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Supporting Ivanhoe John Gough AO OBE Meeting Room
The Ridgeway Club golfers gather at the First Tee before hit off.
The Ridgeway Club A club is only as good as those who lead it and we have been extremely fortunate to have had two excellent leaders in President James Norman (’86) and Vice President Grant Nichol steer the Club through a very successful year. The Club is well on its way to fulfilling its goal of assisting to fund the Year 9 Enterprise Centre and also contributed substantial funds to the refurbishment of the multimedia room in the Creative Arts Centre at Plenty. Lunches were held at some excellent venues throughout the year and once again a very successful golf weekend was held at Cape Schanck. The Club is always on the lookout for new members. Contact Geoff Brown (’62) on + 61 3 9490 3423 if you are interested.
The family also generously donated a pencil portrait of John, the painting of which hangs in the ANZ Building in Collins Street. The pencil portrait was created some 20 years ago by artist Wes Walters and now hangs in the Meeting Room. A short biography of John’s very significant career is placed at the entrance to the meeting room confirming John’s membership of the School’s Gallery of Achievement and to inspire young Ivanhoe students to be bold in their future-thinking and aspirations. John has also left his legacy in Buckley House through the creation of an annual award known as the John Gough Spirit of Ivanhoe Award.
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As a Fidelis Society member, the Late John Gough AO OBE remembered the School in his Will with the School recognising the Gough Family gift through the naming of the John Gough Meeting Room located in the Middle Years Centre. John’s widow Rosemary, daughters Sarah and Anna and Anna’s husband Tony recently visited the School to view the Meeting Room.
Gail Gilham, Jim Bacskos and Health Gilham
Stewart Oldmeadow and John Kingsford attend a The Ridgeway Club Lunch
Meikle Chemistry Award Dux of The Ridgeway Campus in 2015, Lucas Yong, was the joint inaugural recipient together with Luke Rezk of the B A Meikle Award for Chemistry. The Meikle Chemistry Award was generously established last year by the family of the late Andrew Meikle (’82) who in a serendipitous twist not only was taught Mathematics by Lucas's grandfather, James Yong from Year 9 through to Year 11 but was also his Form Teacher for Year 11. Andrew’s sister, Gail Gilham and other family members were present to meet both recipients.
Tony and Anna Le Deux, Sarah and Rosemary Gough
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