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VOLUME 40 No. 7 11 MARCH 2016 From the Head of College High School Musical after training and then Swimming Captain, Adam Lawther and Tom bravely had their heads shaved I attended all three evening performances of High in front of the whole assembly on Thursday School Musical at NIDA’s Parade Theatre this morning. It was great to have Tom’s parents, Kate week. Performed by students from both Waverley and Graham Carey and his brother, Patrick join us College and St Clare’s College Waverley, the for the morning. Tom’s fundraising at last check performance was high energy, colourful and was just over $18,000 - a figure far in excess of his dynamic. The relationship between our two schools original $1200 target. He will make a difference in is very important and the Musical is a key time the lives of many blood cancer sufferers and their when our students and staff get together as a families with this donation. Congratulations Tom. community. Congratulations on an outstanding production to all of our students and the staff who CAS Swimming supported them in their creative enterprise. We are extremely proud of the efforts of our International Women’s Day Swimming Team at the 85th Annual CAS Swimming Championships last night. The team The College celebrated International Women’s achieved 5th place overall and scored in excess Day on March 8 to honour all of the outstanding of 300 points for the first time in 10 years. women in our school community. We did this by (i) Congratulations to Captain Adam Lawther and his holding a special morning tea honouring all female team. Well done also to the Diving team, who also members of staff on all three campuses (ii) making placed 5th in their competition. They were excited a donation of $2 per staff / student ($3000) to the to be judged this year by Australian Diver Matthew official giving arm of International Women’s Day to Mitcham OAM who is the 2008 Olympic champion support programs that empower women with the in the 10m platform, having received the highest skills they need to transform their families lives and IN THIS EDITION single-dive score in Olympic history. The cheering (iii) during home group time, facilitating student Junior School News...... 2 from our student supporter groups was also involvement in the Make a Pledge for Action outstanding last night, led by the Year 12 Prefects. World’s Greatest Shave...... 4 program on the IWD Website. My congratulations are extended to Trinity Director of Mission: Immersion World’s Greatest Shave Grammar School, who edged out Knox Grammar Assembly...... 5 This week we have been proud to support Year to win both the swimming and diving this year. Director of Co-curriculum: Old 9’s Thomas Carey in his effort to raise money for Ray Paxton Boys make their mark in Super the Leukaemia Foundation’s ‘World’s Greatest HEAD OF COLLEGE Rugby Opener...... 7 Shave’ - an initiative Tom started in memory of his twin sister, Elisabeth. With the support of Richard Pictured: High School Musical was a huge success Spanish Evening Classes for Moylette and Kate FitzGerald the Swimming this week. Parents...... 7 Team conducted a shave on Wednesday morning Waverley Coders Club...... 8 Junior Chess...... 8 Canteen Rosters...... 9 Senior Library News...... 9 Head of Senior Sport...... 10 Football Supporter Group Annual General Meeting...... 10 Rugby News...... 11 From Behind the Stumps...... 12 Basketball Report...... 14 Tennis Report...... 16 First Four Tennis...... 16 From the Careers Desk...... 17
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Senior Campus - Our Lady’s Mount: 131 Birrell Street Waverley NSW 2024 T. 02 9369 0600 F. 02 9389 1274 E. [email protected]. WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 2 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Junior School Welcome Back Mr Gill and Mr Ryan Plan B This week saw the return of Mr Gill and Mr Ryan Sometimes things don’t always work out the way after their respective operations. It is great to have we have them planned. Sometimes buses are late them both back and I’m sure the boys will assist or trains get cancelled and it is important that the them in getting back into the groove of school life. boys have a ‘Plan B’ and know what to do in case this happens. Over the past few weeks we have had Honour Awards a number of students quite upset because mum or Congratulations to the following boys who dad were running late and they had no idea of what were awarded certificates at our assembly last they should do. Please sit down and discuss an Thursday – well done! alternative plan with your son just in case something Finn Backlund 5 Green happens. Max Barber 6 Blue Last Week of Summer Saturday Sport Joshua Borg 6 Gold Will Caldwell 5 Gold for Term 1 Jules Cibej 5 White This Saturday sees all our Junior School teams Jack Crotty 5 Blue play their last game of the term. As usual the Jared Garwood 6 Red participation was great and the sportsmanship was Joey Harris 5 Green first class – well-done boys. Jacob Hassan 5 Green Please note this is also the last week of training for William Hickey 5 White all summer teams this term. Tom Johnson 5 Blue Thomas Kelaher 5 Green Harvey Kenny 6 Gold Thomas Kenny 6 Red Louis Kitto 6 White Billy Lyons 5 White Oscar Malone 6 Blue Archie McInally 5 White Oliver Radcliffe 5 Red Brandon Reid 6 Gold James Sonego 5 Gold John Walsh 5 Red Summer Sport Photos On Friday March 18 we will be taking photos of our Saturday Summer Sport Teams. All boys are asked to come to school in their summer Saturday sports gear for the photos. Boys who do not have the right gear may not be in the photos. Boys in the swimming squad are required to come in their PE uniform and then change into their summer sports team uniforms please. Order for photos (please note specific times cannot be given): Team Gear Required 1. Swimming Squad PE Uniform 2. Touch Football PE Uniform 3. Prep First Cricket Cricket Gear 4. Prep Second Cricket Cricket Gear 5. Year 6 Super 8 Cricket - A Cricket Gear 6. Year 6 Super 8 Cricket - B Cricket Gear 7. Year 5 Traditional Cricket Cricket Gear 8. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - A Cricket Gear 9. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - B Cricket Gear 10. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - C Cricket Gear 11. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - D Cricket Gear 12. Basketball A Basketball Gear 13. Basketball B Basketball Gear 14. Basketball D Basketball Gear 15. Basketball C Basketball Gear 16. Basketball E Basketball Gear 17. Basketball F Basketball Gear 18. Basketball G Basketball Gear 19. Basketball H Basketball Gear 20. Basketball I Basketball Gear 21. Basketball J Basketball Gear 22. Softball A Softball Gear 23. Tennis Squad Tennis Gear 24. Water Polo A PE Uniform 25. Water Polo B PE Uniform WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 3 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Junior School ... continued Message from Mrs Tunks Weekly Prayer As we continue on our Our School is commencing the Carnival Book Lenten journey this week let Club! us pray: We are excited to announce that we are God of Hope, introducing the Carnival Book Club to our school! In our darkness you see the This is a school initiative that we feel spark of your light. passionately about as a way to embrace and In our struggles, you wrestle encourage interest in reading and increase with us. literacy not only in school, but in the home as well. In our pain and suffering, you hurt with us, The Carnival Book Club range is wonderful and diverse, spanning the K-6 age range in In our weakness you lend us one comprehensive catalogue. This will enable your strength. families to buy for siblings, friends and extended In our ignorance, you try to family! teach us wisdom. While, most importantly, Book Clubs actively In our selfishness, you lead encourage voluntary reading at home, they also us to your way of the cross. offer a fabulous fund raising opportunity for our In the breaking down of our school with 20% of all the proceeds coming back relationships you pave the to us to purchase new resources for our library & way towards reconciliation. classrooms. In our falling short of your So please, join us in supporting this reading and glory, you lift our eyes to see fundraising opportunity for the children, and keep our potential. an eye out for the colourful catalogues which will Into our desperation you be distributed to each student at the start of next bring hope. term. Into our brokenness you Please note the school will only be accepting bring healing. online orders (no cash) so please follow the prompts on your son’s catalogue. Finally, all Into our failure you bring orders need to be completed by 18/3/16. redemption. Into our living you bring Lenten Pledge meaning and purpose. The boys are well under way to meeting their Into our dying you bring life. Lenten pledges – we have so far banked over $1000. A great effort and we applaud the way the God of Hope, boys support this great charity. Christ with us, Special Mention Redeem and transform us, Over the weekend we had a number of boys That we may truly be your travel up to Umina to compete in the State people. Nippers Championships. From talking to the boys We ask this through Christ involved everyone had a great time and the surf our Lord. conditions close to perfect. Amen. Results that I know of include Ryan Harper, Kane St Mary of the Cross: Pray Sheppard and Ethan Smith who won silver in the for Us beach relay. Ethan also won silver in the beach Blessed Edmund Rice: Pray flags and also silver in the beach sprints. A great for Us result – well done gentlemen. Live Jesus in Our Hearts: RECORDER ENSEMBLE Forever Congratulations to the following boys on their selection in the Junior School Recorder Ensemble: Daniel McSweeny Matthew Rowley Solomon Tuqiri Will Coates Cuba Kanakis Charley Roberts Nathan Barnes Daniel DiPaola Henry Vesper Thomas Walker Fynn Lowe Oliver Selley
Mr Anthony Banboukjian DIRECTOR OF JUNIOR SCHOOL WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 4 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford The World’s Greatest Shave Comes to Waverley College
On Thursday morning during our CAS Swimming Assembly, Thomas Carey (Year 9) took a brave step and shaved his head as part of the World’s Greatest Shave. Thomas decided to do this after his sister Elisabeth was diagnosed with leukaemia. Sadly, Elisabeth passed away within a month of her diagnosis in September last year. Thomas’ bravery and strength has inspired many people, including the Waverley College CAS Swim Team. Many of their number, including their captain Adam Lawther also had their heads shaved this week in support of Thomas and this important cause. Thomas, we as a school are so proud of all the incredible work you are doing to raise awareness for this cause. You are a true inspiration and we stand beside you to change the future of blood cancer. Please find below the speech that Thomas gave during this assembly: Hi, my name is Thomas Carey. Today I am having my head shaved as part of the World’s Greatest Shave. This is in support of the Leukaemia Foundation who offers support and help with medical research into blood cancers. Just over 7 months ago, my family was affected when we found out my sister was diagnosed with leukaemia. At this time charities and foundations, such as The Leukaemia Foundation, Red Kite and Canteen, supported us. They provided information and empathy that helped us with the initial shock. Unfortunately, my sister had complications and with her reduced immune system she couldn’t fight back and she passed away. By doing the World’s Greatest Shave I can help to raise awareness and funds so that others can be supported by the Leukaemia foundation. I started this with the goal of reaching $1,200, as this would provide two weeks of transport for people who are too ill to travel after chemotherapy. Through the support of friends and family and their friends, I have been lucky to raise over $13,000. This means that The Leukaemia foundation can support over Join Waverley’s 300 families to help them get over their initial shock chemotherapy treatment and accommodation for plus provide other valuable services such as blood regional families who need to relocate to the city Greatest cancer research. for treatment. Shave Event I’d like to thank Waverley College for supporting me The Leukaemia Foundation are not only on a and my family during these times. Mission to Care, they have a Vision to Cure Next Tuesday 15 March, and are urgently funding research to save lives. Waverley will be giving all Further information about the Unfortunately, the Leukaemia Foundation receive students the opportunity to Leukaemia Foundation no ongoing government funding and they rely on show their support for the The impact that blood cancer has in our society is the support of the community to fund their Mission Leukaemia Foundation, and devastating. Today, 34 Australians are expected to Care and Vision to Cure. for Tom Carey and his family. to be diagnosed with a form of blood cancer - that For a $10 donation, students is more than 12,000 people every year. With few can have their head shaved clearly identified risk factors and sometimes no real Pictured above: by a member of staff. If you warning, the impact is immense for the person and would prefer not to shave Top - Adam Lawther and Tom Carey have their their loved ones. your head, you are still heads shaved in front of the whole Senior School. Treatment for blood cancer can range from months, able to show your support to several years and generally lasts longer than Bottom - Swim team members and Tom after the by contributing a gold coin treatment for other cancers. While decades of shave. donation. research have improved survival, sadly, as we have As you have seen here, these heard today, not everyone survives. donations make an actual As Tom mentioned, the Leukaemia Foundation difference to the lives of those provides incredible support to families who are people and families living with dealing with blood cancer. They provide emotional blood cancer. and practical support absolutely free of charge. This includes counselling, transport to and from WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 5 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Mission: Immersion Assembly
The annual Waverley College Immersion restricted you can participate in programs such Assembly was held in the Centenary Quadrangle as spending a few mornings down at Waverley on Thursday 25th February 2016. This Assembly preschool reading to the kids and interacting with provides an opportunity for current students them, you can go with one of your mates and the and former students to reflect on outreach and notorious Mr Moylette to the Matt Talbot kiosk immersion experiences and report back to the after school for a few hours and assist in feeding Waverley College Community. the homeless and more importantly engage with Our special guest was Mr Michael Brydon. Mr them and get to know these great people, or you Brydon and his wife Gai had three sons, Joel, can play bingo with the elderly during school time, Dan and Ben, attend Waverley College. Michael go bowling with the disabled after school and most Brydon is a doctor who has worked at the Sydney astoundingly save 3 lives by giving up an hour after Children’s Hospital at Randwick for over 32 years school to donate blood. and in 2015 was appointed Acting Chief Executive of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Angus Gawdat: (Walgett) In the last eight years, the Brydons , have been The 2015 Walgett Immersion trip was one of my travelling to India, meeting people where they are highlights of the year. We visited St. Joseph’s at, meeting needs as best they can and forming Catholic primary school in Walgett, an inclusive ongoing relationships. They have also been a school with an even amount of indigenous and conduit for Waverley Ex-students to travel to India. non-indigenous Australian students. As we Mr Michael Brydon received the Order of Australia worked in the classrooms to help the students Medal, OAM, in 2012 for his services to Medicine from kindergarten to year 6, we were involved in and to the Community. their learning and in their community. Something that also became apparent to me during the The students and ex-students who addressed the lunchtime footy games was that all years mixed audience at the Assembly were: with each other and almost no one was left out. Costa Fragias, Year 12 (local outreach activities), Many of the kids at the school came from rough Angus Gawdat and Angus Mullins, Year 11 and often poor backgrounds and homes but at the (Walgett), Andrew Cotton, Year 12 and Daniel school everyone was treated the same, free of Morris ,Year 11 (Commercial Studies Tour to discrimination. the USA), Alfie Killigrew and Blake Thorn, Year 11, (Timor Leste) Adam Hegedus and Alexi Adam Hegedus: (Fundraising Walk: Poivano, Year 12-2015 (Immersion Experiences Waverley College-Byron Bay) and the Fundraising Walk to Byron Bay), Charlie Myself (Adam) & Alexi have had a lot of Bodkin, Michael Boatswain and Hadrien Moffroid experiences with social justice at Waverley (Apologies from Kurt Von Hoff), Year 12-2014 College, that culminated in our leisurely stroll from (India) and Oscar Osborne, Year 12-2014 (Fiji). these very gates to Byron Bay. To understand, Following are excerpts from some of the speeches: why we undertook such a journey, we must take you back to 2013, when we travelled to the rural Costa Fragias (Local Outreach) town of Walgett. This was our first experience with While Waverley offers outstanding immersion living conditions far from what we know and even opportunities you don’t have to travel overseas or expected. In turn, this inspired us to sign up for 10 hours inland to make an impact, you can do so the inaugural Timor-Leste immersion in August in your own local community through our diverse of 2014. We both witnessed the stark disparity social justice opportunities. between educational standards here at home at No matter how little spare time you may have there abroad. We were touched by the inspirational is no excuse as to why you cant be involved which people of the Ermera District, which lead to us I learnt about in year 11 as even if you are time beginning to plan and ultimately undertaking
...continued next page... WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 6 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Mission: Immersion Assembly ...continued... our first independent initiative entitled ‘Schoolies what little they had, making us appreciate what For Schooling’. We arrived in Byron Bay, 21 days we have here at home to an even greater extent. following our departure from Sydney, raising close to $20,000 which was aided by the wonderful people at Hadrien Moffroid (India) Waverley College. At the final stages of our tour around India we got to the ancient town of Jasailmir not far from Blake Thorn (Timor Leste) the Pakistani border were we decided to partake On our first morning, we were woken at 5am to the in an overnight camel ride in the desert. We sound of the nuns singing in their Church mass. We got dropped of in a jeep on the outskirts of the then headed to the Emara District in the mountains, desert in this little village the second we stepped which overlooked the main city of Dili. out of the jeep we were swarmed by a dozen Upon arriving, we were met with the herds of young kids dressed in dirty old rags all saying the kids, this was very overwhelming as many of the same word; “pen”. I thought to myself oh a pen kids looked severely malnourished. These kids sure thing naively thinking they wanted to write were dressed in clothes that were old and faded, something down. However the second a young that were either way too big or way too small for boy got a hold of that pen without forgetting his them. But the one thing that stood out to was manners and saying a thankyou in his broken that, all these kids were so happy. This was very English, he bolts as fast as he could with a great confronting and it definitely made me think about big smile while the other kids chase after him how many opportunities we take for granted. We trying to get their hands on that one paper mate played all sorts of games and activities with the kids, pen, worth 20 cents over here in Australia. It and bonded together. To me, the bonds we created made me think two things first of all I had to break could never be broken and we looked forward to it to Charlie that I just lost his only pen but more seeing the kids each day. When we were in the importantly it showed me the value these kids mountains we painted a school building, which took place on their education it wasn’t money or food us two days. but a simple pen which they begged for, and I know you have all heard it before as I did when I The trip to Timor made me feel a great responsibility sat in those chairs but as you witness it firsthand and appreciation for life in general. This Timor trip and see the desire for learning in the eyes of was inspirational and life changing for me. This trip these children it really does make you realise ultimately changed my way of thinking. what you have here at Waverley. Daniel Morris (USA Commercial Tour) Oscar Osborne (Fiji) The highlight for many of us in the early part of the Beautiful beaches, magnificent views, and trip was when we travelled to an Amish community, temporary oceans engrossed with an abundance which for all of us was a unique experience. They of fish and colourful coral, were just a number like to live a peaceful, technology free lifestyle, of preconceived ideas that I had about Fiji prior which was something new to all of us. From their to my journey there last month. However, it was classrooms where they hold Kindergarten-8 in one not until I stepped foot onto Fijian soil and was room, their daily clothing and their church clothing able to visit a number of rural communities, and how they interact with the general community before I realised Fiji was a country largely and don’t go and live in isolation. stricken by a poor standard of living with issues of The highlight for me in New York was the day we unemployment, water sanitation and low average visited the United Nations. This was a bucket list life expectancy being prevalent throughout their moment for me as we all got to learn more about nation. the United Nations with a ‘behind the scenes tour’. It was problems like these that myself along We learnt about the human rights goals which they with a number of university students across set back in 2000 which were called the “Millennium Sydney were over there to attempt to solve, Goals” and ended last year. They reached over with our overall aim based around improving the half of their goals and the goals which they did not agricultural industry throughout Fiji, by educating achieve went onto the goals for this year until 2030. both current and young farmers on contemporary Some of the goals include no poverty, zero hunger, practices so that they are able to combine this climate action, gender equality, quality education, with traditional methods in order to improve their decent work and economic growth and more. farms and entice younger generations to enter Charlie Bodkin (India) the agricultural industry. Ultimately this is was On one of our final days in Delhi we went with this that lead us to develop our social enterprise Br. Steve to take these kids (children Br Steve is Project FarmEd. An organisation that offers a educating from the local slums) back to their homes. peer to peer educational platform for farmers It was all very confronting to see the ways in which through providing a number of products and these young, optimistic children were getting by. We features in order to marry traditional agricultural first took some of the children back to their homes in methods with contemporary practices in order to the slums, where they lived within a room that barely help bring value to the Fijian community. fitted a single bed, stove and a small table, together with their families. The next place we went to to drop Phil Davis the children home was the government housing DIRECTOR OF MISSION area, but it wasn’t in the housing where these kids were staying, it was in a tiny room at the back of a scooter garage, arms width apart, where they slept with 5 other family members. After visiting these housing areas we were all humbled by their pride in WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 7 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Co-curriculum:Old Boys make their mark in Super Rugby Opener
The First Round of Super Rugby at Allianz Stadium but smile.” saw the Queensland Reds play the New South The Waverley old boy and Waratahs number eight Wales Waratahs. It also saw two former Waverley had two clean line breaks from five carries and College students go head to head. racked up an impressive 65 metres with the ball in Jed Holloway (NSW) and Sam Talakai (QLD) both hand, winning the Man of the Match award. played First XV for Waverley College under coaches Holloway was subsequently named in the number Mr Paul Cornish and Mr Matt Barr. Mr Barr’s (Head eight jersey again for the match against the ACT of Year 12) coaching of Jed Holloway continues as Brumbies relegating Wallabies’ Wyclef Palu to the he also is Head Coach at Southern Districts where interchange bench. Jed plays his club football in Sydney. “I am just trying to go out each week play my “Wherever I get to play rugby I am pretty stoked,” hardest and give the respect to that jersey,” he Holloway said. “But I’ll be honest playing at Allianz said. Stadium in front of 25,000 people – it is pretty intense. Pat Brennan “Running out onto the field you want to be as HEAD OF CO-CURRICULUM serious as you can, but I just couldn’t help myself
Spanish Evening Classes for Parents A Call for Expressions of Interest We have 18 places available, which will be awarded to the first Dear Parents, keen parents to apply. If you are The Spanish program at Waverley is now in it’s interested in joining this short second year and is continuing to grow. In our course or have any questions endeavour to further promote language learning, please email Suzanne Richards on the Languages Department is planning on offering [email protected]. an evening class for parents. The Parental Polyglots course will enable us to Muchas gracias provide a Spanish taster course to parents who have no prior knowledge of the language and Sra. Richards would like to further support their son with their Spanish studies. This fun, intensive course will take place in Term Three for the duration of eight weeks. The course is likely to run on a Thursday evening from 6.30pm until 8pm. WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 8 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford Waverley Coders Visual Studio I suppose it was inevitable that once students got their hands on their MacBook Airs some of them would discover the joys of programming; the excitement of creating something that never Xcode php existed just by using words, the ability to make your ideas into reality by carefully crafting sentences. Okay, it’s not Hogwarts but it can feel just as magical. Starting today (11 March) the first meeting of the Waverley Coders group will take place after school. This new group is open to anyone who’s free at that time and who would like to boost Waverley their coding skills. The group will be meeting in E21 each Friday from 3:30 until around 5:00 pm with a short presentation followed by time to code and work collaboratively. There’ll also be Swi time for a show-and-tell so you can show your HTML5 Coders work and get feedback and tips. We have access to a fairly wide range of languages and platforms, so we won’t be just working on iPhone and iPads, there’ll be support for Android devices, Windows phones, websites Fridays 3:30 - 5:00 and remote servers. Although there’ll be lots of support for Swift (Apple’s latest programming language) we can also handle Objective-C, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, php, C#, HTML5, E21 CSS3, AngularJS, Angular2 and pretty much CSS3 anything else that takes our interest. So, if meeting up with others who share your interest in computer programming is something you would like to do on a Friday afternoon, Angular2 come along to our meetings. You’ll need to bring your school computer (or a laptop PC if you’re programming Windows), a charger and your Open to everyone, Objective-C enthusiasm and curiosity. If you’re working on Macintosh or iOS software, you’ll need the latest version of Xcode (7.2.1 at the moment), Android bring your computer, Studio or IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio on a PC. If you need any help with this, see Mr Reidy in the first instance. bring your code, If you’ve got questions, please come along and AngularJS see me, generally I’m in the Science Department bring your curiosity at lunch or recess. Otherwise just turn up on Friday and get coding. Starting 11 March Mr David Reidy
Newsletter Waverley College Junior Chess Latest news Chess puzzle
Chess class The chess class at Waverley College runs on Tuesday lunch from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. If you are interested in enrolling your child, please call the Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170 or email [email protected]
Upcoming chess event 20th March: Bondi Sunday Fun Tournament
More information on events and coaching can be found on: sydneyacademyofchess.com.au
Solution puzzle #1 1.Qh5+, Ke6 2.Qd5# Puzzle #2: White to play and checkmate in 2 moves.
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Senior Canteen Roster WEEK 8 • Mon 14/3 Melissa Cahill, Rae Norman 2016 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge • Tues 15/3 Cinthy Pether The 2016 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge This is also available on our Library Community • Wed 16/3 (PRC) is set to officially commence on Monday 2016 Haiku page. This brochure will be updated Paula Locke Willett, March 7. Starting next week, boys in Years 7 to 9 regularly throughout the Challenge. A full list of Vasilia Cordato that have expressed their interest to participate will books that can be read as part of the challenge • Thurs 17/3 be invited to the Library to officially register. can be accessed on the official PRC website: Margaret Morton, https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html. For previous participants, registration will be Rachael Keneally, Kate straightforward as their login details from 2015 (or So far, we have been overwhelmed by the number Bell prior) will be required to register. This will include of boys that have expressed their interest to • Fri 18/3 completion of a short survey. New participants will participate which is very encouraging. However, for Susan Conolly, Susan be provided with a username and password by the those who have yet to express their interest, it is Library, and will be guided through the process. not too late as the Challenge will run right through To assist the boys in starting the Challenge, to August 19. If there are any questions or queries, the Library has produced a brochure featuring please contact the Senior Library. a selection of titles from our Library collection. Junior School Senior Library: Feature DVD Canteen Roster ‘Star Wars Movie Illustrated Novels” all mind control and weaponized flashlights. Being WEEK 8 a Jedi is hard work. Also, there are bad guys. Lots Episode IV: A New Hope: The of bad guys. Who want to kill you. • Mon 14/3 Princess, the Scoundrel and the Farm Kate Galeazzi & Episode VI: Beware the power of the Boy by Alexandra Bracken Rochelle Kerr Dark Side by Tom Anglebeager Although the Rebel Alliance has won a few battles • Tues 15/3 against the Empire, hope is fading. The Empire It’s the Star Wars story with everything: Jabba, Anne Steyne & Laura is about to unveil the greatest weapon the galaxy Boba, Wicket, Rebo, Salacious Crumb, Nien Vonwiller-Rutter has ever seen--the Death Star. The Rebels’ only Nunb, “It’s a Trap,” Luke doing a flip and catching chance to defeat it now lies in the unlikely hands of his lightsaber, speeder bikes, Yoda, Ghost Yoda, • Wed 16/3 a princess, a scoundrel, and a farm boy.... The Rancor, The Falcon, Wedge, Lando, Luke, Frances Richards Leia, Han, Chewie, C-3PO, R2...But there’s also • Thurs 17/3 Episode V: The Empire Strikes back: a second death star, the Emperor’s hideous evil Nadja Russell So you want to be a Jedi by Adam smile, and Luke’s final confrontation with Darth Vader! • Fri 11/3 Giowitz Charisse Hassey, Jodie It seems cool. You can move things with your mind. Mitchell & Lucy Anne Control people with your thoughts. Oh, and the Kreller lightsabers. Yeah, those are awesome. But it’s not WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 10 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Head of Senior Sport A huge thank you to all of the our students, each age group. No teams are ever set and good parents, staff, coaches and conveners for the performances at training and in games will lead to amazing work they did over the Summer season, promotion to higher levels. I would also encourage especially with the building works project. It was any student or parent that has a concern regarding great to see so many teams and individuals anything in that winter sport that they contact either representing the school with pride, enjoyment and the convener or myself, rather than interrupt a striving to improve. It was also impressive to hear coach at training or at games. If the issue is with a number of Waverley boys who attended the another school then we will follow that up on your State SLS titles at Umina last weekend did so well. behalf. From a range of clubs in a variety of events there Good luck to our swimmers and divers – ‘Go the were many Waverley boys that made finals and Waves!’ also won medals – well done! We also have Alex Mr Steve O’Donnell Talbot (Year 8) and Lewis Thompson (Year 10) HEAD OF SENIOR SPORT this week competing at the National Track & Field Championships in Perth and wish them very well. Both the Water Polo and Cricket presentations on Special Uniform Shop Saturday were very well attended and Mr James Horrocks and Mr John McCallum did brilliantly with Saturday Opening these events. Congratulations to all of the award winners. We have Basketball and Swimming this To assist year 5 parents, in particular, with coming Friday evening here at school and I am purchasing Winter Uniforms we are going to open sure that these events will also be well attended. Uniform Shop on Sat 19 March from 9am to 1pm. This week we also began the Winter season for A/B Rugby, Football and Tennis teams. Next week ALL students in Rugby, Football, Tennis, Cross Country, Media Group and Debating commence their Winter season training. There are no sport fixtures for most students this Saturday but there will be a full round of internal trials on Saturday Football March 19th. All cadets in these winter sports will also be expected to attend on Saturday March Supporter 19th and the information regarding times and Group AGM venues will be sent to camp. Uniform Shop As we move into the new season can I please remind all students and parents of the correct procedures for seeking leave, illness or missing Opening Hours Term 4 7pm, 16 March training. I would like to also take this opportunity Queens Park Pavilion to remind those students who train at Queens Monday 10.30 – 2.30 Parents and friends Park in the mornings and afternoons to take Tuesday 10.30 – 2.30 the safest route from the school to training and interested in getting back by crossing at all lights when appropriate. Wednesday 1.00 – 5.30 involved in the Waverley Also to make your way directly to and from these Thursday 10.30 – 2.30 College Football Program venues without stopping at shops. Correct attire is in 2016 are invited to essential including mouth-guards, boots and shin- Friday 10.30 – 2.30 attend. pads where required. It is highly recommended in All positions in the club these hotter months to also have a good supply of The Uniform Shop stocks all of the required uniform water on hand. items for both the Junior and Senior Schools. are available.
Failure to attend these early training sessions and All are welcome! trials will result in students not being considered Contact Us 9369 0709 or [email protected] Parents unable to attend at the start of the season for the higher teams in but interested in assisting are encouraged to register their interests Sacrament of Confirmation at St Anthony’s Clovelly with the Convenor of Father Gerard Gleeson will be officiating at the Parents’ Information Meeting in order to purchase Football, Mr Stephen sacrament of Confirmation at St Anthony’s Church a medal, a certificate and a book for each child. Wilmot E. swilmot@ Clovelly on 8th June 2016 at 7pm. If your child has not been Baptised or received waverley.nsw.edu.au Preparation will include: their First Reconciliation or First Communion at • an information evening (6th April at 7pm), St Anthony’s please bring a copy of the Baptismal Certificate to the Parents’ Information Meeting. • 4 lessons on Saturday afternoons at 4pm (7th May, 21st May, 28th May, 4th June) followed by A parent must accompany each child for the 5pm mass, Saturday afternoon lessons. • a commitment ceremony (30th April) and If you would like your child to be included with the candidates please send an email to St Anthony’s • a practice Friday 3rd June 4pm) ([email protected]) • The Parents’ Information Meeting and the Contact person: Linda Heavener lessons will take place in the St Anthony’s [email protected] school library. A contribution of $20- $30 will be collected at the WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 11 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford Waverley College Rugby
Rugby season is well and truly back. Mother Nature greeted the boys with some warm weather to contend with during our first week of training, but it was great to see our lads power through the hot conditions! On behalf of Waverley College Rugby, I would like to congratulate the Music and Drama Departments on the wonderful production of “High School Musical”. It was fantastic to see the young men and women put so much positive energy into an event which really brought the community together – something I hope we can match at Queens Park each Saturday throughout the rugby season. Preseason While our A & B squads have already commenced preseason, ALL STUDENTS will be required at preseason training next week at Queens Park. 13’s, 14’s and 15’s will train on Monday and Wednesday (3:30pm-4:45pm). 16’s and Opens will train on Tuesday and Thursday (3:30pm – 5:00pm). All rugby players will be required to bring a WATERBOTTLE. We will have water stations available (at the pavilion), but it is important that all players their own waterbottles in the hot conditions. Players may also elect to wear t-shirts instead of jerseys if conditions continue to be warm. Mario Ledesmo In the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Australia came so close to bringing ‘Bill’ back home. This was largely due to a much-improved platform provided by the Australian set piece. Part of the success came through the teachings of former Argentine Player and Coach, Mario Ledesma, who was recruited by Michael Cheika. Ledesma held 84 caps for Argentina and is currently appointed as the Wallabies forwards coach. Last Tuesday, our senior rugby players were given the opportunity of training under the guidance of Mr Ledesma. Some of the insights were of great benefit to both senior players and coaching staff. Our players were trained in not only forming safe body positions at the scrum, but given world class advice on what it takes to be successful. We thank Mario Ledesma for his time and look forward to seeing the fruits of his coaching on the playing field in the weeks ahead. Internal Trials As indicated in the college calendar, we will be holding Internal Trials for all age groups on Saturday 19th March. All players are expected to have with them a Waverley College Jersey as well as a Coloured Jersey (non Waverley), as trial teams will be separated into Waverley Vs Colour teams. Those students, who are involved in Cadet Camp, will be expected to attend trials following the return from Annual Camp on Friday 18th March. This is an important hit out in preparation for our first opposed trial round against Newington College on Saturday 2nd April. WAVERLEY TO WIN! Mr John McCoy CONVENOR OF RUGBY WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 12 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From Behind the Stumps - Waverley Cricket Report The Season ended in style both on and off the pitch was the star of the day with the bat – scoring a last Saturday – with some great matches followed masterful 77 runs for the 8Bs. by a highly successful presentation evening. Over Thank you to all coaches and parents for their 220 boys and family members enjoyed a social wonderful support of the boys throughout the BBQ and enjoy the great atmosphere created by season, and also special thanks to Lindsay Jordan, the hardworking Cricket Supporter’s group, before grandfather of 1sts skipper Tyzac, for the many many boys received recognition and awards for wonderful photos capturing all the action from fantastic achievement and contributions towards around the grounds - with a huge array appearing their team. The success of a season of sport only at www.facebook.com/waverleysport so please like partly can be measured by performances – but it the page for not only cricket, but upcoming Winter is the development of mateship, teamwork and the sports action also. fulfillment derived by overcoming challenges that Mr John McCallum can be most satisfying. The new Year 7 teams and Convenor of Cricket Seniors in the 1sts, 2nds and 3rds have all demonstrated these qualities at each end of their Continued next page... cricketing time at Waverley, and there are very positive signs for future growth and success within the sport. Well done to all boys and their coaches for a great season, and many thanks also to all parents for their support of their sons. A highlight of the Presentation Evening was having special guests Brother Brian murphy, and Old-Boy and Sydney Sixers player Charlie Wakim speak to the audience about their love of cricket from both sides of the fence. Charlie represented Waveley with distinction before graduating 6 years go, and has since played for the NSW 2nd XI, Sydney Sixers and is one of the leading run-scorers in the Sydney 1st Grade competition for the past few seasons. He challenged boys to work hard at all areas of their game…but to still remember that it only is a game, and enjoying time with team mates are some of his favourite times in the sport. The Brother Murphy Player of the Year countdown saw 1st Place go to Harry Whiteman from the 10As with 480 points – led by has amazing feat of 24 wickets for the season with best figures of 6/18. 2nd was Alex Ferrarra, from the 9As until an impressive 1st XI debut last week, on 438 points with 270 runs and 10 wickets. 3rd Place fell to James Mahony- Brack from the 1st XI, with 148 runs and 17 wickets in the CAS season. The evening also saw Year 12 students Max Shanahan and captain of Cricket Costa Fragias receive a Contribution and service to Cricket award for their enthusiasm, leadership and promotion of the sport. On the field in the final round, all our finishing Year 12 boys in the 1sts and 2nds had to contend with narrow defeats under 20 runs, with the chase on each occasion being too far out of reach due to a steady loss of wickets and the absence of a dominating partnership. A full 1st XI report concludes this bulletin from coach Boyd. Tyzac Jordan and James Mahony-Brack have represented Waverley and the CAS this week with distinction in the NSW Schools championships – with James bowling well despite managing a side injury; while Tyzac has impressed with both his fluent glovework as CAS wicketkeeper – batsman, and a handy 33 not out sees him in good form at the mid-way point in the week. The 7As had a narrow loss, despite Jackson Dodd’s spell of 2/3 threatening to steal the match, but the 7Bs produced a fantastic total of 8/182 batting first to set up a 40 run victory. Max Farmeary and Peter Reeves both scored 33 in great shots to all points of the ground in a strong team display. Flynn Wild in the 8As made a great all-round contribution hitting 43 and then 3/23 with the ball; while Paris Valenzuela WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 13 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From Behind the Stumps - Waverley Cricket Report 1st XI report round 10 v SAC Waverley lost the toss and was in the field but success with the ball was immediate with new opening bowler Jack Hardwicke-Owen finding an edge through to Jordan with just 1 on the board. Hardwicke-Owen struck again with a catch to Ben O’Sullivan at slip. Then with 13 on the board, a direct hit from Alex Ferrara found the runner well short of his ground. This became 4 for 24 when O’Sullivan accepted a good catch diving forward at cover off the bowling of Costa Fragias. Ryan Connolly claimed the next wicket with a catch to Tyler von der Heyden with the total on 31 and when Mac Jenkins hit the pads of the SAC CAS representative batsman to claim the lbw decision with the total on 58, a small chase looked on. However a stumping being turned down and a dropped catch let the total climb, and the final total of 133 was always going to be hard to chase on a slow wicket with a slow outfield. A good start saw 28 on the board before the 1st wicket fell and wickets then fell on 33, 55 and 76. The Waverley batsmen had allowed the SAC spinners to strangle the scoring and the next 4 wickets on 77, 79, 80 and 84 were a direct result of the pressure and the misguided belief that the spinners needed to be hit for multiple runs, when singles and two’s were on offer with plenty of balls remaining to win the game. The only bright light during this period was the solid performance of Year 9 student Alex Ferrara who, although tied down at times, showed loads of ability and concentration during his innings of 25. It was left to youngster Mac Jenkins and leaver Costa Fragias to attempt to rescue the game. They carried the score to 112 in the 46th over when Fragias gutsy effort came to an end and he was out for 17. Jenkins and Connolly ran some cheeky singles but the task was just too great and on the final ball of the 49th over in an attempt to find the boundary, Jenkins was caught at mid on giving SAC their first and only win of the season. Waverley’s 119 left them 15 runs short. Hopefully the younger members learnt some good lessons from this game that will put them in good shape for next season and the challenges ahead. My thanks to Mr James Maloney for all his work with the team in term four and to his replacement in term one Mr Greg Elliot. Thanks also to all the parents for the amazing efforts in the preparation of lunches and teas at QP this season- again we led the way and to Mr Garry Mahony-Brack for his professional running of the canteen. Finally congratulations to Tyzac Jordan and James Mahony-Brack on selection in the CAS of NSW 1st XI for NSW Schoolboys Cricket Week. As I write this report game one has been completed with a victory to the CAS team over Country schools. Both James and Tyzac contributed well to the win. It is hoped that both can continue their effort for the rest of the week.
Mr J Boyd Coach WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 14 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford Basketball Report The final game of the season and with it six scoring second chance points. “In the past whenever Year 12 players were finishing off their Waverley Waverley came up against the press, we usually College Basketball experiences in the 1st V and rushed and threw bad passes. Against St Aloysius’ 2nd V. St Aloysius was the final team to face for press we made sure we were in our spots and kept Waverley, and as per usual, the 2nd V took to the ball safe” said Coach Mr Jovine. The 2nd V’s the floor first. The 2nd V were looking to push coach believed the players played the game like they a record-breaking season even further as they were winning; making sure the game was theirs. Both sat at 3-9 leading into the game, and with two coaches were extremely proud of the players for players in the 2nd V playing their final game –Ned finishing strong and achieving a 4-6 win-loss record Crerar and Jasper Howell – they wanted this win for the season. more than anything. The game started off well for 1st V coach Mr Carlos reports that the last round Waverley, with defence being a point of emphasis, against St Aloysius was an intense and competitive and as a result Waverley put up easy points on game with energy and competing being the main the scoreboard. At many stages throughout the focus of the game for the Waverley players. He game momentum could have switched to St thought the game started well with Waverley pushing Aloysius, however Waverley were able to hold the tempo and scoring most of their baskets in the through hard defence. It was another big game for paint. The second quarter saw St Aloysius’ execution Angus Mattick as he found the bottom of the net and shot making ability on full display as they barely easily and credit to Quinn Jackson for controlling missed a shot. Waverley struggled to counter and the rebounds all game long. As the clock wound the situation became even tougher with big Ryan down the game started to become closer as St Lewis in foul trouble early and having to sit the entire Aloysius fought desperately to try and snatch a second and third quarters on the bench. Waverley win. However the 2nd V prevailed and were able were hoping that momentum would swing their way to celebrate a record breaking win. in the second quarter, however it was not to be. The 1st V took the court after a brief celebration Waverley’s up-tempo style was seen in the third with the 2nd V, and with a defeated season staring quarter, but our ability to finish was lacking, reflected them in the face, the boys were going to give Coach Mr Carlos. The fourth quarter saw Waverley it everything they had. The four graduating 1st make several runs with the pick and roll game V players – Max Harmanis, Dean Kormanyos, hurting St Aloysius. Unfortunately, though Waverley’s Lachlan Trowell and myself – all started their final inability to make their shots made it difficult for any games, as six years of blood, sweat and utter hard comeback. The 1st V coach believes that while the work boiled down to 40 minutes; and especially 1st V lost (57-37), the last game did demonstrate the after a heartbreaking loss to St Aloysius last team’s intensity, energy and passion that Waverley round, the 1st V wanted retribution. A quick start College is known for. A special congratulation to saw the 1st V edge out a quick lead, however Dean Kormayos, Max Harmanis, Fred Pawle and after a small change St Aloysius struck back hard Lachlan Trowell for the commitment and service to and took the lead at quarter time. Both teams the Waverley Basketball program. went hard for every 50/50 ball, and with nothing The 2nd V finish the season with a respectable to lose, small scuffles started around the court. 4-6 record, the best of any Waverley 2nd V team As Marco Bell and Dean Kormanyos left the court in many seasons. Congratulations to the players with injuries, Waverley were left short-handed and and coaching staff for the hard work they put in St Aloysius took advantage, getting out to an even throughout the season in achieving this great result. bigger lead. As the game went on, St Aloysius kept While it was a disappointing season for the 1st V, beating Waverley in the paint and with minutes they were extremely unfortunate to experience left the visitors lead had gone out to 20+ points. injuries and departures to key players throughout The final buzzer sounded and Waverley had lost the course of the season. While this meant that for their 10th game out of 10 games, having a winless a large part of the season, up to five first choice season. However, both 2nd V and 1st V were in players were unavailable, it did provide opportunities high spirits as the season had been enjoyable for other players to step up. Max Harmanis, James for every player, and although there were many Markham and Luca Zanarini made the most of their setbacks, every player finished the season with opportunities, performing extremely well. a smile and enough memories to last far beyond Waverley Basketball farewells two of its coaches – our school lives. On behalf of all 2nd V and 1st V 1st V coach, Mr Krenz Carlos and 2nd V assistant players, thank you for the support of all parents, coach, Mr Nil Colomer. Coach Mr Carlos has been coaching staff and those involved with Waverley with the College for the past three seasons, having Basketball, which has been outstanding since our coached the 2nd V in his first two seasons. Having very first game this season. now completed his university studies, Coach Mr Fred Pawle Carlos will move onto the next stage of his career – Captain of Basketball finding full time work as well as a possible trip to the Philippines to play basketball professionally. Coach Mr Colomer joined the program at the start of the The 2nd V managed to seal a win for their last year and will return to Spain after travelling around game, which was a great send off for Year 12 Australia and New Zealand over the next month. The players, Jasper Howell and Ned Crerar. Coach College and program thanks both coaches for their Mr Jovine thought the 2nd V had poise, sticking contributions and wishes them well for the future. We to their principles for most of the game. He also also farewell all our Year 12 players, in particular 1st thought the 2nd V looked tough on the defensive, V and 2nd V players: Ned Crerar, Max Harmanis, rebounding extremely well as the St Aloysius team Jasper Howell, Dean Kormanyos, Fred Pawle and had much taller players, however Waverley was Lachlan Trowell and thank them for their many years able to band together to stop St Aloysius from ...continued next page... WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 15 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford Basketball Report ...continued... of service to the program and wish them the best of The 10As were the best performing Waverley team luck for their upcoming HSC examinations. this season, finishing the season with a 7-3 win- Congratulations to Trinity Grammar for winning the loss record, a remarkable achievement considering Rev Fr A V Smith Basketball Shield. This season the team were without two players who had been Year 12 the competition between the top three teams promoted to the 1st V during the season. They finish was very close and the final outcome was only in second place in their division. The 2nd V finished Mothers’ determined after the last round of games. with a 4-6 record and fourth in their division; the 9As were 5-5 and finish third; the 8As 4-1-5 and finish Best of luck to 1st V players, Dean Stojanovski, Dinner fourth; the 7As (2-3) and finish fourth. Other teams who is trialling for the CAS 1st V/2nd V teams this to perform well were the 8Cs (5-5), 8Ds (4-1-5), 7Cs weekend and Jeremey Petritsis, who is trialling for (4-1), 7Ds (4-1), 7Es (3-2), 7Fs (3-2) and 7Gs (3-1). the U16 NSW Metro squad. Our last catch up as mothers The end-of-season awards ceremony for basketball Thank you to the parents of the 1st V and 2nd of boys entering Year 12 will once again be in a different format than usual V players, who for every home game hosted the went well, the feedback this year due to the ongoing building works and lack post-game luncheons, which are the best in the was wonderful many asking of appropriate facilities at the College. Only players CAS. Thank you to the players, staff and officials when the next dinner would from the 1st V, 2nd V, A and B teams and departing for their efforts throughout the season. It has been be held. As this is a busy Year 12 award winners will participate in a short a very challenging year without proper facilities, year for all of us it would presentation from 5pm in the College Canteen on however it was very impressive to see all parties be great to get together Friday 11th of March. Light food and drink will be involved overcome these obstacles and even and have a meal and chat. provided for the players. All other award winners will exceed expectations. No doubt everyone is now Our next dinner will be held have been presented with their certificates during looking forward to the opening of a refurbished Thursday March 17 at The the last round of the season, either at training or College Gymnasium! Thanks must also go to our Royal Randwick Hotel, 2 after the game against St Aloysius. A full list of this dedicated Supporters Club. Despite the fundraising Perouse Road Randwick. season’s award winners will be published in next opportunities being severely limited, there was still Drinks and cocktails in the week’s Nurrunga. a lot of communication and organisation occurring courtyard from 7 pm and in the background, especially by Mrs Louise Mr A Gibbs dinner in the private dining Mattick, our club president. Convenor of Basketball room from 7.30 pm. There is In terms of results, Waverley Basketball enjoyed an extensive menu, food and one of its more successful seasons in recent times, beverages purchased from despite the obvious challenges and disruptions the bar. associated with the building works and lack of If you would like more on-site facilities. Waverley teams to win on the information or would like weekend included: 2nd V (33-23), 4th V (25-23), to attend please RSVP 10As (28-25), 8Ds (34-16), 8Es (29-28), 7Cs (31- by Thursday March 10 to 27), 7Ds (50-15), 7Es (26-15), 7Fs (46-10) and [email protected] 7Gs (25-5). The 5th V (33-29), 10Cs (35-28), 9As (34-27), 8As (37-35) and 8Cs (27-23) performed well despite losing close games.
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‐ ‐ ff WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 16 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford Tennis Report: Round 10 vs St Aloysius Unfortunately all good things must come to an First Four Tennis end, however this season Waverley closed off The first Waverley College Fast Four Tennis the summer competition in style with arguably the Competition was held by the Tennis Supporters best results we have seen all season. Waverley Committee on Sunday 06 March. came out victorious across the board, with the 7A’s, 8A’s, 8B’s, 9A’s, 9B’s, 9C’s and 10D’s all Congratulations to Will Durkin in Year 9 and his dad walking away with some very positives wins. Michae;l who are now the inaugural Waverley College We have some great young Tennis players Fast 4 Champions. A well deserved win! coming through, who are only going to continue Well done also to Alistair Jensen (Year 9) and Harry improving their skill base. Karakatsanis (Year 9) who were our runners up on Unfortunately, the opens players weren’t as the day. A great effort! successful in this weeks round. The boys The boys and their parents had a great afternoon. were pumped up and ready to give it their all, Each boy had fun and put their best foot forward especially for those that knew it was their last which resulted in some fabulous tennis. All agreed round at Waverley; but despite their efforts they that this must now become a regular fixture to weren’t able to produce many wins. They did celebrate the end of the summer tennis season. have one momentous win in the first, with the Stay tuned for details of our next tournament. We’d match ending in 6-4. love every tennis player to be there. With the efforts of the students, parents and of If you weren’t able to make it on the day please course the Tennis Supporters Group, Waverley support the development of tennis at Waverley by was able to host its first Fast 4 Tennis competition buying some raffle tickets to win fabulous prizes over the weekend. This proved to be a fun including French champagne, white wine and tennis and enjoyable way to end the season for all gear. Please email us at tennis_supportersgroup@ who were involved. The overall winners for waverley.edu.au and let us know how many tickets the day were Will Durkin and his father; with you would like. Tickets are 3 for $5.00 and the raffle Photos from Fast Four Tennis and presentation day Harry Karakatsanis and Alistair Jensen coming will be drawn on Friday 18th March runners up. Again, I would like to thank the Thank you Tennis Supporters Group for the organisation and persistence with this event and hopefully Tennis Supporters Group Waverley can continue to host these successful events. I would like to thank all staff members who contributed their time and effort to assist the boys both at training and on Saturdays. Without their effort and support the season would not have been possible at all. A special mention must go to the Convenor of Tennis, Ms Attard whose contribution to tennis over the past season has been extraordinary and without such effort, this successful season would not have been so successful. I would also like to thank the backbone of tennis at Waverley, Stephen Day. Steve’s ability to only coach the players, but mentor them on and off the court makes him the great coach he is. Every training session without fail, Steve would arrive at the Waverley tennis courts with his specialty brightly coloured shirts and Technifibre hat, to not only coach but put up with some of the finest banter Waverley has seen in recent times. Another coach deserving of a special mention is Kr Kingsley. Mr Kingsley stepped up to the challenge of coach of the 1st and 2nd IV teams. We would like to thank him for his efforts and generosity over the past term. Welcome on board to Patrick Macy, who has worked with most of the junior teams this year supporting their great successes. Personally, I would like to thank the Waverley College tennis community for giving me the opportunity to represent the College as Captain of Tennis. This season has not only been a highly enjoyable one, but as my last, it was also memorable. Good luck to all boys in their winter sports and hopefully Term 4 will see the return of many bright and enthusiastic faces on the tennis courts. Marcus Prestianni CAPTAIN OF TENNIS WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 17 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Careers Desk UNSW Year 12 Medicine Information Evening of Year 5. 24th March 2016, 6pm to 8pm, Sir John Clancy https://bond.edu.au/program/medical-program Auditorium, UNSW Kensington During the evening information will be provided on US College Information Session the UNSW Medicine degree, regarding application, Wednesday March 23, 2016, 4pm and 7pm, @ admissions and tips for the UMAT exam. Registrations Mansfield Room (located in the Cranbrook Building), open 29th February at 5pm. 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