PERSONALIA NEWS
been a town councillor for 16 years whilst Joy is on the Beverley Christmas Lights Committee and is a Westwood Lion.
They have two children, who have careers outside of the family business, and they look forward to spending more time with them. They will also have the freedom to enjoy more leisure and travel activities without being tied to the demands of the business. The shop itself will continue as a quality food emporium trading as Adeli of Beverley.
Roger Oliver( 68-75) left California in 2005 and spent eight years in New Zealand before relocating back to California in 2013 with his family. He works at ATA Engineering Inc in San Diego as Director of Business Development.
Martin St Quinton( 65-75) was announced in February 2016 as the new 100 per cent owner of Gloucester Rugby. A successful businessman in the fields of office equipment and mobile communications, Martin has served as Vice- Chairman of Gloucester Rugby since 2008 but has now taken over as Chairman after acquiring the remaining 60 per cent of shares in Gloucester Rugby from the Walkinshaw family. His interest in rugby dates back to his school days; he was captain of the first XV at Pocklington. He also played for Durham University. In addition to his business interests, Martin and his wife, Judith, are Trustees of The Fold, an orphanage in the Limpopo region of South Africa. They have spent a lot of time at The Fold, working on site and co-ordinating fundraising efforts. In June 2013, Martin was appointed to spearhead the fundraising campaign for Cheltenham Racecourse’ s £ 50m redevelopment. The successful initiative saw the new Grandstand open in November 2015, five months ahead of schedule. A keen sportsman, he has also served on the board of Hull City FC and Epsom Downs Racecourse.
1980- 1989
Tim Brear( 73-81) spent five weeks in Kenya and Uganda as a volunteer with rugby charity, The Bhubesi Pride, which uses rugby to unite, empower and inspire children in Africa. Tim who played rugby at school, club, university and in the army, and coached 6 to 16 year-olds at Otley RUFC, described the trip as“ one last hurrah using my experience as a volunteer for a charity”. If you are interested in supporting the charity, getting involved or volunteering, then more information is available at www. rugbyinafrica. org. Tim recommends the charity for anyone considering a gap year, school leavers or rugby / Africa enthusiasts. Volunteers can do anything from one to six months.
Mark( Fred) Eaton( 79-84) Mark moved to Whyalla, South Australia in 2013 to work for One Steel as Works Manager for Evraz Highveld. He is now working as a Site Manager for a fertile recruiting plant in Brisbane. Eldest son, Josh, is currently working at the Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station as a placement student before returning to Bradford University to complete his final year in Chemical Engineering. His twins, Sophie and
Immy, have recently started their studies in Health Science and Biotechnology respectively at Adelaide University. His youngest son, Cameron, is in year 8 at school in Brisbane.
Ralph Ineson( 83-88) continues with his acting career. He appeared at the Royal Court in September and October 2015 in a production of Hangmen by Martin McDonagh who also wrote the screenplay for the thriller In Bruges and several successful plays and films. Ralph also played his first lead film role as William in Robert Eggers’ s critically acclaimed debut film The Witch which was released in UK cinemas in March 2016. The film received awards at both the Sundance Festival and the London Film Festival and is now available on DVD. In April he starred with Lenny Henry in a new radio play, Safe Space Day Release, for BBC Radio 4. In the new series of Peaky Blinders he plays factory boss, Connor Nutley, and more recently he has been over in Rio filming Soundtrack, a film set in the Antarctic due for release in 2017. Ralph has also been busy filming for series four of popular BBC detective series Sherlock.
John Kaye( 77-82) became a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen in October 2015. He was firstly installed as a Freeman of the City in a ceremony which takes place at the Guildhall in London, before finally being clothed with the Livery of the Company. The Livery Company of Carmen is the 77th Livery Company of the City of London and was founded in 1517.
John says,“ It is a wonderful opportunity to be part of this ancient tradition supporting trade, education, charity and fellowship. I have many rights as a freeman, one of the most interesting is that I now have the right to drive sheep and cattle over London Bridge!”
John is currently employed in the agricultural industry as a grain buyer for Glencore Grain Ltd, which trades in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and he frequently trades with many OPs who run farming businesses.
John still plays rugby for Selby RUFC and he runs with Goole Viking Striders. He completed the 2015 Great North Run with his wife Julie, and supported the Bluebell Wood Children’ s Hospice, raising over £ 7,000. Many OPs sponsored him in this fundraising venture and he would like to say a huge thank you for this support.
Andrew Manfield( 78-87), farmer and agronomist, has been recognised by the Local Enterprise Partnership for his contribution to Precision Farming training. He was awarded the prize at the LEP Summer Showcase in York as a result of his involvement with the Green Pea Company.
Alison Louise Proctor( née Owen, 86-88) is now working as Primary Head Teacher at Grace International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The school was originally set up for children of mission workers, so they were able to serve in a country of great need, knowing their children would get a good education following the British curriculum. It still serves this purpose as well as being able to provide education for children of those working in embassies and high commissions from all around the world.
James Sweeting’ s( 80-88) Pipers Crisps was voted Britain’ s‘ Best Brand’ of savoury snack for an unprecedented fourth year in a row. The Lincolnshire-based crisp maker topped the survey of speciality food products on sale in UK delicatessens, farm shops and food halls, as voted for by the retailers themselves.
Paul Thornley( Former Staff, 79-87) visited school recently. After leaving Pocklington, he went to work down south and settled latterly in Hereford where he taught as a maths teacher. He is now retired and moved back to the York area. He enjoys walking, volunteering at museums and is also an assessor for the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Tim Waud( 79-89) now lives in New Zealand and works as a flight instructor. He started flying whilst at Pocklington in the CCF. He has a degree in Maths and Philosophy from York University. He moved to New Zealand 15 years ago, where he gained his pilot’ s licence. He is married and has a young daughter.
Julian Wu( 75-85) studied Politics at Leicester University after Pocklington. He then qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in London for several years before relocating to Singapore in 2001, where he is still based and works as an accountant for a UK based company.
1990- 1999
Richard Abbey( 85-94), since leaving UBS, has changed careers and now works as a freelance business coach. More recently, after 12 years in Melbourne Australia, he has moved to a village near Bergerac, France with his wife and two daughters. Typically, within the first week he met ex-teacher Terry Cordery living in the same village. He enjoyed welcoming Guy Weston( 87-94) as one of the first guests to stay in their recently launched gite: www. chez-le-vigneron. com. All enquiries welcome!
Victoria Davies( née Clark, 98-99) is a professional photographer based in London. She runs her own photography business: Victoria Clark Photography. She took the official photographs at the wedding of Claire Rowett( née Russell, 96-03) in August.
David Marsland( 91-99) lives in Holme upon Spalding Moor with his fiancée Emma. He works on the family farm as well as running his own engineering business.
Richard Marsland( 86-96) is living in a coastal town called Dongara in Western Australia with his wife and two daughters. He is the manager of a 13,000-acre grain and livestock farm.
Marie Medhurst( neé Bannister, 91-93) is Sales Director of the family business, Bannister’ s Farm. The business specialises in producing frozen baked potato products and in December last year was ranked number 36 in The Grocer magazine’ s Fast
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