Ken O’Connor was recently inducted into the Field Hockey Canada Hall of Fame after a long and distinguished career in the sport as player, coach, umpire and official.
Sports & Culture Stories
The King’s Cup
Clive Disher was a war hero and star rower whose memory is still celebrated.
Sort of like rock and roll
For two decades Ormondians built tricycles and competed in a 100km intercollegiate trike race.
Dawn on the Yarra
The hard work and determination of Ormond’s rowing crews is on show in this video of them training on the Yarra in 2017.
I shot a golf ball in the air
When in 1961 a group of friends instigated golf tournament, they had little idea it would continue annually for half a century.
He could sure row a boat
In 1953, I shared a study and a rowing boat with future Olympian Jim Howden. I bought a Model A Ford to drive us to training.
Sport is a fickle beast
Playing intercollegiate football at Ormond I learnt both the sweet joy of victory and hard life lessons about leadership.
Ruthless but fair
As a young theological student I was mentored by Joe Fraser who was both a key Ormond footballer and a student of Hebrew.
From first tracks to last drinks
The Ormond Ski Club is a rite of passage for generations of Ormond students. It is a community of people with a shared purpose and a celebration of pulling together to achieve something of great value.
No quarter given
The 2014 Women’s AFL team took the intercollegiate title without conceding a single goal.
Choir achievers
For nearly thirty years The Choir of Ormond College performed, recorded and toured the world, providing an amazing experience for Ormondians.
Inches deep in water and slime
Football has been at Ormond as long as students.