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Volume XXXV, Issue 12 | Term 2, Week 5 | Thursday, 30 May 2013<br />
REd Shield<br />
Appeal<br />
Page 6<br />
Jack<br />
Page 8<br />
Shibori<br />
Workshop<br />
Page 10<br />
Artist-In-<br />
RESIdence<br />
Page 11
What’s on at <strong>Cranbrook</strong>?<br />
May/June 2013<br />
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday<br />
27<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
House<br />
photographs:<br />
C, Ct, D<br />
Management<br />
Committee,<br />
TBC – 3.30pm<br />
CAS General<br />
Committee AGM,<br />
Barker – 4.00pm<br />
28<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
Yr 8 Geography<br />
excursion,<br />
Mt Keira Rainforest<br />
Heads of<br />
Department<br />
meeting, Mackay<br />
Room – 12.40pm<br />
House<br />
photographs:<br />
Hv, H, N<br />
29<br />
Assembly<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
IPSHA ICT<br />
Co-ordinators<br />
meeting,<br />
Roseville College<br />
Yr 12 Tertiary<br />
education<br />
information<br />
evening,<br />
Ascham<br />
30<br />
B&D Committee,<br />
TBC – 7.30am<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
31<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
Yr 12 VA studio<br />
day<br />
ISDA debating<br />
semi-final 3<br />
Eastside debating<br />
grand final<br />
1<br />
Winter sport<br />
Rd 5 v Knox<br />
(away)<br />
GPS/CAS<br />
cross country<br />
Invitational,<br />
North Ryde<br />
Common –<br />
10.00am<br />
(CAS Trial)<br />
Headmasters<br />
Reception,<br />
Jugiong<br />
2<br />
AHISA Dinner,<br />
All Saints College,<br />
Bathurst<br />
SRC, Room 1.2<br />
– 12.40pm<br />
WH&S meeting,<br />
TBC – 3.30pm<br />
CIS football trials<br />
3<br />
Years 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
4<br />
Years 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
5<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
6<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
7<br />
Yrs 7 to 10,<br />
Semester 1<br />
assessment period<br />
8<br />
Long weekend<br />
No sport<br />
9<br />
Long weekend<br />
No sport<br />
AHISA meeting,<br />
All Saints College,<br />
Bathurst<br />
House<br />
photographs:<br />
R, St, S<br />
NSW All <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Basketball<br />
Championships<br />
CRC meeting<br />
– 7.00pm<br />
House<br />
photographs:<br />
P, Wd, W<br />
Heads of<br />
Department<br />
meeting,<br />
Mackay Room –<br />
12.40pm<br />
SRC, Room 1.2<br />
– 12.40pm<br />
PCP<br />
– 10.00am to<br />
10.45am<br />
IPSHA Teacher<br />
Librarian meeting<br />
ICAS Science<br />
Competition<br />
Boarders Chapel<br />
Service<br />
– 6.30pm<br />
CAS Rugby Dinner<br />
Housemasters<br />
meeting, Mackay<br />
Room<br />
– 12.40pm<br />
Rugby CAS v CHS,<br />
Hordern Oval<br />
Rugby CAS U16s<br />
North v South,<br />
Hordern Oval<br />
Year 11 EES field<br />
trip,<br />
Bantry Bay<br />
Ben Franks<br />
Memorial Biathlon,<br />
Hordern Oval –<br />
12.00pm<br />
Pitt Dash<br />
– 12.40pm<br />
OCA Committee<br />
meeting,<br />
TBC – 7.00pm<br />
10<br />
Queenís Birthday,<br />
public holiday<br />
11<br />
Photographs:<br />
Whole <strong>School</strong>,<br />
Hordern Oval<br />
Heads of<br />
Department<br />
meeting,<br />
Mackay Room –<br />
12.40pm<br />
SRC, Room 1.2<br />
– 12.40pm<br />
12<br />
Whole school<br />
photograph<br />
backup day<br />
IPSHA Music<br />
Teachers meeting<br />
Foundersí Day<br />
Assembly<br />
13<br />
Yr 12 Chemistry<br />
excursion<br />
CIS Cross Country<br />
Championships,<br />
Eastern Creek –<br />
9.00am<br />
IPSHA Curriculum<br />
Coordinators<br />
meeting<br />
14<br />
Yr 8 Languages<br />
Day<br />
Boarding <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Expo, Griffith<br />
ISDA debating,<br />
grand final<br />
JS IPSHA debating,<br />
Rd 3<br />
15<br />
Boarding <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Expo, Griffith<br />
Winter sport<br />
Rd 6 v Barker<br />
(home)<br />
GPS/CAS<br />
Cross Country<br />
Invitational,<br />
Ewen Park –<br />
9.00am<br />
16<br />
Music showcase<br />
set up,<br />
Carter Hall<br />
Yrs 11 & 12 Drama<br />
excursion,<br />
Belvoir Theatre –<br />
12.45pm<br />
CAS Rugby camp<br />
For a more comprehensive list of events, see the Calendar of Events.
Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
FEATURE<br />
The fine print<br />
by Tom Gibson and Matthew Theophile<br />
What’s in the name?<br />
Our names are something that we often take for granted, yet in many ways they influence our lives. Over the<br />
years, we have seen trends emerge in our choices of various baby names, many of which may seem strange<br />
or dated to us now. However, current trends in naming have led to some governments around the world<br />
legislating on the names people can and, more importantly, cannot call their children.<br />
Iceland has a list of approved names which<br />
must be used, although new names can be<br />
considered after an application process. In<br />
Germany, names must clearly indicate gender,<br />
(meaning that gender-neutral names like Alex<br />
and Jessie are unacceptable). In New Zealand,<br />
however, the government has released a list of<br />
names that are officially banned. The list seems<br />
to be based on somewhat tenuous criteria, as<br />
to-date, names such as Queen Victoria have<br />
been banned whilst, perversely, someone<br />
is roaming around New Zealand with the<br />
entirely legal name of Number 16 Bus Shelter.<br />
Some of these weird and wacky names can<br />
be put down to the celebrity obsession with<br />
strange names, dating back to when Frank<br />
Zappa called his daughter Moon Unit, Michael<br />
Jackson called his son Blanket and Sylvester<br />
Stallone called his daughter Sage Moonblood.<br />
Regardless of how this new phenomenon<br />
started, the question is whether governments<br />
are entitled to ban names based on their own<br />
idea of what constitutes a bad name.<br />
It certainly seems that names like ‘.’ (Full Stop)<br />
or ‘4real’, would be a hindrance to anyone<br />
who had to live with them and, after all, the<br />
government’s job is to look after the well-being<br />
of its citizens. Some people claim that such<br />
names are fine, because people can simply<br />
change them; however, this is not entirely the<br />
case. In NSW, people under the age of eighteen<br />
cannot legally change their name without<br />
the full consent of both of their parents. In<br />
New Zealand, a girl named ‘Talula Does the<br />
Hula From Hawaii’ went to court to get her<br />
name legally changed at age nine. The judge<br />
criticised the parents for giving the girl a name<br />
which acted as a social hurdle and even ‘set<br />
her up for a social disability and handicap.’<br />
Whilst it may not be illegal, it certainly<br />
seems immoral or unkind to give a child<br />
such a hindrance in life for a cheap laugh.<br />
Nevertheless, the fact that governments are<br />
beginning to restrict what we can and cannot<br />
call our children is not entirely comforting.<br />
Regardless of how this<br />
new phenomenon<br />
started, the question is<br />
whether governments<br />
are entitled to ban<br />
names based on their<br />
own idea of what<br />
constitutes a bad name.<br />
Even if these new laws are put in place in the<br />
interests of the children who bear the burden<br />
of these names, many would argue that such<br />
restrictions are a violation of our freedom in<br />
a democratic nation. Whether or not this is<br />
true, when there are twins being called Benson<br />
and Hedges, it certainly seems as if someone<br />
should be doing something about it.<br />
Whilst there’s nothing wrong with funny and<br />
outlandish names, when someone is given a<br />
name that can set them up as a social pariah,<br />
there should be laws in place to prevent it. In<br />
2009, three children were taken into social<br />
services in New Jersey, after they were named<br />
after prominent Nazis, including Adolf Hitler.<br />
Last year, the courts decided that the parents<br />
would never be able to regain access to their<br />
children (although this decision was not<br />
based solely on their actions in naming the<br />
children). Whilst it may be slightly over- the<br />
-top to separate parents from their children<br />
because of a bad name choice, New Zealand<br />
may not be doing such a bad thing in banning<br />
names that could set children up for a life of<br />
teasing and discrimination.<br />
3
The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
From Studies<br />
Term 2 Assessments<br />
– Years 7 to 10<br />
The Years 7 to 10 assessment periods start<br />
next week.<br />
Dates for tasks are on the Year group<br />
calendar, and specific advice about each task<br />
is located on the subject page.<br />
Don’t forget about the study tips advice on<br />
the Portal too:<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong> subscribes to the ELES<br />
Study Skills Handbook. This online resource<br />
contains information and interactive<br />
activities. Access to the Handbook is<br />
available at<br />
http://www.studyskillshandbook.com.au<br />
User name and password on the Portal<br />
(Year group home page)<br />
Absence from assessment tasks:<br />
Departments arrange catch-up testing<br />
for boys absent – a reminder that boys<br />
must bring a diary note from his parent<br />
or guardian if in Yrs 7 – 8 explaining his<br />
legitimate absence (illness or misadventure);<br />
a doctor’s certificate is required for Yrs 9<br />
and 10 students. Rules governing lateness<br />
and absence due to illness are in the relevant<br />
year Curriculum Outlines, provided in hard<br />
copy earlier in the year, on the portal, and<br />
referred to in the student diary (p 104) or<br />
portal/curriculum and assessment<br />
Term 2 semester reports<br />
Years 7 to 10 receive full reports at the end of<br />
term – attitude and achievement outcomes,<br />
performance grades and quartiles, teacher<br />
academic and pastoral comment, cocurricular<br />
information. Years 11 and<br />
12, and Year 10/11 accelerants, receive<br />
progress reports - attitude and achievement<br />
outcomes, task ranks for those tasks held<br />
this term.<br />
HSC Trial Examination<br />
Timetable<br />
The Trials are held in Weeks 1 and 2 of next<br />
term, starting day 1. The timetable and rules<br />
governing assessments and examinations<br />
will be available on the portal next week.<br />
Boys must familiarise themselves with the<br />
rules covering examinations and assessment<br />
– the rules on the portal and those in the<br />
HSC Assessment Guide.<br />
Once published, any Year 12 student or Year<br />
11 accelerant who has a problem with the<br />
timetable in terms of clashes, must see Mr<br />
Givney as a matter of urgency.<br />
Ronno’s RAve<br />
Esse quam videri<br />
Mr Ronaldson, Head of English<br />
(Special Programs)<br />
The Headmaster and staff are in the process<br />
of rethinking the <strong>School</strong>’s mission statement<br />
and in doing so have been discussing the<br />
significance of our motto. Courtesy of the<br />
magic of Wikipedia, I offer the following<br />
facts and then add some observations of my<br />
own.<br />
At one of the Headmaster’s recent staff<br />
breakfasts, called to facilitate the abovementioned<br />
discussion, I asked did anyone<br />
know where our motto originated. None of<br />
those present did, so a modicum of ‘research’<br />
– the Internet makes research so easy that<br />
one hesitates to use the word – reveals the<br />
following: the phrase is found in Cicero and<br />
also in Sallust.<br />
‘Esse quam videri is found in Cicero’s essay<br />
“On Friendship” (“De amicitia”, chapter 98).<br />
“Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti<br />
esse quam videri volunt” (Few are those who<br />
wish to be endowed with virtue rather than<br />
to seem so).<br />
‘Just a few years after Cicero, Sallust used<br />
the phrase in his “Bellum Catilinae” (54.6),<br />
writing that Cato the Younger “esse quam<br />
videri bonus malebat” (He preferred to be<br />
good rather than to seem so).<br />
‘ Previous to both Romans, Aeschylus used<br />
a similar phrase in “Seven Against Thebes” at<br />
line 592, at which the scout (angelos) says of<br />
the seer/priest Amphiaraos: “ou gar dokein<br />
aristos, all’ einai theile” (his resolve is not<br />
to seem the best but in fact to be the best).<br />
Plato quoted this line in “Republic” (361b).<br />
‘In “The Prince”, Niccolò Machiavelli<br />
reverses this phrase to videri quam esse (to<br />
seem rather than to be) with respect to how<br />
a ruler ought to act.’ Wikipedia, ‘esse quam<br />
videri’<br />
Wikipedia lists something like 95<br />
institutions and schools that have the motto<br />
as their own, including Darwin High <strong>School</strong>,<br />
Dubbo High <strong>School</strong> and Hermitage House<br />
at Geelong Grammar <strong>School</strong>. It is also the<br />
motto of North Carolina.<br />
We all know the obvious meaning: ‘it is<br />
better to be than seem to be’, and again,<br />
the moral seems obvious: ‘it is better to be<br />
honest/to have integrity than to be deceitful/<br />
to be a hypocrite’. Yet these interpretations<br />
point to a question inherent in the motto:<br />
‘to be… what exactly?’ We assume it means<br />
‘to be honest’ or ‘to have integrity’ but these<br />
are assumptions. Cicero makes it clear that<br />
very few actually wish to be ‘endowed with<br />
virtue’; Sallust attaches the word ‘bonus’ –<br />
‘good’.<br />
In Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, Polonius makes<br />
the famous observation to his son: ‘to<br />
thine own self be true’ – and yet Polonius<br />
is a long winded, sycophantic buffoon. He<br />
is murdered while spying on the Crown<br />
Prince.<br />
So the question remains ‘to be – what?’ If,<br />
like Polonius, you are true to yourself ‘then it<br />
follows, as night follows day, thou canst not<br />
be false to any man’. But what if that empty<br />
moral category, one’s self, ‘being’, is evil or<br />
corrupt? Adolf Hitler was true to himself,<br />
so was Joseph Stalin. Hitler appeared to be<br />
a peacemaker: Joseph Chamberlain came<br />
back from Munich waving a worthless<br />
piece of paper with Hitler’s signature on<br />
it, proclaiming ‘peace in our time’. It was<br />
not long before the true ‘being’ of Hitler<br />
replaced the ‘seeming’.<br />
So, while there is undoubted virtue in<br />
honesty, the quality and nature of what one<br />
is honest about is surely equally if not more<br />
important.<br />
Then there is also the question of ‘seeming’.<br />
Plato wished to banish poets and artists<br />
from his Republic because they were two<br />
removes from the truth: there was God’s<br />
ideal truth; then the copy of this truth in<br />
‘reality’; then the copy of this ‘reality’ in the<br />
work of the artist or poet. In other words he<br />
banned ‘seeming’.<br />
Wikipedia quotes Machiavelli as advocating<br />
seeming over being in his advice to Princes<br />
– deceptiveness is necessary in public<br />
policy. We see this every day in our modern<br />
politics; how often do politicians prevaricate,<br />
obfuscate, in short, lie?<br />
Good manners rely on ‘seeming’. I may<br />
suppress my true feelings or opinions in<br />
order not to hurt someone else’s. I may seem<br />
to be agreeable in order to survive and thrive<br />
in a particular social context.<br />
Plato’s idealism portrays our so-called reality<br />
as a form of seeming – to quote the King<br />
James Bible: ‘we see through a glass, darkly’.<br />
Many religions and philosophies see reality<br />
as a kind of dream or shadow, an illusion:<br />
a ‘seeming’. Existentialism sees ‘being’ as a<br />
void, nothingness. Civilisation is based on a<br />
striving to seem, teetering on the edge of the<br />
abyss of being.<br />
And Plato was right, surely: ‘seeming’ is<br />
of the essence in art. While the actor may<br />
strive for ‘truth’ in his or her performance,<br />
he or she is still acting, putting on a show,<br />
‘seeming’.<br />
So while I admire and respect our <strong>School</strong>’s<br />
motto, I repeat – what is it that we want to<br />
‘be’? And isn’t there are at least some merit<br />
in the practice of ‘seeming’?<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
FEATURE<br />
For the lads<br />
by Alexander Bogaty and Eddie Najm<br />
What most schools don’t<br />
teach – Code<br />
Yesterday I spoke to a twenty-year-old who<br />
told me of the time they first saw a touch<br />
screen at the age of fifteen. They said it was<br />
like magic. Today, a sixteen-year-old told me<br />
about their first encounter with a laptop at the<br />
age of ten. Tomorrow I will see another baby<br />
manipulating an iPhone before it can even<br />
say ‘iPhone.’ You now pay for your sausage<br />
roll and chocolate milk using a piece of coded<br />
plastic, lunch money no longer an incentive<br />
for the New Age cyber bully. And, just for<br />
your information, there is a full colour, high<br />
definition copy of this article on the portal.<br />
The world is changing fast, and it’s about time<br />
you heard about Code.<br />
A man named Lee Crocket (who addressed<br />
the <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Senior <strong>School</strong> staff at their<br />
Professional Development Day at the start<br />
of this term) has formulated a theory on the<br />
changing society of the twenty-first century.<br />
He believes that schools need to adapt<br />
their teaching methods to keep up with the<br />
exponential evolution of technology in recent<br />
years. In 1990 it was estimated that students<br />
could expect to have four to seven careers in<br />
their lifetime. Today, the American Labour<br />
Bureau of Statistics indicate that for our<br />
generation, we can expect not four to seven,<br />
but ten to seventeen careers by the time we<br />
are thirty-five. It is predicted that due to our<br />
rapidly changing economy, the top ten jobs<br />
that will be in demand ten years from now<br />
have not even been invented yet, therefore<br />
drastic changes in schooling must be made to<br />
prepare students to fulfil these potential new<br />
career paths. Code is one avenue we need to<br />
explore.<br />
‘Everybody in this country should learn how<br />
to program a computer… because it teaches<br />
you how to think.’ – Bill Gates (net worth<br />
66.3 billion).<br />
Coding is about using computer technology<br />
to solve human problems. Over the next<br />
ten years in America alone, there will be 1.4<br />
million jobs in computer science, and only<br />
around 400,000 graduates will be qualified for<br />
those jobs.<br />
‘Even if you want to become a race car<br />
driver, or play baseball or build a house,<br />
all of these things have been turned upside<br />
down by software’ – Drew Houston – created<br />
Dropbox (net worth 400 million, aged 30)<br />
Coders talk about the profound moment when<br />
they first made a computer – a lump of metal<br />
and plastic – spit out a recognisable piece of<br />
information, simply by typing instructions in<br />
sequence. Rather than being so impressed by<br />
a computer’s processing capacity, or the clarity<br />
of an iPhone’s retina display, we should give<br />
more credit to those whose imagination built<br />
the product.<br />
‘Programing is the only thing in the world<br />
where you can sit down and make something<br />
completely new from scratch’ – Mark<br />
Zuckerberg – created Facebook (net worth<br />
13.3 billion, aged 28)<br />
Coding is like playing Lego, only it is limitless<br />
in its potential. It allows the design of pieces<br />
on any scale; of any degree of intricacy. The<br />
combination of these pieces produces an<br />
interactive system, which can perform any<br />
and every task at the click of a button. The best<br />
coders are the ones who can structure their<br />
program to cater specifically for our needs and<br />
desires.<br />
‘I first learned how to make a red circle and<br />
a green square appear on the screen’ - Elena<br />
Silenok – created Clothia (net worth 210<br />
million, aged 31)<br />
The YouTube video – ‘What Most <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Don’t Teach’ (directed by Lesley Chilcott)<br />
inspired this article – take a look at it. It<br />
explores some of the concepts described<br />
here and has an awesome segment on the<br />
reinvention of the Facebook office. Also on the<br />
video is a link to Code.org, a website which<br />
can teach you the basics of code. It’s really not<br />
as hard as you think.<br />
‘The programmers of tomorrow are the<br />
wizards of the future’ – Gabe Newell –<br />
created Valve (net worth 1.5 billion).<br />
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The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
2013 Red Shield Appeal<br />
Preparing to start the collecting<br />
Craig Davies, Dean of<br />
Co-Curricular Programs<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> students excelled in the 2013<br />
Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal conducted<br />
on Sunday (26th May). A record number<br />
of 377 <strong>Cranbrook</strong> students door knocked<br />
through Rose Bay, Double Bay, Woollahra,<br />
Bellevue Hill and Bondi Junction to collect an<br />
amazing $17,530 over a three hour period.<br />
The program was expertly coordinated by<br />
Salvation Army representatives John and<br />
Allison Wiseman and former old boy and<br />
current parent Sandy Dawson. <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
staff Mr Slavin, Mr Morrow, Rev Tubman, Dr<br />
Cassidy, Ms Murray, Ms Whiteley and Mrs<br />
Shore all assisted with the organisation of the<br />
boys.<br />
In some ways, the numbers were not<br />
surprising due to the importance placed on<br />
In addition to the record<br />
number of students and<br />
the money collected,<br />
there was an amazing<br />
sense of community.<br />
this event by the Housemasters and tutors.<br />
Their support and encouragement of the boys<br />
was telling. Equally as important was the work<br />
of Antony Robinson in his role as Head of<br />
Social Service and the House leaders.<br />
In addition to the record number of students<br />
and the money collected, there was an<br />
amazing sense of community. Year 12 boys<br />
were grouped with Year 7s, Year 11s with Year<br />
8s and Year 10s with Year 9s. Not only did this<br />
provide a degree of safety and reassurance for<br />
the younger students it was also a valuable ‘get<br />
to know you’ and ‘role modelling’ experience.<br />
Congratulations to all involved.<br />
All Year 7 and Year 9<br />
Students<br />
Reminder for NSW<br />
<strong>School</strong> Based Vaccination<br />
Program<br />
Monday June 17th 2013 the second round<br />
of vaccines will be offered:<br />
– Dose Two Hepatitis B vaccine for all Year<br />
7 students.<br />
– Varicella (Chicken pox) vaccine for all<br />
Year 7 students who have not previously<br />
received varicella vaccine or had<br />
chickenpox disease.<br />
– Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping cough<br />
(dTpa) to all Year 7 students who may have<br />
missed the first round due to illness.<br />
– Dose Two Human Papillomavirus (HPV)<br />
vaccine will be offered to Year 7 students<br />
and to Year 9 students.<br />
Original consent forms are held by the<br />
immunisation team and are the consent for<br />
the next vaccinations.<br />
Should your son have missed the first round<br />
of vaccinations for any reason and you have<br />
not completed a consent form, please collect<br />
the form from the health centre. If you have<br />
already completed a consent form there is no<br />
need to fill in another form.<br />
Any students who have commenced either<br />
HPV or Hepatits B vaccinations at the<br />
Doctor must complete the course with the<br />
Doctor.<br />
If you have any questions about the program<br />
please contact the school health centre on<br />
Ph: 9327 2671 or the immunisation unit,<br />
Public Health on Ph: 9382 8333.<br />
Thank you<br />
Health Centre Staff<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
FEATURE<br />
Silver lining<br />
by James Broe and Jack Jahn<br />
Theatre Rules<br />
Oscar Wilde regarded the theatre as the ‘greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human<br />
being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being’ and following our recent viewing of<br />
War Horse at the Lyric Theatre, we’d have to agree with him. There would be absolutely no hesitation from us<br />
to label it as one of the best, if not the best, theatre productions we’ve ever seen. Time Magazine described it<br />
best when they said it was ‘the theatrical event of the decade’, giving it 5 stars.<br />
War Horse was developed from Michael<br />
Morpurgo’s powerful and imaginative play,<br />
and exploits visually stunning sets, lighting<br />
and props. It tells the story of a farmer’s<br />
boy, Albert, and his beloved horse, Joey,<br />
who is sold into the cavalry of the British<br />
army during the outbreak of the Great War.<br />
South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company<br />
stuns audiences with breathing, galloping,<br />
full-scale interactive horses that captivate<br />
spectators through their complex structures<br />
made of cane and incorporating features of<br />
steel, leather and aircraft cable. Since the<br />
production’s premiere in 2007, it has gained<br />
global acclaim, earning two Laurence Olivier<br />
Awards, five Tony Awards, four Outer Critics’<br />
Circle Awards and many others- the list goes<br />
on.<br />
There would be<br />
absolutely no hesitation<br />
from us to label it as one<br />
of the best, if not the<br />
best, theatre productions<br />
we’ve ever seen.<br />
Now, of course, we suggest that you all see<br />
this production before it ships off overseas;<br />
however, if you wait a little (toward the end<br />
of the show), ticket prices may reduce. It is<br />
a longstanding belief of the Sydney Theatre<br />
Company that theatre tickets are generally<br />
overpriced, leading to the common attitude<br />
that the theatre is too expensive and exclusive.<br />
New approaches to ticket pricing have been<br />
initiated by Cate Blanchett and Andrew<br />
Upton, including $20 tickets for upcoming<br />
shows. Their new ticketing scheme has been<br />
applied to this year’s big-ticket shows such<br />
as The Maids, staring Blanchett, Waiting for<br />
Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are<br />
Dead.<br />
The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and<br />
NIDA nurture their roots deep in youth<br />
education programs. If you’re interested<br />
in one day applying to NIDA or following<br />
your interest in drama, these are really good<br />
courses to do. STC holds post-show chats with<br />
cast members of their plays and gives you<br />
the opportunity to become an ambassador<br />
for the company. They also facilitate ticket<br />
subscriptions, work experience programs<br />
for Years 10-12 and possible production<br />
involvements. NIDA operates on much the<br />
same wavelength offering student-based<br />
practical courses and productions.<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> is about to experience a dense<br />
few weeks of drama itself in the final stages<br />
of term. Auditions for the huge production<br />
of The Boyfriend will be held, both studentdirected<br />
plays, The Stones and Gizmos will<br />
be on and various students are performing<br />
in Kambala and SCEGGS productions such<br />
as If Only the Lonely were Home and the<br />
much anticipated, Rent. It begs the question,<br />
if theatre is so great, why aren’t more boys<br />
auditioning? Well, the simple answer is<br />
that they’re scared. If you ask around you’ll<br />
commonly hear boys say that they’re ‘not good<br />
enough’ or that they’re ‘afraid they won’t get<br />
in’. Well, let us tell you now that nothing bad<br />
can come of auditioning for a play. Trying out<br />
is great experience in itself and, if you get in,<br />
the rewards exponentially increase from there.<br />
The amount of experience that it provides you<br />
with is priceless as it builds your confidence<br />
and your public speaking abilities and, most<br />
of all, your dramatic talents. So don’t be afraid<br />
to realise your potential because you probably<br />
have more than you realise.<br />
The amazing puppet of Joey in War Horse<br />
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FEATURE<br />
From the freelance desk<br />
By Sean Fitz-Gerald, Year 7, Hone<br />
Jack<br />
It was the hardest decision I ever had to make.<br />
Jack had been restless all day. He couldn’t<br />
stop running in circles and scratching at the<br />
back door. He whimpered and barked at<br />
me through the light-dappled glass screen,<br />
rubbing his snout against the stone tiles. I<br />
told Dad I was going to take him for a walk.<br />
I pulled myself off the sofa and walked to the<br />
kitchen to fetch his lead. Strolling to the door,<br />
Jack was already jumping and shouting, urging<br />
me to walk a little faster. I took my time with<br />
the door. Jack was a real laugh to tease. I<br />
opened the door a crack, and Jack shoved his<br />
nose in, whimpering. Then I pushed it open<br />
all the way, and let him throw his shaggy body<br />
right at me in excitement, and snap at his blue<br />
lead. I whispered in his ear, ‘Good boy Jack,<br />
calm down, there’s a boy, calm down.’ He sat,<br />
and I clipped on his lead. He rushed me out<br />
the back gate, and we bolted down the path.<br />
I’ve always loved the park. Looking up<br />
through the trees, I saw the sun shining<br />
down, filtering through the leaves, painting<br />
everything a golden hue. Jack had slowed<br />
down to a contented trot, sniffing and pawing<br />
the carpet of autumn leaves that layered the<br />
floor. We had a special spot that we always<br />
went to. The park was huge, but Jack and I<br />
always knew where to go. We crossed the<br />
road, and entered the thick brush. I clipped<br />
off Jack’s lead, and having regained his<br />
energy, Jack blasted forth into the bushes.<br />
Small birds scattered into the air, frightened<br />
of Jack’s crushing footsteps, and his loud,<br />
curious personality. We charged on, stumbling<br />
through the undergrowth, until we reached a<br />
clearing. Across the field, a bench lying under<br />
a looming tree stood ten metres from the road.<br />
This was our special spot. Jack and I sprinted<br />
through the sea of grass, the sun shining<br />
nakedly through the sky and onto our backs.<br />
Jack couldn’t control himself. It seemed as if he<br />
leapt and snapped at the very sky above, giving<br />
deep, throaty barks as he ran. We reached our<br />
spot, and I threw myself onto the bench. Jack<br />
collapsed at my feet, panting heavily. Jack was<br />
peculiar like that. Once we reached this bench,<br />
he had no other interests than taking a nap,<br />
which was fine with me. As I sat there with my<br />
eyes shut, soaking up the sunlight, I felt Jack’s<br />
8<br />
body leave my feet. Seconds later, I heard a<br />
huge bark. I opened my eyes, and sat up, to<br />
see Jack charging across the field towards the<br />
road. Over at the other side, a cat was scaling<br />
a tree. I screamed at Jack to stop, and heel, but<br />
he paid no attention to me. He bolted across<br />
the road.<br />
The vet was trying to hold him down, but<br />
Jack was kicking and going crazy. Dad moved<br />
to help him, but Jack scrambled off the table<br />
and fell to the floor on his side. A yelp pierced<br />
the air. I screamed his name and rushed to<br />
him, but Dad stepped in front and held me<br />
back. ‘He’s so confused and stressed he’ll bite<br />
anything, son,’ he said. I looked at my bleeding<br />
hand and remembered when the car hit him,<br />
and how I tried to pick him up. The driver<br />
and the vet carried Jack’s bleeding body to the<br />
table, and Dad took me outside. He told me to<br />
wait and be brave, and then ran back into the<br />
room. I waited for hours.<br />
The vet and Dad sat with me in the waiting<br />
room. The vet was talking to me, but I could<br />
barely hear him. ‘Jack’s asleep for now, but<br />
soon he’ll wake up. Jack needs surgery, but the<br />
process is very dangerous, and Jack may not<br />
survive…’ Dad interrupted gently, ‘we may<br />
have to put him down, son.’<br />
It was the hardest decision I ever had to make.<br />
This week’s student freelance<br />
contributors are:<br />
Henry Warner, Year 10, Chelmsford<br />
Sean Fitz-Gerald, Year 7, Hone<br />
If you have something you would<br />
like published in the next student<br />
writing edition of The Chronicle<br />
(date to be confirmed), please<br />
email directly to rduke@cranbrook.<br />
nsw.edu.au. See the Advertisement<br />
section for more information.
Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
FEATURE<br />
From the freelance desk<br />
By Henry Warner, Year 10, Chelmsford<br />
What will happen to the<br />
human race?<br />
iRobot, The Matrix and Artificial<br />
Intelligence are all films that<br />
capture the unthinkable. They are<br />
films where humans have created<br />
machines that are more advanced<br />
than us intellectually and physically,<br />
and the machines fight back.<br />
Already companies are choosing computers<br />
over people. It is clear that humans are<br />
slowly being substituted by computers. There<br />
are roughly 700,000 unemployed people<br />
in Australia – that number reflects a 9.9%<br />
rise since this time last year. In the same<br />
time period, computers have doubled their<br />
processing capacity. How many computers<br />
are unemployed? Computers are built for a<br />
purpose and they serve that purpose, be it<br />
high intensity gaming, hosting social networks<br />
or even word processing, they do their job.<br />
In a world where such cost effective and<br />
low maintenance resources exist, where do<br />
humans fit in?<br />
The reality is that computers are not at the<br />
stage yet, where they can totally replace<br />
humans but the time will come when the last<br />
human job will be taken by computers.<br />
There are two ways of dealing with an invasion<br />
by things more advanced than you. First, you<br />
can overcome the invaders by evolving to<br />
be stronger than them or, secondly, you can<br />
simply stand aside and become inferior. In<br />
the case of humanity and the invasion of the<br />
computers, the options are vast. Two of the<br />
possible options are: Human Enhancement<br />
and Human Substitution.<br />
Human Substitution:<br />
It happened with animals and it’s happening<br />
with us. How many commercial farms in the<br />
developed world do you see using horses or<br />
oxen to pull ploughs? The answer is none.<br />
How often do you get automated responses<br />
to email or calls that you make to large<br />
corporations? More and more businesses are<br />
turning to computers to run, work and design<br />
their companies. Now, instead of competing<br />
with other people for jobs, we have to compete<br />
with computers as well. Some companies<br />
even use computers to choose whom they<br />
recruit. In a future society, humans might have<br />
no purpose. Human Substitution is where<br />
almost all human jobs have been substituted<br />
by machines. In this sort of society, the rich<br />
would get richer and the poor would probably<br />
have to live on government benefits because<br />
no jobs would be available. There is however<br />
an alternative:<br />
Human Enhancement:<br />
Steroids, neuro-technology and prosthetics<br />
all are forms of human enhancement. As<br />
computers become more advanced and<br />
smaller, they might be able to be integrated<br />
into the human body. The concept of Human<br />
Enhancement or HE is not a new one- people<br />
have been taking drugs that make them<br />
perform better and using prosthetic limbs for<br />
years. In the field of Quantum Physics there is<br />
a lot to learn about the human brain and even<br />
evidence to confirm the possible existence of<br />
the human soul. The advances to the human<br />
condition that could be made if the true<br />
nature of it was known could be enormous.<br />
By enhancing ourselves we could possibly<br />
compete in a world where computers would<br />
otherwise be in charge.<br />
What would most likely happen is a<br />
combination of both Human Substitution and<br />
Human Enhancement where the rich would<br />
break away from the poor, splitting humanity<br />
into the Enhanced and the Substituted. “Don’t<br />
know about you but I know which category I<br />
want to be in.”<br />
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Year 10 Visual Design<br />
Shibori Workshop<br />
Last Tuesday Year 10 Visual Design students<br />
participated in a Shibori workshop with<br />
designers Karen Davies and Pepa Martin from<br />
‘Shibori’. Pepa and Karen lead the class in a<br />
demonstration of some traditional Shibori<br />
dying techniques. Shibori is a Japanese term<br />
and it refers to the act of compressing fabric<br />
to make a resist. Student experimented with<br />
using blocks to create repeated shapes, with<br />
binding, clamping, folding and tying fabric to<br />
create a range of experimental works on fabric,<br />
T-shirts, scarves and other wearables.<br />
This unit of work is designed to complement<br />
studies in fashion design. In practical lessons<br />
this term students are screen printing bags<br />
and creating contemporary designs for t-shirts<br />
as part of the term-long focus on fashion.<br />
Students enjoyed the hands on nature of<br />
the workshop and the process involved in<br />
creating a hand dyed piece. There was much<br />
anticipation as each item came out of the<br />
indigo dye vat. Thank you to our two visiting<br />
designers, Pepa and Karen, for sharing their<br />
passion for Shibori with the class.<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
Artist-In-Residence:<br />
Max Lambert<br />
Max Lambert is a name that is well-known and highly respected in the world of Australian theatre and<br />
from June to October he will be in residence at <strong>Cranbrook</strong> to work with drama and music students. His<br />
achievements are many. <strong>Here</strong> are just some of them:<br />
Those who recall the Sydney 2000 Olympic<br />
Games will have no trouble remembering the<br />
spectacular opening and closing ceremonies.<br />
Max Lambert was responsible for the music<br />
for these events. So successfully did he manage<br />
these events, that he was invited to direct the<br />
music for The Manchester Commonwealth<br />
Games and the Asia Pacific Games in Doha.<br />
His achievements on the stage in Australia,<br />
on Broadway in New York and on London’s<br />
West End have been equally applauded and<br />
awarded. A small sample of the recordbreaking<br />
shows for which he directed the<br />
music includes Boy from Oz, Two Weeks<br />
With the Queen, Hot Shoe Shuffle, How to<br />
Train a Dragon to name just a few. On the<br />
screen, his name is associated with the music<br />
for Happy Feet and that icon of children’s<br />
television, Play <strong>School</strong>. At the moment,<br />
he is Musical Supervisor for the most<br />
expensive and technologically advanced<br />
theatrical performance ever to be performed<br />
in Australia, King Kong, which opens in<br />
Melbourne in just a few weeks. At the<br />
conclusion of his time at <strong>Cranbrook</strong>, he will<br />
take up the position of Musical Supervisor of<br />
the highly anticipated stage production of the<br />
hugely successful film, Strictly Ballroom.<br />
Music and Drama students can take advantage<br />
of his time at <strong>Cranbrook</strong> in two ways: as an<br />
Elective Music student and as a member of<br />
the cast of our forthcoming production of the<br />
timeless musical, The Boy Friend.<br />
Max Lambert’s time at <strong>Cranbrook</strong> has been<br />
generously sponsored by <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s Music<br />
and Drama Friends and the <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
Parents’ Association.<br />
Auditions for<br />
The Boy Friend<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> will be performing The Boy<br />
Friend with girls from Ascham, Kambala,<br />
Kincoppal and SCEGGS Darlinghurst.<br />
Auditions will take place on Sunday, 16<br />
June from 9.30 am in the War Memorial<br />
Hall.<br />
Auditions are open to all students – not just<br />
to students of Music and Drama – in Years<br />
9, 10 and 11.<br />
Full details about the auditions, rehearsals<br />
and performances are available on the<br />
co-curricular Drama page of the portal.<br />
Students should read these pages carefully<br />
and learn the auditions song before<br />
attending the auditions.<br />
Drama<br />
Production<br />
Opening<br />
Kambala’s senior production If Only<br />
The Lonely Were Home, by Finnegan<br />
Kruckemeyer, will open on Thursday 30<br />
May, with subsequent shows on Friday 31<br />
and Sunday 2nd June.<br />
It is a play for young people (from<br />
Kindergarten upwards) that uses movement,<br />
song and visual imagery to tell a delightful<br />
tale about the importance of appreciating<br />
the things and people that we love.<br />
Kambala girls have collaborated with a<br />
number of talented drama students from<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> to produce this imaginative play.<br />
Please see the poster for further booking<br />
details.<br />
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The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
Headmaster’s Receptions<br />
In recent weeks Mr Sampson has hosted two receptions for past,<br />
current and future families. In Hong Kong, over 60 guests gathered<br />
at the Hong Kong Football Club to mingle and hear the Headmaster’s<br />
vision for the <strong>School</strong>. A wonderful mix of Old <strong>Cranbrook</strong>ians, current<br />
boarding parents and future <strong>Cranbrook</strong> parents took the opportunity to<br />
mingle and hear news from the school.<br />
Thanks must go to Boarder mum Lara Reynolds (Garth and Matt) for<br />
her assistance in organising the event, and the support of James Bush<br />
our Director of the Old <strong>Cranbrook</strong>ians Association whose assistance<br />
was also greatly appreciated.<br />
Our Director of Admissions, Mr Michael Atkins also held a number of<br />
meetings and entry interviews with families currently residing in Hong<br />
Kong.<br />
Another Reception was held in Dubbo in conjunction with the<br />
Boarding <strong>School</strong>s’ Expo. Over twenty of the local <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
Chessnut Week 5, Term 2,2013<br />
Community gathered at the Dubbo Golf Club to hear the Headmaster<br />
speak and enjoy one to one conversations with him.<br />
Clockwise from top left: Jo Crowley, Naomi Brown wife of Bill (OC’59),<br />
Kathleen Brown wife of Tim (OC’89); Anne Mackay from Coonamble, Sandi<br />
and Phil Harding, Condobolin (OC 1978), Ron Mackay from Coonamble;<br />
Janice Pakchung and Mervyn Jacob, Sarah Bower<br />
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Kluss v Nippgen<br />
ChessnUT<br />
Kluss v Nippgen<br />
German Chess League 2004<br />
The White Bishop at c2 is looking vulnerable but Kluss does not seem<br />
overly concerned. What is a mere Bishop when you can win the game<br />
with a brilliant attack? Find the winning combination for White.<br />
Solution: The key move is of course 1.QxP check KxQ 2.Rh3check<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
Advertisements<br />
Kambala, in association with <strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong>, presents<br />
by Finegan Kruckemeyer<br />
A play for young people<br />
about the things we love.<br />
Alexander Hall<br />
Thursday 30 May 6.30pm<br />
Friday 31 May at 6.30pm<br />
Sunday 2 June at 3.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
Opening Night $20 Adults and $15 Students (includes supper)<br />
All other performances $15 Adults and $10 Students<br />
Tickets - www.trybooking.com/45401<br />
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Advertisements<br />
Chronicle Freelancers<br />
– a call for submissions<br />
We are looking for students of all years<br />
who would like to contribute articles to the<br />
Chronicle. We will be running two studentonly<br />
editions this Term.<br />
Send your submissions at any time to<br />
rduke@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au<br />
- Articles should be in Word format and no<br />
longer than 500 words<br />
- Attach a jpeg image to your email<br />
(don’t insert it in the article)<br />
- Give your article a headline<br />
- Articles may be serious or humorous and<br />
may be written in a range of journalistic<br />
styles (eg features, reviews, opinion<br />
columns etc)<br />
We don’t guarantee to publish every article<br />
submitted, but thoughtful, engaging, witty,<br />
well-researched and carefully drafted<br />
articles are likely to make it to the top of the<br />
selection pile.<br />
Ms Duke<br />
CRANBROOK SNOWSPORTS<br />
Compete for <strong>Cranbrook</strong> in<br />
Snowsports! Regional Competition<br />
is third week of Winter holidays<br />
9th-13th July.<br />
If you’re interested see Mr Abelson<br />
for a form. All forms must be<br />
completed and returned by<br />
the end of May.<br />
Mr Abelson<br />
JUGIONG,<br />
COOTAMUNDRA and<br />
WAGGA WAGGA REGION<br />
– Headmaster’s Reception<br />
Friends, family or colleagues in the region?<br />
On Saturday 1 June at 6.30pm the Headmaster will<br />
be hosting a Reception for all future, current and past<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> families in the Jugiong, Cootamundra and<br />
Wagga Wagga region.<br />
Parents who are interested in sending their sons to the<br />
<strong>School</strong> have the opportunity to gather in an informal<br />
setting and meet existing parents and senior members<br />
of staff to discuss the needs of their sons, and to gain an<br />
insight into <strong>School</strong> life.<br />
Mr Nicholas Sampson will be sharing his vision for the<br />
<strong>School</strong> and the ethos that underlies all that we do.<br />
Please feel free to bring the event to the attention of<br />
friends, family and colleagues in that area.<br />
For further information enrol@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au<br />
Day and tempoRARY boarding<br />
Families are reminded that Day and<br />
Temporary Boarding opportunities are<br />
available by application.<br />
Day Boarding involves your son reporting to one of<br />
our Boarding Houses by 3.30pm or straight after sports<br />
training, on the appointed days.<br />
He can shower and change in the Boarding House, have<br />
dinner with the Boarders and do his homework under<br />
the supervision of our resident Boarding staff.<br />
He can then be collected at 8.00 or 8.30pm.<br />
Temporary Boarding is available depending upon bed<br />
vacancy and is where your son becomes a Boarder for<br />
a short period of time. Temporary Boarding is only<br />
available by the week.<br />
Application forms for both of these forms of Boarding<br />
are available on the Parent Portal.<br />
For further information, please contact our Director of<br />
Admissions, Mr Michael Atkins,<br />
enrol@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
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CRANBROOK MUSIC DEPARTMENT<br />
SHOWCASE CONCERT 2013<br />
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On the Library portal page we have<br />
a blog with information about books<br />
to read, study tips, assignment help<br />
their classmates<br />
and library events.<br />
Please check Brookfile regularly for<br />
up-to-date library information.<br />
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Maths Clinic 2013<br />
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Last ½ hour of<br />
lunchtime<br />
MONDAY 17 TH JUNE, 6:30PM<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Gymnasium<br />
For the first time, Junior and Senior <strong>School</strong> musical talent from<br />
Years 3-12 combine to present an event rich in variety, including:<br />
• The Notables and Furber Choir joining the Senior <strong>School</strong> Choir<br />
• Year 9 and the Big Band performing an arrangement of ‘Skyfall’<br />
• Year 10 performing ‘L’Morpheus’, an opera-rock fusion<br />
• Year 4 performing an original composition written by one of<br />
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For the first time, Junior and Senior <strong>School</strong><br />
musical talent from Years 3-12 combine to<br />
present an event rich in variety, including:<br />
– The Notables and Furber Choir joining the Senior<br />
<strong>School</strong> Choir and the <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Orchestra for<br />
two stunning pieces<br />
– Year 9 and the Big Band performing an<br />
arrangement of ‘Skyfall’<br />
– Year 10 performing ‘L’Morpheus’, an opera-rock<br />
fusion<br />
– Year 4 performing an original composition<br />
written by one of their classmates<br />
– The Senior <strong>School</strong> Stage Band joining forces with<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> instrumental students to perform a<br />
Queen medley<br />
It promises to be a spectacular evening –<br />
so see you there!<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
Recording Studio<br />
Production Opportunity<br />
Have you ever wanted to be involved in<br />
a full scale recording production with<br />
cutting edge professional artists?<br />
Over the coming weeks, the music department<br />
will be producing two tracks to be released at the<br />
Music Showcase later in the term. Two students’<br />
original compositions have been chosen for this<br />
opportunity where all proceeds will go to charity.<br />
We are calling for expressions of interest from<br />
students who would like to be involved in the<br />
recording process as either production assistants,<br />
engineers or simply as spectators. Please register<br />
your interest with Ms. Burke in the music<br />
department. The recordings<br />
sessions will mostly take<br />
place after school and on<br />
the weekends.<br />
Rock on!<br />
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The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
FEATURE<br />
Focus<br />
by Ben Grossberg and Max McGrath<br />
Photo of the Week<br />
Nemo by Maxim Wolfensberger<br />
Hone vs. Chelmsford House Basketball<br />
Ben Storey in his zoot suit for plain<br />
clothes day<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
Colour versions of these photographs appear<br />
in the Chronicle on <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s website.<br />
Do you have an awesome photo?<br />
Send a jpg to Ben at focus.chronicle@gmail.com<br />
It may be featured in Focus in the next issue.<br />
Plain clothes day!<br />
Alex Morris-Mikardo, Oska Purcell and Ci Kai Lin<br />
collecting money for the Red Shield Appeal<br />
Leo Martin in his Democrat onesie<br />
Jack Jahn and Liam Apter counting their donations from the Red Shield Appeal<br />
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The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
Advertisements<br />
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED<br />
As part of our Indigenous Scholars Program our<br />
Indigenous students participate in a range of<br />
activities hosted by AIME - Australian Indigenous<br />
Mentoring Experience.<br />
Last year, parents assisted in driving the students to<br />
weekly sessions in Ultimo. This year we are calling<br />
for volunteers to donate their time for only four<br />
dates throughout the year.<br />
The boys will be attending four full-day sessions at<br />
the University of Sydney and we need parents to<br />
assist in drop off OR pick up on these days.<br />
The sessions commence at 9am and finish<br />
at 3pm and will be held on the following<br />
Wednesdays: June 12, July 31, August 28,<br />
October 30.<br />
We will need at least two vehicles for each<br />
driving leg.<br />
If you are able to help out on either a drop off or<br />
pick on any of these dates please email me your<br />
preferred date and leg.<br />
Thank you for your support.<br />
Tresna Karras<br />
tkarras@bigpond.net.au<br />
Wanted – volunteers for<br />
examinations<br />
Do you feel competent reading and writing English?<br />
Are you a reasonably legible writer? Are you<br />
sometimes available during the school day?<br />
If so, we would love to hear from you as we are always<br />
keen to have more people on our program of exam<br />
volunteers. We need people who would be prepared<br />
to act as a reader and/or a writer for a student.<br />
Other parent volunteers comment that this is a great<br />
opportunity to experience the content and conditions<br />
of examinations that your son will be undertaking in<br />
his school years.<br />
If you are interested, please contact Fiona Bain,<br />
Coordinator of Academic Support on fbain@<br />
cranbrook.nsw.edu.au or on 9327 9435.<br />
WINTER HOLIDAY<br />
SKI CAMP<br />
Operated By ‘On Course Tours’<br />
Sunday 7th July – Friday 12th<br />
July 2013<br />
Cost per student: $1365<br />
Includes:<br />
• 5 nights accommodation at the Station<br />
Resort Jindabyne with 5 breakfasts & 5<br />
dinners<br />
• 5 & 1/2 day lift tickets at Perisher Blue<br />
Resort. We plan to ski on the afternoon<br />
of Sunday 7th July.<br />
• 5 x 2 hour lessons each morning (skiing<br />
or snowboarding). All abilities catered<br />
for.<br />
• 5 & 1/2 day ski hire including a helmet<br />
(snowboards available – add $50)<br />
• Supervised skiing and boarding each<br />
afternoon across the entire Perisher Blue<br />
Resort by members of <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s PE<br />
staff and On Course Tours staff<br />
Departing 6.30am Sunday 7th July<br />
(Victoria Road gates) and returning at<br />
approximately 11pm Friday 12th July 2013.<br />
Please see Mr Slavin in the PE office for a<br />
booking form.<br />
If you have any further queries please do<br />
not hesitate to contact us.<br />
Mr. P. Slavin – 9327 9465<br />
Mr A. Slavin – 9327 9501<br />
Mrs. Debbie Dawe at On Course Tours –<br />
9986 2400<br />
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Advertisements<br />
THE ASIAN CENTURY!<br />
We have been offered a wonderful opportunity by Dulwich College<br />
International for two boys to experience life in two vibrant Chinese cities.<br />
1. A Language exchange for a Year 10 student of Mandarin<br />
who intends to take the subject at HSC. He will spend four<br />
weeks (December-January) at Dulwich College-Zhuhai<br />
where he will board, but spend their 10 day Winter holiday<br />
living with a family. Dulwich Zhuhai is a high performing<br />
campus where subjects are taught in English, to Chinese<br />
students, a number of whom have already received<br />
University offers from UK and Australian Universities. The<br />
school is very strong in Art and Music, and plays Soccer<br />
and Basketball.<br />
See www.dulwich-zhuhai.cn/en<br />
Copies of their bi-lingual newsletter ’The Pearl’ are<br />
available from Reception, for any interested families.<br />
2. A Cultural exchange is available for a Year 10 student<br />
who would like to experience life in Shanghai (the city’s<br />
population is the same as Australia’s!). The exchange is with<br />
Dulwich College, Shanghai, a truly International <strong>School</strong><br />
and would take place in September. It would include their<br />
China Week, where the school visits a number of sites in<br />
China including Beijing and the Great wall.<br />
The curriculum is taught in English, and the school<br />
has a large number of different nationalities, including<br />
Australians.<br />
This would be a homestay exchange, and the student who<br />
goes to Shanghai would be expected to host the Dulwich<br />
boy when he comes to us for the mid-August to mid-<br />
September period.<br />
See www.dulwich-shanghai.cn.<br />
The costs for the above are airfares and pocket money.<br />
Students who are interested should lodge a written application<br />
with Mr Davies, Dean of Co-Curricular, by May 31st 2013.<br />
Would you like to host a Japanese student?<br />
Wanted:<br />
Who:<br />
When:<br />
Host families<br />
Nanzan <strong>School</strong>, Japan<br />
Wed 24th July until Fri 9th<br />
August (Term 3 Wk 2-4)<br />
We need generous <strong>Cranbrook</strong> families to host<br />
NANZAN boys for 16 nights. You will receive<br />
$35 per night in return for accommodation<br />
and meals. SELC- the English language school<br />
which organises the program will also be<br />
offering a scholarship to one participating<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> boy to Nanzan <strong>School</strong> January<br />
2014.<br />
It would be greatly appreciated if you can help<br />
us. If you have any queries or would like to<br />
obtain an application form please contact<br />
Ms Shore or Ms Jin in the Languages<br />
Department on 9327 9524.<br />
MUSIC DISCONTINUATION LETTERS<br />
Students wishing to discontinue music lessons must<br />
submit a parent/guardian’s letter requesting this to<br />
the Music Department no later than<br />
Tuesday, 11 June 2013.<br />
Please address letters to The Director of Music or the<br />
Music Secretary. If notification is not received by this<br />
time, it will be assumed lessons are to continue and<br />
fees will be charged for Term 3 2013.<br />
Email: pburke@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au<br />
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Advertisements<br />
TAKE YOUR TENNIS<br />
TO THE NEXT LEVEL<br />
Join <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s winter tennis camp – designed<br />
and run by former Top 10 international player<br />
and new <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Tennis Coordinator, Nicole<br />
Arendt 0400 948 250.<br />
VISUAL ARTS<br />
Competitions & Events<br />
All open to Years 7-12<br />
Robin Anderson Film<br />
Awards for 2013<br />
Entries close 13 September<br />
V-FEST Studio Video FESTival<br />
Entries close 3 September<br />
For details see the Visual Arts staff or noticeboard!<br />
Come and work on your entries after <strong>School</strong> in Open<br />
Studio or Photography Club.<br />
Food for Thought – Year 10<br />
If you like reading, eating and socialising then sign up to<br />
join the Year 10 Kambala girls in an afternoon of delicious<br />
food, lively discussion about books and socialising.<br />
On Friday 6th September, <strong>Cranbrook</strong> boys and Kambala<br />
girls are meeting to discuss the following books:<br />
The Fault in Our Stars – John Green<br />
Erebos – Ursula Poznanski<br />
The Bridge – Jane Higgins<br />
Everybody Sees the Ants – A.S. King<br />
Exposure – Mal Peet<br />
Divergent – Veronica Roth<br />
You do not have to read every book to participate but you<br />
will enjoy the discussion more if you have read most of<br />
them. Afternoon tea will be provided.<br />
If you are interested or you want more information please<br />
see Ms Roberts, Ms Crawley or Ms Brooks in the library.<br />
When: Monday 8th – Friday 12th July 2013<br />
(inclusive) 9.00am – 1.00pm<br />
Where: Dangar Tennis Courts<br />
Why: High-energy tennis training to get you<br />
ready to finish the tennis season with a bang<br />
For: Years 7-12, bring your own snacks<br />
(no nut products)<br />
Includes:<br />
• New drills<br />
• Stroke development<br />
• Footwork<br />
• Point situations and shot selection<br />
• And TONS of match-play<br />
Cost: $200.00 (Monday – Friday inclusive)<br />
Register Deadline: Thursday, 20 June<br />
THIS WILL BE THE BEST START<br />
TO TERM 3 TENNIS!<br />
(Rain or shine meet at the Dangar Tennis<br />
Courts, tennis activities will be provided)<br />
Please return or email this slip signed with<br />
payment option to Nicole Arendt (nicolearendt@bigpond.com),<br />
Mr Davis or at the<br />
camp.<br />
Print Name: __________________________<br />
Yr: __________ House: __________________<br />
will be attending the Tennis Camp. Please find<br />
attached cheque or please charge my account<br />
$200.00. Circle option.<br />
Signed by parent/guardian:<br />
________________________________<br />
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Advertisements<br />
CRANBROOK SCHOOL FOOTBALL (SOCCER) YEARS K to 10<br />
JUNE/JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMP 2013<br />
Dates: WEEK 1- Monday 24 th June to Thursday 27th June 2013<br />
WEEK 2- Monday 1st July to Thursday 4 th July 2013<br />
Times:<br />
9am to 12pm<br />
Venue:<br />
Dangar Fields (Drop off point at Ashton Pavilion)<br />
Cost:<br />
$150 for 4 days or $50 per day<br />
To confirm your place, please fill out the registration form and email to elvisdemarchi@bigpond.com by no later than<br />
Friday 21 st June 2013.<br />
A text message will be sent upon receipt of your Registration form and another text message to confirm that the Camps<br />
will go ahead. (A minimum of 10 players is needed for the Camp to commence)<br />
Payments can be made by cheque to World Keepers Web or cash and handed to Elvis DeMarchi (<strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Football Coaching Coordinator) on first day of camp or email for further information regarding Direct Funds Transfer.<br />
HOLIDAY CAMPS 2013 REGISTRATION FORM<br />
STUDENTS NAME<br />
DATE OF BIRTH<br />
SCHOOL YEAR/CLASS<br />
CONTACT NUMBERS/EMAIL<br />
HOME<br />
BUSINESS<br />
MOBILE<br />
EMAIL<br />
PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON<br />
RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT<br />
CONTACT NUMBER<br />
SECONDARY CONTACT PERSON<br />
RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT<br />
CONTACT NUMBER<br />
DATES ATTENDING<br />
PRE-EXISTING<br />
MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR ALLERGIES<br />
MEDICARE NO.<br />
(In case of emergency)<br />
CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION<br />
1. If in the event of a camp/day being cancelled due to inclement weather, the player will not be charged for the<br />
camp/day.<br />
2. If the weather is inclement players must attend the designated venue each day & have their name marked off. The<br />
Head of Sport/school’s ground staff’s decision on ground suitability will be final.<br />
3. The camps will consist of 1 coach for every 12 players.<br />
4. World Keepers Web if specifically requested will issue a Tax Invoice.<br />
5. <strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong> participants are fully covered under <strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s personal accident and public liability<br />
insurance scheme.<br />
6. All participants are required to wear training shirt, shorts, socks, shin pads, rain jacket, tracksuit and soccer boots<br />
to all sessions. Joggers/trainers (preferably with clear/white sole) are required should it be necessary to attend an<br />
indoor facility.<br />
7. Players are to bring a water bottle and light snacks for breaks.<br />
8. No participant will take the place of any registered player at a camp for any reason without the full knowledge and<br />
consent of the <strong>School</strong> and appropriate forms being completed for insurance purposes and fees being paid.<br />
9. Please note that any property left behind at the camp will be forwarded on to the school.<br />
10. A minimum of 10 players will allow a camp to go ahead.<br />
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Sports pages<br />
AFL<br />
Game 4: <strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
vs Waverley College (7/8)<br />
In the first game of the 7/8 group <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
came out to prove they are an improved team<br />
since their first meeting with Waverley.<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> showed great movement of the ball<br />
with Gabriel Beech-Jones, Lewis Carmody,<br />
Harrison Hughes, Joshua Turner and Angus<br />
Fitzhardinge being among the best, and<br />
captain Koby Shapiro and Nick Jewell-Tait<br />
kicking the <strong>School</strong>’s goals.<br />
Waverley had another strong team<br />
performance and some of the stand outs<br />
included Nicholas Blakey, Tom Sharpe, Luca<br />
Reiners, Jonny Pawle, Miles Glover, Baxter<br />
Oleksyn; with Mischa Giderson, James<br />
Cambell and Michael Browning also kicking<br />
goals.<br />
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 | Term 2, Week 5<br />
Sports pages<br />
Cross Country<br />
By Liam Apter<br />
Following <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s successful debut<br />
last week at Centennial Park, we returned<br />
to the venue as the hosts this time to<br />
show the other GPS and CAS schools<br />
our capabilities as both an organised and<br />
efficient team.<br />
The U14s field spanned nearly 190 boys,<br />
with <strong>Cranbrook</strong> performing admirably<br />
against so many other competitors. Drew<br />
Fryer lead the charge of the <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
team seizing an admirable 10th, followed<br />
shortly behind by newcomer Ben<br />
Brennan at 21st and Leon Salvaggio<br />
at 31st. A commendation must go to<br />
William Pembroke, whose continual<br />
determination saw him come 157th.<br />
As a runner in the U16s I often found<br />
the 5-6km courses extremely fast-paced<br />
and a painful race to run. The Centennial<br />
Park course is a perfect example of these<br />
types of pain-intensive courses. The<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> assault was fronted by Michael<br />
Turner who cracked, what was a heavily<br />
GPS lead field coming a gutsy 13th.<br />
Acknowledgement must also be given<br />
to Benjamin Clarke who came 53rd and<br />
Michael Vacropolous 55th who are both<br />
moving from strength to strength.<br />
The U18s field closed the day, with<br />
another gigantic field of boys moving<br />
onto the course to lumber round the<br />
7.2km. <strong>Cranbrook</strong> snapped up the lead<br />
positions, with Kurt Fryer coming 4th,<br />
Liam Apter, who was narrowly beaten<br />
at the line, coming 10th and Panayiotis<br />
Panaretos following hotly at his heels<br />
came 11th. The rest of the opens team<br />
performed strongly with Charlie Donald,<br />
powering in to the top 50 positions at<br />
47th while praise must be given to Nathan<br />
Finch running at 97th.<br />
All boys should keep in mind even if their<br />
placing was not the same as last week,<br />
they have not deteriorated over the week<br />
but were merely competing against more<br />
runners and we were proud of everyone’s<br />
efforts. However, this event would not<br />
have been possible without the assistance<br />
of the Slavin Brothers, Mr Simic, Mr Burr,<br />
the parents and boys who came early to<br />
assist with the organisation of the course.<br />
I look forward to seeing you all next<br />
weekend.<br />
Dee Khan – dribbling in 1sts<br />
Football<br />
Football Report v Trinity<br />
Grammar <strong>School</strong><br />
1sts<br />
1-5 Loss<br />
Goal scorer – Eddie Najm<br />
After an upsetting 4-3 loss at the hands<br />
of Waverley last weekend, the 1st XI were<br />
determined to earn 3 points away at Trinity.<br />
With eliminating our in-game inconsistences<br />
as a focus, the first half began incredibly<br />
strong. After some creative play in our upper<br />
third Eddie Najm was calmly able to slot the<br />
ball past the keeper, giving <strong>Cranbrook</strong> a 1-0<br />
lead. This was short-lived as Trinity were able<br />
to even the game with a spectacular volley.<br />
After a miscommunication between the back<br />
four, Trinity captured another heading into<br />
the sheds 2-1 up. Not written off, the attitude<br />
was positive and motivating within the change<br />
room. Unfortunately this was not carried<br />
through onto the pitch in the second half.<br />
Complacency and inaccuracy plagued the<br />
entire team throughout the final 40 minutes,<br />
turning a once competitive game into shooting<br />
practice for Trinity. Several positional<br />
and formation changes were not enough<br />
to rekindle our gameplay of the first half.<br />
Finishing 5-1, the squad search for a reason<br />
to explain our embarrassing second half skid,<br />
though none was found. The culmination of<br />
sleek passing, precise finishing, and overall<br />
communication by Trinity proved too much<br />
for the 1st XI.<br />
2nds<br />
1-1 draw<br />
Goal scorer – Nick Morris-Mikado<br />
For the Year 12 boys in the team it would<br />
be our last game away at Trinity on their<br />
artificial pitch. We knew as soon as we sat<br />
down in the changing room we were going<br />
to be in for a big fight. A win would provide<br />
hope of achieving top spot in CAS. However,<br />
we did not win, or lose. We drew 1-1. Again.<br />
Right from the first whistle, we came out<br />
fighting with a couple of chances on goal.<br />
Their midfield was strong and tough to mark,<br />
as they weaved through us. Fortunately, they<br />
created nothing of promise. However, when<br />
we had the ball, the game was under control.<br />
Felix Holmes-Stenback easily dominated<br />
the midfield, teaming up with the holding<br />
midfield, Alex Fraser, and creating some neat<br />
plays through to the wide men, Nick Morris-<br />
Mikardo and Terry Tang.<br />
Positive words from the coach, Mr Bray, at<br />
half time reminded us of our training from<br />
the previous week. He knew that once we<br />
started to play our 1-2 touch passing game we<br />
would easily dominate the game. Countless<br />
passes in the second half led to total control by<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong>. A strong attack on the right side<br />
put Nick Morris-Mikardo’s name on the score<br />
sheet for the second game in a row.<br />
Trinity tried to play around us on counter<br />
attacks but our left back and right back, Peter<br />
Richardson and George Tsioutsias, showed<br />
absolute resilience in stopping them from<br />
creating anything hopeful.<br />
The game did come down to an unfortunate<br />
last minute free kick for Trinity, which<br />
led to a goal. Let’s just say every keeper<br />
has a nightmare save and today was very<br />
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Sports pages<br />
unfortunate for Andrea Pizzuto who has been<br />
amazing all season. In the last three minutes<br />
we learnt the hard way not to give away silly<br />
free kicks and to fight to the final whistle.<br />
We should have won the game. We knew it<br />
and the boys in green knew it. However, it’s<br />
another unbeaten week for the 2nd XI, leaving<br />
us with one win and three draws. Next week<br />
we are up against 1st place Knox, who are<br />
known to be a very strong side.<br />
By Alex Fraser (c)<br />
MOTM: Peter Richardson Goal Scorer:<br />
Nick Morris-Mikardo<br />
4th XI<br />
2-0 Loss<br />
The match against Trinity began on a rousing<br />
note with a number of early breaks by Max<br />
McGrath and Barnaby Anson-Walsh which<br />
resulted in a few shots on goal. Similarly,<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s defence was solid with Nathan<br />
Lee and Matt Evat denying Trinity many<br />
opportunities to score. However, with<br />
persistence, Trinity found a way through and<br />
much to <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s surprise, scored late in<br />
the first half. While Jeremy Etzine and Ryan<br />
Thompson performed admirably in offence<br />
and defence respectively, the result of the<br />
second half mirrored the first. <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
unfortunately missed chances to score early<br />
on and conceded another goal in the dying<br />
moments of the game.<br />
5th XI<br />
1-0 Loss<br />
Under the wise guidance of Captain Leonard<br />
Topcu, the 5ths played their best match of the<br />
season on Saturday. Early on Oliver Storey<br />
put pressure on the Trinity defence with<br />
some strong contests that led to a close shot<br />
on goals by Marcus Wong. In defence, Matt<br />
Williams played a very physical game and was<br />
fantastic at clearing the ball out of <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s<br />
half. The second half was an evenly played<br />
contest with <strong>Cranbrook</strong> surviving many<br />
surges from the Trinity offence. A freakish<br />
long shot unfortunately found its way through<br />
the Cranbook’s defence and it was unlucky<br />
that Aaron Frumar was unable to equalise<br />
moments later. Overall, the team remained<br />
positive and focused throughout and certainly<br />
deserve a win in the near future.<br />
6th XI<br />
Lost 0 - 4<br />
The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 6XI turned up at Trinity on<br />
Saturday, determined to come away with the<br />
first win of the season. A devastating last<br />
minute equalizer last week against Waverley<br />
loomed in our memories as we took to the<br />
field this week.<br />
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Terry Tang – dribbling in 2nds<br />
The contest was fairly evenly matched,<br />
however momentary lapses in concentration<br />
and discipline to keeping team structure<br />
meant two goals were leaked in each half,<br />
resulting in a 4-0 loss. The back 4 of Marlon,<br />
Saxon, Ted and Toby should be highly<br />
commended on their efforts all game in<br />
defence.<br />
Back to the drawing board at training this<br />
week lads as we set our eyes on Knox!<br />
10A<br />
Last Saturday the 10As made their way out to<br />
Trinity with the hope of bagging their first win<br />
of the season. We knew it would be difficult<br />
though, seeing that Trinity were most likely<br />
the best team in the competition. The first<br />
half went well, as we kept the score level with<br />
several opportunities up front with Theo,<br />
Luca and Kiko; however we were unable to<br />
capitalise. The second half, however, was not<br />
as successful. They scored two quick goals<br />
off free kicks, with their height adding as an<br />
advantage. In the dying stages of the match,<br />
Simon Rouse made a lengthy run before a<br />
beautiful strike, however it just drifted left.<br />
Overall, I thought our performance had<br />
improved from last week, but we will continue<br />
to train harder in the upcoming week.<br />
10B<br />
0-0<br />
The 10Bs played a very good game on the<br />
weekend. In the first half, <strong>Cranbrook</strong> kicked<br />
off and within the first 5 minutes Robert<br />
Finlayson just missed a goal. At half time, it<br />
was 0-0. We came out into the second half<br />
playing strong, especially in the midfield with<br />
Nicholas Georgas playing a lot of through<br />
Kieran Montague – 50-50 for ball in 2nds<br />
balls. Unfortunately the final score was 0-0.<br />
We were very pleased with how the boys<br />
played, but unfortunately, both teams were<br />
equal.<br />
By Ben Wood<br />
10D<br />
Score – 1-1<br />
Goal scorers – Eamon Hugh<br />
Veni Vidi Vici – well not so much conquered.<br />
Last weekend, the mighty <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Ds led<br />
by deviously charismatic and handsome coach<br />
Kelvin held off the powerhouse Trinity at a<br />
one all tie. The first half was dominated by<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> but due to lack of communication
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Reynald Hon – crossing ball in 3rds<br />
Antony Robinson – heading in 3rds<br />
Eddie Najm – scoring in 1sts<br />
in the defence, Trinity snuck in a cheeky goal.<br />
The boys quickly retaliated with a beautiful<br />
corner kick from striker extravaganza Ryan<br />
Emmett to the one and only notorious Eamon<br />
Hugh who sealed the deal with his golden<br />
knee. After celebrating exuberantly, it was half<br />
time. The rest of the game was mostly played<br />
in our half with a few breakthroughs from the<br />
mid fielders Nick Baildon, Ollie Ritchie and<br />
Tom Ho. With extraordinary keeping from<br />
Lewis Vincent Hull and exceptional defence<br />
from Ben O’Brien and co, we held Trinity<br />
off for the rest of the game. Good game well<br />
played boys and get ready for Knox.<br />
9A<br />
CRA – 2; TRI: 4<br />
Goal scorers – Benjamin Akres (2)<br />
The first half of this match belonged to<br />
Trinity, with the visitors putting away three<br />
unanswered goals. A lack of communication<br />
and off-the-ball player tracking gave Trinity<br />
plenty of possession and momentum. A<br />
pointed discussion with Coach Paris during<br />
the interval and a Ben Akres double in the<br />
second-half breathed new life into the side.<br />
For a while, it looked like a comeback was in<br />
the making, with renewed intensity coming to<br />
the fore. Try as the boys might, the equaliser<br />
could not be found and a late Trinity goal put<br />
the result beyond doubt.<br />
9B<br />
CRA 0; TRI 5<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> endured a heavy loss against<br />
Trinity this week, with the visitors dominating<br />
possession and demonstrating greater<br />
intensity and physicality. <strong>Cranbrook</strong> found it<br />
difficult to match the speed at which Trinity<br />
played, and conceded two early goals. Trinity’s<br />
keeper offered up a number of fumbles but<br />
we were unable to capitalise. Once again,<br />
Jake Simeonides was busy in the midfield,<br />
linking well with Harry Kelsey. David Angles<br />
had a solid return to the team, making some<br />
spectacular saves in the second half.<br />
8A<br />
2-4<br />
Goal scorers –own goal; A. Phillips<br />
The 8As played a strong Trinity side and<br />
started well in the first half. We scored two<br />
goals, the first was fumbled by the Trinity<br />
keeper from a Tom Smith shot; the second a<br />
combined effort from Carl Aksel Soerensen<br />
and Asha Phillips. Unfortunately, immediately<br />
after we scored a goal, Trinity struck back<br />
and equalised. In the second half we lost<br />
momentum and watched Trinity add two<br />
more goals. A disappointing result from a very<br />
sound start.<br />
8B<br />
0-7<br />
The team didn’t show some of the talent<br />
that training had alluded too, and allowed<br />
a coordinated Trinity team to run at will.<br />
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Hopefully more experience will see the<br />
midfield settle down and allow the back<br />
and front lines more time to coordinate and<br />
control play.<br />
8C<br />
7 – 0 Loss<br />
A definite improvement over last week in<br />
terms of work rate but there still needs to be<br />
more commitment from the side. That said,<br />
however, they did sustain a defence against<br />
Trinity’s 3rd best side and by the start of the<br />
second-half had almost got the measure of<br />
them, conceding only one goal in the half,<br />
against 5 in the first half. Alexander Cunio,<br />
Maximilian Bereny and Will Cahill all did<br />
well, putting on good performances.<br />
8D<br />
12 – 0 Loss<br />
Overwhelmed by the fourth best side (out of<br />
seven) Trinity, <strong>Cranbrook</strong> did well to keep<br />
their heads up and battle on to the end. The<br />
team showed improvement again this week<br />
but there is still much to do. Keeping the<br />
opposition under pressure must be a priority<br />
for next week’s match.<br />
Alexander Floyd, Nelson Fishlock, Lewis<br />
Hutcheon and Dominic Au-Yeung were<br />
all beginning to work really well together,<br />
especially during the second half of the match.<br />
7A<br />
0-4 loss<br />
Never has a score line been more cruel than<br />
the four nil result handed to the 7As. The<br />
boys played a crisp and smooth game in both<br />
halves, constantly holding possession, building<br />
pressure and combining beautifully to move<br />
the ball up field. At half-time Trinity were<br />
lucky to hold a one nil advantage and both<br />
the coach and I could smell a much deserved<br />
victory. <strong>Cranbrook</strong> came out in the second<br />
half with all guns blazing and created several<br />
opportunities. Unfortunately, it was Trinity<br />
who capitalised on their chances. Three errors<br />
led to three goals and the game finished with<br />
the boys feeling deflated. Simone, our super<br />
coach, reminded them that games are first<br />
played with the mind and I encourage the<br />
team to work on their attitude in regard to<br />
training, warming up and game preparation.<br />
7B<br />
0-2 loss<br />
Up against the juggernaut of football, Trinity,<br />
the 7Bs played a strong game and were<br />
unlucky to lose two goals to nil. Again our<br />
defenders held strong against some impressive<br />
movement through the middle and sides by<br />
Trinity but an inability to clear the ball from<br />
our own box led to the first goal. We had our<br />
chances in the first half but failed to put one<br />
in the back of the net so we went to the break<br />
down a goal but feeling like we were still in<br />
it. The second half saw <strong>Cranbrook</strong> go wide<br />
with great success. Josh D and Rory, a bolter<br />
from the 7Cs, combined several times to<br />
break the line and Trinity were forced to do a<br />
heap of defending to keep us from equalising.<br />
Unfortunately, a crisp counter attack meant<br />
the game finished with <strong>Cranbrook</strong> two goals<br />
down. We have the talent and the team to do<br />
well but it is our attitude, to football and to<br />
each other, that will need to improve if we<br />
hope to compete with the top teams.<br />
7C<br />
3-1 loss<br />
Goal scorer : Rory Steyn<br />
All the boys in the 7Cs played very well<br />
last weekend. Our defence started strongly,<br />
however, unfortunately the opposition was<br />
lucky enough to score two goals in the first<br />
half. After half time we were hyped to make<br />
a comeback and Rory Steyn, Marcus Reid<br />
and Liam Emmett came in strong with Rory<br />
scoring a much needed goal. Trinity was a<br />
bit more determined on the day and came<br />
through to score another goal before the<br />
end of the game. Our defenders Huw Talbot,<br />
Jeremy Chea and Laef Whittaker displayed<br />
some great team work and kept Trinity on<br />
their toes. Unfortunately, the end result (3– 1<br />
loss) did not show the true story of the game.<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 7C is developing well as a team and<br />
looking forward to being more competitive in<br />
the future.<br />
7D<br />
11- 0 loss<br />
The boys started off well, however, they were<br />
outplayed by their Trinity opposition this<br />
week. Callum Hardingham saved numerous<br />
goals and our strikers Monty Morrison-Budge<br />
and Jack O’Donnell gave it their all but the<br />
team was no match for the competition. As<br />
the season progresses, the boys are developing<br />
their skills and they will continue to improve<br />
with the emphasis being on working as a team<br />
and improving as a team. It was a credit to the<br />
boys that they did not let their spirits drop<br />
and everyone tried hard against a team that<br />
seemed a bit fresher on the day.<br />
Rugby<br />
1st XV<br />
Lost 8-33<br />
The 1st XV ventured out to Summer Hill<br />
undermanned but with a strong week of<br />
preparation behind them. For the second<br />
week in a row, the boys started full of<br />
energy, dominating the early stages of the<br />
game. This led to a sharp penalty goal from<br />
Sam Renton to give the away team an early<br />
lead. Concentration lapses and silly errors<br />
then began to creep in with the boys in<br />
white, making life increasingly difficult for<br />
themselves for the rest of the half. These<br />
errors allowed the big Trinity pack to make<br />
an impact on the game as they shot out to a<br />
comfortable lead at half time.<br />
Not to be deterred, the <strong>Cranbrook</strong> boys<br />
stuck to task in the second-half, dominating<br />
possession and field position. With 5<br />
players already missing the game, another<br />
5 <strong>Cranbrook</strong> players left the field injured<br />
by the 10 minute mark of the second half,<br />
leaving a fatigued group to finish the game.<br />
To <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s credit they threw everything<br />
they had at the Trinity line over a 20 minute<br />
period with Jacob Leak providing immediate<br />
impact off the bench to score <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s first<br />
try. Trinity’s resolute defence remained intact<br />
for the rest of the game as they notched their<br />
second victory of the season. Credit must go<br />
to <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 2nd rower Harry Wales who<br />
broke his collar bone but continued to play for<br />
another 15 minutes.<br />
2nd XV<br />
Won 26-0<br />
The 2nd XV produced a strong and<br />
disciplined performance of rugby to come<br />
away convincing 26 – 0 victors over Trinity.<br />
From the opening whistle, the forwards set<br />
an excellent platform with the advantage line<br />
being found with regularity. Early tries to Max<br />
Radoczy and Jacob Leak set the platform for<br />
a convincing performance. Trinity’s scramble<br />
defence prevented several more tries with<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> going to the break 19 – 0 but in<br />
complete control. As good as <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s<br />
attack was in the first half, its defence in the<br />
second half was just as good. Trinity had<br />
the ball for a majority of the game but were<br />
unable to penetrate. <strong>Cranbrook</strong> finished off<br />
with another try to Fred Sanger in their most<br />
convincing display of the season. The team<br />
now sits at 3 from 4 as they enter a difficult<br />
fixture against Knox.<br />
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Try time – Jacob Leak 1st XV vs Trinity<br />
2nd XV v Trinity Nick Carroll<br />
2nd XV Winners<br />
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5ths v Trinity<br />
Loss 19 – 10<br />
The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 5ths shrugged off a week of<br />
selection upheaval, limited practice and an<br />
ungodly 8.00am start to put on one of their<br />
best performances this season. From the<br />
kick-off, the boys put together phase after<br />
phase of attack and looked certain to score<br />
when a spilt ball led to a length of the field<br />
try to Trinity. This 14 point turn around<br />
proved to be the difference in a tight contest<br />
as <strong>Cranbrook</strong> dominated in the forwards (led<br />
by Brendan Traynor) with the Trinity backs<br />
always threatening to break clear. With the<br />
same commitment and a little luck, a win may<br />
be just up the Pacific Highway.<br />
16A<br />
Won 12-7<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 16As showed great character and<br />
determination on the weekend with a nailbiting<br />
victory over Trinity 12-7. <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
was relentless in defence all the way from the<br />
first whistle and denied Trinity of any points<br />
even though they had all the possession<br />
and territory in the first half. It was a great<br />
team defensive effort led by Max Riley and<br />
Alex Rathie which lasted throughout the<br />
game. Scoring opportunities were limited<br />
but <strong>Cranbrook</strong> found themselves up 7-0 at<br />
half time. The second half proved to be more<br />
expansive with Ed Negrs utilising space<br />
linking up with Declan Quin to gain metres<br />
out wide and some good hard running up the<br />
middle was displayed by Angus McNiven and<br />
Tom Hill closer to the ruck. All of a sudden,<br />
against the run of play, Trinity took advantage<br />
of a <strong>Cranbrook</strong> dropped ball running 60<br />
metres to score under the posts making it 7-7.<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> then hit back with a fantastic try<br />
in the corner to make the score line 12-7. This<br />
was a fantastic result for the team and it was<br />
their relentless defence and character that got<br />
them over the line.<br />
16B<br />
Won 55-7<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> recognised the need for a strong<br />
start in their match up against Trinity. Words<br />
during the warm-up focused on strong tackles<br />
and committed support. The team delivered<br />
against these demands, particularly in the<br />
forwards where Lewis Barakat, Ed Bridgers<br />
and Aaron Stern got their hands on the ball<br />
and trucked it up effectively. This platform<br />
put Trinity on the back-foot and, as they<br />
attempted to kick their way out of trouble,<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> looked set to attack. First points<br />
went to Felix Studdy who completed a double<br />
hat-trick of tries during the match. The<br />
combination of skills needed for these tries<br />
was simply outstanding and he can be very<br />
proud of his 30 point contribution to the total.<br />
Not to be outdone, Jack Fagan linked together<br />
a hat-trick of his own and his support play try<br />
with James Coppola should go down as one of<br />
the best of the season. Our halves combined<br />
brilliantly again and the extras were added<br />
on a number of occasions. A very dominant<br />
display by an undefeated 16Bs team who are<br />
going to have to work hard this weekend to<br />
keep their run intact.<br />
16C<br />
Won 58-5<br />
The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 16Cs continued their<br />
undefeated start to the season with another<br />
strong performance against a disorganised<br />
Trinity outfit winning 58-5. Classy attacking<br />
play from the backs with a number of tries<br />
scored after several sets of hands resulted<br />
in two tries to Haunui Seaman and Oskar<br />
Harrington. Fly-half Max Winton also scored,<br />
slicing through the Trinity defence to score<br />
under the posts. Dominating across the park<br />
the forwards weren’t going to let the backs<br />
have all the fun and tries to Marcus Corah,<br />
Angus Crawford, Ed Schiller and a double for<br />
Lachlan Roseman were a just reward for their<br />
hard work. With a growing confidence the<br />
boys are looking forward to the challenge of<br />
Knox this weekend.<br />
15A<br />
Trinity 26 defeated <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 15 (Fraser<br />
Ross, Ed Renton tries, Noah Busteed one<br />
conversion, one penalty goal)<br />
The As went into their game against Trinity<br />
felling confident. An early penalty kick by<br />
Noah Busteed gave <strong>Cranbrook</strong> a handy 3-0<br />
lead in the first minutes of the game. However,<br />
a head knock to Andrew Spira left us lacking<br />
a little fire power and allowed Trinity to score<br />
14 quick points. Luckily, a great try by Fraser<br />
Ross kept <strong>Cranbrook</strong> in the game. Early in the<br />
second half, Trinity managed to score again.<br />
While <strong>Cranbrook</strong> bounced back with a welldeserved<br />
try by our captain Edward Renton,<br />
it was not enough and Trinity outplayed us.<br />
U16A V Trinity<br />
U13B V Trinity<br />
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Even though <strong>Cranbrook</strong> lost, there was some<br />
great offensive and defensive work by Andrew<br />
Gallagher, Matt Reynolds and Josh Kemeny.<br />
Hopefully the boys can come back next week<br />
and beat Knox.<br />
15B<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 32 defeated Trinity 24 (Harrison<br />
Stewart 3 tries, Nick Aboud, Harrison<br />
Twomey, Harry Marsh tries)<br />
The Bs played an outstanding game of rugby<br />
on the weekend. After several consecutive<br />
losses early in the competition the Bs were<br />
keen for a win. We worked well together and<br />
played a much more consistent game of rugby.<br />
Harrison Stewart gave a standout performance<br />
and, in only his second game for <strong>Cranbrook</strong>,<br />
scored three amazing tries. This significantly<br />
helped the team on our way to victory. Not<br />
to be forgotten were Nick Aboud, Harrison<br />
Twomey and Harry Marsh who all scored<br />
great tries in their own right. Trinity was a<br />
tough opponent and our hats go off to them<br />
for their strong game.<br />
15C<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 26 defeated Trinity 5 (Louis<br />
Malouf, Alessandro Compton, Caine Smith<br />
tries, Tom Tilley two conversions, Oskar<br />
Poole one conversion)<br />
After a tight loss against Waverley, the Cs were<br />
hoping to bounce back in a highly anticipated<br />
match against Trinity. The first half was great<br />
both offensively and defensively. However, the<br />
boys played even better in the second, showing<br />
tremendous speed bursting through tackles<br />
and able to maintain possession throughout<br />
U13A V Trinity<br />
majority of the half. Caine Smith and<br />
Alessandro Compton made several line breaks<br />
and both contributed to the scoreboard. It was<br />
a great first win and hopefully there will be<br />
more games like this to come.<br />
15D<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 56 defeated St Joseph’s 7<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> (Ben Siva two tries, Hamish<br />
Woods, Luca Aroney, Tom Nation, Chris<br />
Randall, Will Haynes tries, Zach Muldoon two<br />
conversions, Joey Cussen one conversion)<br />
Having not won a game this season, the<br />
Ds were keen to notch up a win against St<br />
Joseph’s. The boys played a dominant game<br />
and were very strong offensively. Many players<br />
showed how much they have improved during<br />
the season, including Chris Daniels and<br />
Hamish Woods, who both ran very hard and<br />
straight toward the opposition line. The boys’<br />
defence was also much better this week, only<br />
allowing St Joseph’s to score one try.<br />
14A<br />
Win 36 – 10<br />
The boys put on a great display of rugby<br />
against Trinity. Probably the best indicator of<br />
how much of a team effort it was, is the way<br />
that scoring was shared between the forwards<br />
and backs. Charlie Crammond again led<br />
from the front with a try and some massive<br />
hits that lifted the boys. Chriso Dixson had<br />
a great game distributing the ball well, and<br />
tackling as though he was possessed. Finnbar<br />
Stenmark converted three tries continuing his<br />
impressive run as a goal kicking second rower<br />
playing out of position. Finn Weir managed to<br />
be cool under pressure, whilst being suitably<br />
aggressive in his play and was rewarded with a<br />
try. Oscar Lim-Strachan, Rob Nettle, Andrew<br />
and Jake Broekhuizen also crossed the line to<br />
complete a comprehensive victory as Trinity<br />
only managed two unconverted tries.<br />
14B<br />
Lost 19-26<br />
In the first half we were not dominating the<br />
contact in tackles and as a result spent a lot<br />
of time defending and tackling. Richard<br />
Goodman, Sam Worthington and Peter Milios<br />
were strong in the rucks but we struggled to<br />
keep Trinity from counter-rucking. We were<br />
more switched on to hard running in the<br />
second half. James Walker, James Gordon,<br />
Aaron Meyer and Alex Antonelli all made<br />
strong line breaks with Alex getting two<br />
tries and Walker one. Alby, Aaron and James<br />
Schiller defended well on the flanks. Alex<br />
also kicked well for two conversions making<br />
him a one man points machine. We need to<br />
put these strong performances together and<br />
support these players in order to maintain<br />
possession and build pressure. The team<br />
should be encouraged by a strong second half<br />
performance and build on that in training this<br />
week.<br />
14C<br />
Win 40 – 20<br />
In a try scoring bonanza the Cs won<br />
convincingly with a score of 40 – 20,<br />
displaying how vital possession is in running<br />
rugby. It was a great turnaround from last<br />
week against Waverley and hopefully the boys<br />
will maintain this good form against Knox on<br />
Saturday.<br />
Star player Chriso Dixson – all-round game<br />
and tremendous tackling<br />
13A<br />
Lost 31-5<br />
In a repeat of last week, <strong>Cranbrook</strong> opened the<br />
scoring with Harvey Tilley crossing over the<br />
line early on. Trinity followed this swiftly with<br />
an equaliser and the two teams looked to be<br />
evenly matched until play was halted. After a<br />
lengthy injury delay, the boys returned to the<br />
pitch to play the second half. The <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
boys tried hard but Trinity dominated, scoring<br />
4 unanswered tries to win the game.<br />
13B<br />
Lost 20- 10<br />
The boys played a tough and gruelling game<br />
against Trinity on Saturday. The boys came<br />
with great intent and that showed in the first<br />
try scored by Will Crowley after quick hands<br />
to get the ball out of the flying full back.<br />
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Unfortunately Trinity scored the couple of<br />
tries but the boys defended brilliantly on their<br />
line, the biggest and the smallest players all<br />
hitting the Trinity students hard. After the<br />
break <strong>Cranbrook</strong> let in another try and we<br />
were unable to convert the awesome pressure<br />
into points until the last few minutes when<br />
Peter Kaissis crossed the line.<br />
By Finn Parker<br />
13C<br />
Lost 48 – 10<br />
An early try to Jake Van Der Byl in answer<br />
to Trinity’s first points showed promise for<br />
the rest of the game. The game remained<br />
reasonably evenly matched with another<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> try, this time to winger Ben<br />
Ritchie, in response to Trinity’s scoring efforts.<br />
Unfortunately despite the determined tackling<br />
by Anthony Stammel and Charlie Wood<br />
amongst others, Trinity were able to run away<br />
with the game in the later stages.<br />
13D<br />
Lost 15 – 0<br />
The 13Ds started strongly, keen to reverse<br />
their form from last week. They tackled<br />
strongly and were contenders in the game<br />
from the outset. Stephen Neophytou was<br />
dominant throughout, using his size and<br />
determination to give <strong>Cranbrook</strong> some<br />
advantage. Konrad Kluck made some strong<br />
runs but was unable to find space and Tom<br />
Beckhurst made some great tackles. The<br />
boys kept the opposition to just one try for<br />
most of the game and should be proud of the<br />
improvement they have made since last week.<br />
Tennis<br />
Round 4<br />
1sts & 2nds<br />
Coming up against arguably the best team<br />
in the competition, it was never going to be<br />
an easy weekend. Unfortunately, it was the<br />
toughest encountered yet by the <strong>Cranbrook</strong><br />
firsts and seconds.<br />
In the firsts, no set was won. However, this is<br />
not a reflection of the effort that the boys put<br />
into every point they played. The standout<br />
player came in the seconds through Jack<br />
Mowbray. He was the only victorious player<br />
in the team and easily won his singles 6-2.<br />
Unfortunately the same can’t be said about the<br />
doubles, as Jack and Alex Lowe came close<br />
in the first set, losing it 7-5, but losing the<br />
second, 6-2.<br />
It is only very early in the season and so,<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> tennis still has a long time to grow<br />
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its skill. As long as the boys have tried their<br />
hardest and continue to do so, there is nothing<br />
to worry about, because the wins will come<br />
themselves.<br />
Nathan Chalik, 1sts A1 & Captain Yr11C<br />
3rds & 4ths<br />
Round 4 of the winter tennis season was met<br />
with fierce competition on both sides. Having<br />
travelled out to Trinity for the matches, the<br />
4ths ended up winning tightly 27-21, while<br />
in an astonishing turn of events the 3rds<br />
achieved a draw 29-29, a rare feat in tennis.<br />
Doubles results were strong across the board,<br />
with all partnerships managing to secure<br />
a win. The singles, however, were far more<br />
varied; one outright victory 6-1 courtesy of<br />
Max Busch whilst Oscar Howard narrowly<br />
went down in a tiebreaker 7-4, with the end<br />
result of the match leading to final score of 29<br />
games all.<br />
The 4ths’ win was headed by Sam Adler and<br />
Monty McPherson, winning 6-3 in their<br />
doubles as well as obtaining vitally needed<br />
games in their singles. On the other side, Luke<br />
Ditchfield and myself were lucky enough to<br />
win all matches, singles and doubles, with<br />
Luke taking out the prestigious 6-0 singles<br />
game. Strong doubles victories brought the<br />
4ths to an overall win.<br />
Lewin Cary<br />
10A/B<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> 10s have played Trinity before<br />
many times and they have always proved to<br />
be a tough opposition and, once again, they<br />
displayed this ability this weekend. Beginning<br />
with some tough doubles, the 10As faced a<br />
tough opposition, and fought hard for each<br />
and every point. However, we saw Matt<br />
Chard and Sam Atkinson prevail and with<br />
a devastating game from Sam, leaving his<br />
opponent with a dismal 6-0, and with Matt<br />
Chard playing his consistent and powerful<br />
groundstrokes to wear his opponent away into<br />
dust with a 7-5 win. On the other hand, the<br />
10Bs started with powerful doubles games,<br />
cleaning away their opponents, however sadly<br />
they were beaten back in the singles but for<br />
Darren Choi’s quick and clean game ending<br />
on a 6-3. And while this weekend was not<br />
encouraging, it is simply a sign that we need to<br />
observe some of our teammates and follow the<br />
example set by them.<br />
10C<br />
This weekend was another great set of games<br />
for the 10Cs at Dangar against Trinity. Our<br />
match play showed how we’ve been improving<br />
throughout the start of the season despite<br />
our limited number of matches. Laurence<br />
Nettleton and Ben Yang’s doubles went quite<br />
well, even though they didn’t win as their final<br />
score was 5-7 after a long battle. Laurence<br />
Nettleton unfortunately lost with a score of<br />
0-6, not that it wasn’t an exciting set to watch.<br />
Ben Yang came out with 1-6, but his serves<br />
have improved tremendously with a greater<br />
accuracy.<br />
The C2 Trinity player didn’t turn up at first,<br />
so Jack Rex started with his singles with<br />
an unfortunate score of 0-6, he had great<br />
technique but the Trinity player just hit<br />
every ball back! Once the C2 player turned<br />
up Christopher Cunio was able to complete<br />
his singles with a score of 2-6, and finally<br />
the doubles of C1 and C2 (Jack Rex and<br />
Christopher Cunio) finished with a loss of 1-6.<br />
Our overall score was 9-37, despite the losses,<br />
the team overall showed an improvement in<br />
technique and were definitely enthusiastic.<br />
Many of the matches involved deuces so they<br />
were actually closer than you think. We look<br />
forward for another great set of matches next<br />
week!<br />
Christopher Cunio<br />
9A<br />
Coming up against an undefeated side, we<br />
knew round 4 against Trinity would test us.<br />
On wet courts and with the sun reflecting off<br />
the water, we fought hard but unfortunately<br />
went down 1 set to 5, 19 games to 35. Alex<br />
Gall and Eddie Lewis fought very hard in their<br />
doubles but unluckily went down 4-6. Braden<br />
Liu and Daniel Siu dug deep but also lost 4-6.<br />
Alex was up against a very strong opponent<br />
and lost 0-6. Eddie had a very close match<br />
with many crowd pleasers but unluckily lost<br />
4-6. Braden Liu was troubled by his opponent’s<br />
calls, yet fought hard and lost 2-6. Daniel Siu<br />
also fought very hard against a consistent<br />
hitter, and out skilled him to win 7-5.<br />
9B<br />
The 9Bs unfortunately went down 0 sets<br />
to 6. Tom Riepler had a tough match but<br />
unluckily went down 4-6. Josh and Jasper<br />
also unfortunately went down. Their Trinity<br />
opponents were strong. The team has learned<br />
a lot from the experience.<br />
Thanks to Mr Knight for managing and<br />
supporting us.<br />
Eddie Lewis Captain 9AB<br />
8A/B<br />
A super performance for <strong>Cranbrook</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
on the weekend against Trinity.<br />
Starting off with the As, Ricky Gonzalez and I<br />
faced a tough doubles side.<br />
Ricky gave everything he got but we just came<br />
up short with a tough loss 5-7.
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Daniel Walters and Jasper Hudson teamed up<br />
to face an opposing Trinity doubles squad.<br />
Tough match but a hard, 4-6 unlucky loss.<br />
In the singles Daniel had a superb win 6-2<br />
but a tough loss for jasper 4-6. Ricky played<br />
outstanding the whole day but another<br />
unlucky loss 5-7. Due to time constraints<br />
though I was unable to finish my match 4-5.<br />
For the Bs Sam Folden and Sasch Mayo faced<br />
a strong Trinity doubles team losing 1-6.<br />
Louis Shapiro and Thomas Goodman gave<br />
their all but another tough loss going down<br />
2-6.Sam Folden was a beast on the court on<br />
Saturday with an outstanding 6-2 win.<br />
Sasch Mayo played a strong game but his<br />
opponent was just too strong winning 1-6.<br />
Louis and Thomas each went down 3-6 but<br />
both did their best.<br />
Overall not <strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s best match yet but as<br />
always <strong>Cranbrook</strong> always performs their best.<br />
Tex Smouha-Ho, Captain Year 8<br />
8C<br />
The 8Cs played Trinity on Saturday. In the<br />
doubles Charlie Macdonald and Emmanuel<br />
had a 1-6 loss and Charlie Pizzy and David<br />
Loewy had a close 4-6 loss. In the singles<br />
David, Charlie and Emmanuel unfortunately<br />
had 0-6, 2-6 and 0-6 losses but Charlie<br />
Macdonald won his match with an impressive<br />
6-0 victory.<br />
7A<br />
The 4th round of winter tennis at Trinity<br />
Grammar <strong>School</strong> was played in sunny autumn<br />
conditions despite the torrential rain all<br />
evening before. The 7As were very pleased<br />
with their 6-love in sets and 36-6 in games<br />
domination of Trinity, traditionally a very<br />
strong CAS tennis school.<br />
In the first match first doubles pair Jay Gerrish<br />
and Graham Heller quickly adapted to the<br />
synthetic courts, worked well as a team and<br />
completely devastated Trinity’s A1 and A2 for<br />
an amazing 6-love result. Maxwell Liu (A3)<br />
and James Drielsma (A4) communicated<br />
well, amused each other between points, but<br />
concentrated particularly on big-points to outplay<br />
Trinity’s second pair for a great 6-2 win.<br />
Jay kicked off the singles and both outplayed<br />
and overpowered this opponent for a strong<br />
6-1 win. In the second singles, Graham<br />
constantly manoeuvred the ball making his<br />
opponent run before crushing him for a cool<br />
6-love win. Next up, Maxwell pressured his<br />
opponent constantly by taking the ball early to<br />
break his opponent’s serves for a tidy 6-2 win.<br />
In the final A singles, James dominated Trinity<br />
with his top spin forehand and pulled off<br />
numerous clean winners for a great 6-1 finish.<br />
Team<br />
name<br />
7B<br />
Bs also had a great 5 sets to 1 win, but much<br />
closer in terms of games 36-25. Kicking off<br />
the day, first pair Emeil Aroney (B1) and<br />
Max Kanuk (B2) won a closely fought match<br />
6-4. Emeil and Max’s strong communication<br />
and mental attitude gave them the edge they<br />
needed to win. Second pair Lucas Berger<br />
(B3) and Jackson Rogers (B4) also had a<br />
great close-match 6-4 doubles win. Lucas and<br />
Jackson’s quick adaption to Trinity’s home<br />
synthetic courts gave them the edge for this<br />
hard fought handy win. Emeil and Trinity<br />
B1 in the singles pushed each other neck<br />
and neck to 5-all, before Emeil successfully<br />
shifted up a gear and closed-out his opponent<br />
7-5. Max also successfully won in a long and<br />
closely fought 6-4 match (with everyone<br />
watching) by putting pressure on his opponent<br />
with his unrelenting determination. Trinity’s<br />
B3 had no answer to Lucas’ scorching return<br />
of serves and was outclassed in a decisive<br />
6-1 <strong>Cranbrook</strong> win, giving Lucas the Bs best<br />
result of the day! Jackson capped off the final<br />
B singles of the day. Unfortunately, Jackson<br />
narrowly lost 5-7; unlucky, as it could have<br />
gone either way.<br />
Maxwell Liu, Captain Yr7<br />
7C<br />
Sets<br />
for<br />
Sets<br />
against<br />
The C team started with a tough start with<br />
the doubles matches. First pair Sam Lane and<br />
Dylan Arya played hard but unfortunately<br />
lost 1-6. Second pair up was Tom Lorang and<br />
Tristan Lien putting some pressure on the<br />
Trinity boys and winning 6-4. Sam opened<br />
up the singles campaign with a tight match<br />
4-6 against Trinity’s C1, Sam, as always, gave<br />
it his best. Dylan was up next and lost 2-6, he<br />
Games f<br />
or<br />
put in his best effort and had a great attitude.<br />
Tom Lorang was successful in his match, 6-2.<br />
Tristan was up next and played a great game<br />
but he couldn’t finish the match ending with a<br />
tie 4-4. Overall, the end result was Trinity won<br />
3 ½ sets to 2 ½ sets in games 23-28.<br />
7D<br />
Games<br />
against<br />
Comments<br />
win/loss<br />
1sts 0 8 9 48 Loss<br />
2nds 1 7 24 45 Loss<br />
3rds 3 3 29 29 Draw<br />
4ths 4 2 27 21 Win<br />
10As 2 4 38 30 Loss<br />
10Bs 3 3 21 27 Loss<br />
10Cs 0 6 9 37 Loss<br />
9As 1 5 19 35 Loss<br />
9Bs 0 6 6 36 Loss<br />
8As 1 5 29 33 Loss<br />
8Bs 1 5 16 32 Loss<br />
8Cs 1 5 13 30 Loss<br />
7As 6 0 36 6 Win<br />
7Bs 5 1 36 25 Win<br />
7Cs 2 ½ 3 ½ 23 28 Loss<br />
7Ds 0 6 16 37 Loss<br />
Disappointment lay ahead for the D team. It<br />
began with the doubles matches. Zac Serafim<br />
and Lyric Wang lost 6-7 in a close tie-breaking<br />
match followed by Max Reed and Ryan Davis<br />
losing 1-6. Zac opened up the singles matches<br />
for the Ds with a 4-6 loss followed by Lyric<br />
losing 1-6 to the Trinity boys and Max Reed<br />
losing to the Trinity boys, 1-6 and Ryan played<br />
his best but his last match, 3-6. The D team<br />
gave it their best but to their disappointment<br />
the D team lost their matches 0-6 sets with<br />
their overall total game tally was 16-37.<br />
Zac Serafim, Co-captain 7CD<br />
Sports Fixtures<br />
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can be found on the homepage of the<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> portal under Quick Links.<br />
It is also found on the co-curricular page<br />
under sport.<br />
http://portal.cranbrook.nsw.edu.au/<br />
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The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> Chronicle<br />
FEATURE<br />
From the stands<br />
by Dugald Holloway and Tom Mahony<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong>’s Awesome<br />
Foursome State Champions<br />
On the 9th of May 2013, four dedicated<br />
<strong>Cranbrook</strong> boys ventured out to the Olympic<br />
Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) in Homebush, to<br />
compete in the NSW All <strong>School</strong>s Swimming<br />
Championships. They swam exceptionally<br />
well, winning GOLD in their event, the 4x50m<br />
Freestyle relay. In this week’s edition, FTS takes<br />
a look behind the scenes at these four achievers,<br />
and describes how it all came together.<br />
The journey of these four Year 8 boys on their<br />
quest to become NSW State Champions in the<br />
4x50m relay, began back in March, on the night<br />
of the CAS Swimming Carnival. The following<br />
boys (in racing order followed by their 50 metre<br />
freestyle PB): Tom Gojak 26.17, Kevin Sohn<br />
27.03, Elliot Grossberg 27.91 and Zach Facioni<br />
27.71, competed individually and as a team in<br />
the U14s division in <strong>Cranbrook</strong> colours, and<br />
contributed hugely to our points tally on the<br />
night. However, in the 4x50m freestyle relay,<br />
it didn’t quite come together for them. They<br />
placed second to a strong Knox team, with<br />
a time of 1:49:41. Their goal was first place.<br />
Nevertheless, with the top three competitors<br />
in each race qualifying for CIS (Combined<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong>s), they were destined to be<br />
back at SOPAC in just over a month’s time.<br />
The boys returned to their strict training<br />
regimes, determined to place first at the CIS<br />
swim meet. Swimming is not for the fainthearted;<br />
it requires volumes of discipline, grit<br />
and hard work to take milliseconds off one’s<br />
personal best and to be competitive at the<br />
higher levels. Each day, Tom, Kevin, Elliot and<br />
Zach start at 5am with at least a one-and-a-half<br />
hour session in the pool, often followed by a<br />
second session in the evening. Collectively,<br />
these boys train on average a total of 52 hours a<br />
week, displaying dedication and commitment<br />
in spades. What is even more astonishing is<br />
that Tom Gojak makes up a staggering 20<br />
hours of these 52, and Kevin Sohn 14 hours.<br />
All four boys train at Eastern Edge Swimming<br />
Club (which uses the <strong>Cranbrook</strong> pool), under<br />
the tuition of Gai and Angelo, and as a result<br />
spend many hours together, adding to the team<br />
chemistry.<br />
The <strong>Cranbrook</strong> 4x50m Freestyle relay team<br />
took CIS by storm. Representing both CAS<br />
and <strong>Cranbrook</strong>, they placed first with a time<br />
of 1:48:35, smashing their previous PB by 1.06<br />
seconds. In doing so, they qualified for the<br />
NSW All <strong>School</strong>s Swimming Championships<br />
(PSSA). The team also swam in the 4x50m<br />
medley relay; however, were not able to<br />
replicate their efforts. What’s more, both Kevin<br />
and Tom raced individually. Tom raced in<br />
the 50m and 100m freestyle events, where he<br />
placed first and fourth, respectively, qualifying<br />
for PSSA in the 50m freestyle. Kevin competed<br />
in the 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle and<br />
50m butterfly events where he placed, fourth,<br />
eleventh and fourth. Unfortunately for Kevin,<br />
only the top three competitors progressed to<br />
PSSA. Even so, an outstanding achievement<br />
by these four boys at this grueling level of<br />
competition.<br />
On the 9th May, the team returned to SOPAC<br />
for the PSSA swim meet knowing their<br />
preparation had put them in good stead. In<br />
response to FTS’s queries regarding race day,<br />
Elliot responded, “race day was pretty smooth,<br />
everyone was a bit nervous naturally, as we<br />
were ranked first, but everyone swam really<br />
well under the pressure.” The four awesome<br />
boys in red, white and blue succeeded again,<br />
winning GOLD with a time of 1:48:03, another<br />
PB. Tom Gojak described the feeling of winning<br />
GOLD- ‘it felt pretty incredible to win, as we<br />
were in the lead the whole way, and ended<br />
it felt pretty incredible to<br />
win, as we were in the<br />
lead the whole way, and<br />
ended up winning by three<br />
seconds. Everyone was<br />
geed-up, swam their best,<br />
and it showed in our results<br />
up winning by three seconds. Everyone<br />
was geed-up, swam their best, and it showed<br />
in our results’. Having come from second in<br />
CAS to first in the State at PSSA is a huge<br />
achievement and is testimony to all the training<br />
we’ve put in for this event.”<br />
Unfortunately, this is the end of the road for<br />
the relay team, as the four best individual 50m<br />
freestyle swimmers at PSSA progress through<br />
to the Nationals. However, with role models,<br />
like Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps and<br />
aspirations to win gold at the Olympics held by<br />
members of the team, FTS is sure that we will<br />
be seeing a lot more of these boys in the future.<br />
Congratulations Tom, Kevin, Elliot and Zach.<br />
An amazing achievement!!<br />
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