Sport
Rugby—First XV GPS Champions!
On Saturday September 8th Newington defeated a gallant Riverview by 36-29 to become undefeated GPS Rugby Champions for 2012.
The Newington College 1st XV side of 2012 now enters into the school’s History as GPS champions for only the second time in 149 years and have gained the school’s 9th premiership. Well done boys—you have done your team, your school and yourselves proud.
The game was a tight contest with Riverview keen to finish the season on a high after a disappointing year. Both teams traded points during the 1st half with scores locked at 22-22 at half time. A couple of early tries to Newington took the score to 36-22. A try to Riverview saw Newington defending a 36-29 lead for the last ten minutes of the game.
1st XV Captain David Vea (12/MA) in his speech at the winter sports assembly said, “We are very proud to represent the school, the 26 rugby teams from the 13Fs to the 6ths, and the 400 boys in the school who play rugby for Newington College.”
Well done to all boys who represented the College playing rugby this year.
Rugby picture: Back Row: Joel Wilson, Oscar Pryor-Lees (12/MA), Olivier Damas (11/LE), Alex Vlahos (12/MA), Luke Gardner (12/ME), David Morris (12/KL), Rohan O’Regan (12/ME), Ben Chahoud (12/MA), Joey Lussick (11/JN), Brad Gill, Mark Bell.
Front Row: Taane Milne (11/JN), Alan Latunipulu (12/MA), Tepai Moeroa (11/JN), Matthew Hood (12/ME), David Vea (Captain)(12/MA), Will Ahosivi (12/FL), Ellis Abrahams (11/ME), Lachlan Cannell (12/FL).
Cross Country
The Newington Cross Country Age Championships were run on Tuesday September 11 at Sydney Park. This event is open to all boys in the school. Over 40 boys contested the three divisions.
Results:
U14 Champion Taylor McDonald (9/MO)
U16 Champion Ed Penrose (9/KL)
Open Champion Patrick Elliott (11/ME)
Well done to all competitors!
Football
The football season ended with the Newington 1st XI finishing in third spot and the 2nd XI fourth in the AAGPS competition. The respective competitions were very tight with St. Josephs College winning both titles. Congratulations to St. Josephs on their season.
There were also a number of Newington teams undefeated during the season:
4th XI, 16A, 16B, 16D, 16E, 14A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13F
Congratulations to the boys who played in these teams.
New Fit
On Sat 8th Sept our New Fit students participated in their final session at CrossFit Geo to round up Term 3 and their chosen Winter sport.
Congratulations must be in order for all those students who participated in this on a weekly basis throughout the term. Each student pushed themselves beyond their limits, and supported each other in the process.
Most of all it was an exciting, new, dynamic way to challenge themselves and have FUN in the process.
Check out the gallery below for some shots of the boys in action
Triple Colours
At the Winter Sports Assembly Year 12 student Oscar Pryor Lees (12/MA) was presented with Triple Colours.
This award recognises a boy who has gained colours in three or more sports and has been selected in two or more combined AAGPS 1sts teams
Oscar has represented the school in the following:
1st XV Rugby 2010–2012
1st VIII rowing 2011 – 2012
Senior Athletics Team 2011-2012
He has represented AAGPS in 1st XV Rugby in 2012 and 1st VIII rowing in 2011.
The last Newington student to achieve this award was Lachlan Turner (ON ’06).
Congratulations to Oscar on his contribution to Newington sport during his time at the school.
Oscar is pictured above with Olympian James Chapman (ON ’97) and his mother, Louise.
Summer Sport
Boys should now be registered for their summer sport and attending training. There is a full round of fixtures on the first weekend, Saturday October 13, in Term 4. Any boy who has not registered for a sport needs to see Mr Dickens in the Sports Dept. immediately on their return in Term 4.
