Newsletter #7 (December 2011) is now available
The latest edition of the FOBA Newsletter ‘Beyond the Grey Shirt’ is available for download here.
Editions #1 through 6 are also available for viewing at the eNewsletters page.
Trini Old Years Party
FOBA will be having their first ever Old Years Party on Saturday 31st December 2011 at the College Hall. Tickets are TT $500 per person inclusive of a sumptuous Trini menu with champagne and other premium drinks. The party is from 9 pm to 4 am and features live entertainment including the big band Dil-E-Nadan.
There will be a special mas in the chapel at 9 pm for those interested.
Tickets are available from any of the following and of course wives, significant others, family members and friends are more than welcome.
Barry Davis
Stafford Yorke
Noel Aming
Graeme Ottley
Dwight Andrews
Ruthven Thompson
George Lee Shee
Afiba Gill
Hayden Alexander
Kenny Young
Kevin Crosby
Newman George
Raymond Samms
Roger D’Abadie
Keith Simpson
Kurtis Rudd
For more details please feel free to contact Dwight Andrews (782-9465), Noel Aming (689-3307), Kevin Crosby (689-7551) or Graeme Ottley (685-8080, grimyrily@gmail.com)
Intercol Reunion 2011
On Sunday 23rd October 2011 RAG Sport Marketing will be hosting a major football event at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain. The event is titled “Inter-col Reunion 2011†and, this proposed annual event will be a fund raiser specifically for Renal Care Patients in Trinidad and Tobago, and is being held under the kind patronage of the John Hayes Memorial Kidney Foundation.
The following contains the main details of the day’s activities:
• Six Inter-col teams on show, i.e. St. Mary’s, Fatima, Queen’s Royal College, Presentation San Fernando, St. Benedicts and Naparima College San Fernando, all vying for the title of Intercol Champs in their respective age groups.
• The esteemed participating schools will provide one team each consisting of a minimum of 20 persons in two main age groupings – Ages 35-50 and an over 50 team.
• An exhibition game featuring two North Girl’s Schools (St. Joseph’s and Holy Name Convent).
• All day entertainment and activities for children.
• It is expected that the event will commence at 2pm and finish no later than 8pm.
• The winners will receive medals, a challenge trophy and bragging rights for the next year.
Requested from each participant is a contribution of $200.00 (minimum $4000.00 per team/20 entrants). Each participant will be provided with a full soccer kit (tops, pants and socks), meals and liquid nutrients throughout the day, and of course the opportunity to partake in a fun-filled, entertaining day of football.
If you are interested in representing Fatima College please contact Noel Aming at 689-3307.
School Library Renovation Completed
FOBA recently completed its latest undertaking to further develop the student facilities at its alma mater, Fatima College, and to raise the education level of the College’s students. The Library Refurbishment Project funded the upgrading of the present library which is situated on the top floor of the east building bordering the river. Work on the new library began as soon as the school closed for the July-August holidays and finished in time for the start of the 2011 term in September.
The new layout included a large room dedicated to the Form 6 students complete with a drop down screen for multi-media viewings. The main library was also equipped with multimedia facilities. It was rewired and cameras installed. The audio visual room also underwent minor renovations. The estimated cost of the building works and furnishings was approximately $TT $750,000, the major source of the funds coming from the staging of the annual Carnival fete.
For those very ole boys, the first library was located on the south-east side of the 2nd floor (1st floor for those accustomed to the British nomenclature) next to the Form 6-Languages classroom. The present library was built in February 1974 on the area which housed the bicycle sheds and the Form 6-Sciences classroom. It forms part of the building which also accommodates the Audio-Visual room and three classrooms. As a comparison, the cost of the whole building in 1974 was TT $170,000 and this figure included the cost of the roof which is not part of the upgrade!!
The completion of the modern up-to-date library will put Fatima at the forefront of secondary schools in Trinidad by giving its computer-literate student body the tools and resources to access the worldwide web thereby widening their research skills and knowledge in completing assignments. It is expected that our students and graduates will achieve a higher level of excellence and garner national recognition for the school. Executive Committee member, Dwight Andrews spearheaded the project along with other committee members Noel Aming and Graeme Ottley. And mention must be made of committee member, Trevor DeLandro, who was very instrumental in getting the project completed on time. Cudos go out to the team.
Pictures of the new library can be viewed here.
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