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MILESTONE FOR ‘JR’ – 40 YEARS!
Class of 1992 at The Connection Place
Ed Dawson (2010) cuts the School’s birthday cake
PRESIDENT’S REPORT Mr Edward Dawson (Class of 2010) was the guest speaker at the 2022 Foundation Day Service in the Rock Centre on 22 July. He spoke about his time at Cathedral, studying at JCU and now working as a small animal At the Foundation Day Service, Mr John Rauch (JR) was recognised for 40 years of teaching at The Cathedral
veterinarian in Townville. One of his fond memories was chasing Junior School staff in the minty man suit! The Lagoon Dash was then held with the excitement of the whole school around the lagoon. The Bragging Rights Trophy was won by the current students. I would like to thank Sofia Brescianini, Annaliese Dallimore, Jacob Pang and Ronan Dobson who made a valiant effort as the past students’ team.
School. Generations of students have their stories to tell about JR’s efforts to get them involved in sport, or the legendary tours and games they participated in under his guidance. His award was a
The Sundowner by the Lagoon was a lovely evening organised by the PSA, the P&F, and the School. We had about 130 people attend with great food served by the boarders and entertainment by JC & the Tropics. On Saturday, we offered morning tea and a school tour followed by a relaxed lunch on the Function Lawn. A number of past students attended the church service at St James Cathedral on St James’ Day and our annual touch football and netball competition was held that afternoon, where a small number of past students took out the netball trophy and current students won the touch football trophy.
mounted timber relay baton, designed and crafted by the Tech Arts staff.
I would like to pass on some sad news to our school community – Mr Richard Johnson, past Director of Boarding and Director of Outdoor Education, passed away in August in the UK. He was well known by many past students, and I was very privileged to have been taught by him and to work with him. TOM PORTER | PSA PRESIDENT | CLASS OF 2007
DATE CLAIMER – REUNION 2023
Put a note in your diary for next year’s reunion weekend: 28 - 30 July
Victorious PSA Netball team
PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au
Reunion Lunch on the Function Lawn
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GENERAL NEWS HOPKINS FAMILY VISIT SCHOOL
FAREWELL MARK & CATHY MUGUIRA Mr Mark Muguira finished
It was lovely to welcome
up as Head of Boys
Tom & Pam Hopkins from
Boarding in June this
Colorado, USA to the
year. Mark has spent most
School today. Tom is the
of his life in boarding
son of Mrs Joan Hopkins,
schools, having come to
a much-loved Science
The Cathedral School 11½
teacher at the School from
ago from All Souls St
1961 to 1976. He was
Gabriels School in Charters Towers. He had been both a teacher and
delighted to see the recognition of his mother on the Science block
boarding master at Souls, and about 25 years prior to that he was a
and to find the names of his family members on The Connection
boarder at the same school.
Place. He did Kindy at St Anne's in the city, and his three sisters also
Mark had a great rapport with our boarders, sharing a cheeky yet dry
attended the School. He was very impressed with the School’s
sense of humour that all warmed to - some just took longer than
grounds and facilities and the ongoing building program giving
others to work it out. The frequency of past boarders returning to say
evidence to the progress and development of opportunities for all
"G'Day" is a testament to the great relationships they have shared over the years.
students.
INTERHOUSE MUSICAL COMPETITION
At the end of Term 3, Cathy Muguira is also leaving Cathedral to join Mark in Mount Isa where the next chapter in their lives will unfold. The
This year’s
family has had a long association with the School, with their three
Interhouse
children also completing the majority of their education at Cathedral.
Musicals &
We wish them all the best in the future.
Instrumentals proved to be another success with some outstanding
NETBALL GRAND FINALS Congratulations to our four netball teams who competed in the Townsville Netball Association Grand Finals for 2022. It wasn’t our day unfortunately with all teams going down in their games, but they
performances by
played hard and fought to the very last whistle. Their stellar effort,
each of the Houses. It was great to have the support of parents and
skilful play, and
friends back in the Rock Centre after previous restrictions due to Covid
outstanding
in recent years. Congratulations to Langton for taking out the
sportsmanship
Instrumentals and to More with their fantastic musical ‘A Trip to
made us proud,
Wonderland’.
and all teams are to be congratulated on finishing runner
INSTRUMENTALS
up in their division,
1st Place – 183 points – Langton with Music from Frozen
after an excellent 2nd Place – 179 points – More
season.
3rd Place – 163 points – Bede and Chatham (tie) Official results were: MUSICALS
Opal League: Cathedral Legacy 25 def by Runaways Barraways 33
1st Place – 185 points – More with A Trip to Wonderland
Opal 2: Cathedral Spirit 13 def by Neptunes Manowars 17
2nd Place – 178 points – Langton
Opal 3: Cathedral Pride 17 def by Marian Vixens Crystals 22
3rd Place – 163 points – Chatham
Opal 5: Cathedral Courage 11 def by St Patricks College T1 16
4th place – 160 points – Bede
PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au
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