Trinity Old Boys’ Association TOBA
Mr Darren Taggart TOBA President
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007 for TOBA has been a very productive year and the association continues to grow from strength to strength. Since the establishment of the TOBA website www.toba.net.au in 2006 members have been able to keep up to date with forthcoming events, and the website has allowed TOBA to communicate more effectively with its members. Among the leaving Year 12s TOBA membership seems to be a major priority. From the graduating Class of 2007 there was a 99% acceptance rate of TOBA membership. These young men, who want to maintain a connection to Trinity after they have left school, know that through TOBA, they will always be part of the wider Trinity College community. Their membership gives them the opportunity to tap into a wealth of support, guidance, advice and lifelong friendships. In 2007 a subsidiary to TOBA was formed called TopA. The Trinity Old Parents Affiliate, under the presidency of Mr Guy Grant, has been set up for parents who are not old boys, but who through their sons’ years at Trinity, have come to appreciate the passion and the ethos of the College. TOBA recognises the major role played in the daily life of the College by these parents and through TopA they can continue their involvement and maintain friendships made during their sons’ education.
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Another community building initiative of TOBA during 2007 was the compiling of a combined Trinity College/ TOBA Business Directory. The idea behind this was to encourage the wider Trinity community to support each other in the community’s various spheres of business. The booklet for 2007 was distributed to over 5,000 Old Boys and current Trinity families. The 2008 copy is already in its planning stages with the hope that more and more businesses within the Trinity College community will subscribe to it. This year TOBA in association with Trinity Archives also launched its inaugural calendar for 2008 at the Trinity Art Show on Friday 19th October. The calendar included some never before seen archival photos, and has all the major College sporting and TOBA events highlighted for 2008. Aside from these initiatives TOBA has had functions almost monthly where Trinity Old Boys came together to either socialise among themselves or as part of the wider Trinity community. There were sundowners and a luncheon with the Old Aquinians; of course sport had a role with the annual golf day and the TOBA sports day. A breakfast was held before Head of the River and the Trinity Sunday Mass was very well attended with present students, Old Boys, Trinity staff and their families all gathered together in prayer.
