11 April was a red letter day for our golfers. We reached the quarter-finals of the Halford Hewitt for the first time for many years. This was after victories over Blundell’s (3-2), Harrow (3-2) and Downside (4-1). We then lost a desperately close match against Watson’s by 3 matches to 2, denied by a 15-foot […]
Dear OCs Having first been held in 1882, the OC Society Dinner has become a regular feature on the OC calendar. This year, the Dinner is being held at the Winchester House Club on the banks of the River Thames in Putney on 15 May 2015 and will be co-chaired by Mike Wilson, the Headmaster […]
Tom Lyle (Loveday 2003-2008) is part of a fresh new London-based a cappella group named AfterParty. The singers do not receive a wage for their performances, they are all employed/in education. They are proud to have performed in aid of several charities over the last couple of years. They are most proud of their partnership […]
Mike Payne writes: Peter Wightman-Mountain (East, 1928-31), whose 100th birthday was last 30 June, has died peacefully in his sleep after only two days in bed. He was only the second OC centenarian to my knowledge, the first being Percy Bradley who died many years ago at the age of 107. He was the only living […]
Christopher Phillips writes: Once again the annual OC South West lunch was held on 25 March at the Flintlock Inn in Marsh, Devon. This is the third year we have gathered here and lunch was as good as ever. Seventeen sat down including the ever welcome Mike Payne. The raffle raised £120 in aid of […]
The Halford Hewitt has been described by the golf writer Nick Tremayne as “the greatest of all truly amateur tournament”. Founded in 1924 it is competed for today by the old boys of 64 English and Scottish public schools which each field five foursomes pairs, making 640 competitors in all. The sheer size of the […]
You are invited to come to a free talk by Andrew Roberts (East 1981) on his new book Napoleon the Great at Cranleigh on Thursday 16th April – Drinks Reception 7.00pm in the Emms Centre, Lecture 7.30pm in Speech Hall […]
Michael Ashley-Brown (1&4 South, 1962-66) writes: Noting that Jolyon Palmer is the reigning GP2 Series motor racing champion I was struck by something a little bit spooky. Back in 1958 the GP2 series was known as Formula Junior and as today, was the feeder class for the Senior Grand Prix class. I have owned a […]
John Tysoe, (1&4 South, 1965-69) writes: Someone was good enough to send me the latest copy of The Old Cranleighan and I read your amusing piece on school slang. It stirred up some memories and if you were planning to repeat the feature at any stage, here are a few other terms which may have escaped […]
Ted (2&3 South, 1986-90) describes his 7x7x7: This January, I completed seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. I often have to say all that twice as people don’t quite believe it the first time. It was pretty nuts, but I’ve been doing this kind of thing for a while – I’ve done the […]