SCOTS PGC PSA Newsletter | August Edition

August | 2022 Edition

Compiled by Katie Coleman | SCOTS PGC College Past Student Officer

Welcome SCOTS PGC Collegians!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

The College community has celebrated lots of great sports people this last month. From gold medals to debut performances -we are very proud of all our past students and the current students who are coming through the ranks with their recent achievements.

The College hosted its annual Inter-Clan Athletics Carnival where many records were broken! A special shout out to Adrian Estwick, who still holds one of the longest records at the school.

Check out page 6 for details of some of the other longstanding records that remain unbroken.

We have a special section highlighting some of our Past student descendants. It’s wonderful to see the next generation of SCOTS PGC students coming through achieving great things!

October is just around the corner... and the big event that everyone has been waiting for is our Past Student Reunion Weekend. Don’t forget to book your tickets - whether you’re frocking up for a day at the races or coming to the traditional reunion dinner, we hope to see you!

As always, if you have news to share, please contact us - we would love to hear from you Class of 2012

Meet your Past Student Secretary | Roxana Paterson Upcoming Past Student Events Updates from Past Students and what they’re up to News from the College and the Foundation Descendants Highlights Photo galleries

SCOTS PGC Past Students Reunion Weekend 8-9 October 2022 SATURDAY 10.00 am | PGC Campus (Locke St) Tour 11.00 am | SCOTS PGC Campus (Oxenham St) Tour 12.00 pm | Picnic in the Junior School playground BYO your own picnic and be entertained by the SCOTS PGC Pipes and Drums Followed by the choice of one of our two main events: 1.00 pm | Warwick Cup Races ‘Tartan & Tweed’ Ticket price - $75 Tickets include 4 Complimentary drinks Gourmet Grazing Platter VIP Marque Bus pick up from select Hotels (for a gold coin donation) - see list below ** OR 6.00 pm | Past Student Reunion Dinner Des Davey Dining Hall Ticket price - $75 Tickets include Two Course meal ( Main and Dessert) One complimentary drink on arrival SUNDAY 7:30 am | P&F Golf Day Tee off from 8 am 9.30 am | Chapel Service followed by morning tea and unveiling of Kingswood Memorial Stone

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS & REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE

Meet your PSA Secretary

ROXANA PATERSON CLASS OF 2002 Roxana Paterson attended SCOTS PGC from 1998 to 2002. Roxana’s grandmother, Florence McIntosh, attended PGC in the 1920s, and cousins Mary and Matthew Paterson were here in the 1990s.

Since graduating from SCOTS PGC in 2002, Roxana went on study a Bachelor of Natural Resource Economics, Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and Spanish) and Master of Social Science (Social Planning), all at The University of Queensland (UQ) in St Lucia.

Roxana has been the Deputy Principal and Dean of Students at Grace College, UQ, for the last ten years. Grace College is an on-campus residential college within The University of Queensland and, in 2021, made an historical change from being an all-women’s college to the first gender inclusive College at UQ. Roxana became a Director and Secretary of the SCOTS PGC PSA in late 2020.

Roxana and her husband Steve welcomed their beautiful daughter, Isabelle Rose Begg-Paterson, earlier this year.

SUNSET DRINKS On Saturday 13 August, the SCOTS PGC Past Students Association hosted a Sunset drinks event in Brisbane at Byblos. Thank you to all who came along to support the PSA. It was a fantastic afternoon catching up over cocktails and great company!

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When we leave the green gates we often wonder what our old classmates are doing and how they’re getting on. Our student profile section ‘Did you know?’ provides short snippets of SCOTS PGC graduates and what they’re up to.

DEMI HAYES | CLASS of 2015 Congratulations to Demi Hayes and the Aussie 7s team for coming home with Gold!

Demi was the captain of the Australian Womens Rugby 7s team who were victorious over Fiji at the Birmingham Commonwealth games.

NEIL DAVIDSON | Class of 1999 Neil Davidson is co-owner and founder of CLANDESTINE DESIGN GROUP - a product design and innovation consultancy, focused on designing and bringing next generation products, services and experiences to market.

Neil and his company work collaboratively with a number of high profile organisations and were recently showcased on Australia By Design on Channel 10.

Click the link to hear a Q & A interview with Neil: https://youtu.be/T68cRJzaJ9U

EMILY BASS | CLASS of 2015 Emily Bass is a former top-class hurdler who has been added to the Broncos roster this year. She has played rugby for the Queensland Reds and will no doubt bring plenty of speed and agility to the game!

Click the link to watch Emily talk about her career so far https://fb.watch/fdkCwSyvfb/

ATHLETICS RECORDS! Past student, Adrian Estwick was quite the runner... Did you know that his 1500m Open Boys and 800m Open Boys records still stand? These were set in 1970! There are many records from back in the day that remain in tact. Here a just a few: High Jump - Open Boys | N Mack 1975 (1.97m) High Jump - Open Girls | M Hade 1987 (1.6m) 100m Hurdles - Open Girls | P Filmer 1976 (00:15.10) 200m - Open Boys | R Imhoff 1976 (00:23.30) 200m - Open Girls | L Barry 1976 (00:27.40) 400m - 14 year Girls | A Sprott 1976 (00:66.30) Shot Put - 14 year Boys (4kg) | S Reis 1976 (14.47m) Long Jump - Open Boys | B Mungall 1987 (6.41m) Javelin - 14 year Boys (700g) | C Moore 1988 (41.18m)

LOUW WIID | Class of 2018 Louw’s most memorable experiences at SCOTS PGC were being part of the First XV and being coached under Willie Liebenberg. The rugby season was filled with many wins and losses; in the end, finishing runners-up in the finals in 2018 was a true highlight.

Louw’s passion for rugby stayed with him out of school, and he returned to rugby in 2020, but this time as a coach for SCOTS Under 13s’. Whilst continuing his passion for rugby through being a player and coach, Louw is also reaching the end of his university degree and will be a Registered Nurse by early next year.

Thank you to all the past students who called in to say hello while we were out and about in Gunnedah and Moree. It’s so nice to run into past students almost everywhere we go!

FROM THE COLLEGE Celebrating Book Week

DREAMING WITH EYES OPEN | Our favourite book characters leapt off the pages right into our classrooms with the annual Book Week dressup assemblies. From Hermione Granger to Alice in Wonderland’s white rabbit, our students from Prep through to Year 12 really embraced the opportunity to ‘Dream with their eyes wide open’ and revel in all the joy that is ‘Book Week’.

SCOTS Rugby | On a winning path This year’s First XV earned themselves a spot in the Grand Final of the Darling Downs Super Schools Cup against Faith Lutheran College. The competition draws players from surrounding Independant schools who are not in the GPS competition. Competing schools have a great love and affiliation with rugby and are keen to grow and develop their players. Congratulations to the boys on a wonderful season! Our 13s and 15s narrowly missed making their respective Grand Finals after solid semi-finals performances.

We’re looking forward to the 2023 season.

From The Foundation May 2022 floods saw Briggs Oval caught in the deep, and our iconic picket fence has pulled up stumps and declared it’s time to retire.

We ask you to whack a few 6s our way and help us achieve the required run rate to ensure a new innings is played.

HIGHLIGHTS | Past Student descendants

Anyone who knows Robert Auger (Class of 1993) is well aware of his love of rugby and passion for the game.

This year his son, Will, played his first season in the SCOTS PGC Rugby First XV - a special occasion for both Robert and Will!

This year we celebrated Jesse Bohm’s success on gaining selection in the U18 Queensland Schoolboys Rugby Union squad who played their National competition in Sydney during July. Jesse is son of Helen Bohm (nee Hughes and Class of 1998).

Rory Macfarlane, son of Dugald MacFarlane (Class of 1984) has just returned home from a 5-week tour of Scotland playing as part of the Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band. Rory played 26 shows the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as well many other competitions during his time there.

Please get in touch with Past Student Administrator - Katie Coleman (07 4666 9887 | kate.coleman@scotspgc.com.au) to share any updates on life events and special achievements since leaving the College.