The OC Society Magazine - Autumn 2022 by Canford School

AUTUMN 2022

THE OLD CANFORDIAN SOCIETY MAGAZINE

PREPARING TO CELEBRATE CANFORD’S 100TH BIRTHDAY

Award-winning photojournalist

Emily Garthwaite explores the Tigris

Many ways with words,

Max Bankole Jarrett’s varied career

50 years of primate research and conservation

with Dr Anthony Collins

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OC SOCIETY President’s welcome As I write, we are experiencing a most poignant reminder that there will always be change combined with continuity in our world. As we say farewell to our beloved Queen, we are witnessing the continuity of traditions while welcoming a King who has never been afraid to promote change.

who is not only an OC herself but also mother to a current pupil and a young OC, giving her insight into the interests ofOCsacrossthegenerations.Joannaisanexperien journalist, editor and copywriter who has worked for a variety of publications. We are delighted that our graphic designer,PaulaAlliboneandherhusbandRichard,ar members of the Canfordian ‘family’, as parents of an OC. IwouldliketothankJohnNewthwhohasbeenou editor for many years, diligently sourcing articles of interest to both OCs and wider audiences and ensuring timely publication.Johnrarelymissedourcommitteemeet which he attended to ensure he kept up to date with our activities, and often provided wise counsel. I sometimes forgot that he was not himself an OC due to his knowledge The Old Canfordian Society is changing while retaining ofourhistory.WearegreatlyindebtedtoJohnforhis its key focus of bringing OCs together to support one years as our Editor. On behalf of all OCs, I would like to another and the School. We all enjoy sharing reminiscences thankJohnforhisdedicationtotheOCSociety. but also have an obligation to pass on knowledge gained The coming year will be a busy one as we celebrate from experience. It is not only the young who learn from the centenary of Canford School. Thank you to Rowena the old; pupils who have left Canford in recent years are Gaston and Rachael Daniel who are planning a programme not just following in our footsteps but leaping ahead of us of events to ensure we will have opportunities to celebrate in many ways. They have not embraced new technology the past, witness the present and look forward to the future. but have grown up with it, instinctively adapting to rapidly There have been many changes over the years, but Canford evolving means of communication. Canford Global Connect remains an excellent school in the same beautiful park. is all about making those connections that will enable The Canford Oak passed many years ago while other trees OldCanfordiansofallagestoshareorbenefitfrom the continue toflourish,andnewonesarereachingfort experience of others. I am frequently reminded of this by my TheCanfordCommunity,ofwhichOCsareasignificantpa ownchildren;Robert(S19)whoisenteringthefinalyear of the same. does hisEngineeringMaster’sdegreeinSheffieldandJoanna (S22) Sheila Way (née Morrison, B86) who is planning to travel the world. They both share similar values to my husband and me, and yet see the world and The Committee’s proposal to transfer the funds of the Society to the School is progressing and more information is available on our web page, together with a those around them in such different ways from us and each report from our Honorary Treasurer and minutes from the OCS AGM held in other. They have given us new perspectives. February 2022. Our magazine is changing with the times; it has a new contemporary style that brings old and new together. It will be published annually and be available online as well asinprint,andtheDevelopmentOfficewillcontinueto publishregularbulletinsbyemail.IhopeeveryOCwillfind something of interest in the many photographs and articles selectedbyourneweditor,JoannaAshwick(néeClegg,F92)

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THEGURUOFTHEGOMBE

50 years of primate research and conservation with the Jane Goodall Institute

MOBILISINGWORDS FORCHANGE

Max Bankole Jarrett’s varied career in broadcasting, speechwriting and diplomacy

Canford Community

INCONVERSATION

Award-winning photojournalist and travel writer Emily Garthwaite

ONEHUNDREDYEARS OFARTEFACTS

Richard Knott explains his celebratory centenary project exploring Canford’s archives

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‘Lost’ OCs We don’t have emails for all OCs and consequently, many don’t receive information about reunions and events. If you have a WhatsApp group please post this or if you know an OC who is not in contact with Canford, please ask them to send an email to community@canford.com Thank you.

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FROM THE HEADMASTER

A word from the Headmaster

here is something very comforting about the People, Changing Places’, where we all had the chance to familiarity of tradition and the centrality of that learn from speakers about different life experiences and how structure,andthenaturalflowofanacademic change year can indeed offer opportunities for the better. is particularly pertinent in schools. We have looked forward CSLewiswrote:‘Merechangeisnotgrowth.Growth to seeing and hearing the return of the different elements of is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there Canford and the rhythms of school life as we regain a sense is no continuity there is no growth.’ Our centenary year of normality after some turbulent years. There is genuine willbeatimetoreflectonpastachievementsanda and deep-rooted delight as we are able to experience the changing face of Canford and the education it offers. again much of what we simply took for granted before the We have a rich, varied and highly successful history over the pandemic struck. past 100 years, and take comfort from the traditions and We are living in times of great change and uncertainty rhythms of that heritage and our Christian foundation. Our – politically, economically, socially and culturally. We have school values of humble ambition, purposeful engagement, all had to dig deep and this will need to be the case going courageous attitude and gracious leadership are as true forwardsforawhile,Ifear.AsBobMarleysaid:‘Younever todayastheywerebackon15thMay1923whenthose know how strong you are until being strong is your only firstpupilsenrolledattheschoolandtheRevere choice’.Thenewsisconstantlyfullofworryingfinancial Warrington’s mission to ‘prepare Canfordians for the statistics,horrificreportsfromthewarinUkraine, battle devastating of life’ remains a constant focus today. I am sure that natural disasters, political turmoil at home and abroad and all who have come before us would feel a great sense of the associated disruption to daily life. Change is not always achievement and pride to see Canford as it stands a for the better. Yet balanced with constants, change can be a century later. force for good allowing us to develop and grow. Yet much has changed from those early years and I have mentioned in previous pieces how changes we continue to evolve and grow today, and into tomorrow, at Canford, not least over the past two years have opened as we seek to enhance the quality, relevance and dynamism up opportunities for our pupils, and this will remain the case of the education we offer and improve the facilities which aswelookaheadtoCanford’snext10years.Forexample, support that experience so that Canfordians are ready to we made the very most of the educational openings that make a difference in the wider world. Our strategic plan the change to a greater use of digital offered and we will forCanford’sfutureto203andbeyondisanexciting continue to use it to connect with educationalists and other one.ButIcanassureyouthatinallourdecisionmak people and organisations across the globe. We have made we will continue combining the best from the past with the many changes to our pastoral provision in recent years, opportunities for positive change presented to us. including our wellbeing programme to further support every I look forward to sharing time with many of you as we individualpupilandmemberofstaff–therecent embark Pelvic onFloor our centenary celebrations over the course of Health Education workshop was the latest initiative and this very special year. proved to be an extremely valuable insight into a subject previously rarely discussed. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives have brought better education and understanding of different perspectives, cultures and greater empathy with individual choices which is wholeheartedly seen as a positive change within our school community. The theme of our Ben Vessey annualFestivalofIdeasinOctoberthisyearwas‘Changing

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Photo by Dave Vokes

OCnews CAPTAINING WORLD CUP FINALISTS Tom Prest (W21) led England to the finals of the U19 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean in February. It was the first time in 24 years the nation’s team had made it to the last round of this competition. Tom’s side beat South Africa in the quarter final before taking on and overcoming Afghanistan to reach the final, where they eventually lost to

India by four wickets. At the end of last year, Tom signed his first professional contract with Hampshire Cricket. He is pictured competing for the Hampshire Hawks in July’s T20 competition in which Tom was named Player of the Match for the semi-final.

Flying to help track giraffes

FormerRAFandRhodesianAirForce Richard pilot Calder Foundation(GCF)toassistwiththecaptureof15giraf (SH66) has recently been using his aerial skills to help protect Hwange.Aftercapture,theanimalsweretaggedwiths giraffesinHwangeNationalPark,Zimbabwe. solar-powered GPS satellite ear tags, before they were later Heexplains:‘IflyinavoluntarycapacityforaZimbabwean released.Byfollowingthemovementsofthesegiraf trustcalledFlyingforWildlife(FFW)whichoperates researchersfromGCFandZimbabwe’sNationalParks ultra-light aircraft called Savannahs which are ideal for can learn more about their movements and take informed anti-poachingwork.FFW’sobjectiveistosupportmanagement decisions.’ Zimbabwe’sNationalParksandWildlifemanagement The capture team included wildlife vets, a helicopter operationsbyprovidingairborneanti-poachingpilot cover.We and fly agroundsupportteamofZimbabwe’sNatio in all Zimbabwe’s wildlife areas and operate at low speeds ParksandGCFpersonnel.Considerablecoordinati and altitudes looking for illegal activities in the parks and betweengroundandaircrewswasrequiredtofindas generally patrolling the wildlife areas.’ herd and select an individual before Headds:‘FFWwasrecently it was darted from a helicopter and approached by the Giraffe Conservation captured for tagging. ‘When the animal is safely secured on the ground, time is Pilot Richard Calder (right). A giraffe is held of the essence to ensure the animal’s for ear tagging (below) welfare,’ says Richard, ‘as the drug was immediately reversed, and the giraffe is awake during the operation.’ Members of the ground crew secured the giraffe’s neckwhiletheGCFteamfittedtheear tag.‘Thisalltakesaboutfiveminutes when the tagging is completed the giraffe is released and quickly staggers to her feet and trots off wondering what all the fuss was about,’ he adds. RichardflewwiththeRAFbetween1967andOn 1972. leaving the service, he trained as a chartered accountant and became a director at Rio Tinto, before owning and running his own small mines and aviation companies in Zimbabwe, KenyaandZambia.HeremainsincontactwithfellowOC Chris du Cane (M70) and Dave Ralph (SH67).

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Sibling rallying rivalry Driving champion Carl (Flash) Tundo (W92) and his sister Natasha Di Cangio (née Tundo) (Ma97) competed against each other this summer in an exciting Rallycross event, the first of its kind to be held in Kenya, with their teams taking first and second place. Motor racing is in the blood for the siblings whose father Frank is also a rally driver. Speaking Flash and Natasha after the event at at Mackakos Peoples Park in July, Natasha says: ‘It’s always hard racing against the African Champion – especially when it’s your brother – but it was great fun!’ Flash, who won the African Rally Championship in 2021 and is also a six-time Kenyan National Champion, organised the event to bring Rallycross to his country for the first time. He has been rallying for around 20 years and has also won the Safari Rally a record five times as well as the East African Classic Rally, a 10-day endurance event. ‘Rallycross is a track event where the track is half gravel and half tarmac, usually anywhere from 1-2km in length,’ says Flash. It was run as a team event with each entry including a female driver. Asked about the interfamily competition and how they decided who would drive with who, Flash explained that as he and his father both had cars, they drew straws to see who would get his sister and his father won. In the end it was Flash’s team which took line honours with Natasha and Frank’s team coming in second. Natasha started out in rallying as a navigator and made it into the top ten lady navigators in the world in 2012 before taking the driver’s seat herself in 2015. She continues to navigate for her father around the world in classic rallying as well as driving her own car in a ladies’ team, Rallychix, in Kenya. When not on the track she is also involved in race organisation and took on the role of event director for the East African Safari Classic rally this year. Their brother Anton (Speedy) Tundo (W91) is also involved in the sport, acting as navigator for his father.

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Gordon David MacDougall (M60) writes: ‘Currently living in the Salisbury area with my wife Jenny. Still thoroughly enjoying retirement but so busy that one often feels like going back to work for a rest! Playing much golf at both the two Salisbury golf clubs and as Captain of the OC Golfing Society and very much enjoying our many fixtures now that Covid lockdowns are in the past.’ As a trustee of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, Gordon helped organise this year’s Sir Edward Heath Lecture at Salisbury Cathedral in June. Humphry Barnikel (W66) writes that he moved to Canada to be near his daughter Alice Gyton (née Barnikel, Ma98). His son, Peter Barnikel (W95) is in Sydney. John Botibol (SH67) has moved to France and has bought a new house in the Loire valley. He is slowly getting used to ‘the French way of doing things’ and is currently working for a startup producing a medical communication app. He has remarried and the couple have four children and seven grandchildren. Cleeves Palmer DL (C80) became Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset in 2021, a role which involves carrying out public duties on behalf of the Lord-Lieutenant and nominating individuals from their county for King’s Awards. He continues to work as Sales and Marketing Director for the family brewery based in Bridport. He is married to ‘Dwina and has two children, Sophie and Mark. Simon Waller (B81) writes that he is now living in Cheltenham with his wife Jenny, in order to be close to their children, and they remain ‘busy as ever, volunteering with various community groups.’ After graduating with a degree in electronics from Bristol University, Simon initially joined BT before moving to a role developing the first GSM digital mobile phones. He later worked for Sony as a project leader on digital television and STBs and became involved with defining the international standards that govern how digital television systems interoperate. His final role was with Samsung, continuing with the standardisation efforts along with working with broadcasters.

SILVER SCREEN CONNECTIONS In the World War II spy thriller, Operation Mincemeat, which premiered in April, Matthew Macfadyen received critical acclaim for his depiction of a distinguished OC. FlightLieutentant Charles Cholmondeley (C35) was a member of the XX Committee, which was involved in counter espionage and deception operations for British military intelligence. He played a leading role in planning a ruse involving a corpse carrying false papers which convinced the Germans that the Allies were about to invade Greece; a ploy which successfully diverted attention away from the real invasion of Sicily in 1943. Another OC, Charlie Richards (W90), starred alongside Macfadyen as a member of the XX Committee. He was delighted to be involved as his grandfather took part in the 1943 landings in Italy which were greatly assisted by the success of Operation Mincemeat. ‘I was therefore very pleased to be asked to be part of the XX Committee for the Operation Mincemeat film which was in cinemas earlier this year,’ says Charlie. He is also pictured dressed for his role in series two of Netflix’s Bridgerton, which aired this spring. Charlie was cast as a footman serving Queen Charlotte, played by Golda Rosheuvel. Filming took place at Hampton Court Palace and Wilton House, near Salisbury.

Fijian rugby training at Canford

AfterbeingnamedheadcoachforFiji’s7steamatthe start of the year, Ben Gollings (L99) brought his team to Canfordforatwo-weektrainingcampinJuly,aheadoft Commonwealth Games. The visit attracted the attention oftheBBC’s South TodayandininterviewBenexplained: ‘When we were looking for a venue for our pre-Games camp, Canford was a natural choice. It’s easy to get to from themajorinternationalairports,thefaciliti there’s plenty of space for us to get acclimatised and bond togetherasasquad.’Headded:‘Havingthebeachonou doorstep is an added bonus – almost a home from home in the current heatwave!’ BenisaformerEngland7scaptainandplayedwiththe nationalsideforelevenyearsfromAged 20. Ben 17, led CanfordtotheNationalSchool’stitlefor7srugby.

Leander memorial

Peter D O’Hanlon (C03)writesthatonth 7 May,severalOCs metinHenleyattheLeanderClub’sdeckopeningpartywh they took the opportunity to take a photo in front of the gates dedicated to former Canford rowing coach Derek Drury. AlthoughhisdayjobiswithHSBC,Peterremainsactivel Lawstudent Emily Garton (Ma19)hasgainedsignificant involved with top-level rowing and commentated on the Tokyo Olympics 02 andParalympics,aswellasWorldChampionships, recognition this year for her work campaigning for an end to World publicsexualharassment.InFebruary,she was CupsandtheNationalSchoolsRegatta. Pictured (l-r) are Peter Greenslade (SH76), Mark Jones (M83), namedasoneoftheFrontlinewhich 50, Tim O’Riordan (B83) and Peter O’Hanlon (C03) recognises students who are driving social

Driving social change

changeonUKcampusesandinAprilshe wasselectedasatoptenfinalistforthe YoungActivistoftheYearAwardwhich forms part of the Targetjobs Undergraduate oftheYearAwards. AftergraduatingwithaFirstClassDegreeinEnglishfromthe UniversityofNottinghamthissummer,Emilyalsoattendedan event in the Houses of Parliament focused on tackling public sexualharassment,hostedbyMPCarolineNokesforPlan InternationalUKandOurStreetsNow.Emilyisnowenrolled onaLawConversioncourseattheUniversityofLawinLondon.

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Sunflowers for Ukraine In Coolamon, Australia, John Glassford (B61) has been busy working on a fundraising project to support Ukraine through the local Rotary Club. Sunflower seeds were donated by a local farmer to be repackaged by Rotary members and sold as a fundraiser for humanitarian aid. Pictured (l-r): John Glassford with farmer Doug Bruckner and Rotary President Albert Suidgeest

England Hockey In February, Martha Taylor (W20) was selected for her first senior England squad and travelled to Argentina to take part in the FIH Hockey Pro League. She previously competed in the England U21 Junior Women’s World Cup in December last year.

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Tiffany Riaz (S84) writes: ‘I remember having a lot of fun celebrating Canford’s 60th Anniversary back in 1983, so it is hard to believe that so much time has passed since then that now the centenary is imminent. In brief: one happy marriage, two gorgeous children, careers in accountancy then catering, great friends, many from Canford, wonderful travel adventures, some dark times but more than my fair share of joys. I now volunteer for Le Cure and help organise a cycling event in the Alps that raises funds for innovative breast cancer research at The Royal Marsden Hospital. If anyone fancies the challenge of some iconic cycling climbs combined with improving outcomes for breast cancer patients, please do get in touch. I would love a team of OCs to join!’ Tiffany may be contacted via email at: community@canford.com Alex Bellars (W89) is to take a sabbatical from teaching at Ballard School to sail from the UK to South America in a 70ft yacht competing in Leg 1 of the next Clipper Round The World Race. He hopes to make the centenary celebrations at Canford.

The late Jonathan Upshall (S90) A foundation has been set up in memory of Jonathan who died in December 2019 of Motor Neurone Disease. Founded by his niece, Kate Upshall, it provides free and low-cost counselling Having recently come across an old photo of a and psychotherapy in the Newcastle and cycling trip from Ostend to Copenhagen to visit Gateshead area initially. Kate explains she the Carlsberg brewery with Canford friends, wanted to make use of the money Jonathan left her and was keen ‘to do something to Robin Chew (C64) writes that he would love make it possible for more people to benefit to hear from any of those who took part in from the excellent mental health services theexpedition.‘Itis60yearsagothatweset available in the private sector’. For more information see: out,withabudgetofabout45p(8/6d)adayto www.jonathanupshallfoundation.org cover dinner, bed , breakfast and a packed lunch,

Cycling in search of Danish beer

Rupert Kaye (C92) writes from New Zealand, staying in youth hostels,’ he recalls. Those on the where he runs a B&B, manages rental trip included the late Nick Kelsey (C63), Peter properties and works as a stay-at-home dad. Reynolds (C63) and Dan Fearon (C63). He continues to plan future adventures as Robinadds:‘Overthelast58yearsIhavemetsomeinterestingOCs inof a long-term expedition to drive a part Land Rover around the world. Although the various places around the world in my travels. I pandemic put this on hold, he aims to set off havenowfoundtheultimateplacetofinallyretire again within the year to see more of Europe. towhichisWaihekeIslandnearAuckland.Mywife, He is delighted that his nephew will soon be joining Canford, as he will be the third Harriet, and I moved into our house here the day generation of the family to attend the school. beforethefirstlockdowninMarch20andare Will Dunlop (F93) writes that after five years blissfully happy living in paradise.’ Robin can be of headship at Clayesmore Prep, he stepped contacted via Canford by emailing community@ back from education in 2019 to work for Letz canford.com Live, an Australian gap year provider ‘which

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has brought me back to Canford a couple of times’. He has also re-joined the Army Reserve as a Learning Development Officer.

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One of the first Canford weddings?

Three brothers in a boat

HavingmetinSalisburyHouseinthe Simon late and1970s, Louis (C14), Felix (C15) and Finn Ambrose (C17) will set Jacki Liebling (née White) (S77) write that they will celebrate offtorowfromLaGomeraintheCanaryIslandstoAntigu their ruby wedding anniversary next year. The couple, in December. They will be taking part in the Talisker Whisky whomarriedin1983andnowliveinWiltshire,havebeen AtlanticChallenge,aimingtocrossthemile -0 ,3 stretc enjoying ‘a couple of traveling gap years’. This has included oceantobecometherst fi childrentocompletethesa climbing in the Himalayas challenge as their father. They will row in shifts of two hours on withtheirdaughterLottie and off around the clock and will raise money for Tusk, a two hours summitting Mount Cook in charityfocusedonprogressivewildlifeinitiative NewZealand.Theyhavealso Formoreinformationortodonate ambrosebuoys.com see: ‘made a habit out of doing up wrecked houses in out of the way places’. OnleavingCanford,Jacki qualifiedasanurseatCharing Cross, initially taking on hospital roles before becoming Dr Iain Broadley (F11) was awarded a Commonwealth Points apracticenurse.Afterhavingchildren,shetaughttennisand ofLightAwardinrecognitionofhisoutstandingvol helped Simon establish an IT business which he later sold to service to the community. While in his third year of medical take on a directorship at a large corporate. Having always trainingatBristolUniversity,hesetupNutrita enjoyed active family holidays in the mountains and on the student to boost education in nutrition science and share sea, Simon began mountaineering ‘as part of a mid-life crisis,’ knowledge of healthy eating. The scheme gained the backing whichledtoanexpeditiontoKyrgyzstanthatJackialsotook ofJamieOliverandrecentlyhelpedlaunchthenewn part in as chief medic. curriculum for undergraduate doctors. Iain also received a personalletterofthanksfromPrimeMinisterBor

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Informal OC get-togethers

Tom Stewart (F72) writes: ‘Each year a group of grey-haired OCs gather along with wives, partners and friends, usually at the Tyrell’s Ford hostelry near Ringwood.’ At the last gathering, there was around 30 in attendance, including 17 OCs. Pictured above are (l-r): Nick Ryan (S75), Ian Rowley (S then F74), Jim Mather (S73), Martin Burke (F74), Adrian Stephenson (S75), Phil Staniford (S75), Guy Perkins (S73), Nick Helyer (S73), Paul Barnes (S71), Alan Waltham (F74), Tom Stewart (F72), Paddy Target (F74), Frances Bray (S75), Andy Wigmore (S72) and Chris Ryan (S73). Pictured right (l-r): Toby Berryman (B87), Guy Joseph (W87), Esther Bell (W87), Jo Smith (née Barnaby) (S87), Duncan Forbes (F87), Toby James (C87), Paul Morris (M87) (standing), Simon Hipwell (F87), Jim Dunning (F87), Myles Johnson (SH87) and Jamie Crittall (SH87)

AfterholidayingwithseveralOCsinTresco,ontheIs Scilly, this summer, Vaughan Ives (S76) has sent in this image of (l-r) James Longrigg (SH20), Katie Ashcroft (B20), Vaughan Ives (S76) and Emily Sewell (Ma20).

James Crittall (SH87) is in regular contact with many Old Canfordians across leaving years 85-90. They try to meet at least once or twice a year but chat regularly via an active WhatsAppgroup.

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Books exhibitions & business

Family connection for East London Group curator

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Anexhibitionofworkbyagroupof1930sartistsis due to take place in Poole, curated by Alan Waltham (F74).Heexplains:‘Mylatemother-in-law’selderbrothers, WalterandHaroldSteggles,wereleadingmembersoftheEastLondonGroup, hencemyinterestinallthingsELG.Thegroupproduced730paintingsduring Robin Whicker (Staff ‘61-96) has been their eight-year exhibiting career at one of enjoying afresh the brilliant cartoons of ‘Rugby theleadinggalleriesinLondonatthetime, Characters’ by John Irving, given to him to AlexReidandLefevre,ofKingStreetin mark his retirement from coaching the LX Club and signed by captain David Yates (M92) Mayfair.’ and no fewer than 37 others who played Alanaddsthatalthoughthegroup’s for the club in that year. It brings back many happy memories, not least of sharing the name implies that they painted urban tension with great friend and colleague Henry landscapes, only about a quarter of their Baynham as he created an agonised path up output was of that type, with landscapes and down the touchline. and seascapes being more prominent. He Todd Hooper (SH08) completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Rowing Challenge last expectstoshowbetween50and60paintingsincluding15worksdepicting year, crossing the ocean in an impressive theDorsetCoast,aswellassomearchivematerial.Furtherinformation about 36 days, five hours and ten minutes despite thegroupcanbefoundontheEastLondonGroup’sTwitter,Facebook and rough weather and a marlin encountering which holed his team’s boat during the 3,000Instagramfeeds,allofwhicharerunbyAlan. mile passage. He raised over £150,000 for TheexhibitionwillbeheldattheLighthouseGalleryinPoolebrain fromtumour 20th research by taking part in the challenge. Januaryto8thApril203. (Picture: Chesil Bank from Portland, Harold Steggles) Tom Armstrong (M18) Graduated with a

Pumas – A History of Argentinian Rugby by Rex Gowar (C66)

Pumas was published in May this year by Polaris Publishing (ISBN: 9781913538682).

degree in Automotive Engineering aged 20 and is now working as Production Engineer at Griffon Hoverwork, building new 12000TD hovercraft for Oita Prefecture in Japan. Will Butt (L18) made his debut in the

Sports journalist Rex Gowar recounts the history of premiership for Bath Rugby in December last year, having first joined the club’s academy as Argentianrugby,fromtherootsofthegameinthelate a 14-year-old. Since graduating to the senior nineteenth century to modern times. This twisting tale squad, he has also represented the club in contains colourful stories of the passionate, gregarious and Europe. often controversial characters who have led to the team’s development into one of the world’s powerhouse rugby nations. EMILY RexwasbornandbroughtupinArgentinaand GARTHWAITE attended primary school there before joining Canford. He (Ma11) tookupjournalisminhisearly30sandreportedonthe Anexhibitionofphotograp PumasfortheEnglish-languagenewspaperBuenosAires Emily’s recent expedition along the HeraldfromHis 197. careerincludedspellsasReuters Tigriswillbeondisplayat sports correspondent in Rome and Paris and covering 10 Gallery,Mayfair,inFebruary203. consecutiveFIFAWorldCupsandfourRugbyWorldCups. Seep.32

Fromplasticwastetosportswear

Two generations of an OC family have formed an estimatestheproductionofitsgarmentscreate eco-conscious activewear brand based in Chichester. carbonemissionsanduse85%lessenergythanvirgin Ghislaine Jemmett (M83) and Sebastian Jemmett (F14) counterparts. Ghislaine has worked as a fashion designer foundedNautralastyear,togetherwithSusanna foraTweedie numberofhigh-endbrandsandherNautracollec Hughes. Their clothing is made from materials derived is inspired by marine life and the underwater world. fromrecoveredoceanplasticsandEconyl,aninfinitely ApercentageofeachsaleisdonatedtoNGOsworking recycledyarnproducedfromwasteincludingfishing protect nets marine fauna and ecosystems worldwide. andfabricscraps.Byusingrecycledmaterials,Nautra Formoreinformation www.nautra.co.uk see:

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CANFORD news

fterasuccessfulonlineeventinwe 201, were Volunteersformedtwosessionsofindustrypa delighted to, once again, invite Old Canfordians the afternoon where more detailed questions could be asked and parents back to Canford to meet and talk with andexplored.Ashasbecomecustomary,thedayconclud ourLowerSixthpupilsfacetofaceatthe20Careers with a speed-dating-style networking session, including some Convention. The day started with pupils and volunteers in a online meetings, which allowed Canfordians one-to-one time conference-style setting with Canford parent Simon Phillips as with our volunteers. our keynote speaker. He encouraged pupils to understand their own personal skills, follow their passions and understand that decisions they make in the next few years are not for life and that career paths will change and morph over time. Simon encouraged recent OCs to share their experiences in the world of work since leaving Canford and university. It was fantastictoseeOCrepresentativesfromasearlyas2019.

Paris, Milan, Canford! The Wardrobe Foundation Fashion Show

OC Eloise Grant’s WardrobeFoundation (W15), which WardrobeFoundationHQ.TheFCShadwantedtoholda featuredinOCMagazineAprilhas 201, inspiredanarray fashion of show, highlighting the power of recycling clothes, for activitiesattheschoolincludingaFriendsof some Canford time and clothing now the perfect partner had been found. amnesty, a full-scale art project and a fashion show. Close collaboration between Canford’s Atthestartoflockdown,inMarch20, DevelopmentOffice,theFCScommitteeand Eloise Grant was forced to rethink her theArtandTheatreDepartments,led career. With a family background in the the clothing metamorphosis project. fashion industry, she set up a social Pupils were tasked with using up enterprise named the Wardrobe surplus clothing and fabric either Foundation. to create a wearable item that Sheexplains:‘Our could be showcased on the objective is simple, to work catwalk, or a piece of art to be closely with local charities, displayed. organisations and community Over20pupils groups across Dorset, were involved in some way, Hampshire,Bournemouth, including a prep school pupil Christchurch and Poole to from Dumpton. They created provide clothing to women in a unique and diverse range of need of clothing support. There is no outfitsshowcasedonthecustomjudgement, no criteria, no questions asked builtcatwalkwhichturnedtheAsse – we trust the professional opinion of the Hall into a space worthy of any designer organisation submitting the clothing gift bag.’ event. The project enabled us to encourage clothing FollowingtheOCmagazinearticleandinterest sustainability, fromdisplay the creations of our talented pupils and theFriendsofCanfordSchool(FCS)a , coupleofCanfordians raiseawarenessandfundsviatheFCSforthefanta started to volunteer on a Monday afternoon at the local oftheWardrobeFoundation.

SCHOOL NEWS

Sporting Colours

Canford’sRainbowRunwasfirstheldin2019andwasborn out of a desire to get the whole School community together for a fun event and raise funds to be shared between the MartinMarriottFoundationandanotherchosencharity.It wasalsoagreatexperienceforPupilLeaders,providingthem with a taste of event promotion and management. Afterathree-yearwaitbeforetheschoolwasable to host this technicolour event again, over 400 pupils, OCs, parents and prospective pupils lined up to take part in the RainbowRunonSunday8thMay.Pupils,staffandFriends of Canford School volunteered to help and were stationed around the course as marshals and ‘colour throwers,’ all taking advantage of the glorious weather. Each participant could run or walk one, two or three laps, although some chose to completeasmanyasfivetogetcompletelycoveredinanIt was fun, friendly and everyone helped and got involved. In doing so, they helped to raise £4,500 to be array of colours. sharedbetweenourpartnerschool,TheBourneAca Oncrossingthefinishline,everyrunnerwaspresented theMartinMarriottFoundation.Ourthanksm withamedalandtheopportunitytohavetheirand finisher’s extended andtheFriends photoinfrontofoursponsor’sboard.Astheafternoon to PorscheCentreBournemouth of Canford School for supporting this event. went on, so did the queue for the ice cream van and the atmosphere on this Sunday afternoon epitomized what the Canford Community is all about.

Over 500 offers for universities at home and abroad

500

We are delighted for the 156 Canfordians who have York–scholarshipcombinedwith2yearsatFrances received over 500 offers this year, 78% are to Russell Po,France)Flora , Lingafelter(Colgate,NewYork)Alicia , Group/Sunday Times Top 12 institutions in the UK, with Hudson(Bellarmine,Kentucky–scholarship)Charlot , five pupils heading to the US. We congratulate all our Brook(Pepperdine,California–scholarship)and , Rhys pupils on this wonderful set of offers. Ten received offers to (University of Maryland – scholarship) OxfordandCambridgeandfivehavegainedplacesonhighly Once again, the range of different courses chosen competitive courses to read medicine. reflectsthevisionoftheschooltoexploreawider opportunities and encourage pupils to choose their own Oxford:JacobAbberley(PhilosophyandGerman)Nathaniel , careerpaths. Alongsidetraditionalcurriculumsubj Davey(Chemistry)Alice , Hazel(ClassicalArchaeologyand many occupation-related courses including accountancy, AncientHistory)Emma , Jeffries(History)Milind , Khashu chemical engineering, communications and media, (Medicine)Jake , McMillan(Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics), contemporary and popular music, criminology, drama and Harry Zheng (Chemistry) filmstudies,environmentalsustainabilityscien Cambridge:TommyQian(NaturalSciences)Lucy , Thorne business management, interior design, landscape architecture, (English)Catherine , Wray(ModernandMedievalLanguages) , psychology, quantity surveying and songwriting. Pupils are also AgnesBrook(Medicine)Alex , Daniel(Medicine)Aman , heading to art foundation courses at Manchester School of Iftikhar (Medicine) and Sana Iftikhar (Medicine) ArtandArtsUniversity,Bournemouth. US Places FiveleaversareheadingtoUSinstitutionsthisyear,including fourwithfullscholarships.ArianAkrami(Columbia,New

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CANFORD

community

Development Director Rowena Gaston provides an update

thasbeen‘allsystemsgo’intheDevelopmentofficethis year and we’ve been so delighted to be able to welcome OCs back to Canford for numerous events. The classes of’8’81, ’92, ’91, ’02, ’00, 1and’02wereinvitedfortheir reunion lunches as we strove to catch up on our 10-year gettogethers. Wealsofinallymanagedtosucceedinholdingthe Leavers’Ballfortheclassof’20and’2We 1. plannedand putthiseventtogetherthreetimesinthelast12months beforeitfinallycametofruition,fulfillingthepromisewe madebackinthesummerofMany 20. schoolshadgiven upandmovedon,butitwasadelighttofinallyseethese OCs reunited and able to celebrate their time at Canford alongside their parents. Aftertwoyearsmissed,andsomedisappointing service from our original venue, we hosted OCLondonDrinksatPontDeLaTourinMay, on a glorious evening in the shadow of Tower 1981-1982 reunion Bridge.Itwasalovely,relaxedatmosphereand great to see so many OCs attending from the classof1953rightthroughto20. We have supported the various Friendsgroupswiththeirworkandeven TheFriendsofCanfordSchool(FCS)and Ball ‘20 and ’21 Music(FCM)haveenjoyedafullprogramme withhelpfromhonoraryOCsKeithHay andAndrewPowell,runningthehistoryan arboretum tours respectively. While those who attend are predominantly parents, we also welcome OCstoallFriendsevents and it was particularly nice to see Peter Montagu Williams (SH50) on the Arboretumtour withhissonJeremy. Peter had helped to planttheAvenueof OC London drinks Pont De La Tour Trees during his time pictured (l-r) are 2012 leavers: Giselle Yonace, Rob Bell, Charlotte Barker, Mike Wilson, Toby Russell, Ali Watt, Olivia Bracken, as a Canford pupil. Hattie Whillans

Peter and Jeremy Montagu Williams enjoy the Arboretum tour

CANFORD COMMUNITY EVENTS

Cheering on Canford’s First VIII at Henley Royal Regatta this summer

Forthefirsttimeintwoyears,theHouseRegattawas Your hosted alumni platform – Canford Global Connect – goes from onanotherbeautifulsummer’safternoon.TheFriends strength of tostrength.Allleaversareencouraged CanfordRowing(FCR)putonaPimm’stentandmedalswehavealmost10%uptake.It’sagreatwaytofindand were presented by Olympic Champion Heather Stanning’s connect with fellow OCs for social and business purposes. father,OCTimothyStanning(B6They 1). bothattendedthe I hope you enjoy the regular Digests which Rachael Daniel BoatClubDinner,andweweretreatedtoanexcellent compiles, highlighting after- OC news as we receive it to keep you dinnerspeechfromHeather.ThefirstVIIIqualifiedfor updated Henley in a timely manner. Don’t forget to share your news by Royal Regatta and it was good to see many Canford blazers either posting directly or emailing us community@canford.com attendingtheFCRlunchreception. The Martin Marriott Foundation Welcoming our new editor TheMartinMarriottFoundation IwouldliketomentionOCJoanna is continuing to support bursaries Ashwick(F9our 2), newmagazine for pupils who would otherwise be editor. It has been a real pleasure in no position to afford a Canford workingwithJoannatoputthis education but are incredibly deserving, new-look OC magazine together. It is gain tremendously from their experience and in turn particularly nice to have an Old Canfordian give so much back to the School community. Support for as our editor and I very much hope that you will enjoy theFoundationgraduallyincreasesyearonyear reading andour this edition. I would also like to register my thanks to recipients are extremely grateful. Some of our youngest ourformereditorJohnNewthwhoworkedwithusfor10 OCs took part in a telethon in December and I would like years. Please do let us know what you think of this edition to take this opportunity to thank all our donors for your and don’t forget to share your news with us. incredible support including OCs who took the time to have a conversation with our callers and who also supported the Please note If youwe unsubscribe Foundation.Thereisstillsignificantworktodo,and would from a Canford email, you will not receive emails of any kind from the Canford Community. If you are not very much like to help more pupils. interested in a particular email, just delete it to ensure you keep If you would like to get involved or receive more information, in touch. please contact Rowena Gaston rjg@canford.com

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THECANFORD centenary The coming year will be particularly special for Canford and there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes as we prepare to celebrate our 100th birthday.

Centenary Foundation Service

OnFriday28thAprilat10am,theCanfordCommunitywill gatheratSalisburyCathedralfortheCentenar ServiceledbyRevPhilJackandtheSchool’scombined RevJamesDudley-Smithwillbepreachingandaspecial commissioned piece for the centenary by OC Howard MoodyB82willbeperformedbythechoir.Allmembersof the Canford Community are invited to join us. This is a ticketed event with no charge. Entry without ticket will not be permitted. Please book your ticket(s) via our book events page https://www.Canford.Com/school-community/book-events

Centenary Proms in the Park Garden Party Join us for our big celebration at Canford on Sunday 25th June. Everyone in the Canford Community is invited to the Proms intheParkGardenParty.Bringyourpicnic,enjoyfood stalls, informal school tours and lawn games culminating in a fantastic music concert featuring Canfordians and hopefully a few OC musicians. We aim to provide areas for you to picnic on Mountjoy by decades so that you will be sitting close to your Canford contemporaries with Canford Manor as our backdrop. We very much hope you will be able to join us. This is a ticketed event with no charge. Entry without ticket will not be permitted. Please book your ticket(s) via our book events page https://www.Canford.Com/school-community/book-events

OC London Drinks

OurOCLondonDrinkspartywilltakeplaceintheaut ofdate 203, andvenuetobeconfirmedbutweverymuch hope that many of you will be able to join us.

The Archive

Aspartofthecentenary,theSchoolArchivewebsit undergoingarevamptoenableOCstosearchandfind information about past years at Canford more easily. More information will follow in due course. Our thanks is extended to the Old Canfordian Society for their help in supporting many of our centenary events.

CANFORD COMMUNITY EVENTS

Antony Eyton: Limited Edition Prints Followingartist Anthony Eyton’s (B41)visittoCanfordin201(seeOCMagazineOctober we 201), aredelightedtoconfirmthathewillbepresentinghisoriginalpicturetothe HeadmasterinMay203tocoincidewithhis10thbirthday.Thereisalimitededitionof15 signedgicleeprintswhicharenowavailableatacostof£30each(unframed). Please visit www.markflawnthomas.com/canford

DATES

for your diary

Dates correct at going to press, further events may be added. Please check our Book Events page and regular Canford Global Connect Digests. NOVEMBER20

Thursday 10th–NinevehLegacyLunch12.0midday Friday 18th–CanfordOnlineAuctionstarts

MAY203

Saturday 6th–FCSRealTennismorning JUNE203

DECEMBER20

Sunday 4th–CanfordOnlineAuctionCloses Monday 19th–NoelNoel7.30pm

Sunday 4th–FCSCentenaryCharityGolfDay Friday 16th–ArboretumTourwithAndrewPowell6pm Sunday 25th – Centenary Proms in the Park Garden Party Tuesday 28th – Henley Royal Regatta Drinks Party

FEBRUARY203

Saturday 4th–203ReunionLunch12.0midday MARCH203

Saturday 4th–193ReunionLunch12.0midday

TheOCLondonDrinksPartywilltakeplaceinthe autumnof203forthecentenaryyear. Further details will follow.

If you would like to attend an event but don’t use the internet, please call the Development Office – APRIL203 01202 847471. Thank you. Friday 28th–CentenaryFoundationService–Salisbury Cathedral 10am

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THEGURUOFGOMBE

Society talks to Dr Anthony Collins (F67) about his 50-year involvement with primate research and the Jane Goodall Institute

alf a century is an impressive milestone to reach Anthonywasinhisearlytwentieswhenhewas with any organisation yet, despite having started offered the opportunity to travel to Gombe, on the shores hisresearchintoTanzanianbaboonsinDr 1972, ofLakeTanganyika,inTanzania,toconductastudyofbabo AnthonyCollinsisstilldeterminedthereis alongside muchhe Drhas Goodall’s leftchimpanzee research. He confesses to do and his enthusiasm for his subject remains undimmed. thatatthetime:‘Ibelievedthepopularviewofbab AspokespersonfortheJaneGoodallInstituteare isalso fierce,swift vicious to thieves,fightingallthetime.’Havin emphasise that this impressive anniversary does not mean eager to get involved in the chimpanzee research, he was itsformerdirectorisretiringandthatDrJane disappointed Goodall toDBE, be offered an alternative primate and went founderoftheJaneGoodallInstituteandUNMessenger into the roleof‘with some apprehension’. Peace,‘hopeshe’llbewithJGIforMANYmoreyearstocome.‘But ’ onceyougettoknowwho’swho,itisamazing It’sclearAnthonyisapivotalfigureattheJGI. what Inaddition they are doing and the relationships they have with to his primate research, he has been kept busy managing the each other and the way they are trying to interfere with one institute’s Gombe research centre and its staff of 40, as well as another’s relationships. They are very bright and very sharp, so being deeply involved in the foundation’s community-centred I very quickly became a baboon person, and my allegiance is conservationprogramme,TACARE,anditsglobalhumanitarian stillthere.I’minthebabooncorner,andI’mwavingth andenvironmentalprogrammeforyoungpeople,Roots them because & they have got bad press, so I want to say that Shoots.Butmorerecently,hehassteppedbackfrom baboons theare lead great and if you give them some space and don’t managerialroletofindtimetowriteuphisresearch. have them in competition with people, on their own they are totally amazing creatures.’

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JGI Chase Pickering

When it comes to watching baboons, ‘there is always youngsters like to play in the water, jumping off the rocks, he somethinghappening,’saysAnthony.‘Chimpanzeesare reveals. abit ‘It’s something that really cheers you up. It must be so more serious, and everything unfolds a bit more slowly. If wonderful to be born a young baboon because there are so you are with baboons, you do even spend quite a lot of time many other kids the same age and when the adults are doing laughing because you can see disasters are about to happen other boring things, feeding and grooming, the kids are just and then they happen, or unexpected things, so that is an playing and it’s a non-stop madhouse. aspect of baboons which is very endearing.’ ‘You’ve got these mad groups of infants and juveniles While chimpanzees can live for up to 55 years, and from time to time they run into the water and chase Anthonyexplainsthelifespanforbaboonsismuch each shorter, other and start to paddle and actually swim quite withmostdyingintheirearly20s,andthishasallowed well without him fear. They also dive under water, which is quite to witness several generations of families during his time at extraordinary, and you can see them moving about under Gombe. ‘It is really great to remember them and know their water. The climax is when one of them dashes out of the livesandhowdifferenttheywere.’Althoughtheshallows personalities and ambushes another, so it is clearly having a bit of are not as ‘obvious as chimps’ they all have different fun and swimming in play like that.’ characters and places in society. ‘In the early days I was always Althoughthefirstbaboonresearchersbeliev thinking if this guy was human, he would be the boss at Rolls wasthemaleswhodominated,Anthonyexplainstheg Royce or the scraggy guy in the betting shop.’ actually operate as a ‘collaborative matriarchy,’ a society of Speaking about the tendency to anthropomorphise female relatives with the males moving out on reaching primates,Anthonysaysthatalthoughitisdiscouraged: maturity. Within ‘Youthis social system, places are determined by findyourselfthinkingthatguyisinapositionI’ve a been strict hierarchy. in ‘Unlike the males, they don’t waste energy and if I were him I would…you can’t help thinking along fightingaboutthings,’headds,asbehaviourisdeter those lines.’ They have been shaped by similar evolutionary convention. If a high-ranking female and a low-ranking female pressures,findingwaystosurviveandhavemorechildren, arrive at food together, ‘that low ranker will just wait and the andhebelieves:‘Theyareamirrortoourselves’.high ranker take what is her right. They all know where they Likehumans,playisimportantforyoungbaboons are and in society from the alpha female to the gamma female at thegroupsAnthonystudiesspendalotoftimeon the the bottom. beach It is in no way an egalitarian society.’ ofLakeTanganyika,wherefoodoftengetswashedup.The

Jaman Rhodes

Reflectingonhowmuchhaschangedduringhistim atGombe,Anthonyrecalls:‘WhenIfirstwenttherethe facilities were much simpler’. Most of the accommodation was in prefab buildings with one big house which served as theoffice,mess,commonroomandlibraryforthevisiti researchers. He described Dr Goodall’s house as ‘camping indoors’, with mesh instead of glass windows and ‘lizards, spidersandsnakescominginandoutfreely,’andsays today it is still exactly the same’. Inthe 1972, researchstationatGombewas‘smallan simplewithveryfewvisitors,’herecalls.‘Nowitisa national park run by the government,’ with accommodation and restaurants set up by the national park and the research centre is well known, meaning that sometimes boat loads of tourist turn up ‘and it’s hard to turn them away’. One major The early years improvement has been the acceptance of the centre’s work In addition to time spent in the Scottish countryside, it was by the local community. childhood visits to Singapore where his father was stationed IntheearlyyearsatGombe,Anthonysaysthere withtheNavy,whichsparkedAnthony’slifelongfascination was suspicion about the motives for programmes they withthenaturalworld.‘FormybrotherandIjusttoseethe encouraged birds, to protect the natural environment, such as tree wildlifeandthejungleandalltheamazingbutterflies, planting initiatives, as locals feared that this would expand lizardsandextremethingslikeflyingsnakes–allkindsof the forest and the government would then come and take wonderful things – we both of us had our heads turned and over that land as part of the national park. ‘So, they saw us became naturalists.’ as a threat to their livelihood and it took a very long time ThisloveofwildlifewasfosteredbywhatAnthony to reassure them that was not the agenda at all and that describes as the excellent teaching and encouragement he was done by moving slowly and building up good personal received at Canford, from teachers including Tim Hooker, relationships with the same people who became trusted and PeterDawkinsandPeterLewis.‘Thethingthatreally setme eventually, theystartedtoreapbenefitsinthevi onagoodsteadwastheNaturalHistorySocietywhich was ‘Jane said you somehowhavetoputavalueonthefor a very good facility. We were always going up on Canford and a value on the wildlife for the people who live there and Heath and catching lizards and snakes and keeping them.’ secondly the thing that destroys the natural environment is It was while studying zoology at Cambridge that people’s poverty. So, you have to help them get out of that.’ Anthonybecamefascinatedinprimatebehaviour. Hestudied By talking DianFossey’sworkongorillasinRwandaandlearnedabout tothesecommunitiesaboutthetypeofh need, tailored assistance is now provided to over 100 villages Dr Goodall’s research through one of his tutors who was through herPhDsupervisor.Fortuitously,hehadalsocome across JGI’sTACAREprojectwithfamilyplanningadvi HIVcounselling, scholarshipsforgirls’educationa hermother,Vanne,duringhistimeatCanfordthrough the credit loans among its School’sNaturalHistorySocietyanditwasthisconnection current initiatives.

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which helped him secure an interview for the post at Gombe, encouraged by his former teacher Tim Hooker. ‘Janewasjustbreakingbigworldwideatthattime,’ explainsAnthony.Herarticleswerebeingpublishedin NationalGeographicandherbook,IntheShadowof Man,waspublishedinAfter 197. asuccessfulinterviewin Bournemouth,Anthonytravelledtojointheresearchstation ontheshoresofLakeTanganyika.

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Managing modern pressures

Having realised that young people are the custodians of these resources, much of Dr Goodall’s time is now focused While tourists provide an essential income stream for the ontheRoots&Shootsproject,saysAnthony,workingt national park and local communities, they can cause problems increase its membership worldwide. ‘She spent so much for some of Gombe’s primates. Managing visitor levels is time lobbying politicians who are always replaced with less of an issue for the baboons than for the chimpanzees, other politicians later that she said it is good to work on the explainsAnthony.‘Baboonswillstealtheirsandwiches government andbananasanditdoesn’treallycauseaproblem. But but actually you have to work on the young people as they are the custodians and some of them are the some chimps are quite shy and some of them are recent government of tomorrow.’ immigrants.’ These newcomers, who are unaccustomed to humans,findproximitywithpeople,especiallynoisyvisitors, more stressful. Addedtothatistheriskofdiseasetransferal.Stressing howclosechimpanzeesarebiologicallytohumans,Anthony says:‘Ifyoudissectmeandachimpit’sthesamestoryinside and our immune systems are the same so almost every diseaseIcanget,achimpanzeecanget.Flu,coughsandcolds; god forbid Corona. I can infect a chimp just by coughing. Visitorsaresupposedtostay10maway,butchimpsdon’t always obey the rules and will come up to you.’ TurningtotheJGI’swiderworkoutsideGombe, Anthonypointsoutthatbecomingaconservationistisan inevitablestepforanywildliferesearcher.Afterspendinga year or two ‘they automatically become conservationists because they see this animal or place is at risk or under Bill Wallauer threat...So you can’t be just a pure researcher, you have to think about conserving the natural resources.’

A word on Dr Anthony Collins from Dr Jane Goodall He is Tony to me, Anton to most people in Tanzania. He has been working at Gombe for nearly 50 years, since he was a long-haired student. His main study was baboons, but he knows all the chimpanzees and their family histories. He can identify most of the other mammals, birds, insects, trees and plants. He is known as the Guru of Gombe and it is hard to imagine Gombe without him. He is loved by visitors whom he often escorts through the forests and up the slopes of the valleys and he is respected by the Tanzanian staff. He has a huge heart, and if one walks with him through Kigoma, the nearest town, it is amazing how many people stop to greet him – and to ask for help. Help for their children’s schooling, their hospital bills, the funerals of their relatives. They seldom go away empty handed. Tony is a great storyteller and has a wonderful sense of humour. The times when we sit on the beach (of Lake Tanganyika) to watch the sunset, having our whisky sundowner, are times for sharing the events of the day and reminiscing about the past, sharing memories of the early years of the research when there were many students coming and going. Days that are gone for ever, but kept alive as we reminisce while the sun sinks behind the mountains of the Congo on the other side of the lake. The house in Gombe where he has lived for years is known as ‘Jane’s house’ – but I spend only a few days a year in Gombe, and apart from the small room that is always mine, the house has become increasingly and fascinatingly Tony’s house. The living room, in addition to books, contains a long shelf upon which are the skulls of countless animals that he has found in the forest, ranging from small rodents to that of a huge bushpig. The house is lit by solar panels, but there is no running water. There is an outhouse hidden in the vegetation. There is an office now along by the tourist accommodation, but mostly Tony works in his bedroom. More than half his bed is covered by piles and piles of paper which have overflowed to fill many shelves. His baboon data is in tin trunks

to protect it from damp and insects. If I go to Gombe and Tony is not there, then I feel something is not right, something is missing. Tony keeps abreast of the scientific research done by present and past students. He is invaluable for his help in obtaining research clearance from the government and works closely with our community led conservation programme in the area around Gombe and in neighbouring Burundi. In other words, he is an integral part of all the work done by JGI throughout Tanzania. And during my twice-yearly visits to the country, he is my constant escort as well as my friend. But he is happiest when he is at Gombe, and he loves the special places – such as the waterfall and the Peak – as much as I do. The world is a better place because of Dr Anthony Collins. Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

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ANEWERAFOR BOYS’BOARDING

Moves across the park for School and Monteacute Houses

A NEW ERA FOR BOYS’ BOARDING

o meet modern requirements, the School has lodges, double glazing, resilient power supplies and a central conducted a major build project to site all boys’ mainspaceforpupilswithmatron’sofficetohand.Then boarding houses together at the south end of The house offers easy access to sports pitches, astros, Real tennis, Park,besideCourtandFranklin.SchoolHousemoved squash out and outdoor education facilities and provides the boys oftheManorHouseintheOctoberhalftermofand 201, with a real sense of heading home at the end of their day. bytheendofJanuaryall 20, theremainingstaffflatswere The new house also has its own private garden which has alsovacated.Forthefirsttimein9years,thebuilding provided isno theopportunityforhouseBBQsandothe longer used for sleeping accommodation. social events. ListedBuildingConsenthasbeenobtainedto‘It allow was hugely important to me that despite this move, the installation of a lift and carry out sensitive alterations the School House ethos transferred seamlessly to its new totheleasthistoricallysignificantrooms home and with thanks to a lot of hard work in order to enable a re-use as day from Canford staff this has been accommodation. Over the next achieved. The central foyer space year, refurbishment work will has made a huge difference to take place and all three day the community feel, with houses will co-locate in differing year groups this building. spending far more Anumberof time together as a beautiful rooms result.’ overlooking the Ben SunkenLawnwill Coward (C01) also be opened Housemaster, up for whole School House School use and these will be Monteacute accessed via the House grand staircase. Work is The wider school proceeding at community will be a good pace to able to use these construct the new spaces, rather than Monteacute House just members of a single and its completion is boarding house. imminent. Situated close to Court,Franklinandthenew Housemaster’s account of School School House, Monteacute will also House move be conveniently located for sports and ‘There was a part of me that was very sad to leave outdooractivities.Bringingtheboys’house the main Manor House here at Canford. School House had in modern accommodation will aid cohesion between houses called the main building its home since the School’s inception and free up much-needed space in the heart of the School. inwith 1923, thefirsttwohousemastersalsodoublingas Foundedintheearly1930s,thehousewasnamed Canford’s Headmaster. There was something wonderfully after the de Monteacute family who owned Canford Manor romantic about living in the building, accessing the house up in the fourteenth century. The current Monteacute and the incredible main stairs, walking in the footsteps of lords Wimborne House building (formerly Monteacute and and ladies and waking up to the southern views across the BeaufortHouse)willundergoanextensiveprogram SunkenLawnandMountjoywicket. internal remodelling as part of exciting new developments for ‘However,thepracticalitiesof21stCenturythe boarding School. However, the exterior will see little change, having meant that the ‘Hogwarts’ experience’ had to come to an already had façade repairs and new windows in the last ten end, with the dawning of important features, like sinks in all years. School House boys relaxing in a communal area (left) and School House entrance (inset above)

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STAFF farewells Laura Standley Laura joined Canford in 2017 and since that time she has contributed hugely across many areas of school life. An outstanding history teacher, she has instilled a deep love and understanding of its importance in many through her passionandskill.Shehasalsobeenasignificantpastoralpresencein Wimborne House, as well as a committed rowing coach. More recently, Laura has also taken on whole school responsibility as Academic Coordinator and a member of the Academic Management Group. She leaves Canford o f r an exciting journey to Ecuador where she will be working at the International School of Quito, overseeing history and acting as a senior leader.

We will miss Laura very much and wish her and Callum all the best on their new adventure.

Lucy Harding

Since her arrival in 2011, Lucy has embodied the essence of Canford as an academic master, exceptional linguist and pedagogue,aselflesscontributorandamoralguidetopupilsa tutees. As a colleague, she could always be counted upon, allying strength,flexibility,andgoodhumour.Withacombinationofempat and pragmatism, Lucy delivered guidance throughout her time at Canford, as a French and Italian teacher, a tutor in de Lacy, lacrosse coach and when in charge of NQTs and PGCE students.

Her helpfulness, camaraderie, and utter professionalism will be sorely missed. Canford is losing a bit of its Azzurro!

STAFF LEAVERS

Michelle Bray Since 2012, Michelle has generously given of her time and ideas, constantly producing a stream of Latin, Greek and Classical Studies. As a colleague she is someone whose judgement is trusted and on whom we have come to rely unthinkingly. She took on the A Level Latin teaching with only a summer’s notice, having previously only taught Shells. Drawing on her exceptional linguistic skills, this required an enormous amount of work and dedication. She has a deep and unswerving passion o f r the subject and, even at the end of this year, was still thinking of ways to communicate this with the pupils o f r next term. In the huge amount of time she put into her coaching of lacrosse, Michelle has inspired many girls not only to go to university and continue playing but also

Dan Culley

been a great asset to the department and as she drives away in her camper van towards the horizon,

she leaves behind a legacy of young people who can think, speak and advocate for themselves.

Leaving his post as an instructor at Sandhurst in 1995, Dan joined the Canford physics department and took on the role of leading the CCF. As well as being a highly efef ctive teacher and head of CCF, Dan has been a Housemaster, coached almost every sport, been Director of Activities, President of the Common Room and run hundreds of trips. And while doing so, he has always o f und the time to chat with new teachers and give pupils additional time and help. In the physics lab, his enthusiasm o f r instilling his own deep interest in the subject Always keen to challenge pupils outside of the classroom, he has consistently o f und arctic survival in Norway and even an ascent of Mont Blanc are once-in-a-lifetime adventures which Dan made seem regular occurrences o f r our pupils. Dan has that combination of being willing to speak truth to power and to call out nonsense, with a diplomatic ability to broach such problematic issues in a way that gains everyone’s respect. He has also been a powerful and caring

We wish you the very best in all your future adventures.

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LEAVERS’ celebrations

2020/2021

LEAVERS’ CELEBRATIONS

Finally, OCs from the class of 2020 and 2021 were able to celebrate their time at Canford with a Leavers’ Ball. This followed on Saturday after the traditional Summer Ball for the class of 2022 which was able to proceed as normal.

2022

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Mobilising words for change SOCIETY SPEAKSTOOCMAX BANKOLEJARRET T about the many ways he’s used his skill with language – through broadcasting, speechwriting, diplomacy and policy initiatives – to foster transformation in Africa

espite being used to operating at the highest levels Inthosedays,herecalls,qualificationsinjour of international diplomacy, dealing with prime andmediastudieswererareandwhattheBBCwasl ministersandseniorstatesmen,MaxBankole for wasJarrett people with the ability to analyse and question, is remarkably down-to-earth and self-effacing, conveying before clearly expressing their own thoughts. His time there deep conviction in his work to enable more equitable gavehimathorougheducationinawiderangeofAfric transformationinAfrica.SinceleavingCanfordaffairs, inhe 1987, ‘diving deep into the politics and economics,’ of the hasledavariedcareerwithrolesattheBBCWorld continent Service, as well as ‘getting to speak to many political leaders theUnitedNationsandtheInternationalEnergy across Agency, the board’. as During his time with the World Service, wellasleadingtheAfricaProgressPanelalongside Max worked former onUN Focus on Africa, served as lead presenter SecretaryGeneralKofiAnnan. and senior producer on the breakfast show Network Africa, Maxexplainshisfirstbigbreakaroseoutofadversity. and had the chance to create and develop his own music Worriedabouthisfamily,heapproachedtheLondon programme, office The Jive Zone. He also completed a master’s oftheBBCWorldServiceinsearchofaccuratenews degree about focusedonthepoliticaleconomyofAfricaat whatwashappeninginhishomecountry,Liberia,which University’sSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudie had become embroiled in civil war. Max’s family home was early morning shows before attending lectures and tutorials. destroyedintheconflict,andhisparentsdisplaced,andfor sometimeitwasdifficulttoascertainwhatwashappening on the ground. The impact on his family meant he was unable to take up his place for post-graduate study at Oxford but hisbriefcontactwiththeBBCledtoafull-timerolewiththe World Service. ‘I always liked writing but never in my wildest dreams thought I would end up writing professionally or being on air and becoming a well-known broadcaster to millions of people every morning presenting the breakfast show,’ explains Max, who had thought he was destined for a career as an economist.HecreditstheBBCashaving‘formed’himand recollects his 11 years there fondly, with great affection for his co-workers.

‘I always liked writing but never in my wildest dreams thought I would end up writing professionally or being on air and becoming a wellknown broadcaster to millions of people every morning presenting the breakfast show’

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Inhe 201, tookaone-yearcareerbreakfromthe Itisadifficultskilltomaster,heexplains,buta BBCtoenablehimtotakeonatemporaryrolewith enjoyable the processfortherightspeaker.Likemuchof UNinAddisAbaba,Ethiopia.‘After1years,Ihadthisitch work, he says, it is all about distilling things down, absorbing to return to the continent and return to work more closely information, understanding the message and putting it across related to my academic work, closer to the development clearly.AttheBBChehadlearnedhowimportantit space, although I don’t really use that word anymore – succinct for broadcast audiences, and this skill, being able ‘to I prefer to focus on transformation. We should have ministries pare things down,’ was put to good use in speechwriting. of transformation rather than development but that’s a whole different story.’ Believingheneededto‘getinvolvedinsteadofjust asking the question,’ Max was keen to work alongside people whoweretryingtofindsolutionstoAfrica’sproblems. He was initially hired to help establish a studio facility for the UNwhichwouldbeusedtotrainjournaliststobroadcaston development issues, using narrative to make the issues less dry and more compelling but at the same time educational. While there, Max’s boss was invited to give a lecture as part ofTonyandCheriBlair’sMillenniumLectureSeries.‘They saidyou’vebeenattheBBC,youmustbegoodatwriting speeches so you can join our speechwriting team,’ says Max, who went on to become one of the main speech writers for theUNinAddisAbaba.

‘Leadership is about having a clear vision on where you want the team or organisation to go but at the same time having the heart to be able to engage with all the people that you work with’

2014 General Kofi Annan

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Max with his father Dr Bankole Jarrett

KofiAnnan,theformerUNSecretaryGeneral,was Max’sworkonaidingtransformationinAfricawi particularly rewarding to write for, Max recalls. ‘His style was theAPPledtoadeepunderstandingofenergyissues “less is more” and so close to broadcast style because people wasinvolvedincreatingtwo Power, reports: People, Planet can’treallyabsorbtoomuch.’MaxworkedwithAnnan andfor Lights, Power, Action which led him to develop expertise fouryearsinGenevafortheAfricaProgressPanel,inwhich energyhe transformation. ‘There was an abiding interest that served as deputy director and later director. unlesswemeetthechallengeofpowerinAfrica,wecan AskedabouthismemoriesofAnnan,Maxsays:‘A reallydoanything.Thereare650millionAfricanswhoha great leader, someone who was incredible with a big heart, no access to modern energy.’ youknow,whatleadershipisreallyabout.LeadershipDiscussing is thedifficultyofbalancingAfrica’sgro about having a clear vision on where you want the team or need for energy with the imperative for global sustainability, organisation to go but at the same time having the heart to Maxexplained:‘Thereareabundantenergyresources be able to engage with all the people that you work with to thecontinent,butAfricaisenergypoor.Thereisapa make them feel that they also have something to contribute, modern energy systems on the continent, so what is being and he also did that. used is biomass, especially for cooking, which has a range of ‘He was really an exceptional leader, that is my abiding impactsonpeople’shealth.’Breathinginsmokefro memory. He had the courage of his conviction and knew andhavingtospendtimesearchingforandcutting whathewastalkingabout.Andhewasasincerehuman is having being a disproportionate effect on the lives of women, he – which is not something you can say about everyone who explained. reaches the great heights of politics. He was one of the ‘Africahasabundantgasresourceswhichcoul good ones.’ usedintermsofLPGforcooking,buthowdoyoumakesure weachieveuniversalaccessinAfrica.Weknowthati areas, the grid is not going to reach people. We are looking at a range of different ways of doing it, off-grid systems and soforth.Africancountrieshavealsosigneduptot Agreementtokeeptheheatingoftheplanetbelow degrees, which means we have to reduce the use of fossil fuels as quickly as possible.’ Traditionally,Africahasnotbeenamajorfossi consumer and Max strongly believes the continent cannot be asked to bear the same responsibility as countries like the US,

‘There are 650 million Africans who have no access to modern energy.’

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UK,IndiaandGermany,wherepeoplelivewithmultiple European cars positionsongasextractioninAfrica.‘Nows andappliances.‘Africahastohavesomesortofspace, of the ’people he who said they shouldn’t touch it are trying to explains.‘Africacan’tbeaskedtobethefirstmover helpin them terms access it,’ he says, pointing to a visit by the German of not using gas for example for cooking.’ Gas, he stresses, is Chancellor to Senegal. ‘So, the world is completely a cleaner fuel than biomass or diesel that many people now different now.’ use for powering generators. ‘You have to say that although Commentingonthefulfillingnatureofhiswork, gasisn’tcompletelyclean,foratimeframeAfricahas Maxacknowledges: tobe ‘Ireallyenjoybeinginthisspacea allowed to use gas.’ this moment in time as well because you can see there are AftertheAfricaProgressPanelceasedoperations options for at change but also, for someone very interested in theendofMax 2017, tookupapostattheInternational politics and political economy, it is a contested space which EnergyAgencyinParis.Ininternationaldebates,he makes explained, it a very interesting and very challenging space to somesaythatAfricashouldnotbeallowedtouse beits operating gas in as someone whose role is essentially as a reservessaying:‘Keepitallintheground’.‘Thething diplomat is,if trying to help people get on and to move forward we’re talking about a just transition, justice also has to have in a certain direction.’ a timeframe or a historical dimension so you can’t be saying Askedaboutplansforthefuture,Maxdeniesany thatAfricashouldn’tbeallowedtousethisgas. personal ’ political ambitions, preferring to continue to advise InseekingequitableenergyagreementsforAfrica, behind the Maxscenes. He does, however, reveal his passion for believesitisunfairtosayAfricanwomenshouldeducation onlybeand that one of his greatest desires is to build using charcoal and biomass because renewables aren’t at the aschoolforgirlsinLiberia,dedicatedtohismothe scale needed as yet. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grandmother. earlier this year, there has been a remarkable turnaround in

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Max returns to Canford with his son Jyudeh

In conversation with EMILYGARTHWAITE(M

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An award-winning photojournalist and travel writer whose work focuses on humanitarian and environmental issues

Could you describe your expedition along the Tigris last year? Between March and May 2021, we led an expedition along the full 1,900km of the Tigris river, by boat, from its source in southern Turkey, through north-east Syria, and across Iraq to the Persian Gulf. Our small team travelled from the snow-capped mountains of the source in spring in Turkey through to 50 plus celsius in the Iraqi marshes in early summer. The expedition allowed us to hear the stories of the river, as told by those who live on its banks. Our quest was for the enduring aspects of the Tigris – the culture and heritage that have survived for millennia – but also to see clearly the impact of past decades of conflict, and the environmental and geopolitical threats that are so present in the region. There’s no doubt in my mind that it was the hardest journey I have ever made. The logistics alone took 18 months to arrange. The 70 days on the river were long,

gruelling and complicated…but also an incredible privilege. The Tigris river fed some of the earliest civilisations on earth, and many of the major centres of power and influence of old are still important today: Diyarbakir, Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra, Baghdad, Kut, Amara, Basra. An exhibition of the photographs from this journey will be on display at Leica Gallery, Mayfair, in February 2023.

A lot of your work focuses on Iran and Iraq, what is it that fascinates you about this region? I first travelled to Iraq in 2017, to photograph Arbae’en, a Shia pilgrimage which occurs between the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala. Upwards of 15 million pilgrims walk the seventy-kilometre journey. It was compelling and tiring to walk.

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You take an anthropological approach to your work, living with your subjects for long periods. Why do you do this?

AttheverymomentImadethisjourney,thecoalitionforces andIraqiArmyweretakingbackMosulfromISIS.Imet mothersandchildrenwhosemalerelativeswerefightingor had died. I also experienced the overwhelming generosity of Iraqis. In fact, generosity to guests is enshrined in their culture.GrowingupintheUK,IhadonlyknownIraqthrough a lens of war. In fact, if one were to close their eyes and think of Iraq, the most common thoughts are deserts, war, I love Iraq and Iran and I love the stories I work on. I don’t bombs, dusty towns and camels. I know this, because I’ve feel comfortable commenting on politics, or environment, beenaskingpeopleintheUKthatquestionforthe past or daily life six until I have spent a considerable period of time years. Sometimes someone will respond with ‘Mesopotamia learning about it and living among it. Snap judgements don’t –wherecivilisationswerebirthed’.WhatIfound,get onyou that first far here. I don’t lean on books as much as I do lived trip were date palm orchards, dappled light, community meals experience, which takes time. When you open yourself up on the banks of the Euphrates and deeply kind people. This is to such experiences, you welcome in the good and the bad. what travel is all about. How could I not want to return? AfterafewyearsIdecidedtoliveinIraq,andonlythe Iran came a little later, and there I photographed a didIgettodivedeepintolife.Ihavemyfull-timeArabi 20kmmigrationacrossthethornyZagrosmountains in with a female teacher from Mosul, I go hiking at the classes south-westIranwithafamilyfromtheBakhtiari tribe.It was weekends with friends, yoga in my local park, assignments gruelling and utterly magical. I charged my camera batteries inMosulandBaghdadforNewYorkTimesandonMonday with solar panels, slept under the stars, walked every day with nights I attend the expat quiz night with embassy staff and alargeflockofsheep,goats,dogs,donkeys,mulesandhorses. military. I run arts workshops at my rural studio above the I saw eagles soaring and at one point was three days from NinewaPlains–Ialsohostdinnerpartiestherewh the nearest nomad settlement. My editor was a little nervous Iraq is beautiful and deserves all the peace in the world. I as the isolation meant I also didn’t have phone signal – so hope people will visit the country now that it’s opening up. he waited very patiently for my return two weeks later. This story required me to become a photographer and writer – and I published the story in Smithsonian Magazine. Prior to that story, I had spent years walking in Iraq. SinceI2017, havewalkedtheArbae’enpilgrimagethree timesandinthenorthofIraq,intheKurdistanregionwhere Ilive,I’vewalkedover1,250kmoftrailswithshepherds, pilgrims, military and anyone who will let me join! Walking to tell stories has become central in my work, encouraged bymyboyfriendLeonMcCarronwhoisanadventurerand author.In2016hestartedtodesigntheZagrosMountain Long-form storytelling istheantithesisoffastne Trail–Iraq’sfirstlong-distancehikingtrail.Itopens upto the bothrewarding,andthelatterfun.TheMarshArabss worldinHe 203. taughtmehowtoputupatentfouryears for Noema magazine, a US-based climate publication, ago, and I haven’t looked back! required three weeks of sleeping in the Iraqi marshes during the height of summer. It was highs of 50 degrees, covered with mosquitoes and I didn’t encounter a single fan or ACunituntiltwoweeksintothejob.Whenyouimmers yourself into the story, and the lives of others, you have the opportunity to bring to life their experiences. You can’t achieve half as much if you commute by car to your story, at least not in lived experience. Today, the Iraqi marshes are on the brink of extinction, and with that the future of the MarshArabs,theindigenouscommunitywholivether marshes are in their worst state since Saddam Hussein was Kuch migration in the Zagros Mountains, Iran’ deposedinThey 203. haveshrunkinsizefrom560sqkm

You were recently awarded a Covering Climate Now journalism award for your work on the Marsh Arabs. Can you describe this project and why you think photo essays can be so effective at covering climate issues?

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What advice would you give to those interested in pursuing a creative career?

to350sqkm.Iraqremainsoneofthetopfivecountriesmost vulnerable to climate change and much of my work this year focusesonareasinIraqalreadylosttoclimatechange.For Iraq, it’s not just something happening, it’s also something that has happened. • Listentoyourinnervoiceasitwillguideyou • Go for many long walks, they always help you think things through • Seek out supportive and reliable mentors and nurture those relationships • Neverapologisewhensharingyourwork.Shareyour WhenIwasfifteen,therewasathree-mileforestfirenearmy work, with anyone and everyone family home. I rushed to document it, borrowing my mother’s • Try to avoid listening to the naysayers! They come from cameraandvisitingtheareawherethefirehadbeenput everywhere… outbyfiremen.Myfatherdrovemetotheridgeline,andI • Drink more water looked over the land where I had spent my childhood. It was • Don’t worry if you’re not interested in the same things as destroyed. I sent the photos to my local newspaper and saw yourpeers.Nurtureyourpassionswithoutjudge myfirstphotopublished. AllimagescourtesyofEmilyGarthwaite I wanted people to know it had happened and that it was important, at least to me. I believe that is where my inquisitive nature and perhaps inherent interest in injustice was Looking out, a remote village in Kurdistan rst fi alchemisedandIcouldseetheresults.Manyyearspassed untilatI12 begantotravel.Itravelledwithmycamera,Ibegan to interview people on the street and realised that these three things combined made my soul sing. We need to listen to that calling – they don’t come by often. We can so often lead with fear, and that fear can stop us doing the very thing we love.You need to show perseverance and be relentless in your pursuit ofstories–butnottobeinflexible,unlearningordisheartened. I’ve picked myself up more times than I can think, and that’s ok! Onwards, always, with grace.

When did you first become interested in photography and how did you break into photojournalism?

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ONEHUNDREDYEARS OFARTEFACTS

Archivist Richard Knott explains his celebratory centenary project which explores Canford’s history through 100 objects

t seems a near universal belief that a school should mark My initial plan was to choose 100 objects and write its centenary by publishing a history and certainly I have 1,000 words on each but, having described about a dozen, been asked on numerous occasions what Canford will I realised that round numbers do not always provide the be doing. The answer is that we won’t be following the best solution and every publisher warned against making the traditional route by updating Michael Rathbone’s exemplary book too long and repetitive. So, the word count has been historyfrom1983 (P1)orcopyHenryBaynhamandRobin reduced and the objects have been divided into eight groups, Whicker’sAPortraitofCanfordfromalthough 198, Ihave representing different aspects of Canford. Each of the 100 turned to both repeatedly in my research. articles could stand alone but overall, they represent a varied What emerges will, of reflectionofCanford’sstrengthsandoccasionalw course, have Canford’s history at There will, of course, be far more than 100 objects in its heart, but I wanted something the book as, while each section will have a single artefact on that could be enjoyed by those which to hang a story, there will be several others, together unfamiliar with the minutiae of withsomerelevantphotographs,tosupportthet Canford life yet interested in example, one of the articles will be on sports we no longer what it stood for and how it has play at Canford. Representing that will be the boxing gloves changed. What that means is Monteacutians used in the 1950s (P2) but, in addition, the thattherewillbefewer1starticle XI mightincludeaphotographofboysboxingonF cricket scores and pen portraits lawninthe1920s(P3), a fencing and boxing programme of teachers and more anecdotes from195andaphotoofthefivescourts. P1 about everyday life and looking Every object will be one that still exists but at the bigger picture. they will not be museum pieces. In fact, several The decision – thanks to a suggestion from might have little intrinsic value but will my wife – has been to write something based prompt an interesting story. on the objects we have in the school archive. It is an interesting collection and there are few P2 opportunities to display it, so this will be a rare celebration of what we own, as well as offering the odd surprise to the most seasoned OC. The format does impose some limitations as there are only a certain number of objects to choose from and they do not spread out evenly across all the areas of school life I want to write about, but it gives a strong shape to the book and offers a different, even if unoriginal, approach. NeilMacGregor’sHistoryoftheWorldin10Objectshas spawned a number of imitators and I make no apologies for P3 using his model.

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Althoughitprobablywon’tmakethefinalcut,onesuchitem In the same way Canford Manor has played an is a scrap of paper on which Clive Chancellor, a teacher from important role in the School’s history, so must be included Clarence School who then became housemaster at Canford, (P6). We still use the church, the Manor House (including has jotted down the parts of the mediaeval building) and the Real tennis court; the allocation of rooms in the beauty of The Park forms a background to Canford life and Manor House (P4). wehavebenefitedhugelyfromtheGuestfamily,bethat It was found amongst theAssyrianfrieze,thebooksinthelibrary,thescu his attempts to design a muchelse.ThehistoryofCanfordbeforetherefore, 1923, Canford crest and next rightlyformsthefirstgroupofobjectsandreaders to his colourings are surprised at what we have inherited. suggestions for where theHM’sflat,cleaning cupboards and a range of other rooms should be – worthless to most people but very valuable as a witness to the conditions P4 under which pupils and P6 staff lived and worked. RoomsintheTowerincludebothFranklindormitoriesand maids’ rooms – the imagination runs wild – and it astonishes Theotherseventhemesare:pupils’lives;staf the modern eye to see house matrons having to share a people (OCs, governors, parents etc); academic life; cobathroom with their charges (although, presumably, not at the curricular life (outdoors); co-curricular life (indoors); and same time). ‘CanfordandBeyond’.‘Beyond’inthelastcatch-all Chancellor was one of life’s hoarders and it’s thanks will include both time and place, allowing discussion of the to his magpie tendencies that we have so much on early life futureinthe10thandfinalobject,aswellasareasbe at both Clarence School and the early days of Canford. If the main buildings such as The Park, the local community and mention of Clarence School prompts a question as to why linkswithothercountries.Thedivisionmightbea it should be included, my response is that of course it must construct but offers some natural groupings and breaks in the be there. When Canford started most of the pupils and half text. the staff had moved across from Weston-Super-Mare and Many of the objects in our collection have been would be surprised that Canford was anything other than discovered by chance or arrived unexpectedly. Only last week, an improved continuation of where they had come from. during a reorganisation of the Real tennis court, the visiting Without Clarence, and Combe Down before it, (P5) there players’ book used by the Guest family was found (P7). would have been no Canford.

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AlateVictoriansilverbaton,possiblyforconducting, add further objects which support the main theme. One or arrivedfromAustraliaviaWeston-Super-Marehaving two have once been promised from OCs but are yet to arrive. been given to a music teacher at Clarence School and was If not objects, do you have any anecdotes that you nolongerwantedinthefamily.Anearthenwaredish thinkmade others would enjoy, even if they are anonymous? Most by Grindley Hotel Ware was discovered in a bric-a-brac ofthereminiscencesinthearchivearefromthefirs shop and bought by a member of staff. It is dated 1940, has of the school, so more recent stories are very welcome. a green Canford crest on the front and was part of a much Research has shown that over half what we think we larger dinner service. It is too good to be used as everyday remember is actually false, so I prefer to have corroboration crockery so must have been for grander meals, perhaps in from a second source, but that is not always possible. What Johno’Gaunts’. I am sure about, though, is that there will be mistakes in the book! Even had I had more time for research there would Does anyone remember it as it must have been used for have been errors, but I hope they will not detract from what some years after the war as well? should be an enjoyable romp through 100 years of Canford School – with a bit of the 1,000 years of Canford Parish thrown in.

That question shows that the book is far from complete. I don’t think the overall format will change, but I am very happy to alter the sub-headings in each category if a better object comes along; and I am certainly prepared to

A free online version will be available to everyone, but we will also print hard copies for anyone who would prefer to have an 81st object to hold. I look forward to hearing from some of you.

If you Will, they can

Ashasbecometradition,weheld ourannualNinevehLegacySociety lunchin20forthoseinour community who have left a gift in their Will to Canford. Guests were delighted to hear from MatthewKosgei(F2one 2), ofourRoyalSpringBoardbursary recipients about his time at Canford and the difference his bursaryhasmadetohislife.Notonlyhashegained tremendously from Canford, he has been a real asset to our community and has certainly left a very positive mark. It has been your kind giftsthathavemadethispossible.BenVessey brought those attending up to date with Canford news and developments and we concluded with a walk and tour of the new library.

Nineveh Legacy Society lunch (above) and Matthew Kosgei (left)

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

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Encouraging a more equitable future

anford is committed to a collaborative, inclusive neurodivergentintheUKandthisincludescondit anddynamicapproachtoEDI.Arangeofevents asdyslexia,dyspraxiaandADHD,whichcanaltertheway throughout the last year have challenged pupils and people learn and behave. teachers alike to consider their approaches to these issues, Deaf musician motivates pupils while innovations such as QR codes now help pupils to ProfoundlydeafmusicianPaulWhittakerOBEencoura raise concerns. FifthFormpupilstofollowtheirdreamswiththeme A world free of bias not to let people tell you that you can’t do something. He ForInternationalWomen’sDay,pupilswereaskedto taughtthemtosignalongusing No Woman BSLto No Cry imagine a non-gendered world, free of bias, stereotypes and and Reach for the Stars. discrimination.Aworldthatisdiverse,equitable OC Support andinclusive. Aworldwheredifferenceisvaluedandcelebrated. We Awelcome debate support from former pupils, and would like wasalsoheldonthemotion:‘Thishousewouldstrive tothank for OCDonaldGeikie(C67)foramostgenerous gender equity rather than gender equality.’ donation to Canford in respect of our EDI programme. He Author challenges stereotypes was delighted to hear about all the initiatives and plans at AvisitbynovelistLouisaReidalsohelpedencourage Canfordpupils and felt compelled to contribute, for which we are to consider how gender stereotypes can be constraining. She truly grateful. led discussions following readings from two of her recently published works, Gloves Off and Wrecked. House debates question status quo Alivelyeveningofdebatingwasheldonthefollowing International flavours motions: Persia • This House rejects traditional masculinity TocelebrateNowruz,PersianNewYear,andthearriva • This House would ban transgender athletes from spring, a special lunch menu was developed with the help of women’s sports our Persian pupils. The food was delicious, and pupils enjoyed • This House believes that science can never answer our learningkeyfactsaboutNowruzfrompostersdispla biggest questions around the school. • This House would decolonise the curriculum Turkey • This House would set quotas for employees who are Pupils of Turkish heritage worked with the catering team to neurodiverse for all employers develop a special menu enjoyed by the Canford community Building an anti-racist culture Aworkshopforalljuniorpupils,runbyJemmaRoye, atlunchtime.Followingthemeal,pupilsandstaffwe to enjoy Turkish tea and learn to say Turkish greetings. considered what it means to be anti-racist. These sessions

were powerful and well-received by pupils who asked deep China questions about this sensitive topic. OurChineseNewYearcelebrationsincludedadeli Acknowledging neurodivergence lunch and pupils and staff enjoyed an evening playing Open-Minded is a new Canford focus group of traditional Chinese games, trying out Chinese art techniques interested pupils and staff seeking to raise awareness of and celebrating with tasty snacks and tea, led by our pupils neurodivergence and hidden disability in our community. from this country. Approximatelyoneinsevenpeopleareconsideredtobe FindoutmoreaboutEDI canford.com at

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Skiing doctor trains on the slopes An exciting elective in the Scottish Highlands was made possible for medical student Charlie Gregory (S16) with the help of funding from the Dr Donald Dean Medical Award. He describes his experience learning from the Glenshee patrol team

t the end of February, a friend and I undertook the long drive from Cardiff up to the Isle of Skye for a few days hiking before heading over to the Glenshee Ski Resort, near Braemar in the Cairngorms, to start our elective shadowing the Ski Patrol team. Each day, the chief patroller and four or five other team members start early and take to the mountains to set up the resort and ensure it’s safe for customers to use. This involves checking the lifts and being first down every freshly groomed piste to keep a lookout for hazards, before marking them with poles or chevrons. When fully open, Glenshee has 40km of groomed piste to manage so the team must work quickly and effectively to get the resort open for first lifts at 8:30am. Throughout the day, the teams patrol their sectors of the mountain, communicating by radio and responding

to injured customers. They are taken down the hill to the safety of the treatment room before decisions are made about if further transport is needed and whether by ambulance or helicopter. For the month we were with them, we would be paired with a patroller, shadowing their work, learning their techniques, and assisting to treat customers on and off the hill. Common injuries ranged from broken wrists, collar bones and arms, dislocated shoulders, head injuries, lacerations from skis and twisted knees. A call would begin with either the team spotting an injury or us being informed by lift staff or a member of the public. We would head via the quickest lift to the site of the incident, often taking a sled with us. Once with a patient, we would first make the scene safe, crossing our skis above the site before moving down to assess any injuries.

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Adverseweatherconditionsmeanit’sessential serious injuries tofor keep further help. Most ski resorts have an the casualty warm, so this assessment is often quick with the injuryrateof3-4/1,0people,meaningthatduringthebusy main aim to stabilise. Depending on the injury, this could be periodwehadasteadyflowofpatientsmostdays. done via leg splint, sling, or vacuum mattress for full spinal injuries. Wehadfantasticsnowforthefirstthreeweekso our stay with Glenshee Ski Patrol, something I was surprised by, having never skied there before. Conditions ranged from clear blue sky to torrential rain and winds so strong you were gettingblownbackupthepiste-somethingthatde made patrolling challenging at times! It was on these days that we would hear the phrase ‘If you can ski in Scotland, you can skianywhere’getpassedaroundandthiswasdefinit the case! While in Scotland, I also had the opportunity to visit theMountainRescueteaminBraemarandspendada theScottishCharityAirAmbulanceinPerth.Itwas visit the air ambulance and shadow them after seeing them respond to calls with us at Glenshee. I was paired with an advanced paramedic and spent thedayinoneoftheRRVsrespondingtocallsaround If patients were in severe pain, we were able to give gas and air on the mountainside to make the trip more comfortable. We would then package patients in a waterproof sleeping bag on the sled before taking them down the slopes. On steeper sections, we sometimes resorted to back roping – where another patroller would ski down attached to the back of the sled to provide extra support – or abseiling the sled down. Glenshee has a four-bed treatment room that was usedtoassesspatientsandprovideanyotherbasicfirst aid. Due to the remoteness of the resort, with the nearest hospitals approximately an hour and a half drive away, there is a helicopter landing site for the air ambulance to transport

Perth and Dundee area, mostly cardiac arrests. This was a hugely informative experience where I learnt a lot about the advanced care of critical patients and was able to put essential skills from university into practice. Towards the end of the month, the weather warmed, and thesnowbegantomelt.Althoughtheskiingwaslimi did give me the opportunity to explore the Cairngorms in alltheirgloryandinjustoveraweek,managedtos Munros, climbed 9514m and hike over 180km. I really enjoyed my elective in Scotland and would highly recommend this to anyone looking to get into pre-hospital or expedition medicine. The Dr Donald Dean Award enabled me to fund this trip as well as make sure I was well-equipped for any weather the wildness of Scotland could throw at me. Charlie Gregory (left) and the Ski Patrol Team (above)

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Learning on the job

Sarah Elliott (L17) describes her Dr Donald Dean aided elective in the Channel Islands where she gained essential practical experience

t the end of my final year at the University of Southampton, I chose to compete my eight-week elective in Jersey, splitting my time between the Emergency Department and Paediatrics with four weeks in each. I hoped it would give me a chance to experience a healthcare service outside the NHS, while also seeing some of the challenges faced by an island setting. The last few years of my degree were hugely affected by the COVID pandemic. This was due to being taken off placement for the initial lockdown and an ongoing lack of face-to-face contact, with more clinics taking place online and patients being in isolation within the hospital. Travel was also greatly impacted and was something I had to take into serious consideration when planning my elective, as it was impossible to predict what restrictions would be in place.

Jersey provided an ideal solution, it gave me a chance to experience a healthcare setting similar to, but outside the NHS as well as the opportunity to get more face-toface experience with patients. Having flown in a few days after completing finals I was pleasantly surprised by how welcoming everyone was. I stayed in hospital accommodation along with several other elective students who were in constant rotation the whole time we were there. They were from different universities from across the UK and all brought their own experiences from the hospitals they had been on placement in. Their presence greatly enhanced not only the medical side of the elective but also made exploring the island far more enjoyable.

DRDONALDDEAN MEMORIALMEDICALAWARD As part of the legacy of the late Dr Donald Dean, Canford is able to offer funding to support up to two OCs embarking on medical electives each year. Dr Dean’s career took him all over the world and he helped create hospitals and medical services in Aden, Nigeria, Trinidad, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine to recognise his significant contribution to the practice of occupational medicine in tropical countries. OCs are invited to apply for the award of up to £1,500. For further information see: www.canford.com/school-community/old-canfordians/drdean-medics-award

DR. DONALD DEAN MEMORIAL MEDICAL AWARD

FromthemomentIarrivedinthehospital,all carethe baby unit. The rest of the time was split between new members of staff were really welcoming and willing to admissions, clinics, baby checks and teaching from the doctors teach. Starting in Emergency Department gave me an who were more than willing to cover any topics that I wasn’t opportunity to get involved straight away, allowing me to go sure on. Clinics were particularly useful as not only were and assess patients immediately after triage and then discuss there general paediatric clinics but also specialist respiratory management plans with senior doctors. and neurology ones, with the specialists travelling over from This approach gave me a chance to act far more like theUKmainlandtoruntheclinics. a doctor than a medical student when being challenged Jerseyhasalargenumberofhealthcareworker to suggest how to manage the patient, while still having a havetrainedwithintheNHSsystem,anditrefersma chance to observe how the consultants then approached totheUKmainlandformoreadvancedtreatment.How the patients. I was also able to spend time with thenatureofbeingoutsidetheNHSandonanis some of the nurse practitioners who were makes the challenges it faces unique. very happy to teach me more about OnJersey,hospitalcareisfree musculoskeletal injuries and how while GP appointments are paid for these are managed, something by the patients. This means that, that is very much skimmed comparedtotheUK,milder over at medical school. aliments end up in the Asthereisonlyone Emergency Department. hospital on the island, There is also more all cases come via the reluctance to return to Emergency Department the GP for follow up from minor injuries to and, therefore, over trauma calls. During the time I was in the my time in ED, there Emergency Department was a trauma call I saw a number of the with two patients blue same people. lighted to hospital. The The wait for treatment ED consultant had to assess appeared less than in the the information provided and other EDs I have worked put out a trauma call to ensure in but, due to the size of the all relevant team members were department, it didn’t take much for in Resus for when the patients arrived, them to become overwhelmed and which was very soon after the call. with no option to divert to another hospital Initial focus was on the most injured patient who this brought its own unique challenges. Due to its size was assessed as clinically stable and then rushed for a trauma and island location, not all services are available, so patients CT to assess any unseen injuries which might have indicated regularlyneedtobetransferredbyairtohospita the need for surgery. While waiting for the CT, the consultant mainland for treatment. was then able to assess the other patient who fortunately My elective experience was easily the best thing I’ve had escaped with only minor injuries. done during my five years of medical school, it gave me a ThiswasoneofthefirsttraumacasesIhadseen chance to consolidate the knowledge I have, get teaching and it was fascinating to see how effectively everyone from so many of the healthcare staff and also gain many communicated to assess the patient and ensure that they more of the skills I’ll need when I start practicing as a were treated in the best way. It was also interesting to be doctor. Having never been to Jersey before, I honestly involved in the assessment of the CT as it came through, couldn’t recommend it enough as an elective location or alongside the surgical team who were then able to work up failing that simply as a holiday. I am grateful to Dr Dean the management plan. Medical Award for helping me to take up and make the My four weeks in paediatrics was very different. I most of this opportunity which, without a doubt, has helped spent the morning in handovers and on ward rounds which my preparation for my future job. included both the paediatric patients as well as the special

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Sports reports

CRICKETFOOTBALLGOLFHOCKEYREALTENNISSAILINGSHOOTINGROWING

Cricket

MARK MITCHENER (B93)

With Covid-restricted cricket hopefully a thing of the past, the Cygnets enjoyed our most successful season on the field for years – though sadly our first without long-serving umpire Merrick Wilkinson, who passed away in late summer 2021 and will be much missed by us all. A first victory over the School since 2017 was set up by “Cygnet of the Week” Tom Boon (S15), who struck 15 fours in his 105 as the Cygnets racked up 218-7 from 40 overs, before the School were bowled out for 134.Veteran seamer Ken Mead (C81) starred with the ball, taking a miserly 3-12 from six overs, well supported by Jamie Mitchell (C17) (3-42).

retain the Max Biles Memorial Plate, with Tom Nichols (F14) and Tom Darby (M10) hitting fifties, before both teams were entertained to a barbecue by the Headmaster in his garden. The Jesters were indebted to Saj Zaib’s unbeaten 116 as they declared on 215-8. Charlie Anstee (M21) led our reply with 78, including a century stand with Darby (M10) (52), before Ben Parkin (W21) and George Vessey (L21) saw us home in a tense finale. The Jesters’ revenge came in winning the post-match “boat race” for the first time in eight years. Bryanston were halted by a magnificent spell of five

Boon added an unbeaten 50 against Sherborne in the semi-final of the Twenty20 Stour Cup as Canford made 192-4. Although Joe Atkins kept the Pilgrims in the hunt with a swashbuckling century, the Cygnets sneaked home by 11 runs. But while Harry Anstee (M11) (50 not out) and Ben Boon (S13) (38) helped us post 158-3 against Bryanston in a repeat of the 2021 final, it never felt enough – and so it proved. Bryanston lifted the trophy after Tom Saunders smashed 73 from 28 balls, only perishing when Ben Upton (F10) and Charlie Anstee (M21) combined for an acrobatic relay boundary catch, unquestionably the Champagne Moment of the Week. Back on Mountjoy for four home games in five days, a strong Cygnets attack kept Clayesmore in check as Rob Graham (F10) took 4-25 and Jon Marsh (W09) 3-18, while the Cormorants took 57 overs to make 180-9 declared. Canford only needed 27 overs to seal a six-wicket win and

wickets for six runs by Rob Graham, but the Butterflies’ tail-enders nearly doubled the score from 71-8 to 140 all out. Those late runs proved crucial as the Cygnets were skittled for 71. However, the week ended on a high against Sherborne, who were bowled out for 185, Marcus Senior (S10) capturing 3-23. Charlie Anstee (42), George Hayward (L11) (41) and Alex Mitchell (C19) (36) ensured the Cygnets wrapped up a five-wicket win with 12 overs to spare. Thanks go to Tom Darby and Rob Graham for their hard work in organising the week, and to the Headmaster, the Canford ground staff and caterers, and all who help make it a success. We always welcome new players of all ages (and cricketing abilities) – if you want to play next year, email cygnetscricket@yahoo.co.uk or contact us via the Canford Cygnets XI Facebook group.

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Football

rangeofOCvintages(2017-)havereturned to Canford twice in the past year to play football againsttheOaks(1stXI)andAcorns(2ndXI) Saturday 11th December - Oaks 0-0 OCs - OCs win on penalties Saturday 11th December - 2nds v OCs - OCs win Saturday 26th March - Oaks 1-2 OCs (Goal: Jeffers) Ben Thomson (C19), Zac Organ (SH19), Felix Organ (SH17), Matt Ambrose-Hunt (F19), Bugs Mitchell (C19), Dom Fecher (F17), Will Jones (C20), Toby Stalker (SH17), Jack Sherborne (SH19), Anthony Lewis (F17), (back row); Tom McNeile (SH17), Mattie Effick (W20), Freddie Johnson (C19), Anthony The Oaks Wells (C17) (front row). Isaac Stevenson (W17) also played, but unfortunately got injured and is not in the photo. They were managedbyJakeMoores.ThreeOrganssharedapitch,which was wonderful, and we also saw the two Thomsons having a firstopportunitytocompeteforfootballingbraggingrights. TheAcorns(2ndXI)playedthe201leavers,with (l-r) Will Hobden, Otto Thompson, Pavlos Karampoulas, Freddie Pryce, Charlie Anstee, Toby Philpot, Josh Bingham, Max Richards, Joba Agbedejobi, Tom Matthews, Adam Kwan, Miles Quick, Brad Spanjar and Will Toosey. Anadditionaldelightwasthattherewasahuge turnout from OCs and OC families. The atmosphere was superb. The matches were brilliantly competitive and played in the right spirit, with some pretty amazing football on display too. SINDRE VANDVIK The Acorns

Match Report for Saturday 26th March Canford 1-2 OCs Goal: Jeffers the back of the defence and was left with an unbelievably The Oaks had another great game to fi nish the term tightangletowardsthegoal.Heproceededtofloatt against the OCs. The OCs started the brighter of the two perfectly over the keeper’s head and into the back of the sides, creating space in between the lines and had two net. I think both teams and any spectators would agree this massive chances which were both headed over the bar. should be nominated for the Puskas award. As the fi rst half went on,Canford star ted to get more joy Unfortunately, Canford couldn’t hold on, the OCs down the left side. Canford put together a brilliant passing equalizedlateon,theballtookthreedeflections move, for what felt like an age, playing out from the back, theOC’sstrikerwhojustaboutfinished.Then,acoup and eventually the ball was laid through to Wittram but minuteslaterafreekickontheedgeoftheboxwasflo the shot went the wrong side of the post. Going into half into the box for a tap in at the far post. Despite the result, time the score was 0-0. it was a brilliant occasion for all involved, with talk after the The game stepped up another level in the second half. gamealready Kosgei’spressingfromthefrontwascausingproblems forthe abouttheChristmasfixture!Playeroft match was Wittram who was brilliant throughout on the OC’s defence, but still the deadlock couldn’t be broken. This right side.Jeffers half,Canford’sbettersidewastheright,Wittram and CANFORD SPORTS REPORT combined superbly and caused all kinds of problems for the OCs.Thefirstgoalcamefromtheright.Jeffersgotinround

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Golf Recent leaver Morgan Taylor (W19) on joining the OC Golf Society

I truly enjoyed my time at Canford and have continued networking opportunities, which will undoubtedly continue to to enjoy the Canfordian spirit as an OC through the help me in future. GolfSociety.Aidedbytheschool’sDevelopmentOffice, The society has allowed me to enjoy the spirit and whichgivessupporttounder25OCgolfers,Ihavehad competition of the prestigious Halford Hewitt and Grafton the privilege to play at many stunning courses, such as Morrish while still studying hard at university. The Halford Sunningdale and Royal St George’s. I have also returned to Hewitt is held annually at Royal Cinque Ports and Royal St Canford many times to play the beautiful home course with George’s, and the Grafton Morrish at Hunstanton and Royal currentstudents.Asasociety,westronglybelieve West in Norfolk. keeping Therearemanyotherfixtures,ontopofth our link with students as strong as possible. scratch events, that are handicap orientated, so don’t be My introduction into the society was warm and deterred! welcoming. The OCs are a great group of people whose SpecialthanksmustbegiventoBenRichards(B companyIenjoyonandoffthecourse.Alongside Canford andStephenMoore(W6who 8), doanunbelievablejob Global Connect, the OC Golf Society has provided invaluable running the society so smoothly. I encourage you to reach outtoBenandgetinvolvedwiththeOCGolfSociet

Halford Hewitt dinner with team and supporters Halford Hewitt 2022 Captain’s Day Astrongteamoftenscratchplayersand15supporters Agreatturnoutof24OCgolfers headedofftoKenttoplayintheannualHalfordHewitt were present to support Gordon competition.WeweredrawnagainstMalverninatough MacDougall first (M60)onCaptain’s round battle, in the worst conditions seen for many years, Day,heldonFriday8thJuly.The andunfortunatelycameoutsecondbestThen 3½-1. the winnerwasMikeLerwill(SH62) team competed in the Plate at the Princes Golf Club and with37pointsandtheguestprize afterwinsagainstEton,AmpleforthandShrewsbury, was we wonlost by the Headmaster! (l-r) Captain Gordon MacDougall and winner Mike Lerwill narrowlytoTheLeysinthesemi-final.

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Patrick Rossiter testimonial hockey match

Hockey In October last year, Canford hosted a match and lunch to celebrate Patrick Rossiter’s 34-year career at the school. Below is an abridged version of Matt Collison’s (F97) speech summing up his substantial input and achievements.

o,somereflectionsonRossiforyou…wheretostart?! shirts when the school colour was blue!? ‘Have you seen the I know I speak for all of us – players, parents, colleagues Dutch Hockey team play?’ would be his perfect response. and friends alike – in saying that Rossi is quite simply Indeed, he is a serial winner, and the statistics speak for a hero in every sense of the word. Hugely respectful and themselves…as his excellent playing record as a coach over respected in the school community and beyond, he is an the years would support… inspirationtoall.SincejoiningtheschoolinRossi •1987, 17 consecutive has Girls’ U14 Dorset County tournaments – been a great ambassador for hockey at Canford. He is always 14 x winners & 3 x runners up happy to chat to parents and opponents, whilst encouraging • 7 x ‘Best in the West’ – Girls’ U14 Regional Finals pupils to strive for their best and helping them improve – winners ultimatelychangingthewaytheyplayforthebetter. • 7 x National Not Finals – Girls’ U14 – 1 silver & 2 bronze forgetting his incredibly detailed match reports, a favourite • 28 x Holland Tours – plus trips to Belgium, Germany, read of all the parents on a Saturday evening and something Barcelona of folklore amongst the Canford staff. • Coached in excess of 1000 pupils AlastinglegacywillbeRossi’sinfamousU14girls’ Themanisa‘Legend’. hockey tours at Easter to Holland. This is an experience Rossi is a beloved coach, mentor, teacher, colleague and many of you here will remember fondly – made possible friendtomany,butheisalsosomuchmore.Aboveall,he by his vision and by establishing strong contacts with Dutch is a tremendously kind and generous person, reliable and clubs and coaches. He has also become renowned for his organised and a traditional teacher come games coach. acquisitionoftravelandplayingkitwithnewoutfi Something tsbeing which is very rare these days. He will be sadly acquired yearly in various shades of orange. When asked missed in the future, and we wish him and Pippa, good health by various people why the U14 girls were playing in orange and happiness.

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Real Tennis

avingwontheover70sWorldMastersSingles andDoublestitlesinin 2015, MaythisyearSimon deHalpert(F64)enteredthesamecompetitions andalsotheover75competitionsthatwereplayedin Fontainebleau,nearParis.Hereachedthefinaloftheover 70sdoublesbutwasdefeatedinthreelongsets.Intheover World 75 Mastershewasbeateninthedoublesfinalinthree veryclosesetsandthenwontheoverWorld 75 Masters singlesSimon 6-1. 3, ispictured(right)thirdfromleft.

Hyde Tennis Club v. Old Canfordians Apparently,OCrealtennishadn’thappenedforafewyears, so it gave me great pleasure to captain the OC team at the AthomeIknewthatIhadanunusedearly20th club that I founded in 1998. The tennis was great fun, the Century silver cup and so it gave me great pleasure to get it match result unimportant…but what was important was engraved givingJohnBoys,Canfordmathsmasterandtennis supremowithJohn’snameonit.Hopefullyfuturegen will enjoyplayingfor‘TheJohnBoysChallengeCup’on between(1958-)agreatdayoutinWestDorset.For annual basis, the matches will alternate between Dorset’s only many OCs who are now between their late 40s and 80s, courts. I am pleased to say that following our victory, Johnwouldhavebeenthereasontheydevelopedtwo apassion the cup is now sitting proudly on the cup cabinet shelf at for the sport. The team consisted of, in chronological order, PatrickJenkins(C6Cleeves 1), Palmer(C8Nigel 0), Watts The Canford Tennis Club. The next match will take place at Canford on Sunday 11th December. (W80)andCorinFisher-Jenkins(C90). CLEEVES PALMER (C80)

Shooting

Rowing

nceagain,OCsincludingBrennanDyball(S18), NualaDyball(W2Rick 0), Watson(B8Simon 0), he Old Canfordian Boat Club was founded this summer Hughes(B86)andRichardDyball(S82)madetheir after14th the annual OC drinks at Henley Royal Regatta. It was annualpilgrimagetoBisleyrangesinSurrey,onThursday formed with the aim of creating a space for OC rowers July,toshootintheSchoolsVeterans’match. to stay in touch and reconnect with former crewmates and other Asisusual,thechancetomeetupwentmuchbetter generations of rowers, share memories of Canford rowing and thantheshooting.Alltheteammembers,exceptfor Richard, up to date with OC rowing events and news, along with experiencedRod’sassumptionthathisriflewasstay ingood supporting the current generation of Canford rowers. working order (it usually is) and as a result managed to hit all With nearly 100 members having already joined the extremities of the target even more than usual. Apartfromthis,theweatherwasgreatandaFacebook good group, OCBC is open to anyone who was involved with rowing in their time at Canford. An OCBC archive is being time was had by all. RICHARD DYBALL AND ROD PHILPOTT

Welcoming the new OC Boat Club

collated, OCBC accessories are on their way and reunion rows are being planned, as well as other social events alongside the

(l-r) Richard Dyball, Simon Hughes, Rod Philpott, Nuala Dyball, Brennan Dyball, Rick Watson

annual Henley Royal Regatta drinks where OCBC will be officially launched. Hopefully, there will even be the opportunity to race for OCBC in the future. Do please join the group on Facebook or get in touch with us at oldcanfordianbc@gmail.com, we are also eager to hear from anyone who is keen to help with the running of the club. GEORGE FARTHING (C20)

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OC Sailing

TOM MONTGOMERY

Our OC sailors have been active on the water, and no doubt the yacht club bars, over the past year with much success. Nick Phillips (SH01) in his J24 Chaotic crewed by OC Tom Montgomery (S98) and others became National Champions in 2021; he followed this up by becoming National Champion in another class too, the J70, in his other yacht also called Chaotic. Nick Hornby (W97) was racing internationally again and with his team came 2nd overall racing for the Royal Thames Yacht Club against 18 other clubs from around the world. In June Tom Montgomery, competing for the Royal Thames Yacht Club, raced against fellow OC Ben Richards (B84), representing the Royal Yacht Squadron, in the Cornerstone

Ed Wilton at the helm during the Round the Island Race (main image) Tom Montgomery and team win the Cornerstone Cup against New York and San Francisco and fellow OC Ben Richards of the RYS (inset).

Cup. Tom’s crew won the Cowes-based event after some very close racing, which also involved competitors from the New York Yacht Club and the St Francis (San Francisco). Edward Wilton (SH97) continued to have a successful time on the water in his new X35 crewed by Barney Pollock (SH97), Pippa Batchelor (W98) and others competing in numerous regattas on the South Coast and coming 2nd overall in the Taittinger Regatta most recently. Please contact me via Canford Global Connect or by emailing community@canford.com if there is any interest in OC sailors’ drinks at the Royal Thames Yacht Club one evening this winter.

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OBITUARIES Peter D R Smith (SH44)

ormerGreatBritainHockeyCaptain,PeterSmith, help run has his father’s accountancy practices in Honiton and diedagedHe 96. receivedhiscapfromGBHockey Exeter. President Sheila Morrow in March, when she spent time Most at home in the countryside, David built a house with him (pictured below) as he reminisced about his England in a small hamlet called Wiggaton, near Ottery St Mary, andGBcareer.Recentarchivework inand 1974, movedtherewithhiswifeJeanandchildren had discovered that Peter should Christine and Isobel from their previous home in Exeter. havebeenawardedfivecapsfor Heremainedtherefortherestofhislife.Anextreme matchesduringaGreatBritainand gregarious personality, having built an extension to his IrelandtourtoSouthAfricaand house, David installed a full-sized snooker table and loved to Kenyain195whichwerepreviously entertain friends there throughout the week. consideredunofficialbythenational Outside of work, David had a wide range of interests governing body. including keeping horses, sheep, geese and chickens. He also During his time at Canford, excelled at cabinet making and woodcarving and his house Peter excelled at sports and was wasfilledwithitemshehadcreated.Onhisdeath,al made captain of both hockey and these items have found new homes across his family. David cricketandalsoservedasHeadBoy. diedafterashortillnesson25thMarch201leavinghis On leaving school in 1944, he undertook Radar Warning daughters,fivegrandchildrenandsixgreat-grandchi Receiver (RWR) training at Oxford, where he also picked up aBlueforhockey,beforebeingcommissionedintotheNavy. Afterbeingdemobbed,heinitiallyworkedinthecitybutlater wentontofoundhisownsuccessfulengineeringcompany.At(F54) the same time, he developed an international hockey career andy followed his brother whichledtohiscaptaincyoftheAfricantourofHe 195. JockintoFranklinHouse.He also played cricket whenever soon settled in and established possible for local sides in the himselfasafinepiperandkeen Walton area and was a fisherman.WhocouldforgetMist lifelong member of the Covered Mountains, echoing from by MCC. the weir pool? Peter was survived by Sandy’s time at Canford was hiswifeJudy,livinginWells, short,aged16hewenttoacareers Somerset, and his son Mike interview saying he wished to be a and daughter Sally from his doctor.“MedicineJenkins,Idon’tthink firstmarriage. so!” Undeterred by this response, he went to a crammer, and not only went on to qualify as a doctor but published ground-breaking research papers, lectured in the United States and became what a colleague described as ‘a giant of (S50) vascular surgery’. ornon8thAprilDavid 1932, FromanearlyageSandywasagreatfisherman, spent his childhood in Devon pre-emptingmodernfishershespentasummerinIcelan and joined Canford when his inthefiftiesandfishedwidelyinScotland,Alaska,Can familyrelocatedtoBournemouthin Newfoundland,Russia,AfricaandNorway.Returningfrom thelate1940s.Followinghisschool onetrip,heflewinhiswaders,ashisbaggagewasoverwe days, David returned to Devon to

Andrew (Sandy) McLaren Jenkins

David A C Street

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Jim Appleyard (formerly Marshall) (W54)

hisbrotherPeterSturt(S5who 9), commandedNo216Sqn Buccaneersatthesametime,conductedajointma exercisewiththeDutchNavy.Brotherscommanding squadrons at the same time and operating together was im, whose surname at Canford was Marshall, became exceptionally rare. a founder member of the Science Society where, as Charles’ ground appointments included station embryonic environmentalists, he and fellow Canfordians commanderatRAFMountBatten,andatGreenham visited amongst other things, a cardboard recycling plant CommonforafewmonthsduringtheCNDdisturbances and, on a very popular outing to a adeskofficeratHQRAFNorthwoodandalsoatRAF brewery, were informed about the BarnwoodinGloucestershire.DuringtheFalkland various by-products generated in the CharlesrantheNimroddeskinMODoperationsanda process. resultofhisendeavours,wasawardedanOBEin1983. JimthenwentontoExeter Hisfinalflyingtourwasasagroupcaptain College, Oxford, and made his career commanding RAFChurchFenton.Onretirementfromthe in medicine specialising in paediatrics. RAFintheearly90s,Charles’mainworkwasconnectedw Soon after qualifying he was a training potential airline pilots at Oxford International founder member and later chairman Airport,Kidlington. oftheJuniorHospitalDoctors Hesufferedastrokeinfrom 205, whichherecovered, Association,whoseaimsonworking but then throat cancer and subsequent treatment left him hours, pay and conditions were unable to eat or drink normally or talk. He soldiered bravely substantially achieved in later years. on,Hospital in apparently good humour and without complaining. AsaconsultantattheKentandCanterbury Charles was a loyal husband, father and brother. He had fromhe 197, foundedtheMarySheridanCentrefor tremendous determination,anunflappablenature childrenwithdisabilities,thefirstsuchcentre outsideLondon, honest to the core.Charlesdiedon3May201. as well as a special baby unit whose care and professionalism

is still highly rated throughout the South-East. Jim’sfurtherachievementsincludehisappointmentas VicePresidentoftheBMA,PresidentoftheWorldMedical (F56) Associationand,inrecipient 201, ofthePaulTournier

Simon Preston CBE

Dean and Chapter of Westminster

International Prize for his contributions to Person Centred nternationally renowned organist (Holistic)Medicine,relatingtohisworkonethics inthe field Simon Preston was born in of medical research, and the rehabilitation of torture victims. Bournemouthin1938andjoined Alongsidehisbusyprofessionallife,Jimwasmarried to Canford after spending time as Elizabeth for 58 years and the couple raised three children achoristerwithKing’sCollege, who were followed by several grandchildren. Despite his Cambridge. He came from what he many achievements, he recalled his invitation to be guest described as a ‘church family’ and his speakerattheCanfordSpeechDayin207asoneofhis uncle was an organist, while his early greatest distinctions. introduction to music at home was through the harmonium.

AfterleavingschoolhejoinedtheRoyalAcade Music, but some months later won an organ scholarship to (S56) King’sCollegeandreturnedtoCambridgewherehes keen sportsman, good at rugby, hockey and cricket thenextfiveyears.HethentookupapostatWestmins whileatCanford,CharleswentontotheRAF AbbeyandmadehisconcertdebutattheRoyalFesti CollegeatCranwellwhereheearnedhisthe flyingsameyear,andduringthe1960splayedfortheQueen wings.HisfirstrolewastopilotShackletonsinaat maritime GuildfordCathedral,forPrincessAlexandra’sw reconnaissancerole.Helaterwentontobecome aflying Westminster Abbeyinand 1963 inasolorecitalatthePr instructorontheJetProvost.Healsoworkedas a pilot with in1964. the Red Pelicans display team. A25-citytourofCanadaandtheUSensuedin CharlescommandedNo120SqnofNimrodmaritime1965andSimonmadeitbackintimefortheabbey’s90th patrolaircraftinthelate1970s.Duringthisperiod, heand anniversary. HethenmovedontoStAlban’sCathedr

Charles Sturt

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later Christ Church, Oxford, before returning to Westminster He commenced surgical training Abbeyin198. at St Thomas’ and while there he SimonservedasWestminsterAbbeyorganistand met a very special nurse, Rosemary masterofthechoristersbetweenand 189 during ,7891 Wills. David was bowled over and whichtimehedirectedthemusicatPrinceAndrewimmediately andSarah decided that they must Fergusson’swedding.Anothercareerhighlightwasbe performing married.Theytiedtheknotin1972 AntonioSalieri’smusicintheOscar-winningAmadeus and .)4891( their union was blessed with two He was described by contemporaries as a delicate daughters, Elizabeth and Helen. and expressive player with a brilliant keyboard technique. DavidpassedtheFellowship Gramophone magazine recalled him as an ‘organ colossus’ of the Royal College of Surgeons in who was known across the world for ‘his inimitable charm, However, 1975. aseveremismatch enthusiasm and musical intensity’. He married Elizabeth Hays, had developed between the number of senior registrars anartseditor,inSimon 201. diedinMaythisyear,aged83 already trained in surgery and the number of consultant posts and is survived by his wife and four stepchildren. available.Afamilyfriend,andneurosurgeon,advised usehistalentsintherapidlydevelopingfieldofra Heeding this advice, he started his radiological training atSouthamptoninSeptemberDavid 1975. waskeentouse his surgical skills where possible in radiology and undertook what interventional procedures he could at Southampton ohn Musson was born in Ripon and visited other departments developing interventional onthe2ndofOctoberthe 1927, techniques.Inhe 1982, wasappointedConsultantRadiol second of two brothers and the inBournemouthandduringthe27yearsthathework son of a doctor. He was educated in the department, he became known among colleagues at Clifton College, during the Second as a consummate clinician, highly skilled, wise, generous and World War, and then served in selfless. AustriafortheLancashireFusiliers DavidhelpedfoundtheBritishSocietyof (1945-1948). Interventional Radiology and was also a founder of the AftercompletinganMAat EuropeanSocietyofGastrointestinalandAbdomin Brasenose,Oxford,inJohn 195, Radiology. Together with friends, he quickly formed a special joined the Colonial Service in interest sub-group for sailors, which enabled them to NorthernNigeriaasDistrictOfficer extensivelyresearchtheBalticandMediterran andLecturerattheInstituteofAdministration.Hejoined suitablysitedESGARmeetings. Canfordasateacherin196andservedasassistantmaster David and Rose enjoyed racing and cruising on their andhousemasterofFranklinHouse. yachts, Dr Jekyll and later Ecstasy. Their achievements aboard From1972untilJohn 1987, wasWardenof this yacht included second place in the Round the Island Glenalmond College, and successfully steered that school Race and it was aboard this boat that David introduced their throughdifficulteconomictimesandisrememberedasa grandchildren,Joel,JosephineandLaratosailing.Whe strong,effectiveandpracticalleader.Johnpassedawayquietly the anchor went down, David’s immediate impulse was inEdinburghonthe2ndofJulyHis 201. wife,Ann,passed to test the water. Diving over the side, whatever the awayinbut 204, heissurvivedbyhisfourchildren,Caroline, temperature,hisfistwordswouldalwaysbe:‘it’sabs Clare,KatieandRichard. gorgeous, come on in.’ Davidretiredin209andheandRoseatlasthadti todothingstogether,includingtouring During NewZeala (C63) this time, David also cruised Ecstasy in Scotland, Denmark, nleavingCanfordinDavid 1963, wentupto Sweden,theBalticandtheNorwegianCoastrightu CambridgetoreadNaturalSciencesatStJohn’s ArcticCircle. College and there enjoyed rowing success at the LentBumpsandtheHenleyRoyalRegatta.Hewentdownto StThomas’Hospitalforhisclinicalstudiesingraduating 196, BachelorofMedicineandBachelorofSurgeryin1970.

John Musson – Honorary Member

David Shepherd

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Richard Ogilvie Collins (F65)

Awaiting obituaries

orn in Edinburgh, Richard spent the majority of his Justbeforegoingtopress,SocietylearnedthatSim lifeinScotlandworkingasafishpathologist. Wigmore Akeen (S71)passedawayinJuly20afterashortfight interestinwildlifeandthenaturalworld against waspancreatic first cancer. He is survived by his wife Yvonne, sparked during childhood visits to Singapore where his father daughterEmilieandhistwobrothersAndyandJames wasstationedwiththeNavy. are also OCs. It was while a pupil at Canford ThedeathofJohnMLieberg(M56)wasalso that he developed his life-long love of announced just prior to going to press. fishing,Theopportunityto‘nipdown to the river to catch salmon over break’ affected him very deeply and rareandunusualeventtookplaceatStoke that was the story of his life after that, Sailing Club in October last year, when the ashes of recallshisbrotherAnthony(F67). GrahamFairhall(SH54)andChrisCampbell(SH55), Afterqualifyingasavet,Richard whoseobituariesappearedintheAprilandOctobe initially took up a post in York before editions of the OC magazine, were scattered together at sea. movingtoDunsinBerwickshire.His Chris and Graham were at prep school together from loveoffishingledhimtotakean a very early age, followed by their time in School House at MSc at Stirling University in aquatic veterinary studies which They remained very close friends throughout their involvedtimestudyingatacrocodilefarm.AfterCanford. graduating, lives, united a love of sailing and good companionship. heworkedattheStirlingInstituteofAquaculture forby four Theirwidows,CleoandJulia,decidedthatajointbu years before moving to Inverness where he worked for the would beafittingmemorialtothetwolifelongfrien FishDiagnosticUnitoftheScottishAgriculture College. Requiescant in pace et in mari. ThisroleinvolvedfrequenttripstoWestCoast fish

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farms, and he was able to combine these work visits with angling in his free time. His diverse role at this time also included conducting post-mortems on seals, dolphins and even whales washed up on the shores of local lochs. Richard returnedtoStirlingandtheInstituteofAquacultureatthe city’suniversity,inand 196, workedthereuntilhisretirement in201. In his free time Richard was a keen hill runner, taking partinmanycompetitionsincludingtheIsleofJuraFellRace and he also served as president of the Highland Hill Runners.

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imothy recalled his years at Canford as mainly happy times, particularly operating the printing press, although he was less enthusiastic about the LadyCharlotte’sWalkleadsuptothenewlibra coldoutdoorswimmingpool.Aftercompletingadegreeat at Canford and is edged with engraved stones. Durham University, he trained for the ministry and served as Sponsor a stone and have your name engraved for aclergymanfor30yearsinvariouslocations. a lifetime link to Canford Heretiredonhealthgroundsin2013andmoved www.canford.com/lady-charlottes-walk totheSouthCoast.Timothydiedon13thJanuary20 Forfurtherinformationcontact aged64years.HeleaveshiswifeKaren,foursonsandtwo community@canford.com grandchildren.

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