After 25 years The Wharf Revue has decided to call time. Don't miss out on seeing the last season of this hilarious comedy - starring our own Robb Alumna - Mandy Bishop.
Click here for links to see more about Mandy, theatres, dates, times and to book your tickets....
For the first time since 2020 our Robb 1st Grade are in the Grand Final. Come and see them match off against Armidale Blues at 3.15pm. All Finals commence from 10.45am at Bellevue Oval, UNE. Go to NE Rugby app for details….
Come and join us for a Big Sports weekend for Robb College this Saturday. 3 Netball teams in Grand Finals, Hockey Team in Semi-final, 1st XV Rugby team in Grand Final. Recovery at Great Hops - click here for times and venues...
GUEST SPEAKER: Lucinda Corrigan Director Rennylea Pastoral Company, Chair of the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit at UNE.
Join us for a laugh, lunch and fun afternoon….
UNE will be hosting the second of our Alumni Panel sessions - 1974 - 1993 | 'Creative and Cultural Change' from 5pm in the Arts A1 Lecture Theatre at the UNE Armidale campus.
Alumni, Rod Noble, Mandy Bishop, and Dr Lynette Riley, will share their personal accounts and unique perspectives. Afterwards join us for drinks and nibbles at Oorala and view memorabilia from the period.
“the older we get, the better we were”
Date: 28th October 2023, at 12.30 pm
Venue: Crown Plaza, Coogee Beach, 242 Arden St, Coogee
Lunch: $135 (2 course lunch and 3 hr drinks package)
Come along and see old friends from the 70’s and 80’s.
Buy Your Tickets here:-
Limited tickets available so book well in advance. Go here for tickets:
Back in the early 80's, on a cold day at Armidale Showgrounds, the mighty Robb College lead by Dave Pratten had a fine victory over the tough boys of Armidale City lead by Greg Cornelsen and John Hipwell.
While hard to believe it's 40 years since that fine victory, it's time to remember how good we were and catch up with friends from the 70's and 80's!
Accommodation available at the Crown Plaza, an IHG hotel
(Book online and join free the One rewards club for a 10% discount)
“Agribusiness ESG - Challenges & Opportunities”
Where are we today? Navigating the path forward. What will this mean for future employment opportunities?
Guest Speaker: Troy Setter
Chief Executive Officer & Director - Consolidated Pastoral Company
Robb College Dining Hall: Tickets are $66 per head includes dinner.
Dress is Black-tie (Academic Gown)
Book here: Pay at https://rb.gy/99h4u
Seats are limited.
Call the College Office Tel: 6773 3370
Troy is a Robb Alumn and is recognised as one Australia’s leading agribusiness managers and thought leaders in agriculture and food. Troy is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Consolidated Pastoral Company, a large, privately owned, Australian and Indonesian Agrifood business. Troy currently Chairs the Board of Dolly’s Dream, the Council of Research and Development Corporations and LiveCorp and is a former Chair of the Australian Beef Industry Foundation and several other organisations.
Along with having a degree in Rural Science from University of New England, he has also completed the Agribusiness program at Harvard Business School and The Australian Rural Leadership Program.
Troy has worked across the agribusiness industry in production through to processing and marketing for beef, sheep, grains, cotton, land development and logistics. Troy was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Australian Agricultural Company. Troy has held key executive positions with agribusinesses including, North Australian Cattle Company, Torrens Investments, Killara and Twynam Group.
Company Overview:
Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is an Australian managed, UK owned Agrifood business with an enterprise value in excess of $750 million. It owns and operates a portfolio of 8 cattle stations with a carrying capacity of 300,000 head of cattle across 3.6m hectares of land in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. Its direct sales channels primarily involve selling cattle and beef to Asian consumer markets, domestic feedlots or processors, and exporting live cattle. The company dates back to 1860 and was consolidated as a company in 1983. Besides Australia, CPC also holds an 90% interest in Juang Jaya Abdi Alam (JJAA) which owns and operates two feedlots in Indonesia. CPC is owned by Guy and Julia Hands through the Hands Family Office. Terra Firma (UK) owned by Guy Hands, is the investment manager of CPC for the Hands Family Office.
Invitation to celebrate the Robb College Annual Sports Ball. We encourage parents/carers, sponsors, students, and SCR members to come and enjoy a fantastic night put together by the Robb sporting committees.
There is a limited number of tickets so please purchase promptly through the link below:
This is an invitation to all Robb Alumni and Friends of the College from the Robb Rugby Club to return to the College for a day to watch rugby, etc to raise funds for the club to send a team to Canada later this year.
Go here to buy a ticket or contact the organisers: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=927717&fbclid=IwAR3ye3WkUnnUXfE-PwWCCpWQx1EIWqdTlCOMWlgahozMHDsdZEi5i6DC1WQ
There are TWO Robb Alumni groups returning to College on 30th July for the Robb-Albies Rugby and Ladies Day:-
- 25th Anniversary of the 1996 Britain Rugby Tour Group.
CONTACT: Simon Scott: s.scott@uq.edu.au Tel: 0418875975
- 20th Anniversary Group.
CONTACT: George Hoddle: ghoddle@eversol.com.au Tel: (02) 6766 1066
Robb College invites Alumni & Friends of the College to the 2022 Rural Focus Dinner:-
“The Murray Darling Basin: A delicate dance for water, community, agriculture and the environment”
Guest Speaker: Andrew McConville
Chief Executive - Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Robb College Dining Hall
Call the College Office to book tickets. Seats are limited. Tel: 6773 3370
Discover the answers and meet the Master of Robb. Network with Robb Alumni.
Ticket is $75.00 and covers cocktail style dinner with drinks. Any net funds go to the appeal.
Help us reach our appeal target to raise $60,000 before Christmas to enable us to launch our new Leader Scholar pathway for the 60th Year of Robb commencing 2020.
PLACES STILL AVAILABLE - please RSVP NOW. See the invitation below for details and please send your email RSVP immediately to:-
Mr Jamie Moore mmoore8@une.edu.au or phone College Office on 02 6773 1700.
Robb Rams and Bumble Bee’s get through to the grand finals.
Come along to cheer on the girls to victory 🏆🤩🥇🎉
A Res Rams vs. Impies
10:30 New Hall UNE
B Grade Bumble Bees vs. Albies Yellow
9:30 New Hall UNE
GOOD LUCK GIRLS.
Come and support the Mens 1st and 2nd XV’s and the Womens Sevens.
10.55am - 4th Grade - Tamworth vs Albies
11.10am - 3rd Grade - Tamworth vs Glen Innes
12.40pm - 7’s Womens - Robb vs Barbets
1.00pm - 2nd Grade - Robb vs Albies
2.40pm - 7’s Womens - Robb vs Barbets
3.00pm - 1st Grade - Robb vs Albies
The 2019 Rural Focus Symposium will be held on the 25th July at UNE.
This year’s theme is "Family or Corporate Farming - Learning from each other”
“One day I’ll be returning to run the family farm. I’m worried are they sustainable?
How can we remain profitable? Do we have to get bigger to survive?”
How is farming changing?
What are the key measures used by successful operators?
How can you collaborate to grow and remain competitive?
Speakers for our 2019 Symposium include:
Professor Derek Baker, UNE Business School
David Sackett, CEO, Growth Farms Australia
Jock Whittle, CEO, Paraway Pastoral Co.
David Brownhill, Merrilong Pastoral/AMPS Agribusiness
Charles Coventry, Ag-Edge
Simon Fritsch, Agri-Path
Sam Ditchfield, Ebor Beef
Andrew Roberts, The Farm Owners Academy
Dr Lou Conway, Director, UNE SMART Region Incubator
• Are our Family farm models profitable, competitive, sustainable? • Are our Corporate farmers really the big bad guys some people make out? • How are leading family farmers measuring their business and what are they doing to remain competitive and ease the pressure?
Let’s learn from each other; Don’t farm alone; Benchmark to the best • Best practice examples • Lessons from Family for Corporate farms • Lessons from Corporate for Family farms
Open to and suitable for students, researchers, academics, producers, wholesalers, industry suppliers, and investors.
Join a Q&A with some leading representatives in the Agricultural space. What are the issues they are confronted with and how are they dealing with them?
What are the latest management techniques these leading family and corporate farmers are using?
Come and learn from others’ experience. Rural Focus will help you build your network with current leaders, other industry organisations and our future leaders..
Early bird tickets are available now for $75.00 but get in fast as these are sure to go out the door very quickly! For more information regarding event booking, detailed information on speakers as well as a schedule of events open the program below.
The Rural Focus Dinner and Symposium is an initiative of the Robb College Foundation.
18th Annual Robb Ruralfocus Dinner
Open to Alumni & Industry to attend - why not book a table & bring your clients?
Wednesday 24 July at Armidale Bowling Club - BLACK-TIE EVENT
5.30pm Cocktail commencement
6.15pm Please be seated in the Conference Room for 6.30pm Welcome and Opening 6.45pm Dinner
Guest Speaker: David Brownhill, Merrilong Pastoral
“My Stories in Agriculture. Issues & Opportunities for the future”
David Brownhill completed a Bachelor of Applied Science - Agriculture degree at Hawkesbury Ag College and graduated with awards in leadership and sportsmanship. He jointly manages Merrilong Pastoral Company whose five properties focus on dryland and irrigated grain production. David is also a founding director of a grower group of 24 farms, AMPS Commercial Pty Ltd, which is committed to information dissemination, structured farming and returning profits to research.
He undertook a Nuffield Scholarship in 1997 and has since gone on to hold roles with the state, national executive, board chair and governance/finance Committee of Nuffield.
David also sits on the RAS foundational board, is a regular presenter at the GRDC Grains Research Updates, been a member of GRDC Update committees and presented at ABARES and the Oxford Conference on Australian Agriculture.
