{"id":4148,"date":"2020-09-23T15:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/?post_type=article&p=4148"},"modified":"2020-09-23T16:18:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:18:24","slug":"country-trips-golden-boots-touch-footy-farewell-year-12","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/article\/country-trips-golden-boots-touch-footy-farewell-year-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Trips, Golden Boots, Touch Footy, Farewell Year 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Shore Boarding Community,<\/p>\n

At the end of term already, and one looks back with tremendous respect and admiration for the boys in our boarding community.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t been easy for anyone, boys and parents, and yet all have continued on in a term still filled with great joy and happiness together, as one.<\/p>\n

The boarding staff have been welcomed in the country on two occasions this term, and we absolutely loved it, catching up with past, current and prospective parents.\u00a0 Our first trip was to Parkes and Orange, where we held a dinner in Parkes at the Comfort Inn, Bushman\u2019s on Saturday before travelling to Orange for lunch the next day.\u00a0 Thank you to the Swift Family who generously hosted us at their Printhie Winery.\u00a0 The next week, The Manchee Family were our great hosts in Moree, which was another well-attended event for dinner.\u00a0 Thank you, everyone, for welcoming us.\u00a0 It was so good to catch up again.\u00a0 We hope we can do so again soon.\u00a0 Keep an eye out for our next trip at the beginning of Term 4 in Walcha and Spring Ridge.<\/p>\n

The annual Golden Boots was held this year in a different setting – the Smith Auditorium.\u00a0 Each House chooses a representative from Year 11 to speak on a given topic \u2013 this year\u2019s was \u201cWhen it\u2019s dark enough, you can see the stars.\u201d The 2020 representatives were Alex Wong (Hodges), Ewan\u00a0Jackman\u00a0(School), Adrian Lai\u00a0(Barry) and Oli\u00a0Wilson (Robson).\u00a0 In some of the best speeches heard in recent years, the quality was amazing, Adrian was judged by Mr Morrison and Mrs Foord as the winner on the night, although all four boys were simply magnificent in their takes on the topic.<\/p>\n

It has been so nice hearing the boys compliment the quality of the food this term, and we have continued to try to supply healthy, nutritious and tasty meals.\u00a0 Our new chef, Franz, has done a great job with his themed nights, from American, to English to Asian, to home-made dough pizzas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We have also tried to engage the whole boarding community when we can, and one such recent event was the Inter-House Touch Rugby tournament a couple of Sundays ago.\u00a0 Each team played one another once in the pool rounds, before the best-performing teams battle it out in the Grand Final.\u00a0 This year, Barry House won in a tough encounter over School House.\u00a0 Well done to everyone who made it such an enjoyable day.<\/p>\n

On the second-last night of the term, our Year 12 boarders took to Sydney Harbour for a farewell harbour cruise.\u00a0 Sitting back on a beautiful balmy evening in a 360\u00b0 glass-walled cruise boat, the boys were treated to a lovely 3-course meal, and fantastic speeches from MC Jonah Edlington, the incomparable Tom Merriman and Headmaster, Dr Petterson.\u00a0 Later, it was up on deck to take in the city views and enjoy one another\u2019s company before docking three hours after taking off from McMahon\u2019s Point Wharf.\u00a0 It was a lovely way to see off the term, and thank our great Year 12 boarders for six fabulous years.<\/p>\n

Many boys have enjoyed tremendous success in Drama, and this term was no exception.\u00a0 Elsewhere in this letter, Finn Beachley from Hodges has written a great report on the Middle School play \u201cThe Middle Class Aristocrat\u201d.\u00a0 Congratulations must also go out to our Year 12 boarders whose Individual Monologues were absolutely brilliant.\u00a0 A big shout-out out to the following Year 12s:<\/p>\n

Tom Merriman (School)<\/p>\n

Michael Mingay Robson)<\/p>\n

Billy Moore (School)<\/p>\n

Henry Saunders (Barry)<\/p>\n

Oli White (Hodges)<\/p>\n

Lastly, don\u2019t forget our voucher offer.\u00a0 We have some vouchers left to help provide our boarding families with some accommodation support, to help when visiting their sons while in Sydney.\u00a0 In conjunction with View Sydney<\/em><\/strong> we will provide $100 vouchers to help with accommodation costs for Shore boarding families.\u00a0 Please contact Heather for your voucher in the week leading up to your Sydney visit.\u00a0 First in-first served.\u00a0 Safe travels, and have a happy stay!<\/p>\n

Have a wonderful Term 3 holiday with your sons.\u00a0 We hope you get the chance for a well-deserved break at some stage.\u00a0 Best wishes to our HSC boys next term – the hard work is done so now just the big quiz to go.\u00a0 Good luck!<\/p>\n

Best wishes,<\/p>\n

Brendan<\/p>\n

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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Boys unaware of the cruise about to happen<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Year 12 Boarders Cruise<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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American Night Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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American Night Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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American Night Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Trophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Touch Football Comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Adrian Lai – Golden Boots Winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Our Golden Boots Speakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Travelling to Parkes<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Printhie Winery<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Parkes – Social Distancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Promoting Shore Boarding<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Orange Function<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Moree<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Moree<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Moree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Shore Boarding Community, At the end of term already, and one looks back with tremendous respect and admiration for the boys in our boarding community.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t been easy for anyone, boys and parents, and yet all have continued on in a term still filled with great joy and happiness together, as one. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4148","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4148"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}