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Term 3, Week 3
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Friday August 3, 2012
Farewell to Mr Ron Mobbs
“In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
From The Acting Principal Dear Parents and Caregivers, Last weekend many of our College community would have watched the opening ceremony of the XXX Olympiad of the modern era in London. The Olympic Games is not only an opportunity for sporting achievement for each country but also to live the Olympic spirit of sportsmanship and team work. At the opening ceremony, Sarah Stevenson, Great Britain’s taekwondo fighter, read the Olympic oath. The Olympic oath was written by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to be sworn by an athlete from the host nation while holding a corner of the Olympic flag. The athletes’ oath was first taken by Belgian fencer Victor Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games. The oath originally stated:
As a College community we are proud to uphold our commitment to sportsmanship in all our sporting endeavours. Over the years we have displayed as a College enormous pride and honour to wear the purple and white in all our sporting events and to work collaboratively as a team. We are reminded that we have four past students who have won the Pierre De Coubertin Award for sportsmanship here at CBC on behalf of the South Australian Olympic Committee. These include: 2005 - Ben Clarke, 2009 - Adrian Laube, 2010 - Jack Culbertson and 2011 – Nicholas Salagaras. May the Olympics over the next two weeks be an inspiration for us all to continue to live this spirit in our college.
Farewell to Ron Mobbs The Water Sports Auxiliary last Sunday hosted a farewell to Mr Ron Mobbs our Director of Water Sports who has been successful in gaining a position at Wilderness College. The farewell was well-supported by parents, students, staff and past and present members of the Rowing Auxiliary, including past presidents of the auxiliary. It was also pleasing to have in attendance Br Patrick Cronin (past Principal) and Br James Murray
Justice and Solidarity
We are committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and the Earth itself.
Faith Excellence Community Compassion
(Ancient Scribe) who have continued to be great supporters of the rowing program. Mr Mobbs was thanked by many members of the College community for his tireless effort over the past four years in supporting both rowing and canoeing within the college. The highlight of his farewell was the speech given by the senior rowers who thanked Mr Mobbs not only for his coaching ability but also for his care, compassion, wisdom and the father-like figure he was for all the rowers. Joseph Mc Williams read the following poem to express his gratitude to Mr Mobbs. I’m a boy, thirteen, shy and unsure, They all look so strong seem to know what to do. Team work, hard work, their technique is so pure. These oars are so long and I feel so new. Quads carried in the dark across morning dew. Faster now, hands away, reaching at the catch. Now a proud dedicated confident young few. Fast up the slide, we hear the cheers from the lawn. Encourage and lead, we’re devoted to the dawn I’m taller, stronger now show others how it’s done. I’m loyal and brave, a purple “zootie” son. Mobbs taught me this blessing, now it was my fate. A proud Christian Brother of the First Eight!
Dedicated to every beautiful young man who has ever, is, and will, row for CBC. (2010) Leah McWilliams (a CBC rowing mum)