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OBGS COMMUNITY FOR LIFE
OBGS COMMUNITY FOR LIFE
Near and Far David Edwards (OB 1962) is currently lecturing and tutoring I.T. at Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour Campus. He still plays squash in the local competition and is married to Susan and has three daughters: Victoria, 17, who is studying HSC at Bishop Druitt College with an aim to study medicine in Melbourne; Meredith, 14, also at Bishop Druitt College (Yr 9); Claudia, 11, Year 6 at Mullaway Primary School. Roger Moulton (OB 1964) and former Staff Member, reports that he is still happy playing at being a life-style farmer at Ballan (near Ballarat) and doing sessional teaching at University of Ballarat as well as other short term contract work.
Dr Steven Scally (OB 1982) has practiced as a General Practitioner in suburban Sydney for many years. Steve and family have now packed up and moved to Parkes, NSW (home of “The Dish” radio telescope), where he is currently working in locum General Practice.
Above LEFT Doug Dick, Peter King and John Priestly. ABOVE RIGHT Michael Terry.
Tony Shakeshaft (OB 1977) is living in Burwood working for the Boston based I.T. company EMC Corporation. Tony is married with three daughters.
Gary Lambrides (OB 1968) Retired pharmacist, is happy, healthy, and living with his family in Queensland since 1970. He sold all his business interests and is smelling roses, tasting wine and catching up with friends and family.
Ian Davies (OB 1978) founded and ran ISYS Search Software in 1988 and sold the company to Lexmark in 2012. Ian now enjoys a spot of sailing and scuba diving and is keen to hear from any Old Boys who would like to make contact.
John Pead (OB 1972) Since 2001 has been a professor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Melbourne University. In October 2010 he began leading the set up of Cape York Family Centre (Cooktown) for aborigines. John is married with two children; Grace, 25, solicitor with Freehills and Jack, 23, merchant banker with Lazard's. Doug Dick (OB 1976), Peter King (OB 1977) and John Priestley (OB 1975) who were all BGS Cricket Captains in their respective years celebrated Peter King’s return to Melbourne after many years working and living in Sydney. Peter was appointed Chief Executive of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. On his return, Doug Dick arranged for the three BGS cricketing greats to challenge the course record at his club, Royal Melbourne. The record remains unharmed!
Andrew Carmichael (OB 1976) is living and working in Vietnam where he says, “The culture, history and language are never boring.” He is enjoying making furniture with a Vietnamese friend.
Michael Terry (OB 1979), who was the School Captain in 1980 recently took the time to visit the School when he was on a visit to see his ailing mother from his current residence in The Isle of Wight. Michael, who is married with a daughter 10 and son 6, is a general surgeon who specialises in bowel cancer – when onshore. He is also a long serving member of the Royal Navy and has been in active service many times which included tours of duty in The Gulf and Afghanistan.
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Ian Mitchell (OB 1982) has moved back to Melbourne with his wife Nicole after living in London for several years where he worked in the infrastructure technology area of the banking industry. He is now enjoying some fly fishing and travelling, especially to Italy.
Paul Basset (OB 1985) co-Founder of Seek, has been appointed to the AFL Commission replacing the retiring Graeme Johns. Paul is passionate about football and the importance of the game to the entire Australian community. Simon Lopez (OB 1986) is currently living in London (since 2003) and working for AXA Investment Managers. James Templeton (OB 1987) has been appointed Managing Director of Knight Frank Victoria, one of Victoria’s largest Commercial Real Estate firms. James recently won the Dexus Award for Best Industrial Agent. He commenced his career with G A Thomson Real Estate under the guidance of BGS icon George Thomson (1951). David Tognarini PhD (OB 1987) is Principal of Aesir Pharmaceutical Consultants and has offered his services to give advice to students and Old Boys about careers in bio-sciences, pharmacology, pharmaceuticals and medical research. Dr Cameron Adams PhD (OB 1989) holds a PhD in Neuroscience and is employed as the Policy Evaluation and Reports Officer in the Victorian Branch of General Practice Registrars Australia. Cameron’s thesis was on “The influence of mGlu5, A2A and CB1 receptor interactions on drug-seeking behaviour”. This thesis examines novel drug targets of therapeutic value in the treatment of alcoholism. Using rat models, it characterises a potential new target in the treatment of craving and relapse. Gregory Bruce (OB 1989) moved to Doha, Qatar in 2009 and is working in Liquid Natural Gas marketing with RasGas. He is married to Kristy and they have four children, Elizabeth, Annabelle, Frederick and Henry.
Justin Irinyi (OB 1991) lives in Mentone and has been working in hospitality since leaving School. Justin is currently studying and looks forward to working in the legal area in the near future.
Michael Dever (OB 2002) and Kathryn were married on February 11 at Carousel, Albert Park. Old Boy James Reeves (2002) was Michael’s best man Malcolm Jack (OB 2004) Junior School Captain 1999 who left to go to Strathallan School, Perth, Scotland has recently graduated from Melbourne University with a First Class Honors in Veterinary Science.
Julian Irinyi (OB 1992) has been living in Colac for 12 years and works for the major dairy company, Regal Cream Products. Simon Davies (OB 1992) is currently living in Singapore and working at Salesforce.com, as VP Sales responsible for the enterprise business unit in Asia. Simon was married (December 2001) to Danielle and they welcomed their sons, Flynn and Noah, into the world in 2004 and 2006 respectively. Seton Coghill (OB 1994) worked as a labourer for 3 years, followed by a 3 year stint as a driver for Drummond Golf. In late 2000, he joined the Australian Army and was posted to 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, in Brisbane, as a rifleman. In 2006 he transferred to Transport and was posted to Darwin. 2007 saw him deployed to Iraq then back to Brisbane in early 2009. In 2010 he was posted to Timor Leste, for 8 months then posted down to 3 RAR in Sydney in 2011 for a year. Early this year he was moved up to Townsville with the unit. Micah Smith (OB 1994) is co-owner/director of Thomas Duryea Consulting which is a 10 year old multi award winning IT Infrastructure company. Micah is married to Megan and they have 3 children; Amelie, Fin and Miles. On February 11 this year, in driving rain, Nick Biggin (OB 1996) and Melissa Dowsett (Firbank Old Girl) became man and wife in the beautiful setting of Sorrento Park overlooking Port Phillip Bay followed by a reception at The Bath” restaurant also in Sorrento. The wedding party was truly an old school affair, with both Nick and Melissa’s groomsmen and bridesmaids being from either BGS or Firbank.
Josh Smith (OB 1998) is senior IT Engineer with Long View Systems, Vancouver, Canada and he enjoys outdoor extreme sports.
ABOVE LEFT Leigh Hendra takes a specky on his wedding day.
Leigh Hendra (OB 1999) was recently married. His groomsmen were fellow Old Boys Chris McNicol (OB 1999), Nick Edwards (OB 2000), and Bryan Scott (OB 1999)
ABOVE CENTRE Malcolm Jack.
Matthew Hamilton (OB 2000) has landed a job at Seek.com (founded by Old Boys Andrew and Paul Basset) as a Senior Account Manager. Matthew is also busy completing his MBA at Monash University. Matthew Dunne (OB 2002) studied a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours at Melbourne University after leaving BGS and graduated in 2006. He got the travel bug after Uni (mainly to Japan) and then worked in Melbourne for 2-3 years before moving indefinitely to Tokyo in June 2010, upon joining a life insurance company. He changed jobs in May this year and joined a global actuarial consulting firm called Towers Watson. The life insurance company was fairly traditional Japanese so he is enjoying the slightly more western culture of the new company. He reports that his Japanese is still average but he’s getting there slowly.
ABOVE RIGHT Mr and Mrs Michael Dever. BELOW LEFT L to R: Kathryn Dowsett, Pat Phelan (OB 1996), Lauren Cook, Warwick Earl (OB 1996), Kate Janes (nee Pascarl), Melissa and Nick Biggin, Geoff Earl (OB 1996), Amy Rowell, Tim Biggin (OB 2008) and Alyson Dowsett. BELOW CENTRE Julius Kienlein. BELOW RIGHT Alex Sylvan, Amy Greaves and baby Billy.
Kareem Moustafa (OB 2005) is a qualified lawyer and was admitted to the Bar in the ACT in February of this year. Prior to this, he worked in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Currently travelling around the world, he will start work as a trainee solicitor in London later in the year starting in August 2012. Andrew Chong (OB 2005) and a group of his friends from Trinity College, recently sang (beautifully) on one of the audition shows of the Channel 7’s ‘Australia’s Got Talent’. Andrew used to sing in the St. Andrew’s Choir. Martin Steel (OB 2005) has been working as a pro golfer at the Metropolitan Golf Club. Late last year, he spent time in the US and is now intent on forging a coaching career in the US Collegiate system. “There are some fantastic job opportunities available to golf coaches overseas”. Michael W Daley (OB 2007) is currently studying veterinary science at Sydney University.
Christian Siapantas (OB 2009) is in Paris studying economics at the Paris Institute of Political Science. Julius Kienlein (OB 2010) moved back to Europe in 2009 after 5 fantastic and happy years at BGS. He is now studying Business/ Economics at the Otto-Fredrich Universitat in Bamberg. Founded in 1647, it is one of the oldest universities in Germany with a strong philosophical background. The World Heritage City of Bamberg, which lies by the riverside and the Bamberg Dome, has just celebrated its millennial anniversary. In his free time, Julius enjoys running, listening to vinyl records and playing his Wurlitzer electric piano.
Phillip Georgiou (OB 2010) has been studying at the Grand Canyon University on a soccer scholarship but in August will move across the country to attend Bloomfield College, New Jersey, where he expects the soccer program and competition will be a great success.
Staff Marriages and Babies Since the last edition of Meliora, there have been a number of staff marriages and births; Alison Bryce marrying Justin, Amy Greaves and Alex Sylvan welcoming Billy into the world, Kate and David Nixon welcoming Jasper, and Sharon and Sam Kuring welcoming Otis.
Reunions PERTH REUNION The reunion of Old Boys and partners from Perth was held at St Georges College, University of Western Australia One of our most successful and high achieving Old Boys, Dr Sam Walsh AO (OB 1966), was guest speaker.
Sam is CEO of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, one of Australia’s largest companies, and was asked to give the group an insight into what took him from relatively unremarkable BGS boy to the top of one of the world’s largest iron ore producers.
L to R: Brian Kitney (OB 1986), Daryl Wilkinson (OB 1977), Alex Rickarby (OB 1989), The Headmaster, Cameron Lade (OB 1983), Ronnie Finlayson, Sam Walsh (OB 1967), Graeme Finlayson (OB 1967), Michael Glasson (OB 1969), Jan de Franck, Rick de Franck (OB 1969), Andrew Biggin (OB 1969), Anne Glasson, Cheryl Wogan-Browne, Rick Wogan-Browne (OB 1968), Jim Biss (OB 1966), Peta & Ian Thomas (OB 1961).
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