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Well Done Winston Reid (All Whites 1, Slovakia 1)
This Dilworth Old Boy was up most of the night watching the game between the All Whites and Slovakia. The last minute goal was momentous and I am sure most of New Zealand and indeed people all over the world will be talking about this game. I read that the Wall St Journal said this would be the biggest dud of the tournament. Ha!
Now there is so much to look forward to with the next match against Italy next Monday at 1:30am. Is there a possibility of us making it through to the finals? We need to remind ourselves that Slovakia topped their qualifying pool on the way to the World Cup against teams such as Poland and Czechoslovakia. So they are a good European side punching ahead their world 32 ranking.
On this evidence New Zealand are not easy beats and with an improved and more consistent performance in the next two matches we have to be a chance.
I imagine the Soccer boys at Dilworth will be buzzing today – they all now have many New Zealand heroes they can look up to and work hard to emulate. Like many Schools I expect there will be a resurgence in the sport – will be interesting to see the numbers of boys playing soccer at Dilworth last year, this year and next year.
Will have a bunch of new news for the Website soon. Yours truly attended the truly magnificent School production of Les Miserables last Saturday. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815. Luckily it was performed in English so I could understand it. More to come soon.
We have had another Council Meeting – and a truly great meeting it was – so a full report on that will be on the Site soon. The meeting was held at Junior School and Principal Peter Voss attended along with Donald MacLean, so it was a memorable evening – and the food was great too!
The Country Reunion is approaching fast – slated for the weekend of August 13 in Mt Maunganui – so all of you Country folk need to be making plans NOW and letting us know that you will be attending.
We are developing some cool new features for the Website – truly great features. So, yes more on that soon as well.
The School Basketball team has had a truly splendid start to the season – beating some of the best in Premier Grade. So, will endeavour to get full details and photos on that.
The DOBA Council is having it’s yearly meet with the Trust Board on May 31st (the day after my birthday), so we are looking forward to that, one and all, and expect it to be a truly wonderful meeting of minds. This Council has a great thing going on …
There will be a major newsletter (post and email) sent out in the first week of June, so you can all look forward to that. It will included many great things, including a recent interview of Rev Warren Watson – so a truly magnificent newsletter it will be.
So, what is going on with the usage of the word “Truly” in this brief post? Well Dilworth is a Truly Great School and as an Association we are so impressed with how the boys at the School grow with the opportunities they are given – very much in evidence when you look at their skills in the arts and sports, not to mention academically. So, yes, yours truly - as one involved with the School a bit these days - does feel truly honoured to be involved.
Who Is This?
We do not know who this Old Boy is, and would really like to!
This is a startling example of how a good impression created by just one Dilworth Old Boy can make a huge difference to a large number of people. Some time ago, a lady in Tauranga, called Earlien Wright, met a Dilworth Old Boy who was the child of a friend of her family’s. Three or four years ago, Eirlien Wright, having no family of her own and having been so impressed by this one Dilworth Old Boy, by his manners, his work ethic, his attitude to life, his courtesy, his good and useful citizenship, decided to leave her entire cash estate to assist Dilworth Old Boys in their lives after leaving school. She named this trust in honour of her mother, Mrs Ella Burford and from now on the Ella Burford Trust will figure in our programme of assistance to Old Boys as they leave school to try to make their way in the world. This will be an additional form of assistance over and above the tertiary support that is already provided by the Trust Board.
The reason we say this is a startling example that one person can have on a greater number is that the impression created by this one Dilworth Old Boy has resulted in a trust that contains nearly $1.2 million being left to fund extra study, other expenses that leavers may have (including accommodation), possible assistance with setting up in business and other requests that may come to us from Old Boys who are in particular need. The details of the criteria for applying for a grant from the Ella Burford Trust will be published early next year on the School website and on the Dilworth Old Boys’ website and the first awards from this trust will be made at Founder’s Day on 12 March 2010.
