Career
Patching started his involvement in sport as a track and field athlete in 1932 with and Athletics Victoria (formerly the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association). In 1933, he played a year of Australian Rules Football for Rosebud in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. He was a keen hurdler and pentathlete, making the finals in both 110 and 440 yards hurdles in the 1946 Victorian championships.
Patching joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1934 and served for 13 years, including World World War World War II He knew some of the sailors killed in the loss of HMAS Sydney World War II Athletics Section Manager at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Assistant General Manager at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Chef-de-mission at both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Deputy Mayor of the Olympic village at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and "runner" (at age 91, the oldest) in the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, in Canberra, 24 April 2008 Patching was also: Delegate to the International Amateur Athletic Federation from 1960 to 1970 Secretary General of from 1973–1985 Superintendent of recreation for the City of Melbourne from 1966 to 1983 Past President and Secretary General of, and Founding Secretary General of the Association of Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).
Patching has contributed to as: 1971-1973 Honorary Secretary 1974 Executive Member 1975-1985 Chairman 1986-1993 President The VOC"s "Julius Lockington Patching s Official of the Year Award" was inaugurated in 2008. One of Patching"s last official engagements in Geelong was his attendance at "s Centenary Dinner in July 2008.
Patching spoke at the dinner and along with fellow club Life Member, Mrs Patricia Agg, cut the club"s centenary birthday cake.