Newington’s Anzac Parade was held on the Johnson Oval on Wednesday 27 April before the whole school and many parents and Old Boys.
Stafford Lowe MBE (ON 1958) was Reviewing Officer and the commentary on the day was provided by Lieutenant Colonel John Moore AM RFD CFC Retd (ON 1953), who for many years has provided the commentary for ABC TV’s Anzac Day Broadcast.
This year the College revived an old tradition, whereby the Headmaster read out the names of The Fallen. Whilst Dr David Mulford read the names, 176 Year 12 boys installed white wooden crosses on the bank overlooking Johnson Oval representing Newington’s Fallen in the First and Second World Wars and the Vietnam War. The impact of the loss represented by our young men was lost on nobody.
Wreaths were also laid at the Memorial for the Dead in memory of Old Boys and staff that fought in all wars. In particular, a wreath was laid on behalf of the Millner Family to record the 80th Anniversary of the Memorial Drive, a gift of Col T G Millner MC VD (ON 1904) to the College and those families of WW1 Fallen.
Lest We Forget.
Sports News – Chier Maker (ON 2014), Basketball
An update on Chier Maker’s progress at the University of Portland from Newington’s Basketball Head Coach, Rex Nottage “Chier has finished his “redshirt year” and will now be eligibly to play this coming fall. He finished his first year of college with a 3.25 GPA which is outstanding.”
Sports News – Sam Hardy (ON 2013), Harvard Rower
Sam Hardy is having a great time at Harvard! The Universities have just started the competitive rowing season now and so far Sam has been placed in the Varsity boat rowing in the number 2 seat, pictured 2nd right above.
Sam represented Australia for the first time in the Coxed Four event at the Under 23 World Championships in Plovdiv Bulgaria last July . They were placed first in their heat and came 5th in the A final. This was such a great experience for Sam as he was able to train all ‘summer’ in the US with the rest of the other Australian rowers studying in America. They were based in Dartmouth for 6 weeks then travelled to Bosnia for a training camp with all the other Australians before heading to Plovdiv for the World Cup Championships.
Sam is nearing the end of his Sophomore year (2nd year). Sam has elected to major in VES (Visual and Environmental Science) as he has a keen interest in Film and Script Writing.Sam studied Film at Newington in Year 10 as well as doing a film as his major work in English (Extension 2) .
Sports News – Morgan McDonald (ON 2013), Distance Runner
Morgan McDonald has been blazing a trail of success in distance running since his high school days and continues to shine at the University of Wisconsin in both the 3000m track and cross country events.
As a Winconson Badgers’ track and field sophomore, Morgan broke the four minute indoor mile and the Badger’s school record at the Armory Track Invitational in New York City in February this year, clocking in at 3 minutes, 57.83 seconds.
Morgan lists his notable achievements with the Wisconson Badgers as:
School record holder in the mile (3:57.83)
2014 Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Year
2014 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region Performer
Big Ten Champion in the 3000 meters (2016)
At Newington, Morgan had an impressive list of championships and achievements in distance running:
He won the 2010 U16 National Cross Country Championship…named the 2011 U18 National 3000 meters Champion…in 2011 was the U18 National Cross Country Champion…represented Australia in the 2012 World Junior Cross Country Championship in the U20 division…won the 2013 U18 National Cross Country Championship…ran in the 2014 Nationals in the 5000 meters for the U20 division…finished 10th in the 5000 meters in the U20 division at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships in Hayward Field, Eugene.
Luke Fryer (ON 1994) Restaurateur Extraordinaire & Founder, Harri.com
In 2012, Luke Fryer (ON 1994) founded Harri.com, an innovative online hospitality recruitment platform initially focused on the hypercompetitive restaurant market in New York City which has expanded to service Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Boston. Harri.com has founded strong relationships with an impressive set of top restaurant groups and individual establishments in all major NYC boroughs, ranging from fast casual to upscale, full-service dining. Harri offers a modern, enticing platform, which exclusively caters to the unique dynamics involved with recruiting and retaining great talent.
As a youngster, Luke epitomised the young, bold entrepreneur. At 11, he started a car wash from his local garage, which at its peak had 14 people squeezing sponges and wrestling high-powered hoses. After completing his HSC at Newington, Luke juggled a full-time job as the wholesale/retail franchise manager for Australian Geographic, as well as studying a bachelor of business full time at the University of Technology, Sydney.
In 1998, Fryer financed the launch of his company and negotiated to purchase the first ever Australian Burger King Franchise at age 22. Responsible for development, financing and the day to day operations of the business, Luke’s industry achievements included top performing Burger King Restaurant in Australia (amongst 65) and highest group store profit ratio.
At 24, Luke successfully fielded pitch 1014 to company CEO, Ian Neil, securing the Australian license for Wagamama in 2002. Their flagship restaurant opened at King Street Wharf in May 2002 and was well received by the notoriously tough Australian dining crowd. Luke then went on to own New York’s Yushi Kaiten and Betel, a chain of noodle shops in London.
Adrian Bourke (ON 2000) Founder, SVP of Product & Strategy, SweetLabs
The stated aim of SweetLabs is to build the largest app install platform on the planet and judging by their statistics they’re well on their way. Founded in 2008 by Adrian Bourke and 3 other co-founders, the App downloading business has exploded for SweetLabs with their 1 billionth installation recently achieved.
SweetLabs is located in downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp district and downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square and have raised $21.5 million in venture capital from Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, Intel Capital, and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Chris Blackadder (ON 1991), Director of Scott Brownrigg, NY Office
Chris Blackadder (ON 1991) BScArch BArch (Hons) IIDA is a Director with leading global Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg. Chris joined Scott Brownrigg in 2015 and leads the New York office, where he is responsible for driving business growth and development across North America, in line with the practice’s strategic plan.
Chris has over 20 years’ professional experience, with a background in architecture, project management and workplace consulting. Having worked on a wide range of projects during his career, Chris specialises in the business space, hospitality and residential sectors. Having previously worked as Principal and Head of Interior Architects for Woods Bagot, and as Principal at IA Interior Architects, Chris has been responsible for many significant developments across the US. His clients have included: MetLife; Deloitte; Macquarie; Bloomberg; Westfield; Hakkasan (New York, LA, San Francisco); NYAC; Rockefeller Foundation; Lend Lease, Nokia Siemens Networks; Proctor & Gamble; Diageo; Reckitt Benckiser; Barclays Capital; Marsh McLennan Companies; Jones Lang LaSalle; Macquarie; Bank of America
Scott Brownrigg is an international practice based in the United Kingdom with an aim participate in significant projects across the globe and in all of its leading cities.
|Newington Happenings and our 2016 USA Reunions
Welcome to the May edition of the ONU eNews – US Edition
2016 is already shaping up as a big year for Newington. We won 6 GPS premierships during the summer season and the GPS Football (Soccer) season is into Round 4 and Round 1 of the GPS Rugby season kicks off this Saturday v King’s at Stanmore. We are defending Premiers for Football 2nds and Joint Premiers for Rugby 1sts.
Next month, 125 Old Boys, staff and students are travelling to Tupou College, our brother school in Tonga, to help celebrate their Sesquicentenary. On 18 July, His Majesty the King of Tonga King Tupou VI, the third son of His Late Majesty King Tupou IV (ON 1936), will visit Newington to officially open the Tupou College (Year 7) Centre and our new Drama Centre.
On the same day we will also be opening the Newington Challenge Centre, the Sandy Pearson (ON 1936) Cadet Centre and Roger Davidson (ON 1940) will open the Medical Centre named in his honour.
We have six Year reunions at Stanmore in May commencing with the Classes of 1971 and 1976 this Saturday.
Newington’s 2016 USA Reunions
Our 2016 USA Reunions will be held in San Francisco on Sunday 25 September and in New York on Saturday 1 October. Prior to that, we will be visiting Hong Kong on Tuesday 20 September, to be hosted by Ron Lu (ON 1962) and his wife Stella. This will be the third annual Hong Kong Reunion for Old Boys and current and future parents and we hope to exceed the 45 that attended in 2015.
Our San Francisco Reunion is confirmed for Sunday 25 September commencing at 12.30pm. A number of Old Boys have already indicated they will be attending, so it will be a great lunch. We will be joined by Alumni from both Brisbane Boys Grammar and Brisbane Girls Grammar together with AIS USA Foundation Chairman Doug Elix AO and his wife Robyn. The venue is yet to be set but you can Book Here and there is no charge to attend. We would love to see you there and we can bring you up to date on how your old school is going. It will be a great day.
The New York Reunion on Saturday 1 October will be a cracker and you should not miss this one. We are honoured to be hosted in their Manhattan home by Dr Peter (ON 1964) and Marise Green. They live at 214 West 17 Street in Chelsea, just near the Highline and it is a converted car garage that they purchased way back in 1981 (it would have been a very different place then).
Peter has very kindly provided some pictures of their home, including what it looked like from the street in the 1940’s and we are all very much looking forward to enjoying their hospitality. Again, there is no cost to attend but we ask you to Book Here for catering purposes. Hope you can come.
Finally, a reminder that these reunions are part of our biennial visit to the US to promote the philanthropy of the AIS USA Foundation. The Foundation was established by Newington in 2006 and this year we are celebrating ten years of successful giving to some 25 member schools. Four members of the Board are Newington Old Boys and Newington continues to be the biggest beneficiary due to the generosity of our North American Alumni.
For more information on the AIS USA Foundation, please click here and go to the Newington page in the Member’s tab.
Dr Peter Green's building in the 1940s was used as a parking garage
Inside Dr Peter Green's apartment which he and his wife Marisa in 1981
