Mike Payne writes: Our Dinner this year was held at the Winchester House Club in Putney, and was hugely enjoyed by the 100 OCs who attended. Particularly pleasing was the considerable number of comparatively recent leavers who came, and a great atmosphere pervaded. An excellent meal was capped by the speeches of our joint Chairmen […]
Several young Old Cranleighans have made hockey headlines in the last few weeks of the season […]
Bill Braid (East 1956) writes: The annual gathering of the ‘oldies’ was held at School. We numbered 70, some older than others, and as you would expect all the Houses were represented. The catering and wine was again excellent and we are so fortunate that the School team makes us so welcome. The hospitality is […]
James Cordy-Redden (Loveday 2011) has been selected for the full England sevens squad for the 2015-16 IRB World Sevens Series […]
World renowned historian and broadcaster, Andrew Roberts (East 1981), returned to Cranleigh last week with a fascinating presentation on Napoleon […]
11 April was a red letter day for our golfers. We reached the quarter-finals of the Halford Hewitt for the first time for many years. This was after victories over Blundell’s (3-2), Harrow (3-2) and Downside (4-1). We then lost a desperately close match against Watson’s by 3 matches to 2, denied by a 15-foot […]
Dear OCs Having first been held in 1882, the OC Society Dinner has become a regular feature on the OC calendar. This year, the Dinner is being held at the Winchester House Club on the banks of the River Thames in Putney on 15 May 2015 and will be co-chaired by Mike Wilson, the Headmaster […]
Tom Lyle (Loveday 2003-2008) is part of a fresh new London-based a cappella group named AfterParty. The singers do not receive a wage for their performances, they are all employed/in education. They are proud to have performed in aid of several charities over the last couple of years. They are most proud of their partnership […]
Mike Payne writes: Peter Wightman-Mountain (East, 1928-31), whose 100th birthday was last 30 June, has died peacefully in his sleep after only two days in bed. He was only the second OC centenarian to my knowledge, the first being Percy Bradley who died many years ago at the age of 107. He was the only living […]
Christopher Phillips writes: Once again the annual OC South West lunch was held on 25 March at the Flintlock Inn in Marsh, Devon. This is the third year we have gathered here and lunch was as good as ever. Seventeen sat down including the ever welcome Mike Payne. The raffle raised £120 in aid of […]