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Former College Captain shares his career story
Former College Captain Mitch Tuddenham (SPC 2012-17) planned on becoming an architect. Since stepping into his senior studies in Year 10, Mitch was adamant that architecture was to be his intended career choice. He applied to study architecture and design at university while studying Year 12, even though he admits he was starting to have…
Old Boys in the News – December 2019
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: Great to see Gemma Hanrahan recognised for saving her father Dominic’s (SPC 1986-87) life after he was flattened by a cow on their farm and suffered a seizure. Gemma has been awarded an Ambulance Victoria Community Hero Award for her bravery. Dominic is also father of this year’s…
Final day of classes for 2019
Today is the final day of classes for 2019. As our students prepare for their Christmas holidays it presents us an opportunity to reflect on 2019 as the year that was. While it is almost impossible to capture everything that happens in a school and a community as large and diverse at St Patrick’s, we…
Sons of an Old Boy visit the College
We welcomed brothers Robert and Paul Dallimore back to the College recently. Robert and Paul are the sons of Old Collegian Craig Dallimore (SPC 1954), a retired Melbourne pharmacist, who will be celebrating his 80th birthday next year! Craig was a boarder from Drysdale and completed his sub-intermediate studies at SPC in 1954 before moving to St Joseph’s…
Old Collegians gather for 2019 Christmas Luncheon at the Emerald Hotel
A tradition started several years ago by Old Collegians Michael Dowd (SPC 1964-69) and Noel Sheehan (SPC 1964-70) to organise informal quarterly Old Boys lunches continues to gather strength. On the first Friday of each new season, Michael and Noel invite as many Old Boys as possible to join them for a few drinks and…
Class of 1993 gather for informal reunion
It was great to see several members of the Year 12 Class of 1993 gather at the weekend for an informal reunion at the Freight Bar in Ballarat. The cohort was rocked recently by the tragic death of Old Collegian Gerald (Ged) O’Sullivan (SPC 1990-93) who was killed in a car accident in Western Australia,…
2019 OCA Christmas lunch
The St Patrick’s College Old Collegians Association (OCA) was delighted to host its inaugural Christmas lunch for some of our older alumni this week. Following on from the success of the inaugural Winter Warmer lunch in June, which aims to reconnect Old Collegians in their 70s and 80s, the OCA once again gathered at the…
College Dux scores 99.9
Congratulations to our 2019 College Dux Matthew Duffy who has scored an incredible 99.9 ATAR score. Matthew has been an outstanding contributor during his six years at St Patrick’s College and has been a wonderful role model to his fellow students. While his academic excellence has never been questioned, his commitment to many co-curricular endeavours…
Farewell to departing committee members and Board chair
St Patrick’s College held a Christmas dinner this week to thank our volunteers who serve on the Board and committees and to say a fond farewell to those who are stepping down from their positions. In particular the College gave great thanks to Emeritus Professor Terry Lloyd who has stepped down from the role as…
Discontinuation of Bacchus Marsh late bus service
St Patrick’s College has decided that, due to declining passenger numbers, it will discontinue its Bacchus Marsh late bus service in 2020. The service has been running for 17 years, transporting boys home on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with stops at Gordon, Ballan and Bacchus Marsh. The College has never offered such services for other…