Cricket

In mid-January, the Newington 1^st XI visited Melbourne to play fixtures against Wesley College and Haileybury. Newington won a hard fought match against Wesley to retain the Chaplains’ Trophy. Sam Smyth (12/LE), Patrick Kirton (10/FL) and Fergus McKenna (11/JN) excelled with bat to post an impressive score. Newington was equally impressive with the ball with Joshua Stewart (12/FL), Rhys Andrew (12/MO), Terry Christoforou (10/JN) and Sam Smyth toiling successfully in oppressive conditions.

Haileybury had the better of a shortened match at Keysborough. The home side’s 199 from 30 overs proved a station too far for Newington. Lawrence Neil Smith (9/JN), Rhys Andrew and Joshua Stewart (12/FL) bowled well against a well-drilled bating outfit. Fergus McKenna, Arthur Baris (10/ME), Rhys Andrew and Zac Newton (11/LE) led the chase, however fell short of the asking rate of 6.5 runs an over. Newington finished with 120 for 8 wickets. Mention must be made of Joshua Stewart’s leadership, manoeuvring his field effectively and encouraging bowlers in sweltering heat.

Water Polo

In December 2013, Newington Water Polo sent two teams to Canberra to compete in the Trans Tasman Cup. As in past years, our teams took part in this tournament to provide players with an extra opportunity to develop skills and knowledge and gain extra experience by competing against some of the best schoolboy teams from Australia and New Zealand.

The Newington 1sts came agonisingly close to taking out the trophy with admirable performances throughout the four days. In the end the final went the way of Sacred Heart College, Auckland. The Newington Development team had an impressive victory over Canberra Grammar on day two of the competition among a series of mixed results.

All staff (Mr Lindsay Cotterill, Mr Will Van Asperen and Mr Harrison Pullinger) were very pleased with the camaraderie of both teams and the level of water polo produced by all the boys.