Trinity Old Boys’ Association TOBA
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n 2006 it was a great honour to accept the role of TOBA President, following in the footsteps of past Old Boys who have also walked Trinity’s hallowed corridors. I would like to acknowledge in particular my predecessor, Mr Les Conceicao, for the significant contribution he Mr Darren Taggart TOBA President made during his six year tenure and TOBA is delighted that Les has elected to remain on the Executive Committee. On behalf of the Association I would like to pay tribute to other Committee members, especially Nick DiLello, Mark Scully, Gianni Redolatti, David Foti, Chris Flamer and Brendan Molony. Without their valuable assistance, TOBA’s aim of reacquainting Old Boys and establishing networks through which the College and its students will ultimately benefit, would not be achieved. TOBA’s appointment last year of Mrs Anna Gingell as the Association’s Executive Officer has allowed the Association to raise its profile within the College community and beyond. One of Anna’s many roles is the coordination of TOBA events. Throughout the year, almost monthly, there are occasions where Trinity Old Boys come together, either to socialise among themselves or as part of the wider Trinity community. There are sundowners and a luncheon with the Old Aquinians; of course sport has a role with the Annual Golf Day and the TOBA Sports Day. Two breakfasts are also held to support present students; the first before the Head of the River and the second prior to
graduation. The Trinity Sunday Mass is now an annual event and numbers attending the Mass rose significantly this year. Probably the most popular event of the year is the TOBA Art Show which has become one of the major TOBA social events at the College. This year’s show was again a resounding success and much of this was due to the professionalism and diligence of Anna and the Executive, in particular Gianni Redolatti and Mark Scully. Even Anna’s husband, Andy, was there to lend a much needed helping hand. Throughout the year Anna, in consultation with TOBA year representatives, organised a total of seven reunions for Old Boys. These social occasions were not just monopolised by the younger men. As a further example of the undisputed unity and connection between Trinity and its parent college, CBC The Terrace, a fifty year reunion for students who left the Terrace in 1956 was held.
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