Community, Development and Alumni 70 Club: 20 years old, 70 years young I recently enjoyed the privilege and pleasure of writing letters of welcome to all the new “boys” turning 70 in 2018. The induction of these Old Boys into the 70 Club swelled the total number of school leavers eligible to join our club to roughly 2000. Understandably, infirmity, prior commitments and distance sometimes limit the ability of some members to take full advantage of what the 70 Club at Newington has to offer, but we remain a vibrant part of the college community. From small beginnings at the instigationof Mr Ron Leckie (ON 1939), the club can now boast that it is an organisation growing in stature while remaining true to its roots. These roots simply aim to engage Old Newingtonians as they reach the age of 70 and keep them in touch Mr Gilbert Morgan (ON 1958) 70 Club Chairman with their peers and friends. They are 20th year, culminated in our 20th Birthday Butler at the lunch to help celebrate. roots that facilitate the opportunity for Lunch on 8 May. The day was marked by Newington Old Boys over the age of 70 to special performances from the College The lunch was also an occasion to gather together over lunch, or simply drummers and Cadet Band, organised farewell Dr Mulford. He has many contact one another, to reminisce about by Dr Mulford as a surprise for the 70 friends in the 70 Club, and I would like past years and catch up on current news. Club. Their performance commemorated to personally acknowledge his Informal, relaxed and social. 60 years since Newington’s Modern Cadet involvement in the time he has been at Fortunately, we enjoy the full support of Band was formed by Mr Jack Butler in Newington College. He will be missed. the Headmaster, Dr David Mulford, and conjunction with Mr Phillip Davis OAM in Mr Gilbert Morgan (ON 1958) College in those endeavours and this, our 1958. We were delighted to have Mr Chairman, The 70 Club “Masher” still guards Johnson Oval “Get off my oval” was how many of the past students of Newington will remember the booming voice of Mr Ian “Masher” McLean. It is a fitting tribute to the College’s sportsmaster of 32 years that on the opening day of the 2017–2018 Cricket Ashes, 23 November, 2017, we laid Masher’s ashes to rest under the bench seat overlooking the halfway line on Johnson Oval. Rosalie, Ian’s widow, and family members gathered for a small ceremony to unveil the memorial plaque on the bench seat, and a plaque on a Chapel pew, and to scatter the remaining ashes in the rose garden of the College Chapel. Mr Ian “Masher” Mclean will continue to be a part of the Mrs Rosalie McLean in the seat Newington Community forever. bearing her late husband’s name OPPORTUNITY| NEWS AUTUMN 2018| 61