Nudgee College reopens refurbished grandstand for GPS Rugby season

One of GPS Rugby’s most successful schools has just become even more intimidating after it recently reopened a refurbished grandstand in time for this year’s season.

The ceremony for Nudgee College's newly completed grandstand. Picture: Supplied

NUDGEE College rugby has just become even more intimidating to opponents.

The school officially reopened the Ross Oval Grandstand on July 19 after a six-month refurbishment, providing another boost for what is already set to be a big GPS season for Nudgee.

Old Boy Fr Marty Larsen presided over the ceremony to bless the grandstand, before college captain Hayden Bygott, first XV rugby captain Harrison Vella, first XI football captain Brodie Boyce and first XI cricket captain Mitchell Pascoe officially marked the occasion by untying a ribbon.

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The grandstand will also feature personalised plaques with messages from Nudgee College families and community members.

Year 12 students celebrate the reopening Nudgee College's completed grandstand. Picture: Supplied

“Ninety years ago, the Christian Brothers built a simple structure for utilitarian purposes; a vantage point from which to watch and be protected from the sun, the wind and the rain,” Nudgee College’s Dean of Identity Stephen Meara said at the ceremony.

“No one at that time would have planned, or desired, that it would become anything more than a simple structure. It was not the extensions over the years that changed it and made it something else.

“What has transformed it has been the men who have gone before you; those Nudgee boys who have stood in this stand and witnessed triumph and heartbreak, been welcomed to the Nudgee community here and have taken their leave and been farewelled from here.

Nudgee College's new completed grandstand. Picture: Supplied

“Remember that your time here will pass and you hold this privilege only as a trust to be handed to the next generation and the generations which follow.

“Respect its traditions, enjoy the privilege of standing on its boards, make it again feared among the other schools who come to play on this oval.”

Nudgee won its GPS clash against Brisbane State High School 62-21 at Suncorp Stadium on the weekend.