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Number: 1 • Price: Free • Your complete guide to the Exchanges • July 2018 CLICK HERE FOR LIVE STREAM AUGUST 13-15 KEEP UP WITH LIVE SCORES LIVE SHOW MOST EVENTS STREAMED LIVE IN FULL! TWO CHANNELS TO THE 2018 CHOOSE FROM MACROB / MELBOURNE EXCHANGES YOUR GUIDE TO THE FULL LIVE ACTION YOUR GUIDE TO THE BROADCAST MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY HOW TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS......... For all Live on Adelaide High School Streaming, For all Live on Melbourne Exchange Streaming, FOLLOW THIS LINK FOLLOW THIS LINK MACROB MELBOURNE HIGH DON’T MISS........ MON 10:15AM GIRLS BASKETBALL MON 11:30AM THEATRE SPORTS TUE 1:00PM BOYS SOCCER WED 8:45AM GIRLS SOCCER WED 11:AM GIRLS NETBALL WED 1:00PM BOYS FOOTBALL TV GUIDE LOOKING BACK MACROB AND MELBOURNE AN EXCHANGE FOR THE AGES BY SAMODA he Macrob and Melbourne High exchange Tis one of the most looked forward to events in the AHS, MHS and MGHS calendar. he fierce competition between the two Tcities is strong, and school pride really manifests during not only the three competi- tion days, but the weeks, even months leading up to the exchange. However, it is not only a sporting occasion, but a social one, and frien- dly fire cannot destroy lifelong friendships irrespective of the border. elbourne Boys High and Adelaide High MSchool held their inaugural exchange in 1910, with 30 boys and 6 staff members inclu- ding the principal,Mr Adey, travelling to the big city to compete in football and rifle shoo- ting, with the teachers participating in a game of tennis. The inaugural event was won cleanly by the Melbourne boys. In 1913, the first girl’s exchange was held, with 31 girls from Adelaide IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE TO SEE A TRADITION STEMMING FROM THE 1910S STILL TAKING PLACE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS LATER. High School visiting Melbourne High in the September holidays. The basketball (now called Netball) was won by MHS and the tennis was won by AHS. eflecting upon the history of the exchange Ralso allows us to understand significant events and changes that occured in those times. The exchanges of 1914 and 1915 were cancelled due to WWI. The 1919 contest was also cancelled due to the widespread influenza epidemic. In 1927 there was another cancella- tion, after Melbourne High School split into a boys and a girls school, and the exchange was thought to be a lost tradition. hat was until the 1950s, where the exchange Tresumed as two separate events for the boys and girls. 1950 saw the reboot of the Melbourne High School exchange, and two years later MacRobertson Girls High School recommenced the girls’ exchange tradition. It was also at this time when Adelaide Girls and Adelaide Boys High School were established MACROB AND MELBOURNE AN EXCHANGE FOR THE AGES BY SAMODA IT IS NOT ONLY A TIMEMACHINE SPORTING OCCASION BUT A HOW WE GREW FROM THE 70’S SOCIAL ONE It was in the 1970s where the segregated boys as separate schools, the girls located on Grote and girls high school in Adelaide was united Street, and the boys located at the current AHS and situated at the West Terrace facility. site on West Terrace. The Melbourne High and Regardless, the competition didn’t cease. Adelaide Boys exchange welcomed new sports (Apart from the three matches by the girls including hockey, baseball, debating and cross played as ‘friendlies’). In 1979, The AHS Head country. The girls exchange offered new sports Prefect, promised her Principal the Prefects such as hockey, debating and soccer. The all Cup would return to Adelaide, and buys a worthy cup was also introduced in 1956, which small cup to present to him at the Welcome encapsulated the pride and joy of winning the Back Assembly. This Cup is now known as the exchange. in 1959, a remarkable moment ‘AHS V MacRob Second Place’ Cup. occurred for most of the Adelaide girls, as they The start of the ‘90s gave Adelaide hope, as witnessed the invention of the television, many the boys won the first exchange in nearly 20 of them for the first time. Another example of years in 1991. They would also win the contest how the history of this school tradition also again in 1997. In addition, the Adelaide girls’ reflects on the society and culture of that time. exchange curse of 22 years was lifted in 1998 with a score of 7 ½ - 3 ½. The 50th year of consecutive contests between the boys was also commemorated in 1999. (63rd total con- test - 13 years pre-war- 89 years of competi- tion). Coincidently and yet appropriately, the exchange ended in a draw. The new millennium came with new records. In 2000, AHS girls had their biggest win ever with a score of 11-3 on home soil, including overwhelming wins in the basketball, bad- minton and volleyball. The next year, the boys sealed their 9th exchange with a three point win; their 41 point win in the football was their biggest ever winning margin. More- over, the 50th consecutive girls exchange was commemorated, MGHS winning the exchange by double the points of Adelaide. The girls exchange of 2004 will go down in exchange history as the ‘friendly games’. A touching act of sportsmanship was demon- strated after an AHS student courageously helped a MGHS opponent up after a fall during their race, and held hands as they was behind the defeat. In 2008, The Prefects crossed the finish line together. This moment Cup broke prior to the Farewell Assembly. reminds us that regardless of the competi- Again, a bad omen for Adelaide as they lost tion, virtue conquers all, and sportsmanship the exchange by four points that year. is the most important value in a competition The Macrob and Melbourne exchange is like this. always a very thrilling part of the year, and it The exchange doesn’t come without its fails is truly remarkable to see a tradition stem- and funny moments. In 2007, the AHS theatre ming from the 1910s still taking place over a sports team managed to kidnap the MHS hundred years later. The exchange is a place mascot at the welcome assembly. That year for creativity, a place for talent, sportsmanship, Adelaide lost the exchange. Maybe karma dedication, stamina, competition, but more importantly, a place for everybody. .

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