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KGS Friends January 2015 1 Sherriff Update PAGE 8 Henley Royal Regatta PAGE 10 Feast at the Field PAGE 11 KGS Friends JULY 2015, ISSUE 14 www.kgs.org.uk/alumni KGS Summer Art Exhibiton ...INCORPORATING THE OLD KINGSTONIAN ASSOCIATION

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She r r i f f Upda te PAGE 8 Hen ley Roya l Rega t t a PAGE 10 Fea s t a t t he F i e l d PAGE 11

KGS FriendsJULY 2015, ISSUE 14 www.kgs.org.uk/alumni

KGS Summer Art Exhibiton

...INCORPORATING THE OLD KINGSTONIAN ASSOCIATION

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Class of 2015

One Term On Reunion

Date in December TBC

Missing KGS already? There will be a One Term On Reunion for the class of 2015 in December.

Join us from 8pm at Rubi London, for drinks and canapes courtesy of KGS Friends. The perfect chance to catch up after leaving KGS.

97 Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6 4AWThe list of attendees will be regularly updated on the website at:

www.kgs.org.uk/Alumni-Events

Pre-1970 Reunion

Were you at KGS before 1970? Following the success in recent years of the Golden and Diamond Reunions the next in our annual series of decade reunions will combine the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s for a large scale celebration of the years of ‘Jimmie’ James, Percy Rundle and the Direct Grant, the years before independence, co-education and the demise of the grand plan to move to Thames Ditton.

All KGS pupils and staff who were here then are very warmly invited back to KGS to share their memories and meet old friends over lunch, drinks, tours of the School and tea on Sat 10th October from 12.30 p.m. Please save the date, tell your friends (especially any we might have lost contact with) and watch out for the invitations that will arrive by post and email at the end of August. If you would like to book a place before then, please e-mail [email protected]

Forthcoming Events

KGS Freinds

Quiz Night

Saturday 14th November

The ever-popular KGS Friends Quiz Night returns at a slightly later date this year – Saturday 14th November. This is a hugely enjoyable event very much along the lines of the PSA quiz evenings, with dinner, some wine and prizes included in the ticket price of £15 per head or £100 for a team of eight. Top questions by a leading professional setter, surprise guest question-masters/mistresses, Jerry’s curry, a well-stocked bar and sparking prizes all promise a fun-packed evening not to be missed, so please save the date and start putting your crack teams together.

Details of how to book will be in the September issue of the Newsletter and fl yers will be sent out at the same time. Capital of Uzbekistan, anyone?

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Alumni News

A Study of Heads

Kingston Grammar School is perhaps uniquely fortunate in having six living Head teachers and we were delighted to be able to gather them all together on Friday 20th March. Along with the Chair of Governors, Dermot Rice, and his two surviving predecessors, Paul Marsh and John Elvidge, the six Heads, John Strover (1970 – 1977), Sidney Miller (1977 - 1987), Tony Creber (1987 – 1991), Duncan Baxter (1991 - 2009), Sarah Fletcher (2009 – 2014) and Stephen Lehec (2014 - ) posed for a photograph that will be hung in a prominent position, yet to be decided, to celebrate the occasion. There was tea, time to talk to some of the staff (the longest serving of whom, we calculate, would have worked under fi ve of the Heads) and current members of the prefect body, and an opportunity to tour the school and note the changes that had been made over the 45 years of which our guests were the embodiment. It was a remarkable occasion, and one that may become something of a tradition in the years to come.

Gavin Featherstone, OK 1972

Gavin’s new hockey book, with references to KGS in it, is available in the UK from amazon.co.uk - search “The Hockey Dynamic” by Gavin Featherstone; Publishers - Reedswain.Inc.

‘The Hockey Dynamic is an insightful examination into the many factors that have contributed to making hockey the global sport that it is today. Drawing from his experiences in a life lived in the hockey world at all levels of the game, Featherstone is uniquely qualifi ed to present this study of the game and its growth.’A coach with a wide range of experiences, Featherstone has 324 international matches to his credit as a former Olympic coach for both the United States (1984) and South Africa (1996). At the 1984 Games, he was the youngest coach to ever take a fi eld hockey team to the Olympics. He also led the USA in the Pan-American Games, while heading up South Africa in the World Cup and All-African Games. Featherstone has served as the head coach for England’s men’s and women’s U21 World Cup teams.

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Howard and David Boyd

On Monday 29th June we had a visit from brothers Howard (OK 1963) and David (OK 1957) Boyd.

This was their fi rst visit back to the School in over 30 years. They had fond memories of the Cage and were surprised how familiar it all seemed despite all the changes.

UCAS Event

On Thursday 25th June, we were joined by 17 recent leavers who came back to the school to partake in a UCAS application workshop event.

The alumni met current pupils to give advice on the UCAS application process and how to write a successful personal statement. Thanks to all who gave up their time to be there on the day. Another very successful event for the KGS Careers Department.

Travel Awards

KGS Friends has awarded two Travel Grants of £600 to Upper Sixth-formers this year.

Josie Darwin plans to complete a twelve-month volunteering placement with the charity Project Trust in Honduras, where she will be living and working within a rural town, teaching English as a foreign language to primary school children. During her stay, Josie will be living with a host family, further immersing myself in the culture and hopefully securing fl uency in Spanish.Joanne Davies has also secured a teaching placement with Project Trust, but is unsure as we go to press whether it will be in Honduras, like Josie, Ghana or India. Joanne will primarily be teaching English alongside Science and Maths and running co-curricular activities after school.Both girls have been busy fund-raising all year in various ingenious ways, from cake-sales and cake-decoration classes to marathon-running, and we are delighted to contribute to their living expenses while they are away. Travel Awards are available to all OKs for ten years from their leaving the School,

but are dependent on satisfying certain criteria, such as carrying out worthwhile or charitable work abroad. For further details or to apply for a grant, please contact Nick Bond at [email protected] or [email protected]

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The Fight Against Ebola

Dr Amy Hughes (OK 1998) has just returned from Sierra Leone where she has been working to train and coordinate the NHS professionals who have volunteered to work with those affected by the Ebola outbreak. On her return, we spoke to her about her journey from Kingston to Sierra Leone and many countries in between……

As a pupil at KGS in the 90s, I loved my time as I was always involved in as much as possible. Rowing, House sports, CCF and all the academic side too. I was most defi nitely fully engaged in everything as the opportunities were so rich and my academic studies integrated well with my co-curricular interests. The only thing I ruled out was Music as I’m tone deaf!I remember the small classes and the great rapport with teachers. My A levels were Chemistry, Biology and Geography. Admittedly, Geography was a bit of an unusual choice for an aspiring medic but I really enjoyed it and I am still in contact with my Geography teacher, Deb Williams.Whilst none of the subjects came easily to me, I worked hard at school and enjoyed taking on plenty of responsibilities, so I was a Senior Prefect whilst rowing for the Junior GB team.When I look back, developing the skills in time management and self-discipline, which were required to balance both the academic side of school, the sport and other extracurricular activities I was involved in, was really key to successfully getting into and fi nishing medical school. I certainly draw on those skills a huge amount now in balancing my current work strands! I’m sure subconsciously Geography did plant a bit of a seed early on for my interest in working within medicine in low-resource countries and humanitarian environments. This has been a hugely fulfi lling part of my career.After leaving university, I began my training towards a career in Emergency Medicine. I was particularly interested in pre-hospital care (HEMS), where you work as a part of a paramedic/pilot/doctor trauma team delivering advanced interventions in the pre-hospital environment, stabilising the patient and transferring them to the relevant hospital.

Following the fi rst few years of medical practice, I stepped away from hospital medicine to explore expedition medicine and complete the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This gave me a much greater depth of understanding and awareness of health in different global contexts and really helped carve my future medical career. After a spell of being involved as the medic for some remote expeditionary environments, I returned to hospital medicine and completed a European Masters in Disaster Medicine, which strengthened my drive to work medically within this area. In 2009, I spent six months working with the Royal Flying Doctors in Northern Australia and the Queensland Rescue Helicopter, delivering care to acutely unwell patients in remote parts of Northern Australia and aero-medically retrieving them to a larger health facility. This was a fantastic experience and one which I would like to repeat again in the future. After returning to the UK, I completed about fourteen months with the pre hospital country teams (Kent, Surrey, Sussex Air Ambulance) before embarking on a seven month secondment with Medecins Sans Frontier in Northern Sri Lanka shortly after the confl ict. Along with local staff and other MSF colleagues we support. Working with the community and health colleagues,, I learnt considerable amounts about delivery and access of health care in low-resource environments. On returning from MSF, and after a short period of re-acclimatisation back in the UK, I went back to pre-hospital work undertaking a wonderfully challenging eight month secondment with London’s Air Ambulance HEMS team.

“a holistic approach to learning and life is something that I’ve defi nitely brought with me from KGS

Instead of returning to hospital medicine full time, in 2013 I embarked on a PhD at the Humanitarian and Confl ict Response Institute, University of Manchester, exploring the role and training of foreign medical teams in humanitarian emergencies. My role at HCRI has expanded to include becoming a clinical lecturer in emergency response and being a core part of the UK-Med team aimed at training and supporting health care workers deploying to humanitarian emergencies. Recently, UK clinicians have been deployed to Typhoon Haiyan, the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and the recent Nepal earthquake.I’ve had a career so far that I have been passionate about, and have been privileged to work with some amazing communities and health care workers across the world. I have really enjoyed exploring a career within medicine from all angles and have, I hope, maximised my opportunities. I think a holistic approach to learning and life is something that I’ve defi nitely brought with me from KGS, and its ethos of integrated learning and supporting students in all aspects of their school life has been key. So what’s next? I’d like to continue what I am doing, but perhaps I should start to think about putting down some roots and becoming slightly less nomadic..... a country smallholding and pair of wellies perhaps.....?!

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Prizegiving

This year’s Prizegiving was a cheerful celebration of the year’s achievements, an element of good-humoured involvement being provided by the contributions of the pupils themselves.Opening the proceedings, the Chair of Governors, Mr Dermot Rice, said that KGS’s watchwords were distinctiveness and independence, which gave our pupils a vital advantage in later life. Mr Rice urged the prizewinners not to be afraid to question facts, to have faith in their intuition and not to give up in the face of failure. It was better, as Isaac Asimov put it, to make a good future than predict a bad one.In his address, the Head Master said his problem was not what to include but what to leave out. As well as all the work of the classroom, there was a huge diversity of activity going on outside it, and on top of that what the pupils were involved in outside school. Particular attention was drawn to the amount of volunteering KGS pupils did. They were excellent ambassadors and we were very proud of them.Distributing the prizes were two Old Kingstonians, for the juniors Sarah Haycroft, GB hockey player and Captain of Surbiton HC, and for the seniors Jon Alexander, the leading fi gure in the New Citizenship Project, which challenges the morality of our consumer society.

Senior Speaker Jon Alexander

Our senior guest speaker was Jon Alexander, School Captain in 1999. After spending the fi rst decade of his career in advertising and marketing, Jon set up his own organisation, the New Citizenship Project, which aims to use the same creative and commercial skills but in a very different way - working with purpose-driven organisations across all sectors to inspire people to participate in society as citizens, rather than just sell stuff to us as consumers. Jon spoke to the prizewinners and their parents about why he believed there had never been a more exciting time to be alive, or to be young - not because there were no big challenges facing the new generation, but precisely because there were so many. As Jon says, “I fi rmly believe the rules of society are changing now in a way that hasn’t been seen since the Industrial Revolution. The young leaders coming out of KGS now are perfectly placed to shape that future, and we need them to - they have all the advantages of a great education, but are still suffi ciently embedded in real life and in their local community to be able to understand and see the world from a less privileged perspective too. It’s

a privilege to be able to come back and speak about this with them.”

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Surbiton Ladies hockey

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On Sunday 19th April, Sarah Haycroft (OK 2009), Natalie Maclean (OK 2000), Harriet Tibble (OK 2009) and current pupil Holly Munro became National Champions after winning the Premier League Play-offs at the Olympic Park. They are currently unbeaten on British turf and the match was aired on Sky Sports.

Junior Speaker Sarah Haycroft

In her speech, Sarah spoke of the hard work and sacrifi ce her life in hockey entailed. Her KGS hockey tour of South Africa had been an eye-opening experience, visiting Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned, having had a lasting impact. She encouraged the pupils present to use their time here to fi nd what it was that they were most passionate about and to make the most of what KGS had to offer.

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Drama During Wartime

This month I would like to share with you two further photographs from the collection of Roy Charles Allen (OK, 1938-1948).I mistakenly thought that girls were introduced to KGS in 1978, but these two wonderful images dating from 1942 clearly prove otherwise! The images in fact show fourth formers dressed as ‘mesdames’ to sing ‘Sur le pont d’Avignon’ on Speech Day. Mr Allen is pictured in the front row, second from left in both pictures. He remembers that this occasion was arranged by Dr Nicholls, the French Master, who had acquired a limp and speech impediment from shell-shock during WWI.Mr Allen remembers that during wartime ‘Afternoon Speech days continued with occasional opportunities to take part in a drama of some sort - like ‘The Bishop of Beauvais’, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Evening activities were largely non-existent, apart from the occasional ‘Aid to Russia’ concert - in which I took part with my piano accordion - until after the war ended when we were able to put on proper plays like ‘The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse’, which I thoroughly enjoyed being part of.’From the Archive, I was able to show Mr Allen a copy of the programme for ‘The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse in which he played an ex-convict ‘Badger Lee. ‘Although his part was comparatively short, Allen was outstanding as a pale and palsied ex-convict. So convincingly did he play this character that on each evening he earned a spontaneous and well-merited ovation from the audience as he left the stage.’ (The Kingstonian, January 1948)To contact the Archivist, Joanne Halford, please email [email protected] or call 020 8865 0111

Sherriff Project Update: New Archive Catalogues Launched

We are delighted to announce the completion of new detailed catalogues for the R C Sherriff archive which is looked after by the Surrey History Centre on behalf of the School. Sherriff OK (1905-13), was the author of the successful WWI play “Journey’s End” and was a major benefactor of the KGS Boat Club. He left a wealth of unpublished diaries, letters and manuscripts, including an unfi nished sequel to “Journey’s End”.In 2013 a Heritage Lottery Fund grant was awarded for a First World War commemoration project entitled ‘To Journey’s End and Beyond: the Life and Legacy of R C Sherriff’ which will celebrate Sherriff’s life and cultural legacy, focusing in particular on his iconic and deeply moving drama, the action of which is set in a British dug-out on the eve of the great German offensive of March 1918. One of the main aims of the project was to create comprehensive catalogues of the papers which had previously been kept in un-indexed boxes and were in need of proper restoration and analysis. Project Archivist Zoe Karens was appointed to undertake this work. Zoe has spent the past year sorting and cataloguing over 100 boxes of documents and has produced three fantastically detailed catalogues which really bring the collection to life.These catalogues (refs: 2332, 3813 and 9314) are now available for researchers to browse via SURCAT, Surrey

History Centre’s online catalogue of archive holdings http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/CalmView/ (click on ‘Advanced search’ and select ‘catalogue’, type the relevant reference number in the ‘SHC reference number’ box and click on ‘search’).The project continues with the History Centre team busy putting together a travelling display and collection leafl et, along with an online educational resource and Sherriff image gallery. The project also involved the commissioning and staging of a new play by Roland Wales to explore the origins of Journey’s End in Sherriff’s own wartime service with the 9th Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment. The play, ‘How Like it All is’, enjoyed a tremendous reception when a rehearsed reading with a cast of our own talented actors was given at the Rose Theatre in June 2014. We are looking forward to a full production of the play September 23rd and 25th.‘Kingston Grammar School rowing team, 1912. Sherriff is sat on the far left (SHC Ref. 2332/6/6/1)’

From the Archive

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Five Year Reunion

It was a sultry summer night in June when the Class of 2010 gathered for their Five Year Reunion. Slowly at fi rst in a faint trickle they came, then a quickening stream and fi nally a great torrent of OKs deluging the outside space of Gigalum Bar in Clapham, until a good two-thirds of the year must have been there.As if in reply, the skies opened at one point and we all took shelter under the umbrellas as the storm broke, but the downpour did little to quench the enthusiasm of the OKs, any more than the ocean of booze (it seemed so much when we arrived!) the OKs guzzled until the seas ran dry, washing away mighty continents of canapés and fi nger food in the fl ood.Still hungering and thirsting for more, the Kingstonian tide swept on to Infernos to club the night away, while your correspondent took another way and toddled off to the bus stop. Our thanks to everyone who came along and especially to Molly Hanson-Akins, Katie Shanahan, Georgia Curtis, Matt Pheasant and Tom Beaumont for doing all the organising. It was a great night – at least the part I was at – and here’s to 2020 and the Ten Year!

Class of 1980 Reunion

On Saturday 20th June the class of 1980 reunited at the school for some lunch, drinks and a good catch up. Thanks go to year representative Keith Foreman for organising the day with around twenty friends attending.

A special mention goes to John Donovan who did the 458-mile round trip from Yorkshire to be with us. He contributed the following about the day: After a gap of 35 years it was fascinating to see how the school had retained its essential character, despite the countless additions and improvements.I am sure Simon Allford enjoyed the opportunity to relive his 3-times-round-the-Cage run in 1976, courtesy of Mr McIver, following a wrong answer in 3A Latin, whilst Mark Sprackland & Simon White seemed to have come to terms with their old 1C form-room having been converted into toilets.Nick Bond’s encyclopaedic knowledge of all our former teachers - including those who had left before even he started - defi nitely enhanced our enjoyment of the occasion. Most importantly I wanted to thank KGS Friends for making us feel so welcome.

Graduation and Leavers’ Ball

On Wednesday 24 June, we celebrated U6 Graduation in the Hall. As usual the students arrived looking stunning in their evening dresses and black tie. Mr Lehec’s speech was full of pride as he spoke of the bright future ahead of them and their many achievements in academic, co-curricular and community fi elds. Proud parents looked on as the students all came up to receive their prizes and Leavers’ certifi cates from Mr Lehec and Miss McDonald. Almost as proud were the tutors who had special words for each form group, when their turn came.After the ceremony, we retired to the QEII courtyard for a drinks reception, where parents and staff could enjoy a glass of sparkling wine while the students rushed to have their prom photos taken in the Theatre. Fortunately it was a beautiful, balmy evening and, when the students left for the Ball, the parents could continue with their soirée hosted by Mr Bond and Mrs Moore. We headed off to Hampton Court Palace Golf Club, which is a wonderful venue, and had a welcome drink and lovely three course meal. Cameron Leckie gave a lovely speech during dinner. Having danced the night away (joined enthusiastically by Mrs Davies), the students fi nally headed off into Kingston, many of them to continue their evening at Prism! Overall it was a successful and heart-warming event which truly represented this warm, friendly and cohesive year group. I was very proud of them and shall miss them greatly.Brenda McDonald

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On Saturday 27th June we were joined by 22 of the 2005 cohort at the school for their ten year reunion. Thanks go to Sophia Christie who stepped in as year rep as James Fairbairn had been sent off to Dubai for 18 months as part of an international leadership programme. It was a lovely day so we enjoyed drinks and crepes prepared for us by Jazzy Tea Parties, who catered the event, out in the ‘new fancy’ KGS quad. The group defi nitely earn the title of most excitable (rowdy), which made the tour of the School a very ‘merry’ experience. After they had drunk us completely dry we waved everyone off as they headed out to enjoy the rest of the evening by Kingston riverside. Congratulations go to Azra Jennings and Mathew Nourse, who are both getting married in the coming

year (to other people so no KGS coupling on this occasion). From all at KGS Friends, both have lovely wedding days and best wishes for the future! Here are some quotations from those who attended: Azra JenningsThank you Sophia for organising a wonderful afternoon! Great food, bubbles fl owing, lots of laughter and reminiscing! I’m not waiting fi fteen years for the twenty fi ve year one - I’ll see you all again in fi ve years! Lucy MillsWell done for organising, it felt funny to be swigging cava whilst looking around the school and sitting in our old biology class! Here’s to the twenty fi ve year reunion...

Henley Regatta Reception

The Reception for rowers, parents and staff past and present on the Saturday of the Henley Royal Regatta has become an established and increasingly popular event over the last four years, as testament to which this year we took up four ‘pitches’ at Henley Cricket Club, giving the School and the Boat Club the largest presence by far at this traditional lunching venue.As ever, the sun shone and the crowds came to enjoy the Pimms and delicious canapés provided by the Sherriff Club, KGS Friends and the KGS Foundation. The new Captains of Boats, Will Burden and Rachel Ibbetson, along with several of this year’s leavers, were there in their red blazers to help with the hosting duties, and alumni of all ages, the most senior among them being Derek Finlay (OK 1949), enjoyed a colourful, convivial and congenial afternoon.After the event, many of the guests wended their way to the river and the Stewards’ Enclosure, while others withdrew to an adjoining fi eld for a barbecue and some just headed off to the station to sleep all the way home. Our thanks to the Sherriff Club for all their hard work in making the event run smoothly, especially to Chair Sally Burden and to Sharon Linney, who organised the excellent catering. We look forward to more wonderful, sunny ‘time on the Thames’ next year.

Ten Year Reunion

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A young R.J. Sturgeon First XI gathered full of expectation, and some trepidation, for the annual fi xture against the School First XI. For many of the side it was the only time they would play cricket this season, but despite this the beer tent and catching up with friends proved more alluring than the practice nets.Unsurprisingly, the team’s performance was rather erratic. With the Sturgeon XI bowling fi rst, this was encapsulated by the opening spells of Tetlow and Huxford. When Huxford got the ball vaguely near the stumps the batsmen fl ailed and when he didn’t it was our keeper (and captain) Tom West who was left fl ailing. Tetlow proved to be even more inconsistent. After removing the dangerous Matt Maginnis early on he then decided that his maximum allocation of six overs wasn’t enough and proceeded to bowl enough wides to get him up to ten overs worth of deliveries. At the halfway stage of the School’s innings, however, the Sturgeon XI were optimistic, with the School already four wickets down. Unfortunately, that proved to be the cricketing highpoint of the afternoon for the old boys. Some interesting spin bowling and comedy fi elding (the latter typifi ed by KGS cricket’s Mr Beaumont) in the last fi fteen overs allowed the School to reach the dizzying heights of over 200 runs from their 30 overs, with Jonnie Bird top scoring.Things went from bad to worse when it came to the Sturgeon XI’s batting. Hostile bowling from Lewis Godliman and the awkward left arm seamers of Maginnis combined to leave the Sturgeon team in dire straits at 32-8. A recovery was led by Adam White and Liam Gardner, but even addition of Mr Scott as a 12th batsman couldn’t save the Sturgeon team from a heavy defeat.Despite this, though, an excellent day was had by all, and on behalf of the team I would like to thank James Gordon and all involved at the School for organising the fi xture. Hopefully next year’s game will be rather closer!Oliver Park

The weather held fair for the annual fi xtures between the RJ Sturgeon XIs, representing the past, and the School, and the KGS Friends Feast at the Field that now accompanies the cricket, along with the Family Tennis Tournament. Indeed it was a lovely day, with a record number of people, some two hundred, enjoying Gary’s famous barbecue and a well (but perhaps not well enough) stocked Pimms tent and bar. The burgers went down a storm, several gallons of Pimms disappeared in the blink of an eye, along with hogsheads of beer and an effervescence of soft drinks, the sausages slipped down a treat barely touching the sides and the ice cream went like hot cakes. (Note to self: more of everything next year!)Meanwhile, in the cricket there were some titanic duels between bat and ball in two keenly contested matches. For the fi rst time since the current format was adopted, the School won both games, the Second XI more narrowly than the Firsts. Matt Maginnis, the captain of the School First XI, was presented not only with the match trophy but also the Rodney Sturgeon Cup and James Gordon’s very generous personal contribution for the cricketer who has made the most of his (or her) talent, a decision sealed by his century the previous day against Emanuel School. Ralph Harvey-Kelly, who had been unable to collect the prize last year, was also presented with his award. Full match reports will appear in the July issue of the KGS Friends Newsletter.Our thanks to everyone who helped on the day, to all the players and offi cials (especially the umpire who was given the wrong timings – we cannot apologise enough!), to James Gordon for organising the Sturgeon sides and the sports staff from the School, to Gary for slaving over the hot grill and Susan for her help, and everyone who came along and enjoyed the day. It was a great success and we look forward to even bigger and better things next year. Netball, anyone?

Feast at the Field and Sturgeon Cricket

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KINGSTONGRAMMAR SCHOOL

16 October 2015THE EVENING WILL BE HELD IN THE SCHOOL HALL (WITH BAR)

TICKETS AVAILABLE DURING THE AUTUMN TERM

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