College Houses What a year it’s been! Success runs in the veins of anyone who becomes inducted into the Foley family at the start of their Joey’s life. We started the year at the much anticipated swimming sports. With a healthy second to start off our year the Foley boys knew there were bigger things to come. The spirit of competition was inevitably depicted by all members from Years 7-12. Foley’s specialty event was to follow with high expectations leading into the Athletics Carnival. A win saw Foley soar back to the top of the table with a dominant performance. With a championship in sight as the year closes, there’s nothing better than finishing our time knowing we were a part of the Foley family. - Jack Walters, Foley House Captain
The first house sporting event of 2016 was the annual swimming carnival held in February. The Joey’s boys headed down to Kardinia pool to once again battle for the coveted Swim Sports shield. Despite the all round domination of Jordan house’s very own William Paatch, winning the Year 12 age champion, the boys of Butler house once again left the pool victorious. Following the swim sports, the St Joseph’s boys took to track and field to fight for the overall Athletics Champion title. Once again the Foley Falcons proved too strong for the rest, coming out overall victors and claiming the Athletics shield. The final event was Cross Country held on Edmund Rice Day. Barwon River hosted what was a spectacular of all round participation from SJC students. Surprisingly, Jordan, a house plagued by poor performance, came out triumphant. Thank you to the continuous efforts of Mr Lynch and Mrs Gleeson in what has overall been a great year in leadership. It has been an honour to lead the Sharks in 2016 and to all those in younger years I encourage seeking out a position in leadership. Samuel Ridgway – Butler House Captain
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The Brophy Bees have had an outstanding year in 2016. We had a tough start placing last in the Swimming Sports. This was followed by third placings in both the Athletics and Cross Country events. Sport at SJC is all about participation. The Bees picked up their game half way through the year with a lot of participation in the other areas that offer house points. The sports teams and Big Fish production have hopefully pushed the team over the line in the end. With 2016 coming to a close all I can say is Thank You.To all the young aspiring bees run harder, swim faster and push for longer. The hard work will pay off, have a great pre-season heading into 2017 and the brutal Brophy bees will be on top once again. - Jack Blood, Brophy House Captain
Beginning the year with the swimming competition we looked strong with several boys winning their overall age groups; however, disappointingly, the lack of participation from many let us down, meaning that Jordan House sadly finished third. Heading into the second sports competition of the year, the 8 house captains became overnight internet sensations after the release of their high quality athletics promotional video. While Jordan had the two best performances in the video, unfortunately the boys couldn’t pull through on Athletics day itself with an overall performance putting us in last place. Finishing the year we experienced Mr Holt shedding a few tears on the side line as the Jordan faithful flew to the top and smashed the cross country. Winning comfortably, our very own captain Liam Higgins took out the competition in his final year in the race. Overall the Jordan Boys are renowned for having a go. Well done.- Will Paatsch, Jordan Deputy Captain 2016 The Foley Falcons have withstood a Term 4 fight-back from the Butler Sharks to claim the 2016 Adam Bryant Shield by just 11 points! GO FOLEY!
