2015 - 2016
Events for Clayesmore Society Members
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Welcome to another action packed year with the Clayesmore Society. With so many fantastic events, experiences and reunions for all of us to enjoy, it may prove difficult to decide what to do! Why not make this the year to try something new. Never made cheese or curry? Well, you can learn those skills at Clayesmore. Do you love wine and wish to know more and dazzle your friends with your expert knowledge? Clayesmore's wine tasting workshop is just the thing for you. What about those tired Christmas decorations at home? Our garland making evening will ensure that your home looks stylish for the festive season. As always, we have included some popular events from former seasons as well as a variety of exciting new ones. Camp Clayesmore is a great favourite with the youngest members of the Clayesmore family and the Steam Railway outing will be a great day out for all age groups. A trip to Mottisfont Abbey with its wonderful rose gardens and a tour of Salisbury Cathedral are also planned. Read through the Clayesmore Season for the coming year and you will find many more opportunities to experience social, cultural and sporting events. It helps with our planning if you can let us know early which outings, events or workshops you're intending to attend and please encourage family members and friends to come along and share the good times with you as well. We look forward to welcoming you.
WELCOME
Debbie Geary Chairman
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Clayesmore Societ y Don’t forget to keep an eye out for our e newsletters which contain details of new offers, events and information for members, including the current discounts and offers available with local and national companies. Here is a brief resume of just half a dozen benefits (the ones we think are probably the most important) of membership of the Clayesmore Society:
CLAYESMORE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
• You are in the fold as a valued and important member of the Clayesmore community.
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• You will never need to lose touch with cherished friends. • Your contribution as a parent, pupil, staff member or Old Clayesmorian is vital to and inseparable from the widely regarded success of one of the greatest all-through independent schools in the south of England. • Your social calendar will always be full to bursting! Dozens of gatherings and events for a whole range of interests and age groups are planned where you can network with like-minded individuals, share ideas, exchange views and have a jolly good time. Check out what’s coming up on the Clayesmore Society website. • Your memories of your time at Clayesmore will always be important and valued as they feed into the school’s rich history. • You will always be party to the growth and development of this amazing school and as you witness new generations of talented Clayesmorians making their way through the years, you will be proud to count them as one of you.
Me mb e rshi p Be ne fi t s Current deals for members include: •Discounted Apple products through Stormfront.
•10% discount on: - Memberships and Holiday Activity Courses at Clayesmore Sports Centre
- Orders at No.8 Wine Company, Tarrant Hinton - Holidays booked through CountryHolidayHouse.com - Natural stone floors at Country Kitchens of Shaftesbury
•15% discount on integrated Siemens Appliances at Country Kitchens of Shaftesbury.
•20% discount on pizza at Baffi restaurants in Poole.
CLAYESMORE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
- Purchases at MuddyPaws.co.uk
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SEASON September
October 08
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London Drinks Party
Autumn Term OC Day
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12
Drummond Cup Football
November
December 01
10
15
Garland Making
Fireworks
Prep Parents’ Association AGM
January
Friends of Clayesmore Spring Party
01 – 04
St Ceclia’s Concert
Shakespeare in Hollywood
18 – 19
Gone 18
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Clayesmore Society AGM
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Friends of Clayesmore Clayshoot
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Late Summer Party
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Friends of Clayesmore AGM
Salisbury Cathedral Spire Tour 19 25
Cheese Making Workshop
SEASON OVERVIEW
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Ladies Hockey – OCs v School
30 Sep – 01 Oct
The Understudy
Royal British Legion Concert
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Hong Kong Reunion
Prep PA Christmas Fayre
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OC Society AGM
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Wine Tasting
15
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Jazz Concert
Friends of Clayesmore Christmas Market
London Christmas Shopping Trip
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Germany Reunion
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OC Society Annual Dinner
OVERVIEW February
March
April
Watercolour Workshop
Australia Reunion
North America Reunion
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May 07
20
08 – 11
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Spring Term OC Day
As You Like It
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Indian Cookery Workshop
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Choral Day & Concert
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Jersey Reunion
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Gents Hockey v School
June 3-7
OC Golf Day
Clayesmore Cormorants Cricket Week
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Summer Supper Party
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Guernsey Reunion
July
Trip to Mottisfont Abbey
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Clayesmore Cormorants Cricket v School
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Café Concert
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1970s/1980s Decade Reunion
Prep PA Summer Fayre
14 & 15
Family Camp 28
Art Exhibition Private View
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Corfe Castle & Swanage Steam Railway 29
Activities p21-22
Parties p6-9
AGMs p36
Reunions & OC Days p13-16
Drama p30-31
Sport p32-35
Events @ Clayesmore p10-12
Trips & Visits p17-20
Music p26-29
Workshops p22-25
SEASON OVERVIEW
Hampers & Champers
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Saturday 12 September
LATE SUMME R PARTY Once again we kick off the Clayesmore Season with our Late Summer Party. This year the event will be marked with the unveiling of a wonderful Bath Stone (Box Ground) sculpture, ‘Mind’s i’, which has been donated by sculptor, OC and parent Luke Geary and is the first in a series of art works that we hope to site in the school grounds in the years to come. Join us for drinks and canapés on the south lawn from 7pm, before a spectacular firework finale at 9pm. Please see enclosed invitation for full details of the evening’s events and RSVP to Louise Smith by Wednesday 9 September
PARTIES
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
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Thursday 8 October
Friday 15 January
London Drinks Party
Friends of Clayesmore Spring Party
Old Clayesmorian Paul Killik has once again kindly invited members to drinks and canapés at the Mayfair offices of Killik & Co, 46 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 3HN (nearest underground – Bond Street) from 7pm on Thursday 8 October. Please feel free to come and go as you please – whether simply for a quick drink on the way home from work, or for the evening. There is no charge for attending but please confirm your attendance with Louise Smith so we can monitor numbers and let others know who will be there. Dress: Lounge Suit.
Beat the January blues at the Friends of Clayesmore Spring Party. Further details on ticketing will be sent out nearer the time but please put the date in your diaries now!
RSVP to Louise Smith
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160.
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Saturday 30 January
OC Society Annual Dinner
PARTIES
Once again the OC Society Annual Dinner returns to Iwerne Minster. A fantastic chance to catch up with old friends – why not bring a table and enjoy the legendary catering expertise of Andy Croft and his team? The event incorporates the OC Society AGM. Full details and booking will follow on the OC Society website in due course, but please put the date in your diary and start building your table now!
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Saturday 7 May
Thursday 2 June
Summer Supper Party
City Lunch
All are most welcome to a Supper Party on Saturday 7 May - enjoy a three course meal with coffee and wine in the de Selincourt Room, a perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones. Suggested donation, ÂŁ25 per head.
Held in the convivial surroundings of Le Beaujolais, 25 Litchfield Street, all are most welcome to attend this annual lunch. Further information and booking details available on the OC Society website at:
www.ocsociety.co.uk Book your place with Louise Smith
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160 or online at www.clayesmore.com/society
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Tuesday 3 November
Fireworks Night
Friends of Clayesmore Christmas Market
Prep parents and pupils are warmly invited to our popular annual fireworks event which lights the early evening sky over Clayesmore with a professionally staged display – event starts at 6pm.
11am – 4pm A treat not to be missed! With stalls selling all manner of beautiful and unique Christmas gifts, Santa Claus in his grotto and festive aromas filling the air, you’re bound to find the perfect gift for everyone. Don’t forget your raffle tickets for the grand draw – first prize £100 John Lewis vouchers.
Tickets available early October from the Prep School Office
EVENTS @ CLAYESMORE
T: 01747 811707
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Sunday 29 November
The Senior School display will begin at 7pm that evening. Parents most welcome.
Wednesday 9 December
Thursday 23 June
Prep School Parents’ Association Christmas Fayre
Prep School Parents’ Association Summer Fayre
A great opportunity to pick up some presents and enjoy the festive atmosphere as the Sports Centre is transformed into a cheery seasonal market. From 3.30pm. For more details please contact the Prep School Office on 01747 811707.
Make your way to the main lawn marquee for our action-packed Summer Fayre with oodles of stalls, yummy treats and opportunities to get active. From 3pm onwards. For more details please contact the Prep School Office on 01747 811707.
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Tuesday 28 June
ART EX HIBIT ION EVENTS @ CLAYESMORE
OPENING NIGH T 20 16
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The Art Department at Clayesmore invites you to the Summer Exhibition 2016. Preview event from 6pm that evening and all most welcome to admire the creative results of our talented artists.
Saturday 12 September
Sunday 20 March
Autumn Term OC Day
Spring Term OC Day and 1970s & 1980s Reunion
All are very welcome to attend the Autumn Term OC Day, including Drummond Cup Football and the Clayesmore Society Late Summer Party – for full details see page 6.
All OCs who were pupils in the 1970s and 1980s are warmly invited to a decade reunion at Iwerne on Sunday 20 March. Full details of the day will be sent out in December but please save the date and encourage other school friends you are in touch with to come along! Spouses and families most welcome – please spread the word!
REUNIONS & OC DAYS
Further details will be posted online at: www.ocsociety.co.uk
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7 & 8 May
Summer Term OC Weekend The Summer Term OC Weekend will follow the now traditional pattern of Choral Day and Concert on Saturday, followed by a Summer Supper Party in the Main House, and cricket on the Sunday – the Clayesmore Cormorants take on the School 1st XI.
REUNIONS & OC DAYS
For further information please see the OC Society website at: www.ocsociety.co.uk
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October
Saturday 19 December
Hong Kong Reunion
Germany Reunion
OC Gilbert Ho is arranging a reunion for members in Hong Kong this autumn. Further details to follow.
Members and friends are warmly invited to attend the inaugural German reunion in Berlin on Saturday 19 December. Further details will be published nearer the time but please save the date and pass this information on to any members you are aware of living in the area.
Please contact Louise Smith to register your interest:
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160.
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March
Australia Reunion
22 & 23 April
Channel Islands Reunions Ideas sought for this year’s Australia Reunion – previous events have taken place in Sydney but we’d love to hear from OCs in other Australian locations who’d be interested in holding an event near them. Please contact society@clayesmore.com if you’d be interested in attending or helping to arrange such an event.
April
The Channel Islands Reunion returns – this year with two venues! Friday 22 April on Jersey – venue tbc and Saturday 23 April at the Guernsey home of OC Stuart Henley and his wife Bridget.
REUNIONS & OC DAYS
North America Reunion
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We’d love to host a further event in North America following the success of this year’s inaugural gathering in Baltimore. Please send suggestions for locations/venues to society@clayesmore.com and we’ll keep you posted as arrangements shape up.
Full details to follow on the OC Society website in due course: www.ocsociety.co.uk
Saturday 24 October
Salisbury Cathedral Tour Enjoy spectacular views across the Wiltshire countryside while exploring the roof tower of this famous monument. Climb 332 steps in easy stages to reach the foot of Salisbury’s famous spire 225ft above ground level. Please note, because of health and safety restrictions, this tour is not suitable for under 7s or those below 1.2m in height. Cost £20 per person including return transport from Clayesmore, or £12.50 tour only. Book your place with Louise:
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160 or online at www.clayesmore.com/season
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Saturday 12 December
London Christmas Shopping Trip The ever-popular London Christmas Shopping Trip returns – as the City acquires a special sparkle and the lights and shop windows twinkle, the choice of how to fill your day is up to you – be it at the markets of Spitalfields and Portobello Road to the lavishly decorated stores on Bond and Regent Streets. Why not book tickets for a matinée performance at one of the multitude of theatres, check out the street entertainment in Covent Garden, or visit a museum? Costs: £15 per person return coach transport. To book your place contact Louise
TRIPS & OUTINGS
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
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Sunday 22 May
Swanage Steam Railway & Corfe Castle
Costs: £15 adults, £10 children (including return steam train trip to Swanage and return transport from Clayesmore). To book your place contact Louise:
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
TRIPS & OUTINGS
All aboard! Join us for a trip that promises to be full of lashings of fun for all. We’ll depart from Clayesmore and head for the iconic village of Corfe Castle before boarding the train and steaming through Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck to the Victorian seaside town of Swanage with its Blue Flag sandy beach, before returning to Clayesmore. Places are limited and early booking is recommended.
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Saturday 18 June
Roses and Romance in the Garden at Mottisfont Abbey Don’t miss this opportunity to visit Mottisfont Abbey and its famous gardens including the wonderful walled rose garden, full of enchanting colours and delicate scents, herbaceous gardens, lavender walk and parterre, all at the height of their beauty. Cost: £18 per person including entry and return transport from Clayesmore. National Trust members pay transport only £10 per person. Book your place online at:
www.clayesmore.com/society or with Louise:
TRIPS & OUTINGS
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
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Sunday 18 October
FRIENDS OF CLAYESMORE CLAYSHOOT As the leaves on the trees in Clayesmore’s beautiful parkland begin to turn, it’s time again for the annual Friends of Clayesmore Clayshoot. With coffee and pastries on arrival and a fantastic two-course lunch to sustain you, plus the choice of traps to suit all abilities from beginner to competition level, there’s no better way to spend an Autumn Sunday. New pricing for 2015: Clayesmore Society Members Deal – 2 adults and 2 children shoot 10 clays and lunch for £50. Individual prices per head have been held at 2009 rates: 10 clays for £15 Lunch (including a glass of wine/soft drinks) £10 adults, £5 children (under 14), Clayesmore pupils FREE. Book your places by contacting Rhona
T: 01747 813111 E: rhona@clayesmore.com
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14 & 15 May
Ca m p Cl a y e smo re Returning by popular demand, the biennial Camp Clayesmore is a fantastic opportunity for younger members of the Clayesmore family to pitch their tents and enjoy a myriad of games and activities before a camp fire sing-along and toasted marshmallows. Further details and booking information will be posted on the school website in due course
ACTIVITIES
www.clayesmore.com/prep/pa
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Thursday 19 November
Tuesday 1 December
Wine Tasting with Corney & Barrow
Garland Making Evening
Get your Christmas wine orders all wrapped up! Enjoy a tutored tasting of 8 different wines led by Old Clayesmorian Alex Wall, from around the world, each with paired canapés, held at Corney & Barrow's Mason's Avenue Bar, near Moorgate, London.
Make your own stunning Christmas garland for your fireplace using fabulous foliage. With oodles of festive cheer and expert guidance on perfect table centerpieces from expert florist, Judith Searles.
Tickets cost £30 a head, to include all drinks and canapés.
Cost: £60 per person to include all materials and refreshments. Book your place with Louise:
Book your place with Louise:
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160 or visit: www.clayesmore.com/season
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160 or online at: www.clayesmore.com/society
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Sunday 28 February
Indian Experience Cookery Workshop Enjoy expert tuition from Pure Punjabi in the Clayesmore Home Economics room in this day-long workshop run by mother and daughter team, Surinder and Safia. You will be taught how to make a 3 course meal from scratch using the traditional Punjabi cookery methods and ingredients, producing mouthwateringly authentic dishes. Punjabi food comes from the region of Punjab in North India and is typically famous for dishes such as tandoori and tikka chicken, naan, dhal, roti (chappatis), samosas, biriyani, saag...to name but a few. Cost: ÂŁ120 per person including tuition, all ingredients, workbook and recipes and food to feed a family of four to take home and enjoy. Book your place with Louise:
WORKSHOPS
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
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Sunday 25 October
Sunday 7 February
Cheese Making Workshop
Watercolour Taster Workshop with Marilyn Allis
Join Charles and Gill Gannon on this fun and informative course as they explain the principles of cheese making with demonstrations to show how you can make halloumi and mascarpone, using ordinary kitchen utensils. Discover how easy home cheese making really is. An apron, all ingredients and utensils will be provided.
A chance to try your hand in this medium under the expert guidance of Marilyn Allis, an award winning local watercolour artist, with all materials provided. Just bring yourself! Cost ÂŁ20 per person. Book your place with Louise:
Cost: ÂŁ25 per person.
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
Book your place with Louise Smith:
E: louise@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160
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Tuesday 10 November
Tuesday 17 November
Jazz Concert
This annual concert, celebrating the feast day of the patron saint of music will feature Mozart's Requiem and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. All most welcome. In the Chapel at 7.30pm.
Clayesmore’s talented musicians showcase their syncopated rhythms in this showpiece concert which is sure to get audience feet tapping. In the Chapel at 7.30pm.
MUSIC
St Ceclia’s Concert
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Thursday 19 November
Pipe Band At the Royal British Legion Concert Clayesmore’s Pipe Band are delighted to be playing at this annual concert, held at Sherborne Abbey at 7.15pm on Thursday 19 November. Ticketing information will be posted on the school website when confirmed – www.clayesmore.com.
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Saturday 7 May
Choral Day & Concert Your chance to get involved and make some wonderful music in this exciting day of sectional rehearsals, culminating in a wonderful concert in the Chapel, all led by Clayesmore’s Director of Music, Ralph Kerr. Singers of all ages, experience and ability most welcome, as are those who wish to attend the concert finale in the Chapel that evening.
MUSIC
A full musical programme will be published on the school and OC website nearer the time but please put the date in your diary now.
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Tuesday 21 June
Wednesday 29 June
Café Concert
Hampers and Champers
Relax and enjoy the wonderful sounds of Clayesmore’s singers as they perform a selection of songs on a theme – previous years have included Stars in Their Eyes, Opera and ‘Allsorts’. Ticket price includes a light supper provided by the Friends of Clayesmore.
One of those traditional Clayesmore events that everyone wants to come to and is not to be missed. Organise yourselves and your friends and neighbours, bring a picnic, and come along and listen to Clayesmore’s musicians as they play against the beautiful backdrop of the Main House.
Full details will be published on the school website in due course.
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30 September – 1 October
1 – 4 December
The Understudy A play by
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton
A Comedy by Ken Ludwig
A West End dressing room is the scene for this bloody tale of a successful actor giving a tourde-force performance as Macbeth – and Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy ....
It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant “asses” are tossed into loopy love triangles, with raucous results.
18 – 19 January
Gone
DRAMA
A dance production choreographed by Year 11 pupil Maddie Henschel about loss and illness.
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All performances will take place in the Peter Burke Memorial Theatre Book your tickets for these performances with Rhona: E: rhona@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813111.
8 - 11 February
AS YOU LIKE IT A firm favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies, and featuring a number of his best loved characters including Rosalind and Orlando. As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and brilliant conversation, gentle satire, forgiveness and reparation.
DRAMA
Book your tickets for these performances with Rhona E: rhona@clayesmore.com T: 01747 813160.
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Saturday 12 September
Drummond Cup Football The premier league may be well underway, but the clash we all want to know the result of is who will lift the Drummond Cup Trophy this year – will it be the school or OCs? The match commences at 2.15pm and players and spectators are most welcome – please contact louise@clayesmore.com if you’d be interested in participating.
SPORT
Get involved! Express your interest in playing by emailing society@clayesmore.com
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Saturday 26 September
Sunday 20 March
Hockey OC Ladies v School
Hockey OC Gents v School
OC lady hockey players – we need you! A team is required to take on the school first XI on Saturday 26 September. Players of all ages and abilities very welcome to take part – please email louise@clayesmore.com or complete the relevant form on the OC Society website if you’re interested in playing. Match commences 3.30pm on the astro.
Calling all OC gents hockey players – this year’s annual clash against the school will take place on Sunday 20 March and we’d love to hear from interested athletes who fancy stretching their legs and taking on the current school team in this annual fixture. Please email louise@clayesmore.com or complete the relevant form on the OC Society website if you would like to take part.
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8 May & 3 – 7 July
OC Cricket v School & Cormorants Week
SPORT
Now in its 55th year, the Clayesmore Cormorants Cricket Club will take on their traditional rivals in a series of fixtures both home and away. A full schedule will be published on the OC Society website when fixtures are finalised but first up is the annual clash against the school 1st XI on Sunday 8 May.
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Friday 17 June
OC Society Golf Day
Sailing on the Solent
Golfers of all ages and abilities are most welcome to take part in the competition for the Iwerne Cup, held at Temple Golf Club. Full details and booking information will be published on the OC Society website in due course – www.ocsociety.co.uk.
We’d love to arrange a sailing event for interested members. The proposed venue is the Solent. To express an interest, please contact Louise T: 01747 813160 E: louise@clayesmore.com
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Saturday 12 September
Clayesmore Society AGM
Friends of Clayesmore AGM
The Clayesmore Society AGM will be held in the Library in the Main House at 6pm on Saturday 12 September. An agenda will be published on the Society section of the school website.
The Friends of Clayesmore AGM will be held in the de Selincourt Room in the Main House at Clayesmore at 7pm on Tuesday 15 September.
AGMS
Saturday 17 October
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Tuesday 15 September
Saturday 30 January
Prep School Parents’ Association AGM
OC Society AGM
The Prep School Parents' Association AGM will be held in the Prep School on Saturday 17 October at 9.30am.
The Old Clayesmorian Society AGM will be held in the de Selincourt Room in the Main House at Clayesmore on Saturday 30 January. Further details and an agenda will be posted to members with the Old Clayesmorian mailing in November.