Prop Greg Bateman has moved from relegated London Welsh to Exeter Chiefs on a two-year deal. He played 27 matches for the Exiles last season including seven starts in the Aviva Premiership. “He’s a guy who was bang on form at the end of a tough season for London Welsh,” said Exeter boss Rob Baxter. […]
Ed Henderson (2&3 South, 1999) on the day he had cook for old friend and Michelin-starred chef Ollie Dabbous (2&3 South, 1999) ‘He’ll be happy with beans on toast,” said a colleague. “It’ll just be nice for him to be cooked for,” said my wife. No one seemed to be shy of an opinion when […]
The combined Speech Day and OC Day takes place on Sunday June 30. Aside from the usual events which include a formal lunch in Hall as well as a hog roast on Jubilee, a chapel service and a variety of sporting events, this year we have a series of reunions. The Special Year Reunions (with […]
Mike Payne interviews Martin Williamson (2&3 South 1980), who replaced Nick Meyer as chairman of the Old Cranleighan Society in January. What do you see as the main challenges of your new post as Chairman of the OC Society? We need to work hard to ensure that we look after all Old Cranleighans. In the […]
Over 90 Old Cranleighans attended and thoroughly enjoyed the Over 70s Reunion at the School on Sunday 28 April. Lunch followed coffee and then drinks in a packed Reading Room, and many stayed on for a tour of the School or tea or both. Many thanks to Brian Cole for a lot of invaluable coordinating. […]
The 2013 Old Cranleighan Dinner was held on April 26 on the SS Elizabethan, a replica of an 1890’s Mississippi Stern-Wheeled Paddle Steamer, which transported 140 OC diners and dancers down the Thames from Westminster Pier to beyond Tower Bridge and back. It really was an event with a difference which was originally the inspired […]
The Old Cranleighans reached the third round of the 2013 Halford Hewitt, our best performance in more than two decades, beating Haileybury and Cheltenham before losing to 17-time winners Charterhouse 3-2. The following report from Marcus Ferguson Jones appeared on the OCGS website: We beat Haileybury comfortably. We made slightly heavier weather of Cheltenham than […]
An excellent season for the two OC clubs based at Thames Ditton is concluding with success for both the OC hockey and rugby sections. The OC Rugby Club are on the verge of a double promotion after finishing second in Surrey Division One after putting together a run of ten straight wins at the end […]
Former racing commentator John Penney (2&3 South 1946) has died at the age of 86. Penney enjoyed a varied career. Assistant to trainer Neville Crump in 1948-49, he held a jumps licence himself from 1952-54 before going on to a journalistic and broadcasting career. He worked for several newspapers in his time, as well as […]
The modern British public would not regard being accused of committing adultery with the Queen’s sister as damaging to a man’s reputation, the High Court was told yesterday. Lawyers for Jacqueline Gold, the owner of the Ann Summers chain of sex shops, are fighting a £500,000 libel case brought by Michael Caborn-Waterfield (East 1946) the […]
