 November 2020 

Dan McErlean Bryan McSweeney 12 Werona Street email:[email protected] Sunnybank Qld 4109 Dear Old Boys

Hopefully we can find some time in 2021 to come back to our usual gatherings at Harlequin Jacks or a similar central venue to where we have been in the past. Our Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Monk has advised the St Mary’s College Presentation Night had to be held differently this year due to COVID 19 and new QCE requirements. A Year 12 Awards Ceremony will be held for Year 12 students on their final day at the College, 20/11/2020. A separate ceremony will be held for students in Years (5-11). This ceremony will be streamed online for parents and St Mary’s College family members. Special and perpetual awards will be awarded to students from members of the St Mary’s College, Executive Leadership Team, in the absence of trophy donors representatives. Once again the St Mary’s College thanks supporters and looks forward to the return of our Presentations Night evening restrictions ease

Please remember in your prayers Old Boys and Friends of the College recently deceased: Edward John (Ted) Gill, husband of Barbara (Toomey) and father of Sandra Patricia (Kuhnemann) and Peter. Life Member Stanley Charles Myers (1944-1945), husband of Betty (dec) and father of Chris, Greg and Paul Life Member No.120 Daniel William Reilly (1939-1946), husband of Carmel. Dan will be sorely missed after having been our coordinator of information for more than 20 years. Life Member No.141 Errol Ryan (1952-1957) husband of Elizabeth, father to Craig, Scott and Gavin and brother of Malcolm (dec), Dallas and Gavin. Life Member Brien Regis Dunne (1942-1948) husband of Patricia (Roney) and father of Marie, Rosie, Stephen, Michael, John and Bernard, brother of sister Regis Mary AM (dec) and brother-in-law of Val (McErlean), Ron and Allan (Roney). Kevin Patrick Standish, husband of Brenda, father of Karen & Nicole. Betty Mary Duncan (late of Dalby) wife of Allan, mother of Pam, Kerry and Lee-Ann, sister-in-law of Les Duncan. Rita Grace Card (aged 89 years) wife of Joseph (Joe) (dec) and mother of John. Clare (Keogh) Kearney wife of Frank (RIP), mother of Denis, Helen, Chris, Cathy, Marg, Frances, and Maureen. Life Member John Orford (Scholarship 1947) husband of Glenda (Carroll) Life Member Jim Mullins 1942- 48 husband of Fay, brother of Mary, Joe, John (all dec), Pat and Brian Also please remember in your prayers a number who are unwell or recovering from surgery: John Arndell, Tim Coonan, Colin Green, Gail (Rosenthal) Mahon, Wally Nugent, Joe Short, Bob Sullivan, Philip Stephens, Grahame Swenson, Kevin Garrett, Syl Stower, Max Winter, Jim Hannant, and Bevan Zeller.

Annual Membership Fee ($10.00) for Calendar Year 2020 is now due / or Life Memberships are available (Fee $100.00) Cheques for Membership should be made payable to the “ Brothers Old Boy’s Association” * * * Cheques as donations towards the Indoor Sports Complex should be made payable to ‘Br. Baptiste O’Sullivan Building Fund’. They are fully Tax Deductible and will be receipted. Bryan McSweeney President Mobile 0420 565 712 Dan McErlean Secretary (07) 3345 4404

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Errol John Ryan (11/01/1943 - 02/09/2020) Scott and Gavin, and wife, Elizabeth worked Friends and family were all alongside him. saddened by the unexpected Always willing to try something different, he gained a passing of our St Marys CBC franchise to open one of the first Nandos Chicken Old Boys member, Errol John Restaurants in . Here he employed many Ryan (77 years) at his home young people over the years, some of whom in Aspley, Brisbane on progressed to their own businesses, and a good many 2nd September 2020. of them became enduring friends. His first restaurant The son of Ray and Jessie was in Sunnybank. He later opened a 2nd restaurant Ryan, he was born in in Underwood, Brisbane. Two sons, Scott and Gavin Toowoomba and received his managed these businesses before Errol retired. early education at Our Lady His workmates and associates from Bougainville of Lourdes Primary School. spread out over Australia following closure of the He then attended St Marys Christian Brothers College Copper Mine. They reunited each year in in West Street, Toowoomba until completing his and he retained close friendships with many, who education. He was a proud member of St Marys Old regularly visited him over the years. Boys Association until his passing. Errol is survived by his wife, Elizabeth (McNicol), Along with his elder brother, Malcolm, he served as and sons, Craig, Scott and Gavin. His siblings were an altar boy at Holy Name Church in Toowoomba. Malcolm, Berniece, Dallas, Kerry and Gavin. Two Errol was an inaugural member of the Downs Sports brothers predeceased him, Malcolm on 2/3/2019 and Parachute Club which was formed in Toowoomba in Dallas on 2/5/2020. The five Ryan brothers all March 1964. Its headquarters were based near attended St Mary's Christian Brothers College. Greenwattle Street. Errol began his working life at the Toowoomba Edward John (Ted) Gill Foundry, where he attained his Boiler Maker certificate. He used this trade in his subsequent Ted was a Special friend of occupations in Sydney, then Mt Newman Mines many Old Boys and the in Western Australia, and later moved on to College. He was one of (8) Bougainville Copper Mine. children and worked hard He continued working at the Copper Mine for twenty for his family even earning years, until the mine shut down, due to unrest a small wage milking cows between New Guinea and the indigenous locals. He when he was (8) years old. became "Mr Fix-it" to his co-workers, one of whom He loved Double Sars, had composed a rhyming ditty on his ability to find a a strong handshake and solution to problems. believed everything could At Panguna, in Bougainville, he acted as social be fixed with ‘superglue’. Ted enjoyed dancing at the director of the Cricket Club, although he had never Holy Name Hall and at the Memo, and his courtship played cricket, apart from social games. Many top with Barbara (Toomey) began when he walked into line acts from Australia entertained there. One of the Hall in his checked sportscoat. It lasted (59) years. Errol's particular favourites was Col Joy who used to Prior to meeting Barbara, Rugby League was his first stay after the show and have some drinks with the love. He played with a number of Old Boys, from members. 1951 to 1959, in the Southern Suburbs RL Tigers ‘A’ While he worked in Bougainville, his three sons were grade sides. Their 1957 team, outright premiers, educated as boarders at Toowoomba included Old Boys Austin Mulhall (5/8) and Kevin Prep and then Grammar School. They returned to Stephen (lock). Ted was a second rower. He was a Bougainville on school holidays. representative player (9) On his return to Queensland, he started his successful times over 3 seasons : 1957, 1958 and 1959. family business with Tint-A- In the early 1960’s Ted and Barbara moved North for Car in Barry Parade, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, and Ted to accept Captain/Coach positions at then expanded to Newstead. His three sons, Craig, and then . He represented both cities in the competition.

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Ted continued his playing career as Captain/Coach at Eastern Suburbs Tigers, Warwick, between 1964 & 1966, then Clifton in 1967/68 before returning to Southern Suburbs Tigers in 1969. In 2001 Ted with his son-in-law Scott Kuhnemann, coached the Tigers. They were both named in Souths ’Team of the Century’ in 2008. When their son, Peter, was having a successful career as a Rugby Player with Brisbane Brothers, St George and the London Broncos, Ted made many trips to Brisbane, Sydney and overseas to London to follow his career. After the love of rugby league and his family (Barbara, Sandra, Peter and Patrina) Ted found a new A group photo of past students and one teacher from love, his Cab 35, which gave him as a popular taxi our era was taken in front of the "Brothers" house. driver the ability to enjoy conversations with people he met. Later we all gathered at the Toowoomba Sports Club Following a period of ill health Ted passed away on for an evening of renewing acquaintances, 2/9/2020 and was buried following a Thankgiving remembering stories old and new. Refreshments and a Mass celebrated by Frs Ray Crowley and Hal Ranger fine dinner helped us through the long evening. A at Our Lady of Lourdes Newtown on 9/9/2020. shout out to the staff at Toowoomba Sports Club for

their hospitality too. Kevin Patrick Standish, (23/3/1954 – 31/8/2020) As the evening began to wrap up Noel Stallard (bush Kevin went to St Marys for poet) regaled a group of us with one of his wonderful a few years after coming poems. over from Holy Name with a Thanks to our organisers Tony Platz, Mick Kelly, large group of pupils in Frank O'Mara and Leigh Madden onwards to the next 1963. At the cohorts 40th 50...... Reunion back in 2011, Kevin

was one of nine of those St. Mary’s Annual Reunion Lunch: Holy Name boys present. Class ’56 – ’65. Kevin played footy at Holy

Name & at St Mary's. Kevin was a well-respected lawyer in Brisbane and practiced as Standish Partners.

Classes from 1967-1969 and 1968 – 1970 50 year Reunion 14 November 2020 On Saturday 14 November a group of old boys gathered at the College for a tour of old and the new with Tyhla Larkin (Public Relations Officer). We all were very impressed with the new library (T.P. O'Brien Hall) and especially the Edmund Rice Cultural Centre.

Well over 40 of us made the event and a number of old boys sent apologies and messages when they were After a number of postponements because of the unable to make the event because of Queensland restrictions of Covid 19, the Boys of the classes of border issues, a clash of events and one because he 1956 to1965 eventually were able to meet on 21st was droving cattle. November at the Plough Inn Heritage Hotel at

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Southbank Brisbane. The old boys came from Roma, Birthdays Canberra, Toowoomba, Gold Coast and Brisbane. Congratulations to Rev Fr John We were entertained by Kevin Morgan who spoke of Quinlan who celebrated his 80th his colorful career as a hotelier in Toowoomba and Birthday recently. Father has Sarina and his role as Mayor of Sarina. Kevin been one of eight members on St outlined the gradual liberalization of the Qld Liquor Mary’s College Board for some Laws in the sixties and seventies and the impact on time. Fr John was ordained in trading. Kevin also highlighted the close association 1966 and came to Our Lady of hoteliers had with the Qld Police Service before the Lourdes Parish, Newtown, as Fitzgerald inquiry. He also elaborated on the multiple Assistant Priest to Fr Frank roles a licensee had to perform before the hiring of Burke in 1997 and has been Parish Administrator and credentialled security personnel. then Priest in Residence up until the present time. Our Second speaker Kerry Clarke AO spoke of his Parishioners have enjoyed listening to Father’s air force career from 1966 -2000 and the progression Homily each weekend and in appreciation of the of flying helicopters in Vietnam, to pilot and fighter effort and energy Father puts into preparing his combat instructor of Mirage and F/A 18 Hornet Jet weekly topic decided, as a surprise, to publish a fighters both in Australia and Malaysia. He spoke of selection of homilies for parishioners in a book titled his time in the USA and his subsequent roles once he ’80 of the Best’, to commemorate Fr Quinlan’s 80th was “grounded “. Kerry provided many interesting birthday. slides of his time in the Airforce including the aircraft he flew and the comrades with whom he served. Kevin McSweeney On behalf the group I would like to thank both had a get together speakers for their excellent presentations. with classmates to A few innovations were introduced this year. The Joe celebrate his 80th Coorey Telecommunications Award was presented Birthday. It was to Ross Fallon for his tolerance and patience. The great to catch up Brian Potter Perseverance and Dedication Award with Barry Blunt was presented to Brian himself for reasons known to & John Quinlan, the assembled group. Bob Edwards & Present for the lunch were Kerry Clarke, Kevin Denis Maguire, Morgan, Pat Walsh, John Drew, Brian Conrick, Barry Coonan & Leo Cruise, Pat Carroll, Brian Potter, John Bob Mackinlay, Wilson, Trevor McGovern, Ross Fallon, Tom Kev McSweeney & Kelly, Darryl Baker and Wayne Nuss. Sid Woolley, and Apologies were received from Graham Ehler, Greg Peter Kenny & Windle, Jim Fraser ( who received the Oscar Vince Lester. Wilde Award in Absentia ), Des Kelly, Bob Murray, Joe Ramia and Joe Coorey. Thanks to Other News Graham for supplying the video of all the old photos Confraternity Rugby League Carnivals are held each and to Ross for his role as Executive Director of year in the first week of the June/July holidays and Communications. tentative planning arrangements are in place for Host Wayne Nuss College to run future events: Iona College (2021), Mackay (2022), St Mary’s College Toowoomba Our thanks go to Peter Fitzpatrick from the 1956 – (2023). Old Boys are always eager to witness these 64 class who recently became a Life Member of our games which are run over a week (Wednesdays are Toowoomba (St Mary's) Brothers Old Boys' laydays). Association. St Mary’s Toowoomba last hosted the Carnival in 2005. Mr Graham Dorman was then Acting Principal and he was ably assisted by Paul Canning and John Butterworth as convenors.

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Ethan Lowe (Year 12 – 2008) Born into a farming family at Westbrook and the South Sydney and younger brother of Brother Martin Colasanctius premiership winning Carroll, he attended St Mary’s about 1917 where one of his contemporaries was Tom Gorman, later the (Cowboys) forward, Rugby League International Captain of the Touring Ethan Lowe, has retired 1929/1930 Kangaroo side. after injuring his neck in the Rabbitohs’ Round 10 Research showed (8) of trophy cups presented to loss to Newcastle on those players were still held and will now be 18/7/2020. displayed in a trophy cabinet in the Memorabilia Ethan, a Goodiwindi Boars junior became a member Room in the new Auditorium constructed this year. of the College 2008 Confraternity Shield team when Our thanks go to Justin he enrolled at St Mary’s College. He debuted for the McErlean who contacted Cowboys in Round (12) in 2013 went on to play 108 former players and made games for that club including their 2015 NRL Grand the fine cabinet and to Final victory and 2016 World Cup Challenge victory. Terry Ranger who had Ethan wishes to thank everyone that has been the statistics for matches involved in his career over the years, off and on the played that year and field. He is disappointed his football career has come details of the end of to an end in this fashion, however he is excited about season Victory Banquet. what the future could hold. He was ‘Guest of Honour’ The football team was at the 120th Year Dinner at the College on 19/10/19 at formed around the which the College history book ‘Good Old Boys was College Senior Athletic launched. We wish him well in the future! Champion, Michael Fitzgerald and the original Members of the team 1953 College Rugby Firsts were: There have been many disruptions to our regular life Original Team Members were: patterns due to the COVID-19 virus; but we were Eric Howe, Allan Skelly, Carlo Sullivan, Mick grateful football returned to be viewed and there has Fitzgerald (capt), Morrie Forgarty, Allan Lynch, been time to research out who is the highest paid Terry Ranger, Kevin Kennedy, Terry Gesch, Peter player, the fastest, the best positional player etc. Soloman, Pat Byrne, Justin McErlean, Brian Griffin, When this year’s College Firsts Rugby League side Glenn Smith, and John O’Neill gained entry into 2020 Langer Cup competition, Old Replacements: Boys reflected on good St Mary’s teams of past years. Frank Drew for Glenn Smith (fractured collarbone) Andrew O’Dwyer for Carlo Sullivan (torn leg One that came to mind muscle), David Robson for Allan Lynch (chipped was the 1953 side ankle bone). coached by Brother Mick Fitzgerald Joseph Carroll who Mick’s father, Michael, was a reserve player for the came from Nudgee famous Rugby League match on the 18th June 1924 College to be St Mary’s when the defeated the College Principal in English touring side 23 v 20. 1953. With his Mick attended St Mary’s College from 1949 to 1953 appointment came the and his school days were filled with competitive sport expectations, that with – boxing, cricket, football and athletics. He was Brother Carroll’s captain of the 1953 College cricket team and the 1952 coaching, St Mary’s and 1953 First XV football teams and at the 1952 would have a successful Metropolitan Catholic Schools Association Athletics football season and they Carnival he gained the Senior Sash for the most did. The First XV side were undefeated points in the senior division events. champions winning the Carroll Cup in 1953

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While at the Teachers’ College he was chosen in the Darling Downs team which defected the Combined Under 19 team and on GPS Schools XV in Brisbane. completing his teaching degree was posted to various In 1955 Dave caught polio while in the Toowoomba State Schools before gaining a transfer to a General Hospital and needed intensive work by a Toowoomba school in 1958. chiropractor to get his legs moving. In 1957 he went Mick played for the All Whites Club, scoring (24) to Strathfield for (18) months; but decided life as a tries in (54) matches and was a member of their 1959 Christian Brother was not for him and returned to St and 1960 Premiership winning teams. He gained Mary’s College to complete Senior. Toowoomba Bulimba Cup selection on (7) occasions When his family moved to Cairns in 1958, David and was a member of the Toowoomba 1960 side that studied Law and for (5) years read the Friday and drew 21 all with a French touring team. Saturday morning and evening news and ran the After teaching at the Toowoomba South Boys’ and Sports Program on the local ABC radio station. Rangeville State Schools he was on St Mary’s David married Adrienne (Ross) and the couple were College Staff from 1969 until retirement in 1999. In blessed with (5) children. Sadly the death of their son 1978/79 and 1982 and 1983 Mick Fitzgerald was Cameron, in 2007 left the family devastated. President of the St Mary’s Parents and Friends On moving to Brisbane, David was appointed to the Association. Official Solicitor’s Office of the Public Curator, Mick died suddenly on the 30/9/2015 and is survived before he joined the Regular Army for (8) years, as a by wife, Helen, and (4) children Tony, Paul, Damien legal officer, rising to the rank of Colonel. He served and Joanne. in Canberra, South Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Eric Howe, a stalwart of our Association until his Brisbane. death on the 10th February 2020, was the youngest of From 1979 David served for (10) years as the six brothers to attend the College.. Queensland Commonwealth Ombudsman and then he The fullback in the 1953 College undefeated Rugby and his son practised in their Southport law firm team, he also gained selection in the Darling Downs before he became a Director in the Crown Law Rugby team that year and in 1954 was the Under 18 Office, Brisbane. Toowoomba Rugby League fullback for a curtain Then as Director for Freedom of Information in raiser game to a Queensland versus Great Britain Queensland he introduced the process to all State match in Brisbane. Government bodies, before a sense of Social Justice Eric was a keen sportsman, playing cricket, rugby attracted him to the National Native Title Tribunal union, rugby league and later lawn bowls; but sadly in where he negotiated and mediated Native Title 1955 be contracted polio and was unable to continue between disputing parties and with that experience his football career. was appointed to the Federal Court as a Registrar to For (42) years he spent Monday to Friday working for deal with Native Title cases. the Electricity Board; but he had many other interests A Life Member of our Association, David regularly at weekends – one was racing; thoroughbreds, trots attends Old Boys gatherings of our Sunshine Coast and greyhounds and from 1965 to 1994 he enjoyed Group. the following roles: Bookmaker’s Clerk, Licensed Terry Gesch’s proudest moment at St Mary’s was Bookmaker and Betting Steward. being a member of the undefeated 1953 First XV Married to Violet for (61) years after their wedding Rugby Premiers captained by Mick Fitzgerald. on 7/2/1959, the couple were very much a double act After completing Junior, Terry joined the staff of the in every respect particularly with involvement in Bank of New South Wales (later Westpac) and when Lawn Bowls, where over (40) years he undertook transferred to centres like Chinchilla and Mackay had various roles: Committee Member, Games Director the opportunity to play Rugby League. and President and gained Life Membership of the In 1966 he assisted Bank branches in the vast Mackay Downs District Bowling Association. (Mount Isa) Cairns Region to implement the decimal David Robson was the annual College athletic currency systems. Then he held appointments as champion up to and including Under (16) years and Accountant and later Branch Manager positions in was plucked from the Scholarship Class, as a winger, various centres, retiring as Branch Manager, Redcliffe when Allan Lynch chipped his ankle bone. The next in 1989/1990. year like Pat Byrne he was selected in the Combined

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Terry has been an active player and administrator of In 1955 John was a member of the Toowoomba the Brisbane District Lawn Bowls Association and he Trades and Labour Council Rugby League side the and wife Margaret travel widely for Bowls undefeated winner of games by Toowoomba against Competition Carnivals. He is a Life Member of that Brisbane and Ipswich. Association and our TBOBA and a willing Brisbane He played (41) ‘A’ grade games for the All Whites Sub-Branch Committee member. Club scoring (7) tries for them between 1956 and 1960 and was a member of All Whites ‘A’ grade Premiership Team in 1956 – winner of the Newzico Hooker in the side was Justin McErlean, brother of Shield. Dan, Kev (RIP), Bill (RIP) and Pat (RIP) and a St While in the 11 National Service Battalion he was Mary’s student from 1945 to 1953. On leaving school judged Best Shot – Rifle –LMG-OMG and in 1962 Justin played Rugby League with the Newtown and was the Squash Racquets Association – Toowoomba All Whites Clubs and scored a try in his first ‘A’ Champion. game with All Whites. John began his working career as a Radiographer at He completed a Carpentry Apprenticeship before Toowoomba General Hospital. After completion of teaming up with another Old Boy, Pat Hayes, Cottage study joined Qld Health and continued Radiography building. Then he joined the Defiance Milling travelling throughout Qld with the Mobile Chest Unit. Company, as Construction Foreman, undertaking Due to health problems he resigned from the health many of the Company’s projects including their new service and travelled to England and with a colleague bakery in Rockhampton. he introduced international Indoor Cricket with 3 A Life Member of the T.B.O.B.A., Justin served as centres opening in London, Peterborough and our Association Secretary in the early 1960’s and Ipswich. with support of John Bagget has arranged successful In 1992 he formed a joint venture with the Ministry of Reunions for their classmates. Health Jordan to construct a Hospital Beni Kanain Justin is married to Yvonne (Williams) and the couple Brigadier on the Syrian Jordanian Border. A further were blessed with (4) sons Joe, Chris, Michael and joint venture with Renfe National Rail of Spain Greg, all Old Boys, as are their (2) grandsons followed in development of Plaza De La Paz in Lawrence and Patrick, sons of their only daughter Seville for the forthcoming Expo. Cathy (Upton). Returning home, John established Plastic Rotational Allan Skelly followed his elder brothers, Bernie and Moulding a business he eventually sold to Nylex. Pat (RIP) to St Mary’s College and on completing John and Gail now live on the Gold Coast and John Junior in 1953 took up a Radio Mechanical regularly travels up from there to attend our Brisbane apprenticeship with Bush & Co in Ruthven St, Sub-Branch functions. Toowoomba. In 1956 he joined the RAAF and served Peter Solomon, who is a Life Member and regularly at a number of bases including Amberley, Richmond, attends meetings of our Sydney based Old Boys, co- Darwin, Williamtown and for (3) years in Malaysia. ordinated by Mick Quinlan, gained a Master of On his discharge in 1978, after reaching the rank of Science Degree at the Queensland University in 1959 Flight Sergeant, Allan and his wife Jeanette (Fogarty) and a PhD in Earth Sciences from Harvard in 1963. settled on the Gold Coast where Allan spent the next He became an expert in Resource Management and (20) years driving taxi cabs to support tourists visiting Technical Assessment with International credentials the Coast. Allan is a Life Member of our Association and for over (20) years was involved in the and while still living in Toowoomba did enjoy being a application of innovative applied technology with the player for the All Whites Club. main focus of his energies in the Middle East, Russia John Denis O’Neill, a Life Member of our and East Asia. He has published and lectured widely Association, was a key player in the College First XV and from time to time had been involved in the area undefeated Premier’s Rugby team in 1953. of National Government policy formulation and An excellent sportsman, he was St Mary’s CBC and assessment. Darling Downs Under 16 Swimming Champion in Peter was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Silver 1952 and College Swimming Champion in 1953. In Jubilee Medal, is a Fulbright International Scholar 1952 he was the C.B.C. Senior Tennis Champion and and was the sole international member of the Post Toowoomba Amateur Wheelers – Junior Champion. Graduate Advisory Council of the Harvard University

7 in America from 1989-1992 and has been a member Competition Allan scored (7) tries in (15) matches for of the Thunderbird Graduate School of International the All Whites ‘A’ grade team. Management Global Task Force. He started work as a junior clerk in the Railway Andy O’Dwyer from a Harristown Family and Parcels Office before accepting a position in the 7SD younger brother of Fr E. Brian (1932-1940) and Dr Drayton Stores until retirement (36) years later. He Pat (1934-1942) came into the 1953 College side married Leona Murphy (RIP) sister of Reg Murphy of when Carl O’Sullivan was injured. Clifton and is a Life Member of the T.B.O.B.A. A Life Member of the T.B.O.B.A. he was a man of Some of team members passed to Eternal Life while conviction and no pushover and kept in touch with still relatively young men: former schoolmates all his life even though he was Brian Griffin, a brother of Danny and Barry, at the working his property on the banks of the Condamine time of his death was a Life Member of the River at Mt Manning near Clifton. Andy who passed T.B.O.B.A. and active in our Brisbane Sub Branch away on 29/9/2006 and his wife Mary Lou shared a and a Commonwealth Bank Officer. common interest – racehorses and racing. Glenn Smith became a teacher and was a member of Pat Byrne, a Life Member of the T.B.O.B.A., is the St Mary’s College Staff for some years. He married son of Dick and Moreen Joyce (Fitzpatrick) Byrne Millicent (RIP) and was the father of Alison, Glen and brother of Fr James and Redmond. and James. Frank Drew came into the side when He attended St Mary’s College from 1945 to 1954 Glenn fractured his collarbone. and as well as being a member of the College 1953 Morrie Fogarty the champion goal kicker in the First XV, he was selected in the Combined Darling team, came to St Mary’s from Dalby and joined the Downs Rugby team that defeated a Combined G.P.S. Railway Department on leaving school. Sadly he Schools XV in Brisbane in 1954. drowned while on a fishing trip. When he married Desley (Whitehouse) on 1/2/1964 As we go to Press we have few details on Kev the couple settled at Pratten near Warwick. Later they Kennedy and Carlo Sullivan after their days at St moved to Brisbane where they ran the News Agency Mary’s; but would appreciate any information so it at Coorparoo. Moves to Roma and Dalby followed can be researched further. until they became residents in Taylor St, Newtown 30 Years later College teams had particular success close to where Pat was raised. Sadly Desley passed to on the Rugby League field under the coaching of Eternal Life on the 26th June 2020. Mick Fitzgerald. The ‘quiet achiever’ never looked Terry Ranger the team half-back and younger for the limelight but had a knack of pointing his brother of Fr Hal Ranger completed Senior in 1954 young players in the right direction, surely part of the and was ordained to the priesthood after (7) years reason for their success. Some of this team members study at the Banyo Seminary. Then he was appointed were Shaun Buckle, James Donnelly, Brett McCarthy, to Cathedral, Dalby and Roma parishes; but on Greg Manthey, Peter Shriek, and Glenn Smith who realising that his vocation was not as a priest he went on to represent the State in 1984. applied for a dispensation. He then became a counsellor in the prison system and Successful Racing Trainer Tony Gollan (Year 12 – for several years was the school counsellor at St 1996) had four winners from his stable at Doomben Clare’s, Canberra. In January 1982 Terry married on Saturday 17th October 2020: Sugar Boom, Mass Margaret and has worked for Centacare, Catholic Destruction, Seeingisbelieving and Royale Hale. Diocese of Ballarat. Then on 8/11/2020 at Doomben Tony saddled up the Speedster Allan Lynch, younger brother of Ray first four placegetters in the 1350m Workforce (RIP) and Neil was injured during the 1953 season. Success Handicap. The horses were Starosa, Glitter Their parents Matty and Lillian dedicated many hours Strip, Palladas, and Corvo and much energy supporting the transportation and training of College sportsmen. Congratulations When he left school Allan went on to captain the Wedding Bells will be pealing out early in the Toowoomba Under 18 Rugby League side which included a future Queensland Representative winger, Christmas vacation for College Public Relations Brian Marks, and in the 1958 Toowoomba Rugby Officer Tyhla Larkin and Matt Roper

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