Newington College, Stanmore

In 1992, Newington College created a GPS record in the 100th Anniversary year of AAGPS sport, that will never be beaten and may never be matched by any other school. In the summer season of 1992, Newington’s GPS sporting teams, both 1sts and 2nds, won all eight premierships outright in all four sports 

cricket, basketball, tennis and rowing achieving a clean sweep of all trophies for the first time in GPS history. This achievement is a credit to the Headmaster Tony rae, the Sportsmaster Ian Mclean, the Masters in Charge of each sport, the coaches of each team and of course the boys. The fact that this achievement included all four summer sports, highlighted the depth of talent of the teams and the excitement generated encompassed the entire College.

 

The 1992 GPS Basketball teams were undefeated for the first time in Newington’s history. The 1st’s were Champions and broke many records throughout the season. The 2nd’s won their first competition game against Scots by only one point but went from strength to strength to win the premiership. The Cricket 1st and 2nd XI were both premiers. The 1st’s had many tight matches, none more so than the final battle against St. Joseph’s College. Needing to win outright, they came from behind in the first innings to victory. The 2nd XI showed they were a premiership team, having a substantial lead going into the final match against St Joseph’s and fighting hard to avoid an outright defeat in front of a very patriotic Joeys crowd which knew that a victory to them would deny a Newington clean sweep.The Tennis teams included boys from Years 7 to 12 and won their premierships playing teams that were often much older and more 

experienced. In Rowing, the 1st and 2nd XIII’s felt the pressure of winning both events to achieve the 8 out of 8 record on the last Saturday of the Summer Sport Season out on the Nepean River. The 1st XIII was a champion crew and gave Newington its fourth successive Head of the River trophy. The 2nd XIII were a crew of Year 11 boys and showed the way with a solid victory.To add to these record summer achievements, the GPS swimming relay team and rifle shooting teams won their respective competitions. 

 

The winter season teams also enjoyed success. The 2nd XV Rugby team were Joint Premiers. The 1st XI Soccer team were crowned GPS champions and became the first GPS school to achieve the “double“ by winning the NSW Independent School’s Cup. Overall, Newington won a record 11 out of 15 GPS competitions by the end of 1992.