ALUMNI NEWS
First encountering the game at Mansfield, Richard Smith Mathematics, 1993 is now an international croquet player after representing England at recent World Championships in Adelaide and London. He was victorious in the Shield consolation event in the London 2013 Championships, which included a win over Australia’s number two, and he is now closing in on a top 50 world ranking. Competition croquet is a little different from the way Richard recalls it being played at Mansfield, with somewhat flatter courts and narrower hoops, but if it wasn’t for those summer afternoons on the Quad then he wouldn’t be an international sportsman today! Andrew Walker BA Geography, 2001 married Suzanna Mason in October 2013, and they have just had their first child: a baby girl born on August 28th, 2014, weighing 8lb 3oz. They have named her Mina Isabella Walker. Congratulations to the happy parents!
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Matches made in Mansfield
Benjamin Shockley and Kate Johnson (now Kate Shockley) were married on August 22nd, 2014. They met at Mansfield and got together at the end of Freshers’ Week in their first year. They both read English and matriculated in 2005. Ben and Kate pass on special thanks to Ros and Lucinda! Lucinda May BA English Language and Literature, 2006 and Martin Slater BA Physics, 2005 also tied the knot in August 2014. As might be imagined, there was quite a Mansfield contingent among the wedding guests. Congratulations to both couples!
Edward White BA Modern History, 2000 brought out his first biography in February 2014, a book looking at the life and work of Carl Van Vechten. It is published by FSG and entitled The Tastemaker – Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America.
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Philip Jones Geography, 1978 is a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy and currently serves as the Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the Queen’s 2014 Birthday Honours and was knighted by the Queen at an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on October 9th, 2014. Mansfield 2013/14
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