The Shore Weekly Record

Friday, 3 August 2018 Volume LXXIX Term 3 Week 2

Boarding Brief Chapel Notice

One of the great joys of working in a Sunday, 5 August community like Shore is the support that is Morning Prayer : 9.00am received from the day school families in Preacher : Anthony Benn assisting our boarders. Of course it can be Leader : Paul Dudley difficult at times for a boarder being a long Reading : Proverbs 3: 5-12 way from home in a different environment, House on Duty : School while trying to get used to new routines. Shore is so good at helping others out in so Baptisms, 10am many different situations. Charles-Leon Tessier One of the great initiatives that has been Joshua William Hearl running for many years to assist the settling in

process for our boarders is our City Host Programme. Essentially day families Term 3 Progress Meetings volunteer to ‘host’ a boarder and assist them in their time at Shore. This assistance might range from helping out a boarder in getting to NOTICE TO PARENTS a sporting fixture from time to time, inviting a YEARS 9 & 10 boarder out to lunch or even just dropping by YEAR 10 Progress Meetings: Shore to see how they are going. Many of 6.00pm Monday 6 August these relationships will last for the entire YEAR 9 Progress Meetings: schooling experience at Shore with many day 6.00pm Monday 13 August students being invited to the boarders’ residence in the holidays! While this is not  Information has been emailed home with all just beneficial for the boarders, the wider of the details. families also benefit. It is wonderful that  Boys are expected to attend with their boarders can come into the wider Shore parents and to wear School winter uniform with coats or Cadet uniform. community and have the encouragement and  Boys have a page near the front of their diary support of so many families. We will shortly in which to record interview times. link up our new Year 7 boarders for 2019, however if current day boy families in Years 8 Limited parking is available in the Bishopsgate -11 are interested in knowing more about this car park off Union Street. Weather permitting, programme or being involved next year then parking is also available on School Oval. Enter please feel free to email me. through the gate on Edward Street just past the tennis court.

Anthony Benn We look forward to meeting with you.

Director of Boarding [email protected] Stan Werakso Manager of Teacher Accreditation

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Dates for the Diary 10 August Tamworth Golf Day & Dinner 10 August 1993 Reunion Aug 7 Wellbeing Seminar - Shore 11 August Old Boys’ Day - Northbridge Aug 9 Wellbeing Breakfast Seminar 11 August 2013, 2008 1998 & 1988 Aug 24 Shore Parents Tennis Day - N’bridge Reunions Aug 17 Year 10 Parents Drinks 25 August Touch Rugby Tournament Sept 14 American Tea Shore Parent Community - for what’s on this For more information and booking details week - click on the link below visit www.shoreoldboys.org.au or contact http://www.shore.nsw.edu.au/essential-links/ Alexandra Macaulay, Alumni Manager, shore-parents-newsletter/shore-parents- [email protected] association-news or 02 9956 1123

TERM DATES 2018 Term 3 Tuesday 24 July - Thursday 27 September Term 4 Tuesday 16 October - Friday 7 December

2019 Term 1 Wednesday 30 January - Thursday 11 April Term 2 Tuesday 30 April - Thursday 27 June Term 3 Tuesday 23 July - Thursday 26 September Term 4 Tuesday 15 October - Friday 6 December

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2018 Big Science Competition

Ninety three Shore students from Years 7 – 10 participated in the Australian Science Innovations Big Science Competition this year. The competition emphasises problem solving and the processes of scien- tific enquiry, with its topicality and focus on contemporary issues. Over 37000 students, from 600 schools in Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and Singapore registered in the competition this year. The results were excellent. Year # Participants Certificates Awarded 7 25 6 High Distinctions, 5 Distinctions and 7 Credits 8 21 6 High Distinctions, 4 Distinctions and 6 Credits 9 22 5 High Distinctions, 12 Distinctions and 3 Credits 10 25 6 High Distinctions, 3 Distinctions and 7 Credits

The students who achieved High Distinctions were:

Year 7 C M Atkinson, G Z Chen, S Z Ilin, J G Nicholas, B J Powell, W J Retallack Year 8 W E Garnock, C J Tanner, M R Taulawakeiaho, O G Withington, A B Wyborn, N M Zhou Year 9 T R Burge, J H C Huang, A T Thevenon, L A Pin, K Z Shen, Year 10 E B Dunnachie, F D P McCredie, J H C Starling, T Law, T D Gordon, L M S Ward

The students who achieved Distinctions were:

Year 7 L D L Banks, J M Cochrane, M W Entwistle, M A Holland, W S J Robinson Year 8 L E Clayton, M M Guild, J L Hopkins, W H Wulff Year 9 H J Andrea, B J Constable, M Z Deutsch, S J Hodgson, J P Ishkanian, M S M Lei jer, A M Little, B T Moore, W H Nicholas, D C Ryan, N C Spencer, L J B White head Year 10 Q J Chen, L T Hall, J R McArdle

SCIENCE WEEK is coming (13th - 17th August 2018)

Watch out for exciting events and competitions Check out - ‘Science’ on Lampada

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Shore’s popular Study Centre has started again. It operates as a drop-in centre with free tutoring by Shore teachers and Old Boys before and after school according to the published timetable. Contact Mrs White, Head of Library & Information Services, on 9956 1151 if you need more information.

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New Record, New Board

TERM 3 WEEK 4 SHORE WEEKLY RECORD Contents Editorial LC Graham Changing Landscape of Media Secretarial SO Leopold Killer Instinct Science & Technology

OM Andrea Artificial Intelligence Sport TAW Martyn “Snooker” Foreign Affairs NIM Leijer Mind Your Step Humour

New SWR Committee New Record, New Board

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AuthorEditorial HOW DOES FORTNITE MAKE MONEY? LC Graham

t this stage, I’m assuming that most, if not all of the students in the Shore student body have heard of, or about, Fortnite. For those of you who don’t know, Fortnite is a free to play, first person shooter, sandbox, “battle royale” style multiplayer video game. It has taken the world by Astorm, holding the title of most popular game right now – there are three million people (on average) playing the game at any one time, with forty million logins monthly, and ~125,400,000 players total (AFR, May 2018). That’s no small feat, considering that the game was released less than a year ago.

The question still remains though, why is it such a successful and widely played game? And better still, why and how does it make money?

The basic concept of Fortnite borrows heavily from other successful games, making it no surprise that the game has been incredibly well received. The construction elements of Minecraft, combined with the battle royale elements of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), results in a game that piggybacks off the success of other highly innovative game mechanics. The game is also very accessible to consumers, with a lower learning curve.

These two concepts alone should leave Epic Games (Fortnite’s publisher and developer) with a solid business case. The company could have retailed this as a USD$60 full release game and still made large sums of money, however, they chose to instead allow consumers to download and play the game for free.

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With no guaranteed money from sales, this seems to be a poorly envisioned strategy. However, Epic Games seems to be turning over a decent profit from Fortnite.

While Epic Games isn’t the first to make money from free to play games through microtransactions (i.e. season passes, cosmetics for your character, and virtual currency), the scale with which they are implementing it on Fortnite means that it makes a significant sum of money very quickly, compared to mobile games such as Candy Crush.

By hooking people into the game, Epic Games makes it so that these people want to come back and play more and more. By offering a way to circumvent the “annoying” progression, it gives the consumer a sense of control and the ability to get things done quickly, such as get the rewards or buy that nice new hat for your character that is so conveniently advertised on the game splashscreen. Combine that with the confusing exchange rate of V- Bucks to in-game products and real money, and you get consumers who are always willing to pay on a recurring basis, yet don’t know how much they’re actually paying.

While this may only work effectively (i.e. conjure excessive recurring payments) on ~10% of the people who play Fortnite, that is still 12.5 million people making regular purchases – it’s scary how much Epic Games is making, with nearly USD$1 billion made since launch last year (Polygon, 2018), made from these relatively small in-game purchases (most less than AUD$5 on average). To put that into perspective, Wii Sports (released 2007) made $8 billion as a full release (i.e. USD$60) game across 11 years. At this rate of growth, Fortnite will overtake that in only 3 years, perhaps even fewer.

So, maybe next time you’re looking to buy that shiny new Season 5 Battle Pass, perhaps consider how much it’s actually going to cost you. It may seem small, but it all adds up in the end, not only for you as a consumer, but for Epic Games as well.

L.C Graham

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Secretarial KILLER INSTINCT SO Leopold

ver the June/July holidays, as many of Secondly, after two very good performances from you would know, arguably the biggest the Socceroos in their first two group stage matches, sporting event was held in Russia; the they faced Peru. If they won and France beat O 2018 FIFA World Cup. But many Denmark, they were going to qualify through to the Australians were left with a sour taste in our Round of 16 for the first time in 12 years. The green mouths for several reasons; and gold produced the worst of their three performances, going down 2-0 to a strong looking Firstly, our opening game against the soon-to-be Peru team. Luckily for Australian fans, Denmark world cup champions France was one that many and France ended up as a 0-0 draw, the only game Aussie fans would have chalked down as a loss as in the whole tournament where no goals were soon as the fixtures were released. However, scored, so not even a win was able to secure them a surprisingly, Australia was playing very well until place in the round of 16. the newly introduced VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system came into play, giving France a Obviously, many fans were left disappointed, penalty, which France striker Antoine Griezmann questioning why the football team has never been calmly converted. The Socceroos fought back hard able to produce any really good results, despite and were clearly the better of the two sides, being invested into international football for over 50 however an unlucky (and unstoppable) own goal years. This can be broken down statistically. against Australia in the 80th minute gave France a truly undeserved win.

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Football in Australia is the number 7 most someone else, whether that be their father, searched sport, the number 5 most attended brother, mother, sister, uncle, auntie or sport and is not even in the top 10 for the family friend – everyone eats, sleeps and most participants. So, how can people expect breathes football. They then grow up, a sport so low on their priority list suddenly playing football on the streets for hours and to dominate as soon as one big event comes hours on end, coming home in sweat-soaked around, such as the World Cup? Australians clothes and bloody feet from running too are so heavily invested into AFL and Rugby, much on the hard concrete, so they have had that it makes little sense for the Australian the killer instinct their whole lives. If national team to suddenly invest huge dollars Australian fans really want the nation to into a sport that is not as high a priority as become the next Brazil or Argentina, it is others in the country, and this comes down to time to endorse a new culture where football the people’s killer instinct. is life.

What do I mean by this? Killer instinct is the S.O Leopold ruthless determination to win at all costs but more basically in relation to football is investing all your time, money and passion on the sport which is football. This is how countries like Brazil and Argentina have become the dominant forces that they are today, showcasing world recognised stars such as the likes of Neymar or Messi. It is because everyone, and yes, I mean everyone, from the moment they are able to stand, is presented with their own football by

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Science & Technology

ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE OM Andrea “Everything we love about civilization is a product of intelligence, so amplifying our human intelligence with Artificial Intelligence has the potential of helping civilization flourish like never before – as long as we manage to keep the technology beneficial.“ - Max Tegmark, President of the Future of Life Institute

From Siri to self-driving cars, Artificial an age of disinformation. Technology is at the point Intelligence (AI) is rapidly progressing. Whilst where we cannot tell what is human and what is a science fiction portrays AI as robots with human robot. At the core of these new technologies such as characteristics, AI encompasses everything from Google Duplex, is deception. Why are we creating Google search engines to autonomous weapons in these things to trick humans? Should you know international warfare. So where do we draw the when you are talking to a robot? It’s just going to get line? even harder to tell what’s real and what’s not. So it poses the question, has Google gone too far? Recently, Google has announced its latest product in its pushing of the frontier of modern progress. This ongoing ethical debate over the effects of They call it “Google Duplex”. The technology artificial intelligence is dominated by two key features a human sounding robot having a themes. One is the idea of singularity, where AI conversation with someone who couldn’t even exceeds human intelligence and escapes human tell they were talking to a robot. The program control. The other is that of a new industrial consists of fillers (ums and ahs), handling back revolution called the ‘digital revolution’, where and forth phone calls with realistic mannerisms machines will disrupt and replace all spheres of and nothing to indicate that you’re talking to a human society, from transportation to the military to robot. And that’s a problem. While this could be a healthcare. lifesaver for travellers who don’t speak the local So how do we respond? Do we just let AI reshape language well, and a tool to seriously boost the world for how we know it to exist? productivity, it also means that we are living in

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By allowing governments to monitor, control So what does all of this mean for us? Nations like and understand their citizens, Artificial Australia have a choice. We can be choose to be Intelligence offers authoritarian countries a more than customers to these new international plausible alternative to liberal democracy. AI technologies. We can show how a liberal can promise to upend the international democracy harnesses Artificial Intelligence for competing dichotomy of social systems. It offers better living. Imagine what self-driving cars a somewhat would do for the plausible approach elderly? What for big, would AI do for economically science? What advanced countries would it do for to make their war? citizens rich whilst maintaining control So on the brink over them. Some of what seems to countries are be an inevitable already moving in global digital that direction. revolution, we must ask China has begun to ourselves – What construct a digital kind of society authoritarian state, do we want to controlling its be? population by using surveillance and machine learning through what it calls a “social credit system”. The new technologies involved O.M Andrea scan facial features in public spaces where if you’re tagged in an act of littering or protest, your score goes down. With a low score you may not be able to travel or receive a bank loan.

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Sport

SNOOKER T Martyn

I’m willing to bet that most people reading this When a player comes to the table they article would be aware of the billiards game of must first try to sink a red ball. If they do pool. It’s fast, easy and understandable so, they may choose to sink any other gameplay is what makes it a popular game in coloured ball. If they do, the coloured ball pubs and arcades. However, I believe a smaller is placed back on its specific spot (each number would be aware of the game snooker colour has one) and the player must try to and then, fewer would fully understand how it pot another red and so on. When all the is played. So, here’s a quick introduction to the reds have been potted, players then must sport and how to play it. sink the coloured balls in ascending order

of point value. The player with the most Snooker became popular in 1884 after an army points wins. officer, Sir Neville Chamberlain, combined the The other way to get points is through two billiards games: pyramid and life pool. fouls. A foul in snooker is simply when a Billiards was popular amongst British soldiers player does not hit the ball they are and Chamberlain named his new game intending to hit and as a result the “snooker” after the military term used to opposing player receives four points. If describe inexperienced or first-year personnel. they are going to hit the blue, pink or Today, it is still one of Britain’s most popular black, the opposing player receives that sports and is widely recognised amongst the amount of points instead. This can occur by fault of the player or as the result of a “snooker” (when the white ball is obstructed by other balls and hence the player is caused to foul).

Unlike pool, snooker tables are much larger, measuring 3.6m x 1.8m.

British public. To win a frame of snooker the objective is to score more points than your opponent. There are 7 differently coloured balls on the table and they are worth the following points: Red – 1; Yellow – 2; Green – 3; Brown – 4; Blue – 5; Pink – 6; Black – 7. On the table there are 15 red balls and then one of each other colour.

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Furthermore, matches typically last longer than pool with the world championship final being best of 35 frames (played over two days).

The future of snooker appears to be very interesting. Historically, it has been mainly a game dominated by players from the United Kingdom and traditionally has been played in long games. However, in recent years there has been a massive increase in interest from Asia with some of the best players on the professional circuit, including Australian world champion Neil Robertson, coming from Asian backgrounds, as well as new faster game formats. With these changes coming into the game, the future looks very promising for what is an amazing sport.

If you happen to have a billiards table with those randomly coloured balls, why not try and have a game or two? If you don’t have a table, don’t worry. There are two places in the Sydney CBD where you can go to have a game. So get out there and give it a go, I guarantee you will enjoy it.

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Foreign Affairs

Mind the Gap NI Leijer

Contrary to Lachie’s wish to close the book on President Trump last week, I’ve decided to write yet another article on him. I can’t help myself when week in, week out he continues to be all over the media with his next scandalous act. But I vow, right now, this will be my first and only article featuring President Trump for the remainder of my tenure as a writer for the SWR, however hard it may be.

Before Mr Trump’s visit to the UK there were 11 previous US presidents to have visited. Most of them did as instructed and had a smooth diplomatic excursion. However, when the President stepped off Air Force One at Stansted Airport, north of London, he was confronted with a mob of protestors, unlike when JFK arrived and was met by half a million supporters in 1961. Later that night, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, even advised him to steer well clear of central London as 70,000 protestors were set to gather the next day.

However, for me it wasn’t Mr. Trump’s obvious opposition by the British or his policy discussion with Prime Minister May, but it was his utter disrespect for Queen Elizabeth II when he met with her at Windsor Castle. For those that haven’t heard, after keeping the Queen waiting for 12 minutes, when walking to inspect the royal guard, President Trump proceeded to walk directly in front of the Queen then ludicrously looked around wondering where she went (and it wasn’t a joke). The US President, holder of a respected and important role in society, blatantly disrespected a 92-year old monarch who has been ruling for 66 years (making her the longest lived and longest reigning British monarch as well as the longest reigning queen regnant and female head of state, the oldest and longest reigning current monarch and longest serving current head of state). I think Mr Trump needs to reconsider his actions and formally apologize to Queen Elizabeth II.

What are your thoughts – do you agree/disagree?

NI Leijer

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Humour New Record, New Board Meet the Men behind “A Shore Hard Look”

Well, with a new committee, there needs to be a new, funny way to introduce the writers who will be producing content for this respected publication. This year, we’ve decided to go with an old favourite - each member has written (or stolen) a small quote.

Editor Entertainment Editors “Hobbies include pointing out the “Over the next year I endeavour to inform, grammatical flaws of other people, making educate and most importantly amuse, as I simple sentences unnecessarily verbose, and dive head first into the hot topics in the getting stopped at airport security” - LC entertainment sector.” - RJ Moore Graham “In today’s world of fake news, I do my best Secretary to cut through all the bull*, and supply my “Whatever good things we build end up readers with nothing but the truth. Whether building us” - SO Leopold they like it or not.” - HMAS Elliot Graphics Editor Head of Junior Committee “Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t “ Let’s hope that my articles can reach the work hard” - SW Duckworth mainstream success my alternative music Opinions Editor career has been able to achieve so far.” - CB “The SWR is the massive hit that improves Cross you a bit.” - RB Abadee Senior Writers Political Editor “Breaking news to you in a bearable fashion” “Known for getting the meatiest scoops and - L Bayliss-Smith the hottest takes straight from the mean “When faced with a claim by someone, streets of shore” - Y Upadhyaya always question their evidence.” - A Colman Sports Editors “Nietzsche has nothing on Camus.” - J Lin “C’est en faisant n’importe quoi qu’on

devient n’importe qui.” (Don’t translate it) - TAW Martyn

“Either write something worth reading or do

something worth writing.” - BJ Kenzie STEM Editor “I hope to write something one day worth plagiarising” - OM Andrea Foreign Editor “Write without fear” - NI Leijer

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IN CAMMERAYGAL COUNTRY

“What does it mean that Shore is located in Cammeraygal country?”

101 years after Captain Arthur Phillip began the first British settlement in NSW, Shore opened its doors on the hill overlooking traditional Cammeraygal sites such as those we now call Balls Head and Berry Island, where Cammeraygal people lived, hunt- ed and fished for many thousands of years.

This competition invites Shore boys, both in the Preparatory School and the Senior School, to write in any form you choose up to 500 words (250 words for Prep students) of reflection on the fact that Shore sits on land that was originally the home of the local indigenous people. It may consist of a combination of historical background and personal reflection. It may focus on a particular site, custom or event. It may be poetry, fiction or non-fiction.

The final date for entries is Friday 31 August, 2018. This will be followed by judging and publication in the SWR and Prep Peek as well as on Lampada. Prizes will be awarded.

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Patrick Fraser attends NBA Academy Games and Basketball Australia Prospects Camp

Patrick Fraser (Whight House) was one of 50 high school aged athletes from around Australia selected to participate in the NBA Academy Prospects Camp which took place July 15-21, 2018. The camp, held in Canberra, hosted the top basketball prospects from around the globe.

NBA Academy teams from Asia, India, South America and Africa were all in attendance in addition to 5 teams of Australia’s top talent.

In excess of 40 college coaches from NCAA Division 1 schools were in attendance as well as a handful of NBA scouts to evaluate the talent and recruit the top Aussie prospects!

The camp itself consisted of on and off court activities, focusing on basketball and life skills plus health and wellness.

Patrick stated, “The highlight of the camp was playing against the top prospects around the world for my age, and seeing where I need to be to compete at the highest level”. He went on to discuss some of the challenges, adding that “playing against players who were more athletic, physically stronger and faster meant I had to quickly adapt to the competitive nature at that lev- el”.

Patrick’s selection for this camp is a testament to all the hard work he has put in over the past few years, and he should be commended for this. We look forward to seeing him take the court for Shore in a few months’ time!

Mr A Separovich

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2018/19 ROWING REGISTRATIONS Current Year 7 Students Registration and Measure – 20th & 21st August @ lunch time in 3105 (you are not re- quired at both, please attend which day you can. Testing – 27th & 28th August 3:15pm to 4:30pm (a small group of boys may be retest- ed on the 30th) Squad named 31st of August. Year 8 Students Meeting and registration on Wednesday 23rd August @ lunch in 3105 Year 9 Students Meeting and registration on Thursday 23rd August @ Lunch in 3105 Year 10 & Year 11 Students Meeting and registration on Monday 13th August @ lunch in 3105 All Boys wishing to join should attend the relevant meeting also

2018/19 ROWING DATES Year 8 Quads (current Year 7 Students) • Learn to Row camp (day only) – Sept 27th to 29th * January Boat Camp (day only) – Jan 23rd to 29th (26th/27thoff)

Year 9 Quads (current Year 8 Students) * Learn to Row camp (new rowers only) – Sept 27th to 29th * Term 3 Boat Camp (day only) – Oct 11th to 13th * January Boat Camp (day only) – Jan 23rd to 29th (26th/27thoff)

Year 10 VIII’s (current Year 9 Students) * Learn to Sweep Camp (day only) – Oct 10th to 13th • January Boat Camp (day only) – Jan 18, 19, 21-26

GPS Squad (current yr 10 & 11 students)  Sculling Camp (day only) – Oct 6st to 13th  GPS VIII’s + 1st IV NZ Tour – Dec 9th to 17th  Selection week (day only) – Jan 14th to 19st  GPS January Camp (live in) – Jan 20th to 26th

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Shore Boat Club

Your Quest ions Answer ed…….

Q. I am really keen to row but I am not a morning person, is that a problem?

A. No, Shore does not traditionally train in the morning on the water. There are schools that row at 5:30am but Shore is not one. Our Senior GPS squad will have a regular morning row but all the boys are required to sleep at the boatshed the night before to avoid early morning travel.

Q. If I trial for rowing in yr7 and don’t make it, What happens?

A. If you are unsuccessful in the yr 7 trials then you will not be disadvantaged as we tend to run all our trials and testing before the other sports. The squad will be finalized by 9am (at the latest) on Friday 31st of August, before other sports have trailed.

Q. If I don’t make it in yr 7 will I be able to trial again?

A. Yes, there has been several examples of boys who did not make the rowing squad in year 7 and went on to great rowing careers at the School. We all grow and develop and different rates and it is for this reason that we always take new boys on in every squad each year.

Q. Will I have to row all year round if I make the rowing team?

A. No, there is no organised/set training that takes place in the winter season. We are very keen for the students to play seasonal sport. The greatest preparation that the boys can do for rowing in the winter time is to be a leader in their winter sports teams whether it be at training or on game day. This approach to seasonal sport yields better outcomes for the school, the sporting programs and more importantly the boys themselves. Over the past few years, we have had many members of the Shore Boat club play in the 1st & 2nd Rugby, 1st & 2nd Soccer and the cross country team, something that we are very proud of. Registration for rowing for all squads over the next few weeks (Yr7 20/8 & 21/8, yr8 22/8, Yr9 23/8) – please see the rowing “Lampada” page for all relevant information or email/call Mr Bates if you have any questions. You can also look at our Rowing Instagram page - @shorerowing. GMB – Rowing Master ([email protected])

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GPS Round 2 – Saturday 28 July

Last Saturday the majority of Shore Rugby teams travelled to North Parramatta to play The Kings School in Round 2 of the GPS Competition, while at Northbridge Shore contested fixtures against Sydney Grammar School. Against Kings, Shore played 14 matches, winning 5 and losing 9, while against Grammar, Shore played 12 matches, winning 4 and losing 8. The Opens age group won two matches and lost four against Kings and Grammar with the 7th XV & 8th XV playing a spirited internal trial on A Ground to begin the day. The 1st XV were keen to test themselves against one of the GPS Competition favourites and began very well by slowing the tempo of the game and frustrating their opposition. They played really well for the first 15 minutes or so. Unfortunately they were unable to maintain this as the physical Kings team wore down Shore. The final score of 5 – 66 was not a reflection of the contest but more Kings’ capacity to punish every mistake Shore made. The 2nd XV were excited about this clash after competing well with Kings in their trial match at Northbridge earlier this year. Unfortunately an inability to build phases and some defensive lapses saw them lose 7 – 39. Our 3rd XV again proved to be very competitive against Grammar and were right in the game until the last 10 minutes but were unable to convert possession into points, losing in the end by 12 – 25. Our 4th XV (16 – 21) lost in a very close match. Congratulations to our 5th XV who beat the Grammar 2nd XV 10 – 7 & the 6th XV who defeated the Grammar 3rd XV 24 – 0. The Under 16’s won two of their five matches against Kings and Grammar. The 16A’s went down 14 – 44 against Kings but continue to compete against strong opposition, while the 16B’s (7 – 17) showed improvement from the previous week going down to Grammar A’s. The 16C’s won 20 – 10 against the Grammar B’s, while the 16D’s recorded their first win of the season 41 – 0 against Grammar C’s. The 16E’s proved highly competitive in their match against Kings despite going down 17 – 29. The Under 15’s shared the honours with Kings, Grammar & Knox in their fixtures. The 15A’s lost a very tight match 10 – 12 against Kings, while the 15B’s continued their winning run with a 17 – 7 win over Kings. The 15C’s were beaten 21 – 38 by the Grammar A’s, while the 15D’s won 62 – 5 against the Kings C’s. The 15E’s were outclassed by the Grammar B’s 7 – 67, while the 15F’s had a big win over Knox 53 – 29. Our Under 14’s had another pleasing day recording three wins and two losses from their five fixtures. The 14A’s won again by 19 – 5, the 14B’s won 19 – 7 and the 14D’s won 53 – 5 all against Kings teams. The 14C’s (0 – 45) v Grammar A’s and the 14E’s (15 – 42) against Grammar B’s both lost to stronger opposition but will benefit from two hard games leading in to the final three weeks of the season. The Under 13’s lost their six fixtures but a number of teams improved upon their previous performances against a strong Kings age group. The 13A’s (0 – 66) struggled to contain bigger and more physical opposition and must improve in this area before next week, while the 13B’s (5 – 26) and 13D’s (12 – 32) despite being beaten were very competitive in their matches against Kings. The 13C’s (5 – 49) and 13E’s (5 – 53) contested mismatched fixtures against Grammar A’s & B’s respectively and struggled against better opposition.

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Special mentions to Hamish Loder (16D’s) and Max Guild (14D’s) for scoring hat tricks, and to Fletcher Kirby (6th XV), Jake Martin (8th XV), Will McRae (15B’s), Rusty Debney-Matiszik & Lachlan Colquhoun-Thomson (both 15D’s), Will Bingham & George Penn (both 15F’s), Harry O’Neill (14D’s) and Jasper Hogarth-Scott (14E’s) who all scored two tries in their matches.

Teams of the week: 5th XV, 6th XV, 16C’s, 16D’s, 15B’s, 15D’s, 15F’s, 14A’s, 14B’s & 14D’s

We look forward to Round 3 of the GPS Competition against The Scots College this weekend.

TM Wallace Director of Rugby

The 16D’s following their first win of the season (41 – 0 over Grammar C’s)

RESULTS – Friday 20 July, 2018

Team Opponent Result Scorers 1st XV CS 1 Won 22 – B Wilkins, A Fisher, D Cooke, J Harding tries: 5 D Jackson conversion 2nd XV CS 2 Won 38 – J Thomas 2, B Miller, J Clancy, J Corbett, L Francis tries: 7 D Jackson 3, C Wallace conversions

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GPS Round 1 – Saturday 23 June

Saturday 23 June saw Shore host St Joseph’s College in Round 1 of the GPS Competition. Overall Shore contested 29 matches, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 19. The Opens age group won two matches and lost six against Joeys with the 7th XV (22 – 21) v Joeys 11th XV & the 8th XV (53 – 0) v Joeys 12th XV recording wins. The 1st XV were primed to start the GPS Competition in style and began very well. They played their best half of Rugby all season and went to the break 12 – 12. Unfortunately Shore were unable to maintain their intensity and concentration in the second half. The final score of 17 – 48 was not a reflection of the contest but more Joey’s ability to convert opportunities into points. After an encouraging pre-season the 2nd XV were optimistic about their chances in this match. Unfortunately too many turnovers and a poor defensive effort saw them lose 17 – 43. Our 3rd XV again proved to be very competitive but were unable to convert possession into points, losing in the end by 3 – 29. Our 4th XV (0 – 29), 5th XV (0 – 31) & 6th XV (7 – 43) were also all well beaten. The Under 16’s were simply outclassed on B Ground losing all five matches against Joeys. The 16A’s (12 – 41) were very competitive despite the score line, however the 16B’s (5 – 57), 16C’s (5 – 45), 16D’s (0 – 111) & 16E’s (0 – 85) were very disappointing against aggressive opposition. Moving forward these teams must be more physical and not be passive in contact. The Under 15’s had a difficult day on C Ground recording one win, a draw and four losses from their six matches against Joeys. The 15B’s won 44 – 0 v Joeys 15C’s, while the 15C’s drew 24 – 24 v Joeys 15D’s. The 15A’s (6 – 23) v Joeys 15A’s, 15D’s (19 – 26) v Joeys 15E’s, 15E’s (14 – 32) v Joeys 15F’s and 15F’s (7 – 87) v Joeys 15G’s all lost their matches Our Under 14’s had a dominant day on G Ground winning three and drawing one of their five fixtures against Joeys. The 14A’s continued their winning ways with an impressive 22 – 12 win. The 14C’s (10 – 0) and 14D’s (12 – 5) also posted good wins, while the 14B’s drew 19 – 19 in their match. The 14E’s were outclassed in their match. The Under 13’s had a mixed day at Joeys losing three, winning one and drawing one match from their six fixtures. The 13A’s (0 – 71), 13D’s (5 – 56) and 13E’s (0 – 62) were all well beaten, while the 13C’s drew their match 29 – 29. The highlight was definitely the 10– 7 win by the 13B’s on SJC 1.

Special mentions to Darcy Fredericks (8th XV), Braydon Mundy & Angus Maltman (both 15B’s), Ashton Lyne (14A’s), Ramiyah Tamu (14B’s) & Edward Nutt (14D’s) who all scored two tries in their matches.

Teams of the week: 15B’s, 15C’s, 14A’s, 14B’s, 14C’s, 14D’s, 13B’s & 13C’s

We look forward to Round 2 of the GPS Competition against The Kings School at North Parramatta first weekend back next term. TM Wallace Director of Rugby

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RUGBY RESULTS – Saturday 28 July, 2018

1st XV TKS 1 Lost 5 – 66 D Cooke try 2nd XV TKS 2 Lost 7 – 39 J Thomas try: C Wallace conversion 3rd XV SGS 1 Lost 12 – 25 T Wagstaff, H Stinson tries: H Lucas conversion 4th XV TKS 4 Lost 16 – 21 R Setogawa, A Greig tries: W Robinson 2 penalty goals 5th XV SGS 2 Won 10 – 7 L Wilcox, J Doyle tries 6th XV SGS 3 Won 24 – 0 F Kirby 2, S Newlinds, B Hughes-Hallett tries: S Duckworth 2 conversions 7th XV Shore 8th Lost 5 – 17 J Dixon try XV 8th XV Shore 7th Won 17 – 5 J Martin 2, A Nott tries: C Wilson conversion XV 16A TKS A Lost 14 – 44 J Sutton, J Edlington tries: J Sutton 2 conversions 16B SGS A Lost 7 – 17 M Gamble try: H Robinson conversion 16C SGS B Won 20 – 10 W Kefford, C Eggleton, L Vrcelj, H Litchfield tries 16D SGS C Won 41 – 0 H Loder 3, O Crookes, O Fox, M Clarkson, T Weston tries: C Weston 3 conversions 16E TKS E Lost 17 – 29 L Wiggs, C East, T Bucknell tries: T Bucknell conversion 15A TKS A Lost 10 – 12 C Boyd, E Holt tries 15B TKS B Won 17 – 7 W McRae 2, K Atkinson tries: B Cole conversion 15C SGS A Lost 21 – 38 M Gibson, J Walker, L Greig tries: W Pearce 3 conver- sions 15D TKS C Won 62 – 5 R Debney-Matiszik 2, L Colquhoun-Thomson 2, L Jukes, W Harding, H Loxton, J Parkes, E Brown, L Buchanan- Reeks tries: L Jukes 6 conversions 15E SGS B Lost 7 – 67 Penalty try & conversion 15F KGS E Won 53 – 29 W Bingham 2, G Penn 2, T Lalak, W Kemp, M Andrews, H White, O Wilson tries: G Penn 2, H White 2 conversions 14A TKS A Won 19 – 5 W Rohrsheim, J Mahoney, C Johns tries: H Murray, D Pin conversions 14B TKS B Won 19 – 7 J Hutton, H Garner, A Jackson tries: J Hutton, G Chapman conversions 14C SGS A Lost 0 – 45 14D TKS C Won 53 – 5 M Guild 3, H O’Neill 2, T Blackwell, B Laforest, A Clark, C Fredericks tries: S Gillard 4 conversions 14E SGS B Lost 15 – 42 J Hogarth-Scott 2, Z Law tries 13A TKS A Lost 0 – 66 13B TKS B Lost 5 – 26 W Nutt try 13C SGS A Lost 5 – 49 J Dixon try 13D TKS D Lost 12 – 32 E Wilson, T Stokeld tries: O Bertini conversion 13E SGS B Lost 5 – 53 J Fenwicke try

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Shore / OBU / Parent Son Shoot

The Shore Rifle Club held its annual Old Boys Union shoot last Saturday along with its parent and son shoot. The day saw a great turn out of past Shore boys (17) who made up the Old Boys Team who competed against the current Shore Rifle Team. The top 8 scores of the day were recorded and tallied at the end. Saturday’s shoot consisted of a 300-metre detail with two sighting shots and seven counting shots adding up to a possible score of 35 with 7 centres.

On the Day the top eight shooters from the OBU Team were: Lachlan Perry 35-1 Lincoln Gidney 33-1 Max Brewer 32-1 John Perry 32-3 Steve Douglas 32-2 Tom Hamilton 32-2 Wilson Purbrick 31-1 Ian Macdonald 31-1

Although there were some impressive scores from the OBU Team, making up a total of 258-14, Shore’s top eight shooters were able to top the day with a very impressive total score of 276-26.

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Adding to this the top 5 scores from the Shore Team were all perfect 35’s. The top eight shooters from the Shore Team were: Will Douglas 35-4 Junu Choi 35-4 Cameron Scouller 35-3 Adam Beale 35-2 Angus Langsford 34-4 Max Macdonald 34-3 Alex Macaulay 34-3 Matthew Scouller 34-3 Also on the day, the annual Parent and Son competition was held with the pair that shot the highest combined score winning the day’s shoot. This year we are pleased to announce that Will Douglas and Steve Douglas (87) obtained the Parent and Son Shield for the second year running. In second place were Janet and Adam Beale, with a three way tie for third: Ian and Max Macdonald, John and Daniel Perry, and Minko and Junu Choi.

Will Douglas Capt. Rifle Shooting

SONY CAMP FUNDRASING SAUSAGE SIZZLE

The Year 11 students involved in Sony Camp will be running a sausage sizzle fundraising event on the following Progress Meeting evenings: 30th July Year 8 Progress Meeting 6th August Year 10 Progress Meeting 13th August Year 9 Progress Meeting Come and grab your sausage in a roll for $5 from 5.30pm until 7pm outside Benefactors. All proceeds will go to Sony Camp 2018.

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Combined GPS Shooting, 29 July 2018 The GPS Combined shoot was a success. There were 12 GPS Combined boys, plus some of the Australian U25 Rifle team supplemented by MDRA uni students, and the Sydney High old-boys team. The program for the day was 2+10 at 600m, 2+10 at 500m, lunch, then 2+10 at 300m, then a 2+10 “rapid fire” of 10 shots at 300m. The wind kicked in at 500m and continued to pick up. The worst wind was just after the final shot at 300m in rapid fire! At the end of the day, the Aust U25 team won out (although some of them struggled with rapid fire). The top scorer within the GPS Combined was Nick Sims (Newington), and our 3 students were Adam Beale 2nd, Junu Choi 3rd and Dan Perry 11th.

Adam Beale

Date: Saturday 28th July up for some indifferent holiday performances by winning the 2Ball with his partner for the Competition: Individual and 2BBB Stableford day. Another glorious winter’s day with nary a breath of wind meant that the Northbridge Golf Course was SCORES there for the taking. Only some devilish pin posi- Player Stableford 2BBB tions prevented the scores from really blowing out Kevin Qu 41 50 though anything over handicap was going to strug- Bailey Kenzie 39 47 gle to score a prize. But the Shore team acquitted Charlie Manuell 37 50 itself admirably once more. Kevin Qu has been threatening to break through and finally did so with Nick Dunlop 36 42 a score of 41 points, 5 under handicap. It was not Lachlan Ward 34 42 quite good enough to win the day but he took out B Sam Wilkinson 34 43 grade, also combining well with Jamie Gillard to Jamie Gillard 34 50 take home second place in the 2Ball. Bailey Kenzie continued a rich vein of form as runner up in C James Horne 28 43 grade with 39 points> And Charlie Manuell made Bryson Constable 24 37

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Cross Country Report – TGS Carnival #10

There was a swift return back into vigorous training this term. The first day back had the squad facing a gruelling distance run that incorporated varying loops around Luna Park and the Lavender Bay area. Returning into a harsher climate came as a shock to many of the runners. The change in temperature brought vicious sweats and dry mouths. An enjoyable pain. It was rough returning back into the high calibre pace that we formed towards the end of last term, but I am confident that all runners will be prepared for the first competition race held next week. Squad members such as Harry Keenan, William Nicholas and Max Shadbolt were obviously runners who had been training hard over the holiday. I can guarantee that results will pay off for them at the back end of this term. Over the holiday break, Opens runner Hamish Longworth participated in multiple races, gaining terrific times and positions. His results were truly commendable. Hamish will be gearing up for the highly anticipated GPS vs CAS carnival next week at Centennial Park. He is an integral part of the exclusive GPS team and will be looking to continue the dynasty GPS has initiated over the past 15 years through coming out champions in 12 of those seasons. Again, Hamish and junior runner, Jesse Cochrane, raced at the NSW Cross Country Championships held Eastern Creek. Their selection came from the CIS Championships where they finished in the Top 10 for their individual age group. Congratulations for reaching these milestones, Jesse and Hamish. This term’s opening fixture was the annual Trinity Relay at Ewen Park. The relay format is a great way to progress back into the season after the extended break. It allows for a more relaxed environment with an emphasis on the team aspect of Cross Country and a reminder of the joy of running. The course has remained the same for the past 20 years, and this year was no exception. It contained the familiar single loop track hugging the Cooks River with two bridges guiding runners both away and towards the change area. The Shore Open A team consisting of Alex Sewell, Sam Broadley, Christopher Savage and Hamish Longworth was looking to make a big impression for their last relay together. After coming 12th at the King’s Relay, the team weas looking to improve and place in the single digits. An impressive start and finish to the race allowed the team to complete the relay in 8th place amongst the student teams and 4th overall in GPS. This relay was a perfect way to start back up again. Well done to all, it was assuring to see that everyone still had that running spirit inside of them. Although entering the final weeks of the winter sports season, Shore Cross Country still acquires new members constantly. This week we welcomed Tom McHutchison in Year 10 and Nathan Stanmore, who has recently joined the school in Year 7. These gentlemen have already applied themselves at training and will be on show next Saturday. Looking ahead, as mentioned before, the next carnival will be a normal competition race held at Centennial Park by Sydney Grammar School. It is looking to be quite a warm week coming up to that carnival. All runners should keep their fluid intake high this week in preparation. For Year 10 and above, bringing a water bottle to class and filling it up between breaks is a great way to get into the habit of constantly having small sips to keep hydrated at an even level. Extra races hosted around Sydney are great events to put your running ability to the test against

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people in other age groups and of differing abilities. I recommend runners begin to look at public races such as the Bay Run and the famous City2Surf. These runs are highly enjoyable and always have a great atmosphere. If you have any interest in these events please see me or Mr Brotherton.

Finally, the Shore Cross Country Carnival will take place on the 11th of August at Long Reef Beach. There is a lot of organising that goes into hosting a carnival, meaning we will need all members of the team to be at the carnival no later than 7am on this date. Duties such as setting up water stations, tents, course markings and marshalling will need to be done. It will be a team effort. Many hands make light work. As well as this, we will be supplying a cake stall and a BBQ during the event. All team members are required to bring in an assortment of food for the stall. Mr Brotherton will be supplying more details about this later in the week.

It is tremendous to see all the squad back together running hard. The relationships made this sea- son are really beginning to show, and that is the power of the Cross Country squad being so close and spreading from Years 7 to 12. May this continue. See you on the course!

Christopher Savage Captain of Cross Country

Alexander Dubenec

Jack Lamble

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