Stanmore Medal haul for fencers Congratulations to Newington’s fencing Christopher Tsolakis, Henry Armstrong- squad for their stellar performance this Bailey and Colin Chen won gold in the season. Sabre, while David Upcroft, Christopher At the National School Championships, Paoloni and Oliver Chow won silver in held in July, Alistair Shaw, Leon Qian, the Foil. Colin Chen also won bronze in Colin Chen and Oliver Smart won gold in the Sabre Individuals. the Sabre Teams competition, while Earlier in the season, Joshua Roncolato Jack Murtough-Coombes, Ben Diskin, won gold and Tom Barker won bronze in Alex McEvoy and Deklan Rollason won the Individual Sabre at the 2018 silver in the Foil Teams competition. Roberta Nutt Shield. Colin Chen won Joshua Roncolato won silver in the silver in the Roberta Nutt U16 National Sabre Individuals and Ben Diskin won Qualifier. The U16 foil team of David bronze in the Foil Individuals. Gold medal-winning Intermediate Sabre Upcroft, Will Cordwell, Martin Duong and team members, James Lucas, Christopher At the School Boys Intermediate Alex Lynch won silver in their inter- Tsolakis, Henry Armstrong-Bailey and National Championships, James Lucas, school competition. Colin Chen. Shooters do it again Newington’s GPS Firsts team were victorious aftera hard-fought competition against Shore at the GPS Rifle Shooting competition. The team won the Buchanan Shield and the RawsonCup and came second in the NRA Shield, securing the GPS Premiership for the second year in a row. Nicholas Sims was named King of the Range (best individual shooter from all schools) and was chosen for the GPS Combined Team, along with Angus Mueller, Nicholas Malakonakis, Hugo Slade and Aydin Varol. Aydin was given the honour of captaining the Combined GPS Team. These boys shot in a teams’ competition against an Under 25 Combined Team. The boys put on a gallant show against the more experienced shooters, losing by only 14 points. Mr Rob Tredinnick Director of Rifle Shooting 2018 GPS Premiers Newington College. Snowsports Boys from across Newington’s Interschools in those disciplines, as well campuses competed as individuals and as in cross country, with a number of as teams in the Sydney Interschools boys then qualifying for the Nationals. Snowsports competition at Perisher Thomas Inglis placed third in the Blue in mid-July to kick off the 2018 Individual XC race in Division 3 at the Snowsports season. Nationals and the Relay XC Team of Max Newington fielded competitors across Inglis, Vincent de Souza and Thomas many events, with snowboarding and Inglis achieved third place in the mogul skiing continuing to be areas of Division 1 XC relay. strength for the school. Several Mr Symon Astley Cross-country relay team members Thomas students progressed to the NSW Director of Snowsports Inglis, Max Inglis and Vincent de Souza. GRATITUDE | NEWS SPRING 2018 | 25