News and Congratulations
John Josephs (L) at the Las Vegas 10K Race
Having delighted and entertained the Lower Sixth recently in the series of Lower Sixth Enrichment Lectures, Colonel Bibek Banerjee QCRM (78-85), Tom Rowley (01-08) and Nick Bell (95-01) have been followed by Keir Shiels (93-00) paediatrician, and John Harle (65-74) composer and saxophonist, in presenting and delivering a series of thought-provoking and stimulating presentations. We look forward to hearing what Paul Bajoria (73-83), author and BBC Radio 4 producer, has to say next!
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We are delighted to have heard recently from…
John Papadopoulos displays his World Masters Games medals on his visit to RGS
Howard Gold (56-62) who writes: ‘My fellow ON and long-term running partner, JIJ (John Josephs (52-62)) at the presentation following the Las Vegas 10K Race, where he won the over-70s age group.’
Calling all Hong Kong/ China-based ONs We know there is a small outcrop of ONs in and around Hong Kong; and thought that it would be great to try to set up an informal ONA group to cater for them. I am based in Hong Kong (but travel with business around Asia) and would love to hear from any interested ONs – I will then coordinate a gathering if there is interest. My email address is: cdfwatson@gmail.com – please just drop me a line. I look forward to some photos from the first event! By Carl Watson (89-94)
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Annsley Merelle Ward (01-02) who adds to her update in the previous issue. She continues: ‘I also write for the leading, award-winning IP blog in Europe, IPKat, which is subscribed to by over 20,000 readers including members of the judiciary, government and in-house counsel. In 2017, I was selected as a Global Patent Leader and have been asked to open the first overseas chapter of ChIPs (Chief IP Counsel), an organisation founded by female general counsels of Silicon Valley tech companies (including Apple and eBay) to promote women in the areas of STEM, law and policy.’ John Harle (65-74), world renowned composer and saxophonist who delighted a packed Miller Theatre on 22 March with his 60th birthday concert tour – Celebration of the Saxophone – along with his accompanist Steve Lodder. £919 was raised for the RGS Bursaries Campaign. This concert programme also premiered a new work written by Headmaster, Bernard Trafford, Ioannes Triumphans, a work based on the chorus of The School Song. It was good to see some Old Novos in the audience, including John’s Headmaster, Alister Cox (72-94).
John Papadopoulos (98-08), physiotherapist and swimmer popped into school to relay this story: ‘After an eight year break from swimming, I decided to get some fitness by joining Masters swimming. Masters sports is when you cannot commit to the fullon schedule of the sport (over 20 hours training a week), due to work commitments. You compete in your age category (mine was 25-29). After 10 months of training, I flew (mid-April) to Auckland, New Zealand to compete at the World Masters Games (WMG). The games are the largest staged multi-sport competition in the world, with an astonishing 27,000 athletes over 28 different sports. The WMG is held every four years, like the Olympics. I competed in the 800m (32 lengths of your standard 25m pool) Frontcrawl, 400m Individual Medley, 200m Individual Medley and Breaststroke, beating all of my entry times. I finished 4th in both the 800m Frontcrawl and the 200m Individual Medley. I was delighted to finish 2nd in the 400m Individual Medley and the 200m Breaststroke. I’m aiming to continue with my training towards the Master’s European and World Championships over the coming years, and the WMG in Japan 2021.’
