St Pat’s News

Mission Report – July 30, 2015

This week representatives of Catholic primary and secondary schools from across the diocese gathered at Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in Wendouree to discuss the Catholic identity of schools. The day was led by Prof. Dr. Didier Pollefeyt and Mr. Jan Bouwens from the The Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the…

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1st XI Soccer report – July 29, 2015

ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE- 3 d MT CLEAR COLLEGE 1 GOALS – Ben Hutchins 2, Brayden Baker BEST- – – – – Ben Hutchins, Jake Selby, Marco Farrell, Billy Munter, Brayden Baker Back on our home ground, which is certainly not our best playing surface, we never looked comfortable against a very quick Mt Clear side…

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1st XVIII – Herald Sun Shield semi – SPC d SJC

St Patrick’s College through to Final Score: St Patrick’s College 10.3 (63) d St Joseph’s College 5.10 (40) Goals: Joel Cowan, Leigh Spiteri 2, Hamish Coulton, Jackson Carrick, Jordyn Cotter, Connor Byrne, Jacob Hopper, Tom Williamson 1 Best: Joel Cowan, Ben Lusby, Jacob Hopper, Hasker Dawborn, Joe Dodd, Tom Evans – St Patrick’s College is…

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Esteemed artist to judge NAB Flanagan Art Prize

Esteemed expert to judge NAB Flanagan Art Exhibition Award winning Australian artist Euan Heng has been announced as the judge of the 2015 NAB Flanagan Art Exhibition, being conducted by St Patrick’s College in August. The exhibition, now in its eighth year, is building a reputation as one of the premier art events on the…

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Under 13 rugby report – July 25

U/13 SPC v Ivanhoe Grammar The under 13’s had another strong performance on the weekend downing an undermanned Ivanhoe 20-15. We arranged to match numbers with Ivanhoe by lending two players and benching one. While they were small on numbers they certainly weren’t small on size and had a considerable advantage over us in the…

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Under 14 rugby report – July 25

U/14 SPC v Melbourne Grammar The performance of the Under 14 boys was exceptional today, I will comment on our offensive effort a little further on in the report but the defensive side of our game really deserves to lead. There was some really determined and dogged players at the breakdown today, who used their…

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Under 16 rugby report – July 25

U/16 SPC – v Melbourne Grammar After a touch up from GGS the week before the U16 team were determined to fix some of their errors. We were up against Melbourne Grammar who were placed one above us on the ladder. The focus for the week was winning this game through dominating possession and not…

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1st XV report – July 25 – SPC v MGS

St Patrick’s College 1stXV v. Melbourne Grammar (25/07) Fulltime -“ 40-33 (HT 19-14) Tries -“ Joshua Coward 1, Nicholas Donghi 1, Marcus Kaponga 1, Kobe Travers 1, Billy Munter 1, Charlie Pollard 1 Conversions -“ Joshua Coward 5/6 If you will indulge me, and this is a rarity, but I would like to keep today’s…

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2015 SPC trek to Kokoda

SPC at PNG in 2015 In the cold darkness of 2am on June 22 in Ballarat 25 Staff, students, ex-students, parents and friends of the College began the journey of life time to PNG.- During the next 15 days they walked the gruelling Kokoda track, completed a service project at Kokoda College, visited the villages…

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1st XI Soccer report – July 22, 2015

ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE – 1 drew with BALLARAT COLLEGE 1 GOAL Miles Baker (pen) BEST- – – Brandon Lauton, Tom Whitburn, Jake Selby, Miles Baker, Brayden Baker, Josh De Voogel, Trent Moodley, Leighton Parkinson This was a very high class game in the play, the control and skill showed by players, the intent of attacks…

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