No. 141
The Trusty Servant
OW Undergraduate Pizza Evenings, Common Time 2026 Christopher Normand( F, 76-81) visited the university cities of Durham and Manchester in late January. No hots were held this year but with the assistance of students Aaron Hockey( G, 20-24) and Gerard Cloke Browne( B, 14-19) both evenings earned their place in the Win Coll calendar of future events.
The well-attended pizza evening in Oxford on 25 th February was the largest party of the three, albeit staff numbers were swollen by the Classics Department who had despatched Dr Will Guast and Rupert Mercer( Coll, 04-09) to support Christopher.
Under 30s Drinks On Friday 17 th April we were delighted to welcome more than 100 OWs aged between 18 and 30 to our annual Under 30s gathering in London. The evening was a great success and an opportunity for OWs to reconnect with each other and with Win Coll Soc. Many thanks to those who offered to come back and speak to the school about their careers.
A gallery of photographs can be found on the Win Coll Soc website. We look forward to seeing you again next year, if not sooner.
Amaar Malik; Ludo Remers; Jonas Bhattacharya( all I, 20-25)
Alvin Yip( A, 19-24); Kate Robinson( A, 22-24); Bea Busby( F, 23-25); Cecily Mills( K, 22-24); Daisy Wheller( E, 23-25)
Obiter Dicta
James Ash( G, 04-09), together with his mother, sister and brother, will row the Atlantic in December 2027 in aid of Suicide & Co, a charity dedicated to supporting those bereaved by suicide.
The family is taking on this monumental challenge, a 3,000 mile unsupported row, in memory of Robert, James’ s father, who died by suicide in 2023. 1.5 million oar strokes, 6,000 calories per day, between 30 and 60 days at sea, this feat has never been completed by a family unit before.
Themselves beneficiaries of the charity’ s incredible counselling services, their aim is to raise £ 300,000 for Suicide & Co. Please support them by visiting ashfamilyrow. com
The Ash Family( L to R): Henry; Camilla; Charlotte; James
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