News Desk
Spotted in/on/at... Astute Ltd video: Simon Karacinski BBC 1 Question Time (March 2012): Melissa Kite; The Apprentice, You’re Hired, Tara Warren in the audience BBC 4’s Handel’s Rinaldo: Hazel Gold BBC News: Courtenay Griffiths QC as defence lawyer for former Liberian leader Charles Taylor Council Elections: Bilal Akhtar, James Bowes Coventry Telegraph: Zain Ali in renaming of Broadgate Square campaign Creative Photoshop: Melissa Walton (February 2012 cover star) Daily Mail: Lieutenant Commander Robin Trewinnard-Boyle The Edinburgh Fringe: Guy Kelly in The Beta Males: The Space Race and Midnight Movie FHM: (Jan 2012) with band LMFAO Melissa Walton Green Gown Awards: Gideon Howell in Coventry University’s winning Carbon Challenge environment team Hello: Melissa Walton (now Wells) and Ryan Wells’ wedding Later with... Jools Holland: (November 2011), backing singer for My Morning Jacket) Alice Wigley London Marathon: Jo James (now Scanlon), Pawel Kaminski, Greg Melville Our Medical Extension lessons: James Vallance and Mark McKelvie Professional Photographer: Ben Duffy main interview and cover (February 2012) Radio 4: You and Yours, Rosie Tressler Salsa Central Weekend: Vicki Sammons Stolen Peace Devilhammer video: Melissa Walton and Ryan Wells Various Home and Lifestyle magazines: Lorna Syson and her cushions Weakest Link ‘Ann’s Hottest Hunks’ show: Richard Drury reached final Xyra: Beth Mills We also thank Dr Sam Bajallan, Luke Bennett, Alice Broadfield, Brian Brookes, Peter Corrigan, Sarah Corrigan, Amy Corrigan, Martine Croxall, Frances Folliard, Rebecca Gibbs, Matt Given, Colin Hall, Michelle Hancox, Jane Harrisson, Jenna Hastings, Lee Holloway, James Kerr, Matt Lang, Mark McLean, Pauline Mealing, Dr Michael Montrose, Naval Naik, Ian Newborn, John Nollett, James Parsley, Krisha Patel, Jaspal Phull, Julie Rossiter, Hannah Sheard, Jamie Skelding, Dinesh Subhra, Satwinder Toor and Lucy Williams for returning to Bablake for the Careers Convention. We were also indebted to Will Chamberlain, Katherine Cooke, Matt Davidson, Laura Dean, Varun Garg, Alex Lawrence, Alexandra Mawn, Mark McKelvie, Victoria McNaney (now Kaczur), Sarah Potter, James Ross, Alex Smith, Dinesh Subhra, Cara Thompson (now Fish), Sarah Thompson (now Brown), Alex Walsh-Atkins and others for returning for the U6th Mock Interview Morning.
Not spotted on... Take Me Out: Richard Drury (invited to but had to decline audition) Bablake Olympians Nick Skelton (Team GB Gold Medal winner!); Glenn Snyders (swimmer for New Zealand); Pip Collison (first former pupil to run in Olympic Stadium); Kate Byrne, Roger Littlewood (working for Locog); Lee McMahon (relay route planning in Oadby); James Parsley (Samsung Torch Relay); Nathan Barrington, Kate Byrne, Stephanie Hamman, Laura Hughes (now Smith), Eleanor Jones, Rachel Perry, Abi Rewhorn and Mr David Prescott (Volunteers/ Olympic Ambassadors). (FYI Kenneth Hegan OBE played Olympic Football at the 1920 Antwerp games.) Miscellaneous fundraisers Jess Blake, Philippa Collison, Oli Given, Shindy Lall, Kirstie Logan, Stacie McDermott, Kondwani Mhone, Charlotte Mosley, John Nollett, Richard Parsley, Melissa Walton Official Honours MBE: Kim Lees – 27 years’ service to 13th City of Coventry North Brownies OBE: Nick Skelton In Memoriam Former Pupils As well as the tragic death of Philippa Chowne (2007 – 2011), we are very sorry to inform readers of the deaths of the following: Mr J Carson (1939) Mr Reginald Clare (1932 – 1939) worked as a scientist at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. Mr Raymond Clewlow (1938) Mr Alexander Donald (1937) Mr Darren Edwards (1972 – 1979) Mr Leslie Harris (1941 – 1948) Mr Eric Hawkesford (1929) Mr Alec Hill (1918 – 1925) Mr H Johnson (1941) Mr Jack Dennis Kelly (1933 – 1940) Mr John Lowert (1942) Mr David Parker (1970 – 1977) Mr John Stuart Pritchard (1941-48)
Please submit news for inclusion in the 2012-13 Wheatleyan by email (mgaw@bablake.coventry. sch.uk) to Staff Editor, Mr Mark Woodward, by September 1 2013.
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