SUMMER SOIRÉE

14 JUNE

June saw the first Summer Soirée and what a wonderful evening it was in the Headmaster’s garden, with delicious Champagne and magnificent hand selected food, it was great to bring Reigatians back together.

Our enormous thanks go to Shaun and Jane for hosting us in their beautiful garden and arranging the blistering sunshine.

The evening would not have been possible without the generosity of RGS parents Damian Shaw (CEO of Winterbotham Darby) and Gilles Dumangin (Champagne Dumangin J. Fils) who supplied the wonderful food and drink.

Charity Golf Day

16 JUNE

The RGS Foundation Charity Golf Day, sponsored by Devine Homes, was another fabulous event, raising an incredible £7,985 for the Nightingale Fund and we thank our 60 golfers, sponsors and prize donors for their generous support.

Early in the competition, England T20 international cricketer, John Simpson, set the target for the Longest Drive on the 14th. Thanks go to Ed Forsyth (’08) and Harry Vaughan (’09) from wealth management company, FLM for sponsoring the competition.

With everyone back and enjoying a drink and dinner outside on the clubhouse veranda, players were eager to find out who had won.

Jonny Hylton (’99), RGS Foundation Director, began the prize giving by thanking everyone for attending the day and supporting our fundraising efforts so enthusiastically! He talked about our commitment to supporting families facing unimaginable challenges through current and future emergency appeals. As such, we have been able to offer a bursary place at RGS to a Ukrainian refugee and shared the news that the impact of the Nightingale campaign allowed the daughter of a paramedic, who sadly died at the start of the pandemic, to join RGS.

The prizegiving followed and, in a slight change of format, we took the best three scores from each team this year. It proved tight at the top, with just one or two points between the first, second and third teams! But with an incredible score of 134 points, trophies were presented to Matt Hill (current parent), Phil Ellis (current parent), Jez Hippolite (current parent) and Kevin McNair (friend).

With trophies awarded, it was time for the raffle and we want to thank everyone that donated prizes; The Plough Inn at Coldharbour, Reigate Hill Golf Club, Love

Reigate, Silent Pool, Dexter’s Barber Shop and author & current parent, Tim Hain. In addition to this, Jonny Hylton managed to secure donations for the three auction prizes, which included: a flying lesson with Pilot Flight Training thanks to Tom Saunders (’98), a course of physiotherapy sessions with Matt Wilkinson (’07) at Six Physio and four tickets to see comedian, Joe Lycett, at Wembley Park thanks to Kerry Patterson (’04).

Players enjoyed a beautiful day at Reigate Hill Golf Club and our thanks go to Barry Devine (’90) for his ongoing sponsorship of this event.