Edmund Rice Day ____________________________Page

On Friday 22 March the College celebrated Edmund Rice Day, our College Feast Day. The day began with Mass celebrated by Fr Michael Twigg with the assistance of several student leaders. The ceremony focused on the four touchstones giving ideals authentically linked with the Charism of Blessed Edmund Rice - Justice and Solidarity, Inclusive Community, Gospel Spirituality and Liberating Education. The annual Edmund Rice Day Cross-Country/Walkathon was then held, followed by a celebratory lunch. The afternoon was fi lled with student activities which created a great deal of interest. These included the traditional Edstock - battle of the bands. Seven bands lined up to compete for the Edstock Trophy. This was a keenly fought contest with every band performing very well. A wide variety of genres was on display; from metal to swing and everything in between. Audience support was evident and all the boys were well supported. The stand out performance of the day was from ‘Rycka’, Riley Harman and Macka Heard. They featured a great balance of both voice and instruments. When not listening to the bands in the ‘Quad’, students were getting involved with the popular sumo challenge, longest slide, battle ball, gladiator challenge along with many other games and activities. It made for a very festive atmosphere. The day came to a fi nish with Year 7 student Thu Sa La winning the Edmund Rice Day Gift race on Zampatti Oval as well as the annual staff v student Gaelic football match. After many years of defeat, the staff team fi nally managed to pull off a win - much to the dismay of the students! The day, through donation and sponsorship, raised $45,832.55 for projects in Uganda, Africa and here in Australia with funds going to Edmund Rice Camps for children in need. We thank everyone who raised money through sponsorship or made a donation towards the day.

Edmund Rice Day Cross Country House Results Edmund Rice Day Cross Country Results

PLACE U 13 U 14 U15 U 16 U 17 SENIOR

JORDAN JORDAN FOLEY FOLEY BUTLER BUTLER BROPHY BROPHY U13 394 228 96 96 U14 529 342 221 145 U15 369 333 376 276 U16 278 507 256 234 U17 371 220 395 288 VCE 251 320 279 404

Total 2192 1950 1623 1443

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

1st DOYLE MADIGAN HUGH MCMAHON MICHAEL BONGIORNO JAKE WILIAMSON JAMES MCDONALD LACHLAN DILLON 2nd HARRY HOCKLEYSAMON CHRISTIAN DAVIS THOMAS FOLEY JACK HOCKLEYSAMON JAMES EDWARDS JEANPAUL DUMONT 3rd LEWIS ANTONAC JACK BROGDEN ZACHARY BARR BAILEY BIGGS NICHOLAS BRANDIMARTI CONOR GUINA 4th FRASER MURRAY ANGUS MCKINNON THOMAS KIDD KARL SENFTLEBEN SHANE VAN DEN NOUWLAND WILLIAM HARDIMAN 5th BAXTER MENSCH DAVID HANDLEY PETER ATTARD PATRICK KELLEHER JACK BRODRICK CORY JONES 6th BRODIE DENNEY MICHAEL KAVENAGH BENJAMIN MCNAMARA MICHAEL MCAULIFFE JACK VISINTIN JAYDEN BRACH 7th SAMUEL WALSH BRAYDEN HAM THOMAS DIXON NATHAN DILLON JOSHUA RICE CHRISTIAN O’HALLORAN 8th LACHLAN DENNEY CHARLIE LANG ANDREW MCNEEL SAMUEL PLUMMER TOM CAUDULLO SAMUEL DARLEY 9th LIAM DRAPER MASON FRASER NED HARRIS EAMON ANDERSON DARCY BOWLES-CASEMORE JAKE SYKES 10th PAUL KANELLOS HARVEY RYAN AUSTIN HUMPHREY SAMUEL HOARE ASHLEY GILLESPIE BENJAMIN THRELFALL 11th THOMAS KEAST LOGAN MITCHELL DANIEL SPENCE THOMAS SESAR JACOB NGAWATI JACKSON THOMAS 12th BENJAMIN FRASER JAYSON TOMICIC BLAKE ROBINSON SEAN WHELAN NICHOLAS SWAIN CHARLES BREEN 13th WILLIAM ROWE CHARLIE BRITTON PATRICK DOWLING ADAM WALSH AIDAN SANCHEZ JACOB LANE 14th DECLAN FENTON ZACHARY WALTER AUSTIN WALKER KEEGAN ROBERTSON JORDAN STONE RILEY HENRY 15th REEF DAVIE JACK PURCELL JACK SCARLETT MATTHEW BIRD MATTHEW MILANOVIC HARRY RAWLINGS WINNER OF THE EDMUND RICE GIFT: Thu Sa La