Sporting Excellence Program

The Trinity College Sporting Excellence Program resumes after school tomorrow.

After a  very successful initial offering in 2021, we are pleased to be continuing the program with the Regional Institute of Sport.

Regional Institute of Sport Director Stuart Canavan heads up the program and for nearly a decade Stuart developed and assisted a team of exercise professionals to work alongside many of Australia's best junior coaches from the AFL, AIS, PGA, Soccer Australia and Netball Australia.

This academy was set up at Rowville Secondary College and was developed on a unique framework of youth athletic performance and achieved world-leading results in injury prevention (no ACL injuries in 770+ athletes in the last 3 years of Stuart's ownership).

The Rowville program aligned with elite pathways in AFL, AFLW, PGA Australia, Basketball Australia, Soccer, Netball Australia, Volleyball Australia and was utilized by Western Heights College in the establishment of their more recent high school-based program. 

Outside of Stuart’s high school-based work he was the former Well-Being director for Drapac Pro Cycling, which included a team physio and performance director role with the Drapac Pro Cycling Development team 'Pats Veg Cycling'. 

 Stuart is also a physiotherapist with 25 years of experience and has a unique combination of academic qualifications in physiotherapy, sports physiotherapy, high-performance sport (Masters), and pain science.

He now resides and practices in the Western District and through his work, as the Director of the Regional Institute of Sport (RIS), he has assisted schools such as Mercy College - Camperdown (Sport4Life) and Colac Secondary College (Sporting Pathway Program) to offer similar programs for their students.

Stuart believes our 'regional' athletes should not feel they have to travel to larger cities for proven, world-class sports performance programs. 

Stuart is passionate about the important part that sport plays in a young person's life and truly believes that 'exercise improves life'. 

It is important to note that the Sporting Excellence Program is not just suited to those students who are considered to be elite or high achieving, it is suitable for every student who has a desire to improve their physical fitness and is prepared to work hard. Additionally, the program is not specific to any particular sport – it will assist with all sporting endeavors.

There will be a small cost associated with the program, however this will be kept to a minimum. The program will be offered after school on a week night and each session will run for 90 minutes. Highly qualified and experienced staff will be running the program.

Limited places are open in 2022. Please email principal@tcc.vic.edu.au to express interest in the program.