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From the President
MR TERRY IANNELLO OAM (‘59) PRESIDENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Your Alumni Association is proud to represent a large community of diverse characters who are gathered under the same banner due to a firm kinship that simply relates to the school in which we all attended.
It seems a fragile and tenuous connection – and yet in the years that we entered the same Ellen Street gates and trod the floors of the same old buildings, we built lasting friendships that stay with most of us up until today.
The memories we share of our school days are born from traditions that form a culture. We shouldn’t think that traditions remain static, though, because new traditions layer on the old, like the rings on a tree, and if they are valid and genuine, they can continue to remind us of our lasting legacy.
Along with other members of the Alumni Association committee, I’m always encouraged when we keep our traditions alive. A major achievement in this regard has been the fundraising for the restoration of the Chapel, and we are grateful for the contributions that have been made by individuals, year groups banding together and generations of families who have attended CBC. We are on target to achieve our goal, but there is still time to donate so please visit our website for more information, or have a look at the enclosed flyer. The unveiling of the restored old hall will coincide with our All Ages Reunion and Alumni Awards on Friday 25 November, and it’s going to be spectacular.
Last year, we had a great turnout to the annual reunion and awards ceremony. Thank you to all of the Old Boys who joined us for the evening – it was a lot of fun with representatives from the anniversary years of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 showing up in numbers. We acknowledged the incredible contributions of three past students with the Alumni Awards and also presented the Making a Difference Staff Award. This fairly new tradition of honouring exceptional service was initiated in 2016, and it is an important one. At CBC, we can be a bit reluctant to blow our own trumpet, but these annual awards allow friends and family to blow it for us! From the nominations received, we were pleased to announced the winner of the Brother Patrick Kelly Leadership Award went to Professor Frank Mastaglia (’57), the Community Award was received by Peter Christie Senior (’78), and the Rising Star Award went to Daniel Murphy (’08). Marilyn Schmidt was presented with the staff award and you can read more about our winners in the following pages.
Riley Faulds (‘16) with Frank Mastaglia (‘57) and John Nolan (‘76).
Terry Iannello (‘59) with Peter Christie Jnr (‘10).
The traditional Year 13 breakfast finally took place in June after restrictions prevented us from holding it at the beginning of the year as is usual. We welcomed our newest alumni with a burger in the Cloisters, prepared by the Class of 2022 leaders, and this was followed by the presentation to the students who achieved more than 95 in their ATAR. I was pleased to also present the Alumni Association Award to the highest achieving student, Liam Pintaudi.
The Over 60s’ Morning Tea attracted more than 100 alumni and their partners last September with the oldest guest being Frank Sander from the Class of 1938 and Tony Satti romping in from the Class of 1978 as the youngest. This is a popular event and we were thrilled that so many could attend due to our borders being closed.
I thank my fellow committee members for their help with fundraising, attending meetings and participating in College events, George Ayres (‘50), Des Baccini (‘53), Nick Bienkowski (‘66), Ray Morris (‘67), Kevin O’Brien (‘49), John Plummer (‘66), Phil Taranto (‘66), Graham Taylor (‘77) and newcomer to the group Carmelo Zagami (‘87). Their presence highlights the tradition and value of our community and their contribution is very much appreciated.
Terry Iannello and Daniel Murphy’s (‘08) mum, Michele Forbes.
Marilyn Schmidt and Terry Iannello.
