One of the most rewardingaspects of my role is beinginvolved in a range of Schoolevents, particularly those thatbring together various sectionsof the School Community andcontribute to our very strong‘sense of community’.

The School’s biennialProduction is such an event.Sweeney Todd is my fifthProduction, following: Into theWoods (1999), The ThreepennyOpera (2001), A Little NightMusic (2003) and Kiss Me Kate(2005). Sweeney Todd was anextraordinary event,showcasing an enormous rangeof staff and student talent anddrawing together parents, staff,students, Past Grammarians,School supporters and past

families. The work ethic andcreative talents of ArtisticDirector, Ms Fiona Perry, andher team was inspiring for all inthe School Community.

The School now hosts a rangeof very successful events as partof its social calendar. Eachinvolves an enormous amountof volunteer work and eachcontributes to the socialcohesiveness of our Schoolcommunity. These events nowinclude the P & F Golf Day, theBlack & Gold Ball, the Black &Gold Art Show and the LadiesAuxiliary Melbourne CupLuncheon.

Our most recent acquisition,thanks to the Black & GoldSupporters, has been a beautiful

Yamaha C7 Grand Piano,currently housed in the TGSMusic Centre. Sourced fromCanberra, the piano has been afine acquisition for the Schooland demonstrates an ongoingcommitment for Music and theArts at Grammar.

Whether it is Sweeney Todd, aGolf Day, a Ball, Art Show orMelbourne Cup Luncheon, theSchool is privileged to enjoythe parent support that it doesand I, once again, extend myheartfelt gratitude to the manywho make a specialcontribution to our ‘sense ofcommunity’.

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Scott WarnockScott has been a student at Townsville Grammar since enteringYear 6 in 2001. On his appointment as Boys School Captain hewas filled with pride and truly believes that the leadership teamelected this year can productively contribute fresh ideas whilesupporting the values, culture and traditions inherent in the Schoolcommunity.

An emblematic ‘all rounder’ is a term that typifies Scott’scontribution to the School over the past six years. Academically hehas received awards ranging from a High Distinction in theAustralian Schools Writing Competition to a Maxima Cum Laude.Scott has received Cultural Awards for his contribution to Big Band,

Symphony Orchestra and has participated in Arts Fusion and School Productions. Scott’s personalexpertise shines in the sporting arena where he has received a Tri-Medal each year he has attendedTownsville Grammar. Sporting accomplishments extend further for Scott with his inclusion in not onlyTGS Rugby, Basketball, Water Polo and Lifesaving, but also representing Townsville, NorthQueensland and Queensland in these sports at various age levels and grades throughout his HighSchool years.

Hayley ForuriaHayley has been a student at Townsville Grammar since enteringYear 8 in 2003. Overwhelmed and honoured by theannouncement of Girls School Captain, she immediatelyresponded to the appointment by declaring a commitment tosupport the students, staff and School by role modelling goodcharacter and moral leadership.

Hayley has maintained a healthy balance between her academic,co-curricular and social development. She has received a MagnaCum Laude and an Academic Award each year since commencingher studies at TGS. Hayley’s passion for Mathematics and Sciencehas also been well rewarded with Distinctions in the Australian

Mathematics Competitions and an acceptance to the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra earlythis year. Hayley’s contribution to cultural aspects of the School has seen her participate in theProduction, the TGS Dance Group and Mezzo Choir. She has also been an active and supportiveTGS Interact committee member. Hayley has busied her life further by participating in the School’sfitness programme, Hockey, Softball, Water Polo, Soccer, Lifesaving, Swimming and Cross Countryteams over the past four years. Her skill and love of Hockey has seen Hayley represent Townsvilleand North Queensland and she was named Most Valuable Player for TGS Hockey in 2006.

Hayley’s generous nature, genuine citizenship and energy for life will greatly enhance her expressedcommitment to leadership within the School throughout 2007.

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Raelene HardyRaelene came to Townsville Grammar School from Cairns School of Distance Education in 2003.

Throughout her stay at the School, Raelene has received a number of awards for Academic and CulturalAchievement. She aims to finish Year 12 with excellent academic results.

Raelene is heavily involved in the School’s Music programme, as a member of the Orchestra and Choir. She is alsoa participant in the Junior Science Ambassadors programme at James Cook University. Her favourite subjects areBiology and Chemistry.

Whilst at Grammar, Raelene’s family have moved from the Torres Straits to Townsville to Brisbane and to Sarina,where they currently reside.

Shaun KoloShaun attended Alyangula Area School on Groote Eylandt for the whole of his primary schooling.

From heading the Student Representative Council on Groote, Shaun has taken on leadership roles in the BoardingHouse throughout the years as House Representative.

Shaun is passionate about Drama and is a tireless worker in the area of performing arts.

His ambition is to study Dramatic Arts after graduating from Grammar. His chosen sport is Rugby.

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Captains2007Middle School CaptainsSarangan KetheesanSarangan is a very dedicated student and has always given his personal best. In each eligible year at theJunior School (2003-2005) Sarangan achieved a Cum Laude Award and received an Academic Award. In2005 he was also named as Proxime Accessit of the Junior School. Last year, he achieved a Maxima CumLaude and received Academic Awards for English, Music and Performing Arts, also being awarded the Duxof Year 8.

Sarangan also demonstrates strengths in the Cultural and Sporting aspects of the School. In 2006, he receiveda Cultural Award for his achievements in debating and recently performed in Sweeney Todd. In 2005, Sarangan was named in the U12North Queensland Hockey Team and last year he was a member of the Open Hockey team and the U15 Cricket team. Sarangan’samazing achievements in 2006 were recognised at the end of the year by being named as the ‘Year 8 Best All Round Boy’.

Zoe KaesehagenZoe arrived at TGS last year as a Boarder from Kalgoorlie. Zoe embraced TGS from the beginning and becameinvolved in all aspects of life at the School.

In Sport, Zoe was the 13 years Girls Swimming Age Champion and Runner-up Age Champion in 13 years GirlsAthletics and a valuable member of the Interschool Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country teams. Zoe wasawarded a Tri-Medal at the Sports Awards evening for her commitment to Interschool Sport. Zoe was also avaluable player in the premiership winning Under 13 years Girls Netball team.

2006 was a successful year academically for Zoe, achieving a Magna Cum Laude as well as an Academic Awardand the HPE Award. In addition, Zoe received a Cultural Award in recognition of her commitment to the Dancinggroup. To cap off a successful year, Zoe was awarded the ‘Year 8 Best All Round Girl’.

Junior School CaptainsConnor McKayConnor commenced Preschool at Townsville Grammar Junior School in 2002. He is an excellent student whoreceived both a Cum Laude and an Academic Award last year and an Encouragement Award in 2005.

Connor’s favourite subjects are English and Mathematics. He has participated in Art Club and Scottish CountryDancing. As our elected Junior School Captain, Connor is looking forward to making the most of his opportunityto assist students and teachers during the course of the year.

Ainsley WalshAinsley joined the Townsville Grammar Junior School in 2004 as a Year 3 student and has proven herself to bediligent and hardworking. In 2006, she received a Distinction in the UNSW English Competition, a Cum Laudeand an Encouragement Award. Ainsley was Age Champion for Cross Country and went on to compete in both theInterschool Athletics and Cross Country teams.

Ainsley’s favourite subject is Mathematics and she hopes to one day pursue a career in medicine, perhaps as aPlastic Surgeon. As our elected Junior School Captain, Ainsley wants to be a responsible leader and a positive rolemodel for her peers and the younger students of the School.

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Townsville Grammar’sInteract Club organised thecollection hundreds of non-perishable food items todonate to the SalvationArmy for their 2007 FoodAppeal, as part of theirlocal community serviceprogramme for the year.

As an incentive to thestudents to encouragedonations, the form classwithin the School that

collected the most fooditems was treated to a pizzaparty. This certainly helpedto create a worthwhilerivalry between classes, andincrease the number ofitems collected.

On the 29th of May, at thelunchtime meeting of theTGS Interact Club, MrsClarry Green, Manager forCommunity Services fromthe Salvation Army’sTownsville and Thuringowaoffice, was present toaccept this year’s donationsand to talk to the Clubabout what happens to thefood items they havedonated.

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INTRODUCING MR SAMUEL BLANCH,DIRECTOR OF MUSIC...Mr Samuel Blanch joins the School from Saint Andrews CathedralSchool, Sydney, where he was Head of House and involved in allfacets of the Music Department, with a particular involvement inchoirs, instrumental ensembles and curriculum music. Mr Blanchhas a large variety of both music and teaching experience from allover Australia and abroad. Mr Blanch chose to take the position atTGS based on the School’s well deserved excellent reputation ofboth Music and Academic performance.

Mr Blanch grew up in Armidale, New South Wales and completeda Bachelor of Music at Canberra School of Music, majoring inPiano and studied in London for four years.

Moving back to his hometown, Mr Blanch was the Musician inResidence in Armidale at New England Girls’ School and decided

that teaching music was a passion thatneeded to be fulfilled. Mr Blanchstudied at the University of Sydney toachieve his Master of Teaching inwhich he received First Class Honours.

Mr Blanch has enjoyed moving toTownsville and is impressed by thecity’s vibrant cultural life, althoughnoting that the weather is quite differentfrom the usual colder climates of thesouthern states and the UK.

Mr Blanch is always thrilled to get up and go to work in themornings, stating “Teaching music is always an exciting thing todo.”

The Music Department were fortunate to have the Black andGold Committee purchase a Yamaha C7 Grand Pianothrough money raised in various Black & Gold fundraisingevents such as the Black & Gold Ball.

The fabulous piano is situated in the Music Centre,stimulating instrumental music and performance. Studentshave already enjoyed great use from the piano’s arrival, withMr Samuel Blanch, Director of Music, being a talentedpianist as well as an experienced Music teacher.

Mr Blanch was delighted by the arrival of the grand pianolast month, and was amused by its arrival on the removalisttruck - the piano was wrapped in many doonas to protect themagnificent instrument.

As part of our commitment tokeeping in contact with our Schoolfamilies, far and wide, in March,2007 Mr Richard Fairley, Mrs NinaFairley and Mrs Kristell Scotttravelled to Hong Kong to talk tocurrent families and interviewprospective parents at the AASHKCNAustralian Boarding Schools Expo.

Currently, TGS has 15 students fromHong Kong enrolled either asBoarders or in a Homestay situationin Townsville.

On Friday the 16th of March, MrFairley hosted a Parents’ Function inthe upstairs lounge of the SheratonHotel. Two interpreters were alsoinvited to attend to make sure thatcommunication was as clear aspossible. It was well attended bycurrent parents who genuinely

enjoyed meeting Mr and Mrs Fairleyand the company of each other – forsome it was a renewing of oldfriendships, and, hopefully, the startof others. Although an informalfunction, in many ways this visitserves as parent-teacher interviewsand careers counselling all rolled into one.

Although the evening was scheduledto conclude at 7.30pm, it actuallyfinished about an hour later, after thebackdrop of the spectacular LightsShow on the Harbour and the livelychatter had concluded. TGS staffwere quite humbled by the level oftrust that these families have inTownsville Grammar and theirobviously high level of satisfactionwith their choice of school for theirchildren.

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Our new Grand PianoMs Jennifer Hopkins ispartaking in a TeacherExchange with MsMegan Nelson, who iscurrently in Canada.Ms Hopkins is inTownsville for oneyear, originally fromthe Louise Dean Centrein Calgary, Alberta,Canada.

Ms Hopkins came toTownsville in January,2007 and was “blownaway by the humidity. I

wasn’t sure if my legsswelled or my pantsshrunk!”, but hasslowly becomeacclimatised to theweather, now evenfinding herself wearinga jumper at night inTownsville. MsHopkins has alsonoticed her pastimeshave adapted to theTownsville weather,taking a scuba divingcourse instead of herusual cross country

skiing in the coolermonths.

Ms Hopkins has beenenjoying her time atTGS, finding both thestaff and students veryfriendly and genuinelypleasant. Ms Hopkinsis happy to report thatAustralian students arereally no different toher Canadian students,stating, “Kids will bekids no matter whereyou go in the world.”

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Year 9 students

Three Townsville Grammar School students have proved that passion, dedication andno doubt, talent can lead to representing Australia for your sport.

Hayley Grant, Katie Cox and Brad Simmons had the honour of representing Australiaat the Youth Olympic Festival in their chosen sports.

Hayley, who is currently in Year 11, is a talented sportswoman, representingQueensland and Australia on various occasions for Cycling. Hayley started cycling atage 10, and has gone on to have an amazing list of achievements, including comingin the top ten for the 2007 National Track Championships and winning the Under 15Women’s Road Race at the National Road Championships in 2005.

Katie, who is currently completing Year 12, has established herself at TGS as a sporting power. Katie has represented Queensland andAustralia in Athletics. Katie’s top achievements are winning the Long Jump and placing third in the Triple Jump at the Australian AllSchools Track and Field Championships in December 2006.

Brad, who is currently in Year 10, is an amazing swimmer, holding many records. He has represented both Queensland and Australia,most recently winning five gold medals at the 2007 State Age Championships, as well as four gold medals at the 2007 Australian AgeNationals. Brad was also selected to be part of the Trans Tasman series.

All three students are kept extremely busy with study, training and competing. With such dedication to their sports, their success is sure tocontinue.

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Official Opening of the Edna Shaw Ceramics StudioOn Founders Day this year, TownsvilleGrammar officially opened the ‘EdnaShaw Ceramics Studio’. Special guest,Miss Edna Shaw, attended the ceremony,which was followed by a pleasantmorning tea, allowing Miss Shaw to meetseveral of the recipients of the Awardthat she generously sponsors.

Miss Shaw is passionate about art andsponsors five Art subject prizes awardedto Year 8 to Year 12 students at theAnnual Speech Night Awards.

Miss Shaw was a student at TownsvilleGrammar from 1938 to 1940. It was infact while at Grammar that Miss Shawfirst gained her passion for art, when

Boss Rowland explained the differencesin the paintings of Gainsborough and SirJoshua Reynolds.

Since her days at Grammar, Miss Shawhas completed a Fine Arts course at theUniversity of Melbourne and worked asa Research Assistant , Teacher andExaminer in the field of the Fine Arts.

It is a fitting tribute to Miss Shaw’sdedication to both the Fine Arts andTownsville Grammar School that the newstate of the art Ceramics Studio benamed in her honour.

LEFT Mr Richard Fairley and Miss Edna Shaw atthe opening of the Edna Shaw Ceramics Studio

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Introducing Mr Simon Armstrong Deputy Principal (Operations)...

After over 20 years of teaching on the GoldCoast, with twelve of those years being at AllSaints Anglican School in the role of Head ofFaculty and Director of Sport and Activities,Mr Simon Armstrong needed a new challengein his teaching career. Mr Armstrong felt thatthe position of Deputy Principal (Operations)at TGS was an opportunity not to be missed.

As a result, Mr Armstrong made the move toTownsville with his wife, Kylie, and childrenOliver, Benjamin and Meg. Their firstimpression of Townsville was a positive one,with everyone so friendly and welcoming.

Each day presents Mr Armstrong with uniquesituations and new challenges, which is whathe says makes his job so enjoyable andsatisfying. The favourite part of MrArmstrong’s new position is when he is in

contact with the students and staff, addressingissues and trying to solve problems together.

Mr Armstrong is looking forward to theupcoming challenges that lie ahead, as wellas the successful implementation of initiatedchanges that will ultimately benefit the TGSCommunity.

Drawing inspiration from his wife andchildren, Mr Armstrong is also inspired byTGS students, stating that “they are fantastic.”

Mr Armstrong has already made a positiveimpact on the students, staff and the TGSSchool Community, and it is a pleasure towelcome him to TGS.

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Founders Day 2007 marked the 10 yearanniversary of the opening of the JuniorSchool in 1997. On the first day of TermTwo, the entire Junior School gathered tocelebrate the Junior School’s 10th BirthdayParty.

Special guests for the day includedfoundation staff, Mrs Lynda Colwell and

Mrs Jenny Svane, as well as PastGrammarians, and now current teachingstaff, Ms Kim Rooney and Ms BelindaCusack. Ms Rooney and Ms Cusackperformed the School Song in Latin. Alsoattending the day were past Junior Schoolstudents, Bronte Lyne (10/07), James Gauld(11/07) and Cameron O’Flynn (12/07) whospoke on behalf of the student body.

Everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and a bigcake was cut by the youngest student, LiamKelly, and the oldest student in the JuniorSchool, Amelia Wade.

The celebrations ended with all studentsreceiving a drink and a muffin, with a greatmorning had by all.

Founders Day 2007 Celebrating 10 Years of Junior School

The Community Service Groupconsists of nine dedicatedstudents, elected by their peers,who organise fundraising eventsfor various charities at theJunior School. This year thegroup is taking a three-prongedapproach and is looking at aGlobal Project, Local Projectsand National Projects.

The major Global Project is thesponsoring of an Ethiopianchild through World FamiliesAustralia and helping withfunds for a project in Liwan.The aim of the project is toprovide clean water and aschool in this remote village insouth-west Ethiopia, as thevillage currently has no cleanwater, no health facilities andthe community are highlymotivated for education to be

available to the adults andchildren of their village.

A gold coin trail in Term Oneraised enough money tosponsor a child for a wholeyear and donate funds to theLiwan project. The CommunityService Group intends for thisto be an ongoing project overmany years and will continueto support their sponsor childand the Liwan project. TheCommunity Service Groupwere delighted to receive aphoto of their sponsored child,Temesgen Arage and somefurther information about him.He is four years old and lives inJimma, a town in south-westEthiopia.

The Community Service Grouphave also organised other

activities to support othercharities. A Funky Hair Daywas held on Friday, the 25th ofMay to assist the LeukaemiaFoundation. For the InterhouseCross-Country the group soldHouse wristbands to helpsupport Research intoChildhood Cancer.

Each year level is also taking ona project and will be assisted bythe Community Service Groupto hold their fundraisingactivity. So far the Year Threestudents have sold ANZACBadges for Legacy and otherclasses have activities plannedfor later in the year such ashelping the RSPCA with a petfood appeal and many otherworthwhile activities.

Community Service Group

Junior School Community Service Group’s Sponsor Child,Temesgen Arage and his family

Past Junior School students, Cameron O’Flynn, James Gauld and Bronte Lyne

Liam Kelly, Amelia Wade and Mrs Elizabeth Gauld cut the birthday cake

Ms Belinda Cusack and Ms Kim Rooney performing the School Song

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Mr Noel Nethery joined theTownsville Grammar JuniorSchool Community inJanuary this year as the Headof the Junior School. Hecomes to TGS from the GoldCoast, where he was Head ofJunior School at SaintStephen’s College for 11years. Mr Nethery has beenin the teaching profession for24 years and loves itimmensely.

Mr Nethery is joined inTownsville by his wife,Michelle, and three children,Tesfa, Yideg (both adoptedfrom Ethiopia) and Ruben.The entire family has settledin to Townsville well, movinginto Fairfield Waters andenjoy the Townsville lifestylevery much. One of the manyreasons Mr Nethery acceptedthe position at TGS was thathe says that “Townsville is agreat place to bring up thefamily.”

Mr Nethery has already beenbusy at the Junior School in2007, being instrumental instarting the new Pre-PrepCentre in 2008. He is looking

forward to the futurechallenges at the JuniorSchool and already feels thestrong support of the SchoolCommunity.

Mr Nethery feels that hismost memorable moment sofar at TGS has been thewarmth with which theJunior School Communityhas welcomed himself andhis family, and hopes that thisrelationship continues andgrows stronger as the yearsprogress.

Introducing Mr Noel Nethery, Head of Junior School..

Grandparents and Special Friends Daywas held on the 23rd of May with over350 guests attending.

Guests enjoyed the day’s offerings ofclassroom visits, morning tea and twoconcerts. It was quite a spectacle seeinggrandparents and children sharingmorning tea in the Quadrangle underthe shade of all the colourful Housetents.

One highlight of the morning was thecutting of the 10th Anniversary Birthdaycake by Nancy Armati who went toSchool at Grammar in the 1940’s andthen later taught at Grammar. HerGreat Niece, Emily Brazier, also helpedwith the cake cutting.

There was no doubt that the students,grandparents, special friends and staffthoroughly enjoyed the day and it isone of those days that enhancestremendous community spirit. Thegrandparents and special friends bring awonderful warmth and feel to theSchool. Students and staff look forwardto putting on another wonderful day in2008.

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Special Friends Day

As part of the continued strategicdevelopment of Townsville GrammarSchool, in late 2007 construction of apurpose-built Pre-Prep facility willcommence, with a view to students actuallystarting classes early in 2008.

The Pre-Prep is a natural response to theQueensland government Preparatory Yearinitiative, implemented in 2007 in allQueensland schools. The TGS Pre-Prepwill cater for those students who turn fouryears of age prior to the 30th of June, in theyear they enter Pre-Prep – in other words,Preparatory Year minus one.

When Principal Richard Fairley announcedthe news of plans to open the Pre-Prepcentre at the Prep Information Night in

March, 2007, the news was greeted withoverwhelming support and acclamation bycurrent and prospective parents, looking tofill the learning “gap” created by Prep.

To cater for the needs of the three and fouryear olds, a purpose-built Pre-Prep Centrewith its own play area and facilities willsoon start to take shape near the OverflowCarpark on the Annandale campus. Parentswill be able to access two, three or five dayprogrammes, complete with long day care,should it be required.

A differentiating feature of the TGS Pre-Prepwill be the set programme within each day,from 9am until 3pm. The set programmepart of the day will aim specifically atpreparing the eager young minds for Prep

the following year, colourfully weaving Pre-Literacy and Pre-Numeracy skills into theirplay-based learning.

TGS Pre-Prep will form a vital bridgebetween child care and the formal learningenvironment of Prep, designed specificallyfor these fledgling Grammarians.

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Mr Noel Nethery, Head of Junior School,

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The Middle School twelve months on...It has been just over a year since the Middle School wasofficially opened. The gardens have grown, the MiddleSchool Plaza has been well used for many of the School’sevents, and we have seen our inaugural Middle SchoolLeaders go to the next stage of their school life, moving tothe Senior School. The Middle School is now well oiled inits second year of operation, proving a success to thehappy Year 7 to 9 students who partake in all the MiddleSchool has to offer.

102 enthusiastic Year 7 Campers and 10excited staff members travelled toMungalli Falls on the Atherton Tablelandson the 15th of May to experience the funof Year 7 Camp.

Students were able to experienceinteresting activities such as Landsliding,an Obstacle Course, Low Ropes, Archeryand Abseiling.

The Middle School students were happyto learn that they were actually allowedto get wet and muddy as part of some ofthe activities!

After several days of camping and funoutdoor activities, the students werehappy to get back home to Townsvilleand go back in their air-conditionedclassrooms on Monday morning.

LEFT Students abseiling on Year 7 CampRIGHT Students enjoying one of the challenges at Year 7 Camp

On the 19th of April, the Middle Schoolhosted a parental forum where Middle Schoolstudents had the opportunity to display theirlearning journals and assessment tasks relatedto their Term One Drug Education Unit. Thetheme of the evening celebrated the fact thatTGS Middle School students “Say No toDrugs!”

The evening commenced with the Principal,Mr Richard Fairley, and the Head of MiddleSchool, Mr Mark Zietsch addressing theimportance of having such a comprehensiveand developmental programme embeddedwithin the Middle School curriculum. The aimof all three year level units was to promotestudent resilience and to teach studentsalternate ways of dealing with confronting andchallenging situations that they may face attheir particular phase of life.

Representatives from Pickards BDS, theNational Australia Bank and the QueenslandAmbulance Service presented the School witha variety of Drug Education resources that willbe a valuable tool to strengthen the futurelearning opportunities for students.

Students gave a series of presentations inwhich they outlined the types of learningactivities that they had engaged in over theterm. Special guest, Senior Detective AdamGolding gave a brief presentation in which heoutlined ‘the real scene for Middle Schoolaged children in Townsville’ and gave someadvice to parents as to the ‘danger signs’ towatch out for in relation to children and earlydrug uptake.

The conclusion to the forum was a tour of theMiddle School classrooms where parentscould view student learning journals, explorethe various Drug Education Programmes thatthe students had worked with over the termon the School computers and, finally, view aselection of multi-media assessment tasksfrom Years 8 and 9 that were displayed onthe big screen in selected classrooms.

The feedback from students and parents wasextremely positive and the School is alreadyworking on the presentation for 2008.

Mr Ray ParkHead of HPE

For Easter this year, the Middle SchoolCitizenship Committee took on thefundraising project of selling Easter Eggs.

The Committee sold three different typesof Easter Eggs with a personalised card.

Students were able to purchase thechocolate eggs for their friends, with thestudents delighting in sending interestingand fun messages in the cards.

In the last week of Term One, theCommittee delivered the chocolate giftsto the students.

The Citizenship Committee was thrilledto learn that they had raised nearly $400and decided to donate the money to TheTownsville Hospital Foundation with thefunds to be used for the Children's Ward.

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Photograph courtesy of The Townsville Hospital Foundation

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Middle School Citizenship Committee -Easter Drive 2007

Year 7 Camp

Three TGS Year 12 studentsrecently took time out oftheir School holidays totravel to Canberra toexperience a two weekprogramme all aboutscience.

The National Youth ScienceForum is designed forstudents who areconsidering a career inscience, engineering andtechnology relateddisciplines.

Annika Nichols, AnnabelSheehan and Hayley Foruriawere fortunate enough to beselected to be part of thenational programme held atthe Australian NationalUniversity in January thisyear. Only 288 studentsfrom Australia are selectedto attend the Forum basedon their academic,communication and socialmerit. The students wereable to experience life as auniversity student, meetscientists and researchers

and mingle with like-minded science buffs.

The Rotary organisation hasa strong connection with theForum, being involved inthe selection process, aswell as looking after thestudents once they arrive inCanberra.

The girls thoroughly enjoyedthe amazing experience andglowingly recommended theForum to any studentconsidering a career inscience.

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Mrs Susie Ahern started teaching atTGS in 1997. After teaching atTownsville Grammar School for thepast 10 years, Mrs Ahern wasappointed to take up the challengeas the Head of Senior School.

Mrs Ahern commenced her HighSchool teaching career over 25 yearsago as the Health and PhysicalEducation Coordinator at St Patrick’sCollege in Townsville until 1992,when she married and started herfamily.

Susie Ahern is married to GregAhern, a Past Grammarian and hasthree children, Wylie, Joel and Belle,who are all currently enjoying theirJunior and Middle schooling atTownsville Grammar School – ablend of the old and new!

Mrs Ahern is passionately committedto the position of the Head ofSenior School and TownsvilleGrammar School, stating “I amdedicated to providing educationalleadership in the Pastoral Care andbehaviour management, as well asthe personal growth anddevelopment of all students in Years10, 11 and 12.”

Mrs Ahern describes the mostrewarding part of her new positionas her involvement in the PastoralCare of both students and staff,adding, “There is an openness andacceptance for all members of theSchool Community that makesTownsville Grammar School arewarding and fulfilling place towork.”

Our New Head ofSenior School,Mrs Susie Ahern

The TGS First XV Rugby team will betravelling to the UK in September for theirbi-annual international Rugby Tour.

The first game will be against Yarm School,North Yorkshire, with the second beingagainst North Berwick High School,Scotland. This will be Grammar’s thirdgame against North Berwick in three years.The TGS team played on North Berwick’shome ground in 2005, and they visitedTownsville last year for the game.

The team then goes on to play theUllswater Community College in North-West England and then King Edward VI

School in Stratford-Upon-Avon. After losingto King Edward VI School on their tour herein 2006, the team is keen to square theledger!

In their final game in the UK, the TGS teamwill be playing in the evening under lightsat Blackheath Rugby Club, the oldest rugbyclub in the world, to play SevenoaksSchool.

The tour will not be entirely all hard workwith the team taking time out to visit thetourist and cultural sites of Bath andLondon.

National YouthScience Forum

In an effort to expand thecurriculum offerings toSenior Schoolstudents, the option ofparticipating in TAFEprogrammes on a Thursdayafternoon was introduced.This curriculum networkingwith TAFE has meantthat students can samplecourses not offered at theSchool, for example,automotive skills and hairand beauty techniques, orengage in practicalskills such as Asiancooking, distinctive dessertsand retail skills, toname a few.

This has proved a verypopular option with 90 plusstudents acrossYears 10 to 12 participatingin the afternoon TAFEprogramme in 2007.The range of courses thatwere undertaken thissemester include:

Automotive, Beauty, BasicAsian Cookery, DistinctiveDesserts,Vegetarian Cooking, Art,Computer Aided DraftingSystems, Retail,Information Technology,Senior First Aid andHospitality.

Students gain from studyingoff site and TAFE operatesvery differentlyfrom high school; thelecturers are experiencedtrades and businesspeople and theexpectations placed onstudents are that theyoperate toindustry standards. In manycases, the skills andconfidence acquired isof assistance in helpingstudents secure part-timeemployment. The wholeexperience provesenormously beneficial toTGS students.

The School’s relationshipwith TAFE operates withinthe curriculumstructure offered to Seniorstudents. Whereparticipation in a TAFEcertificate is of interest to aSenior student, they arereleased fromattending School one dayper week to undertakerelevant certificatestudies. This option catersfor a range of studentinterests, allowingthe School to respond tothe individual learningneeds of the student.Students who undertakethis option will becomecommitted and organisedstudents, as their SeniorSchooling takes on focusand relevance as theymove towards post schoolgoals.

RIGHT Annika Nichols, Annabel Sheehan and Hayley Foruria

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Some of our students wanted toget their artistic hands onSweeney Todd back in 2003,but we weren’t ready back thento take on this most challengingmusical.

Now, for the first time in my 10years at TGS, we had the

abundance of male singersneeded. This is mostly a legacyof the foundation work put inby Ms Cathie Neil andculminating in the wonderfulsinging you saw on stage. MrSamuel Blanch, the newDirector of Music, stepped in tofill the gap and has beenextremely supportive.

Stephen Sondheim, thecomposer of Sweeney Todd isregarded in the music theatreindustry and its training schoolsas a God. This is becauseSondheim marries intelligentlyrics to the perfect notesemotionally. His characters arenot the one-dimensional typesyou usually find in musicals.They are as complex andcontradictory as characters in arealistic play. This is why hismusicals make excellentmaterial for our actors.Sondheim also writes goodroles for lots of characters.Sweeney Todd has nineprincipal roles and, for the firsttime, we brought you a choruswho sang individually and insmall groups.

Sweeney Todd has a rich plotwith developed dialogue tocommend it, the comic twists ofpure melodrama and a goodmoral ending. Sweeney, like

Macbeth, is an anti-hero, andMrs Lovett hovers betweenhorrible and hilarious.

In September last year we setout on the journey to bring ouraudience Sweeney Todd. Firstlywe underwent lengthyauditions, where all thetalented students in our Musicand Drama departmentsauditioned for roles. At thoseauditions, only one thing wasimmediately clear to the panelof six who considered the finalchoices - we had in newcomerSadheesh Rathnayake, a superbAnthony Hope.

From November, right up toChristmas and until March, thePrincipals and I worked on thecharacters while Kezia Perryplayed the score and taught thesongs. The exciting climax ofthis time was a trip to Sydney tosee the Australian Opera’sSweeney Todd at the OperaHouse. For myself, AssistantDirector Alex Hammerton andthe Principals and their parents,it was a terrific inspirationbecause the students could seewhat we were setting out toachieve. We met two of theiryoung Principals after the showand asked them lots of valuablequestions.

However, we did have had toovercome many setbacks! Thepie shop was saved by twoheroic fathers (John Hammertonand Barry Bennett) and myAssistant Director. They gave uptheir Easter holiday and manysubsequent weekends to buildthe huge revolve and invent thebarber chair and chute thatformed the centre piece of theset. Another hurdle was whenour original pies turned black!

The TGS Production ofSweeney Todd is a result of thegenerosity and sacrifice of ahuge team of more than 180people who have been drivenby the magic and fun that maketheatre memorable.

Congratulations and thank youto all the staff, students andfamily members who helpedmake the show such a fantasticsuccess.

Ms Fiona PerryProduction Director

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A TGS Production does not just‘happen’.

There are many months of workbehind the two or three hours ofentertainment that is put onstage. So why do we choose tocommit ourselves to Production?

The Production gives staff andstudents alike an opportunity tosee a completely different facetof Townsville Grammar life andthe multitude of talents wepossess. This talent runsthroughout the School, from ourDirector, Ms Fiona Perry’sinspired vision of how to tell atale, to how two of our Dads, MrHammerton and Mr Bennett,were able to solve a massive setbuilding problem with ingenuityand diligence. But, it was thestudents, as always, who madethe months of work and the sleep

deprivation all worth it.

Similarly, Production engenderssuch a positive sense ofcommunity spirit . Thewillingness of students who werenot part of the Production cast orcrew to volunteer their time andeffort to the Victorian Fair,particularly our younger studentsfrom the Junior School, is a fineexample of the uniqueness of theGrammar Community.

Being behind the scenes ofProduction and sharing in theexcitement and anticipation is aprofessionally rich experience. InProduction years, the Productionteam becomes a family, enjoyingeach others’ successes andcommiserating over each others’disappointments. There are theoccasional disappointmentswhich are just as, if not more,

important as the successes. It isin such moments studentsdevelop real character strengths -in forgetting a line they learnresilience, in missing a rehearsaland being called out for it - theylearn responsibility, inperforming at less than their best-they learn the importance ofstamina.

Above all else, the Production isFUN! Being a part of Productionis one of the most rewardingGrammar experiences anyone,student or teacher, can have. Itallows us to get to know eachother better in striving for abrilliant shared goal - a stageperformance of which we can allbe proud.

Ms Yvonne WestProducer

Ms Fiona Perry had anunenviable and endless job asthe Director of the Production. In2007, Ms Perry decided to have aStudent Assistant Director to helplighten the load.

Alex Hammerton was selected forthe position due her continueddedication to performance andmusic throughout her years atTGS.

Alex brought a great deal oforganisational and musicexperience to the table, but sheadmits that she has learned a lotfrom her experience working onthe Production. Alex had tomanage over ten hours ofProduction related time eachweek, as well as the usualworkload required of such adiligent Year 12 student. AsAssistant Director, Alex wasrequired to complete a myriad oftasks, including making sureevents happened according to

schedule and occasionallyrunning the rehearsals.

With the close of the curtain onthe closing night of theProduction, Alex was ecstaticwith her positive contribution toensuring that Sweeney Todd wasa polished and wonderfulexperience for not only theaudience, but for all studentsinvolved in the Production.

Reflections from Student Assistant Director,Alexandria Hammerton

The Making of a TGS Production

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GRAHAM TUTTY [1938] and FOSTER BARTON [1943] wererecent visitors to the School. Graham lives in Melbourne and wasthe only past student who enlisted in the Merchant Navy in WorldWar Two. Foster enlisted in the AIF during World War Two and wasalso involved in the Vietnam War.

Another recent visitor from Melbourne was EDNA SHAW [1940],Patron of the Past Grammarians Association. Edna is a greatsupporter of the Association and the School and had the honour tohave the new Ceramics Studio named after her. Edna is very keenon the Arts and sponsors five Speech Night prizes in the Arts. Ednais also a fount of knowledge on the School’s history and has been agreat help to the Archivist.

The Archivist would also like to thank COLIN KELLY [1944], PATTOOHEY OAM [1941], Professor ALAN SEAWRIGHT [1946] andROB LINNETT [1944] for their help in tracking down the winner ofthe 1943 Mary Agnes Donald Memorial Prize. The winner wasSHIRLEY SHAW [nee WALL 1943] and she now resides in theBrisbane area. It was interesting talking to Shirley and she told methat she would be probably one of the few Grammar students whonever walked on the North Ward campus. She did all herschooling during the war period at Rosslea and has made a pointof not going to the main campus.

DAVE CANDOW [1949] is enjoying life in Tasmania. Dave, whoserved in Korea, Vietnam and in the Malaysian Confrontation, wasmost useful in helping the School archives with informationregarding these two conflicts and some Past Grammarians involvedin these conflicts.

DON CARCARY [1952] visited the School earlier in the year andkindly donated the 1952 Swimming Cup that he won as Best AllRound Swimmer to the future School Museum.

Two 1954-57 past students, ED SPRIGGINS and DIANAMACGREGOR [nee BELL] recently married at St Mark’s,Townsville, just fifty years after doing Senior together. Ed proposedwhile they were putting up the tent for the twenty-seventh time ontheir camping holiday. The Past Grammarians Association wishesthem all the very best.

Thanks also to ROB SMITH [1959] and MICHAEL SUTHERS[1961] for their contributions to the School Archives. Rob hadsome excellent photographs of life at Grammar during his years,while Michael donated some badges from that period.

Congratulations to VIRGINIA THORLEY [1960] OAM who recentlycompleted her Doctor of Philosophy degree. Virginia, a staunchsupporter of the Past Grammarians Association, works part-time asa Lactation Consultant and part-time as an ESL Teacher at TAFE.

BRUCE FLOYD [1971] has lived in Tauranga, New Zealand formany years and is returning to Townsville in August for the Back toGrammar Weekend. He is keen to catch up with the Boarders whowent to school with him. If any past student remembers Bruce andwould like to make contact they should either email or ring theSchool and ask for Kim Lambert.

Recent visitors to the School included SCOTT GRIFFIN [1981]who is an Aeronautical Engineer and manages an airline in Cairns.He keeps close contact with MATTHEW ELLIOTT [1981], thecurrent Coach of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League team. TRAVISGRANT [1986] also visited from Adelaide where he works as aManager in the Adelaide Bank. Travis was an Australian SchoolboyWater Polo representative and also played first grade rugby for acouple of years in Auckland, New Zealand.

JULIE MARTY [nee JONES 1981] is in her second year as Coach ofthe North Queensland Steelcats, a netball team playing in the StateCompetition. Julie also helps with junior teams in Townsville.

IAN YANG [1983] is a Thoracic Surgeon working at Prince CharlesHospital as well as lecturing at the University of Queensland. Ianhas recently presented a paper at the American Thoracic Society’sConference in San Francisco before going on to Vancouver to workwith thoracic surgeons in that city.

RICHARD SAYERS [1985] is enjoying his career as a Librarian. Hewas recently selected as one of the few Australians to go to theHarvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. Theconference will be held in August and will include visits touniversities in Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. Richard, a keenhistorian, is disappointed at not having enough time to visitGettysburg.

ValeThe Association notes with sadness the passing of GEORGE NICOL[1928-1932]. George was a keen photographer and collector ofmemorabilia. He took many photographs of the School while still astudent and his family have donated some of the photographs tothe archives. George’s family will also be donating to the School

his collection of Speech Day programmes and other programmes

published while he was a student at Grammar.

Some very sad news from Papua New Guinea, PAULA WARD[1998] was recently killed in an accident in Mount Hagan. Sheleaves behind a husband and one child.

The Old Boys’ Club is now in its eighth year of existence andhopes to do better than in the 2006 season when the First XV andUnder 18 teams were both beaten by a point in the semi-finals.

At this stage of the season the Club is running in third place in theClub Competition with the Under 20 team well in front in theirsection. The two senior teams are also well placed to make thefinals.

SCOTT O’NEILL [1999] represented the Townsville team in theState Competition while six Past Grammarians were members ofthe undefeated Townsville Under 20 team. They are AIDANWILSON [2005], CAMERON ROWLANDS [2005], ASHLEYWILSON, DAN WRIGHT, JAMES WEBBER and JUSTINHUMPHREYS [ALL 2006].

Grammar Old Boys’ Rugby Union Club

An invitation to see your old stomping ground...Grammar at Home Weekend 2007Friday 10 August 2007 Saturday 11 August 2007• Black and Gold Ball • School Tours

• Sporting Events• Past Grammarians Reunion Dinner

Please contact the School on (07) 4722 4900 for more information

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MARCUS TINSLEY [1987] was recently appointed to the positionof Captain with Dragon Airline. Dragon Air is a subsidiary ofCathay Pacific and Marcus is based in Hong Kong. Also living inHong Kong is BEN LEES [1989] where he is teaching yoga. Benwas the former Director of Water Polo in Queensland and anAssistant Coach to the Australian Water Polo team.

TRAVIS HALL [1990], a former Australian Schoolboys’ RugbyUnion representative and a member of the Brumbies for someyears, has recently completed a tenure of two years on the Boardof the Australian Rugby Union. Travis was the player’s delegate onthe Board.

Former Australian Women’s Rugby Union player DEENA AIKEN[1992] and her partner are working in Rwandan Schools coachingrugby. They are sponsored by Justin Leonard from England, thesecond most capped international rugby player and Lote Teqiri theAustralian dual international.

EDWARD PLANT [1993] has recently completed a stay in Iraq andhas been promoted to Major. He is currently stationed in Darwin.LIAM MULLER [1993] is teaching in Sydney and is Secretary of theNew South Wales Independent Junior Schools’ Rugby Board. Twoother students from 1993, DANNY McKELLAR and ARCHIE BELLare involved with the Souths’ Rugby Club in Brisbane. Danny is theCaptain and Archie is the Team Manager.

There has been some news from our former students from PapuaNew Guinea. KIVI KORUA [1996] spent a month in Townsvilleearlier this year on secondment to Australian Customs andCHARLES YAMANSON [1995] wrote to say that he is involved inrugby union refereeing and was now regarded as one of the topreferees in that country.

KUMALAU GOTAHA [1996] has been a good source ofinformation regarding past students from Papua New Guinea. Hewrites to say that DESMOND ZALE [1996] is living in Madang andhas the longest beard he has ever seen. PETER OLALI [1995] is aDoctor at the Angau Memorial Hospital in Lae while CALVINSINGOMAT [1996], MICHAEL ILO [1996], GODFREY WONG[1996] and GARY WONG [1995] are all living in Lae. KASEREAGONISO [1997] is an Engineer with the PNG Electricity Providerin Kokopo.

After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)NATHIN BUTLER [2002] has embarked on what he hopes will bea successful career on the big screen. He has already completedone film and one telemovie and is currently working on BazLuhrmann’s new film Australia. He is enjoying the experienceworking with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

DANIEL ADAMS [2001] is currently a member of the 10FSB [ForceSupport Battalion] and has had a spell in Iraq with FLLA [ForceLevel Logistic Asset].

JACOB FISHER [2006] was recently awarded a silver medal byTrinity Guildhall [Musical Examiners] for attainting the highesthonour’s marks in the area for all instruments tested for Grades VIto VIII in 2006.

Two recent Grammar graduates have also performed well in theworld of sport. J.P.SMITH [2006] made it through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Junior Tennis Championships and hasrecently been seeded seventh in the world Junior Section.Following the French Open and Wimbledon Championships, J.P.will be going to the United States on a tennis scholarship.CAMERON ROWLANDS [2005] has been selected in QueenslandUnder Age Rugby Union and Cricket teams in the last year. He iscurrently playing rugby with the Grammar Old Boys’ team.

In conclusion, it is wonderful to note the many Past Grammarianswho have returned to teach at the School. They are GLENNYSPERRY [nee BROWN 1955], HEATHER TAIT [nee McINTYRE1972], CHERYL KYBUS [nee EASTERBROOK 1973], PATTIGLASGOW [1993], KIM ROONEY [1995], BELINDA CUSACK[1995], KARYN KYBUS [1999] and ANGELA HUDSPITH [2000].KAREN POOLE [nee THACKER 1986] works as a Teacher Aide inthe Junior School while KIM LAMBERT [1998] is the AssistantDirector of Enrolments and Publications.

Mr Bill MullerArchivist / Honorary Secretary of the Past Grammarians Association

The Brisbane Reunion of the Past Grammarians Association will beheld at the Irish Club, Tara House, 175 Elizabeth Street onSaturday, the 7th of July from 12 noon.

Lunch will be in the Bistro and start at approximately 1.15pm.

Group photographs will be taken at 1.00pm and prints will beback by 3.30pm.

The Association President, Jack Callcott, is coming down fromTownsville for the occasion.

Brisbane Reunion

The School Archivist, Mr Bill Muller, hasrecently completed a booklet honouring the59 past students who were killed in worldconflicts since WWI. A page is given to eachpast student and in most cases includes aphotograph of the individual and a

photograph of either their grave stone or memorial panel. There arealso details of their time at the Grammar School.

The booklet also includes the names of past students who enlistedand fought in conflicts from the Boer War until Vietnam. As thework is an on-going process, for example, the recent Middle Eastconflicts have not been included. Information in this section

includes the year the past student enrolled, rank attained and theoperations they were involved in. Much of the material has beentaken from either the Australian War Museum web-site or theNational Archives web-site.

If any past student is interested in obtaining a copy of the bookletthey should email either Bill Muller atcasamuller@westnet.com.au or KimLambert at kim@tgs.qld.edu.au and acopy will be forwarded to them. If youdon’t have email, please eithertelephone or send postal mail to theSchool requesting the booklet.

Boni intraverunt; meliores exirunt (Good men have entered, Better men have gone out)

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Past Grammarians...Do you have news you would like to share? Please let us know!

Mr Bill Muller, Honorary Secretary - Past Grammarians Association.45 Paxton Street, North Ward QLD 4810.

Email: tgs@tgs.qld.edu.au

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On the 27th of April, the TownsvilleGrammar Netball team hosted a‘Tropical Trivia Night’ to raise funds fortheir tour to Fiji later in the year.

The tropical theme was adhered to byall involved, with guests dressing inleis, tropical shirts and frangipanis.Soon after arriving the teams set aboutdecorating their tables with all sorts ofcolourful tropical decorations andcreating a team name. There were awide variety of names, including ‘The Cokernuts’, ‘Erotic Eruptions’ and‘The Coup’.

The guests were well looked after bythe many young netballers

volunteering their Friday night to helpserve food and drinks, keep score andhost the evening.

The evening went off without a glitch.Netballers, Rachel Fitzgibbon andBridgitte Burge kept the score anddisplayed the score chart on the bigscreen for all to see. By the final roundthere was a clear winner with the teamof ‘The Coup’ winning the TriviaNight for 2007.

The organisers would like to thank allthe generous sponsors and all theenthusiastic guests who helped make itsuch a memorable night.

Tropical Trivia Night - Fundraising for the Netball Tour to Fiji

TOP The team of ‘Erotic Eruptions’ enjoying the eveningRIGHT Jenny Coker and Mr Armstrong have fun at the Trivia Night

A.A. Milne once said “Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in theworld at which to be bad.”

On Sunday, the 20th of May, over 130 golfers took to the Townsville Golf Club’slayout, to compete in the 6th Annual P&F Golf Day and some certainly provedA.A. Milne to be correct. Others, however, played very well to turn in excellentAmbrose scores. The coveted Olive Green Jacket was shouldered this year byour very own Michael Porter and his merry band of ‘Mundingburra Burglars’ whocarded an impressive 51 net (20 under par) to win the first prize, this yeardonated by Harvey Norman. They led in the 35 teams who had arrived at6.30am to collect their bag of Bidvest goodies and head out for the 7.00amshotgun start. This year, the teams were competing for an ‘all time best’ array ofprizes donated by our very generous sponsors, with every player walking awaywith something of value. The closest to the pin prize on the 19th hole, a $1500home entertainment data projector sponsored by NQ Audio Visual, was won by agreat shot from the club of Ricky Packham. The longest drive, on the 3rd hole,earned Damien Keyes a valuable MP3 player donated by Harvey Norman; hewas delighted.

In addition to the magnificent prizes donated, the P&F are also very grateful tothe 25 companies, families and businesses who sponsored the tees and greens onthe day, their generosity and that of the players who ‘donated’ to the P&F, via theraffle and putting competitions, enabled in excess of $6,500 to be raised. Thiswill be used across the Grammar campuses to enhance the life of all our students.

“Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?” ~Al Boliska

Mr Chris WilsonChair – Golf Day Committee 2007

TOP Principal, Mr Richard Fairley’s team of elite golfersBOTTOM The winning golfers, the ‘Mundingburra Burglars’

Townsville Grammar School is what it is today because of the many people who have believed in it, who have given loyally of their timeand energy and have financially supported the School and its community.

One way you can help Townsville Grammar School continue its fine tradition of academic, sporting and cultural excellence is to considera gift to the School through a bequest in your will.

Play a part in the future of the Townsville Grammar School. If you would like further information about bequests, please contact thePrincipal, Mr Richard Fairley on (07) 4722 4926. All information is treated in the strictest confidence.

P&F Grammar Golf Day

A Gift to Grammar