THE TIES THAT BIND

GPS Bowls

After six rounds of bowls and one washed out, Grammar remained undefeated, winning the 2025 GPS Bowls Championship. The event has been contested for over 70 years, arguably the longest continuous lawn bowls competition still active.

Pictured L-R: Peter Marsh, Ron Schaffer, Robert Balfas, Christopher Wood, Michael Webb, Peter Larcombe, Grahame Goldberg, Godfrey Gay

Melbourne

We are most grateful to Tony Johnston (OS 1955), who has assisted our Melbourne-based Old Sydneians for many years. Dr Sebastian King (OS 1993) and Jonathan Isaacs (OS 1984) are now available to help with alumni gatherings and activities.

Click here to contact Dr Sebastian King

Click here to contact Jonathan Isaacs

Canada

Similarly, Rob Lesnie (OS 1970) has volunteered to assist any alumni living in Canada, who want to connect. Rob worked as a mechanical engineer for many years in Vancouver and he is now retired and enjoying his cruising sailboat. A postcard describing his life is published in this magazine.

Click here to contact Rob Lesnie

If any Old Sydneians live outside Sydney and would like to organise alumni events:

Click here to contact the Alumni Office

Old Sydneian in the spotlight

Felix Wallis (OS 2015) graduated with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2021, where he studied composition with Carl Vine and Ben Carey. Recently he was selected as the 2026 Layton Emerging Composer Fellow with the Australia Ensemble UNSW, including a commission to write a new work under the mentorship of Paul Stanhope.

His music spans chamber and electroacoustic formats. In 2024, Felix composed Rewilding for Omega Ensemble’s CoLAB programme, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House. His Four Preludes were recorded by Grammar alumnus Rob Hao (OS 2017) in 2023. He plays synths in improvised ambient trio Aquatint and his instrumental-electronic ensemble Miniflora is releasing an EP this year.

Felix was nominated as Emerging Screen Composer of the Year at the 2025 APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards. He has arranged strings for artists including The Kid LAROI and composed for the Ministry of Sound Classical 2025 tour. He has also written the sonic logos for IKEA, Westfield, and Zoos Victoria.

Zürich dinner

A welcome Dinner for the new Headmaster, Stuart McPherson was held at the Werdmüllerzimmer of the Hotel zum Storchen in Zürich on Thursday 6 November 2025.