July 07, 2011 by admin
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A legend of Sydney University Rugby and Sydney University Sport, Dave Brockhoff passed away last week. A Wallaby, a Sydney Uni coach of premiership winning teams in the late 60′s and early 70′s, a Wallabies succesful coach in the 70′s Dave was above all one of the most passionate rugby
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July 07, 2011 by admin
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Andy Sneddon turns 100 this week. Born on 30th March 1910 Andy celebrated his remarkable life at a party given by family and friends at Northmead in Sydney on Saturday. In a long fruitful life many of Andy’s fondest memories are his days spent rowing, initially at Scots College, then
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July 07, 2011 by admin
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In May 2007 I was living in Canberra and finishing my BSc (Mathematics), wondering what the heck to do next. ‘Berra is a quiet town, but some wonderful people lived there, including Jim Macartney. Jim coached at Oxford Brookes University – the “other” university in Oxford – and by talking
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July 05, 2011 by admin
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Dick represented SUBC winning the Oxford and Cambridge Cup in 1961 and also represented Australia in the Trans Tasman series against New Zealand that year. The Australian crew was: Australian Team Men’s Eight Bow: Paul Hyman (NSW) 2: Mick Johnman (NSW) 3: Richard Palmisano (NSW) 4: Gary Herford (NSW) 5:
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July 05, 2011 by admin
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1990′s SUBC Blue Jeremy Curtin and his wife Kate have happily announced the birth of their first daughter Matilda. Matilda arrived last week on 20th June. Matilda is the first grand daughter of Austin and Annie Curtin and Austin was also awarded a Blue while competing for SUBC in the
Read More →The following SUBC and St Andrew’s College contributed to the purchase of The Dr Bill Webb Trophy: Phillip Walker Matthew Duly Roy Beaumont Hugh Fisher Phil Winkworth Eric Carter Mark Hoffman Dave Ludowici Bob McEntyre Mark/ Stephanie Kirkby Alex Abrahams Andrew McKibbin John Boultbee Rob Hampshire Dave Kenyon Hugh
Read More →Long-serving Sydney University Boat Club supporter Chris Noel won the Service to Sport Award at the recent Australian University Sport presentations for 2007. The award caps off a memorable year for Mr Noel, who was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in May for his services to sport, particularly
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September 03, 2008 by admin
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Our photo shows SUBC 1990′s alumni Laird Abernethy, Jeremy Curtin, ( friend Damian Tancred) and Uldis Clarson at start of the 2008 Oxfam Trailwalk at Brooklyn. The team , sponsored by Russell Investments finished 2nd overall. See the news section for the full story.
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April 15, 2008 by admin
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Long time no speak. It is saddening that it takes Kim Santos’ passing to promote me to write. I trust that all is well with you and the family. I may make it to Sydney this coming Christmas and will contact if I do. Eric passed on the sad news
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January 31, 2008 by admin
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Matt, who is a senior engineer with Baulderstone Hornibrook, has recently re-located to Ho Chi Minh City where he is working on a major bridge to divert traffic away from the city centre. While Matt builds bridges overseas his children are keeping up the associations with Sydney uni and the
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January 29, 2008 by admin
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David Asimus, a Blue in Boat from 1953 and a member of the 1955 NSW Kings Cup Eight passed away last weekend quite suddenly. David, who is described on the ABC Rural web page as “one of the most influential figures in the wool industry” and as a “founding father”
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May 13, 2007 by admin
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Chris Noel attended his first training session at SUBC, under pressure from a fellow economics student Colin Allsop, in early 1968. Since then Chris has been pretty much continually involved with SUBC as competitor, secretary, Captain, President and Vice President. After becoming President in 1987 and dealing with the the
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