10 - Alumni Spotlight: Joe Baulf
Joe Baulf Class of 2009 Joe Baulf (Class of 2009) left Trinity to study geography at Southampton University. He is now a partner in the Transaction Services arm of the Capital Markets team at PKF Littlejohn.
You were part of one of the most successful first teams in the history of the school. What made your team so different to those before? It all stemmed back to the first couple of years at Trinity. We
had a group of boys that started winning from the off, thanks to one Jermaine Alexander and his ability to sprint 100m in under 11 seconds. From there, the coaches at school looked to develop our core skills to complement the team’s natural physical attributes. After completing three unbeaten seasons, the mentality of the team was one of winning and nothing else was acceptable. There were very skilled players throughout the team, but this was underpinned by an extremely solid all-round squad. How instrumental was your pre-season tour to Australia and Singapore to your success? The tour was a brilliant bonding experience for a group of players who had already been together for six years. It further strengthened the team spirit while pitching us against some incredibly difficult teams. I don’t think anyone who went on that tour will forget playing in 95%+ humidity in Singapore. Funniest story from your tour? The tour was full of some great coming of age antics that I will never forget and that will live in the memories of only those who went on the tour. On one evening while in Singapore, myself and couple of the other lads in the team came across several of the coaches very drunk, wrestling in one hotel room. Safe to