Two Old Cranleighans earned Blues in the Varsity match at Twickenham on December 12 with very differing fortunes. Henry Lamont (East 2012), who was winning his second Blue for Oxford, scored his side’s second try in their 33-15 win; Will Yeeles, last year’s senior prefect, came on as a substitute for Cambridge and came close to scoring – his effort was ruled out after a television review […]
Two generations of Cranleigh poets
James Harpur visited his old school (he was in 2 North from 1970-75) to read and discuss his poetry with two sets of AS students, who are studying his National Poetry Competition first prize –winning sonnet sequence, The Frame of Furnace Light for coursework […]
It was 150 years ago today …
In 2015 the School celebrates its 150th anniversary … but almost two years earlier, in November 1863, the foundation stone was laid and we look back at the events of that day […]
Official launch of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was officially launched this week to an audience of over four hundred people at the St Regis Hotel on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi […]
Honouring the missing OCs
How another 42 Old Cranleighans who fell in the 1914-18 war have been discovered and will need to be added to the Cranleigh memorial in the Jubilee pavilion […]
Have your say on the OC Society
We are running a survey so all Old Cranleighans can have a say in what the Society does and how it provides for its membership […]
Experienced OCs sink School at squash
On October 15, the Cranleigh School squash team (supplemented by a couple of teachers) took on the might of the OCs. Resplendent in their blazers the OCs cut quite a dash, and their younger opposition felt a touch intimidated. Rightly so, as it turned out, with Cranleigh being firmly put in their place in a […]
OCs enjoy a Cranleigh win at the HAC
More than 150 Old Cranleighans and Cranleigh parents – as well as the current and future headmasters – turned out at the HAC on October 16 to watch the School 1st XV beat Stowe 19-7 in a hard-fought game. After a scoreless first half Cranleigh went behind to a converted try soon after the restart […]
OCRFC win annual Gower Sevens
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 […]
Beaten but unbowed
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 […]