Cranleighans’ early warning of D-Day
While much has been written about the secrecy that surrounded the D-Day landings, the boys at Cranleigh were among the first in the country to know the invasion had started on June 6, 1944 […]
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Will Collier poised to play for England XV
Will Collier has been named on the bench for the game between an England XV and the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday (June 1). Although there are no caps awarded for the match, Collier’s selection highlights how he is now in the reckoning for higher honours […]
OCs to the fore in Headmaster’s farewell concert
A number of Old Cranleighans featured prominently at the special concert to celebrate Guy Waller’s 17 years as Headmaster at G Live on April 27. The Headmaster was keen to let the large audience know that the evening’s performance was not so much about him but about celebrating “something far more important than a mere […]
Class of ’94 20-year Reunion Dinner
A reunion for the the Class of 94 will be held on September 27, 2014 at the School. Tickets cost £75 per person and include a sumptuous three course dinner, all drinks throughout the evening and entertainment. There will also be a raffle and auction to help raise money for Friends of Tim, the trust set up to support our friend and classmate Tim Evans who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis […]
Henry Taylor heads to Rugby World Cup
Former 1st XV captain Henry Taylor (Loveday 2010) has been selected as part of a 25 man squad to travel to New Zealand this summer to defend the Under-20 Rugby World Cup […]
Youngsters bode well for Halford Hewitt future
Our first round saw us drawn against Forest at Royal St Georges on Thursday morning. Pairs 2 and 3 won well, pair 4 staged a strong fight back having been down early to be all square on 16th, and pair 5 faced some strong opposition, doing well to keep their match alive. Pleasingly it fell […]
Double Varsity success for OCs
Two Old Cranleighans earned Blues in the Varsity match at Twickenham on December 12 with very differing fortunes. Henry Lamont (East 2012), who was winning his second Blue for Oxford, scored his side’s second try in their 33-15 win; Will Yeeles, last year’s senior prefect, came on as a substitute for Cambridge and came close to scoring – his effort was ruled out after a television review […]
Two generations of Cranleigh poets
James Harpur visited his old school (he was in 2 North from 1970-75) to read and discuss his poetry with two sets of AS students, who are studying his National Poetry Competition first prize –winning sonnet sequence, The Frame of Furnace Light for coursework […]
It was 150 years ago today …
In 2015 the School celebrates its 150th anniversary … but almost two years earlier, in November 1863, the foundation stone was laid and we look back at the events of that day […]
Official launch of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was officially launched this week to an audience of over four hundred people at the St Regis Hotel on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi […]