Alleyn Club Yearbook
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ALLEYN CLUB YEARBOOK “Everyday is a good day” Henry Fraser Class of 2017 Contents Welcome to the 113th issue of the Alleyn Club The President 03 Yearbook. I am sure you will have noticed Dates for your diary 04 the striking front cover of a lion’s head. This extraordinary artwork was kindly donated by From The Master 05 Henry Fraser (08 – 11). Forced to rebuild his life Tresca 09 after breaking his spinal chord as a seventeen Professional Networking 11 year old, Henry has gone from strength to strength creating an Mentoring Programme 14 impressive CV built around public speaking, painting and now OA News 15 writing. His book ‘Little Big Things’ tells his remarkable story. We take a glimpse at his most memorable 2017. A Piece of Schoolboy Sporting History 20 Fringe 2017 - Edinburgh Festival 21 As many of you will already know, 2019 is the Quatercentenary of Henry Fraser 22 Edward Alleyn’s Foundation of his ‘College of Gods Gift’ at Dulwich. OA Publications 23 Details of events organised by the Alleyn Club are beginning to emerge and we hope to arrange a sports dinner, an OA evening, a Edward Alleyn’s Foundation 27 Founder’s Ball and the usual Annual Dinner. Further details on page GE Moore Lecture Series, 2017 Season 29 38. Commemorating Victoria Crosses 31 Bell House 33 The growth of our Professional Networking events has been a feature of 2017 and we take the opportunity to interview young OAs Southwark Schools Learning Partnership 35 who have started up their own businesses. Daniel Catino (12-17), International Schools 37 Giacomo Skeate (12-17) and Robert Power (12-17) have set up, and Campus Works 39 taken on, the running of a pizza restaurant in South London while College Finances 41 Ndubisi Uchea (03-10) has established a media platform called Word on the Curb 45 Word on the Curb which uses video content to share stories with a millennial audience. Co-Curricular 47 Clubs & Societies 51 Our sporting clubs have had another successful year. The golfers International OA Community 65 reached the second round of the Halford Hewitt Cup in April while in Events News 67 October our sailors won the Charterhouse Bowl at the Arrow Trophy weekend. The Association Football Club are flying high in the second 60 Years on Reunion 69 division of the Arthurian League and we wish them well as they take Obituaries 71 on Charterhouse in the quarter final of the Arthur Dunn Cup. Valete 103 Our obituary section continues to be written with extraordinary Honorary Staff Members of the Alleyn Club 105 care and attention to detail by Jim Bush and I could not end without Presidents of the Alleyn Club 107 thanking the Development Office for all the work they put in on Minutes of the 2017 AGM 108 behalf of Old Alleynians everywhere during the course of the year. Alleyn Club Accounts 110 Notice of the 2018 AGM 111 Trevor Llewelyn Hon Secretary Appendix 112 How we use your data Editorial Team We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold. The mission of the Alleyn Club and Development Trevor Llewelyn (72-79) Secretary and Editor Office at Dulwich College is to meaningfully engage with the College community Joanne Whaley Alumni and Parent Relations Manager of parents, OAs, parents of OAs, and current and former staff; to draw all Alison Cole Deputy Editor constituents closer to the College and to each other; to maximize charitable contributions to the College; and to support Dulwich in achieving its mission of Yasmin Rajah Graphic Designer engaging pupils in good learning, both in the classroom and beyond. For this we collect data that you supply, together with publicly available data to provide you Contact Us with an improved experience, to send you communications which are relevant and Matt Jarrett Director of Development timely and to identify opportunities which might be of interest to you. Cecily Allison Annual Fund & Major Gifts Manager We always seek to ensure that all communications we share with you are aligned Alison Cole Alleyn Club & Development Administrator with your interests. Kathi Palitz Database & Operations Officer Joanne Whaley Alumni & Parent Relations Manager We will always respect a request by you to stop processing your personal data. Please read our full privacy notice at: http://www.dulwich.org.uk/support-us Alleyn Club and Development Office /DulwichCollege Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD @Alleyn_Club The Alleyn Club +44 (0)20 82998436 [email protected] www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians 02 THE PRESIDENT: Professor Andrew Tomkins, OBE start an OA mentoring scheme in which OAs who are established in their careers will mentor those who are just starting. We are, with the school, designing exciting celebrations, in 2019, of 400 years since the founding of our school. There will be great opportunities for OAs to re-visit and see the current dynamic status of Dulwich College. We look forward to exploring how regional UK and international groups of OAs might join these celebrations. I am really looking forward to meeting up with many OAs in the coming year, throughout the UK and internationally, recognising the impact that very many contribute to society. It is an enormous privilege to serve The professional networking the Alleyn Club as President; we are programme for OAs is extremely extremely grateful for all the work by popular, providing opportunities for Sir Colin Rimer, the committee, those individual OAs and for students from in the Development Office and officers our school, and linked schools, to of the clubs and societies who support explore a range of careers; podcasts the many social and recreational of some meetings are available activities of the Alleyn Club. online. In the coming year, we shall 03 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY The details of the events so far confirmed for 2018 are listed below. Canon Carver Lunch October Dulwich College Singapore Reunion Dinner Saturday 12 May, 12.30pm – 3pm A calendar of all our events, together Venue and date tbc with secure online booking facilities Los Angeles OA lunch for many, can be found online at Venue tbc oa.dulwich.org.uk/eventscalendar Saturday 19 May November Alleyn Club Dinner and AGM Vancouver OA lunch Great Hall, Dulwich College Venue tbc Friday 2 November, 6pm – 11pm March Tuesday 22 May A Night at the Races, Woodbine Track OAs in Healthcare Toronto OA dinner Dulwich College Toronto, Canada Toronto Ladies Golf Club Wednesday 7 November, Saturday 3 March Sunday 27 May 6.30pm – 9pm April June Remembrance Day Service Dulwich College New York OA dinner OAFC Dinner Friday 9 November 11am East India Club Keens Steak House Saturday 7 April, 7pm Friday 1 June, 7pm Past President’s Lunch Dulwich College OAs in the Law New York Drinks Reception Friday 9 November 12 noon Stephenson Harwood LLP Venue and time tbc Thursday 19 April, 6.30pm Oxford Lunch Saturday 2 June A networking reception open to all Venue tbc OAs with an interest in the Law. OAs in the Services Date and time tbc The reception is hosted by John Dulwich College Fordham at Stephenson Harwood Friday 8 June December LLP. This year we invite all OAs in the services to join us at the College Carols by Candlelight Chichester Lunch for the Annual CCF Dinner Southwark Cathedral Chichester Yacht Club Friday 7 December, 7pm Saturday 21 April, 12.30pm – 3pm Dedication Service Germany Spring Lunch Parish Church St Barnabas, Colditz Dulwich Village Professional Networking Saturday 21 April Friday 29 June, 7pm The Alleyn Club are keen to talk to any OAs who would be interested in hosting Founder’s Day a professional networking event at their May Dulwich College organisation. Areas of interest are: Finance, Saturday 30 June, All Day, Arts and Media, City, Legal and Healthcare. Kent and Sussex Dinner including Benefactor’s Event at 5.15pm We are happy to talk about other sectors Tunbridge Wells also, e.g. Sport & Advertising etc. Friday 4 May, 7pm September Photographs from our events can be found at: www.flickr.com/ OAs in the Third Sector Wessex Dinner dulwichcollege-oas-development Dulwich (venue tbc) Sherborne School Follow us@Alleyn_Club for all the latest Wednesday 9 May, 6.30pm – 9pm Friday 21 September, 7pm news and events 04 FROM THE MASTER: Dr Joseph Spence In sport, we celebrated becoming and grandfather to Nicholas in Year the first side ever to have won both 11. Chris is also Chairman of the the Champions Trophy and the U18 Trustees of Southwark Community Schools Cup after a 34-29 victory Education Council (SCEC), a local over Blundell’s in a tremendously charity set up by lifelong Southwark competitive Champions Trophy final resident, Edna Mathieson, in 1992 at Allianz Park. Turning to individuals and known colloquially as the with whom we are proudly associated, Saturday School. SCEC works we celebrated Henry Fraser (2008- together with local primary schools 2011) who published his first book, to offer children the chance to extend Little Big Things, with a foreword by their skills in literacy, mathematics JK Rowling, to critical acclaim. And or science in a stimulating and fun while we are never going to be driven environment on Saturdays at three 2017 was a year of celebration, by league tables, we celebrated the Dulwich Foundation schools, Dulwich innovation and commemoration at achievements of Year 11 who were College, James Allen’s Girls’ School Dulwich College. awarded the College’s best ever set and Alleyn’s School. of GCSE results. Celebration In September 1951 Chris came One of the great joys of this year was to the College on a Kent County presenting a Fellowship at the Past Scholarship, became Vice-Captain, Presidents’ Lunch on 10 November Captain of Raleigh and Choir Prefect, to the tireless and timeless Chris and played for the second XV.