Australian U23 Soccer Training Squad

Congratulations to Jonathan Aspro (ON 2014)  for being named in the 26-man Australian U23 squad for a three-day training camp, which will be held on the Central Coast, NSW from 30 January to 1 February. The camp is the first part of preparation for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup, which will stage its qualifiers in July 2017. The squad is made up of players eligible for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup and all 26 players are from Hyundai A-League clubs. A second camp will be held in March in Europe and only involve overseas-based players unless agreed with any individual club for locally based players. This camp and qualification for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup is viewed as an important part of the development of the next generation of Socceroos by the National Team coaching staff, led by Coach Ange Postecoglou. Read more by clicking here.

NSW U20 Basketball Team 

Congratulations to Makuach Maluach (ON 2016) and Grant Anticevich (ON 2016) for making the U20 NSW Basketball Team. 

NSW Senior STEM Competition

The 2016 NSW Senior STEM Competition presentation evening was held on Friday 2^nd December at the University of Wollongong. The guest speaker for the night was Donald Connor (ON 2009) who is undertaking a double degree in Megatronics and Business. He spoke fondly of his STEM experiences at Newington College with Solar Car and F1 in Schools and how these forged his passion for engineering. Four of our boys received Major Awards for their various STEM work.

Owen Littlejohn (11/KL) – Year 11 Engineering Fundamental Runners Up for his report on ceramic cooktops.

James Calfas (11/MO) – Year 11 Engineering Products Runners Up for his investigation on household appliances.

Luke Burgess (11/MA) – Year 11 STEM Award Winning Student for his Year 11 DT Black and White project.

Sam Gilfedder (ON 2016) –Year 12 DT Portfolios Awards Runners Up for his Major Design Project Halo X pedestrian lighting system.

 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Offer 

 Congratulations to Leon Vitogiannis (ON 2016)  who has received an offer from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to study a Bachelor of Music  (Performance).  Entry into the  Conservatorium, the Nation’s premier tertiary music institution, is fiercely competitive. Graduates from the Conservatorium enjoy  careers as  soloists or  orchestral musicians, composers,  academics and educators, critics, writers and administrators.

 On a recent trip to New York, Leon had the opportunity to meet and receive an autograph from Plácido Domingo who was staring as Nabucco in the  Met. The opera  was a salute to James Levine as it was his 2nd last opera as a conductor. International press have described Plácido in the international press as “the  King of  Opera,” “a true  renaissance man in music” and “the greatest operatic artist of modern times”. Leon was awe struck that at the age of 75, the ‘King of Opera’ could so  masterfully project across such a  grand theatre.