Until the sixth form at Cranleigh I had quite a narrow view of what jobs I could do after university and spent as little time as possible contemplating them. Then the wonderful Beccy Gibson offered us the chance to go on a World Challenge trip to South Africa and Namibia. It was there, seeing first hand the […]
Sallie Belton (West, 2001-2003) is making waves in the tailoring industry. Sallie was integral in setting up ‘Suit the City’ in 2007 and it all began when she went on work placement from her Business & Management Course at Oxford Brookes University. Eight years on, the company is flying high and is recruiting franchisees and […]
The second in the series of concerts given by Old Cranleighans to mark the 150th Anniversary celebrations featured Lucy (2&3 South, 2005-2007) and Hilary (West 2005-2010) Cronin, two young singers of immense potential. These charming and engaging sisters gave a beautifully balanced recital to a full house in the Merriman Music School, offering a varied […]
Colin Reed (West, 1976-1981) has had many challenges and rewards during his career, but his greatest challenge now is Parkinson’s. Having left Cranleigh, Colin took a degree in Business management and his career has taken him to live in Asia, America and now Italy, where he is married to an Italian with two children. Colin has […]
In ‘News of OCs’ in the 2015 ‘Old Cranleighan’ (on page 63) we reported on Jonathan Rush’s novel ‘My Persian Girl’. Here Jonathan (2 North, 1965-67) describes the genesis for his novel: Ignoring warnings that I would fall between two genres, in 2007 I self published a love story and Islamic political thriller called My […]
In the 2014 Old Cranleighan we reported that John Bowler (West, 1945-49) won the Military Cross in the Korean War and was in London for the unveiling of a memorial to those who served in the conflict. John has recently written this: When I received the first issue in 2014, I took it with me […]
With Tonga basing themselves at Cranleigh School in August before the start of the rugby World Cup the School was certainly on a wave of rugby excitement by the time the school season started. The 1st xv started their campaign with a pre-season training match against London Irish AASE College. This was an excellent way to start […]
Twenty three hockey players from four year groups flew out to South Africa at the beginning of August to embark on a thrilling twelve day hockey tour around Johannesburg and Pretoria. The girls played eleven matches, winning six, drawing two and losing three. Amongst the opponents were University of Johannesburg Ladies 1st XI and 2nd XI teams, […]
Cranleigh had two sides in this prestigious tournament, always a great way to get some high-intensity hockey at the start of the season. The first team had a potentially difficult start against Sir William Borlaise but scored very quickly and won comfortably 5-0. Victories over Tormead, Kingston, Ardingly B and Kent B set up a final pool game […]
Angus Dahl and Ollie Pope finished their respective cricket seasons in fitting style by being selected to play against each other at Lord’s. Ollie had the honour of captaining the MCC Schools side, with Angus representing England School’s Cricket Association U16s. Both boys had an excellent season for Cranleigh 1st XI and gained selection for the Lord’s match […]