St Pat’s News
1st XI Soccer – 2017 Semi Final
St Patrick’s 9 defeated Ballarat College Black 0– GOALS: Lachlan Wright 4, Mark Ritchie 2, Alex Worthington, Alex Baker, Darby Gaffney– BEST: Mark Ritchie, Lachlan Wright, Josh DeVoogel, Darby Gaffney, Mitch Ralston, James King, Alex Baker, Denis Wanjiku, Talan Flockhart– Teams are not normally disappointed with an easy win, especially when it means entry into…
100th anniversary of battle of Passchendeale
Today, 31 July 2017, marks the 100th anniversary of the commencement in WWI of what became known as the Battle of Passchendaele (or the Third Battle of Ypres). The battle took place on the Western Front from 31 July to November 1917, for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of…
1st XI Soccer – SPC d BGS – July 26, 2017
St Patrick’s College 2 defeated Ballarat Grammar 0 GOALS: Josh DeVoogel, Lachlan Wright BEST: James King, Dennis Wanjiku, Josh DeVoogel, Tiernan Somers, Mitch Ralston, Darby Gaffney, Talan Flockhart, Jude Jeandet, Alex Worthington The coach had been concerned about Grammar and especially their senior BDSA players Antonetti and Huggett and this game played out with their…
Old Boys in the News – July 2017
Our Old Boys have been busy boys in all sectors, including: Well done to Liam Hanrahan (SPC 2009-14), pictured above,– who has been awarded an Albert Coates Scholarship at Federation University. Liam is currently in his second year studying Biomedical Science, but hopes to eventually pursue Medicine. The Albert Coates Scholarship is awarded to students…
Recognising our Boarding Precinct Appeal donors
The College would like to thank the generous supporters of our Boarding Precinct Appeal to date. So far, we are well over a third of the way towards raising $1 million in a fundraising appeal, raising nearly $400,000, towards the overall $7m build cost. We invite our school community to consider assisting the College in…
2017 BAS 2nd XVIII Grand Final
SPC Green 9 -“ 8 – 62 Defeated SPC White 7 – -“ 6 -“ 48 Best Players SPC Green: Robbie Emerson-Jones, Rylan Porter, Sam Bowen, Tom O’Keane Goals SPC Green: R. Emerson-Jones 2, M. McGrath, R. Porter, T. O’Keane, J. Learmonth, S. Bowen, M. Judd, D. O’Brien 1 Best Players SPC White: Cooper Craig-Peters,…
Where are they now – Michael Hickey (SPC 2000-02)
The College reconnects with Michael Hickey (SPC 2000-02), who credits his SPC education for helping him to get where he is today as a leading hand electrician on a multi-billion dollar project. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? Being a boarder, after SPC, I went home to live with mum and…
1st XV Rugby – SPC d Trinity (22/7)
St. Patrick’s College 1st XV vs. Trinity Grammar (H) (22/07) Full time: 36 -“ 19 (HT 19-5)- Try scorers: Inoke Siola’a (2), Ola Tauelangi, Chris Tuitea, Will Harrison, Ethan Jessop Conversions: Pou Siola’a (3/5), Chris Tuitea (0/1) 5 -“ Chris Tuitea 4 -“ Ola Tauelangi 3 -“ Ethan Jessop 2 -“ Pou Siola’a 1 -“…
Where are they now – Mick Saunders (SPC 1977-81)
The College is reconnecting- with Michael (Mick) Saunders (SPC 1977-1981), pictured with some of his 1200 cricket books,- who has enjoyed a rich and rewarding career in education and still catches up with his SPC mates regularly. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? Well I’ve never really left school. I studied at…
Where are they now – Geof Marshall (SPC 1966-68)
The College is reconnecting with Geof Marshall (SPC 1966-68) who is retiring after a busy medical career working as a GP, and in emergency and forensic medicine. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? I graduated from medicine at Monash University and married a fellow medical graduate from Sydney, Cathy, who is…
