June 2011 - Ipswich Grammar School
June 2011 - Ipswich Grammar School
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IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL<br />
OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION<br />
JUNE <strong>2011</strong> NEWSLETTER<br />
OBA COUNCIL<br />
President<br />
Bob Adcock<br />
Vice President/Treasurer<br />
Greg Whitehead<br />
Secretary<br />
Russell Brockman<br />
Registrar<br />
John Edmondson<br />
Assistant Registrar<br />
Eric Clarke<br />
<strong>School</strong> Liaison Officer<br />
Oliver Hughes<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Phone<br />
(07) 3813 9600<br />
Fax<br />
(07) 3280 1311<br />
Postal<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Old Boys’ Association<br />
Locked Bag 6000<br />
North <strong>Ipswich</strong> Q 4305<br />
Email<br />
oldboys@ipswichgrammar.com<br />
Online<br />
www.ipswichgrammar.com<br />
www.twitter.com/MyIGS<br />
www.facebook.com/MyIGS<br />
Igor Lapa and IGS Headmaster Robert Henderson outside the Great Hall in May.<br />
FORMER HEAD VISITS<br />
Former <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong><br />
Headmaster Igor Lapa returned<br />
to the school where he spent<br />
more than 40 years in May.<br />
Mr Lapa began his career at<br />
IGS as a teacher in 1959.<br />
He was Deputy Headmaster<br />
from 1972 and became<br />
Headmaster in 1990 before<br />
retiring in 2000.<br />
A guest of Headmaster Robert<br />
Henderson, Mr Lapa toured the<br />
grounds and spoke to staff and<br />
students ahead of the school’s<br />
150th anniversary in 2013.<br />
“As I look around I see some<br />
lovely changes, but it is still a<br />
great school. That indomitable<br />
spirit of <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> is definitely still here,” Mr<br />
Lapa said.<br />
“When I began my time here<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> was a tiny<br />
school that needed to establish<br />
its reputation and strength.<br />
“Boys are able to get an<br />
all-round education and<br />
when I retired I felt I had<br />
contributed something to their<br />
development.”<br />
Mr Henderson said Mr<br />
Lapa had made an “amazing<br />
contribution” to <strong>Ipswich</strong><br />
<strong>Grammar</strong>.<br />
“It’s important to acknowledge<br />
the people who have given so<br />
much to our school and helped<br />
shape <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> into<br />
what it is today,” he said.<br />
“We look forward to<br />
welcoming Mr Lapa at a future<br />
school assembly.”<br />
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CALENDAR<br />
• July 8-10: The Old Boys’<br />
Association is looking for<br />
volunteers to help put the<br />
finishing touches on their<br />
150th anniversary wine<br />
project. The special event<br />
will be held at the beautiful<br />
Ballandean Estate, 354<br />
Sundown Road, Ballandean.<br />
If you’d like to volunteer<br />
a few hours of your time<br />
and enjoy some awardwinning<br />
wine, phone Barry<br />
Richardson on 0421 575 150.<br />
• July 16: Old Boys’<br />
Association annual dinner<br />
after the home round<br />
of rugby and football<br />
versus Churchie. Tickets<br />
are $55 each or $50 for<br />
school leavers from 2006<br />
including dinner, drinks<br />
and entertainment. Partners<br />
welcome, 6pm for a 7pm<br />
start in the Administration<br />
building. The IGS Museum<br />
will be open during the day.<br />
• September 23: Old Boys’<br />
Association golf day at<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> Golf Club. Entry<br />
is $60 each including<br />
lunch, golf and cart hire.<br />
8.30am registration for<br />
a 9am shotgun start.<br />
Teams of four, with ladies<br />
more than welcome.<br />
A limited number of<br />
sponsorship opportunities<br />
are available for $250<br />
each. Your investment<br />
includes on-course signage,<br />
acknowledgement in<br />
the monthly Old Boys’<br />
Newsletter and weekly<br />
<strong>Grammar</strong> Word and your<br />
business logo on score cards<br />
and signage. You can also<br />
sponsor a hole and enter a<br />
team of four golfers for $400.<br />
IGS CALLS FOR WORK<br />
EXPERIENCE SUPPORT<br />
The <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Careers and Counselling Centre<br />
is looking for employers who can<br />
offer students voluntary work<br />
experience.<br />
Students usually organise their<br />
own placements, however the<br />
school would like to produce a<br />
database of employers.<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> would like<br />
to hear from Old Boys who are<br />
interested in taking one or two<br />
students per year for up to a<br />
week at a time.<br />
The non-compulsory work<br />
experience program only<br />
involves students who have<br />
expressed interest in a particular<br />
industry.<br />
Boys interested in trades can<br />
do a school-based apprenticeship<br />
of one day a week while they<br />
are in years 11 and 12, or work<br />
experience towards the end of<br />
Year 12 with the view to doing<br />
a full-time apprenticeship when<br />
they finish school.<br />
Any assistance would be<br />
greatly appreciated.<br />
For more information or to<br />
register your interest, email<br />
Fiona Darlington at fdarlington@<br />
ipswichgrammar.com<br />
ENGINEERING DUO HONOURED<br />
AT ANNUAL INDUSTRY AWARDS<br />
The 2010 Institution of Engineers<br />
Australia Awards recognised<br />
two Old Boys who work for<br />
international professional<br />
services company GHD.<br />
GHD Chairman Desmond<br />
Robert Whybird (1965-69) was<br />
once again included among<br />
the top 100 of Australia’s Most<br />
Influential Engineers.<br />
Dale Alexander Young (1991-<br />
95) was named Queensland<br />
Young Professional Engineer of<br />
the Year for his development of<br />
a water, sanitisation and hygiene<br />
project in Tanzania.<br />
Mr Young’s expanding project<br />
is now largely community run<br />
with the assistance of a small<br />
number of foreign staff.<br />
GHD serves clients in the<br />
global market sectors of<br />
infrastructure, mining and<br />
industry, defence, property,<br />
buildings and the environment.<br />
Fellow Old Boy David Edwards<br />
(1979-83) is also employed by<br />
GHD as Strategy and Market<br />
Development Manager.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
msabi.com or tanzaniawater.<br />
blogspot.com.<br />
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REUNIONS<br />
• 1961 50-year reunion:<br />
Hedley Watson is<br />
organising a 50-year<br />
reunion in conjunction<br />
with the annual dinner at<br />
the school on July 16. Old<br />
Boys who started with the<br />
cohort in 1958 but left before<br />
Year 12 are also invited.<br />
Hedley can be contacted at<br />
hswatson@iprimus.com.au or<br />
(07) 3351 1265.<br />
• 1971 40-year reunion:<br />
Warwick Marler and Alex<br />
Smyth are organising a<br />
40-year reunion with an<br />
evening function at the<br />
Victoria Barracks Brisbane<br />
Club on October 8. Old<br />
Boys should email Warwick<br />
at warwick@darvall.com or<br />
Alex at alexander.smyth1@<br />
defence.gov.au.<br />
• 1981 30-year reunions:<br />
Mal Varitimos is<br />
encouraging 1981 seniors<br />
to attend the annual<br />
dinner on July 16. He has<br />
also organised a 30-year<br />
reunion lunch for the<br />
same day at Hog’s Breath<br />
Cafe, 40 Brisbane Street,<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> from noon. Email<br />
malvaritimos@qldbar.asn<br />
or phone 0419 685 155.<br />
• 1986 25-year reunion:<br />
Michael Fanshawe and<br />
Jeff Hardie have expressed<br />
interest in organising a<br />
reunion. The event will<br />
be held in <strong>Ipswich</strong> and<br />
Brisbane on the weekend of<br />
October 21, with the main<br />
focus being a cocktail party<br />
at the Story Bridge Hotel.<br />
For more, email Michael at<br />
mfanshawe@mac.com or<br />
Jeff at tolcin02@bigpond.net.au.<br />
IGS Old Boy Berrick Barnes has ended his <strong>2011</strong> Super Rugby season with the<br />
New South Wales Waratahs after an ongoing battle with footballer’s migrane.<br />
IPSWICH GRAMMAR<br />
MAKING HEADLINES<br />
Click on the links or copy and<br />
paste them into your internet<br />
browser to see who has been<br />
making headlines in recent weeks.<br />
• Waratahs flyhalf Berrick<br />
Barnes out for season, The Daily<br />
Telegraph, <strong>June</strong> 14<br />
http://tinyurl.com/6cujd95<br />
• Barnes forced to take stock<br />
after latest migraine episode,<br />
The Sydney Morning Herald,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14<br />
http://tinyurl.com/65sfdxr<br />
• Barnes to battle on with<br />
disorder, The Daily Telegraph,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2<br />
http://tinyurl.com/3jv48qj<br />
• Kennedy plays down Origin<br />
talk, The Queensland Times,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1<br />
http://tinyurl.com/3ls7mn6<br />
• Games selection humbles<br />
George, The Queensland Times,<br />
May 28<br />
http://tinyurl.com/3grn34a<br />
• Big Matt is back in town, The<br />
Queensland Times, May 27<br />
http://tinyurl.com/3e6k74o<br />
• Students swap classroom for<br />
Amazon, <strong>Ipswich</strong> News, May 5<br />
http://tinyurl.com/5wwwcct<br />
• Albert Anae’s Queensland<br />
Reds debut to honour late father<br />
Sio, The Courier Mail, April 29<br />
http://tinyurl.com/65zdosc<br />
• Swimming with Aussie Rules<br />
twist, The Queensland Times,<br />
April 28<br />
http://tinyurl.com/6kmgqrl<br />
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OLD BOYS’ DINNER, JULY 16<br />
NIGHT INCLUDES DRINKS AND GUEST SPEAKER AT THE SCHOOL<br />
Full name_______________________________________________________________<br />
Partner’s name (if attending )______________________________________________<br />
Postal address___________________________________________________________<br />
________________________________________________________________________<br />
Phone_______________ Mobile_______________ Email________________________<br />
The <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong> Building Fund is an approved fund for income tax<br />
deductions. Donations of $50 or more entitle you to be registered as a subscriber<br />
to the school and give you a vote in future elections for the Board of Trustees.<br />
Dinner $55 each, $50 for partners and school leavers from 2006.<br />
Donation to IGS Building Fund<br />
Donation to IGS Old Boys’ Association<br />
Old Boys’ tie $30<br />
Firsts representative tie $30. Please advise qualifications.<br />
Old Boys’ shirt $30 Size: M L XL XXL XXXL<br />
Old Boys’ cap $15<br />
DONATIONS<br />
PAYMENT AND OLD BOYS’ MERCHANDISE<br />
TOTAL $<br />
Please find enclosed my cheque, or charge my: Mastercard Visa American Express<br />
Name_________________________ Signature_________________________ Expiry______ / ______<br />
If paying by credit card, you can fax your form to the school on 3280 1311.<br />
RSVP BY JULY 6 TO IGSOBA, C/- LOCKED BAG 6000, NORTH IPSWICH Q 4305<br />
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OLD BOYS’<br />
GOLF DAY<br />
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23<br />
<strong>Ipswich</strong> Golf Club<br />
Samford Road, Leichhardt<br />
Price of $60 per player includes:<br />
BBQ lunch<br />
18 holes of golf<br />
Cart hire<br />
Presentations and prizes<br />
8.30am registration for a 9am shotgun start.<br />
Teams of four, with ladies more than welcome.<br />
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT<br />
A limited number of sponsorship opportunities<br />
are available for $250 each. Your investment<br />
includes on-course signage, acknowledgement<br />
in the monthly Old Boys’ Newsletter and<br />
weekly <strong>Grammar</strong> Word and your business logo<br />
on score cards and signage. You can also sponsor<br />
a hole and enter a team of four golfers for $400.<br />
TEAM REGISTRATION<br />
CONTACT PERSON.....................................................................<br />
PHONE............................................................................................<br />
EMAIL.............................................................................................<br />
PLAYER 1.......................................................................................<br />
PLAYER 2.......................................................................................<br />
PLAYER 3.......................................................................................<br />
PLAYER 4.......................................................................................<br />
Credit card details: Visa MasterCard AMEX<br />
Name on card................................................................................<br />
Card number..................................................................................<br />
Expiry date..............................Total payment.............................<br />
Signature........................................................................................<br />
Please return completed forms to IGSOBA, C/- Locked Bag 6000,<br />
North <strong>Ipswich</strong> Q 4305. Fax credit card payments to the school on<br />
3280 1311. Registrations close on Monday, September 19.<br />
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IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL SESQUICENTENARY PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE<br />
Name:_____________________________________________________________<br />
Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
Phone number :___________________________________<br />
Email address: ___________________________________<br />
Attended IGS from _______ to ________ as a boarder/day boy (delete as applicable).<br />
What is your earliest memory of IGS?<br />
Please describe any significant/interesting memories of being in the classroom (eg topics you studied, books you<br />
used, classroom equipment, humorous incidents etc):<br />
Please describe any memories relating to particular teachers:<br />
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Please describe any memories relating to your classmates/peers:<br />
Please describe any memories relating to sports or extra-curricula activities:<br />
If you were a boarder, what was boarding life like? Were you homesick? What was the food like? What were the<br />
facilities/accommodation like?<br />
Finally, what does being an IGS Old Boy mean to you?<br />
Thank you very much for completing this questionnaire; your time is greatly appreciated. Please sign the consent note<br />
below and return the form to Sophie Church at <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Locked Mailbag 6000, North <strong>Ipswich</strong> 4305.<br />
I, _____________________________________ understand that the information I have provided on this questionnaire<br />
will be held by <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong>. It will not be passed on to third parties but may be used for publication<br />
purposes by <strong>Ipswich</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong>. I assign all rights in the material provided on this questionnaire to <strong>Ipswich</strong><br />
<strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Signed: _____________________________________<br />
Date:____________________________<br />
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