia - Perth
Friday 27 May
Royal Hotel, East Perth – 6pm start
London
Henley Royal Regatta
Saturday 2 July
Wide Bay & Burnett – Hervey Bay
Saturday 27 August
Far North Queensland – Cairns
Friday 02 September
London
Wednesday 19 October
South Australia – Adelaide
Saturday 22 October
Northern Rivers – Ballina
Saturday 10 December
Reunion weekend
OSA Council Meetings
Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July
See information and booking form on
back page or log on to
www.tssoldboys.com.au
All meetings to be held in the New
Founder’s Room, Delpratt Building
commencing at 6pm
Monday 6 June
Monday 17 October
AGM
Monday 28 November
OSA Race Day - Gold Coast Turf Club
Saturday 01 October
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YOBs
written by Dom Buckland KAI 1998-10
1 PHOTO - Jarad Schultz (Tho 08-10) with Dom Buckland (Kai 98-10)
Spanning regional Queensland, Australian States and
continents throughout the world, our boys have all chosen
different paths to kick off their young lives post-school. We
have boys in Europe on a gap year, boys studying on the Gold
Coast, north Queensland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and
even pursuing studies internationally. Despite being spread
so far and wide, this tight-knit group of young men have still
managed to keep up the sense of community that prevailed
throughout our senior year.
A large contingent of Southport boys have taken residence in
Brisbane to study at UQ. Kings College has proven popular
among the boys with 11 graduates from 2010 residing
there. Another three Southport men from 2009 joined us as
freshmen, beginning their first year at Kings, having taken a
gap year off in Europe.
Our Dux of 2010, Max Lau (Rad 05-10), is currently studying a
Bachelor of Medicine, Surgery and Science at UQ and residing
at St John’s College, sharing the college experience with others
in Cromwell and International House to name a few. Here is a
bit of an insight into what Max has been up to...
“It feels merely days ago that I gazed from the bricks of
Annand, transfixed upon the fond memories of six years at
The Southport School. Entwined among the mixed emotions
there lay the core of gratitude for being fortunately part of the
2010 Band of Brothers. Despite taking the tentative leap into
the next phase of my life, a part of me still remains at TSS as
it remains in my heart. I can say that I have settled into the
University of Queensland with ease and have fully embraced
its intellectual, sporting, cultural and social endeavours. As the
structure of university is indubitably different from secondary
education, the profound discovery of opportunities and freedom
now forms the very essence of my lifestyle. Whether it may be
the cultural diversity or the collegial atmosphere, I thoroughly
enjoy all that it offers thus far. Living at St. John’s College
greatly complements university life and enables me to access
an immediate support network. As one of the oldest Colleges
on the campus, it is greatly enriched with traditions that share
After endless golden years spent as
students at the Southport School,
the senior group of 2010 are well
and truly out experiencing the wider
world.
much similarity with TSS. I must divulge on being astounded
by the swift yet unyielding bonds between all Jabbers (St
John’s members) in what is such an inclusive community. No
matter how I express it, I have the utmost regard for TSS and
sincerely thank all who have facilitated me in reaching my true
potential and my ambitions for the future.”
Daniel Baum (Kai 05-10) is residing at Cromwell College,
enjoying the co-ed experience with an entirely new group of
people. When asked of his time at Cromwell he gave a wrap-up
of the college…
“I am now living at Cromwell College within the University of
Queensland. My experience of college to date has been an
amazing and enlightening one. All of the school and academic
rivalry has been tossed aside, the OP you came in with means
nothing, we are all in our respective degrees and are here for
the same reason, to learn. However, at college I have found that
it is easy to get side-tracked by spending too much of your time
socialising and not putting enough emphasis into academics.
The trouble is that at university you need to find your own study
to keep up with the course work, and when you have infinite
socialising opportunities this is hard to do. In saying this, I
write that after just coming from a peer-assisted tutorial within
college where a student that has already done the subject helps
freshers to find the right study pathways for a given subject.
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2 PHOTO - Michael Schachtel (Sur 99-10), Max Lau (Rad 05-10),
Chris Withers (Mau 04-10)
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1 PHOTO - TSS Kingsmen L-R, Back Row: Benson Spong (Wal
06-10), Dom Buckland (Kai 98-10), Johnno Brisk (McK
07-10), Michael Ashwin (Wal 99-10), Lachie Storie (McK
06-10), Front Row L-R: Luke Cooco (Atk 05-10), Chris
Withers (Mau 04-10), Stephen Kakoniktis (Mel 07-10),
Joel Loiaconi (Mel 05-10)
2 PHOTO - Daniel Baum (Kai 05-10)
3 PHOTO - Brandon Lee (Mel 98-07), Richard Mutton (Rad 01-10),
Joel Loiaconi (Mel 05-10)
I can’t speak for the other colleges, but I have found at
Cromwell that although we do party hard, if you need your space
and quiet for studying people will respect this and make a
conscious effort to help you out. I cannot speak more fondly of
my College, as I am offered more than I could possibly imagine
or find the time for, from inter-college sport to academic help. I
am already dreading having to leave this place.”
Joel Loiaconi (Mel 05-10) is one of a few boys who have chosen
to study over at QUT despite residing at college within the UQ
campus. His experience has been slightly different from most
and his experience so far has been entirely positive. Here is his
experience in a nutshell.
“I’m studying a Bachelor of Engineering at QUT on the Gardens
Point Campus. The trip to QUT is an easy 30-40 minute bus
trip each-way from Kings College. So far, I am liking QUT
with its practical approach to learning and assessment. My
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experience at Kings so far has been surreal, with parties being
a weekly tradition, and also the sporting and cultural aspects,
which makes this college no ordinary one. Looking back,
Orientation Week would have to be the most challenging week
of mine, and every other Fresher’s life, one that we will never
forget. The cross-training after a big night out was great, and
even though we were punished for certain things it brought
everyone close and made us a tight unit. The respect among
Kingsmen is incredibly high. While we all enjoy partying, there
is no doubt that we are here to study in order to achieve our
goals.”
Evidently, college life has proven to be a unique experience for
all. Following through from habits learnt at TSS we have all
become involved in every way possible, including the famed
Intercollegiate Competition, immersing ourselves in cultural,
sporting and social activities. The Kings emblem – the Wyvern –
acts much like the navy, white, maroon of Southport, the symbol
of an unwritten code of conduct and pride for one another.
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TSS has made it easy to assimilate into the social scene at
college. We have formed new friendships with a diverse range
of people from all walks of life and from all over the globe.
Occasional trips back to the Gold Coast have helped us keep in
touch with the school and all of our mates back home.
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Despite this secondary to tertiary transition, it’s still clear that
Old Boys are very much a strong part of TSS. Throughout the
year we will endeavour to be a presence both socially when
we face our great GPS rivals on Old Boys Weekend, and with
regular social functions designed to get all of the boys together
and keep the flame alive.
On behalf of the young Old Boys I salute the current senior
group leading the school and encourage them to continue
upholding the values and traditions of The Southport School,
moulding lifelong friendships all the while. Let the navy, white,
maroon leave an imprint on your lives by immersing yourself in
all that is TSS.
Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat
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Mentors Update
Career advice is very much sought after by boys and parents, particularly in Years 11 and 12. Our quest
to find Old Boys who are willing to offer their time to talk to our current students is paying off, with the
following generous offers coming through…
Michael Gatenby – ATK 83-91
Lt Thomas Usher – RAD 01-06
Jon Hui – MCK 84-88
OSA Career and Mentors Network is
beginning to take off with an offer by
Michael Gatenby from McLaughlins
Solicitors offering Work Experience
Placement and /or a School Based
traineeship to current TSS Students.
Michael has also offered to represent his
industry at a TSS/OSA Careers night.
Thomas Usher, a Lieutenant in the Army
in Townsville, has offered to assist current
students and Old Boys who feel they may
wish to pursue a career in the Australian
Defence Force. Anyone who wishes to
speak to Thomas about his experience
in the Defence Force, please contact the
OSA office for more information.
A very generous offer from Jon Hui,
Owner & Manager of Bank of Queensland
Manly, who has offered a TSS Student
a traineeship late last year in his
eastern bayside suburb bank. Jon also
volunteered his time to talk to the current
students regarding a career in banking
and finance.
OSA Careers and Mentor Network
Name
Year of Leaving (if applicable)
Occupation
I am prepared to represent my field/
industry at a TSS/OSA Careers Night
Firm/Institution
Website Address
Home Address (for Careers Dept)
Contact Phone Numbers
House (at TSS)
I am able to offer Work Experience
Placement/School-Based Traineeship
or Apprenticeship
(H)
(W)
(M)
Email
I am interested in the idea of
assisting with a mini-careers night
in my area of employment and/or
industry
Please return to
The OSA Coordinator
The Southport School
Winchester Street, Southport Qld 4215
email: [email protected]
Register your interest for mentoring
on the new online community website:
www.tssoldboys.com.au
Please feel free to contact the Vocational Education Coordinator: Mike Halpin 5531 9896 or email [email protected]
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Craig Hobart
THO 1980-85
TSS Business Students have
the privilege to hear some
advice from Tyndall Investments
Managing Director, our very own
Old Boy Craig Hobart.
The School’s Head of Business, Mark Herriman, has
confirmed Craig will speak with the current Business
Students about his role and how he got to where he is
today. When we approached Craig to speak with the
boys, Craig said; “I’d be delighted to speak at a school
function. If only I knew then what I know now, maybe,
just maybe, we could inspire a future leader”.
...Ever since his formative years at the Southport School
where he was an active musician and sportsman,
Craig has always kept himself busy. At university he
was a premiership-winning rugby player and rowed for
Queensland. After university, he kept up his rugby, but
when a serious neck injury (after being tackled by Wallaby
centres Jason Little and Tim Horan) meant he couldn’t
play any more, he took up surfboat rowing.
In his 30s, with his career well under way, he fulfilled a
lifelong dream and became a qualified pilot. He has now
been a pilot for 11 years, and has flown around Australia
in his own plane both for pleasure and for the Angel
Flight charity, transporting sick people in rural areas to
Sydney.
Craig’s career really kicked off in 1994, when, economics
degree in hand, he made the move south of the border to
Sydney. After stints at Prudential and BT, he eventually
landed at Deutsche Asset Management, where as an
investment specialist; his career reached a crossroads, so
to speak.
“It was a great role. I could have done it for the rest
of my life. Sharing with the advice market and the
consultant market the fund manager’s views of doing
things was a really good experience,” he said.
“But I realised I really wanted to run a business,
ultimately. I learnt a lot, but could also see that having
P&L responsibility, hiring and firing teams and building
a business was more appealing than being a cog in the
wheel,” he said.
So, he left Deutsche to head up ABN AMRO Asset
Management’s retail business. And then, in 2007, he
joined Tyndall in a similar capacity where he has been
ever since.
In February of last year he was appointed Tyndall’s
interim managing director, a role that was formalised
once the sale of Nikko was unveiled, and a challenge that
he is relishing.... (Financial Standard, 31/1/2011)
Craig reports he is married to Marisa, and has two boys,
Joshua (9) and Andrew (6), living at Turramurra, Sydney.
We thank Craig sincerely for generously giving his time to
the TSS Business Students.
And now, despite already heading up a multibillion
dollar asset management business, he’s just completed
a master’s degree at the Macquarie Graduate School of
Management.
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Weddings and Baptisms
Births
Baptisms
Andrew Hawkins - MCK 92-95
Timothy Douglas - THO 83-93
and wife Zoe welcome the birth of
their second child, Macaulay Andrew
Hawkins on 3 December 2010.
Macaulay’s sister, Isla, born 3 June,
2009, is very excited to have a baby
brother at home.
and wife celebrated the baptism of
their son Buster Henry at St Alban’s
Chapel on 29 January, 2011. Picture
taken of Tim, son Buster, Rebel, and
Rev Jim Stonier.
Peter McManus - KAI 80-87
Brad Mackay - ATK 78-87
and his wife Sophie are delighted
to announce the birth of their son
James Peter McManus on 1st
September, 2010. James is a big
lad who already enjoys a laugh. Big
Sister Elizabeth is over the moon she
has a little brother.
and wife Sari, celebrated the baptism
of their fourth child, son Kristian
Bradley Mackay, on 24 December at
St Alban’s Chapel.
Scott Menzies – KAI 79-83
and his wife Lisa have produced a healthy baby boy, Hunter
Jonathan Menzies. Hunter is the first grandchild for Scott’s
proud parents, Sandy and John Menzies, and the seventh
for Lisa’s parents, Barry and Sue Stokes. We hear Hunter is
feeding like a champion chopper pilot!
Weddings
Anton Mayer - MAU 94-98 Anton reports he and his wife
Callum Tuohy - TUR 99-02, married Prue Masuino on
Kimberly Erin Cornish were married by Father Phil at St Alban’s
Chapel on 22 August, 2010. They were joined by family and
friends from all over Australia and Canada. They are happy to
be back in Australian to settle after spending the past few years
in Vancouver, Canada (Kimberly’s home), London and England
and travelling Europe for six months.
the 28th of August, 2010 at Salt Beach, Kingscliff. Callum
reports their ceremony was on the beach with close friends and
family. Afterwards, they spent a relaxing week in Sydney for
their honeymoon. Congratulations Callum and Prue!
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Introducing
Father Jonathan Whereat
In February this year, Father Jonathan Whereat was officially
commissioned and installed as the new School Chaplain.
I am very pleased to have this opportunity to introduce
myself to the OSA. I was born in Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire, England to an Australian father and an
English mother. We returned to Far North Queensland
in February of 1963. I grew up and went to school in the
small sugarcane town of Gordonvale just south of Cairns.
I had two years in Brisbane before completing my Higher
School Certificate at Randwick Technical College in
Sydney. On returning to Brisbane I attended St Francis
Theological College 1982-84. Fr. Phil Crook with Judy
and their daughter were there at the same time. I was
ordained deacon in 84 and priest in 85 and served two
years at Indooroopilly, then had 10 months at St Paul’s
Maryborough before being appointed Priest-in-Charge at
Mundubbera Eidsvold. In 1991 I was posted to Noosa
Parish until I was invited in 1997 to be chaplain of
Matthew Flinders at Buderim. Bp Philip Frier of the
Northern Territory invited me to go to Kormilda College
in Darwin in July 2002.
After fulfilling that contract I returned to parish work on
the Atherton Tableland where I served for 5 years. It was
during 2010 that Fr Phil Crook, the Chaplain in TSS
Prep, asked me to apply for the position of Chaplain in
the Senior School.
I am married to Heather who combines her artistic
skills with her dressmaking skills to produce church
vestments, robes and other church decorations. We
have four children, Heather’s boys Antony and Jeremy
live in Sydney and Gosford respectively. My son James
lives in Indooroopilly and Rachel lives with her sons in
the Wide Bay area.
I believe strongly in the need for boys of this current
generation to have a well-developed sense of direction
and self-confidence to be able to bring maturity to the
use of all their physical and mental powers. They need
a robust code of beliefs and values to inform their
behaviour and to navigate through the very challenging
context of this modern world, both at the social level
and also at the business/economic level. I hope that
through the times in the chapel and the work we do in
the classroom the boys are establishing good, deep,
lifelong principles that reflect the best of the Christian
teaching and the hallmarks of the teaching of Jesus.
I certainly look forward to meeting past students of
TSS and meeting parents and friends of the school at
the many sporting and other social and cultural events
connected with the school.
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Reflections
by Bert Cockerill
MCK 1946-55
What have we done to deserve this weather?
Floods, cyclones and absolute disaster all over
Queensland, and now the horrific quake and
tsunami in Japan and the north Pacific... I know
many Old Boys live in those areas affected and our
thoughts are with those who suffered.
This weather pattern in not unfamiliar. Back in the ’40s we
had over 30 inches (900mm) in just 24 hours at Springbrook.
On 5th February, 1950, there were two metre waves in Moreton
Bay and there was at least two feet of water across the ovals
next to the boatshed... Old Boys will remember.
Where are those Old Boys who started TSS in the ’40s and
’50s? Who were your mentors when you were at school? I
remember when in the Junior School my mentor was Ivor Cribb.
He was the kind of person I’d like to be when I grew up. When
I moved to McKinley House in the Senior School, I found a
new mentor in Malcolm Ham. I lost contact with him for many
years, but always had the small Bible he gave me before he
left. Glad to hear he is happily married and in Sydney. Both Kris Hailey and Gerry Northausen have gone to extremes
to make contact with lost Old Boys, so if you get this message,
and know any of our lost Old Boys, please give them a call
and encourage them to send in their address and contact
information. In 1964, when I was teaching in the Junior
School, the house system had changed from Shepherd and
Mitre Houses to Delpratt, Thorold and McKinley. For House Suppers, we all had different locations. That year,
1964, our house, McKinley, had theirs in the Square next to
the sick bay. Beautiful Jacaranda trees laden with blooms
made it a spectacular location. Boys went to Sandy and Mossie
Bush gathering ferns and brush to decorate. By the time all
the fancy lights and decorations were complete and tables set,
storm clouds were building up. The Square looked absolutely
fabulous, guests were arriving, so what should we do? House
Captain Doug (Spud) Murphy had his parents as guests. Mrs
Murphy who is now approaching her 97th birthday, refused to
move, so the function took place in the Square and in the rain.
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We were a little wet, but had a memorable time. It was the first
time that Silver Lions were presented to outstanding members
of McKinley House. They were Doug Murphy, Billy Wehl, Ross
Blackman, Billy Norris and Richard Cavill.
Others who have done well since leaving were, Mal Broomhead
(Tho 64-69), Geoff Lockhart (Tho 62-65), George Johnston
(Del 60-67), Warren Chant (McK 63-68), Rodney Frail (McK
64-70), Julian Lord (McK 63-71), Brad Simms (McK 63-73),
Dennis Buntine (McK 64-68), Andrew Geddes (Del 63-67),
Andy McKinnon (McK 62-67), Steve Moon (Tho 62-69),
Warren Adderley (Del 59-68), Doug Warby (Tho 62-68), Tony
Thelander (Tho 59-65), Scotty Griffiths (Tho 62-68), Geoff
Wagstaff (Tho 62-69), John Anning (Del 61-68) and Richard
Atwell (Tho 64-68). Please send in any short stories that
may be of interest to other Old Boys and this time we have
short memories from Gordon Douglas (Tho 58-63) and Lionel
Meerkin (JS 42-47) as well as from a staff member, Glen
Crowther (Ex Staff). Thank you, gentlemen.
Memories
Gordon Douglas (Tho 58-63) writes...
One event tickled my sense of humour at TSS in 1962 or 63
– can’t remember which year. The School had been disturbed
by time bombs going off around the campus and they had been
banned by the masters. These considered of bungers from Tom
Thumbs (small ones) up to fourpenny bungers (very large and
loud crackers) strapped together and timed with mosquito coils
set around the campus.
We did attach one to the Dellie house master’s door, which
went off very late at night (almost blew the door out!). Mr
Fleming and his new bride were not impressed. Tom Atkinson
(Thorold Housemaster) had a fourpenny bunger flung under
his bed late one night – Tom was not impressed! At this stage,
McKinley House had escaped, so we decided to redress the
situation.
A large bomb (multiple fourpenny bungers shaped together)
was to be lodged in McKinley house late at night via the old
laundry shute (a rope-propelled lift servicing the three houses
and existing outside the toilet block). Angus Douglas decided
he was the man for the job and he climbed into the lift. We
all sat around the Thorold meeting room with bated breath
listening to his slow ascent to McKinley.
Angus tucked the rope under his arm, and pushed open the
service door to throw the bomb into Mickey. He lit the fuse,
threw the bomb, but the door closed and the bomb went off in
the lift! The explosion in such a confined space was deafening,
Angus let the rope go and dropped (rattled) down the lift shaft
like a rock. He hit the ground with a crash, and fell out of the
lift door covered in sparks, ash and a cloud of smoke.
We laughed for days – in fact still do when I think of it. No-one
was caught.
Glen Crowther (past Staff member) writes...
I was asked to write some humourous schoolboy anecdotes...
How about this for ‘A’ Class Act!!
One of my funniest memories of schoolboy pranks belongs with
the top English class from the year of ’79. These very funny
and bright guys included well-known actors Adam Couper (Wal
72-79) and Peter Callaghan S.C. (Rad 74-79).
It was April Fool’s Day and I was not entirely surprised on
entering their classroom to find plastic dog poo and vomit all
over the floor inside. We all had a good laugh and declared it
an honourable draw and a worthy effort.
Within a few minutes, however, there were cries of ‘fire, fire’,
and smoke erupted from two of the front desks – toy fans
helping along small piles of burning chips in the desks. No
danger of course, but I’m happy to say, I grabbed the big red
fire extinguisher off the wall and aimed it straight at the frontrow occupants. Immediate surrender and I thought I’d won.
But five minutes later, one of these keen young students
brought out some work for correction along with his brandnew pen. Guess what!?! In an instant the beautiful pen had
squirted a huge amount of blue ink over my white shirt. Of
course it was the kind of ink that becomes invisible after a few
minutes. I was happy to concede victory to the great minds I
was working with/against and know that they deserved an A for
effort and an A+ for sheer inspiration.
I’m sure it could only be interpreted as a genuine gesture
of affection and certainly a long-term ‘bonding’ experience.
Thank goodness for the power of joy of laughter!!!
On a more serious note,
Lionel Meerkin (JS 42-47) writes...
It was late in 1942 and the top school had been taken over by
the American Army as a military hospital.
They expanded all the facilities, including the erection of new
buildings, and as the School had at that time only septic tanks,
they built an elaborate concrete sewerage system, situated near
where the current headmaster’s house is sited. This ‘state-ofthe-art’ system filtered the sewage, and provided the School with
fertiliser for all the gardens and grounds.
My dormitory was a two-storey building next to Pong Creek and
one night we were awakened by sirens and flashing lights, being
a continuous stream of USA Army ambulances. This went on
for three to four nights, and we watched as hundreds of patients
were brought in.
We had never experienced anything like this – the sight of all
these wounded soldiers, most of whom had been evacuated
from Guadalcanal. During the weeks that followed, all the US
wounded wandered around in their corduroy dressing gowns,
watching us play sport. It was hard for us to comprehend – some
had missing limbs – and it bought home to us the horrors of war.
On a brighter note, the Americans erected a huge circus tent on
the vacant block opposite the Junior School for recreation. We
were invited in every Friday night to watch the latest-release
movies, but unfortunately for us Junior School boys, on the order
of our Headmaster, C. G. Pearce, we had to leave at 9pm to go
to bed. Although we never saw the end of any movie, the senior
boys would let us know the next morning how the movie finished.
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Personal Notes
“After graduating from Bond
University in September 2009
with a Bachelor of Laws, I took a
break from the dryness of the law
and decided to study the French
language in France.”
Brett Graham - KAI 93-05
I studied a language diploma at the Catholic University of Lyon. Lyon is the third-largest city in France and popular among
Westerners eager to improve their grasp of the French language.
Since studying ‘Legal Studies’ at TSS, it has been my ambition to work in an international law firm in London. Understandably,
London is home to the world’s top international law firms. The proximity of the European countries and their reliability on one
another means that companies are continuously dealing in foreign jurisdictions and they are therefore in need of law firms that
have a strong multi-jurisdictional capability.
Studying the French language is refreshingly different from studying the law and in a way it ensures my sanity. It will also assist
in helping me be competitive when the time comes to commence my career as an international lawyer in London. I have found
that it is not uncommon for university law graduates in Europe to be able to speak a second language.
In May 2011, I will be starting a masters (LLM) in International Commercial Law at Kings College in London. Until then, I will
remain in France working on perfecting my French and enjoying the fine wine, food and snowboarding that France has to offer!
39Bn WWII Veterans and Assn Life Members
Doug Murphy - MCK 61-68
(L to R) Bill Bellairs, John Akhurst and Past President
Alan Moore with the TSS Senior Under Officer, Stephen
Kakoniktis (Mel 07-10), after the Parade with his new 39Bn
Assn Badge.
Caught! Doug Murphy, en route to brother Derek’s 21st
International Golf Tournament in Taupo, NZ, was a guest for
dinner cooked by NZ celebrity Master Chef Simon Gault at
Simon’s ‘Euro’ restaurant in Auckland.
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Alex Uruchurtu – RAD 02-09
Michael Trout - KAI 76-80
OSA Cairns Branch Representative Michael Trout has been
pre-selected as the NLP member for Barron River in Far North
Queensland. Michael said that first and foremost he believed
that the people of Barron River needed to be heard and deserved
stronger representation.
He said that we have a responsibility to find the common ground
to ensure a better future and need to create a safe community
environment to raise and educate our families and to give them the
best opportunity in life. “We all share a common vision to create a
better community in our beautiful part of Queensland,” he said.
74 boys get together
On a recent trip from Nindigully, Jeff Betts (Del 68-74) caught
up with fellow ’74 Old Boys George Friend (Del 70-74 ) and
Noel Wright (Del 69-74) at Waxy’s Irish pub in Surfers Paradise.
Old Boy Alexander Uruchurtu has recently been accepted
to study at Harvard University on a full scholarship. After
graduating in 2009, Alex deferred his offer to study
engineering at the University of Queensland to undertake a
gap year. On his gap year Alex worked at the private boarding
school Shiplake College in the UK. During his time off he was
able to backpack around a total of 17 European countries.
Towards the end of the year, he decided he wanted to try his
luck at applying to some of the US ‘Ivy League’ schools. After
much research, and a short visit in his summer holidays, Alex
set his sights on what he believed to be the best – Harvard
University. He had to sit the SATs a number of times, in
addition to his application of CVs, personal essays, teacher
recommendations and an alumni interview in Mayfair,
London.
At the end of November, Alex received a magical phone call
informing him that he had been accepted to the Harvard Class
of 2015 on a full scholarship. Alex will move to Cambridge,
Massachusetts at the end of August 2011, and will be living
on campus. In the meantime, he is working at TSS. During
the class hours he works in Student Services and helps with
Years 7, 8 and 9 Sports Skills. Outside of class hours Alex
has coached rowing, and is currently coaching rugby. During
his time at TSS, Alex was Dux Proxime Accessit and on the
Dean’s List every semester bar one. He was actively involved
in the concert band, big band and drumline.
Athletically, Alex rowed in the Open 1st VIII, played two years
and won a premiership with the 1st X Basketball, and was part
of the Open Athletics team; he was awarded a place on the
Sports Honour Board as a result. Alex was also a Foundation
Prefect and Radcliffe House Captain.
Clinton Boswerger – RAD 89-95
Clinton and his brother Warwick (Rad 89-94) recently
participated in the Kathmandu Adventure Race.
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1
Super-bright, driven
and self-focused goes
close to describing fivetime Ironman champion
Shannon Eckstein.
Shannon Eckstein - SUR 1996-00
written by Angela Hughes
Rather than allowing himself to be consumed by promotional spin, which, ultimately,
could lead to a big ego, Shannon remains grounded in the sport he loves and in
which his name has forever been etched in Australian history.
There’s no doubt that the TSS valedictorian of 2000 has talent - heaps of it - as
evidenced by the three Australian and three World Ironman Champion titles he holds
as well as six wins in the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman Series. His sweetest career
highlight, he said, was winning his first Australian Ironman title in 2003.
1 PHOTO - E
ven in his first year at TSS, Shannon
displayed determination to be a
winner on the running track.
While currently ranked as one of world’s top ironmen,
Shannon remains true to his Gold Coast roots (he was
born in the Southport Hospital) and is proud to call
himself a TSS Old Boy. In fact, when he married Belinda
Brown, a former St Stephen’s student last year, it was in
St Alban’s Chapel with his former school chaplain, The
Rev. Jim Stonier, conducting the ceremony.
Shannon’s love of the surf began at an early age when he
first joined Nippers at Surfers Paradise at the age of 10
and progressed through to the ironman competition. He
said his years at TSS helped formulate the discipline he
relies on so heavily today to achieve sporting success.
“TSS was always fully supportive of my surfing/ironman
interests and encouraged me to pursue my dream. At
the same time they (TSS) offered me so many other
opportunities to become involved in a variety of sports,”
said Shannon, who regularly scooped annual crosscountry wins in the 800m and 1500m during his years in
the Senior School.
He also was talented in swimming, athletics and cricket
and, outside school, played club soccer and rugby
league. “When I reached Year 11, I had to make some
tough decisions to ensure I had some balance in my life
between academics, my love of the surf and choosing a
professional sporting career.”
While a sporting career eventually won out, with Shannon
opting to turn professional in Year 12, he still achieved
a graduating score of OP7, which gave him entry into
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Griffith University to complete a degree in Exercise
Science. “In hindsight, I’m thankful TSS staff advised me
to jump straight into university studies as well as pursue
my sporting interests, otherwise I may not have had the
motivation to start tertiary studies at a later date.” When
his professional sporting career does comes to an end –
the ironman competition is tough on the body – Shannon
said he would most likely return to university to study
physiotherapy or teaching. “I admit my academics did
suffer in my final year at school, but I was ready to seize
the opportunity, follow my dream and turn professional.
Oh yes, and earn some money!”
It was a decision he has not regretted despite the fact
that, in the early days of his career, there was stiff
competition with 30 professionals in the sport. Today
there are only five professionals, including Shannon.
Shannon said a number of staff at TSS had mentored
him in both sport and academics. In particular his
Surman Housemaster Barry McGuckin, Ian Luxton and
Phil Marshall who challenged him in mathematics and
physics, PE instructor Greg Reddan who he trained with in
cross-country and triathlons, which eventually led him into
ironman competition, and another former TSS Old Boy, Ian
Browne, who coached him in swimming.
When talking with Shannon Eckstein you quickly get the
impression this quiet, almost unassuming, Australian and
World champion of the surf has an innate understanding of
self-worth.
“At TSS I learnt the importance of discipline and respect for tradition.
Discipline in training for sports and cadets at TSS has translated into
disciplining myself to maintain a daily training schedule of two hours
in the morning swimming six kilometres and another two hours in the
afternoon on the beach and in the surf.
“I found the discipline instilled in me at school has played a major role in
my professional sports training and has this been a big advantage since
leaving school. It (discipline) has taught me the importance of setting
goals and strategies in everything I do and, being the kind of person who
always wants to win, I enjoy each challenge as it comes my way.”
Shannon’s quiet, but friendly demeanour, underlies great strength
of character that has seen him remain at the pinnacle of one of the
toughest endurance sports in the world, where there is little time for
‘slacking off’ when it comes to training and maintaining fitness levels.
He said he still has the fire in his belly to improve and win and sets
himself small goals for every training session to improve his endurance
and fitness levels.
Shannon cautions up-and-coming young athletes to maintain a balance
between training, family, studies and social life to achieve success
and remain focused. He also firmly advocates the need for every young
person to be a competent swimmer and, if they want to enjoy surfing,
have a good understanding of the surf and know able to ‘handle’ or
‘read’ it in all conditions.
“My advice to students is to find something you enjoy just as I did and stick to it.” For Shannon, the focus of his training now is to see if
he can scoop another Australian Ironman champion title at
Kurrawa in April (the official end to the ironman season).
Update: On Sunday, 10 April, Shannon
won his fourth National Ironman title to
draw level with Ky Hurst and all-time
great Grant Kenny.
A relaxed
Shannon is
preparing for his
next ironman
challenge.
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Sporting
Updates
2
2 Jack Kimmince - THO
08-09 Inverell Times
Jack Kimmince’s love for rugby
union started 11 years ago when
he joined the Inverell Highlanders
Walla Rugby.
1 PHOTO - Kazuma Nagatori (Atk 98-04), Glenn Ng (Atk 99-02),
Current TSS Director of Gymnastics, Brandon Clift (Atk
98-10)
Brandon Clift – ATK 98-10
and Kazuma Nagatori – ATK 98-04
ongratulations to Old Boys Kazuma Nagatori (captain of TSS
C
Gymnastics 2004) and Brandon Clift (Captain of Gymnastics
2010) who competed at the Peter Vidmar Invitational
championships as members of the Australian levels gymnastics
team.
Named after the all-around Silver medallist and team member
of the Gold medal USA Gymnastics team at the 1984 Los
Angeles Olympics, the competition was very highly profiled,
with four national American team members and over 40
competitors in each division from countries such as Mexico,
Japan and Canada. To our relief, a large number of these boys
were competing in an elite Olympic division for athletes who
train more than 32 hours a week, setting a fair competition
for the Australian and all other open division competitors who
trained fewer hours.
The competition itself was extremely successful and an eyeopening experience. The Americans were very competitive yet
extremely friendly at the same time. In the end, both TSS boys
did extremely well and all three Australian gymnastics teams
(levels 8, 9 and 10 open) won their team titles. Brandon Clift
(level 9) came 4th in the all-around, 3rd on parallel bars and
hit his routine cold, placing 1st on the floor exercise. Kazuma
Nagatori (level 10), competing in his final competition, came
3rd in the all-around, 2nd on the parallel bars and debuted a
new routine with the highest difficulty in the competition,
placing 1st on rings. Well done, boys! You have done The
Southport School extremely proud!
Glenn Ng - ATK 99-02
Director of Gymnastics
Now the talented 20-year-old
Gold Coast Breakers loose-head
prop is on the pathway to success
after signing a contract with
the Queensland Reds Academy.
“Everything I wanted is happening at the moment and I’m
stoked. I’m just really enjoying it and cannot wait for the
season to start,” Kimmince said. It’s a dream come true for the
dedicated player who has represented Central North every year
since the age of 21 and once proclaimed to his mother, Tammy
– “Mum, I just want to be a Wallaby”.
Success continued to come his way when he represented NSW
Country U-15s to tour New Zealand and the Cook Islands and
they were undefeated. He then represented the NSW U-16s
at the Australian Championships and was a member of the
Northern Inland Academy Sport (NIAS) squad for two years.
He was further identified when he attended The Southport
School in 2008-09 where in his first year he was selected
in the 1st XV as a loose-head prop. He then gained selection
in the GPS 2nds, but missed out on Queensland selection.
After playing for TSS’s 1st XV in 2009 he made the GPS
1sts and progressed to represent Queensland at the National
Championships. He capped this off with selection in the
Australian Schoolboys to play Tonga.
Wearing the green and gold was a dream come true and Jack
made the most of it, scoring a try. From that match he was
selected in the Australian squad to play New Zealand, then the
Australian Schoolboys to tour the UK. He gained five caps
playing against Ireland, Wales and England. He now plays for
the Gold Coast Breakers in the Brisbane competition.
Last year he was selected in the Queensland U-19 Country
squad, leading to a position in the U-19 1st XV and was then
asked to join the academy squad. This led to an invitation to
train with the Queensland Reds and he is now a member of the
Australian U-20s training squad. What makes his achievement
even more impressive is the fact he is studying education fulltime at the Queensland University of Technology...
Well done to TSS Old Boy Jack Kimmince. We will enjoy
following his rugby career.
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5
3
3 Damien Moffrey - WAL 81-88
5
Congratulation to Damien Moffrey, who made history in April this
year winning 10 consecutive gold medals with his Northcliffe
surf lifesaving patrol team in the opening day of competition at
the DHL 2011 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.
Congratulations to Peter Norman who was recently selected in
the Titans’ 20s team and to Alec Jones in his second year with
the Titans.
Damien and crew were the best in the champion patrol
category, which to win must be the top performers in surf
teams, board and tube rescue race, resuscitation, theory and
patrol scenario tasks.
4
Peter Norman –SUR 04-08
& Alec Jones – DEL 07-09
Unfortunately for Peter, after a great 50m solo try early in his
first game against St George he had to dive on a ball near the
try line and was crunched by a St George player and broke his
clavicle. A few of his TSS mates, Chris Hanneman (Tur 0109), Callum McGilvray (Bid 07-08) and Ray Dunlop (Del 0208) were on hand to cheer him up! Peter will be out for about
three months. Also Young Old Boy, Lausii Taliauli (Tur 02-10),
we hear, has been signed by the Titans, but did not last the first
half either and has broken his fibula!
More on Peter; he was vice-captain of the Australian 20 years
men’s Touch team who played New Zealand in late January. He
was part of the Trans Tasman Youth series and played and won
the three games against the Kiwis in Canberra.
4 Old Boy Success in U19 Surf Boat Titles
Kurt Rose (Atk 02-09), Jake & Jono Ward (Mel 05-09), Will
Nash (Sur 05-09) and sweep Phil Chipman (Tur 77-81)
recently won the Gold Coast City U19 Surf Boat Title for
Mermaid Beach Surf Life Saving Club. Well done to the entire
TSS Old Boy crew!
As Peter is now committed to the Titans he has withdrawn
from the Australian Open Mixed team that is going to the
Touch World Cup being played in Scotland this June. A little
disappointing as it would have been a unique situation with
Peter’s mum coaching the Aussie Women’s team.
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Bendigo Bank
SSKB & Bendigo Bank, Bundall
Branch - Connecting with the OSA
OSA Coordinator Kris Hailey (far left) along with Vice-President
Peter Lockhart (2nd from the right) were recently presented a
cheque from the Bendigo Bank, Bundall branch for the amount
of $1488.09, which represents the very first “Community
Dividend” paid by Bendigo Bank, Bundall branch to the OSA.
Bendigo Bank’s Gold Coast Regional Manager, Darren Cahill
(2nd from the left), himself being a “TSS Old Boy” (Tur 83-87),
was delighted to be present on this special occasion, along with
Peter Kai-Nielsen (far right), Mobile Relationship Manager of
Bundall branch.
A community dividend is calculated as a percentage of the
OSA’s total banking business (calculated at 0.15% p.a.), so
the more banking you do, the more the OSA “Community
Dividend” will grow.
In fact, for any banking business you do with Bendigo Bank,
the OSA community receives a financial windfall, which can
be used for any purpose the OSA council committee chooses.
Bendigo Bank, Bundall Branch/OSA Members Benefits
This offer provides the following benefits to OSA Members:
“This payment represents the very first Community Dividend
that we at Bendigo Bank, Bundall are proud to provide to the
OSA,” stated Darren. “Bendigo Bank believes in rewarding our
local communities and associations, and I know this money will
be well spent by the OSA in supporting students of TSS who
themselves are community focused.”
In addition to this payment, Bendigo Bank-Bundall continues
to support the OSA through a $3000 annual bursary to assist
with the education costs of a student who demonstrates
an outstanding awareness and contribution to their local
community. The recipient of this bursary will be announced in
the coming months.
How can I grow this “Community Dividend” for the OSA?
Stewart. Silver, King & Burns (SSKB) in conjunction with the
Bundall branch of the Bendigo Bank remain committed to
supporting the local community whatever way possible. As local
partners they have connected with the Old Southportonians’
Association (OSA) and continue to offer OSA members the
chance to contribute to The Southport School’s success –
simply by doing your banking with them.
Bendigo Home Loan & Bendigo Home Equity Loan
• Application Fee – Nil
• Valuation Fee – Nil (to a maximum limit of $300.00 per
property)
• Loan Documentation Fee – Nil
• Settlement Fee - $80.00
• 0.50% discount on our standard variable interest rate
through the life of your loan
• Up to 0.70% discount on our standard variable interest
rate through the life of your loan on any loan amount that
exceeds $250k and qualified with (4) additional banking
relationships (conditions apply)
• Available for Residential property and Residential
Investment property purposes
To find out more about this community dividend initiative and
benefits for OSA members, please contact Peter Kai-Nielsen
on 07) 5570 2558 or call into the Bundall Branch at 116118 Bundall Road to discuss your banking needs.
* All loans subject to the bank’s normal lending criteria. Terms, conditions,
fees and charges apply. Offer only valid on new and transferred home
“I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to consider
Bendigo Bank Bundall branch for all your financial and banking
needs,” stated Peter Kai-Nielsen. “This really is banking with a
difference through a community dividend initiative.”
loans taken out with Bundall branch. All other additional legal, valuation
or government charges will be payable by the customer, including any
costs associated with additional securities, documents or valuations.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178. AFSL 237879.
(S31710) (10/10).
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School
News
A Small Word Or Two About BIG Happenings At TSS
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1 2010 OP1s: from left to right – Louis Fredheim (Rad 99-10), Kaisei Iwano (Mau 98-10), Lexie Peel (Mau 04-10), Christopher Withers (Mau 04-10),
Ory Walker (Rad 05-10), Max Lau (Rad 05-10) and Akihiro Ogi (Kai 99-10). Absent from photo: Tom Baldry (Mau 99-10), Michael Schachtel (Sur 9910), James Hou (Mel 08-10), Nicholas Coundouris (Sur 05-10), Ellis Li (Del 08-10).
We kicked off with exceptional academic results that boasted no less than 12 OP 1s with a number of Australian university scholarships
being offered and two boys receiving offers of scholarships in the US to no less than Harvard and NYU. Hard on the heels of the
euphoria of the academic triumphs came the sobering experience of the devastating January floods. In true ‘band of brothers’ spirit,
TSS boys from Cadets and Rowing gave up the lure of holiday pleasures to head out to Brisbane and Theodore to lend willing hands to
the massive clean-up effort. Out in the sporting arena, TSS scored some notable victories. The rowers racked up an impressive overall
win ratio amounting to 30% of all races contested across the season.
2
2 In the pool the swim team narrowed the gap to Nudgee by
finishing third in the GPS titles while also posting their best-ever
result with a fifth slot in the State Championships. As is usual
House spirit was strong at the hotly contested House Swimming,
with Walker House beating off the best efforts of the competition
to take number one spot on the podium.
3
3 TSS cricketers held up their end with some outstanding
performances. The First XI produced back-to-back State Titles
and the GPS Premiership and in the course of this threw up some
brilliant individual efforts. At just 16 years of age, Nick Stevens
achieved the distinction of being selected to represent Australia at
Under 19 level and Sam Hain gained the honour of being named
Junior Cricketer of the Year by Queensland Cricket. With customary
TSS determination, enthusiasm and optimism, we’re looking at
going from strength-to-strength on all fronts as 2011 unfolds.
Tony Watt
TSS Community Relations Manager
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Obituaries
In the early hours of
Tuesday, 18 January
2011, TSS lost a most
distinguished Old Boy, Peter
Stanley Abraham.
Peter Stanley Abraham - JS 1935-40
Peter was born in Brisbane on 7 December 1926. He first
came to TSS as a seven-year-old boarder. During his 7 years
at TSS, he was a leading choirboy, Prep School Athletics and
Swimming Champion. Peter always said he owed a great deal
to his swimming coach at that time, ‘Chika’ Neilsen, who
guided him through a difficult time in his life as a boarder
at TSS. Peter’s father died in 1940 and Peter moved to
Churchie where he stayed until 1944. At that time he left
school and joined the RAAF where he served until the end of
World War II.
In 1945 he was accepted into a Repatriation course in Art
– his first love. He won a travelling art scholarship to the
Melbourne National Gallery School where he studied for three
years under William Dargie. Peter was not one of Dargie’s
favourite students and Dargie told him he should look for
another job!
Peter went to Melbourne Tech to study graphics and
completed his Diploma course there. He was employed by
a firm called Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, which was one of
the largest printing firms in Victoria. Peter became the main
artist for TAA, designing all their advertising posters.
In 1948, Peter went to work for GJ Coles in Melbourne where
he worked personally with and for GJ himself. The pair
became great friends during the 11 years Peter worked there.
One of Peter’s favourite memories of his time at Coles
concerned a day he and GJ were standing in the cards section
of the store watching a woman and her daughter sifting
through a table of Christmas cards that Peter had designed.
After several minutes, the woman turned to her daughter and
said, “Isn’t it terrible how religion has taken over Christmas!”
Peter said he and GJ often chuckled over the memory of that
episode.
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Next Peter worked for HJ Hodder & Co, who produced cards
of all description. This gave him the opportunity to use his
considerable fine art skills.
In 1950 Peter achieved his first major success as a
professional artist when he won the prestigious Crouch Prize,
a major art prize from the Ballarat Art Gallery. This inspired
him to become a full-time artist.
In 1952 he won the Transfield Prize in an Australia-wide
competition and he won it again in 1954. In 1957 Peter was
runner-up in the Blake Prize for religious paintings. In 1963
Peter married Joan and in 1964 they moved to Queensland
where their son John was born. They lived in a flat above a
hairdressing salon in Koala Court, Broadbeach. Later they
moved to Winchester Street and Peter became the Art Teacher
at TSS. John was enrolled at the School in 1976. At the
end of that year the family moved to Toowoomba where Peter
taught Art at Fairhome College and Toowoomba Grammar,
where John was now enrolled also.
In 1985 Peter took his family to Sydney where they remained
until 1991 when they returned to the Gold Coast where they
live on the Isle of Capri. Peter was a pillar of the Gold Coast
Art Society, which he had helped form years before. He gave
art lessons to many students at the Broadbeach headquarters
of the Society and had one-man shows as well.
Peter is survived by his wife Joan, son John (who is now an
airline Captain flying 777 airliners for Royal Brunei Airlines),
daughter Gina and grandchildren Christopher, Danielle and
Corey.
James Crombie - THO 26-34
Donald Stuart Scott - THO 1943-44
James (Jim) Crombie, late of Brisbane (formerly of Longreach
and Maleny) passed away 1 April 2011 aged 92 years. Much
loved husband of Alice (dec’d), father of Margaret, Sylvia and
Julia (Wiz, Sub and Boo), father-in-law of Sam and Rodney.
Grandfather of Tim, Andrew, Charlie, Zoe, Eliza and Will and
great-grandfather of 13. Family and friends were invited to
attend Jim’s service held in the Garden Chapel at Albany
Creek Crematorium, Tuesday, 5 April, 2011.
Iain Scott, brother of Donald, wrote to advise of the passing
of Donald on 15 July, 2010. Iain reports that Don returned
to the family property in 1945 until its sale in 1979. In
that time Donald was Shire Chairman of the Taroom Shire
for seven years, formed the Tarwon Elidine Club in the
late 1950s and was endorsed as both a flying and gliding
instructor. After moving to Brisbane he spent over 20 years
as both a private and Air Force instructor at both Archerfield
and Kingaroy in which time he qualified literally hundreds of
young people and was awarded an MBE for his services. Don
never married and is survived by his sister, Robin Donk, and
brother Iain.
Douglas Family mourns
Sincere condolences to the Douglas boys, Gordon (Tho 5661), Archie and Angus (Tho 58-63) and their families for the
passing of their mother, Judith Valerie Douglas. The service
was held at The Southport School on Friday, 4 March. All in
attendance paid tribute to the matriarch of the Gold Coast
real estate ‘royalty’ the Douglas clan.
Bruce Levitt – THO 1957
Bruce’s widow advised the OSA of her husband’s recent
passing. Bruce died on 17 February, 2011, after a year-long
battle with cancer.
Passing of Alan Ware’s wife Nell
Long-serving staff and many Old Boys will remember past
member of staff Alan (‘Wallaby’) Ware who passed away some
years ago. The Headmaster was informed that Alan’s wife
Nell passed away early in April. The Wares’ time at TSS goes
right back to the Headmastership of CG Pearce and John Day.
Son Robert (Rad 74-79) is a member of the OSA and eldest
daughter Cathy taught in the Prep School.
Trevor Gordon Whalley - DEL 38-41
Mrs Annette Potter, daughter of Trevor Whalley, informed the
OSA of the passing of her much loved father on 10 October,
John (Jack) Warner MCK 1915-21
The School’s oldest Old Boy, Jack Warner, passed away on
Thursday, 3 February at the age of 108. Jack’s son John
advised the School that a private funeral was held for Jack on
Wednesday, 9 February. John Warner passed on his thanks to
Headmaster Greg Wain for showing a mark of respect for Jack
by flying the School flag at half mast on Friday, 11 February
in honour of his father.
Vale Jack Warner!
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Obituaries
Guy Hamlyn-Harris – MCK 1924-26,
was born on New Year’s Day 1912, in
a parsonage at Sandgate, which his
parents had rented for a holiday for his
mother’s confinement. His father, a
Doctor of Science, was Director of the
Qld Museum from 1910 – 1917.
Guy remembered fondly his formative years at Stanthorpe
from age five until he was 11. Here he experienced country
living and began his love of horses. A sulky horse or two,
two draught horses, an old chestnut pony plus cattle, fowls,
pigs, bees and a difficult pedigree bull, as well as vegetable
gardens and the orchards, taught him invaluable lessons, and
being the eldest boy, a lot of responsibility. He loved helping
his parents, milking, chopping wood and driving the spring
cart. He experienced drought, floods and hail, all damaging
in their own way. It was healthy living, but financially for a
family with four small children it was a struggle. A two-mile
walk to school and back each day was considered normal.
His father joined the staff at TSS for two years, and Guy
became a day-boy (one of only seven). At TSS Guy joined
the school Chapel Choir. Having attended school previously
at Stanthorpe where they only played “rounders” (baseball)
and Eagle Junction where he tried to play football but never
really knew what he was supposed to do, his disadvantage
on the sports field made it difficult for a day-boy to fit in.
When his father was appointed Brisbane City Entomologist
they returned to their home in Clayfield. Guy then attended
Brisbane Boys College at Clayfield for two years. But it was to
the TSS Old Boys that he felt his loyalty, as his whole life was
one of commitment to God through the Anglican Church. He
loved the Older Old Boys gatherings. As he grew older and
frailer he so appreciated being given the respect of the boys.
The church was always important for him. He was a regular
worshipper, a server and chorister at 11. He was licensed
as lay reader in 1932 and took Matins and Evensong and
funerals in many parishes. He served as Sunday School
teacher, treasurer, auditor, warden, Parish Councillor,
Synodsman and Parochial Nominator over many years. For a
number of years in his retirement he travelled into St John’s
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Cathedral every week to count the Sunday collections and
other moneys and to do the banking. He was Chairman of
the Religious Advisory Panel for Scouts Qld and met regularly
for 12 months with Ministers from all the different religions.
He studied Old Testament and Christian Liturgy at St Francis
College at Licentiate of Theology level and Old Testament
at Associate level in 1982. He organised two series of
Christians in Dialogue and ran two series of Christianity
Explained. He gained the Archbishops Certificate in 1992.
At the Diocesan Synod in 2000 Guy was awarded the
Archbishop’s Medal in recognition of this service.
Scouting was always one of his great loves. When he was 11
years old, he and his brother joined the Clayfield Wolf Cubs.
At Christmas the pack spent three weeks camping on the
beach at Mooloolaba – unheard of today! When he asked to
join the Scouts aged 12, he was told that as he was only 4
foot 11 inches he had to wait until he was five feet tall. This
regulation was changed three months later. His adventures
as a Scout would fill a book, but he was “hooked”.
Everywhere he went around Queensland he was involved as
an adult leader and later as Headquarters Commissioner and
Trainer. From 1956 he was HQ Commissioner for Rovers.
This time with the Rovers (older Scouts) was fulfilling as
he led young adults and instilled in them self-respect,
responsibility and leadership skills. He was involved with the
Gang Show as official prompter and in later years was always
invited to attend the show as a special guest.
Not surprisingly he met his future wife Muriel through the
Movement, as his sister was Muriel’s Guide Leader. They
were married in December 1939 and spent their honeymoon
camping on Stradbroke Island. Muriel was as active in the
Guides as he was in the Scouts and their five children all
experienced the ideals of Baden Powell (“The Founder”) as
a way of life. Guy met BP (Baden Powell) when he visited
Australia in 1931. Years later he promised Lady BP that he
would always work to keep the Movement true to the ideals of
The Founder.
Guy lived through the Depression and its effects never left
him. As a christening present, his uncle had promised he
would arrange for Guy to be articled to his firm of solicitors
in Cairns. Unfortunately his uncle died about the time he
sat for Scholarship, and with his father out of work when the
time came, he could not afford to be articled to a solicitor.
It would have cost £500 cash paid up front, to be repaid
over four to five years as salary starting at 12 shillings and
six pence per week, and rising to above one pound per
week. This would have been his entire salary. (Later he
supported his youngest brother through University.) His
Church Warden advised of a position in the Bank of New
South Wales, for which he applied. His 40 years of banking
throughout Queensland began at 15 years of age. Aged 16
he started studying Accountancy in the evenings.
There were a number of highlights during his time in
the bank. He seemed to enjoy moving around the State,
especially when single, on transfers or relieving and later
as an Inspector. Because of the threat of nationalisation of
banking, he became involved in politics. He was released
from the bank to the Free Banking Group for three elections
– Darling Downs, Wide Bay and Kennedy. He travelled
widely and spoke to all bank staff in the electorates. He
also joined the Liberal Party. In no time he was elected
chairman of the branch and then to the State Executive
Committee, for three years 1955-7. He was able to bring
to consciousness some weaknesses in the Banking Act that
could enable a government by stealth to achieve a form of
nationalisation of banking through the Commonwealth Bank.
Eventually the Act was changed considerably to his entire
satisfaction.
He was Officer-in-Charge of Staff Training Queensland
from 1957. He gained great satisfaction during his time
as Manager of the Mt Gravatt branch 1958-65. He built
the branch up from a staff of three to 17. After managing
Woolloongabba branch he retired from the bank in 1968,
starting duties three days later as Executive Assistant with
the Australian Society of Accountants 1968-74. His duties
in the bank, which involved training, made him question
his choice of employment as he had enjoyed teaching so
much. So when invited in 1973, he taught Accountancy
at Villanova College four mornings a week and worked for
the Society of Accountants five afternoons a week. He
also lectured at TAFE in Commercial Law two evenings
a week. The School asked his advice on their banking
system. He resigned from the college in 1975 despite the
offer to recommend that his licence to teach be converted
to registration as a trained teacher on account of his pupils’
outstanding marks.
Military Service and War: In 1929 he registered for
compulsory military service and was accepted for transfer to
an Artillery Unit in his second year. When he was transferred
to Longreach he was automatically discharged from the
Militia. In Maryborough 1933/4 he joined the 42nd Battalion
Australian Military Forces and trained for NCO exam in his
lunch hour. On passing he was transferred from the signals
Section to Battalion HQ as Orderly Room Sergeant. He was
in Maryborough only
seven months and
so he was discharged
again. He joined a
platoon of 15/26th
Battalion AMF in
Coolangatta and gained
good instruction, but
again the bank moved
him on. In Winton he
transferred to 26Bn
and continued training,
aiming for a commission.
Subsequently he was
exempted from training
because he was in a
reserved occupation. This was a disappointment for him.
In 1941 he asked the bank if they would release him
if he enlisted. He was told yes, but not for six months.
Meanwhile he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps in both
Winton and Miles. With his prior training he became the
Captain and Company Commander and again enjoyed the
opportunity to train others. The bank did not release him to
serve overseas. In 1996, 50 years after the war, he received
from the Army a War Medal and a Victory Medal. He did not
feel he could wear them in the company of returned soldiers.
An unfortunate result of not being accepted to fight overseas
was that in the bank, all returned servicemen were given
promotions above him and he remained at the bottom of the
ladder for much longer than usual. It was good he had his
other interests to fulfil his need to drive himself.
In 1939 he married Muriel and they set off to Winton where
their first two children were born. After five years, he was
transferred to Miles where he was very happy, and another
child was born before being transferred again this time to
Brisbane where his last two girls were born. He continued
all his commitments in the community as well as supporting
a family of seven. Until the children started leaving home,
this was a financial struggle. He and Muriel celebrated 71
years of marriage last December.
His autobiography is entitled Time was the Enemy. In his
book he speaks of his boxing years, bowling enjoyment,
swimming, stamp collecting from boyhood (valued at but not
sold for, over $6000); Australian and overseas trips, multiple
family events, researching the family history, and his service
to the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds (and their battle to save the
grounds from development by Clem Jones). Everything he
did he did thoroughly. In 1982, he was awarded the Order of
Australia Medal for service to the community. To his delight
this was presented by the Queen.
Guy died on 20th March, 2011 aged 99, and Muriel
followed him on 22nd, just two days later. The celebration
of their lives took place on Wednesday, 30th March at Aveo
Auditorium, Durack.
Provided by Ruth Hamlyn-Harris 27th March.
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Old Boys’ Weekend 2011
OLD SOUTHPORTONIANS’ ASSOCIATION
This year, a weekend of activities is planned from 29 - 31 July 2011
Below is your reunion programme and weekend booking form
Friday 29 - Sunday 31 July 2011 Weekend Activities
Friday 29 July
11.30am
10.30am
OSA McWhirter Cup/TSS Foundation Golf Day
Tee off 12 noon – Bookings essential
Bookings, payment and details contact Gerry
Northausen on [email protected]
07 5531 9841
11am
Light Refreshments outside the Annand Theatre
11.30am
3pm
Older, Old Boys’ Assembly, Annand Theatre
5.30 for 6pm
7pm
After the Golf Presentation there will be informal
drinks at Tee’s Clubhouse – Cash Bar
Young Old Boys’ Drinks: Surfers Rowers, Bundall
Saturday 30 July
7.45–10am
Delpratt Breakfast Bookings essential
10am
Morning Tea
Hosted by the Headmaster and Mrs Wain
at the “Old Gym Cafe” (Behind Delpratt)
No charge
11am
Family Barbecue Lunch - Bookings essential
Official Year of 2001 Reunion and Photo
+ 5 Year group photos for Year of ‘56, ‘66, ‘76, ‘86, ‘96
TSS River Ovals.
Special Guest entertainer, Old Boy Jake Ogburn
(MEL ‘00-‘07)
Rugby Home Fixture – TSS vs IGS
Village Green, TSS
Opposite Centenary Centre
6.30pm
Pre-dinner Drinks and Canapés
Lawn outside Clocktower
7pm
Official Year Group Photographs - Memorial Room
Class of ‘41, ‘51, ‘61, ‘71, ‘81, ‘91, ‘01
8–12pm
Reunion Dinner, Dining Hall – Bookings essential
Pre-dinner drink, finger food, two-course dinner
and glass of wine included – Cash Bar. Lounge suit.
Partners welcome.
Sunday 31 July
DAY FREE FOR YEAR GROUP ACTIVITIES
Rediscovery Tour of the School
Meet underneath Clock Tower
8.30am
TSS Community Chapel Service
St Alban’s Chapel
OSA Reunion Weekend 2011 Booking Form
BOOKINGS AND PAYMENT ESSENTIAL – Please return by Friday 15 July 2011 (Fax, email or post details below)
Friday 29 July
TSS Foundation/OSA McWhirter Cup Golf Day Bookings and
payment directly to Gerry Northausen. Bookings essential.
For bookings, payment and details contact Gerry Northausen on
email: [email protected] tel: 07 5531 9841
Informal drinks will be held after the golf presentation.
Saturday 30 July
No. Attend Cost
Full Name
Preferred Name for Nametag
House and Years at TSS
Address
Phone
Delpratt Breakfast 7.45-10am Bookings
essential
- $20 per adult
Morning Tea
Rediscovery Tour
Family BBQ and Official 2001 Reunion
at the River Ovals. 11.30am–2.30pm
Bookings essential
- $25 per adult
- $10 per child (under 12 years)
Cash Bar
Reunion Dinner – Dining Hall
Pre-Dinner Drinks and Canapés Clocktower Lawn
6.30pm–midnight.
- $95 per adult Bookings essential
(ah)
(mobile)
Email
Partner’s Full Name
(if attending with you)
Payment Method
Cheque
Visa
Master Card
Amex
Diners
Card Number*
$
No Charge
No Charge
$
$
Please tick if you would like information posted to you
regarding the pre-purcharse of a class photo
Total
$
BOOKINGS AND PAYMENT ESSENTIAL
Name of Card Holder
Signature
*Merchant fees apply.
Expiry Date
Please return by Friday, 15 July, 2011
Please make cheques payable to Old Southportonians’ Association.
Send payment and completed booking form to: OSA Coordinator,
The Southport School, Winchester Street, Southport Qld 4215
Fax: 07 5591 2124 Phone: 07 5531 9803
Email: [email protected] or book online at www.tssoldboys.com.au

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