Remembering Robert Storr (ON 1938).  Sydney University recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the gift from Old Boy Robert Storr and his contribution to the treatment of liver disease. Click here to read more. Robert Storr also bequeathed over $1 Million to Newington to establish a Music Bursary in his name.

Congratulations Michael Cameron (ON 2012). Michael has made his professional stage debut for the Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of Summer of The Seventeenth Doll.

The College thanks The 70 Club for their generous donation of $500 to spearhead the campaign to raise $7000 for the Cadet Sword Display Cabinet.  If you wish to contribute, please contact Rod Carroll QM/GDO on 0418 416 999.  The 70 Club has also contributed to the Tonga Appeal, by way of a Stihl Chainsaw.

The All Blacks can now boast an Old Newingtonian has joined their Sevens team. Well Done Bailey Simonsson (ON 2016).

Wishing Lachlan Turner (ON 2005) good luck for his final game with the Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Rugby Premiership at Twickenham on Saturday 26 May.  To read more about Lachlan’s career with the Exeter Chiefs click here.

Generous Old Boys Geoff Fox (ON 1954) and Rob Hill (ON 1956) are thanked for the tremendous support of the Tongan Appeal.  They supplied boxes of textbooks to be included in the College’s shipping container sent to Tonga.

Bailey Kuenzle (ON 2016) has been selected for the Junior Wallabies. He has just competed in the Oceania U20s competition and has gone on to be selected to compete in the World Under 20s  Championship in France later this month.

We thank Malcolm Brown (ON 1964) for his tireless voluntary work. The College recently learned that he is District Chairman of Rotary Australia World Community Service “I will be chaperoning a group of Rotary women on Dinagat Island, off Mindanao in the southern Philippines, from 4^th to 18^th May. They will be there to give local girls an education in women’s matters and I am meant to be “the man” to give them some sort of reassurance that they are being protected.”

Brad Smith (ON 2011) made his 1st Grade Rugby Union Refereeing (Shute Shield) debut in April.  In Brad’s words “I will go out there and try to cultivate the two things that make our game great: contest and continuity.”

In mid-December 2017 in Hobart, two Newington cricketers opposed each other in the final of Cricket Australia’s Under 19 Championship between NSW Metro XI and Australia Under 17 XI. Lawrence Neil Smith (ON 2017) and Dominic O’Shannessy (Year 10) played their respective roles as pace-bowling allrounders.

NSW Metro claimed victory to win the Championship with Lawrence achieving the highest aggregate of wickets for the series. His successful campaign resulted in selection in the Australian Under 19 XI which played Pakistan Under 19 in an ODI at the MCG and Gabba. On his return to Sydney Lawrence was selected in first grade for Sydney University CC [with his team finishing as runner-up in the NSW Premier Cricket Competition]. Lawrence has since signed a two year deal with the Tasmanian Tigers, effective from June 2018.

Current Year 12 Student Matthew Sharp has joined the U18 Australian Schoolboys team in Water Polo.  To read more about our soon to be ON, click here.

A round of applause for our Stanmore Catering team who not only keep the boys and staff well fed but always manage to make our extended community feel welcome.  Here is a note of gratitude shared with us from Clive Woosnam OAM from his recent visit to the College to watch Australia Vs New Zealand in a 7’s trial match:

“The highlight of the visit was, however, totally unexpected.  We popped into the cafeteria for a snack and were given an amazing welcome by Bea, Sharon and the other long-term catering staff members.  It is so remarkable that, in these days of rapid turnover, there should be so many long-serving staff.  Not only did Bea insist that we not pay, but she went out of her way to help me with a jammed diabetic syringe needle. The family atmosphere of Newington seems to grow ever tighter.  I thought you should know what a great impression such a welcome makes. “

In the last edition of ONU E News, we brought news of Fin McDonald (ON 2011).  Fin has been accepted in the ANU Rural Training Scheme for 2018.  Fin will be working out of Young Hospital, NSW.  Fin  is also apart of the campaign to attract Doctors to the Rural Training Scheme, as pictured below.