The Churchie Army Cadet Unit has its basis in the 15th Battalion Australian Military Forces. In 1919 students from the School, as Senior Cadets, formed 16 Platoon, D Company of the Battalion.  All Old Boys and indeed the whole Churchie community are invited to Churchie on Thursday 10 October to acknowledge and celebrate 100 years of the Churchie Army Cadet Unit. The date coincides with the 102nd anniversary of the laying of the Foundation Stone of School House. On this day at a Headmaster’s assembly, which will be held at School House, members of the ACGS Army Cadet Unit will form up to conduct a Heritage March down Oaklands Parade. The march will start at 10.20 am and to pay tribute, the rest of the Senior School will form a Guard of Honour along the length of Oaklands Parade.

In the school sporting arena, the Churchie First V have added the 2019 GPS Basketball premiership to the trophy room, after sharing the honours with Gregory Terrace. Both teams finished the season with a record of seven wins and one loss after Churchie beat Nudgee College at the weekend and Gregory Terrace beat Ipswich Grammar School. We wish our young men all the very best in the Champion Basketball School of Queensland (CBSQ) tournament at Logan this week. To view the Official Draw, please click here. In Chess and Rugby our Firsts teams have finished equal second and fourth respectively whilst many teams across the age-groups have finished first in their respective divisions. Furthermore, Churchie is performing very strongly across all co-curricular activities from years 5 to 12 and this year to date is placed second overall.

As term 3 comes to a close we reflect on another very successful season of cohort reunions. The most recently held were the 1949 cohort for their 70 Year Reunion, the 10 Year Reunion for the 2009 Old Boys and the 40 Year Reunion of the 1979 Old Boys with all cohorts enjoying some time back at Churchie. The Old Boys of the 1949 cohort should be commended on their impressive attendance of 16 Old Boys and 7 spouses. The interstate reunions have continued with an enjoyable evening held in Canberra at the Australian National University. This will be followed soon by the Melbourne Reunion, to be held on Robert Flower Terrace at the Melbourne Cricket Club on Thursday 24 October.

Job Search
Harry Windle (2018) is currently seeking opportunities to gain further experience working on building sites and hence is very keen to find work with a builder. Over the past year he has worked for a local builder and has also been labouring for a concrete company. Ideally Harry would now like to find work as a 1st year apprentice carpenter. If you have an opportunity for Harry, or are able to provide some guidance in his search, please contact the OBA office by email at oba@churchie.com.au or by phoning 07 3896 2203.