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VVol 26 No 3 October 2011

The Trinity Grammarian

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KEW

Founders’ Day Fair

Sunday 13 November

Junior and Senior School Ovals

10.30am ~ 4.30pm

TARGET 2030Congratulations to Sam Karopoulos(Year 12) who won the ‘TARGET 2030 -Design the Car of the Future’Secondary School Division Modelaward receiving $3000 for himself and$3000 for the Design and Technologyfaculty. Sam used advanced CAD/CAMtechnologies to manufacture hisuniquely designed model, which wason display at the recent AustralianInternational Motor Show.

Trinity Congratulates

Mathematics SuccessMany outstanding results were achievedby Trinity students in this year’sAustralian Mathematics Competition.This contest involves about half a millioncandidates from 50 countries. The 30questions from the test paper aregraded so that all candidates arechallenged to their highest level.Jeremy Yip (Year 8) achieved a perfectscore with all 30 questions correct. Hehas been invited by the AustralianMathematics Trust to go to Hobart laterin the year to collect his medal andprizes. Anand Bharadwaj (Year 5)scored 28 out of a possible 30 which isalso an incredible result.

Each year, only a handful of awards aredistributed to the highest performingstudents in the University ofMelbourne MathematicsCompetition. This year eleven Trinityboys received special awards for theirefforts. Congratulations to LawrenceYeung, Peter Collins, Cameron Young,Jeremy Yip, Max Maddock and William

Lai (all in Junior Division), Owen Brown(Intermediate Division) and MichaelBillinghurst, James Clift, Diarmuid Healyand Sam Karopoulos (all in SeniorDivision).

This year’s School Maths Olympics,held at the University of Melbourne,involved 25 top performing schoolsfrom around Victoria. Trinity’s two teamsenjoyed great success. Team 1 (MichaelBillinghurst, James Clift, Chris Ebeling,Yu Feng Nie and James Ooi) wasplaced fourth and Team 2 (MalteAhrens, Adam Bell, Diarmuid Healy,Kevin Huang and Sam Karopoulos)came sixth.

We offer our congratulations to thefollowing students:

Tom Shiels (Year 10) representedAustralia in the AA Australian Baseballteam at the U17 World Championshipsin Mexico. This was an amazingopportunity and Tom was thrilled to find himself participating in five of theseven matches played.

Peter Collins (Year 8) and PatrickJaffe (Year 7) are part of the VictorianSchools’ Orienteering team that willparticipate in the AustralianOrienteering Championships in NewSouth Wales.

Hugh Davis (Year 10) has beenselected for the Victorian U16Schoolboys’ Rugby team.

Nathan Dorey and William Seton(both Year 8) will represent Victoria in the U14 Rugby team.

Oliver Harris (Year 12) has won theAustralian Defence Force Academy(ADFA) Award. This is the result of anextremely competitive process andOliver is to be congratulated on hissuccess.

Lucas Hatzikostas (Year 6) willrepresent Victoria in the SSV Soccerteam that will play in Canberra.

Johnny Kambelos (Year 7) has beenselected for the Victorian State U13Hockey team.

William McIlwain (Year 9) will playgoalkeeper for the Victorian State U15Hockey team.

Danny Smith (Year 10) representedVictoria in the Australian All SchoolsCross Country Championships inCanberra.

Dom Tyson (Year 12) has beenchosen to play in the U18 AllAustralian AFL team.

German ScholarshipNicholas Roberts (Year 11) has been awarded the prestigious SAGSE(Society for Australian-GermanStudent Exchange) Scholarship.

This full scholarship is only offered toapproximately ten students in eachstate and involves a ten week allexpenses paid immersion experiencein Germany. Nicholas (sponsored byMercedes Benz) will attend school in

Germany and live with a Germanfamily. This is a wonderful opportunityfor him to further develop his languageskills and to explore the culture ofanother country.

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Editor: Siobhan Lathamlathams@trinity.vic.edu.au9854 3600

OTG Editor: Rohan Brownbrownr@trinity.vic.edu.au9854 3604

Front cover photograph:Tatiana Kotsimbos andSam Ward in ‘SweeneyTodd’

This magazine has been printed on FSC(Forestry Stewardship Council) Certifiedpaper utilising vegetable based inks. Ithas been produced using a Clean GreenPrint process which means all theprocesses involved with the manufactureof this item are guaranteed to haveminimum impact on the environment.

Mr David Greenwood and Jeremy Yip

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From the Headmaster

There is no doubt that researchand effective education areinextricably related. This factwas certainly reinforced stronglyduring my term of sabbaticalleave.

Sabbatical leave provides a time for refreshment and anopportunity for new learning.During my weeks away fromAustralia, I spent some enjoyablemoments reconnecting with a number of Old Trinity

Grammarians, some of whom had been away from Australiafor a significant period. What I did learn was that thesepeople were still highly enthusiastic about the School andwere keen to know about recent developments and projects.Trinity is certainly well connected across the world and itsformer students play a major role in this.

In terms of new learning, a two week period of shadowingCSIRO scientists proved to be a program of enormousenrichment, enabling me to familiarise myself with realissues within the field of contemporary science. It is manyyears since I was involved in the arena of scientific researchand this opportunity was both instructive and stimulating.

Matters of climate change are issues which confront us allevery day. The media is responsible for many of the keymessages surrounding climate change that reach thegeneral public. Debate within Parliament is, as we know,vigorous. I do think that much of this is more about partypoint-scoring, than actually grappling logically and seriouslywith those challenges which confront the whole ofhumanity, and indeed the very future of our planet.

The catastrophic developments in greenhouse gasaccumulation within our atmosphere, in only the past fifteenyears, became very clear to me during a visit to Cape Grimin Tasmania. At this Centre for Marine and AtmosphericResearch, the concentrations of greenhouse gases, carbondioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are monitored to threedecimal places, hour by hour. An exponential increase ofthese gases is a concern of enormous magnitude and mustbe addressed by our policies and practices.

A salient message provided by plant scientists in theDivision of Plant Industries, is that our world food supply willneed to double by the year 2050. To achieve this, scientistswill need to provide research outcomes that will enable usto work far more effectively in the management of plantresources, in order to achieve such a goal.

The world of plant genetics has certainly developedsignificantly in recent years, and undoubtedly will contributeto the achievement of required world food supplies. Cropmanagement will do likewise. I was privileged to be able tospend two days in Canberra, speaking with scientists whoare utilising the most up-to-date methods of plant research,ultimately aimed at the major goal of feeding an everincreasing world population.

Such research will be vital for our future survival as a humanrace, and the main elements of this research must becommunicated to our young people.

On returning to Trinity, it has been my commitment to convey these messages to members of our schoolcommunity, staff, parents and students. The worth of sucha sabbatical activity will only be fully realised with thecommunication of key information. Within this climatechange, world food production and data management takeprominent positions.

Research can certainly provide key messages for studentsin terms of important global truths, but it can also informthose involved with teaching about optimal approaches to best practice.

My final sortie during my term of sabbatical leave was to the International Boys’ School Conference in London.Within the many excellent presentations were somesessions on the relationship between neuroscience,learning and teaching practice. Much of this relatedspecifically to boys’ understanding and learning.

Research on the brain has enabled us to take significantsteps to understanding more about learning. Neurosciencecan explain and enhance patterns of attention, creativity,working memory, long term memory and the acquisition of cultural norms. Effective schedules of reward are alsoconnected with specific biochemical factors. Space in thisarticle prevents detailed discussion of the role neuroscienceplays in the whole arena of education, but its importancewill continue to be emphasised within the circles ofeducational exploration. Much will undoubtedly be publishedin relation to this new and informative area in the future.

My notes from sabbatical leave can be accessed online:

www.trinity.vic.edu.au/docs/ERT_2011_Study_Leave_notes.pdf

www.trinity.vic.edu.au/docs/IBSC_2011_ERT_Study_Notes.pdf

Mr E R TudorHeadmaster

Mrs Rima Khallouf with Year 7 students Angus and Felix

Music

‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ made a macabre andmenacing visit to Trinity in SemesterTwo. A large cast, crew and orchestraof Trinity and Ruyton studentsperformed this magnificent theatricalmasterpiece to wide acclaim in theRoyce Theatre (please see the articleon Page 5 for more on the Musical).

At the start of August, we welcomedand hosted the visiting Tiffin Boys’Choir from England. This prestigiousand highly acclaimed choir includedMelbourne in their 2011 AustralianTour. During their visit they performedwith the Trinity choirs at the MelbourneTown Hall during the Year 12Leadership Ceremony, gave alunchtime recital at St Paul’sCathedral, and combined again withTrinity for a farewell Choral Concert atHoly Trinity Church, Kew. We hope tovisit the Tiffin School with our own tourin the near future.

Trinity’s outstanding senior musicianswere featured at the Scholars’Concert, and our Junior Schoolmusicians enjoyed Music Camp atHealesville in preparation for the JuniorSchool Gala Concert, held at theHawthorn Town Hall.

The Billy Hyde Music Festival providesthe opportunity for schools to perform

for one another in the magnificentRobert Blackwood Hall, MonashUniversity, and to receive an onstagetutorial from a specialist conductor.The Junior Concert Band, Mitre Band,Intermediate Band, Symphonic WindEnsemble, Trinity Strings andSymphony Orchestra all performed at the Festival, held in August. TheSymphony Orchestra was thrilled tobe invited back to perform at the

Festival Finale Concert, which featuredone outstanding ensemble from eachcategory.

The Chamber Soiree, Southside Jazz,Instrumental and VCE recital eveningsand a Guitar Extravaganza Concertwill conclude another term ofwonderful music making at Trinity.

Ms Michelle StanicDirector of Music

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Below: Andy Zeng, Mr Craig Bentley and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Bottom: Chamber Choir

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Performing Arts

‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’Butcherous barbers, forced marriages,high-level corruption, social injustice,lunatic asylums and murderousrevenge are not generally the themesof choice for school musicals. Theydo, however, combine to make for anintriguing storyline in ‘Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’.Every show sold out in advance,which is testament to the brilliance ofpast Trinity/Ruyton productions andthe high level of anticipation for the2011 musical. The cast and crewdefinitely did not disappoint.

Audience members were on the edgeof their seats as the large andimmensely talented cast took themthrough the story of Sweeney Todd’srevenge on those who had done himwrong. Sam Ward, in the titular role,sang and acted with the confidenceand ability of someone completely athome on the stage. His partner incrime, Mrs Lovett, was played withwonderful comedic timing by TatianaKotsimbos. The use of a ‘chorus’ wasparticularly effective, adding powerand energy to many of the musicalnumbers. The singing was exemplary.The actors proved themselves morethan capable of coping with thenotoriously challenging Sondheimnumbers.

‘The Hobbit’Students in Years 7 and 8 who wereinvolved in Mr Nicholas Browne’sadventurous production of JRRTolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ looked like theywere having an awful lot of fun. Wewere taken along on the reluctantBilbo Baggins’ marvellous adventure:meeting dwarves, trolls, elves, goblinsand even Smaug – a terrible dragon.These students, mentored by olderboys and supported by a terrificproduction crew, learnt much aboutthe process of putting on a play andparticipated in wonderful performancesthat will be etched into their memoriesfor years to come.

The orchestra was placed behind the stage, just visible through atransparent partition. Its members are to be congratulated for providing a wonderfully evocative musicalaccompaniment to the story.

According to Director and Producer,Mr Mark Lauber, more than 200 cast,crew and parent volunteers wereinvolved, including Musical Director Ms Michelle Stanic and ChoralDirector Mr Kevin Kelley. Clearly, Mr Lauber’s aim of forming a team of ‘creative and hardworking peoplewho would also enjoy each other’s

company and have fun along the way’has been more than achieved. The barhas been set very high.

The Cast

The Goblins

Max Greenham

Sport

The winter sport season for 2011 hascome to an end. Boys participate in avariety of sports, supported by parentsand teachers who take them to thedifferent venues and encourage themto give their all and play their best. Thevalue that is placed on this commitmentto the team and to the School isrecognised at the annual CombinedWinter Sports Dinner.

Trinity had two teams in Grand Finals:hockey (for the fifth year in a row) andfootball (for the first time in 35 years!).The teams should both be pleasedwith their performances and the levelof sportsmanship they displayed.Cross Country placed third in theAGSV competition. However, the teamconsisting of Ben Andrews, MitchellDyer, Nicolas Paidoussis and DannySmith won the Victorian All SchoolsCross Country U16 Team event andthe U16 Victorian Road Relays.

The segue into the athletics seasonwas marked by the annual HouseAthletics Carnival, where a number ofnew school records were set. MitchellDyer (Year 9) was the winner of theSimon Malaspina 3000m PerpetualTrophy for the second year running.

Congratulations to the Trinity Athleticsteam on winning the AGSV AthleticsPremiership for the fourth year running.This is a stunning achievement. MrBrett Blackburn, his support staff and,of course, the boys themselves are tobe commended for maintaining theirmomentum and remaining sosuccessful.

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Mitchell Dyer with the Simon MalaspinaTrophy

Charlie Hamilton

Riley Maddock

Damon Zethoven

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Sport

Above: Dane Fencaros leads the field

Left: Athletics Victoria Schools KnockoutState Final – Junior Team with Ms LouiseRoberts

Below left: Gabriel Hamilton, SebastianNicolosi and Jay Kennedy Harris listen to Coach Dr Steven Maus

Below: Zac Maher

Dalton Graham and Michael Harper

Kirun Goy

Year 9 Football

Michael France

The House System at Trinity

The Origin of the HousesIn 1918, the 204 students attendingTrinity Grammar School, under theheadmastership of Mr Frank Shann,were divided into four Houses: Arnold,Henty, Merritt and Roberts. Accordingto the Headmaster’s Report in theOctober 2003 edition of ‘The TrinityGrammarian’, ‘Now that our SchoolRoll has reached 1200, with 850 ofthese boys as members of the SeniorSchool, it has been decided tointroduce four new Houses from Years7 to 12. Kent Hughes, Hindley, Cowenand Sutton complete the new groupof eight Houses, the names beingchosen from families whoserepresentatives provided significantleadership of the young TrinityGrammar as School Councillors.’

At the same time, the Junior SchoolHouse system was also altered. TheHouse groups were named, Friend,Henderson, Inglis and Summers after

four young men from the group ofboys present when the School wasfounded in 1903, and whose familieswere subsequently greatly involved inthe development and life of the

School. The colours for each JuniorSchool House consist of the colour ofone of the ‘traditional’ Senior SchoolHouses and the colour of one of the‘new’ Senior School Houses.

House AthleticsHouse Athletics, held in August, waswon by Kent Hughes House and thetrophy was accepted by its CaptainJoel Sansom. A large contingent offamilies supported their boys many ofwhom performed to a personal beststandard, resulting in hard foughtcompetitions.

House DebatingNow in its fourth year, the HouseDebating Competition was once againwon by Roberts House. The team ofCallum Hooper, Nicholas Campbelland Ben Ditchfield kept the otherHouses at bay with their skilful rhetoricwhile arguing ‘That beauty contestsare not harmful’. Daniel Beratis of KentHughes House took home thecoveted ‘Best Speaker’ title.

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Junior School Houses

Senior School Houses

Henderson

KentHughes Roberts

Inglis

Hindley Merritt

Summers

Cowen Arnold

Friend

Sutton Henty

Nicholas Meerman

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The House System at Trinity

‘Nothing should done by a memberof staff that can be safely delegatedto a properly trained student.’

In the context of the Houses at Trinity,this statement outlines the philosophyunderpinning the system. According toMr Christian Gregory, Senior Head ofHouse, in recent months research hasbeen undertaken to investigate how to improve, develop and increaseauthentic leadership by the studentHouse Leaders at Trinity GrammarSchool. As a result, building on thetheory of ‘distributed leadership’1, trainingprograms were set up to increasestudent influence by providing the HouseLeaders with appropriate managementskills in order to empower these studentsto take ownership and to guide thedirection of their respective Houses.

The House program at Trinity GrammarSchool attempts to achieve thefollowing:

• build cross-age communities inwhich each boy knows and isknown by, relies upon and is reliedupon by all members of his House

• use these House communities to empower each boy with theknowledge, skills and attitudes he needs to attain his personal bestby developing his vision of, andoptimism for, the future

• create a sense of service and, in some ways, help to preparestudents for a life outside School by exposing them to teamwork,management roles and workingtowards a shared goal

• hone the ability to manage oneselfin group interactions and to developpositive relationships across all agegroups.

Indeed, the cross-age nature of theHouse system is seen as one of its core strengths. This vertical structureprovides the opportunity for youngerstudents to share an authentic andcommon experience. Initially, theseyounger students will rely on their leadersfor guidance and inclusion but ultimatelythey are guided and trained over time totake more responsibility for themselvesand their peers. Of course, there will stillbe staff members allocated to particularHouses and there certainly needs to be a Head of House. However, it is hopedthat ultimately the House system will shifttowards a more student-led model.1Bennett, N, Wise, C, Harvey, J, (2003) ‘DistributedLeadership’ National College for School LeadershipNCSL Summary Report

Some of themembers ofKent HughesHouse

Year 7 studentsenjoying theHouse CrossCountry

Year 8s arefocused at thestart of theirrace at theHouse Athletics

Junior School

Collaboration betweenartist and studentsDylan Martorell’s 2010 exhibition‘Musique Provera’ at Heide: Museum of Modern Art, displayed a collection of hand-made musical instruments.When Dylan was invited to a meeting todiscuss a collaboration with the Trinityboys, it became apparent that he mademany different forms of art includingcostumes, large installation works,sculptural structures and intricate lineardrawings. It was unsurprising that theprocess of making these artworks not only looked fun but also had ahumorous element which would greatlyappeal to the boys.

During Term 1 Dylan worked with all boys in the Junior School. Theannual Prep to Year 6 Art Exhibitionshowcased the creations made fromthese workshops and includedcostumes, miniature houses, drawingsand polygon structures. The boys wentthrough a process of looking, discussing,collaborating and finally creating.

The exhibition provided a fantasticopportunity for parents and students to see the results of this experience.

LegoA new after school co-curricularactivity was introduced in Term 3 forthe Years 3-6 boys. ‘Lego Making’ isheld on Monday and Thursdayafternoons for boys who enjoy buildingLego creations. Each week the boysare presented with a thematicchallenge to construct. The challengeshave included a dream house, pirateships, treasure islands, advanced carsand fairy tale scenes. The boys workin small groups to assemble theirdesigns. There are boxes of Lego touse with thousands of bricks, tiles,wheels, windows and doors. We haveseen some amazing innovations;houses with helipads, pirate ships withgetaway boats and futuristic cars haveall been built in an afternoon!

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Alexander Liu and his mother Fang

Junior School musicians at work

Ted Basser with his father Ian

Jensen Tan

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Junior School

Year 6 Year Level PlayThe students of Year 6 were pleasedto present their play, ‘Brother Act’. Theboys put a lot of hard work intorehearsals and on the night made theirfamilies and teachers very proud.Combining two storylines into the oneshow, ‘Brother Act’ was well-receivedby the audience due to the catchysongs, comical moments and the level of audience participation. Highlightsincluded the numbers ‘My God’,‘Shake a Tail Feather’ and ‘EverybodyNeeds Somebody’. It was a memorableshow for the boys to look back on asthey conclude their time in the JuniorSchool. Thank you especially to theYear 6 families for supporting theteachers with costuming and props.

Year 4 Year Level PlayThe Year 4 boys had a fantastic timebringing the Wild West to Trinitythrough their performance of ‘CalamityJames’. Learning lines, many hours ofrehearsals and putting costumestogether were all part of theexperience in the lead up to the bignight. No matter what character heplayed, each of the boys did anamazing job to deliver a performancethat was thoroughly enjoyed by all.‘Calamity James’ certainly showcasedthe variety of talent in Year 4 this year.

Junior School Co-curricular MasterchefOn Thursday 11 August the JuniorSchool boys participating inMasterchef were served up a MysteryBox with one main ingredient - GeorgeCalombaris. George kindly gave histime to talk to the boys. He began bypersonally introducing himself to eachboy and then shared his story aboutbecoming a chef and successfulrestaurateur. He said that although hedid not achieve great academic resultsat school, he went on to pursue hischildhood dream to be a chef throughhard work and dedication. He beganhis career as an apprentice with GaryMehigan and later started his ownrestaurant business. George thenanswered many questions from theboys about ‘Masterchef’.

Year 6 ‘Brother Act’

Year 4 ‘Calamity James’

Junior School Masterchefs with George Calombaris

Early Learning Centre

The day to day program in the EarlyLearning Centre continues to be avery busy one as the children are somuch more comfortable and confidentin their special place. They are morewilling to share ideas about theirfavourite and current interests as wellas explore new experiences.

There have been many and variedprojects from studying Egypt andTutankhamen and Space in the FourYear Old room to firsthand experienceof life and death in the Three Year Oldroom with the loss of their tadpoles.The children had many theories aboutwhy the tadpoles died including ‘theywere too hot’, ‘too many bubbles’ and‘maybe dust in their eyes?’ They alsohad many happy experiences playingwith toy frogs, listening to relevantstories and singing songs using thefrog puppets.

Whatever the current interests, we are happy for families to share books,DVDs, photos or personal experienceswith the group and we encouragethem to do so. Parents are generouswith their time, as are staff membersfrom throughout the school. Thechildren in the Four Year old roomwere fascinated to see Mr LePlastrier’s ‘moon boot’ and even moreintrigued to hear the story behind it. Dr Brad Rundle has become our chiefscientific advisor (especially in relationto stick insects and tadpoles) and weare grateful for his input and support.

Term 3 has many special eventsincluding Father’s Day andGrandparents’ Day which all thechildren (and adults) enjoy. Their timingat the end of term could not be moreperfect as many children are startingto feel the effects of a long, cold termand they are uplifted by theirinvolvement in such special occasions.

Term 4 is another very busy time forus as we plan the transition programfor all the children; those moving ontoPrep and those transitioning into theFour Year Old room, orientationprograms for new students and, ofcourse, Christmas which is a favouritetime of the year.

The three week break gives everyonetime to ‘recharge their batteries’ inreadiness for the weeks ahead.

Mrs Genevieve ReadDirector of the Early Learning Centre

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Alex Wong and his grandparents Gladys and Tony Wong

Hamish Winters, Zachary Graves andEmmet Cooper examining their frogs

Hannah Scott and her grandparentsMargaret and Ray Scott

Miss Kirsty Brown sharing her love of books

Monty Wraith and his grandfather Daryl Wraith

Mr Le Plastrier explaining his moonboot

IT staff modelling how Uno is played

Leonardo Lamont and William McDougallcooking biscuits for Father’s Day

Kosta Dokolas with his mother Maria

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Trips and Tours

Chinese ExchangeThis year during the last week of July,a group of Chinese students from theYu Xin School in Beijing arrived inMelbourne. Among them was aChinese student by the name of LiuShilun. He was an exchange studentat Trinity for a week. He described histime in Melbourne as ‘Fantastic!’ Liuimmersed himself in the Melburnianculture, and was entirely fascinated by it, stating that ‘Coming to Australiahas really broadened my horizons.’During his time in Melbourne, Liuexplored the Melbourne CBD, andalso ventured to Geelong andSovereign Hill. Furthermore, Liuexperienced life as a Trinity student.He commented that the co-curricularprogram at Trinity is very extensive. Liuthoroughly enjoyed his time at Trinityand expressed a wish to return toAustralia in the future.

Denis Qian (Year 10)

German ExchangeEach year, Trinity students travel allaround the world to spend time inpartner schools and learn otherlanguages and about different cultures.In return, we host many students fromall corners of the globe. MarianumSchool in Fulda, Germany is a partnerschool of Trinity and the two schoolshave a history of successful studentexchanges. This year it was the turn of Niklas Brehl and Michaela Veltumwho spent two months in Melbournestaying with James Cameron (Year 11)and Liam McCoppin (Year 10).

These two adventurous studentsdiscovered many differences betweenAustralia and Germany. As theyexplained, ‘It was new for us to go toan all boys school with uniforms whereevery student uses his own computerin the classroom. However, we are gladabout getting this new point of viewbecause our school is a bit different. It was very interesting for us to go toBulleen in our second week at Trinity to see the whole school do sports.Furthermore, we noticed that theschool system is completely different to our German one because [forMatriculation/VCE] there are only sixsubjects which you have to do as anAustralian student and in Germany weneed to do thirteen.’ Liam and Jameswill travel to Germany at Christmas to

improve their language skills andimmerse themselves in German culture.

The Water Polo Tour to HawaiiDuring the July holidays, the Trinityintermediate water polo playerstravelled to Hawaii to experience this beautiful part of the world and toprepare for the upcoming water poloseason in Melbourne.

The games organised were played at and against Punahou School(Barack Obama’s Alma Mater) andIolani School, both senior high schools and well regarded ‘water polo’schools. Punahou School wasparticularly impressive with excellentfacilities and 75 acres of grounds.Entering the school alone was slightlyintimidating, but facing the thirty or so Hawaiian players, who apparentlytrain almost every day, with our teamof thirteen was even scarier.

We couldn’t leave Hawaii withoutviewing some of the local sights, suchas Waikiki Beach and Pearl Harbour,and also beaches on the windwardside where the surf was excellent. We were exposed to the culturalinfluences of the local Hawaiians, theJapanese and the Philippinos, throughthe food we ate (which was also ahighlight every night) and through themany experiences we had as a group.

This tour to Hawaii is one I personallywill never forget as I had a great timewith the other boys and staff,experiencing many different cultures,attractions and the general lifestyle of Hawaii. I am very grateful to theteachers and to our parents forenabling us to participate in thisunforgettable trip.

James Story (Year 10)

Liu Shilun in Melbourne

Enjoying a ‘Bretzel’ on the German Day Out

The German Exchange students with someof the Year 11Trinity students

The water polo tour group in Hawaii

SnowsportsMore than 80 members of the TrinityCommunity participated in the annualtrip to Mount Hotham during the firstweek of the July holidays. The day tripto Mount Buller was also popular,providing opportunities for racetraining or lessons for students of allabilities ranging from the absolutebeginners to the advanced.

For the first time in several years,Trinity entered a team in the VictorianCross-Country Interschools. All threeboys were from 7F and included twostudents who train with the AustralianBiathlon Association.

Of the 36 students in the team for the Victorian Interschool SnowsportsChampionships, six individualsqualified and competed at theNationals. Our outstanding student

FOUNDERS’ DAY FAIR

Sunday November 13, 2011

10:30am to 4:30pm

Junior and Senior School Ovals

Lots of entertainment all day

Stalls include: Garden, Trash and Treasure, Seconds and Samples,Vintage/Designer Recycled Clothing, Spinning Wheel, Side Show Alley,Porsche Driving School, Cakes, Fine Foods, Devonshire Teas, HotFood and Cool Drinks

RAFFLE will be drawn at 4.30pm

PLEASE JOIN US FOR LUNCH!

was Oscar Percy (Year 4), who wasnamed the top primary schoolsnowboarder in Victoria, then went onto win a gold and a silver medal at theNationals.

Ms Geri CoughlinTIC Snowsports

Trinity Community

Boarding at TrinityAugust is a special month for theboarders at Trinity. The weekend ofthe House Athletics sees many of theirfamilies travel to Trinity to participate ina weekend of activities. Among theseis the Boarders’ Dinner. Poignant andinteresting presentations are a featureof the evening and it is always somoving to hear from boys about theirjourney as they move through theSchool and of the support provided to them by their friends and the staffof the Boarding House. Year 12student Jack Mauleekoonphairoj wasinstrumental in coordinating the Dinnerand also spoke eloquently of hisexperiences as a boarder.

Also on this weekend, Bishop StephenHale attended the annual Baptism andConfirmation of boarders and dayboys in the Chapel. The Headmasterand the congregation enjoyed thecelebration of these boys who wereembracing their Christian faith.

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Tom Zaleski and Lachlan Forrester

Jack Mauleekoonphairoj

Oscar Percy

Harry Jacobs (in the middle)

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Trinity Community

New BuildingThe Richard and Elizabeth TudorCentre for Contemporary Learning isstarting to take shape. The internalaccess ramp and the Careers Centreare now visible.

School CouncilEducation is always in the news and is the source of much debate. A significant part of the commentaryfocuses on the curriculum and itsmode of delivery. While acknowledgingthat curriculum is at the core ofschooling, Trinity Grammar Schoolviews its task as much broader thansolely imparting curriculum to students.

Curriculum is only one of the twelvekey principles of our Operational Plan.There are many other areas ofemphasis that address the social,personal and spiritual aspects of ourstudents, such as Student Leadership,Outreach, Co-curricular Opportunities,Spiritual and Personal Growth, andCommunity. Trinity provides a richdiversity of opportunities and potentialactivities for its students, in order togive them the best chance to developtheir full capacities in a balanced way.

The new Richard and Elizabeth TudorCentre for Contemporary Learning willprovide wonderful new possibilities toexpand the scope and variety of suchprograms, as well as enhance andexpand the learning environment forstudents. It is exciting to see thisintriguingly designed building risingfrom the ground. The Headmaster and School staff have been activelyplanning the use of the building forsome time, but flexibility in the designmeans that the School can continueto mould its use of this facility formany years to come.

The School Council again wishes tothank all those who have contributedand pledged donations to this project.Without your generosity, this buildingcould not have been built. We hopethat OTGs and parents will continue to support this project actively duringthe remainder of its construction andcommissioning phase.

Robert UtterChairman of School Council

Some of Victoria’s most influentialpoliticians and business identities havepresented at the Kew BusinessBreakfasts hosted by Trinity. This yearalone has seen the Premier TedBaillieu and the CEO of DeutscheBank, Mr John Macfarlane, engage

and entertain a packed audience. The tables sell out quickly as theseBreakfasts provide an importantavenue for the Trinity community tomeet and participate in an enrichingand informative experience.

Kew Business Breakfasts

Parents’ AssociationThe move by society to be moreconnected through Facebook andTwitter has been embraced by Trinity.The Director of IT Mr Rob Flavellpresented to the Parents’ Associationthe ‘Trinity Connect’ secure portalconcept which has the potential toprovide parental access to the Trinityintranet. This is intended to be aresource to support our boys and willbe directed to parents with easylinkage and usability. The Parents’Association had the opportunity toengage in discussion and providefeedback for this exciting project.

Many activities have been undertakenby the various parent groups in theschool including the Friends of ArtNGV Winter Masterpieces ViennaBreakfast event. Friends of Musichosted the very popular SouthsideJazz, Friends of Drama assisted with

the Trinity/Ruyton Musical ‘SweenyTodd: the Demon Barber of FleetStreet’ and also with the MiddleSchool Play – ‘The Hobbit’.Furthermore, the Green Thumb Clubhas been busy growing and pottingplants.

We still have many more events forTrinity families in the next few weeks,in particular the very social Oaks DayLunch on 3 November and theFounders’ Day Fair on 13 November.

These two major events, along withthe Second-hand Book Sale areimportant fundraising events for theParents’ Association.

I do strongly encourage you tosupport these events and to volunteerto assist with the Fair to make it a veryspecial day for the Trinity community.

Ms Lucy MuchicPresident

Premier Ted Baillieu Mr John Macfarlane

The development of the new building

OTGA

In MemoriamIt is with great sadness that we report the passing of some diverse anddistinguished members of the Trinitycommunity.

WILLIAM GORE BRETT (1931-38)passed away in June this year. Williamand his wife Elizabeth were married for64 years. Our deepest sympathies go to the Brett family.

MAX HOWELL OAM (1940-42) passedaway in August. Max was a distinguishededucationalist as Headmaster ofBrisbane Grammar and DeputyHeadmaster at Camberwell Grammarbefore that. He was a member of theSchool’s Gallery of Achievement.

One of our long serving past staffmembers GORDON McINNES passedaway recently. Gordon was on staff from1959 to 1981. He was a science teacherand the first outdoor education teacherat the Leppitt Outdoor Education Centreat Lake Eppalock. He was instrumental inthe development of student leadership atTrinity and had two expeditions toAntarctica.

We were sad to hear of the passing of Mrs EDNA LEPPITT wife of JOHNLEPPITT (dec.) and mother of RUSSELL(1957-65) and CHARLES JONES (1957-62), grandmother to STEPHEN JONES(1984-97), and stepmother to JIM (1963-73) and RICHARD (1963-70) LEPPITT.Edna was proud of her title as thematriarch of Trinity Grammar School.

We were recently notified of the death ofALAN WEBBER (1945-50) who lived inTurramurra in NSW. Alan occasionallyvisited Trinity, but this year he attendedthe Gold Mitre Lunch in Melbourne andthe Sydney Reunion Dinner. Alan wasdeaf but this did not deter him frombeing a wonderful contributor to TrinityGrammar School. We thank him for hissupport of the School and in particular,the Library.His Honour GORDON JUST (1930-41)sadly passed away in August this year.Gordon was a County Court Judge, awonderful servant to Trinity GrammarSchool with his tireless work on SchoolCouncil, particularly the Building andGrounds Committee. To his sons, DON(1956-67) and ALAN (1958-70) weextend our sympathies. Please seeGordon’s obituary by Jane Carolan,Trinity Archivist.CHRIS THOMPSON (1967-73) passedaway after a long battle with a braintumour and his service was held at theChapel of the Holy Trinity on Thursday 1 September. Chris’s father GEORGE(1930-40) dec., uncle IAN (1938-44),brother WAYNE (1964-70) all attendedTrinity as did Chris’s son HAMISH (2000-05). Incidentally on Chris’s mother’s sideof the family there were another twogenerations that attended Trinity. Ourcondolences go to Barbara and family on the sad loss of a wonderful husband,father and friend.ALLAN SKERTCHLY (1944-46) passedaway in the NT where he resided with his

wife Lee. His ashes were scattered at theSchool as per the family’s wishes and arose has been planted at the School bythe family.

ALLAN CLYDE HOLDING (1945-47)passed away only a few weeks ago. He was well known to us all as amember of Federal Parliament in theHawke Government, but also as a statepolitician from 1962-77. Clyde was amember of our Gallery of Achievement.

ARCH FALCONER (1943-44) passedaway aged 81. He bred fine andsuperfine woolled sheep at Langkoop in Victoria. He recalled his boarding daysat Trinity with affection. Arch was knownby his farming mates as Mr Superfine.

JOHN PETER YOUL (1949-51) passedaway in December 2010. Our apologiesfor the late notice.

JIM FORSYTH (1944-48) passed awayin April this year. Jim was a St Paul’sChorister from 1941-45. He was also an outstanding footballer who could haveplayed with Carlton had he not beentransferred to Orbost with the Bank ofNSW. Jim worked for over 30 years atSussex Timber, BBC Hardware whichwas eventually purchased by Bunnings.

NOEL HARVEY (1936-39) attendedTrinity before he went to WWII. Hepassed away at 89 years of age and waswell known at the Gold Mitre Lunchesand OTGA. Illness prevented him fromattending these events in recent years.

Well, fellow Old Boys, by the time youread this report, spring will havesprung and all of us will be finding itthat little bit easier to get out of bed.The AFL finals are upon us and,focusing on football, it was fantastic tosee the OTGA Football Club retain itsplace in A Grade after what appearedto be a very tough season in 2011 inan increasingly elite competition.

In terms of a brief update, the OTGACommittee was delighted to welcomeChris Weinberg (2003-09) to theteam at our August Meeting and we’relooking forward to him making avaluable contribution in the yearsahead. He has already flagged theidea of introducing a new OTGAPerforming Arts Club so watch thisspace. A contemporary of mine, NeilMcAvoy (1971-76), is also exploringthe possibility of setting up an OTG

Outreach Club that would put evenmore emphasis and structure aroundthe good work the Committee hasdone to date in supporting theSchool’s commitment to Indigenousaffairs.

In recent months your Committeeagreed to donate $10,000 to supportthe development of the Careers Centrethat will form part of the highlyanticipated Richard and Elizabeth TudorCentre for Contemporary Learning. Itwould also be fantastic if any OTGs,who are in a position to do so, couldfollow our lead and donate some smallamount to fund this wonderful additionto the School’s facilities.

Planning is already underway to hostanother CBD Luncheon around lateOctober and it is also our intention toreturn before the end of the year to

the Nevermind Bar in Hawthorn foranother Young OTG Drinks Night.

Furthermore, I would encourage allOTG Business Owners to contactNoel Stevens at the TGS DevelopmentOffice if you would like to takeadvantage of the School’s OnlineBusiness Directory and in doing so liftthe profile and potential success ofyour business.

Until next time, enjoy the run home to the end of the year and try tocapitalise on the events initiated byyour Committee that give you a greatopportunity to re-connect with yourold School and old mates.

Stay safe and stay happy.

Regards,Leigh Hodges (1971-76)President

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OTG Sport

OTG FootballThe 2011 season began with a twopoint loss to Old Carey and ended witha heart stopping draw againstUniversity Blues. In between, we had amix of everything that football can dishup. Our goal for 2011 was to becomea competitive football side in thePremier Division. We have becomecompetitive, but now that alone isn’tenough. We have to win more gamesin 2012 and push towards the top four.

Brendan Iezzi capped off a fine firstseason as captain by winning thecoveted Woodrow Medal for the Best &Fairest Player in the Premier Division.Brendan’s leadership on and off the fieldthis season has been exceptional andwe all look forward to an even betterseason from him in 2012. Rob Humannhad a brilliant season, holding down akey defensive position and getting thebetter of almost every opponent heplayed on during the year. AndrewRamsden continued to astonish VAFAspectators with his feats on the fieldand managed to slot another 50 goalsin the process. He WILL be playing in2012! It was fantastic to see thedevelopment of our many young playersthroughout the season. Ben Howell,Dan Ahearne, Brett Barratt, Ned andJack Hunt played a majority of thegames and all were significantcontributors throughout the season. EdWeatherson and Pete Mescher had ataste of senior football and will hopefullyplay many senior games for Old Trinityin the future. Jack Gale continued hisimprovement in the ruck. It wasfantastic to have Fergus Stewart stepup to the challenge and play centre halfforward all season. Fergus had playedthree senior games in seven seasons atthe club prior to 2011. This shows whatcan be done when you apply yourself inthe pre-season.

Our one disappointment is that theUnder 19 team was pipped at thepost in the Grand Final. Overall,however, they had a great season.

A big thank you to our very supportivecommittee: James Petdro (ReservesCoach), Damien Ahearne (Under 19s),Paddy Herrod (Thirds Coach) andHayden ‘Magnets’ Munroe! I lookforward to seeing more Trinity peopleat our games in 2012.

We can’t wait for the beginning of pre-season 2012 so that we can continue

our push towards Premier Divisionfinals. We look forward to the arrival ofthe 2011 Year 12 footballers to helpus build our football club.

Adam Andrews (Senior Coach)0405 585 053adamandrews09@hotmail.com

OTG SoccerThe OTGSC enjoyed a strong finish tothe season, with all teams picking upvital points to close strongly. Being outof the running for promotion just afterthe half-way point of the season was a disappointing result for a squadbrimming with talent. Injuries andsuspensions for key players both inSeniors and Reserves caused highexpectations for the 2011 season tobe tempered. Ever-presents like TomMiller (2005) have had to adapt to newpositions (left-back for the attackoriented Miller where he has been a revelation) and new boy JustinCoughlin (2006) has broken into theside to become an important member.

Both squads play their final games at Bulleen with neither fixture able toimpact on the ladder. The games willbe far from dead-rubbers, however,with fixtures opponents Old Brightonpushing for promotion in the Reserves,and due for retribution in the Seniorsafter a fiery first fixture. The Thirdshave similarly finished with somethrilling victories in the latter half of theseason to lift what was looking to be agloomy position on the table to a morepositive one.

The Thirds’ final game of the seasonwas followed by the annual OTGSCgift (the third running of thisprestigious event). A record number of entrants for the 2011 race wereunable to better the 2010 championJosh Del Rio who, after ‘bulking’ upsomewhat, insisted (accurately itwould seem) that it would not curtailhis searing pace. There were someeyebrows raised over the CathyFreeman-esque running suit, but Joshwas not to be beaten on the day -retaining the ridiculously large trophythat dwarfs any of the meaningfulawards at the club like, for instance,the MVP - due to be hotly contestedthis year.

If you would like to be involved in anyway next year, we’re always lookingfor new social or playing members,and can offer non-playingmemberships for those keen to beinvolved off the park as well. Contactus at secretary@otgsc.com.au

OTG HockeyThe hockey season came to prematureend with both teams missing out onfinals action.

Our Metro team struggled for most ofthe season, with injuries and playeravailability taking its toll on the playinggroup. The team is now looking forwardto a better and more consistent 2012.

Our State League team just lost out on getting into the finals. Whilst weperformed well against higher rankedopponents, a couple of poor showingsagainst lower ranked opposition provedour downfall in the end. The aim fornext season will be to find someconsistency in performances.

Despite missing out on finals, theapproach by both teams to their hockeythis season was pleasing. Strongsupport and encouragement added to the enjoyment of all involved.

We’re always on the lookout for freshfaces so if you’re interested in playingplease feel free to contact the Club viaemail at oldtrinityhc@gmail.com orthrough the Development Office.

George KarasPresident

Fraser Heron Paterson

Jakob Steinhart

Reunions

During the term we have held threereunions for the 1971, 1981 and 2010groups. We also held a Reunion/GetTogether in Sydney for all those OTGliving in NSW. I hope that each Old Boywho attended a reunion enjoyed theoccasion. For the functions at Kew, NeilWeatherson catered and provided afabulous meal. Some reunions areextremely well attended while some arenot, often due to the date selection,travel or, at times, lack of interest.

Inevitably Old Boys ask where one oftheir school mates is or remark that he was looking forward to catching upwith so and so. The more that attendthe reunions the better and once everyten years it is worth catching up.

Still to come in 2011 is the:

In 2012 we will be holding the GoldMitre Lunch for those who completedschool in 1962 or in the yearsbeforehand. In addition, we will holdReunion Dinners for those who finishedin 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002. A BBQget together will be organised for the2007 and 2011 Leavers.

Thank you to all the groups who havemade the effort to be at the Reunions,particularly those who come frominterstate and overseas. Dates will beadvised shortly for the 2012 Reunions,however, in the meantime if you haveany questions, please contact SharonKendall at kendalls@trinity.vic.edu.au.

Mornington Peninsula Lunch

Tuesday November 29 from 12 noon for lunch

Portsea Golf Club

If you would like to join us and havenot yet received an invitation,

please contact

Noel Stevens on 9854 3600 or byemail: stevensn@trinity.vic.edu.au.

All Old Trinity Grammarians and their families

are warmly invited to the

OTG Founders’ Day Service

Monday November 14 from 6.30pm

Chapel of the Holy Trinity

A light supper will be provided at the conclusion of the Eucharist.

For catering purposes please contactSharon Kendall on 9854 3665 or by

email: kendalls@trinity.vic.edu.auNOTICE: ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING

Old Trinity Grammarians’Association

Tuesday November 8 from 8.00pm

Hudson House

53 Wellington Street, Kew

Agenda:

President’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Election of Office Bearers

Other Business

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Right:1971 ReunionFar right: Roger Miles andBruce Bellamy

Right:1981 ReunionFar right: Kelvin Oldridge,Brodrick Ely,Andrew Gray

Right:Peter Hunter,Alister Craig andAnthony WhiteFar right: Sydney Reunion

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News of Old Boys

MICHAEL VARCOE-COCKS (1985-88)was the co-curator of the Eugene VonGuerard Exhibition at the National Galleryof Victoria.

CHAZ BATROUNEY (1994-00) isworking at the University of Melbournedesigning and delivering the new Doctorof Medicine information. He has his ownweb and IT consultancy companywww.chazink.com.au

MARK THOMAS (1958-64) is the ParishPriest of two parishes in Adelaide. Healso lectures in the New Testament atCharles Sturt University and works asPolice Chaplain.

Congratulations to ROSS CAMPBELL(1967-74) and partner Sarah Fallshaw on the birth of their new son.

FERGUS KOOCHEW (1987-94) is stillrunning www.cardlimbo.com.au and hasa two year old baby daughter andanother on the way.

News of the FULLER family: SIMONFULLER (1998-05) has completed hisArts/Law degree and starts his clerkshipin 2012, MATTHEW (2000-07) is in hisfourth year of Medicine while JEREMY(2002-10) has started his BiomedicalScience course at Monash.

SAM POWER (1993-01) has retired fromfootball and begins his legal career withClayton Utz. His brother LUKE POWER(1989-97) has retired from the BrisbaneLions but will stay in football, possibly ina coaching role at another club.

NORM LATCHFORD (1957-65) hasfinally retired from Fowles Auction Groupat 90 years of age – yes that’s right 90!He has travelled extensively throughoutcountry Victoria and New South Walesover the last eleven years supportingbusinesses that use Fowles for carpurchases.

RYAN HILLAS (1995-00). Last issue I published the incorrect information. Thecorrect information for the website iswww.last-seat.com

P- 0457 595 055D- 1800 LAST SEATE- ryanh@last-seat.com.auO- Suite 103, 1/89 High Street, Kew VIC 3101T- Follow us on Twitter@lastseataus

TOM INGPEN (1957-62) called into theoffice in the second last week of term.He is currently in his fifth term as Mayorof Mansfield and is looking forward to theGold Mitre Lunch in 2012 to celebrate his50 years since leaving TGS.

VIVIAN LEES (1966-71) is the promoterand co-founder of the Big Day Out musicfestival, the world’s largest touring rockfestival.

PETER PULLAR (1962-66) called intothe office and is now running aconsultancy business called ‘EmpowerYourself’ which includes counselling,coaching and workshops.

GRAEME ALFORD (1955-66) and hisbusiness partner Scott Grant havestarted a new business that can recordyour home contents, personalinformation, photographs, insurance,tradesmen and so on, on a secure datasystem which can be retrieved anywhereat any time. It sounds a fabulous productand is called ‘KNOW YOUR HOME’. It islike taking your filing cabinet and securelystoring it online.

I caught up in Sydney with SHERMANWONG (1946-51). He has retired butenjoys a regular game of golf.

CHRIS WEINBERG (2003-09) andMATTHEW WEISS (2002-09) haverecently become involved with Our SayAustralia, a social enterprise engagingpoliticians with ordinary voters. Theyrecently held an event with former primeminister Malcolm Fraser.

GREG SANTER (1966-71) lives in semi-retirement in the picturesque Huon Valleyin southern Tasmania.

Photographed is ADRIAN TAYLOR(1979-89) with Noel Stevens from Trinity.Adrian lives in Sydney. He has leftMacquarie Bank and is now with CharterHall.

BEN BARONE NUGENT (1999-03)finished his honours thesis in Linguisticsat Melbourne University. He is nowworking in advertising with Ogilvy One,writing web content and advertising forNAB, Myer, Honda and Qantas. He isthoroughly enjoying advertising.

PJ ARBUCKLE (1997-02) graduatedfrom Deakin University in Geelong withHigh Distinctions and Honours in hisdouble degree in Architecture andConstruction Management.

JASON KING (1985-89) successfullyoperates a small gastro pub inHampshire, UK and he was awarded theGood Food Guide 2011 – Best Pub ChefUK. His brother DAMIEN KING (1986-91) has maintained his strong interest insailing and is currently the World EtchellsCorinthian Champion. Damien is marriedwith three young children.

JAMSHID (JUMPS) KHADIWALA(1993-98) is still playing music with theCat Empire. They celebrated ten yearstogether earlier this year.

Congratulations to DAVIDCONSTANTINOU (1994-02) whomarried Olivia in April this year. David is aprimary school teacher.

Congratulations to JAMES WEBSTER(2003-2008) and ANDREW PHILPOTT(2003-2007) who continue to developtheir hockey careers. James and Andreware currently playing for the Australia Ateam in Canada.

BRENDANIEZZI won theBest andFairest Awardfor VAFA AGrade.

Graeme Alford speaking at the Year 11Leadership Day

Sherman Wong

James Webster and Andrew Philpott in Canada

Peter Pullar

Adrian Taylor and Noel Stevens

Judge Gordon Just – a life of service 1924-2011

Over the last one hundred years fourgenerations of the Just family forgedstrong associations with Trinity. Inparticular Gordon Just (OTG 1930-1941) who died recently was a faithfuland loyal servant to the School. TheJust family first came to Australia fromSwitzerland during the 1850s goldrushes and established themselves ascommercial travellers in the Victorianhamlet of Steiglitz. In 1909 whenHerman Carl Just was appointed asSecretary of the Kew Lunatic Asylumthe family moved to Wills Street, Kewand his sons attended Trinity. HermanCarl (OTG 1909-1912) was appointedSchool Captain in 1912. Carl, as hewas known to distinguish him from hisfather, became the second Old Boy tobe admitted to the Victorian bar. Hisyounger brother Francis Pelham(OTG 1912-1914), a keen cricketer,also pursued law and both joined theiruncle’s Geelong firm of Whyte, Justand Moore.

Carl kept in close touch with theSchool as a prominent member of theOTGA serving as their honorarylawyer, Secretary and President duringthe 1920s. He was a member of theSchool Council from 1935-1952 andworked on the committee for the TGSJubilee Book in 1952. His eldest sonJack (OTG 1926-1936) also asolicitor, served as an army lieutenantduring the war. Jack’s three sonsNorman (OTG 1950-1961), Peter(OTG 1953-1964) and Stephen (OTG1958-1970) and grandson Stuart(OTG 1977-1986) followed in hisfootsteps at Trinity.

When Carl’s second son, Gordon,began at Trinity in 1930 he was thesmallest boy in the school and tomake matters worse, he had a severespeech impediment. Often his brotherJack would have to act as hisinterpreter. The preparatory teacher,Miss Ruth Lamble, with no priorexperience in speech therapy, assistedGordon. Every lunch time she woulddrill Gordon and slowly the problemwas resolved. The youngster grew intoa confident debater, Rhodes Prizewinner and Captain of the PreparatorySchool. In the Senior School, Gordonplayed football and cricket, was

Captain of Tennis, Editor of ‘The Mitre’,a prefect and won innumerableacademic accolades. He attributed his success at school to the generosityof Miss Lamble.

On leaving school Gordon began his law studies at the University ofMelbourne but war intervened. In April1943 he enlisted in the RAAF andserved until August 1945. During thewar the OTGA was unable to runevents as many of their members hadenlisted. Older members like his father,Carl, rejoined the committee andpublished lists of those on activeservice, those missing and those who had died. In March 1946 Carl and Gordon were instrumental inorganising a welcome home dinner at the St Kilda Town Hall for all OTGreturned servicemen. Nearly threehundred attended, representing eachyear of the school’s existence. In 1952Gordon became OTGA HonorarySecretary. He became Vice-Presidentin 1956 and in 1957/1958 both fatherand son were elected as Vice-Presidents. Carl retired from the OTGAin 1959 when Gordon was elected asPresident.

After the war Gordon completed hislaw studies at university and servedlong Articles with his father at ArthurPhillips & Just. In 1948 he read for thebar under Henry Winneke (later ChiefJustice and Governor of Victoria). Hepractised for sixteen years before hisappointment to the County Court inAugust 1965. He sat in all jurisdictionsof the County Court, on the Workers’Compensation Board and on theAccident Compensation Tribunal. Atthe same time he served on Trinity’sCouncil for thirty years (1966-1999)including three years (1981-1983) asChairman. He described his proudestmoments at Trinity as being involved in the appointment of Don Marles asHeadmaster and in securing the landat Bulleen for Trinity where the JustPavilion is named in his honour.Gordon is survived by his two sonsDonald (OTG 1956-1967) a barristerand Alan (1958-1970) a teacher.

Jane Mayo CarolanArchivist

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Don Marles and Gordon Just