OR Sport

OR SPORT OR Sport continues to thrive… whether that be competing against each other, School teams or in external competitions.

OR HOCKEY

OR Ladies’ XI v School Girls’ XI Hockey Wednesday 6th September 2017

The 2017/18 OR sporting schedule started really well with our Ladies’ XI beating the School Girls’ XI 3-2 and upsetting Mr Edward’s game plan! Thanks to: Jerry Ross, Catherine Ledesma, Joscelin Lester, Jessica Chandler, Lucy Pidgeon, Kezia Clark, Jessie Disney, Izzi Soriano, Christina Williams, Ellen Paterson and Bethan Davies for being so inspiring to our current pupils.

Stephen Shiells OR Hockey v School & Staff Thursday 22nd March 2018

Suffice it to say that both games – ORs v School and ORs v Staff were played in excellent spirit and a good time was had by all, despite a few bumps on heads, sprained wrists and grazed legs! The final scores were: School 1st XI v ORs: 5-2, ORs v Staff: 3-2. Thank you to everyone who came along to play and watch... a real tribute to OR Stephen Shiells whose memory we honour.

Thanks to our OR players: Ronnie Bowerman, Ignacio Cookman, Ed Jamieson, Harry Curtis, Rhys Davies, Patrick Leong-Son, Ellen Paterson, Charlie Alexander Saunders, Nick Whiteford, Ross Edser, James Melville, Matt Ellis, Stewart Miller, Jamie Hutchin, Harrison Moore, Robin Page, Ollie Pendered, Jerry Ross, Jack Syms, Oliver Wilson, Stephen Hobson plus ORs playing for the Staff team: Ed Whiffin, Will Atkins, Giles Lingwood, Alexander Truelove, Alex Balls and Simon Sweeney.

Grafton Morrish Pre-Qualifier 12th May 2018

We were hugely thankful, as ever, to James Davey (Bristowe 1996) and Stuart Robinson (Capel 2002) for their time and efforts in co-ordinating a great OR team to take part in this year’s pre-qualifier for the prestigious Grafton Morrish Golf Competition. They, along with Andrew Macharg (Bristowe 1991), Louis Laville (Bristowe 2014), George Kershaw (Blathwayt 2010) and Stephen Hobson (Bristowe 2013) managed a fantastic result and sent us through to the finals that take place in September.

ORs at Surrey Schools’ Golf Society Festival, Bramley Golf Club Friday 22nd June 2018

After our success in 2017, the Old Reedonians turned out in force to defend the Surrey Schools’ Golf Society Festival trophy against eight other old boys’ teams. Returning to Bramley Golf Club, the event was again organised and generously hosted by Old Hamptonians. Jeremy Sherwood (Blathwayt 1975) – as Team Captain – Justin Chuter (Bristowe 1977), Dave McElhiney (Mullens 1969), Nigel Taunt (Mullens 1971), Andy Shiells (Bristowe 1984), Ed Peters (Bristowe 1979) and Andy Macharg (Bristowe 1991) cunningly came home in second place, thereby avoiding the obligation to organise the 2019 event – no doubt that pleasure awaits us further down the line. We did manage to take away several individual prizes as well, with Jeremy winning Nearest the Pin, Andy showcasing his skills to win Longest Drive and Nigel scrambling out of the bushes to take away Individual 2nd Place.

(Note: selection for this comp is an eclectic mix giving priority to those who have organised individual OR Golf Days and those who have supported those days most often. If you are interested please go the OR website at networkreeds.org for future golf fixtures).

OR Golf Society Days

Our OR Golf Society Days are growing in popularity. The last two – at West Surrey Golf Club and at Cowdray Park Golf Club were kindly organised by Jeremy Sherwood (Blathwayt 1975) and Justin Chuter (Bristowe 1977) respectively. We are always looking for new players to join the group – especially from our younger and female contingent – so please do not hesitate to contact Sharmaine or Lucy if you would like more information.

OR Golf Society Day at West Surrey Golf Club 12th October 2017

Team winners: Dave Edwards, Simon Sherwood, Paul Martin & Ian Chitty with a record breaking score of 118 points. Individual winner: Dave Edwards with 43 points off 19 Runner-up: Andy Shiells Longest drive: Jeremy Sherwood Nearest the pin: Ian Chitty.

OR Golf Society Day at Cowdray Park Golf Club 10th May 2018

Team winners: Dave McElhiney, Miles Gray and Adam Jones Individual winner: Dave McElhiney with 38 points off 12 Runner-up: Stuart Robinson (scratch) with 36. Longest drive: Andy Macharg, being inches ahead of Simon Gay. Nearest the pin: Simon Sherwood and Dave McElhiney.

OR CRICKET

OR Cricket – Dylan Paris XI v School XI Match report by Chris Gore (Mullens 1987)

As has sadly become customary, I am reporting yet another loss for the Dylan Paris XI on a game that was hugely winnable. On a day that saw Spain lose on penalties to Russia in the World Cup we all thought cricket ‘was coming home’. Well how wrong we were.

By the time we had been fed and watered and emerged from the marquee, we had 10 players with still two Andys to come: namely Andy Shiells (Bristowe 1984) and Andy Klimcke (Mullens 1996). Shiells is like our Trident nuclear deterrent, ever reliable and ready to be phased out, with Klimcke our new stealth secret weapon who, rumour had it, still played cricket (which does go against the spirit of the game a bit) so the omens were looking good.

We made it down to a very parched looking 12 Acre and this year we had two real umpires who insisted on tossing a coin, sorting out the no-ball and wide rules. Rumours reached our team that the School were short (on numbers) and so had to pull in two teachers, one Close pupil and six other assorted cricketers, including tennis scholars and sailing team members.

There was no way we could lose… we lost the toss and so we were fielding first. Dusan Jaksic (Mullens 1985) came thundering in off his long run up and made Steve Harmison look like a line and length merchant with his first ball, he quickly (or slowly) switched to a shorter jog up and proceeded to bowl some good stuff liberally intermingled with some rubbish as well. Jason Foster (Blathwayt 1995) was at the other end, running up the hill with all his might and the string of wides made Jaksic feel a bit better at least.

I can’t recall everything that happened other than I got one fabulous wicket as result of some leg side theory (ok full toss) where Chris Hugall (Mullens 1994) pulled off a diving catch and, thanks to his belly, managed to keep the ball of the ground, only for Jonathan Gleed (Mullens 1987) to then drop one off his belly. Other than that my bowling helped the School reach a big total as usual.

Shiells managed a run out as Simon Stokoe (Mullens 1986) shinned the ball into the stumps following a fine throw from Jaksic. Earl Valentine (Capel 1987) and Joe Paris both took good catches. Ollie Pendered (Bristowe 1988) came in to the attack, bowling some fine spin and possibly took a wicket.

The School made 165 which was about 20 too many (I know that last over of mine wasn’t a good idea) but what we still had was Jamieson and, hopefully, Klimcke.

At tea it was nice to catch up with some old names and even older faces: George Spinks, Ian Clapp and Jamie Gordon to name but a few. Stokoe opened up again with his childhood hero Jamie (800 runs in a season) Jamieson. After being in Keith Youde’s maths set, Gleed guessed we needed just over 8 an over and the boys were told not to hang about as we all wanted to watch Spain beat Russia.

It became apparent that JJ was slightly out of touch to start with and that Stokoe was batting for his average again. Stokoe didn’t last long and the run rate was creeping ever upwards. Joe Paris came in but left quite quickly and Jamieson began to show glimpses of former glories but the run rate kept increasing. Hugall, fresh from his stunning catch, looked good and made some useful runs but was caught by an even more stunning one-handed catch (courtesy of an 11-year-old Dunn son). Gleed was sent in looking like WG Grace and ended up swinging like Grayson Perry.

Then horror of horrors, as Jamieson skipped (ok tripped) down the wicket to glance the ball to the boundary, he was given out LDG (looking dangerously good) and the whole of 12 Acre gave a deep sigh. But not to worry, Andy Shiells was on his way. There was talk of asking Gleed to retire but even Angus Darroch Warren (Capel 1986) didn’t fancy that particular job.

Shiells then started to hit his straps and was approaching 50 valuable runs when he skied one and another of the eager young fielders held on to a good catch to bring Jaksic to the wicket. He could tell Gleed wasn’t in the mood for quick singles; he hit some great boundaries but the run rate kept moving up on its way to 35 runs for the last over.

I would love to say we got close but we ended our 20 overs at 146 for 4 (so 22 runs short of victory) with some quality batsmen like Pendered, Valentine and Foster still to come, but with a no-show from Klimcke.

Special thanks to everyone who played and next year I have a feeling we will win.

OR 1st XI v School 1st XI Match report from Jonathan Hedges (Blathwayt 1999)

With the ORs fielding a strong side, hopes were high of repeating last year’s success in defeating the current School 1st XI who themselves had a strong team and had rarely tasted defeat through the 2018 season.

As usual, the ORs batted first and, whilst progress was smooth up to the lunch break with 50s from Dan Douthwaite (Capel 2015) and Matthew Macpherson (Capel 2013), a clatter of wickets after lunch left the ORs struggling to reach 200. However, a last wicket stand of 70 between Stephen Hobson (Bristowe 2013) and Jonathan Hedges gave the ORs a respectable total to defend.

The 1st XI’s reply was initially slowed by the loss of a couple of early wickets but runs then stared to flow. With the ORs unable to take regular wickets and a few drop catches added to the mix, the 1st XI chased down the ORs’ total with relative ease with one over to spare plus a superb hundred from one of the opening batsmen who saw his team home for a well-deserved victory.

Huge thanks to ORs: Michael Wakefield (Mullens 2005), Sam Brandon (Capel 2008), Dan Gluckman (Mullens 2013), Jack Hitchcock (Blathwayt 2013), Stephen Hobson (Bristowe 2013), Matthew Macpherson (Capel 2013), Kieran Corbett (Bristowe 2014), Seb Steward (Mullens 2014), Dan Douthwaite (Capel 2015), Jonathan Hedges (Blathwayt 1999) and Sukh Rihal (Mullens 2001) in particular for bailing us out at the last minute!

Cobham Cougars

A go-getting group of our 2017 leavers entered themselves in the Surrey Slam T20 competition this summer, naming their team the ‘Cobham Cougars’. With professional-looking kit and the benefit of being able to train at the wonderful facilities at Reed’s, the gentlemen did very well considering some were not 1st XI players, getting through to the Plate.

OR NETBALL

OR Netball is now officially an annual fixture in our sporting calendar just before the Easter break. It was wonderful seeing so many ladies come back to play and, despite not having had any chance to train together, the score line of 28-26 (to School) demonstrated what a tight and skilful match it was.

Huge thanks to Jerry Ross (Mullens 2008) for helping – as ever – to pull this together. The photo is of her with the winner’s trophy deservedly named in her honour – The Ross Plate!

Big thanks also to: Lucy Balls, Jessica Chandler, Jessie Disney, Laura Johnson, Millie Ashbee, Hollie Kenrick, Lucy Pidgeon, Bobbie Ross, Lauren Smith, Alice Wanless, Jemma Wood, Jenny Gluckman and all the Sixth Form Girls for really entering into the spirit of things. We look forward to welcoming you into the OR team next year!

OR TENNIS

D’Abernon Cup

Alex Croker (Capel 2012), Harry Burley (Blathwayt 2012), Josh Southern (Capel 2014) and Adrian Blackman (Mullens 1992) started off the OR entry into the prestigious D’Abernon Cup in fine form by beating Old Etonians 3-1 in the first round match. Then Josh Miller (Mullens 2005), Alex Bull (Mullens 2007), Ben Draper (Bristowe 2017) and Damian Rodriguez (Mullens 2017) secured a 4-0 win in the semi-finals meaning the final would, once again, be against Old Reptonians on 9th September.

Hot off the press…

It was a pleasure watching such talent on display as our ORs 2018 tennis team won the D’Abernon Cup in the Final against Repton old boys. This is THE most prestigious national old boys’ tennis competition run by PSOBLTA with the deciding rounds being played at the All England Lawn Tennis Club no less! Huge thanks to our players: Harry Burley (Blathwayt 2012), Evan Hoyt (Blathwayt 2013), Louis Newman (Capel 2017), Brandon Drew (2017), Alex Bull (Mullens 2007) and Josh Miller (Mullens 2005) and, of course, our own top coach Adrian Blackman.

OR RUGBY

Reeds Weybridge promoted to Surrey League 1

We are delighted to report that Reeds Weybridge RFC were promoted to Surrey League 1 at the end of last season, having topped the league table by an eleven point margin, and by scoring the most and conceding the fewest points. Reeds have a young side with an average age of just twenty three and many of the first team players are still playing for the Under 21 side, which has been managed so successfully by Dave Woollatt. Club President (and Reed’s School parent) Simon Wallis paid tribute to three key members of the Reeds Weybridge Team at their end of season celebration: First Team Manager Jes Isaacs (Bristowe 1973), Director of Rugby Nigel Connell and the 1st XV skipper Billy Maddock (son of OR Russell Maddock Blathwayt 1982) whose combined efforts have been crucial to the successful season. Clubman of the Year Award went to Mark Sukiennik (father of OR James Sukiennik Bristowe 2012) who has had a key role in club sponsorship. Ed Scott (Bristowe 2016) also received praise for his role as lock forward in the Reeds U21 team.

Simon Wallis signed off the evening with a special mention for Ed Peters (Bristowe 1979), Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who has been a member of the Club for forty consecutive years and is still a regular front row player. Any OR wanting to play at Reeds Weybridge – at whatever level – would be warmly welcomed; do visit their website at:

reedsweybridgerfc.co.uk

Recent Leavers v OR Invitationals

This new format – replacing the usual match of the School XV v Recent Leavers – is due to take place in September 2018, so a full report will be available in the next edition. However, thanks to support from the ORs, the teams will be wearing brand new, reversible shirts but still competing for the Presidents’ Cup which was first awarded in the Bicentenary year.