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Friday, May 17, 2013

Sporting greats attend opening of new PAC sports facility

Education, News, Sport ? By UniSA student on May 17, 2013 11:33 AM

By MAX BURFORD

Ian and Trevor Chappell returned to their former school last week?as Prince Alfred College unveiled their new multipurpose sports facility.

The Australian cricket greats spoke to a crowd of over 1300 keen onlookers at the school?s official opening of the $15 million Recreation, Education and Development (RED) Centre.

?The facility is fantastic ? a lot different to the gym when I was at the school,? Ian said.

?They have a good tradition of excellence.?

Despite Greg Chappell being unable to attend the opening with his brothers, Ian and Trevor spoke on his behalf in praising PAC for its sporting program.

?Our education here encouraged us to express our talents,? Ian said.

Joining the Chappell brothers at the opening were a host of old scholars including SANFL Hall of Famer Gordon Schwartz and Sturt Football Club CEO Matt Benson, while Melbourne Demons captain Jack Trengove recorded a message for the opening in his absence.

?It is a pity that I am not still at school to use these facilities,? Trengove joked.

?They are going to be a wonderful addition to helping boys develop their skills in a whole range of sports.?

The new RED Centre includes four multipurpose courts, a function centre, two indoor pools, weights rooms, sports science facilities and re-surfaced squash courts as well as a PAC Hall of Fame honouring past students? sporting achievements.

Current head of sport at the school Gary Jenkinson described the renovation as world-class.

?I think it?s a wonderful addition to our co-curricular sports program and it is great to have so many successful Old Reds like the Chappells come back to support it,? Jenkinson said.

?It gives kids the opportunity to hone their sporting skills in a state-of-the-art facility and it is a great way of enhancing the school?s great sporting tradition and reputation.?

In a further boost to the school?s sporting curriculum, Jenkinson was also pleased to announce the school?s appointment of Olympic swim coach Peter Bishop to run a new learn to swim program, which would be open to the public.

?We?ve had a few years of having to do without [the pool facilities] and the water polo and swim programs have deteriorated a little as a result,? Jenkinson said.

?But now we?ve got the new heated pool as well as new instructors to help our swim team prosper.?

The RED Centre is now open for all students, with plans to allow old scholars after hours use in the near future.

Tags: Ian Chappell, PAC, Prince Alfred College, sporting greats, sports facility, Trevor Chappell

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Busch avoids Hamlin-Logano wreck in Fontana finish

Rescue workers tend to the wreckage of the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota driven by Denny Hamlin after he collided with Joey Logano on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday March 24, 2013. The pair had been battling for the lead the last three laps. The No. 18 car of Kyle Busch passes behind on its vicory lap. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Rescue workers tend to the wreckage of the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota driven by Denny Hamlin after he collided with Joey Logano on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday March 24, 2013. The pair had been battling for the lead the last three laps. The No. 18 car of Kyle Busch passes behind on its vicory lap. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

The No. 22 Ford driven by Joey Logano limps across the finish line after he collided Denny Hamlin, not shown, in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday, March 24, 2013. The No. 16 Greg Biffle car was listed as finishing sixth, a revised scoring due to the race finishing under the caution flag. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Kyle Busch celebrates his win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Kyle Busch waves the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Kyle Busch performs a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race in Fontana, Calif., Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) ? Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano raced side by side into the final lap, two bitter rivals unwilling to give even an inch ? right up until they made contact with less than a mile to go.

The race ended with Hamlin in the hospital, Logano in a shoving match with Tony Stewart, and Kyle Busch celebrating a victory that seemed secondary to all the fury at Fontana.

Hamlin was airlifted away from the track Sunday after a collision with Logano on the penultimate turn sent him nearly head-on into the inside wall, putting a spectacular finish on the fifth race of the NASCAR season.

Logano managed to finish third despite wrecking into the outside wall after hitting Hamlin, who spun Logano last week at Bristol and sparked a bitter post-race confrontation that didn't cool off during the past week.

"He probably shouldn't have done what he did last week, so that's what he gets," Logano said.

Yet the 22-year-old Logano might have even bigger worries than his burgeoning feud with Hamlin, whose team expects him to be fine. Stewart got into a post-race shoving match with Logano, with the three-time champion threatening to "whoop his (butt)" after Logano aggressively blocked Stewart out of a late restart.

"It's time he learns a lesson," Stewart said. "He's run his mouth long enough. ... He's nothing but a little rich kid that's never had to work in his life, so he's going to learn what us working guys who had to work our way up (know about) how it works."

Almost forgotten in the post-race frenzy was Busch, who led 125 of 200 laps in his Toyota and earned his first victory of the season when he sped past Hamlin and Logano on the final turn. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also ceded the spotlight, even though NASCAR's most popular driver moved into the Sprint Cup Series points lead with his second-place finish.

Even without Busch and Junior, NASCAR's closest race to Hollywood had an abundance of drama.

"I'm tired of these guys doing that stuff, especially out of a kid that's been griping about everybody else, and then he does that the next week," Stewart said, referring to Logano's complaints about other drivers' similar moves. "He sent Denny to the hospital and screwed our day up. He's talked the talk, but he hasn't walked the walk yet."

After a fairly entertaining race highlighted by Logano's aggressive move to block Stewart out of the final restart, the last lap developed into a spectacle pitting rivals already angry at each other about driving tactics.

Hamlin spun Logano at Bristol while Logano was racing for the late lead on that tight Tennessee bullring. Hamlin claimed Logano had cut him off three times earlier in the race, but Logano ran over to Hamlin's car afterward and leaned in his window for an angry exchange before the teams pulled them apart.

On Friday, Hamlin said he hoped the beef with Logano was finished, but Logano said he hadn't received any apology and wasn't feeling particularly forgiving.

They ended up racing together again in the opening laps at Fontana, with Logano practically grazing Hamlin's bumper early on. Their final-lap theatrics on Fontana's wide two-mile track appeared to be motivated by fierce racing for a win, not revenge.

They were side-by-side heading into the final lap and largely stayed that way until Turn 3, where Logano began to work up the track. The cars made contact and eventually lost control, with Logano hitting the wall while Hamlin slid inside and made heavy contact with the wall.

Hamlin got himself out of the car, but then slumped to the ground beside it before an ambulance arrived. He was eventually airlifted out due to traffic around the track.

NASCAR didn't immediately have an update on his condition, although JGR President J.D. Gibbs thought Hamlin would be fine. Hamlin's girlfriend, Jordan Fish, tweeted that Hamlin was "alert n awake, main concern is his back."

"We were super fast, led a lot of laps," Logano said. "Nothing to hang our head down about, that's for sure."

Stewart, the defending Fontana champion, then got his crack at Logano, who went extremely low to block Stewart out of the last restart, killing Stewart's momentum and consigning him to a 22nd-place finish.

"I had to throw the block there," Logano said. "That was a race for the lead. I felt if the 14 got underneath me, that was going to be the end of my opportunity to win the race, so I was just trying to protect the spot I had."

Stewart ran over to Logano's car and confronted him after the race, shoving the younger driver ? who then threw a water bottle at Stewart, the veteran said ? before teammates pulled them apart.

Stewart was replaced by Logano at Joe Gibbs Racing when Stewart left to drive for his own team starting in 2009.

"What the hell do you think I was mad about?" Stewart asked before providing a colorful series of expletives.

Roger Penske, in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the IndyCar race, firmly backed Logano, who was hired by Penske Racing last September.

"I think it's great," Penske said. "I think (Logano and Hamlin) have got to work it out themselves. He knows what the big picture is. To get yourself knocked off the track every other weekend, you'll never get in the Chase and have a chance to win the championship, so I think cooler heads will prevail. He said, 'I'm going to be around a long time,' was his comment to me."

Busch took advantage of his remarkable stroke of luck to pick up JGR's first victory at Fontana, the only track where the team had never won. Toyota also got its first Fontana win.

"They forgot about me. I knew they were going to," Busch said. "We had a good run on the top side, and they were messing with each other so bad that they took each other down. I was just hoping I could get by before they took me with him."

Earnhardt turned in yet another solid race and passed Brad Keselowski atop the points standings despite falling from third to 22nd late in the race with a dismal pit stop.

Carl Edwards came in fourth, with Kurt Busch fifth. Keselowski finished 23rd after starting at the back, missing the top five for the first time all season.

Kyle Busch's victory was his 25th in NASCAR, completing his ninth career weekend sweep after his Nationwide Series victory Saturday. He ended a 31-race Cup winless streak since last April at Richmond.

"Oh, by the way, I won the race today," Busch said. "That might be a story. I'm sure it's not, though."

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AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer in St. Petersburg, Fla., contributed to this report.

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Teachers union passes vote of no confidence in Michael Gove

Education secretary Michael Gove

Michael Gove stoked teachers' anger further at the weekend with an sharply critical article about the profession in the Mail on Sunday. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Hundreds of teachers have passed a vote of no confidence in the education secretary, Michael Gove, and the chief inspector of England's schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw.

Delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) annual conference overwhelmingly carried the motion. Teachers described Gove and Wilshaw as showing "abject failure to improve education or treat teachers, parents and pupils with respect".

ATL is the most moderate of the classroom unions and it is the first time in its history that delegates have passed a motion of no confidence in an education secretary.

Gove stoked teachers' anger this weekend by writing in the Mail on Sunday that they were against his plans for performance-related pay because they "resented the recognition of excellence". He also said headteachers of academies, unlike other state schools, "put the needs of children ahead of the demands of shop stewards".

Jean Roberts, from London, told the conference of 300 teachers: "We have no confidence in Gove or Wilshaw. If any of us behaved to our pupils the way they behave to our profession, we would be sacked."

Teachers are angry at changes to their pay and pensions and the scale of reforms to all parts of the curriculum. They are expected to voice their fury at Gove and Wilshaw at their annual conferences over the next week. The National Union of Teachers will also propose a vote of no confidence in Gove and call on Wilshaw to resign.

Mary Bousted, the ATL general secretary, said Gove and Wilshaw were "sucking the life and hope out of our education system and the teachers who work within it".

But Jesse Ratcliff, from Lincolnshire, told delegates to wait until the general election to show their displeasure with the government.

The conference also heard that some families were so poor that children were having to choose between catching a bus and having lunch. Teachers had to delve into their own pockets to ensure children had something to eat during the school day.

"We are not talking about sweet-stuffing Billy Bunters," said Clare Kellett, from West Somerset Community College. "Some of these students may not be sure of having a decent meal once in the day. Increasingly, teachers have to put their hands in their own pockets to lift children out of poverty."

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CrunchWeek: The Dongle Debacle, Game Of Thrones Comes To SF, And Who Wants A Smartwatch?

Screen Shot 2013-03-22 at 4.36.08 PMHappy Sunday! I hope you'll agree with me when I say TGICW (Thank goodness it's CrunchWeek) -- that very special time each week when a few of us writers gather around the TechCrunch TV cameras to shoot the breeze about the biggest and most interesting stories from the past seven days.

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