Fleur de Lys 2019 by Trinity College Collections

Fleur de Lys 2019

EDITOR IN CHIEF Celia Purvis ART DIRECTORS Sophia Gawan-Taylor Connie Zhang EDITORS Angus McIndoe Anna McGinley Ash Brookes Eddie Jackson Rose Jowett Smith PHOTOGRAPHERS Sophia Gawan-Taylor Akash Anil Nair Lachlan Dodds Morgan Galea Izzy Hollingdale Celia Purvis FLEUR DE LYS Supported by Trinity College 100 Royal Parade Parkville, Carlton VIC, 3052, Australia. PRINTING E-Plot Publishers COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. No part of this publication, including artworks, may be reproduced in a whole. The views expressed in the Fleur de Lys are those of the respective contributors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Fleur De Lys acknowledges the Elders, families and forebears of the Wurundjeri tribes of the Kulin Nation who are the traditional custodians of the lands upon which the Fleur De Lys is created.

Celia Purvis Editor in Chief

Sophia Gawan-Taylor Graphic Designer

Connie Zhang Graphic Designer

Rose Jowett Smith Administration Editor

Anna McGinley Events Editor

Angus McIndoe Events Editor

Ash Brookes Sports Editor

Eddie Jackson Arts Editor

The Editori al Team

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“The business of measuring ourselves against those who have preceded us in Trinity is probably the most widespread of our activities at College – and one of the most difficult to avoid. This is due, one supposes, to our respect for the past. Clearly we are inheritors of tradition; but it is beyond most of us to state … what this tradition contains … Only the most glamorous, the most spartan, or the most outrageous incidents pass into College Lore, and as a result the authors appear to us as a race of hearty clannish giants of inexhaustible originality” – 1963 Editor of the Fleur de Lys. At Trinity, the past drives the intrinsic values that define our College’s culture. In this issue of the Fleur de Lys, we strive to celebrate the traditions that have contributed to the essence of the College that we know and love.

Subject: A word from the editor Trinity College 100 Royal Parade Parkville 3052

As a team, we wanted to capture every moment that 2019 had to offer, so that whatever happens, we know that we are a part of something bigger. We are ‘glamorous’, we are ‘spartan’, we are ‘outrageous’, we are one. In reflecting upon what has been, we can truly acknowledge the credibility of the opportunity that we have been provided with. In what seems like a blink of an eye, we will have passed through the gates of Trinity, each and every one of us blessed with immeasurable benefit; a gift that will continue to provide for us in the many years to come. Yours sincerely, Celia Purvis xo

nd so it begins And so it begins ...

10 Words from Admin

22 Outgoing TCAC

Incoming TCAC

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42 Trips

Clubs and Societies

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53 Arts

99 Events

A capella

71 Sports

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The Naughty Corner

LEONIE JON

NGENELIS

A letter to you from the Dean

As the not so new Dean (nine months in), I continue to be in a state of awe and wonderment of this very beautiful campus and the extraordinary people who I share it with. How proud everyone is of its record of achievements in artistic endeavours and how valued each member of the community is. We can celebrate that there is a strong commitment to both inclusion and diversity and a strong sense of the importance of service for others. My first year has served to reinforce this perspective and exceed my expectations in so many ways. I have had the pleasure of meeting so many fantastic young women and men with inspiring personal stories, exceptional talents and a commitment to collegiate living as well as an enthusiasm to grasp the many opportunities that are available to them. This includes contributing to this magazine, ‘Fleur De Lys’ which provides yet a further opportunity for students to showcase their exceptional talent and provides evidence of how the student body embraces Trinity’s glorious collegiate culture. As an illustration, I have been captivated by the extraordinary choral performances of the Trinity Chapel choir, the sometimes-impromptu piano virtuoso performances I hear as I walk through the dining hall, in addition to the magnificent solo vocalists and ensembles who have entertained us throughout the year. The college musical ‘Urinetown’ was an enormous success and wonderful entertainment. The College play this year allowed one of our own to shine as a first-time playwright. What a tremendous achievement ‘Helmut’s Helmet’ was for Finbar Todd and the artists that brought his play to life. The play was hilarious and a fabulous success. I have been delighted by our good fortune as a College to have an opportunity to hear scholars share willingly and generously their original poetry and prose at Formal Hall for the benefit of the staff and students.

KEN

Words from the Warden

“The Bulpadock rejoices in our efforts to excel. And whene’er we think on all these things wherever we may be, We shall raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity.” The College song, in two short verses, speaks to many things about our Trinity. It particularly speaks to our aspiration for excellence ( “The Bulpadock rejoices in our efforts to excel” ) and the connectedness of our community (“wherever we may be”). As we look back, perhaps from 2020, perhaps from 2040, at the year that was 2019 we can reflect on how the College lived up to these words. “Our efforts to excel” were clear in the theatre (Urinetown), sports (the Tickner Cup), creative writing (Nakata-Brophy Award, Wigram Allen Essay), concerts (Tiger Tones, Candystripes, Thursday evening performances in hall), outstanding academic results (61 students receiving an average of an H1 mark in first semester) and much more. We also seek to excel in how we live as a community that is welcoming and respectful. Completion of the Neave Review of college culture provides us with an affirmation of the many things that we do well and clear and independent advice on actions that we should take, and will take, in coming years to ensure that we are the College we aspire to be. “Wherever we may be” are words that become increasingly poignant as the Trinity diaspora expands. Our 8900 alumni are distributed in approximately 79 countries, with more than 2200 alumni in 43 countries connected through My Trinity Connect. To ensure that every one of our alumni has the chance to “…raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity” we hosted over 90 events for alumni in 13 cities around the world this year. Having attended many of these events, it is heart warming, and reaffirming of our College that so many alumni from over 50 years of the College are so keen to remain connected. For younger alumni, it is about exploring professional and personal opportunities through our extraordinary networks, for older alumni it is about reconnecting with friends from their younger days. 2019 has indeed been a year about which “We shall raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity” for many years to come.

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The Deputy Dean

This year has been one of change and looking ahead. We welcomed our new Dean Leonie Jongenelis in January and we have all been impressed by her energy, her care for students, and how quickly she has become part of the College.

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We have watched Project 100 appear before our very eyes. It seems like it grew in a matter of weeks, from a large hole in the ground and some scaffolding, to a magnificent building of brick, metal and glass. But it is more than that because it will house the heart and soul of the College - our students. It carries the promise of marvellous exploits, good friends and fun times, of quiet study, a shared cuppa and furious debate. We wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the character of this building will be until the students move in and make it their own. It is like a novel with a new chapter yet to be written. The possibilities are exciting and I look forward to the story unfolding. As I reflect on 2019, I think about what a privilege it is to work at a place like Trinity College - a place with a long history and tradition, but also a place which continually looks forward, which always strives to do things better, and which works hard to provide the very best experience to all of our students. The College is an amazing place to live and work and you have all made your special contribution. Thank you for your kindness and understanding throughout the year.

Q: Tell us a bit about you and your interests and your background I’m a qualified high school music teacher. I studied a Music Education double degree at UNSW, as I always wanted to be a teacher. I always wanted to be the one that helped students grow.

I finished up those positions there and moved to Melbourne 3 years ago doing music teaching at Blackburn High School. Blackburn is a really high achieving music school, with a wonderful culture of excellence. I really loved being out there. I was doing a leadership and wellbeing role at the school as well. I saw an opportunity at Trinity College, and it’s been great.” Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? “I’ve been told that my personality is like a fish. I don’t really connect with that. If I could be any animal, maybe it wouldn’t be a fish. Some kind of bird that migrates around, or a whale. I like to travel. I think a whale that could migrate huge long distances every year to see different parts of the world and eat different fish, that’d be cool. Hopefully not the top of the food chain, but I don’t want to be eaten by a shark or anything.”

The Associate Dean

As I was studying I started working in colleges at UNSW. I started in an equivalent position of a tutor at Baxter College, and ended up working as the Dean for two years. I loved being a part of it and it was really unlike anything else that I have done. I always wanted to go to college but never really had the access or opportunity, so as a staff member I thought it was great.

ANTHONY MCGIRR

2019 at Trinity has been an energetic, packed year for the Student Services and Wellbeing team. I have only just started in my role and already I have seen the enthusiasm that all Trinitarians bring to our community here through events like V-Day, Sports Ball, Wellbeing Week, and charity involvement with One Girl. My first impression of Trinity College is that it is a vibrant, diverse community of people who are all looking to achieve the same goal – enjoy the short years they have here and throw themselves into any opportunity that comes their way. Trinitarians are committed, friendly people and I look forward to meeting more of you in the months to come. It has been a pleasure jumping into the role of Associate Dean and working alongside Tamm, Carly, and the Resident Tutors in the Student Services Team. The Wellbeing program has undergone many changes this year and I would like to extend my thanks and congratulations to all staff who have been there to support, advise, and guide Trinity students over this year. All College staff aim to give students the best chance at success possible and the care they show for students is genuinely inspirational.

2019 has been a year of change for me! I’ll start by letting you in on my nursing background and experiences. Previous to commencing my new role as the Residential College Nurse in late August, I had two very opposing but equally rewarding roles. One as an acute Oncology Nurse at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (treating cancer) and one as a Melanographer RN - assessing and imaging skin using dermoscopy to identify melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers (preventing cancer). Whilst oncology nursing has its fair share of sadness, it has taught me just how precious life is. How much we take for granted. How looking after your mental health is everything. And how a little bit of hope, passion and believing in yourself can take you anywhere! I’ve been so grateful to spend the last few months working at Trinity College and getting to know a lot of you. What a welcoming community! I recently moved on site with my partner and cat and we’re loving res life! A highlight so far was attending V-Day. I’ve been overwhelmed at the amount of talent we have amongst us and I’m so excited to watch you all grow and develop into your full potential and see just how far that takes you.

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CARLY STEWART College Nurse

The Ultimate Intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall- The student’s prayer Don’t impose on me what you know I want to explore the unknown And be the source of my own discoveries Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery The world of your truth can be my limitation Your wisdom my negation Don’t instruct me, let’s walk together

Non-Res Coordinator

JEN WALSH

it ss, e e n ak d t a s nco we logy e of r h a c h nursing it h u has its fair s as t wm o aug ht m s. H e just how precious life i

Why the prayer? It is with our perception of things that we place them in a certain context and relate them in a certain way. When the Non-Res program was designed it was with a sense of responsibility, to ultimately care for the wellbeing of a new group of students entering into the community. When the Non-Res students first arrived, they were worried about not being included in the diversity of all clubs and societies. With some negotiation and willingness to adapt the program to the needs of the students, very soon they were welcomed to all events, albeit some safety and responsible measures (a wrist band,

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no drinking & a travel plan home) but they were included, homeostasis had begun! The Clarkes Computer Room created another inclusive environment to ensure that all Non-Res students had a friendly place to meet, chat, leave their bags and live amongst the community. Reflecting on the Non-Res program, I really enjoyed talking to the students and listening to how they were feeling about having a Trinity experience - without a room! ‘Res kids make us feel welcome’, for some interstate students College is all they have in the absence of family and friends, they told me they make friends in tutes at UoM but it’s

hard to solidify those relationships when you only see them for one hour. Some had waves of enjoying and feeling not integrated, having a sense of an extra barrier to get past. Also, pulling themselves away to do study but trying to keep socially integrated. They are constantly amazed at what Trinity pulls out of its hat i.e. Choir singing at dinner. Trinity has enabled the Non-Res students to thrive in this community life fully and I was proud to manage the Non-Res program in 2019.

TAMM TAMM TAM Dearest Trinity Family,

What a year! It’s been so exciting to watch you all develop into dynamic young leaders, independent thinkers and confident young adults even if it is only during a bacon sandwich moment. This year we were blessed with a Welcome to Country by both Aunty Kellie and Aunty Carolynn, we hosted the inaugural Inter-collegiate Buroinjin competition, and we had Aunty Donna in for some weaving during NAIDOC. We were also honoured to hear from a few of our students about their personal journeys. We’d like to thank them for sharing: Jacob, Jordan, Ethan, Jayney, and Nicola who sang in Palawa language for us. I want to extend thanks to those who have taken time out to have a yarn with either myself, another Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander student of our cohort or even amongst each other towards creating more informed spaces here at Trinity College. I have had many proud ‘YAY’ moments this year where people from all over college reach out

and want to learn more, this is the action of true reconciliation.

Together we bring no harm to the waterways, to the land or to the children of Bunjil.

As our Trinity fam grows and becomes more diverse, we move forward in hope. We will all become even more conscious of other cultures, aware of our own biases and involved in the journey of others so that our own lives are enriched, and we truly live the Australian Dream.

“‘A ‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia”, a Hawaiian proverb ‘No task is too big when done together by all’. Mahalo nui loa mo e tau Monuina – TAMM

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147 years of history

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Senior Student 2018/2019 The core of Trinity is undoubtedly the students, but the essence of Trinity is how we treat each other. It’s been such an honour to be a part of the Trinity community, and I couldn’t be prouder to serve as Senior Student. I sometimes look around at all of the positive changes that have been made to the College over the past year and I think to myself ‘Tom, how have you managed to achieve all of this?’ And then I remember – I haven’t! Every positive change that I’ve been involved with during my time as Senior Student can be put down to the collective vision, hard work and perseverance of the TCAC and Admin team – I’m so lucky to have had such wonderful colleagues in my corner. When I commenced this position 12 months ago, I knew I wanted to do something and I’m extremely proud of what I’ve achieved with the TCAC. You might not like the changes we’ve made, you might not like the way we’ve got things done, maybe you don’t even like us, but what I hope we’ve demonstrated to everyone over the past 12 months is that students can have impact at this College if they’re willing to try. In a place with so many people, with so many big ideas, and so much going on, as a leader it’s easy to get distracted and lose focus of what’s important. I implore any leader in the Trinity community to remember that your focus should always be on people, who they are, how they feel, what they want. We make Trinity better, by making Trinity better for individuals. Making one small change, helping one person at Trinity doesn’t change Trinity, but it does change Trinity for that person, and that I believe is a very good start! With respect, Tom Grills

ELIZA CHOMLEY

SO CIAL

I was asked in an interview to describe the outgoing TCAC in one word. Keeping words to a minimum – let alone one – has never been my strong suit, and I proceeded to blab on about the various words I would love to use, explaining (including examples) why each would be appropriate, and avoiding the seemingly impossible task of summing up our team, and the rather large year we’ve had, in a single word.

SEC RET AR Y

I have learnt far more than I ever expected I would throughout this past year. I could now not live without Google Drive, am far too prepared for constructing the seating plan for my wedding (remember to check your emails for the RSVP link!!) and have mastered paraphrasing Grills’ words. However, I have learnt far more from my fellow committee members than through the tasks my

New calendar starts I love and will miss College The work is now done! Chom xxx

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role requited. I have been taught about empathy by Bea, kindness by Gally, conciseness by Pussos, fortitude by Sarah, how to “chill out” by Moony, determination by Lilli, and commitment by Tom. As I said, one word was difficult, and even these seven don’t do justice to these wonderful people that contributed so much to college this year. Trinity has been the best home I could’ve asked for, and I am so insanely lucky that I can call it just that.

SAM HANNAH TREASURER

Dear College,

I have loved my time at College. While of course I had high expectations, Trinity has surpassed each of them in every way possible. For me the best part of College, and the part that I will take with me the most, has been the friends I have made, the relationships that I have developed during my time here. It is almost hard to understand how good we currently have it, but I think in the years to come I will look back on my time at College with great fondness and jealousy. There is something special about waking up in the morning and immediately being greeted by your friends, being continually surrounded by an amazing bunch of people, each of whom possess something unique and special about them, and of course having 3 or 4 people on your corridor with FIFA will always be remembered. At College there is an extremely supportive environment, wherein everyone is encouraged to have a go and to pursue their passions. This allowed all of my friends and I to try new things and to be able to develop as people in a multitude of different ways. I think that the number of opportunities available at Trinity is almost unparalleled and is certainly something that I will always look back on in a positive light.

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most will be my time as Treasurer of the TCAC. I think Treasurer is unique in the sense that almost every event or activity at College has something to do with money, which means it has something to do with the Treasurer. Because of this, being Treasurer enabled me to be super involved and active in the College community, which was both quite full on (at times) but also extremely rewarding. The highlight of my time on the TCAC was definitely O-Week and all of the preparation and planning for it. It was awesome to have put so much work into helping 100 people have the best time ever and set themselves up for the year ahead in their new home. Perhaps even better than that though was working with the rest of the TCAC. We were a team that worked really well together and mostly just got side-tracked at meetings by mucking around and chatting with one another. I was so incredibly lucky to work with such an amazing group of people and have so much fun while doing so. Sam

OH MY GRID

Dear Ol’ Col, Past Trinitarians have often said that there comes a day when you know that it’s time to leave Trinity. Since hearing that in first year, I’ve been waiting for the ball to drop. Yet here I am, a few weeks before I pack my boxes for the last time, and I’m as attached as ever.

‘Home’ has always been an ever-evolving concept to me. Having moved countries six times in my life, I have realised that where I call home generally reflects the place I feel most attached, and that’s had the most considerable influence on me to-date. By this definition, ‘home’ has tended to change with every move, as I realise retrospectively how formative my last environment was. However, on this occasion, it didn’t take me long to realise that Trinity would be a true home to me. One whose influence I now hope to bear for years to come. Through moving, I’ve had the privilege of being welcomed into and learning from cultures and communities considerably diverse in nature — however, few rival what I have found here. Trinity is a place steeped in immense heritage and tradition. It is an exquisite thing to feel a part of its history and to be welcomed into the lives we’re able to lead here. However, it’s the calibre of character held by its collective members and the values, culture, and comradery that we embody that make this community distinctive in my mind. In Trinity, I have found a network of unwavering support, peers whom I admire as role models, friendships as strong as those ten years in the making, laughs, the best dance floor boogies, late-night study buddies, travel misadventures, more embarrassing incidences than I care to remember, and what I truly believe have been the SARAH LOO most rewarding first three years at university possible. I reflect on my three years in this magical place with Community Representative the utmost pride to be a Trinitarian. I am leaving hope2018/2019 ful that our best years are still ahead of us, but cognizant that future adventures will have a lot to live up to.

To those of you who are just embarking on your time at Trinity, I could not be more excited for you.

In a few decades, I hope we will gather under the oak, having lived wildly rich and unexpected lives that have crossed paths on serendipitous occasions. I hope we look around at a place we once, together, called home. Appreciating each other and the years of adventure, discovery, and fun we have shared.

Yours sincerely, Sarah

Dear Old Col, If you haven’t already watched Tim Minchin’s “Nine Lesson” address, I suggest you stop reading this right now and head on over to YouTube. That is some life changing stuff. Much more meaningful and eloquent than this waffle of advice I definitely have no authority to give and you have no obligation to take. I was however inspired to try and create nine little lessons that I have learnt from being at Trinity College. Look Around. Eat. No not just eat food, but Where we live, eat college food. You may find what we do, yourself having one of the most with the people interesting conservations at any around us… breakfast, lunch or dinner. And no not gossip, but genuine, interesting That’s amazing. and engaging conversation with your fellow intellectual peers. I know Look up. We it is very hard, but get up off your bed, leave your room, don’t mesdon’t often look sage your friends and be brave. Head on down to the dining hall and sit next to anyone and start a conversation. up and see the sky, buildings or trees above. It looks rather Study Arts. Study it as Go away, but then a degree. Study it as an elec- nice up there. come back. College is only good sometimes tive. Study it as a breadth. Be kind. A wise when you go away, and then Just study Arts. It teachlady once walk back in the gates. Only es you how to think for then will it feel like home. yourself. had a very controversial poster on her wall Only then will you miss it, which said “I think everybody and only then might you should like everybody.”(Andy realise it is one of the best places in the world Warhol). Contact Harriet Hewitson to share your own Lift up your head. Don’t be one of those thoughts on that one. people who doesn’t say hello to your fellow Don’t take yourself to seriously. Go for Trinitarians. Look up and say hello to the jester and make a fool of yourself. If you’re gardeners, the cleaners, your friends and in the beer garden just have a good laugh. even people who you don’t really know. It’s Cheer loudly for your friends if they win always better to be someone imparting and and have a laugh if you lose. receiving a smile.

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Attend a chapel service. Not only this but go to a sports match, go to a play or a musical. You may not be religious or sporty or musical. But to sit, stand, watch and listen to these things, for free is something when you are older, you will look back and wish you did more of. You don’t have to be inspired or take anything away from them. But even just to close your eyes and listen. I found it to be rather meditative and joyful. And finally at the risk of copyright from Tim Minchin himself. ‘Don’t be in such a hurry’ You might want to leave college, or you might want to stay. However you have 3 years of your whole life in which to experience this weird and wonderful world. If you have the chance, take it. Not everyone can. Be thankful, be grateful and then take it.

Arts Representative

BEA HART

Hey guys, It’s finally time to grow up after being supported and sheltered by the place I’ve called home for the last two- and a-bit years. As I reflect on my time at Trinity, I want to note that we all have different experiences and that mine may be very different to yours. But here is my two cents. I don’t know where to begin – maybe I’ll start with when I first walked through those gates. My first memory of this place was meeting a bloke by the name of Charles Wylie who very sarcastically HENRY MOON started with, “hi, I’m SO excited to meet you”. It was at that moment I knew I was at the right place. As time went on, I Indoor Representative started to believe that college would be the best years of my life 2018/2019 and although I haven’t experienced life outside of college yet, it’ll be pretty hard to beat. I’ve met some of my best mates here and I know that in 5 years-time I’ll be talking about the moments we’ve all shared together. Being on the TCAC with a fantastic bunch and Gally has been a great experience. I’ve been lucky enough to work with smart, selfless individuals and learn from them. FIFA once taught me that when it comes to scoring goals, it’s all about the service – not sure what that has to do with anything but what I’m trying to say is, that a TCAC would not be operational without the help of the other 292 students. So, for that we have you to thank. However, the experience also made me realise that Trinity is far from perfect. When you live together for three years, we almost know each other too well – like a 300-person game of Chinese whispers. That would be the one thing I’d love to see improve. That’s where the 2020 TCAC and students step in. I have no doubt that this place will continue to grow under your guidance. With an additional 100 rooms next year, it’s a nerve-racking but exciting prospect and I have full faith that Trinity will continue to be the best on the crescent. I’d like to say that it’s been the best years of my life to date and it saddens me that my time has come. I’d like to thank Trinity College and our sponsors Alliance Catering, Career Connect and Billiards Room. To all our Res-col team, freshers, second years and third years, there’s so many people that make Trinity College. It’s been an incredible year and I’ve loved living with you all and finally, I wish you all the very best in whatever you choose to pursue. Cheers, Moony

Dear Beloved Col (or Max Yui’s 19th - by the time this is posted surely this gag is too old!)

LILLI VAGNARELLI

Quirky College has been an experience greater than I ever could have expected. When thinking about what I adore most about College, I cannot look past how it is the ultimate environment for becoming a two-minute expert in areas most people spend a lifetime immersing themselves in. Through the various clubs, societies, events and extracurriculars offered I’ve seen the development of wine connoisseurs, DJs, Premiership winners (sometimes four in a row), outdoor adventurers, artists, leads in musicals, fire bearers, and of course highly valued regulars at Naughtos.

While many of us Trinitarians may currently only be two-minute experts in such areas (evident in the struggle to identify the tones of peaches in the shiraz we tasted last winery tour) it says a lot about the inquisitive, forward-thinking, open- minded, uninhibited people I have found myself surrounded by for the past three years. Each area of interest is constantly opening a new can of worms and has led to countless engaging conversations over breakfast, fiery debates on the bul and hilarious discussions at many bar nights. I feel very lucky to have experienced so much personal growth through being constantly challenged to question, critique and change my own views, often when I least expected it. I also have adored the environment Trinity has nurtured where you are encouraged to give everything a go.

Female Sports Representative 2018/2019

Here’s hoping Trinity might open a retirement village for Trinity alumni and we could all do it again on the back end of life.

I will dearly miss the never-ending adventures that every day entailed, but more importantly the people who constantly inspire me. Thanks for the best three years of my life.

My biggest piece of advice would be to take an interest in every single person’s passions and to give everyone a chance. While some people may be more outgoing and easier to click with initially, I’ve found some of my quieter peers who I got to know down the track are the ones who have blown me away the most with their incredible interests. My biggest regret is always that I didn’t get to know these people earlier. The passion I see those live by shows that to be a Trinitarian is to suck the bone marrow out of life. Until then I cannot wait to see what all my very capable peers achieve and how they will positively imprint on this world. Love always, Lilli Vagnarelli x

Q: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself/describe yourself how you think others see you? A: “First impressions, physically; I’m very tall. I think that’s the one thing that everybody notices and something that a lot of people ask me questions about. Somehow I just block it out now. Other than that I would say people would say that I’m warm and kind, or I hope that they’d say that, and always up for a chat”.

Q: If you could be any animal what would you be and why? A: “Well if we’re gonna go for the clichéd tall thing, we’ll have to go giraffe here. It was my nickname in the cricket team at school and everything, and I think it just goes well for me. Even though I don’t have an abnormally large neck, I’m still tall and I see above the crowd, so yeah a giraffe.”

Q: Favourite sport you watched this year? A: “This is a hard question because I literally loved them all... I need to go between stuff that was great and other stuff that we won in. I think this year it was the tennis. We literally just dominated so hard, but that was due to both the men and women at trinity, and even Q: What is an unusual talent or our reserves were just phenom- skill that you have ? A:“I’d like to enal. But over my three years think that I could win Survivor, the ALEX at college, some of my fond- TV show. However, I can’t prove that GALL est memories have been in the I have that talent or skill, but like, I’m women’s netball. It is some- that confident that I would say that.” thing I definitely didn’t watch any of at school, but coming Q: Lilli, what was your first to Trinity College changed that. It has even impression of Gally? A:“I driven me to play my own mixed netball thought he was such a weirdo. games, which is something I’ll continue with When we first met he was trying just because of how much I’ve enjoyed it.” to fit in with everyone and play this online game on your phone, and he had devised this whole strategy of how you go about winning every game guaranteed, Q: Describe the old TCAC in and I thought he was the biggest one word. dork. And then luckily I went to A: “It’s an acronym, and it’s someIndia with him at the end of the thing that I’ve never used and I year and I realised he was actualdon’t know if I want to go on record ly super funny and half the things saying it, but BFFL, best friends for he was saying weren’t serious. life. I know, it’s pretty cute. And he talks in a baby voice a lot, which at first took me a bit to get used to but now it’s so funny.” Male Sports Representative Lilli.V

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Q: What are some of your main goals for next year in your new position? A: My first goal will be to improve our integration initiatives, targeting all students in all year levels. We also need to continue our efforts of integrating administration and more specifically its future professional pastoral carers into our community. This will ensure everyone’s wellbeing is accounted for. Secondly, we need to improve existing feedback MORGAN GALEA channels as well as create new ones. Thirdly, we need to inject life and value into the C&S program and finally, we Senior Student need to make some improvements with the academic pro2019/2020 gram at Trinity. Academics is important and is essentially the umbilical cord that connects us to Trinity. It is imperaQ: Which event are you tive all our students are academically thriving at college. most excited for and why? Q: What is your go to karaoke song? A: For those of you who A: Just one? I’m a bit of a fiend for some don’t know, I am a fiercely competiNicki Minaj, whether it’s Starships, or Anative person. After my consecutive first conda. Any Nicki Minaj. Classic repertoire. round eliminations last year and this year, I will be back, hungrier Q: What is an unusual talent/skill you have? than ever to get my first kill A: I’m actually quite competent at the recorder. in the sock throwing, underI’ve got a soprano, alto, and a bass recorder, all pants wearing phenomenon in my room. I can do private performances for that is “Assassins.” people if they wish. First two are free.

JAMES MCINTOSH Q: What is something the previous TCAC did really well and what is something you want to change? A: The previous TCAC did an awesome job of providing a fun and friendly environment for everyone to enjoy. O-Week in particular was a standout Q: What is one funny memory success. The big thing that you have at Trinity over your I want to ensure is to have time here? a smooth transition into the A: One funny memory I have was the new JCR now that Project bar night that my good friend Fraser 100 is done. It will be jarSmith grabbed the mic and began Treasurer ring for many to move into banging out some Migos lyrics like 2019/2020 a new space and therefore he was headlining Coachella. While putting on great events to the crowd was electricreate positive associations fied, watching a mate Q: Who in the new TCAC is with the area will be of fun- achieve their life-long most likely to complete all 7 wonders? damental importance. dream was just as gratA: Not Morgan, because with great ifying. power comes great responsibility. 34

Q: What are some of your main goals for next year in your new position? A: I hope that every social event at Trinity in 2020 is memorable and original. However, I’d hope that my role as social secretary can extend beyond table plans and social calendar updates to create more regular and casual social competitions or events for the college as well. With Trinity’s largest intake coming in next year, having regular social outlets is important to ensure we stay a tight knit community. Q: What is one funny memory you have at Trinity over your time here? A: It was the last night of the musical in first year and the chorus - who were dressed up as old grandmas - had to faint in a line on stage. Angus McIndoe always fainted in front of me and on the last night split his dress. When the next song came on, I couldn’t stop laughing watching him sing and dance whilst trying to hide his exposed bum on stage.

ELLIE MACKEY

Social Secretary 2019/2020

Q: How are you going to keep your relationship strictly professional? A: In the TCAC? It works really well. Not that this would matter, but we never sit next to each other at meetings, but I feel like that does help. People were saying next year in O Week they want us to pretend we’re cousins, so that will be interesting. I’m not worried about 2020 at all.

Q: What is a funny memory of your time here at Trinity? A: My funny memory definitely comes from last year’s play Rhinoceros. It is a wonderful play and I was cast as the “house wife”. Yep you heard me, I played a female in a dress. What was funny is that on the second night everything that could go wrong, went wrong. People were forgetting lines left right and centre, making the scene into a confusing mess. Then when I came on, I fell over, my wig came off and I had to crawl in front of a staring audience Q: What is the best place to go JAMES VERHEGGEN to retrieve it. If that for a first date? Community Representative wasn’t bad enough, A: Yep I’ve got a bullet in the chamI then sat on a chair 2019/2020 but being a man ber for this one so, movies, terrible. Dinner dates I find are awkward. and forgetting that What you need to do is something I was wearing a dress, I man where you’re moving, and somespreaded in front of the where where there’s alcohol. Miles whole audience exposing Kelly gave me this advice, absolutely my undies. The audience impeccable: mini golf and beer. was cracking up at all of my jokes and I only realised after they weren’t laughing with me, rather they were laughing at me. 35

Q: Why did you apply for this position? A: I applied for Arts Rep because I want to help facilitate spaces for the amazing people of Trinity to show their talents. I love the arts and I am in constant awe of the talent surrounding us. And though Arts Rep is not all fringes and turtlenecks, it is such a great opportunity to help create an inclusive and beautiful culture at Trinity!

Q: Which event are you most excited for and why? A: I’m really pumped for V-Day because it is honestly the best event of college! I am also really excited about the prospect of an Arts Gala and will work hard to make sure it becomes a reality in 2020!

Q: What is your go to karaoke song? A: Definitely September by Earth, Wind and Fire. It’s my favourite. Or Bohemian Rhapsody, which I do know all the words to as well, which is a sight to behold.

SARA WATSON

Arts Representative 2019/2020

Q: If you could be any animal, what animal would you be and why? A: I have two. I’ve always been told since I was young that I was like a wise old owl, so apparently I’d be an owl. Or, I’d be a pug, a really aggressive little fat rolly thing, I’d just be really happy eating food.

Q: Why did you apply for this position? A: The indoors have forever been a passion for me. Outdoors are completely overrated. Put in a skylight and you literally have all the benefits of the outdoors plus the benefits of indoors! Liking the outdoors is just immature, and that I am not. Hence why I ran for the position of Indoor Representative. Q: What is an unusual talent/skill you have? A: If I have a mirror in front of me I can make my eyes look in different directions. It’s not a talent, I just have a lazy eye, but it’s a crowd pleaser; it’s the closest I’ll ever get to having a talent. Q: What is a funny memory you have at Trinity over your time here? A: Lachie Randello sent me a funny meme once. Haha good times. Q: Who is most likely to leave their door stopper off out of all the TCAC members? A: *laughs* Boyd-Law, I don’t know why, but she seems like the 36 type of gal.

JEMMA MORRIS

Indoor Representative 2019/2020

Q: As Indoor Rep, what is your favourite thing about the indoors? A: The JCR has good leather seats.

Q: What are some of your main goals for next year in your new position? EMMA BOYD-LAW A: One of my main goals as Female Female Sports Representative Sports Representative is to create a Girls’ Cricket Competition. It would be 2019/2020 great to see more opportunities created for girls to participate in sport and cater for different sporting interests. Some other goals include reinstating the RacQ: If you could be any animal, what quet Society, continuing the Chooty Allanimal would you be and why? stars competition and boosting support A: I feel like a dolphin would at sporting events. be really cool. They stick in a Q: Who in the new TCAC is most likely to be late pack with their friends and all Q: What is your go to that, so I like that. to every meeting? karaoke song? A: Either myself or... Sara. A: I do like Party In The Q: As Sports Rep, what Yep, Sara. USA by Miley Cyrus. I are your favourite type of can’t go past it. Literally balls? been obsessed with it since like year 6 A: Hmm. Either basketballs or tennis balls, or whenever it came out. Either that or because they’re my favourite sports. pretty much anything Hannah Montana. Or High School Musical, oh my god! Anything Disney.

LACHLAN RANDELLO

Male Sports Representative 2019/2020

Q: What are your main goals for next year in your new position? A: Improve the culture and inclusivity in sport. Easy to say, very difficult to do. They say changing culture is as difficult as turning the Titanic.

Q: Who in the new TCAC is most likely to become a res tutor after they graduate? Jmac. I just think he’s the type. Q: Describe the new TCAC in one word. A: Family. I think we get along super well. Ellie and Veggie are kind of our mum and dad now. I have just loved it so far and I’m super keen for the year with them. Q: Which event are you most excited for? A: I would’ve said O-Week but that’s not really an event, so I’ll be a bit more specific and narrow it down to SHUMS. There’s so much potential there, and pretty close to a clean slate for Em and I to work with. Hopefully we can start something that lasts forever.

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ASHA INDIA First and foremost, it obviously is a charity trip which means it’s something that you can contribute to in a non-superficial way. Clare Cameron Angus McIndoe Maggie Blanden Eleni Vrodos Chloe Page Harriet Hewitson Vaughan Marega Victoria Annett Russell Grimwade Oscar Richardson Will Clarke

We all acknowledged that we weren’t going to change these kids’ lives nor the organisation but it’s more about having a taste tester so that you can build a relationship with ASHA and have an impact in the long-run. I think the connection with ASHA allowed us to see the thick of it and really understand what the culture is all about from the source without any form of commercialism. For example, we visited the homes of the school children we were teaching and had the opportunity to see their day-to-day lives. It makes it a really authentic and raw experience. - Clare Cameron

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Being a part of the musical is a tremendous way to start the year, whether you are a part of the cast or crew. This year’s musical was Urinetown, a satirical and fun show about a futuristic water shortage in which the people of Urinetown have to pay to pee. At times when we tried to explain what the musical was about, our peers would look at us questionably, as the plot is quirky indeed. BUT the song and dance numbers are incredible, and the storylines are emotional and captivating. I had the privilege of directing the Trinity musical this year. I was a long-time theatre goer and first-time director but with the astonishing talent I got to work with, I could not have asked for a better production to test out the directorial waters. I got to meet so many wonderful new freshers, witness the astonishing talent return from keen second and third years and in the end, the show was something I could (humbly) brag about. Big thanks to producer Ruby Smith and the insanely talented musical director Alex Ferguson. Having these two guiding us all was a treat and a half. I cannot wait to see next year’s musical as I’m sure it too will be a fabulous experience for all. - Director, Sophie Newnham

Helmut’s Helmut was a grand success. Finbar’s writing was clever, funny and promised entertainment. I can honestly say that everybody who was involved in this years play – cast, crew and audience – can look back fondly, and probably laugh again and again at the witty, dark humour. It was amazing to see some of Trinity’s newest talent, and also enjoy some familiar faces. I am very grateful to have directed this play. I sat in the audience on the opening night, which was overflowing. It was a brilliant turn out (all three nights) but opening night saw the audience majority being Trinity students. I loved hearing the consistent laughter, excited whispers and generally felt a thrilling energy. I was so proud. I can’t wait to come back in the years to come to witness more Trinity plays. I also couldn’t recommend more to anybody hesitating to be a part of a Trinity production. Go for it; you’ll meet creative, fun people and make wonderful friends. - Director, Sophie Newnham This year I had the pleasure of seeing my play, Helmut’s Helmet, brought to life as this year’s Trinity College Play Production. It’s a big, silly black comedy about being charitable. I wanted to pose some questions about the nature of goodness and helping people while packaging it all up in a digestible, relatable story for a college audience. Here’s a little factoid. The idea was born from a story my mum told me about a time she was backpacking through Nepal in the early 90s. Her and her friends Sue, Steven and Pip met a German backpacker who did have a fall in which he was badly injured. Mum and her group of friends rescued him and carried him to a village where they looked after him. They paid for his medical treatment and eventual helicopter evacuation after which he was never heard from. I liked that world and those characters, so using some of that and my incredibly cynical thoughts on charity I wrote an outrageous, barely logical play for Trinity to put on this year. It was a lot of fun to do and I’m incredibly indebted to the cast, crew and Trinity for agreeing to take it on. That’s all. - Writer, Finbar Todd

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This year’s E.R White Society was led by Alice Chirnside, with Cassie Deegan, Charlotte Hartley, Harry Speagle, Jonathan Ta and Sophie Sitch. Together, they chose an artwork that features every single face in the college, painted by the artist William Linford.

For anyone who doesn’t know what the E.R White Society is, it is an annual fund for a Trinity arts committee set up about 30 years ago. At this time an artwork of significant worth was found with smashed glass pushed behind a bookcase, obviously not feeling its worth on

the Trinity walls. So, with the permission of the donors, Trinity sold the piece allowing every year since to use the acquired interest to select a piece of artwork to build on the already impressive collection. In the past, an eclectic mix of paintings, sculptures and even a sloth have been chosen as the E.R White piece of art. Often the decision has

been made based on the artist and their story, but this year we decided to choose the piece based on what we thought was missing from the collection. Now, imagine all the faces you see at college everyday. They are the faces that really make Trinity what it is today, they are the community that we all thrive in and will remember forever. They are the friends that surround us. And currently we are extremely under represented, if even represented at all amongst the Trinity College art collection. So, the E.R White committee and I thought this was the year to change that. We really wanted a piece that every single - Alice Chirnside person in the college could connect with, when you come back for the years to come and have the ability to say, “that’s me”. So, when we commissioned the piece, every single one of your photos was sent to the artist, and they were all collated to create this painting. Some of you may recognize yourself easier than others but I hope you can all find enjoyment out of this piece!

“They say a picture can tell a thousand words, and after finishing my tenure as the residential photographer at Trinity College, I tend to agree. Being the photographer has really made me realise and appreciate how multifaceted and interesting the students at Trinity College are. Seeing friends through the viewfinder on the sporting field, engaging with charity or getting silly at parties helped me to objectively realise the passion and sense of community that is embedded in the students at a place like Trinity.” – Morgan Galea

“Being behind the lens and capturing some of the happiest and most exciting moments throughout the year was beyond a pleasure. One of my favourite parts of being a photographer was going through the photos the next day and seeing everyone’s smiles and friendships and appreciating how much Trinity gives to us in terms of memories and relationships.” – Izzy Hollingdale

Thank you for capturing our memories

Choir This year for the Trinity College Choir has been anything but dull! While five fresh res-col faces (and plenty more nonres) made for a daunting start of semester one, the group soon settled into the routine of our rehearsals and services, clicking right into gear with some seriously tricky but completely rewarding new music. Over the winter holiday we travelled to Canberra, Newcastle and Sydney, with highlights including venues like the National Gallery of Australia, St. James’ King St. and Newcastle Cathedral (and of course a cheeky wine tour to top it all off!). With three rehearsals and two services a week we’ve improved so much throughout this year and are extremely excited for our upcoming tour to the US and Canada in January/February of 2020. Even though the year for us is almost done, there are still Carols in December – a festive activity to kickstart us all into Christmas mode! Overall, the hard work that we have all put in this year has really paid of and I’m very proud. - Ruby Smith

ACAP

ELLA 2019 was a massive year for the Tiger Tones, filled with fun, flirtation, and most of all, musical recreation. This year, the group was fearlessly led by Harry von Bibra, with the star studded crew of Henry Alexander, Ollie Hendrix and Al Whittle as tenor 1s, Josh Copeland, Lachie Kelly and Rory Shannon Tenor 2s, James Verheggen, Oscar Yencken and Harry as baritones, and Shawn Cutter, Jono Ta, Jackson Kristof and Nathan Cobax as basses (Nathan was also the resident beat boxer). It all began at the beginning of the year, when five new members were chosen to be in the Tones. These silky voiced men were Henry, Lachie, Jackson, Rory and Veggie. 5 is a pretty large intake, and with 4 of them being freshers, the huge influx of energy was, in the kind words of Harry, “Fantastic – they are all absolutely hilarious and all big characters in their own right, and it’s been a barrel of laughs having them here. They are all fantastic additions to the crew.” From there, the year began to crescendo. With heaps of gigs and college performances, the schedule was hectic. The Tones performed at drinks parties for Trinity alumni, musical soirées, volunteered at the Royal Children’s Hospital singing for nurses, 18ths, 50ths and weddings. However, arguably the best Tones performances are the ones that they give to their peers. With all-time favourites like “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Bright Lights/Magic” and “I Just Haven’t Met You Yet”, the energy is always so cheeky and fun when the Tones are on. Boys that can sing, am I right. The Tones wouldn’t be able to do what they do without the amazing amount of support that they get, so they also would love to thank their peers, friends, and the broader Trinity College community, particularly Leonie, who has been a fantastic support!

ACAP Angelic voices from the heavens above. That is how most would describe the Candies, and this year has been everything angelic and more. Under the fabulous leadership of Lily Richard, Isy Yates, Bea Hart and Ellie Mackey, the group of Lucy Kelly, Kate Haig, Grace Clarke, Phoebe Edwards, Kirsty Thatcher, Sarah Ward-Ambler, Caitlin Tjandra, Nicola Ingram, Ash Brookes and Bridget Lieberman have been producing some of their most beautiful music. With 5 new girls joining the group this year, Kirsty, Bridget, Ash, Nicola and Phoebe, the candies have gained some gorgeous voices. With song highlights of the year including “Thank You, Next,” “When the Party’s Over,” and “Silly Love Songs,” the performances have been filled with laughter, groove and sometimes tears. “We have the most fun performing “Thank You, Next” because everyone gets around each other and it’s so much fun, but the crowd when we sung “When the Party’s Over” was something else,” Ash Brookes says. The Outreach dinner was an unforgettable performance for the Candies too – “It was one of our best performances and we all had an amazing night,” Lily Richard says. The annual Candies camp was another highlight of the year, with the Candies venturing down the coast on a sweet getaway weekend full of singing, wetting themselves with laughter and yummy food. “It was just so much fun,” Bridget Lieberman says. “I got the know the group even better and we sung like we hadn’t before.” The Candies have had such a wonderful year and would love to thank everyone in college for supporting them, and their amazing friends and family outside of college too!

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GRACE CLARKE | CAPTAIN Q: Are softballs actually soft? A: No. A hard no. Balls have been hit at people so ask them and they’ll tell you it is not soft. Q: What were trainings like? A: So much fun! Because softball is the first sport of the year, the really early mornings are so warm and pretty out on the bul. I definitely love the chicks culture, and it’s become so much more prevalent at college in the past two years. I think that’s down to Vags. Q: MVP? A: Sophie von Doussa is the new vice and MVP for this year. She was just incredible at throwing and hitting. I love that she’s a fresher too. It was huge and it really characterised her time at college as a successful sports woman. Q: Was there a diva in the team? A: I love Jordan’s sass, but I wouldn’t call her a diva. She had the best one liners, so I’ll say she was the funniest on the team.

THE TEAM

Q: How did this year compare to last year’s softball? A: I loved teaching them new skills. There were lots of players from the year above which was really good too because they could help teach too. When I was a fresher, I also lied about my softball experience and the fake confidence worked. So, tips to get into teams, just lie.

GRACE CLARKE CHLOE PAGE JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE SOPHIE VON DOUSSA BILLIE METSELAAR HARRIET CONHEADY ABBY BURROWS MIA PURVIS KATRINA SMITH BELLA NICHOLS CLAUDIA TROTTER EMMA WUNSCH MATILDA VON BIBRA

THE TEAM ALEX GALL HENRY MOON HENRY ALEXANDER SHAWN INGLE WILL FOSTER JOCK ROYSMITH JOE MCGUIRE ARCHIE WHITFORD SIMON FERREIRA JOE MYERS DAIPAYAN MUKHOPADHYAY CHRIS GRAHAM

ALEX GALL | CAPTAIN Q: What was a highlight from gents’ cricket? A: It’s the first opportunity for the freshers to really get to know the second- and third-year boys and because it’s alongside the men’s Allstars, it is inclusive to anyone who wants to come down and have a hit. It brings everyone together. It’s one of my favourite sports of the calendar. Gents’ skulls is always a good one too, it’s one of the biggest on the crescent. Ask my brother, I think he had a rough one.

I was very lucky to be a part of the only premiership last year but this year I got the opportunity to lead the team. It was awesome to have a few young guns and returning members too like Will Foster and Henry Alexander. Because it’s one of the first sports of the year, it really encourages people to form those new, inter-year-level relationships. I think everyone in the team enjoyed it even though we lost in the final. I will always look back on my cricket seasons at Trinity with massive fondness because there’s something about standing on the field not getting the ball for an hour or two which really brings you closer together.

THE TEAM

B R I N O U J I N

SHAWN INGLE ASH BROOKES TOM NGUYEN JED DIN JOE MCGUIRE LACHIE GALL COCO O’HALLORAN JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE EMMA BOYD-LAW LACHLAN RANDELLO LILLI VAGNARELLI JASMINE DENNISON HARRIET CONHEADY ABBY BURROWS MEG THOMPSON JOCK ROYSMITH SIMON FERREIRA HARRY SPEAGLE

Q: Would you like to continue Buroinjin next year? Or diversify the range of international and indigenous sports? LACHLAN RANDELLO I think Buroinjin was an awesome starting point. I also think we need to be careful not to overload people though. Buroinjin was a good way to get people in touch with Indigenous sports and it worked really well in that respect. But I don’t think we should take away from it by doing it too often. I played and the day was really nice. I definitely want to keep it going and make it bigger and better, but we don’t want too many steps at once. There will be a natural growth and hopefully in future we will see a full Buroinjin season. EMMA BOYD-LAW Yes, we are going to. That was such a great sport to bring in because so many people got involved and it is really important at college to learn about Indigenous traditions, games and sports. I think there is definitely potential to include a more diverse range of sports. Lachie and I have been looking at that, but we don’t know yet what sports specifically will be added or changed. In terms of international sports, basketball and tennis are amazing and as I mentioned, making those sports annual instead of biannual would be good.

GRACE CLARKE | CO-CAP-

Q: Highlight of the competition? A: There were a lot of good characters in table tennis. It was a very diverse squad. We were not in the same friend circle but got on so well. Gally was also a great co-captain to have. Q: What were you expecting going into the matches seeing as Trinity hadn’t won for so long? A: I didn’t expect to win at all. We hardly ever trained. We just had a really lucky year with talented team members like Vee and Simo. Simo’s good at everything though. Q: Least favourite thing about table tennis? A: The season was so short. That’s the thing about college sport. I know it has to be this way, but I wish we could do more. Q: What was the coolest trick/shot/play that you saw on the day? A: I think Gally is the king of spin, it was probably some cool spin shot that completely confused the opposition.

THE TEAM GRACE CLARKE ALEX GALL VEERAWIT PITAKSIT AMY YOUNGMAN EMMA BOYD-LAW WILL FOSTER FRASER SMITH CASSANDRA LEW FATT

MEN’S SOCCER henry moon & james verhaggen

WOMEN’S SOCCER jemma morris | goalkeeper

Q: What was the best thing about soccer this year in comparison to previous years? Veg: Significant increase in nutmegs. Moony: In previous years it’s mainly been third years and second years with a couple of first years. Whereas, this year it was mainly first years which was good to see.

Q: How would you describe the soccer season in three words? A: Up the backs!

Q: Would you change anything next year? Veg: More scratch matches. Moony: More chat at the opposition. Q: What is the best trick you can do with a soccer ball? Veg: Kick it up then rest it on my head. Moony: Probably beating the defender. Q: Who’s your MVP and why? Veg: Liam Rogers, because no one could see that I was better. Moony: Liam Rogers, because we joked about him being Messi, but it turned out to be true. 8)Who was the best woo girl/boy? Veg: Probably Bea and Gally. Moony: Maybe my mum and my dad. Really meant the world to me. You know it’s hard to choose really, with a few thousand coming to watch every game.

THE TEAM

HENRY MOON JAMES VERHAGGEN TOM GRILLS LIAM ROGERS JAKE HALL THOMAS FRANCHINA JOE MYERS JAMESON CRAWFORD JACKSON KRISTOF

Q: What was the best thing about your role as goalkeeper? A: Up until the granny, all I had to do was stand in goals because the ball would never come near me. Q: What was the highlight of the season for you? A: The highlight of the season for me was when Vags got a yellow card. Q: Who would win Jemma or Ronaldo?

Q: Any chance of seeing you in the Matilda’s squad in the future? A: Sam Kerr calls me on the daily. Q: What’s the hardest thing about playing soccer? A: WHEN YOU GO TO NINE PENALTY SHOOT OUTS. Q: If you could change one thing about the season what would it be? A: I’d make it a longer season because it went too quickly and was so much fun. THE TEAM

JEMMA MORRIS LILLI VAGNARELLI ALEX DEAN NIAMH TODD EDDIE JACKSON SOPHIE VON DOUSSA BEATRICE HART SARA WATSON ELENI VRODOS

HARRIET CONHEADY EDDIE JACKSON LILY ARNOUL GEORGIE ROBINSON KATRINA SMITH BELLA NICHOLS CLAUDIA TROTTER

MILLIE MACDONALD | VICE CAPTAIN

Q: What was your favourite thing about Aths this year? A: I think Aths is a good sport because it provides people who compete in all different disciplines to come together on one day and celebrate different people for different reasons and also the convenience factor because the track is right outside Trinity. There’s usually a relatively big crowd, plus it’s still summer around that time so it makes for a good day. Q: Have you competed previously in college Aths? How did it compare to last year? A: This year absolutely trumped last year because of the talent and the motivation to get out there and give it a go. I think we went up about 4 colleges in rankings. Both boys and girls had amazing talent within the relays, and it was pretty phenomenal seeing what people could bring to the track that day. Q: Which group of athletes complains that their event is the hardest? A: The 400m people. Everyone hates the 400. Q: What was your favourite part of the day? A: There were many highlights. The mascot race was a bit controversial but definitely entertaining and a highlight. Probably shouldn’t say that haha. Just finishing the day with the 4x 100 from the girls’ and the boys’ teams and watching Ed run is a highlight in itself. It’s pretty funny when he runs about as fast as Usain Bolt in the last 100m. Q: Who is your MVP and why? A: Cat Hill was amazing, she did so many events and took out the 400 in the end. Merely through participation alone the MVP should go to her. Jack Wallis had some incredible runs behind Ed as well. THE TEAM

ED BEISCHER VICTORIA ANNETT LACHLAN RANDELLO MILLIE MACDONALD JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE RORY SHANNON KATIE NGAN KEE

DANI CLINTON JASMINE DENNISON JACK WALLIS SAM HANNAH JAMES MCINTOSH CLAUDIA TROTTER CATHERINE HILL

HOLLY ROYSMITH ROBBIE MORRISON SARAH MYTTON FREDDIE DONELLY JAMES VERHAGGEN SOPHIE VON DOUSSA ANGUS WILLIAMS

MILES KELLY REECE WHEELHOUSE BELLA NICHOLS

MEN’s SIMON FERREIRA LACHLAN RANDELLO LIAM ROGERS ALEX FERGUSON MAX YIU ED BEISCHER TATE CROWLEY HARRY VON BIBRA HARRY CROSER JOSH COPELAND

WOMEN’S COCO O’HALLORAN EMMA BOYD-LAW JEMMA MORRIS JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE CATHERINE HILL ALEX DEAN ALLIE GREEN EVIE DAVIDSON BEATRICE HART BILLIE METSELAAR MIA PURVIS EMMA BOND DANI CLINTON GRACE CLARKE

COCO O’HALLORAN | GIRLS’ CAPTAIN 2019 & SIMON FERREIRA | BOYS’ CAPTAIN 2020

Q: What were the results of the boys’ and girls’ seasons? Coco: We got knocked out in the quarter final to St. Hilda’s and it was penalty shoot outs. Before that we won all our games. It was really intense. It’s so much pressure. We gave it our all and played the best season of hockey. It was such a good standard. They will have a really strong team next year. Simo: We won the first game, and then we won the second game in the quarter finals. It was a close one. In the semi it was a one all draw until the end and we lost in penalty shoot outs. Q: What was your favourite thing about this year’s hockey season? Coco: Lots of the third-year girls went away on exchange or left, so we had a really big intake of new players and it was really nice to build a new team with lots of new faces. Simo: Getting to know a lot of the freshers better and teaching some new people how to play hockey who hadn’t played before. It was a good opportunity to show some leadership with the freshers. All in all we had a good season and we nearly got to the final which was great. Last year we lost in the granny. Another great thing about this year was the team culture that we encouraged. We were all pretty close by the end of it. Q: What are you most excited for about next year? Coco: It’s just nice being a part of a really strong group of girls who all want to play a really fun game together. Simo: It would be nice to win, but hopefully we can get some good team structure going because with hockey, most of the team generally hasn’t played at a high level before so it’s important for the people who have played to quickly teach the beginners some of the basics.

Q: Hockey fashion? Is it important to look the part? Coco: We had our playing top and red shorts but some of the girls wore black shorts because they were cuter. The red shorts were very unflattering. Simo: If they are wearing hockey shoes or if they have a good stick or if they’re wearing a headband or something, you can tell that they’re good. But usually you can kind of just tell from how they play. Q: What is the hardest thing about the sport? Coco: We are playing with sticks and balls so you can’t always determine which way the ball will go. You might hit the ball with a slightly wrong angle, and it might come up and hit someone in the head. It is quite aggressive for a non-contact sport. I was looking forward to taking some girls down each morning. Simo: It is probably quite unfamiliar to most people who grew up playing soccer or AFL because of the stick and ball movements. This is pretty unique, maybe a bit more like cricket. Especially because you can only use the one side of the stick and trying to handle the ball on the left side of your body is always pretty hard. Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be? Coco: Oh my god that’s so hard. Right now, I’m thinking something that would help me cure people of illness, but someone might take advantage of it and force me to cure bad people, so maybe I don’t want to have that. I wouldn’t do flying because I am really scared of heights. Ok, superficially, it would be really cool to breathe under water, but I’m going to pick something really dumb but important to me. This is so dumb, but I would want the super-power of love, so I could make people love each other. Like heart from Captain Planet. Simo: Probably teleportation because I am always late for stuff.

BLOOD, SWEAT, + BEERS

SARAH MYTTON & MAX FISHER | CAPTAINS

Q: Highlight of the rowing season? Smitty: Definitely race day. The sun was shining, it’s always a lot of fun having everyone down there. Max: I’d say race day as well to be honest, just because of how the crew came together on the day. I feel like we clicked at the right time and we had the best race we could have had. Q: In retrospect, what would you have changed? Smitty: Nothing. It was a really smooth season. There was so much interest in the beginning, which is always really difficult, especially for a sport like rowing. But everyone stuck to it and we all had a lot of fun. So, no I don’t think I would change anything. Max: It’s easier said than done, but fitness levels were a big thing. Trying to get everyone fit, get there in time. But to their credit, the boys really put in the hard yards really early on, so that was really good to see. Q: Have you ever fallen out of your boat? In a race? Smitty: Yes. In a race no. Max: Yeah same.

Q: Do rowers complain unnecessarily or are their complaints warranted? Max: I think college rowers carry on way too much for what they’re doing, it’s 3 weeks. Smitty: And we had a holiday in between it’s not that bad. Max: Most of them aren’t doing anything else so definitely a bit too much complaining. Q: What would you like to see from the upcoming captains? Max: A win. Smitty: Yeah that would be nice. Max: Next year will be a positive year, I think 100 extra students will definitely help our chances. Hopefully there will be some more rowing talent from the schools coming in but it’s the luck of the draw. A really diligent program and getting everyone keen to row. Maybe we could fill 3 boats next year with the extra people. Q: Zooties in training, yay or nay? Smitty: Yay, gotta look the part. Max: Definitely, I don’t know what else you could wear?

WOMEN’S FIRSTS CREW

MEN’S FIRSTS CREW

SARAH MYTTON BRIDGET ARMSTRONG ASH BROOKES MILLIE HOCKEY EDDIE JACKSON ALICE CHIRNSIDE TAYLA HIND ELLIE TAYLOR BELLA NICHOLS

MAX FISHER LILY ARNOUL JAMES MCINTOSH LACHLAN SUTHERLAND OSCAR YENCKEN ANGUS WILLIAMS SAM TALLIS ROBBIE MORRISON HOWARD O’BRIEN

WOMEN’S SECONDS CREW

Q: Thoughts on slides with no socks? Smitty: Ewww, yuck. Max: Socks with slides is definitely a fashion statement but to get in the Yarra you’ve gotta take off the socks, it’s a necessity.

SOPHIA GAWAN-TAYLOR SARAH WARD-AMBLER BRIDGET LIEBERMAN JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE ISSY WATKINS KIRSTY THATCHER CASSANDRA DEEGAN ZOE GILLIES

MEN’S SECONDS CREW

Q: Any closing words? Smitty: Give it a go. Max: Having managed to win it in first year and lose in second year, it’s a really exciting race to win. So I hope next year the boys do all they can and really have a crack.

LACHIE GALL MAX STREADER RYAN CHENG LACHLAN RANDELLO JAMES VERHEGGEN WILL SHELLER CHARLIE BAYLIS

A COXSWAIN’s SPIEL

BRIDGE ARMSTRONG

Year of 2019, Trinity Girls 1st Crew level up to Ormond at the start line. Going over the race plan in the mic (obviously not loud enough so that Ormond hears) and we’re off. Holding off equal place, coming up to our first bridge. Ormond takes off with a big push and my heart sinks…. but I can’t let the girls know we’ve almost lost within the first 30 seconds so I call for a big push too. The girls being strong like they are, turn it up and we start to catch them. Alice screaming from 6 seat pipes up having a good go at the girls too (not sure how she had the air to talk during the race she obvi wasn’t pulling hard enough). Eddie my stroke telling me to quickly call a ‘controoool’ with everyone rushing up the slide again and we’re already at the last bridge. “C’mon GIRLS … MIND OVER MATTER!” We cross the finish line with about 3 boat lengths between us and the winning crew, Ormond were cheering. Even though it was a tough race and we didn’t necessarily even come close to winning… we were able to still be super proud of ourselves and get absolutely mortal at SHUMS. XOXO

SEB SPILLANE | MEN’S RUGBY CAPTAIN

Q: What’s your favourite thing about rugby? A: It would have been how well all the boys came together as a team and I really enjoyed the social aspect of it as well. It was at the start of the year too so meeting all the freshers and getting them involved was good. We trained quite a lot and pretty intensely so that was a good way of getting everyone participating and spending time together. Q: What is the hardest thing about the sport? A: Probably teaching everyone how to play. There’s usually a good portion of the team who haven’t played before. It is relatively technical so there’s a lot of things like teaching tackling for safety reasons. Most people picked it up pretty well though. Q: Are there any up and coming Shawn Ingles? A: Unfortunately, no. As much as I wish

that was the case, there’s not really any comparison. He was MVP this year too. Q: How was the rugby dinner? It was good. It was a bit shaky because we weren’t sure if it would happen or not. There is always a fear though that people won’t get on between Trinity and Ormond because on the day it gets a bit beefy. The JCR party was really fun too and everyone was in good spirits. LILLI VAGNARELLI | WOMEN’S TOUCH

Q: How would you describe the rugby season/game? A: Touch rugby is very difficult because it’s so technical, so we had to do a lot of trainings and it felt as though we weren’t getting anywhere. But we did manage to have breakthroughs where we were able to execute certain plays, the really long trainings paid off. The first game didn’t go to plan but in the second game we fought back really hard. Katrina Smith and Dous did this excellent play that we had been practicing but had never executed properly. Q: Who was the MVP? A: Kat Smith. She was a natural leader, especially as a first year and she really stepped up. Q: Who was the best woo girl? A: Tilly von Bibra or Jemma Morris, but like a deep woo from Jemma.

Q: Do you think you ever leave anything on the field? A: Probably my dignity when MEN’S RUGBY I become too competitive. SHAWN INGLE

BEN SANDERS JACK WESTCOMBE CASEY SEB SPILLANE HENRY MOON SAM HANNAH FINBAR TODD LACHIE GALL CHARLIE HUDSON ARCHIE WHITFORD HENRY EDWARDS WILL FOSTER JAMESON CRAWFORD MAX STREADER CHRIS GRAHAM MILES KELLY MAX FISHER ROBBIE MORRISON

WOMEN’S TOUCH JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE SOPHIE VON DOUSSA KATRINA SMITH LILLI VAGNARELLI BEATRICE HART SARA WATSON KATRINA SMITH RUBY MEREDITH ALLIE GREEN SABINE PRIESTLY EMMA WUNSCH BELLA NICHOLS KATIE NGAN KEE

> WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING. <

TAYLA HIND | 2NDS CAPTAIN 2020

Q: How did you find the year level split in the netball seconds team this year? A: I found that the divide wasn’t obvious at all and it provided a really friendly and enjoyable environment for the year levels to bond. Q: What was the highlight of the season for you? A: Highlight of my season was the general morale in the team during trainings and even more so when we won. Q: MVP? A: The MVP for me was Jemma Morris who never failed to make anyone laugh or put a smile on everyone’s face. Q: What is the hardest thing about netball? A: Hardest thing is working on your skills as a team trying to use everyone’s strengths and developing relationships between the players to help you work together. Q: What’s the best position to play? Best position if you have the fitness for it is Centre as you can get involved in every part of the court. Q: Thoughts on ‘here if you need?’ Little bit overrated.

FIRSTS

SECONDS

ALLIE GREEN ABBY BURROWS MIMI NICHOLS EMMA BOYD-LAW KATRINA SMITH JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE LUCY LECKEY

JEMMA MORRIS HARRIET CONHEADY CASSANDRA LEW FATT CHLOE SENNITT ELLIE TAYLOR GEORGIE ROBINSON ALICE CHIRNSIDE HARRIET HEWITSON

BELLA NICHOLS & EMMA NELSON | CAPTAINS 2019

Q: Why is chooty so important for us at Trinity? Bella: It’s really good for women because it has such good culture and promotes equality at Trinity. Emma: Because there’s such a hype around men’s footy, we have been able to really push this, and it has gotten bigger every year and there’s more talk and excitement. Most importantly though is the culture of chooty because people look forward to it

Q: Unlikely hero? Sarah Mytton was a very unlikely hero. In our first game, first warm up even, she said she had jarred her finger. Turns out she actually broke it but plays the first game anyway and says it’s fine. She gets three goals after saying, “If I get one goal it will be a miracle!”. Then in the second game she said, “Um Bella, my finger has sort of doubled in size, I think I’ll sit this one out” .

4 PEA T BBY

Q: What has been your favourite part of the season? Emma: When the siren went. Bella: Definitely when that siren went because I didn’t even realise that we had won. Emma: There was just so much pressure because it was our closest game. Bella: It sounds bad but, we weren’t used to having to fight for the whole thing. Emma: And because it was the 4th one in a row and we had lost a lot of great players from last year, we had to lift this year, especially in the last game. Q: Who had the worst mouth on the field? Emma: I want to say myself but… Bella: Millie didn’t have a bad mouth, but you could just see in her face the aggression. You could see the flames in her eyes.

THE TEAM LILLI VAGNERELLI ELLA BEST CLAUDIA TROTTER SOPHIE VON DOUSSA SARAH WARD-AMBLER NIAMH TODD BEATRICE HART BILLIE METSELAAR EMMA BOYD-LAW HARRIET CONHEADY SARA WATSON ELENI VRODOS MIMI NICHOLS EMMA BOYD-LAW CHLOE SENNITT ELLIE TAYLOR GEORGIE ROBINSON ALICE CHIRNSIDE EMMA NELSON BELLA NICHOLS LUCY LECKEY

JOSH MURRAY | CAPTAIN

2019

Q: What was the highlight of the footy season? A: Probably the first game of the season against Queen’s which we won because it was the first day back at college and we had all been away and hadn’t done much together recently. But we played really well together as a team and bonded. This game against Queen’s was also for the ‘Step Back Think Cup’ which is a non-profit organisation seeking to raise awareness against social violence. When we won it was such a nice moment because we were elated, and we had raised awareness for this important cause. Q: Which game was the most hectic and why? A: None of them really. We won the first two games quite comfortably. The first game was pretty intense to start off with, but we did end up winning by about 40 points. Then we lost in the semi-final by quite a big margin. That game was hectic in the sense that we went in a bit over-confident and we were rattled. Newman went so much harder at the ball and were completely on top of us. In the end they really smashed us. Our biggest problem this year was over confidence. We expected to make it back through with a few good players because we only lost in the grand final last year. We just didn’t bring the same ferocity that Newman did. Q: What is your favourite position to play? Why? A: Bank Flank because the ball gets kicked to you and I am good at reading the play so I can interpret were the ball is going to go. Also, you get a lot more of the ball than the forwards. And I am not fit enough for the midfield.

Q: Who had the best chat on the field? A: Will Foster. In the last game he talked a lot of smack. I’d probably put myself in there as well. I talk a lot. We weren’t really that sort of team though unfortunately. Newman were a bit like that. They were trying to get into us mentally a bit as well. And it worked to be honest. In the third quarter there was maybe a chance that we could have come back but when they got up by 30 points, they really started getting up and about. Q: Who can dish it out but can’t take it? A: Oscar Dowd probably. He only got to play one game this year because of injury unfortunately. He loves yelling but can’t take it very well. Q: Best thing about playing footy? What makes it so special? A: Probably the fact that you spend so much time training together and then just running out there with 22 mates is pretty cool. Being able to talk shit after the game with your team members is also a big part of it. Something about it is just so much fun. Footy in particular is just an awesome game to play and watch. It’s fast moving and dynamic unlike sports like rugby which are a bit back and forth. And footy is still physical as well.

THE TEAM JOSH MURRAY WILL FOSTER OSCAR DOWD HENRY ALEXANDER NICK BARTLETT ETIENNE BEAUMONT HARRY BEDE BEN BROMELL

SAM CAMERON JAMESON CRAWFORD SIMON FERREIRA ALEX GALL JAKE HALL NATHAN HUCKER OZZIE HUNTER JOE MCGUIRE

HENRY MOON ROBBIE MORRISON LACHLAN RANDELLO JOCK ROYSMITH BEN SANDERS TOM SHATIN MAX STREADER LACHIE SUTHERLAND

ARCHIE WHITFORD ANGUS WILLIAMS BAILEY WRAITH HENRY ALEXANDER JOE MCGUIRE JAMESON CRAWFORD NATHAN HUCKER MAX FISHER

WILL “SHTOIGER” CLARKE | MEN’S ALLSTARS CAPTAIN

Daisy Moore and I were thrilled to be chosen as captains of the inaugural Women’s AFL All Stars team. Lilli and Alex worked tirelessly like many sports reps before them to get this off the ground and we could not be more thankful for all of their hard work. It was a great season (weekend) filled with plenty of Trinity spirit. With two games being played, one against Queen’s and the second against Ormond, the one win was an incredible success. All Stars allows more girls within Trinity to be given the opportunity to play Chooty and we hope All Stars continues long into the future.

The Season that was of All Stars XVIII 2019.

Q: What was your favourite moment on/off the field? On the field I loved how everyone gave it a go even though in some cases they had such little skill. Seeing Issy Watkins tackle when she wasn’t supposed to tackle but do it with such enthusiasm and watching Kathy Kim running the wrong way with the ball and then overcorrect it was so lovely. Especially because we, like the women of Trinity before us, have wanted this for so long and it came together in such a short amount of time. Q: Why is All Stars so important for college life? It’s not about the sport it’s about the people you play with. All Stars gives everyone the opportunity to get to know the individuals of this college in a different environment. It also allows people to participate in a sport that they love or might love but have never been exposed to before. Q: Has the integration of the girls into All Stars been successful? A: Yes, I think for the first year it was going to be slow off the cusp, but it was wonderful that we were able to have games with full teams and spares. I am so appreciative to the coaches that came in. There were like 1000.

ALL STARS FOOTY

ANNA MCGINLEY | WOMEN’S ALLSTARS VICE CAPTAIN

The All Stars had another smashing season in 2019. The age old tactics of having a larger than legal bench, sub-par banter, 5 Star Hand Ball, H-Drills and goal kicking competitions led to success on and off the field (All Stars are strictly ordered to avoid cardio).

The season began with a round robin against UC and Queen’s. UC were crushed by the Stars, with Tom Grills kicking goals left and right, Charlie Baylis leading the mid fielders right down the guts in excellent fashion and Al Bates running like a gazelle on the outfield. However, due to All Stars smashing UC in the first game, they naturally returned to their watering hole, Naughtons, for a hard earned thirst. This lead to the Stars lacking their usual numbers in the second game against Queen’s, resulting in a narrow loss. The All Stars powered through wet and muddy conditions to get the win against Kendall Hall. The leadership team were on fire, with Lachlan Randello, Sam Robinson and Guy Paul providing expert tactics as coaches, Fraser Smith and James Verheggen put on a master class in actually picking up the ball and kicking it, despite running through knee deep mud. Special mention again to Tom Grills, who kicked multiple goals, broke his finger and kept playing. James Langley and Charlie Hudson used their rugby skills to tackle hard, whilst Tom Bennet dived on top of the ball to prevent it falling into the enemy hands. I wish the best of luck to next year’s captains Fraser Smith, Josh Copeland, Lachlan Gall and Charlie Hudson, I hope they continue the 7-peat next year. Win Games, Get Dames, Go the stars.

MEN JACKSON KRISTOF LIAM ROGERS JACK WALLIS JACK ROBINSON TATE CROWLEY CASEY HASELOFF LACHIE GALL SAM ROBINSON PRIYANSH PAREKH ALISTAIR BATES CHARLIE HUDSON HARRY CROSER JAMES RIDDELL-CLARK JACQUES PENDER OSCAR YENKEN HUGO BOGDAN HENRY EDWARDS EVAN SINCLAIR HARRY MOWBRAY FRASER SMITH GALEN MAXWELL JAMES MCINTOSH RYAN CHENG MAX YIU JAMES LANGLEY CHRIS GRAHAM MILES KELLY ALEX FERGUSON REECE WHEELHOUSE JAMES VERHEGGEN HARRY SPEAGLE HAMISH GUNASEKARA CHARLIE BAYLIS WILL CLARKE JACKSON KRISTOF JOSH COPELAND

WOMEN EMMA BOND CHARLOTTE HARTLEY ALEX DEAN SOPHIE VON DOUSSA EDDIE JACKSON ALLIE GREEN EVIE DAVIDSON JEMMA MORRIS ISABELLE GOUGH KATHY KIM CELIA PURVIS COCO Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HALLORAN MILLIE WILLIAMS LUCIE CLAIRS KATRINA SMITH SABINE PRIESTLY ANNA MCGINLEY DAISY MOORE

SWIMMING

JAMES VERHAGGEN | CO-CAPTAIN

Q: Did you train for the season? A: We did a handful of trainings in Sem 1, we tried to meet about once a week. Niamh emailed me some training plans from her squad swimming which was good. Two weeks before we did a few more trainings. Last year we did NOTHING. I think we should make it more of a team sport and get around the early morning trainings and team spirit.

Q: Who was the MVP? A: The Girls’ MVP was Allie Green and also shout out to Lucy Clairs. Jack Wallis was MVP for boys. Niamh will be captain next year for the girls. She will butterfly us into the future.

Q: Highlight of the carnival? A: Mini Gally just throwing his hand up and doing the belly flop competition.

Q: What was the result of the carnival? A: Trinity came 4th overall.

IZZY HOLLINGDALE | CO-CAPTAIN

Q: Is there anything you would change about the season? Yeah, being more proactive with the trainings and influencing more people to come down. Also, there were some sheets that were late so we lost points, so pretty much just organisation in general.

Q: Who would win, you or Michael Phelps? A: Phelps isn’t really that good, take away the anabolic steroids and the illegal swimsuits, he’s actually pretty average.

Q: Highlight of the carnival? A: Mate, seeing Oscar Hollands lose his goggles but still smash the butterfly.

James Verheggen Jack Wallis Oscar Hollands Harry von Bibra David Yang Will Foster Lachie D. Gall Ben Bromell Vaughan Marega Max Yiu izzy hollingdale Lucie Clairs Niamh Todd Catherine Hill Charlotte Hartley Grace Burke Jemma Morris Allie Green

THE TEAM

GRACE CLARKE | CAPTAIN

Q: What was it like captaining/leading multiple sports? Was it difficult to participate in all of these roles? A: It was really exciting coming into the year and having all three really different sports. Especially being in third year, it’s nice to have more of a role because I probably won’t play softball or table tennis again competitively. It was really cool seeing that progression from being a little fresher to seeing heaps of girls wanting to try out this year. I love tennis, it was so exciting to be a part of. It would run all year long if it was up to me. There is such a great group of people here who do racquet sports. Old and new people. Q: What was your favourite moment from tennis? A: Our team had done so well. We hadn’t lost a single game. And in the final Leo and Joe lost their game and it was a funny memory because Leo is so incredible at everything, but he was emotionally traumatised. It didn’t matter at all because we had already won but it was so entertaining to watch. Q: How did you find training before matches commenced? A: It’s fun because it doesn’t have to be so formal. You could just ask who’s free for a hit and practice with each other. You don’t need the whole team you just need one court. Getting to play with coco and Dous was so much fun. Q: Do you prefer singles or doubles? Why? I am a singles player through and through, but as I just came fresh off the bat from school, I was much better then. So, it’s been harder to play singles with an inconsistent serve. When we lost the college court it was the worst day of my life. I stopped hitting as much like I did in first year. Q: Were you a beast at Wii tennis? Yes, I love Wii tennis. I played a lot of Wii sport, that’s how it started. I always used to be afraid of throwing the controller at the tv though.

THE TEAM

GRACE CLARKE LEO LI SOPHIE VON DOUSSA HENRY MOON EMMA BOYD-LAW COCO SWANSSON CLAUDIA TROTTER JOHNNY CAMERON SIMON FERREIRA JOE MYERS

Q: Serena or Venus? I guess Serena she is the best. She’s a freak of nature and there’s no chance of beating her. You need both the determination and the athletic ability to be good at sport. You can’t have one or the other. I probably like Venus’ personality better because Serena is a bit of a sore loser. But my favourite player of all time is Sharapova before her drug scandal. Q: What would you like to see from next year’s captains? I think just keep the fun vibes going. The team we had were all incredible players. And big shout out to all the girls who tried out. The standard was so high from everyone.

LACHLAN RANDELLO | AVID PLAYER

Q: How long have you been playing foursquare? A: I played in primary school for a number of years which was the basis of my foursquare knowledge. I took some time off in high school but now that I am more mature, I have realised the benefits of foursquare and I have come back to it at college and absolutely love it. Q: What’s the coolest thing you have ever done on the courts? A: People who play soccer will be familiar with the phrase ‘scorpion kick’. I was once in king square and so I had nothing to lose, so I did a bit of a flying scorpion kick to get Evan Sinclair out. I believed he actually clapped while walking into the line because he was so impressed with my shot. Yeah that was a big moment.

R S Q U A R

Q: Do you think being really good at foursquare characterises your success in later life? A: Yeah absolutely. Foursquare during swotvac is an immediate 10% grade increase on all subjects, with that increasing to 20% if you play the night before an exam. And that basically carries on to everything in life.

Q: What is the best thing about playing foursquare? A: I love the inclusivity of it. People at Trinity aren’t embarrassed to do something that is generally seen as a primary school thing and just have fun doing it. I think it really typifies our culture. Q: Is there potential for a social league? A: The problem with foursquare is that you can’t really win. An intercollegiate tournament or league doesn’t really work because you get to king and you stay there. There’s no real end. The rankings are the closest you can get but it is very subjective, you can’t actually win.

CHRIS “CEEG” GRAHAM | TREASURER

Q: Do you think that this year’s competitions have been successful? A: Yeah. I had to gauge how much people would get invested in competitions. People were definitely invested in Assassins like they are every year. There are a few games like the Fifa comp where there were 20 people in one room watching together. It brings people together. The chess comp is coming up which Speages has organised so that will be fun. It’s not necessarily about who wins at the end of the day, it’s about the process and people having fun together. That’s the main goal of the Games Society.

Q: What was your favourite comp from this year? Why? A: Assassins. It took a lot of organisation but it’s a tradition. In the lead up to the comp, I had so many people asking ‘when are you doing assassins?’ so everyone gets around it. The first few hours there weren’t many deaths and then as soon as I went to work that night, I’m just getting message after message about people dying, people killing the wrong people and invalid kills. But it’s so good because it’s college wide, always active, and you can see it in progress in contrast to the other comps like Fifa and 2K which only two people have to find a time to play.

G A M E S Q: Thoughts on #letlanglive? Did you make the right call? A: Lang was dead. Absolutely. He was dead, dead, dead, no question about it.

Q: What has been the best part about your role as games society treasurer? A: I have always loved games, so I guess it has allowed me to share my passion for that. ‘Assassins’ was really fun, although it required a lot of organisation and was hectic at times, but everyone enjoyed it.

2019 | WILL FOSTER, JORDAN HOLLOWAY-CLARKE 2020 | LACHIE D. GALL, NIAMH TODD

Q: What was your favourite part about your role as Jester? Jordan: It’s such a perk being on O Week as well and getting that opportunity to bring people together. Even though you seem quite mean sometimes, you do get to welcome people into the college. Q: What was your experience of O-Week? Jordan: O Week was crazy. As a second year you are up first and asleep last most of the time. It’s definitely an exhausting week, but to see potentially 300 strangers become life-long friends after 3 years and knowing that you have had a role in that process is amazing. Just being the reason that one person felt comfortable and that someone was kind to them is a great feeling. Q: Do you plan to commit every ounce of your soul to this role? Mini Gally: Probably, it sounds cocky, but I feel like I was born for it. Niamh: I am just excited to meet people and I feel like I won’t be able to be intimidating because I will be too excited.

Q: What was the best thing about the Jesters from this year? Mini Gally: It was fun how they collectively belittled all of us but we all became closer as a result. Q: What was your biggest highlight from Jester Trials this year? Niamh: I don’t remember most of it ... but I love how everyone in the audience was getting around those who tried out. Mini Gally: Just being all together in the catacombs with everyone else trying out, just having a good time. It was literally just so wholesome. Q: What are your plans for sideline support? Mini Gally: We want to address turnout and we also want to encourage a culture where you knock on a mate’s door before you leave. Niamh: We want regular meetings on the bul before walking over together to sports so that people are motivated to come.

Tiger Woo

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KAYVAN GHARBI | BUDDY Q: Highlight of O-Week? A: Overall it was a very enjoyable experience. The highlight was probably the barn dancing. It was really fun getting drunk … oh wait take that out. It was really good conversing with everyone. I’d also say move-in day was a highlight because all the freshers are so excited and you get really excited for them. Q: Funny memory? A: When we all went to Rob Yates’ house. Him and Deany came out of their house shirtless and had ‘hustle’ ‘loyalty’ and ‘respect’ written across their chests. Also targeting Lachie Gall in the fresher exam. Q: Initial impressions of any freshers? A: I had a funny impression of Hugo Bogdan and he absolutely destroyed it on O-Week. Hugo was the biggest feature of the dance floor. Quote me on that. I think he was really good value on O-Week and really funny. TILLY VON BIBRA Q: Funniest memory of O-Week? A: We were doing the Amazing Race. Ideally we would all meet in Treasury Gardens. But our SCuddy group, lead by Lily Dixon, Hamish and Will Foster, wanted to speed up the process so we jumped on a bus. The bus led us all the way to Hawthorn and we couldn’t get off. We were stranded. We missed the Treasury Gardens lunch. We had to eat from this random fish and chip shop.We then Uber pooled home.

Q: Did you have any expectations for O-Week? A: I have to tell you I really had no idea what a Trinity College O-Week was going to be like. I knew what my O-Week was like and I was hoping it wouldn’t be like that. I have to say you are all incredibly well behaved.

Q: Do you have a funniest memory? The first morning of O-Week being woken up thinking there was a band inside my bedroom. And such a great song, Giant. I had no idea it was coming, I opened my eyes. In a new house, new space and thought there was something strange in my house.

Q: Best event? First Bar night, and the Mario party.

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“It’s one of my favourite events because it’s the first time you get to see everyone after the break. You get to introduce all your friends to the new freshers. There are corri photos and corri pres.” - Serena McSweeney

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Dos and don'ts from a 2nd year Kirsty: Buy your dress when you’re at home. Emma: Don’t go to arc, which is what we did in first year. Kirsty: Don’t get too drunk. Don’t stick to just your own friends. It’d be really tempting to only hang out with your own friends because you’ve just got back and it’s really exciting to see them. But there is a whole new group of people to mingle with and also your corridor are going to become some of your closest friends. So get to know everyone. Emma: Do not wear your heels to JCR or if you’ve got a flexible dress, just put some white sneakers on. And have your JCR outfit already planned out!

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LACHLAN RANDELLO Wine Cellar President

Q: What was the preparation like? A: It was pretty hectic. You kind of get thrown into it pretty early and we started organising the minute we got appointed. It was a pretty long process because of this. There is a lot of stuff involved that you don’t really think about until you’re in the job. Q: Any difficulties with the fireworks A: There was a lot of issues we encountered. First and foremost was admin. Fireworks have been tried and knocked back in the past so we knew we had to get everything completely right to get it approved by admin. Our first meeting we had was really early because we knew we would need a lot of time. We then got diverted onto PAFS, who have so many procedures you need to go through to get fireworks approved. Also, there was a bit of a complication with the TCAC.

In a nutshell, we had started organising the fireworks for El Dorado and the TCAC also wanted to have fireworks at Commencement Dinner. We thought having fireworks twice in two weeks would really take away from both events. Eventually after a few discussions we managed to resolve it and the TCAC let us have fireworks at El Dorado. Q: Did you feel it was successful? A: Yeh. It’s a different kind of feeling when you are organising compared to when you are attending. When you’re organising, you base it off how everyone else felt about it, whereas when you’re just attending you base it off your own experience. But I really feel like everyone had a good time, which made me love the event so much more.

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ELDORADO Q: What was the highlight of the night? A: The fireworks by a long way. The committee have been so awesome to make everything work.

Q: What was your corriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme? Alex: We all went as aliens. Evie: Retirees. The Freshers dressed as babies and everyone else impersonated different versions of retirement: golf and lavish boujee old people. Q: Funniest memory? Alex: It was really awkward at the start because none of us really knew eachother. It is safe to say that by the end of the night we were all alot closer. Evie: Danger-fanning a coles cake.

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Alex Dean | UPPER CLARKES Evie Davidson | TOP BEHAN

Q: Best dressed? Alex: Coco killed it. Evie: Al Whittle got super into it as a boujee old man. Q: Highlight? Evie: Turf, a collection of randomness and alot of fun. All in all I had the best night. I met so many people and everyone was in all areas. It brought our corridor alot closer together. Alex: Turf. One of the first events I was able to hang out with my brother. So much fun.

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winery tour. [wīn(ə)rē toor] n

A winery tour is a physical tour through the grounds and facilities of a vineyard. On a vineyard tour you can expect to not only inspect the vineyards, and wine-making facilities, you can also learn about wine philosophy and your mates. Most tours end with buckets of laughter and some casualties. But most of all, it’s a glass full of a good time.

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Billie Metselaar | SEM 1 Q: Describe yourself using wine vernacular A: A front palate of lemon and a back palate of blueberries. Q: Highlight of the day? A: Kathy Kim was playing with my hair at the end. She gave me a head massage and that was the best bit. I also made the bus driver stop because I said I’d wee on the bus if not – and he did. Q: Why do you think the winery tour is an important event in the social calendar? A: Some of my friends are from the peninsula so it was nice to see it, especially as I’m not from Melbourne.

India Ritchie & Bridget Lieberman | SEM 2 Q: What are the Do’s and Don’ts of winery?: India: Do only drink max 3 ciders on the way to the first winery. Bridge: Do wear RM’s or any type of boot. Bridge: Do make sure you wake up an hour before the first bus leaves. India: Do have coffee before you leave. I fell asleep on the floor. Q: Highlight of the day? Bridge: Graham the tutor took my wineglass out of my hand and shooed me away. India: When all the third years were at the back of the bus singing. Q: Describe each other using wine vernacular India: Bridge is an oaky red, because she is sweet and goes well with a steak. Bridge: India is a light, fruity slightly bubbly Moscato. 117

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Cassie Lew Fatt Q: How did you feel to be named queen? A: I think it is a hilarious tradition that Trinity has. As a fresher you hear a lot about College and the importance of tradition and culture. Q: What was the best part of the night? A: I think letting everyone dress up in funny prom dresses. The girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pres was so fun. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about freshers being friends with freshers, all the year levels really mixed.

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Q: Highlight of the night? Ruby: I like how on the two occasions that it’s been, it has been the same night as people’s birthdays. We change the name of the JCR to their name. It was Hamish in second year and Max Yui this year. I mean they can change it back now though … the joke’s old.

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Ruby Meredith & Bella Blackwell

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Q: Best sport you played at Trinity? Bella: I’ve only played All Stars … Ruby: It used to be really hard. Making sports teams used to be a really big deal. Now it’s not really though. Bella: It’s a lot of people who haven’t played the sport before, not just people who have. That’s kind of good I guess.

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Q: Hardest thing to organise? A: Ticketing caused us the most grief. No, the band caused us the most grief. A week out I got a call from the event manager who explained that our band didn’t have the right type of insurance. They said that if they didn’t have a particular type of insurance they couldn’t step inside the venue. As we only had a week, I talked to the band and asked them to get it in three days and he asked if we would pay for it. I said yes. I don’t think we did, but they got the insurance. Finding the band is tricky. Harry was on music, and we were like Harry who have you asked, and he was like, ‘oh I’ve asked Pnau and they want $150,000. And I said well we have $2000, so basically it was what fits in our budget. Client Liaison ghosted Harry. So the band we got was recommended by Bea and Eleni. All in all it worked out. Q: How many donuts did you eat? A: The donuts were actually supposed to be for dessert. Everyone was supposed to take photos with the feature as they were coming in and then they were going to be cut up and then circulated during the after party. But once everyone was inside and I walk upstairs to take my photo, the whole wall was destroyed, people were throwing them. I’m so glad we had it, it was a good edition I only had like 15 glasses of but I didn’t get one BOBBY champagne or so, and then MCGEES to myself. There was I had a great time, feeling a lot on the floor… calm. I told Leonie I only which I didn’t eat. had one.

Q: Any major disasters? A: There were a lot of broken glasses, and I saw lots of girls stacking. But it all went to plan.

Q: Highlight of the night? A: When the ball committee relaxed and everyone was in the door. The stress was finally over. I loved that moment when I walked back in and everyone was having fun.

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SENIOR STUDENT Morgan Galea DINNER Lilli Read Q: On a scale of 1-10, how much did you rate your shout-out from Tom Grills? *starts tearing up* A: Hahah. I got really embarrassed because I had no clue that he was going to do that. To be honest I think it just shocked everyone – like omg Tom has feelings! Q: Compare Morgan and Tom. A: White hat, white t-shirt. I think we’re seeing a new campaign technique. Q: Highlight of the night? A: Apart from the shoutout… When Grills was crying about Pussos. But also … why didn’t he cry about me? Q: As first lady how do you feel about leaving the tower? A: Absolutely shattered. No more en suite or double bed. Q: How did you find competing with the rest of the college for his attention? A: O-Week was really hard. Everyone was talking about him. We all had this nickname that you would say and everyone would know who you were talking about. Q: What was his nickname? Wait you’re recording this hah.

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TCAC Dinner Coco O’Halloran Q: Highlight of your night? A: Definitely Emma Boyd-Law getting female sports rep. When Vags got up on stage to announce it I just had this gut feeling that Emma had it. Actually, that was the highlight of the whole year. Q: Best dressed? A: Clare Cameron. She was wearing this beautiful velvet dress. I thought Mooney looked cute and his speech was really nice. Niamh looked really good with her bangs and Lilli Read as well. Q: How did you get ready? A: It was all a bit of a panic because I didn’t know what I was wearing the whole day. I have no clothes in my wardrobe… teehee … I went to Myer and tried on a bunch of stuff like two hours before and managed to pull something together. You know how it is. Sometimes you just have to play the cards you’ve been dealt. So I just whipped that on. I didn’t have time for pres. Q: Best person to sit beside at this event? A: Honestly, the Emmas, Vaughan, Sam. People who are going to have a fun time. It always fun watching Emma Boyd-Law drink a full glass of wine. It’s also good to surround yourself with friends that will give you a glass of water even when you don’t think you need it.

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Max Streader Q: Thoughts on the theme? A: It was an interesting theme. The rides were pretty stock standard and I liked the jumpy castle one. I didn’t have any expectations and I didn’t guess the theme. Q: Best costume? A: I would have to say Robbo who went as the ‘Final Lap Cloud’ from Mario Cart. The ‘Up’ costumes were also really good except for the fact that there were three of them. Q: How far did you make it into the day? A: Everyone paced themselves. I made it pretty far into the day and managed not to take a nap. Q: Thoughts on where everyone disappears to after lunch? A: Into their room with eclectic individuals. Q: Best DJ set? A: Jock’s was really funny in the boiler room. Q: Highlight? A: Morgan wanting to wrestle me on the bouncy castle multiple times.

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VALEDICTORIAN DOC, My dear old college and most importantly to my dearest, not so old, third years. I have to admit that being asked to give this speech was quite a daunting prospect. I mean, how on earth am I supposed to sum up some of the most special years of our young adult lives into words alone. So much of my college experience, and I am sure yours too, can’t be conveyed on a piece of paper. It is the smiles, the laughs, and most importantly all of you that have made this one roller coaster of a journey, a journey. I will try my best to do it justice tonight. To do that, I must take you all the way back to first year. The memory that first comes to mind when reflecting upon O-Week is the awkward moment you need to hold hands with the person next to you in 35-degree heat whilst running through the city. Nothing quite like the sweaty palm sensation to break the tension. We held potato funerals, danced incredibly uncomfortably and got showered in bin juice, but above all else we embarked on friendships that would blossom over three years. The half way mark of first year saw the introduction of some new vocabulary to the college crescent. Every sentence must now begin with ‘razz’ and end with ‘debrief ’ because “nothing gets in the way of the razz and boy oh boy do we need to debrief about it in the AM”. First year was quite the 136

curve, we picked up on the lingo and we were eager to learn what pissy dumplings was all about. So, one fateful evening we ventured into China town. Filling the entire room, we sang Happy Birthday every five seconds to no one in particular and watched as dumplings went flying. Some $650 later we had finally experienced a notorious pissy dumplings, something we are all very well practiced at by this point in time. Moving into second year we weren’t new anymore and we knew how this place worked. We may still be just as useless at uni but, hey, now were acing college. Because I don’t know about everyone here but I’m a full-time college student, part-time uni student. We were well and truly apart of the college bubble now. We said goodbye to Slums, Turf was thriving, and PAs was thrown into the weekly schedule. We had our first corridor ‘event’ which got slightly out of hand and a few mattresses may have gone flying. We became accustomed to dodging eggs entering jeop and became well acquainted with the resident possum. Second year saw us grow closer as a year level, and we all waited in suspense for the mass exodus of friends, which gladly never came. So on we went, marching into our final year 71 strong. Third year saw the introduction of Behan House Parties, balcony pres, ladies night and quiet beers with the boys. Claiming ‘I don’t know how we did it in first year, my hangovers are worse

these days – I’m really into quiet bevs now’. However, our eagerness to make a name for ourselves as third years meant that quiet drinks very rarely remained that way, all it took was a slightly aggressive yet entirely motivational message to the third year chat. This year we have laughed, we have cried and I think perhaps a few of us are now slightly freaking out at the prospect of real life around the corner. We had no way of knowing how many would be left standing at the end, but it is a huge testament to us that we are the large, vibrant and charismatic cohort we are. We’ve never had an issue with filling sporting teams, in fact I would say it is too competitive, please can everyone not be so good at everything. Gone to countless plays and musicals, fangirled at Tiger Tones events and watched in awe as the Candies serenade the college. We’ve gotten around each other at the times that matter the most, perhaps a little too much, and we’ve let the good times roll. We were all told during our admission ceremony that we would likely marry someone in the room ‘look to your left now look to your right’ … you know the drill. Standing here now I would happily say that I want each and every one of you in my life forever, who will be at the end of the aisle is yet to be confirmed… I am taking signups at the back of formal hall tonight. Little did we know that signing our names in that admission book on the first day would make us part of the most special club that ever did exist. It is this sense of closeness and friendship that I regard as our best quality. Our college spirit was summed up in our forty-minute rendition of ‘we are the army’ on Friday night, and it’s safe to say we have given the JCR parties a red hot crack, becoming exceptionally good at

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We hope our sleepless nights didn’t go to waste, and that you love this year’s Fleur de Lys as much as we do. All our love,

Your 2019 Fleur Team

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