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Volume 5, Issue 2 May 2014
Roseworthy Student Newsletter
We are now half way through semester one. We have student representatives that sit on various committees within the School (refer to the list in this newsletter). This important role involves at-tending monthly meetings and providing that valu-able link between the programs and students. It is an opportunity for the representatives to provide feedback and information from a student perspec-tive and can help shape the future of the pro-grams. Remember if you have queries relating to EMS administration (e.g. insurance forms) or any aca-demic program related queries (you may have previously sent to me) please email [email protected] (rather than emailing any individual staff members). For any course specific enquires please email the Course Co-ordinator directly. Please note if you have an academic related EMS question, email Dr Wendy Hamood ([email protected]) or an urgent EMS query or notification, call Wendy on 0459 836 107.
The School’s Recognition Evening was held on
Monday 28th April, where we recognised a number
of students in the Bachelor of Science (Animal
Science), Bachelor of Science (Veterinary Biosci-
ence), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Honours
programs for their efforts in 2013. Congratulations
to all winners.
Things can change from year to year so it is im-
portant that each year students complete the Stu-
dent Information and Safety Declaration (click
here or on the full link below). This was emailed
to all students on 17th April and again on 12th May.
If you have not completed it yet can you please
log in to do so as a matter of urgency? https://login.adelaide.edu.au/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Funified.adelaide.edu.au%2Fc%2Fportal%2Flogin
Please be reminded that if you are absent from a
tutorial or practical, you must first inform the
relevant Course Co-ordinator, obtain supporting
documentation (e.g. doctors certificate), com-
plete an Allowed Leave of Absence form
(www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current-
students/forms/), ask the Course Co-ordinator to
sign it, and then you drop the completed form
and documentation into the Williams Building for
processing.
Exams will soon be upon us and for first year
students please remember everyone learns
differently so find a way that suits you and make
a plan. Plan a study schedule and ensure you
allow yourself enough time in the weeks leading
up to the exam for revision. While some students
may find it beneficial to study in groups others
prefer to study alone. Whichever method you
use, consider reviewing past exam papers, re-
viewing lecture and tutorial materials, seek sup-
port if you need it and don’t be afraid to direct
any queries to your lecturers. They are here to
help you and want you to succeed.
All the best for the rest of Semester 1. Kat Norris Academic Programs Officer
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Tel: 08 8313 7797
Email: [email protected]
Student Representatives
SAVS Recognition Evening
RW Residential College
News from the Library
Café & Tavern
RACSUC
AVSA
Equine Special Interest Group
Adelaide Wildlife Appreciation Group
Adelaide Animal Behaviour SIG
National Servicemen’s Plaque
Student Support & Disability Advisor
Winter School, Global Learning, Research Degrees, Graduation Ceremonies Online
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CRICOS 00123M The University of Adelaide
NEWS FROM THE APO
Diary Dates:
16th May Semester 1 Exam Timetable released 28th May & every second Wednesday MLC available on campus 31st May AVSA Quiz Night 13th June Withdraw Fail (Semester 1) 16th June SAVS 3 Minute Thesis Competition 21st June to 5th July Semester 1 Examinations Period 30th June to 25th July Winter School 8th and 9th July, and 30th September SAVS Prospective Student Information Sessions 21st to 26th July Replacement/Additional Assessment Examination Period
3 Minute Thesis
Get to Know ‘GTK’ Seminars
Student Care
Maths Learning Centre (MLC)
Writing Skills Sessions
Exams
Staff vs Students Cricket 20/20 Big Bash
Roseworthy Childcare Centre
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Student Representatives 2014
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences’ Recognition Evening
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Roseworthy Residential College College Dinner Term 2 -Harry Potter Theme
College Cup—Congratulations to the winners of the College Cup Round 1—Upstairs Boys Wing .
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NEWS
FROM
THE
LIBRARY
Library Hours - Semester Times
Monday 8.30am – 9.00pm Tuesday 8:30am – 6:00pm Wednesday 8.30am – 9.00pm Thursday 8:30am – 6:00pm Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday/Sunday CLOSED
Sunday Opening Hours during exams
The Library will be open on Sunday from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on the following dates during the exam period:
Sunday 15th June, Sunday 22nd June and Sunday 29th June
Come along to the Library on these Sundays to make use of the additional opening time.
Library Hours during Mid Year Break
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Monday 7th to Friday 25th July
e-books
Having trouble with using or downloading e-books? This Libguide can help....
http://libguides.adelaide.edu.au/ebooks
Winter warming soup is now available!
The café will be open daily during semester from 8:30am to 5pm.
Dinner starts from 6pm to 7:30pm.
The tavern can be booked for student and staff events. Please see Cath as
conditions apply.
For assistance from the café please contact Cath Frankel 8313 7815 or email:
Café
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RACSUC Student Association
AVSA Student Association
Salutations. AVSA here…
Well term one has already come to an end, and what a frantic, eventful six weeks it has been. AVSA has been busy in the first term not only hosting our annual Barn Dance, but for the first time this year we also held the AVSA Meet and Greet.
The Meet and Greet was aimed at second year students, whose full time life on campus officially began this year. Starting with donut eating, and ending in an obstacle course covered in egg, soap, water and feathers, the night was a huge success. Thank-you to all the second years who participat-ed and all those who came out to watch.
Barn Dance this year had a little bit of a change up. Our usual caller, Peter Heath, showed our students how to move, but the highlight for everyone was the mechanical bull. My effort of a dismal 15 seconds was definitely put to shame by many students who al-most made the minute mark. Special thanks to Tracey from the AUU for helping selling tickets for this event.
Stay tuned for more updates via the ASVA facebook page and university email, and we look forward to seeing you all at AVSA’s next event.
Quiz Night
This year quiz night will be held at St. Marks College, North Adelaide on Sat the 31st of May. It will be held in con-junction with the 6th year Africa trip students to support the Nsikazi project. Starts at 7:30pm. Tables of 10-12.
The Nsikazi project works to manage animals where wildlife and livestock meet, particularly around the Kruger National Park area, to ensure both populations of animals are healthy.
This includes (but not limited to)
General veterinary screening for foot and mouth disease
‘dipping’ animals to prevent parasites,
vaccinate against rabies (both livestock and community dogs) and,
protect against tuberculosis.
All this to ensure a healthy animal
population, and in turn a healthier human population!
Ticket sales start this week down with Tracey at the AUU and outside the vet building on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Cost: $10 for AVSA members and $15 for all non-members.
Ticket Sales: Tickets can be bought from Tracey at the AUU office every-day when she is down there or from the AVSA website, people can also keep an eye out for AVSA members selling tickets a couple of lunch times this week up at the Vet building.
Tables: All staff and students welcome to get a table together and come sup-port the cause. However it is first in best dressed and therefore a good idea for people to get there whole ta-ble of 10 or 12 together asap to pay as a whole table and guarantee their place.
Theme: The theme of the night is Afri-ca, however all tables are encouraged to choose their own theme for their table to dress up (prizes for best dressed table-as always!)
Hi everybody, hope you all had an enjoyable break and got plenty of rest!
First up, we are excited to welcome 4 new members to the RACSUC com-mittee; Tim Fulton, Daniel Colella, An-gus Misan and Chris Smith. They are all really enthusiastic to get started, and will make a great contribution to the committee! Voting was very close, and we hope that all unsuccessful can-didates will reapply at the change of committee later this year.
We were delighted to see many of you at the Willaston Pub Night after Col-lege Cup at the end of last term. The event was a great success, and we are hoping to make it a reoccurring
event. The Willaston have been highly supportive and put on great drink spe-cials for the evening. We look forward to seeing you all at the next one! Also keep your ears open for the Re-O’Week schedule, which plans are already well underway for.
Finally, we would like to formally an-nounce that the 2015 Roseworthy O’Week will be held in the official Uni-versity of Adelaide Orientation Week, being the week before uni goes back (23rd – 27th February 2015). We are really excited about this change as it will allow greater participation of older years in events, and give us many more options for exciting new events.
We hope that you can all mark this change in your diaries, and please feel free to pass any event suggestions onto the RACUSC committee.
Until next time,
Your RACSUC Committee
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The University of Adelaide Equine Special Interest Group
Hey Readers,
This year we have had a few of our regular yearly events proceed without fault! This includes the Castration Clinic run by Elizabeth Herbert at the Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic and our fantastic Day At the Races, in con-junction with the South Australian Jockey Club.
On Saturday the 5th of April we had our first Castration Clinic of the year, with the fantastic Elizabeth Herbert showing us the ropes of how to anes-thetize a horse and castrate it without a hitch. All students who attended had a great day, and everyone got to have a crack at the procedure. A big thanks to the team at the Adelaide Plains Eq-uine Clinic for showing us the go, and being patient with all those involved .
The second major event of the year was the Day At the Races run down at Morphettville Race Course. The day started off with a tour of the training facilities, including a view of the water walker and a talk by a leading South Australian horse trainer (who coinci-dently had a horse win the Darby later that afternoon, pretty convenient!!). We then moved over to the Mor-phettville Equine Clinic and had a tour of the facilities there, along with a chat with some of the equine vets, which was insightful. The afternoon was then frock-up time, as the ladies put on their best attire and the boys tried to scrub
up to standard in order to attend the races for the day. All in all it was a very good day, and a big thanks to Allie Brown for being the event organ-izer along with the SAJC, and the Mor-phettville Equine Clinic for all their help it was fantastic.
Finally, we have a few up and coming/continuing events that we are holding; Lunchtime Talks on the 20th of May we will be holding a talk by Dr Darien Feary on Colloid Fluid Therapy in horses, please come along and keep your ears open for more details on future talks. Endurance Rides, there have already been a few of these one attended on the 10th/11th of May, and they are a great opportunity to develop your TPR skills and meet some really nice equine minded people. There are some up coming rides and the oppor-tunity can't be missed to try and listen to as many hearts as possible and try and pick up those trick murmurs. Thanks to the guys at he South Aus-tralian Endurance Ride Association for having us along.
If anyone has any quires or would like further information on any of the events please don’t hesitate to contact me on
Regards, Lachie Cameron
ESIG President
Student Associations and Special Interest Groups For more information about Student Associations and Special Interest Groups within the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences visit
www.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/current-students/associations/
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Adelaide Wildlife Appreciation Group AWAG has kicked off the new year with
a flying start. We have already hosted a
variety of awesome events this term,
including a movie night, field trip to the
Adelaide Koala and Wildlife Hospital, a
cupcake decorating night, a student
presentation night (EMS placement
ideas), and of course the launch of our
new "Wildlife Webinar Series". Be sure
to check out our 2014 Event Calendar
for more exciting upcoming events!
Movie Night
The AWAG movie night screening of
Blackfish was a fantastic success and a
great way to start off the new year!
More than 50 students turned up to
watch the thought provoking film, which
sparked a lot of discussion about the
topic of animals kept in captivity and
where the line should be drawn. De-
spite the temperature drop as the night
progressed, everyone seemed to have
a great time with drinks and nibbles
under the stars. The raffle was also
drawn on the night, congratulations to
all of the lucky winners.
Webinars
In an action packed first half of semes-
ter 1, AWAG launched the ‘Wildlife
Webinar Series’ that ran for three
weeks and provided staff and students
the opportunity to tune into an online
wildlife lecture on a weeknight evening.
This inaugural series allowed AWAG to
connect Roseworthy staff and students
with veterinarians and researchers
around Australia to learn about unique
and important wildlife topics, with all
registration money to be donated to the
organisation of the presenter's choice.
Webinar 1: Dr Jennifer Lavers - Plastic
Pollution in Seabirds
Webinar 2: Dr Rob Jones - Shark Re-
production and Artificial Insemination
Webinar 3: Dr Duan March - Sea Tur-
tles
Adelaide Koala & Wildlife Hospital
Field Trip
On Tuesday the 15th of April, AWAG
hosted its first field trip for 2014. Thirty
enthusiastic students met at the Ade-
laide Koala and Wildlife Hospital
(AKWH) for a unique opportunity exclu-
sively for AWAG members. AWAG was
privileged enough to have our very own
guided tour of the hospital and care
facilities by no other than Rae Camp-
bell, the founder of AKWH. Students
were then taken to the education centre
in the back of the hospital where Mrs.
Campbell gave a comprehensive
presentation covering the history of
koala populations in South Australia,
important koala physiological and ana-
tomical differentiations, basic handling
of injured koalas, rescue techniques,
legislation and laws in SA regarding
koalas, and finally koala care. At the
end of the session, AWAG was pleased
to present a $100 gift to the Adelaide
Koala and Wildlife Hospital to aid in the
rehabilitation of Adelaide’s fauna.
AWAG would like to thank Rae Camp-
bell and Alex Barrow for their time on
the day, as well as all the other volun-
teers working at the AKWH for their
magnificent work.
2014 Events Calendar:
Event Date Time Location Presenter
TALK: Ecology of Tigers in Northern China Wednesday
14th May
12noon– 1pm Stephenson
Lecture Theatre
Dr Philip Stott
TALK: Hand-Rearing Australian Wildlife Thursday
22nd May
12noon– 1pm Stephenson
Lecture Theatre
Gordon Rich (Wombaroo)
Marine Mammal
Post-Mortem Workshop
Saturday
26th July
9am Bolivar Catherine Kemper
Monarto Zoo Field Trip Saturday TBC Monarto Anna Bennett
The Adelaide Animal Behaviour Special Interest Group
Greetings from the Adelaide Animal Behaviour Special Interest Group (AABSIG). As you may know, AABSIG is a student group comprising Animal Science, Veterinary Bioscience, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine stu-dents. We share a common interest in learning more about animal behaviour in all species: companion animals, production animals, birds, natives and exotic wildlife.
A belated welcome to our new committee for 2014:
President: Katrine Milne
Vice President: Faustina Niap
Secretary: Magda Stern
Treasurer: Tina Blom
Sponsorship: Madeleine Reichstein
Committee members:
Nicolle Symonds (founder of AABSIG)
Lucy Gilchrist
Natasha Leske
Alex Bullen
Upcoming events – Save the date!
Wednesday 21st May from 6:30pm: Our Gold Sponsors: Adelaide Veteri-nary Behaviour Services are present-ing a talk on cat behaviour in the Boardroom at the North Terrace Cam-pus clubrooms. This event is free for AABSIG members, and $2 for non-members. A light supper and soft drinks will be provided. Please register on our Facebook page if you are com-ing so we can coordinate car-pooling from Roseworthy campus, as well as catering.
Wednesday 4th June from 6:00pm: Dr Robert Holmes from Animal Behav-iour Clinics in Melbourne is presenting a talk on how the emotional lives of dogs affects their welfare and behav-iour. Venue: Roseworthy campus. Watch our Facebook page for further details.
Thursday 11th September from 12noon: Police dog Lunch and learn: Senior Constable Andrew Ludgate and police dog Jack are talk-ing about the bond between a police dog and their handler, as well as how police dogs are selected and trained. Venue: Richardson lecture theatre.
Events we are organising for later in
the year:
Our very own Dr Susan Hazel is
presenting a lunchtime talk about debunking the dominance myth in dogs – date to be confirmed.
Due to popular demand, our clicker
training workshop returns in Semes-ter 2 – this workshop was a hit last year and promised to be just as ex-citing this year. Details will be adver-tised closer to time
A Saturday workshop with BEZA
(Behavioural enrichment for zoo ani-mals) who provide environmental enrichment for captive wildlife.
A wildlife talk by the RSPCA behav-
iourist.
We look forward to an exciting year of learning about behaviour from some really tremendous people. Hope to see you at our events!
Katrine Milne
2014 AABSIG president
Roseworthy Student Newsletter—Volume 5, Issue 2 May 2014
National servicemen’s plaque unveiled at Roseworthy
A group of Roseworthy Old Collegians Association national servicemen have organised a commemorative plaque for former students who were con-scripted for military service from 1964 to 1971.
The plaque was unveiled by Profes-sor Kym Abbott, Head of the University of Adelaide's School of Veterinary and Animal Sciences on 22 March in the Roseworthy College Hall to recognise past Roseworthy Agricultural College students who were conscripted into National Service under the 1964 Na-tional Service Act.
Represented on the day were national servicemen, Roseworthy Old Collegi-ans Association (ROCA) and the Uni-versity, with speeches from past na-tional servicemen Dick Turnbull and Peter Winter.
ROCA has a proud tradition of com-memorating the military service of ex students who served their country in time of war. Members are currently working on updating the honour roll in the Roseworthy Chapel with the names of alumni who served in the armed forces since World War II.
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STUDENT SUPPORT AND DISABILITY ADVISOR
The end of semester is fast approaching and so are exams!
Don’t let this be you!
If you’re starting to feel stressed and need information such as…..
Study techniques Exam preparation tips Strategies to tackle different styles of exams Tips to manage exam anxiety Time management Procrastination
...then the Student Support and Disability Advisor may be able to you help you. Appointments are free and confidential to all students.
Sally Polkinghorne Phone: 8313 7932 Email: [email protected] Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/student/support/roseworthy
Appointments can be booked by contacting Rebecca Dunbar at the Student Services front counter. Sally is available for appointments on Monday, Thursday and Fridays. Sally Polkinghorne is located in the Roseworthy College Hall (Main Building) – room G5a. If you have an appointment with Sally please present to the administration staff at the main front counter of the Roseworthy College Hall.
Counselling and Disability Service Self-Help Resources
www.adelaide.edu.au/counselling_centre/resources/
Self-Help
Find these Self-Help booklets, Semester Assessment planner and more on display
outside the Student Services Office in Roseworthy College Hall (Main Building).
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Winter School
Most courses run 30th June to 25th July. For a full listing of available courses see:
www.adelaide.edu.au/summerandwinterschool/winter/
Enrol via Access Adelaide.
Applications for exchange in Semester 1 2015 are due on 20 June 2014.
www.adelaide.edu.au/global-learning/
Thinking about a postgraduate research degree?
www.adelaide.edu.au/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/
Student Care
Education and Welfare Officers
8313 5430
Education and Welfare Officers are able to provide advice, support or information on; academic com-plaints, grievances and student rights issues, accommodation assis-tance, loans and small grants, information and referral for any issue which affect a student's ability to study, as well as Centrelink, taxation and legal assistance.
An Education and Welfare Officer will come to Roseworthy to meet with you or accompany you to any aca-demic meeting that you need to at-tend if necessary.
For an appointment please call
8313 5430 or email [email protected]
Grants
The Walter Dorothy Duncan Trust provides financial assistance
with educational costs for students who do not have sufficient funds to further their studies, including pro-jects of merit i.e. exchange trips or to purchase necessary resources. This grant is only for continuing students who have completed at least one semester at the University of Ade-laide and who have demonstrated academic merit. Grant amounts vary depending on need, and availability of funds. Please contact Student Care on 8313 5430 for further infor-mation.
“Get To Know” (GTK)
Seminar Series
Come along to enjoy some great talks, Get To Know some new colleagues and what interesting things they are doing or think-ing. The GTK Seminar series are held
most Thursdays (except during holidays).
Time: 4:00 to 5:00pm Venue: Eastick Lecture Theatre (next to the Roseworthy Library).
Coming up…
22 May Assoc Prof Cheryl Shoubridge. Unravelling the Pathogenesis of Intellectual
Disability.
29 May Dr Joanna Griffith.
5 June World Acquaculture.
12 June Dr Suri Murti. Lung surfactant heterothermic mammals (TBA).
For more information and more upcoming seminars visit: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/ news-events/gtk/
Registrations for the 2014 competition close Monday 30th June. For more information visit:
www.adelaide.edu.au/3mt/
The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is also hosting a 3MT to be held on 16th June. For more information contact Dr Cindy Bottema at
The University’s Graduation Ceremonies have been recorded and are available online. Did you or a friend walk across the stage???
To view visit:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/live/
Global Learning
Research Degrees
3 Minute Thesis
Graduation Ceremonies Online
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Maths Learning Centre (MLC)
The Maths Learning Centre exists to help all students succeed at learning maths and statistics at the University of Adelaide. At North Terrace, the Drop-In Centre is open 10am – 4pm Mon to Fri during teaching weeks, SWOT and Exams. Feel free to drop in to talk about learning maths. Also check out the online resources at
www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning
MLC at Roseworthy every second
Wednesday!
The MLC coordinator David Butler is now at Roseworthy Campus every second Wednesday. You can drop in to talk about anything mathematical relat-ing to your coursework from 8-9am, 12-1pm and 4-4:30pm.
Upcoming Sessions: 28 May & 11 Jun.
Discussing statistics for research
students
If you want to discuss statistics relating to a research degree, please email [email protected] to make an appointment and David can meet you on the days he is at Rose-worthy between his drop-in sessions. Note that he is not a statistician, so he can’t analyse your data for you, but he can give general advice about what stats procedures might be the most appropriate for your research and data.
Maths Learning Centre support for statistics
Academic Skills Tuition
WEB: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 8313 5862
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You are required to bring with you to
the exam venue:
your student ID (or other photo
identification)
reasonable supplies of all re-
quired writing materials, erasers,
etc.
Materials permitted:
a small purse or wallet, including
keys, money, ID & credit cards
one clear bottle of clear water, up
to 1 litre in size (water is available
at the venue)
a closed bag stored under your
seat
any materials specified by the
examiner, as set out in the rubric
of the examination paper
Materials NOT to be removed:
You must not remove from the venue
any materials issued for use in the ex-
amination, or any copies of such mate-
rials. All such materials remain the
property of the University, whether the
materials were actually used or not.
These includes scripts, blank answer
books, question papers and drawing or
scribble paper.
Materials not permitted, unless
specified by the examiner, as set
out in the rubric of the examination
paper:
You must not bring into the examina-tion venue any material which ena-bles, or has the potential to enable, you or others to cheat or to gain an unfair academic advantage. Exam-ples of materials which are not per-mitted include, but are not limited to:
writing or other paper
dictionaries, textbooks, notes or
other reference material not spec-
ified on rubric of exam paper
electronic devices including: cal-
culators, diaries, dictionaries,
organisers, laptop or palmtop
computers, mobile telephones, or
other communication devices
unless specified by the examiner
(and only self-powered that oper-
ate quietly would be acceptable).
any drinks other than clear water
in a clear container
Students bringing bags into the exam venue may be subject to inspection as you enter the venue. Place all the mate-rials you will need on your desk, close your bag and store it under your seat. Any items not permitted in the exam must be stored in your bag and not your pockets. If you have a mobile phone on your person you must turn it off and store it in your closed bag under
your seat.
Results
Results for Semester 1 will be available
on Access Adelaide from 15 July. If
your results have not been posted con-
tact your School or Faculty for advice.
Replacement/Additional Assessment
If you are ill on the day of your exam or
unable to attend please advise your
course coordinator as soon as possible
and apply a replacement exam. Appli-
cation forms for a R/AA are available
from the Roseworthy Student Services
Office and online at
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exa
ms/supps.html.
Good luck for you exams!
The majority of exams held on the Roseworthy Campus will be in
Callaghan 18a&b and in the Information Centre.
Check your student email and the official timetable online for any venue changes!
Exam timetable: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/timetable.html
Exams
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Staff vs Student—Cricket 20/20 Big Bash
Played at the
Roseworthy Oval
on Thursday 20th
March 2014.
Overview by the legendary
Wayne Boardman
The kit had arrived, the pitch marked out and rolled, the boundary cones placed and the staff adjourned for the pep talk in the stadium chang-ing rooms of the Roseworthy College oval. Not so much a pep talk but an opportunity to put on Mitchell Johnson handlebar moustaches to intimidate the students and hopefully signal as it did in the Ashes series that we meant business. Of course this act of bravado was completely ruined by the mysteriously mustachioed staffers standing together singing the staff song, penned by that well known lyricist Dr Darren Trott. “C’mon Staffies, c’mon”, that catchy chart topping ditty from the late 70’s rendered the students both perplexed and amused. (Lyrics in the appendix)
Bec and Christine took some photos to highlight the cricketing prowess of the staff team which included notable personalities, Charles Caraguel (Craggers), Ryan O’Handley (O’Handers), Adam O’Connell (Tubes), Michael Cathcart (Cathers), Darren Trott (Trotters), Sam Abraham (Abers), Viabhav Gole (Golers), Rich-ard Turtill (Turters), David Purdie (Purders), Adrian Hines (Hiners) and captain Wayne Boardman (Boarders). The student team ably led by James Young, of recent Freeling CC fame, having just competed on Adelaide Oval, included several youthful club players with some excellent cricketing pedigree. Whereas the staff were all a bunch of has-beens or wan-nabe has-beens with sore knees, tight ham-strings and various levels of myopia and pres-byopia.
The students won the toss and elected to bat. Each team wished the others good luck and the staff sought to explain to the by now confident students, that in fact intimidatory behavior to-wards any staff member was likely to mean an extended period as a student. We were hon-oured by Professor Kym Abbott agreeing to be the umpire in his last year as Head of School.
The atmosphere was electric as the staff took to
the field, tens of students (or at least 10) turned up to watch their team slaughter the staff. Cathers had not arrived and Tubs was not sure whether to go to the calving or to send his wife. Stephen Pyecroft (Pikers) and his son Harry were thus conscripted to assist in the field, pending the arrival of our tardy equine veteri-narian. Purders donned the gloves as Boarders martialled his troops. Craggers in his hot pink socks patrolled the boundary as Abers opened the bowling.
Within a jiffy, the staffers were smiling. Quigley did not respond to Burns call for a run and Burns was stranded without facing a ball. Nicholls hit a quick fire 18 before being wonder-fully caught on the boundary by O’Handers. Trott trapped Quigley as Purders whipped off the bails beautifully and with such elegance, he could have been mistaken for Haddin. Young, the student’s captain was in excellent form depositing all and sundry over the boundary before retiring at 20. Collett struggled valiantly to get off the mark before O’Handers bowled Smith. Cameron succumbed to Boarders guile and was bemused and bowled. Tubs took an excellent catch at deep mid off to dismiss KRA. Packer hit an excellent 30. Cathers snaffled Sexton and Fensham was no match for Board-ers leg spin. Hiners got Hibbard and Weir was bowled. All out for 121 (the total to chase) with four overs to spare, so we were left to admire the retiree Young as he faced the last few overs, biffing sixes with consummate ease. The final total was 171 with Young getting 67 before being run out.
The staffers turn did not start too well - hastily sent in batsmen Craggers and Tubs (who had to leave for rugby coaching and a calving re-
spectively) were out very soon with the accurate Fensham taking two wickets in his first over. Abers soon succumbed as well and the staff were reeling at 3 for 2. Golers then came in and with O’Handers put on an excellent exhibition of power hitting before they both retired. Trotters played a composed innings of 15 before being controversially out lbw to Fensham. Hiners, Purders and Turters both perished quite quickly to some wily bowling. At 8-79, Boarders was then joined by retiree Golers. Steadily they crept to the winning total – Golers being particu-larly harsh on Hibbard despite giving a couple of chances to the butterfingers Young. Board-ers hit a towering six over mid off which was truly astounding because he could barely see the ball. Down to the last two overs and only six was needed. Could it be the staffers would get revenge and beat the students in a battle of epic proportions. Golers missed a couple of mighty swipes and then hit one to cover. Delu-sions of youthful athleticism meant Boarders ran for a quick single only to be stranded two metres short while digging a furrow with his bat. Boarders had confidence that the reliable O’Handers could down the students but in the gathering gloom was bowled comprehensively. All out for 116. The students had won by 5 runs, and the staffers had grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory.
Lots of jolly back slapping and leg pulling con-tinued over a very welcome cool beer. Kym Abbott was presented with an engraved minia-ture bat (which he said will end up in the pool room) as man of the match for sentimental reasons, being his last year as head of school. Over for another year but lets hope the staffers can avenge the defeat in 12 months time on Thursday 19th March 2015…….
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