OUR HISTORY - YEAR BY YEAR
1990 - 1989
1997
A Section
President: Andrew Kennedy
Secretary: Jon Carnegie
Treasurer: Stuart Stockdale
Firsts coach: Bernard Dunn
Reserves coach: Ian Wallace
U19s coach (Section 2 Red): Steven Maus
Team Leaders
Firsts captain: Rob Phillips
Firsts vice-captains: Sam Kennedy, Grant Hudson & Damien Glass
Reserves captain: Fraser Cameron
U19s captain: Jay Arrowsmith
U19s vice-captain: Stephen Jones
Back to A Section again. What fate lies there for the OTs?
Andrew Kennedy succeeded Rob Stanley after his nine years as president.
Simon Dalrymple & Glenn Hatfield were selected in the VAFA state team, Lachlan Kennedy & Adam Andrews in the U19 state team.
Hmmm. Struggling again in A Section. After nine rounds the Firsts were 9thth with 2 wins and 7 losses. The Reserves were 8th, also 2 & 7. The U19s were on top with 8-1.
Oh dear!!! After eighteen rounds the First had done it again! Relegated by finishing 9th (with a 4-14 record). The Reserves were also 9th (2-15-1). But, on a brighter note, the U19s finished 2nd with 12 wins and 6 losses – finals bound!
The U19s walloped Yarra Valley in the second semi-final:
U19s second semi-final:
Old Trinity: 5.3 10.7 18.8 20.10.130
Yarra Valley: 0.2 5.5 6.7 11.9.75
Goals: Wilson, Medlin 2, Jones 5, Passador 3, Greig 7, Pawsey, Cade
Best: Medlin, Greig, Shaughnessy, Passador, Jones, Hall
And then they went into yet another gear in the Grand Final!
U19s grand final:
Old Trinity: 7.4 14.8 17.12 27.15.177
St Leos Emmaus: 1.2 2.4 5.4 8.7.55
Goals: Passador 6, Kassabay 3, Jones 3, Pawsey 3, Shaughnessy 3, Davatzis 2, Waldron 2, Arrowsmith, Butler, Newman, Burrows, Hall
Best: Passador, Kassaby, Arrowsmith, Shaughnessy, Davatzis, Pawsey
Award winners 1997
Firsts best & fairest (E.J. Weatherson Trophy): Malcolm Cumming
Runner-up: Jeremy Sutcliffe
Reserves best & fairest: Tim Harris
Reserves coach’s award: Douglas Vargo
U19s best & fairest: Emmanuel Davatzis
Best club person (Tony Lyons Trophy): Ian Wallace
Life member: Mrs Ronnie Stanley & Chris Glass
200 games (Life Membership): Trevor Norman
100 games: Adam Anderson,
100 games: Jeremy Sutcliffe