Rowing
Thanking people properly at Trinity Rowing Club is close to impossible as so many people do so much. Tasks are done with such vigour and spirit that a mere 'thank you' seems insufficient. Thanks go to the rowers and coxswains for stepping up each morning and afternoon to demands that many adults would shy away from in an instant. Your efforts with your own hearts, legs and arms stretched to the limit have claimed some very rare and enduring prizes. Thanks to your leaders Dominic, Nathan, Cade and Mitchell who rose to the many challenges that are the norm during a rowing season. Well done and thanks to you all. Thanks to our wonderfully supportive and hard working coaches, whose generosity, technical expertise and good humour led us through all manner of situations to secure the Hamer Cup. The rowers are truly blessed to have your earthy and honest example, in a world filling up with pretence and illusions. Finally thanks to our parents, their families and friends who create a community spirit at Regattas (and at 'home') that is the envy of the PSA. From simple life-saving coffees at 5:30 am to good humoured planning meetings until 10:00 pm the same night, the Trinity Rowing Auxiliary led magnificently by Mr David Garrick is always there for their sons, the coaches and the club. Thank you and God bless you all. The resulting atmosphere gives the John Messer Boatshed the feel of a 'huge beach house in the city' where an extended family spanning forty years is welcome and contributes to the education of youth.
R
owing at Trinity College continued to rise to new levels of spirit, leadership and performance in season 2002. Right from George Xouris' appointment as Director of Rowing, to our galant 1st VIII's final stroke at the Head of the River, equalling the Trinity course record, the Club was achieving its goals and setting new standards for the future. History will record Trinity College's inaugural C.A. Hamer Cup victory as Champion Rowing School 2002. A fine achievement requiring TEAMWORK throughout the club. The Hamer Cup is for overall points on the day, with Trinity recording first or second for eight of the twelve races. Other firsts included an inaugural victory by a Year 9 eight followed by the 1st Quad setting the fastest ever time in the PSA, in a new shell. The new quad scull is fittingly named after the 1st eight coach Mr Rein Rapp (Class of '91) who has generously coached at Trinity for the past ten years. Rein's contributions during good and difficult times have been a shining example for all the young men who row at Trinity College. Many thanks Rein. Historic coincidences took on an almost spiritual significance this year with the Year 9’s first ever win in the Edmund Rice shell, magnificently marking the two hundredth anniversary of Blessed Edmund's first school in a stable at Waterford, Ireland. Also, the Hamer Cup win occurred on historic March 23 - the date of our first Head of the River victory in 1996 - a worthy point of interest. There were many other quality victories and outstanding team efforts at the Guildford on Swan, Wesley and Hale Regattas, each deserve more space than is available here, but their total contribution to the spirit of the club can never be under-estimated.
Mr R Kosovich Coordinator of Rowing
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