The Arch Spring 2017

THE ARCH

Nº 330 Spring 2017

OLD REPTONIAN NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue

New OR President for 2017 Page 2

Sports’ Evening Page 16

The Cross ‘56 Cricketers’ Team Page 40

Officers of The Old Reptonian Society 2017 President: Nick C Walford (Brook 1969) Vice President: W M Alastair Land (Headmaster) President Elect: Sir Michael Pownall (Brook 1963) Chairman: Nick R S Smith (Brook 1969) Treasurer: John S Wallis (Latham 1971) Governors’ Representative: Matthew J C Needham (Priory 1980) Old Reptonian Secretary: Nigel Kew (Staff) Old Reptonian Society Officer: Jan Cobb (Staff) Officers of The Old Reptonian Society 2017 Elected Committee Members John F M Walker (Hall 1946 & Ex Staff) - Life member J M Guy Levesley (Hall 1975 & Staff) - Appointed 2009 Edward T Sloane (Priory 1997) - Appointed 2013 Lloyd A Evans (Orchard 2002) - Appointed 2014 Tom Poynton (School 2006) - Appointed 2014 Andrew J Churchill (Priory 1982) - Appointed 2015 Simon C Johnson (Orchard 2004) - Appointed 2016 Eleanor J Tyler (Mitre 2005) - Appointed 2016 Ex Officio Members Simon D Armstrong (Cross 1963) - Lancs & Cheshire Sanjiv Basu (Orchard 1989) - Fives Anthony E Bishop (Priory 1972) - Golf Society James W Blackwell (Priory 2000) - Pilgrims Benjamin D E Dewhirst (New 1996) - Yorkshire Martin L Jones (Cross 1997 & Staff) - Hockey Nicholas P Le Poidevin (Cross 1964) - Law Society Jamie R Muirhead (Cross 2009) - Tennis Club Mark R Norton (Mitre 1986) - Masonic Lodge Edward R U Rhodes (New 1995) - Squash Club Alex Evans (New 2004) - Football Club (Captain) In order to put some balance into our Committee meetings we are keen for female Old Reptonians to join the General Committee. This body meets once a year on a Saturday morning, most usually on OR Football day at the beginning of the Michaelmas term. Please contact njk@repton.org.uk or jcobb@repton.org.uk for further details.

The Old Reptonian Society The Hall, Repton School Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6FH Tel. 01283 559320 Email: jcobb@repton.org.uk Editorial Team: Nigel Kew & Jan Cobb

DEADLINE for articles for the next edition (Autumn 2017) is 31st August 2017 Front Cover: Cattley School Back Cover: Furneaux School

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Welcome to The Arch President of The Society 2017 Nick Walford (B’69) I was extremely touched to receive a letter from our new Headmaster, Alastair Land, asking me to be your President for 2017 and was of course honoured to take on the role.

Since leaving Repton I have visited the school in every decade, playing for the ORs against the school, playing in the Arthur Dunn Cup and, since 2002, as Chairman of our football club, watching the Dunn side play at Repton. I have observed the school going from strength to strength, and it now provides, for the pupils fortunate enough to be there, an aspirational, rounded, and fully coeducational environment.

I remember the first two girls arriving at Repton; however, now girls play a huge part in Repton life. I notice that of the six Reptonians offered places at Oxbridge four were to girls. I saw our girls’ hockey 1st XI in March at the Olympic Park where they were crowned National Schools Hockey Champions for the tenth time in thirteen years - a phenomenal achievement by the team and of course to their inspirational coach, and OR, Martin Jones (C’97).

At Drinks in the City (DITC), at the Landsdowne Club in March, I asked the question “what is the purpose of the OR Society.” For those interested in the answer it is covered by four objectives outlined on the school website. The OR sports clubs are the active networks through which we historically have maintained our links with each other and the school. By playing football, cricket and golf for the ORs, and attending Drinks at The City like many of you I have enjoyed the friendship of ORs from every generation. The Repton spirit, or DNA, continues to shine through - friendly, open, down to earth, understated but ambitious to make a mark in life. The Headmaster in his speech talked in terms of Reptonians being “grounded” and he is spot on.

It is vital for the OR Society to fully recognise the truly co-educational nature of Repton School and reflect this in new OR activities and events. We launched in 2014 a biennial OR Sports Night with two objectives. First to bring our different sports clubs together but importantly to encourage more girls to become involved. Georgie Twigg (F’03) was there on both occasions, and in 2016 we celebrated her Olympic hockey gold medal from Rio. I made a point of finding out the views of our OR young women at DITC and I observe a huge energy and enthusiasm from these ORs in London to keep their connections with each other fresh, maybe through organising more formal events, such as summer or winter balls or informal monthly get togethers in a designated pub. Maybe it is time for the London Branch of the OR Society to be re-kindled to make this happen?

As parents know well, the jobs market in the UK is now global and therefore highly competitive. I know that many of you give up your time to give careers advice to the Sixth Form which is appreciated greatly. Equally I know that Alastair Land is keen for these links to be extended and so I would urge you to make contact with the school to mentor our Sixth Formers in their quest for identifying fulfilling careers.

I very much look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in my year as President. I also encourage you to make the most of the opportunities that the OR Society network offers, to participate in our existing activities as well as suggesting and organising new events and initiatives to ensure the OR Society remains relevant and continues to thrive.

Finally, on behalf of all Old Reptonians I would like to thank Nick Smith (B’69), the committee and the office at Repton for all their hard work and commitment to the OR Society.

From the School Calendar

– Summer Term 2017

Chairman of The Society 2017 Nick Smith (B’69) It may surprise those of you who know me that I have become a keen follower of Twitter. Providing one ignores some of the nonsense, it can be a great way of keeping up to date with areas of interest (in my case mainly football and cricket scores, and finding a decent pint, although I do follow The Economist so not all frivolity). I also follow several Repton accounts and one of my favourites is @ReptonArchives, which frequently publishes wonderful old photographs and information from days past. I was particularly taken by the complete pupil list of December 1832, all 37 of them, and the note accompanying it that ‘new Headmaster, Macaulay, was a prolific user of the birch. Numbers did not improve.’

Such material serves to illustrate how far our great school has come, and I can assure you all that modern Repton is a place of all-round excellence, which still maintains the traditions, at least the more civilised ones, that many of us remember well. It is of course only right to look forward and I am extremely pleased that more and more ORs are offering their services to current pupils by way of careers advice and guidance. Please keep this going. If any of you can provide further support in this area do contact the school or the OR office.

On the theme of nostalgia, you will find in these pages a photo of the 1974 Upper Sixth History set, of which I was a member.

Perhaps not the most scholarly group ever, but I think we all achieved our A level and had some fun on the way. The dress sense and hairstyles may amuse younger ORs, and we do seem a far cry from the smart and very well turned out Sixth Formers of today! To my knowledge only a relatively small number of us from that set have attended OR gatherings and it is never too late to start doing so. Indeed, if anyone reading this edition of The Arch wonders what it would be like to return, perhaps after many years, then please consider coming along to one of our functions.

They are great fun and you will be most welcome.

One of the biggest changes since my time is that Repton is now a hugely successful co-educational school. This means that, every year, more females become Old Reptonians and it is great to meet them at our events. However, the OR Committee is sensitive to the fact that many of our clubs and branches were created for ‘old boys’ and we do want to stress that we are very keen to encourage female ORs to join in. One great example of this is a move to set up a women’s OR football team, and if anyone has similar ideas please don’t hesitate to come forward.

Finally, I must thank James Ross (H’68) for being a dedicated and supportive President during 2016 and welcome Nick Walford (B’69), my old Brook House friend, as this year’s President.

Enjoy this edition and I look forward to seeing many of you during the year.

MAY 2017 4 Informal Concert, Music School, 5.15 pm 5 Cricket: Repton XI v Derbyshire CCC XI, Wayne Madsen Testimonial 6 Boys’ 1st XI v Shrewsbury 11.30 am Girls’ 1st,2nd, 3rd, 4th VI v Oakham 2.15 pm MusSoc Come and Sing Day: Vivaldi Gloria, 10 am – 4 pm 7 Coffee Concert: B Block Music Award Holders, Beldam Hall, 11.30am 10 Boys’ Tennis 1st VI, Glanville Cup (3rd round) Girls’ Tennis, 1st VI Aberdare Cup (3rd round) The Solem Quartet, Beldam Hall, 7.45pm 11 Boys’ Tennis 1st & 2nd v Trent 2pm 12 Subscription Series AGM, 5pm, Music School 13 Boys’ 1st XI v Uppingham 11.30am Girls’ 1st, 2nd, U15A, B v Shrewsbury 2pm Boys’ Tennis 1st VI v CB Lawn Tennis Club 1.00pm 16 Boys’ 1st VI, Girls’ 1st VI v University of Nottingham, 2.30pm 18 Boys’ Tennis 1st VI v Cambridge University (a) dep 11am 20 Boys’ 1st XI v Worksop, 11.30am Girls’ 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U16A v Uppingham (a) dep 12.30pm Boys’ Tennis 1st VI v Oxford University (a), dep 11 am 21 Prep Schools’ Tennis Tournament 23 Boys’& Girls’ Tennis 1st VI vs ORs, 6.00 pm 26 Half-Term begins, 4.30 pm 27 Boys’ Tennis 1st VI, LTA Aegon Premier NCL JUNE 2017 4 Boarders return 8.00 pm 7 The Donald Carr Trophy: Prep Schools Cricket Tournament Boys’ Tennis 1st VI, Glanville Cup (final qualifying round) Girls’ Tennis, 1st VI Aberdare Cup (final qualifying round) Subscription Concert: Solstice Jazz Sextet, Beldam Hall, 7.45pm 8 Informal Concert, Music School, 5.15pm 10 Boys’ 1st XI v Nottingham High School (a), dep 10 am Girls’ 1st, 2nd, U16A v Rugby 2.00 pm 11 Organ Half-Hour (incorporating the Organ Competition), 11.30am 14 Boys’ 1st XI v KES Birmingham (a), dep 12.20pm 17 OR Society Gaudy Boys’ 1st XI v Trent College 11.30am Girls’ 1st, 2nd, 3rd v Oundle (a), dep 12.15pm Boys’ Tennis 1st VI, LTA Aegon Premier NCL 21 Boys’ 1st XI v Ashville College (a), dep 8.30 am 23 Boys’ 1st XI v Derbyshire Mini-Academy, T20, 4.30pm 24 Boys 1st XI v Warwick (a), dep 8.40am 25 Old Reptonian Hockey Day 26 1st XI v Derbyshire U17, 11.30 am (2 day game) 27 1st XI v Derbyshire U17, 11.30 am (2 day game) JULY 2017 1 Speech Day Speeches, 10.15 am: Guest Speaker Miss Georgie Twigg (F’03), MBE Speech Day Concert, Pears School, 11.30 am Boys’ 1st XI v Repton Pilgrims, 11.15am Term ends 2.30 pm Leavers’ Service, Chapel, 6.00 pm Leavers’ Ball, The Paddock, 6.45 pm All dates and times are correct at time of going to print.

Please check the school web page. www.repton.org.uk

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Forthcoming Events ANNUAL DINNER

The annual dinner will be held on Saturday November 11th in Pears School. Please see enclosed booking form.

GERMAN OR REUNION

Save the date: The next German OR reunion will take place on the 14th of October 2017 in Düsseldorf at the Steinberger Park Hotel.

TO ALL GARDEN HOUSE GIRLS EAST ANGLIA LUNCH

After two very successful lunches there is another lunch planned for May 16th at The Wentworth Hotel in Aldeburgh. This is primarily a social occasion for those living in East Anglia, but if you would like to attend please contact Nicholas Newton (H’75) on Nicholas@ nicholasnewton.wanadoo.co.uk or by phone to 01772 638894

GAUDY

The 2017 Gaudy is on June 17th and we would like to welcome back all ORs who started at Repton 1956-1963, 1987-1996 and Sixth Formers 1998,1999,2000. You will receive your invitations either by email if we have your current details, or by Royal Mail. Numbers are restricted to 220in Pears School, so early booking is advisable.

OR FOOTBALL DAY

If you are interested in playing in the annual football matches against the School on September 2nd please contact: captain@oldreptonianfc.com

BIRMINGHAM DRINKS

You are warmly invited to the second Old Reptonian Society Drinks in Birmingham on Thursday October 12th at the Hotel du Vin. We hope very much many of you will be able to join us. Please complete the enclosed booking form included with this copy of The Arch. The venue has a capacity of 100, so do book early to avoid disappointment.

AGM

The Old Reptonian Society AGM will take place on Saturday, November 11th 2017 at 6.00pm in the High Chamber.

AGENDA 1. Welcome & Apologies 2. Approval of minutes from Annual General Meeting November 12th 2016 3. Matters Arising from meeting on November 12th 2016 4. President’s Report 5. Chairman’s Report 6. Secretary’s Report 7. Treasurer’s Report 8. Future Events 9. Election of Officers 10. Any Other Business 11. Date of next AGM

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Believe it or not, it will be 25 years this coming September that the Garden House opened! We feel that this milestone should not pass by without some acknowledgement and in true Garden style… some celebration !!!

We would very much like to gather together as many of the original Garden Girls who started with us in September 1992 and it has been suggested that we make up a special table at the Gaudy on June 17th. For those of you who have not been to a Gaudy, this is an opportunity to meet for drinks in the Garth and chat generally to ORs and past and present staff. A buffet lunch follows in Pears School, where you can arrange to sit with your contemporaries (or, not as you wish!).

During the afternoon there will be tours of the school and tea at the Garden. While this invitation is predominantly for the 1991 year group, it is not exclusive and we would be delighted to see any of the Garden girls from later years if they would like to join us.

We hope that as many of you as possible will join us on this special occasion. We would love to see you and hear your news. If, for whatever reason, you are unable to join us on June 17th, please do get in touch, send us photographs and news of yourselves, your families and whatever you have been doing over the past 25 years. We look forward to hearing from you!

Frances and Martin Wimbush

VISITING THE SCHOOL

We always welcome visits to the School by ORs. If you are planning to come please would you email to let us know. We will ask you to go into the Lodge where you will get a visitor badge. We are more than happy for ORs to come and have a look around the estate, but unfortunately not go into the Houses and classrooms.

If you would like a group of your contemporaries to join you at any of these events and you need any help with contact details, please do not hesitate to call the OR office on 01283 559320 or email jcobb@repton.org.uk.

OR News: Snippets James R Carr (M’59) has been awarded an OBE for services to Conservation, Education and the community in Cumbria.

Susie Gilbert (F’02), Jo Leigh (G’09), Shona McCallin (A’08), Erica Sanders (G’10) and Ellie Watton (M’05) have been selected to play hockey for England and Great Britain into the next Olympic cycle.

Chris Hill (L’11), who is studying at Oxford, made his West End Debut last year, playing alongside professional musicians, top-named actors and singers. He played as principal woodwind, 1st reed, playing C Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto and Sop Sax, in a 4 hour performance, going from one instrument to the other, with many solo parts including renditions from Whistle down the Wind, Pendraggon, and many other well-known pieces.

During the Rehearsals the cast and musicians were visited by Prince Edward who spent the afternoon talking to them all, and watching them rehearse.

They opened to a sell-out audience, and received many 5-star reviews and write ups. Chris has now been awarded an instrumental scholarship at Oxford.

Tom Hume (L’06) has curated an exhibition of Paintings from the Royal College of Art MA Painting course in New Court Gallery.

‘The Crossing of the Visible’ is an exhibition of work by six current Royal College of Art Ma Painting students. Its title came from a book by the French philosopher Jean-Luc Marion.

Richard Hutton (H’56) has been nominated to be President of Yorkshire Cricket Club.

Alice Kell (A’00) presented Malala Yousafzai with one of her paintings and is hoping it makes some money for the Malala Fund after it is exhibited at International Women’s Day in Derby. The theme this year is #BeBoldForChange. Alice’s bold action was meeting her and asking her to pose for her for a second portrait - she said yes!

Anthony C.J. Matthews (L’56) who was an illustrator in London for many years, but is now retired, lives in France, continues to paint and draw cartoons for pleasure. He regularly crosses the Channel to watch cricket at Canterbury and writes articles with cartoons for the Kent County cricket supporters magazine.

Shona McCallin (A’08) and Georgie Twigg (F03) have been awarded an MBE for services to Hockey in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

Ryan McConvey (N’04), following in his brother, Patrick’s (N ’02) footsteps, was called to the Bar in the Cayman Islands on March 27th, before Judge of the Grand Court the Honourable Richard N Williams. Ryan works for the firm Coyners, Dill & Pearman and did part of his Articles at the firm’s offices in Hong Kong, to where he hopes to return for a further stint in the near future.

Ruth Millington (F’00) has had an article published in The Telegraph she wrote on The Gambia. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/the-gambia/articles/ gambia-new-hope-in-the-land-of-1000-lamins/ Hamza Siddique (S’07), former Derbyshire batsman, has won the Best Film Award at the recent Triforce Film Festival. The film GLOW was part of Siddique’s final assignment in his Masters degree in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Robert Taylor (S’07) is Head Chef at the Boot Inn in Repton. The pub has won the prestigious AA accolade Pub of the Year 2016.

Anthony Turner (H’68) has been awarded the Imperial Service Medal after thirty six years of service in H M Revenue and Customs. It was awarded from the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood and bears the seal of the Imperial Service Order.

Julian Turner (C’91) has been announced 2016 (winner) - SME West Midlands Director of the Year for his contributions to Autonomous Vehicle development and business.

His company is the first to test and publicly trial the UK’s fully autonomous vehicle. Acting as CEO and Project lead, Westfield lead a team from Heathrow Enterprises and Oxbotica to develop the UK’s first Autonomous Vehicle that is being trialled around the O2 Arena in Greenwich.

The vehicle is based on the Heathrow POD that is in use at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. No steering wheel, no gearbox, no key! It just takes you from A to B. Georgie Twigg (F’03) and Shona McCallin (A’08) received the BT Sport Active Women’s Award on behalf of the Ladies GB Hockey team.

Alex Urwin (L’13) is sponsorship officer on the OUAFC committee for this year, and has secured sponsorship from Robert Miller (L’76), thus making it the first time in 30 years in which an OR gets a football blue sponsored by the last OR to do it!

Oxford subsequently won the match.

Haseeb Hameed’s score of 82 against India in the first Test Match is the highest score by a teenage batsman for England in Tests, beating the previous record which was held for well over a hundred years by a Reptonian, J N Crawford (B 1901), with the 74 he scored against South Africa at Cape Town in 1906. Crawford was then the youngest cricketer to play for England, a record he held until Brian Close made his debut in 1949. When Keaton Jennings made 112 in his first test innings in the fourth test at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, he joined eleven other England players who have achieved this feat, dating back to W.G. Grace and also including another Reptonian, Bryan Valentine (O’21) who made 136 in 1933, also at Mumbai, but at the Bombay Gymkhana ground. John Walker (H’46).

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Thank You Thank you to Simon Barber (H’70) for sending in old copies of the Reptonian Magazine.

Martin recalls that his father loved the School, both while he was here and for the rest of his life. He played cricket for the Pilgrims for many years, he took Martin and his two sisters to many Arthur Dunn Cup matches, and always tried to attend OR Social events. Repton was a very important part of his life, so much so that he enrolled Martin on the waiting list, apparently, as soon as he was born. Martin is sure that if it had been possible at the time, he would have done the same for his sisters.

Thank you to Martin Harbury (P’59) for sending these two wonderful pictures, which he inherited from his father Brian Harbury (O’28). One is a beautiful signed, numbered limited edition (57/150) etching of the Old Priory and Pears School.

The other is an original water colour of a similar view, without Pears School, but with The Hall in the distance. Brian acquired this picture from Bertie Thomas, former Housemaster of Latham, the first Headmaster of Repton Prep, who became ordained and lived his last years in Hampshire and officiated at Martin’s younger sister’s wedding in 1969.

Births Richard Dewhirst (N’95) and Kim Dewhirst (F’97) are delighted to announce the birth of their third child Imogen Grace on March 15th 2016.

Sister for Sebastian and Alexander.

Natalie Dzenis (née Wynne) (A’05) and Daniel are delighted to announce the birth of Layla Ann, on December 3rd 2016.

Sarah Jones (née Harding) (A’91) & John are delighted to announce the birth of Evelyn Neve on October 24th 2016, a sister for Megan and Dylan.

Repton Headmaster Alastair Land, his wife Madeleine and Maurice are delighted to announce the arrival of Martin Pascal Louis Land, born in The Hall on November 15th 2016.

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Simon Johnson (O’04) and Natalie are delighted to announce the arrival of Madeleine May on February 17th 2017.

Alexander Rose (C‘92) and Laura are delighted to announce the birth of their second child, Cleo Elsie Rose, in November, sister to Harry.

Christenings Sam Cook(S’00) and his wife Celeidh came over from Abu Dhabi (where Sam is currently working) bringing their daughter Eliza Felicity (11 months) for her Christening which took place in St Margaret’s Chapel within Edinburgh Castle in December 2016.

ORs in attendance shown sitting on steps in the restaurant where a very happy post Christening lunch took place are: Sam Cook (S’00), Ire Hassan-Odubale (L’01), Tom Whiteley (S’00), Felicity Cook (A’03) and Jim Blood (H‘48).

Weddings Lydia Draper (née Wilkinson) (F’99) married Fergus Christopher Draper at St Michael’s Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill, on June 4th 2016.

ORs in attendance were: Fraser Wilkinson (O’03), Frances Thacker (F’04), Amelia Gilman (F’02), Kate Withers Green (née Farquharson) (F’99), Jonathan Taylor (O’99), Jodie Whitehead (F’02), Hatty Bowles (née Dawson) (F’02), Emma Greaves (née Roberts) (A’99), Jessica Womersley (A’02), Bill Auden (O’72), Tom Auden (O’99), Sam Gardner (N’93), Charlotte Gardner (A’99), Jemma Dwyer (A’02), Poppy Lloyd Davies (A’99), Issy Bucknall (A’99), Sarah Taylor (F’98), James Hannaford (O’99).

Edward Foster (M’93) married Jill Sussman on September 16th 2016 in New York City, New York, USA. ORs in attendance were Russell Elliott (M’93) (groomsman), James Gillott (M’93), Jamie Parkinson (N’93), Eric Chu (M’93) and Samuel Chibale (M’95).

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Weddings Christopher Paget (P’01) married Harriet Alexandra Raff on September 10th 2016 at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. The photograph includes the following Old Reptonians: From Back row (L to R): William Boot (S’01), Jack Lamb (O’01), Alexander Paget (P’07), Thomas Higham (L’01), Edward Myhill (C’01), Christopher Carlile (L’01), Joe Wilson (L’01), Matthew Gough (L’01), James Blackwell (P’00), Alexander Evans (N’04), Woody Bridgeman (N’01) (best man), Joe Bridgeman (H’73) and Edward Sloane (P’97).

Nigel Sangster QC (P’68) married Hannah Hinton on the 4th August 2015 in Castellina-in-Chiant, Tuscany. The reception was held at Borgo Stomennano, Monteriggioni.

ORs in attendance were brother, Martin Singh (P’71), and Master of Ceremonies, James Lake (C’95).

Andrew Silvey (P’96) married McKaylee Robertson on 25th February 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. Owen Dacey (S’97) was Best Man (seen here on the right with Andrew).

LEFT: From left to right, Catriona Silvey (A’98), her Greek boyfriend Christos Christodoulopolos, McKaylee, Andrew, Liz Silvey and Pat Silvey (Former Staff).

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Death Notifications ABBEY

ORCHARD

Felicity Jemmett (A’04) on February 21st 2017.

Ian Macpherson McCallum (C’44) on March 19th 2017.

Edward Walter Leslie ‘Wattie’ Fletcher (B’47) on September 17th 2016.

Barrington Finlay Slater (B’47) on October 23rd 2016.

John Austen Nelson-Jones (B’48) on December 1st 2016.

Rowland Braddock Clayton (O’36) on June 2nd 2016.

John Michael Toulson Levesley (O’43) on September 11th 2016.

Geoffrey Robert Hallam (O’46) on January 18th 2017.

Thomas Edmund Cordeux Bird (O’47) on March 9th 2017.

John Eric Shiers Dunn (O’51) on October 13th 2016.

John Wainwright Leach (O’57) on September 10th 2016.

Matthew Guy Walker (O’82) on October 23rd 2016.

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PRIORY

BROOK

Ian Macpherson McCallum (C’44) on March 9th 2017.

William Wayne Robinson (C’58) on February 10th 2015.

Jeremy John Le Poidevin (C’68) on November 13th 2016.

Peter Gordon Brian Carter (P’35) on February 13th 2017.

Peter and his late twin Paul were born and raised in Orchard House. In 2011 they made a nostalgic journey to Repton to visit the grave of their brother who is buried in the churchyard. (The Arch issue 319).

HALL John Henry Derek Richardson (P’35) on July 19th 2016.

Michael John Macdonald Paton (H’36) on November 6th 2016.

John Alastair Foulis (P/L’43) on November 16th 2016.

Christopher Roderick Mann (H’43) on March 25th 2016.

Richard Ogilivie Leslie Fraser Darling (H’62) on January 30th 2017. Christopher David Clifford-Jones (P’60) on March 6th 2017.

Duncan Donald Revie (P’67) on September 25th 2016.

Andrew John Murray (P’68) on June 21st 2016.

MITRE William Michael Wright (M’42) on December 30th 2016.

Patrick Michael Parker Going (M’56) on November 9th 2016.

FORMER STAFF Charles Alexander Watson (M’56) on March 22nd 2017.

Valerie E H Carson, former Matron on December 29th 2016.

Jonathan Charles Lukes (M’62) on October 4th 2016.

Audrey Garland, former Matron of The Orchard 1983-1997, on February 17th 2017.

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Derek Joseph Harbor Bliss (N’40) on January 6th 2017.

Michael George Willasey-Wilsey (N’46) on November 7th 2016.

Obituaries Peter Alfred Tubbs (C’35) Peter Alfred Tubbs died aged 94 on 15th November 2016 after a short illness. He was born in Calcutta to missionary parents; his father went on to become Bishop of Tinnevelly in south India, and then of Rangoon in Burma, before returning to England as Assistant Bishop, and later Dean, of Chester. In 1929, aged seven, Peter was sent back to England to school, first at Great Missenden, and then to prep school at The Elms, Colwall, going on to Repton, where he captained the cricket 1st XI. During school holidays he and his brothers stayed with various relatives around the Malvern Hills. He gained a place to read Classics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, before war intervened.

In 1941 he joined the 14th Indian Army, reaching the rank of Captain, providing motor transport and ambulances in the Burmese jungle. At the end of the war he took up his place at Cambridge, switching to History for a shortened degree course, playing cricket and participating in the annual ‘Foot-the-ball’ event. He narrowly missed the team for the Varsity hockey match.

Uncertain what to do after University, a chance encounter with a former schoolmate led to him joining the staff at Repton, where he taught, coached games, and served as a junior Housemaster. During school holidays he travelled widely, played cricket for a number of amateur clubs, and enjoyed a wide circle of friends. In 1955 he was moved to seek ordination, serving two curacies in the Lichfield Diocese, before becoming Assistant Chaplain at the University of Keele, where he met and married Eileen (née Lidbetter).

A holiday locum in Bedfordshire led to him being invited to take the living of Cardington (famous for its airships), where he served for 16 years as a diligent and caring parish priest. Many people joined the congregation as a result of his empathic ministry to the sick and dying. In 1985 he moved to be Assistant Priest in the rapidly expanding town of Sandy (HQ of the RSPB), where he remained in active ministry even after retirement in 1988 following the death of his wife.

Retirement allowed him to pursue a number of causes close to his heart without the caution of strict impartiality which parish ministry had placed on him: he marched against the fox hunting ban, for the Jubilee 2000 debt relief cause, and was politely, but firmly, pro the pound and anti EU. The link to these disparate causes lay for him in the freedom won at such cost by those who had served monarch and country. In 2010 he moved to a clergy retirement home in Scarborough to be near his family. He remained active, driving up until a few weeks before his death, transporting and shopping for other residents, and enjoying family occasions. He is survived by his son, Martin, and daughter Mary, and their families.

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Obituaries Thomas Richard Pepper (H’48) FRANCESCA PEPPER (A’89) AND OLIVER PEPPER (B’90) WRITE: Thomas Richard Pepper (H’48) was born on 14th November 1935 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham oldest son of Thomas Colclough Pepper (H’18) and Marjorie Emma (Tup) Pepper née Johnson.

He was educated at St Michael’s in Tenbury and in 1949 joined Repton in Hall House. He was one of a long line of Peppers at Repton.

His father, Thomas Colclough Pepper (H’18), his uncle Maxwell (Max) Pepper (H’23), his brother Edward Pepper (H’51), his cousins David Pepper (H’53) and Lawrence (Lol) Pepper (H’55), his second cousin Gordon Pepper (N’47), David Pepper’s children Adrian Pepper (H’83), Julia Needham (née Pepper) (A’84), Heidi Pepper (A’90), Charles Pepper (B’90), his daughter Francesca Pepper (A’89) and his son Oliver Pepper (B’90).

On leaving Repton he joined the family accountancy firm Pepper Rudland in Birmingham. An accountant for life (somewhat reluctantly by his own admission!) he also became director of the family jewellery firm Payton Pepper.

Sport was one of Richard’s great loves and he was an accomplished sportsman, playing golf and hockey for Staffordshire and captaining Walsall hockey club. It was golf and the Old Reptonian societies however which really dominated his life.

Richard was the greatest and longest-serving supporter of OR Golf that there has ever been. Appointed Secretary of the Society in his late 20s, he undertook the task for 25 years before handing over to Bruce Knight (H’72) and emerging as President for Life. A natural organiser, he also ran the Midlands Public Schools Meeting each June for over 50 years and a couple of annual gatherings of the Senior Golfers’ Society.

A member of Little Aston for over 60 years, he was also a member of The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for 48 years and played down to a handicap of 3; he claimed having children was to blame for never playing to scratch! He played for the Society whenever there was a game including the inter-schools tournaments held in Scotland, East Anglia and, of course, at Deal, the home of the Halford Hewitt Cup, where he was a member of the 1963 winning team. His forays north of the border and to Deal were legendary particularly in his latter years as a supporter.

Richard became President of the OR Society in 2003. He oversaw a memorable OR Dinner at the Mansion House that year and led a fond farewell to Headmaster Graham Jones, as well as extending a warm welcome to incoming Headmaster Robert Holroyd. In his final years, as his health began to deteriorate, he continued to take a keen interest in all the happenings of the OR Society and in particular the Halford Hewitt result.

In terms of his personal life, on 4th October 1969 Richard married Gloria Primrose Crumpton at Aldridge Church. There followed 47 years of married life which was, for the most part, filled with fun and laughter as well as numerous adventures around the globe. In fact, the only continent they didn’t get round to was Antartica! Richard was a master at finding the best places to eat and drink and the most interesting hotels at which to stay; in the UK he was never without a Good Pub Guide (or ‘The Bad Boys’ Book of Boozers’ as he called it) and any journey inevitably involved stopping off at a characterful pub. Richard and Gloria had in common positive outlooks on life and great senses of humour – as well as a shared love of a ‘tipple’. In Richard’s final weeks in hospital, Gloria even managed to smuggle in some of his beloved gin & tonic disguised in a jam jar!

We were born (Francesca April 1973) and Oliver (January 1977). He was a kind, loving and supportive father and showed us all that life has to offer without bias. A non-judgmental man he guided us in an open manner, believing that the best way to learn is by making your own mistakes, but he was there to support and advise us whenever we needed him.

He offered us encouragement without being too controlling and never forced us to follow life-paths that were not our choice. Richard has four grandchildren, and in bringing them up we seek to follow his excellent model.

Richard was a man who was always cheerful and full of bonhomie who greeted everyone with a smile and a laugh. He was enthusiastic, adaptable, positive and above all fun; a man consistently able to get his own way through a perfect mix of charm, humour and strength of will – most weren’t even aware they were being skilfully manoeuvred so that he could get what he wanted! When we asked him what his epitaph for himself should be he said “that he liked people and enjoyed their company”.

Our epitaph for him is that he had a life well lived and that he was a man well loved.

He is greatly missed.

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Philip David Scott (N’55) 7th OCTOBER 1941 – 27th DECEMBER 2016 I met Philip Scott in September 1955 when we were both new boys. Philip was in New House and I was in The Priory. We were in the same form and sets for most of our time at Repton finishing up in the Vth and VIth General. Lynam Thomas, Headmaster at the time, invited George Lowe of Everest fame, to become its Master in Charge. George was surprised to be asked and sought guidance as to what he should teach, only to be advised by the Headmaster ‘don’t worry George just make it up as you go along!’ And, to a large extent, this is what he did, aided by our opting to ‘red herring’ him to recount his adventures. This was not the best preparation for O and A Levels and our results reflected this. But what passes eluded Philip in the classroom were more than made up by his effective passes on the games field. In his year as House Captain of Football, New House won the League.

He was House Captain of Hockey and Cricket also and was in the School’s Tennis VI. This interest in sport carried on throughout his life making his mark at hockey and golf in particular. He represented Gore Court Cricket and Hockey Club where we gathered in large numbers after his Service of Thanksgiving on 26 January, and he joined Diss Golf Club, when he moved from Kent to Norfolk, where he made many friends. He became Captain of ORGS in 2015/16 which signalled his enthusiasm and popularity. Of the many golf stories that were recounted, the one that stood out was told by ORGS stalwart John Fletcher (L’66) of Philip as Captain of the Southern Softies in the annual match against the ‘ard men of t‘ North. Philip and his partner arrived at the 18th tee at Littlestone with their opponents, a very good couple, all square in the deciding match of the two days. The Southerners had only ever won once before in several attempts. Philip managed to find the fairway with his drive; his opponent hit out of bounds, not just with his first but second ball as well ….. end of match, giving Philip the point and making him a very happy man walking up the 18th.

Philip was a sports fanatic, missing few matches of his beloved Charlton Athletic and always having strong views of the England Cricket Team selection and conduct on the field. He attempted to be present at all the important OR sporting events and always encouraged those close contemporaries of his to do likewise and gather for special occasions. One such event, reported in the Autumn 2015 edition of The Arch (issue No 327), was the first day of the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in August of that year, when, in the company of Mike (Butch) Newbould (C’55), Stan Cutts (C’55) and myself, we witnessed Australia bowled out for 60 before lunch and Broad taking 8 wickets for 15 runs. This story was embellished at his Service of Thanksgiving, suggesting the successful completion of our pre match undertaking to celebrate each wicket with a pint of beer. This was not altogether true, although we certainly celebrated that amazing bit of history. The four of us made a point of meeting two or three times a year and it was Philip who ensured the dates were in the diary.

Last July at Mike Newbould’s, he filled his diary with plans for 2017 which included the Halford Hewitt in April for the third consecutive time and getting tickets for the Trent Bridge Test against South Africa in July. Sadly he did not make 2017, but his remarkable effort in making the OR Dinner in November where he was able to meet the new Headmaster, one of his goals, will be remembered by all those who were there.

Philip Scott had Repton running through his veins. This is hardly surprising following his father FR Scott (N’21) and brother FM (N’50) only to be joined by younger brothers IP (N’59),who gave an excellent eulogy at the Service of Thanksgiving, and RS (N’66). He was born in Wales and brought up with his brothers and sister Sheila on the family farm in Rainham, Kent. He worked as a hop factor, selling hops to brewers and then as a quality control consultant for British and Brazilian, procuring fruit for supermarkets; and helped M & S with their fruit quality management. He married Hilary and had two children Edward and Emma of whom he was very proud.

It is however for his friendships and interest in sport that he shall be remembered. It was said at his Service of Thanksgiving that he went to Heaven with a large bag of sports kit of tennis and squash rackets, hockey stick and golf clubs. Plus a passport. Not a conventional one, but one of those which ticked off Shepherd Neame pubs after each visit. That conviviality was very much part of Philip’s makeup and there will be many OR’s who will remember the stories told by him at Dora’s Red Lion and more recently at the Boot.

I said when Philip goes part of my Repton would go with him and I know Stan and Butch feel that too. Philip Scott will certainly get into my “Hall of Fame”; for he was a true Reptonian who epitomised Repton’s culture and values as a schoolboy and after he left. To quote John Ballinger (P’59), “Repton has lost a good man”.

John Hings (P’55)

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Obituaries Roger George Lawrence Wheatcroft (P’56) Roger was born in Nottingham in 1942. His Father was Alfred who co-founded with his more flamboyant brother Harry, the well-known Wheatcroft Roses which eventually became one of the largest rose-growers in England. He told me he once received a letter addressed just “Roger Wheatcroft, England” At Repton, he was a year ahead of me and, as was the case in those days, close friendships were usually limited to those in the same year. I knew he had earned a major scholarship on entry, had an awesome intellect and was somewhat crazy with absolutely no aptitude for sports.

He became Head of Priory and felt that this gave him certain privileges, such as having his own vehicle parked somewhere in the village, which was unknown in those days. He was also the only person I know who managed to con our housemaster Dick Sale. In this situation he convinced RS that his midnight rendezvous’ in the Repton woods were really scientific experiments to record the sound of owls! RS eventually did get suspicious, but Roger was long gone by then, so it befell me, when I followed as head of Priory to maintain his innocence!

Roger went to Keble College Oxford where I understand he worked and played hard. I was delighted to be invited to a May Ball along with his sister Anna and her husband Tom Baker of Dr Who fame. Our group ended the night standing around a camp fire in sodden tuxedos after an uncoordinated punting trip.

Since we were both from the Nottingham area we chummed together a lot and we survived some interesting escapades, including being arrested in Derby by a police dog called Jason over a misunderstanding relating to our re-organisation of a petrol station forecourt.

Always ready for new experiences, Rog managed to get his pilot’s license and, as I feared, he offered to take me on a flight.

Remembering his lack of co-ordination in athletic endeavours I accepted with some trepidation. He turned out to be quite skilled as he demonstrated with a series of short take offs and landings, but I was still terrified. I tentatively suggested it would be fun to fly over my family house. We spotted my Mother hanging out the washing, so Roger proceeded to fly so low, we nearly hit the chimney pots and had a close up of Mother gesticulating angrily at us to go away. When I visited our local pub the next day, the main topic of conversation was about some idiotic pilot scaring the wits out the farmers and livestock.

Harry Wheatcroft had some time previously sold his share to work with his sons and when Alfred died the rose business was sold, at which time Roger went happily back to Oxford to earn his doctorate as a molecular geneticist. I had immigrated to Canada by then, but he would make frequent trips to Toronto to check up on the colonies. In turn when I visited UK, he was generous to a fault – lending me his BMW for a vacation in Cornwall.

He accepted a position as a genetic food researcher in Ottawa, married Lise, a spirited Quebecer, and became the proud father of four children. In due course the love of his native land lured him back to the UK and he worked at Bangor University on promising research to create enzymes that gobbled up oil slicks, until Maggie Thatcher killed the funding. This was followed by a brief sojourn in Oxford, but the damp winters did not appeal; so again Canada beckoned and Roger accepted a major role as Team Leader of Molecular and Cellular Research at Agriculture Canada for control of pathogens in food and livestock in Guelph Ontario. Luckily for us Guelph is located just an hour down the road from our home in Toronto.

Rog continued his love of plant propagation and rose growing, with beautiful displays in his garden. He read avidly (but never novels), listened to his wall-to-wall collection of very serious classic music and loved opera. I once gave him a copy of Paul McCartney’s Ecce cor Meum which Roger dismissed as saccharine. His vocabulary was prodigious and he could consume the most complex cross word before the rest of us could finish off our pints.

His inventive and off-the-wall mind knew no bounds. He created a watering system utilizing soapy shower water which was piped down from the second floor bath room to provide garden irrigation that would gladden the heart of any conservationist. He was once interviewed on CBC radio for an anti-squirrel device he invented which blasted Beethoven at any miscreant that jumped on his bird feeders.

Approximately fifteen year ago he contracted stomach cancer which necessitated major surgery, which in turn led to progressive treatments and a general decline in his health. He bore this with equanimity and grace. He always exuded warmth, kindness and curiosity about the lives of people around him, even as he struggled with the challenges relating to his health.

Roger was a wonderful friend and mentor to our children who adopted him as their Uncle Rog since my wife and I were both immigrants with no extended family living in the country. He was very supportive to our youngest, who was studying to be a vet at Guelph University, and was almost as excited as we were when our grand-daughter arrived in 2014. On our last visit with Roger in September 2016, he was painfully thin, but dressed with sartorial elegance in razor sharp pressed white trousers, bright red suspenders topped off with an elegant maroon felt hat. Acting as our tour guide of Guelph Arboretum, Roger rattled off the English and Latin names of every flora we saw.

Over the next months he got weaker and spent more time in hospital than at home; but the anticipation of the arrival of his first grandchild buoyed him. In mid-December he sent me a photo of himself in England visiting with his grandson Harvey. However the trip took too much out of his limited resources and he succumbed to pneumonia shortly after his return. I am certain he died a happy man and I feel fortunate to have enjoyed his friendship for sixty years.

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W S Blackshaw (Staff 1955-’71) Bill Blackshaw’s death on May 28th, 2016 was only briefly noted in the last issue of The Arch. After Repton he became a very successful and respected Headmaster of Brighton College. Repton Pilgrims will remember that for many years he and Elizabeth provided accommodation and extremely generous hospitality at the college for the South Coast tourists. When Bill left Repton in 1971, Keith Workman wrote an appreciation in the Terminal Letter which so efficiently spelt out Bill’s impressive contribution to the school and so affectionately captured his personality that we thought it appropriate to reprint it as a tribute to Bill.

Bill Blackshaw was at Repton for sixteen years, coming from a naval National Service of Russian and cricket in 1955. No one could miss him, though no doubt we all shall: 6ft 3ins tall and thin, he acquired a succession of names, finally settling down to the simple ‘Spike’.

In many ways it was particularly suitable; there was nothing round or soft about Bill. With his jutting chin and beetling brows he was a formidable sight, and there were no pretentions to sartorial elegance to weaken the impression. The list of activities and achievements here is long. We can remember plays he produced and staff plays in which he acted, noisy games of hockey for the Staff or the County; Fives which he played with skill and long reach and coached with success; Russian which he taught with pleasure and realism, the Volkswagen which grew more and more battered in encounters with a succession of gate posts. Then there is the generally accepted story that batsmen have been run out on the County Ground only to find that it was not their partner who had called them but a certain W.S.B. nine miles away at Repton.

But of course this type of activity can be granted to any good schoolmaster, and Bill is certainly that. There are, however, three things on which Bill will, I think, look back with particular pleasure or pride which he achieved at Repton. The first was his coaching of the First XI at Cricket. Always 100% committed to the members of the team and to their success, he managed a series of very good sides, one of which, that of Richard Hutton in 1961, might perhaps be ranked with any of the best of Repton’s teams. Quite apart from the First XI his steering of the school through the change from compulsory cricket for all was masterly and totally disinterested.

Secondly, there was the Modern Language department. Educated partly as a Classicist, Bill converted himself into a very fine teacher of French Literature, and ran the department until he became a Housemaster. He, and others, will especially remember his annus mirabilis when all four boys in the Modern Sixth got Oxbridge awards. Of course he was equally successful with the less intelligent, and started and taught the audio-visual set for years.

Lastly, there was his Housemastership of the Orchard. Here the key was always his own personal commitment to nothing but the best.

A very sincere Christian himself, and a man of the highest standards, only a boy’s full participation and involvement in all the school’s and house’s activities would satisfy him. Naturally this often led to scenes and apparent unpleasantness, but on the very few occasions when he was wrong, he was the first to admit it. When as usual he stuck out for, and maintained, the best principles he showed us what a good Housemaster we have lost. To him, therefore, and to Elizabeth his wife who (apart from cricket) joined with great enthusiasm into everything that Bill and the School did, we offer our best wishes for every success in the hot-seat of headmastering.

Keith Workman

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OR Events Annual Dinner The 2016 Annual Dinner was held on the evening of Saturday, November 12th following the wonderful Memorial Service in the afternoon for Donald Carr (L’40). Partly as a result of people combining the two events, but also thanks to sterling efforts from a few individuals to rally friends and get tables together, no fewer than 160-odd ORs and guests gathered in the 400 Hall Foyer for the predinner Drinks Reception. It was wonderful to see so many across the generations mixing happily. Following Drinks, a delicious meal was served in Pears School, and the President, James Ross (H’68), addressed the room, followed for the first time by the Headmaster Alastair Land.

The evening seemed to be a great success; it would be lovely to see similar numbers in years to come. If anyone would like to try to get a table together at any point, the OR office will always do what it can to assist.

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Drinks in the City Following our visit to The Brewery for last year’s Drinks in the City event, the OR Office canvassed a wide cross section of opinion to ascertain views about the venue. Opinion was very evenly divided, so, rather than a repeat, 2017 saw the Society try somewhere different again, the Lansdowne Club in Mayfair, thanks to the fact the Headmaster is a member there.

For whatever reason, highlighting the impossibility of finding a ‘right answer’, numbers were down on the past few years, with around 110 ORs, guests, and past and present members of staff gathering in the impressive ballroom to mingle, chat and reminisce, wine or beer in one hand, delicious canapé in the other.

The escapees from the village were Headmaster Alastair Land, Patrick Griffiths (Maths and Housemaster of Field House), Jon Hill

(English), Kim McCallum (Modern Languages), Rebecca Auterson (Maths and Careers), Ellie Sharples (M’08) (Graduate Sports Assistant) and Nigel Kew (Modern Languages and OR Secretary).

In addition, the Chairman of Governors, Sir Henry Every, accompanied by Lady Every, joined the trip from Derbyshire to attend. The Headmaster and President, Nick Walford (B’69) spoke to great effect, and, as ever, the occasion was organised with wonderful efficiency by Jan Cobb (OR Officer). Despite the lower numbers, it was another really enjoyable occasion.

If any OR (whether an attendee or not) has strong feelings, either about the choice of venue, or indeed anything to do with the event, please do get in touch with the OR Office.

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OR Events Sports Evening On October 13th 2016 the second Sports Evening was held, once again in the magnificent surroundings of Queen’s Club in London. Though the main focus of the evening was to be cricket, following hockey at the inaugural event, and coming so soon after the Rio Olympics, the occasion was also an opportunity to honour the OR gold-medal winners. Thus we were delighted Georgie Twigg (F’03) was able to attend (with her medal) and answer a few questions about her amazing experiences. After that the Society’s own Jeff Stelling, Matt Gooderick (C’92) conducted a Q and A with John Carr (H’76) (ex Middlesex CCC & Director of

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Operations at the ECB), John Batty (L’90) (ex Surrey CCC) and Tom Poynton (S’06) (ex Derbyshire CCC). All spoke extremely eloquently about their lives as professionals and the importance of Repton in their development as individuals and players. Thus this was another super evening, enjoyed by around 80 ORs, and many thanks must again go to our President, Nick Walford (B’69), for being the driving force behind the event, as well as to Jan Cobb (OR/Development Officer) and Cathy Twigg (ex Marketing & Development Director) for all their help with the organisation.

Repton Hockey Club In the 1990s Repton-Brocksford HC was formed. In the few years that the club survived, ORs, staff and pupils had the opportunity to play adult hockey in the Midlands League and share a few post-match drinks in the Red Lion. In the twenty-or-so years since, alongside the National success of the School’s teams, more and more of our pupils have been regularly travelling away from the school to play club hockey. In the 2015/16 season, more than one hundred pupils were playing club hockey for eleven different clubs.

In the summer of 2016 Repton Hockey Club was formed with the aim of providing a high-quality and competitive club environment for motivated hockey players from the school, the local area and the wider hockey community. The formation of the club was

demand driven, with many local clubs being either full for new members or not offering an adequate number of competitive fixtures for developing players. Led by the School’s Director of Hockey, Martin Jones, the club’s vision was to offer an elite training programme, alongside competitive fixtures, for juniors and adult players, through a team of experienced coaches supported by a formal committee overseeing the day-to-day running of the Club. Unlike Repton Brocksford though, Repton HC decided to begin with a junior base, not venturing into adult hockey initially.

After a summer of training sessions, the club was officially launched at the Repton School Astros in September 2016 with the visit of Stourport Hockey Club, one of the Midlands most successful clubs at Junior level in recent years. Looking great in their new kit, supported by TK and our various generous team sponsors, all six of our teams recorded victories to give our new players and coaches confidence for the season ahead.

The junior section continues to grow from strength to strength with all six squads entering the England Hockey Club Championships and both U16 and U18 boys and girls entering the EH National Indoor Competition. In our inaugural season we were immensely proud of both our U16 girls and U16 boys who, after a six-week indoor training block, were victorious at the Midlands Regionals to reach the National Finals of the Indoors Competition in January 2017.

After a truly impressive tournament our U16 girls were crowned National England Hockey Champions for 2016/17, defeating Surbiton 5-3 in a nail-biting final. The U16 boys had an equally strong National indoor campaign, but had to be content with silver medals, being defeated by Surbiton in the final.

With four of our squads reaching the Regional Finals in their National age-group competitions, this season has already seen RHC teams play in more than 75 competitive fixtures. As we near the end of the season our U14 girls travel to Thirsk for their Regional finals; our U18 girls travel to Cheltenham for the Semi Final of the U18 Girls Plate and our Mixed Adult team beat Loughborough Town 7-1 in Round 4 of the EH Knockout Competition’s Mixed Plate. The Mixed Adult team has been an exciting addition to the junior teams, allowing some of our talented young players to play alongside experienced adult members.

The club has also launched a successful ‘Back 2 Hockey’ venture with an average of twenty players turning up each week on Thursday nights from 8-9pm. There is a healthy mix of complete beginners and people who are returning to the game having played at a high level in the past. With weekly hour-long sessions many of these players have made enormous progress and are now looking forward to friendly fixtures to use their new found or re-acquired skills.

The club already has over 185 members and a waiting list for next season. Looking to expand into the adult leagues next season, we are hugely grateful to our sponsors and supporters who have been instrumental in the club’s successful launch. Each home fixture has been supported by an ever-growing crowd of members, parents, ORs and local hockey enthusiasts. There has been a unique post-match experience in the form of the great “RHC Bake Off” provided by an enthusiastic group of volunteers, and our social membership numbers continue to grow.

As we look ahead to the 2017/18 season, the Committee is showing great ambition and as we look to develop will require further support from the wider community. If any ORs are interested in getting involved in the club, in any capacity but particularly if you wish to play for our adult teams next season, please contact Martin Jones (mlj@repton.org.uk). This summer we are running a 9-a-side mixed league on Tuesday evenings from April through to June, so if you would like to play some summer hockey at the Repton Astros please do get in touch.

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OR Reunions Barry Downing and John Billington 80th Birthday Lunch It was an immense pleasure to have been invited to a joint 80th birthday party given by Barry Downing and John Billington (known to all as JB) on Saturday 29th October 2016. Among the one hundred and fifty guests who had gathered in Pears School for lunch were Barry and Pat’s three children (all ORs) with their spouses and eight grandchildren. It was, I believe, the largest gathering of current and retired staff, including staff widows, for a very long time, whose combined service to the school was estimated to be in the region of 1,200 years. A number of ORs from the 1960s to the 1990s were present.

Dorothy Rees

In his speech after lunch, JB spoke of historic Repton landmarks that were present. Dyfri Rees and Dennis Hawkins had joined Repton in 1952, and their wives, Dorothy and Heather - now in their nineties - were among the guests.

Heather taught English part- time and was the obvious choice to be appointed the first Housemistress when it was decided to increase the number of girls to the school and part of the ‘San’ was converted to a Girls’ House. In 1970, L-R: Heather Hawkins and Alison Webb. the first two girls, Carole Blackshaw and Sally Keenan were admitted to the school. Alison Webb was the first full- time lady teacher to be appointed in 1975 to teach Physics. In JB’s opinion, the biggest shift in Repton’s values had resulted from the coming onto the staff of a significant number of women teachers. They had hastened the end of the rigid hierarchy and had enabled cultural contributions to be valued equally with skill in sports. The apogee was the appointment of Sarah Tennant in 2015 as Acting Head – an appointment supported without question by her colleagues. Lto R Carole Blackshaw, JFMW, Sally Foulds Appropriately JB closed with a toast to those who had transformed Repton – the ladies.

Barry then followed. He outlined his career at the School including his appointment with Pat to The Priory in 1978. He conveyed to us that the spirit and ethos of Repton has not changed and illustrated Pat Downing this by comparing the obituaries of the ORs who had fallen in WWI, the obituary of Donald Carr and the picture on the front of the latest issue of The Arch of the two girls holding their Olympic gold medals.

Thoughts and comments All this illustrates the enigmatic saying that if you want things to stay from some guests: the same, they have to change. Barry paid tribute to John Walker’s exceptionally long and valued contribution to the school. It was Of all the social occasions entirely appropriate on this October day that Barry read out a German that I have attended in Pears poem but translated it to English for the non-linguists among the guests “The mist is rising, The leaves are School, Saturday was the falling, Pour out the wine, The blessed wine, Let us turn the grey day into gold.” most outstanding one by far and that includes the Barry then proposed a toast to Repton.

80th birthday dinner for David Rae (P’74) was the first Head of House Barry appointed. He Archbishop Fisher and Dr responded admirably to Barry and JB considering he was asked to do this Hodder in November 1967. at very short notice. He paid tribute to the education Repton had provided both in and out of the classroom.

Hugged by happiness all afternoon.

This was a truly memorable and historic occasion. It was wonderful to see that Barry and JB had not lost their enthusiasm and intellect at 80. There I hope the atmosphere was genuine affection in the room for these two dear, much loved and reinforced how much John respected masters. The party ended all too soon and as I walked down and Barry are held in high the steps of Pears School and through the Arch, I reflected on how very regard. lucky and privileged all Reptonians are to be educated in such wonderful surroundings and to be taught by so many dedicated teachers.

When we walked into Pears School, it was like coming Michael Li (H’65) David Rae home.

The influence of the masters that we encountered during our Repton years was life changing and it is the prime reason we hold you all in such esteem.

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What a wonderful lunch gathering on Saturday to celebrate you two fine fellows… the happiness spread over the weekend… thank you for all this and your friendship over the years.

What a stupendous occasion! The happiness and warmth of friendship amongst all those generations was indescribable.

The Rep Theatre Company Following their tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, current members of The Rep Theatre Company Jamie Clarke (L’10), Tristan Howle (L’11) and Harry Mead (L’10) enjoyed meeting up with founding members Ben Cavey (P’92) Managing Director of TV company Tiger Aspect (not pictured), and Guy Levesley (H’75/Staff) and past members, actor Nicholas Burns (N’90) and singer-songwriter Blair Dunlop (S’05) for lunch in Covent Garden. Subsequently, Blair returned to the school with his band to perform a warm-up concert at the start of his Re-Gilded national tour.

School House Get Together A small group of School House ORs met up with Adrian and Maggie Mylward at Brewdog, Shoreditch in November 2016.

Back row: Christo Hall (S’97), Henry Brown (S’00), Richard Beckett (S’97), Tom Williams (S’95), Craig Clarke (S’96), Chris Chapman (S’97).

Middle Row: Jamie Millar (S’97), James Standage (S’94), Turhan Yardimci (S’97), Mark Harrington (S’96).

Front Row: Marc da Costa (S’97), Harry Gillam (S’97), Owen Dacey (S’97).

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Branches of the Society Football: Arthur Dunn Cup AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER, FOCUSSING ON NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL CULTURE, DAVID BAULCHAM WATCHED THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ARTHUR DUNN CUP

THE ARTHUR DUNN CUP 2016-17 After the FA Cup, the oldest knock-out competition in British Football is The Arthur Dunn Cup. It carries the name of Old Etonian Arthur Tempest Blakiston Dunn (1860-1902), one of the finest footballers of his generation who won five England caps and was the last amateur captain of the national team. In addition to playing for Old Etonians, including in the 1882 and 1883 FA Cup Finals, Dunn also played thirty-two times for Corinthians, scoring twelve goals. In 1901 not long before he died suddenly at the age of just forty-two, Dunn had put forward the idea of an Old Boys cup competition, no doubt mindful that the dominance of the Public Schools in the FA Cup had been broken, and the Arthur Dunn Cup was born in 1903 as a lasting memorial. The first President of the competition was Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird (1847-1923), who had played alongside Dunn as the Captain of Old Etonians. Kinnaird played in a remarkable nine FA Cup Finals, and was on the winning side five times with Eton and the Wanderers. He was later President of the Football Association, and such was his contribution that in 1911 he was presented with the FA Cup itself.

Today - and usually referred to simply as “The Dunn” - the Arthur Dunn Cup remains an invitation competition for Old Boys’ sides of Public (Independent) Schools. All players must have attended the School, but cannot be current pupils.

Whereas in the domestic Arthurian League, most of the Old Boys sides play their matches in around London, the Dunn rules stipulate that wherever possible home ties must be played at the School itself, and on grass. Due to demand on School pitches during term time, ties are sometimes staggered across two or even three weeks. On looking through the First Round ties, one venue immediately stood out: Repton School in South Derbyshire.

Although the earliest mention of ‘football’ dates from around 1837, it is unclear exactly what form of game this was, and the likelihood is that in common with other public schools it was a unique form peculiar to Repton. It was not until 1877 that ‘The Kicking Game’ of Association Football was formally installed as the winter game at the School.

Several Old Reptonians won international honours. One was Henry (‘Harry’) Cursham, who still holds the record for the most goals scored in the FA Cup, with a tally of forty-nine, all scored for Notts County over a ten year period between 1877-87. Cursham was capped eight times for England, and also made six appearances for Corinthian. However, arguably the greatest of all was Charles 20

Burgess ‘CB’ Fry (H’53) (1872-1956) ‘Cricketer, Scholar, Athlete, Author: The Ultimate All Rounder’. Fry’s tombstone may not specifically mention Football – perhaps there simply wasn’t enough space? – but he played for England between 1891-1901, made seventy-four appearances for Corinthian, and appeared for Southampton in the 1902 FA Cup Final, losing after a replay to Sheffield United. Having gained a first at Oxford.

More than thirty former Repton Schoolboys played for either Oxford or Cambridge in the Varsity matches between 18741914, meaning that when the Arthur Dunn Cup was instituted, the School had a wealth of talent to draw upon. Old Reptonians played in the very first Dunn competition defeating Westminster and Eton (both 7-1) before losing to Carthusians (Charterhouse) in the semi-final, following a replay. Not surprisingly they appeared in six finals between 1903 and 1914, winning the trophy on three occasions. Having lifted the cup in 1913-14 they subsequently retained it, albeit in the School library, until the competition was re-instituted in 1919-20 following the First World War. With former pupils tending to leave the area, the Old Reptonian Football Club was formed in 1925 in an attempt to gather players together for training sessions. Despite this, after its early dominance the School entered a fallow period in the Dunn.

Fortunes changed briefly following the Second World War however, when Repton were beaten finalists in 1947, and was able to call on the likes of Donald ‘DB’ Carr (L’40) who in addition to scoring over ten thousand runs for Derbyshire, also played for Pegasus in the FA Amateur Cup winning sides of 1951 and 1953.

Repton and Malvern dominated the Dunn during the 1960s.

Indeed, between 1960-70 Old Reptonians won the competition outright on four occasions, and shared it with Old Malvernians in 1968. They were also beaten by Malvern in the 1965 final. Jeremy Tomlinson (B’54) played for Repton in all six finals and, writing in

the centenary history of the Dunn, considered that the end of National Service in 1959 had a significant effect as it meant that good players were available to play, and many continued their College football almost exclusively at Oxford or Cambridge. He recalls that there were at least eight ‘Blues’ in the 1960 final when Repton defeated Malvern.

However, it was not until 1967 that the club was able to enter the Arthurian League, due to difficulties in getting a regular side together, and has never been particularly dominant in the League competition, aside from a solitary championship season in 2001-02 when they were also beaten finalists in the Dunn. As well as being finalists on twenty-four occasions, Repton have lifted the Arthur Dunn Cup eleven times, although not since 1991 when they beat Carthusians – the competition’s most successful side – after a replay. In recent years however they have been knocking on the door once again: beaten finalists in 2012 (a controversial penalty conceded against Tonbridge), and semi-finalists for the past two seasons.

Nick Walford (B’69) was a pupil at Repton from 1969-74 and played in two Dunn finals, both of which went to replays, and was on the winning side in 1986-87 when Old Reptonians defeated Cholmeleians (Highgate) at Motspur Park. On a muddy pitch Repton led twice, only to be pegged back to 2-2 by the Arthurian League champions in the dying moments of normal time. In the replay they were three goals up, but again had to sweat as Cholmeleians came back at them: 3-2 the final score. As a Dunn winner Nick’s name is now immortalised on the base of the trophy – the Arthur Dunn Cup being unique that not only the winning team, but all of its players are engraved on to it. Not surprisingly this has resulted in numerous bases being added over the years, and the cup is now sometimes referred to as the ‘Wedding Cake’.

Nick played for Old Reptonians into the 1990s and then captained the Veterans side for twenty-one years. Finally, when he turned sixty last August he decided it was finally time to hang up his boots. These days he is the Chairman of Old Reptonian FC and a member of the Arthur Dunn Cup Committee.

Like most of the team, Nick has driven up from London for today’s match. As Dunn ties have to be played at the school of the home side, it is not unusual for teams sent out by Midlandsbased schools such as Repton, Shrewsbury and Malvern to be quite different to those that play in the London-based Arthurian League. Old Reptonians for example, play their ‘home’ League games in Middlesex but for home ties in the Dunn they can call upon Northern-based players who would not normally be available to play in the League. I suggest to Nick that whereas on one hand such a practice might be an advantage because a side can be strengthened, on the other it might upset team dynamics?

He agrees.“Yes, it can do and has got to be carefully managed by

the captain, diplomatically, so that for the greater cause of winning the Dunn, people will accept that they might miss out personally. The players coming in have got to be significantly better; otherwise you are better off having the continuity of the regular side. Because Repton at the moment is producing such strong school sides, today we have three debutants who played in the 1st XI last year. I can’t think in recent history, when we’ve had that. They are such good players so can come in even though they are inexperienced, for the Dunn. They will do a great job because they are technically good and tactically aware as a result of the coaching they get at Repton”.

So the prestige of the Dunn is far greater than winning the Arthurian League?

He thinks for a moment. “Because of the way that Repton is, there was a time when a lot of people left school, went to university, and then came to London to work during the Thatcher era. Now, the School has become more localized and therefore fewer people go to London, which makes getting Repton sides out more difficult in the League. Therefore the Dunn, because it was first contested in 1903 and has all the history and prestige connected with it, means that for Repton it is more important than the League. For the sides that are more London-based, it might be different”.

As Chairman of the Club, Nick is a member of a Committee comprising the Captain, Vice-Captain, Fixture Secretary, and Club Secretary, who meet reasonably regularly to ensure that everything runs smoothly and also to ensure that the club is financially in good shape. It is important rule to connect closely with the School in terms of recruitment in order to keep abreast of the good players are coming through: “We keep close to the Master in charge of Football here, hence three debutants from last year’s side. The Captain is really the most important person: the Captain of the Club is the organizer: he picks the team and creates the team spirit”. This season that Captain is Alex Evans (N’04), who has been playing for Old Reptonians since he left the School in 2009. “It seems like quite a long time ago” he says. “Every year we play a fixture against the School and now it’s a case that I don’t know anyone who I’m playing against. They are a lot quicker and a lot fitter, and I’m getting slower and slower ... and that pitch is getting bigger as well!”

Alex has travelled up from Fulham but he says even home matches in the League - at Merchant Taylors School in Northwood - can seem like away games, as like him most of the players live in South West London. “It’s a very tenuous link”, he explains. “I think the Bursar was a Reptonian so we somehow got a really good deal.

We’ve been playing our home games there for nearly fifteen years. It’s a good place to play but naturally, with us being in the Midlands we needed a pitch down there and they were great to give us the hospitality” … ... “There are nine of us who have come up from London today; a couple of them are Midlands-based. The furthest anyone has travelled is the goalkeeper – he’s from Humberside, so he’s come all the way down from there. For us, we very much want to put the strongest team out as possible, and we have the flexibility to get some of the guys in from further afield. A lot of people don’t know where Repton is, and then they realise and think “Oh no we’ve got to go up to the Midlands … we’ve got to trek up there”. So it works in our favour. The setting as well – we love playing on that pitch; there are not many better pitches on the circuit. Charterhouse and Bradfield have very good facilities as well, but Repton is one of the premier pitches”.

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Branches of the Society Football: Arthur Dunn Cup continued Today’s opponents are Old Aldenhamians, who like Repton play in Division One of the Arthurian League. Also like Repton, Aldenham School in Hertfordshire dates back to the 16th century, having been founded in 1597. Appropriately perhaps, Arthur Dunn himself taught at nearby Elstree School for seven years.

“They are very much a mixed bag” says Alex. “They can beat us on their day, but then we’ve beaten them as well, so it is going to be a tough test today. We’ll just have to see what they bring. We got to the semi-final last season, losing to the eventual winners Tonbridge. We got to the semi-final the year before as well and lost to Lancing, so we’re getting close but not quite there yet.

Hopefully, with the squad we’ve got this season, we’ll go one better”.

I suggest that Divisional status sometimes means little in the Dunn. He agrees: “We’ve proved that. We’ve not been in the Premier Division for a long time but we still keep performing well in the Dunn, and pushing the ‘bigger boys’, so to speak, all the way to the end”.

I am informed that the thick clouds that provide a grey umbrella over South Derbyshire are quite typical and, given the fact that there is no cover, I should be grateful that at least it is dry. Before the match Alex was hoping for a crowd of around fifty spectators but it is about half that number, perhaps not helped by the fact that it is the last Saturday of Half Term, before the pupils return on Monday. The occasion is relaxed, with the players ambling out of the Pavilion in dribs and drabs and making their way over the pitch. There is time for team photographs: “Carry on, there’s no rush” says Referee Craig Dolman.

Eventually we’re underway. Alex has already highlighted a few players to watch out for: “Simon Graham (P’83) who is going to be playing on the left – he’s a very tricky player who likes the ball to his feet; and there is a big towering centre-back, Andy Evans (N’06) – ‘strawberry blond’ he’d like to say, but ginger – you won’t miss him at the back. Very rarely misses a header.

The one player he has neglected to mention however is himself. By the end of ninety minutes there is little doubt that Alex Evans has very much been the ‘Man of the Match’: opening the scoring with a fine drive midway through the first half; making it 2-0 from the penalty spot; and then adding a third before half-time to complete a remarkable first-half hat-trick. It is a little tough on Aldenham who certainly haven’t been dominated to the degree that the scoreline suggests, but they have been unable to cope with the speed and movement of the Repton side, and Evans in particular. Until the penalty is awarded the visitors are very much in the game.

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If there was ever any doubt about the eventual outcome however, the tie is well and truly settled soon after the restart when the Aldenham keeper misjudges a ball into the area from Jack Bywater (C’11) and watches it roll past him into the unguarded net. There are some crunching tackles from both sides, including one which fells Evans just outside the penalty area and draws a yellow card. Justice is duly served as he picks himself up, and following a few choice words directs the resulting free-kick into the area where “strawberry blond” Andy Evans lives up to the pre-match billing and powers home a header to make it 5-0. With three goals and one assist it’s not a bad way to introduce one’s self as Club Captain in the Dunn. Amongst the small crowd is Matt Carrington, the Master in Charge of Football at Repton - no doubt delighted to see four of his past captains in the side. The future of the Old Reptonian Football Club is certainly looking bright.

After the match I catch up with Nick Walford, who has effectively been ‘managing’ the side from the touchline. He laughs: “Yes, I tend to get quite involved with it. I don’t watch them every week in London but watch them enough to know how they are getting on; who is showing promise; and who we need to be thinking about for the Dunn side. Today it was great to see three debutants who I thought played really well. All the goals came at the right time to keep the momentum going, and it was comfortable at the end – it almost got too easy. As long as we can keep away from the big guns in the next round and get a home draw: that’s what we want”.

Nick gets his wish when Repton are later drawn at home, albeit to Premier Division side King’s College Wimbledon in the Second Round. A tougher tie, there is no doubt about that, but with home advantage, another potentially winnable one for what looks like a talented Old Reptonian side in this season’s competition.

FOOTNOTES: With special thanks to Nick Walford, Alex Evans, and Matthew Barry Story By DAVID BAUCKHAM

OR Football ARTHUR DUNN CUP Having reached the semi-final for the second year running in 2016, the ORs were determined to go one further and reach the final. The last team to reach the final was in 2012, where the ORs were on the losing side that day to Tonbridge.

In Round 1 the ORs faced fellow Division 1 opposition Aldenhamians; a home draw meant the ORs were the firm favourites. The ORs had one of the strongest squads assembled in recent memory with four former Repton School captains on show in a strong, youthful side. Debuts were handed to most recent leavers Josh Riley (P’11), Jack Bywater (C’11) and Ed Jackson (P’14) who came with strong reputations and certainly lived up to the billing, adding plenty of quality to the OR side. The eventual 5-0 win was a fair reflection of the match.

In Round 2 the ORs were up against Premier League opponents KCS Wimbledon Old Boys, who were a relatively unknown quantity. The high intensity and pressing style of the ORs seemed to stun KCS and, despite the odd uncertain moment, a comfortable 5-2 victory was secured, to set up a quarter-final encounter away to Brentwood. With 5 regulars unavailable or injured, the OR faithful could be forgiven for being cautious with their predictions.

The stage was set with a light breeze but otherwise dry afternoon and a perfect pitch to host a thrilling contest between two heavyweights of the Dunn and Arthurian league set up. It was great to see so many ORs from different generations come down to Essex to support the boys.

For all the ORs’ dominance they weren’t able to find the goal and had to be wary of the direct threat Brentwood posed. Finally, around the hour mark, debutant Marcus Clague (C’12) finished a fine move. Despite late pressure, the defence held firm and the ORs were victorious and into the semi-finals once again.

The draw pitched the ORs at the oldest of old rivals, Shrewsbury.

A fixture embroiled in history, with the two schools playing each other for over 120 plus years, now, this was always going to be a tasty tie in front of a fantastic band of travelling Repton supporters.

Playing on one of the best pitches on the circuit the ORs were able to start promisingly, but the game quickly settled into a very even contest. 0-0 at half time, but midway through the second half the Old Salopians took the lead from a set piece. The ORs rallied however, and with just over 20 minutes to play. Sam Graham (S’06) was brought down in the area, and captain Al Evans (N’04) equalised from the resulting penalty.

With no further goals in normal time, the game went into extra time. A moment of hesitation at the back gifted the Salopians the lead again, but the ORs were just not to be denied. With just three minutes to go a cross from the right saw Josh Riley head home to secure a well-deserved 2-2 draw after 120 exhausting minutes.

This meant a replay a week later at Repton.

A fantastic army of Repton supporters had gathered on the banks of San Hall and were in fine voice to do their bit to get the ORs over the line. Perhaps not surprisingly the game followed a very similar pattern to the first encounter, with neither side able to assert themselves. Once again it was the Salopians who took the lead, which they held into the second half. However, back came the ORs with an equaliser from Ed Jackson, and then with just eight minutes remaining Sam Graham was in the right place at the right time to guide in a winner.

The ORs will have played Old Carthusians in the final which was held at Merchant Taylor’s school in Hertfordshire on April 29th.

THE ARTHURIAN LEAGUE The ORs kicked off another season in Division One of the Arthurian League having had competitive campaigns in the last three years, and with the addition of some new blood to their ranks, most notably Callum Elliot (P’10), Alex Clarke-Dowson (P’06), Callum McIntosh (P’06), Doug Redfern (P’09) and James Kettlewell (S’05) who all became permanent fixtures in the side this season. With more structure now to the ORs thanks to previous captain Nicky Samra (N’02) passing on the reigns to Alex Evans (N’04) the team can train once a week in preparation for their league fixtures on a Saturday.

Following an impressive 2-1 win against the School 1st XI in the annual fixture held at Repton the ORs were straight into the League campaign against familiar opposition such as Old Bradfieldians, Old Radleians and Old Milfieldians. The ORs had a fantastic start to the year picking up steady points that put them joint second at Christmas and with a real chance of promotion.

A good way to finish 2016 and break for Christmas.

collar bone so was ruled out for most of the league season.

Andy Evans (N’06) left London to go back to Thailand, leaving a big void at centre back. The main reason however, was down to a lack of availability that caused the ORs to struggle to get a consistent team out week-in week-out. This is something that will undoubtedly affect any team if the XI keeps chopping and changing.

While the ORs weren’t in danger of going down it was disappointing that they didn’t quite kick on to achieve promotion which looked a serious possibility at Christmas. Special mentions must go to the experienced Simon Duggan (O’00), Alex Haynes (P’04), James Bishton (L’02) and Andy Evans (N’06) who were all regulars in the side over the last three years and added so much quality on the field.

From the turn of the year the ORs struggled to find the form they knew they could produce. There were several reasons resulting in the OR season falling away. Captain Alex Evans suffered a broken

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Golf HALFORD HEWITT 2017 Following the repatriation of former hockey Olympian Ben Sharpe (B’89), who can also wield a golf club with some alacrity, team skipper Philip Carr (H’79) was blessed with an eleven man squad this year for the ninety third annual Halford Hewitt tournament; held every spring at Royal Cinque Ports and Royal St Georges.

However, Richard Holdsworth (C’92) fell prey to a combination of norovirus and gastroenteritis preventing his appearance so the luxury of a substitute was removed.

First pair Sean (P’96) and Myles Pearson (P’99) had an uncharacteristic losing start in the first round against Mill Hill but the rest of the team prevailed with a 31/2 - 11/2 win, taking Repton through to the second round.

This was against Cheltenham on day two. The Pearsons had clearly settled back down to their winning ways and Keith Andrews (O’66)’ blistering three-wood to the 18th green belied his status as a grandfather and perfectly complemented his partner Neil Rushton’s (P’94) silky putting stroke. A win for both Philip Carr and Pete Forster (N’87) together with Richard Hodgkinson (M’81) and Martin Priestley (C’81), gave the team a solid 4-1 victory, leaving a more confident feeling about going into the last 16, against 2016 tournament winners, Tonbridge.

In recent years Tonbridge have been a thorn in Repton’s side. Fortunately, this recent history was wasted on the Pearsons, who marched out as top pair and secured a 6 and 5 victory, showing them to be a good future rock for the team in years to come. Andrews and Rushton once again secured a comfortable four and three victory but not all was going in Repton’s favour. Richard Hodgkinson’s back went into spasm on the first tee and he had to be assisted off the course after three holes. Newly-paired Sharpe and Mark Anselm (C’86) have yet to settle into a winning streak and so it was down to Carr and Forster to try and secure a win to take the team into the afternoon quarter final. Sadly, their hopes were dashed on the eighteenth green; the 3-2 losing score line not really reflecting the closeness of the encounter.

Tony Bishop (P’72)

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The Rep Theatre Company - Equus by Peter Shaffer 18th, 19th August 2016 The Charlesworth Studio Theatre, 400 Hall, Repton 21st – 29th August 2016, C, Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh After a very positive reaction to the Company’s production performed in-the-round in 2015, we thought it might be fun to test ourselves, by staging an adaptation of the show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest Arts Festival in the world.

Thanks to considerable financial support from The OR Society and the School and the great support and advice of the directors of the company, a dream became an ambitious challenge welcomed and enjoyed by all involved.

We had just six days of rehearsal in which to revive the show, followed by two performances in Repton, before we went to Edinburgh.

The 2016 company was a real pleasure to work with; Young OR’s and current Reptonians determined to work to the highest standard in a testing environment and on the public stage in the middle of the holiday season gave audiences a performance that was tight and popular, by Edinburgh standards!

John Plowright reviewed a performance in Repton: “Paul Spector, the serial killer in ‘The Fall’, explains his motivation by saying that: “The thoughts, the feelings that I experience are way beyond anything that you could call fantasies. Sounds and colours are more vivid, odours more intense. My skin becomes sensitive to even the slightest of pressure. The outside world means nothing, only the interior world is real. It is utterly compelling, compulsive. Nothing can pull you back from the edge. Not laws or threats of punishment, morality, religion, fear of death. All of those things are as meaningless as the life that you’re about to extinguish.”

Peter Shaffer’s Equus centres on another social deviant who similarly only becomes truly alive in breaking the law and convention and who has elevated his deviance to a form of religion. The play is rather like a dramatised Freudian case study in equine fetishism and personal mythmaking and the Rep Theatre Company’s production, under the taut, assured direction of Guy Levesley (H’75/Staff), packs the emotional punch of a horse kick to the head.

This is principally due to the two principals – Harry Mead’s (L’10) Dysart and Tristan Howle’s (L’11) Alan Strang. Tristan’s confused teenager is a finely wrought picture of a wrong-headed romantic, whilst Harry’s psychiatrist is a compelling picture of a physician whose rationalism obliges him to ask whether any ‘cure’ will be worse than the disease. As Dysart grapples to address Strang’s troubled psyche we see him become increasingly haunted by the truth of the adage, ‘Physician, heal thyself’. In all this, Mead and Howle are faultlessly supported - literally in the case of Charlie Wilbraham (S) - by a talented supporting cast which also includes Jamie Clarke (L10), Grace Cowley (M’10), Jessica Gough (A’10), Hannah McClarron (G’11) and Natalia Gill (A’13).

In minor respects, such as its references to advertising jingles, the play is of its time (the Seventies) but this is a matter of little consequence given its bold exploration of perennially important themes, such as the formation of personality and the tension between individual expression and social conformity. The Rep Theatre Company’s production tackles all these themes in an emotionally satisfying and thought-provoking manner.

Guy Levesley (H’75/Staff)

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Branches of the Society The Old Reptonian Lodge As English Freemasonry celebrates 300 years, there is much charitable work being undertaken by Lodges across the country. The Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London has previously been very successful in raising funds for a second London Air Ambulance, but its direction this year is for London Lodges, like the OR Lodge, to support smaller London charities. At the January meeting, members agreed to do their part and donate three lots of £1,000 to worthy causes in the community.

2017 also marks other anniversaries. Towards the end of April the Duke of Kent will dedicate a memorial at Freemasons’ Hall, London, to the 63 servicemen who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War and who were, or later became, Freemasons. It will be a colourful occasion with relatives of those whose names will be inscribed on the memorial, attending, along with the band of the Grenadier Guards. Several members of the OR Lodge will be among those present.

If you would like to find out more about the Lodge, visit our website and contact the Lodge.

Mark Norton ( M’86) mark.norton@orl.org.uk

Pilgrims Cricket Club This year we will not be sending out our fixture card by post.

The fixtures will be communicated by email and in future editions of The Arch. To be added to the Pilgrims email database contact: bsjwb1@hotmail.com.

If you would like to be considered for selection contact match managers. The Pilgrims enjoyed great support both home and away in 2016 we look forward to seeing you in 2017.

REPTON PILGRIMS CRICKET CLUB FIXTURES FOR 2017 Sunday June 11: THE CRICKETER CUP 1st Round Shrewsbury Saracens (Away) 11.30 am The Committee Friday June 25: T20 Denstone Wanderers (Away) Sunday June 25: THE CRICKETER CUP 2nd Round (Home) 11.30 am The Committee

James Blackwell Mobile: 07903 232598

Email: bsjwb1@hotmail.com

Tom Cosford Mobile: 07899741760

Saturday July 1: SPEECH DAY REPTON SCHOOL Repton 11.30 am Tom Cosford

Email: tomcosford@btinternet.com

Wednesday July 5: PILGRIMS WEEK ABBOTS BROMLEY CC Repton 11.30 am Tom Cosford

Chris Paget (Cricketer Cup Captain) Mobile: 07817 694330 Email: paget_c@yahoo.com Andrew Robertson Mobile: 07814267998 Ed Sloane Mobile: 07967 522616

Thursday July 6: PILGRIMS WEEK LINCOLNSHIRE GENTLEMEN’S CC Repton 11.30 am Andrew Robertson

Email: amirobertson@btinternet.com

Friday July 7: PILGRIMS WEEK GENTLEMEN OF STAFFORDSHIRE CC Repton 11.30 am Ed Sloane

Email: edward@homelifedirect.co.uk

Sunday July 9: THE CRICKETER CUP 3rd Round (Home) 11.30 am The Committee Sunday July 23: THE CRICKETER CUP Semi Final (Away) Sunday Aug 6: THE CRICKETER CUP Final

Squash Calling all squash players! If you are playing squash, or know of other ORs who are, please do get in touch directly or through the OR Secretary’s office.

The first round of the 2016/2017 Londonderry Cup was played against the Old Merchant Taylors’ at the Cumberland Club on 7th January 2017. The OR team was Henry Brown (S’00), Rory Farquharson (N’03) and Rowley Rhodes (N’98). Ed Rhodes (N’95) and Oliver Malcolm (B’95) were in reserve and vociferous support came from Martin Grayshon (C’61), Ian Payne (L’55) and John Hings (P’55). Sadly, despite only managing to field three players, the OMTs won the three matches comfortably to take the 26

tie 3-2. They were very hospitable and it was an enjoyable occasion.

Otherwise we have had friendlies against Shrewsbury (a much more evenly matched contest) and have had meetings at the School (on the day of the OR dinner) and at the RAC (in March), all followed by comprehensive refreshment!

Repton Memories UPPER SIXTH HISTORY 1974.

Whom do you recognise?

OR Publications Caroline England (A’79) has written a novel, Beneath the Skin, due to be published digitally and in paperback on 5 October 2017.

The novel is already available to pre-order on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ssrsis_1_3?url =search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=beneath+the+ skin+caroline+england&sprefix=car%2Caps%2CNaN NATION, TRADITION & LIBERTY – MY 50 YEAR CAMPAIGN (1966-2016) I have very recently (25th March 2017) had the above published. It is a 350 page memoir of my efforts to keep the Conservatives to a more traditional right – wing programme on all the principal policy themes. It won’t appeal to everyone – far from it – but it may to some.

If you might be interested to purchase a copy (at a reduced rate for ORs) please contact me as hereunder.

Sam Swerling (Brook 1953) on tel:0208 386 1881 or sam@swerling.co.uk

Will Kemp (P’77) has won the Keats-Shelley Prize, the Envoi International, the Debut Collection Award, the Poetry Pamphlet Competition and the Cinnamon Short Story Award. He has had three collections published, Nocturnes, Lowland, The Painters Who Studied Clouds as well as his award-winning pamphlet, The Missing Girl. For further details, see: www.wkemp.com Will Kemp’s third collection is stylish, accomplished and accessible. Brimming with wit, moments of acute observation and imagination, and written in a wry, selfdeprecating Billy Collins-esque style, the work is replete with refreshing images for the things that enrich life, from clouds to sport, art to music. The Painters Who Studied Clouds is upbeat and positive, but never glib, expanding Kemp’s range and tone in this outstanding collection.

Jan Fortune, Envoi Cinnamon Press| Independent, Innovative, International

Jane Barrett (A’89) has published her second book.

Taking Charge of Your Career The Essential Guide to Finding the Job That’s Right for You

By Camilla Arnold and Jane Barrett Published by Bloomsbury, 12th January 2017. Trade Paperback, £14.99.

Taking Charge of Your Career looks at the challenges faced by people in today’s turbulent job market, offering practical advice, self-assessment tools and illustrative case studies.

Jane Barrett is co-founder of The Career Farm (www. thecareerfarm.com), an online career development company giving individuals the structure, tools and inspiration to grow their careers in a proactive way. Jane has over 15 years’ experience as a speaker, workshop leader and career coach at business schools across Europe.

The world of work is changing dramatically and jobs for life have become a thing of the past. Even people moving up the corporate ladder are questioning their choices and considering new possibilities, such as work/life balance or portfolio working.

This action-oriented and pragmatic book will help you overcome the barriers to deciding on a career and changing career, giving you a proven roadmap to achieve your goals.

Taking Charge of Your Career will lead you step-by-step through the process of building your career strategy and making it happen. Full of exercises and self-assessment tools to help you make the right choices, it also includes real-life stories of successful career changers.

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Who? What? Where? When?

Olivia Ji-Peng (F’97) and Stephen Bryan (H’A-K’68) THE EYES HAVE IT IN SOCKS Eye surgeons need to have to control the microscope with their feet while operating and it is crucial to have a pair of respectable socks.

These photographs show consultant ophthalmologist Stephen assisting ophthalmology registrar Ji-Peng Olivia in a joint case at Barts Health NHS Trust, London. The two were able to temporarily put aside their differences (SJB being a dark blue and JOL being a light blue), and JOL happy to take advice from one of the earliest surgeons to perform modern cataract surgery in the UK.

School News ARKWRIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT Talented designer Celia Li (L6A) is the third Design and Technology A-level pupil to receive a prestigious Arkwright Scholarship this academic year. Celia was unable to attend the presentation ceremony last October in London, so she was presented with her award by David Patrick of the Arkwright Trust in Repton.

BIOLOGY From Thursday 13th October to Monday 17th October 2016, 34 Upper Sixth biologists, led by EGMS, CEG, GKR and SMI, took part in their annual pilgrimage to Margam Discovery Centre, a beautiful and ecologically sensitive FSC residential centre nestled in the rolling countryside of Margam Park in South Wales.

With 850 acres of beautiful parkland and 600 deer for company, the biologists undertook a wide range of investigations and experiments, coupled with tutorials and discussions, both to enhance their understanding of the taught elements of the syllabus, and to satisfy a number of core practicals required by AQA. The FSC centre has a wide range of diverse ecosystems at its doorstep, including mixed woodland, freshwater streams and ponds, sand dunes, grasslands and rocky shores. More than that, it has superb facilities and knowledgeable and welcoming tutors, and this year we were led by the tireless, informative and always enthusiastic Danielle and Abbie.

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After a late arrival on Thursday night, we travelled the following morning to Bracelet Bay on the Gower Peninsula to study the ecology of the rocky shore ecosystem and the adaptations to life in this extreme environment.

On Saturday, Laura Bacon (U6A) was very fortunate not only to share her 18th birthday with her fellow biologists and teachers, but also to spend it sampling the weird and wonderful invertebrates lurking at the bottom of the freshwater streams and ponds that criss-cross through the park. Prizes for the biggest dragonfly nymph (it really was a monster) and the smallest cased caddisfly nymph were eagerly competed for.

Birthday cake was eaten, eaten, and eaten again, and the day was topped off with a wonderful camp fire gathering, home made bread-on-a-stick, s’mores galore, and some of the worst singing I have ever heard.

School News BIOLOGY continued We awoke to a beautiful Sunday morning, and spent much of the day at Kenfig National Nature Reserve, one of Wales’ top sand-dune reserves, with all the special plants, birds and insects that depend on this type of coastal habitat for their survival.

Whilst studying psammosere succession and completing a corepractical were the aims of the day, we enjoyed a sunny picnic on the beach and an impromptu but highly competitive game of rounders. In the evening, having set our small mammal traps after a really delicious Sunday roast dinner, the Biology Field Trip Quiz Extravaganza took centre stage.

Our final day was spent checking the traps (one toad, a slug, a field mouse and two bank voles - quite a success) and consolidating our learning from the previous days. Despite terrible rain forecasts before we arrived, we were very lucky with the weather, but even more fortunate to have the opportunity to spend such an enjoyable 5 days with such a super group of hardworking, fun, and enthusiastic Upper Sixth biologists. This year’s field trip will live long in the memory.

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CHESS The Lent Term saw the re-establishment of the Chess Club, with weekly sessions on Tuesdays at 2-3pm (coaching) and Thursdays at 4-5pm (playing games).

The coaching is by a professional, Mr David Levens, who is an expert in his field with connections to many of the greatest chess masters to have ever lived, such as Tal and Stein. The coach’s collective knowledge on chess has been compiled over many years, with a national rating that broke into the top 16 at one time. There could be no better coach.

Tuesday is when we develop our understanding of this mentally challenging game and develop openings for future games, such as the Queen’s Indian defence or the Sicilian defence. On Thursday we try to put into practice what we have learnt from the Tuesday in a game against an opponent of a similar standard.

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School News CAREERS’ CORNER On Monday 23rd January 2017 Repton welcomed two Old Reptonians, Chief Constables Susannah Fish (OBE, QPM) of Nottinghamshire Police and Frances Habgood of Thames Valley Police, to host a careers forum and answer questions about their profession and life at Repton. The forum was attended by pupils who were particularly interested in a career in law enforcement and was chaired by Hira Raza (U6A).

Chief Constable Fish joined Repton in the Sixth Form and studied Geography, History and Politics and was a member of Abbey House. She participated in sports such as squash, tennis and hockey and found Repton provided her with a competitive experience which proved useful when joining a male-dominated profession. Her role requires public-speaking skills which she admits she could have practised more at Repton.

Having taken a gap year and then graduated from LSE, Chief Constable Fish joined the police. She feels that society’s expectations over not only the police but also other public services have changed because of the digital era where news is available 24/7 and there is a smartphone dependency. Technology has certainly impacted on the work of the police as it has led the force to become more accountable to the public.

Chief Constable Fish tries to go on patrol at least once per month which she finds important to experience and understand the public’s issues and concerns. Her most difficult decision involved two homicides that occurred in the same village and involved two offenders who Intelligence believed had taken refuge in Sherwood Forest. Initially the two men were unable to be located, and the task involved the deployment of fire-arms operation teams to find both of the offenders and bring them to justice. The search ran for four days, and both individuals were located; despite the expense and risk to her career at the time she trusted her instinct and placed her professional judgement on the line.

As a female in a male-dominated profession she would like to see complete gender equality in the future, but there is still a long way to go. She believes that Law Enforcement is a great career for both women and men, and the principle skills required, such as listening to both a victim or offender of crime and being able to influence and negotiate with people, are invaluable traits. Being able to compromise is also vital in order to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome.

Chief Constable Frances Habgood, Orchard House, joined Repton in B Block and during his time he was involved in music, playing the French horn and cello, and was a member of MUS. SOC. and the brass band. Whilst studying Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology at A Level, he enjoyed CCF as well as athletics, badminton and football.

When he first joined Repton, he was rather against public speaking, which is ironic as his profession requires him to speak on a regular basis, but he became more confident through his music.

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Chief Constable Habgood studied Engineering at university and at the time was convinced he would become a mechanical engineer; however he realised during university that this was not his desired career path. Because of his interest in CCF and desire to work to help the community, he attended a Careers Fair where he spoke to the police. After three years in service he realised that the difference he was making in society was rewarding. He believes that the force has become more transparent and that their work is more understood by the public and that despite media and political negativity, police satisfaction levels remain high.

The toughest decision Chief Constable Habgood has made involved an operation relating to the London Bombings in which intelligence agencies had suspected that a phone they identified was tracked back to a residence in Buckinghamshire. He had to make operational decisions with the military and security services which set out an authorisation to identify and kill the alleged terrorist. The end result, however, was that the suspected man in Buckinghamshire was innocent and remained alive. The death of an innocent man could have ended Chief Constable Habgood’s career. He discussed how his career in particular required him to become much more confident in decision making. He continued the discussion in regard to terrorism threats and how police forces were collaborating by mentioning government plans to increase the amount of armed specialist officers in light of the events that have occurred throughout Europe. However, he reassured the audience that the intelligence networks of the UK have been very successful in preventing terrorist attacks and future decisions are aimed at increasing public trust which he placed high on his list of priorities.

He believed that his Housemaster at the time, David Wilkinson, was an inspiration to him, and allowed him to develop not only in terms of education but also in other aspects of life. He concluded by stressing the importance of problem solving and having a range of personal skills which help to develop a relationship with the public. He suggested that the best way to know whether to join the force is to experience it and explore work-shadowing opportunities, such as becoming a volunteer special constable.

Policing has a variety of roles involving investigation and management which should appeal to a wider audience.

This was a unique occasion and a great opportunity to celebrate the professional achievement of two special Old Reptonians.

Hira Raza (U6A)

The Lent Term has provided a range of interesting opportunities for Repton pupils. Hira Raza (U6A) deserves a special mention for her contribution during the visit of Sue Fish OBE QPM Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police and Francis Habgood Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. The school was very proud to welcome two ORs who hold such high-profile positions.

Thomas Mueller (L6N) has been offered a place on an EDT 2017 Headstart course at the University of Birmingham entitled ‘Power for the Future’, Darren Rider (5P) has been awarded an apprenticeship with Jaguar Landrover and Jack Pollard (L6L) has recently been offered work experience in Brussels by his local MEP, great news for all three pupils.

Georgina Brownhill (L6M), Imogen Clowes (L6A), Imogen Hunt (L6G), George Shirley (L6N) and Harriet Smith (L6F) attended a KPMG ‘Young Professionals’ day in Birmingham and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

In early March the school received an email from Judith Brown at Handelsbanken confirming that four Repton pupils have moved on to the next stage of assessment to qualify for an internship at

the bank. Molly Brealey (U6G), Nathan Furniss (U6O), Hira Raza (U6A) and Bradley Sharratt (U6N) performed fantastically well and were a real credit to the school.

Careers Presentations have continued with OR Ben Samra talking about his work as a producer at the BBC and facing leading questions from a captive audience who were desperate to hear about the future plans for Big Brother and Geordie Shore!

March 6th to 10th was National Careers Week and staff and pupils were asked to work together to produce a curriculum vitae and a cover letter which could be used to apply for a work experience placement. Next term will include the Gap Fair and the Lower Sixth Careers Forum, and many pupils will formally begin the UCAS process.

I would like to thank staff, parents and ORs for their continued interest in careers guidance at Repton School and for the positive encouragement given to every pupil to continue their personal research.

Kevin MacDonald Head of Careers Guidance

CHAPEL It has been a delight and privilege to be appointed as the new Chaplain of Repton School, though I am uncertain as to how long one may retain the title, ‘new’ for I feel that I have been here a lifetime and I am already very much at home.

All schools are, of course, fast-paced institutions – full of energy, enthusiasm and potential, and Repton is no exception. For my colleagues especially, the House commitments, the demands of lesson planning, marking, resourcing and report writing together with the sport, theatre, music and every other manner of activity on offer to our young people makes this truly a microcosm of the wider world. And yet it can feel very enclosed, very intense.

Having worked in both independent day and boarding schools before, I am very aware of the demands a school as ours places on colleagues. It can be said that they are married to the place and like any marriage there are good days and less optimal days.

And yet the dedication and neighbourliness is a pleasure to accompany.

When you remember your school, do call to mind with thanks, the dedication of your school Masters and Mistresses and spare a thought and indeed say a prayer for the current staff – teachers, matrons, ground staff, support and domestic staff – all of whom work together to ensure the school stays on course.

You may remember from Founder’s Day services this prayer, which has spoken deeply to me and I offer to you for your prayers as you pray for us and all that continues here in this special place: O Lord God, the Father of Lights, the Maker and Builder of every house not made with hands; we give thee thanks for all former members of this ancient foundation who have served thee with fruitful labour for the increase of knowledge and wisdom, and for the nurture of faithful servants of thy Church and Kingdom.

As thou didst enable them to add their portion to thy work, so teach and strengthen us, we pray thee, to do thy will in the task which thou hast ordained for us in this our generation; through him by whom thou hast created all things, in and whom all things consist, even Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Be assured of our prayers for you and should you ever find the time or opportunity to revisit your old school chapel you will be certain of a welcome home. May God continue to bless you and yours as you have been blessed on your way by Repton.

The Revd Fr Neil Roberts, Chaplain

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School News DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY This year was a little different for the department’s London Design Trip as it took place at an earlier point in the school year, and two months after the brand new Design Museum has opened its doors in Kensington.

The trip over Tower Bridge was strangely missed, and it’s fair to say the old building will always have an important part to play in the Design Museum’s story, but the new building is a masterpiece. Firstly, it’s not really a “new” building at all. It’s a retrofit and restoration of an existing space, with rejuvenated residential blocks as part of the project as well. Many years in the making, this grand new, accessible space gives the discipline of design a real boost, and the exhibitions play a very important role in this.

Pupils were first directed to the permanent (and free) exhibition: Designer Maker User. This exhibition curates some of the museum’s most iconic permanent collection pieces in a new way, showcasing their stories from three different perspectives: from how the designer conceived the ideas, through to details of the manufacture of well known designs, through to how the user views everyday products, and how important they are to our everyday life.

Alongside Designer Maker User was a small temporary exhibition that was a surprising hit with the Sixth Form. It explored the relationship between design and an ageing population, and the imaginative concepts that this subject matter draws from designers. The museum had set up an interactive board to display visitors responses, and the boys wasted no time in contributing with insightful statements such as “old age is a state of mind” and “its important to still feel useful in old age.”

The final exhibition to be viewed by the group was Beazley Design of the Year Awards, showcasing conceptual and realised ideas

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across a range of design industry areas. This was a real opportunity to for those students interested in a career in design to see the breadth and imagination of the solutions presented by both established and new designers. Some of the students were particularly intrigued by the running trainers on display made from recycling fishing line, alongside a flashing bike helmet to improve cyclist safety. Pertinent to events in the world, there was even a full scale mock up of a refugee shelter on display. Luxury and need, all in one exhibition.

More time was available to us this year, because of the Design Museum’s move. It was a short 20 minute walk to the V&A, and some of the pupils got a little star struck along the way when they met the actor Andrew Lincoln, (Love Actually, The Walking Dead); who was kind enough to stop for a couple of photos with the pupil! (We seem to spot someone every year, be it reality TV star or royalty!)

On arrival at Exhibition Road, pupils were given time to walk round and absorb a huge range of exhibitions in the V&A, including the 20th Century Furniture gallery. Some of the pupils also managed to find the modern silver jewellery display tucked away on the third floor, which contained some stunningly impressive pieces of work.

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FOUNDER’S DAY On March 9th 2017 the School was 460 years old and the occasion was marked with a special Chapel service for the whole school in the morning, a smaller service at nearby Etwall Church, where Sir John Port and other members of his family are buried, and a sequence of readings and music in the Beldam Hall in the evening.

would not be recognised for it in his lifetime. His moral principle of doing lasting good for the generations to come is a powerful mode of selfless benevolence for us.

Throughout its history Repton has found ways to commemorate its Founder, Sir John Port; it seemed appropriate to reinstate this tradition this term and this year as we have been thinking so much about generosity and doing good, and using Sir John Port as an example to reflect on what our legacy might be to future generations.

It is certain that the Repton of today differs radically from the vision that our Founder might have had in his mind’s eye in the early spring of 1557. Great institutions adapt along the years as they attempt to lead and also to reflect the society in which they exist. We hope, though, that Sir John Port, and all the benefactors to this school who have followed him, would still recognise the same spirit of grounded goodness, an enduring respect for each other, and a community of Reptonians striving to be better versions of themselves.

Sir John Port set out a vision for the education of young people that would stretch into the future and in such a way that he

If any ORs would like to be included in future events, please contact the OR office.

THE LUDVIK OBSERVATORY February 2017 was an exciting month for the Physics department as a state-of-the art observatory was installed on the Science Priory roof. This was thanks to the significant generosity of Lloyd Berger (P’71) and his wife Simone who underwrote the whole scheme.

The reflecting telescope has an aperture of 11 inches and is fully motorised, allowing it to track objects as they move through the night sky. A pre-programmed database of 40,000 astronomical objects can be automatically found using the inbuilt GPS locator. The telescope is homed in a 2.4m fibreglass dome with a mechanical rotating roof which can comfortably accommodate six pupils at once. Plans are underway to connect the telescope to an external link, so that it can be controlled remotely, and live images could then be viewed from a computer or beamed directly to the Science Priory lecture theatre.

A group of keen U6 pupils formed a trial Astronomy group before Easter and were lucky to obtain some stunning images of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. The hope is with more clear skies (fingers crossed) in the Summer Term this opportunity will be offered to more pupils and images of distant objects out of our solar system will be made.

Martin Hunt Head of Physics

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School News GIRLS’ FOOTBALL Girls U18 National Sevens 2016 In the fourth year of attending this excellent event, Repton were hoping to better recent performances, having lost twice in the final and once in the semi-final to date. Spirits were high as we fielded arguably our strongest ever team, having only lost two players from the squad that narrowly lost last year’s ISFA eleven-aside final.

We were placed in Group A with some stiff competition to make the quarter finals. Sevenoaks, King Edwards, St Catherine’s and hosts, Charthouse, would all provide different tests but we achieved maximum points, scoring thirteen goals in the process and only conceding one. The standard of play grew and some of the goals scored in the latter games were as good as you will see at this level.

In the quarter finals Repton would face an initially stubborn Guilford High, but, once the deadlock was broken by Emmett, more goals quickly followed and the score ended 5-1.

The semi final saw us take on three-time winners Bede’s, who had looked dangerous in their group stage, winning all but one of their games. They were a little over reliant on one outstanding player and after nullifying this threat we controlled the game and ran out 3-1 winners. Lloyd made some crucial saves early on and Davey worked tirelessly at the top to forge a number of excellent chances.

The final was a case of déjà vu, with King’s Taunton the opponents, and they are the only team to have had the better of us in recent years. The game, as expected, was a highly tense affair. Williamson, who seemed to get better with each passing game, was immense at the back and restricted King’s to few clear cut chances. Both teams hit the woodwork and there were top saves from both ‘keepers as the game finished 0-0 and extra time still could not separate the sides. On to penalties (3 each) and, having won the toss, Jowle stepped up to slot home before Taunton responded with a goal. It was then the turn of Davey who hit a superb penalty that was somehow saved by the Taunton number one; as good a save as you will see at this level. This save prompted wild celebrations from the Taunton players, but these celebrations were premature as the girls in red then missed their second spot kick. Emmett, who had dazzled throughout the tournament, took the third (and possibly final) penalty and a ‘Panenka’ style chip down the middle fooled the ‘keeper; 2-1.

Standing tall, Lloyd saved the final Taunton spot kick and then was mobbed by her grateful teammates, celebrating Repton’s first ISFA 7s title.

GROUP STAGE Repton 3 Sevenoaks 0 Kings Edwards Witley 0 Repton 4 Charterhouse 0 Repton 1 Repton 5 St Catherine’s 0 QUARTER FINAL Repton 5 Guilford High 1 Semi Final Repton 3 Bede’s 1 FINAL Repton 0 Kings Taunton 0 (a.e.t) Repton win 2-1 on penalties TOURNAMENT SCORERS Hannah Davey, Anna Jowle, Isobel Emmett (5), Fenella Scutt (4), Lydia Morris (1), Hermione Wright (1).

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HOCKEY UPDATE 2016/17 has been another fantastic season for Repton Hockey.

As this goes to print, our three Boys’ Cup teams have qualified for the National Finals at Lee Valley to be played on Tuesday 25th-Thursday 27th April. The 1st XI and U16s have won their respective National Titles for the past two seasons, but this year it appears as though the opposition will be tougher than ever.

Whitgift, Kingston GS & Queen’s Taunton complete the U18 semi-final line-up and Whitgift, Reeds & Dean Close look likely competitors as we try to retain our U16 Title. The 1st XI will arrive at Lee Valley as the form team, having beaten Ellesmere (26-0), Solihull (5-0), Rugby (10-0), Stamford (6-0) and Dean Close (5-1) in the competition thus far.

The Girls’ National Finals took place at the beginning of March, with the U16s claiming a National Silver medal as unlucky 1-0 losers in the Final, despite having more possession than their opponents, Wellington. The 1st XI won their tenth National U18 Title in thirteen years, producing some of the best hockey ever seen at these Finals.

It is high praise indeed to suggest that this 1st XI might be one of the best we have had, but the manner of their victories suggest that they might be a match for any other Repton 1st XI before it. Framlingham (7-0), Stockport GS (8-1), Dean Close (2-0) & Millfield (5-0) were our National Final opponents.

The outdoor success follows an excellent Indoor campaign this year. Repton were the only school to reach the National Finals with all four Indoor Teams, and each of them made the National Semi-Final too. The U18 Boys and U16 Girls both fell short at the Semi-Final stage, but the U18 Girls and U16 Boys were both victorious over Cranleigh (4-0) and Whitgift (4-2) in their respective National Finals. Stuart Kentwell (5N) scored a fine hat-trick in the U16 Final and helped the squad to claim the one National Title that had eluded us over the years. With the beginning of work on a new Indoor Facility in Repton this summer, we hope to develop our Indoor programme even further in the coming years.

With a new hockey club forming in the village, Repton HC, we hope that this will be an excellent outlet for some of our pupils to gain adult exposure to assist their development and keep Repton Hockey at the forefront of School Hockey.

OR Hockey takes place on Sunday 25th June this year, accommodating both genders and all abilities. If you wish to take part, please contact Martin Jones (mlj@repton.org.uk).

MLJ (C’97) (Director of Hockey)

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School News BUILDINGS RENAMED MAIN TEACHING BLOCK: FURNEAUX SCHOOL The stone classrooms at the north end were built by Dr Pears in 1873. The red brick block in the centre was built at the instigation of Dr Furneaux (Headmaster from 1882 to 1900) in 1895 at a cost of £1,814 17s. 1d by Parker and Son on the site of the old fives courts, science room and carpenter’s shop, which were demolished. The stone classrooms were built at the south end in 1911.

Regarding the red brick centre block: “Building operations have begun on the Paddock, and we hope that before long a new block of classrooms will gladden our eyes.” (The Reptonian, March 1895) “The new block of classrooms is progressing, and unless anything unforeseen happens, ought to be completed before the beginning of next term.” (The Reptonian, May 1895) According to a note in Furneaux’s Red Book, the classrooms were used for the first time on November 4th 1895.

WILLIAM MORDAUNT FURNEAUX – AN ASSESSMENT Furneaux’s headmastership was pivotal to the development of Repton into the school site that stands today. He was responsible for many of its iconic buildings - including Pears School, the Library, the Porters Lodge and the red brick set of classrooms which are at the core of the Main Teaching Block. A more in depth overview of his building projects can be found below.

His predecessor, Dr Huckin (1874 – 1882) could not expand the School to any great extent. All of the land within the Arch (except

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the Priory) belonged to Sir Robert Burdett – who refused to sell any of it to the School. Huckin had very strained relations with Sir Robert, and after Sir Robert’s death in 1880 then proceeded to fall out spectacularly with his successor, Sir Francis. It was only when Furneaux arrived that the situation improved – by his tact, diplomacy, and forward thinking, he mended all bridges with the Burdett family and most of the obstacles in the way of an extensive building programme were thus removed. Furneaux is personally responsible for much of what we think of as Repton today – without his particular skills and vision the School might have lagged behind others for many more decades, and without him it certainly wouldn’t have been held in such high regard by the close of the century.

FURNEAUX SCHOOL’S BUILDING WORKS At his first Speech Day, Furneaux explained that it was proposed immediately to rebuild and extend the boys’ side at the Hall and to build a large Pears Memorial Block with classrooms, Staff Common Room and large Assembly Hall, on the site of the kitchen garden; also that the Governors had bought a small field beside the present site of Latham House where a water tower was to supply the Hall and some other Houses.

The next few years saw tremendous building activity. At the Hall the dormitories were raised four feet and a new roof built, and while this was being done the boys slept in Big School, and morning prayers were said in Chapel. A year later the west wing was rebuilt and extended with a new dining-hall and more studies, and in the meantime a temporary dining-hall was erected in the Hall garden.

It was now that the Trent Garden classrooms built by Pears were demolished to make room for the Hall yard. Soon afterwards attention shifted to clearing the land for the building of Pears School. This was the site of the Priory Church, and the Derbyshire Archaeological Society was given permission to carry out the excavations which laid bare the ground plan of what must have been a magnificent church with a nave nearly 100 feet long. the ground removed during the excavations was used for levelling yet another strip of the ‘Doctor’s Paddock’, thus extending the Cricket Field considerably.

Pears School, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, was formally opened on Speech Day 1886.

Soon after this Big School was panelled in oak and became the School Library. But this was only the beginning of Furneaux’s building operations. Undeterred by the fact that the sites available were held on lease, he launched a Building Fund and himself headed the list with a subscription of £500. To rally the support of ORs he started the Terminal Letter and in this way the School kept its Old Boys informed of its activities and of its needs. No sooner had Pears School been opened than work began on the twostoreyed Chapter House Block - built in similar stone and designed by the same architect - which provided four classrooms in place of the huts which had marred the appearance of the Upper Paddock. at the same time some old cottages at the foot of Boot Hill were demolished and in their place rose a Carpenter’s Shop and a Music Room

Throughout the history of the School most of the land it stood on was leased from the Burdett family. Furneaux had been on cordial terms with Sir Francis Burdett from the start and had persuaded him to join the Governing Body. In the 1890s he agreed to sell all the land inside the Arch for £15,000, and so for the first time the School owned the Hall and the Paddock and the site of so many buildings erected since Pear’s Day. The next few years saw the building of a new sanatorium on the south side of the Hall orchard, facing the Burton road. This had fifty beds and was seen by some to be unnecessarily lavish in accommodation.

Still Furneaux went on building. He had spent £40,000 on School property in nine years, and the number of boys had reached the record figure of 318 in 1893. To provide more teaching accommodation, the red-brick classrooms overlooking the Upper Paddock were now built alongside Pears’s stone-built block.

There were now four additional classrooms together with what is described as a “Chemical and Physical Laboratory”. The last of the new buildings was a Porter’s Lodge - a gift from Furneaux to the School - on the site of the Old Fives Court. Several new courts were built on the Paddock where the Grubber now stands, and finally, largely due to a special appeal fund, the Hall Orchard was levelled and ready for games by 1899.

GEOGRAPHY / IT: CATTLEY SCHOOL MAJOR LEONARD CATTLEY, M.B.E., M.C., T.D. (STAFF 1920-1953) Leonard Cattley was born when his father was Housemaster of the Mitre. He was educated at Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford, going up in 1912 with a scholarship in Classics. Having taken moderations, his university days were interrupted by the war, in which he served in the army, being awarded the M.C. He returned to Oxford after the war and took (with distinction) a Diploma in Geography, and in 1920 he joined the staff of Repton.

During his first twenty years at the School he was, among other things, master in charge of hockey (a post he held for about six years), acting Housemaster of the Cross during the Lent Term of 1927, and for two terms Housemaster at the Hall (1927-28). From his first joining the staff, he was connected with the O.T.C, and in 1937 he took over command, which he held for the next ten years. In addition, he was in command of the local Home Guard during World War II, being awarded the M.B.E. for his services.

In 1941, he took over the Housemastership of the Priory. A tribute to him, published in The Reptonian on his retirement, comments that it is in this connection that he will best be remembered: “To many Reptonians, whose personal knowledge of Leonard Cattley is restricted to one or two perhaps rather terrifying terms in the form room, he will be thought of as a highly competent teacher, but chiefly as a man not to be trifled with. Few escaped

that most efficient of punishments, the press-up. But, if to his pupils he was the object of respect, to the members of his House he was the object of affection. Completely natural, his charm sprang entirely from the man himself, and was in no way cultivated. At the Priory he always expected you to take him as you found him, whether watching a house match, tending his lovely and beloved garden, stoking the boiler, or interviewing a prospective parent (all these in the identical clothes); but you always found him the same, a rare and delightful achievement.

A man of enormous determination, his leadership of the House was very real but was not ostentatious, which is why the champions of certain branches of school activity sometimes thought him indifferent. But he was equally interested in all that the Priory did and, unlike many people, though a win naturally delighted him, he was equally pleased with a loss – provided he knew that the loser had done his best.

To many generations of Reptonians, Repton will seem quite different without Leonard Cattley, and certainly the playing fields will never be the same without the sight of that lean figure, in British warm and cap, striding firmly forward, and followed, at a very great distance, by his two diminutive dogs.”

Leonard Cattley died in December 1978 Continued on Page 38

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School News BUILDINGS RENAMED GEOGRAPHY / IT: CATTLEY SCHOOL

AN EXTRACT FROM ‘ONE BOY’S WAR’

By Professor Kenneth Rose Submitted (but not included) for publication in ‘Repton to the End’ “Our commanding officer was Major L A Cattley, known as Len. He was a tall, lean rather battered man who had served in an infantry regiment in the Great War, winning a Military Cross before being wounded and taken prisoner. It was said that the Germans had broken his legs to punish him for escaping, but that may have been schoolboy myth.

Cattley was cast in the same mould as Evelyn Waugh’s Brigadier Ritchie-Hook. He wrote after a Corps exercise: “A few good bangs would double the training value, and some sort of non-lethal bomb from the air would teach concealment better than anything.”

He regretted that he was not allowed to use live ammunition to keep our heads down.

To emphasise his inflexibility of purpose, his classroom resembled the set for R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End. A large shell case served as a waste paper basket, empty cartridges as pencil holders. War maps covered the walls and sandbags the windows.

Steel helmet, water bottle, and gas mask lay on his desk. He took us briskly and lucidly through Caesar’s Commentaries in terms of howitzers, bayonet charges and the fifth column.

Len stood no nonsense. Michael Charlesworth, having become a school prefect, politely asked him one day: “Don’t you think I deserve promotion, Sir? I have been a corporal for two years.” Cattley replied: “What of it? I’ve been a major for thirty.” In 1945 he was consoled with an MBE.

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Research and article kindly supplied to The Arch by PJS, School Archivist

Pigeon Post Dear Editor From reading all the news and articles in the last issue of The Arch, Repton School looks to be in super fine order with much to be proud about. I have no regrets in life and I look back with praise and thanks, but how I would love to be a 13 year old fortunate enough to go to Repton School in 2016!.

I am enjoying being a retired member of the community after 50 years working in our own business. I have lived in the same Parish all my life. I often think of my school days at Repton and all the great influences we had; at an Adult Learning forum the other evening we were asked to talk about influences from our days at School; I named at least 10 from Repton School. Messrs Walker,

Charlesworth, Blaxland,Gibbs, Fisher, Thomas, Sale, Andrews, Proctor, Argyle (P’58) and Latham Matron, Hall, and of course many more.

I miss seeing Roger Heading (L’55), who died earlier this year. DB Matthews (H’57) was a good friend in our History set; a kindly gentleman who led a good life.

I wish you all well at Repton School and I hope it will not be too long before I join you all again at some event.

Praise and Thanks!!

Kind regards, Brian Marshall (L’57)

Dear Editor I am ridden through with egalitarian principles - blame my Dad I suppose. I think the superb facilities at the school should be shared with all sporting activities in Derbyshire. I like it when I read that a few Academy-type footballers are doing their A Levels and boarding at the school whilst they follow their dream of a career in football. I remember sitting next to Duncan Revie (P’67) (son of Leeds and England manager), in French class.

Duncan had all the latest kit and boots but never possessed the necessary pace to follow his Dad as a pro. Brian Clough, whilst manager at Derby and before becoming a media star, offered to coach the first eleven on Sundays. This apparently was turned down by our then headmaster John Gammell on the grounds Clough was a socialist.

Dear Editor, I note in the latest Archive that archery has been added to the CCF programme.

This puts me in mind of ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill whose life is summarised on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Jack_Churchill. He fought throughout the Second World War armed with a longbow, bagpipes, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword. “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.” It is claimed that Churchill also carried out the last recorded longbow and arrow killing in action.

He died as recently as 1996.

Sincerely Andy “Bernard” Quick (N’59)

Simon Packard(M’68) Company Secretary Lewisham Community Sports CIC

Dear Editor A few general observations for your excellent magazine, some of which may find support.

1. It would make the pictures more interesting if the identity of those photographed (especially the aged ones) could be revealed – there must be many old friends (or not) lurking behind new masks!

2. Can anyone name all the players in the football team shown in Edition 235, beside the obituary of Robin Steward?

3. In the Leavers’ photo, why is the front row full of girls? Equality please, boys and girls evenly distributed.

4. We would like to hear more of Repton Dubai.

5. Please keep the ‘Arch’ PRINTED: it is permanent and far more fun to read than a computer screen! (or ‘printout’) Yours Charles Warner (H’52)

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Pigeon Post Dear Editors Perhaps you have taken as read following the tributes by John Walker (H’46) and Jim Blood (H’48) to the character of Lynam Thomas but I have a number of different points which, subject to space, you might include in Edition 330, as I too had a great regards for TLT?

necessitated us being in uniform. Imagine our surprise when walking along Whitehall we were amazed to see TLT waving at us and crossing the road, and quite a long chat ensued!

To be recognised, and in strange attire, was nothing short of remarkable.

Firstly, when I took Common Entrance in 1945 I was scheduled to go to Sedburgh, but, because I failed in Latin, Evans House there refused to take me so I missed all the fell running, cold showers, and plying with a strange shaped ball for two terms each year! My father contacted TLT regarding the problem, and he responded by saying that as Edward had probably not done much Latin in the war he could have a place at Repton providing he came in April 1946 and not September; no doubt Lynams commercial antennae played part in trying to build up numbers after the war?

In my fifteen years as a Governor I was privileged to be on the selection panel for Headmasters at Repton, Foremarke and Repton Dubai and I always set my benchmark as to how the candidates matched up to Lynam Thomas - not all the candidates did, only the successful ones!

I seem to remember that to keep in touch with teaching and the pupils he taught fourth form Geography, which gave new boys an insight into the Headmaster’s ways and means.

Fast forward to the Headmasters ‘Talk to Leavers’ which must be somewhat different today, with the School being more or less 50% of each gender, but from what I remember it was a useful insight on how to get on with the opposite sex once in the wide world away from Repton.

Having started my National Service in 1950, most of which was spent with the Sherwood Foresters in BAOR thanks to JTC Commander Major Frank Fisher and his connection with his wartime regiment, I and Regular Office Robert Sullivan-Tailyour (N’44), happened to be in London on some mission which

Those of us who were involved with the production of ‘Repton to the End’ will well remember that we were accused of allowing a chapter contributed by a senior Cleric to be published in spite of the fact he referred to one to the Houses as ‘The Beating House’ so it was at that time that canning and flapping were allowed for those who were guilty of misdemeanors and I doubt if any House was any different to another. The complainant considered we had allowed his fathers’ name as the Housemaster involved to be insulted, but nothing could be further from the truth. Fortunately times have moved on, generally speaking pupil-to-pupil and pupil to staff relationships have improved considerably and I find both these relationships much more friendly, to the betterment of the atmosphere in the School today.

There is no doubt in my mind that Lynam Thomas, ably supported

by Peggy, did great things for Repton in their 17 years at the School following their arrival toward the end off WW2.

Your sincerely Edward Wilkinson (C’46)

Dear Editor You may be interested to know that with the help of the OR office, I have now met with Pat Darley (C’51). Andrew Jenkins (C’51), who was also in the photo of The Cross ‘56 Cricket Team made contact with me as a result of The Arch article and joined Pat and me for lunch in Stockbridge.

Where have the 60 years gone?

Gerard Wyllys (C’52)

From left to right: Andrew, Gerard and Pat

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Lost Contacts We have a long list of ORs with whom we have lost contact. Below is the list from THE PRIORY. The full list is available on the OR website http://www.repton.org.uk./keep-in-touch. If you are in contact with anyone on the list, perhaps you would like to ask them if they would like to receive copies of The Arch and correspondence from us. They can email, post, or fill in the form on the web page with their current details.

First Name/Surname Year First Name/Surname Year First Name/Surname Year Ronald Thomas Bate 1933 Robert Coates Smith 1965 G Walker 1984 Walter John Blencowe Bridge 1934 Chung Wai Lam 1966 Miles Fryer 1984 James Alan Ingram Fillingham 1934 William Willey 1966 Martin Gough 1984 John Anthony Peck 1935 Philip Hurst 1966 Jonathan P Dewey 1984 David Jervoise Powell 1937 Andrew Graeme Kemp 1966 Matthew Ainsbury 1985 John Baldwin Cheverton 1937 Christopher James Austen 1966 Robert Tomlinson 1985 John Hough 1938 Steven Hamish Dickson 1967 John Dierling 1985 Michael John Ordish 1941 Edwin Graeme Linden 1967 C Joseph Ibberson 1985 John Faulkner Betts 1941 Royston John Horton 1968 Simon M A Lynch 1986 Peter Alfred Taffs 1942 Simon Francis Steele 1968 Justin Charles B Wells 1986 Gordon Nisbet Evans 1942 Simon Dundas Charles Downe 1968 Andres Varela 1986 Christopher Barnsley Hollis 1942 Colin Andrew Rose 1968 Stuart Ibberson 1986 Denis Aubrey Leon 1942 David Christopher Foster 1969 Simon W Foster 1986 Harry John Lovering 1942 Simon David Holborow 1969 Julian J Leadbeater 1987 David Severs 1942 Alan Peter Mason 1969 Thomas Edward Lewis 1987 George Michael Shepard 1942 Maxwell Hayden Francis 1970 Robert C Potts 1987 David Adsett Boughton 1942 Charles William Moody 1970 Henry Wynn Jones 1987 Gordon Bruce Chambers 1943 Rowland Adamson 1970 Edward R Overend 1988 John Christopher Pownall 1944 Richard William Sowerbutts 1970 James E O Close 1988 William Humphrey Grant Sprott 1944 Richard Frederick Thoburn 1970 Richard Whittaker 1988 Colin Victor Hamilton 1944 Ian David Malloch 1970 Ashley Fryer 1988 Brian Edward Roby Jones 1945 Neville Henry Vere Nicoll 1971 Daniel J Wickes 1989 David Emerton Cashmore 1945 Michael Pawsey Whitworth 1971 Charles E T Roper 1989 John Humphrey Cowtan Ogle 1945 Anthony Graham Robert Dobson 1971 Christopher Neil Martin 1990 Patrick George Newey 1946 Simon William Glover 1971 Joseph C Macare 1991 Michael Wickham St Albans Campbell 1946 Seng Kay Teoh 1971 Benjamin Y Y Wong 1991 Robert Noel Burn 1946 Steven John Sefton Bridge 1972 James H Bywater 1992 John Lloyd 1947 Martin Ian Dobson 1972 Philip J Baker 1992 John Robin Wolstenholme 1947 Mark Justin Brian Appleton 1973 Andrew P Backay 1992 Thomas Dewar Getley 1947 Mark John Oulton 1973 Ian E Cuddington 1993 Gerald Conrad Citron 1948 Christopher Robert Lynch Palmer 1973 Alexander R Cumming 1993 Antony David Mundy 1948 Christian Mark Thompson 1974 Robert S Denny 1993 Christopher Roby Jones 1948 Nigel Lawrence Winton 1974 David Peter Baker 1994 Samuel Ross Thomson 1949 David George John Ross 1974 Christian Tobias Durham-Hall 1994 David Michael Hynes 1949 David R Oulton 1975 Stephen J Baker 1995 Michael Shaun Haynes 1950 Andrew Richard Mottershaw 1975 Daniel K Bracegirdle 1996 John Nairn Gilmour Wilson 1950 Richard M A Follows 1976 Ovie Akpofure 1996 Peter John Batcheller 1951 Robin Beardsley 1976 Andrew David Silvey 1996 Anthony James Taylor 1951 Mark R Davis 1976 Richard Garfield Burton 1996 David Roderic Hill 1951 Mark A Prince 1977 Christopher James Lea 1996 Peter Fletcher Smith 1952 P Samrai 1977 Robert George Goode 1996 Timothy James Brooke Locker 1952 J R Mottershaw 1977 Vagn G T Steendahl 1997 Alistair Colin Robertson 1953 Michael J Druce 1977 Rupert T G Burton 1997 John Jeremy Dodds 1953 Ian S Strang 1977 Wilfred N Y Chung 1997 Richard J Gage Heygate 1953 Julian Charles Gibbon 1978 Oliver M Jones 1998 Ian Smalley 1954 Simon Mark Aitken Baugh 1978 Dimitri Goldin 1999 Peter Hynes 1954 Timothy Robert Falder 1978 Alexander Laugomer 1999 Richard Dallas Edmonds 1954 A North 1978 Myles Francis Pearson 1999 Christopher Ronald Staples 1954 Andrew J C Dodds 1978 Tom Knight 1999 David Graeme Fletcher 1954 Bambos Mavromatis 1979 Jeremy Partick Aston 2000 Thira Tayanganon 1955 James M Rose 1979 Alexander V Kramarenko 2000 John Leslie Shield 1957 Peter H Cole 1979 Alexander Achilleos 2001 Patrick Vernon Finn Cosgrove 1957 Timothy C Dakin 1979 Yuzo Tanaka 2001 John Marint Harkness 1958 Roger K Hammond 1980 Lukas Harnisch 2002 Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford 1958 Daniel W M Cary 1980 Alan C W Fan 2002 Timothy Joseph Waite 1958 Antoine A Rose 1980 Benjamin Derek Bridgen 2002 Anthony Michael Ryde 1959 Philip S Dodman 1980 Brian H Dow 2003 Geoffrey Maurice Ahern 1959 Peter J A Heathcote 1981 Casper A R Tulling 2003 Peter Vernon Haighton 1959 Stuart N Christie 1981 Peter Ui-Young Sun 2003 John Lawrence Dean 1961 Klaus Pulverer 1981 Kieran Lewis Taylor 2007 Jonathan Southwick Willmore 1962 Mark Miles 1981 Chun-Tat Li 2008 David Wrigley 1962 Ivan Lowe 1981 Juehao Hu 2012 John Kneafsey Kelsey 1962 Nigel G Hague 1981 Patrick J Carey 2013 Adrian John Cribb 1962 Peter M Colcombe 1981 Beltran Garcia-Hinojal 2013 Brian John Ahern 1962 Roger L Norris 1982 Charlie E Ferguson-Cooke 2013 Robert Parker Hirst 1963 Paul Rowbotham 1982 Daniel Ludolf Felix Cierpka 2015 John Christopher Thelwall 1963 Jeremy Hunt 1982 John Vernon Carter 1963 T Fuller 1982 William Archibald 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is a full list of those ORs who have volunteered to be ‘Overseas Links’. We are very grateful to those who Overseas Contacts Below have volunteered, but there are many gaps in the list of countries. If you would be willing to act as an Overseas Link Country AUSTRIA AUSTRALIA Queensland Perth Sydney Victoria (Melbourne) Victoria BELGIUM BRAZIL CANADA Alberta British Columbia Eastern Ontario & Quebec Toronto Western CHILE CHINA CYPRUS DENMARK EAST AFRICA (Uganda) EAST AFRICA (Kenya) ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY (East/South) GERMANY (North/West) HONG KONG INDIA INDONESIA ITALY JAPAN JORDAN MALAYSIA KUWAIT MOROCCO NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA NORWAY (Oslo) PHILIPPINES PORTUGAL QATAR QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town Natal SPAIN South & Gibraltar Madrid Madrid Mallorca SOUTH KOREA SWEDEN (STOCKHOLM) SWITZERLAND TANZANIA THAILAND THAILAND TRINIDAD TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED ARAB EMIRATES USA All All Arizona California Chicago Florida Los Angeles Massachusetts New York New York North Carolina Ohio Texas Washington WEST INDIES All Cayman Islands Jamaica YEMEN ZAMBIA

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in a country not already covered, please contact Jan Cobb on jcobb@repton.org.uk Telephone House & Yr Email Name +43 650 9686865 contact@chaletexperiences.com New ‘01 Doug Fletcher David Miller Frank Smith Natalie Wynne Simon Q Crabtree Vanessa Twigg Hadrian Coulton Susan Hawkins

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Rev Martin Hattersley Ed Monro Tony Houghton Kamil Alam David Laing Nicolas Ibanez Scott Jipeng Li Richard Sale Mathilde Juul Mark Dudley Philip Hechle Kadi Lilis Saar Roger Smith Rev James Barnett James R Chapman Beate Erdmann Severin J B Zilg Eddie Niem David Poon Tom Goodall John Syed Julie Daniels Natsuko Sato Toby Fricker Ian Grout Tim Wilkinson Martin Robinshaw Richard Hedley Ibrahim Dikko David Llewelyn Paul Bleckly Alistair Fairclough Steve Targett Lizzie Tebbs (nee Waller) Tracey Washer Richard Coventry

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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.

Would you prefer to read The Arch online and not receive a paper copy?

Please advise us if this is the case.

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Or telephone: 01283 559320 Or write to us at: The Old Reptonian Society The Hall, Repton School Repton, Derbyshire DE65 6FH

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Thank You!

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Repton School Shop - Memorabilia NEW Silver Charm We are delighted to announce that we now have a beautiful silver charm for ORs to purchase. The charm can be bought on its own or with the silver bracelet. We have only had them on sale since June this year and they have already proved very popular as birthday gifts and leaving school gifts.

OR Ties:

House Scarves:

Miscellaneous:

Silk

The Priory

Large Glass Crested Goblet

Non Crease

School House

Crested Red Wine Glass

Bow Tie

New House

Glass Crested Paper Weight

Latham House

Crested Cuff Links

OR House/Sports Ties:

The Orchard

Crested Key Rings

Brook House

The Mitre (Girls)

Brass Buttons

The Hall

Cross

Repton cards

The Priory

The Abbey

Large Teddy Bear

School House (Polyester)

Field House

Repton Cricket Caps

New House

The Garden

Leisure Socks

Latham House

Large Golf Umbrella

The Orchard

Miscellaneous:

China Mug

The Mitre

Repton Crested Silver Charm (to fit all pendant and bracelet chains)

Repton China Coin Tray

Repton crested Charm with Bracelet

Repton Register 2007 Book

The Cross OR Football OR Hockey OR Golf (striped) Cambridge Pilgrims Tie New silk ties for Old Reptonians for all of the Houses are now available.

Pint Glass Crested Tankard

450th Anniversary Book Repton To The End Repton Register 2007 CD

Half Pint Glass Crested Tankard Champagne Crested Flute All items are available from the Repton School Shop, The Paddock, Repton, which can be contacted for price details and to place your order on: Tel. 01283 559323, or by email: shop@repton.org.uk 43

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