THE ARCH OLD REPTONIAN NEWSLETTER MAY I2008 ssue Nº 312
Simon D Armstrong (C’63) Lancashire & Cheshire Sanjiv Basu (O’89) Fives Anthony E Bishop (P’72) Golf Club Hamer J E Boot (S’95) Football Club Martin G Grayshon (C’61) Yorkshire Louise P Howarch (G’96) London Charles Michael Keep (O’69 & Staff) Hockey Club
OFFICERS OF THE OLD REPTONIAN SOCIETY 2008
Nicola M Obor n (G’91 & Staff) Appointed 2003 Kenneth V Gregory (C’47) Appointed 2005 Simon J Obor n (O’89) Appointed 2005 James T Leavsley (N’75) Appointed 2005 John F R Hird (P’60) Appointed 2005 Peter H Neil (P’75) Appointed 2005 Adam M Sinclair (L’78 Appointed 2006 Paul A W indridge (P’69) Appointed 2006 John F M Walker (H’46 & ex Staff) Life member Ex Officio Members
Nicholas Peter Le Poidevin (C’64) Law Society
Editorial
After all the celebrations of last year, it might have seemed that 2008 would have a slow and uneventful start On the contrary, we have already entered another chapter of our great history The book brilliantly edited by one of Repton’s own, John Plowright a History Master, is a colourful pageant of history and personal reminiscences It is also a show case for the school of today and its aspirations for the future For every Reptonian it is a must please go forth and buy, enjoy and spread the word! For me, and I know many ORs living and working in and around London, it is hugely gratifying to see ORs present and active “in the South” I would like during this year to raise the profile of Repton in London and the South of England where I believe it has in recent decades been increasingly unrecognised and undervalued This will be the focus of my year in office and I ask you all for your support and any ideas you may have to promote the School
W ith every good wish, Carole Blackshaw
President: Miss C J Blackshaw (’70)
PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY 2008 Carole Blackshaw (‘70) BA, FRAeS Old Reptonian Society 1 High Street, Repton Derbyshire DE65 6GD Tel: 01283 559320 / 559368 Fax: 01283 559250 Email: or@repton.org.uk Website: www.orsociety.com School Website: www.repton.org.uk Team Sarah Stuart and Mike Stones
Richard C E Lowther (B’85) Tennis Club Thomas Richard Pepper (H’49) Midlands Francis W S Russell (O’69) Pilgrims Cricket Club John Hird (P’60) Masonic Lodge Cathy Twigg (Staff) M & D Director
Carole with James Ross (H’68) and Robert Holroyd at Drinks in the City, February 7th 2008
Secretary: Mike Stones (Staff) Assistant Secretary: Sarah Stuart (Staff) Elected Committee members
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We have a great school to market based on a rich historic heritage and a promising global future Let us not forget that Repton Dubai Junior School opened its doors to pupils last September This September the Senior School opens and we will see this amazing reconstruction of Repton fully active in the Middle East These are exciting times for Repton!
To this end, the OR Dinner this year will be held in London, at the Army & Navy Club, in St James’s Square on Saturday, 15th November Please put this in your diary: it will be a great evening and an opportunity to enjoy the company of Reptonians of acquaintance old and new
President Elect: Richard A Hutton (H’56) Vice President: Robert A. Holroyd, Headmaster Chairman: James M. Ross (H’68) Treasurer: John S. Wallis (L’71)
DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES for the next Edition, in October 2008, is 15th August 2008 (2) I am delighted to be your President for 2008 and I hope to meet as many of you as possible during the year We have already made a great start to Repton’s 451st year with the Drinks in the City of London on the 7th February at which we were able to celebrate the launch of the publication “Repton to the End”
DIARY OF EVENTS 2008
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The Old Reptonian Society has had a memorable year of celebrations to mark the School’s 450th anniversary Many members from around the world have enjoyed a wide variety of events, the opportunity to meet up with lifelong friends and create new friendships with people bonded by the great fortune of being educated at Repton As we start the ascent to the 500th anniversary, events are planned to enable these ties to continue to strengthen and flourish Already this year we have had the annual Drinks in the City and The Repton Pilgrims Cricket Club has held its bi annual dinner at Lords This year The OR Dinner in November is reverting to The City of London I am confident that it will attract a strong contingent and I look forward to meeting with many of you there and throughout 2008 James Ross
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Many of you have already purchased a copy of this excellent book A beautifully designed and produced publication, with over 200 illustrations in colour and black and white, including many rare archive images, Repton to the End is both essential reading and an entertaining companion for every Old Reptonian To order a copy, please email or telephone the Repton School Shop shop@repton org uk Tel 01283 559323
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Edward is currently ‘Deputy Master of the Royal Household’ Richard Stokes (H’59) has been appointed Visiting Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music James Tipper (B’85) (on left in photo below) who represented Great Britain in the 200m at the World Masters Athletics Championships held in Riccione, Italy in September 2007, finished 3rd and won a bronze medal It was a clean sweep for Great Britain finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd This was a new experience for him in competing at such a high level
Alastair Buchan (H ‘68) distinguished neurologist and stroke specialist, current Head of the John Radcliffe Division of Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Medicine, and Director of the Oxford Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, will become the Head of the Medical Sciences Division at Oxford University from October 2008
Dr Jane Roy (née Phillips) (A’86) has been awarded promotion to Associate Professor and tenure at the University of Alabama in Birmingham USA Sophia Hor n (G’97) has graduated from Glasgow University with MB, ChB Huda Salih (G’97) has gained a BA (Class 1) in Oriental Studies (Arabic) from Pembroke College, Oxford Hannah Walker (G’98) has graduated from Newcastle Law School with LLB (Hons) Lee Can (M’04) has been awarded a Distinction in her Preliminary Examinations in Economics & Management at Pembroke College, Oxford Benjamin Ingham (M '87) was promoted to Major in 2003 and attended the inaugural Intermediate Staff Course (Land) at Shrivenham In April 2007 he assumed his appointment as the Battery Commander of 12 (Minden) Battery Royal Artillery having firstly completed 2 years as the SO2 G9 at 3rd (United Kingdom) Division Headquarters At the end of 2007, Benjamin was coming to the end of a three month Ceremonial Duties tour in London and was due to deploy to Afghanistan in 2008 Mark Pointer (L’97) was awarded second place in the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales) Annual Order of Merit 2007 and first place in the Business Life Cycle examination Richard Martin (M’60), as an Esquire of the Lord Mayor of the city of London, has been promoted from Common Crier and Serjeant at Arms to the post of City Sword Bearer A recent graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, University of London is Lizzie Sharples, nee Dutton (A'93 ) who graduated with honours (4)
Michael Potts (C’55) has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, from The University of Liverpool Charlie Sale BVMS Cert SAO Dip ECVS MRCVS (C'81) having complied with the requirements for specialised training and experience has passed the qualifying examination and been elected a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons Charlie is a European specialist in small animal surgery and works in referral practice in Cheshire Fleur Marshall (A’88) was selected for promotion to Surgeon Commander and took up her new appointment as Principal Medical Officer, HMS Ark Royal in August 2007 She is having a very busy time as a singleton GP looking after the Ship's Company of the Royal Navy Fleet Flag Ship She is due to attend Advanced Staff Course at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham in Sept 08
Laura Marshall (A’93) continues to work at Manchester Airport as a Terminal Manager Holly Marshall (A’96) works at Nottingham University Hospitals as a Senior Dietician and now lives in Derby She is engaged to Nigel Doyle and they are due to marry in October 2008 in Bedfordshire Tim J Dutton (N'70) was recently appointed Chairman of the Bar Council
The new Board of Trustees for Derby Playhouse, fighting to save the theatre, under the Chairmanship of Professor Jonathan Powers, includes Douglas F Slater (C'69) (lately a Clerk of the House of Lords) and Edward Wilkinson (C'46) as new Trustees Dr Duncan Bell (N’90) has recently seen his following book published: ‘The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860 1900’, published by Princetown University Press (ISBN 9780691 128658) Naomi Bowman (G'01) and her partner own and manage 'Spider Monkey Rock Climbing', a successful business on Phi Phi Island, Thailand and they have recently opened up a travel agency, 'Spider Monkey Travel' If any ORs are thinking of travelling in Thailand they can contact Naomi for help with travel and advice etc She can be contacted through the website: www spidermonkeyclimbing com Edward Griffiths (O’67) LVO (Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order) was awarded for services to the Master of the Household’s Department and the Royal Household, in the recent New Year’s Honours List The Investiture at Buckingham Palace took place on 4th March 2008
OLD REPTONIANS’ NEWS
Howard Dytham (B’84) has been promoted within the realms of cricket and now holds a position of some responsibility working for the ECB (England & Wales Cricket Board) with special emphasis on coach development His sterling services over the years have benefited Derbyshire's best young cricketers and a presentation to him recently took place, in recognition of his immense contribution to the development of excellence in youth cricket within the county The person presenting the award is also a well known Repton cricketer Do you recognise him? THE ARCHIVES these photographs stir any memories? send your comments to Sarah Stuart in the OR Office: or@repton org uk Ken Tatham (C’59) was successfully re elected for a third term of office as Mayor of Saint Ceneri le Gerei until 2014, France’s only British Mayor! Ken was elected by the council with 10 votes out of 11 He was recently the subject of a Radio 4 programme entitled ‘Monsieur le Maire ’ For more information see: http://kentatham blogspot com and http://saint ceneri blogspot com (5) Charles Mallinder (left) and Julian Turner Julian Turner teaching Johnny Herbert how to use a Wheel nut Gun!
In December 2006 Westfield Sportscars was acquired by Potenza Sports Cars The Potenza Sports Cars team has five employees two of whom are ORs, Julian Tur ner (C’91) and Dr Suzanne Faithfull (nee Tur ner) (A’88) Both Julian and Suzanne were involved in the ‘Due Diligence’ process and both became Directors of Westfield upon acquiring the company Charles Mallinder (P’78) was providing Financial Advice to the team during the acquisition process and became a key player post purchase, working with the employees and the Directors
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To Adam Phillips (B’79) and Natalie a son, Rafe on 30th November 2006, a brother to Amber and Matilda To Simon Blunt (N’79) and Christabel Blunt (née Stanton) (G’92) a son Charles Samuel on 24th May 2007 To Alistair Wright (O’86) and Isabelle (Ex Foremarke) (née Dawkins) a son, Cameron Charles W illiam on 10th June 2007 To Dave and Jenny Price (née Rushton) (A’89) a daughter, Emily Alexandra bor n on 11th October 2007, a sister for Jemima Jayne
BIRTHS ENGAGEMENTS
If so, Villiers Park Educational Trust would like to hear from you as part of an evaluation of their their take a few moments to fill in the on line survey at www villierspark org uk or, if you would prefer, contact them directly jt@villierspark org uk or 01223 872601 and they will be happy to send you a questionnaire with a response paid envelope
To Jeremy Fawcett (N’86) and Gill, a daughter, Annabel Elizabeth, on 12th November 2007 To Edward Overend (P’88) and Kate, a son, Harry, bor n in April 2007 Bleddyn & Frances Lewis (nee Black G’92) are proud to announce the birth of their second daughter Anest Soffia, bor n 9th February 2008 in North Wales A little sister for Fflur Elinor (bor n June ‘06) To Dr Suzanne Faithfull (A88) and Dr Paul Faithfull a son, Rory James Faithfull, bor n 20th October 2007 Paul Abson (P’90) and his wife Rachael are delighted to say that Finley Robert Abson (photo left) came into the world on 9th October 2007 (6) Drinks in The Garth, Gaudy June 2006
Nick J Bur ns (N’90) to Miss Louise Potter Angus Dilliway Parry (B’93) to Miss Elisabeth Entwisle David O’Gram (N’91) will be marrying Kate in London in Summer 2008 Paul Tate (N’91) will be Best Man and ushers will be James O’Gram (N’89) and Alex Kington (N’91) Ian Hall (N’90) to Miss Laura English Caroline Wells (G’91) to Toby Thomas Mary Tate (A’93) to Mark Elliott (Foremarke 1990) Benjamin L Gilbert (P ’92) to Miss Zoe J Pocock, in Panama The wedding will take place in Bermuda on 16th August 2008 Tom Chambers (N’90) to Miss Claire Harding (A’95), the wedding will take place on October 18th 2008 Mark Pointer (L‘97) to Rebecca Brady (F’00) The wedding will take place at Bolton Abbey in September 2008
To Charles Dor nton (O’78) and Victoria a daughter, Louise Rose on 23rd September 2007
To David and Jo Phillips (née Baker) (G’96) a daughter, Léonie Pearl, a sister for Francesca To Mr and Mrs David Bennett (M ’88) a daughter, Mischa Rose, on 30th September 2007, in Sydney, Australia To Darren Vickers (L ‘84) and Carlie a son, Blake Oliver, on 8th November 2007 To Robert Chatwin (N’85) and Lucy, a second daughter, Luna Ann, on 7th December 2007
This year’s Gaudy, to be held on Saturday 7th June, is for ORs who joined the school prior to 1950, and between 1971 and 1984 All ORs in those years should by now have received a letter of invitation and a booking form for this popular event If you have not received a letter please contact us in the OR office on telephone: 01283 559320 or email: or@repton org uk
VILLIERS
Sarah J Harding (A’92) to John R Jones They are to be married on 3rd April 2009 PARK SURVEY YOU ATTEND A COURSE AT VILLIERS PARK DURING YOUR TIME AT
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To Hugo Garton (O’92) and Rebecca, a daughter, Elsie Mary on 11th July 2007, a little sister for Noah
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GAUDY 2008
Eleanor Adams (A’90) and Julian Thor nhill (M’91) (below) were married on 19th May 2007 at St W ilfrid's Parish Church, Calverley, Leeds and celebrated afterwards at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate Jason Thor nhill (M’87), Francis Thor nhill (M’90) and Mark Nash (O’91) were ushers and the bridesmaids were the bride's sisters, Emma Hammond (A’87) and Isabel McQueen (née Adams) (A’92) ORs also in attendance were Lucie Click (née Coath) (A’90), Jo Gawith (A’90), Heidi Pepper (A’90), W ill Haxby (M’87), James Nash (O’90), Lauren Allen (O’91) and Rob Fish (H’91)
The photo above shows the wedding of Camille Sutherland (F’97) and Andrew Dollamore(N’93) Also in the photo are Oliver Bertram(N’93), Russell Elliott (M’93), James Gillott (M’93), ,Sam Gardner(N’93) who was also Best Man, Max Henderson (L’92), Jeremy Wright (N’93), Adam Sutherland (O’99), Sarah Bracegirdle (A’94) There were many other Old Reptonians present on the day, including the wedding photographer, Joe Gardner (O’95) The wedding, which was a Black T ie occasion, was conducted at Hathersage Church and the Reception was held at Hassop Hall in Bakewell
The photo above shows: (back row, L to R) Jennie Callander (nee Spittle), Neal Rushton (P’94), Jody, Rachel, Zoe Cockcroft (A’94), Michael Cockcroft (C’87), Pam Cockcroft (ex Foremarke Staff) Front row (L to R) Alistair Callander (C’88), Liam Foster (C’89)
MARRIAGES (7)
Jody Cockroft (C’89) married Rachel (nee Anstey) on 11th August 2007 at St George's Church, Easton in Gordano, Somerset
The wedding of Christopher Smale (C’94) and Emily Bennett (A’98) (below) took place on July 21st 2007 at Cadhay, Ottery St Mary, Devon Those at the wedding with Repton and Foremarke connections were Luke Bennett (L’94), Noel Bennett (staff) and Judy Bennett, Catrioana Silvey (A’98), Gemma Ker n, Hannah Short (A’98), Tom Bennett (N’86), Neil Ker n (ex staff) and Ann Ker n, David Bennett (M’88), Pat Silvey (ex staff) and Liz Silvey, Andrew Cox (ex staff) and Joan Cox, Bob Short (ex staff) and Clare Short Alistair Thomson (N’89) and Louise Murray were married on 29th December 2007 Peter Parmenter (C’86) was Best Man and Dominic Watt (N’86) was an usher
The wedding of Anna Quayle(G’95) and Lawrence Ber nstein (above) took place in April 2007 Coincidentally, Anna found out on their second date that Lawrence taught at Foremarke School in his gap year (1989/90) Repton friends and family who attended the wedding from left to right are: Alistair Hill (N’94), Chloe Hill nee Ellis (A’92), Lydia Rose (G’93), Lawrence Ber nstein, Anna Quayle, Laura Gill (G’95), Alison Jean Jean bor n Gilbert (G’92), Matthew Gooderick (C’92), Ruth Quayle (G’93), Caroline Wells (A/G’91), Tamsin Newington Bridges bor n Quayle (A/G’91), Anna Croze nee MacDonald (A/G’91) and Stephen Hodgkinson (L’90) This photograph (above) shows Natsuko Ishikawa (nee Sato, A'96) and her bridegroom Asuka, from Japan, at their wedding which took place on 5th May, 2007 in Tokyo Georgina Bailey (A’94) (below) married T im Burke (Foremarke) on September the 8th 2007, at St Peter's Church, Yoxall followed by a reception at Dunstall Hall, Dunstall, Staffs It was an amazing day attended by quite a few OR's and OF's In the photo are: Paul Tate (N’91), Verity Tate, Michael W ilcox (O’94) (usher), Chris W ilcox (O’90) (best man), Mark Elliot (Foremark), Mary Tate (A’93) (Maid of Honour), T im & Georgina, Fiona Harding (A’93), Angela Walker (A’93) (bridesmaid), Phillipa Rule (A’93), Rebecca Smith (A’93), Elizabeth Lumsden (A’96) (bridesmaid)
MARRIAGES
The wedding of Alison Gilbert (G’92) (below) and Nicolas Jean Jean took place on Saturday 8th December 2007 in the School Chapel, with the service being conducted by the School Chaplain, Adam Watkinson Alison met Nicolas at a hockey club whilst on her year abroad in France!! So an Anglo French wedding Alison and Nicolas have since moved to France and are currently living in Lyon The following ORs are in the photo: Ben Dunston (P’92), Chris Gilbert (P’90), T im Gilbert (O’02), Ali Hill (N’94), Guy Hilton (O’02), Chloe Hill (A’92), Nicolas Jean Jean, Alison, Anna Quayle (G’95), Laura Gill (G’95), Lydia Rose (G’93), Susie Gilbert (F’02), Lizzy Tebbs (A’92) (8)
OR EVENTS AGM & Annual Dinner, NOVEMBER 2007
Tamsin Rees Jones (Head of The Mitre) These were the reactions of just some of the Heads of Houses who attended the November Old Reptonian Dinner in Pears School As they say, it was a very enjoyable evening OR Society President, Robert Bond entertained us all with his memories of almost bur ning down The Priory in a fire practice and the Headmaster was on top form in his speech too If you missed it, you missed a very good evening The next OR Dinner will be in London, on Saturday 15th November at the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall You will find a Booking form within this edition, please complete and retur n at your convenience
Robert Bond’s last AGM as Chairman OR Football Table ORs from Latham House DRINKS IN THE CITY & 'REPTON TO THE END' BOOK LAUNCH, 7th FEBRUARY 2008
Ivan Kukhnin (P’03) & Sir Nicholas Barrington (H’47) The City University Club, Cor nhill, London was chosen as the venue for the 2008 Drinks in The City, held on Thursday 7th February from 6 30 9 pm The event was a great success, and was attended by 70 ORs and Repton staff The event was the official launch of the book 'Repton to the End' and the Headmaster, Robert Holroyd, and Editor, John Plowright, were on hand to sign copies of the book During the evening, speeches were made by Carole Blackshaw (1970), President of the OR Society; Robert Holroyd, Headmaster; and Sir Nicholas Barrington (H’47), who was a contributor to ‘Repton to the End’ Benjamin Stevenson (H’89), Thomas Gilman (H’89), Simon Gill (N’90) & George Gilman (H’92)
Robert Holroyd, Headmaster; & Chris Charter, Retired OR Assistant Secretary Carole Blackshaw (’70), James Ross (H’68) Chairman of OR Society, & Robert PHolroyd at Hecks (L’48),Richard Caton (L’48,) John Smith (L’48), John Bragg (P’53) (9)
Heads of Houses
Harry Welch (Priory) Charles Sindrey (Cross) and Robert Hewitt (New House) OR Cricket Table “I had a wonderful time, the food was lovely and so was the company,” Jack Fookes (Head of School House) “I had a brilliant evening and was able to speak to several interesting ORs,” Sophie Griffiths (Head of Field House) “Thank you I had a great table and really enjoyed the whole evening,” Felicity Cook (Head of the Abbey) “I had such a lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed talking to the ORs about how things have changed since their day The evening was really nicely laid out and the food was fantastic,”
On the 22nd December 2007, Pears School was transformed into a winter wonderland for the Young Old Reptonians Christmas Ball, ending a year of celebrations for the 450th Anniversary in true style Guests (leavers between 1996 and 2007) were treated to champagne and reunited with their old school friends in an old fashioned ski lodge setting before moving into Pears School which provided a glamorous and dramatic backdrop for dinner with a glittery theme to match the dress code of white tie and tiara!
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Once the tables had been pushed back there was no stopping the Old Reptonians on the dance floor, which was pushed out until 2am!
Special thanks must go to Sarah (Field 03) and Jonathan Taylor (Orchard 04) who masterminded the memorable event, and the rest of the Young OR Ball committee who put in a lot of hard work; Catherine Smith (Field 03), Lydia W ilkinson (Field 04), Tom Auden (Orchard 04), James Hannaford (Orchard 04) and Victoria Wallis (Field 06)
Andrew Silvey (P’96), Louise Howarth and Owen Dacey (S’97) as to whether it would actually be possible to see W indsor Castle if one were to climb up onto the roof of the pub The possibility of gauging interest for a sailing regatta with other alumni clubs was debated and the idea of a trampolining division of the OR London Society was mooted All ideas and potential events are of course always welcome and anyone with ideas should let us know at ORLondon@hotmail co uk
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We are also recruiting new committee members so if anyone has recently moved to London or is planning to join us in the smoke and would like to get involved please do get in touch The next formal event will be the Summer Garden Party at Markham Square Gardens, Thursday 5 June 2008 from 7 to 9 pm
BRANCHES SOCIETY LONDON BRANCH DRINKS PARTY
On Thursday 13 September on a balmy summer evening, a group of Old Reptonians gathered at the W indsor Castle pub in Notting Hill The evening had a magical feel about it with the numerous fairy lights and the backdrop of such an enchanting old pub Ages ranged from around 19 to 82 and topics of conversation stretched from the potential take over of ABN Amro and its effect on the City to speculation
Louise Howarth (G’96) with Adam Phillips (B’79) Amanda Fallon (R’96) and Jack Russell (P’85)
DUBLIN LUNCH, 16th NOVEMBER 2007
Thereafter tales were spun across the table of Repton anecdotes until the substantial reservoir of fine wines, provided by a distinguished guest, ran dry In keeping with Irish protocol the proceedings then reconvened at a nearby hostelry (11)
In November the OR Irish Branch revived a past tradition, after a break of some years of hosting a lunch, specifically to celebrate the 450th Anniversary The Old Billiard Room at The University Club in the heart of Dublin proved to be a highly convivial venue for an extended lunch The occasion was superbly organized by Brian O’Neill (M’49) and was attended by sixteen ORs based in Eire and Norther n Ireland together with The President and Chairman of The OR Society, The Chairman of The Foundation and The Chairman of The Gover nors After a magnificent meal the formalities were concluded with a speech from Brian O’Neill and responded to by Edward W ilkinson who read an address from The Headmaster
Surely this signalled victory? No Their jaunty gait was nothing more than a cruel deception, simply the product of youthful exuberance; Watson’s had come home at the 16th and edged the match 3 2 As deflating moments go, it was of Hindenburg proportions
consequence was a degree of immobility commensurate with the acute pain he was suffering as he limped down the 19th, pain increased a thousand fold by subsequently depositing a nine iron into the ditch The pain, however, was eased by Forster and Anselm continuing their fightback by winning the 18th Conspicuously disregarding their captain’s example by both avoiding serious injury and playing the 19th impeccably, their extraordinary recovery was completed when it became the tur n of Watson’s to find the ditch W ith the scores level, all attention tur ned to game five, some distance behind on the course At this point W ilson and Myles Pearson appeared, walking purposefully ahead of their apparently disconsolate opponents off the 17th green
Richard Hodgkinson (M’81) Repton entered three pairs: JWL Graham & WAS Wesson; HB Leake & EM Newsome; G Fletcher & WP Dallas Ross, none of whom excelled on the day! Heavy rain towards the end of the day didn’t help However, everyone enjoyed the day Would every ‘good ish’ golfer reaching 75 years before July 7th 2008 please get in touch with WAS Wesson (2 White Close, German Street, W inchelsea, East Sussex TN36 4EN) we could do with some fresh blood Tony Wesson (H’43) The 2007 Hewitt was Repton’s best since our last victory in 1986 a run to the quarter finals which was exasperatingly close to being something even more notable Boosted by two debutants, James W ilson (20) and Richard George (over 20), progress through the first two rounds, against Wrekin and then Clifton, was comfortable To over come Marlborough, always a ster n test, with surprising ease in round three sent us into a quarter final against the mighty Watson’s, always one of the strongest Hewitt teams, with confidence but little indication of the drama that was to unfold over the Kent links on a bright cold day in (very early) April Philip Carr and John Wood, always likely to be a formidable combination, won the first six holes to put game two in the bag for Repton This advantage was neutralised by Watson’s taking control of game four Heading into the back nine, Watson’s held the edge in the top two games, the final game standing all square When the top match stood two down with two to play at the same time as the third match went three down with three to play the situation appeared desperate But this reckoned without the remarkable spirit forged through several evenings of team bonding in The Crown Mark Anselm and Pete Forster won the 16th and 17th in game three, whilst at the top Watson’s missed from short range at the 17th, then saw Andrew Pearce and Richard Hodgkinson make the unlikeliest of birdies at the 18th This may have rattled Watson’s, but Repton’s advantage was compromised by the captain tearing a calf muscle in post putt celebrations At 39 and a shade over 15 stone he perhaps should have known better, but it was an emotional moment The (12)
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Whether the fact that Watson’s went on to win the Hewitt, underlining how close we had come, increased or decreased the disappointment is moot It was an exciting and memorable week, and we shall travel in both hope and expectation in 2008
HALFORD HEWITT, ROYAL CINQUE PORTS, MARCH 29th APRIL 1ST 2007 VETERANS BERNARD DARWIN TROPHY, WOKING, JULY 9th 2007
These Prints are now available framed and unframed The retail price UNFRAMED is £100 00 including VAT The retail price FRAMED is £160 00 including VAT Post and packaging cost is £10 00 per print
Both framed and unframed prints are available from the School Shop The Repton Pilgrims will receive 12.5% of the re tail price of all prints sold To order a copy, please email or telephone the Repton School Shop : shop@repton org uk Tel 01283 559323
Prints by Jocelyn Galsworthy
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The Pilgrims matches were restricted to 2 games against the school, both of which were lost
The 2008 season is soon to arrive and all cricketers alike are hoping for better weather than last year, which seemed more fit for canoeing at times than cricket The Pilgrims Week suffered hugely from the wet weather with each of the 4 games being cancelled without a ball being bowled “ there are still carp on the outfield” was the comment of The Friars about the possibility of playing at Queens Park, Chesterfield!
All Pilgrims will be hoping for better things too in The Cricketer Cup Last season saw an early exit at the hands of Rugby The draw has not been kind by pairing us against Old Tonbridgians, a game due to be played on The Square on June 15th It is to be hoped that all suitable Pilgrims make themselves available for this match and see if we can set the record straight Mike Kettle has been enlisted by the Pilgrims committee to lend his support to the team in their quest for success We wish them luck!
The current President of the club, David Pilch, organised a dinner held at Lords on March 7th where the speaker was former judge and raconteur, Graham Boal
Repton Pilgrims Week Limited Edition
The Pilgrims Cricket Week is once more due to take place in the first week of July, offering the chance to play in 4 home games Anyone interested in playing is asked to contact Mike Stones
On March 16th some 23 Old Reptonians met to play hockey on the water based Astro at Repton Two squads then played the two school sides, before the final showdown when they played each other Team 1 had a mixed after noon, losing to the school 2nd team but beating the 1sts with goals from the two Toms (Boulton and Whiteley) The team was a mixture of youthful exuberance typified by Rory Farquharson and Nick Samra, and the maturity (!) of Joey Ascott, Simon Obor n and Nick Wooldridge Team 2 was also a mixture of ages and ability; the experience provided by Henry Wallis and Richard Sutton, the athleticism by Lloyd Evans and Ben Nancarrow, and most of the goals by Martin Jones They were successful against both school teams with goals from Jones (5) Ben Nancarrow and Eli Ankutse The final showdown was effectively over within 6 minutes as Martin Jones scored three for team 2 to confirm their superiority, although as Simon Clague (also team 2) said: “It is not the winning that counts”! All in all a good after noon was had by all Mike Keep HOCKEY
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The new year brought a new Captain with it, Olly Ford taking the armband A change can sometimes prove as good as a rest and ORFC have once again become a force to be reckoned with Results have picked up again with some excellent scenes on and off the pitch Goals are proving easier to come by and when our sponsor and veteran stopper Graham Blakesely is around, the aforementioned Against column is starting to look a little leaner Most recently an inspired 5 2 victory over a strong if ill disciplined Chigwell side, including a towering header from Clayton Penny and a stunning long range goal from retur ning talismanic striker Matt Gooderick, has shown how far the club has come in the second half of the season
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Front row (L to R): Clayton Penny (P’97), Matthew Good erick (C’92) Oliver Ford (captain) (’97), Graham Blakesley (M’74), Edward Perks (B/S’93) After three years of toiling in the Arthurian League’s answer to the Premiership, Old Reptonians FC finally succumbed to relegation in the summer of 2007 A season of poor availability, injuries to key players, inconsistent performances and just plain cruel luck had finally put paid to the club’s top flight existence Down, but not out, worries about the club’s future were quickly dispelled as a rallying cry brought out the best in the ORFC network, and the club began to knuckle down in preparation for life outside the Arthurian Elite 2007/8 would need to be a season for consolidation, a season for rebuilding team and club spirit and, hopefully, a season with a few more in the “For” column and a lot fewer in the “Against”
The Arthur Dunn cup is the prestigious Arthurian League knock out competition and is coveted by all of the Old Public School teams Repton’s success in this competition has been limited recently, but the chance to retur n to the Square just before Christmas gave the team the chance to reinforce the team with some Midland strength Despite going down 2 0 to a superior Lancing College the battling performance in front of a watching school gave the team a renewed sense of self belief going into Christmas The trip back to Repton also gave the Club the chance to say thank you to Noel Bennett for his 20 year tenure at the helm of the school side
A tur nout from across the years showed that off the pitch at least Repton still have a lot of strength in depth
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After a less than convincing draw on The Square on OR day, the season proper began with a disastrous losing streak But whilst points were hard to come by, signs of a renewed competitive ORFC were beginning to show Gone were the capitulations of the end of the previous season; the games were close, often lost against the run of play; new faces were appearing to join the older faces, and a renewed spirit was growing slowly but surely Early defeats to Aldenhamians, Kings W imbledon and Chig well were all by the odd goal, and following a humiliating 5 2 defeat to the old foe Shrewsbury, Repton were languishing at the foot of the table The first points were had with a fantastic 4 1 victory over table topping Malver n including goals from captain Rushton and ORFCs utitlity player / goal machine Boot A few more ups and downs occurred, a 4 0 rout of Radley was followed by the team contriving to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory after throwing away a 3 0 half time lead on a rainy day at Haileybury Not the start that was required
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At the time of press ORFC have three games remaining to secure a mid table finish, and should they achieve that it will very much be a job well done in what was always going to be a season of transition Four points are required and there is a great sense of optimism running through the side W ith many new faces appearing maybe the author’s own place might be under scrutiny, especially after the team photo is published, but ORFC isn’t always about what goes on on the pitch, and I for one hope to be a part of it for a long time to come If you are in or around London or the South East and want to play regular, well structured football amidst a friendly atmosphere with other ORs then give us a call we’d love to have you on board and it is entirely irrespective of ability. We cater for all standards. We look forward to hearing from any number of you
Back row (L to R): Richard Wynne (P’92), Richard Brown lee (P’95), Hamer Boot (S’95), Anthony Moran (C’91), David Hart (N’90)
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This was followed by an address by the Headmaster who outlined the recent achievements of the School and shared with those present his plans for the future A toast was then drunk to Sir John Port and finally a toast was drunk to the late Robert Beldam, who had been a most generous benefactor to both Repton and Corpus Christi College Photographs by Chris Charter
A very enjoyable dinner held at Corpus Christi College Cambridge on Friday 14th September was attended by 37 guests including the Headmaster and his wife The guest of honour was Professor Haroon Ahmed, the Past Master of Corpus Christi College The reception was followed by a delicious dinner which was served in the New Combination Room After the loyal toast Sir Nicholas Barrington (H'47) gave a brief address and proposed the toast to Repton School
450th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS DINNER AT CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 14th SEPTEMBER 2007
ET LUMIÈRE A CELEBRATION IN SOUND AND LIGHT, 20th 23rd SEPTEMBER 2007
Much of the music, voices and film footage was recorded prior to the performance but the task still remained to actually make the show happen
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The Son et Lumière was an outstanding and truly memorable show and was one of the highlights of the 450th Anniversary celebrations
450th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
The driving force behind the event and its creative director was Head of Art, Jeremy Bour non, who had been waiting to make his vision of telling the history of the village and School through sound and light a reality since he arrived at Repton over twenty years ago The script was researched and written by Ian McClary, Head of English and Paul Stevens, the School Librarian, who found it more of a challenge deciding what to leave out than what to include, faced with the wealth of historical sources from the Archive and the possibilities of bringing to life many of the figures who shaped and were part of Repton's history, famous and obscure alike The project also became a labour of love for Jeremy Rouse and Nic Firth, who contributed a number of moving and atmospheric musical scores, expertly directed by Director of Music, John Bowley
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Under the talented direction of the School’s Theatre Manager, Guy Levesley, all elements were blended seamlessly and for five nights audiences were treated to an exciting and moving experience which combined narration, live music and drama, the projection of films and images We were taken from pagan Mercia, through the monastic foundations, Danish invasion, the dissolution of the monasteries, to the founding and changing fortunes of the School over 450 years, all enhanced by the breathtaking lighting, designed by Alexandra Stafford Following a powerful Great War sequence and footage of the Queen's visit in 1957, a speech by the Headmaster encapsulated the enduring values of Repton and looked forward to an exciting future No one was left in any doubt that this was a most fitting way to celebrate such an important year by Andy Weekes. by Mick Wolford.
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On Tuesday October 16th 2007 a Gala Dinner was held to celebrate the Anniversary at the Hong Kong Club, and this event was attended by the Headmaster, Mrs Holroyd and over 60 old and current Reptonians based on the island During the Dinner, the Headmaster spoke and outlined plans for the future of Repton, as well as thanking the current OR Hong Kong community for their continued support of the School, particularly in relation to the Studio Theatre which is now such a vital and vibrant support to the drama curriculum It is especially heartening for the School to know that the reputation of Repton is so high on the island, and special credit for this must go to Mr Eddie Niem, Secretary of the OR Hong Kong Branch, and to his fellow members of the Organising Committee for the Dinner, Mr Robert Tam and Mr David Poon
or email: shop@repton org uk HONG KONG DINNER, 16th OCTOBER 2007 (18) 450th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS SON ET LUMIÈRE MUSICAL CD (20/09/2007)
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If you attended the Son et Lumière then this CD is a marvellous reminder of the fantastic evening that we had at Repton If you were not able to join us then this is an opportunity for you to hear some of the music that was specifically composed by members of staff of the Music Department for the event Copies available from the School Shop at £5 plus post and packing the shop on 01283 559323
The countdown starts 10, 9, 8, 7 2, 1 the gun goes and we are off Wave after wave of swimmers plunge themselves into the breaking
I am then off again and it is a relief to be covering the ground quickly after over 2 hours of climbing Soon I am hurtling down the mountain through Greolieres towards the last climb of 9km up to Coursegoules Reaching the top of this last climb, I've been on the bike for over 5 hours and my legs are starting to feel like jelly I look forward to the long 35 km down hill section back towards the valley floor so I can rest my legs The route snakes its way down the mountain through a series of steep hairpins and my hands start to ache from gripping the brakes so hard Anyway, I amuse myself on the final 10 km of the downhill section by sitting behind a good looking French girl called Veronique I know this because her name is printed on her backside I overtake her but I regret this at once as the open road is nowhere as attractive as gazing at this girl’s bum
Finally, after about 400 meters, the field starts to stretch out and it is possible to get into a front crawl rhythm The swim is 2 laps of a 1 9 km course 1 km straight out to sea and back, twice All I can hear now is the sound of my own breathing As I tur n around the huge buoy 1 km out to sea, the sun is rising over the mountains to the east It is beautiful and I am feeling strong The first lap goes quickly and, in no time, I am back on shore, running round a buoy on the beach through the lines of spectators and back in for the second lap I start to really enjoy the swim on the second lap and amuse myself looking at the jelly fish below This lap flies by and soon I am out of the water again and running up the ramp off the beach towards transition I look at my watch and I am genuinely shocked to see a time of 1 06 10 minutes ahead of schedule I run into transition and it is chaos with hundreds of athletes fighting their way out of their wetsuits My transition takes me 3 minutes and I am off on my bike down the Promenade des Anglais Bike - 180 km
(20) OR PROFILES: ADAM PHILIPS Trying to become an Ironman! 24th JUNE 2007
Progress is slow and it is very hot around 28° Sweat pours off me, stinging my eyes and dripping off my nose with every pedal stroke There are hundreds of people lining the route up the mountain I have my name printed on the front and back of my tri suit and it is a real lift to hear people shouting my name in encouragement as I grind up the mountain At last, I get to the top I stop briefly at an aid station to replenishing my water bottles and re filling my pockets with energy gels
waves I try to swim crawl immediately, but it is mayhem Like everyone else, I am getting kicked and hit in the head by flailing arms and legs, so I resort to breast stroke for the first minute or so
I am back on the flat now, bat tling against a head wind, for the final 25 km back into Nice So I just get my head down into the wind and try to conserve energy I tur n into transition and, despite what is ahead, I am really grateful to get off the bike The bike has taken 6 hours 46 minutes and my totally elapsed time back into the run transition is under 8 hours I am on schedule
The first 25 km of the 180 km bike course is pretty flat, but then the course cuts sharply uphill and the climbing begins I pass my Italian friend with the water bottle and climb up to Vence After a short fast section, the course tur ns back uphill The scenery is spectacular, but I have a feeling of foreboding knowing that the main climb of the day is ahead a gruelling 21 km climb up to beautiful Gourdon and the Caussols plateau I know this is going to take me at least 1 hour 20 minutes of continual climbing
IRONMAN FRANCE, Nice. I’ve just started to climb into the mountains behind Vence I’ve been on the bike for an hour already, but this is still the early stages of the ride I am looking ahead to St Jeannet and then I see a triathlete darting suspiciously back and forth behind a van some 100 metres ahead I wonder what he is doing Drawing level, I glance left to see the said Italian cyclist cleaning his arse with a water bottle. Welcome to Ironman France!
The day begins with an alarm call at 3 45 am I haven’t slept well as my mind is racing over what I might have forgotten I haven’t forgotten anything, of course, because I’ve been through what I need 20 times I bounce out of bed and start re checking my kit anyway I wander downstairs to grab some breakfast and I am greeted with nervous smiles from the 10 other people who have become good friends through the 6 months of training Everyone is too nervous to eat properly I am actually beginning to feel a bit sick, but I am relieved as well after living Ironman every day for 6 months Today is the day of reckoning
The “team” head over to transition It is 5 00 am and still dark Transition is located in the middle of the Promenade des Anglais just above the beach It comprises a line of tents and a bike park with 1,500 bikes neatly lined up in racks It is a hive of activity with athletes nervously pumping up tyres and completing last minute checks Really, everyone is just wasting time, trying to kill a few more minutes prior to the start gun at 6 30 am Swim - 3 8 km I pull on my wetsuit and head down a ramp to the beach to the start line, which is filling up with hundreds of human seals with bright yellow swimming caps The athletes are lining up in a strange natural order good swimmers at the front, graduating back through about 20 rows to the "not so confident" There are a few thousand spectators on the Promenade des Anglais and a helicopter above One minute to kick off I re adjust my goggles
pull my number down so he can identify me I oblige and I see his team frantically trying to match my number to a name I look to my right and there is Nat, standing on a seat in the stands, going ballistic and jumping around like the Albion have scored!
I hear my name I cross the line in 13 hours and 2 minutes I imagined there might be tears of joy, but there is simply relief that I can stop running I kiss the girl who presents the finishers medal to me, which I suspect I enjoy more than her given that I am sweating like a pig and have been for 13 hours I pose for the official photo and then wander off to find Nat There is no great moral to this tale aside from to say that I am now convinced that anyone can complete an Ironman with the right training discipline and determination to get to the finishing line I have no idea how the pros can do it in 8 hours, of course, but for us mortals it is really just a personal battle to get to the finish Lastly, since the race, a lot of people have asked if I will do another Ironman Answer anyone want to join me and the team in Zurich for Ironman Switzerland on 13 July 2008?
(21) Run 42 km I rack my bike and run into transition The tent is quite empty this time One of the female helpers applies sun cream to my back, shoulders and arms while I put on my running shoes She also gives me a quick shoulder massage which is pure joy after nearly 7 hours on a bike, but the moment is shattered as I look up to see another Italian completely naked lathering his genitals with Vaseline
OR PROFILES: ADAM PHILIPS Trying to become an Ironman! 24th JUNE 2007
What is it about these Italians?
The run course is 4 loops from transition out to the airport and back Each loop is 10 25 km and, demoralisingly, you can see the whole route from anywhere on the run There is an aid station with drinks, gels and cold sponges every 1 mile for 26 mile marathon course The plan is to run between the aid stations, refuel and start running again I run out of transition onto a run course 3 deep with spectators This is a huge adrenalin rush I tell myself that I have a 1 mile run as that is the distance to the first aid station I make it and I think that the first mile wasn't too bad A nice man showers me with a hose pipe because it is now 30 degrees There are spectators lining most of the run course and a steel band is banging out a beat near the airport I keep on plugging away and I realise that I am still wearing my cycling sun glasses, which are now caked in sun cream and sweat I never run with glasses, so I take them off I am shocked by how bright it is, but more than that, not having them on makes this whole thing seem very real I put the glasses back on immediately and once again feel comforted that this is indeed some strange out of body experience I have almost completed my first lap now and for the first time I see my wife, Natalie, shouting encouragement along with the rest of the WAGS I feel emotional I don’t know why because I know she thinks I am a lunatic and wishes she had never heard of Ironman Halfway through the second lap, inevitably the second lap monkey jumps on my back One of my team members has told me about the second lap monkey The second lap monkey carries a large stick and his name is pain My monkey friend starts to beat me with his stick and it hurts To add insult to injury, I have started to develop big blisters on the balls of both feet I am determined to get to the end of the second lap without walking I fail, so I resort to Plan B Plan B is to run for 3 minutes and walk for 1 minute This plan works well and become a little obsessed with staring at my watch rigorously adhering to my 3 on, 1 off regime I make it to the last lap
On the home straight, about 20 people on the side of the road are having a disco They have gravitated onto the road and they are creating a tunnel of honour for the athletes to run through They suck me into their tunnel and for a few seconds, I stop running and have a dance much to the amusement of the revellers I can taste the finish now I am just smiling and I have forgetten the pain Even my monkey friend has jumped off my back and dropped his stick I have thought about this moment a thousand times I peel off the road into the tunnel of banked seating full of spectators I can see one of the officials 100 metres away gesticulating for me to
Throughout the trip they had to be as self sufficient as possible, cooking their own food, pitching their own tent and making fires to cook on and to keep themselves warm “I lear nt how to catch a fish by spearing it with a stick and ate it for my breakfast”, said Jeremy “I even ate guinea pig I didn’t like it much as it was chewy and fatty but I was so hungry that I even ate the girls’ leftovers!”
He was chosen from 85 applicants to take part in the programme and the training for the trek involved 2 gruelling stages as applicants were set tasks to see how physically and mentally fit they were and as to whether they were “team players ”
During the trek Jeremy only managed 3 showers and one call home Like many of the youngsters he was homesick at times but he stuck it out “It was an amazing experience,” he said “I made some great friends, though there were lots of arguments along the way! We had plenty of laughs too You’ll see it all on the telly ” It should make riveting viewing! The programme ‘Beyond Boundaries’ will be aired sometime during 2008 At the time of going to print no date has been set Old Reptonian and son of a former member of staff, Jeremy Millensted (L’2000), aged 20, has recently completed a 4 week South American challenge with a group of disabled people Television cameras followed them every step of the way as they trekked across Ecuador, through jungle and mountains to the Pacific Ocean the adventure of a lifetime Jeremy has been profoundly deaf since he was bor n and was approached by the BBC to take part in this trek Programme makers followed him and 9 other disabled young people on this challenging trip It is intended to screen the resulting programme, “Beyond Boundaries” on BBC2 later this year It will show how they coped with challenging conditions ranging from the humidity of the jungle to the freezing heights of the Andes and ending amid the swamps and scorching heat of the Pacific Coast Communication with the team clearly represented a difficulty for Jeremy but thanks to a cochlear implant made a few years ago he has some hearing and can lip read if people face him when talking “I want to help hearing people understand what it is like to be deaf” said Jeremy “That’s why I went on this expedition At first this posed a real problem for him, as will be shown in the TV series, for people were not looking at him when they spoke to him, talking quickly and looking away This made him feel isolated but after he had come close to waving goodbye to them all, things improved “It was hard, really hard “ , added Jeremy An Andes snow capped mountain Jeremy in front of non active volcano
The group which also included a girl with restricted growth and a boy bor n with no lower left arm, spent the first week in the jungle sleeping in ham mocks “It was scary” said Jeremy “One night I got up in the night to go to the toilet and forgot to zip up my sleeping bag When I got back into it, it was full of spiders and I hate spiders! “However, the worst was yet to come for Jeremy and his fellow travellers in the form of the Andes which proved to be the toughest part of the expedition “ We went up really high, about 5,000 metres, and I got altitude sickness It was very hard work, very cold and I became ill ”
(22) OR PROFILES: JEREMY MILLINSTED Adventure of a Lifetime
In Upper VI, I finished 2nd in class that term and top the next two terms In lower school in the Easter term we were set a poem to commit to memory (called ‘Easter T imes’) that Easter had Shelley’s ‘Ode to the Skylark’ ” Of the staff, Geoffrey Fisher was an austere figure, always known as ‘The Boss’ He was appointed Head just before the First World War and had a difficult time with shortage of staff etc We had enormous respect for him He ruled with a firm hand but had an endearing habit of coming up to one or two boys and chatting with a merry laugh, quite informally He prepared us for confirmation and I had the good fortune to be taken in Lower V through the Gospel of St Matthew for School Certificate Some of his direction and teaching remain to this day My housemaster was Stephen Jenkyns, a small Welshman, nicknamed ‘Binks’ a wartime Lieutenant Colonel although no one would have known I got on reasonably well with him and his terminal reports were pertinent and fair I was however never a house prefect and only had a study my last term Towards the end of term there was a major epidemic of influenza and the sanatorium was virtually filled I escaped the flu but there was a coincident outbreak of conjunctivitis to which I succumbed spending a few days in the san At the end of term we made our ways homeward, most of us by train from W illington ” Anthony Beater (H’46), married to a cousin of OR Dr. John Dean (P’29), now deceased, sent us in the following letter from Dr Dean, giving an insight into his memories of Repton: “The winter of 1928 1929 was exceptional Towards the end of January we experienced a “mini ice age” with six weeks of severe frost but little snow My parents decided to drive to Repton from mid Lincolnshire but, after two frightening skids, left the car in Lincoln Father and I went on by train I was one of three new boys in the Priory one of which I already knew After the comforts of Prep School we were now living under ‘spartan’ house conditions with cold bedders, open windows and blankets supplemented by ‘pee mats’!
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Gradually we lear ned the ropes and fagging was introduced for us as a routine There was no bullying Study fires were lit late after noon, juniors did prep in the dining hall, after prayers we were to bed at 9pm All playing fields were rock hard so no team games were possible We played fives and, I think, yard football From the start skating was available The old Trent was frozen Individual houses hired buses to Foremarke, Bretby and Melbour ne for lake skating Everyone seemed to be able to obtain skates of some description! School form work posed few problems for me I was very well grounded in Latin and Maths
Dr John Dean Geoffrey Fisher Stephen Jenkyns
Photograph by S J Taylor (H’31) showing The Hall
THE REV’D H.G.M.CLARKE, HEADMASTER, 1937 1943 The Rev’d H G M Clarke BOOK REVIEWS
John Plowright’s response to Dr Reddington included these comments: “I apologize if my remarks caused you any offence but you will, I hope, appreciate that in attempting to span the School’s 450 years in the space of an address lasting approximately twenty minutes I had to paint with very broad brushstrokes It was certainly not my intention to trivialize or demean the Rev’d Clarke’s memory Indeed, I drew attention to the absence of his portrait from the Audit Room precisely because I considered this fact anomalous, and I salute your kind offer to help rectify that situation I’m sure that you will be pleased to lear n that Kenneth Rose, one of Repton’s most distinguished historians and, like, yourself, one of Rev’d Clarke’s former pupils and admirers, has written the pen portrait of him for ‘Repton to the End’ Let us hope that its publication stimulates the positive reappraisal of the Rev’d Clarke who, as you yourself say, was insufficiently appreciated in certain quarters during his time here at Repton ”
John Plowright’s address to Chapel on the commemoration of the School’s 450th anniversary, reprinted in the May 2007 edition of The Arch, drew a spirited defence of the Rev’d H G M Clarke from Dr. John Reddington (B’42) ‘Call to Arms’ Officer Cadet Training at Eaton Hall, 1943 1958 This book has been written and compiled by two Old Eatonian officer cadets, Keith Taylor and Brian Stewart The major part of the book consists of over 100 diverse, often amusing, personal accounts and reminiscences of cadets’ experience at Eaton Hall OCS with reflections on the influence that this had on their subsequent lives The book is available at £25 including p&p within Europe, £4 6 p&p for the rest of the world If you wish to order a copy of this book please contact Ronnie Adam at Upper Garden Cottage, Yair, Galashiels TD1 3PW, telephone 01896 850648 or 01896 753076 (office hours), or by email on: ronnie@adam gbtbroadband co uk ‘Napoleon’s Cavalry and Its Leaders’ by David Johnson (H’41) This book, originally published in 1978, has recently been republished by ‘The History Press Ltd (UK), 2007’ ‘Dressed in outrageously romantic uniforms, led by a flamboyant clique of aristocrats and extroopers, Napoleon’s cavalry had a picturesque quality that belied its ruthless methods and tremendous service record Drawing heavily on material largely unknown to English speaking readers, the campaigns in Austria, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Spain and Portugal are all brought alive and put into their historical context ’ Dr Duncan Bell (N’90) has recently seen his following book published: ‘The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860 1900’. Published by Princetown University Press (ISBN 9780691 128658)
Editor’s note: A fund has now been established to pay for a portrait of Rev’d Clarke to be produced If any ORs wish to make a donation to this fund, please forward a cheque payable to ‘Repton School’, for the attention of Mike Stones, OR Secretary, OR Society, 1 High Street, Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6GD
Dr Reddington writes: “Sadly no portrait of the Rev’d Clarke hangs alongside those of other Headmasters in the Audit Room He should be remembered firstly for his Christian and humanitarian concer ns, as exemplified by his participation in the Duke of York’s Camps It is tragic that his push to end fagging incurred the opposition of the staff and gover nors When personal fagging was finally abolished in the 1960s, his social insight and forward thinking were clearly vindicated He was also a dynamic and eloquent speaker “in the classroom, in chapel and at his own table” see Kenneth Rose’s witty description of him in “Repton to the End” His sermons inspired us all I recall one, vividly describing the London Blitz, praising a woman volunteer who offered a “cup of tea” to those who had just been bombed out A family man, I remember him once when surrounded by his wife and children, he spoke from the steps of Pears School After he had finished his son affectionately replaced his brown trilby hat on his head He once asked me to tea when his friend Jim Pitman, later Sir James Pitman M P , came to preach the sermon (Sir James’ mother had been a patient of my father’s) Afterwards, as a junior boy, I was completely overawed when walking up to chapel at his side but the gesture was one I will not easily forget Michael Clarke will be remembered by all the boys of his time: “the boys liked and respected him” (Kenneth Rose) I hope that the School and those ORs who knew him, will combine to fund a portrait of him so he can, at last, find a place among his fellow Headmasters in the Audit Room
“During the tumultuous closing decades of the 19th century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best to organize the empire Many found an answer to the anxieties of the age in the idea of Greater Britain, a union of the United Kingdom and its settler colonies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and souther n Africa In "The Idea of Greater Britain", Duncan Bell analyses this fertile yet neglected debate, examining how a wide range of thinkers conceived of this vast "Anglo Saxon" political community Their proposals ranged from the fantastically ambitious, but all of these ideas were motivated by the disquiet generated by democracy, by challenges to British global supremacy, and by new possibilities for global cooperation and communication that anticipated today's globalization debates Exploring attitudes toward the state, race, space, nationality, and empire, as well as highlighting the vital theoretical functions played by visions of Greece, Rome, and the United States, Bell illuminates important aspects of late Victorian political thought and intellectual life ” (24)
OBITUARIES both shared a vision about the important role Counselling could play in people’s lives and in 1991 Richard appointed Graham as Director of a new charity Counselling in Primary Care Trust which was funded by Richard Evans Until his illness was diagnosed Graham devoted himself to establishing standards, guidelines and training to raise the professional standing of counsellors His energy and vision led to the emergence of counselling in primary care as a respected part of General Practice The Current Chair man, of what is now Councillors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care, writes "Dr Graham Curtis Jenkins was an inspiration to all of us who followed his lead to establish counselling in the NHS Erudite, facts at his fingertips and with an awesome breadth of knowledge, Graham challenged the secondary care dominance of mental health provision " In 1996 he became President of the Section of General Practice, the Royal Society of Medicine Graham was always true to his native Wales and was bor n with a love of music and the outdoors He was a keen rugby supporter and held a debenture at Cardiff Arms Park He was an enthusiastic off shore sailor, and for many years a member of the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club in Cardiff where racing continued throughout the year, regardless of the winter weather He was introduced to sailing at Repton where he shared responsibility for the new sailing club on the gravel pits near Burton, the brainchild of the head master T L Thomas Sailing was a new addition to the three compulsory ball games of the time Graham’s first visit was something of a catastrophe He and I each had the misconception that the other was a sailor so we soon found ourselves being blown helplessly off shore It was not long before the boat capsized and had to be towed to the bank in full view of an angry headmaster Both of us could see a painful punishment on the near horizon I was in the bow so jumped out into 3 feet of water to Graham’s amusement, but Graham had to jump from the ster n, still laughing, into very deep water and disappeared completely below the surface Fortunately TLT saw the funny side and felt that punishment had already been sufficiently meted out On the sports field Graham will be remembered as strongly built and coming from a family of sprinters so it was not surprising that he excelled and was the fastest sprinter in the School when it came to the 400 yards Graham's big claim to fame was that he equalled the sprint record of Olympic Gold Medallist, Harold Abraham which had stood since Abraham's time at Repton He joined the first climbing expedition to Snowdonia led by the scholastic Upper Sixth Classics teacher, B H Kemble Cook who was a member of the Alpine Club A photograph of this meet appeared in a recent publication of ‘The Arch’ When Graham was bravely enduring his last illness, one of his final ambitions was to be present at the England Wales match This was achieved by Graham being carried to his seat by a throng of stout friends to sing “Land of My Father” with sixty thousand other Welshmen after Wales won Graham’s funeral was held on Wednesday 25th July 2007 with a service of appropriately rousing music and singing at St Peter’s Church, Staines Graham leaves his wife Claudette, daughter Lucy and son Alexander His family, friends and colleagues will continue to miss someone who was so full of life David Wright (L’48) Graham Curtis Jenkins: The Cross 1948-53 Graham Curtis Jenkins came to The Cross in 1948 when Bill Blaxland was House Master, to be followed soon by his younger brother Andrew 3 years later Graham excelled as a great all rounder and it would be good to think that that his time at Repton helped give him the confidence to succeed on many fronts He was Head of House, a School Prefect and Cadet Officer in the School Corps then commanded by Frank Fisher Graham had a remarkable memory especially for remembering people and once introduced rarely forgot a name, a personal quality that never deserted him He was also very amusing, ex tremely well read and an excellent raconteur His colleagues will remember him as immaculately dressed, speaking seemingly effortlessly to give his cause a powerful and active voice which disguised the courage it took for him to stand up and say what the many other speakers did not want to hear W ilfred Bullock was an outstanding biology master at Repton in Graham’s time and that year W ilf Bullock got all his form into either Cambridge or Oxford Graham went to Pembroke College, Cambridge Four of the same form was to stay close to Graham throughout his life Peter Trott (Priory), Wattie Fletcher (Brook), John Rickett (Hall) and David Wright (Latham) And they went onto either St Thomas’ or Guy’s Hospitals The five of them were to meet and dine regularly and over the following fifty years sang together the school song “Where staid the silver Trent” in a number of unusual locations Graham qualified as a doctor from St Thomas’ Hospital in 1960 and became a G P Pediatrician in Ashford, Middlesex for 27 years During that time he made a huge impression on childcare for 1 5 year olds He lectured and wrote extensively on the subject, appearing on television and broadcasting on radio His work was recognized both here and in the United States and he felt passionately about motherhood and childhood On leaving the NHS Graham met the philanthropist Richard Evans They (25)
Jimmy, James, or J , was a truly loveable person He was blessed with a remarkably clear head and a very well balanced outlook on a wide range of subjects He was wonderfully placid and always very fair He also enjoyed a delightful sense of fun and was always ready to see a lighter side to any situation He leaves his wife Rosemary, two daughters and four devoted grandchildren Bob Leach (H’49) M.J.C Glaze (H ’48)
Gowan’s visit to the UK In 1975 he became First Secretary in Abu Dhabi, and in 1978 he transferred to be First Secretary in Morocco, where he was Head of Chancery In 1980 he was posted to be the British Consular General in Bordeaux From his position in France he was promoted to the role of HM Ambassador to the Cameroon in 1984, where he also acted as Ambassador, (non resident), to Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea
He remained in Addis Ababa until retirement from the Foreign and Commonwealth office in 1994 when he was invited to take a job as Deputy Secretary General of the Order of St John After a few years of very constructive work he eventually retired to live with is family in Reigate In retirement his primary hobbies were golf and opera Throughout his life James enjoyed sport Of the many sports he followed his favourite was golf He was an excellent golfer with a handicap in single figures Whilst he was Ambassador in the Cameroon he accompanied The President, President Biya, on an official visit to the UK His highlight of this visit was not introducing the President to The Queen, or to Margaret Thatcher, but the round of golf he had on the Old course at St Andrews
Michael John Carlisle Glaze, who died at the age of 72, was the British Ambassador in three African States and received a CMG after his first posting in The Cameroon He entered Repton with a scholarship in autumn 1948 A most cheerful and popular character he quickly acquired the nickname of Jimmy due to his likeness to the house matron’s Jack Russell He was a brilliant linguist, an accomplished musician and a keen sportsman He represented the school in long distance running and received his colours at an early age He had an excellent tenor voice and was a dedicated member of the chapel choir and Music Society Prior to leaving Repton he won a scholarship to St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, to study Moder n Languages He studied Moder n and Medieval Languages at Cambridge, and took a degree in French and German He was also proficient in Danish, and later, during his service in the Foreign Office, he lear ned Portuguese and Arabic While at St Catharine’s College he was a member of the cross country and athletics teams After graduating in 1958 he served with the Colonial Service in Basutoland, now Lesotho, and following independence, in 1965, he was invited by the newly formed Lesotho gover nment to stay and assume the role of Deputy Permanent Secretary of Finance (He wrote to me saying: “You may well laugh!” I had been with him since his Prep School and knew the management of his own finances to be appalling) Following a coup in Lesotho he and his wife Rosemary, nee Duff, retur ned to England where he spent some time working at the Export Credits Guarantee Department before joining the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
On entering the FCO in 1973 he worked on the Nigeria Desk as First Secretary and amongst other tasks made the arrangements for General (26) James photographed at an African orphanage
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On completion of his three years in Cameroon, (1987), he became Ambassador to Angola with the additional responsibilities of HMA, (non resident), to the islands of St Thomas and Principe He was awarded the CMG in 1988 At that time neither the USA nor Republic of South Africa maintained a mission in Angola On account of this he was also requested to represent them in all negotiations He was therefore in a very complicated and demanding situation, one in which a clear head and good logical reasoning was essential Quite by chance I met him at Heathrow when he was in the UK for a series of important meetings and high level diplomatic discussions He confided in me that he had spent that day at No 10 with Mrs Thatcher formulating suitable agreements for Angola, Britain, America and South Africa He was about to fly to put the plans to George Bush (Senior) over a working lunch He said, (and I quote): “I am hopeful these plans will see an end to the Angola war and an end to South Africa’s isolationism ” It was, indeed, to be the case but when I reminded him of it in recent years he passed it off as merely being his job and not something for which he should take any credit In 1990 he assumed the post of HM Ambassador to Ethiopia and Ambassador Extraordinary to Eritrea
OBITUARY LIST Latham continued 1936 N S Moores 18th December 2007 1956 A R Croft 22nd May 2006 1965 P A B Drewitt January 2008 New 1939 Peter Machin Furse December 16th 2007 1940 Christopher Milford December 2007 1943 A J Boyce January 17th 2008 1944 R W Palfreyman 21st December 2007 1946 J F Roebuck December 18th 2007 1954 John Richard Binks January 2nd 2008 Mitre 1932 Francis Fer ns February 8th 2008 1956 Adam Nugent W ise February 14th 2008 Brook 1941 Peter Hancock Orchard 1934 Dr F C Freeman 6th August 2007 Hall 1928 J Mellor Duxbury 13th February 2008 1936 I Ferguson September 2007 1940 M J R Stockman August 27th 2007 1941 John Arthur Lloyd 16th March 2008 1949 A C Graham 1977 N P Haller 2007 Priory 1944 R M Newey January 2008 1949 N C Clark DL JP 25th August 2007 1950 N E Boutcher 8th February 2008 Cross 1936 R A Boughton 29th August 2007 1937 Thomas W Scott 6th March 2008 1946 R B Ellwood 13th November 2007 Latham 1927 J M Kay February 2007 1929 R W J Allen 27th February 2008 1931 Brian E Thompson 8th December 2007 YOUR CONTACT DETAILS 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 Thank You! Memorial Service for D.G.G. Hoare D.G.G. Hoare (Foremarke Staff 1959 1969), Senior Geography Master and Second Master, died in January 2008, aged 76 Derek subsequently became Headmaster of Perrott Hill Prep School, North Perrott, Crewker ne, Somerset, where a memorial service will be held at the school on Saturday July 5th, 2008, at 2 30pm Please email the office: or@repton.org.uk Or telephone: 01283 559249 Or write to us at: The Old Reptonian Society I High Street, Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6GD Would you prefer to read The Arch on line and not receive a paper copy? Several ORs now request this Please advise us if this is the case We have many ORs who have kindly offered to be ‘Overseas Links’ in many countries around the world If you are based overseas, either temporarily or permanently, and wish to make contact with an Overseas Link, please contact our office for further information (27) Others Anne Hester Thomas, daughter of the late Rev BW and Mrs Thomas 1st January 2008
We found ourselves with rangers following poachers in the foothills of Mt Kenya one day, and pulling a stranded Grevy Zebra out of a trench, or implanting a radio transmitter into the hor n of a wild rhino the next The work of the rangers is dangerous and tough poachers often carry weapons and wildlife is unpredictable, which is fatal when it comes to a colossus like a rhino or an elephant The reality is that these rangers regularly put their lives on the line to ensure the survival of Kenya’s wild animals
At Karimba, the children not only receive an education, they’re also regularly fed We were there to distribute new school uniforms, and many of the kids were in desperate need of new clothes It’s hard to explain just how these children responded to receiving their new clothes: they looked like all their Christmases had come at once And that’s exactly what made it all so poignant for me imagine giving a child back in the UK a new school uniform, a bowl of porridge and a few textbooks for Christmas I don’t think the response would have been so happy This year, the pupils of Repton School have kindly agreed to donate the money raised during their Lent Charity Appeal to Lewa’s Education Trust for Karimba School It will fund a new, fully equipped classroom with desks, chairs, solar energy and books And through this, not only will they help some children to get a better start in life, they are also directly supporting the crucial conservation efforts of the Lewa W ildlife Conservancy
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Daniela Pulverer (A’88) We spent some time with the Lewa Education Department as they visited the schools supported by Lewa through donating school uniforms, food programmes, and new facilities and buildings One of the schools I visited was Karimba School a primary school whose pupils are mainly the children of casual labourers and squatters These people are extremely poor and literally don’t know where the next meal is coming from, let alone being able to afford secondary school fees for their children And education is what might give them a chance to escape their cycle of abject poverty School Water Supply Pupils carry these heavy jerry cans 3km to the School Kitchen Children have to stand as their desks are too tall for them (28) The bags were packed, the last of our equipment stowed away in the car and we were on our way to Heathrow to catch a flight bound for Kenya Around 15 hours later we landed on a dusty airstrip just north of Mt Kenya This was to be our home for the next 3 months: the Lewa W ildlife Conservancy in norther n Kenya We had come here to film a television series, following the work of Lewa’s rangers as they set about their jobs conserving Kenya’s wildlife I knew the impressive statistics the fact that 10% of Kenya’s remaining black rhinos and 20% of all surviving highly endangered Grevy zebras live here These are significant numbers when you consider that only 40 years ago there were around 20,000 black rhino in Kenya, but by 1982 they had decreased to just 400, not far off today’s numbers They were being poached to extinction for their precious hor ns And without organisations like Lewa that take the protection of wildlife so seriously that they have a force of heavily trained armed rangers, who can be and often are deployed at a moment’s notice to track down poachers, our children will inherit a planet without wild rhino, without elephants, and without leopards That is the reality for the people working at Lewa Not only is Lewa a beautiful spot with wildlife literally at your doorstep or at times inside your tent it also impresses because of its forward looking attitude and broad based approach to conservation The aim is to protect and manage wildlife while initiating and supporting conservation and development programmes of local communities and, crucially, helping the education of local people
But the wildlife is only one side of Lewa’s work They also work closely with local communities, and this is what makes Lewa really special: the understanding that in order to conserve wildlife, local people must benefit from its presence If there’s no benefit, the elephant trampling your subsistence crops or the leopard taking your goats is nothing but a nuisance and a direct threat to your own survival In this situation, people will take matters into their own hands: elephant are shot or speared, leopards are poisoned, and the organisation supporting these intruders is seen as the enemy Lewa is committed to helping the local communities on its periphery through schooling, through women’s micro credit schemes, and through supporting local community initiatives for development and conservation, where the direct beneficiaries are the people themselves
The audiences were treated to a wide variety of acts from singing, dancing, comedy sketches and jazz to mime and juggling More than 150 pupils from all years in the school were involved in the production
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The show featured music from close harmony groups singing Little April Showers and Bohemian Rhapsody as well as soloists performing Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Halleluja and Hot Stuff Other highlights included a hilarious ‘horse race’ between twelve pupils on space hoppers to the theme from Black Beauty, the First XV performing A Humpty Dumpty Haka, some stunning hip hop dancing and a salsa piece performed on a Ford Fiesta! At the time of going to press, the total amount raised was still to be confirmed, but it is expected that more than £10,000 will have been raised by the event, which will be donated to the Lewa Charity John Sentance
Nearly 1200 pupils, parents and local residents filled the 400 Hall Theatre over four nights to watch this year’s Lent Term Charity Cabaret
Typical school SSIs are at most SSgt or Sgt Maj Rank, so why RSM? Because he had already completed a distinguished military career with the 9th/12th Lancers before arriving in Repton, rising from a boy soldier recruit, to become their RSM When he came to Repton, fresh from the Army, in his own words he wasn’t really house trained, and was a robust presence As far as I know, he was the only “real” RSM on the CCF circuit, and he was widely acknowledged by Brigade and beyond as the foremost SSI in the region In his work, Mike was patient, discreet, intransigent and, above all, combative It is hard to overstate how influential his work has been in our CCF (30)
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He was much more, however, than the pivotal man in the CCF: he was also a highly successful soccer coach, cricket coach, shooting coach, geography dept assistant, biology dept field tutor, fire officer, Pedant tea boy the litany could stretch on, but he would be embarrassed These extra areas were willingly and ably executed (for example, he and Mike Stones are proud of their U15 football record; JCD came in for relentless stick, as he and Mike guided cricketers to adulthood, as well as sporting success) The RSM straddled, like no other, the Repton “worlds” of the pupils, the non teaching staff, and the Common Room He was as at ease with Gover nors, as he was with porters, and he treated everyone according to their merits, not position In character, Mike was a powerful presence, a painful thor n in the side of all hypocrisy and pomposity, and a warm wit He was a man who would devise and execute many ways to tease people, in order to enliven their working day with banter and joy, and he was an immensely generous and committed friend to many He was a man who had seen a great deal of life, and death, beyond the sometimes unworldly walls of the Arch, but who never once told “war” stories or sought to aggrandise himself Mike himself insisted that his job here had brought him great satisfaction because of the excellent pupils, and the friends, and he wouldn’t ever, under any circumstances, make any bones about how splendid it had all been: integrity and loyalty are as natural to him as walking (or indeed, marching)
VALETE Mike Todd was the SSI (School Staff Instructor) the military instructor, adviser and administrator of Repton Combined Cadet Force for 18 years, from 1989 2007 He was spectacularly successful in that role, and also in the many other areas of his work The “RSM”, as generations of Reptonians both affectionately and fearfully called him, epitomised everything good that the CCF has offered our pupils over the past two decades He befriended the shy, as well as the bold, the difficult rebel as well as the top cadet Truth be told, Mike had a (well hidden) soft spot for those challenging pupils, both boys and girls, who found life difficult He gave a dimension of care not easily available to academic staff often not very PC and he was hugely respected and loved by the pupils Cadets would certainly feel short changed, deflated even, if he did not frequently abuse them mercilessly, but with underlying warmth
One of my abiding memories of his abilities actually comes from cadet drill Picture, if you will, seventy young cadets on Army CCF Summer Camp in pouring rain, all a bit tired, and ragged, and add a sprinkling of chirpy, even unpleasant, individuals The cadet NCOs are struggling to maintain leadership The RSM stands stock still and quietly commences drill practice He extends the power of his voice and, more subtly, persona, and visibly lifts the mood of the cadets firstly gripping them, then instilling self discipline (as contrasted with exter nal discipline), then pride, then manifest happiness in a job done well I do not exaggerate The cadets march, still in pouring rain, now in excellent spirits and good order, but directly towards the River Lune in spate They march down the slipway as we (the Officers) all cringe from afar: is the RSM really going to march 70 pupils into the river? He’s not even looking! At honestly the very last metre, and by now out of line of sight, he tur ns the column about, unflappable To this day, I swear every pupil would all have marched into the river unhesitatingly it was a breathtaking display of personal authority through respect, and it cemented those particular cadets into a “team” which lasted The School has many reasons to thank Mrs Clare Todd in her own right, for the years of work she put into the fabric of the Repton CCF, as well as the staunch and wise support of Mike in his various roles Being Derby bor n and bred, Mike had an affinity with the School, knew what traditions Repton School stood for and stands for, and he willingly gave us his all It is certain that we will literally never see his like again: there will surely be splendid chapters in the CCF and School to come, splendid men and women, too, but there was only one RSM Gary Lawrence
SCHOOL NEWS REPTON COMBINED CADET FORCE BIENNIAL INSPECTION 2008
On Tuesday March 11th, the CCF Biennial Inspection was carried out, along with CCF competitions in the after noon
The Inspecting Officer was Colonel A Walton MBE, TD, DL (V), who is currently Deputy Commander 49 Bde (E), and who has recently served in both Iraq and Afghanistan CCF cadets, drawn from both Army and RAF cadre, mounted the Guard of Honour, and the Col took the inspection (held in the Garth) in glorious spring sunshine Cadet Sergeant Major Harry Welch (Priory), the Senior Cadet, performed ably in executing the words of command to control his cadets The CCF Band gave stirring musical support during and after the Guard of Honour inspection Col Walton was kind enough to W ith Col Walton departed to attend a further engagement elsewhere, the Headmaster Mr Robert Holroyd presented the competition prizes, up on the tennis courts at the final parade Other CCF matters: At the end of the Lent term, a party of A Coy took part in a hill walking adventurous training trip to the English Lake District, where they executed navigation training during a seven day circular walking tour of some classic hill routes and scenery, travelling from hostel to hostel, literally up hill and down dale a lovely week Gary Lawrence (31)
compliment the cadets on their tur nout, then the Honour Party retired to a splendid lunch, hosted in the Hall by Mrs Penny Holroyd In the after noon, all CCF cadets took part in House based competitions of a military and / or adventurous nature, with A Coy competing for the Bar nes Squad trophy, and the older cadets for the Russell Cup In a small evolution to our Combined Cadet Force competition traditions, many of the tasks this year involved stronger emphasis on cooperative team elements, without (it is hoped) losing the physically competitive edge which many ORs will recall with affection and pride The Colonel visited all competition stands, including the March and Shoot, the pool task, first aid, weapon handling skills, drill competition, night vision construction task, flight simulation, navigation task, indoor and outdoor obstacle courses The Officers and Cadets of the CCF thank the many non CCF teaching staff who assisted in the after noon’s competitions, for without such support the competitions could not occur in the form they do
This has been a fantastic term for the Netball club, and we are proud to have broken two school records
The second is that we achieved the hat trick of the Under 18’s, Under 16’s and Under 14’s all qualifying for the Midlands Finals which has never been done before Furthermore, our Under 15A team proved themselves a force to be reckoned with at the end of the term when they managed to secure the Under 15 County tour nament trophy This bodes extremely well for next year when they move up to Under 16 level and have a chance to aim for the Midlands finals too Nicky Obor n Twenty20 cricket for Derbyshire 1st XI, and he will have at his disposal a nicely balanced group of players The batting looks deep; Charles Sindrey (C), though he will miss some of the early season games as he is recovering from a broken leg suffered on the rugby pitch, prospered in Grenada and should have his best season yet, whilst other ‘old hands’ include the Captain, Matthew Wood (L) and Michael Stones (O) They are likely to be joined by Derbyshire academy opener Hamza Siddique (S) and incoming all rounder Luke Lacey (C), plus a crop of exciting U16 prospects including Chris Murrall (O), Alasdair Fear ns (P) and Michael Jacques (C) There are, too, plenty of options on the bowling front The seam attack will be carried by Wood, Lacey and U15 recruit, Ameer Ahmed (C), another who impressed on tour, whilst W ith a highly successful winter tour of Grenada, which yielded 4 wins in 6 matches, behind them Repton’s senior cricket squad is approaching the 2008 season in positive mood
This year’s 1st XI captain, Tom Poynton, in action with the bat in last year’s 20/20 (32)
This knowledge alone highlights the strength and depth of all our teams Whilst we did not manage to progress further than Midlands’ level, the 1st team in particular was very close to it and only just missed out on a qualifying position This was a fantastic achievement for Repton especially considering that many of the other teams in the competition play netball all year round
The first is that we have managed to field an incredible 13 teams thanks to the efforts of the staff body, and this has undoubtedly been very well received by the girls themselves
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The team will be led by wicket keeper Tom Poynton (S), who last season played both County Championship and youngster, Harvey Butters (O), could fea ture, as could Dale Clemson (P) and Richard Lawrence (P) Meanwhile last year’s senior spinner, Tom Eldred (P) retur ns along with off spinner, Josh Moore (L), still only U16 and with a season’s 1st XI experience under his belt Jacques offers another spin possibility, as could Adam Hugill (L), Alex Paget (P) and Tom Cosford (L) The school will play a range of types of cricket, from traditional all day ‘declaration’ matches, through limited overs games to Twenty20 affairs and, as suggested by the number of players mentioned above, such is the range of talent available it is difficult to predict who exactly will feature in the 1st XI, and indeed it is likely that certain players might be used in certain forms of the game Frank Watson
First B Block Boy Zion Hussey (N)
Since the time of Mr Stephenson Peach at the start of the last century and his connection with the Morgan Motor Company, which celebrates its centenary in 2009, Repton has had strong links with industry and engineering The Arkwright Scholarship Trust seeks to discover the very best potential future engineers and designers, and in Harriette Doxey and Lee Bilson, Repton has two such pupils Both have been studying Design and Technology in the revitalised and refurbished Design Centre, and their scholarship was
Howard Gould The “race for the gate” took place for the first time in three years and despite severe flooding of the course earlier in the term, the weather held and the Steeplechase was run under the almost ideal conditions of a sunny, cold and bright blue sky There were some vintage individual and team performances and the trophies were awarded as follows:
In total, one hundred and eighty scholarships have been awarded this year, with the leading UK companies and individuals sponsoring the scheme, with Mr Robert Kirkland (O’59) being a generous supporter of the scheme Both Harriette and Lee are now studying D&T at A level and are soon to apply for university in their chosen field of engineering and design Ian Setterington
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THE ARKWRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
Junior Girls W inner Emily Gething Lewis (F) First B Block Girl Emily Gething Lewis (F) Junior Boys Team New House Junior Girls Team The Mitre Senior Boys W inner W illiam Bell (L) Senior Girls W inner Georgie Chamberlain (A) Senior Boys Team New House Senior Girls Team The Mitre
Lee with Mr Robert Kirkland Harriette with Mr Robert Kirkland
Junior Boys W inner Joshua Bevan (S)
Harriette and Lee achieved having taken a two hour examination and then a day of inter views and activities at Sheffield University
From an initial field of nearly a thou sand, Harriette and Lee are two of the successful 2007 Scholars, who received their award at the Institute of Engineering & Technology in London
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Among this year's Chapel Preachers was Tom Chambers (N’90) (in the middle of this photograph), star of BBC "Holby City" who explored with us the theme of 'endeavour in life' (34)
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It has been another wonderful year for Repton’s hockey players The boys were unable to match last year’s achievement of reaching the national semi final but did nevertheless have a fine season After a slow start, losing to very good Worksop and Trent teams, the squad developed considerably and by the end of term they were playing entertaining hockey and scoring freely; 26 goals were scored in the last four games This was the fourth consecutive na tional title for the Repton girls’ 1st XI an achievement that has only ever been done once before and with several members of the squad available again next year, hopes are high for a record breaking fifth title Simon Clague HOCKEY
The girls again won their place in the national finals, staged at St George's College in Weybridge, after being crowned Midlands’ champions for the sixth consecutive year Repton, as was the case last year, won all four of their games at the national finals: Hymers College (4 0), Clifton College (2 0), Queenswood (3 1) and finally St Edwards (3 1) The highlight of the Chapel Year will be our Confirmation Service, to be held on 4 May and conducted by the Bishop of Repton, The Rt Revd Humphrey Souther n The sight of 12 Reptonians entrusting the joys and struggles of their life to God promises to be a moving one particularly when you think of the jour neys they will have made to reach this point Bishop Humphrey is an Old Harrovian and will, no doubt, draw on his own experience of boarding school to reflect on his jour ney of Faith Our past Headmaster, Lord Fisher, will not be far from our minds on the day As Archbishop of Canterbury he restored the Bishopric of Repton and asked its first incumbent to ‘take care of my Repton School’ I am sure he prays for us still Adam Watkinson
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Deputy Head (Academic) Paul Deegan
PROGRAMME 2007/2008
Rachel Elnaugh, known to many as the founder of Red Letter Days and from the BBC’s series Dragons’ Den, spoke about the challenges of entrepreneurship in the moder n business world David Sneath related his recent experiences in Iraq as a military lawyer
In February, we were privileged to welcome Sir Nigel Rudd to Repton Sir Nigel is the founder of W illiams Holdings PLC and Chairman of BAA and after a brief introduction, he led a question and answer session on the issues surrounding business in Britain today The lecture series was concluded by a fascinating address by Zia Chaudhry, founder of the Spirit of Cordoba, on Islam and Contemporary Society If any OR would be willing to speak to a year group at the School or knows of anyone who would be happy to do so, I would be delighted to hear from him or her I can be contacted via email at tco@repton org uk Tim Owen
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At the start of October Freddie Knoller retur ned to Repton for his second visit Now aged eighty seven, Freddie fled to France when Germany invaded Austria in 1938 and after arrest by the Gestapo, escaped and joined the Resistance A betrayal led to his arrest and deportation to Auschwitz He survived the camp and the infamous death march through the resources of luck, friendship and optimism He was liberated by the British in April 1945 Few who heard his story will forget it In November, The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford, MP (OR) retur ned to Repton to present his thoughts on contemporary political issues: his address was a masterly overview of the current political climate and provoked much discussion both during and after the talk In a fascinating and challenging address, Ian Yorston spoke about technological change in the twenty first century Andrew W illiamson (OR) explored how business relationships between the British and Chinese peoples could be developed Paul Deegan spoke of his personal jour ney from a car crash at the age of fifteen which, statistically speaking, should have left him dead, to the fulfilment of a personal ambition to climb Everest some seventeen years later The Repton School Upper Sixth Form Lecture Programme was established in 2005 with the stated aim of informing, inspiring and provoking our students. Lectures take place weekly on Friday afternoons, and over the last two years we have been fortunate to welcome a diverse range of speakers to the School such as Justin King, the Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s, Matthew Parris, the journalist and author and Tom Avery, the polar explorer, to name but a few The 2007/2008 programme began with a talk by Dr Martha Holmes, a series producer for the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol Dr Holmes has worked on many award winning series, including the much acclaimed Life in the Freezer and The Blue Planet, and is currently working as a series producer on the BBC's next landmark natural history series Life, due to be screened in 2009 Using clips from these programmes Dr Holmes explained how the production team translated the observation of wildlife into the transmitted programme and explained some of the practical and technical challenges that she had encountered working in such extreme environments
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SCHOOL NEWS
Verity Joshi (L6A) Imogen Blackwood (L6A)
At this point, I had only very little knowledge about the medical world: other than having been to the doctors, pharmacy and hospital on several occasions, I had no idea about what goes on behind the scenes! Do not underestimate how difficult it can be to secure a work experience placement I went into my local surgery to be told I couldn't work there as I was one of their patients Local pharmacies were also no good, as I was told that they already had some placements set up and hospitals were reluctant to help However, I asked the School Careers Department about any contacts that they had After numerous e mails to suggested contacts, I was put in touch with a General Practice surgery in Mickleover, where I completed a week's experience last summer As a 16 year old I wasn't allowed to observe any actual consultations with patients, but the staff at the surgery made me feel welcome, and part of the team as I helped in the reception putting notes away, telephoning the hospital, checking basic prescriptions and completing other basic administrative tasks I lear nt that there is a lot more to running a successful GP surgery than I had realised and talking to a selection of the team receptionist, secretary, district nurse, practice nurse, practice manager, GP, midwife and physiotherapist I managed to gain a clearer insight into what their jobs entail From carrying out this work experience, I came away even more sure that that was the line of work I want to follow Consequently, I have been spurred on to arrange more work experience on the Paediatrics ward at Burton hospital I can't wait! Work experience is incredibly important but as I lear nt, having contacts makes all the difference!”
SCHOOL NEWS WORK EXPERIENCE
“In order to successfully gain a place at university to study medicine, I soon found out that there was a requirement for prospective undergraduates to complete some work experience, and when I say some, I mean several placements! At the start of the 2007/8 academic year, greater emphasis was placed on Reptonians gaining direct exposure to the world of paid employment by means of work experience In the highly competitive employment market of the 21st century, such experience has never been more important and there are a number of significant benefits to be gained from securing work experience placements. Pupils can make more informed decisions about which particular career best matches their own individual aptitudes and qualifications It also helps to individualise and add interest to the personal statement section of their UCAS form when they start applying to universities Moreover, it is often an important talking point in interviews for university places or job vacancies. As part of our more formalised work experience programme, every pupil is now expected to secure at least two spells of work experience between the start of O Block and the end of their Lower 6th Many pupils though will want to carry out far more than this. Here is a summary of two pupils’ experiences:
“I have managed to secure a number of spells of work experience over the last year that have been really enjoyable and are helping to clarify what aspect of business most interests me Earlier in the year, I spent a week working at the NatWest Business Centre in Derby, where I gained a fantastic insight into what their work involves I was able to undertake some basic duties helping with the accounts and also lear nt about the nature of their work through observation and shadowing employees
Later in the year, I spent 5 days working in the Events Department at Gyro Inter national in London, helping with the preparations for a corporate party at the Barbican Centre The work experience that I have done so far has been fantastic, but looking ahead I can’t wait until the summer when I will be working for Sandals’ Marketing Department in Jamaica!” The School Careers Department is always looking for contacts, from as wide a range of occupations as possible, who can offer a brief spell of work experience. If you feel you could help, please do get in touch Alternatively, you may be able to give advice about a particular job or career path or speak to our Sixth Form pupils at the annual Careers Forum T.H. Naylor (36)
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I have the challenging task of following in Chris Charter’s footsteps, who clearly made a remarkable contribution to the OR Society and Repton Foundation It will be my role to promote and maintain good relations with ORs and parents; to implement general and specific fundraising strategies that will support the continuing success of Repton School; and to maintain and develop communication channels between the School and its past, present and future communities Following my attendance at Drinks in the City in February, which gave me the opportunity to meet a few ORs, I look forward to planning events and meeting many more ORs throughout the year, including the Gaudy on Saturday 7th June, the Sir John Port Society lunch in September, and the AGM & Annual Dinner in London on Saturday 15th November
Please keep myself, Mike Stones (OR Secretary) and Penny Hoose (Admin Assistant), updated with all your news and any change of details such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, to ensure that we can maintain contact with you I can be contacted on 01283 559320/559368 or by email: or@repton org uk and ses@repton org uk If you find yourself in Repton please call into the Business Centre to say ‘hello’! Sarah Stuart
PIGEON POST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I avidly read ‘The Arch’ which has made me realise how much improvement and change has taken place since my time at the School, so that through the post war years Repton is continuing to provide it’s pupils with the best of education and behaviour that entitles one to be proud to say, “I was at Repton” Pat Norwood (Staff 1960 to 1991) wrote: Dear Mike, I have just read through ‘Repton to the End’ and one or two thoughts came to mind The reference on page 28 to Ford’s staff meetings reminds me that I read once of an autocratic Headmaster who had his own way of dealing with irritating ideas produced by any of his Assistant Staff which led to the inevitable lengthy and meaningless discussion The HM terminated such episodes by pronouncing, “Oh no the Gover nors would never hear of it”, when what he meant was, “The Gover nors will never hear of it ”
Certainly I can endorse Graham Jones’ comments on page 44 that teaching at Repton did have its lighter moments!
Introducing Sarah Stuart, Development Assistant
announced to a waiter, “We’ve come for the 73 curries ” Of course, there was rice as well and two containers (not quite dustbin size in fact!) just about fitted in the back of my Morris Minor I will draw a veil over the sights which met us when we went through to the restaurant kitchen!
AN INTRODUCTION
Mike Charlesworth tells on page 78 of the Cast Party after ‘Curry Favours’ I can vouch for this since Mike ‘detailed’ me to collect the curry from an Indian Restaurant in Abbey Street, Derby Dear old Bill Pyne, who was staying in The Old Mitre prior to playing for The Pilgrims against the First XI, came with me as ‘backup’ I can still recall the wide eyed looks on the faces of the diners when we Michael Franklin (Cross ’45) wrote: Dear Editor, I regret that I never was what you could call an active OR In fact, probably due to my various moves around the country, I was ‘off the radar’ so far as the OR magazine was concer ned However, ten years or so ago, The Arch started appearing through my letter box I entered The Cross in the W inter term of 1945, just after the end of World War 2
I remember asking the Manager for the bill He totted it all up, grinned at us, and said, “And then there is a less of 10%”
These were times of shortages/rationing of practically everything Masters were retur ning from the Forces, the school was filling up again with pupils including the reopening of Latham Our Housemaster was Bill Blaxland whose enthusiasm for all Cross activities, particularly sport, certainly inspired me We new boys were soon inducted into the ways of fagging and we quickly lear nt to respect our elders The Cadet Corps was serious business as there was still compulsory National Service to look forward to Some of us may still recall the savage winter of 1947, when our energies were put to trying to clear the 1st XI hockey pitch My best friend was Edward W ilkinson, the Brigadier, and how proud I am of him I think I must have entered a poor common entrance result as I started off in the lowest form, but was soon promoted to Remove B, Mr Topliss’ form
A great party to end an excellent show though, of course, Bill and I had to miss that evening’s performance Reverting to staff meetings, an item that I submitted for ‘Repton to the End’ drew out the characters of the three main players, I think It concer ned the Meeting at the beginning of my first Summer Term in 1961 A fierce debate ensued concer ning arrangements for Ascension Day John Eggar proposed that lessons should end at Break so that the School could watch the Ist XI play MCC Cyril Proctor, The Chaplain, protested “What about the Ascension Day Service?”, also timed for after Break Arguments ranged to and fro until Lynam Thomas, an exasperated Headmaster, attempted to close the matter by putting his weight firmly behind the sportsmen “Look here, Proctor”, he said rather sharply, “this MCC match has been arranged for a jolly long time ” “So has Ascension Day, Headmaster”, was the devastating reply!
I am pleased to have joined Cathy, Mike and Penny in the Old Reptonian and Repton Foundation office in January this year, as Development Assistant I join Repton School from my previous role as Operations Manager for a voluntary organisation based in a disadvantaged ward of Derby, and live locally in Mickleover, Derby with my partner, Rich, and my two teenage children, Ben and Lucy
The above photograph, which we published in the 2007 The Arch, was sent in by John Walker (H’46 & ex Staff) We asked if you were on this photograph anyone name We were delighted to from Richard Jones (M’46) and Tony Dewey (B’46) We also checked back with John Walker who sent us the photograph originally and have finally agreed
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REPTON ENTERPRISES • Summer Cricket Course with Mike Kettle, Professional Cricket Coach at Repton and Northamptonshire C C C and N C A staff coach This course runs from Monday 21st July to Friday 25th July • Residential Strings Summer Course from 13th 21st August • Junior Strings Course From 15th August 17th August • Circus Skills Workshop From the 18th to 22nd August circus skills such as juggling balls, rings, clubs, spinning plates, ball cups, diabolos, walking on stilts, fun wheels, unicycles, mini bikes, tightropes, and more are taught • Summer Hockey Course with Simon Clague, Master of Hockey at Repton School and Wales Inter national, running from Wednesday 20th August to Friday 22nd August During August we will once again be holding the extremely popular: • Swimming Crash Course For details please contact: Leanne Chandlar 01283 559326 For more details please contact: Jan Cobb, Manager, Tel: 01283 559322 or email: enterprise@repton org uk Cast your mind back to Pears School when you were sitting exams now imagine it as a setting for a wedding reception, ball or reunion dinner It is a lovely venue with its hammer beam roof, beautiful stained glass windows and oak panelling and The Garth is the perfect backdrop for pre reception drinks and photographs Repton School Enterprises will again be running summer courses during the holidays where you will find a warm and friendly atmosphere The emphasis is on fun and achievement rather than being a master class Our courses will appeal to a wide spectrum of children of different age groups, ability and educational backgrounds Come along and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere whilst benefitting from the high class facilities and instructors
with the names shown above WHO’S WHO? Dewey B’46 Tranfield M’46 Howling H’46 Crookshank H’46 Maitland C’45 Pratt C’47 Wilkinson H’46 Popham B’46 Sealey B’46 Heaney M’46 Tombling M’45 Walker H’46 Bain, Master Trinder C’45 Jones M’46 Beardsall M’46 Gilbey H’47 Crossley H’45 Beater H’46 (38)
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REPTON SCHOOL SHOP Memorabilia (39) OR Ties: Silk Smooth £20 90 Silk non crease £24.25 Bow T ie £20 00 OR House/Sports Ties: Brook House £7 25 The Hall £9.25 The Priory £7 50 School House polyester £6.50 New House £6 25 Latham House £7 50 The Orchard £10 75 The Mitre £8 65 The Cross £7 75 OR Football & Hockey £12 90 OR Golf (striped) £6.25 Cambridge £17 30 House scarves: The Priory £20 00 School House £17.25 New House £20 00 Latham House £20 00 The Orchard £20 00 The Mitre (Girls) £20 00 Cross £20.30 The Abbey & Field House £20 00 The Garden £21 40 Blazer made to order £150.00 Banded white sweaters £25 00 (Long sleeve and sleeveless) Umbrellas: Large golf umbrella £24 00 Ladies umbrella £16 00 Miscellaneous: Large Glass Crested Tankard £19 75 Small Glass Crested Tankard £16 25 Large Glass Crested Goblet £16.00 Crested Red W ine Glass £15 00 Glass Crested Paper Weight £20.00 Crested Cuff Links £15 00 Crested Key Rings £6 30 Brass buttons large £4 00 Brass buttons small £4 00 Repton Prints, Framed £50.00 Repton Prints, Mounted £25 00 Repton cards £0.75 Repton Postcards £0 10 Small teddy bear (4”) £2 25 Large teddy bear (12”) £14 15 Baseball Cap £9 00 Gentleman’s weekend socks (pair) £7 30 (Sizes: medium 6½ 8½; large 9 11) Mug £5.00 Coaster £3 25 OR ladies brooch £45 00 Porcelain Box £27 50 If you wish to order any of the following items please contact the School Shop on: Tel. 01283 559323, or by email: shop@repton.org.uk. Please note that the prices shown do not include postage and packing.
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