Highlights - Sydney High School Old Boys Union

GPS Gold Challenge
The GPS Gold Challenge brings together Old Boys from the nine GPS Schools
who have just, or are about to, reach the milestone of 50 years of age to compete
against one another across eight disciplines - golf, rowing, tennis, touch rugby,
cricket, athletics, swimming and, during the closing dinner, debating.
The year 2008 marked the ninth and tenth GPS Gold Challenges with both Alumni
1975 and Alumni 1976 competing for the Aub Thomas Memorial Trophy at
Newington College on Saturday 27 September 2008.
The rowing competition was held first thing in the morning at Leichhardt Rowing
Club, and the golf was conducted at the Ryde Parramatta Golf Club the day before,
Friday 26 September.
The very capable Sydney High organisers for each year were Paul Veltman (1975)
and Richard Luxford (1976).
Over 400 participants from all
Schools competed.
1975 results
Sydney High Old Boys from 1975
well and truly turned the tables on
their GPS rivals. Despite fierce
competition, Sydney High's 1975
touch rugby and cricket teams were
both undefeated. Sydney High 1975
won the touch rugby outright,
including defeating Joeys in the
semi-final and Riverview in the final.
Sydney High 1975 won the cricket
in equal first place with Sydney
Grammar. Sydney High 1975 came
third in tennis and achieved very
creditable results in the other events.
Across all the events of golf, rowing,
tennis, cricket, touch rugby, athletics,
swimming and debating, Shore was
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