The sun shone on the 13th annual Gower Sevens, an inter-year competition with 11 different winners since 2001. The only years to have won twice are 2006 and 2007. Four years ago the OCFRC entered a squad and called themselves the OC Barbarians. Congratulations to them on being this year’s winners. Three expert Barbecuers produced […]
Cricketer Cup final: Old Cranleighans 218 for 9 (B Scriven 82) lost to Old Tonbridgians 221 for 8 (Cowdrey 84*) by two wickets In the end the Old Cranleighans fell agonisingly short at the final hurdle, going down by two wickets to Old Tonbridgians in a tense Cricketer Cup final at Wimbledon CC. For the last hour of an […]
We are delighted to report that the Old Cranleighan Cricket Club have won through to the final of the prestigious Cricketer Cup where we will play 14-time winners Old Tonbridgians. In our semi-final we routed last year’s champions Shrewsbury Saracans by 195 runs after bowling them out for 33. The final will take place at […]
While the weather this summer may be wretched, Speech Day/OC Day was blessed by the warmest day of the year so far and a large number of Old Cranleighans came down to the School. The parents were entertained by Cranleigh Foundation Director Jim Turley (2 North 1985) who was the Guest of Honour and there […]
Ed Henderson (2&3 South, 1999) on the day he had cook for old friend and Michelin-starred chef Ollie Dabbous (2&3 South, 1999) ‘He’ll be happy with beans on toast,” said a colleague. “It’ll just be nice for him to be cooked for,” said my wife. No one seemed to be shy of an opinion when […]
The combined Speech Day and OC Day takes place on Sunday June 30. Aside from the usual events which include a formal lunch in Hall as well as a hog roast on Jubilee, a chapel service and a variety of sporting events, this year we have a series of reunions. The Special Year Reunions (with […]
The 2013 Old Cranleighan Dinner was held on April 26 on the SS Elizabethan, a replica of an 1890’s Mississippi Stern-Wheeled Paddle Steamer, which transported 140 OC diners and dancers down the Thames from Westminster Pier to beyond Tower Bridge and back. It really was an event with a difference which was originally the inspired […]
The Old Cranleighans reached the third round of the 2013 Halford Hewitt, our best performance in more than two decades, beating Haileybury and Cheltenham before losing to 17-time winners Charterhouse 3-2. The following report from Marcus Ferguson Jones appeared on the OCGS website: We beat Haileybury comfortably. We made slightly heavier weather of Cheltenham than […]
An excellent season for the two OC clubs based at Thames Ditton is concluding with success for both the OC hockey and rugby sections. The OC Rugby Club are on the verge of a double promotion after finishing second in Surrey Division One after putting together a run of ten straight wins at the end […]
The modern British public would not regard being accused of committing adultery with the Queen’s sister as damaging to a man’s reputation, the High Court was told yesterday. Lawyers for Jacqueline Gold, the owner of the Ann Summers chain of sex shops, are fighting a £500,000 libel case brought by Michael Caborn-Waterfield (East 1946) the […]