The centrepiece of the opening ceremony at this summer’s London Olympics will be the lighting of the flame at the start of the Games. The honour of bearing the torch on the last leg of its long journey will probably go to a household name from the sporting world, but at the 1948 London Olympics […]
The Old Cranleighan Mentoring Programme (OCMP) is one of the most exciting initiatives undertaken by the OC Society for many years. Seb Sharpe (East, 2011 – this year’s intern) has designed and implemented a new programme to assist young OCs in finding and deciding on a career. Being an Old Cranleighan is to be part […]
As the OC Society looks to expand the range of things on offer to OCs, we are delighted to report that Seb Sharpe (East, 2011), our 2011-12 Intern, has devised and is implementing a new OC Mentoring Project (OCMP). The aim of this is to create a network of career advisors and work experience providers […]
The Old Cranleighans lost in the second round of the 2012 Halford Hewitt, but there was no disgrace in defeat as we went down 4-1 to defending champions Watsonians. Marcus Ferguson-Jones writes: “The Old Cranleighans went into the 2012 Halford Hewitt campaign with a spring in our step. Our squad balanced seasoned campaigners such as […]
As usual a great social day for OCs, ex members of Common Room and families is planned. Partly thanks to Jamie Taylor (1 North, 1972), the nephew of OC John Mark who lit the Olympic Flame in 1948, we plan a celebratory exhibition. OC Olympians will be featured, as well (we hope) as film owned […]
More than £10,000 of damage was caused after vandals set fire to the garage at the OC Club in Thames Ditton which is used to store sports equipment along with various items used for ground maintenance. The fire, on the evening of November 28, was quickly put out but not before the building was completely […]
For the first time in more than seven decades, two Old Cranleighans are holding down regular places for the same top-flight rugby union side. Seb Stegmann and Sam Smith, who have both represented England at Under-20 level, are playing on either wing for Harlequins who, at the time of writing, are top of the Aviva […]
Cranleigh’s burgeoning reputation as a major cricket school received a massive boost when Stuart Meaker (North, 2007) became the first Old Cranleighan to play cricket for England when he appeared in the final two one-day internationals in India in October. Meaker, whose out-and-out pace had attracted considerable media interest since his first-class debut in 2008, […]
Stuart Meaker (North 2007) has been named in the squad for England’s limited-overs trip to India. Described by Chris Adams, the Surrey cricket manager, as “compact, explosive, very quick and skiddy”, Meaker impressed the England coaches as a net bowler last week before the Twenty20 internationals against West Indies at the Kia Oval. “I was […]
The investment in cricket at Cranleigh and the hard work done by coach Stuart Welch was again in evidence as Duncan Allan became the second OC to play a full ICC one-day international when he played for Kenya against Netherlands in Holland on September 12. What made it all the more pleasing was that Seren […]