St Pat’s News

Under 13 rugby Report – May 23, 2015

Between family commitments and illnesses the U13’s could only field 12 players and this after a week without training. Full credit to Scotch College for showing great spirit and lending us four players of their own, who really relished the opportunity to play hard against their classmates.- For our part there were some great individual…

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Under 14 Rugby Report – May 23, 2015

SPC v Scotch College Today’s match report can really be summed up in one word, -domination-. – The Year 8 boys were fantastic today in attack and defence. – The forwards were supplying plenty of opportunity to the whole team by securing our own ball and pilfering opposition ball as well. The back line led…

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2015 National Sorry Day Assembly

As is its annual custom, St Patrick’s College today marked National Sorry Day with a full school assembly in the Br. W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre. In 2015, the College has 51 indigenous students enrolled, including 11 in Year 12. One of those Year 12 students, Christopher Saunders, presented this speech at the assembly. “Welcome and…

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Intermediate Soccer Report – May 20, 2015

It is convenient to make the analogy that the Year 9s are currently studying the First World War, and what the Intermediate Soccer squad experienced for the better part of Wednesday’s match away against Ballarat Grammar could best be described as a stalemate. In freezing and damp conditions, the first 15 minutes of the match…

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SPC Blue soccer report – May 20. 2015

SPC Blue 3 D Ballarat Clarendon College– 1 This was the first opportunity for SPC Blue to play together, a mixture of Year 8, 11 and 12 students. Despite the wet and windy conditions the players were enthusiastic with the upcoming encounter with BCC who the previous week had defeated SPC Green (First XI) two…

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1st XI Soccer report – May 20, 2015

ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE – 4 d- MT CLEAR COLLEGE 1 GOALS – Jake Selby 3, Jack Gaffney BEST – – – Jake Selby, Brandon Lauton, Trent Moodley, Brayden Baker, Will McLoughlin, Oliver Janssens, Leighton Parkinson – Trent Moodley was on fire early and looked like he could take the game by the scruff of the…

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Support for victims and survivors

St Patrick’s College is providing the opportunity for the community to show their support for victims/survivors involved in the Royal Commission being heard this month. The College is encouraging all its community members to tie a blue, green or white ribbon to the College’s front gates and fence as a symbol of support. Headmaster John…

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Under 13 rugby report – May 16, 2015

SPC v Melbourne Grammar The full time score does not look – pretty for the SPC boys, however this result is a lot more promising than the result alone would suggest. While not wanting to take anything away from MGS most of the scores and line breaks were achieved by one player who had the…

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Under 14 rugby report – May 16, 2015

Under 14 v Melbourne Grammar Last week the team played a great game except for three minutes where exceptional pressure was not converted into points and would ultimately cost St Pats the win. – This week’s assignment was always going to be a tough one as MGS are a proud rugby school. – Last year…

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Under 16 rugby report – May 16, 2015

Under 16 Match report – May 16, 2015 SPC v Scotch College The U16 Team again matched up against an undermanned yet powerful team in Scotch College. The 13 that Scotch put on the paddock were all Year-10s and included two members from their 1st XV. Once again we had a squad of 22, which…

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