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Trinity Trophies
Henry Brown (OTG 2020) with the Ray Weinberg Prize for Sporting Leadership and Jack Stewart (OTG 2020) holding the Roger Kennedy Trophy of which he was the inaugural recipient
Over the school’s 118year history, there have been many trophies and awards presented.
Some are awarded annually, while others, such as the Simon Malaspina Trophy, are connected with a particular occasion or event. Some prizes have been discontinued. This may be because a Trinity family has donated a trophy for a particular activity and that activity ceases, as happened for example with lacrosse and gymnastics. At Presentation Night each year, we award the Dux Prizes and academic subject prizes, as well as prizes for an accumulation of Distinctions and Merits during the year. I would like to highlight some of these prizes.
The R M Begg Prize for English
is named after our first teacher at Trinity who taught from 1903 to 1919. She was governess to the Inglis family, and after leaving Trinity she established a school in Kyneton. There is a nursing home in Kyneton named after Miss Begg.
The J D Levick Prize for Physics
is named after a former student who was tragically killed in World War Two on the final day of the Battle of Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Prize was donated by his family, with whom we have lost contact.
The Ray Weinberg Prize
acknowledges both a student and staff member who demonstrate sporting leadership and sportsmanship. Ben Ryder was the staff member to receive the Ray Weinberg Prize in 2020. Ben established cycling as a school sport at Trinity and he is also a senior coach of cross country running. Last year’s student recipient was Henry Brown (OTG 2020) for his leadership in cricket as the captain of the First XI, and his involvement in school sport as an excellent runner and footballer. Henry has also captained a Junior State cricket team and, more recently, was selected as captain of the AGSV representative cricket team.
The Trumble Cricket Bat
Last year, Henry scored a century and became the 98th Trinity student to have his name engraved on the Trumble Cricket Bat, which was donated in 2002 by the Trumble family to record a ‘Century of Centuries’.
Principal Adrian Farrer presents the House Shield to the 2020 Captain of Kent Hughes House, Lachlan Wong, at Presentation Night last year
The Centuries - The Trumble Family Bat to record a century of centuries
Roger Kennedy Trophy
Former staff member Roger Kennedy left a bequest to Trinity and the school recently initiated the Roger Kennedy Trophy to be awarded to the Year 12 student who best exemplifies the Spirit of Trinity. During his time at the school, Roger was Head of Year 12, coach of the First XVIII and an Economics teacher. Interestingly, the inaugural winner of the Roger Kennedy Trophy, Jack Stewart (OTG 2020), coincidentally achieved a perfect study score of 50 in VCE Economics.
House Shield
The House Shield dates back to 1917, with Arnold House being the first winning House. The Trophy, donated by Messrs Arnold, Henty, Merritt and Roberts, is the Holy Grail of the House competition. As was the case when the competition was introduced, points are accumulated from House Swimming, Athletics, Music (now the House Performing Arts Festival) and Cross Country, as well as from Wednesday lunchtime activities. In 2020, Kent Hughes House won the competition for the first time.
The Simon Malaspina Trophy
is presented each year to the winner of the 3000m race at House Athletics. Simon was killed in a car accident in Belmore Road in November 1996, only a year after leaving school. He was an excellent runner and his family donated the Trophy which was awarded for the first time in 1997.
In the next issue of the Grammarian, I will explain the background of some of the Trinity’s other trophies and prizes.
Headmaster Phil De Young presented Tom Sellwood with the Simon Malaspina Perpetual Trophy in 2018
