Royal Club Cocktail Party

Established in 2018, the Loreto Toorak Royal Club (named after the royal blue colour of the boats in which we row) was formed to enable past parents of past rowers to remain connected to each other and to the School.

An annual Cocktail Party is held in the fortnight before the Head of the Schoolgirls’ Regatta at which our Blazer Squad members are introduced. This year, we were delighted to also induct Mr John Hawkins as a Life Member of the Royal Club in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Loreto Rowing.

In the early 1980s John set up the Loreto Toorak Rowing program, with the first days of Loreto Rowing taking place on Albert Park Lake with hired boats. John retired from his valued, yet totally honorary, role at Loreto Toorak around 1986. But not before, as the School’s representative, he was part of the group that started the Head of the Schoolgirls’ Regatta.