Sport and Health and Physical Education

ROWING

Back row: D Winsor, R Grant, M Moroz, M Knedler, G Caporn, S Norman, B Gryta, M Sheridan-01, T Nelligan, B Keenan-Smith, M Heley, M Stockton, R Thomas, J Colangelo, M Ford, D Slack-Smith, S Dee, G Di Giovanni 5th row: Br Edmund Rice (statue), Z Sinagra, Mr J Tamigi, T Fuller, S Comiskey, T Cox, A Lee, A Cherubino, J Hewlett, D Brabin, S Rimmer, P Murray, M Sheridan-99, C Gibson,L Westbrook, J Brooks, A Paljetak, A Meegan, D Napier, M Slack-Smith 4th row: Miss C Woolfitt, Mr R Rapp, A Parker, J Dryka, M Scott, O Hay, J Pruiti, B Cummuskey, R Low, J Caine, A Horsfall, M Garick, S Oswald, B Creighton, M Crock, S Gillies, K Cribben, C Catalono, A Rengel,

Mr D Privilege

3rd row: Mr P Parker, Mr J O’Regan, Mr N Nguyen, M Snow, I Meegan, A Grant, A Hislop, M Maynard, W Brockwell, J Ryan, D Oswald, J Debowski, D Yeo, T Platts, L Vanbiezen, M Marsland, C Cherubino, B Hayes, Mr P Jurjevich, Mr J Garrick 2nd row: T Scott, L Plummer, D Scivolo, N Pollin, B Dowsing, S Waddell, R Thomas, Mr C Webster, Mr R Kosovich Front row: Mr A Krawczak,Mr D Simpson, Mr G Xouris, Mr K Chan, R Cabone, G Dryka, L Dee, L Sells, P Riley, T Wood (Vice-Captain), A Di Biggio (Captain of Boats), C Skinner (Vice-Captain), C Lloyd (Captain of Coxswain), S Reid, J Bauer, B Sells, J Colton, E Bell, Mr L Clozza, Mr P Abrahams,Mr M Oswald, Mr G Denniston Absent: M Marinovich, A Gibson, E Martino, B Longman, G Jeffery, P Zambotti, Z Cardwell, S Dobransky, J O’Toole, T Shuker, J Ielati, B Fairclough, J Oddie, A Vinciquerra, L Moynihan, D Gomboc, J Elliot, T Byrne, X Xi, E Cook, B Dalton Sport Sport

Physical Education and Health

Trinity College has again had a very good year in the sporting arena. The College has maintained its position as one of the strongest sporting schools in the PSA.

The year started with the traditional summer sports of

Mr Stephen Leahy cricket, tennis, basketball, Sportsmaster swimming, rowing and the more recently recognised sports of waterpolo and volleyball. I acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the rowing fraternity who won the Hamer Cup for the second consecutive year, a great achievement. Trinity’s decision to build a new 50m pool, which will be ready for use next year, will help to improve our swimming results over the next few years. Waterpolo and the Physical Education faculty will also benefit from this new facility. The winter sport season was outstanding. The 1st XV111 shared the Alcock Cup. The cross-country won the PM Moyes Cup for the second consecutive year. The 1st X1 soccer missed the title by only one point. The 1st XV were the second best team in the competition. The very young hockey team showed encouraging signs for next year. There were similar performances in other age groups. Football was particularly strong with Trinity teams winning or sharing the title in eight out of a possible nine grades. The athletics season was only five weeks long but the performance by the boys was fantastic. Although history will show we finished second, the team scored more points than any other non – winning team and would have won the inters with the same score any other year. Our challenge in the immediate future is to ensure that we maintain our position as a strong sporting school. Next year we will field senior badminton teams and the year after that, we will field middle school teams. In conclusion, I would like to thank all the boys, the coaches and the parents who have contributed to the sporting programme at Trinity. I would like to mention especially Mr Tony Curtis, our retiring principal, who has been a strong supporter of all our endeavours during his time at the College.

Stephen Leahy

Sportsmaster

Sport

The Health and Physical Education Department completed another busy but most enjoyable year. The focus this academic year was on the implementation of the Curriculum Framework and the subsequent shift to an outcome education approach to the curriculum. Programmes not only focus on the development of students’ skills for physical activities, but also their interpersonal and self-management skills. We further developed the ‘specialist’ Physical Education units that are popular and beneficial to students. When the new state of the art aquatic centre is built we will be able resume the popular Year Eight to Ten Aquatics elective, add Water polo units and water-based fitness training. We have planned for the inclusion of a learn-to-swim programme within the Primary School. To assist with the operation of these ventures we will welcome Mr Dion Mepham to the staff for 2004. The well-established Fitness and Health elective programmes continued to attract an increasing number of students, as more opt to take advantage of the excellent coaching resources and College’s outstanding sporting and exercise facilities. Year Eleven and Twelve Physical Education Studies have always been very popular courses with senior students. A number of students from these courses have made significant service contributions this year to the College’s sporting programme. Similarly, forty five Level One Australian Football Umpiring candidates officiated at the J.S.H.A.A. Winter Lightning Carnival. I would like to thank all students who participated at this event. The success of the programmes is due to the dynamism and cohesion of all members of the department. I would like to thank them for their efforts and support. I would particularly like to thank Mr Matthew Connell for his contribution this year, and Mr Simon Messer for his outstanding service. Finally, all staff members would like to acknowledge the great contribution of our Principal Mr Tony Curtis and his great support of the learning area and the sport programme at the College. We wish him all the very best in the future.