S now is falling on the ‘square’ outside as I write, andyet just yards away, Papplewick boys are safe in thecomfort of thirty degree Celsius heat as they happily

plough up and down the lanes of their new indoorswimming pool. Seeing the pool in action at this time of yearreminds me of what a pleasure it has been to put in placeperhaps the last missing piece of the jigsaw relating toPapplewick’s facilities. £150,000 was raised following asingle dinner presided over by David Wilkie, Olympic goldmedallist in ‘76, through the extraordinary generosity of ourcurrent parents. I am sure that Old Boys will recognise thatsuch generosity has always been a particularly strongcharacteristic of Papplewick parents of every previousgeneration, and has very much been the bedrock uponwhich the school has been developed.

We have also sought to provide further comfort to the boysthis year with the construction of four new common roomscomplete with cinema style staged seating and, Old Boyswill be jealous to learn, plasma screen televisions in each!

THE HEADMASTER WRITES

The interior of the newly covered Swimming Pool

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CONTENTS PAGE

The Year at Papplewick 2Speech Day 2005 3Staff Changes 4Outdoor Programme 5Obituaries 6Ex- Staff News 7Old Boys’ News 8Public Schools’ News 14School News 16Africa Adventure Tour 17Sport 18Old Boys’ Day 20

By the time one has added the ability to phone home on yourmobile from the dormitories each night, many Old Boys maybe starting to feel that Papplewick has gone soft! For thosewho do, it will come as something of a relief to learn that wehave also sought to place new challenges in front of the boysthis year, in the form of a whole school outdoor educationand leadership programme, and a wildly oversubscribedadventure tour to South Africa.

Nowadays we may seek to pamper the boys rather morethan in days of old, but we still consider that risk-taking isa vital component of every boy’s education and I amdelighted to report, particularly in this day and age, thatour current parents seem to agree.

As ever, I do hope that Old Boys will be able to find thetime to drop in at some point this year, if only to reminisceabout your less mollycoddled time at Papplewick, and howthis was instrumental in making you the man you aretoday! Sallie and I, and our three young ones, Harry,Mollie and Lily, would be delighted to see you.

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2005 produced more of the same at Papplewick, but thisyear there seems to have been even more of it! How onecan fit more into an already busy timetable, I’m not sure,but this was achieved somehow, and in spite of this nofewer than ten academic awards were gained into PublicSchools. In his speech on Speech Day, the Headmastercommented on the full day that was experienced bydedicated Staff and boy alike, a day that went on well intothe evening hours. With reference to this, Tom Bunburypassed on something that Russell Grant, the master i/cshooting, had seen on one of his after hours rifleshooting trips to Bisley - a minibus belonging to a localcomprehensive school, on the back of which wereemblazoned the words “If you see this minibus beingdriven after 6pm, please telephone the police.” I thinkthat no further comment is needed!

So the School continues to strike an impressivebalance between the academic and extracurricularactivities, in an environment that is constantly beingupdated to fit in with the requirements of the modernday. The Senior, Intermediate and Junior commonrooms have been refurbished in an exciting way, withfacilities that should make them the envy of the prepschool world. A new classroom for Year 5, has beencreated to ease friendships across the two forms, eightnew state of the art cricket nets have been installed, andthe Square and car park have been redesigned, as wasreferred to in out last edition, with a protected area thatensures safety for all. These are other examples ofphysical change that have benefited the boys.

The Art Department goes from strength to strength.Five Art awards to Public Schools were gained, setting thestandard for what was an outstanding year in 2005. Withthe art in the School being so successful, the Headmasterhas asked Caroline Brooks, who is in charge of Art, toproduce a wish list for the department. He will then

commission the total refurbishment of the Art Room toher specification during the course of the next academicyear. So this is something that we can look forward toreporting on in our next edition.

Drama has again been outstanding. Years 7 and 8 actedsplendidly in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at the end of 2004,Years 5 and 6 produced ‘Domby Dom’, requiring slicktiming and interplay, and the Lower School came up witha Variety Performance. This was a musical extravaganzafull of enthusiasm and joie de vivre, including aerobicdance routines, break dancing, synchronised moves andtight lycra. Well done the Mothers, too, for assemblingsuch an incredible array of costumes.

After an Appeal, and as a result of very generoussupport from Parents, the swimming pool now has atelescopic cover, installed during last summer holidays,and this has enabled swimming to take place all yearround. It is a great addition to the School’s facilities, andsome people wonder why this was not done years ago. Ithas certainly been considered in the past, but shelved ‘forlater discussion’. Now the cover has been installed,people are really appreciating what a difference this hasmade to Papplewick.

The School also had a very successful ski trip to Valoireover last year’s Easter half term break. There was more ofa family feel about it this time, with parents, sisters andfriends joining the 22 boys who went.

Christmas Feast 2005

An Art Lesson in full swing

Drama 2005 – Fings ain’t wot they used to be

THE YEAR AT PAPPLEWICK

The Headmaster ended his speech by paying tributeto Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen, the foundingHeadmaster, who celebrated his 90th birthday in Junelast year. “The Knatchbull-Hugessen values still runthrough the heart and soul of all that is good aboutPapplewick – the values of contributing to ourcommunity, enthusiasm for life and, above all,kindness to others. And how proud Peter would havebeen of a Year 4 boarder, who replied to a questionasked by a visiting Headmaster. ‘What do you think isthe best thing about Papplewick?’ ‘The kindness ofother boys, sir,’ was the immediate reply. There is littlemore a Head can want. If it all starts with happinesscoming first at Papplewick, and it does, then deep andabiding friendship is most definitely where it all ends.”

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SPEECH DAY 2005In his speech on Speech Day last Summer, theHeadmaster made his customary remarks on theacademic, sporting and extra-curricular life of the Schoolover the previous twelve months. He paid tribute to allthe members of Staff for their dedication in elicitingrepeatedly high performances from the boys, in alldepartments of School life. The Headmaster alsoexpressed his gratitude for the contribution that Parentshave made over the year. Their input at annual functionsheld at the School has been immense once again. Formany years now parents have become increasinglyinvolved in helping with the organisation of social events.The School has provided the ‘slave labour’, but it hasbeen the Parents who have set up and run the ChristmasFair, the Hog Roast, and the Valentine and Summer Balls,and their enthusiasm and hard work has been hugelyappreciated. The Grandparents, too, should not beforgotten, for last year there was even a most enjoyableGrandparents’ Day!

The Headmaster continued, “The Papplewick boyhas always been a confident boy, always ready toexpress an opinion and to accept challenges. It is aconfidence born of allowing boys to take a few risks,and in that context I would like to thank you, theParents, for your great support of our new outdooreducation programme. Not for you, or for Papplewick,the safety first, zero risk culture of so many schools inthe state sector, that led to such well publicisedabsurdities this year as the banning of footballs in theplayground, conkers in the woods and even snowballson the fields. Yet confidence is a tricky quality, and itmay well be that it is confidence or even overconfidence that leads your sons occasionally to makemistakes on the disciplinary front. Perhaps the twosometimes go hand in hand. But I would say to allParents that it is perfectly acceptable for your sons tomake mistakes, as long as there aren’t too many ofthem or the same ones are not continually beingrepeated. And I would urge you, as Parents, not tomake excuses for them if mistakes are made. The boysare not yet the finished article; if they were, therewould be little point in sending them to Papplewick.What is important is that when boys do get it wrong, weall build what I call a ‘Fair Cop Guv’ culture. We likeour ‘Fair Cop Guv’ boys, because we can support themwith what we hope will be dazzling mitigation. If wedon’t make excuses for them when they get it wrongand if we encourage them to tell the truth when theydo get it wrong, then we can support them properly toensure they really do learn from their mistakes. And ifmistakes do have to be made, how important it is tomake those mistakes now, in the more forgiving worldof the prep school, than to make more serious errorslater on in the less forgiving world of senior schools.There the temptations on offer are so much greater,and the ultimate stakes consequently so much higher.”

Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen and Anna Rose, at his 90th Birthday Partylast year.

John Wragge (Staff 1955-58) at Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen’s 90thBirthday Lunch

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To Tom and Sallie Bunbury on the birth oftheir third child, Lily Charlotte, a sister forHarry and Molly, born on 4th October 2005.

To Lucy Richardson, on her engagement to Alex Price

To Joff Powis on his engagement to Liz Melaniphy.

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STAFF CHANGESAfter five years at Papplewick, Harry Pakenham leftat the end of the Summer Term to pursue a careerin writing and, no doubt, to spend more time onthe golf course! Harry will be remembered for hispassionate approach to school mastering not onlyon the games field as coach of the Colts cricket andrugby sides, but also as Housemaster of St.Michael’s and as a teacher of English out of the‘old school’. In addition, as one of life’s truecharacters, Harry leaves the Papplewick staff rooma slightly less colourful, and certainly very muchquieter place in his absence! He has been replacedby Freddie Auld. Before doing his year’s PGCEcourse, Freddie was working for some years forWisden, the cricketing Almanach.Rachel Westmacott, who has been at Papplewickfirst as Assistant Matron, and then as Deputy forthe past four years, has moved on to travel roundthe world for twelve months. She is replaced‘upstairs’ by Katherine Speller.

Congratulations

The theme of the Arts Festival this year was ‘A Day in theLife of….’ This turned out to be a wonderful theme forthe creative writing section, producing such topics as ADay in the Life of a Hawaian Surfer, in the Life of a SumoWrestler, of an Australian Jackeroo, a New York Fireman,a Siberian Miner, an Alaskan Crab Fisherman and anAfrican Aid Worker – and this from just one form!

The week began with the Lower School Varieties,followed by the Workshops. These included a visit froman Old Papplewickian music techie, Dick Trevor, whoshowed Year 8 how a hit song was mixed. A StoryTeller described A day in the Life of Macbeth, and therewere visits to a local pond for a day in the life of a larva.

The Recitation finals were first rate and the Debatingfinal was won by St George, with the motion before thehouse being, ‘It is important that schools educate childrenfor leisure rather than work.’ The Music Competitionsprovided music of outstanding calibre – particularly onthe clarinet, the trumpet and the ‘cello, together with thepiano and flute. The Gala Prom at the end of the Festivalconcluded with a superb slide show by the Chaplain,entitled ‘A Day in the Life of Papplewick’ – many photosof which appear in this newsletter.

Lily Bunbury

ACADEMIC AWARDS – 2005 Max Agace Art Exhibition to CharterhouseJamie Batchelor Academic Exhibition to

MarlboroughSam Blackman Top Art Scholarship to BradfieldJonathan Haddon Art Scholarship to RadleyAlex Koo Annah-Shaw Scholarship and

Music Exhibition to EtonAaron McGroarty Art Scholarship to PangbourneBen Thompson All-Rounders Exhibition to

HamptonXavier Ticzon Top Art Scholarship to ShrewsburyCharlie Zhou King’s Scholarship to Eton

SPRING FESTIVAL

began with work on the low ropes and with raft building,and followed this up with an evening barbecue. Thesecond day was devoted to Prefect training, for these boyswould be next year’s School Officials. The day wasdesigned for young people to reflect on the role of aPrefect and to develop the skills required to manage andlead peers and other boys. The training day focussed ondeveloping leadership skills, communication,understanding the needs of others, task achievement andteam building skills. The final day was a 3-rotationalactivity day, with mountain biking, orienteering andclimbing and abseiling on offer.

The directors of the various programmes allcommented most favourably on the boys andparticipating Staff who took part in this OutdoorEducation Programme. Likewise, the Staff and boys reallyenjoyed the experience. The Year 7 prefect training dayin particular proved invaluable, as it gave leadershipopportunity to every member of the year, and someunexpected faces came to the fore.

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Last year saw the introduction toPapplewick of an outdoor educationprogramme, managed by SteveElkington and organised and led byWilderness Expertise Trading Ltd, inwhich outdoor activities, over one, two orthree days, were organised for all theboys, after they had finished their end-of-year exams. The year 8 boys were at theend of their Leavers’ Camp, and so werenot involved. Form teachersaccompanied their own classes, and theactivities on offer, in different venues,were varied and challenging to each agegroup. This enterprising programme isworth reporting in some detail, for itseems just the sort of thing that all youngpeople, up to school leaving age, need toundertake in order to develop qualities to help them faceup to challenges that they are bound to encounter intheir future lives.

The youngest boys (Year 3) had a one-day course atWellington, designed to enhance confidence, trust andteam working skills. Their activities includedorienteering, archery, raft building and low ropesproblem solving. Year 4’s activity consisted of anintroduction to camp craft and woodmanship, with alarge emphasis on environmental awareness anddeveloping knowledge of the countryside. They had toset up camp, and prepare and eat an evening meal,followed by team tasks and a night walk. They then sleptin their tents and had breakfast before returning toPapplewick.

The fifth year went off for two nights, giving them thechance to get away from Papplewick and to operate outof their daily routines and to develop other life skills.Apart from camping out and preparing and eating theirmeals, they did climbing and abseiling activities, caveexploration and a wildlife walk and they played widegames. As well as testing team work,communication and leadership, the boysreceived an education in environmentalawareness and developed their powers ofempathy and tolerance.

Year 6 had a one-day course based onTeam Building, designed for youngpeople to focus upon developingleadership, communication, co-operation, task achievement and teambuilding skills. This was achievedthrough short talks, varied activities andanalytical debriefs and discussionsessions.

The Year 7 boys went on a 3-dayresidential course at Beau Desert ScoutCamp, starting in the afternoon. They

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMME – SUMMER 2005

The enlarged parking area

The Music School – with the latest Mosaic

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MICHAEL LERRIGO, M.A. (Cantab)Michael Lerrigo came to Papplewick as Head of Frenchin 1976, having been a member of staff at BloxhamSchool for many years. In addition to his ability as amodern linguist, Michael had a very strong personal faithand was soon appointed as ‘Chapel Master’, theforerunner of the present position of Chaplain. Acompetent musician, he was a loyal and capable memberof the Chapel Choir, and in extremis he could bepersuaded to play the organ for a chapel service. He wasquiet and reserved by nature, although he accepted thepart of ‘Lun Chon Dry’ in a school production of‘Aladdin’ and rendered a fine performance! Despite hisostensibly taciturn personality, he was possessed of a rarewit, an encyclopaedic general knowledge and legendarykindness, the latter of which he bestowed generouslyupon all members of the Papplewick fraternity. Afterretiring, he went to live in his family village of Leigh, inDorset, playing the organ for Church services, andreturning to Papplewick for a decade to sing in the CarolService each year.

Paul Cheater - Staff 1973-89

MARTIN GRAHAM SCOTT 1963 – 2004It was with great shock that I learnt of the untimelypassing of Martin Graham Scott, and it is with acombination of sadness and pride that I write about himnow. Martin was at Papplewick between 1971-77. He was thekind of pupil that every prep school teacher dreams ofteaching: intelligent, lively, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.He was the sort of boy who would avail himself of any andevery opportunity – and make the most of it. In theclassroom he proved himself an able student, being one

OBITUARIESof the star Latin pupils of the Removes. On the games’field, while he might not have considered himself to be atop-flight sportsman, he would commit himself fully toany game, and in the many extra-curricular activities inwhich he involved himself he would invariably become aleading light. He had considerable gymnastic prowess,displayed on many occasions, especially in Don Werner’sannual gym displays, and he was a fine judoka. In thechoir, as a leading treble, he sang under the watchful eyeof Geoffrey Morgan. In all of these activities, and more,Martin involved himself thoroughly, being one of life’sone hundred percenters. He was, indeed, a truePapplewickian. After he left Papplewick, Martin moved on to Wellington,and thereafter I heard from his Parents that he was doingwell in Cable and Wireless. A dip into Google enabled meto realise just how successful he had become, and then,by following his career on-line, to see that he had movedinto more enterprising, contemporary initiatives withequal success. But then, tragically, in his prime, welearned that a terrible road accident had claimed his life.In just over forty years Martin managed to squeeze asmuch as he could into his life. He was indeed an objectlesson in making the most of one’s time, living everyminute to the full. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Martin’s wife andchildren, to his two sisters and to his brother, Robin, andto his parents, Peter and Mimi. May he rest in peace.

Paul Cheater

RICHARD KRICKL (1959-64)Contemporaries of Richard will be sorry to hear of hisdeath in the USA in August 2005. A full appreciation ofhis life will appear in our next issue.

Chris Tarrent being presented with the Sponsored Walk cheque in the ‘Who Wants tobe a Millionaire?’ Studios at Elstree

The New Chapel Window was installedin the Summer Holidays 2005

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EX-STAFF NEWSDavid Allaway, (Staff 1989-99) continues to develop hiscompany Behaviour UK. It is now based in rural Walesand continues to flourish. As well as its online presence,the coming year will see the addition of an online storeand the publication of eight new behaviour books by ourformer Senior Master and Head of English. Over 3,000schools across the country have now adopted thecompany’s behaviour software.

Derek Fullerton (Staff 1983-86) writes to say that heoccasionally sees Paul and Diana Cheater (Staff 1973-89),and he sees Andy and Jo Matthews (Staff 1980-87) withwhom he goes boating, more regularly. Derek also helpswith reading at a local school.

Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen (Headmaster, 1950-79)celebrated his 90th birthday in June last year with a quietlunch party at Ropley. Several ex-members of staff, ex-governors of the School and a few Old Boys attended.

Stuart Morris (Headmaster 1979-91) has come to theend of his time at Shrewsbury International School,Bangkok, a school for 3-18 year olds that he helped tocreate two years ago, after giving up the Headmastershipof Harrow International School, also in Bangkok. He andhis wife, Sue, have had fourteen happy and eventful yearsoverseas since leaving Papplewick to go to become Headof a school in Kuala Lumpur in 1992. Shrewsbury is onthe banks of the Chao Phraya River, that goes through thecity, and views of this busy thoroughfare can be seen frommost of the School’s classrooms. How the boys and girlscan concentrate on their work is a mystery. But they do,for their academic results have been excellent. Stuartnow returns to the UK where he awaits his nextchallenge.

The Venerable John Morrison (Staff 1957) retired asArchdeacon of Oxford in February last year, after 37 yearsof service in the diocese. During his time in Oxford hewas able to continue his deep interest in rowing (hebegan this as an undergraduate, when at Jesus College,Cambridge), having been signed up as coach on hisappointment at Lincoln College, when arriving atOxford in 1990. Since his appointment as Archdeacon,however, and his move to Christchurch, he was not able

to do any coaching because of conflict of duties! He didhave a college boat named after him, though – theArchdeacon Morrison. On his retirement from office, hehas maintained his links with the Cathedral, as hebecame an honorary canon emeritus, enabling him toattend receptions and to do chaplaincy work at ChristChurch periodically.

The Rev’d John Naylor (Staff 1956-58) writes regularlywith news of Old Boys and ex-members of Staff. Herecently sent some School calendars of his years atPapplewick, which have proved of great interest and useto the editor of this news sheet. John had a defibrillatorimplanted last May, which resulted in his been bannedfrom driving (on medical grounds!) for six months,which restricted his movements drastically. He has veryfond memories of his Papplewick days, when he enjoyedhaving young people in the community. He has movedfrom the Abbeyfield in Hexham to the one in Thirsk, andhe looks forward to living closer to John Wragge (Staff1955-58).

Stuart and Sue Morris relaxing in Bangkok Shrewsbury International School

Geoffrey Morgan (Head of Music (1970-76) and Toby Silverton (1967-71), Head Chorister, with Anna Rose Knatchbull-Hugessen, at Peter’s90th Birthday Lunch

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Jeremy Baker (1987-93) is still working in the world ofProperty Development and is determined to get his golfhandicap down. He is currently studying for a Masters inSurveying.Jonathan Baker (1991-97) is now in his second year atBristol West of England. He is racing in the NationalFormula Ford Championship with Team JLR, battling itout for the Scholarship class honours.Kristian Bluff (1971-76) is living in Copenhagen and ismarried, with two children. He is head of a small designcompany. While at Papplewick, he enjoyed singing in theChoir, the Model Railway Club and Art, and remembersparticularly an expedition to see the trains in Swindon,led by Paul Cheater. His younger brother, Anthony (1975-78), lives in the UK, with his wife and three children.Jonathan Briscoe (1975-77) is a commercial pilot, flyingwith KLM, and has two sons. His brother, Timothy (1972-77), is a farmer cum property developer, with a son and adaughterWard Buckingham (1952-55) writes from Oregon, in theStates, where he has been living since he left Papplewick.He has fond memories of the School. He considers thestricter discipline of that era had no adverse effects onthe boys. He recalls, however, when taking the CommonEntrance exam, dreading the ever-higher degrees ofregimentation that a move to Harrow would bring. Sothe family move to the States and the US educationalsystem offered a needed break before he resumed therigorous schooling and career demanded by medicine.He retired in 2004, and enjoys having the time to indulgehis passion for classical music, honing his playing skills aswell as volunteering for his symphony board. His area ofboard oversight is the education committee, whose goalis to promote string music opportunities for elementaryschool students throughout the Central Oregon region.Ward remarks that in spite of his lifelong vivid memory ofMr Trevor Martin’s (Staff 1951-55) red ink comment onhis early English composition effort, “unmitigatedrubbish!!”, and his inability to read music for Mr Rhodie

Peters (Staff 1951-69), (he sight-reads with ease now), lifehas been good and his self-esteem has remained intact!Dominic Burrows (1994-95) is now at NottinghamUniversity reading History, having previously been atWellington. His younger brother has just joinedPapplewick.Howard Clark (1957-60) is living in Picton, just outsideSydney, Australia. Through his marriage, he has becomeStepfather to the four Myers boys, who were atPapplewick between 1978-89. Howard would very muchlike to hear from any of his vintage at Papplewick, whomight remember him.Mark Clayton (1979-84) went to Blundell’s on leavingPapplewick, after which he took a gap year travelling theworld. He then returned to study EnvironmentalScience at Imperial College (Wye Faculty), followed by asecond gap year, during which he sailed a 32 footNicholson across the Atlantic, twice, in order to includea trip down to South America. After this, he made anascent of an unclimbed, 22,000 ft. mountain in theHimachal Predesh region of India, before returning tothe UK to work for a variety of firms based in theenvironmental arena. In 1997 he set up his owncompany, Aardvark, an environmental scientificconsultancy, based in Somerset, dealing in some veryinteresting work in water, waste and energy, with clientsranging from BAA to Damien Hirst. He is married withtwo children, and he keeps in touch with fellow OldPapplewickians James Watson (1979-84), Jacob Gresswelland Edward Hearn (1979-85).

OLD BOY NEWS

Pantry Waiters Serving Breakfast

Hog Roast 2005

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Ed Coode (1984-88) was married last September, aftergoing on an extended tour of South America and visitingthe sites which that continent has to offer. At Henley lastJuly the winner of a raffle prize, sold at a Lord’s Tavernersdinner held in the Leander Club in June, won 2 Steward’sEnclosure badges and the opportunity of being rowed upthe river by Ed. The winners turned out to be Rhidianand Rose Llewellyn (Headmaster 1992-2004). A pleasantsurprise for all concerned!Simon Cottard (1973-78) went to a State School afterleaving Papplewick, and followed this by doing anapprenticeship with the Roux brothers at their restaurantLe Gavroche. He is currently a partner at a restaurant inthe City. He has great memories of Papplewick, andwould welcome getting in touch with some of hiscontemporaries.David Cox (1989-94) returned from his gap year teachingin Trinity Grammar School in Australia, and immediatelyseriously injured the lateral ligament of his left knee,playing rugby. After several months with it in plaster, hewas well enough to do some gentle umpiring in the OldBoys’ cricket match against the Headmaster’s Xl, last July.About then he changed IT jobs and began working for

Dell, the computer firm, in London. His first monthsconsisted of getting thoroughly acquainted with variousaspects of computing and attending courses, beforesettling into the side of the business most suited to hisabilities. James Coyne (1992-98) is now in his second year at BristolWest of England University, and is playing a lot of rackets– mostly with or against George Tysoe (1992-98). As anindividual, he was runner-up in the British U21 finals. Heand George also went back to Wellington, to feature in anexhibition match to celebrate the reopening andrefurbishment of the Rackets Court there.Divia Dattani (1988-1993) dropped in at Papplewick onOld Boys’ Day last year. He is currently working for aHedge Fund Manager in the West End, and dealsspecifically with cash.

Tom Elliott (1988-94) went to Brazil last Summer for twomonths for his elective work project, studying the historyof dental practices of the indian population (specificallythe children) and the homeopathic treatments they havefor pain. Unfortunately, however, he could not get ethicalapproval to work with the indians, so with ticket booked,he turned it into a travel experience. He attained hisPADI license for scuba diving and he can now add that tothe skydiving, bungee jumping and rapids rafting that healready has under his belt. On his return to the UK, hereturned for his final year Dentistry at Bristol. Whenqualified, he will have to do one year of NHS work in thefield, before moving on to any aspect of dentistry of hischoice.John Friedman (1994 - 97) is working happily atCornell, switching from Spanish and French toMandarin. Last Summer he worked as an intern at the USEmbassy in Beijing, in the department of theCommercial Attaché. There he polished his language

Rhidian Llewellyn and Ed Coode at Henley last Summer

Divia Dattani visited Papplewick on Old Boys’ Day

David Cox at the Cricket Match last Summer

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skills and learnt a good deal about the energetic pulse ofChina. He also travelled into Inner Mongolia,observing ‘ground-breaking’ at first hand. He reallyenjoyed experiencing all the new sounds, sights andsmells of this amazing country.Jacob Gresswell (1978-84) is now living in Winchester.He is a consultant in property development for aretirement homes company, based on the South coast,and he runs his own development company on the side.He is married to an Australian girl. He spends his freetime sailing, windsurfing and failing miserably in trying toget fit, as well as fighting a losing battle in doing up histhatched cottage.Edward Haskell (1994-2000), has left Wellington hopingto have a medical career ultimately, and to be areconstructive plastic surgeon. He has done workexperience, working under the Chairman of the BritishAssociation of Plastic Surgeons, so he has had a goodstart. He had a fantastic two weeks watching and learningabout operations on cancer patients. He has had offersfrom Imperial College, London, and Bristol to readBiology, and is currently using his gap year to polish uphis Chemistry.James Haskell (1992-98) is still playing top class rugbywith Wasps, though he missed two months with afractured wrist which required the insertion of a screw.He sustained this injury in the final of the Middlesexsevens – luckily after he scored his try! He trained allthrough his injury, but he also had time to do otherthings, such as community rugby and modelling EdenParc clothes. At the end of last November he was invitedto attend the BAFT children’s film and TV awards at theHilton Hotel, in order to make the presentation of theinternational award.Nick Hucker (1982 - 87), after leaving Harrow,graduated in War Studies from King’s College,London. He played rugby for Esher Rugby Club foreleven years, but a series of injuries has forced him tohang up his boots. So to keep fit in 2004, he cycledover 800 kms across Brazil for Macmillan CancerRelief, and along with 50 other challengers he raised aquarter of a million pounds. He works as BusinessDevelopment Manager with SunGard, a US software

company specialising in IT for financial services. Based inCheltenham, he is responsible for the UK, France,Holland, Spain, Portugal and South Africa.Tim Hucker (1983-88) left Harrow and went to Guy’sand Thomas’s Medical School. He spent his elective yearin Australia and Fiji, and he has his eye on Australia as apossible place for future work. He is now a SeniorAnaesthetist’s Registrar, specialising in Intensive Care.The research he has undertaken has been published inseveral medical journals. He has worked in variouscentral London hospitals before moving to Chichester,and he is currently working on the South Coast as hebegins to study towards his consultancy. He is an avidrugby fan, having played after Guy’s, but he is currently intraining for his first triathlon.Russell Hunt (1979-84) went to Wellington after leavingPapplewick, and then on to King’s College London toread German with Spanish. He is now working inproperty as an Estate Agent and a landlord (his boss wentto Caldicott!) He married some three years ago and theirfirst child, a son, was born last May. He has already beenentered for Papplewick! Last April Russell ran in theLondon marathon, for the National Childbirth Trust.Paul Kaplanski (1991-96) continues to be an AccountManager for a firm which produces automatic numberplate recognition systems. Its products can read carnumber plates of vehicles travelling up to 140 mph. Dataproduced can detect whether the car has been stolen orwhether it has been taxed or not. The police naturallymake full use of such information, so readers, be warned!Paul demonstrates models all over the country, even

James Haskell and fellow Wasps player, Tom Rees, with the threeCups which Wasps won in 2005-6

The Pantry hasn’t changed much over the years

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going up to Gleneagles during last year’s G8 meeting, tomake a presentation.Cuthbert Kendall (1987-93) has now qualified as a CapitalMarkets lawyer, and is working in London. He is stillplaying some cricket in his free time.Aidan Kendall (1988-95) is living in east London, nearCanary Wharf, and is sharing a flat with Jarleth Pratt(1988-94). Last August Aidan left ‘The Independent’where he had been working, to take up a job in an‘Account Executive’ position at the Media AgencyStarcom Mediavest, which involves a lot moreresponsibility and working as a Media Planner. Thisincludes researching the market in order to work outstrategies for clients to use their marketing budget aseffectively as possible.Mike Kerger (1947-52) is now living in Majorca, where heplays a lot of golf in the Spring and Autumn. In theWinter he spends much of his time skiing (indeed, hecontacted us from a glacier in Saas Fee.) He last visitedPapplewick in the late 1990s, when he was invited to beon a panel of experts answering questions from Year 8boys on current affairs.Moin Karim Khan (1979-81) is back in New York, workingwith the United Nations Development Programme,serving as the Policy Advisor for the Arab States Bureau.Jo Leckenby (1989-94) completed his anatomy degreecourse last year, and he spent eight weeks in the Summercrossing the USA by motorbike with a friend. He now hashis finals in medicine to face this coming July.Benji Lever (1993-96) went to Manchester after leavingHarrow, gaining a degree in History. He was attendinginterviews for a job in Banking, in the City, when we sawhim last July.Felix Leworthy (1991-97), who is reading Spanish andPortuguese at Bristol, is spending his year abroad inArgentina and Brazil, perfecting the languages.Unfortunately employment in the Argentine, where hestarted his trip, was difficult to come by, so he did sometranslation to earn a bit of travel money. This took himinto the hinterland up north, where he met manyincredibly poor local people, which left a deepimpression on him. He is currently in Brazil where he iscommunicating in Portuguese.Sam Leworthy (1994-99) spent two and a half months inCosta Rica last year with Raleigh. His time there wasdivided into three phases centred around theenvironment, the community and trekking. This involvedmore projects than usual with the variety that this bringswith it. His Environment time was spent monitoring theartificial Raleigh Reef fish life, counting the species whichenjoy swimming in corals made from old tractor tires andwhite barrels (industrial building pipe), and putting allthe results on a huge database. The community sectionconsisted of working in a small village, without runningwater or electricity. He had to work on two springs,turning them into wells, under the direction of anengineer and using pickaxes, buckets, ceramic filtersrocks, and pebbles. Trenches had to be dug to contain

the pipes leading to the houses. The trekking consisted ofwalking more than 200 kilometres in a fortnight, carryingplenty of kit in extremely hot temperatures throughdense jungle at times, and at altitudes ranging from sealevel to 2800m. Sam is now recovering at Bristol West ofEngland University, where he is studying Product Design.Rory Magrath (1994-1999) left Eton in 2004 with an Aand 2 Bs at A Level. He spent last year at the Academy ofContemporary Music in Guildford, Studying MusicProduction, and is now at UCL reading Economics andEastern European Studies. He continues to enjoy playinggolf and is a member at Temple.Nick Neves (1994-2000) has been doing some voluntarywork in Ghana, where he now is working at the NkwantaTeachers’ Resources Centre in the north of the VoltaRegion, which is in the eastern part of Ghana. TheCentre offers training courses to teachers and providesteaching materials. In order to attract pupils, the Centrehas to provide incentives, but resources are very limited.

Who’s this lot, and what year?

Aidan Kendall, the batsman – Scored 50

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Although the primary role is to teach reading and basicmaths and science, they are also trying to attract newpupils by organising activities such as five-a-side footballand possibly even a bit of rugby. When Nick went out, hewent accompanied by a considerable amount of secondhand games clothes and equipment provided byPapplewick.Augur Pearce (1966-70) has written to say that he hasmoved from Durham to Cardiff, where he is lecturing inLaw at the University. On leaving Papplewick he switchedhis Christian name from his first one (Charles) to histhird (Augur), by which he is now known. He gave someinformation on several ‘lost’ Old Boys, including anincorrect entry on Gavin Hamilton, who was entered onour database as Galvin. Augur knows he is right with thiscorrection as he recalls Peter Knatchbull-Hugessenusually beginning a conversation with Gavin, in Frenchlessons, with “Gavin, Gavin, what trouble we’re havin’ ” –

and havin’ doesn’t rhyme with Galvin! Augur visitedPapplewick on Old Boys’ Day and enjoyed meeting someof his contemporaries and exploring the buildings thathave gone up since his day at the School.Chris Peri (1967-68) took his A levels at St George’sWeybridge after Papplewick, before moving on to theUniversity of Kent to read English law and French law.This was followed by postgraduate studies at theUniversity of Strasbourg, and on returning to the UK hestudied for his Bar finals and qualified as a barrister. He iscurrently practising law in Oxford.Andrew Pitcher (1988-94) went to Stowe on leavingPapplewick, and continued his A Levels at CambridgeArts and Sciences, from where he went to the Universityof the West of England. He has become involved in actingand is rigorously pursuing this avenue. When we heardfrom him, he had lined up interviews at acting collegesacross London, and should be at one of them by thistime.George Pitcher (1986-92) enjoyed his five years atWellington before moving on to Oxford Brookes, wherehe read Politics and Publishing. He now works as aTrainee Insolvency Practitioner in the City, and still hasendless exams to take before he qualifies.Jarlath Pratt (1988-94) is a trainee Solicitor with TraversSmith, living in London. He graduated from LSE in Law,did one year at Law School, and is due to qualify later thisyear. He has been sharing a flat with Aidan Kendall,though he has plans to buy his own flat. He keeps intouch with William Scawn and Alexander Macmillan(1988-94).Alastair Robinson (1990-93) finished his two years post-graduate work at Cambridge last October, following thesubmission of his thesis, and has emerged with a Ph.D. inMolecular Biology. He is happy to have his student daysbehind him now, and to be able to get out andconstructively apply what he has learned. He is working asa web developer for a local government body, andenjoying the challenge, while planning ultimately toreturn to the plant sciences. Richard Scawn (1985-91) has passed his eye exams, andafter several years of working in London is nowperforming eye surgery in Kent.William Scawn (1988-94) has been doing politicallobbying for about two years, working on green issuescommunication. He is based in Reading, but he does a lotof travelling.Peter Scoble (1948-51) has moved down to East Sussexand has, with reluctance, had to give up being a Governorof Papplewick – something he has been since the early70s. He served two stints as Chairman, taking over for tenyears in 1975, and again for a short spell in 1995.Gyles Scott-Hayward left Eton in 2004. He was elected toPop in his final year, and was head of games for his house.On leaving Papplewick he chose to play soccer ratherthan rugby, playing for the 1st Xl for three years. He wasalso in the hockey team for two years, and played a gooddeal of cricket, being in the U15 side which won the

Junior Boarders playing card games before bed

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Lords Taverners competition that year. He was in theCollege side for two years, and went on a month’s crickettour to Australia. In his gap year he went to LatinAmerica, starting in Patagonia, with RaleighInternational, and moving up through Argentina, Peruand Bolivia before ending up in Mexico. Back in the UK,he started at Edinburgh last September, where he isreading Geography.Julian Sedgwick (1987-92) went to BournemouthUniversity where he gained a 1st, following this with ayear at the Oxford Business College where he emergedwith a Diploma in Business Studies and FLAW in French.Since then he has been with Foxtons Estate Agents,where he is now runs the New Homes & Investmentsoffice in London and Surrey.Duncan Thomson (1991-97) is in his final year at BristolUniversity, reading avionic engineering. At the momenthe is flying small planes, but he hopes to move on tolarger ones soon. He is playing a good deal of sport –hockey, tennis, golf and is in the OTC. He is also captainof ski-ing, so he is kept busy.George Tysoe (1992-98) continues to play a lot of

racquets. He partnered James Coyne (1992-98) in theBritish Open U21 Doubles Championships, and theyemerged as winners of the Leonard Cup last December.The two of them lost in the Final of the U24 Doubles, andthey reached the quarter finals of the British OpenChampionships. Daniel West (1994-96). When we heard from him lastyear, Daniel was in the third stage of his application for ajob with Grey London, an advertising firm. Since leavinguniversity, he had been working for a PR company inGermany, and playing rugby for their local team. Hisbrother Andrew (1944-99) is currently on his GAP year,and arrived in Thailand last March. He has beenaccepted for Leeds University to read medicine, with theambition of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon.

The Rev’d Guy Wilkinson (1958-1961) has been madeNational Inter Faith Relations Adviser and Secretary forinter Faith Relations, and will be working closely with theArchbishop of Canterbury. He has worked in Kenya,Uganda, Mauritius and Belgium, and has served inparishes in the dioceses of Coventry, Guildford andBirmingham, ending up as Archdeacon of Bradfordbefore moving on to his current address in Oxford. Hetherefore has a wide experience of living and workingamong people and communities of all faiths. He hasenjoyed taking on the new role and working with friendsand colleagues in the Faith communities. Peter Witheridge (1959-64) is currently Chairman of WFTInsurance Brokers, in London.Johan Yusof-Vessey (1994-99) left Winchester with 5grade As at A level and is now at the London School ofEconomics, where he is finishing his second year. Hehopes to go into Investment Banking when he hasgraduated.

Gyles Scott-Hayward scored some masterly runs

Dale Taylor and George Tysoe

George Tysoe and James Coyne receiving the Leonard Cup

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BRADFIELD – Evan Jenkins and Sam Elsmore had agood first term at Bradfield. Sam comments favourablyon the quality of the food, and is enjoying playingfootball in the D team. Evan mentions the greateramount of work he has to cover – they even have prepon Saturdays! – but he has done pretty well in hisexams. He likes his football, playing in the 3rd team,and his sailing. Outings have included a visit to ThorpePark and one further afield, to France. Sultan Al-Shathry took the part of Dinsdale Badger, aconservative medical officer, in his House play,performing with considerable distinction. OmerKashmirwala has been involved in debating, and lastyear he spoke for his house as one of the opposers inthe grand final of the house debating competition. BRYANSTON – Bash Wheatley, Sebastian Leveridgeand Tom Leader have all settled well into life atBryanston. Bash has taken quite an interest in designand technology, and has devoted a large amount of histime to furniture making. Sebastian has been fullyinvolved in extra curricular activities, notably rugby,and he has taken a real interest in rowing. Tom hasbeen playing rugby for the U14 A team, and also somefootball in hobbies time. He does Crossword Solving inhis ECA time.ETON – Sean Roy took up rowing when he went toEton, and now rows bow in the College Vlll. He wascompeting at Henley last year, when the Eton boat won

the Princess Elizabeth Cup, defeating a team from theUS by one length in the final. King’s Scholars Hee-WonCho and Lawrence Koo featured as ‘Chinky Girls’ onthe College Wall 2005, in the Eton ‘Chronicle’. DhruvGhutali is taking a very active part in life at Eton. Hehas represented his house at golf, fives, tennis andfootball, besides being in the school team for rackets,polo and football. In addition to this, he was awardedan Oppidan Scholarship last year for his academicefforts.HAMPTON SCHOOL – Guy Luff left last year with anA grade and 4 Bs in his A Levels. He was a particularlyvaluable member of the Boat Club, while there. Hesubsequently moved on to Nottingham Universitywhere he is reading Economics. Alex Griffin is nowwell settled, playing in the U 15 B football team, in theU 15 B tennis squad, and doing a lot of basketball inhis lunch break. He has taken up the electric guitar,playing plenty of U2, and is also a regular visitor toCraven Cottage. Dipam and Dipen Patel are enjoyinglife at Hampton, and continue to play the piano.Dipen was a valuable member of the U14 cricket teamlast season, which got through to the semi-final of theMiddlesex Cup, and he plays on the wing for the Brugby team. He also plays a good bit of table tennis.Dipam plays B team cricket and D team football. In theclassroom he has taken a liking to Spanish. HARROW – Edmund Kisner has left Harrow, havingacquired A grades at A level in Economics, BusinessStudies and Government and Politics. He is now on aDeloittes Scholarship for a year, and he hopes to gainadmission either to LSE or King’s in October. While atHarrow, he sang in the School Twelve, and wasdisappointed to have missed singing at StourheadHouse, in Wiltshire, on Remembrance Sunday lastyear, as the result of injury. Injury also almost kept himout of running Long Ducker, a race from Harrow toMarble Arch and back, as it had done in 2004.However, he not only ran it but he won the SchaadJackson Trophy, for the fastest current Harrovian, in atime of 2hrs 42 mins 09secs. Ollie McBride is now inthe VI Form, having secured 8 A*s and 2 As for hisGCSEs. Stoff Magrath passed 10 GCSEs last Summerand continues to play lots of sport. In April 2004 he

NEWS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Stoff Magrath got us off to a good start

Sean Roy (fourth from right) and the Eton rowing eight

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went to Japan on a rugby tour havingplayed for the 1st XV at Harrow, a yearearly. He also went on a soccer tour toKorea in April 2005, and was awarded 1st

team colours. He swam for his House,which won the swimming Cup for the 12th

year in a row. At the moment he is studyingHistory, Geography and Business Studiesfor A level. He hopes eventually to go toUniversity to study History or SportsManagement. William Lace has beenawarded the Reeves-Smith Scholarship,which is designed to help young men andwomen train for a career in the hospitalityindustry. He intends to use the scholarshipto pay for a course which will pre-qualifyhim to study for the examinations of the Institute ofMasters of Wine. KINGS, CANTERBURY – William Iron has gained 7A’s and 3 Bs in his GCSEs, Ryan Phanphensophon anA*, 2 As, 5Bs and a D, and Harry Wall 2As, 5Bs and 2Csin his GCSEs and a C and a D at AS level.MARLBOROUGH – Tom Lace took his GCSEs lastyear and achieved 2A*s, 7As and a B. He is a skilledwood worker, and he has constructed a beautifultrophy cabinet for his house. Samih Bachelor has alsocompleted his GCSEs, with 4 A*s, 5 As and 2 Bs andCharlie Foster gained 1 A* and 8As. At AS Level,Khalifa Abubakar scored an A, 2 Cs and a D, JeremyGilbert an A, a B and 2 Cs, Jack Wallis an A, 2Bs and aD, and Freddie Ward an A, and 2 Bs and a C. OllieWilkins has now left the College with an A, 2 Bs and aC at A Level. Jamie Batchelor has joined his brother atMarlborough, and is well settled. In his first term hegained 47 commendations, which earned him a prize.He has spoken in debates, is prop in the 5th Yearlingsrugby team, and he scored a memorable try in the first-year’s house 7-a-side competition. In the junior housefootball he has played in goal, and he is also enjoyinghis fives. MERCHISTON CASTLE – Ross Sweeney gained an Aand 2 Bs in his A levels last year, and has gone to

Edinburgh University to read Artificial Intelligenceand Software Engineering. He was a Prefect in his finalyear and he played rugby for the 4th XV as well assoftball. He was also involved with drama productionsin the Lower Sixth Form.RADLEY - Freddie Leask is now in the sixth form atRadley, studying Maths, French, Economics andGeography, having secured 7A*s and 5As at GCSE. Hehopes to read Geography at University. He has playedfirst team rugby, in the second row, in each year up to2004, when he was in the College 2nd XV. In thesummer he has played tennis in the second pair of thefirst team, up to last season when he played in theCollege second team. He had a busy last Summer,when he went to Romania to work in a summer campfor disadvantaged children for two weeks, cycled downFrance for charity, did two weeks work experience inthe City and then went to Italy for pre season trainingwith ‘Bigside’ – the Radley 1st XV.RUGBY – Hugh Morgan left last year with 2 Bs and a Cat A level, and is going to Goldsmiths to read History.Jack Sardeson has settled in very happily, and cannotseem to stop drawing!ST EDWARD’S OXFORD – Edward Fremlin-Key wentto Sri Lanka with the School cricket team last year.Although still in the Fifth form, he scored a verypatient maiden century at Panadura, making him thefirst Teddy’s Fifth former for 14 years to score 100 forthe 1st Xl. He and his partner put on 206 runs for thesecond wicket.SHERBORNE – James Morgan is enjoying the greaterfreedom that comes with the move to Public School.Academically he has moved up a form, and up two setsin Maths. In Music he is doing grade 6 drums, and grade2 guitar, and he has performed in some rock concerts.On the games field, in his age group he plays in the 2nd

team rugby as scrum half, hockey in the 2nds and he iswicket keeper in the 3rd Xl. He likes art, and he isenjoying sailing and canoeing. William Gregory hassettled well into public school life. He is in the U 14 1st

XV and has joined the School polo team.The ‘reduced’ Roundabout

The swimming pool seen from the outside

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STOWE – Alex Ward continues to swim to a highstandard, having been awarded School SwimmingColours. In the swimming sports he won 4 of the 6individual trophies, being presented with the GEHSpencer Trophy for Senior Boys’ Champion. WilliamScholfield has been playing cricket for the Yearlings 1st

team, and has knocked up one or two good scores.Jonathan Elfer gained a string of A grades in his GCSEs,and is now enjoying life in the 6th form. WELLINGTON – Charlie Smith has settled in well and isenjoying his first year. With a steady ‘silver’ grade average,work is going well, and he is getting to grips with hisSpanish, which he likes. He plays rugby in Yearlings 3 andin the Junior leagues side, and squash. His hobbiesinclude ceramics and art, he plays the trumpet, intendingto continue with this instrument, and he has taken part indrama. Will Hopkins has been playing some good rugbyfor the undefeated 2nd XV, a year early, scoring tries inalmost every game. He also made guest appearances inthe Colts 1st team on two occasions.

Herpetology at Papplewick has taken great strides forwardsince last year’s report. The number of snakes has had tobe restricted to 50, sadly, owing to the size of the snakeroom rather than to lack of interest in the creaturesthemselves. The collection has been expanded to includetwo scorpions, a tarantula, and a new male chameleon.Boys continue to meet in lab 2 during break to feed, cleanand play with their snakes, and non-owners of snakes arefascinated to see snakes eating mice or shedding theirskins. Several snakes laid eggs this past year, but they werenot incubated as the room is not yet set up for babies.However, plans are afoot to try some breeding next year,as the demand for corn snakes is very high.

Snake Wranglers

A Close-up of theLatest Mosaic

The Snake Store

Last year’smosaic wascreated largelyby boys in year 6(10-11 yearolds), beforebeing assembledby the leaversand attached tothe outside ofthe MusicSchool (wherethe Mound usedto be.)

Within the past few years the annual Sponsored Walk hastaken on a new lease of life, with increasingly generousdonations being made to various charities selected by theSchool. The beneficiary in 2005 was ‘Little Hearts Matter’,a charity that helps children born with incomplete hearts,and which supports them (and their families) through themany operations that they need. It is sad to think thatthese children will never be able to enjoy such a walk asPapplewick did, around Windsor Great Park, on a sunnyApril morning. The £10,051.00 is going to a worthy cause.

The Sponsored Walk

THE 2005Mosaic

Sponsored Walk 2005

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YEAR 6 OUTDOOR EXCURSION TO THE HAWK AND OWL TRUSTIn June last year the boys in year 6 were taken on acombined Geography, History and Science field trip to theHawk and Owl Trust. It was a day packed full of education,and not just a jolly day out. Pond dipping consisted ofcollecting invertebrate and vertebrate organisms andstudying them and their relationships in the pondecosystem. This was followed by a tree identificationexercise, producing heated discussions over various leavesand fruits, which were being used to identify their trees oforigin. The boys were then sent off into the woods to try tocollect invertebrates from the surrounding area and bringthem back to the base, where the guide explained the roleof each in their habitat. After lunch the boys had thechance to identify the rodents eaten by barn owls, bydissecting their regurgitated pellets. To do this they had torefer to a classification chart of rodent skulls and bones.Once again the instructor emphasised the relationshipsplayed in the environment between organisms, and thatwe all had a duty to preserve our natural heritage. The dayended with the boys, again in groups, being set the task ofconstructing a shelter to sleep in over night, using thematerials at their disposal, in the wood. This was a greatteam-building exercise, and it produced some excitingshelters – which, perhaps mercifully, were not used as theboys had to return to Papplewick at the end of the day!

PAPPLEWICK KIDS FOR AFRICA ADVENTURE EASTER TOUR - 2005

Last year 15 boys went off with Steve and ColleenElkington on an Adventure Tour to the Eastern Cape ofSouth Africa during the Easter holidays. The tour was tobe led by professional tour guides from the variouslocations visited, all of them suitably qualified andexperienced. Their first port of call was with BeyondAdventure – Xtreme Education, where activities includeda low ropes course, sand Sculptures, beach rugby, sandboarding, ghost crab huts, digging for sand mussels andpreparing them for supper, horse rides, kayakingmountain biking and swimming in the sea. The KariegaGame Reserve was next, where the boys were taken on afoot safari where plenty of game was seen. After lunchthere was an open land rover game drive, with views ofrhino, elephant, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest and amultitude of other species.

The following day saw the party observing a greatvariety of bird life, and being entertained by a troop ofbaboons fighting and playing in the trees. AtGrahamstown, the group visited the African children ofone of the townships at their school. The Papplewickparty was shocked by the poor housing conditions, butwere genuinely touched by the friendliness and kindnessof these disadvantaged children, and they were verypleased to give the clothing, stationery and shoes thatthey had brought for this purpose.

The next day the boys did the tree top Canopy Tour,which was exhilarating and great fun. Later in the day

there was a whale, dolphin and sea cruise, with the whalesbeing notable by their absence. A session of abseiling thenext day, was followed by a visit to Addo Elephant Park,where the group had two action packed days with views ofbuffalo, black rhino and about fourteen other species ofgame – not to mention the opportunity of playing withdung beetles! Here also the boys had an instruction classin cooking boerewors, chops and steak on the braai areas,which proved very popular, before the flight back home.In fact the whole expedition proved so popular thatanother trip out is projected for 2006.

On Safari in South Africa

Making friends in a township in Grahamstown

Rhino, on Safari

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CRICKET2005 was a long season, but an enjoyable one – if not aparticularly good one from the point of view of results.The pre-season tour of South Africa was undoubtedly oneof the highlights, though the side struggled initiallyagainst teams which were more experienced and whichwere getting towards the end of their season.Nevertheless, the tour was a great success, and it washeartening to gain victories in the last two matches,having lost five on the trot. These losses accounted for 5of the 10 lost during the season, as opposed to 6 victoriesand 3 draws. The hope is that tours will give the boys theexperience and confidence to play good cricket in thehome season. It was therefore something of adisappointment that some of the side did not really ‘click’after the tour, and make the most of their opportunities.

The bowling was not sufficiently penetrating - largelybecause of the old failure to bowl line and length - withonly one case of a bowler managing to take five wickets ina match. This meant that the opposition was rarely putunder any real pressure. Our batting, too, lackedconsistency, in spite of some very dominant

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PAPPLEWICK SPORT 2005FOOTBALLHaving had two very successful inaugural seasons, theSchool did not enjoy the same success in 2005. The 1st Xlplayed 10 matches, of which 4 were won, 4 lost, and 2were drawn. The line-up for the two first matches was 4-4-2, but this proved to be a disaster, and a 3-5-2 one wasadopted in order to strengthen the mid field area. Thisformation proved to be more successful, producing a winagainst Aldro and a draw with Cranleigh, before a seriesof losses and another draw saw Papplewick in theposition of having to win its final three matches tobalance the books. This it managed to do, with wins overSt Piran’s, The Beacon and Moulsford. This generalpattern was repeated more or less at all levels throughoutthe School.

Footballers in action

HOCKEY 2005 was a vintage year for Papplewick Hockey. TheSchool started the season with plenty of talent amongstthe squad, and through sheer hard work anddetermination we came away with an unbeaten season,with 8 matches played, 5 wins and 3 draws. The team hadstrength in depth in all areas of the field, and the boysplayed well as a team throughout the season, linking upnicely to produce some good quality ball and someexcellent goal-scoring opportunities.

RUGBY

Despite the introduction of the round ball to our games'programme and the poor set of results suffered by the 1stXV (Played 15, Won 4, Lost 11), rugby is still very muchalive and well at Papplewick. The 2nd XV had a stormingseason, winning eleven of their fourteen fixtures andcommendable results from the 3rds and 4ths and 5thshave balanced the books somewhat! The Colts A, B andC XIIs had a very good, collective season winning (ordrawing) in excess of 75% of their matches. The U9sstruggled but improved, and the newly formed U8 agegroup played competitive Tag rugby with much gusto andenthusiasm. The highlight of the season was a visit bySean Fitzpatrick, one of the most capped players in NewZealand rugby. He participated in a Game One trainingsession and finished off with a solo rendition of the AllBlack Haka; what a treat!

Sean Fitzpatrick taking a Training Session

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Tennis is still as popular as ever

The Square, with its ‘protective’ wall

ATHLETICS Unfortunately the weather played an important part inlast season’s competitive events, and with the cancellationof two of the four fixtures, our team was left without theusual competition before the qualifying round for theNationals. At Caldicott we never really got going, andresults were disappointing. However, the Papplewick boysput in some excellent performances in the Dragonmeeting, coming 3rd out of 6 teams, and relishingcompetition on a tartan track. Qualification for theNationals is never easy, for one has to win the Area eventto get through. Three or four boys got close, but in theend only one secured his place through to the finals.

SWIMMING The visions of shivering, cheering boys on a greyafternoon in the Summer term are going to be a thing ofthe past in regards to Papplewick Swimming Galas, forwith the pool now being covered, the weather will notbe a problem this year and in the future. Papplewickwas determined to do well in its last season of the ‘old’pool, and we won the first two events against SummerFields and Aldro. However, the next one was lost, atLambrook Haileybury, followed by a home win vLudgrove, a defeat at the hands of St John’s Beaumont,and a victory against Oratory. On the whole, the Schoolhad a successful season with some good performances. Itis our ambition to win against St. John’s Beaumont thisyear, and with all year round swimming on theprogramme now, this is a real possibility.

AIR-RIFLE SHOOTING Shooting at Papplewick is going from strength tostrength. In 2005, fifteen boys passed the National Small-Bore Rifle Association’s Youth Proficiency Scheme, whichtrains people of any age to be competent and safe inhandling firearms. It is a concentrated, eight weekcourse, covering the theory and practice of safe shooting,and at the end of the course candidates sit a strictexamination in both disciplines.

In the British Open (Junior side-shoot) competition, 7boys gained Gold Medals, scoring more than 175 out of200. Papplewick won its two shooting matches, easilydefeating Sunninghill and Feltonfleet. The inter-houseteam competition was won fairly easily by St George’s,with St Michael’s runner up.

performances – notably against Lambrook-Haileyburyand Ludgrove. These were counter-balanced by someghastly displays, where the batsmen failed to knuckledown against accurate attacks. The fielding was of a highstandard, but the substandard bowling did not allow theside to capitalise on its good catching.

The results of the other School teams were similar tothose of the 1st Xl, with perhaps slightly more matchesbeing won than lost. The exception to the disappointingstatistics came from the Junior Colts, which had itscustomary successful season, with 5 matches being won, 1lost and 0 drawn.

The New Cricket Nets are a huge success

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What have you been doing sinceleaving Papplewick?

Old Boys are always interested to know what theircontemporaries have been doing, so we are repeating

our request for information about yourselves. Overthese past six years, we have been delighted that moreand more Old Boys have been writing in, and as a result

‘The Old Papplewickian’ has increased in size on threeoccasions – which is just what we want. Please send any

news to A.R. Sparshott, Hon Sec Stag Society, c/o Papplewick, Windsor Road, Ascot, Berks SL5 7LH,

or e-mail it to sparsant@aol.com.

MISSING BOYS’ LISTCould we ask all Old Boys who receive this newsletter to bekind enough to scroll through the list of Old Boys for whomwe have no address, and to let us know of those whom you

can help us locate? In this way we shall be able to send theman ‘Old Papplewickian’. Click on www.papplewick.org.uk ,

then on ‘About the School’ and ‘Old Boys’ News’.

The Headmaster Welcoming the Old Boy Visitors

2005 saw the Old Boys scoring a second consecutivevictory over the Headmaster’s Xl, but in a much closermatch than last year. The Old Boys batted first and got offto a good start with Cuthbert Kendall and Stoff Magrathscoring quick runs. Indeed, all our batsmen did well andthe scoreboard kept ticking over at a good pace. BothAidan Kendall and James Coyne reached 50, beforeretiring, and Gyles Scott-Hayward hit some magisterialshots, before our allotted 40 overs ran out at 240 – 5.

With the Headmaster’s side batting, after a slow startruns began to come more freely, though wickets werefalling at regular intervals. At one stage, after a flurry ofwickets – three by Cuthbert Kendall - it looked as thoughthe Old Boys would dismiss the opposition for less than150. But the final two batsmen were not only hard todislodge but also scored rapidly, and 200 was reachedwith the two of them showing no signs of getting out –until the final wicket fell at 211. It was a narrow victory,and a first rate game.

Thanks are again due to Ian Humphreys-Evans andPeter Wolstenholm for coming to umpire, and also toDavid Cox, who did a stint in the afternoon. We hope tosee him playing again next year rather than being‘walking wounded’. Mention must also be made of theofficial scorer, Barney Wolstenholm, aged 9, whorevealed a proficiency to be envied by those who relievedhim from time to time during the course of the day.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET vTHE HEADMASTER’S XI 2005

OLD BOYS’ DAY 2006Please make a note of Sunday, July 9th 2006 in yourdiaries for this year’s Old Boys’ Day. As in previous yearsthe Old Boys will be taking on the Headmaster’s cricketXl, and we will be hoping to make it three wins in a row.This game will be starting at 11.00 a.m., lunch for theteams will be at 1.00, and tea for players and spectatorswill be in the pavilion at 4.00 p.m. Once again the tenniscourts and the swimming pool, now with its new cover,will be available for family use. After the match we will behaving our customary barbecue, to which all OldPapplewickians and their families are invited. Do comeand help make the day a success. Last minuteinformation, on the day itself, will be obtainable on theSchool website (www.papplewick.org.uk; just click on‘about the School’ and ‘Old Boys’.

Having had such a successful Year of ’94 reunion,organised by Paul Kaplanski two years ago, this year weare inviting especially all Old Boys who left Papplewick in1996 to come to the barbecue at 6.30 p.m. to meet upwith their year group.

Barney Wolstenholm – a very competent scorer