Rugby and Hockey on the up at TD
As the mid-season break approaches both the OCRFC 1st XV and the OCHC 1st XI sit comfortably mid table […]
Author: Martin
Jolyon Palmer still pushing for Formula One seat
GP2 Series champion Jolyon Palmer (North 2009) told Autosport he turned down a chance to race for the Caterham Formula 1 team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix […]
Improvements continue at Thames Ditton
We are pleased to announce that JJ Griffin has agreed an extension to his contract which will keep him managing the Old Cranleighan Club at Thames Ditton for another five years […]
OCs beat the School in annual squash battle
The annual David Vaughan squash trophy was fiercely competed between the 1st team and the OCs earlier in the month, with the OCs running out narrow 3-2 winners […]
On the eve of war …
“The clouds of war were gathering,” wrote Geoffrey Bateman (2 North 1919), “but I think most of us regarded the trouble in Serbia as just a third Balkan war. But by the end of term the situation looked more serious”. Cranleigh life in the days as war approached 100 years ago […]
Sun shines once more on OC Day
Once again the sun shone for OC day, again combined with Speech Day, as Cranleigh looked at its glorious best. It was a day tinged with sadness as it also marked the end of Guy Waller’s 17-year headmastership […]
Guy Waller bids farewell to Cranleigh
The re-coupling of the annual Speech Day, held this year on Sunday June 29th, with OC Day seemed especially welcome as this was the final one for Guy Waller, retiring after 17 years in office […]
Henry Taylor shines as England retain Under-20 World Cup
Henry Taylor (Loveday 2010) was named in the IRB Junior World Championship team of the tournament after he helped England Under-20s to retain the title they had won two years earlier […]
Marc van Hasselt explains D-Day memories to Duchess of Cornwall
Former headmaster Marc van Hasselt was among those invited to Normandy to take part in the 70th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings where he met the Duchess of Cornwall […]
Cranleighans’ early warning of D-Day
While much has been written about the secrecy that surrounded the D-Day landings, the boys at Cranleigh were among the first in the country to know the invasion had started on June 6, 1944 […]