The extent to which Kenya have regressed as a cricketing force can be seen from their fortunes at the World Cup. Two tournaments ago, in 2003, they reached the semi-finals and were being talked up as a possible 11th Test nation, but in the intervening years they have been chastised for their lack of investment in grassroots […]
Seren Waters’ inclusion in Kenya’s squad for the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup is a fantastic achievement for him and also for Cranleigh cricket. Waters, who made his debut for Cranleigh’s 1st XI as a 14-year-old, broke the record aggregate of runs scored in a season in his final year, and is now on the […]
There have been several recent articles in the national media about the fund raising to erect a statue of legendary footballer turned TV pundit Jimmy Hill at Coventry City. The sculptor who has been commissioned to undertake the work is Nicholas Dimbleby (2 North 1964) who has already sketched several designs for the statue, which […]
Daniel Sheppard (Cubitt, 2007) finished third recently in a competition for solving 10 Rubik’s cubes in one hour while blindfolded. He competed against more than 200 people from 26 nations in the European Rubik’s Cube Championship in Budapest, winning 100 euros and beating his own British record at the same time. His event, the Rubik’s […]
The Old Cranleighan Lawyers’ Society is exactly what it says on its tin: a society of Old Cranleighans who work in the legal field. The objective of the Society is to act as a fun and informal forum for Old Cranleighan lawyers to meet up with each other. It is also hoped that the Society […]
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 […]