ROWING
The College is proud of this representation of our TC Spirit: •
Josh Hicks (‘08), winning gold, as part of the Men’s IV crew at the Rowing World Championships, for the first time in 26 years
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Mr Ivan Banks, Mr Michael Burgess, and Mr Stephen Leahy (’78), with enormous support, who provided the innovative approach that set us up as one of the few schools in the country that doesn’t have to trailer boats, due to having a fleet of boats at both the school and at the racing course
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the Old Boys, under Mr Peter Torre (‘89), providing a club house at Champion Lakes
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the Leone, Attwater and Milburn families for their expertise and engineering in re-shaping the shed and club house with an army of workers and parents
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Mr Dave Chokolich on the tractor, leading the busy bee, before we even started in Term 3.
Josh Stops (’18), who left Trinity to take up an apprenticeship at the end of 2017, never really left the crew as he came back to help fill in and coach his team mates and hurt as much as any when we didn’t quite get there. Like Sol Coster (’17) and others, once they leave Trinity, they will always be a part of the club. Thank you to Mr Banks for his enormous support of the
Mr Phil Jurjevich
College and the club, as well as his support for every Trinity student and staff member – we thank you and will miss you. The rowers and coaches can be very proud of our brave campaign and no one stopped trying. Even if the win was getting away, the brave effort was there for everyone to see with John Lagan (11.5) racing the distance for second place off his seat and Daniel MacRae (9.6) racing with a broken oar but never giving up. Also, Lachlan Moroney (9.8), losing his oar and having it thrown back by Thomas Gavin (9.7) went on to win the 9As in a record time. These, coupled with the 9Bs winning and setting a record and the 4th VIII in a brutal side-by-side came from half a length down, and win. They had trained for this with their call of “no way Christ Church”. We commend Hale School on a wonderful performance to win the 1st VIII. Our boys won three of the six short-course races, the Term 4 regattas hosted by Guildford Grammar School and Aquinas College and held level with Hale for 1,000 metres at the Head of the Riv-er, to show a commitment that a coach and a club can be proud of. Hale had an average er-go score 13 seconds faster than ours, which is significant, but never an excuse. We are very proud of all our crews and the boys who tried for seats but didn’t make it. For those who raced and didn’t get the win, your character and brave commitment has been sensational and we are proud of you. For me, we are all winners from this year. This year we also celebrate many Trinity Old Boys performing at the highest stage: •
Josh Hicks (’08) as World Champion in the Fours
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David Watts (‘09) in the Men’s Double Sculls
TRINITY COLLEGE ANNUAL 2018
Once again, this has been an exceptional season, with many more wins than the hard-fought third at the Head of the River. The fine show of character across the College – parents, staff and the man in the arena, was something to see!
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