Swimming

SOCCER YR 8 ‘B’

Back row: James Flynn, Lucas Beech, Jonathan Chung-Wah-Cheong, Daniel Isailovic, Daniel Signorile, Eric Sharpe,

Mr Rohan Van Dongen (Coach)

Front row: Leon Di Benedetto, Ryan Mackenzie, Luke Geoghegan, Joel Mullen, Manual Moulatsiotis, Mark Wong, Reynton Laird

SOCCER YR 8 ‘A’

Back row: Philippe Kilpatrick, Jordan Bucolo, Dylan Tarbett, Dane Kerwin, Michael Frigo, Eamonn Nicoli, Simon Meloni,

Ms Lissa Coleman (Coach)

Front row: Jack Sweeney, Matthew McRostie, Matthew Hoogenkamp, Jacob Boehm, Luke Di Bartolomeo, James McNally, Connor Brown

Absent: Mr Jamie Harnwell

(Coach), Thomas Cannell, Joseph Ipsaro-Passione

SOCCER YR 8 ‘C’

Back row: Marc Narducci, Zach Piccicacco, Earl Harris, Connor O’Neill, Thomas Durkin,

Mr Jim Shackleton (Coach)

Front row: Daniel Nuozzi, Valerio Rosso, Calum Braham, Daniel Purdy, Benjamin Moulton, Michael Hay, Daniel Kenworthy Absent: Mark Wong

SOCCER YR 8 ‘D’

Back row: Gavril D’Souza, Aaron Dooley, Marcel Blandin De Chalain, Adrian Birighitti, Louis Iustini, Paul Antonelli,

Mr Ray Archibald (Coach)

Front row: Sebastian Teo, Justin Siliquini, Arnold Rodricks, Patrick Gummer-Wilson, Caleb Hutcheson, Siddhanth Sharma, Ricardo Jorge

For the entire 102 years of PSA swimming competition, there have been two letters missing from the Tregonning Cup. Every school has, at some point, won the ‘Inters’. Every school, except one……..

The Trinity season commenced late in 2006. Early morning training and gym work characterised the first three months of the season. We had a few setbacks along the way, our campaign to dominate the Schools and Colleges Relay Competition had backfired badly and things were not looking good by the time we headed into the Quads meet.

At the Quads, we generally do not field our strongest team, preferring to give an opportunity to represent the school, to those who have trained hard during the season, but may not make the final cut for the Inters. However, we believed that this year, we needed to field our strongest team at the meet, in order to gauge our position. By the end of the night, our position was clear, we had been belted into third by both Wesley and Christ Church and by a long way.

Things were grim. Our dream of winning the PSA Inters was in tatters and if we were honest with ourselves, we were not likely to hold on to the second place, we had won in 2006.

The day of the Inters came and something changed. The team made a commitment to each other and the famous TC spirit kicked in. A minor miracle occurred at team photo’s when a package of special caps arrived to complete a promise made to the Year 12 group and it was GAME ON.

The night was magical, every swimmer competed at, or above, their best. As the night progressed, we maintained third position and slowly crept into second. With eight races to go, we were still 40 points behind Wesley, but safe in second and fairly happy that a disaster had been averted.

However, the boys had winning on their mind and knew that if they just beat Wesley in each of the remaining races that they would win. Race by race, Trinity clawed back into the contest until, with two races to go there were 10.5 points between the two teams. Trinity won the race, Wesley were third, leaving Trinity in front by half a point going into the last race. The scenario for the last race was simple, whoever touched the wall first between Trinity and Wesley would win the night. History will forever recall that the Trinity team beat the Wesley team by three seconds to secure the very first PSA Swimming win for the school by 5.5 points.

The mountain had been conquered!

Mr Dion Mepham Aquatics Specialist

Results on the night:

Swimming Captain, Corey McIntosh led by example by winning the Open 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke (PSA record) and the 50m Butterfly. The Open relay teams performed well above their expected level, culminating in an exciting dual with Wesley College, which ultimately decided the result of the night.

SWIMMING TEAM

Back row: Jarrad Ferris, James Grierson, Brandon Blake, James Rees, Luke Bollam, Corey McIntosh (Captain), Aaron Bridges (Vice Captain), Peter Bormolini, Kane Lucas, Gregory Stockton, Samuel Burke, Vijay Atkinson Fifth row: Nicholas Smith, Benjamin Norman, Edward O’Connell, Josh Bracken, Xavier Foley, Taylor Colton, Kyle Versteeg, Alexander Hardie, Simon Brown, Brenton Bush, Matthew Bowen, Robert Warren, Eamonn Nicoli Fourth row: Travis Colyer, Jack Connelly, Neil-Jerome Cartagena, Shaun Foley, Andrew Shearer, Luke McKenzie, Dean Foley, James Arthur, Nathan Booth, Adam Pesce, Jakeb Norman, Jayden O’Neil, Mitchell Zekulich Third row: Mr Matthew Pitcher (Coach), Hylton Jones, Ruvan Muthu-Krishna, Stuart Love, Clayton Arnez, Max Vining, James Ballard, Jess Colquhoun, Matthew Hunt, Daniel Russell, Luke Mancini, Don Nguyen, Jesse Moutia, Eugene Stewart, Mr Robert Sharp (Coach) Second row: Mr Dion Mepham (Coach), Troy Yukich, Thomas Hill, Dominic Radecki, Nicholas Brown, Luke Screaigh, Michael Mamo, Dane Kerwin, Luke Pardini, Kurt Penney, James Cumming, Timothy Pitcher, Marcus Ruggiero, Anton Kuczerepa, Mr Peter Duckett (Coach) Front row: Jordan Ding, Luke Randazzo, Dylan Tarbett, Benjamin Moulton, Henry Duckett, Nathan Nokes, Michael Frigo, Nicholas Andrews, Oliver Foley, Liam Burke, Liam Gale, Richard Sorriba, Thomas Bourke, Charles Carter, Michael Hay, Cameron Sivwright

Deep into Term 3 last year, a secret plan was hatched to strike at the weaknesses of the other teams, by introducing a lethal weapon into the U/16 age group. Jakeb Norman took on the task of moving up an age group and consequently dominated by winning the Div 1 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and Open Div 2 200m Freestyle. The Relays of the U/16 age group also performed at a level well above their expectations, scoring unexpected wins in the Div 2 Freestyle (Damien Leipold, Alex Hardie, Matt Bannister and Andrew Shearer) and Medley (Travis Colyer, Don Ngyuen, Hugo Seymour & Kane Lucas). However, perhaps the standout relay of the night came from the U/16 Div 1 Freestyle, where Martin Sneeuwjagt, Richard Sorriba, James Arthur and Sam Burke lifted in true TC style to win an event in which they were realistically expected to come 4th.

There were outstanding performances from NJ Cartagena (1st Div 1 50m Breaststroke) and Taylor Colton in the U/15 age group and their relay teams excelled.

The U/14 age group showed extraordinary depth and exceptional ability. Luke Pardini broke a 19 year old record in the 50m Butterfly and won the Div 2 50m Breaststroke, while James Ballard won the Div 1 50m Breaststroke and the Div 2 50m Freestyle. Jack Connelly produced big personal bests to win the Div 2 50m Backstroke and Butterfly. Remarkably the U/14 relay teams won all 4 of their races; Div 2 Freestyle (Luke Screigh, Kurt Penny, Josh Smith & Jack Elder), Div 2 Medley (James Cumming, Mike Quinlan, Jesse Moutia & Hylton Jones), Div 1 Medley (Liam Gale, James Ballard, Luke Pardini & Nathan Booth) and Div 1 Freestyle (Jack Connelly, Liam Burke, Mitchell Zekulich & Jayden O’Neill). Many of these boys would have held their own in individual races if it were not for the amazing talent that we possess in this age group.

Many people have made the first victory possible. No contribution however has been greater than that of Mr Peter Duckett. His dedication and inspiration over many years has been the catalyst for change in this program. Thanks to the coaches of this year, Robert Sharp, Matt Pitcher, Antony Matkovich and Mark Bush, your technical knowledge made a significant contribution. Finally, the leadership group in 2007 was outstanding. In 2004 we promised you a win by 2007, your dedication to the cause over four long years was amazing.

Congratulations, you have re-written history!

Results

Trinity College 805 Wesley College 799.5 Christ Church 748 Hale School 619 Aquinas College 571 Scotch College 563 Guildford Grammar 394.5