The Old Cranleighans reached the third round of the 2013 Halford Hewitt, our best performance in more than two decades, beating Haileybury and Cheltenham before losing to 17-time winners Charterhouse 3-2. The following report from Marcus Ferguson Jones appeared on the OCGS website: We beat Haileybury comfortably. We made slightly heavier weather of Cheltenham than […]
An excellent season for the two OC clubs based at Thames Ditton is concluding with success for both the OC hockey and rugby sections. The OC Rugby Club are on the verge of a double promotion after finishing second in Surrey Division One after putting together a run of ten straight wins at the end […]
Former racing commentator John Penney (2&3 South 1946) has died at the age of 86. Penney enjoyed a varied career. Assistant to trainer Neville Crump in 1948-49, he held a jumps licence himself from 1952-54 before going on to a journalistic and broadcasting career. He worked for several newspapers in his time, as well as […]
The modern British public would not regard being accused of committing adultery with the Queen’s sister as damaging to a man’s reputation, the High Court was told yesterday. Lawyers for Jacqueline Gold, the owner of the Ann Summers chain of sex shops, are fighting a £500,000 libel case brought by Michael Caborn-Waterfield (East 1946) the […]