Mail - Upper Yarra Mail - 22nd July 2014

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Upper Yarra

10 Tuesday, 22 July, 2014

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Stalwart’s milestone By KATH GANNAWAY POWELLTOWN champion Peter ‘Macca’ McConachy played his 550th game for the club on Saturday. Supported by family, friends and players, he was cheered onto the ground, running through a banner with his grandchildren, and chaired off by son Troy McConachy and Andrew Clarke, with son Grant McConachy and grandson Alex looking on proudly. See story and more pics in Mail Sport. 124230

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Outdoor Education teacher for nearly seven years and Rev Syme said he was a highly respected and much-loved member of the small and close-knit team there. “He was an incredibly positive person with a wonderful zest for life and had a significant impact on the many students he came into contact with,” he said. He said both men were experienced in backcountry snowboarding, snow camping and bushwalking and were well equipped with extensive knowl-

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edge and experience of the Mount Bogong region. “As a community, we will be supporting Martie’s wife, his son and family, together with his colleagues at Yarra Junction Campus throughout this difficult time,” he said. He said counselling services were available to students and their families at the school. The Mail extends its sympathy to both families and to Mr Buckland’s Yarra Junction friends and colleagues.

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from where his friend was found. He said it was a tragic end to what had been a long and protracted search and a lot of time of uncertainty for Mr Buckland’s family. Caulfield Grammar principal Reverend Andrew Syme in a notification to parents last week said emotions were extremely raw and painful. He said the news of Mr Buckland’s death had confirmed their worst fears. Mr Buckland has worked at the Yarra Junction campus as a specialist

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YARRA Junction teacher Martie Buckland is being remembered for his leadership and passion for teaching in the ‘outdoor classroom’. The worst fears of his family, friends and colleagues were realised when searchers found his body, buried under snow around 10.30am on Tuesday 15 July. Mr Buckland was a teacher at Caulfield Grammar’s Yarra Junction Campus, husband to Sally, a teacher

at Birmingham Primary School in Mount Evelyn, and father of young son, Thomas. Mr Buckland and his close friend Daniel Kerr were reported missing on Saturday 12 July after heading out on the Wednesday to snowboard in the Mount Bogong area. Mr Kerr’s body was found on the Monday. Inspector Dave Ryan from Victoria Police said Mr Buckland’s body was found under about a metre-and-a-half of snow about 60 metres up the hill

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