Magazine 2025 Final - Flipbook - Page 6
6th form, the decision is taken to become totally co
-educa}onal, although few details of the plans and
}ming are available. This will be an opportunity to
provide for female sport and strengthen our whole
programme.
rela}onship with the School, raising the level of our
sport to be a琀琀rac}ve to school leavers and to
preserve our culture. We have had approaches to
develop our o昀昀ering – e.g. to o昀昀er co-working
facili}es and to build padel tennis courts and, of
More immediately, the school and parents have to course to install astroturf hockey pitches. On
examina}on, these have not been viable op}ons
adapt to the imposi}on of VAT on school fees.
There will be considerable }ghtening of belts, which and would have required debt 昀椀nancing. But it is
clear that we need to stay on our toes and get the
may well impact our subscrip}on income.
best return from u}lisa}on of our wonderful
Around us, we see local sports clubs, who may be
facili}es.
considered our compe}tors, developing as private
businesses and inves}ng to a琀琀ract new members. Chris Great.
Our response is to work hard to strengthen our
Hon. Gen. Secretary
Reunion for 2018/2019 Leavers
It has long been the custom for The Trinity Club to
host a reunion for those who lev School 5 years
previously. Tradi}onally this took the form of a table
or two each year at March9s Annual Founder9s Day
Supper However, we felt that the Reunion required
more focus on that year group and a less formal
This year, we welcomed the Classes of 2018 and
2019 to a warm Summer evening, with our
Sanderstead ground looking magni昀椀cent and old
friendships were renewed, lubricated by loaded
membership cards and free pizza. The atmosphere
con昀椀rms that we have a great format for the Leavers9
Reunion and we are planning to make the event
environment in which to celebrate. On resuming the more accessible to all, including sta昀昀, by moving the
event post Covid, in 2022, we opened the Clubhouse date away from the Bank Holiday weekend to Friday
at our ground at Lime Meadow Avenue, Sanderstead 19th September 2025.
and marked our release from the dark days with an
exuberant party for the Classes of 2015, 2016 and
2017.
In August 2023, the Leavers of 2017 and 2018 were
invited to an informal evening, fuelled by a
welcoming drink, a membership card loaded with
£10 of credit at the bar and an excellent pizza
supplier, who kept going with free pizza, for a long as
the hunger lasted.
This event will be repeated again on Friday 19th Sept. for all leavers from 2019/2020.
