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Changing of the Guard

A delayed start to the season due to a global pandemic only prolonged suspense and further whet our appetites for what promised to be another enthralling 13 rounds of leather on willow.

After a host of names synonymous with Trinity cricket – think Tyson, Balme, Yeoman, West and Randles – decided to spend their summers away from the hallowed turf of the Hudson, it was with great delight Old Trinity welcomed fresh blood to the Club.

In fact, 10 youngsters across the Firsts and Seconds made their Club debuts over the course of the season. Out with the old, in with the new: for the first time in as long as Dave Cowley (OTG 2008) can remember (a very long time for those wondering), we had a group excited to train on Tuesday evenings, and even practise fielding.

With vast change to both teams’ best XI, expectations were tempered.

The Firsts began their campaign with two wins from as many rounds, and the realisation of possibly losing a tenth consecutive semi-final quickly became a reality. With Captain, Seb Nicolosi (523 runs @ 65.38, 2x 100s, MCC League Batting Award), at the helm, and cameos from Arthur Nitsopoulos (214 runs @ 35.67) and Myles Scott (11 wickets @ 15.55), the Firsts won their final three matches to prize a deserved finals berth. Unfortunately, grim weather reigned supreme, eroding any glimpse of causing a semi-final upset against top-of-the-table Old Scotch.

The Seconds first win came in Round 2, a masterful victory thanks to final-ball-of-the-innings heroics from Vice-Captain, Nick Galbraith. But the young group, led by first-year skipper Adrian Johnson (274 runs @ 34.25, 4x 50s), would be made to wait until Round 12 for its second: a narrow victory against MCC for the annual David Hooper Trophy, in honour of the former Old Geelong cricketer who sadly lost his battle with mental health seven years ago.

In a tradition initiated by MCC Captain, Roly Imhoff, and former OTG Cricket President, Hugh Krantz, the yearly fixture aims to encourage discussion and facilitate awareness around men’s mental health. It is a game the Club is honoured to play, and a tradition we are extremely proud to maintain. Finally, congratulations to the following players on their selection in the 2020/21 MCC League Team of the Year: Seb Nicolosi, Myles Scott, Adrian Johnson, Matt Keys (215 runs @ 26.88, 6 wickets @ 19.33).

Adrian Johnson (OTG 2014) and Seb Nicolosi (OTG 2012) President

OTG Football

OTGAFC is experiencing its strongest participation year with over 270 players playing and living the Trinity way. The castle that is the Bulleen Playing Fields has never been busier with two U19s and an U23 team forming the Speros Beasley Development Squad. In addition, there are two female teams in the Premier VAFAW and three Senior men’s teams. 2021 is all about ‘the VIBE’ and we are keen to ensure that anybody in the Old Boy and OTG/ORA community that wants a game of footy can get one.

The VAFA competition is providing its unique challenges for our Senior men’s and women’s teams as they ‘future-proof’ under the respective coaching leadership of James Francis/Terry Mason and Stephen Maus/Damian

Harrison. Our U23s, coached by Chris Amiconi (OTG 2001), sit mid-table and both our U19s sit in top-four spots under coaches Dean Peters and Clinton Wright. All in all, it’s a great place to be and we encourage the Trinity community to get down to Bulleen any Saturday afternoon and watch some high grade, local footy. Ask for Neil Bowman or Jeff Hooper (OTG 1977) – one of them will buy you a pie.

Off the field, we would like to encourage you, your friends, family and colleagues to attend our famous Business Lunch at

Crown Casino on Friday 9 July

at 12.30pm. It’s a great opportunity to connect with fellow OTGs while listening to a host of big names from the AFL industry who will be speaking at the event. For more information please email us at

oldtrinityfc.secretary@gmail.com

Finally, the OTGAFC would love to welcome new members and sponsors to the Club. To view the different options, sign up and to join our weekly newsletter, please head to www.oldtrinityfc.com.au

Neil Bowman

President

OTG Hockey

Whilst season 2021 has had some disruptions in recent weeks, we are excited to be back! We welcome any OTGs regardless of ability to come and be part of our extraordinary culture and community as we continue to build.

We are based at Bulleen and have two teams in the Metro levels of hockey in the Eastern/ Central competition. If you have any questions or if you would like to join us or attend a training session, please contact me on 0447 754 486.

Steven Payne (OTG 2016) President

OTG Soccer

To the delight of our Club members, the 2021 football season was able to begin in March without any difficulty, and our teams approached it with substantial enthusiasm. Whilst early in the season results have been varied, the men’s Seniors/Reserves teams continue to train hard, and this has shown in more recent results. This year, we are pleased to have two additional teams, with both playing in the Football Victoria Metro division (Sunday). These teams consist of numerous OTGs, and their camaraderie and passion for the game has been displayed on the pitch – we look forward to seeing where they take their football journey. Additionally, we also welcome a new sponsor to the Club, ‘Science in Sport’, who are eager to become part of the OTGSC story – we are grateful for their wonderful support.

In early July, the Club will be hosting its second event for the year, the ‘OTGSC Games Night’. Through this event, we hope to connect our teams to build new relationships and interconnect the OTG community. With two new groups of players on our list, this will be a particularly exciting event and we look forward to learning about our new members. Details will be available on our Facebook and Instagram pages in the coming weeks.

The OTGSC is currently supporting four teams: Senior/Reserves Men (State League 5) and Sunday Thirds/ Fourths Men (Metropolitan League 6 and 9). As always, if you are interested in joining one of our teams, or keen to get involved in another capacity (team manager, coach, etc), please contact Jeremy Neylon for more details on 0407 580 045.

Jeremy Neylon (OTG 2013) President

OTG Otters (Water Polo)

The Old Trinity Otters Water Polo Club has begun the Winter 2021 season well, fielding a 15-strong side in the State League 3/4 competition at MSAC. Led by team captain Sam Bennett (OTG 2019), a 9-8 win against Monash Uni was achieved in the first and only match of the season so far. Water polo can be hard to enjoy in winter with the cold, but enthusiasm has not been dampened due to a warm social atmosphere and indoor swimming pools. Overall, the Club is headed in a positive direction and new players are always welcome.

Ed Smith (OTG 2017) Treasurer

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of the following members of the Trinity community and we offer our condolences to their families and friends.

Professor Maxwell Cooke OAM

(OTG 1931–39) died in April this year at 97 years of age. Max was a most accomplished and decorated musician and academic, who had an outstanding career teaching many generations of students. In June 1998, Max was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for ‘service to music education, especially pedagogy and the development of music students’ – an award richly deserved and acclaimed. Max is also a member of Trinity’s Gallery of Achievement, having been inducted into our Gallery in its inaugural year, 1997. John Hoerner (OTG 1950–54) was a regular attendee at the Gold Mitre Lunch. The extract below is from an obituary provided by his family and written by author and journalist Lawrence Money.

Max Cooke (image from Geelong College) A Living Wake – ‘Cocktails from the Departure Lounge’ by Lawrence Money ‘Cocktails from the Departure Lounge’, promised the invitation. But this was a function with a difference. The ‘Lounge’ was the South Yarra home of John Hoerner, a stylish and innovative bloke whose mounting health problems in the past few years had finally become terminal. Yes, it was John who was departing, shuffling off this mortal coil, and I felt truly privileged to be among 30 close friends who gathered on Saturday at the home he shared with wife Alison Waters. She dubbed it a ‘living wake’, a tribute to John’s life while he was still around to hear it. And there were many reasons to salute him. John was an automatic choice in a book I wrote some years ago on extraordinary Aussie blokes. I called him ‘the blind photographer’ for that is what he became after a stroke in 2003 destroyed the life he had previously known.

Trained as an electronic engineer, John Hoerner in the 1970s and early 80s had been immersed in the art world with galleries and a big framing business in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, called Framemaker. An ideas man, an innovator, John had at various stages, pioneered a unique ‘solar village’ at Cape Otway, developed high-fidelity amplifiers, founded an annual race for solar and electric cars (decades before the current push), devised a new reel for surf fishing and founded an ‘automotive architecture’ company that tailored Range Rovers to order…