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Old Boys enjoy recent Autumn Emerald Lunch
Around 45 Old Boys enjoyed the opportunity to catch up at “The Four Seasons Paddy’s Lunch” at The Emerald Hotel in South Melbourne at the start of March. The seasonal lunches are open to all Old Boys of the College and has grown steadily in popularity over the past nine years. The lunches are held on the…
Chopper lands at St Patrick’s College
St Patrick’s College has today welcomed a very special visitor with a massive firefighting helicopter landing on the Hill Oval. The Sikorsky S61N Type 1 Helicopter flew into Ballarat from its Australia base in Mansfield after spending most of this summer fighting the horrific Gippsland fires which terrorised so many communities. Originally from Canada, the…
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 …
Special message from Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill
Please read the following letter by St Patrick’s College Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill, released today, to members of the SPC community: To the community of St Patrick’s College, The reality, consequences and emotions of John Crowley’s decision to accept EREA’s invitation to take up the position of Acting Principal of St Kevin’s College for…
From the Archives – with Halina Sztynda
As we begin 2020, St Patrick’s College proudly inducted our 2019 Dux, Matthew Duffy, at the 2020 College Academic Assembly. Recent cataloguing in the College Archives uncovered a 1923 ‘Dux Pin’ awarded to Jack Reidy, 1st Commercial Class Dux. Donated by John McMillan a former student and Mrs Nelson both related to Jack. The pin…
Awards to honour VCE excellence
We welcomed back some of our Class of 2019 to receive VCE Achievement of Excellence Awards at the College’s Academic Assembly recently. Our newest Old Collegians are embarking on many new adventures, including: Sean Antrobus, achieving an ATAR of 91.3, has been offered a Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Honours)/Commerce at Monash University; Jack Cameron, ATAR…
Trip of a lifetime for Jacob Pawlowicz (SPC 2014-19)
Class of 2019 student Jacob Pawlowicz is putting a new university course on the backburner to live out his dream of travelling and playing cricket abroad. Jacob (SPC 2014-19) has deferred an offer to study a Bachelor Degree in Science (Applied Chemistry) at RMIT University in Melbourne, and has signed with a cricket club in…
Where are they now – Tony Arnel (SPC 1972)
The College recently reconnected with Tony Arnel (SPC 1972) who has enjoyed a full and rewarding career in city planning and sustainability, dividing his time between a professional role at Deakin University, a global engineering company and a number of board appointments. Tony has just stepped down from the board of Edmund Rice Education Australia…
Where are they now – Jack Bannister (SPC 2012-17)
The College recently reconnected with Jack Bannister (SPC 2012-17) who is studying a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in accounting at Federation University Ballarat, and has many great memories of his time at SPC. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? Life hasn’t taken me far very often, mainly just Sri Lanka (on a humanitarian…
Where are they now – Fr James Kerr (SPC 2000-05)
The College recently reconnected with Fr James Kerr (SPC 2000-05) who after joining the priesthood, returned to SPC as College Chaplain for three years, becoming a friendly face for the boys on all matters concerning religion – and rugby. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? I headed to Melbourne University to study…