EVENTS & REUNIONS
A FEW PHOTOS FROM SOME OF THE YEAR’S EVENTS
AND REUNIONS...
ANNU AL LOND ON
BLAC K TIE DINN ER
The spectacular Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall was
the setting for the annual OP London black tie
dinner held on Friday 23 November 2018. Over
60 OPs and guests joined club member, Darrell
Buttery MBE (Former Staff 01-06, Governor),
and the OP President, Trevor Loten (70-80),
for the event, which marked Mark Ronan’s final
OP engagement as the Headmaster of Pocklington
School before his move to The King’s Hospital
School in Dublin in January 2019.
HONG KONG RECE PTIO N
NE WC AS TL E DR INK S
Pictured with Wendy
Wright and Sheena
McNamee are: Jasper
Poon (05-10), Forrest
Cheung (05-12), Kaiser
Cheung (08-15), Edwin
Au (10-14), Wesley
To (07-14), Ray Tang
(07-12).
Sheena McNamee (External Relations Director) and Wendy Wright (International Admissions
Officer) hosted a Pocklington School Foundation drinks reception for current and former
parents, agents and OPs on 30 March 2019 at The Salisbury – YMCA of Hong Kong.
E U N IO N
50 YEAR R
‘6 9
CLASS OF
The Northern Counties Club was the venue once again for
this year’s OP Newcastle drinks, held on Tuesday 29 January
2019, arranged by Club member Nick Lumley (80-87). As
one of Pocklington School’s top university destinations, the
Newcastle event is always popular and well-attended, and this
year was no exception with 22 guests in attendance.
LE ED S DR INK S
Held at King’s Manor in York on Saturday, 22 June 2019
Standing L-R: John Lidster, Stephen Woolley, Peter Hardman, Eden Croft, John Buchanan, Nigel
Bryson, Chris Woodhead, John Machin, Ted Gush, John Foster, Peter Bailey and Fraser Whitehead.
Seated L-R: Roger Kohn, Keith Moor, Peter Dunning, Bruce Spaven, Phil Wilkinson, Dave Brunt
and Bentley Glennie. John Whittaker was also present.
This year’s Leeds drinks was held on Tuesday 19 March 2019.
Although the event repeated the same format as last year, there
was a change of venue to Veeno in the upcoming Wellington
Place business and leisure district just a stone’s throw away
from the city’s railway station. 22 OPs attended.
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