OLD SUTTONIAN UPDATES
Outside of work, he has four children under the age of ten: Dorothy, Wulfstan, Cleopatra and Elektra who keep him busy! He is still in regular touch with his Westminster housemates Stephen Humphreys (1983 W) and Simon Townshend (1981 W), He also sees Robert Dockerty (1960 M), Guy Beckett (1980 W) and Christian Werner (1979 W).
HOLLINS, David (1984 C) Living in Shropshire since 2012, David is married to Laura, with two daughters, Maddy and Isabella. Over the last 27 years he has worked for various dairy companies; mainly in sales and marketing. He is currently working for Muller Dairies and has set up a new business venture developing own label products for UK supermarkets. He reports that he still keeps in touch with Jeremy Neeves (1984 W) and Gordon Scott-Brown (1984 W) and would love to hear from any other Old Suttonians in the Shropshire area.
Ian Robinson (1974 M)
CRISFORD, Charles (1989 F) Charles has recently moved to Lewes-based auction firm, Gorringe’s after several years working in London for the auction giant Bonham’s. Within his new role, he will be specialising in antique clocks. Having left SVS in 1989, he went on to study History of Art at the University of Leicester.
NEWING, Alastair (1989 C) Alastair and his wife Matilda Margaret Newing live in Dartmouth, Devon having got married back in 2013. Together they have two sons born in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
GODDEN, Mitchel (1992 F) Mitchel Godden was selected (together with his passenger Paul Smith) by the Auto Cycle Union to compete in the European 500cc Sidecar championships for Great Britain this year. He had finished fourth the previous year in Tayac (near Bordeaux) and second in the 2016 and 2017 British Championships. The pair have been racing in Europe against the best riders in the world for the past two years and at the championships managed to finish in second place.
Thevarak Rochananpruk (1979 L) and Somtiak Twiltermsup (1981 C)
(R) Mitchel Godden (1992 F)
Previous to this, Mitchel had enjoyed a 25-year solo motorcycle racing career, but his switch to sidecar racing three years ago has proved to be amazingly successful. His result at the championships was the highest ever by a UK crew on foreign soil.
TAYLOR, Don (Staff 1969-1993) Don will soon be leaving Loose, where he was based for much of his 25 year teaching career at SVS and where he has been involved with the conservation of the attractive valley and its bird life for nearly 30 years. He and Trish will be moving to Bristol, where he hopes to find another local patch to study the bird life. He says he will miss his frequent visits to Wierton Hill Farm and Boughton Park, which have produced sightings of nearly 200 different bird species
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