General News

The following pupils who left the College in July 2006 have been awarded grants from the Konstam Fund for work between leaving Marlborough and going up to University.

• Harriet Kay (MM) - £600 for working at an orphanage in Da Nang, Vietnam.
• Cordelia Keevil (MO) - £500 . Cordelia will be teaching in a school for Aborigines in Australia.
• Mark Maurice (C2) - £500. Mark will be teaching in Uganda for 3 months.
• Felicia Page (SU) - £500. Teaching for 5 months in the Gambia.
• Phoebe Parker (SU) - £500. Phoebe will be working on conservation projects in the Peruvian rainforest.
• Camilla Patterson (NC) - £600. Teaching in Malawi for 3 months.
• David Stansbury (CO) - £600. Teaching for 4 months in Peru.

Congratulations to a group of 2005 Leavers who organised a splendid Dinner at the Oval just before Christmas. The evening was most convivial and they kindly invited the Secretary as Guest Speaker - the only person there who was over 18!! The main organisers were Ed Atkin (C1 2000-05), Nick Gardner (B House 2000-05) and James Middleton (BH 2000-05).

Harry Vickers (SU 2000-05) is spending his summer vacation cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise money for his local children's charity REACT, which helps to improve the quality of life of children with life-limiting illnesses. Please visit reactcharity.org or givenow.org for details.

Edward Jeens (BH 1998-03) has recently been selected to Captain the Great Britain Shooting Team Under 25 Tour to Canada - his 21st birthday was only in February, so this is some achievement! (Ed.)

Libby Keir (LI 1998-2000) is now an expert powerboat racing navigator and is featuring in a new TV series on Channel 4.

Larry Sng (C2 1996-98) has just been elected to the Sarawak Regional Government and is Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister.

Alethea Steven (NC 1994-99) played the part of Anne Roebuck in Thomas Hardy's 'Under the Greenwood Tree', which was shown on ITV on Boxing Day 2005.

Edward Gould (Master 1993-2004) has been appointed Chairman of the Independent Schools Council. He is also on the Boards of the United Learning Trust and the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority and is Vice President of the English Speaking Union.

Andrew Shepherd (LI 1993-98) wrote and acted in a fine production of The Trial of Sir Henry Irving at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden.

Juliet Kennard (MO 1992-97) is about to start her second year at Columbia, one of the world's top business schools, where she is studying for an MBA. This follows her working as Business Strategy/Marketing Manager for the Sunday Times. She is being sponsored by News International and will also be working for Fox News in New York, which will put her in the thick of US politics.

Having been in Shanghai, China since 2001 Josef Jelinek (CO 1990-95) now runs his own Strategic Sourcing/Outsourcing & Market Entry Company. His email address is: jj@inecko.com and he would be keen to hear from anyone who is interested in developing business links with China.

Ben Craven (B3 1989-92) is now living in Sweden, with his wife Ulrika and 6-year old twin sons.

Tom ap Rhys Pryce (B1 1988-93) who was tragically murdered on January 2006, was remembered by members of the College in a series of entertainments in the Memorial Hall in April. The proceeds of the evening were donated to the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust. Individual donations can be made online to www.linklaters.com/tarp/index.html or by cheque to Caroline Batho, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ. Cheques should be made payable to "The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust".

The Revd Canon Laurence Gunner (CR 1986-96) retires from St George's, Windsor this summer. He was formerly Chaplain of Bloxham before taking up a similar post at the College. He and his wife, Alegria, will be moving to Invernesshire.

Fred Milner (SU 1983-88) is working as a lawyer, specialising in trust matters, and lives in Jersey with his wife Amy, and two children, Emilia and Oscar.

Sebastian Brooke (LI 1982-86) has opened a new studio in Monmouth for his stone carving. His website is www.sebastianbrooke.com

Frank Gardener (LI 1974-79) the BBC Security Correspondent seriously injured in Riyadh in 2004, was Sue Lawley's guest in a most enjoyable broadcast of Desert Island Discs recently. A review of his bestselling book Blood and Sand appears in the Book Review section of the Magazine.

Andrew Jonas (B3 1974-78) has been elected to a Professorship in Geography at the University of Hull.

Giles Quinan (C2 1971-76) organised a superb Hog Roast at the Berkshire home of Richard Haas (C2 1971-76). Other luminaries there were Rod Wells (C2 1972-77), Robert Hewetson (C2 1971-76), John Spens (B3 1971-76), Neville Quie (LI 1972-76), Bridget Goldsmith (B1 1974-76), Duncan Quinan (C2 1969-74) and Katy Martin-Jones (B1 1974-76) and a great time was had by them and their families on a beautiful June day.

Rupert Wise (B3 1970-75), former Senior Prefect and Cambridge Boxing Blue, had a narrow escape when, with his wife Linda, they were arrested by the Iranian authorities and imprisoned for 13 days for allegedly trespassing on the secret military island of Abu Musa, 60 miles north of the coast of the United Arab Emirates. They were on the maiden voyage of their newly purchased catamaran, when it was boarded by armed Iranian sailors. The British Embassy in Teheran later successfully negotiated their release.

Patrick Compton (C1 1966-71) is well and living in Durban, South Africa. He is following in his father’s (Denis) distinguished footsteps as the cricket correspondent for Independent Newspapers and covers a variety of tours in various countries. He hopes to cover the S African tour over here in 2008.

Brig Mark Elcomb (SU 1965-69) was appointed Chapter Clerk to Salisbury Cathedral in May 2006, following a distinguished career spanning 35 years. His last posting was as Commander of the Multinational Task Force (North West) in Bosnia.

Keith Porter (LI 1965-67) has been appointed Hon Professor of Clinical Traumatology at Birmingham University and Consultant Trauma Surgeon.

Martin Winbolt Lewis (B2 1960-65) has been appointed Head of Chaplaincy Services in the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.

Peter Vacher (B2 1955-59) has written a book entitled Hurricane R4118. Published by Grub Street Publishing, price £20.00 hardback.

After a happy career as a solicitor Adam Pyke (LI 1948-51) is now retired and working as a Lay Reader in the parish of East Dereham in the Diocese of Norwich.

Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Severne (1939-43) writes. “I was interested to see the article in the January issue of ‘Aeroplane’ magazine headed ‘Lost and Found’ because it reminded me of a similar event in 1941 (or thereabouts) when I was in Cotton House, although this one had a happier ending. A Cotton OM had recently joined the Gunners as an Air Observation Post (AOP) pilot flying Austers. One Sunday afternoon he landed his aircraft in a field behind the house and joined us for tea. Naturally this caused much excitement. The 1928 incident looks as if it is much the same type of event. Did he pilot show off on departure and fly too low? Or was there some reason for the crash, an engine failure perhaps? If anyone recognises the 1928 event perhaps they could contact the Editor who will forward the details to the ‘Aeroplane’.

I was first taken up in 1935 at the age of 10 in a Gypsy Moth from West Malling near our home in Kent. From that day I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life and I was fortunate to have been able o spend 43 very happy years with the RAF, mostly in flying appointments or jobs associated with aircraft. For some years I had held a secret ambition to fly a Tiger Moth to celebrate my 80^th birthday. I had learned to fly in that splendid aeroplane, which is the younger cousin of the Gypsy Moth, in 1944. Those were wonderful days. We had our heads in the fresh air, no radios, no hi-tech intercom (just an old fashioned speaking tube), no navigation aids other than a map and a very wobbly compass, no runways and, best of all, no Air Traffic Control! And all this in the beautiful Scottish Highlands from Scone, near Perth. I had not flown a Tiger for forty years and I was anxious to test the bicycle theory – once you can ride a bike, you can always ride a bike. I therefore persuaded Charlie Shea-Simmonds, who had restored a beautiful Tiger Moth which he keeps at Netheravon, to take me up last August to celebrate my 80^th. I was gratified to find that it all came back to me as if it was yesterday. We had magical time!”

The Rev Harold Salisbury (B2 1934-39) has been a Priest for 60 years and is still actively engaged in the Ministry.