SUMMER 2012 NEWSLETTER - St. Andrew's College, Dublin

SUMMER 2012 NEWSLETTERSACAIn this edition…SACA Awards to TY StudentsPast Pupil NewsDevelopment News - 2012 AppealDates for your DiarySt Andrew’s College Alumni Transition Year Awards 2012The St Andrew’s College Alumni Transition Year Award interviews took place on 10May 2012. This year a very strong field of 14 finalists was put forward by theTransition Year Staff to be interviewed by a panel comprising three SACA committeemembers. Whilst all 14 students are winners having come that far, Danielle Quinnand Eoin Buttanshaw were selected as the two students who best exemplify thespirit of Transition Year. All 14 finalists were presented with their awards at the TYEnd of Year Ceremony at the College on 17 May.St Andrew’s College, Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Co DublinTel: +353 1 288 2785 - Email: alumni@st-andrews.ie

RugbySACA TY AwardWinners 2012Congratulations to Jake Cawley (Classof 2011) on being selected for theIreland U-20 squad to participate in theIRB Junior World Championship in SouthAfrica 2012.Sadly, Munster player Felix Jones(2005) has been dogged by furtherinjury having to undergo shoulder surgerythat will see him side-lined for at leastfour months.HockeyAlan Lewis with Danielle Quinn,TY Student 2012St Andrew’s College continues to producesuperb hockey players for the IrelandNational Teams:Senior Men’s Team:David Fitzgerald (2005), GarethWatkins (2003), Richard Sykes(2010), David Carson (2009), AlanSothern (2006), Stuart Loughrey(2009), Stephen Cole (2009), DavidCole (current pupil), Stephen West(2010)Senior Ladies’ Team :Niamh Atcheler (2010), ChloeWatkins (2010), Gillian Pinder (2011)Men’s U18 Team:David and Lee Cole, Mark Loughrey,Ravin Nair.Alan Lewis with EoinButtanshaw, TY Student 2012U16 Leinster Boys’ Team:Isaac Agnew, Aaron Bailey, JordanLarmour, David Nolan.

Congratulations to Nancy Harris (1998) who wonthe new playwright bursary (valued at €8,000) in the2012 Stewart Parker Trust Awards 2012 for her playNo Romance which was commissioned by The Abbeyand received its world premiere at The Peacock inMarch 2011.It was Nancy’s first work to be professionallyproduced.Clare O’Malley (2006) (left of the 2 girls in the photo)has been very busy lately; she was one of the twobacking singers with Jedward representing Ireland atthe Eurovision Song Contest in Baku in Azerbaijan!Sadly they didn’t win but they certainly gave a fantasticperformance and did Ireland proud!Not only was Clare at Eurovision she has just finishedworkshopping a new musical at Rough Magic TheatreCompany written by Bill Whelan and Arthur Riordan.She will shortly be opening in a new musical calledMONSTER/CLOCK at Smock Alley Theatre.Engagements:Congratulations to:Anna Turpin (Class of 1998) on her engagement to Eoin LennonKatherine Lyall (Class of 1999) on her engagement to Garrett RyanBirths:Congratulations to:Leigh Arnold (1997) and Steve on the birth of their baby boy Hunter JamesStewart Kelly (2002) and Ryan on the birth of their baby daughter HarrietDeaths:Sincere sympathy to the families and friends of two of our alumni who diedrecently—Rob Lee (1938) who attended St Andrew’s when it was located in StStephen’s Green and John Heueston (1952) who attended school in Clyde Roadand was at the Clyde Road Lunch last month celebrating the 60 year reunion of theclass of 1952.

We need your help:Are you interested in coming back to the College to help with Transition YearCareer Talks or the 5 th Year Mock Interviews? Current students can benefitenormously from help and advice from alumni. With the advantage of hindsightyou can give something back by giving up a small amount of your time.Alternatively, would you be willing to be interviewed by Transition Year studentsabout your schooldays? For these interviews we are particularly keen to hear ofthe experiences of alumni from St Stephen’s Green and Clyde Road. They arerecorded and kept for the College Archives.If any of the above options appeal to you please contact Sally Walker onswalker@st-andrews.ieDevelopment News -2012 Annual Appealto SAC AlumniIn June we will be launching the 2012Annual Appeal to Alumni when we willbe appealing for an annual donation of€100 from all alumni. We werethinking of calling it the "CappuccinoAppeal” as it equates to the price of aweekly cappuccino for the year! Ofcourse, if you drink more than onecup a day we would gladly acceptdonations in excess of this amount!We would like to thank those alumniwho have already contributed to ourDevelopment Appeal in the past.The College had to borrow €6 million inorder to build the new East WingBuilding. The College now needs yoursupport to repay this loan to ensurethat on-going capital expenditure canbe carried out to maintain and improvefacilities for its students and teachers.For more information on the Appeal or LegacyGiving please contact the Development Officedevelopment@st-andrews.ieMAKE A DIFFERENCE - MAKE A DONATION.

Dates for your DiarySACA Golf OutingFriday 15 JuneEdmondstown Golf ClubContact:Email:Terry Forsythterencehforsyth@gmail.comSACA Annual DinnerFriday 12 October 2012Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2This dinner will incorporate reunions for the Classes of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 1982.Already there has been huge interest from our SACA President’s class, the Class of1982. After a great deal of persuasion, Alan Lewis agreed to join the FacebookGroup set up to advertise the event and bring classmates who haven’t been in touchwith each other for 30 years back together. After much banter and reminiscing itlooks as if we’re on track for a great night at our first visit to The Westbury. Wealready have three alumni signed up for this dinner in October!10 & 20 Year Reunions for the Classes of 2002 and 1992Saturday 10 November 2012Reception at St Andrew’s College followed by dinner in the Dublin CityHilton.Facebook Groups are set up for these two years and if you left school in 1992 or2002 please join them to keep up to date on arrangements for this event.Booking forms for both events will be sent out at the end ofAugust.We will keep you updated on all Alumni events by email and on Facebook. If we donot have your email address please make sure to let us have it.Email: alumni@st-andrews.ieTel: +353 1 288 2785