Tennis

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This season saw a familiar finishing position of fifth place for the 1st VIII. However what this does not show is how much we have closed the gap between ourselves and Aquinas, Scotch and Christ Church. Only a few sets now separates us from gaining wins over these schools. Clearly Hale School was again the trend setter, however after our fixture with Hale their coach commented that his team certainly knew they had been in a tough encounter with Trinity. While our training and playing venue was in turmoil at the end of 2005, a new agreement is now in place with a long term association with Tennis West for the use of the State Tennis Centre. It is not only very convenient because of its location but creates a great atmosphere when we can have all of our teams playing together at the one venue. It is very encouraging to see all the tennis players start to push boundaries in their preparation through their efforts to develop much higher levels of consistency, strength and fitness. So many of our players can now confidently go on to the court knowing that they can ‘hang in there’ even when the going gets really tough. This attitude is making each member of the team a substantially more difficult opponent. The tennis standard overall of Trinity College has steadily increased over the last three years and the next few years promise to be most exciting. I would like to thank our two main team leaders in Saad Qamar (Captain) and Ian Colan for setting a very high standard for the younger players to copy. Their efforts in displaying excellent sportsmanship, determination to succeed and showing the desire to continue to improve themselves, has been outstanding. Part of the overall change in attitude to tennis can be directly attributed to all the coaches in all grades and Year levels due to the interest and positive approach they have shown with the students in their respective teams. Ian Walker, our professional tennis coach, still maintains a great love of tennis and this combined with his tennis knowledge ensures that we have students who are in very good hands. Well done to Mr Kosovich (who took his 8A team through undefeated), Mrs Zwart and Mrs Fraser who were the Year 8 coaches. The Year 9 coaches were Mr Casey, Mr Rousset and Mr Cooper and the Year 10 coaches were Mr Watson, Mrs Savy-Walsh and Ms Jones. Mr Shackleton was in charge of the 2nd VIII and Mrs Lane the 3rd VIII.

Awards were presented to the following players: 1st VIII Most sets won Kyle Mackin Most improved Ian Colan Outstanding Leadership Saad Qamar 2nd VIII Most sets won Sean Chia Kerrod Steele Most improved Tom Zekulich Training award Jacob Moffitt 3rd VIII Most sets won Luke Sells Most improved Michael Gileno Training award Daniel Randazzo

2nd Tennis Team

Most sets won Sean Chia Kerrod Steele Most improved Tom Zekulich Training award Jacob Moffitt

3rd Tennis Team

Most sets won Luke Sells Most improved Michael Gileno Training award Daniel Randazzo

Mr Geoff Jamieson

1st VIII Coach

TENNIS 2ND VIII

Back row: Mr Jim Shackleton (Coach), Thomas Zekulich, Aleksa Petranovic, Benjamin Hennessy Front row: Blake De Vos, Kerrod Steel, Jason Scuderi, Ronan Bray (Captain), Jacob Moffitt, Michael Dinh Absent: Sean Chia, Jack Rocchi

TENNIS 3RD VIII

Back row: Mrs Eileen Lane (Coach), Matthew Beor, Jarrod Hofmann, Kristian Ostle, Michael Gileno Front row: James McKenna, Mark Bartels, Luke Sells, Aaron Hodgson, Daniel Randazzo

TENNIS YR 10 ‘A’

Back row: Mr John Watson (Coach), Christopher Davidson, David Sutherland, Don Nguyen Front row:Braden Smith (Captain), Emmett Bray, Alex Antoniazzi, Sam Birrell (Vice Captain), Andrew Stroud

TENNIS YR 10 ‘B’

Back row: Mrs Brigitte Savy-Walsh (Coach), Luke Steere, Evan Ennis-John, Mitchell Burger, Luke Trevenen Front row: Paolo Di Bucci, Hubert Nguyen, Dannel Yeo, Daniel Matthys, Mathew Day, Ian Chia

TENNIS YR 10 ‘C’

Back row: Ms Vicki Jones (Coach), Thomas Drage, Craig D’Mello, Vincent Jusko, Travis Smith (Captain) Front row: Geoffrey Kopaczewskyj, Daniel Versaci, Robert Zhuang-Bentinck, Paul Duong, Daniel Hart

Sport

Sport

TENNIS YR 9 ‘A’

Back row: Mr Damien Casey (Coach), Alexander Barbas, Matthew Harris, Jean-Louis McCabe, Luke Carton, Wei Jiunn Ng Front row: Matthew Richards, Dylan McPherson, Leo Titley, Lachlan McVeigh, James Marocchi

TENNIS YR 9 ‘B’

Back row: Mr Jean-Marc Rousset (Coach), Jess Colquhoun, Matthew Golightly, Benjamin Croft Front row: Matthew Hunt, Dylan Murray, Simon Poli, Matt Gryta, Luke Dowsing

TENNIS YR 9 ‘C’

Back row: Mr Bill Cooper (Coach), Daniel Nokes, Angelo Di Carlo (Captain), Jason Demarte, Benn Papalia Second row: James Hunt, Maximilian Tandy, Alexander Terry, Benjamin Seman, Kevin Nunes Front row: Brandon Gundry, Julian Serra, Zac Riccelli, Luca Casale, Alexander Neri, Samuel Shaw (Vice Captain)

TENNIS YR 8 ‘A’

Back row: Mr Ray Kosovich (Coach), Nicholas Croft, Timothy Sutherland, Luke Screaigh, Declan Harwood, Benjamin Moffitt (Co-Captain), Harrison Massey Front row: Luke Randazzo, Thomas Metcalf, Adrian Petersen (Co-Captain), Michael Cotellessa, Daniel McSweeney, Robert Douglas Absent: Mitchell Wellstead

TENNIS YR 8 ‘B’

Back row: Jordan May, Mrs Sue Prior (Coach), Julian Rodino Front row: Samuel McMeikan, Oliver Righton, Elliot Bird, Andrew Morgan

TENNIS YR 8 ‘C’

Back row: Adrian Maydwell, Matthew Economo, Mrs Kerrie Fraser (Coach), John Wong, Alexander Bray Front row: Boden Young, Kyran McCaffrey, Alexander Potts, Nicholas Greeney, Daniel Tassone