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Brownlow icon’s call for 16-a-side
One of Australian football’s oldest Brownlow Medallists has called on the AFL to cut the number of players on field to 16 per team to free up the game. Brian Gleeson, the winner of the 1957 Brownlow Medal, has expressed his frustration with too many scrums limiting the brilliance of the game’s best players. Speaking…
New footy tradition to fill COVID void
In the absence of Ballarat Associated School Sport in Term 3 due to the COVID-19 crisis, St Patrick’s College is seeking to arrange a vast array of intra-school competitions for the coming weeks. The first of these will be held on Wednesday, July 22 on the Main Oval from 3.45pm onwards when a special football…
Director of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College and provides an insight into how our students and Old Collegians are staying motivated whilst their sport has been impacted during the pandemic. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sports Report Term 2 Week 8
How Old Collegian AFL star Tom McDonald is coping with isolation
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, competitive sport has come to a standstill. We have had a lot of disappointed boys who are missing out on playing sport for both St Patrick’s College and their community clubs. Likewise, Old Collegians playing sport at a professional level have also had their seasons and competitions heavily impacted. So,…
Director of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College and provides an insight into how our students and Old Collegians are staying motivated whilst their sport has been impacted during the pandemic. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sport Report Term 2, Week 6…
Cancellation of Term 2 BAS Sport Competitions
Now that the State Government has clarified the plan for returning to school, it has also mandated ‘all inter-school sport events and competitions have been postponed until further notice’. Consequently, all Term 2 BAS Sport competitions have now been cancelled. We will try to offer opportunities later in the year if possible. This may be…
2020 1st XVIII Football calendar
The dates for this year’s 1st XVIII Football calendar of games have been released and we would love to see you there to support our boys wearing the green, white and blue. The SPC 1st XVIII calendar is as follows: SPC 1st XVIII Program Opposing Team Date Time Venue Assumption College, Kilmore Wednesday March 11 …
Where are they now – Liam Duggan (SPC 2009-14)
The College recently reconnected with Liam Duggan (SPC 2009-14) with the SPC-OCA celebrating the achievements of the West Coast Eagles premiership player as the Young Achiever of the Year for 2019. Liam shares his fond memories of his time at SPC and the values and lessons learnt as a student of the green, white and…
SPC Tour of Ireland – Day 6 – Cobh & Blarney
A breakfast fit for kings – after three days of cereal and toast, to be availed of a buffet where they were spoilt for choice left many boys thinking they had died and gone to heaven! Our first destination was the Port of Cobh where we visited the Cobh Heritage Centre. Students were each provided…
Blue skies and sunshine streamed over the city this morning. The River Liffey glistened and light bounced off the grey buildings of Dublin as we left the city on our way to Waterford. Hometown of our school’s founding father, Blessed Edmund, the trip to Waterford gave us a chance to see some of Ireland’s beautiful…