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Captain
T homas Constable
Vice Captains
Nicholas Beaver
Year 11
Luke Wilson
.Jakob Barie
Year 10
Lo uis Powlen
Thomas Mooney
Year 9 Patrick Collier
Jose ph Downe)'
Year8
Oliver Nash
Cameron Adams
l\pan
Captain
Michael Cocomazzo
Vice Captains
Mitchell Robenson
Year 11
Nicholas Whelan
Pau-ick Begbie
Year 10
Kane Wh ite
Brayden Rodd
Year9
Darcy Kelly
Christopher Milrny
Year8
Tynan Haintz
James Parini
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As a student at the College, Chris J acob Selby 7RG Year g - Semester One Jessy Kroon SGG regularly achieved strong academic results Lucas Shugg 7KC Declan Leish man SGG
and in his final year he was awarded: Callum Smith 7GA Douglas Mai SCA
J oshua Taylor 7Vl David Adams 9C Caleb McGrath SKC
• the Headmaster's Award for Leade rship Bradley Tuo hey 7KD
Samuel Castleman 9A Nicholas Mcl\faster SKA • the History Prize Brayde n Ward 7VJ Ha mish Clydesdale 9E Mark McOwan SNF
Harrison Waters 7RG William Counsel 9C Adam Mu1-phy SGF • the Sir Hugh Devine Prize for
Impromptu Speech Patrick Willis 7RH Ha 1..-y Cousens 9C Peter Oakley SGB
Matthew Wong 7VJ Liam Edwards 9F
Jarryd O'Dowd SGC • a W.T. Doyle Prize for Debating
Luke Wynd 7NE Damon Gilling ham 9F T imothy O'Shea SRA
• the 1st XI Cricket Bowling Award. Matthew H all 90 Joshua Peters SKD Liam H anrahan 9G Charles Robinson SCA During his time at St Patrick's, Chris Lachlan Hewitt 90
clearly exemplified the pursuit of Year 8 - Semester One Mitchell Ryan SNG Liam Jess 90 Timothy Ryan SRB excelle nce across a range of the College's Michael Kan 9A
important educational programmes and Harrison Spratling SRO Shaun Ainley SC Thomas Keogh 9D Connor Squires SND activi ties. It was great to once again have Nicholas Anokye SC Matthew Lakey 9C Chris and his fam il)' present for the Ja rrah Staley SRO Jayden Boak SG Pete r Le ighton 98 Patrick Tansey SKB assembly where awards were presented, William Briggs 80 Joshua Leviston 9A Thomas T horpe SRE furthe r re inforcing the importance of the Nicholas Brown SA Benjamin Martin 9£ awards to students, staff and parents. Danie l Toohey SGD Mitchell Canny SG Thomas McDonough 9A Nicholas Tre loar SRE
The following boys received a 2011 Laurence Cashin SA Thomas McMaster 9F Nicholas Whelan SRF
Chris Nolan Award: William Clark SB Thomas Moo ney 9£ Luke Wilson SNB Patrick Collie r SB Scott Murphy 9F
Year 7 - Semester One Jacob Coxall SA Luke Pelchen 9E Sam Crauage SB Daniel Phyland 9H Year 11 - Semester One Xavier Curran 813 Nicholas Powell \:Ill
Cameron Adams 7NF Tom Evans SA Louis Powle tt 9D Joel Amor 7VJ James Everett SB Ha rrison Robertson 9A Jordan Atkinson SRA
Lachlan Butcher 7VJ Nicholas Frawley SB Marlin Ryan 98 Nicholas Beaver SNA Liam Cappello 7VJ Lachlan Fuller 88 Trystan Sammut 9C Cameron Butche r SKA
Nathaniel Corboy ?RH Kelsey Gannon 8G Mitchell Thomas 9H Robert Conroy SNB
Haske r Dawborn 7VJ Evan Green SC Damon Williamson 98 Christopher Debono SNB Louis Edwards 7GB Ethan Haintz SC Aidan Willowhite 9D Conor Dickson SRC
Brandon Falland ?GA Callum Holland SC Samuel Wines 9F James Fahey SKC
Liam Hainlz 7GA Christopher Kan 88 Kieran Wynne 90 Patrick Farnan SKA
Tynan C Haintz 7RH Samuel Laidlaw SC Alexander Fitzsimons SKC
Jonathan Hall 7VJ Jake Leontiew 80 Bryce Fullerton SNE
T homas Halle tt 7GA Abraham Lewis 88 Year 10 - Semester One Riley Fullerton SNC Liam Hanrahan 7KD Benjamin Lusby SC Jack Furness SND
Daniel Hillman 7KC T imothy Martin 80 Joshua Gilbert SR£
Patrick Johnson 7GB Samue l Mewett 8D Jake _ Ainley SRB
Hamish Kelly SCA
Troy Keem 7KD Campbell Milne 88 Fergus Bragge SGD
Adam Lavery SGG
Patrick Keogh 7GB Christopher Mil roy SE James Burge SGB
Benjamin Manin SRB
Joshua Lynch 7KD Harris Robinson SB Gerard Clifford SKA
Paul McEldrew SKE
Lawrence McCrabb 7NF Thomas Schreenan SF Timothy Crowe SGD
Edward Meagher SCA Emerson McMaster 7NE Jack Shaw SC
J oshua Farrar SND Austin Miller SNF Samuel McMaster 7KC Mitche ll Steele SE
Andrew Fay SRA Kieran Missen SKE Alexander Mooney 7NE T homas Wakefield SF Matthew
Geddes SRC T imothe Moore SRF
Riley Murphy 7VJ Jacob Wheelahan 8G Louis Gillett SKB Bradley O'Loughlin SKF
Jarrod O'Brien 7KD Andrew Groch SKC
Michael O'Reilly SGE David O 'Dohe rty 7GB Isaac
Harbour SNA Sla te r SKG Xavier
Liam O'Shea 7RH J ack Harrison SND
Steggall SGB Fraser James Parin i 7RG John
Hickey SRG Alex _T hompson s G
Alex Porter 7VI Luke Howard SKA SGE Be njamin Howes SKE
Zachary Weightman Alexander Richardson 7RG Nicholas Willowhite SRB
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Year 12 - Semester One
B,-ayden Allan SKE
Scoll Azarnikow SGA
Harrison Bardwell SKG
Daniel BaxLer SNC
Mathew Begbie SKB
Regan Boyce SRF
Tyler Brandenburg SNB
J ack Callil SRA
William Corbelt SRD
AnLhony D'Arcy SKB
Jack Dean SRC
Anthony Dooley SRF
Isaac Ellis SCF
Carl Giles SCI£
Kieren Hickey SRA
Samue l Higgins SNA
Jack Ke lly SGF
James Liston SRG
Sean McDonald SNE
T imothy McOwan SGA
Nicholas O ' Brie n SNA
J oshua Paddon SKF
Killian Plastow SGA
Carl Smith SNC
Jordan Smith SCF
James Westbrook SND
Jeremy While SKF
Jack Wilson SNE
The College community was most
pleased that Chris, his parents and care rs
were o nce again able to join us at the
assembly. Chris' parents, Mary a nd Jack,
presented certificates to the boys on behalf
of Chris.
The College also presented
Headmaster's VCE Excelle nce Awards to
St Patrick's students who attained the
highest aggregated score for all school
assessed tasks completed in each VCE Unit
3 and VET subject taught at the College.
Certificates were awarded to the following
boys:
Daniel Baxter Systems Engineering
Nicholas Beaver History: Revolutions
Tyler Brandenburg Software Development Mathematical Methods
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Jack Calli) English Media Studies
Nathaneal Carey Studio Arts
Tom Constable VET Sport and Recreation
William Corbett Biology
Anthony D'Arcy Music Style and Compositio n
Jack Dean Religious a nd Society
Isaac Ellis Outdoor and Environmental Studies
James Fahey Business Manage ment
Xavier Frost Music Style and Composition
Samuel Higgins Accounting Physical Education
Alex Hobson Legal Studies
Brendan Hutchinson Food and Techno logy
Ethan Jones
Visual Communication and Design
Jack Kelly
H eath and Human Developme nt
Luke Kemp
VET Sport and Recreation
James Liston
Design and Technology
Harry Mai
English (ESL)
Sean McDonald
Physics
Kieran Missen
VET Sport and Recreation
Timothy McOwan
Chemisu·y
Japanese SpecialisL Mathematics
Jaz Plinius-Wiese
Visual Communication and Design
Carl Smith
Economics
Ausu·alian History
Literature
Darcy Tuppen
Studio Arts
Brandon Weller
Mathema tical Me thods
Vincent White
Further Mathe matics
Jeremy White
Texts and Tra diLions
SOCIAL JUSTICE ASSEMBLY
The work ofa la rge number of boys
involved in the St Vincenl de Paul
Conference and the Social Justice Group
under the leadership of Mrs Kristine
Smardon culminaLed in a Lremendous
gathering with some very important
messages for the College community to
ponder. The gathering wimessed the
presentation of cheques from the funds
raised at Edmund Rice Day Lo the
nominated charities - the ChrisLian
Brothers' Overseas Aid Fund, Edmund
Rice Camps, the Edmund Rice Centre St
Albans and Caritas Australia - and a lso
provided an opportunity for
representatives from these organisaLions to
thank the boys and brie ny explain bow
their contributions and support assist their
organisaLion.
The assembly presented approximately
$33,000 worth of funds to each o f these
charities to continue their good works.
This money was raised by the student body
during the Edmund Rice Day walkathon
a nd demonstrates the willingness of our
boys to help the marg inalised within our
society. This is just one d emonstrable
example of Lhe charism of Blessed
Edmund Rice, the founder of the
Christian Brothers, that is present within
the swdent population al St Patrick's
College.
Joseph Baxter did an exceptional job in
acting as Master of Ceremonies for this
poignant and moving Social J ustice
Assembly.
Significant Fundraisers from the Edmund Rice Walkathon Galvin House students who collected more than $100 of donations: Keiran O'Riley, Year 11 Mitch Canny, Year 8 Ryan Clark, Year 9 Wattie Hutcheon, Year 9 Billy Watkins, Year 9 Be n Lusby, Year 8 Jack O'Keane, Year 8 Sam Cranage,Year 8 Mitch Toohey, Year 7
Keniry students who collected more than $100 of donations: Brayden Allan, Year 12
Nunan House students who collected more than $100 of donations: Luke Kemp, Year 12 Mitch Phelps, Year 12 Nicholas O 'Brie n, Year 12 Nicholas Thomas, Year 12 Thomas Gillett, Year 12 Tyler Brandenburg, Year 12 Liam Mannix, Year 11
Noah Cemmola, Year 8
Ryan House students who collected more than $ 100 of donations: J ackson Kinna, Year 10 Darcy Kelly, Year 8
Congratulations LO Year 8 student Darcy
Kelly o n raising Lhe most mone)' in the
College. Darcy was p resented with the
David Ranger Fundraising Award for h is
significant achievement.
ONE NIGHT OF HOMELESSNESS
Many of)'OU reading this article will never
experience Lhe isolated, lonely, hungry and
unhealthy world d1at comes with being
ho meless. When did you last consider how
lucky you reall)' are to live in a family home
wid1 a roof over your head, Lo regularly enjoy
a home cooked meal and a conversation
with members of)1our family around the
dinner table; to be able to jump into the
comforts of a wam1 bed when you get tired
or simply have a hug "~th someone and be
told how special you are?
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Our lives are so busy that we will never
appreciate what it must feel like to
exper ience the circumstances that has
,resu lted in 36,000 young people exposed
lo homelessness in Australia on any given
night. These young people are aged
between I 2 lo 25 years of age, a staggering
o ne in 70.
In response to this situation and to
further enhance the leadership program
available to students the College
conducted One Night Of Homelessness to
provide students for with an opportunity
to experience just some of the conditions
lhal people living home less experience.
On Thursday J une 2, 230 stude nts (oul
of239) and 13 staff spe nt the night oul in
the cold with nothing but a woolen
blanket for comfort and warmth. The
experience, coordinated by the College's
Leade rsh ip and Standards Officer Mr
J amie Bobrowski is part of a holistic
lead ership development programme in
Year I 0, titled 'The J o urney'.
Without the comforts of home and
supportive fami lies, the students were
challe nged in the confronting situations
by Mrj amie Bobrowski who woke the boys
up at regular intervals during the night
g iving a sense of sleep deprivation. This
was just o ne e xample of how the students
could appreciate what homelessness is
like. It wasn't all bad though, as stude nts
also experienced a real life soup kitchen
and met workers a nd volunteers whose
daily reality brings them into cont.act with
some of societies marginalised. Students
were treated to o ne cup of soup and a slice
of bread! Other experiences for the night
included a range of team ch allenges a nd
a n hour of loneliness.
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NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK M rs Shannan Sosinski
Indigenous Educat ion Manager
National Reconciliation Week celebrates
the rich culture and history o f Indige nous
Australians. It is the perfect time for all
Australians to th ink aboul how lo he lp
turn around the disadvantage experienced
by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people. It is also a time whe,·e we
can re riecl about what we are doing to
advance the process of reconciliation.
Reconciliation invo lves achie,fog an
understanding of the facts of Indigenous
Australia, including history and its
continuing effects, tl'ie importance of
culture, the contribution of Indigenous
people to the Australia that we live in
today, and the diverse situations of
Indigenous people living in our
communities. T his understanding is
funda mental for respectful engagements
and mutual acceptance between people.
The week coincides with two important
dates in Indigenous Australia's recent
histo,y May 27 marks the anniversary of the
1967 referendum in which more than 90%
of Australians voted to remove clauses from
tJre Australian Constitution which
discriminated against Indigenous
Australians. It enabled Indigenous people to
be included in the census, and federal
parliament the power to make laws in
relation lo Indigenous people.June 3 marks
the anniversary of the High Court's
judgment in the 1992 Mabo case. The
decision recognised the 'ative Title righ ts of
the Aboriginal and Tor-res Strait Islander
peoples as the o riginal inhabitants of the
continent and overturned the myth of terra
nullius - the belief that the continent was an
empty, un--0wned land before the an ival of
Europeans in 1788,
To recognise Reconciliation Week the
College conducted a rnoving outdoor
liturgy in Chapel Court, led admirably by
studen ts and staff from the College's
Indigenous Education Programme. The
liturgy whilst acknowledging o ur Catholic
faith also incorporated e lements of
Indigenous culture with all students and
staff receiving a gum leaf from trees from
the lands cared for by the Wautherung
people for tens of tho usands of years.
INDIGENOUS PROGRAMME INITIATIVES
Over the past two months students from
the programme have been doing work with
stude nts from Black Hill Primary School,
Pleasant St Primary and St Columba's
Piimary School. Under the leadership of Mr
David Loader, our young men have spoken
or their rich cultural traditions as well as taught childre n about the basics of
Indigenous a rt. The following letter was
received recently by the I Icadmaster ,rnd
hig hlights th e profound impact the boys
have made upon students with whom they
have worked.
Dear Dr C',asey
1 am a }1ia.r 6 teacher at Black Hill P1imal)'
School. Dwing term two I was lucky t.o have the
j,leasure of wodiing with some Indigeno'llS boys
and staj/fivm St Patrid1 s C'.ollege; Ben, Donauan, Clifford, Jake, Dom, Da.vid Loader a11.ll Adam
Jennings.
Ouerfive weehs, tlte boys mme to Black Hill mul
nm two lessons per session, over a fow· hou.r
jJe1iod. Our students ha:ve been studying
A us{,r(tlian Histo1y, with a j,articulmf ()(;US on ou.r
Indigenous heritage and culture. Having the boys
share with our students their stmies, comm.unity
expectations, culture, tribes and hopes and dreams
for their futures and that of their peof,le was
absolutely invaluable! l could ·1wt have hof,ed for a
/Jelterfirst hand acc.ount fivm Indigenous /Joys that
our students were able to relate to and look u.f, to.
'nu:y were fantastic and their stories ve,y cummt
and 'now; I think this m,:1hes such a diffm:nce.
I fJersona lly have learnt ct !,ot fivm the boys and
really valued the time they shared with us. It was
terrific lo watch them grow as indivi.rluals over this
time CLS far as confidence with an 1mfamilia.r
audience, ,flu,wing initiative when working with
our students on their artwork, o)Je,ing advice,
teaching /Jy demonstmtion and provuling
feedbad1 ,
Some of the buys were quite rese,ve,:l lo begin with,
but as time progressed they became more
comfortable and confident liaising with our
students and staff. It was ve,y obvious that Ben,
Jalw and Dom are 1ight al. home sluuing their
stori.es; thl-y are p,vud boys and clear role 111oilels in
their lndigerwus commu.nities and at St Patric!, s College.
As a teadier and a parent of a boy at/ending St
Pat,ick ~, it is affirming to knmv tlwt you a.re
rttnning lea ming p,vgrams such as the one Adam
and David are in charge of It appears that tlie
boys at St Pabich s are ve,y lucky to have such vmied learning of>pm-w.nitil's that cater/or a
mnge of inle,'/iSts anrl talents, cultures and
abilitif'S.
77wnk you again and congratul.ations to the staff
and stiu/.ents al St Pallick s.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Plona Plews
Year 6 Classroom Teacher
Black Hill Primary School
WORK EXPERIENCE
The College's Transition Coordinator,
Mr Anthony Meehan has again worked
ti relessly in assisting over 200 Year lO
students \,~th work placements in the week
of June 20 to 24. A5 ever the College
received many positive endorsements from
employers throughout the regio n who
were greatly taken by the maturi ty, work
ethic and broad range of skills
demonstrated by Year 10 students.
FATHER'S DAY A father was watching his young son trying
to dislodge (t heav)' st.one. 17ie bay couldn't
budge it. "Are you sure you are using all your
strength?" the father asked. "Yes, I am," said the
exas/Jerated boy. "No, you. are not, "the father
replied. "You haven't asked me to help you."
O n Septembe r 2 the College celebrated
Fathers' Day Mass and breakfast, which
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was well attended and had a terrific
atmosphere. ThoughtS and prayers were
centered on fathers and thanks were given
to God for these good men, men who have
sustained and supported us in our living
and who love us unconditionally.
Father's Day also provides fathers with the
opportunity Lo reflect on their relationship
with their chi.ldren. There is a significant
body ofliterature to support the imponance
of a man's relationship with his fathe1: At St
Patrick's, the boys explore the concept of
'manhood' and are constantly challenged to
be men of faith, character and integrity.
Most of us were blessed with wonderful
fathers who were always available to us and
were the ideal mentors to help us na,~gate
our way into adulthood. Some may have had
largely absent fathers or fathers who were
present but hardly ideal mentors. What is
indisputable is the impact of our fathers on
who we are today. Our parents continue to
influence us long a.Iler we leave home and
move away from their immediate physical
presence.
Many of you will be familiar with the
quote, "I can hear what you are saying
because what you do speaks so loudly." This
is especially true of fatherhood. This was
central in the minds of those who gathered
to celebrate Father's Day. Thanks to Mrs
Kiisline Smardon, MrsJo-anne Patching, Mr
Geoff Brodie, members of the Mission
learn, Mr Bernie Kenna and Fr Greg Tait for
their efforts in bringing this occasion
together. We trust that all of our Dads and
families enjoyed a great Fathers' Day!
ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA Encouragement Awards
The Engineers Australia Encouragement
awards are open to Year 10 students who
have:
• Demonstrated academic achievement in subject areas suitable to progression through VCE and on to Tertiary Engineering study; and
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• Have demonstrated leadership in another area of student endeavour.
Al a recent Headmaster's assembly Mr
Ross Proud, Chairman of the Engineers
Australia Ballarat Group and the
Programme Co-ordinator, Mr Mike
Caldwell presented awards Lo Lwo Year 10
students - Fergus Bragge (Book Prize
Award) and a commendation certificate to
Jake Muscat.
DA VINCI DECATHLON Mrs Vicki Arthurson
Theda Vinci Decathlon is an academic
interschool Gala Day run in the spirit of an
Olympic Decathlon with events ofan
academic nature. Each year schools from
around Victoria join to compete in a
variety of activities against likcminded
peers. Whilst all participantS arc from
Year 7, the activities are designed to
encourage the use of higher order
thinking. Consequently, many activities
could be presented to much o lder
studentS and still p,·esent a challenge.
T his year two teams of St Patrick's
College Year 7 studentS represented the
College proudly and showed amazing
tenacity in completing each activity.
Topics included: Maths, English, Science,
Code Breaking, Engineering Challenge,
Forensic Sleuths, Creative Producers, Art
and Poetry, Games of Strategy and General
Knowledge.
Both teams e11joyed panicipating on
the day, and proved that teamwork really is
the key to success. ResultS were as follows:
SPC Green
4th-Games of Strategy
3rd-English
1st-General Knowledge
Well done to: Hasker Dawborn,Jacob
Norman,John Brodie, Patrick Walsh,
Cameron Adams, A.lex Mooney, Sam
McMaster and Brandan Falland.
SPC Blue (4th school overall)
4th Creative Producers
3rd-Games of Strategy
31·d-Forensic Sleuths
I st-Code Breaking
Well done to: Luke Wynd, Liam O 'Shea,
Tynan Haintz, Nathanial Corboy, Lucas
Shugg, Tom Hallet, Brody Sullivan and
Patrick Keogh.
BOOK WEEK IN THE KELTY RESOURCE CENTRE
Book Week celebrates books and
Australian authors and illustrators. This
year's theme was "One World Many
Stories" and various acti,~tics were held in
the Kelty Resource Centre (KRC) to
celebrate the importance of stories and
their inherent appeal around the world.
The KRC offered a range of competitions
and created a Book Week website so
studentS could access the competitions
and submit their entries online. One
competition asked students to write a story
inspired by a range of photos from around
the world. The winning entrants were:
1st place
·william Gallagher (Year 11 )
2nd place
Samuel Castleman (Year 9)
3rd place
Ty Mountford (Year 7)
We also had a "Design a Book Cover"
competitio n where students created book
covers for books short listed for the
Children's Book Council of Ausu-alia
(CBCA) book of the year for older
readers. The winning entrants was
submitted by Year 8 student Bailey Dodd.
2011 FLANAGAN ART EXHIBITION
The fourth annual SPC Flanagan Art
Exhibition was a wonderful success with a
diverse 1-ange of art work on display in the
OCA Pavilion. Curator Mrs Melissa Griffin
and her team d id an exceptional job in
presenting works with a large number of
visitors commenting on the quality of the
Exhibition. The Committee led by Mrs
Leonie Spencer managed all aspeclS of the
event in a professional manner further
adding to the prestige of the Exhibition.
Special thanks to Ms Caitlin Bennett., Ms
Jo Tate and Mrs Karolyn Malone who did a
huge amount ofadrninistrative work to
ensure the event ran smoothly.
The highlight of the Exhibition was the awa1·cting of the 2011 Acquisitive Prizes at
the Gala Launch on Wednesday
Sept.embe r 7. These prestigious prizes
were awarded to:
• Flanagan Art Prize ($5000) - 'Kelly' by Ying Huang
• Unive rsity of Ballarat Emerging Artist Prize ($1500) - 'Urban Landscape' by Pauline O 'Shannessy-Dowling
• Student Choice Award - 'The Unobserved Obse rved, Big M' by Mark Pet.her
Sincere appreciation to major event
sponsors Viatek and the University of
Ballarat.
Well done and thank you to the Art
Exhibition Committee for providing the
College, and wider community, with the
opportunity to visit this stunning d isplay of
art work.
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Mrs Leonie Spencer (Chair)
Mrs Karolyn Malone (Secretary)
Ms Trudi Hooper (Treasurer)
Mrs Melissa Griffin (Curator)
Ms Caitlin Bennett
Mrs Claire Blake
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Dr Peter Casey
Mr Be rnie Kenna
Mr Roger Spencer
Ms Jo Tate
Mr Mark Waddington
The success of the event was also
a tu-ibutable to a number of generous
event sponsors for 2011 including:
Category Sponsors
• City Oval Restaurant & Bar- Ro be rt and De b Gayton
• Darriwill Farm
• Lakeview H otel - Mr athan Tracy
• L'Espresso
• Lifestyle Travel - Leo nie Spencer
• Mudgroup - Graphic Design - Stuart Fountain
• Pete r Ford Cate ring - Pe te r and Louise Ford
• Sovereign Press - Ross \'°11ootton
• Turrett Cafe & Catering
• Zaragosa Mexican & Spanish Tapas Bar
and Restaurant
YEAR 8 ESSENTIAL SERVICES DAY
Boys in Year 8 participated in the
Personal Safety and Responsibil ity
Emergency Services Programme,
conducted by the Country Fire Authority.
The boys experienced a wide 1, rnge of
activities including sessions in First Aid,
Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Cook Safe
and Personal Responsibility.
NATIVE BIRD PROJECT
Hundreds of displaced birds and
animals will have new homes soon thanks
to the work of St Patrick's College students
and the leadership of staff me mbe rs l'vlr
Malco lm Ba rrins and Mrs Marianne
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Kambouridis. Students have learned
valuable skills in caring for their
e nvironme nt. while also learning practical
skills. These boxes will he lp make up the
loss of hollows found in old g,·owth forests
due to fires, flooding and felling. A
volunteer from Wildlife Victoria will
colleCL these for other Wildlife Office rs to
erect in areas that we re once heavily treed.
We would like to thank o ur sponsors for
th is important proj ect - G. Gay & Co. Home Hardware; Bunnings; Cameron's
Metaland and the Catholic Education
Office who have been very generous in
supporting the College with this project.
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC Drama Jungle Juice Mrs Kathleen Plastow Director of Performing Arts
St Patrick's College a nd Loreto College
stude nts and staff combined their musical
and creative talents to provide diners "~th
a night of sheer magic in a joint
production of the theatre restaurant show
Jungle Juice' in the College's OCA
Pavilion during three highly acclaimed
performances from May 18 to 21.
'.Jung le Juice' by Judith Prior is the story
ofa simple, unsophisticated tribe's
reactio n to the arrival of thr·ee people
from the "Outside World". It is a complete
send up of everything to do with the
jungle, with special guest appearances by
such unlike ly characters as t~vo famous
rock stars, the Witch o f the 'Woods and
Tarzan and Ja ne j ust to name a few.
The myste rious disappearance ofall 1.he
young me n from the island a nd the efforts
of the evil witch doctor, played by Year 12
student Daniel Kelly, Hannibal the
Cannibal, played by Year IO student.Jack
Wakefield to evict the intrude rs led to
many comic situations.
The role of Queen Ophelia, played by
1 atalie Toner and Princess Tallaya Ana
Todd lead a cast of "man hung ry ma ide ns"
to solve the mystery behind the missing
men. Acid to this the d elightful naive and
accident prone witchdoctors apprentice,
Oliver lies, a diamond mine, a crazy gorilla
Joseph Zreikat and the intrepid News
Paper reporter, H elen BackJessica
H illma n and a nything can - a nd will
happen!
Jungle Juice expanded the trad itional
an nual co-productio n between St Patrick's
and Lo reto by adding in a range of other
learning experiences for stude n ts. Sound
and lighting is being coordinated by St
Patrick's College VET Music - Certificate
Ill (Technical Pro duction) studems as a
part of the ir course and assessment.
Backstage management, make-up and
costumes was coordinated by stude nts
from both Loreto and St Patrick's. Senior
students from St Patrick's College also
provided waiting and hospitality services to
members of the aud ience. Audience
feedback was extremely positive with many
finishing the evening dancing with the
performers and waiting staff in a genuine
commenda tion of the skills of performers
from St Patrick's and Loreto.
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATING Royal South Street Debate Challenge Debating a nd Public Speaking Co-ordinator
Mrs Sofia Thapa
Congratulations to the Debating Teams!
Do issues such as ' the Australian
government should subsidise an Australian
e lectric car', or 'Poker machines should be
banned' to a more superficial topic like,
' looks will get you furthe r than brains' stir
emotions or arguments within you?
In Te rm 3, 32 SPC stud ents from all year
levels have been competing in the Royal
South Street Challenge. I was fortu nate
e nough to attend all the debates over the
last week, all teams were excited and r.he
looks o n the faces when it was announced
that they were the winning team, was
priceless. Both our Year 7 teams will e nter
the next ro und of competi tion a long with
one Year 8 team a nd our Year 10 team.
Unfortunately, the othe r· teams lost on ly
narrowly according to the adjudicators.
T his was a superb effort by the me mbers of
our teams, especially those who had no
previous experience in debating.
Students who represented the College
we re:
Year 7
Liam O'Shea, Matthew Wong, Samuel
Smith, Marcel Sch looz, Patrick Cooper
and Barton Phillips.
Year 8: Jack Hynes, Evan Green , Oliver lles,J ames
Mc Kinnon, Paddy Collier and Campbell
Milne.
Year 9:
David Adams, Alex Ke lly and Linus
Tolliday.
Year 10:
Jack Wakefield, Tom T horpe and Peter
Oakley.
Senior Team I:
Killian Plastow (Captain) , Dimitry Makeev
and Carl Smith
Senior Team 2:
Nicholas Beaver, Kieran O 'Riley and
Patrick Farnan
Purton and Breach Oratory
The time honoured u-adition of oration
at the College was celebrated on Thursday
September 22 with the staging of the
Punon and Breach Orations being
d elivered by a number of highly talented
public speakers. Students also competed
for the Purcell De bating prize as well as
the WT Doyle Debating prize.
Participants spoke on a range of
challenging and fasci nating topics
including Scientology, Communism,
Human Spirit and many othe rs that were
d iverse and inte resting. Adjudicators
• theSH.AMROCK
Margaret Cockaram and Michael Kcem
($PC 2004-2009) were very complime ntary
of the standard of oration, noting
significant imp,·ovement amongst this
year's speakers.
2011 winners were:
JUNIOR SECTION
Mary Purcell Debate - Samuel Smith (Year
7), Liam O'Shea (Best Speaker) (Year 7)
and Campbell Milne (Year 8)
Breach Oratory - Liam O'Shea
Junior Impromptu - Campbell Milne
SENIOR SECTION
Purton Oratory - Adam Spencer
W.T Doyle Debate - Killian Plastow (Year
12), Kieren O'R.iley (Best Speaker) (Year
J J) and Dimitry Makeev (Year I 2)
Sir Hugh Devine Impromptu - Killian
Plastow
PERFORMING ARTS Royal South Street Society Competitions
SPEECH SECTIONS Character recital under 14
Marcel Schlooz was awarded 2nd Place
Prepared Speech under 14
Liam O 'Shea was awarded 3rd Place.
Prepared Speech Year 9 and older
Kieren O'R.iley was awarded 1st Place,
Adam Spencer was awarded 2nd Place
INSTRUMENTAL SECTIONS Small Instrumental Group 15 Years and Under
SPC Clarinet Trio (Kyle Schorback, Ryan
Attwood, Eden Brandenburg) were
awarded 3rd Place
Woodwind Solo 15 Years and Under
Tim Crowe was awarded 2nd Place.
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DRAMA AT ROYAL SOUTH STREET Mr Greg Shawcross
From August 6 to August 19, boys from
St Patrick's College competed in the
Drama sections of the 120th Annual Royal
South Street Competitions. Over the
course of the week the boys who competed
had some great success.
Ou,· involvement commenced on the
first n ight of competition in the Under 14
"Character Recital" section, with Marcel
Schlooz, Year 7 achieving Second Place.
Liam O'Shea and David O'Doherty, both
in Year 7 were awarded Honourable
Mentions in this section.
On the final day of the competitions we
returned to compete in the Open Age
sections. The "Death in a Minute"
competition proved to be very successful
for our students with the Senior Team
includingjake Crawford, Peter Oakley,
Killian Plastow and Luke Wilson tak.ing
Second Place and the Year 7 Team
consisting of William Lovison, David
O 'Doherty, Liam O'Shea and Marcel
Schlooz securing First Place. This was an
exceptional effort given that the boys were
competing not only against students of all
ages from other Seconda,-y Schools
around Ballarat, but also students studying
Acting at Tertiary level.
The afternoon continued with the
"Acting in Pairs" competition. In this
section, Ma,·cel Schlooz and David
O'Doherty were awarded an Honourable
Mention with J ake Crawford and Peter
Oakley, Year 10) taking first Place.
The afternoon concluded with the
"Spacejump" competition which saw our
Senior Team of.Jake Crawford, Peter
Oakle)', Killian Plastow and Luke Wilson
awarded Third Place.
SPORT 2011 Football 2011 Mr Howard Clark
Director of Football
1st XVIII SPC goes 'Back to Back'
MCC Herald Sun Shield Grand-Final St Patrick's College 13 - 11 - 89 Defeated Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School 10 -6-66
Goal Kickers: Nick O 'B,·ien 3,.Jaydon
Stiles, Rory Taggert 2,Jake Neade,
Matthew Crouch, Isaiahjohnson,Josh
Keys, Rhys Monument, Nicholas R.ippon I .
Best Players: ick O 'Brien, David Morris,
Nicholas Rippon, Mathew Begbie, Tyler
Blake, Scott Spriggs.Jake Neade, Tom
Stapleton.
St Patrick's College defc::alc::d Pc::11 k igh
and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) by
23 points in the Grand Final of the
prestigious MCC Herald Sun Shield on
Sunday, August 14. Played in beautiful
conditions on the spiritual home of AFL
football, the Melbourne Cricket Ground,
St Patrick's College created history by
winn ing back to back titles for the first
time to win the most coveted prize in
schoolboy football.
St Patrick's College ente,·ed the game as
nominal favourites, having defeated
Ballarat Clarendon College by 49 points in
the BAS Grand Final and having defeated
St Bedc's~Memonc by 31 points in the
semi final to earn the right to play PEGS in
the final.
Favouritism accounted for nothing as
PEGS commenced the game with full
intent and purpose, controlling the first
quarter and moving out to an e leven point
lead at quarter time. With PEGS
controlling the stoppages and kicking
accurately, the coaching panel needed to
make some aqjustments at the b1·cak to
gain some control of the contest.
The second quarter was pivotal in the
overall context of the game. Although the
scoreboard didn ' t adequately reflect our
dominance of the quarter, we went inside
our forward 50 arc on 15 occasions as
compared with PEGS four and the
complexion o f the game had certainly
changed. David Morris and Tyler Blake
cominued their rich vein of form,
providing plenty of run from across half
back and Nick O'Brien who as the spiritual
and nominated leader of the team
provided the m idfield group with a strong
a nd hard working target across half
forward. Although we had eight scoi-ing
shots to two, poor inaccurate kicking
meant that both teams went into the main
break 36 points apiece.
The thi1·d quarter is often classified as
the 'Premiersh ip quarter' and this was
reinforced at half time by the coaching
panel. Mathew Begbie who missed out on
the 2010 MCC Herald Shield Final was
exceptional in the third quarter willing
h imself onto the contest and his clearance
work around each of the stoppages,
contributed into St Patrick's College
holding a slender eight point lead at three
q uarter time. Mathew had four clearances
in this pe riod and provided our forwards
with first use of the ball.
The last quarter was testament to the
character of this group of young men. For
the first eight minutes of the quarter PEGS
controlled the tempo of the game, having
seven inside 50's to our solitary one. With
12 m inutes to go, the scores were level and
the game was certain ly being played in the
PEGS forward arc. A lunging tackle that
resulted in a goal by J aydon Stiles,
changed the complexion of the game.
This was followed up by goals from the
highly talented Jake Neade, an
opportunistic goal from Ror-y Taggert and
a 50 metre Captain 's goal from Nick
O 'Brien (all within a three minute period)
and the final goal of the game by Matthew
Crouch who continues to impress as a Year
10 student.
T he \,~n was a true testament to the
character of the boys, as they willed
themselves over the line, digging deep
when challenged and ending the year
undefeated and honouring their Call to
.. theSHAMROCK
Arms of"To be Remembered". A fitting
conclusion to a year that promised so
much and delivered more than we could
have expected; both in regards the boys'
football ability but more significantly the
humble manner in which they have
carried themselves. This group of young
men, created history in being the First St
Patrick's College Team to win back to back
MCC Herald Sun Shie ld Titles and they
wi ll always be measured most favourably
whe n comparing teams across o ur proud
and lo ng history.
As the 1st XVIII Coach of St Patrick's
College, it has been my privilege to work
with not only these boys, however with all
the boys within the Senio r programme
and with my coaching staff of Mr Gavin
Webb, Mr Chris Caldow, Andrew Shiltz, Mr
Andrew Cham ings, Peter Brown a nd Mr
Chris Gleeson and my Team Managers Ms
Tamara Westwood and Justin Gordon who
continue LO provide inspiration,
knowledge and positive role modelling LO
all the playe rs. Congratulations and thank
you to you all.
A note from His Eminence
T he Archbishop of Sydney, George
Cardinal Pell (SPC I 949-59), conveyed is
heartfelt congratulations to Mr Howard
Clark and tl1c team on the stunning
victory in the MCC Herald Sun Shield. Fr
Gerard Dowling, OAM, also wrote passing
on his congratulations to the coach and
team.
BAS Premiers 2011
St Patrick's College 13 - 7 - 85 Defeated Ballarat Clarendon College 5 - 6 - 36
Goal Kickers:Jaydon Stiles, Rhys
Monument, Scott Spriggs, Nick Rippon 2,
Rory Taggert, Ma tt Crouch, David Morris,
Nick O'Brien, Dallas Willsmore 1.
Best Players: Tom Stapleton, Tyler Blake,
Nick O 'Brie n,Jake Neade, David Morris,
Nick Rippon, Dallas Willsmore
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St Patrick's College de feat.eel Ballarat
Clarendon College by 49 points in the
Grand Final o f the 201 l BAS competition.
Played under ligh ts at Eure ka Stadium in
ideal conditions. St Patrick's College
opened up the game full of intent and
went in to the First tenn break holding an
18 point lead. Despite spirited opposition
from a talented BCC team SPC managed
to maintain the ir composure to record a
solid 49 point victo,-y, in what turned out
to be ideal preparation for the MCC
He rald Shield Final series. Tom Stapleton
created SPC football history being
awarded the coveted John J ames Medal for
the second year in succession being
adjudged Best on Ground in the BAS
Grand Final.
John James Medal Night
Over 200 guest5 attended the prestigious
John James Medal Evening, a night that.
recognises o ne of the College's Finest
athletes, 196 1 Brownlow Medallist.Jo hn
J ames. John was an amazing school boy
athlete once kicking 35 goals in a 1st XVlll
game against Ballarat High School. T he
night a lso recognises the involvement of
over 400 students, staff and parents who
participate in the College's Football
Programme.
Guest Speakers on the nigh t were new
Melbourne Coach Mark Neeld and
curre nt Melbourne player Tom McDonald
(SPC 2010) who would have impressed his
new coach with a fine address to attendees.
Paul James (SPC 1981-83) also attended to
present the J ohn James Medal in honour
of his father· who passed away last year.
Awards Br W.T. O'Malley Best & Fairest
Bradley Crouch & Rory Taggert.
(Joint Winners)
1st XVIII John James Medal
(Best on Ground in BAS Gra nd Fina l)
T ho mas Stapleton
2011 SPC Rebels Most Valuable Player
Iicholas O'Brien
20 11 SPC MCC Herald Sun Shield Player of the Year
Nicholas O'Brien
Gi-eg Dowd Trnphy 2nd XVIU Best & Fairest
Michael Nolan a nd Will iam Pean
2nd XVIII Best & Fai.rest (Blue)
Michael Nolan
2nd XVIII Best & Fairest (White)
William Peart
Year 10 Most Promising Player
Matthew Crouch
Jim Toohey Memorial Trophy (Year IO Best and Fairest)
J oseph Mason
Intermediate Blue
J oseph Mason
Year 9 Best & Fairest Intermediate Green
Mitchell Gillespie
Junior Green Best & Fairest
Sam Cranage
Junior White Best & Fail-est
Jacob Wheelahan
Junior Gold Best & Fairest
Clay Raine
Junior Blue Best & Fairest
Brayden Leonard
BAS 1ST XI SOCCER BAS Premiers 2011 SPC - 5 defeated BCC - 0
St Patrick's went in to the game
favou,·ites t0 win despite the loss o f three
leading players due to i1'.iury: Captain
Cha rlie King, Vice Captain Alex Antonelli
a nd Deputy Vice Captain Will Georgiou.
Michael Trigger was given the Capta incy
role for his last game for the College and
he was to prove a worthy incumbent -
adding to his previous two stand out games
in BAS Grand fin als.
l
Michaei started the attacks with a sh ot at
goal in a period where much of it was
spent in our forward line. Lu ke Moodley
was busy around the centre a nd his pass to
Harry saw a clumsy challenge result in a
pe nalty. Michael stepped u p and surely put
it away in the far left ( I-0) . BCC kept
coming and it took a smart back pass from
Patrick Tho rpe to J acob McDowell in goals
to clear. Isaac won another corner and the
ball squeezed out o n the left gave Billy
time to line up from 35 metres and he
placed it to the right o f the defence,
beating a ll to make it (2-0), wh ere it stayed
to the break.
The team continued to play high quality
footba ll in the second half going on to
record a resounding 5-0 victory.
Goals: Michael Trigger 3, Billy
Gianacopoulis, Luke Moodley.
Best: Michael Trigger, Isaac Ellis, Harry
Taylo r, Pat Karras, Billy Gianacopoulis,
Luke Moodley, Patrick Thorpe.
BASKETBALL 1st V Premiers in 2011
St Patrick's College 41 defeated Ballarat Clarendon College 31
Leading Scorers for SPC: Stefan Osborne
14pts, Tom Downie }Opts, Ash Constable
9pts.
Througho ut the BAS season, it was
evident that these two teams would clash
in the Grand Final. As a lways, the game
d id no t disappoint, and in from of a large
n umber of stude n ts from both sides at the
home ofBallarat Basketball - the
Minerdome - two very tale nted teams took
to the court.
In what proved to be a low scoring game
for both teams, it was the defence pressure
that was e,~dent in the 15 - 10 half time
score.
For the m~jo1·ity of the game, it was
played goal for goal, but with some timely
shots and stro ng inside presence, SPC
• theSHAMROCK
were able to break away, but wern never
comfortably in the lead. Congratulations
to all of the students who participated in
this very entertaining Grand Final.
1ST XV RUGBY Oh So Close ...
Grand Final v Haileybury College
Following a comprehensive win against
Carey in the Semi Final, St Paui ck's wok on
the might ofHaileybury College at Carey
Grammar in the Division 2 Grand Final.
The earlier than normal start time of 10am
was not ideal but St Patrick's rugby teams
are certainly no sti,mgers to waking up
before dawn on Saturday mornings before
commencing battle. The team was buoyed
to see Dr Casey arrive during their wann up.
During the pre-game address coach Mike
Covers spoke of the importance of getting
off to a good start "77,e first ftjleen minutes of this game is going to be brutal 11wke ,w mistake. If you are not switched on early we coulLl be I 0 points dmvn very quicldy"
Haileybury won the Loss and received tl·,e
kick and were immediately set upon by
some fierce SPC defence. It didn't take· long
for the boys from Ballarat LO stamp their
authority on the game. They turned over
and then maintained the ball with some
fanta5tic phase rugby. With their coaches
words 1i nging in their ears they played
aggressive, controlled and d isciplined rugby.
St Pat's had Haileybury pinned inside their
0\,~1 twenty two and were playing
unbelievable rugby. Eventually the
Haileybury defence succumbed and Mitch
Cattell weaved his way through the
Haileybury back line to score and after
converting his own try SPC led 7 - 0.
The early intensity had seemed to have
taken its toll on SPC and the boys were now
under huge pressure late in the first half.
Haileybury had galvanised and SPC were
flagging, the defence was impressive but the
dam was eventually breached which resulted
in scores being locked at seven apiece at
half time.
Haileybury came out breathing fire, they
were aggressive and very determined. They
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played safe phase rugby and supported the
ball canier superbly. They pushed ove1· the
line in the corner after about five minutes.
SPC were shell shocked, the opposition had
scored far too easily and they knew it. At the
resumption SPC were much better but were
conceding penalties and it would prove
costly as Haile)'bury gained valuable
territory and retained possession through
supe1ior line outs.
Ten points down and with twenty minutes
1.0 play "Ecka Dora" rang around the
ground and the SPC men responded,
kno,,~ng their season ,vas hanging by a
thread as they turned the ball overjust after
the kick olfand set about push ing
Haileybury back into their half. Some slick
ball movement by the SPC backs was
starting to open gaps in the Haileybury line.
Mitch Cattell found enough space to dance
around a couple of his opposite number
and scored his second impressive try of the
game and when he nailed the conversion St
Patiick's were only three points behind.
With minutes tO play Haileybury
conceded a penalty ten metres inside St
Patricks half. The scenario was simple -SPC
needed to make the penalty kick and the
scores would be tied and the game would go
LO extra time; miss and they would need a
miracle. The ball sailed ,,~de and after
losing possession with seconds to play the
game was over with St Pau·ick's falling three
points short. The team showed enormous
courage and detennination and all coaches
and supporters were immensely proud of
tl1eir performance. Whilst not taking home
the trophy it was a great end LO a very
successful season.
GYMNASTICS St Patrick's responds to an SOS
St Patrick's gymnasts travelled to
Springer's in Warrnambool to assist with
the local competition. The club sent an
SOS to St Patrick's for help, as without
enough judges the 42 entered competitors
would have been unable to compete. SPC
has always assisted and so Don Pennell,
Frank Upfill and Senior gymnasts Zac
Poole and Zac Robinson volunteered their
services.
Coach Pennell said that SPC has always
been able to assist in the past and so it was
great to have been able to utilise some of
t.he talent the College has been able to
develop. It also helps the senior boys
understand their routines and to put
something back into the sport
Gymnasts take on the State's Best at APS
St Patrick's College have once again
showed that being a count,)' boy doesn 't
mean that you can't compete and win
against the best in the sport. This year's All
Public Schools competition was held at
Wesley College, Prahran on July 30 and
three senior team members participated.
Whilst SPC numbers were down in
previous years, due tO the recent passing
of Coach Br Bernie Scott, the boys team
comprising of Anthony Zreikut (Captain),
J ames Fahey and Zac Poole came away
with a ve1-y stmng team Silve1· for the top
Division A/B.
Individual Awards were presented to:
James Fahey
1st on Pommels and 4th on Vault
Zae Poole
2nd on Floor and 2nd on Pommels
Coach Pennell said that what really
made it an even more meaningful evem,
was that Zac had originally travelled down
as a supp6rter but through some
persuasion by Anthony and James, Zac
agreed to compete.
Highligh ts of the day included Anthony
displaying his Cross on 1ings for the first
time in competition (of which only one
other display was shown),James including
his lever on Parallels (no one else attempted
this move) and some high saulto work from
Zac on the Floor. Comment5 from the
judges and 01her coaches showed why St
Patiick's is so highly regarded in the
Gymnastic community.
MR MATTHEW TAYLOR Victoria Mount ain Bike (MTB) Regional Final Anglesea July 24, 2011
On Sunday July 24 three student
.. theSHAMROCK
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Christopher Kan: Australia's f irst Pokemon World Champion!
On August 12-14 Christopher Kan, Year
8 and his brother Michael Kan Year 9
competed in the Pokemon World
Championships 12-15 Year Age Group in
San-Diego, USA. For those who may not be
awa,·e, Pokemon is a strategic card trading
game that requires high levels of skill and
patience. Both Christopher and Michael
were invited to compete at the World
Championships after playing off in the
final of the Australian Championships
earlier in the year. In the final Christopher
was crowned the Australian Champio n and
Michael was the runner-up Australian
Champion.
After the seven preliminary rounds at the
World Championships both boys finished
with five wins and two losses. These
perfonnances gave Chl'istopher a ranking of
11 and Michael a ranking of 18 after tie
breaker points were counted. Traditionally
the top 32 ranking competitors continue to
play off in an elimination format until two
remain to decid e who the world champion
will be. Howeve,; in this year's
Championships only the top 16 were able to
prngress, which meant Michael had to settle
for an overall ranking of J8tl1 in the World
-an outstanding achievement in itselfl
In the final 16 stage, Christopher fought
back from being down 0-1 in his first
three, best of three matches to win each
2-1 and progress to the final. Christopher
entered the final as the 'underdog' to face
the highly fancied Italian National
Champion. After being down 0-1 in the
final, Christopher again held his nerve,
rallied and with sheer skill and the support
of the crowd finished 'all over' his
opponent to win 2-1 and in doing so
became Australia's first World Pokemon
Champion.
Christopher was awarded a host of
prizes, which included scholarship money
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and u·ophies, Pokemon collector's items
and perhaps the most coveted of all, an
invitation with all expenses paid to the
2012 World Championships in Hawaii to
defend his title. The St Patrick's College
Community congratulates both boys for
their outstanding achievements and wish
them every success in future competitions.
Congratulations to the following boys for their outstanding achievements in recent tinles:
• The following students performed exceptionally in Australian Music Examinations Board examinations in 2011 :
- James McKinnon - awarded a Pass with Honours in second grade Theory of Music
- James McKinnon - awarded a Pass in Fourth Grade Saxophone
- Callum Holland - awarded a Pass with High Distinction in second grade Theory of Music
- Thomas Thorpe - awarded a Pass with High Oistin,:rinn in second grade Theory of Music
- Tom Young - awarded a Pass with Honours in second grade Theory of Music
- Mitchell Steele - awarded a Pass with Credit in Third Grade Saxophone
- Tim O'Shea - awarded a Pass in Fifth Grade Saxophone
- Thomas Keogh - awarded a Pass in Fourth Grade Trombone
- Jakob Barie - awarded a Pass in Fifth Grade Trombone
- Paul Barresi - awarded a Pass with Credit in Fourth Gracie Tuba
• Michael Bilston ofYear 12, Alex Thompson Year 11 and Aaron Salvatore ofYear 11 have been awarded 201] Defence Technical Scholarship. Over 2000 applications for the Scholarships were received from a ll around Australia for these coveted awards.
• Charlie King of Year 12 has been selected in the Melbourne H eart's A- League Youth Development Squad after months of trials with the club. The team is coached by Socceroo Legend John Aloisi and is the first step in Charlie's bid to secure a professional football contract in the )'ears to come.
• 201 l Piene DeCoubertin award winner Matthew Norman competed in the Ausu·a]ian Sports Swimming Championships representing St Patricks College. This was a long course meet (held in a 50m pool) not short course meet (held in a 25111 pool), which they are training for at th is time o f the year. Matt swam in nine events, seven individual and two relays. He swam four personal bests, a nd also received a Bronze medal in the boys 17 - 19 )'ear old 4 x 50m freestyle relay. As Captain Mau led the team holding the Victorian flag and also read the Athletes oath during the opening cere mony.
• Year 7 student Michael Rodger competed in eleven events at the State Swimming Championships, making it into six State finals. Michael's best placing was fou rth in the 200m butterfly, 200m breast stroke and fourth in the 200m individual medle)'.
• Tyler Brandenburg, Year 12 was involved in the Australian National Taekwondo Championships held in Canberra at the Australian Institute of Sport. As a result of th is competition Tyler received a Silver medal for the U / 18 team ·s event and a Bronze medal for the U/18 lnclividual competition.
• Matthew Dewar was selected in the Victorian Under 18 Rugby Union State Team that played in the National Under· 18 Rugby Union tournament (Division I) at Ballymore in Brisbane in J uly against the best players from NSW, Queensland, t.he ACT and WA. Matthew is also the captain of the St Pa trick's College lst XV Rugb)' team and at the age of 16 toured the UK a nd UAE in the Victorian Under J 6 School Boys team. Matthew is to be congratulated for working so hard toward achieving his goals. One of his short term goals was to play at the new AAMI. Park in Melbourne a nd this goal came to fruition when he was invited to play in the under seventeen Rising Rebels team against South Australia on April 15 this year.
• After only a handful of games Chris Saunders of Year 8 was selected in the Victorian Under 14 Rugby Union team that toured Tasmania. Ch,·isjoined the College from Heywood this year as part of the College's Ind igenous Education programme and had on!)' played AFL football prior to this season, highlighting h is potential in his newly chosen sport.
• In an unp,·ecedented occurrence four senior students have been awarded AFL Australia n Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarships for 2012. Dallas Willsmore and Jake Neade (Level 1) and Brad Crouch and Tanner Smith (Level 2) have been awarded scholarships that provide first class coaching o pportunities as well as an overseas playing experie nce. Brad was also selected in the Under 18 National Championships 'All-Australian ' team. For four stud e nts Lo achieve th is recognition is an e mphatic e ndorsement of the College's football programme coordinated by Mr Howard Clark.
• Matthew Norman has been awarded the 201 l Pierre De Coubertin Award. Following the exte nsive selection process Ciantn Conaughton and Charlie King have been nominated to the Olympic Academy. All three students were invited to attend the MCG on June 26 to be part o f the Olympic Council awards ceremony.
• Trent Everett was selected in the20I 1 Under 18 Victorian Counu·y Basketball Squad as a reserve.
• Well done to staff members Michael Weadon,Juri Kaczkowski, Sara Taylor and Hele n McLe nnan who during the mid-semester b reak successfull)' climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (5895 metres) . The group also visited Edmund Rice Sinon School which was a highlight of the trip. The school receives support from the proceeds of the SPC Walkathon and tour me mbers we re delighted to see acknowledgements of assistance in the forms of plaques and murals around the school.
• Congratulations to Trudi Armstro ng for winning the Gold Medal in the regional Worldskills competition! The awards ceremony, held in the OCA Pavilion o n September 23, recognises excellence among apprentices acrnss the region based on a series of competitions. Trudi's Gold Medal recognises her· attention to detail and high leve l of competence, gi,fog her the opportunity to compete at a national and possibly international level. Now in the second )'ea,· of her appren ticeship in the St Patrick's College Catering De partment, Trudi continues to impress her colleagues with her skills in the kitchen.
REUNION DINNERS
The OCA annual series of reunion and
regional dinners continued with successful
evenings held in Shepparton and
Warrnambool. The d inner in Shepparton
dinner was a great night and it was
wond erful lO see a few new faces in
attendance. Over 20 old boys attended Lhe
Sheppanon dinner and iL was great to
catch up with many 'greats' and share
stories of days at SPC. It was sad 1.0 learn of the passing of regular attendee Bev
Crudden, "~fe of Pat Crudden (SPC
J 942-46) just weeks afLer the dinner.
Over 20 o ld boys an d panners attended
the \,\larrnambool Dinner on September 6
at the Warrnambool Football Club.
President Rick Blanchfield , Treasurer Mick
Kearney and committee member Peter
Blanchfield attended the dinner and
enjoyed caLching up with David Ryan,
Damian and H ele n Goss,Jim and Pauline
Hanrahan,Jonathan Duffy franc John,
Alan Jubb, Bill Murphy and J ohn Lloyd.
Future dinners will be held in Bendigo
and Geelong in 2011 . The OCA will also
conduct .10, 20 and 30 year reunion
dinners in Oct0ber and November so
gather up your· peers and gel along - a
good time is guaranteed!
DOING GOOD WORKS
Each year· the OCA set aside $3000 LO
assist old boys who wish to un dertake
volunteer work with the Christian Brothers
in Africa, India o r in other parts of the
world. In 2011 two past students have
taken up this noble ch allenge with Sam
Wilson (SPC 2005-2010) and Thomas
Smardon (SPC 2005-2010) working \,~th
the Brothers tO assist some of the planets
most ma1·ginalised people in Ruben,
Tanzania. Not surprisingly Sam and Tom
were outstanding leaders in the area of
social justice whilst students at the College
and have extended the tradition of service
to communities in Africa established by
old boys such as Simon Ha rwood, Bernard
Wilson and Brenton Carey.
The following report from Sam de tails
some of the work that he and Tom are
undertaking in Rube n.
The roar of a lion, the sun rising above a
nice Savanna h and the zebras and giraffes
grazing in the fields in the distance, are
the views most visitors to Africa view. Most
visitors that come t0 Africa; come to either
cl imb the many mountains the counLry has
to offer or to enjoy a nice safari. This is
one of the many real ities that are within
Africa.
I had the opportunity of expe1·ie ncing
the r·eali ty of 1.he poorest of poor ,,~thin
Africa. During my two weeks holidays, I
had the pleasure of taking tJ1e time
walking with locals that lived in various
slums across Nairobi. The first sight I was
exposed to was looking down narrow
streets with what appeared to be tin sheds
with e lectrical wiring hanging above them;
that at any stage could catch fire if there
was a fault. Once I started to walk in to th e
slums rather than standing on the outside,
these tin sheds were not sheds they were
houses, and family homes. There were
thousands of these houses which had to
accommodate the tens of thousands of
people that live in the Ruben slum.
Walking through the slum made me really
appreciate some of the very basic things
we have in our country back home. The
streets I was walking through were made of
di rt or often sludge from dirty water being
thrown out onto the street as that was the
gu1te1·ing system and one of the only ways
chat the people knew how to dispose of it.
I was fortunate enough to have closed in
shoes while I noticed that some of the
people walking with me were walking in
thongs a nd sandals and weren't bothered.
The houses were made out of tin and
timber often would house families that could
have as many as six members living in them,
with often only one communal bed that they
all slept in. The house was not much, nor
was there much room where they had their
bed, however, the house still managed to
have that homely feel about it. It still had
basic tl1ings iliat tJ1e locals enjoyed, however
ifit was back home it would make me
wonder: In my house in Australia and Tam
sure in many oiliers, I have a number of taps
iliac allow running water Lo flow, some for
washing, cooking and showe1·ing, all to cater
for my family.
The residents of the slums don't have
running water at their disposal and the
wate r th ey can purchase from a tap that is
shared with thousands of others and still
requires sterilization before drin king. The
idea of having a shower does not exist in a
slum, instead they journey down to the
local river or stream to bathe; this is the
way that many keep clean, when water
cannot be afforded to have a bucket bath.
One of the other things that really
shocked me is the amount of enjoyment
people can have with rubbish.
Children and students are happy kicking a
bottle around p laying soccer on a dirt patch
that was shared "~th goats and omer va1ious
animals and people, they still managnl to
have fu n and e t"tloy their free time. Daily I
saw kids playing wit11 bucket lids and always
wim a smile on ilieir face. The real shock hit
me when I was well and truly in ilie slum, I
was on my way to visit a patient of tJ1e near·by
Ruben Centre who was too unwell to travel
to the clinic for treatment so me treatment
had to go to her. As I was walking, I noticed
iliat during tJ1e winter when T visited the
house it was quite warm and yet it was far
from summer. T he living conditions iliat
one must live in day in and day o ut in tenns
of stench, heat and basic necessities would
be a continual struggle, yet I found tl1a1
these people d id not complain, it also struck
me that tJ1ese people iliac were quite poor,
they did not have a lot, pretty much all they
had was iliemselves and meir family. They
were some off ilie nicest people I have come
across so far wit11 my immersion in Afoca.
I now have only e ight weeks of teaching
left and am continuing to make tl1e most
of my opportunities, the scope of which is
increasing as some volunteers have left the
region . The volunteers that remain have
taken on more responsibility, which I
enjoy. My new responsibili ties include
planning and preparing cooking classes
fo1· the kids, th is however can be a difficult
task as, some ingredients are not readily
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available and often the ingredients can be
quite expensive. In one lesson the students
and I successfully cooked peanut b iscuits
without burning any or consuming the
cookie dough as many kids wanted to! I
have also taken on the responsibility of
planning computer sessions, which can be
a rather difficult task as the kids want to
explore the computer to see what
entertainment it has.Just like at h ome
often games are the highlight, and they try
every way under the sun to disguise the
game. It is incredible how some of the
students can manage to play games yet do
not quite understand some basic concepts
of a computer - th is is the central tl1eme
of the lessons I am tiring to teach them. I
also do lib rat)' and art session which are
good for the students as there is minimal
pressure on them and provide an
opportunity to relax and have a break.
My arrival date back to Australia has
been brought fonvard to November 29,
following which I will start planning for
studies in 2012.
2012 PAKENHAM RACES
The annual Pakenham OCA Race Day
"~II be he ld in 2012 on Saturday January 7
- please note that in 2012 the race
meeting will again be held on a Saturday
rather than the former Sunday calendar
date. The race meeting honours the
memor)' of Br W.T. O'Malley and th e
highly admired and greatly missed College
'Legend' David Bourke , CBE. Both men
have races named in thei1· honour as part
of the meet.
As in previous years old boys, family and
friends are encouraged to get together
and e1-uoy a day of fellowsh ip in the name
of St Patrick's. The OCA through Gavan
Bourke are organising a luncheon at the
course. To organise a ticket please contact
Gavan Bourke on 5941 1146 or PO Box
23, Pakenham, 3801. Bookings are
essential.
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NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB
NORTH OLD BOYS St Patrick's College Ballaratatc
The Old Boys football team enjoyed a
successful, albeit frustrating season in 201 I
under the leadership of Richard Peoples
(SPC 1984-89) and Simon Harwood (SPC
1998--2003), again finishing Lhi,·d after
losing the Preliminary Final to eventual
premier Banyule. Unfortunately this
consigns the team to another season in
Divisio n I, however the signs are
promising that in time the team will make
it back to C Grade - and eventually back to
the premier division of the VAFA. On a
positive note old boy Many Poner (SPC
1994-99) won the Division l League Best
and Fairest award, sharing the honour
with team mate Matt Keown.
2011 Awards
The Club held its Best and Fairest Coun t
on Sunday September 25. Award winners
for season 2011 were:
Seniors
Best and Fairest - W.G. Stuckey Trophy
Matt Keown
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2nd Best and Fairest - Brian Hanneberry Trophy
Adam Oakley
3rd - Best and Fairest
Manin Porter (SPC 1994-99)
Most Determined - Peter Spurling Memorial Award
Lachlan Dullard
Coaches Award - Harry Leigh Award
Rhys Allitt
Most Consistent - Cashen Fogarty Trophy
Adam Oakley
Best First Year Player - Dunell
Family Trophy
Tom Emmett
Coal Kicking - Joseph Cahill Trophy
Todd Patterson
Reserves
Best and Fairest - Les Murray Trophy
Phillip Haig
2nd Best and Fairest
Nick Johnston
3rd Best and Fairest
Harrison Fotia and Ch ris Le Maitre
Most determined - Tom O'Toole Trophy
Peter Webb
Coaches Award
Sam Toose
Goal Kicking
Breu Burdeu
Club 18
Best and Fairest - Steven Maule Trophy
Hamish Christie
2nd - Best and Fairest
Thomas Donovan
3rd Best and Fairest
Brenton Lawty
Coaches Award
Michael O'Sullivan
Most Determined
Allan Clinch
Goal Kicking
Steven Denatris
Leo Smythe Award
Trevor Ludeman
Best in Finals
Manin Porter (SPC 1994-99)
2011 OCA GOLF DAY Your Cha nee to Win a Car!
A reminder to all O ld Boys Lhat Lhc
tenth annual OCA/ SPC Foundation Golf
Day will be held on Sunday November 13
at the Ballarat Golf Club. This year's event
promises to be another huge day with
major sponsor King's of Ballarat giving
players the chance to win a new car if they
can 'ace' r.he nominated King's Mitsubishi
'Hole in One' Par 3 hole. This is always a
great day with all past players enjoying a
g reat social day of golf, ,,~th a fine array of
prizes o n offer. T he event is a four person
ambrose event, providing everybody with
an opportunity to have at least one
momem of inspiration.
With the lure ofa new car on offer in
2010 the event was close to being fully
subscribed so please return the cmry form
(included with this edition of The
Sham rock) and your emry fee as soon as
possible . It is always wonderful to see all
parts of the College community; students,
staff, parents, grandpa,·ents, old boys,
friends, suppliers and players roped in at
the last minute come together for a great
social occasion in the name of St Patrick's.
Fore!
ST ROCH'S OVAL PROJECT
Through the generosity of the College
community the St Roch's Oval project will
be completed in October. The new St
Roch's Oval complex will provide students
with an all weathe r playing sur face fo,·
hockey, te nnis, futsal and general physical
education classes. It "~II also provide boarding students with a wonderful
p laying area right on their back door step!
The facility will be named the Jo Walter
Field in recognition of Mrs Walte r, a
pa5t-President of the SPC Ladies Auxiliary.
The field will provid e lasting recognition
of the contribution of the L'ldies Auxiliary
to the history and wellbeing of the
College. Details of the formal opening and
blessing of the fie ld will be emailed to all
me mbers of the OCA.
Significantly th is is the second pr·oject
that has been funded by the OCA and SPC
Foundation through the generosity of the
College's old boy community. In addition
to the OCA Pavilion it p rovides the
College with first class facilities, whilst
allowing the College to fund the
construction of teaching and learning
facil ities such as the refurbishment of the
Junior school complex - the Br WT
O'Malley Wing which will be available to
students and staff in 20 12.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES
ln January 2007 the College r·eceived
confirmation that is had been granted
Donor Gift Recipient (OCR) Status for its
Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
The College is extre mely appreciative of
the ongoing support provided by members
ofthe St Patrick's community to assist
families and stude nts who require some
level of financial support to e nable boys to
e1-tjO)' the be nefiL5 of a St Patrick's College
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education. The College has a long and
proud tradition of ass isting families in
need and some of our foremost scholars
were the beneficiaries of bursaries
provided by the Brothers.
We acknowledge the support of the
following groups, families and individuals
in making scholarsh ips and bursaries
available to the families of students in
need:
- St Pau·ick's College O ld Collegians Association
- St Patrick's College Foundation
- The family of Robert (Bob) Connelly
- Dr Brendan Hyland
- Dr Chris Targett
- Marion Popplewell Charitable Trust
All donations to the Scholarship and
Bursaries Fund are tax deductible. lfyou
would like to assist a boy in accessing a St
Patrick's education via a donation to the
fund please contact the Development
Manager, Mark Waddington on 03 53 311
688 or [email protected] for
more information .
2012 'LEGEND'S DINNER'
The 2012 Halls of History - Dinner with
the Legends' will be held on Saturday May
5 2012. T he highlight of the evening will
be the naming ofup lo three new
'Legends' of the College. A Sub
Committee chaired by 'Legend' Steve
Moneghetti (SPC 1975-80) will review the
College history and consult with noted old
boys, current and past staff Lo identify
possible candidates consistent with the
following induction guidelines adopted by
the OCA in 2006.
Induction Process
• Whether it was the original inte ntion of the d inner or not, the old boys' community acknowledges that we are inducting past students to the status of 'Legends of the College'.
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• This has the pote ntial to cause some divisions as past stud en ts debate the merits of inductees.
• It is important to note that to sustain the concept of the dinne r old boys will not necessarily be inducted in order of perceived merit - potential keynote speakers may be held back a number of years to maintain longevity of the concept.
• Each yea,· the College will induct up to three 'Legends'.
• Via The Shamrock the OCA will invite old boys to nominate prospective inductees to the status of 'Legend' of St Patrick's College.
• T he criteria for consideration as a 'Legend of St Patrick's College' are defined as being:
• Record of achievement in curricular and co-curricular pursuits whilst a student al the College;
• Demonstrated record of achievement, recognition or communi ty profi le within chosen vocation(s), activities or areas of community service since leaving the College;
• Record of dedicated service to religious and community service organisations whose mission is consistent with the ethos of the College, and in which case the achievementS of the candidate may not necessarily be widely known; and
• Affirmation from Selection Commiuee that pote ntial inductee has achieved success within chosen vocation(s) and community involvements in a manne r that is consistent v.~th the Catholic ethos of the College and the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice.
The Dinner Planning Committee will
identify potential 'Legends' of the College
in May each year for ratification at the
Founda tion's August meeting. The Dinner
is held on the closest Saturday to Edmund
Rice Day (May 5). The name of each
'Legend' will be added to honour boards
in the OCA Pavilion. The OCA also have
anothe r dinne r each year in Melbourne in
August and may choose to recognise one
O ld Collegian using the same crite ria. For
example Graham DufT, Sir Frank Little,
Frank Dimattina, Fr Peter Hudson, and
Lee Iafrate have been so recognised at this
function.
Inducted College Legends 2002-2011
2002 Danny Frawley Steve Moneghetti Gavin Walsh George Hamm Michae l Glenane Anthony Edwards GeoffTorney Fr Gerard Dowling Brian Gleeson
2003
Steve Bracks Tony Joyce John Fitzgerald Murray Byrne Jan Murrihy Ch,-istian Ryan Peter Walsh
2004 Paul Bongiorno John James David Bourke Mario Bortolotto John Larkins
2005
George Cardinal Pell Raimond Gaita Brian Brown
2006 Noel Flanagan OAM Barry Richardson The McDonald's ofWaubra
2007 Mark Nolan Tony Be nson Joh n McArthur
Sir Frank Little
2008 Graham Duff Kevin Re nwick (OAM) Chris O'Brie n
2009
Col. Mark 'Pup' Elliot (centre) Jamie McKew OA.i\1 Drew Petrie James Marburg Fr Peter Hudson Lee Iafrate Frank Dimaltina
2010 ProfessorJohn Molony Tony Sullivan Dr John Stekelenburg Peter Buckle Shane Mcine rney
Clinton Young The Bourke's of Pake nham
2011
Colin McDonald QC Nathan Brown
If you have suggestio ns for the Selectio n Committee to conside r please email names
and a brief citation lo Mr Mark
Wadd ington - [email protected].
edu.au A full list of the College's inducted
'Legends' can be fou nd on the College
website - www.stpats .vic.edu.au
OLD BOYS IN THE NEWS • 20IO Australian Vocational Student Prize
Congratulations to Michae l Butler (SPC 2005-10) ,J ake Clough (SPC 2005-10) and Hayden Lyttle (SPC 2005-10) who wer·e awarded Australian Vocational Student Prizes for 2010. Each student has received a certificate a nd $2000. T he Ausu·alian Vocational Student Prize recognises the achievementS of sn.rdentS who completed th eir senior secondary studies while under taking a vocational education and training in schools program or an Austra lian School-based Apprenticeship. The prize promotes tl1e benefits of vocational educa tion and reflects the commitmen t of schools, training p roviders a nd e mployers to making vocational training a valuable experience for students.
•Jon Barnett SPC 1997-2002) contacted the Development Office to highlight the ach ieveme nts of Shane Lindsay (SPC 1997-2002) who is currently playing Major League baseball with the Chicago White Sox. Shane has become only the 30th Australian to achieve th is feat. To learn more about Shane's incredible journey to the 'big league' check out http:/ / www.youtube.com/ watch?v=OHpMp0lXtdE whe re he talks
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with Coach Michael E. Mayden. Shane, from Bacchus Marsh enjoyed a scoreless debu t (a great thing for a p itcher) in his fi rst game which can be viewed at http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pvXbFlhltZE
• A Colden celebration for Ararat Priest The Catholic Diocese of Balla rat extends congratulations lo Fr Brendan Davey (SPC 1946-53) who recently celebrated fi fty years of ordination to the priesthood. Fr Brendan's contribution to the li fe of the Diocese and the parishes he has served is significant, and we wish him well in his continuing ministry. For fifty years Fr Brendan Davey has touched the lives of his parishioners, through j oyous occasions such as baptisms and weddings and through tragedy, but more importantly, in the day lo day involvement in the communities he has served. This weekend the much loved priest will celebrate h is Golden Jubilee. The 75 year old was ordained at the age of25 on July 23 1961 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, his home town. Fr Davey was b rought up in Ballarat, attending St Columba's Primary School in Ballarat North and St Patrick's College. before beginning eight years of study at the Corpus Christi Seminary. Fifty years is a milestone, and Fr Davey has spent almost half of that time - 24 years - as the St Ma,-y's Parish Priest in Ararat. He is also well known in Stawell, having served as priest there for eleven-and-a-half years, with other postings including Ballara t East, St Pau·ick's Cathedral Ballarat, Ballarat North, Warrnambool and as chaplain for St Patrick· College in Ballarat. "It seems Lo have fl own, I've got no idea where the time's gone," Fr Davey said. "When I was ordained there were old p riests celebrating their Colden Jubilees and I thought I'd never make that, it seemed so far in the d istance." Fr Davey received no specia l ' calling', it was in his words, a combination of many things which helped him come Lo the decision to enter the priesthood, including a family committed to the Catholic ch urch and many out5tanding p riests who became role models through h is primary and secondary years. But if it wasn't for a helpful Brother at St Patrick's College who brought his Latin up to scratch, Fr Davey may well have taken a different path . "In those days Latin was an important part of getting into the Seminary and a report came home when I was in leaving suggesting that I d rop Latin, and of course I
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panicked a bit because I hadn't son of said anything to anyone (about h is decision). "So I spoke to my parents about it and my father rang the Brother in charge of St Pat's who was a friend of his and as soon as the Brother heard that he said 'Don't let him stop I'll encourage him' and that particular Brother really helped me a lot with Lalin and I was very grateful for that," he said. Fr Davey said he has enjoyed 50 very happy years, with no regrets about his decision at such a young age. "There arc d ifficult times of cou rse, particularly when you're involved in people's tragedies in their lives, that's not easy, but I certainly haven't regretted it. I've been very happy in the places I've been. On e ntering the priesthood, Fr Davey had some definite ideas about what he didn't really want to tackle in his work. " I didn't know whether I'd go wel I as chaplain in an o ld people's home - but my first appointment at Ballarat East also involved being a chaplain at the Queen Elizabeth Home and I had a lot to do with it and I loved every bit of it. "And I never, ever thought I'd be chaplain to a prison, that didn't appeal to me and yet I've been 24 years at the Ararat Prison. "The first few times I went out there, as soon as the gate clanged be hind me I thought 'Oh strewth', but then you just got into it. "It's been rewarding, very much so." "You always say to a fellow when he's leaving (prison) that you don't want to see him again."But I was walking down Smith Street Collingwood one day and here's this lad, he grabbed me and wanted to know all about the fellows back in Ararat, we sat down virtually in the gutter and he asked me about things." Many people may not know that it was at Fr Davey's instigation and through his initial hard work that three bus loads of students now travel daily from Stawell tO Marian College - a far cry from the eight students that initially were transported down the Western Highway in a Ford transit van purchased through 'a little bit of money in the kitty' while he was parish p1·iest in Stawcll. "I never ever built any big buildings, I can't say I built a church, but I just feel that's something I did that was worthwhile," he said. With 50 years of memories to recall, Fr Davey has many fond ones, but one amusing memory that came LO m ind was that involving one of his beloved dogs. While convalescing in Charlton at a fellow priests home after a bean operation, Fr Davey was helping out with
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celebrating the occasional mass. Of course he