Trinity Trophies – Part Three Not all trophies are for sporting success, underpinning the school’s commitment to a broad education.
and Leslie Oration were Aden Wilmshurst of Year 11 and Andrew Zhang of Year 9 respectively.
The Howard Everard Shield – Hospitality Competition
Although not all awards are for sporting success, many of Trinity’s trophies and prizes acknowledge outstanding achievement in the sporting arena.
It is terrific that an enduring and well-subscribed competition is the Hospitality competition for Senior School students. The winner is awarded the Howard Everard Shield. Howard attended Trinity from 1920 to 1930 and afterwards ran a business called Press Cuttings. He used to cut up the daily papers and send press articles to businesses or file them. It was sort of like Google before technology. In retirement, Howard loved to bake cakes and make jams and chutneys, entering them in agricultural shows. His blackberry sponge was magnificent! Howard left a small bequest to the school to establish the cooking competition which is now in its 16th year.
The Bunting, Leslie and Younger Orations – Public Speaking Awards The school conducts three internal public speaking competitions named after three distinguished Old Trinity Grammarians. The senior competition for Years 11 and 12, The Bunting Oration, is named after Sir John Bunting (OTG 1936) while The Leslie Oration, named after Bishop Ken Leslie (OTG 1928), is for students in Years 9 and 10. Students in Years 7 and 8 vie to win The Younger Oration, named after journalist and author Ron Younger (OTG 1934). This year it was won by Year 8 student Leo Min. The winners of this year’s Bunting Oration.
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The JF Ross Tennis Racquet While relocating Trinity’s Archives to the Ian Armstrong Room in the Tudor Centre, I came across the JF Ross Tennis Racquet. Between 1916 and 1950, this woodenframed racquet with a metal band around the head was presented to the student who won the singles handicap competition. The winners’ names are inscribed on the metal band around the edge of the racquet. JF Ross was a teacher at school from 1910 to 1914. The last winners were Brian Austen (OTG 1950) and Bruce Whitehead (OTG 1950) in 1950. This award is no longer presented but perhaps it might be resurrected. One name is also conspicuous in its absence: Gerald Patterson attended Trinity from 1904 to 1907 and went on to win the men’s singles at Wimbledon in 1919 and 1922. Regrettably, Gerald had already left the school when this award was instituted.
1953. The school still runs House Swimming as an annual event.
First XVIII Best and Fairest Trophy Finally, the First XVIII Best and Fairest Trophy is presented each year by the OTG Football Club. This tradition began in 1994 and many of the names inscribed on the trophy have gone on to play AFL football, including Luke Power (OTG 1997), Sam Power (OTG 2001), David Mackay (OTG 2006), Tom Cutler (OTG 2013), Anthony Scott (OTG 2013) and Nick Larkey (OTG 2016). As a side note, congratulations to David Mackay on his retirement from the Adelaide Crows after 248 games. Rohan Brown
The Dr EM Inglis Memorial Trophy for House Swimming One of the more impressive trophies in the McIntyre Sports Centre is the Dr EM Inglis Memorial Trophy for House Swimming. Dr Inglis was one of the founders of Trinity Grammar School and he was also the Kew Health Officer. The trophy bearing his name was first presented in
The JF Ross Tennis Racquet
