Head of Sport Mr. Gavin Webb Term 1 Week 2 Welcome to the new year Hello and welcome back to the 2016 school year. The sporting calendar is certainly full once again in term one with rowing and cricket already continuing their seasons in the last week of the summer holidays. The annual rowing camp was held on Lake Wendouree with many gruelling water, ergo and land sessions completed. Led by rowing co-ordinator Mr. Joyce and assisted by Ms. Parsons the rowing club certainly has a lot of enthusiasm and energy, which will hold all rowers and coaches in good stead for the Head of the Lake on Friday, February 26. Our first XI Cricketers competed in one day friendlies against St. Virgil s, Hobart and St. Kevin s, Toorak before taking on St. Patrick s, Launceston (100 over match) in the battle for the Br. Breach Cup. With rain interrupting two of the four days we were fortunate enough to come away with a one wicket win to regain the cup. Thanks must go to the families who were able to host a billet for the week. Thanks also to Mr. Corden and Mr Busscher for their organisation of the week. BAS Sport The majority of Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS) competition sports for term one commence in week three. Students need to ensure that they listen to the morning messages and attend meetings so that they are organised know where they need to be. Always communicate with your coaches if you are unavailable or for general inquiries. Sport Term 1 Day Start week Coach 1 st X1 Cricket Friday 1 Luke Corden 2 nd XI Cricket Blue Thursday 2 Michael Busscher 2 nd XI Cricket Green Thursday 2 Rick Balcin 2 nd XI Cricket White Thursday 2 Stuart Harridge Year 8 Cricket Wednesday 3 Mark O Loughlin Junior House Cricket Tue/Wed 4 Gerry Willis/Mark Emmerson Liam Young/Jarrod Ryan 1 st IV Tennis x 2 Friday 2 Justin Pelly Inter Tennis Blue/White Inter Tennis Green/Gold Tuesday 3 Melissa Krause Tuesday 3 Sarah Kochskamper Junior House Tennis Thursday 4 Deb Jordan/Claud Procaccino/Liz Downey Senior Volleyball Wednesday 3 Dan Sutton Senior Golf Wednesday 3 John Davey/Chris Gleeson/Jeremy Daniel
Lawn Bowls Monday 3 Garry Fitzsimmons Rowing Varies 1 Peter Joyce, Stephanie Parsons Swimming Varies 2 Brendan Gilbert Cycling Varies TBC Matt Taylor, Andrew Chamings Junior House Soccer Wednesday 4 Andrew Agardy, Brett Earl, Juri K, David Carpenter, Barry Schurrs Gymnastics Varies 2 Don Pennell (Ballarat Gym Sports) 1 st XVIII Football Varies 8 Howard Clark Junior Baseball Wednesday 3 Shane Murphy There are plenty of opportunities for all year levels and abilities. The Junior House Sport in particular is a great way for Year 7 s to meet new friends, get to know their teachers and participate in a sport they may never have played before. SPC Swimming The SPC Swimming Carnival will be held on Friday February 19 at the Eureka Pool. The Junior and Middle School will commence at 9:30am with the Senior School commencing at 12:30pm. In preparation for this the House Assemblies will be held on Tuesday February 9, it is here students will be able to sign up for events. The BAS Swimming Carnival will be held on Thursday March 3 at the Ballarat Aquatic Centre at 11:00am. Any inquiries regarding swimming please don t hesitate to contact myself or Mr. Brendan Gilbert SPC Athletics The SPC Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday March 16 here at the College. The House Assemblies will be on Tuesday March 8. After the completion of the SPC carnival other BAS Athletics inquiries can be directed to Mr. John Richards or myself. Western Highway Late Bus The college will continue to offer a late bus service, leaving at 6:00pm, for students who participate in after school co-curricular activities here at the college, not just sport. Application forms are available from Student Services in the ERC. Once registered students need to place their name on the late bus register no later than recess on the day of travel. All inquiries please contact Glenis in the ERC. This service will not be offered in the first and last week of term. SPC Sport Uniform All sport uniforms can be purchased at the College Shop. Students need to ensure they are in the correct uniform to participate. The general sport uniform is the navy blue polo top, navy shorts and white socks. Certain sports will
require very specific clothing e.g. 1 st XI Cricketers require SPC Whites, SPC cricket shirt and SPC cricket cap. Students should check with their coach as to what is required. Also remember to wear sunscreen at all times. Students Achievements Already we have had some sensational sporting performances outside of BAS and SPC by St. Patrick s Students. These include; Bailey Holloway Bailey is in close contention to qualify for the Victorian Mens Open Golf Championship. Bailey came third in a six way play off for the last two spots. Hopefully Bailey gets a late call up to the event. Adam Svaljek - Adam won back to back Junior Victorian Open Golf U/16 titles with a nett score of 70, which was played at Thirteenth Beach. A great effort by Adam. Jack Brown - Jack will be representing Victoria in the 2016 Australian Dragon Boating Championships. The competition will be held in Adelaide over Easter. It is the first time a Victorian junior team has entered. Good luck Jack. Final word I wish all students and coaches the best in 2016. Always play the game in the right spirit, wear the correct uniform and respect the facilities, home and away. St. Patrick s College is steeped in sporting tradition and you are encouraged to add more chapters to our past endeavours. Please do not hesitate to contact myself (gwebb@stpats.vic.edu.au) or Sports Administrator Ms Tina Benoit (tbenoit@stpats.vic.edu.au) at the College if your son has achieved some special sporting success outside of BAS and SPC. Alternatively contact the college on 53 311 688. ROWING Rowing Regatta season is in full swing with a busy weekend this weekend. Senior boys are rowing in two events on Saturday and Intermediate and Junior boys are rowing on Sunday. Coming off last weekends successful Barwon River Regatta we are excited about this weekends competition. Senior 1sts winning Male under 19 coxed four with the 2nds coming second The Senior 1sts coming second to Melbourne High by a boat-length in the Male School boys coxed 4 open Div 1 final but beating both Ballarat Grammar and Clarendon college crews. The Senior 2nds Winning Male school coxed four open Div 2 in the fastest time for any St Pats crew for the day. Senior 3rd winning the A Final for Male school boys coxed four open Div 3 Senior 4ths coming second in that event Senior 5ths Intermediate 1sts, 2nds and 3rds all rowing great times and winning or coming second in B and C Finals. We are building toward a Head of the Lake campaign with great enthusiasm and hope to see the St Pats community join in. Peter Joyce
SPC CRICKET The last week of the school holidays saw SPC Ballarat play host to our fellow Edmund Rice schools; St Patrick s (Launceston), St Kevin s (Toorak) and St Virgil s (Hobart). Day one of the tour saw us head down to the wonderful facilities at St Kevin s where we took on St Virgil s in a oneday match. In tricky conditions SPC were on the back foot early losing key wickets early, with Jai McHenry (21) and Nick Martin (19) the only batsmen in the top seven to make double figures. Just as SPC looked to bundled out cheaply, two of the younger members of the side, Jack Riding (29) and Mitch Tuddenham (19*), put on a marvellous 50 run stand for the final wicket to get SPC to 10/128. In reply SPC got off to a dream start with Nick Martin picking up two wickets in the first three balls to have St Virgil s reeling at 2/0. However, some slow but steadying partnerships through the middle saw St Virgil s push past the SPC total to finish at 5/130. Nick Martin the standout with the ball picking up 3/20. Day two had us back at SPC to take on St Kevin s in the annual Dr Peter Casey Cup. After a rain delay, SPC got off to another dream start with Sam Jackson and Jeremy Learmonth combining to reduce St Kevin s to 5/13 after 10 overs. However, some brutal swinging from the St Kevin s lower order saw them score at 7 an over for the remaining 25 overs to post a solid 6/199 after their 35 overs. That would be as far as the game would go however as a massive downpour out of nowhere saw play halted and several hours of unrelenting rain brought the game to an untimely close. Day three saw the beginning of the major 1 st XI fixture, the annual Br Breach Cup, a two-day game against our old rivals; St Patrick s Launceston. After the previous days rain, Launceston surprisingly elected to bat first on a soft and tacky wicket. It proved to be difficult going for the Launceston boys as Ballarat skipper Sam Jackson and fellow opener Tom Godson bowled some unplayable spells and were unlucky to only pick up the two early wickets. A slow but solid partnership for the third wicket had Launceston looking like they were building a good platform to launch from, however Taylor Sutton (1/27) provided the breakthrough which allowed Dom Cousens (1/10), Jai McHenry (2/16) and Liam Taylor (1/4) to rip the heart out of the middle order. Sam Jackson (2/38) and Tom Godson (22) came back to pick up another wicket each to have Launceston teetering at 9/134 but a frustrating last wicket partnership of 30 allowed Launceston to finish at 10/164 before Andrew Milroy (1/21) finished off the innings. In reply SPC came in with around 30 overs to bat that night and got off to a poor start losing Lachie Snaith third ball. However, Alex Porter (19 from 80 balls) and Jai McHenry were able to steady ship and bat through the majority of the time before Porter fell with around 10 overs to go. McHenry then combined with Tom Lyon to see SPC through the rest of the day to finish the day at 2/66. Day four brought with it a lot of rain and as a result meant that play was delayed from the usual 10am starting time until 2:30pm. SPC Ballarat picked up where they left off with Jai McHenry and Tom Lyon combining to push the total past 100. After Lyon (24 from 69 balls) fell and Jackson soon after, McHenry and Sutton looked to push Ballarat towards the total with ease before a mix up saw McHenry run out (the only way he looked like going out) for an impressive 67 from 163 balls. From here regular wickets fell as Ballarat inched closer towards the total until with 2 runs needed for victory and three wickets in hand Ballarat stumbled to lose two quick wickets with experienced hands Dom Cousens and Andrew Milroy falling. This left scores tied with one wicket in hand and the two youngest members of the squad, Liam Taylor and Jack Riding, trying to find the final run. The run would come after four balls with Liam Taylor (9 from 23 balls), who had calmly batted through the last 10 overs, threw the bat a wide one and fly through the gap in front of point to return the Br Breach Cup to SPC for the first time in 3 years. Jai McHenry was fittingly awarded the man of the match medallion for his magnificent efforts with bat and ball.
Finally, just a big thank you to the families who welcomed a SPC Launceston billet into their homes for the week and provided them with some wonderful memories. Also many thanks to the ground staff here at SPC who were fabulous in trying conditions. Luke Corden Coordinator of Cricket