Old Collegians
Fr Kevin Davine OMI
Our Mazenod Old Collegians’ Association extends its congratulations and immense love, joy and friendship to our former Mazenod College Rector, and more recently, Chaplain, on the 65th Anniversary of Fr Kevin’s Ordination to the Priesthood!
We give our thanks to Almighty God for the gift of Fr Kevin to us all, and for his Ministry to God and to the Church as a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate!
We also extend our gratitude to Fr Kevin’s family for their sacrifices in sharing Fr Kevin’s life with us all.
May Almighty God bless Fr Kevin always!
News from the Mazenod Football Club
This past weekend was a busy one for the Mazenod Football Club as we held Team Photo Day at Brandon Park Reserve on Saturday. It was wonderful to have our new major sponsors, Optus, present for the day, along with some enjoyable activities for the children.
Term 3 of our Mini Zebras program also began on Saturday, boasting a fantastic turnout. Mini Zebras is an all-inclusive and enjoyable football program designed for children of all skill levels and abilities, ages 3 to 7 years. It is powered by Juventus Academy Melbourne and supported by Mazenod Football Club.
Despite the cold and wet weather, our MiniRoos and Junior teams took to the pitch on Sunday to compete in another round of football as we move closer to the end of the season.
Mazenod Football Club: School Holiday Program.
From Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September 2024.
Please see the details in the flyer below.
If you would like to register for this Program, please use this link:
https://www.trybooking.com/CTSTZ
The Mazenod Football Club also have another program called MiniZebras.
The Mini Zebras Program is an all-inclusive and fun football program catering to children of all skill levels and abilities, ages 3 to 7 years.
For further information: https://www.mazenodfootballclub.com.au/mini-zebras/
News from the Mazenod Panthers Football Club
With just over three weeks to Mazenod Panthers Football Club's Presentation Night we now request any players, families and friends of the Panthers who have yet to book their guest tickets, please now organise their tickets. We would appreciate guest tickets being purchased by Wednesday 14th August. Please let us know if you have any issues organising your tickets. We also request that players also confirm their attendance. Please let us know any dietary requirements for players and guests.
Details of the night as follows:
When: Friday 30th August from 7.00pm onwards
Where: Mulgrave Country Club, Cnr Wellington Road and Jells Road, Wheelers Hill
Cost: $65 per person for a three-course meal
$25 for children's meals
Drinks available at bar prices
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Please note our players’ Presentation Night tickets are included in their registration fees. Guest tickets are now available to purchase.
This year we are asking our families to purchase their guest tickets for the Presentation Night via the Good For Footy Raffle.
If you require help with this process, please contact one of our committee members for assistance.
Please follow the link below to purchase your tickets:
https://toyotagoodforfooty.raffletix.com.au/mazenodfc?sref=fpmcyh45
Instructions re: Toyota Good for Ticket purchases: There are many combinations and permutations that you may need to exercise to buy your tickets. The most common combination we would expect is 2 adult tickets. If you were buying two tickets at $130, we would suggest one ticket purchase of 20 tickets ($100) and a second ticket purchase of 6 tickets ($30), bringing your total to $130. Please note we are monitoring the back end and can see when tickets have been purchased using the link above.
PANTHERS TREASURE CHEST
Thank you to the wonderful families who have already donated to our Treasure Chest, we have some fantastic prizes already. However, as tickets always sell out very quickly, we are still looking for donations, as we would love to have enough prizes this year, so every family has an opportunity to win a prize.
To explain to our new families, the Panthers Treasure Chest tickets are $10 each and every ticket wins a mystery prize. If you would like any further information regarding the Treasure Chest please ask Lisa Carpenter.
Our Presentation Night is one of the highlights of the Panthers year and we are looking forward to seeing you there.
Go Panthers!
CELEBRATION IN HONOUR OF THE LEGENDARY PANTHERS, ‘VANDERS’ AND ‘POLY’ 200TH GAME!
From Brendan Neil
One hundred plus people bathed in the sunshine last Sunday at Central Reserve, Glen Waverley, as they joined in the celebration of the legendary Panthers, 'Vanders' and 'Polly' 200th Game.
(This would be the equivalent of 400 AFL games as the Panthers play only 10 games a year at most.) Both men have carried themselves with pride over twenty years of playing. Vanders, as a leader of the club and mentor for some of the younger players, and Polly, keeping things light-hearted with his great sense of humour but at the same time helping new players enjoy their football and getting a few kicks along the way.
(They even received a mention in Parliament last week by our MP John Mullahy!!!)
The game itself was a great spectacle, some might say it was a 'ringa ding dinga', as only 2 points separated the teams at 3/4 quarter time.
It was the Mighty Panthers who all pitched in to help win the game in the end. It was also a celebration of being the last game of the season and more importantly, the last game for Josh as Coach, who has been nothing but brilliant in his tenure as the Panthers’ Coach especially through the difficult Covid years.
It was great to see past coaches, committee members and past players come down to reunite with this great club.
In addition, we had current senior players and coaching staff which was also brilliant to see.
Everyone helped themselves to the BBQ, whilst listening to a Q&A of the two players in front of a packed crowd.
Another brilliant Mazenod Panthers Celebration!!!
MOCA: New Alumni Digital Platform
We encourage our Mazenod Old Collegians to sign up and join our new alumni digital platform. Please download the Alumnly app and register for a FREE account today.
Tina Giacco
Mazenod Old Collegians' Liaison
Executive Officer, Mazenod Old Collegians’ Association