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STRATEGIC PLANS - STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNITY

SIX STUDENT HONOURS

Excellence in the co-curricular domain was a trait Jack Faulkner – Hockey
of the 2022 year group with an extraordinary six Jack Faulkner, Captain of Hockey,
students awarded Honours: represented the 1st XI across four
seasons, amassing 48 PSA games. He
Simon Tosenovsky – Drama became the first Hale student in school
As Captain of Drama, Simon was an history to be part of three successful Ray
exemplary leader, exceptional performer, House Cup teams (2019, 2021, 2022). His
mentor to his peers, as well as a valuable performances saw him play a leading role
cast member. Over his time at Hale, he in the WA team that won the Australian
participated in seven major productions, Under 18 National Hockey Championships in 2022. He was
including outstanding lead roles in The named player of the final in that tournament and was then
Addams Family (as Gomez Addams) and selected in the Under 18 National Futures Squad. Throughout
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (as Willy Year 12, he was also a regular in the Men’s Premier 1 for Hale
Wonka). Outside of productions, Simon wrote and directed his Hockey and leaves the School with an unmatched hockey
own short film, was a member of the PSA theatre sports team for pedigree.
two years running, and was a brilliant ambassador for Hale at Matthew Van Selm – Hockey
workshops and Media Club.
Matthew Van Selm, Vice-Captain of the
Reilly Cunningham – Athletics 1st XI, was also awarded Honours
Reilly finished an amazing athletics career following an outstanding season. After
at Hale by taking out the 100m, 200m and arriving in Year 10, Matthew played 36
was part of the 4 x 100m record-breaking games of PSA hockey and was part of
relay at the PSA Athletics Carnival. Over two Ray House Cup teams. He was also a
his time at Hale, Reilly won an incredible member of the WA Under 18 National
17 Division 1 races at PSA Inters, in the Championship team in 2022 and was
process breaking five PSA records. selected amongst the top 30 players in the country from the
Outside Hale, Reilly was a state champion championships. A humble, hard-working defender, Matthew’s
in both triple jump and long jump in 2020, the same year he also composure at the back was a trait of all the teams he played in,
broke four PSA individual records. He leaves Hale with a which set the foundation for those in front of him to shine.
formidable legacy in sprints and becomes the first Hale athlete to Matthew made his Premier 1 debut in 2022 and looks set for a
be awarded Honours for Athletics since Josh Billington in 2012. flourishing hockey career at a high level.
Alex Perin – Athletics Tiam Toufan – Rugby
Alex joins Reilly in being awarded Honours Tiam Toufan finished one of the more
in Athletics. It is extremely rare for two dominant seasons in the history of Hale
such talented athletes to be in the same rugby as Captain of the undefeated
year group. Alex has forged an amazing Brother Redmond Cup team. Tiam
PSA career for himself, tallying 18 Division represented the 1st XV for three seasons,
1 victories across four different events. He amassing over 60 tries in that time,
also broke four PSA records, including a including an incredible 31 in his Year 12
memorable high jump performance in year. His speed, agility and power running
2021 where he cleared 2.00m. Alex also dominated on the proved too much for his opponents on a weekly basis as he
national stage, being crowned the Under 18 national high jump averaged just under three tries a game. His performances were
champion in 2021 with a jump of 2.09m, which led him to a world recognised at state level when he was selected as part of the WA
ranking of seventh in his age group. If not for COVID, we would Under 18 team that travelled to the east coast during the season.
have seen Alex on the international stage during his senior years Tiam leaves a strong legacy of off-field work ethic and on-field
at Hale. excellence that will inspire many rugby players for years to come.

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