Novocastrian

As you may guess he is a Novocastrian from way back.

The Novocastrian has had a busy and emotional 2103 season already.

Instead, the former Novocastrian's lawyers launched an abortive "abuse of process" claim to stay the proceedings.

"Four or five years ago you had one fella winning five or six of the big races in a year," the Novocastrian said today.

The Latin term Novocastrian is the demonym for those that are born in Newcastle.

Newcastle Novocastrian (Novum Castrum)

Former students are known as Old Novocastrians or Old Novos ("Novocastrian" is macaronic Latin for "citizen of Newcastle").

The Latin term Novocastrian, which can equally be applied to residents of any place called Newcastle, is also used for ex-pupils of the city's Royal Grammar School.

The daughter of a Vietnam veteran, Claydon is a fifth generation Novocastrian who was educated at Lambton High School and completed an honours degree in anthropology at Sydney University.

In 1906, Northumberland County Rugby was first represented by an Old Novocastrian in Percy P. Phillips who played against Durham at Percy Park in a 0-0 draw.

The embattled former Novocastrian was to drive a Porsche around Mount Panorama Circuit in this weekend's Bathurst 12-Hour endurance race, but Wednesday brought the sad news that he had withdrawn his entry.

Curtain piloted his Yamaha YZF-R1 to a 1m35.396 in first qualifying to take second fastest in the opening session with his team mate and fellow Novocastrian taking third fastest in that session.