Coaching Appointments

Newington College has appointed the following new staff in the Sports Department:

• Mr Ryan Moar, Director of Aquatics (Swimming/Waterpolo/Pool Operations). You can read a bio of Mr Ryan Moar here.
• Mr Ross Turner, Director of Cricket and Teaching. You can read a bio of Mr Ross Turner here.
• Mr Mike Partridge, Director of Rowing and Teaching
• Mr Greg Royle, Director of Tennis (Teacher)

All have a strong educational philosophy and have coached at both School and Elite levels – a mixture of skills we are aiming to have leading our sporting programs. We welcome them to Newington College.

Cricket – Pre-Season Matches

1st XI – 50 OVER MATCHES

Barker College

Newington College 240/8 (Sam Smyth 99, Jordan Gauci 49 & Rhys Andrew 57*) lost to Barker College 242/7 (Saahil Parekh 2 for 32 from 7 overs & Rhys Andrew 0 for 9 from 6 overs).

Preparations for the new Cricket season commenced with a match against Barker College at Waitara. Sam Smyth’s skills with the bat were showcased with a fine innings of 99 complemented by Rhys Andrew whose 57 not out assisted Newington to a total of 240 from its allocated 50 overs. In reply Barker stumbled early but regained rhythm to eventually eclipse Newington’s score in the penultimate over.

Rockhampton Grammar School

Newington College 291/7 (Jordan Gauci 122, Sam Smyth 44 & Sam Wood 79) defeated Rockhampton Grammar School 237/9 (Joshua Stewart 4 for 42, Saahil Parekh 2/32 & Rhys Andrew 2/28).

Earlier this month Newington hosted Rockhampton Grammar School over two days in 50 over and T20 matches. Newington won the 50 over encounter comfortably on the strength of Jordan Gauci’s brilliant century (122 from 117 balls) and Sam Smyth’s steady hand of 48. Chasing 291 for victory Rockhampton fell behind the required rate due to Saahil Parekh, Sam Woods  and Joshua Stewart‘s efforts with the ball. In the end Rockhampton made a credible 245.

In the T20 Rockhampton made amends chasing down Newington’s total of 118 in with a few balls to spare. Sam Smyth featured again with the bat and Ben Adams showed form with the new ball.

Canberra Grammar School

Newington College 285/8 (Joshua Stewart 72, Sam Smyth 50, Sam Roby 49 & Rhys Andrew 38*(20 balls)) defeated Canberra Grammar School 200/10 (Saahil Parekh 0/28, Rhys Andrew 0/16, Sam Wood 2/27, Joshua Stewart 1/19 & Sam Roby 3/15).

Canberra Grammar hosted Newington over two days – continuing a relationship that extends some 50 years. The first day was given over to T20 matches – the feature of which was Sam Roby’s century (100 from 64 balls) in the opening encounter. Newington had the better of this form of the game.

The longer version games (50 overs) also went in Newington’s favour. In the 2nd IX match James Haldane made an impressive 76 runs in score of 174. Max Gerdovic, Mitchell Long, Eamon Barrett and Lawrence Hodges each took two wickets to restrict the opponents to 119.

In the 1st XI match Newington’s upper order batting successfully overcame difficult conditions to post an impressive score of 285 from its allocated overs (led by Sam Smyth, Joshua Stewart and Rhys Andrew) and the bowlers effectively restricted Canberra Grammar’s chase through the efforts of Sam Wood, Ben Adams, Joshua Stewart, Sam Roby and Alexander Barratt.

2nd XI – 50 OVER MATCHES

Canberra Grammar School

Newington 169/10 (James Haldane 76) defeated Canberra Grammar School 109 (Max Gerdovic 2 for 20, Eamon Barrett 2 for 26 & Lachlan Hodges 2 for 12).

T20 MATCHES

T20 Match v Rockhampton Grammar School

Newington College 118/10 (Sam Smyth 48, Sam Roby 21 & Arthur Baris 22) lost to Rockhampton Grammar School 119/6 (Ben Adams 2 for 19 & Joshua Stewart 3 for 21)

T20 Match v Canberra Grammar School

Newington College 105/4 (Sam Smyth 56*, Sam Wood 33*) defeated Canberra Grammar School 104/8 (Saahil Parekh 1 for 6 & Patrick Kuenzle 1 for 6 & Rhys Andrew 2 for 6)

T20 Match No 2 v Canberra Grammar School

Newington College 103/6 wickets (Nikhil Srinivasan 29 & Joshua Stewart 27) lost to Canberra Grammar School 107/6

T20 Match No 3 v Canberra Grammar School

Newington College 122/6 (Seb Crawford 40*, Arthur Baris 45 & James Haldane 24*) defeated Canberra Grammar School 120 (James Haldane 2 for 26)

T20 Match No 4 vs Canberra Grammar School

Newington College 205/2 (Sam Roby 100*, Sam Smyth) defeated Canberra Grammar School 138/7 (Lachlan Hodges 2 for 17, Alex Barrat 3 for 15).

Rugby

Newington College was well represented in the recent Schoolboy Tri nations Tournament held over the School holidays from 28 September – 6 October. Lachlan Cannell (ON ’13), Vunipola Fifita (11/FL), Tepai Moeroa (ON ’13) and Taane Milne (ON ’13) were chosen in the Australian Schoolboys team who beat Fiji 31-7 and lost to New Zealand, 16-17 with a last minute converted try from the right hand touch line to the visitors. David Morris (ON ’13) and Mesui Tufui (ON ’13) represented the Australia A team who also played the New Zealand and Fijian National Schoolboy teams. The Australia A team lost 36-0 to the Kiwi’s and beat the Fijian team.

At the conclusion of this tournament an Australian Schools Squad was chosen to tour the UK from 16 November – 20 December. The squad will play eight games on tour with test matches against Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland. Lachlan Cannell, Vunipola Fifita, Tepai Moeroa, Taane Milne and David morris were all chosen for this tour.

Congratulations to these boys and good luck!