Trinity Old Boys

In 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 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

Mr Darren Taggart

TOBA President 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.

TOBA

TOBA

In 2006 TOBA introduced several new initiatives to offer a better support service to its members. On Thursday, 23 November 2006 TOBA launched its own website, www.toba.net.au, located on an independent server at the College. Old Boys are strongly urged to keep themselves up to date with the Association’s events and reunions and to ensure their current contact details are held by the Association. A database has been established through which members will receive regular updates on social gatherings and future projects. Please remember, the Association’s ability to contact and keep its members up to date with functions is only as good as its members taking two minutes to update their contact details on-line via a secure connection. Please go to www.toba.net.au and follow the link. Next year TOBA will establish a Business Directory where both its members and other families of the wider College community may advertise their businesses and related services. This is the brainchild of Nick DiLello and it is a widely held belief that such an initiative is well overdue. Lineage advertisements within the Business Directory will be free of charge, whilst larger display advertisements will incur a minimal charge. The aim of this scheme is to enable the TOBA and Trinity communities to utilise the many talents within its own ranks, while supporting each others businesses and thereby building up a greater sense of kinship. Such affiliations will help the College in the long term as there will be a broader base of support for College projects that would usually rely on the same handful of benefactors. It is estimated that the Business Directory will be distributed to more than 6,000 TOBA members and existing College families. All College families will receive more information on this project in early 2007 via a mail-out. On behalf of TOBA I would like to thank the College for its support over the past year and in particular our outgoing Principal, Mr Rob Henderson. We extend our very best wishes to Rob on his new appointment as Principal of CBC Fremantle. I would also like to congratulate and welcome our new Principal, Mr Ivan Banks, and look forward to a continuing rewarding and fruitful relationship between TOBA and Trinity College, where students and ex-students alike remain the primary beneficiaries.

Mr Darren Taggart

President