Month: April 2025

Rosebowl Rowing Back to Back Win

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Intercol sport so far in 2025 has been a thrilling ride. The Rosebowl Rowing Team have retained the cup in a race dominated by the St Paul’s Crew in the last 100m on 9 April at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith. The team of Harry Scambler (coach), Greta Bourne (coach), Bow: Grace Merrilees, 2: Ella Ramsay, 3: Grace Anderson, 4: Anya Koturanova, 5: Grace Charge, 6: Libby Carey, 7: Jaime Lock, Stroke: Frankie Richards, and Cox: Bridget Pye went stroke for stroke against a powerful St Andrew’s crew beating them by 3.7 seconds with a time of 7:15.1.

For the Rawson team disappointment after five years of back-to-back triumphs in the Rowing surrendering the ‘bronze pot’ to St John’s who beat our crew by 4.2 seconds. Great effort from the team of John Kenny (coach), Gus Gregg (coach), Bow: Tom Wait, 2: Jack Dawson, 3: Noah Mattani, 4: Luka Mattani, 5: Ethan Henderson, 6: Hunter Hyde, 7: Matt Young, 8: Iwo Ellis, Cox: Will Chang and Reserve: Piers Mendel.

There was a great result in the Mixed event with the St Paul’s crew edging out St Jonh’s by just 2.2 seconds taking first place for the second consecutive year.

Rowing results

  • Rosebowl: 1st St Paul’s 7:15.1 | 2nd St Andrew’s 7:18.8 +3.7 | 3rd St John’s 7:26.5 +11.4 | 4th Wesley 7:36.4 +21.3 | 5th Women’s 7:49.4 +34.3 | 6th Sancta 7:54.9 +39.8.
  • Rawson Cup: 1st St John’s 6:06.4 | 2nd St Paul’s 6:10.6 +4.2 | 3rd St Andrew’s 6:20.2 +13.8 | 4th Wesley 6:55.4 +49.0
  • Mixed: 1st St Paul’s 3:24.0 | 2nd St John’s 3:26.2 +2.2 | 3rd Wesley 4:09.0 +45.0 | 4th St Andrew’s 4:58.9 +1.34.9.

Cumulative Point scores:

  • Rosebowl: St Andrew’s 21 | Women’s 19 | St Paul’s 17 | St John’s 10 | Wesley 5 | Sancta 3
  • Rawson Cup: St John’s 19 | St Paul’s 11 | Wesley 9 | St Andrew’s 9

Union Reunion

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On the night of 5 April 2025 the Union held a black tie dinner-dance at the College which brought together 160 Paulines and friends with large groups of freshers of 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2005.

The St Paul’s College Union is planning that this April date will become the regular annual event for current and old Paulines and their partners.

Intercol Swimming

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The Rosebowl Swimming was convened by Alice Radford and Anoushka Cayzer and after a thrilling carnival at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre St Paul’s Rosebowl Swimming team came in 3rd overall. Congratulations to Lola Cayzer who came 2nd overall in the diving, Victoria de Costobardie 2nd in 400m freestyle and Matilda Wittenoom 2nd in 50m breaststroke. Point scores were: Women’s on 360; St Andrew’s on 293; St Paul’s on 256; Sancta on 234; Wesley on 223; and St John’s on 191.

The Rawson Swimming was convened by Archie Taylor and Mason O’Brien. The St Paul’s 4x50m freestyle relay team came in first but the tournament went to St John’s on a massive 237 points, ahead of St Andrew’s on 177, Wesley on 160 and St Paul’s on 151. 

After the first two competitions:

  • Rosebowl: Women’s 18; St Andrew’s 14; St Paul’s 8; St John’s 5 and Sancta 3.
  • Rawson Cup: St John’s 12; Wesley 8; St Paul’s 6, St Andrew’s 6.

Holy Week Services at St Paul’s

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All members of the College, their families and friends as well as members of the public are warmly welcome to attend any of our worship services in the College Chapel. In Holy Week especially participation in chapel is encouraged for any of the following services:

  • Sunday 13 April, 5.30 pm: Palm Sunday Holy Communion
  • Monday 14 April, 8.30 am: Morning Prayer
  • Tuesday 15 April, 8.30 am: Morning Prayer
  • Tuesday 15 April, 5.15 pm: Choral Evensong with the College Chapel Choir and Organists, guest preacher the College’s Official Visitor, His Grace The Most Rev’d Kanishka Raffel, Archbishop of Sydney
  • Wednesday 16 April, 8.30 am: Morning Prayer
  • Thursday 17 April, 8.30 am Morning Prayer
  • Thursday 17 April, 12.00 noon: Maundy Thursday Holy Communion
  • Friday 18 April, 10.00 am Morning Prayer and the Litany followed by The Passion Narrative from John’s Gospel
  • Sunday 20 April, 10.00 am: Easter Day Holy Communion

For those attending the pedestrian gate at 9 City Rd Camperdown will be open prior to services to allow access into the College grounds.

John Gaden at the Seymour Centre

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John Gaden AO is one of the country’s leading actors who cut his teeth as a member of Mummers when he was at Paul’s 1959-61. He has been on stage and screen for the last 60 years and at 83 is performing with the Sport for Jove Theatre Company at the Seymour Centre this March-April in The Player Kings. This is a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, and Richard III by Damien Ryan Founder and director of the company. The Player Kings is staged over two epic performances during the season from 26 March to 5 April 2025.

“The story glances backward to the journey from Richard II to Richard III, in order to thrust our gaze forward to how political systems collapse and societies devour their own potential” (Seymour Centre), and John says of Damien Ryan’s creativity: “He has an extraordinary sort of understanding of the way Shakespeare works and the way it can be bridged across to a modern world without in any way destroying the fabulous sort of language and structure Shakespeare gives it; so he’s the ideal person to be directing Shakespeare and it’s a joy to work with! I mean it’s inspirational, actually.” (Honi Soit)

Some of the finest actors of Shakespeare in Australia present a hugely inventive and genuinely immersive experience. In the tradition of Shakespear’s Globe Theatre the play is performed on the York stage at Seymour Centre.

As a student John Gaden captivated the College community with his presence and wit. In The Paulines of the time his creative writing was published under “JSG” on several occasions and he was applauded as “the most consistently excellent” (The Pauline 1960) alongside Philip Clifton-Bligh in the Mummers production of Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow in 1960, a production very positively reviewed by the SMH.

John’s life has so many highlights and the statistics tell the story of a very rewarding career. He performed leading roles in 146 plays between 1961 and 2019 with 13 roles in 1970 alone. His Filmography includes roles in Muriel’s Wedding and 21 other motion pictures, and his TV roles span 1968 to 2022 in 19 productions including ABC’s Fisk, Rake, Mother and Son and Crawford Productions Homicide on Chanel 7.

John is one of the most distinguished Paulines who has been honoured on many occasions including AM in 1986, promotion to AO in 2018, and Helpmann Awards in 2001, 2005 and 2007.