Sir Peter Wakefield, who died on December 1 aged 88, served as Britain’s Ambassador in Beirut in the 1970s during the Lebanese civil war, though he may well be remembered more for what he did in retirement than as a distinguished diplomatist. Soon after leaving his last post, as Ambassador to Belgium, he was appointed […]
Stuart Meaker has been named as the first recipient of the Harold Larwood Fast Bowling scholarship to Australia. Seven players are participating in the England Cricket Board’s Fast Bowling Programme this winter. This group includes Meaker (Surrey) who has been nominated as the first recipient of the Larwood Fast Bowling Scholarship which will be nominated […]
A beautiful sunny day among a week of rainy ones did justice to an event at Kingwood Golf Club, organised by Andrew and Sally Cronk, to raise money for the new rugby pitch at Cranleigh which will be named ‘Bluetts’. Attendance: about 60 OCs or friends of David. 18 holes of golf were followed by […]
One hundred and eighty people attended the 118th Old Cranleighan Society Dinner at BAFTA in London where Mel Williamson (1 North 1984) made history as the first female chairman of an event first held in 1882. In a well-received speech, Mel, who formed the OC Ladies Hockey Club and was also the first female OC […]
A group of former members of 2&3 South held a dinner for their housemaster John Bain and his wife Cynthia at the Caledonian Club in London on October 20. John wrote to Jaime Stewart the next day: “Many thanks to everyone for your kindness and generosity; to you, Matthew [Pragnell] and Carrie [Swanson] for initiating the […]
The relationship between the School and Old Cranleighans has been further strengthened by the launch of a new project which will see two interns working at Cranleigh to support a mixture of OC and School projects. The project, which is co-funded by the OC Society, employs two OCs in the year after they leave Cranleigh. […]
A stirring Memorial Service for Vivian Cox, a really remarkable OC, was held in the Chapel at Cranleigh on October 2, in the company of many friends and admirers. In his eulogy, Mike Payne said: “Vivian’s ashes could have been laid in the North Sea or the Mermaid Theatre or elsewhere, but they are where […]
Mike Payne’s eulogy to Vivian Cox delivered at his memorial service in the Chapel on October 2, 2010 Vivian, you have completed the last Act of your Play on Earth. This service is our standing ovation for you. On earth, Vivian, you were a man and a half! And for me and many others, a friend […]
Ironman Richard Hume’s exploits have been well documented in various OC publications – his most recent feat was to row the Atlantic – and now he has launched a business at www.challengechaser.com writing bespoke sporting programmes for people’s sporting events. Hume, who is a personal trainer, has compiled a remarkable list of achievements which would […]
Fast bowler Stuart Meaker continued to impress in his third season at Surrey, playing in more than half the county’s Championship matches and taking 28 wickets at 32.00, a really good return for a side which struggled throughout. Starting the summer in the 2nd XI, he took 12 for 156 against Middlesex and then smashed […]