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Message from the Chairman At this year’s Club AGM, held on Thursday 20 May, alongside Neal Peckham as Secretary, Emily Cullen as Communications Co-ordinator and new Committee members Rosie Scott and Luke Davies, I was delighted to be elected as the Club’s new Chairman, following in the illustrious footsteps of departing Chairman Martin Todd. I hope that between us and the rest of the Committee, with the essential support of the Foundation Office, we can continue to host a range of attractive events that appeal to OLs of all ages and also contribute towards high quality publications that OLs will find useful and entertaining. The last 12 months have seen a significant increase in online communication to OLs, whether the AGM itself, Head Master’s Lectures or an excellent professional networking event. What a joy it will be to meet up again, in the flesh, as and when we can. But, not least because of the ability of online events to keep us more closely in touch with OLs who live far away from Lancing or outside the UK, we will continue to mix and match events that people can attend in person or otherwise enjoy online.
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I would like to offer thanks and enormous gratitude to Martin Todd for the absolutely outstanding job he has done as Chairman of the Club in the past three years; equally, to Tim Poole, our outgoing Secretary, and Sir Tim Rice who is standing down as President of the Club after 16 years’ loyal service to the cause. Thank you also to Felix Aylett, Emily Cloney and Fflur Jones, who are standing down from the Committee, for your invaluable contribution. My sincere greetings to all of you who are leaving the College this summer. I hope, despite the considerable provocation of COVID in the last 12 months or so, that you have thoroughly enjoyed your time at Lancing. I also hope that you will keep in touch with your old school and, where you can, participate in events, social, sporting or otherwise that, with the Foundation Office, we will put on in the months and years ahead. For example, our Summer Drinks Party will hopefully go ahead on 16 September this year, all depending on the social distancing restrictions lifting in July of course. The College is a very special place and those of us who, many years and even decades after we left, continue to
enjoy the company of fellow OLs will confirm that these links are incredibly precious and worthwhile. I very much look forward to meeting as many of you as possible, in person or online, in the next 12 months or so.
NIGEL BENNETT Chairman, The OL Club Olds 1972–1977
