Fencing

On Saturday two Newington boys entered the National Foil Qualifier Competition. Alex Mei (12/JN) was awarded second place and Adam Chew (11/MO) ninth place. Alex Mei will represent NSW A Team and Adam Chew will represent NSW B Team and both will fence at the National School Individual Championship in June at Brisbane.

Congratulations to the boys on their fantastic achievements!

Cricket

Four Newington boys, Jordan Gauci (11/FL), Sam Smyth (12/LE) – Captain of Cricket, Josh Stewart  (12/FL) – Captain 1st XI and Sam Wood (12/PR) – Deputy Senior Prefect) were selected to represent the GPS Combined Cricket 1st XI competing in the the Lord Taveners’ Cricket Week played in Sydney from 10 to 14 March. Newington 1st XI Coach, Mr Troy Stanley, was selected to coach to coach the side.

GPS won two tight matches against CHS 2 and CAS before a narrow loss to CHS 1. The team lost that early momentum losing to eventual winners Combined Catholic Colleges, and NSW Country Schools and finishing mid table.

Sam Wood (12/PR) was selected in the NSW Schoolboys Cricket Team to play a series of fixtures in December 2014. Sam’s selection was based on his match winning feats with the ball backed up with solid efforts with the bat. Jordan Gauci (11/FL) was selected as a shadow player in the Schoolboys team based on his efforts with the bat against CAS and Combined Catholic Colleges.