Craig Mottram – Elitewellbeing
Thank you to Olympian Craig Mottram for joining our Years 7 to 12 Assembly virtually on Friday, Craig shared his journey and answered questions from our Sport Captains.
Craig is a four-time Olympian, World Championship and Commonwealth Games medalist and holds several, local, state national and international records. One of his most notable athletic highlights is running 12:55 for 5000m.
Craig is also the Program Manager of Elitewellbeing who work with Tintern’s Sport Department to provide students with coaching and advice, as well as develop pre-season and in-season training programs to encourage participation and athlete development.
EISM Chess
On Thursday 15 July, 17 students from years 7-12 represented Tintern Grammar at the EISM chess competition at Huntingtower school. It was a successful day for our chess teams, finishing 5th in the junior (years 7-9) and 8th in the senior (years 10-12) competition against some tough competition. Congratulations to Chunting Li (Year 7) and Gerald Yan (Year 9) for winning a medal for their efforts on the day.
Student Achievements
Matthew Wilby
Congratulations to Matthew Wilby in Year 8 on recently being invited to join the Victorian Junior Ski XC team. Matthew was also awarded a ‘Promising Young Athlete Grant’ from the Victorian Biathlon Association in conjunction with Victorian Sports and Recreation, a fantastic achievement for Matthew and the Friends of Snowsports.
Skye Sriratana
Congratulations to Skye Sriratana in Year 9 on an excellent performance at the recent 2021 Alby Dutton Memorial Weightlifting Competition.
Skye officially broke 3 Victorian U15 records, successfully completing 6/6 lifts and the new records are:
– Snatch – 57kg, (12kg above the previous record)
-Clean & Jerk – 70kg, (15kg above the previous record)
– Total – 127kg, (27kg above the previous record)
Mitchell McGovern
Congratulations to Mitchell in Year 12 on recently placing 3rd in the Men’s A Division Time Trial of the Bayside Skoda Vic Individual at the ITT Series Eildon. The course was 25km around Eildon and Mitch was just 2 seconds off 2nd place.
