Grounds and Maintenance

Support Services

Awise man once told me, ‘Beware of Bursar’s bearing gifts,’ so when Michael Burgess told us at the beginning of the year that it would be a “year of no new projects” we remained skeptical. The outstanding grounds team led by Ross Beatson, have just completed the second stage of the Waterford playing fields redevelopment. This has consisted of the construction of a new turf wicket block, soccer fields and a full size rugby field. The boys playing in the first XV will need to put in a good pre-season to step up to the new larger field but it should give us an advantage over the rest of the competition. A big thank you to Renee Stewart, James Scott, and Graham Warne for assisting Ross in this major project. I am sure the students will enjoy the benefits of playing on top class fields. Max Stone, our all-rounder, has also expanded his role at the College and in addition to his normal duties he is now our new “Apprentice Curator“. He has spent many hours this season rolling our practice and match wickets. Well done Max. Congratulations must go to Graham “ Kiwi “ Warne who has finally seen the light and will become an Australian citizen on Australia Day this year. The maintenance department, consisting of Lawrie Dodd and Graeme Hunter has had a very quiet year removing and reconstructing walls in the staff study area and are currently engaged in refitting several rooms for the arrival of new computers.

Mr Glenn Pianto

Property Services Manager Visitors to the College will no doubt be aware of Lawrie’s talent in crafting fine pieces of furniture. During the second term break he made the archives display cabinet which now holds pride of place in the front reception. Graeme Hunter or Hunter dot com as he is now known, has spent the year honing his computer skills and has produced some excellent work in recording all the College’s keys and lock schedule. This is an amazing transformation as only a year ago he was incapable of switching a computer on and has just recently purchased one for home. It was rumoured that Graeme was going to apply for the School Counsellor’s role earlier in the year due to his kind and understanding personality but this proved to be false!

Mr Glen Pianto

Property Services Manager