The Official Publication of Marist College Ashgrove Old Boys Association Inc.
Vol 48 No 2 Second Edition 2010
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President
Treasurer
Vice President
Secretary
Committee
Jack Laracy 1945 - 1953 (Karin) 259 Payne Road The Gap 4061 P: 07 3300 1622 E: j.laracy@qut.edu.au
Sean Harkin 1972 - 1980 (Maria) 51 Celia Street Ashgrove 4060 H: 07 33666270 0401 137 048 E: sjharkin@optusnet.com.au
Chris Shay 1985 - 1989 (Ann-Maree) GPO Box 736 Brisbane Q 4001 H: 07 32189853 M: 0412 228 565 E: chris.shay@horwath.com.au
Peter Casey 1966 - 1974 (Linda) 8 Tilquin St The Gap Q 4061 M: 0438 325 863 E: peter.casey@daimler.com
Jim Gardiner (Kath) 1972 - 1980 14 Kauri Road, Ashgrove 4060 P: 07 3355 7005 | M: 0410 565 800 E: earlyed@optusnet.com.au
Tony Hogarth 1971 - 1976 (Sandra) 26 Whitehead Road, The Gap 4061 P: 07 3300 3420, W: 07 3031 9726 M: 0419 643 597 E: ahog4509@bigpond.net.au E (W): thogarth@macdonnells.com.au
Dominick Melrose 1985 - 1992 (Rebecca) 46 Hawkes Avenue, Arana Hills 4054 P: 07 3851 2828 M: 0430 030 044 E: domo75@iprimus.com.au
Stuart Laing 1969 – 1978 (Louise) 73 Oleander Drive Ashgrove 4060 P: 07 3366 5188 M: 0428 709 733 E: lslaing@bigpond.net.au
Shane Harkin 1969 - 1978 (Lisa) 43 Mount Nebo Road The Gap 4061 P: 07 3300 1920 M: 0408 198 318 E: sharkin@bigpond.net.au
John O’Hare 1964 - 1972 (Jane) 3 Kenwyn Road Red Hill P: 07 3369 4860 W: 07 3366 3559 E: jonnohare55@hotmail.com Mr Mark Kierpal 1981-1988 (Martine) Po Box 361, Paddington Q 4064 P:(h) 3352 5275; (w) 3118 0600; (m) 0400 517 745 E: mark@dtsgroupqld.com.au
DATES TO REMEMBER / 2011 Friday 25 March
Golf Day
Saturday 21 May
Old Boys’ Sport Day Round 3 vs. St. Patrick’s.
Friday 19 August
Vintage Blue & Gold Lunch
Friday 30 September
Reunion Evening
Saturday 15 October
Old Boys Race Day
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT The Marist College Ashgrove Old Boys’ Association has again enjoyed another successful year. This was not only evident by the functions that were on again but also just as importantly in terms of former students reconnecting with the College by joining the Old Boys’ Association. The continuing support the Association enjoyed from Old Boys has ensured our commitment to enthusiastically support bursaries to assist families enduring hardships and to provide an opportunity of a Marist education for their sons. I am constantly overwhelmed by the support Ashgrove Old Boys continue to provide to the Marist College Ashgrove Community. The committee of the OBA has remained committed to attracting as many Old Boys to the functions that we have conducted throughout the year. This has been evident in the number of people, not just Old Boys, but from the College community in general, who have attended these functions/events. The “Annual Get Together” held at the College on Friday 1st October was a tremendous success. There were in excess of 160 former students who gathered to enjoy the evening in the company of their former class mates. On Saturday 16 October members from the College community gathered at Eagle Farm for the ‘sold out’ Race Day. The success of events such as these, together with the golf day, sports luncheon and the Vintage Blue and Gold Lunch ensures that these particular events will be hosted by the OBA annually. This year also saw the passing of Father Tom Maloney. Father Tom passed away at St Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lismore on the 3rd July and will be
remembered with affection and gratitude by the College community he ministered for many years. I have enjoyed working closely with the committee. My thanks to the committee and especially to those who are always at the functions eager to lend a hand to ensure that the events are a success. My thanks also to Peter McLoughlin for his continued support of the Old Boys’ Association. Peter has always made himself available to attend and be a part of OBA activities and with the valued contribution of his team the OBA will always maintain our connection to all aspects of College life. Our special thanks to Kay Wells for her tireless efforts and advice again throughout the year. The work she does behind the scenes does not go unnoticed and is truly appreciated by the entire Old Boys Committee. Finally on behalf of the Old Boys Association I would like to wish you all a Holy Christmas and a safe New Year and look forward to 2011 being just as successful, if not better than 2010. Regards,
Sean HARKIN PRESIDENT
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FROM THE HEADMASTER Dear members of the Old Boys Association, It is with pleasure that I introduce to you the latest group to join the Old Boys of Marist College Ashgrove. On November 19, these young men concluded twelve years of schooling and now prepare to embark on the next chapter of their lives. Please join with me in congratulating them and wishing them every success for the future. The many activities of the Old Boys Association in 2010 have been great opportunities for all to remain connected with the College as it forges into the twenty first century. I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the new Br Alexis Turton Science Centre is well and truly taking shape and the new tennis courts have been recently completed on the Jack Eales Oval. Sadly on July 3rd, we were informed of the passing of Fr Tom Maloney. Fr Tom was College Chaplain from 1971 until 1987 and served the boys of the College with a great passion for their spiritual and sporting development. I have it on good authority that Fr Tom genuinely cared for the boys of the College and was in possession of a “trigger finger” when it came to cricket umpiring. In recognition of Fr Tom’s great love for sport and all things at Ashgrove, the main entrance road to the College will now be known as “Fr Tom Maloney Way”, and a new award for Year 12 will be known as the Fr Tom Maloney Medal for contribution to the MATES program. The MATES program offers boys an opportunity to reach out to those less fortunate than ourselves. It includes such activities as Vinnies, BBQ with the Homeless, and participating in Immersion Experiences during Year 11. October 1st was a momentous night for the Old Boys from 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 2000. They celebrated significant reunions. During September, members of our Olympic team reunited to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics (where have these ten years gone?!). Current parent and journalist Mike Colman wrote the following reflection on the swimming at Homebush: There’s an unwritten rule among sports reporters. You don’t cheer. You just sit there, impassive as an Easter Island statue, watching the action unfold as you tap away at your laptop keyboard; a professional observer emotionally disconnected from all that silly crowd hysteria that erupts around you. Well that’s the way it’s supposed to work anyway. On September 17, 2000 – the first night of competition at the Sydney Olympics – it all came unstuck. We were
at the Aquatic Centre, still on a high after being blown away by the opening ceremony the night before, sitting soldier-like in our press seats waiting to see if Ian Thorpe could do what all of Australia expected him to do and win the 400m freestyle. Sure could, and didn’t the place go off. Not that it affected us hardened professionals. Not until the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay started anyway. Michael Klim was off the blocks and spinning his arms like a Murray River paddle steamer. World record for 100m. The noise went off the scale, but still we sat there quietly, ever the professionals. Chris Fydler and Ashley Callus did their bit superbly. Then it was Thorpe and Gary Hall Jr, the US villain of the piece who said the Yanks would smash us like guitars. As they turned for the final 50 it appeared Hall, the fastest man in the world over the distance, had it on toast. Hall, Thorpe, Hall, Thorpe … Thorpe, Hall, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpeeee. And then I realised I was standing, screaming like a lunatic. The only noise coming out of my mouth was “Aaaaaargh…” Embarrassed, I looked across at my learned colleagues, and every one of them was doing the same. Gold, Gold, Gold to Australia, and the boys played their air guitars. When I think back on it 10 years later I still get chills up and down my spine. Oh sure, I don’t show any emotion, my face is a mask of control. But inside my head I can hear a voice. My voice, still screaming. “Aaaaaagh…” My sincere thanks and appreciation to President Sean Harkin and his committee who work very hard to provide opportunities for Old Boys to reconnect with the College in a very relaxing and welcoming manner. Please be informed that we are undertaking an initiative to refurbish the icon of the College, The Tower Block, and Foundation Manager, Wayne Hansen (Old Boy 1972), would love to hear from you if you would like to support the restoration of The Tower to its former glory (07 3858 4584). My best wishes to you all for a very Happy and Holy Christmas and a prosperous 2011. With every good wish Yours in Jesus, Mary and St. Marcellin
Peter McLoughlin
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Key for Name List *beside name indicates boarder. Letter beside name indicates House, e.g. D = Ridley; E = Ephrem; F = Foley; G = Gilroy; H = Harold; I = Ignatius; R = Rush and S = Slattery
Class of 2010 George AH-KEN* H Jesse AINSWORTH E Timothy AINSWORTH H Robert AKOM E Nickolas ALBA G Luke ARNOLD F James ARUNDEL F Robert ASTON F Michael AUSTIN I Joseph AWHY H James BACKO* G Daniel BAILEY H Reid BAKER G Isaac BANDERA E Nick BANNAH E David BARNES S Ryan BAUMBER R Dean BETTS S Kieran BIRCHLEY D Tiran BIRNEY I Mitchell BLAKEMORE S Jordan BLAKEY E Mitchell BOARD H Joshua BRAND S Dylan BRECKON* E Hayden BRIMBLECOMBE* D Andrew BROUGH H Taylor BROWN S Matthew BUGEJA S Edward BURGIN F Lachlan BUSBY G Rhys BYRNE R James CAMPBELL R Stephen CANNON H Zachary CARTER R JJ CENITA I James CHESTERMAN H Daryl CHOONG S Joseph CHRISTIANSEN F Brandon CIOCCA E Mitchell COLLOCOTT* I Chris CONNOR E Jack CONNOR R Jack CONROY I Joshua COOPS H Darcy COTTERALL H Sean COUGHLAN* I Joshua COX F Andrew CRANE G Tom CRONIN E Dominic CUMMING G Ryan CURRIE G Joseph CURTAIN D Patrick DALY* F Adam DAVEY R James DAVIES D Sebastian DE VRIES G Jimmy DEAKIN* F Kieran DEE R Jack DELLER F
Will DEVINE* F Ryan DONNELLY R Andrew DOO D Harry DOWNES* H Jimmy DOWNES* I Laurent DUBOIS F Matthew DUFF R Patrick DUGGAN G James DUNN I Mitchell DUNN H Sam EAVES E James EDDY S Jordan ELLIS R Jordy ELLIS* S David ENGLISH* I Lachlan EYERS R Harry FAIRWEATHER G Gregory FISHER* H Mitch FISHER R Paul FRAME E Brodie FRANK* R John GALLO F Filipe GAMA SILVA R Joseph GARDINER D Julien GARREAU R Richard GARRY S Luke GIBSON F Joel GILL F Mitchell GILL R Stuart GILMOUR* E Sean GOLDSMITH H Alexander GRACE F Ash GRATTAN S Simon GREENHALGH E Luke GREGORY H Cooper HALLAM E Andrew HANNA* R Aaron HANSON R Ryan HARBOURNE I Nicholas HARVEY E James HAYES* H Nathan HEARN F Bryce HEGARTY G Alexander HEINKE D Tim HICKS D Luke HILTON E Elliott HOBBS D Ace HODGKINSON F Daniel HODGSON S Kieran HOGAN D Christopher HOGARTH F Sam HOGARTH* H Callum INGRAM G Daniel JACOBSON I Gibraan JAMNADAS* D Luca JANNESE E James JESSUP H Alexander JONES S Daniel JONES* D William JONES D
Harrison JUBB I Ryan KASSULKE I Byron KENNEDY S Stuart KINSELLA E Jason KIRKMAN E Joseph KNYNENBURG S Tyler KRINKS* H Charles LAHOOD H James LANE H Joshua LEDINGHAM* S Jeremy LENNON S Andrew LEPAHE R Brad LESTER E Brenton LEUNG H Sam LEVINGS R Hugh LILLEY* D Matthew LINGARD F Joshua LOFF E Tonga MAAFU* E Declan MAGUIRE F Alex MARANO H Ethan MARRINAN D Nicolas MARRINGTON G Angus MARTIN* I Leo MARTINEZ R Jordan MATTERS R Brodie McALLISTER D Nicholas McCARTHY R Scott McCARTHY E Taylor McCUBBIN G Jack McDONALD S Peter McDONALD D Matthew McKEOWN D Robert McLEAN E Jake McMANUS D Harrison MEE D Johnathon MEE F Stephen MELLOR I Joseph MIDGLEY E Alex MILLIKEN R Brendan MITCHELL F Tom MOHUN* D Ciaran MOLONEY S Jake MORRIS R Dougal MORRISON H George MURRAY* G Alex NICHOLSON* R Josh O’BRIEN F Simon O’HARE I Thomas OLIVER* R Bede O’ROURKE F Tom O’ROURKE G Simon PARIS* H Jarred PASCOE S Joshua PASSLOW D Michael PATCHETT* G Myles PEARSON G Michael PENNISI G Thomas PERCIVAL E Jack PHILLIPS* F
Gregory PIERIS* D Mitchell PILAT* G Geordie PRASSER F Daniel QUILL I Ryan QUINLAN G Charles RADCLYFFE* F Vincent RAGLIONE S Nicholas REDDAWAY H Gabriel REGGI I Sam RENOUF I Miles RENWICK* I Shaun RETCHFORD S Kieran REYNOLDS G Michael RICHARDS S Joshua RICHARDSON I Jack RICHMOND S Nicholas RIGBY D Tim ROACH H Timothy ROBINSON G Patrick ROGGENKAMP G Alex ROOSE I Jack ROWE S Nick RYALL G Lachlan SALWAY S Andrew SCHURMANN* H Tom SEARLE I Joseph SELWOOD D Jordan SETAFANO* R Nick SETTER* S Aaron SHILLINGTON E Benjamin SKINNER G Jacob SMITH F Liam SMITH I David SPARKS I Mackenzie SPEECHLEY D Ryan STEELE* H Joseph STEWARD D Brent STORMONT G Jack STRANKS R Richard TA F Sam TEMPLETON* S Nathan THOMPSON I Matthew TILBY D Broc TOBIN G Isaac TOIGO G James TOOLEY R William TREVOR D Zach TUNNEY D Dane TURNER I Sam TURNER* S Marcus VANCO E Ethan VELLACOTT I Andrew VETTER I Benjamin WADDELL H Dillon WARMINGTON F Jack WASMUND E Liam WATKINS E James WHITING I Dane WILLIAMS F Ben WRIGLEY S
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Welcome to the Old Boys Association - Class of 2010 Yr 12 Ignatius House BACK ROW: Miles Renwick, Jimmy Downes, Angus Martin, Simon O’Hare, Sam Renouf, Harrison Jubb. 3rd ROW: Tom Searle, Joshua Richardson, James Whiting, Mitchell Collocott, Alex Roose, James Dunn, Ryan Harbourne. 2nd ROW: Daniel Quill, Gabriel Reggi, Ethan Vellacott, Stephen Mellor, Michael Austin, Andrew Vetter, Sean Coughlan, David English. FRONT ROW: Nathan Thompson, Tiran Birney, Ryan Kassulke, Liam Smith, J J Cenita, Daniel Jacobson. ABSENT: Jack Conroy, David Sparks, Dane Turner.
Yr 12 Gilroy House Fr row: Michael Pennisi; Isaac Toigo; Ryan Quinlan; Lachlan Busby; Dominic Cumming; Nick Ryall; Patrick Roggenkamp. 2nd row: George Murray; Sebastian De Vries; Nicolas Marrington; Benjamin Skinner; Ryan Currie; Callum Ingram; Taylor McCubbin; Tim Robinson. 3rd row: Michael Patchett; Brent Stormont; Harry Fairweather; Reid Baker; Broc Tobin; Patrick Duggan; Nickolas Alba; Myles Pearson Back row: James Backo; Andrew Crane; Kieran Reynolds. Absent: Mitchell Pilat; Bryce Hegarty; Thomas O’Rourke.
Yr 12 Foley House Front Row: Brendan Mitchell, Joshua Cox, Luke Arnold, Declan Maguire,Geordie Prasser, John Gallo, Josh O’Brien, Laurent Dubois, Dillon Warmington. 2nd Row: Richard Ta, Nathan Hearn, Will Devine, James Deakin, Pat Daly, Charles Radclyffe, Alexander Grace, Jack Phillips, Jacob Smith, Joel Gill. 3rd Row: James Arundel, Ace Hodginson, Robert Aston, Bede O’Rourke, Edward Burgin, Dane Williams, Joseph Christiansen, Christopher Hogarth. Absent: Jack Deller, Luke Gibson, Matthew Lingard, Johnathon Mee, Ace Hodgkinson,
Yr 12 Slattery House
Very front centre: Ashley Grattan. Front - Left to right: Josh Brand, Jack McDonald, Ciaran Moloney, David Barnes, Joe Knynenburg. Second Row: Vincent Raglione, Dan Hodgson, James Eddy, Sam Turner, Jordan Ellis, Nick Setter, Darryl Choong, Josh Ledingham. Third Row: Jeremy Lennon, Alexander Jones, Ben Wrigley, Byron Kennedy, Shaun Retchford, Jack Rowe, Sam Templeton, Michael Richards (standing). Back: Lachlan Salway, Richard Garry. Absent: Mitchell Blakemore, Jarred Pascoe, Taylor Brown, Matt Bugeja, Dean Betts, Jack Richmond.
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Yr 12 Rush House Standing : Jack Stranks ; Sam Levings; Kieran Dee. Middle Row: Ryan Donnelly; Julien Garreau; Adam Davey; Filipe Gama Silva; Jake Morris; Jordan Ellis; Mitchell Fisher; James Tooley; James Campbell; Aaron Hanson; Alex Milliken; Lachlan Eyers. Front Row: Jordan Setefano; Jordan Matters; Mitchell Gill; Brodie Frank; Andrew Hanna; Leo Martinez; Alex Nicholson; Tom Oliver; Ryan Baumber. Absent: Rhys Byrne, Zachary Carter, Jack Connor, Matthew Duff, Andrew Lepahe, Nicholas McCarthy.
Yr 12 Harold House Back Row: James Lane, Darcy Cotterall, Daniel Bailey. Third Row: Nick Reddaway, Andrew Brough, Joshua Coops, Alex Marano, Andrew Schurmann, Simon Paris, Joseph Awhy, Ben Waddell. Second Row: Dougal Morrison, James Hayes, Tim Ainsworth, Tyler. Krinks, Ryan Steele, Sean Goldsmith, James Jessup, Greg Fisher, Stephen Cannon, Tim Roach. Front Row: George Ah-Ken, Brenton Leung, Sam Hogarth, Charles Lahood, Harry Downes, Mitchell Dunn, Mitchell Board Absent: James Chesterman, Luke Gregory.
Yr 12 Ridley House Front Row: Gibraan Jamnadas, Joe Curtain, Kieran Birchley, Joshua Passlow. 2nd Row: Kieran Hogan, Natthew McKeown, Greg Pieris, Joe Selwood, Jake McManus, Mackenzie Speechley, Tom Mohun, Matthew Tilby. 3rd Row: Tim Hicks, Harrison Mee, Alex Heinke, Joe Gardiner, Hayden Brimblecombe, Dan Jones, Peter McDonald. Back Row: Nick Rigby, James Davies, Joe Steward, Andy Doo, Brodie McAllister, Ethan Marrinan. Absent: Elliott Hobbs, William Jones, Hugh Lilley, Will Trevor, Zach Tunney, Tyler Krinks.
Yr 12 Ephrem House Jesse AINSWORTH, Robert AKOM, Isaac BANDERA, Nicholas BANNAH, Dylan BRECKON, Brandon CIOCCA, Christopher CONNOR, Paul FRAME, Stuart GILMOUR, Cooper HALLAM, Luke HILTON, Luca JANNESE, Stuart KINSELLA, Jason KIRKMAN, Joshua LOFF, Tonga MAAFU, Scott McCARTHY, Robert McLEAN, Thomas PERCIVAL, Marcus VANCO, Liam WATKINS. Absent: Jordan BLAKEY, Thomas CRONIN, Samuel EAVES, Simon GREENHALGH, Nicholas HARVEY, Bradley LESTER, Joseph MIDGLEY, Aaron SHILLINGTON, Jack WASMUND.
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Saint Marcellin Champagnat founded the Marist Brothers in 1817. He was afounded hard working andBrothers in 1817. He Saint Marcellin Champagnat the Marist hard and unpretentious man with a gentle compassion unpretentious man with a gentle compassion for working the disadvantaged. The Marist tradition challenges us for the disadvantaged. to be conscious of caring for people and their needs which our Founder insisted was central to his work and any good education.
The Marist tradition challenges us to be conscious of caring for people needs which our Founder, insisted was central to his work and a The Champagnat Trust was established in 2005 for this purpose. It helps families in necessitous education.
circumstances to educate their sons in the Marist traditions. Champagnat Trust bursary recipients are Trust was established in 2005 for this purpose. selected on the basis of financial need (theyThe are Champagnat Saint Marcellin’s ‘least favoured’).
families in necessitous circumstances to educate their sons in th traditions. Champagnat Trust bursary recipients are selected on the Applications for assistance to board at Marist College Ashgrove in Years 10, 11 and 12 are invited each financial need (they are Saint Marcellin’s ‘least favoured’).
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Applications for assistance to board at Marist College Ashgrove in Yea
and 12 invited We are inviting you as an Old Boy of our College toare assist us ineach this year. endeavour by helping to raise the funds needed to further extend the bursary fund.
We are inviting you as an Old Boy of our College to assist us in this ende helping to raise the funds needed to further extend bursary fund.
Donations to the Champagnat Trust are fully tax deductable
Donations to the Champagnat Trust are fully tax deductab
The Champagnat Trust is administered by the Foundation Board under the patronage of Old Boys, John Eales AO and Mathew Hayden AO. The Champagnat Trust is administered by the Foundation Board under th patronage of Old Boys, John Eales AO and Mathew Hayden AO.
We currently assist 12 families with Champagnat Bursaries. If you have any questions about your currently 12 families with Champagnat contribution please contact me 38584584. IWe look forwardassist to receiving your donation form.Bursaries. If you have questions about your contribution please contact me 38584584. I look fo receiving your donation form. Kindest regards Kindest regards
Wayne Hansen Sean Harkin Wayne Hansen Marist College Ashgrove Marist College President Old Boys Association Ashgrove Foundation and Champagnat Trust Manager Foundation Old and Boy Champagnat 1980 Trust Manager Old Boy 1972 Old Boy 1972
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The Marist College Ashgrove Community congratulates James Tilbury, Year 12 Slattery 2005 for being the Queensland Rhodes Scholar Elect 2011. Upon graduation from Marist College Ashgrove, James attended QUT as a Dean’s Scholar to study Civil Engineering. During his time at QUT, James volunteered with Engineers Without Borders. This inspired James to apply for a volunteer position in Cambodia which he began in November, 2010. At the conclusion of his time in Cambodia, James will leave for the United Kingdom to take up his scholarship to study a Masters in Environmental Change and Management. After graduating from Oxford, James plans to work in international development and use what he learnt at Oxford to help alleviate poverty in the least developed countries.
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ANTHONY SMARE (1992)
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The Queensland University of oys AssTechnology has awarded its 2010 outstanding young alumnus award to Papua New Guinean Anthony Smare for his outstanding achievements since graduating from the university in 1998. The award was given by the university’s alumni board in recognition of outstanding achievements up to 35 years of age at the time of nomination. Since graduating with a bachelor of applied science (geology)/bachelor of laws dual degree programme in 1998 under a Sir John Crawford (Australian development scholarship), Anthony had emerged as one of Papua New Guinea’s leading lawyers and company director.
and director of its PNG subsidiaries. Anthony’s national contributions continued through directorships on national telco Telikom, mining regulator PNG Mineral Resources Authority, mobile telco Bemobile, retail conglomerate City Pharmacy, radio station FM100 and on the foundation board of fast growing microfinance institution Nationwide Micro Bank.
A partner at age 31 with Allens Arthur Robinson in a stint spanning its Melbourne and Port Moresby offices, Anthony contributed in structural reform and resource development. Subsequently, he helped lead the expansion in PNG of the world’s largest gold miner, Barrick Gold, as general manager, corporate and legal
Anthony is executive trustee of the PNG Halivim Wantok Disaster Fund which focuses on disaster relief and project restorations. Marist College Ashgrove congratulates Anthony on his achievements since leaving the College.
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OLD BOYS REUNION A strong turn out for the 2010 Old Boys reunion held 1 October 2010 saw this year’s event to be a big success. The night was celebrated by the 1975, 1980, 1985 & 2000 year groups all eager to catch up over a few old tales and ales. Judging by the laughter and noise all the attendees certainly told the story. In many ways we all have changed, but by the way they all enjoyed each others company not much had changed at all.
Thanks to all who supported the raffle for the signed cricket bat by Matt Hayden and John Eales. The winner, a very impressed Tim O’Hare (1980) no doubt will be padding up in the near future to give his newly acquired bat a hit for a few boundaries! All funds raised from this raffle will be donated back to the College to support bursaries supporting sons of Old Boys who attend the College.
Many thanks to those who travelled from afar, as we were blessed by the company of those who took time out from overseas and interstate to be with their school mates.
A special thanks to all Year Co-ordinators who helped gather their Year groups as the night was a huge success.
Prior to the start of the night some of the groups enjoyed a brief tour of the College, with all impressed from what they saw.
STUART LAING REUNION CO-ORDINATOR
Other Reunion Groups
2000 Reunion Group. 1980 Reunion Group.
1975 Reunion Group. 1985 Reunion Group.
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20 YEAR REUNION – CLASS OF 1990 On the Queen’s birthday long weekend the class of 1990 gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our Senior year at Ashgrove. As with all 20 year reunions, I assume, it took a while to track people down and arrange the various functions. The organising committee consisted of Anthony Lyons, Ben Cunningham, Chris Chetham and Peter Davis. Since leaving school the introduction of email and Facebook made this process significantly easier. We ended up with 85 people attending the weekend festivities. We gathered on the Friday night at the old haunt “Friday’s” at the Riverside Centre. The core group of organisers gathered a little earlier and were fairly nervous about recognising people most of us hadn’t seen for 20 years. As with any 20 year reunion the nervousness quickly dissolved into an excited discussion about where the last 20 years have taken people. Some of the crew (mostly blokes who had travelled) cruised into the early hours and were a little worse for wear the next day when we gathered at the College for a tour at lunchtime. The group was genuinely impressed in the physical changes that have occurred at the College recently. The impressive building and obvious developments in the cultural programs at the College seem to be extensive. Many of us remembered the College for its presence of Marist Brothers and sporting prowess more than anything. So to see the school seem to broaden its base was most pleasing. We watched the 1st XV play against SLC in a hard fought match
which saw the men in black victors, 18-17 That evening we attended a function at the “Iceworks” in Paddington. It was a great venue for our function. With its obvious connections to Ashgrove we were very well looked after by the management and staff. We were fortunate to have David Meehan, Tony Byrne, Peter Murdoch and Derek Cameron attend the evening and address the gathering. We were most appreciative of the efforts of these people to attend the evening and the real sense of occasion they brought. We sent them home well after midnight in fine spirits. Thanks again. Sunday finished with a steak at the Breakfast Creek Hotel and then off to catch flights for most. My thanks to the Headmaster, Peter McLoughlin, for his support of the event and the staff of the College for making the event a very enjoyable one. DAMIEN CUDDIHY
1990 Reunion Group.
SOME CLASS SNIPPETS • Mick Heenan, with assistance from Pat Howard, coached the University “Red Heavies” to their QRU premiership, the first for the Club since 1990! • Daniel Herbert is actively involved with the Queensland Reds while Richard Graham, who was backs coach for the Wallabies, is now Head Coach of the Western Force • Graeme Bond, whilst only in Year 10 in 1990, was a member of the 1990 1st XV and later a Wallaby. • Tony Dudgeon was a member of the 1st XI cricket and 1st IV tennis and continues to shine at Valleys cricket
and as a local tennis coach. • One amazing achievement that largely went unnoticed was that of Thor Kampé who won a silver medal in 1991 in the Pistol Shooting National Championships at Belmont, Qld. Thor, firing a 303 (converted) achieved 98% accuracy, as did the gold medallist. In the shootout Thor’s opponent hit the target while Thor ‘winged’ it! Thor was so close to representing his country at the Barcelona Olympics. What an achievement with so little time at the sport!
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1940s AND 1950s GROUP PHOTO
Front row (left to right) Paul O’Brien, Neil Scott, Brian Cannon, Noel Cannon, Don Whittington, Jack Robba, Des Dwyer. Second row (left to right) John Kunde, Con Lucey, William Ridley, Terry Thomsen, Bill Kunde, Brother Roger Burke. Third row (left to right) Pat Rowley, Pat Meacle, Bill Ovenden, Brian Lindsay, Brian Kassulke, Pat Page. Back row Michael Moore, Brian Carmichael.
VINTAGE BLUE & GOLD LUNCH On Friday 13 August this year another successful Vintage Blue & Gold Lunch was held at the College. Past students from 1940-1970 were present and many memories revived during the lunch.
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Some reflections of the Vintage Blue and Gold Lunch include: • Recalling in my Junior year (1951) being taught Latin by Br Cyprian; • Boarding – the unforgettable associations; • Brs. Justinian, Cyprian; • Membership of the 1st XV (everyone’s ambition); • The chef, Mr Boothby and his marshmallow biscuits; • Watching the College 1st XV running on to the Oval – Connor, Kassulke, Luton, O’Reilly – did the College and themselves proud; • Trading my sago which I hated for a dry piece of bread and syrup; • There were good and not so good times. Starting the year here was the worst because I had to leave home. I liked the competitive sport; • The work done by all the Brothers to ensure we passed the external public exams; • The great mates I met and whose friendship has lasted to this day; • Rugby, cricket, athletics and school cadets with marvellous coaches such as Cyprian and Ferrer; • Great friends and sporting activities;
• The day Ashgrove 1st XV played the curtain-raiser against Downlands at the Gabba. Br Cyprian asked the boys to volunteer barracking for the boys. Those who volunteered were given a “light breakfast” which consisted of porridge and a large piece of steak – yummy; • First assembly called by Br Ignatius; • Opening by Premier Hanlon of the original swimming pool; • Scoring first league try on the flood plain of Enoggera Creek; • The great camaraderie between the boys; • Being able to enjoy the sport offered; • The Brothers who worked so hard to give us a good education; • Joining with others in November 1948 to construct the cricket (turf) pitch using “Burra”, the horse; • Being Captain of the winning swimming team in 1950; early morning swim training and walking through the rainforest at Mt Tamborine and swimming at Curtis Creek Falls.
FIRST DAY PHOTO
1940-42 GROUP PHOTO
From left: Peter McLoughlin (Marist College Ashgrove Headmaster), Terry Thomsen 1940-41 and then went to Tamborine Mountain in 1942 (family from Ashgrove) Brian Cannon 1940-41 (family from Ashgrove) William Ridley 1940-41 (family from The Gap).
From left: Peter McLoughlin (Marist College Ashgrove Headmaster), Brian Cannon 1940-41 (year 5 and 6), Noel Cannon 1941 only (year 3), Noel was the youngest at the school (8 years old), Don Whittington 1940-41 (aged 11), Back row: William Ridley 1940-41 (aged 10 and 11), Terry Thomsen 1940-41 (went to Tamborine in 1942, aged 14 in 1940).
This is a wonderful opportunity for classes to hold their reunions and if anyone would like to discuss this please feel free to contact Stuart Laing 0428 709 733 or email lslaing@bigpond.net.au
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HARRY MURPHY (1930-2010) Harry suffered a massive stroke on 10 May 2010 and died two days later. Harry was born in Murgon on 30 April 1930. He attended primary school in Murgon and then in Proston. A friend in Proston, Merv Elliott, was coming to Eagle Heights to pursue his studies and it was decided that Harry should join him. He went there in 1944 and then progressed to Ashgrove where he did Senior in 1947. He was not a Catholic but developed a great respect for the Brothers. In sub-Senior in 1946 he was joined by other boarders. They came from Rosalie (it went only to Junior at that time) and from various parts of Queensland. There were also some dayboys. They became great friends and formed a very close knit group. Their friendship has been maintained for over 60 years. In his Senior year Harry played in the 1st XIII (rugby league in those days) and in the 1st XI (as a slow bowler). It was in athletics that he starred. The 1947 Blue & Gold contains the following report: “The 100 yards sprinter (Harry) caused a sensation by running away to an easy victory from the title and record holder, P Fitzgerald, of St. Columban’s”. The great gentleman and coach Arch Ferrier is reputed to have said that Harry would have made a success of professional running. After leaving Ashgrove he obtained a Cadetship in Engineering with the Main Roads Department and commenced study at the QIT. He graduated in 1953 and had a 40 year career with the Department progressing to a senior position. Perhaps his career is best summed up by quoting an extract from a letter which his wife, Joan, received from the former Commissioner for Main Roads following Harry’s death: Harry was a great man. Usually quiet, he was passionate about his area of engineering to which he made an outstanding contribution. And the contribution was not only in Main Roads but in other spheres of Government and industry and nationally as well as internationally. Not a lot of engineers could claim that. Harry was held in high regard by his peers at Main Roads. He had many lively debates about materials and construction techniques and his contribution to these debates was always valuable. He married Joan on 9 January 1954. One of his classmates was his best man. Harry and Joan had two sons. Sadly the younger one died from a severe asthma attack at the age of 23. Harry and Joan spent about seven years in Rockhampton but lived over 40 years in their home at The Gap. Following his resignation from the Main Roads Department in 1987, he set up his own consultancy. He was very successful, doing work for private companies as well as the MRD and
local authorities.Harry and Joan become very involved in share investor groups and they developed many friendships through this interest. Harry maintained close contact with 5 or 6 of his classmates (only a small Senior class in 1947 – 17). Their wives developed a great friendship. At least once a year these Old Boys and their wives met at the home of one of the group for lunch or dinner. They were joined by another 4 or 5 couples who had a great Marist association. Many a tale was told over and over again of boarding at Ashgrove when buildings and facilities were quite rudimentary. Although naturally reserved, Harry enjoyed the company of his long-time friends – particular over a bottle of good red! May he rest in peace! TOM TRESTON (1947)
PRAYERS PLEASE Please pray for the repose of the souls of the following On the weekend of 17 July Mark Donaldson (1978) was involved in an accident that resulted in him receiving burns to 90% of his body. Mark was airlifted to Brisbane and placed on life support. Sadly he passed away at 8 pm on Sunday 18 July. Mark was the eldest of eight boys who attended boarding at Marist College Ashgrove and is the uncle of four boys currently at the College – Edward (Year 11), Sam and Hasting (Year 9) and Tristan (Year 8). Our thoughts and prayers are with the Donaldson family. Mark’s funeral service was held at the Catholic Church in Capella Friday 23rd July at 10am. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Greg Retaw who passed away in October following a heart attack. Greg was a boarder from PNG who graduated in 1992. Greg is survived by his wife and 5 children with one on the way. VALE JOHN “JACK” DONOHUE Jack passed away on the 27 February 2010 in his 92nd year. He served on the P&F committee in the late 1960s. Father of Tony (1966), Michael (1970), grandfather of Tim Gallagher (1989) and Ben Donohue (2001), father-in-law to Kerry Gallagher (Marist Rosalie 1964). Jack is survived by his loving wife of 66 years Eileen, children Sharon, Tony, Michael and Garnet, 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. May he rest in peace.
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Fr. Tom Maloney Fr Tom passed away 6th July at 10.30pm in St Joseph’s Nursing Home in Lismore aged 89 years. His funeral was held Tuesday 13th July at 1.30pm at St Carthage’s Cathedral in Lismore. The College was represented at the funeral by College staff and 35 Year 12 students who formed a guard of honour following the service. Fr Tom had a long association with the Marist Brothers and was affiliated to the Sydney Province. The following quotes are from Br Chris Wade’s tribute to Fr Tom in the 1987 Blue and Gold: “When Tom arrived at Ashgrove, Billy McMahon was Prime Minister and Australians were still fighting in Vietnam!...In Father Tom we see exemplified in many ways the kind of priest that Father Colin wishes to give to the Church when he founded the Marist Fathers - a priest who would win people by goodness and tenderness, who would excuse the failings of people, who would blend in and become part of the local Church, who would work hard and be without airs and graces, who would take any and every opportunity to do good...Tom’s faith is real, genuine and boundless. He loves the Church and its Sacraments and rituals... Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Tom’s
FR TOM MALONEY SM - Marist College Ashgrove Chaplain (1971-87) (Below is the homily and eulogy delivered by fellow Marist, Fr Paul Pidcock, on the occasion of the funeral of Fr Tom Maloney, long-time chaplain at Marist Ashgrove. The funeral Mass was celebrated in St Carthages’s Cathedral, Lismore, on 13 July 2010.) With the passing of Fr Tom Maloney, death has come into our lives and, once again, we feel the tragedy of human existence – we live together for a time, share our love with one another, and then death comes to separate and divide. As Christians we have recourse to God who is our hope. He has overcome death forever in Christ Jesus our Lord. He has shown us that Christ is
ministry though, is his devotion to the sick, dying and the deceased and this has been quite an extraordinary part of his ministry...We Brothers count ourselves especially fortunate to have Tom live with us, not as a stranger but as an integral part of our community these past 17 years...He is a character - storyteller; conversationalist; confidante; sports coach; traveller. He manages to combine the prudence of the dove with the cunning of the serpent - especially when it’s a question of advancing Ashgrove and downing a certain other school...There was sadness at leaving, but also recognition that the time was ripe, and happiness at the prospect of retiring in familiar surroundings...a tribute to a good priest who became a byword in the continuing story that is Ashgrove.” Br Ray Mulvogue Superior, Brothers’ Community MARIST COLLEGE ASHGROVE
our way, our truth and our life, the straight path from death to life, and those who are united in Christ will never be separated from each other. This is something that Martha well understood, as we see from today’s Gospel – when Christ eventually came to visit Martha and Mary at Bethany. When Lazarus had died, He consoled her with these words: Your brother will rise again. Martha replied: I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day. We can admire Martha’s faith and hope which are further reassured by Christ’s words: I am the resurrection. If anyone believes in me, even though he dies, will live, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Jesus is assuring Martha that her brother will rise from death, and then dramatically proclaims himself, present before her, as the resurrection and the life – meaning ‘eternal life’. He explains that anyone who
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physically dies believing in him will live with eternal life, and anyone who really lives this eternal life by believing in him will never cease to live, even in death. Martha responds to this revelation from Jesus by proclaiming her faith in him. When asked by him did she believe what he had just said: Yes, Lord, I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.
While in Brisbane Fr Tom was also a Chaplain to the Knights of the Southern Cross who made him a Life Member of the Order.
She confessed him to be the Messiah; as Andrew did to his brother Simon; to be the Son of God as Nathaniel did to Jesus; and to the prophet who is to come into the world, as Philip did to Nathaniel. When we reflect on the life of Father Tom, we can see he possessed many of the qualities that Martha had – especially her faith, her hope, her love, her generosity and service to Christ.
He joined the Marist Community at Woodlawn in 1989, and began his hospital chaplaincy not only at St Vincent’s but also at the Lismore Base Hospital, Ozanam Villa and St Joseph’s Nursing Home. In 2006 Fr Tom was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his outstanding service as a Hospital Chaplain and his other priestly ministries.
Fr Tom was born in Lismore on 31 May 1921, the son of William Robert Maloney and Rachel Southward. His father was a bridge builder and many of the bridges in the Lismore area were built by him. Tom had six brothers – Vince, Fabian, Leo, Joseph, Fr Stephen and Clement – and five sisters – Eileen, Mary, Rachel, Nellie and Monica. The family originally lived at Blakebrook, before moving to South Lismore from where Tom attended Our Lady Help of Christians School, the Marist Brothers and St John’s College, Woodlawn. Tom entered St Peter Chanel’s Seminary, Toongabbie, in 1941 where he was professed as a Marist in 1942. He did his Seminary Studies there, and was ordained in 1948 at St Patrick’s Church Hill, Sydney, by Bishop Thomas Wade from Bougainville. Tom’s first appointment was to the busy Sydney city parish at St Patrick’s Church Hill. In 1953 Fr Tom was appointed to the Marist Mission Band stationed at Glen Lyon, Ashgrove, Brisbane, and for the next three years gave Missions and Retreats throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. When Marists took over the parish in Redcliffe, Perth, Fr Tom was appointed Parish Priest and superior of the Community. He moved from Redcliffe in 1962 to Claremont, Tasmania as Parish Priest, and then to Burnie as Parish Priest and Superior. An important and significant part of Fr Tom’s life began in 1971 when he became a Chaplain to the Marist Brothers’ College at Ashgrove where he remained till 1987. Tom loved his time at Ashgrove where he was fully involved in the life of the College, not only as Chaplain, but also as a teacher of some classes, an umpire of games and a coach of Rugby and Cricket teams. Fr Tom coached Matt Hayden in one of his Cricket teams. Matt became a life-long friend, and we are grateful that Matt’s parents are able to be present with us today. Matt was not able to be present and sent his apology. We appreciate the presence of Mr Peter McLoughlin, Principal of Marist College Ashgrove, and the Ashgrove students at our Mass today.
In 1988 Fr Tom went to Rome for Study and Renewal. It was here that he met Bishop Satterthwaite who offered Fr Tom the position of Chaplain to St Vincent’s Hospital, which he happily accepted.
It was shortly after this that Fr Tom retired due to ill health; he had a lifelong battle with diabetes, but he never let this stop him from his priestly ministries. When Fr Tom was leaving Ashgrove, the then Principal, Br Christopher Wade, in his farewell speech said: In Fr Tom we see exemplified in many ways the kind of priest that Fr Colin wished to give to the Church when he founded the Marist Fathers – a priest who would win people by goodness and tenderness, who would excuse the failings of people, who would blend in and become part of the local Church, who would work hard and be without airs and graces, who would take any and every opportunity to do good.......Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Fr Tom’s ministry though is his devotion to the sick, the dying and the deceased, and this has been an extraordinary part of his work. I am told that in many parts of the Archdiocese, priests saying a funeral Mass look around as the set time approaches and say: “We can’t start yet – Tom’ s not here.” (Blue and Gold, 1987) These qualities of Tom as listed by Brother Christopher were particularly in evidence when he took on full-time hospital chaplaincy work. He loved this ministry, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to it – refusing to take a day off, working seven days a week. Fr Tom spent the last three years of his life as a resident of St Joseph’s Nursing Home where he was wonderfully cared for by the Staff and Pastoral Care Team, and by Brother Kevin Jackson from the Woodlawn community. His end came quickly. He rang for a nurse late Tuesday night and informed her he wasn’t feeling well – he had difficulty breathing – he began praying and as he slipped away his final words were: “God’s Will be done.” St John, in the Book of the Apocalypse wrote: Happy are they who die in the Lord! Happy, indeed, the Spirit says. Now they can rest forever after their work – since their good deeds go with them. Fr Tom has indeed died in the Lord. May his many and varied good deeds go with him. Fr Paul Pidcock SM
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PAT ROWLEY, ASHGROVE OLD BOY (1949-50) ICON OF AUSTRALIA’S DAIRY INDUSTRY INTERVIEW WITH MR PAT ROWLEY by BR ROGER BURKE held at the College on Tuesday, 24 August, 2010 Introduction Today it is an honour for me to be speaking with an ex-student of Marist Ashgrove, Pat Rowley, one who, over a thirty year period until his retirement at the end of 2006, led the Australian Dairy Industry through some of its greatest challenges ever. At the time of his retirement, the dairy industry’s peak body, the Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC), honoured Pat with the inaugural ADIC Outstanding Service Award. Welcome, Pat, and thank you for giving me of your valuable time this morning. First of all, what were your years at Ashgrove? Thanks, Brother, for interviewing me. I was at Ashgrove in 1949 and 1950. What are some of your greatest memories at Ashgrove......the Brothers, the classes, the events? My greatest memories of Ashgrove were the Brothers (Br Cyprian, Br Justinian, and Br Ferrer). I thought they were wonderful men who gave us a good grounding for life. I enjoyed the classes and the social opportunities to meet boys my own age. I came from the country, and I think I was a bit shy. Anyhow, let’s go back to the very beginning. Where did you grow up, and where did you do your schooling before coming to Ashgrove? I grew up on a dairy farm out near Caboolture, and I did my schooling at the Burpengary State School. What or who brought you to Ashgrove? We went to Mass in Caboolture, where we met two families who had their boys at Ashgrove. One family was that of the local Police Sergeant Nugent, whose eldest boy came to Ashgrove. How were you involved at the College? I don’t think I was outstanding at the College in any way. I was situated in the middle of the class, never at the bottom, but never at the top. But I was involved in all the sports, the army cadets, the rifle shooting, and so forth. I had a pretty happy two years at Ashgrove. Was there any circumstance at Ashgrove that might have had a decisive effect on your later life? If I had to nominate one particular circumstance, I think we were very lucky to have Br. Cyprian. Some of the things he did and said made a big impression. I think the other thing was that the College made me
less shy, enabling me to stand on my own two feet. I still clearly remember Br Cyprian saying, “You big owl!” Upon leaving Ashgrove, what were your thoughts then about your life options? I didn’t have strong thoughts about my life options. I was born and bred on a dairy farm, and I liked that lifestyle, and I went home to the farm, and became involved in the dairy side of the operation. Then we started growing pineapples and bananas. What actually did you do upon leaving school? As I said, I went back to the dairy farm, plus the other options of pineapples and bananas. You married in 1959? Yes, I married in 1959. I met Mary over in Caboolture where she was a teacher at Beerwah, a few stations up the line. We were introduced by one of the pillars of the Church up there, Matt McKeown, in 1957, and we were married two years later. It’s the best thing I ever did! I believe you became involved in Rural Youth? Yes, I did become involved in Rural Youth, and I want to pay tribute to my dad who encouraged my brothers and me to become involved. It was a pretty effective means of Adult Education in lots of ways. We learnt how to run meetings, to take part in debates, and to meet a lot of people our own age. We move now into the 1960s. What were the next stages of your life? The next stage of my life was to take over the farm belonging to Mary’s parents who then retired to Sandgate. It was only a small farm, about 118 acres. The background of that is Mary’s grandparents had come out from Germany in 1878, and they took a plot of land there of about 200 acres. But Mary’s grandfather passed away. He had been in the German army, and did not know much about the rural industry. As a widow, all Mary’s grandmother could do was to sell off bits of land, and by the time we took it over, it was relatively small. So I took the view that we had to enlarge and become more efficient. So I began to get involved in the local Queensland Dairy Farmers organization in that area, and my first foray into the industry was when the Dayboro Cooperative lost one of its board members, and I was co-opted by the Board in 1964 to come on board. You spent many years heavily involved in the Dairy Industry as a leader. What gave you the initial spark to move into leadership positions? Well, I became involved as a member of the Board at the Dayboro Co-operative. The industry in that area
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was fairly stable in terms of drinking milk. All our milk was going into drinking milk which was transported to Brisbane. The manufacturing section of that factory was non-existent. So we were double-handling. Thus we took a decision to close the factory. Now that wasn’t very well accepted by the people at Dayboro at the time, but it was the right decision because the cost of double-handling the milk was very high. I had to take a fairly strong view about closing down the Cooperative. Our milk now went straight to Paul’s in South Brisbane. Then you were instrumental in the design and introduction of the Milk Supply Act of 1977. What was this all about? Well, one of the interesting things that happened in the Dairy Industry in my life-time was Britain’s decision to go into the European Common Market in 1973. At that time the Australian dairy industry was producing about seven billion litres. Some milk was going into the drinking milk market organized by the State dairy authorities, and the manufacturing industry was selling some manufactured products. But the rest of it went into the U.K. market at very good prices. But when Britain went into the European Common Market, we had no access anymore. So we had to get our product out into the South-East Asian and Middle East markets, which were poorly-paying markets. In the early 1970s we had in Queensland something like 3000 dairy farmers, only very few of whom were supplying to the drinking milk market around Brisbane. The Milk Supply Act was designed to bring those other people into some access to that market, and, when some people dropped out their access was given to other people. The Act was designed to bring other people in as the market grew, but we had to do it in a structured way. Otherwise we would have had pandemonium. The State Minister with whom we worked was Vic Sullivan, who came from the Western Downs and understood the problem, and the people where he came from relied on export and manufactured products for their income. To give people some better understanding of the situation, the price to a farmer for milk going to drinking milk was about double the price of export milk. So the purpose of the Act was to consolidate the industry and to bring more people into the better paying market. In the early 1980s you had to contend with pressure from New Zealand for whom the Australian domestic market was a very attractive market. In 1983 the Australian government decided to go into closer economic relations (CER) with New Zealand, and what that meant was making Australia and New Zealand a ‘Common Market’. Well, throwing the Australian Dairy Industry into that ‘Common Market’ meant that New Zealanders had about 90% of their milk on the export market, and giving them free access into the Australian market would make a big impact on our industry. It was a very attractive option for New Zealand to divert
product from their low paying export markets into the Australian domestic market with disruptive results. I became involved in the negotiations with the New Zealand industry, together with the New Zealand government and the Australian government, trying to get a proposition whereby we phased it in over a period of time. My proposition was to phase it in between 1983 and 1993. The decision was for a period of over nine years, but we put forward a Memo of Understanding which gave New Zealand steady access into our market at the same rate as the Australian Cheese market expanded. That was done to allow people to adjust to this new situation. All this was done under a Labor Government and in particular with John Kerin, a good mate of mine. In 1985, when I became President, I put to John Kerin a plan, stemming from the fact that there was going to be a big impact on the industry because of very low export prices. We put a proposal to him which he accepted. Later on, we had favourable negotiations with Simon Crean when he was minister. This pressure from New Zealand led into such innovations as the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme. In 1985 you began a long reign as Chairman of this Scheme. Please tell us something about all that, especially the gains to the industry. The Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme (ADHIS) was put into place because we had six State Improvement Schemes, never pulling together, and we needed to rate the performance of every dairy cow in Australia. Sixty percent of all Australian cows are herd-recorded every month, with all the data going into the big computer in Melbourne. From those records we look at the bulls, the sire of those cows, and from there we can estimate the value of the breeding sires. This allows the Australian Dairy Industry to bring in semen from any part of the world. The reason for the Scheme was all about New Zealand. I was making speeches, saying that if we don’t get ourselves into a position where we are efficient against the impact from New Zealand, we won’t survive. The ADHIS at least gave the genetic gain we needed on the dairy herd. Besides that, we were doing a lot of research on dairy cow nutrition and cow handling. The proof of the success of the Scheme can be seen in these figures: Australia produced 5,200 billion litres in 1983; by 1999 that figure had gone to 11.7 billion litres. Along the way, you have received many honours for your involvement in the Dairy Industry. For example, in 1989 you were decorated with the Award of the Companion of St Michael and St George (the CMG). Tell us about that. Out of the blue in 1989 I received a phone call to say that I had been recommended for this award, and to ask whether I was prepared to accept it. It was the hell of a shock. I suspect the Queensland State Government
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put my name forward. That’s an Imperial Award from England, from the Queen, and I was invested here in Government House, Brisbane. My family called it ‘Call Me God’. Your talents were recognized even on the international scene. In 1994, you became chairman of the Dairy Division of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP). What did this entail? At that time I was National President, and we were in the IFAP Dairy division. Elections came up in 1994, at which time we were terribly involved in how the world trade worked. The real issue of my becoming chairman was that I wanted to get my executive people involved in these discussions. I chaired a number of world meetings which were generally held in Geneva, or Brussels, or Paris; the headquarters were in Paris. It was one thing to chair a meeting when everyone is speaking English, another thing when you’ve got a whole swag of people from different countries. In your heavy involvement in the Dairy Industry, besides all the honours received, no doubt there have been many challenges For example, in 1995 there was the crisis stemming from the US subsidy for exports of Skim Milk Powder to some of Australia’s most sensitive markets. You hurried to Washington for that. How was that resolved? That US export of subsidized Skim Milk Powder impinged upon our greatest market of the Philippines, which is still our greatest market for skim milk powder. Bob McMullen was the minister at the time, and he rang me up on one Saturday morning to say that we needed to be in Washington on Monday, and to get on our bike and go. It was very hard to deal with the Americans and the Europeans and the Japanese. They are very powerful in the world trade, and we are fairly small fry. In Washington we had to make our case of how much damage they were doing to our industry. When I came back to Australia and gave my report, someone said that we ‘should punch them up’. But what can you do? At the end of the day, when they were looking at doing these things, they at least gave us notice that they were going to get rid their stocks. I don’t think that we suddenly improved the situation, but we certainly made our point. Another honour occurred when you were awarded the 1996 Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award. Can you remember the particular citation for this Award? The Dutch Agricultural Bank, Rabobank, had moved into Australia a year or two before, and decided to get themselves into the limelight by initiating this Award, and I was staggered to be called to Melbourne one night to receive this joint award with the General Manager of Woolworths, Reg Clair, the CEO of Woolworths. Later on, Rabobank asked me to be on the panel for the selection of the annual winners, a job I did until I got prostate cancer. The citation on this award said something about ‘the promotion of agriculture in a business sense’.
Then in the following year, 1997, you were awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Queensland for your contribution to the Dairy Industry. That must have been a great thrill for you. Yes, that was a big thrill, and I didn’t expect that also. But I had to sing for my supper. I had to make a speech! Mary was there. The whole family was there, in fact. During this time, where were you based? During all of this time, I was based in Queensland, with offices in North Quay. But I was in Melbourne for much of my life. But we had a farm to run, and had to employ people to keep it going. Mary kept it going as foreman on the farm. Despite the fact that I did a lot of travelling in Australia, I told the industry that I would always be back at home at weekends. And I also told the industry, and they accepted, that it would have an increased phone bill because Mary and I would always talk twice a day. After deregulation in mid 2000, it appears that dairy farmers sent drinking milk to processors before knowing the price that would be paid. Has this situation continued? No, it didn’t continue. On 1 July 2000, we did go to a de-regulated price. We were involved in supplying milk to Parmalat, and in the late 90’s I managed to form our region into a group called Premium Milk Propriety Limited, and we managed to get an agreement from the ACCC to enter into collective bargaining arrangements with processors. Today, because of that break-through with the ACCC, we managed to get a collective bargaining authority. Was the deregulation process open to debate before its implementation? Some people will argue that deregulation was not inevitable, but I take a view it was, as I have explained above, with Britain’s entry into the Common Market and with our amalgamation with New Zealand. There were also many pressures from within Australia itself. The industry debated a number of options to lessen the impact of deregulation. Ultimately we were successful in putting to government a $2 billion restructure scheme for producers, a market driven price to producers without increasing the previous regulated price to consumers. This scheme operated over eight years and helped producers cope with the removal of government control of milk prices. Have low prices driven dairy farmers from the land since deregulation? Yes, they have, and my problem in chairing the Dairy Industry across Australia was to say to farmers that prices are going to fall, conditions are going to change, and with the restructure package provided, you can either develop your business and your property to the required standard or you can leave with a bit of dignity. Quite a number of people left with a bit of dignity. After your long years as Chairman of Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme, in 2003 you became Chairman of a brand new body known as Dairy Australia.
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Would you tell us a little about the reasons for the establishment of this body, and about your role in it? Once deregulation took place, you had to ask yourself the question whether you needed all the existing statuary bodies. Everything was statuary, controlled by government. I took the view that we should get outside the strictures of the government, and form a Propriety Limited Company, into which we should put all the research of the ADHIS and the findings of the different groups. We managed to convince the industry that we would be better off going into our Propriety Limited Company, raise our own levy, and elect our own Board. Dairy Australia then adopted the position of a service provider covering all issues previously supplied by statutory bodies.
try to keep people on the farms. You have to tell the people the truth, the reality as I saw it.
So I was going to retire in 2003, but Warren Truss, the Minister, asked me to chair the first years of Dairy Australia. Mary and I had to have a fairly heavy discussion before I accepted. This was probably my most responsible job from the point of view of entering into real commercial law situations. I found myself with legal people on my left at annual meetings, making sure I said all the right things. But I think we set Dairy Australia on a very firm footing. Luckily I had a good team around me, but I wasn’t always universally popular. In the midst of the changes to the industry during my time, I was able to sleep well at night because I felt that what I was doing was right for the industry.
How does the Dairy Industry in Australia stand at the moment? Well, it has taken a bit of a bump with deregulation, despite the $2 billion restructure package paid to producers. It has taken a bump with some pretty bad weather. The water situation in Australia, particularly in the Murray River situation, has damaged the dairy industry. Production has gone from a peak of 11.7 billion litres at the turn of the century to 9.2 at the present time. The numbers are down to 8000 dairy farmers across Australia. This contrasts with 80,000 farmers in the immediate post World War era. I am not able to give production costs for this time because records were not really kept. In 1973 we had 47,000 dairy farmers, with 7 billion litres; today we have 8,000 farmers with 9.2 billion litres.
Upon your retirement in 2006 you were the recipient of the inaugural ADIC Outstanding Service Award at a special breakfast in Melbourne. That must have given you a great deal of satisfaction. This came as a big surprise. It was the occasion of my last chairing of the annual meeting of Dairy Australia. There were nice speeches in my favour and telegrams from important government personnel. Dairy Australia also gave me a dinner. I retired because it was the right time to go. On that occasion also, the ADF CEO, John McQueen, paid tribute to your good wife Mary. She no doubt has been a great support to you in your busy and highly responsible life. The best thing I ever did was marry Mary....seriously. Mary is a farm girl, was reared on a dairy farm; understands the farm life. I could always sit and talk with Mary. We would talk over things together. Mary ran the farm at home when I wasn’t there, and we had a few difficulties with people who didn’t take directions from her too readily, and I had to handle them over the phone. In various media reports I have seen reference to your ability to support a vision for the future. What was your vision throughout? I don’t think that farmers were very well assisted in the system, politically, and market-wise. I went in there to improve that. I also had a vision that you have to move with the times, and to stay ahead of the changes taking place, to anticipate what’s going to happen. I didn’t
I have seen reference to your ability as a leader, to your ability to bring people together, a key element in any successful enterprise. How did you develop this aspect of your leadership? I just did it by degrees. I learnt pretty quickly. I’m a big believer in cups of coffee. Over a cup of coffee, I would sit people down and talk it out. During my time as chairman of Dairy Australia, I went through formal appraisals, which were all part of the deal. I found that surprisingly, I came out pretty well. Admittedly I would have benefitted from early formal training, but I have had to work hard to make up for any lack in this area.
Will faster broadband substantially benefit farmers? Yes, it will. I operate on the net, and so does my wife, with all of our records, our breeding records. The internet is very slow, even at our place, 60 kilometres out of Brisbane. All those farmers submitting their data to the big computer in Melbourne would welcome faster broadband. Farmers are just another part of the business world. I notice that you are a regular attendee at the Ashgrove Reunions. Is this a sign of your loyalty and gratitude? Yes, a bit of both. Ashgrove gave me a grounding in a lot of things that would have been denied otherwise. It was great to come here and be taught by the Brothers. I also have a sense of loyalty to Ashgrove. I fly the flag whenever I can. I even wear the old tie on occasions. If you were asked to address the present generation of students at your Alma Mater, what could you tell them about the prospects of career opportunities in the Dairy Industry? I would tell them about the technology required to run a successful dairy farm: breeding, veterinary, nutrition, cow handling. Beyond the farm gate, at the process level, there are a lot of careers in food technology: quality control, developing new products, and so forth. There are opportunities, but they don’t stand out to the public. Most of the companies in Australia have
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young people in some form of training. What message would you like to hand on to younger generations of today? My own experience would lead to say: Get into something that you like, and then work pretty hard to master it. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the trades as opposed to anything else. I would like more of our younger people to become more active, instead of sitting in front of computers. There are many challenges today which we didn’t have yesterday. Many young people think that Saturday night and ‘getting full’ is a great idea, which could damage their lives forever. I don’t know whether the younger generation is as respectful as they ought to be. You can deal with your own children and grandchildren, but you can’t convert the whole world. I am sure that my own parents did not have enough money to send me through to Senior, and I think that my father was very strong and faithful and he did what he could. My father used to talk about ‘Stickability’, and this was the theme of what I spoke about to the graduates at the university that night. Don’t give in, stick at it. There was a lot of mathematics in what I did, and if I found myself with a complicated sort of plan, I just sat around at night, working it through until I knew it backwards. There was some talk that I might go on to Senior, but I was in the middle of the class. I think that the thing that helped me the most was getting into Rural Youth and being involved in some of the rural activities. I started off in this being a little shy. I had to get rid of shyness to do what I did. As I got older, I got a bit bolder. There are people who remember me when I was chairman of ADIC and Dairy Australia as saying: “If we were writing to somebody with a hard-luck story, I would ring up that person and say that I want you to read what I am going to write, and then to come and discuss it with me.” There’s nothing worse than nasty surprises by mail. And my staff would say: “Mr Rowley won’t sign this. He will want to talk to the person first.” I think those little tricks do work. And I am big on the cups of coffee........so I had a Cappuccino Fund, as jokingly referred to by my friends. Do you have hobbies? What do you do to relax? Not a hell of a lot. I played a fair game of tennis, despite the fact I never played at Ashgrove. We had a court at home. Mary loves cows. You do become fond of cows, of breeding cows, and getting good results, and doing it well and I guess that was our hobby and partnership. Is there anything further you would like to say? I think that I have said most things I wanted to say. Summing up, I am grateful for the couple of years I had at Ashgrove; I think they helped me to stand on my own two feet. Nobody in the academic field would remember Pat Rowley, but I have quoted Br Cyprian
a few times. I mentioned Br Cyprian in my university speech, along with my father, as two great influences on my life. I think of Br Cyprian as a person of great faith, something he spelt out very often to the boys. I think he would have been one of the first Greenies. Do you remember his complaining about the quarry over there? He would say that it was like the boy who had the backside out of his trousers. Then I remember my father’s insistence on issues like punctuality. He would say, “It’s really unkind to be late because it means you think your time is more valuable than the other person’s.”
Conclusion I thank you for your valuable time today. Even though you say though ‘nobody in the academic field’, your family and your fiends do, the Dairy Industry in Australia, if the world world, does, and on behalf of all Ashgrove Old Boys I congratulate you on the person you have allowed yourself to be, and on your great achievements on behalf of the dairy farmers everywhere. We also honour you in our own simple way.
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CUR RTAIN RAISSER TO AU USTRALIA VS V SOUTH AFRICA SATURDA AY 2 JUNE 19 956 MARIST BRO OTHERS ROSA ALIE (Colours: Cerise C and Blu ue) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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FROM M RUGBY Y UNION NEWS, 7-8 7 AUGU UST 1971 DES RID DLEY MATC CH On Exhibition Wednesday Queenssland will plaay Australian Services in the Lieutenaant Des Ridleey memorial match. Dees Ridley wass a fine all-ro ound sportsm man who played for Queeensland in th he fifties. Dees was an am mateur boxingg champion aand a fine ath hlete in addition to his foo otball prowesss. He was caaptain of the e Army first grade g side and Queensland and was in peak form when w tragicallly killed in a road acciden nt. The annual encounter between thee teams has b become a top p event on th he local Rugbyy calendar an nd is a worth hy tribute to a grand Rugbyy stalwart. FROM THE BLUE & GO OLD 1955 Special mention must be given to Des D Ridley, captain and maainstay of thee 1st XV. With hout this toweer of strengtth, Ashgrove e would havee been stranded in somee very awkwaard situations. Ridley waas always th he dominatin ng figure on the field, an nd particularlly against the GPS schoo ols he led an nd inspired his h team with h crashing an nd deadly tackling and po owerful peneetrating runs. His years of o experiencce in the Ashggrove 1st XV were w seen in the t many tacctical movemeents which hee started. Ad dd to this hiss great goal-kicking ability and it is not h hard to see why w Ashgrove did so well in n the football. Another tribute t to Des – This yearr he was runn ner-up in the e “Telegraph”” Rugby Union Blues pickeed out of all Queensland schools. s The last person p from Ashgrove to get a place in the Blue Awards in 19 953 (Des Con nnor) is now a promisingg State half-b back and likely candidate for the Austrralian Rugby Union team. So the 1st XV X and everyyone at Ashgrrove say, “Go to it, Des. We’ll W be watch hing.” Pastoral care att Marist Colleege Ashgrovee is organised d around a syystem of eigh ht Hou uses for boys in i Years 8 to 12 and provid ded by the Heead of House and tutors. Davvid Meehan (1 1977) is the current c Head of House for Ridley, nameed in honour of Des Ridley (1955 5)
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Country Visits
Old Boys – Kevin Paterson (2004); Stephen Paterson (2005); Tom Williams (2008); Ned Poschelk (2009) and Alex Jagers (2005) with Tim Baldwin.
Carl Curtain ‘02, Tim Baldwin and Laurence Curtain ‘98.
Peter McLoughlin, Headmaster, with the Bassani family during the Cairns visit this year. Laurence Curtain ‘98 and twin brother Patrick ‘98.
PNG CHAMPAGNAT TRUST LUNCHEON The PNG Champagnat Trust luncheon was held on 1st October 2010. Special guests Steve Renouf (Rugby League legend) and Will Genia (Wallaby halfback and Reds Captain) entertained the participants. Old Boy (1994) Emmanuel Narokobi assisted with the organisation. Tufi Dive Resort and Airlines PNG Limited were the major sponsors and provided a most valued holiday as a special prize. The College Headmaster, Mr Peter McLoughlin, and Head of Ephrem House, Mr Tony Byrne, also attended the lunch. From small things big things grow and the College is excited about building on the lunch next year to provide funds for bursaries to needy PNG families. WAYNE HANSEN COLLEGE FOUNDATION MANAGER
From left to right: Emmanuel Narokobi (1994); Steve Renouf; Wayne Hansen (1972); Peter Diezmann (1970) and Peter McLoughlin.
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RACE DAY 2010 There were a few anxious moments prior to the 2010 Race Day. The weather of the preceding days had made ‘punters’ a little nervous, however the weather cleared and apart from the windy conditions members of the College community gathered at the sold-out event at the “Laboratory” at Eagle Farm Race Course. Those in attendance again enjoyed the company of fellow race goers as well as the surrounds of the venue. The food and service was again enjoyed and complimented the ambience that this particular venue has to offer. There appeared to be a few “skilled” punters on the day who had previously done their homework as they were meticulously marking out their form guides and then there were those who just either like the name of the horse or the colours worn by the jockeys. Either way it resulted in cheers going up when the winners past the post.
Left to right: Peter Casey (Vice-President Old Boys Association); Wayne Hansen (College Foundation Manager); Peter McLoughlin (Headmaster) and Br John Thompson (Director, Lavalla Centre Rosalie).
It appeared that everyone enjoyed themselves on the day and I believe that next year’s day will be just as successful. My thanks to those who were a part of the day and especially to those guests who returned again this year. Your continuing support ensures that the Race Day will provide the opportunity for members of the College community to mingle with each other in a social atmosphere. Sean HARKIN
Lisa HARKIN, Maria HARKIN, Stephanie GRIGORAS, Lucy HARKIN, Robyn LEVER, Patricia HARKIN, Christine FRENCH.
SPECIAL VISITOR
TO THE COLLEGE Jack Miller visited the College recently for morning tea with friends Morna and Bryan Kassulke (1952). Jack, now 97, served his apprenticeship as a plasterer on The Tower Block and passed on some very interesting history of its construction to Headmaster, Peter McLoughlin.
Morna Kassulke, Jack Miller, Bryan Kassulke and Peter McLoughlin (Headmaster).
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DANIEL LESTER (2008) Emerging Albany Creek swimmer Daniel Lester was faced with a tough decision last year. The 19-year-old could continue training in Australia, juggling his swimming with long bus trips to QUT for university studies, or take up a scholarship at an American college to see how far he could go in the sport. Daniel went with the latter, and after his first season with the Division 1 University of Wisconsin, said it was the best decision of his life. He competed at the prestigious National Collegiate Athletics Association championships and in his three months in Australia between academic years, showed his improved form with a silver medal in the 100m butterfly at the Australian short course championships. Daniel was “shocked” with his two-second personal best and said his time in the US was responsible. “I’m really happy I took the opportunity. It was a big risk but I’ve been blown away,” he said. “I was at Albany Creek under (coach) John Rodgers for five years. Just before he went to the University of
Toronto, I started thinking about my options and then the squad started to deteriorate and this came up.” The former Marist College Ashgrove student admitted the culture shock of living on a 40,000-student campus and meeting the expected pass mark of 75 per cent for his business course was initially tough. But in and out of the pool, Daniel was “gob-smacked” by the help he received. “The way they treat college sport there is unbelievable. It’s just mind-blowing,” he said. “It’s a completely different life. There’s a thing called the Fetzer Centre just for athletes, where there are unlimited resources with tutors, printers, laptops, whatever, there’s no reason not to pass.” Daniel returned to America in August with three years left of his scholarship. “My ultimate goal is to make an Australian team. Ever since I was a kid I looked up to those guys” he said.
JOSH MCKINNON (2009) Josh McKinnon returned from Korea recently with a couple of significant additions to his trophy cabinet.
he didn’t disappoint by claiming gold in the Power Breaking division. Josh, who trains at Jung Hwa Taekwondo at Norman Park, then backed up his efforts by claiming a bronze in the sparring division to cap off a successful campaign.
The 18-year-old was one of three Queenslanders who competed at the Taekwondo ITF world championships and
Prior to leaving, Josh told Westside News his mum could often be heard from the sidelines urging him to keep his hands up. He obviously took note and put in a stellar display in his maiden event in national colours. It was a successful meet overall for the 30-strong
MICHAEL BOHL (1979)
CONGRATULATIONS
Michael has another batch of international gold medallists on his books after a stellar campaign by his St. Peter’s Western swimmers at the Commonwealth Games.Yolane Kukla (50m freestyle) and Megan Nay (200m backstroke) sensationally won individual gold, while Ryan Napoleon, Kenrick Monk and Nay all won relay gold. Well done Michael!
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Sport 2010
AIC AGGREGATE PLACINGS 2010
VILLA SPLC SLC SPC SEC PADUA IONA ASH
Cricket 2 8 3 6 7 5 4 1
Volleyball 6 8 4 2 1 7 3 5
Swimming 6 3 4 5 8 7 2 1
Rugby 6 8 3 7 4 5 2 1
Football 3 6 1 8 7 5 4 2
Cross Country 5 8 4 1 6 7 2 3
Basketball 3 8 2 4 1 6 7 5
Tennis 5 2 7 4 3 6 8 1
Track & Field 5 8 6 3 2 7 1 4
AIC 1ST TEAM AGGREGATE PLACINGS 2010 (Points in Brackets)
VILLA SPLC SLC SPC SEC PADUA IONA ASH
1st XI Cricket 3 (39) 7 (30) 2 (40) 8 (23) 6 (32) 4 (36) 5 (33) 1 (47)
1st VI Volleyball 5 (13) 8 (1) 4 (19) 3 (21) 2 (24) 7 (7) 6 (12) 1 (28)
Open Swimming 4 (73) 2 (85) 3 (75.5) 6 (54) 8 (25) 7 (35.5) 5 (67) 1 (103)
1st XV Rugby 1 (14) 8 (0) 2 (10) 5 (6) 4 (8) 5 (6) 7 (2) 2 (10)
1st XI Football 5 (8) 4 (10) 3 (11) 8 (1) 6 (6) 2 (16) 6 (6) 1 (21)
Open Cross Country 1 (43) 8 (265) 7 (174) 3 (132) 2 (123) 5 (137) 6 (167) 4 (135)
1st V Basketball 6 (6) 8 (0) 1 (10) 7 (4) 4 (8) 1 (10) 1 (10) 4 (8)
1st IV Tennis 7 (3) 2 (11) 3 (9) 5 (5) 4 (7) 7 (3) 5 (5) 1 (13)
Open Track & Field 1 (131.5) 8 (66.5) 7 (71) 4 (101.5) 2 (125.5) 5 (91) 3 (121) 6 (83.5)
AIC TENNIS Marist College Ashgrove won its 14th aggregate title in 16 years (1995-1998, TAS) and the Open A’s won their fourth successive title in 2010. Only Villanova has won more, winning in 1975-1981 and then 1983-1986. Congratulations to the players and coaches who won 7 premierships (Open A, B, C, 16B, 14A, 14B, 13B). 3 teams were runners-up – 15A, 15B, 13A while 16A finished third. The successful coaching panel included
Allan Say (Open A); Damien Nelson/Mike Thompson (Open B/C); Oliver Jones, Old Boy 2005 (U16); Tom Hogarth, Old Boy 2009 (U15); Isaac Murphy ,Old Boy 2008 (U14); Matt Greig, Old Boy 2008, (U13). Well done to all! Chris Mahoney (1990) who played 1st IV tennis for three years is now an integral member of Tennis Australia’s High Performance Management Team and is based in Melbourne.
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