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St Patrick’s College

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Ballarat Victoria 3350

1431 Sturt Street


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Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA)Inaugurated October 1, 2007

Acknowledgements

Editorial Committee

Dr Peter Casey Mr Mark Waddington Mrs Caitlin Bennett Mrs Aileen Loader Ms Betty Morrison Mr Paul Nolan Mrs Stephanie Crawford

Photography Mr Terry Hope Mr Glenn Fisher Mr Daryl Hunt

Design / Layout

Mr Stuart Fountain Mud Group Pty Ltd

Print

Mr Ross Wootton Sovereign Press Pty Ltd

Contents

College Board Report 5

Headmaster’s Annual Report 7

Staff - 2010 10

Pastoral Care Groups 13

Student Leadership 14

Valedictory Address 15

Speech Night 16

College Awards 18

Academic Assembly 19

Prize Winners 21

Cultural Awards 23

Sporting Awards 24

St Patrick’s Day 26

Chris Nolan Awards 27

Farewell 29

St Patrick’s College House Competitions 30

Edmund Rice Day 31

Edmund Rice Awards 32

Liturgy 34

Obituaries 38

Curriculum Developments 41

Pastoral Care 42

Senior School Reports Galvin House Report 44 Keniry House Report 45 Nunan House Report 46 Ryan House Report 47 Senior School 48 Year 12 50 Year 11 51 Year 10 52 Senior School Experience 53

Middle School 55 Year 9 57

Junior School 58 Year 8 60 Year 7 61

Archives 62

Boarding 63

Kelty Resource Centre 65

Old Collegians Association 67

St Patrick’s College Foundation 71

Friends of St Patrick’s 72

Transition and Careers 73

Religious Education 75

Faculty Reports Arts 76 English 79 Enhanced Learning 83 Health and Physical Education 85 Humanities 86 Information Technology 87 Indigenous Education Programme 88 LOTE 92 Mathematics 93 Science 93 Technology 95 Performing Arts 98

Sport Director’s Report 102

SPC v St Kevins 103

House Sport Lap of the Lake 105 Athletics Carnival 106 Swimming Carnival 107

Ballarat Associated Schools Sports Athletics 108 Badminton 109 Basketball 111 Cricket 114 Croquet 122 Cross Country 122 Cycling 124 Football 125 Gymnastics 130 Hockey 131 Rowing 132 Rugby 133 Shooting 137 Soccer 138 Squash and Racquetball 140 Swimming 141 Table Tennis 143 Tennis 143 Volleyball 146 BAS v ACS Carnival 147 Baseball 147

Class Photos 148

Roll Call 175

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2011 College Board

Back Row (L-R): Mr Dennis Foley, Mr Noel Ronan, Mr Chris Caldow, Dr Peter Casey, Mr Stephen Hill, Mr Mark Waddington

Front Row: Br Brian Brandon, Ms Elizabeth Till, Mrs Denise Corboy, Mr Adrian Doyle, Ms Angela Carey, Mrs Leonie Spencer and Mr Andrew Byrne

2011 at St Patrick’s College has been both a challenging and rewarding year for our entire school community. We have seen the completion of new buildings, sporting success and the continued growth of our boarding programme.

Buildings Committee

The Buildings Committee oversaw the completion of the O’Malley Wing refurbishment and extension to the Sir Hugh Devine Wing. We now look forward to the official opening on St Patrick’s Day in 2012. It is indeed a quality space providing the most modern facilities for the boys of SPC. The committee was also able to assist in the upgrading of the St Roch’s Oval thanks to the very generous support of a former old boy of the College. The electronic scoreboard on the main oval was also completed and numerous other projects around the school were undertaken.

The provision of quality boarding accommodation in a safe and learning environment for boys is

a priority for the buildings committee and much work has been completed behind the scenes in ensuring that we achieve this objective. Discussions continue with the Christian Brothers community and the EREA in relation to future use of the Brothers’ Residence at the College. Ultimately this will be a valuable resource for the school and the committee continues to work through the options with the Brothers whilst acknowledging their enormous contribution to Catholic education in Ballarat since 1876. We completed a successful year by securing a lease on 1416 Sturt Street, the former Anglican Bishopscourt and more recently Ballarat & District Cooperative House, as another boarding house. The College will seek EREA endorsement of purchase of the property in 2012. This is an excellent outcome thanks to the Buildings Committee with the support of the Board and its Finance Committee.

This Committee is well resourced by a variety of qualified professionals, who all make a valuable contribution to the College.

Education Committee

The Education Committee had a very busy year during 2011 overseeing the professional development of the College. This Committee had a focus on three key items;

•Improving student engagement in the College

•A College wide approach to improving College literacy

•Differentiation in the curriculum

Apart from the significant contribution of this committee to the College life, a number of the members also visited other schools to explore and review different curriculum approaches at those schools. An outcome of this was a discussion paper that will provide the basis of further discussion and improvement at SPC.

We thank the members of this committee for their ongoing contribution to SPC.

Policy and Planning

The Policy and Planning Committee has responsibility for ensuring that all policies are updated in line with the College’s policy review schedule. This Committee is also responsible for the implementation of the School Improvement Framework as a part of the review process as determined by EREA.

During 2011 the key focus, amongst many, was the development and implementation of the 2011-2014 Strategic Plan for St Patrick’s College, Ballarat. This is a key document for both the school board and the wider College community and considerable thanks must go in particular to Mr Mark Waddington for his enormous and valuable contribution to the strategic plan and College life generally.

This committee also had a significant input into the EREA School Review process. The purpose of the review is to determine how each school is being faithful to the charter and to manage the accreditation process for Catholic schools in the Edmund Rice tradition.

College Board ReportAdrian DoyleBoard Chair

Patron of the College

Bishop Peter J. ConnorsD.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Ballarat

College Board Chair

Mr Adrian Doyle


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Headmaster’s Annual Report presented at Speech NightDr Peter CaseyHeadmaster

Welcome and good evening everyone.

As we gather I am mindful that this beautiful theatre is built on the traditional lands of the Wautharong people. I pay my respects to their elders past and present and to any other elders who join us tonight.

A funny thing happened on the way to this year’s Speech Night - we had to change the date and found that the new date clashed with a farewell to our Diocesan Director, Mr Larry Burn. Hence we reluctantly accepted the apologies of our patron, Bishop Peter Connors and many others of our usual Church guests, including Mr Larry Burn himself. We are pleased though, to welcome our civic leaders in Ms Catherine King, Federal Member for Ballarat, Mr Geoff Howard, State Member for Ballarat East, and Cr Mark Harris, representing the Mayor and City of Ballarat.

I am pleased to acknowledge the presence of many leaders within our College community and welcome to the stage the Chairman of the College Board, Mr Adrian Doyle, the Chairman

of the College Foundation, Mr Dennis Foley, and the President of the Old Collegians, Mr Rick Blanchfield. To our College leadership team and staff, to our parents and to our students past and present, I say welcome and thank you for your ongoing support.

The year in review presents us with another great chapter in the history of St Patrick’s College, its 119th year in the custody of the Christian Brothers, and represented tonight by Br Reg Long.

Student Outcomes

NAPLAN results indicate that our interventionist literacy and numeracy programmes in Years 7 and 8 have led to increases in student outcomes which exceed the state norms for progress and also the progress in like schools. Our students’ achievements post school in universities and in training continue to enhance our reputation as a supplier of outstanding academic achievers and fine Ballarat citizens.

Student Programmes

Survey data indicates that our students and parents continue to value the academic, pastoral and co-curricular offerings of the College. Reviews have led to modifications in the delivery of the College’s Enhanced Learning Programme, Indigenous Education Programme, and Middle School Programme for 2012 as well as the introduction of Engineering as a certificated course in our VCE offerings.

Student Population

The College continues to respond to demand for places, with an expanded enrolment of 250 in Year 7 2011 and a 2012 Year 7 enrolment of 250 locked in at the close of enrolment processes in May of 2011. We have worked with over 1250 boys this year and anticipate commencing 2012 with more than 1300 students.

Boarding

Boarding continues as a two-way street of positive influence between the now 80 boarders and the College community. We are indeed greatly enriched by the presence of the diverse boarding population and the variety of cultures that they bring to our traditionally monocultural Ballarat. Accommodation for the increasing numbers remains an issue for the Board and its Residential Committee, Buildings Committee, Finance Committee and the Foundation.

Student Leadership

College Captain Nicholas O’Brien, has performed most memorably. Nick has been very ably supported by Vice Captains, Mathew Begbie and Adam Spencer. We continue to offer many opportunities across the year levels and activities for the boys to demonstrate and to develop leadership in the company of friends and some serious opponents!

Public Relations and Marketing

The Public Relations and Marketing Committee was very active during 2011 and was instrumental in the excellent media coverage obtained by the College in many areas over the past twelve months.

During 2011 this Committee achieved many favourable outcomes for the College and ensured that SPC was successful in increasing the number of students seeking enrolment in both the day and boarding areas. Demand for places at SPC continues to grow including strong growth for boarding students. We also have extensive waiting lists in Years 7 to 10.

The College continues to be marketed via television, newspapers and magazines. Again the Art Exhibition was a success and justified the hard work of those responsible for the conduct of this exhibition.

This Committee plays an important role in promoting and supporting the College and is seeking additional members with experience in the marketing area to continue to promote the College.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee has overseen the finances of the College and closely monitored the on-going financial position in an endeavour to place SPC in a sound financial position that would see it return a surplus in 2011.

The fee collection policy has been very effective and communication with families to arrange monthly payments has been of great assistance. The ongoing work that this committee puts into cash flow management, and budget and long term planning is very much appreciated by the Board when considering the business of the College.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the significant and selfless contribution of two long standing members of the Finance Committee and the Board in Noel Ronan and Dennis Foley. Both have chaired the Finance committee during their long involvement with the College Board and have made an enormous contribution to the College generally. We thank them for their time and effort in supporting St Patrick’s College.

Residential Committee

The Residential Committee was again faced with an increase in the demand for boarding places in 2011 and this continues into 2012.

The committee continued with its work of promoting the College to key demographic and geographic regions. The committee continues to have regard to the 2009 Burke Report in consideration of boarding matters.

It is pleasing to note the active involvement of the Headmaster Dr Casey and Deputy Headmaster Mr Chris Caldow in the lives of the boarding students. It is this commitment by senior staff that has seen the College reputation enhanced and envied in recent years.

The Indigenous Education Programme continues to grow and is one that is very rewarding for SPC. The need continues for additional accommodation on the College premises in order that we may be in a position to accommodate our increasing boarding numbers and some excellent options are presently being investigated. This has been actively addressed by the Buildings Committee with support of the Board.

College Board

The Board met on nine occasions during 2011. Three vacancies will exist on the Board with the retirement of Noel Ronan, Dennis Foley and Br Brian Brandon. We welcomed Denise Corboy and Angela Carey on to the Board this year and their contribution to College matters is welcomed and appreciated.

It would also be remiss of me not to acknowledge the contribution made by Br Brian Brandon to St Patrick’s College, Ballarat. As a Board member and now Chair I have found Brian’s wisdom and leadership in all matters a great support. Brian brought to the Board table a unique perspective that was very valued and will be much missed.

Members of the College Board

Members of the College Board in 2011 were as follows:

•Adrian Doyle, Board Chair

•Andrew Byrne, Deputy Chair

•Dr Peter Casey, Headmaster

•Br Brian Brandon

•Noel Ronan

•Leonie Spencer

•Denise Corboy

•Angela Carey

•Dennis Foley (immediate past chairman).

Stephen Hill, Deputy Headmaster Teaching & Learning, Chris Caldow, Deputy Headmaster Student and Staff Well-being attended all meetings.

Mark Waddington acted as Board Secretary.

Members of the Board Executive Committee were:

•Adrian Doyle, Chair

•Andrew Byrne, Deputy Chair

•Dr Peter Casey, Headmaster

•Dennis Foley (immediate past chairman).

Stephen Hill as an Auditor and Chris Caldow who acted as Minute Secretary to the Executive.

I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to both Dr Peter Casey as Headmaster and Mr Dennis Foley, immediate past Chair for their ongoing support, guidance and wisdom provided to me through the course of the year.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year as Chair of the Board of St Patrick’s College Ballarat and I consider it an honour to have been able to fulfil this role and to have made a contribution in some way to the future of this great College.

College Headmaster

Dr Peter Casey


Boarding and its success, the Old Collegians’ Pavilion, the John James Medal and Dinner, the Jo Walter Field replacement of St Roch’s Oval, The Shamrock publication, the Old Boys Football and Rugby Clubs, and the Indigenous Programmes, put a name to a few good things which are all attributable to Mark’s initiative or follow through. Throughout the ten years Mark has made us all look good and made us feel we were achieving greatness for the College. Jacinta Waddington and their young family have been part of our community and supported Mark and our initiatives throughout the decade. Now we wish them well as they head to new horizons in Van Diemen’s Land on the banks of the Derwent.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I thank you all once again for your membership of the College community, your participation and your prayerful support in a year when I have publicly dealt with prostate cancer, surgery and daily radiotherapy which has two weeks to go. I particularly thank Bishop Peter, his clergy and all that have led prayers for my safe recovery over the last four months. The school has flourished despite my comings and goings because of the work of many people but particularly that of Stephen Hill, Chris Caldow, and Elizabeth Till who have shouldered additional burdens in my comings and goings. I offer them my gratitude most publicly.

May God go with us all. Dr Peter M Casey

Edmund Rice Acknowledgment

It is with a great sense of pride that Edmund Rice Education Australia acknowledges the extraordinary contribution of your College to Catholic education of young people who have been challenged to make a difference in our world. Your College is an integral part of a network of 40 schools across Australia united by a common Charter based on the vision of Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers. This Charter has recently been reviewed and reimagined to give new life to the mission. Throughout this year and into the future, our network of schools is being joined by a number of Associate Schools who have previously had a connection with the Edmund Rice story and the Christian Brothers.

The achievements and successes of your school during the past year are shared not only in your own community but indeed throughout the expanded network that makes up Edmund Rice Education Australia. Your mission in Catholic education can never be underestimated and we are proud of the role your College takes within Catholic education in Australia to provide multiple and varied opportunities for young people to live the Gospel in ways that bring life and life to the full. This indeed is the message of Jesus for all humankind.

We congratulate you on another year in the Catholic education journey by living out the Charter and we offer the College God’s blessings as it seeks new horizons into a future full of hope.

Edmund Rice Education Australia

Headmaster Dr Peter Casey with the 2012 College Captains

Catholic Identity

The College Mission Team led by Mr Geoff Brodie has continued to broaden its engagement of staff through its inclusive membership of the various strands of liturgy, social justice, retreats, St Vincent de Paul Society, faith formation for students and staff and religious education curriculum. Our students continue to respond amazingly to the challenges and opportunities placed before them in the dimensions of faith, service and just living.

Pastoral

The very welcome addition of Mr Eric Hayes to the staff in the Edmund Rice Centre for Student Services has expanded the team of counsellors available to the boys on a full time basis. Survey data indicates that our boys feel safe and cared for by our staff, and that this is valued by our parents.

Board

The School Improvement Framework processes have complemented our well-established monitoring of our community’s satisfaction with the programmes we offer, together with our processes and outcomes. These have informed our Strategic Plan 2011-2014 whose theme is ‘Raising fine boys to the status of great men’. This Plan will be launched at the Board’s December Dinner and forwarded to all families before Christmas. The Board Committees have continued in their excellent work of guiding

and monitoring the College’s progress in the areas of Finance, Buildings, Policy and Planning, Boarding, Public Relations and Education.

Cultural

2011 has continued the growth of the music ensembles and public speaking programmes. The College Art Exhibition and its value to our school and to the wider Ballarat community is unheralded, but growing in recognition.

Sporting

Growing student numbers and our reputation as the sporting capital of Western Victoria bring joy and challenges. Our programmes continue to bring success across all year levels. 2011 brought premierships in Ist XI Cricket, the Head of the Lake Regatta, Ist XVIII Australian Rules, Ist XI Football aka Soccer, and Swimming to name a few. Of particular note, we were gallant runners-up in the Ist XV Rugby. At the same time there is an obvious need for work in Athletics and Cross Country, given our performances.

Finances

Our finances are well grounded but we are always vigilant to maximize the opportunities for our students while maintaining accessibility for an inclusive enrolment. We finished the 2010 school year with a surplus of $295,810 on an income in excess of $15,000,000.

A major facet of recent educational times has been

Julia Gillard’s role as Federal Education Minister and subsequently as Prime Minister in pushing a particular ideological reform agenda in education and funding. She established the Gonski Review of funding which will report to the Federal Government by year’s end. This is the most significant review of funding mechanism since the 1972 Karmel Report which led to acceptance of the principle of government funding for non-government schools. As a sector we have much to lose if the plausible claims of the Australian Education Union are believed, facilely misrepresenting the fundamentals of how funding comes from the Federal Government to government and non-government schools.

The good news is that the Baillieu Government has honoured its election promise to fund Catholic schools at 25% of the average cost of educating a student in a government school in Victoria.

Buildings

The provision of facilities to match the calibre of our staff and our programmes remains a challenge. The demand for places also calls for increased accommodation for both day students and boarders. The Board has worked hard to ensure that the building programme has matched our other developments. This year we took delivery of the Sir Hugh Devine Wing which will become in time the new Middle School. Next week we reclaim the refurbished Br W T O’Malley Wing. The boys are already enjoying the redevelopment of St Roch’s Oval as the Jo Walter

field- six all-weather tennis courts and a three quarter hockey pitch. We have re-established our Indigenous Space, Yimullandburdoo, at the back of the Br R S Stewart Theatre along with an outdoor classroom funded by the current Year 12 Council.

The rain and good management have the grounds looking spectacular, both gardens and playing fields. The rowers more than most appreciate a full Lake Wendouree. Life is good in so many ways!

Support groups

We continue to be indebted to the work of the Old Collegians, College Foundation, Friends of St Patrick’s, Friends of Music, SPC Rowing Club Inc, the NOB-SPC Amateur Football Club, and the SPCOCA/UB Rugby Union Football Club. The ongoing connectedness of our community is vital to our ongoing fidelity to who we vision ourselves to be.

Christian Brothers

In recent months we welcomed the appointment of Br Evan Zoch as community leader, caring for Br Breach and Br Parker at Nazareth House, and Br Long, Br Ward and Br Hewitt in the Brothers’ residence on the College site. We shared the Brothers’ sadness at the passing of Br Bernie Scott this year. Bernie had served Catholic education in Ballarat in many guises, including heading up St Paul’s Technical School, supporting boarding at the College, and being the great mentor of Gymnastics. Tonight

we recognise him in the presentation of the Senior Gymnastics Award in his name for the first time.

The recent death of Peter Farley for me sits nicely with any reporting of the support afforded the College by the Brothers’ community. Peter was a member of the teaching staff for forty years - from 963-2002. He was much loved as a larger than life character, a teacher of note, a confidante in the boys’ later years and a great mentor. Peter is remembered in our Senior Basketball Award. Throughout his time at the College he remained a good friend to the Brothers. May he, Br Scott and the other members of our community who have died since we last gathered, rest in peace.

Staff Movement

This year there will be significant movement of teaching staff. Trained up in our very successful ways, several staff members are heading off as our missionaries to take on the world. This is a very positive move for them and for us. Each will be recognised over the next few weeks, but I note particularly the departure of Mr Mark Waddington, appointed in January 2002 as our inaugural Development Manager and subsequently Director of Boarding, Director of Community Development, Director of Indigenous Education Programmes and Human Relations Manager- all concurrently. Mark leaves us to take up new challenges at St Virgil’s College in Hobart. He has been part of a most successful chapter in the history of the College, but our model of

Enrolment 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 7 168 168 180 196 199 199 199 225 200 198 250

Year 8 157 168 167 176 191 199 198 198 222 203 195

Year 9 144 157 169 164 174 192 202 200 198 223 207

Year 10 142 141 157 165 157 174 182 207 205 209 234

Year 11 121 126 134 136 150 136 170 160 190 198 188

Year 12 102 113 105 129 118 137 122 157 142 179 171

Total 834 873 912 966 989 1037 1073 1147 1157 1210 1245

Boarders 13 23 24 25 26 48 50 69 75


Mr B. Earl, B.Ed., B.Tech., Cert. III Com. Cook. (Trade), Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr M. Emerson, B.Sc. (Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed.

Ms L. Fazzalari, Dip.Ed., B.A., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr I. Fernee, B.Info.Tech., B.Man., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Ms C. Frame, B.Ed. (P.E. & Maths)

Ms C. Garvey, Dip.Ed., B.A.

Mr N. Geaghan, B.Ed., Cert. IV Train.Assess.

Mr J. Giampaolo, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr B. Gilbert, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr C. Gleeson, B.Ed. (P.E.), Grad.Dip. Sport & Rec.Mngt.

Mr M. Goss, B.Ed., M.Ed. (Leadership), Dip.Teach., Grad.Cert.Ed.Stud.

Mrs V. Green, Grad.Dip.Ed., B.Com.

Mrs M. Griffin, Dip.Art, Grad.Dip.Ed.

Miss K. Hart, B.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mr S. Hayes, B.Teach., B.A.

Mrs N. Hexter, B.Ed., Dip.Sport & Rec.

Ms J. Howlett, B.A., Post.Grad.Dip.Ed.

Ms S. Hughes, B.Ed./B.Tech.

Mr P. Hutchins, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Ms D. Jordan, B.Ed., Grad.Cert.Human & Soc.Sc., B.Sc.

Mr P. Joyce, B.A., Post.Grad.Dip.Ed.

Mr J. Kaczkowski, M.Ed., B.Ed., Grad.Dip.Student Welfare, Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., Grad.Dip.Health Ed.

Mrs M. Kambouridis, B.Ed., Cert. III Spec.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, Dip.Childrens’ Services

Mrs C. Kavanagh, B.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed.

Mr D. Kinnersly, B.Ed. (P.E.), Cert. IV Train.Assess., Cert. III Fitness, Cert. IV Fitness (Personal Training), M.P.E.T.

Mrs L. Klopak, B.App.Sc., Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.Prof.Dev., P.B.C.E.

Mr R. Knight, B.Ed., B.Tech.

Mr S. Kruger, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Ms B. Lees, Grad.Cert.R.E, B.A. (Performing Arts), L.T.C.L., F.T.C.L., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), G.D.C.

Miss R. Leighton, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mr L. Lindorff, Dip.Tech. Ed., Grad.Cert.Ministry, Cert.Syst.Theol., Cert.Ind.Elec.

Mr J. Lynn, B.Ed.

Ms G. Maes, Dip.Food & Food Services, T.T.T.C.

Mr J. Magee, B.A., Post Grad.Dip.Teach., M.Ed.,LL.B.

Mr H. McCrum, B.Ed. (Mathematics), Grad.Dip(R.E.)

Mrs M. McIntyre, B.A., Grad.Dip.Lib., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Arts (App. Jap. Ling.)

Mr L. McKee, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mrs H. McLennan, B.Ed., Grad.Dip.Child.Lit., Grad.Dip.Spec.Ed., Cert. IV Assess & Workplace Training

Mr S. McMahon, B.App.Sc.(H.M.)(Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.M.S.Maths, M.Ed., M.Ed.Lead., Cert.IV.Train.Assess., Cert.II.Comm.Rec., Cert.II.I.T.

Miss V. Moore, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.R.E.

Mrs J. Murphy, M.Ed

Mr S. Murphy, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mr B. Murray, B.Mus., B.Teach., Cert. IV TAA Train.Assess.

Mr A. Nichols, B.Theol., Grad.Dip.Ed. (R.E.), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mr C. Nielsen, B.App.Sci. (Enviro.Man), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Assoc.Dip.Hort.

Mr A. Nunan, Grad.Dip.Ed., B.App.Sc.

Mr M. O’Loughlan, B.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Ms J. Patching, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Dip.Ed. (R.E.), Grad.Dip.Soc.Sc. (Welfare), Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mrs J. Petrov, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.Ed. (Teach.Lib.)

Mrs K. Plastow, M.Ed., B.Ed., Dip.Teach. (Sec.Mus.Eng.), Grad.Cert.Ethnomusicology, Cert. III Syst.Theol.

Ms C. Pope, B.Sc. (Hons), Dip.Ed.

Mr C. Procaccino, B.Ed., B.Tech, Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Ms R. Rajki, B.Ed.

Mr S. Rajki, Dip.Ed., B.E.(Hons.)

Mr J. Richards, B.Ed., Dip.Teach.

Mrs E. Ryan, M.B.A., LL.B., Dip.Teach., B.Ed., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin.

Mr P. Ryan, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Dip.Art (Industrial Design), Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr A. Schuurs, B.App.Sc. (Maths), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Dip.R.E., Grad.Dip.Comp.Sc., M.Ed.

Mr G. Shawcross, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), B.A., Arts (Acting)

Mr P. Sherry, Grad.Dip.R.E., B.Ed., Dip.Teach., Grad.Dip.Adol.Health & Welfare

Mrs K. Smardon, Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Ed. (R.E.), Grad.Dip.Teach.Comp.

Mrs S. Sosinski, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), M.Ed., B.S.W.

Mr F. Spittle, Dip.Art, Dip.Ed., Dip.Arts Education

Mr J. Sullivan, B.Ed., B.Tech.

Mr M. Taylor, Grad.Dip.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, B.V.A., Grad.Cert.R.E.

Ms S. Taylor, B.A., M.A., Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Teach.Lib.

Mrs S. Thapa, B.Ed., M.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, Cert. IV T.E.S.O.L.

Ms E. Till, M.Ed., Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Residential Boarding, B.Sc.

Mr R. Van Bentum, Grad.Dip.Ed., B.Maths (Adv.) (Hons.)

Mr M. Weadon, B.Ed., M.Ed., Grad.Cert. Middle School Maths, Grad.Dip.Arts

Mr G. Webb, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr G. Willis, Dip.Teach.(Primary), B.Ed.

Visiting Music Teachers

Mrs K. Bird, B.Sci., B.Mus.

Mrs L. Emery, B.Mus., B.Mus (Hons)

Mr J. Heenan

Mrs A. Lewicki, A. Mus.

Miss G. Parry, B.Mus., A Mus.A., L.Mus.A.

Mr B. Smith, B.Mus.

Mr G. Williams

BoardingDirector Mr M. D. Waddington, B.Ed. (P.E.) (Hons), Grad.Dip.Management (Sports), M.Bus.Man., M.B.A., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Housemasters:

Wanliss House Mr J. Love

McCann House Mr A.. Newbold

Kenny House Mr S. Lethbridge

Nangle House Dr J. Bishop

Resident Tutors

Nangle House Mr T. Cronin

McCann House Mr E. Browne

Non-Resident Tutors Mr A. Jennings Mr P. Blanchfield

Residential Family Mr M. and Mrs J. Waddington, B.Ed., Dip.T. Grad. Dip.R.E.

Business Office Business Manager Mrs S. A. Walters

Kelty Resource Centre Director Mrs J. Petrov, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.Ed.

Information and Communication Technology Director Mr C. Maciejewski, B.Info.Tech.

Curriculum SupportMs A. Adams, Dip.Ed., Adv.Dip.Agriculture, Enhanced Learning Aide

Ms A. Birkett, Food Technology Assistant

Mr A. Brodie, ICT Technician

Mrs D. Clark, Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs P. Delahunty, Dip.Lib. & Info. Services, T.P.T.C., T.T.L.C., Library

Ms A-M. Driscoll, B.Ed., Dip.R.E., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs S. Edwards, Dip.Lib., Library

Mr G. Fisher, Audio Visual

Staff2011

2011 College StaffHeadmaster Dr P. M. Casey, Dip.Teach., B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D.

Deputy Headmaster, Student and Staff Wellbeing

Mr C. Caldow, M.Ed., B.Ed.

Deputy Headmaster, Teaching and Learning

Mr S. Hill, B.A., B.Ed., Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., Grad.Dip.R.E., M.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Teaching StaffMr P. Andrews, B.Ed., Dip.Creative Design

Mr N. Arthurson, Dip.Teach., B.Ed., M.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, Cert. IV Bus. (Real Estate)

Mrs V. Arthurson, Dip.Teach., B.Ed., M.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr M. Barrins, Dip.Tech.Ed., National Cert.Engineering., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr K. Baxter, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), B.A. (Hons), Assoc.Dip.Outdoor.Ed.

Mr A. Beggs, B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.R.E., Grad.Dip.Comp., Grad.Dip.Theol.

Mr P. Blanchfield, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr W. Bottrall, B.Ed. (P.E.), M.Ed. (Leadership)

Mr M. Brady, T.P.T.C., Cert. of Fine Arts

Mr P. Brady, Dip.Teach., Grad.Dip.Ed. (R.E.)

Mrs U. Bridges, B.Sc., M.Ed.

Mr G. Brodie, Grad.Cert.R.E., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), B.A., M.A. (Theol.Stud.)

Miss B. Brown, Mngt. (Marketing), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mrs J. Burge, Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Spec.Ed.

Mr M. Busscher, M.Ed. (Leadership), Dip.Teach., Grad.Dip.Ed. (R.E.)

Ms C. Canavan, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.R.E., Ass.Dip.Mus.

Mr J. Carmody, B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.Ed.Admin.

Ms F. Carroll, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr A. Chamings, B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Mr H Clark, B.Ed., Dip.Teach.

Ms R. Coffey, B.Ed., M.Ed.(Teach.Lib.)

Mr L. Corden, B.Ed.

Mr G. Crawford, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed.

Mr J. Daniel, B.Ed. (P.E.)

Mr J Davey, B.A., Dip.Ed.

Mrs R. Dean, B.A, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.)

Mr Emmanuel Desfosses, Grad.Dip.Ed., B.A. (Hons), B.A.

Mrs N. Dixon, B.Bus., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Cert.R.E., Grad.Cert.Maths

Ms E. Downey, B.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed., M.Ed., Grad.Cert.Gifted Edn.

Back Row (L-R): Joseph Carmody, Ian Fernee, Mark Emerson, Matthew Taylor, Daniel Sutton, Chris Maciejewski, Michael Goss, Jamie Lynn, Malcolm Barrins, Gavin Webb, Brett Earl, Luke Corden, Shane Hayes, Anthony Nunan, Michael Weadon, Leigh McKee, Mark O’Loughlan, Peter Blanchfield, Alexander Brodie, Jeremy Daniel.

Seventh Row: Juri Kaczkowski, Les Lindorff, Brendon Gilbert, Damian Kinnersly, Glenn Fisher, Peter Ryan, Peter Brady, John Sullivan, Tony Liston, Scott Kruger, Rodney Van Bentum, Julian Ryan, Stuart Lethbridge, Jarrett Giampaolo, Howard Clark, Kieran Baxter, Joseph Magee, Shane Murphy, Art Nichols

Sixth Row: Hamish McCrum, Peter Joyce, Barry Schuurs, Sara Taylor, Brad Murray, Patrick Foley, Chris Nielsen, Geoff Crawford, David Loader, Justin Gordon, Stephen McMahon, Gerard Knobel, Carolyn Garvey, Virginia Green, Michael Busscher, Greg Shawcross, John Davey, Anthony Meehan, Steven Rajki, Peter Hutchins

Fifth Row: Br Evan Zoch, Warrick Bottrall, Trudy Armstrong, Sofia Thapa, Louise Klopak, Andrea McDonald. Silas Paul, Kristine Smardon, Russell Roberts, Amanda Adams, Konstantin Kroog, Tamara Westwood, Adam Jennings, Elizabeth Ryan, Ria Coffey, Kara Hart, Casey Frame, Ebony Clark, Margaret McIntyre

Fourth Row: Melissa Griffin, Helen McLennan, Colleen Pope, Jodie Howlett, Shandelle Scholten, Tiffany Simpson, Mif Wright, Victoria Moore, Garry Fitzsimons, Sarah Hughes, Belinda Lees, Claire Canavan, Trish Pearsall, Anne-Marie Driscoll, Pam Delahunty, Dan O’Donnell, Shannan Sosinski, Tracy Holland, Ursula Bridges, Roger Knight

Third Row: Anne Birkett, Andrew Chamings, Cheryl Strybosch, Claud Procaccino, Annette Clark, Anne Hucker, Clare Kavanagh, Gerry Willis, Fred Spittle, Lorraine Robe, Marianne Kambouridis, Carol Sinclair, Rachael Leighton, Antony Beggs, Bernie Kenna, Brenda Brennan, Helen Bourke, Michelle Lloyd, Deborah Jordan, Veronica Sizeland, Caitlin Bennett

Second Row: Phil Sherry, Narelle Dixon, Laura Fazzalari, Paul Andrews, Fiona Carroll, Catherine Walls, Kerrie Leach, Vicki Arthurson, Catherine Walshe, Jacinta Burge, Rebecca Dean, Jo-anne Patching, Trudi Hooper, Glenda Maes, Glenis Kydd, Leticia Thompson

Front Row: Cathy Warhurst, Aileen Loader, Tina McManus, Geoffrey Brodie, Mark Waddington, Kathleen Plastow, Jamie Bobrowski, Neal Arthurson, Elizabeth Till, Stephen Hill, Dr Peter Casey (Headmaster), Chris Caldow, John Richards, Chris Gleeson, Julia Petrov, Shirley Walters, Steph Crawford, David McCarthy, Kate Jackson, Michael Brady

Absent: Catriona Banks, Sam Bell, Brendan Birch, Katrina Bird, Lachlan Dent, Sue Edwards, Louise Emery, James Heenan, Phil Johnston, Noel Kirkpatrick, Ann Lewicki, Mark McLean, Clive Meddings, Georgia Parry, Martin Pierard, Rosalie Rajki, Donna Rinaldi, Sonya Roberts, Brendan Smith, Banjo Smyth, Kieran Toohey, Jacinta Waddington, Gary Werndly.


Positions of Leadership 2011Headmaster Dr P. Casey

Secretary Mrs S. Crawford

Deputy Headmaster - Student and Staff Wellbeing Mr C. Caldow

Deputy Headmaster Mr S. Hill

Head of Senior School Mr C. Caldow

Head of Middle School Mr N. Arthurson

Head of Junior School Mr J. Richards

Directors Administration Ms E. Till

Boarding Mr M. Waddington

Kelty Resource Centre Mrs J. Petrov

Mission Mr G. Brodie

Sport Mr C. Gleeson

Year Coordinators Year 7 Mr G. Webb

Year 8 Mr P. Brady

Year 9 Ms C. Frame

Year 10 Ms F. Carroll

Year 11 Mr M. Taylor

Year 12 Mr M. Busscher

Heads of HouseGalvin Mr H. Clark

Keniry Ms R. Coffey

Nunan Mr G. Crawford

Ryan Mr B. Gilbert

Faculty HeadsReligious Education Mrs K. Smardon

Arts Mr P. Hutchins

Health & PE Mr S. McMahon

English Ms C. Canavan

Mathematics Mrs C. Kavanagh

Science Mr C. Nielsen

Humanities Mrs C. Garvey

LOTE Mrs M. McIntyre

Technology Mr M. Barrins

Pastoral Care GroupsSenior School

Galvin

SGA Mr I. Fernee

SGB Mr J. Davey

SGC Mr B. Schuurs

SGD Mrs S. Taylor

SGE Mr A. Nunan

SGF Mr A. Chamings

SGG Ms B. Lees

Keniry

SKA Mrs M. Griffin

SKB Mr H. McCrum

SKC Mr C. Nielsen

SKD Mr S. McMahon

SKE Mr M. Emerson

SKF Mr J. Carmody

SKG Mr M. O’Loughlan

Nunan

SNA Mr A. Beggs

SNB Mr A. Nichols

SNC Mr G. Brodie

SND Miss B. Brown

SNE Ms C. Pope

SNF Mr P. Hutchins

SNG Mr R. Knight

Ryan

SRA Mr P. Ryan

SRB Ms L. Fazzalari

SRC Mr K. Baxter

SRD Mrs C. Kavanagh

SRE Mr B. Murray

SRF Mr E. Desfosses

SRG Miss J. Howlett

Middle School

9A Mr M. Goss

9B Mr J. Giampaolo

9C Mr S. Hayes

9D Mr M. Weadon

9E Mr J. Magee

9F Mr P. Joyce

9G Mr P. Blanchfield

9H Miss K. Hart

Junior School

Year 8

8A Mrs K. Smardon

8B Mr L. McKee

8C Mrs U. Bridges

8D Mr S. Kruger

8E Mrs L. Klopak

8F Mr F. Spittle

8G Mrs M. Kambouridis

8H Ms S. Hughes

Mr G. Fitzsimons, Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, Cert. IV Career Devel., Dip.Bus. (Human Resources), Cert. III Occup.Health & Safety, Grad.Cert.Career Ed. & Dev., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs L. Gladman, Enhanced Learning Aide

Ms A. Hadley, B.A., Grad.Dip.Spec.Ed., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs T. Holland, Cert. III Spec.Ed., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs A. Hucker, Enhanced Learning Aide

Miss S Hughes, B.Ed., B.Tech., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mr N. Kirkpatrick, Technology Assistant

Mr S. Lethbridge, B.Info.Tech.

Mr D. O’Donnell, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Visual Arts), B.F.A., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs T. Pearsall, Library

Mrs L. Robe, Food Technology Assistant

Mr R. Roberts, Technology Assistant

Mrs S. Scholten, TAA, Cert. IV Train. Assess., Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs T. Simpson, Cert. IV Ed. (Early Learning), Enhanced Learning Aide

Ms C. Sinclair, Library

Mr D. Sutton, B.Sc. (Hons), Cert. IV Bus., Cert. III Hosp., Grad.Cert.Sc.Com., Intergration Aide

Mrs C Walshe, Enhanced Learning Aide

Mrs C. Warhurst, Laboratory Technician

Ms T. Westwood, Sport

Mrs M. Wright, Enhanced Learning Aide

Transition and Careers Mr A. Meehan, B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Cert.R.E., Grad.Dip.Rehabilitation Studies, Post.Grad.Ed. (Career Dev.)

Director of E-Learning Mr A. Nunan, Grad.Dip.Ed., B.App.Sc.

Enhanced Learning Coordinator Mrs V. Arthurson, Dip.Teach., B.Ed., M.Ed., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Archives Ms C. Banks, B.A., Grad.Dip.Archives & Rec.Mgmt.,Dip.Bus.Frontline Mgmt.

School CounsellorsMr E. Hayes, B.A., Dip.Ed.

Mr G. Knobel, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Cert.R.E., B.A. (Social Science), M.Couns.

Mrs C. Walls, Assoc.Dip.Welfare Studies, B.A. (Soc.Sc.), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), Grad.Dip.Psych. Studies, M.Couns.

Indigenous Education Manager Mrs S. Sosinski, Grad.Dip.Ed. (Sec.), M.Ed., B.S.W.

Indigenous Support Officer (Programmes) Mr A. Jennings, B.App.Sc.

Mr R. Balchin, B.Bus. (Marketing)

Indigenous Support Officer Mr D. Loader

Sport and Outdoor Education AssistantMs T. Westwood

Administrative Staff Ms C. E. Bennett, Development and Marketing Assistant, B. Mgt (Marketing)

Mrs A. Clark, Shop Assistant

Ms E. Clark, Administration Officer - Reception

Mrs S. Crawford, Headmaster’s Secretary

Ms T. Hooper, Administrative Officer - Creditors

Mrs K. Jackson, Administration Officer - ERC, Cert.III Bus. Admin.

Mrs G. Kydd, Receptionist - ERC

Mrs K. Leach, Administrative Officer - Leadership

Ms M. Lloyd, Shop Manager

Mrs A. Loader, Finance Office Manager

Mr D. McCarthy, Payroll Officer

Mrs A. McDonald, Music Secretary

Mrs T. McManus, Administration Officer - ERC

Development Manager Mr M. D. Waddington, B.Ed. (P.E.) (Hons), Grad.Dip.Management (Sports), M.Bus.Man., M.B.A., Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training

Director of Organisational Development Mr J. Bobrowski, Dip.Front Line Management, Cert. III Fitness, Cert. IV Fitness (Personal Training), Adv.Dip.Bus. (Human Resources), Cert. IV Assess. & Workplace Training, Grad.,Cert.,Occ.,Hazard,Mngt

Tuckshop Manageresses Mrs V. Sizeland Mrs C. Strybosch

Sacristan Mrs H. Lee, Sacristan

Kitchen Mr B. Kenna Mrs L. Thompson Ms T. Armstrong Mr P. Foley

Boarding House Keepers Mrs B. Brennan Ms H. Bourke Mrs L. Gaffney

Grounds and Maintenance Manager Mr A. Liston

Property Maintenance Mr J. Ryan Mr G. Werndly Br E. Zoch

Programme Maintenance Mr M. Ilsley Mr P. Button Mr L. Jackson

Boat House Manager Mr P. Blanchfield

Trainee HaPE Mr Justin Gordon

Technicians Mr M. Abeyrama, B.Info.Tech Mr P. Shawcroft, AV Technician

The following staff members left St Patrick’s during, or at the conclusion of 2011

Ms A. Adams

Mrs V. Arthurson

Mr P. Blanchfield

Mrs K. Bird

Ms C. Canavan

Ms F. Carroll

Ms R. Coffey

Mr G. Crawford

Ms C. Frame

Mr J. Gordon

Mr M. Goss

Mr A. Jennings

Mr S Kruger

Mrs A. Lewicki

Mr L. Lindorff

Mrs J. Murphy

Ms C. Pope

Mr B. Smith

Mrs S. Sosinski

Mr M. Waddington

2011 New staff

Given Surname Qualifications Teaching Area

Amanda Adams Advanced Diploma of Agriculture, Diploma of Education Enhanced Learning Aide

Jacinta Burge Diploma of Education, Graduate Diploma of Special Education Enhanced Learning and English

Geoff Crawford Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education English and Arts

John Davey Bachelor of Arts (Music), Diploma of Education Arts

Jarrett Giampaolo Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) ICT

Justin Gordon HaPE Trainee

Jodie Howlett Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education English

Kate Jackson Certificate III in Business Administration, Diploma in out of school hours care Manager, ERC

Rachael Leighton Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Humanities and Japanese

Joseph Magee Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law, Post Graduate Certificate in Arts English

Shane Murphy Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Senior English, RE and Humanities

Brad Murray Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Teaching, Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment Music

Anthony Nunan Bachelor of Applied Science, Graduate Diploma of Education Director of e-Learning

Shandelle Scholten TAA Certificate IV in Training and Assessment Enhanced Learning Aide

Gregory Shawcross Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) Drama

Tiffany Simpson Certificate III in Education, Diploma in Marketing Enhanced Learning Aide

Rodney Van Bentum Bachelor of Mathematics (Advanced) (Honours), Graduate Diploma of Education Mathematics

Gerard Willis Bachelor of Education, Diploma of Teaching Junior School


Headmaster’s Valedictory AddressDr Peter CaseyHeadmaster

2011 Student Council

Back Row (L-R): Matthew Norman, Luke Kemp, James Liston, James Blood, Jonathan Willey, Ciaran Conaughton, Ashley Constable, Regan Boyce.

Front Row: Brayden Allan, Adam Spencer, Nicholas O’Brien, Dr Peter Casey, Bishop Peter Connors, Larry Burn, Mathew Begbie, Benelias Neade, Thomas Gillett.

Absent: Tyler Brandenburg

Good evening everyone. As we gather I am mindful that we assemble on the lands traditionally in the care of the Wautherong people. I pay my respects and thanks to their elders past and present and to any other elders who join us tonight, particularly the mob from Elliott in the Northern Territory, here to celebrate Ben Neade’s successful conclusion of Year 12.

Tonight is about our boys, their journeys and their growth during their time together at St Patrick’s College. For some it has been six years, for some just twelve months. We have a Year 12 graduating group of 171 but in fact 247 students have been part of the cohort at various times. Of the 200 who started with us in 2006 in Year 7, we have 134 as graduates from Year 12. 37 graduates have joined us: 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 12 in 2009, 10 in 2010 and 4 in 2011. A further 76 students have been with us but not completed the journey. Most are gainfully employed as Ballarat’s best trainees and apprentices. We celebrate tonight all of the boys of this cohort from 2006 to 2011.

As usual I have mixed emotions as we come to say our goodbyes. I am immensely proud of you as a group, your vitality and your achievements, both individually and collectively.

Tonight is also significant as a Church event. We gather at the start of the season of Advent, a season of waiting and preparation. Patience is something not normally associated with teenage males. I was reminded of this in recent weeks as my son-in-law, a great man of action, who can get most things to work with a bit of prodding here and poking there, was called on to be patient awaiting the birth of his first child. Jack, our first grandson arrived on Tuesday but not before our son-in-law felt helpless in the waiting time. As parents we are often in that position, knowing the answer or the way or the right decision but needing to bite our bottom lip, praying that our sons and daughters will choose wisely- or wait as is necessary. As we tonight have journeyed together through the secondary school experience, the waiting has become onerous at times: the

anticipation of the relief, the stress of the last days, the unchartered waters ahead - will life post Year 12 be as good as we hoped?

The Cathedral Bulletin this week notes that “Waiting saps our energies and stifles our enthusiasm. Yet wait we must, and as we wait, we wonder: ‘What should I be doing?’ The readings suggest that we should wait with patient expectation for the day of reconciliation and peace; we should wait in joyful hope that what is to come will come soon. While we wait, we should faithfully fulfil our responsibilities. We believe that we have a future worth waiting for, that there are promises that God will keep. And so we look expectantly to the Day of the Lord, that future day of ultimate fulfilment.” Copyright Dianne Bergant CSS. I hope that our graduates take this positive world-view with them, confident in their abilities and their support systems.

The Benedictine nun, Jean Chittister reminds us that:

“Coming to be fully alive is the task of a lifetime. There’s so much in each of us that we have never touched, so much beauty we’re steeped in that we’re overlooked. Consciousness is what lifts the ordinary to the level of the sublime.” So we do need to reflect on where we have come from, what we have achieved together, and where we head. George Elliott wrote that it is never too late to become what you might have been.

So where to from here?

Life is too short to waste any day of it, to live with the question of what might have been, to live with regret. So live life to the full. This is core to Jesus’ message which is the source of our motivation. He said ‘I have come that they may have life and have it to the full’ John 10:10. I hope that by now you have the seeds of a great life firmly planted in you.

I pray each morning and evening in our Chapel for the members of our College Community, so that includes everyone here. I will continue to pray for you all as you venture forth. I am

grateful for sharing your journey. I wish you joy as you confidently take on this beautiful world. I ask simply that you be men of integrity, love life and always speak up for what is right.

You have heard me say my golden rules often enough: keep yourself nice; do the crime do the time; and, forgive and forget because life is too short. So now finally, as I like to say on this night each year, I add my fourth cardinal rule for life: never leave anyone in doubt that you love them. Once again, life is too short to live with regrets.

Much joy to you all and thanks!

Year 7

7GA Mr G. Willis

7GB Ms V. Moore

7KC Mr M. Brady

7KD Mrs S. Thapa

7NE Miss R. Leighton

7NF Mr L. Corden

7RG Mr B. Earl

7RH Mr J. Kaczkowski

7VI Mr G. Shawcross

7VJ Ms J. Patching

Student CouncilCaptain Nicholas O’Brien

Vice Captains Adam Spencer Mathew Begbie

Galvin Captain Jonathan Willey

Vice Captains Ashley Constable Benelias Neade

Keniry Captain James Blood

Vice Captains Matthew Norman Brayden Allan

Nunan Captain Luke Kemp

Vice Captains Thomas Gillett Tyler Brandenburg

Ryan Captain Regan Boyce

Vice Captains Ciaran Conaughton James Liston

Student CongressPresident Adam Spencer

Secretary Matthew Norman

Treasurer Jonathan Willey

BoardingMcCann House Captain Vincent White

Vice Captain Luke Kemp

Nangle House Captain Cameron Lewis

Vice Captain Joab Mead

Kenny House Captain Lachlan Mulquiny

Vice Captain Tomas Gall

Wanliss House Captain Benelias Neade

Vice Captain Jake Neade

Student ActivitiesAthletics Captain Scott Spriggs

Vice Captains Luke Kemp Darcy Cameron

Badminton Captain Brayden Allan

Vice Captain Tyler Brandenburg

Basketball Captain Ashley Constable

Vice Captain Thomas Downie

Boats Captain Daniel Baxter

Vice Captain Blair Keys

Cricket Captain David Dickinson

Vice Captain Liam Mullen

Cross Country Captain Luke Kemp

Vice Captain Aaron Blomeley

Croquet Captain Edward Forbes

Debating Captain Killian Plastow

Vice Captain Joseph Baxter

Football Captain Nicholas O’Brien

Vice Captains Mathew Begbie Bradley Crouch

Golf Captain Samuel Hines

Hockey Captain Harrison Bardwell

Vice Captain Zak McMurray-McKay

Lawn Bowls Captain Luke Polmear

Vice Captain Rory Conroy

Music Captain Killian Plastow

Vice Captains Kyle Woodward Lachlan Mulquiny

Public Speaking Captain Adam Spencer

Vice Captain Dimitry Makeev

Rugby Captain Matthew Dewar

Vice Captain Scott Azarnikow Regan Boyce

Soccer Captain Charles King

Vice Captain Alexander Antonelli

Squash and Racquetball Captain Jaz Plinius-Wiese

St Vincent de Paul President Joseph Baxter

Vice President Adam Spencer

Secretary Jonathan Willey

Swimming Co-Captains Patrick Thorpe James Elford

Vice Captain Matthew Norman

Tennis Captain Mitchell Phelps

Vice Captain Carl Giles

Volleyball Captain Tomas Gall

Vice Captain Matthew Callahan

Volleyball Seconds Captain Thomas Miles

Vice Captain Matthew Lan


2011 Speech Night

College Captain, Nicholas O’Brien

2011 Speech Night

Mr Denis McKinnon addresses the audience

Headmaster Dr Peter Casey, Board Chair Adrian Doyle, Invited guests, Ladies and gentlemen.

It is my privilege to speak before you tonight. Not only to mark the end of the 2011 school year at St Patrick’s College, but to celebrate the end of an era. The end of a unique story that will belong to every single boy departing this college.

As we part ways and embark on many new experiences in all aspects of our lives, many things will change. Our responsibilities become greater, careers become part of our vision, and we establish new networks and life experiences in abundance. One thing, however, will always remain the same. Our connection through our schooling years. Each one of us have been lucky enough to share many great experiences over the course of our time at the College, be it six years for some, one year for others. Through these experiences we inherit a bond that cannot be broken, for the memories of our time together will remain fond in our minds.

Now, as many of us have finished our end of year examinations, and the rest very close to finishing, it is timely to reflect on the many great opportunities we have been presented with in our time at St Patrick’s. It has been without doubt a great place for us to develop from young boys into adolescents, learning off the great role models and leaders that have come before us and that have surrounded us until the end. It is the influences of these leaders that have helped us grow through the challenges of school and inherently fulfil positions of leadership ourselves. As a result of this inheritance, we have hopefully displayed a code of behaviour that is in conjunction with the values that St Patrick’s College has been built upon for over one hundred years. This in turn, will provide our younger community with a sense of direction that helps to continue the cycle of upholding what we believe in as a college under the Edmund Rice tradition.

Whilst we have been in the quest to fulfil our own goals and ambitions as the Year 12 leaders

of the college, we have also had the privilege of watching many Year 11s display some outstanding leadership qualities that will hold them in good stead to continue the great traditions of the College. It is our great hope that as a Year 12 group we have left a strong legacy that will not only be remembered as influential in 2011, but for many years to come. It will undoubtedly give us great joy to look back in years to come and to think that we have not only taken away a wealth of knowledge from our own personal experiences, but we have been able to give something back to the College. As we have always been taught to give back for the collective benefit.

Before we enter into the next phase of our journey, we must also acknowledge the teachers who have helped us unwaveringly for the duration of our time here. On many occasions we witness teachers who go beyond the call of duty to benefit us in any way possible. We would also like to wish all of the teachers who are moving on in 2012 all the very

best in their own pursuits, and thank you for what you have given to St Patrick’s.

Personally, and on behalf of the student body, I would particularly like to thank Dr Casey, Mr Chris Caldow and Mr Jamie Bobrowski for their assistance and guidance of our student council and congress over the course of 2011. Your efforts have been much appreciated and we will certainly aim to apply the values you have instilled in us into the positions we may hold in the future.

To the families and guardians of each and every one of us boys, the growth of your son, brother, grandson or nephew has no doubt been immeasurable over the period of involvement with the College, and what makes this so significant is how quickly this transition seems to have happened. For us, it only feels like yesterday that we entered the corridors of St Patrick’s for the first time, and I’m sure it feels the same for you. I know that the boys of Year 12 in 2011 are very grateful for what our families have done for us; once again another example of how

lucky we are to have been surrounded by such great people.

I wish all of my peers the best of luck for what awaits them in the future, although I know that you will create your own luck. As we acknowledge the sadness of finishing such a great chapter of our life, embracing the anxiety of what the future holds is important for us. Different roads will be embarked upon, and we are ultimately left to individually create our own destiny, so to speak. We will, however, always be Patty’s boys, and we are humbled by what we have achieved together. Do not be sad that our time is up; be grateful that we were given that time in the first place.

Thank You Nicholas O’Brien College Captain

Speech Night - College Captain’s Valedictory AddressNicholas O’BrienCollege Captain

Speech Night2011

Official PartyPatron of the College Bishop Peter Connors

Headmaster Dr Peter Casey

Acting Headmaster Mr Stephen Hill

Chair of the College Board Mr Adrian Doyle

Purton Orator 2007 Mr Denis McKinnon

President Old Collegian’s Association Mr Rick Blanchfield

Deputy Headmaster, Student & Staff Wellbeing and Head of Senior School Mr Chris Caldow

Acting Deputy Head, Teaching & Learning Ms Elizabeth Till

Head of Middle School Mr Neal Arthurson

Head of Junior School Mr John Richards

College Captain Mr Nicholas O’Brien

Federal Member for Ballarat Ms Catherine King

Member for Ballarat East Mr Geoff Howard

City of Ballarat Cr Mark Harris

Speech Night ProgrammeWelcome Masters of Ceremony - Adam Spencer and Mathew Begbie

National Anthem Led by Zachary Weightman, accompanied by Concert Band 1, conducted by Mrs Kathleen Plastow

College Captain’s Valedictory Speech Nicholas O’Brien, 2011 College Captain

Cultural Item Concert Band 1 playing:

i. ‘Transformers (Soundtrack Highlights)’ by Steve Jablonsky

ii. ‘Persuasion’ by Sammy Nestico featuring Timothy Crowe as Soloist.

Junior School Presentation Mr John Richards, Head of Junior School

Purton Oratory 2011 Purton Orator, Adam Spencer

Cultural Item Guitar Ensemble:

i. ‘Una Rumba Para Ti’ by Jurgen Sonnenschein

ii. ‘Solfager Und Der Wurmerkonig’ by Edward Grieg

Middle School Presentation Mr Neal Arthurson, Head of Middle School

College Vice Captain 2007 Mr Denis McKinnon: What I Value About St Patrick’s College

Cultural Item Joseph Zreikat: ‘Hector the Hero’ by James Scott Skinner arr. Tony McManus

Intermission (20 minutes)

Headmaster’s Report Dr Peter Casey

Presentation of Prizes & Awards Mr Stephen Hill, Acting Headmaster

Musical Performance ‘Jungle Juice’ cast featuring Zachary Weightman ‘Chain Gang’ by Sam Cooke

Senior School Media Presentation Mr Chris Caldow, Head of Senior School

Year 12 Choir Conducted by Mr Michael Goss:

i. ‘Someone Like You’ by Adele Adkins and Daniel Wilson

ii. ‘Standing On The Shoulders’ by Joyce Johnson Rouse

St Patrick’s College Song Led by the Year 12 Choir. Please join in.


I acknowledge the Wauthaurong people as the traditional custodians of this beautiful land and I pay my respects to their elders past and present, and to any other elders who join us today. I also acknowledge the Christian Brothers who have nurtured this school on this site since 1893 and thank them for their presence with us today.

Today we gather to welcome our new students and staff and to recognise the academic achievements of 2010 in the Chris Nolan awards and VCE awards. We do this in the company of many parents and several invited guests. I acknowledge the presence of Dr Wayne Tinsey, Executive Director of Edmund Rice Education Australia who will address us shortly. I also welcome our Board Chair, Mr Adrian Doyle and our Board members.

New students Year 7 250 Year 8 5 Year 9 9 Year 10 22 Year 11 12 Year 12 4

Now could our 250 Year 7s stand?

302 new faces so please be kind to them.

Boarders

I would ask our boarders to stand. Our 74 boarders are mainly from rural Victoria and the Northern Territory. Many of the Northern Territory Indigenous boys are yet to arrive. The boarders are far from home so be kind to them also.

New staff

I would ask our new staff members to move to the front of the assembly so that I may introduce them to you and to Dr Tinsey.

Amanda Adams Jacinta Burge Geoff Crawford John Davey Jarrett Giampaolo Justin Gordon Jodie Howlett Kate Jackson Rachael Leighton

Joseph Magee Shane Murphy Brad Murray Anthony Nunan Shandelle Scholten Gregory Shawcross Tiffany Simpson Rodney Van Bentum Gerard Willis

I hope that all of our newcomers are made welcome for a welcoming spirit is one of the hallmarks of my experience of the eight Edmund Rice schools in which I have taught in my forty-one years of teaching.

A lot of people have asked me why we are prepared to take so many boys, why we build for growth, rather than being much more selective in whom we take. People question our open enrolment policy and St Patrick’s College’s commitment to attempt to find a place for every boy who seeks enrolment in good faith, respecting our Catholic nature in the Edmund Rice tradition.

My standard response is to question how the boys will hear of the love of Jesus if we do not enrol them. I base this response on the Letter to the Romans:

“There is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

The letter then goes on to say: How, then, can they call on the God they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the God of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. Romans 10:11-14 & 17. So I believe that we need to enrol boys if they are to hear the Word of God which gives us hope.

I often say that our aspirations for our boys are the same aspirations one would expect to find in any good school, but the difference lies in our motivation which arises from our Catholic tradition. This tradition proposes that all boys are equal in the eyes of God, deserve equal access to good outcomes, and should have access to the Word of God and its living tradition in

our Church.

I believe that we are blessed as we set out on a new school year with all its challenges and new faces, knowing that we are called and sent by God to do this work together. We need to reflect often on our priorities as students, as staff and as parents: where we put our energies and our bodies daily says more about our priorities than any pious words.

And so we rejoice in the great outcomes of each year. As great achievements happen we celebrate them - music, sport, public speaking, leadership and academic endeavour and excellence. Today therefore is one of those grand occasions when we can reflect on the achievements of those who have applied themselves diligently to their studies, worked well with their teachers, and achieved at a high level. Well done on this and for the example you offer to all of your classmates and those who follow you.

May God travel with us throughout 2011.

Academic AssemblyDr Peter CaseyHeadmaster

College Awards2011

Headmaster’s Award for LeadershipNicholas O’Brien

Traditionally the College Headmaster presents this award for leadership to the College Captain in recognition of his leadership

in the College community.

ADF Long Tan Award Joseph Baxter

The ADF Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award provides a fitting tribute to the Long Tan veterans by encouraging and

recognising in a Year 12 student the values demonstrated at Long Tan - Determination, Mateship, Teamwork, Tenacity,

Compassion and Leadership.

Little Family Award for School SpiritMathew Begbie

This award is presented in honour of the Little Family whose five sons attended SPC between 1904 and 1924. It

is presented to a senior student who has displayed and developed school spirit among the students through his

dedication and general service to the College.

Howard Award for Excellence

Timothy McOwan

First presented in 1955, this award is the gift of the Howard Family in gratitude for all St Patrick’s did for the

four sons who attended SPC from 1923 through to 1937. It is given for All Round Excellence, Character, Leadership, Participation, Academic Pursuits and Culture or Sports.

Edmund Rice Award for MinistryJonathan Willey

This Award recognises a student who has embodied the spirit of Edmund Rice through his involvement in

justice, action and reflective practice within the College, the community and the Edmund Rice Network.

Catherine King Award for Community Servi

ceJoseph Baxter

This award recognises a student who has made a significant contribution to the welfare of the College

and wider communities.

Dorothy Irene Ellis-Thomas Scholarship

Tyler Brandenburg

This scholarship is awarded each year to a hardworking, conscientious and worthy student who has shown an overall endeavour to pursue excellence in all areas of his school life and who wishes to continue to do the

same in the future.

De Coubertin Award for SportsmanshipMatthew Norman

This Award recognises students who demonstrate consistent participation and commendable sporting

behaviour in line with the Olympic ideals of participation.


Unit 3 & 4 Duces Subject Score

Daniel Baxter Dux of Systems Engineering (43)

Tyler Brandenburg

Dux of Information Technology: Software Development The Stephen Callahan Mathematical Methods Prize Dux of Physics

(49) (40) (44.4 scaled) (42) (44.4 scaled)

Jack Callil Dux of English Dux of Literature Dux of Media

(41) (40) (41.4 scaled) (42)

Nathaniel Carey Dux of Studio Arts (40)

Jack Dean Dux of Religion and Society (43) (43.8 scaled)

James Fahey Dux of Business Management (50)

Riley Fullerton Dux of Further Mathematics (46)

Samuel Higgins The Paul Watson Accounting Prize Dux of Physical Education

(41) (42.02 scaled) (43)

Alex Hobson Dux of Legal Studies (42)

Christopher Irving Dux of Design and Technology (44)

Luke Kemp Dux of VET Sport and Recreation (43)

James Liston The Robert Connelly Memorial Prize for Australian History

(43)

Sean McDonald Dux of Chemistry Dux of Systems Engineering

(36) (40.56 scaled) (43)

Timothy McOwan Dux of Japanese Dux of Literature Dux of Chemistry Dux of Biology

(32) (41.00 scaled) (40) (41.4 scaled) (36) (40.56 scaled) (46) (2010)

Nicholas O’Donohue Dux of Outdoor and Environmental Studies (41)

Killian Plastow Dux of German (31) (41.03 scaled)

Patrick Ross-Taylor The John Cosgriff Prize for Specialist Mathematics The Stephen Callahan Prize for Dux of Mathematical Methods CAS

(35) (46.86 scaled) (40) (44.4 scaled)

Carl Smith Dux of Economics (40) (41.62 scaled)

Darcy Tuppen Dux of Media (42)

Academic Prizes2011VCE Units 3 & 4

Academic AssemblyNicholas O’BrienCollege Captain 2011

Good afternoon Dr Casey, family of Chris Nolan, distinguished guests, staff and students.

It is my pleasure to welcome all of our school community members back for the 2011 academic year. I hope that the summer holidays gave everyone a chance to refresh and reflect upon 2010 and the lessons learned, and in turn to be motivated for this year.

As I stated in the handover of Leadership assembly last year, our success at school and in life is defined by the choices we make, both positive and negative. Our personal approach to school will largely affect the people around us, and the example we set for our peers will set the tone for those with whom we interact. That is human nature.

This is particularly important knowledge for the senior members of the College. Students who have been at the school for a number of years are generally the drivers of the culture within our community, whether they realise it or not. Our culture is what defines us - as a Catholic school in the

tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice our culture is rooted in the values of faith, respect, honesty, service, humility and justice for all.

It is important that we develop an ownership of our culture and take full responsibility for demonstrating it amongst our peers, to other students and to members of the wider community. We must never shy away from the responsibility of being defined by our actions and the onus that places upon us to do what is right. As Martin Luther King Jr. noted in his 1964 speech at Orbolin College, ‘The time is always right to do what is right’.

I sincerely hope that every new member at our College, be it a staff member, day student, border or a Year 7, is welcomed gracefully and immediately made to feel at home inside the College. It is certainly a daunting task to enter a large community that is completely unfamiliar, especially for our youngest newcomers; therefore it is our duty to go out of our way to give them a sense of comfort. Even something you see as a small gesture can go a long way

to easing the anxiety of new students - these are gestures that people never forget. Most of us can still recall the first friend we made at the College. Coming from a small rural school, I recall being overwhelmed on day one but was quickly comforted by the actions of an older boy who just simply shared a joke with me and in the process unwittingly assisted me with my transition into St Patrick’s.

I wish to recognise and congratulate the Nolan family on the impact they are having on many people. Most of us are well aware on a superficial level of Chris’s story of hardship and misfortune. But there is clearly much more to the story. In reality it is a story of triumph, of a love deeper than many of us could appreciate and a tangible example of the nature of our culture and the values upon which it is founded.

It is admirable to witness such a positive reaction from Chris Nolan and his family to what has been a tragic turn of events in the life of such a promising person in our community. Such demonstration of cherishing life

for what it is serves as a great inspiration to us all.

It gave me great joy when I was informed that Chris’s mother Mary Nolan was recognised on Australia Day as a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia for her contribution to people with acquired brain injuries. I am sure all members of the College community join with me in sharing this pride and joy.

In response, Mary was quoted as saying, “I feel privileged to have experienced the power of the human spirit, that’s what I see in Chris and the people who care for him.” We must all be assured that Mary herself demonstrates the power of the human spirit and the benefits of approaching any situation positively.

On behalf of the College I would like to congratulate Mary and wish the Nolan family well for success in the future.

To any boys who are still yet to decide on a direction to head in this year, my advice is to start by accepting difference as you do similarities, confront change

rather than settle for stability, and most of all, never forget to enjoy your schooling for what it is.

Incoming and returning staff members may also be anxious about the year ahead, but I trust that you will serve the College as well and truly as you possibly can and I encourage all students to work in partnership to enable all boys to realise their full potential in whatever dream or endeavour they pursue.

To the Year 12s, all the very best for the year of study and the many challenges ahead. May we always strive to achieve our best academically and take inspiration from the faith and fighting spirit of the Nolan family. If we aspire to honour the example of Chris Nolan then we will be outstanding role models to our peers.

Thank you and best wishes for 2011.

2011 DUX

Timothy McOwan


Award for All-Round Excellence

Academic Prizes2011VCE Units 1 & 2

Academic Prizes2011Year 7 to 11 Academic Awards

Dr Frank McArdle Prize Year 10 ScienceGerard CliffordYear 10 Dux - University of Ballarat Prize

Timothy Crowe

Year 10 Proxime Accessit Peter Oakley Year 10 Religious Education Prize

Mark McOwan

Year 10 Academic Prize Winners

Year 11 Dux

James FaheyYear 11 Proxime Accessit

Riley FullertonYear 11 Religious Education Prize

Benjamin Martin


Subject Award Winner Subject Name

Robert Conroy Accounting

Benjamin Martin Art

James Fahey Biology

James Fahey Chemistry

Alex Thompson Design and Technology

Nicholas Beaver Economics

Kieren O'Riley English

Edward Forbes Food and Technology

Jarryd Walters Foundation Mathematics

Benjamin Martin General Mathematics

Nicholas Willowhite Health and Human Development

Hamish Kelly History: 20th Century

Bradley O'Loughlin Information Technology

Nicholas McKee Japanese

Subject Award Winner Subject Name

Nicholas Beaver Legal Studies

Riley Fullerton Literature

James Fahey Maths Methods (CAS)

Rhyle Panozzo Media Studies

Joseph Zreikat Music Styles

Hamish Kelly Physical Education

James Fahey Physics

Benjamin Martin Religion and Society

Cameron Butcher Specialist Mathematics

Riley Fullerton Studio Arts

Thomas Ryan Systems Engineering

James Fahey Text and Traditions

Aaron Salvatore VET Music Production

Xavier Slater Visual Communication & Design

Cultural and Sporting Awards2011

Year 9 Dux

Hamish Clydesdale

Year 9 Proxime Accessit and Middle School

Thomas KeoghYear 9 Religious Education Prize

Aidan Joynson


W.T. Doyle Debating

Dimitry Makeev

Br D.G. Purton Oratory

Adam Spencer

Sir Hugh Devine Impromptu Speech and W.T. D

oyle

Deb

atin

g

Killian Plastow

W.T. Doyle Debating

Kieren O’Riley

Public Speaking

Year 7 Dux and Year 7 Religious Education Prize

Liam O’SheaYear 7 Proxime Accessit

Louis Edwards


Year 8 Dux

Callum Holland

Year 8 Proxime Accessit

Mitchelle SteeleYear 8 Religious Education Prize

Thomas Schreenan

Year 7 Religious Education PrizeJarrod O’Brien



BAS Grand Final Best and Fairest Player

Athlete at the BAS Carnival

Best and Fairest Player

Outstanding Musical Achievement

Award for 1st XI Soccer

Patrick KarrasBr H.T. Breach Award for 1st XI Hockey

Harrison BardwellBrian Vear Award for Senior Rowing

Daniel Baxter

Award for 1st XV Rugby

Matthew Dewar

Mary Purcell Debating

Campbell Milne

Br H.T. Breach Oratory

Liam O’Shea


Samuel Smith


Liam O’Shea

Public Speaking (Continued)

Br W.T. O’Malley Award for 1st XVIII Football

for

Rory TaggertAward for Senior Cross Country

Luke Kemp

John James Medal for Best on Ground in th

eThomas Stapleton

Br W.T. O’Malley Award for 1st XVIII Football

for

Bradley Crouch

Award for Croquet

Edward Forbes

Award for Golf

Samuel Hines

Award for Shooting

Jack Gibbs

Award for Lawn Bowls

Luke Polmear

Leo O’Brien Award for 1st XI Cricket

Michael Nolan

Stephen Moneghetti Award for OutstandingDarcy Cameron

Award for A Grade BadmintonBrayden Allan Peter Farley Award for 1st V Basketball

Stefan Osborne

Sport

Award for 1st VI Volleyball

Tomas GallAward for Senior Gymnastics

Anthony ZreikatAward for A Grade Table Tennis

Patrick Thorpe

Award for 1st IV Tennis

Mitchell Phelps

Br B.J. Davis Award for Commitment to SPC Swimm

ing

Patrick ThorpeAward for Senior Racquetball

Anthony Jreige

Award for Senior Squash

Anthony Jreige

Br B.J. Davis Award for Commitment to SPC Swimm

ing

James Elford

The Captain’s Cup Award for SwimmingPatrick ThorpeThe Captain’s Cup Award for SwimmingJames Elford

Performer of the Year

Joseph Zreikat

Band Executive Award for Dedication and Comm

itmen

t

Killian Plastow

Music

Sir Bernard Heinz Award for OverallJakob Baric’

Junior Music Award

Callum Holland

Bandsman of the Year

Lachlan Mulquiny


College Captain, Nicholas O’Brien, with Chris Nolan at the 2011 Chris Nolan Awards Assembly

Chris Nolan AwardsMr Stephen HillDeputy Headmaster - Curriculum

In 2011, Chris Nolan Awards were presented to a total of 201 Years 7 to 12 students, each of whom finished in the top 15 per cent of their respective year level (based on an aggregation of their results from Semester One assessment tasks).

It is worth considering what each boy achieved to receive their certificate. Take one of our Year 8 boys as an example. The typical Year 8 student received a percentage result for some 40 assessment tasks completed in 11 different subjects in Semester One. The best average result for a Year 8 boy was 90%. Remember, the boy who attained this result did so by completing over 40 assessment tasks to a very high standard in all areas of the curriculum - English, Religious Education, Mathematics Science, Physical Education and so on - an achievement certainly worthy of recognition!

Chris Nolan graduated from St Patrick’s College in 1985 as College Captain, completed his Law Degree at Monash University and went on to practise law in Vietnam. Chris was highly respected by all for

his commitment and enthusiasm to all aspects of College life and demonstrated his intelligence and ingenuity shortly after leaving St Patrick’s through being one of the co-founders of the highly acclaimed Meredith Music Festival. After several years in Vietnam, Chris tragically acquired severe brain injuries from a viral infection leading to total organ failure. Chris is profoundly disabled physically and in his communication systems. He has continued to fight against these disabilities and has developed various means of communication and is now the face of the people in developing awareness of and the fight for young people requiring care in nursing homes.

As a student at the College, Chris regularly achieved strong academic results and in his final year he was awarded:

•the Headmaster’s Award for Leadership

•the History Prize

•the Sir Hugh Devine Prize for Impromptu Speech

•a W.T. Doyle Prize for Debating

•the 1st XI Cricket Bowling Award.

During his time at St Patrick’s, Chris clearly exemplified the pursuit of excellence across a range of the College’s important educational programmes and activities.

The following boys received a Chris Nolan Award in 2011:

Year 7: Cameron Adams Joel Amor Lachlan Butcher Liam Cappello Nathaniel Corboy Hasker Dawborn Louis Edwards Brandon Falland Liam Haintz Tynan C Haintz Jonathan Hall Thomas Hallett Liam Hanrahan Daniel Hillman Patrick Johnson Troy Keem Patrick Keogh Joshua Lynch Lawrence McCrabb Emerson McMaster Samuel McMaster Alexander Mooney Riley Murphy Jarrod O’Brien David O’Doherty Liam O’Shea

James Parini Alex Porter Alexander Richardson Jacob Selby Lucas Shugg Callum Smith Joshua Taylor Bradley Tuohey Brayden Ward Harrison Waters Patrick Willis Matthew Wong Luke Wynd

Year 8: Shaun Ainley Nicholas Anokye Jayden Boak William Briggs Nicholas Brown Mitchell Canny Laurence Cashin William Clark Patrick Collier Jacob Coxall Sam Cranage Xavier Curran Tom Evans James Everett Nicholas Frawley Lachlan Fuller Kelsey Gannon Evan Green Ethan Haintz Callum Holland Christopher Kan Samuel Laidlaw

Jake Leontiew Abraham Lewis Benjamin Lusby Timothy Martin Samuel Mewett Campbell Milne Christopher Milroy Harris Robinson Thomas Schreenan Jack Shaw Mitchell Steele Thomas Wakefield Jacob Wheelahan

Year 9: David Adams Samuel Castleman Hamish Clydesdale William Counsel Harry Cousens Liam Edwards Damon Gillingham Matthew Hall Liam Hanrahan Lachlan Hewitt Liam Jess Michael Kan Thomas Keogh Matthew Lakey Peter Leighton Joshua Leviston Benjamin Martin Thomas McDonough Thomas McMaster Thomas Mooney Scott Murphy Luke Pelchen

Good afternoon everyone.

On behalf of the College community I say welcome to St Patrick’s College on St Patrick’s Day 2011.

I acknowledge that we gather on the lands traditionally cared for by the Wauthaurong people. I pay my respects to their elders past and present, including Auntie Marlene and to any other elders who join us today. I also pay my respects to the Christian Brothers who have been faithful custodians for the last 118 years- I welcome the Brothers who have joined us today.

I thank our patron, Bishop Peter Connors for his joining us today and his ongoing support of our sacred venture as a catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition. I welcome our Chaplain Fr Greg Tait and faithful Old Collegian, Fr Gerard Dowling, Cr Samantha McIntosh, representing the Mayor of Ballarat, Mr Larry Burn, Director of the Catholic Education Office, Ballarat and other CEO staff, Associate Professor Joe Fleming, Campus Dean of the Australian Catholic University, Mr Adrian Doyle,

Chairman of the St Patrick’s College Board and his fellow board members

Leaders of community organisations with whom we relate strongly including the North Ballarat Football Club and the Ballarat Miners.

Old Collegians, parents, staff and students.

My thoughts today centre on Tradition, something identified with the College. Tradition as a word comes from the Latin verb tradere, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. In this context I was interested to read in tomorrow’s version of The Crest the words of Mr Geoff Brodie as Director of Mission.

To celebrate St Patrick is to celebrate the history from St Patrick to the present day. In St Patrick we encounter the Irish people from whom Blessed Edmund Rice and the first Christian Brothers emerged. From the Brothers we can trace many great men and women who established places of education and formation, including our own. We must also acknowledge the

rich tradition of old boys who took the message of mercy and justice into the wider world. In this light it was a joy to welcome many old boys back on the Feast Day.

My question concerns what we hand over; what we pass from generation to generation. As custodians it is our role to decipher, to interpret for the current generation. As St Paul said- test all that is handed down and hold fast to the things that are found to be true. We need to honour the past and then find the means to transmit these truths to today’s students in a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition.

But there is more to our task. We need to inspire those in our care to aspire to follow us. Today we honour and challenge our Year 12 Student Council, but I ask who in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 is prepared to take on leading our student body. Who in our 250 Year 7s will replace Nicholas O’Brien as College Captain?

Who will take up the challenge to follow us? The world needs good, competent and inspired teachers. Who will take up the

Edmund Rice ministries of service to teach, to uplift good boys to great men, and the service of the disenfranchised wherever they may be found? Who will lead our celebration of Eucharist and follow in the steps of Fr Greg Tait and Bishop Peter Connors.

As we today celebrate our tradition of St Patrick’s College, I ask again, what will we hand on and who amongst you will take up our mantle?

Edmund Rice ministries of service

Pass it on…

Headmaster’s St Patrick’s Day AddressDr Peter CaseyHeadmaster


Staff Farewells2011

At the conclusion of 2011 we will say farewell to a number of staff who are moving on to pursue other vocational and lifestyle opportunities. Staff leaving the College include:

We thank all these staff members for their contribution to the education of boys at St Patrick’s and wish them well with their future endeavours.

Daniel Phyland Nicholas Powell Louis Powlett Harrison Robertson Martin Ryan Trystan Sammut Mitchell Thomas Damon Williamson Aidan Willowhite Samuel Wines Kieran Wynne

Year 10: Jake Ainley Fergus Bragge James Burge Gerard Clifford Timothy Crowe Joshua Farrar Andrew Fay Matthew Geddes Louis Gillett Andrew Groch Isaac Harbour Jack Harrison John Hickey Luke Howard Benjamin Howes Jessy Kroon Declan Leishman Douglas Mai Caleb McGrath Nicholas McMaster Mark McOwan Adam Murphy Peter Oakley Jarryd O’Dowd Timothy O’Shea Joshua Peters Charles Robinson Mitchell Ryan Timothy Ryan Harrison Spratling Connor Squires Jarrah Staley Patrick Tansey Thomas Thorpe Daniel Toohey Nicholas Treloar Nicholas Whelan Luke Wilson

Year 11: Jordan Atkinson Nicholas Beaver Cameron Butcher Robert Conroy Christopher Debono Conor Dickson James Fahey Patrick Farnan Alexander Fitzsimons Bryce Fullerton Riley Fullerton Jack Furness Joshua Gilbert Hamish Kelly Adam Lavery Benjamin Martin Paul McEldrew Edward Meagher Austin Miller Kieran Missen Timothe Moore Bradley O’Loughlin Michael O’Reilly Xavier Slater Fraser Steggall Alex Thompson Zachary Weightman Nicholas Willowhite

Year 12: Brayden Allan Scott Azarnikow Harrison Bardwell Daniel Baxter Mathew Begbie Regan Boyce Tyler Brandenburg Jack Callil William Corbett Anthony D’Arcy Jack Dean Anthony Dooley Isaac Ellis Carl Giles Kieren Hickey Samuel Higgins Jack Kelly James Liston Sean McDonald Timothy McOwan

Nicholas O’Brien Joshua Paddon Killian Plastow Carl Smith Jordan Smith James Westbrook Jeremy White Jack Wilson

The College community was pleased that Chris, his parents and carers were once again able to join us at the assembly. Chris’ parents, Mary and Jack, presented certificates to the boys on behalf of Chris.

The Headmaster’s VCE Excellence Awards are presented to students who attained the highest aggregated score for all school assessed tasks completed in each VCE Unit 3 and VET subject taught at the College. Certificates were awarded to the following boys in 2011:

Subject Name Subject Award Winner

Accounting Samuel Higgins

Australian History Carl Smith

Biology William Corbett

Business Management James Fahey

Chemistry Timothy McOwan

Design and Technology James Liston

Economics Carl Smith

English Jack Callil

English Harry Mai

Food and Technology Brendan Hutchinson

Further Mathematics Vincent White

Health and Human Development Jack Kelly

Japanese Timothy McOwan

Legal Studies Alex Hobson

Literature Carl Smith

Maths Methods (CAS) Tyler Brandenburg

Maths Methods (CAS) Brandon Weller

Media Studies Jack Callil

Music Style and Composition Anthony D’Arcy

Music Style and Composition Xavier Frost

Outdoor and Environmental Studies Isaac Ellis

Physical Education Samuel Higgins

Physics Sean McDonald

Religion and Society Jack Dean

Revolutions Nicholas Beaver

Software Development Tyler Brandenburg

Specialist Mathematics Timothy McOwan

Studio Arts Nathaneal Carey

Studio Arts Darcy Tuppen

Systems Engineering Daniel Baxter

Text and Traditions Jeremy White

Visual Communication and Design Ethan Jones

Visual Communication and Design Jaz Plinius-Wiese

VET Sport and Recreation Tom Constable

VET Sport and Recreation Kieran Missen

VET Sport and Recreation Luke Kemp

Name Destination Time of Service

Adams, Amanda Port Keats January 2011 - December 2011

Arthurson, Vicki Ballarat Grammar January 1998 - December 2011

Blanchfield, Peter Director of Rowing, Geelong January 2005 - December 2011

Canavan, Claire Loreto College, Ballarat January 2009 - December 2011

Coffey, Ria Trinity College, Pascoe Vale January 2007 - December 2011

Carroll, Fiona Trinity College, Colac January 2003 - December 2011

Crawford, Geoff Highview College, Maryborough January 2003 - December 2008 January 2011 - December 2011

Frame, Casey Moama Grammar, Moama January 2005 - December 2011

Gordon, Justin University Studies January 2011 - December 2011

Goss, Michael Thomas Carr College, Tarneit January 2004 - May 2006 January 2011 - December 2011

Jennings, Adam Adelaide June 2009 - September 2011

Kruger, Scott Monivae College, Hamilton January 2004 - January 2011

Lindorff, Les Retirement April 1997 - December 2011

Pope, Colleen Thomas Carr College, Tarneit February 1990 - December 2011

Sosinski, Shannan Gold Coast July 2007 - December 2011

Waddington, Mark St Virgil’s College, Hobart February 2002 - December 2011

Bird, Katrina Instrumental Music Tutor February 2008 - December 2011

Heenan, James Instrumental Music Tutor January 2011 - December 2011

Lewicki, Ann Instrumental Music Tutor January 2007 - December 2011

Smith, Brendan Instrumental Music Tutor October 2005 - December 2011


Edmund Rice DayMr Chris CaldowDeputy Headmaster - Wellbeing

Edmund Rice Day 2011 has been and gone and was an overwhelming success. At this stage the boys have raised in excess of $33,000 for the four major charities - the Edmund Rice Camps, Caritas, the Edmund Rice Centre at St Alban’s and the Christian Brothers Overseas Aid Fund. I wish to thank all boys who worked so hard to reach the $40 individual target and the many boys who went well beyond this amount.

Galvin students who collected more than $100 of donations:

Keiran O’Riley Year 11 Mitchell Canny Year 8 Ryan Clark Year 9 Leon Hutcheon Year 9 William Watkins Year 9 Benjamin Lusby Year 8 Jack O’Keane Year 8 Sam Cranage Year 8 Mitchell Toohey Year 7

These students from Keniry collected more than $100 of donations:

Brayden Allan Year 12 Liam Deutsher Year 8

These students from Nunan also collected more than $100 of donations:

Luke Kemp Year 12 Mitchell Phelps Year 12 Nicholas O’Brien Year 12 Nicholas Thomas Year 12 Thomas Gillett Year 12 Tyler Brandenburg Year 12 Liam Mannix Year 11 Noah Gemmola Year 8

Ryan students who are to be commended for collecting more than $100 of donations:

Jackson Kinna Year 10 Darcy Kelly Year 8

Congratulations to all of these boys for their outstanding efforts!

Thank you to the members of the Year 12 Student Council for their hard work in preparing and executing Edmund Rice Day. All members of the Council worked particularly hard leading up to and on the day - they can be well pleased with their efforts!

Thank s also are due to all staff for their involvement throughout the day in a whole range of activities. On behalf of the College community I would like to thank our College Chaplain, Fr Greg Tait for celebrating a magnificent mass to begin the Edmund Rice Day celebrations.

I would also like to thank the Mission Team, led by Geoff Brodie and Jo-anne Patching, for their time, planning and preparation for the mass.

The vast majority of families who supported one of our most significant days on our calendar in a number of ways are also to be thanked: namely sponsorship, ensuring that your son attended or notifying the College if your son was unable to attend.

The Winner of the David Ranger Award for the student who raised the most from the entire school for 2011 was Darcy Kelly of Year 8 who raised a grand total of $255.30.

These students raised the most at each year level. Congratulations to all, for your fantastic efforts.

Year 7 Mitchell Toohey 7GB $126.00

Year 8 Darcy Kelly 8H $255.30

Year 9 Ryan Clark 9E $102.90

Year 10 Jackson Kinna SRG $126.70

Year 11 Kieren O’Riley SGF $120.00

Year 12 Luke Kemp SNE $120.00

The annual St Pat’s Has Talent competition was held in the afternoon in the O’Malley Gym. This was competition provided great recognition of student talents. The challenge is to get more alternative acts (other than musical) involved.

The number of absentees, whilst decreasing, is still a concern as it indicates that some students believe that they can pick and choose which activities they are involved in as being a member of St Patrick’s College community. The message that we continue to promote is that each boy signs up for the whole package. This includes involvement in all whole school activities such as Edmund Rice Day as well as Swimming and Athletics carnivals.

While genuine illness or injury is the reason for a number of the absences, it would seem that in some cases students have decided that these days could be better spent doing something

else. These days are compulsory and are organised because we believe that they contribute significantly to the development of our students and foster generosity, team work and sacrifice which are all worthwhile and vital qualities in life.

We rely on support from families to ensure students attend all three whole school activities days we run each year. These days are not study days for our senior students or extended holidays. Staff and students put hours of work into the organisation of these activities and in return we expect students to be here and participate.

The message we put to the boys about Edmund Rice Day was that they could make a difference to those living on the margins. I am sure that every boy who contributed to the day has made a difference to the lives of someone whose circumstances are far more difficult than ours - for this, I am very grateful and view the 2011 Edmund Rice Day as a great success! Well done, boys!

St Patrick’s College House CompetitionsMr Chris CaldowDeputy Headmaster - Wellbeing

The College presents four individual shields representing the four identified areas for student participation in the College and one overall shield which is determined by combining the results of the four individual shields. The four individual shields are:

Community Frank Doolan Shield Frank Doolan (SPC 1908) was one of the founders of Legacy. Frank introduced Legacy’s work for the widows and children of deceased servicemen.

Academic Fr Michael Quinn Shield Fr Michael F. Quinn (SPC 1893-1894). Foundation student of the College, College Dux 1893, Matriculated 1894. Ordained 1900 for the Diocese of Ballarat, First Parish Priest of Charlton, died October 11, 1932.

Arts Sir Bernard Heinze Cultural Shield Sir Bernard Heinze (SPC 1906-11). Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Knight of the Realm 1946, Australian of the Year 1975.

Sport David Bourke Sports Shield David Bourke, CBE (SPC 1944-48): College Captain (1948), Captain of First XI Cricket (1948), Vice-Captain of First XVIII Football (1948), Chairman of VRC (1991-97), Asian Racing Conference (1991-98), Victorian Country Racing Council (1969-91), Secretary of Pakenham Racing Club (1961-82), awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1981.

Overall Champion House Br William Mark McCarthy Shield The shield is named in honour of Br William Mark McCarthy, Headmaster of St Patrick’s College 1899-1904, 1909, 1919. Br McCarthy will ever be regarded as one of the great pioneers for the Christian Brothers at St Patrick’s College. He bought most of the land we now have for the ovals, built the Pell Wing which served as the main teaching block from 1902 until 1964, and the McCarthy Wing named in his honour in 1919 which now houses the Kelty Resource Centre and Mackey ICT labs.

These competitions very much reflect our main focuses as a College and I congratulate all boys on their efforts in these areas this year.

House Awards In 2007 the College introduced House Awards - an award for a senior boy from each of the four Houses, who has displayed an outstanding attitude towards and made a significant contribution to academic, cultural, sporting and social justice activities at the College.

Congratulations to the staff and boys in Galvin House in winning the Br William Mark McCarthy House Shield for 2011!

Professor Sir Bernard Heinze Cultural Shield

House Shield Points McCarthy Points

1st Galvin 132 10

2nd Ryan 89 7

3rd Nunan 87 5

4th Keniry 73 3

Father Michael Quinn Academic Shield


1st Keniry 95170 10

2nd Nunan 94850 7

3rd Galvin 94399 5

4th Ryan 94032 3

Frank Doolan Community Shield


1st Galvin 1075 10

2nd Keniry 1042 7

3rd Nunan 1011 5

4th Ryan 1009 3

David Bourke Sports Shield


1st Nunan 73 10

2nd Keniry 60 7

3rd Galvin 49 5

4th Ryan 43 3

Br William Mark McCarthy House Shield

4th Ryan - 66pts

2nd Nunan - 27 pts

2nd Keniry - 27 pts

1st Galvin - 30 pts

The Br J.B. Galvin Award

Jonathan Willey

The Br E.F. Keniry Award

James Blood

The Br J.L. Ryan Award

Regan Boyce

The Br M.P. Nunan Award

Luke Kemp


Nunan House Kieren O’Riley For gaining a 1st placing in the Public Speaking section of the Royal South Street Competition.

Nunan House Jake Neade For being selected in the AIS Level 2 Academy Football Team.

Nunan House Andrew Brown For handing in a $10 note to student services.

Nunan House Ryley Stuhldreier For being selected in the U/15 All Australian Football Team.

Nunan House Christopher Kan For winning the World Pokemon Championship.

September 9 2011

Keniry House James Fahey For demonstrating responsible behaviour in assisting another student.

Keniry House Nicholas Brown For assisting Concert Band 3 after school each week.

Keniry House William Soufis For assisting Concert Band 3 after school each week.

September 16 2011

Ryan House Ryan Attwood For being part of a trio that organised and rehearsed their own music to come third at the Royal South Street Competitions.

Ryan House Jacob Selby For his excellent assistance in the Kelty Resource Centre.

September 23 2011

Keniry House Rhys Hutchinson For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

Keniry House Brody Robertson-Leech For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

Keniry House Callum Holland For his outstanding Medieval artefact.

Nunan House Liam Williamson For assisting fellow students and staff in Technology classes.

Nunan House Jack Shaw For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

Nunan House Ryan Shaw For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

Ryan House Edwin North For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

Ryan House Bradley Bosworth For his excellent costume for Medieval Day.

October 21 2011

Galvin House Corey Haase For coming fourth in the U/14 Victorian State Golf Championship and 30th in the U/18 Title. Corey plays off a handicap of 8.

Galvin House Liam Jess For his leadership in Boarding and for cleaning up after the staff dinner last week.

Galvin House Campbell Milne For his fine effort in Debating at the recent South Street Competitions.

Nunan House James McKinnon For his fine effort in Debating at the recent South Street Competitions.

Nunan House Patrick Collier For his fine effort in Debating at the recent South Street Competitions.

Ryan House Martin Ryan For his leadership in Boarding and for cleaning up after the staff dinner last week.

October 28 2011

Nunan House Michael Peart For his leadership in setting a appropriate example for other class students.

November 11 2011

Nunan House Robert Conroy For excellence in all aspects of his VCE Unit 2 Design & Technology work.

November 18 2011

Ryan House Jake Ainley For creating a team atmosphere and always having a positive outlook in Pastoral Care.

Ryan House Brayden Ward For doing an excellent job in assisting the Librarians in the KRC.

Edmund Rice Awards

February 25 2011

Ryan House Thomas Thorpe For his generous and outstanding flute playing at morning’s prayer on Tuesday February 22.

Nunan House Ryan Shaw For winning a State Underage High Jump title last weekend with a successful leap of 1.75m.

April 8 2011

Galvin House William Counsel For his assistance and effort on the Year 9 Presentation at the Middle School Assembly on March 25.

Galvin House Bradley DeVries For his assistance and effort on the Year 9 Presentation at the Middle School Assembly on March 25.

April 29 2011

Galvin House Reece Evans For being a great example for the Stepping Stones programme. Reece also regularly steps up to meet his responsibility to others.

June 17 2011

Ryan House Darcy Kelly For raising $255 for the recent Edmund Rice Walkathon. Darcy raised the most donations by a Year 8 student.

Galvin House William Counsel For his high achievement in WIRED reading 27 books in Semester One.

Keniry House Rhys Hutchinson For his high achievement in WIRED reading 32 books in Semester One.

Keniry House Lachlan Hewitt For his high achievement in WIRED reading 22 books in Semester One.

Keniry House Bradley Crouch For being named in the All Australian Under 18 Football Team

Nunan House Thomas McDonough For his high achievement in WIRED reading 24 books in Semester One.

Ryan House Jesse White For his high achievement in WIRED reading 36 books in Semester One.

Ryan House Jacob Wheelahan For his high achievement in WIRED reading 25 books in Semester One.

Ryan House Lachlan Kennedy For his high achievement in WIRED reading 63 books in Semester One.

July 29 2011

Ryan House Leigh Spiteri For being voted best on ground in the first Under 14 game of Interleague.

Ryan House Brayden Rodd For scoring a hole in one in a recent golfing game.

August 12 2011

Keniry House Jack Hynes For excellence in debating.

Keniry House Evan Green For excellence in debating.

Keniry House Patrick Farnan For excellence in debating.

Keniry House Dimitry Makeev For excellence in debating.

Ryan House Liam O’Shea For excellence in debating.

Ryan House Matthew Wong For excellence in debating.

Ryan House Thomas Thorpe For excellence in debating.

Ryan House Ciaran Conaughton For his excellent sporting contribution to SPC through cycling.

Ryan House Patrick Thorpe For his excellent sporting contribution to SPC through swimming.

Ryan House Thomas Stapleton For being named Best on Ground in the recent BAS First XVIII Grand Final.

August 26 2011

Nunan House Campbell Milne For competing in The Royal South Street Competition in Debating.

Nunan House William Clark For competing in The Royal South Street Competition in Debating.

Nunan House Marcel Schlooz For achieving two First Places in Performing Arts at the Royal South Street Competition.

Ryan House Joseph McKinnon For his outstanding leadership demonstrated during the Year 8 camp.

Ryan House Paul Liston For completing his Math work during Immersion Week above and beyond the required standard.

September 2 2011

Nunan House David O’Doherty For gaining a 1st placing in the area of the Performing Arts at the Royal South Street Competition.


Mothers’ Day Breakfast

to increase their awareness and commitment to the expectations and rituals associated with the celebration of Mass. This was achieved through - Assembly announcements - Morning messages - Support and reiteration by staff

•Regular formats in prayer to assist in engagement of staff and students - Morning prayer - Headmaster’s Assembly

•More staff and students actively engaging in roles during the Mass. Ms Jacinta Burge, Ms Carol Sinclair and Ms Anne-Marie Driscoll were essential in the smooth running of whole College liturgies.

•Restoring the existing patens and chalices with a skilled silversmith. The College also commissioned the manufacture of a large chalice and seven communion bowls to match the existing pieces.

•The training of new student Eucharistic Ministers through a program developed and delivered by Fr Greg Tait

•The preparation of appropriate and prayerful liturgies for specific purposes - EREA Board Meeting - Funerals of Br Bernie Scott and Mr Peter Farley - Memorials

I must again emphasise the expertise and generosity of the members of the Liturgy Domain who presented the College community with liturgies of beauty and praise. This reflects the priority of liturgy given by Vatican II. House Masses offered an opportunity for students to engage in a smaller Mass as an intimate encounter with Christ in the Eucharist. These Masses sought to enhance House identity through what truly unites the Catholic community.

In the smaller liturgies of Ash Wednesday and House Masses our students were both prayerful and engaging. This flowed from the outstanding levels of cooperation from students at the St Patrick’s Day Mass. It was noted by staff and visitors that at those moments in the Mass that require prayerful silence, our 1200 students transformed the

O’Malley Gym into a school of prayer. This allows the Spirit to move in the way that Scripture tells us can only happen when we are still. The leading role in singing taken on by our senior students also added to the invitational beauty of our liturgies. Our rituals are enriched when the senses encounter the symbolic depth of our community prayer. With the kind donation of two chalices by the Casterton Parish, students visually experience the integrity and beauty of the Eucharist as the source and summit of our Christian lives.

The College thanks the Liturgy Domain for their work at the heart of the College life. It is not inappropriate to name four individuals in particular. Mrs Jo-anne Patching and Mr Michael Goss have made a contribution that I will not reduce by the limits of words. We farewell Mr Goss to a new school next year and know he will bring great joy to his new community. Mr Patching is taking a year of leave and so we wish her every blessing in the next twelve months. Our College Chaplain, Fr Greg Tait, is

also departing on sabbatical leave and we shall miss his liturgical sense and insights into Scripture. We wish Fr Greg all the best in his sabbatical year. Finally, the College sacristan, Mrs Helen Lee offers the College the full range of liturgical talents, offered in a spirit of true generosity.

Staff Formation Domain

In 2011, the Domain was responsible for

•All incoming 2011 staff receiving a copy of ‘So You belong to a Catholic School to the Edmund Rice Tradition’ as part of the induction process

•Facilitating the EREA induction program for new staff at the commecement of the year. Mr Brendan Douglas from EREA successfully delivered selected key aspects of the Galilee programme as part of the 2011 new staff induction programme

•The 2011 Whole School Staff Formation programme that took place June 28 and 29, led by Father Chris Gleeson SJ,

Fr Sacha Bermudez-Goldman SJ and Jennie Hickey. Our presenters worked as a team to clearly address issues and aspects specific to our 2011 theme, ‘Enriching every encounter’

The opportunity for all staff to be members of the Mission Team and to contribute to Formation is an important aspect of our whole school approach to Mission. Members of the Formation group have a genuine interest and enthusiasm for this dimension of Mission and their contribution was very much valued. We acknowledge Mr Stephen Hill, Ms Laura Fazzalari, Mrs Elizabeth Ryan, Ms Elizabeth Till and Ms Anne-Marie Driscoll for their efforts.

The Staff Formation Domain has raised the questions of Mission and their impact on the way individual staff plan and execute their day. The unity of the staff is an essential motivating and creative force within the College, and we continue to discuss questions of ultimate value and final meaning within our Catholic context.

LiturgyMr Geoffrey BrodieDirector of Mission

The theme for the staff formation days this year was “Enriching every encounter”. This is a worthy summation of the work of the Mission Team in 2011. At a recent seminar Fr Michael Smith SJ suggested that the mission of a school is to enrich the quality of one’s presence to the world. I believe this to be a powerful statement, worthy of contemplation by the community of St Patrick’s College as we ever strive to be of value to our families in the education of their sons. It is with that ‘framework’ in mind that I invite to you read this report to our College community.

The first significant change for the year was the restructuring of the Mission Team. This began last year under the leadership of Mrs Maree Moore and Mrs Jo-anne Patching (2010 Director of Mission and Head of Religious Education respectively), in conjunction with a team from Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA). The new structure recognises four key domains of action:

•Liturgy

•Staff formation

•Social Justice

•Youth Ministry and retreats

Each domain is ultimately led by a staff member who volunteers their time and expertise on top of their normal duties. A feature of these staff members was the way they invited, welcomed and supported the work of the other volunteers in their teams. At times the College benefited from the direct contribution of around thirty staff members in leadership roles. The College thanks those Domain Leaders for their outstanding generosity and contribution in 2011.

•Mrs Jo-anne Patching (Liturgy)

•Mr Stephen Hill (Staff formation). When Mr Hill became Acting Headmaster, the role was ably continued by Ms Elizabeth Till

•Mrs Kristine Smardon (Social Justice)

•Mr Art Nichols (Youth Ministry and retreats)

The main part of this report will be an account of the efforts of these domains.

A second significant aspect was the aim to generate a College wide rhetoric that unites all members of the College community. The rhetoric recognises two dynamic forces at work. These forces may be colloquially named from the ground up and from the top down.

From the ground up, the first task was to acknowledge all that is already established in Mission and name it. In this naming the key categories of ‘meaning’ and value’ are significant. We are a College with a long and rich tradition that forms and informs the many activities we undertake together. We possess a history and tradition of the many who have sought the good of others that continues to animate our present.

This naming stage was a matter of recognising that history/tradition under the new schema. This would have the advantages of responding to the challenge of making ‘mission’ a meaningful and valuable concept for all staff and students and to frame an ‘aspirational’ rhetoric that

motivates and directs the actions towards a future enlightened with Christian hope.

From the top down is the recognition of our Catholic identity in the Edmund Rice tradition. The gift of St Patrick’s College to the Ballarat community is a part of the total gift of the Church to humanity. Our vision of education draws on the many images and understandings of the Church in the world, and specifically of the life, work and witness of Blessed Edmund Rice. Revelation informs us that we are made in the image of God. This is a God who is both Trinity and Incarnate.

Just as the Trinity is a community of divine persons united so perfectly in love that we speak of One God, we are called to create a community of love that unites all. Just as God became one of us in Jesus Christ, we are called to use the power of our faith in union with the majesty of human reason to witness the quality of the Christian presence to the world. No-one is on the outside when it comes to Mission.

With respect to the individual domains I am also pleased to report the following to the community

Liturgy Domain

In 2011, the Domain was responsible for:

•The Celebration of the Eucharist as a defining characteristic of our community - St Patrick’s Day - Edmund Rice Day - Mothers’ Day - Fathers’ Day - Thanksgiving Mass - Community Mass - Staff Mass - Four House Masses

•Ash Wednesday liturgies were celebrated in the College Chapel with a more formal liturgy than in recent years. The experience was enriched through - Leadership from Heads of School - The assistance of Fr Greg Tait

•Support from the timetable to allow liturgies in year levels

•Actions to assist students


5. To promote and develop post-school formation courses .

The key focus areas for CYSMA are

•A four phase multi-dimensional model of formation including - Promoting effective student retreat and ‘youth ministry’ experiences - Youth ministry curriculum pathways - Youth ministry teams formation - Student leadership formation - Service and justice focus - Post school opportunities

•Family retreats ministry

•Staff professional development

We look forward to the exciting developments of the next few years that CSYMA will bring. These changes initiated under this Domain have positioned St Patrick’s College to become a centre of the New Evangelisation and address our Pillar of Faith in a direct and modern context. The development of the twin characteristics of peer witness and peer leadership in the faith

life of our students has begun to make clearer the integration of personal faith into the existing curriculum.

It is a powerful part of our Catholic identity that we respond to the desire of our students to explore their own faith responses to the Christian event. The explicit reference to the faith dimension of our College develops a vehicle for cultural change that is nurtured as a living part of our identity. We acknowledge the long hours spent by Mr Art Nichols in the achievements of 2011, wonderfully supported by his team: Ms Fiona Carroll, Mr Gerard Knobel and Mr John Richards.

In conclusion, 2011 has been a foundational year for Mission at St Patrick’s College. The domains recognise aspects of the College identity that have always been there, but we have adopted a structure that allows all the complexity and challenges of our present situation to be addressed. It is our openness to the grace of God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit that will determine the just rewards of our labours.

Social Justice Domain


•A student leadership group participating in the annual St Vincent De Paul State Youth Conference in Richmond.

•Five students (maximum amount permissible) participating in the World Vision Conference to raise awareness of social justice issues in the world. As a result, a larger group of students participated in the 40 hour famine and raised awareness of social justice issues back at school.

•The assistance of the active involvement the St Vincent de Paul Conference of approximately thirty students. - These students were supported by Jacinta Burge, Claire Canavan, Louise Klopak, Glenda Maes - Such staff support has enabled the conference to consistently provide outreach activities.

•The conduct of the outreach activities that continue to provide immediate, material

and spiritual assistance to people in need in the Ballarat Region: - Weekly bread run in Sebastopol - Weekly tutoring session each Wednesday at St James Sebastopol - Annual Pancake day - Visitation to major hospitals Annual Easter Good Will visit. - Three sausage sizzles to raise money for global concerns. - Back yard Blitz’s in Wendouree West area

•The regular student excursion to St Albans to continue the refugee tutoring programme. Ms Colleen Pope has been outstanding in her coordination of the programme, ably assisted by Ros Rajki, Sofia Thapa, Fred Spittle Rachael Leighton and John Cosgriff

•The facilitation of the Annual Social Justice Assembly.

Under the committed and insightful leadership of Mrs Kristine Smardon, Social Justice is an integral part of St Patrick’s College. We can no more ignore

the fundamental demands of justice than we can tell our eyes to no longer see. It is a defining aspect of the nature of our faith that we reach out to those who are denied the basics of their vital and social existence. Whilst there is the undeniable enrichment of the student who takes up the opportunities offered, it is not the reason for action. We are blessed by the presence of those students who see the world through loving eyes, in the image of Christ, and freely work for the benefit of others. Their witness continues to raise the awareness of issues to the wider student body in events such as the Social Justice Assembly. We know that all students contribute in their own ways and proper to their personal stage of development. It is the gift of a school to cater for so many individual journeys.

Youth Ministry Domain


•Enhancing the retreat programs at Years 7, 10, 11 and12

•Presenting to Senior School the film “The Human Experience” and the opportunity for discussion with the producers of the film

•Researching the Catholic Schools Youth Ministry Australia (CSYMA) program

•Gaining approval for the CSYMA program to be implemented into the curriculum at Years 10, 11, 12 for 2012. This is a significant addition to the College and requires some detailed explanation.

Youth Ministry is a term which applies to efforts by Christian communities to foster the faith formation of young people to enable students to respond to the needs of their school community and beyond. It emerges from the New Evangelisation; an initiative by John Paul II to renew and re-present the faith to the modern world.

CYSMA is a professional teacher-centred organisation networking Catholics secondary schools, staff and organisations with the goal of further

empowering staff and students in evangelisation. The network has four aims

1. To help staff and sustain a personal living relationship with Jesus and a strong Catholic identity through on-going formation, discipleship and participation in the life of the Church.

2. To develop a vision for a ministry of evangelisation as teachers, and to be committed to sharing the Gospel of Christ in a school setting.

3. To support the development of School based faith formation programmes. Including the four phases youth ministry model, family retreats, Christian service programmes and staff faith formation.

4. To build bonds of communication and foster solidarity amongst Catholi8c Schools, through inter-school staff and student formation programmes at a local and regional level.


Obituaries

family history, Two Families. From 1988 to 1991 Alex lived in Riyadh as Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the emirates of the Persian Gulf, the Sultanate of Oman and the Yemen. Before his appointment as Ambassador to Riyadh, he was Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. Earlier, Alex had been a senior official in the Department of Trade and had served in the Australian Embassies in Washington and Brussels. Alex has made a great contribution to the academic traditions of the College and will be greatly missed by family and peers.

•Leonard Richter (SPC 1938-39) passed away on May 8, 2011.

•Former College Deputy Principal Mr Bruce Runnalls passed away on June 2, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Bruce was Deputy Principal of St Patrick’s College in 2000 and 2001 prior to being appointed Principal of Catholic Regional College Sydenham. He then went on to be Principal at St Thomas Carr School in Tarneit, roles he fulfilled with great distinction up until his resignation from education in 2010. Vincent Brennan died on August 18 aged 86 years. Vin came from a farming family at Corack East in North West Victoria and was a boarder during his years at St Pat’s. Brother Healy, the Principal of the College from 1943, used to claim that they were golden years because of the number of students who went to train for the Priesthood. But Vin, like most of his classmates who did not aspire to this vocation, was nevertheless greatly influenced by the tradition of loyalty to the school and its Christian values of striving beyond ourselves and serving others.His characteristic quiet, friendly nature and gifted sporting abilities enabled him to carry out leadership roles in sport, family and the community throughout his life. At St Pat’s in his final year Vin was Captain of the First XV111 Football, First X1 Cricket and the Athletics Teams. After leaving St Patrick’s Vin returned to the family farm and became involved in establishing his own farming enterprises

growing crops and livestock. He also continued his sporting activities in local football and cricket teams. After his marriage to Joan in 1949 and several more years farming at Corack East, his young family embarked on a new enterprise in dairy farming with Jersey cattle, at Gnotuk, near Camperdown in Western Victoria. The family grew to seven children including Garry, Paul (dec), Sue, Brian, Richard, Clair, and Maryanne. They made many friends in the area and Vin maintained his leadership in family, local industry, community and sporting interests. With their children and grandchildren mostly living in Melbourne Vin and Joan retired from farming and moved to Essendon in 1994. Vin was able to renew his association with the Lunch Club and was a regular at our meetings in recent years. In 2009 several members were pleased to join Vin and Joan and their family and friends to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Joan died in 2010, and we admired the wonderful care Vin and his family gave her during her illness. The Harp Lunch Club members were well represented at the respective Requiem Masses for the repose of the souls and to celebrate the lives of our colleagues Fr Kevin Sweeney and Vincent Brennan. Monsignor Frank Hickey, who was one of the six from St Patrick’s Ordained in 1951 and a member of the group, concelebrated in each of the ceremonies and joined with us and many others in expressing our sympathy to their families.

•Douglas Cocks (SPC 1940-42) passed away recently. After spending two years as a pilot in the Air Force he became a Secondary School Teacher, retiring from Wantirna College in 1983. He is survived by his wife, five children and seven grandchildren.

•Beverly Crudden passed away on June 8, 2011. Bev was married Pat Crudden (SPC 1942 - 46) of Shepparton. Pat and Bev often joined the Old Collegians Association at the Shepparton Regional Dinner where Bev was often the centre of discussions, delighting in extracting stories from old boys whilst challenging them with the

accuracy of some of their recollections. She will be sadly missed at future gatherings and by her close knit, loving family.

•Gladys ‘Joan’ Hayes passed away on August 5, 2011. Joan was a former long serving College secretary from 1965 to 1981. Below is an excerpt from the ‘History and Heritage’ book: ‘…In these days all at the College are familiar with the pleasant conditions prevailing in the new administration area. As we review the story of development we might well spare a though for the first permanent secretary employed at St Patrick’s College and presided over clerical administration from a draught ‘temporary’ office set up in the hallway of the Brothers’ Residence. This was Miss Joan Hayes, first employed in 1965 to handle the clerical side of the Appeal for the O’Malley Wing. She stayed on for fifteen years, becoming in that time an indispensable personality in the College, a hardworking and efficient secretary to the Principal

•Gerald James Gleeson 1933-2011 (SPC 1947-1950) It was with great sadness that in February this year, the College received the news that Gerald James Gleeson had died as a result of stomach cancer. Gerald attended SPC between 1947 and 1950. He was one of many generations of Gleeson families who attended the College, starting with the first roll caller, Sir Hugh Devine, whose mother was a Gleeson. Gerald’s father James Leo Gleeson (SPC 1916-1917), brother Brian Edmund Gleeson (SPS 1947-1952), and many uncles and cousins also attended St Patrick’s College. While at SPC, Gerald attained sporting success in several fields, including handball (he was the Under 15 Champion in 1948), representative rowing, and as a member of the 1st XVIII Football Team. Gerald was a member of the St Vincent De Paul conference in 1950, and also completed his Matriculation in this year. On leaving school, Gerald played VFL football for the Melbourne Football Club,

starting in the Under 19s, and went on to play 101 senior games between 1953 and 1962, an era during which the Demons won four premierships. Gerald was known to the football world as ‘Terry’, as a result of a quirk in a report at the time. An article in the ‘Herald Sun’ newspaper in 1998 told the story: ‘… Forty-two years after he was a member of the Demons’ 1956 premiership side, Gleeson has fessed up that his name is not Terry, as was listed throughout his 102 games, and in media guides, Melbourne year books and league annals … “My real name is Gerald,” Gleeson admitted. So how did he become known as Terry? “Being a country boy … I spoke a bit slowly, slurred my words, wasn’t really phonetically correct,” he said. “When I first introduced myself, people thought I said Terry, instead of Gerry. I appeared in the paper as Terry and it stuck.” Why didn’t he correct the mistake? “It was a bit late. The power of the press had got me. I couldn’t see the point in always correcting people. It was too hard.” While playing football for the Demons and working full-time, Gerald studied part-time and completed his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. He worked in a number of sales and marketing management positions before establishing his own consulting practice. Gerald was also keenly interested in working for his community, and during the 1960s and 1970s gave ten years of honorary public service as a councillor at Moorabbin City Council, as well as serving as that city’s Mayor. In 1957, Gerald married Dorothy Whinfield Mannes. They lived in East Bentleigh and then in Malvern with their six children. Gerald’s consultancy was initially based in Melbourne, but many projects took him to Sydney for extended periods of time. Sadly, Gerald’s marriage to Dorothy broke down, and Gerald permanently moved to Sydney. In 1984, Gerald married Helen Joy Butcher. Gerald stoically battled stomach cancer but sadly, died in Sydney on Friday

February 18, 2011. His requiem mass was conducted on February 23, 2011 at St Peter Chanel Church, Woolwich, NSW by Fr Kevin Bates CM. Gerald is survived by his wife Helen, six children from his earlier marriage to Dorothy Mannes, and fifteen grandchildren. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them at this sad time. (Many thanks for biographical details about Gerald Gleeson from his brother Brian Gleeson (SPC 1947-52).

•Br Bernard John Scott November 4, 1934 - June 28, 2011. The St Patrick’s College community was deeply saddened at the passing of Br. Bernie after a courageous battle with cancer. Br Scott passed into the hands of his loving God after a lifetime of service on June 28 at St John of God Hospital, Ballarat. Br. Bernie was the son of Jack and Mavis (Quick) and he was raised in Preston. He is survived by his brother, Brian, and his sister, Margaret Hill. He was educated at St Thomas’ Clifton Hill and he entered St Enda’s Juniorate in Strathfield on January 27, 1949. In 1953, he began his novitiate under Br Patrick Harty in Minto before moving back to Strathfield for his teacher training year. In 1955, Br. Bernie began his teaching career at St Augustine’s, Yarraville, moving in 1959 to Prospect Vale in Tasmania before he was transferred to St Paul’s Technical College, Ballarat. At the end of that year, 1960, he made his final profession. Br. Bernie’s other interstate appointment was in 1962 to Strathmont in South Australia. After six years, he moved to St Kevin’s in Heyington and, five years later, he returned to Ballarat in charge of St Paul’s. His next move was to Broadmeadows for three years and then to Geelong for six years followed by another ten years at St Kilda. In 1996, he returned to St Patrick’s College in Ballarat. He was the leader of the Brothers’ community and showed great compassion and generosity in that role. Br. Bernie was a man committed to his life as Christian Brother and he shared his gifts willingly. He was an avid ornithologist

•Armstrong - David (SPC 1965-67) passed away on November 23, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. David’s brothers also attended SPC, Peter Armstrong (SPC 1959-62), Pat Armstrong (1960-64) and Brendan Armstrong (1969-70).

•It was with great sadness that in January 2011, the College received the news that Robert Guilar Black died on November 5 2010. Robert was a boarder at the College for three years, coming to SPC from Beremboke, a small town near Ballan. In 1955, Robert’s first year at SPC, he completed his Sub-Intermediate certificate, obtaining the third highest grade in his year. Robert also played football for the Nunan House, and was in the premiership team of 1955. In 1956, he completed his Intermediate certificate, and was Dux of that year. In 1957, Robert completed his Leaving certificate, passing the following subjects: Maths I, Maths II, Physics, Chemistry, Geography and English. He was awarded a Scholastic Prize for attaining the second highest grades in his Leaving certificate class. In 1957, Robert was a member of the Treacy House cricket team, which were the victorious premiers in that year. Robert Guilar Black cherished very fond memories of his days at SPC and will be greatly missed by family and his peers.

•Paul Callinan (SPC 1956-63) passed away in his home town of Lennox Head. Paul is survived by his two brothers Richard Callinan (SPC 1956-62) and Mark Callinan (SPC 1958-66). Paul was Dux of his Matriculation year of 1963 and Leaving year of 1962. He was a Cadet Under Officer and completed his Bachelor of Science and practised as a Naturopath.

•Thomas Curtain (SPC 1967) passed away on February 16 2011 and was farewelled by family and friends at a funeral Mass held at St Anne’s Church, Seaford. Tom was one of five children and is survived by wife Christine and three sons, Justin, Brett and Scott. At the funeral John Croft (SPC 1940-47) caught up with Chris

Jenkins (SPC 1938-42) whose daughter is married to Tom’s brother, David Curtain QC.

•Patrick Egan (SPC 1973) passed away on January 9, 2011 after a courageous battle with motor neurone disease.

•Caleb Gardner (SPC 2007-2009) passed away tragically on March 15, 2011.

•Bernard Garvey (SPC 1958-64) passed away on October 24, 2010 after a two year battle with cancer.

•Matthew James (SPC 1994-1999) passed away on April 27, 2011 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Matthew was a member of the Cricket Junior XI White team which were finalists in the 1995 BPSA. In the same year he was part of the SPC Athletics team, and came 1st in the Under 13 Javelin (Div 2) competition. He was highly respected by his peers and teachers for his friendly manner and his sense of humour. Matthew was a highly respected member of the payroll department at Ballarat Health Services. Deepest sympathy to Robert, Helen and Kristin James.

•Marie Kennedy, sister of Br Reg Long (SPC 1942-45 and former staff) and Monsignor Brian Long (SPC 1942-45) and wife of Ned Kennedy (SPC 1942-56) passed away on February 19 2011.

•John Lorkin (1944-49) passed away January 30, 2011 at Nazareth House. John was an outstanding sportsman being involved in the 1st XI, 1st XIII and 1st IV Tennis during his time at St Patrick’s. John holds the dubious honour of being the only old boy to have completed each year at school twice! John is survived by his wife Audrey and two daughters, Rhonda and Jane, and two sons David and Glenn. John was visited regularly by Fr Dan Arundell (SPC 1945-48) and Chris Haintz (SPC 1945-50). Chris was kind enough to pen a few words on John’s life for publication. ‘John was known as ‘Lorks’ and was a man of many talents particularly in the area of sport. He was a boarder at SPC for five years and was far from being a scholar as his interests were in sport - and sport alone!

He was a talented footballer, cricketer and tennis player. When he left school he went to work at Eclipse Motors moving on to a sales role at SF Motors. In later years his interest turned to golf and it was a sad day for him when he put up his clubs for sale due to his failing health. John was also affectionately known as ‘the moth’ as if your light was on he would always drop in! John was a good fundraiser having organised three car raffles for St Columba’s school and also conducting bingo for St Paul’s Tech for many years. John and Audrey would have celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on February 5 2011’.

•Jack Nevins (SPC 1936) of Inglewood passed away on January 20 2011 at the age of 89. Jack’s father attended the College in 1911 as did brothers, James (SPC 1937) and his sons Bernard and Vincent (SPC 1981-82). Jack was born in Inglewood in 1921 and served in the Australian army and airforce from 1941-46. He trained in Canada before seeing service in England with the RAAF. Jack worked for his father’s business ‘FP Nevins and Co.’ where he continued the business with his brother Jim. He worked in the business for 65 years before passing the baton to his sons. In 1956 Jack married Jan Callaghan and they have five children. Jack was extremely proud of St Patrick’s and the three generations of Nevins that had attended the College.

•Peter Raphael (SPC 1940-44) born on July 27, 1927 of Adelaide passed away on February 6, 2011. Peter excelled in sport at the College being part of the 1st XVIII, Rowing and Tennis and loved coming back to the College to various dinners and reunions to remember his ‘Patty’s’ days. Peter is survived by brothers Kevin Raphael (SPC 1942-44), and George Raphael (1933-37), his wife Lorice and two sons and four daughters. Peter’s funeral was held in Adelaide on February 11, 2011.

•Felix Wysman passed away on February 3, 2011. Much loved father and father-in-law to Barbara and Tracey

Boyce. Loved and respected Opa to Kieran Boyce (SPC 2001 - 2006), Callum Boyce (SPC 2004 - 2009) and Regan Boyce, Year 12. A private funeral service was conducted in Albury by long time family priest Father Kevin Flanagan (SPC 1942 - 1944).

•Francis (Franc) McLoughlan (SPC 1943-45) died on Sunday March 27 in St John of God Hospital Ballarat surrounded by his family. Franc married Eileen Sheehan in 1959 and so began a wonderful love story. Franc came from the family farm at Wooroonook (near Charlton) to board at St Patrick’s from 1943 to 1945. He was an excellent athlete - football, gymnastics, boxing, athletics - and prefect in his final Matriculation year. He played in the 1st XVIII in each of the three years and was selected in the St Pat’s 1940s Team of the Decade. Franc left St Patrick’s for the family farm at Wooroonook where he worked tirelessly in good years and bad for 60 years. Franc played twelve seasons of footy for Donald and won many awards for his excellence including selection in the Team of the Century and Best and Fairest. He took on water skiing and mastered the craft - he was still skiing on the Murray River well into his seventies. A great mentor, he taught the art to generations of local children on Lake Wooroonook - when it was not dry, even Franc could not get around that obstacle! He was an active and leading member of the local community and parish. Life member of the Wooroonook CFA, chairman and member of the St Joseph’s Charlton parish committee to highlight some of his community involvements. But Franc’s peak achievement was his partnership of 52 years with Eileen (Sheehan) and their building of marriage and family. This was so evident in the beautiful tributes of his family at the Thanksgiving Mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Wendouree. Strong and constant love, Franc was all heart, a kind and gentle husband, father of Kathryn, Julie, Brendan and Tim and grandfather of nine. A visionary, friend of “more

than we could estimate” and a hard worker, a guide to his children but giving them freedom to make their own choices to “do whatever you think is right”. Boarding at St Patrick’s during the war years, Franc and cherished peers Joe Delaney, John McArthur, Pat Arundell and John Mason developed bonds of friendship that have lasted for almost 70 years. Even though we lived far apart and followed quite different careers, we kept in touch, meeting as a group infrequently but constantly interested in each others’ journeys through life and treasuring that friendship. We remember Franc fondly for so much, especially the laughter that he brought into our gatherings. Life has changed for Franc but not ended. When we gather next as a group, we will feel his presence and raise a glass in his memory and pray: May we merrily meet in Heaven - Joe Delaney, John McArthur, Pat Arundell and John Mason.

•John (Jack) Dalton (SPC 1957) passed away suddenly on June 6, 2011. John was a boarder at the College in 1957 in Year 8 and came from Moreland. John is survived by his wife Jennifer and children. John’s funeral was held on June 10, 2011.

•John Henry Hughes (SPC 1932) passed away on June 9, 2011 aged 93.

•Noel Lawlor (SPC 1946-51) passed away on September 29, 2011.

•John Madden (SPC 1949-53) passed away on April 20, 2011 from Motor Neurone disease aged 75. From 1977 to 1989 John was a member of the Nunawading Council and was also the Mayor of Nunawading from 1979 to 1980. John retired from his avocado orchid on the Sunshine Coast in 1989. John is survived by his wife Maureen and children Bernie, Michelle, Sue and Ally and seven grandchildren.

•Alex McGoldrick (SPC 1940-49) passed away suddenly on July 15, 2011. Alex was born in Ballarat and has lived most of his adult life in Canberra or abroad. Alex graduated from the Australian National University and is the author of a highly regarded


VALE: Mr Peter Farley

Curriculum Developments

Curriculum developments in 2011 continued to build on the College’s goal of furthering academic rigour and improving academic outcomes for all students. Developments took place in a number of areas:

Improving student pathways

The Senior School at St Patrick’s clearly identifies and promotes a pathways model to maximise educational outcomes for students. To further this model, 2011 has seen:

•The introduction of VET Certificate III Music (Technical Production) into the Years 10 and 11 programme.

•The introduction of Australian Business Issues into Year 10, as a direct pathway to VCE Accounting and Economics.

•An examination of data collected as part of the Years 7-9 Mathematics blocking structure resulted in the identification of the need for a fourth stream of Year 10 Mathematics for 2011 - Maths for Living.

•A further expansion of the Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) certificates offered at the College to include VET Certificate II Engineering Studies and VET Certificate III Music Performance to the 2012 offerings.

•A remodelling of the 2012 Years 11 and 12 Handbook. The new booklet is set around answering the key questions parents and students ask about the VCE and VETiS programmes and subjects offered by the College.

Other curriculum developments

2011 saw final stages of our planning for the Year 10 Journey program implemented. To harness and further develop the positive experiences of the Year 9 Stepping Stones programme, all Year 10 students participated in the Journey programme. The Journey programme aims to stimulate and inspire students to be outstanding members of our community by building on and enhancing the Stepping Stones philosophy of each boy’s

journey into manhood by exposing him to real-life situations giving each a greater appreciation of what life really is. Year 10 students engaged in a range of leadership challenges that required them to navigate their way through a series of evidence and fact-finding tasks. Students who successfully completed all aspects of the Journey programme received a VET Certificate II in Business.

The College remains committed to the ongoing renewal development of the Middle School Programme. As a consequence of this, Year 9 students studying Japanese in 2012 will also be assessed against units of competency that will contribute towards their eligibility to receive the VET Certificate II in Applied Languages. Year 9 Drama was also restructured to focus on the key skills and knowledge necessary for students to access VCE Theatre Studies which has been introduced as part of the Senior School performance arts offerings.

An audit and review of the Year 10 offerings resulted in the inclusion of Literature (as a pathway to Years 11 and 12 English studies), and Theatre Studies (to enhance our performing arts offerings in Years 11 and 12) for 2012.

The College Mission Team spent considerable time in 2011 working on a proposal to introduce the Catholic Youth Ministry programme into the Senior School Religious Education offerings for 2012. In 2012, all Year 10 students will be introduced to the CYM programme, whilst a number of Years 11 and 12 students have nominated to complete the programme to meet their Religious Education study requirement.

2011 also saw the introduction of the QuickSmart programme to support and improve numeracy outcomes for indigenous students. The programme was taken on with great enthusiasum by the boys who saw themselves as making real gains with their numeracy. QuickSmart also builds on the gains made by our indigenous boys in literacy through the use of the MultiLit and NALP programmes.

Use of technology to improve learning outcomes

The Federal Government’s Digital Education Revolution funding provided the College with the opportunity to research, trial and purchase a range of learning technologies that would not otherwise have been possible. 2011 saw the introduction of thirteen classroom trolleys of Thin Clients (virtual laptop computers) and a number of iTouch devices into Junior School Japanese classes. The DER funding was also used to upgrade and extend our wireless infrastructure.

The College’s ICT Committee also supported the trialling of audio books in selected Years 9-12 English classes and the use of iPod Shuffles to support identified Year 9 students within the WIRED reading program. The College also trialled a number of ‘voting’ devices which allow teachers to quickly deliver and or assess student understanding of key concepts and modify or differentiate their teaching programme accordingly.

Professional learning in 2011

Much the professional development in 2011 was led by St Patrick’s College teachers, a model we would like to enhance and further in years to come. This included presentations for our newly appointed eLearning Co-ordinator, the Year 9 Literacy Project group and teachers who support and lead the indigenous programme.

2011 also saw ongoing work with the Colleague Mentor programme. Early in 2010, all teaching staff had the opportunity to identify those they believe to be exemplar teachers. These teachers then completed a colleague mentor training session with Dr Bill Rogers (who had worked with the teaching staff in 2009) and have since worked as a group to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to act as colleague mentors throughout 2011.

The purpose of each of the above is clear - to further the teaching and learning culture of St Patrick’s College in order to

maximise the learning outcomes of each student. While each has contributed positively to the learning culture of the College, all at St Patrick’s recognise the need to continue the process of curriculum review, development and implementation to further build upon and enhance what has been attained to date.

and bird watching took him, together with Br Tony Smith and other friends, all over the country. He was President of the Ballarat Bird Observers Association for several years. He developed a very high skill in training swimmers and gymnasts and there were many students at various schools who blossomed under his guidance. Wherever he was stationed, he gave himself wholeheartedly to that school community. He wasn’t a popularity seeker, but people were drawn to him as they admired his integrity and commitment. This was evident in the number of people who visited him in hospital and who deeply cared for him. A highlight in his final months was receiving a Papal award, “Augustae Crucis, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” for ”long and distinguished service to the Church” and for “exceptional service and conspicuous zeal”. Br. Bernie was physically strong and he battled his illnesses bravely until he could fight no more. St Patrick’s and the Ballarat community are grateful to Br. Bernie for his considerable contribution to the College and the life of Ballarat and for his service to the Christian Brothers. Br Bernie’s life was celebrated at the Funeral

Mass led by Bishop of Ballarat, Bishop Peter Connors in the St Patrick’s College Chapel on Monday July 4. Over 600 people attended the Mass highlighting the profound impact Br. Bernie had on the lives of people with whom he interacted.

•Peter Farley On October 26 2011 the College lost one its finest educators with the passing of Peter Farley after a courageous battle with illness. Peter was a highly esteemed teacher at the College for 40 years (1963-2002) and was greatly admired for his teaching skills and dedication to all scholarly pursuits. He served as a teacher, boarding master, mentor and coach and was pivotal in the development of the College’s highly renowned basketball programme. Peter passed into the arms of his loving God in the presence of family and close friends. Peter was always a great supporter of the OCA and attended many reunion dinners, holding centre stage telling and listening to stories, often reminding old boys about the correct version of the truth as they tried to embellish their schoolboy endeavours! Peter was a man inspired by faith and was a regular at Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral,

whilst also supporting the OCA in attending the funerals of many old boys and members of the College community. He was also a great contributor to the OCAs Green, White and Blue, having an unmatched ability to know the precise achievements and whereabouts of legions of past scholars. He did all this with a minimum of fuss, an attribute that was recognised in 2010 when he was awarded the inaugural ‘Facere et Docere’ award by the College for his contribution to teaching and learning at St Patrick’s. Peter will be greatly missed but his contribution to the traditions and story of St Patrick’s College Ballarat will forever be remembered. Fittingly Peter’s funeral Mass was held in the College Chapel on Thursday October 27 at 11 am and was attended by many old boys, former teachers and friends from the Ballarat community. The following tributes from a number of old boys sum up the enormous contribution Peter made to the history of his beloved St Patrick’s College. Peter’s passing is sad news indeed. His legacy would be bettered by only one other person in the history of St Pat’s, “WT” himself. Noel Moore (SPC 1947-51)

It is with great sadness that this news has reached Port Fairy. A truly great man has gone to his God. The whole College Community has lost a legend. I can honestly say that all of the 1981 class who are gathering on November 12 were looking forward to seeing ‘Jake’ as we have at all past functions - he really did support all Old Boy functions and will be sadly missed. He will be fondly remembered at our Reunion Dinner. ‘Wherefore rejoice what tributaries follow him to Rome’. Damian Gleeson, 1982 College Captain I was saddened to hear this news, he certainly was a wonderful supporter of all areas of the College life. I taught with him between 1966-72 and we shared many good times together, even the odd visit to the Western! He will be remembered by many, and for a long time. Please accept my sincere apologies for being unable to attend his funeral Mass this coming Thursday, I will be there in spirit. Luke Guthrie (SPC1966-72). What a champion bloke ‘Jake’ was. His passion and life devotion to St Pat’s will

be sadly missed. I had the pleasure to be taught by him, for him and with him and saw differing sides of his personality in all three situations. There will never be another Peter Farley and the world is a better place for his life. Steve Moneghetti (SPC 1975-80). I appreciate receiving the sad news of Peter’s death. I was a lay teacher at SPC when Peter joined the staff in 1963 where we taught together over the next 4 years until 1967 when I began further studies. We shared many experiences as at my commencement in 1961 I was the only male lay teacher on staff. His wry sense of humour lightened many a situation as he lay the foundations of a long and dedicated career teaching and inspiring decades of students at SPC. He will be missed by many Old Boys and Staff at the College. Frank Vagg (SPC 1954-65)


The Year 12 Wednesday afternoon calendar implemented this year by Mr Michael Busscher provided more structure and better opportunities for all Year 12 boys. This calendar provided an opportunity for common SAC times for English and Further Mathematics on Wednesday afternoons. Extending the Headstart program to 7 days has meant that the 2012 Year 12 classes have begun and the boys are more prepared for next year.

Accreditation of the Year 10 Leadership Program “The Journey” by the University of Ballarat has meant that 124 Year 10 boys have completed the Certificate II in Business course. I thank Mr Jamie Bobrowski, Student Leadership and Standards Officer for his efforts in developing the Journey program and ensuring accredited outcomes for all Year 10 boys.

Further first aid training provided by Jamie Bobrowski to staff has resulted in safer excursions and camps being conducted in 2011. The Student Council, guided by Mr Jamie Bobrowski and Dr

Casey, through the Leadership of Nicholas O’Brien, Mathew Begbie and Adam Spencer has functioned extremely well.

A review was undertaken to determine the best structures for Pastoral Care in the entire College. Staff Surveys were conducted to determine the most appropriate structure for 2012 and beyond. Staff voted overwhelmingly for retaining the three school model but with staff teaching predominantly in one school. For 2012, the changes to be introduced include the introduction of joint year level coordinators and horizontal homerooms at each year level as well as reinstating the Pastoral Care period in the Senior School.

The restructure of the College has resulted in significant changes to the Positions of Leadership offered to staff. Greater role clarity will assist staff as the appointment of joint Year Level Coordinators means that they will be responsible for the wellbeing of students at each year level as well as student management and discipline. The Head of School role has a much greater

emphasis upon teaching and learning as well as an increase in time provided for all Heads of Faculty.

Student Wellbeing Action Group (SWAG), which is led by the Year Level Coordinator, have continued this year. The SWAG team consists of the Year Level Coordinator, a representative from the Student Counselling Team, a representative from the Enhanced Learning Team, the Deputy Headmaster (Wellbeing) and at Years 10 -12 the Transition Coordinator. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss individual students of concern and develop support strategies for these boys. At this stage, more discussion of individual boys has occurred and I believe that we are able to provide more support for these boys as a result.

Why focus on Student Wellbeing?

Wellbeing refers to students’ physical, social and emotional wellbeing and development. Evidence suggests that these elements are integral rather

than incidental to learning. Learner will find it difficult to engage with learning programs if they are distracted by significant physical, social and emotional issues. Improved educational outcomes are positively linked to student wellbeing (MCEETYA 2004 Discussion Paper)

Wellbeing has a prevention and early intervention focus. It involves a whole-school approach with an emphasis on:

•school organisation

•ethos and environment

•community links and partnership

•curriculum teaching and learning

Staff play an important role in fostering engagement and wellbeing so that students are able to achieve their best and enjoy their educational experience. School is the organisation of most relevance to young people and a sense of connectedness or belonging to school is in itself distinguished

as a key protective factor for young people (Fuller 1998). School protective factors associated with positive school climate include the presence of caring relationships, high expectation messages and opportunities for meaningful participation and contribution (Benard 2004) as well as required responsibility for helpfulness, opportunities for success and recognition, school norms against violence and pro social peer groups (Sawyer et al. 2000). School risk factors include bullying, peer rejection, poor attachment to school, inadequate behaviour management, deviant peer group and school failure. This requires a focus on the development of a positive school climate, organisational health, policy review, teacher professional learning and effective partnerships with family and community.

Pastoral Care in Catholic schools affirms and gives expression to the belief that ‘the person of each individual human being, in his or her material and spiritual needs, is at the heart of Christ’s teaching: this is why the promotion of the human person is the goal of the Catholic School.’

CECV Policy 1.14 February 2008(Revised)

Whilst Pastoral Care is the responsibility of all staff at St Patrick’s College, the main contact person for the student is their Pastoral Care Tutor whom the student meets with every morning. The Pastoral Tutor aims to support and promote the social, emotional and spiritual growth of students. I thank all Pastoral Tutors for their efforts this year in developing relationships with the boys within their pastoral group and the care that they provide to all boys.

Pastoral Care is the umbrella under which the entire College operates. It is the thread which binds all within the College and it is an expectation that the College community operates

within the Pastoral Care guidelines.

The challenge is to respond to the needs of the College community and this often requires establishing links with external agencies to ensure the best possible outcome for each boy. The wellbeing of students, staff and parents continues to be the main focus of the College. Dr Casey often reflects that “we are a human institution that survives by divine intervention.”

The College also has three school counsellors, Mr Gerard Knobel, Mrs Cathy Walls and Mr Eric Hayes who are available to talk with students about emotional, relationship, family, behavioural and mental health issues. A range of therapeutic approaches are utilised by the school counsellors to promote the well being of the students including cognitive-behavioural, solution focused and narrative therapy techniques.

Students can refer themselves to the School Counsellor by making an appointment in person or via their Pastoral Tutor or another trusted staff

member. Alternatively, referrals can be made by parent contact or by the teaching staff. Contact with the school counsellor remains confidential but involvement of relevant staff at the school may be negotiated with the student and family to ensure optimum support for the student in the school community.

The College has recognised the increasing demands of student wellbeing as well as an increase in student numbers and for 2011 has employed an additional School Counsellor to meet these demands. Mr Eric Hayes has been a fantastic addition to the Counselling staff and the support that our counsellors provide our College community is second to none.

One of the real strengths of House assemblies has been the development of the House Captains in leading these assemblies. Transfer of Leadership occurs at the beginning of Term Four which means that all of the boys within the house get an opportunity to listen to the two different groups of House Captains. The 2011 House

Captains have performed magnificently within their role and the 2012 House Captains have taken on the challenge of rising to the high standards of the 2011 Captains. Each of these boys brings their own strengths, gifts and talents to their leadership position and the House assemblies have provided a forum to showcase some of these abilities.

More will be mentioned in each of the House reports within the 2011 College Magazine; however I would like to take the time to formally acknowledge the 2011 House Captains listed below:

Galvin House (Green) Captain: Jonathan Willey

Vice Captains: Ashley Constable, Benelias Neade

Keniry House (Blue) Captain: James Blood

Vice Captains: Matthew Norman, Brayden Allen

Nunan House (Gold) Captain: Luke Kemp

Vice Captains: Thomas Gillett, Tyler Brandenburg

Ryan House (White) Captain: Regan Boyce

Vice Captains: Ciaran Conaughton, James Liston

The development of House spirit has led to the introduction of a range of activities throughout the College. One of the most significant of these was the annual “St Pat’s Has Talent” competition held at the end of Edmund Rice Day. A whole range of students entered the competition which was introduced to showcase the diversity of talent within St Patrick’s College. An added benefit to the introduction of this competition was that it promoted the school’s performing arts area.

Pastoral CareMr Chris CaldowDeputy Headmaster - Wellbeing


Keniry HouseMrs Ria CoffeyHead of Keniry

Galvin HouseMr Howard ClarkHead of Galvin

The creation of the House system in 2009, represented an exciting new phase within the College and from this early beginning, the role has continued to evolve and in 2011 student achievement and individual acknowledgement has been central to our House programme.

The House system is divided into four main portfolios: Music and Liturgy, Fundraising, Sports and Activities and Grounds and Facilities. The portfolio of Galvin House is Liturgy and Music and the students, led by Jonathon Willey as House Captain, Benelias Neade and Ashley Constable as Vice Captains, proved to be magnificent in their leadership and have set a solid foundation for future years.

One of the key tasks of the student House Leaders was to design, and implement the weekly House Assemblies. This was an initiative that empowered the students to lead, providing various opportunities for students within the House to showcase their talents and gifts. The diversity of weekly presentations ranged from interviews (focussing on personal achievements, Benelias Neade’s personal reflection on his life in the Northern Territory, Christopher Kan’s personal story regarding being crowned World Pokémon Champion) to presentations on social justice issues, including the work of the St Vincent de Paul society, homelessness both locally and in the wider community, and the life of Edmund Rice.

In addition, each week the programme included a cultural item, which ranged from Angus McDonough’s solo bagpipe performance, to Patrick Murphy’s classical guitar performance, to Zachary Weightman’s stirring vocal rendition of Australia’s National Anthem to a dramatic South Street winning performance by Marcel Shlooz and David O’Doherty

“St Pat’s Has Talent”

“St Pat’s has Talent”, for me, was one of the most powerful things that I have been involved in throughout the 2011 year. The quality of performance, student and staff participation, the number of students who attended the event and the level of respect afforded to the performers (including staff) symbolised what is good about this College. St Patrick’s offers a diversity of opportunities for boys which reflect the holistic philosophy of the College. The reactions of the College community were extremely positive, with one performer commenting that “It was the best day of his life.” Building upon the success of 2009 and 2010 “St Pat’s has Talent” has become a significant annual event with 31 students, within the College being given the opportunity to display their artistic side.

30 acts, including a solo vocal from Zachary Weightman and Jeremy White, instrumental performances by the 2010 winner Patrick Murphy, Benjamin O’Brien, Nicholas Harty and Ian Bates, basketball trick shots by Tyler Blake and Kane Gleeson, a gymnastics routine by the extremely talented Anthony Zreikat and a Beep Boxing performance by Aidan Joynson. All performed during the afternoon of our Edmund Rice celebrations, in front of 1100 students. Charlie Powlett and James McDougall displayed considerable talent on the drums to win a close contest from Tyler Blake and Kane Gleeson who both performed most admirably.

Year 11 Leadership Choir

42 students - comprising each member of the 2011 Student Council, 16 members of the 2011 1st XVIII, members of the Rugby, Swimming and Cricket teams, students from Text and Traditions and members of the Social Justice committee - joined together as one to form the Year 11 Leadership Choir that performed at the Year 12 Graduation Mass.

As a result of a firm commitment by the boys, the quality of performance was exceptional and the boys reverence and vocal quality ensured that the Year 12 graduating students were appropriately farewelled.

I would like to personally thank Jonathon and his leadership team for their dedicated work and for providing an opportunity for the students within Galvin House to have a voice. They have left a lasting impression on the entire House and it is my strong hope that the strong and positive legacy that they have left, will continue to flourish in future years.

I would also like to thank Ria Coffee (Head of Keniry House) Geoff Crawford (Head of Nunan House) and Brendon Gilbert (Head of Ryan House) who have been unwavering in their support of me and for providing the students with an opportunity to develop as positive, young men.

The Pastoral Tutors form the basis of the House system and often provide the connection between school and home. They strive to build relationships with their students that are individually focused and have relevance to their lives. It is my strong opinion that one of the major reasons why the House system has worked so well this year, has not only been the wonderful leadership of our students, it has been the tireless work of my Pastoral Tutors each of whom has attempted to create a positive learning environment for their boys.

Thanks also to Chris Caldow as Deputy Headmaster and Jamie Bobrowski as Student Leadership and Standards Officer who have worked most diligently with the Heads of House to ensure that we have had a consistent, student focused approach to our role.

Early this year, during a Keniry House assembly, a presentation was given to the students focussing on the Keniry House motto: ‘History cannot be destroyed by time’. The students watched a selection of short videos on important figures in society and St Patrick’s College students whose contributions have made a difference in society and to the school. Emphasis was placed on what makes history at a local level; involvement in the sporting, cultural and academic pursuits at the school. The challenge was set to the boys to make a contribution and to be written into the history of the College, because that can never be taken away.

Many Keniry students were acknowledged individually throughout the year for making history and great contributions to the College. As a House we came second in the swimming sports. Matthew Norman, the vice-captain of Keniry, was pivotal to our success at this event ensuring every Keniry spot was filled and all students involved. He also managed to break a couple of records on the day too. James Elford also broke records and Jack Gunn, William Sullivan and Marcus Simpson were named fastest swimmers for their age group.

Keniry House also ranked second place in the Athletics carnival. David Morris was Year 11 age group champion and the following students broke records on the day: Thomas Vadala, Eddie Neblett, Darcy Cameron, David Morris, Ben Martin, Laiton Sullivan and Luke Vadala. Keniry ranked fourth place in Cross Country. Laiton Sullivan was the fastest overall, running the lake in a time of 21.43 minutes, gaining second place in the overall House shield.

At a Keniry House assembly we acknowledged the great efforts of James McDougall and Joseph Zreikat, who were invited to join the Australian Youth Music Group. James also represented Keniry in `St Pat’s Has Talent’ in an amazing routine on the drums. Also in `St Pat’s Has Talent’ was Jeremy White singing ‘Stand By Me’, Aidan Joynson beat boxing, Sam Castleman on piano and Anthony Zreikat doing a gymnastics routine. These students showed what a great and diverse amount of talent exists amongst our students.

The Keniry House leaders played a role in ensuring a positive contribution in whole school competitions and events. James Blood, House captain, and Brayden Allan and Matthew Norman, House vice-captains, were a great support, fantastic role models and good school leaders throughout 2011. They were supported by Keniry congress Ashley Simpson and Charles Cook from Year 11, James McDougall and Jack Gunn from Year 10, Alex Browning and Liam Findlay from Year 9, and Cameron Jackson and Jack Oostendorp from Year 8. Special mention must be given to these students, particularly Jack Oostendorp and Cameron Jackson, who have assisted in Keniry’s collection of recycling paper and cardboard across the school.

This year a Keniry website was created. It was used to provide an accessible space for Keniry students to find relevant information regarding events, to view photos, find results and read sports and event reports. Students access this through a link on the KRC homepage or via this address: http://www.keniry.fastweb.com.au

An initiative this year, to develop greater connectedness to Keniry House and build rapport between students in different year levels, involved all Keniry students being split into mixed age groups. During House assemblies the students would sit in these groups and at different opportunities they broke off in their groups and were involved in activities and games.

I would like to thank Senior Pastoral tutors Melissa Griffin, Hamish McCrum, Chris Nielsen, Stephen McMahon, Mark Emerson, Joe Carmody and Mark O’Loughlan as well as Sofia Thapa, Mike Brady and the Year 8 & 9 Pastoral tutors who provide continual support to Keniry students throughout the year. I would also like to acknowledge James Blood as the recipient of the Br. EF Keniry House Award for his efforts this year as House Captain.

Galvin House Captain

Jonathan Willey

Keniry House Captain

James Blood


Ryan HouseMr Brendon GilbertHead of Ryan

Nunan HouseMr Geoff Crawford Head of Nunan

2011 was a productive and rewarding year for Nunan House. Although we did not reach the same heights as last year, we achieved some terrific results. Changes to the House System saw a greater focus on House Assemblies rather than Pastoral Care Classes. Whilst this provided regular opportunities for the boys to come together as a group to celebrate achievements and address College issues, it did mean less time for Pastoral Care Tutors to meet with their boys in smaller groups. Nonetheless, the boys of Nunan House managed to maintain a strong sense of connectedness within the House.

The year began on a somewhat sombre note with our first assembly led by House Captain, Luke Kemp, with assistance from Vice Captains, Tyler Brandenburg and Tom Gillett. At this first assembly we were able to pray for those affected by flooding in Queensland and Victoria. This set the scene for assemblies throughout the year where we were able to reflect on a range of social issues and offer insights to help the boys understand events in the world. Issues dealt with over the course of the year included: International Women’s Day and the campaign to prevent violence against women, Project Compassion, Edmund Rice Day and the work done by the Christian Brothers around the world, the senseless massacre in Norway in July, the work of the St Vincent de Paul group, bullying and the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the US.

At our second assembly for the year things moved on to a more celebratory mood as we acknowledged the fantastic efforts of all involved in our victory in the House Swimming Carnival. As the results below indicate, we had a resounding win brought about by the outstanding efforts of some very good swimmers who were also supported by the participation of the whole House. The efforts of those boys who swam to make sure we always had starters in every event certainly meant the difference between winning and losing. Some quick facts:

•Won every Year Level except Year 7

•Liam Hanrahan Year 9 Champion

•New record for Liam Hanrahan - Year 9 Butterfly 30.35

•Alex Thompson 2nd in Year 11

•Chris Debono 3rd in Year 11

•James Keys 2nd in Year 10

•Tom Button 2nd in Year 8

•Brayden Baker 2nd in Year 7

House Swimming Carnival Results Nunan 1594 Keniry 1463 Ryan 1212 Galvin 1206

This was followed soon after with another celebration of our victory in the House Athletics Carnival. Again it was the involvement and participation of many that enabled Nunan House to finish ahead of the rest.

Nunan Record Breakers

•100 m - Year 8 - Jack Shaw - 11.60s

•100 m - Year 9 - Brody Sheridan - 11.50s



•800 m - Year 12 - Scott Spriggs - 2:06.00s and Aaron Preddy 2:12.00s

•Long Jump - Year 11 - Angus - 5.40m

•Long Jump - Year 7 - Hasker Dawborn - 4.69m

House Athletics Carnival Results Nunan 2750 Keniry 2615 Galvin 2604 Ryan 2307

Ryan House in 2011 was strongly led by Reagan Boyce as Captain, and Ciaran Conoughtan and James Liston as Vice Captains.

Regan was outstanding in his role as House Captain. He immersed himself in the school and showed excellence in the four key areas of academic, community, culture and sports. Regan was awarded a Chris Nolan award for his outstanding academic results across all of his subjects. He also involved himself in St Vincent de Paul initiatives including St Albans tutoring. Regan bravely participated in `St Pat’s Has Talent’ and he was also the Vice Captain of the First XV Rugby, which narrowly missed out on premiership success.

Regan was strongly supported by Ciaran and James, both of whom were excellent leaders and role models. Ciaran’s dedication and hard work to his passion of cycling was rewarded with him receiving a top 3 result in the Under 19 road cycling championships. James excelled in the sporting and academic areas; James was part of the First IV rowing and also received a Chris Nolan award for his academic endeavours.

The Senior House leaders were also assisted by Student Congress members Eddie Pou and Mitchell Robertson from Year 11, Riley Adams and Nicholas Whelan from Year 10, Kane White and Hugh Dickson from Year 9 and Samuel Laidlaw and Lachlan Pontil-Scala from Year 8. These boys did an excellent job in providing and coordinating lunch time activities for the students in their respective year levels.

The House leaders also assisted in the organisation and running of the House Assemblies. In 2011 there was a full 40 minute session allocated to House Assembly, up from the 15 minutes in the previous years. These 40 minute sessions were used in a variety of ways such as organising House sporting carnivals, running connectedness activities to promote a sense of belonging within the group and to celebrate mass as a House. For the House Assemblies a variety of reflections were sourced from media to inspire, motivate, inform and challenge students. The body of the House Assemblies varied, but one significant aspect was to recognise the achievements of the boys.

There were a number of students from Ryan across all year levels who had outstanding years and are deserved of the recognition they have received. Brayden Ward from Year 7 played in Concert Band 3, competed in Royal South Street Concert Band, played a role in Jungle Juice and Lord of The Flies, participated in St Vinnie’s, The 40 Hour Famine and `St Pat’s Has Talent’. Jacob Wheelahan from Year 8 was class Captain, a Chris Nolan award recipient, Under 14 BFL league B&F winner, Year 8 Ryan football B&F winner and a member of the Year 8 Ryan undefeated football side. Jack Owen from Year 11 was voted the 2012 College Captain. He is the St Vincent de Paul Vice President. Jack also received a Headmaster’s Excellence award for R.E and was a member of the First IV rowing crew. Congratulations to these boys and the many others who represented themselves and their House proudly.

Shortly after the carnival we were also able to celebrate the efforts of Ryan Shaw (Year 8) who was the winner of the State Underage High Jump Title with a jump of 1.75 m.

We also celebrated our efforts in the `St.Pat’s Has Talent’ event. It was great to see some of our boys getting up on stage in front of their peers and `having a go’. Special thanks to Charlie Powlett, Jack and Luke Wilson and Mr Beggs for representing Nunan House so well.

Each year the boys at St Patrick’s compete for the Brother William Mark McCarthy House Shield. Points are awarded for participation in cultural activities, academic achievement, community service and sporting events. In 2011 Nunan House finished equal second behind Galvin House in the battle for this coveted shield. Despite dominating the sporting events and performing strongly in academic endeavours we were not able to get across the line in front. This should serve as ammunition for 2012 when Nunan House will once again have an opportunity to assert its dominance over other Houses.

Congratulations to all of the Nunan boys who have contributed to College life throughout the year. To the many, many boys who have participated in debating, public speaking, music, drama, social justice, sporting teams and all of the other activities open to students at St Pat’s. There are too many to name but they will appear elsewhere in this magazine.

I’d like to thank some people who have contributed to the successes of Nunan House this year and who have made my position an enjoyable one. Our House leaders, Luke Kemp, Tyler Brandenburg and Thomas Gillett have always been on hand to lead the Nunan boys through assemblies and House events. I appreciate their efforts and am sure their peers are also thankful for the hard work they have put in over the course of the year. Congratulations also to the 2011 Congress representatives who have served the interests of Nunan House with great dedication. Their contribution to College life is invaluable. In 2011 we have been represented by: Year 8 - James McKinnon, Year 9 - Louis Powlett and Nicholas Powell, Year 10 - Luke Wilson and Mitchell Thompson, Year 11 - Patrick Linane and Mitchell Catell. I’d also like to thank the Pastoral Care Tutors, across all year levels, for the work they have done in 2011. Their concern for the boys’ welfare and willingness to help out has been outstanding.

Finally, I want to congratulate those boys who have been elected to positions of leadership for 2012.

Year 12 Thomas Constable, Nicholas Beaver and Edmund Howes

Year 11 Luke Wilson and Jakob Baric

Year 10 Louis Powlett and Thomas Mooney

Year 9 Patrick Collier and Joe Downey

Year 8 Oliver Nash and Cameron Adams

All the best to Nunan House in 2012.

The House leaders and Student Congress members were instrumental in the organisation and smooth running of the swimming and athletics carnival. Regan, Ciaran and James as House leaders were enthusiastic and engrossed themselves in the day’s events setting a great example for the rest of their peers.

The leadership and encouragement from these boys helped Ryan to a third place overall in the swimming. There were some outstanding individual efforts by students from Ryan in their respective year levels. These included Nicholas O’Farrell from Year 12 who placed third. Jeremiah Seymour-Quest from Year 10 placed first, Padraic Taylor-Potter from Year 9 placed third, Ryan Rumble from Year 8 placed third and Michael Rodger from Year 7 placed first. Well done to all of these boys for their wonderful efforts.

My thanks to our Ryan Senior Pastoral Tutors; Mr Peter Ryan, Ms Laura Fazzalari, Mr Kieran Baxter, Mrs Clare Kavanagh, Mr Phil Sherry, Miss Jodie Howlett, Mr Brad Murray and Mrs Jamie Fumo. Their day to day work on building connections with the students in their pastoral group is central to our role as educators of fine young men.

Mr Juri Kaczkowsi, Mr Brett Earl and Mrs Jo-anne Patching did a terrific job building positive relationships with the students from their Year 7 pastoral groups. This created a positive learning environment for the students in their care. Also I would like to extend my thanks to the Year 8 and 9 pastoral tutors who looked after a number of Ryan boys. The program in Year 9 is exceptional and ran brilliantly. I know the Ryan boys enjoyed the Middle School experience and are greatly appreciative of it and the hard work that the teachers put in to make it a success.

Thanks to Regan, Ciaran and James for all the work they did this year as House leaders. I wish these boys and the rest of the Ryan group all the best in the future with their endeavours.

I would also like to thank Mr Chris Caldow, Mr Howard Clark, Miss Ria Coffey and Mr Geoff Crawford for their support in growing the house spirit within the student body during the year.

Nunan House Captain

Luke Kemp

Ryan House Captain

Regan Boyce


Senior SchoolMr Chris CaldowHead of Senior School

I am delighted to be able to introduce a brief report of the Senior School for 2011. I love my role at St Patrick’s College and the genuine friendliness that I receive from all within the community. It is a very busy school with a range of activities occurring both within and outside scheduled school hours. The sense of tradition is particularly evident throughout the school with the historical photos and memorabilia displayed throughout the entire College. It is also evident at significant events such as St Patrick’s Day Mass, Head of the Lake, Academic Assembly, Edmund Rice Day and the list goes on.

The Senior School boys have had many different experiences this year ranging from retreats, A Night of Homelessness for the Year 10’s, opportunities to visit other EREA schools and numerous sporting, cultural and academic pursuits. The wider aspects of College life this year include the many and varied co-curricular activities, the Mind-Shop Excellence program, winning the Herald Sun Shield for the second year in a row and the many different celebrations of excellence on offer at our fortnightly whole school assemblies.

In all of this, there has been much learning and development of boys to men.

Once again, Year 12 students participated in a ministry retreat on the streets of Melbourne. Our boys find this both challenging and rewarding. Having survived being removed from their comfort zones, students returned with a much more empathetic view of those less fortunate than ourselves. This is core to being involved in a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition.

Social Justice Assembly

Edmund Rice Day was another huge success which resulted in excess of $33,000 being raised. These funds were subsequently presented to the nominated charities - the Christian Brothers’ Overseas Aid Fund, Edmund Rice Camps, the Edmund Rice Centre St Albans and Caritas Australia. - The representatives from these organisations to

thank the boys and briefly explain how their contributions and support assist their organisation. To me this day represents all that is good here at St Pat’s - the boys recognise that they can support and provide for the marginalised of our society.

Student Opportunities

I am constantly amazed at the array of activities on offer here at St Patrick’s College. Our boys certainly have some fantastic opportunities both within the curriculum and also the co-curricular program. The Darwin Football Tour was a memorable experience and the Senior School boys who represented the College on this tour were a delight to be with. Their behaviour was exemplary and they were representative of the positive aspects that I witness daily within the Senior School.

When people from outside our community ask me about St Patrick’s College, I keep commenting about the strengths of the school. The strengths that I have observed are a strong, committed and supportive staff, a strong sense of tradition, a fine reputation within the wider Ballarat community, sporting excellence and the positive nature of the majority of our boys. It is all too easy to focus upon the negatives, highlight the problems or blame others, but it is the positive, energetic and overwhelmingly good natured aspects of our boys that give me hope for a better future.

I offer my thanks to the boys, parents and staff associated with the Senior School this year. I would particularly like to thank Ms Elizabeth Ryan as VCE Coordinator, Mr Michael Busscher as Year 12 Coordinator, Mr Matthew Taylor as Year 11 Coordinator and Mrs Fiona Carroll as Year 10 Coordinator for all of their work in supporting the boys in the Senior School this year. Much of what they do is very time consuming, and while unseen by many, is a vital part in the formation of our boys into men. I thank also the 28 Senior Pastoral tutors and the Heads of House for their role in supporting each of the boys in their care.

I would also like to make mention of the Heads of Faculty for their passion for teaching and learning. They are Mrs Kristine Smardon - Head of Religious Education, Ms Claire Canavan - Head of English, Mr Stephen McMahon - Head of Health & Physical Education, Ms Carolyn Garvey - Head of Humanities, Mrs Margaret McIntyre - Head of Languages other than English (LOTE), Mrs Clare Kavanagh - Head of Mathematics, Mr Chris Nielsen - Head of Science, Mr Malcolm Barrins - Head of Technology, Mr Peter Hutchins - Head of Arts and Mrs Nicole Hexter - Head of Information Technology.

I would like to thank the members of the Year 12 Student Council for their hard work. All members of the Council worked particularly hard throughout the year - they can be well pleased with their efforts! In the term three holidays we completed a weekend with 15 members of our 2012 Student Council and I am both impressed and excited by the calibre of students that the student body has elected for 2012. I am sure that you will support the Student Council in its endeavours to improve a number of aspects of our College. I look forward to working with these fine young men as well as the entire Senior School in 2012 as we all strive to achieve our potential.

It would be remiss of me not to recognise a number of long serving staff members who are moving on from St Patrick’s College who have supported the Senior School boys over a number of years. Mrs Vicki Arthurson has been at St Patrick’s College for the past 14 years and has performed the role as Enhanced Learning Coordinator where she has supported a range of boys with particular and specific learning needs. Vicki has taken on a similar role at Ballarat Grammar and we wish her well for the future. Ms Colleen Pope has been at St Patrick’s College for the past 22 years and has performed the role of Head of Science as well as teaching Senior Chemistry for a significant period of this time. Colleen has taken on Senior Science/Maths teaching role and Assistant Year Level Coordinator role at Thomas Carr College, Tarneit and we wish her

well for the future. Mrs Fiona Carroll has been at St Patrick’s College for the past nine years and has performed the role as Head of Galvin House and more recently as Year 10 Coordinator. Fiona has been appointed as Director of Students at Trinity College, Colac and our wishes go with her on her new journey.

Mr Mark Waddington has been at St Patrick’s College for the past ten years and has overseen a significant period of growth for the College in his role as Director of Development. It is his other role as Director of Boarding however, that he has had a significant impact upon the boys in the Senior School over the past 10 years. Mark has been appointed as Director of Development at St Virgil’s College in Hobart and we wish him and the family well in their new endeavours.

For those boys leaving us at the end of 2011 to pursue a diverse range of future careers; I pray that you be men of integrity. I would hope that you are able to achieve your potential and I hope that you are to develop meaningful relationships with people from all walks of life. This takes both time and effort as relationships often won’t sustain themselves. I also pray that you experience health, happiness and love throughout your life. I hope that you are all able to make a significant contribution to society and that you will endeavour to improve things for the disadvantaged and marginalised within society. I pray that you continue to develop in the areas identified in the four pillars here at St Patrick’s College: Faith, Tradition, Excellence and Joy.


2011 has seen the strive for excellence within the Year 11 cohort. The success and progress of students is very much due to the work and commitment of the team of pastoral teachers and the enthusiasm and leadership of the Heads of Houses. This year has seen continued leadership and support from Mr Chris Caldow as Head of Senior School and Deputy Headmaster.

As the Year 11 coordinator, it has been a privilege to be able to work with the Year 11 students as they began a challenging and decisive point in their education. My main focus for the year has been the development of the groups’ commitment towards their VCE studies and the contribution they offer to the College. The initial address to the senior school I challenged ‘students to step out of their comfort zone’ and apply to this to their studies. The conduct and attitude towards their studies demonstrated the leadership and excellence the boys have to offer not only the College, but the wider community. This is greatly attributed to the dedication and

guidance of staff that assist the boys in reaching their potential both within and outside the classroom.

As a part of the continued development of students and their road safety skills we have once again been able to offer, in conjunction with Vic Roads, the ‘Fit to Drive’ program. This involved a half day session on the dangers students may face when they take control of a motor vehicle. Students engaged in this activity with enthusiasm and gained a greater awareness of the negative effects of peer pressure and alcohol when getting into a motor vehicle whether they are the driver or not.

This year saw the continuation of a Year 11 retreat over two days. The retreat is something that is fundamental to the students’ pastoral growth here at St Patrick’s College. The first day was with Fr Robert Galea, a young priest born in Malta. Through story and music he told of his conversion from a life of drugs and alcohol to knowing the saving presence of Christ in his life. His message was about the change that occurs when

we open up to God’s love - that God is the only ‘thing’ that can fill the deepest desires of our humanity. The second day was with Mr Jonathon Doyle. Jonathon starts with the facts of the human body and an analysis of the present cultural situation and offers the students a vision of authentic manhood. He engages the students on questions of pornography, media influences and significantly, respect for women.

Both days lead to the same endpoint: the achievement of genuine human freedom that occurs in and through meaningful and valuable relationships. There is the relationship with God in which we know everything to be a gift. Then there is our relationship with others through which we are called to be attentive, intelligent, reasonable, responsible and loving.

The development of 2011 student leadership group has seen three young men emerge from within the group in readiness for the commencement of their year 12 studies. These fine young men

are Jack Owen (Captain), Ashley Simpson and Zachary Weightman (Vice Captains). I congratulate them and wish them every success in the positions they have earned. All three are exemplars of the type of men that St Patrick’s College aims to develop.

I look forward to 2012 and the development of excellence within the students as they focus on their futures beyond College. I would like to acknowledge and congratulate Mr Jeremy Daniel and Mr Gavin Webb who take over as Year 11 co-ordinators for 2012.

To those who leave the College at the end of 2011, I wish them every success and all the best in their future endeavours and may they take with them the faith and tradition of Edmund Rice.

Year 11Mr Matthew TaylorYear 11 Coordinator

Year 12Mr Michael BusscherYear 12 Coordinator

I have always been impressed, in fact very impressed, with the manner in which St Patrick’s College continues to produce fine young boys who are raised to the status of great men. As the year has transpired I have not been let down. The calibre of the class of 2011 is outstanding and all the boys are to be congratulated on the way in which they have led the College. The College Captain, Nicholas O’Brien and his Vice Captains Adam Spencer and Mathew Begbie are exemplar students, and perhaps more importantly, approachable people with a genuine desire to ensure the College values and traditions are upheld on a daily basis.

I am sure all the boys would join me in thanking the staff who have taught them this year. Not many people see the school car park at 8.00am and again at 5.00pm when the Year 12 teaching staff are regularly seen carrying vast quantities of marking, project work, past papers and all the other pieces of work that make up the stuff of a teacher’s evening and weekends. It takes dedication, commitment, patience and lots

of red biro to get students through Year 12 and I believe that the St Patrick’s staff excel in their duties and have given each and every student their best opportunity to reach their full potential. There are many staff who go that extra mile for their Year 12 students, holding after school tutorials and extra exams to ensure each student meets their own academic goals. Their professionalism, and those who have taught the boys in all of their six years, contributes greatly to the continued success of the College.

A special mention must firstly go to the Senior School Homeroom Teachers. These dedicated professionals offer something of themselves to each of the students in their care and this is what makes St Patrick’s College the special place that it is. Secondly, I must thank Dr Peter Casey, Mr Chris Caldow, Mr Stephen Hill, Mr Mark Waddington, Ms Elizabeth Till, Mr Geoffrey Brodie, Mrs Elizabeth Ryan, Mr Chris Gleeson and Mr Anthony Meehan for their ongoing guidance of the boys throughout the year.

On a number of occasions in the year I have seen the boys at their very best. These are special occasions such as Boat Race, Edmund Rice Day, the First XI Cricket and First XVIII Football Grand Finals and the Year 12 Formal all bring back fond memories of time spent together in great joy. I hope the boys appreciate the values their parents have instilled in them as their sense of fun is well balanced with their sense of maturity. As a group they scrub up well and their conduct is to be praised in every social setting in which the College has placed them. To the parents of these fine young men, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your son’s lives. I have always felt that we made a great team in giving the best possible education to the leaders of tomorrow and for this we should all be proud.

I mentioned the Student Leaders before, but the entire class of 2011 have contributed much to the life of the College in many ways, from addressing social justice issues, to raising funds for various local charities and generally taking an integral

part in all College activities. I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation to each and every Year 12 student for the mature way in which they have conducted themselves in front of the College; they will be a hard act to follow.

In closing, I would like to wish the class of 2011 all the best in whatever they choose to do in 2012 and hope that they continue to live their lives with the sense of sprit, cooperation, goodwill and loyalty as well as continuing the great College maxims of Excellence, Faith, Tradition and Joy which has been fostered throughout their time at St. Patrick’s College.


Homeless Night

Year 10Mrs Fiona CarrollYear 10 Coordinator

As I enthusiastically arrived at St Pat’s on Day 1 of Term 1, 2011 for my ninth year as coordinator, my bubble was swiftly burst by the news that 241 Year 10 boys would be under my care this year! The enormity of that task overwhelmed me, until I was comforted by the realisation that my colleagues in the Senior School Team would be there supporting the boys and me every step of the way. I had nothing to worry about - and I was right!

In reflecting back on this year, I can honestly testify that it has been one of the smoothest years in my time at St Pat’s. The boys as a cohort, with few exceptions, rose to the challenge of increased expectations for independence, initiative and responsibility as they have progressed on their journey into adulthood. Many have blossomed under the guidance of their dedicated subject teachers, pastoral tutors and Heads of House as they have broadened friendship groups, been challenged spiritually and explored a wider selection of electives.

Year 10 is a turning point in a young man’s life as he begins to make independent decisions regarding his interests and strengths which will help shape his future career and lifestyle. For many individuals, Year 10 is when the discipline, rigour and sequencing of his education start to ‘make sense’ and he can focus on the purpose of working towards the ‘big picture’ as his character develops. Year 10 at St Patrick’s College provides a vast array of opportunities which, if taken up, will make a valuable contribution to the rich tapestry of each boy’s emerging status as a great man.

Throughout this year many Year 10 boys have participated voluntarily and enthusiastically in opportunities such as ‘Jungle Juice’, Debating and Public Speaking, ‘Lord of the Flies’, the Mindshop Excellence Program, the Science Challenge, Senior and Intermediate Sports and `St Pat’s Has Talent’, just to name a few! Some of the activities in which all boys were expected to participate included the Journey Program competencies (towards a Cert II in Business),

the Homeless Night, Retreats, Differential Aptitude Testing, Career Voyager, Work Experience and the University excursion. Our core business, however, is to promote and facilitate the boys’ intellectual development as they gain skills and knowledge through their academic pursuits. Many boys experienced, for the first time, the VCE and VET demands through their elective choices, and all boys will have felt the ‘stepping up’ of expectations for them to meet deadlines and take responsibility for themselves and their education. During a Year 10 assembly earlier in the year I paralleled their development as young men with the Bible verse referring to Jesus’ youth:

Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with both God and man.

This verse refers to Jesus’ holistic development - intellectually, physically, spiritually and socially. It can be assumed, that in striking the balance with all areas of development, positive emotional development follows. As our Year 10 boys follow in the

image and likeness of Jesus, I hope and pray that every area of their development will be positive and healthy. In particular, I pray that they will value the spiritual awareness which St Patrick’s College promotes in order to become the best young men that they could be.

Thank you to all classroom teachers, Pastoral Tutors, support staff, welfare team, Heads of House, Mr Chris Caldow, School leadership team and fellow coordinators for the superb support and encouragement given to the Year 10 boys and myself. Thank you also to the boys for your willingness to work so cooperatively with me and for taking up the opportunities this year. I have really enjoyed being your coordinator this year and I will miss all of you and the St Patrick’s College community as I embark on my new role at Trinity College, Colac.

In leaving St Pat’s I hand over my ‘precious’ Year 10 level to the extremely capable and caring duo of Mrs Melissa Griffin and Mr Howard Clark. My Year 10 boys of 2011 will

further develop into the fine young men for which St Patrick’s College is known, under the amazing guidance of Mr Gavin Webb and Mr Jeremy Daniel as Year 11 Coordinators for 2012 and beyond. Ms Elizabeth Ryan, as the new Head of Senior School, will run a very caring yet ‘tight ship’, and I know that the boys will respond very positively to her leadership. I congratulate my highly valued colleagues and friends on being selected for these positions. Best wishes and blessings to the entire St Patrick’s College community for 2012. Thank you for making my life so much richer over the last nine years.

Opposite:

2011 Senior School snapshots (from top left)

Top End Experience - 1st XVIII football camp

Reconciliation Ceremony: College Captain Nicholas O’Brien and Year 12 Student Ben Neade light the candle for reconciliation.

2012 College leaders with Headmaster Dr Peter Casey

Year 12 Graduation Mass – Year 12 Boarder

Year 12 Graduation Mass

2011 Valedictory Dinner

2011 Student Council

2011 Final Exams

2012 Leadership Camp


Middle SchoolMr Neal ArthursonHead of Middle School

The St Patrick’s College Middle School aims to be a significant and positive experience in the life of Year 9 students. All staff acknowledge the special needs of adolescent boys and strive to provide opportunities for each young man to become independent and active learners through rich and innovative curriculum, a curriculum that awakens and stimulates the intelligence.

The programme aims to maintain and enhance student enthusiasm for learning by means of a more open and accessible curriculum that emphasises the need for boys to learn through experience.

‘Our desire is to develop in young men a willingness to take up challenges intellectually, physically and socially with a sense of purpose and responsibility’.

Middle School is committed to the notion of a year filled with positive experiences and acknowledges the importance of the changing stages of young men’s lives, namely that they are beginning to leave behind elements of boyhood and are starting the journey of taking on the responsibilities that manhood provides.

To support this, teaching staff including Ms Casey Frame, Mr Michael Goss, Mr Jarrett Giamapaolo, Mr Shane Hayes, Mr Michael Weadon, Mr Peter Joyce, Mr Joseph Magee, Mr Peter Blanchfield and Ms Kara Hart, have been tireless with their efforts, guiding and developing our young men. At this point I would like to thank and acknowledge the work and commitment of this dedicated team of teachers.

The transition from boyhood to manhood can often be difficult and challenging. To encourage the boys to make this shift, a program called “Stepping Stones”, with an emphasis on Respect, Responsibility and Awareness was utilized over the four terms. The boys were involved in a number of activities, exploring differences between boyhood psychology and manhood psychology. A substantial element of the program focused on encouraging the boys to choose appropriate responses to different situations, with the aim of boys becoming proactive rather than reactive. A key principle the boys explored was: Individuals are responsible for their own choices and have the freedom to choose.

Term One

The “Stepping Stones Program” began in earnest with the Queenscliff camps.

The boys immersed themselves in the various activities on offer, including: Surfing, Snorkelling, Team Initiatives and Canoe Challenge. The night time sessions run by Mr Jamie Bobrowski and Pastoral Teachers explored Leadership themes and Perceptions - What it means to be a good man.

Term Two

A distinctive feature of Middle School is our emphasis on community and relationship building. Our understanding and commitment to the importance of school / community partnerships is paramount as we seek to provide our boys with the capacity and motivation to be:

•People with a faith base, with strong social competencies and resilience.

•Team players with appropriate negotiation, communication and co-operative skills.

•Critical and Creative thinkers with an ability to problem solve.

•Eager to learn and explore the world around them.

With this in mind, the next significant stage in the “Stepping Stones Program” was the Melbourne Experience.

With an aim to support the Humanities Immersion program; develop a sense of independence and initiative; and help equip students with some basic “city skills, each of the boys was encouraged to arrange their own accommodation in Melbourne with friends or relatives. With school based in Melbourne for the week, the students met their Pastoral Teacher at different city locations, and classes were conducted in an experiential manner. During the course of the week each class visited the National Gallery of Victoria, Eureka Tower, Queen Victoria Market, MCG, IMAX, The Museum and St Patrick’s Cathedral.

Term Three

Term Three was a particularly busy term as the boys not only engaged with their studies, but continued their “Stepping Stones” journey.

•Along with Loreto College, our Year 9 boys enjoyed ballroom dancing classes, participating in five lessons on Thursday afternoons, culminating in a Year 9 Social evening. The boys enthusiastically and with aplomb, enjoyed a wonderful night learning many social graces along the way.

•Immersion week was also held during Term Three. Boys were able to structure their schooling for one week, ceasing normal classes to take part in two units selected from a number of offerings. These unit offerings were separate to the usual curriculum.

The week aimed to provide the boys with an opportunity to learn and experience topics of interest in more depth than they would normally. With an emphasis on real world connections and often being conducted out of school, the many staff who volunteered their services for the week must be thanked for their enthusiasm and energy.

•During the term students participated in a taxation lecture presented by a representative from the ATO. Each of the boys was given

Stepping Stones


Year 9Ms Casey FrameYear 9 Coordinator

As I write this at the conclusion of my third and final year as Year 9 Coordinator, I reflect on the huge amount of effort and accomplishments from both students and teachers have achieved this year. We have much cause for celebration.

2011 started off with a wet summer; finally getting ourselves out of the drought and preparing for 205 students to begin the school year in Middle School. Out of the 205 students, nine were new to the college who came from a variety of places in the western districts of Victoria and also remote parts of Northern Territory. Seven boys within the year level also took up the opportunity too experience the life of being a boarder, here at the college.

Our aim in Middle School is to continue to develop fine young gentlemen with positive experiences and acknowledging the special learning needs of adolescents in our ‘Stepping Stones’ program. In our very active program we hope to encourage our students to become more independent learners through a dense, rich, innovative and enjoyable, hands on and user-friendly curriculum.

This year students had more access to technology and internet, with more portable thin client computers made available at school. There is no doubt implementing technology and using modern and engaging programs in our everyday classroom motivates and encourages students to be more enthusiastic towards their learning.

There is no shortage of events or programs student can get involved in and challenged by within Middle School program. Whether they be challenged during our camps (Queenscliff, Melbourne Experience, Grampians), ‘Immersion Week’, ‘Challenge Week’, Community Service Social Justice program or the huge variety of sporting teams after school hours; there is something for every student to enjoy and participate in.

Australian Taxation Office

The A.T.O. came and spoke to the students during Term 3, where each student had the opportunity to listen and apply to gain their Tax File Number and learn of our obligations as working citizens of

Australia. It was very pleasing to see the amount of students take up this opportunity and start thinking about gaining part time employment.

Social

This year was overwhelming with the amount of students who indicated they wanted to learn the basic steps of ballroom dancing and also be involved in the Social, held with Loreto College. As we are limited to the amount of positions offered to students due to the size of the venue, this was the first year we had to knock back students from being involved. Throughout the five weeks of dance lessons, I observed our boys get out of their comfort zone and although it was entertaining at times, it was more rewarding for me to see the growth in self esteem, confidence and also the dancing skills our boys developed. The Social was an enjoyable night for many and thank you to all students and staff who were involved. I’m not too sure if it’s the attire we ask our boys to wear or the presence of female students, but it is always surprising to our staff on this

night that we never have to ask our boys to adjust their tie or tuck their shirt in, as they all presented themselves very well and looked handsome.

Thank you to all the Middle School staff: Mr Michael Goss, Mr Warrick Bottrall, Mr Jarret Giampaolo, Mr Shane Hayes, Mr Michael Weadon, Mr Peter Joyce, Mr Joe Magee, Mr Peter Blanchfield and Miss Kara Hart. Your commitment and dedication towards the Middle School programs has been outstanding and I thank you for your ongoing support.

I would like to acknowledge and wish Mr Michael Goss all the best in his new role as Director of Learning at St Thomas Karr in Melbourne. Your knowledge, advice and encouragement to continue and keep developing myself as an educator, has been amazing and I thank you for opening my eyes to being a more innovative teacher whilst my time here at St Patricks College.

I would also like to say thank you to Mr Neal Arthurson, who I was very fortunate to share an office with this year due to the many renovations that have occurred within the school. The ongoing

support, encouragement, guidance and assistance you have shown me and the rest of the staff here at St Patrick’s College, has been overwhelming. It has been a rewarding experience for me this year to work along side him and I know Middle School is in good hands for years to come, with Neal leading the way.

Finally, as I leave and begin a new chapter of my life moving up to and gaining employment in Moama Anglican Grammar School next year, I would like to a massive thank you to Dr Peter Casey and staff of St Patrick’s College. I will forever grateful for the amazing experiences I have endured here at St Patrick’s College and enjoyed the opportunity to teach so many fine, young gentlemen. I know, I have become a better educator and person from being involved within the St Patrick’s College community and have always been overwhelmed with the amount of support and encouragement I have received over my seven years teaching here. I wish the College all the best next year and look forward to hearing the many positive things that occur here in the future.

the opportunity to apply for a Tax File Number.

•Also during the term each class participated in a half day retreat with a focus of growth as a Christian man and the many challenges faced in our modern day world

•All Year 9 boys took part in Challenge Week activities in Week 10 of Term 3. Normal classes were not directly impacted upon other than the incorporation of a range of social, physical and intellectual challenges into regular classes.

Throughout the week boys were encouraged to undertake challenges in an activity or activities that they would not normally do - to move beyond their comfort zone.

Term Four

Term Four heralded the much anticipated Grampians camp. In many respects this camp was a culmination of the “Stepping Stones Program.” After much preparation the boys set off on a three day camp, carrying their

bedding, food and water supplies. Engaging in physically and mentally challenging activities including: A tough five hour hike over Mt Difficult; mountain bike riding over sandy tracks; And participating in abseiling and rock climbing activities, the boys willingness to embrace the challenges presented to them and support their colleagues was an indication of how far their journey from boyhood to manhood had come. It must be noted that the generosity of all staff participating in this camp allowed the boys to enjoy such an enriching experience.

I would like to personally thank all teachers who contributed so much to the life and vibrancy of Middle School. In particular I thank Ms Casey Frame in her role as Year level Co-ordinator for her care, professionalism and energy, guiding and supporting the young men of Middle School. Lastly, I farewell three of our team leaving St Patrick’s College, Ms Casey Frame, Mr Michael Goss and Mr Peter Blanchfield, and wish them well as they embark on new opportunities in different schools.


Junior SchoolMr John RichardsHead of Junior School

2011 has been yet another challenging but enjoyable year in the Junior School. The year commenced with the largest Year 7 intake in the history of the school with 250 boys commencing their education at St Patrick’s College. In addition to this, the 200 boys in Year 8 consolidated on the foundations set for them in Year 7.

This year’s two hundred and fifty new Year 7 students commenced their life at St Patrick’s with a three day camp at Log Cabin Lodge Creswick. This is a long- standing tradition which gives the boys the opportunity to make new friends and get to know staff in a setting removed from the day-to-day school environment. An important component of the Year 7 camps programme is the passing on of College traditions such as the War Cry and College Song by current and past pupils involved in the camps. They were also visited by the Headmaster, Dr Peter Casey, who deepened their understanding of what St Patrick’s was all about. In addition to this, the boys took part in a wide range of team building activities and outdoor pursuits such as swimming, canoeing, yabbying, triathlons and many other challenging activities. Once camps were over it was time for the academic programme to commence.

2011’s Year 8 programme also provided our boys with a wide range of academic and co-curricular experiences. This year saw some changes to our Year 8 camps programme. In previous years our Year 8 camps took place in Lorne and Apollo Bay, 2011, however, saw a move to the Christian Brothers facility at Amberley on the banks of the Yarra River in Lower Plenty. The Amberley camps also provided the opportunity to build in a retreat component into the three day component. This opportunity gave our boys the opportunity to reflect on their lives and to bond together as a group.

In the world of Teaching and Learning our students had the benefit of a range of different curriculum offerings. In addition to the academic subjects, our students once again had the opportunity to participate in a

range of Arts subjects including, Drama, Music, Art and Multimedia. As well as this the boys also had the opportunity to participate in the world of Technology, learning skills in wood and metal work as well as electronics and food. The integration of ICT into the classroom curriculum programme via the use of classroom banks of laptop computers, interactive technology and data projectors has enabled to staff to work towards increasing student engagement in the classroom programme.

In the St Patrick’s College Junior School we are fortunate to have excellent structures in place to cater for those students who require additional support. Our literacy support programme, known as Linguistics was one again implemented in 2011 this programme is in place to assist those students requiring additional support with their literacy skills. This is having a positive effect on the students in the programme by lifting their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. This year saw the continuation of the Mathematics programme in both Year 7 and 8, with the continued implementation of the Mathematics ability groupings commenced in 2009. This has had a positive effect on both the teaching and learning aspects of the subject, giving our students the opportunity to work at the level most suited to them.

The Music Ensemble classes for Year 7 continued in 2011. Each week all Year 7 students participated in a band session whereby all members of a pastoral group would participate in a practical music session on their instrument of choice in a band setting. This had a most positive effect on the quality of music produced, each individual’s musical progress and the eventual uptake of instrumental music for Year 8 student in 2012.

The annual Year 8 Medieval Day once again took place in term four. This day was held as a culmination of the Year 8 Humanities unit on medieval times. The boys and staff entered into the spirit of the day by dressing in medieval dress and participating in the many medieval games and activities

that were organised for the day.

This year’s Junior School Presentation Evening was held on December 1 in the O’Malley Sports Centre. The evening commenced with a liturgy planned by the Religious Education Coordinator Mrs Kristine Smardon based around the theme “You are a light for the world”. The Year 7 concert bands, comprising all two hundred and fifty Year 7 students, performed very well and this was evidence of the great work done in the Year 7 music ensemble programme. This was indeed a wonderful way for the Junior School staff, students and parents to end the school year by acknowledging the spiritual, academic, cultural and sporting achievements of out students. Congratulations are extended to our academic prize-winners for their hard work and dedication to their studies:

Year 7 Dux Liam O’Shea

Proxime Accessit Louis Edwards

Year 8 Dux Callum Holland

Proxime Accessit Mitchell Steele

Junior School Prize for General Excellence Kelsey Gannon

Year 7 Religious Education Prize Jarrod O’Brien

Year 8 Religious Education Prize Thomas Schreenan

I would like to take the opportunity to thank all involved with the Junior School in 2011: the Headmaster Dr Peter Casey, the Deputy Head Masters Mr Chris Caldow and Mr Stephen Hill, the teaching staff, students and parents. In particular I would like to thank Year Level Coordinators Mr Peter Brady, Mr Gavin Webb and Mr Jamie Lynn for their care, understanding and professionalism in their dealing with parents and students throughout the school year. 2012 will see Mr Gavin Webb move into the Year 11 coordinator’s role. I thank him for his efforts at Year 7 level over the past three years and welcome Mr Gerard Willis and Mrs Jacinta Burge into the Year 7 coordinator’s role.

In closing, at St Patrick’s we offer our boys many opportunities and provide them with good role models in the hope that they grow into men of integrity who have a positive influence on the world around them.

Group Dux Religious Education Prize

7A Thomas Hallett Padraic Ryan

7B Louis Edwards Louis Edwards

7C Samuel McMaster Kahleb Pierce

7D Troy Keem Jarrod O’Brien

7E Alexander Mooney Emerson McMaster

7F Cameron Adams Cameron Adams

7G James Parini James Parini

7H Liam O’Shea Liam O’Shea

7I Riley Murphy Alex Porter

7J Hasker Dawborn Carson Dodds

8A Thomas Evans Jacob Coxall

8B Patrick Collier Nicholas Frawley

8C Callum Holland Callum Holland

8D Jake Leontiew Samuel Mewett

8E Mitchell Steele Mitchell Steele

8F Thomas Schreenan Thomas Schreenan

8G Kelsey Gannon Mitchell Canny

8H Jordan Purcell Ryan Shaw


Year 8Mr Peter BradyYear 8 Coordinator

Year 7Mr Gavin WebbYear 7 Coordinator

The 2011 School year started a new chapter in the history of life at St Patrick’s College with 250 boys enrolled, the largest intake in the 118 history of the College. This is a significant increase from 200. As well as this the refurbishment of the O’Malley Wing, this meant six of the ten Year 7 Pastoral Groups were stationed in the brand new Sir Hugh Devine Wing, with the other four located in the Little Wing. The nervous but excited Year 7’s commenced the new school year with an extended Pastoral Care Session with their allotted Pastoral Care Tutor. A big thank you must go to the 2011 Pastoral Tutors, Mr Gerard Willis and Miss Victoria Moore from Galvin House, Mr Michael Brady and Mrs Sofia Thapa from Keniry, Miss Rachael Leighton and Mr Luke Corden from Nunan, Mr Brett Earl and Mr Juri Kaczkowski from Ryan and Mr Greg Shawcross and Mrs Jo-anne Patching (composite Pastoral Groups) for helping the first day run smoothly for all involved and for everything they did over the course of the year. Having a Year 7 Pastoral Group brings many challenges and endless explaining and questions. The patience, care and work ethic displayed by the Tutors this year was astounding as usual. An extended welcome to Mr Gerard Willis, Miss Rachael Leighton and Mr Greg

Shawcross who joined us for the first time at St Patrick’s College. Another addition to the Year 7 team this year was Mr Jamie Lynn who took on the role of Assistant Year Level Coordinator. A role he handled professionally and efficiently.

Diaries, lockers, locks, uniform, timetable, bells, houses, structure of the Junior School, swimming trials, camp, books, stationery, expectations, get to know you activities and learning names were all on the agenda for the first day of school. The transition from Primary School to Secondary College is quite significant so all the staff at St Patrick’s place a huge emphasis of the welfare of each student, especially in the initial stages of the year. The first Year 7 activity for the year was the swimming trials, and a thank you to Mr Chris Gleeson, Ms Tamara Westwood and Justin Gordon for their organisation and running of the trials. Due to the large enrolment numbers the results from these trials contributed towards House points for the College’s swimming carnival and the allocation to heats on the day.

A tradition for many years at the College is the Year 7 camps at Log Cabin Lodge, Creswick. These commenced in the second week of term with the

two Galvin Pastoral groups being first to go. Log Cabin Lodge’s facilities have undergone significant improvements of late and they have also added a number of new and challenging activities. Activities such as canoeing, giant swing, trampoline, swimming, triathlon, flying fox, tug of war, obstacle course, get to know you tasks, cooking damper, night walks and games were some of the experiences the boys had. All camps were blessed to have our Headmaster, Dr Peter Casey, and Deputy Headmaster, Mr Chris Caldow, visit with the company of the student and staff House leaders. They ran an “Initiation to SPC” session, which involved learning the College Song, War Cry and other information about their House. Some Year 12s of 2010 also assisted with the camps and particularly these activities. Mr Jamie Bobrowski also ran a session at the beginning of each camp on teamwork, trust and self esteem. The boys are spoilt by the amount of experience and expertise they have guiding them at St Patrick’s.

Upon returning from camp students soon settled into a routine at school and experienced subjects such as Japanese, Multi Media, Technology, Art, Physical

Education, Health and Music on top of the core subjects English, Maths, Religious Education, Science and Humanities. Learning the subject matter, completing assessment tasks, doing homework, experiencing the Kelty Resource Centre, learning about the history of the College and familiarising themselves with the IT programme were all features of the first term.

On March 17 the Year 7s got to experience their first St Patrick’s Day Mass, which was held in the Gymnasium. This was a wonderful celebration and the boys understanding of what it is to be a student at this wonderful school was enriched. The College’s other major celebration day, Edmund Rice day, was held in May, where the Year 7’s raised thousands of dollars for charity. Swimming and athletic carnivals, after school sport and the Loreto Interaction day were all entered into with great anticipation and enthusiasm. A new event on the year 7 calendar this year was the Loreto “Puzzle Mania” day, which was held in September. A big thank you to Mrs Sofia Thapa for her initiative and organisation of the day. Participation in such events are all part of being a “St Pat’s Boy” and gives opportunities to all to build positive relationships with

peers and staff members as well as establishing a sense of belonging and identity within their respective Pastoral Care Group, House and year level.

In May the Year 7s participated in a retreat at the Invermay Sport and Recreation Centre. Thanks must go to Mr Geoff Brodie, Mrs Kristine Smardon and Mr Art Nicholls for their planning of the day with the support of the Pastoral Care Tutors and RE teachers. This was an opportune time for the boys to reflect, share and set goals for the future.

My personal thanks must be extended to Mr John Richards, the Head of Junior School for his leadership, support and advice. The curriculum is ever changing to ensure our students are experiencing the best education possible. What the students experience is both engaging and challenging with all staff committed to doing what is best for the boys. It has been fantastic to work with a team of professional staff who create a safe and positive learning environment, and energised students where each day is enriching. I thank the parents for entrusting St Patrick’s College to educate their sons with the understanding that you are the primary educators of your sons.

2011 commenced with the Year 8 boys located in the O’Malley Wing and again 200 boys were accommodated across eight pastoral care groups. At the beginning of term two however, six classes moved into the newly constructed Devine Wing, with two groups remaining in classrooms at the western end of O’Malley. This move was brought about by the refurbishment of the main corridor and classrooms in both the downstairs and upstairs levels of O’Malley.

Consequently for terms two, three and four, the Year Level was somewhat disjointed particularly from the point of view of a number boys having to move to various classrooms throughout each day, depending on the timetabling of mathematics groups and also of elective subjects.

In light of the above, the boys must be commended on the manner in which they adjusted to the various changes. Of course those classes that relocated to the Devine Wing were certainly blessed with the opportunity of being able to engage in their learning in such

pleasant, new surroundings. When we now observe the magnificent refurbishment of the O’Malley Wing, the temporary move and separation of our Year 8 groups was a small price to pay.

Throughout the course of the year, the Year 8 cohort were very well supported by their pastoral tutors, namely Mrs Kristine Smardon, Mr Leigh McKee, Ms Ursula Bridges, Mr Scott Kruger, Mrs Louise Klopak, Mr Fred Spittle, Mrs Marianne Kambouridis and Miss Sarah Hughes. The care and concern for the boys displayed by these teachers has been central to each pastoral group having the opportunity to experience a safe and happy environment here at school on a daily basis.

Congratulations must be extended to those boys whose academic achievement received special recognition during the year. Chris Nolan Award winners and those boys who received Headmaster’s Excellence and Achievement Awards were worthy recipients. Furthermore, Callum Holland was a most worthy winner of the Year 8 Dux

award while Mitchell Steele was Proxime Accessit and Kelsey Gannon was acknowledged for his General Excellence. Special congratulations to these hard working students.

In addition, the following students were awarded Dux of their respective pastoral groups : Tom Evans, Patrick Collier, Callum Holland, Jake Leontiew, Mitchell Steele, Thomas Schreenan, Kelsey Gannon and Jordan Purcell while the Religious Education prizes in each of the pastoral groups were awarded to Jacob Coxall, Nicholas Frawley, Callum Holland, Samuel Mewett, Mitchell Steele, Thomas Schreenan, Mitchell Canny and Ryan Shaw. Well done to all.

A variety of extra-curriclar activities were organised during the year. Such activities were provided as additional learning opportunities for the boys and included a CFA presentation, a drama presentation relating to cyber bullying, an Essential Services day, a Mother and Son/visiting author evening, a visiting speaker from Victoria Police and a presentation by Year 9 student Deng Deng who spoke about

his experiences growing up in Sudan and Egypt prior to coming to Australia as a refugee.

2011 saw a change in the retreat and camping program for Year 8s. Whereas in previous years these two experiences were separate events, this year a new venue at Amberley in the picturesque Yarra Valley was chosen to host a combined retreat and camping program with groups of fifty students attending for three days and two nights.

Once again students had the opportunity to be involved in a variety of after school activities. Such activities included the many and varied sporting pursuits, band and music participation, the school drama production and also debating and public speaking competitions. After school mathematics sessions were also provided during terms one, two and three and it was pleasing that numerous students availed themselves of this opportunity.

I must also acknowledge the fine efforts of the majority of

the Year 8 boys who contributed to the fundraising relating to the Edmund Rice Walkathon. Many students made a concerted effort to seek donations and the final result ensured that a number of disadvantaged groups will greatly benefit.

Again, thank you to Mr John Richards for his continued support and organisation. His fine leadership of the Junior School ensures that students and staff are always well informed and are given every opportunity to engage in a positive learning and teaching environment.

Finally, well done to all boys on their efforts throughout 2011 and I trust that St Patrick’s College continues to be a place where you able to learn and also able to develop positive relationships with others.


James McDonald (SPC 1989-94) with Kevin Sheedy (left) and Mark Williams (right) after being drafted in 2011 to the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

Boarding 2011

Back Row: Zachary Hopper, Dallas Willsmore, Timothy MacKenzie, Vincent White, Tanner Smith, Michael Close, Thomas Downie, Xavier Vearing, Daniel Vearing, Rory Taggert, Tyler Blake, Thomas Smith

Second Row: Rhyle Panozzo, Joshua Sewell, Tomas Gall, Jack Puglielli, David Morris, Cameron Lewis, Eddie Pou, Martin Ryan, Darcy Cameron, Luke Kemp, Taylor Kingsley-Williams, Matthew Storey

Third Row: Lachlan Mulquiny, Marshall Lee, Joab Mead, Hayden McCrow, Beau’n James, Ryan O’Sullivan, William Peart, James Keys, Jaydon Stiles, Liam Jess, Michael Peart, Connor Squires, Tim Cronin

Fourth Row: Edward Brown, Jack Kelly, Rhys Lardenoye-MacDonald, Jake Neade, Robert Warnir, Kyle Kemp, Christopher Borell, Dominic Barry, Nicholas Borell, Christopher Saunders, Donovan Jones, Mitchell McCrow, Nicholas Nilco, Jessy Kroon

Front Row: Alex Roberts Alistair Francis, Clifford Jones, Isaiah Johnson, Leon Hutcheon, Mark Kurungaiyi, Adam Newbold, James Liston, Jack Jenkins, Patrick Farnan, Hayden Briese, Jai Shah.

2011 has been another exceptional year in boarding with the performances of student in a wide range of curricular and co-curricular areas honouring the pillars of the College, in particular our rich tradition of boarding. The continued growth in demand for boarding enrolment is testament to the success of our model for residential care and highlights the critical success factors in the development of our fine young men. Senior leaders lived the ideals of a ‘man for al seasons’, modelling outstanding Catholic service leadership whilst excelling in academic studies, sport, music and the arts whilst being good men of whom their parents, teachers and peers can be justifiably proud.

As I write my final Director of Boarding report I take some pride in the growth of boarding over the past nine years and its place at the heart of the College. The young men of boarding are represented well beyond their number in all areas of College life and are in some ways custodians of the soul of the College from a student

perspective due to their 24 hour, seven day a-week occupancy of the College grounds. With this soul being well and truly nurtured by an outstanding group of committed staff, it is little wonder that we have grown from 13 students in 2003 to over 75 in 2012.

I am regularly humbled, and a little embarrassed, by the praise I am afforded by grateful boys and their parents at the end of each year. As I do each day, I pray that my work will honour the teachings of Jesus of the Gospels and the aspirations of Blessed Edmund Rice. I know that if I go some of the way to achieving these lofty aims I will always treat the boys with dignity, respect and love. In thanking families for their trust and appreciation I would like to acknowledge that all of the positive outcomes achieved in boarding over the past nine years are as a result of a team approach to residential care and I am extremely appreciative and greatly humbled to lead an extraordinary team of staff who are totally committed to the ongoing wellbeing and growth of boys in boarding.

The boarding team which comprises residential staff, housekeepers, tutors, counsellors and the catering team are a close knit, committed and talented group bound together by the desire to enhance the boarding experience for boys within a Catholic educational context. Teamwork is essential in this endeavour and is evident on a daily basis.

As Mattie Stepanek notes, ‘Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved’. Over the past nine years we have indeed achieved wonderful things and in the process enriched the lives of so many young men. In some cases we have literally ‘saved’ lives and it is sometimes in working with the broken and fragile where the greatest rewards for residential staff are found. Such outcomes are testament to the outstanding work of the boarding team and its shared vision to unlock the innate potential in every young man in our care.

During 2011 the Residential Committee continued to implement key findings from the 2009 Burke Review of Boarding at St Patrick’s College. Initiatives included:

•Improvements in facilities to ensure all student shave access to wireless internet within the Houses;

•Increased professional development opportunities for staff;

•Conducting extensive transition programmes for Indigenous boarding students;

•Increasing the scope and structure of the boarding recreational programme;

•Introduction of a social and emotional intelligence education programme for students; and

•Enhancing communication with parents and other key stakeholders in boarding.

Strong growth in boarding numbers for 2012 has required the College Board and its Buildings and Finance Committees to identify new boarding facilities for 2012.

The Residential Committee is particularly appreciative for the work undertaken by these groups and the leadership of Dr Peter Casey and Board Chair Mr Adrian Doyle in ensuring students have excellent facilities which are consistent with our ‘Houses Model’ for boarding.

Boarding students continue to make a significant contribution to the College in all facets of school life. They are highly represented in co-curricular activities, leadership roles and academic performance and add a very special dimension to life at St Patrick’s.

It is particularly pleasing to note that a number of students were elected by peers and staff to serve the entire College community as part of Student Council. Well done to the following boys for their leadership of the College in 2010:

•Luke Kemp Nunan Captain

•James Liston Ryan Vice Captain

BoardingMr Mark WaddingtonDirector of Boarding

ArchivesMs Catriona BanksCollege Archivist

2011 commenced at a hectic pace with the refurbishment of the O’Malley Wing necessitating the removal of all the historic framed photographs and their temporary storage in the Archives Office. This in itself raised the timely topic of appropriate safe archival storage of the College’s museum and artefact collections. So in the latter part of 2011 saw the commencement of a major cataloguing project whereby the historic collections will be appraised and valued. This information will be entered onto the archives database, enabling the easy identification of information and artefacts for use in displays and research. The issue of appropriate archival storage for the expanding collection will then need to be addressed.

In 2011 the Archives worked with Mr Howard Clark in identifying all the Old Collegians who have embarked on a VFL / AFL career. There were some 30 players who were not represented in the collection featured in the College Dining Room. To rectify this situation, images of these footballers were found, as well as confirmation of their years at the College and their career statistics. These pictures have now all been framed and the

Archives will work in conjunction with the Maintenance Department to re-hang all the pictures in the College Dining Room.

The Archives continued to respond to many requests for information from internal and external sources. Family history is one of the main reasons that people contact the Archives for information. St Patrick’s College is lucky to have such a well resourced and organised historical collection to be able to provide information and images to families associated with the SPC community, some of whom have only vague details about their ancestor’s life. Internal enquiries have increased in 2011, including requests for information and images for Old Collegians events, as well as advice on various recordkeeping issues.

The Archives has also worked closely with the Old Collegians’ Association in creating booklets for each of the reunions celebrated throughout the year. These booklets showcase particular events and students from a given year and are an entertaining retrospective look at how we were ‘all those years ago’. The feedback from attendees at these functions has been really positive, and

it also serves to promote the Archives as a resource for information as well as a place where Old Collegians might like to donate items from their College days.

Processing of the backlog of records and artefacts has continued throughout the year and is really an ongoing project. However each box of records that is listed on the database is more information that is now available for research and which adds to the tremendous legacy of care and education for St Patrick’s community.

During the year, the Archives produced or contributed to a number of articles for College publications. These include the following features on Hall of History inductees Colin McDonald QC, Nathan Brown and Peter Buckle.


KRC TV

Kelty Resource Centre Julia PetrovDirector of the Kelty Resource Centre

Albert Einstein once said that “Information is not knowledge”. As educators we are all too aware of this, but possibly more so since the advent of the internet in our classrooms. While students now have greater access to information, it has become apparent that for many students it remains just that, information, not necessarily knowledge. Throughout the school, teachers are providing the critical literacy skills students need to make that transition. The KRC supports teachers and students with both print and digital resources for research and recreation.

In other words the KRC continues to focus on boys, books and bytes.

Andy Griffith

In March one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors, Andy Griffiths, spoke to our Year 7 students. As part of a tour promoting his new book, “What body part is that?”. Andy gave us a very entertaining presentation that included him performing

“surgery” on a student. His fun sense of humour and crazy ideas make it little wonder that his books make it onto our most “popular reads” lists year after year.

Book Week

Book Week celebrates books and Australian authors and illustrators. This year’s theme was “One world many stories” and various activities were held in the KRC to celebrate the importance of stories and their inherent appeal around the world.

One competition asked students to write a story inspired by a range of photos from around the world. The winning entrants were:

1st place William Gallagher (Yr 11)

2nd place Samuel Castleman (Yr 9)

3rd place Ty Mountford (Yr 7)

We also had a “Design a book cover” competition where students created book covers for books short listed for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) book of the year for older readers. The winning entrants were:

KRC Choice 1st place Bailey Dodd

2nd place Will Lovison

People’s Choice 1st place Khaleb Pierce

2nd place Thomas Lannen

A popular competition located in the KRC was called “Where in the world?” We displayed photographs of staff at interesting and exotic places. Students had to match photos of staff to corresponding locations. It was easy to pick Mrs Clare Kavanagh in front of the Eiffel Tower but online research skills were required to identify Sagrada Familia where Ms Sara Taylor was standing, in Spain.

We also had a professional story teller, Nathaniel Buchanan, present eerie stories from around the world during lunch on Thursday.

Year 8 Mother and Son Night

In October, the Heads of House and the KRC team hosted a Mother and Son evening. The event featured author Michael Wagner who spoke about the strategies he uses for developing his stories, including keeping a journal of ideas, remembering funny names and writing up to 40 drafts!

KRC TV

In the corridor leading to the entrance of the KRC we have installed a TV screen and speaker. The TV has been a great source of interest to students and staff who are both entertained and informed by the featured video clips that cover the following areas: information literacy, social justice, library, how to/guides and book trailers.

e-Audiobooks

This year we offered students the opportunity to borrow audiobooks on an iPod. We do not intend to have audiobooks replace books but want to provide our students with another dimension of the text, not reading “lite” but differently. They have been very popular and have engaged a range of boys in texts they may not otherwise have read. Peter Shawcross, our new Audio-visual technician, has done a great job in managing this area.

Library Monitors

The KRC has welcomed aboard eight enthusiastic Junior School students to act as Library Monitors during lunchtime. The duties the students are involved in include shelving returned books, supervising games and activities, assisting students in choosing good reads, searching for resources on the library catalogue, general tidying up and working with the KRC staff on special events.

•Benelias Neade Galvin Vice Captain

•David Dickinson 1st XI Cricket Captain

The recognised leaders within the boarding community have again done a fine job in supporting House Masters through ensuring food supplies are maintained within the Houses and staff and students are working collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes in all areas of school and residential life. Thank you and well done to the following House Leaders in 2011:

McCann House Captain: Vincent White Vice Captain: Luke Kemp

Kenny House Captain: Lachlan Mulquiny Vice Captain: Tom Gall

Nangle House Captain: Cameron Lewis Vice Captain: Joab Mead

Wanliss House Captain: Benelias Neade Vice Captain: Jake Neade

The achievements of students in many areas are outstanding and it is a great privilege for staff to work with these inspirational young men to assist them in achieving their dreams and aspirations. Some of these achievements are less obvious, but just as important. As Van Gogh noted,

‘Great things are done by a series of small things brought together’.

The warm greeting we get each week from clergy and parishoners at St Columba’s parish highlights the esteem with which the boys are regarded and the respect they have earned from the community and this is a great sense of pride for staff accompanying them at this important weekly event.

Some of the exceptional performances of 2011 include:

•2011 Dux of Boarding James Liston.

•2011 Bandsman of the Year Lachlan Mulquiny

•Rhys Lardonoye-MacDonald played the lead role in the College production of ‘Lord of the Flies’.

•Darcy Cameron won the 2011 Steve Moneghetti Award for Athletics.

•Two boarding students drafted to the AFL - Thomas Downie to Greater Western Sydney and Rory Taggert to the Melbourne Football Club.

•Charlie King was selected by the Melbourne Heart A league soccer club and is a member of their Youth League team.

•Jack Saunders, Trent Everett and Xavier Vearing made State basketball teams.

•Jake Neade, Tanner Smith and Dallas Willsmore were awarded Australian Institute of Sport Scholarships for excellence in Australian Rules Football.

•Marshall Lee was selected to complete an intensive pre-season with the East Fremantle Football Club.

Such experiences are made possible through the outstanding work of the committed, talented and hard working boarding team. The following staff have played an invaluable role in the lives of our young men in 2011:

Heads of House Nangle Dr Joel Bishop

McCann Mr Adam Newbold

Kenny Mr Stuart Lethbridge

Wanliss Mr Jovan Love

Residential Tutors Nangle Mr Justin Gordon

McCann Mr Peter Blanchfield/Mr Adam Jennings

Kenny Mr Edward Browne and Mr Arnold Quirong

Wanliss Mr Timothy Cronin

I would particularly like to acknowledge the work of Mr Peter Blanchfield as Assistant Head of Boarding. Peter deputised in a professional and diligent manner in Term 3 when I was on long service leave. His expansive contribution to boarding over nine years is greatly appreciated and has been foundational in the growth of boarding.

The efforts of students in evening study this year has been very positive, due primarily to the efforts of non-Resident tutors who work with the boys each week in a range of subject areas. Thank you to Mrs Julia Petrov, Ms Ria Coffey, Mr Hamish McCrum, Mr Brendon Gilbert, Mr Mark Verberne, Mr Luke Corden, Mrs Trish Pearsall, Ms Carol Sinclair, Mr Claud Procaccino, Ms Kathryn Lynn, Mrs Sofia Thapa, Mr Shane Hayes, Ms Mary Psalia, Mr Andrew Schuyler, Ms Amanda Adams, Mr Cameron Marchbank, Mr Sam Wilson, Mr Liam Young and Mr Howard Clark who worked tirelessly with students, particularly during pre-exam periods to optimally prepare students for the rigours of examinations.

It is impossible to adequately describe or quantify the contribution that Mr Bernie Kenna the College’s Catering Manager makes to the success of our boarding model. Supported by the enthusiastic and highly skilled Ms Jennifer Casey, the Catering Team are an integral component of our boarding model providing exceptional food with essential and invaluable pastoral care and friendship. Bernie’s skills as a Chef are of the highest order but his people skills and impact upon the lives of the boys far outweighs his technical brilliance! Bernie’s skills are complemented by Mrs Letecia Thomson, Ms Trudi Armstrong, Ms Anne Birkett and Mr Patrick Foley who has been an excellent School Based Apprentice.

Cleaning any house is tough but one that accommodates 20 or more boys is almost beyond comprehension! To do this with a smile is an exceptional effort.

The care for the boys provided by House Keepers Mrs Helen Bourke, Mrs Lauretta Gaffney and Mrs Brenda Brennan, all of whom possess immense patience, skill and an amazing work ethic, is simply exceptional. Our Housekeepers are loved by the boys and work tirelessly to make each boy feel special, particularly during periods of illness or homesickness. This pastoral dimension to all roles in boarding is integral ingredient in the success of the St Patrick’s model of boarding.

Mrs Caitlin Bennett continues to do outstanding job in communicating with parents and her friendliness, calmness and care for boys and their parents is greatly appreciated by parents, some of whom are thousands of kilometres away! Caitlin has been an incredible support for the Director of Boarding and much of the credit for our growth in boarding is attributable to her efforts in facilitating enrolment and increasing connectedness between parents and the College.

I would also like to sincerely thank my wife Jacinta for her exceptional contribution to boarding over nine years. She has been a surrogate mother to hundreds of boys, supporting many through challenging times. She has also carried much of the workload in raising our own three children, allowing me the time and space to focus on the lives of our ‘adopted sons’. This has often been at the expense of her own professional career or personal time. The boarders have been all the richer for her involvement in residential life, as have our own children who have loved having a host of wonderful and entertaining older brothers!

In preparing to depart the College I would particularly like to acknowledge the inspiring leadership, support and vision of Headmaster Dr Peter Casey. History will record the growth of boarding over the past decade. The ability of the College to maintain its rich tradition of boarding is attributable to the courage and foresight of Dr Casey.

His interest in the lives of the young men in boarding is exceptional as is the support and mentoring he provides to staff. Without his inspired Catholic leadership boarding may still be battling to maintain its viability rather than its current position as an integral part of the College.

The young men in boarding have again enjoyed an enriching, enjoyable and challenging year and are testament to Edmund’s charism. They have formed friendships that will last them a lifetime and have a range of experiences and skills that will sustain them as they set about their life’s journey as young men of the world. As I leave the role I wish incumbent Mr Alex Hunt all the very best for 2012 and sincerely thank the students and parents of boarding for providing me with an opportunity to share in the growth and development of such exceptional young men.


The Old Collegians Association has again had a busy twelve months conducting a number of highly successful events including the annual Halls of History Dinner, Golf Day and numerous reunion and regional dinners. Members of the OCA Committee have worked cohesively with the College’s Development Office and continue to improve communications with old boys from across the globe. The OCA have also supported the St Patrick’s College Foundation in completing a very successful fundraising campaign to provide students with the fantastic St Roch’s Oval facility.

The OCA has conducted many functions throughout the past twelve months. Reunions were held for ten, twenty, thirty, forty and fifty year anniversaries respectively, as well as the St Patrick’s Day Luncheon which was once again well patronised. The Reunion Programme does much to engender a deeper sense of belonging for our old boys, in particular for those who have not been in touch with College for many years. The Reunion Program provides and

opportunity to rekindle old friendships and to relive past glories.

On Saturday evening May 7 the Old Collegians held its 10th Halls of History Dinner, commonly referred to as the ‘Legend’s Dinner’. Once again we were treated to fine food and company in our Pavilion as we celebrated the talents of Colin McDonald QC, Nathan Brown and Peter Buckle. A ‘Facere et Docere’ Award was also presented to Mr Terry Blizzard who taught with distinction at the College for 25 years.

Colin attended the College from 1967 to 1970 as a day student. After excelling at school he attended the University of Melbourne where he completed a law degree. He first ventured to the ‘Top End’ as a volunteer spending his summer holidays working with St Vincent de Paul and with Indigenous communities.

In 2010 Colin McDonald QC was awarded the 2010 Law Council of Australia Presidents Medal at a gala dinner held in Canberra on Friday (26 November).The Presidents Medal is an annual

award, first started by the LCA in 2007, which recognises an Australian lawyer who has made an outstanding contribution to the legal profession.

Colin McDonald is one of Australia’s most experienced barristers and takes a particular interest in human rights - including acting for convicted drug smuggler and member of the Bali Nine Scott Rush - and cross-cultural professional engagement.

Colin has worked tirelessly for Aborigines and refugees, particularly those from Cambodia, China and East Timor. He acted as counsel for two bishops of Darwin and took instruction from Mother Teresa when some of the burghers of the upscale Darwin suburb Fannie Bay tried to shut down a Sisters of the Poor refuge for the destitute.

Along the way, his guiding principle has been one passed down from his father, Rodney, an optical salesman and farmer.

“My father told me there are two sins in life: being a mean-spirited bastard and being

dismal, giving up on life,” McDonald says. “He was right about that.”

McDonald is a staunch Catholic and a lifelong friend of Fr Frank Brennan, the Jesuit priest and lawyer; as young barristers they worked in the same suite, which was dubbed Vatican Chambers after an opening celebration supplied with booze by the Celtic Club and attended by Melbourne’s leading Catholic jurists.

“I’m comfortable with my religious tradition, but my spirituality has been infused by the enlightenment of engaging with people living with other traditions, Taoism and Hinduism in particular,” McDonald says.

Colin is also a highly skilled and passionate cook and speaks conversational Bahasa Indonesia, a skill he has gained living part time Darwin and Bali.

Nathan Brown (SPC 2002-2006) was an outstanding junior athlete and is now a premiership player for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL. Nathan Brown was selected by Collingwood with

the 10th selection in the 2006 National AFL Draft. Tall and mobile, Brown is a former basketballer having played state level at Under 14, 16 and 18 level.

At St Patrick’s Nathan was a strong student and a noted leader. Prior to being drafted as a Year 11 student he was elected to the College’s Student Council. Elder brother Cameron was College Captain in 2005. He and twin brother Mitch were members of the College’s 2005 MCC Herald Sun Shield Premiership team coached by mentor Howard Clark.

Brown made his debut for Collingwood in Round One of the 2008 against Fremantle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 45,000 fans. He immediately made impressions with speed and great defensive attributes against Matthew Pavlich, who is recognised as one of the best forwards in the game, holding him to only one goal. He would follow up immediately, playing on one of the competition’s best players, Jonathan Brown of the Brisbane Lions, and Matthew Richardson of Richmond in the next

Old Collegians AssociationMr Rick Blanchfield President

The KRC would like to thank the following boys for their contributions as Library Monitors:

•Darcy Bisset

•Vinnie Rowan-McDonald

•Teyden Pearl

•Christopher Kan

•Jesse White

•Chris Saunders

•Alec Robinson

•Brayden Ward

Microsoft Reputation Services

Due to the changing requirements of the College, there was a need to move from managing internet access with a Whitelist to utilising a filter system provided by Microsoft.

At the end of Term 3, Ms Sara Taylor’s involvement with the KRC officially ended. She has always been most generous with her time and knowledge. We would all like to acknowledge the wonderful contribution Sara has made to

the KRC during her time at St Patrick’s College.

KRC Book Trailers

Early in Term 3 Mr Michael Goss ran a very successful Year 9 Immersion Week activity in the KRC for students to create their own book trailers. Like a movie trailer, a book trailer is designed to promote a book. Images, video, animation, music and words are used to create a multimedia file that encourages the viewer to read the book.

The KRC held a Book Trailer Competition for all students and the winning entry was created by Jonah Pidgeon.

WIRED

This year our WIRED program has continued to grow thanks to the ideas and enthusiasm of Ms Pam Delahunty and Ms Ria Coffey. They developed a website to support the program so boys are now able to access a wealth of information about books, authors and competitions online.

The KRC would like to thank Ms Ria Coffey for her innovation, enthusiasm and sense of fun. We wish her all the best for her position as Teacher Librarian in Melbourne.

Much has been achieved this year thanks to all the wonderful ideas and work from the KRC staff: Ms Ria Coffey, Mrs Pam Delahunty, Mrs Patricia Pearsall, Ms Carol Sinclair, Mrs Sue Edwards, Ms Sara Taylor, Mr Glenn Fisher and Mr Peter Shawcroft. The enthusiasm, talent and professionalism of the KRC team make the KRC a valuable resource for the school community.

Class of 1971 Reunion


OCA Golf Day

Michael Burke (SPC 1950-1954) OCA Golf Day

make a Grand Final which would bring promotion to C Grade. In 2012 the club is excited by the recruitment of Christian Ryan (SPC 1993-95), a former VFL player (and Olympic silver medallist) who will further bolster playing stocks.

At Committee level there is also high representation of St Patrick’s College old boys. At the 2011 Annual General Meeting four old boys were elected to the committee of the Club. The club was delighted to announce Lee Iafrate (SPC 1974-78) as the new President. In a smooth transition the Club is excited to retain the services of outgoing President Trevor Ludeman on the Committee. Paul Kearney joins the Committee, maintaining the strong connection of St Joseph’s College, North Melbourne. Office Bearers for 2012 are:

President Lee Iafrate

Vice President Tim Halpin

Secretary Denis Churkovich

Treasurer Bernie Skahill

Assistant Secretary and Treasurer Brad King

The St Patrick’s College Old Collegians/University of Ballarat Rugby Union Football Club were again very competitive within the Melbourne competition finishing a very credible fourth. The team was Captained by Sean Mathews (SPC 2004-2006) and has laid a strong foundation for a serious push at the title in 2012. The ‘Shed Oval’ is now in excellent condition and with the ‘Handball Court Pavilion’ as a backdrop provides a great venue for the club and its loyal supporters. The work of the club and its many old boys in hosting the game between the newly formed Melbourne Rebels and Fiji was simply fantastic and did much to showcase the game in Ballarat and the western region of Victoria. It is hoped that this will provide a great boost to junior and senior playing numbers in the future.

During the year the College community lost a number of its truly great men, including the legendary Peter ’Jake’ Farley who was made an honorary old boy in 2003. Fittingly Peter’s funeral Mass was held in the College Chapel on Thursday October 27 at 11 am and was attended by many old boys, former teachers and friends from the Ballarat community.

The following tributes from a number of old boys sum up the

enormous contribution Peter made to the history of his beloved St Patrick’s College.

Peter’s passing is sad news indeed. His legacy would be bettered by only one other person in the history of St Pats, “WT” himself. Noel Moore

It is with great sadness that this news has reached Port Fairy. A truly great man has gone to his God. The whole College Community has lost a legend. I can honestly say that all of the 1981 class who are gathering on November 12 were looking forward to seeing “Jake” as we have at all past functions - he really did support all Old Boy functions and will be sadly missed. He will be fondly remembered at our Reunion Dinner. “Wherefore rejoice - what tributaries follow him to Rome”. Damian Gleeson, 1982 College Captain

I was saddened to hear this news, he certainly was a wonderful supporter of all areas of the College life. I taught with him between 1966-72 and we shared many good times together, even the odd visit to the Western! He will be remembered by many, and for a long time. Please accept my sincere apologies for being unable to attend his funeral Mass this coming Thursday, I will be there in spirit. Luke Guthrie (1966-1972)

What a champion bloke “Jake” was. His passion and life devotion to St Pat’s will be sadly missed. I had the pleasure to be taught by him, for him and with him and saw differing sides of his personality in all three situations. There will never be another Peter Farley and the world is a better place for his life. Steve Moneghetti

I appreciate receiving the sad news of Peter’s death. I was a lay teacher at SPC when Peter joined the staff in 1963 where we taught together over the next 4 years until 1967 when I began further studies. We shared many experiences as at my commencement in 1961 I was the only male lay teacher on staff. His wry sense of humour lightened many a situation as he lay the foundations of a long and dedicated career teaching and inspiring decades of students at SPC. He will be missed by many Old Boys and Staff at the College. Frank Vagg.

The OCA also takes great pride in the fact that it provides past students with an opportunity to undertake good works in many parts of the world. In 2011 the OCA funded travel for the following students:

•Samuel Wilson and Thomas Smardon who worked with the Brothers in Africa in 2012.

•Jordan Alexander, Xavier Quigley and Hayden Walters who undertook a cultural and sporting exchange in Canada in 2012.

Sincere thanks to the hard working committee who continue to manage the OCA in a professional and highly effective manner.

President Rick Blanchfield (SPC 1966-71)

Vice President Shane Hayes (SPC 1989-94).

Secretary David McMahon (SPC 1989-94)

Treasurer Michael Kearney (SPC 1962-67)

Committee

•Dennis Foley (SPC 1966-72) as Foundation Chair is an Ex-Officio member of Executive

•Peter Blanchfield (SPC 1998-2003)

•Chris Torpy (SPC 1989-94)

•Stephen McMahon (SPC 1986-91)

•The College’s Director of Community Development Mr Mark Waddington is the Public Officer of the OCA.

fortnight, holding each to two and one goal respectively.

Nathan was nominated for the AFL Rising Star Award for his performance in round 10 2008 against the West Coast Eagles in which Collingwood won by 100 point. Brown won the Harry Collier Award (Best first year player) in 2008 and celebrated his 50th game in the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.

Peter Buckle (SPC 1985-90) has quickly established an outstanding reputation as a career coach having coached successfully at Townsville in the WNBL. Peter was a talented basketball player at the College having represented the College’s 1st V and commenced his involvement in coaching, enjoying great success with Victoria Country junior boys’ teams at national championships. He graduated from the College in 1990, transitioning to the University of Ballarat where he completed a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) whilst further developing his basketball coaching experiences and resume.

A stint coaching Ballarat Lady Miners and heavy involvement in junior coaching, talent identification and development in several states eventually tweaked his interest in assisting at WNBL level. In March this year he was appointed as Head Coach of the Adelaide Lightning and will also be busy over the coming year preparing for the Opal’s quest to win an elusive gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

In 2012 key note speaker will be ABC Grandstand’s Peter Walsh (SPC 1965-70) who has had a distinguished broadcasting career having covered Olympic games, AFL football and Test match cricket. Peter was MC at the College’s 2008 team of the Century Dinner and will no doubt be highly entertaining and topical. Also inducted on the night to the status of Legend will be Bishop Brian Finnigan (SPC Bishop of Brisbane.

The two inductees have been selected by the OCA ‘Legend’s Committee, chaired by Olympian and SPC Legend Steve Moneghetti (SPC 1975-80) and comprised of Steve McMahon and Michael Kearney.

The tenth annual OCA Golf Day was played in ideal conditions for scoring on the magnificently presented Ballarat Golf Course. Scoring on the day was exceptional with the student team led by rising golf star Kelly Lyle shooting an amazing 17 under par on the challenging links style lay out.

Thank you to our wonderful major sponsors Barker and Jennings, Kings Cars and Molloy, Orr and Ronan and to Mr Bernie Kenna who sent players off to the first tee with a sensational egg and bacon roll and a bottle of water. As ever it was great to see generations of old boys playing alongside current students, parents, grandparents and friends of the College.

Results for the day were:

Handicap Section 1st Kelly Lyle, Mitchell Canny, Darcy Antsis and Oscar McDonald - 50.75

2nd Moss Kelly, Geoff Lockyer, Kevin Antonio, Colin Young - 55.5

3rd Team Haase - 56.725

Non Handicap Section 1st Noel Ronan, James Edgar, Craig Smith, Ben Mucenieks - 62

2nd Chris Cummings, John Davey, Scott Kruger, Jeremy Daniel - 65

3rd Mark Waddington, Rick Balchin, Grant Bell, Dennis Conroy 69

Kelly Lyle, Mitch Canny, Oscar McDonald and Darcy Antsis were also winners of the SPC Foundation Student Trophy.

Nearest the Pin and Novelty Prize Winners 6th Hole Kelly Lyle

8th Hole Craig Smith

11th Hole Ben Mucenieks

17th Hole John Davey

Straightest Drive Jason Squire

Longest Drive Oscar McDonald

Thank you also to the many generous sponsors for the event -

•Barker and Jennings Accountants

•Kings Cars

•Molloy, Orr and Ronan, Accountants

•Red Lion Bar and Bistro

•Ballarat and District Trotting Club

•Golden City Hotel

•Western Hotel

•Regent Cinemas

•90 Mile Wines

The growth of the old boys’ football club in Melbourne continues to be cause for great pride and optimism. The sixth season for the club again featured old boys at the helm of the club with Richard Peoples (SPC 1984-89) and Simon Harwood (SPC 1998-2003) again leading the club to a third place finish in Division 1. Sadly the club has not been able to


St Patrick’s College (Ballarat) Foundation Inc. Mr Dennis Foley Chairman

The St Patrick’s College Foundation is a committed group of past students, current and past parents and friends of the College who work diligently to raise funds for capital and educational projects at the College that will benefit current and future generations of St Patrick’s students. In 2011 the Foundation worked closely with the OCA to stage a number of events that enhanced the sense of community within the College. The Foundation plays an important role in linking different parts of the College community whilst maintaining a key role in assisting the College in raising funds to assist with projects that assist the College in providing students with facilities that will improve the St Patrick’s experience enjoyed by our boys.

The highlight of 2011 was undoubtedly the completion of another highly successful fundraising project with the formerly barren and largely unused St Roch’s Oval transformed into the magnificent ‘Jo Walter Field’ an all weather playing surface comprising -

•Six tennis courts

•Hockey and soccer pitch

•Two futsal courts

The total cost for the project was in excess of $340,000 with all funds being donated to the College. This enables the College to focus on the construction of teaching and learning facilities with the refurbishment of the O’Malley Junior School being a wonderful example of this principle.

The facility has been named the ‘Jo Walter Field’ and recognises the rich contribution that the SPC ladies Auxiliary have made to the life of the College. The ‘Jo’ as it has already been dubbed will be officially opened and blessed on Friday February 10 2012 by Old Collegian Priest Fr Brendan Davey (SPC1946-53) and Fr Peter Sherman. Fr Brendan has recently celebrated his Golden Jubilee and Fr Sherman was College Chaplain during the period where Jo Walter was President of the Ladies Auxiliary.

In embarking upon these good works of the Foundation it is timely to recognise and thank

the current Committee for their leadership and commitment to the College, in particular Treasurer Mrs Shirley Walters and committee members Mr Michael Kearney, Mr Luke Dunne, Mr Chris Caldow, Dr Peter Casey, Mr David McMahon, Mr Michael Smith and Mr Rick Keen who have worked hard to manage and implement these important initiatives.

Fr Brendan DaveyA golden celebration for Ararat priest

The Catholic Diocese of Ballarat extends congratulations to Fr Brendan Davey who recently celebrated fifty years of ordination to the priesthood. Fr Brendan’s contribution to the life of the Diocese and the parishes he has served is significant, and we wish him well in his continuing ministry.

For fifty years Fr Brendan Davey has touched the lives of his parishioners, through joyous occasions such as baptisms and weddings and through tragedy, but more importantly, in the day to day involvement in the communities he has served.

This weekend the much loved priest will celebrate his Golden Jubilee. The 75 year old was ordained at the age of 25 on July 23 1961 in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat, his home town. Fr Davey was brought up in Ballarat, attending St Columbus Primary School in Ballarat North and St Patrick’s College, before beginning eight years of study at the Corpus Christi Seminary.

Fifty years is a milestone, and Fr Davey has spent almost half of that time - 24 years - as the St Mary’s Parish Priest in Ararat. He is also well known in Stawell, having served as priest there for eleven- and-a-half years, with other postings including Ballarat East, St Patrick’s Cathedral Ballarat, Ballarat North, Warrnambool and as chaplain for St Patrick’ College in Ballarat.

“It seems to have flown, I’ve got no idea where the time’s gone,” Fr Davey said. “When I was ordained there were old priests celebrating their Golden Jubilees and I thought I’d never make that, it seemed so far in the distance.”

Fr Davey received no special ‘calling’, (it was in his words), a combination of many things which helped him come to the decision to enter the priesthood, including a family committed to the Catholic church and many outstanding priests who became role models through his primary and secondary years. But if it wasn’t for a helpful Brother at St Patrick’s College who brought his Latin up to scratch, Fr Davey may well have taken a different path.

“In those days Latin was an important part of getting into the Seminary and a report came home when I was in leaving suggesting that I drop Latin, and of course I panicked a bit because I hadn’t sort of said anything to anyone (about his decision). “So I spoke to my parents about it and my father rang the Brother in charge of St Pat’s who was a friend of his and as soon as the Brother heard that he said ‘Don’t let him stop I’ll encourage him’ and that particular Brother really helped me a lot with Latin and I was very grateful for that,” he said.

Fr Davey said he has enjoyed 50 very happy years, with no regrets about his decision at such a young age. “There are difficult times of course, particularly when you’re involved in people’s tragedies in their lives, that’s not easy, but I certainly haven’t regretted it. I’ve been very happy in the places I’ve been.

On entering the priesthood, Fr Davey had some definite ideas about what he didn’t really want to tackle in his work. “I didn’t know whether I’d go well as chaplain in an old people’s home - but my first appointment at Ballarat East also involved being a chaplain at the Queen Elizabeth Home and I had a lot to do with it and I loved every bit of it.

“And I never, ever thought I’d be chaplain to a prison, that didn’t appeal to me and yet I’ve been 24 years at the Ararat Prison. “The first few times I went out there, as soon as the gate clanged behind me I thought ‘Oh strewth’, but then you just got into it. “It’s been rewarding, very much so.” “You always say to a fellow when he’s leaving (prison) that you don’t want to see him again. “But I was walking down Smith Street Collingwood one day and here’s this lad, he grabbed me and wanted to know all about the fellows back in Ararat. We sat down virtually in the gutter and he asked me about things.”

Many people may not know that it was at Fr Davey’s instigation and through his initial hard work that three bus loads of students now travel daily from Stawell to Marian College - a far cry from the eight students that initially were transported down the Western Highway in a Ford

transit van purchased through ‘a little bit of money in the kitty’ while he was parish priest in Stawell. “I never ever built any big buildings, I can’t say I built a church, but I just feel that’s something I did that was worthwhile,” he said.

With 50 years of memories to recall, Fr Davey has many fond ones, but one amusing memory that came to mind was that involving one of his beloved dogs. While convalescing in Charlton at a fellow priest’s home after a heart operation, Fr Davey was helping out with celebrating the occasional mass. Of course he had taken his dogs with him and on one occasion one of his pets, which he described as a purebred Ararat terrier - he had every dog in Ararat in him - caused a stir. “One particular day I was celebrating weekday mass for this priest in Charlton and some lady let this little dog in. Just as she did so I was giving communion up the front, he immediately knew I was there and he came straight up the front and saw I was giving people something that they were eating and he sat up and begged!” The little dog stole the show and brought the house down.

Another memory, while not a fond one, did show him the best of Ararat. In April 2007 the Church of the Immaculate Conception was almost destroyed by fire, causing more than one million dollars damage. “I wouldn’t want to go through that again, but yet one of the great things to come out of that was the great support from all of the other churches,” he said. Clergy from many of the city’s churches came forward immediately with offers of support, including offering their churches for use by the St Mary’s congregation. While admitting it was devastating, the fire did allow the aisle of the church to be widened and the magnificent carved altar, which had been hiding away at the back of the church for many years, to be brought forward to become a central part of the church.

“One of the great things I’m happiest about is the way, not just here in Ararat, the way churches have come together to work together,” he said. In the old days it would be unheard of

for a Catholic priest to preach in a Uniting Church or vice versa - but now this is commonplace. “It’s terrific that there’s been such tolerance among the churches - we have a great Ministers’ Association in Ararat, and we had a similar one in Stawell and we work so well together. Fr Davey and friend and colleague Gerald Leicester, former Uniting Church Minister in Willaura and Lake Bolac, have often worked in each other’s churches. “He and I do a lot of things together - we’re great mates,” he said.

Fr Davey is also thrilled to see both St Mary’s Primary School and Marian College redeveloped in recent years. Part of the newly opened facilities at St Mary’s was named the Davey Hub, while he also has a wing named in his honour at Marian College, demonstrating the respect the community has for him.

Last weekend the St Mary’s Parish joined Fr Davey in celebrating his Golden Jubilee with Mass. During the week the entire Marian College student body travelled to Ballarat’s St Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate the occasion also with a special Mass.

While notching up 50 years, Fr Davey isn’t ready for retirement just yet. When visiting Ararat for the blessing of St Mary’s new facilities recently, Bishop Peter Connors, who coincidently was ordained on the same day as Father Davey and is also celebrating his Golden Jubilee, agreed. “I’m not going to retire him - so don’t worry!” he said.

Fr Davey’s parishioners and indeed the entire Ararat and district community can breathe a sigh of relief that his work in, with and for the community will continue for some time to come.

Text by Jodie Holwell

Article and photos courtesy of The Ararat Advertiser

Five minutes with Fr Brendan…...

Where were you born? Tell us about your childhood. I was born at home in Ballarat North, just a block away from St Columba’s Church and school, which I attended for my primary education before going to St

Patrick’s for my secondary schooling.

When did you know you wanted to become a priest? I thought about it early due to the example of great priests like Fr Ted Glowrey, the brother of Dr. Mary Glowrey and Fr John Shelley

If you were a colour what would it be? Why? Green, because it’s the colour of hope and new life.

What was the best thing about becoming a priest, what was the hardest? Being part of the lives of so many families in times of joy and sadness.

Where have you been previously as a parish priest? What are some of your favourite memories? Served in Ballarat, Warrnambool and Stawell. I have very happy memories of all the parishes I have served.

You have been parish priest in Ararat now for a number of years. What has changed? What has stayed the same? The numbers at Sunday Mass have dropped dramatically, but the faith of the people is as strong as ever.

If you could choose anyone from any time, who would you most like to be in conversation with and why? Obviously it would be great to meet up with Jesus and to talk to him about the events in the Gospels. One other person I would like to meet would be Captain Bligh, one of the most misunderstood men in history who has had a bad press, but was not only a great navigator but a great governor in early Australia.

Over the past fifty years there have been many changes within the Church, in your opinion what changes have been the most significant?. The changes in the liturgy brought about by the second Vatican Council.


Top left: Flanagan Art Exhibition Gala Launch on Wednesday evening September 7

Top right: Viatek CEO Craig Whitfield with Flanagan Art Prize winner Ying Huang for her piece ‘Kelly’ and Judge Laurie Benson

Below left: Judge Laurie Benson addresses guests at the Flanagan Art Exhibition Gala Launch on Wednesday evening September 7

Below right: Professor Todd Walker presents the University of Ballarat Emerging Artist Prize to Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling at the Flanagan Art Exhibition Gala Launch on Wednesday evening September 7

Before the school year had officially commenced the Careers & Transition office was open for business and became a hive of activity from mid- January. The main reason was that the Class of 2010 had just received their university and TAFE offers and some needed last minute help to secure a position in tertiary studies. By the beginning of the school year everything was settled with all heading off to either higher education, work or training.

On Track Student Destination Survey

As the 2011 On Track Student Destination Survey (June 2011) data collection attested to the Class of 2011 chose a variety of career pathways. Many had made tertiary applications but 17% deferred their place. University places were taken up by 49% and TAFE enrolments were taken up by a further 10% of the cohort. Apprenticeships and Traineeships were offered to 14 % of the cohort. Of the remaining group not in education or training about 9 % were directly employed.

SPC Careers & Transition Survey

Within the first week of the school year all Year 10, 11 & 12 students were surveyed about their career plans and all Year 12 students had Careers and Transition Planning appointments booked. An interesting statistic from the Year 10 Career Survey was the top ten preferred career pathways included - Teacher (PE), Engineer, Builder, ICT specialist (includes games developer), Architect, Journalist, Performance Artist (music, acting, etc.), Defence Forces, Chef and Electrician. This represents a subtle shift from the trade areas and a rebalancing with more academic occupations.

VETiS Programs

St Patrick’s College has developed its internal offerings of Vocational Education and Training programs to include VET Community Recreation; VET Music; VET Hospitality; VET Building & Construction; VET Business and VET Vocational Preparation.

In addition to the more than 400 students enrolled in these certificates, a further 37 students participated in the Ballarat VET cluster programs across a variety of vocational disciplines - Agriculture, Automotive, Electro-technology, Engineering, Hospitality, Multimedia, Music Performance and Music Technology.

Particular mention should be made of the students who received sealed certificates from the University of Ballarat for completion of their two year VET programs - Jakob Henderson (Electrical); Kyle Jones (Electrical); Jack Owen (Electrical); Thomas Ryan (Electrical); Lachlan Wood (Electrical); Robert Wren (Hospitality); Scott Erkamps (Hospitality); Shannon Donegan (Agriculture); and Matthew Stewart (Agriculture). Well done to each and what a great addition to the resume!

Australian School Based Apprenticeship Programs

The VCE VET programs running off campus through the Ballarat VET cluster are delivered in four

hour training blocks once per week. An alternate delivery mode to this is through the ASBA program where students rather than attending a VET class learn their vocational skills on the job. Ten students took this option in 2011 with three fully completing this year - Nicholas Banks (Certificate III in Agriculture); Brayden Ellis (Certificate III in Agriculture); Patrick Cashin (Certificate III in Coaching). Patrick Foley also completed a 12 month hospitality traineeship with Mr Bernie Kenna (College Catering Manager). All boys now continue into full time positions in their chosen vocational fields

VET Prizes and Awards

VET students have an opportunity to compete in the annual regional and state level World Skills VET competitions as well as nominate for the local Ballarat VET Cluster awards and the prestigious national DEEWR Australian Vocational Student Prize. We had winners in all three awards.

Congratulations to World Skills Regional Gold Medallist, Jake

Muscat (Automotive) and Bronze Medallist, Daniel Dickson (Automotive). Congratulations to VET Awards winner Jack Owen (Electrical); Joshua Gilbert (Multimedia) and Jake Muscat (Auto), and also to the AVSP 2011 winners who each receive a $2000 prize - Jake Clough (VET Electro-technology); Hayden Lyttle (VET Multimedia) and Michael Butler (ASBA Agriculture).

Structured Workplace Learning

An integral part of VET training is that students are required to undertake work placement to put their theory learning into practice. Over the year 48 separate placements were conducted. From these placements six boys were offered and accepted apprenticeships and so left SPC to pursue their careers. This is a fantastic result for these students and the employers who continue to value highly SPC as a nursery for our future trades and technical professionals.

Transition and CareersMr Anthony MeehanTransition Coordinator

Friends of St Patrick’sMr Chris CaldowDeputy Headmaster - Wellbeing

St Patrick’s College recognises the integral role of parents and other significant adults in promoting a College community to enhance educational outcomes for students. Volunteers play a major part within the College community in providing services, goods and funds to complement the educational facilities, equipment and programmes available to students. The College is fortunate to enjoy excellent support for such programmes as music, rowing, football, and rugby, considerable support for the operation of the canteen and for special events such as the St Patrick’s College Art Exhibition, annual second hand book sales and catering for football round robins.

The primary purpose of the Association is to coordinate different segments of the College community to ensure that all programmes, communications and events occur in a supportive, cohesive and integrated manner that ensures volunteer support is optimised and that the success of one or more support groups is enhanced rather not compromised by the activities of another group.

The Friends of St Patrick’s meets once per term to review upcoming events and identify opportunities for groups to work together to support each other initiatives and in some cases raise funds for projects that will benefit all students at the College.

The mission of the Friends of St Patrick’s is:

The Friends of St Patrick’s will support the development of a sense of community at St Patrick’s College with a view to increasing the educational opportunities available to all students. The Association will coordinate the activities of support groups and volunteers to better utilise volunteers and to ensure all groups operate in an integrated, supportive and effective manner.

A major event for 2011 was the ‘Flanagan’ Art Exhibition, an initiative of a sub-committee of the Friends of St Patrick’s.

2011 Art Exhibition

The fourth annual SPC Art Exhibition was a wonderful success with a diverse range of art work on display in the OCA

Pavilion. Curator Mrs Melissa Griffin and her team did an exceptional job in presenting works with a large number of visitors commenting on the quality of the Exhibition. The Committee led by Mrs Leonie Spencer managed all aspects of the event in a professional manner further adding to the prestige of the Exhibition. Special thanks to Ms Caitlin Bennett, Ms Jo Tate and Mrs Karolyn Malone who did a huge amount of administrative work to ensure the event ran smoothly.

The highlight of the Exhibition was the awarding of the 2011 Acquisitive Prizes at the Gala Launch on Wednesday September 7. These prestigious prizes were awarded to:

Flanagan Art Prize ($5000) ‘Kelly’ by Ying Huang

University of Ballarat Emerging Artist Prize ($1500) ‘Urban Landscape’ by Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling

Student Choice Award ‘The Unobserved Observed, Big M’ by Mark Pether

Sincere appreciation to major event sponsors Viatek and the University of Ballarat.

VCE art students from St Patrick’s and Loreto College visited the Exhibition with all students voting on the ‘Students’ Choice’ Award which was won by Mark Pether.

Well done and thank you to the Art Exhibition Committee for providing the College, and wider community, with the opportunity to visit this stunning display of art work.

2011 Committee

•Mrs Leonie Spencer (Chair)

•Mrs Karolyn Malone (Secretary)

•Ms Trudi Hooper (Treasurer)

•Mrs Melissa Griffin (Curator)

•Ms Caitlin Bennett

•Mrs Claire Blake

•Dr Peter Casey

•Mr Bernie Kenna

•Mr Roger Spencer

•Ms Jo Tate

•Mr Mark Waddington

The success of the event was also attributable to a number of generous event sponsors for 2011 including:

Category Sponsors

•City Oval Restaurant & Bar - Robert and Deb Gayton

•Darriwill Farm

•Lakeview Hotel - Mr Nathan Tracy

•L’Espresso

•Lifestyle Travel - Leonie Spencer

•Mudgroup - Graphic Design - Stuart Fountain

•Peter Ford Catering - Peter and Louise Ford

•Sovereign Press - Ross Wooton

•Turrett Café & Catering

•Zaragosa Mexican & Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant


This year we welcomed four new faculty members into a faculty of 25. It was to be a year of consolidation, review and refinement of the Ballarat Awakenings curriculum which had been the focus of gradual development and implementation over the past three years.

The challenge of meeting “the task of the Catholic school [which] is fundamentally a synthesis of culture and faith and a synthesis of faith and life” (The Catholic School) was commenced with enthusiasm by a dedicated staff.

Through the many and varied experiences and opportunities in which the boys can participate from prayerful celebrations of Mass, reflective and engaging retreats days, outreach activities and careful and conscientiously taught lessons the boys at St Patrick’s College from Year 7 to Year 12 are constantly invited into the conversation about the challenge of integrating life and faith, which at times, may seem to them to be existing in two completely different realities.

Welcomed into the junior school the boys focus on the Catholic identity, the need for God in their lives and the spirit of the Edmund Rice Tradition. The middle years concentrate on units which assist the boys to move from ‘Boyhood to Manhood’, people who inspire us in faith and in life, the choices we make in our lives and our responsibility for the environment. Whilst at senior school the focus is on their personal relationship with God and the call to bring the Reign of God to our communities through outreach activities.

Welcomed in Year 7 and farewelled in Year 12 the journey has been to have invited the boys into the life of the Catholic faith, to foster a sense of belonging then to integrate the knowledge of the Catholic Faith to develop a keen sense of social justice in the Edmund Rice Tradition.

This journey is not possible without dedicated people; sincere thanks must be extended to all staff in the Religious Education faculty who bring knowledge, commitment and a willingness to share their faith on a daily basis.

Religious EducationMrs Kristine SmardonHead of faculty Religious Education

Work Experience Arrangements

The majority of Year 10 students undertake a week work experience placement in the designated period of June/July. This year a total number of 255 arrangements were made for work experience. This represents a general increase over past years but is proportional to the large Year 10 cohort.

Feedback from employers, parents and students alike attests to the benefits of work experience as a career shaper and taster for future endeavours. Some positive comments from the evaluation surveys suggested students found out that work - “was longer day than normal (9 to 5)”, “saw how the “grown up’ world ticks”, “changed his mind after ‘one day’ at the solicitors office (and he embraced it)”, “broadened his life experience and getting a good idea of work in this area”.

And finally a comment from a parent who echoes all our thoughts: “I think the employers and businesses do a fantastic

job taking the students for work and should be thanked for their time and effort.”

Careers Expo and VCE Information Evening

The Old Collegians’ Pavilion truly is a magnificent venue for a major College function as witnessed in the staging of this years annual Careers Expo (August). Over 100 stallholders filled the pavilion from the earlier twilight start time. Senior students and parents supported the night with a packed pavilion. After the Careers Expo, Year 10 students and parents attended a well attended VCE Information address in the College Chapel.

Everyone appreciated an early finish and the wisdom, advice and information on offer from Old Collegians and the Education and Training providers including the local regional universities - ACU, Ballarat, Deakin Geelong, Latrobe Bendigo, Longerenong College, SMB Tafe/ UB Tec & South West TAFE (Glenormiston Campus) and the Highlands LLEN staff.

Special thanks to Old Collegian Mr David McMahon for his support on the night. Thanks to Mr Tony Liston and his maintenance team and cleaning contractor, Mr Mark McLean for the setup, bump in and bump out. Also thanks to Br Evan Zoch for his ever present foresight and overseeing duties.

Primary Transition Days

St Patrick College and Loreto co-jointly host one day activity programs for local Catholic Primary Schools in March (Grade 6s) and November (Grade 5s). Thanks to Pam Harrison at Loreto for her organisation of the girls while the boys attend SPC. On the roster this year where the following schools - Lumen Christi, Our Lady Help of Christians, St Columba’s, St Francis Xavier, St Thomas More and Emmaus.

In terms of enrolment we continue to benefit from the strong ties with our Catholic primary feeder schools. Primary Transition Days is all about the future generations. As our

confirmed Year 7 numbers for next year again hits our absolute capacity of 250, the College will welcome over 300 new students and the growth in the overall school population nudges closer to 1300.

VCE pathways and VTAC preferences

Through a series of career development programs our students make decisions about the future career options. The Year 10 VCE subject selection (August) and the Year 12 VTAC course applications (September) are two key times for students at SPC.

Throughout the year all Year 10 students are prepared for work experience and completed Career Voyage testing and Career Action Planning along with Safe@Work OHS training (March). Many Year 11 students completed My Career Match profiling (November). The Year 12 students were individually interviewed (February) and invited to study group briefings on VTAC course applications (September) prior to making

their applications online.

Come VCE results (December), nearly two thirds of our 2011 Year 12 cohort had submitted VTAC applications. Overwhelmingly the most preferred location for tertiary studies is University of Ballarat (40%), then Deakin (12%), RMIT (10%), Latrobe (9%), Melbourne (8%), Monash (6%), ACU (3%), Swinburne (3%) and the remaining (9%) to various private colleges, TAFES and Victoria University. Several boys have chosen to continue studies interstate (3), or join the Defence Forces (3) and many have already accepted trade apprenticeships/ employment options. Good luck!


SPAM Media AwardsSPAM Media Awards

already been short-listed for VCAA’s Topscreen.

8 Anthony Dooley - (Untitled) This experimental film deals with themes of schizophrenia and notions of reality as the central character struggles to ascertain what is real in his world. Driven by John Frusciante’s powerful musical score, Dark/Light, this piece features creative use of expressive lighting and editing using Adobe Premier Pro’s After Effects.

Notable Year 10 & 11 Media productions also screened at SPAM included works by Jake Ainley, Jarryd Cosgriff, Chris Borrel, Rhyle Ponozzo and Sam Hine. Much of this work was demonstrating the student’s abilities to use Adobe Premier Pro’s After Effects. Year 10 student Jake Ainley was awarded Best Young Film Maker for 2011.

On behalf of the faculty I would like to thank Mr Chris Maciejewski, Mr Stuart Lethbridge and Mr Alex Brodie, for their continued support and expertise with ICT. Personally, I would like to thank faculty

members: Mrs Melissa Griffin, Mr Matt Taylor, Mr Fred Spittle, Mr Paul Andrews, Mr Geoff Crawford, Mr Ian Fernee, Ms Belinda Lees, Mrs Nicole Hexter, Mr John Richards, Mrs Kathleen Plastow, Mr Brad Murray, Mr John Davey, Mr Greg Shawcross, Mr Peter Ryan and Ms Andrea McDonald for their support and persistence in striving for positive educational outcomes for our boys at St Patrick’s College.

VET Music Mr Brad Murray

In 2011, VET Music was run internally at St Patrick’s College for the first time. This year, the Certificate III in Technical Production course was run. This course involves students learning the ins and outs of being a studio audio engineer as well as a live sound engineer. These two disciplines required students to record basic music demos, operating industry standard software and hardware, edit and mix sound files as well as providing lighting, sound reinforcement and stage assistance during

various school events, such as whole school assemblies, Speech Night, junior and middle school awards nights, various Music Department concerts and the productions “Jungle Juice” and “Lord Of The Flies”. 2012 will see this class complete their Certificate, which will involve each student being able to independently record a complete band as well as manage a live performance including a complete setup, operate and pack down of a PA. 2012 will also see the introduction of the Certificate III in Music, which is a performance based certificate that will run alongside the Technical Production course.

Year 7 Art Mr Fred Spittle

Theme: Students are creating a children’s picture story book.

Rather than creating a series of Art projects over the Semester with no real connection, students are creating a series of individual projects which are a part of an overall theme. Work such as clay models, colour paintings, including colour

theory, prints and drawings, develop skills in line with the Victorian Education and Learning Skills guide and we base the context on the theme of a created character and story. Each project incorporates a skill. At the end of the term all of the work is compiled into a book and text is added, creating a storybook. This creates a sense of cohesion to the Semester’s work and students have a final piece they can truly call their own and continue with at home if they desire. Students have enjoyed creating storybooks with their own individual ideas and expressing their own personality on the themes of Robots in Semester 1 and Cars in Semester 2.

Year 8 Art Mr Fred Spittle

Students have been working with the theme of a Hero. In line with the Victorian Education and Learning Skills guide, students take the skills taught at Year 7 to the next level, learning advance colour theory whilst also creating a painted three dimensional book cover

which also incorporates perspective. Students create a ceramic model of their hero accompanied by a series of lino carvings. The end results are a comprehensive look at the life of a person they admire. Students created some excellent work over the year and had the opportunity to delve into a personal hero’s life.

Year 9 Art 3D Art Mr Fred Spittle

Year 9 students have been working on a range of skills over their semester of 3D Art. Students have had the opportunity to explore a thematic approach to ceramics with the exploration of a cartoon hero style project. After creating a series of Drawings of a superhero, the boys work on a series of works based on technique development and a range of items such as a bust, various figures, and cars. Each work is designed to develop varied skills and techniques. The boys have produced some interesting work and experimented with glazes to produce entertaining 3D portfolios.

ArtsMr Peter HutchinsHead of The Arts

The Arts Faculty would like to congratulate the following students for receiving study scores of 40 or above:

Jack Callil 42 Darcy Tuppen 42 Nathaniel Carey 40

Studio Arts Mr Peter Hutchins

The 2011 school production ‘Lord of the Flies’ was a fantastic experience for St Patrick’s College students and a credit to Mr Greg Shawcross, Mr Brad Murray and all other staff involved. This followed on from Mrs Kathleen Plastow’s musical theatre production of ‘Junglejuice’ earlier in the year. St Patrick’s College students were again involved in the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Next Gen Exhibition with Darcy Tuppen being short-listed in both the Studio Art and Media sections. Joshua Gilbert was the 2011 award winner for multimedia in the Ballarat VET cluster

Mrs Melissa Griffin should be congratulated for her organisation and curatorship of the 4th St Patrick’s College Art Exhibition, which was once again a successful event within the College calendar.

The VCE Media students enjoyed a journey to ACMI in Federation Square to see the screening of the twelve 2010 Topscreen finalists. The exhibition can act as a catalyst

for our burgeoning filmmakers in clarifying and revealing unexplored possibilities.

The 2011 SPAM Awards drew an audience of one hundred and twenty guests, who enjoyed a dinner and selection of films in the OCA Pavilion. The evening included a package of eight finalists (listed below), a montage of other Year 12 film productions, and a selection of commendable Year 10 and 11 films. Old boys, Tom Andrews (2004 Dux of Media and Premier’s Award winner) Jed Andrews (2007 Dux of Media and SPAM Runner-up) and Paul King (2008 Dux of Media and SPAM Finalist) commended all the finalists on the aesthetic and technical quality of their work, particularly the narrative qualities and use of mise-en-scene within the works of Jack Callil and Jack DenOuden, before awarding ‘Best Film’ for 2011 to Darcy Tuppen’s superbly photographed film Mongrel.

The eight SPAM Finalists were described by the judges:

1 Daniel Kelly: Dan’s Day Out is a musical spoof of Master Exploder by Tenacious D.

While deliberately satirical, it features an energetic characterisation and imaginative choices in location.

2 Danny Cullinan: Keepsake is a thriller that deals with themes of drug addiction, love and obsession, and the impact that a single mistake can have on others around them. Features of this film are its use of visual composition and camera to highlight the mental state of its central character.

3 Xavier Frost: Dinosaur. A music video that follows the story of two young people being separated by circumstance as one follows the dream of a career as a musician. The story is left unresolved as the young couple are left isolated and alone. Strengths of this piece are its editing and shot selection.

4 Anthony D’Arcy: Pandemic is a film heavily influenced in its structuring of time by Chris Nolan’s Memento. It is a murder mystery underpinned by the stylistics of film noir

and told in a non-linear time frame.

5 Jack Callil: Scarlet & Jasper examines the dynamics of relationships, and explores how seemingly circumstantial events without any premeditated intent, can significantly impact character’s lives. This narrative film features quirky humour while grappling with strong themes.

6 Jack Den Ouden: Cavern is a symbolic interpretation of the protagonist’s emotional journey after a relationship breakdown with his girlfriend. His emotional ‘cave-in’ and subsequent isolation within a psychological cavern is portrayed as a physical experience. Setting, editing and non-diegetic sound are features of this film.

7 Darcy Tuppen: Mongrel. This film is visually stunning in its choice of setting and use of natural lighting and mise-en-scene. Mongrel is a simple narrative about an old arthritic hermit who meets a stray dog and chooses to save its life. This film has


Top: Matthew Hannett Yr 9, water colour

Below: Tom Baxter Yr 9, water colour.

EnglishMrs Claire CanavanHead of English

2011 saw another year of hard work, experimentation and fun in English classrooms around the College. Staff within the faculty worked tirelessly to run lessons that aimed to inspire and motivate students in all year levels; encouraging them to take control of their own learning and challenge themselves.

What follows for your enjoyment is a very small sample of student work completed at various year levels over the course of 2011.

Campbell Milne, Year 8 English

It’s amazing how much can change in the blink of an eye. I looked up one second, there’s my mother, same as ever. The next, she disappeared into the crowd.

“Ima?” I called. All the women were dressed the same. How was I supposed to pick her out? My small stature meant I stood no chance in the huge crowd of the marketplace. People bumped me aside. All I could

see were dull coloured robes in front of me and sandstone walls to my sides.

If she was calling my name there was no way I would have been able to tell. There was constant overlapping chatter, merchants hawking their goods and the deafening sound of my own breath overtook any small specific sounds, like the soft call of my mother’s voice.

I knew I needed to get higher up. I remembered my mother putting a bright red cloth with gold embroidering on her head in the morning; maybe if I was high enough above the crowd I would be able to see it. There were some boxes stacked on top of each other to my left, so I approached them and began my ascent.

After reaching the summit of the box pile, I leaped across to the roof of the market stand, which put me high enough on the wall to pull myself to the roof.

Pulling myself up was no easy task, and by the time I reached the roof the familiar metallic taste of blood was strong in my

mouth. It made me gag. Up there the smells of all the foods the merchants were selling were much stronger; the aromas obviously were rising up. Curries, breads, meats, all the staples of the Israeli population, they smelled fantastic, but I knew that I hadn’t time to smell the proverbial roses. I began running across the roof until I reached a point overlooking the main square.

I shielded my eyes from the bright midday sun and scoped the square out, up on my tip-toes for a better view. Almost inevitably I overbalanced and fell off the roof.

It was a strange sensation which accompanied the fall. I wasn’t afraid, in fact, it was very peaceful. My body went numb and all my senses were sharpened. The dull robes below suddenly became a much more interesting colour palette; the aroma of the foods became much more pronounced and individual; I was able to pick up individual conversations above the chatter and another sound, a much more tantalising one, the sound of my mother’s panicked

calls. Somewhere north of me, and all I could think was how painful the irony, the only thing that would have given me the means to reunite with my mother was the very thing that would separate me from her forever.

I prepared myself for the final life-ending impact, amazed at how much thought could take place in such a short space of time. Not long now.

The impact came, but rather than hard ground, I felt my body not so much hit the object, but sink into it. I felt the small, soft strands of whatever saved my life all around my body. Perhaps I had hit the ground, maybe this is what death feels like. Either way, I was happy to just let my mind go blank and my body numb. I passed out, or died, I wasn’t sure.

“Avital!”

I opened my eyes.

“Avital!” A soft voice whispered again.

I turned my head sideways and was amazed to see the gentle

brown eyes of my mother. She smiled at me and I lost myself in the little lines that appeared at the edge of her mouth.

After I was awoken, from what I presumed to be the peaceful void of death, my mother took me home. Of course she had been worried sick, and of course she made sure I knew that I would not be going with her to the marker again under any circumstances until I was big enough to hold my own. After plenty of careful consideration, I came to the conclusion that even though I had almost become separated from my mother in the hustle and bustle of Israel’s busiest marketplace, and even though I had almost died there, I held no prejudice against it. I did not hate the place, and I was not afraid of it. The hazards of having a small child there were clear to me as well as my mother, but even with the dangers, the constant state of movement, the bright colours of the market stands, the pleasant aromas, the constant chatter, all of this still mesmerised me.

Going back to the market place will be something that I can look

Street Art Competition Mr Fred Spittle

In term 3 St Patrick’s College held a street art competition. The basic parameters for works were as follows.

“The St Pat’s Street Art Competition is intended to show that “Street Art” can be positive and also have a place - not necessarily just on walls - but also on panels in an accepted “gallery” style location.

The theme behind the work is a social issue - based on ideas from the Edmund Rice Charism of works around the world and social issues, related.”

Judging Criteria

•The work should show a clear narrative or apparent story/image and is well excecuted.

•It should have artistic merit and obvious understanding of the concept of communicating a social image and social conscience

•Works were judged by a panel of staff - teaching and non teaching at St Pats.

The winner was Thomas Hoy of year 10. A very narrow margin separated all works and the standard was extremely high. The works were displayed in the window of the Ballarat Art Gallery over three weeks and $300 was raised for Edmund Rice Charity work.

Year 9 Art 2D

Year Nine students have been working on a range of skills over their one - or two - chosen semesters of Art 2D.

Semester One students developed watercolour skills - while the weather is nice - painting “plein air” (outdoors), and building watercolour skills, then scraperboard skills to create a landscape or building, scene on black scraperboard. Throughout the semester students developed a better understanding of art theory in particular a overview of the history of World art.

Semester Two include painting using an enlarged picture students scale up from an A4 to A2 size work, symbolism and

book binding project and finally a reduction lino print of at least three colours. With a theoretical focus on Australian art history which was enhanced through an excursion to the Art Gallery of Ballarat to view a Australian Modern Masterpieces, a exhibit of works from the Art Gallery of NSW.

Overall, students gain a wide range of skills in a few different disciplines and its noticeable how much their confidence grows over this time into a more mature style.

Numbers seem to be increasing in the middle school - students wishing to do or go on with art - as is the quality of work produced and it bodes well for the future of art at St Patrick’s College.


like they had a mind of their own. They couldn’t be bothered moving around the light. George shook his head. “Must be the booze”, he slurred to himself as he walked out of the kitchen to start looking for some candles.

The Fear took the form of some shadows moving around the oblivious George Nab, stalking the drunk through the house and into the basement. The Fear curled the shadows around George engulfing him in darkness and bitter chill. There was a flash of panic in George’s eyes but he quickly regained himself and continued into the dark, musty basement. The Fear smiled to itself again now readying to strike the defenceless George Nab. The fear started by first dropping the temperature to freezing and curling the darkness around George so it was a like a coffin, limiting his vision to a few centimetres. Panic had now reached George Nab and this time it wasn’t going away. But still George trudged on determined to get the candles. The Fear retracted into the darkness and started using the shadows to its advantage, making them into terrifying monsters that ran at George only to disappear millimetres from his face. George had now quickened his search for some light and a cold sweat had broken out. To his relief he found a flashlight and switched it on. The Fear chuckled to itself undisturbed. It was too bad that a flashlight couldn’t shine light everywhere at once.

George was scared, not an ordinary scared but a petrifying scared. A dread lurked within him that chilled him to the bone and one he couldn’t shake off. With the flashlight in his hands he turned around again and again the flashlight did him no favours just making the shadows seem more terrifying. They seemed to be forming into one sinister demon. George had had enough. He darted out of the basement and into his bedroom shutting the door behind him with an almighty bang. George started pacing in his room muttering to himself. Eventually he sat on his bed with his hands over his ears and his eyes shut tightly. That’s when he started to hear the voices.

The terrible horrifying voices.

The voices he heard first were of his mocking parents, “You’re

a failure. You’re just a drunk, a disappointment”, they said together. Then came the screaming. The shrill, piercing screaming like nails on a chalk board which immediately raised goose bumps on his arms and neck chilling him to the bone. On top of all that came the worst, most evil sounds you could think of. Sounds of death. The sound of a last breath issued from a dying man and the defining roar of war as hundreds die.

George pressed his hands harder against his ears trying to block the horrific sound, but the harder he pressed the louder the sound got. Finally when George thought he would go insane from the noise there was silence. Deafening silence. Not a thing could be heard, George thought he had gone deaf when a cold wet chill ran up his spine and a voice crept into his ear from behind. A voice filled with evil, a voice that filled George with so much fear that he couldn’t move. A voice that whispered, “I’ve got you now” and with that George Nab was released from his icy paralysis and bolted out the door.

Down the corridor George ran heading for the door just wanting to get out of this nightmare, but before he got there he stopped suddenly and stared. Instead of where the door was supposed to be there was a tunnel - a dark cold tunnel - a tunnel that screamed danger and in that tunnel was George’s worst fear. A gigantic wall of water. George had been afraid of water all his life ever since a near death experience in a local pool when he was five. If George had been thinking clearly he would have known that a wall of water couldn’t suddenly appear in the middle of the house and it was all just an illusion, but George was in a terrifying panic and wasn’t thinking clearly at all. He turned and ran to the first place he saw. The bathroom. The bathroom with the big full size dressing mirror.

Into the bathroom George went with The Fear trailing close behind and the first thing George saw was his reflection in the mirror and The Fear staring him dead set in the eyes. On seeing this George slid down to the floor unable to take his eyes off The Fear. Curling up

into a ball George Nab started crying and gave up. The Fear chuckled to itself, a repulsive sound and it attacked poor unfortunate George Nab with a hungry glee taking another life from this world.

So if there happens to be a power blackout in your neighbourhood, you’re alone and you feel a cold chill run up your spine whatever you do, don’t go near any mirrors.

Sammy’s Auto-Waterbomber Liam Hanrahan, Year 9 English

Received an Honourable Mention in the Eltham Library Short Story Competition

Once upon a time there was, and still is, a random school in a random place, somewhere near Random Ville. At that school, in a random year six class is a random kid. His name is Andy and he loves to tell stories. That’s where I come in, I’m Andy and this is my story…

It started off as another, ordinary, boring Friday. I was in assembly with my friends Sammy Smartly, Maddy Pleasant and Josh Brown. We were all struggling to stay awake as we endured one of Principal Woods dreaded two hour speeches about how we had to “lock and load” and “hit our exams with all guns blazing”. He honestly thought that he was an army officer (according to him, he was a sergeant 1st rank) and we were his soldiers. He even wore a fully kitted army uniform with medals and all! This might seem strange but after seeing him in it everyday for the last seven years, we had all become used to it. He was just finishing up his speech at what seemed the ten hour mark, “Get into formation and march back to headquarters!”, said Principal Woods with authority.

We were just leaving the gym when it happened. “That was a new record time for Principal Woods’ speeches, two hours and thirty seven minutes”, Sammy informed us off his space age looking watch. It looked like it was a computer more than a watch. “Don’t be so mean...” Maddy barely got the words out before she was struck by the full force of a

water bomb in the face. “Ahh” she screamed, and then all hell broke loose. Water bomb, after water bomb rained down on us as we were caught by surprise. “TAKE COVER!” screamed Principal Woods, who probably thought it was the start of World War Three. However it wasn’t really the start of World War Three. It was only students from our neighbouring school - St James College, who thought it would be funny to drench us from over the fence as we came out of assembly. None of us thought it was funny as most of us were by now cold and wet, although Principal Woods thought that it was the least funny out of all of us. He could still be heard in the background of all the mayhem “HOLD YOUR POSITIONS. I’LL GET BACKUP!”, he screamed at the top of his lungs.

Then all of a sudden the ground started shuddering and there was an almighty roar, like a bear being woken from his peaceful slumber, by some annoying squirrels. But really, the bear was Principal Woods’ car, and the annoying squirrels were the kids water bombing our school. Now most people know that if you are approaching a fence in your car at a rapid speed, then you apply the brakes, scream and hope you don’t hit it. However Principal Woods’ car was no ordinary car, it was actually an Abrams Tank! It was 68 tonnes made for pure destruction! And instead of applying the brakes, screaming and hoping you don’t hit the fence; Principal Woods did the exact opposite. He vigorously applied the accelerator and screamed with excitement as his tank absolutely annihilated the fence! It crumpled like it was made from matchsticks!

The squirrels certainly didn’t think that waking the bear was a good idea now as they were about to be run over by a 68 tonne tank! After they had surrendered and Principal Woods had taken them prisoner (We let them go when Principal Woods was distracted talking to Sammy) and he had finished doing victory doughnuts in his tank on St James College oval - it resembled a swamp more than an oval after Principal Woods’ Abrams had finished with it. We were then allowed to go home. “What a day” I exclaimed to Sammy. “Talk

about it” replied Sammy, I nearly asked if he wanted to come over on the weekend, but then I remembered that he spent every minute of his spare time inventing things. Most of the time his inventions didn’t even work. “So what was Principal Woods talking to you about before?”, I asked. “I can’t tell you. It’s highly confidential,” he said in reply. By this time we were at the bus stop so we said our brief goodbyes then got on our buses. I wonder what Principal Woods was talking to Sammy about I thought to myself on the way home…

I found out on Monday when I got to school. As soon as I walked in the gates, I saw everyone crowded around Sammy. I went over for a better look and Sammy was standing proudly next to his newest invention. It looked like a mini version of Principal Woods’ tank, but no place for anyone to get in it or control it. Why would Principal Woods want another tank? I thought he already had almost every tank ever made back at his house. “What is it?” I enquired, “This is my latest invention, the Auto-Waterbomber!” Sammy boasted. “It automatically locks onto and fires water bombs at St James’ students,” said Sammy. “How?” I asked in disbelief. “The cameras recognise the colours of St James College’s blue uniform and because ours is red then it won’t attack us” Sammy replied. “Brilliant! But does it actually work?” I asked. “Let’s try it,” said Sammy, who broke into a cheeky grin.

Our test dummy was a tough looking kid who was lumbering into school late. He had long, spiky hair, a loose tie and his shirt untucked. “We will soon fix that disdainful uniform of his” said Sammy confidently. I wish I was as confident as he was I thought to myself. Sammy fired up the Auto-Waterbomber and immediately the cannon with all the cameras fixed to it started scanning around. For a dreadful second I was looking directly down the barrel of it and I thought it might fire! To my amazement it didn’t and it continued its search for its first unlucky target. It did a nearly full three sixty degree turn before it found the rebellious looking St James student. After a short beep, and a short gushing

forward to in the future, but until then I know there’ll be no convincing my mother.

‘Long Tan’ Nicholas Frawley, Year 8 English Phuoc Toy, Operations Base In Nui Dat 1966:

Another day in this tropical hell hole, otherwise known as Vietnam. Mosquitoes buzzing around 24/7. It’s like they never stop. One guy even lay in a rice paddy with a gas mask on and slept! So anyway I’ve been stuck in this base surrounded by rubber plantations with nothing to do.

BANG!

“Mortar’s incoming!” the sergeant in the bungalow screams. I duck for cover under my bed and pray to God that these Viet Cong aren’t good shots.

After a little while the mortars stopped. I looked around the camp and noticed nothing was hit. There is something seriously wrong about that.

“Would all 1st Task force members report to central command?”, the base commander said, sounding very stern.

I walked through the metal doors into central command to the sound of people talking over radios, phones ringing. It was like a bee’s hive that has been shaken.

There was a group massing at the main board so I headed over there.

“You have been picked to search the surrounding area for any of these Viet Cong who are still lurking around.” The commander explained “We have been picking up some radio transmissions that don’t seem right, and also there have been sightings of Viet Cong. You will move out at 2000 hours to look for them, clear?” The commander asked.

“CLEAR!” We all replied.

SURROUNDING AREA OF NUI DAT 2000 HOURS

It was pouring rain. We were moving around, trying to be as quiet as possible. I stuck to the

shadows that the dense canopy produced. I heard talking coming from the left. I stopped and crawled over to a little bush. There were ten Viet Cong around a small fire, talking quietly to each other.

As a Private crawled over, he snapped a twig which raised the alarm. The Viet Cong got up and ran, but one was too slow and was shot.

We searched the camp and found mortars with no explosives in them.

“They’re blank!” , the Private who snapped the twig said, sounding confused.

“Whatever they’re doing it’s something big.” I said

“Well we’ll need to keep moving to find out what’s going on.

We radioed our findings back to command and were told to keep moving. So again we stuck to the shadows and moved on.

2300 HOURS, DEEP INTO FOREST

The forest really does come alive at night. I could hear so many animal and bug noises I wouldn’t be able to count them. As we edged deeper into the forest, moving like phantoms through the forest we came upon a large open area full of thousands of Viet Cong!

At the sight of this I hit the soft ground without a second thought, but it was too late. They’d seen us. In an instant the serenity of the jungle was gone and the sound of gunshots was everywhere. If you were still standing up you were soon Swiss cheese. Mortars were fired at us from everywhere.

I jumped into a crater that a mortar had left. I looked up sometimes to return fire but there was too many of them.

“This is 1st Private Turner, WE NEED SOME SUPPORT NOW!”

“2 HUEYS are loaded up and ready state your co-ordinance” The radio operator replied.

“I DON’T KNOW MY COMPASS BROKE! TELL THEM TO GO TO WHERE THE GUNSHOTS ARE!” I replied.

“WE ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED DOWN HERE! WE NEED THOSE HELICOPTERS!” I screamed into the radio.

“If you can’t state your co-ordinance we can’t help you.” That was it. The energy that had been keeping me going, thinking that someone might actually help us was gone.

I looked over my crater to the sight of at least 1000 Viet Cong heading our way. I shot into the midst of them but there was too many. Out of nowhere an artillery shell landed in the middle of the 1000 Viet Cong.

0500 HOURS-TREE LINE OF BATTLE

We were slowly winning back the battle. The Viet Cong continually tried to out flank us but we simply cut them down before they could get within 150 metres.

But still we were on the verge of no ammo, and many were wounded. All of a sudden the Viet Cong stopped shooting.

“Hold your fire!”, I yelled.

Something wasn’t right. Then out of nowhere about 200 Australian soldiers came bursting through the tree line to our left. Viet Cong soldiers poured into the opening. Fear was all over their faces. The remains of my company rose and charged towards the Viet Cong. We roared down the clearing while firing. We knew we had them and valiantly chased down the enemy.

Soon after the remaining Viet Cong ran into the dense forest and melted away into the night. The battle of Long Tan was over.

0800 HOURS-AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH ENEMY

The rain stopped and the sun came over the tree tops, to reveal the devastation of the battle that had happened only a few hours ago.

Where the artillery had struck the ground, there were bodies strewn all over the place. Some bodies were unrecognizable from all of the shrapnel that had pierced their bodies. The Viet Cong were estimated to be at about 2,500. We found around

250 dead bodies. Some of the bodies were only children of about 13.

Some of the ploys of war are just sickening. I signed up to defend my country from anyone who wishes to harm her. But what I didn’t sign up for was to kill kids who had their whole lives ahead of them. But I guess war is unpredictable. You sign up to do good things, but can cause so much bad.

‘The Fear’ Sol Nunes, Year 9 English Received Third Place in the Eltham Library Short Story Competition

The Fear lurked quietly through the cold night leaving nothing but a cold presence.

Slinking like a cat it moved through the trees and telephone poles as silent as the cool wind itself. It was very quiet on this chilly winter’s night. No crickets chirped, no dogs barked and even the hungry roar of the traffic didn’t seem to reach the ears of the residents of Adams Street, animals and humans alike. It was if they knew The Fear was creeping through their quiet suburban street looking for its next victim.

The Fear was hungry. For a long time it had been dwelling in the sewers away from the light waiting for this kind of darkness. Waiting hungrily for this special occasion. What occasion was this that The Fear had pounced on to the streets when he first saw the signs? It wasn’t a holiday. It wasn’t a special night. No, all that happened was a simple blackout. Yes, just a black out, but you see The Fear hated light. He absolutely loathed it. Light is a symbol of hope and hope was opposed to everything he did and with the bringing about of the modern era with street lights on every street and numerous lights on in nearly every household, The Fear only ate occasionally. But tonight there was no light, only darkness. The Fear smiled to itself as it walked up to the door of a local resident. A very unlucky local resident.

The Fear constricted under the door of George Nab, an unemployed 21 year old who was living in his parents’ house

while they were away on holiday. He had one too many drinks and was snoring away loudly on the couch oblivious to the demon that had entered his house preparing to play its game. The Fear drifted through the house moving as one with the shadows, identifying key places like where the torches were kept and where the mirrors were. When The Fear finished with a tour of the residence it entered the lounge where George Nab slept, and brushed up against George Nabs. This gave him a terrible nightmare which woke him up with a jolt starting The Fear’s twisted game.

You’re probably wondering why The Fear didn’t kill poor George Nab then and there? You see The Fear cannot actually kill someone straight off. It first needs the victim to abandon all hope and feel complete and utter despair. The quickest and easiest way to do this is for The Fear to reveal its true self and humans can only see its true self by looking at The Fear through a mirror which is why The Fear likes to play a little game to get a human to look through a mirror at itself.

George sat on his couch now trying to remember the horrible dream he just had, but to no avail. He soon realised that the room he was in was freezing, dark and depressing like there was no life in the house. Realising there was a blackout, he got up in search for some candles. The blackout that must have caused the lights and the electric heater to go out, left the room in a seemingly depressing state.

Getting up from the couch the ground suddenly rushed up towards him and he sat back down. This time he got up slowly letting his brain adjust to his now moving body. He then headed towards the kitchen looking for a lighter so he could see. He stumbled as he walked. He had way too much booze and was paying for it now. Trying to make his eyes adjust to the darkness, he moved towards one of the cupboards and started rummaging through making a terrible racket doing it. After minutes of making a loud noise he found a kitchen lighter and flicked it on. A strange thing happened then. The shadows seemed to move a bit slowly,


Da Vinci Decathlon - SPC Blue

2011 has been another exciting and challenging year for the Enhanced Learning Team. This year our team has grown significantly. We welcomed the following new members: Mrs Jacinta Burge, as support teacher for Year 7 students receiving assistance via the LNSLN program (also teacher of Yr 7 Linguistics and Humanities), also several new Teacher Assistants joined the team: Mrs Tiffany Simpson, Mrs Shandelle Scholten, Ms Amanda Adams, Mrs Andrea Hadley, Mrs Denise Clark and Ms Lisa Henderson, all of whom, did a remarkable job, within a very short timeframe, to learn timetables, processes, necessary content and individual student needs. Thanks must go to these newcomers along with the more familiar faces of Mrs Helen McLennan (working with LNSLN supported students as well as teaching the Year 8 & 9 Linguistics Programme), Mrs Tracy Holland, Mrs Mif Wright, Mr Dan O’Donnell, Mrs Anne Hucker, Mrs Kate Walshe, Miss Anne-Marie Driscoll, Mr Garry Fitzsimons, Mr Daniel Sutton and Miss Sarah Hughes. Each

has worked in a variety of capacities to support the day to day running of Enhanced Learning.

This year, as we continued to run all existing programmes we also enjoyed the support of notebook style Thin Clients which allowed students to access tasks and information quickly, and in preferred format. Tasks were made more accessible due to the latest version of Text-Help, installed on all Thin Clients and computers throughout the school. This latest version had several new features, the most exciting, being the ability for students to download the software on home computers so that homework requiring research or reading of large amounts of text could be converted to speech. Many students took advantage of this great program. Not only was it useful for students when completing regular classroom tasks, it was also invaluable during the exam period, allowing many students easier access to regular and modified exams.

Enhanced Learning’s homework club continued to be a popular

option this year, not only for the regular junior students but also for many senior boys who at times became overwhelmed with the quantity of tasks due for completion. Some found the structured and supervised support of one hour after school, an ideal opportunity to be more in control of their subject requirements. This programme was also a terrific way for boys to learn about the value of organisation and routine in the learning process. Those students who persevered certainly benefitted from their efforts. Students had access to this support via invitation and recommendation. Thanks must go to the Teacher Assistants who continued to encourage and remind the boys of their goals when the ‘going got tough’. Without your commitment, many would never have realised their abilities.

Fourth term 2011 also saw a record 251 students coming in from a variety of Primary Schools to complete the annual transition testing day. These future students of St Patrick’s College participated with gusto proving to be an enthusiastic

group of boys. Whilst this day can be a daunting concept for Primary School students (and often their parents), it was fantastic to see the commitment made by so many to prioritise the day and do their absolute best. Well done to Year 7 students of 2012.

Da Vinci Decathlon 2011

The Da Vinci Decathlon is an academic interschool gala day, run in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon, incorporating events of an academic nature. Each year schools from around Victoria join to compete in a variety of activities against likeminded peers. Whilst all participants are from Year 7, the activities are designed to test the skills of higher order thinking. Consequently, many activities, presented to an older cohort of students could still be very challenging.

In August this year St Patrick’s College entered two teams of highly competent Year 7 students who proudly represented their school, showing amazing tenacity to

complete each activity.

Topics included: Maths, English, Science, Code Breaking, Engineering Challenge, Forensic Sleuths, Creative Producers, Art and Poetry, Games of Strategy and General Knowledge. All students involved enjoyed participating on the day, and proved that teamwork really is the key to success. Results were as follows:

SPC Green 4th-Games of Strategy 3rd-English 1st-General Knowledge

Well done to: Hasker Dawborn, Jacob Norman, John Brodie, Patrick Walsh, Cameron Adams, Alexander Mooney, Samuel McMaster, and Brandan Falland.

SPC Blue (4th school overall) 4th Creative Producers 3rd-Games of Strategy 3rd-Forensic Sleuths 1st-Code Breaking

Well done to: Luke Wynd, Liam O’Shea, Tynan Haintz, Nathanial Corboy, Lucas Shugg, Thomas Hallet, Brody Sullivan and Patrick Keogh.

Enhanced LearningMrs Vicki ArthursonEnhanced Learning Coordinator

sound as a water balloon was being filled, it fired. To everyone’s astonishment, especially mine, the balloon found its mark! The bewildered and now furious St James student turned to the direction that the balloon had come from, only to be hit in the face by another one! We all thought that this was hilarious from the safety of a bush, away from the balloon firing tank. The enraged and now drenched victim grabbed a nearby stick and charged at the tank. He didn’t get far before the pain of being hit numerous times to the face by high speed water balloons was too much, and he fell to the ground crying. Sammy made him fix his uniform and flatten his hair before he turned off his amazingly successful invention. He then ran back to the rest of us, beaming and giving high fives.

The Auto-Waterbomber was a huge success. For the rest of the week almost all St James students kept their water balloons in their packets for the fear of the mighty Auto-Waterbomber! The now, not so tough St James student who had cried on Monday got all his tough friends together to get revenge. The thing about tough kids is that there not very smart, and the St James tough kid was no exception. He and his friends tried the same thing as he did on Monday and they all suffered the same consequences. They all had very neat uniforms and flat hair after Sammy had finished with them.

The next Monday was school sports day and we all put on our blue sports t-shirts, blue Zinc and some even brought cans of blue hair die. Even Principal Woods put on a blue naval uniform especially for the occasion. Just before the first events had started, Sammy went to set up his Auto-Waterbomber next to the horrific mess that used to be our school fence, before Principal Woods had demolished it. Then we heard a terrible scream and Sammy came pelting past, faster than he had ever run before! He overtook all the other runners whose race had just begun. However, when he got to the end, instead of stopping, he kept going! Then I saw the reason. In hot pursuit of Sammy was his own

creation, the Auto-Waterbomber! Then it hit me, we were all wearing blue and the Auto-Waterbomber was programmed to shoot anything blue! It was already too late; the Auto-Waterbomber had already reduced most of our school to tears. Even Principal Woods was pinned down, unable to get to his fully sized tank and save the day like last time. It was down to me. Then I thought up the craziest, most brilliant plan ever and there was the slightest chance of it working!

There was no time to think, I grabbed one of the blue hair spray cans and sprinted faster than I had in my entire life, not away from the crazed Auto-Waterbomber, but at it! The Auto-Waterbomber was distracted shooting someone else and before it knew it, I had smashed the hair spray can open, on top of its hardened shell and blue dye went everywhere! The Auto-Waterbomber went mental! It started firing at itself because of all the blue ink all over it. Now most people know that water and electricity don’t mix, however the Auto-Waterbomber didn’t take this into account as it continuously shot itself. Then there was an almighty bang, as the Auto-Waterbomber shot its last water balloon.

I was the new school hero (Sammy however still didn’t think I was); Principal Woods even gave me a replica Victoria Cross war medallion for saving the day. Although, to this very day, never again has another water balloon been thrown across that road.

PIE LOVE SONNET Martin Ryan, Year 9 English

Although only seen for a few moments It was the best thing that happened that day. But in a horrible turn of events I saw there was no way you could stay. I quickly realised with a heavy heart That someone else had already claimed you. It was dreadful the way we had to part After a long boring wait in the queue None of the other options could compare

To the heavenly sight you brought to me. If only I had been much more aware And arrived sooner at the bakery Then I wouldn’t be forced to just stand by And watch someone buy the only pie.

Jake Neade, Year 11 English (Vocational)

I remember the first time I met Michael Long. I was about 14 at the time and was at the Boomerangs Camp, a camp for Indigenous kids from 14 to 15 from all around Australia. This was both a football and educational camp and the kids came from all over Australia.

Over my short life so far I have had the honour of meeting Michael many times. He is a former Australian Rules footballer from Darwin and is of Aboriginal descent .He played for Essendon Bombers his whole career and won the Norm Smith Medal for being Best on Ground in the 1993 Grand Final. He played in 2 premierships in 1993 and 2000 and made the All Australian Team in 1988 and 1995.In 2007 Michael was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Michael is an inspiration to all footballers, especially Indigenous ones .He fought for Indigenous rights on the field and won the respect of everyone who either met him, played with or against him or knew about him through the media.

As a famous footballer, Long was able the get his view across to many people and influence and change their opinions about racial issues in Australia, especially on the sporting fields. The Long Walk which is celebrated around Reconciliation time was started by him and now I get to take part in it as part of St Patrick’s Indigenous program.

Long has been a hero to me and I didn’t think I’d ever meet him. Once was pretty special, but over the years it is even better because he is involved with so much of the footy I play in.

What Sleep Can Do… Xavier Sliwa, Year 11 English (Vocational)

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind was blowing and the trees were whistling. There I was, trying to sleep under the bright stars in my swag. I felt cold but also annoyed due to a busy and breathtaking next day. I was camping far from home about an hour from the small town of Barjarg.

That weekend was the beginning of my downhill mountain biking career. With a brand new bike, ready to start the season I was trying to get a good night’s sleep for the race that followed the next day.

Not many others camped there, but those who did were in for the ride of their life. Tents were getting ripped by falling tree branches and pushed to their limit. Soon after, when the storm finally decided to pass, I got to sleep.

At 6 am the cockatoos were well and truly awake, screaming as they do every morning. I had no choice but to get up and put as many jumpers on as I could find. The wind had stopped blowing but the chill that was floating around hit you like a tonne of bricks. I wasn’t the only one awake; the cockatoos were just as annoying as the storm that hit us that night.

I rode the track for the first time and knew that this was the sport for me. A few hours later the races began. Sitting on my bike at the starting gate with the adrenaline rushing through my body faster than a flash of lightning, I watched the timing clock click down. The buzzer went off and so did I. Pedalling as fast as I could, a found myself in the first rock garden, this is a technical part of the track covered in rocks that whoever picks the best line and performs it the best will get through with no harm. Luckily I had a good line and made it through. Seeing the finish line coming up really quickly, I threw a few more pedals in and made it down alive.

Looking to my right, I saw the first aide tent with people who had broken arms and cuts all up their body. That was when I realised I had to be dedicated to the sport to not end up like

those people. Being tired from the night before I just missed out on qualifying but watching those who did was amazing. Coming down the hill and gliding over rocks, I knew that I was going to like the next race.


Top: Enhanced Learning Team

Below: Da Vinci Decathlon - SPC Green

This year has seen considerable change in the large Health and Physical Education Programme at SPC. Academic and personal interests were satisfied and minds and bodies extended through participation and formal study by the vast majority of the College’s student body in 85 scheduled weekly classes in: Junior School - Health and Physical Education; Middle School - Fitness, Sport, Healthy Living and Wilderness Skills; Senior School - Health, Physical Education and VCE Studies in Health and Human Development, Physical Education, Outdoor and Environmental Studies and VET Sport and Recreation.

The importance of Health and Physical Education were endorsed by the key findings of the 2010 Federal Crawford Report into Sport and Recreation. It provided further recognition of the important link between physical activity, physical education and academic achievement and the significant role that physical education and sport can play in achieving positive preventative health outcomes and enhancing

the quality of life. There are growing concerns about issues of lifestyle related chronic disease, alcohol, smoking, injury prevention, mental health and rising obesity (25% of all children overweight or obese) significantly decreasing life expectancy. Health and Physical Education has a critical role in equipping all students with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to live healthy active lives well beyond their school years. Although HaPE is an expensive core academic programme, the benefits are justified and a high priority has been given to Health and Physical Education in schools. This has been recommended by the National Preventative Health Task Force, Crawford Report and Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) to include Health and Physical Education in the new National Curriculum.

This year we have augmented our traditional programme by introducing or re-introducing into Junior School PE - Swimming & Survival Skills and Gymnastics; and in Middle

School Sport - Canoeing and the lifestyle units of Hapkido (Self Defence), Zumba, Aerobics, Hip Hop, Pilates and Yoga. We have made great use of our wonderful gymnasium, improved Weights and Conditioning Room, ovals, courts and the new hockey field, but also external venues such as Lake Wendouree, Major League, The Aquatic Centre, Golf Driving Range, Clarendon Pool and the Squash and Racquetball Centre.

We celebrated Health & Physical Education Week in October, with several poster competitions and also continued our adherence and support of the Sunsmart principles of wearing hats and sunscreen in PE classes during the summer terms. I would like to thank all families for supporting both active participation in our HaPE Programme, but also the wearing of the correct PE/Sport uniform.

The HaPE Faculty hosted 11 Student Teachers throughout 2011, usually for a 4-8 week round. This high number of students from both UB and ACU is indicative of our large

programme, reputation and the professionalism of our staff mentors. I wish to acknowledge the excellent work of Ms Tamara Westwood (Sports Administrator), Mr Justin Gordon (HaPE/Sport Trainee) and Mr Tony Liston (Property Manager) and grounds staff for their vital contribution to the daily functioning and success of our programmes. I also wish to make a special mention of Br Bernie Scott who despite his advancing illness demonstrated his passion and commitment for coaching by offering a very popular 4 week Gymnastics unit to every Year 7 student. His example, courage and presence will be missed by all.

The VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies students are an adventurous group and challenged themselves with extension and learning activities on expeditions such as SCUBA diving, alpine and snow camp, rock climbing, horse riding and sea kayaking. I wish to acknowledge Mr Jamie Lynn, Mr Jeremy Daniel, Mr Jarrett Giampaolo and Mr Justin Gordon for their extraordinary work in facilitating these intense

learning experiences in the field.

Another popular and expanding subject is the competency based VCE VET Sport and Recreation. Students are required to not just know the theory, but be able to apply it competently and are assessed on both. I wish to applaud the excellent work of Mr Damian Kinnersly in building this course over several years and performing an important leadership role, along with myself, as part of the 2011 ACHPER VCE Advisory Committee.

This year we farewell several staff who have contributed many years of expertise to teaching and learning within the HaPE Faculty - Mrs Fiona Carroll, Mr Scott Kruger, Ms Casey Frame and Mr Warrick Bottrall. My best wishes go with you all.

Health & Physical Education (HaPE)Mr Stephen McMahonHead of Health & Physical Education

As I come to my final reflection of 2011, I do so with mixed emotion. In 2012 I move on from my fourteen years at St Patrick’s College to the role of Head of Learning Enhancement at Ballarat and Queen’s Grammar School. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the fantastic support of everyone who has contributed

to the Enhanced Learning Team throughout this time. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with such an amazingly dedicated, caring team of quiet achievers. I know they will continue their fantastic work into the future and I wish them well.

I would particularly like to thank Mrs Helen McLennan for her

ongoing, tireless commitment to this area of the College, and for her tenacity in ensuring that all students in our care are supported and given every possible opportunity to flourish. It has been a great pleasure to work alongside a group of people with such conviction. I have also enjoyed and appreciated my connection with

the wider staff group, parents and students. It has been a great pleasure to work with you all, to recognise and encourage the individual potential of our boys. I will miss this fantastic community and will always remember this stage of my career with great fondness.


Top: Year 10 Jarryd O’Dowd webpage

Opposite: Year 9 Ben Martin magazine cover

Information TechnologyMrs Nicole HexterHead of Information Technology

The theme of the Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association (VITTA) conference for 2011 was ‘Leading and Learning from the Edge’. The VITTA President, Mr Philip Callil mentioned that this theme was intended to encapsulate the excitement and trepidation of what this decade holds for education both globally and here in Australia. The use of information technology in our everyday lives is continuing to evolve every day, therefore is it important for individuals, whether you are a parent, teacher or student to keep up to date with what is happening in the ‘Information Technology World’.

At St Patrick’s College, we are surrounded by ‘digital natives’. This term is used to describe a person who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technology. This means that many of the students at SPC have interacted with digital technology from an early age, therefore tend to have a greater understanding of its concepts, than did the students of SPC 10 or 15 years ago. We often learn as much from our students and

sons as they learn from us, which is great for our own professional development.

Students at SPC have plenty of opportunities to engage in learning through the use of Information Technology. The Year 9 IT course provided a stepping stone for the four Year 10 IT courses - Core, Hardware, Programming and Multimedia and Web. Particular mention is required for Mr Ian Fernée who has guided over 50 students this year through the process of building their own computer. The time and effort that Mr Fernée has put into the IT Hardware course, both inside and outside of class time is a credit to him. Let’s just hope that all the computers work!

2011 saw the introduction of the new VCE Study Design. IT Action and IT Pathways were successfully implemented in Year 11. Numbers in these subjects continues to be strong with the two classes again being chosen by a good number of students for next year. With the changing emphasis in the current study design to collaborative group tasks, the boys have been making use of

appropriate software including Google Docs and Google Sites. This software allows the boys to work together on the same task as well as being exposed to Cloud Applications and some of their issues related to their use. Programming continues to be the emphasis in IT Pathways and it is pleasing that a number of students have chosen to continue this into their Unit 3 and 4 studies.

The focus of the new software development course is to design, develop and evaluate a software solution for a given client and their networking infrastructure. With the ever increasing focus in IT on mobile devices and the integration of these into the business world, the boys were required to build an application that utilises the features of portable devices to help facilitate organisational goals. The software development boys took to their programming tasks with much enthusiasm and dedication using Visual Studio 2010 to produce their product.

Congratulations must go to the following boys for being awarded the Dux for their

subject: Year 9 IT - Rhys Goad, Year 10 IT Core - Declan Leishman, Year 10 IT Hardware - John Hickey, Year 10 IT Programming - Connor Squires, Year 10 IT Multimedia and Web - Jarryd O’Dowd, and Year 11 Information Technology - Bradley O’Loughlin. We hope to see you succeed in IT over the coming years.

Also thank you to the IT faculty who is represented by Mrs Nicole Hexter, Mr Ian Fernée, Mr Tony Beggs and Mr Barry Schuurs. Each faculty member puts in a lot of time and effort into the planning and development of the IT classes which is a credit to them. The faculty is also well supported by the IT Office with Mr Chris Maciejewski, Mr Stuart Lethbridge, Mr Alex Brodie and Mr Mevan Abeyrama. Thank you.

The study of Humanities examines how humans organise themselves into communities and how people form institutions and systems. We study the basis of society and the various interactions and institutions: historic, geographic, economic, legal, civic and political that underpin our society and civilization. The study of these societies at a local, regional, national and international level is critical for young people to develop an understanding of their world.

The faculty offered fifteen subjects to the students and provided a teaching staff of twenty. The subjects offered were Year 7, 8 and 9 Humanities, Year 8 International Studies, Year 9 Criminology, Year 10 Australian Business Issues, Year 10 Australian History, Year 10 Indigenous Studies and at VCE Level Unit 1,2 3 & 4 Accounting, Business Management, Economics, 20th Century History, Australian History, History Revolutions and Legal Studies.

Overall, in excess of one thousand one hundred boys were engaged in studying some

area of Humanities which was very exciting.

One of the new initiatives undertaken this year was the offering of Australian Business Issues as an elective at Year 10. The rationale behind this was based on the following:

The world of business, finance and economics is seen as essential knowledge in the twenty-first century. No issue of national or international significance can be fully understood without grasping the business dimension. This elective would enable students to develop an understanding of the enterprise attributes and skills needed to understand these issues and equip them with the ability to describe the nature and impact of innovative solutions to the key questions. This elective would also provide a clearer pathway and experience for the boys who were interested in pursuing studies in Commerce and Business at the VCE level.

The faculty continued to make good use of local and statewide resources with students being involved in a variety of

incursions and excursions throughout the year:

•Year 7 excursions to the Gold Museum at Sovereign Hill and guest speakers from local parliament and the police force;

•Year 8 Medieval Day where students enjoyed the opportunity to dress up and engage in hands on activities related to what they studied in class. This was facilitated by the History Up Close Company;

•Year 9 Humanities where the boys could apply what was learnt in the classroom in their Melbourne experience and camps to the Grampians;

•Year 10 Australian History Sturt Street walks examining many of the historic monuments Ballarat has to offer;

•Year 10 Indigenous Studies fieldtrips to Framlingham;

•Year 11 History excursion to the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne;

•Year 11 Legal Studies excursions to the Ballarat

Magistrate’s Court, and the County and Supreme Courts in Melbourne. The students also participated in a pilot jury program run by the Juries Commissioner Office and were addressed by a County Court circuit judge and participated in Socratic discussion on sentencing;

•Year 12 Legal Studies students were witness to prison life in their excursion to Barwon Prison.

My sincere thanks to the staff in the faculty for their collegiality, professionalism and dedication in providing quality and engaging curriculum to the boys.

The Humanities Faculty looks forward to preparing for the Australian National Curriculum pertaining to History and the current implementation date in 2013.

HumanitiesMs Carolyn GarveyHead of Humanities


Our boys interacted very well with the Rostrevor mob, as many previously knew each other, not only from previous immersion trips, but because through family connections from areas in the ‘Territory’. This definitely made the trip extra special as the boys could catch up for a yarn with their cousins and talk about their homes and families and also about their schooling life.

The morning of departure started very early on Thursday October 27 with the boys getting up around 3.30am for a departure time of 4.30am. Many of the boys struggled to get any sleep that night as they were too eager and exited about the trip ahead.

The bus drove the group to the Melbourne airport for our 7am departure time. The boys were very upbeat and excited as we touched down in Adelaide, and on our way to Rostrevor College. We had our induction at the Boarding house, meeting the staff and boarders and gaining knowledge of rules and regulations of the boarding house, as all the boarders live under the same roof in a very

large communal building. A little different to the layout of the St Patrick’s boarding housing.

We later enjoyed the public bus services that the city had to offer as we ventured to the city for a bite to eat and to see the sights, and then returned to the college to use the school’s swimming pool facilities. The water was rather cold, but coming from Ballarat we easily adapted!

Friday morning was an early rise to head off to the Adelaide Zoo to mingle with the Pandas, Tigers, Giraffes and the butterflies! Very good exhibitions and layouts of the zoo enhanced the experience for the boys with the Siamangs (being loud and boisterous) being mostly favoured. (No surprises!!!).

Adelaide Oval was a short stroll along the Torrens River after the Zoo, and we were lucky there was a state game in action (Redbacks versus Warriors). This wasn’t as exciting to the boys because it wasn’t footy, but for lovers of the game in the group, we thoroughly enjoyed the couple of hours at the cricket.

The boys also got to visit the Museum which features some great information about sporting icon Sir Donald Bradman.

Saturday was a bit blowy as we headed to Glenelg for our 7.45am departure onboard Temptation Sailing, a catamaran which heads out to the open waters of the Eyre Peninsula to enable its passengers a once in a life time experience of swimming with dolphins. The weather wasn’t the best but as the catamaran headed out of the marina, the rain picked up, the waves seem to grow and the ride was made more interesting.

To their credit the boys (most of them) got in their wetsuits and jumped into the icy waters for their swim with the dolphins which were swimming around the group.

This was an absolutely great experience for the boys, as we cruised up and down the coast on the hunt for more pods of dolphins. One English GAP student refused to enter the water taking literally the boys jibes about Australian sharks following the dolphins to prey

upon English tourists! The skies cleared and the sun came out as we headed back on a leisurely cruise back to the marina. The catamaran had other guests from all over the world, so it was great to see people from all walks of life enjoying a similar experience together.

We headed to the beach at the trendy strip of Glenelg in which the boys played beach Volleyball against locals who were dressed as Maverick and Goose from Top Gun. The game ended with a win to SPC with all parties having fun.

Adelaide’s public transport is very modern and reliable and we boarded a tram back towards the city to catch a movie at a very art house style cinema. The boys had a choice of a number of films, and it wasn’t surprising to see most of them choose the action flick, ‘Warriors’.

Sunday we were up and about again in the city with us heading into the South Australian Museum, which features an extensive display focussing on Indigenous Australia and in

particular the Pitjantjatjara people, who were represented in our group by Dominic Barry from Alice Springs. This was great as the boys were able to see their culture from all the different tribal groups across the aboriginal countries of this land.

Mass on Sunday evening was extra special as three of the Indigenous boarders of Rostrevor College celebrated the sacraments of baptism and confirmation. It was a very inviting mass with many families attending as well as all the students, and the Indigenous music being played by the students made the service very individual and unique.

Surfing was the next task to tackle for the boys as we headed south out of the city down to Middleton Beach on Monday morning. A lovely drive down through some of the nation’s top vineyards saw us reach our destination with the boys pumped and ready to show off their skills. I was quite intrigued to see how the boys from middle Australia would go in the water on their surf boards. A quick lesson and everyone was ready.

Indigenous Education Programme Mrs Shannan Sosinski Indigenous Education Manager

In 2011 the College’s Indigenous Education Programme continued to evolve and is considered by many across the nation as one of the leading programmes of its type in Australia. This is in no small part due to the ongoing support of the Headmaster Dr Peter Casey and the commitment, expertise and passion of staff members. In 2011 a number of new initiatives were introduced contributing to the rich and positive outcomes achieved by students at the College. Staff and students work closely with a number of organisations and agencies to achieve some inspiring results, the ongoing partnership between the College and the Tracy Employment Group being a stellar example of what can be achieved for students through innovative thinking founded upon shared good intent.

In 2011 the College worked with over 30 students and for the first time welcomed boys from the community of Port Keats/Wadeye. Through the work of staff the College has fostered excellent two way relationships with communities in Ballarat,

Warrnambool, Alice Springs, Timber Creek and Elliot. Students bring a great richness to the St Patrick’s community and play a huge role in helping all Australians work towards the important goal of genuine reconciliation. This commitment to reconciliation is fundamental to a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition. In visiting community this year it is apparent that in our own backyard we encounter marginalised people just as Edmund did over two centuries ago in Waterford. As Australians we must address the imbalances in social, economic, health and education parameters if we are ever to truly walk hand in hand with our Indigenous brothers and sisters. This is a great challenge within a school environment in Ballarat, Victoria, however it is a great privilege for staff in the programme.

In 2011 through the leadership of Mr Adam Jennings (Term 1-3), Mr Rick Balchin (Term 4) and Mr David Loader the College has supported its good plans, great enthusiasm and tireless energy with resources

to better support Indigenous students. A highlight of the year was the very successful introduction of the Quicksmart programme which has enhanced numeracy outcomes for students as evidenced by NAPLAN results and other data. The programme was well supported by professional development for staff which was well directed and has ensured the programme will continue to expand in 2012 and beyond.

In 2012 the College will implement Quicksmart Literacy which will better meet the needs of students than the current National Accelerated Literacy Programme. The programme will incorporate IPad and other technology and is supported by excellent professional development and training. As with other educational initiatives it will assist in removing the educational divide faced by students with low literacy. The programme will continue to be offered, in conjunction with other strategies, to provide the Indigenous students with the skills to be fully participating and

confident members of a literate society.

In 2011 the College enjoyed an invaluable two way partnership with the Tracy Group, an employment and training organisation in Ballarat. Students were able to complete nationally accredited vocational training courses in areas of interest and within fields where there will be future employment opportunities should they choose to return to community. In 2012 students will undertake a four day orientation and assessment programme upon arrival at the College to develop training pathways which will complement the individual learning plans developed by staff at the conclusion of the 2011 academic year.

Such initiatives and planning for 2012 has been overseen by staff such as Ms Elizabeth Till, Mr Stephen Hill and Mr Chris Caldow in conjunction with 2012 Indigenous Education Manager Mr Rick Balchin.

Other examples of successful programme initiatives in 2011 include:

Adelaide Indigenous Education Programme Immersion Experience Mr Rick Balchin

Over the Melbourne Cup Exeat weekend members of the Indigenous Education Programme (IEP) enjoyed another wonderful trip to Adelaide to visit fellow Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) school Rostrevor College in the beautiful city of Adelaide. The Indigenous Immersion experience has become a highly anticipated and enjoyed annual experience and complements the visit of Rostrevor to Ballarat each May for the annual ‘Walk to the G’ Reconciliation weekend.

The experience is a wonderful annual event in which students get to experience another boarding schools way of life and in particular the key features of their IEP. Rostrevor College has an extensive Indigenous education programme with 58 indigenous students attending the school. These boys are from areas around South Australia, Northern Territory, WA and Queensland.


This was quite thoughtless in a sense that this guy had never experienced what it was like to live out in these remote areas with 98 per cent of the population being Aboriginal and getting an education isn’t their number one priority. This was upsetting also because the opportunities we are given in the towns and cities to succeed are without comparison to those ‘out bush’. We are given a great education from early childhood whilst the young children out there can barely read or write and later on when they enter mainstream society they struggle to adapt to what is required in order to work coherently with the ‘white ways’ and this inevitably creates a separation.

How can this nation be fully reconciled until the entire population of Australia is accepted? Many different strategies have been implanted to try and achieve this ultimate goal. The Reconciliation action plan, incentives to businesses that employ Aboriginal staff and indigenous history implemented into school curriculums, these are some of the many different approaches to reconciliation. These are very appropriate measures and it looks bright, but yet early on fails to supply the outcomes that are going to in fact close the gap. Reconciliation to me is for both the Aboriginal people and the ‘white people’ to forgive all past mistreatments and recognise positive ways to move forward today without dilemma because that is where true togetherness will begin and carry on to a brighter future for everyone.

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week celebrates the rich culture and history of Indigenous Australians. It is the perfect time for all Australians to think about how to help turn around the disadvantage experienced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is also a time where we can reflect about what we are doing to advance the process of reconciliation.

Reconciliation involves achieving an understanding of the facts of Indigenous Australia, including history and its continuing effects,

the importance of culture, the contribution of Indigenous people to the Australia that we live in today, and the diverse situations of Indigenous people living in our communities. This understanding is fundamental for respectful engagements and mutual acceptance between people.

The week coincides with two important dates in Indigenous Australia’s recent history. 27 May marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum in which more than 90% of Australians voted to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution which discriminated against Indigenous Australians. It enabled Indigenous people to be included in the census, and federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Indigenous people. June 3 marks the anniversary of the High Court’s judgment in the 1992 Mabo case. The decision recognised the Native Title rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the original inhabitants of the continent and overturned the myth of terra nullius - the belief that the continent was an empty, un-owned land before the arrival of Europeans in 1788.

To recognise Reconciliation Week the College conducted a moving outdoor liturgy in Chapel Court, led admirably by students and staff from the College’s Indigenous Education Programme. The liturgy whilst in acknowledging our Catholic faith also incorporated elements of Indigenous culture with all students and staff receiving a gum leaf from trees from the lands cared for by the Wautherung people for tens of thousands of years.

Primary School Immersion Programme

During 2011 students from the Indigenous Education Programme worked with students from Black Hill Primary School, Pleasant St Primary, Emmaus Catholic Primary School, St Alipius School and St Columba’s School. Under the leadership of Mr David Loader, the young men of the IEP have spoken of their rich cultural traditions as well as taught children about the basics of Indigenous art. The following letter was received recently by the Headmaster and highlights

the profound impact the boys have made upon students with whom they have worked.

Dear Dr Casey

I am a Year 6 teacher at Black Hill Primary School. During term two I was lucky to have the pleasure of working with some Indigenous boys and staff from St Patrick’s College; Ben, Donovan, Clifford, Jake, Dom, David Loader and Adam Jennings.

Over five weeks, the boys came to Black Hill and ran two lessons per session, over a four hour period. Our students have been studying Australian History, with a particular focus on our Indigenous heritage and culture. Having the boys share with our students their stories, community expectations, culture, tribes and hopes and dreams for their futures and that of their people was absolutely invaluable! I could not have hoped for a better first hand account and with Indigenous boys that our students were able to relate to and look up to. They were fantastic and their stories very current and ‘now’, I think this makes such a difference.

I personally have learnt a lot from the boys and really valued the time they shared with us. It was terrific to watch them grow as individuals over this time as far as confidence with an unfamiliar audience, showing initiative when working with our students on their artwork, offering advice, teaching by demonstration and providing feedback.

Some of the boys were quite reserved to begin with, but as time progressed they became more comfortable and confident liaising with our students and staff. It was very obvious that Ben, Jake and Dom are right at home sharing their stories; they are proud boys and clear role models in their Indigenous communities and at St Patrick’s College.

As a teacher and a parent of a boy attending St Patrick’s, it is affirming to know that you are running learning programs such as the one Adam and David are in charge of. It appears that the boys at St Patrick’s are very

lucky to have such varied learning opportunities that cater for a range of interests and talents, cultures and abilities.

Thank you again and congratulations to the staff and students at St Patrick’s.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Fiona Plews Year 6 Classroom Teacher Black Hill Primary School

In recognising the outstanding achievements of 2011 it is important to acknowledge the outstanding work of all members of the Indigenous Education Programme. As I depart this rewarding and inspiring area of education I would like to sincerely thank the following staff:

•MrRickBalchin

•MrAdamJennings

•MrDavidLoader

•MrMarkWaddington

•MrsCateWalshe

•MrArtNichols

•MsRiaCoffey

•MrsSofiaThapa

•MsKathrynLynn

•MrJovanLove

•MrTimCronin

•MrEdwardBrowne

•MrArnoldQuirong

Most of the boys were able to eventually get up on a wave and show off some sort of skill, even Mark Waddington was ‘carving it up’.

This seemed to be the most exciting activity for the boys over the weekend with everyone laughing and joking around, screaming their heads off in excitement about the next wave that they would possibly catch or get dumped by. After getting bashed by the waves a lot of us finished a little stiff and sore and felt like we’d done a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson!

From here it was back to Rostrevor College to pack, clean up and thank the staff and students for their hospitality and their support in such a great opportunity for the boys to experience. The close ties with Rostrevor College and St Patrick’s are unique and special and we all hope it continues and helps develop our boys into young men who share, understand and appreciate the importance of the key elements of an education in the tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice. It also gives them a chance to mingle with each other as well

as other students going through similar experiences like being away from their communities to study.

From a staff perspective it is great to be able to see the boys’ ability to interact with other people as they are very confined to their own group while they are at school at St Patrick’s. It is great to see them grow as boys to young men and this experience enables them to unwind and be themselves and mingle with people from all walks of life.

In conclusion, I would like to thank the recognise the support of the Opening The Doors Foundation and their corporate partner The Merrin/Grenet Foundation for their ongoing support of the boys and staff of the Indigenous Education Programme - it is really appreciated by students. A special thank you to our friends from Rostrevor College for their exceptional support and hospitality. We are united by our EREA heritage and the stories of our mobs and look forward to this exchange continuing for many years to come.

Reconciliation - What it Means to Me Dominic Barry

Year 11 student Dominic Barry from Alice Springs wrote this poignant and moving piece as an entry for the annual JimBaa-Yer Awards fro Reconciliation:

My family’s culture originated somewhat 40,000 plus years prior to our existence today. It is with satisfaction and some humility that I can acknowledge my Aboriginality is rich with pride, culture and history.

My Aboriginal heritage dwells within a 102650 km² area of land so meaningful to the Aboriginal people of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands). This is where my Aboriginal identity was born and is alive today.

Being Aboriginal brings joy and a great sense of pride to me, knowing that I can respectfully continue to extend my knowledge of what my ancestors had created so I can develop my own understanding to use what was taught to me, not only in my life but also that

in the life of my descendants.

Being of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal descent, growing up in Alice Springs has its advantages. One significant advantage is experiencing the life of two different cultures and the distinctive line between the Non-Indigenous mindset and the Indigenous Aboriginal mindset of life. One is ruled by a pen and a notebook whilst the other relies on the oral teaching of elders who pass down stories and lore from generations past. Such different views to life has created confusion and misunderstandings which is clearly evident through our short but eventful history.

Reconciliation is the aim to bring our nation together so we can all ‘work as one’. This has been the objective for many governments in the past decades. With the opportunities available to Aboriginal people today, the goal is within reach although there is still a long way to go. As mentioned before about the experiences I’ve had of both worlds, I’ve heard and seen the troubles ‘white people’ and Aboriginal people have in

verbally communicating with one another, and this doesn’t include the language barrier. There are still misconceptions from each race about the other race. In some circles there is a perception that ‘White people’ are meant to succeed whilst Aboriginal people are meant to fail; such ludicrous expectations still have a home in parts of our society. With these expectations upon each other there will never be a reconciled Australia.

It is sad to believe that because of your ethnicity, judgements will be made. Aboriginal people out bush assume `white people’ in urban areas have life all worked out. They assume white people are all highly educated and have a worry free bank statement. On the other hand, some white people believe that Aboriginal people enter their lives to be assisted by the welfare system. To my memory I can recall a conversation I had with a peer who clearly didn’t know what he was talking about when he heartlessly stated that “Aboriginal people in remote areas bring the whole nation down because they don’t work and they bludge all our money”.

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2011 has been a year of both consolidation and review in the Mathematics Faculty. The 20 enthusiastic teachers have gone about their planning and the delivery of the 19 different offerings in maths subjects with enthusiasm. We continue to endeavour to have a broad range of offerings at all year levels to enable all students to feel a sense of achievement in mathematics. This now sees three or four different types of maths classes running at each year level 7 - 12.

A new program introduced in 2011 was the Year 10 subject, Maths for Living. This fits into the repertoire of maths offerings between the modified Year 10 class and the two more academic offerings of pre-general and pre-methods. This option was taken up by two classes of students and is now being reviewed and adapted for 2012 delivery.

We continue to be well served by having additional staff allocated to blocks of maths classes in Years 7 - 9. Anecdotally students and their parents, as well as the teachers see this as a positive move. This may have contributed to the pleasing results in the Year 9 NAPLAN Numeracy data.

The following students are recognised for their achievements in Maths in 2011:

Year 7 Mathematics Highest Exam Scores Semester One Liam Cappello Thomas Hallett Liam O’Shea

Semester Two Patrick Keogh Samuel McMaster Liam O’Shea

Year 8 Mathematics Semester One Abraham Lewis

Semester Two Mitchell Steele

Year 9 Mathematics Semester One Lachlan Hewitt

Semester Two Hamish Clydesdale Matthew Hall

Year 10 Modified Mathematics Joel Burzacott

Year 10 Maths for Living Christopher Guevera

Year 10 Pre-General Mathematics Jessy Kroon

Year 10 Pre-Methods Mathematics Peter Oakley

Year 11 Foundation Mathematics Jarryd Walters

Year 11 General Mathematics Benjamin Martin

Year 11 Mathematical Methods (CAS) James Fahey

Year 11 General Specialist Mathematics Cameron Butcher

Year 12 Further Mathematics Riley Fullerton

The “Stephen Callahan” Dux of Mathematical Methods CAS Patrick Ross-Taylor

The “John Cosgriff Dux of Specialist Patrick Ross-Taylor

Apart from the regular activities offered in the Science curriculum, a focus on co-curricular opportunities has included the following:

1. The Science and Engineering Challenge - co-ordinated by Ms Colleen Pope. Twenty five Year 10 students participated in the day of challenges conducted at the University of Ballarat (supervised by Ms Colleen Pope), with St Patrick’s College achieving second place in the regional competition. Preparation for the competition included attendance at lunchtime meetings and strategy practice in teams for sample activities.

2. The inaugural Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest - co-ordinated by Ms Colleen Pope in conjunction with Mr Roger Knight (Technology). Students supervised at the University of Melbourne by Mr Chris Nielsen and Mr Roger Knight on competition day. A team of five Year 10 boys (Jarryd O’Dowd, Timothy O’Shea, Mark McOwan, Luke Howard and Joshua Peters) designed and built a Rube Goldberg style machine which involved an intricate set of pathways, transfers of energy and motion in order to place the ingredients for a cup of coffee into a cup. Competitors were judged on building a machine which had a minimum number of 12 energy transfers, required no human intervention once underway and was innovative in its design. The preparation for the competition, occurred over the course of included after school hours and holiday time design and construction work, supervised by Ms Colleen Pope and with assistance from Mr Roger Knight.

3. Incursion by Questacon Smart Moves - organised by Mr Chris Nielsen. This interactive multimedia presentation was delivered to all Year 9 students in the Pavilion. Two presenters provide an up to the minute snapshot of cutting edge science, technology and business developments brought about by scientists in Australia. The presentations allowed for student choice (which innovations will be explored) and student interaction. (Students will participate in demonstrating the innovation). The program also highlighted the wide variety of careers and pathways available within the areas of science and technology in Australia. The presenters also promoted the opportunity for students to attend the Questacon Smart Moves Invention Convention. The convention is an opportunity for students who have an idea for an innovation or science or technology related business to participate in a fully funded intensive five day program in Canberra, facilitated by industry experienced presenters.

4. The National Youth Science Forum. An opportunity for a Year 11 student to participate in a 12 day intensive program at a university conducting workshops, field trips, discussion groups and information sessions on directions in science and career pathways. The College supported the application of James Fahey to participate in this program. Places were very limited and sponsored by Rotary. Applicants had to submit a detailed written statement and attend an interview. Unfortunately James was unsuccessful in his application.

MathematicsMrs Clare KavanaghHead of Mathematics

Science FacultyMr Chris NielsenHead of Science

LOTEMrs Margaret McIntyreHead of LOTE

As always 2011 has been a busy year for the three teachers in the LOTE Faculty. The loss of Mrs Nerella McDonald who left to take up a position at Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh was keenly felt. During her 33 years of service to St Patrick’s College Nerella taught Italian, French and Japanese as well as being a highly respected teacher of English, Her expertise, experience and generosity in sharing her knowledge of the teaching of foreign languages have been greatly missed by all in the Faculty. At the same time the Faculty has welcomed Miss Rachael Leighton. During 2011 Rachael has taught several Japanese classes and, having lived in Japan for many years, brings a great deal of knowledge about everyday life in Japan as well as her expertise in the Japanese language.

There were many successes amongst the students in 2011.Three Year 12 students, Joseph McKee, Lachlan McLean and Thomas Smardon shared the prize for Dux of Japanese with a very commendable score of 41. In addition Peter Oakley and Jack Wakefield of Year 10 represented the College very well participating in the Inagawa Speech and Cultural Contest held by the City

of Ballarat in October. They were required to deliver two speeches in Japanese, each of a minute in duration. Congratulations to both students for their fine performances.

Throughout 2011 the Japanese teachers have focused on the use of a range of ICT resources in the teaching and learning of Japanese. The students have enjoyed using programs available on the internet to help them learn their Japanese. For example using the thin clients they have made audio recordings of their conversations and embedded these sound files in avatars which spoke for them, and they practised vocabulary by making and playing on-line games. They also used a range of Apps on the ipod touches to practise scripts and grammar. The students reported enjoying these new activities and finding them to be effective learning tools, particularly because of the instant feedback provided by the ICT.

Several successful grants obtained through the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Scheme have enabled the purchase of many of the ICT resources introduced into the teaching and learning of Japanese in the past year.

2012 will see the introduction of the VET Certificate 11 in Applied Japanese at year 9. While their Japanese classes will take place in their normal classrooms and be taught by St Patrick’s College staff, the Year 9 Japanese students will be enrolled at RMIT and will receive a Certificate from RMIT upon completion of Certificate 11 in Applied Language at the end of Year 10. It is hoped that the students will enjoy the new practical approach in their Japanese classes.

Each year the LOTE Faculty endeavours to add some authentic Japanese atmosphere to the program. In 2011 the College was pleased to host Chiharu Ando for four weeks during term 3. Chiharu is a student at the Women’s University in Kyoto and hopes to teach Japanese as a foreign language when she graduates. Chiharu worked with classes at all year levels and particularly enjoyed teaching Year 7 and practising conversation with the Year 12 students. Her ready smile and friendly manner made her popular with all of the students and she was an asset in all of the classes.

Kerryn and David Stevens with their son Adam from year 8 and

young sister Gemma hosted Chiharu for the four weeks. Chiharu enjoyed the experience of Australian family life with the Stevens and saw many of Victoria’s best known tourist sites on the many weekend trips. Kerryn’s cooking was a highlight for Chiharu and David’s jokes provided a unique opportunity for Chiharu to improve her English.

Kerryn wrote, “We were all both nervous and excited about hosting Chiharu because we hadn’t hosted an overseas visitor before. Chiharu soon settled into our family because of her caring and polite nature and the many Australian experiences we offered her. Chiharu appeared to fit in well at St Patrick’s College which seemed to complement her time at home with us. We shared many laughs over different word meanings and cultural approaches to life and were amazed at how quickly the month passed by. It was certainly a sad farewell when the time came to take Chiharu to the airport but we felt comfort that we would be able to maintain the friendship through social media and look forward to visiting Japan sometime as a family to see some of Chiharu’s culture in action.”

The school and the LOTE faculty are particularly grateful to the Stevens family for the care and the warmth they showed Chiharu and for the wonderful experience they provided for her.

The Japanese teachers were saddened by the earthquake and tsunami that caused great damage to the North-East coastal region of Japan in April. Because of the uncertainty about the consequences of this disaster the school decided to cancel the trip to Japan planned for June 2011. At the time of writing plans are well under way for a replacement trip in June 2012. There are15 students who are looking forward to experiencing everyday life in Japan and seeing all of the famous tourist sites they learn about in class. Of course they are also looking forward to trying out their Japanese language. To succeed in buying their preferred lunch or the correct train ticket will be measures of true success.

Below: Kerryn and Chiharu on their weekend sightseeing trips.


5. The International Science School. The ISS is a free, biennial science educational program that honours excellence in talented Year 11 and 12 students and encourages them to pursue careers in science. Around 145 ISS scholars attend from over all Australia, China, Japan, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, UK and the USA. Riley Fullerton (Year 11) applied to attend and his application was supported by the College. Applicants were selected on the basis of academic excellence and their written application. Unfortunately Riley was unsuccessful in his application, despite his excellent academic results.

St Patrick’s College continues to offer a variety of subjects that allow students to explore particular areas of interest in Science. In addition to Immersion Science, boys in Year 9 were able to participate in Gadget Science and The Science of Human Conflict. Gadget Science introduced the process of robotics into the 2011 curriculum. Students were required to design, build and program a robot so that it could perform a sequence of tasks. The Year 10

Science electives of Biology, Chemistry and Physics were once again offered in both semesters and were popular elective choices.

Throughout the year, the Science Department welcomed Grade 5 and 6 Primary School students to the science rooms as part of the College’s transition program. The respect and enthusiasm shown by the visiting students as they conducted experiments with light, bodes well for the future of science teaching and learning at St Patrick’s College.

Mention should be made of the dedicated staff members who have contributed to all aspects of the Science Faculty for 2011. Thank you to the teaching staff of: Ms Ursula Bridges, Ms Elizabeth Downey (Terms 2 and 3), Mr Mark Emerson, Miss Kara Hart, Mr Scott Kruger, Mr Leigh McKee, Mr Stephen McMahon, Ms Colleen Pope, Mrs Rosalie Rajki, Mr Steve Rajki, Ms Elizabeth Till and Mr Michael Weadon for their contributions to the development and delivery of curriculum. Thank you also to the tireless efforts of Ms Cathryn Warhurst, our laboratory technician, who has ensured that practical activities are run with maximum efficiency.

TechnologyMr Malcolm BarrinsHead of Technology

Food & Technology

The Food and Technology faculty has been very busy again this year. As the demand has increased across the year levels, we have worked as a team utilising the expertise and experiences of all staff involved in the faculty to enhance student’s knowledge of food and diet in general.

The Food Technology centre would not function as well without the continued efforts of Mrs Lorraine Robe and Ms Anne Birkett who ably assisted us to help make the classes run in orderly and efficient manner. They work continuously to maintain the centre and are generous in the way they assist our students.

The focus on food and health has provided the Food and Technology faculty with many curriculum opportunities this year. In all classes discussions about diet-related illnesses were woven into the lesson structure to increase students’ awareness as consumers.

Ms Glenda Maes and Mr Brett Earl were responsible for

teaching Year 8 students. Students gained a basic knowledge of food and its properties from the key food groups and were eager to share recipes with staff and family. They investigated international cuisine as a major task; they were encouraged to develop their sensory analysis skills of taste, aroma, texture and appearance.

Year 9 food saw Mr Matt Taylor and Ms Glenda Maes introducing the basics to the middle school classes, which has been a great success. The extension program ‘Food for Life’ allowed students to develop skills in a series of recipes suitable for family meals and class production. They honed their skills in making a range of food products focusing on the enjoyment of cooking and maintaining food safety practices.

Year 10 had Ms Sarah Hughes, Mr Andrew Chamings and Ms Glenda Maes worked on maintaining student engagement at a senior level with students gaining greater knowledge of nutrition and its role in food choice and

preparation. Assessment tasks focused on Mediterranean cuisine and packaging, with students developing and designing their own products. This course set a solid foundation for further study at VCE level.

Mr Andrew Chamings and Mr Matt Taylor prepared senior students for the completion of VCE Food. In Units 1 and 2 (Year 11) students studied technological advances in tools and equipment and health and safety regulations in the food industry. With this knowledge students created meals for a client using a selection of ingredients. They also visited the Queen Victoria Market to gain a greater awareness of seasonal produce. Students also utilised their meal design processes and understanding of dietary related diseases by designing and creating a meal for a specific dietary consideration. Students were also given the opportunity to do their own seasonal food calendar with a selection of ingredients to develop a meal.

The focus of the Unit 3 and 4 (Year 12) course was to

investigate product development in the manufacturing industry. The VCE students completed a series of productions relating to new and emerging products, including modified ingredients specifically developed to improve the functional properties of products. Their major task spread over term 2 and 3 was the School Assessment Task (SAT). This involved the research, design, production and evaluation of a series of products created using a range of techniques. The skills learned from completing the school assessed task provided each student with hands on knowledge required for the end of year exam.

We continued the tradition of fundraising for cancer research with the College Biggest Morning Tea. This year it ran for the entire month of May with all proceeds going to the Ballarat Cancer Research Centre, this year we managed to raise $500.

Ms Glenda Maes has continued with the development of a ‘Foodies Group’. These students have planted veggies and herbs outside the kitchen

and regularly meet in the kitchen to further develop their love of food.

In 2012 students will continue to explore the world of food - its origins, preparation techniques, its relation to the health industry and global economics.

Year 8 Food & Technology

All year eight students, taught by Ms Glenda Maes and Mr Brett Earl, have experienced a full semester of Food and Technology. We have continued to focus on the key foods of fruit, vegetables, cereals, dairy foods, meat and legumes.

The boys have increased their knowledge and interest in the foods they consume, as well as gaining the practical application of cooking a variety of dishes. It is satisfying as a teacher to watch students working in a kitchen environment and an increase in confidence as their skills develop.

The boys have also completed a number of assessment and


Year 9 Metal

This year students worked with steel and aluminium to manufacture the main project for the semester, a counter lever tackle box. After learning and practising the basic skills required, students begin with an investigation into the materials used and the processes of refining the ore into metal.

The tackle box was in two parts, the design folio and then the main production. The design folio involved research, working drawings and materials, and developing understanding in these areas will give then a good base for any future production in the subject.

Students this year were not only introduced to a new material, but they also had to develop new skills as well as practising old ones. Common engineering processes such as tapping threads, manufacturing, assembling and fitting were all practised.

Immersion

Many units were offered from the technology department as part of the Year 9 immersion program.

A mediaeval helmet was fabricated from metal, using some of the techniques learnt in metalwork. Students followed detailed patterns, jigs and templates which allowed them to reproduce an authentic replication of a Middle Ages helmet.

The home design and construction unit had students making a scale model of a house with a sub floor and allowed them to see the frame building process from ground up to roof trusses. Students were required to work in teams and finish the house in small teams. All groups completed their houses and gained much insight into how much work is involved in the construction of a typical family home. The students heard a short presentation from a registered builder about the building industry and were provided with the chance to see a real house in the framing stages at a local building site.

The final unit offered to students focused on the design and

construction of life sized realistic looking theatrical sets for a Ballarat performing arts theatre group. Students produced the stage sets after a brief discussion and research of the items to be made, to set the scene on the stage. By using a variety of materials and techniques the boys completed the challenge convincingly.

Systems Engineering

This year in Systems Engineering we have moved to a semester based program for Year 9 and 10 which has enhanced the learning for the boys, offering a more concentrated curriculum.

In Year 9, taught by Mr Procaccino and Mr Lindorff, topics were narrowed to concentrate more fully on the two predominant aspects of systems, being mechanical and electrical, with some integration of the two. The first project attempted was the explorer vehicle. This is a twin engine vehicle that has the ability to reverse its way out of trouble. The boys responded well to the various challenges of getting their designs to work.

For the final project the boys delved more deeply into traditional electronics by attempting the tedious but rewarding bicycle tail light project. Outstanding this year has been the efforts of students such as Angus Thompson, Mitchell Thomas and Liam Hanrahan.

Year 10 has been extremely busy once again this year with a large number of talented students. CAD CAM, using CNC machinery to manufacture precise components for use on student designed model cranes was a feature. The boys integrated their models to run with the aid of computer controlled microcontrollers from PICAXE. In addition to the crane designs some of the boys came up with a very impressive array of projects including a Bascule Bridge and a motorised pick up truck. There were numerous outstanding students this year, with spectacular efforts from people like Max Rawlings, Thomas Hoy, James McDougall, Justin Ringin, John McGuigan and Bradley Pais to name just a

few. All students contributed well and look set to excel in years to come. Thanks to Mr John Sullivan who has led the Year 10 boys to these very high levels of achievement. His vibrancy and enthusiasm continues to inspire greatness.

The Year 11 groups also held in their ranks some very impressive achievers. The boys attempted the challenging task of building a BBQ Rotisserie machine in Unit 1 and then adding computer control thus automating the project in Unit 2. While only a select few were able to fully complete this set of difficult tasks, all who attempted it learned an enormous amount and acquitted themselves extremely well. Across the year the tasks included individual Printed Circuit Board Design (PCB Design) using CAD software and manufacture using a CNC engraver. Excelling were Thomas Ryan, Michael Donegan, Jack Owen and Alex Thompson.

Our Year 12 program, led by Mr Roger Knight, started of with a large number but reduced to sixteen by mid year. They worked to a very high standard with Daniel Baxter and Sean McDonald showing the way. Daniel’s thermostatically controlled egg incubator impressed while Sean came up with a clever design for an electronic system that opens and closes a blind in varying light conditions.

As we look to 2012 we hope to continue to offer challenging and engaging learning experiences for our growing student body.

VET Building and Construction

This course proves to be popular with students aspiring to a career in the building industry. We had 45 first year and 16 second year students. Students studied a wide range of common industry modules, including first aid, industry induction, building calculations, environmental sustainability, documents and plans, as well as carpentry specific ones such as setting out a foundation, flooring, wall framing, roofing,

windows and doors and cladding.

First year students concentrated on the basics, while second year students focussed on building a shed for a customer, using correct building techniques. The project had to be designed to the customer’s requirements then costed before construction. The design had to be collapsible for transport.

Outstanding students were Zeb Morcombe, Daniel Baxter, John McGuigan, Jake Laidlaw, James Rousch and Robert Conroy.

VET Engineering will be offered for the first time in 2012, and will enhance the opportunities for our students to find employment to their liking.

evaluation tasks relating to the chosen topics. These have included a study of breakfast habits, cereal content and the comparison of nutrients on food labels. They also complete an investigation into the foods of Vietnam and Thailand. This unit of work is linked to the increased media coverage and interest in these South-east Asian countries.

Design & Technology

In this final year of the current study design VCE students were challenged with all aspects of the design process, from developing informative and relevant design briefs through to the realization of their chosen solutions.

Unit 3/4 students, through School Assessed Coursework (SAC), developed an understanding of environmental impacts in the life cycle of products we manufacture and use. Combined with developing an understanding into the different types of manufacturing processes used in industry and what indicators we use to

identify high quality products. In the School Assessed Task (SAT) component of this study students designed and manufactured some original and well crafted pieces. Some of these quality works included a reclaimed Jarrah and Australian Hardwood bed (James Liston), Victorian Ash low line entertainment unit (Christopher Irving), student sourced and milled Australian Ironbark entertainment unit (Brayden Ellis), stained KDHW tiered student desk (Carl Giles) and a Jarrah, mini orb and stainless steel wine storage unit (Jarryd Fowler) to name a few. Each piece was supported by a quality design folder exploring each of the required steps in the design process.

In preparing for the Year 12 study, Unit 1/ 2 students developed their understanding of the design process this year through separate studies in each semester. Under the direction of Mr Mal Barrins, Mr John Sullivan and Mr Peter Ryan, students were challenged in Unit 1 with the redesign and manufacture of an existing chair. A range of solutions resulted

from ergonomically shaped seats on stools to finely crafted traditional dining chairs incorporating bent timber. This learning was reinforced in Unit 2 where students were required to design and produce a storage unit to suit the needs of the end user. All this work was documented and evaluated in the design folder.

We look forward to new challenges next year as we launch into the new Product, Design & Technology study.

Junior School

This year the Junior School Technology area was a very busy place with ten classes of enthusiastic students participating in many new learning activities for the students to get involved with.

The Year 7 students were not only faced with starting at a new school, but they also had a new subject to learn. Some of the Year 7 students were not aware of the range of technology disciplines we offered, but they took well to

the subject, enjoyed making their projects and showed tremendous promise in the area. As the year progressed the students were able to learn new skill in Design (including using CAD), Woodwork, Metalwork and Systems (including Electronics).

The Year 8 students had a semester of Design Technology which required the completion of three major projects- the carry all toolbox, mirror and coat rack, and finally the wooden stool. Each project focussed on refining the skills that they had gained in Year 7 and continued to build on them. The Year 8 students were also introduced to different joining techniques and were further trained in the use of some hand power tools.

During Semester One students in some classes contributed to assisting wildlife in distress by making possum and parrot boxes for a local wildlife shelter, in total about one hundred

Overall the year has had many positives for all of the boys, and has given them knowledge to progress in the subject area of Technology. In Year 9 they will

have the opportunity to specialise in elective subjects ranging from Food, Design Metal, Design Wood to Systems Engineering.

Middle School Design Wood

A variety of tasks and skills were completed by Year 9 Design and Technology Wood students whilst making their production, ensuring they have had an interesting semester. They learned to produce and read plans, prepare a materials list and cost a project, then after making the item they evaluated both the product and the production process. Students produced a dart board cabinet, which gave the opportunity of building a basic carcass structure, from their own working drawings. Students utilised a wide range of hand skills and were introduced to new portable power tools.


2011 Concert Band 2

Back Row (L-R): Padraig Doyle, Ben Reid, David O’Doherty, Tom Gavin-Rumambi, Harris Robinson, Jarrod Mitchell, Connor Prebble

Middle Row: Xavier Curran, Ryan Attwood, Jayden Boak, Adam Westlake, Nicholas McKenna, Lachlan Fuller, Thomas Hallett.

Front Row: Callum Smith, Alec Robinson, Thomas Bannister, Eden Brandenburg, Conor McKee, Jacob McLean, Brandon Falland.

2011 Concert Band 1

Back Row (L-R): Timothy O’Shea, Adam Murphy, Luke Howard, Jakob Baric, Jack Shaw, Charles Robinson, Jake Crawford

Third Row: Andrew Groch, Nicholas Frawley, William Soufis, Daniel Taylor, John Hickey, James McDougall, Joshua Peters, Peter Leighton

Second Row: Mitchell Steele, Thomas Elliott, Nico Guevara, Peter Oakley, Timothy Crowe, Hamish Clydesdale, Thomas Thorpe, James McKinnon, Kyle Schorback, Isaac Sullivan

Front Row: Paul Barresi, Callum Holland, David Adams, Charlie Powlett, Christian Larkin, Samuel Seymour-Quest, Oliver Iles

Absent: Alexander Fiegert, Lachlan Mulquiny (Music Vice Captain), Killian Plastow (Music Captain), Matthew Ryan, Justin Torresi, Thomas Young, Joseph Zreikat

Reserve where the musicians worked and played extremely hard. The time focussed on building team skills in preparing for the festival season. All groups had scheduled times for rehearsals but plenty of time for rafting, giant swinging and archery.

Guitar Ensemble

While the guitar ensemble consisted of only six dedicated students, it has grown in leaps and bounds with regards to technical ability, tonal control and stage craft and presence this year. The guitar ensemble performed as part of the Royal South Street competition as well as performing during a whole school assembly, during the Music Camp, Speech Night, and as the headline act for a Guitar Concert held during term three. The ensemble was exposed to a wide variety of classical and contemporary guitar ensemble composers, including Edward Grieg, Jurgen Sonnenschein, Anton Karas and Dieter Kreidler. 2012 will present fantastic opportunities for these students to further develop their skills in

playing as part of an ensemble as well as taking on the challenges of ensemble works that require a higher level of technical ability.

Community Involvement

The formation in 2010 of the College Marching Band allowed the students to develop very different skills and under the leadership of Mr Jovan Love, the boys learned how to follow Drum Major instructions and march in formation. The boys marched for the “Mother’s Day Classic” in support of women with breast cancer.

In late November, the 58 members of Concert Bands 3 and 4 undertook a day tour to Geelong where they had been invited to participate in a workshop and perform for the parents at St Joseph’s College. We played cricket at Eastern Park and then headed up to the school where we worked on some combined pieces before having a BBQ with the St Joseph’s students and then doing the concert.

Concert Band Festivals

Concert Band 1 and 2 both competed in the Melbourne School Bands Festival and gained much skill and expertise from the experience. A larger undertaking was participating in Royal South Street Society as we were represented by four concert bands and numerous ensembles and soloists. 2011 saw the largest numbers of St Patrick’s boys perform for many years.

Our growing reputation as a school with high standards of performing arts, is resulting in us being invited to perform at a growing number of events which allows the boys to experience a greater variety of styles and forms of music making. In 2011, a number of the boys auditioned for and were accepted in to the Australian Youth Band (II): Timothy O’Shea, Thomas Thorpe, James McDougall, Jakob Baric and Joseph Zreikat. Jakob and Joseph have since auditioned for the senior band, but we await the outcome.

Performing ArtsMrs Kathleen PlastowDirector of Performing Arts

Debating & Public Speaking Mrs Sofia Thapa Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator

Debating and public speaking has a proud history at St Patrick’s College. It is one of the many areas of the extra-curricular life at St Patrick’s College that allows our students the opportunity to improve their communication skills.

Our students participate in many competitions throughout our school year. Among the many competitions we are involved in the Debating Association of Victoria (DAV) debating competition. We had one team in A Grade, one team in B Grade, one team in C Grade and four teams in D Grade. All of the teams went on to represent us at the Schools Challenge Cup at the Royal South Street Society Competitions.

The Public Speaking showcased an array of talent with Bradley Tuohey, Killian Plastow and Kieran O’Riley competing in the regional finals for Rostrum, Voice of Youth Competition, whereby Bradley Tuohey won in his age group and went on to the state

finals. Other Public Speaking competitions have included Legacy, VCAA Plain English Speaking Award, South Street Public Speaking, Thant Evatt Trophy and Lion’s Youth of the Year.

A successful outcome for St Patrick’s College in the Royal South Street Society Competitions with Adam Spencer receiving 1st Place, Kieran O’Riley received a 2nd Place, and Killian Plastow was awarded a High Commendation.

Within the College, the prestigious Purton Oratory was ably fought out by Adam Spencer, Killian Plastow, Kieren O’Riley, Thomas Thorpe, Jack Wakefield and Peter Oakley. Adam took out the coveted prize with his influential and superbly presented speech entitled “Social Networking- is it beneficial or harmful”. Liam O’Shea was awarded the Br H T Breach Oratory for his speech on “Why are First World Countries So Unhappy”, others that participated included Samuel Castleman, Campbell Milne and David Adams. The topics ranged from Communism to Scientology.

The W T Doyle Debate saw our A Grade Team of Killian Plastow, Kieran O’Riley and Dimitry Makeev as victorious on this occasion against an up and coming B Grade Team consisting of Jack Wakefield, Thomas Thorpe and Peter Oakley.

Speaking publicly, whether prepared or extemporaneously, is an invaluable life skill. I encourage all students to consider participating in these activities for self development.

Congratulations and thanks must go to the teachers who coached teams and attended debates. The A Grade “Super Coach”; Ms Sara Taylor. B Grade Coach; Mr Geoff Crawford, C Grade Coaches; Miss Ria Coffey and D Grade Coaches: Mr Shane Murphy, Miss Rachael Leighton and Miss Jodie Howlett.

Dramatic Performance Mr Greg Shawcross

St Patrick’s College has participated in numerous performance pursuits over the course of 2011. The boys started the year with the combined

college production of ‘Jungle Juice’ with the girls of Loreto College. Jungle Juice is a theatre restaurant production, which is a departure from the more “traditional musicals” that the schools have performed in recent years.

Rehearsals commenced at the beginning of term one and continued through to the performances in mid May. The boys and girls did a magnificent job learning a new style of theatre combined with the responsibility of learning lines, vocal parts, dancing and acting. The production was met with a wonderful reception each night and the concept of a theatre restaurant was well received by the audience.

In August, our boys entered the South Street Drama Competitions and had great success. The students received placings in every category they were entered into including two first places - Jake Crawford and Peter Oakley for ‘Acting in Pairs’, and David Doherty, William Lovison, Liam O’Shea and Marcel Schlooz for ‘Death in a Minute’.

This year, St Patrick’s College also hosted a school play - ‘Lord of the Flies’. The play gave a number of new boys to the College an opportunity to participate in a production. The students worked tirelessly throughout Term Three and by October were doing some brilliant work.

The performances were met with great praise from all who attended. Many were very impressed at how well the boys were able to capture the dark and unsettling nature of the story. It was great to see that the boys had left such an impression on the audience that audience members were discussing the meanings and messages behind the play as they were leaving the theatre.

Music

As involvement in music continues the rise, we are presented with new logistical issues. One of these was finding a venue large enough for the annual music camp. This year we started off with the annual music camp held at Lady Northcote


2011 Stage Band

Back Row (L-R): Thomas Hallett, Harris Robinson, David O’Doherty, Lachlan Fuller, Louis Edwards.

Front Row: William Sullivan, Thomas Thorpe, Alec Robinson, James McKinnon, David Adams.

2011 Band Camp

2011 Guitar Ensemble

(L-R): Matthew Hall, Joshua Lake, Thomas Edmondson, Charles Robinson, Louis Edwards

Absent: Kyle Woodward (Music Vice Captain).

2011 Concert Band 3 And 4

Back Row: Ryan McKew, Patrick Willis, Benjamin O’Keefe, Jack Bowen, Marcel Schlooz, Troy Keem, Jack Treweek

Third Row: Daniel Hillman, William Lovison, Caolan Somers, Lucas Shugg, Tom Devries, Benjamin Barwick, Joshua Taylor, Samuel Peters

Second Row: Bailey Crawford, Joshua Lewis, Stephen Wethling, Ethan Duggan, Patrick Cooper, Padraic Ryan, Samuel Perry, Emerson McMaster

Front Row: Patrick Keogh, Cameron Adams, Andrew Milroy, Riley Murphy, Thomas Ryan, Jack Reinhardt, Tynan C Haintz


St Patrick’s College v St Kevin’s CollegeJohn SullivanWednesday 29th June

SportMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport

A very busy schedule on the part of both St Kevin’s and St Patrick’s saw the annual challenge match held in late June in 2011. This complicated proceedings for the hosts who were enjoying a student free day. Being a Ballarat home match, many were concerned about the prospect of a typical Ballarat winter’s day, however the sun shone and the wind was light with the St Patrick’s ovals bristling and looking an absolute picture. With the St Kevin’s main oval “a bog” our guests were very happy to be confronted by the perfect conditions that awaited them.

For only the second time there was participation in five sports. The football match having been played since 1918 took centre stage on the Main Oval and was watched by many enjoying the sun from the boundary or looking on from the fantastic Old Collegians’ Pavilion or the terraces in front. On Shed Oval was the soccer and the Hill Oval hosted a rugby match for the first time for the season. The O’Malley gym was the venue for the basketball match and hockey retreated to the Regional Hockey fields at the Prince of Wales Park.

On the day St Kevin’s were clear winners by 4 sports to 1, retrieving the shields again in soccer and basketball. The saving grace for St Patrick’s being a resounding win to the first XVIII. Full reports are detailed below.

Many thanks should be extended to the SPC staff who engaged the boys so brilliantly for this most traditional fixture, to our ground staff for their presentation of the facilities and to the sports office for the administration of the matches.

Football Mr Howard Clark

St Patrick’s College 13.10 - 88 Defeated St Kevin’s College 6.7 - 43

Goal Kickers: Matthew Crouch 4, Joshua Keys 2, Mitchell Phelps 1, Rhys Monument 1, Jayden Stiles 1, Isaiah Johnson 1, Rory Taggert 1, Ashley Simpson 1, Michael Close 1

Best Players: Mathew Begbie, Jayden Stiles, Rory Taggert, Michael Close, Tyler Blake, Thomas Stapleton, Matthew Crouch, Thomas Smith

St Patrick’s College defeated St Kevin’s College by 45 points on Wednesday June 29 in the annual game against the two iconic Christian Brother Schools. St Kevin’s who are currently sitting on top of the much acclaimed APS ladder, are a very skilled, well organised side and the game, played in wonderful spirit, was testament to the quality of both football programmes.

St Kevin’s, kicking with the aid of a 3 goal wind, opened up a 9 point lead at the first change. St Patrick’s College’s opening 7 minutes was very good, scoring two unanswered goals and winning possession around the stoppages. Thomas Smith in his first game for the College, was influential in this phase of the game, laying four tackles and executing one spoil which was a wonderful barometer on how hard Thomas was working. Unfortunately, our intensity dropped off over the last 13 minutes of the quarter and St Kevin’s College kicked 3 unanswered goals. Two of these goals were due to our mistakes - kicking the ball inside and short to a 50/50 contest and conceding a 50 metre penalty after a skill tackling error and it is extremely important that if we are to “To be Remembered” we need to maintain discipline for the full 80 minutes of football. A really positive statistic in this first term was that we were able to lay 12 tackles, execute 8 spoils, lay 3 shepherds and have 1 smother for a game high 24 “1% acts” which was indicative of how hard the group was working.

The second quarter was extremely positive with St Patrick’s College having 7 scoring shots on goal to one (4 - 3 - 27 to 1 - 0 - 6) Mathew Begbie who was acting captain, in Nicholas O’Brien’s absence, was exceptional in this term, having four centre clearances, winning three around the ground stoppages and executing four spoils. Matt’s ability to win the ball in contested situations was exceptional and underlined how important he is to our playing group. Jayden Stiles was particularly strong in the first half, winning seven contested marks across half forward and having five inside 50s. His ability to win the ball in the air and distribute with either hand or foot made him the most dominant player on the ground in the first half.

The third quarter was a reflection of the second quarter with St Patrick’s College once again controlling possession and having more forward entries (9 -6) than their opponent. We kicked four goals in this period underlining the efficiency of our forwards and the hard running from our defensive back 6 players. One real highlight of the quarter was the mark and goal kicked from Michael Close (CHB) His hard aggressive running, his ability to win the ball in the air, either by marking or by creating opportunities for his teammates by punching the ball from behind combine to make him a very important player in the side.

The final quarter was indicative of the previous two quarters, having 15 inside 50 entries to 6 (game high 44 - 26) executing 18 “1% acts”, winning 5 out of the 6 kick in’s and having 7 scoring shots to one. It was pleasing that our defensive players, led by Tyler Blake and Thomas Stapleton switched the play on eight separate occasions and as we play more games together, this will become an important part of our game plan. Rory Taggert continues to play extremely well and his ability to use the ball effectively brings others into the game. Matthew Crouch underlined his potential kicking 4 goals and being the most productive forward on the ground.

I was extremely pleased with the commitment from the entire 1st XVIII squad who made themselves available for this important fixture. Being in school holidays, some travelled over four hours to play and it is this commitment that will hopefully ensure, that we will be in a position to defend the Herald-Sun Shield title on Sunday August 13.

Our 2011 Call to Arms is “To Be Remembered” and as we approach the Grand Final of the BAS competition (Wednesday July 27) and hopefully the Semi Final of the Herald-Sun Shield on Wednesday August 3, this group of boys have a wonderful opportunity to create their own history and to be remembered as a group of young men who achieved success on the playing field and more importantly in the classroom.

Soccer Mr Tony Beggs

SPC 1 defeated by SKC 2

Goals: Michael Trigger 1

Best: A Antonelli, C Ferguson, W Georgiou

St Kevin’s produced a classy full soccer squad to combat us on our own pitch. Isaac Ellis and Will Georgiou began well with sharp passing and Michael Trigger and Luke Moodley were on the end of a number of early attacks. St Kevin’s were playing conservatively and had many back to hold us up and though we got into their defence, we lacked time on the ball to penetrate. Jacob McDowell threw himself low down to save on his right when they counter attacked and they were most dangerous on the run. Cameron Ferguson was strong in central defence and we appeared to have most play but a defensive error let them go one on one with the keeper and they went one up. They broke through on our left again when we played too narrow across the centre and but for an off side call we could have been in big trouble.

The second half saw a more solid performance with Ferguson and Alex Antonelli again stopping their central attacks but they produced a fine shot from their left side to go two up. Despite this Georgiou continued to work well through the centre with Isaac Ellis up front teaming with Michael Trigger to put enormous pressure on their defence. A quick run into the box and Isaac gained a free kick from the penalty spot which Michael Trigger had no trouble in converting for our first. The last ten minutes was frantic play as Antonelli went into the centre and gave us a lot of drive forward. Attacks from Trigger, Ellis and John Goad hammered away at St Kevin’s defence but all to no avail with St Kevin’s maintaining their lead.

Our flagship programme of the first XVIII cemented itself as one of the great teams in College history taking out back to back MCC Herald Sun Shield titles at the MCG. There were many great deeds on the sporting field and I trust the following pages provide a fitting summary of our activities in 2011.

2011, the year that was.

Our rowers were successful again on the Head of the Lake at Geelong which began a significant run of victories for the College. Our senior cricket, swimming, and golf teams were successful in term 1; Brayden Allan won back to back Brehaurt trophies for the badminton singles in term 2. In the winter sports again our cross country teams performed exceptionally well as did our footballers, soccer players and basketball teams. Our Rugby players enjoyed an excellent season both in terms of numbers and victories achieved. Our hockey teams also enjoyed many fine matches with our senior team making the BAS grand final for the first time in number of years. Volleyball, croquet, table tennis, squash and racquetball, futsal, cycling and shooting teams all enjoyed various levels of successes throughout the year.

It was again a very successful year in sport. Congratulations to all individual sports prize winners throughout the College in 2011 and to Bradley Crouch, Thomas Downie and Nicholas O’Brien who were selected in the 2011 NAB AFL National Draft.

Pierre De Coubertin Award.

2011 saw an unprecedented list of talented students in line for this most prestigious award. The awards recognise demonstrated attributes consistent with the spirit of the Olympics. These awards are an initiative of the Victorian Olympic Council, supported by the Department of Education and are named after Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games. A full report is presented below.

St Kevin’s College Toorak.

2011 saw home matches against our city friends in football, basketball, soccer, rugby and hockey. A more detailed report is available in the following pages however this yearly tradition is eagerly anticipated by our athletes and staff and we look forward again to the matches in 2012.

BAS V ACS

BAS representative teams in summer and winter sports challenged the Associated CoEducational Schools of Melbourne. Much thanks should be given to BAS administrator Mrs Sharyn Canny and also the specific staff of St Patrick’s for organising such a great opportunity for students of Ballarat schools.

Bacchus Marsh Late Bus

Again in 2011 the College committed to the running of the Bacchus Marsh Late bus for students residing along the Western Highway from Ballarat to Bacchus Marsh. Operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for each of the terms the bus allows students participating in after school activities to travel home safely and timely (usually!). I must thank our Driver Mr Laurie McInernary for his time and efforts and care for each of the boys.

It doesn’t just happen.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the staff for their continued time and effort in developing the sporting programmes at St Patrick’s. Led by our eight directors of sport, the programmes are developed in a professional way, providing opportunities for participation and representation.

Thanks also to the parents that have assisted in the various sporting programmes, especially in hockey, rowing, rugby, cricket and football. Their time in fundraising, officiating, coaching, managing and just generally supporting is very much appreciated.

Thanks to the groundsmen led by Mr Tony Liston for their outstanding work in presenting the facilities in 2011.

Vale Peter Farley and Br Bernie Scott

Two men who have contributed greatly to sport at SPC passed to God in 2011. Most significantly our major speech night award for Basketball is named after Mr Farley and our Gymnastics award was named for the first time after Br Scott in 2011. They will be forever remembered.

Finally

Creditability is a marvellous tool in sport and our student leaders in all our sports programmes must take responsibility for their leadership and the results that come. Much work still is to be done to assist our young boys to take advantage of the many wonderful opportunities that exist here in the sports programme at St Patrick’s. Onward and upward in 2012 as we look forward to further developing the sports programmes here at the College.


Basketball Ms Tamara Westwood


The annual basketball match between St Patrick’s College and St Kevin’s College was always going to be out of the ordinary. Due to prior commitments, work experience, holidays and injuries, only three of our First V team were able to compete in the game. A special thanks to those boys who stepped up from the other senior basketball sides to play and compete with all of the enthusiasm and eagerness we expect from SPC students.

Led by Coaches Jared Scoines and Eric Hayes, four 15min quarters ensured a very lengthy game which meant that both teams needed to keep a bit in reserve. However, neither school wanted to be the first team to back down, so a fast paced and energetic game was on display.

The first three quarters saw only a slight difference in scores, with St Kevin’s only ever being 3 to 7 points in front. Tireless defence and smart plays meant that both teams went goal for goal for the majority of the game.

Unfortunately, not being accustomed to such long quarters, St Patrick’s struggled to keep up with the pace of St Kevin’s, and although there was a final margin of 17 points, the score was not reflective of the effort that the players put in.

A special mention must go to St Patrick’s College player, Stefen Osborne, who managed to score a whopping 57 points to lead all scorers for the match. Interestingly enough, this score included only four three pointers.

The team consisted of the following players; Stefen Osborne, Willem Naber, Eddie Neblett, Andre Kufe, Christopher Jew, Daniel Vearing, Lawrence Ellis and James Keys.

Congratulations to all of the boys who participated in the match as they represented the College extremely well and continued to play right up until the final siren.

Rugby Mr Leigh McKee


Scorers: Kevin Hickey 1 try.

Rugby returned to the program for the annual challenge day against St Kevin’s in 2011. The day started on a reflective and sombre note as both sides lined up in the centre of the pitch for a minutes silence to honour Br Bernie Scott who gave such fine service to both schools but sadly passed away just days before.

The timing of the day was not convenient as many SPC rugby players had already left to begin their holiday and so a few year 10 boys got the opportunity to pull on a 1st XV jersey for the first time. St Kevin’s were very accommodating in bringing a squad of developing boys instead of their 1st XV to ensure that the game was a contest under the circumstances.

SKC got off to a great start and scored their first try against some lack lustre SPC defence. SPC was stung into action and pushed SKC back into their own half, but were not able break through, SKC scored again just before the half.

After half time SKC came out breathing fire, their passing was exceptional and the bigger stronger SKC pack dominated in the scrum and they ensured that St Kevin’s maintained the ball. St Patrick’s kept their heads held high as always but with only fourteen players and no subs the team began to tire. With the advantage of fresh legs SKC began to wear down the St Pat’s defence and ran in some very classy tries.

With the game all but lost the St Patrick’s boys set themselves for one last tilt to win back some respect. Tackles started to stick, ball started to be recycled through the ruck and SPC look rejuvenated, some slick ball movement resulted in Kieran Hickey running through a gap, stepping a couple of defenders and running in a 40m try.

Hockey Mr John Sullivan


Scorers: Harry Bardwell 1, Nathan Rose 1, St Kevin 1.

The Hockey match played versus St Kevin’s was an excellent example of the competitive yet charitable spirit of the fine young men in our care. SPC struggled to field a full team, with boarders gone and the Yr 10 work experience program in full swing, but it certainly was entertaining and enjoyed by all who participated.

After borrowing several players from the St Kevin’s side (and stealing a referee to be fill in goalie), the numbers evened out and the game got underway and it wasn’t long before SKC displayed their skill and scored several fine goals. This is not to say SPC didn’t display some fine passages of play, and Zac McMurray scored for us to take us to 4 goals to 1 at half time.

A half time change of the ‘borrowed few’ saw us with the skills of the SKC Captain on our side, and it wasn’t long before even he took delight in scoring against his own team, a moment which resulted in much cheering and humorous provocation - all in good spirit.

The match was indeed a success, albeit an inadequate display of the true SPC skill that took us to a BAS grand final this year, but our most sincere thanks goes to our guests and competitors, who truly made it a great day’s sport and a worthwhile experience. Final score SKC 6 defeated SPC 3

Looking forward to next year!

Congratulations to the following students who took out the respective year level competitions for the Senior School Cross country held on Friday, June 16 and the Junior and Middle School events on Friday, June 24. Also well done to the numerous staff who took on the challenge and in many cases were able to beat their younger students home to the finish.

Congratulations to Galvin house who were successful in 2011. A full breakdown of house points and also a top 10 for the entire College is listed below. Thanks to the heads of house in particular and all staff for their enthusiasm in these conducting these events which are among the most traditional events on the College sporting calendar.

Top 10 Fastest Overall

Blomeley Aaron SKC-MIL103 Keniry 22.53

Conaughton Ciaran SRC-WIL110 Ryan 23.31

Osborne Stefan SRA-WIL108 Ryan 24.20

Schiltz Benjamin SGE-WIL010 Galvin 24.30

Blake Tyler SGF-WIL006 Galvin 24.58

Blood James SKD-WIL004 Keniry 24.58

McPherson Alexander SGB-WIL106 Galvin 25.19

Mullen Liam SKD-WIL004 Keniry 25.35

Baxter Daniel SNG-MIL101 Nunan 25.38

Bilston Michael SRE-OMW111 Ryan 25.54

House SportsLap of the LakeMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport

Top 10 Year 7 Runners

Waller James 7NE-SHD009 Nunan 25.05

Healey Jonah 7VJ-LIT104 Ryan 25.30

Wethling Stephen 7GA-SHD005 Galvin 26.10

Harrison Jack 7RG-LIT101 Ryan 26.70

Greville Jordan 7RH-LIT102 Ryan 27.00

McMaster Samuel 7KC-SHD007 Keniry 27.03

Micallef Christopher 7NE-SHD009 Nunan 27.11

Short Samuel 7NE-SHD009 Nunan 27.12

Wynd Luke 7NE-SHD009 Nunan 27.38

Conlan Thomas 7RG-LIT101 Ryan 27.40


Caulfield Nicholas 8F-SHD110 Nunan 24.15

Clark William 8B-SHD106 Galvin 25.15

Iles Oliver 8C-SHD107 Galvin 28.00

Shaw Ryan 8H-OMW012 Nunan 28.34

Carey Xavier 8G-OMW011 Ryan 29.05

Willmott Joel 8G-OMW011 Ryan 29.05

Button Tom 8A-SHD105 Nunan 29.28

Raine Clay 8E-SHD109 Nunan 29.29

Ryan Luke 8E-SHD109 Keniry 29.29

Cranage Sam 8B-SHD106 Galvin 29.35

Frawley Nicholas 8B-SHD106 Ryan 29.35


Owen Nicholas 9D-PEL005 Galvin 22.00

Wilkie Jake 9G-PEL009 Galvin 22.37

Leviston Joshua 9A-PEL000 Nunan 22.46

Mullane Joel 9H-PEL010 Nunan 23.29

Martin Benjamin 9E-PEL008 Keniry 24.21

Romeril Samuel 9H-PEL010 Galvin 24.21

Austin William 9D-PEL005 Keniry 25.00

Deng Deng 9C-PEL004 Keniry 25.00

Thorogood Thomas 9H-PEL010 Galvin 25.35

O'Brien Joshua 9B-PEL003 Ryan 25.60


Sullivan Laiton SKA-WIL001 Keniry 21.43

Willian Samuel SKG-MIL106 Keniry 22.59

Mason Joseph SGA-WIL005 Galvin 23.55

Nestor Aden SRF-OMW112 Ryan 24.30

Kennedy Mitchell SGE-WIL010 Galvin 24.31

Murphy Lachlan SGG-WIL006 Galvin 24.44

O'Shea Timothy SRA-WIL108 Ryan 24.46

Peters Joshua SKD-WIL004 Keniry 24.54

Oakley Peter SGB-WIL106 Galvin 24.57

Murphy Adam SGF-WIL006 Galvin 25.40


Kirby Angus SNE-MIL109 Nunan 24.10

Donegan Shannon SGF-WIL006 Galvin 24.13

Willowhite Nicholas SRB-WIL109 Ryan 24.33

Benfield Joshua SGD-WIL009 Galvin 26.10

Dickson Conor SRC-WIL110 Ryan 26.30

Kelly Hamish SGA-WIL005 Galvin 26.30

Steggall Fraser SGB-WIL106 Galvin 26.30

Ryan Thomas SNG-MIL101 Nunan 27.00

Slater Xavier SKG-MIL106 Keniry 27.03

Brown John SGD-WIL009 Galvin 27.10


Blomeley Aaron SKC-MIL103 Keniry 22.53

Conaughton Ciaran SRC-WIL110 Ryan 23.31

Osborne Stefan SRA-WIL108 Ryan 24.20

Schiltz Benjamin SGE-WIL010 Galvin 24.30

Blake Tyler SGF-WIL006 Galvin 24.58

Blood James SKD-WIL004 Keniry 24.58

McPherson Alexander SGB-WIL106 Galvin 25.19

Mullen Liam SKD-WIL004 Keniry 25.35

Baxter Daniel SNG-MIL101 Nunan 25.38

Bilston Michael SRE-OMW111 Ryan 25.54

Lap of the Lake Shield Points

3rd Ryan - 2046 pts

2nd Nunan - 2057 pts

1st Galvin - 2184 pts

4th Keniry - 1756 pts

House Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total

Galvin 267 423 349 413 448 284 2184

Nunan 489 435 273 156 319 385 2057

Ryan 488 347 333 267 316 295 2046

Keniry 179 180 411 474 186 326 1756

Lap of the Lake Record Holders

Year level Name Distance Year Time

Year 7 Thomas Nankivell 4km 2006 14:38

Year 8 Thomas Nankivell 4km 2007 14:13

Year 9 Mitchell Thompson 6km 2010 21.08

Year10 Robert Boadle 6km 2002 20:00

Year11 Stephen Moneghetti 6km 1979 18:47

Year12 Stephen Moneghetti 6km 1980 18:52


The SPC Swimming Senior Carnival was held at the Eureka Pool on Thursday, February 17. Under the guidance of the Heads of House, swimmers represented their House with distinction. The Junior and Middle school events were conducted in the morning and the senior events were conducted in the afternoon followed by finals and the prestigious champion of champions race to conclude proceedings.

Champions of Champions

For the second year the fastest eight swimmers were invited to participate in the champions of champions’ event. Well done to Matthew Norman who took out a very even race.

Year Level Champions

Year 12 Matthew Norman/James Elford, Keniry

Year 11 Joshua Benfield, Galvin

Year 10 Jeremy Seymour-Quest, Ryan

Year 9 Liam Hanrahan, Nunan

Year 8 Jack Walter, Galvin

Year 7 William Sullivan, Keniry

* Year Level Champions are determined by points awarded in Heats A and B ONLY and the SPC Classic. If a tie occurs, fastest race times will determine the winner.

The House Swimming Carnival for Junior and Middle School was held at the Eureka Pool on Thursday, February 18. It was a great day with warm weather and lots to celebrate for our students and staff. Events were held over 25 and 50 metres with novelty events also included in the programme.

The day was made more special by the outstanding leadership of the Year 12 students who ensured there was much cheering and good fun between the Houses. I would like to thank those boys for their outstanding leadership.

Thank you to all the staff who assisted with the running of the two carnivals. Special thanks to the Heads of House for generating such spirit in the Junior and Middle School and to Miss Tamara Westwood and Mrs Nicole Hexter for their administrative assistance prior to the carnival.

House SportsSwimmingMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport

The 2011 SPC House Athletics Carnival was again held at the regional athletics facility at Llanberis Reserve in Ballarat. The carnival moved to this venue for the first time in 2007 to assist in the professional running of the event and in turn the Athletics Carnival has quickly re-established itself as a main feature on the sports calendar of the College.

With all records at the completion of the 2006 SPC House Carnival set to remain as a historical record, competitors enjoyed the opportunity to test themselves against the existing marks at the track. Again, there were many outstanding results.

In 2011 it was decided that all PE and sport classes from Year 7-10 would conduct the first heats of the 100m and 200m races. This was an attempt to provide all students with the chance to contribute to their house totals. Unfortunately with a student population in excess of 1300 not every student was able to participate on the day. These events were held during the 4 weeks leading up to the carnival and at the end of the heats the scores were:

Nunan 580 Galvin 546 Ryan 536 Keniry 521

Braving cold and windy conditions with some short, heavy rains on the day, competitors shone with the quality of the competition very high. The point’s tallies at the end of the day’s competition saw victory to Nunan House.

There were some outstanding performances on the day. Congratulations to the following age champions whose scores were collated from their participation in heats A, B and C of any events, and also to the following students who broke existing Llanberis track and or College records.

Congratulations to Nunan house who stopped Keniry from four in a row after victories in 2008/2009/2010.Congratulations to the house leaders. All three boys have provided tremendous leadership to their fellow Keniry team members in the area of athletics.

Year Level Champions

Competitors in the premier heats (heat A and B) were awarded points towards the year level champions. Well done to Scott Spriggs who showed his all-round athletic ability in both distance and sprint events in his final year at the College being awarded Year 12 champion.

Congratulations to the following students:

Year 12 Scott Spriggs, Nunan 64 Alexander Mcpherson, Galvin 58 Aaron Preddy, Nunan 54 Tyler Blake, Galvin 54 Nicholas O’Farrell, Ryan 54

Year 11 David Morris, Keniry 76 Eddie Neblett, Keniry 62 Angus Kirby, Nunan 50 Nicholas Rippon, Ryan 48 Darcy Nolan, Keniry 48

Year 10 Jessy Kroon, Galvin 70 Cooper Wells, Keniry 50 Aidan MacGillivray, Keniry 50 Thomas Vadala, Keniry 48 Jake Laidlaw, Ryan 48 Caleb McGrath, Keniry 48

Year 9 Jackson Hayes, Nunan 56 Deng Deng, Keniry 50 Daniel Butler, Galvin 48 Brody Sheridan, Nunan 48

Year 8 Jacob Wheelahan, Ryan 62 Ryan Shaw, Nunan 58 Benjamin Lusby, Galvin 54 Nicholas Caulfield, Nunan 46

Year 7 Samuel Short, Nunan 64 Jack Harrison, Ryan 48 Lachlan Thornton, Galvin 48

Brady Buttler, Nunan 44

House SportsAthletics CarnivalMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport

Wednesday 30th March

House Athletics Shield Points

3rd Keniry - 3136 pts

2nd Galvin - 3150 pts

1st Nunan - 3330 pts

4th Ryan - 2843 pts

House Swimming Shield Points

3rd Ryan - 1212 pts

2nd Keniry- 1463 pts

1st Nunan - 1596 pts

4th Galvin - 1206 pts

Champions of Champions

Qualifying Time Name House Year Race Time Placing

25.97 James Elford Keniry 12 26.03 1

25.82 Matthew Norman Keniry 12 26.78 2

26.79 Patrick Thorpe Ryan 12 27.23 3

27.17 Marcus Simpson Keniry 11 27.72 4

27.27 Nicholas Thomas Nunan 12 27.8 5

28.35 Joshua Benfield Galvin 11 28.00 6

28.28 Jack Gunn Keniry 10 28.79 7

28.62 Liam Hanrahan Nunan 9 29.86 8


Once again the badminton stadium was alive with competitors from across the Ballarat secondary schools participating in the yearly competition. This year’s badminton teams arrived full of promise and improved throughout the term while they represented the College well.

Every Tuesday afternoon in Term 2, A, B and C Grades would catch buses to the Ken Kay Stadium while D Graders had a home court advantage competing out of the O’Malley Sports Centre.

The B1 team ended up equal first and the B2 team finished fourth.

The C1 team finished second behind Ballarat High School and C2 finished fifth.

Our D1 and D2 teams comprised Year 7 and 8 boys, and represented our school with pride finishing second in division one and first in division two.

There were some closely fought contests during the season, especially for the seniors against Ballarat Grammar. Each team had a successful season and we were rewarded with our

A Grade team reaching the finals.

A big thank you to Year 12 student Brayden Allan for his organisation of all the teams and for making sure that we had complete teams before we began the season.

Congratulations to all students who represented the College and I hope to see you back again next year.

D Grade Badminton Report Ursula Bridges Supervisor

This year a total of twenty two Year 7 and 8 students took part in the BAS D Badminton competition. The games took place for seven Tuesday afternoons in Term 2 and the competition was both fun and provided some strong competition from other schools.

Week 1 After the first week of competition SPC Blue 1 won over Loreto Blue 1. SPC Blue 2 did well beating LC Blue 2. SPC Gold beat Loreto Gold 1. An outstanding achievement.

Week 2 In week 2 SPC Blue 1 got overtaken by BG Blue by a few points, and SPC Blue 2 winning over BHS Blue 2. SPC Gold did well by beating BG Gold winning with 90 points over 41 points.

Week 3 All teams continued to do well with SPC Gold still leading, beating Loreto Gold 3 with 84 points to 78. SPC Blue 1 defeated SPC Blue 2 by 4 games.

Week 4 SPC Gold were still going strong by winning all 6 games against Loreto Gold 2, while SPC Blue 1 defeated Loreto Blue 2. SPC Blue 2 hanging in there by winning against the Damascus Blue Team.

Week 5 SPC Blue 1 continued onward with an overall win against Ballarat High Blue 2 by 5 games. Once again SPC Blue 2 defeated Loreto Blue 1 by 26 points. The still undefeated SPC Gold won against Ballarat Grammar Gold 2.

Week 6 Again SPC Gold maintained their lead by defeating Ballarat Grammar Gold by 5 games. SPC Blue 1 defeated BHS Blue 2 and SPC Blue 2 also had a win by defeating Loreto Blue 1.

Week 7 SPC Gold became the overall winners of section 2, finishing in 1st place in section 2, while SPC Blue 1 came in 2nd place for section 1. SPC Blue 2 didn’t quite make it with BHS Blue coming into 3rd place.

All students played exceptional matches for their respective teams, providing a great finish to the year’s competition.

Congratulations to all boys who competed in the BAS Badminton Competition in 2011.

D Grade Team 1 Lachlan Coutts Thomas Arnts Adam Westlake Ryan Prendergast Nicholas Anokye Samuel Davies Brady Brogan

Team 2 Trent Nissen Taylor Sutton Alexander Mooney Brayden Ward Callum Smith Connor Kent Tom O’Brien Ben Barwick

Team 3 Eden Brandenburg Oliver Richardson Laurence Cashin Padraig Doyle Bradley Reece Brody Robertson-Leech William Briggs

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsBadmintonMrs Sofia ThapaBadminton Coordinator

Badminton

Back Row (L-R): Thomas Arnts, Adam Westlake, Bradley Reece, William Briggs, Lachlan Coutts

Middle Row: Benjamin Barwick, Lachlan Prendergast, Lewis Compton, Thomas O’Brien

Front Row: Guy Amaro, Brady Brogan, Eden Brandenburg, Connor Kent, Callum Smith

2011 Athletics

Back Row (L-R): Matthew Dewar, Hasker Dawborn, Ryan Shaw, David Morris, Rory Taggert, Darcy Cameron, Brenton Payne, Finn Murphy, Nicholas Weightman, Jon Goad

Fifth Row: James Blood, Laiton Sullivan, Angus Kirby Alexander Mooney, Jack Shaw, Sam Cranage, Aaron Preddy, Samuel Short, Nicholas Rippon, Tyler Constable, Jye Dickson

Fourth Row: Patrick Collier, Nicholas Caulfield, Isaiah Johnson, Patrick Begbie, Luke Wilson, Jackson Hayes, Joshua Peters, Thomas Thacker, William Clark, Jessy Kroon, Eddie Neblett, Christopher Saunders

Third Row: Nico Guevara, Joel Willmott, Ryley Stuhldreier, Jack Romeril, Will Austin, Benjamin Martin, Daniel Butler, Deng Deng, Luke Vadala, Liam Duggan, Jayden Hayes

Second Row: Joshua Leviston, Lachlan Thornton, Leigh Spiteri, Jacob Wheelahan, Matthew Geary, Jaykeb Lench, Scott Spriggs, Luke Kemp, Kelsey Gannon, Leeroy Sherridan, Clay Bilney, Harli Givvens, Khyle Forde

Sitting: Andrew Brown, Mitchell Brown, Joseph Mason, Matthew Coon, Paul Barresi

On what became a fantastic day in May, approximately 70 boys travelled to Llanberris reserve to represent St Patrick’s College at the BAS Athletics. Although there were some excellent performances across the board, SPC were third overall on the day with the Ballarat High School Team too strong again in 2011.

Boys Results

Senior Ballarat High School 365 Ballarat Grammar 356 St Patrick’s College 325 Damascus College 281 Ballarat Clarendon College 244

Intermediate Ballarat High School 397 St Patrick’s College 383 Ballarat Grammar 311 Damascus College 265 Ballarat Clarendon College 223

Junior Ballarat Grammar 346 Ballarat High School 318 St Patrick’s College 301 Damascus College 263 Ballarat Clarendon College 216

Overall Boys Aggregate Ballarat High School 1080 Ballarat Grammar 1013 St Patrick’s College 1009 Damascus College 809 Ballarat Clarendon College 683

Darcy Cameron was the outstanding athlete on the day and received the Steve Moneghetti award as a result. Captain Scott Spriggs was outstanding, winning the 800m, as was Laiton Sullivan who won the intermediate 800m in a time of 2.04.30.

Congratuations to all the boys who participated and staff involved; especially Mr Shane Hayes for his coordination of the team. It is always a complex and concerted effort to organise the boys for the event, so well done Mr Hayes.

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsAthleticsMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport


First V Basketball

Back Row (L-R): Tyler Constable, Xavier Vearing, Trent Everett, Jack Saunders

Front Row: Tomas Gall, Joshua Keys, Ashley Constable, Thomas Downie, Stefan Osborne

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsBasketballMr Jared ScoinesCoach

The First V St Patrick’s basketball team started off the 2011 campaign on the right foot, winning the division one Victorian College Championship. This was a great achievement quickly followed by two full days at the McDonald’s Cup for the qualifying games, in which we succeeded. Our hard work granted us a place in the Cup’s final eight best teams in the state, where the level of Basketball was extremely high. Unfortunately at this tournament we were to fall short of making the grand final, however we did go out in memorable fashion winning a double overtime game against one of the school’s rivals, St Kevin’s College, Toorak.

In the BAS competition we were to go untouched, winning all games throughout the season. The grand final was set to be against our neighbouring school, Ballarat Clarendon College. It was a close game throughout, with both teams playing a very physical game, keeping one another at attention. A scoring run with seven minutes remaining gave us the edge we needed to take out BAS championship two years running.

St Patrick’s players Trent Everett, Stefan Osborne, Thomas Downie, Jack Saunders and Ashley Constable were rewarded for the season by representing the combined BAS team in taking on ASC in the annual fixture.

Tomas Gall ran into some injury problems which then unfortunately ruled him out from playing, however this did not take away from the impact he had on the team. His dedication remained evident when he continued to turn up to practice and games, helping out in any way he could. Hopefully his rehabilitation continues to go well so he can be available for the National Schools Basketball Tournament.

Tyler Constable is our youngest team member, being only a Year 9 student. This young man has a very bright future ahead. His playing and competing against older players throughout the past season will only help him with his skills, confidence and leadership qualities.

Joshua Keys is a very crafty player with a nose for the ball. Joshua had some big plays when we really needed them

this season, which was great to see. With Josh coming from a football background, he brought a sense of strength to our team.

Jack Saunders was our team’s ‘glue guy’ - someone who had all-round skills and was always willing to learn and ask questions in order to improve. Although only currently in Year 10, Jack will be a definite leader of St Patrick’s basketball in the coming years.

Stefan Osborne had some massive games for the school this year. His shooting ability and strength when getting to the hoop made him virtually un-guardable when he was on the court.

Trent Everett was our big man who loved to be on the outside more then the inside. When he is locked in however, he can be great on the inside with very good moves. I hope Trent continues to work at his game as he shows great potential.

Thomas Downie stepped up to every challenge that was thrown at him on the court this season. We relied on him heavily and each time he didn’t disappoint. In whatever sport Tom decides

to dedicate his future to, I have no doubt he can be successful.

Xavier Vearing is another player who is the future of this program’s success. I am sure he would have greatly benefited from playing against older and bigger players. His ability to shoot from outside and athleticism to get to the hoop are weapons that most players his age have not yet developed.

Ashley Constable has an ability to play defence at one end, and handle to the ball at the other, making him someone I had to have on the floor at all times. He amazed me with his strength to finish at the basket and knock down the open shots. Ashley was definitely a student who leads with his actions and I wish him success in whatever sport he pursues.

I could not have asked for a better assistant coach in Mr Eric Hayes. He helped me stay calm and make smart decisions throughout the season. The success of the team this year did not happen without your help, so I thank you greatly.

Our Manager Miss Tamara Westwood was always one

step ahead and helped me when trying to keep the boys in check. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to coach this talented and diverse group of young men.

I wish all the players on the team the success that they deserve within their future endeavours.

Senior Basketball Mr Eric Hayes Coach

The St Patrick’s College senior boys green team had a very successful season as they only missed out on the finals by one game which was an excellent effort. The boys worked very hard in every game and earned some very good wins. Against the top two sides, they started the games very tentatively, but by half time they were playing very competitive basketball. The highlights for the season were beating the Ballarat High School team and competing well against the Ballarat and Clarendon first team. Another highlight for the team was having player, Chris Jew, from the team selected for the BAS

Brehaut Trophy Mr Chris Gleeson Supervisor

The Brehaut trophy is the most prestigious Badminton event for Ballarat schools and is one of the great individual trophies on offer for students participating in the BAS sporting competitions. Brayden Allan achieved back to back wins in the 2011 boy’s trophy with a convincing 2 sets to nil win in the final.

St Patrick’s College was represented by Brayden Allan (Yr 12) and Benjamin Sculley (Yr 11) in this year’s competition. Both players were placed in Pool A with Brayden winning his four pool matches convincingly to go through to the Semi Finals. Ben, who represented the College in the A Grade BAS competition, won two sets and lost six in his pool matches to finish fourth in his pool.

Round 1 B Allan Def Sam Mennan (BHS) 15/2 and 15/10

B Scully Bye

Round 2 B Allan Def Man Chon Ma (BCC) 15/4 and 15/7

B Scully Lost to Sam Mennan (BHS) 4/15 and 10/15

Round 3 B Allen Def B Scully (SPC) 15/5/ and 15/10

Round 4 B Allan Def Brandon olver (BGS) 15/10 and 15/13

B Scully Def Man Choo Ma (BCC) 15/4 and 15/9

Round 5 B Allan Bye

B Scully Lost to Brandon Olver (BGS) 15/5 and 15/4

Semi Finals B Allan (SPC) Def Mitch Gervosoni (BHS) 21/9 and 21/13

Grand Final B Allan (SPC) Def Matt Nevett (BGS) 21/13 and 21/14

Brayden joins a select group of students who have claimed back to back trophies including St Patrick’s John Barnett (2000 and 2001), Dylan Bray (BHS 2002/2003) and Matthew Wilson (Damascus College 2008/2009). This is a fine achievement and reward for his excellent endeavours as Captain and number one player in the St Patrick’s College Badminton team for 2011.

BAS Badminton Grade D Results

Section 1

Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Total

BHS Blue 1 6 7 8 0 6 0 6 33 3rd

DC Blue 2 3 0 3 6 2 0 16

LC Blue 1 0 5 0 6 1 1 3 16

SPC Blue 1 8 6 6 8 7 8 8 51 2nd

SPC Blue 2 8 2 5 7 0 2 24

BG Blue 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 55 1st

BHS Blue 2 0 1 8 1 6 3 19

LC Blue 2 0 1 6 0 2 7 1 17

Section 2

BHS Gold 8 8 2 1 0 7 26 3rd

DC Gold 0 1 3 0 5 2 0 11

LC Gold 1 0 7 0 2 2 5 8 24

SPC Gold 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 54 1st

BG Gold 1 6 0 5 6 7 1 0 25

BG Gold 2 2 1 3 6 1 6 0 19

LC Gold 3 7 1 8 6 5 1 28 2nd

LC Gold 2 5 0 3 3 8 19

SPC Gold (D Grade)-1st place in section 2 SPC Blue 1 (D Grade)-2nd place in section 1

Congratulations to all boys who competed in the BAS Badminton Competition in 2011.


his ability to bring everyone around him into the game.

One of the most positive things to come from the season was the development of some of our more inexperienced players in Evan Green and Cam Milne, with the two boys becoming ‘clutch’ players by the end of the season. The team was greatly helped by the wisdom and guidance of some experienced campaigners in Kelsey Gannon, Jacob Duffy and Jack Hynes who consistently steadied the ship when the game was in the balance, with their poise and composure when the ball was in their hands.

Kelsey Gannon was also awarded the MVP award and has a very bright future ahead of him in the SPC Basketball program.

Last but not least were the foot soldiers of the team, the players who just did what was needed when the chips were down, Mitch Hay, Tyson Stewart and Tom Evans were the heart and soul of the team which was obvious when they were not there and the team struggled to find that extra level of achievement when needed.

Overall, it was a great season and I’m really proud of all of the boys who participated and gave it 100 per cent. I look forward to keeping in touch with their progress throughout the rest of their time here at St Patrick’s College. Congratulations boys.

MVP Kelsey Gannon

Coaches Award William Clark

Year 7 Basketball Blue Ms Colleen Pope Coach

In a competition against teams of varying skill levels, SPC Blue players demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to the team. All games were played in a fair and competitive spirit.

The team consisted of Sam McMaster, Oliver Nash, Caolan Somers, Liam Fisher, Jake Prior, Lawrence McNabb, Caleb Pierce and Rory Larkin. Oliver played as a strong centre, ably supported by Caolan Somers and Sam McMaster in both defence and offense. Liam Fisher, Jake Prior and Lawrence McNabb were often able to steal the ball from the opposing teams. Rory Larkin was always a support in offense and Caleb Pierce showed promise as a beginning player.

During the season, SPC Blue defeated Ballarat and Clarendon College, Ballarat Grammar and SPC White. Unfortunately we were unable to overcome SPC Green and Ballarat High School. As a result the SPC Blue team ended up third overall.

Congratulations to Sam McMaster for winning the Most Valuable Player for the team and to Oliver Nash and Caolan Somers who both received the Coaches Award.

Thanks to all the parents who supported the team and to the umpires without whom the games would not take place. Thank you also to Miss Tamara Westwood for organising the gym, umpires and uniforms.

Year 7 Basketball Green Mr William Gallagher Assistant Coach

As the final buzzer sounded to conclude the last game of the season for SPC Green this year in the BAS Year 7 basketball competition, a sense of pride could be felt among the team, as well as the coaches.

Throughout the season, the boys didn’t show any signs of fatigue. Being the highest scoring points per game team in the league, opposing teams knew they were in for a challenge before stepping onto the court.

The key element to the team’s high scoring habits was evident in the way each player never lost focus on their defensive assignments and in doing so, the team were able to get plenty of steals each game, with terrific fast break finishes to complement this effort.

One game that should be noted is the 103-22 win over Ballarat and Clarendon College, where Harry Loader, who would go on to be named the team’s MVP, scored a season high 38 points. Samuel Short also played very well all year; however injuring his’ shoulder half way through the season put him on the sidelines for several weeks. Liam Grills and Brady Buttler controlled the paint, while Connor Murphy and Brock Leonard’s all round play enabled a versatile offense.

The Coaches Award was given to Liam Gunn whose skills improved immensely over the seven game season. SPC Green finished 2nd on the ladder with 5 wins and 2 losses.

A large part of the team’s success not only belongs to the players, coaching staff and managers, but to the families who attended the games and gave their support. It is wonderful to see people take interest in the game of basketball and get involved.

Not only was it a great privilege and pleasure to work with this team all season long, but as an assisting coach to Mr Ian Fernee, I feel as if I can take with me the new found knowledge of the game and hopefully so too can the team.

Year 7 Basketball SPC White Mr Luke Corden Coach

The Year 7 SPC White team had a fantastic season this year. The boys played with great spirit and determination to eventually come out on top as Premiers. Alex Mooney was MVP after averaging over 30 points a game. He played extremely well both in defence and offense and was seemingly unstoppable under the ring.

Riley Murphy received the Coaches Award for his constant determination to get involved in the action. He was exceptional in stealing the ball from opponents and was always a positive influence on a game.

Dallas Martin was excellent running the ball up the court and finishing along with Will McCuskey, Lachlan Ralston and Kayde Linton. These boys worked really well with one another to make defending the ball nearly impossible for opposition sides.

Jack Bowen and Connor Prebble, along with Alex Mooney, made for a formidable frontcourt, rebounding and creating excellent options under the ring.

It was a pleasure to coach such a wonderful team of boys and I wish them all the best in their future, not only in basketball, but also their time here at St Patrick’s College.

Intermediate Basketball

Back Row (L-R): Benjamin Martin, Adrian Marshall, Harrison Robertson, Eamonn McCuskey, Joel Anstis, Thomas McMaster, Thomas Mooney

Front Row: Patrick Lannen, Marshall Lee, Thomas Thorogood, Connor Squires, Aaron Hart, Zachary Carthew, Luke Wilson

representative team that competed against the ACS in Melbourne.

Team members Andre Kufe, Harrison Murphy, Nick McMaster, Daniel Vearing, James Keys, Christopher Jew, Eddie Pou, Mitchell O’Keefe, Lawrence Ellis, Kane Gleeson

Awards MVP Christopher Jew

Coaches Award Nicholas McMaster

Intermediate Basketball Blue Miss Tamara Westwood and Xavier Vearing Coach

The Intermediate Yr 9 SPC Blue team started off the season quite strongly with some very convincing wins, but were knocked off by Ballarat High midway through the season. Despite losing this game the boys got back to their usual ways the next week and finished the season without dropping another game. Overall it was a very successful season.

Congratulations to all of the boys who played throughout the season, including Thomas Mooney, Thomas Thorogood,

Thomas McMaster, Eamonn McCuskey, Zac Carthew, Mitch Ellis, Joel Anstis, Kieran Wynne, Benjamin Martin and Harrison Robertson.

Intermediate Basketball Green Ian Fernee Coach

The 2011 Intermediate BAS competition started with much enthusiasm and anticipation by the Year 10 SPC Green squad. Throughout the season there was enormous support for the team with most games having a full complement of players along with a number of others vying for a chance to participate. Support for the team was very strong with friends and family taking interest in how the team

was going along. The boys and I would like to thank all for this interest and support including umpires, scorers, parents and supporters of team that all assisted in a successful season.

The boys played strong and competitive basketball each week against all opponents and contended each game with vigour and much team spirit. We had many memorable moments throughout the season including miraculous 3 point shots and strong efforts in defence to block shots. However, I was most impressed by the skills developed by the boys and their genuine happiness to participate in the sport of basketball at St Patrick’s College. Intermediate Green finished third in the competition and all the boys should be proud of their efforts and the season’s result.

The MVP for SPC Green was awarded to Connor Squires and the Coaches Award was given to Marshall Lee. Members of the Year 10 Intermediate team included Liam Flanagan, Aaron Hart, Luke Wilson, Connor Squires, Patrick Lannen, Marshall Lee, Matthew Crouch, Tyson Briggs, James Vanderkley, Jackson Holloway and Adrian Marshall.

Year 8 Basketball Blue Miss Victoria Moore Coach

This year saw a strong side compete in the Junior Year 8 Basketball competition, participating in seven matches. The squad of players demonstrated wonderful enthusiasm and commitment during training and great competitive spirit in all games.

At the end of the season the players performed fantastically as a team and were rewarded with their success, being second on the ladder after count back. The final match between SPC Blue and SPC Green was a nail biter to the end with the SPC Blue team needing a win to maintain their place. We thank Matthew Geary for getting our adrenalin pumping

with his free throws, allowing a win by one point.

Congratulations to Mitch Canny and Matthew Geary for being awarded Most Valued Players. Well done also to Abe Lewis receiving the Coaches Award. And for the rest of the team: Lauchlan Poutil-Scala, Christopher Milroy, Kobe Travers and Nick Anokye - you are all champions in my eyes.

I want to congratulate the boys on their attitude and knowing they played with honour and dignity in all games. Their sportsmanship and fairness to all is a credit to them. I am looking forward to our next successful season.

Year 8 Basketball Green Mr Jarrett Giampaolo Coach

It was an up and down season for the Year 8 SPC Green team with the group being on 2 wins and 2 losses after the first 4 games. This wasn’t from a lack of commitment or endeavour, however. The boys fought hard each match, and strove to keep each other involved in the game. None more so than Will Clark, who has been given the Coaches Award for his commitment to the team and

Intermediate Basketball Ladder

TEAM played won lost draw bye Total

BHS 6 6 1 14

SPC Blue 6 5 1 1 12

SPC Green 6 4 2 1 10

BCC Blk 6 3 2 1 8

BCC 6 1 4 1 4

BG 6 3 1 1 3

DC 6 1 4 1 1 5

Yr 8 Basketball

Back Row (L-R): Abraham Lewis, Will iamClark, Lachlan Scheele, Kobe Travers, Nicholas McKenna

Front Row: Jack Hynes, Nicholas Anokye, William Soufis, Evan Green

Yr 7 Basketball

Back Row (L-R): Jack Bowen, Dallas Martin, Oliver Nash, Samuel Short, Connor Prebble, Kayde Linton

Middle Row: Caolan Somers, Harrison Loader, Samuel McMaster, Lachlan Ralston, Rory Larkin, Liam Fisher, Brady Buttler

Front Row: Riley Murphy, Jarrod Dwyer, William McCuskey, Connor Murphy, Liam Gunn


1st XI Cricket

Back Row (L-R): Zane Begbie, Bradley Crouch, Matthew Short, Vincent White, Dallas Willsmore, Nicholas O’Brien, Matthew Spratling, Matthew Begbie

Front Row: Jayden Hayes, Blayde Baker, Jack Kelly, David Dickinson, Liam Mullen, William Peart, Joab Mead

Lord Taverner’s Cup Competition

Round 1 SPC v Notre Dame College, Shepparton - washed out

Round 2 SPC v Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS)

After a Round 1 wash out, SPC 1st XI commenced its 2010 Lord’s Taverners Cup campaign with a game against PEGS at the Eastern Oval. On an exceptional batting wicket PEGS had no hesitation in electing to bat after winning the toss. The openers batted aggressively and put on an impressive 113 run partnership.

An inability to bowl one side of the wicket proved costly with the openers scoring at will, until a well flighted delivery from Jayden Hayes got past the bat of Hannah for a regulation stumping by stand in Captain Liam Mullen. Jack Peeters bowled well in the middle overs picking up two scalps.

Missed chances further curtailed efforts to slow scoring

until a fiery final spell from Jack Kelly removed the dangerous Foster to see PEGS close at 206 from 50 overs. Mick Nolan and Matthew Short commenced the run chase in fine style before a lapse in concentration proved costly for Matt who had compiled a stylish 22. The loss of Liam Mullen to a fine in-field catch further slowed progress, and from that point on SPC were always behind in the run chase. Mick Nolan batted sensibly and stylishly for an excellent 71 and was supported by Year 9 student Jack Peeters who compiled a solid 21 before being run out trying to increase the scoring rate.

The team will learn a great deal about the importance of bowling to a plan and supporting this with enthusiastic fielding. A sincere thank you to the City of Ballarat and BCA, with whose support has enabled the final pool game to be played on the majestic Eastern Oval, a great honour for SPC players and visitors.

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsCricketMr Michael BusscherDirector of Cricket

First XI 2010/2011 BAS Premiers Crusaders School’s Trophy

Outstanding Performance (100 runs or more / 6 wickets or more)

Bradley Crouch 6/36 v St Patrick’s College, Launceston.

State Representation Matthew Short Victoria, Under 15 National Championships

Second XI 2010/2011 BAS Premiers

Intermediate SPC Green (Year 10) SPC Blue (Year 9)

Junior Development Squad

Junior House Premiers - Nunan House

BAS Junior XI

1ST XI Cricket Mr Mark Waddington Coach

Player of the Year the “Leo O’Brien Award” Michael Nolan

Friendly St Patrick’s College 6/228 defeated Geelong College 5/183.

St Patrick’s commenced the 2010/2011 season in fine style with an encouraging win in a 50 over friendly against The Geelong College at Geelong, played on an excellent turf wicket.

SPC 6/228 (Liam Mullen 63, Joab Mead 51 Ret. David Dickinson 19, William Peart 25, Cameron Dunne 25) defeated GC 5/183 (Joab Mead 2/17, David Dickinson 1/9).

BAS Round 1 Washed Out

A new look 1st XI team made an exciting start to the BAS season in a rain interrupted clash on the Main Oval. Surprisingly, after losing the toss, SPC were invited to bat on an excellent batting wicket. Opener Matthew Short (Year 9) on debut, batted aggressively, punishing any loose balls with fine shots to all parts of the ground. Matthew and fellow opener Cameron Dunne (24) put on 102 for the first wicket, before both were dismissed in consecutive overs. Captain David Dickinson and debutant Joab Mead both looked comfortable in taking the score to 2/130 from 26 overs before heavy rain washed the game out.

BAS Round 2 St Patrick’s College 10/147 were defeated by Ballarat Clarendon College 6/164.

Played in perfect conditions at BCC, Captain David Dickinson called correctly at the toss and had no hesitation in batting. Despite the early loss of Matthew Short the team seemed to be in control with

Liam Mullen batting powerfully and Cameron Dunne batting patiently and picking up singles to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Unfortunately Cameron misjudged a two, falling victim to a direct hit from the outfield to be run out for 11. Joab Mead, David Dickinson and Michael Nolan (21 no) all batted well, to complement Liam’s top score of 44, however all batsman must learn that once they have established themselves and are batting well they must keep concentrating to push on for a big score. Likewise it was disappointing that the tail left batsman Michael Nolan stranded on 21 not out by playing undisciplined shots, meaning that we did not bat out our 60 overs. Ultimately it was these lapses in concentration and our inability to convert starts into scores over 50 that decided the contest.

Defending a modest total of 147 we needed to bowl accurately and contain College’s top order batsman. Jack Kelly bowled fast and straight to make the initial breakthrough, however our lack of consistent pressure and three missed chances enabled

Will Pomeran from BCC to make 77. On a positive note the second spell from Vincent White was much more accurate rewarding him with two wickets.

David Dickinson bowled well to take 1/19 from ten overs and Jayden Hayes bowled without luck and support from our fielders to take 0/37 from 16 overs.

The 1st XI will now focus on Lord Taverner’s Cup games against Notre Dame College (defending title holders), PEGS and Mentone Grammar. Whilst it was disappointing to lose to BCC, the team learnt a great deal about the pressures and requirements of 1st XI cricket and will be well placed to rebound strongly in remaining games this year.

Better Players: Liam Mullen 44, Joab Mead 24, David Dickinson 23 and 1/19, Mick Nolan 21 no, Vincent White 2/20.

SPC v Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Match Details - Bowling

Name Overs Maidens Wickets Runs

J. Kelly 10 2 40

V. White 6 0 19

J. Peeters 7 2 2 19

D. Willsmore 5 0 25

J. Hayes 10 1 1 48

M. Short 9 0 27

J. Mead 3 1 0 8

Innings of SPC

Batsman How Out Bowler Score FoW

1. M. Short Ct WK M. Hutchesson 22 41

2. M. Nolan Ct WK M. Foster 71 121

3. L. Mullen Ct M. Hutchesson M. Hutchesson 0 43

4. J. Mead St WK Casteallano 8 78

5. W. Peart Ct B. Hannah 11 103

6. J Peeters Run Out 21 157

7. M. Spratling Ct WK L. Mallone 6 139

8. C. Dunne Ct M. Hutchesson L. Mallone 8 149

9. J. Hayes Not Out 5

10. J. Kelly Not Out 0

Extras 10 Total 8/162

Result: PEGS defeated SPC by 44 runs

BattingName

Bowling

Innings Runs No HS Avge Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BB Avge

8 88 34 11 Baker, Blayde

6 98 1 26 19.6 Begbie, Mathew 8 2 6 0 0-6

1 0 0 Begbie, Zane 8 0 25 1 1 for 25 25

1 1 0 1no Cameron, Darcy 5 0 17 0 0-17

1 2 1 1no Cook, Charles 5 38 0 0/38

1 7 7 7 Crouch, Bradley 20 2 36 6 6 for 36 6

2 85 50 42.5 Crouch, Matthew

7 67 3 25 16.75 Dickinson, David 39 7 76 3 1 for 9 25.3

6 97 25 16.6 Dunne, Cameron 2 0 9 0 0-9

5 42 1 11 10.5 Hayes, Jayden 53 14 130 5 3 for 10 26

1 4 4 4 James, Beau 6 24 0 0/24

3 1 1 1 0.5 Kelly, Jack 45 7 126 5 2 for 40 25.2

3 27 2 27 Kemp, Luke 4 19 1 1 for 19 19

Kuriger, Dominic 8 3 27 1 1 for 27 27

1 19 1 19 no Masters, Brendan

11 229 4 53 38.2 Mead, Joab 51 14 92 9 3 for 12 10.3

10 147 1 63 16.3 Mullen, Liam 5 0 14 2 7

10 309 2 71 38.6 Nolan, Michael

1 28 1 28 no O’Brien, Nicholas 31 7 54 4 3 for 36 13.5

6 169 4 63 84.5 Peart, Michael

9 80 3 33 13.3 Peart, William

2 21 21 10.5 Peeters, Jack 13 1 32 2 2 for 19 16

8 138 62 17.25 Short, Matthew 44 11 95 7 3 for 9 13.6

6 34 12 5.7 Spratling, Matthew 10 4 21 3 3 for 6 7

4 30 1 20 10 Thomson, Darcy 25 6 52 4 2 for 22 13

2 3 1 3 3 White, Vincent 71 20 139 11 3 for 5 12.6

1 0 0 Willsmore, Dallas 47 10 101 10 4 for 27 10.1


Yr 7/8 House Cricket

Back Row (L-R): Murphy Wild, Trent Nissen, Laurence Cashin, Barton Phillips, Oliver Nash, Samuel Short, Dominic Cousens, Thomas Hallett, Luke Prendergast, Patrick Keogh

Front Row: Lewis Compton, Jordan Gravel, Liam Fisher, Taylor Sutton, James Waller, Khyle Forde

Yr 7/8 BAS Cricket

Back Row (L-R): Andrew Milroy, Oliver Nash, Samuel Short, Matthew Hastings, Brady Buttler

Front Row: Lewis Compton, Murphy Wild, Barton Philips, Harrison Butler, Jack Reinhardt

St Patrick’s Launceston 10/97

The 1st XI retained the Br HT Breach Trophy against SPC Launceston in a high quality, keenly contested game of cricket. SPC Ballarat won on first innings by 46 runs after looking to be on the back foot for much of the game.

Winning the toss Captain David Dickinson had no hesitation in batting on a hard and flat pitch. Despite the overcast and at times wet conditions, batsmen prepared to work hard would be well rewarded for their dedication. The work of ground staff in presenting the oval for play was outstanding and was greatly appreciated by players and coaches from both teams.

SPC Ballarat were in early trouble at 2-8 and then 3-27 before Matthew Crouch and Michael Nolan came together for a 54 run partnership which appeared to steady the innings. However losing 5-16, including two run outs left the innings at a perilous 8-97. Jayden Hayes batted sensibly and maturely combining with Nick O’Brien to add 20 runs. A big hitting last wicket partnership between

Nicholas and Bradley Crouch took the score to a competitive 143.

SPC Ballarat bowled with fire, but little consistency in the last 13 overs of day one enabling the visitors to reach 0-22 at stumps. The score progressed slowly at the start of day 2 before Brad Crouch flexed his muscles in a devastating spell of fast, hostile and sustained pace bowling. Bradley with excellent support from Nicholas O’Brien fired out the first four batsmen, and in no time at all the game had swung in the home team’s favour with Launceston slumping to 6-50. After some resistance from Launceston skipper Michael Lukic, Bradley and Nicholas came back to clean up the tail taking six and three wickets respectively, to leave the visitors all out for 97 with 50 overs remaining for the match.

Matthew Crouch and Matthew Short batted the visitors out of the contest putting on 58 for the first wicket. Disappointing running between wickets (three run outs) saw the innings slump to 7-107 before stumps were drawn. The win means that the College have held the

prestigious trophy for four years highlighting the depth of playing talent developed by former coach Mr Damian McKee over the last six years. Bradley Crouch was recognised as a worthy ‘Man of the Match’ for his excellent bowling.

Match Details Matthew Crouch 35 and 50, Michael Nolan 35 and 8 no, Nicholas O’Brien 28 no and 20.4/4/3/36, Bradley Crouch 20/2/6/36.

BAS Round 4 St Patrick’s College 3/222 defeated Ballarat Grammar 5/104.

In the re-scheduled Round 4 game, SPC defeated Ballarat Grammar in a great all-round team performance. Batting first on a good Hill Oval pitch, openers Blayde Baker and Michael Nolan set the tone for the day with a 112 run opening stand which featured a good mix of big hitting and excellent running between the wickets. Blayde made 35 and Michael a majestic 70. The momentum of the innings was maintained by

Mathew Begbie (26), Michael Peart (33 no) and Joab Mead who scored an impressive 53 not out off just 49 balls.

Ballarat Grammar lost early wickets thanks to the tight bowling of Nicholas O’Brien, David Dickinson and Vincent White who were well supported by spinners Joab Mead and Jayden Hayes. Excellent ground fielding and catching ensured that Grammar never gained any momentum in their innings, simply playing out dot balls to give the St Patrick’s team a comfortable 118 run victory.

Friendly St Patrick’s College 4/99 defeated The Crusaders 10/92

In an excellent team performance the 1st XI recorded an historic win against the travelling ‘Crusaders’ team on Wednesday February 16. The Crusader’s team featured former Test and Shield players as well as current Melbourne Premier League players. The team was captained by old boy Michael Sheedy (SPC 1994-99)

who is the current Captain-Coach of the Richmond Cricket Club. It also featured cricket ‘Legend’ Merv Hughes who played 53 tests for Australia.

Batting the first the Crusaders lost wickets steadily thanks to debutant Darcy Thomson 2/21 and Dallas Willsmore who took 3-10 from his six overs of high class swing bowling. Spinners Job Mead and Jayden Hayes bowled well in tandem taking 3-12 and 1-2 respectively.

Chasing 92 was always going to be challenging especially given the tight bowling from Merv Hughes, who still has the ability to place the ball on a twenty cent piece! Matthew Short batted well for 20, Mathew Begbie blasted two sixes in a polished knock of 26 and Matthew Crouch (14 no) and Michael Peart (20 no) batted sensibly to bring the St Pat’s team home with four overs to spare.

In the post match presentation Merv Hughes complimented the team on an excellent performance stating that it was perhaps one of the best all round team performances he

Crusaders T20 Competition

This week the First XI participated in an innovative competition conducted by Crusaders where the cream of cricketing schools within Victoria competes in a 10/10 and 20/20 format of matches over two days. Unfortunately due to the rain our First XI completed the first day of the two day competition, with the second day being washed out after our first match. The results were:

Round 1 10/10 St Patrick’s 7/71 defeated by Scotch College 8/76

Best Players: Nicholas O’Brien 22 retired, Matthew Short 3/14, Liam Mullen 2/11.

Played in a 10/10 format this game went down to the wire with SPC requiring 6 runs off the last ball to win the match. Tail ender Vincent White smashed the ball in the air to the boundary only to see the Scotch College fielder knock the ball from the air to the ground and deny us victory. A great game!

Round 2 10/10 St Patrick’s 4/68 defeated Crusader Knights 4/60.

Best Players: Nicholas O’Brien 1/9, Zane Begbie 1/1, Liam Mullen 1/4, Mathew Begbie 22 Retired.

Setting our opponents an achievable 6.9 runs per over to win, some tight and accurate bowling from our opening bowlers in Nick O’Brien and Brad Crouch enabled the team to restrict the Crusader’s team to a losing total.

Round 3 20/20 St Patrick’s drew with Western Warriors 4/95.

Rain forced an early conclusion to the day’s play with the Western Warriors in their 13th of twenty overs in the first 20/20 match of the day.

Br. H.T. Breach Cup St Patrick’s Ballarat 10/143 and 7/107 defeated

Round 3 - SPC v Versus Mentone Grammar Match Details - Bowling


J. Kelly 10 1 1 34

V. White 7 3 1 12

J. Plozza 8 3 0 21

D. Cameron 5 0 17

Z. Begbie 8 1 25

C. Dunne 2 0 9

L. Mullen 5 2 14

Innings of SPC

Batsman How Out Bowler Score FoW

1. M. Begbie Ct S. Fletcher 8 17

2. M. Nolan Ct WK J. Bloomer 24 50

3. L. Mullen Bowled S. Fletcher 0 20

4. C. Dunne St WK F. McLauren 18 59

5. W. Peart Ct F. McLauren 7 77

6. L. Kemp Bowled J. Bloomer 11 73

7. Z. Begbie LBW J. Bloomer 0 73

8. J. Kelly Bowled C. Edgeworth 0 77

9. V. White Ct C. Edgeworth 5 85

10. J. Plozza Bowled F. McLauren 1 82

11. D. Cameron Not Out 1

Extras 10 Total 10/85

Result Mentone Grammar defeated SPC by 35 runs


Junior Cricket Development Squad

Back Row (L-R): James Dickinson, Evan Green, Maximilian Sparks, William Clark, Patrick Collier, Thomas Martin, Rhys Scott, Harli Givvens, Tom Evans, Jaidyn Achison.

Front Row: William Hoye, Laurence Cashin, Benjamin Lusby, Zac Ticehurst, Jonah Healey, Connor McKee, Tom Button.

2nd XI Cricket Mr Joseph Carmody Coach

Players of the Year Bowling: Mitchell Cattell Batting: Luke Kemp

Season Summary:

BAS Round 1 SPC 5/164 defeated Ballarat Grammar 10/96

Best Players: Jack Kelly 69 n.o., Vincent White 48, Luke Kemp 22, Darcy Cameron 2/9, Charlie Cook 2/29

BAS Round 2 Bye

BAS Round 3 SPC 1/127 defeated Ballarat College 6/66

Best Players: Luke Kemp 61 n.o., Daniel Dickson 41, Mitchell Cattell 2/11


BAS Round 5 Bye

BAS Round 6 SPC 3/62 defeated BCC 8/50

Best players: Mitch Cattell 4/9, Will Peart 2/10 and Mitch Cattell 24 not out.

BAS Grand Final SPC 10/66 defeated Ballarat Grammar School 10/44

St Patrick’s reached the final against BGS undefeated with convincing wins throughout the season. On a difficult pitch St Pat’s won the toss and elected to bat. An opening partnership of 32 saw SPC in a dominant position before a succession of wickets eventually saw a final total of only 66. Captain Luke Kemp top scored with 20.

Defending a low total SPC required early wicket. Early break throughs by opening bowlers Hayden McCrow and Beau James gave St Pat’s some chance of winning. Benjamin Harris ripped through BGS middle order taking 4/3 of three overs. A sensational direct hit run out by Oliver Hayes saw St Patrick’s win by 22 runs.

Best Players: Luke Kemp 20, Benjamin Harris 4/3 and Mitchell Cattell 2/9

The SPC 2nd XI went through season 2010/11 undefeated to regain the BAS premiership trophy. The 2nd XI team can be viewed as an integral part of the cricket program as there were a number of players that progressed to the 1st XI side and played in the 1st XI Grand Final. The side had easy qualifying wins before the grand final. Some of the stand out batting performances during the preliminary rounds include James Kelly 69 not out and Vincent White 48 not out versus Grammar, Luke Kemp 61 not out and Daniel Dickson 41 versus BCC. Better bowling performances include Darcy Cameron 2/9 vs Grammar and

Mitchell Cattell 3/9 vs BCC.

A very successful season overall, with all boys to be congratulated on their efforts and commitment to SPC cricket.

Intermediate Cricket

SPC Green Mr Terry Blizzard Coach

Players of the Year: Bowling: Luke Wilson Batting: Daniel Dickson

Season Summary:

BAS Round 1 SPC Green (Year 9) 9/134 defeated Damascus 4/127

Best Players: Luke Wilson 22 & 3/0/1/11, Matthew Cashin 3/0/2/17, Matthew Short 25 ret., Jackson Holloway 20.

BAS Round 2 SPC Green (Year 9) 8/77 defeated by Ballarat Grammar 7/84

Best Players: Aiden Nestor 3/16, Riley Adams 1/6, Matthew Cashin 1/8, Daniel Dickson 25 ret., Darcy Osborne 19 not out.

BAS Round 3 Bye

BAS Round 4 SPC Green (Year 9) v SPC Blue (Year 10


BAS Round 6 SPC Green (Year 9) 1/102 defeated Ballarat Clarendon College 6/57

Best Players: Aden Nestor 2/18, Riley Adams 2/11, Jackson Holloway 1/3, Darcy Osbourne 1/7, Peter Oakley 24 ret.,

has witnessed from a schoolboy cricket team.

BAS Round 5 St Patrick’s College 7/172 defeated Ballarat High School 10/67

Best performances came from Michael Nolan 54, Joab Mead 40, Mathew Begbie 24, Jayden Hayes 3/8, Matthew Short 2/16.

BAS Round 6 St Patrick’s College 2/33 defeated Ballarat High School 5/32

In their final home and away match for the 2010/2011 season the First XI were easily able to account for a depleted Ballarat High School. Having removed Ballarat High School for 32 runs, 9.4 overs was all that was required to reach 33 runs. This will see the First XI hosting the BAS Grand Final on Friday March 4 and Saturday March 5.

BAS Grand Final St Patrick’s College 5/115 defeated Ballarat Clarendon College

9/113.

The St Patrick’s College 1st XI retained the BAS premiership title with a comprehensive five wicket win over rival Ballarat Clarendon College. In overcast conditions on a flat wicket, BCC won the toss and had no hesitation in batting. Devastating opening spells from Dallas Willsmore and Vincent White effectively decided the match in the first half hour with BCC never able to recover from the perilous position of 9/41.

Dallas bowled with great control in a Glenn McGrath like performance and at one stage had the figures of 4-10. Vincent also managed to have the ball swinging around and finished the innings with 2-17 from 11 overs. Darcy Thomson also bowled well to take 2-21 from 11 overs and Joab Mead bowled with great flight and control to take 1-9 from nine overs.

A determined last wicket partnership between BCC batsmen Beau Bennett and Andrew Lang saw the tally limp to 113 at the compulsory closure after 60 overs and provided BCC with some

chance of victory should they be able to capture early wickets.

SPC openers Michael Nolan and Blayde Baker put the game beyond doubt in the early overs with positive stroke play and running between wickets. The opening stand of 29 eased the pressure on other batsman and the team cruised to the victory target with 25 overs to spare. Liam Mullen batted powerfully for 27 and was well supported by Joab Mead 18, Michael Peart 16 and Darcy Thomson with 10. The team still had a number of high quality batsman in the shed underlining the depth within the team.

The victory is a great reward for a hard working team that has gelled magnificently at the business end of the season. Well done to team leaders David Dickinson (Captain) and Liam Mullen (Vice Captain) for their contribution to SPC cricket. The contribution of Mr Damian McKee in establishing and fostering the cricket programme at St Patrick’s College was poignantly illustrated by the quality of the team’s performance and was recognised by players and staff

after the game. With a number of players being in Year 10 and 11 the future of SPC cricket looks to be in very good hands.

Dallas Willsmore 4/10, Vincent White 2/17, Darcy Thomson 2-21, Liam Mullen 27, Michael Nolan 19, Joab Mead 18, Michael Peart 16, Blayde Baker 13.

St Patrick’s College FIRST XI win the prestigious Crusaders Schools Trophy.

It is with great pleasure that I inform the SPC cricket fraternity that we have won the prestigious Crusaders’ Schools Trophy for season 2010/2011. This trophy is awarded by the Crusaders’ Committee in recognition of the best performing school that the side played against in a given season. In light of the schools that get the opportunity to play against The Crusaders, we are in fact humbled by this great honour. Congratulations to everyone involved with this special game.

2010/2011 Season Trophy Winners

Bowling Trophy (Aggregate) Vincent White

Bowling Trophy (Average) Dallas Willsmore

Batting Trophy (Aggregate) Michael Nolan

Batting Trophy (Average) Michael Peart

Best Player in Grand Final the “Jack Hill Medal” Dallas Willsmore

Best Player in SPC Ballarat vs SPC Launceston “Match Ball” Bradley Crouch

Best All-Rounder the “Adam Hollioake Trophy” Joab Mead

Damian McKee Best First Year Player Trophy and Medallion Michael Peart

Round 6 - SPC v Ballarat High School Match Details - Bowling


Vincent White 6.3 3 4 3

Dallas Willsmore 7 4 6 1

Joab Mead 5 3 3 2

Innings of SPC

Batsman How Out Runs

Blayde Baker not out 6

Michael Nolan Bowled Patrikios

Mathew Begbie lbw b Callum Stag 22

Liam Mullen not out 5


winning the toss and electing to bat first were in trouble early slipping to 7/40 thanks to a fantastic few overs from Dominic Cousens who ended up with figures of 4 overs 3/8. However Nicholas Martin (19) and Connor Dowie (10 not out) came together to resurrect the innings pushing the score up to a respectable 8/106 from 30 overs.

Galvin in reply, despite losing a wicket in the first over, got off to an excellent start thanks to Patrick Keogh (19) and another excellent innings from Benjamin Lusby (27 not out). However ,Galvin then lost quick wickets and was not able to recover. The Nunan bowlers all bowling exceptionally well with Lawrence Cashin (2/9), William Hoye (2/9) and Connor Dowie (2/7) the best of the bowlers. In the end Galvin fell to be all out 69.

Third vs Fourth Grand Final Keniry 6/116 drew with Ryan 2/22 due to the second day being Washed Out

In what was the Third Vs Fourth Grand Final both sides were hoping to be clear cut winners and once and for all prove that they were the superior cricket side. Tuesday bought a bright and often sunny day and with the toss decided Keniry elected to bat on a well prepared batting wicket. Ryan opening bowler Conor McKee struck early capturing Evan Green for 2 and this bought Samuel Peters and Bayley VanDeHeuvel to the wicket. The following partnerships were indestructible with Samuel Peters scoring 26 not out, Bayley VanDeHeuvel scoring 23 not out and Sean Howard scoring 22 not out. With forced retirements invoked, the Ryan bowling attack was able to remove Jarrod O’Brien 1, Samuel McMaster 2 and Oliver Richardson 2 very cheaply. Some resistance was offered by Jack Haynes 5 and William Briggs 10. The Ryan bowling attack of Samuel Jackson 2/12 and Conor McKee 2/22 were the only wicket takers. Yet Tom Dickinson 0/9, Patrick Willis 0/14, Fraser Deedman 0/19 and Nicholas Frawley 0/23 were all unlucky not to capture wickets with a number of dropped catches not going their way. Keniry finished their batting with

a total score of 6/116, setting Ryan a very difficult total to chase. Unfortunately Wednesday bought clouds and light rain to begin play, which we endeavoured to do, so that a result could be achieved. Ryan batsmen Samuel Jackson 4 and Tom Dickinson 8 opened the run chase ,but with the weather setting in ,play was abandoned and thus the game ended in a suitable tie. The Keniry bowlers to take wickets were Evan Green 1/5 and William Briggs 1/10.

Junior BAS XI Mr Kieran Baxter Coach

Players of the Year Bowling: Baiden Cracknell Batting: Oliver Nash and Benjamin Hutchins

Round 1: Washed Out

Round 2: St Patrick’s College wins walkover given by Ballarat High School

Round 3 St Patrick’s College 10/44 defeated by Ballarat Grammar 2/105

A 12 overs a side match was played on the lush Grammar Oval. We lost the toss and fielded. The Grammar team opened with an onslaught and continued in the same vein to amass a total of 105 for the loss of two wickets. Our best bowlers were Barton Phillips who, in his first ever game of cricket, took a wicket with his first ball and Jacob Brown bowled well to finish with 1 for 4 off two overs. Jacob Coxall pulled of a spectacular catch at mid off.

When we took the crease, again, Barton Phillips held up an end for four overs against some fast bowling, but in the end we fell short of the target amassing only 44 (22 of which were no balls and wides!). Next week we will need to work much harder to achieve the results we are working towards.

Round 4 St Patrick’s College 0/60 defeated by Ballarat Clarendon College 4/82

A close game against BCC, St. Pat’s batted well against a sustained pace attack. Losing no wickets, SPC managed to score 60 from 12 overs. Baiden Cracknell and Alex Porter both retired at 15. In reply, every SPC fielder had at least one over and ended with BCC 4 for 82. Baiden Cracknell excelled with a “classic” at slip-high, one hander, diving up and back to take a fantastic catch. Baiden later matched this effort with a great caught and bowled. Brady Buttler also fielded well, taking two catches.

Round 5: Washed Out

Round 6 St Patrick’s College 1/60 defeated Ballarat Grammar 1/59

In a return match against Ballarat Grammar, SPC was able to reverse the result with a close win. Bowling first, the SPC boys contained the batters to a total of 59 with one run out being effected. All the boys bowled well with the pick of them being Benjamin Hutchins, John Brodie and Andrew Milroy. The ground fielding was of a high standard, however, the less said about the catching the better!

In the batting innings, OliverNash paved the way to victory with a dashing 18(retired) whilst Benjamin Hutchins played the sheet anchor role to guide the team to within sight of the total when he too retired with 18. John Brodie, in a shot for glory, was bowled middle stump after a quick fire 10. Matthew Hastings and Harrison Butler cleaned up the last few runs to win the match. It was a fun game played in good spirit.

Round 7: Washed Out

Round 8 St Patrick’s College 4/61 were defeated by Ballarat High School 5/86.

In our return match of the 2011 BAS Junior XI Cricket season we were hoping to finish the year on a high with a win against old rivals Ballarat High School. Unfortunately we suffered an early batting collapse loosing quick wickets in the first 5 overs with little score on the board. Zachary Ticehurst was our only batsmen to offer any significant resistance, scoring a well made 25 before being required to retire. William Hoye 10 and Nicholas Martin 7 (not out) were the only other major contributors towards the overall score. With 61 runs to defend off 12 overs I knew that we had to bowl and field exceptionally well if victory was to be ours. Thomas Martin got an early break through capturing 1/12 off his two overs. Jack Reinhardt also captured 1/2 off one over but the highlight of the day and may I add something not seen very often in any level of cricket Patrick Walsh bowled a hat trick capturing 3/0 off one over right at the end of the game. Unfortunately we came up against a superior side full of Year 8s who showed strength far beyond many of our boys with 4 sixes being struck to all parts of the ground . It was a sight to witness.

Andrew Fay 25 ret.

SPC Blue Mr Damian McKee Coach

Season Summary:

BAS Round 1 SPC Blue (Year 10) Bye

BAS Round 2 SPC Blue (Year 10) 5/129 defeated Ballarat College 5/80

Best Players: Lachlan Isbister 35 ret., Jakob McDowell 36 ret. & 0/2, Liam Jordan 1/1, Benjamin Harris 1/3, Charles Cook 1/16, Benjamin O’Brien 1/8.

BAS Round 3: SPC Blue (Year 10) v SPC Green (Year 9)

BAS Round 4 SPC Blue (Year 10) 3/138 defeated by Ballarat Grammar 3/143.

Best Players: Oliver Hayes 35 ret. & 2/16, Dylan Achison 32 ret., Dallas Willsmore 31 ret., Charles Cook 15 not out, Nicholas McKee 1/10, Dallas Willsmore 0/8.

BAS Round 5: Washed Out

BAS Round 6 SPC Blue (Year 10) 2/130 defeated Damascus College 5/118

Best Players: Jayden Hayes 41 ret., Mitchell Cattell 30 ret., Dylan Achison 1/ 7 & 19 not out, Oliver Hayes 0/10, Dominic Barry 1/9, Patrick Farnan 1/19, Eddie Pou 1/7, Benjamin Harris 1/11.

Junior Development Squad Mr Peter Brady Coach

Players of the Year Bowling: Jake Wilkie Batting: Nicholas Thacker

Junior House Cricket Mr Luke Cordon Mr Mark Emerson Mr Michael Busscher Mr Greg Shawcross Coaches

Players of the Year Galvin House Bowling: Dominic Cousens Batting: Benjamin Lusby

Keniry House Bowling: Samuel McMaster Batting: Samuel Peters

Nunan House Bowling: William Hoye Batting: Thomas Martin

Ryan House Bowling: Samuel Jackson atting: Sean Bourke

Round 1 Galvin 10/136 defeated Ryan 10/109

In the opening game of the season, Galvin House was able to come up trumps with an incredible comeback win. Galvin was reeling at 9/60 thanks to a fantastic spell from Taylor Sutton who took 3 wickets in 4 balls to finish with 3/11. But it was Benjamin Lusby who opened the batting that saved Galvin putting together a Junior House Cricket record to make 75 not out. He combined with number 11 Nicholas Simpson (9) to put on a 69 run stand which put Galvin in a fantastic position at stumps on day 1.

The second day saw the Ryan House batsmen put together some good starts, but lacked anyone to go on and make a big score. Five bowlers shared the wickets between them, but some excellent fielding resulted in 5 run outs for Galvin.

Nunan 7/116 defeated Keniry 6/93

Due to a re-scheduled First XI game the start of the encounter between Nunan and Keniry was played over on Victoria Park. Nunan won the toss and elected to bat on what was a fast outfield. Thom Martin 24, Patrick Collier 17 and Billy Griffiths 13 were the backbone of the Nunan innings. Whilst Samuel McMaster 2/9, Sean

Howard 1/6 and Jack Haynes 1/13 did their best to slow the Nunan House run scoring opportunities. Of particular concern for the Keniry side was the number of dropped catches, byes and wides that contributed towards the Nunan score. This will need to be eradicated if Keniry are to be a force with their bowling attack in this competition.

With such a large Nunan score to chase and a return to the St Patrick’s College lush Main Oval the run chase at five per over was always going to be a challenge for the Keniry batsmen. Jarrod O’Brien 19, Sean Howard 17, Samuel Peeters 15 and Samuel McMaster 11 offered the bulk of the Keniry resistance. Billy Griffiths 2/9, William Hoye 2/9, Lawrence McCrab 1/7 and Patrick Walsh 1/12 were the chief destroyers of the Keniry line up. Despite the comprehensive victory to Nunan House they too had problems with their catching and the number of wide deliveries they bowled which will need to be improved as they move through the season.

Round 2 Galvin 6/59 defeated Keniry 5/58

A last ball mix up and run out has given Galvin House an exciting and dramatic victory in the Junior House Cricket Competition. Some excellent fielding by both sides’saw 6 run outs; in a contest that was intense and exciting from the start. Galvin, batting first, lost crucial early wickets; however, Ben Lusby once again stepped in to steady the ship, compiling 23 runs from just 21 balls to finish not out.

Keniry in reply got off to a great start thanks to some excellent batting from Evan Green and Samuel McMaster, however, Galvin bowled some very tight lines and fielded exceptionally well to drag Keniry back to needing 7 to win off the final over. Khyle Forde bowled a fantastic over taking a wicket and also getting 2 run outs leaving Keniry needing 2 off the final ball to win. The ball was hit out to square leg, however, the striker did not run leaving both

batsmen stuck in the one crease. Galvin celebrating the win already, failed to realise this until one batsman started running. But a fantastic throw saw a direct hit to leave Keniry an agonising one metre short and one run short of tieing up the game. All the boys played with great spirit and great excitement leaving the race for the finals wide open.

Nunan 2/83 defeated Ryan 5/74

With all of the long term prayers for rain finally being answered this year; once again our cricket program has been affected by the weather. This meant that what is usually a two day competition in the Junior House Cricket was forced into a one day format. This was now going to be a “Big Bash” encounter with both sides facing 12 furious overs. Ryan won the toss and sent Nunan into bat. Opener Tom Button remained not out - retired on 15 which helped keep the Nunan side together. Whilst Thomas Martin made a whirlwind 24 not out - retired and ZacharyTicehurst made 19 not out. This finished the Nunan innings with a huge score of 83 from their allocated 12 overs. This provided a score that was going to be very difficult to chase down. The Ryan bowlers who were able to take a wicket were Taylor Sutton 1/8 and Tom Dickinson 1/13.

With such a huge score to chase the Ryan side took up the challenge of using every opportunity possible to run between the wickets and thus a number of run outs resulted, which inevitably led to their final downfall. Taylor Sutton was the “Solid Rock” around which the Ryan innings was based scoring 18 not out whilst he was assisted by Samuel Dickson on 14. The Nunan bowlers who were able to take wickets were led by Nicholas Martin who excelled with 1/1 off two overs and Zachary Ticehurst 1/16. Despite the final score the game was played at a very high standard and either side could have won. Well done to all boys especially with the weather affecting our home turf and having to play this game at a last minutes notice over at Victoria Park.

Round 3: Washed out.

Semi Finals Keniry 7/83 defeated Ryan 7/82

After wining the toss Ryan elected to bat on what was a hard, flat wicket, ideally perfect for batting! Openers Sean Bourke 33 and Conor McKee 20 got Ryan off to a fantastic start but with Sean Bourke originally retiring at 25; partnerships were now easily being broken by the Keniry bowling attack. The only other Ryan batsman to offer any resistance was Sam Jackson 11. The chief destroyers amongst the Keniry bowlers were Samuel McMaster 2/6, Samuel Peeters 2/18, Evan Green 1/3, Jack Hynes 1/6 and Samuel Perry 1/6. Ryan concluded their innings with a total score of 82 and offering the Keniry boys 4 extra overs of batting on the first day.

With what appeared an easy total to chase down; cricket once again proved to be a game of unpredictability! Sam Jackson opened the bowling for Ryan and struck with the first and six ball of his first over to have Keniry in trouble with two early wickets down. He followed this with a third wicket on the first ball of his next over to be on a hat trick and at the end of the first day Ryan had Keniry in all sorts of trouble 3 down for 7 runs with overnight batsmen Jack Hynes and Jarrod O’Brien holding the Keniry hopes of a Grand Final berth in their hands! The following days play saw Jack Hynes 9 and Jarrod O’Brien 7 facing lots of overs to slow the onslaught of wickets falling. William Briggs 15, Evan Green 11 not out and Samuel Peeters 12 not out saw the Keniry boys over the line and safely, with two overs remaining, into the Grand Final next week with a score of 83. Despite the loss, the Ryan bowling attack of Samuel Jackson 3/7, Conor McKee 3/9 will be formidable in the third vs fourth Grand Final next week

Nunan 8/106 defeated Galvin 10/69

In a hotly contested top of the table clash, Nunan and Galvin produced a game full of momentum changes. Nunan


Croquet

Back Row (L-R): Bradley O’Loughlin, Rory Conroy, Louis Micich, Laurence Cashin

Front Row: Kieran Missen, Luke Polmear, Edward Forbes, Riley Fullerton

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsCroquetMr Scott Kruger

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsCross CountryMr Shane HayesDirector of Athletics

Cross Country

The second event on the cross country calendar for BAS was held on the highly acclaimed Ballarat University Course. Muddy conditions greeted the participants and the cold and rainy conditions were perfect for running. Long spikes were the order of the day. Individual champions and team results are listed below. Overall SPC finished second to the much strong Ballarat Grammar Team. Well done to all competitors.

Lap of the Lake

The annual BAS Lap of the Lake was held in near perfect conditions on Wednesday 24th of August. Below are the individual times and placings for all of the SPC Runners. Congratulations to all who participated, as the combined scores enabled SPC to take out the Overall Boys Aggregate.

The 2011 Croquet season was played with great enthusiasm. In a weather marred season, two St Patrick’s College teams competed and finished in the top 5 teams of the competition. Changes to the competition format resulted in a very even competition. Both teams narrowly missed out on winning the premiership. The boys that represented St Patrick’s College were, Edward Forbes, Luke Polmear, Kieran Missen, Riley Fullerton, Laurence Cashin, Rory Conroy, Ian Bates, Louis Micich, Bradley O’Loughlan and Antione Staub.

Road Relay

Icy blasts greeted runners in Thursday’s Road Relays on the 21st of July, but an enthusiastic and energetic team of runners from St Patrick’s braved the Arctic conditions to serve notice to the competing schools.

In the B race, our Junior boys led from beginning to end in an impressive show of force. These Yr 7 boys dominated their opponents and look set to make their mark on the BAS Cross Country competition.

The Intermediate boys also dominated their opposition with impressive runs throughout. These runners beat all bar one senior boys teams in notching up their first win of the season.

The Junior boys A team ran a gutsy race in wintery conditions to be narrowly defeated by a team from the College. The boys showed a lot of heart in their race and should be very pleased with their efforts. With a little luck they should turn the tables on their opponents in the next Cross Country event.

Our Intermediate boys produced a scintillating effort to demolish

their opposition. The boys were never in doubt and even beat some of the teams in the senior division. The team looked slick and very professional in producing some of the fastest times recorded on the day. If this is anything to go by then this team should enjoy a lot of success throughout the Cross Country season.

Hampered by a serious lack of available athletes, the Senior team produced a very credible performance on the day. They were clearly outclassed, but showed great determination in their efforts and show great promise in the future events.

St Pat’s produced three firsts, a second and fourth placing in the first round of the BAS Cross Country season, and while we didn’t emerge victorious in the Boys Aggregate the boys can take a great deal of satisfaction and heart from their performances.

Junior B Division First place Jonah Healy - 5.35sec James Waller - 5.42sec Oliver Iles - 5.50sec Isaac Lund - 5.55sec

Intermediate B Division First place Jackson Hayes - 5.07sec Ben Martin - 5.08sec Sam Castleman - 5.50sec Joel Mullane - 5.07sec

Junior A Division 2nd place Ambrose Gillett - 5.17sec William Clark - 5.35sec Thomas Wakefield - 5.55sec Nicholas Caulfield - 5.15sec

Intermediate A Division First place Joel Karslake - 5.18sec Mitchell Kennedy - 5.29sec Laiton Sullivan - 4.40sec Nicholas Weightman - 5.15sec

Senior A Division Fourth place Kyle Kemp - 5.15sec James Keys - 5.30sec Jack Kelly - 5.12sec Luke Kemp - 4.48sec

Cross Country

Junior Boys

1 BG 47

2 BCC 61

3 SPC 61

4 BHS 70

5 DC 96

Intermediate Boys

1 SPC 49

2 BG 54

3 BCC 59

4 BHS 83

5 DC 98

Senior Boys

1 BG 44

2 DC 68

3 BCC 81

4 SPC 88

5 BHS 94

Boys Aggregate

1 BG 145

2 SPC 198

3 BCC 201

4 BHS 247

5 DC 262

Lap of the Lake

Overall Boys Aggregate

School Points

1 SPC 121

2 BG 124

3 BCC 192

4 DC 220

Cross Country - Junior Boys

Place Name School Time

1 Zac Shipham BHS 11.12

2 Nic Williams BG 11.18

3 Jack Birmingham BHS 11.19

Cross Country - Intermediate Boys


1 Stuart McSweyn BCC 17.19

2 Ryan Norman BHS 18.36

3 Laiton Sullivan SPC 18.56

Cross Country - Senior Boys


1 Pat Bryce BCC 18.04

2 Ben Huggett BG 18.48

3 Matthew Blood DC 18.54

Lap of the Lake - Junior Boys

Place Name Time

1st Nicholas Caulfield 14.49

6th James Waller 15.28

8th Ambrose Gillett 16.1

10th Jonah Healey 16.28

18th Christopher Micallef

17.51

Oliver Iles 19.41

Lap of the Lake - Intermediate Boys

Place Name Time

2nd Laiton Sullivan 20.38

4th Joshua Leviston 22.15

7th Benjamin Martin 23.48

8th Joel Mullane 23.49

15th Nicholas Weightman

24.54

Samuel Castleman 28.09

Lap of the Lake - Senior Boys

Place Name Time

3rd Luke Kemp 20.57

5th Aaron Blomeley 22.16

10th Jayden Hayes 23.24

11th Conor Dickson 23.26

13th Marshall Lee 24.08


1st XVII Football

Back Row (L-R): Jaydon Stiles, Tom Smith, Dallas Willsmore, Josh Keys, Thomas Downie, Thomas McGregor, Michael Close, Tim MacKenzie, Tyler Blake, David Morris.

Middle Row: Jake Neade, James Blood, Mathew Crouch, Nicholas Rippon, Liam Mullen, Nicholas O’Farrell, Rhys Monument, Ashley Simpson, Benjamin Schiltz, Nicholas Thomas, Isaiah Johnson, Jack Wilson.

Front Row: Mitchell Phelps, Thomas Stapleton, Scott Spriggs, Nicholas O’Brien, Mr Howard Clark (coach), Bradley Crouch, Mathew Begbie, Zane Thompson, Rory Taggert.

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsFootballMr Howard ClarkDirector of Football

2011 SPC 1st XVIII Mr Howard Clark Director of Football 1st XVIII Coach

The 2011 SPC team 1st XVIII Team, will historically be viewed most favourably when compared against any side in the College’s long and proud history. The team went through the year undefeated, winning the local BAS Premiership against Ballarat and Clarendon College for the fifth consecutive year, defeating the APS champions St Kevin’s College by 45 points in our annual “friendly” and for the first time in our history, winning “Back to Back” MCC Herald Sun Shield Titles against Penleigh and Essendon Grammar on the sacred grounds of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

In total 54 players represented the College in at least one 1st XVIII game and the success of the programme is not only evaluated by a win loss ratio, it is by the emergence of students from Years 10 and 11 who played significant roles throughout the season.

In total the 1st XVIII played nine games throughout the year, ranging from the Herald Shield final against P.E.G.S, the 2011 APS Champions, St Kevin’s College and our arch local rival, Ballarat and Clarendon College. The team won each of the nine games played, each by an average of 45 points and consistency of performance characterised their season.

The leadership of Nicholas O’Brien as Captain, Brad Crouch and Matthew Begbie as Vice Captains and Tom Stapleton, Zane Thompson and Scott Spriggs as members of the Leadership team were outstanding. Collectively, they were a significant factor in the team’s success. At the commencement of the 2011 season the playing group developed the Call to Arms “To be Remembered” and history will remember this special group of young me as the first side to win “Back to Back” Herald Sun Shield Titles. Special mention must be made of Nicholas O’Brien, Tom Stapleton and Zane Thompson who by playing in the Herald Shield Final created the unique history of

being members of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 MCC Herald Sun Shield Grand Final Teams.

The success of any programme is measured by the degree of improvement that is made both individually and collectively as a group. Improvement is extremely difficult without the appropriate technical coaching and I would like to thank most sincerely the Coaching Panel of Gavin Webb, Chris Caldow and Andrew Shiltz, supported by Andrew Chamings as the Fitness Advisor and Tamara Westwood and Justin Gordon as Team Managers for not only their technical advice, but more significantly for the positive influence that they have had on each of the players. I would also like to thank Dr Casey as Headmaster, Chris Gleeson in his role as the Director of Sport and Mark Waddington for their unwavering loyalty of the football programme. I would especially like to thank Mark Waddington in his dual role as Director of Boarding and the Director of Community Development who leaves us at the end of the year to commence work in Tasmania. His support and professional expertise is a significant reason

why the Football Programme is presently so strong. Thanks Mark.

Footnote: Congratulations to Brad Crouch (SPC 2006 -2011) who was drafted to the Adelaide Football Club as a Pre Selection in the 2012 Draft, to Rory Taggert (SPC 2011) who was drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with pick number 36, to Tom Downie (SPC 2010 - 2011) who was drafted to the Greater Western Sydney Football Club with pick number 56 and to Nicholas O’Brien (SPC 2006 - 2001) who was drafted to the Essendon Football Club with pick number 59.

It is a significant achievement from all four boys and we wish them well, as they embark on their AFL careers. With the recent addition of Brad, Rory, Tom and Nicholas onto an AFL list, it brings the total number of SPC Old Collegians onto the 2012 AFL primary list to 17. We are extremely proud of. them

2011 SPC 1st XVIII Captain’s Football Report

Season 2011 proved to be another successful year for the college’s football program. The 1st XVIII began this year’s quest with practices matches against traditional rivals St Joseph’s Geelong, Assumption College and Xavier College, all of which were a solid hit out for the initial squad of players who were given the opportunity to put their best foot forward. One of the highlights of this year’s season was the trip to Darwin in the Easter holidays, in which students, teachers and parents were able to witness some of the truly great sights that our country has to offer. Between fishing trips, the Kakadu national park, Katherine gorge and a visit to the Tiwi Islands, the boys did not take for granted a once in a lifetime opportunity for many. It also tied in with the College’s recent progress in the development of our indigenous program, in which we have indigenous boys attending school from several different communities around Australia. The visit to the Tiwi Islands proved to be a great eye opener

2011 has seen cycling continue to develop, with the coordination of Mr Andrew Chamings and Mr Matthew Taylor in offering students the opportunity to further develop their own fitness and potential on the bike.

This year saw the addition of a MTB event along with the usual road event offered through Cycling Victoria. Wednesday afternoon riding continued throughout the year with riders of varying ability joining in.

Mountain Bike Regional Final Anglesea 24th July

On Sunday July 24, three students from Saint Patrick’s College made their way to Anglesea for the first regional final to be held as a part of the MTB Victorian Schools Cycling Championships 2011.

Daniel Taylor and Jerome Wallace, both year 10 students, represented the College in the under 17 Novice section completing 5 laps of a 2.1 km circuit around Eumarella Scout Camp at Anglesea. Ciaran Conaughton from year 12, represented the College in the under 19 racing category and completed 7 laps of the circuit.

To the delight of the boys (and the dismay of the parents who had to do the washing), the day was wet and the course had plenty of mud.

Daniel quickly established a lead over the field and even managed to pass riders in the under 19 division who had started prior to him. The boys held their positions through the final lap with Daniel finishing 4 minutes ahead of the field in a time of 38 minutes while Jerome took the 3rd position on the Podium.

Ciaran who was placed in the racing category for the first time in a MTB event, found the pace cracking to start with but soon established consistent lap times to eventually finish 3rd.

Congratulations and well done to all students who took part in this event, especially

Daniel and Jerome who qualified for the under 17 novice, and Ciaran in the under

19 racing category in the State Finals at Beaconsfield.

Following the State final Daniel Taylor managed to ride a very competitive race and achieved 2nd in the under 17 novice section with a strong ride, unfortunately narrowly missing the overall victory. Congratulations and well done to both Daniel and Jerome who both made the State finals and represented the College with commendable efforts.

Melbourne to Ballarat Classic

On Saturday 23 July, Aaron Blomeley took part in this year’s 101st running of the Melbourne to Ballarat Classic road race. Congratulations to Aaron who managed to finish 24th overall and was also the 2nd Under 19 division rider on the day, Aaron finished in a time 2hrs 21min 56sec.

Road Bike Regional Final Ballarat 12th October

As a part of the Victorian Schools Cycling Championships Central Highlands zone final, riders took to the road around Lake Wendouree for a specified number of laps.

Laurance Cashin, Ben Debono, Carson Dodds and Oliver Iles were the first to ride, taking part in the under 15 years novice division. This group contained the largest number of riders for the day, with all boys acquitting themselves well, but unfortunately found the pace a little hot and finished mid field.

In the under 17 racing division, St Patrick’s College were represented by James Burge and Hugo Tolliday. Hugo rode in a hotly contested event, finishing 2nd overall. Unfortunately James, just coming back into racing, found the going tough throughout, finishing back in the field.

St Patrick’s fielded its largest team of riders in the Under 17 novice with 5 boys entering this category, Timothy O’Shea, Laiton Sullivan, Ashley Quick, Jerome Wallace and Cooper Wells. This category was hotly contested right from the start with our boys finding the pace

too quick for them. All boys rode solidly throughout the event and finished mid field.

It was Ciaran Conaughton and Aaron Bromeley who started in the under 19 racing category for St Patrick’s College. Both started out strongly, riding with the leading group for the first few laps but neither was able to break away from Ballarat and Clarendon College rider, Nick White who eventually took out the race from Ciaran 2nd and Aaron 3rd..

In the final event for the day Patrick Cashin and Hamish Kelly rode in the under 19 novice category. Hamish and Patrick were able to maintain a consistent pace throughout the race to finish in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Congratulations and well done to all students who took part in this event.

Victorian Schools Cycling Championship

On Sunday October 16th, both Hamish Kelly and Hugo Tolliday made the trip to Lygon Street, Carlton, as a part of the State finals for the Victorian Schools Cycling Championships.

The race took place on a very tight circuit which made it difficult for either of the boys to break away from the peloton. Hamish, riding in the under 19 novice category, found his race was conducted in treacherous conditions throughout. Hamish managed to stay upright and out of trouble throughout the race ensuring he was able to be a part of the finish, managing a 2nd placing overall. Congratulations Hamish on an outstanding ride.

Hugo riding in the under 17 racing division, had the better of the conditions racing in fine weather. His group of experienced riders got caught out from the start letting a lone first year racer take a break at the start, and were never able to close the break away down. Hugo finished mid field in a good bunch of riders. Congratulations on your efforts Hugo in getting to the final.

Aaron, Ciaran and Patrick who are all studying in their final year

here at St Patrick’s decided that it would be wiser to stay in Ballarat and focus on studying for their upcoming VCE exams so they did not compete in the finals.

Congratulations and well done to both students who rode in the State finals. They performed extremely well and showed great sportsmanship in their results.

Leading riders for 2011 included

•Ciaran Conaughton who managed to take part in numerous events and achieved a placing in each zone final.

•Aaron Blomeley who has also developed further this year with strong results showing the commitment he has to the sport. Both students showed personal success combined with the pressures of VCE Year 12.

•Daniel Taylor also managed an outstanding effort in the MTB event showing real potential at this discipline.

•Hamish Kelly and Hugo Tolliday represented the College with exceptional efforts in the road discipline.

•Encouragement for 2011 goes to Ben Debono and Carson Dodds who started their cycling at St Pats with committed effort attending regular Wednesday training sessions, resulting in solid finishes in the under 13 novice division.

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsCyclingMr Matthew Taylor Coordinator

Ciaran Conaughton U19 racing


clinic highlighted the plight of many Indigenous Australians - the boys were confronted with extreme poverty, dilapidated housing and major health issues which would have provided them with some deep insights into how good life is in Victoria and within their own family structures.

The boys also had the great fortune to meet a number of Indigenous elders including ABC Grandstand’s Charlie King who spoke to the boys about issues of domestic violence and some of the complexities associated with the much publicised intervention where in some communities people have government payments regulated via the controversial ‘Basics Card’. Charlie spoke specifically about the issues facing men regarding sexual abuse - frighteningly 175 million children are abused in the world each year, most by men. Charlie challenged our boys to be great men and to lead the world wide campaign to reduce this confronting statistic.

All games were played in a fine spirit and were exceptional games of football being played in near ideal conditions in front of appreciative crowds - the locals slightly bemused by our traditional long sleeve jumper in the 30 degree heat!

BAS Grand Final Report Mr Howard Clark

St Patrick’s College 13 - 7. 85 Defeated Ballarat Clarednon College 5 - 6. 36

Goal Kickers: Jaydon Stiles 2, Rhys Monument 2, Scott Spriggs 2, Nick Rippon 2, Rory Taggert 1, Matt Crouch 1, David Morris 1, Nick O’Brien 1, Dallas Willsmore 1.

Best Players: Tom Stapleton, Tyler Blake, Nick O’Brien, Jake Neade, David Morris, Nick Rippon, Dallas Willsmore

St Patrick’s College defeated Ballarat and Clarendon College by 49 points in the Grand Final of the 2011 BAS competition. Played under lights at Eureka Stadium in ideal conditions, St Patrick’s College opened up the game full of intent and went into the first term break holding an 18 point lead. The opening

phase of the game was characterised by the hardness of Scott Spriggs, who in the first 2 minutes of the match, copped a crude head high knock, won the free kick, bounced up, played on and from 55 metres kicked to Nick O’Brien who marked on the goal line. It was an extremely courageous act by a player who has been exceptional in his 2 years in the 1st XVIII programme and illustrated how important school football is to not only Scott, but for the all the boys within the senior squad. Dallas Willsmore played his best game for the programme, presenting strongly, marking the ball at it highest point and executing by foot most effectively. It is wonderful to see the development of both Dallas and Matthew Crouch, who at Year 10 have become very important players within the playing group

The backline in the first quarter was exceptional and underlined the confidence that each have for each other. Tom Stapleton, Tyler Blake and David Morris in particular were outstanding and between these three players, they were able to execute seven spoils in this period. Tyler Blake’s closing speed, Tom Stapleton’s courage and “football smarts” and David Morris’ instructional voice contributed to minimising College’s pressure on the scoreboard. Tyler Blake had a game high 14 1% acts throughout the game and this certainly reflects how hard he was working.

Ballarat and Clarendon College went into their forward 50 on nine occasions during the first term, and the effectiveness of the back six was reflected in the scoreboard where they only scored one goal out of these nine entries

The second quarter was typical of an SPC v College game: Hard and physical with many stoppages. The highlight of the quarter was the defensive work by Jake Neade who laid five effective tackles and provided a lot of run and creativity from his defensive wing. We went inside our 50 on nine occasions compared to Ballarat Clarendon College’s seven and although both sides only scored one goal each, we went into the main break 20 points in front. At the main break we had entered into

our forward 50 on 17 occasions compared to Clarendon College’s 16 which underlined how effective the midfield and back six were working. Tyler Blake had created four runs to receive in this period and his run and creativity were extremely important in developing this 20 point lead.

The third quarter saw the game open up with St Pat’s opening up a 31 point lead at three quarter time. This lead was created on our players winning over 65% of contested football, a statistic that is extremely important to the playing group. A player’s ability to win their own football in a contested situation is a key performance indicator and is the basis of our game plan. It was pleasing that we were able to absorb the pressure from College and move out to a five goal lead at the main change. Jaydon Stiles who had struggled in the first half became an extremely damaging player and his two goals for the term, were pivotal in St Pat’s opening up this lead.

The final quarter saw St Pat’s entering their forward 50 on 14 occasions compared to Clarendon College’s seven. A most telling statistic at this point of the game. Of the 14 entries we scored on eight occasions (five goals three behinds) and this statistic clearly demonstrates the efficiency of our forwards. A real highlight of the term was a running goal from Rory Taggert who gathered the ball in our defensive area and kicked truly from 45 metres out. Another highlight of the term, was a miraculous goal from Scott Spriggs, who as he was being tackled, kicked a goal from the 50 metre arc and both goals contributed into St Pat’s eventually running out 49 point victors. Nicholas O’Brien who has been such an exceptional player, leader, contributor to the programme over the last three years, was moved into the midfield in the last quarter and his pressure alongside Matthew Begbie who had four centre clearances in the last quarter alone, provided great energy and run.

Thomas Stapleton created history in becoming the first SPC player to have been adjudged the winner of the John James Medal (Best on Ground in the BAS Grand Final)

for the second successive year and underlines his ability to perform in the bigger games.

The players were true to the Mission that they created mid year “FORCE” Friendship, Organised Respectful, Courageous, Education and this group of young men have certainly honoured the commitment that they made when creating their Mission statement. Our Call to Arms is “To be Remembered” and it is my great hope that over the next two weeks as we move into the semi final phase of the MCC Herald Sun Shield competition, that this group of young men, can not only honour the traditions of our past however achieve something that no other group in the history of our College has done “Making 3 successive MCC Herald Sun Shield Grand Finals and winning Back to Back premierships” History hopefully awaits this group of wonderful young men.

MCC Herald Sun Shield Grand-Final Mr Howard Clark

St Patrick’s College 13 - 11. 89 Defeated P.E.G.S 10 - 6. 66

Goal Kickers: Nick O’Brien 3, Jaydon Stiles 2, Rory Taggert 2, Jake Neade 1, Matthew Crouch 1, Isaiah Johnson 1, Josh Keys 1, Rhys Monument 1, Nicholas Rippon 1

Best Players: Nick O’Brien, David Morris, Nicholas Rippon, Matthew Begbie, Tyler Blake, Scott Spriggs, Jake Neade, Tom Stapleton

St Patrick’s College defeated Penleigh and Essendon Grammar by 23 points in the Grand-Final of the prestigious MCC Herald Sun Shield on Sunday, August 14. Played in beautiful conditions on the spiritual home of AFL football, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, St Patrick’s College created history by winning back to back titles for the first time to win the most coveted prize in schoolboy football.

St Patrick’s College entered the game as nominal favourites, having defeated Ballarat and

Clarendon College by 49 points in the BAS Grand Final and having defeated St Bede’s Mentone by 31 points in the semi final to earn the right to play P.E.G.S in the final.

With SPC being the nominal favourites, P.E.G.S commenced the game with full intent and purpose, controlling the first quarter and moving out to an eleven point lead at quarter time. With P.E.G.S controlling the stoppages and kicking accurately, the coaching panel needed to make some adjustments at the break to gain some control of the contest.

The second quarter was pivotal in the overall context of the game. Although the scoreboard didn’t adequately reflect our dominance of the quarter, we went inside our forward 50 arc on 15 occasions as compared with P.E.G.S’s 4 and the complexion of the game had certainly changed. David Morris and Tyler Blake continued their rich vein of form, providing plenty of run from across half back and Nick O’Brien who as the spiritual and nominated leader of the team provided the midfield group with a strong and hard working target across half forward. Although we had eight scoring shots to two, poor inaccurate kicking meant that both teams went into the main break 36 points apiece.

The third quarter is classified as the Premiership quarter and this was reinforced at half time by the coaching panel. Matthew Begbie who missed out on the 2010 Herald Shield Final was exceptional in the third quarter willing himself onto the contest and his clearance work around each of the stoppages, contributed into St Patrick’s College holding a slender eight point lead at three quarter time. Matthew had four clearances in this period and provided our forwards with first use of the ball.

The last quarter was testament to the character of this group of young men. For the first eight minutes of the quarter P.E.G.S, controlled the tempo of the game, having seven inside 50’s to our solitary one. With 12 minutes to go, the scores were level and the game was certainly being played in the P.E.G.S forward arc. A lunging tackle that resulted in a goal by

for the whole touring party, as we were exposed to conditions rarely seen in our country, and the boys were thankful to have the opportunity to conduct a clinic for many young boys and girls on the island. Among the great cultural experiences, football was obviously a key feature of the trip, and the extreme heat and humidity of the top certainly tested the boys out in the long sleeves St Pat’s strip. Both the 1st and 2nd XVII were starting to show glimpses of what they had to offer for the upcoming season back home.

With the newly reformed Herald Sun Shield structure, we were no longer required to qualify through a series of group games; instead we now had to ensure that we were premiers of the BAS competition in order to make it through to the Herald Sun Shield semi-final. Therefore we were now competing with Clarendon College in the quest to move past the BAS competition. As they have done for several years now, the 1st XVII coaching staff were terrific in their management of the group’s workload and ensured that as many boys got the opportunity to play 1st XVIII as possible. Despite the limited amount of games played and the variety of players chosen, the boys still managed to go through the BAS competition undefeated, with impressive wins against Clarendon being the feature. The mid-year holidays also provided a great opportunity for some continuity of football together as the annual St Kevin’s versus St Pat’s game took place at home on the main oval. We were able to win comfortably and now looked like we were slowly starting to become predictable to each other and ready to hit our straps when it counted most. Usual suspects Brad Crouch, Matt Begbie, Tom Stapleton, Scott Spriggs, Zane Thompson and Tyler Blake all continued with good form from the previous year, whilst newcomers to the program Rory Taggert, Dave Morris, Matt Crouch and Michael Close were also pivotal in adding to our structure and replacing what was turned over from last year’s side.

The beginning of term three represented many upcoming challenges for the playing squad, as the BAS final proved

to be another tough, physical and skilful game against our rival in Clarendon College. With injuries to Brad Crouch, Tom Smith and Michael Close, Nick O’Farrell and late newcomer Tanner Smith were welcomed into the side for the grand final under lights at North Ballarat. The game got underway as expected, with contested ball dictating who had the upper hand early. St Pat’s started well with some early goals resulted from hard acts by Scott and Matt Begbie in the midfield, before College hit back late in the first term to keep in close touch. The message at quarter time from coach Howard Clark was to persist in hard work and disciplined structures around stoppages, as we knew how good College are in that area. The second and third quarters saw a continual arm wrestle between the two sides, with terrific, rock solid performances from Tyler Blake and Tom Stapleton across the half back line saving us on many occasions, as College certainly came hard in their efforts to hit the lead. With our noses in front at three quarter time, we once again were told to continue with the brand of football that we know is a winning formula. Early clearances that were converted into goals gave us some temporary breathing space, as Nick Rippon and Jake Neade started to look dangerous with their run and creativity. As they do so often, College continued to hit back at us with forward 50 entries, but the courage and risk taking ability of Tom Stapleton almost single handedly held them out. By late in the final term we had now established a strong enough lead after goals from Scott Spriggs and Nick Rippon sealed the match, and the strong support from the SPC crowd helped in the celebrations when the final siren went. Tom Stapleton was deservedly awarded the John James medal for best on ground in the BAS final for the second year running, being the first player to do so.

Our sights were then firmly reset on the Herald Sun Shield semi-final, in which we headed to the newly established Highgate Arena in Craigieburn to take on a well-respected outfit in St Bede’s. We kicked against a strong breeze in the first quarter, and as Rhys

Monument kicked the first goal in the opening minute of the game, we certainly looked like making the best use out of hard conditions. St Bede’s then took over and kicked the next four goals to leave us behind by several goals at the break. By half time we had closed the gap significantly, although we were nowhere near playing our best football. Jake Neade was having a blinder, accumulating countless tackles and using the ball to the high level that he regularly does. We knew that to the win game he needed plenty of support. An improvement in attitude and the preparedness to work for each other resulted in us turning our fortunes around, as we took control of the game in the third quarter, restricting the effect of the wind and creating our own attack. The final quarter saw us kick away after strong performances once again around stoppage work from Matt Begbie and Jake Neade, whilst Isaiah Johnson was able to get on the end of some good delivery and convert to put St Pat’s through for our third Herald Sun Shield final in a row.

To achieve back to back success in the premier school football competition in Victoria, we were going to have to beat quality oppositions. Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School has been a formidable footballing school for many years, and it was only six years ago in 2005 that we had beaten them to win our second Herald Sun Shield. The first quarter started with some excellent running football from PEGS, in which they kicked the first two goals and had us on the back foot. Jaydon Stiles looked in good form up for St Pat’s, taking a strong mark and converting to get the ball rolling at the ten minute mark. Josh Keys also found the goals with a brilliant snap to build some more momentum for us. With the scoreboard reflecting very evenly matched football sides, St Pats were not converting with the same accuracy as PEGS. The second term saw us enter out forward 50 with greater frequency, with Isaiah Johnson kicking a goal off his left foot to reward some solid forward 50 pressure. Josh Keys continued playing his best game for the college, marking strongly and feeding our midfielders at stoppages. By half time the

game could still have gone either way, with neither school giving an inch in their quest for the shield. The third quarter saw some exciting football from Rory Taggert up forward, kicking an early goal along with Rhys Monument who also showed some class in converting from a snap around the body. Matt Begbie as he always does threw his body at the ball and won several crucial contested situations around the stoppages. Tom Stapleton and Tyler Blake worked with Dave Morris to once again form an unbreakable combination. Leaving the best until last, the final quarter proved to be the most exciting, with PEGS kicking the opening two goals of the quarter, with St Patrick’s looking on the back foot. It was once again the hardness of our midfield and backline that provided our forwards with opportunity to hit back at PEGS. Jayden Stiles showed his X factor to mark strongly and kick a goal under pressure, before Jake Neade, Rory Taggert and Mat Crouch helped us run away with our second Herald Sun shield title in a row. It continued a dynasty in school football at St Pats over the past three years.

It’s been a privilege to lead this football side over the course of 2011 under the great guidance of Howard Clark. Howard has been such a great leader and mentor for all of the boys involved in the football program over the course of their time at St Pats. On behalf of everyone involved in this season I would like to thank the coaching staff of Howard Clarke, Gavin Webb, Chris Caldow, Andrew Chammings, Peter Brown, and Andrew Shiltz whilst also a big thank you to our support staff Caroline Malone, Mick Allen and Rob Dywer for these efforts in helping the boys this season. We are also very appreciative of the support we receive from our Headmaster, Doctor Peter Casey, our Director of Sport Chris Gleeson and the Team Managers of Tamara Westwood and Justin Gordon.

I congratulate all of the year 12 boys on their contribution to school football at St Pats, whilst I also wish the boys who are still around next year all the very best in their quest to continue the great tradition of football at St Patrick’s College.

2011 SPC 1st XVIII Captain Nicholas O’Brien

Footnote: Nicholas has been an exceptional leader throughout his time at the College and it is no coincidence that whilst Nicholas has been representing the 1st XVIII (since Year Ten) he has only played in one losing game. His consistency of performance and his ability to inspire his team-mates both on the football field and in the classroom, will ensure that Nicholas will be viewed most favourably when comparing any player who has worn the time-honoured 1st XVIII Jumper. It is also fitting that Nick was selected by the Essendon Football Club with pick 59 in the 2012 National Draft.

A Top End Adventure

During the April holiday break a group of 60 students and staff visited Darwin and the ‘Top End’ as part of the College’s 1st XVIII football programme. The trip was organised by Director of Football Mr Howard Clark and provided students with a range of football development opportunities as well as a diverse range of educational experiences.

Highlights of the tour from a football perspective were games against the Northern Territory Under 18 and Under 16 Northern Squads, a match against St John’s College Darwin and a ‘friendly’ against a Tiwi Island combined team where players literally walked in from every part of Bathurst Island!

The boys were able to take in a range of educational experiences including visits to Kakadu National Park, Litchfield National Park, Katherine Gorge, East Point Military Museum, Adelaide River jumping crocodiles, Kakadu National Park and a deep sea fishing adventure in Fannie Bay. The boys were kept extremely busy also fitting in school football clinics at Malac Primary School and the Xavier School on Bathurst Island.

The boys did an outstanding job running the clinic on Bathurst Island and represented the College with distinction. A short walk down the street after the


and were well served by the team manger Mr Bernie Kenna who did an amazing job keeping track of our rotations. Some nights there were 14 on the bench!

The highlights of the season included a narrow hard fought loss to eventual Premier SPC Blue and victories over touring teams the Canadian Wolfpack XVIII and the Clontarf Academy team from Yirrara College.

2011 SPC Intermediate Blue Football Report Mr Mark O’Loughlin Year Ten Coach

The 2011 football season was yet another successful one for the SPC Year 10 team. It started relatively slowly with a hard fought defeat at the hands of St Joseph’s Geelong, but quickly built momentum from then on. The boys managed to win all but one game of the BAS competition to run out premiers for the third year in a row.

The highlight of the season was definitely the game against the SPC Year 9 team. It was a game of incredible skill and teamwork. Fortunately for us, the bigger bodies proved to be the difference in a thoroughly entertaining contest. This game showed to the small crowd in attendance what a terrific future these boys have in football at SPC. I am sure we witnessed several future 1st XVIII players and I look forward to seeing them representing the college in years to come.

Our season finished with a combined year 9 and 10 side playing against the Canadian Wolfpack. The scoreboard was very lopsided in the end but again, it was a terrific opportunity to give the boys a taste of football at a very good standard.

Congratulations to all who represented SPC Blue this year and well done on an outstanding season. I look forward to seeing you in the 1st XVIII jumper in the near future.

2011 SPC Intermediate Green Football Report Mr Michael Weadon Year Nine Coach

During the 2011 football season over forty different Year 9 students, represented St Patrick’s College with distinction. They not only played some skilful football against older and larger opponents, they also played with high levels of sportsmanship and courage.

During the season the team were introduced to some new tactics and began incorporating these into their game as the season progressed. While many players shone at different times, many highlights were recorded by Deng Deng, Finn Murphy, Jackson Hayes, Nev Fraser, Bill Watkins and by Tom Karras who kicked a great goal with his first kick in the Intermediate competition. Congratulations to Mitch Gillespie, Will Petrowski and Daniel Butler who were judged to have made the greatest contributions to the team over the whole season.

I anticipate the Year 9 footballers will form the nucleus of fine senior SPC teams in the years to come. Thankyou to all who helped the season progress smoothly and enjoyably, especially Mr. Howard Clark, Mr. Geoff Crawford, Mr. Scot Ware and Mr. Andrew Sliwa.

2011 SPC Junior Gold Football Report Mr Jarrett Giampaolo Junior Nunan Coach

This year was a good year for the Nunan team only dropping two games for the season. Nunan was a formidable team when they had all of their players on the park, but let it slip in the middle of the season with some poor attendance to games.

The pleasing aspect though was that the boys bounced back and finished the season off with a few great wins. There were 22 year 8 players with an additional eight year 7 players that got a chance to run out and represent their College in the BAS competition.

There were many standout performances for the year but overall Clay Raine was the best

and fairest. Clay didn’t miss a game and lead from the front every week. He assisted off the field as well trying to get other players involved. There were many other great players for Nunan this year including Leeroy Sheridan and Ben Simpson who were great through the midfield and will be a permanent fixture in many St Pat’s football teams in the future. Honourable mentions go to Tom Rawlings who battled hard in defence all term and Stuart Aberdein who was is a ball magnet who always put in 100%.

I would just like to thank all the players who were involved in the Nunan team this year, it was a pleasure to coach you boys and I look forward to following your success in the future.

2011 SPC Junior Blue Football Report Mr John Richards Junior Keniry Coach

St Patrick’s College Blue had a mixed season in 2011 posting some excellent victories and sustaining some comprehensive defeats. The Blues were fortunate to have the services of Brayden Leonard who consistently demonstrated excellent leadership to all in the team. His accurate long kicking and strong marking was a great asset to the team as a whole. Cameron Jackson’s determination and hardness around the packs made other players around him stand that little bit taller. His speed and fearlessness were a great inspiration to his team mates. The two Oostendorp brothers provided excellent targets in the forward line. Jack, at full-forward was able to mark strongly and kick accurately for goal; bagging eight goals against High School and kicking a total of twenty goals for the season. Sam showed some talent on the half-forward and often teamed well with his older brother. Al Rix, Ambrose Gillett and Lachlan Baker were consistent contributors to the Keniry Blue team, providing leadership to the younger team members. Year 7 boys Kayde Linton and Jarrod O’Brien improved as the season progressed and I am certain will have successful football careers here at St Patrick’s.

Our most impressive victory for the season was against Ballarat College on their water logged oval with a best on ground performance by Blake Thompson. The SPC Blue team were most impressed with the victory against the old rival.

It was an enjoyable experience to see the involvement of so many boys and I’m sure this season’s Year 7’s will develop and lead next year’s Keniry Blue team.

2011 SPC Junior Green Football Report Mr Garry Fitzsimons Junior Galvin Coach

Galvin team had an enjoyable and successful season this year winning 7 out of 9 games, losing to eventual winners Ryan and to Ballarat Clarendon College. Twenty seven students played on our list throughout the season. Several of our players had interleague commitments on Wednesday nights which left our team to the bare minimum each week.

The endeavour of all players was commendable throughout the season. There were many players who played consistently well all season including Sam Cranage, William Clark, Mitchell Canny, and Tyson Stewart from Year 8 and also Lachlan Thornton from Year 7 who is going to be a very exciting player to watch in the years to come.

Best and Fairest for Galvin team this year was awarded to Sam Cranage and runner up was William Clark.

It was and enjoyable experience and I would like to thank all players who contributed to our successful football team.

2011 SPC Junior White Football Report Mr Brendon Gilbert Junior Ryan Coach

Ryan has enjoyed a very successful season this year. The boys went through undefeated and were crowned Premiers and Champions.

A total of 27 boys played for Ryan this season; which included 23 Year 8’s and 4 Year 7’s. The boys were rotated

through different playing positions each week so that they could have an opportunity to learn and develop their knowledge of the game. They were very positive and enthusiastic of this and enjoyed the challenge of playing in different parts of the field.

Jaydon Stiles, changed the complexion of the game. This was followed up by goals from the extremely talented Jake Neade, an opportunistic goal from Rory Taggert and a 50 metre captain’s mark and goal from Nick O’Brien (all in a three minute period) and the final goal of the game by Matthew Crouch who continues to impress as a Year 10 student.

The win was a true testament to the character of the boys, as they willed themselves over the line, digging deep when challenged and ending the year undefeated and honouring their Call to Arms of “To be Remembered”. A fitting conclusion to a year that promised so much and delivered more than we could have expected. Not just for the boys’ football ability but the humble manner in which they have carried themselves. This group of young men, created history in being the first St Patrick’s College Team to win back to back Herald Sun Shield Titles and they will always be measured most favourably when comparing teams across our proud and long history.

As the Head Coach of St Patrick’s College, it has been my unique privilege to work with not only these boys, however with all the boys within the Senior programme and with my coaching staff of Gavin Webb, Chris Caldow, Andrew Shiltz, Andrew Chamings, Peter Brown and Chris Gleeson and my Team Mangers of Tamara Westwood and Justin Gordon who continue to provide inspiration, knowledge and positive role modelling to all the players. Congratulations and thank you to you all.

2011 1st XVIII Results

Practice Matches

St Patrick’s College 8 - 10. 58 Defeated Xavier College 4 - 8. 32

Goal Kickers: Bradley Crouch 2, Rhys Monument 2, Joshua Keys 2, Isaiah Johnson 1, Zane Thompson 1

Best Players: Bradley Crouch, Nicholas Rippon, Timothy MacKenzie, Rhys Monument, David Morris, Tyler Blake

St Patrick’s College 13 - 10. 88 Defeated St Kevin’s College 6 - 7. 43

Goal Kickers: Matthew Crouch 4, Joshua Keys 2, Mitchell Phelps 1, Rhys Monument 1, Jayden Stiles 1, Isaiah Johnson 1, Rory Taggert 1, Ashley Simpson 1, Michael Close 1

Best Players: Mathew Begbie, Jayden Stiles, Rory Taggert, Michael Close, Tyler Blake, Thomas Stapleton, Matthew Crouch, Thomas Smith

BAS Season

St Patrick’s College 13 - 11. 89 Defeated Ballarat High School 0 - 0 - 0

Goal Kickers: Ashley Constable 3, Isaiah Johnson 2, Nicholas O’Brien 2, Zane Thompson 2, Rhys Monument 2, Dallas Willsmore 1, Matthew Crouch 1

Best Players: Bradley Crouch, Nicholas O’Brien, Rory Taggert, Michael Close, Jake Neade, Zane Thompson, Scott Spriggs, Isaiah Johnson

St Patrick’s College 18 - 14. 122 Defeated Ballarat Grammar 7 - 5. 47

Goal Kickers: Isaiah Johnson, Matthew Crouch 3, Mitchell Phelps, Scott Spriggs, Mathew Begbie, Matthew Close 2, Ashley Constable, Jack Wilson, Jack Kelly, Rory Taggert 1.

Best Players: Matthew Crouch, Rory Taggert, Timothy McKenzie, Michael Nolan, Mitchell Phelps.

St Patrick’s College 11 - 7. 73 Defeated Ballarat College 7 - 3. 45

Goal Kickers: Rory Taggert 3, Mitchell Phelps 2, Nicholas Rippon 2, Rhys Monument 1, Isaiah Johnson 1, Jayden Stiles, Matthew Crouch 1

Best Players: Bradley Crouch, Matthew Crouch, Nicholas Rippon, Michael Close, Rory Taggert, David Morris, Thomas Downie

SPC Defeated Ballarat High School (Forfeit)

SPC Defeated Ballarat Grammar School (Forfeit)


Goal Kickers: Rory Taggert 2, Scott Spriggs 1, Mitchell Phelps 1, Ashley Simpson 1, Jayden Stiles 1, Joshua Keys 1, Norton Darrigan 1, Dallas Willsmore

Best Players: Michael Close, Thomas Downie, Nicholas Rippon, Scott Spriggs, Rory Taggert, Jayden Stiles, Thomas Stapleton, Mathew Begbie, Zane Thompson, David Morris

BAS Grand Final


Goal Kickers: Jaydon Stiles 2, Rhys Monument 2, Scott Spriggs 2, Nick Rippon 2, Rory Taggert 1, Matthew Crouch 1, David Morris 1, Nicholas O’Brien 1, Dallas Willsmore 1.

Best Players: Thomas Stapleton, Tyler Blake, Nicholas O’Brien, Jake Neade, David Morris, Nicholas Rippon, Dallas Willsmore

Semi Final Herald Sun Shield (Semi Final)

St Patrick’s College 11 - 16. 82 Defeated St Bede’s 6 - 15. 51

Goal Kickers: Nick O’Brien 2, Michael Close 2, Scott Spriggs 2, Jaydon Stiles 1, Josh Keys 1, Dallas Willsmore 1, Jake Neade 1, Rhys Monument 1,

Best Players: Jake Neade, Matt Begbie, Rory Taggert, Michael Close, Nick Rippon, Jaydon Stiles, Scott Spriggs

Herald Shield Sun Final (Grand Final)

St Patrick’s College 13 - 11. 89 Defeated P.E.G.S 10 - 6. 66

Goal Kickers: Nicholas O’Brien 3, Jaydon Stiles 2, Rory Taggert 2, Mathew Crouch 1, Isaiah Johnson 1, Joshua Keys 1, Rhys Monument 1, Jake Neade 1, Nicholas Rippon 1

Best Players: Nicholas O’Brien, David Morris, Nicholas Rippon, Mathew Begbie, Tyler Blake, Jake Neade

2011 SPC 2nd XVIII Blue Football Report Mr Gavin Webb 2nd XVIII Blue Coach

Once again the SPC Senior Football Programme entered two 2nd XVIII teams in the BAS competition, SPC Blue (Mr. Webb) and SPC Green (Mr. Waddington/Mr. Blanchfield). This shows how much interest and depth there is in football at the College. Both squads had over 30 players to choose from with SPC Blue taking on a town flavour whilst SPC Blue was made up predominately of boarders. This was done for logistical and practical reasons. It also ensured a “grudge” match when the sides played each other.

Throughout the season 34 players represented SPC Blue. A core group of 15 players regularly took to the field on a Tuesday afternoon with the remaining spots being filled by who ever were available. School camps, injuries, the withdrawal of BHS and Grammar forfeiting a match and the semester holidays meant we struggled to gain momentum prior to the final against College.

All players who represented the College thoroughly enjoyed their time on and of the field. The games were played in the right spirit as the players respected the umpires and the opposition at all times. It is important this quality is evident as they grow into men. Standout players over the season were Michael Nolan, Jack Wilson, Nicholas O’Farrell, Liam Mullen, Liam Hepworth, James Mead, Lachlan O’Connell, Patrick Doyle and Angus Kirby. During all the matches played plenty of

positional changes were made to ensure everyone was getting a go and to develop the abilities of everyone. Being versatile is important in the modern game.

The final was played as a curtain raiser to the 1st XVIII Grand Final at North Ballarat. With some key players returning to the 1st XVIII line up we were able to field our strongest side for the year. All players were determined to finish the year of on a good note. We dominated the final from start to finish, the year 12 boys in particular enjoying the occasion.

Special thanks must go to the Director of Football Mr. Howard Clark, the Director of Sport Mr. Chris Gleeson, SPC Green Coach Mr. Mark Waddington, Sport Administration Officer Ms. Tamara Westwood, Sport Trainee Mr. Justin Gordon and the players for their ongoing support.

2011 SPC 2nd XVIII Green Football Report Coaches: Mr Mark Waddington, Mr Peter Blanchfield, Mr Adam Jennings and Mr Bernie Kenna

In 2011 the 2nd XVIII Green team was comprised fully of boarding students which made for some spirited competition during the season. The challenge of rotating 34 players made it difficult to get any real continuity which was particularly evident in the first few rounds of the competition. However as the players started to learn the game plan and have full confidence in their team mates the ‘mighty greens’ recorded some inspiring and impressive victories finishing in third place for season 2011.

Best player for the year was William Peart who was a worthy co-recipient of the Greg Dowd Memorial Trophy. He was well supported by brother Michael, Vincent White, Kane Gleeson, Zac Hopper, James Keys, David Dickinson, Beau James, Dominic Barry, Luke Kemp and Eric Kinthari who were all consistent players with a number given the opportunity to play 1st XVIII football during the season.

The team enjoyed some exceptional coaching from Peter Blanchfield and Adam Jennings


First Hockey

Back Row (L-R): Mark McOwen, Kayne Allen, Luke Polmear, Eddie Pou, Aaron Salvatore, Lachlan Mulquinney, Shaun Hocking

Front Row: Tim McOwen, Andrew Howlett, Michael Trigger, Harrison Bardwell, Jack Wilson, Nathan Rose

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsHockey

First XI Hockey Mr John Sullivan Coach

What an exciting season for the participants of the First XI Hockey Team this year in 2011. Hockey players from three year levels participated in the team to an excellent standard which saw SPC finish the season undefeated and well positioned to play the grand final. Unfortunately, in spite of our most sincere efforts, we were defeated by an exceptionally talented Ballarat Grammar Gold, 6 goals to 1 in an exciting final. Our boys however were far from disheartened and took great joy in the fact of making it to the final this season. Looking to the future with the finished synthetic turf here at the College, I am extremely confident that our skill level and playing standard will continue to improve and we will continue to be a competitive force in the BAS competition.

Captain Harrison Bardwell competently led the team for a second year, ably supported by Zak McMurray as Vice Captain. During each match our leaders displayed excellence in

sportsmanship and skill while providing a much valued moral support to the younger players. My sincere thanks to them for their consistent efforts during season 2011.

The 2011 team was formed of 13 dedicated students keen to give hockey their very best effort each Thursday. With ten returning players and three newcomers to the sport, the season got off to an exciting start defeating BG Blue 2-nil. This provided the team with a massive boost to our confidence and provided impetus for the newer members to ‘dig in’ at practices and develop some much needed skill. There is no doubt that across the entire season these few ‘new’ players made extremely valuable contributions to the matches on regular occasions, so well done to Kayne Allen, Shaun Hocking and Eddie Pou for stepping into the exciting world of hockey.

Other than the captains, the remaining players - Lachlan Mulquiny, Tim McOwan, Mark McOwan, Aaron Salvatore, Cameron Lewis, Nathan Rose, Luke Polmear and Andrew

Howlett left an indelible mark on season 2011. Each week different players shone on field participating in a host of amazing teamwork and individual efforts. It is marginally sad to say goodbye to the Year 12s with regard to the hockey, selfishly I have asked a few to repeat their final year so they can continue to play, but none appear to be keen! So again I say thanks to you boys for your efforts, your commitment, and your willingness to represent your school and play hockey.

Team for 2011 Harrison Bardwell - Captain Zac McMurray - Vice captain Lachlan Mulquinny Cameron Lewis Kayne Allen Nathan Rose Luke Polmear Aaron Salvatore Tim McOwan Eddie Pou Mark McOwan Andrew Howlett Shaun Hocking

Intermediate Hockey Ms Casey Frame Coach

With a much interrupted season, it was unfortunate that we only had the opportunity to play four games; two against Ballarat Grammar School and two against Ballarat High School. Some games had to be rearranged due to teams not having enough players to take the field. Although we didn’t win any games, it was obvious our boys had a lot of enjoyment and fun playing Hockey with each other. Honourable mentions must go to Mitchell Thomas and Matthew Keogh. Both boys haven’t played much Hockey in their life, but you couldn’t recognise them on the field once they were decked out with pads, guards and all of the other safety clothing, toughing it out in the keeper positions. They both did an amazing job, so well done to both of you.

In the four games we played, we were fortunate to score 2 goals. Well done to Lachlan Hewitt and Mark McOwen to score our only two goals for the season. The relief, excitement and celebrations that occurred

after each goal, was entertaining to say the least.

Special mention must go to: Isaac Sullivan and Luke Benfield, who were our solid line of defence each week. It was clearly evident Isaac was our go to man, as he continuously displayed great leadership skills, wonderful guidance and sportsmanship to his teammates and opposition throughout the whole season. He was without a doubt our best player for the season, well done and congratulations.

I would like to thank all the boys who contributed throughout the season. They are: Isaac Sullivan, Mark McOwen, Lachlan Hewitt, Mitchell Thomas, Josh Leviston, Ash Duffy, Connor Aitken, Luke Benfield, Matt Keogh, Tom Evans (year 7) and Laurence McCrabb (year 7).

Thanks for an enjoyable season, we had a lot of fun and I look forward to next year.

GymnasticsMr Don Pennell

The endeavour and commitment to the program from all players was outstanding. A large number of boys from Ryan were invited to train for the Under 14 Interleague squad, to the credit of these boys they still committed to playing every Wednesday night, even if it was only for a half before they had to go to Interleague training. This commitment to the team contributed considerably to the success the boys experienced.

There were many standout players all across the field this season. Jacob Wheelahan, Leigh Spiteri, Thomas Wakefield, Thomas Evans, Thomsa Thacker and Darcy Kelly were very dominant when they played in the midfield. Samuel Mewett and Joel Willmott were pivotal tall targets up forward and Harli Givvens was very dangerous in the forward 50, kicking a game high of 4 goals against Keniry.

The best and fairest winner was Jacob Wheelahan. Jacob played every game, even though he was apart of the Under 14 Interleague squad. Jacob received 13 votes including 3 best on grounds. Leigh Spiteri was second with 11 votes. Leigh had an excellent season; he missed one game through Interleague commitments and also played with a sore shoulder for part of the season. Thomas Wakefield came third in the best and fairest. Thomas was a very important player through the midfield. He is hard at the ball, runs and carries it and, most importantly, executes his disposal effectively.

Thanks to all the parents who came to watch and supported the boys. I’m sure they greatly appreciate it. I would like to wish the boys who played in the Ryan team the best of luck with their club and school footy in the future. It was a very enjoyable year to see so many good young footballers coming through the system.

James Medal Presentation Evening Awards

1st XVIII B&F Br W.T. O’Malley Best & Fairest Bradley Crouch & Rory Taggert

2011 John James Medal Best on Ground BAS Grand Final Thomas Stapleton

SPC Rebels Most Valuable Player Nicholas O’Brien

2011 SPC MCC Herald Sun Shield Player of the Year Nicholas O’Brien

2nd XVIII Best & Fairest (Greg Dowd Trophy) Michael Nolan & William Peart

2nd XVIII B&F (White) William Peart

2nd XVIII B&F (Blue) Michael Nolan

Year 10 Most Promising Player Matthew Crouch

Year 10 Intermediate Blue Best & Fairest Joseph Mason

Year 9 Intermediate Green Best & Fairest Mitchell Gillespie

Junior Green B&F Sam Cranage

Junior White B&F Jacob Wheelahan

Junior Gold B&F Clay Raine

Junior Blue B&F Brayden Leonard

A small but dedicated team of St Patrick’s College gymnasts recently compete in the State Gymnastics Competition. Teams from all over Victoria participated in the competition, with SPC gymnasts entered in the following divisions:

Divisions Entered:

•Div B - Team & 4 Individuals

•Div C - 1 Individual

• Div D - 1 Individual

• Div E - Team & 2 Individuals

There were some great results from all the boys, and with students represented from most year levels, it was a fantastic achievement.

Thanks to Mr Don Pennell (Head Coach) and to Pat Thorpe, Nathan Willey and Tom Thorpe who assisted with the coaching. A special thanks to Pat for the excellent way he organised everyone around the competition floor and coordinated with each Judge, leaving Mr Penell to concentrate on the coaching. Thanks to Daniel Christie who coordinated uniforms, gear and security and to Antoin Thorpe who captured the day’s actions on video for us which will be an ongoing source of reference. Also, thanks to Tania Dodds (Carson’s Mum) who travelled with the team and, being a nurse, was unfortunately put to the test a couple of times.

Unfortunately we did have a scare when, on the very last routine (Parallel Bars), Anthony Zreikat landed awkwardly from his saulto and a loud “crack” and screech was heard. The initial diagnosis by the onsite medical team was a potential rupture of the ACL of his right knee. After X-rays and diagnosis by his personal doctor this did not appear to be the case and the noise could be attributed to his knee “popping out then back in”. Thankfully, despite this worrying turn of events on the very last routine, Anthony was cleared of major injury, although he had some crutches to keep him company for a few weeks.

The results were probably some of the best we have experienced and, given the hard year the boys have gone through, all can be very proud of their achievements. Footscray City Gymnastics Club (one of the big forces in the Metro area) has given us an invitation for the boys to compete at their upcoming November event.

Competition Outcome

The results were probably some of the best we have experienced the boys can be proud of their achievements.

Results from the State Gymnastics Competition for St. Patrick’s:

Teams competing: Mornington St. Patrick’s Balwyn Rosebud Wesley Princes Hill St. Paul’s Upwey Footscray Bright Mt. Beauty

Divisions Entered: Div B - Team & 4 Individuals Div C - 1 Individual Div D - 1 Individual Div E - Team & 2 Individuals

Results: Div B Team - 1st Place Anthony Zreikat, James Fahey, Zac Poole & Zac Robertson A/A 1st Place Zac Poole, 3rd Place – Anthony Zreikat & 6th Place – Zac Robertson

Div C - A/A - 3rd Place Nick Moriaty

Div D - A/A 1st Place Carson Dodds

Div E - Team - 3rd Place Joe Thorpe & Tom Lannen A/A 5th Place Tom Lannen


First Rugby

Back Row (L-R): Ayden Hutchings, Alex Thompson, Eamonn McVeigh, Rory Conroy, Louis Micich.

Middle Row: Aaron Preddy, Thomas Azarnikow, Mitchell Cattell, Michael Bilston, Nicholas Beaver, Christopher Debono.

Front Row: Eddie Pou, Dominic Kuriger, Scott Azarnikow, Mr Leigh McKee, Matthew Dewar, Regan Boyce, Kieran Hickey.

Absent: Jack Jenkins, Patrick Ross - Taylor, Isiah Johnson, Joshua, Andersen, Joshua Pylanda

given to me in running the rowing program by Mr. Peter Blanchfield the Assistant Director of Rowing, our coaching team lead by Mr. Terry Austin and including Kurt Sosinski, Damon Edwards, Regan Forbes, David Kay, Tom Kavanagh, Rick Blanchfield, Jake Belsar, Dermot Conaughton, Ted Long, Daniel Sharp, James Cook, Justin Hobson and Isaac Kirby. Without the assistance of the volunteer coaches, our programme would not experience the success that it does. I would also like to thank the Rowing Club committee led by President Laurie Gillett, Secretary Karolyn Malone, Treasurer John Forbes, and committee members Ann Keys, Chris O’Farrell, Tony Stoffels, Colin Bilston, Gary Jones, John McKinnon and Adrian Doyle. Their coordination of fundraising events has seen the club be able to purchase a new boat and boat trailer for the commencement of the 2011-2012 rowing season.

It has been an incredible year for rugby at St Pat’s, In January the newly formed Melbourne Rebels played Fiji in a trial game on the College’s Main Oval. Several boys were selected to represent their state and even more represented in the Western Metro Zone for the Rebels Regional Rugby. Our teams enjoyed an incredibly successful season and I urge all boys to come and try this great game.

1st XV

SPC v Melbourne High School

The senior boys had their first hit out was a sevens tournament at Xavier College on April 30. The boys narrowly lost to the 1st division teams from Xavier and Scotch but defeated all of the second division teams. A very pleasing hit out.

Our first round encounter was against the highly fancied Melbourne High School at home. Both teams scored early and the first half was a real arm wrestle. Some undisciplined penalties cost us hard earned

yards in the first half and most observers would agree that St Pat’s looked the better the team to half time

Things didn’t go our way after half time. Some silly errors by SPC made High School look a lot better than they were. The lopsided penalty count (14 -3) didn’t help our cause and the lack of ball SPC was afforded, meant we were always going to be up against it. Eventually going down 40 points to 19.

SPC v Marcellin

Going into round two the boys were eager to bounce back. It seemed like a new team in the change rooms before the game. The team was buoyed with confidence with the return of Mitch Cattell to guide our back line and an overall determination to beat the reigning premiers Marcellin College. It was a great atmosphere on the day with both the Juniors and Intermediates playing at home.

After a win from the intermediates the stage was set for the First Fifteen to put on a

show and that they did. Right from the kick off it was obvious that the game would be intense with some strong defence from both sides. Unlike the week before SPC was playing a more disciplined style of Rugby and this paid off with a try from Dom Kuriger with a run down the wing fending off a number of determined Marcellin defenders.

Not to be outdone by his fellow winger, Isaiah Johnson used his speed and strength to duck and weave through several defenders to score on the other side of the field. Unfortunately, as a result of some poor defence from SPC, Marcellin scored points through the Paddy’s forward pack. Marcellin proved why they are the defending premiers with some well sustained defence until Mitchell Cattell proved that he could take it to there forwards by bustling over the line before the break.

After a encouraging half time pep talk from the coaching staff the team ran onto the field with further determination and it only took two plays until Matt Dewar picked a hole in the Marcellin

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsRugbyMr Leigh McKeeDirector of Rugby

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsRowingMr Jamie LynnDirector of Rowing

Junior Hockey

Back Row (L-R): Benjamin DeBono, Glyn Kendall, Aryton Lim, Patrick Willis, Troy Keem, Bradley Bosworth

Front Row: Connor Dowie, Connor Kent, Thomas Evans, James Waller, Lawrence McCrabb, Patrick Walsh, Samuel Seymour-Quest.

Junior Hockey Mrs Louise Klopak Coach

The Junior Hockey season was a successful one for many reasons. First of all each week we had a full team of committed and enthusiastic players and then also a solid bench for each of the 4 games. Secondly the skill level of each player improved significantly throughout our season. Thirdly we took advantage of practising on the recently opened Jo Walter Hockey Field. Hockey at St Patrick’s College will only get stronger!

The Junior Hockey team consisted of Connor Dowie, Tom Evans, Connor Kent, Brad Bosworth, Eden Brandenburg, Darcy Bissett, Jacob Coxwall, Sam Seymour-Quest, James Waller, Paddy Walsh, Patrick Willis, Lachlan Hope, Glynn Kendall, Troy Keen, Ayrton Lim, Ben DeBono ( 2 games) Lawrence McCrabb (1 game), Clay Raine (1 game).

The 2010 – 2011 rowing season saw the return of rowing boats to Lake Wendouree. This caused much excitement around the rowing club and as of the beginning of term 4 2010, we were back, rowing on the Lake. Initially we were only able to put out rowing boats and the boys were coached from a scull, kayak or off the bank, but by week five of term four, we were able to once again use motorboats to coach from. The ability to use Lake Wendouree saw an influx of rowers to the shed and on Boatrace day 2011 we were able to boat seventeen crews for St Patrick’s College.

During term four, our senior crews competed in many regattas including the Barwon Head, Melbourne Head, Head of the Yarra and Dimboola Regatta. We had winning crews at three of these regattas. Our junior crews competed in two regattas during term four, one at Geelong and one in Hamilton with good results.

Also at the end of term four, all of our rowers participated in a two day training camp held in Ballarat. Whilst the water conditions were less than ideal

for this camp, it was fantastic to see so many parents come and assist in the catering for the camp. This was once again led by John Forbes.

The summer break saw the rowers have some time off the water whilst still completing some individual fitness training prior to returning in late January for the five day Sale rowing camp. On the Sale camp the boys would row a minimum of three times a day and also have one land based fitness session. This meant that there were lots of hungry mouths to feed and once again under the leadership of John Forbes, our parent volunteers were able to cater extremely well for the rowers. On return from the Sale camp our senior crews travelled to Nagambie to compete in the Ballarat Regatta.

We also competed in the Barwon Regatta, Colac Regatta, Wendouree Ballarat Regatta, St Patrick’s Regatta and the State Championships prior to the Head of the Lake. Unfortunately this was held on the Barwon river, as Lake Wendouree was undergoing works on the rowing course. Head of the Lake 2011

saw seventeen St Patrick’s College crews compete for the school, and in an outstanding effort, we were able to retain the boys’ premiership for a seventh consecutive year with fourteen of our seventeen crews winning their division. Our first crew were unable to beat the much bigger rowers from Ballarat Grammar on boat race day and after leading the race through the 800m mark were overtaken by both Grammar and College.

2011 saw the Australian National Championships held at Westlakes, Adelaide. Our senior first and second crews travelled to Adelaide to compete at this regatta. This year’s National Regatta had an extremely fast field and places in the finals were hotly contested. Unfortunately for us, we were not able to make the A final of the regatta. Nonetheless the experience that the boys had at this regatta rubbing shoulders with the elite of rowing in Australia is a memory that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Once again I would like to acknowledge the assistance


Under 14 Rugby

Back Row (L-R): Ben DeBono, Billy Sullivan, Rhys Hutchinson, Jesse White, Ryley McDougall

Middle Row: Liam McIntosh, Bryce Evans, Alex McDonald, Oliver Richardson, Ethan Duggan, Matthew McIntosh

Front Row: Mitchell Cocking, Alex Kerr, Christopher Saunders, Daniel Lannen, Lachlan Dewar

Under 16 Rugby

Back Row (L-R): Ryan Guest, Gene Bergman, Jaykeb Lench, Andrew Vidic

Middle Row: Nathan Stevens, Finn Murphy, Paddy Taylor-Potter, Tim Rennie

Front Row: Reece Evans, Peter Leighton, James McDougall, Connor Squires, Lachlan Matheson

them bounce back and then surge ahead with tries to Joshua Andersen, Aaron Preddy and two to Matthew Dewar putting the game well beyond Ivanhoe’s reach. Mitchell Cattell had his kicking boots on, converting all tries. None were easy and a couple were very difficult.

SPC 42 def Ivanhoe Grammar 17

SPC 1st XV Rugby v Bromsgrove School.

SPC took on Bromsgrove, a touring English School, on Friday afternoon. Bromsgrove has a huge rugby program and the challenge to St Pat’s was going to be truly monumental.

The challenge facing SPC became even more daunting when several key players had to withdraw due to work commitments and debutant balls. In true SPC style several intermediate players and non rugby players from the senior school stepped up and joined in the fray.

In the true meaning of the word Bromsgrove were “awesome”. Their size, skill and organization were very impressive. The SPC boys seemed a little intimidated by the task at hand but once the initial anxiety wore off SPC set about trying to slay Goliath.

Bromsgrove scored some easy tries in the early parts of the game before SPC settled and made them earn their points. Victory was beyond reach at half time and St Pat’s threw caution to the wind and started throwing the ball around. This attitude shift was what St Pat’s needed and they started to stretch the Bromsgrove defence until finally, mid way through the 2nd half, Matt Dewar got onto the end of some SPC back line play and crossed our line with Tom Azarnikow converting the kick.

Bromsgrove School 50 def SPC 7

1st XV (div 2) Grand Final v Haileybury College.

St Pat’s ably accounted for Carey in the Semi and would now be pitted against old foes Haileybury in the grand final at Carey Grammar.

The earlier than normal start time of 10am was not ideal, but St Pat’s rugby teams are certainly no strangers to waking up before dawn on Saturday mornings before commencing battle. The team was buoyed to see Dr Casey arrive during their warm up. It was heart warming to see the lads take the time to go and shake his hand If any action could describe the culture of SPC it was this one.

During the pre game address, coach Mike Govers spoke of the importance of getting off to a good start “The first fifteen minutes of this game is going to be brutal, make no mistake. If you are not switched on early we could be 10 points down very quickly”

Haileybury deserved their favouritism having defeated SPC at home earlier in the year, but one gets the feeling St Pat’s

enjoyed being the underdog. The boys were quieter than normal, but there was no doubting the look in their eye. They were determined to go out and rattle Haileybury’s cage.

The team had been warned of being disciplined at the breakdown. The referee, who officiated in the semi, was also in charge of the grand final. He penalised SPC very heavily last week for very minor infractions. The boys had worked hard entering the contested breakdown from an onside position.

Haileybury won the toss and received the kick. They were immediately set upon by some fierce SPC defence. It didn’t take long for the boys from Ballarat to stamp their authority on the game. They turned over and then maintained the ball with some fantastic phase rugby. With their coaches words ringing in their ears they played aggressive, controlled and disciplined rugby. St Pat’s had Haileybury pinned inside their own twenty two and were playing unbelievable rugby. Eventually the Haileybury defence succumbed and

Mitchell Cattell weaved his way through the Haileybury back line to score and after converting his own try SPC led 7 – 0.

St Pat’s continued to dominate the next 10 minutes and deserved to be further in front. Haileybury hit back and successive 10 minute periods saw a real arm wrestle develop.

The early intensity had seemed to have taken its toll on SPC and the boys were now under huge pressure late in the first half. Haileybury had galvanised and St Pat’s were flagging. The defence was impressive ,but the dam was eventually breached.

Half Time SPC 7 – HC 7

The half time message from the coaching staff was one of patience “We just have to slow it down. Don’t try and score a try with every phase.” St Pats’ were confident knowing they’d stuck it to Haileybury and had matched them in the first forty minutes, so points early in the second stanza would be vital to the SPC cause.

blind side and ran in a try from half way. Marcellin replied with a try under the post after some fierce competition between both teams. The win was confirmed with another amazing try from new recruit Isaiah Johnson intercepting the ball with ease and scoring under the post without a finger laid on him.

St Patrick College 31 defeated Marcellin College 10

SPC v Mentone

In round three SPC played traditional rivals Mentone at home this week. SPC dominated from the very start and scored two tries in the first five minutes.

The entire game was an SPC highlight reel and was described by one onlooker as a try-fest.

SPC 86 def MC 5

SPC v Carey

Our first trip away came in round four with a long trip to Bundoora to take on fellow finals aspirant Carey Grammar.

Carey were very fired up and hit the ground running. Their aggression and determination in both attack and defence had stunned SPC and they would go into half time with a five point deficit.

A stern talk from coach Mike Govers saw the boys start to link phases together and crucially maintain possession and create pressure on the Carey boys. Tries to Isiah Johnson and Matt Dewar saw SPC hit the front for the first time. At the resumption, after Dewar’s try, Alex Thompson was hit with a cheap shot as he jumped to catch the kick, This had the SPC team seeing red. Thompson was taken off in a great deal of pain and from here St Pat’s dominated. Led by Matthew Dewar, Mitchell Cattell and Isiah Johnson, St Pat’s worked overtime to record a wonderful victory.

SPC 37 def CG 21

SPC v Haileybury

SPC lost the following week to 1st division Melbourne Grammar in a friendly and then took on Haileybury College in a very important clash at home. The winner was likely to finish on top of the table.

For the first time Rugby was played on “the Main”, and the Under 14’s and Under 16’s had both recorded solid wins and all that was needed now was for the “firsts” to get over the line.

Haileybury are traditional rivals and the two teams do not like losing to the other. St Pat’s had some injury concerns to scrum half Jack Jenkins, winger Isiah Johnson and Prop Matthew Dewar but all three boys fronted up and went to battle.

The first half was a great display of defensive rugby from both sides. Greasy conditions made handling difficult, resulting in wet weather rugby dominated by the forwards. Haileybury were marginally better in the first half and went into the sheds ahead by 7 points. The second half was all Haileybury though, as SPC made crucial errors and failed to build the

pressure that won them the game against Carey. Haileybury was too good.

HC 22 def SPC 5

SPC v St Kevin’s

Rugby returned to the program for the annual challenge day against St Kevin’s in 2011. The day started on a reflective and sombre note as both sides lined up in the centre of the pitch for a minutes silence to honour Br Bernie Scott who gave such fine service to both schools but sadly passed away just days before.

The timing of the day was not convenient as many SPC rugby players had already left to begin their holiday and so a few year 10 boys got the opportunity to pull on a 1st XV jersey for the first time. St Kevin’s were very accommodating in bringing a squad of developing boys instead of their 1st XV to ensure that the game was a contest under the circumstances.

St Kevin’s were simply too good and ran out easy winners.

St Kevins 55 def SPC 5

SPC v Ivanhoe

SPC is used to travelling to play, but it never gets any easier. This week the boys had to depart from school at 7am.

St Pat’s received the kick to start the game, but were unusually ill disciplined early conceding penalties inside the Ivanhoe 22 which the home side capitalized on by kicking a penalty goal. Not to be outdone, SPC struck back with a try on the 10 minute mark to Jack Jenkins. Ivanhoe found their stride with a converted try not long after.

Trailing again SPC had to dig deep. The back line started to fire and with some slick play Eddie Pou ran through a gap in the Ivanhoe defence to cross the line and score a second try. At half time SPC led 14 - 10

The second half started like the first with Ivanhoe striking first but SPC’s superior determination and skill saw


First Soccer

Back Row (L-R): Luke Moodley, Billy Gianacopoulos, Jakob McDough, Patrick Thorpe, Michael Trigger

Front Row: Jack Wilson, William Georgiou, Alex Antonelli, Isaac Ellis, Jon Goad

Noorat Regional Clay Target Shoot

On Thursday August 25, twenty six students made the early start to Noorat in Western Victoria to compete in the Regional School Student Clay Target Championship.

The weather was typical Terang district conditions with cold and drizzling rain buffering shooters throughout the day, but this didn’t stop over 280 students from across the region gathering to contest the annual event.

The event was a “Down The Line” (DTL) clay target discipline with the students shooting at 20 targets using single barrel only. The students shot in 2 rounds of 10 targets.

After the first round Jack Gibbs was the best placed representatives of the College, shooting 9 out of 10 targets. With high expectation for the second round, unfortunately Jack narrowly missed the opportunity of contesting the shoot off for overall with a final score of 18/20.

The second round saw the students move to trap house, seeing an improvement of shooting with majority of students bettering their first round score. Unfortunately this wasn’t enough to catch the leaders of the competition who finished with a score of 19 out of 20 targets.

The leading shooter representing St Patrick’s College was Jack Gibbs who shot 18/20, closely followed by Hugh Dickson, who managed to score 14/20, and our best placed junior shooter was followed by Caius Barrenger and Brayden Ellis who both shot 13/20.

Well done to all shooters who competed on the day, and every student gave their best effort, showcasing the talent and enthusiasm that shooting has within the school. Thanks also to Mr Gerard Knobel, who assisted with the supervision and support of the boys throughout the day. I would also like to thank the parents especially Gabrielle Coxall and Philip Fowler who took time out of their day to support their sons and other students as they competed in the day’s event.

2011 proved to be another successful year for both the senior and junior soccer programs with the 1st XI winning their fourth BAS title in as many years and strong performances from our reserve team. Our junior soccer program enjoyed great success with four teams taking the filed in round one of the BAS competition representing each of the College’s four houses.

As Director of Soccer in 2011, I very much extend a big thank you to all the coaches, namely Tony Beggs, Barry Schuurs, Malcolm Barrins, Brett Earl, Peter Joyce and Yuri Kaskowski. Without the support of these staff, the program would not have ran as efficiently as it did highlighting the many years of coaching and coordinating experience that the coaches brought to the program.

A new initiative for trialled in 2011 was the introduction of a weekly skills training session through the expertise of Adam Newbold and Jermaine Fletcher whom were on the College’s boarding staff and at times acted as coaches in the junior grades. Both Adam and

Jermaine further provided a link between Ballarat’s premier soccer team, the ‘Red Devils’ and St Patrick’s, with both players having key roles in the senior Red Devil team. It is important to note that both players had played internationally both in the USA and their home country of England.

Adding to the Red Devil theme in 2011 was the strong presence of St Patrick’s College senior players who represented the Ballarat Red Devils in state level competition in 2011 namely:

Alex Antonelli William Georgiou Charlie King Michael Trigger Isaac Ellis Jacob McDowell

Amongst the many highlights for season 2011 were the obvious fourth 1st XI title in a row, the introduction of Year 11 players into the senior team ensuring the successful era of St Patrick’s College continues in 2012 and beyond, the large number of junior students that represented the college in BAS competition and the personal

ShootingMr Matthew TaylorCoach

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsSoccerMr Jamie BobrowskiDirector of Soccer

Haileybury came out breathing fire. They were aggressive and very determined. They played safe phase rugby and supported the ball carrier superbly. They pushed over the line in the corner after about five minutes. SPC were shell shocked, the opposition had scored far too easily and they knew it. At the resumption St Pat’s were much better, but were conceding penalties and it would prove costly as Haileybury gained valuable territory and retained possession through superior line outs.

Haileybury were gifted their second try of the half after two ridiculous penalties and some dubious advantage calls. Thankfully their kicker was off his game and had missed the two second half conversions.

Ten points down and with twenty minutes to play, “Ecka Dora” rang around the ground and the St Pat’s men responded. Knowing their season was hanging by a thread, they turned the ball over just after the kick off and set about pushing Haileybury back into their half. Some slick ball movement by the SPC backs was starting to open gaps in the Haileybury line. Mitch Cattell found enough space to dance around a couple of his opposite number and scored his second impressive try of the game and when he nailed the conversion St Pat’s were only 3 points behind.

St Pats were jubilant and the belief was back.

Haileybury moved into the SPC half briefly but their advances were repelled and countered by some impressive St Patrick’s forward play. With about five minutes to play Haileybury conceded a penalty ten metres inside St Patrick’s half. Coach Mike Govers called for a shot on goal and was so animated that his players couldn’t hear him, and he ran onto the ground! Luckily his son and assistant coach Adam dragged him back to the sideline and the message was conveyed for Fly half Mitch Cattell to take the attempt.

The scenario was easy for SPC. Make the penalty kick and the scores would be tied and the game would go to extra time, miss and they would need a miracle. As Cattell lined up the

kick the SPC bench had fingers crossed, as good a kick as Cattell is a forty metre field kick is never easy. He struck the ball beautifully, flat and hard, but unfortunately it just sailed wide.

With four minutes to go St Pat’s were desperate and were throwing everything at Haileybury. Sensing it was on the line, Haileybury were scrambling after every St Pat’s pass, tackling as if their life depended on it and making St Pat’s work hard for every inch of ground. With seconds to go SPC was only metres out and coming hard at the Haileybury line. When the ref called last play St Pat’s couldn’t afford a single mistake. They had to maintain possession, then disaster. Haileybury pinched the ball off a loose ruck and ran over the sideline.

Game over, St Pat’s had fallen just short going down by three points.

St Pats’ were devastated. To of come so far against the odds and lose by such a small margin is a bitter pill to swallow.

Afterwards, Jack Jenkins took the team in prayer and then urged them to get around the headmaster before his hospitalisation and wish him well. The year 12 players were chaired off the ground in recognition of their great service to St Pat’s rugby.

On behalf of SPC rugby I would like to thank Mike Govers for his dedication to this team and acknowledge the sacrifices that he and his family make on a weekly basis for the development of the St Pat’s 1st XV. Mike regularly has to change his work schedule and travel hundreds of kilometres to get to training twice a week. He is ably assisted by his son Adam and Gareth Mills who also sacrifice time and effort to impart their experience and knowledge onto the boys of the first XV.

Haileybury 17 def SPC 14

Scorers: M.Cattell ( 2 tries, 2 conv)

Best: M.Cattell, C. De Bono, K Hickey, M. Dewar

Under 16

The under 16 team have had an outstanding season. Often playing with only 12 or 13 they have proven to be an extremely tough and gritty team and worthy winners of the division two premiership.

The boys lost narrowly to division one team, Melbourne Grammar, but from there they really showed their class. They easily accounted for Ivanhoe and Haileybury twice throughout the season and had a narrow loss to Melbourne High School in round 3 with only 11 fit players by the end of the match before beating them comfortably in round 8. The final round was a bit of a farce with a couple of teams forfeiting the final round and SPC ended up playing a friendly against Marcellin College going down 24 points to 21.

Often short of numbers and having to battle the twin handicaps of travel and early starts the intermediate boys have developed a fierce reputation. Opposition coaches have commented to me on several times of being in awe of SPC’s fearless and ferocious commitment to the contest. Marcellin College’s teacher in charge said that “You can never relax against St Pat’s no matter how far in front you are”. This speaks volumes about the fighting spirit within this team.

Congratulations boys you are worthy winners of the VSRU U/16 (div 2) Premiership.

Congratulations and many thanks also to coach, Mr Rod Van Bentum. Rod has done an outstanding job with this team and sacrifices time with his young family to mentor these boys with great enthusiasm. I would also like to thank Mr Mike Goodman and Mr Tony O’Kane for their generous support this year.

Under 14

Most of the boys at SPC have never had the opportunity to play rugby until they come into the U/14 team. This means, of course, that our junior boys are playing against much more experienced teams from schools such as Xavier and Scotch. They truly are as green as the grass they play on. One advantage they is that they are St Pat’s boys and they take all of that enthusiasm and courage on to the pitch with them.

The Juniors have enjoyed an outstanding season, they defeated Brighton Grammar 2 in round 3 and then two very good teams in Haileybury at home on the Main Oval which was a huge thrill for the boys and then against Brighton Grammar’s first team.

The most pleasing thing about this group was how “coachable” they were. Their deficiencies were identified and then worked on and the improvement followed. Three wins does not sound like many, but in the history of junior rugby at SPC it is one of the best under 14 records ever.

I urge all of these young men to come back again next year to strengthen the intermediate numbers and for any boys who have not played at any level take heart from this junior team. They had never played before and were competitive in all of their games bar one. Do not let inexperience be an excuse for not playing rugby.

I would like to express my gratitude to Doug Grey – Hull, Luke Govers and Geoff Evans for exuberance and guidance with the Under 14 team our success would not have been possible without you.

Finally I would like to acknowledge Mr Geoff Dewar whose commitment to SPC rugby has been fantastic again this year. His organizational skills were to put to good use in a range of tasks from running sausage sizzles after the game to coordinating the successful running of the Rebels v Fiji game. Thank you Geoff.


Junior Soccer

Back Row (L-R): Thomas Wakefield, Jarli Morton, Lachlan Ponyil-Scala, Christopher Milroy, Sam Jackson

Middle Row: Jake Selby, Andrew Milroy, Fraser Deedman, Joseph Thorpe, Jonah Healey, Benjamin Hutchins

Front Row: Jim Burns, Louis Spratling, James Parini, Alexander Richardson, Marco Farrell

for the College and he was to prove a worthy aspirant – adding to his previous two stand out games in BAS grand finals. Michael started the attacks with a shot at goal in a period where much of the play was spent in our forward line. Pat Thorpe found Billy Gianacopoulis whose cross to Isaac Ellis gave him a solid chance as he ran deep inside College’s defence. Jack Wilson forced a corner, putting pressure on their five man defence, with his pace. College managed to ping a long ball into their offence but Pat Thorpe was up to it with a quick clearance to Harry Martin on the deep wing. Cameron Ferguson was strong in the air and his quick decision making saw another attack thwarted. Luke Moodley was busy around the centre and his pass to Harry Martin saw a clumsy challenge result in a penalty. Michael Trigger stepped up and surely put it away in the far left.

College got a ball into their 18 yard box but Billy Gianacopoulis playing closely on the goal side forced a corner rather than a shot on goal. After the clearance, a beautiful patch of play saw Luke to Harry setting up Isaac Ellis after receiving a squared up ball, which Isaac just missed. Again Isaac was to be unfortunate while showing great skills, as Michael squared to Isaac who instinctively smashed the ball just wide. College kept coming and it took a smart back pass from Patrick Thorpe to Jacob McDowell in goals to clear. Isaac won another corner and the ball squeezed out on the left gave Billy time to line up from 35 metres and he placed it to the right of the defence – beating all – to make it 3-0, where it stayed to the break.

Michael Trigger went on one of his epic dribbles across the 18 yard box before delivering to Isaac Ellis who won a corner against a defender. The spillage was collected by Patrick Thorpe who found Trigger inside the defence and his shot was sized up to the vacant left of the keeper. Xavier Frost had come on and he just missed scoring from a clean up off a keeper error, when a defender flew past the inside and made a blind clearance. Harry Martin played the ball for a long turn around to Trigger who kept the high ball bouncing off his and the

defender’s body. His persistence was rewarded when he managed the goal side deflection and his 1 on 1 was never going to be in doubt.

Pat Karras played some gymnastics with the ball for all to see and in the movement he set up a strong chance that we would have scored on, but an off side was the right call. A tremendous attack on the goal resulted in a side to side double chance before it was centred to Luke Moodley who finished the damage with a strong drive.

Goals: Michael Trigger 3, Billy Gianacopoulis, Luke Moodley

Best: Michael Trigger, Isaac Ellis, Harry Taylor, Pat Karras, Billy Gianacopoulis, Luke Moodley, Patrick Thorpe

Best & Fairest Patrick Karras 23 Isaac Ellis 19 Michael Trigger 15 Luke Moodley 15 Harry Martin 14 Alex Antonelli 14 Billy Gianapolous 10 Cameron Ferguson 8 William Georgiou 8

Key players this year were: Year 12 Charlie King (captain) Alex Antonelli (v.c.) William Georgiou Michael Trigger Patrick Thorpe Isaac Ellis Sam Lockyer Chol Bar Jack Wilson Xavier Frost

Year 11 Jacob McDowell Luke Moodley Harry Martin Cameron Ferguson Billy Gianacopoulis

Year 10 Patrick Karras

Senior Soccer Blue Mr Barry Schurrs Coach

The Senior Blue Soccer squad played gallantly during this season and achieved some pleasing results. The highlight of the season was our first game against Ballarat Grammar which resulted in our one and only win for the season. We also achieved a draw against Ballarat High in very damp and windy conditions. Unfortunately, both of our games against Damascus College were cancelled due to either wet weather or the poor condition of the pitch.

Our other games were battles against Ballarat College and the St Patrick’s College firsts team. Even though the scores in these games were lopsided, the boys who played always tried their hardest and represented the College with pride.

A worthy winner of the best and fairest award was Dylan McGuinness. His endeavour and enthusiasm in his role as Goal Keeper will be remembered by all.

Thank you to all of the boys who played during the season. We managed to give many boys the opportunity to represent the school and I’m sure a number of these will go on to represent St Patrick’s College in the Firsts team in future years.

Year 10 Benjamin Ashmore Brody Duggan Isaac Harbour Anthony Schuurs

Year 11 Dominic Barry Zac Cano-Perez Kane Hart Jonathan Lenkic Dylan McGuinness Austin Miller Sean Murphy Sean O’Neil Raul Orrego Rhyle Panozza Eddie Pou Jai Shah Zac Weightman

Year 12 Harrison Bardwell Zane Begbie Jakob Henderson Jack Jenkins Alex Roberts Jack Wilson

Junior Soccer Mr Brett Earl Coach

The St Patrick’s College White junior soccer team had a great season with winning games each week, except for one game which resulted in a draw. The commitment shown by the all the boys in the team was outstanding. The captain Chris Milroy led the team to their victories. In each game the boys gave 110%, which showed in the final results. All the boys should be congratulated. Well Done! I hope you continue to represent the school and yourselves with as much pride as you have demonstrated during the season.

achievement of Charlie King who became the first St Patrick’s College student to sign a professional playing contract having been sign by the Melbourne Heart in September.

With the many highlights there were also disappointments. The intermediate BAS program struggled to fixture regular matches for our Year 9 and 10 students, often leaving our teams without a game to play on the day of the game. I extend a further appreciation of his time to Peter Joyce who through this frustration remained positive for the players and towards the SPC program. Maybe not exactly a disappointment as such, but more a learning opportunity was the unfortunate cancellation of the first ever planned soccer trip and tournament to Sydney in June. I am confident that as a result of this experience that the senior soccer program is closer than ever to conducting an interstate experience, hopefully in 2012.

It should also be mentioned that the recent futsal success enjoyed by the College was not able to be extended in 2011 due

to unavoidable scheduling issues that St Patrick’s College was not prepared to commit to, with the primary focus of our boy’s attendance being education and not sport.

Once again I thank all coaches, players, supporting staff including Tamara Westwood, Justin Gordon and the director of Sport Mr Chris Gleeson for their efforts and support of me in the role of Director of Soccer in 2011.

First XI Soccer Season Report Mr Tony Beggs Coach

St Patrick’s Senior Soccer Team continued its impressive form from previous years winning the BAS competition for the fourth year running with a 5 nil domination over Ballarat College. The team boasted a number of high credentialed players from Red Devils and Ballarat Academy as well as stars from the local BDSA competition and this report is sure to be historic in retrospect as players’ fortunes grow in coming years. Captain Charlie

King missed a number of games through injury, but his athletic ability and soccer nous has resulted in an invitation to Melbourne Heart’s Youth Development Squad in 2012.

The midyear break included the traditional match against the strong St Kevin’s team who visited us during the annual multi-sport fixture. We went down 1-2 in a tight contest where Michael Trigger scored and Alex Antonelli, Cameron Ferguson and Will Georgiou were our best players.

In BAS we were undefeated despite having some close shaves and often fronting with players short, generally due to injuries that kept us below full strength for most of the season.

BAS results for the First XI

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Ballarat College 6-2

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated St Patrick’s Blue 15-0

St Patrick’s Seniors walkover Ballarat High School 3-0

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Damascus College 4-2

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Ballarat Grammar 4-0

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Ballarat College 4-1

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated St Patrick’s Blue 10-2

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Ballarat High School 4-1

St Patrick’s Seniors drew with Damascus College 3-3

St Patrick’s Seniors defeated Ballarat Grammar 1-0

The boys were in trouble in the last match. The following from the match report describes the win in the last seconds of the match.

Isaac Ellis was beginning to affect the defensive midfield and we created a number of chances. Excellent build ups through the centre with Pat Karras, Luke Moodley and Michael Trigger saw Dominic Barry just miss and Trigger himself go very near. The match was in the balance, but Dylan McGuinness did not fail us and in the last seconds another great build up resulted in a cross to Michael Trigger 25 metres out and for once his strong drive beat their very capable keeper for the winner.

The final was played on the BRFF synthetic soccer pitch against Ballarat College.

St Patrick’s defeated Ballarat College 5-0 in a classic display of controlled soccer. Our three leaders were all injured but the performance of the remaining team was outstanding with total control from the middle of the pitch and winners throughout.

The following from the match report emphasises the overall ability of the team.

Michael Trigger was given the captaincy role for his last game


Ballarat Associated Schools SportsSwimmingMr Warrick BottrallDirector of Swimming

BAS Swimming

“Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals.”

Kieren Perkins

This was the year that we saw the ending of a genuine era. Brother Brian Davis and his long history of service to SPC swimming came to an end.

Thankfully, this decision was made by Brian, as he moves on to a new era in his swimming life in Queensland. And, between you and me, Queensland is a very good option to continue a swimming / coaching career.

His service was nothing less than outstanding. Constantly at

morning squad sessions, constantly in the water himself and regularly attending local meets and top five carnivals. He will be missed, and his example unattainable.

This leaves me in an unenviable position. Will I be the first director of swimming to lose BAS? I THINK NOT!

Our current swimmers and I have taken this challenge head on. The swimming leadership group led by Patrick Thorpe and James Elford have already begun coaching the 2011 team members while also playing an integral part in the inaugural SPC swim camp.

The camp was held in Geelong over three days. Here the boys of SPC and nine girls from Loreto undertook five squad sessions of both pool and open water swimming. The pool sessions at Geelong Grammar Schools’ private ‘Hanbury Wellness centre’ was a highlight.

This was supported by two lectures, a movie night and some fantastic midday BBQs.

The swimming programme seems to be going from strength to strength and this culminated in our domination in all categories, Junior, Intermediate and Senior at BAS. While the win was deserved it was not totally expected.

A very strong team from Ballarat and Clarendon College kept the team, as well as myself, on our toes, particularly in the Junior and Middle school sections.

Senior school, on the other hand, did not lose one point for the day. This was a wonderful display of all the qualities one expects in any winning team.

By the end of the season, SPC has once again claimed victory in swimming and added to the College’s trophy cabinet, a cabinet with a significant 32 year legacy.

Ballarat Associated Schools’ Swimming

At the annual Ballarat Associated Schools’ Swimming, held at the Eureka Pool, St Patrick’s College won the Boys’ Championship for the 32nd consecutive time.

This comes on the back of 2010, when the boys won all relay divisions.

Like any of the Captains before them Patrick Thorpe and James Elford produced inspiring wins in the Senior Divisions.

James Elford spearheaded the seniors with wins in 100 free division 1; senior 50m backstroke, senior 50m fly and the senior 200 free relay. Like all great teams, he did not achieve the results alone.

Matthew Norman supported the team with very impressive wins and records in 50m backstroke division 1; 50m breast and the 200m relay.

Our 2011 dual Captain, Patrick Thorpe was not only gracious in his team selection process by giving opportunities to many swimmers other than himself,

but when he did swim; he made sure it counted towards his team victory. He too racked up two emphatic wins in 50m breaststroke and the relay.

While these true leaders were charged with the task of ‘showing the way’, their friend and swimming equal, Nicholas Thomas, should be fully recognised for the major contribution to our success. Nicholas did not drop a race, first in senior 50m free division 3, senior boys relay division 2 and senior boys relay division 1.

The Intermediate team also came away with victory. Of particular note were Joshua Benfield, Nicholas Weightman, Paddy Taylor-Potter, Liam Hanrahan, Jeremy Seymor- Quest, Jack Gunn and Connor Aitken. Without this stellar team performance, our victory would not have had the impact it has had on the psyche of each individual.

The junior team, upon reflection, had the toughest job of all. Each school had a number of junior swimmers who had the talent and team numbers to beat us, but they did not prevail.

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsSquash and RacquetballMr Chris NielsenSupervisor

Squash / Racquetball

Back Row (L-R): Mitchell Clarke, Edward Forbes, Nicholas Beaver, Anthony Jreige, Samuel Micich, Timothy Ryan

Front Row: Samuel Toranto, Bradley Bosworth, Matthew Cashin, Lucas Shugg, Ryan Baudendistel, Nathaniel Smit

The beginning of the season saw a large number of interested participants and ensured that teams from St Patrick’s were organised for all grades in racquetball and A grade for squash. Unfortunately, the number of participants dwindled as the season progressed. This resulted in a revised squash and A grade racquetball competition, conducted on an individual rather than team basis. St Patrick’s was still able to field racquetball teams in B to D grades, including two D grade teams.

Despite a varying roster of players who presented each week, SPC was represented by a core group of boys who played with great enthusiasm. Against opposition from Damascus College, Ballarat High School, Loreto College, Ballarat Grammar and Ballarat and Clarendon College, SPC was able to book a place in all Grand Finals. These took place at the Wendouree Squash and Racquetball Centre on Thursday 15 September as below:

A Grade Racquetball (Individual) Mitchell Clarke (SPC) vs Anthony Jreige (SPC)

A Grade Squash (Individual) Mitchell Clarke (SPC) vs Anthony Jreige (SPC)

B Grade Racquetball St Patrick’s vs Damascus

C Grade Racquetball St Patrick’s vs Clarendon (4)

D Grade Racquetball Loreto (3) vs St Patrick’s (1)

A Grade

Placings before the finals had St Patrick’s College represented in the top three positions for racquetball:

1. Anthony Jreige 2. Mitchell Clark 3. Max Rawlings

The playoffs began with Max Rawlings playing a tightly fought set of games to retain 3rd place with an overall result of 15-11 and 15-12 against Damascus College’s representative.

In the A Grade Racquetball final, Anthony Jreige lost the first game to Mitchell Clark 14-15, but then secured the final with a 15-9 win in the second game.

Anthony and Mitchell then battled it out for the Squash final, with Anthony also taking out this title against a fiercely competitive opponent.

B Grade

The games for the B Grade final were played at a highly competitive level by Joshua Paddon, Matthew Cove, Edward Forbes and Nick Beaver. The final came down to the last game, with Damascus College narrowly winning on points: 128 to 121.

C Grade

The C Grade team – Matthew Cashin, Tim Ryan and Sam Micich had the luxury of a finals win by forfeit over Ballarat and Clarendon College.

D Grade

The D Grade (1) team was only able to field two players – Lucas Shugg and Samuel Taranto who played multiple games between them with great determination. The result of St Patrick’s College 135 to Ballarat High School 143 is a commendation of Lucas’s and Samuel’s persistence under pressure.

The D Grade(2) team was also down in numbers, but Ryan Baudendistel, Nathaniel Smith and Darcy Bisset also played with great spirit for their last game of the season and their steadily improving skills bode well for the future.

Congratulations to all the boys who endeavoured to attend on a regular basis and saw out the season in a positive fashion.

Racquetball teams, as organised at the beginning of the season were:

A Grade Jaz Plinius-Wiese Max Rawlings Mitchell Clarke Scott Erkamps Anthony Jreige

A Grade Reserve Matthew Norman

B Grade Brendan Hutchinson Edward Forbes Nicholas Beaver Mathew Cove Joshua Paddon

C Grade Declan Leishman Samuel Micich Timothy Ryan Andrew Groch Mathew Cashin

C Grade Reserves Bob Andrews Sean Houlihan Oliver Adamcyzk

D Grade (Team 1) Lucas Shugg Patrick Johnson Samuel Taranto Vincent Rowan McDonald Billy Sullivan

D Grade (Team 2) Ryan Baudendistel Nathaniel Smith Bradley Bosworth Darcy Bisset Bryce Savage

D Grade Reserves Connor Dowie Harris Robinson Connor Kent Benjamin Hutchins Daniel Hillman Liam Gunn

Squash only Daniel Kelly


Table Tennis

Back Row (L-R): Ryan McKew, Matthew Hall, Nicholas Munday, Patrick Thorpe, Anthony Jreige, Ashley Duffy, Samuel Laidlaw

Middle Row: Joseph Thorpe, Andrew Milroy, Adam Stevens, Thomas Hallett, Jonathan Hall, Lewis Compton

Front Row: Shaun Ainley, Jesse Fitzgerald, Callum Smith, Tyler Rosentreter

2011 again saw BAS competition run a successful table tennis competition at the Ballarat Regional Table Tennis Facility. The competition was overseen by the local table tennis association and we must thank them for their dedicated efforts in maintaining a strong profile in the local schools’ sports competition.

In excess of 40 students participated in the table tennis team in 2011 with many playing the sport competitively for the first time. SPC nominated one team in A and three teams in B Grade. Two teams in C Grade, two teams in D Grade and 2 E Grade teams. The shamrock was proudly represented in A Grade by Tom and Matt Cove, Patrick and Tom Thorpe and Anthony Jreige.

Congratulations to all of the boys who participated in table tennis throughout the season. As always, St Patrick’s College proved to be a competitive and talented team.

Thanks to Mrs Kambouridis for her coaching, encouragement and support each and every week, to myself and the students.

Overall Results

A Grade Third

B Grade Third SPC Green Fourth SPC White Fifth SPC Blue

C Grade Second SPC Green Fifth SPC Blue

D Grade Second SPC Blue Third SPC Green

E Grade Second SPC Green Third SPC Blue

Senior Tennis

St Patrick’s College did not enjoy the success in tennis they have enjoyed over the past few years. While we did managed to beat every other team in the competition we also managed to lose enough games so as to narrowly to miss out on the final.

The final was won by a very strong Ballarat and Clarendon College team and it appears they will be formidable again in 2012. Mitch Phelps (Captain) is worthy of an honourable mention for making the final of the McNeil Cup.

Many thanks to all players who took part in 2011, with many players taking a turn in the First IV as a result of the need to cover injured players.

First IV: Mitch Phelps, Dominic Barry, Anthony Jreige, Jack Kelly, Carl Giles, Kelly Lyle and Scott Robson.

Second IV: Zachary Weightman, Bradley O’Loughlin, Eddie Pou and Nick O’Farrell.

McNeil Cup Tennis Mr Chris Gleeson Supervisor

The McNeil Cup for tennis is one of the oldest competitions on the BAS sporting calendar, with the trophy dating back to 1925.

In 2011, four of our best tennis players were selected following a three stage process to represent the College in these prestigious championships. Mitchell Phelps (Yr 12) Anthony Jreidge (Yr 11), Nick Powell (Yr 9) and Edwin Northe (Yr 8).

Qualifying events were contested on Monday 7th March, with the semi finals and final held on Thursday March 10th.

A cold and windy day greeted players for the qualifying events. Given the conditions, the standard was exceptionally high for both the girls and boys events.

Our junior boys found the competition very tight and will benefit greatly from the experience. Nick Powell, who won the junior tennis trophy in

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsTable TennisMr Michael BradySupervisor

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsTennisMr Hamish McCrumCoach

Brayden Baker, Dylan Bilson, Mitchell Brown, James McKinnon, Michael Rodger, William Sullivan, Zac Ticehurst and Jack Walter combined to gain a winning margin over other schools trying to beat them.

While all these boys had significant contributions (see results table below) of note was William Sullivan whose day was kept busy with six scheduled events (three of which he placed first) and Jack Walter who also gained three, first place results in 50m free division 1, 50m breast division 1 and 50m fly division 1.

Again, congratulations to all.

Ballarat Associated Schools Results (Alphabetical Order)

Aitken, Connor - Age: 14 #59 Boys U15 50 Breast Division 2 Finals 41.65 (2) #95 Boys U15 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 4 Finals 2:03.51 (1)

Baker, Brayden - Age: 12 #51 Boys U13 50 Breast Division 2 Finals - 46.32 (2)

Benfield, Joshua - Age: 15 #27 Boys U16 100 Free Division 1 Finals - 1:01.36 (1) #44 Boys U16 50 Back Division 1 Finals - 34.87 (2) #64 Boys U16 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - 36.00 (1) #97 Boys U16 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 1 Finals - 1:59.45 (1)

Bilston, Dylan - Age: 12 #31 Boys U13 50 Back Division 2 Finals - 43.85 (2) #81 Boys U13 200 Free Relay Division 2 - ‘A’ Leg 3 Finals - 2:30.72 (2)

Brown, Mitchell - Age: 12 #1 Boys U13 50 Free Division 3 Finals - 33.36 (2) #91 Boys U13 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 3 Finals - 2:16.57 (1) #93 Boys U14 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 4 Finals - 2:20.84 (2)

Elford, James - Age: 17 #29 Boys Senior 100 Free Division 1 Finals - 58.11 (1) #47 Boys Senior 50 Back Division 2 Finals - 32.09 (1) #79 Boys Senior 50 Fly Division 1 Finals - 27.82 (1) #99 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:47.93 (1)

Gunn, Jack - Age: 15 #20 Boys U16 50 Free Division 2 Finals - 29.21 (1) #77 Boys U16 50 Fly Division 1 Finals - 32.86 (2) #97 Boys U16 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 2 Finals - 1:59.45 (1)

Hanrahan, Liam - Age: 14 #15 Boys U15 50 Free Division 1 Finals - 28.64 (2) #40 Boys U15 50 Back Division 1 Finals - 33.58 (1) #60 Boys U15 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - 37.49 (3) #95 Boys U15 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 1 Finals - 2:03.51 (1)

McKinnon, James - Age: 13 #8 Boys U14 50 Free Division 2 Finals - 34.78 (3) #35 Boys U14 50 Back Division 2 Finals - 44.69 (2) #55 Boys U14 50 Breast Division 2 Finals - 45.12 (1) #93 Boys U14 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 2 Finals - 2:20.84 (2)

Norman, Matthew - Age: 17 #48 Boys Senior 50 Back Division 1 Finals - 28.76 (1) #68 Boys Senior 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - 34.77 (1) #99 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:47.93 (1)

Rodger, Michael - Age: 12 #52 Boys U13 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - 42.33 (2) 14 #91 Boys U13 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 2 Finals - 2:16.57 (1) 16 #2 Boys U13 50 Free Division 2 Finals - 33.87 (2) 7 #36 Boys U14 50 Back Division 1 Finals - 39.41 (3) 12

Seymour-Quest, Jeremy - Age: 15 #19 Boys U16 50 Free Division 3 Finals - 29.40 (1) 8 #43 Boys U16 50 Back Division 2 Finals - 38.78 (3) #63 Boys U16 50 Breast Division 2 Finals - 43.62 (3) #97 Boys U16 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 3 Finals - 1:59.45 (1)

Simpson, Marcus - Age: 16 #24 Boys Senior 50 Free Division 2 Finals - 27.42 (1) #89 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 2 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:59.86 (1)

Sullivan, William - Age: 12 #1 Boys U13 50 Free Division 3 Finals - Scratched #3 Boys U13 50 Free Division 1 Finals - 31.10 (1) 16

#32 Boys U13 50 Back Division 1 Finals - 41.33 (2) 14 #52 Boys U13 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - Scratched #71 Boys U13 50 Fly Division 1 Finals - 35.40 (1) 16 #91 Boys U13 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 1 Finals - 2:16.57 (1) 16

Taylor-Potter, Padraic - Age: 14 #14 Boys U15 50 Free Division 2 Finals - 29.46 (1) #39 Boys U15 50 Back Division 2 Finals - 38.74 (2) #75 Boys U15 50 Fly Division 1 Finals - 32.56 (3) #95 Boys U15 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 2 Finals - 2:03.51 (1)

16 Thomas, Nicholas - Age: 17 #23 Boys Senior 50 Free Division 3 Finals - 27.89 (1) #89 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 2 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:59.86 (1) #99 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:47.93 (1)

Thorpe, Patrick - Age: 17 #67 Boys Senior 50 Breast Division 2 Finals - 35.73 (1) #99 Boys Senior 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Le Finals - 1:47.93 (1)

Ticehusrt, Zac - Age: 13 #7 Boys U14 50 Free Division 3 Finals - 33.21 (1) #83 Boys U14 200 Free Relay Division 2 - ‘A’ Leg 2 Finals - 2:29.24 (2) #93 Boys U14 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 3 Finals - 2:20.84 (2)

Walter, Jack - Age: 13 #9 Boys U14 50 Free Division 1 Finals - 31.08 (1) #56 Boys U14 50 Breast Division 1 Finals - 42.19 (1) #73 Boys U14 50 Fly Division 1 Finals - 34.53 (1) #93 Boys U14 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 1 Finals - 2:20.84 (2)

Weightman, Nicholas - Age: 14 #13 Boys U15 50 Free Division 3 Finals - 32.05 (1) #95 Boys U15 200 Free Relay Division 1 - ‘A’ Leg 3 Finals - 2:03.51 (1) #85 Boys U15 200 Free Relay Division 2 - ‘A’ Leg 4 Finals - 2:24.93 (2)

Relay Seed Prelims Finals

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #81 Boys Under 13 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:30.72 (2)

Alex Mooney 12, Stephen Wrethling 12, Dylan Bilston 12, Harry Griffiths 12

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #83 Boys Under 14 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:29.24 (2) Will Clark 12, Zac Ticehusrt 13, Tyler Atkinson 13, Thomas Whitburn 13

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #85 Boys Under 15 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:24.93 (2) Luke Delahey 14, Harry A-oniazzi 14, Mitchell Walsh 14, Nicholas Weightman 1 St Patricks College - ‘A’ #87 Boys Under 16 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:11.35 (1) Thomas Cove 15, Caleb McGrath 15, Hugo Tolliday 15, Sam Willian 15

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #89 Boys Senior 200 Freestyle Relay Division - 1:59.86 (1) Tim MACKENZIE 16, Marcus Simpson 16, Alex Thompson 16, Nicholas Thomas 17

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #91 Boys Under 13 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:16.57 (1) Billy Sullivan 12, Michael Rodger 12, Mitch Brown 12, Ollie Nash 12

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #93 Boys Under 14 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:20.84 (2) Jack Walter 13, James McKinnon 13, Zac Ticehusrt 13, Mitch Brown 12

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #95 Boys Under 15 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 2:03.51 (1)

Liam Hanrahan 14, Paddy Taylor-Potter 14, Nicholas Weightman 14, Connor Aitken 14

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #97 Boys Under 16 200 Freestyle Relay DivisioNn T 1:59.45 (1) Joshua Benfield 15, Jack Gunn 15, Jeremy Seymour-Quest 15, Justin Williams 15

St Patricks College - ‘A’ #99 Boys Senior 200 Freestyle Relay Division - 1:47.93 (1) James Elford 17, Nicholas Thomas 17, Matthew Norman 17, Patrick Thorpe 17

Thanks to the following coaches for their support and participation - Jeremy Wirges, Josh Dew, Patrick Thorpe, James Elford and Hannah Walter.


Junior Tennis

Junior Tennis Term 4

The following students from Year 7 & 8 participated in the 2011 Junior Tennis Term 4 competition:

Year 8: Blue (A) Edwin North Jarli Morton Will Briggs Jack Oostendorp Chris Nilroy Darcy Kelly Nick Anoyke

Green (B) Adam Stevens Mitch Steele Sam Mewett Lachlan Mellington Zach Prittle Ben Lusby

Year 7: White (A) Tynan C Haintz Caolan Somers Riley Stephens Jack Lewis Liam Gunn James Parini

Gold (B) Jack Treweek Patrick Cooper Will Vonburg Lachlan Hope Darcy Cargeeg Nick Frawley Tyler Rosentreter Bailey Crawford

The students were involved in excellent competition with Damascus, Ballarat High School, Ballarat Grammar and Ballarat and Clarendon College throughout the 2011 junior tennis season. All students played fairly and participated well in the spirit of St Patrick’s competition.

Thank you to the following staff who supported the program:

Mr Michael Goss Mr Joe Magee Mrs Margaret McIntyre Mrs Ros Rajki

House Tennis Mrs Deborah Jordan and Mr Claud Procaccino Supervisors

There was a good response from Junior School students to House Tennis. However, some weeks some Houses had insufficient players, ultimately affecting the scores. Ryan House was strong from the beginning of the season and went on to win the final. Keniry was second; Nunan was third and Galvin was fourth. All games were played in good spirit, and many students showed commitment to their House throughout the season.

House Tennis

Back Row (L-R): Jordan Pring, Glyn Kendall, Liam O’Shea, Nicholas Brown

Front Row: Pat Keogh, Campbell Milne, Tynan C Haints, Caollan Somers, Patrick Cooper

Yr 8, lost twice in very tight tiebreakers and was unable to progress to the finals.

Anthony Jreidge also lost some close encounters and despite winning some matches well, he too missed the finals.

Mitchell Phelps who has long been St Patrick’s College best performed player, comfortably won all matches and progressed to the Finals.

Qualifying results

Junior Boys Pool A Edwin Northe Def Matt Broughton (MCC) 6-0

Lost Charlie Sher (BG) 4-6

Def Jordan Kauffman (DC) 6-5

Lost Henry Bennett (BCC) 0-6

Lost Julian Van Dreven 0-6

Junior Boys Pool B Nick Powell Def Cam Sims (MCC) 6-0

Lost Daniel Cassells (BG) 3-6

Lost Alex McKenzie 5-6 (Tiebreak)

Lost James Simpson (BCC) 0-6

Lost Ben Ben McDonald (BHS) 5-6 (Tiebreak)

Senior Boys Pool A Anthony Jreidge Lost Baden Stevens (MCC) 5-6 (Tiebreak)

Lost Will Stewart (BGS) 1-6

Def Matthew Maurer (DC) 6-0

Lost Ben Robinson (BCC) 3-6

Def Riley Davie (BHS) 6-0

Mitchell Phelps Def Brayden Thomas (MCC) 6-2

Def Alister Stone (BGS) 6-4

Def Lachlan Kent (DC) 6-0

Def Jackson Fischer (BCC) 6-2

Def Lachlan Simpson (BHS) 6-1

Semi Final day saw overcast skies and a slight but cool breeze. Mitchell Phelps played last year’s champion and Yr 10 student from Mt Clear College in Baden Stevens. The match was closely contested with both boys playing some outstanding tennis. The strength of the SPC student eventually won out with a 10-5 victory. The other semi

final saw an epic display with Ben Robinson (BCC) coming from a 7-1 deficit to win the match in a tiebreak 7-5

Semi Final Results

Mitchell Phelps (SPC) Def Baden Stevens (MCC) 10-5

Ben Robinson (BCC) Def Alister Stone (BGS) 10-9 (7-5)

The final was a high quality affair with both boys displaying great skill in the increasingly difficult conditions. Ben Robinson (BCC) quickly jumped to a 3-1 lead, however Mitchell broke back to level the set. A tiebreaker was required with Mitch going down 7 points to 5.

The second set again provided chances for both players however a crucial break of serve in the 8th game lead to a 6 - 3 loss to Mitchell and the McNeil Cup belonged to Ben from Ballarat Clarendon College. Ben became only the third player to win both the Junior and Senior trophy, and as a Yr 10 student,

will be an early favourite to go back to back in 2012.

Mitchell Phelps has participated in the senior tennis programme in each of his six years at the College but unfortunately will depart as a two time runner up in the prestigious senior McNeil Cup.

Final Mitchell Phelps (SPC) lost to Ben Robinson (BCC) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Intermediate Tennis Miss Sarah Hughes Coach

Throughout Term 1 on a Tuesday afternoon, two teams of enthusiastic and athletic students represented St Patrick’s College in the A grade intermediate tennis competition.

Both teams experienced an enjoyable and competitive season, with SPC Blue and SPC Green finishing third and fourth consecutively.

Throughout the season the boys faced strong competition from

Ballarat Grammar, Clarendon College, Damascus College and Ballarat High School and should be commended on their professionalism and good sportsmanship regardless of the result.

I would like to thank the following year 10 students for their commitment and enthusiasm each week of the tennis season in proudly representing St Patrick’s College.

SPC Blue Mitchell O’Keefe Mark McOwen Luke Howard Jessy Kroon

SPC Green Angus Rooney Caleb King Joel Ottavi Leigh Thornton

Congratulations to all involved in a successful Intermediate tennis season.


BAS v ACSMr Chris GleesonDirector of Sport

BaseballMr Shane MurphyCoach

BAS v ACS Representative Programme

After a long association ended with the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) in 2009, a new partnership was struck in 2010 with the Association of Co-educational Schools (ACS) competition. Similar to the BAS competitions, their schools compete in weekly sport, major carnivals (swimming, cross country and athletics), chess tournaments and public speaking competitions. The ACS schools include;

•Thomas Carr College

•Eltham College of Education, Eltham

•Loyola College, Watsonia

•Overnewton Anglican Community College, Keilor

•St.Leonard’s College, Brighton

•St.Michael’s Grammar School, St Kilda

•Westbourne Grammar School, Truganina

Summer Sport Monday, April 4.

St Patrick’s had representatives in the tennis and cricket in the summer sports day for 2011 and our boys joined the best of other BAS schools to participate in this representative carnival. Other sports played included female volleyball, softball and tennis. Congratulations to our tennis players Anthony Jreige and Kelly Lyle, and our cricketers Joab Mead, Dallas Willsmore, Vincent White, Mick Nolan and Michael Peart

Results Cricket BAS 4/282 def ACS 66

Tennis Anthony Jreige def Peter Sakis 9 – 3

Kelly Lyle def Jacky Wu 9 - 1

Winter Sport Wednesday, September 14.

Sports on offer for the Winter Carnival included football, volleyball, soccer, hockey and basketball. The football and

volleyball matches took place at Westbourne Grammar School, while the basketball game was held at the Werribee Sport and Fitness Centre. Soccer was played at the Grange reserve and hockey was held at the Altona Hockey Centre.

Congratulations to the following representatives

Football Jake Neade Ashley Simpson Thomas Stapleton Zachary Hopper Dallas Willsmore Nicholas O’Farrell Timothy MacKenzie Joshua Keys Xavier Vearing Thomas McGregor

Basketball Ashley Constable Stefen Osborne Trent Everett Jack Saunders Christopher Jew Thomas Downie

Soccer Cameron Ferguson Charlie King Michael Trigger Alex Antonelli Isaac Ellis Patrick Thorpe Patrick Karras Harry Martin

Volleyball Mitchell Robertson

The students certainly seem to enjoy being involved on the day and especially enjoy the opportunity to play alongside usual BAS rivals. Generally they are quite honoured to represent our Association and do so with pride. Schools should all be proud of the behaviour, teamwork and sportsmanship displayed by all students involved today!

Results Hockey Boys – BAS 1 drew ACS 1

Soccer BAS def ACS 3 – 3 5 – 4 penalties

Basketball BAS 53 def ACS 47

Volleyball BAS 1 / 92 lost to ACS 3 / 98

Football BAS 113 def ACS 51

During summer this year, St Patrick’s College became part of the effort of the Ballarat Baseball Association to raise the profile of baseball among Ballarat students, and to introduce our boys to the fascinating work of baseball. St Patrick’s entered a full team of Year 7 and Year 8 boys, most of who had never faced a pitch or walked onto a baseball diamond in their lives, and quickly proved themselves to be skilful, quick to learn and successful in this new sport.

17 boys participated over the eight week season in a mixed event, playing as a stand alone SPC side and in mixed teams along side Ballarat Grammar, Ballarat Clarendon and Ballarat High school. Often the boys would face pitching from Year 8 or even Year 9 boys from opposing schools, and did SPC proud.

While there was no formal competition structure in these weeks, during the training and exhibition games played, the boys learned to pitch, hit, field and to understand the strategies and tactics that would turn them into successful baseball players. So successful in fact, that several of the boys went on to represent Ballarat at the Annual Victorian Baseball carnival in May; an impressive feat given most of the boys had never swung a bat before this year.

While the standout students were Kyle Whitefield and Jarred FitzPatrick, all of the boys participated with energy, improving skill and with good spirit, and we look forward to the return of baseball in 2012.

Senior Volleyball

Back Row (L-R): Tyler Blake, Jack Kelly, Zachary White

Front Row: Mitchell Robertson, Thomas Gall, Matthew Callahan, Kayne Allen

Ballarat Associated Schools SportsVolleyball

Senior Volleyball Mrs Fiona Carroll Coach

For the first time we had two Senior Volleyball teams competing in the BAS competition during Term 1.

The first VI, sporting new uniforms, was comprised of: Thomas Gall (C) Matthew Callahan (VC) Kayne Allen Tyler Blake Scott Erkamps Mitchell Robertson Zachary White Lachlan Isbister.

The second VI team included: Thomas Miles (C) Matthew Lange (VC) Glen Coleman Jordan Fraser Ryan Collier Samuel Cosgriff.

To have such depth of skill coming through from Year 11 bodes well for the future success of volleyball at St Pat’s.

Both teams played excellent volleyball, with their teamwork and fair play notable characteristics of their performances.

Our first VI easily won their way into the Grand Final against College, but our seconds, having suffered two byes for the season, narrowly missed a Grand Final opportunity.

Many players contributed significantly to our successful season, with Thomas Gall, not only captaining the firsts, but providing great support and inspiration to our junior and intermediate players throughout the year.

Congratulations must go to Mitchell Robertson who was selected to represent St Patrick’s College in the combined BAS squad in Term 3.

Thank you to Mr Daniel Sutton who very ably coached the seconds – a great addition to our volleyball program.

Intermediate Volleyball Term 4 2011

The standard of volleyball at St Patricks is certainly improving as illustrated by our results in the Term 4 BAS competition.

This year the Year 9 boys have come into the competition with a fantastic depth of skill and ‘volleyball sense’. It has been a very worthwhile and rewarding exercise to teach the boys the subtleties and strategies of this great game and to see their enjoyment and satisfaction grow. The Year 9 boys worked well together as a team to produce strong results. They fought hard in every match, but were narrowly defeated by our Year 10 team as well as the Damascus College team. In their other games accurate and consistent serving lead to convincing victories over Grammar and College. Bradley Ryan received the team award, but was ably assisted by all team members

Our Year 10 team went into the season confidently – they trained well, several of the boys having played volleyball together for several seasons. They love to

work together to set up strong attack, and their skills are so well developed that they are consistently able to control the ball. Consequently, the boys lost no matches and so were the winners of the competition. There are positive signs ahead for Senior Volleyball in Term 1, 2012. The strength and experience of the current Year 10s combined with the current Year 11s will produce an outstanding team. Isaac Harbour receives the team award, and all members should look forward to a successful 2012.

Junior Baseball

Back Row (L-R): Daniel Hillman, Joseph Peck, Kyle Whitefield

Front Row: Jarred Fitzpatrick, Bradley Ward, Seamus Howley, Patrick Byrne


Junior School 7KD

Junior School 7KC

Junior School 7GB

Junior School 7GA

Back Row: Bradley Tuohey, Escher Haddon, Clay Bilney, Samuel Oostendorp, Kayde Linton, Troy Keem, Mitchell Henderson

Middle Row: Jack Humphries, Luke Madden, Sean Howard, Jarrod O’Brien, Liam Hanrahan, Oliver Janssens, Xavier Karras, Mrs Sofia Thapa

Front Row: Tyler Rosentreter, Joshua Lynch, William Garner, Callum Dunlop, Rory Larkin, Leam Fernandez, Lleyton Scheele, Jesse Fitzgerald, Isaac Hawks

Absent: Alexander McDonald

Back Row: Bradley Simpson, Samuel Smith, Matthew White, Bailey VanDeHeuvel, William Sullivan, Angus Coxall, Dylan McPherson, Mitchell Brown

Middle Row: Tyson Brown, Samuel Peters, Lachlan Dewar, Lucas Shugg, Todd Grech, Samuel McMaster, Lachlan Ralston, Jacob Everett, Mr Michael Brady

Front Row: Ethan Duggan, Seamus Howley, Jacob Norman, Joseph Peck, William VonBurg, Daniel Hillman, Isaac Bowker, Eamonn Devlin

Absent: Ryan Yamin

Back Row: Lachlan Prendergast, Harrison Griffith, Marcel Schlooz, David O’Doherty, Jonathan Antony, Jye Dickson, Dominic Flynn, Louis Edwards

Middle Row: Riley Stephens, Jarrod Gillingham, Mitchell Toohey, Dominic Cousens, Benjamin Landwehr, Daniel Wrigley, Thomas Chatterjee, Blake Baldo, Miss Victoria Moore

Front Row: Maximillian Adamczyk, Miles Baker, Cameron Ellis, Andrew Brown, Trent Moodley, Dylan Bilston, Bryce Evans, Michael Nelson, Patrick Johnson, Patrick Keogh

Back Row: Thomas Hallett, Barton Phillips, Lachlan Thornton, Nicholas Munday, Chas Staub, Jordan Pring, Bryce Savage, Jackson Amendola, Lewis Compton

Middle Row: Padraic Ryan, Jordyn Cotter, Luke Prendergast, Liam Haintz, Patrick Cooper, Khyle Forde, Zachary Walker, Mr Gerard Willis

Front Row: Callum Smith, Thomas Strachan, Connor Kent, Joshua Lewis, Stephen Wethling, Murphy Wilde, Brandon Falland, Liam Gunn, Guy Amaro


Junior School 7RH

Junior School 7RG

Junior School 7NF

Junior School 7NE

Back Row: Patrick Willis, Matthew Hastings, Ryan McKew, Ryley McDougall, Jack Bowen, Liam O’Shea, Harrison Blomeley, Nathaniel Corboy

Middle Row: Shannon Dawkins, Caolan Somers, William McCuskey, Joshua Mitchell, Brad Dwyer, Joel Hower, William Lovison, Tom DeVries, Liam Williamson, Mr Juri Kaczkowski

Front Row: Matthew McIntosh, Harrison Butler, Tynan C Haintz, Taylor Sutton, Andrew Milroy, Jordan Greville, Marcus Farrell, Liam McIntosh

Back Row: James Timmins, Jack Treweek, Connor Prebble, Sam Jackson, Liam McAdie, Michael Rodger, Jack Harrison

Middle Row: Thomas O’Brien, Frazer Hoober, Jack James, Thomas Conlan, Timothy Liston, Benjamin Barwick, Fraser Deedman, Angus McLean, Mr Brett Earl

Front Row: Nicholas Hewitt, James Parini, Thomas Bosworth, Benjamin Hutchins, Declan Dickson, Jacob Selby, Alexander Strange, Louis Spratling, Alexander Richardson

Back Row: Leighton Parkinson, Nicholas Martin, Kane Cameron-Kiely, Liam Grills, Andrew Spratling, Cormac Prendergast, Zakary Currey, Jacob Brown, Mr Luke Corden

Middle Row: Patrick Walsh, Lawrence McCrabb, Brock Leonard, Brayden Baker, Benjamin Parish, Darcy Cargeeg, Thomas Ryan, Brody Burke, James Monaghan

Front Row: Brenden Karslake, Darcy Dickson, Jake Prior, Bailey Crawford, Dylan Attwell, Luke McGill, Cameron Adams, Ty Mountford

Back Row: Kyle Whitefield, Joel Hart, Glyn Kendall, Samuel Short, Alexander Mooney, Oliver Nash, Brady Buttler, Patrick Byrne, Jarrod Dwyer

Middle Row: Connor Murphy, Samuel Taranto, Lachlan Emmlin, Harrison Pryor, Luke Wynd, Christopher Micallef, Carter Shepperson, Trent Nissen, Miss Rachael Leighton

Front Row: Thomas Lannen, James Waller, Jim Burns, Duncan Spedding, Liam Fisher, Louis Seamons, Emerson McMaster, Jack Reinhardt, Mitchell Cocking


Junior School 8B

Junior School 8A

Junior School 7VJ

Junior School 7VI

Back Row: William Clark, Samuel Davies, Padraig Doyle, Sam Cranage, Patrick Collier, Harris Robinson, Jack O’Keane, Thomas Rawlings

Middle Row: Lachlan Fuller, Xavier Curran, Bradley Reece, Abraham Lewis, Nicholas Frawley, James Everett, Lachlan Coutts, Bradley Bosworth, Mr Leigh McKee

Front Row: Connor Dowie, Alistair Rix, Christopher Kan, Campbell Milne, Fletcher Dodd, Ryan Rumble, Jayden Ross, Jacob McLean

Back Row: Thomas Elliott, Joe Downey, Oliver Edwards, Sean Bourke, Thomas Costigan, Liam Fitzpatrick, Jackson Cartledge, Jacob Coxall

Middle Row: Brady Brogan, Tom Evans, James Dickinson, Hayden Briese, Nicholas Brown, Alex Brogden, David Elmore, Darcy Bisset, Mrs Kristine Smardon

Front Row: Jesse Avery, Ashley Britt, Rory Fraser, Lindsay Mann, Laurence Cashin, Jed Bragge, Simon Butler, Tom Button, Lachlan Cameron

Back Row: Benjamin Debono, Ayrton Lim, John Brodie, Hasker Dawborn, Joseph Smith, Jack Lewis, Bradley Ward

Middle Row: Thomas Kurzman, William Madden, Baiden Cracknell, Jarred Fitzpatrick, Logan Simmonds, Billy Griffiths, Matthew Wong, Kyle Hayes, Ms Jo-anne Patching

Front Row: Jack Denahy, Brody Sullivan, Callan Hayes, Jonah Healey, Thomas Scott, Tynan L Haintz, Carson Dodds, Brayden Ward, Thomas Evans

Back Row: Hugh McGregor, Henry Wines, Lachlan Butcher, Benjamin O’Keefe, Bailey Dodd, Dallas Martin, Parintron Khieo-On, Joshua Taylor

Middle Row: Harrison Loader, Liam Cappello, Lachlan Mahar, Cayle Gervasoni, Zachary Steenhuis, Cooper McLean, Jonathan Hall, Samuel Perry, Mr Gregory Shawcross

Front Row: Charles Owen, Corey Haase, Alex Porter, Lachlan Burbidge, Isaac Keating, Harison Howard, Riley Howard, Riley Murphy

Absent: Joel Amor


Back Row: Nicholas Caulfield, Thomas Schreenan, Henry Walters, Blake Thomson, Tyler Atkinson, Nicholas Simpson, Cameron Banks, Alex Ross, Jaidyn Achison

Middle Row: Thomas Arnts, Adam Stevens, Jack Widdison, Thomas Wakefield, Ryan Baudendistel, Harry Russell, Daniel Johnstone, Mr Fred Spittle

Front Row: Alec Robinson, Lachlan Baker, Nathaniel Smith, Joshua Rix, Nicholas Strachan, Matthew Lench, Joseph Thorpe, Liam Deutscher, Samuel Seymour-Quest

Back Row: Jarrod Michell, Christopher Milroy, Brody Robertson-Leech, Alex Kerr, Tyson Stewart, Thomas Thacker, Joshua Saunderson, Lauchlan Pontil-Scala

Middle Row: Oliver Richardson, Adam Westlake, Ethan Mills-King, Leeroy Sheridan, Ben Reid, Vincent Rowan McDonald, Clay Raine, Harli Givvens, Mrs Louise Klopak

Front Row: Zachary Priddle, Matthew Stowe, Teyden Pearl, Edwin North, Luke Ryan, Mitchell Steele, Ryan Ringin, Zac Ticehurst

Absent: Daniel Fraser

Back Row: Samuel Mewett, Maximilian Sparks, Harrison Jones, Timothy Martin, Thomas Martin, Lachlan Mellington, William Briggs, Patrick Lowe

Middle Row: Jacob Mayhew, Thomas Matheson, Nicholas McKenna, Leigh Spiteri, William Soufis, Connor McMillan, Benjamin Simpson, James McKinnon, Mr Scott Kruger

Front Row: Conor McKee, Eden Brandenburg, Dominic Slater, Luke McKenzie, Ryan Bolton, Jake Leontiew, Adam Smith, Isaiah Shaw-Rose

Back Row: Rhys Scott, Oliver Iles, Thomas Houlihan, Rhys Hutchinson, Jack Shaw, Lachlan Scheele, Tom Gavin-Rumambi, Ryan Prendergast

Middle Row: Evan Green, William Hoye, Samuel Laidlaw, Tyron Jolly, Liam Seeary, Aarron Sarra, Nicholas Anokye, Jack Hynes, Ms Ursula Bridges

Front Row: Callum Holland, Thomas Bannister, Benjamin Lusby, Kyle Schorback, Noah Gemmola, Alexander Langdon, Phillip Koenders, Shaun Ainley, Ethan Haintz

Junior School 8F

Junior School 8E

Junior School 8D

Junior School 8C


Back Row: Nicolas Nilco, Jackson Graham, Jake McMaster, Martin Ryan, Padraic Taylor-Potter, Mitchell Woodward, Blair Gilson, Jack Reid, Darcy Haintz.

Middle Row: Joshua O’Brien, Thomas Karras, Damon Williamson, Luke Delahey, Billy Jones, Peter Leighton, Thomas Plover, Thomas Prendergast, Mr Warrick Bottrall

Front Row: Edward Nyary, Ethan Hutchinson, Hamish Hoober, Mark Anthony Kurungaiyi, Mitchell Ellis, Nicholas Powell, Mitchell Madden, Jack Day, Ryan Clark.

Middle School 9B

Middle School 9A

Back Row: Liam Laffan, Luke Vadala, Ryan Klein, Michael Kan, Thomas McDonough, Otto Houzet, Harrison Robertson, Brayden Rodd, Liam Boyd.

Middle Row: Scott Allison, Samuel Castleman, Elliott Yeung, Brody Sheridan, Ethan Wright, Lachlan Lamb, James Mulraney, Mr Michael Goss

Front Row: Liam Trigger, Joshua Leviston, Reece Evans, Connor Aitken, Xaview Allemand, Luke Benfield, Solomon Nunes, Mitchell McCrow, Lachlan McIntosh.

Back Row: Angus Maude, Jake Blitner, Thomas Quinlan, Christopher Saunders, Ryan Shaw, Brayden Leonard, Brandon Jenkin, Bayden Tuari

Middle Row: Samuel Randall, Darcy Kelly, Cameron Jackson, Austen Murphy, Diego Kanoyangwa, Jack Oostendorp, Dion Larson-Guy, Daniel Lannen, Miss Sarah Hughes

Front Row: Lachlan McIntyre, Thomas Paarhammer, Adam Hayward, Alex McCall, Jordan Purcell, Caleb Giles, Jye Matkov, Isaac Lund

Back Row: Joel Willmott, Ambrose Gillett, Samuel Spittle, Matthew Geary, Kelsey Gannon, Jesse White, Edward Thiele

Middle Row: Mitchell Canny, Bryce Dunn, Todd Brooks, Thomas Whitburn, Jacob Wheelahan, Jacob Duffy, Stuart Aberdein, Mrs Marianne Kambouridis

Front Row: Jonah Pidgeon, Benjamin Willian, Matthew Waller, Jack Walter, Joseph McKinnon, Jayden Boak, Ryan Attwood, Mitchell Hay, Xavier Carey

Absent: Jack Lewis

Junior School 8H

Junior School 8G


Back Row: Tyler Constable, Alex Williams, Eamonn McCuskey, Samuel Wines, Liam Edwards, Damon Gillingham, Thomas McMaster, Kane White, Ryan O’Sullivan

Middle Row: Sean Butler, Ryan Knowles, Jed Bilney, Stephen Weightman, Zachary Cathew, Jackson Hayes, Jackson Wardell, Mr Peter Joyce

Front Row: Matthew Sloan, Leon Hutcheon, Andrew O’Hagan, Scott Murphy, Aidan Joynson, Timothy Gilbert, Alex Prebble, Luke Monagle, Matthew Ryan

Absent: Eddy Stalker

Back Row: Charles Edwards, Lachlan Kennedy, Benjamin Martin, Thomas Mooney, Toby Hutt, Jeremy White, Bradley Ryan, Mitchell Prendergast, Edward Tansey

Middle Row: Lachlan Matheson, Hugh Dickson, Sean Day, Joel Anstis, Samuel Hower, Hamish Clydesdale, Steven Butler, Mr Joseph Magee

Front Row: Alexander Coxall, Marcus Ellis, Linus Tolliday, Aaron Sedgwick, Christopher Callil, Luke Pelchen, Rhys Goad, Maddison Tibbles, Mitchell Burgess

Absent: Oscar Somerville

Back Row: Neville Fraser, Jake Ancrum, Thomas Keogh, Joel Czurlowski, Jack Ryan, Thomas Cove, William Austin, Kieran Wynne, Jack Stevens

Middle Row: Alexander Kelly, Joshua Lake, William Petrowski, Isaac Sullivan, Liam Jess, Louis Powlett, Corey Gallagher, Thomas Mahar, Mr Michael Weadon

Front Row: Aidan Willowhite, Alexander Martino, Lachlan Hewitt, Matthew Hall, Ashley Duffy, Nicholas Owen, Jack Molik, Conor Murphy, Thomas Perry.

Back Row: Trystan Sammut, Deng Deng, Nicholas Turley, Mitcheil Gillespie, Mitchell Walsh, Daniel Butler, Nathan Stevens, Judd Nissen, Todd Hearn

Middle Row: William Watkins, Nicholas DeJong, Bradley DeVries, Samuel Anstis, Matthew Lakey, Darcy Mahady, Mr Shane Hayes

Front Row: William Counsel, Samuel Hammond, Nicholas Strangio, Mitchell Martin, Connor Smith, David Adams, Liam Findlay, Menzie Harris, Harry Cousens.

Middle School 9F

Middle School 9E

Middle School 9D

Middle School 9C


Senior School SGB

Senior School SGA

Back Row: Brayden Ellis, Jack Romeril, Xavier Jones, Jules Farquhar, Ashley Quick, Jaydon Stiles, Harry Martin, Mitchell Randall

Middle Row: Shannon Taylor, Fraser Steggall, Beau’n James, Alexander McPherson, Grant Trevenen, James Burge, Matthew Gayton, Mr John Davey

Front Row: Peter Oakley, Kyle Stewart, Jonathan Lenkic, Thomas Edmondson, Teague Wilson, Sean Murphy, Mitchell Arnold, William Baker

Absent: Joel Antonio, Scott Wunungmurra.

Back Row: Hamish Kelly, Rory Conroy, Daniel Vearing, Jonathan Willey, Jesse Nicholls, Lachlan Phyland, Lachlan Dodd

Middle Row: Mr Ian Fernee, Thomas Azarnikow, Timothy McOwan, Nathan Willey, Edward Meagher, Killian Plastow, William Perkins, William Gallagher

Front Row: Douglas Mai, Hugo Tolliday, Joshua Jones, Scott Azarnikow, Benjamin Garnham, Jack Wakefield, Charles Robinson, Jayke Arnold, Joseph Mason.

Back Row: Samuel Romeril, William Fay, Nicholas Weightman, Simon Lewis, Brenton Payne, Kain Cartledge, Ryley Stuhldreier, Finnian Murphy

Middle Row: Mitchell Thomas, Liam Duggan, Jackson Howlett, Liam Higgins, Jake Fernandez, Luka Baric’, Dylan Corbett, Joseph Symons, Miss Kara Hart

Front Row: Dominic Sliwa, Johnathan Allen, Caius Barrenger, Joel Mullane, Daniel Phyland, Thomas McKay, Thomas Thorogood, Oliver Adamczyk, Thomas Waller, Tom Ellis

Back Row: Jack Ferguson, Matthew Keogh, Benjamin Burgess, Bryson McDougall, Paul Liston, Jack Kufe, Liam Hanrahan, Mitchell Lewis, Angus Thompson

Middle Row: Jordan Thomas, Jack Taylor, George Bates, Jake Wilkie, William Jones, Nico Guevara, Matthew Johnston, Mr Peter Blanchfield

Front Row: Robert Toohey, Coby Powell, Alistair Francis, Thomas Baxter, Adam Troon, Alex Browning, Mitchell Crosier, James Conlan, Henry Cook

Absent: Nicholas Thacker.

Middle School 9H

Middle School 9G


Senior School SGF

Senior School SGE

Senior School SGD

Senior School SGC

Back Row: Sean Houlihan, Scott Boadle, Thomas Watkins, Tyler Blake, Jack Kelly, Harrison Tobin, Ashley Davies, Matthew Storey

Middle Row: Nathan Olver, Adam Murphy, Kieren O’Riley, Shannon Donegan, Jack Forbes, Callum Davie, Mr Andrew Chamings

Front Row: Zacari Poole, Isaiah Johnson, Joshua Hills, Jordan Smith, Marshall Lee, Ryan Leaney, Isaac Ellis, David Widdison

Absent: Jake Neade.

Back Row: Zachary Weightman, Liam Cullinan, Ashley Constable, Michael O’Reilly, Daniel Christie, James Vanderkley, Mitchell Kennedy

Middle Row: Robert Perkins, Jakob McDowell, Benjamin Schiltz, Carl Giles, Zeb Morcombe, Mr Anthony Nunan

Front Row: Nicholas Moriarty, Jayden Closter, Luke Moodley, Jarryd Fowler, Kane Gleeson, Aiden Collie, Jai Shah.

Back Row: Jayden Sammut, Bradley Hansen, Joshua Benfield, Rory Taggert, Trent Everett, Matthew Lange, Mitchell O’Keefe, Tyson Jenkin

Middle Row: John Brown, Kaine Bodey, Daniel Toohey, Joshua Andersen, Angus McNaughton, Kyle Jones, Ms Sara Taylor

Front Row: Joshua Tiley, Henry Wait, Timothy Crowe, Toby Ford, Zane Thompson, Ian Bates, Fergus Bragge, Lachlan Kemp.

Back Row: Jarryd Walters, Jordan Keating, Nathan Rose, Zachary Hopper, Patrick Foley, Lachlan Prestwood, Angus Rooney, Ethan McMurphy

Middle Row: Thomas Miles, Thomas Germon, Edward Forbes, Mitchell Barker, Matthew Cassells, Keegan Mead, Mr Barry Schuurs

Front Row: Harry Mai, Jarryd O’Dowd, William Georgiou, Patrick Murphy, Nicholas Banks, Antoine Staub, Nicholas Harty, Riley Grenfell.


Senior School SKC

Senior School SKB

Senior School SKA

Senior School SGG

Back Row: Cameron Dunne, Rhys Monument, Caleb McGrath, Jack Gunn, Mitchell Coutts, Jack DenOuden, Alexander Fitzsimons

Middle Row: Cooper Wells, Aidan MacGillivray, Lawrence Ellis, Charles Cook, Riley Henderson, Timothy Rennie, Jack Knights, Mr Chris Nielsen

Front Row: Zachary Robertson, Daniel Kelly, James Fahey, Andrew Groch, Michael Donegan, Aaron Blomeley, Peter Hearn

Back Row: Alex Cook, Jack Puglielli, Tomas Gall, Ryan Collier, Darcy Cameron, Mitchell Clarke, Jayson Irving

Middle Row: Mathew Begbie, Darcy Nolan, Mats Hjelmtvedt, Joel French, Ryan Engel, James Blackburn, Michael Peart, Mr Hamish McCrum

Front Row: Anthony D’Arcy, John McGuigan, Patrick Tansey, James McMillan, Lewis Brogden, Angus Clydesdale, Andrew Fensling

Absent: Joel Ottavi, Louis Gillett.

Back Row: Laiton Sullivan, Cameron Butcher, Christopher Irving, Thomas Wardell, Thomas Downie, Jay Engel, Bradley Crouch, Zane Begbie

Middle Row: Joel Karslake, Patrick Blood, Gerard Clifford, Nicholas McMaster, Bradley Pais, Luke Howard, Mrs Melissa Griffin

Front Row: Patrick Farnan, Joseph Zreikat, Adam Anticaglia, Benjamin McConchie, Brody Duggan, William Peart, Nicholas King, Ryan Love

Absent: Robert Scott Warnir

Back Row: Andrew Howlett, Liam Davie, Justin Williams, Thomas McGregor, William Lane, Kristopher Thomas, Brandon Weller

Middle Row: Zachary White, Xavier Frost, Broden Williamson, Dominic Boschetti, Brett Bewley, Ms Belinda Lees

Front Row: Adam Lavery, Lachlan Murphy, Declan Leishman, Benjamin Owen, Justin Ringin, Jessy Kroon, Bruce Shamuyarira

Absent: Daniel Dickson.


Senior School SKG

Senior School SKF

Senior School SKE

Senior School SKD

Back Row: Thomas Vadala, Matthew Stewart, Daniel Vadala, Brendan Hutchinson, Joe Stalker, James Elford, Jacob Yamin

Middle Row: Jock Coutts, Mathew Vassallo, Xavier Slater, Joshua Sewell, Harrison Bardwell, Dimitry Makeev, Marcus Simpson, Mr Mark O’Loughlan

Front Row: Harry Seery, Samuel Willian, Anthony Zreikat, Xavier Sliwa, Max Seery, James Tuddenham, Samuel Troon

Absent: Dallas Willsmore, Jacob Perkins

Back Row: Joshua Paddon, Elliot Hill, Jaykeb Lench, Luke Polmear, Lucas Martin, Alexander Antonelli

Middle Row: Adrian Marshall, Ashley Simpson, Jon Goad, Kelly Lyle, Bradley O’Loughlian, Aaron Salvatore, Mr Joe Carmody

Front Row: Dylan Page-Coull, James McDougall, Ricky Proelss, Jeremy White, Christopher Lodge, Alex Razbocan, Matthew Maher, Clifford Jones

Absent: Harley Edwards.

Back Row: Kirby Neville, Thomas Watson, Matthew Lee, Patrick Doyle, Jakob Henderson, Deklen Stoffels, Dongqiao Li, Gene Bergman

Middle Row: Matthew Crouch, Paul McEldrew, Jackson Holloway, Jye Mathews, Alexander Fiegert, Samuel Malone, Mr Mark Emerson

Front Row: Benjamin Howes, Kieran Missen, Brayden Allan, Zac Reale, Matthew Norman, Donovan Jones, Patrick Karras, Nicholas Richardson.

Back Row: David Morris, Darcy Thomson, Callum Klein, Christian Larkin, Matthew Dewar, Christopher Jew, Matthew Lewis, Liam Mullen

Middle Row: Samuel Lockyer, Anthony Schuurs, Mitchell Humphries, Liam Jordan, James Blood, Shaun Hocking, Benjamin Webbe, Ashley Cartledge, Mr Stephen McMahon

Front Row: Michael Nolan, Benjamin Jackson, Alex Brown, Joshua Peters, Charles King, Nicholas Madden, David Tuppen, Michael Davies

Absent: Wagon James Dumoo.


Senior School SND

Senior School SNC

Senior School SNB

Senior School SNA

Back Row: Jack Fowler, Samuel Hines, Scott Spriggs, Oliver Hayes, Darcy Osborne, James Westbrook, Nathanael Carey, Kane Hart

Middle Row: Mrs Virginia Green, Matthew Coon, Benjamin Haintz, Timothy Hibberd, Edmund Howes, Ryan Guest, Thomas Gillett

Front Row: Jayden Hayes, Grant Kelly, Jack Harrison, Joshua Farrar, Jack Furness, James Rousch, Connor Squires, Jake Muscat.

Back Row: Carl Smith, Todd Butler, Cameron Ferguson, Vincent White, Timothy MacKenzie, Matthew Callahan, Thomas Young

Middle Row: Mr Geoff Brodie, Joseph Baxter, Riley Fullerton, Frederick Lavery, Matthew Spratling, Aaron Preddy, Scott Erkamps, Ethan Jones

Front Row: Matthew Hinge, Pearce Antonio, Jack Stowe, Aiden Thompson, James Keys, Jordan Fraser, Adam Spencer, Joshua Tooley, Daniel J Taylor.

Back Row: James Costigan, Norton Darrigan, Brendan Masters, Robert Conroy, Jack McGrath, David Dickinson, Taylor Kingsley-Williams, Glen Coleman

Middle Row: Mr Art Nichols, Kyle Kemp, Thomas Constable, Christopher Debono, Mitchell Phelps, Matthew Cove, Leigh Thornton

Front Row: Tyler Brandenburg, Nicholas Lowry, Luke Wilson, Liam Flanagan, Jesse Jones, Michael Alsop, Jack Jenkins, Darcy Tuppen

Absent: Joel Burzacott.

Back Row: Samuel Higgins, Nicholas O’Brien, Zachary Cullinan, Zachary Tunbridge, Michael Richardson, Jakob Baric’, Nicholas Beaver

Middle Row: Mr Antony Beggs, Benjamin Broadbent, Mitchell Cattell, Chol Bar, Andrew Rowan, Jerome Wallace

Front Row: Samuel Micich, Darcy Anstis, Dean Baker, Isaac Harbour, Jake Crawford, Dylan Achison, Jethro Kirby.


Senior School SRA

Senior School SNG

Senior School SNF

Senior School SNE

Back Row: Jordan Atkinson, Brandon Nedimovic, Patrick Ross-Taylor, Kahle Benson, Kieren Hickey, Jack Callil

Middle Row: Christopher Carson, Zachary McDonough, Andrew Fay, Stefan Osborne, Conor McCuskey, Timothy O’Shea, Mr Peter Ryan

Front Row: Joshua Walker, Michael Zelencich, Zak McMurray, Jack Peeters, Keegan Pascoe, Riley Adams, Samuel James, Angus McDonough

Absent: Xavier Vearing

Back Row: Alex Thompson, Liam Hepworth, Joshua Keys, Daniel Baxter, Mitchell Ryan, Thomas Ryan

Middle Row: Mr Roger Knight, James Mead, Dominic Kuriger, Max Rawlings, Jack Sloan, Michael Lenehan, Nicholas Thomas

Front Row: Travis Russell, Joab Mead, Caleb King, Harrison Murphy, Justin Torresi, Matthew Dwyer

Absent: Taylor Kingsley-Williams, Christopher Walter.

Back Row: James Richardson, Cameron Lewis, Kyle Woodward, Matthew Short, Jack Saunders, Thomas Monaghan

Middle Row: Aaron Hart, Blayde Baker, Austin Miller, Thomas Swan, Harrison Antoniazzi, Matthew Cashin, Mr Peter Hutchins

Front Row: Eddie Neblett, Mark McOwan, Raul Orrego, Charlie Powlett, Scott Kellett, Jacob Mitilineos, Patrick Lannen, Alexander Roberts.

Back Row: Patrick Linnane, Luke Kemp, Sean McDonald, Eamonn McVeigh, Louis Micich, Bryce Fullerton, Hayden Micallef

Middle Row: Jacob Reinders, Bartholomew Harney, Samuel Burzacott, Angus Kirby, Beau McIntosh, Liam Mannix, Patrick Cashin, Ms Colleen Pope

Front Row: Callum Lennecke, Cody Dickson, Jakob Currey, Jack Wilson, Alistair Kane, Billy Kennington, Ryan Delahey, Hugh Jones, Daniel Goetz

Absent: Justin Gurruwiwi.


Senior School SRE

Senior School SRD

Senior School SRC

Senior School SRB

Back Row: Nicholas Treloar, Blair Keys, Matthew Bandy, Richard Zelencich, Daniel Cullinan, Lachlan Wood, Jack Gibbs

Middle Row: Mr Brad Murray, Jordan Santilli, Luke Saunderson, Joshua Gilbert, Michael Bilston, Thomas Hoy, Mitchell Hastings, Jayden Orr

Front Row: Jarrod Cosgriff, Joshua Manzl, Christopher Borell, Christopher Guevara, Thomas Thorpe, Benjamin Harris, Patrick McKinnon

Absent: Benjamin Rodger

Back Row: William Corbett, James Gilbert, Reece Isbister, Willem Naber, Mitchell Robertson, Robert Wren, Tomas Armstrong, Nicholas Rippon

Middle Row: Mrs Clare Kavanagh, Jake Piorek, Billy Gianacopoulos, Thomas Stapleton, Nicholas O’Farrell, Jarrah Staley, Harrison Spratling

Front Row: James Ellis, Simon Langdon, James Mangan, Luke Bosworth, Benjamin Ashmore, Lachlan Nibloe, Peter Griffin, Daniel K Taylor

Back Row: Ciaran Conaughton, Dylan McGuinness, Alex Hobson, Lachlan O’Connell, Matthew Geddes, James Donovan

Middle Row: Nicholas Borell, Jake Laidlaw, Benjamin O’Brien, Kayne Allen, James Slater, Dominic Barry, Mr Kieran Baxter

Front Row: Jai Sharp, Edward Debono, Jesse Smith, Jack Owen, Sean O’Neil, Jacob White, William Tresize, Kyle Andrews

Absent: Conor Dickson

Back Row: James Prebble, Benjamin Sculley, Eddie Pou, Benjamin Martin, Dean Dotzauer, Jack Jolly, Hamish Walsh

Middle Row: Michael Cocomazzo, Elliott Leviston, Samuel Cosgriff, William Clark, Zachary Cano-Perez, Ms Laura Fazzalari

Front Row: Jake Ainley, Jimi Gregg, Craig Hillyer, Nicholas Willowhite, Jeremiah Seymour-Quest, Nicholas McKee, Timothy Ryan

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Senior School SRG

Senior School SRF

Back Row: James Liston, Geraden Kennedy, Zachary Kennedy, Andre Kufe, Jaz Plinius-Wiese, Zachary Hannon

Middle Row: Joel Wilson, Michael Trigger, Matthew VanMeel, Jack Dean, Scott Robson, Hayden McCrow, Miss Jodie Howlett

Front Row: Anthony Zelencich, Sean Willmott, Patrick Begbie, Lachlan Mulquiny, Thomas Willmott, Jackson Kinna, John Hickey, Riley Orr

Absent: Lewis Callahan

Back Row: Anthony Jreige, Anthony Dooley, Samuel Peeters, Jacob McMahon, Andrew Vidic, Dylan Henderson, Patrick Thorpe

Middle Row: Timothe Moore, Alexander Wallis, Jake Glisson, Regan Boyce, Lachlan Isbister, Ayden Hutchings

Front Row: Rhys Lardenoye-MacDonald, Aden Nestor, Alexander Tucker, Rhyle Panozzo, Dylan Reece, Nicholas Whelan, Paul Barresi

Absent: Matthew Couch, Todd Curran

7 Adamczyk Maximillian E Bacchus Marsh G7 Adams Cameron W Invermay N7 Amaro Guy H Ballarat G7 Amendola Jackson W Scotsburn G7 Amor Joel P Bacchus Marsh K7 Antony Jonathan X Melton G7 Attwell Dylan D Smythes Creek N7 Baker Brayden R Alfredton N7 Baker Miles S Mt Helen G7 Baldo Blake J Bacchus Marsh G7 Barwick Benjamin S Brown Hill R7 Bilney Clay W Ballarat K7 Bilston Dylan J Delacombe G7 Blomeley Harrison I Delacombe R7 Bosworth Thomas J Skipton R7 Bowen Jack J Invermay Park R7 Bowker Isaac D Alfredton K7 Brodie John P Scarsdale N7 Brown Andrew J Ross Creek G7 Brown Jacob M Ross Creek N7 Brown Mitchell L Bonshaw K7 Brown Tyson J Bonshaw K7 Burbidge Lachlan H Enfield K7 Burke Brody H Cape Clear N7 Burns Jim G Soldiers Hill N7 Butcher Lachlan A Delacombe K7 Butler Harrison J Alfredton R7 Buttler Brady K Bonshaw N7 Byrne Patrick M Ballarat N7 Cameron-Kiely Kane A Wendouree N7 Cappello Liam C Ballan G7 Cargeeg Darcy T Brown Hill N7 Chatterjee Thomas J Newington G7 Cocking Mitchell J Alfredton N7 Compton Lewis C Lake Wendouree G7 Conlan Thomas B Buninyong R7 Cooper Patrick L Alfredton G7 Corboy Nathaniel J Lake Wendouree R7 Cotter Jordyn L Melton G7 Cousens Dominic W Lake Wendouree G7 Coxall Angus L Clarendon K7 Cracknell Baiden P Bacchus Marsh N7 Crawford Bailey W Alfredton N7 Currey Zakary J Bacchus Marsh N7 Dawborn Hasker E Yendon N7 Dawkins Shannon D Invermay R7 DeBono Benjamin D Ballan N7 Deedman Fraser S Alfredton R7 Denahy Jack K Buninyong R7 Devlin Eamonn T Black Hill K7 Devries Tom A Yendon R7 Dewar Lachlan W Buninyong K7 Dickson Darcy E Darley N7 Dickson Declan P Magpie R7 Dickson Jye P Bacchus Marsh G7 Dodd Bailey J Invermay G7 Dodds Carson B Ballan R7 Duggan Ethan J Alfredton K7 Dunlop Callum L Lake Gardens K7 Dwyer Brad J Creswick R7 Dwyer Jarrod Sebastopol N7 Edwards Louis C Lake Gardens G7 Ellis Cameron R Burrumbeet G7 Emmlin Lachlan G Meredith N7 Evans Bryce K Bacchus Marsh G

7 Evans Thomas N Smythes Creek R7 Everett Jacob D Dereel K7 Falland Brandon J Gordon G7 Farrell Marcus L Ballarat Nth R7 Fernandez Leam R Greendale K7 Fisher Liam A Alfredton N7 Fitzgerald Jesse L Ballarat K7 FitzPatrick Jarred N Rowsley N7 Flynn Dominic G Creswick G7 Forde Khyle P Ballan G7 Garner William P Alfredton K7 Gervasoni Cayle J Ballarat North G7 Gillingham Jarrod T Creswick R7 Grech Todd C Buninyong K7 Greville Jordan T Alfredton R7 Griffith Harrison A Alfredton G7 Griffiths Billy J Bacchus Marsh N7 Grills Liam D Delacombe N7 Gunn Liam F Canadian G7 Haase Corey T Invermay G7 Haddon Escher S Mount Pleasant K7 Haintz Liam J Alfredton G7 Haintz Tynan C C Invermay Park R7 Haintz Tynan L L Nerrina N7 Hall Jonathan J Greendale K7 Hallett Thomas L Smythes Creek G7 Hanrahan Liam D Ballarat K7 Harrison Jack T Smythes Creek R7 Hart Joel A Meredith N7 Hastings Matthew J Newington R7 Hawks Isaac B Ballarat K7 Hayes Callan W Ballarat N7 Hayes Kyle A Delacombe R7 Healey Jonah F Moonlight Flat R7 Henderson Mitchell J Warrenheip K7 Hewitt Nicholas B Nerrina R7 Hillman Daniel L Alfredton K7 Hoober Frazer G Buninyong R7 Hope Lachlan J Alfredton N7 Howard Harison K Alfredton K7 Howard Riley M Alfredton K7 Howard Sean T Smythes Creek K7 Hower Joel A Delacombe R7 Howley Seamus L Ballarat K7 Humphries Jack M Alfredton K7 Hutchins Benjamin P Lake Gardens R7 Jackson Sam A Wendouree R7 James Jack A Ballarat R7 Janssens Oliver F Macarthur Park K7 Johnson Patrick E Soldiers Hill G7 Karras Xavier J Eureka K7 Karslake Brenden A Delacombe N7 Keating Isaac A Ballarat G7 Keem Troy R Wendouree K7 Kendall Glyn T Buninyong N7 Kent Connor S Smythesdale G7 Keogh Patrick R Ballarat G7 Khieo-On Parintron Bullarook K7 Kurzman Thomas M Smythes Creek N7 Landwehr Benjamin T Miners Rest G7 Lannen Thomas A Ballarat N7 Larkin Rory M Newington K7 Leonard Brock P Invermay Park N7 Lewis Jack R Werneth N7 Lewis Joshua J Ballarat G




7 Lim Ayrton J Lake Gardens R7 Linton Kayde R Ballarat North K7 Liston Timothy L Carranballac R7 Loader Harrison W Mt Rowan K7 Lovison William C Ballarat R7 Lynch Joshua A Mount Rowan K7 Madden Luke M Delacombe K7 Madden William J Ballarat N7 Mahar Lachlan J Dean G7 Martin Dallas W Ballarat K7 Martin Nicholas J Lake Gardens N7 McAdie Liam D Ballarat East R7 McCrabb Lawrence M Lake Gardens N7 McCuskey William G Ballarat R7 McDonald Alexander R Lake Gardens K7 McDougall Ryley J Dunnstown R7 McGill Luke A Myrniong N7 McGregor Hugh R Nerrina G7 McIntosh Liam F Bacchus Marsh R7 McIntosh Matthew W Bacchus Marsh R7 McKew Ryan P Ballarat Nth R7 McLean Angus D Westmere R7 McLean Cooper J Wendouree G7 McMaster Emerson J Ballarat N7 McMaster Samuel A Alfredton K7 McPherson Dylan B Cardigan K7 Micallef Christopher J Ballan N7 Milroy Andrew L Creswick R7 Mitchell Joshua T Creswick R7 Monaghan James M Bacchus Marsh N7 Moodley Trent J Mt Helen G7 Mooney Alexander R Alfredton N7 Mountford Ty M Ballarat East N7 Munday Nicholas G Lake Gardens G7 Murphy Connor J Creswick N7 Murphy Riley N Sebastopol G7 Nash Oliver R Alfredton N7 Nelson Michael J Sebastopol G7 Nissen Trent J Delacombe N7 Norman Jacob J Myrniong K7 O’Brien Jarrod M Delacombe K7 O’Brien Thomas G Sebastopol R7 O’Doherty David L Alfredton G7 O’Keefe Benjamin J Sebastopol K7 O’Shea Liam F Alfredton R7 Oostendorp Samuel J Gordon K7 Owen Charles A Sebastopol G7 Parini James B Ballarat North R7 Parish Benjamin T Invermay Park N7 Parkinson Leighton D Alfredton N7 Peck Joseph T Ballarat K7 Perry Samuel S Mitchell Park K7 Peters Samuel P Delacombe K7 Phillips Barton J Bradvale G7 Pierce Khaleb J Smythes Creek K7 Porter Alex W Bacchus Marsh K7 Prebble Connor R Sebastopol R7 Prendergast Cormac Mt Prospect N7 Prendergast Lachlan P Invermay G7 Prendergast Luke P Blampied G7 Pring Jordan Ballarat G7 Prior Jake W Darley N7 Pryor Harrison J Ballarat N7 Ralston Lachlan K Lake Gardens K7 Reinhardt Jack A Nerrina N

7 Richardson Alexander D Canadian Lakes R7 Rodger Michael P Delacombe R7 Rosentreter Tyler A Wendouree K7 Ryan Padraic J Ballarat G7 Ryan Thomas M Black Hill N7 Savage Bryce F Bradvale G7 Scheele Lleyton J Ballarat K7 Schlooz Marcel I Broomfield G7 Scott Thomas A Nintingbool R7 Seamons Louis A Cardigan N7 Selby Jacob M Lake Gardens R7 Shepperson Carter G Delacombe N7 Short Samuel E Ballarat N7 Shugg Lucas P Bacchus Marsh K7 Simmonds Logan J Linton R7 Simpson Bradley R Dunnstown K7 Smith Callum R Ballarat G7 Smith Joseph P Archdale N7 Smith Samuel G Smythes Creek K7 Somers Caolan M Buninyong R7 Spedding Duncan A Sebastopol N7 Spratling Andrew J Wendouree N7 Spratling Louis W Dunnstown R7 Staub Chas Blackwood G7 Steenhuis Zachary S Glen Park G7 Stephens Riley J Wendouree G7 Strachan Thomas J Ballarat G7 Strange Alexander J Sebastopol R7 Sullivan Brody S Bacchus Marsh N7 Sullivan William B Napoleons K7 Sutton Taylor J Alfredton R7 Taranto Samuel T Ballarat N7 Taylor Joshua M Bacchus Marsh G7 Thornton Lachlan R Buninyong G7 Timmins James L Ross Creek R7 Toohey Mitchell J Bolwarrah G7 Treweek Jack A Bald Hills R7 Tuohey Bradley H Invermay K7 VanDeHeuvel Bailey T Alfredton K7 VonBurg William A Ross Creek K7 Walker Zachary J Melton South G7 Waller James G Invermay N7 Walsh Patrick P Smythes Creek N7 Ward Bradley G Ballarat R7 Ward Brayden J Magpie R7 Waters Harrison J Ballarat R7 Wethling Stephen M Claretown G7 White Matthew T Myrniong K7 Whitefield Kyle G Invermay Park N7 Wilde Murphy E Melton South G7 Williamson Liam J Alfredton R7 Willis Patrick G Ballarat R7 Wines Henry F Nerrina G7 Wong Matthew T Alfredton R7 Wrigley Daniel T Alfredton G7 Wynd Luke A Alfredton N7 Yamin Ryan J Bacchus Marsh K8 Aberdein Stuart J Blampied N8 Achison Jaidyn M Snake Valley N8 Ainley Shaun L Creswick R8 Anokye Nicholas K Ballarat N8 Arnts Thomas P Warrenheip K8 Atkinson Tyler J Delacombe R8 Attwood Ryan F Lake Wendouree R8 Avery Jesse R Ballarat N

8 Baker Lachlan A Mt Clear K8 Banks Cameron A Mt Mercer G8 Bannister Thomas A Haddon G8 Baudendistel Ryan A Mount Pleasant K8 Bisset Darcy R Smythesdale R8 Blitner Jake Palmerston (B) K8 Boak Jayden C Ballarat East G8 Bol Andrew M Soldiers Hill 8 Bol Joseph Y Soldiers Hill R8 Bolton Ryan J Alfredton N8 Bosworth Bradley A Skipton R8 Bourke Sean G Ballarat R8 Bragge Jed E Bungal G8 Brandenburg Eden M Lake Gardens N8 Briese Hayden A Jindera (B) R8 Briggs William A Ballarat K8 Britt Ashley T Ballarat N8 Brogan Brady J Ballarat G8 Brogden Alex A Alfredton K8 Brooks Todd J Magpie G8 Brown Nicholas J Mt Clear K8 Butler Simon A Napoleons N8 Button Tom C Melton N8 Cameron Lachlan J She-Oaks G8 Canny Mitchell J Invermay Park G8 Carey Xavier J Lake Wendouree R8 Cartledge Jackson E Smythes Creek N8 Cashin Laurence M Alfredton N8 Caulfield Nicholas I Ballan N8 Clark William J Ballarat G8 Collier Patrick J Smythes Creek N8 Costigan Thomas C Nerrina N8 Coutts Lachlan J Ballarat K8 Coxall Jacob H Invermay Park G8 Cranage Sam J Ballarat North G8 Curran Xavier T Alfredton N8 Davies Samuel J Lake Wendouree K8 Deutsher Liam A Ballarat K8 Dickinson James T Bacchus Marsh R8 Dodd Fletcher J Invermay G8 Dowie Connor W Durham Lead N8 Downey Joe L Ballarat N8 Doyle Padraig B Allendale G8 Duffy Jacob F Lake Gardens K8 Dunn Bryce E Cardigan K8 Edwards Oliver H Ross Creek G8 Elliott Thomas A Ballarat K8 Elmore David T Miners Rest N8 Evans Tom R Bacchus Marsh R8 Everett James P Mitchell Park G8 Fitzpatrick Liam J Alfredton R8 Fraser Daniel W Smythes Creek G8 Fraser Rory Smythesdale G8 Frawley Nicholas F Alfredton R8 Fuller Lachlan A Mt Helen R8 Gannon Kelsey J Invermay K8 Gavin-Rumambi Tom Cardigan K8 Geary Matthew J Alfredton K8 Gemmola Noah G Black Hill N8 Giles Caleb B Smythesdale K8 Gillett Ambrose D Cardigan K8 Givvens Harli M Mount Helen R8 Green Evan F Lake Wendouree K8 Haintz Ethan Ballarat N8 Hay Mitchell C Warrenheip N

8 Hayward Adam I Wendouree R8 Hodge Terell Narre Warren (B) 8 Holland Callum J Miners Rest K8 Houlihan Thomas S Invermay G8 Hoye William G Ballarat N8 Hutchinson Rhys B Dales Creek K8 Hynes Jack E Ballarat North K8 Iles Oliver S Ballarat G8 Jackson Cameron D Gordon K8 Jenkin Brandon A Invermay Park N8 Johnstone Daniel J Shelford R8 Jolly Tyron J Smythes Creek G8 Jones Harrison J Invermay N8 Kan Christopher Lake Wendouree G8 Kanoyangwa Diego T Magpie G8 Kelly Darcy T Ballarat North R8 Kerr Alex S Lake Gardens K8 Koenders Phillip B Ballarat North K8 Laidlaw Samuel H Creswick R8 Langdon Alexander P Invermay Park R8 Lannen Daniel P Enfield N8 Larson-Guy Dion C Ballarat R8 Lench Matthew J Sebastopol G8 Leonard Brayden J Dunnstown K8 Leontiew Jake M Broomfield K8 Lewis Abraham Ballarat G8 Lewis Jack Ballarat G8 Lowe Patrick J Canadian K8 Lund Isaac D Lal Lal G8 Lusby Benjamin K Amphitheatre G8 Mann Lindsay J Mt Helen N8 Martin Thomas C Lake Gardens N8 Martin Timothy E Ballarat R8 Matheson Thomas J Delacombe G8 Matkov Jye A Cardigan R8 Maude Angus E Daylesford N8 Mayhew Jacob J Darley N8 McCall Alex M Ballarat R8 McIntyre Lachlan P Nintingbool R8 McKee Conor A Black Hill R8 McKenna Nicholas P Buninyong R8 McKenzie Luke T Canadian N8 McKinnon James E Mt Clear N8 McKinnon Joseph X Invermay Park R8 McLean Jacob W Smythes Creek R8 McMillan Connor D Ballarat K8 Mellington Lachlan D Delacombe R8 Mewett Samuel C Ballarat R8 Michell Jarrod D Magpie G8 Mills-King Ethan J Mitchell Park N8 Milne Campbell R Ballarat G8 Milroy Christopher R Creswick R8 Morton Jarli-Kai Bacchus Marsh N8 Murphy Austen J Maryborough R8 North Edwin H Smythes Creek R8 O’Keane Jack P Ross Creek G8 Oostendorp Jack W Gordon K8 Paarhammer Thomas Ballan N8 Pearl Teyden B Smythes Creek N8 Pidgeon Jonah Ballarat R8 Pontil-Scala Lauchlan J Alfredton R8 Prendergast Ryan Warrenheip G8 Priddle Zachary J Wendouree R8 Purcell Jordan A Meredith G8 Quinlan Thomas F Springbank G




8 Raine Clay A Canadian N8 Randall Samuel S Ross Creek G8 Rawlings Thomas D Alfredton N8 Reece Bradley J Redan N8 Reid Ben A Cardigan K8 Richardson Oliver L Ballarat K8 Ringin Ryan G Sebastopol G8 Rix Alistair M Dunnstown K8 Rix Joshua P Bungaree K8 Robertson-Leech Brody R Black Hill K8 Robinson Alec T Alfredton G8 Robinson Harris A Ballarat North G8 Ross Alex J Ballarat K8 Ross Jayden D Smythesdale K8 Rowan McDonald Vincent D Brown Hill K8 Rumble Ryan J Scarsdale R8 Russell Harry W Black Hill K8 Ryan Luke J Rokewood Junction K8 Sarra Aarron M Ballarat North G8 Saunders Christopher L Heywood (B) G8 Saunderson Joshua L Alfredton R8 Scheele Lachlan R Ballarat K8 Schorback Kyle J Lake Gardens G8 Schreenan Thomas E Bonshaw K8 Scott Rhys D Ballan N8 Seeary Liam J Sebastopol N8 Seymour-Quest Samuel C Mainlead R8 Shaw Jack B Ballan N8 Shaw Ryan K Ballan N8 Shaw-Rose Isaiah A Wendouree N8 Sheridan Leeroy D Buninyong N8 Simpson Benjamin M Lake Gardens N8 Simpson Nicholas A Ross Creek G8 Slater Dominic H Invermay Park K8 Smith Adam L Delacombe G8 Smith Nathaniel W Invermay Park K8 Soufis William V Alfredton K8 Sparks Maximilian F Ballan N8 Spiteri Leigh J Bacchus Marsh R8 Spittle Samuel D Ascot R8 Steele Mitchell A Ballarat K8 Stevens Adam J Lake Gardens K8 Stewart Tyson J Ballarat East G8 Stowe Matthew J Delacombe N8 Strachan Nicholas M Ballarat G8 Sutcliffe Myles S Buninyong N8 Thacker Thomas A Darley R8 Thiele Edward M Maryborough G8 Thomson Blake R Ballarat K8 Thorpe Joseph A Invermay Park R8 Ticehurst Zac Darley N8 Travers Kobe C Ballarat R8 Tuari Bayden Z Ballan R8 Wakefield Thomas M Brown Hill R8 Waller Matthew R Ballarat K8 Walter Jack W Lake Gardens G8 Walters Henry R Sebastopol R8 Westlake Adam J Ballarat North G8 Wheelahan Jacob L Bacchus Marsh R8 Whitburn Thomas J Smythes Creek N8 White Jesse R Delacombe R8 Widdison Jack L Ballarat G8 Willian Benjamin C Mt Clear K8 Willmott Joel P Kingston R9 Adamczyk Oliver P Bacchus Marsh G

9 Adams David L Invermay N9 Aitken Connor M Ballarat N9 Allemand Xavier I Ballarat N9 Allen Johnathan M Smythes Creek N9 Allison Scott M Alfredton R9 Ancrum Jake S Bacchus Marsh R9 Anstis Joel T Ballarat N9 Anstis Samuel T Ballarat K9 Austin William T Highett K9 Baric’ Luka Kurunjang N9 Barrenger Caius G Napoleons K9 Bates George R Dales Creek G9 Baxter Thomas G Ross Creek N9 Benfield Luke D Smythes Creek G9 Bilney Jed A Ballarat K9 Boyd Liam J Bacchus Marsh G9 Browning Alex W Delacombe K9 Burgess Benjamin D Invermay Park N9 Burgess Mitchell P Alfredton R9 Butler Daniel J Cardigan G9 Butler Sean A Ballarat N9 Butler Steven J Wendouree K9 Callil Christopher G Ballarat R9 Carthew Zachary S Nerrina K9 Cartledge Kain P Smythes Creek N9 Castleman Samuel W Bald Hills K9 Clark Ryan J Miners Rest G9 Clydesdale Hamish A Ballarat K9 Conlan James K Ballan R9 Constable Tyler J Alfredton R9 Cook Henry L Ballarat K9 Corbett Dylan T Miners Rest R9 Counsel William T Ballarat G9 Cousens Harry J Lake Wendouree G9 Cove Thomas J Lake Wendouree N9 Coxall Alexander R Buninyong G9 Crosier Mitchell J Linton R9 Czurlowski Joel S Redan R9 Day Jack A Ballarat G9 Day Sean G Bacchus Marsh R9 DeJong Nicholas J Yendon K9 Delahey Luke P Bacchus Marsh G9 Deng Deng M Delacombe K9 DeVries Bradley T Mt Helen G9 Dickson Hugh J Magpie R9 Duffy Ashley J Dunnstown R9 Duggan Liam J Myrniong G9 Edwards Charles H Ross Creek G9 Edwards Liam R Invermay R9 Ellis Marcus S Burrumbeet G9 Ellis Mitchell W Ballarat North K9 Ellis Tom Cardigan R9 Evans Reece L Bacchus Marsh G9 Fay William M Skipton R9 Ferguson Jack A Ballarat North N9 Fernandez Jake R Greendale K9 Findlay Liam R Alfredton K9 Francis Alistair B Coojar (B) K9 Fraser Neville P Mannibadar G9 Gallagher Corey P Mt Helen N9 Gilbert Timothy J Brown Hill R9 Gillespie Mitcheil M Bacchus Marsh G9 Gillingham Damon J Creswick R9 Gilson Blair J Brown Hill N9 Goad Rhys W Brown Hill K

9 Graham Jackson R Ballarat R9 Guevara Nico R Wendouree R9 Haintz Darcy T Nerrina N9 Hall Matthew L Greendale K9 Hammond Samuel P Black Hill K9 Hannett Matthew J Darley N9 Hanrahan Liam P Navigators N9 Harris Menzie E Wattle Flat R9 Hayes Jackson A Delacombe N9 Hearn Todd R Cargerie N9 Hewitt Lachlan J Ballarat K9 Higgins Liam P Mt Clear N9 Hoober Hamish G Buninyong R9 Houzet Otto J Alfredton G9 Howell Jackson A Smythes Creek G9 Hower Samuel T Delacombe R9 Hutcheon Leon W Oaks Estate (B) G9 Hutchinson Ethan D Creswick G9 Hutt Toby A Delacombe N9 Janson Benjamin A Alfredton G9 Jess Liam P Ballyrogan (B) G9 Johnston Matthew N Alfredton R9 Jones Billy J Alfredton G9 Jones William J Invermay N9 Joynson Aidan W Solders Hill K9 Kan Michael Lake Wendouree N9 Karras Thomas A Eureka K9 Kelly Alexander J Ballarat G9 Kennedy Lachlan H Ballarat R9 Keogh Matthew A Wendouree R9 Keogh Thomas L Ballarat G9 Klein Ryan J Black Hill K9 Knowles Ryan J Creswick K9 Kufe Jack K Ballarat R9 Kurungaiyi Mark Anthony N Alfredton (B) G9 Laffan Liam R Mt Mercer K9 Lake Joshua D Enfield R9 Lakey Matthew J Ballarat R9 Lamb Lachlan J Napoleons K9 Leighton Peter J Alfredton G9 Leviston Joshua D Ballarat N9 Lewis Mitchell D Alfredton K9 Lewis Simon D Ballarat G9 Liston Paul W Carranballac R9 Madden Mitchell J Lake Wendouree R9 Mahady Darcy D Ballarat N9 Mahar Thomas J Dean G9 Martin Benjamin G Ballarat K9 Martin Mitchell J Delacombe R9 Martino Alexander N Ballarat G9 Matheson Lachlan C East Ballarat R9 McCrow Mitchell J Westmere (B) R9 McCuskey Eamonn J Ballarat R9 McDonough Thomas E Sebastopol N9 McDougall Bryson R Dunnstown R9 McIntosh Lachlan D Ballarat North G9 McKay Thomas A Ballarat North K9 McMaster Jake R Alfredton G9 McMaster Thomas R Alfredton K9 Molik Jack B Myrniong R9 Monagle Luke P Mount Helen K9 Mooney Thomas A Alfredton N9 Mullane Joel W Ballan N9 Mullins Marcus R Navigators R9 Mulraney James A Glenlyon R

9 Murphy Conor N Canadian G9 Murphy Finnian W Ballarat K9 Murphy Scott J Ballarat G9 Nilco Nicolas Delacombe (B) G9 Nissen Judd A Delacombe N9 Nunes Solomon J Ballarat N9 Nyary Edward A Dereel N9 O’Brien Joshua J Sebastopol R9 O’Hagan Andrew J Smythes Creek K9 O’Sullivan Ryan T Ocean Grove (B) N9 Owen Nicholas A Sebastopol G9 Payne Brenton C Bacchus Marsh K9 Pelchen Luke A Buninyong K9 Perry Thomas D Mitchell Park K9 Petrowski William M Ross Creek K9 Phyland Daniel P Bungaree G9 Plover Thomas G Brown Hill R9 Powell Coby L Ballarat N9 Powell Nicholas J Delacombe N9 Powlett Louis F Learmonth N9 Prebble Alex K Alfredton R9 Prendergast Mitchell T Invermay G9 Prendergast Thomas P Blampied K9 Reid Jack W Cardigan K9 Robertson Harrison J Ballarat R9 Rodd Brayden J Ballarat R9 Romeril Samuel B Miners Rest G9 Ryan Bradley J Delacombe N9 Ryan Jack P Haddon R9 Ryan Martin P Edenhope (B) R9 Ryan Matthew B Brown Hill N9 Sammut Trystan P Haddon G9 Sedgwick Aaron C Smeaton N9 Sheridan Brody T Buninyong N9 Sliwa Dominic A Ballarat K9 Sloan Matthew J Creswick N9 Smith Connor J Ballarat N9 Somerville Oscar D Ballarat N9 Stalker Eddy R Ballarat K9 Stevens Jack R Ballarat North K9 Stevens Nathan D Alfredton N9 Strangio Nicholas V Bacchus Marsh G9 Stuhldreier Ryley C Darley G9 Sullivan Isaac M Napoleons K9 Symons Joseph A Ballarat G9 Tansey Edward J Alfredton K9 Taylor Jack R Warrenheip R9 Taylor-Potter Padraic K Mt Helen R9 Thacker Nicholas A Bacchus Marsh N9 Thomas Jordan L Wendouree G9 Thomas Mitchell L Scarsdale G9 Thompson Angus N Ballarat North N9 Thorogood Thomas L Melton South G9 Tibbles Maddison J Bacchus Marsh G9 Tolliday Linus W Ballarat G9 Toohey Robert J Springbank R9 Trigger Liam G Ballarat North R9 Troon Adam D Invermay K9 Turley Nicholas W Buninyong K9 Vadala Luke A Maryborough K9 Waller Thomas R Ballarat K9 Walsh Mitchell M Coomoora K9 Wardell Jackson N Rowsley K9 Watkins William H Nerrina G9 Weightman Nicholas J Bungaree G




9 Weightman Stephen M Wendouree K9 White Jeremy R Ballarat East K9 White Kane T Greendale R9 Wilkie Jake N Bacchus Marsh G9 Williams Alex K Alfredton G9 Williamson Damon J Alfredton R9 Willowhite Aidan J Wendouree R9 Wines Samuel L Nerrina G9 Woodward Mitchell J Sebastopol N9 Wright Ethan C Creswick G9 Wynne Kieran A Alfredton K9 Yeung Elliott A Ballarat N10 Adams Riley W Ballarat R10 Ainley Jake A Creswick R10 Alsop Michael D Bacchus Marsh N10 Andrews Kyle S Ballarat R10 Anglitchi Larry Alfredton (B) K10 Antoniazzi Harrison J Miners Rest N10 Antonio Pearce L Creswick N10 Arnold Jayke A Delacombe G10 Arnold Mitchell K Delacombe G10 Ashmore Benjamin L Ballarat R10 Baker Blayde A Mt Edgerton N10 Baker William J Mt Helen G10 Bandy Matthew T Invermay R10 Baric Jakob Kurunjang N10 Barker Mitchell J Delacombe G10 Barresi Paul J Black Hill R10 Bates Ian W Ballarat North G10 Begbie Patrick J Dunnstown R10 Benson Kahle Z Sebastopol R10 Bergman Gene A Ballarat East K10 Bewley Brett A Darley G10 Boadle Scott M Lake Wendouree G10 Bodey Kaine M Buninyong G10 Borell Christopher W Middle Park (B) R10 Borell Nicholas J Middle Park (B) R10 Boschetti Dominic J Sebastopol G10 Bosworth Luke A Skipton R10 Bragge Fergus L Bungal G10 Briggs Tyson T Healesville (B) N10 Brogden Lewis J Alfredton K10 Brown Alex C Bonshaw K10 Burge James T Sebastopol G10 Burzacott Joel A Invermay N10 Burzacott Samuel J Darley N10 Cartledge Ashley J Ballarat North K10 Cashin Matthew P Alfredton N10 Cassells Matthew D Alfredton G10 Clifford Gerard A Gordon K10 Coon Matthew G Ballarat North N10 Cosgriff Jarrod D Alfredton R10 Couch Matthew P Ballarat R10 Crawford Jake M Alfredton N10 Crouch Matthew D Delacombe K10 Crowe Timothy B Alfredton G10 Cullinan Liam X Evansford G10 Currey Jakob B Bacchus Marsh N10 Davie Callum A Darley G10 Davies Michael K Buninyong K10 Delahey Ryan T Bacchus Marsh N10 Dickson Cody B Darley N10 Dickson Daniel G Millbrook G10 Dodd Lachlan M Invermay G10 Duggan Brody N Alfredton K

10 Dumoo Wagon James P Wadeye Community (B) K10 Dwyer Matthew T Mt Clear N10 Edmondson Thomas P Wendouree G10 Engel Ryan J Mt Helen K10 Farrar Joshua J Ballan N10 Fay Andrew T Skipton R10 Fensling Andrew J Mt Rowan K10 Fiegert Alexander W Wendouree K10 Flanagan Liam D Bakewell (B) N10 Fowler Jack C Corindhap N10 French Joel E Sebastopol K10 Geddes Matthew J Wendouree R10 Gillett Louis F Cardigan K10 Goetz Daniel R Smythesdale N10 Gregg Jimi H Ballarat R10 Grenfell Riley W Smythesdale G10 Griffin Peter J Blowhard R10 Groch Andrew L Alfredton K10 Guest Ryan J Alfredton N10 Guevara Christopher L Wendouree R10 Gunn Jack W Ballarat K10 Gurruwiwi Justin Gapuwiyak (B) N10 Gurruwiwi Luke Gapuwiyak (B) N10 Hansen Bradley N Canadian G10 Harbour Isaac S Alfredton N10 Harrison Jack A Alfredton N10 Hart Aaron R Meredith N10 Hearn Peter C Wendouree K10 Hector Russell J Timber Creek (B) K10 Henderson Dylan R Wendouree R10 Hickey John A Bacchus Marsh R10 Hinge Matthew J Ballarat N10 Holloway Jackson R Ballarat K10 Houlihan Sean P Invermay G10 Howard Luke J Smythes Creek K10 Howes Benjamin J Alfredton K10 Howlett Andrew J Wendouree G10 Hoy Thomas L Ballarat R10 Irving Jayson P Invermay K10 Jackson Benjamin T Gordon K10 James Samuel R Smythes Creek R10 Jolly Jack D Ballarat R10 Jones Clifford D Timber Creek (B) K10 Jones Donovan Palmerston (B) K10 Jones Jesse T Elaine N10 Jones Joshua W Alfredton G10 Jones Xavier M Newington G10 Karras Patrick T Eureka K10 Karslake Joel G Miners Rest K10 Keating Jordan M Ballarat G10 Kellett Scott A Lal Lal N10 Kelly Grant L Alfredton N10 Kemp Kyle M Warracknabeal (B) N10 Kemp Lachlan C Wendouree G10 Kennedy Mitchell J Ballarat North G10 Keys James F Lake Bolac (B) N10 King Caleb E Ballarat N10 King Nicholas P Alfredton K10 Kinna Jackson P Ballarat R10 Kinthari Eric A Wadeye Community (B) K10 Kirby Jethro T Black Hill N10 Knights Jack A Buninyong K10 Kroon Jessy D Skipton (B) G10 Laidlaw Jake M Creswick R10 Langdon Simon G Invermay Park R

10 Lannen Patrick D Enfield N10 Lavery Frederick J Darley N10 Leaney Ryan J Alfredton G10 Lee Marshall T Denistone (B) G10 Leishman Declan T Delacombe G10 Lench Jaykeb T Sebastopol K10 Lenehan Michael T Alfredton N10 Love Ryan M Bacchus Marsh K10 Lowry Nicholas B Sebastopol N10 Lyle Kelly J Invermay Park K10 MacGillivray Aidan J Mount Pleasant K10 Madden Nicholas D Delacombe K10 Maher Matthew J Wendouree K10 Mai Douglas Sebastopol G10 Mangan James M Ballan R10 Manzl Joshua C Mt Helen R10 Marshall Adrian L Mt Helen K10 Mason Joseph D Invermay G10 McDonald Oscar W Charam (B) N10 McDougall James R Alfredton K10 McGrath Caleb X Alfredton K10 McGrath Jack X Elaine N10 McGuigan John P Mt Rowan K10 McKinnon Patrick J Invermay Park R10 McMahon Jacob P Nerrina R10 McMaster Nicholas D Alfredton K10 McMurphy Ethan D Haddon G10 McNaughton Angus J Ballan G10 McOwan Mark D Alfredton N10 Micich Samuel J Mt Helen N10 Moriarty Nicholas P Ross Creek G10 Murphy Adam L Wattle Flat G10 Murphy Harrison J Nerrina N10 Murphy Lachlan F Alfredton G10 Muscat Jake P Gordon N10 Nestor Aden D Ballarat R10 Nibloe Lachlan H Ballarat R10 Nicholls Jesse P Invermay G10 O’Dowd Jarryd M Alfredton G10 O’Keefe Mitchell J Smythes Creek G10 O’Shea Timothy J Alfredton R10 Oakley Peter P Ballarat G10 Orr Riley S Invermay R10 Osborne Darcy J Invermay Park N10 Ottavi Joel M Cambrian Hill K10 Pais Bradley M Bacchus Marsh K10 Pascoe Keegan P Creswick R10 Peeters Jack A Skipton R10 Perkins Robert J Delacombe G10 Peters Joshua W Delacombe K10 Poole Zacari J Cardigan G10 Prebble James E Sebastopol R10 Prestwood Lachlan C St Arnaud (B) G10 Rawlings Max P Alfredton N10 Rennie Timothy J Redan K10 Richardson Michael T Delacombe N10 Richardson Nicholas J Ballarat K10 Ringin Justin D Sebastopol G10 Robertson Zachary P Miners Rest K10 Robinson Charles K Ballarat North G10 Rooney Angus M Meredith G10 Rousch James N Myrniong N10 Ryan Mitchell J Invermay N10 Ryan Timothy A Bungaree R10 Saunders Jack R Merbein (B) N

10 Schuurs Anthony A Alfredton K10 Seery Harry R Lake Wendouree K10 Sewell Joshua R Maryborough (B) K10 Seymour-Quest Jeremiah R Mainlead R10 Shamuyarira Bruce V Alfredton G10 Sharp Jai M Ballarat R10 Short Matthew W Ballarat N10 Slater James M Ballarat R10 Smith Jesse D Wendouree R10 Spratling Harrison J Dunnstown R10 Spratling Matthew A Wendouree N10 Squires Connor T Wangaratta (B) N10 Staley Jarrah Ballarat North R10 Staub Antoine Blackwood G10 Stewart Kyle A Bacchus Marsh G10 Storey Matthew D Edenhope (B) N10 Stowe Jack M Delacombe N10 Sullivan Laiton P Bacchus Marsh K10 Tansey Patrick J Alfredton K10 Taylor Daniel J J Black Hill N10 Taylor Daniel K K Warrenheip R10 Thompson Aiden D Woodmans Hill N10 Thornton Leigh A Buninyong N10 Thorpe Thomas W Invermay Park R10 Tiley Joshua R Wallace G10 Tolliday Hugo N Ballarat G10 Toohey Daniel P Springbank G10 Tooley Joshua M Ballarat North N10 Torresi Justin B Wallace N10 Treloar Nicholas J Ballarat North R10 Trezise William D Cardigan R10 Troon Samuel W Invermay K10 Tucker Alexander E Vite Vite R10 Tuppen David J Bunkers Hill K10 Vadala Thomas W Maryborough K10 Vanderkley James D Ballarat G10 Vearing Xavier J Mooneys Gap (B) G10 Vidic Andrew Ballarat North R10 Wait Henry W Mt Egerton G10 Wakefield Jack W Brown Hill G10 Wallace Jerome P Invermay Park N10 Wardell Thomas I Rowsley K10 Warnir Robert Scott M Alfredton (B) K10 Webbe Benjamin M Black Hill K10 Wells Cooper B Darley K10 Whelan Nicholas J Soldiers Hill R10 Widdison David D Ballarat G10 Willey Nathan P Delacombe G10 Williams Justin J Invermay G10 Willian Samuel C Mt Clear K10 Willmott Sean J Kingston R10 Willsmore Dallas A Underbool (B) K10 Wilson Joel G Kingston R10 Wilson Luke G Newington N10 Wunungmurra Gerald Gapuwiyak (B) G10 Wunungmurra Scott Gapuwiyak (B) G10 Young Thomas J Ballarat N10 Zelencich Anthony G Soldiers Hill R10 Zelencich Michael K Soldiers Hill R11 Achison Dylan L Wendouree N11 Andersen Joshua C Sulky G11 Anstis Darcy J Ballarat N11 Atkinson Jordan W Delacombe R11 Azarnikow Thomas M Napoleons G11 Barry Dominic L Eastside Alice Springs (B) R




11 Beaver Nicholas D Ballarat N11 Benfield Joshua P Smythes Creek G11 Blood Patrick J Black Hill K11 Broadbent Benjamin R Cardigan N11 Brown John M Ross Creek G11 Butcher Cameron L Delacombe K11 Cano-Perez Zachary P Dereel R11 Cattell Mitchell B Canadian Lakes N11 Christie Daniel K Enfield G11 Clarke Mitchell R Ross Creek K11 Close Michael V Culla (B) G11 Closter Jayden L Bacchus Marsh G11 Clydesdale Angus W Ballarat K11 Cocomazzo Michael K Alfredton R11 Coleman Glen T Clunes N11 Collie Aiden J Ballarat G11 Collier Ryan N Delacombe K11 Conroy Robert B Ballan N11 Conroy Rory J Bunkers Hill G11 Constable Thomas J Alfredton N11 Cook Alex A Delacombe K11 Cook Charles W Ballarat K11 Cosgriff Samuel J Alfredton R11 Costigan James L Nerrina N11 Coutts Mitchell J Ballarat K11 Cove Matthew B Lake Wendouree N11 Darrigan Norton J Ballarat North N11 Davies Ashley G Ballarat G11 Debono Christopher J Ballan N11 DeBono Edward N Myrniong R11 Dickson Conor T Magpie R11 Dillingham Henry L Alfredton 11 Donegan Michael L Ballarat K11 Donegan Shannon J Gordon G11 Donovan James P Ballan R11 Ellis James Cardigan R11 Ellis Lawrence A Ballarat North K11 Fahey James K Ballarat North K11 Farnan Patrick J Melton (B) K11 Farquhar Jules E Coghill Creek G11 Fay Joshua J Learmonth N11 Ferguson Cameron F Delacombe N11 Fitzsimons Alexander W Alfredton K11 Forbes Edward J Clarke’s Hill G11 Forbes Jack C Ballarat G11 Fraser Jordan P Natte Yallock N11 Fullerton Bryce M Ballarat N11 Fullerton Riley L Ballarat N11 Furness Jack L Smythes Creek N11 Gallagher William P Waubra G11 Germon Thomas P Mitchell Park G11 Gianacopoulos Billy Lake Gardens R11 Gilbert James C Brown Hill R11 Gilbert Joshua T Brown Hill R11 Haintz Benjamin D Nerrina N11 Harris Benjamin M Delacombe R11 Hart Kane T Meredith N11 Harty Nicholas J Wendouree G11 Hastings Mitchell T Newington R11 Hayes Jayden P Delacombe N11 Hayes Oliver C Brown Hill N11 Henderson Riley P Ross Creek K11 Hibberd Timothy J Ballarat N11 Hills Joshua M Nerrina G11 Hines Samuel C Alfredton N

11 Hocking Shaun R Buninyong K11 Hopper Zachary J Leeton (B) G11 Howes Edmund J Ballan N11 Humphries Mitchell J Alfredton K11 Hutchings Ayden J Delacombe R11 Isbister Lachlan J Lake Gardens R11 James Beau’n C Darlington (B) G11 Jenkin Tyson J Alfredton G11 Jew Christopher L Alfredton K11 Johnson Isaiah Robinvale (B) G11 Jones Hugh L Invermay N11 Jones Kyle A Ballarat G11 Jordan Liam R Darley K11 Jreige Anthony B Alfredton R11 Kane Alistair M Daylesford N11 Kelly Hamish A Wendouree G11 Kennedy Zachary M Ballarat R11 Kirby Angus W Black Hill N11 Klein Callum A Black Hill K11 Kufe Andre K Ballarat R11 Lange Matthew P Ballarat G11 Lardenoye-MacDonald Rhys D Tasmania (B) R11 Larkin Christian P Newington K11 Lavery Adam K Mt Rowan G11 Lenkic Jonathan M Sebastopol G11 Lennecke Callum E Ballarat N11 Leviston Elliott P Ballarat North R11 Lewis Matthew J Alfredton K11 Linnane Patrick T Ballarat N11 Malone Samuel J Ballarat K11 Mannix Liam A Ballarat N11 Martin Benjamin P Ballarat R11 Martin Harry G Bungaree G11 Martin Lucas G Mildura (B) K11 Mathews Jye L Sebastopol K11 McCrow Hayden G Westmere (B) R11 McCuskey Conor T Ballarat R11 McDonough Angus T Alfredton R11 McDowell Jakob T Maryborough G11 McEldrew Paul J Delacombe K11 McGuinness Dylan J Haddon R11 McIntosh Beau E Ballarat N11 McKee Nicholas M Black Hill R11 McMurray-McKay Zakariya M Ballarat R11 McVeigh Eamonn P Alfredton N11 Mead Joab L Walpeup (B) N11 Meagher Edward D Kingston G11 Micallef Hayden J Ballan N11 Micich Louis D Mt Helen N11 Miles Thomas W Lake Wendouree G11 Miller Austin C Creswick North N11 Missen Kieran D Werneth K11 Mitilineos Jacob W Sheoaks N11 Monaghan Thomas J Bacchus Marsh N11 Moodley Luke J Mt Helen G11 Moore Timothe J Wendouree R11 Morcombe Zeb G Ballarat G11 Morris David J Stawell (B) K11 Murphy Patrick J Alfredton G11 Murphy Sean N Canadian G11 Neade Jake Elliott (B) G11 Neblett Eddie J Miners Rest 11 Nedimovic Brandon A Gordon R11 Neville Kirby J Ballarat K11 Nolan Darcy Highton (B) K

11 O’Brien Benjamin P Ballarat R11 O’Loughlin Bradley J Alfredton K11 O’Neil Sean L Lake Gardens R11 O’Reilly Michael J Lake Gardens G11 O’Riley Kieren H Newington G11 Orrego Raul C Ballarat N11 Owen Jack T Smythes Creek R11 Page-Coull Dylan M Alfredton K11 Panozzo Rhyle Z Horsham (B) R11 Pearson Kirk P Ercildoune N11 Peart Michael A Ringwood East (B) K11 Perkins William J Wendouree G11 Philippe Alexis P Cambrian Hill K11 Phyland Lachlan T Bungaree G11 Piorek Jake S Coimadai R11 Polmear Luke D Maryborough K11 Pou Eddie Ballarat (B) R11 Powlett Charlie D Learmonth N11 Proelss Ricky M Mt Helen K11 Quick Ashley L Wendouree G11 Razbocan Alex J Greendale K11 Reece Dylan J Redan R11 Reinders Jacob N Buninyong N11 Rippon Nicholas G Delacombe R11 Robertson Mitchell A Ballarat R11 Robson Scott A Delacombe R11 Rodger Benjamin L Delacombe R11 Romeril Jack J Miners Rest G11 Russell Travis J Mt Helen N11 Ryan Thomas A Delacombe N11 Salvatore Aaron M Hopetoun Park K11 Santilli Jordan D Ballarat R11 Saunderson Luke D Alfredton R11 Sculley Benjamin J Invermay R11 Seery Max N Lake Wendouree K11 Shah Jai A Lake Gardens (B) G11 Simpson Ashley D Dunnstown K11 Simpson Marcus A Bacchus Marsh K11 Slater Xavier P Invermay Park K11 Sliwa Xavier A Ballarat K11 Sloan Jack L Creswick N11 Smith Tanner J Haven (B) G11 Smith Thomas M Warrnambool (B) G11 Stalker Joe J Ballarat K11 Steggall Fraser M Canadian G11 Stewart Matthew B Ross Creek K11 Stiles Jaydon M Portland (B) G11 Thomas Kristopher J Wendouree G11 Thompson Alex N Ballarat North N11 Thomson Darcy J Ballarat K11 Trevenen Grant J Ballarat G11 Tuddenham James L Ross Creek K11 Vadala Daniel M Maryborough K11 VanMeel Matthew J Bacchus Marsh R11 Vearing Daniel C Mooneys Gap (B) G11 Wallis Alexander J Delacombe R11 Walter Christopher L Maryborough N11 Walters Jarryd V Ballarat G11 Weightman Zachary J Bungaree G11 White Michael J Bungaree G11 White Zachary J Delacombe G11 Williamson Broden D Ballarat G11 Willmott Thomas J Kingston R11 Willowhite Nicholas P Wendouree R11 Wood Lachlan M Wendouree R

11 Yamin Jacob R Bacchus Marsh K11 Zelencich Richard P Soldiers Hill R11 Zreikat Joseph M Greendale K12 Allan Brayden M Alfredton K12 Allen Kayne A Ballarat North R12 Anticaglia Adam L Mt Helen K12 Antonelli Alexander D Ballarat North K12 Antonio Joel A Creswick G12 Armstrong Tomas J Lake Gardens R12 Azarnikow Scott D Napoleons G12 Baker Dean N Bacchus Marsh N12 Banks Nicholas A Mt Mercer G12 Bar Chol K Mount Pleasant N12 Bardwell Harrison J Ballarat K12 Baxter Daniel P Ross Creek N12 Baxter Joseph W Ballarat N12 Begbie Mathew R Wendouree K12 Begbie Zane T Ballarat K12 Bilston Michael J Mt Clear R12 Blackburn James D Nerrina K12 Blake Tyler Horsham (B) G12 Blomeley Aaron W Ballarat North K12 Blood James K Black Hill K12 Boyce Regan M Mt Helen R12 Brandenburg Tyler M Lake Gardens N12 Butler Todd N Wendouree N12 Callahan Lewis Lake Gardens R12 Callahan Matthew P Ballarat N12 Callil Jack A Ballarat R12 Cameron Darcy J Marnoo (B) K12 Carey Nathanael J Ballarat N12 Carson Christopher K Yendon R12 Cashin Patrick A Alfredton N12 Clark William J Sebastopol R12 Conaughton Ciaran J Ballarat R12 Constable Ashley W Alfredton G12 Corbett William J Skipton R12 Coutts Jock C Linton K12 Crouch Bradley T Delacombe K12 Cullinan Daniel J Glendaruel R12 Cullinan Zachary M Evansford N12 Curran Todd A Weatherboard R12 D’Arcy Anthony S Bacchus Marsh K12 Davie Liam J Darley G12 Dean Jack A Invermay Park R12 DenOuden Jack M Invermay K12 Dewar Matthew P Buninyong K12 Dickinson David T Rowsley (B) N12 Dooley Anthony J Ballarat R12 Dotzauer Dean P Mitchell Park R12 Downie Thomas J Benalla K12 Doyle Patrick K Ballarat K12 Dunne Cameron J Ballan K12 Edwards Harley J Myrniong K12 Elford James T Mt Helen K12 Ellis Brayden M Burrumbeet G12 Ellis Isaac J Horsham (B) G12 Engel Jay M Mt Helen K12 Erkamps Scott A Gordon N12 Everett Trent M Traralgon (B) G12 Foley Patrick J Mt Helen G12 Ford Toby J Wendouree G12 Fowler Jarryd R Bacchus Marsh G12 Frost Xavier T Delacombe G12 Gall Tomas A Warrnambool (B) K


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12 Garnham Benjamin J Nintingbool G12 Gayton Matthew T Newington G12 Georgiou William P Lake Gardens G12 Gibbs Jack M Bacchus Marsh R12 Giles Carl M Cambrian Hill G12 Gillett Thomas M Ballarat East N12 Gleeson Kane A Albury (B) G12 Glisson Jake A Ballan R12 Goad Jon C Brown Hill K12 Hannon Zachary J Mt Clear R12 Harney Bartholomew T Alfredton N12 Henderson Jakob G Warrenheip K12 Hepworth Liam J Creswick N12 Hickey Kieren P Bacchus Marsh R12 Higgins Samuel T Mt Clear N12 Hill Elliot J Ballarat K12 Hillyer Craig M Ballan R12 Hjelmtvedt Mats H Black Hill K12 Hobson Alex M Burrumbeet R12 Hutchinson Brendan J Dales Creek K12 Irving Christopher J Invermay K12 Isbister Reece M Lake Gardens R12 Jenkins Jack A Bacchus Marsh N12 Jones Ethan T Alfredton N12 Kelly Daniel Linton K12 Kelly Jack A Ballarat (B) G12 Kemp Luke M Warracknabeal (B) N12 Kennedy Geraden N Alice Springs (B) 12 Kennington Billy J Buninyong N12 Keys Blair N Ballarat North R12 Keys Joshua D Lake Bolac (B) N12 King Charles D Alfredton (B) K12 Kingsley-Williams Taylor J Moonee Ponds (B) N12 Kuriger Dominic U Ballarat East N12 Lane William G Nintingbool G12 Lee Matthew D Invermay Park K12 Lewis Cameron T Haven (B) N12 Li Dongqiao Ballarat K12 Liston James V Carranballac (B) R12 Lockyer Samuel K Wendouree K12 Lodge Christopher J Skipton K12 MacKenzie Timothy R Minyip (B) N12 Mai Harry H Sebastopol G12 Makeev Dimitry Daylesford K12 Masters Brendan L Ballan N12 McConchie Benjamin J Buninyong K12 McDonald Sean V Waubra N12 McDonough Zachary G Alfredton R12 McGregor Thomas J Nerrina G12 McMillan James E Ballarat K12 McOwan Timothy N Alfredton G12 McPherson Alexander M Ballarat G12 Mead James D Cardigan N12 Mead Keegan W Black Hill G12 Monument Rhys R Ballarat K12 Mullen Liam K Bacchus Marsh K12 Mulquiny Lachlan M Wooroonook (B) R12 Naber Willem R Ballarat R12 Neade Benelias Elliott (B) G12 Nolan Michael J Ballan K12 Norman Matthew L Delacombe K12 O’Brien Nicholas J Delacombe N12 O’Connell Lachlan J Ballarat R12 O’Farrell Nicholas K Cambrian Hill R12 Olver Nathan J Ballarat North G

12 Orr Jayden J Invermay R12 Osborne Stefan L Highton (B) R12 Owen Benjamin J Sebastopol G12 Paddon Joshua J Korweinguboora K12 Peart William R Ringwood East (B) K12 Peeters Samuel L Skipton R12 Phelps Mitchell Mt Helen N12 Plastow Killian R Ballarat G12 Plinius-Wiese Jaz E Black Hill R12 Preddy Aaron G Melton North N12 Puglielli Jack R Elwood (B) K12 Randall Mitchell C Ross Creek G12 Reale Zac W Bacchus Marsh K12 Richardson James F Delacombe N12 Roberts Alexander C Maryborough (B) N12 Rose Nathan T Sebastopol G12 Ross-Taylor Patrick J Redan R12 Rowan Andrew J Smythes Creek N12 Sammut Jayden C Haddon G12 Schiltz Benjamin J Lake Wendouree G12 Smith Carl J Redan N12 Smith Jordan A Ballarat G12 Spencer Adam M Delacombe N12 Spriggs Scott A Delacombe N12 Stapleton Thomas J Ballarat R12 Stoffels Deklen M Mt Helen K12 Swan Thomas E Ballarat N12 Taggert Rory M Horsham (B) G12 Taylor Shannon K Alfredton G12 Thomas Nicholas L Alfredton N12 Thompson Zane G Alfredton G12 Thorpe Patrick B Invermay Park R12 Tobin Harrison J Murtoa G12 Trigger Michael J Ballarat North R12 Tunbridge Zachary B Brown Hill N12 Tuppen Darcy J Miners Rest N12 Vassallo Mathew P Ballan K12 Walker Joshua R Smythes Creek R12 Walsh Hamish T Ballarat R12 Watkins Thomas W Nerrina G12 Watson Thomas A Alfredton K12 Weller Brandon T Alfredton G12 Westbrook James P Ballarat N12 White Jacob T Dunnstown R12 White Jeremy O Wendouree K12 White Vincent M Minyip (B) N12 Willey Jonathan P Delacombe G12 Wilson Jack J Newington N12 Wilson Teague P Invermay G12 Woodward Kyle D Sebastopol N12 Wren Robert P Delacombe R12 Zreikat Anthony J Greendale K

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