TRINITY CONGRATULATES In the July edition of The Trinity Grammarian, we congratulated Lachlan Collins (OTG 2016) for being named one of only 25 Top All-Round High Achievers in the 2016 Premier’s VCE Awards. In addition to this extraordinary achievement, Lachlan also received two individual Premier’s VCE Study Awards in the same year for his outstanding performances in Chemistry and Specialist Mathematics. At the School Maths Olympics held recently at the University of Melbourne, Anand Bharadwaj (Year 11), Alexander Nakos (Year 12), Harris Plowman (Year 10), Hadyn Tang (Year 9) and David Youings (Year 12) – as The Trinity Pentominoes – achieved a record-breaking 1010 points, to beat all the other 25 schools in the event.
SPORT The following boys have been selected for the State rugby team, which will play in Tasmania: U14 – Ben Lindeman, Max Ruthven and Charles Sim U16 – Lachlan Martin, Ethan Cockburn and Ben Cook U17 – L ucas Niedzwiecki, Alexander Smart and Avisha Wijeyaratne Tristan Day (Year 10), Will Lindsay (Year 11), Tom Sellwood (Year 11) and Callum Day (Year 12) won a gold medal in the U20 relay at the State Cross Country Championships. These four boys, as well as Will Katic (Year 4) and Josh McLeod (Year 10), also represented Victoria at the National Cross Country Championships in August.
Anand Bharadwaj, Hadyn Tang, Harris Plowman, Alexander Nakos and David Youings with David Greenwood
Year 11 students Hugo Miric and Tom Boyd won first and second prize respectively in the French competition organised by the Association of French Teachers in Victoria (AFTV) on Bastille Day. They were presented with their prizes by the President of the AFTV, Philippe Vallantin, and the Honorary Consul-General of France, Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie. Richard Zhang (Year 11) received a Kwong Lee Dow International Class of 2018 Award from the University of Melbourne. These scholarships recognise high-achieving international students, and provide them with opportunities to get a taste of university life, to meet and be mentored by former Kwong Lee Dow recipients, as well as to develop their leadership skills and community involvement. Anand Bharadwaj (Year 11), for the second year in a row, won The John Button School Essay Competition, which is run by the University of Melbourne. Anand was presented with this prestigious award during the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.
Editor: Siobhan Latham lathams@trinity.vic.edu.au 9854 3600 OTG Editor: Sue Felton feltons@trinity.vic.edu.au 9854 1215
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Front cover photograph: Tom Stella of Year 11 as Uncle Fester in the Trinity and Ruyton Senior School Musical, ‘The Addams Family’ Back cover photograph: Charlie Long and Rishabh Mishra taken by Year 12 student Alex Moore
THE TRINITY GRAMMARIAN | Vol 32 No 3
Will Lindsay, Tom Sellwood, Callum Day and Tristan Day
At House Athletics, the Simon Malaspina Perpetual Trophy for the winner of the Open 3000m was awarded to Tom Sellwood (Year 11). Torren Arthur (Year 7), Mason Arthur (Year 8), and Hadyn Tang (Year 9) have been selected to be part of the Victorian orienteering team, which will compete at the Australian Orienteering Championships.
STOP PRESS! Trinity’s Athletics team has won the AGSV Athletics Championships for the 10th year in a row!
Many thanks to the staff, students, parents and other members of the Trinity community who provided photographs used in this publication. This magazine has been printed on FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) Certified paper utilising vegetable based inks. It has been produced using a Clean Green Print process which means all the processes involved with the manufacturer of this item are guaranteed to have minimum impact on the environment.