T R I N I T YT R I N I T YT I M E S

ISSUE No. 10

Action in CambodiaTrinity Academy has handed over

a £1,000 cheque to the Cambodia Action charity, which works to relieve poverty and distress in the far-eastern country. The nation has rarely been in such great need of support as now, following the destruction caused by Typhoon Ketsana: the recent storms have killed hundreds of people in Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines, sweeping away entire villages.

Bluebell WoodThe £1,300 for the Bluebell Wood

Children’s Hospice, in Sheffi eld, came at a special time for the hospice, which has recently marked the end of its fi rst year in operation, providing 1,000 hours of support for 89 families. The cheque was handed over by Assistant Head Boy and Girl Luke Wilkinson and Jay Cafferty.

Cancer Research UKCancer Research UK received

a £1,200 boost, helping to fund their continuing work. Area volunteer manager Cancer Research UK, Karen Smith, was delighted to collect the cheque from Head Boy Lydon Eccles and Head Girl Jennifer Amesbury when she paid a visit to Trinity.

Cheque This Out:An ABC of Giving?

DECEMBER 2009

STUDENTS and staff from Trinity Academy got on their bikes to pedal more than 650 miles – and raised hundreds of pounds for the Academy’s chosen charities in the process., starting the year as they mean to go on.

More than 50 students and 20 members of staff at the Academy were challenged to complete the two-mile route as many times as possible within the time allowed.

Other students and staff also offered support on the non-cycling side by acting as marshals and dealing with any minor bike break-downs.

Student Lucas Hale (7Howlett) said: “Taking part in the bike ride felt really good because I was doing something to raise lots of money for charity.” Chelsea Boyer (8Steele) added: “I’m really glad I did it – we cycled a very long way, but it was all worthwhile.”

Academy Principal Ian Brew said: “This was a great way for us to start another year of fun and rewarding fund-raising activities. We must thank Paul Birtwhistle, of Causeway Farm, for allowing us to use his land for the route and, in turn, enabling us to raise a magnifi cent amount for our charities.”

Trinity Academy students get in the saddle to raise cash for charity.

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Take one shoe box (available from Reception).1. Pray for the child who will receive your gift (optional). 2. Fill the box with a variety of gifts that will bring delight to a child: toys, school supplies, toothpaste, soap, 3. hard sweets, mints and lollipops, but not used or damaged items, war-related items such as toy guns, knives or military fi gures, chocolate or food, liquids or lotions, medications or vitamins, aerosol cans or breakable items such as snowglobes or glass containers.Please include £2.00 or more as a donation towards shipping costs.4. Personal note: in a separate envelope, you may enclose a note to the child and a photo of yourself or your 5. family. (If you include your name and address, the child may write back.)

See? Easy! And between November 9th and 23rd no fewer than 221 Trinity families did just that. A record number for the academy. 9Chappell boasted 19 (not that they are competitive of course), and the Watkins family (Blaike 10Witty, Timothy 9Chappell and Nikita 8Kennedy) brought back ten between them! All now bound for somewhere in Eastern Europe.

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THE family of a soldier seriously wounded in a gunfi ght in Afghanistan has been given a major boost by his old school, Trinity Academy, as he recovers from horrifi c injuries.

David Atherton, of Moorends, was inches from death after his Coldstream Guards unit came under attack by Taliban forces in the Helmand province, with the 20-year-old shot through the throat as he tried to come to the aid of colleagues.

As he now recovers at Selly Oaks Hospital in Birmingham, Trinity Academy has made a £500 donation to help David’s mother and stepfather meet the costs of travelling to the Midlands to see him. Ian Brew, principal of the Academy, said staff and students had immediately pledged to offer their support after learning of David’s bravery.

Seven days before he was shot, David had escaped injury when a Taliban bomb detonated near him and blew him off his feet. Another soldier lost a leg in the blast.

On the day he was wounded he had been on patrol in Helmand province. His unit had been out for around six hours and was preparing to return back to Camp Bastion when they took fi re at 6am from a nearby compound occupied by three Taliban fi ghters. An unmanned aircraft, known as a Hellfi re, was nearby, and bombed the compound, killing

one Taliban and wounding another. But more Taliban fi ghters joined the gunfi ght. David was wounded as he provided covering fi re whilst two injured soldiers were being evacuated. The area was cleared of Taliban and twenty minutes later declared safe for helicopters to

land to carry the three wounded men back to Camp Bastion, the main British military base in Afghanistan, after they had been stabilised. They were in Birmingham within 24 hours of the incident.

He has already undergone three operations on his wounds and, with more surgery to follow, his mother Linda and stepfather Melvin Douglas face expensive trips to be by his side. The Academy made its contribution to a campaign started in Moorends to help the family with travel and accommodation costs, also sending a card to David.

Mr Brew said: “We are privileged to count David among our former students and when we heard of his bravery we wanted to make a donation to help his family make the regular trips to Birmingham to be with him. David’s courage whilst serving his country in Afghanistan is there for all to see and everybody connected with Trinity Academy sends him and his family their best wishes for a speedy return to health.”

The countdown for the 2012 Olympics has already begun, and right in the middle of it is Gregory Chipman, 12Foster.

Gregory is a member of All Stars, Doncaster Taekwondo Club and on Tuesday, November 10th he and twenty others from the club took part in a promotional event for the 2012

Olympics. Taking place at the English Institute for Sport, Sheffi eld, the event included Sarah Stevenson, Bronze medal winner in taekwondo in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and reigning world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis. Presiding was Lord Coe, the former Olympic gold medallist and world record holder, who viewed the high profi le event with other members of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. It was covered for television by such programmes as Look North and Calendar News.

Taekwondo is a South Korean martial art that comes in two forms, the traditional kind using blocks and kicks for self defence and primarily

demonstrating you have all the moves, and a full contact sport version which is what is on offer at the Olympic Games and what the All Stars were demonstrating here.

A thrilled Gregory told us “We could see a huge variety of sports being showcased as a run up to the Olympics:

all the athletics track events such as running and hurdles, basketball, table tennis as well as our own taekwondo, and there were all kinds of other sports on show elsewhere in the complex. It was a really exciting occasion and having the Olympics just a

few years away is a great inspiration to train as hard as possible.”

Greg has applied for consideration by Manchester, which is the main base in the UK for taekwondo. It is from those who

are found eligible to train at Manchester that the fi nal team will be picked who are most likely to peak in 2012.

Mr Brew, Principal of Trinity Academy, says: “Gregory’s dedication to his sport is absolutely fantastic and we are delighted that he was able to showcase his talent on such an important stage. We are blessed with some tremendous athletes in a wide range of sports at Trinity and

it is amazing to think that some of them, such as Gregory, could take their talents all the way to the Olympics.”

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Taste sensation proves a winner for teenage chef! Julie Ann Laguio (11Potts), from Trinity Academy, came top of the Doncaster heat of the national Rotary Young Chef Competition by cooking up a storm for the tastebuds.

It was a case of second time lucky for the teenager of Bloomhill Close, Moorends, whose hopes of winning the competition last year were dashed when the other contestants had to pull out because of illness or family circumstances. This time Julie Ann wowed the panel of judges – David Gould, a rotary club member and hotel and catering consultant, and Doncaster College catering lecturers Jane Fishwick and Michelle Jackson – with her two courses of stuffed guinea fowl with seasonal vegetables and a mixed fruit cinnamon charlotte.

She said: “I tried that dish before and thought it tasted nice so I decided to do it again. I was hoping to win but it was still surprising when I did.”

The event at Hill House School, Auckley, was organised by the Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger. Julie Ann will compete in the district fi nal, the winner of which could compete in the national fi nals next year. The prize for the overall winner includes travel in Italy.

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STUDENTS are set to show their leadership qualities after taking up vital ambassadorial roles. At Trinity Academy they have been appointed to the position of senior prefects for Year 12 – giving them the chance to champion their own houses and promote the school as a whole.

The house system which allows students to compete against each other as friendly rivals in a host of activities; each house has now welcomed two new fi gures of authority, with sixth-formers Joshua Walker and Natalie Saul becoming senior prefects for Kings; Keeli Hodgson and Adam Divers for Poets; and Rachel Feirn and Liam Coetzee for Shepherds.

The house names were inspired by the life of King David and refl ect the Academy’s aim to develop every aspect of its students during their time there. The system has led to an array of after-school events taking place, from football, rugby and netball to maths challenges, public speaking contests and short story-

writing competitions.

The new senior prefects join the Year 12 assistant head boy and girl, their Year 13 counterparts, and the house captains. They will be asked to help out with duties across the Academy, with the support of more than 60 prefects who develop leadership qualities by gaining additional qualifi cations and coaching teams in earlier years.

Principal Ian Brew said: ‘’Only the Principal and Head Boy and Girl are not in a house; all other members of staff and students are. It helps to give students a sense of identity within the school and encourages them to get involved in various confi dence-boosting activities. We are delighted to have appointed our new senior prefects and are certain that they will prove fi rst-class ambassadors for their houses and the Academy within the community.”

L-R, Natalie Saul, Rachel Feirn, Keeli Hodgson, Assistant Head Boy Luke Wilkinson, Assistant Head Girl Jay Cafferty, Adam Divers, Joshua Walker and Liam Coetzee.

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A brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman, Sir Robert Chiltern is the “ideal husband” for the charming Lady Chiltern. They have a widely envied marriage until charming Mrs Cheveley appears with the intention of revealing a dark secret from Chiltern’s past. Chiltern turns to his lifelong friend Lord Arthur Goring, the most eligible bachelor in town, who soon fi nds himself caught up in the web of lies. Using political intrigue and clever wit, An Ideal Husband draws a picture of a society struggling with issues that are still valid today.

Using a thrust stage, the acting took place on the fl oor area, with the audience in raked seating on three sides. The play being then almost in the round, no member of the audience was more than four rows away from the action, which perfectly suited the intimate action of a dinner party, complete with secrets and lies.

April Garth (12Allen), who played Lady Gertrude Chiltern, found that learning Oscar Wilde was more diffi cult than learning Shakespeare. “Even so, rehearsals were always great fun because something always goes wrong!”

Jay Cafferty (12Robotham) says: “Mrs Cheveley is the most exciting character, which made the process a lot of fun. But Oscar Wilde’s language is not something you use every day so I found it diffi cult to understand and perform.”

Craig Holden (12King): “An Ideal Husband was a challenge, yet the thrill of it all coming together at the last minute was nerve racking too. But most of all, playing Robert Chiltern allowed me to develop new skills. I’m not the most organised of people, so thanks to all who helped me. A great team effort.”

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July 2009

Anne Frank and her parents were German Jews who emigrated to Holland in 1933. On 9th July

1942, they went into hiding to avoid being rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp.

Her parents, her sister Margot and herself, together with another family, the Van Daans, lived in the two upper fl oors of an old building for over two years.

During that time Anne kept a diary.

Wednesday 13th January 1943:Everything has upset me again this morning... It

is terrible outside. People are being dragged off. Families are torn apart. Men, women and

children are all being separated. Children coming home from school fi nd that their parents have

disappeared. Women fi nd their homes shut up and their families gone.

“Anne Frank” was a great experience. We all got on really well and had a great time. I was Mrs Van Daan 2 so I went on from the interval to the end. I liked this part as I got an idea of how to make the character work, which added to the fun.

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Sam Megraw-Wilkinson 10Kendell (Peter Van Daan) was struck at what an odd existence it must have been having to be quiet all the time, which is probably why he liked the part in the play when he was shouting about his cat. “The saddest thing in the play is that eventually the families were found and

taken to concentration camps, where all but three died, including Anne.”

The play showed what the Jewish family had to cope with as they were hiding throughout WW2 with another Jewish family and a neighbour. The ever-present threat of discovery; the tension between the different people; how

relationships improved because of the close proximity in which they all lived; how other relationships broke down because of the stress; and despite the struggles and the worries there were still funny moments lightening the atmosphere. Thank you to the whole team: lighting, sound, props, direction, cast and front of house.

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Dozens of students got to grips with the great outdoors, abseiling, caving, raft-building, orienteering, solving problems and taking up challenges in teams as they picked up new skills and got to know each other on entering the sixth form at Trinity Academy. Record numbers of students have joined Trinity’s sixth form this year, both those moving up from the academy’s Year 11 and those from other schools in the area.

The 125-strong group stayed at the Edale Youth Hostel in the Peak District, Derbyshire, where people are called “duck”, which also means scoring nothing in a game where both teams wear white, as well as bending low to avoid banging your head. All very confusing, really. Anyway, in true Peak District style we asked some of the new members of the sixth form “Air rate, duck?”*

“Raft-building, problem-solving and the high ropes, all were fun, especially falling off our raft into the lake. [Ducks go into lakes all the time, duck – Ed]. The residential helped me because I got to know new students more.” Rebecca Quean (12Allen)

“During the night hike it went really dark [It’s quite normal for night to be dark, duck – Ed]; we couldn’t see where we were going and at one point everyone fell over or slid on their bottom down the hill. Everyone was laughing.” Amy Atkinson (12Robotham)

“We had to make a tower of pasta and we won the challenge of building something out of three planks of wood and rope to support six people. [So you scored a lot more than a duck, duck? – Ed].” Gregory Chipman (12Foster)

“If I had the chance to do it again I would do it any day of the year - and I was on crutches!” Rhys Thompson (12Baxter)

Mr Shay, the Academy’s Head of Sixth Form, added: “New students to Trinity took part as well as those who have come up through the school, and the event gave them an ideal opportunity to make new friends.”

* “Are you all right, my fi ne fellow?”, a typical Peak District greeting. The answer seems to be a resounding “Air rate, duck!”

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If you had been eavesdropping on registration on the Friday of Languages Week in October you might have thought you were in Babel, with everyone saying “Hello” in answer to the register in a different language. But no: this was just one way in which the modern and foreign languages (MFL) staff was encouraging us to develop our languages skills.

Miss Claringbold tells us: “The European Day of Languages is September 26th so to help celebrate this we have a whole Languages Week at Trinity Academy. The idea is to alert students and staff to the importance of language; in the long-term to increase the range of languages learnt so that more people speak more than one language; improve our understanding of other cultures, especially in Europe; and encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges!”

At Trinity students already have the opportunity to learn French and/or German, as well as Russian after school with Mrs Whitehead, but in Languages Week there were also sessions at break times on Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Latin and an extra session in Russian.

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Robyn Welbourn: “It was something different and new, and I really enjoyed the Harry Potter spells. We just didn’t get enough time to learn something we could remember.”

Thomas Lowther: “We were able to try the food from some of the cultures. It is easier when people understand each other. If they don’t, it’s chaos.”

Matt Oxley: “We tasted things we had never tasted before and we were being fi lmed for 205 Academy Live.”

Thomas Brough: “I enjoyed working out the answers together in a group.”

Lauren Hebden-Caley: “Latin can help you understand English better and if you learn other langauges it will help you on holiday.”

Molly Fleming: “I learned that nearly all Latin words seem to refer to English words.”

Mrs Demaude’s tutees thought her Latin session was brilliant:

You see? It’s not dead, it’s just resting.

A group of thirty Year 9students took part in the

Emmanuel Schools Foundation ‘Business Game’. This involved the students competing against

teams from Bede Academy, Emmanuel College and The King’s Academy in the development of a

new product or service that could be marketed. The students could choose

between creating a product or service to encourage healthy living, helping the elderly, a travelling aid or protecting the environment.

The Trinity students were split into three teams and were given one week to research and develop their idea.

At the end of the week they met all the other teams at TheKing’s for a Dragons’ Den style fi nal. Unfortunately Trinity were

unable to maintain their winning record, with The King’s Academy winning top spot this year.

Also during Enterprise Week Years 7 to 10 took part in the Make Your Mark challenge. Each BITE class was divided into teams and challenged to develop a product or

service that could tie in with the 2012 Olympics. Every team competed against all other Make Your Mark challenge teams in the school and the competition was hotly contested with a vast range of impressive ideasbeing presented throughout all the year groups taking part.

As well as this, every student at Trinity Academy had the opportunity to take part in the Enterprise challenges organised by the BITE department and sixth form students. Challenges included building towers out of newspaper, communication tasks and team working activities such as carrying a golf ball with pieces of drain pipe and building shapes out of Lego The best Trinity students at these challenges were Luke Simmonite (7Havlin), Sam Walton (8Norton), Katie Munn (9Pashley), Luke Wolsey (10Potts) and Daniel Newton (11Ramsden).

Well done to all students (and staff) that took part in the activities during Enterprise Week.

Happy enterprising!

Mr Furniss

10 Team building exercises in the main hall.

“Have you got the E-factor?” asked the display in tutor periods.

We were urged to test our Enterprise skills every break time in the Main Hall: Creativity; Teamwork; Leadership; Communication; Problem Solving.

Only 100 places were available each day, so students had to collect their tickets from their BITE teacher: no ticket meant no entry.

The Army and RAF were to be in school on Wednesday, so we were encouraged to watch out for them in PE lessons.

Years 7 to 10 were to be taking part in the Make your Mark challenge in BITE lessons.

There were some great prizes to be won, so we needed to get involved and be ENTERPRISING.

Enterprising students were cock-a hoop after their organisational skills helped basketball’s premier side host another convincing home win. Sixth formers from Trinity Academy had been set the tall order of helping to organise and promote the Sheffi eld Sharks’ recent clash with Guildford Heat.

The challenge was part of National Enterprise Week, an initiative designed to allow thousands of people across the country to unleash their creative and innovative ideas. The 25 Trinity teenagers rose to the occasion by spending six weeks making detailed preparations and marketing plans for the big game at the National Institute for Sport. With about 1,000 people expected to attend the game, the students had to work closely alongside the club to help it pass off smoothly.

Their hard work paid off as the event proved a great success, with the Sharks extending their lead at the top of the BBL Championship by chalking up a third straight win by 97-83. Club chairman, Yuri Matischen, extended his thanks to Trinity Academy for the professionalism of its students.

Academy principal Ian Brew said: “We have a specialism in business and enterprise so this national initiative is something that we take extremely seriously. The efforts of our Sixth Form students in helping to organise a major sporting occasion are a testament to the spirit of enterprise that exists here. They had to draw on a range of skills, from leadership and confi dence to teamwork and problem-solving, and they were tremendous ambassadors for the Academy.”

Students from Trinity Academy and players from Sheffi eld Sharks take to the court after the youngsters helped to organise a match.

Sheffield Sharks

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This term has been a very busy one in the PE department. Clubs and teams have been run in the following activities: Rugby (7-13), Rugby League, Football – Boys and Girls (7-13), Basketball, Badminton, Hockey, Netball, Trampolining and Table Tennis.

We have entered a number of local, regional and national events.

Rugby

Year Group Opposition Competition Result

(Trinity score fi rst)7 Hall Cross, Doncaster Friendly 19 - 0

7 Meadowhead, Sheffi eld Friendly 55 - 0

7McAuley, Doncaster

Hall Cross, DoncasterHayfi eld, Doncaster

DoncasterSchools

Competition

15 -5 -5 -

0510

7 St Bernard’s, Rotherham Friendly 86 - 07 Wales, Sheffi eld Friendly 40 - 5

8De Warenne, DoncasterHall Cross, DoncasterRidgewood, Doncaster

DoncasterRUFC

Competition

25 -5 -0 -

01520

8 Meadowhead, Sheffi eld Friendly 7 - 418 St Bernard’s, Rotherham Friendly 12 - 578 Wales, Sheffi eld Friendly 19 - 339 Hall Cross, Doncaster Friendly 14 - 209 Meadowhead, Sheffi eld Friendly 12 - 459 St Bernard’s, Rotherham Friendly 15 - 3710 Hall Cross, Doncaster Friendly 14 - 1710 Q.E.G.S., Wakefi eld Daily Mail National Cup 0 - 4810 Meadowhead, Sheffi eld Friendly 21 - 7

10/11 St Bernard’s, Rotherham Friendly 38 - 52nd XV Hall Cross, Doncaster Friendly 20 - 151st XV Wath, Rotherham Friendly 31 - 101st XV Wickersley, Rotherham Daily Mail National Cup 7 - 91st XV Rishworth Grammar, West Yorkshire Daily Mail National Vase 10 - 27

Although we have had mixed success with our rugby teams, the Year 7 team is very promising and hopefully we can build on this solid platform.

In Year 8 and 9 it has been a battle to get full teams for our fi xtures, despite regular practices, publication of results and advertisement of fi xtures. Both teams have potential.

With an increased sixth form size, our 1st and 2nd XV have been more competitive and the Year 11 players have added to the strength of these teams. Nine players from Year 11 represented The Lions on their Grand Slam tour of Scotland.

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Rugby League

Year Group Opposition Competition Result

(Trinity score fi rst)

7Don Valley, Doncaster

Campsmount, DoncasterBalby Carr, Doncaster

Doncaster SchoolsRugbyLeague

10 -4 -

12 -

1064

9Balby Carr, DoncasterDon Valley, Doncaster

Doncaster SchoolsRugby League

28 -0 -

06

11 Don Valley, DoncasterRidgewood, Doncaster

Doncaster SchoolsRugby League

12 -20 -

144

We entered these competitions to give our students a different experience of rugby and also to try and encourage more rugby players to represent us in our weekend fi xtures. The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and performed really well. All three teams fi nished runners up, which was a creditable result in the circumstances.

Football

All teams have been entered into both the South Yorkshire Schools’ Cup and also the English Schools’ Competitions. There have been indifferent results from the teams, with the Y9 and First XI teams currently fl ying the Trinity fl ag.

The league fi xtures are to begin after the Christmas break.

The Year 7 lads have made a good start to their Trinity careers, with a strong squad of 25 players regularly attending weekly practices. A number of the boys represent football academies, and the future looks bright. The lads have had one cup fi xture to date, winning 5-1 in the SYSFA Cup and progressing into the next round.

Year 8 have played two games but lost both. They were beaten 7-1 in the fi rst game of the ESFA Cup against strong opposition in Huntington, York, then were narrowly beaten 3-2 at home to Westfi eld School in the SYS competition. They are looking forward to the league season.

Trinity’s Year 9 was given a bye into the second round of the SYS Cup but were then defeated in a close match 2-1 by Kingstone School, Barnsley. In the ESFA Cup, however, the lads are through to the fi fth round after victories against Valley School, Retford (6-2), Easingwold School, North Yorkshire (6-4), and Dukeries College, Newark (4-2).

The Year 10 lads have potentially the strongest team with some representing both the county and academies of professional clubs. In the SYS Cup, Trinity won their fi rst round fi xture 2-1, but lost in the next round 3-0. In the ESFA Cup Trinity are set to play Aston in a couple of weeks.

The First XI have made an unbeaten start to their season, and are in the Fourth round of the ESFA competition. Resounding victories over Wales School, Sheffi eld (6-1), Hipperholme, Calderdale (2-1), and Wath, Rotherham have given the lads the confi dence to look forward to the next fi xture v All Saints, Sheffi eld.

Mr Potts (Head of PE)

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Hockey

Year Group Opposition Competition Result

(Trinity score fi rst)

8Hill House

North AxholmeLocal SchoolTournament

0 -0 -

21

9 North Axholme Friendly 3 - 1

11Hill HouseHall CrossHayfi eld

DoncasterSchools

Tournament

0 -0 -0 -

370

We are making progress with school Hockey. The Year 9 team is performing the strongest at present and stands a good chance of fnishing in the top two at the Doncaster schools tournament. The other teams are still fi nding it hard to score against Hill House and Hall Cross teams, however the standard of play is much improved and this time last year we were losing games with a difference of 9 or 10 goals. A promising foundation is being built.

Girls’ Football

Year Group Opposition Competition Result

(Trinity score fi rst)

7 & 8HungerhillHall CrossEdlington

DoncasterSchools

Tournament

0 -0 -0 -

113

7 & 8

Sir Thomas WhartonBalby CarrRidgewoodHungerhill

Doncaster RoversTournament for

local Schools

0 -1 -0 -2 -

2191

11 Vermuyden Friendly 9 - 2

There has been a lot of interest in girls’ football this year. At present we have a Year 7 and 8 team that trains regularly and a senior team that has had one fi xture thus far. Progress is being made with the Year 7 and 8 team; at the recent Doncaster Rovers Tournament, they won 1 drew 1 lost 2. There is good promise for the future.

Netball

Year Group Opposition Competition Result

(Trinity score fi rst)

7VermuydenMcAuleyHayfi eld

Friendly4 -4 -2 -

1284

8ArmthorpeVermuyden

Hayfi eldFriendly

1 -16 -

3 -

1115

9ArmthorpeMcAuleyHayfi eld

Friendly7 -

10 -8 -

1766

We have three teams playing Netball this year. The strongest performance thus far has been from Year 9. A win over Hayfi eld is an excellent result and we expect great things from this team at the Doncaster Schools Tournament next term.

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Year 11 Table Tennis Tournament

The Team: Guy Winstanley, Oliver Martin, Jonathan Bower, Luke Skillcorn, Nathan Hawson, Sam Thurlow, Liam Fitzpatrick, Gavin Wales, Richard Barrass, Joel Beales-Hobson, Dale Glynn, Daniel Pinkney

Player of the Tournament: Guy Winstanley

On October 6th a team of twelve Year 11 boys paid a visit to Rossington High School for the fi rst ever table tennis tournament that Trinity Academy had entered, resulting in two students reaching the semi-fi nals and only narrowly losing out to some quality and highly experienced opposition.

It was an individual competition and the standard of play was very high. Although our boys were slightly inexperienced compared with the opposition, both in standard of play and sportsmanship they excelled. There were 20 players in total playing in groups of 5 on 4 tables. The winners of each table went through to the semi-fi nals. Two of our players, Guy Winstanley (11Briggs) and Jonathan Bower (11Muthiah), made it to the semi-fi nals, showing that we could certainly compete at this standard.

Mr Thurlow (Coach)

Trampolining Competition

Date: 17th November 2009

Groups of three and four competed in a trampolining competition at Balby Carr School. We had two groups of three, the Trinity Girls (Tarryn Exall 11Potts, Lauren Harrison 11Ramsden and Lauren Middleton 11Yeadon) and Trinity Boys (Shane Moore 11Derry, Josh Merrington 11Potts and Ben Tune 11Potts). We were all very nervous, which wasn’t helped by the fact that the other competitors all looked really good and we all thought we were way out of our depth.

When all competitors had fi nished their set routines each individual had to perform certain key skills such as a back landing to feet and a front landing to feet. In the end we were overjoyed

to fi nd that Trinity Girls had won. We were all even happier when it was announced that Trinity Boys came second which means both teams are going through to the South Yorkshire fi nals!

Tarryn Exall (11Potts)

Doncaster Schools Indoor Athletics Competition

Years: 8 & 10 (Boys and Girls)Date: 20th November 2009

The fi rst time that Trinity had entered this competition. The venue was the English Institute of Sport in Sheffi eld which is a national training centre for elite athletes. In fact we were lucky to witness Jessica Ennis (World Champion Heptathlete) training as we competed.

There were 17 schools represented at the event so the competition was stiff to say the least. Races were run in the 60m, 200m, 800m and 4x100m. Field events consisted of the Shot Putt, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Speed Bounce.

Some notable individual performances were:

Cameron Jones (8Crane) - First - 60mHolly Jackson (10Cooper) - Second - 200mLauren Cole (10Potts) - Second - Triple JumpKatie Blackham (8Norton) - Third - 60mJessica Royle (8Beaman) - Third - 800mJack Morris (8Claringbold) - Fourth - Long Jump

The academy’s brightest young rugby stars proved a roaring success as they claimed a hat-trick of victories on a prestigious Lions tour of Scotland. The nine young men from from Trinity Academy were an integral part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation (ESF) squad that took on the cream of Scottish schools’ rugby during what has become a popular annual event.

The Foundation selects the best under-16s players from each of its schools, Trinity, Emmanuel College in Gateshead, and The King’s Academy, Middlesbrough, every year. And this year they chalked up an impressive trio of triumphs over Balfron High School in Glasgow, the Lenzie Academy and fi nally North Berwick High School.

Nine Trinity Academy students – Richard Barrass, Jonathan Bower, Declan Cook, Liam Fitzpatrick, Billy Pearson, Luke Perry, Lee Smith, Sam Thurlow and Owen Taylor - made the fi nal cut for this year’s squad. Sam, 15, of Thorne, was named the ESF squad’s vice-captain at a special dinner before the group set off for Glasgow. He said: “It was great to be vice-captain and part of a

team that defeated everyone it came up against. We knew it was going to be really tough because these have always been diffi cult games for the previous Lions squads, but we performed well and learned a lot from the experience.”

The ESF Lions thrashed Balfron High 84-12 and Lenzie Academy 71-0, before emerging victorious 12-7 in a hard-fought clash with North Berwick. Thethree straight wins, emulates the success of the Lions tourists of 2005 and 2007, with Richard Barrass named the Academy’s star performer and Jonathan Bower taking the coveted title of Lion of the Tour.

Head coach Mr D Potts, from Trinity Academy, said: “There was a really strong contingent from Trinity on this year’s tour which is fantastic news for rugby in the area. The boys get a chance to test themselves against some excellent opposition and they forge new friendships. They were a credit to themselves and the Academy off the pitch as well as on it.”