Rostrevor Magazine 2020-2021

Rostrevor Magazine 2020 - 2021 / Page 69 Ex-Aussie cricketer Wayne Phillips and ex- Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga were the guest speakers and they were both thoroughly entertaining. Henry’s story from both a cricketing and political perspective is a fascinating one, and he even treated us with a few tunes to top it off. Thought that might be a bit awkward… but it was really quite impressive. Bringing the various Rostrevor communities together with this event, having the school and its future in common, is a good thing. Credit should go to the Foundation for a job well done - two from two successful events and we hope it continues. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that we have and are still going through, it would be easy to discount the importance of a bunch of Old Collegians playing cricket. But with the relative isolation that we have all experienced, one thing that I think stares us in the face is the importance of being with others, the camaraderie, the mateship, sharing our lives and experiences. Maybe the upside of all this is that we know now, more than ever, to appreciate our time together. One thing’s for certain, we’re now all champing at the bit for the 2020-21 season as we come together as one. We will have our successes, we will have our failures, but we won’t be alone. We will be a club, a team. Part of something bigger than just ourselves. Gavin Rowe (’87), President, ROCCC