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

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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

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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 mwaddington@stpats.vic.edu.au 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 - mwaddington@stpacs.vic.

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