Scotch Reports Issue 164 (December 2015)

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Football
The 2015 season was a successful year for
the Scotch Old Collegians Football Club with
all three grades making the finals for the first
time since 2006.
The A grade had an excellent run of form
late in the season to finish 5th after the minor
rounds. After beating a very good SPOC side
by 8 goals in round 18, the A grade couldn’t
continue their march into September, losing
to a strong Modbury outfit in the qualifying
final. SOCFC would like to congratulate Tom
Broderick, Daniel Cahill and Scott Spriggs for
being selected in the 2015 SAAFL Division
2 Team of the Year. Tom was also named as
captain for the side. SOCFC would like to
congratulate Scott for also being awarded the A
grade Best and Fairest. The A grade coach, Ian
Steele, has confirmed that he will be coaching
again in 2016. SOCFC would like thank Ian for
the amount of work he has done over the past
year and look forward to what will hopefully be
another successful year in 2016.
The B grade had its most consistent and best
finish to a season in a long time. After beating
Unley Mercedes Jets in the semi final, the B
grade fell short of the grand final, losing to
Modbury in the preliminary final. SOCFC
would like to congratulate Peter Collett (’10)
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for claiming the 2015 Best and Fairest award.
SOCFC would also like to congratulate
College teacher and Old Collegian, Lachlan
Archibald (’00) for being awarded the runner
up in the SAAFL Division 2 Reserves Medal.
SOCFC want to thank and congratulate B
grade coach, Darren Francis, on producing a
very good 2015 season and are pleased that
Darren has committed to coach again for the
2016 season.
The C grade, coached by Ian Evans had a
dominant 2015 season. Finishing top of the
ladder and going onto make the grand final,
they weren’t able to claim the premiership,
losing to PHOS Camden by 9 points in a tight
contest. SOCFC would like to congratulate
Adam Williams (‘94) for being awarded the
C grade Best and Fairest award and also the
Division C3 SAAFL medal. SOCFC would like
to thank Ian for the huge amount of time and
effort he spent during the year running and
coaching the C grade.
To keep up to date with SOCFC please
join the Scotch Old Collegians Football
Club group on Facebook or visit the Old
Collegians website http://www.scotchoc.com.
au/scotch-ocfc-news/.
Lachlan Blieschke (‘04)
SOCFC
Pedal Prix
After a disastrous start to the
year, the the Scotch College
Old Collegians Pedal Prix team
bounced back with a performance
that saw them well inside the top
20 for a significant part of the race
at the Murray Bridge 24-Hour
Endurance Race in September.
More than 220 teams from across
Australia competed over the
weekend. The number 15 Scotch
vehicle finished 21st outright
and 18th in its category after
cycling over 800km throughout
the race, which was shortened
due to several serious incidents.
The squad achieved their best
ever 24-hour result and are keen
to carry the new found pace and
consistency into the 2016 season.
The team are always looking
for riders, if interested please
contact Paul Glovitch at
pglovitch@scotch.sa.edu.au
Simon Hodge
Pedal Prix