The Shore Weekly Record
Friday 22nd November, 2013
SPEECH DAY
ARRANGEMENTS
Friday December 6, 2013
Parents of boys in Years 7 - 11 should note that
attendance at Speech Day is compulsory for their
sons. Boys are to wear summer or winter uniform
with coats.
9.00 – 11.30 am
9.30 – 11.30 am
10.30 – 11.15 am
11.30 – 12.00
Saturday Detentions
Friday Detentions
Drills
Boys’ Lunch for those on Drills and
Detentions
(Boys not on Drills or Detentions
should eat before coming to school.)
12.00 noon
All boys to be at School
12.15 – 12.25 pm Roll Call in Tutor Groups
12.25 – 12.50 pm Chapel: EW, EY, GE, MS, RN, SL
House Meetings: PE, SS, TY, WT,
BY, HS
Tutor Group/Clean up: AN, BS, BL,
CK, DN, GR
12.55 – 1.20 pm Chapel: AN, BS, BL, CK, DN, GR
House Meetings: EW, EY, GE, MS,
RN, SL
Tutor Group/Clean up: PE, SS, TY,
WT, BY, HS
1.25 – 2.00 pm
Chapel: PE, SS, TY, WT, BY, HS
House Meetings: AN, BS, BL, CK,
DN, GR
Tutor Group/Clean up: EW, EY,
GE, MS, RN, SL
2.00 – 2.30 pm
Final Assembly
2.30 – 2.45 pm
Boys to be seated in marquee
3.00 – 4.45 pm
SPEECH DAY
5.00 pm
Afternoon Tea on Chapel Lawn
Speech Day will be held in the Marquee on School
Ground. Parents, boys and guests are requested to
be seated by 2.45 p.m. Boys are expected to sit
with their parents if they are attending. The
ceremony should conclude at approximately 4.45
p.m. to be followed by afternoon tea on the Chapel
Lawn.
Volume LXXIV Term 4 Week 7
Sunday November 24th
Morning Prayer
Preacher
Leader
Reading:
House on Duty
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9.00am
Rev Anthony Benn
Rev Paul Dudley
2 Corinthians 9: 1 - 9
School House
NOTICE TO PARENTS
Since 1999 Shore has been collecting for
Anglicare’s Christmas Appeal.
At Christmas time not one Shore boy will want for
presents, food or drink. Sadly this is not true for
many other young people and their families who
may not even have a meal at all. Contributing to
this Appeal is one way the boys can bring a little
joy into these people’s hearts this Christmas. The
items they have asked us to focus on this year are Christmas Pudding, Christmas cake, long-life
custard, lollies/sweets/chocolates, instant coffee and
tinned ham.
If you could encourage your son(s) to bring in nonperishable food to School it would be a great help
towards this worthy cause. Cash donations for the
purchase of food would be welcome also.
Graham J. Robertson
DEPUTY HEADMASTER
HEADMASTER’S AWARD FOR
ACADEMIC MERIT
ABG Mazay - Year 10 (DN)
MB Bennett - Year 9 (BS)
NJ Perry - Year 9 (CK)
EJK Goddard - Year 10 (CK)
For 10 accumulated Credit Points
Please note there is limited parking at the School,
and parents are advised to use public transport
where possible. There will be no parking available
in Graythwaite.
FRP Adams - Year 10 (WT)
For 10 Credit Points in Mathematics
G. J. Robertson
DEPUTY HEADMASTER
FRP Adams - Year 10 (WT)
For 10 Credit Points in Mathematics
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
Shore’s Privacy Policy is available on our website at www.shore.nsw.edu.au or by contacting the School’s Privacy Officer
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Bringing Parents Together
November 22nd Year 10 End of Year Function
November 22nd Year 9 Dad’s Drinks
November 22nd Year 10 buying for Year 11
November 28 & 29 Second hand text booking
buying for Years 6, 7, 8 & 9
Don’t forget to visit the school website and click
through to submit your recipes for the Shore Cookbook
Meet the new 2014 Shore Association Executive
Please read SHORE ASSOCIATION WEEKLY
( SAW) for all details of upcoming events.
Click on the link to find out more:
http://www.shore.nsw.edu.au/file.php?fileID=6277&dl=1
Parents are invited to attend
the Opening and Dedication of the
Northbridge Pavilion & Tennis Complex
Saturday 23 November 2013
10.00 am
War Memorial Playing Fields
Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge
Guests are requested to be seated
by 9.45 am
The Opening and Dedication Service
will be followed by morning tea
Limited parking available on site
RSVP 15 November 2013
Mrs Judith Dalziel - 02 9956 1102
[email protected]
Sunday 24th November
Shore families are invited to join the third annual
Beach Walk for Brain Cancer - a 5km walk from
Shelly Beach to South Curl Curl, raising funds and
awareness for brain cancer research.
The walk starts at 10am followed by a big beach
BBQ at South Curl Curl with food, drinks and
more.
Go online to make a donation or register and set up
an individual or team fundraising page and help
raise much needed funds. Registrations on the day
open from 9am. For more details visit
beachwalkforbraincancer.com
All members of the Shore Community
are invited to join the Shore Chapel
Choir for the annual
Shore Chapel 7.30pm
Monday, November 25th
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
A boy’s subject classes for 2014 will be sent to his
parent’s e-mail address around the time of Speech
Day. They will not be published on Year
noticeboards. (Please note that boys will be told
some of their sets during their last teaching week
so that second hand books and new text books can
be ordered. Their current set teacher will give
them their sets.)
To ensure a smooth start to the academic year on
the first day of school, boys requesting a change in
course/subject should either:
ask their parents to write to the Studies Coordinator
outlining the proposed change and the reason for it,
to reach the Studies Coordinator no later than
Wednesday, 22nd January, 2014
Or
ask their parents to contact the Studies Coordinator
(9956 1182) on or before Tuesday, 21st January to
make an appointment if discussion or advice is
required.
F E Sharpe
Studies Coordinator
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Editorial
Secretarial
After an initial obsession with attempting to engage
my readers with the world of politics, I have since
taken a leave of absence of some months from that
ambivalent arena. This week I wish to return to the
world of broken promises, public embarrassment and
irrevocably damaged international relations to focus
on what is perhaps the most important issue of all;
youth apathy.
Young people today suffer from an acute lack of
caring. And not just in politics, but from everything
from schoolwork to social inequality, an absence of
interest has almost become our trademark.
Now certainly there are countless brave young people
who are standing up and voicing their opinions and
enacting change. We have seen globally for
generations how youth have risen up and spearheaded
movements towards equality and human and
environmental rights, and how in the modern day
social media is being utilised to make the world a
more aware and ever more concerned place. We saw
in Iran, Egypt, Tunisia and Syria how protesters coordinated their activities through social media and
how, despite oppressive regimes and the extradition
of journalists, their stories could still resonate online.
Those of us under 18 make up 46% of world
population, yet we have nowhere near half the
influence. And whilst we do see young people
attempting to have their say, the majority, the vast
bulk of young people with the potential to do the
most, are simply nonplussed. Most young people
today do not spare a second’s thought for the
decisions being made in Canberra on their behalf.
And those who do are quickly disenfranchised thanks
to the rarity of “conviction leaders” who act with
integrity and decide on the best policy for all those
involved not just whatever policy happens to be the
most popular. The decisions being made in Canberra
are nothing but hovering notions, ever residing on the
periphery.
It is up to us to influence the world which we will
inherit, not just patiently stand by on the sidelines
until we are considered old enough to have our own
opinions. At Shore we are always encouraged to
stand up for what we believe in and be well-rounded
young men and give back to our communities. Yet it
is hard to fight for a cause or change anything about
the communities we live in if we have not first
developed beliefs and convictions of our own.
Apathy, or indifference, is the greatest obstacle to us
becoming the dynamic force which we can be.
Put simply, it is time…to care.
KRK
What’s in a name?
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
For Joanne Rowling, her book The Cuckoo’s Calling,
written under the nom de plume “Robert Galbraith,”
received a sales boost of an exponential magnitude after
the world learnt of the true author. But regardless,
Joanne Rowling is better known around the world as J.
K. Rowling- she of Harry Potter fame, and she of many
initials. Except that Joanne Rowling doesn’t have a
middle name- it was merely a device used to market the
book to young male readers who were presumed to
dislike reading a book by a female author. It also goes
for the author of the infamous 50 Shades of Grey
(shame on all those boys who have read it). E. L. James
is really Erika Leonard… However assuming this time
that the name-change was aiming for the opposite,
instead of attracting a young male audience.
Your name carries with it your reputation and your
image. Take, for example, the legendary Belgian
fashion designer, Martin Margiela. He is said to have
never given an interview, never been seen by or
photographed by the press- not a trace of him exists.
However his label continues to sell clothes to
demanding customers all around the world. So a name
isn’t necessarily linked to the image people have of a
person. It merely reflects the image of your reputation.
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan have had their
names attributed to entire time periods because of the
influence they were able to exert at the height of their
power. Pulling a ‘Mitchell’ at tennis implies dumping
an easy shot into the bottom of the net. There continue
to be inherent links between your name and your
reputation. This is not a warning to disassociate yourself
from everything that might be slightly edgy, no, but it is
something that will define you in the minds of othersso proceed with caution.
The name Charlie Cooke may not ring a bell for all boys
at Shore, but Simple Charlie might. Simple Charlie is
perhaps a candidate for most hilarious character to be
portrayed by a student ever. Even though Charlie is, to
me, the mathemagician whom I struggle next to in 4
unit, and a sharp academic in general, his name in that
video has imprinted an image into the minds of others
who saw and laughed at it. So maybe to the year 8’s, he
is your Simple Charlie, but don’t let his name fool youit could mean a lot less than it really does. MPW
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Rat-atouille
The Chinese have, in recent years, been notorious
for supplementing, or wholly replacing, produce
with something slightly less appetising. Recent
scandals highlight China’s need for urgent
reform to their food regulation system, and also
the general lack of appreciation we show in
regard to food quality and control. We are
constantly reminded about how lucky we are to
have access to clean, green produce – yet we take
it for granted, and complain about things that are
in fact insignificant for millions of people around
the world.
One such scandal started when authorities
noticed that local farmers had dumped 16,000
dead pigs into the Huangpu River. This, of
course, raised much concern as the river supplies
a large proportion of Shanghai’s drinking water;
however, upon investigation, the reason for
dumping the pigs into the river came to light: the
farmers had previously sold many of these
carcasses to illegal buyers. The three men
arrested were imprisoned for life, after procuring
pig carcasses to sell at market – over two years,
the men are believed to have bought and sold
77,000 sick and dead animals. The farmers had
been dumping the pigs in the river because the
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
illegal buyers had been removed.
A slightly more worrying case of extreme false
advertising reflects the urgent need for controlled
supply chains in China’s greatly un-controlled
food regulation authority. In May this year, a
Chinese police task force uncovered a crime ring,
arresting over nine hundred people, who had
been found to be selling rat, fox and other
rodents packaged as lamb and beef. Sales of such
cleverly marketed rat meat were around a million
US dollars.
Of course, Australian import and produce
regulations are much stricter and more effective
than China’s. Yet their persistence in sending cat
furs to Akubra (although I assure you the hats are
100% rabbit) reflects the extent to which we
should appreciate our own food supply and its
quality; the daily stress of figuring out whether
you are eating beef or fox simply doesn’t exist.
Even Europeans aren’t exempt – it was recently
uncovered that producers had replaced beef with
horse meat So don’t take good quality, clean
meat and vegetables for granted; Australian
primary produce is among the highest quality,
greenest and safest in the world.
CRT
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To The Next Year 7 At Shore
A Guide
As the Year 7 boys of 2013 come to the end of their first
year at high school, we thought it helpful to provide a
few tips for the next group, facing the challenges that
we have just overcome:
The Golden Rule: Be nice to Year 12s! These guys
have power… and strength… and some of them can
be tough! So, no smart comments, or calling them
by nicknames. Just keep a low profile, be polite..
and tell them they are great at everything!
Don't Mix Up Your Bells: The first bell means ‘get
moving’. The second bell means ‘Be there’!
It’s Not Like At Home: If you lose something, or leave
it lying around, Mum won’t find it or pick it up. In
fact it will cost a dollar to get it back. And maybe a
drill from the SM too!
Class Humour: What seems funny to you may not get
the teachers giggling along. For example, reflecting
the sun light off your guitar into the eyes of a
teacher, and offering the opinion that “You are the
chosen one” may not get the laugh you expected. In
fact, it resulted in a Friday!
Computer Pirates: They are common at Shore. Log off
your computer every time you leave the workspace
unless you want your files deleted, or emailed, or
copied, or maybe even inappropriate words inserted
in the assignment you are about to hand in!
Prefect Promise: We told you to be nice to Year 12s.
But prefects are a special category even above
them. These guys have a rubbish fetish. But not
your rubbish for their bags. Only others people’s
rubbish that you have to pick up.
Physical Education Has A New Meaning: It is no
longer fun and games like at the Prep. Hitting balls
and playing tag is over. At high school, block runs,
swimming laps and beep tests are what makes the
PE teachers happy. But you won’t be so happy at
the end of PE class, we promise you that!
Death By Stairs: If you have a class on 5th Level
Benefactors you have to pack at least three things;
hiking boots, an oxygen mask… and a really good
excuse if you are late!
After the easy ride that Year 6 turned out to be in
retrospect, Year 7 can be daunting and scary. But follow
these rules… as well as the classic motto of “work hard,
play hard”, and Year 7 could just be the best year of
your life!
Top ten things a
SHORE boy must have
done
(In no particular order)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Attended a GPS home fixture
Been caught by Dr Clay using the incorrect
stairs
Belted out a proud rendition of ‘Thine be the
Glory’ outside the chapel
Beheld the silence on The Oval as the annual
pigeon stalk takes place
Attended a musical/play
Not had a clue what Mr Meakins just said,
but you laughed anyway
Travelled to the lovely Singleton Army
Range
Memorised the school song
Beat Joey’s
"Noticed that there is a plaque in the Shore
chapel dedicated to Ronald MacDonald"
KCN
CCS
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
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Rowing Season 2013/14
Do molecular biologists wear
designer genes?
10 Science Puns - BIOLOGY
1.
2.
They told me I had type A blood, but it was a Type O.
Sometimes, I'm really good at coming up with tree
puns and other times, I get stumped.
Why did the student fail his history of pre evolution
test? He missed Lamarck.
What is the favoured means of communication among
biologists? A cell phone.
What do you call the union of a sheep and a Ram? A
zygoat.
What replaced the tapeworm? The CD worm.
Did you hear about the famous microbiologist who
visited 30 different countries and spoke 6 languages?
He was a man of many cultures.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian
club, but I've never met herbivore.
What did Mozart compose for someone's stomach? An
organ concerto.
Which biochemicals wash up on beaches? A:
Nucleotides.
3.
4.
5.
It’s back. Rowing season.
The season kicks off this Saturday at the Scots
Regatta in Penrith.
The mighty Shore squads are already preparing for
the Head of River, being held in March next year.
The First VIII train seven times a week, and the
pressure continues to build as races are fast
approaching.
Edward Gorddard (Yr 11), the cox of the ones says
that our boys aren’t sure what their competition is this
season.
“We can’t really judge the other schools simply based
on past seasons. With our first races coming up, we
have to keep an open mind and expect anything this
season.”
Although Gorddard won’t necessarily be pulling the
oars, he is adamant that a cox is a vital position in a
rowing crew.
“Coxwains are essential to rowing. They are
responsible for navigation and steering [shouldn’t be
too hard, since they’re only going one direction],
motivation, technical support on the rowing stroke
and overall safety on the boat. If the complete crew
was a chicken, the head is a cox. Without the head,
the body can not function in an orderly manner.”
In all seriousness, in behalf of all the SWR team, I do
want to wish the rowing squads all the best for the
upcoming season.
We all appreciate the work you put in, and we know
it’ll pay off when we celebrate another Head of the
River victory in 2014.
NAS
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
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9.
10.
MCP
The Shore Weekly Record
written for and by the boys of Shore
Editor KR Kresevic
Secretary MP Wong
Graphics Editor: OR Brighton
Sports Editors: NA Savage, JSA Woodhill
Committee Members: RL Deppeler, JA Gibson, B He,
TS St John, KC Nielson, MC Park, AW Petrie, CR Taylor
Contributors: N Andrews, CC Savage
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NAndrews Fact
GUESS WHO?
Try and find which 3 members of the SWR
Committee are featured below!
It is a well-known fact that school is about to finish.
We are just shy of 2 weeks until the end of the school
year. As I walk around I can almost smell the
anticipation of boys eager to relax, sleep, eat - and
obviously study hard for their next year at school.
Many boys will travel far and wide these holidays
exploring places many people would never dream of
going. Little do we know the fundamental facts
associated with Jumbo-Jet travel. This brings me to
this week’s fact…
And the Fact is…
A 747 aeroplane uses 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off. It
also uses approximately 4 litres of fuel every second.
Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it burns close to
150,000 litres. Every ‘fill up’ costs the respective company roughly $375,000.
Don’t let this discourage you prior to your next
holiday as moving via plane is still the most
environmentally friendly way to travel as each 747
plane carries roughly 520 people.
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Friday, 22nd November, 2013
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KENNETH SLESSOR POETRY Competition
KENNETH SLESSOR POETRY Competition
YEAR 9: Runner up
YEAR 9: Third place
Intoxication of Love and the Love of Intoxication
Fear
To think about this elegant, resplendent deity
Of how she smiles to her colleagues with such ease
Without speaking my heart swore fealty
To hers. For she had brought me to my knees
She seemed indifferent nevertheless,
To speak with her was an honour of mine
In my mind I started to obsess.
With me cherishing her; her hands in mine.
How is it that fate can have a cruel sense of humour?
Fate made her introduce me to another
(Thank goodness she hadn’t done this sooner)
Unfortunately, he was not her brother
Her love, I cherished was never meant to last;
Fate decided that this girl should pass.
Another woman had I fallen victim for!
Lips, a blood-red, eyes brown, eyelashes fine,
Locks, black as night yet there was little more.
T’was an outer beauty; not divine.
For black, as well was her blood-red-stained heart.
She all but loathed my very existence on earth,
Her words pierced me, like a dartboard from a dart.
And so, she wished me death, to burn in a hearth.
The battlegrounds of war are the breeding grounds
of fear
For in the shells and storm of death there is not one
man here
Who does not fear. We think to our home where a
war creates glory,
when we return home it will not be us remembered,
for we will be
overshadowed by the story, the story of the war that
claimed all the fearful
souls. Souls of men who were fearless but much too
gleeful –
These innocent victim of greedy men have had their
experiences in life
blacked out, with the greed of men, we see the fear
of boys, and in their strife
a war of vanity and greed was greeted home by a
bloody red carpet for only
the reaper to walk, a bloody red carpet of fear. The
fear that made widows
lonely. That same fear that birthed itself from greed
has become the world’s
Fear, and the ones who suffer are the men on the
battle fields that breed fear.
Nicolas Pater
T’was not the girl I had fallen victim to, but fate!
Alas, her love was never meant to be!
This omniscient presence I believed has a trait:
To torture men, and make them fall on one knee.
Unfaithfulness – like a ship abandoning her mast,
Fate yet again, let this girl, from me, wander past.
The dim light glows on the sweat upon my brow.
Stars swirling around both in and out of my head,
Shine brighter than the brightest light for now.
Drunkenness; a road I thought I’d never tread.
Yet here I am, drowning amidst my own sorrow.
How can fate tease with love yet never yield
A teardrop of compassion for issues of tomorrow,
Hiding cowardly somewhere in a foreign field?
Panayiotis Xenos
ON THIS DAY…
On 22nd November, 1963, US President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
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Hi all,
Huge congratulations are in order for the incredible
cast of The Crucible. All roles were convincingly
played with remarkable professionalism and the
actors displayed a skilful control over an evident
abundance of talent. A great play was done great
“justice” (pun intended), and it was inspiring to see
Shore men perform to such a high standard in the
company of formidable actresses.
Auditions for Shore’s 2014 production of Les
Miserables were held this week and are now closed.
The names of the boys invited for callbacks were
placed on the noticeboard today and will be held on
Friday 22nd after school in the Music Department.
The Semester II Concert is on Thursday this week in
the Smith Auditorium starting at 7:30pm. It is a much
anticipated musical event displaying all there is to
offer from the Music programme. It will feature
Guitar and Percussion Ensembles; Concert Bands,
Stage Band and Jazz Ensemble; ForeShore and
Tenor/Bass Choir; Orchestra and more. Entry is free
but get along early and hear the Brass ensemble
busking in the foyer before the show to raise money
for The Australian Childrens’ Music Fund (ACMF), a
charity that provides free music education and
instruments to disadvantaged and Indigenous
children. Nic Savage and I (next year’s Co-Captains
of Music) will be collecting during the interval too so
keep an eye out for us – it’s such a great cause!
Our Senior Carol Service will be held in the Shore
Chapel on Monday, 25 November starting at 7:30pm.
The Chapel Choir, ForeShore and the Tenor/Bass
Choir will lead the worship in song and nine lessons
telling the story of our Lord will be read by members
of the Shore community, staff and students. One of
the most important events in the Shore calendar, the
Carol Service is a joyful night of song for which the
Chapel Choir has been preparing for months. All keen
Christmas carolers should go along and join in on this
festive occasion. Rumour has it that it will be a
packed house so get there early to get the pick of the
pews! There will be a supper afterwards in the
Hawkins Foyer and all are invited to attend to
celebrate the end of a busy and most successful year
with Ms Glover and the Shore choristers.
Have a great week.
Charlie Westhoff
Captain of Music, 2014
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
The schedule for Second-hand Textbook Selling
and Buying is set out below:
Year 11: Friday 22nd November:
Period 3 (Selling only)
Year 10: Friday 22nd November:
Lunch Time (Buying and Selling)
Year 9: Thursday 28th November:
Period 3 (Buying and Selling)
Year 8: Thursday 28th November:
Lunchtime (Buying and Selling)
Year 7: Friday 29th November:
Period 3 (A-K) (Buying and Selling)
Year 7: Friday 29th November:
Period 4 (L-Z) (Buying and Selling)
Year 6 SHORE PREP BOYS:
Friday 29th November :Lunch time (Buying )
NEW BOYS Year 7: Friday 29th November
1.00 – 2pm (Buying only)
The SHTB will be run in
Archive Room, Ground Floor
Benefactors Building
HOLIDAY STUDY SKILLS COURSES
AT CHATSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
CENTENNIAL AVE, CHATSWOOD
Study Skills Courses will run in the
January Holidays
The course for YEARS 10, 11 & 12 will be held on
21 & 22 January, 2014 (Tuesday & Wednesday),
9am – 1pm, both days.
The Course for YEARS 7, 8 & 9 will be held on
23 & 24 January, 2014 Thursday & Friday),
9am – 1pm , both days
Each course comes with the Skills Booklet and
Relevant Handouts.
Content aims to help students to be organised,
Motivated and to manage their time and subject
skills effectively.
For a course outline, enrolment and
enquires contact:
Mrs Ann Cook, author and course convenor on
Phone/Fax 9818 25 75 or visit website
www.studiesforfuturechoice.com
for enrolment
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Saturday 16th November
If you are a registered nurse or know
someone who is then Sony Camp
Firefly urgently needs you.
We are looking for volunteer nurses to
join our medical team during the four
days from Thursday 12th December to
Sunday 15th December.
Details of the Camp can be found at
www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au – look for
Camp Firefly 2013 under Quick Links.
Nurses need to register online here
1sts (Played the Top 6 Competition against the
other GPS schools held at The King’s School)
B.McMurray 5-3
R.Jones 5-0
T.Thacker 5-4,
B.Woodrow 5-0
A.Ma 5-0
2nds Lost
1-8
N.Healy 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
3rds - 6ths
WASHOUT
16A -16Ds
WASHOUT
15A - 15Ds
WASHOUT
14A - 14Ds
WASHOUT
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/nursing_volunteer
(you can choose one of our 8 hour shifts or simply
nominate a time you are available )
Please put the word out - the camp
cannot run without qualified nurses
on board and we still have shifts
we need to fill.
Sony Camp Firefly would like to take
this opportunity to thank the
Pymble and Shore communities for
their support of this initiative.
Saturday 16th November
Balls Head run plus 250 metre swim
Handicap results
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Brendan Stuart
Hamish Baikie
Sam Bursill
Tom Petersen
Matthew Viol
Year 9
Year 9
Year 7
Year 9
Year 9
37m05s
37m20s
38m15s
38m40s
38m56s
Year 10
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 7
19m36s
21m45s
22m20s
23m18s
24m15s
PB
PB
PB
Fastest on actual time
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Matt Clifford
Ollie Pufflet
Hamish Baikie
Tyson Wood
Sam Bursill
PB
Other Personal Bests set this week– PBs
Ben Clark
Term I
Term II
Term III
Term IV
Wed 29 Jan
Tues 29 April
Monday 14 July
Wed 8 Oct
Friday, 22nd November, 2013
Y8
31m38s
Thursday 10 April
Wednesday 18 June
Thursday 18 Sept
Friday 5 December
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Saturday 16th November
1sts
Newington proved to be a fierce opponent for the
Shore 1sts last weekend, notching up 100 points to
Shore’s 48. With a more aggressive start than
previous weeks, Shore managed some excellent
early ball movement, and the rare loose cannon was
seized by the men in white. Shore changed up the
defence regularly throughout the game which kept
the opposition working hard for baskets and forced
them to call a time out in the second
quarter. However, the game was owned by
Newington who found the hoop with greater ease,
from a broader range.
Shore played hard to the end and can be proud of
their efforts. Captain Charles Greenaway was a
standout for Shore – shooting 10, demonstrating
vision, and motivating his team on court.
2nds
After a very positive start where we kept
Newington to zero for 5 minutes, we then struggled
against the constant ball pressure exerted for the
rest of the game. When we could advance the ball
into the front court, our offensive structures looked
strong, but our inability to break the Newington
press was key. Our defensive rebounding also
lacked commitment, with Newington getting many
2nd chance attempts at the basket. With only one
week to go before the GPS competition starts, there
will be a lot of work on our rebounding, press
breaking and decision making at training.
3rds
After a tightly contested match Shore managed to
come out on top, with great defensive displays by
Michael Taft, Ben Sullivan and Zac Sullivan
sealing the win in the second half. Top scorers
include Lucas Ryan 7 points and Michael Taft 6
Points.
4ths
16A
There was a lot to like about the 16A’s performance
on the weekend. We scored our biggest tally of
points for a half and also for a game. We worked
very hard in the first half and had built up a 12 point
lead by half time. Rixon and McKeown each
claimed their biggest points tally for the
season. Whiston defended fantastically and did not
let his opposite man get away once. Unfortunately,
for the third week in a row we seemed to run out of
gas in the second half. The lead quickly
vanished. Off the ball we got lazy, didn’t find
necessary space and our passing also got
sloppy. We ended up losing by five in a highly
competitive game that the boys were most
disappointed to lose. The team will again be
working hard on fitness this week.
15A
The 15A's were led gallantly by Ernest Docker into
a strong contest against a competitive Newington
side. We struggled to pry open their strong defence
and at times were weak in our own defence,
ultimately going down by 20.
14A
14As started with a flourish but the baskets didn't
drop for us and so the momentum swung
away. With Ollie Kennedy out sick and Josh FarrJones with a swollen ankle, those left did a great job
in keeping the score within only a few points by
half time. The most encouraging thing about the
game was how our numbered break was starting to
work with some great passes from Ben Turner to
James Brown and Harry Cook and how our post
offence was starting to work with the wing players
making effective leads to receive the ball , then
patiently waiting for the posts to screen, then
feeding the ball successfully. But again, the
finishing was not there and Newington started
breaking effectively in the second half to gain an
unassailable lead. Lots of promise which, with a bit
more luck, could have been a different
story. Looking forward to Scots for next week.
The 4ths won their second game in a row on
Saturday. They played a very tight defensive game
that rattled the opposition and produced many
turnovers.
Their offence is becoming increasingly more
effective as their experience and confidence builds.
Final score was 41-21.
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16E - 71-15 winners against Newington
on Saturday
Mr Fletcher training Aiden Curtis last week
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Saturday 16th November
Team
1sts
2nds
3rds
4ths
5ths
7ths
8ths
9ths
10ths
Oppn
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
Result
Loss
Loss
Win
Win
Loss
Win
Loss
Loss
Loss
Score
48-100
33-52
31-28
41-21
20-23
27-16
15-ten
28-30
25-39
16A
16B
16B
NC
NC
NC
16C
16E
16F
16H
NC
NC
NC
KGS
Win
Win
Win
Loss
49-24
71-15
32-15
30 - 74
15A
15B
15C
15D
15E
15F
SHS
NC
NC
NC
NC
BC
Loss
Win
Win
Win
Win
Loss
14A
14B
14C
14D
14E
14F
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
Loss
Loss
Loss
Loss
Loss
Loss
Top scorer
M. Hazel-Harrison
Will Stewart
Lucas Ryan
Points
11
7
7
Nick Bennett
Graham Chen
Jake Hedge
Sam Phillips
Kevin McMahon
8
7
4
8
4
Luke RIXON
Leo Amarti
Leo Amarti
Harrison Yeung and
Tom Curran
12
10
10
Will Stuart
Wan
9
14
42-12
36 - 17
24-19
58 - 8
36-10
13-50
Lachie Sau-Harvey
Sam Wicks
N Rigby
5
10
9
Ed Townsend-Medlock
10
17-42
42-six
17-33
32-ten
13-35
42-four
Ben Turner
Tim Adler
Tom Muffet
Jack L
James McCabe
Harry Holder
6
4
4
6
4
4
Loss 40-45
Loss 28-28
Draw 28-28
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Saturday 16th November
Team
Opp
1st XI
Results/Scorers
Scots 271 and 3/104 (Liam Cochrane 2/34) def Shore 187 (Hunter Hordern
32, Charlie Taylor 31*) and 94 (Tom Veitch 23, Charlie Taylor 20) outright.
2nd XI
TSC
Scots 253 (N Savage 4/40, A Rickard 2/34, M Oliver 2/34) def Shore 160
(B Maltman 77) and 0/117 (A Petrie 55*, A Rickard 50*).
16A
TSC
Shore 7 dec. 276 def TSC 3rds 154 (E. Gregory 5 – 29, H. Fullerton 4 – 30)
and 111 (E. Gregory 3-4, M O’Donnell 2 – 8, D. Latham 2 – 13) outright.
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Generally good weather conditions were experienced during Week 6 except for the cloudy and on-shore
winds on Saturday morning. During the week the swell was manageable allowing for plenty of board and
tube rescues as well as the usual run swim run.
After a busy week of exams the Year 7 Nippers were full of energy and enthusiasm on Saturday morning.
An intensive fitness session consisting of hill sprints, soft sand runs and upper body strength activities was
well received by the boys. The physical condition of the group has developed markedly over the early
weeks of this season and this has had a great effect on the competition events.
Results for this week are:
Flags
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Handicap Board Race
Ryan Bennett (Makos)
Jonah Van Loon (Barracudas)
Josh Duthie (Hammerheads)
Finlay Stone (Pelicans)
Tom Burrow (Stingrays)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Team Swim
Board Relay
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Josh Duthie (Hammerheads)
Sebastian James (Barracudas)
Jye Scozzi (Stingrays)
Sam Williams(Pelicans)
Tim Forsyth (Stingrays)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hammerheads
Pelicans
Stingrays
Barracudas
Makos
Pelicans
Hammerheads
Stingrays
Barracudas
Makos
The team leader-board continues to remain very tight with several teams vying for the lead. This week the
team events were contested with great vigour and enthusiasm. A couple of key absences forced some
teams to dig deep to cover their vacant spots and all boys rose to the occasion when needed.
The Year 8 SRC group made the most of the small, uncrowded surf to do a hard session of fitness
training. The group was split into two, with one group running to Dee Why for some pool swimming. The
other group stayed at Long Reef to continue their board practice, paying particular attention to Eskimo
rolls on the way out and maintaining board speed on the way in. After both groups had completed each
rotation the groups were divided into a “B” Final and “A” Final for an Ironman event.
1
“A” FINAL
Zach Drysdale
1
“B” FINAL
Jake Dixon
2nd
Ben Clarkson
2nd
Harry Rossell
Jack Hondros
rd
st
rd
3
st
3
Nick Lorson
The Year10 Bronze squad had a busy Wednesday in the perfect conditions and good swell
conditions,with Thursday smaller in swell but very smooth allowing for good board work. The rotation
started on Wednesday was completed on Thursday based on the Dry exam on Saturday. This included
three stations including first aid, resuscitation, radio and signals. Almost fifty candidates attended the Dry
exam on Saturday in front of eight examiners from clubs across the Northern beaches. The Shore boys
were noticeably nervous with many early fails at the resuscitation section and subsequently many boys
needed to re-present for that station later in the morning.
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The other three stations were all successful with no major problems in the radio, first aid or signals section.
Areas for candidates to keep working on include - hand position on the sternum (too many a little low), full
secondary body check from head to toes including pulse check, students to know how the body works eg
why on the sternum and what are you looking for in body check and why. The exam itself was quite
intimidating with examiners often standing over the candidates.
All candidates will now focus on the Wet components this coming Saturday including all lifts and carries,
board and tube rescues, run swim run and scenarios so it will be a busy week for teachers, candidates
and trainers.
Result of competition events for Year 10 are:
Board Race
Scratch
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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H.Wilton
T.Robson
M.Bakker
T.Van Loon
L.Robison
Board Race
Handicap 5 seconds
lagoon start
J.Halliwell
T.Windsor
T.Van Loon
F.Bragg
G.Wheatley
Board race
Scratch
H.Wilton
T.Van Loon
L.Robison
L.Patrick
M.Bakker
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Criteria
Summary Checklist of Training Components covered by Week 6
SRC Year 8
Bronze Year 9
Bronze Year 10
Resuscitate – Adult (2 hands)
Resuscitate – Infant (1 hand)
Defibrillation
Oxyviva
Signals
Radio
First aid
Board
Tube - Conscious
Tube - Unconscious
Carries – 2 person seated
Carries – stinger drag
Carries – 2 person IRB/board
Spinal – land
Spinal - water
Patrol knowledge
Scenario #1
Scenario #2
Scenario #3
Scenario #4
Scenario #5
Scenario #6
Scenario #7
Scenario #8
Scenario #9
RSR
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30th Nov (Sat)
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7th Patrol at long Reef
Exams Bronze - WET Exam
Board & tube rescues, ALL lifts and carries, Run
swim Run, Scenarios
SRC Exam and Bronze re-present exam possible
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Camp week from 2nd December to 5th December
Time is rapidly running out for the SRC and two Bronze groups as the next two exam Saturdays loom.
Good luck to all candidates.
N.Scozzi
MiC SLS
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