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2 Year Reunion at City Cite, May 2021
NEWS AND EVENTS An update from the Ballarat and Queen’s Old Grammarians’ Association (BQOGA)
It has been a busy year in my first year as President of the Ballarat and Queen’s Old Grammarians’ Association (BQOGA) and we are grateful that we were able to hold some of our planned events including our 2015 (5 Year) Reunion, Gala Reunion for 1980, 1990, 2000 & 2010 and our 2019 (2 Year) Reunion. It is unfortunate that we had to postpone the remainder of our reunions for the year; however, we look forward to holding these reunions in 2022. We hosted our inaugural BQOGA Careers' Breakfast in May, focusing on careers in the Health sector. This was a great success with many Old Grammarians involved as speakers on the panel, and our senior students finding this valuable for their research into a career in health. We are looking forward to holding more Careers' Breakfasts in 2022 and beyond.
Our Heritage Football matches were held for our boys' and girls' football teams in May and June. Both teams played well with ‘Best on Ground’ awards going to Year 12 students Sam Breuer and Jorja Jones. The teams wore the Heritage jerseys, and I was honoured to be able to present them to the boys' team before their game.
In other Old Grammarian sporting news, we were proud to watch Lucy Stephan (2009) bring home gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the rowing, and Stuart Brehaut (1996), National Coach of the Australian Badminton team for the Games. Well done to Lucy and Stuart! We will be holding the BQOGA Annual General Meeting on 28 February 2022, and we invite Old Grammarians to attend. We welcome Old Grammarians to join our committee and help shape the future of Ballarat and Queen’s Anglican Grammar School, build connections with other Old Grammarians, and get involved in opportunities that make a difference to our School. If your contact details have recently changed, please complete the update your details form on the website www.bgs.vic.edu.au/updateyour-details or scan the QR code on the opposite page, so we can stay in touch with you. We look forward to catching up with you at our events and other activities in 2022! Tom Hunt (2012) President, Ballarat and Queen's Old Grammarians' Association
