PERSONALIA
Harry Rainforth ( 10-15 ) ( above ), is studying to be a Deck Officer in a company called Orient Overseas Container Line at South Tyneside Marine College . After completing his land based studies at the end of January 2016 , he joined ship OOCL M . V . Savannah in Hong Kong , where he also met up with fellow OPs Adrian Leung ( 13- 15 ) and Kaiser Cheung ( 08-15 ). He has since been sailing around parts of China , Australia and New Zealand . He says he is thoroughly enjoying himself !
Stephanie Room ( 96-07 ) is working as a senior nurse in The Great North Trauma and Emergency Centre in Newcastle . Recently , she successfully completed an MSc in Practice Development ( Nursing ) and graduated in December 2015 .
Tom Room ( 92-03 ) set up an events company in 2011 , organised under the name Relish Running Races . Over 8,000 runners took part in races over distances ranging from 300m to full marathon in 2015 . These family-friendly trail running races are mostly based around Bath and the south-west of England . The headline event is the Bath Marathon . In 2015 , Tom also launched his own custom-kit brand called Colour My Kit , which specialises in providing bespoke custom sportswear for triathletes , cyclists , runners and a range of other sports .
Tanya Rose ( 04-11 ) has successfully completed her degree in Medicine and starts her first Junior Doctor appointment at Lewisham Hospital . Her brother , Anthony ( 06-15 ) has been offered a scholarship for UCL .
Lauren Salter ( 02-09 ) recently completed a Masters in Occupational Psychology at Aston University . As part of this she undertook an internship with a national telephone befriending service , Home to Home Calls in Birmingham , where she was working on a research project into stress and depression . She has now just started the graduate scheme at Reed .
Lucinda Stephenson ( née Cawood , 97-06 ) has opened her own tearoom called The Fiddle Drill in Goodmanham , near Market Weighton . The tearoom is already very popular with walkers and cyclists . It is open Friday to Sunday and serves quality coffee and tea as well as homemade cakes and savoury food . The Fiddle Drill is on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram and any ‘ likes ’ or ‘ shares ’ from OPs to help spread the word would be appreciated .
Charlie Tagg ( 98-05 ) learnt to glide at the airfield next to the school and this inspired him to pursue a career in aviation . He decided not to go to university and instead took a year out to instruct gliding in New Zealand . Upon returning to the UK in 2006 he applied to the Royal Air Force and was accepted as a pilot aged 19 . He was selected to fly Fast Jets and furthered his RAF training on the Tucano and Hawk aircraft . Unfortunately , due to defence cuts in 2010 , his RAF career was put on hold temporarily . In the meantime , he went to fly Boeing 777 passenger aircraft out of Hong Kong for Cathay Pacific Airways for two and a half years , before returning to the RAF in 2015 to complete Fast Jet Weapon training . He qualified on the Typhoon Multi Role Fighter in July 2016 and is now based at RAF Lossiemouth on 2 Squadron flying the Typhoon .
Charlie Tagg
Hattie Turner ( 05-09 ) studied Politics at Sheffield University before completing a Masters degree in Environmental Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh . She is now based in London and is working in the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Assistant to Guto Bebb MP ( Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales ). Mr Tomaszewski taught her at school and she says he is the reason for her continued interest in politics .
Oliver Turner ( 98-05 ) graduated from Warwick University in 2008 with a first class honours degree in English and Theatre Studies . He then went on to do an MA in Drama and Theatre Education and gained a distinction . In September 2016 he started a new job as Head of English at Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa .
Kate Vinall ( neé Lllwellyn , 95-03 ) married in 2014 and has settled in East Yorkshire . She was working at Reckitt Benckiser in Research and Development , but she has now embarked on a career change and is re-training as a science teacher .
Sabina Virtosu ( 06-07 ) is known as a professional violinist but is also a big snooker fan . She combined the two in September 2015 when she performed live at a Snooker Legends event at the GLive Theatre in Guildford as part of a trio band called The Aces . Now based in Essex , Sabina started playing the violin when she was just four years old under the guidance and mentoring of her Romanian mother , who was also a professional violinist . She had her first gig when she was about five years old , and has played at many concert venues in the UK since she was 16 . She came to Pocklington School for a year as a music scholar on the Romanian scholarship scheme and boarded in Faircote House during her time at the school .
Jack Wainwright ( 04-12 ) has been awarded student of the year at York College after achieving an outstanding ‘ A ’ grade in Physical Education . Jack used his interest in horse riding to obtain full marks in his written coursework . Jack is an excellent horse rider who competes at National level and also shares his skills by volunteering for Riding for the Disabled Centre , where he teaches riding to children with a range of disabilities .
Joshua Walls ( 06-13 ) is currently studying for a Level 2 City & Guilds in Electrical Technology Engineering and has an apprenticeship with Western Power Distribution
Rob Webber ( 94-04 ) and his journey from Pocklington RUFC mini and Pocklington School rugby player to full England international was televised for BT Sport in April 2016 . The programme featured Rob himself and also his family , club and school coaches , plus match action from Pocklington RUFC Colts . The film was the first of BT Sport ’ s ‘ Grassroots to Greats ’ mini documentaries for their Rugby Tonight programme . The team filmed Rob playing hooker for Bath against London Irish in the Premiership , then jumping straight into a sponsored Land Rover for the 230-mile journey back to Yorkshire . The following day he was filmed helping his father and fellow OP , Mike ( 64-71 ) feed his cattle before setting off to Pocklington . Rob was then filmed meeting up with his first coach and mentor , Alan ‘ Pud ’ Greenwood , at Percy Road before heading to Pocklington School where he was filmed with his best mate from school , Nick Hobbs ( 99-04 ), and his former school coach , Andy Towner . Since the filming took place , Rob has signed for Sale Sharks but his season has not started well with a fracture injury meaning he will be out of action for a good few weeks to come .
Nicky Wong ( 07-12 ) graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Psychology . She planned to return to Hong Kong after her graduation .
Bill Bangzheng Wu ( 12-14 ) has just started his third year at Sheffield Hallam University studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering . He enjoyed showing fellow Fenwick-Smith boarder , Pico Yui Tong Man ( 11-13 ), around Beijing when he visited China on business recently .
Jul Yang ( 02-09 ) was a boarder in Fenwick- Smith House . He studied Medicine after his time at Pocklington and graduated in July 2015 . He is currently at the University Hospital of North Durham as a Foundation Year 1 doctor .
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