Nº 325 A u t u m n 2 0 1 4 I n s i d e t h i s i s s u e Gaudy Page 14 The Great War Pages 20 24 W h o ? W h a t ? W h e r e ? W h e n ? P a g e s 2 5 2 6 THE ARCH OLD REPTONIAN NEWSLETTER
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The summer brought two fine victories for OR sports teams from both ends of the age spectrum In June we won the Ber nard Darwin Trophy a public schools competition for golfers over the age of 55 At the beginning of September I was delighted to witness our young OR Tennis team win the D’Aber non Cup, played for by the leading tennis playing public schools The final was played at The All England Club W imbledon, and in a thrilling display we came from behind to defeat Reeds School Congratulations to both teams!
President: John Ballinger (Priory 1959) Vice President: Robert A Holroyd (Headmaster)
Simon D Armstrong (Cross 1963) Lancs & Cheshire Sanjiv Basu (Orchard 1989)
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In April I was delighted to have dinner with our Halford Hewitt golf team before watching them win their 1st round match the following day at Royal St Georges, with the winning point coming from two young debutantes June was a memorable month with visits to Repton for the Gaudy and Speech Day The Gaudy is always enjoyable meeting people from school days and swapping stories The events of Speech Day will live long in the memory First, Prize Giving in a packed marquee with an inspirational guest, Marc Woods, presenting the prizes Marc had a leg amputated aged 17 and went on to win four gold medals for swimming in five Paralympic Games His speech clearly inspired everyone, especially the pupils who queued afterwards to meet him and take photographs A concert followed in Pears School, with the standard of playing and singing reaching professional standards at times
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The passing of 100 years since the First World War has been well documented in the media this year, and I believe that mention of Repton’s involvement should be made More than 1,900 Old Reptonians served in the Great War and 355 fell The school is presenting a special exhibition in Pears School to commemorate the 100th anniversary, with particular emphasis on the stories of those ORs who died The exhibition coincides with the Annual Dinner of the Old Reptonian Society on Saturday 8th November at Repton, and I would recommend those who are attending the dinner to find time to visit the exhibition The following day is Remembrance Sunday, with a service in the school chapel followed by commemoration in The Garth Thank you to the Headmaster, the members of the OR office at Repton and to all the ORs for helping to make my year in office so enjoyable Our school is thriving, and this is reflected throughout the Old Reptonian Society re s i d e n t o f T h e S o c i e t y Jo h n B a l l i n g e r ( P ’ 5 9
Edward T Sloane (Priory M Guy Levesley (Hall 1975)
It really does seem that time has flown by during 2014 I have enjoyed so many Reptonian events not interrupted by carefully planning the date for a new hip!
Preacher: Major A E Harvey RHA 7Para 11 Chamber Choir sing Compline, Haddon Hall, 8 00 pm 12 Subscription Concert: The Carducci Quartet, with Peter Caelen piano, The Beldam Hall, 7 45 pm 14 National U11 IAPS Hockey Finals 15 Boys’ 1st XI, v Millfield (a) Girls’ 1st XI, v Cheltenham College 16 Coffee Concert, Beldam Hall, 11 15 am 20 ‘Doctor Faustus’, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 21 ‘Doctor Faustus’, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 22 SALE OF WORK ‘Doctor Faustus’, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 25 Informal Concert, Music School, 9 05 pm 28 Michaelmas Concert, 7 30 pm, Beldam Hall 29 Boys’ 1st XI, v Shrewsbury (a) 30 Repton School Music Society: Haydn’s ‘Creation’, Pears School, 7 45 pm DECEMBER 2014 2 Spark 5 Staff Art Exhibition Private View 6 30 pm 3 Subscription Concert: Tango Volcano, The Beldam Hall, 7 45 pm 5 Annual Science Priory Christmas Lecture for the local community, Science Priory Lecture Theatre, 8 00 pm 6 Girls’ 1st XI v Trent (a) 7 Carol Service for Parents, Staff and Parish, 6 30 pm, followed by reception in the 400 Hall Foyer 10 Christmas Bands Concert, Pears School, 7 30 pm 12 Term ends JANUARY 2015 7 Lent Term begins 14 Repton Music Department: Moazartabend, 7 45pm, Beldam Hall 15 Boys’ 1st XI v Dean Close FEBRUARY 2015 3 Drinks in the City, at the East India Club 6 Half Term begins, 4 30 pm 15 Half Term ends 8 00 pm 18 Apollo5: Vocal Jazz and Classic A Cappella Group, 7 45pm, Beldam Hall MARCH 2015 11 Charity Cabaret, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm Pupils from Chetam’s school of music, 7 45pm, Beldam Hall 12 Charity Cabaret, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 13 Charity Cabaret, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 14 Charity Cabaret, 400 Hall, 7 30 pm 20 Term ends, 1 00 pm JUNE 2015 6 Gaudy Years to be invited are 1956 to 1960, 1983 to 1993 and Sixth Formers from years 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1994, 1995 and 1996 All dates correct at time of going to print It was a great pleasure to attend Speech Day at the end of last term For leavers, it is inevitably a time of mixed emotions as they say farewell to friends and familiar surroundings, while looking forward to the changes they will experience at university and, beyond that, in the world of work As they become ORs some will already have minds made up about their desired careers, whereas others will consider their options at a later stage Obviously these decisions are vital in shaping an individual's future, so it is pleasing to report that a significant number of ORs make time to attend the school's sixth form careers forums, in order to talk about and discuss the challenges and rewards they have encountered in pursuing their own early careers Many of these are fairly recent leavers and, in passing on their experiences of the years immediately after leaving, they help provide a first hand insight into several potential career options Hopefully such initiatives are setting out some of the many possibilities available to new ORs In more senior OR news it is great to report that our (over 55) golfers have won the Ber nard Darwin trophy for the first time Many congratulations to them and I'm confident that they celebrated appropriately! Further excellent news is that our tennis team won the D’Aber non Cup, played at W imbledon, after a great run during which they beat last year's winners and favourites This is a marvellous performance as it is the first time we have entered the competition for a number of years All this means that we have much sporting success to toast at the first 'Celebration of OR sport' being held at Queens' Club in London on the 16th October I've no doubt that this will be a superb occasion and I look forward to seeing many of you there As this year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War Remembrance Services will be particularly poignant Indeed, having mentioned the leavers of 2014, it is a sobering thought to consider what their counterparts of 100 years ago were about to experience In recognition of this anniversary our President, John Ballinger, will be laying a wreath on behalf of the Society at the Remembrance Service on Sunday 9th November ORs are welcome to attend and may wish to note this is the day after our AGM and Annual Dinner In addition, over this weekend, the School Archivist will be putting on a display of memorabilia and photographs from the period Looking ahead to next year we shall be helping our friends at Malver n celebrate the 150th anniversary of their founding by sending a couple of OR football sides to play against the Old Malver nians and Old Salopians on the 28th February That should be an enjoyable occasion, as will be the celebrations of the 150th cricket match between ourselves and Uppingham which will take place at Repton on the day of the 1st XI match next May Further details will be made available as soon as the date is confirmed Thank you for continuing to support our functions and ensuring that they are so convivial Whether you have recently become an OR, or have been for many years, I hope you will enjoy this latest edition of The Arch As a footnote to the above some of you may be interested in the recently published book 'Public Schools and The Great War: The Generation Lost' by Anthony Seldon and David Walsh An interesting read in which Repton features
NOVEMBER 2014 2 Half term ends 3 Centenary Lecture, Peter Barton: ‘Challenging History: The Quest for Corroboration’, Pears School, 7 30 pm 4 Boys’ 1st XI v Wolverhampton GS Centenary Lecture, John Golding: ‘War Poetry: The Line of Duty’, Pears School, 7 30 pm 5 Great War Concert: ‘Keep the Home Fires Bur ning’, Pears School, 7 30 pm 6 Informal Concert, Music School, 9 05 pm The Leather Lecture, Prof Hugh Brogan: ‘Repton and the Great War’, Pears School, 7 30 pm 8 OR Society AGM, 6.00 pm followed by OR Society Annual Dinner, Pears School, 7.30 pm Girls’ 1st XI, v Rugby 9 Remembrance Day: Mor ning Prayer 10 05 am
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Spouses and partners are once again warmly invited and they will be more than welcome to relax in the Library whilst the AGM is in progress We will all meet up in the Library for pre dinner drinks at 6 45pm, followed by Dinner at 7 30pm Meeting meeting on November 16th 2013 of next AGM IN THE CITY
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EAST ANGLIAN OLD REPTONIANS LUNCHEON, WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2015. It is proposed to hold a luncheon at The Wentworth Hotel in Aldeburgh for Old Reptonians living in the East Anglian area on WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2015 It may be necessary to limit numbers, in which case preference will be given to those living in postcodes CB, CO, CM, IP and NR Unfortunately, since our last gathering, I have suffered a major computer breakdown in which I lost all e mail addresses, so I must ask all those interested to get in touch with me anew Would anyone interested in being kept advised of arrangements, please contact me by e mail as soon as possible jgr lfr@btopenworld com or by phone on 01728 452135 I am planning for a three course lunch consisting of a choice from two starters, two mains (meat or fish) and three sweets, with coffee and mints The cost is likely to be c £26 50 per head No drinks are included as it seems so much easier (with today’s constraints!) for each to do as they wish on this score John Richardson (H’70) If you would like a group of your contemporaries to join you at any of these events and you need any help with contact details, please do not hesitate to call the OR office on 01283 559320 or email jcobb@repton org uk
The cost of the ticket includes pre dinner drinks and a three course meal with wine and port
Drinks In The City will once again be held at the East India Club, London on Tuesday February 3rd 2015 Cost of the tickets will be £20 00 for those who left the school in 2005 and after and £27 00 for all other guests Please see the enclosed booking form GAUDY This year’s Gaudy will be on Saturday June 6th 2015 and the years to be invited are those joining the School between 1956 1960, 1983 1993 and 6th formers 1961,1962,1963, 1994,1995,1996
On Sunday mor ning, early birds can join the school in Chapel, while late risers can come to the Art School at 11am for coffee and to take part in a careers forum sharing professional experience with current Reptonians, before a leisurely lunch in the Bull’s Head to close the weekend I’m proposing that ORs make their own arrangements for accommodation in hotels in the Burton and Derby area (the OR office can provide further information if necessary) and that to cover the cost of the concert, materials and refreshments there will a charge of £75 for the weekend If you would be interested in attending, please contact me initially via email jhb@repton org uk to reserve your place by October 31st 2014
For thcoming Events
Regular drawing practice since your Repton days is not a prerequisite for your attendance I'm expecting we're all pretty rusty these days!! Jeremy Bour non (Director of Art)
On Saturday artists would come to the Art Department and have the opportunity of making art for the day under the guidance of the current team of residents and members of staff That evening an early supper will be taken in the Jaipur Indian restaurant in the village, followed by an evening in the Red Lion where my band and miscellaneous OR musicians will entertain you
AGENDA 1 Welcome & Apologies 2 Approval of minutes from Annual General
November 16th 2013 3 Matters Arising from
4 Presidents Report 5 Chairman’s Report 6 Secretary’s Report 7 Treasurer’s Report 8 Future Events 9 Election of Officers 10 Any Other Business 11 Date
ART WEEKEND Calling All OR Artists! W ith my intention to retire as Head of Art after 30 years at Repton School in July 2015, I felt it was timely to invite OR artists back to the department for a weekend of Art and entertainment on the weekend of January 23rd/24th/25th 2015 I’m planning to invite Art Themen, one of Britain’s greatest saxophonists, and his London based quintet to play a concert in the Beldam Hall on the Friday evening This concert would get our Art weekend underway in grand style
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The Annual dinner and AGM will be held on Saturday November 8th 2014 in Pears School The cost of the ticket is £43 00 per person and for those ORs who left the school within the last ten years the cost is reduced by £10 00; therefore if you left the school in 2004 or after the cost is just £33 00
Jane holds a BSc in Biochemistry and an MSc in Advanced Neuropharmacology both from the University of Bristol She has had a 24 year career within Neuroscience, working initially with Wyeth Research (UK) Ltd and is now in her 18th year with Eli Lilly & Company Limited where she is a Research Scientist within the Molecular Pathology team This group has recently published a key manuscript ahead of competing labs in academia and industry (Ahmed et al , Acta Neuropathol (2014) 127:667 683) Matthew Dewis (L’05) is British Xterra Champion and qualified for the world championships in Hawaii Chris Adams (P’86) was appointed by Sri Lanka to act as a consultant on their tour of England, when he went up against former colleague Peter Moores Alice Bednall Brough (M’04) has won one of only four prestige bursaries for her final veterinary project from the BVA Four bursaries across all veterinary schools 4th and 5th years are awarded on the basis of a final study making a contribution to communities and animal welfare aboard Alice went to Zimbabwe to study cattle mortality on the country’s largest cattle ranch Paul Borrington (S’04) has joined Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club for the 2014/15 season Alfred Cheng (O’75) ran and completed the London Marathon 2014 for the first time as a charity runner and raised money for the Barts Charity The photo is of Alfred and his daughter Anthea at the finish
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Jane Cooper (née Gurling) (A’84) has been awarded the Lilly Research Labor atories President’s Scientific Recognition Award for Neuroscience This award is the most prestigious award offered by LRL and is presented to individuals or teams, independent of job level, who have demonstrated significant scientific achievement or who have contributed to advancing the discovery or development of new medicines
6 Sam Gardner (N’93) was recently invited to meet the Prime Minister at No 10 along with others who are campaign organisers for the Conservative Party in marginal seats (Sam is in Hazel Grove, Stockport) in the run up to the 2015 general election
Sam Martin (P’07) completed his first ever marathon He ran for the Brain Tumour Charity and raised in the region of £1400 He finished in a time of 3 hours and 13 minutes which placed him 2463rd out of the 35000+ finishers He was sponsored by a number of ORs and would like to thank them for their support Ken Scott (O’38) celebrated his 90th birthday in Canada Ellie Watton (M’05), Susie Gilbert (F’02) and Georgie Twigg (F’03) won Silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games playing hockey for England Leah Wilkinson (A’03) also represented Wales hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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Richard Wynne (P’92) was invited, along with others, to No10 in recognition of creating two successful businesses in the drinks industry which have flourished during the recent recession Snippets
Cricket A first class cricketing record held by a Reptonian for more than 100 years was broken on June 30th 2014 During his century against Lancashire, Marcus Trescothick passed the total of 7,228 runs made by L. C. H. Palairet (H’1884) between 1890 and 1909 on the County Ground at Taunton
Oliver Hayes (B’91) was awarded the O B E in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2014 for services to British diplomacy He served in the British Embassy, Kabul, between 2008 and 2010, and in the British High Commission, Islamabad, from 2010 onwards, where he is living with his wife, Rashmi, and their son, Rohan They are due to retur n to the UK in November 2015 Guy Hewson (O’89) moved to Hong Kong to work in a secondary Inter national school, which is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF) as Director of Pre 16 lear ning Adam Lawrenson (O’95), Creative Director at Digit & W indfall, was awarded a Bafta in the Television Craft, Digital Creativity category for ‘D Day: As it happens’
Tom (N’90) and Clare (née Harding) (A’95) Chambers welcomed a baby daughter, Olive Georgina, on June 13th 2014, a sister for W illiam
George Rainsford (M’96) and Jaimi are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Kit, on July 5th 2014 Guy Hewson (O’89) and Helen are delighted to announce the birth of their twin daughters, Mollie Ann and Kennis Heather on December 4th 2013 in Hong Kong Fiona Jackson (A’93) and Joe Beale are pleased to announce the birth of Joe Freddie Jnr on April 14th 2014
Caroline McGuirk (née Hyde) (A’93) and Patrick are pleased to announce the arrival of W ilfred Duncan, bor n April 24th 2014, a brother for Samuel Thomas (23rd January 2011) and Bridget Rose (20th June 2012) Bir ths
Angela Smith (née Walker) (A93) and Simon, are delighted to announce the birth of their son Charlie Ralph W illiam on February 11th 2014
Sarah Rainsford (G’96) and Aman Khela are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Louis, on July 21st 2014 Alistair Wright (O'86) and Isabelle (ex Foremarke) are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter Cressida Elizabeth Peony on September 24th 2013 Brother Cameron is very proud!
Rob Hinton (C’88) and Joanna a second daughter Georgia on February 28th 2014
Niki Wigram (née Harding) (A’97) and Harry are the proud parents to Ivy Poppy Margaret following her birth on October 15th 2013 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London Fiona Harold (née Harding) (A’93) and Tom are delighted to announce the birth of Sebastian Thomas on July 19th 2014, a brother for Florence 7
Weddings Engagements Charles Jefferson (C'91) to Dr Vanessa Blunt on April 1st 2014 Wedding to be arranged for the spring/summer of 2015 Antonia Lilley (A’97) to Martin Farrow on November 10th 2013 in Venice Their wedding will take place on June 6th 2015 in Derbyshire
8 Lee Bilson (L’04) married Megan Wilton Morgan (M’04) on July 19th 2014 at the church of St Peter, Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire and afterwards at Palms Hill House where the bride’s family live Pictured below, from left to right, are: Sophie Grattidge (M’03), Luke Carlile (L’04), Stella d’Arch Smith (M’03), Edwin Wilton Morgan (L’07), Carl Bilson (Bursar), Megan and Lee, The Reverend Adam Watkinson, Vicky Burton (M’03), Eve Oppenheimer (M’03), Dale Bilson (L’03), James Garrett (L’07 and Adam Hugil (L’04) Rachel Attwood (F'02) married Guangyue (Guy) Liu on Saturday August 16th 2014 at St Giles Church in Derby The reception was held in Pears School ORs attending were Sarah Attwood (F'04) and Mike Keep (O'69)
James Cobb (B’90) married Linda Selvey on July 19th 2014 The service was conducted by The Reverend Adam Watkinson in Repton School Chapel, followed by a party at Newton House Mike Cobb (B’95) was Best Man Harry Gillam (S’97) and Carolyn Middleton married at Far nley Tyas, Huddersfield, on July 12th 2014
Among the guests who attended were ORs Christopher Chapman (S’97), Christo Hall (S’97), Karan Bakshi (L’97), Henry Brown (S’00) and from the staff were Melissa Blain and Jeremy Bour non 9
10 Rebecca Smith (A’93) married Mark Brookes in Malta on April 24th 2014 ORs pictured to the left of the couple, from left to right, are Edward Welch (Foremarke), Nick Smith (B’85), Chrissie Blunt (née Stanton) (G’92), Simon Blunt (N’79), Guy Smith (B’83) and to the right of the couple, from left to right, are Victoria Crane (née Smith) (A’90), James Blunt (N’81) and Helen Walley (née Marshall) (A’91) Brett Stevenson (S’97) married Amy Hazel on July 4th 2014 The Reception was held at Packington Moor Farm, Staffordshire
Weddings
Pavandeep Sandhu (L’98) married Pavan Pabla on September 15th 2013 The marriage took place at Nottingham Sikh Temple and the reception was held at Kelham Hall & Country Park, Newark
He was very generous with his time, coaching young people in golf and encouraging them in photography and art he taught photography at the Edinburgh College of Art for a spell He was a successful artist, with an individual style and a wonderful sense of colour
David John Louis Harding (M’51) on April 28th 2014
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Graham Barry Thompson (C’49)
Death ies
Geoffrey Ivan Astle Wallis (P’41) on May 7th 2014
Notifications Obituar
Peter Edward Dawson (H’40) Anthony Mark Wilson (H’42) on April 28th 2013
CROSS Christopher Ward Wilson (C’47) on June 13th 2014
Professor Andrew Robert Elkington (H’49) on September 11th 2014
Peter Wynne Thomas (O’53) on May 21st 2014
BROOK Michael Brice (B’43) in October 2012
He started up regular Jazz evenings (which still continue) at Tullybannocher Café in Comrie, and until relatively recently he still played at these Peter could be described as a gentleman farmer by occupation, although this description doesn't really do justice to his wide range of interests and talents After a spell in Argyll, in 1963 Peter, Pat and their two daughters and a son moved to Comrie in Perthshire, where he spent the remainder of his life He became an active member of the community, serving on many committees and enjoying golf, shooting, tennis and cricket (yes, there is a functioning cricket club this far North!), amongst other things
PRIORY Gordon Henry (P’36) on June 10th 2014
LATHAM JCR Fowler (L’77) in 2013 MITRE Russell Hardie Sprake (M’50) on August 20th 2014
Peter enjoyed life to the full He had a diverse set of interests, all of which he pursued with skill and passion In his time at Repton, he was far from a typical pupil, being interested primarily in Art, and playing tennis and golf rather than football, but he cherished particularly the encouragement he was given within the Art Department He will be sorely missed by all his friends in the village of Comrie and beyond Pat Silvey (Former Staff)
William Kinder George Haslehurst (C’58) on August 23rd 2014
NEW Hugh Frederick Fieldsend (N’35). Robert Michael Broomhead (N’54) on July 21st 2014
Geoffrey Graham Cocker (B’63)
HALL Alwyne Eteson Loyd (H’34) on May 10th 2014
ORCHARD Philip William Bagley (O’44) on February 16th 2014
I first met Peter when I was still Second Master at Repton In 2001, Peter, with characteristic generosity, offered to donate to the School one of the medals awarded for the first ever Davis Cup match, in recognition of his lifelong love of tennis As he lived in Comrie, and I had a holiday home there, I collected it from him, and had a most entertaining meeting with him Following my retirement, I met him frequently, at parties, and at the Golf Club, where we were both part of the Old Men's Coffee group, where all the problems of the world are sorted out daily My liking and respect for him grew steadily; he had a wonderful sense of humour, and had a way of getting straight to the heart of an issue by means of a joke or a subtly pointed remark He also had a bottomless fund of highly amusing stories, about Comrie worthies as well as those from further afield (even Geoffrey Fisher did not escape!); in short, he was great company He was bor n in Congleton in Cheshire, in 1931, and schooling at Repton was followed by a stint of National Service with the North Staffs Regiment He then studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, where he met Pat, who was to become his wife He also formed his Jazz Band during this time, and he kept this musical involvement up for the rest of his life
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On achieving Grade 8 grades with distinction in ‘cello, the oboe and singing, and having received a musical Exhibition, Christopher duly arrived at the Mitre at TRepton aken just after Christopher left Repton
Both David J (M’76) and Peter A James (M’77) are very sad to announce the death of their much missed brother Christopher, who died suddenly last May 2013, two weeks short of his 53rd birthday Christopher was an extremely accomplished musician, talented and yet flawed His gift was his failing, as he never really quite appreciated just how talented he was, and his doubts caused enormous angst to a soul that was crying out for meaning
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J F M Walker (H'46) writes Robin Steward, who died on June 2nd, a month before his 80th birthday, had a distinguished Repton career He was Head of Brook House and a “quadruple teamer” with football being perhaps his best game However, he did not make the football XI until his final year, probably because he was rather slight of build He quickly made up for lost time and became a dominant member of a successful side which won four of the five school matches by large margins He was selected as a reserve for the Combined Public Schools, and in “Characters of the Eleven” in The Reptonian, Dick Sale presciently wrote that he “could be a candidate for a University side” This was to be proved correct and on going up to Clare College, Cambridge, after national service in the Royal Artillery in Hong Kong, he duly won “blues” in 1955 and 1956 He was a hero of the 1955 match, scoring with a perfect header in the 12th minute, helping Cambridge to a 4 2 win He became an indispensable member of Repton's Arthur Dunn side, playing in pretty well every match between 1955 and 1960, including the losing finals in 1957 and 1958 and the very satisfying victory against Malver n in the 1960 final, Repton's first win since 1914 His wife, Val, whom he married in 1958, was an unfailing supporter of these matches Robin was in the cricket XI for three seasons as a leg spin bowler, a useful bat and a brilliant short leg fielder His first innings for the XI was a dramatic one He went in at number 11 in a low scoring match at Shrewsbury with Repton needing 8 to win Richard Grew was at the other end on 1 not out Robin survived the last three balls of the over leaving Richard to face the next No run came until the last ball which, in the words of The Reptonian, Richard hit “a grand four” Robin then bravely played out a maiden over, after which there was only going to be time for one more over A thick edge brought three runs off the fourth ball which left Robin with two balls to face and one run to get He missed the first but prodded the last just far enough for both batsmen to hurl themselves in for the winning single I have a clear memory, too, of the Rugby match in the same season, when he was brought on just before lunch and immediately took a crucial wicket with a perfect googly After leaving Cambridge with a degree in Economics, he went into industry, firstly with Albright and W ilson in Birmingham, where he met Val, and then with Coates Brothers, who in 1975 sent him to Cape Town on a two year posting as Overseas Controller Robin and Val were happy there and in 1977 he accepted a post as CEO of another company, later moving to a career in commercial property He was a keen Rotarian being elected to various offices in his club and spent much of his leisure time on the golf course
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Robin was devoted to his family and he and Val lived with their three boys in a beautiful house in Constantia bought before it became such a sought after address where I was privileged to stay when I went to the 1996 Cape Town Test match All three sons have successful careers and there are five grandchildren
Robin and I were contemporaries and friends both at Repton and Clare and we have kept in touch with each other's news over many years; it is a friendship I have greatly valued, despite the distance, and there will be many others like me who will feel deeply the loss of this able, gentle (though perhaps not on the football field) and loyal Reptonian i s t o p h e r A n d rew “ F r a n k C a n n o n ” Ja m e
Having served with distinction as a cor ner boy in the cathedral choir at St Chad’s Cathedral School, Lichfield, he there began his musical odyssey playing ‘cello At Lichfield Cathedral School, Christopher formed many long lasting connections and friendships not least with Richard “Dick” Greening the Cathedral Organist and Choirmaster The other significant encounter and long lasting friendship made there was with David Winfield (N’73) David and Christopher were exact contemporaries of one another; both bor n on the same day in the same year, both choristers, both cellists and creators of “schicaloo” a word gone into ignominy, for which I have no answer David was subsequently Christopher’s best man at his first wedding an event best forgotten!
On graduating, Christopher undertook a number of teaching posts, and went on to Goldsmiths in London where he was to further his musical studies taking his Masters and completed these whilst meeting his first wife and a fellow ‘cellist Christopher’s life took on many varied paths thence on, where he met his second wife teaching in Guer nsey, settling in Dorset, but married life was not for Christopher He there met the mother of his child Bayley, whilst working in the care business Bayley was the font of all his happiness He was never happier than when he was with his son, or talking about him Christopher’s caring nature had led him to this second path in his life Christopher’s abiding interests, besides music, were plants, gardening and nurseries, nature generally, mysticism, teaching, animals, equanimity, human respect, humanity, and caring He adored animals, couldn’t abide cruelty and was a tortured soul with issues He never found the deep rooted answers he was looking for, and sought solace from every direction spiritually, coming finally and full circle back to Christianity
The funeral was conducted in Exeter by the Reverend Adam Watkinson (Chaplain at Repton School), who presided over our father’s funeral also, where Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton) was sung! Repton, Repton, Repton ‘till the end!!!
Peter James (M’77) Brother June 2014
David Winfield (N’73) Friend, best man and contemporary, writes: As the years pass one thinks more and more of old friends, and I have often thought of Chris and the many happy times we spent together Singing carols in the pubs of Duffield might be the most vivid memory [including to Brian Clough in the Broadway!]; and also playing a Handel double violin sonata (adapted for 2 ‘cellos) in the Guildhall in Derby I envied his singing voice, another of his talents that he did not take forward Improbably, he and I shared the same birthday, and once Uncle Arthur decided he would play the ‘cello, he was doomed to many hours in my company! I remember him singing the treble solo from the Magnificat from Stanford in G in the Cathedral a beautiful treble voice So on to Repton he was one of the 'lads' in the Mitre, but still we sat in orchestra together and sang in the choir, joined together by Michael Salter and a love of music I don't remember a cross word between us in 10 years, now I think about it, but that was Chris (or 'Sprant', as he had become) he was always gentle, there to have fun, to enjoy his friends and his music in a wonderful way But discipline was not his thing
On accepting his place at Birmingham, Christopher resumed his acquaintance with Dick Greening, where he excelled in all aspects of concert training and performing and teacher training, attaining all his degrees and diplomas with either Merit or Distinction, whilst also managing to acquaint himself with the local Asian and Oriental cuisine and lear ning to cook both with flourish and skill Having played with the National Youth Orchestra on a number of occasions whilst still at Repton, he now had the delight and prestige of playing under Sir Simon Rattle, who was then principal conductor at the CBSO He also engaged and performed with many local bands and even played ‘cello on Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen”, prior to its chart success
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Christopher Andrew “Frank Cannon” James (M’73) continued School in 1973 accompanied by David W infield It would be fair to say that Christopher was no great academic a prankster and showman who was renowned for his jesting, his ability to confound and yet perplex Jack Atter CPO the then school Marshal on more than one occasion had to send “Frank” back to the Mitre to re dress , having presented himself at the Arch wearing his Oxford bags, silver stack boots (probably at least 8 inches!), circular dark glasses which he modelled on John Lennon, flowing long hair and a tie which, as many may recall, was just an enormous knot! Whilst we lived abroad in Caracas, Christopher was colloquially referred to as ‘el Rocken rollero’ by the locals who were astonished to see such a loud, glam figure in their midst, more often than not sporting his old style Mitre football jersey with the narrow black and red stripes with huge pride wandering amongst them carelessly, simply looking cool! Christopher was in the words of others: a free spirit; had a knack for living in the moment; had a larger than life personality and he never said or thought an unkind or spiteful word about anybody This was all part of his undoing, but what is abundantly clear, however, was his great magnanimity, and the unimaginable amount of times we saw him pick himself up from yet another misfortune, self inflicted or otherwise, and start again, despite huge forces against him true grit in every sense of the word, and a quality that, if not honed at Repton, no doubt became polished there Discipline was not one of Christopher’s fortes, and I remember his chilling stories of being disciplined with a cane before I had arrived at Repton, and his awe of Mr Gammell’s presence as Headmaster, not least when he would merely take off his false leg and lie it on the desk at the beginning of a lesson!! Once expelled from Repton in his final Term whilst my parents were still abroad, he had already gained an unconditional offer to attend the Birmingham School of Music, so despite being allowed to retur n to sit his A Levels, he felt no need to revise (a constant regret in later years) He set up home in our pied à terre in Derby, where he covertly entertained other sixth formers using our parents’ car, whilst maintaining an air of innocence! All this unbeknown to our parents or me, for that matter!
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14 G a u d y After the rather grey day the year before, it was a great relief to us all to be blessed with gorgeous summer weather for the 2014 Gaudy This enabled the 134 guests to mingle in the Garth for Drinks, giving everyone a chance to admire the wonderful restoration work to the War Memorials so generously paid for by the O R Lodge to mark their centenary After a delicious lunch in Pears School, a good number of guests took advantage of tours of the School and the Boarding Houses by pupils, followed by tea, and in addition there was the chance to have a good look around the magnificent Science Priory Others, meanwhile, took themselves to boundary’s edge on the Square to enjoy the 1st XI’s tussle with Nottingham High School, or have a post prandial doze in the warm sunshine It was lovely to see such a range of O R s present, with the oldest having entered the School in 1941 and the youngest in 1987 It seemed to be a day greatly enjoyed by all we had the pleasure to welcome back NJK Pre lunch drinks in The Garth
The Lodge’s 100th Anniversary meeting took place at Freemasons’ Hall in London on the 18th June this year At the meeting 90 people witnessed the Lodge being presented with its Centenary Warrant before moving to the East India Club in St James’s Square for dinner 100 years may have passed but ORs are as able now as they were then to celebrate a special occasion John Pagella (L’57)
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 At the time, few could have realised the horror that was to follow the shooting of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo as Europe slid into a catastrophic conflict involving the mobilisation of 65m people worldwide of whom 8 5m were killed and 21m wounded Exactly two months earlier on the 4th June 1914 twenty five ORs attended the first meeting of the Old Reptonian Lodge at the Café Monico in London The atmosphere surrounding life at Repton in those days was recalled earlier this year at a presentation made in the 400 Hall as part of the Public School Lodges’ Council Festival on the 10th May A moving and reflective mood was struck from the outset as Ian McClary (former Staff) hosted and presented a lecture entitled ‘Two Centenaries: Repton the Lodge and the Great War’ contrasting the School as it was in 1914 with the ordered school of today where the present generation of Reptonians can look forward to a fulfilling and rewarding life in which they, rather than events beyond their control, will shape the life they lead Those interested will find the full text of Ian’s presentation at https://www orl org uk/festival/Presentation script pdf It makes compelling reading As a way of marking the occasion the OR Lodge donated funds for the renovation of the School’s war memorial and the commemorative panels in The Garth
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Gerry Slora (O’79) organised an Orchard 1979 30 year reunion in Barton Under Needwood on 6th June
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Michael Sims Simon Bradford Mark Cann (our esteemed Head of House)
Eight out of the twelve who were in that year attended Adam Wain (hair and beard) Gerry Slora (me) Charles Penty Richard Cook
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From left, Headmaster Robert Holroyd, the Assistant Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England Sir David Hugh Wootton (684th Lord Mayor of London), Worshipful Master of the OR Lodge Bill Summ (N’58)
2015: We have been invited, along with Shrewsbury, to celebrate Malver n School’s 150th Anniversary To mark this occasion there will be football matches (Old Boys and Veterans) between the three schools at Malver n on 28th February 2015 Those keen to be involved please email captain@oldreptonianfc com
OR 2nd X1 1 vs School 2nd X1 2: The old boys started well and controlled the game with the lion’s share of possession As the half went on the tie became more even with both teams doing some excellent last ditch defending The efficient distribution from the OR backline was starting to reap rewards with some strong attacks down the left The deadlock was broken through one such attack when a whipped cross was met with a precision header by W. Charlesworth (O’01). As the game went on, the old boys’ distinct lack of fitness along with a couple of injuries, saw the students take control W ith the OR goal under siege, Evans was kept busy, but his heroics couldn’t prevent the school scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to win the game Special mention to the school centre backs (Browning & Mann) and central midfielder (Swann), who will hopefully prove a strong addition to the OR ranks in the forthcoming years OR 3rd X1 2 vs School 3rd X1 5: W ith several recent Old Reptonians in the line up, many an old rivalry was renewed in a cracking game of football Repton took the lead after their striker latched on to a neat through ball and calmly slotted past the ‘keeper The retur ners ended the first half well and grabbed a deserved equaliser just before half time from A Smith (O’08) The school restored their one goal lead and if it wasn’t for some superb stand in goalkeeping from J. Carter (L’09), the game could well have been over However, D. Chandler (N’07) repeated his heroics of last year to score a superb goal from fully 40 yards, which levelled the score at 2 2 As the second half neared conclusion, the game became increasingly stretched with both sides pushing for a winner W Lewis made it 3 2 to the pupils, slotting home after some excellent work from G Poole The 3rd XI then scored two further goals on the break with O Elsom completing his hat trick
O R Fo o t b a l l - M a t c h R e p o r t s OR 1st X1 2 vs School 1st X1 5: The OR team were proud to hand debuts to 3 players who had all just left the school earlier in the year S Kosmala (O’09), J Bullock (P’12) and J O’Callaghan (S’12) The school took an early lead after J Golding (P’04) nodded into his own net from a teasing school cor ner This was quickly doubled when some slick passing resulted in a penalty which the school skipper nonchalantly tucked away Almost immediately at the other end the old boys were given a penalty of their own but the felled P Tuffy (P’08) was denied by a fine save The second half saw the retur ners concede another goal to make it 3 0 before finally taking control of the game and finding the net twice in quick succession through James Bishton and Alex Evans, the second of which was a thunderous left footed strike that dipped, ducked and dived past the school keeper to make it 3 2 W ith only ten minutes to go the old boys pushed hard for a third goal and looked good value for it However, the fitness and depth of the school squad played its part as they finished the stronger side scoring on the counter and bagging a second penalty to make the final score 5 2 to the school We wish them the best of luck with their season, not that they should need it!
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16 O R Fo o t b a l l Despite not winning a single game against the school (which must be a first for a very long time, if not ever) the Old Reptonians can be pleased to know that their talented opponents will one day be team mates every cloud! Thanks to all who took part in what was (as always) a fantastic afternoon Any leavers keen to join the ever growing ORFC are always welcome, please email captain@oldreptonianfc com
JIM DIXSON PLATE WINNERS: After being somewhat controversially dumped out of the Cup competition after Foresters fielded too many players the squad did well to remain focused and claim their first piece of silverware of the season, defeating Aldenham comfortably in the final by 2 0 Luke Duggan (O’05) won the Golden Boot with four goals in the tour nament Squad: N. Samra (N’02) (capt), A. Haynes (P’04), M.Bracegirdle (O’96), A. Evans (N’04), J. Bishton (L’02), S. Duggan (O’00) and L Duggan (O’05) ARTHUR DUNN CUP DRAW: The second round fixture must be played on or before 20th December 2014 Please keep an eye on the school website for a confirmed date, your support will be appreciated as always! GAME AT MALVERN, FEBRUARY 28th
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The teams were paired as follows: O R G S v Repton 1 Alex Murray (M’86) & Tony Bishop (P’72) vs W ill Odell & Matt Mitchell 2 David Sharpe (N’75) & Jon Gough (H’74) vs Jack Sanders (P’09) & Matt Thomas (S) 3 John Coley (H’62) & Andrew Clarke (H’62) vs Patrick Griffiths & Ian Setterington
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The match was played in the now customary mini R yder Cup style (six holes of fourball, six holes of foursomes and six holes of singles) Both teams had fourteen players competing in pairs This means there are four points available for each pair and twenty eight in total for the fourteen man team
The result was a convincing win for Repton; 151/2 121/2 The team was made up of nine pupils and five staff The staff didn’t make a huge contribution to the win; seasoned players Odell and Mitchell effectively losing their match 21/2 to 31/2
I don’t know quite why, but this fixture just seems to get better; and what a great team of guys played for the school this year Not only were they all decent golfers, but they were also very engaging company, well mannered and a credit to Repton We look forward to welcoming them all as new members of the O R G S
4th May 2014: Little Aston Golf Club OR Vets 3 vs School 4ths 4: Another closely fought game saw the old boys narrowly defeated you’ll have noticed there’s a patter n emerging! The advantage of the Lower Tower slope paid dividends in the first half as the school went in at half time 3 1 up, the Veterans being unable to cope with the pace of Litvienko, who bagged a first half hat trick The OR midfield were given no time on the ball as the schoolboys nipped at their heels
This result is even more impressive when you know that the O R G S team was lucky enough to contain the captains of all three scratch foursome’s teams; Pete Forster (N’87) (Halford Hewitt), Richard Holdsworth (C’92) (Grafton Morrish) and Alex Murray (M’86) (Queen Elizabeth Trophy) Pete Forster and Richard Holdsworth played together and lost all four points to the inspired pairing of upper sixth formers and James Frost Alex Murray (M’86) fared better with a 31/2 21/2 positive result, but he was blessed with a terrific partner The course at Little Aston was beautifully presented by new head green keeper Neil Baker and we were well looked after in the clubhouse by Wayne and his staff We very much look forward to next year’s match A E Bishop (P’72)
6 Jonathan Kofler (N’93) & Simon Armstrong (C’63) vs Liam Karai (N) & Lewis Jones (S) 7 Colin Garrett (H’70) & Mike Pett (M’93) vs James Glover (P) & Alec Davies (S)
The second half was a nervy affair for the school team The Vets had most of the possession, converting two cor ners to make it 3 3 with 10 minutes to go Unfortunately for the Vets, the pupils didn’t panic but found their form again, soaking up the pressure and hitting them on the counter to secure victory N. Samra (N’02) OR Vets Squad 17
4 Pete Forster (N’87) & Richard Holdsworth (C’92) vs W ill Swann (N) & James Frost (O’09) 5 Richard Fry (N’60) & Philip Davies (C’72) vs Russel Embury & Angus Shaw (S)
John Bolsover has all the political skills of Alec Ferguson as, at the top of his game, he hands over the captaincy to Paul Stafford (B’70) for the next three years We wish Paul the best of luck and hope he can skipper the 2015 team to their second win no pressure then! The Ber nard Darwin is played every June at Woking and supporters are welcome A.E. Bishop (P’72)
Repton beat The Leys, Uppingham, Marlborough and finally Charterhouse to put Repton on the board at Woking Golf Club as the 2014 winners This competition is a scratch, foursomes, knockout event for teams of six players over the age of 55, drawn from the original 16 schools that competed in the first Halford Hewitt event in 1924
The foursomes pairs were Carr & Andrews; Elliott & Stafford; Bolsover & Campbell
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Three years ago John Bolsover (H’60) took over the Captaincy and this year drafted in two new boys; Philip Carr (H’72) and Douglas Campbell (H’71), both of whom are seasoned Halford Hewitt players and reached the age of eligibility (55) this year
Repton's 2014 winning team: Douglas Campbell (H'71); Philip Carr (H'72); Keith Andrews (O'66); John Bolsover (H'60); Paul Stafford B'70); Myles Elliott (N'61) a e p o r
Ellie Watton (M’05) (before she won a Commonwealth Silver medal late in the Summer) Nic Reineke (P’09) (over from Germany for the weekend) with current 1st XI players Martin Jones (C’97) with 1st XI Captain Jacob Bullock Keith Andrews (O’66) with the Bernard Darwin Tropy could anyone look more pleased?
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On a sunny Sunday in June some 33 Old Reptonian men and women tur ned out for the annual OR hockey day There were two OR squads and three school ones and the five mixed teams played a round robin event For the OR teams there were players of all abilities on show, with past and current inter nationals playing alongside lesser mortals, and for the school teams, too, an impressive collection of junior inter nationals was on show No records were kept of the scores, but there were plenty of goals scored, as well as plenty missed, although it would be churlish to mention individuals in this respect, but they know who they are! All in all it was a fabulous after noon of hockey, which was enjoyed both by players and spectators alike MLJ The first Ber nard Darwin Trophy was won by Rugby in 1959 and for the last 55 years a win has eluded Repton
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As I am writing this article I am still a little stunned at how fast things have moved and how enthusiastic the response has been since I re established the Old Reptonian tennis society late last year It is great to have so many people involved, of so many different ages and abilities and I can only hope that over the coming years we can continue to help in maintaining old friendships as well as forge new ones while keeping the spirit of tennis and sport alive and well in the Old Reptonian Community
Jamie Muirhead (C’09)
When I wrote the first article for The Arch nearly a year ago, I talked of the almost unparalleled tennis heritage of the school and over the past year I believe that we have once again shown this to the rest of the country The D’Aber non Cup is the inter school competition for public school old boys; a competition which Repton has won on four previous occasions but the School has not fielded a team since 2000 This year, after battling through the qualifying rounds and dispatching the defending champions without the loss of so much as a set in the quarter finals, the team found themselves in the final competing for this prestigious trophy on SW19’s hallowed turf The six man team for the final consisted of Phil Brindley (N’02), Richard Harrison (H’92), Jamie Muirhead (C’09), Alex Grocottt (S’10), Phil Cooper (C’89) and Dan Cottier (L’99) We also had a great reaction from the rest of the society who tur ned out in their dozens to support and enjoy a fantastic sunny day by the well wor n W imbledon grass courts The opponents in the final were a strong Old Reedonians side who looked to have the edge early on after claiming two out of the three matches in match tie breaks Repton then fought back strongly to win all three matches in the second round, with Phil Brindley and Richard Harrison showing particularly commendable spirit after fighting back from an 8 4 then a 9 6 deficit to claim their match in the final set This left the score at 4 2 to Repton going into the final round, a lead which proved pivotal as the Old Reptonians secured victory 6 matches to 3 In this incredibly close fought contest, 6 of the 9 matches were decided by a match tie break Overall an enthralling day of tennis and with so many of the matches poised on such a knife edge, I must again extend my thanks to all those that made the effort to come down and support It may well have been that this extra energy proved the difference between victory and defeat After the match, a presentation ceremony took place on the iconic front steps of the All England Lawn Tennis Club centre court that has played host to so much sporting history and drama in the past The team soaked up the moment and smiled for a photograph that will be treasured for many years to come by proud family, friends and competitors alike In all too short a time, the trophy was removed to be placed back in its rightful home next to that for the W imbledon singles championships I must commend the team not only on their excellent performance and determination but also for the friendly and sportsmanlike spirit that the matches were played in I hope that next year will bring as much success and tennis related happiness to everyone as this year has done and that the society continues to flourish If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Jamie Muirhead at muirheadjamie@gmail com
The next stage of my project, upon which I have already made some progress is to update the Old Reptonian War Register which was published in 1920, and, by combining it with later registers, cuttings and obituaries, to outline the military service and subsequent lives of those Old Reptonians who survived the conflict If any of you have any material which you feel could be useful to this long term endeavour I’d be very grateful to hear from you Paul Stevens, School Archivist Five of the 24 Old Reptonians who fell in 1914 were
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The Great War
Wednesday 5th Concert: Keep the Home Fires Bur ning (Wartime Music from Repton)
Following below and on the opposite page are their photographs and a short obituary on each man
This November we begin our commemoration of the Old Reptonians who fell in the conflict with an exhibition in Pears School I’ve been working towards this one since my last exhibition in the T ithe Bar n in 2009, and this will be a much expanded exploration of the progress of the war and include updated biographical panels on each of the 355 men who died on active service during the Great War Pupils will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition during the daytime, and in the evenings there are the following special events which the wider community is invited to attend:
C o m m e m o r a t i n g t h e G re a t Wa r
Thursday 6th Leather Lecture: Professor Hugh Brogan: Repton and the Great War
Flight Lieutenant Charles Francis Beevor (Latham 1905) Shot down over Flanders 05th November 1914 aged 22 Beevor is pictured here enjoying a bottle of Perrier at Hendon Aerodrome in the early autumn of 1914 The Reptonian reported “Lieutenant Beevor was the hero of a startling aerial comedy at Lierre Going up in his Avro he found things too warm at 5000 feet and as usual, began to descend, thus gaining speed to avoid the enemy's fire His spiral, however, was too steep, and there was nothing else to do but to loop the loop This he did, subsequently being welcomed with wild acclamation by the Belgian soldiers, who thought this feat looping the loop under fire the limit in British coolness!”
A pupil later recalled that before they went to join their regiments, boys went round the bedders on their last night at Repton, “shaking hands with everyone, knowing, as we also knew, that in the following term, at a service in Chapel we might hear their names read out by the headmaster in the casualty list for that week ”
A Reptonian editorial speaks of the first year of the war as "a year in which more than one third of our numbers have left, in which a whole generation has been prematurely swept away, and those who are left have gone on with much the same duties, the same work, the same games as before, never unconscious of the chill of a great shadow over them, of ever lengthening casualty lists, and of personal friends hourly in danger of death "
Monday 3rd Peter Barton Lecture: Challenging History: the Quest for Corroboration
Flight Lieutenant Charles Francis Beevor (Latham 1905) Major Herbert Theodore Cliff (Priory 1890) Lieutenant Patrick Maxwell Murray (Priory 1903) Lieutenant Charles Frederick Phayre (Mitre 1905) Lieutenant Basil Hamilton Woods (Brook 1906)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War, and over the next four years, as part of our commemoration, I hope to give you regular features on its impact on the School, and on its former pupils
Tuesday 4th John Golding: War Poetry: The Line of Duty
All events are in Pears School at 7 30 pm, but the doors will be open at 6pm to allow visitors to look at the exhibition If you are interested in attending any of the events please could you email me at pjs@repton org uk or send me a letter via the School
Lieutenant Charles Frederick Phayre (Mitre 1905)
Killed in action near Mons 27th August 1914 aged 23 His Captain wrote “I ordered a charge and the company dashed forward, and he was well in front We were met by a blasting fire, and numbers of the men fell He got within 30 yards of the enemy’s trench, and there was shot dead, falling with his head towards the enemy, 10 yards in front of his men ”
Lieutenant Patrick Maxwell Murray (Priory 1903)
Major Herbert Theodore Cliff (Priory 1890)
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The Reptonian reported “He was killed while releasing some poor French peasants from a bur ning house in which they had been locked by the Germans The peasants escaped, but Major Cliff lost his life ”
Lieutenant Basil Hamilton Woods (Brook 1906) Killed by the explosion of a German mine under his motor launch on the Suez Canal 17th December 1914 aged 23 His Colonel wrote to Basil’s parents “His loss, I can assure you, is very keenly felt by me, as Woods was one of my most promising Lieutenants I trust you will treasure the remembrance that your son was not only respected by all ranks, but we and all the men were fond of him as only soldiers can be ”
Killed in Action at the Battle of the Aisne 20th September 1914 aged 24 His Colonel wrote “After a very dashing advance in which he was one of the first to gain the trenches, he was there killed instantaneously while encouraging his men and watching every tur n of the fight at his own peril ”
Killed in Action 13th October 1914 aged 39
Reptonian Editorial, October 1914 C o m m e m o r a t i n g t h e G re a t Wa r The Great War 22
Shooting VIII at the Ashburton Shield competition, July 15th 1913 Half of them died in the Great War.
This term we welcome a new Head master May his stay here be fraught with pleasure for him and for us. It cannot be denied that he has a hard task before him to deserve a place in the esteem of Reptonians equal to that held by his predecessor; but we are confident that he will not fall far short even in this high aim Fate has favoured him in sending him at a most auspicious time, when a crisis without has awakened, we hope, in every one of us a new feeling of responsibility and a more definite object in view, which ought to render his task of settling down all the easier We have no real doubt that these feelings of duty and responsibility are present in all our minds now, although anything that by any stretch of the imagination can be called sentimental is apt now a days to be dismissed at once as ridiculous or effeminate. But the number of O R s who are at present serving their country shows that considerations such as these have appealed and are appealing to Reptonians to an extent that may well make us feel pride in our School In this connection we are requested to ask that names and units of all O R s who are serving their country, in whatever capacity, be sent as soon as possible to W H Topham, The Thatched House, Repton, Burton¬ on Trent, either by the O R s themselves or by their friends or relations This requestapplies especially to those whose names do not appear in The Gazette The object of this is not only that a record may be kept, but also to enable a list to be published that O R s may know where to look for each other We believe that the need of such a list is keenly felt among O R s, and we hope it may be possible to bring it out very shortly We understand that it will be in the form of a supplement to the annual O R List, and will be sent direct to all Members of the O.R. Society. But the O R s who have already received commissions or enlisted in the ranks represent only a part of the service Repton has undertaken to perform. Through the O T C we here are preparing ourselves in some small degree in case we are required Military training that is sandwiched in between school and football without materially affecting either must necessarily be very superficial in a soldier's eyes, but we hope that if any of us get into regiments we shall be able to make a start considerably above the absolute beginner. To our usual parade on Monday is added a second, on Friday There are lectures, or magnified corps classes, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; while Wednesday afternoons are devoted to field operations But we must not forget that the School has another duty to perform No doubt it is the primary duty of the whole of the British Isles in general and Repton in particular to send soldiers to fight for the King, but it is no less the duty of Repton to provide for her own future England is said, with not a little truth, to be working on the motto, “Business as usual ” According to the same motto, on us devolves the task of keeping the School going on its ordinary peaceful course: for an England without Repton ought to be inconceivable to every Reptonian. It cannot be denied that life here seems very dull in comparison with the stirring scenes that are being acted so near us, but we may console ourselves with the thought that in staying here we are doing a good work Meanwhile, though we are not thrilled with the excitement of war, we are feeling its privations Our water supply is quite failing to do its duty It reaches the top of the water tower but then proceeds to lose itself Whether this leakage is due to the machinations of a German spy in our midst, or merely the result of clumsiness on the part of the men who profess to be laying drains, has not been discovered. If the former is the case we may assure the said spy in confidence that his tricks are not in any way cowing our martial spirit
Yours, etc , ‘Patriot ’ (Since this letter came to us the National Anthem has been sung twice in Chapel. We hope the custom will be continued regularly next term Ed)
L e t t e r s t o t h e R e p t o n i a n f ro m t h e F ro n t , O c t o b e r 1 9 1 4
We are glad to be able to print one or two letters from O R s who are at present in France, which we hope will be of interest to our readers We are very grateful to those who have given us these letters, and shall be glad to receive others that may be of general interest
W. S. Allen (Priory: 1909 1913), Corporal R E (Motor Cyclist), under the heading "General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force, France," writes: “I am out here as a dispatch rider and am getting a good deal to do They made all motor cyclists corporals in the R E s We don't go up to the actual firing line very often, but when we do we make a good mark I had a shrapnel quite close enough to be comfortable the other day. All these letters have to be censored, so I cannot give any news. I had my third wash (all over) in six weeks today; I was thankful for it ”
Letter to the Editor of the Reptonian, December 1914
We also think that the following extracts from a letter referring to M J Livingstone Learmonth (Orchard: 1908 1913), 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards, will be of interest: “Jack has been in all the engagements from Mons onwards, and at Compiègne he carried five men out of action The next day his right leg gave out. Of course he had some extraordinary escapes: a bullet through his left puttie, knocked down by the base of a shell, and a shrapnel bullet hitting him on the stomach At Landrecies he had a hair breadth escape from capture by Uhlans The regiment was in billets, and he and another officer were sleeping in a grocer's shop In the night word was passed round to move on as the Germans were approaching No bugler The man sent to tell Jack and his friend rushed off with the transport and never came near them, and they were awakened by a shell bursting in the house opposite, which broke the glass of the window of the room they were in Hurriedly dressing they found the Germans in occupation, and had to hide in a cellar; then, seeing a British Red Cross man riding down the street, they hid behind his horse and got some way without being discovered When they were seen they bolted into a public house and out the other side, then through a churchyard and down the main road for all they were worth Soon about thirty Uhlans came thundering after them with lances levelled, and when they thought all was up five men of “The Queens” showed out in the road from behind a house, and the Uhlans turned tail and bolted back But they were not ten yards off when they turned; too close to be pleasant He left the front five days ago, having been put in charge of German prisoners six officers and 353 men whom he delivered safely at Southampton yesterday, having brought them all through France to St Nazaire by train, from which place they embarked ”
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Dear Sirs, Would it not be more patriotic if the National Anthem was sung in Chapel more often? After all it helps to remind us that England is at war, and Repton is part of England!
H J C Hawkins (Priory: 1904 1908), writing on September 21st from No 3 Company IV Divisional Train, says: “We have been ten days now without a move forward as the Germans have a very strong position here. The Fourth Division are, as you know, right in the thick of it, as they have been all the time Soon, I believe, we shall manoeuvre the brutes out of their stronghold, and then the advance will continue I was in that awful retreat and my lot were the rearguard We had several narrow shaves of being scuppered, but just got away in time. Rather sport, once or twice, being chased by Uhlans. A day or two ago I got knocked over by one of those high explosive shells, which burst fifteen yards off me, but luckily for me they are very local and don't do much damage except where they burst But if they hit you, goodbye They blew six of my heavy draught horses to bits the next day; you could only see the head and neck of two of them afterwards One driver of a wagon was blown off his box, but was not killed. The others were all wounded badly. Now we have to take the supplies up to the troops in the dark. That first fortnight nearly killed me; I never got any sleep at all Now we are stationary it's all right; like being in heaven Our losses have been very few lately, but the number of wounded compared with those killed is extraordinarily out of proportion with former wars This is due to the enormous shell fire compared with rifle fire Five hundred German shells killed one man and wounded one yesterday The man was not in the place where he ought to have been, and that is why he was killed.”
4 At some time during the war he was wounded, and was in hospital, but I do not know the details
5 He was later transferred to The Royal Engineers Signal Section, as he could ride,and he became the Brigade Signals Officer The Brigade Signals Troop were all mounted then The only means of communication in those days, besides pigeons, was the field telephone, and they had to lay line forward from the Brigade Headquarters to the Battalions I understood that, with his very capable sergeant, they virtually invented the ‘earth retur n’ by using a fence instead of the issued cable when the distance to one of the battalions was further than the regulation amount of cable issued REPTON, and indeed all England, is at present undergoing a searching criticism; for England is now being flooded with foreign refugees: not cosmopolitan travellers who have become indifferent to strange sights, and will pass by national eccentricities without comment, but commonplace citizens of some large manufacturing town or rough country peasants, to whom the very idea of customs different from their own is strange, and who must at once remark on any novel sight In short, they must be continually criticising. This is not a plea that we should be on our best behaviour for the benefit of those unfortunates who have been driven from their homes and forced to seek shelter in a strange land But we do wonder what they are thinking of us and our ways. It is our opinion that, though no doubt, if we may say so with boasting, they have strong feelings of gratitude towards us, those feelings are tempered by wonder and even pity Here are families, very likely just escaped by the skin of their teeth we hear indeed that some refugees at Hilton are actually wounded men and women who have seen the hordes of the Kaiser's armies and heard the roar of the German siege guns, and they come to Repton, barely 250 miles from Antwerp, and find us carrying on our school life exactly as usual These Belgians may see our martial prowess on Wednesday afternoons, but on Thursdays it has all passed away, and boys straggle out in the teeth of a biting wind, with bare knees and every other sign of discomfort, to spend their leisure in a game of football. C'est Magni¬fique possibly mais ce n’est pas la guerre We do not suggest that football ought to be dropped; far from it. As a game it may have its disadvantages, but the theory of continuing our normal round is the best we can hold But though we must not let the war affect the Latin con., we must not let it pass out of mind.
1 He never drew his pistol, because those carrying a pistol were the targets for the enemy especially their snipers Instead he carried a rifle, which was probably a good thing, and his Bisley experience was obviously an advantage
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2 He tucked his sword behind him so that it was not obvious He told me that he only used his sword when out of the line in a rest area as a toasting fork as the bread was rather stale
John Cann’s (O’49) father never talked much about his experiences during the war We are very grateful to John for sharing his few precious memories Hugh John Cann (O’1910) (1896 1957) was bor n in Somerset and in 1910 went to Repton where he was in Pat Exham’s House, now the Orchard I do not think that he achieved much academically, and in his last year he was in The Army Class Whether this was because those aiming to join the army had a different syllabus, or were not very academic is not known Whilst he was at Repton he was in the shooting VIII and it was from this that he took an instant liking to Bisley He won the school Bisley Shield for the best shot in 1914 At the end of July 1914 the school went to cadet camp In those days all boys joined the OTC as it was called, and all boys had to go to camp Whilst at camp the war broke out, and one mor ning all those prepared to go to the war were asked to take a step forward All the army class did, as well as many others of the right age Camp was disbanded and the boys went home A few weeks later my father got a telegram telling him to report to The War Office (now MOD) for an interview At the interview he was told that he had been selected for Sandhurst, and when asked when he was to go they replied ‘tomorrow’ Off he went to Sandhurst and later was commissioned into The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (The Loyals) where his uncle and godfather was a colonel Sometime in 1915 he went with his battalion to France and served near Ypres He never talked about the war He only said a few things:
3 In 1917 when he was in the trenches he had his 21st birthday He was called back to Battalion Headquarters to be given half a pint of beer by the Commanding Officer and wished a happy 21st When he finished his beer he was told to get back to his men in the trenches
Indeed we cannot Our Roll of Honour in each issue drives home for us the stern reality of our danger As the papers are continually impressing on us, England wants men now, and in the future she will want men, men, more men We must not forget that now we have to subordinate all our occupa¬tions to one end, how to beat back and crush the Germans For we are quite unable to realise how vastly the lives of everyone of us would be affected if we were beaten We do not wish to seem pessimistic; but looked at in the most favourable light, the more seriously we set out to oppose the enemy, the sooner will the war be over Above all, we must not grumble at the extremely light burden of Corps routine which is imposed on us here
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From my bed on the fourth floor of the Stroke ward in Gloucester Royal Hospital on the mor ning of Saturday 1st March 2014, I stared at the dull white ceiling that needed a good lick of paint My brain ached I just could not figure out why I was here I knew that something awful had happened Someone seemed to have sliced my brain in half I could move, very slowly, but every move was a considered thought My right hand was useless, a dead wand, my right fingers were senseless As I blinked my way out of the mists, I looked around and sucked in reality, slowly Everything was slow now, how could I think this slowly? I kept thinking I sat up Effort Huge effort I steadied myself and looked around Eight bodies just lay there Blinking but listless One man smiled and said hello I could not even retur n this common gesture Some inaudible grunt left my lips and I raised my one good hand in acknowledgement of understanding My shallow rapid breathing was a result of the effort that I had made to just sit up Thank God I had a window I swung my legs to try and propel myself erect, to walk towards my vision of the outside world I steadied myself, hands propped against the window pane, and again tried to take in how hard trying to move was I clearly remember tears falling steadily down my cheeks in sadness I can't say anything I can barely think I can't do anything I can't move It was so so sad Everything that was me had been tor n apart My full bladder jolted my senses awake As the tears of shame flowed, hidden by the open ward, I made a series promises, one by one, as my brain started to sort its self out I would never use a bed pan If it killed me, I would walk to the bathroom I felt the room cheer me on as I staggered, a foot at a time, to the door Minutes passed as I made my way across the ward, every eye was on me I made it This was so hard My head ached I had to think and plan every move I remember trying to recall what the washing drill was again My right arm was useless The soap useless in my dead paw The sensations of running water over my hands seemed peculiar I sucked my breath in as I gathered myself for the trek back to my bed All of ten metres, one would have thought that this was a marathon As I reached my bed, I made another promise I would sit on my chair, not lie down This was a belligerent gesture Stick two fingers up to one and all, I was elated If I could do it once, then I could do it every time! Slowly that after noon my series of promises grew I would get up at 6 00 every mor ning and shower clean myself and shave I would force myself to use my toothbrush and razor with my right hand Sometimes I had to do it with two hands, but I did it Everything I used to do with my right hand, I pushed myself to do it with that right hand I could write better with my left on day one By the end of that first week I could write better with my right Everyday I could see that the more effort I put in, the better I became That drove me to do more Better to fall down trying rather than miss a day being more competent That was my maxim Sure I fell down, but who hasn't? As the nodes of my brain started to grow back, I just knew I could do this The condition of Aphasia had been diagnosed I had had a severe Cardioembolic stroke My mission was to get fit, and through physical exercise I knew I could get better My son and I had a dream The dream was to stand on the roof of Africa I lay there at night, picturing that summit Every night I had been there before I knew it I knew how hard it was to get there This was my goal Our goal It had to be in July 2014 and not 2015, as everyone suggested Everyone laughed Only two people didn't My son and I We had the belief On the after noon of Friday March 7th I came home On Saturday I got up as usual at 6 00 am and showered I walked down and put on my walking boots I picked my phone, just in case, and as the light started to show me the way, I took my first steps towards making summiting Kilimanjaro a reality On that Friday, July 11th, my 17yr old son became the first person in the world on to the Peak at Uhuru Peak at 06 10 hrs I followed him to take him in my arms It has been an amazing four months 25
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For lots of reasons:
• A better career opportunity, the weather, the incredible generous, kindness, friendliness and natural self confidence of Americans, And the country’s economic self sufficiency
• The total lack of “class” that encourages personal entrepreneurship, wonderful fast food outlets, the wide open spaces and the sheer size of the country, the efficient interstater road system (sadly in serious need of new funding and repair) and an extraordinarily sophisticated airline system
Who? What? Where? When? Fo r m e r L o n d o n e r a n d h i s l i f e l o n g a f f a i r w i t h A m e r i c a – M i c h a e l Jo l l ey ( O ’ 4 7 ) Courtesy of The Arizona Star July 4th 2014 Mike was invited to write for the Independence Day issue The year was 1973 As an aeronautical engineer, I was working for Rolls Royce in London One fateful mor ning, I was summoned into the presence of the personnel director “Jolley,” he intoned, “we want you to go to New York for two years Find out what makes the U S tick and then come back to London” All my years of scheming had worked! My South African bor n wife, Judy, and I never went back to live in London, and in 1984 we proudly became citizens Today I can claim a unique 40:40 Forty years lived in each country and a citizen of both It all started just before Christmas 1942 As a present, my mother took me to London for the first time We stayed at the Strand Palace hotel, and for the first sightseeing trip we walked toward Trafalgar Square I shall never forget the sight Striding down toward us was a soldier, well over 6 feet tall, in an immaculate uniform, looking happy and confident like a million dollars “Mother”, I asked , “who is he?” Her reply; “He is an American” Six months later, America’s rearmament programme resulted in the appearance of the first Army Air Corps’ B 17 bombers on England’s East Anglian airfields For a 10 year old schoolboy, what could be more exciting than seeing huge four engined silver airplanes droning across the sky, crewed by young men who spoke with a strange drawl and who gave unlimited supplies of a splendid thing call gum chum!!
• The ability to integrate refugees and make them Americans, a political system that drives one crazy but is still fascinating (will they ever give the president a six year term?) and successful national attempts to minimize racism
It was too much Sometime in that summer of ’43, I announced to my fellow school mates that “I wanted to become a Yank”
There are inevitable downsides In particular, the obsession with guns, resulting in tragedies like Columbine and Newtown, with 11,000 firearm related deaths in 2013 Why is it that the text of the Second Amendment to the amazing and brilliant U S Constitution has become so grossly distorted over the years? And another thing The World Cup has hopefully demonstrated to U S football enthusiasts that soccer is a really exciting inter national game and deserves support We recently visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York The U S is brilliant at creating war memories, and 9/11 is no exception Viewing the site of the two World Trade Centres and listening to the last messages from the victims to their families is a sobering experience America is an amazing country We have serious problems, like the threat of terrorism, air pollution, and for us in Tuscon, a very serious water shortage I am convinced that we will solve these problems , and that’s why I love America
The nickname was inevitable, and the enthusiasm for all things American grew There was a B 17 base within a bike ride from home, and a friend and I would sometimes get up early to watch the mor ning take offs, and the amazing sight of 60 B 17’s going off to war Why did I forsake the U K for America?
Mike is former vice president of Rolls Royce Inc, who now lives in Tuscon
• Some of the best newspapers in the world, the wonderfully diverse theatre and Hollywood’s ability to make brilliant movies 600 a year
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Professor Ian Roulstone (N’73) has published a popular science book "Invisible in the Storm: the role of mathematics in understanding weather" Full details can be found on Princeton University Press's website: http://press princeton edu/titles/9957 html
• A number of Repton pupils have attended the competitive Gifted and Talented courses run by Villiers Park: Jacob Bullock (U6P): French: Language and Identity; Jack Sanders (U6P): Spanish and Latin American Society, Histor y and Culture; Lili Kettlewell (U6M): Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Rowan Saunders (U6O): Physics: How the Universe Lives and Dies; Annabel Findlay (U6A): Geography: Geographical Imaginations; Deepak Devikanand (L6P): Biology: Cell Biology and Genetics; Caitlin Fur niss (L6G): Histor y: Science and Sexuality: the Enlightenment from 1660 to Today; Hanyi Wang (L6M): Exploration of Space; W illiam Acker nley (L6C): Mathematics: Chaos or Clear Cut?; Grace Buchanan (L6A): Creative Writing and Darcey Scheel (L6A): Biology: Ecology and Evolution
• Anna Andreeva (L6F) and Lydia Fitzsimons (L6F) attended the Cambridge University Sixth Form Law Conference
• Katie Guest (L6F), Matthew Storer (L6P), Max W ilson (L6S) and Andrew Oxburgh (L6O) made up the winning team in a regional inter schools' European languages debating tour nament, 'War of the Words' held at Ratcliffe College The Sixth Form Hispanists came runners up in the Scoop! Jour nalism event, and an A and B block team of juniors also came runners up in their European Business Language challenge
• The newly formed Marriott Society has had a rich year with secretaries Clare Gething Lewis (U6M) and Daniel Darby (U6L) leading the Society in some excellent evenings These have included visiting speakers Heather Wheeler MP, Nick Raynsford MP, Nick W illiams, the legal counsel for Amnesty Inter national, and a number of joint evenings with other societies including both Hampshire and the Law Society
• In the 2013 public examinations, the boys and girls achieved 16% A*; 52% A*A and 79% A*AB at A level, and at GCSE, 32% A* and 66% A*A
• The Debating Society has had its best year to date under the leadership of Phoebe Jones (U6A) and Thomas Hunter (U6P) Students have competed in the Cambridge, Nottingham and Durham Schools' competition and have also taken part in the Debating Matters qualifying events There are now over 50 active members in the society with a strong cohort of junior debaters rising through the ranks The most successful moment was in Durham when Hannah Robertson (U6A) and Alasdair Hastewell (U6O) won the Novice Cup, beating around sixty other students, signifying Repton's first trophy at this competition
• Theo Morris (L6C) and Kamma Hvass (L6A) have been awarded Scholarships Finley Saunders (5O) has been invited to attend a Smallpeice Trust course on Railway Engineering
• Charlie Keen (L6M) was successfully nominated to attend the China Global Experience and Hong Kong Extension of the Global Young Leaders Programme, in the summer of 2014
• Anna Andreeva’s (L6F) winning entry ‘Missing the Point’ in the Young Writers ‘The Power of Poetr y’ competition, meant that her poem was selected for publication in the anthology ‘The Power of Poetr y Talented Voices’ Trinity Hall, Cambridge ranked Jack O’Callaghan’s (U6S) essay ‘Writing can never be original: ever ything that can be said has already been said before’ , fourth in its essay competition Matthew Storer (L6P) won the runner up prize in the Corpus Christi College Cambridge Philosophy Essay Competition for his essay entitled ‘I love chocolate and I want to get the most enjoyment I can when I eat it But I know that I enjoy eating chocolate more if I delay eating it than if I eat it right now So I always have a good reason not to eat chocolate right now Does it therefore follow that as a chocolate lover I have a good reason never to eat chocolate?’
• The Ramsey Society had one of its most vibrant and cerebrally challenging years of the moder n era To mention only a few papers is, of course, invidious, but worthy of note were Rowan Saunders’ (U6O) essay on Artificial Intelligence; Thomas Hunter’s (U6P) on the question of Personal Identity; Madeleine Galbraith’s (U6F) paper on the value of Contemporary Art; Michael Hynes’ (U6N) paper on the Philosophy of T ime and Alasdair Hastewell’s (U6O) paper on some of the problems of Epistemology
• In the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge open to O Block and below, Emily W inson Bushby (5M), Rebecca W illiams (5M), Daniel Hudson (5O), Justin Fong (5S), Sarah Hignett (5A), Daniel Yung (5S), Charmaine Tam (5A), Maxim Hibbs (5S), Madeleine Sanders (5F), Keling Wu (5A), Amelia Tarrant (4M), Nathan Hurdman (4P), W illiam Davies (4O), Catherine McEwan (4A), Rhys Methven (4P), Matthew Clark (4N), Ar nav Rai (3P) and Peter Cheng (3C) all achieved Gold certificates Subsequently Thomas Hvass (3P), Ar nav, Peter, Nathan, W illiam, Catherine, Rebecca, Amelia, Daniel, Maxim, Sarah, Charmaine, Justin and Keling were invited to take part in the Kangaroo follow on rounds where Ar nav and Thomas were awarded Merits Emily was invited to take part in the Olympiad paper in which she achieved a Merit certificate and she was subsequently invited to a prestigious mathematics course to be held at St Anne’s College, Oxford 27
• Special mention should go to six Reptonians who received places or offers to study at Oxford/Cambridge universities: Tom Hackwood (L’12) has a place to read Land Economy (Robinson College, Cambridge) and five leavers have conditional offers: Madeleine Galbraith (U6F) to read History of Art (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge); Alasdair Hastewell (U6O) to read Physics and Philosophy (Balliol College,Oxford); Thomas Hunter (U6P) to read PPE (Keble College, Oxford); Michael Hynes (U6N) to read Physics (Keble College, Oxford) and James Novotny (U6P) to read Economics and Management (Pembroke College, Oxford) Alasdair also received an unconditional offer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA which he has accepted
Secretaries Francesca Beharrell (U6A), Alasdair Hastewell (U6O) and Imogen Wollaston (U6F) edited the second edition of ‘Made in Hampshire’ to which over 20 Reptonians contributed philosophical articles
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School News A c h i eve m e n t s & A c t iv i t i e s 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4
• Adam Cartlidge (U6S), Thomas Hunter (U6P), and Abigail Reading (U6A) have all led The Hampshire Society in its second year The society has welcomed numerous members of Common Room and outside speakers, and held a joint society event with Rugby School Maxim Hibbs (5S), Daniel Hudson (5O), and Emily W inson Bushby (5M) were the Hamlets’
• Ellie May Evans (L6A) and Emily Brookes (L6A) were awarded places on the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project They visited Auschwitz Birkenau in souther n Poland and made a presentation on the subject to members of the Lower School
• Latham House won both the Unisons and Harmonies The Music Competitions had approximately 300 initial entrants
Meanwhile, the Gold Award continues to be very popular, and offers participants the opportunity to display sustained commitment to public service over an 18 month period
• Claire Stoll (U6G) and Alexander Crisp (U6L) have both completed an RAF Gliding Scholarship
• The Fashion Show took place in January, involved over 100 pupils and showcased collections from 36 designers across all year groups
• The Orchestra performed works including Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and sections of Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra The String Orchestra and the various Chamber groups gave a Chamber Concert performing works including Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, No 3
• The School Play in November was Major Barbara directed by Head of English, James W ilton and showcased a wealth of talent, with two different casts alter natively over four nights The Junior School Plays were The Show’s the Thing and Streuth The Lent Term Charity Cabaret involved over 150 pupils in music, drama, mime, dance and comedy It played over four nights to a total audience of 1,100 and over £16,000 was raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust
• It has been another busy and successful year in the life of our musicians The Chapel Choir sang at Chester Cathedral and the Chamber Choir gave a joint evensong with the choir of Jesus College, Cambridge • MusSoc (Choral Society) combined with The Derby Bach Choir to perform Verdi’s Requiem
School News A c h i eve m e n t s & A c t iv i t i e s 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4 c o n t i n u e d
• Fourteen ORs retur ned to talk about their professions to the Lower Sixth at the annual Careers Forum Sixth Form and O Block pupils have enjoyed a variety of career presentations this year on a diverse range of professions including jour nalism, sports coaching, law and life as a junior officer at Sandhurst
The following members of the RAF Section have been awarded ‘Instructor Cadet’ status by the RAF: Alexander Crisp (U6L); Joseph Jankinson (U6L); Rowan Saunders (U6O); Daniel Vincent (U6O); Momoko Otsuka (U6G); Claire Stoll (U6G); Ethan Ananda Rajan (L6C) and R yan Cheng (L6C)
• Robbie Astin (U6C); Maud Davies (U6A); Rosie Davis (G’09); Georgia Gillbanks (U6G); Rachel Higgins (U6M); Lili Kettlewell (U6M) and Sevi Matthews (U6A) travelled to Dreamland School in Ghana Through their fundraising events they funded the establishment of an Inter net Café to provide a source of sustainable income for the school This July, eight Lower Sixth pupils visited Ghana to strengthen Repton’s links with Dreamland School
• In May, 19 Reptonians and two Foremarkians along with friends and family cycled 140 miles from Repton to Old Hunstanton for the Repton Beach Bike Ride The ride raised over £5,500 for Team Bryant, a charity to support young adults with cancer
• The Reptonian 2014 is another splendid edition, reflecting the diversity and quality of all that the School offers in sports, activities and culture There is a strong academic gravitas to the Features section in particular, this year, with weighty contributions from both staff and pupils thanks to the hard work of the Editorial team, led by Jacob Bullock (U6P)
• Our Lower Sixth Conference took place over three days in June on the subject of Jour neying Beyond Repton
The combination of events on the day and the support of Houses through dinners meant that over 39 inter national, national and local charities benefitted
• Fifteen A block pupils took part in the annual exchange with Repton Dubai
• The Sixth Form linguists have enjoyed study trips to Paris and Salamanca Artists, Textilers and Photographers have made regular trips to London and other cities to view Art and in March, 29 Sixth Form Artists went to New York on an educational and sightseeing visit The Sixth Form geographers visited the USA in October whilst the A Block enjoyed a trip to Iceland in March
• Hannah Walsh (U6F) and Alexander Nield (U6O) achieved an intermediate skiing qualification with the British Army Ski training team in Bavaria
• This year, over £22,000 was raised by the annual Sale of Work
• This year, 31 participants more than double the previous record completed the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award
• The aggregate House Music Cup was a tie, with Latham and Orchard sharing the prize 28
• Concert Band and Jazz Band gave their Christmas Concerts in the 400 Hall
• There was similar success in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge open to O Block and above Raees Rauf (U6C), Charles Hu (U6P), David Zeng (U6S), Jonathan Leung (U6L), Jack O’Callaghan (U6S), Alasdair Hastewell (U6O), Joseph Jankinson (U6L), Marcus W ilcock (U6C), Tanay Suri (U6P) and W illiam Acker nley (L6C) all achieved Gold certificates Charles, David, Jonathan, Jack, Alasdair, Joseph and W illiam were all invited to take part in the Kangaroo follow on round where David, Charles and W illiam were awarded Merits Raees was invited to take part in the Olympiad paper where he narrowly missed out on a Merit certificate
• Repton also entered both the junior and senior team UKMT competitions again this year The senior team finished as runners up in the regional heat and the junior team finished a respectable third in a competitive heat
The following Reptonians gained their Gold Awards this year: Zöe Fur ness (U6G); Eve Thomas Davies (U6F); Hannah Walsh (U6F) and eight ORs Elizabeth Duggleby (M’08); Benjamin Berry (L’08); Emily Addison (M’11); Joanna Holroyd (F’08); Cameron Melville (P’08); Andrew Findlay (S’07); Amy Furness (G’07) and Oliver Welch (S’07)
• Five Old Reptonians Susie Gilbert (F’02), Georgie Twigg (F’03), Ellie Watton (M’05), Shona McCallin (A’08) and Jo Leigh (G’09) have been training with the Great Britain Hockey Squads as part of the preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympics
• The 2013 Captain of Cricket Nitish Kumar (N’11) won the Cricket Society Award for Schools’ All rounder of the Year and The Walter Lawrence Trophy for highest score for a school against the MCC He has since scored his maiden first class hundred for Canada against the UAE and made half centuries against South Africa and West Indies in the U19 Cricket World Cup in February
• In the Repton Musician of the Year competition, the Junior Prize went to Katie Jankinson (5M) and the Senior Prize to Katie Guest (L6F)
• Joseph Jankinson (U6L) (oboe) Katie Jankinson (5M) (violin), Matthew Jankinson (3L) (trombone) and Kyoko Canaway (4G) (bassoon) have been invited to play in the Royal Festival Hall, with the prestigious Duet Philharmonic Orchestra, drawn from schools across the UK
• Old Reptonian footballer Will Hughes (N’08) was voted in the 2013/14 Championship Team of the Year
• The Girls’ U18 swimming Team became National Independent Schools Medley Relay Champions in March, winning the title by over 2 seconds Harriet Cooper (L6F) was placed 5th in the 50m Freestyle and 7th in the 100m Freestyle at The British Senior Swimming Championships in April 29
• The ISFA representative teams contained several Reptonians R yan Binns (U6C), Stephen Kosmala (U6O), Lewis Ratcliffe (U6L) and Jack O’Callaghan (U6S) at U18 level and Jack Bull (4O) and W illiam Norcross (4S) both represented the ISFA U15 team at various points during the season Max Gracie Ainscough (3N), Luke Tandy (3N) and James Parton (3C) were all selected to represent the ISFA U14 team this season
• The School enjoyed further extraordinary success on the hockey pitches this year We reached six of the possible ten National Finals and the season ended with three National T itles and two runners up placings The Girls' 1st XI, captained by Georgina Whitehouse (U6M), became Midland U18 Champions for the twelfth consecutive year They followed this up by winning both the National U18 Indoor and National Outdoor T itles The Girls' U16 team became National Indoor Champions
• More Reptonians have been in inter national hockey action this year than in any other previous season: Dan Darby (U6L) with the England U21 team; Aaron Hibell (U6O), Andrew Oxburgh (L6O), Elliot Hibell (5O), Erica Sanders (L6G), Olivia Hopkisson (L6A), Flora Peel (L6F) and Lilie Lamacraft (L6G) with the England U18s; Ben Clague (L6P) with Wales U18, Oliver Rogerson (4C), Esme Burge (4G) and Amelia Tarrant (4M) with the England U16 team James Sookias (4S) has recently been invited to train with the England U15 squad
• Masterclasses continue and included a visit by Ronan O’Hara, Head of Keyboard at The Guildhall School of Music The Coffee Concerts, the Informal Concert Series and The Scholars’ Concert have all been strong this year
• The U15A team won the Burton & District Cup, whilst the U14A team won the Burton & District Cup and lifted the Staffordshire U14 County Cup with a fabulous 3 1 win in the Final
• Many prominent musicians played during the Subscription Series Highlights include the departmental Shakespeare Concert and The Opera Café
• Claudia Atkinson (4F), and Isabel Markham (4F) were both successful in their National Youth Choir auditions Eve Thomas Davis (U6F) was a finalist in the Dalesmen Singing Competition
• Joseph Jankinson (U6L) was awarded DipABRSM in Oboe Hannah Sherry (4G) won the U16 Piano prize at the Kerry Young Musician of the Year
• The 1st VII netball team were crowned county champions and reached the Midlands finals finishing in fifth place They also came third place in the prestigious Oundle tour nament in which many of the top teams in the Midlands compete The U16s were crowned county champions, regional champions and came a very respectable thirteenth place in the National Finals held near Chester They were undefeated in their inter school fixtures The U15A team were also crowned county champions, had an unbeaten season and were also crowned victors of the Uppingham U15 tour nament The Under 15B team were hot on their heels and enjoyed an unbeaten season and came second in the Uppingham U15B tour nament
• On Speech Day 2013, the 1st XI cricketers completed their 15th win of the season, the most wins in a season recorded since records began in 1866
• RockIt had its biggest audience ever, raising £580 00 for Teenage Cancer Trust
• Christopher Hill (5L) got through to the category auditions of the BBC Young Musician Competition, and through the year has extended his collection of qualifications to Dip ABRSM, Dip LCM Dists, ATCL Flute, ATCL Jazz Dists, ALCM Dists, LTCL Dists
• The 1st XI football team, captained by R yan Binns (U6C), had another excellent season and were unbeaten in the regular season school games in the Michaelmas Term for the second successive season In the process they retained the ISFA Norther n League title and were victorious in the Derbyshire County Cup They won 24 out of 31 games and scored a record 133 goals: a total that has never been bettered in the history of football at the School They conceded only 28 goals, which also equalled the school record
• The Boys' 1st XI, captained by Jacob Bullock (U6P), reached the National Quarter Final and played superbly at the National Indoor Finals before being beaten at the semi final stage The Boys' U16s played some fantastic hockey at the National Finals and were unlucky to lose 0 1 in the final itself The national runners up position was also claimed by the Boys' U14 XI this season
• For the first time in the School's history, the U15 Boys' tennis team comprising Dominic Lea (5S), Joe Cook (5C), Roddy Freeman (5C) and James Finnigan (5N) reached the AEGON National Finals, where they finished a creditable 4th overall: 650 schools had originally entered the competition Our U15A Boys' team were undefeated throughout the entire year in the inter school fixtures The Boys’ senior team qualified for the National Finals (Glanville Cup) again in 2013 and finished in the top 12 schools Lois Elsom and Marina Akasaka (U6G) won the ISTA plate event in 2013 held at Eton Four current elite tennis players have represented their county throughout the year at U18 level: Dominic Lea (5S) (Cambridge); Joseph Cook (5C) (Leicestershire); Daniel Earp (5N) (Derbyshire) and Elizabeth Allwood (3A) (Leicestershire)
• In Athletics Amelia Swaby (L6G) has broken the Senior Girls’ 400m record; Cyril Chukwumah (4N) has broken the Junior Boys’ 100m record and the Senior Girls’ 4x100m relay team consisting of Georgina Whitehouse (U6M), Flora Peel (L6F), Amelia Swaby (L6G) and Lilie Lamacraft (L6G), broke a ten year old school record
• The senior Boys’ 1st team was undefeated throughout the summer season in the inter school fixtures Played 6 won 6
Ian Pollock Director of Sport and Head of Cricket
• Patrick Carey (3P) made his England U15 fencing debut in March, whilst Felix Swinbank (L6O) (England) and Hannah Walsh (U6F) and Hannah Boyle (5M) (both Wales) continued their inter national fencing representation Jessica Richardson (3G) won a silver medal at the National Judo Finals for Schools, and was selected to compete for the BJC National Junior Team in the U18 category at an inter national event in Belgium in May
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The 1st XI Captain for 2014/15 will be James Nijjar, who retur ns for his fourth year in the team, having kept wicket since he was an U15 He will be joined by a strong squad, with competition for places high We look forward to seeing the OR supporters on the boundary's edge in 2015
• In Cross Country, this year has seen an increase in the number of runners competing at England Schools’ level with a female runner in every age group: Fenella Scutt (3G), Hermione Wright (4G) and Ella Nicholson (U6F) Hermione also competed at the Inter Counties with Olivia Mair (5F) Fenella also broke the Junior Girls’ Steeplechase record by 24 seconds
Sam Cotter (S) was crowned the 98th winner of The John Howell Bat, a fitting acknowledgment for his outstanding commitment over his four years in the team
• It has been a big year for Girls’ Football at Repton The U18 team reached the semi final of the ISFA Cup and the U15 team won the prestigious ISFA South East 7s Tour nament Maud Davies (U6A) captained the ISFA Midlands team She was joined in the team by Lili Kettlewell (U6M), Jessica Czink (L6A) and Mary Hunter (5G)
• In November 2013, the School entered into a partnership with Michael Johnson Performance to deliver its new Athletic Development Programme This programme is the first of its type in the UK and has featured in the national and regional press C r i c ke t After the exceptional success of 2013 where the school won what is believed to be the most games ever in a season (15), following that act was always going to be tough A very respectable set of results, with only three losses from 14 games played, showed again that Repton competes exceptionally well on the Midlands circuit Runs did not flow as freely from the top order as in recent years but James Nijjar (C), Elliot Hibell (O) and Charlie Bell (P) made major contributions W ith the ball Jack W ilkins (S) led the wicket haul with 24 and 5 19 against MCC as we bowled them out for a rare low score W ith the MCC win being one of this year's highlights, other stand out performances came in wins over Trent College, Oakham, KES Birmingham and Free Foresters There was a reintroduction of 2 day cricket as we played Derbyshire U17s in the last week of term, with honours shared at the end of the 2 days after a great second day recovery from the school
A distinctive feature of this year’s event was the fact that all fourteen delegates were Old Reptonians, a point highlighted by the Headmaster, when he addressed pupils and delegates at the conclusion of the evening in the Garth The range of occupations and professional expertise represented was highly impressive Equity research (Jonathan Ackerley, S’04), retailing (Suzie Chamberlain), engineering (Andrew Churchill, P’82), scientific research (Kate Dixon, A’91), management consultancy (Anna Driver, F’02), architecture (Sophie Griffiths, F’03), the arts (Charlotte Nunn, A’01), business management (Michael Preston, N’01), medicine (Doctors Charlotte and Rachel Smith, A’02), jour nalism (Victoria Smith, A’00), accountancy (Rick Steele, P’94), law (Rosemary Stefaniuk, M’03) and inter national business (Michael Stones, O’04) Unsurprisingly, discussion continued well beyond the formal sessions into the gathering in the Garth afterwards, and during the dinner generously hosted at the Hall for delegates and selected pupils by the Headmaster and Mrs Holroyd The format of the Forum was viewed as particularly useful by the pupils, and overall the evening was judged extremely valuable Grateful thanks are due to all the Old Reptonians who gave their time so generously to chair sessions Some of the ORs who participated have been among those who have offered work experience to current pupils Andrew Churchill has, for instance, regularly taken potential engineers for a week’s placement in his engineering business Our thanks go also to Rick Steele, Charlotte Nunn, Kate Dixon and Tom Williams (S’95), veterinary science, who have offered advice and experience in their various professional fields We are also very grateful to Josh Webster (N’04), John Harvey (O’64) and Charles Perrera (L’08), who have contributed to our careers programme this year by giving illuminating presentations, sharing their insights and experience with the current generation of Reptonians And the answer to that bur ning question? The Headmaster sportingly participated in the ‘blind’ taster competition confessing himself unable to discer n any difference between the two products!! As ever, all offers to help with the careers programme will be gratefully received by the Head of Careers Melissa Blain (mjb@repton org uk) Please do not hesitate to contact her if you feel you can be of any assistance
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Can you tell the difference between a T itan and a Mars Bar?” That was one of the “Taste Test” questions posed by Suzie Chamberlain (A’02), first inner city store manager for Aldi in London, to a group of Reptonians at this year’s Lower Sixth Careers Forum in June!
Very early next mor ning the group made their way on to our retro ‘tour bus’ Then Mr Francis, our trusty bus driver come bodyguard and translator, drove us for over eight hours to Dreamland School
D re a m l a n d S c h o o l , G h a n a
After a coach ride to Birmingham airport we flew to Amsterdam; the first leg of our flight to Ghana We reached the Ghanaian capital late in the night and arrived at the tranquil ‘Paradise Inn’ in Accra in the dead of night where we crashed for a few hours of much needed rest
The jour ney to Dreamland’s began from Repton in the early hours of the mor ning
We reached the school while the pupils were in their after noon lessons but the students were eager to come and greet us
Pastor James Dugger, after whom the Dreamland Society is named and Mr Ambrose, the headmaster of the school, welcomed us warmly in their traditional manner Firstly, they sat us down in a circle of chairs and shook our hands in greeting, followed by an offer of water, a traditional welcome in Ghana This, I believe was quite an effective summary of the generosity of the Ghanaian people, as it was immediately obvious that however little they themselves owned, they would always offer that which they have to others Pastor James was an incredibly inspirational man his warmth to each of us was astounding and his love for the school was apparent both in his presence and in the story of his founding of the school, with the initial school consisting of a set of children being taught by Pastor James under a tree in the village Mr Ambrose, too, was a very warm hearted man He has a very clear view on what the future of Dreamland’s should be He showed great pride in his presentation of his students to us in the cultural sharing after noon on the first day, which included music, drama and poetry and he also took a lead role in organising the Repton team’s participation in lessons, which included observing and teaching In the observation of the Dreamland’s classes, the Repton pupils lear nt a great deal about the differences in teaching between the two schools The dusty classrooms themselves are an obvious contrast to the state of the art Lecture Theatre we are so lucky to have now, for example However, the enthusiasm of the children to lear n and their appreciation of education is astounding Even their characteristic rhythmic clapping which is heard after every correct answer adds a splash of excitement which is not always possible to find in Repton classrooms We also had the opportunity to teach some of the school’s classes in pairs which was another great experience for all of the team Some tackled the tough challenge of biology, whereas others focused on British traditions which the Ghanaian students found interesting to lear n about This time also allowed some time for the pupils of Dreamland’s to reply to letters from their Repton counterparts; a wonderful opportunity for current Reptonians to get a feel for life at Dreamland T ime was also spent at the school on a rainy day, during which the team inventively amused the Dreamland pupils who had jour neyed to school despite the weather (those who live further away would usually stay at home) Some played catch, for example, whilst others danced with the children or played traditional Ghanaian games A constant football game occurred throughout the day as lessons were called off, and the whole team, including Miss Davison (a great aerial threat), took part In our time with the children, we also took an after noon out of their lessons to take them on what was only, the second school trip to a nearby waterfall The pupils of who came seemed to enjoy the excursion immensely and took much pleasure in soaking the fully clothed Reptonians and forcing us to join them under the great cascade of water We were also at the school at the weekend while the pupils were at home and we used this time to make some improvements to the school itself Miss Davison and Mrs Nield started the day by drawing some brilliant cartoon animals on the walls which the rest of us then helped to paint By the end of the day, a duck, a pig, a giraffe and many other animals were visible on the walls of the Junior High School and pristine new white goalposts had also been erected
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On the first weekend we attended the service at Father Ambrose’s church As soon as we walked in, we could all tell that this was going to be nothing like chapel at school The service started with a collection of songs, sung by a young local woman Her voice was amazing, powerful enough to fill the whole church, which held well over 300 people, all of whom were clapping and dancing, swaying to the rhythm, and enjoying every second of the beautiful song Then the sermon began and the audience was engrossed by every word We found this was very different culturally to church services in England; in Ghana there was no unwritten rule that you had to be quiet during the service If you agreed with a particular line in the blessing, you would show your support by cheering or something similar After the sermon, the singing and dancing started again The men went up to the front first, swaying and dancing as they went It was a huge honour to be invited up on stage to perform our own song to the entire congregation Andrew led the performance and we sang ‘Let It Be’; the atmosphere in the church definitely added new life to our previously half hearted singing and the Ghanaian congregation really enjoyed it! Seeing them all embracing our song so enthusiastically is definitely a memory that we will never forget Before we left, we played with the little children that attended the church, making bracelets and face painting It is amazing how something as small as this created such big smiles on all their faces
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As well as spending an amazing time with the children at Dreamlands, we were also lucky enough to experience some of the culture in Ghana
The next day we travelled to a remote village to visit a monkey sanctuary We had a tour of the forest and saw the monkey graveyard, (it is a local tradition to give each monkey a human burial), which had a somewhat mysterious feel to it The monkeys loved the fact that we had brought bananas and nuts for them On our jour ney to the coast, we stopped at a primary school in Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana What was remarkable about this school was that a family had opportunities locally, decided that, due to the lack of education they would convert their house into a school The ‘school’ itself was a maze of rooms and each one was packed with adorable children in matching uniforms It would be lovely in the future if Repton could develop the relationship with this school further One of the most shocking parts of our trip to Ghana was visiting Elmina Slave Castle Despite its beautiful location with views over the sea and the fishing village, there was a sombre feeling when we entered the grand castle in which so many horrific events had taken place The site itself was huge and this fort had been the largest deportation place of slaves in Africa The information the tour guide told us about the practices that occurred there was unimaginable and I know that it shocked every single one of us The lasting memory for everyone, though, is that of the school itself Just four years into its relationship with Repton, the progress has been enormous The Junior High School is due to be completed within the next month (and Repton has singlehandedly built this) with the option to extend the building with an additional floor; the library continues to be one of the most well stocked rooms in the surrounding area with further work set to continue on this Two of the staff at Dreamland have begun their teacher training (again funded by Repton) and there are plenty of plans to provide further investment into the school and the local area Furthermore, we have been able to provide twenty bicycles for the students and staff who have to travel up to five miles (on foot) just to get to school It is amazing how much difference just a small amount can make If anyone would like more information on how to make a donation to the school, the trip or the project itself, then please email Nick Crombie (nc@repton org uk) NC
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Last night I attended a talk by Andrew Churchill, an OR who came to give us a talk on how to make the most of our U6th year One of the most prevalent themes of his talk was that of comfort zones and how in order to make the most of our education and our lives in general we sometimes need to step out of our comfort zones I felt this talk rang true to me considering the trip to Cape Town, South Africa from which I had retur ned a week earlier I had intended to go out to SA on my own for six weeks where I would be coaching hockey for ten to twenty hours each week at the local prep school while improving my own hockey by playing for one of the most successful hockey clubs in SA However, like many things in life, it wasn’t meant to be! After two weeks of shoddy accommodation, little to no food (meaning pizza at the local pub was the only substantial meal I had each day), 3 hours of coaching the U9 D team and playing with the 4th team, and no means of communicating with my family while at my accommodation, I had finally decided I had had enough Using the half hour of free wifi each day at the local McDonalds, I discussed with my parents the possibility of catching the next flight home! Luckily, we came to the agreement that if they could find another place in Cape Town that would take me then I would give it a try After several companies tur ning me down for not yet being eighteen years old, I was finally accepted onto a eighteen day volunteer placement with SAVE (South African Volunteer Experience) So, that Friday I headed once again back to Cape Town Inter national Airport where I was going to be picked up and taken to what to me was a completely unknown destination to a programme in which I had no idea what I would be doing I was driven from the airport to my new residence at a Volunteer House (Vol House) alongside two new volunteers, two stunning twenty one year old Scandinavian girls The trip was already looking up! When we arrived at the Vol House we were met by a frantic and sleep deprived group of staff, as the Vol House had been broken into the previous night and three of the group had lost almost all they owned This was my first situation in which I heard the most commonly used phrase of the following two weeks, “TIA” which stands for “This is Africa” This was also to be uttered when my jacket was stolen and on my last day when another volunteer was held at knifepoint and had her phone taken I went on to meet the rest of the volunteers, who came from every cor ner of the globe: Holland, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Spain, USA, Denmark, Norway, Iceland the list goes on Over the course of the programme I would make some of the closest friends I have ever known despite the fact I was the youngest there by four years and the oldest volunteer there was thirty eight years older than me! I started work on the Monday at Skandaalkamp on the outskirts of Cape Town, which is a forgotten settlement built on top of a rubbish dump You can tell when you are getting near to Skandaal due to the overwhelming smell, which always took a few minutes to become accustomed to each mor ning The settlement is made up of around two hundred families, who have no access to water and many only have the clothes on their back Many of the kids who couldn’t afford to come to the school or who were too old didn’t own any shoes, but would play football on the dust track which was littered with glass and other sharp objects Needless to say I spent a lot of my time helping to patch up kids’ feet which were cut and sliced open, despite the fact none of us had had medical training, since there was no other option This is just one example of many things I had to do which were out of my comfort zone, but I didn’t even have to think twice about doing it due to the situation I was in Throughout the two weeks I would work both with the babies, who were two and under as well as in the older kids’ room, who were three to eight years old One of the main difficulties was the fact that for many English was their second or even third language with Corsa or Afrikaans taking precedent, which made our already difficult job much harder We would also help to feed the children as otherwise they would begin to fight if they were left to feed themselves, as food was hard to come by One of the most incredible things about working there was the fact that when the kids did come into school, most of them were always smiling and laughing despite the fact that most of them hadn’t eaten since lunch the previous day or hadn’t slept the previous night An example of this is a kid whom I adored (despite him being one of the naughtiest kids) called ‘Melky’ who was a constantly happy child, always hugging and laughing, even though he had the worst scalp infection they had ever seen due to his parents using a dirty razor to shave his head and as I find out after I had left he and his mother had been suffering physical abuse from his father, a drug addict (Melky was recently removed from the settlement with permission from his mother to stay with SAVE while they pursue legal action against his father) During my stay I also visited Table Mountain and Robben Island and saw where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated, as well as the most visited place in all of Africa, the V&A Waterfront which is a giant shopping centre! It was one of the most emotional goodbyes I have ever had to make when I left the Vol House and the incredible group of people that had helped me to leap outside of my comfort zone with no regret I have been and will continue to stay in contact with many of them and hope to visit some of them in the near future, with visits to Denmark, Italy and Holland all in the pipeline I am also keeping up to date with the goings on in Skandaalkamp and plan to put it forward as the recipient of the Lent Term Charity donations from New House as well as from any other houses I can convince Despite all the ups and downs, the 5 weeks I spent in SA changed my understanding and approach to the world around me and life in general and I wouldn’t have changed a thing, except maybe to have stayed out there longer!
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Two recent letters in The Arch have prompted me to write In the first Andrew W illiamson asked for the gaps in the photo of the Chapel Choir in 1959 to be filled in The figure second from the far right of the front row (ie next to Andrew W illiamson ) is that of my brother, John R Dunk (O’59) In the second, I really enjoyed Rick Scott’s memorial of Giles Barker (C’69) Giles took me climbing on Stanage Edge when at University in Sheffield, a terrifying experience for someone as unathletic as I I remember his quirky humour as I struggled and stumbled up a route called “Amazon Crack” It would be nice to be able to say that this was the most difficult route ever (it seemed so to me), but in fact it is relatively easy Giles’ literary contribution should be remembered, as he wrote the historical section of one of the Stanage guide books I remember a friend John, Oldroyd, (sometime maser of Lancaster Grammar School), telling me, in impressive terms, of Giles ascent of a new route called “Black Magic” at Stanage It is nice to see Giles’ interesting life remembered in Rick Scott’s piece about him Yours sincerely David Dunk (O’67) Dear Editor
The Repton bowler at the time happened to be John Sale (C’50), a close relation of the redoubtable Dick Sale (M’33) who was sitting with fellow members of staff in the pavilion On witnessing the incident he was alleged to have tur ned to his collegues with the comment : “Of course he’s no relation of mine!”
The circumstances were as follows: as I recall, the scores in the first innings were approximately level, but when Malver n batted again they forged ahead, thanks mainly to an aggressive innings from one of the Malver n opening batsmen In the course of his innings, he started to advance illegally down the wicket before the ball was bowled, and despite war nings from both the umpire and myself as Repton captain, he persisted W ith the score mounting at an alarming rate assisted by a number of short singles, I tur ned to the experienced umpire who regularly officiated in the Birmingham League to seek advice as to what to do “Run ‘im out, lad !” came the blunt reply, and this we proceeded to do at the start of the next over
Dear Editor
Thank you for publishing the School Orchestra Concert Programme in the last issue of The Arch As it so happens, I have two photos of that very concert! In the photo labelled Concert 1, Michael Salter could be seen conducting, with David Hadwin as the leader The boy with the glasses and white shirt playing the clarinet at the back is D J Cownie (O'73), and W H D Auden (O'72) and J P Atkins (O'73) are the other clarinettists on the left P M A Stokes (H'73) is playing the oboe The one at the piano is myself Alfred Cheng (O’75)
matches at Malver n and he had never been checked, and he had now lear ned his lesson, and I am convinced he was not deliberately trying to cheat
Roger Gillard (P’50)
The Malver n X1 were furious at this tur n of events, not least their captain, Ian MacLaurin, now Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth and a former Chairman of Tesco and Vodaphone and the MCC, and currently a very respected and successful Chairman of the Malver n College Council W ickets started to tumble and the whole situation of the game changed in Repton’s favour However, the game ended in a draw which perhaps, in the circumstances, was the best for all concer ned! Probably the happiest aspect of this whole rather unfortunate affair was the comment made to me by Peter Hatch, the Malver n batsman involved, after the game had finished He told me that he had got into this bad habit at the crease in House Dear Editor
The running out of the young England batsman, Jos Buttler, in the One Day Inter national by Sri Lanka for backing up too far at the bowler’s end reminds me only too vividly of a similar incident in the annual two day cricket match between Repton and Malver n at Repton in 1955
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I believe we were fully justified in taking the action we did, but our big mistake, for which I accept full responsibility, was not to demonstrate clearly to players and spectators alike by holding the ball above the bails with the batsman out of his crease for all to see Happily, Repton Malver n relations, though considerably strained at the time, were not permanently damaged, and as a Gover nor of Malver n College, I have had many a chuckle with Lord MacLaurin over the incident!
Dear Editor I recently went on a walking holiday along the Route Saint Jacques in norther n Spain with a group of fifteen fellow ramblers We walked from Leon to Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of the route being Santiago Cathedral On arrival at the Cathedral, I offered to read the lesson in English at the Pilgrims’ Mass The request was immediately accepted; I read “Naboth’s Vineyard”, 1 Kings, to a congregation of eight hundred pilgrims from all over the world W ith very best wishes to the school Anthony Turner (H’68)
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b) Miss Todd was Matron in charge of the Sanatorium
d) Mr A P Singleton was my first form master As I read The Arch from time to time there have been colossal changes The advent of girls to the school I think has been a very enlightened move
The chemistry master referred to by Alexander Sparks, Stephen Unwin and Dougal Philip in your last two issues was Mr Mawer, not Maw James Mawer taught at Repton from 1941 to 1954 Apart from his teaching he was master i/c swimming and many ORs will remember him as the unfailingly present supervisor of the long jump in both Sports and Standards In 1953 he was taken seriously ill and died on December 27th, 1954, having continued teaching to within ten days of his death He was only 44 However, I agree with Dougal that it is his father, George Philip, and not Mr Mawer in the photograph of the O R Dinner I have ideas about some of the other faces, but the only one I am sure of is B C Harbury sitting between Dick Sale and Guy W illatt I think Len Cattley (then Housemaster of The Priory) is sitting at the head of one of the tables to the middle left There seems to be doubt about the date of the dinner There were no dinners during the war and the first post war one was in 1946, held at the Connaught Rooms with over 150 attending; there was also an attendance of over 150 at the second also at the Connaught Rooms in 1947 The 1948 dinner was cancelled owing to the appeal made by the Gover nment that dinners and banquets should only be held when in the public interest It was, however, reinstated when those restrictions were lifted, but Archbishop Fisher was not present, as he obviously is in the picture So the photograph was taken either in 1946 or 1947 (The 1949 dinner was at Repton ) J F M Walker (H'46)
At the ago of 90 I feel a little like old Mr Chips at the end May the school continue to prosper James Heslop (L’38) Dear Editor, I am writing to you about John Thor n who will be 90 next April (2015) I am sure many ORs of my generation would like to wish him well and wonder if you could mention this in The Arch this autumn? Mr Thor n came to Repton in 1961, about halfway through my time in the school In his excellent autobiography Road to W inchester he well describes the misgivings which so many of us had about the school's management under his predecessor Lynam Thomas and he strove to make Repton a better place In this he did not get much support from the staff who had known nothing else but the austere regime of fagging, corporal punishment, and compulsory games Academic aims were also uninspiring So they considered he was far too intellectual for a school like Repton John Thor n left in 1968 to become headmaster of W inchester, which no doubt suited him a lot better, but I certainly remember him with much respect and affection and hope some good wishes may be sent to him in the forthcoming edition May I thank you and your colleagues for the great work you do running the O R office and keeping us so well informed W ith my personal best wishes for the future Yours sincerely, Peter Holden (H’59)
Dear Editors
a) Sale and Laing opened the batting for the school Coming from my prep school they looked like County players to me
It was kind of you to forward me a card on my 90th birthday I entered the school in May 1938, just at the time that Goodbye Mr Chips was to be staged at Repton I saw the film again on TV recently and it brought back many memories of the time then Other memories are:
c) Frank Fisher was Head prefect and captain of cricket but could not play as he had broken his wrist
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We have a long list of ORs with whom we have lost contact Below are the lists from Field and Garden The full list is available on the OR website http://www.repton.org.uk/keep in touch. If you are in contact with anyone on the list, perhaps you would like to ask them if they would like to receive copies of The Arch and correspondence from us They can email, post, or fill in the form on the web page with their current details FIELD HOUSE Lavinia Joanna Blackwall 1995 Heidi J Myles 1997 Holly R Waine 1997 Katie S Ainge 1997 Amy V L Swanston 1998 Maria I Kor nienkova 1998 Olga V Tyumentseva 1998 Yolanda Cobos 1998 Susanna M Cobos 1998 Sophie W illiams 1999 Sze Wa Alice Chan 1999 Charlotte Ann Bates 2000 Harriet Christian 2000 Anna Sophie Schwarz 2000 Elisabeth Hannah Jopson 2001 Rebecca C Wagner 2001 Jasmine Walker 2001 Jodie Anna Whitehead 2002 Valery C Von Waldow 2002 Samantha M K Gibbons 2003 Elisabet V Tertichnaya 2003 Frances K Thacker 2004 Bethany L Green 2004 Lydia Moore 2005 Lisanne Gruenherz 2005 First Name / Surname Year First Name / Surname Year First Name / Surname Year THE GARDEN Nicola A Collis 1991 Zoe J Eaton 1991 Naomi J Mason 1991 Katherine A Taylor 1991 Kathryn Alexandra Stanley 1991 Emma Jane Ward 1991 Rebecca Haincock 1991 Gemma L Eaton 1992 Alison E Jean Jean 1992 Laura Jayne Cardwell 1992 Susannah C Leroy 1992 Catherine Briggs 1993 Lisa Gaffney 1993 Rachel A Lake 1993 Annette Rathert 1993 Annabelle L Reynolds 1993 Alexandra J W ilmington 1993 Antonia C Durham Hall 1994 Rachel Jane Ludlam 1994 Charlotte J Wyche 1994 Kit Che Wong 1994 Katy Fiona Mayne 1995 Victoria Rebecca Wren 1995 Charlotte N Allen 1995 Y K Gayle Chan 1996 Selina Ying Hei Chu 1996 Sarah Louise Phipps 1996 Hannah India Edwards 1996 Katherine E Bavister 1997 Camilla O Edwards 1998 Abigail T Moroney 1998 Emma Allford 1998 Anna Maria Watkin 1998 Katie Elizabeth Steer 1998 Hiroko Kawabata 1999 Teruko Habu 2000 Julia Mischke 2000 Stephanie J Shucksmith 2001 Katie Lloyd W ilkinson 2001 Stacey R Pounder 2002 Jennifer A Ellis 2002 Natasha J Fletcher 2002 Jai Rong Han 2002 Jennifer Lloyd W ilkinson 2002 Jessica Ellen T itcumb 2002 Danielle J Brodie 2003 Annelise I Charlesworth 2004 Abigail M Taylor 2004 Philippa L Davis 2005 Louise Watson 2005 I Cheong Wu 2005 Natalie Jane Chadwick 2005 Nicole W K Tse 2006 Zoe Patricia Dunn 2006 Chantal C A Reid 2006 Jasmine Eden Jones 2007 First Name / Surname Year First Name / Surname Year First Name / Surname Year Lost Contacts 37
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contact@chaletexperiences com berger lloyd@gmail com David Miller@airgroup asn au frank@happygardener com au nataliewynne@hotmail com simon@afps net au vanessatwigg@optusnet com au notharyy@gmail com aseandirectory@hotmail com dtbears@kingston net kamilalam@gmail com dlaing@endeavourfinancial com richard@edacen com miss@matty dk mark dudley3@gmail com hechle@wananchi com drhuwrolfe@gmail com kadiliissaar@gmail com noelsmit@ jyu fi james bar nett@wanadoo fr jim@chapmans de beate erdmann@hotmail com niemeyf@netvigator com dgkpoon@gmail com jj9749@gmail com info@juliedaniels com violino7@hotmail com tobyfricker@hotmail,com tcmwilkinson@hotmail com oehayes@googlemail com or overseas link morocco@outlook com r s hedley@xtra co nz iydikko@hotmail com davidlle@online no paulbleckly@yahoo co uk juliastevet@gmail com lizzietebbs@hotmail co uk traceywasher@me com richard coventry@rcc com sg ryanbrews@gmail com peter@cookingbear co za mshsmith@btinter net com luke@atg com jdw@fidentiis com infor2@sloanemallorca com aaneville@outlook com charles@cjaresantanylaw com jom salakshana@trs co th ostickc@gmail com omarhadeed@hotmail com huseyin@yardimci gen tr charlesjohn neil@gmail com sandyfarquharson@hotmail,com jroy@uab edu mverheyen@comcast net MnJJOLLEY@aol com eahuson@gmail com robert perks@baxter com andyh@totallybrilliant com ash@caprity com andreas graham@verizon net ajedgar@me com james kirtland@gmail com russelliott@gmail com djbalchan@aol com shaheenladhani@gmail com mrhuson@mindspring com james@ellcorentals com bracmed@candw ky gsharp@cwjamaica com hadthomas@aol com chibale s@yahoo com +43 650 9686865 0409 544100 0617 33953715 +61 892 997 7363 +1 780 483 5442 + 61 394 121 206 +44 758 044 6038 855 163 780 39 +1 780 483 5442 +1 613 547 6551 (647) 861 4254 + 56 221 688 18181820 07855 237 559 + 357 254 341 65 + 45 355 564 90 +25 678 380 5022 +00 280 4415 + 358 142 601 224 + 33 546 949 925 +49 175 565 8903 + 0049 620 115 807 + 852 287 381 18 +852 968 803 15 + 91 226 676 1676 + 39 058 323 675 + 81 803 002 7170 +962 (0) 796 536 340 0092 3028560151 ++212 (0)6 50 39 14 76 + 0064 927 765 77 +234 809 944 4545 + 47 515 71930 +63 917 540 4057 00351 289 398 694/ 01892 523 033 +974 553 040 64 +974 662 725 E4442 00966 543843671 +65 96393097 +27 766 170 098 +27 022 492 2009 +34 662 143 442 Mob +34 654 328 577 + 00 349 141 534 15 00 34 639 702 411 +41 79 607 42 60 + 255 272 565 329 + 66 233 190 53 & +661 819 2717 +99 818 169 E61825 001 868 632 2140 +90 532 426 3504 + 971 506 550 92 + 1 205 934 1757 +415 203 9225 + 1 520 529 9562 +415 203 9225 +0 847 270 4354 +1 863 858 4000 818 501 9898 +1 917 475 1059 +1 917 558 1079 704 526 7846 + 001 937 322 2040 +1 281 850 4292 + 1 206 328 6112 + 246 256 4637 & +246 434 7395 + 1 876 986 2870 +967 711 437 124 0978 214 362 (zain network) add inter national dialling codes New '01 Priory '71 Hall '59 Orchard '53 Abbey '95 Orchard '90 Abbey '76 Mitre '82 Brook '45 Orchard '46 Latham '51 Mitre '88 Latham '70 Latham '70 Field '97 Hall '61 Abbey '91 Priory '91 Hall '50 Hall '52 Garden '09 Priory '66 Hall '57 Hall '83 Abbey '99 Mitre '01 Latham '66 Hall '85 New '93 Brook '83 Abbey '89 Abbey '96 Priory '88 Cross '75 Brook '91 Latham '78 Hall ' 66 New '83 Orchard '63 Cross ' 67 Orchard '46 Cross '76 Abbey '92 Abbey '88 Brook '73 Mitre '00 Latham '57 Orchard '78 Orchard '87 Mitre '82 Orchard '89 Hall '69 Orchard '83 Mitre '86 Orchard '75 Priory '99 Hall '83 Priory '65 New '97 Abbey '86 Cross '77 Orchard '47 Hall '70 New '71 Brook '68 Latham '82 Mitre '83 Orchard '90 Orchard '88 Mitre '93 Orchard '71 Cross ' 89 Hall '72 Mitre '68 Hall '64 Priory '54 Latham '73 Mitre '95 Below is a full list of those ORs who have volunteered to be ‘Overseas Links’ We are very grateful to those who have volunteered, but there are many gaps in the list of countries If you would be willing to act as an Overseas Link in a country not already covered, please contact Nigel Kew/Jan Cobb at: or@repton org uk or jcobb@repton org uk Over seas 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39 Please email the office: jcobb@repton org uk or or@repton org uk Or telephone: 01283 559320 Or write to us at: The Old Reptonian Society The Hall, Repton School Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6FH In the OR Office we are keen to ensure that we keep our records updated for all ORs. To this end we would be grateful if you could contact us if any of your details change, such as address, email, telephone numbers etc We are also delighted to hear your ‘good news’ such as engagements, marriages, births, qualifications gained, new jobs etc We will only publish such information in The Arch with your agreement Would you prefer to read The Arch on line and not receive a paper copy? Please advise us if this is the case. Old Reptonians can now keep in contact with the OR office and fellow ORs via Facebook go to www facebook com/ORSociety and click ‘Like’ Miscellaneous: Pint Glass Crested Tankard Half Pint Glass Crested Tankard Large Glass Crested Goblet Crested Red W ine Glass Glass Crested Paper Weight Crested Cuff Links Crested Key Rings Brass Buttons Repton cards Repton Postcards Large Teddy Bear Repton Cricket Caps Leisure Socks Mug Repton China Coin Tray 450th Anniversary Book Repton To The End Repton Register 2007 Book Repton Register 2007 CD OR Ties: Silk Smooth Silk Non Crease Bow T ie OR House/Sports Ties: Brook House The Hall The Priory School House (Polyester) New House Latham House The Orchard The Mitre The Cross OR Football OR Hockey OR Golf (striped) Cambridge Pilgrims T ie House Scarves: The Priory School House New House Latham House The Orchard The Mitre (Girls) Cross The Abbey Field House The Garden Banded white sweaters (long sleeved and sleeveless) Umbrellas: Large golf umbrella All items are available from the Repton School Shop, The Paddock, Repton, which can be contacted for price details and to place your order on: Tel. 01283 559323, or by email: shop@repton.org.uk New silk ties for Old Reptonians for all of the Houses are now available Your Contact Details Repton School Shop - Memorabilia We would like to send invitations to our events out electronically If you do not currently receive emails from us, please email jcobb@repton.org.uk
The Old Reptonian Society The Hall, Repton School Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6FH Tel 01283 559320 Email: jcobb@repton org uk / or@repton org uk Website: www orsociety com L e a v e r s 2 0 1 4
