HOUSE COMPETITION POINTS SCORE
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| House Plays | 40 | 80 | 40 | 80 |
| Swimming Carnival | 114 | 124 | 130 | 132 |
| Year 12 G.K. Quiz | 10 | 30 | 40 | 30 |
| Year 11 G.K. Quiz | 20 | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| Year 10 G.K. Quiz | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 9 G.K. Quiz | 40 | 20 | 30 | 30 |
| Year 8 G.K. Quiz | 20 | 10 | 40 | 30 |
| Year 7 G.K. Quiz | 30 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| Athletics Carnival | 302 | 254 | 229 | 215 |
| Cheering at Aths. | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Biathlon | 43 | 19 | 30 | 8 |
| Year 7 Chess | 23 | 29 | 12 | 16 |
| Year 8 Chess | 13 | 7 | 17 | 19 |
| Year 9 Chess | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Year 10 Chess | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Progressive score at 19.7.05: | 677 | 633 | 637 | 670 |
House Competition at St. Aloysius'
The current House Competition at the College began in 1978. Two years ago we celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary. Two men were responsible for its creation. The idea and the drive were provided by the then Headmaster, Father Robert Bruce, S.J. Father Ross Jones, S.J., selected the House patrons and designed the House crests and mottos.
Initially there were just three Houses in the Senior School; Owen House was added in the early 1980s. The major trophy in the Junior School is named in honour of our first Headmaster, Father Joseph Dalton, S.1., who was also first Headmaster at Xavier (1878) and Riverview (1880). The major trophy in the Senior School recognises the site where the College began in 1879, St. Kilda House, Wooloomooloo. In addition the Cecil Healy Plate is awarded annually for the winning House at the Swimming Carnival and the Paddy Moran Plate for the House winners of the Athletics Catnival. Cecil Healy was a gold and silver medal swimmer at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; he lost his life fighting in France in World War I, the only Australian gold medal Olympian to die defending his country. Herbert 'Paddy' Moran was the captain of the first Wallaby team to visit the United Kingdom in 1908; he later became a much-respected doctor in Sydney. The two major sporting events are supplemented by smaller scale competition, usually at Form level, in a range of activities including chess, debating, drama and general knowledge quizzes.
Success in the Junior School has been fairly- evenly distributed amongst the Houses. However in the early years of the House Competition in the Senior School two Houses, Ogilvie and later Southwell, dominated. In more recent times each House has enjoyed some success; since 2000 each House has won the St. Kilda House. Cup at least once.
The competition has run well and effectively in most years of the last three decades. Over time one truth has emerged clearly; the House which is most enthusiastic in supporting the competition is usually the most likely to emerge victorious at the end of the season. We wish all Houses the best of good fortune for the current competition.
