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OBFC
After a disrupted past two seasons, the Football Club is hoping to manage to complete the 2021-22 season in its entirety. The Club has had a good start to the season so far, we are on the hunt for silverware and have strong momentum behind us. We encourage former pupils to get in touch as there are many opportunities to play for the Club, particularly in goal! We also welcome supporters on a Saturday afternoon to fortress Burbage Road to help our players to victory. Please reach out to chairmanaobfc@gmail.com for more information on playing for or visiting the Club.
Max Waters (Cribb’s 2008) & Sam Eade (Spurgeon’s 2008)
Tennis
The tennis section is slowly returning to our usual activities after
the lockdowns and restrictions of the past 18 months. In June we were able to re-instate our adult Club sessions, but we decided to leave reintroducing our other organised club activities to later in the year. Our Junior Section is also back up and running. The Junior Section is large enough to use all three courts from 3-7pm Monday to Friday and 4-6pm on Saturday. In July and August our coaching team once again used the School facilities to run a series of successful junior tennis camps.
Our big news is that the courts at Burbage Road are being resurfaced. It has been around 15 years since they were last resurfaced, so they certainly needed some attention. As well as the resurfacing work, the floodlights are to be upgraded to LED which are more energy efficient. The photos show work in progress, with the central floodlight pillars removed and initial work to provide drainage completed. Root damage, caused by trees being planted too close to the courts is being repaired and the courts are being levelled. The grass area to the side of the courts is being removed and new drainage included in this area. The weather has been good, so the team from the contractors, Trevor May, are speedily working to finish the work before winter sets in.
While the work on the courts is being undertaken, the School has very kindly offered us the use of the courts at Townley Road. We are therefore still able to run our usual club sessions on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. On our return to Burbage Road, we plan to reinstate the club activities we organised prior to the Covid outbreak and lockdowns. So, as well as Club sessions, we aim to provide Spanish drills, doubles and singles tactics sessions, video analysis, American tournaments, a singles and doubles ladder and club tournament. Our coach is also planning demonstration days and a number of Sunday tennis festivals throughout the year. Junior tennis will continue throughout the year. With all our planned activities we expect the courts to be really busy once they are resurfaced but we will try not to wear them out too quickly!
Liz Livingstone
The 200 Club
For 50 years the 200 Club
has been and remains the EAC’s principal fund raiser, raising much needed funds for the running of the Clubhouse and grounds at Burbage Road. More recently it has been used to provide financial support to Year 13 leavers who wish to take a Gap year and undertake voluntary work overseas. Since its inception it has collected in £635k and paid out just over half in prize money.
Membership is only £5 per month or £60 per year and enters you in the monthly prize draw to win four prizes of £120, £100, £70 & £60 with an annual star prize of £2,000 drawn and announced at the EAC Annual Dinner.
If you are interested in going on the waiting list, please contact Chris Heayberd ciheayberd@sky.com Many thanks to those who are currently members and welcome to those of you who are considering becoming members.
The Edward Alleyn Golf Society
The Golf Society is on course to complete its full schedule of
events this year with only the Annual Dinner and AGM to come in December. The only set-back was the postponement in June of a major event, the Society’s 250th meeting. Such milestone occasions have always been celebrated at our ‘home’ club, Dulwich & Sydenham Hill GC. The build-up had gone well, with 48 players signed up and tee times allocated for them all by the Club, until it was realised that this contravened Covid regulations. A few days before it was due to go ahead the event was cancelled. Eventually it was rescheduled for October and, just like the 2020 Olympics were held in 2021, the 250th was observed as the 253rd! The winner of the special prize of a Claret Jug was David Strong (Spurgeon’s 1997)
The actual 250th meeting was the Guest Day at Mitcham GC in July and was won by Justin Naish (Dutton’s 1990). Other meetings were the 249th at Pedham Place GC in May, the 251st at Cooden Beach GC in August and the 252nd at Bletchingley GC in September. This year’s Captain, Justin Sutton, (Spurgeon’s 1982) has had an outstanding year with wins at the 249th and 251st meetings after having the best score on his Captain’s Day at Richmond Park GC in April, conceding the win to Dave Slaney (Tyson’s 1979). The other winners were Justin Naish (250th) and Tim Wareham (Cribb’s 1986) (252nd). We’ve welcomed a number of new members this year, some thanks to David Strong, stalwarts of the football section. The Society looks confidently forward to another successful year in 2022.
If you would like information about the Society, please contact me by email at eagsgolf@virginmedia.com or by mail at 4 Bell Meadow, London SE19 1HP
George Thorne (Cribb’s 1960), Honorary Secretary, Edward Alleyn Golf Society
Club Merchandise
All prices listed include UK postage. (Please note that international P&P may be extra) To order, please send a cheque, made payable to Alleyn’s School, to The Alumni Office, Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, London SE22 8SU.
Alternatively, to purchase online with a credit or debit card, please click on the Events and Merchandise booking page on the website.
We will fulfil your order at the next earliest opportunity, but there may be unforeseen delays, for which we apologise.
Print of School
Framed £50 Mounted £30
Cufflinks
£25
Edward Alleyn Club Tie
£25
Edward Alleyn Scarf
£31.50
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Diary Dates
Ideas@Alleyn’s Lent Lecture: Emma Bartnett
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Bear Pit Upper School
Thursday 27 January
Ideas@Alleyn’s: RV Jones Science Lecture
Monday 7 March TBC
Dance Show
21 & 22 March
Jazz Night
Thursday 24 March
Decades Reunion
Saturday 18 June
Founder’s Day
Saturday 2 July
Alleyn’s School
Development and Alumni Office, Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, London SE22 8SU Tel: 020 8557 1545 Email: alumni@alleyns.org.uk
