Old Malvernian NEWSLETTER
I SS U E – 2 01 9
Get connected with
OM Connect
A year after the launch of OM Connect, the official networking platform for Malvern College alumni, we have some 2100 members! This is a closed network, for those in the Malvernian Society, to provide careermentoring and float ideas, to job hunt or recruit, or simply to re-connect and arrange regional get-togethers of ‘like-minded’ groups. OM Connect is managed by the Malvernian Society office. You can sign up in less than two minutes by importing your LinkedIn or Facebook profile, or you can use your preferred email address. The front cover is a mosaic created from our 2018 social media posts.
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CONTENTS | From the Operations Director .................................................................................... | 04 From the Headmaster .................................................................................................... | 06 News and Notices ............................................................................................................ | 07 Events in 2019 ................................................................................................................... | 08 OM Contacts ....................................................................................................................... | 10 Development Impact Report Welcome from the Head of Development .............................................................. Assisted Places .................................................................................................................. Rogers Theatre Refurbishment ................................................................................... Music at Malvern ................................................................................................................ The ‘All Steinway School’ initiative .............................................................................. Legacies Giving ................................................................................................................. Regular Giving ................................................................................................................... Transnational Giving ......................................................................................................... BSUF ....................................................................................................................................... Malvern around the globe............................................................................................... Benefactors lunch .............................................................................................................. Conversations ...................................................................................................................... Donors ....................................................................................................................................
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OM Events in 2018 Malvern in London 5 March ............................................................................................ Malvern in London 4 June .............................................................................................. Malvern in London 2 October ....................................................................................... Malvern in London ............................................................................................................. No.6 Reunion 9 June......................................................................................................... No.9 Reunion 15 September........................................................................................... 1968 Reunion ...................................................................................................................... Benefactors Lunch 16 June ............................................................................................ Malvern in Birmingham 14 May ..................................................................................... Malvern in Malvern 28 December ................................................................................ Malvern in Hamburg 17 June .......................................................................................... Malvern in Munich 18 June .............................................................................................. Malvern in Düsseldorf 19 June ....................................................................................... Malvern in Berlin 23 September ................................................................................... Malvern in San Francisco 29 September................................................................... Malvern in Paris 30 September..................................................................................... Malvern in Toronto 19 June ............................................................................................. Malvern in Madrid 11 May ................................................................................................. No.4 Informal reunion 8 November ............................................................................ Morgan factory tour 6 July............................................................................................. SH Prefects 1983 reunion 17 November ..................................................................... Royal Ascot 21 June ..........................................................................................................
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29 30 31 32 35 41 41 48 51 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 57
OM News .............................................................................................................................. | 59 OM Books ............................................................................................................................ | 63 EOG News ............................................................................................................................ | 64 EOG Obituaries ................................................................................................................. | 68 OM Obituaries ................................................................................................................... | 70 OM Sport Cricket ................................................................................................................................... Court Games ....................................................................................................................... Netball ................................................................................................................................... Football ................................................................................................................................. OMFC Veterans XI ............................................................................................................ Golf ......................................................................................................................................... Hockey .................................................................................................................................. Rifle Club .............................................................................................................................. Sailing ..................................................................................................................................... Sports Fixtures v Malvern College...............................................................................
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The College Year Academic Report .............................................................................................................. Music ...................................................................................................................................... Drama .................................................................................................................................... Art ........................................................................................................................................... Lower Sixth Service Expedition ..................................................................................
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Annual Report & Statement of Accounts ............................................................... | 108 OM Merchandise ............................................................................................................... | 114 Cover photo mosaic made from social media posts 2018
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| OPERATIONS DIRECTOR’S REPORT 2018 Alumni Engagement In 2018 we have hosted 15 events at College, with over 1500 attending (including pupils); 25 further OM events off-site have drawn 850 OMs. We have tried to expand the appeal of being an Old Malvernian, particularly by broadening the range and frequency of Society events. For decades there have been the OM clubs; OMs have returned to speak at College; recently there have been two House reunions per year, and there have been the quarterly informal gatherings in London. In 2018 the Society offered some 40 events: for the musician, we have had the Hallé Orchestra and later the Planets suite; for fans of the ballet, the Royal Ballet; for art-lovers, a trip to the National Gallery; for petrolheads a visit to the Morgan Car factory in Malvern; for the horseracing enthusiast, Royal Ascot; for tennis fans, Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall. These have booked up very quickly indeed. Of course, we love to see OMs back at College. We still host lectures: Piers Storie-Pugh (9.63-67) spoke on WW1 in November 2018; Poppy Lamberton (6.96-98) came to the College to give a talk ‘It’s a Wormy World’; Melissa Tan (6.12-14) came to talk to prospective medical students. Peter Millward (6.64-68) came to talk to Sixth Form geographers about Water Aid. James Aldred (7.9193) recounted his adventures as David Attenborough’s cameraman. In March we hosted some 80 OMs in a festival of sport. The two House reunions (No.6 and No.9) were both well attended. The inaugural 50-Year reunion sparked healthy attendance, and has prompted a repeat in 2019 with the addition of a 25-Year reunion from 2019. These events are featured on later pages in this Newsletter. We also have a global reach: Malvern in London apart, we have organised gatherings with OMs, prospective, current and past parents in Madrid,
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Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and Paris. Whilst there have been ‘minireunions’ in San Francisco and Toronto. There was also a visit to the Normandy battlefields when we honoured our fallen in the WW2 campaign.
Platform Management’. We are able to use the data to suggest OMs for careers talks at College: apart from the careers seminar (14 Mar 19), there will also be an OM Careers Balloon Debate (& Dinner) (26 Sept 19) and an OM Law Panel (8 Nov 19). Clubs and Societies
With the centenary of the Armistice in November, we held a commemorative dinner at Armoury House in London. We have OM reps in some 25 UK universities and reps in over 20 major cities worldwide. Parental Engagement The November edition of the Head’s monthly newsletter to parents ‘The Malvern Times’ explained to parents that they are now members of the Society. An information sheet was emailed to all parents in the first week of December and we are delighted to welcome parents into the Society. Malvern College International Alumni Engagement We very much hope to welcome alumni from our sister schools to the Society Career-mentoring In February we launched our new website OM Connect. Already we have one of the fastest growth rates for an alumni association. The website is a platform for OMs to help fellow OMs by offering a range of career-focused support: meet for coffee, offer work placements, review CVs, conduct mock interviews, make introductions, help with College careers events, giving talks, host a professional networking event. OMs can advertise jobs; there are currently four on the site. This success has been recognised by the website provider, Graduway, who presented us with an award at the annual conference for ‘Outstanding
As you will read elsewhere in this Newsletter, the sports clubs continue to thrive. There have been 53 sports fixtures (including cricket, football, golf, netball, women’s hockey, sailing, court games and shooting). Three new clubs have been established (netball and men’s and women’s hockey). The netballers play in two London leagues, and were promoted in their first season (and are currently unbeaten). The women hockey players have a more modest fixture list, limited to a Sixes tournament in October and the match against the College in March; but there are plans to expand. A fourth club (Hare and Hounds) has also been established; it was never officially recognised by the Society in the 1950s and was disbanded in 1962. We also hope to set up a fifth club (women’s tennis) in 2019. In March about 80 OMs returned to the College to take part in sports fixtures (3 football teams, 2 netball teams, men’s and women’s hockey, fives, squash, rackets, and shooting). In 2019, we will add chess and flyfishing. Communications and Profile There are daily posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as a weekly Newsletter via OM Connect. We currently reach about 3000 OMs every day. There were ten OM lectures at College in 2018, i.e. one a month during term time. We hosted lunches and made a presentation on the history of
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR’S REPORT 2018 | Malvern College to the Foundation Year and the Upper Sixth leavers.
are in the vicinity, you would be most welcome to call in at the office.
Merchandise sales have been strong, buoyed particularly by the sales to Upper Sixth leavers. Two very successful new lines have been introduced, the polo belt and the blazer.
I hope you find plenty to interest you in these pages.
encourage
Communications & Profile
establish
Thank you to all the OMs who contribute financially to the College through the Society. In the ‘Development’ section of this edition you will discover how the College is benefiting from your philanthropy. In particular, you will read of the redevelopment of the Rogers Theatre. . The focus of our fundraising efforts in the coming years will be to ensure, by the provision of assisted places, that a Malvern College education is available to talented boys and girls who might otherwise not be able to come here. The Malvern College ASSISTED PLACES scheme was the key element in our 2017 Annual Fund, and it will be central to the work of the Society, as we look to build up our endowment fund. Please also bear in mind that, if you
We will look to
granulate
our communications for our new constituencies (parents and MCI alumni) with the Remove, Hundred and the Sixth Form on careers; with the school as a whole by continuing to provide the opportunity to meet OMs who come back to speak, by donating medals on Sports Day; and importantly, by engaging more substantively with current parents.
modest levels of involvement: we will look to the Upper Sixth to join on leaving College a Cricketer Cup EIGHT8 tournament at Malvern in the early summer 2019, not least to attract our Upper Sixth leavers
In terms of women’s football, we hope that
engage
Clubs & Societies Whilst there is an appetite for toplevel commitment (v. the demise of the OMFC 2nd XI in mid-season and the cancellation of the annual OMCC tour to Eastbourne), we will try to help the clubs to work on more
Malvern
will host the inaugural Arthurian League women’s football competition in April 2019.
Development As given in the statement of Annual Accounts, our fundraising priorities for 2018-19 are: 1 The Malvernian Society Assisted Places Endowment Fund 2 The Clark Award Scholarship Fund 3 Music@Malvern
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| WELCOME FROM THE HEADMASTER astroturf has been laid at the Court Road playing fields to add to the existing astroturf.
I write to you for the last time with more than a tinge of sadness as I contemplate retiring from Malvern after nearly eleven thoroughly invigorating years at the helm of a wonderful school and returning to South Africa to undertake another challenge. Malvern is a school made wonderful by the passion of so many in our broader community – current and past pupils, staff (both academic and support), parents, former members of staff and others who have grown to love the way in which people work together beneath the green hills in confluence for the good of the boys and girls who come to us. Largely owing to the generosity of Old Malvernians and some parents, the College has prospered: in the last decade, the Sports Complex has been built, No. 7 has been re-established in the heart of the school and Ellerslie House has been founded, the Science Centre has had a full refurbishment making it an exciting place to learn and to teach, the Rogers Theatre has been remodelled and dramatically improved through the addition of the Lyall Foyer, the rackets courts have been brought up to international standard and a new water-based
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‘Looking back over my time at the College, I feel that one of the greatest pleasures of my time here has been my association with supportive Old Malvernians, parents and Friends of Malvern, and I have come to a profound appreciation of this loyal community. I will take away many lasting memories of such friendships and associations and would like to thank all Malvern donors for their tremendous support over the years.’ We have developed sister schools with the Malvern brand in Qingdao, Chengdu, Cairo and Hong Kong and other such schools are in the pipeline. Our commercial arm oversees a guardianship agency, language courses over the summer and a large number of sporting and other events at the school, including weddings. We make the school work for us so that we can improve facilities and, thus, the educational experience of our boys and girls. We have become the home of the National Schools Symphony Orchestra and we are in the process of becoming an All Steinway School. Current projects include raising much-needed funds for a new organ in the Chapel and the development of our Assisted Places scheme which seeks to create an endowment large enough to substantially broaden access to the College. Regarding the
latter, our goal is to raise £15 million by 2028. Current Malvern pupils focus on the Qualities which we have articulated as being important for them as they meet many of the challenges of the 21st century: resilience, selfawareness, open-mindedness, kindness, collaboration, risk taking, curiosity, ambition, independence, integrity and humility are vital cornerstones of living a fulfilling and purposeful existence and there are many examples of ways in which our pupils have contributed significantly to the lives of others within this country and beyond it. Indeed, on leaving Malvern, pupils are traditionally addressed by the Headmaster and enjoined to go out into the world and make a difference to other people in this way: The charge to the leavers is: “As you take leave of Malvern, I charge you to uphold the vision of the founders of the school by seeking, through the lessons you have learnt here, to eliminate injustice and strife whenever you encounter them and to enhance the lives of those around you so that the world will be the better for your actions. Remember, too, that wherever you go, you will carry the name of Malvern; take care of this name and remember how others have enhanced it through their service and actions”. Malvern continues to be an exciting place for our staff and pupils. Visitors notice a blend of innovation and tradition, a place where individual talents are nurtured academically and in other ways and regard it as a place where people learn to belong to a team. I hope that Old Malvernians will continue to feel a sense of pride in their alma mater and will engage with other Old Malvernians both here at the school and at the many gatherings for alumni worldwide. Antony Clark
NEWS AND NOTICES | | NEWS AND NOTICES Leavers’ Ball on Friday 28 June 2019, but we are promoting the idea of a 10-year reunion (for 2009 leavers). OMs of No.3 should have received Please note that this is a ticketed an invitation to their House reunion event. A limited number of tickets on Saturday 8 June 2019. OMs of are available to OMs and their No.5 will also have received their guests at a rate of £50 per person, invitation to a reunion on Saturday 21 September 2019. These are always excluding dinner. To apply for tickets, please contact the office (malsoc@ splendid occasions, and made all malverncollege.org.uk). The closing the better if OMs contact their contemporaries to ‘make up a table.’ date for applications is Monday 3 June. Please note that tickets must In addition, there will be a reunion for OMs of 1969 on Saturday 27 April be purchased in advance and will be 2019. There will also be a reunion for issued on a first-come, first-served OMs who left in 1994 on Saturday 12 basis. October. Reunions are planned for Notice of General Meetings No.8 in June 2020 and for No.7 in September 2020. Saturday 15 June 2019
Reunions
Malvernian Society Dinner
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There will be a dinner at Malvern College to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Malvernian Society on Saturday 29 June 2020. Further details to follow
Leavers’ Ball OMs are welcome to attend the
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Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Malvernian Society will be held on Saturday 15 June 2019 in the Studio at Malvern College at 10.30 am. Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the OM Club will be held
immediately following the above meeting. 3
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Governors of Malvern College will be held on Saturday 15 June 2019 in the Studio at Malvern College at 11.30 am.
Benefactors’ Lunch Benefactors will have received individual invitations to lunch on Saturday 7 September 2019 in the Gryphon Room.
‘The Malvernian’ 2018 This year’s ‘Malvernian’ magazine is available online at https://issuu. com/malverncollege/docs/2598_-_ malvernian_2018-web If you would like to order a copy, please contact the Malvernian Society office.
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| EVENTS OM SPORT IN 2019 Date
Start time
Event
Location
Friday 11 January 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘The Chindits’, Piers Storie-Pugh (9.63-67)
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Friday 18 January 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: Oncology & Haematology’, Mark Winter (SH.63-68) & Peter Dunlop (SH.63-68)
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Thursday, January 24, 2019
17:30
Malvern in Exeter
Lloyd’s Lounge, Exeter
Friday 25 January 2019
19:00
OM Golfing Society Annual Dinner
Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge
Saturday, January 26, 2019
12:00
Malvern in Falmouth
The Stable Bar, Falmouth
Monday 11 - Friday 15 February 2019
Malvernian Society visit to Verona, Venice & Florence
Tuesday 5 March 2019
14:00
Malvernian Society & OM Club Trustees meetings
Tuesday 5 March 2019
18:00
Malvern in London’
All Bar One, Leicester Square, London
Friday 8 March 2019
15:00
ARC Leaving Service and Tea
Malvern Priory and the Lyle Foyer
Friday 8 March 2019
19:30
ARC Leaving Dinner
Gryphon Room, Malvern College
Saturday 9 March 2019
14:00
OM sports fixtures v Malvern College
Malvern College
Monday, March 11, 2019
13:10
Upper Sixth Leavers’ Lunch
Gryphon Room, Malvern College
Tuesday 12 March 2019
11:00
The Ledbury Walk (note 2)
Malvern College
Tuesday 12 March 2019
15:00
The Ledbury Run (note 3)
Malvern College
Thursday 14 March 2019
19:00
Careers seminars (for the Hundred & Sixth Form)
Malvern College
Saturday, March 16, 2019
19:00
Malvern Festival Chorus
Malvern Priory
Tuesday 19 March 2019
15:30
Leonardo da Vinci: a Life in Drawing Exhibition
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Tuesday 19 March 2019
17:30
Malvern in Birmingham
All Bar One, Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Friday 26 April 2019
19:30
Les Misérables’
Birmingham Hippodrome
Friday 26 April 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘In the Footsteps of Blake’, Nick Owen (5.64-69)
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Saturday 27 April 2019
10:30
Class of 1969 Reunion
Gryphon Room, Malvern College
9:00
RHS Malvern Spring Festival & Dinner
Monday 29 April - Friday 3 May 2019 Thursday 9 May 2019
Malvernian Society visit to the Somme battlefields Three Counties Showground, Malvern & Malvern College
Friday 10 May 2019
10:00
OMGS: Spring Meeting
St George’s Hill GC
Friday 10 May 2019
18:00
Malvern in Milan
tbc
Monday 13 May 2019
17:30
Malvern in Birmingham
All Bar One, Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Friday 17 May 2019
19:00
Malvern in Barcelona
tbc
Saturday 18 May 2019
19:30
Unofficial Class of 1999 Reunion
The Phoenix, Victoria London (upstairs bar)
Friday 24 May 2019
15:00
Malvern College Sports Day (note 4)
Court Road Playing Fields
Tueday 21 May 2019
15:00
Tour of the Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion
Tueday 21 May 2019
17:30
Malvern in Brighton
All Bar One, Pavilion Mews, Brighton
Thursday, May 23, 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘D-Day and Normandy’, Piers Storie-Pugh
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Saturday 25 May 2019
9:00
Commemoration and Prize-giving (note 5)
Malvern Priory & Malvern College Sports Complex
Tuesday 4 June 2019
14:30
Visit to the Sorolla exhibition
The National Gallery
Tuesday 4 June 2019
17:30
Malvern in London
tbc
Saturday 8 June 2019
12:15
Reunion for OMs of No.3
College Chapel & the Gryphon Room
Sunday 9 June 2019
10:00
Gloucestershire Festival of Polo
Beaufort Polo Club, GL8 8QW
Saturday 15 June 2019
9:00
Malvernian Society & OM Club Trustees’ meetings
The Studio, Malvern College
Saturday 15 June 2019
10:30
Malvernian Society & OM Club AGMs
The Studio, Malvern College
Saturday 15 June 2019
11:30
Governors’ AGM
The Studio, Malvern College
Saturday 15 June 2019
12:30
Governors’ Lunch (note 6)
Gryphon Room, Malvern College
Sunday 16 June 2019
11:00
OMCC v Millfield (Cricketer Cup round 1)
Malvern College
Thursday 20 June 2019
10:30
Royal Ascot (note 3)
Ascot Racecourse
Saturday 22 June 2019
9:00
Flywheel Festival: Classic and Sports Car Show
Bicester, OX26 5HA
OMGS: Public Schools’ Meeting
Little Aston GC
Wednesday 26 June 2019 Friday 28 June 2019
21:00
Leavers’ Ball (class of 2009) (note 7)
Malvern College
Monday , 8 July 2019
20:00
Classical Mixtape
Tewkesbury Abbey
Monday 8 July - Friday 12 July 2019
OMCC Tour
Malvern
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
OMRC: Veterans’ Match
National Shooting Ground, Bisley
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EVENTS OM IN SPORT 2019 | Saturday 31 August 2019
19:00
OMGS Dinner
Formby GC
Friday 6 September 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘Medical Detection Dogs; dogs saving lives’, Geoffrey Farrer-Brown (4.53-57)
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Saturday 7 September 2019
12:00
Benefactors’ Service
College Chapel
Saturday 7 September 2019
12:45
Benefactors’ Lunch (note 6)
Gryphon Room, Malvern College
Sunday, September 01 2019
9:00
OMGS Northern Meeting
Formby GC
Friday 20 September 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘Hydroponics’, Alex Fisher (5.98-03)
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Saturday 21 September 2019
12:15
Reunion for OMs of No.5
College Chapel & the Gryphon Room
Thursday 26 September 2019
19:15
OM Careers Balloon Debate & Dinner
Lewis Lecture Theatre & Gryphon Room, Malvern College
Sunday 29 September 2019
9:00
OMRC: Gryphon Cup
National Shooting Ground, Bisley
Tuesday 1 October 2019
18:00
Malvern in London
All Bar One, Leicester Square
Saturday 12 October 2019
12:15
Class of 1994 Reunion
Malvern College
Monday 14 October 2019
18:30
Property Networking Event
tbc
Tuesday 5 November 2019
19:15
OM Lecture: ‘Remembrance’, Piers Storie-Pugh
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
Friday 8 November 2019 Saturday 9 November 2019
14:00
Law career-mentoring Panel
Lewis Lecture Theatre, Malvern College
OMRC: .22 Match
Malvern College
Saturday 9 November 2019
15:00
Malvernian Society & OM Club Trustees’ meetings
Malvern College
Saturday 9 November 2019
19:30
Remembrance Dinner
Malvern College
Sunday 10 November 2019
11:00
An Act of Remembrance
Malvern College
tbc Tuesday 19 November 2019
18:00
Game Shoot
Kirby Estate, Berkshire
Malvern in Birmingham
All Bar One, Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Friday 29 November 2019
18:00
Malvern in Paris
2 Place de Passy, Paris 16e
Monday 2 December 2019
18:00
Malvern in London
The May Fair Hotel, London
Friday 6 December 2019
19:30
Champions Tennis
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 11 December 2019
19:15
Town Carol Service
College Chapel
Saturday 14 December 2018
11:00
Thames Hare & Hounds Alumni Race
Wimbledon Common
Thursday, 27 December 2018
19:00
Malvern in Malvern
Gallery 36
Notes
1 By invitation 2 Please contact the Malvernian Society if you would like to walk the course in the morning, and have lunch at the College afterwards 3 Please contact the Malvernian Society if you would like to take part
4 The medals are awarded from the Malvernian Society 5 All prizes are funded by the Malvernian Society 6 by invitation 7 Please contact the Malvernian Society if you would like to attend
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| OM CONTACTS CLUB Club
Name
Arts Society
Paul Godsland
paul.godsland@malverncollege.org.uk
Court Games Club
Philip Shaw-Hamilton
philipshawhamilton@gmail.com
Cricket Club
Mark Hardinges
mark.hardinges@malverncollege.org.uk
Football Club
Archie Velarde
archiev34@yahoo.com
Golfing Society
Simon Hooper
stshooper@me.com
Hare & Hounds
Jim Harker
james.harker247@gmail.com
Hockey Club (Women’s)
Rebecca Raby-Smith
rebeccarabysmith@icloud.com
Hockey Club (Men’s)
Tom Saxton
tomsaxton92@gmail.com
Netball Club
Kath Clark
clarkkatherine18@gmail.com
Rifle Club
Andy Symonds
lincomb.farms@btconnect.com
Sailing Club
Robert Hammond
roberthammond@hotmail.com
Masonic Lodge
Nicholas Engert
nicholas@engert.co.uk
COUNTRY Country
City
Name
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Anthony Lockwood
ajlockwood@valam.com.ar
Australia
Melbourne
Hannah Jefferson
hannahjefferson1@gmail.com>
Australia
Sydney
Peter Lyon-Mercado
plm@crescentcap.com.au
Canada
Montreal
Paul Warrington
marpaul@sympatico.ca
Canada
Toronto
Paul Warrington
marpaul@sympatico.ca
Canada
Vancouver
James Walker
jamesjohnwalker@hotmail.com
France
Paris
Anthony Upex
anthonyupex@yahoo.ca
Germany
Berlin
Kaspar Hartmann
kasparnhartmann@gmail.com
Germany
Düsseldorf
Germany
Hamburg
Christoph Stöcker
stoecker@MCFcorpfin.com
Germany
Munich
Erik Hameister
erik.hameister@gmx.de
Germany
Stuttgart
Johannes Bahlsen
johannes.bahlsen@gmail.com
India
New Delhi
Sumanjit Chaudhry
sumanjit_chaudhry@yahoo.co.in
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Hashim Natt
hashim.natt@gmail.com
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Ahmad Fauzi Ali
fauzi@mac.com
Portugal
Algarve
Luc St John Webb
lucsaintjohnwebb@hotmail.com
Andy Fong
azfong@hotmail.com
Singapore South Africa
Cape Town
Simon Holland
hollandsimonpr@gmail.com
South Africa
Durban
Geoff Pullan
geoffpullan@iafrica.com
Spain
Madrid
Nigel Hack
nigel@madridandbeyond.com
Switzerland
Geneva
Hilda Beleskaite
hilda.beleskaite@ehl.ch
Thailand
Bangkok
Peter Bachner
bachnerassociates@hotmail.com
USA
East Coast
Chip Burke
chipburke@gmail.com
USA
West Coast
Tom Hardy
trhaia@sbcglobal.net
West Indies
Bridgetown, Barbados
David Barnard
wdavidbarnard@gmail.com
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OM CONTACTS | UNIVERSITY Country
City
Name
UK
Bath
Jono Richardson
richardson.jono1998@gmail.com
UK
Birmingham
Hedley Horler
hedley.horler@btinternet.com
Italy
Bocconi
Angeliki Andreou
angeliki_98@hotmail.com
UK
Bristol
Tara Hollis
tararhollis00@gmail.com
UK
Cardiff
Hannah Priest
hannahpriest0699@talktalk.net
UK
Coventry
Fran Tocher
ftocher@gmail.com
UK
Durham
Helen Cussans
hcussans20@googlemail.com
UK
Edinburgh
Rory Buchanan
r.buchanan1999@gmail.com
UK
Exeter
Flora Cripwell
floracripwell@gmail.com
UK
Falmouth
Will Forbes
tristannew@ymail.com
UK
Falmouth
Ly Ann Foster
lafoster1999@gmail.com
UK
Leeds
Jessica Freeman
jessica@delacourfreeman.com
UK
Loughborough
Rebecca Gray
beckygray101@gmail.com
UK
Liverpool
Yasmin Cook
yazcook2@gmail.com
UK
London KCL
Christina Lusser
christinalusser@hotmail.com
UK
London LSE
Cezar Rugasira
rugasira_cezar@icloud.com
UK
London QMC
Mena Ladwa
mena.ladwa@hotmail.com
UK
London UCL
Fiona Steiger
fiona.steiger@yahoo.co.uk
UK
London UCL
Niccolo Panizzardi
n.panizzardi@hotmail.com
Spain
Madrid
Oliver Devillard
oliverdevillard@gmail.com
UK
Manchester
Martha Doherty
martha-muffin@hotmail.co.uk
USA
New York
Sara Tazartes
saratazartes@gmail.com
UK
Nottingham
Tara Prasad
taraprasad98@gmail.com
UK
Oxford Brookes
Hebe Vosper-Brown
hebevosper.b@gmail.com
UK
Oxford Brookes
William Rose
williamrose154@gmail.com
UK
Reading
Francesca Garbi
garbifrancesca@gmail.com
UK
Royal Agr Uni
George Queen
georgequeen@mac.com
UK
St Andrews
Riku Yagi
riku75pancras@gmail.com
UK
Swansea
AJ Renton
ajrenton@yahoo.co.uk
UK
Warwick
Ashok Manandhar
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York
Laura Coulman
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | WELCOME FROM THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT Our
first Annual Fund telephone calling campaigns to Old Malvernians
Record
numbers of supporters making regular gifts
Five
The cornerstone of this ambition is to raise at least £15 million towards ten new, fully-endowed Assisted Places, as well as a further £5 million in support of the College’s capital and other projects.
Ten
We want to inspire our donors with the progress that has already been achieved on the many projects you are generously supporting, as well as our desire to add value to Malvern College in all spheres of its work.
major capital projects completed through the help of philanthropy (Sports Complex, boarding houses, Rackets Courts, Science Centre and Rogers Theatre) smaller, immediate impact campus projects completed
The
It gives me great pleasure to present this year’s Development Impact Report and to have the opportunity to tell you more about the wonderful effect that fundraising and Development are having on Malvern College. At the same time, we are also sad to be bidding farewell to our visionary Headmaster, Antony Clark.
support the College with at least £20 million in philanthropic support – an ambitious aim and a further step change in our work, but one that we are confident of achieving, with the help of the Malvernian community.
largest ever number of transformational Assisted Places and scholarships supported through the Malvernian Society
Antony has been a great advocate for the power of philanthropy, and it has been a pleasure to work closely with him in bringing many fundraising projects to fruition, with the generous help of our supporters, without whom Malvern College would not be in the strong position that it is today. His tenure has been marked with many a ‘first’, not just in the academic sphere, but also in terms of Development. Highlights include:
College’s largest ever gift to a capital building project, in this case our new Science Centre
We are immensely grateful to Antony and his wife Brigitte for the investment of their time and effort into the work of our office. We wish them both all the very best in their new venture.
The
Our
largest ever multi-million pound legacy gift
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Naturally, we are also looking forward to the future and to our new Headmaster, Keith Metcalfe, who joins us in April 2019. Over the next 10 years, we would like to be able to
2018 has been a particularly fruitful year in terms of philanthropy (see graphic), and I do hope that you will find the following pages of interest. If you have any thoughts on our work or would like to get involved in philanthropy, please do get in touch.
Alexandra Albright Head of Development
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | | ASSISTED PLACES AND CLARK SCHOLARSHIP Assisted Places It is an inherent part of the Malvern ethos that we do everything possible to widen access to the College and make a Malvern education as attainable as possible. In 2017-18 we supported 12% of College pupils with means-tested bursary support to the extent of £900,000, which is a powerful demonstration of our commitment to this cause. Malvern College and the Malvernian Society do all they can to help applicants who are academically curious and ambitious and inspire their peers, who would embrace extracurricular life, and whose contribution would have a positive impact on the diversity and experience of the student body, as well as the reputation of the College. However, we have yet more ambitious plans for the long-term sustainability of our Assisted Places scheme. We would like to be able to guarantee fee assistance (up to 100% full boarding fees as necessary) to more pupils, and we are aiming for a minimum of ten such pupils in the College at any one time. This is, indeed, ambitious! We need to establish a fund of at least £15 million to create an endowment which will provide these ten places in perpetuity. We will be working towards this target over the next ten years. In the immediate term, we are focused on the Clark Scholarship as part of the Assisted Places scheme; you can read more about this special Scholarship to honour Antony Clark’s contribution to the College as Headmaster below. Please contact the Development team for further information on development@malverncollege.org.uk or phone +44 (0)1684 581 653/654 Pupil Testimonials George Kent What are you enjoying at school at the moment?
I’ve finished my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award and I’m working towards the Silver. I love CCF – I am in the RAF Section – and I’ve also really enjoyed the House Shooting Competition. A friend from my last school is really jealous of me having these opportunities! What do you think is special about Malvern? The boarding system and the House spirit are a fantastic extra dimension to life here. What are your favourite subjects? “Physics. Next week we are off to the Spaceguard Centre in Knighton. I am really interested in astronomy and have just spent an amazing evening on the Science Centre roof looking at the stars through a telescope – and eating pizza! This sort of thing makes life at Malvern really special. Do you have any ideas for the future? I don’t know yet, but I’m thinking about becoming a diplomat or an engineer. The Clark Scholarship Perhaps the most significant news for the College in 2017-18 was the announcement that Antony Clark would be retiring as Headmaster in March 2019. At that point we began to think how we could honour Antony’s legacy to Malvern College, given all that he has achieved here in almost eleven years at the helm. We are delighted to have Antony’s support for the launch of the Clark Scholarship: a new initiative reflecting his vocation for promoting academic excellence and our aspiration to make Malvern ever more accessible to pupils from all backgrounds. We will be awarding the Scholarship to a pupil entering the Lower Sixth, who demonstrates talent, enthusiasm
and ambition for the future, and who will make the most of everything we offer at the College. Applicants for the award will be means-tested, and assistance of 60% to 100% of fullboarding fees will be offered. To realise this ambition, we are looking at establishing an endowment fund with an immediate target of £1.5 million (within the overall Assisted Places scheme), and the Malvernian Society has made a fabulous commitment of £500,000 to kick-start the fund. Grateful thanks must be recorded again to Alan Lyall (SH.46-51) whose legacy gift has had a transformational impact on our Assisted Places initiative as well as several other important projects. All Old Malvernians will have received information about the Clark Scholarship recently, and we have been delighted by the response from OMs and parents, who have already shown generous philanthropic support. While we continue to fundraise in earnest, the College will accept its first Clark Scholar in September 2019. We aim to launch a second award in September 2020, so that a new Clark Scholar can be named every subsequent year. “I am honoured to be associated with this award. The enduring nature of the Clark Scholarship signifies Malvern’s long-term commitment to academic rigour and diversity, and it creates a life-changing gift for the right student: one who has the potential to embrace a Malvern College education and succeed beyond their expectations.” Antony Clark, Headmaster This is a wonderful opportunity for talented pupils, and another milestone for Malvern College. Thank you to everyone who has made a gift already and given us confidence that we will achieve our goal. If you would like to be involved, please contact the Development team on development@malverncollege.org.uk or +44 (0)1684 581 653/654.
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | ROGERS THEATRE REFURBISHMENT We were thrilled to start the academic year with the completion of the Rogers Theatre refurbishment project. This complex renovation of the existing building, plus the creation of a new-build foyer and flexible teaching space, was funded in no small part through philanthropy. Our fantastic donor community of alumni, parents and Friends gave their support to the project, and we are pleased to say that we reached our fundraising target, with an impressive and extremely generous £1 million raised, a quarter of the overall costs for the project. We are so grateful to everyone who made a gift to support this project. Philanthropy has a truly transformational impact at Malvern, which is especially tangible through our excellent facilities, and ambitious buildings. Special mention should be made of Alan Lyall (SH. 46-51), whose significant bequest to the College has been recognised in the creation of the Lyall Foyer. Keith Packham, Director of Drama at Malvern, says the following of the Theatre: The College Theatre refurbishment is a sensitive fusion of the old and the new – the creation of
an ultra-modern, multi-purpose, highly flexible studio/foyer space alongside an existing Theatre auditorium now fully equipped with 21st century stage engineering and audience comforts. Acoustic treatment of the Edwardian-era original building, plush auditorium seating, and excellent viewing sight lines have vastly enhanced the audience experience, as well as the glass fronted foyer with breath-taking views up to the College’s main building, enveloped by the Malvern Hills.
with state-of-the-art performance technology, designed to engage and inspire the pupil body. I would like to thank all of those who generously supported the refurbishment of the Theatre, and hope that you will visit the College to see all that you have made possible.
We have been delighted by the response from pupils, parents and staff towards the refurbished facility, as well as from the local community, who have utilised the space for ballet shows, drama performances and music concerts. For pupil performers and technicians, the theatre space is a hugely inviting one, a College venue which has skillfully retained the charm and appeal of the old building yet now fully equipped The Gala Opening of the newly refurbished Rogers Theatre will take place on 27 March 2019. We look forward to welcoming supporters of the project to a Champagne reception followed by the opening night performance of Chicago. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the new auditorium, see their name on the donor board and spot their plaque if they named a seat, before enjoying what promises to be an excellent and entertaining production by our pupils. Thank you again to everyone who lent their support to the Theatre project and made this wonderful facility possible.
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | MUSIC AT MALVERN We have ambitious plans for the provision of Music at Malvern and will focus on the following areas: Chapel Organ How many significant milestones at Malvern College have been marked by a hearty rendition of ‘Jerusalem’ accompanied by the majestic sound of the Chapel Organ? The beautiful, Cotswold-stone Chapel sits at the centre of the College campus between Main Building and the Memorial Library, overlooking the Senior Turf and the Vale of Evesham beyond. Inside, the Chapel Organ presides over the space with dignity and distinction. Unfortunately, the passage of time has taken its toll on the Willis Organ, installed in 1899. The good intentions behind various repairs and ‘improvements’ over the years have not always had the desired effect, and the result has been to create a sound that provides neither convincing accompaniment to a small chamber choir, nor adequate support to a full College Chapel service. Nor does it do justice to much of the wide repertoire of organ music.
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Long-term deterioration of the mechanical engineering is a significant factor in the sound deterioration. The soundboards have shrunk and split, causing the wrong pipes to sound occasionally, and the leather wind reservoirs are desiccated and worn, leading to audible air leakage and low wind pressure. This means that the instrument cannot hold its tuning or give out volume. Our organ is no longer fit for purpose and will give up entirely if we fail to take action. This will rob us of the opportunity for academic and practical study of the organ, proper appreciation of the glorious organ repertoire, appropriate accompaniment for performance and worship; and something more indefinable that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up: the unique and unifying sense of belonging to a place and time.
So we are looking for a solution. We have discounted another repair or refurbishment . The way forward for Malvern College is a brand new instrument which can deliver a rallying sound in Chapel, appropriate accompaniment to both choral and chamber music, encouragement to budding organists, and new opportunities for hosting professional recitals, events, recordings and music courses. The exact specifications of the new instrument are still being drawn up at the time of writing, and meanwhile we are looking at ways of funding the new organ. We will be ‘pulling out all the stops’ for this project, so if you would care to join us, please contact development@ malverncollege.org.uk or phone +44(0)1684 581 654/653 for further information.
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | | THE ‘ALL STEINWAY SCHOOL’ INITIATIVE Malvern College is looking to become an All Steinway School, replacing the College’s stock of 37 pianos (including 5 grand pianos) with the finest instruments from a world-renowned manufacturer. This project is being made possible by the generous support of an anonymous donor whose visionary ambition will see the College join the ranks of only 14 other Independent Schools in the UK to have been credited with ‘All Steinway School’ status.
The association with Steinway artists will help establish a worldwide reputation of Malvern as the premier establishment for Music, attract talented musicians (both teachers and pupils) to the College, and provide excellent ongoing technical support and access to Steinway expertise and masterclasses.
sound-proofed practice and performance facilities for our music students, prepariing them for their musical careers beyond Malvern or simply enhancing their experience of music-making at the College.
Becoming an All Steinway School is set in the context of the College’s plans to refurbish our Music School building, providing much improved,
| LEGACY GIVING The last twelve months have shown us again how much value people place on a Malvern education, by their decision to give to us through a gift in their will. That value may be attributed to an outstanding academic education, a particularly inspiring teacher, lasting friendships, or any number of other reasons. Most people choose to leave their legacy gift to the unrestricted which allows us to apply the gift to the area of greatest need, but it is important to us that we honour your wishes as to how the gift might be used. It is always useful to discuss this in advance, so that we can advise where necessary. Legacy gifts come in all shapes and sizes. As well as the more usual cash gifts, we have gratefully received stocks and shares, a specialist book collection, and other valuable gifts. Legacies have had a dramatic effect on the facilities that our pupils enjoy here. Most recently, the Rogers Theatre has been transformed by a portion of the extraordinary legacy of Alan Lyall (SH.46-51), and we are delighted to have named the newbuild element of the refurbishment the ‘Lyall Foyer’ in honour of his gift - you will read elsewhere how positively this has impacted on the performing arts and the ‘user
experience’ of the Theatre. The very generous legacy gift of Chris Birks (4.50-55) in 2017 was fundamental to this project at the outset and allowed us to choose a more ambitious plan than might otherwise have been possible. The other popular designation from our legators is Assisted Places, the scheme that attracts pupils to the College who might not otherwise be able to attend. This is a wonderful cause and has a direct impact on the lives of young people who can continue into their adult lives on a more ambitious trajectory as a result. We have great plans for the Malvernian Society Assisted Places scheme and hope that we might benefit from the generosity of more legacy gifts in the future. Legacy Pledge Card We have over 80 legators who have told us they intend to make a gift in their will to the College or Malvernian Society. We know that there are more who share this intention, but they have not communicated this to us. And If you are considering a legacy gift in our favour, please do let us know. Your pledge will not be binding in any way, and we will not ask for a figure if you do not have one in mind or you choose not to share it. The information will
also remain confidential if you wish. However, it does allow us to thank you during your lifetime, and to make sure that your gift is spent eventually according to your own ideas. It also helps us with our financial planning. We are distributing a Legacy Pledge Card with this Newsletter. If you are thinking of including Malvern College or the Malvernian Society in your will, please do let us know, by contacting fiona.paterson@malverncollege.org. uk or by phoning +44(0)1684 581 653. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the 1895 Association along with very many other likeminded people. 1895 Association Lunch The 1895 Association was established so we could thank our legators during their lifetime, and make connections between people who share a belief in the future prosperity of Malvern College. The inaugural event of the 1895 Association took place in September 2018. We invited everyone who had told us about the legacy gift that they have identified for the College or Society, and Antony and Brigitte Clark were kind enough to host the event at the Headmaster’s house. We were delighted to have the chance
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT to thank our generous legators in such a special way, and it was a most enjoyable occasion. Several OMs took advantage of their visit to look around the campus in the afternoon. For further information please contact the Development team on development@malverncollege.org.uk or phone +44 (0)1684 581 653/654
Legacy Testimonial: ‘Malvern in Mind’ in Brisbane, Australia: Malcolm Duce (6.56-61) Back in February 2015, the Headmaster Antony Clark’s travels took him to Sydney, Australia, where he hosted a dinner for Old Malvernians as part of the College’s 150th Anniversary celebrations. Over 40 people attended, among whom were Malcolm Duce and his wife, Halina. Little did we know at the time, but Malcolm’s conversation with Antony Clark that evening sowed the seed of an idea which flourished three years later when Malcolm and Halina returned to the UK on holiday in May 2018. They had been thinking about a long overdue visit to the College, and to enquire how they may be able to assist future students to benefit from an education at Malvern. Malcolm studied Sciences at the
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College, graduated from Oxford with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He worked in London and in South Africa before moving to Brisbane in 1973, becoming the Chief Internal Auditor at Brisbane City Council in 1979. Thereafter, he remained in public service, receiving several
Australian and Queensland Awards for his distinguished services to the Accounting profession, and for his volunteer community work. Bearing in mind what we knew of Malcolm’s interests, we were able to plan his visit with Halina accordingly. The tour, in brilliant spring weather, included a meeting with the Senior Deputy Head, Sarah Angus, a visit to the Science Centre and the Chapel, as well as a tour of the College and conversations with key members of staff throughout the day. A particular highlight was lunch in Malcolm’s House, No.6, with the then Housemistress, Vanessa Young. No. 6 was an all-boys House in Malcolm’s day. This time, Malcolm and Halina enjoyed lunch at a table with Dermot O’Keeffe, the Head of Philosophy, and five very talented girls from Belgium, Austria, Germany, Italy, and China. How times had changed at
House No. 6 since the 1950s! Malcolm was kind enough to comment that the College had designed ‘a superb programme of activities which contributed to a magnificent visit’. He tells us that he and Halina took many new and very happy memories of Malvern College back to their home in Brisbane. Malcolm and Halina are particularly interested in the Malvernian Society Assisted Places scheme here at Malvern, in other words – making a Malvern College education possible for pupils from any background, regardless of their family’s financial situation, and we are delighted that they have pledged their generous support towards our Assisted Places endowment fund through a gift in their wills. Malcolm and Halina have said that they would encourage others to consider supporting future Malvern pupils in this way. As it gives them tremendous pleasure to know that part of the fruits of their lifetimes’ work will endure in perpetuity, giving generations of bright young minds the chance to flourish and change their lives for the better. Since returning to Australia, Malcolm has also become a member of the Malvernian Society’s 1895 Association, and he is also an initial contributor to the new Clark Scholarship at Malvern. We are very grateful to both Malcolm and Halina for their contributions to the Malvernian Society. This type of support from OMs and other supporters is crucially important to us as we implement our vision for an ambitious future. We very much appreciate the generosity of the Malvernian family from all over the world.
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Vanessa Young, Malcolm and Halina Duce in the garden of House No.6
| REGULAR GIVING You will have seen on p.12 that 87% of our donor community make regular gifts to support Malvern. Regular gifts are pledges to give at set intervals, most commonly by Direct Debit, and are crucial to us. We have all seen the appeals on television to give £x a month in support of a cause, but please take a moment to read about the power of these gifts and the impact they have at Malvern every day. One of our key fundraising priorities at Malvern is to increase the provision of Assisted Places to enable us to widen access to the College to children from a range of backgrounds. It is particularly in the area of bursaries that the importance of regular gifts is seen. The average monthly Direct Debit gifted to Malvern is £25, which with Gift Aid equates to £31.25 a month, so £375 a year. When 100 donors give this amount we can fully fund a place at Malvern, creating a transformational and life-changing opportunity for pupils. In this way,
the generosity of individual donors is magnified when joined with others who give in the same way. We are immensely grateful to our entire donor community for all that they make possible. However, we would like to say a special thank you to our regular donors for allowing Malvern to plan for the future with confidence. £25 a month really can make a Malvern education accessible, and we invite you to consider joining the regular giving movement. In order to offer significant fee assistance to children with the talent, attitude and aptitude to thrive at Malvern, the College needs to be sure that the required provision will
be available for each year of a pupil’s attendance at Malvern. Regular gifts provide this security, as we know that our wonderful donor community will provide the required funds to provide children with a life-changing education, year after year. If you are interested in making a regular gift, you can do so through the Malvernian Society website, or contact jennifer.newton@ malverncollege.org.uk or phone +44(0)1684 581 654.
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | TRANSNATIONAL GIVING EUROPE
TGE
Transnatio nal Giv ing Europe
OMs and parents living across Europe may be interested to learn about the Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) network, which is a partnership of leading European foundations and associations
that facilitates tax-efficient crossborder giving within Europe. The TGE network enables donors, both corporations and individuals, resident in one of the participating countries, to support non-profit organisations in other member countries, while benefiting directly from the tax advantages provided for in the legislation of their country of residence. Please contact us for further information, or go to www. transnationalgiving.eu/donate. At
Malvern College, we are currently registered to receive gifts through TGE from Spain, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium and Germany. (Other TGE partner countries include Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.) Please contact development@ malverncollege.org.uk or phone on +44(0)1684 581 654/653 for further information.
| BSUF Are you one of the 270 OMs living in the United States? In fact, the USA is one of the most highly OMpopulated countries outside the UK. With so many OMs in America, and with hot spots in New York and California, we are keen to ensure that you feel engaged with your school, and are up to date with all that is happening here at Malvern. We always enjoy hearing about OM reunions and meet-ups overseas, and
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are pleased that Malvern is so fondly remembered across the pond. You may be aware that Malvern is registered with the British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF), which is an excellent volunteer led organisation with 501(3)c status that allows for those living in the USA to give in a tax efficient way. I am pleased to say that OMs in the States have been generous in their support, with many supporting our
development projects via the BSUF. You can find out more information about the BSUF and make a gift to support Malvern College by visiting their website at https://www.bsuf. org/. Alternatively, please contact a member of the Development team: Jen Newton would be delighted to hear from you, and can be contacted on jennifer.newton@malverncollege. org.uk or +44(0)1684 581 654.
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | | MALVERN AROUND THE GLOBE The Malvernian Society organises an ever-increasing number of social events in Europe, but we also make forays further afield, primarily in Asia, as we have strong communities in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 2017-18, our travels took us to Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. It is always good to meet Old Malvernians, parents and Friends around the globe. While our events are purely social, they give us an excellent chance to hear people’s view of the College from their different angles. OMs (young and less so), those who have become parents and sent their own children to the College, parents of current or past pupils who did not attend the College
themselves, and so on. But it is the common thread of Malvern College that keeps the conversation lively and entertaining! At these receptions, the Headmaster takes the opportunity of talking briefly about the College, the latest developments and its plans for the short and medium term. In recent years, this has included an update on the establishment of Malvern College International and our sister schools in China (Qingdao,
Chengdu), Hong Kong and Cairo. We are also very pleased to meet separately with individuals who would like to hear more, possibly with a view to future support of our projects. If you would like us to contact you in this regard, when we are planning a visit to your area, please let us know by contacting development@malverncollege.org. uk or by phoning +44(0)1684 581 654/653.
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | MALVERN AROUND THE GLOBE
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DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | | BENEFACTORS’ LUNCH On 16 June 2018, we were delighted to welcome back to the College a capacity gathering of 180 members of our donor community. Always a highlight of the College calendar, the Benefactors’ Lunch is a small way for us to thank our generous donors for all that they make possible at the College, for instance enabling new building developments such as the refurbished Rogers Theatre, and increasing our provision of Assisted Places.
pupil experience of, and gratitude for, philanthropy at Malvern.
limited, so we encourage donors to register their attendance early.
We look forward to welcoming benefactors to this year’s lunch, which is being held on the later date of 7 September 2019; individual invitations have already been sent out at the time of writing. Spaces are
Please contact paul.godsland@malverncollege.org. uk or phone +44 (0)1684 581517 for further information.
Our Chapel Prefects welcomed guests, and there were speeches from Robin Black, Chairman of Council, Antony Clark, Headmaster, and Ariana Davison (No.4) who spoke insightfully on the
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | CONVERSATIONS he joined Lower Sixth pupils working on their IB Group 4 multi-disciplinary project, giving a lecture to launch the project and then returning to listen to their final presentations after two days of research. We have been Peter Millward (6.6468)who has recently moved back to the Malvern area. After over 20 years as partner of PWC he became Chairman of a water company and a trustee of the charity WaterAid, a highly successful international development charity. WaterAid has teams in 34 countries across the world transforming lives by improving access to clean water, toilets and hygiene, and its work links very neatly with the educational curriculum departments such as Philosophy, Science, and Geography. Peter was kind enough to meet with a team of staff members to discuss how he could pass on his passionate support for the charity’s work in the most constructive way. In the end,
Last year, we reported on a link we had established with the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, thanks to an OM, Dominic Shorthouse (4.75-79). This bore fruit in September when a speaker from the Anna Freud Centre presented at the inaugural Malvern College Pastoral Conference. Tom Newman, who organised the Conference said, It was brilliant. The speaker was compelling, and the workshops in the afternoon were fascinating and thought provoking. We adopted their very good idea to involve the pupils in the Conference, and they went on to raise over £2,500 from the subsequent ‘Home Clothes Day’ and a ‘Zumba Day’ for the charity. I hope we can continue our relationship in the future with the charity and benefit from a stronger link.
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It was a truly inspiring contribution, very much appreciated by our pupils, and we are more than grateful to Peter for giving so much of his time and energy.
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | We are grateful to all donors and legators who have generously supported the Malvernian Society and Malvern College in 2018. We Donors and Legators 2018
would like to recognise publicly those who have contributed to our work, and are equally grateful to the eighteen donors who have chosen to
remain anonymous. Thank you to all alumni, parents and Friends for your philanthropy and support.
E A W Peel
SH
1964
R Hughes
1
1954
R F Barton
SH
1954
R W Percival
SH
1979
S M Johnstone
1
1978
R H S Bellhouse
SH
1961
A R Pirie
SH
1960
R J G Jones
1
1951
R C Beverley
SH
1977
J A H Porch
SH
1944
C S Keeling-Roberts 1
1968
C R L Bland
SH
1955
J K Retallack
SH
1974
G R Laurie
1
1958
C M Blucke
SH
1979
J E Rowsell
SH
1945
J R Lines
1
1967
M H Body
SH
2005
A W D Sankey
SH
1952
R P F Makin
1
1964
P A Bond
SH
1962
I N Smith
SH
1951
A E Manning
1
1958
C G G Born
SH
1962
J E Taverner
SH
1955
A C E Maynard
1
1958
J P M Bowtell
SH
1986
D J W Teasdale
SH
1958
C B Middelmann
1
2005
G R Brutton
SH
1967
A P Temperton
SH
1987
W A Middleton
1
1996
R E B Clayton
SH
1991
J F Threshie
SH
1983
W H Morris
1
1980
N G Coates
SH
1945
S W Twyman
SH
1953
T S R Mort
1
1959
R T Coates
SH
1975
N B Tyler
SH
1970
M R Ogden
1
1964
R H H Cordy
SH
1960
S J Ward
SH
1981
S L Palmer
1
1974
P H Courtenay
SH
1952
H E Wardle
SH
1960
D C Pilcher
1
2006
M S Davidson
SH
1961
H G Westmacott
SH
1955
G T Prance
1
1956
N C Dee
SH
1967
D M Whiteford
SH
1952
A E Rissbrook
1
1985
A W Dennis
SH
1949
J B M Winter
SH
1968
G G Rollason
1
1955
P J Draper
SH
1975
G K A Zimmerli
SH
1959
P J Salter
1
1958
M Elder
SH
1951
G W Batchelor
1
1961
K Y Saw
1
1979
R Ellcock
SH
1982
R B W Beale
1
1961
C J Sharp
1
1985
G A Ensor
SH
1955
N S Bradford
1
1978
G B Sinclair
1
1966
J S Garlick
SH
1947
R D J Brinkman
1
1987
J L Smith
1
1955
J W Gartside
SH
1955
D C M Burns
1
1955
M M L Sutcliffe
1
1949
B Giffard Taylor
SH
1962
P D Chopra
1
1983
L P C Taylor
1
1969
M A H Hannaford
SH
1971
J S J Craig
1
1965
P Toomey
1
1978
R J Harris
SH
2014
R Crawley
1
1955
J F E West
1
1966
R Y Hartshorne
SH
1981
G D Crosthwaite
1
1959
C M Wynn
1
1973
J W Holl
SH
1961
J R O David
1
1968
L W Axel-Berg
2
1972
R D Holl
SH
1958
D P Davies
1
1957
A W Beeson
2
1955
S R Hopkins
SH
1974
C B Davis
1
1976
Mr R A Berkley
2
1955
D L Hughes
SH
1956
M J Davison
1
1955
P Bowen-Simpkins
2
1960
J P R Hunt
SH
1969
J R Dent
1
1963
S Brown
2
1942
R D John
SH
1969
I G Elliott
1
1952
J Brundrit
2
1949
M A B Kirk
SH
1956
P J Everett
1
1973
P J Cartwright
2
1962
D Knill-Jones
SH
1956
A W M Fergusson
1
1975
R H Caudwell
2
1973
S A Knill-Jones
SH
1961
P W Field
1
1967
S L M Charrington
2
1974
R P Lewis
SH
1960
B G H Flint
1
1992
A M Coleman
2
1981
F A N Lisk
SH
1998
L S E Gamble
1
2000
T C E Congdon
2
1950
A T L Lyall
SH
1951
A F Gee
1
1952
G Cuttle
2
1952
R D Milnes
SH
1958
J R Griffiths
1
1952
S G Danks
2
1961
P L W Morgan
SH
1962
C N W Haig-Prothero 1
1961
J M Davies
2
1957
N J H Morris
SH
1956
A C Hamilton
1
1962
N C Farebrother
2
1958
G H Naylor
SH
1942
T R Heatley
1
1975
P S Gandhi
2
1991
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT M C Greenstock
2
1957
W J Perry
3
1970
C L Rousseau
4
1995
C J W Haines
2
1954
J K M Phillips
3
1948
S D Rowan
4
1980
A R Higgins
2
1970
C M F Pidgeon
3
1965
C E Shirville
4
1998
J D L Holdaway
2
1960
S P Roberts
3
1964
T P Slessor
4
1950
J M Jones
2
1950
P N Shaw-Hamilton
3
1970
D Smeeton
4
1955
T G Kieft
2
1968
S B Simpson
3
1953
R C B Smith
4
1968
C B Le Bas
2
1967
G B Standring
3
1957
F M Southern
4
1959
R R A May-Hill
2
1991
N R Steele Mortimer 3
1953
T C J Tarplett
4
1982
J G Miller
2
1988
P M Steele Mortimer 3
1974
T H Thompson
4
1953
S L Preedy
2
1960
R J Stork
3
1965
C H Tuckwell
4
1964
M J Roomans
2
1983
A B Taylor
3
1957
N P Viner
4
1979
M A Schouten
2
2007
P A Titchmarsh
3
1945
R S Viner
4
1954
R W Stuchbery
2
1951
A P Tudor Miles
3
1959
R C B Wade
4
1965
C J Titcomb
2
1976
J M M Bassett
4
1958
P L Welch
4
1975
E V Tyack
2
1971
G W B Bomford
4
1964
J R Wileman
4
1988
M M Ware
2
1976
M B Bowles
4
1966
C D C Willy
4
1948
R T Andrews
3
1960
A M Brough
4
1947
A D Wright
4
1955
D G Arnold
3
1994
D W T Brough
4
1950
M J Ansley-Young
5
1984
T M P C Begg
3
1962
A C Buckoke
4
1970
H J Bailey
5
1958
D P R Brass
3
1954
G S E Carter
4
1971
W E Bower
5
1982
K E Britton
3
1957
J O Cash
4
1958
M J Bridge
5
1957
D S W Cheng
3
2011
M Caulfield-Giles
4
1951
P J Bridge
5
1974
C B Cohen
3
1966
C R F Chadder
4
1961
J W I Bridle
5
1961
J B Cooke
3
1961
J P M Cook
4
1960
T J P Burroughs
5
1977
T J A R Coughtrie
3
1979
J M Davey
4
1984
M R Byers
5
1971
D B Dale
3
1968
D R L Erskine
4
1952
B A C Chivers
5
1967
P J P Daniell
3
1960
G Farrer-Brown
4
1953
C M Davies
5
1957
D G Darby
3
1978
S D T Froggatt
4
1985
J S V Davy
5
1948
P M Desmond
3
1972
B M Glanvill
4
1952
B W Deller
5
1956
M S Driver
3
1961
E R Greey
4
1957
D M Dent
5
1959
C L A Edginton
3
1969
A D Grove
4
1959
T J Forrester
5
1967
S E Gallie
3
2004
N R Hack
4
1987
D S Forstner
5
2008
T D W Gracey
3
1961
A R Henderson
4
1946
J P Foxall
5
1968
S E Grant
3
1948
P E Hughes
4
1955
W W H Foyn
5
1942
P J Green
3
1959
J R Jakobi
4
1955
C J A Gallimore
5
1959
J H R Hadley
3
1990
N H H John
4
1964
5
1961
R W Henman
3
1961
B O Jolliffe
4
1951
J M G Hamilton-Sharp
E J T Huntington
3
1965
M Lock
4
1950
N J G Hayes
5
1973
A K R Jacomb
3
1968
M C Mason
4
1962
C A L Hayward
5
1978
B M F Jacomb
3
1966
C R Milton
4
1980
J D H Hayward
5
1981
P W King
3
1956
D S Morgan
4
1953
C T Hebden
5
1965
D G Knott
3
1954
J Morley
4
1985
A M Houghton
5
1974
N H Leadsom
3
1949
S Morley
4
1957
C R Hutton
5
1991
J B McBroom
3
1959
R K Murray
4
1944
N R C MacLaurin
5
1984
G N J Mills
3
1976
A Newell
4
1949
I C MacLaurin
5
1956
J G Morris
3
1955
A M Oliver
4
1969
D L MacNicoll
5
1965
M J Newey
3
1978
T H S Rawstron
4
1964
K W Mayne
5
1945
P L R Paxman
3
1949
A J Ridgway
4
1965
K Muntarbhorn
5
1968
A G A Pepper
3
1950
P S Robinson
4
1964
R Rattansi
5
1966
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DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT | J E R Robertson
5
1953
G K Padgett-Duncan 6
2005
C G Hall
7
1962
J A Smith
5
1998
G P Pelham-Lane
6
1981
P R Hartley
7
1953
J A Swift
5
1967
F Priest
6
1965
M I Harwood
7
1959
A W Symonds
5
1983
A C M Prince
6
1955
P G Hatch
7
1956
J M Watson
5
1946
G R Rastall
6
1959
D Hilton-Jones
7
1970
R T H Wilson
5
1966
F J Roberts
6
1996
D F W Holder
7
1936
D I Wright
5
1971
R H E Russell
6
1954
R F W Holder
7
1965
R M Young
5
1985
C B Rycroft
6
1983
C L Houghton
7
1967
J L C Young
5
1953
D I Shearer
6
1951
R W Hoyle
7
1969
D G F Banks
6
1962
J G Shearer
6
1964
R H S Lane
7
1962
D G W Barham
6
1944
R Shearer
6
1953
R H Leachman
7
1971
K J Bath
6
2005
S R Shenkman
6
1982
C J Mawson
7
1958
A G Baulcombe
6
1980
W J B Sneath
6
1957
P R Moritz
7
1952
R M Berry
6
1953
M D Stone
6
1954
A C N Neale
7
1954
J R Bloomfield
6
1952
C J Styles
6
1959
R W Page-May
7
1965
R J Bourne
6
1977
R J Tabberner
6
1974
D A G Pardo
7
1967
A M Bowman
6
1953
O J C Toole
6
1978
K Ramanathan
7
1985
C M Bradley-Kidd
6
1975
R Treverton-Jones
6
1967
J F Sandison
7
1963
J D Browning
6
1968
B S Walker
6
1993
N J Sibley
7
1980
J E Capito
6
1950
P H Walker
6
1940
T P Stockil
7
1970
D J Carmichael
6
1960
T N Young
6
1971
S J E Turner
7
1953
D J O Carver
6
1980
A E C Adams
7
1974
A R Upex
7
1970
T S Charrington
6
1955
J R E Bath
7
2002
R V Upex
7
1968
R F R Clarke
6
2007
K P Bentley
7
1954
J L Vigers
7
1942
B L Davis
6
1953
A E Bettinson
7
1953
C J D Warry
7
1968
A M W Don
6
1971
A J M Blumer
7
1954
H R Weeks
7
1964
M R Duce
6
1961
T W Bomford
7
1999
W E Wilde
7
1961
R A Farrer
6
1959
A R Brown
7
1967
C G J Williams
7
1974
M G W Faulkes
6
1958
A G Buchanan
7
1980
R D Williams
7
1941
R A George
6
1979
W J Burke
7
1973
J G Willis
7
1943
R J Grainger
6
1976
K K Chiu
7
1990
M D K Wills
7
1977
A J A Grey
6
1961
B C T Clitherow
7
1972
C P G Wodeman
7
1946
R Grigsby
6
1957
T M Constable
7
2005
M C Woodgate
7
1974
R C Hadley
6
1964
S G Coulby
7
1970
J C Adam
8
1968
J M Hadley
6
1969
J A Crowther
7
1969
W E H Bagnall
8
1965
R H Hardwicke
6
1963
T G Cunningham
7
1952
M R M Ballard
8
1977
R W Hartman
6
1953
R A Denney
7
1969
P J Bassett
8
1973
R D Hewitt
6
1974
J V Dent
7
1955
N C P Bird
8
1970
J B Heynes
6
1947
C J Dolman
7
1999
R K Black
8
1976
C Hudson
6
1951
S V Drew
7
1962
M B G Black
8
1967
P T Hunnisett
6
1952
H L V Fan
7
1992
A D Blackstock
8
1960
G P Hunt
6
1960
A E S Field
7
1955
S A Broadbent
8
1970
B C Jones
6
1952
M E Fordham
7
1980
M R Brocklehurst
8
1961
D B Jones
6
1965
S M Fry
7
1973
S S Clarke
8
1956
L R Kennard
6
1959
M W Gittins
7
1980
J P Clough
8
1959
A J Knights
6
1973
J W Gould
7
1946
R T Collet
8
1958
P M L Lewis
6
1957
J A Graham
7
1963
J G Davis
8
1976
D Mehta
6
1959
A N Grainger
7
1975
C N Dickinson
8
1971
J B M Moir-Shepherd 6
1957
J A Haddock
7
1993
P H Donovan
8
1952
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| DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT M B Downey
8
1956
M G Fray
9
1965
D Firth
W J Farr
8
1962
D M French
9
1956
F R R Francis
J C Forsyth
8
1977
P P Hampson
9
1977
R & H Goddard
R E K Golding
8
1989
A R Hoare
9
1957
K Grace
B E C Hale
8
1953
J D Hudson
9
1965
S M Hill
J M J Havard
8
1968
F Kassatkin
9
2005
K Hughes
M D Hayter
8
1985
J P B Kidson
9
1974
S R Jackson
I Hilton-Bailey
8
1954
P D Kidwell
9
2005
G Jones
W G S Hordern
8
1957
E Kwong
9
1997
M Knott
R D N Hunt
8
1993
J D Lace
9
1966
W Lecoge
S D Jones
8
1966
L E Linaker
9
1952
S Marr
A M Lee
8
1966
A C Lowcock
9
1968
J M McNevin
R P G Lewis
8
1960
J N S Lowe
9
1959
J Moyle
J S Lowe
8
1960
A F O Murray
9
1953
A & L Murtagh
I A Maiden
8
1951
J F Nasmyth-Miller
9
1952
F Paterson
J I McEntyre
8
1956
M W Nicholls
9
1974
D Payler
R G Murray
8
1961
P C Nicholls
9
1976
L Penrice
H A Naylor
8
1951
P J Paterson
9
1955
P I Quickfall
J M P Newman
8
1961
J M Patterson
9
1972
D G Robertson
D J Parkinson
8
1993
S R Peachey
9
1994
P Saw
P J Pegrum
8
1958
M J Porter
9
1977
C Selkirk
J N Perrins
8
1951
C G Rose
9
1976
A & S Underwood
J B Pickup
8
1955
J T Rowe
9
1961
R D A Wedderburn
J A H Potter
8
1976
N Singh
9
1999
V Withnall
W A J Potter
8
1963
C W O Stoecker
9
1975
D P Yung
R J H Price
8
1956
P A D Storie-Pugh
9
1967
J M C Rawlings
8
1978
M Tikilyaynen
9
1999
D R G Rhodes
8
1955
R K Whiley
9
1954
M C Frayn
A R Rosswick
8
1952
P L Wilson
9
1954
J T G Andrew (9)
1956
R J Sharp
8
1963
R G Woodward
9
1964
J C F Barwell (9)
1986
D J H Shaw
8
1968
P C F Yung
9
1986
M B Bowles (4)
1966
K R C Shermer
8
1992
A W Dennis (SH)
1949
T J W Smith
8
1961
M R & H Duce (6)
1961
J W B Spencer
8
1983
David Nieper Ltd
P J Green (3)
1959
W P B Thomas
8
1953
CTM Dunn Foundation
D Griffiths (SH)
1955
M F Tommey
8
1965
A Black
J R Pitts (4)
1954
J E Vaile
Non-Alumni Donors
1895 Association Members
8
1992
B & G Bramson
S P Roberts (3)
1964
R D Vaughan-Davies 8
1959
F P Bridge
J L Smith (1)
1955
M Woodgett
8
1956
S Brinkman
P A D Storie-Pugh (9)
1967
P M Wrigley
8
1958
P Brough
M Woodgett (8)
1956
R M Barnes
9
1962
Mrs V Chesterton
C N W Haig-Prothero (1)
1961
J C F Barwell
9
1986
A R & B Clark
S A Knill-Jones (SH)
1961
M H L Bowler
9
1958
S Duff
P D Lilburn Watson (2)
1975
A J Bruce
9
2002
K Davey
I C MacLaurin (5)
1956
M S H Cheng
9
2009
1948
9
1950
ARB Investment Partners
K N Miles (8)
P J F Condy
P R Moritz (7)
1952
G R B Creed
9
1955
M E Jamieson (9)
1988
J M C Delingpole
9
1983
J P Evans
9
1958
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DEVELOPMENT OMIMPACT EVENTS OMREPORT IN SPORT 2018 | | No.6 REUNION 9 JUNE Academic success is a recurring theme, each year we have pupils from No.6 making it to study at the world’s best universities. This year we will see entries to both Oxbridge and Ivy League indeed we have two No.6 OMs studying at Harvard next year. It is my belief that this is directly linked to effort and No.6 has twice this year been awarded the Clark Cup for effort meaning the House averaged highest effort grades in the College. Recent OMs are out there in the world making a difference, something that means so much to me on a personal level. From Dominika Dovgialo’s photography and work on mental health recently featured in The Times, to Olivia O’Dwyer’s marine megafauna research in Mozambique. Sport continues to play an important part in pupils’ lives in House and we have three girls who are in international hockey squads playing.
We have maintained our impressive cross-country running record winning the inter-House competition for a number of years in row now. Although the girls aren’t playing ‘yarder’ they are playing football, and we also won that House competition last Autumn. Of course the Arts are close to my own heart and one of the my favourite things about my job is going to watch or hear the girls perform. We have been blessed with some stunning artists, actors and musicians. One of our FY will be
performing in London in the summer in the National Youth Music Theatre.
close-knit and generally happy community,
Before I reflect on my own experience as Housem I would like to read to you some words from our previous Housemaster Mr Richard Goddard.
For me, as a Housem, the House comes alive when the pupils are in it. I find our diversity invigorating and it has been hugely educational to me. The girls are encouraged to be open-minded, embracing each other’s differences and this is a fantastic place from which to learn.
While every House naturally thinks theirs to be the best, I always felt there was something special about that unquantifiable quality of ‘House Spirit’ in No. 6. And I don’t think it was only because the House was, amongst other things, noted for its sporting prowess. It was particularly exemplified for me in the sheer numbers – well over 400 – who filled Big School in 1992 for its farewell party as a boys’ House. If there was House Spirit in abundance, there were also House smells and sounds. I particularly recall pervading my study at tea-time the smell of invariably burnt toast; the dank stench of accumulated discarded games clothes in the old chaggers before the House was refurbished in the mid-1980s; the whiff of cigarette smoke one of my predecessors inadvertently and unexpectedly inhaled from an air vent underneath the floor of the study corridor at the Rackets Court end, thus enabling him (almost literally) to unearth a drinking and smoking den of sizeable dimensions and – judging from the quantities of empties – considerable antiquity. And for sounds, above all the almost incessant and rowdy recreational games of ‘yarder’ in what was reckoned to be the best appointed ‘yard’ in the College. All in all a very
I had a rude awakening in my first year when as we (the staff) we waiting for the girls to join us for champagne on the private side before the CVS ball and when they didn’t arrive I went to look for them and found them making vodka jelly in the Sixth Form corridor; I realised at once it definitely wasn’t going to be the quiet life. After the Christmas supper one evening I found the girls pulling up the pizza delivery from the second-floor window using sheets and interestingly this is something Richard Dain also reflected upon in his words to me. He writes ‘pizza seemed popular, one Saturday evening when I caught a delivery boy trying to deliver a pizza in a basket which was hanging out of the window of an upper floor long after lights out and the house alarms had been set. Surprisingly, no one came to claim it. Ah well, nothing good should go to waste...’ I particularly like it when the girls get inventive and I still find myself from time to time going onto YouTube to watch the ‘Harlem Shake’ female edition which is still one of my funniest memories of No.6. (I blame Miss West – she was on duty!) No 6 is a happy, thriving House. It is a second home, a place where the girls can be themselves. VY
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DEVELOPMENT OM IMPACT EVENTSREPORT IN 2018 | | No.9 REUNION 15 SEPTEMBER We produced here the text of House master ,Paul Wickes’ speech: It is a pleasure to see so many of you here today, ranging from Mr. Christopher Cobb, from the class of 1949, through to Jude Bedford and Head of House Nye Owen from 2018. I also pay particular tribute to three previous Housemasters: Mr. Nigel Stewart, Housem from 1974-86; Mr. Bell Denny 1986-98; and Dr. Robin Lister 1998-2006.
and this is also something we are proud to maintain; indeed, staff and prospective parents often praise the boys for their friendly welcome and urbane company. The boys have a keen interest in the Arts, and over that same time, we have won the Tims Cup for House Singing, and trophies for Best Play, Best Actor and Best Director in the House Drama Competition. It’s fair to say that No.9 didn’t always have a reputation for being the sportiest of Houses.
When I came for interview, many of those I met recommended No.9 as the one I should try to attach myself to, so I was delighted to be appointed tutor. When I was asked to take over as Housemaster the following May, I asked for 24 hours to think it through; had I known then what I know now…I wouldn’t have hesitated for a moment. At the time, No.9 had the reputation as an intellectual House, and I am happy to say that this is something we have maintained. In the last 11 years, we have sent boys to both Oxford and Cambridge, and many others have gone on to some of the best universities in the world. We have won the Debating Cup a number of times and the Hart General Knowledge Quiz too. But whilst there is often a focus on achievement, I have always maintained that the best measure of a truly scholarly House is the effort the boys put in, and I am delighted that No.9 has won the Clark Cup for the highest average academic effort grade more than any other boys’ House on campus. No.9 was also known as a House of cultured and well-rounded young men with impeccable manners,
Since 2006 the trophy cabinet has been bursting with silverware, not only for Fives, Rackets, Tennis, Badminton, Basketball, Swimming and Canoe Polo, but also Senior Sports Day, Senior Rugby (for the first time since the 1930s) and Senior Cricket (for the first time since the 1940s). And, of course, that most gentlemanly of all sports, Croquet! We have provided 1st XI football captains such as Nye Own and, incredibly, the 1st XV rugby captain for the last four years: Oliver Allsopp, George Amphlett, Will Lane and, this year, Nick Yeoward.
no experience of schools such as Malvern sometimes ask how parents can send their children away at such a young age; but everyone in this room knows what incredible opportunities you have, and what a life-changing experience boarding school is. For OMs such as yourselves, No.9 will always have a place in your hearts. As many of you will know, I always quote Mark Twain at the Leavers’ Ball as I bid them farewell: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” Well, I’m now following my own advice. At Christmas, we are moving to Brazil where I am taking up the Headship of the British School in Rio. The College is currently recruiting a new Housem and inevitably that can cause a little uneasiness; but I am not uneasy because we also leave behind a wonderful group of boys. I move on, then, with a strong sense of the privilege it has been to lead this wonderful House over the last 11 years, and a sense of pride in what we have accomplished together, and an utter conviction that No.9 will continue to go from strength to strength. PMW
Inevitably, then, the House has changed over the years, but its heart is still the same. Those who have
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| MALVERN IN MUNICH 18 JUNE
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| OM EVENTS IN 2018 | MALVERN IN DÃœSSELDORF 19 JUNE
| MALVERN IN BERLIN 23 SEPT
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DEVELOPMENT OMIMPACT EVENTSREPORT IN 2018 | | MALVERN IN SAN FRANCISCO 29 SEP
| MALVERN IN PARIS 30 SEP
| MALVERN IN TORONTO 19 JUNE
| MALVERN IN MADRID 11 MAY
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| OM EVENTS IN 2018 | No.4 INFORMAL REUNION 8 NOV
| MORGAN FACTORY TOUR 6 JULY
| SH PREFECTS 1983 REUNION 17 NOV
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DEVELOPMENT OMIMPACT EVENTSREPORT IN 2018 | | ROYAL ASCOT 21 JUNE
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| OM EVENTS IN 2018 | ROYAL ASCOT 21 JUNE
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OM NEWS | Leavers during the 1950s Roddy Barton (SH.50-54) has lived In the United States for the last 46 years and is an American citizen. He and his wife have just celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary.
They spend their winters in Green Valley Arizona, to avoid the brutal Chicago winters, Green Valley, about 12 miles south of Tucson on interstate 19 is ‘full of old people, slow and quiet, which suits us very well,’ says Roddy. Stuart Bladon (SH.46-51) has been appointed chairman of the RollsRoyce Enthusiasts’ Club Wessex Section. Stuart comments: “This is going to be an exciting year for us as December marks the
He has since been catching up on activities that passed him by earlier, including being a Governor of the College. In 2018 Richard celebrated 40 years of marriage to Jane (Oakshott) and 50 years of his doctorate: the re-writing of his thesis on minstrelsy in late medieval England is at last almost ready for publication. In the winter of 2017-18 he held a Leverhulme fellowship, editing the music of Martin Peerson (c.1572-1651), a fine composer who was Master of the Choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral. Richard regularly plays consortmusic on viols, and performs as an actor and reciter with Trio Literati (www.trioliterati.org.uk/). He also still composes occasionally, and remembers writing and recording the incidental music for a performance of Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians. The gym (later the Rogers Theatre) was the College’s only theatre. Richard remembers roles in Andre Obey’s Noah and Shakespeare’s Richard II, and played the would-be bride Natalya in Chekov’s The Marriage Proposal. No.6 Bodgers Bodger was a character in the Daily Mail comic strip ‘Rufus and Flook’. The cartoon was drawn by Walter Wally Fawkes and was first shown in the Daily Mail in 1949. Bodger was said to be a typical rough, thick villain with a likeable dishonesty about him! At Malvern there was always great rivalry between Houses in House matches. In the period between 1952 to 1957 this was particularly
between No.6 and No.2 and No.5. This was probably particularly due to the fact that No.6 had a history of winning the house boxing competition but also because they were strong in soccer and rugby. At some stage during this period either Jim Bolam (housemaster of No.2) or John Collinson (housemaster of No.5), and we are not clear which one it was, when talking to Tubby Salter (housemaster of No.6) referred to his No.6 boys jokingly because of the Daily Mail cartoon as a lot of Bodgers! Anyway this led to boys in No. 6 being widely known by the nickname ‘Bodgers’. Prompted by the No.6 reunion in 1992, Philip Lewis, and Johnnie Hill developed the idea of the reunions for No.6 OMs from the early 1950s. Recalling that the No.6 boys were called Bodgers at that time, the Bodgers Group was born. Further weekends were held in 2002 at Malvern, 2005 at Henley, 2009 at Malvern and 2015 at Blenheim. All of these weekends have not only been enjoyed by those who attended but have furthermore strengthened their continued interest in and support of Malvern College. The 2018 reunion in Maidenhead was special, as most Bodgers were celebrating their 80th birthday. They plan another reunion in 2020. 1960s John Latimer (7.59-64) has just celebrated 52 years of marriage to Dorianne. They have two sons, six blood grandchildren and three more adopted grandchildren. John still
Section’s 50th anniversary. We are planning an ambitious programme of celebrations at the end of the year, which will include a gala dinner with Lord Montagu at Palace House, Beaulieu.” Stuart will also continue in his present role as Editor of ‘Torque’, the Club’s magazine which he has held for four years. Richard Rastall (6.54-59) retired as Professor of Historical Musicology at Leeds University in 2006, having followed the musical interests that Malvern nurtured in the 1950s.
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| OM NEWS plays cricket for Bishopthorpe in the Vale of York league, often opening the bowling and bowling more overs than any other bowler. His eldest son plays with him occasionally in the league and most of the evening 20:20 matches with a friendly side. John has nearly completely retired from accountancy but over the past three years has taken to appearing as a film extra: he has appeared in the first two series of ‘Victoria’ with a two-word speaking part in one episode! He is waiting to see if he can be spotted in ‘Gentleman Jack’ on the BBC. Otherwise he enjoys body-boarding on his 60’s wooden surfboard in occasional visits to Devon and Cornwall. Nick Owen (1.64-69) has been leading photowalks for many years both outdoors in the forest with Mind or school groups or indoors
Global Competition were chosen to showcase in Huawei’s grand exhibition in Paris out of 400,000 submitted images. 1970s In 2016 Peter Clare-Hunt (2.6670) stepped down after 17 years as Headmaster of Cumnor House Prep School. In 2015 and 2016 Cumnor House was invited to play (via Mark Hardinges) in the Malvern College Prep School U11 cricket tournament, the school winning the trophy on both occasions. Since then Peter has combined some teaching with educational consultancy and for the Michaelmas Term 2018 only, he was interim headmaster of Northcote Lodge Prep School in Wandsworth before returning to consultancy work (and the golf course!). Peter’s Cricketer Cup career spanned five decades (1979-2010); 63 matches in total. Peter is still the leading wicket-keeper with the most number of catches in the history of the competition (71) and with stumpings third overall with a total of 80 dismissals. He was also a member of the last OMFC team to win the Arthur Dunn Cup in 1989. Edmund Dehn (SH.69-73) is still working as an actor - over 40 years now - and has no intention of retiring! Just before Christmas he was in Mexico City working on a horror film and, earlier in the year, he performed a One Man Show based on the last hour of Ernest
at the Ashmolean Museum, where he set up a project on ‘poetry and pictures at the museum’. He won a Royal Photographic Society prize for a photowalk image taken at the Appleton Rutherford laboratory in Oxfordshire, showing a device which scatters sub-atomic particles to reveal what happens inside anything from ancient pottery to modern bricks, from cannon balls to human bones. Three of Nick’s entries in the Huawei New Image
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Hemingway’s life at the Finborough, a fringe theatre in London. Simon Purcell (7.72-77) has now left Trinity College of Music, where he was in charge of the Jazz department. As he leaves he has been awarded a fellowship by Trinity. He is taking up the “International Chair of Improvisation” at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama”, a post to which he is greatly looking forward. He will also do some individual teaching at Guildhall. 1990s Louise Aldridge, née Burton, (4.9295) is currently a technical proofreader for the financial services industry. Diploma-qualified and studying to become Chartered in 2019, Louise has been married to Rich for 18 years and they are servants to two blue cats! In her spare time, Louise likes to plan events and weddings as well as fundraise for various charities: over the last couple of years she has raised thousands of pounds for the Miscarriage Association, the Warrior Programme and New Start Cat Rescue. Most recently she donated over 14 inches of my hair to a local charity, the Little Princess Trust and raised nearly £500 in the process. She and Rich regularly come back to Malvern College and always try to attend the Remembrance Service; amazingly, in all the years she has been attending, she has pretty much sat in the same pew as she did when I was in No 4. Louise has very fond memories of her time at Malvern and is regularly in contact with other OMs. After Malvern Minna Sheehan (4.9395) rode and broke in racehorses for Bart Cummings in Australia, Graham Roberson in New Zealand and for Godolphin In Dubai and Newmarket, including riding and breaking in Melbourne Cup and Oaks and Derby winners and Dubai Millennium’s son Dubawi; and jumps horses including Cheltenham winners for Martin Pipe whilst at university at Exeter reading politics. Minna is a medical rep in operating theatres and trains heart
OM NEWS | surgeons on how to implant, size and suture her mechanical heart valves and other cardiac-related procedures. A keen tennis player until an ACL injury, Minna won the David Lloyd club championship singles and mixed tournaments a few times in Cambridge. She plays golf, and enjoys gym weights, swimming and cycling: she cycled from London to Pamplona for charity.
the pair grow substantial beards. This adventure was not only a world first, it was like nothing the pair had ever experienced before. Until he started training for the challenge, Rob had not jogged much further than 10km, had not owned a bicycle since childhood, never been in a rowing boat or been much of a swimmer, let alone an open water swimmer. Two years of intense training helped prepare Rob and Poldy for their epic challenge, which they ultimately completed two weeks ahead of schedule.
2000s Ayo Afolabi (SH.01-06) and his wife, Ruth, came to Malvern in December to give a series of very well-received presentations to various year groups on the subject of ‘Black and British’. As a result of a Tinder date that went horribly wrong (but in a good way), Peter Allen (9.98-03) now lives in Melbourne with his wife Lisa and their six-month-old daughter, Charlotte, seen here at the 2018 Melbourne Salami Festa. Despite ‘maintaining the generally silly demeanour [he] perfected at Malvern, much to the chagrin of [his] teachers’, Peter says he manages to keep it under wraps for most of the time most weekdays, when he practises as a banking and finance lawyer at Ashurst.
challenge as they started the journey to the Arctic from London’s Marble Arch, the epic journey was in aid of The Scout Association charity. Rob and Poldy set off on their world first challenge in June running from Marble Arch to Dover, a distance equivalent to three marathons. Once they reached Dover they swam across the English Channel, taking just under 13 hours to reach Calais. Then they set off on a cycle ride that took in seven countries; they also kayaked across the Baltic Sea, paddle-boarded from Denmark
Ana-Zeralda Canals Hamann (4.96-00) married Paco on the 16 September 2017 and their son, Pelayo, was born on the 10 October 2018; they are truly delighted. He is a real sweetheart! Ana hopes that he will be able or will want to attend Malvern College, like his mum, when he is older. Robert McArthur (2.98-03) and his university friend completed a world first by travelling from London to the Arctic relying solely on human power. 33 year-old Rob McArthur and his friend Poldy van Lynden, set out to swim, run, row and cycle 5000 km across land and sea. The journey which took them from London (where they both now live) to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, the world’s most northerly inhabited location. Dubbed the Arch2Arctic
‘We hope that our challenge, by representing the Scouts, will encourage young people to dream big,’ said the pair, who set themselves the additional challenge of raising £100000 for the Scout Association. And whilst the physical challenge is over, they are still pushing to get their current total of £82000 to its finish line. If you would like to help them you can donate via the website: https:// uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/ arch2arctic. Congratulations to Harriet Mahony (née Walsh) on her marriage to Dermot. The photo from the wedding features Harriet with fellow OMs Imogen Bexfield (8.07-09), Laura MacDonald (née Helm) (8.0608), Christine Merkel (8.06-08), Amy Chichester (8.07-09), Lauren Halliday (8.06-08), Dani Moyles (8.05-09), and Verity Bramson (8.04-09). Harriet also moved jobs earlier this year to join Spencer Stuart, an executive search and advisory firm. Congratulations to the following OM couples who have tied the knot in the last year:
to Sweden, before a little more kayaking along a Norwegian fjord to reach Tromsø. From Tromsø the pair boarded ‘Lady Susan’, their rowing boat which would take them through their final stage of the journey from Norway to Svalbard. The row took four weeks, covering a distance of about 1000km, three seas and saw
Maximilian von Wedel (5.05-07) and Friederike Lürßen (3.06-08) were married in October 2018. Eason Yeung (5.07-09) and Alice Lau (3.04-09) were married in January 2019.
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2010s Old Malvernians are no strangers to the Mongol Rally: Hugh Milway (5.01-06), Jonathan Hill (5.01-06) and Jeremy Sharman (5.02-07) completed it in 2011; so it was with little surprise that four of the 380 teams taking part in the Rally in 2018 had at least one Old Malvernian; not bad for an event which sees teams entering from around the world. The Mongol Rally is a 10500 mile overland trip from the UK to Mongolia. The Rally has just three simple rules. Your car of choice must have engine size below 1.2L and cost under £500, you must be totally unsupported and you must raise as much money for charity as possible. Well done to Dan Cousins (5.06-11), Will Ward (5.06-11), Anna Ross (4.06-11), Will Hudson (2.0609), Alex Laidlaw (5.05-08) and Ed Ward (5.03-08). It was with some trepidation that Rupert Harris (SH.09-14) and two friends from the University of Reading set off from the UK in July 2018. Over the next six weeks they crossed a third of the face of the world traversing of 23 countries and eight time zones. Highlights of the trip included visiting Turkmenistan, one of the most reclusive countries in the world, traversing the Pamir Highway along the Afghanistan/Tajikistan boarder and crossing the vast Mongolian Steppe. The trip was not without hiccups. By the time they reached Ulaanbaatar, their tally of ‘near death experiences’ had risen to five. Indeed, reaching Ulaanbaatar at the end of their long journey, it was great for them to be able to meet up with Chris de Gruben (2.9801) to share with him the stories of the journey and receive much a appreciated insight into Mongolia and its culture before the flight home.
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OM NEWS | | BOOKS Tony Williams (6.52-57) has published ‘Arguably a Love Story’, a reflection of his 70 years of involvement in football. The book, says Tony, was compiled to thank the many friends he has met over the years; and he does not disappoint in this enjoyable record of his career in football.
Anthony Jennings (9.58-63) has produced what The Spectator calls ‘a humdinging page-turner of a book’ entitled ‘The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage’ The book is about these fine houses, their place in English history and the history of the Church, their architecture, their architects, their contribution to our culture, and their sometimes eccentric occupants—both clerical and secular. The new edition has been significantly revised, and includes additional material and 68 plates (most of which are in full colour).
‘Dear Miss Walker’ by Toddy Hoare’s (6.61-65) takes its title from the wartime letters written by Brigadier-General Reginald Hoare to Miss Walker, the daughter of a polo friend, and the correspondence up to their eventual wedding in October 1918 on his discharge from hospital. The book includes a background to his pre-war soldiering and exchanges with a bumptious young subaltern, W S Churchill, who was in his winning regimental polo team. Through the exchanges of the writer and recipient the book provides an interesting social perspective, as well as a vivid insight into the fighting at the respective fronts and the doings of senior ranks on active service.
Philip Bushill-Matthews’ (6.56-62) latest - and he tells me, last - book is ‘The Eras of La Gomera’ detailing the relationship between the Canary Islanders and their land. La Gomera is an island just a short ferry ride from Tenerife, but it is totally unlike its bigger sister. There are no traffic lights, no fast food restaurants, and no international airport. However it has a unique and rich history, since the first settlers arrived and later with the arrival of the Spanish. This book is the story of the land, how the various people have tried different ways to shape the land, but how the shape of the island has always shaped the lives of the people. Filled with facts and colour photos, it is only available from bushillm@aol.com. £20, but free postage within the UK for OMs.
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| EOG NEWS Sarah Astley neé Wade (Ell.76-81) writes: ‘How quickly the years pass, living on Anglesey, still married, farming tourist rather than cattle and sheep these days, loving life and making the most of every day. A nasty virus left its mark, battling heart failure, is no fun but, my days in Ellerslie gave me strength and I am determined it will not beat me! My sister Lucy (Ell.79-84) has been a tower of strength, is at the pinnacle of her nursing career. Lucy was 50 this summer, her eldest 21 and her youngest 18, she and her husband live close by. Pam Binyon, Headmistress, still does sterling work for the church taking Holy Communion to many residents in the nursing homes around Bromyard. She is so good with the elderly, many of whom are younger than she. Pam frequently helps out in the Food For All shop in Bromyard. Sara Bostock, née Daniel (Ell.6975) celebrated her 60th birthday last year with a lovely picnic at Gawsworth Hall in Macclesfield followed by a wonderful production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Having all her family and friends with her was a joy and certainly made her count
her blessings. In October 2018 her second son, David, got married in Sutton near Macclesfield they had a beautiful day. Two sons married; one to go! Son no.3 has a delightful girlfriend - and she caught the bride’s bouquet!!!! In August Biddy (Doyle), Helen (Thorpe) and I met up in Birmingham for lunch. It was great to see them and catch up with all the news and reminisce. I met up with Dree Hill in December in Ashbourne; we haven’t seen each other for some years. She has been working with
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parents and families for the past 15 years and I think retirement is on the cards. Her husband Jesse is farming part-time and waiting for a hip operation. She loves to read the extracts on Facebook and look at the pictures. Ellerslie looks a very different place what a good job they have the memories of what it was like in the old days! Rachael Briggs (Ell.67-74) enjoyed the reunion in Malvern in June 2017: it was wonderful to see so many of familiar faces there. As for 2018, Rachael achieved a long-held ambition of visiting New Zealand, spending six weeks there in February and March and also having a week revisiting friends in Australia. Still living near Welshpool in Powys, she is due to move locally in the new year. After a life time in IT, now she now works part time in two jobs, as a registration officer conducting and registering marriages and also as a travel operative for travellers inbound to the UK. She is enjoying work and having more time to see family and friends and do some very rewarding volunteer work too. Paddy Browning née Young (Ell.4351) still lives in Nefyn, North Wales. Her second son has now moved to live nearby and has his office in Paddy’s house. Paddy is now involved in ‘Open The Book’. Michelle Brownridge-Jones née King (Ell.67-72) writes that life has changed a great deal in the past 12 months. She and her husband, Chris, finally sold their business in November, which was a huge relief as Chris had been struggling to work for the previous two years owing to a back injury. Most of the year has been dominated by a legal battle with Chris’ income protection insurer. Fortunately, they finally got a positive resolution in September after a few thousand dollars and a lot of stress! So now Michelle is a lady of leisure! They keep busy with the garden, going to the gym and Michelle is a volunteer adult literacy tutor. Next June they are planning a three-month trip to the UK, Jersey
and Croatia, during which she hopes to catch up with many old friends and old girls! She is still in touch with Rosie (Simmonds), Carole (Borland), Cally Sandy, Janet (Hopker), Helen (Jones), Louise (McVitie), Jean Edwards and Helen Kirk. Tessa Coker (Ell.66-70) has lived in Mammoth Lakes, California, since 1999, married to an American. She works part-time teaching Pilates, Yoga, Spinning, WaterFit and BodyRolling. She writes, ‘Who would have thought that someone so hopeless at organized sports would find a niche like this!’ Sandy Crone née Figures (Ell.69-76) and her husband retire next year and in the meantime are working reduced hours. Sandy is taking this opportunity to play lots of golf now and is improving her game. She managed a hole in one last year. Jenny Farr née Eckley (Ell.55-65) is now living back in the Golden Valley and loving being back on her ‘home’ patch again. She keeps myself busy with her garden: a productive vegetable plot and a small orchard with apples, fruit bushes etc. She met up with Sue Davies (née Hill) in 2018, which was lovely, as they recalled old school days fondly! Georgina Ferry (Ell.66-73) worked freelance at the BBC, and made her last radio programme in 2015. She has mostly been writing books and articles for the past 20 years or so, and sitting as a volunteer on the boards of various organisations to do with public engagement with science and history of science. Pam Figures née Timmis (Ell.46-51) saw Julia Davenport (née Schofield) last August and found her in better health than when she saw her the previous year. She is also in touch with her school tennis partner, Pamela Anstey and also spoke to Ruth Bennet (née Steel) recently. Pam fears she needs new knees but is reluctant to have the operation, but otherwise in good health and heart.
EOG NEWS | 2018 was an interesting year for Jo Hampson (Ell.67-74) 2018 which has been taken up with Georgina and her selling their business, after many months of negotiations. They still love living a very rural existence in an old converted barn high on the fells in the Lake District. So now, retirement, the bucket list and travel beckon! In the next couple of years they hope to spend a prolonged spell in Sri Lanka and enjoy some different, ‘long dreamed of holidays’. In the meantime Jo continues to enjoy her time on the public-speaking circuit speaking at occasions such as luncheons and dinners and at corporate events. In addition she still enjoys being a volunteer business mentor for small local businesses. Recently, in an effort to keep the brain cells going she has taken up the saxophone and bell-ringing! She thinks that retirement is going to be fun! Rosemary Greenwood (Ell.77-84) is still living and working in Bristol. This year her son will be 21 years old, her youngest will soon be old enough to learn to drive, her parents are showing signs of age but ‘obviously she hasn’t got any older at all’. It was great to see so many people at the reunion in 2017 and hopes there will be many more reunions in the future. Juliet Kitson née Coulton (Ell.8587) set up ‘Guillotine England’ five years ago and has developed it into a British luxury brand specialising in designing and creating men’s Nehru collar gilets from her studio in Wiltshire on her husband’s family farm. Using the finest materials, the gilets are lined with Liberty Art Print fabrics and satins and the contrasting inner Nehru collars are moleskins and velvets. The gilets are available in a few different styles, cashmere, lambswool, velvet, shooting gilets and party gilets great when a jacket would just be too formal but you still want to appear stylish.
Angela Layton-Busch (Ell.79-85) has been happily married to Rob for over 26 years. They have two wonderful daughters and now a granddaughter. Katrina has lived in New
contingent pulled out all the stops and joined us: Jo and Trish flew in from Canada, Anna from Switzerland and Judy from Belgium as 16 of us met up at Tina’s lovely home in
Zealand for five years; in April 2017 she married Hamish, a Kiwi who has a dairy farm, and they live in North Island. Angela’s first granddaughter, Melody, was born on 23 October 2018. Suzanna is studying for a Masters at Harper Adams University, after completing a BSc degree in Agriculture, at Aberystwyth. Suzanna and Angela had a really lovely holiday in New Zealand during November, meeting Melody. Angela thoroughly enjoyed her time with both daughters, son-in-law and baby grand-daughter. She had been in touch with Caroline Rose, (née Green) through social media. She lives near Auckland, and kindly came to Hamish and Katrina’s farm, near Cambridge, Hamilton. They went out to lunch; chatted about their lives since school and did plenty of reminiscing, which was fantastic. Angela enjoys keeping in touch, through Facebook with school friends and their families. Melanie Waldron and she have lengthy chats! She would like to hear about any reunion, as last year there was too much going on to attend.
South Wales for a wonderful reunion. The years fell away and, with a table laden with photos, books, school plays, and other memorabilia, including Tina’s old school clothes hanger, we spent almost two days together reminiscing, laughing, joking, teasing, chattering, catching up. It was a magical time, over all too quickly, but we know we will get together again in the not too distant future and maybe by then might have located the few who we were unable to get in touch with. Featured in the photo are (back row L-R) Penny Barton (Jones), Joanna MacKenzie (Jacks), Sarah Turner (Philips), Diana Whateley (Osborne), Anna Maclean (Peers), Helen Graham (Lightfoot), Jane Bellfield (Sixsmith), Annie Dyer (Alpass) ,Patricia Brown, Jane Ray (Keck); (front row L-R) Liz Ashley (Holborow), Judy Ziv (Cohn), Clare Jury (Meryon), Tina Benfield (Cadbury), Freda Wood (Ballard), Diane Maxwell (Fullford)
Diane Maxwell née Fullford (Ell.6067) writes of the reunion for the Class of 1968: ‘Our overseas
Caroline Morrison née Bowyer (Ell.54-60) With parents overseas and two brothers at school elsewhere, Caroline remembers reluctantly visiting two or three schools to find one where she could be happy, and of course educated.
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| EOG OM SPORT NEWS The family chose Ellerslie, and indeed she was happy and found there were many other girls with parents overseas so there was a common understanding, not least by MOT, Matron Olive Taylor of grateful memory, kind though strict. One memory of those early days was all of the girls, MOT included, sitting on the floor in front of a not-verywarm electric (gas?) fire, listening to a very scary serial on the radio. ‘Journey into Space’, yesteryear’s ‘Dr Who’. After marrying, Caroline, too, settled overseas but brought her children home for their schooling. Now she has retired from many years in publishing and later as a librarian, she is happily settled in Berkshire not too far from her son and his two teenage boys, and daughter with her two primary school boys. She swims, cycles and walks whenever she can (dodgy knees allowing), and is heavily involved in her local U3A, which is full of interesting and interested people keeping my mind occupied and progressive. She loved the reunions - and has attended three in recent years - and hopes at future ones to meet other girls from her time at Ellerslie. Sarah Merriman née Davies (Ell.7986) is still living in her idyllic village in East Sussex and fortunate enough to work at a rehabilitation centre three minutes from her doorstep where she works as PA to the CEO which means she can get home quickly in her lunch break and walk her Wheaten terriers, Dotty, 7 and Mabel 12. It’s quiet now at home with her 21 year-old, Harry, in his third year at Swansea studying Military History, War and Society and Jack, 19, in his second year at Cardiff studying Music. This means that they are frequently bombing down the M4 to enjoy wonderful breaks on the Gower, or in the Brecon Beacons or Pembrokeshire. She does tend to take a detour quite regularly to visit her parents – her father, at the age of 93 is still living at home on his own in Upton and my mother has been a resident of a wonderful Alzheimer’s unit on Graham Road in Malvern for the past five years. Andy and Sarah
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still have their 14 year-old, Arthur at home who is enjoying being a ‘novi’ at Tonbridge School. She continues to be President of our local WI and enjoy quality time with friends in the village as well as organising craft activities, exercise and informative talks for our members. Anthea Nakorn née Harland (Ell.6269) writes: I cannot believe that it is 50 years since I left Ellerslie – thanks, Malvernian Society, for the reminder! Where did all those years go?! Somewhat bizarrely, my life has come almost full circle. After many years working in fashion, theatre and performance, and art and design education in London and
elsewhere, I am now very happily ensconced, working Front of House on Reception at Malvern College. I am thoroughly enjoying meeting and greeting visitors, parents, prospective parents, and visiting OMs - one or two I knew 50+ years ago! - not to mention the buzz of working with young people with exciting prospects ahead. I am now living in Colwall, where I was born and brought up, a place I couldn’t wait to leave all those years ago when the bright lights of London beckoned. I guess, never say ‘never’! Over the past year, I have met up with a number of EOGs. Last year got off to a good start with a wonderfully hedonistic Burns Night dinner, hosted by Dick and Diana Stockford (Dodd). In the summer we were very kindly treated to lunch by Chris and Juliet Carter (Fisher).
And just before Christmas, I met up with Sue Wolfendale (Phelips), Diana Stockford (Dodd) Sue Rees (Thornhill), Susan Edwards, Bridget Collett (Hutchens) and Annette de la Cour, for lunch at Audley Ellerslie – a slightly strange experience, sitting in the bar and eating in the restaurant in what used to be the Library in Ellerslie House. We couldn’t resist having a look at what used to be Miss Prior’s Drawing Room, now a room for business meetings. We missed Tricia Brummer (McGill), Juliet Carter (Fisher) and Susan O’Dowd (Wilkins), who were unable to make it. We all hope to meet up again in the summer, at Diana’s house in Malvern. I am hoping to be able to persuade at least some of the Class of ‘69 to gather for the 50 year reunion/celebration on 27 April, hosted by the Malvernian Society at Malvern College, which I am sure will be a very jolly event. The volume of noise was raised in Oxford in October when 24 of EOGs got together for lunch at Cherwell Boat House. Having been in touch with a number of friends over the years Nell Williams née PritchardGordon (Ell.81-85) writes that it was brilliant to see so many again and after the squeals and hugs they all had a great time reminiscing and giggling at how much they hadn’t changed since those glory days of Malvern in the 80s. Nell sees Rachel Paterson (Wilkie) who lives near her in Wokingham and Jo Caswell, Jo Valentine, Tamsin Waterhouse, Fiona Taylor (Arnold), Sarah Foley Foe, Rachel Harte, Rachel Teague, Mally Hann (Austin), Ju Kitson (Coulton) who owns Guillotine England a fair bit so it was nice to see them as well as Juliet Turnbull (Peacock), Freddie Spalding, Jules Weldon (Zach), Tracey Wood, Kelly White (Lichtig), Ellen (Barlow), Clare Haynes, Juliet Bennett (Winters), Caroline Crosslé, Emma Stevens (Hewitt), Emma Moore (Paxman), Ali Farmer, Kathy Cooper, Alison Bishop, Christine Henney (Rowland) and Nikki Cleaver again. Nell has also
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been in touch with Alex Yau (No.6) and James Law (No.6) who runs Ella’s Kitchen Company Ltd, as well as Norris Bomford (No.4) who was a great friend of my father James Pritchard-Gordon (No.4) and I hear news of my cousin Tim Summers (No.9), and of course my brother Nick Pritchard-Gordon (No.4) who is in touch with James Morley (No.4) and Ollie Kaubisch (No.4) whose news I also get to hear via Facebook. Last year I bumped into Bruce Hunter (No.8) whilst out walking the dog, he’s been living round the corner from me for ages so now see him and his wife regularly. We were unable to trace a number of our year but hope to have news of them for next year. Nell spends a fair bit of the month in Wales where she does the marketing for the Glanusk Estate as well as being a Brecon Beacons National Park Ambassador and Welsh History & Culture Ambassador and see Becca Dolphin and Rachel Philbrick. She also pops in on Jo Rothwell (Charlotte and Anna Vaile’s mum) when I am down the A470 though have not seen her much this year. Gemma Wilson came across to Glanusk in May. Maybe it’s time to have a Malvern in Wales! In February 2018 I went back to Malvern with Elizabeth Burton-Phillips the founder of the charity DrugFam which supports families who are affected by addiction in my capacity as Ambassador, together we delivered a talk to the Sixth Form and later that evening to parents in Big School. It’s safe to say that there always will be a bond with those (brown cloak wearing friends and boys down the road) from the 80s and as I head into my 50s I am incredibly grateful to have such an eclectic bunch of people in my life. Please do get in touch if you are near Crickhowell or indeed Wokingham.
Serena Stallard (Ell.65-68) writes ‘After school, sulking that I had failed to get into my first choice university, I learnt to cook instead, and after a Cordon Bleu training did so in City Directors’ dining rooms, in the days when they still lunched on fillet steak and copious wine. A season as a chalet girl led to ski teaching, and then time spent running a ski business in the French Alps. For the last 20 years I’ve lived in East Sussex with my Australian husband and two sons (the latter now more or less dispersed). A few years ago I decided it was time to remedy the degree situation, and, perhaps partly inspired by our very cool Latin teacher at Ellerslie (Mrs Watson?) I signed on with the Open University, graduating last summer with a 2.1 in Classical Studies. I have recently seen Petrina McGregor (who also lives in East Sussex), and Viva Hart (a little further away in Kent); we talk about meeting up with Carol Finch, which hopefully we can make a reality in 2019! I also enjoyed meeting EOGs from my era at the 2017 reunion. Diana Stockford née Dodd (Ell.6069) graduated from Edinburgh University in History of Art, and had a career in the arts, working in galleries, arts associations and in visual arts copyright before retraining as a counsellor. She has worked for several charities as a counsellor and most recently as a bereavement counsellor at St Richard’s Hospice. She is setting up in private practice as a counsellor in Malvern, where she lives. She is married to Dick Stockford and they have two children: Leo and Freya and Diana has two step-children, Jessica and William. Janet Street née Bradshaw (Ell.7177) and her husband Matthew continue their ministry in Peasedown St John, near Bath. Matthew has added to his already considerable workload by becoming Area Dean and Janet continues to support him as best she can, while also being Church Treasurer, Deanery Synod Secretary and a member of Diocesan
Synod. Their daughter Hannah is about to celebrate her 21st birthday in her third year studying Business & Management at Henley Business School at the University of Reading. Janet’s sister, Sarah Hyman (Ell.7379) has moved to a new boarding house at Hurstpierpoint College which is a new challenge for her. Fiona Taylor (Ell.85-87) has been living in Worcester since 2010. Her work has always revolved around communications and she has just finished a two-year contract for a
medium-sized international company in Oxford, helping them overhaul their brand and website. Balancing home, work and family (son, 14 and daughter, 13) remains a challenge, if anyone has been following recent musings on the net about ‘emotional workload’ you will know what she is driving at. Maureen Webb (Ell.45-49) is enjoying living in Mere with her husband, John. She finds that she agrees with the White Queen in ‘Alice’ that it takes a lot of running to stay in the same place! Bev Willsea is still enjoying independent living in Denver, Colorado, where her great joy is her garden. She recognises that she is a fair-weather gardener, preferring the early morning dew and cooler temperatures to the heat of the midday sun. She jokes, ‘No donning a raincoat and galoshes for me!’
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| |OM EOG SPORT OBITUARIES 1940s Pat Portway-Fletcher née Wood (Ell.46-49) delighted in swimming, lacrosse and tennis at school and it was at Ellerslie that she really cemented her love of acting as she
was always given a good part to get her teeth into and pretty much always delivered. Pat went on to Imperial College, London to study Drama and Teaching. She gave up the idea of a career when she met her husband. When, some years later, they separated Pat turned to teaching first at Vinehall Prep School, Sussex then as Headmistress at Croftdown School, Malvern where, over 18 years, she doubled the numbers at the school from a mere 65 to a staggering 120, trebling the boarders. Not many knew this but Pat was dyslexic, so end of term reports were a challenge. She would sit with a dictionary on her desk painstakingly writing and checking every report. History was her passion and she would happily converse for hours on Disraeli or Shackleton and had the most amazing collection of History books. If you wanted a fact on the Duke of Monmouth or a Churchillian anecdote, or to know which monarch succeeded another, it was all there in her head – no Google needed! Her son, Adam, recalls that Pat ‘was eccentric, determined,
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cheeky, quirky, stubborn as Hell and, at times, irascible but, above all, kind.’ Died 2018, aged 88. Ann Style née Brown (Ell.34-40) Ann was born, and spent most of her life, in Ipswich. She had a happy childhood with her parents and two younger brothers. They started their education at what was described as a “little Dame School” at the time – Miss Bennett’s – about a mile’s walk from home. In 1934 11-year-old Ann was sent to Ellerslie, a small girls’ boarding school run by her mother’s cousin, Gladys Sayle.
Ann enjoyed her time at Ellerslie and made life-long friends there. She always remembered when war broke out in September 1939 and the family were on holiday in Norfolk. There was a rush to get home and her father, who was in the Territorial Army and about to be called up, drove her to Malvern. As she said goodbye she wondered if she would ever see him again. Ellerslie was not a particularly academic school at the time, specialising more in Domestic Science than, say, Physics, and with a strong Christian ethos of course. But there was obviously an academic element, and Ann did well, being the first in the school to go to university. She went up to Westfield College, London, which had been evacuated to Oxford, in 1941. After a year she joined the ATS for the rest of the war. Then she went to London and completed her degree in History. During this time, while back in Suffolk, Ann got to know a family friend called Nicholas Style quite a bit better; in fact so much
so that she abandoned her idea of training to work as secretary to an MP, and happily agreed to become Nick’s wife instead. They married in April 1949, and lived first in Croydon and then Poole. Ann didn’t work, but kept house and later took care of their daughter Jane. They had a busy social life, lots of visitors and weekends away, visiting friends and relations in the Fiat 500. Then in 1955, while they were staying in Suffolk for Easter, her beloved Nick suddenly became ill, was taken to hospital, and died a week later. Ann and Jane moved back to Suffolk to live with her parents. Despite her grief, Ann soon started to think about the future. A secretarial course led to jobs first with an accountancy firm and later as secretary at the Ipswich High School. In 1960 she bought her own house in Ipswich. Ann was an intensely loyal person and kept the link with Ellerslie all her life, through membership of the OGA and also sending her daughter there. She always attended meetings even though it was nearly 200 miles from home – luckily her aunt, Eileen Taylor, (who had also taught briefly at Ellerslie) lived nearby. Ann retired in 1983 and enjoyed doing various voluntary activities including being secretary of Ellerslie OGA. She bought a computer and taught herself how to use a database, spreadsheets and a word processor. She produced “Links with the Past” for many years, as well as helping organise committee meetings and events. In 2002 Ann moved to Staffordshire to be near Jane and her family. She joined a computer course, the WI, Civic Society, Church, poetry club, exercise class and local National Trust. Jane spent happy hours doing her garden, and then eating her cake! Ann hated gardening but loved making cakes! Ann was always good with words. Scrabble was her favourite game, and her choice of newspaper depended on the crossword: the Telegraph in the 60s and 70s, later the Times. She kept at least two dictionaries to hand as well as a hefty crossword solver book. Even when her eyesight was too poor
EOG OBITUARIES OM SPORT| | for reading she liked people to read out clues for her, and could often get the answers right up to the end. In early 2017, aged 93, Ann moved successfully to a new care home in Shoreham-by-Sea, again to be near family and happy to be near the sea again. Ann will be remembered for her warmth, kindness, gentleness and independent spirit. Ann died in 2018, aged 95. 1950s Angela Phipps née Palfrey (Ell.4351) Angela, always known as Porky, came to Hampton during the war when girls didn’t see their parents until the end of term. Petite and very blonde with a lovely nature and full of fun, Angela soon made friends for life Keen on horses and games she was also a talented pianist. Angela was an achiever. Soon after leaving school she won the Ladies’ section of the RAC rally in a Morgan car. This was where she met her husband, Barrie, who won the Men’s section, also in a Morgan. In later life she started a company from home. Angela devoted her life to her family who cared for her at home in her final illness. Angela will be remembered by those who loved her for her many talents, great sense of fun, loyalty to her friends and family.
and over the last few years, a few of us old girls met up once a year and we never tired of her amusing stories and wit. Rachael Briggs and I met up with her a number of times in the last 18 months of her life, our last meeting a couple of weeks before she died. We met at Stocktonbury Gardens, owned by a cousin of Rachael. We sat out in the Autumn sunshine for lunch and we’re still sitting at the table at teatime! Rachel was in fine form, regaling us with her stories resulting in much laughter and giggling. We shall miss her!’
wore it lightly, and many were left in awe of her depths of strength. In 2013, following chemotherapy, radiotherapy, a mastectomy and breast reconstruction, Abi completed two triathlons and a onemile sea swim for various charities. In 2014, she volunteered for Contact the Elderly and soon became the area co-ordinator. Abi celebrated her 50th birthday in a ski chalet: despite her pain and fatigue, she danced the night away with her family and friends, wore her dazzling smile and filled the room with her wonderful laugh. Died 29 November 2018, aged 50.
1980s Abigail Preston (née Findlay) (Ell.81-86) After graduating from Middlesex Polytechnic, Abi helped with the family catering business and a start-up fashion retail chain called Cult Clothing which would later become Superdry. Her first job in sport was at Harlequins where she became Head of Sales, then at London Irish; and in 2004 she
1970s Rachel George née Green (Ell.66-73) died in September 2018 following a brave battle against cancer.
Fiona O’Sullivan née Macpherson (Ell.69-73) writes: ‘I kept in touch with Rachel after leaving school
joined Sir Clive Woodward’s England team as Team Manager for the tour to Australia and New Zealand. Afterwards she joined the Jockey Club as Sponsorship Manager for the London Region where she would be presented to the Queen on two occasions; however, she enjoyed meeting Desert Orchid infinitely more. Abi married Darren in 2008, and in 2009 baby Emily arrived. Abi loved being a mum, where her natural empathy and kindness shone through. Abi did not cover up her breast cancer battle; she just
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1985. He closed his gallery in 1991, after which he went into retirement. Died 21 December 2018, aged 95.
Dingley Peter Neville (3.37-41). House prefect. After Malvern, Peter studied briefly at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving as a Captain during WW2 with the Royal Signals in Iraq and India during the WW2, before moving to Allied Force Headquarters and General Headquarters in Italy. On leaving the army Peter joined his
Farrell Anthony White (6.31-35) On leaving the College Tony worked for a London coal merchant, but he had been bitten by the flying bug and on the outbreak of war he returned from Cape Verde to train as an RAF pilot. He became a flying
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father’s foundry in Birmingham. 1959 found him in London working with Barber Index, an information service for architects, and as a partner there he later opened a branch in Birmingham, settling in Stratford in 1964. In 1966 he opened ‘the shop’, a ‘one-man crafts centre’, as he wrote in his 1993 memoir ‘The Gallery: Letters to a Friend’. As well as Rie, he showcased potters such as Hans Coper, John Ward, Joanna Constantinidis and Geoffrey Whiting. Then there were furniture makers including Alan Peters and John Makepeace, the weavers Peter Collingwood and Theo Moorman, the glass artist Pauline Solven and the toymaker Sam Smith, all shown in an intimate, beautifully-lit space. Patrician and forthright but kind and loyal, and highly engaging company, Peter was critical of the Londoncentric art world and what he saw as inappropriate public subsidies skewed towards the capital. He served on the Crafts Council and various committees of other bodies in a bid to further the regionalist cause, and was appointed MBE in
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instructor, and commanded No.1 Blind Approach School, teaching pilots to fly on instruments and make precision approaches to airfields, for which he was awarded the AFC. He joined 105 Squadron in July 1944, one of two squadrons equipped with the new radar bombing aid named ‘Oboe’ (incidentally a ‘Malvernian’, in that it was developed in the Science Schools during the war). This allowed the Mosquito crew to mark the target with flares, which the main bomber force used as aiming points. Farrell joined No.105 during the Normandy campaign, attacking the V-1 sites in the Pas de Calais, the road and rail networks in northern France and the ports of ports of Le Havre and Calais. Later he marked the German oil installations, the gun batteries on Walcheren Island and Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. He left No.105 Squadron in August 1945, having flown 80 operations, and he was awarded the DFC for his “outstanding courage and determination”. After the war until 1981, Tony worked as a flying instructor, initially with the RAF, then in the private sector notably at the Air Service Training and the College
of Air Training, training BOAC and BEA pilots. In 2015, at the age of 97 he was still able to land a Cessna unaided. On his 100th birthday he was made a Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur. Died 17 June 2018, aged 100. Griffith Alan Edward Clifton (9.3437) WW2 F/Lt in RAF, DFM. Died 26 Feb 2018, aged 98. Legat Peter (8.32-35) Peter attended Bristol University, where he read medicine. He qualified as a doctor in January 1941 and was also a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, stationed in India and Burma during the war as a Medical Officer. After the war he returned and moved to Bridgwater as assistant to two other doctors, so was there at the time of the creation of the NHS. His love of cars and motor sport saw him participating in several Monte Carlo rallies. Other interests included golf, snooker, shooting. Peter was a very practical man and said and acted about things generally as he saw them, but above all he enjoyed his life and he had a wonderful sense of humour. He was a caring, understanding and generous man and was loved and respected by so many, family, friends and his patients; all would say what a wonderful man, a true gentleman. Died 28 March 2018, aged 99. Saunders Antony Richard (6.35-39) Tony did not like school; he always said it was boring and he left having been captain of the shooting VIII but without a school certificate. After school he helped the family run stables. Tony was 18 just after war broke out and as the government requisitioned the horses, he found a job as a farmhand and joined Home Guard working on the beach with no weapons except a lump of wood up his sleeve. He joined the Royal Sussex Regiment where his local knowledge of the local hostelries was popular with his fellow soldiers (until caught by the RSM). He was selected for officer training and after Sandhurst volunteered for
OM OBITUARIES OM SPORT | the Indian Army and was assigned to the Baluch Regiment in what is now Pakistan. He obtained his war wound there – a badly sprained ankle whilst retrieving a football from off the pitch which was to affect his mobility for the rest of his life. He was deployed on the north-west frontier fighting dissident tribesmen; and spent time near Bangalore jungle training including firing thousands of rounds a day which contributed to his hearing loss; later the battalion became part of the Indian Division which went up through Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to Beirut where he spent VE Day keeping the Gaullists and Free French apart. After the war he got a job with an oil company in Bahrain. On leave, he met Bunty, whom he married in 1948. Bunty did not like Bahrain; and after malaria, sandfever and the childbirth they came home in 1950 to a job in Birmingham, then in London and the family moved to Fontwell. In 1960 they established an egg-producing farm with some 5000 chickens. In 1968 Tony established businesses importing equestrian gadgets, and horseboxes. He met his father only once sometime in the 60s or 70s. After his father died, Tony discovered to his delight he had 3 half-brothers and a half-sister, whom he finally met in the 80s and a real bond was established. He loved being part of that extended family and liked nothing better than hosting large family gatherings. After retirement, he and Bunty continued their horse interests with the local hunt, riding club and until they were into their mid-70s riding themselves. Looking after those around him and his family were central to his life. Died 22 April 2018, aged 97. 1940s Brough Anthony Masters (4.4247) Senior Chapel Prefect. Head of House. Cadet Officer. cricket XXII. Tony spent the first three years spent at Harrow during the evacuation. He went up to Christ’s College, Cambridge and read Classics. Having graduated and qualified as a teacher he went out
to Australia and taught, firstly, at Ballarat CofE Grammar School, then at Cranbrook School, Sydney; and then, in 1971, he was appointed Head Master of Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand where remained until retiring in 1985. Died 22 November 2018, aged 89. Coverdale Charles Michael (3.38-42) House Prefect. Football XL. Ledbury Cap. Athletics. Fives. Fleet Air Arm pilot in WW2. BSc in Agriculture from Durham University (1949), where he met his wife, Margaret. Farmed in Yorkshire. Died January 2018, aged 93. Foster Michael John Neville (5/7.40-44) The only son of NJA (Johnny) Foster, the youngest of the cricketing Foster brothers, Michael spent his early years in Malaya and was taken to England first to prep school and later to Malvern College where his grandfather, the Rev. Henry Foster, was a housemaster. After Malvern, Michael joined the
Navy as a cadet (special entry) and attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. During that time, he trained as an advanced navigator and was chosen to be the official UK observer in the 1955-56 US International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition (Operation Deep Freeze) and spent six months in the Antarctic. He brought back sleds, tinned food, and artefacts from Scott’s and Shackleton’s huts which were given to the Scott Polar Research Museum in Cambridge and to the Antarctic Museum in Christchurch New Zealand. His last duty at sea was as Navigating Officer on HMS Hermes upon her commissioning. After three years in Hong Kong he returned to the UK, retired from the Navy, and emigrated to Perth with his first wife and two sons. A few years later he married Madeleine Howard. Michael worked in Perth for Faulls, the Landrover agents in Western Australia, as production manager but was made redundant after the company was bought out. He then went back to sea as master mariner on drill ships exploring for gas and oil off the West Australian coast and remained working in this industry until he retired. Michael had a happy retirement working as a volunteer, travelling, and socialising with friends. Michael died at home lovingly cared for by his family. He is survived by his wife Madeleine, sons John and Guy and stepson Sean. Died 4 June 2018, aged 91. Vigers James Lazenby (7.38-42) On leaving Malvern James was commissioned in to the Royal Artillery and landed in France as part of the 43rd (Wessex) Division shortly after D Day. He served as an OP officer and was involved in fighting close to the German lines up until the surrender. In Holland in 1944 he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. The citation for this award, which was countersigned by Montgomery, ends with the words “This young officer’s coolness and courage in the face of great danger is above praise.” After demobilisation he joined the family firm of Vigers in
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the City and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor (as well as a genealogist), becoming Senior Partner in 1973. He served on several RICS bodies and was involved in the origins of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors. Retiring in 1983 he devoted his time to family, Freemasonry and charitable causes. He co-wrote the wartime history of his Artillery unit and spent several years as the deputy to a fellow OM surveyor, Michael FosterTaylor, looking after the fabric of Freemasons’ Hall, a Grade 1 listed Art Deco building in London’s Covent Garden. It was at his suggestion that the Old Malvernian Lodge endowed its Charity Prize for the College. Died 19 Sept 2018, aged 94. Wilkinson Paul Leslie Roger Homewood (SH.43-47) House Prefect, Captain of Swimming (school record for 100m freestyle). After Sandhurst, Roger served in the Gunners and was an AOP pilot. He retired as a Major in 1960. A career in personnel followed with Roots Group, Potterton Boilers, Rolls-Royce and Lancer Boss. He was Director of Personnel with Crown Agents. Died 11 September 2018, aged 89. 1950s Barnes Michael Cecil John (SH.4651) Corpus Christi, Oxford. MA. Michael completed his National Service in Hong Kong with the Wiltshire Regiment; he was then, briefly, a teacher. He became
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a Labour MP in 1966, holding Brentford and Chiswick between 1966 and 1974. He sat on the Public Accounts Committee and chaired Labour’s backbench Social Security group, and after 1970 was opposition spokesman on food and prices; as secretary of the Labour Committee for Europe, he backed the Conservative government’s application to join the EEC, and left the front bench. A council member of ‘War on Want’, he was keenly engaged in the plight of the inhabitants of East Pakistan (Bangladesh). Michael was a founder member of the SDP, but returned to the Labour Party after two years and remained a member until 2001. He was chairman of the Electricity Consumers’ Council 77-83, Director of the UK Immigrants’ Advisory Service 84-90, and Legal Services Ombudsman 91-97. Died 22 March 2018, aged 85. Bloxcidge John Anthony (8.4752) Head of House. Junior Chapel Prefect. Managing Director of Wilkinson Match. In 1986 he became managing Director of Imperial Tobacco. Died 29 September 2018, aged 84. Covell Peter Robin (8.53-58) House Prefect. Rooke Naval Prize. Robin became an Air Broker and was on the Baltic Exchange. He moved into air freight and a life of constant overseas travel. Always a DIY enthusiast, in 1984 he opened his own DIY shop, running it successfully until retirement in 2001. He retired to West Wittering, enjoying boating
in Chichester harbour and latterly driving his classic MGB GT V8. Died 10 April 2018, aged 78. Davis Brian Lewis (6.49-53) After a degree from Birmingham University, Brian had his own retail furnishing company. A keen golfer, Brian was Captain of the OMGS in 1973, having previously been Hon. Sec. from
1966-69. He will be remembered for hosting many of our OMGS Members at Valderrama as well as his hospitality at Cheltenham and on many other occasions – a wonderfully generous man; never a dull moment in his company; never to be forgotten by those who had the privilege of knowing him well. Died 9 September 2018, aged 82 King Peter John Wallace (3.51-51) After a term at Malvern Peter went into the furniture trade, experience which he later brought to bear as a Rotarian travelling to Ethiopia and Botswana, where furniture was
often made with pallets and packing cases. He was very involved in raising funds to send Water Aid and Shelter boxes to those in need. Peter was a very gentle man as well as being a real gentleman. He was an inspiration
OM OBITUARIES OM SPORT | to many in the way he faced up to any challenge that presented itself. In later years he fought the debilitating disease of IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) and not only holding on, but travelling all over the world, for nine years after being told he’d be lucky to have three. He wore a nasal cannula, to deliver oxygen, for seven years; so travelling was more complicated than before but he was always one step ahead and always found solutions to continue to live his life with minimum interference by his condition. Peter never complained and even considered himself a very lucky man because he had family that cared. Died 23 July 2019, aged 80. Lown Robert Charles Henry (SH.5358). House Prefect. Ledder Cap. When Charles left he went straight onto a management scheme with Express Dairies, working, not only in the bottling plants, but in the cheese-making and yogurt factories. From there he went on into Pioneer Plastics who made Ski Yogurt pots and plastic glasses and plates for BEA. After several years
there he joined a Dutch company specialising in industrial starch. He finished his career with Tate and Lyle in Greenwich still dealing in starch. He married Scilla in 1964, whilst still at Express. They had three
sons, Jonathan, Rupert and Richard who all subsequently married and there are now seven grandchildren. There were 30 very happy years in Bellingdon, Bucks where they had 50 acres and a lovely Elizabethan farmhouse. Scilla ran a livery yard and reared 15 head of beef cattle each year. Charles loved coming home to mend fences and water pipes, and general maintenance. In 2007 they moved to Great Missenden with 12 acres and two horses so still plenty to do. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in October 2014. In March 2018 Charles became ill and had three stays in hospital, and learned in June that his condition was terminal. Died 10 August 2018, aged 78. Perrins John Neville John (8.46-51) House Prefect. After Malvern, John worked as a chartered accountant. He became a senior partner at Lonsdale & Marsh. He was a life member of the ICA and member of the Tax Faculty. A ken golfer, he was an honorary life member of the Royal Birkdale GC, being treasurer 1973-77 and captain in 1980. He was a very loyal supporter of the OMGS Northern Meeting at Formby for many years, always attending the Dinner and playing the next day and with the same partners. John was a keen game fisherman, and a member of the Prince Albert AS. He was also something of a photographer, being a member of the Southport & Formby branch of NADFAS. Died February 2018, aged 84. Rhodes David Rowland Gladstone (8.50-55) Minor scholar. College Prefect. Head of House. Cadet Officer. Cricket XXII. Football XI. Boxing VIII 1952-54, Captain 1955. David earned a GwynneJones Exhibition to Clare College Cambridge, where he completed a MA in Law and won a boxing Blue. He spent the first 20 years of his career in engineering in personnel and industrial relations at Rolls Royce Aero Engines and The Rover Co. Ltd. then worked in management consultancy. He was Managing Director of S J Noel-
Brown and Scott Neale. Died 31 August 2018, aged 82. Ross William John Timothy (1.4652) Cricket XI. Football XI. Born in India, Tim came to England at the outbreak of war. He had no memory of his army father who died while he was at school, but adored his stepfather in the RAF and was proud to accompany his mother to Buckingham Palace to receive the DFC as his stepfather was missing in action and his half-brother Philip
Hayden was too young. Both he and Philip were talented sportsmen and both loved their time at Malvern. After Malvern Tim went to Sandhurst where he was tipped for a great military career but was invalided out after a leg injury left him unfit for active service. He went into the city and subsequently joined Hambro Life and ended a successful career in financial services as sales director of Crown Financial Management. After retirement he took up golf and as a lifelong member of the OMGS he would follow their cricket team with two other OMs, Clyde Neale and Tony Bloomer; the three of them often to be seen on a bench overlooking the pitch. Clyde remembered Tim stumbling going into the pavilion for tea and offered to pay for a handrail. Both Tim and Philip were true gentlemen. What people remember most about Tim,
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politics, Peter was appointed Chairman of the Macleod Group, an association of left-of-centre Conservative MPs, in 1979. Since 1995, he was President of the BritishIranian Business Association Society. Died 2 May 2018, aged 80.
Taverner John Ernest (SH.51-55) Died January 8 2019, aged 81. write obit
Thomas William Patric Byard (8.5053) After an apprenticeship with the South Wales Electricity Board, Patric was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals, serving in the UK, Germany and in the Far East in the Queen’s Gurkha Signals. In retirement he served with the T.A. 214 Battery R.A. (V.) Worcester, finally leaving the service in 1996. He worked as a voluntary almoner of Worcester Cathedral, helping with the Red Cross, the Army Benevolent Fund, and organising ‘Worcester Women of the Year’ lunches. He was joint Master of the Warwickshire Beagles for 15 years until his death from mesothelioma. Died 15 May 2018, aged 82.
Temple-Morris Peter (2.51-56) School Prefect. Shooting. After studying Law at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, he became a barrister, like his father, from 1962 at the Inner Temple, practising until 1989. His family home was in Cardiff, as his father Sir Owen Temple-Morris was MP for Cardiff East. Peter was selected as the Conservative candidate for Newport (Monmouthshire) in 1964 and 1966 and Norwood in 1970. In February 1974, he was elected for Leominster, having been selected for the seat in March 1973. That same year, he was appointed vice-chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). In 1979, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Norman Fowler, Executive Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union (British Group) and Founding Co-Chairman, British-Irish InterParliamentary Body. He was a member of the Select Committees on Agriculture (1982–83) and on Foreign Affairs (1987–90). Having resigned from the Conservative Party in 1997, his disaffection toward his old party grew owing to their hard-line stance on the euro. From 1997-98, he sat on the government Labour benches, but did not take the whip, instead sitting as a oneman ‘Independent One-Nation Conservative’ group. However, on Saturday 20 June 1998 he joined the Labour Party but stood down as an MP at the 2001 general election. Made a life peer in 2001 as Baron Temple-Morris, of Llandaff in the County of South Glamorgan and of Leominster in the County of Herefordshire, he sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer. Outside
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Timmis William Nicholas (SH.54-58) Head of House. School Prefect. After Malvern, Bill went on to Liverpool University to read Chemistry and play golf for the university. Bill then moved to London where he enjoyed a long career in sales and marketing for the Ilford Film Company. He was
captain of the OMGS in 2004, and a frequent player at his local club, the Royal Mid-Surrey GC. He regularly attended OMGS meetings in the south at St George’s hill and in the north at Formby, and also the annual dinner at Dyers’ Hall. He played in
countless OMGS fixtures. He was much respected by the OMs who knew him: always a twinkle in his eye and a dry but very amusing sense of humour. Bill’s main interests lay locally in London and in Cornwall, especially with his family around. He used to enjoy trips with family to Cornwall where they had many happy days sailing on their shrimper. On retiring, Bill worked for the Prince’s Trust in London and was also a volunteer crew member on the Thames Boat project. He was active locally in Kew and a past Chairman of the Kew Society. Died 18 October 2018, aged 78. 1960s Curtis Curtis Martin Philip (5.6469) Head of House. Junior Chapel Prefect. Rugby XV (capt). After Malvern, Martin went to Dundee University, where he played in the rugby XV. Injured in a rugby accident in his early 30s, Martin worked from home as a chartered accountant. He was the Hon. Accountant to the International Spinal Research Trust, and became its chairman. Died 29/30 September 2018, aged 68. Edge Philip Henry (4.65-69) Piqued by a visit to the Miura bull farm in Andalusia when he was 14 - he was allowed to ‘play’ a bull calf - Philip instantly developed a lifelong passion for bullfighting, and in retirement he divided his time between west Wales and Montejaque, one of the lovely ‘pueblos blancos’ in the hills near Ronda, his spiritual home where he lived like a proper ‘hombre’, attending bullfights both locally and in NÎmes, and becoming an enthusiastic member of the Club Taurino de Londres. He was affectionately known as Don Felipe. After leaving Malvern Philip first studied hotel management before joining the police in 1971. He served with Lancashire Constabulary. In 1976 he moved to West Midlands Police, where he spent the rest of his career, retiring to Spain in 2001 after 30 years’ service. Philip was fiercely loyal to his friends; although married three times he
OM OBITUARIES OM SPORT | remained in affectionate touch with his first wife Liz, mother of his only daughter Madeleine, of whom he was inordinately proud. He and his widow Sandra celebrated their silver wedding a mere week before he died; his final illness was mercifully brief and borne with great courage. Philip loved animals, particularly Staffordshire Bull Terriers, he enjoyed music, notably Beethoven, the Beatles, Status Quo & Neil Diamond, and he read avidly. He was very good at choosing presents, a rare art nowadays. He was a passionate if unrequited Evertonian. During his later years he really appreciated occasional lunches with his Malvern contemporaries - James Blott, Andrew Oliver, Chris Hails and Shaun Hargreaves-Heap; these meetings happily reinforcing his Malvern connection. Died 10 March 2018, aged 66. Hails Robert Tudor Gray (4.6469) School Prefect. Football XI. With a degree in Engineering from Pembroke College, Cambridge and a Masters in Statistics and Operational Research from Birmingham, Robert joined Duncan C Fraser in
Birmingham and then R. Watson and Sons in Reigate. He was made a partner in 1987 and spent his professional career advising the privately invested pension funds of some of the largest companies in the country. He had thought that
he was entering a somewhat sleepy profession but he found himself as scheme actuary helping to guide trustees through often difficult negotiations with their sponsor companies. He was elected to the Council of the Institute of Actuaries in 2003. He was the first Honorary Treasurer of the merged Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and a member of its Management Board. He was awarded a President’s Award for services to the profession in 2011, the year he retired. Robert was also an active member of the Worshipful Company of Actuaries, becoming a Liveryman and then a Court Assistant. Known as a model professional, working tirelessly and painstakingly for his clients, he was regarded as a calm, unflappable role model who had mentored and influenced all those who worked with him whilst remaining the kindest of men. His generosity with his time extended to being a governor of Reigate Sixth Form College and Chair of Governors of Coulsdon Sixth Form College which quickly recovered, under his leadership, from being one of the poorest performing in the country. Robert married Janet in 1978 and they had three children. Robert enjoyed sailing and skiing, and golf, the only interest that Janet steadfastly refused to share. Died 12 June 2018, aged 67.
for the National Trust. He cared about the environment and carried out regular beach cleans before they became fashionable. Philip was a true gentleman. He was very charming too and loved a laugh. Died 20 August 2018, aged 76, shortly before his brother Tim Ross (qv). Hoskins John Ronald (3.56-61) House Prefect. Cricket XXII. Athletics. John had a lifelong love of rugby and managed to get his jaw broken in a school match. He had to spend eight weeks on liquidised meals, eventually administered by Mrs Staniforth as he didn’t want to go home. For a
Hayden Philip (1.55-61) Football XI. Cricket XI. Captain of OMFC 75-77. Born in Wantage on 20 May 1942, Philip was the son of Charles and Phyllis Hayden. Tragically, he never knew his RAF navigator father though, who was declared MIA and presumed dead just days before being notified he had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Philip followed his older brother, Tim Ross, to Malvern, and often said his time at Malvern were the happiest days of his life. He became a town planner and was a public servant for most of his working life in Eastbourne. Philip was a talented sportsman: football and cricket at first, then tennis, squash, table tennis, running and a golf single handicapper. Following early retirement, he volunteered
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| OM OBITUARIES long time after Malvern, home was in the Middle East where he worked as an accountant. Indeed it was at the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi in August 1977 that he married his wife, Frances. They had met in Britain, where Frances had been seconded to his office. Frances remembers, ‘A few small typing errors would bring John back regularly to my office for any changes or to point out errors. ‘Oh, sorry, Mr Hoskins,’ I would say. ‘I worked very hard on him’. Later, on their return to England, John and Frances edited John’s grandfather’s WW1 diaries, and published them as ‘Thank You Mr Bosh. That’s Close Enough!’, which has sold in the thousands. Publication of the book also led to many wonderful and fascinating trips with the War Research Society Battlefield Tours. Parkinson’s disease struck suddenly 12 years ago. John bore it patiently and bravely. He tried not to let it get him down and Frances and he continued to live as normally as possible despite the many medical appointments, the consultants who could not promise a cure, the medication through the day. John was determined to continue to travel and to see as much of the world as he could, supported as ever by his loving wife, who writes, ‘John wasn’t famous. He was just a very nice man.’ Died 17 July 2018, aged 76. To read more of Frances’ tribute, go to http://www.johnhoskins.uk Perrin Michael Adrian Percival (6.55-60) Shooing. Boxing. Athletics. When Mike left school shooting he attended the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester where he furthered his farming interests. Then he bought a smallish farm in Norfolk where he grew wheat. On his father’s death, the family decided to move to Australia to find a bigger and more viable farm. So they sailed out to Sydney at the end of 1968, hired a van and drove around NSW before settling on a 2000-acre property on the Breeza Plains near Gunnedah. The land, which had never previously had crops, was good but it was very hard work with little help. Mike met and married Barbie and they
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had three strapping sons like Mike himself. Later in life Mike bought a rig, as he called it, and he set off to explore Australia, not once but at least three times. Then Mike got sick; the last man you would think of getting ill. He never smoked, drank little and all his life was an outdoors type. Several times the report we received was that he was on the mend, but in the end it was not to be, and finally he very sadly succumbed. Died 6 July 2018, aged 77. 1970s Denham Iain Maxwell (5.71-75) Head of House. School Prefect. Cricket XI. Football XI. Died 24 December 2018, aged 61. After Malvern Iain joined the premier insurance broker Sedgwicks working in the North American property division, becoming an Assistant Vice-President. When Sedgwicks were bought by Marsh he became a Managing Director. He apparently achieved this without
demonstrating any overt ambition, with a refusal to countenance office politics, never letting work assume more importance in his life than it should and through it all being loved by many and not disliked by anyone. Always very professional, well-liked by both underwriters and clients, he did business with a smile and a laugh, and invariably got the results he wanted. Of course Iain could and never would have wanted to be described as a corporate man. Whilst work was clearly important, sport played an integral part throughout his life. He was essentially a team man with a steely competitive and determined zeal running through his veins. He was, it is fair to say, a quite brilliant footballer. He appeared for the legendary Corinthian Casuals on a number of occasions in the early 1980s and, of course, on a much more regular basis for the Old Malvernians in a golden era where the club managed to win a few Arthur Dunn cups. He captained the side extremely well in the mid- to late-80s, reaching three semi-finals on the bounce, though sadly losing the lot, before his elder brother took over and promptly won the cup! Brother Alistair says that Iain never quite saw the funny side of that! Iain was also more recently President of the club for the best part of five years, a role he carried out with his usual enthusiasm, good humour and support to the younger players. As one might expect, tributes from team-mates and opponents alike abounded on the news of his passing, struck down with such a cruel disease in the prime of life. Iain dealt with it in his own inimitable style, with the support of his wife, Wendy, their children, Jess and Jonny, and the wider family. Not the least of Iain’s achievements was to complete two walks on the South Downs Way covering 100 miles each time to raise over £13000 in support of the cancer charities that became close to him; generous to the last. Died 24 December 2018, aged 61. Withnall Kim Peter (6.72-77). House Prefect; School Library
OM OBITUARIES OM SPORT | sclerosis over a period of 20 years, which required full-time carers. Despite his disability, Ian never lost his smile and good nature and sense of humour. His family will never forget his great fortitude in coping with such a cruel and painful illness. Died 8 August 2016, aged 50.
Prefect; House Colours: Football, Rugby; Rugby XV; Cricket XI. . BSc Managerial and Administrative Studies, Aston University. RAF Officer. (We are grateful to Kim’s lifelong friend, and godfather to Kathryn and Matthew, Charles J. Courtier (6.75-80), for the following extracts from the eulogy). Kim talked very little about himself; he was always so engaged on what others were doing. So inquisitive, he would retain this information for years. But he did not linger much on himself. The epitome of calmness and strength, Kim was at home wherever he was in the world, and with everyone; he just seemed to fit in fine. These qualities served him well living working for Ford Land Rover in the UK, in Thailand, Nigeria and Tanzania. Kim was a member of Royds Lodge and the Old Malvernian Lodge. A dedicated family man, Kim was devoted to Vivienne, his wife of 31 years. Kim loved his time at Malvern College and was so happy that his children, Kathryn and Matthew went there. Died 1 October 2018, aged 59. 1980s Munday Ian David (5.79-84) After leaving Malvern Ian spent a year studying law at university then became manager of various companies of house agents in the Birmingham area followed by further training to become a financial advisor with Lloyds Banking Group. Ian died following a long debilitating disease of progressive multiple
1990s Winchester Oliver William (9.9398) Head of House. We gratefully acknowledge Chris Breward, Alyson Rolington and Amy Mechowski for their contribution to the following tribute. After Malvern Oly worked as an assistant at Christie’s auction house, before doing a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld
Institute of Art. A job at Hatchards bookshop on Piccadilly led to an exhibitions assistant role at the Barbican Art Gallery (where a show on Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki was a high point) and in 2006, he joined the assistant curator development programme at the V&A Museum, working first in the furniture, textile and fashion department and then the contemporary team as a programmer for the Friday Late events. He later joined the research department as the assistant curator on the 2011 show Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990. In 2006 Oly then moved to the Wellcome Collection as a project curator, leading the preparations for the opening of the Reading Room,
a hybrid gallery, library and events space. This was followed by a period as a curator at the Design Museum from 2013 as it designed the galleries for its new home in Kensington. In all these roles Oly cut a unique figure. Seemingly quiet and reserved, he brought an intensity of thinking and creative energy that left real impact. These can be seen in his writing for several V&A catalogues and publications, including Fashion V Sport, Postmodernism and Horst. But perhaps his greatest legacy was as chair of the V&A’s LGBTQ working party. Oly led the way in making new connections with other LGBTQ groups and communities to transform programming at the museum. He established the V&A’s LGBTQ History Month events and introduced its Queer screenings with the BFI. Drawing on all of this, Oly’s chapter in the 2012 book ‘Museums, Equality and Social Justice’ is one of the best guides on how museums can connect with LGBTQ visitors. The final installation in the Postmodernism show was Oly’s idea: a Robert Longo-directed video for New Order’s song Bizarre Love Triangle. The wall text read: “As with all postmodern design, there is no right way to react to it. Read theory, buy things, style yourself, be subversive. Or just get up and dance.” Oly was always too cool to dance, but he lived everything else in that statement. Died 22 December 2017, aged 38. 2000s STAFF McCarry John Charles (staff 1017) John was very much a local lad, being both born and bred in Malvern as well as spending his last days in its green and pleasant landscape. John truly loved Malvern but was equally proud of his Scottish ancestry. Dorothy, his wife of 24 years, remembers teasing him about his having grown up in the heart of England when she first discovered his Malvern background. John’s riposte was sharp: “Well, Dorothy, Jesus was apparently born in a stable but it didn’t make him an ass,
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| OM OBITUARIES quirky, irrepressible and irreplaceable gentleman died 14 August 2018, aged 70. Mensforth Douglas Lindsay (staff 74-06) Died 10 July 2018, aged 72. Reprinted below are excerpts from the tribute written by Peter Chappell in 2006 when DLM retired.
did it?” John trained as a hairdresser in Coventry before moving to London and working in a West End salon, where he frequently washed and treated the silken tresses of Dame Judy Dench, despite residing in YMCA accommodation. But itchy feet once more made him up sticks and move on to Johannesburg, South Africa where he successfully created a business, improbably making men’s hair-pieces and wigs using imported hair from Italian convents. Returning to Glasgow with his first wife, Rena, John trained as a teacher at Jordan Hill College and helped to raise his daughters Melanie and Stephanie. Somehow he managed to find time to also become President of the Students’ Union and to play bass guitar for a group called ‘What’s Left’ which might just give a slight clue as to his political allegiances, to which he adhered throughout his life. Once again John heeded the call from abroad and was appointed Head of English at St Andrew’s Scots School in Buenos Aires in 1990, and married Dorothy in 1994. Seven more years’ teaching followed in Argentina, Chile and Peru where John was Head of Newton College, before they came home, to Malvern, where John taught for 16 years. Adventurous and brave, he was no less courageous during his final illness. This extraordinary, loving, charismatic, funny, kind,
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I told an IB Standard class that their normal teacher was unfortunately absent and that pro tem they would be taught by Mr Mensforth. Their eyes at once popped out of their heads. A mixture of fear and excitement seized them. They knew that there were two Malvern experiences you simply did not miss: one was running the Ledder; the other was being taught by DLM. To those of
gave them unlimited patience, often seeking them out in their houses to give them extra help. His results were always superb. Set 1 or Set 5, all Douglas’s pupils were, if he could possibly contrive it, taught Milton. Coursework moderators and visiting inspectors were invariably impressed. If Douglas had a salutary effect upon school inspectors, they also had a salutary effect upon him. After one inspection we were ticked off for not having enough displays of pupils’ creative work on our classroom walls. Before the next inspection, I thought I had better remind Douglas that he needed to do something about this. The next day, when I went into his classroom, I found on one wall a magnificent display: 135 small postcards, cuttings and calendars, all illustrating cats! Douglas could lecture without notes for an hour, gently rocking back and forth as he did so. His interpretation of texts was invariably lucid and stimulating, but not always mainstream. He thought Shakespeare overrated and enjoyed quoting his mother who, when watching a performance of The Tempest, had said, “Did Shakespeare write this rubbish?”
us, pupils and staff alike, who knew him, Douglas was so abounding in erudition and such a character that the school he lived and worked in for 32 years will seem empty without him. On the academic side, DLM’s donnish air and his ability to think of the unexpected made him the perfect man to prepare candidates for their Oxbridge interviews. But he was even better as a teacher of the lowest GCSE sets. Perhaps he expected the top sets to be as clever as he was; certainly, he wanted them to spar with him. He had no such expectations, however, of those in, say, 100 set 5 and he
Douglas’ impact outside the classroom was equally huge and memorable: especially caving, adventurous training, and DofE expeditions when Douglas would career around the countryside in his Rover, intercepting groups when and where they least expected. He would then frog march them along a section of their route, enthralling them with stories, literary quotations and detailed knowledge of local churches and the landscape. And the day’s thrills were amply rewarded as Douglas cooked gourmet suppers for staff over a primus stove. Douglas made a consistent commitment to Common Room
OM OBITUARIES | Drama, both as actor and director: DLM was always prepared to turn his hand to any rôle, and those who were fortunate enough to take part in one of his productions will always remember his generous insistence that the cast be fulsomely fed and watered at every rehearsal. But it was, arguably, as house tutor, first in No.2 and then in No.7 and No.5, that Douglas acted his finest, most loyal and dependable rôle. Generations of boys will recall his loud singing of ‘Hall! Hall!’ up the stairwell instead of ringing the bell. Andy Murtagh tells me how every week DLM would mistake No.7 for Fort Knox: he would bolt every door and lock every window before leaving the House at 10.30 pm. “But if I returned any moment after 10.31, he would be standing on the porch steps, arms folded intimidatingly, waiting to greet me with exaggerated, icy politeness. On another occasion, Douglas was doing a queue, doling out pocket money. Lin and I were having a quiet supper. Douglas burst in: ‘Murtagh, you idiot! You have omitted to remind your wife to go to the bank to replenish the change!’ And with a contemptuous toss of the head, he was gone.” Martin John Wyndham Rogers, who died on the 30th July 2018 aged 87, had a long and distinguished career in education as a teacher, Master of the Queen’s Scholars at Westminster School, Headmaster of Malvern College, Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham and Director of the Farmington Institute, Oxford. It was in the latter role that his three great interests were to converge most fully: science, religion and education. A civilised, cultured and devout man he cared deeply about advancing humane values in the schools that he led and was concerned to bridge the divide between religious and scientific ways of looking at the world. A childhood influenced by his father’s experiences during the First World War and then seeing first-hand the
devastation of the Second led to a great interest in how education might prepare pupils for effective leadership and conflict resolution. Martin Rogers was born in 1931. His father was the UK Managing Director of an American pharmaceutical business. Serving in the First World War he had been wounded twice, on the first occasion at the Battle of the Somme and towards the end of the war he was gassed. Martin often quoted his father saying ‘It’s not the ordinary Germans that are the problem, it’s their leaders’ - a comment that his son Stephen suggested greatly influenced his father’s view of the role of leaders in education and in democratic societies. His mother came from farming stock in Oxfordshire. After preparatory school at Dane Court he went to Oundle where he became Head of House and a School Prefect and showed a flair for gymnastics. In the words of one of Martin’s oldest friends, Brian Mattinson, Martin and he held great respect and affection for their House tutor, Rolf Barber. A teacher of German and described as a civilising presence, Rolf Barber introduced Martin to Siegfried Sassoon in 1949. After Oundle came a remarkable interlude in 1949. A knee injury from playing rugby at school ruled out National Service and so his father organised a year in Germany initially staying with friends in Munich
and then studying at Heidelberg. Travelling by train he was deeply affected by the devastation he saw from his carriage window. Together with his father’s observations on the earlier Great War this experience made him ‘an advocate of dialogue and negotiation over aggression, violence and conflict’. He retained a great affection for Heidelberg and made lifelong friendships during his time there. At Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1950-53, he read Natural Sciences and then History and following graduation he worked for two years in the Henry Wiggin Mond Nickel Company - at the time an unusual background for a future headmaster. He taught Chemistry at Westminster and was seconded as a Nuffield Research Fellow to the Nuffield Chemistry Project from 1962 to 1964 and as Salter’s Company Schoolmaster Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London in 1969, becoming one of the pioneers of the Nuffield Chemistry project - a novel approach to scientific teaching which sought to instruct by pupil experimentation. Among his publications were: John Dalton and the Atomic Theory (1965), Chemistry and Energy (1968), Gas Syringe Experiments (1970), Chemistry (1971 co-author) Chemistry: facts, patterns and principles (1972 co-author) and Francis Bacon and the Birth of Modern Science (1976). He edited the Nuffield O-Level Sample Scheme, (1965), the Foreground Chemistry Series (1968), and the Farmington Papers from 1993 to 2001. At Westminster he became Housemaster of Rigaud’s and then Master of the Queen’s Scholars and as such he was part of the Collegiate Body of Westminster Abbey - a role he greatly enjoyed. He had a broad view of education and was particularly interested in the relationship between science and religion advocating that there was no fundamental incompatibility and that these two ways of exploring and thinking could ‘actually thrive and grow together’. His Christian faith was sincere and deep and provided
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| OM OBITUARIES the backbone to his family life, career and educational philosophy. The long and happy married life with Jane began in 1957 and it was as a family man that Martin felt most fulfilled. His children loved the idyllic life centred on their cottage in Devon where the delights of the countryside and a love of nature provided a necessary relaxation from the rigours of London life and the burdens of high educational office. Martin’s skill as a cartoonist evident in the Bungeat, his brilliant cartoon creation, gave great pleasure to his family and friends. Jane, their three children, and eight grandchildren survive him. In 1971 Martin accepted the headmastership of Malvern College. He inherited the school at a time of profound social change in Britain. The optimism generated by victory in World War II, the building of the Welfare State and the romance of the new Elizabethan age had faded somewhat as Britain’s diminished world role became apparent. The end of Empire and economic problems together with a growing familiarity with the rest of the world through the advance of television and easier travel weakened the insular self-confidence that saw Britain as home to all that was good. The inevitable result was a persistent questioning of familiar assumptions that underpinned much of British life. The world of education was particularly affected by this mood. This was already having an impact on the Public Schools as the 1970s dawned although inevitably it was more apparent in the cosmopolitan centres. Martin Rogers recalled that after his experiences at Westminster, Malvern seemed to be set in an earlier epoch. He approached his new school with a quiet determination to modernise and further civilise. Inevitably there would be resistance. What emerged at Malvern, as in many other schools, was something of a culture war between various schools of thought favouring change and those who clung to traditional values and
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institutions. His predecessor as headmaster, Donald Lindsay, had in many ways transformed the school most notably in its much greater academic profile. However, when Martin Rogers arrived he felt that the school still had an excessively traditional air. There was an all-male teaching staff, overwhelmingly recruited from Oxbridge, and still, of course, heavily imbued with the military experiences of World War Two. The school was, as with most Public Schools, single sex and there was little formal contact with the neighbouring girls’ schools. The school and house prefect system was still thriving, as was group fagging and beating (both had been abolished at Westminster).. Sport was still largely dominated by football and cricket. The CCF was compulsory. Music and drama were valued but for many still marginal activities. Many boys were happy in the school but the House structures had changed little and the dominance of the Housemaster and his prefects could still make life difficult for some. Independent schools had gained a great advantage from the changes afoot in the maintained sector. As the grammar schools fell in swathes to the new bright hope of the comprehensives many middle class parents sought to protect status and academic teaching for their children. This was furthered by later disappointments with the new system which created a growing demand for traditional teaching and high academic standards. In many ways the Public Schools were able to reach out to this constituency and to expand their academic profile (which has often been rather limited). This put a premium in a highly competitive market for proof of academic worth. This encouraged a search for inspiring academic staff and changes in curriculums, teaching methods, facilities and school structures. Martin Rogers was ideally qualified to lead Malvern in these more challenging times. He was the first
Malvern headmaster to cross the academic divide between science and the humanities, and the first to have studied abroad, and to have some experience in industry. Although inheriting a successful and popular school – there were 586 boys in the school when his headmastership began - the new Headmaster was only too aware of the challenges that had emerged from the wider state of British education particularly in the independent sector. He consciously sought to follow what he saw as a progressive agenda in Malvern. He took particular care in appointing to the academic staff men who could inspire in the classroom regardless of whether they fitted the classic schoolmaster profile. Having introduced Sixth Form bed-studies to his House at Westminster, and seen the notable improvement the change made to social and academic attitudes, he sought to follow the same path at Malvern. Initially there was little enthusiasm, ‘absolutely no interest, not a single Housemaster wanted study bedrooms – modern idea, absolute nonsense’.. But once the much respected George Chesterton embraced the idea a programme of conversion began. A successful appeal launched in September 1981 raised the necessary funds to provide every boy in the Sixth Form with a study bedroom. It its own way this was to provide a radical departure encouraging the relative independence and individuality of Sixth-Formers in sharp contrast to older ideas of a communitarian culture. Like his predecessor, Martin Rogers disliked caning and discouraged its use, and it was during his headmastership that this time-honoured punishment finally came to an end. Another major change, both physical and educational, came in the sporting arena. Most Public Schools were building new sports centres where a wider range of sports might be followed and with a stronger emphasis on all pupils finding some athletic endeavour that they could follow. The newer sporting culture
OM OBITUARIES | reflected the not always attractive cult of individual fulfilment, concerns about the unhealthy lifestyle of so many youngsters, and the national concern to emulate the sporting triumphs of other countries where physical training and education seemed to be the key to Olympic and international success. Martin Rogers was concerned about how many boys were ‘slipping through the net’ of the more traditional games programme and wanted a complete rethink of the organisation of sport at Malvern. So for the first time a Director of Physical Education was appointed who was given the brief of creating a physical education programme for all boys. Rugby, now to be the dominant sport in the Lent term, achieved equal status with football and cricket. These developments coincided with the building of a new Sports Hall that would provide facilities for more indoor activity. The Sports Hall was opened in October 1977 and survived until the much more elaborate Sports Complex replaced it in 2010. There were inevitable concerns about these developments with the fear of the diminution of the more traditional games and the ethic of manliness, loyalty and character that went with them. Another avenue that would in time profoundly change the school also gathered pace. Almost imperceptibly girls, from neighbouring girls’ schools, started to appear on campus to be taught in some Sixth form subjects. Starting in 1972 with some 21 girls attending some lessons and using library facilities, by 1977 the number was 73 and by 1981, 91. This suited the local girls’ schools where small Sixth Forms made a wide range of subjects impossible and also satisfied a growing sense that some degree of coeducation, at least in the classroom, would be popular with parents. Financially this enabled these schools to attract parents with the promise of a wider curriculum and, of course, it brought in useful money and numbers to Malvern. There was support for full co-education but such a move was
considered premature as it would have been very unpopular with the neighbouring girls’ schools and there appeared to be little enthusiasm for such a move from parents, the OM Society, and some of the educating staff. While single sex schools were financially viable there would be little prospect of change. The 1970s also saw the beginning of a new approach to pastoral care. The traditional pattern placed this area entirely in the hands of the housemasters with extremis support from the Chaplaincy and the medical staff. Most Houses had acquired a team of House Tutors chosen by the Housemaster who would assist in running the House in various ways. But there was growing demand from sixth formers for more informal contact with the teaching staff and for the House to be less central in pastoral matters for the older pupils. An initial experiment allowed Lower Sixth boys to choose a Tutor, usually someone who taught them, who would meet them informally from time to time. It was as yet very unsystematic and the responsibilities were not entirely clear. But it proved a popular development, which would in time evolve into a central theme of Malvern life being much praised and admired by parents, students and school inspectors. Significant changes also began in some of the boarding houses. Prefect punishments declined and in at least one house came to an end. The same house chose to elect their Head of House – the franchise being given to all the boys. A greater informality was apparent and much more emphasis was put on training the older boys to manage the communal needs of their House. These changes produced considerable tension with understandable resistance coming from those Housemasters and others who thought contemporary fads were undermining good discipline and time-honoured customs. Academically the school flourished. Oxbridge success remained notable and O level and A level results were generally very good. Towards the
end of his headmastership, Martin Rogers was able to announce that Malvern would participate in the new Conservative Government’s Assisted Places scheme ‘designed to help the sons of parents who could not otherwise afford to do so, to send them to the best independent schools’. Initially eight assisted places would be offered at eleven plus enabling boys to go to a local preparatory school before coming to Malvern and a further eight places would be available for entry to Malvern at thirteen. The scheme was implemented in September 1981 and was to prove popular and enabled the school to benefit from the considerable academic abilities of the pupils that the scheme attracted. The new building programmes of the Rogers years reflected the direction in which he wished to the school to move. Apart from bed studies and the new Sports Hall, the most significant addition was the Lindsay Art Centre. At the time it was considered to be one of the most impressive Art facilities in the Public School world. Towards the end of his Headmastership work also began on turning the old Gymnasium into a fully equipped theatre. These developments reflected one of the most notable and long lasting achievements of the post-war era – the great advance of the Arts at Malvern. Music blossomed with major school concerts revealing an ever-greater range and quality of instrumental music and the popular Informal Concerts showed the depth of talent that the school was attracting and fostering. The new Art Centre quickly became a model of creative enterprise in painting, ceramics, etching, printmaking and modelling. More and more students studied the subject and an academic course in the History of Art became very popular, as did expeditions to Florence, Venice and Rome. Drama also flourished with performances of great depth and sensitivity. It was mark of the progress of the Arts at Malvern that it now became as prestigious in the eyes of the school to be a thespian, musician or artist
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| OM OBITUARIES as it had always been to be a skilled school games player. Martin Rogers had long been interested in bringing the world of school and industrial enterprise closer together. ‘Coming from industry into a school environment I found that there was at the time an almost complete ignorance of, and even hostility, towards business. School seemed to be quite out of touch with the way in which wealth is created and what industry is about. It worried me that people could be so out of touch with the real world and I decided to do something about it’. To this end a Redman Heenan Fellow was appointed to improve the understanding of and the links with industry. Industrial Conferences for the Lower Sixth became a regular feature of life. Work experience was encouraged and a form of leadership training that owed much to management selection procedures was introduced for the both masters and boys. As a committed Christian, Martin Rogers actively supported his chaplains in their attempts to make Chapel more intellectually vibrant and a forum for challenging ideas. Distinguished outside speakers came on many Sundays and there was a reorientation of the weekly Chapels away from repetitive liturgy towards more stimulating sermons from members of staff, boy led services
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and more contemplative worship using music, drama, readings and mediation. Martin Rogers chose to retire from Malvern in 1982 to become Chief Master of the King Edward VI foundation in Birmingham. He was Chairman of HMC in 1987, and in 1991 he was appointed as Director of the Farmington Institute for Christian Studies in Oxford. In 2000 he was awarded an OBE for services to the Farmington Institute and Religious Education. His headmastership of Malvern College had seen the Arts flourish, the physical, and to some extent the social structure, of the boarding houses modernised, and an academic liveliness that reflected the new generation of masters appointed during his term. It would be fair to say that for the more ‘liberal’ elements of the Common Room progress was too slow whilst for the more senior elements many of the new initiatives and attitudes seemed misplaced and were thought to be undermining the essence of the school. To balance such views and in a competitive world to keep the school afloat required great skill. Parents warmed to the evident sincerity, kindness and modernising agenda of the headmaster. It was undoubtedly a mark of his success that during his tenure, pupil numbers were never less than the 580 and
reached 617 in two years (1976 and 1980). Pointers to the future could be seen in the tripling in the number of day boys (21 in 1972, 60 in 1981) and in the steady increase both in the numbers of girls attending Sixth Form classes and the range of subjects that they now studied. In a valedictory tribute, the College journal ‘The Malvernian’ commented: ‘The phrase’ caring community’ may be a cliché but it is pleasant to live in one and the fact that we do is due, as much as to anyone, to our outgoing Headmaster’. The Chairman of the College Council bade farewell in these words: ‘bringing to his task a calm and understanding authority, he has successfully maintained the standing of Malvern as one of the country’s leading independent schools. Academic standards have been enhanced, the widest of interests encouraged, and the material amenities of the school significantly improved by important development programmes. His achievement is to leave the school full and flourishing’. It is fair to add that many of the initiatives taken during his headmastership paved the way for the future success of the College in the challenging times that were to come. For the Malvernians who came after him we might offer this famous tribute: si monumentum requiris, circumspice.
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| OM SPORT | OM CRICKET CLUB After the disappointment of an excruciating 2017 semi-final defeat the new Cricketer Cup season was eagerly anticipated with another winner’s medal being the only thing on the mind of the Old Malvernian squad. We had a great blend of youth and experience. The first round was on the Senior against Old Alleynians. With captain
The next match was a home draw against Harrow, who we can only assume had scouts out on the previous match and had decided that it just wasn’t worth the journey. The Harrovians were unable to put a team together, an unheardof scenario, and so a walkover for Malvern resulting in a one year ban from the competition for OH.
Gifford absent tying the knot in Sweden, the leadership was handed to David Nash, an OM cricket legend who had achieved everything in an OM shirt, but his captaincy skills remained an unknown. Fortunately he could call on a strong young squad which would make for a very easy day for the stand in captain. The OMs batted first amassing a huge 392-6. Fred Wynn started the innings well with a solid 66, but it was Alex Milton who did the main damage with 139 off 102 balls supported by Fred Martin (44) and effectively ending the game in the first half of the encounter. The Alleynians stumbled to 170 all out, the wickets shared between O’Gorman (3, on debut), O Griffiths (2) and Wynn (2) to ease the OMs into round 2.
The quarter-final was against a familiar opposition in Oundle Rovers, one of the strongest sides in the competition. Malvern won the toss and chose to bat on a slow low wicket. Oundle bowled with great discipline and put on a fielding display in order to keep a strong OM batting line up to 223, what seemed about a par score. Again Alex Milton was the pick of the batters, with a typically stylishly constructed 79. Oundle got off to a strong start in their reply and were 142-3 before the introduction of leg spinner Aadarsh Shah turned the game on its head as three quick wickets reversed the pressure and Oundle soon fell behind the rate. Liam Smith (3 wickets) and Wynn (2) returned to mop up the tail and in the end a reasonably comfortable victory to the OMs by
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16 runs, but it had not been without a battle. A semi-final trip to Uppingham was the reward, the first time the two sides had met in many years. Malvern again won the toss and chose to bowl on a strange looking pitch, and with a strong batting line-up were backing themselves to chase whatever total Uppingham might be able to post. The Uppingham innings was held together by their senior pro and managed to get them to a very respectable 219, with Ben Twohig the pick of the OM bowlers with 5-48, supported by Simon Harwood (2-21). The OM chase got off to a shaky start, and we were soon 77-4 with batting starting to look increasingly difficult on a slow pitch. This bought together what turned out the be the match-winning partnership in Tom Köhler-Cadmore (78*) and Ben Twohig (51) taking the OMs almost to the finishing line. A few late nerves were shown, but K-C stood firm and took the OMs to a third final in four years. The final was played at the beautiful Arundel Castle in Sussex, a lovely venue, especially convenient for the local Old Cranleighan opposition. Unfortunately after such a wonderful hot summer the weather ruined the day on this occasion, and with the pressure of getting some sort of result on the day the two sides were forced into a T20 encounter on a wet pitch. Cranleigh batted first, and with the OM spinners finding it very difficult to grip the soap-like ball posted a strong 175. With the OM batting line-up more suited to the subtleties and finesse of the 50-over format early wickets fell and there was no way back as the Malvernians got well behind the rate and finished all out on 123; a very disappointing end to what had otherwise been another thoroughly enjoyable and successful campaign. Will Gifford
OM SPORT | | OM COURT GAMES CLUB– DARTINGTON, DEVON JULY 2018 It was with great pleasure that five OMs (aged between 63 and 76 years old) gathered together at Dartington Squash & Racketball Club for the second year running. The only criterion for being included in the squad is that one should be well over 60 years old, own a squash racket, be able to walk on court unaided and never mind the consequences! Since there were just four players last year that is a very healthy 25% increase in numbers! The formidable five were joined by two local players to provide opposition and boost numbers since the two courts had been booked for two hours and it was entirely possible that all OMs would have collapsed within 40 minutes! Unfortunately John Elford was suffering from sciatica and couldn’t play squash but refereed and generally made some encouraging noises from the gallery. David Franks had a wonderful battle against Sam Balsdon coming out on top 15-13 in the 5th. David plays regularly at the Surrey University Sports Facility surrounded by very fit and active young people, some of which has obviously rubbed off and sustained David’s own fitness. Sam is an obsessive squash player and holds a place in the Guinness book of records for the highest number of verifiable competitive matches ever played (2999 wins and 666 losses after playing David). Guy Davies (who you may remember reached the finals of the world over 70’s in Johannesburg last year – and though losing to an American in the final, subsequently beat him in a return match in England) was nurturing a knee problem and felt it wise to just play on one day only – very sensible as it turned out. Guy Mackenzie then took on Sam and Frank and though no longer able to cover all the court still plays
outrageous and extremely well controlled shots from the back of the court bringing a smile to his face and a look of disbelief to his opponent. Meanwhile I was playing Martyn Barklett-Judge who looked more like forty than sixty – amazing what hair colouring can do for the image! (I would still like to check his passport for dob!) Martyn frequently spars with Guy at Dartington as well as playing polo. I have been a convert to Real Tennis for the past 26 years but the game of squash is unsurpassed in the explosive energy required and the slightly masochistic satisfaction of coming off in pain and unable to speak! So, within 15 minutes I find myself 2-0 down and faced with a long and lonely drive home analysing the match. I did not want to lose and managed to claw back to squeak a 3-2 win though at a cost to the body (and the fall after the pride was to come all too soon). That evening we were well fed and watered at a wonderful pub called the Cott Inn at Shinner’s Bridge near Dartington. Highly recommended if ever you are down that way. Three wives came along too which made the evening very convivial and the conversation most varied and pleasant. It was noted that some players drank less than others… beware the morrow! The next morning Guy had agreed to take Colin, Linda (Colin’s wife) and myself on a very pleasant walk between North and South Sands of Salcombe including the picturesque ferry ride (and antiquated tractorcharrabanc means of getting on to the ferry) ending with a light lunch in the sun overlooking North Sands. That afternoon we all met at the club again though Martyn had to go up north for a business meeting. David had another epic with Sam – not one that he will forget in a long time worried that Sam would
pass out in the heat being the hottest, driest summer since 1976, with temperatures reaching at least 27ºC – but at least the joints didn’t ache so much! And John was seen to be wielding a racket-ball racket afterwards against David but I regret I wasn’t able to watch. On the other court I played Guy in a rematch from last year…..I felt good, fit, and had had at least 25 games in the interim. I played hard hitting squash and found myself 2-0 up… but…as soon as I walked off court for a drink of water I knew I was going to lose.…I was completely drained of energy. I frantically ate a banana but it was no good. Guy relentlessly, remorselessly, sadistically played lobs and drop shots to perfection! His serves were accurate and his returns were irretrievable. I was done for. Guy won 3-2 and deservedly earns respect from we lesser and younger players. And the ignominy wasn’t over yet. I then lost to Sam, chalking up his 3000th win….and lost to Colin (albeit handicapped), completely unable to read shots that were last played in the 60’s! ……but there’s always next year! Thanks must go to Guy (and Mary) for allowing us to use the club and booking great venues for the two evenings out. Dartington, Totnes and the surrounds are truly wonderful to escape to from the city and the midlands. It was a lovely summer holiday punctuated by brutal puffing, grunting and sweating! Long may it continue - so, any OMs of 60 years and older…contact me at philipshawhamilton@gmail.com for next year’s bash!
Philip Shaw-Hamilton
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| OM SPORT | OM NETBALL CLUB The past two seasons for the Old Malvernian Netball Club have been extremely promising. We play every Monday evening in a recreational league in Parson’s Green, London. We have all really enjoyed getting to know one another, being from different year groups and Houses, as well as playing netball again in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. The team has gelled so well together,
not surprisingly all having been coached at Malvern. The winter season saw us win 9 out of our 10 games! All the girls have made huge improvements and played so well; it seems impossible to single out anyone in particular! Owing to our weekly success rate, we are going to join the Intermediate
League which will be much tougher but I feel that we are ready for this! The team have shown such great commitment and team spirit to our weekly fixtures. Thank you so much to the Malvernian Society for all the support towards the OMNC and for making this all possible. Many thanks to all the girls from the Old Malvernian Netball Club for all your commitment, enthusiasm and fun! Kath Clark
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OM SPORT | | OM FOOTBALL CLUB As Authurian League seasons go, the 2017-18 instalment was not the most fruitful for the Old Malvernians on the pitch. What started so promisingly, with four unbeaten pre-season friendlies followed by wins against the Old Reptonians, Old Uffingtonians and a draw against the Cholmleians sadly descended into a minor relegation battle with the Old Wellingtonians who spared us from the drop. In truth, performances were largely decent, however consistency in availability and injuries halted our progress: the loss of Mark Jefferson for three months and Javier Garay for the season were tough pills to swallow. The team, however, fought admirably against oppositions who boasted much larger player pools and I am confident that next season will bring much more success. The strides taken by Kume Feese, Jack Nicholls and vice-captain Ar-
slan Arkallaev were exceptional but the most pleasing aspect for me as skipper was the influx of young OMs since the summer. Apologies for the long list but I would like to name check them all. Melvin Stoltze, Connor Zambuni, Alec Godsland, Martin De La Concha all featured regularly in their debut seasons whilst Matt Baynham, Ed Street and Demi Onabowale all impressed in what was their first full campaign after joining mid-way through the 2016-17 season. It would be remiss of me not to mention the continued commitment shown by OM stalwarts Ayo Afolabi, Peter Ford, Tom Drew, Alex Richardson and Will Stevenson who worked tirelessly on and off the pitch to help to club function. As usual, we entered the prestigious Arthur Dunn Cup and were tasked with hosting Premier League high fliers Tonbridge at our home ground
at Brunel University. Having won the League and Dunn double back in 2015-16 we knew the magnitude of the task at hand and despite our going 1-0 up thanks to a goal from Peter Ford, the visitors rallied to win 2-1. (A late Ayo Afolabi goal controversially disallowed made it a tougher pill to swallow). Overall then, a disappointing season results-wise but a promising one off the pitch, with an influx of new players and some decent socials to boot! Personally (and despite poor results) I enjoyed every minute I spend on the pitch donning the OM colours so I’d like to thank all members of the squad and committee for their efforts this campaign. My wish is for the club to continue to build a squad that can challenge once again for promotion to the Premier Division. Who’s with me? Archie Velarde
| OMFC VETERANS’ XI On a beautiful spring day at the Bank of England sports ground, the Vets team lifted genuine silverware. With a kit in the changing room a full two hours before kick-off, and cheered on by a sizeable crowd of friends and family (thanks to all those who came along - the support was fantastic), the OMs took to the field, hoping to make history and to win this trophy for the first time. But it was Forest who started more strongly, dominating the first 15 minutes with wave after wave of attack; it did not look promising. However, Malvern went 1-0 up with a classic break-away goal. Tom James was released by a lovely pass and his pace was once again too much for a defence. He finished beautifully to put us 1-0 up. That became 2-0 a few minutes later when Paul Hardinges hit a thunderbolt from outside the area; it hit one post, then across the goal, then hit the other post, then
went in. Huge elation on the side line. The OMs were fired up. 2-0 became 3-0 when David Gulliver sweetly finished with his left foot and the Malvern crowd could not quite believe what was happening. But it was still early in the game. Little more than 30 minutes gone and we all know these games can end in big scores. Forest came back strong in the second half and after twenty minutes they got one back. With 10 minutes left they got another one. 3-2. The OMs kept their heads and fought hard but momentum was with the side in blue, not the one in very fancy brand new green and white quartered shirts. As the minutes counted down the tension was huge. David Nash, making his Vets’ debut in goal, had a very fine match and he calmly collected a header that was flashed straight at him in is vibrant banana yellow outfit.
Then with less than two minutes to go, a long ball was played up the left flank which Tom James chased on to. With everyone expecting him to take it to the corner and waste time, he thought differently - a first time left footed strike worthy of any Premier League striker sailed over the keeper and into the top right corner of the net. The OM team went into delirium and despite tired legs followed him to celebrate in the far corner. The game was won. It has been another very enjoyable season. Thanks to all those who played, including those who couldn’t make the final due to holidays or injury (James Richardson, Will Stephenson, Al Lewis, Alex Sweetman). No man of the match for this game - rather a team of the match. The mighty Old Malvernian Vets. Champions. Dan Madden
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| OM SPORT | OLD MALVERNIAN GOLFING SOCIETY Our year starts with the Society Dinner, last year being our 46th, at the Dyers’ Hall, where our President, Peter Mathieson is a Livery Member and past Master. It is always held on the last Friday of January. The Captain, Richard Hendicott, welcomed our guests and John Hopkins, the widely acclaimed and respected golfing journalist, as our guest speaker replied on their behalf. John was the golf correspondent of The Times from 1993 to 2010, and became only the second non-American to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism by the PGA of America. John entertained us all with his insightful coverage of the personalities and the drama surrounding the game’s major events spanning his career. Evelyn Wright, both a past President and Captain, won first prize in the 100 Club draw, with George Philip second, Chris Boyd third and Rodney James fourth. Past Captain, Bruce Streather, gave an affection and witty speech before presenting the Chesterton Salver - presented by George Chesterton in 1992, the year of his captaincy, in recognition of the Member who had made a major contribution to Society affairs over the years - to Richard “Gorilla” Thompson, who stepped down in June 2018 after 24 years as Secretary of the Society. Gorilla has, without question, given his all to the Society and served with masterful efficiency and massive enthusiasm, beyond and above the call of duty. Gorilla is one of the most popular and likable figures in the Society and being awarded the Chesterton Salver is a small but important recognition of thanks for the extraordinary contribution he has made. The Society holds nine matches a year against other alumni teams, details of which are given on the
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following pages. Our four Society meetings - Spring St George’s Hill, Summer Blackwell, Northern Formby and Autumn Royal Cinque Ports, Deal, all enjoyed good attendance. For the Midland, Northern and Autumn meetings the Society holds a dinner the evening before. These dinners are optional and are increasing in popularity, especially for those members traveling from further afield. Our unfortunate run in both the Halford Hewitt and Grafton Morrish continued. In the Hewitt we were knocked out in the first round but went on to win the Plate Competition, a fitting tribute to thank Edward James in his final year of Captaincy of the Hewitt team. In the Grafton Morrish we again won the qualifying competition at Denham, beating 16 other teams, but then in the main tournament over the links of Hunstanton and Brancaster (Royal West Norfolk) we won our first round match against Bedford before losing to Brentwood in the second round. The Arnell Bowl is now expanded to include members of the Old Reptonians. In the early rounds it is a regional knock-out tournament (to avoid travelling too far) and last year attracted an entry of over 45. The semi-final and final are played at Sunningdale. This year the semifinals included two OMGS members Bruce Bevan-Jones and Richard Thompson as well as two ORGS members. Sadly, once again, the weather delayed the start and it was agreed that one round of stableford followed by lunch was the best option. Sadly the heavens opened after nine holes and all agreed to decide the result on the best nine holes. I am delighted to report that Bruce Bevan-Jones amassed 19 points, closely followed by Lloyd Evans, who scored 18 points, so Bruce Bevan-Jones won the trophy.
For the unlucky first round losers all is not lost, as the President’s Tankard (presented by David Pepper, Old Reptonian) awaits. The finals are held at Little Aston where Malvern succumbed to the Old Reptiles who claimed the Tankard. During the year we lost past Captain and Hon. Secretary, Brian Davis (6.53), Bill Timmis (SH.59) and John Perrins (8.51). Obituaries appear elsewhere in this magazine. It is with our steadfast appreciation to Jeremy Lowe who continues to be the backbone of our Society, supported by our Hon. Treasurer, Chris Boyd, who, with his dry wit and faultless accounts, keeps the Society in a healthy state. Finally our Captain, Richard Hendicott, enjoyed an excellent year, attending numerous matches and most meetings where he was an enthusiastic and welcoming figure. This year we welcome Dr Mark Winter as Captain who has recently finished his captaincy at Royal Cinque Ports and we look forward immensely to his year ahead. We are as ever a busy, sociable and an accommodative society, should any OM who enjoys golf wish to join then please either contact me or Paul Godsland. Simon Hooper
OM SPORT | COMPETITION TEAMS and RESULTS HALFORD HEWITT – ROYAL CINQUE PORTS/ROYAL ST. GEORGE’S Adrian Barrett Greene, William Beeson, Hugo Blanchet, Sebastien Blanchet, Chris Crisp, Will Gifford, Matt Hind, Edward James (Captain), Ian Timberlake, Dan Walker Lost to Rossall 2-3 Final: Winchester beat Ampleforth 4/1 PRINCES PLATE Hugo Blanchet, Sebastien Blanchet, Chris Crisp, Matt Hind, Edward James(Captain), Ian Timberlake, Dan Walker, Giles Winthrop Beat City of London 2-1, Oundle 2-1, Lancing 2-1, Radley 3-0 Final beat Edinburg AC 3-0 ALBA TROPHY - WOKING Matt Hind & Richard Thompson Winners Oxford & Cambridge GS 149 GRAFTON MORRISH QUALIFYING – DENHAM William Beeson, Chris Crisp, Tim Duerr (Captain), Will Gifford, Ian Timberlake, Giles Winthrop Qualified 1st from 17 BERNARD DARWIN (55+) - WOKING Adrian Barrett Greene, Guy Davis, Philip Manduca (Captain), David Price, Bruce Streather Richard Thompson Lost to Clifton 0-3 Final: Repton beat Tonbridge 2-1 SENIOR DARWIN (65+) - WOKING Bruce Bevan-Jones, Lionel Godfrey, Jeremy Lowe, David Rocke, Nick Stockbridge, Richard Thompson Beat Marlborough 2/1, lost to Uppingham 1/2 Final: Tonbridge beat Eton 2/1 VETERAN DARWIN (75+) - WOKING Bruce Bevan-Jones, Michael Bowler, David Dent, Anthony Guest-Gornall, David Rocke, Richard Thompson Winners: Malvern - Bruce BevanJones & Richard Thompson 35 points
PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEETING - LITTLE ASTON Bruce Bevan-Jones, Andy Gifford, Andrew Hartley, Ricahard Hendicott, Rodney James, Harriet Matthews, Nigel Milroy, Nick Stockbridge Winners: Wrekin 5pts / MALVERN 93pts Andrew Hartley, Richard Hendicott GRAFTON MORRISH FINALS – HUNSTANTON William Beeson, Sebastien Blanchet, Chris Crisp Tim Duerr, David Price, Giles Winthrop Beat Bedford 2-1 Lost to Brentwood 1-2 Final: George Herriots beat Millfield 2.5-0.5 EDWARD HARRIS CUP - BLACKWELL Andy Clifton, Andy Gifford, Richard Hendicott (Captain), Jon Horton, Jeremy Lowe, Bryan Richardson, Nick Stockbridge, Richard Thompson Winners: Wycliffe 121pts / Malvern 119pts MALTONBURY CUP - LISTTLE ASTON Charles Barwell, Anthony Blakemore, Allan Holland, Rodney James, Roger Pitts, Richard Taylor Winners: Repton beat Malvern 7-5 MATCH TEAMS and RESULTS v OLD CRANLEIGHIANS / WALTON HEATH - SUNDAY 25 FEB Cancelled: snow v HUNSTANTON GC / HUNSTANTON - SATURDAY 3 MARCH Cancelled: snow
Duerr, Romain Flageul (G), Will Gifford, Nicolas Rosenthal, Ian Timberlake, James Vaile, Dan Walker Won 5.5-4.5 v OLD HAILEYBURIANS – SUNNINGDALE – SUNDAY 11 MARCH Dawes Edginton Trophy (awarded to the losing team!) Philip Carr (OR), Martin Eyre, Will Gifford, Lionel Godfrey, Nick Howe (OA), Richard Hendicott, Jon Horton, David Rocke, Richard Thompson, Dan Walker Lost 1.5-3.5 v THE COLLEGE – PUCKRUP HALL – SUNDAY 18 MARCH Cancelled: snow v OLD REPTONIANS – WALTON HEATH – SUNDAY 27 APRIL Simon Constantine, Chris Cudahy, James Dawson, Tim Duerr, Martin Eyre, Andrew Hartley, Richard Hendicott, Richard Keep Halved 4-4 v THE COLLEGE – SUNNINGDALE – SUNDAY 17 JUNE OMs: Chris Crisp, Chris Cudahy, Lionel Godfrey, Matt Hind, Severin Lübke, Blake Raymond, Alex Taylor, Richard Thompson Halved 2-2 v OLD SHIRBURNIANS / WOKING – SATURDAY 4 AUGUST Chris Boyd, Jeffrey Cheuk, Duncan Christie-Miller, Simon Constantine, Lost Peter Durrant, Chris Halliwell, Andrew Hartley, Jerry Hughes, Dan Scarborough Lost 3.5/5.5
ROYAL CINQUE PORTS GC – SATURDAY 11 MARCH Adrian Barrett-Greene, William Beeson, Sebastien Blanchet, Guy Davis, Matt Hind, Jerry Hughes, Leon Milns, Bruce Streather,Ian Timberlake, Dan Walker Halved 5/5
v OLD RUGBEIANS - THE BERKSHIRE – SUNDAY 19 AUGUST Roger Barnes, Tim Begg, Chris Boyd, Martin Eyre, Richard Fisher (G), Matt Hind, Chris Halliwell, Roger Henman, Jon Horton, Ben Lavin, Robert Mason, Peter Mathieson, Richard Thompson Lost 3/8
v ROYAL CINUE PORTS GC - SATURDAY 10 MARCH Adrian Barrett Greene, William Beeson, Sebastien Blanchet, Tim
v OLD MARLBURIANS – WEST HILL – THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER (The Hobbs Gavel) Nigel Brown, Duncan Christie-Miller,
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| OM SPORT Martin Eyre, Andrew Hartley, Jon Horton, Severin Lübke, David Rocke, Michael Vaughan Won 6-2 v OLD UPPINGHAMIANS - FORMBY - SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER Andrew Hartley, Jon Horton, Adrian Milledge, Craig Sharp, Nick Stockbridge, Richard Taylor, Steve Wilkinson Halved 2-2 v OLD SALOPIANS - BLACKWELL - SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER Guy Davis, Huw Davis, Chris Hewitt, Nigel Milroy, Andrew Phillips, Lost Charlie Phillip, Jeremy Phillips John Woods, Robert Woods, Toby Wright Lost 1/4 v OLD WYKEHAMISTS – BERKSHIRE – FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER Cancelled: lack of support OWs SOCIETY MEETINGS and RESULTS SPRING / ST. GEORGE’S HILL – FRIDAY 11 MAY Chris Boyd, Toby Carr, Duncan Christie-Miller, Andy Clifton, Chris Crisp, Tim Duerr, Jim Foxall, Adrian Grim, Richard Hendicott, Josh Hughes, Nigel Karmel, Severin Leuke, Rob Mason, George Philip, David Price, Charles Rees, Dan Scarborough, Nick Stockbridge, Bruce Streather, Richard Thompson, Ian Timberlake, James Vaile, Giles Winthrop Prima Donna (Scr): David Price Wonderful Golfer (Hcp): Josh Hughes Archie Crombie Ice Buckets (9 Hole Better Ball): Richard Thompson & Chris Boyd SUMMER (MIDLAND) / BLACKWELL – SUNDAY 3 JUNE Chris Boyd, Andy Clifton*, Chris Crisp, John Cox, Tim Duerr, Tony Ensor*, Lionel Godfrey, Paul Godsland**, Richard Hendicott, Jon Horton, Simon Hooper*, Jeremy Lowe*, Peter Mathieson*, Harriet Matthews, Nigel Milroy*, Jim Parker, Roger Pitts, Chris Price (G), David Price,
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John Shearer, Nick Stockbridge*, Richard Thompson*, David Titchmarsh, Steve Wilkinson* (*Attended dinner at Blackwell GC Saturday June 2 / Lunch Sunday**) Lawrence Challenge Cup (S/fd hcp): Andy Clifton Scratch (No trophy): John Cox Marston-Riley Salvers (Hcp F/somes) Nick Stockbridge & David Price NORTHERN / FORMBY – SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER John Cox, Chris Crisp, Simon Dalby, Richard Duerr, Tim Duerr, Mark Dunn, Michael Elder*, Judith Elder*, Tony & *Jenny Ensor, Lionel Godfrey, Charles Hayward, Richard Hendicott, Matt Hind, Mike & Maggie* Kennan*, Robert & Sid Kennan*, Ben Lavin, Harriet Matthews, Nigel Milroy, Jim Parker, Roger Pitts, Bryan Richardson, Nick Stockbridge, John Woods, Robert Woods. (* Dinner only - Saturday September 1) Foster Bowl (Inter-house Cup): No.3 Bryan Richardson & Simon Dalby Morrell Challenge Cup (S/fd Hcp): Bryan Richardson Lister Greenwood Trophy (Scr): Chris Crisp Hale Tankards (Bogey Hcp F/ somes): Bryan Richardson & Richard Hendicott Flying Snooker Championship: Chris Crisp & Simon Dalby (Rules – 3 reds only behind pink / 11 points = a win / any penalty = disqualification) AUTUMN (SOUTHERN) / ROYAL CINQUE PORTS – FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER Harry Anderson, Chris Boyd*, Bruce Bevan-Jones, Tim Duerr*,Charlie Hickman*, Simon Hooper*, Jerry Hughes, Jeremy Lowe*, Rob Mason, Nigel Milroy*, George Philip*, James Philip*, Charles Rees, Steve Wilkinson*, Mark Winter* (* Attended dinner at Three Compasses, Deal Thurs 18 Oct) Nicholls Tankards: Robert Mason & James Philip Mellin Cup (Scr): Robert Mason Beeson Salver (Hcp): Robert Mason ARNELL BOWL REGIONAL MATCH-
PLAY HANDICAP KNOCKOUT Entries - Malvern (28) / Repton (24) OM Entries: Harry Anderson, Bruce Bevan-Jones, Chris Boyd, Nigel Brown, Duncan Christie-Miller, Andy Clifton, Chris Cudahy, Guy Davis, Huw Davis,Tom Davis, Roger Dent, Richard Duerr, Tim Duerr, Andrew Hartley, Richard Hendicott, Jon Horton, Simon Hooper, Lloyd Lewis, Jeremy Lowe, Adrian Milledge, George Philip, Tony Ridgway, Nick Stockbridge, Richard Thompson, James Vaile, Toby Wright SEMI-FINALS & FINAL / SUNNINGDALE SUNDAY 14 0CTOBER Owing to appalling weather this became a 9-hole stableford contest between Simon Armstrong (OR), Bruce Bevan-Jones, Lloyd Evans (OR), Richard Thompson. The winner Bruce Bevan-Jones - 19pts with Lloyd Evans a close second 18pts PLATE / PRESIDENT’S TANKARD / LITTLE ASTON SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER Semi-finals: Jeremy Staley (OR) beat Toby Wright; Andy Clifton beat Sandip Besu (OR) Final: Jeremy Staley (OR) beat Andy Clifton
OM SPORT | | OM WOMEN’S HOCKEY CLUB When, on a sunny Sunday in October, we turned up to take part in the Dean Close six-a-side tournament, with our sticks, shin-pads, supporters, photographer and goalie kit we were feeling pretty optimistic! We had a full team with one sub, so we were ready, or so we thought. It was only really when we started listening in to some very serious team talks that we realised that not having a ‘proper’ goalie was going to put us at possibly more than a slight disadvantage. Rather amused by the fact
no-one in our team knew how to put on goalie kit, let alone play in goal, we padded up our first goalie, Holly Makin. We started off a bit slowly, with a loss to Pangbourne in the first match, but then improved dramatically to beat King Henry VIII School. Time for a change in goal we thought, so we unpacked Holly and I then took one for the team (well three actually… turns out I don’t make a very good goalie); we lost
the third match to Sedbergh; definitely time for lunch! Having demolished Dean Close’s finest lasagne, we returned to the pitch to put away two goals against Bloxham winning 2-1, to come 5th overall. Huge thanks to Milly, Heather, Tali, Becky, Kath and Holly for being great team players and brilliant sports in every sense! Also to our amazing team of supporters. Rebecca Raby-Smith
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| OM SPORT | OM RIFLE CLUB The Rifle Club enjoyed some good fixtures in 2018 with two Bisley meetings and a postal .22 match the Gryphondoor Tankard. Owing to holiday and other diary commitments the annual November .22 match against the College was postponed to a date in 2019 to be confirmed. However despite the absence of a CCF team (due to Camp) a good number of OMRC members enjoyed a fun shoot in the .22 range on OM Sports Weekend 10 March, Tom Harrison won the very upmarket champagne with the highest score of the day. Public Schools’ Veterans’ Match Thursday 19 July 2018 The annual gathering at Bisley in July saw many hundreds of public school
placed team in the Midlands (if you put Cheltenham in the South West region!) Greshams Veterans won the Challenge Trophy scoring 250 ex 250 and 40 V bulls…very much a good day at the office for them! Andy Symonds scored a long overdue 50 ex 50 with 7 central V bulls winning the OM Vets Cup for the first time in many (many!) years with the highest individual score; Tom Harrison and Charlie Sykes achieved 49 with 5 and 4 V bulls respectively. The B team had an excellent result achieving 9th place out of the 29 competing teams scoring 236 and 23 V bulls. Congratulations to Al Lidster who also shot 50 ex 50 with 5 V bulls and also well done Edmund Blok with 49 and 5 Vs, some
A Team Score Tom Harrison 49.5 Chris Marlow 47.4 Charlie Sykes 49.4 Andy Symonds 50.7* OM Vets Cup (highest individual OM score) 48.5 Rupert Clark Total 243.25v 21st/45 B Team James Creed 47.5 42.1 Tim Charrington 48.7 James Glover Al Lidster 50.5 Edmund Blok 49.5 Total 236.23v 9th / 229
Gryphon Cup 30 September 2018 Nine OMs including Frank Harriss met for the annual club championship at Bisley in late September. The weather was hot and sunny as the lovely summer weather continued! It was great to see Charlie Sykes for the first time at the event and also Kenji Shermer who had not been able to join us for a number of years. We shot at three different ranges, 300 and 600 yards in the morning session followed by 1000 yards in the afternoon. We were able to book target markers also which was a bonus although a few complaints could be overheard as the long-range marker was seemingly not very experienced and caused a few issues. Next year, fingers crossed, we can use the new electronic marking system. We shot two sighters and 10 rounds to count at 300 and 600 yards in the morning. Charlie Sykes was on good form through the morning session and led the field at lunchtime scoring 50/50 at 300x and 49/50 at 600 yards. Tricky wind conditions resulted in the rather inevitable lower scoring at 1000 yards in the afternoon; however Charlie managed to maintain his lead and finish with the highest long range score of 46.3 V ex 50 giving him the highly commendable winning score on the day with 145.14 V ex 150. Chris Marlow finished as runner up with 138.9 V. A great day. however, and well done to Phil Vicars who won the extra prize for coming closest to his nominated score of 36 ex 50 before shooting, and finishing with an actual
veterans meet at 5.00pm on the 500 excellent shooting all round. The Old Epsomians won dropping only one yard firing point with rather cloudier point in total with 249 and 32 Vs. weather than we had been recently enjoying during the summer drought! 49 teams of five competed for the 1st team Cup and 29 300x 600x 1000x Total teams of four or five for the Andy Symonds 46.1 48.3 40.2 134.6 2nd team Cup. The OMs A team Charlie Sykes 50.6 49.5 46.3 145.14 achieved a good score of 243 James Creed 47.3 43.2 42.1 132.6 ex 250, dropping 7 points with Phil Vicars 41.1 41 36 118.1 25 central V bullseyes placing Tim Charrington 41.1 41.1 40.1 122.3 them 21st out of the 49 teams. Frank Harriss 46.3 49.5 40.3 135.11 Our score was in fact the same Chris Marlow 48.2 47.5 43.2 138.9 as 2017 although with slightly James Glover 47.1 45.3 DNS 92.4 fewer V bulls but we retained Kenji Shermer 45.1 49.3 37 131.4 our record of being the highest
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runners up, the CCF team by only 1 point!
The match turned out to be very closely fought in the end, the School rifle club team came in third place, but the winning OM team beat the
Gryphondoor .22 postal match Finally congratulations to Al Lidster on winning the postal match held earlier in the year (competitors shoot
a 10 bullseye card at their local rifle club with an independent witness to score the card). Chris Marlow was runner up. Andy Symonds
Rnd 1 Jan17 Rnd 2 Feb17 Rnd 3 Mar17 Agg ex 300 Posn Tom Harrison 96 96 - Al Lidster 96 96 96 288 1 Chris Marlow 93 96 93 282 2 Tim Charrington 87 94 93 274 3 Andy Symonds 96 95 - James Glover 89 84 Francis Tocher 73 85 OLD MALVERNIANS VETERANS MATCH BISLEY 19 JULY 2018 A TEAM B TEAM Tom Harrison 49.5 James Creed 47.5 Chris Marlow 47.4 Tim Charrington 42.1 Andy Symonds 50.7 * James Glover 48.7 Charlie Sykes 49.4 Edmund Blok 49.5 Rupert Clark 48.4 Al Lidster 50.5 Total Score: 243.25 236.23 * Highest score Winner OMRC Veterans Cup
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OM SPORT | | OM SAILING CLUB The sailing club has enjoyed a good season, expanding its activities and welcoming new members in doing so. An invitation to compete in the Belvedere Cup in early April was accepted with a crew of four representing the OMSC, sailing J-80s on the Queen Mary reservoir. Joining
have put into team racing over the years. Overall the event provided a great introduction to the match racing format for OMSC members and was a fantastic and challenging start to the season. The eagerness and good-humour of the crew has ensured a repeat invitation to
Racing Club offshore series, Round the Island Race and numerous club racing series across the country. Stephen Castens (4.81- 83) highlights that he is still racing his wooden Firefly 1975 on Rutland reservoir, purchased on its retirement from the school fleet in 1983. Having originally
an experienced match racing fleet proved somewhat challenging for our scratch crew, who managed to develop a hasty understanding of the rules in time to provide a semblance of competition. Dinner followed for the regatta entrants in the Royal Thames Yacht Club, where the disappointing result was substantially offset by the Rugby crew providing several drinks in thanks for preventing them coming last for a fifth straight year! We all agreed however that last was an achievement considering the experience of the leading crews and the investment their schools
participate in 2019 and crew are sought for this one-day regatta. Malvern was up against schools who consistently run match racing teams for pupils, compete in the Inter-Public Schools Team Racing Regatta held at Rutland Water every year and whose members go on to team racing events across the globe. Crew were: Rob Hammond (2.9601), Stephen Castens (4.81-83), Sina Stapelfeldt (4.03-05) and Jasper Ross (2.09-14).
raced this boat whilst a pupil, Stephen has restored the wooden boat to good condition, liberally using epoxy to patch the hull and keep the water out, something that he remembers was rarely the case when racing as a pupil.
OMSC members have been active throughout 2018, racing together in the Fast 40+ class, Royal Ocean
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| OM SPORT to 28 entries. With Storm Callum bringing 50kts of wind on Friday evening and early Saturday, racing was postponed until the afternoon. Conditions were still lively and with the large, restless fleet eager to get racing, the OMSC team achieved excellent starts across all three races and avoided the chaos that took hold of much of the fleet. Deft sail-handling, sublime leadership from our skipper, and good bonding amongst the crew over the previous evening’s curry led to a strong overnight position within the fleet. Dinner on Saturday evening was held again in Cowes Yacht Haven event centre, where the crew were fortified with free port provided in celebration of the special anniversary of the regatta and a number of OMs were recognised in the photographs shown of the event in its early days. Conditions continued into Sunday for two races against driving rain, 30kts of wind and hangovers; Bob Clitherow (7.70-75) upheld morale with his shanty recital, leading to a final overall position of 7th, an excellent result for an untrained but enthusiastic crew! Crew were: Rob Hammond (2.96-01), Bob Clitherow (7.70-75), Charlie Bugge (SH.9398), Jocelyn Smith (6.06-08), Stephen Castens (4.81-83), Matteo Bonacina (7.11-16), Francis Tocher (5.10-15), Clementine Selby (4.08-13), Mark Hutcheson (2.96-01) and Will Waddington. Any OM wishing to participate in racing for the OMSC, either in yachts or dinghies should get in touch with the club secretary, Rob Hammond roberthammond@hotmail.com. All experience levels are welcome. Rob Hammond
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OM SPORT | OM Sports Fixtures v Malvern College Saturday 10 March 2018 Football OMs 1st XI beat Malvern College 1st XI 2-1 with a brace from Kume Feese OMs 2nd XI XI beat Malvern College 2nd XI 4-3 with a goal from Francis Burke and a hat-trick from Jake Cripwell Netball OMs 1st VII beat Malvern College 1st VII 35-16 Malvern College 2nd VII beat OMs 2nd VII 35-16 Hockey OM Men’s XI beat Malvern College boys’ 1st XI 8-5 Malvern College girls’ 1st XI beat the OMs Women’s XI 1-0 Rackets Will Bishop & Stephen Coffey beat Colts A 15-11, 15-4, 15-10 Shinan Zhang & Philip Shaw Hamilton beat Colts B 15-8, 15-7 Squash George Elias beat College #1 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 Tom Bomford beat College #2 12-10, 11-8, 11-7 Will Bishop beat College #3 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 Stephen Coffey beat College #4 11-4, 11-3, 12-10 Fives Cancelled owing to waterlogged courts Shooting OMs ran their own competition, as the College could not provide a team (CCF exercise)
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THE COLLEGE YEAR | | ACADEMIC REPORT International Baccalaureate Examination Results The 2018 cohort achieved an impressive average point score of 37, very much in line with our results of the past five years. 19 candidates (29% of the cohort) performed outstandingly, scoring 40 or more IB points, and two achieved the distinction of achieving the maximum 45 points, while two more attained 44 points. Among our top performing subjects compared to world averages were: English Literature A SL (av. 6.00/7.00), German A Language & Literature HL (av. 6.33), French B HL (av. 6.86), French B SL (av. 6.27), Spanish B HL (av. 6.4), Spanish B SL (av. 6.33), Economics HL (av. 6.07), Economics SL (av. 6.2), Geography HL (av. 6.14), History HL (av. 6.07), History SL (av. 6), Chemistry HL (av. 6.15) and Visual Art HL (av. 6.14). A Level Results Our A Level candidates achieved results slightly above our predictions, with 34% A*-A grades and 67% A*-B grades. This was our 6th highest A*-B percentage in the past decade. One candidate also had the distinction of achieving the top score nationally, out of 12500 students, in AQA’s Geography A Level Paper 2. Top performing subjects at A Level were: Art, Photography, Drama, Latin, Music, Music Technology and French which all achieved 100% A*B, English Literature (77% A*-B) and Physical Education (80% A*-B). GCSE Results This year’s GCSE examinations present a complex picture as ten subjects retained letter grades (A*-G) while seven have the new 9-1 scale. As there is not an exact equivalence established between the old (letter) and new (number) systems, this makes it impossible to directly compare results for this year’s GCSE cohort against previous years. Next year (2019), will see all subjects except two move to
the number scale, which will make predictions and evaluation of GCSE results clearer and more meaningful. Translating (approximately) all of this year’s GCSE results onto the 9-1 scale, means that the Hundred achieved an extremely impressive 25% of grades at level 9. At 9-8, the proportion equates to 34% and at 9-7 (equivalent more or less to A*-A), to 58%, which is 1% higher than last year’s A*-A figure. Top performing subjects on the 9-1 scale were: Art (63% 9-7), Latin (86% 9-7), Religious Studies (76% 9-7) and English Language (77% 9-7). On the A*-G scale, the top results were: Maths (81% A*-A), German (88% A*A), Biology (65% A*-A), Chemistry (62% A*-A) and Physics (64% A*A). Thirty-one pupils achieved the equivalent of at least 6 A* grades. Five each gained the equivalent of 10 A*s, while five others achieved the equivalent of 9 A* grades. University Applications Three pupils were offered places at Oxford and Cambridge to read Law, Human, Social & Political Science, and Mathematics and Physics. The Upper Sixth were very successful in securing offers from a range of UK universities for admission in 2018, with 70% doing so from Russell Group universities. Particularly high success rates were achieved at Newcastle, Exeter and Liverpool (with a 90%+ offer rate in each case). Exeter, University College London, King’s College, London and Edinburgh proved the most popular choices. 27 pupils received offers from a range of overseas universities including some of the most prestigious US and Canadian universities such as McGill, UCLA, Princeton and NYU. ISI Inspection We were delighted that the ISI Educational Quality Inspection in November judged the College ‘Excellent’ both in terms of
academic achievement and personal development. Curriculum Developments In September 2017, two new public examination courses were launched: Computer Science GCSE and IB Business Management Higher Level. Both had a good initial take-up. A Level Programme From September 2017, all A Level subjects now have the new linear specifications. At the start of the academic year, the vast majority of A Level candidates entering the Lower Sixth chose three A Level subjects and an Enrichment course, of which the Extended Project proved the most popular and helped enhance pupils’ research and timemanagement skills. Our menu of Enrichment courses expanded to provide greater choice for the Lower Sixth, including a Mathematics for Science A Level course to develop the higher mathematical skills required for studying A Level Physics and Chemistry, AS Further Mathematics, AS Classical Civilisation and beginners’ Italian. Sixth Form Subject Choices In 2017-18, we improved the support and information provided to the Hundred in making their Sixth Form subject choices. In the Autumn Term, we laid on introductory lessons in subjects offered in the Sixth Form but not in the Lower School (e.g. Economics, Business, Italian ab initio) and had extremely positive feedback from both pupils and teachers. In the second half of the Lent Term, a team of four senior members of staff interviewed every pupil in the Hundred/Pre6 individually about their subject choices to check they were making informed choices and to help address any issues they may have had. Joe Gauci, Deputy Head: Academic
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| THE COLLEGE YEAR | MUSIC Another year goes by and we can look back on what was another excellent year for music at Malvern. With a considerable number of instrumental and vocal lessons being given, we were able to enjoy some excellent performances by our soloists and ensembles. Despite the weather causing us to cancel the Christmas Concert, and the Beast from the East nearly (but not quite) putting paid to the Choral Society concert, nothing could dampen the spirits of our musicians who, once again, produced some very high quality music. Following the snow that arrived in December, the Summer Concert was the only opportunity for our orchestral programme to show the fruits of its labours. The College Orchestra, which rehearses weekly with Assistant Director of Music, Mr Stephen McDade, was on this occasion con-ducted by Mr Brown, with Mr McDade playing violin in the ensemble. The audience were treated to A Tribute to Henry Mancini – a medley of Mancini’s pieces that included Baby Elephant Walk, Charade, Peter Gunn, The Days of Wine and Roses, and The Pink Panther. The orchestra outdid themselves in a performance full of verve, excitement and sub-tlety. Then followed A Mad Russian’s Christmas, an arrangement of the Trepak from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet, as performed by the Trans-Siberian orchestra. (The irony of this choice of repertoire was not lost on the audience!) The piece started with a beautifully controlled lyrical section before galloping into an exciting romp through the Trepak. The orchestra had two slightly unusual instruments performing with them – the electric guitar (played by Mr Guy Locke) and an electric violin (played by Mr McDade). The Chamber Orchestra performed the Sarabande by Handel and the Prelude and Air from The Brook
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Green Suite by Holst. Performing without a conductor can be a daunting prospect, but the fine players of the Chamber Orchestra rose to the occasion with aplomb. As ever, our thanks go to Mr McDade for his stewardship of the string-playing here at Malvern, and for his excellent work with the orchestral programme. This has been an excellent year for the Concert Band and, despite the disappointment of the cancelled Christmas Concert, rallied themselves superbly to produce a fine per- formance in Summer Concert. They opened the concert with John Philip Sousa’s classic March Fairest of the Fair, followed by a dramatic rendition of music from the 1990 musical Jekyll and Hyde by Frank Wildhorn. Once again, the Concert Band have developed their core sound which is rich and exciting, and the attention to detail was impressive. This has been another busy year for our brass players, starting with our Trumpet Ensemble again distinguishing themselves at the Remembrance commemorations with a fine performance of ‘The Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’ from the top of the Main Building tower. This was followed by the traditional performance of Vaughan Williams’ wonderful setting of ‘Old Hundredth’ in the actual Remembrance service. The Brass players, once again, augmented the carols at both the Town and College Carol Services, which brought a wonderful end to the Autumn term, whilst they ended the year with another fine performance of brass ensemble music before the Commemoration Service. The Jazz Band, once again, continued to draw in the plaudits. In the Summer Concert, their performances of On Green Dolphin Street by Kaper (arr. Lopez), Beyond
the Sea by Trenet (arr. Holmes), and Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man (in an arrangement by Kumaf) were particularly impressive. As well as contributing to the Summer Concert and performing at the Commemoration speeches, the band was also invited to give two external performances, including one at the Royal Three Counties Show – to great acclaim – and they did the College proud. The choral programme has also developed again over the year. With the Chapel Choir peaking at well over 100 pupils, they honour their core responsibility of singing the anthem at the vast majority of the College’s weekly Sunday services. Good progress has been made on technique and new repertoire, and it should also be remembered that the Choir’s involvement at all high-profile services – Remembrance, Advent, Christmas, and Commemoration – is central, and as such, a great responsibility and privilege. However, they also performed at the Summer Concert with Maurice Bevan’s There’s a wideness in God’s Mercy and Cum Sancto Spiritu by Antonio Vivaldi. I was particularly pleased that the Chapel Choir joined forces with the Choral Society at the annual concert at the end of the Lent term. This year, the programme included Vivaldi’s everpopular Gloria, with other, smaller Baroque works. The concert was also notable for some outstanding singing from our soloists, including our own singing teacher – Mrs Katie Leaver – whose rendition of the first and last movements of J.S. Bach’s cantata Jauchzet Gott was simply outstanding. There has been fantastic leadership from our older pupils, but I am delighted that we have many pupils at the younger end of the College who, as they develop vocally, will take on that mantle in future years. The future of the Chapel Choir looks rosy.
THE COLLEGE YEAR | In addition to the Chapel Choir duties, the Chamber Choir have been involved in other performances and services and have, once again, produced very high quality singing, despite some rebuilding (as happens every year). The Summer Concert was a case in point, where they sang Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré and Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. I would also like to thank Mr Haynes, Mr Angus and Mr Whitehead, who joined us and gave so much leadership and support to our younger singers, whilst Mr Phillips has, once again, been faultless in his accompanying of the Choirs and for his playing in Chapel. Our smaller ensembles have also made good progress this year, really establishing themselves in the performance programme. Mention has already been made of the Brass Ensemble, but the Percussion Ensemble are now a regular feature in both our formal and informal concerts. Despite having their performance opportunities curtailed owing to the weather, they made a triumphant return in the Summer Concert, playing Mr Groove by Mollie Landman. This piece required three tuned percussion parts and four drum parts – all played individually, requiring great skill, independence, and teamwork. The Cello Club continued to perform at our Informal Concerts and Community Concerts and their sense of ensemble has made great strides under the expert direction of Mrs Suzie Walden – our fabulous cello teacher. Our other formal concerts – the Summer Serenade and the Concerto Concert – were also great successes. The Summer Serenade showcases our younger musicians and, this year, with 13 musicians from the Remove and FY, produced a very high quality concert, showing what talent we have at the younger end of the school. On the strength of this concert, we have much to look forward to over the next few years. In the Concerto Concert this year (where pupils perform a Concerto
movement or an Opera/Oratorio aria with a professional orchestra), we were able to include some younger performers alongside some senior musicians. An opportunity to be a soloist with an orchestra is one that doesn’t come around very often and is an amazing opportunity. It was a great evening, full of excellent performances. Our Informal and Community concerts are the bread and butter of our solo performance programme, and with 47 pupils performing this year, the quality of the performances was as good as it has been for many years. I am also most grateful to our music staff who accompanied the pupils, namely Mrs Leaver, Mr Phillips, and Mr Haynes, our Head of Academic Music. Sadly, with the Rogers Theatre being out of action, we took the decision to put the ‘Unplugged’ series of music gigs on hold: these events really do need to have just the right venue for them to be successful and there was nowhere else really suitable. However, they will be back with a vengeance next year – of that we can be certain. In March, we made a return visit to Worcester to present a concert for the charity Amaudo, a mental health project in South East Nigeria. Once again, the programme was centred around the Jazz Band and Chamber Choir, with soloists taken from both ensembles performing with a sense of style and communication. We were able to raise considerably more money this year than we did last, and our musicians can be very proud of the very real and significant impact their music-making has had on the lives of others. Another external concert that the Chamber Choir and soloists were involved in was a performance in Great Malvern Priory as part of the Lunchbox series. This is something of an annual event, where a large, enthusiastic and appreciative audience were treated to five choral pieces of varying styles – Parry’s Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (originally heard in the oratorio
Judith and, here, arranged by H.A. Chambers), Autumn Leaves (a jazz standard by Cosmo arranged by Andrew Carter), Rutter’s everpopular The Lord bless you and keep you, Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton (arr. by Kirby Shaw), and a beautiful arrangement of the great American folksong Shenandoah by Bob Chilcott. My thanks go to Mr Phillips for his accompanying of the Choir, and to Mr Haynes for accompanying the soloists. The much anticipated House Singing Competition returned to Malvern Theatres, and we were delighted to welcome Dr Richard DunsterSigtermans as our adjudicator for the evening, who was both very entertaining and insightful, offering lots of praise and a few ideas of what our musicians might look for in future years, For the second year in a row, House No.2 were the winning house with an outstanding performance of The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel. They just pipped House No.6 to the post, whose performance of Abba’s Dancing was of extremely high quality too. House No.8’s singing of How far I’ll go by Lin-Manuel Miranda was also commended by the adjudicator for the quality of the arrangement and direction, and was awarded the Adjudicator’s Cup. However, whilst there are only three prizes on offer, there were many very good performances, and all the Houses should be commended on how much work went into the competition in terms of song choice and arrangement and huge amounts of rehearsing before the final concert. We had another very successful House Music Competition. This is an individual competition where pupils are selected through heats to perform in the final of a category appropriate to their technical level: category A performers are studying music at Grade 7 or above, category B at Grades 5-6, and category C, up to, and including, Grade 4. As in previous years, the finals, held in St Edmund’s Hall, whilst competitive, were effectively concerts where
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| THE COLLEGE YEAR we were able to enjoy the excellent standard of performance. This year our adjudicator was Mr Adrian Lucas, formerly Organist and Master of the Choristers at Worcester Cathedral and now Head of Choral Studies at the Royal School of Church Music and a freelance conductor. Mr Lucas was very complimentary about the quality of the performing, and had some very difficult decisions to make. The overall placings, then, for all of House Music (including marks for those participating in the heats) were No.8 going one better than last year by winning outright, with No.6 coming second, and No.2 third. It was a fabulous competition and finals, and the Unplugged categories
were excellent afternoons of musicmaking. At the end of another year, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge and thank those who have been involved in the Music programme of the College in such a wide variety of ways. Our instrumental and vocal staff are simply outstanding and have achieved some really excellent results this year, both in terms of academic and practical exam performance and in the quality of concert performances. I am also very fortunate to have such a good core team around us: Mrs Arthur, Mr Phillips and, of course, Mr McDade have done so much for the
Department. We were also delighted to have welcomed Mr Michael Haynes into the fold and we are very sad that he has had to leave us due to ill-health. And, of course, the greatest word of thanks must go to the pupils who commit themselves to the musicmaking of the College. They work so hard to ensure that Music remains a strong and vibrant attribute of the College, and this in addition to their already busy College lives. Thank you and well done. Jonathan Brown Director of Music
| DRAMA A review of the Malvern College House Drama Competition: February 2018 All three performance evenings of this year’s House Drama competition offered a variety of theatrical experiences. Playing to packed houses each night in Big School whilst the Rogers Theatre undergoes refurbishment, the ensembles certainly gave their all. A strong sense of collaboration, enjoyment, commitment and passion was evident amongst all cast members and technical crew and was abundantly clear to the appreciative audiences. The Witches No.3 began the proceedings with their adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic ‘The Witches’. The Grandmother set the scene convincingly with a sincere and controlled introduction. A centrestage single spot focused on the character who, having established the audience’s attention, expertly paved the way for the rest of the cast to join her and tell the story. It would have been very easy to overplay the Grand High Witch, but the role was never allowed to slip
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into pantomime. The result was a strong believable characterisation that became the mainstay of the piece, and this allowed the rest of the cast to respond effectively to the villain incarnate. Bruno Jenkins fostered a good relationship with the audience from the start, with his incessant nibbling, but once again this was well controlled throughout. There was a strong sense of teamwork with this production, which I believe indicated that there was a clearly defined purpose and direction. Indeed, the direction avoided monotony and predictability by ensuring both pace and power were evident at the appropriate times. The challenge of the acting area and its surroundings was handled well, particularly in scenes involving high numbers of cast members. The technical team worked well to provide Bonnie and her cast with a full range of effective, lighting, sound and technical support. Snow White No.1’s production was based on the classic ‘Snow White’ story. The Narrator cautiously teased the audience with his introduction. We were left wondering what we were
about to be subjected to and at that point I think we were all pretty well convinced it was not going to be an extract from the nineteenth-century German fairytale; this version was far from Grimm. There was a clear sense of audience support from the start. This was anticipated well by the director, who focused on swift-moving dialogue, innuendo and comedic asides to individual members of the audience. Neither the younger nor the older Snow White was quite as innocent as the titular character we have all come to know and love. The entrance of the undocumented immigrants and their transportation from the back of the hall to the stage was most effective. The ‘Hi-Ho Hi-Ho’ musical introduction that announced them heightened the anticipation of what was to come. Having briefly established their characters in the march up to the front, we were given a more in-depth insight into the individuals themselves. These impressive characterisations were maintained meticulously (both visibly and audibly) throughout the entire show. A full supporting cast added depth and humour to the storytelling. The technical crew supported each scene with flair and
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efficiency. In summary, the piece was rich in laughs and should be labelled ‘good fun entertainment’, whilst also delivering a clear revulsion of bigotry and championing inclusiveness and multi-cultural cohabitation. Murder on the Orient Express No.4’s presentation was a return to a traditional piece of theatre. Taking on such a stylised classic calls for tight discipline in rehearsal and great attention to detail in performance. Unlike subsequent film versions, the direction was true to Agatha Christie’s original intentions, by systematically adding high levels of intrigue and suspense to virtually every scene. This was a large cast to handle but secure planning made the best use of the stage and the restricted acting area never seemed to hamper either the storytelling or our observation of the master at work. I paid particular attention to the faces and body language of the other passengers while Poirot was interrogating. They sat, conveniently arranged upstage in a semi-circle and I was able to see that each character maintained a thoroughly convincing profile throughout. This was excellent to see. Poirot gave a commanding performance. The character was respectful to
the traditional portrayals of the detective, but there was a depth of feeling to the role which, to coin a phrase, she made her own. Miss Debenham played gave a secure and very natural performance. Mr Rachett’s role was short lived but we saw a memorable performance. The stabbing was particularly effective as the dramatic use of lighting, sound and spasmodic body movements combined to offer a chilling climax to the scene. Costumes were impressive and wholly authentic to the period and the technical aspects were handled swiftly and efficiently, whilst scene changes were carried out with the minimum of fuss. A strong sense of ensemble in evidence. Lord of the Flies No.2 presented William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’. This whole production team painted a terrifying picture of a decaying society. Their storytelling graphically outlined the descent into gang warfare and savagery. The transition from a group of ordinary, well educated children to primitive barbarism was portrayed with chilling and highly dramatic effect. The leads gave strong performances as their respective characters Ralph, Piggy and Jack. We were drawn into their conflicting
moods and motives as they came to terms with being marooned on an isolated island. Ralph showed order, leadership, hope and civilisation. Piggy delivered the thought provoking, intellectual aspects of civilisation, while Jack ably represented the darker side of human nature. This large cast fed off the strength and purpose of the central characters but the disturbing atmosphere they created on the night was undeniably the result of closely nurtured teamwork. Lighting and sound complemented every second of the atmosphere. Huge credit must go to the director for this highly disciplined production. The acting area was utilised to full effect, the mob scenes and the horrific murders were audibly and physically disturbing. As a member of the audience I felt uncomfortably involved. Matilda The first offering on Saturday evening saw Ellerslie House’s rendering of ‘Matilda’. The portrayal of an often precocious Matilda also showed a thoughtful sensitive nature by ably demonstrating the character’s feelings of rejection and loneliness. Miss Honey was played with great conviction, as she convincingly nurtured Matilda with kind words and encouragement. Harry Wormwood showed us the traits of a dodgy second-hand car-dealer. His actions and words were delivered in an impressive way that led us to dislike him and his selfishness. He was, after all, a father whose daughter was unimportant to him. Mrs Wormwood was appropriately pitched and villainous. Miss Trunchbull led by example from the start. Her entrance was physically dominant and she maintained
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| THE COLLEGE YEAR the ‘formidable female’ persona throughout the performance. The school students added depth and atmosphere to many scenes and the nastiness of Matilda’s Crunchen Hall School was collectively conveyed. The narrators commendably linked all of the scenes together and added to the flow of this production. This was a polished production with some key individual performances of note.
without openly playing up to them. Annabel’s clear and confident command of the role of Gretel provided a natural partnership that bonded the two actors. Rabbit’s 1, 2 and 3 provided entertaining interludes with humorous contributions. The transition to the Witch was well-rehearsed and theatrically effective. A sense of fun and teamwork was evident throughout this performance.
Ballet Shoes The second presentation of the evening came from No.6. Their rendition of ‘Ballet Shoes’ impressively showed how to handle a sensitive period piece with understanding and flair. In the story Pauline, Petrova and Posy are inspired to overcome the financial challenges and ‘put their names in the history books’. We are taken on three journeys’ that allow us to experience separate but equally enlightening outcomes. The three individual leads’ characteristics were evenly drawn. A strong sense of family loyalty was conveyed by this trio and the audience was drawn into the sensitivities of the 1930’s and the constraints of the Great Depression. Sylvia sensitively exposed her vulnerabilities and Nana was supportive and always there for Sylvia and the girls. The dance scene and choreography was well coordinated. A full supporting cast adapted well on the night to the difficulties of a restricted acting area.
Blackadder No.9 headed the Sunday night’s programme, with a hilarious rendition of this classic, showcasing the exploits of Blackadder and his faithful friend, Baldrick. Blackadder gave a very polished performance, adding wit and throw-away humour to his delivery. Baldrick proved the dimwit so convincingly: his physicality and vocal delivery created much mirth amongst the audience. A full cast offered solid support and the piece was well presented and dressed. Excellent teamwork overall which ensured a polished and highly disciplined production.
Hansel and Gretel The final production on Saturday evening was No.8’s production of ‘Hansel and Gretel’. In this performance we were exposed to a light-hearted version of this ‘once upon a time’ traditional fairytale. The team gelled well together and made highly effective use of the acting area. The scene transitions were handled very efficiently and with a minimum of fuss. Significantly, the two lead characters, Hansel and Gretel dictated the emotion and the pace of the play. Imee gave Hansel energy with a lively delivery that somehow engaged the audience
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The History Boys School House’s presentation was Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’, a tale of maverick teachers and educational values and beliefs. Hector’s effective characterisation was cleverly maintained throughout. Irwin was admirably portrayed as the newly recruited teacher. The cast worked hard to ensure that each scene moved with ease and conviction which helped to maintain continuity and maintain the audience’s interest. The essense of Bennett’s play was clearly articulated and the ensemble contributed strongly to this production. Beauty and the Beast Well what to say about No.7’s production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’? Certainly no ‘Disneyfication’ in this version of the ‘tale as old as time’. This was a roller-coaster of fun and love-torn frivolity. We were cleverly coaxed into the ludicrous make-believe fairy tale by
a flat-capped ‘jack the lad’ narrator whose casual, but expertly-crafted characterisation set the scene for the hilarity that was to follow. The powerful Beast was a dynamo of energy that fired not only Belle’s lust but also the huge cast who were supportive in every way. Belle’s pompous suitor, Gaston strutted his way around the stage with confidence but, in the end, to no avail (fortunately). The use of the Austin Powers music and other soundtracks was fun, current and wholly relevant to the performance. Harry Potter Last but not least was No.5 ‘s ‘Harry Potter’.The cast combined a mixture of spills and spells with laughs and drama to present a variation of the style that we all recognise from the now classic film series. Harry Potter was most energetic and there was good use of comedic references and innuendo throughout. Strong support too from Hermione and Ron. I was particularly impressed with the rap scene at the end that added both humour and currency to the proceedings and delivered an effective closing scene. Thank you to all participants of this year’s competition and for creating three evenings of thrilling theatrical entertainment. Mrs Leanne Stephens
THE COLLEGE OM SPORT YEAR | | ART Pupils have continued to explore a broad range of projects and themes in the Lindsay Arts Centre, engaging in a range of media both traditional and contemporary. Last year saw three major exhibitions, the IB Final Exhibition, a collaborative show working with the Aiden Mellor Gallery in Oxford, including work from the Downs and The Summer Final Show, featuring this year’s Hundred and Upper Sixth projects. Chrissie Pritchard, Head of Art
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THE COLLEGE OM SPORT YEAR | | LOWER SIXTH SERVICE EXPEDITION After months of fundraising and anticipation, our team of 15 students and three staff touched down at Johannesburg International Airport. We quickly met up with our guide, an ex-ranger called Claire, who would remain with us for our whole trip, and piled onto two small buses for the long drive east towards Care for Wild, the orphaned rhino sanctuary where we would be volunteering. We passed through Nelspruit, the closest town to the sanctuary, and eventually pulled over off the main road, entering the game reserve through some sturdy metal gates. After a bumpy 20-minute drive along a dirt track, we finally arrived at the farm (the heart of the sanctuary) where the majority of the animals are kept and where we would be living for the next week. It is located deep in the bush – or ‘veld’ as it is locally known – and is heavily guarded owing to the threat from poachers who would potentially see the sanctuary as a target. We received an extremely friendly welcome from the owner, Petronel, whose warmth and passion for conservation immediately became
apparent. It seemed surreal that we had finally arrived after months of preparation. Following a basic orientation, during which we caught our first glimpse of an actual rhino, we settled into our cabins and got to sleep in preparation for an early 06:45 start the next morning. After the morning meeting, we split into our work teams and got down to business. Every team was at a particular station each day, and the teams rotated throughout the week. There were endless jobs which needed doing, from cleaning out the pens or ‘bomas’ where the rhinos were kept, to preparing milk for the youngest bottle-fed rhinos and taking the very smallest babies, Summer and Arthur, for walks (unsurprisingly, this proved one of the most popular activities). However, rhinos are not the sole occupants of Care for Wild. Amongst other jobs, we helped to clean out the lions, walk the mongooses, and hand-feed the hippos (Emma and Molly) entire lettuces. Despite being winter, the heat was oppressive during the day, making the work all the more tiring, but nonetheless it felt extremely satisfying to be taking part in genuine conservation and offering our small contribution towards solving the globally significant poaching crisis. During quieter periods of the day, we were given conservation lectures in the barn (topics ranged from the treatment of wounded rhino orphans to invasive plant species) and later in the afternoons we went on game drives around the larger part of the game
reserve where we saw the older rhinos (who had been released back into the bush) as well as giraffes, plenty of antelope, wildebeest and even a warthog. The evenings were mostly spent around the campfire, although even after supper our work was not yet done due to the need to feed many of the younger rhinos at regular intervals throughout the night. The frantically busy schedule meant the week flew by and, before we knew it, it was time to go. This was hard: we had become very attached to both the animals and staff who we had been working alongside. Although it was sad to leave Care for Wild, we were all looking forward to our three days in the Kruger National Park where we would be doing safaris, bush walks, and getting some well-earned rest. We were lucky enough to spot an abundance of wildlife in the Kruger, including the entire Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhino) as well as hyena, crocodiles, and many more. We even stumbled across a pack of elusive African Wild Dogs (thus nearly completing the Super 7!), which was an extraordinary sight, and several Sable antelope – a rarity given that there are just 500 of the animals in the whole of Kruger National Park. Seeing rhino in their natural habitat away from human interference was also very special. At the end of our three-day adventure in the Kruger, we met up with our bus drivers for a final time and during the uneventful transfer back to Johannesburg we all reflected on what had been a truly unforgettable experience. We left with a new perspective on the world of conservation, inspired to spread the word about the plight of the rhino, and some fantastic memories to boot. James Wakefield
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| ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS The Malvernian Society Limited Financial Report & Statement of Accounts for the period from 1 August 2017 until 31 July 2018 The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 30 April 1926 and registered as a charity on 1 November 1963. Directors: Trustees who are Directors for the purpose of Company Law, and Trustees for the purpose of Charity Law, are as follows: President: Rt. Hon Sir Stephen Brown PC, GBE (Elected 06/18 - 06/21) Elected:
JP Foxall (Chairman 06/15 - 06/21) CN Boyd (06/18 - 06/21) (appointed 16 June 2018) AM Edwards-Clark (06/18 - 06/21) (appointed 16 June 2018) NCS Engert (06/15 - 06/21) C Fairchild (06/18 - 06/21) (appointed 16 June 2018) RJ Harris (06/17 - 06/20) JMJ Havard (06/14 - 06/20) AR Higgins (06/17 - 06/20) PE Lambert (06/14 - 06/20) J Müller (06/17 - 06/20) JA Staniforth (06/15 - 06/21) BS Walker (06/17 - 06/20) RTH Wilson (06/15 - 06/18) (deceased 11 Feb 18)
THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 AUGUST 2017 UNTIL 31 JULY 2018 Achievements and Performance This report provides a 12 month review of the Society’s operations. We hosted a number of events in London: quarterly informal gatherings at the May Fair Hotel, the London Capital Club, the Oriental Club and The Escapologist; networking events for OMs in property at the London Capital Club (October) and in Law at the Carlton Club (November); OM Cricket and Football Club dinners at Lord’s (March) and the Cavalry & Guards Club (June). In Malvern, we hosted reunions for OMs of No.2 (September) and No.6 (June), and the ‘Class of 1968’ (April) as well as a 90th birthday celebration for Michael
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Ex-officio: Nominated:
AR Clark (Headmaster) SC Holroyd (Common Room) (06/18 - 06/21)
Vice-Presidents: HCK Carson R de C Chapman PJ Cartwright MC Frayn PCU Jagger BTDM Laidlaw Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth DL HM Robinson MJW Rogers OBE Operations Director: P Godsland
McNevin, former housemaster of No.2 (October). We welcomed back OMs to make presentations at the College: Piers Storie-Pugh spoke about his father’s exploits in Colditz during WW2 (November), James Aldred spoke about his career as David Attenborough’s cameraman (January), and several younger OMs helped current pupils with medical applications to university. In March we welcomed back over 70 OMs on the occasion of our new sports fixtures against the College. We hosted receptions for OMs, current parents and prospective parents in Madrid (May) Birmingham (May), Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf (June). We organised OM visits to the Monet exhibition at the National Gallery (June), Royal Ascot (June), the Cheltenham Music Festival (June) and the Morgan car factory (July). In May the Headmaster hosted OM events in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur; and in Cape Town
(July). These events provide OMs with the opportunity to re-acquaint themselves with their old school and with their contemporaries. Such events provide a platform for the Society to promote the current popularity, achievements and progress of the College, and to encourage the involvement and support of alumni, parents and ‘Friends’. In April 2018 we published the 41st edition of the OM Newsletter, which excellently displays the numerous events and activities encouraged and supported by the Society, as well as providing an update on news from OMs around the world, and a section on development, demonstrating to donors the impact their gifts have made. We have vastly improved our social media presence with hugely successful daily engagement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We have also introduced a very
ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS | successful career-mentoring platform, OM Connect. We have put in place a compendium of documentation, including a ‘Financial Procedures Manual’ and a Fundraising Procedures Manual’ Financial review The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue in existence for the foreseeable future and have, therefore, used the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Income during the year was £837,728. Total expenditure was £656,342, of which grants awarded to the College amounted to £449,108; thereby maintaining our level of support to the College. This policy of support resulted in 2017-18 in a net inflow of cash resources of £644,230. Overall funds were increased by a property revaluation where we follow accounting guidelines on present market value, assessed as an increase of £455,000. Secondly there was a return on funds invested of £139,026. Therefore, total funds increased to £12,209 million. We have continued to support the College in other areas of fundraising, such as with the Malvernian Society Assisted Places Scheme, to help attract talented students who otherwise would not be able to come to the College. A specific allocation of @£2million was moved from unrestricted to designated funds for this purpose. Several pupils at the College are already receiving such support, including the first named Assisted Place from a local Charitable Trust. The Society has been able to use some long standing restricted funds to support students in taking full advantage of the opportunities offered at Malvern, such as help towards the cost of sports tours, expeditions and voluntary work overseas. Also, we have introduced an improved system to help the Society and College identify the benefits and traceability arising from such grants.
Reserves Policy The Society is committed to maintaining a practical working balance of Free Reserves consistent with the operating costs of the Society and our ability to have available funds to support shorter term College requirements. The Reserves Policy allows us to achieve a minimum balance as required by current accounting regulations. The Trustees have determined a policy of maintaining one year of salary and everyday expenses plus £50,000, representing one year of Designated and Committed Funds to the College, as being a sensible level of reserves to keep readily available to maintain ongoing operations without causing major interference to our aims. We calculate this amount as under: 1. Salary and related governance costs £114,000 2. Running costs of the office excluding events £20,000 3. Balance of governance costs £16,000 4. Contingency to assure ongoing operation £50,000 Total required
£200,000
Following a recent sizeable bequest the reserves of the Society are now back into a balanced status. Arising from our policy review the Trustees determined that, if required, Unrestricted Funds from bequests would be allocated to cash reserves annually as required in order to maintain the current cash balances required to satisfy the policy stated. The Society adopts a cautious investment policy in order to preserve funds for both immediate and future use, as directed by donors. Our annual disbursement plan is aimed to support important College initiatives and in future to increasingly support the Assisted Places Scheme. The majority of our funds are placed with the leading London Investment provider Sarasin & Partners, and within their generalised and cautious
fund, named The Alpha Common Investment Fund. Investment Policy The Society adopts a cautious investment policy in order to preserve funds for both immediate and future use, as directed by donors. Our annual disbursement plan is aimed to support important College initiatives and in future to increasingly support the Assisted Places Scheme. The majority of our funds are placed with the leading London Investment provider Sarasins, and within their generalised and cautious fund, named The Alpha Common Investment Fund. The Society has benefited from the rising stock market in the last year. Our target is to achieve a 6% rate of return over a 10-15 year period. Plans for Future Periods (a) 2018-19 Plans are in place for as many OM events in 2018-19: quarterly informal gatherings at All Bar One, the May Fair Hotel, the Oriental Club and The Escapologist; networking events for OMs in the financial services sector (October), OM Cricket and Football Club dinners (March and June). In Malvern, we will hosted reunions for OMs of No.9 (September) and No.3 (June), and the ‘Class of 1969’ (April). We will welcome back OMs to make presentations at the College: Tom Bragg to speak about plastic surgery, Piers StoriePugh to speak about the Chindits (November), Mark Winter and Peter Dunlop to speak about oncology and haematology (January), and Roland Young about CERN. In March we will welcome back over 80 OMs for our sports fixtures against the College. We will host receptions for OMs, current parents and prospective parents in Paris (November), Milan (May) Birmingham (May), Berlin and Munich (June). There will be OM visits to the Ludlow Food Festival (September) the Three Choirs Festival (September) Monet), the Royal Ballet (November), the Champions Tennis (December), Royal Ascot (June), the Cheltenham Music Festival (June) and the Morgan car factory (July). In May
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| ANNUAL OM SPORT REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS it is anticipated that the incoming headmaster will host OM events in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. We will continue to structure our career-mentoring and professional support programme. The Malvernian Society will continue to develop its social media platforms to improve alumni engagement, and its websites to improve event registrations, purchase of merchandise and for online giving. The Trustees have agreed the following fundraising priorities for 2018-19:
team; recent College Leavers will be re- engaging with a specific group of Old Malvernians, who were last contacted in this way in 2015. Apart from the Fundraising involved, the Annual Fund campaign has immense value for alumni relations and for keeping OMs updated with all that is going on at the College. (b) Future Years The Trustees will continue to consider how best to raise the profile of the College with the alumni and related ‘Friends’, while allocating resources for the future advantage of the College.
1 T he Malvernian Society Assisted Places Endowment Fund 2 The Clark Award Scholarship Fund 3 Music 4 Parental Engagement 5 Annual Fund The ongoing priority is to fund additional Assisted Places to broaden the access to the College. To mark the headmastership of Antony Clark, the trustees have agreed with the College Council to establish an Antony Clark Scholarship, allowing a pupil to attend Malvern College. The College’s next large scale capital project focuses on music: following from the refurbishment of the Music School (2019), the College is to become a ‘Steinway School’. The College plans also to replace the Chapel organ (2019-20). The Development team has already secured some significant pledges of financial assistance and will continue to do so in the months ahead. Following the enfranchisement of current parents into the Malvernian Society from September 2018, the Development team intends to extend our fundraising activities to include parents. In June, the Society will launch the fifth Annual Fund telephone campaign. This already highly successful initiative will be managed by the Development
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JP Foxall (Chairman of the Malvernian Society), on behalf of the Trustees
ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS | Certified extracts from the Audited Financial Statements: Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2018
£
INCOME Life membership fees Subscriptions & donations OM Merchandise Other income Investment income Income tax recoverable Bank interest Rents received Events income
LESS: EXPENDITURE Grants to Malvern College: Unrestricted Malvern College General Fund Malvern College - Theatre Malvern College - Outdoor Pursuits Malvern College - Sixth Form Centre Malvern College - Interactive Panels Restricted Malvern College Centenary Appeal Fund Assisted Places Assisted places (Bowtell) Alan Duff Memorial Fund Theatre Golf Coaching Other grants: Neiper Art Scholarship House No. 7 Shand-Kydd Special Fund George Sayer Fellow E H Moss Exhibition Outdoor Pursuits Prize Funds - a number of small awards Chesterton Cricket Award Colin Nicholls Fund
1,517
18,464 30,705 12,267 600 104,904 0
15,386 29,766 0 0 301,735 0
10,000 0 250 918 25 900 2,975 2,000 0
10,000 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 500
114,773 43,318 5,097 429 3,470 1,024 1,528 2,022 4,710 5,150 2,554 10,914 12,245 656,342 181,386 855,000 139,027 1,175,413
SURPLUS Revaluation of tangible fixed assets Gains on investment assets NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
BALANCE SHEET AT 31 JULY 2018 31.07.2018 £ £
CURRENT ASSETS Stocks Debtors falling due after more than one year Debtors falling due within one year Investments Cash at bank and in hand CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within a year NET CURRENT ASSETS Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
FUNDS Endowment Restricted Unrestricted - Designated funds Unrestricted- other charitable funds
449,108
Year ended 31.07.2017 £ 121,701 267,237 129 87,518 15,143 521 19,500 13,532 525,281 3,510,000 4,035,281
0250,000 5,100 5,000 5,000
Other charitable expenditure Staff costs Events Marketing and media Investment management fees Office expenses Directors expenses Secretary’s expenses Legal and professional fees Accountancy fees Auditor’s remuneration (audit services only) Bank charges Postage Printing and stationery
NET ASSETS
£
124,291 237,704 2,815 100 99,686 27,544 4,463 19,500 19,625 535,728 302,000 837,728
Legacies
FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets Investments
Year ended 31.07.2018 £
359,404 107,990 14,262 5,952 1,376 931 3,000 4,470 1,359 12,703 7,960 519,407 3,515,874 100,000 207,261 3,823,135
£
4,786,300 4,182,529 8,968,829
31.07.2017 £ 3,931,300 2,879,237 6,810,537
12,849 72,460 3,632,166 3,717,475
11,652 1,517,500 42,483 2,000,000 1,137,935 4,709,570
(76,636)
(67,777) 3,640,839
4,641,793
12,609,668
11,452,330
-
(18,075)
12,609,668
11,434,255
240,659 3,531,470 2,112,151 6,725,388 12,609,668
232,447 3,319,907 59,075 7,822,826 11,434,255
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| ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON THE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprise the summary Balance sheet as at 31 July 2018 and the summary Statement of financial activities for the year then ended, are derived from the audited financial statements of The Malvernian Society Limited for the year end 31 July 2018. We expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated 10 November 2018. Those financial statements, and the summary of financial statements, do not reflect the effects of events that ocurred subsequent to the date of our report on those financial statements. The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by the Companies Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of The Malvernian Society Limited. Trustees’ Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements The trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and the recommendations of the charities SORP. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 810, “Engagements to Report on Summary Financial
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Statements.” Opinion In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of The Malvernian Society Limited for the year ended 31 July 2018 are consistent, in all material respects, with those financial statements, in accordance with the applicable requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006, and the regulations made thereunder. MOORE STEPHENS LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor London Trustees’ Statement The summarised financial statements contained in this report are extracted from the full draft financial statements prepared by The Malvernian Society Limited for approval by the Trustees on 10 November 2018. The full financial statements were externally scrutinised by Moore Stephens LLP, the entity’s statutory auditors, and given an unqualified audit opinion. The full financial statements will be submitted to Companies House in due course. The summarised financial statements may not contain sufficient information to allow a full understanding of the financial affairs of The Malvernian Society Limited. Copies of the full financial statements can be obtained from the Secretary in the Society Office. (e-mail: paul.godsland@ malverncollege.org). Signed for and on behalf of the Committee on 10 November 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Registered & Principal Office: Malvern College College Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 3DF Bankers: CCLA Investment Management Senator House 85 Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET Lloyds TSB 48 belle Vue Terrace Malvern Worcestershire WR14 4QG Accountants: Kendall Wadley LLP Granta Lodge 71 Graham Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2JS Auditors: Moore Stephens 150 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4AB Solicitors: RJV Owen Pinsent Masons LLP 30 Crown Place London EC2A 4ES Investment Advisors: Sarasin & Partners LLP Juxon House 100 St Paul’s Churchyar London EC4M 8BU Other Names: The Society reserves the right to use the title ‘The Malvern College Foundation’ Company Number: 00213672 Registered Charity Number: 527573 HM Revenue & Customs Ref: X25620
ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS |
OM Club Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2018
Year ended
Year ended
31.07.2018
31.07.2017
£
£
£
£
INCOME Life membership fees
2,436
9,669
LESS: EXPENDITURE OM Cricket Club
2,500
2,500
OM Football Club
2,500
2,500
OM Golfing Society
2,500
2,500
OM Hockey Club - Women
2,000
-
OM Hockey Club - Men
432
-
1,950
1,700
OM Sailing Club
1,250
1,250
OM Netball Club
1,980
OM Rifle Club
500 15,112
Sundry items
(DEFICIT)/SURPLUS
10,950
899
2,087
16,011
13,037
(13,575)
(3,368)
Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2018 31.07.2018
31.07.2017
£
£
CAPITAL ACCOUNT 1 August Net (deficit)/surplus for the year As at 31 July
41,342
44,710
(13,575)
(3,368)
27,767
41,342
27,767
41,342
REPRESENTED BY: Loan to The Malvernian Society
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| OM MERCHANDISE
Beaded Bracelet No.3 (blue)
Limited Edition colour print ‘Coming in for Lunch’
Malvernian Society pen
OM Bow tie
OM Cricket Sweater (long sleeve)
OM Glass Cufflinks
OM Ladies Gryphon Scarf.
OM Lambswool Scarf.
OM Men’s and women’s Blazer.
OM Polo Belt
OM Socks
OM Tie.
114 | Old Malvernian Newsletter
OM MERCHANDISE | | WELCOME TO THE MALVERN SHOP To view the complete range of Society and College clothing and giftware and to make an online purchase, please go to www. themalvernshop.co.uk We hope you enjoy using the Malvern Shop and welcome any feedback and comments you may
have. However, if you would prefer to contact us directly to make an order and pay by cash, cheque, or credit/debit card, or if you have any questions, please contact us on malsoc@malcol.org or 01684 581517.
2019 and are inclusive of VAT. Full details of UK and overseas postal charges can be found online at www. themalvernshop.co.uk * Prints are available framed. Prices on request.
Prices are current as at 1st January
Male Items
£
Female Items
£
OM Tie (non crease silk, improved quality)
30.00
Ladies’ Compact Mirror
OM City Tie (non-crease silk)
25.00
Ladies’ Necklace with House 3 Bead (Blue)
48.00
OM Cambridge Tie (poly/silk)
14.00
Ladies’ Necklace with House 4 Bead (Red)
48.00
OM Oxford Tie (poly/silk)
14.00
Ladies’ Necklace with House 6 Bead (Yellow)
48.00
OM Court Games Tie (non-crease silk)
25.00
Ladies’ Necklace with House 8 Bead (Pink)
48.00
OM Bow Tie (ready-tied, in presentation box)
17.00
Ladies’ Necklace with Ellerslie House Bead (Teal)
48.00
OM Bow Tie (untied, in presentation box)
17.00
House 3 (Blue) Charm
6.00
8.00
House 4 (Red) Charm
6.00
OM Hatband
6.50
OM Scarf (100% lambswool)
26.00
House 6 (Yellow) Charm
6.00
OM Cufflinks - Gold
25.00
House 8 (Pink) Charm
6.00
OM Cufflinks – Glass
30.00
Ellerslie House (Teal) Charm
OM Socks (70% cotton)
10.00
Silver Acorn Charm
20.00
OM Cricket Sweater (long sleeve) 100% wool Sizes 40-50
82.00
Silver Leaf Charm
15.00
Ladies’ Charm Bracelet (without charms)
15.00
OM Cricket Sweater (sleeveless) 100% wool Selected sizes
72.00
Ladies’ OM Gryphon Scarf
15.00
OM Polo Belt available in sizes 90cm to 110cm
50.00
OM Beaded Bracelet Ellerslie House
10.00
OM Beaded Bracelet No 3
10.00
OM Beaded Bracelet No 4
10.00
OM Beaded Bracelet No 6
10.00
OM Beaded Bracelet No 8
10.00
Unisex Items
£
OM Blazer (please contact the office)
Limited Edition colour print ‘The Senior’.
6.00
280.00
Limited Edition colour print ‘The Senior’ (unframed) *
49.00
Limited Edition colour print ‘Coming in for Lunch’ (unframed) *
25.00
Whisky Tumbler (in presentation box)
25.00
Glass Paperweight with Crest
16.00
Book ‘A History of Malvern College Chapel’ 1899-1999, compiled by George Chesterton
5.00
Book ‘Malvern College Chapel’, published 2014
5.00
Malvern College Tea Towel
8.00
Ellerslie School Tea Towel
8.00
Malvernian Society pen
49.00
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Malvernian SOCIETY
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