News of OTGs

from The Trinity Grammarian - October 2022

Parents' Association

News of Old Trinity Grammarians

Aidan Filshie and Pat Jaffe

As part of the launch of OTGO (Old Trinity Grammarians Online), we sent out or first digest, The Good News, to our members. This featured a wonderful interview with Simon Brown Greaves (OTG 1975), an organisational psychologist, who provided valuable insights on careers, counselling and the power of community.

Congratulations and well done to Joe Basser (OTG 2017) on his successful season in the Major League Rugby (MLR), playing as a Forward for Rugby New York.

Aidan Filshie (OTG 2016) and Pat Jaffe (OTG 2016) recently released their debut EP as a duo, Summit. The recording is made up of compositions written by Pat for Aidan as a viola soloist, with Pat also on piano. The EP is available on streaming services, or as a CD via Bandcamp (patjaffe.bandcamp.com).

Congratulations to Tim Sutcliffe (OTG 1989) who was honoured at the recent Big V Lunch. Tim joined the VAFA in 1992 and umpired 360 games, including a total of 11 grand finals and 14 Representative matches, along with a tour of Ireland, before retiring at the end of 2011.

We recently enjoyed hearing from Chris Coy (OTG 1956). Chris worked at sea for 27 years and moved from Port Stephens to the Gold Coast where he and his wife have been located for the last six years. Chris enjoys time in Broadwater and travelling to Brisbane for Master Mariner dinners. He misses his Melbourne friends, but is happy to sit on the terrace with a gin and tonic, watching the sun set over the mountains.

Russell Danby (OTG 1970) has been volunteering as a caseworker with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Russell reflects that it is concerning that families applying for refugee status cannot gain a work permit or Medicare support, particularly in the current job market.

Dom Tyson (OTG 2011) and Hugh Tyson (OTG 2013) are enjoying working together on their Golf Apparel venture "Clutch & Co" specialising in performance and golf apparel. They have recently joined forces with our golf team at Trinity (students) to help provide high quality apparel for their upcoming season. www.clutchandco.com.au

Thanks to Tom Cutler (OTG 2013), who recently returned to Trinity to speak to the Year 11s for their annual Towards Leadership Day.

Thank you to Anthony Scott (OTG 2013), who called into Trinity to kindly donate his Western Bulldogs #28 guernsey to the school. His jumper will be proudly displayed in the Peter McIntyre Gym for the enjoyment of our students and members of the Trinity community.

Simon Vander Sluys (OTG

1987) and friends James Gilbert,

Robert Collier, Matt Rosso, Peter Charleston, David Hutchinson and

Andrew Bell, who all graduated in 1987, recently enjoyed their annual catch up in Jan Juc on the Great Ocean Road. Although it was smaller numbers this year, they enjoyed spending the time away and each other’s company.

Clint Hillas (OTG 1996) and Brent Walsh (OTG 1999) have purchased the Woodside Beach Hotel in Gippsland. The pub has been shut for the past six years, having originally opened in 1849. Both Clint and Brent, alongside a group of investors, have renovated the pub to bring it back to its former glory. The Woodside Beach Hotel launched in July 2022 and will feature some luxury accommodation pods by Christmas. They look forward to welcoming Old Trinity Grammarians who are keen to book a night or two in Gippsland.

Andrew Alexander (OTG 1964)

recently visited the school on behalf his brother David Alexander (OTG 1960) to donate the latest of David's remarkable publications. These books entitled The Camel - Through the Ages document the history of the camel and its relationship with mankind and are an astounding feat of research. We are very grateful to David for this wonderful contribution to the Richard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning library collection.