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Hockey: OAs v 1st XI
Friday 31 March saw the annual OAs v
1st XI hockey fixture, played this year in
Oxford at the Iffley Road Sports Complex.
The OA team, largely consisting of current
university hockey club players, secured a
5-2 victory against the current boys with
goals scored by Royden Burt (former
staff), Paz Rabindran (2009), Toby Roche
and Rowan Wheeler (both 2006). The
match was followed by a round of drinks
in the pub. Our thanks to Steve Brenchley
(Common Room) for organising the fixture
and to Rhys Cadman (2007) who captained
the OA side.
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Forthcoming events
Fri 11 May
OA 60s Event:
Castle Cornet – Guernsey
Tues 15 May OA Golf Day – Frilford Heath
Sat 16 June Former Staff Lunch
– Abingdon School
Sat 16 June Loose Limbed Collective
Comedy Night Fundraiser
Weds 4 July OA Tennis Tournament
– School
Sat 23 June Sheldonian Concert – Oxford
Sun 24 June Gerald Smithson Memorial
Cricket Tournament – School
Thurs 12 -
1975 Reunion Weekend
Mon 16 July – Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire
Modern Languages Dinner
A number of OAs and former members of staff returned to Abingdon on Friday 16 March
to attend a dinner for Abingdon Linguists hosted by the Modern Languages Department.
The School was pleased to welcome Rt Hon David Lidington, MP for Aylesbury and
Minister for Europe as the guest speaker for this event.
OA guests included: 1970 Jonathan Frere, 1975 Chris Cambray, 1986 Chris Day,
Matthew Lodge, 1996 John Oldham, 2000 Matthew Hawksworth, 2001 Michael Conway,
2005 Hal McKend, Richard Soames, 2006 Chris Lillycrop, 2008 Joseph Buckley, 2010
Alex Muir, 2011 Ben Haveron. Former Common Room: Tom Ayling, Irina Duddell, Vicky
Evans, Margaret Hankey, Keith Hasnip, Sophie Payne, Adam Pettitt, Tess Silkstone, David
Taylor and Meg Vaughan-Fowler.
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London Drinks Reception
It was a pleasure to welcome so many
OAs and members of staff (past and
present) to the reception at the National
Liberal Club on Thursday 8 March. Our
thanks go to Alan Williams (1965) for
enabling the OA Club to host this event
in the stunning surroundings of the David
Lloyd George Room at the NLC, and for
the animated personal tours of the historic
building which he led throughout the
evening.
OAs in attendance: 1943 Anthony Perry,
1952 Gerald Nicholls, 1955 Murray Jones,
1959 Tim Morgan, Andrew Rowles,
1961 Terence Libby, 1965 Alan Williams,
1968 Mike Stevens, 1971 Andrew
McMillan, 1974 Pieter Cox, Richard
Kenyon, Peter Watson, 1975 Simon
Hills, Gareth Light, 1976 Gareth Morris,
Tim Olliffe, 1978 Robin Joy, 1982 John
Warchus, 1983 Duncan Rand, 1984 Barry
Stanton, 1987 Graham Scott, Andrew
Stacey, 1989 Max Henderson, 1991
Ben Clothier, Nick Hodgson, 1994 Mike
Litchfield (also Common Room), 1995
Jeremy Cave, Rob Duncan, David Fowkes,
Dominic Partridge, 1997 Felix Greaves,
Harry Wearne, 2001 Jonathan Donahoe,
2002 William Burdall, Ben Chadwick, Nick
Hopkins, Matt Stalker, Robert Turnbull,
2003 Lewis Fowler, Ian Sanderson, 2006
Thomas Raftery, Sam Wylie, 2007 Jasper
Cooper (OA Office), Thomas Keogh, Rich
Worth, 2008 Paddy Gervers, Timothy
Middleton. Other guests included Honorary
OAs Tom Ayling and Kris Spencer (both
former Common Room) and Diana
Cobban May; the Head, Felicity Lusk, and
Common Room Dean Evans, Ian Fishpool,
Andrew Hall and Jeremy Taylor.
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TomWatkins (2010) and Alex Muir (2010) who
ran the four legs of the Road Relay between
them in a time of 32 minutes 04 seconds,
making them the fastest team overall.
Road Relay