Flashback Friday // For fifty years, the age-old rivalry between Day Boys and Boarders extended to an old scholars’ football match during Old Scholars’ Week.

These friendly, but hard-fought, matches are fondly remembered by those who played in them. For this month’s article in the Stock Journal, we caught up with former boarders Bruce Newman (1949) and Maurice Wakefield (1948), who recalled playing in the early 1950s, and David Davies in the early 1970s.

Pictured here is David’s grandson, city boy Evan (Year 8), reading his grandfather’s words with country mate Angus Hodges (Year 8, Banoon Station via Mildura, NSW).

You can read the full story here: https://bit.ly/city_vs_country

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Congratulations to old scholar Alex Hill, profiled in today’s Advertiser, on his journey from the Riverland to Olympic Gold, as stroke of the men’s coxless four! An outstanding achievement and a proud moment for our community🥇

There are two other interesting PAC connections with this year’s Australian rowing program.

Our former Director of Rowing, Andrew Randell, who coached Alex during his time at the College, coached yesterday’s bronze medal winning women’s quad scull.

Old Scholar Brian Richardson OAM (1965) was the Chair of Selectors for rowing.

Congratulations to all involved! 👏🇦🇺

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Best of luck to our Year 11 boys participating in The Royal Australian Chemical Institute International Chemical Quiz today! The ICQ, which challenges students to extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the curriculum, attracts participation from students in more than 20 counties around the world 🧪

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Back to school 2.0! Challenging times, but great to have the boys back on campus! ❤️

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One to watch! Good luck to old scholar Alexander Hill (2010), who competes in the rowing men’s coxless four final at 10:40am this morning, having achieved the fastest qualifying time. 🤞

Update: Gold!! 🥇 An outstanding achievement!!

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Congratulations everyone on a great first day of remote learning! We are incredibly proud of how our staff and students have adapted, and grateful to our families for their support today ❤️

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