FROM THE HEADMASTER

'Spring is in the air' T hat was my thought today, the fi rst day

of October as I walked from the Old

Collegians Pm~lion facing the Main Oval,

past the new Change-room Block to the

H ill Oval where the turf was being

p,·epared for the new cricket season.

Despite it being the term break, the school

was a hive of activi ty:

• Senior students a nd stalT were in for practice exams: the Pavilion makes a great examination hall!

• Ma inte nance and Grounds staff were b ringing the College back to its normal, pristine conditio n with painters and window washers, steam cleaners a nd carpenters all o n the go.

• The Ke lty Resource Centre was buaing with senior students.

• The Wilding Wing was ho me to tutorial groups.

• The various staff areas had teachers preparing for their classroom run LO

Christmas.

• The O'Malley Sports Cenu·e was hosting a state cricket squad.

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• SJ Weir were pu tting the finishing touches on the new two-storey change­rooms which fit in so well with the Pavilion.

• Planning was proceeding for the handover ol student leadership from 2009 to 2010 a t o ur next College Assembly. This "~II allow our Year 12s to concentrate o n their final exams.

• The architects were on site firming up pla ns for the 2010 refurbishment of the Junio r School in the O'Malley Wing, a $4million project.

• The last of the art work from the great Art Exhibition was being collected: the Pavilio n makes a good Art Galle ry too!

• T he final decisio ns were being made about Speech Night at Her Majesty's Theatre on November 20.

• A group was looking in tl1e Chapel, making wedding plans.

• Our Catering Manager, Mr Bernie Kenna, was planning for the upcoming visit of the Edmund Rice Principals of Victoria and Tasmania.

• Our Director of Mission, Mrs Maree Moore was plotting the visit of Year ·10 students from St Bernard 's College, Essendon, as part of an Edmund Rice social justice initiative which we are piloting.

• Interviews were underway for new stalT for 20] 0, now that o ur enrolmen tS and subj ect selections are all in place.

While much of o ur· co,·e business is

concentrated into 42 weeks of the year,

between 8.30am and 3.30pm, there are

many a llied activiLies a nd responsibili ties

that often go unsung but are essential as

support for our learning environment and

activities. I am grateful that we all

contribute LO the evolving spi1it of

St Patr ick's College. Life is never d ull

a ro und here!

Regards to a ll our readers.

Peter M Casey

P.S. Congratulations to the North Ballarat

Football Club with President Pet.er Wilson,

Coach Gernrd FitzGerald and several other

old Collegians contributing to and playing

in the VFL Premiership t.eam.

Congratulations to our staff member, Brett

Goocles for his premie rship medallion

with the Roosters!

North Ballarat Football Club Coach Gerard FitzGerald

Captain

Jake Dunne

Vice Captains

Daniel McDonald

Year 11

Luke Kemp

Adam Spencer

Year 10

Alexander l:\ ·a

Chris Debono

Year9

Luke \,\'ilson

Mitchell T hompson

Year8

Louis Powleu

David Ad<1rns

Captain

Kieran Too hey

Vice Captains

Clay Je nkins

Year 11

Ciaran Co naughwn

Regan Boyce

Year 10

Samuel Cosgr iff

J ames Gilbert

Year9

Ri ley Adams

J osh Cullinan

Year8

Hamish Robertson

William Fay

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2009 CHRIS NOLAN AWARDS

T he 2009 Semester One Chris Nolan

Awa rds were presented al lhe

Headmaste r's College Asse mbly lo Years 7

to 12 students who finished in the lop 15%

of lhe ir respective year level (based on an

aggregation of their results fro m Semeste r

One assessme nt tasks).

Chris No lan graduated from St Patrick's

College in 1985 as College Captain,

completed his Law Degree at Mo nash

University and we nt o n to practice law in

Vietnam. Chris was high ly respected by all

for his commitment a nd enthusiasm to all

aspects of College life and d emo nstrated

his inte lligence and ingenui t)' sho rtly afler

leaving St Patrick's through be ing o ne o f

lhe co-founders of the hig hly acclaimed

Me redith Music Festiva l. Afte r several )'ears

in Vie tnam, Chris tragically acquired

severe brain irtjuries fro m a vi ral infectio n

leading to to t.al o rgan fa ilu,·e. Chris is

pro foun dly disabled physically and in his

communicatio n syste ms. He has continued

to fight against these disabilities and has

develo ped various means o f

communicatio n a nd is now the face of the

people in d eve loping aware ness of and the

fight for young people requiring care in

nursing homes.

As a stude nt at the College, Chris

n :gulady achieved stro ng acade mic results

a nd in his final year he was awa rded:

The following boys received a 2009 Chris Nolan Award:

• lhe Headmaste r's Award for Lead e,-ship:

• the Histo1-y Prize;

• the Sir Hugh Devine Prize for Impro mptu Speech;

• a W.T. Doyle Prize for Debating; a nd

• the 1st XI Cricket Bowling Award.

During his lime a l Sl Palr ick's, Chris

clearly e xe mplified the pursuil of

excellence ac ross a ra nge of lhe College's

importanl ed ucalional programmes

and activities.

The College communi ty was pleased

that Chris, his family and carers we re o nce

again able to p resent a t the assembly to

\\~tncss the presentatio ns and 1.0 a ppla ud

the boys who received them.

Year 7 Year 8 Year g Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

David Adams Jake Ainley Da,-cy Anstis Brayde n Allan Bryce Andrews Jarryd Allan Da niel Bulle r Gene Be rgman Jo rdan Atkinso11 Kayne Alle n J.1ke Belsar Lachbn Barker

Samuel Cast.leman Fe rgus Bragge Do minic Barry Adam Anticaglia Conno r Bo urke Samuel Burgess

Hamish Clydesd ale Gerard Clifford Nicho las Beaver Scott Azarnikow Bradley Brennan Antho ny Cocomazzo

Harry Cousens Timothy Crowe Camero n Butcher Danie l Baxte r Nicho las Brown T imo lhy Corbett Liam Edwards Ma uhew Dwyer Alex Cook Joseph Baxte r Da niel Cobde n Blake Davis

William Fay Andrew Fay Charles Cook Regan Boyce Dermot Conaug lnon Pat.rick Dwyer

J ack Ferguson Matthew Geddes Matthew Cove Tyler Brandenburg Dia rma id Driscoll Nabeel Elias

Rh)'S Goad Andrew Groch Christophe r De bo no J ack Calli! Juslin Go rdon Daniel Ferguson

Nico Guevara Jack Harrison Lawre nce Ellis William Corbell Luke Covers Dominic Godfre)•

Liam Hanrahan Peter Hearn Ale xander Eva Lia m Davie Clay Je n kins Marc .James

Tho mas Keogh Jo hn Hickey J ames Fahey J ack Dean Nicholas J ohnslo n Ash ley.Jan Ryan Knowles Matthew Hinge Riley Fulle rto n Carl Giles And rewJ,·cige Stephen Jew Pe te r Leighto n Luke Howard J ack Furness Kie re n Hickey Scan Kcem Joshua Kin"

. " Joshua Levisto n Be njamin Howes .Jake Gaulreaux Samuel H iggins Da,-cy Laffan Stephen Kirby

Paul Lislo n T homas Hoy Edmund Howes Alex H obson Dan ie l McDonald Jacob Krusche

Thomas McDonough Patrick Karras Tyson Je n kin Blair Keys Joseph McKee Angus Lennecke

Thomas McMaster Aidan MacGill ivray Christian Larkin J ames Listo n Lachlan McLean Angus Martin

T homas Mooney Jo hn McGuigan Patrick Linnane Samuel Lockyer Ryan Michef Bertjamin McOwa n

Scou Murph)' Nicho las McMaste r Bc,~amin Ma rtin Sean Mc Donald Jack Mo rrison Lia m O 'Riley

Luke Pelchen Ma rk McOwan Pa ul Mc E!drew Zachary McDo nough Juslin O ' Brie n Beajamin Peters

Daniel Phyland Adam Murphy Nicho las McKee T imothy McOwan Ben O 'Shea Aaron Po lson

Lo uis Powle n Jake Muscat Edward Meagher Matthew Norman Joshua Po llard Daniel Sharp

Harrison Ro ber tson Pe ter Oakley Austin Mille r Jacob Perkins J a rrod Sharrock Ethan Stewart

Tr-ystan Sammut Jarryd O 'Dowd Jacob Mitilineos Killian Plastow Thomas Smardo n Palrick Slyles

Slephen Wcighlman T imo lhy O 'Shea Kie re n O'Rile)' J az Plinius-Wiese Luke Terrill

Nicho las We ighlman Joshua Pe ters J ack Owe n J ayden Sammul Kie ra n Toohey

Jake v.iilkic Angus Rooney Luke Po lmear Carl Smith Luke To rpy Aidan Willo while J ames Rousch Xavier Slale r J ordan Smith Malthew Weighlma n

Samuel 'vVines Timolhy Ryan Zachary Weightman Patrick Thorpe Samue l Wilson

Kiera n Wynne Ja rrah Staley Nicho las Willowhite J ames Westbrook Michael Xuereb

Ellio u Ye ung Milchell Thompson Jeremy 'Alhite Thomas Thorpe Jona than Willey Dan iel Toohey Nicholas Whelan Luke Wilson

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MINDSHOP EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME

At the commencement of Semesler lwo,

stude nts who were selected to re presenl

the College in the annual Mindshop

Excellence programme were presented

with Headmaster's Excellence awards to

acknowledge the work required to work as

a team LO achieve success. The six Year 10

boys, Ka)'ne Allen , Daniel Baxter, Tyler

Brandenburg, Sean McDonald, Timothy

McOwan and Mauhew 'onnan

represented the College wilh distinction in

the Mindshop Excellence programme.

T he Mindshop Excelle nce programme

is a Year 10 Wo rk Expe ,·ience o pportunity

with a di fference. The aim of the

programme is LO place a tearn of six Year

10 stude n ts into a wo rkplace that has a

real issue to be solved with a view to

resolving the issue afte r o nly five days. On

the fi rst day the sLUdents were u-ained in

unive rsal problem solving techniques a nd

we re then presented wi th the uniq ue

workplace p roble m thal became lheir

respo nsibili l)' lo solve. T he slude nts were

conside red lo be consultants as they

wo rked unsupervised ,vithin the company.

O n the fi nal day slude nts professionally

presenled their fin dings lo lhe executive

o fficers and staff of t.he compa ny who

would be direct!)' affected by the

imple me n tatio n of their

recomme nda tions. The sllldents were also

required to p resent a summary of their

findings at lhc Town Hall later that day

a nd yeste rd ay presented an overview o f

their experiences at a SL Pat.rick's College

staff meeting.

T he boys were placed at Max.ilrans a nd

we re required to provide a n umber of

possible solulions lo the compa ny's traffic

ma nageme nl pro blem - how lo reduce the

inte raclio n bet,veen forklifts and

pedestl"ia ns. Throughoul tJ1e week the

boys we re requi red to interact. with staff

from Maxitrans and to reliab ly work

together with little to no adult in pu t. T heir

presentation of t.l1e solutio n to the

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problem was enLire ly their own wo rk.

Congrawlatio ns to each of the six boys.

Congn,wlatio ns LO Lhc boys o n the ir

capacity to work as a team and ability to

come up with a numbe r of viable solutio ns

to the traffic manageme nt pro blem at

Maxi trans.

2009 EDMUND RICE DAY A Great Success!

Edmund Rice Day 2009 has been and

gone a nd was an ove rwhelming success. At

Lhis stage the boys have raised in excess o f

$32,000 for the four major chariLies - the

Edmund Rice Camps, Carit.as, the

Edmund Rice Cen Lre a t SL Alban 's and the

Christian Brothe rs O verseas Aid Fund.

The College comme nds all boys who

worked so hard to reach Lhe $40 individual

Larget and the many boys who went we ll

beyond this a n1nun l. T he \tVin ne r of lhe­

David Ranger Award for Lhe stude nL who

raised t.he most fro m the entire school for

2009 wa5 Christophe r Fo rster of Year 9

who raised a s taggering S519. Listed below

a re the s tudents who raised the most a t

each year level.

Edmund Rice Day Awards:

The m essage to the boys about Edmund

Rice Day was that they could make a

di ffere nce to those living o n the margins.

Every boy who co ntributed to the clay has

made a diffe re nce to the lives o f someone

whose circumstances are far more difficult

than o urs - for 1.his the College is very

graLeful and view the 2009 Edmund Rice

Day as a g reaL success. Well done boys!

2009 SOCIAL JUSTICE ASSEMBLY

The Social Justice Assembly is a

highlight. o f the College calenda r with the

school com munity coming togcthe,· to

re necL and pray. The assembly allows for

the sig nifican L money raised on Edmund

Rice Day ($33,000) to be present.eel to:

I . Christian Bro thers· O ve,·seas Aid Fund ;

2. Edmund Rice Camps for Under privileged kids;

3. Edmund Rice Tuto ring Ccmrc, St Alba ns; a nd

4. Cari 1;1s.

T he o pening prayer re fl ected o n the

glorio us beauty and pe rfections of God's

Creatio n and the respo nsibility we all have

to respect and prese,·ve a ll li,~ng beings,

especia lly the vulne rable -"be not h all~

h earted, and d o not e rr on the side of

your greed and your conve nie nce, but act

with all your ability to love".

Thro ugho ut the Assemb ly repor ts were

given by representatives fro m the College

Social Justice Committee a nd tl'1e St

Vincent de Paul Con fere nce.

Wi thin the Social.Justice repon, Ashley

.Jan reflected upo n the following:

In a lime of economic struggle in which many

afJluenl pe-0/>le have lost everything, il is e,;1sy to

fmget that long befare the global financial crisis

th.ere were millions of pecrple who lived nol to

malw money, bul simj,ly lo suroive. These

innocent pecrple who never wished for more than

they needed are now suffering due to the greed of

those in positions of f1owe1: However, whilst it

may be easy w simply place the blame on someone

else, this whole 'c1ifis' is a result of our acticms.

By beingf1a1·t ofan economically greedy country,

and tailing what we have for granted, we have

conhibuted to the suffering aml poverty of

nations such as Uga.nda, Tanzania and Kenya.

The greed o/ develo/1ed nations may have

caused this s u[fering, but th.at doesn 'l mean we

Galvin Keniry Nu nan Ryan Year 12 Year 11 Year 12 Year 12 Rhys Sizeland Nicholas J o hnsto n Daniel Ferguson Tom McKinnon Liam O ' Rilcy Daniel Sharp

Year 10 Year 11 Year 11 Ma tthew Thorne Year 10 Connor Bo urke Gord on 1-Iutchcon H arley Edwa rds Nathanael Ca r<.:y

Samuel I liggins Year IO Year 9 Year 9 J oseph Ruffo Keira n O"Rile}' Chris tophe r Forster Year7

1\fau hew 1-lanneLt Year 9 Year 7 Year 7 Judd Nisse n Luke Saunderson Ethan Wright Samuel Castle ma n J ake Wilkie Mitchell Wa lsh Year8 Luke Benfield Jacob J o hnson Jimi G regg Ryan Clark J ack Reid J ames Mangan William Watkins Thomas Wa lle r Paul Barresi

Ryan Knowles Liam Find lay Year 7

H ugh Dickson

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can't do somelhing about it now. These nations

have the abilily to prospe1; they just need the

1ight to help. 111is is where the average pe1:wn

such as you or 1 can mal<e a difference. The

/:.",:lmund Rice Networh, a. network of which St

Patrich 's is a /)(Ir/, send volunteers over to

develo/1ing nations as pa.rl of an effort to help

these nations /nospe,:

Volun/eering howeve1; does not have to be

overseas. The boys who partici/mle in the

tutoring /1mgramme at St Albans, are

volu.nteering lo helf, those less fortunate, as are

those who voht.nteer as leade1s on the Eddie Rice

Camps. They too help to mal,e at least one

person '.5 life bette1: By parlicif1ating in, and

raising money for the wallwtlwn, we as a

College community are helping those in need.

When starting schools in I reland for the /1001;

t:dmund Rice did not /mow that the network

would grow into being the global entity il is

today. Bu t from starting small he has managed

to change the world.

Starting small, we can change the world.

The spirit of F.dm:u11d Rice was to give those

less fortunate than himself a chance to be all

that they could, and it is in this spitit th.at so

many f1eople wday w01k to im/)rove their

c011w11mity, our nation and the world in which

we live. ln maintaining the teachings of

J:.amu:nd Rice, our College encourages us to lend

a hand whenever possiiJ/e through its pillars of

faith tradition, excellence and joy, but it is uf) lo

its to seize our opportunities and malie a.

difference while we am.

SOCIAL JUSTICE M r Matthew Taylor

On Wednesday May 13 a group of

students, chosen for tl1eir efforts in social

justice activities at St Patricks College

ven tu red to St Kevin 's College in

Richmond LO 1;1ke pan in the gathering of

sw den ts from Edmund Rice Soutl1ern

Region schools. Stude nts net:worked with

fellow stude nts add ressing 'Justice and

Peace issues which are facing us in the

wo rld ' .

Brothe r Philip Pimo is tl1e Congregational

Leader for the Christian Brothers. Br Philip

addressed Lhe students on the issue ofJustice

and Peace. Br Philip is an inspiring speaker

who uses sto.-ics to convey the message of

Socialjus1ice for all people. All boys were

inspired to act upon issues that are pn.:!valent

in society and the world.

O ne such story was particular!)'

astonishing to hear:

A woman sits in a court room waiting for

her case to be heard. In fron t of her in the

dock is a group of six secu rity guards. The

woman is asked to recount her story, she

points to one particular guard and says

1hat three years earlier th is guard had

entered he1· house and had taken her son,

he had put a gun against h is head and

shot him dead. He then dragged the body

outside the house and placed it on a pile

of sticks, covered h im with petrol and

burnt h im in front of hc1·.

Sometime latc1· he rewrned and came

into her house. This time he wok her

husband. She had no idea what had

happened LO him or where they had taken

h im, umil two years later when the guard

came back again and wok her blindfolckd

Lo a r i,·er where she saw her husband alive,

laying tied on top ofa p ile of sticks. The

guard then covered him wi th petrol and

set him on fire.Just before her husband

died he cried out 'forgive them, for they

know not what the)' do' . On hearing this,

the j udge asked the woman what she

wanted LO happen to th is guard.

The woman responded that she wanted

three things. First!)', she want.eel the guard

to take her back LO the river where her

husband perished so that she could collect

the ashes and give him a proper burial.

The sec~nd was that she wanted to

adopt the guard as her son . She said he

should visit her twice a month. This guard

had taken all that she had loved and lived

for and she felt she needed to love

something. That someth ing was the guard

because she would then be able 10 share

the love she still had in her with him .

The third was that she wanted 1.0 forgive

h im, as her husband had done just before

he d ied; she too wanted to forgive him for

the wrongs he had done. The woman

asked t11e clerk to help her over LO the

dock, as she was very frail, so that she

could embrace the guard, so that he ,,,as

a,,,are that he truly had her tota l

forgiveness. At th is the guard collapsed LO

the floor, overcome with emotion.

Brother Phi lip also spoke about self

respect and how ifwe were to be true to

o urselves, we could not simply con tinue to

do nothing with the li fe we have been

given. He said to the boys that when they

walk through the door LO go home, they

will be different from what they were when

they came in. They will now always act

upon injustice in our world, for the good

of all.

A h ighligh t for one of the boys was the

presentation ofa certificate of

appreciation and acknowledgement from

Br Philip and the Christian Brothers, for

the Social J ustice initiatives that are

undcnakcn at St Patrick's College.

Matthew 1-logbin was awarded th is

certificate for h is work in Th e St Vincem

de Paul Conference and The Social Justice

Con ference at St Patrick's College.

Wit11 the inspiration of Br Philip, al l

students are encouraged to consider

joining either the St Vincent de Paul

Conference or the Social justice

Co11fe,·ence from Year 10 to 12 to work with

other students in an effort to carry the

message of Peace and Social Justice for all.

In the words of Brother Philip Pimo,

"Move out and imme1·se yourself in the life

of 1.he poor. God will do t11e rest".

ADF LONG TAN AWARDS

T he Australian Defence Forces offer

scho larships at Year IO, 11 and 12 to

commemorate the values of those who

fough t the battle of Long Tan. The criteria

embrace much of what we look for in our

student leaders.

2009 winners are:

Nicho las O'Brien (Year 10) James MeMas1er (Year 11)

Patrick Adeney (Year 12)

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A VISIT FROM SPC 'LEGEND' RAIMOND GAITA

On May 20, philosopher, author and Old

Collegian Raimond Gaita (SPC 1958-62)

,~sited tJ,e College to speak "~tJ, VCE

stude nts. Raimond is best known for his

autobiographical 'Romulus my Father' and

stands out as one of the most eminent

academic and li tera1)' legends of the College.

Raimond was born in Dortmund,

Germany in 1946. His Romanian-born

father, Romulus Gaita, and German-born

mother, Christine Anna Do rr, emigrated LO

Australia in 1950. Gaita after his years at St

Patrick's College, studied p h ilosophy at

the Universit)' o f Melbourne, gaining a

Bache lor of Arts (H onours) a nd Master of

An s degrees, before going on LO become a

Doctor of Philosophy from the University

of Leeds. He worked as a lecture r in

philosophy at the Unive rsity of Kent at

Cante rbury before moving to work al

Kings College, University o f London.

Raimond c urrentl)' divides his time

bet:wcen Australia and England, reflect.ing

his appointment as Foundation Professor

of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic

Universit)' and Professor of Moral

Philosophy at Kings College, London. He

is a Fellow of t.hc Australian Academy of

the Humanities

Raimond was a gifted scholar and

renowned public speaker and had an affinity

fm w1-iling. He has been a pro.lific writer

releasing a number of highly acclaimed

books including, An Absolute Conception,

Romulus My Father, A Common Humanity

and The Philosopher's Dog.

Raimond continues LO show a keen

interest in the life of the College and is an

exemplar of the College's rich traditions

of academic excellence. His contribution

to the rich hisLOry o f the College was

recognised in 2005 when he was formally

inducted as a 'Legend' of St. Pau·ick's

College at the annual OCA 'Halls of

HisLOry Dinner'.

PagelO Se(Xemtern:,09

ONE NIGHT OF HOMELESSNESS Mr Jamie Bobrowski

Student Leadership and Standards Officer

Each night in Australia, an amuent

country by any measure, a staggering

36,000 people fro m the 12 to 25 age group

will sleep out in the e le ments. This rate of

homelessness is of great conce rn and is

li tera lly on o ur own doorstep. It is

imperative that we raise awareness about

this issue and look at the man)' underlying

factors that contribute LO young people's

homelessness.

In response LO this situation a nd to

further e nhance the leadership

progra mmes available to student5 the

College pro,~des students in Year IO \\~th an

opportunity LO experience 'One Night of

Homelessness'. On Thursday May 28, l 9i

stuclenL5 and te n staff spent the nigh1 out in

the cold with nothing but. a woole n blanket for comfort and warmth. The experie nce

was coordinated b)' the College's Leadership

and Standards Officer Mr.Jamie Bobrowski

and is part of a holistic leade rship

development programme in Year 10, titled

'The Jo urney'.

For boys used to the comforts of home

and supportive families, 'One Night of

Homelessness' was a challe nging and at

times confronting expe rie nce that

imroducecl Year I O boys LO just some of

the condit ions that homeless young

people in Australia e xperience on any

given night. Stud ents we re feel from a real

life soup kitche n a nd met workers a nd

volumeers whose dail)' rcalit)' brings them

into con tact with some o f societies

marginalised.

T he night also re inforced for stude nts

that the causes of home lessness are

multi-faceted - ma ny people who live on

the streets attended school, had jobs and

fam ilies but for reasons linked LO mental

health, social connectivity a nd substance

abuse now find themselves living on our

streets. Other experiences for the nig ht

included a midnight informative sessions

from Open Family Melbourne who work

with homeless youth on a daily basis.

The response fro m stude nts was quite

amazing with a ll but four stude nts from

the year level present. It is hoped that this

event will become an a nnua l event. across

all EREA schools in Australia to highlight

the national challe nge o f youth

homelessness.

YEAR 9 MELBOURNE EXPERIENCE M r Terry Blizzard

What makes some information stick in

your mind, while some other things seem

t.o slowly fade away until you can' t

remember a thing about them? For

example , l cannot tell you anything abou t

most meetings that I would have had ten

)'ears ago, yet some how I can recall vividly

just about every inch of a fam ily trip I took

to England d uring that period. Trivial and

significan t events are still ve11' fresh in my

mind.

Educational research te lls us that one of

the reasons that th is happens is that

retention of information occurs much

more effectively when a person has an

emotio nal experience as well an

intellectual o ne . The other facLOr that has

a positive effect on information retention

relates to how we absorb information

- when we use as many diffe re nt senses as

possible such as eyes, cars, touch and body

movement. Therefore my trip to England

was panicularly memorable because I was

emotionally engaged and had so many of

rny senses active. Of course we can't

provide too many experiences like that at

school but th is important p rinciple still

holds 1.rue, even if o n a smaller scale.

Engage the emotio ns and activate as many

senses as possible and then learning will

take hold .

Many of the Year 9 boys have been able

LO e ngage thci,· emotions in an urban

e nviro nme nt by completing a range of

tasks whilst in Melbourne. T he activities

that they have undertaken will hopefully

remain wi th them for life. Si milady, we

a re hoping tha t the Year 10 Homelessness

Night will engender a range of emotions

for the pa rticipants and provide an

experience which will be remembered into

the future. I am constantly amazed at the

opportunities that a re provided to the

young me n at St Patrick's College. These

take on a whole range of experiences from

sporting, cultural, in tellectual, faith and

human perspectives. I tha nk the staff, who

work tirelessly to allow these opportun ities

to take place on a daily basis and the

pa rental support provided for these

activities.

2009 WHOLE STAFF FORMATION

The annual St Patrick's College two-day

Staff Formation Programme was held on

Thu,-sday August 20 and Friday August 21

at the Cnlleg<'. T h,-, Staff Formation

Programme ,·cquired a ll st.affat the

College LO explore and more fully

understand what it is to work a t a Catholic

school for boys in the traditio n of Edmund

Rice. T his year's programme was led by Fr

Chris Gleeson SJ

Fr Ch1·is was o rdained priest in 1975,

taught English and History and was

Executive Assistant t◊ the Jesuit Provincial

for two years. He has an Honours HisLOry

Degree and Dip. Eel. from Melbourne

Unive1-sit)' and a Bachelor o f Divinity from

t.he Melbourne College of Divinity. He was

appo inted Head of Xavier College,

Melbou rne in 1981 and afte r eleven yea,-s

in his rnle and a brief period a5 Chaplain

of ewrnan College, was appointed Head

of St Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney,

from 1993 LO 2002. After being assigned in

September 2005 LO the Jesuit Community

ofToowong in Brisbane , he has become a

member of the Jesuits' Loyola Institute

team responsible for developing and

providing Ignatian formation programs in

Australia and overseas. In April, 2006, he

was appoin ted Director of the new Faber

Ce ntre of lgnatian Spirituali ty in Brisbane.

Fr Chris cominues to innue nce

education, notably as a membe r of the

inaugural Board of Edmund Rice

Education Australia, which focuses on the

management and administration of the

Christian Brothers' school system in

Australia. The formation programme was a

challenging and rewarding experie nce for

sta!f due in no small pan lO Chris' inspired

facilitation.

2009 ART EXHIBITION

The second annual St Pati-ick's College

An Exhibition was a spectacular success

thanks primarily to the stunning work on

display and the outstanding work of a

legion of dedicated volunteers led by

Exhibition Committee chairperson Mrs

Tracey Wilson.

Over 200 people gathered in the

Pavilion on Friday evening at the Gala

Launch 10 learn 1>1ho had taken out the

night's prestigious awards. Exhibition

Judge, Mr Gordon Morrison from An

Galle ry, Ballarat read out the names of the

following award winners who were

humbled by the recognition afforded to

them b)' astute artjudges -

2009 Flanagan Prize

'Survey Vessel 2' by Dr Carol Wilson

University of Ballarat Emerging Artist Prize

'Exiguous cubes' by Mr Gordon Mo111"0

Students' Choice Award

'South !Vlelbourne Beach Sunset' by

Mr Garry Arnephy

The success of the event was also

attributable to a numbe r of generous

event sponsors for 2009 including:

NamiQg Rights Sponsors Fuji Xerox Univers ity of Ballarat

FUJI xerox i} Business Centre Authorised Dealer

Wc-1,tern Vittoria

Category Sponsors City Oval Restaurant & Bar (Robert and Deb Gayton ) Darriwill Farm L'Espresso Lifestyle Travel (Leonie Spencer) Mudgroup (Swart Fountain ) Peter Fo rd Catering (Peter and Lo uise Ford) Oscar's Hotel Cafe & Bar (Dann)' and Nicki Quinlan) Springhill Farm Sovereign Press (Ross Woouon) Turrell Cale & Catering Zaragosa Mexican & Spanish Tapas Bar and Restauranl.

VCE art students from St Patrick's and

l.oreLo College visited the Exhibition with

all s1udents voting on the inaugural

'St.udents ' Choice' Award. This was an

invaluable experie nce for students and

funhe1· re inforces the breadth of learning

opportunities available to students at the

College.

Well done and thank you to the Art

Exhibition Committee for providing the

College, and wider community, with the

opponunity to visit this stunning display of

art work.

• theSHAMROCK

2009 Committee Mrs Tracey Wilson (Chair) Mr Te rry Blizzard (Curator) Mrs Debbie Hill (Secre tary) Mrs Shirley ·waiters (Treasurer) Ms Caitlin Bennett Ms Claire Blake Mrs Sue Blizzard Dr Pe ter Casey Mrs Karoline Malone Mrs Leonie Spencer Mr Ma1-k Waddington

Mr Bernie Wilson

T he Art Exhibition Committee will fully

review th e event in weeks to come and will

soon start work on the 2010 Exhibition to

e nsure it ma intains its place as o ne or the

regio ns most ou tStanding exhibitions.

FATHER'S DAY The College once aga in celebrated

Fathers' Day Mass and breakfast, wh ich

was well atte nded and had a terrific

aunosphe re . T ha nks to Mrs Ma ree Moore

a nd the Mission Team, Mr Be rnie Ke nna

and Fr Greg Tait for the ir effortS in

bringing this occasio n togethe r.

In o ur se u ing - an a ll boys' Catholic

school in the Edmund Rice tradition , we

a re ever conscious of the impact we, as

adults have on o ur young men. The

influence that paren ts have on shaping

their children is paramount a nd the

second greatest influe nce usually comes

fro m the teache rs that young people have

du1·ing the ir schooling. T he opportunity to

bring Dads ;rnd sons LOgethe r is some thing

which the College values e normo usly. The

evidence suggests that as Dads, we must

ensure that we d o find time to be with our

sons and da ughte rs a nd to take a n active

and genuinely interested ro le in the ir lives.

P.ige14 Septemte,2009

MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC ... Mrs Kat hleen Plastow

Director of Performing Arts

Brisbane Tour 2009

On August 12, 51 boys and four staff

head ed off to the warme r climate of

Brisbane LO compe te in two music festivals.

The Billy Hyde's Urbane U pbeat Festival

was held at the Royal National Agricultural

and Industrial Association of Queensland

Exhibition, or the EKKA for short. This

performance was in amo ng the hubbub of

the no ise and exciteme nt o f the show and

was all about entertaining the audience.

Crowds gathe red on the grass in the 28

degree sun and e njO)'ed the pe rformances.

Every time St Patrick's College was

introduced , the crowd were amazed that

we had come such a d ista nce a nd tha t we

played so well. T he fact tha t it was only

th ree degrees when the LOur group left

Ballarat at 3am was re peatedly mentioned .

All ensembles performed very well and

the stage band, under the d irection of Mr

C-irl Alwert, delivered an o utStanding

performance. We were lucky enough to have

worksho ps at the Queensland University of

Techno logy (QUT ) where the boys received

guidance from three senior conducting

studen tS. T he conductors each worked on

two of the pieces that St Patrick's performed

focussing o n phrasing, balance and

imonation. T his work certainly helped \\~th

the boys performances. Thank you to Mr

Brad Millard, Director of Music at QUT for

o rganising such a great expe,·ience.

T he Queensland Catholic Colleges

Music Festival is ope n to Catho lic schools

natio n wide and in 2009 presented 10,000

per forma nces across five venues in four

clays. This was the focus of the tou r a nd

the boys re presemed us superbly. The

Percussio n Ensemble was award ed Bro nze,

Concert Band, Stage Band, Woodwind

Ensem ble a nd Guitar Ensemble all

received Silver awa rds and the Brass

Ensemble 1·eceived Gold. We now head off

LO the Melbourne Schoo l Band Festival

and pre pare for the Royal Sourh Street

Competitio ns. We gain a lo t fro m the

feedback given a t these festivals and

th rough watching other schools per fo rm.

The boys we re able to enjO)' the mselves

a t Dreamwo rld a nd the EKKA and had the

o pportunity to visit the Queensland

Museum, Queensland Art Galle ry and the

Galle ry o f Modern Art, as well as guided

to urs o f the Mary MacKillop Chape l a nd St

Ste phe n 's Cathedral afte r Mass o n Sunday

morning.

GODSPELL Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord ...

St Patrick's College a nd Lo reto College

presented the cele brated musical Godspell

to admiring audiences from June 4 LO 6 al

the Sir Be rnard Heinz Theatre at St

Pall'ick's College. Godspe ll is based u pon

the Gospel o f Matthew a nd was conceived

and wriue n by Jo hn-Michael Te belak with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. All

pe rformances o f the show we re sold out, a

reflection of the sense of a nticipatio n and

achievemen t that was evident d uring

re hearsa ls over several months.

The show which was first pe rformed

o ff-Broadwa)' features two numbe r one

hits, 'Prepa1·e Ye' a nd ' Day by Da)". T he

show ran for an incred ible 527

pe rformances on Broadway in the mid 70s

wh ilst simultaneously running in London.

Godspe ll was Directed by the College's

Audio-Visual Manager Mr Gle nn Fishe r, a

re nowned Ballara t per former having

appeared in shows such as CatS and

Ch icago. Gle nn is a Life Member o f the

Ballarat Lyric Theatre and b rought

considerable passio n and experience to

his de but per formance as Director.

The show featw·ed nume rous hig hly

talented local pe l'fo rme rs including

Laure nce H eenan who played the part of

J esus, Gemma Be nio-Sand la nt who played

Robin, Pa trick Linnane as Lama r, Siobha n

Heenan who played Joanne and iVlikaela

Wallace, a veteran of local productions

who d id a stellar j ob in tJ1e role o f Peggy.

Godspell has been produced locally and

nationally and is a favouri te of lovers of

musicals. It fea w res a seminal score and a

s1s ing of me morable songs. T he main story

is po rtrayed in the subtext, particularly in

the manner in which characters in teract

with their leader, coming toge ther to fonn

a loving and supportive comm unity. Even

in colllemporary times this funny, thought

pro1·oking and enterta ining m usical

delighted the sell o ut a udiences from the

1.wo Colleges.

WORK EXPERIENCE

The College's Tnmsition Coordinato1·,

Mr Antho ny Meehan has again wo rked

tirelessly assisting over 200 Year 10

students with work p lacemen LS d uring the

week of.June 22 to 26. Many fa\'Ourable

comments were received from e mployers

and the wider commun ity regard ing the

positive impact that many of our boys had

wid1in their work placeme nt.

A5 a College co mmunity it is gratifying

LO receive positive endorsemen ts for the

work performed by students - a few of

these comme nts are presented below:

"I was impressed by the quality o/jeremy '.,

work, and how well he interacted with staff I

suggested he might lilie to hand in his resume for

a (casual) position. M~ll done!"

"Tim. was a val·uable 1esou.rce in lite time he

was here and peifomwd at a higher level than

most if not all, high school students on

placement. "

']ames was very enthusiastic and willing lo

leam, he showed a great wod1 ethic and his

company was enjoyed by all the staff . . "

'j alie i, an amazing young f>erson and would

be highly effective 1vith youlh if he contin:ues into

the industry. "

• theSHAMROCK

PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATING 2009 Purton Oratory and Br HT Breach Oratory Ms Vict oria Moore

As has become a rich tradition at the

College, the Board Room was alive with

nervous tension at the end of Term 3 ,,rith

the staging of the annual Pu rton Oratory

and Breach Oratory Competitions. T he

day a lso featured the W. T. Do)'le Debate .

For the first time this event was held on a

SalUrday to enable pa,·ents and other family

members to support competitors and

expe1ience tJ1e high quality of oration

associated witJ1 these prestigious competitions.

The day commenced with the annual

Breach O rator)', named after the much

loved Br H . T. (Herbie) Breach, a great

educator who loved h is cricket, athletics,

hockey, the arts, teaching French and had

a passion for public speaking. Studen ts

were required Lo present a five-minute

speech on a topic of their choice, followed

by an impromptu speech of 1:wo minute's

length. With the confidence of students

much older and experienced, the students

orated at a very h igh standard.

Su,dents, staff and parents re-entered

the Boardroom to hear senior students

compete for the title of Doyle Debaters

2009 in the wr Doyle Debate. After a

short break, the students competed for the

title of Purton Orator. The Purton Oratory

was established in 1940 after Br D. C .

Purton, past staff member and

Headmaster of St Pau·ick's College.

After a closely contested event it was

announced that T homas McKin non was a

deserving ,,~nne,~ ensu1ing his p lace in the

h istory of St Pat.rick's College as a Pu rton

OraLOr. Thomas was also awarded the Sir

Hugh Devine Impromptu Award, named

in honour of a past student and a world

leading authority in surgical techniques.

The prize for the best Year 7 to 9 orator

for 2009, the Br HT Breach Trophy went

to Kieren O'Riley.

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Details of Award Winners : Purton Oratory

Thomas McKinnon

Sir Hugh Devine Impromptu Speech

Thomas McKinnon

W.T. Doyle Debating

Ben O'Shea

W.T. Doyle Debating

Connor Bourke

W.T. Doyle Debating

Joseph McKee

Breach Oratory

Kieren O 'Riley

A NEW LOOK FOR THE ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE WEBSITE www.st pats.vic.edu.au

After a considerable period of planning by

the Public Relations and Marketing

Comminee the new look St Pauick's College

website was officially launched in August.

T he new site features a rolling display of

photos from College life as well as some

great user fiiendly functions that will make

life easier for members of tJ1e community

.:

uying to source info,mation or keep up to

date with the numerous events that take

place around the College each week.

Some ofme new fealUres ofme site include:

• A daily and weekly calendar feature on the front page;

• A 'Latest News' feature on the from page;

• A market research function to enable parents LO provide feedback to the College on a range of topics;

• T he ability to pay fees and other invoices on line (available from October 2009);

• An extensive photo g-allery, fean.uing cun-ent images as well as roll call photos back 10

1893. Members of tJ·,e College community \\~II be able to purchase phoros on line tJ1rough a secure payment portal; and

• O n line employment function Lo enable prospective employees to apply for positions at St Pauick's on line.

ln addition tJ1e content pages for cunicular

and co-cunicular areas of me College have

been greatJy expanded and should provide all

visitors ,,~tJ1 accurnte, time!)' and useful

infom1ation. Please take the time to visit our

new site and provide any feedback you may

have to the Developmem Office.

Sincere appreciation and congratulations

to Devclopmelll and Marketing Officer Ms

Caitlin Bennett who has coordinated tJ1is

project in coruunction witJ1 the Public

Relations and Marketing Committee of the

Board.

ANEW ADDITION TO OUR KITCHEN

VisiLOrs, staff and boarding students of

the College are sure to be pleased ,vith the

appoimment of Mr Bernard Kenna to the

role of Catering and Functions Manager.

Bernie is well known to many members of

the College community as a former

parent, as the Head Che f at the North

Ballarat Football Club, and as a

parishioner at St Columba's, North

Ballarat. Be rnie has already made a

favourable impression upon atte ndees at

the.John James Medal, OCA reunion

dinners and tJ1e Rugby presentation lig ht,

not LO me ntion the nightly feasts served up

LO our boarding studen ts. Be rnie

continues the fine work of Ms Tracey

Downes who has returned to Melbourne

after seven years service to the College.

SPORT 2009

FOOTBALL 2009 A Day at the 'G -2009 MCC Herald Sun Shield Grand Fina l Mr Howard Clark

Director of Football

Assumption College 11 - 9 - 75 Defeated

St Patrick's College 9 - 11 - 65

Goal Kickers

Mau hew James 3, Ben Peters 2, Richard

Bambleu, Zane Thompson, Hayden

Walters,Jake Dunne I

Best Players

Sam Howard, Michael Suban, Mathew

Begbie, Ben Petcrs,.Jesse Dundon, Zane

T hompson

St Patrick's College were defeated by

Assumption College in the final of the

prestigious MCC Herald Sun Shield

competition on Sunday August 8. Played

on the hallowed turf of tJ1e Melbourne

Cricket Ground, Assumption pla)'ed the

bette r brand of football after the main

break and won by a ma,·gin of 10 points.

In perfect conditio ns, St Patrick's

College started 1.he game extremely we ll,

controlling both the mid-field and the

forward areas. Mathew Bcgbie (Year JO) in

his role as nominated sweeper was getting

his hands on the ball and was influential in

this early phase of the game. Matthew

James (Yearll ) was proving to be an

excelle nt foil for 1icholas O 'Brien (Year

10) and kicked two early goals to establish

the early patte rn of the game.

• theSHAMROCK

Unfortunately the team's huge work rate

d id not adequately reflect our early

dominance. St Patrick's College had twelve

inside entries to Assumption College's

seven and although we had five more shots

on goal for the quarter, at the break St

Patrick's College held only a slender· one

point lead.

The second quarter was dominated by

the half back line of both teams. Sam

Howard (Vice-Captain) in particular was

extremely damaging and consistently

repelled many Assumption College auacks.

His attack on the ball and his combined

leadership with Ben Peters and Marc

James in particular saw St Patrick's College

hold a two point lead going inLO the main

break. The unfortunate component of the

quarter was our inability to sustain

Assumption's pressure in ' red time'.

Assumption College kicked a goal with five

seconds re maining of the quarter and this

goal gave them some momentum heading

into the second half.

A transformation came over the game in

the third quarter. Assumption College

dominated the quarter in all Key

Performance Indicators and it was only the

sustained efforts of Michael Suban, Kain

Ford and Sam Howard in the back half

that continually repelled Assumption

College's forward thrusts. At the 18 minute

mark, although Assumption had entered

1.he forward 50 seven more times than St

Patrick's College, Assumption only held a

slender three point lead. At this point

however, we failed to sustain pressure and

unfortunately, as in the previous two

quarters', players relaxed mentally and we

conceded cwo goals within the last 90

seconds of the term, leaving the team

placed 15 points down at three quarter

time.

It was imperative that St Patrick's

College kicked the first goal of the final

quarter~ however similar to the pattern of

the thi,·d quarter Assumption College

opened the te1·m extremely well and

kicked a goal within the first 90 seconds of

p lay. At this point in an attempt to wrestle

back the ascendancy and win the game,

Ben Peters who had sacrificed his own

game to play in the key central defensive

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post was moved to Cenu·e Half Forward

and his move paid instant dividends. He

kicked an excellent goal from 45 meters

out, however this was repelled by two

clever goals from Assumptions College's

small crumbing forwards opening up a 24

point lead at the 14 minute mark of the

final quarter.

Nick O 'Brien who with Ben Peters had

been our most producth·e player across all

the MCC Herald Sun Shield Games was

moved into the ruck and started to get his

hands on the ball and provided our key

mid fielders in Mathew Begbie and Jordan

Alexander first use of the ball. Ben Peters

once ;igain pro,~ded a marking option up

fonvard and set up Richard Bamblett to

kick a clever goal at the 15 minute mark of

the quarter to reduce the lead to 16

points. At the centre square stoppage,

Mathew Begbie forced the ball forwa rd

and Ben Peters marked strongly for the

third time in the quarter and kicked his

second goal as the siren sounded to leave

the final margin at IO points.

The players are to be congramlated on

their achievement in reaching the MCC

Herald Sun Shield Grand Final and

acquitting themselves extremely well

throughout the campaign. The team

defeated Penleigh and Essendon

Grammar, Box Hill Secondary College,

Bendigo Secondary College and St

Joseph's College Geelong LO earn the right

to play off for the title and ah.hough the

team didn't play with the same freedom

and skill of the previous games, they

should be exu·emely proud of what they

have achieved and for the legacy that they

have left for the 2010 group.

The leadership group led by Captain

Marc James, Vice Captains Roben Lockett

and Sam Howard and core team leaders

Patrick Britt,Josh Cowan, Ben Peters and

Shaun Lyle were outstanding and their

positive innuence within the group was a

major reason behind the team's 2009

success. The challenge for t11e 15 players

who represented the College in the Grand

Final and who are eligible to play next

year, is to learn from this year's defeat and

ensure that the group go one step further

in 2010.

BAS PREMIERS 2009 St Patrick's College 8 - 6 - 54 defeated

Ballarat Clarendon College 6 - 6 - 42

Goal Kickers

Man James 3, Marshall Rippon. Jordan

Alexander,Jesse Dundon, Nicholas

O'Brien J.

Best Players

Marc.James, Ben Peters, Matthew.James,

1 icholas O'Bl'ien, Sam Howard,Jesse

Dundon

St Patrick's College defeated Ballarat

Cla,·cndon College in the 2009 BAS Grand

Final. Played on the small Ba llan1t

Clarendon College oval in slippery

conditions, St Patrick's College were never

headed and ran out 12 point winners in a

very tight and often congested game.

St Patrick's College had the better of the

opening term, leading by 12 points at

quarter time . Although our key indicators

were slightly down having achieved only

14, 1 % acts for the term , the side were

able to achieve 16 runs to receive which is

a clear indicaLOr that t.he players we re

prepared to support each other by foot.

The second term was the most telling of

the match and underlined why the team

has experienced the success that it has had

over the 2009 season. Whilst keeping BCC

goal-less for the term, St Patrick's College

kicked two second quarter goals to open

up a 27 point lead going into the main

break. This lead was the result of the St

Patrick's College players achieving a game

high 26 1 % acts for the term, 17 runs to

rece ive and a staggering 1.0: I score line

SPC way, for stoppages both at the Cen t.re

Bounces and around the ground. These

are te lling numbers and underlined why St

Pat1ick's College had opened up a 27

point break.

Unfortunately, the brand of football that

we have become so proud of and

accustomed to over the 2009 season,

I I

unravelled in the thi rd quarter opening

the door for BCC.

ln a tense last quarter, Ballarat

Clarendon College kicked the first two

goals of the quarter and at the 12 minute

mark, St Pau·ick 's College held a very

sle nder fou,· point lead. Matthew James

was instrumental in these last eight

minutes kicking two very telling goals,

both from leading up into space and from

difficult shots. Mat.thew's composure was

critical and cenain ly underlines h is

improvement th roughout the season. His

final two goals contributed to St Patrick's

College running o ut. J 2 point victors at the

final siren.

The leadership of both Marc J a mes and

Ben Peters in particular was outstanding

and thei r perfonmrnces at Full Back and

Centre Half Back respectively was pivotal

to the teams overall success.

The team needs to be congratulated on

their pe rformance and underlines the

College's consistency of performance over

the last three years, winning the BAS title

in 2007, 2008 and now in 2009. T he

manr.ra for the 2009 season is: Individual

Talent, Collective Strength, Team Success

and it is these traits were evident for all to

see in a stoic ,~ctory.

JOHN JAMES MEDAL NIGHT

Over 190 guests attended the prestig ious

John James Medal Evening, a night that

recognises one of the College's finest

athletes, 1961 Brownlow Medall ist.John

J ames. John was an amazing school boy

athlete once kicking 35 goals in a 1st XVIU

game against Ballarat High School. The

night also recognises the involvement of

over 400 students, staff and parents who

participate in the College's Football

Programme.

Guest Speakers on the night were Austin

Wonaemirrie (Melbourne Football Club)

Brenton Sanderson (Assistant Coach of

the Geelong Football Club), former

Hawth orn a nd Collingwood player and

now AFL player Manager Alex McDonald

(SPC 1982-87) andJohnJames ( 1961

Brownlow Medallist, Carlton Football

Club).

Austin is an Indigenous player who was

born and raised on th e Tiwi Islands in the

remote communi ty of Snake Bay on the

Melville Islands. Austin was drafted to the

Melbourne Football Club at the 2007

National Draft. In Austin 's first year at the

Club, he pla)'ed a total of 18 games and

won a nomination for the prestigious NAB

Rising Star Award. Austin spoke fondly of

his background in the Tiwi Islands and the

d ifficulties involved in both the re location

and settling inLO Melbourne. Austin also

spoke of the various demands associated

with playing AFL football and his goals

and h opes for the future. It was also a

great opportunity for him to catch up with

his cousins currently attending the

College, Bon Gerard Timaepatua and

Jayson Puatijimi who arc in Year 11.

Brenton Sanderson played 199 of h is

209 AFL games at the Ceelong football

Club and was one of tl1e most respected

players in the club's h istory. Brenton

commenced his career with the Adelaide

Crows in 1992 after earning the All

Australian Under J 7 honours. He played

j ust six games in two seasons with tl1e

Crows before being traded to Collingwood

in 1994 where he managed four games at

VicLOria Park before a trade to Geelong at

1.he end of the l 994 season.

Brent.on eruoyed an outstanding eleven

yea rs with the Cats, winning the Best and

Fairest in 200 I and finishing third in 1998,

2000 and 2003. He was named Club

Vice-Captain, and represented Australia

against Ireland in the International Rules

Series in 200 I.

Brenton retired at the end of the 2005

season having represented three AFL

clubs, played a total of 209 games and

kicked 34 caree,· goals. Upon completion

his playing career Brenton was appointed

to the role as the Development Coach of

the Port Adelaide Football Club in 2006.

Brenton worked witl1 Pon Adelaide for

one year and in 2007 returned to the

Geelong Football Club as an Assistant

Coach, a role that he currently occupies.

theSHAMROCK

Brenton spoke about his j ourney ,,~thin

the AFL system and the various

disappointments that he encountered

along the way. Brenton spoke about

resilience and the need for all the players

to p rioritise educatio n and learning.

Alex lvlcDonald played 107 AFL games

for Haw1horn and Collingwood,

completed a Bachelor of Commerce

during this time and currently works as a

player manager for Stride Management,

managing such p la)'ers as SPC students

J ames McDonald, Clinton Young, Mattl1ew

Rosa, Matt Austin , Matthew Tyler and

icholas Suban.

1st XVIII Awards

Br WT O'Malley Best and Fairest Trophy

Marc.James

Rwmer Up - Nicholas O'Brien

Third - Ben .Peters

MCC Herald Sun Shield Player of the Year

Ben Peters and icholas O'Brien

John James Medal

(Best o n Ground BAS Grand Final)

Marc James

North Ballarat Rebels Most Valuable Player

Joshua Cowan

Year 10 Most Promising Player

Nicholas O 'Brien

2nd XVIII Aw ards

SPC Blue (Coach - Mr Mark Waddington)

Clay Jen kins

Xavier Quigley 2 Joshua Plozza 3

Matt Cullinan 4

Jayson Pautijimi 4

SPC Green (Mr Gavin Webb)

Nick Clifton

Patrick Dwyer 2

Caleb Hepworth 3

Justin O 'Brien 4

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• theSHAMROCK

2nd XVIII Greg Dowd Memorial Best Player Award

Nick Clifton

Year l O Jim Toohey Memorial

Best Player Award (Mr Mark O'Loughlin)

Ben Schiltz

Mitchell Phelps 2

To m Gall 3

James Blood 4

Year 9 Best Player Award (Mr Joe Carmody)

Nick Rippo n

1 o rton Darrigan 2

Daniel Vadala 3

Jack Rome ril 4

J w1ior Awards SPC White (Mr Phillip Sherry)

Jack Peeters

Joshua Cullinan 2

Aden Nestor 3

MatthewJohnston 3

SPC Gold (Mr Rohan Davis)

Ma Lthew Coon

Michael Richardson 2

Joel Anstis 3

Ha rry Murph y 4

SPC Green (Mr Garry Fit:r.simmons)

Joseph Mason

Nicholas Weightman 2

Daniel Butle r 3

Daniel Dickson 4

SPC Blue (Mr Chris Gleeson)

v\lilliam Pe trowski

Caleb McGra th 2

Harry Seery 3

Alex Brown 4

SOCCER First XI - BAS Premiers 2009

Grand Final SPC 7 defeated BaUarat Grammar School 0

Goals Marcus Lynch 2, Ma u Radoj cvic 2, T

Yo ung, K Taylo r, M Trigger.

Best Marcus Lynch,Jacob Krusche, Kyran

Taylo r, William Georgiou, Matt Radojcvic,

Joshua Antone lli, Da niel McIntyre .

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Ballarat Grammar took t11e kick olfand

was put under immediate pressure having to

clear tlte ball high into t11e ir forward zone.

J acob Krusche met it wit11 tlte first of his

many su-ong headers and t11e ball was picked

up by a Grammar defender. He had t11e ball

under his control, but. not for long, as Tom

Young physically challenged him and prised

the ball of him. Having torn rJ1e ball clear

Tom burst into t11e J 8 yard box lea,~ng their

keeper with no where to go as he shot

cleanly for a devastating goal inside the first

minute.

St Patrick's scored again ,,~t11in t11e first

five minutes as Kyran Taylo r played a sharp

cross to Marcus Lynch on the left "~ng. He

conu·olled it and set olf into the deep left

corne r. I lis cross was into t.he danger area

and Matt Radoje,~c had made good ground

LO be in place for 1J1e ball and he made no

mistake from point blank range.

Grammar tigh te ned up tl1cir defence and

was able t.O counte r at.ta ck dangerously. BGS

striker Alex Davis was thmugh to the left o f

the 18 yard box and o nly had the keeper LO

beat, but To m McKinnon has been the

premier keeper of the competitio n and he

again showed why his h igh rating gained

him tlte BAS keeper role. With Davis

basically tltrough Torn leapt on the ball

cleanly at the attacker's feet.

A quick return from defence into attack

led LO another Kyran pass to Marcus o n the

le ft side . Marcus ran deep into the 18 yard

box and stopped the ball to do uble back. A

clumsy hold o lf thc ball on Marcus led to a

penalty given. Kyran deservedly took the

spot kick and de livered safe!)' into t11e back

of the net for our t11ird goal.

Next came t1·1e most amazing goal of the

)'Car. Will Georgiou had been teaming wi th

K)~a n in t11e cenu-e and controlling most of

t11e action. He again found Marcus on 1he

left flank who was held up deep out o n 1.he

line. He managed to play in towards Matt

Radojevic who was hassled close to the far

line. Some how, .Matt played the ball into the

air and over the defende r's sho ulder. He ran

around still with total control and raking the

ball in the air headed goal ward. Seeing

Marcus appear in the goal mouth he nicked

the ball over onto Marcus' foot for the

ultimate tap in.

The defence was sto pping evet)'thing and

a big header under pressure fro m Angus

Martin cleared t11e centre line and was

controlled expertly by Da niel McIntyre. He

popped it ove r to Matt Radoje,~c who again

stopped the ball on the run and doubled

back. H e only faced t11e keeper and hit it

under his defe nce to the 1·ight for our fifth.

There were goals aplenty but the skill

being shown was all around t11e ground .

Michael Ferguson was showing aplomb with

quick wo,·k in d efence. Confronted by no

space, he duly pla)•cd a ball between a

defende r's legs for example.

We turned 5-0 \\~th the game under

control but the team continued to play well.

Hard work from Daniel McIntyre placed the

ball wide to Ky1<1n on the far left. He ran

right to the line and put it across tlte goals

and past the keeper to put Marcus inside

o ne yard of the goals fo1· an easy finish .

Daniel was again instrumen tal in the

seventh and final goal as he received a long

ball and made a fantastic take befo,·e passing

quickJy to Scott Berg on t11e left wing. Scou

placed it perfectly into the danger area and

it " ".:IS Michael Trigger who sized up and

plared the ball expertly in, capping olfa

great season fo,· the ream and coach

Mr To ny Beggs.

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETICS Mr Shane Hayes

BAS Athletics

On Tuesd ay May 5 an enthusiastic team

of nearly 100 boys travelled to Llan be rris

Reserve to re presem St Pa trick's College at

the BAS Athletics. Unfortunately despite

consistent per forma nces across the board

St Patrick's College were runne rs up to a

very strong Balla rat High School Team in

the boys sectio ns.

BOYS SENIOR

Balla rat High School

Balla rat Gramma r

Balla rat Clarendon College

St Patricks College

Damascus College

387

357

349

342

262

INTERMEDIATE

Ballarat H igh School 361

St Patricks College 359

Damascus College 337

Ballarat Grammar 321

Ballarat Clarendon College 270

JUNIOR

Ballarat High School 345

Damascus College 333

St Patricks College 326

Ballarat Gra mmar 296

Ballarat Cla rendo n College 280

OVERALL BOYS AGGREGATE

Ballarat Hig h School 1093

St Patricks College 1027

Ballarat Gra mmar 974

Damascus College 932

Ballarat Cla re ndon College 899

Congratulations to Tom Vadala in

winning four events, Laiton Sullivan and

Mitchell T hompson for winning both

heats of the Under 14 1500111. We ll done

to Luke Polmear who won the 800m walk

by 32 seconds. Todd Curran and Ja ke

Dunne won the In termediate triple j ump

and Unde r 17 h igh j ump respectively and

Finn Murphy wo n the U nder 13 shot pu t

by almost two me te rs.

BAS CROSS COUNTRY Mr Shane Hayes

Director of Athletics

T he SPC Cross Country team d ominated

the BAS Cross Country races held at the

University of Balla rat.

Individual Placings:

Junio r

Junio r

2nd - Laiton Sullivan

3rd - Mitch T hompson

Intermedia te 2nd - Scott Spriggs

Intermedia te 3rd - Luke Ke mp

St Patrick's College won each dhision;

Junio,; Intermed iate and Senior, as well as

the Boys Overall Aggregate. Cong1a tulations

to bot11 Mr Shane Hayes a nd Mr Peter Ryan

for their leade rship and co-ordination of the

Cross Country team.

• theSHAMROCK

GYMNASTICS Br Be rnie Scott

During Term Three the SPC Gymnastics

Team competed in both lnterclu b and

Schoolboy events.

lnterclub Warrnamboo! June 28 Level 4 SPC Team - 2nd

Best: Anthony Zreikat, Nathan Willey

Level 5 SPC Team - Isl

Team Members: Ben Rodger, Zachary

Robertson, Zacari Poole.

These gymnasts gained valuable

experie nce competing at higher levels.

Hamilton September 12

Matthew Norman, Nathan Willey, Zachary

Robenson and Zacari Poole started

training as judges. Congratulations on

attempting this new challenge.

Schoolboy Events

These events have different routines from

the Interclub programme.

Associated Public Schools, Wesley College Division C Level 5

SPC Team - 1st

Individual:

Anthony Zreikat lst

Zacari Poole 2nd

Zachary Rober~son 3rd

Matthew Norman 4th

Division D Level 4

SPC Team - 2nd

Team Members: 1athan Willey, Thomas

Thorpe, Nicholas Moriarty

Individual:

T homas Thorpe 3rd High Bar & Pomme l

Nicholas Moriarty 1st Pommel & 3rd Floor

Division E Level 3

SPC Team - 2nd

Team Membe1·s: Lachlan Neilsen, Scott

Allison ,James Mulraney,Joshua O'Brien ,

Caleb McGrath. Individual:

Lachlan Neilsen 1st Pommel & Paralle l

Joshua O 'Brien 3rd on Vault.

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Victorian lnterschool Gymnastics Do nvale, Septembe1· l

St Patrick's College gained one first a nd

two second placings from the three teams

e ntered of which SPC continues to be a

leader in Schoolboy Gymnastics.

Division C Level 5 SPCTeam 1st

Individual:

Zacari Poole 1st

Anthony Zriekat 2nd

Nathan Wille)' 3rd

Matthew Norman 4th

Division D Level 4 SPCTeam 2nd

Team Members: T homas T horpe, Nicholas

Moriany, Daniel Christie,John Brown,

J eremy Seymour-Quest.

This team won Floor, Vault and

Parallel sections. Individual:

T homas Thorpe 3rd

Nicholas Moriarty 5th

Division E Level 3 SPCTeam 2nd

Team Members: Lachlan Neilsen ,J oshua

O'Brien, Scott Allison, Mitchell Mart.in,

J ames Mulraney.

The team won parallel and second on

floor, pommel and rings. Individual:

Lachlan Neilsen 3rd

Josh ua O 'Brie n 5th

Many Lhanks Lo Mr Don Pe nne ll for

coaching a nd judging and to Br Brian

Davis for transport.

RUGBY UNION WRAP

Congratulations to all involved in the

2009 Rugby progn1mme who celebrated

the season in style at the annual

PresenLation Dinner he ld in the College

Dining Room. T he season was a proud one

for the College with special

congratulations to the Under 16 team who

not only won the Victorian School Rugby

Union Division 2 Championship but were

also undefeated!

Torn Nankivell scored 1he most tries

Statewide with 14 followed by Matt Dewar

with J 3. T he boys have h,1d a magnificen t

year led by Mr Ste,·e Yaakoob a nd fin ished

the season 18 po ints a head of the nearest

,·ivals, Melbourne Hig h School.

Matt Dewar, Mitchell Cattell, J ack

Jenkins and Tom Nanki,·ell were ..ill

p,·esented with their 2009 Victorian

Schools Rugb)' Union Tour of Great

Britain and United Arab Emirates ties by

Australian Wallaby winger Digby L;ione a t

a presen ta tion d in ner he ld at St Kevin 's

College Toorak on Friday August 28.

Jack, Matt and !VI itch ..is part of rhe

Victo1·ian Schools' 1eam wi ll line up

against Torn a nd the Stale Under 16 team

in a practice match against at Endeavour

Hills in the lead up to the National

Carnival in Sydney in October. All of the

boys looked and behaved in a manner that

was a credit to St Patricks' College and d id

the ir paren ts and themselves proud

throughout the season a nd on the night.

Final Ladder Positions 2009

1st XV - 2nd

Under 16 XV - Premie rs

U nder 14 XV - 6th

2009 BAS V AGSV WINTER CARNIVAL

For the final rime the Ba llarat

Associated Schools (BAS) representative

team participated in an exchange with rhe

Associated Grammar Schools o fVicroria

(AGSV) in various sports o n Wednesday

August 12. In a fitting finale the First

XVrn combinatio n were able to defeat

their more fancied city rivals in a highly

skilled game by 16 po ints.

Unfortunate!)' our Basketball and cross

country teams were no t as successful on

the scoreboard bu t a ll players enj oyed the

hospitali ty and opponunity to compete

against their metro politan rivals.

BAS is looking to identify further

oppo rtun ities fo,· stude nts to represent the

Associa tion and hope to be able to make

announcements later in the year.

Basketball Boys AGSV 94 de feated BAS 46

Cross Country Boys AGSV 60 defeated BAS 168

Football BAS 15.6.96 de feated AGSV 12.8.80

BAS BOYS BASKETBALL

Coach: Ms Tamara Westwood

Ash Const..ible

J ack Bennett

Bernie Peoples

J ames tvlcMaster

O live1· Whileley

BAS BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Scou Berg

Scou Spriggs

Angus Manin

Tom Martin

BAS BOYS FOOTBALL

Coach: Mr Howard Clark

Shaun Lyle

Ben Peters

Marc.James

icholas O'Brie n

Sam Howard

Richard Bamblett

Jo rdan Alexander

Nicholas O'Keefe

Edward Arthurson

.Ja ke Dunne

BAS BOYS HOCKEY

Rohan Hill

Liam Brookes

Ben McOwen

Zac MciVlurry

A HOLE IN ONE Congratulat.ions to Da,~d McCartJ1y, the

College's Payroll Office,~ who became the

first player to score a hole in one at the

re-configured Balla rat Golf Club. Da,~d's ace

was recorded on tJ1e Par 3, 147 metre .I l th

hole on the new tesling Jin ks style layouL

.. theSHAMRCX:K

FAMILY CONNECTIONS

Mrs Liz Hanraha n e ma iled the College

to point out the achievements of two of

he r family members at the College and

he r strong connectio n to St Pa trick's. ' It is

with inte rest when reading your latest

editio n of the Shamrock, I read of t,vo St

Patrick's students who have ach ieved we ll

in the ir respective sports, Nick O'Brien

and Liam Hanrahan. Nick has achieved

great heights in both cricket and football,

while Liam, in just cwo years of competitive

swimming, has achieved great he igh ts.

What ma)' be of inte rest tO the College is

that both Nick an<l Liam are close!)'

re lated but due to distance the)' have

never me t. .I am Liam's Grandmother, and

Nick's father, Tim, is Ill)' first cousin. My

mother, Lal O 'Brie n (deceased) and Tim's

father, Fra nk O'Brien we re brothe r and

sister. Both Liam 's Grandfather, Bri-an

Hanrahan and his fath er, Dominic

Ha11raha11 a1t: u ld collegia ns o f St Patrick's

College. Both boys know of each other

and it wo uld be n ice if o ne day they we re

given the opportunity to meet at the

College'.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND WELLBEING SEMINAR Mr Jeremy House

In Jul)' the College hosted physical

educators from across the region in the

t11ird annual Ph)'sical Acth~ty and Wellbeing

Seminar. T he evening is designed LO

strengthe n rhe connections between

physical and health educators from the

region in an effort to support t1·1e

developme nt of the highest quality physical

education teaching and learning across

institutions and realise the positive health

and wellness benefits such a culture creates.

Page 24 Septemberioog

Speaker for the evening was tvls Danni

Waus from the Butterny Foundation who

addressed the power of positive body image

and the d evelopmen t of positive self concept

through physical activity. Her insights

provoked much reflection on professional

practice and conversations surrounding ways

in which we can all be the most positive

influence on those around us.

Some body image boost.ers are:

• If you work on being a great person on the inside tJ1en you will be a great person o n the out.side. Always remember to be as positive as you can.

• You only get one body. You will feel more alive and positive about yourself if you treat your body well by exe rcising mod erately, eating nutritious foods and never doing dangerous diet5.

• Focus on the pans of your appearance that you like and enhance these with clothes tJ1at you feel really comfortable and your best self in.

• Everybody is awesome looking in their own wa)'. Support your friends and otllers by never bull)fog, teasing or putting anybody

clown.

• You arc funr.astic just the "~'Y you are. Don 't feel prcsstn-e from anyone or place pressure on yourself to build, sculpt, pump or exercise your way into trying to be some tl1ing that you are not. Especially when such things can be dangerous and damaging to your health.

•Throwout a compliment to othe r people whenever you can! You will make someone else feel great and you will feel great too!

• Have fun with the way you look, but don't let it nrle your li fe. Putting yow-e nergy into living and d oing fun things is much more important.

• Don 't compare the Ml)' )'OU look to anybody else. T his is a very unfair thing to

do to yourself, particularly if )'Olff

comparisons are glossy, digitally enhanced and airbr-ushed images of sporting stars

actors and body build ers.

•Don 't ever feel as if you have to change for anyone, especially if you feel the need to

'fit it' to a certain group or crowd. If they don 't like you for who you are tl1C)' arc no t

worth iL.

• If you feel clown or wonied about )'0t11· appeara nce, please ask for help from a trusted fiiend. Eve rybody deserves tO feel happy and positive about themselves.

T he OCA Pa,~lion w<1s an inspiring venue

for th is event and with the presenters

encouraged participants to share t1·1eir

collective expertise for the wellbeing of

members of the community.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations LO the following boys

for tl1eir outstanding achievemcnL5 in

recent times:

• Year 7 student Nico Gue,~<1ra was awarded First Place in the Piano Solo in the South

Street competition.

• Year 8 student Charles Ro binson received a Regional Public Speaking and Debating Prize - the 'Swannie'.

• Year 8 stude nt Peter Oakley received a Regional Public Speaking and Debating P,·ize - the 'Swann ie'.

• Year 12 student O live r Whiteley has secured a permanent statf position with Deloitte (a leading Accounting Finn) from the start of 2010. H e will be working and studying Accoun ting as a Trainee Analyst in Risk Services.

• Patrick Ka rras will represent Victoria in the National Soccer Championships. Patrick will represent Victoria in the

U ncle r 14 competition.

• Year 10 student Michael Trigger has been selected in the Victorian Under 15 Soccer Squad to compete at the 2009 National Youth Championships. This means Michael has been seleCLed tO pla)' for his State in each of the pre,~ous three seasons at Und er 13, Under 14 a nd now Under 15.

• Year IO stude nt A5h ley Constable re turned from Brisbane with a Gold Medal after representing Australia in the inaug ural FIBA Oceania U nde r 17 Championships at Vince Hickey Basket.ball Stad ium in Auche nflowci-. The Gold medal victory has now given the team the rig ht. t.o take o n t11e world 's best junior basketball players at the 20] 0 FIBA U nde r 17 World Championships in Germany.

• Alex Thomas and Reagan Boyce represented Rugby Un ion Victor-ia against Tasmania. According to match observers they were great ambassadors for the College and the State a nd acquitted th emselves very well in a h ighly skilful and physical game.

• Thomas Nankivell has been selected in the Victorian Under 16 Rugby Squad to tou r Europe in ovember.

• Year II stuclentjustin Gordon was selected to p lay in the NSW/ACT team LO contest the National Unclc1· 16 National Championships. T he NSv\1/ ACT team mad e th e Grand Final which is played as a curtain raiser to the AFL Grand Final at the MCC.

• Year 8 student Le igh Thornton has enjoyed an outstand ing season of umpiring in the Ballai·at Football League culminating in his selectio n as an Unde r 18 umpire a nd subsequent LO that as a senior boundary umpire in tl1e Central H ighlands Football League, making h is debut at Gordon. Leigh follows in h is fathe r's footsteps and those of his olde r sister who were umpires as well.

• Jan-od Sharrock o f Year 11 won the B

Grade Me n 's Club Championship at the

Hamilton Golf Club in May 2009 . .Jarrod is a single figu re handicap player a nd is also a member of the prestigious So uth West Victo rian Golf Academy.

Jarrod Sharrock - B Grade Men's Club Champion - Hamilton Golf Club

• We ll clone also to stafT member Ti-ish Pearsall on being awarded the University ofBallarat Libra ry Award for Most Accomplished Final Year Stude nt in her Advanced Diploma of Libra ry/ Information Services co urse.

MELBOURNE DINNER

On Friday August 14 over 90 old boys

gaLhe red at the iVloonee Valley Racing Club·

to honour th ree new 'Legends' of the

College; Fr Pete r Hudson (SPC 1961 ),

Frank Dimattina (SPC 1963) and Lee Iafrate

(SPC 1974-78).

Key note speaker Frank Dimattina spoke

eloquently of his time at the College and

linked it to his success in the highly

compe titive hospitality indusu1•. Frank and

his family o perate iconic businesses such as

II Cambero, Dimattina's of Lygon Street and

t11e Blue Train at Sout11bank. Tragically II

Cambero was ravaged by fire the week after

the dinner. Frank also had a d istinguished

football ca,·eer at SPC and at VFL level

playing 42 games (43 goals) with Richmond

and 14 games "~th North Melbourne

( 16 goals).

Lee Iafrate has had a distinguished career

in the cut throa t Funds Managemen t

industry. He is currently Chair of the

NOB--SPC Old Boys Foundation and has

been fe atured in the Business section of The

Age newspaper where he recounted that it

was a Year 11 Accounting class at St Patrick's

College , Balla rat, that started him o n his

j ourney in fina nce. 'BrotJ1e1· Murphy was the

teacher a nd we were analysing rhe ins and

outs of Cadbu1)' Schwe ppes. I learnt that the

company was all about brands; strong

brands.· As the article notes the lesson has

never left hilll. He has focussed on buying

shares in companies with strong food br,mds

- even though many are ' beaten up and

fiiendless'!

Lee runs Armytage Private a fonds

management company that looks after a

number of major fonds. Some of his most

impressive re turns have come from

businesses such as PatLies Foods who own

'Four ' n Twenty' Pies an iconic Australian

brand. Lee graduated from the Ballarat

School of Mines ai1d comme nced work with

McKinley Wilson, a role that involved

researching many small business hold ings.

This taugh t h im a great deal about

understanding tJ1e nat1.tre of a business and

reinforced his belief in stro ng bra nds.

Fr Pe te r Hudson (SPC 1961) and College

Chaplain (1975-1980) was transferred from

Terang at the bei:,rinning of Ten n III, 1975 tO

take up tl1e appoinm1en t of Chaplain to St

Pau; ck's College. Fr Peter was for a time a

boarder himself at the College, residing in

the dom1s ofSPC in 1961 before returning

to St.Joseph's, Me lbourne. As a student Fr

Hudson applied himself to a wide range of

acti,~ties includ ing football and cadets.

Upon returning to SPC as Chaplain he

made an immediate impression witl1 the

thrust of his zeal a11d in tJ1e wa)' he generously

offered himself totally to tJ1e spi,;tual care of

the school. 1980 College Captain, Damian

Gleeson, in his speech at the farewell to Fr

Peter in Febrnary 1980 said:

"We remember the enthusiasm with which he

threw himself into eue,)'thing- the cadets, the 1st

X\/1/J, tennis coaching and rnan:y other College

actiuiLies. Hi> remember the many Masses for the

wlwle College and for indillidllal classes and

donnito1ies. 1% remember his avail,ibilityfor the

Sacrament of Reconciliation, for int~~views orjmt

jiiendl11 talk. I belie11e it is Fr I htdsrm '.s chap/,iin1,y

lhot hos been the life blood of the religi.ous aspect of

the ColU!f§! for the past six )'l!alS. He has ministe1rd

to Ollr needs in so many ways and so many times

beyond the call of duty. Of course, abo'U(J all we

remember fr Hlt(/son as the /Je1son he is:for his

fiiendshi/J, vitality, his ability to call eac/1. fJerson by

name. We tJ1.anJ, him for thejoy he brought to the

College, for the ho/1e that he ga11e us in our limes of

need and/or being a,wtMr Cluist in Ollr midst."

Since departing St Patrick's College he has

served man}· communities, most recent of

which has been 1-lamilton and Swan I lill

where he is currently Parish Priest at St

Mary's and a great supporter of St Ma,y's

School and Mackillop College. Highlighting

that Fr H udson is still a man of I he people he

has been an early adopt.e r of Generatio n Y

technology and has his own Facebook page!

All three rnen were won hy recipients of

this prestigious honow· and exemplify ilie

breadth of achievements made by old boys

of St Pauick's. Guests in attendance were

also pleased to catch up "~rh legendary 1st

XVIII coach of the 1980s Robert: Aron who

has returned from many years wit11 the

Brothers in Af,ica.

.. GREENWhite&BLUE

NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB

NORTH OLD BOYS St Patrick's College Ballaratarc

Reserves Premiers 2009

The club won back to back reserves

premierships with a spiri ted six point win

over Whitefriars O ld Boys. In what many

have described as the new clubs Finest

ho ur, the team fo ught their ""')' back from

29 po ints down at three quarter time.

NOBSPC

0.0 2 .2 3.3 8.8 - 56

WHITEFRIARS

3.5 3.6 6.14 6.14- 50

NOBSPC

Goal Kickers:

Michael Barker 4, Dan Moloney.Jason

Weidner,Josh Minenko, Rhys All itt

Best P layers:

Ben O'Halloran,Josh Hunter, Nick Evans,

Chris Le Maitre, Michael Barker, Dan

Moloney

Both sides were greeted with a ten goal

11fod coming from the north, blowing

stra igh t down the St Berna,·d's ground to

the Buckley St e nd. Whitefriars won the toss

f>age 28 SeJxemberioog

and kicked with the wind. As the scored

show kicking against this wind was ,rin ually

impossible. In the second quarte r NOBSPC

could only score 2.2 with Whitefriars

stacking the backline. Third quarter it

looked all over with the Friars kicking 3.8

going into the last quarter some 29 points

up. Fortunately the COBs kicked ] .l imo

the breeze to reduce some of the impact.

The address by Coach Rush at three

quarter time implored the players to kjck

long and reminded the players that there

was no tomorrow. Attack we did, but with a

host. of out of bounds on the full and mi nor

points, the side didn't get it first m,~or until

four minutes into the quarter. It looked as

though we would have enough time, with

most quarters going t.o 25 minutes. Another

10 minutes and we Finally scored a major to

Mine nko and then a free kick to Barker and

we were only 10 points down. More points

left it at six the difference ,,~th about two

minutes to go and then a major to Barker

and it was eYen. U nbelie,,able! Centre

bounce wo n b)' Dellwo, ball scrambled into

uu1 fo , wa, d GO against the boundary,

Weidner taps it back imo the middle to Alli t

who dodges several opponents. crashes

through another and snaps a miracle goal.

We were in front! The siren sounded soon

after the re-start, and it was a case of BACK

TO BACK. For more ,risit www.nobspc.org.au

The club's senior team Finished the year

strongly to encl up fifth on the ladder and

has there sights set o n a top two Finish in

2010. The club needs more St Pat's old

boys to get involved and in the coming

weeks coach Terry Scanlon will meet with

current Year 12 players to set them this

challenge. Given the College's rich

football heritage Lhe club should be in A

Grad e - but it needs o ld boys to get

involved and take ownership of the club.

New Coach for 2010

The Club is delighted to announce the

a ppo intment of Richard Peoples (SPC

1983-89) as Senior Coach of the Club for

2010. Richard was an o utstanding 1st

XVll l player and has forged an impressive

playing and coaching career in

Melbourne, having coaches West

Brunswick to a VAFA premiership in 2008.

Richard is a highly respected St Pat's

person and has the cred entials, networks

and passion to assist the club in its ma rch

towards C Grade. Current coach Ten-)'

Scanlon is delighted to be handing ove r

the reins but will stay closely involved with

the club in a leadership capacit)"-

VFL SUCCESS Back to Back Premierships for North Ballarat and Coach Fitzy!

On AFL. Grand Final eve at Etihad

Stadium the North Ballarat Roosters

proved that they were 1.he competition's

leading team with an emphatic 23 point

victoq 1 over the Non he rn Hullants.

Coached by the highly acclaimed and

much loved Gerard ' Fitz)" FitzGerald (SPC

1973) the win was a testimony to the club's

commitment to be successful in a highly

competitive hybrid league that features

AFL reserves teams, combined

combinations such as the Roosters who

draw up to 12 membe rs of thei r team from

A.FL affi liate North tvlelbourne and stand

alo ne teams such as Port Melbourne.

The team has a close affinity "~th

St Patrick's being regula r users of the

College's indoor a nd outdoor facili ties. In

addition the club has been masterfully Jed

by long serving Chairman Peter Wilson

(SPC 1959-65) and committee members,

Sra n 'Digger' Roberts (SPC 1949-54) and

Tony Godfrey (SPC 1973-78)

The team featured t,vo o ld boys, Bill

D1iscoll (SPC 2000-2003) and Stephen

Clifton (SPC 2000-2005) as well as the

College's Indigenous Education Manager

Mr Bren Goocles. All played important. roles

on the night in th is exciting ,~n for the club.

Indigenous Education M anager M r Brett Goodes.

2010 PAKENHAM RACES

The annual Pakenham OCA Race Day

will be held in 2010 on Saturday January 9

- please no te that in 2010 the race meeting

will again be held on a Saturday rather

than the former Sunday calendar date.

The race meeting honours the memOt")' of

Br W.T. O'Malley and the highly admired

and greatly missed College 'Legend' David

Bourke, CBE. Both men have races named

in 1.hcir honour as part of the meet.

As in previous years old boys, family and

friends are encouraged to get together and

e rtjO)' a day of fellowship in the name of St

Patrick ·s. The OCA through Gavan Bourke

arc organising a luncheon at the course. To

organise a ticket please contact Gavan

Bourke on 5941 1146 or PO Box 23,

Pakcnham, 380 I . Bookings are essential.

ST PATRICK'S BOYS ON THE RISE

In 2009 two o ld boys have been

recognised for their outstanding seasons

,~th nominations for the prestigious 'NAB

Rising Star' Award. West Coast Eagles

utilit-y Mitchell Brown (SPC 2002-2006)

picked up his nomination early in the

season - a tremendous come back from a

full knee re-constrncrion in 2008.

Nie Suban (SPC 2003-2008) ""as

nominated in Ro und 21 following an

astonishing rookie year for the Fremantle

Dockers in which he played all 22 games -

an amazing achievement from a dedicated

and talemcd young man who managed to

move imcrstate and establish himself in the

nation's premier football competition with

relatiYc case. Nie caught. the attention of

judges 11~tl1 some determined performances

tagging some of the competitions leading

players as well as slotting home some

spectacular goals on his trusty left foot.

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2009 OCA GOLF DAY Your Chance to Win a Car!

A r·eminder LO all Old Boys thaL the

eighth annual OCA Golf Day will be held

on Sunday November 15 at Lhe Ballarat

Golf Club. This year 's evenL promises Lo be

the biggest yet with rmtjor sponsor King's

of Balla rat giving players Lhe chance to win

a new car if they can 'ace· the nominated

King's ' Hole in One' Par 3 hole. This is

always a great day with all past players

enjoying a great social day of golf, with a

fine array of prizes on offer. The event is a

four person ambrose event, providing

everybody with an opportunity to have at

leasL one moment of inspiration.

With the lure of a new car on offer in

2009 the event is close to being fully

subscribed so please return the entry form

(included \,~th this edition of The

Shamrock) and your entry fee as soon as po:;sible. It i5 alway5 wonder·ful to 5ee all

parts of the College community; students,

staff, parents, grandparents, old boys,

friends, suppliers and players roped in at the

last minute come LOgetJ1er for a great social

occasion in the name of St Patrick's. Fore!

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ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE CAPTAINS AND DUCES DINNER

On Saturday June 20, the Headmaster

and OCA hosted a gathe1ing of St Pauick ·s

College Captains and Duces in the O ld

Collegians Pavilion. The guests spanned the

life of the College tJirough Des Nolan who

was Captain and Dux in 1938 through LO

Stephen Kirby, College Captain in 2009. In

the course ofa marvellous and warm

gathering, the affection for and

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appreciation of the Christian Brothers and

their work for swdents over more than a

century was very e\~dent. The Headmaste r

noted in his speech to atLendees, ' I do not

ask anyone to hide the pain and the faults

in this very human institution, but l do ask

for some extended reflection, some balance

and affirmation for some great men·.

The return of noted scholan; and school

leaders provides current stud en ts with a

rich legacy to aspire to and reinforces the

College's rich traditions of excellence in

all fields of endeavour.

REUNION DINNERS

The OCA annual series of reunion and

regional dinne rs continued wirh successful

evenings held in Shepparton and

Warrnambool. The d inner in Sheppanon

d inne r was a great night and it was

wonderful to see a few new faces in

attendance. Over 20 old boys attended the

Warrnambool dinner and il was great. to

welcome debutants Tom and Daniel

Dickson from Caramut as well as regulars

David Ryan, Damian Goss, Alan Jubb and

Matthew Buckle.

Future dinners will be held in Bendigo

and Geelong in 2009. The OCA will also

conduct 10, 20 and 30 year reunion

dinners in October and overnber so

gather up your peers and get along - a

good time is guaranteed!

FROM THE ARCHIVES Br Brian Davis

Arch ivist

Jack Caine (SPC 1952-1956)

John 'Jack" Caine boarded at St

Patrick's College from Swanwater via St

Arnaud and capped his years at the

College by being a Prefect in his final year

of 1956. As a fine middle distance athlete

Jack was a member of the SL Patrick's

College athletics teams in each of h is years

at the College from 1952 to 1956. H e won

awar·ds for the 880 yards and Lhe lvlile in

1955 and in 1956 won the Dr O 'Collins

Cup fo,· Open Athletics Champion,

winning the 440 yards, 880 yards and Mile

races as Captain of the winning Treacy

House team.

Jack was Captain of the 1956 St Patrick's

College BPS Champion Alhle tic team and

won the 880 yards on the day. Jack was a

member of the 1954 Champion Under .15

X\llll, the 1955 Premie r 2nd X\llll and

the 1956 1st X\llll Premiership team and

earned the following comments in the

Annual Magazine of that year:

':Jack was a valuable u tili ty player whose

tremendous pace often relieved the

pressure at cn,cial times. He lacked

judgment but supplemented this

deficiency by his tenacity."

J ack figured in a numbe r of College

musical produCLions and in 1956 played

the r·ole of the De fendant in the College

production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial

by Jury".

1980 LO 1984 can 1·ight.ly be known as

the 'Caine Era ' in SPC swimrning with

Jack's sons Michael and John winning five

and three events respectively in the

inaugural St Pau·ick's College victory at the

CHISSA competition in 1980. Michael and

John continued to win in this fashion in

the years which followed with Michael

Captaining the team in 1982 and.John

following as Captain in 1983. All the time

Jack was assisting the team with his

expenise and experie nce.

In I 985 the new Master-In-Charge of

Swimming, Br Brian Davis introduced

training at the YMCA Field Street Pool

from 6.30 t.o 7.30am from Monday to

Friday each week and asked Jack to take

charge of r.he squad. Despite J ack's other

commitments he agreed to help.

In 1985 John captained the team for the

second time, the only swimmer to do so.

In l 988Jack's youngest son Pete•~ was

appointed Captain of the team and

emulated his older brothers' achievements

by winning all his events as Captain.Jack

said he would continue coaching in the

mornings as lo ng as "The Bro ther" was at

the College. He must have experienced

some sense of relief when lfr Davis was

u·ansferred to Launceston after six years!

Jack was a wonderful .friend and coach.

He had the superlative knack of working

the team hard and yet making it a fun

experience al the same time. The

swimmers loved his "barrel" swims. The

Caine family's contribution to St Patrick's

College swimming is unsurpassed with

Jack's coaching and his three sons

captaining their Learns. This contribution

laid the foundation for the St Patrick's

College's 1·eco1Tl of being unbeaten O\·e r

thirty years in the CIHSSA/ BAS Swim ming

Competition.

At j ack's funeral on Tuesday July 16

2009, members of the Caine family were

deligh ted to meet the 2009 Swimming

Captain, Dylan Rodger and Vice Captain

Patrick Dwyer. Vale Jack Caine - wonderful

person, a special Old Collegian and a true

friend!

The St Patrick's College Display Centre

An exciting development at St Patrick's

College in recent times has been the

establishment of the College Display

Centre in rhe Vestibule area of the College

campus adjacent tO the Edmund Rice

SLUdent Services Centre. It has been

named , 'The Gerald Coflcy Display

Centre' in recognition o f foundatio n Old

Collegian, Gerald Coffey.

The fi rst Lask for· the new clispla)' cemre

was 10 obtain mannequins to display

various ite ms ranging from SPC blazers

from 1910 to 1949 and larger items like a HabiL and Cloak worn in the yesteryear b)'

the Christian B1·otJ,ers. Plastic torsos were

purchased and attached to height

aqjustable metal stands, constructed by

Julian Ryan from the College Maintenance

Team. A funher innovation was LO auach

plastic disp lays to the LOP of each stand via

a height adjustable screw. A full sized

mannequin was purchased Lo display the

Antarctic gear of Old Collegian, George

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Mounted on racks on the back wall are

artefacts donated by the Indigenous

community of Timber Creek in the

Northern Territory. Hanging on a metal

stand skilfully created by.Julian Ryan is the

St Patrick's College Bell, which from the

College 's earliest times summoned staff

and students LO duty. Another inte resting

ite m is a rowing megaphone found in the

dry bed of Lake Wendouree in 2007.

Recent additions have been an SPC bla1,er

and football jumper donated by Brian

Hogan from the late 1940s.

One of the a ims of the establishment of

the Display Centre is t0 embark on

integrated outreach educational activities

where the objective is tO inform and

educate the St Patrick's College

community about the College's he1-itage. If

you have ite ms of inte rest that could be

showcased in the Gerald Coffey Display

Centre please contact the College

Archivist Br Brian Davis on 03 53 311688

or bdavis@stpats.vic.edu.au

SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES

In .January 2007 the College received

confirmation that is had bee n granted

Designated Gift Recipient (DGR) Status

for its Scholarship and Bursa,-ies

Programme. The College is extremely

appreciative of the ongoing support

provided by members of the St Patrick's

community to assist families a nd students

who require some level of financial

support to enable boys to e njoy the

benefits ofa St Patrick's College

education. The College has a long and

proud tradition of assisting famil ies in

need and some of our foremost scholars

were the beneficiaries of bursaries

provided by the Brothers.

We acknowledge the support of the

following groups, families and individuals

in making scholarships and bursaries

available to the families of students in

need:

• St Patrick's College Old Collegians Association

• St Patrick's College Foundation

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• T he fam ily of Robe rt (Bob) Connelly

• Dr Brendan Hyland

• Dr Chris Targe u

• Malian Popplewell Charita ble Trust

All donations to the Scholarship and

Bursaries Fund are tax deductible. lfyou

would like to assist a boy in accessing a St

Pau·ick's education via a donation t0 the

fund please contact the Development

Manager~ Mark Waddingt0n o n 03 53 3 1 J

688 or mwaddington@stpats.vic.edu.au for

more information.

OLD BOYS IN THE NEWS • former College Bursar Denis Bateman

was travelling with wife Patricia through the South Ausu-alia n t0wn of Goober Pedy where he came upon these amazing pho tos of Willie Hutchinson (SPC 1918) who as a boy discovered the first opals in Coober Pedy in 1915. Despite what is shown in this photo, College records have him as Hutchinson rathe r than Hutchison. The photos in the town's museum show 'Willie as a schoo lboy rower at St Patrick's College in 1918. As one would expect a St Pat's old boy li terally put the town on the map!

• In April 2009 Br Gerard Brady (SPC 1965-70) accepted a position in Sydney working with staff from EREA schools o n various outreach ministries and Edmund Rice Camps. Gerard 's r-ole is to assist staff in d eveloping the ir sense of belonging to the Edmund Rice movement as well as supporting staff in exploring their own spirituality.

• Well done to 2008 Art stude nts Jordan Collie and Sam McLean who exhibited work in the Student show 'Next Gen 09' he ld at Art Gallery Ballarat in March 2009. Both boys comple ted excelle nt works as part of their VCE portfolio and were featured a long with other talented a rtists from across the region.

• Eamon Coughlan (SPC 2002-2007) recently won the 2009 Victorian Irish Dancing Championship, having been a hig hly decorated dancer during his time at the College. Eamon manages to fit in an inte nse practice schedule around science studies at Monash University.

Eamon Coughlan (SPC 2002-2007) - 2009 Victorian Irish Dancing Champion

• Pa trick Craig (SPC 2003-2008) has accepted a Basketball Scholarship for Ve nnilion Communi ty College, Minnesota in the USA. Patrick has chosen to study a Bachelor of Education and intends to be in the United States for at least two years.

• Luke Davison (SPC 2006-2007) e njoyed a productive year with the OB--SPC Football Club winning the Reserves Most De termined Player Award. Luke p layed in the club's second premiership team. Luke is studying agriculture and e r0oying life in the 'big smoke' after a gap year l>aLk at ho me at Tim boon in 2008 wher·e he helped the club win a long overdue senior premie rship in the Warrnambool and Disu-ict Football Leag ue.

• Leon Doyle(SPC 1977-79) came up with a very valid apology for the OCA College Captains, Duces and Headmasters' Dinne r. 'Unfortunate ly, I will not be able to attend as I am about LO unde rtake a trip which will take in London and the Lord 's Test followed by a trip from St Petersburg to Beij ing via Mongolia on the trans • Sibe1ian and trans. Mongolian railways' . A tough assignment - we will eagerly look forward to phot0s from the train · and the home of cricke t!

• Matthew Edwards (1999-2004) has comme nced work with PRD Jens Ga unt Real Estate in BallaraL having started his Real Estate career in November, 2008 after several years of employment experience in retail sales a nd management. Matthew completed an Agents Representative Certificate by correspondence via the University o f Ba llarat · SMB campus. Whilst Matthew acknowledges that there are some challenges in being a 'freshed faced ' real estate age11 the offers the following advice to aspiring agents - 'ask questions, believe in yourse lf, know that it won't happe n overnight, stay dedicated and committed to reaching your goals, and strive to de liver an exceptional service to

your clie nts'. With such enthusiasm no

doubt Matthew will cross paths with many me mbers of the SPC communil}' in the years to come.

• James Foley (SPC 1996-200 I) has been living and working in Brisba ne for Lhe last year with a rchitect fi rm Hassell. He is loving the lifest)'le so much that he has bought a racing bike and is geu.ing into 1.riath lons, having signed up for the famous Noosa Triathlon in November (1,500m swim, 40km ride, 10km run) .

• Luke Gunnell (SPC 2003-2008) has been named as the 2009 Cen tral Highlands Football League Rookie of the Year. This follows on from his win in the Under 18 League Best and Fairest in 2008. Luke also po lled 16 votes in T he Courier Player of the Year competition. Ashley Whelan (SPC 2008) and Caleb Hepwo rth (Year 12) we re also nominated for tire prestigious award.

• Michael Harrison (SPC 1959-1962) is living in Orlando Florida with his wife Donna of 35 year-s. Michael recently retired from He rtz Car Rental after 20 year-sand is now planning on und ertaking extensive travels, in particula r a trip to Costa Rica attending the Tour d e France in J uly. Michael is pla nning LO travel to Ausu-alia later on in the year t.o visi t family and St Pat's. Michael and Don na have two adopted childre n, Natasha a nd Gregor)',

• The amazing football career of Win is Imbi (SPC 1996-97) was highl ighted in an insightful article in the Sunday Age o n.June 14, 2009. Winiswas born in Papua 1ew Guinea a nd is a revered figure at Portland and 1,~thin the SPC communicy. Win is was a star of the St Patrick's 1st XVIII d uring h is two )'Cars at the College and was a lso a membe r of the North BaJlarat Rebels p remiership team of 1.997 which featured Sydney star Adam Goocles ,md five other players drafted to the Af'L. Despi te winning a Best and Fairest in the Essendon reserves team in 1999 he was unable to play a senior AFL game . Winis then turned his attention to obtain ing a teaching degree and is now a much loved and respected teacher at Po rtland Secondar·y College. Winis took on coaching the Portland Football Club in 2008 and led them t0 an u ne xpected nag after a n umber of senior player-s had left the club following nags in 2006 a nd 2007. Winis won the Western Border Football League Best and Fairest in 2003 and has played in four premiership teams for the Tigers. Winis re ma ins a committed Christian and an

integral part of the com munity spending time with elderly residen ts in town and mentoring many younger players within the club. Such deeds o nly furth er enhance h is repu ta tion and as his peers and the Po rtla nd President note, "there's got Lo be something wrong with him, but we've yet to find it"!

• 2008 College Captain Tho mas Kavanagh (SPC 2003-2008) has been leading the fight on behalf of students who have opted to ta ke a 'CAP Year ' in 2009 only to find that they have been significan tly disadvantaged by the Government's proposed cha nges to Youth Allowance. T ho mas travelled to Canber-ra with 2008 Loreto studem Caroline Geoghegan and local MHR, Ms Catherine King to meet with De puty H eadmaster T he Hon.J u lia Gillard. As ever T homas re presen ted h imself, h is peers and the College with distinction and was heavily featured in national news coverage of the event in the days following the meeting. Catherine King's comments from her website perhaps best summarise Thomas' contributio n to the debate which has seen major meetings and protest marches held in cit ies th ro ughout the nation · 'I was really proud of these two young people . They were admirable and persuasive ambassado rs for Ballai-at, and along with a small number of students from other electora tes, presented their case with en thusiasm a nd clarity. And a short time later, Ministe r Gillard an nounced changes to the Youth Allowance Lo take into account those students current!)' undertaking a gap )'Car. So, well done to Tom and Caroline'.

• Fo rmer College Principal Br Tom Kearney is enjoying the challenges oflife in Lusaka, Zambia in southern central Africa. The township is certainly warmer than BallaraL bu t far less developed. T he compound in which Br Tom lives, not far from the airport, is surrounded by people who are really struggling eek out an existence. This is the reality for those living in the developing world. Opportun ities for work and regular income are difficult to access. Br Tom's m<!jor responsibil ity as Director· of the Ch ristian Brothers Spirituality Cemre is meeting the local people and assisting them with their daily struggles. Recently, Br· Tom met a ' begging' delegation of people from the local parish who were working in a Prison Ministry, wh ich reminded him that 1.he Christian Brothers last year had sponsored a workshop on HIV at the

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prison and tha t it was hoped that it could be repeated. The conditions in the prisons were described in ,ivid detail -tota lly p rimi tive ; no one would choose 10 live the re even though )'Ou might get fed . Much was needed in terms of improvements and so 1he Christian Brothers comrnitted to doing as much as they could to imp rove condit ions. The Brothers are also involved in sponsoring and assisting a local community football (soccer) team which aims to occupy youth and attempt Lo give them something LO wake up to each morning and help to keep them out of trouble. The Brothers own the pitch, undeveloped as it is, and provide some space for the activi ty LO facilitate the coming togethe r of friends and family. Br Kearney is also involved in the 'mealie meal' run wh ich involves delivering about forty, 25kg bags o f mealie meal (Mai1,e flour) to amund 40 famil ies on a monthly basis. At firs t glance Br Tom r-ecognises 1hat the conditions seem to be be tr.er that the slums in Kiber-a and Mu kuru in 1 airobi b ut suspects mo re wo1-k and study wi ll need to be clone befor·e th is claim can be fu lly substantiated. T he College commends Br Tom Kearney upon his endeavours and is happy to put members of the College community in tOuch wi th him if the)' feel they can assist.

• Lach Ian Keen (SPC 1998-2003) was to be the recip ie nt of the first OCA 'Young Achievers Award' at the 2009 Melbourne Dinner, however a last minute work commitment meant that he was out of the counu-y! Lach Ian, the 2003 College Captain and a strong advocate for social j ustice initiatives was called upon to u-avel to the Republic of South Africa, Zambia and Ma lawi dur ing the month of August to attend site and office meetings. L'lchlan is no stranger to working overseas having previously been posted to Sri Lanka where he unde rtook invaluable humanitarian work, at times in poten tially danger·ous areas of the country occupied by the infamous Tamil Tigers. The OCA look forwa rd tO catching up with Lachlan to present this award at a dinner in the near- future .

• Bill Lang (SPC 1975-80) has released h is fir-st book: Sc01-es on the Board - the 5-Part System for Bu ilding Skills, Teams and Businesses. Published globally by Wiley in New York, the book is wriuen as a life and business fable that focuses on ind ividual and team performance improvement. Literally everyone can

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be nefit from the book and the five part system - whether individuals seeking to build a skill, small business owners looking to build the ir business, or CEOs and Se nior Executives inte rested in building teams and increasing profitability Bill wrote the book to illusu.ne in a n entertaining and easily digestible way how the essence of his simple performance improvement system - called Sco,·es on the Board - can be used by anyone to improve the ir effective ness, or the teams a nd businesses they lead. Bill 's book incorporntes the latest Harvard Business School research into leadership a nd team improveme nt, foc using on the insights revealed by recent neuroscie nce breakthroughs. Many of these insigh ts into how the brain works have profound implications for business leade rs, which Bill explores in the book through the journey of a Senior Executive u·ying to become a mo ,-e e ngaging and effective lead er. Afler leaving St Patrick's, Bill graduated from the Unive rsity of Me lbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and Law (Honours) . He has wo rke d with KPMG, McKinsey & Compan)' and Macquarie Bank, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to au.end Harvard Business School whe,·e he graduated top of h is MBA class as a Ba ke r Scholar. In 2000, Bill co-founded Sharinga Networks Inc, a technology start-up in Silicon Valle)'· He is currently CEO of Bill Lang International, a p1·ovider of business and performance improvement solutions to companies operating in 50 countries. Bill Lang International has offices in Melbourne, Singapore, London and San Francisco. Bill still has fond memories of his days in Ballarat - "I have fond memories of St Pat's. I can still remember being coached by Brothe r Breach when playing cricke t for St Pat's, and all those mornings playing j erks in the comts before class." Bill spends several weeks each ye;i,· speaking at corporate confere nces and industry events, a nd conducting executive performance improve me nt workshops for key clients. His areas of speciality include individual and team performance improveme nt, leade rship, employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, and business growth strategies.

• Nick Liston (SPC 2005-2006) was awarded the prestigious Monash IBM Future Leadership Scholarship in August 2009. The scholarship p,·esented by Monash University Faculty o f Business

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a nd Economics and IBM is awarded Lo twelve swdenLS each year and recognises the impo rtance of providing leadership skill d evelopme nt opportunities during a stude nt's tertiary education. As pan of the scholarship Nick will comple te a 22 week internship with IBM. Nick has also e njoyed an excelle nt year with the 1 OB-SPC Football Club making his senio r debut this year and featuring in tl·1e best players o n several occasions.

• Paul Madden (SPC 1999-2001) has jusl comple ted a Maste r of Property Valuation at RMIT, ;ind now turns his sights on becoming a qualified value r, curremly working fo1· property firm CB Richard Ellis in Mulgrave doing industrial valuations.

• Ballarat Stock Agent Tom Madden (SPC 1999-2004) finished runner up in the prestigio us Victorian Yo ung Auctioneer Compe tition at the Royal Me lbourne Show. Tom who works with Charles Stewart and Co. was both shocked and excited by the result and is hoping his achievement will enhance his re putation as both an auctionee r and as a stock agen t. Tom now progresses to the National Final at the 2010 Sydney Easter Show. A win in Sydney would give Tom an opponunity r.o compete in th e International Auctioneers competition in Calvary, Canada in June 2010.

•.James Marbu rg (SPC 1995-2000) was again in the rowing headlines following up his Olympic silver medal with a nother silver a t the Wo rld Rowing Championships in August.J ames' ligh t weight four was again d efeated by the powerful crew from Great Britain in a repeat of the Olympic final going down galla ntly afte,· a strong o pe ning surge.

• Me rv Mason OAM (SPC 1939-40) o f McIntyre, near Dunolly, reports that. al 86 years of age he is having some sign ificant health issues. He is eternally pleased and proud that his five sons all had tl1e privilege of boarding at the College -Greg (SPC l 972-73) is now a Chartered Accountant Principal, Peter (SPC 1975) a primary producer,J ohn (SPC 1977-78) works in hospitality, Brendan (SPC 1979) is a Printing Design P1incipal and Frank (SPC 1981-82) works for the Australian Wool Testing Authority.

• T he College community co ngratulates Fr Adrian Mclnerney (SPC 1961) on the 40th a nniversary of h is ordinatio n to the Priesthood. Fr Adria n has bee n a lead er in the Diocese and great supporter o f

Catholic education over many years. T he OCA wish him continued good health a nd blessed sen ~ce in o ur Chu,·ch and city.

• De nis McKinnon (SPC 2005-2007), Manhew Dento n (SPC 2002-2007), Michael Keern (SPC 2003-2008), Christopher Roache (SPC 2000-2005) a nd Berna rd Kuc k (SPC 2003-2008) were featured in the latest edition of Newman News. Christophe r was award ed a no n-residential music scho larship, Be rnard received a n Old Collegians Scho la rship and Michae l was awarded a J esuit Scholarship.

• Stephen McMahon (SPC I 986-91) has enjoyed a magnificent season as Head Coach of the Haileybury College Cross Countl)' Tearn. The Hearts and Bloods (Girls and Boys) were both Unde feated Team Prem iers. Haileybu1J is the first school LO claim both APS Boys and Girls Premie rships in the same year. T his clean sweep of the A.PS Season may be ve ry difficult to ever repeat. In addition there was a Victorian All Schools Cross Country Re lay Co-Educatio nal Premiership in May (also atJe lls Park) and three gold and one silver in the Vieto,·ia n Al l Schools Under 20 Boys and Girls Cross Countr)' and Road Relays. Also, ten students we re selected for the VSSSA/ AV State Team for the National Cross Country in Nowra a nd anothe r three just missed. Six gir ls in th is team a lso helped qualify the H aileybt11)' Hearts Unde r 17 Girls Team as the Austra lia's Re prese ntative Schoolgirls' Team at the 2010 World Schoo ls Cross Coumry in April 2010 in the Slovak Republic.

• Mary olan mother of 1985 College Captain Chris Nolan (SPC ]980-85) wrote to the College's Jsl XVIII Coach Mr Howard Cla,·k to wish the 1st XVIII all the best for the ir Grand Fina l against traditional foe Assumption College, Kilrnore. :Jack and I a nd Eileen and Sam we ,·e quite moved with your in te rest and engagemen t with Chris at t.he SPC Assembly and he loved it! Thank you so much as I suspect you reconnected him to SPC fool)1• It was a great day for Chris and he and we have been following SPC footy with great inte rest. Congratulations o n your recent successes against St Joseph's and Ballarat College - Chris has The Courie r· news cuttings in his room. I p romised Chris and.Jack that I would write but time has beaten me and so th is email is best I can do to reach you and boys in time for Sunday at the MCG. Chris (a T iger's supporter a lso) would

love to be the re but that is probably near impossible, so the best we can do is 1.0

send o ur heartiest congratulatio ns to you a nd the team on getting to such a great occ;isio n at the hallowed MCG, and Lo wish you all every success.

• His Eminence George Cardinal Pell (SPC 1949-59) was a welcome attendee al the Class o f 1959 Reun ion Dinne,· in the O CA Pavilion in August. Wit.h fellow past scholars he e njoyed a great evening and d elivered a n entertaining key note address to his peers and the ir partners. H e also shared details o f his trip t.o Pe ru in March where he visited his Sydney Priest Fr John Anderson in Iquitos on the Amazon River in orth East Peru. The city is the Ia,·gesL isola ted city in the world (500,000), being inaccessible via road. Following his t.re k into Iquitos he visited the Columban Fathers House in Lima and had a small SL Pat's re 11nion catching up with Fr Leo Do nnelly (SPC 1940-50), Fr Chris Baker (SPC 1942-43) a nd Fr Michael McKinnon, (a Ballarat priest do ing his second term in Lima) . His Eminence was accompanied by his personal secretaq 1, Dr Michael Casey (SPC 1977-82), adding to the green, white a nd blue theme!

• Michael Saunders (SPC 1977-1981) is in his 20th year as a Principal in the Ballarat Diocese having spent five years as Principal of SL Michael's School Wyche proof, followed by 13 years at St. Patrick's School Camperclown (including a stint at Perry Ele mentary in Erie Pennsylvania USA) and is now in his second year at St Colman's School Mortlake . Michael is married LO Jo who teaches at Mercy Regional College a nd with four childre n , Mick is heavily involved with Lhe Camperdown Cricket Clu b, serving as secretary for over a decade and now heading up the CCC Re union Comm ittee with the Club celeb rating the J 50 years (1859 - 2009) of its e xistence in Novembe r. Any ex-SPC Students who played with the Camperd own CC are invited to con tact Mick o n - sauncamp@bigpond.com to register tl1eir imerest in attending.

• Michael Sheed y (SPC 1994-99) has been ;ippointed Captain of the Richmond Cricke t Club in the prestigious VCA Premier Cricket Competitio n for season 2009/ 2010. Michael has enjoyed a n excellent playing c;ireer to d ate with Carlton , where he played along sid e And rew Dickinson (SPC 1991-96) for several seasons. !Vfichael also played VFL football wi th North Ballarat. Both

Michael and Andrew started the ir cricket at Mt Clear and have been assisted in their developme n t by Mt Clear Captain/ Coach Paull J effrey (SPC 1985-90) and SPC coaches Gerard Ryan, Darnian McKee and Terry Blizzard.

• Ben Sull ivan (SPC 1990-93) was a member oft.he winning Agecroft crew who took out the Britannia Challenge Cup for coxed fours a t the Royal Henle)' Regatta in Oxfordsh ire, Engla nd. Originally from Mildura Ben honed his skills on Lake We ndouree under the watchful eyes of Chris and Kevin O'Brien . Ben currently ,·esides in Manchester having married a nothe r rower Siobhan Mull igan who he met. at the Agecroft Rowing Club. Ben wo rks for an IT com pany in London.

WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS, BIRTHS, BEREAVEMENTS

SPC Weddings • Geljon - Anthony (SPC 1985-90) w;is

m arried LO Pia on .July 17 this year a nd currently lives in Ballarat as a Productio n Operato,·. Anthony and Pia have two child ren, Henry two and half years and ten mon th o ld Will.

• McMahon - David (SPC 1989-1994) was married to Michelle Penhall on Sa!Urday J une 27 at the St Patrick's College Chapel by Fr Justin Driscoll.

• Trudgen - David (SPC l 989-J 994) was married to Sally Roberts on Saturday October 24 at the St Patl'ick's College Chapel.

• Watson - Michael (SPC 1995-2000) was married Lo Renee Gazzard on SaLUrday September 19 in the College Chapel.

SPC Engagements •Be nnett - Caitlin (Staff) to Chris

Cummings on SaLUrday September 5, 2009 in Sydne)'.

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• Cook - Daniel (SPC 1999-2004) to

Wendy Almenara o n Saturday Sep tember 26 on the Gold Coast.

• Halpin- T im (SPC 1995-1997) and Nadine Ell is announced their engagement in 2009 and are to be married Sawrday 28th November 2009 at. St Brigid's, Mulwala.

• House -Je remy (Stall) Lo Aleisha Mason on January 3, 2009 in Tasmania

• Kennedy-Craige (SPC 1994-99) Lo Melisa Brady, brother of Anthony (SPC 1997-99), David (2000-2002) andJohn (2005-2007) in Sep tember 2009.

• Lee - Alastai r (SPC 1988 -1993) celebrated his engagement to Carisa Lynch from Cobde n on Sawrday.July 25 2009.

SPC Births • Casey - Ryan (SPC 1999-2004) and partne,·

Anna McLoughlan welcomed thei,· first child, Paddy William on j uly 20.

• Cobden -Alex (SPC 2003-2004) and Katrina welcomed son Charlie Jon Cobden on .J uly IO 2009 at 3.33 pm. Charlie weighed 3540g.

• Ge ljon - Simon (SPC 1987-92) and Marcelle welcomed the arrival of Ky William on May 25, 2009. A b rothe r for Stella.

•.Jeffrey - Luke (SPC 1989-1994) and wife Louise welcomed thei r second son Noah o n January 17, 2009. A brother LO Harrison aged 2 years.

• Moore - Danny (SPC 1983-84) and Beth welcomed a bouncing boy,Jesse Thomas Moore onJ u ly 17, 2009.

• O 'Beirne - Paul and Lucy welcomed sixth child Keira Lucille O'Beirne on April,17 making it an even number of boys and girls again! Siblings Erin , Sean, Patrick, Megan and Liam are delighted!

• Petrie - Scott (SPC 1994-99) and Andrea welcomed Lachlan Andrew on J une 24, 2009. A bea utiful brotl·,er fo1· Madison.

• Place - Nicholas (SPC .1980) and wife J en nifer welcomed Elijah Anduamlak who was born in October 2007 in Ethiopia to their family in April 2009. A new brother to Madeline and [saac Woldu.

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