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Retired after 35 years

Mr Robert Landow has retired from teaching, as well as from working for the teachers' union, after 35 years.

Mr Landow was farewelled recently at "Rob's Roast" at the Woy Woy Bowling Club.

He said it was a goodbye to a wonderful teaching, community and union career.

During his life Mr Landow has had many achievements including playing representative basketball for the first Woy Woy Basketball Associations representative team, being junior club champion and beach inspector at Umina Beach and being president of the Ettalong Scouts as well as the Woy Woy Soccer Club.

Mr Landow also played pennants for Woy Woy Bowling Club, reaching the district finals, and played football for Umina Rugby League Football Club, as did his father.

He was responsible for starting up the basketball representative teams at Woy Woy as well as the Sydney North Girls and Boys PSSA Basketball teams.

Mr Landow was president of the Ettalong Woy Woy Teachers Association and also coached many teams to win State, District and local basketball championships.

Throughout his career, Mr Landow also encouraged children to play basketball and enjoy sports activities.

One student, Brook McInnes, went on to play in the grand final of the Women's National Basketball League.

Another student Kodie Williamson is headed off to the US on a scholarship to play basketball there.

Others, like Richmond's Ray Hall and South's Chris Hyde, are just a few of the many champions Mr Landow coached.

After graduating from Woy Woy High School, Mr Landow had a job as a brickies' labourer extending Woy Woy South Primary School, the school where he spent most of his teaching career.

"As School Captain of Woy Woy High School, a school that gave me so much, I vowed that I would return and give something back to the community that nurtured me."

Mr Landow said he had noticed, through his career, a major political swing from a paternalistic government (which ensured all had the same opportunities) to a greedy, materialistic government, which was not interested in spending money.

Mr Landow now embarks on a new career forming Apex Installations, undertaking TV tuning, antenna and satellite dish installations, computer cabling and programming, and telephone cabling.



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