OW Events & Meet Ups

Before the world was turned upside down, we were midway through another wonderful series of OW events. We hosted our 10, 25 and 50 Year Reunions, ran university gatherings up and down the country, put on our annual ice skating event, were delighted to see that OWs were meeting up around the world; New York, Australia, Singapore and elsewhere along with a number of exciting career networking events. Then Covid-19 hit and things didn’t go quite to plan. Sadly, we had to cancel our pre-1956 OW Reunion, the Law and Creative Industries networking evening and our wonderful annual Entrepreneurs Exchange evening. We will of course be re-arranging these events as soon we can, and we hope to see as many of you at them as possible.

None of these events would be possible without our extraordinarily supportive OW community, and we want to take this opportunity to say thank you for all you do and in particular, for your huge involvement in our career networking events. These have gone from strength to strength and we have seen record numbers at these events this year. We have had the pleasure of hosting career industry focused evenings in Finance, Property, Politics, Marketing and PR, Engineering and IT and Insurance. These evenings have been so beneficial for young Wellingtonians, as well as for younger OWs. Thank you so much to all of you that have attended and shared their knowledge and experience, it really is appreciated.

The annual Careers Fair is always a highlight in our programme and this year was no exception. About 50 OWs covering a broad range of industries, professions and occupations came to College on a Saturday morning to offer advice and guidance to 6th form students. It was another wonderful event and we very much hope that we will be able to host our next one in Spring 2020.

This year, due to lockdown and the various restrictions that have been put in place we, like everyone, have had to transition into a purely virtual world in order to deliver as much of our events programme as possible. We launched our Life Beyond Wellington online programme in April which has been hugely successful. The programme consists of fun and inspiring sessions on both life skills as well as more career specific sessions. This programme is more relevant than ever, as it aims to equip students with the skills and understanding about the ‘real’ world so they can shape what they do at College with an eye on their life beyond their time at Wellington.

All of these events, whether virtual or face to face, are so important to the students and young OWs. They help to give them a better idea of the careers they may wish to pursue and how they can go about making that happen, whether it’s advice on which university to go to, the offer of work experience or just to help give them a better insight into the working world. We are extremely lucky to have such a talented and diverse group of OWs who are so willing to give up their time to help.

Like everyone, we sincerely hope that we will be able to return to some semblance of normality before too long and that we will be able to host events again in person something that all of us are looking forward to and when that day comes, we will celebrate in style!

With thanks and very best wishes,

Murray Lindo and The Wellington Community Team

Career Fair - 7th March Sebs Match - 21st September

50 Year Reunion - 12th October

Heritage Tour - 29th February Cricket Dinner - 28th February

Speed Networking - 28th September

Bath and Bristol Uni Gathering - 6th February

Career Fair - 7th March

Sebs Foundation Lunch - 21st September

Cricket Dinner - 28th February OW Cambridge Uni Gathering - 20th November

OW meet up in Singapore

Bath and Bristol Uni Gathering - 6th February OW Gathering in New York

Exeter Uni Gathering - 11th March OW Gathering in New York

OW Gathering in New York

Waterloo Day Celebrations Perth - 18th June

Exeter Uni Gathering - 11th March OW Oxford Uni Gathering - 14th November

OW Gathering in New York

Hatches&Matches

Becky Chilton

Becky Chilton (Ap 05) married Chris Chilton on 21st December 2019 at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Wellington College.

There were various OWs in attendance, as follows: All Apsley '05 — Amy Ohta (Ap 05) (maid of honour), Cheryl Githinji (Ap 05), Ginny Richardson (Ap 05), Emily Scott (Ap 05), Claire Sears (Ap 05), Chris Gillman (Hill '05), Kevin Cowan (Murray '05), Michael Spooner (Beresford '05). Harry Bradwell (Hopetoun '05), Jason Denhart (Anglesey '05), Hormuz Mostofi (Hill '05) and Kate Stovold (Ap '03).

Lara Muir

Lara Muir (Ap 05) and married Tomek Lasocki on 9th November 2019 at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, followed by the wedding reception at Micklefield Hall, Sarratt.

OWs involved on the day: Alexandra Patton-Cave (Ap 05) and Alessandra Muir (Ap 08) were bridesmaids (along with a few others!).Paddy Corridan (A 05) was our Master of Ceremonies (and as you would expect, did an absolutely fantastic job). Jeremy Barker (P 05) very kindly played the piano for us whilst we signed the register in the Church (songs from The Greatest Showman and Love Actually).

Sam Edgerley

Sam Edgerley (Bd 10) married Olivia Crabb on August 2nd 2019, at Castello La Leccia, Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany.An incredible 28 OWs attended, including Sam’s three sisters Milly (Ap 08), Katie (Ap 12) and Lucy Edgerley (C 14). Groomsmen included Simon Haddad (S 10), Max Skipworth-Button (Bd 09), Joe Munro (A 09), Christian Lewis-Pratt (Hn 09), Caldon Pike (Bd 09) and Angus Paskin Orr (Bd 10) who also played guitar and sang an awesome song in his speech! Tom Rowe (T 10) and Gordon Hamilton-Fairley (Hg 10) were masters of ceremonies.

Other OWs who attended were: James Rendell (S 10), Max Chapman (Bn 10), Max Fawcett (Bd 10), Luke James (Bn 10), Charlie Pickard (Bl 10), Rhys Howells (Hg 09), Patrick Ware (L 10), Will Newland (Hn 09), Ed Lewis-Pratt (Hn 06), Milly Macmanus (Ap 10), Emily Hill (Ap 10), Isabelle Wilkinson (O 10), Charlotte Bowring (O 10), Clem Bunting (Ap 10), Abi Gadsby (Ap 09), Emma Blandford - Newson (C10) and Olivia Glennie (P 10).

Charlie Maughan

Charlie Maughan (M 09) married Nikki Maughan on Saturday 4th March 2017 at Royal Perth Yacht Club. 6 OWs flew over to Perth, which was a fantastic turnout, two of those were joint best men Ollie Fitz-Gibbon and Freddie Edmunds (both L ’09). L-R: Pete Carmody (M ’09), Oli Golzari (M ’09), James Ho (M ’08) and Anton Zujev (M ’09) also attended.

Congratulations to Charlie and Nikki who welcomed their baby daughter Frankie Rose Maughan into the world on 24th March 2020.

Quentin Hunter

Quentin Hunter (T 90) and his wife Ann Hunter welcomed Daniella Maria Hunter on the 27th May 2020 big sister Eleanor Alexandra Hunter who was born on 20th September 2017 looks very happy with the new addition to the family!

Matt Cooksley

Congratulations to OW Matt Cooksley (Hl 92) and wife Mary Elizabeth Waite who welcomed their daughter Oliva Mary into the world on 22nd May 2020 in London.