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has not only reaped rewards from the sport, but she has also put much back into it through her coaching ol people of al1 ages and abilities. She has voluntarily given her time to fostering a love of tennis in young children, including those with disabilities. Her non-profit junior tennis club and training of state players, as well as the selices she gives to Charities and Sports Committees keep her constantly busy. The Fancutt name today remains synonymous with tennis, and will continue to be so as Daphne's three sons carry on the family's strong association with the sport. EMILY STREET

game so that I could be sick on the side of the coufi. I always say though, that Charlie must be the only person ever to have won the \flomen's Singles as well as the Men's Singles!" Daphne did not achieve her claim to fame quite so easily. She describes her life at that time as hard, and with a baby to support and little money, it was any'thing but glamorous. In 1983 Daphne returned to competitive tennis, and has since won the Australasian Over 50 Mixed Doubles and the gold medal in the Australian Masters Games. She is now 62, but still enjoys the game as much as she ever did. Admirably, Daphne

LUCYALDERSON

In 1991 she entered the University of Queensland as a Physiotherapy student, and last year completed the four year course with excellent academic results. Subsequently, she had been awarded a University Medal for Excellence, one of only two students in the Physiotherapy faculty to receive this high honour. The school community congratulates Lucy on this fine achievement, and wishes her well in her new position at the Mater Hospital. KIRSTY DODSWORTH

Eleven ucy Alderson enrolled at Girls' Grammar in 1989 to board lor Years and Twelve. "I am very glad to have spent the two years at Grammar. The school really chal- lenged me to achieve to the best of my ability, and I believe it prepares all its students well for university and life itself." \(lhilst in the Senior School, Lucy took advantage of the many co-curricr-rlar activi- ties offered, joining the swimming team, choir and Interact, as weil as the Orchestra and String Orchestra, in which she played violin.

MICHEI I F BUTLER

her senior curriculum. Her concern for peo- ple's health and well-being is evident in the number of years she devoted to supporting the Leukaemia Committee during her time at Grammar, aptly concluding with her Presi- dency last year'. So greatly is she enjoying her present course in Melbourne that she has definite prospects of lurthering her education once she's completed her present degree. Her ultimate goal is to specialise in a particular vein of medicine, but she is currently unsure of which area to focus on, as she has only just begun her studies and knows little of the opportunities available.

O hellev Butler nas a senior at Grammar )in tqqu. She is presenrly contintring her studies interstate attending Melbourne Univer- sity. Although disappointed in the University of Queensland's new policy of creating a post- graduate, four-year Medical Degree, she is thoroughly enjoying the change in scenery, and feels that the Victorian Medical Course is ". . . practical with a deflnite sense of direction". In response to her academic excellence at Grammar she was awarded the Ellen \fren Scholarship - a Major Residential Scholarship subsidizing her studies with $1000 annually, until the completion of her degree. Shelley has always envisaged herself com- pleting an MB/BS degree, and chose a com- plete timetable of science-based subjects for

ALISON MEEKING

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