Sydney High School Old Boys Union

Would you like to see the memory of a friend, teacher, mentor or family member perpetuated in the title of an academic award at the School’s annual speech night?

The School currently has many academic prizes that are not endowed. A donation of $2,500 to the School’s prizes trust fund will secure a named prize and help to free up the many thousands of dollars the School must budget for each year for this form of recognition and encouragement of academic excellence.

The prizes trust fund is managed by the Sydney High School Foundation Inc, a body governed by delegates from the P&C and OBU.

Prizes for the following fields of study are not currently endowed for some or all academic years (that is, some may be endowed for Year 12 or Year 11, but not for the junior years). Please contact president@shsobu.org.au for further details.

Ancient History
Architecture & Engineering Drawing
Business Studies
Chinese
Chinese
Chinese
Chinese Advanced
Chinese Beginners
Chinese Intermediate
Classical Greek
Commerce
Design & Technology
Digital Imaging
Drama
Earth and Environmental Science
Engineering Science
English
English Advanced
English Extension 1
English Extension 2
Film
Film Making
French
Geography
German
German Extension
History
History Elective
History Elective Combined
History Extension
Latin
Latin (Extension)
Legal Studies
Mathematics
Mathematics (2 unit)
Mathematics Extension 1
Modern History
Music
Music 1
Music 2
Music Extension
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Prize for Third
Science
Software Design & Development
Studies of Religion
Technical Drawing
Visual Arts
Visual Design

Adrian Henning

Coach – 1st VIII, Sydney Boys’ High School

Adrian Henning’s rowing history began at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, where he served as boat captain and rowed in the stoke seat of the 1st VII during 1970 and 1971 and then club rowed with Banks Rowing Club Melbourne where he gained State selection.

His coaching career began in Brisbane at Somerville House in 1992 where he coached school, novice, junior and senior rowers.

During an eight-year period while living in Christchurch New Zealand, Adrian was a co-developer of the adaptive rowing pilot program which was ultimately adopted by Rowing New Zealand as the country’s blueprint for all clubs. He went on to coach high performance adaptive rowers and was appointed to the 2009 NZ National and Paralympic coaching team. One of Adrian’s athletes achieved 4th at the World Cup in Munich and 5th at the World Championships in Poznan and the following year Bronze medal at the World Championships in NZ.

In NZ, Adrian served as club captain at Union Rowing Club where he also coached junior and master crews. He was known as a hard worker and was well respected by both his peers and the crews he coached.

In addition to his adaptive and club coaching, Adrian was the senior coach for the 1st VIII at Christ’s College, Christchurch, one of the leading rowing schools in NZ. Under Adrian’s tutelage, his crews achieved gold and other medals at the provincial and national level.

Adrian is still an active masters rower where time permits and holds Rowing Australia and FISA International accreditation.

All old boys, supporters and friends are invited to join in the High Rowing Challenge at the School Rowing Shed, Abbotsford.

An early start

It is 6 sessions of rowing for the adults!

All abilities are catered for … some will learn to row, and some like to get back in a boat and enjoy the morning rows.

We supply the coaches and the coxswains … and breakfast is cooked for you each week as you come off the water.

It is a lot of fun … especially if you get some friends/partners/work-mates along to join you in a boat … and it’s good for you, as rowing is rated as one of the best aerobic kilojoule burning exercises you can do.

Outterside Centre - Aerial View

It is also a big fundraiser … we need Old Boys’ support to enable us to buy a much needed new VIII.

Please support High Rowing and join in the High Rowing Challenge this year! Starts soon …. Saturday 10 September, and runs for 6 early Saturday mornings (missing the long weekend).

Have a look at the attached flyer and booking form … and don’t just think about it … be challenged!

The Annual General Meeting of the Sydney High School Old Boys’ Union Inc will be held at the Sydney Boys’ High School, Moore Park, Surry Hills (enter by the front door of the Main Building on Cutler Drive) on Tuesday 28 June 2011 at 6:00 pm. Parking is available on-site.

Nominations for the positions of President (1 position), Vice President (up to 3 positions) and ordinary members of the council (up to 10 positions) must be made in writing, signed by two members of the OBU and include the written consent of the candidate. They must be delivered by 21 June 2011 to the Secretary at PO Box 1546, Darlinghurst NSW 1300.

Click here for nomination form.

The accounts for 2010, which will be presented for approval at the meeting, are available here: Accounts 2010.

Members may appoint other members as proxies by notice given to the Secretary at PO Box 1546 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 by 21 June 2011.

Click here for proxy form.

(The form for the appointment of a proxy is available for download from the OBU website: www.shsobu.org.au )

Before attending, nominating or appointing a proxy, please take steps to confirm your membership by contacting the Secretary by e-mail: secretary@shsobu.org.au or by telephone: (02) 9907 2856.

ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Minutes of the previous AGM (22 June 2010).
2. President’s report.
3. Treasurer’s report.
Motion: That the accounts for 2010 be adopted.
4. Election of office bearers and members of the Executive Council.
(a) President.
(b) Vice Presidents.
(c) ordinary members of the Council.
5. Any other business.

The school community is invited to attend the Phillip J Day Scholarship Dinner - 7.00 pm, Tuesday 31 May 2011 in the Great Hall.

This year’s dinner will be hosted by Daniel McPherson (1997), host of Dancing with the Stars, and a star of City Homicide and The Bill with guest speaker Tom Cusbert (2002), University Medallist (2008). Cost is $60.00 per person and is tax deductible as a professional learning opportunity.

Please RSVP by 26 May 2011 on the attached invitation.

All enquiries should be directed to Con Barris (1971): barrisc@sydneyboys-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

The Dinner is the major fund-raising event for the Phillip J Day Memorial Scholarship - established in 2007 in memory of Phillip Day (1965) - to provide an outstanding Sydney Boys High School student with financial assistance to maximise his opportunities whilst a student at the school. The scholarship is awarded each year to a student from any year within the school with selection criteria including outstanding talent in a particular area of academic or co-curricular endeavour, particularly good all round achiever or a student with special needs, financial or otherwise.

Phillip John Day (1965) was a much esteemed Old Boy, Head Teacher of Social Sciences (1984-2006) and mentor to a generation of High boys.

Further details about the scholarship, including a form for donations, may be found on the School’s website.

Feng Yeng (2000) is yet another of our recent Old Boys to be representing Australia in the international sporting arena.

He was first introduced to the Olympic sport of fencing at High in 1995.

Currently he is ranked third in Australia for men’s senior foil and recently won gold for Australia in the men’s team foil at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Melbourne.

The gold medal-winning Australian men’s senior foil team at the Commonwealth Fencing
Championships. Feng Yeng is on the far right of the photo.

Feng has also represented Australia at the fencing world championships in Paris.

2011 is going to be an exciting for Feng as he has taken a one year career break from his work at a Division of General Practice (Primary Health Care) to focus his attention on fencing and reaching his full potential.

The Olympic qualification period for LONDON 2012 begins in March and he is already about to relocate to Shanghai to train with a provincial team. This will place him closer to three World Cup competitions to be held in Tokyo, Seoul and St Petersburg. Feng is under no illusion that the training, at the Shanghai Finance University, will be easy - it is full-time at 6 days a week, up to 7 hours per day.

The main difficulty Feng faces at the moment is lack of financial support. Fencing does not have a high profile in Australia and is not part of the AIS program.

Fencing can be extremely taxing due to the requirement for specific standards of equipment, travel expenses, competition entry fees, and training fees. Feng has been a self-funded athlete all this time and like all self-funded athletes just tries to do the best he can with the resources available.

Any Old Boys who would like to offer Feng support as he pursues the Olympic dream should get in tough via president@shsobu.org.au

Have you got a new job? Moved interstate or overseas? Received an award? Published a book? Run a marathon? Saved the world? Then we’d love to hear from you and include a paragraph in the jottings section of the next issue of The High Bulletin. Just use the “Leave a comment” section below…

Past postings: Pre August 2010

A new design Sydney High hoodie will be available for purchase for Yr 12 leavers and Old Boys from April 2010.

Sizes S, M, L, XL are available and will cost $66 plus postage.

Old Boys can order through email highstore@sydneyboys-h.schools.nsw.edu.au or by calling the High Store on (02) 9331 7075.

John Fraser (1933) at a recent school event

A ninety five year old Old Boy has thrown down a challenge to the SBHS community by offering to donate $10,000 to the School’s capital works program if ten old boys match his gift.

John Fraser OAM (1933) has kicked off the SBHS 10-4-10 Challenge with a spirited reminder of the dedication and generosity of the first generation of High Boys.

He’ll donate $10,000 immediately and another $10,000 if “younger” Old Boys meet the challenge target.

“I just feel so strongly about the potential of the School and its special heritage that I had to do what I could to make a difference for the future generations of students”, Mr Fraser said.

John was a dedicated rifle shooter in his days at school and was a fellow rifle team member with Roden Cutler. He continues to support rifle shooting and is often seen at rifle shooting and other school functions.

“My message to every Old Boy is, let’s make this a target to reach as soon as possible. If you know someone who can take the pledge for $10,000, I’m ready to match them and nine others. The 10-4-10 Challenge is on”, Mr Fraser added.
The School’s building fund, which currently stands at over $800,000, will fund a multi-purpose centre to meet the needs created by the redevelopment of the School’s library.

To meet John’s challenge, and make a tax deductible donation to the SBHS Building Fund, download the donor form and post it in or call the Principal, Dr Kim Jaggar on (02) 9361 6910 ext 114.

Congratulations to the Old Boys who received awards in the recent Queen’s Birthday honours list:

David Desmond Knoll (1977) Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the Jewish community through a range of peak, religious and educational organisations, and to the promotion of interfaith relations.

Richard Wittingham White (SHS: 1946-1950) Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for service to the community, particularly through the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.

Information on other Old Boys who have achieved recognition in various fields of endeavour may be found on the “High Achievers” section of the OBU website.