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Abingdon news
OA Open Afternoon and
OA Club Annual Dinner
It was a pleasure to welcome so many OAs back to School
on Saturday 15 October 2011 for our annual OA Open
Afternoon, the highlight of which was the resounding 27-13
victory of the Abingdon 1st XV against Radley. Many OAs
stayed on after the match to take a tour of the School.
The OA Club’s Annual Dinner that evening, hosted by Jon
Gabitass (Governor and former Second Master), celebrated
Abingdon’s long tradition of rugby.
We were delighted to welcome over 70 OAs, partners and
members of staff, spanning seven decades of Abingdon’s
history, including: 1947 Basil Margrave, 1952 Geoffrey
Crockford, 1953 Ted Brown, 1958 Mark Dunman, 1959
Andrew Rowles, 1961 David Brice, Terence Libby, 1962
John Bunce, 1965 Charles Cox, Anthony Johnson, 1972
Kelvin Sykes, 1975 Simon Hills, Simon Johnson, 1976
David Blomley, Gareth Morris, 1978 Barry Burles, 1979
Phillip Ashby, Andrew Carrie, Michael Dacre, Jon Davies,
Jonathan Grosvenor, Graham Halsey, Gareth Hoskin,
Michael Hurry, John Madgwick, Ben Messer, Alastair
Robertson, Nicholas Williams, 1982 Alexander Cullen,
Andrew Hall, Nick Rice, Krystian Volak, John Warchus, 1989
Bryn Davies, Tony Edwards, Leigh Hedges, Max Henderson,
Guy Peddy, Hedley Tomlyn, 1999 Lloyd Bowden, 2006
Jeremy Thomson, 2007 Max Wood. Also former Common
Room: Chris Biggs, David Crawford, Jon Gabitass, Keith
Hasnip, Bill Potter, Stephen Page and Stuart Hamilton with
current Common Room: Andy Broadbent, Peter Coke, Jeff
Drummond-Hay, Andrew Hall and Mike Litchfield (1994).
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20th Anniversary Reunion
– 1991 Leavers
On Saturday 10 September 2011 the School hosted a 20th
Anniversary Reunion for leavers from 1991. The event was
a roaring success, with over 50 OAs, partners and members
of Common Room (past and present) attending. Many
thanks to Pete Mildenhall who co-ordinated the event, all the
way from Australia!
OA guests: Andy Ashley, Ed Atkins, Alex Bailey, Jake Barton,
Mike Bowen, Matthew Buckley, Darran Chadwick, Ben
Clothier, Paul Crutchlow, Rob Dalby, Mark Davis, Julian
Denée, Barry Gale, Andy Glyn-Mills, Louis Golding, Spencer
Hickson, Adi Himpson, Nick Hodgson, William Hutchings,
Richard Inman, Christopher Jones, Andy Lyon, Pete
Mildenhall, Robb Milne, Richard Newman, Ed Nolan, Neville
Pegram, Dante Peters, Jon Richards, Alistair Ross, Matthew
Trump, Jon Turner, Jon Twinn, Jeremy Whetter, Doug
Williamson, Andrew Wood, Brad Yendle. (Also Josh Mandel,
1990). Common Room guests (past and present): Andrew
Broadbent, Ian and Jenny Fishpool, Mike Litchfield (1994),
Munna Mitra, Bill and Angela Potter and Nick Revill.
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20th Anniversary Reunion – 1992 Leavers
OAs who left in 1992 will be invited to return to School in
September 2012 for their 20th Anniversary celebration. The
date will be in the next edition of Abingdon News.
Looking ahead to Lent Term 2012...
Thurs 8 Mar Drinks Reception, National Liberal Club, London
Fri 16 Mar
Modern Languages Dinner, School
Thurs 22 Mar OA Dinner, Chez Gérard, Chancery Lane, London
Fri 23 Mar
Professional Dinner: Medicine, School
Fri 30 Mar
Hockey: OAs v 1st XI Iffley Road, Oxford