Terence Ahern, believed to be the oldest living OC, has died at the age of 97. He had been coping bravely with Parkinson’s disease for some years. A couple of weeks ago he had a chest infection which developed into pneumonia, and caused his death at Kingston Hospital on March 31. Terence was for a […]
On April 7, Nigel Clark () and four friends will be undertaking an unusual race across the frozen Arctic Ocean – 26.2 miles across snow and ice in sub-zero temperatures at the geographic North Pole. Just 25 people from around the world are entering one of the most extreme marathons on the planet to test […]
Andrew Roberts (East, 1981), distinguished and award-winning historian and author of many crticially acclaimed books, will be giving the Roberts Club’s inaugural talk on ‘Why Hitler lost’ on Tuesday May 31 Internationally renowned for his ability to address an audience Andrew has delivered speeches to up to 9,000 people at prestigious institutions which include the […]
After years of being hidden away in a boiler room above the Common Room, the Cranleigh archives are moving to a new home next month – the old bookshop. The new area will be known as the Cranleighan Room. With most books now bought online, the bookshop no longer needed the space on the east […]
The OC Society will be holding its first-ever art exhibition to celebrate the professional artistic talent of its members. The jewel in the crown of the week-long exhibition will be a private champagne reception on the evening of June 16 from 7.00 pm, at the Strand Gallery, 32 John Adam Street, WC2N 6BP (near Charing […]
A Ministry of Defence press release last year: “It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Major James Joshua Bowman, Lieutenant Neal Turkington and Corporal Arjun Purja Pun from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday July 13 2010. The three soldiers, serving as part of […]
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 […]