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The Medbury School Old Boys’ Association Medbury Old Boys take Centre Stage at Tokyo Olympics
Andrew Yee
The Medbury community tuned in with the rest of New Zealand recently to watch two Medbury Old Boys - Sam Bosworth (2005 - 2007) and Joe Bell (2008 - 2011) - take on the world in Rowing and Football respectively. One of the highlights leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, was when Medbury Old Boy, Sam Bosworth, contacted the School while he was in training camp leading up to the Tokyo Games. This generated tremendous excitement for the boys, with the Year 3 boys making a video and sending a class photo to support Sam throughout his Olympic campaign. Left to right: Judith and David Bruce and Alastair Elliott
Overleaf, Sam Bosworth shares his experience throughout that week and what he has learnt from his golden experience. We also hear from Joe Bell, who represented New Zealand in Football. We are so proud of both of these Medbury Old Boys. While Joe has gone on to continue the second half of the Football season in Norway, Sam returned to Christchurch following the Olympics to attend the MSOBA Annual Dinner as our special guest. Sadly, this event was the victim of another Lockdown. While disappointing, we remain enthusiastic about a rescheduled date of 11 February 2022, which would coincide with Medbury’s 99th Birthday. This will add an extra layer of importance and set us up well for the Centenary the following year. The Old Boys’ Assocation remains in good heart and
In particular, we are hoping we can still run the 5 Years On event on Thursday 21 October, however, this will depend on COVID guidelines at this time. Please keep an eye on the MSOBA Facebook page for updates or email oldboys@medbury.school.nz. One event that beat the Lockdown was the first Centenary Roadtrip up to Blenheim in August, when Medbury Headmaster, Ian Macpherson, enjoyed meeting Old Boys, David Bruce (1946 - 1950) and Alastair Elliott (1949 - 1952), and their wives (pictured above). Please let us know if you would like us to drop into your area in the lead up to Medbury’s Centenary in 2023 by emailing centenary@medbury.school.nz.
we are looking forward to returning to Level 1 so we
Andrew Yee
can return to engaging in activities with the School
President, Medbury School Old Boys’ Association
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