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Rory Davis 01727 843538
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Ali Mills ali.mills@oarugby.com Chairman Richard Milnes richard.milnes@oarugby.com Commercial Director Simon Heath simon.heath@oarugby.com Finance Director Chris Walker chris.walker@oarugby.com Admin Director Peter Lipscomb peter.lipscomb@oarugby.com Fixture Secretary Darren Ead darren.ead@oarugby.com Director of Coaching Bruce Millar bruce.millar@oarugby.com Director of Rugby Steve Bedford steve.bedford@oarugby.com
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OA BULLETIN MAY 2006
Editorial
The postman never rings twice
Founders’ Day weekend festivities. This year’s event takes place at Woollams on Friday 30 June, and the guest speaker is noted film director Mike Newell OA, best known for For the second consecutive issue my Four Weddings and a Funeral and, postbag is as empty as Wayne more recently, Harry Potter and the Rooney’s betting account. It’s not a Goblet of Fire. You can book your Royal Mail problem, as my credit tickets online or by completing and card bills arrive with irritating returning the enclosed order form. certainty. Nor is it the result of a Another famous former pupil is catastrophic internet failure, as my inbox has more spam than the café in permanently honoured by giving his name to the School’s new Stephen the Monty Python song. The sad fact Hawking Science Society, and he was is that fewer and fewer members of also the keynote speaker at the the Club appear inclined to put pen Cambridge in America weekend in to paper (or finger to keyboard) any San Francisco last November when more. The optimistic explanation is he presented his latest that this is merely a sign theories on the of the times, as newer technologies take the The sad fact is that formation of the universe and introduced place of more traditional his new book, A Briefer fewer and fewer communications. History of Time (see page If that is the case, then 20). As Headmaster it is incumbent on all of us members of the Andrew Grant reports, to sign up to OAconnect the School continues to Club appear as soon as possible – and flourish across a broad encourage others to do the same. As the President inclined to put pen spectrum of activities, from record-breaking points out in his notes on page 5, the more postal to paper any more sporting and academic achievement to highly and e-mail addresses we acclaimed musical and have, the easier it will be artistic performances ranging from to facilitate communications between ‘Grease’ to Brahms’ Requiem. former pupils across the globe in the The Old Albanian Lodge – open to future. Registering on OAconnect is a all those connected to the School – small but significant first step that all has enjoyed a busy six months, computer owning Old Albanians can including an Easter weekend trip to take. the historic city of Tallinn, capital of Both OAconnect and the Club Estonia. At the January meeting, the website provide a list of all hot topic of debate was the proposal forthcoming events. As usual, the that the United Grand Lodge of Old Albanian Club Annual Dinner England should recognise both signals the beginning of the
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