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Director of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sports Report Term 4 Week 2
OCA purchases new boat for SPC Rowing
The College is very pleased to share the news of the acquisition of a new boat and a set or Braca scull oars for our junior crews for season 2022 and beyond. The boat is a bow steered coxed quad / sweep four, and is in near new condition, as it was a demonstration boat….
2021 Head of the Lake arrangements
Dear Parents and Families, A strength of education in Ballarat is the collaboration between schools, which is particularly evident in the many sporting opportunities available for our students. The Head of the Lake Regatta is an engaging sporting opportunity coordinated by the Ballarat schools for our students. In 2021 we are delighted to be able…
A special message – three decades on
As the Ballarat community prepares to celebrate all the colour and excitement of this weekend’s Head of the Lake Rowing Regatta, it presents an opportunity to look back at one of the most celebrated moments in our College’s history and relive some glory. It has now been exactly 30 years since the famous St Patrick’s…
2019 SPC Tour of Ireland – Day 13
We made the most of our last day in London. Walking through the gates of Lord’s, we were ready for an extensive tour of the home of cricket. The view of the pitch from the Long Room, the Players’ Change Rooms with their detailed honour boards and the actual Ashes were of great interest to…
Day 12 – London sightseeing
After a cracking breakfast in the beautiful Radisson Blu Vanderbilt, we all set off for Palm Sunday Mass at Westminster Cathedral. Funnily enough we bumped into the Loreto girls after Mass and exchanged travel stories. The boys then divided into groups and armed with maps and underground passes became serious sightseers in London. The Changing…
2019 SPC Tour of Ireland – Day 11 Belfast – London – Craven Cottage
A very early breakfast set us up for a busy day. We were on the bus at 6.00 heading for the airport to fly out of Belfast. We farewelled our talented bus driver, Peter Byrne, who has enlightened us with local history, entertained us with Irish humour and got us safely 1000 kms around the…
2019 SPC Tour of Ireland – Day 10 Giant’s Causeway & Belfast
After an early breakfast, where the highlight on the menu was fried soda bread, we set off for the Giant’s Causeway. The boys were in awe of this magnificent, natural wonder. Armed with audio tours, they had the opportunity to listen to a blend of well-informed history, geology and fable surrounding the battle of the…
Day 9 – Maghera
Day 9 -“ Maghera We awoke to a frosty but sunny morning and the day only got better. We were told that it snowed this time last week but the day was still and mild. After a huge breakfast the boys prepared their kit for the match against St Patrick’s College, Maghera. The first game…
2019 SPC Tour of Ireland – Day 8 Derry and Maghera
On the bus early, we travelled for an hour before we descended on a roadside inn for breakfast. The proprietors had never served so much breakfast to so many in such a short time. They did a marvellous job and congratulated themselves by clapping and cheering after the final service. Hunger sated, we drove north…
