Where are they now? VICTORIA NA (OH 2008) became Haileybury’s first ever female Olympian and the first Australian to win a badminton match at the Olympics in 12 years. It was wonderful to see recently, three Old Haileyburians in the recent series on Kerry Packer, titled, Howzat: Kerry Packer’s War. DAVE LAWSON (OH ’96) well known for his work on the Toyota advertisements, played the role of journalist, Allan Shiell, who broke the story of World Series Cricket. SHAUN RICHARDSON (OH ‘90) played ALAN KNOTT (1970s England wicket keeper) during on-field cricket scenes and BRETT HARROP (OH ‘97) played Dennis Lillee, during on-field cricket scenes. PAUL ANDERSON (OH ’89) is currently the Herald Sun’s chief court reporter. He has been with the paper since 1990, having started as a copy boy. Earlier this year, Paul won the coveted Quill Award for Best Feature in print with fellow scribe, Patrick Carlyon, for an eightpage special report on the case of Arthur Freeman, the dad who threw his daughter off the West Gate Bridge. He has just had his first crime fiction novel published, entitled The Robbers, which follows the trials and tribulations of the Victorian Armed Robbery Squad in its heyday before its disbandment. Meanwhile, his sixth true crime book Dirty Deeds: Justice Prevails has just gone to print and will be available in January. JOHN VAN DEN BERG (OH 2002) celebrated his marriage to Mirjana in August 2011. John was joined in his wedding party by fellow 2002 graduates BEN SZE, STUART SCORGIE and STEVEN KHAMTANH.
PETER BAINBRIDGE (OH ’72) Peter has been appointed as Client Services Manager with Vipac Engineers & Scientists – Building & Infrastructure Division, a versatile and very well established Australian owned consultancy organisation in the fields of Acoustics (Building, Environmental, Industrial), Wind Analysis, Plant predictive and machine condition monitoring, Façade Engineering, and Air quality and thermal/ventilation modeling. In addition to consulting services, they also operate in-house NATA certified testing laboratories with capabilities in all of the above fields.
STEPHEN COULTER (OH ’76) left Melbourne in 1997 working with NAB, for roles in New York and Hong Kong before being headhunted by the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney in 1998. Since leaving CommBank in late 2001, Stephen has worked as an entrepreneur, consultant and contractor to Banks, Telcos, Loyalty and IT companies, focussing on innovation, customer management, ecommerce and payments. In his personal life, the beach has been a major focus since joining the Manly Life Saving Club; initially as a Nipper parent, Stephen has gone on to be a lifesaver, Gold Medallion holder and Vice-Captain from 2009-2011. As a result of his passion for ocean swimming, Stephen formed a swim group that has led him to form the world’s social network for swimmers – iSwimtoo. It is free for swimmers, swim groups and events to use to promote their activities and connect with swimmers from around the world. iSwimtoo and has just been nominated for the World’s Best New Swimming Offering of 2012! JAMIE MEYER (OH 2009) recently competed in the World Triathlon Championship event in New Zealand. Jamie finished fourteenth in his age group, competing in the 20-24 year group. PETER RIDLAND (OH ‘66), BILL OVERELL (OH ‘63), IAN CLOAK (OH ‘68), CLARK ANSTIS (OH ‘75), DEREK OVERELL (OH ‘65) and PAUL ROSS (OH ‘69) all competed in the Australian Men’s Hockey Masters Championship recently in Hobart.
MARK BRADLEY (OH ’79) – owner of The Three Waiters International is delighted to announce that they have won ‘Best Wedding Entertainment’ for the Perfect Wedding Awards 2012 in the UK! This marks the third award The Three Waiters has have won worldwide in 2012. About to celebrate its 10,000th performance throughout 77 countries, The Three Waiters is the world’s most successful act of its kind. JORDAN WILLIAMSZ (OH 2010) is studying and running exceptionally well at the University of Villanova, in Philadelphia. DAVIN MILLS (OH 2002) is working for a project management firm, Gardiner & Theobald, managing five projects including a new 20 storey hotel, two hotel renovations, a retail building and the Brooklyn Bridge Park project, which is a new 85 acre waterfront area consisting of landscaping, marine work and open recreational space. ALEX CAMPBELL (OH 2004) is a fully Licensed Estate Agent, having completed his Agents Representative Certificate in 2010, at the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. He commenced at Thomsons (Murrumbeena) at the start of 2011 as a property manager and became a member of the REIV. Alex has just recently moved into sales and is based in Carnegie/Murrumbeena but is also active in the surrounding suburbs. He looks forward to helping any Old Haileyburians who are investing, buying, selling or renting. Alex played for a few years at Old Haileybury Football Club and when time permitted recently with Old Haileybury Soccer. DARREN COTTON (OH ’86) and ANDREW BONWICK (OH ’88) recently met with royalty on Melbourne Cup Day following their horse’s second placing in the race prior to the Melbourne Cup.
PAUL HAMEISTER (OH ’87) has recently opened a new gymnasium — CrossFit Gym Bayside –www.crossfit8848.com.au GARY BARCLAY (OH ’84) has recently been re-appointed to the Swimming Australia Board. PAUL HASLAM (OH ’86) has recently been appointed as State Commercial and Industrial Manager at Sita in Brisbane. SUMMER 2013 The Haileyburian PAGE 25